State competition to cap winter guards’ long year By Garth Snow [email protected]Young people in colorful costumes twirl flags, toss rifles and share insights through dance and music as the 2015 winter guard season continues. Heritage High School was host to 42 squads on Jan. 31, Week 3 of the season. Shows were judged in Cadet Class, Regional A Class and Class AA. Heritage received a Gold Award and first place in Regional A. New Haven received a Bronze Award in Regional A. Woodlan received a Bronze award in Class AA. The Heritage squad first performed on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Carroll High School preview night. Heritage guard director Erica Widmer also is a co-director of the Carroll guard. The 11-member Heri- tage High School guard dressed in pink to present “Her Story,” following the life stages of girls from toddler to bride. Widmer told that audience that the squad includes five sixth-graders. Some were Times Community Publications 3306 Independence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808 February 20, 2015 Serving New Haven & East Allen County INfortwayne.com INSIDE THIS ISSUE Classifieds..............................................................................A6 Community Calendar ................................................... A16-18 Entertainment ............................................................A6, 7, 12 Stay Fit & Healthy................................................................A7 February 26 - March 1, 2015 Presented by HOME & GARDEN SHOW The Fort Wayne Dr. Chaffee is now part of Women’s Health Advantage providing obstetrical and gynecological services to area patients. During the remodeling of his old office at DeKalb Health, he will be seeing patients at the Auburn office of Women’s Health Advantage. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Chaffee, call his new office at 260-432-4400 or visit heradvantage.com Dr. Kenneth Chaffee Auburn Office 1061 Smaltz Way Next to NCG Cinemas New Phone: 260-432-4400 New Office: 1061 Smaltz Way A sign welcomes visitors to Saint Louis Academy, which is celebrating its 100th year by that name. Beyond the school stands Saint Louis Besancon Church. The parish was founded in 1846 in the French settlement east of New Haven. PHOTOS BY GARTH SNOW Saint Louis Besancon Parish Academy celebrates 100 years By Michelle Castleman 2015 marks a special year for the students and staff at Saint Louis Academy in rural New Haven, for it was 100 years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, 1915, at 9:30 a.m. that the dedication of their new school was held after a fire destroyed the former wooden structure called Saint Joseph School on the French settlement at Besancon. According to records of the Besancon Historical Society, the original school was opened in the fall of 1900 with the Sisters of Saint Agnes in charge. The school was built along with a nunnery for approxi- mately $4,000 after the Rev. F.X. Labonte purchased six acres of additional land on Sept. 1, 1897. Newspapers dating back to the fire in January 1915 describe the nuns and parish priest “forming a bucket brigade to fight the fire for over two hours bravely entering the burning structure to the heart of the fire and climbing to upper parts pouring water on it before finally being driven back when a draft would give the fire new life.” Men and volunteer firefighters retrieved a base burner stove from the fire that may have contributed to its cause. Although the temperature was zero and the ground was snow covered, the stove kept fire for several hours outside the burning structure. Classes did not cease after the fire, but the students were moved to the rectory while the pastor moved to the summer kitchen of a neighbor across the highway. Tables, boxes and sewing machines were used as desks. A new school and convent were imme- diately erected under the “untiring efforts and efficient work” of the Rev. Michael P. Louen. Historical accounts of the dedication event detail a “grand time” with Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding, countless clergy and hundreds of visitors from near and far attending as they traveled via the interurban. After a solemn high Mass at the church, Michelle and Mike Castleman are members of Saint Louis Besancon Parish and have generations of ties to Saint Louis Academy. Michelle’s father and grandfather, Michael Lomont and Allen Lomont, addended the school. Michael’s grandmother, Eileen (Oberley) Castleman, attended Saint Louis Academy. Mike and Michelle’s six children have attended the school; their youngest is in the seventh grade. Michelle Castleman, a frequent contributor to Today’s Catholic, wrote this history of the academy, and shared it with readers of The East Allen County Times. Saint Louis Academy was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1915. It replaced Saint Joseph School, a wooden struc- ture that opened in 1900 and which was destroyed by fire. See ACADEMY, Page A5 Devany Reinking twirls a flag in the first solo of the Heritage winter guard’s performance at Carroll High School. PHOTO BY JANE SNOW See GUARD, Page A13
Young people in colorful costumes twirl flags, toss rifles and share insights through dance and music as the 2015 winter guard season continues.
Heritage High School was host to 42 squads on Jan. 31, Week 3 of the season. Shows were judged in Cadet Class, Regional A Class and Class AA.
Heritage received a Gold Award and first place in Regional A. New Haven received a Bronze Award in Regional A. Woodlan received a Bronze award in Class AA.
The Heritage squad first performed on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Carroll High School preview night. Heritage guard director Erica Widmer also is a co-director of the Carroll guard.
The 11-member Heri-
tage High School guard dressed in pink to present “Her Story,” following the life stages of girls from toddler to bride. Widmer
told that audience that the squad includes five sixth-graders. Some were
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A sign welcomes visitors to Saint Louis Academy, which is celebrating its 100th year by that name. Beyond the school stands Saint Louis Besancon Church. The parish was founded in 1846 in the French settlement east of New Haven.
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Saint Louis Besancon ParishAcademy celebrates 100 years
By Michelle Castleman
2015 marks a special year for the students and staff at Saint Louis Academy in rural New Haven, for it was 100 years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, 1915, at 9:30 a.m. that the dedication of their new school was held after a fire destroyed the former wooden structure called Saint Joseph School on the French settlement at Besancon.
According to records of the Besancon Historical Society, the original school was opened in the fall of 1900 with the Sisters of Saint Agnes in charge. The school was built along with a nunnery for approxi-mately $4,000 after the Rev. F.X. Labonte purchased six acres of additional land on Sept. 1, 1897. Newspapers dating back to the fire in January 1915 describe the nuns and parish priest “forming a bucket brigade to fight the fire for over two hours bravely entering the burning structure to the heart of the fire and climbing to upper parts pouring water on it before finally being driven back
when a draft would give the fire new life.”Men and volunteer firefighters retrieved
a base burner stove from the fire that may have contributed to its cause. Although the temperature was zero and the ground was snow covered, the stove kept fire for several hours outside the burning structure. Classes did not cease after the fire, but the students were moved to the rectory while the pastor moved to the summer kitchen of a neighbor across the highway. Tables, boxes and sewing machines were used as desks.
A new school and convent were imme-diately erected under the “untiring efforts and efficient work” of the Rev. Michael P. Louen.
Historical accounts of the dedication event detail a “grand time” with Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding, countless clergy and hundreds of visitors from near and far attending as they traveled via the interurban. After a solemn high Mass at the church,
Michelle and Mike Castleman are members of Saint Louis Besancon Parish and have generations of ties to Saint Louis Academy. Michelle’s father and grandfather, Michael Lomont and Allen Lomont, addended the school. Michael’s grandmother, Eileen (Oberley) Castleman, attended Saint Louis Academy. Mike and Michelle’s six children have attended the school; their youngest is in the seventh grade. Michelle Castleman, a frequent contributor to Today’s Catholic, wrote this history of the academy, and shared it with readers of The East Allen County Times.
Saint Louis Academy was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1915. It replaced Saint Joseph School, a wooden struc-ture that opened in 1900 and which was destroyed by fire.
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Devany Reinking twirls a flag in the first solo of the Heritage winter guard’s performance at Carroll High School.
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Local efforts boost foods projectThe Grabill-Leo agri-
cultural project of Foods Resource Bank has completed 12 years of production.
Foods Resource Bank is a multidenominational charitable organiza-tion that engages U.S. farmers, churches and community groups whose fundraising efforts help poor farmers around the world to raise their own food. Overseas projects include irrigation, fertil-ization, improved seed varieties and animal husbandry. FRB works through partnering agen-cies in over 30 countries.
