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The Fairfield Public Library announces the opening event of the 2009 summer reading program.The summer reading program?s theme this year is ?Be Creative @ Your Library? for children in preschool through third grade. For the older children in grades 4-7, the theme is ?Express Yourself @ Your Library.?The program kickoff will be from 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday. The street in front of the library will be blocked off so

Tickets for ?Children of Eden,? Fairfield Area Community Theater?s summer family musical, are now on sale at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts box office.Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $12 for students and children. The cast of nearly 60 people is directed by Scott Slechta with music direction by Jim Edgeton.?Children of Eden? with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John Caird, is

Fairfield High School will present a concert featuring the students in the grades 10-12 band and choir programs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairfield High School Auditorium.The concert band will begin the program with three selections. The first piece is entitled ?River Of Life.? The second piece is for solo clarinet and concert band. The piece will feature senior clarinetist and All-State Band member Melanie Roth

A free movie will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Fairfield Public Library.The film received five Academy Award nominations and is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The library?s license does not allow it to share the title, but it stars Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Set in 1964, much of the film?s quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.For information, visit

The Saturday Night at the Sondheim Series will present ?The Good Die Young,? a tribute concert to those who left a legacy of legendary music only to have died before their time, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.The show will feature artists and their music reaching back decades and centuries while crossing into an eclectic collection of genres and styles of music.Talent

Ledger Lifestyles editorWhen Van Buren High School announced it would not be producing a spring play, many people just accepted it as a fact; Jesse Heisel, on the other hand, accepted it as an opportunity.The Van Buren High School senior had started writing a play two years ago and thought it would be a good piece to perform and test out his directing skills.?I?ve always loved directing,? he said.Heisel not only

Registration at Maharishi School is now open for the 2009-10 school year.An open house will be held for children ready to enter preschool and kindergarten from 9:45-11:45 a.m. Friday.The following programs for children ages 2-5 will be offered: kindergarten ? if the child turns 5 years old by Sept. 15; pre-kindergarten? if the child turns 4 years old by Sept. 15; preschool ? if the child turns 2 or 3 years old by

The Ed Bruegge Country Western Band will perform at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.The event is open to the public. Those eating meals need to call in reservations.

Jefferson County Relay for Life invites local cancer survivors to participate in survivor ceremonies during this year?s relay set for June 13-14 at Fairfield High School Trojan Stadium.Check-in for survivors will be 3-5:45 p.m. June 13. All survivors will receive a free t-shirt at check-in.Activities begin at 5 p.m. with a dinner provided by the Jefferson County Pork Producers.Ceremonies honoring survivors begin

The Maharishi University of Management Department of Sustainable Living is hosting a public awareness event on ?Truth in Labeling Genetically Engineered Food? at 8 p.m. Saturday at Dalby Hall on the M.U.M. campus.The event will include a coalition of farmers, doctors, whole food manufacturers and distributors, whole food retailers and coops and concerned citizens.Chris Wege, president of Citizens for Labeling

The Jefferson County Fair Queen Contest will be June 24, and interested young women can apply to be a candidate.Jefferson County Fair Queen information packets and applications can be picked up at the Jefferson County Extension Office. Any girl wishing to participate must be between the ages of 16-21 by Aug. 1 and live or conduct a majority of her activities within Jefferson County. She does not need to be a member

PACKWOOD ? The Packwood Lions Club will host an Italian Night from 4-7 p.m. May 9 at the Packwood Community Center.The menu for the meal will include spaghetti with marinara sauce, tossed green salad and dressing, garlic bread, dessert and beverages.Proceeds from the meal will benefit various Lions Club project including ?Leader Dogs For the Blind,? summer camp sponsor programs and other charity activities.