Fairfield News

The Girl Scout troops in Jefferson County will hold kick-off events in September for girls who are Girl Scouts and girls wishing to join.Libertyville Elementary School girls will meet from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Faith United Methodist Church in Libertyville.Pence Elementary School girls will meet from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at the school.Washington Elementary School girls will meet from 5-6 p.m. Sept. 17 ...

I grew Moonflowers (Ipomoea alba) for the first time this spring and was amazed by how the very small plant I started with turned into one of the largest and loveliest plants in my flowerbeds this year. The reason the plant did so well is because they are heat-drought resistant, deer and insect resistant. They thrive in nearly any soil condition from very poor to very rich. Which is very much in the gardeners ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Elementary School is looking for volunteers again this year to work with kindergartners through second-grade children who need a little extra attention.Volunteers in the Friends of Education program will read to a child or have a child read to them, play an educational game or put together a puzzle. The looking and listening activities help develop or build language skills forming a solid ...

OTTUMWA ? Mount Pleasant artist Ann Klingensmith will open a one-artist exhibition in the Indian Hills Community College Art Gallery in early September.The exhibit will debut with a reception from 6-7:15 p.m. Sept. 6. Klingensmith has been a member of the art faculty at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant since 1994. Courses she teaches include drawing, graphics and printmaking. Her artwork consists primarily...

Fairfield Park and Recreation Fitness Club has announced classes for September at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Classes include: step aerobics, gentle yoga, indoor cycling, Super Circuit, pilates, Ai stretching, cardio jump, body blast and Zumba.Classes are free to fitness club members; nonmembers pay a fee for each class they attend.Participants are expected to be on time to classes. All indoor ...

Ashley Pedrick and James Sines were united in marriage Saturday, March 24, 2012, at the Woolson Friends Church in rural Richland, with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officating.The bride is the daughter of Jeff and Jeannie Pedrick of Richland. The groom is the son of Roger Sines of rural Sigourney.The groom?s grandmother, Mary Claywell of Ohio, attended. The bride?s grandparents, Allan and Helen Pedrick of Moulton, ...

FHS CLASS OF 1952The Fairfield High School graduating class of 1952 will have a reunion Friday and Saturday.Friday, the group will be gathering at the Ray Goehring residence at 905 S. Fifth St. Saturday, they will have dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the McElhinny House.For information, call Pat Funkhouser at 472-4945.

HUFFMANThe 86th Annual Huffman reunion will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in Chautauqua Park Shelter House 2.The reunion was started in 1926 by descendants of Hiram and Eliza Swihart Huffman and his sister, Sarah and Stephen Myers who lived near Abingdon. The two couples came to Jefferson County from West Bethleham Township, in Washington County, Pa., in 1854. A reunion is held annually in Fairfield. All relatives are ...

STOCKPORT ? Stockport Lions BBQ Days, with the theme Salute To Our Farmers, will be Friday through Sunday.Friday?s highlight will be the truck pull at the Saddle Club Grounds, with weigh in at 6:30 p.m. and the pull at 7 p.m. For information on classes, rules and entry fee, call Ken Hornbaker at 919-1587. Food and beverages will be available at the Snack Shack beginning at 6 p.m.Saturday events include a ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Friends of Birmingham Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Birmingham Lions Building.???The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Birmingham Lions Building.???The Birmingham Library board will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the library.???The Rebekah Circle of the Methodist church will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at the church. Barb Filson will be the hostess.???W...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center recently drew more than 200 units of blood at area blood drives.Aug. 14, 40 pints of blood were drawn at Cambridge Investment Research Inc.Aug. 15, 18 pints of blood were drawn at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Center.Aug. 17, 40 pints were drawn at the Jefferson County Health Center Professional Clinics.Aug. 20, 46 pints were drawn at the Mother Cabrini ...

Mike and Karen Blakley and Ben and Lynn Godwin, all of Libertyville, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Samantha Blakley and Eric Godwin.The bride-elect graduated from Fairfield High School in 2008. She graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor of science degree in agricultural education in 2011. She will be teaching agriculture and biology at Villisca Community College in ...