Fairfield News

The following marriages were recorded at Jefferson County Courthouse:Austin Taylor Janssen of Fairfield and Nayi Shen of Fairfield, Feb. 14, 2013.Phillip Robert Meyer of Birmingham and Tiffany Lorene Meade of Birmingham, Feb. 19, 2013.Robert Gene Roberts of Fairfield and Janet Lynn Gillespie of Fairfield, Feb. 14, 2013.Jeffery Joseph Alexander of Fairfield and Tonia Joyce Marilynn Rollison of Fairfield, Feb. ...

The final bluegrass music jam session of the season is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited.Acoustic instruments are allowed.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help offset expenses of the event.The bluegrass music jams are scheduled to begin again in November.

Seneca Area Agency on Aging has issued reminders for family caregivers of seniors about winter skin care and the availability of volunteer dental care.Seneca wants to remind caregivers the cold wind of winter can damage senior skin.Seniors are particularly prone to skin issues. Over time, a person?s skin becomes thinner, drier and more fragile. Winter can quickly strip skin of its moisture, leaving it prone to ...

The Southeast Iowa Skeet Club is offering hunter education safety classes March 19, 21 and 23 at the club.Attendance of all three sessions is required. Sessions are 6-9 p.m. March 19 and 21 and 8 a.m. to noon March 23.Hunter safety classes are mandatory for everyone born after Jan. 1, 1972, who wants to purchase a hunting license. In order to purchase a license, a person must have a certificate showing completio...

Seneca Area Agency on Aging has announced it will be participating in the national 2013 March for Meals campaign.March for Meals will be recognized at Seneca?s local meal sites, including the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center, according to Susie Martin, the senior center?s coordinator.?In this tough economy, the food and human contact we provide to seniors in this community is needed more than ever,? said Connie ...

Brittany Terrell and Brad Houk of Cedar Falls announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Tim and Keeta Terrell of Fairfield. She is a recent graduate of University of Northern Iowa and is employed by Waverly child care and preschool.The groom-to-be is the son of Steve Houk II of Ottumwa and Ron and Kathy Findley of Kellogg. He attended Indian Hills Community College and is ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the winners of the school?s recent Positive Behavior Supports System drawing.With the Positive Behavior Supports System, FMS students are rewarded for positive behavior by staff by being given a ticket for when they are ?caught? doing something good.Once a month, the school has a drawing and gives out prizes to reward students for their positive behavior.The ...

Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey has announced several of the Jefferson County Conservation programs scheduled in March have been canceled.?I am not having any maple syruping programs,? wrote Cummiskey in an email this morning, ?and the Waterfowl Watch and the bison program have been canceled.?The bison ecology program, which had been planned for Saturday at the Fairfield Public Library and ...

Indian Hills Community College will be holding a free financial aid workshop from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the IHCC Jefferson County Center in Fairfield.During the workshop participants will be assisted with completion of FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is required for students seeking federal grants, student loans and work study at many educational institutions.In addition to staff ...

Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students active in 4-H have the opportunity to visit the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., and sleep under a 20-foot tree with free flying colorful birds or take part in an exploration station of the entire zoo June 5-6.Buses will leave the morning of June 5, making stops throughout Region 19 from Jefferson County to Lucas County to pick up participants. Buses will arrive in the ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center recently held successful blood drives in the area.The mobile drew 54 pints Feb. 15 at Van Buren High School in Keosauqua, 28 pints Feb. 18 at Fairfield First United Methodist Church, 29 pints Feb. 19 at the Lockridge Senior Center and 40 pints Feb. 19 at Cambridge Investment Research Inc. in Fairfield.With the success of these blood drives comes the announcement of ...

The Jefferson County Tobacco Coalition?s quarterly meeting set for 12:45 p.m. at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office is open to anyone who would like to reduce and eliminate tobacco products across the county.Youth tobacco usage takes many forms. Tobacco companies in an attempt to keep increasing profits have started to market new products. Most of the new products do not even resemble traditional tobacco ...