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Lady Eagles earn honors

Softball All-District . . .
Eight members of the Fairfield high school Lady Eagles softball team earn All-District honors this spring, including four players named to the first team list. More...

Chrysler axe misses dealership

789 targeted for closing . . .

Bossier Country automobile dealership of Fairfield dodged the Chrysler LLC axe last week when the car manufactured released a list of dealerships it plans to abandon. More...

Top THS grads named

In class of 82 students . . .

After four years of high school, the high expectations of two young ladies paid off as they were named the top graduates from Teague high school's class of 2009. More...

News

City election results stand

City Council members agreed to exclude a single mail-in ballot which did not arrive at the city polling place by election date. The ballot was that of Mildred Hill, mother of Mayor Roy Hill. More...

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COOPER FARMS PEACH STANDS, which are now open, was visited recently by Dr. David Byrne, Texas A&M University specialist in peach varieties who has planted several trial trees in the Cooper orchards around Fairfield. Pictured with Dr. More...

Hospital lease amended

Providing more funds . . .

Fairfield Hospital Board directors approved an amendment to its master lease agreement with East Texas Medical Center under which ETMC will spend $2-4 million over the next two years on capital improvements. More...

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Sports

Lady Eagle qualifies for state meet

Team takes third at region . . .

One member of the Fairfield high school Lady Eagles track team heads to state next month and a Good Samaritan act cost a second thinclad a state berth. Headed to the Class AAA state meet in the 100- and 200-meter races is Derekia Coleman. More...

FJHS golfers play tourney

A 9-hole tournament to wrap up the year for Fairfield junior high school golfers was held recently at Big Cedar Country Club. There were 19 young golfers competing. More...

FHS softball exits playoffs

The Fairfield high school Lady Eagles checked out of the post season race Friday evening with a 1-0 area loss to Bullard. More...

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Columns

On the Edge of Common Sense

THE WORLD GOING TO POT
Baxter Black, D.V.M.

Here's a tough question: If you are hitting yourself on the head with a spatula and are complaining because it hurts, what should you do? Answer: Stop it! If the citizenry wants to save General Motors, what should we do? Answer: Buy a Chevy! More...

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Full Story

THIS WAS THEN

From the Files of The Fairfield Recorder

May 24, 1934 BARROW AND PARKER SLAIN Careers of the nation's noted desperadoes come to sudden and violent end. Outlaws die in Louisiana Wednesday from guns in hands of Texas officers headed by old time Ranger Frank Hamer. More...

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ACS relay raises $77,000

Annual event in Fairfield . . .

American Cancer Society receives more than $76,000 in donations this spring, proceeds from Freestone County Relay for Life held Friday at Eagle Field in Fairfield. More...

HOWDY

By Joe Reavis

It seems that I made a major miscalculation when graduating college and deciding on a career, instead of wanting to be a small town newspaperman I should have opted for corporate executive. The pay is outrageous and often can't be justified. More...

FISD board changes time of meetings

School board meetings in Fairfield will open earlier starting in June, and the date of meetings may be changed after a trial run by trustees. The school board voted last week to start meetings at 6:30 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m. beginning in June. More...

Calendar

Community Calendar

To add a listing for your organization's meetings or events please call THE FAIRFIELD RECORDER at 903-389-3334 or fax to 903-389-8255. MONDAY, MAY 25 ..VFW Bingo, 7:30 pm, VFW Post 5872 .. More...

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Law

Fairfield Police Report

Police Chief Kenny Bulger

(A summary of recent activity of Fairfield Police Department.) May 11 6:52 a.m.—Cpl. Bass and Officer Irion on reported gas drive-off. 8:22 a.m.—Cpl. Bass and Officer Irion on reported missing money. 9:22 a.m.—Cpl. More...

Sheriff 's Report

by Ralph Billings

Sheriff's Report Number 437- Boyfriend hits pregnant girlfriend in stomach on Cypress, then leaves with her keys, TPD to same. FPD Gallegos finds drunk man in parked car at Cole's, in Jail now. FEMS to diabetes troubles at Big Brown. More...

3 arrested on drug charges

Three Fairfield residents were arrested over the past few days by Freestone county deputies on felony drug charges. All three arrests were made in Fairfield on warrants. Nabbed at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at an E. More...

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Education

Top musicians named at FJHS

Top musicians were announced last week at the Fairfield junior high school spring band concert. The concert featured performances by the fifth, seventh and eighth grade bands. More...

Fairfield coed earns degree

A student from Fairfield, Emily Mize, graduated this month from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at Belton. Commencement exercises for 307 students were held May 9 at Bell County Expo Center. More...

School Menu

Fairfield School Menu May 25-39 Breakfast Items served daily: Milk, fruit juice, cereal, graham crackers and small peanut butter and jelly Uncrustables. More...

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Letters

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: I wish one of Fairfield's civic groups or clubs would take over caring for the large terracotta urns downtown that the Main Street people used to keep filled with blooming plants. More...

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Obituaries

Joe David Ahlfinger

Here's F uneral se rvices were held Saturday for Joe David Ahlfinger, 77, of Fairfield who died Wednesday, May 13, in Mexia. Mr. Ahlfinger was born in Limestone county on July 16, 1931. More...

Alynda Jones

Funeral services were held Saturday for Alynda Crysteen Ransom Jones, 59, of Rosenberg who died Monday, May 11 at the Rosenberg Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Jones worked at state schools in both Mexia and Richmond. More...

Freddie Polk

Funeral services were held Saturday for Freddie Mae Polk, 61, of Streetman who died Tuesday, May 12, in the emergency room at East Texas Medical Center of Fairfield. Mrs. Polk was born on July 26, 1947 and raised in Streetman. More...

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