Community Calendar

Fairfield Library

The Fairfield Library is excited to present our Summer Program schedule!

In addition to the Texas Snakes and More and the Creature Teacher events, special guests are lined up for each Storytime event.

Keep up with posts on Facebook to see who and when.

The June Storytime guest line-up includes Kayla Lupo with Water Safety, Freestone County Sheriff Shipley, the Fairfield Fire Department, a Teddy Bear First-Aid. July events include Momma Cakes, Ashley Lehman as the Grinch, the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, and the Fairfield EMS.

The Library wants to thank everyone involved that’s helping with these events, and especially Community National Bank for sponsoring the Texas Snakes and More on May 31, as well as Incommons Bank for sponsoring the Creature Teacher event on July 5.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, located on 751 IH-45 South in Fairfield, is hosting the Children of Zion Conference from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 27-29.

Transportation will be provided for children who reside locally.

Contact Ca’Chereal Anderson at 214-957-2276 for more information.

The registration link is https://form.jotform. com/232217441298153

Jones Chapel Church

Jones Chapel Church will host a 3-on-3 basketball tournament beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, at the Fairfield City Park basketball courts.

There will be seven divisions - Incoming 4th-5th grade boys, Incoming 4th-5th grade girls, Incoming 6th-8th grade boys, Incoming 6th-8th grade girls, Incoming high school boys, Incoming high school girls, and Co-ed adult. Each coed adult team must have one male and one female sub.

The cost is $50 per team, and prizes will be given to each first and second place team. Contact Billy McMillian at bmcmillian.1015@yahoo.com or 903-879-1260 for more information.

NSDAR

The Jonathan Hardin Chapter, NSDAR, Inc. Sponsorship Group is fundraising to support Wreaths Across America, specifically to earn sponsorships for approximately 580 veterans’ wreaths to be placed at Driver, La-Salle, New Hope (Jewett), Salem, and Wortham/Blind Lemon Memorial Cemeteries on National Wreaths Across America Day – Saturday, Dec. 14.

The Chapter will have a Rummage Sale on June 15. We will be selling treasures from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.

All proceeds will be used to sponsor wreaths for our veterans buried at the above locations.

We will have tables set up at the Fairfield Libraryparking lot located at 350 W. Main St.

We thank Gary Wiggins and the Fairfield Library for letting us use their parking lot for our sale.

Group Contact: Beth Harrison at harrisonmb@windstream.net or by phone (903)-388-7056.

Our WAA Group web page is www.wreathsacrossamerica. org/TX1128P.