This past year, about 40 members of the commu-nity provided land, crop inputs, trucking, labor, machinery and cash to plant and harvest corn, soybeans and wheat. Through these efforts,
the Grabill-Leo growing project sent $75,000 to FRB, designating $28,000 to be directed through Mennonite Central Committee projects.
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Planners seek backersfor Leo-Cedarville fest
The committee charged with planning the 2015 Leo-Cedarville Freedom Festival is welcoming sponsors and volunteers for the celebration. River-side Gardens will be home to the celebration Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4.
The weekend begins with the Up the Creek Cruise In and the free Freedom Concert from 5-9 p.m. Friday. Donations will benefit Northeast Allen County Fire and EMS.
Saturday’s activities begin with the 5K run. Watch for updates at leocedarville.com, where entry forms will be avail-able May 1. Sponsors expect over 250 runners.
The Freedom Festival will start at 2 p.m. Saturday. Joe Justice and other local musicians will entertain all day. New this year is the Freedom Corn Hole Tournament. The Freedom Fireworks will light the sky at dusk.
To fund the free enter-tainment, the committee is
seeking donations of any size. A gift of $500 would put the sponsor’s company logo on the race T-shirts. Other sponsorships would allow donors to show their company banners and signs. A sponsor could promote children’s ride. A church or other organi-zation could sponsor an activities tent for kids.
The committee is seeking volunteers to help with the 5k run, if only for an hour.
Any questions or offers can be directed to Peggy at 627-6321. Send dona-tions to the Leo-Cedarville Foundation at P.O. Box 6, Leo, IN 46765.
“Our concerts are also free to the community, so additional funds need to be raised or sponsored,” the committee said in a news release. “The fire-works are costly, and the best part of our weekend.”
Riverside Gardens features a splash garden, play garden, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, a play creek and walking trails.
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New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald said sound city management and regional cooperation will continue to contribute to investment in New Haven and Allen County.
McDonald made those points in a City Hall interview, in which he previewed his State of the City address.
“2014 was a very, very good year in New Haven,” he said. The FedEx Ground operation opened on the city’s east side, adding 87 employees. The mayor listed other 2014 invest-ments.
“Continental Diamond Tool is a home-grown company in New Haven,” he said. “This is their second expansion in two and a half years. They didn’t do a huge building expansion; it’s only $400,000. But they’re investing $3.375 million in new equipment and hiring 47 new employees over the next five years. That’s about $1.8 million in new wages.”
Central States Enterprises added a new grain receiving bin. Drummond Motor-sports added to its building. The City County Police and Fire Credit Union made $371,000 in improvements. Emmanuel Lutheran and First Baptist churches added to their buildings. Pizza Hut remodeled and expanded its product line. Viloba Diesel Truck repair added 2,500 square feet. JpJ Construction added over 12,000 square feet.
Hercules Machinery Corp. added a building two doors down, and connected the two properties. “They did a complete rehab of that building and they’ve made it look fantastic,” McDonald said. “That was
a huge investment on their part.”
“The list goes on,” he said.
“Business is doing well. And I think that reflects well on our city, that it’s easy to do business in New Haven,” the mayor said.
“I think people will see that there’s a lot of momentum in New Haven,” he said. “There’s a lot going on in Allen County as a whole. Things are beginning to turn around. And I credit it to part-nering.”
McDonald said his address will highlight the city’s financial management over the past 15 years. “Everybody expects the mayor to say that the state of the city is strong. Well it truly is, and has been for a long time,” he said.
The mayor said he will commend the partnerships with Fort Wayne and Allen County, the Mayors and Commissioners Caucus, and other groups that coor-dinate development in 10 counties.
“We hear it all the time from businesses. It’s very easy to do business in New Haven, because we make things work and we get things done,” McDonald said.
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Central Lutheran School in New Haven will send five students to the Regional History Bee in Indianapolis on March 30. Emily Farler, Ethan Berning, Afam Nzekwe, Matthew Gehl and Logan Bauer qualified for the regional event with their scores in the Online Regional Qualifying Exam. Regional winners advance to the National History Bee in Louisville, Ky.
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the faithful along with the schoolchildren marched to the school which was “gaily decorated with a dozen American flags” for a blessing of the interior and exterior of the new building. Classes in the new school, which opened under the name Saint Louis Academy, began on Oct. 4, with three teachers from the Sisters of Notre Dame (who had started at the old school Sept. 3, 1910) and 116 students. The fabulous new brick building boasted four large school rooms, a basement and auditorium “well arranged and solidly constructed.”
During the early years, students thrived in the Catholic setting of the family atmosphere. Various reports found in the archives itemized improve-ments made. In 1936, new cement floors were laid in the basement of the school and in 1937 the interior of the school was painted, the floors reconditioned and stokers were installed. New storm windows were placed in the school in 1946 when the School Sisters of Notre Dame were still in charge and taught eight grades in four classrooms to 137 pupils. During this era, the Rev. Joseph Hession served as the parish priest at Saint Louis and the hall held many activities. Schoolchildren participated in school plays and skits. Bingo nights were held and there was often a full house with people having to sit on the steps. Boxing tournaments and basketball tournaments were also home to the gymnasium and the Catholic Youth Organization hosted dances for members from other parishes. At this time, it was noted that no Catholic child in Jefferson Town-ship had attended a public school in the past decade — “a unique proof of the cooperation and Catholicity of the parishioners of Saint Louis Church.” World War II caused some conditions to change briefly as fewer families in the parish were making their living by farming, but reports described that gradually returning to normal.
The Sisters of Notre Dame continued to serve the children of SLA for a total of 67 years until June 1977. A kindergarten program was started in 1979.
During the early 1980s, when conservation of energy was a concern, one third of the cafeteria was transformed into a chapel for daily Mass during the winter months. The large windows were removed, thermopane windows were installed and the front doors of the school were replaced. In 1983, the school had 69 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Ten years later, in 1993, an updated history of the school reported 73 students enrolled in preschool through grade
six, with five classrooms, and the school maintained a first-class accreditation. In 1996, students totaled 65. A very active school board and home and school association continued the strong tradition of parents playing a crucial role in the school’s vitality. At the time, the parish property consisted of the school, church, rectory, parish office building, two ceme-teries, athletic field, large playground and a parish hall, all nestled on approx-imately 13 acres between the corn fields of rural Jefferson Township.
Several remarkable sisters and lay principals have served SLA over the last century. Most special in the memory of the current parishioners is Mrs. Agnes Hart, whose music and energy filled the halls from 1987-2004. Mrs. Cheryl Layton-Whitaker and Mrs. Carolyn Kirkendall also provided leadership in the new millennium. Presently, Mrs. Cheryl Klinker is
principal. She has been at the helm since 2011. Under her exceptional direction, the school has significantly increased enrollment and continued to grow and flourish. With her expertise and director background for the learning disabled, SLA became a pilot school for special needs students in the diocese in 2012. The education provided is not only exemplary in rating but cultivates a Catholic culture of mutual respect and caring.
Today, the school houses interactive boards and technology in every class-room and 102 students in preschool through eighth grade with seven full-time and three part-time teachers. Most recent improvements include remodeling the former art room into a resource room, replacing the original slate roof with a new one of steel tile, and adding a larger, covered back porch and new windows and doors around the turn of the
century. Efforts to remodel the former convent/parish office to include space for a science lab, art and music classes are also in the works.
In her January newsletter to alumni, Klinker wrote, “Saint Louis Academy has stood the test of time. Our physical building may have been updated and our educational prac-tices modernized, but it is the community pride in Saint Louis Academy that sustains the Catholic mission it was destined for.” For nearly two decades, the current pastor at Saint Louis, the Rev. Stephen E. Colchin, has lovingly referred to SLA as the parish gem. The valued advocate added his gratitude to the parish and its families, “For 100 years, this parish and its families have supported SLA with their time, talent and treasure and made personal sacrifice to send their children to a Catholic school. We have much to
be thankful for as the Lord has guided us over this past century and we pray this same guidance will sustain us well into the future.”
