Fairfield News

Eleven Fairfield High School freshmen singers participated March 10 in the Iowa Choral Director?s Association Solo/Ensemble contest at Fairfield Middle School.The students sang in two ensembles, and four students also sang a solo. The students were given a rating from a judge of I (Superior), II (Excellent) or III (Good) based on the categories of Tone Quality, Intonation, Dynamics, Rhythmic Accuracy and Musical ...

Fairfield Middle School will be supporting a Jefferson County Relay for Life team by holding a ?Hat Day? Friday.Young Cancer Exterminator?s Hunter and James Bechtel wanted to help raise cancer awareness and funds for their Jefferson County Relay For Life team year and asked to get their school involved. Friday all FMS students will have the opportunity to support the fight against cancer by making a $1 or more ...

Everett and Wanda Berg of rural Farmington will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday.Everett Berg and Wanda Miller were married March 24, 1962, at the Methodist Church in Kahoka, Mo.An open house to help the Bergs celebrate the milestone anniversary is set from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Anson Community Church south of Farmington. The couple requests no gifts.Children of the couple are Steve Berg of ...

PENN WORKERS 4-H CLUBMembers of Penn Workers 4-H Club met at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.President Kelly Lacey called the meeting to order. Jacob Morgan gave a presentation on halter breaking a calf.After the meeting, the club made 120 foam Easter eggs. Leaders Kim Lacey and Penny Morgan took the 4-H?ers to personally deliver the eggs to residents at SunnyBrook Assisted Living ...

One of the traditional seven warning signs of cancer is a change in bowel habits. This is for good reason. Once a person is past middle age, his or her bowel habits are quite well ingrained. They do not change significantly for any period of time unless there is a significant cause.Colon cancer is one of the most common causes of a persistent change in bowel habits. There are about 165,000 new cases of colon ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Anyone interested in knowing more about Alzheimer?s disease and related dementias is invited to a workshop from 9:30-11 a.m. Tuesday at Southeastern Community College in Mount PleasantSpecialist and program facilitator Donna Norris will cover: symptoms and effects of Alzheimer?s disease and other types of dementia; how Alzheimer?s affects the brain; causes and risk factors; how to determine ...

MONDAYKeosauqua T.O.P.S., United Methodist Church basement, weigh-in, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Meeting after weigh-in.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Keosauqua Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., 8 p.m. TUESDAYSpaghetti Supper, sponsored by Fairfield Lions Club, Best Western Fairfield Inn and Fairfield Community School District Activities Department, fundraiser for ...

Word of Life Lutheran Church is hosting a fifth grade St Patrick?s Day game night and dance from 7-10 p.m. today.

Laura Liles and Eugen Burianov announce their engagement and approaching wedding.The bride-elect attends Grandview University majoring in psychology and art.The groom-elect is a computer programmer at Nationwide in Des Moines.A wedding is planned April 27 in Des Moines.

RICHLAND ? The Richland Lions are hosting a smoked Iowa pork chop supper with salad bar at Mother Cabrini parish hall from 5-7 p.m. Thursday.Jeff Adrian will provide music.Free will offerings will be accepted.Proceeds will go to Pekin Ministerial Association programs.

The Knights of Columbus are hosting Friday fish fries for the rest of this month, featuring a whole catfish dinner for $9 or a grilled cheese dinner for $5.Dinners also include a baked potato, side dish, dessert and drink. Extra catfish is $5.Dinner will be served from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday and March 30 at St. Mary Catholic Church parish hall.Dinner will be served at the same hours on March 23 at SS Joseph and ...

The Fairfield Band Aides organization is offering scholarships for instrumental music camps this summer.Scholarships are available to students attending Fairfield Middle School or Fairfield High School. Eligible students may be involved in camps for percussion, jazz, wind instruments, string instruments, flags or drum major.Band Aides will pay 50 percent of camp costs up to a maximum of $300 for the first 10 ...