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Feed El Dorado and the Placer Food Bank host food distribution events throughout the year in Cameron Park, Pollock Pines, Placerville and Georgetown. For a complete schedule visit placerfoodbank.org/ pantrytogo.

The Master Gardener public office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to noon at 311 Fair Lane, Placerville. Have a gardening question or problem? Come in and chat. Bring a cutting or insect in a Ziploc baggie or a picture. Can’t come in person? Call (530) 6215512 and leave a voicemail or go online to the “Ask A Master Gardener” tool mgeldorado@ucanr.edu.

The purpose of the Widowed Persons Club is to provide a support group for widowed men and women of all ages and provide a wide range of social activities through which they have an opportunity to make new friends and find a new direction in their lives. General meeting lunches are held at Cold Springs Country Club in Placerville for members and guests on the fourth Friday of each month at 11:30 a.m. A social time precedes each meeting. The cost is $18 and reservations are required. Regular breakfasts are held every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at Denny’s in Placerville. For those interested in joining or reservations don’t hesitate to get in touch with Glenda at (530) 2958374 or Nancy at (530) 919-8276.

March 14

FamilySearch Center, 3275 Cedar Ravine Road in Placerville, presents an overview of The Family History Research Wiki, which provides handbook reference information and educational articles to help genealogists find and interpret records of their ancestors. It is a free-access, free-content, online encyclopedia on a wiki, hosted as part of the FamilySearch site. Sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

March 15

El Dorado County is hosting Parks and Trails public workshops, 6-7 p.m. with the following events scheduled: March 15 at Pioneer Park and March 22 via Zoom. Registration is not required. For more information email parksupdate@edcgov.us.

Kerry Irish Productions presents St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland at 7 p.m. March 15 & 16 at Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom. For tickets and more information call (916) 6086888 or visit harriscenter. net.

The Blues & Bourbon weekly series at The Starlet Room above Harlow’s in Sacramento has begun. Check out the following acts: Chrissie O’Dell & The Real Deal (March 15), Vanessa Collier (March 19) and Mitch Woods Rocket 88s (March 29). For more information visit harlows.com.

March 16

The Camino FireSafe Council hosts the presentation Home Hardening — Critical Twin to Defensible Space at Camino Community Church upstairs, 4205 Carson Road. The meeting beings at 6:30 p.m. and the