During 2015 Catholic Schools Week, students and staff collected canned goods. They also dressed in period-appropriate attire to re-enact a day in 1915.
Klinker detailed the mission statement for the celebration: “The Centen-nial Celebration will be a time in which Saint Louis Academy will honor its extraordinary past, cele-brate the success of our present and imagine our future, as Saint Louis
Academy continues to weave a foundation of faith and academics in all students.”
Still in the planning stages, many events have been proposed for the students and commu-nity throughout the year, including an alumni meet-and-greet, performing 100 good deeds before the 100th day of school, and doing 100 service hours. The celebration will culmi-nate on Nov. 1, 2015, All Saints Day, with Mass cele-brated by the Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
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Students and staff dressed the part for a school day in 1915 as they kicked off National Catholic Schools Week and the 100-year birthday celebration of Saint Louis Academy.
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Quill pens were used in McGuffey eclectic primers and students wrote on the chalkboard in cursive in honor of the school’s 100th year.
Students played marble games and made snow ice cream as they re-enacted a schoolday in the former one-room schoolhouse.
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Award-winning author and international speaker Jane Rubietta will be the featured speaker at a two-day women’s retreat at Saint Joseph United Meth-odist Church, 6004 Reed Road.
The retreat will begin with a free social evening from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 20. The evening will include worship time, a short retreat introduction by Rubietta and social time with refreshments.
The Saturday, March 21, retreat begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m. The event includes three sessions with Rubi-etta, breakout sessions and lunch. Cost for the Saturday retreat is $25. For more information, or to register online, visit stjoemin.com. Registration forms are also available in the church narthex. Child care is available upon request
with advance registration. For additional event infor-mation, contact Deb Morse at 485-8609 or by email, [email protected]. For additional registration infor-mation, contact Rhonda Heston at 321-2005 or by email, [email protected].
Registration deadline is March 13. If child care is needed, the deadline is March 8.
Women who cannot attend Saturday’s event are still invited to attend the Friday night gathering.
The retreat, which is titled “Close Closer,” is based on Rubietta’s book “Come Closer: A Guide to Life, Love and Breakfast on the Beach.” Hosted by the church’s United Methodist Women, the retreat is open to all women of all ages throughout Fort Wayne and the surrounding commu-nities.
“Once Upon a Mattress” is new territory for Concordia Lutheran High School’s drama program. That’s part of its appeal, said Chris Murphy, who will direct the cast in two performances.
Concordia will present a twist on the popular play, which is based on the story “The Princess and the Pea.” It’s quite a departure from the 2014 winter play, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
“Whenever you do a certain show, people are always ‘What are you going to do next? How are you going to top that last show?’ Last year was a big highlight with ‘Joseph.’ And so rather than try to find something that was anything like that, I looked for some-thing that was completely different,” Murphy said.
“And ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ — we haven’t done anything like that, a true musical comedy,” he said. “Most of them are called musical comedies, but they’re not really that funny.”
“This is really a musical comedy and there’s a lot of over-the-top kind of stuff. And the kids really enjoy it; they haven’t done anything like this before,” Murphy said. “It’s very campy, it’s very corny, and they’ve had a lot of fun with the choreography being over the top.”
“We will have one little, minor tweak to the story,” said Murphy, who promised that Concor-dia’s “Mattress” will have the songs and fun of the popular play.
And whereas “Joseph” teamed 70 students from elementary to high school, this year’s play will draw its full cast of about 45 just from the high school.
“We have lost so much rehearsal time because of snow days,” Murphy said before leading rehearsal on yet another snowy evening. The work will pay off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21 and 22, when the cast takes the auditorium stage at 1601 Saint Joe River Drive. Admission is $6.
Murphy said many professional productions probably stage the play with a smaller cast. “But to get as many people involved as we can, we tend to make it a little bit bigger than they write it for,” he said.
“We have a lot of kids in leading roles who haven’t played leading roles before,” he said. “So it’s going to be a great challenge for them, and they’re really stepping up to the plate and doing really well with it.”
Emily Zilz, a senior, is preparing for her ninth
Concordia play, but her first in a leading role. Zilz portrays Princess Winn-ifred. “It does make me nervous, but that’s OK. I’m excited,” she said before painting a mirror cabinet for the princess.
Zilz does not plan to continue in drama after high school, but said she will profit nonetheless. “I think the biggest thing that it has taught me is how to work with people. And it’s definitely a family, which I appreciate, and I love the drama people,” she said. “It’s definitely given me skills to work with people, and communication, and working within deadline. So it’s taught me a lot of life skills.”
Jacob Panning, a junior, will portray the Jester in his third Concordia musical. “I really enjoy it,” he said of this year’s play. “It’s kind of like family. We have fun the whole time.”
Panning put down his stage cane for a one-minute break from one-on-one choreography notes from Murphy. “He’s an awesome role model,” Panning said. “He makes sure we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing, when we’re supposed to be doing it, and making sure every-thing goes to plan. But he has a lot of fun.”
The student who plays the Jester said the commu-nity needs to come and share in the laughter.
Murphy agreed that the students are counting on a large audience.
“There’s so much differ-ence between rehearsing and performing,” he said. “When you perform and have an audience, you get so much energy from
that. Even if you come to a dress rehearsal where there’s only a handful of people, you’re not going to get the same perfor-mance that you get at an actual performance. There’s just so much energy that they take from the audience.”
“They’re working so hard. They would love to have a great audience there to see the show,” he said. “It validates what they’re doing. We know that the arts nationwide are taking a hit in so many ways, and so I think it validates for them that what they are doing is worth their time. And it’s helping them as people, and they know that as well.”
MEET THE ‘MATTRESS’ CAST
Chris Murphy, director and co-choreographer. Kate Majorins, co-chore-ographer. Tavis Schlicker, music director.
Student cast, in named roles:
Jacob Allen, Juliet Dahl-
gren, Ella Eggold, Zeke Felton, Connor Garcia, Matt Grime, Hannah Hobby, Cal Hockemeyer, Blake Hofmann, Meg Kausch, Grace Lagemann, Caleb Linnemeier, Jacob Panning, Collin Peterson, Ethan Pranger, Katie Rehmer, Aaron Reynolds, Noelle Turney, Amelia Wellman, Nick Wiley and Emily Zilz.
Ladies: Ruth Alliger, Ale Bohnke, Sarah Brennan, Juliet Dahl-gren, Tirzah Dolde, Caroline Elmer, Lauren Gieschen, Lydia Hobby, Rachel Marinko, Morgan Moloney, Emma Nagy, Kirsten Olsen, Katie Rehmer, Maria Speckhard, Amelia Wellman, Rachel Widenhofer, Bethany Zeckzer and Mariah Zollinger.
Knights: Sam Booth, Jacob Bryant, Zach Bulte-meier, Chancynn Giddens, Nikolai Greenwell, Daniel Hein, David Hein, Cal Hockemeyer, Logan Krinn, Nathan Linnemeier, Jonathan Mueller and Dylan Patterson.
Jacob Panning rehearses his role of the Jester with the guidance of director and co-choreographer Chris Murphy.
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Emily Zilz paints a mirror cabinet that she will use in her role of Princess Winnifred in “Once Upon a Mattress.”
Students move to the music as Concordia music director Tavis Schlicker leads rehearsal for “Once Upon a Mattress.”
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A composer and bari-tone singer accustomed to the international stage will return to Fort Wayne on Saturday, Feb. 21, to direct the Chancel Choir of Trinity English Lutheran Church.
