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MOUNT PLEASANT ? Chief Judge Mary Ann Brown of the Eighth Judicial District of Iowa will speak at Iowa Wesleyan College on on Constitution Day Sept. 17.Brown was appointed chief judge for the Eighth Judicial District by the Iowa Supreme Court in 2012 and was originally appointed to the bench in 2001. The Eighth Judicial District consists of Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, ...

Several Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drives are scheduled in the area.The Roosevelt Community Recreation Center in Fairfield will host a drive from 1-5:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Donors who last gave on or before July 23 are eligible to give again. Walk-in donors are welcome, but for appointments, call Derik Wulfekuhle at 472-6159.A blood drive will be from 3-6:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Jefferson County ...

NORDYKEFifty people representing four generations of the Carl and Maud Nordyke family attended the second Nordyke reunion Aug. 31 through Sept. 1 in Abingdon.The family shared potluck meals, attended services at the Abingdon Church of Christ, visited the American Gothic House and had the ?Pie Lady?s? homemade pie.Family attended from Washington, Minnesota and Iowa. Plans were made for a reunion next year in ...

LEANDO ? An old-fashioned band concert by the Tarnished Brass Band, under the director of Ken Burns, will be at 5 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Park in Leando.The event will be held in recognition of the 175th anniversary of the platting of the town of Portland in 1838, which was to become Leando.Leando, on the south side of the Des Moines River, opposite its twin city of Douds in Van Buren County, was platted as ...

COUNTRY SCHOOLSThe Country Schools reunion will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Batavia Senior Community Center.A cooperative dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.All former students and teachers of the Hickory Ridge, Centennial, No. 7, Cross Lane, Polk No. 5, Hazel Dell, Locust Grove No. 3, Indiana No. 1 and Des Moines No. 2 schools are invited to attend.Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish and ...

Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey is planning a birding trip to Brinton Timber in Washington County.The trip is planned for Saturday, but participants who want to ride in one of the park vehicles will need to preregister by calling 472-4421 or emailing ~ Participants who do not preregister can follow behind or meet at the site. The group will leave at 7:30 a.m. from Jefferson County Park and arrive ...

Due to extreme heat, the venue for first session of the square dance class has changed.Tonight?s session at Pence Elementary School gym has moved to Morning Star Studio?s ballroom.Continuing students will meet at 7 p.m. New students should arrive at 7:50 p.m. to sign in for the 8 p.m. class.Participants should bring water and a change of shoes for dancing.Future classes of the 10-week session are planned at ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Elementary School is looking for volunteers again this year to work with kindergarten through second graders who need a little extra attention.Volunteers in the Friends of Education program will read to a child or have a child read to them, play an educational game or even put a puzzle together. The looking and listening activities help develop or build language skills, which form a solid ...

OTTUMWA ? Milestones Area on Aging, in partnership with state of Iowa?s Senior Health Insurance Information Program, will have a ?Welcome to Medicare? seminar. Sept. 19 on Indian Hills Community College campus in Ottumwa.The free seminar, in partnership with IHCC Community Rural Health, requires a reservation by Thursday. Call Milestones at 800-642-6522 or email jnydle@milestonesaaa.org. For more information, ...

The Fairfield High School is seeking donations of athletic shorts and tennis shoes for use by FHS physical education students.Donations of gently used men?s and women?s shorts of all sizes are needed. Men?s tennis shoes size 10 ½ and larger are especially needed.Having PE clothes available to loan to students has almost eliminated PE failures for students who previously did not dress out for class. Donations of ...

Dennis and Terri Delker of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica Lynn Delker to Scott Michael Barron, son of Michael and Rhonda Barron of Vinton.The bride-elect is a 2007 graduate of Fairfield High School and a 2009 graduate of Mercy/St. Luke?s School of Radiologic Technology. She is employed as a CT technologist at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids.The groom-elect is a 2003 graduate of ...

Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 63rd season with fabulous music and a nod to 1920s Feathers and Fanfare. Under the baton of Robert McConnell, the orchestra will delight audiences with the fabulous music of George Gershwin, John Williams, Henry Mancini, Hoagy Carmichael and much more. Concerts will be held 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Bridge View Center in Ottumwa and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Memorial ...