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Congregate Meals: March 11-15, 2013

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

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 ...

Author speaking about new book

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

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...

Shakespeare company to present ?Twelfth Night?

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

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 ...

Wray, Stark engaged to be married in August

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

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 ...

Seneca gives reminders on issues for elderly

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

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 ...

March for Meals campaign set

SARAH MORGAN, Special to The Ledger

Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

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 ...

Changes announced for March nature programs

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey has announced several of the Jefferson County Conservation programs scheduled in March have been canceled.?I am not having any maple syruping programs,? wrote Cummiskey in an email this morning, ?and the Waterfowl Watch and the bison program have been canceled.?The bison ecology program, which had been planned for Saturday at the Fairfield Public Library and ...

Financial aid workshop Wednesday

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

Indian Hills Community College will be holding a free financial aid workshop from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the IHCC Jefferson County Center in Fairfield.During the workshop participants will be assisted with completion of FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is required for students seeking federal grants, student loans and work study at many educational institutions.In addition to staff ...

4-H members can visit Omaha zoo

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students active in 4-H have the opportunity to visit the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., and sleep under a 20-foot tree with free flying colorful birds or take part in an exploration station of the entire zoo June 5-6.Buses will leave the morning of June 5, making stops throughout Region 19 from Jefferson County to Lucas County to pick up participants. Buses will arrive in the ...

Blood drive results listed; drives set

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center recently held successful blood drives in the area.The mobile drew 54 pints Feb. 15 at Van Buren High School in Keosauqua, 28 pints Feb. 18 at Fairfield First United Methodist Church, 29 pints Feb. 19 at the Lockridge Senior Center and 40 pints Feb. 19 at Cambridge Investment Research Inc. in Fairfield.With the success of these blood drives comes the announcement of ...

Jazz group to play at IHCC

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:26 pm2561d ago

OTTUMWA ? The Jazz Underground, a collection of Midwest musicians specializing in original music and fresh performances of jazz standards, will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Auditorium on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa Campus.The concert is free and open to the public.The Jazz Underground is led by two Indian Hills music faculty: saxophonist and composer David Sharp and drummer ...

?Belles? tells story of sisterhood

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:25 pm2561d ago

Fairfield Area Community Theatre?s winter production ?Belles? by Mark Dunn is a story of sisterhood and family that brings both laughter and tears to the audience according to directorial staff Scott Slechta, John Grunwald and Tim Lantz.?Belles? is a vivid dramatic comedy in two acts and 45 phone calls.Originally from Memphis, the six Walker sisters now live in various parts of the U.S. When Mama lands in the ...