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The Edwards County FFA has announced their student of the month for September. The student is Drew Wolfe. He was nominated because he is always a helpful
Edwards County held the Section 23 Public Speaking and Quiz Bowl competitions recently at ECHS. Thanks to the fourteen schools who participated in the events and those who volunteered their time to judge the event. Edwards County's Varsity Quiz Bowl team took 5th place for the evening. Members of the quiz bowl team were: Cage Metcalf, Kassidi Metcalf, Jake Wiseman, Campbell Biggs, Aly Williams, Wyatt Greathouse, Haiden Haley, and Sam Bailey. Quiz bowl questions focus on general agriculture and FFA knowledge.
The Fairfield City Council met last night with all members present. The "hot button" item for the night was the understaffed Fairfield Police Department. The department is down to 6 officers and the Chief, with one of the officers leaving for a military assignment very soon. Mayor Gary Moore proposed an Intergovernmental Agreement with Wayne County which would have Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies cover law enforcement for the city of Fairfield when necessary. In the agreement, the city would pay the county $50.00 per hour for the coverage but only the hours actually providing city coverage. Mayor Moore stated that he had met with Chief and Sheriff regarding devising a plan to maintain coverage for the city. Alderman Cody Atteberry stated that he hadn't been made aware of the proposal until he received his meeting documents. He further stated that he thought the matter was being rushed and deserved more study. The annual tax levy was unanimously approved. The levy 4.