Philip Lawson will direct a program of sacred, folk and pop music beginning at 7 p.m. at the church at 405 W. Wayne St. A free-will offering will be accepted.
Lawson, who lives in Salisbury, England, sang with The King’s Singers for 18 years. He later served as the a capella ensemble’s principal arranger, contributing to the 2008 Grammy-win-ning album “Simple Gifts.”
Lawson is visiting the United States for a series of workshops and for the premiere of a recent composition. The King’s Singers presented that program Feb. 19 in Bloomington, Ill.
Trinity Director of Music Robert A. Hobby said Lawson first visited Trinity as part of The King’s Singers on All Saints Sunday in 2000. Trinity commissioned Lawson to compose a work for the church choral series in 2004. “Who Are These Like Stars Appearing” is one of 17 works commis-sioned by Trinity to date.
“We were fortunate,” Hobby said. “He was working on a compo-sition, which initiated a whole conversation
because of my interests. And we’ve just remained acquaintances for these years. It was fun to have that connection.”
John Whittlesey, who has performed with the Boston Lyric Opera and more than a dozen other groups, also will visit Trinity, to sing the bari-tone parts in Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs.”
“And then lo an behold my connection with John goes back to college days,” Hobby said. Both Hobby and Whit-tlesey graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. “It’s the whole idea of music-making, but also music being the vehicle to pull people together in their friendships and enjoy the opportunities that come along,” Hobby said. Whittlesey now lives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Trinity guests will enjoy an eclectic program, Hobby said. “We will have every-thing from the serious,
traditional stuff, the processional for the royal wedding, so very British,” Hobby said. “He will conduct all of that and then even music from Bread and Toto. It’s kind of a different experience for the choir. We’ve done some pop stuff, but not in the pres-ence of the arranger. So it will be kind of a hoot.”
The program is not yet final, Hobby said, adding, “There’s defi-nitely something for everyone.”
The King’s Singers was founded in 1968 at King’s College, Cambridge, England. The six-man ensemble will visit 12 U.S. cities in 16 days.
Hobby earned his bachelor’s degree in church music from Wittenberg Univer-sity in 1981 and a master’s degree in organ performance from the University of Notre Dame in 1987. More than 100 of his composi-tions are in print.
Philip Lawson arranged the Grammy-winning “Simple Gifts.”
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Sister Kriss chosenfor leadership award
Sister M. Elise Kriss, the president of the University of Saint Francis, has been chosen to receive Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly’s 2015 Legend of Leadership Award.
She will be honored at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast Feb. 26 at the Landmark Confer-ence and Reception Centre.
Kriss has served as USF president since 1993. Since that time she has led the university through an extensive period of growth as it expanded programs and enrollment. She spear-headed the growth of the Fort Wayne campus north and into downtown Fort Wayne, added a satellite campus in Crown Point and oversaw the restoration of the Bass family mansion, Brookside, the centerpiece of the Fort Wayne campus.
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About 650 gymnasts from three states will compete Feb. 21 and 22 at Northrop High School.
Young women ages 6 to 18 from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio will participate in the Walk of Fame Classic.
The event is sponsored by Set-10@More Than Gymnastics, and is a quali-fying event for the Indiana finals of USA Gymnastics.
Events run from approx-imately 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for children.
Coach and co-owner Mike Comeau explained that Set-10@More Than Gymnastics is a not-for-profit traveling gymnastics program at a for-profit busi-ness. Comeau and Kristen Hines run the program and own the business.
They invest themselves in each girl’s success.
“It makes each day coming into work easier because you know you’re working toward something not just for yourself, but for them too,” Hines said.
Hines was a Set-10 gymnast, who graduated from Homestead High
School. “I went to IU and came back coaching here and I ended up buying the gym with Mike,” she said.
“You coach because you love it,” Comeau said. “You coach because it’s not how we feel, it’s watching the kids. When you go to a meet and you see them do the routine that they’re capable of and you see the joy in their face. You don’t think about how it makes you feel.”
Comeau earned his gymnastics credentials as an All American at Springfield College in Massachusetts, then went on to coach at the Univer-sity of Rhode Island and the University of Western Michigan.
He said students quickly forget a weak performance. “The coaches, though, it sticks with you,” he said. “When you see the disap-pointment on their face, it makes you want to work harder in the gym, because you don’t want to see that disappointment in the next competition. You want to see that joy from being successful.”
Girls compete at the regional level from October until March or April. Girls
who score a minimum of 32 points twice qualify for the state meets.
Joy Zirille’s daughter Gianna, age 10, will compete at Northrop, but already has qualified for the Indiana finals of USA Gymnastics. In the younger classes, each girl in the state performs the same routine to the same floor music, Zirille explained. “And at Level 6 it’s optional, and that’s where they start marking their own routines and add a little more personality and show their skills,” she said.
More than Gymnastics is at 5334 Keystone Drive, near the curve where Ley Road meets Speedway Drive. The sign reads, “where children are more important than the sport they play.”
For more information, visit morethangymnastics.org or find photos on Face-book.
Bowden to address fundraiserErin’s House for
Grieving Children will host Coach Bobby Bowden as the 2015 Common Bond Breakfast featured speaker. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Parkview Regional Medical Center Campus: Mirro Center, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive. Doors will open at 7 a.m. with opening remarks and breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m.
Tickets are $100. Anyone
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The proceeds from the Common Bond Break-fast enable Erin’s House to provide support for children, teens and their families who have suffered the death of a loved one. Erin’s House does not charge a fee for its service.
Having coached young
men in seven decades, Bowden is the second-win-ningest coach in major college football history. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006. He and his wife of 61 years, Ann, live in Tallahassee, Fla. While Bowden has found cause for joy, he has also expe-rienced great loss with the death of two grandsons through two separate trag-edies.
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The Fort Wayne Chil-dren’s Zoo turns 50 years old in 2015, and the community is invited to be part of the celebration. The zoo opens for the 2015 season on April 25.
“The zoo was built by this community, starting with the schoolchildren who donated pennies to build Monkey Island back in 1965,” said Zoo Director Jim Anderson. “Since then, thousands of families and
businesses have donated funds to create everything you see at the zoo.” More than 20 million people have visited the zoo since it opened on July 3, 1965, and more than $32 million has been donated for capital projects.
“The zoo’s 50th birthday celebration is our way of thanking the community for five decades of outstanding support,” Anderson said.
The zoo invites the
community to submit photos of their families enjoying the zoo. Photos from the 1960s and 1970s are especially needed, but all photos are welcome. Submitted photos may be used in the zoo’s 2015 advertising campaign. Fans may submit photos before Feb. 28 by posting them to the zoo’s social media accounts, emailing them to [email protected], or bringing prints to
the zoo, where they will be scanned and returned.
The 50th birthday cele-bration will continue all season long. Highlights will include a “Happy Birthday to Zoo” Party on July 1 with performances by local youth choirs; a giant birthday card for zoo guests to sign; appearances by the zoo’s new mascot at community events; part-nerships with the Three Rivers Festival and Fort
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Young voices from Fort Wayne will share the program when the Kapelle concert choir of Concordia University Chicago visits Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the church at 3425 Crescent Ave. A free-will offering will be accepted. The Junior Choir of Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School and the A Capella Choir of Concordia Lutheran High School will contribute to the music. The high school choir will perform pre-concert music begin-ning at 6:45 p.m.
“Most of the music will be by the guest choir,” said John Mueller, who served as the Holy Cross music director for 43 years and
who still conducts one of the church’s choirs. “They are extremely well known,” he said, adding that Kapelle will tour in Poland in May.
Concordia High School graduates Clinton Bienz, Ellen Moussou and Tyler Muehl will perform with the Concordia University concert choir on its 10-day Midwest tour.
