Friday's Internet Edition, May 09, 2008. RECENT NEWS Candidates to speak at event for democrats The Freestone County Democrats will sponsor a “Meet the Candidates” session at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Johnson Activity Center. Featured speakers include democratic congressional candidates Dr. Ludwig Otto and Steve Bush. All registered voters are encouraged to attend. Monthly meetings for the Freestone County Democrats are . . . [ Full story ] Trustees lay out school options Fairfield school trustees gained a little insight Monday evening into what people want in a proposed bond election to expand the high school and build a brand new school campus. Those attending an information meeting on the bond proposal declared that they want the district to build a campus to . . . [ Full story ] Fairfield moves to District 20-AAA For the first time since 1984, the Fairfield Eagles will not be in the same University Interscholastic League competitive district with the Mexia Blackcats and Groesbeck Goats. New alignments for Texas schools were announced Friday morning by the UIL and will be in place for two years. Starting next fall . . . [ Full story ] Fairfield hosting academic meet Academics takes center stage this week as Fairfield high school hosts a pair of competitions. The District 19-AAA cross examination debate meet is set for Thursday and is part of the spring competition in March at Palestine. Points from the debate meet go toward the total in the district academic . . . [ Full story ] Winners honored at VFW banquet Students from Fairfield, Teague and Wortham participated in the Patriot’s Pen essay contest and Voice of Democracy speech contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The students who placed in the contest were honored at a banquet hosted by the Fairfield VFW last Friday. The VFW received 287 essays . . . [ Full story ] Facing Trials & Finding Blessings By Betsy Monico Facing Trials and Finding Blessings Tuesday – pet and CT scan as planned, great staff at Baylor, but three attempts to find a vein, a two hour power outage forced me to sit in my dark and quiet room and rest more, that was nice. I went by to see . . . [ Full story ] Public invited to school bonds talk Residents of Fairfield Independent School District are invited to attend a special board workshop Monday to discuss details of a pair of bond elections to build a new school and add classroom space to the senior high school. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairfield high school north . . . [ Full story ] Trash collection sites considered As a convenience to Freestone county rural residents, county commissioners are taking a look at opening solid waste collection sites at three more locations. The county currently operates a solid waste trash site at Dew, open six days a week to all residents. About the only restriction at the site . . . [ Full story ] Poster, essay winners named Winners were recently announced in the annual conservation poster and essay contest sponsored by the Freestone County Soil and Water Conservation District. The poster contest drew 309 entries and the essay, 375 entries with students from Dew, Fairfield, Teague and Wortham participating in one or both of the contests. Award . . . [ Full story ] Facing Trials & Finding Blessings By Betsy Monico How ironic that I have been planning on writing about breaking a few personal records and there is a show on the television right now about just that. The television show is about world records. You know, like the world’s longest hot dog, fastest clapping man, and the world’s largest . . . [ Full story ] Awards banquet slated on Monday Outstanding contributions to the community, and accomplishments, will be recognized Monday evening at the annual awards banquet of Fairfield chamber of commerce. The event is set for 7 p.m. at the elementary school cafeteria and carries a theme “Laughter is Good Medicine,” mirroring the topic of guest speaker Christine Clifford . . . [ Full story ] I-45 ramp locations talked Fairfield area residents expressed what they like and dislike about a proposal by Texas Department of Transportation to relocate the southbound exits on I-45 in town. The meeting, attended by about two dozen people, was conducted by the city council last week as a preliminary step to approving a resolution . . . [ Full story ] Political costs tally $7,227 Political expenses reported this month by Freestone county officeholders up for election in 2008, and by candidates for office, total $7,227. The reports filed in the county clerk’s office cover all of 2007, with most of the cost attributable to fees paid to political parties when candidates signed up for . . . [ Full story ] Library debuts new computer system Through a new computer system entitled Apollo Biblionix, cardholders at the Mary Moody Northern Library in Fairfield can now check book availability, reserve a title or renew items they have recently checked out, all from the comfort of their own home. By visiting http://admin.fairfield.biblionix.com patrons can log into their account . . . [ Full story ] Wortham students place in UIL Students in second through fifth grades at Wortham elementary recently took part in University Interscholastic League Competition. Events for second grade students were creative writing and storytelling. Third grade students competed in ready writing, music memory, spelling and storytelling. In fourth grade, students competed in ready writing, music memory, number . . . [ Full story ] Facing Trials & Finding Blessings By Betsy Monico I think more than anything this column of mine has turned out to be a journal of lessons learned as I have walked through cancer and thank God, reached the other side. Brother Jon Moore at FBC shared an amazing New Year's sermon a few weeks ago that is still . . . [ Full story ] Grid Coach Hired Bringing several seasons of playoff experience and a part in a state championship, Darrell Piske of Valley Mills takes over the jobs of athletic director and head football coach for Fairfield Independent School District. Piske, 47, was hired by FISD trustees Monday evening after an interview before the school board. . . . [ Full story ] Band Director Hired Bringing enthusiasm and a background of 23 years as a working professional musician, Mexia band director William Norman “Bill” Large takes over this summer as director of the Fairfield high school Grand Band from Eagle Land. Large was interviewed and hired by the Fairfield Independent School District board of trustees . . . [ Full story ] Work starting on downtown office Work started this week on a new downtown Fairfield office/retail building that will fill a long vacant gap on the south side of the courthouse square. The 3,000 square feet structure, named The Marberry Building for now, is a project of Paul and Susan Marberry. The couple completed Marberry Professional . . . [ Full story ] FHS students make all-state band Junior student Candice DeFriend and senior Matt Harris were chosen to represent Fairfield high school in the All-State band which will perform on Saturday, Feb. 16 in San Antonio. Miss DeFriend, 17, a member of the Grand Band from Eagle Land for five and half years, plays the French horn . . . [ Full story ] This is an on-line publication of The FairField Recorder 101 East Commerce Fairfield, TX 75840-1511 903-389-3334 For comments or questions, email us Publisher:Joe Reavis joe@thefairfieldrecorder.com. Front Page - Sports - Public Notices - Oil & Gas Report - Obituaries - Archive - Sheriff's Report - Real Estate - Classified - Subscribe Radar Weather On-line publication, Copyright 2007, The Fairfield Recorder. Web page design, Copyright 2007, EZ Edit Web Publishing.