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OTTUMWA ? Tenco Industries will be hosting a Family Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.The event will have an ?Out of This World? theme, and will include games and events such as extraterrestrial robots, space video games, a laser light show, alien transformation, a galaxy constellation tent, laser tag, a spaceship jump house, crater climb, moon landing mini golf and ...

CENTRAL COLLEGEPELLA ? Mycaela Crouse, a senior biology major at Central College, and a native of Hedrick, will be presenting at the 2013 National Council on Undergraduate Research conference in April at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.Crouse is part of a team of four students working with biology faculty members Ellen Du Pre and Nicole Palenske to study the effects of the chemical tricosan on heart rate. ...

Heart disease strikes more women than men and it claims the lives of one in three women each year. Because of healthy choices and knowing the signs to watch for, more than 627,000 women have been saved from heart disease, and 330 fewer are dying per day.With the right information, education and care, heart disease in women can be treated, prevented and even ended. Heart disease affects women of all ages. For ...

Chelsea Anderson, originally of Ainsworth, and Travis Septer, originally from Lockridge, and both from Eddyville, were married Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Marr Park in Ainsworth, with Stephanie Laverman officiating the 5 p.m. ceremony.The bride is the daughter of Steve and Rita Anderson of Ainsworth.The groom is the son of Brian and Kristen Septer of Lockridge and Gordon and Lisa Heady of Fairfield.The bride?s ...

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: Pig-in-a-blanket, corn, broccoli with cheese, fresh orange, fruit choice for 9-12, ...

XAVIER UNIVERSITYCINCINNATI ? Lauren Holt, daughter of Michael and Theresa Holt of Fairfield, was named to the Dean?s List for the fall semester at Xavier University.Holt is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.To be named to the Dean?s List, a student must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

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.Monday ? Presidents Day- All Meal Sites Closed. Contact the local senior center for options.Tuesday ? Chili with beans, creamy coleslaw, cereal muffin, and applesauce.Wednesday ? ...

Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department is planning a ?Little Tumblers? class for children ages 18 months to 4 years.The class will be 9:15-9:45 a.m. every Monday starting next week through March 18 at Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.The class is designed to help toddlers and early preschoolers begin to develop skills in balance, coordination and socialization.Parents will accompany their children on ...

A Great Backyard Bird County will be held Saturday at Jefferson County Park.Interested birders should meet at 8 a.m. at the park?s Nature Center to begin the count.The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual event that engages bird watchers across the county in counting birds. The information helps researchers learn about how birds are doing.For details, call Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey at ...

GIRL SCOUT LEADERSFairfield Girl Scout leaders will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church.For information, call Sandy Davisson at 472-0707.

Carissa Jean Sojka and Kylan Mattias de Vries were married Saturday, June 30, 2012, in a 5 p.m. ceremony officiated by the Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx, at Grizzly Peak Winery in Ashland, Ore.The bride is the daughter of RoAnne and David Larson of Fairfield and Matthew and Kim Sojka of Muscatine.The groom is the son of Charlene and Gerard de Vries of Port Aberni, British Columbia, Canada.The bride was escorted to ...

Pleasant Plain quarterly meeting Sunday eveningPLEASANT PLAIN ? Pleasant Plain Friends Church will host the Pleasant Plain quarterly meeting Sunday.The business meeting begins at 5 p.m. A carry-in meal is set for 6 p.m., with a program beginning at 7 p.m.Alan Mullikin, pastor of La Grand Friends Church, and his wife Sheryl will be providing the evening service. Sweetheart Dinner Sunday at Prairie ViewOLLIE ...