Tyler Muehl graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School in 2013. His father, Mark Muehl, serves as executive director of the Lutheran Schools Partner-ship, an organization that supports 17 area Lutheran elementary schools and Concordia Lutheran High School. Mark and his wife, Dana, were members of Kapelle in the 1980s.
“That university has had some very prestigious musicians over the years, and I’m very happy that
my son has the opportunity to be part of that,” he said. “There is an impressive litany of directors and composers who have been there.”
“It’s a premier choir,” he said. “Every other year they take a long trip — east, west or south — and in between they
do a Midwestern tour. To share the gospel to places where they stop and also to promote Concordia University is a very unique opportunity.”
Mueller, the former Holy Cross music director, graduated from Concordia University Chicago. Patricia Cotton,
the current director of music and worship, earned her master’s degree in music and worship at that school. “She went on tour to Europe with them and she even directed them though she was a student. She absolutely loved it,” Mueller said.
Mueller said many of the Holy Cross teachers graduated from that university, situated in west suburban River Forest, Ill. “That they are affiliated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is very attractive to Lutheran churches in our area,” he said.
Charles P. Brown, the director of choral activities at Concordia University Chicago, is conducting Kapelle for the 14th year. In a news release, the university said the program to be presented during the spring tour will include a
variety of pieces chosen for wide audience appeal. The program is entitled “I Can Tell the World,” and includes works by Vincent Persichetti, Paul Manz, Rihards Dubra, Paul Bouman, Virgil Thompson, Moses Hogan and Stacey V. Gibbs.
In addition to its annual tours in the U.S., Kapelle conducts an international tour every four years. Kapelle has performed in Finland, France, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Chile and Argentina, and elsewhere in Europe and South America.
Kapelle includes music majors and students focused on other disci-plines. Members are selected by audition.
The ensemble has produced 11 recordings of sacred music.
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The Kapelle concert choir of Concordia University Chicago includes three Fort Wayne students. All three are graduates of Concordia Lutheran High School.
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performing for their first audience, she said.
Heritage opened the program at Carroll, circling the center of a tarp in the shape of the female symbol. Devany Reinking twirled a flag in the first solo of the evening.
Carroll, Bishop Dwenger and Northrop high school guards also performed at Carroll.
Most area squads will compete Saturday, Feb. 21, at Bishop Dwenger High School. Competition begins at noon and ends at 6:57 p.m. Admission is $6; or $3 for children 5 and under. Woodlan will perform at 1:20 p.m., Heritage at 1:36 p.m., and New Haven at 2:59 p.m.
Most area squads will compete again Feb. 28 at Carroll High School. Teams will compete from 10 a.m. until 8:27 p.m. Admission is $6. New Haven will perform at 10:16 a.m., Woodlan at 10:24 a.m., and Heritage at 10:56 a.m. Competi-tion also will be held at Northview High School on that seventh and final festival date.
Amanda Gasser and Kali Hawke direct the 10-member New Haven Winterguard. Todd Caffee is band director.
Lindsay Hoffman directs Woodlan’s guard. Roy Castillo is assistant director, and Emily Kuhn is choreographer.
State competition begins March 7. For a full schedule, visit ihscga.org.
Concordia Lutheran High School was among the 42 squads registered for the Week 3 festival at Heritage High School.
Brittany Satterthwaite is in her fourth year as Concordia’s winter guard director. The staff designed the show around the children’s song “I’ve Gotta Let It Shine.”
“But we didn’t want to do it in such an elementary fashion,” Satterthwaite said, “so we picked a very lyrical ballad to use as our music and then overlaid a quote over it that talks about the light that we each have inside of us and how you have to use it.”
She said the program is important to the spir-itual growth of both the students and the staff.
“We are so grateful to have our musical designer, Kent Klee. He made all musical cuts and also featured a positive vocal overlay that the design staff selected,” Satterthwaite said in an email. “Every decision we make as a design staff is based on our mutual love for Christ. This group is very hard-working, and very talented. At the beginning of each day a student asks for His guidance, and for our show to reach someone that needs hope and our message. It is a
wonderful program and I am honored to stand in front of them.”
Concordia has 15 guard members.
Satterthwaite and Chris Wray are designers and choreographers. Mike Beights is a co-designer and staging consultant. Diane Moellering is the Concordia band director.
Snider also performed at Heritage. Trinity Meadows is in her first year as winter guard director at Snider.
“Our show is called ‘Will You Still?’ ” she said. The show examines whether love will survive through the years. “It’s more of an emotional show,” Meadows said. “We’re not smiling that much in the show. We are kind of expressing our
feelings more. We’re not crying, but we’re wanting to know the answer.”
“We have nine members this year and six are new,” Meadows said. “They’re used
to marching band but they’re not used to winter guard. And I just love how they’re excited for the future. They’re really, really capable of getting better. We have a lot of
work to do, but I just love how we all come together for the same purpose, and that’s to work as a group.”
Snider has nine guard members.
GUARD from Page A1
For some Heritage winter guard members, the Carroll High School preview night marked their first performance.PHOTOS BY JANE SNOW
The Heritage show, “Her Story,” symbolizes the life stages from toddler to bride.
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Wayne members starred in a historical skit to kick off the club’s centennial cele-bration.
A cast of 13 presented nine scenes from 1912 to 1965. The club retraced its history as part of a regular weekly noon meeting at Parkview Field.
Immediate Past Presi-dent Jeff Krull exited the platform to applause as he portrayed one of the 1912 organizers, Frank Bohn, urging the 1965 50th Anniversary audience to
continue seeking the ideals of Rotary.
Rotary first began uniting civic and business energy in Chicago in 1905. By 1912, the organization had grown to include clubs in Canada, England and elsewhere. The Fort Wayne club’s first official meeting was Jan. 9, 1915, in the old Commer-cial Club on Harrison Street.
Enactors dressed in period costume to portray club founders, or the Rotary Anns of the 1930s. Dee Hoffman portrayed prohibi-
tionist Carrie Nation. Bruce Haines narrated the drama, which was written and directed by Club President Barb Wachtman.
The skit opened a year of projects to celebrate the club’s anniversary. Rotary has committed to installing 100 Little Free Libraries in greater Fort Wayne, and has 58 in place. The inter-
national service outreach included coordinating funding for a middle school in Togo, West Africa.
Watchman told an audi-ence of club members and guests that the Centennial Gala will be held Oct. 2 at the Grand Wayne Center.
For more information about the club, visit fort-waynerotary.org.
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Snider grad to play for U.S. in DeaflympicsBy Garth [email protected]
Grant Isenbarger will fulfill a longtime dream when he takes the ice for the 18th Winter Deaflym-pics, beginning March 28 in Russia.
The Snider High School graduate was selected to the roster after the Amer-ican Hearing Impaired Hockey Association team tryouts in Buffalo, N.Y. Standing 6-2 and weighing 180 pounds, Isenbarger is one of 10 forwards on the 17-man squad.
The son of Ken and Linda Isenbarger said he set his sights on the Deaflympics goal when he attended his first AHIHA camp at the age of 8.
Isenbarger grew up playing with the Fort Wayne Youth Hockey Association, travel hockey, and the Fort Wayne Federals junior hockey team. The four-year member of the Snider hockey team served as captain his senior year. He finished his high school hockey career as a member of the Academic All-State Team. He won the Hobey Baker high school level award in 2012 and received Indiana’s Nick Wehrling Memorial Award and Scholarship that same year. The award honors the memory of a deaf
player who died in 1995 during his freshman year at Noblesville High School. Four Fort Wayne players have earned the honor during its 12-year history.
Isenbarger now attends IPFW, where he is a member of the ACHA Division 3 hockey team.
The 18th Winter Deaflympics will be held March 28 to April 5 in Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia. The competition
will include teams from Canada, Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan and the United States.
