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Clarinetist Jen Augello is Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra artist in residence for 2013.Augello will perform for more than 20 school, community and service groups throughout southeast Iowa Monday to March 22, including two full recitals: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Zion United Church of Christ in Burlington and 4 p.m. March 19 at Pennsylvania Place in Ottumwa. Both recitals are free and open to the public.Augello?s ...

Volunteers pack 5,000 mealsA total of 24,192 meals were assembled during the Kids Against Hunger packing event 1-3:45 p.m. Sunday in the Word of Life Lutheran Church.About 110 volunteer workers helped pack the meals, adding up to a total of 49,626 meals packed during the past two sessions hosted by First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Fairfield Friends Church, First Presbyterian Church and Word of Life ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars, orange juice and milk; breakfast at the elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal bar or Nutri-Grain bar; orange juice and milk. Lunch: Chicken patty on a bun, sweet potato fries, green beans, pineapple rings, tomatoes ...

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Lent is being observed through March 29. Fish will be offered each Friday until March 29 as an alternative to the main entree. Notify the meal site if fish is preferred when making ...

Iowa native and Fairfield resident since 2002, Norman Zierold, will talk about his latest book, ?That Reminds Me,? at 2 p.m. Saturday upstairs at Revelations Café.Everyone is welcome to the meet-the-author session.This is Zierold?s eighth book, which he?s subtitled, ?A Conversational Memoir.? Reading it is nearly like having a conversation with him. He tells stories from his days of rubbing elbows with celebriti...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The American Shakespeare Center will present the comedy ?Twelfth Night? at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Auditorium.This is a free performance open to the public.?This is ?fun Shakespeare? ? light, witty and fast-paced; a play full of fools, knaves, clowns, scoundrels, cross-dressing tricksters, nerds in love, and a crusty drunken uncle named ? we kid you not ? Sir Toby ...

Molly Wray of Grinnell and Ethan Stark of Lockridge are engaged to be married.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Chris and Sara Wray of Grinnell. She is a 2010 graduate of Grinnell High School and will graduate in May from Indian Hills Community College, with an associate of arts degree as a clinical lab assistant.The groom-to-be is the son of Mike and Kimberly Stark of Lockridge. He is a 2009 graduate of ...

The following marriages were recorded at Jefferson County Courthouse:Austin Taylor Janssen of Fairfield and Nayi Shen of Fairfield, Feb. 14, 2013.Phillip Robert Meyer of Birmingham and Tiffany Lorene Meade of Birmingham, Feb. 19, 2013.Robert Gene Roberts of Fairfield and Janet Lynn Gillespie of Fairfield, Feb. 14, 2013.Jeffery Joseph Alexander of Fairfield and Tonia Joyce Marilynn Rollison of Fairfield, Feb. ...

The final bluegrass music jam session of the season is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited.Acoustic instruments are allowed.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help offset expenses of the event.The bluegrass music jams are scheduled to begin again in November.

Seneca Area Agency on Aging has issued reminders for family caregivers of seniors about winter skin care and the availability of volunteer dental care.Seneca wants to remind caregivers the cold wind of winter can damage senior skin.Seniors are particularly prone to skin issues. Over time, a person?s skin becomes thinner, drier and more fragile. Winter can quickly strip skin of its moisture, leaving it prone to ...

The Southeast Iowa Skeet Club is offering hunter education safety classes March 19, 21 and 23 at the club.Attendance of all three sessions is required. Sessions are 6-9 p.m. March 19 and 21 and 8 a.m. to noon March 23.Hunter safety classes are mandatory for everyone born after Jan. 1, 1972, who wants to purchase a hunting license. In order to purchase a license, a person must have a certificate showing completio...

Seneca Area Agency on Aging has announced it will be participating in the national 2013 March for Meals campaign.March for Meals will be recognized at Seneca?s local meal sites, including the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center, according to Susie Martin, the senior center?s coordinator.?In this tough economy, the food and human contact we provide to seniors in this community is needed more than ever,? said Connie ...