Fairfield News

Vade Byrum of Packwood will be turning 90 years old April 24.Cards can be mailed to 1193 Fern St., Packwood 52580.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Southeast Iowa natives Tiffany Ralston and Rachael Roewe, co-founders of {made}community.com, will be the featured speakers during Greenfest at Iowa Wesleyan College.The women will present a program at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Science Hall Auditorium on the IWC campus in Mount Pleasant.Ralston and Roewe were friends while students at Burlington High School. Ralston went on to major in art ...

KNOX COLLEGEGALESBURG, Ill. ? Bethany Jean Larson of Fairfield was named to the Dean?s List at Knox College for winter term 2013.Larson, a sophomore majoring in Asian studies, also made the Knox College Dean?s List for fall term 2012.??? CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, NEBRASKASEWARD, Neb. ? Ashley Willoughby, a senior from Fairfield, is a member of the Student Worship Committee at Concordia University, Nebraska, for ...

STOCKPORTL.L.G. Club members will meet at 2 p.m. April 25 at the home of Helen Niederhuth.???The American Legion Auxiliary of Stockport?s Shower for Veterans ends Monday. Collection boxes are at Village Cafe and State Central Bank in Stockport.Donated items will be delivered to the VA Hospital in Iowa City.Direct questions to Gerri Lyon at 319-796-4427.???An Old-Tyme music jam is set from 1:30-4 p.m. ...

JEFFERSON/VAN BUREN READING ASSOCIATIONThe Jefferson/Van Buren chapter of the Iowa Reading Association will hold its annual ?Author?s Spotlight? at 6 p.m. April 24 at Fairfield Middle School.Author?s Spotlight is an event designated as a way to recognize the writing talents of young people. The eight second- through ninth-grade winners of the contest are invited to attend and read their winning selection to an ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Iowa Wesleyan College Choir and Mount Pleasant Chorale, under the direction of Bradley Miller, will present the annual spring choral concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant.Highlights include performances of Bach?s Cantata 140, Wachet auf! and John Rutter?s Gloria, as well as several other works.Vocal soloists are Mount Pleasant natives Aani Brown ...

Leslie Keegel, National Foursquare Leader Sri Lanka, will be sharing at 6 p.m. today at the Fairfield Foursquare Church.Keegel graduated from the Foursquare Bible College in the Philippines in 1981. He met his wife Belen there, and they were married in June 1981. They have three daughters: Bessie, Julie and Rosie.In 1983, Keegel became the National Leader of Foursquare Sri Lanka and began a unique discipleship ...

Girl Scout Danielle Garrison is holding a grand opening celebration for the Fairfield Dog Agility Park from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Fairfield Dog Park in O.B. Nelson Park.Garrison, a Fairfield High School senior, is hosting the event to complete her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a girl can earn in the Girl Scout organization.Garrison is inviting any and all dog owners and their dogs, ...

The Fairfield Shrine Club will hold its 13th annual "all-you-can-eat" pancake breakfast from 6-10 a.m. Saturday at the VFW in Fairfield.The menu will include pancakes, sausage, biscuits and sausage gravy, coffee, juice and milk. Diabetic syrup will be available.To-go trays will be available.The cost is $6. Children age 12 and younger eat free.For information about joining the Fairfield Shrine Club, visit the ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award to acknowledge positive contributions of students at school.These positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom. The Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination and ...

PACKWOOD ? Packwood Little League will have a hog roast fundraiser from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at the Packwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).This year, Packwood has five Little League teams, with more than 50 children involved.The funds raised at the hog roast will be used for equipment and updates to the ballpark. Possible additions would be a larger equipment shed, additional bleachers, cement in front of ...

The Fairfield Middle School jazz bands will present a concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the FMS cafetorium.This date has been changed from the original schedule to alleviate conflicts with other school activities.This is the one jazz band concert for this semester and will feature the sixth-grade jazz band, and the combined seventh- and eighth-grade jazz band.The sixth-grade jazz band will be performing various ...