Fairfield News

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra will present its eighth annual ?Messiah - Sing!,? an audience sing-along concert experience, at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Auditorium in Mount Pleasant. Under the direction of guest conductor Bradley Miller, the orchestra, student and professional soloists and the audience/chorus will perform G. F. Handel?s immortal Christmas classic ...

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Director JoBeth Lewer is announcing the RSVP senior ?Friendly Visiting Program? in Fairfield.The program matches a volunteer, age 55 and older, with a homebound/isolated senior, aged 60 and older, based on their mutual interests and location.The volunteer will spend a minimum of one hour per week in the senior?s place of residence in Fairfield.A few examples of how a ...

The Fairfield Public Library has recently been able to update its music CD collection with a browser-friendly display cabinet. A grant from TransCanada ANR made it possible for the library to reclassify its collection according to genre and purchase new CDs. Kathy Shaw, left, has degrees in both music and library science and completed the work. Sue Biermann, center, of TransCanada and Becky Huggins, library ...

A statewide ?call to prayer for a nation in crisis,? is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.Churches in Jefferson County are encouraged to participate.Everyone is invited to Fairfield Foursquare Church for prayer and to view a webstream from the River of Life Church in Cedar Rapids, going out to Iowa communities.Child care will be provided.There is no cost to attend and no organization, denomination or ...

Elementary choirs at First United Methodist Church will present ?Christ-myth Busters? as their annual Christmas musical at 6 p.m. Sunday.The community is cordially invited. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the program.

Pianist and comedian Brian Hanson will be in concert at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at First Church of the Nazarene.The Rev. Howard Innis, pastor, invites the public to attend. A free will offering will be received.Hanson concerts include hand-picked traditional favorites from old-time hymns and gospel songs, contemporary praise and worship music, and his own original compositions.Hanson has produced the nationally...

St. Mary Catholic Church is hosting Lynn Cooper in her only Iowa holiday concert at 4 p.m. Sunday.?Music has always been a passion in my life,? she says.Cooper began her musical career at age 11, singing on local television in her home state of Nebraska.She has released four albums, was featured on EWTN?s Life on the Rock and is one of eight American artists chosen for Vatican Radio. Cooper also has been ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning a Breakfast with Santa, a Santa Claus Call and a Santa?s Workshop this month.Children in preschool through third grade are invited to have breakfast with Santa from 9-10 a.m. Dec. 10 at Fairfield Middle School cafetorium.A light breakfast will be served, and the children will have an opportunity to talk with Santa and receive a treat.No registration...

Four area churches ? Word of Life Lutheran, New Life Community, Fairfield Friends, and First Christian (Disciples of Christ) collected more than $1,500 in cash and gift cards Tuesday for displaced residents of the Depot Street building fire.?Gifts are still coming in,? said the Rev. Jamie Strickler, pastor at Word of Life. ?If there is anyone who could not make it to the benefit and would like to still give ...

Druet Cameron Klugh holds a jar full of thousands of aluminum can tabs to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City. Klugh, the daughter of Gary and Nan Cameron of Fairfield, is a supporter of the Ronald McDonald House. As head reference librarian at the law school in Iowa City, she keeps a tray on the front desk for tab donations. Recently, her uncle in Las Vegas took up the quest by getting all his golfing ...

Louise Ridgeway of Aledo, Ill., and formerly of the Fairfield and Keosauqua areas, will celebrate her 100th birthday with an open house hosted by her children from 2-4 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Vashti Apartments community room.Mrs. Ridgeway was born Dec. 9, 1911, in Disco, Ill., the daugher of Flora and Leslie St. Clair.She has eight children: Treva Hawbaker, Leota Boyce, Louisa McCormick, Betty Leslie, Tom ...

The Fairfield Latin and Ballroom Association will host a Latin, ballroom and swing dance Sunday evening at Morning Star Studio.A lesson in salsa starts at 7:30 p.m. The dance is from 8-10 p.m. Admission is $3.For information, contact Paul Saipher at 919-5698 or email fflbra@iowatelecom.net.