Isenbarger is no stranger to international compe-tition, having competed in the 2013 World Deaf Hockey Championships in
Vantaa, Finland.Two members of the
squad return with Deaf-lympics experience. USA won the Gold medal at the 2007 Deaflympics in Salt Lake City. The 2011 games were canceled.
Twelve states are repre-sented on the 2015 squad. Isenbarger is the only player from Indiana.
“This is a young but talented group of players that have worked hard to be selected to the team,” said Jeff Sauer, the U.S. team’s head coach. “All are presently playing on teams to include high school, junior and college. The
team is very committed to performing well in Russia. A solid core of experience is present and the key will be how quickly the players gel and gain the chem-istry to be successful. The motto ‘Whatever it Takes’ has been the focus to this point. I expect this attitude to be present in our locker room in Russia.”
Player Funding for the Deaflympics is provided by the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Asso-ciation through private donations and support from the USA Hockey Foundation. Players are also asked to raise money
for part of their expenses.AHIHA unites deaf and
hard of hearing athletes. NHL great Stan Mikita and businessman Irv Tiahnybik founded AHIHA IN 1973. Visit ahiha.org for more history. The team oper-ates under the governance of the USA Deaf Sports Federation. Players must have a specific level of hearing loss to qualify. In a news release, the league said, “Assistive devices, including hearing aids and cochlear implants, are not allowed in competition, in order to assure that athletes are on an even playing field.”
(My selection) wasn’t as surprising as my
– Fort Wayne hockey player Grant Isenbarger, 21
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Grant Isenbarger celebrates at the World Deaf Ice Hockey games in Vantaa, Finland, in March 2013.
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GET AN ASSISTAHIHA players are asked to raise a portion of their expenses. To help sup-port a player, visit AHIHA.org.
Isenbarger
SATURDAY, FEB. 21Strikes for Charity. Georgetown Bowl, 6770 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. Doors open 12:30 p.m., and bowling tournament begins 1 p.m. Fire Police City County Federal Credit Union and Reflection of Caring will hold a bowling tournament to benefit local charities. The public is welcome and walk-in registration is available. Cost per bowler is $15. Maximum five bowlers per lane. Registration includes three games of bowling, shoes rental, and a door prize ticket. Advance registration forms are available at fpccfcu.org/R_O_C.html.An Evening with Philip Lawson. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. p.m. Free-will offering. The English composer will direct the Trinity ELC Chancel Choir in a repertoire from the English tradition, and a second half featuring sacred, folk song and pop arrangements of his own. For 18 years, Lawson was a composer and singer in the internationally renowned King’s Singers. John Whittlesey will sing the baritone parts in Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs.”“Once Upon a Mattress.” Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 Saint Joe River Drive, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. $6. Chris Murphy directs this musi-cal, based upon the story of “The Princess and the Pea.”Children’s storytime. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Jefferson Pointe, 4140 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 11 a.m. Free and open to the public. Children will enjoy a storytime and crafts, featuring “Clock, Clack, Peep” by Doreen Cronin.Open house and pancake and sausage breakfast. Masonic Lodge 195, 146½ N. Main St., Roanoke. 8-11 a.m. Free-will offering. Lodge 195 celebrates the 100th anniversary of the lodge building. Established in 1856, Lodge 195 is Huntington County’s oldest lodge.
SUNDAY, FEB. 22“Godspell.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional information, call 422-4682.“Once Upon a Mattress.” Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 Saint Joe River Drive, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. $6. Chris Murphy directs this musi-cal, based upon the story of “The Princess and the Pea.”Author signs “Potato Soup.” Carroll High School Natatorium, 3903 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m. Local author Amy Hanna will attend a swim meet to sell and sign copies of her book about eighth-grade swimming sensation Nicole Parks and her relay team as they learn to work together. Admission to the meet is $2.Alumni recital. Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 2:30 p.m. Jason Simon, who received his bachelor’s
degree in music in piano performance in 2014, will present a solo re-cital featuring Haydn’s Sonata in C minor, Brahms’ “Klavierstüke” and Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 8. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors 60 and older, free for IPFW students with student ID, $4 for all other stu-dents, and free for ages 10 and younger. Buy tickets online at ipfw.edu/tickets or call 481-6555.
MONDAY, FEB. 23Concerto and aria concert. Auer Performance Hall, IPFW campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. David Cooke, conductor. The concert will feature winners from this year’s Music Department compe-tition. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors 60 and older, free for IPFW students with student ID, $4 for all other students, and free for ages 10 and younger. Buy tickets online at ipfw.edu/tickets or call 481-6555.Guest artist recital. Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW campus, 2101 E. Coli-seum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Free admission. Hans de Jong will perform a saxophone recital as part of IPFW SaxFest 2015. Professor of classical saxophone and chamber music at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp, Belgium, de Jong will play an integral part in the SaxFest 2015 activities the following day, including clinics, masterclasses, chamber group coaching and private lessons in classical and jazz, culminating in an evening performance featuring a saxophone choir.
TUESDAY, FEB. 24Fort Wayne Area Community Band concert. Rhinehart Music Center on the IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. Downbeat is 7:30 p.m. Adult tickets are $7, seniors $6, children under 12 $3, and IPFW students free with student ID. The theme for the performance is “He-ro-Con.” Members of the band will be dressed as their favorite heroes and the audience is urged to do the same. Music will include “Captain America March,” “The Incredibles,” “James Bond Suite,” “Peter Gunn Theme,” “Robin Hood Prince of Thieves,” “Spider-Man,” “Superman,” “The Dark Prince” and “The Mask of Zorro.” Free parking in the garage across from the Music Center.“Hearts and Flowers” luncheon. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, inclusive of lunch. The Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection will hear Valerie Keyes, singing Valentine’s love songs. Make reservations by Feb. 17 by calling Meridith, 672-3414. Baby-sitting is available. Sponsord by Stonecroft Ministries.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25“Flashdance — The Musical.” The Historic Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jeffer-son Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $28 and up. Visit the box office or use TicketMaster. Jam Theatricals presents the show as part of the Broadway at the Embassy series. Visit jamtheaticals.com for details.Diversity Dialogue: “HIV/AIDS.” YWCA Northeast Indiana, 1610 Spy Run Ave. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. The YWCA’s Di-versity Council hosts panelists and guest speakers to discuss important topics on the fourth Wednesday of each month. RSVP to [email protected] on urban coyotes. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 6-8 p.m. Free. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will present this Fort Wayne program as part of a series of information sessions across Indiana. Sponsored by the DNR Division of
Fish & Wildlife. Register in advance at wildlife.IN.gov/7548.htm or call (317) 234-8440. Presenters will include the DNR furbearer biologist, DNR district wildlife biologists, DNR conservation officers and licensed nuisance animal control operators. Coyotes are a native species now common in all Indiana counties, including urban and suburban areas. Presentations will cover ways to reduce conflicts with coyotes, questions regarding pet safety, and current hunting/trapping regulations. Licensed nuisance animal control operators will explain how they can work with residents to respond to coyote conflicts.
