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Fairfield High School Class of 2013 answered 18 questions about their school, their educational experience and teachers in the annual exit survey before graduating.Monday, school board member Jeri Kunkle said a couple responses concerned her.The statement: Fairfield High School maintained a drug-free environment, could be answered with ? excellent, good, average, below average, needs improvement and no response....

Artists, tinkers, woodworkers, designers, crafters ? all willing volunteers ?are needed to create and produce ?Cirque de Fairfield,? decorations for RAGBRAI.The inaugural meeting is 9 a.m. Saturday at Josie Hannes Design.Volunteers ages 16 and older are welcome. Participants can review the overall plan Saturday and select projects to work on; some can be taken home and other projects will stay at Hannes? studio ...

A tech advisory group consisting of Fairfield school district employees is planning for technology integration in classrooms, reviewing tech needs and the direction the district wants to go with technology.?Our broad priorities are addressing infrastructure and setting instructional priorities,? Superintendent Art Sathoff told the school board Monday.The ?tech cadre? wants to have a clear picture of what the ...

Fairfield Fire Department has a new boat and brought it to Bonnifield Lake Wednesday evening for training firefighters on water rescue and recovery operations. Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Six briefed crews before launching the boat that everyone riding in the boat would always wear life jackets, and not firefighting bunker gear, including the boots. The boat and trailer are housed at the fire station and can be ...

Classes in the Fairfield Community School District dismissed for summer break less than two weeks ago, but it?s time to be thinking about the next school year.A one-day student registration is planned from noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 5, at Fairfield Middle School.Registration also can be done at the district?s ~ Center during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning July 1. Fees ...

SOFIA?s All Things Italian Street Festival Saturday in the Fairfield square featured treats for the eyes, ears, nose and taste buds. Six-year-old Rowan Connelly of Richland preferred to taste Italian Ice. She relished tie-dye-looking aqua-green-colored ice.

Three of the seven seats on the Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors, held by Jeri Kunkle, Bob Waugh and Jennifer Anderson, expire in September.Kunkle and Waugh both have indicated they will not seek re-election. Anderson intends to run for school board election again.Election papers are available at the ~ Center, open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.Any person who is a United ...

The nonprofit board Orpheum Theatre and Fairfield Film Institute, formed last fall to bring Fairfield?s movie theater back to life, is being dissolved, and plans presented to the community for renovations and showing films are moving forward.?There was always a for-profit and a nonprofit entity,? said building managing owner/partner Chris Johnson of Mandala 6 Land Partners.?The board always intended to hire a ...

After All Things Italian Street Festival and before RAGBRAI, a very big music festival plays in Fairfield, the inaugural FAIRfest ? four days with numerous genres of music and food, art and speakers ? emphasizing sustainability, creativity, economic fairness and community empowerment.Beginning at 6 p.m. June 20 with the Third Street Block Party, next weekend offers to fill the senses with tastes, sights and ...

Anyone who has spent time outdoors lately knows the gnats are out there and mosquitoes will be multiplying.Has the wet spring produced more insects? Yes, and no, depending on the type of insects.?Gnats and ticks seem to always be around,? said Jefferson County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticultural program assistant Kim Keller. ?I dabbed vanilla [the baking ingredient] around my face and on ...