Fairfield News

Move to Amend meeting tonightThe Move to Amend meeting is set for 7 p.m. today at the Fairfield Public Library.Incorrect information was provided to The Ledger for the article in Monday?s newspaper.Recital postponedMOUNT PLEASANT ? The recital with Margaret Runaas and Stephen Rodrigues-Pavao scheduled for Thursday at Iowa Wesleyan College will be rescheduled.

Fairfield native Maj. Donald J. Mosinski, the son of Leonard J. and CoeAnn Mosinski of Fairfield, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel during recent ceremonies at the Iowa National Guard?s Joint Forces Headquarters in Johnston.A 25-year veteran of the Iowa National Guard, Mosinski currently serves as the distribution management division chief for the Iowa Army National Guard?s Logistical Directorate.A 1985 ...

A bluegrass jam session is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited. Accoustic instruments are allowed.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will have its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lions Building.The committee is Van Meek and Ernie Hinkle.???The Velma Coleman estate property sold at auction to Tim DeVries.­­­­­­­???The Sunday service at Birmingham United Methodist Church changed to 9:15 a.m. effective Sunday.­­­­­­­???The recent blood drive at the Birmingham Lions Building drew 13 units of ...

The Fairfield Band Aides is promoting its bi-annual garbage bag sales beginning this week.Funds that are raised assist with instrument acquisition and repair, sponsoring master classes with traveling artists, as well as various other local projects to support the instrumental music program in the Fairfield schools. Recently, the Band Aides provided funds to subsidize approximately $140 off each Fairfield High ...

Maharishi School seniors are organizing a show to raise funds for a school trip to help those who are less fortunate Sunday evening at Maharishi School Assembly Hall.A full variety of entertainment starring the seniors is planned. Hefei Jiang will play violin. Wei Xi will play flute, and Hongli Liu and Cheng Long will join both of them in Chinese song.Praman Hamal will play Spanish guitar music. Laser Nite and ...

Delmar and Candyce Copeland of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Copeland, to Jeremy Hocutt, son of Billy and Janet Hocutt of Schuyler, Neb.The future bride graduated from Iowa State University in 2010, with a degree in chemical engineering. She is employed as a project engineer for Cargill.The future groom graduated from ITT Technical Institute in 2009 with a degree in computer and ...

STOCKPORTGarbage pickup will resume its normal pick-up day of Thursday this week.???The Young Women?s Bible study group meets 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays. The Women?s Bible study group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Stockport Christian Church.???The B.A.T.T.L.E. youth group meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Stockport United Methodist Church.Everyone is invited to attend.? Beverly Runyon, Ledger correspondent

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled blood drives in Packwood and Fairfield.The Packwood Lions Club will sponsor a blood drive from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Packwood Community Room at the fire station in Packwood.Donors can give blood every eight weeks, so those who last gave on or before Nov. 20 are eligible to give again.Walk-in donors are welcome, but those who would like appointme...

TUESDAYJefferson County Relay for Life, Jefferson County Health Center conference room, 5:30 p.m.Chapter E, TTT, McElhinny House, 7 p.m.Blood Drive, Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building, 2-7 p.m. Walk-ins welcome; for appointments call 800-452-1097.N.E.S.T. Classes, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Call 472-4166.Golden Speakers Toastmasters Club, First United Methodist Church, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Margaret E. Runaas, instructor of music at Iowa Wesleyan College, will perform a vocal recital at 7 pm. Thursday in the Chapel Auditorium on the college campus in Mount Pleasant.Performing with her will be tenor Stephen Rodrigues-Pavao from Madison, Wis., with whom she has collaborated for the last two years.The concert will include Schumann?s Liederkreis 39, Massenet?s ?Pourquoi me reveiller? ...

Maharishi University of Management now has 62 students participating in M.U.M. degree programs in South Africa.Since September, a group of 28 students at the Maharishi Invincibility Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa, have been taking courses taught by M.U.M. faculty through distance education. The classes are conducted through the Adobe Connect videoconferencing system and M.U.M.?s learning management ...