THURSDAY, FEB. 26A Night of Magic. Byron Health Center, 12101 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Members of The Fort Wayne Magic Club entertain residents, guests, staff and their families. Seating is limited, so arrive early to get a good seat. The program lasts approximately one hour, to be followed by complimentary refreshments. Explore volunteer opportunity. Noble County Public Library, 104 Ley St., Avilla. 9 a.m. Learn about the need for hospice volunteers in northern Allen County and DeKalb, Noble and Whitley counties. Visiting Nurse, a nonprofit hospice agency, is seeking people interested in serving a companion/visitation role. Volunteers must be comfortable with issues of death and dying, have emotional maturity, maintain confidentiality, and must have had no recent losses. Training and ongoing support are provided. For details, call volunteer coordinator Ann Blue at 435-3222, email [email protected] or visit vnfw.org. Local volunteer training is planned for March
FRIDAY, FEB. 27Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 4:30 p.m. $8 for adults, $6 for children 6 to 10, and children 6 and under eat free. The dinner includes fish and sides and dessert made by members of the club. A full-service bar features German and other draft beers. The Fort Wayne Sport Club is a hub of soccer activity, with recreational and competitive programs for ages 4-years to 30 and over. For details, visit fortwaynesportclub.com.All-you-can-eat fish fry. Bishop Luers High School Cáfe, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-11, and free for ages 5 and under. Food by Dan’s of Huntington. Meal includes fish, sides, dessert and beverage. Cheese pizza also available. Drive-through and carry-out meals available. Sponsored by Bishop Luers Athletic Boosters.Music Therapy Club recital. Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Free admission; free-will donations will support the club and are appreciated. PFW music therapy majors will perform a varied repertoire in their individual areas of music expertise. Music therapists use their abilities as musicians to engage peo-ple in therapeutic processes that help them maximize their functioning in daily life. IPFW music therapy students receive extensive hands-on clin-ical training at the campus clinic and in a variety of community-based treatment settings. For more information about the music therapy pro-gram or music therapy services in the Fort Wayne area, call 481-6716, or email Nancy Jackson at [email protected].
SATURDAY, FEB. 28Piano recitals. Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Free admission. The IPFW Gene Marcus
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Community CalendarAlso check the Weekend To-Do ListVisit InFortWayne.com for a list of activities to help you plan your weekend. Submit news about your church, school or civic group to the East Allen County Times Community Calendar. Email [email protected], or call 426-2640, ext. 3321. Submit entries by March 12 for the March 20 edition.
Piano Competition Winners Recital and Awards Ceremony. The three winners in each of the four age divisions of the competition (ages 9 and under, 10-12, 13-15, and 16-18) will perform and receive their awards. Competitors from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio will compete between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. the same day (also open to the public).Beethoven’s Third Symphony. Auer Performance Hall, Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Ticket price range is $17 to $65 for adults. Andrew Constantine conducts. Jennifer Montone, the principal horn of The Philadelphia Or-chestra, is the guest artist. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Masterworks series also presents the overture to Carl Maria von Weber’s opera “Der Freischutz,” or “The Free Shooter.” Buy tickets at The Phil box office by calling 481-0777, in person at 4901 Fuller Drive, or at fwphil.org.Celebrate Black History. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Jefferson Pointe, 4140 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 11 a.m. Free and open to the pub-lic. Hear readings of “I Am Rosa Parks” and “I Am Jackie Robinson.”
SUNDAY, MARCH 1“Joshua.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional information, call 422-4682.Faculty recital, Sam Savage — tenor. Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW cam-pus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 2:30 p.m. Sam Savage, tenor, and Ji-Young Jeoung, piano, will perform “Despite and Still, Op. 41,” Samuel Barber’s song cycle for voice and piano that explores themes of loneliness and lost love, along with the “Liederkreiss, Op. 39” by Robert Schumann. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors 60 and older, free for IPFW students with student ID, $4 for all other students, and free for ages 10 and younger. Buy tickets online at ipfw.edu/tickets or call 481-6555.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3Appleseed Quilters Guild. Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road. Social time be-gins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. This month’s program is the members’ garage sale. Guests are welcome to visit without paying dues, which are $30 per year. For more information about club activities, visit appleseedquiltersguild.com.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5AARP educational program. Community Foundation, 555 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Free. Allen County Chapter 187 of AARP will hold its monthly presentation. Mary Haupert, the president of Neighborhood Health Clinics Inc. in Fort Wayne, will present on some of the lesser known facets of the Affordable Care Act. She will describe the incen-tives and disincentives for hospitals under the ACA, along with criteria on how health care providers are graded under this act. She will explain the ins and outs of the enrollment process and address other questions of interest from the audience. The public is welcome and encouraged to join in this educational opportunity.Disorderly Bear Den monthly meeting. Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. The club collects and gives away teddy bears, and always welcomes new or gently used animals of all types.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6Burn Bright tour. First Assembly of God, 1400 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Featur-ing Natalie Grant with JJ Weeks and Danny Gokey. Visit TrinityCommu-nications.org for more ticket information.Show choirs perform. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 6 p.m. $5. Luers welcomes six local middle schools to the 41st annual Bishop Luers Show Choir Invitational.FX Live. Third Place, 1601 W. Cedar Canyon Road, Huntertown. 6:30 p.m.
Free-will offering. Parents and kids participate in a variety of games and challenges. Visit huntertownumc.org/children for more information.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7Mensa admissions test. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Room 306, Fort Wayne. $40. Photo ID requird. Must be 14 or older. Walk-ins welcome; reservations or prior notification not necessary. For more in-formation. call Dan Klopfenstein, 710-0030.Show choirs perform. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. Bishop Luers High School, host of the longest running show choir competition in the nation, welcomes show choirs from 16 high schools to this 41st annual competition. Day competition begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 7 p.m.; the evening competition begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold at the door. Tickets are $10 for the day show, $10 for the evening show, and $15 for all day.Sweetwater Pops Series. The Historic Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $32. The Fort Wayne Phil-harmonic and guest pianist Rich Ridenour present “Great Movies, Grand Piano with Rich Ridenour.” For tickets, visit fwphil.org or call 481-0777, or buy in person at The Phil or ArtsTix box offices or at the Embassy box office.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8Evening prayer. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. A meditative service officiated by the Rev. Gary Erdos, senior pastor, and featuring Scripture, prayer, candlelight and silence. The service on the second Sunday evening of each month is intended as a reflective way to complement Sunday morning services.“The Gospel According to Saint Matthew.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional information, call 422-4682.
MONDAY, MARCH 9College Fair. Homestead High School, 4824 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. No admission charge. Open to the public. More than 80 four-year universities, two-year colleges, and vocational schools located throughout the United States will have representatives available to speak with students and their parents. Representatives from the armed services and financial institutions also are expected. One junior or senior student in attendance will win a $200 scholarship.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13Fish and chicken dinner. Cornerstone Youth Center, 19819 Monroeville Road, Monroeville. 4-7:30 p.m. $8.50 for adults, $5.50 for youth 6 to 10, and free to children 5 and under. Burns Catering & Fish Fry will provide the fish and chicken strips for the fifth annual dinner. All meals will in-clude scalloped potatoes, applesauce or coleslaw, dessert, roll and butter and beverage. Drive-through and carry-out are available for adult meals only. For more information, call (260) 623-3972.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14Pancake and sausage breakfast. Leo Masonic Lodge 224, 13711 Leo Road, Leo. 7-11 a.m. $5.Dance fundraiser. Mizpah Shrine, 1015A Memorial Way, Fort Wayne. Doors open 7 p.m. $1o in advance or $12 at the door. HotHouse creates dance music from 7:30-11 p.m. Also, cash bar and restaurant and silent auction. Event benefits the Mizpah Shrine Transportation Unit. The Mizpah Shrine Center provides transportation for patients and parents or guardians to Shrine hospitals in Chicago and Cincinnati. Almost 2,000 patients rely on the free service provided by Mizpah Shrine.Square dance. St. Louis Besancon Hall, 15535 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Doors open 7:30 p.m., dancing 8-11 p.m. Tickets $10 per
person, includes one beer person and snacks. Music by Bill Werling & Breakaway. Proceeds benefit Saint Louis Academy Home and School Association.Junior League of Fort Wayne fundraiser. Sweetwater, 5501 U.S. 30 West, Fort Wayne. 6:30-10:30 p.m. $50 per person. Heavy hos d’oeuvres and open bar. This year’s theme, “Let Your Inner Child Shine,” is a celebration of the League’s commitment to their new focus: Readiness for Elementary School. The event is open to the public.Press the Glass plays. Cottage Event Center, 9525 U.S. 24 North, Roa-noke. $10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins around 7:30. The band formerly known as Tollgate Road performs a night of rockin’ ’70s favorites in the third annual Birthday Bash to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15Subtitled Sundays. Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St. On the third Sunday of each month, Cinema Center will screen a regularly scheduled, full-run film with the captioning enabled. This service is to benefit the deaf and hard of hearing and anyone who sometimes has trouble discerning dia-logue. Check cinemacenter.org for this month’s title and time. Regular prices apply.“The Jesus Film.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional in-formation, call 422-4682.
