Fairfield News

Prairie View United Methodist Church weekly schedule: Sunday 9 a.m. worship followed by fellowship; 10 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday 9 a.m. Bible study. Wednesday, 7 p.m. finance committee; 7:30 p.m. church councilContact the Rev. Dave Person, pastor at 641-667-2502 or email pvumc@farmtel.net for more information.

What do you do when you sense the expectations of others mounting?Jesus felt people-pressure too. He had a plan. He was working on fulfilling that plan.The people around him had another plan.When Jesus perceived group pressure coming to a head, he took a time out. He sent his friends ahead of him. He then snuck away by himself to pray.Jesus? self-imposed time-out created enough consternation that people ...

A three-session Hunter Education Safety Class is set next week at the Southeast Iowa Skeet Club.Preregistration is required for the free class. Call Shawn Morrissey at 472-4421 to preregister.The first session is set from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 25. The second session is from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 27, and the third session is from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 29. Attendance at all three sessions is required.To purchase an Iowa ...

The annual Fairfield Kiwanis Kids? Day activities Saturday included a Kiddie Pedal Pull.In this event, children pedal a small tractor as they pull a sled modeled after the tractor pull sleds seen at county and state fairs in the midwest.This year, a record of 101 children from a wide area of southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri participated. The top two winners of each age class are eligible to enter the next ...

Spencer Hudson and Shelbi Snowgren, along with their daughter Paetyn Hudson, of Boone, announce their marriage.Parents of the couple are Anita and Lynn Hurley, Vince and Holly Snowgren, Jeff and Jonan Sweeney, all of Boone, and Rick Hudson of Alabama.Grandparents are Keith and Linda Watson of Stockport and Jack and Lucille Hudson of Hillsboro.A reception is planned from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Stockport ...

The ? P? in Pediatrics stands for ?Prevention?. There is no treatment for West Nile Virus, so your best defense is prevention. There are two simple, but effective things you can do. Wear insect repellent and stop mosquitoes from breeding in your environment. Mosquitoes only travel 100 feet away from their breeding ground, so you could be breeding the very mosquito that bites you. Remove all standing water from ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Ian Moschenross, associate professor of music at Monmouth College, will present a free piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Chapel Auditorium on the Iowa Wesleyan campus in Mount Pleasant.He will play works by Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Shubert.Moschenross, who has served on the Monmouth College faculty since 2004, is an active recitalist, chamber musician and accompanist in western ...

PACKWOOD LIONS CLUBPACKWOOD ? The Packwood Lions Club will have a homemade ice cream social from 5-7 p.m. Saturday in the Packwood Community Room.A free will offering will be colleted to benefit the Lions Kidsight Screenings at Pekin school.­­??? UMWUnited Methodist Women will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday at Jefferson County Park. Kevin Koch will present a program about fruits and vegetables. Refreshments will ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center mobile unit recently drew several pints of blood at area drives.Forty pints of blood were drawn Sept. 4 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activities Building.Twenty-five pints of blood were drawn Sept. 5 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activities Building.Donors can give blood every eight weeks. According to the blood center, one pint of blood can help save ...

Leo ?Bud? and Helen Adamson of Fairfield will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary Sept. 21.Bud Adamson and Helen McCalester were married Sept. 21, 1942, in Lancaster, Mo.The couple has three children: Kenny Adamson and wife Marilyn of Coralville; Gary Adamson and wife Shelia of Ottumwa; and Judy McNiel and husband Alan of Batavia. The couple also has six grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one ...

MONDAYGirl Scouts Kick Off, Washington Elementary School, 5-6 p.m. Call 319-752-3639.Blood Drive, St. Mary Catholic Church, 3-6:30 p.m. Walk-ins welcome; call Marianne McGregor at 469-3241 for appointments.Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 469-3005.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Keosauqua Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., ...

Basal Faith Parish weekly schedule includes 8:15 a.m. Sunday worship and 9:30 a.m. Sunday school in Libertyville; 9:45 a.m. Sunday worship, with choir practice after worship, and 10:45 a.m. Sunday school in Birmingham; 11 a.m. Sunday worship and Wednesday night choir practice in Stockport.Also on Sunday, the Rev. Lilian Gallo-Seagren, Southeast District superintendent, will be installed by Bishop Trimble at 4 ...