Fairfield News

Relay bank night ThursdayJefferson County Relay for Life Bank Night will be 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday at First National Bank in Fairfield.Team captains are encouraged to turn in any fundraising they may have to date and pick up their teams? T-shirts.Sign-up sheets for the silent basket and baked goods auction, Locks of Love, camping, team tents and games will be available. Quilt tickets will be available.Those ...

SunnyBrook Assisted Living will host community bingo games beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday.Everyone is welcome to participate.

SOLITAIRESMembers of Solitaires will meet at noon Sunday in the First National Bank parking lot to carpool to Stockport.The group will eat their afternoon meal at the Village Cafe in the former Stockport school.??? SOUTHEAST IOWA SKEET CLUBMembers of the Southeast Iowa Skeet Club Inc. in Fairfield were recently awarded a grant from Friends of NRA for the acquisition of a G-2 Series Pat Trap.The new ...

FHS CLASS OF 1951Members of the Fairfield High School Class of 1951 will meet at 9 a.m. Friday at McDonald?s.The class members gather for coffee the last Friday of every month.???

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School officials have announced the names of students earning recognition on the third-quarter honor roll of the 2012-13 academic year.Seniors on the Straight A honor roll are: Emily Adam, Ashley Bollinger, Maleaha Earnest, Victoria Eckley, Eli Harper, Seth Jensen, Logan Scholtus, Krystal Sullivan, Graham Wittrock and Rachel Wonderlich.Juniors on the Straight A honor roll are: Eric Adam, ...

OTTUMWA ? The 2013 Annual Indian Hills Community College Student Art Exhibition will open Monday, with a reception from 7-8:30 p.m. in the art gallery on the college?s Ottumwa campus.Many of the student artists will be present during the reception.The exhibit will be on display through May 9.The exhibition represents the creative work of Indian Hills students who have been enrolled in art courses on the ...

Iowa Army National Sgt. Vinh Phan of Davenport, a supply sergeant with Fairfield?s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 224th Engineer Battalion, recently participated in the Iowa Army National Guard?s Best Warrior competition.Twenty-four soldiers competed in the three-day contest April 9-12 at Camp Dodge in Johnston. The soldiers, selected statewide, found their military skills and knowledge challenged, as ...

Students from area high schools will be among the 438 seniors from across Iowa honored at the 11th Annual Governor?s Scholar Recognition Ceremony at 1 p.m. Sunday at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.The Honorable Governor Terry Branstad and Honorable Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds will host the event and address the audience of 2,500-plus. Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill, Brett Nanninga, Superintendent at Tri- Center ...

Maharishi School is raising funds to help send 41 students on eight teams to the Destination ImagiNation Global Finals set for the week of May 21 on the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn.The 41 Maharishi School state champions will be among the more than 16,000 students from 30 countries converging for a week of creative competition.Many expenses are involved in sending the teams to Tennessee. Typically...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will offer a swimming-skills class from 1:30-2:30 p.m. beginning April 30 and continuing Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 7 at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center.The class is for novice or experienced swimmers who want individual guidance to improve swimming technique.Instructor Jane McMahon asks participants to bring goggles, as well as and swim caps for women.The ...

The Jefferson County Relay for Life organizers and team members are making final plans for the 2013 relay set from noon to midnight May 4 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.?Plan to come and join us in the fight against cancer,? said organizer Kortney Heald. ?There will be activities for all ages throughout the day, with an emphasis on ceremonies, entertainment and activities from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., finished ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have annunced the names of students who earned recognition on the third quarter honor roll during the 2012-13 academic year.Students in eighth grade who earned straight A?s were: Aspen Clark, Shea Dahlstrom, Jared Horras, Nathan Kielkopf, Kaylee Linder, Chelsea Lanphier, Ryan Millikin, Trever Northup, Drew Powers, Gabriele Rutherford, Hazel Ward and Willoh Mills.Seventh ...