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This page last updated:  19 Sep 2007

Iowa Chapter AGEHR Committee

The Iowa Chapter of the national AGEHR organization is part of Area VIII (which consists of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska). Area VIII has a set of officers, and each state with the area has a set of officers. The Iowa officers for 2006-2007 are listed below. Please contact any of us if we can assist with your handbell efforts.

Chair:    Kathryn Jaeger (Chancy Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa) 1720 North 3rd Street, Clinton, Iowa 52732, 563-242-0416, jkjdjaeger@juno.com   

Treasurer:    Anabeth Voigts, (Zion Jubilee Church, La Porte City, IA), 12132 Rickard Road, Jesup, Iowa  50648, 319-827-1036, davoigts@jtt.net

Secretary:    Carolyn Sternowski, 6920 Bowman Lane NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, 319-377-6588, carolynlfs@mchsi.com 

Membership Chair:   Jessica Kruger (Norwalk United Methodist Church), jkruger_rmh@hotmail.com  

Chimes Chair:    Aaron Hansen, (First United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls, IA), 104 E. 9th St, Apt 1-E, Cedar Falls, IA 50613, 319-277-8741, hansena@waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us 

Eastern Iowa Representative:    Terri Hodge (St Joseph Catholic Church, Marion, IA), 3465 26th Ave, Marion, IA 52302, 319-377-2615, phlute1@mchsi.com 

Central Iowa Representative:    Joyce Church

Western Iowa Representative:    Open

Past Chair:    Chris Peck, 2404 N. 8th Street, Lot 84, Red Oak, Iowa 51566, 712-623-4096 

Historian:    Open

Committee Biographies

  Kathryn Jaeger, Chair - Kathryn Jaeger  is currently the Music Director at Chancy Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. Chancy currently is playing Bell Plates and has a growing fund to purchase handbells. She works all ages making music with the preschoolers to the young at heart.   Kathryn has been playing handbells for about the last 16 years and has been directing for 7 years.   Kathryn has also served on the Iowa Committee as the Secretary.

Carolyn Sternowski, Secretary - Carolyn Sternowski is currently Director of Music at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.  There she directs their three year old handbell choir, Grace Notes.  Grace Notes rings 2 and 1/2 octaves of Malmark Bells and three octaves of Malmark Chimes.   Carolyn is also the Director of Music and organist at Mt. Mercy College Chapel in Cedar Rapids.   Carolyn has had a book of her handbell accompaniments for psalms published by GIA Publications, Inc.  She is currently working on the new handbell hymn accompaniments book for GIA.  In her spare time, Carolyn is a substitute teacher and plays harp with "Young at Harp" and "The Marion Chamber Trio."

Aaron Hansen, Chimes Chair and Eastern Representative - Aaron Hansen, Chimes Chair-Aaron Hansen currently teaches 5-6 general music, chorus, band, percussion ensemble, and recorder ensemble in the Waverly-Shell Rock School District.  Aaron directs two adult choirs, Les Cloches d’Or and Chapel Ringers, and rings in Tower Bells at First United Methodist Church in Cedar Falls, IA.  As a handbell soloist, Aaron has performed across the country and was a featured soloist with the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and 2002.  Aaron has recorded two holiday handbell CDs, Holidays in Bronze and Winter Moon.  Aaron has attended and conducted workshops throughout the United States and presented a chime workshop at the IMEA Convention in Ames.

Chris Peck, Past Chair