MONDAY, MARCH 16New Haven: State of the City Address. The Orchid, 11508 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. $25 per person or $175 for a table of eight. Regis-tration and cocktails from 5:30-6 p.m., dinner at 6 .m., Mayor Terry McDonald’s address at 7 p.m., with the program ending by 8 p.m. Spon-sored by the City of New Haven in cooperation with the New Haven Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by March 9 to [email protected] or 749-4484.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19WinterJam 2015. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 P.M. $10 door donation and a love offering inside. $5 per car parking. Featuring Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Bat-tistelli, Building 429, Newsong, Family Force 5 and more. Visit Trinity-Communications.org for details.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21School garage sale. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton School, 10700 Aboite Cen-ter Road, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m.-1 p.m., with a $1 bag sale from noon till 1. The school is accepting gently used household goods, toys, clothing, kitchenware and furniture, but cannot accept TVs or computers. The school also welcomes plastic grocery bags, paper grocery bags (with or without handles), and hangers. Drop off donations at the school from 9 a.m. till noon on the following Saturdays: Feb. 14, Feb. 28, and March 14. Proceeds help about 60 students prepare for their eight-grade field trip to Chicago in April 2016.Casino and card night. Monroeville Park Pavilion, 421 Monroe St., Mon-roeville. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Free admission. Must be 21 to enter. A fundraiser for Saint Rose Parish.Ballet 5:8. First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Tickets $15 to $18. Advance purchase is recommended; call (800) 838-3006. Ballet 5:8 is a Chicago-area touring company, in its third sea-son. The Saturday program is a collection of contemporary ballets.
SUNDAY, MARCH 22“Jesus Christ Superstar.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend
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STOCK YEAR MAKE MODEL MILES PRICEP8392 2011 Subaru Impreza 2.5i 25,675 $14,481P8389 2011 Subaru Impreza 2.5i Premium 30,362 $15,481P8390 2011 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 47,537 $16,481P8382 2014 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Premium 42,670 $20,649P8480 2005 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 115,390 $9,381P8384A 2012 Toyota Avalon Limited 64,540 $17,981P8270A 2005 Toyota Camry Solara SLE 124,816 $7,957STK073128 2012 Toyota Corolla 26,000 $12,450P8370 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser Base 79,726 $18,987P8514 2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited 79,664 $25,653P8456 2010 Toyota Prius 168,926 $8,997P8509 2014 Toyota Prius Two 45,115 $18,926P8427A 2011 Toyota Sienna LE 74,885 $17,899P8502 2012 Toyota Sienna XLE 7 Passenger 97,248 $21,999P8471 2006 Toyota Tacoma Base V6 96,052 $17,899P8452A 2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 89,381 $8,998P8419 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan SE 4Motion 29,313 $20,462
2011 Subaru Impreza 2.5i
Stock #: P8391, 16,275 Miles
$16,994
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the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional information, call 422-4682.Ballet 5:8. First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 3 p.m. Tickets $15 to $18. Advance purchase is recommended; call (800) 838-3006. Ballet 5:8 is a Chicago-area touring company, in its third season. The Sunday program is “Belteshazzar,” based on the Bible book of Daniel.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24“Hats Off to Spring” luncheon. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, including lunch and program. The Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection in-vites Sandy Benning with Premier Design Jewelry. Make reservations by March 17; call Meridith at 672-3414. Sponsored by Stonecroft Minis-tries. Baby sitting is available.
MULTIPLE DATES / REGISTRATION / NOTICES / CONTINUINGGriefShare. New Haven United Methodist Church, 630 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held in the church parlor. For more information, call Margie Williams, 749-9907, or the church office, 749-9565. Throughout videos, discussions and journaling, participants gain insight into their personal journey through grief. Each session is self-contained, so members may enroll at any time.English as a Second Language classes. East Allen County Church of Christ, 3800 Minnich Road, New Haven. The church is searching for new students who either want to learn English or improve their English. A Sunday morning class is offered for beginning Spanish speakers. For those seeking to better their English skills, classes are available by ap-pointment. To schedule an appointment, call 749-5300 or visit eacchur-chofchrist.org.February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. The YWCA Northeast In-diana takes the opportunity to shed light on the “devastating, but often hidden” dangers to young people. Despite the fact that two in three teens will experience dating abuse, only 25 percent of parents talk to their kids about relationships. Parents are urged to use this month as an opportu-nity to talk with teens about what love really is, how to treat friends and partners, and how to stay safe in relationships. Find a toolkit for schools, universities, youth groups and more at stand4respect.org.“Changing Tides” winter garden exhibit. The Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Through April 5. The Botanical Conservatory invites internationally-known artist Sayaka Ganz to create an imagina-tive seascape in the midst of our lush Showcase Garden using recycled materials. Discarded everyday items such as plastic forks, knives and bowls are reborn with new purpose and meaning as the artist transforms them into colorful and lifelike sculptures of jellyfish, kelp, dolphins and coral reef. Charges apply for admission and classes. For details, visit botanicalconservatory.org or call (260) 427-6440.School fundraiser. Twenty-four Fort Wayne area Catholic elementary schools are selling You Can Lend a Hand coupon books as a fundraiser. The books sell for $3 each through Feb. 28, and contain coupons for free food items and Mad Ants and Komets ticket offers. The program has raised $9.6 million since 1982. Call your local school for details.Discover Roanoke 10k/5k/1-mile. Saturday, April 18. Visit onturfsports.com/Runners/10k-5kRun-Walk.htm for registration, payment, and more in-formation. Early registration is $17 for the 10k and the 5k, or $7 for the 1-mile event,Community choir welcomes new members. The Summit City Singers, a SATB community choir, is starting rehearsals for the fall season and welcomes new singers. The choir sings a variety of music, with the theme for this season being “Christmas Is For Children.” No auditions are required but singers must be able to match pitch. Rehearsals are held from 7-8:30
p.m. Tuesdays at Shawnee Middle School, 1000 E. Cook Road. For more information, contact Judy King at 489-4505.Overeaters Anonymous meetings. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Call 704-0453 for local meeting information.Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of each month. Local vendors offer meats, baked goods, spices, honey, eggs, plants, fudge, herbs, wine, orchard products, soap, jewelry, woodwork-ing and more. Indoor markets continue through May 16. For details and updates, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.
RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIESDuring Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross reminds eligible blood donors that it doesn’t take a cape or superpowers to be a hero. By donating blood, donors can become a hero for patients in need.Red Cross Month is dedicated to the everyday heroes who support the Red Cross mission by giving blood, volunteering their time, learning lifesaving skills or making a financial contribution.The need for blood is constant. The Red Cross depends on blood donor heroes in communities across the nation to collect enough blood to meet the needs of patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals nationwide. Donors with all blood types are needed, particularly those with types O negative, A negative and B negative.To learn more about donating blood and to schedule an appointment, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767.Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Allen County:Wednesday, March 4, 3-7 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 14318 Lima Road, Fort Wayne.Sunday, March 8, 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive, Fort Wayne.Monday, March 9, 2-8 p.m., Grabill Missionary Church, 13637 State St., Grabill.Tuesday, March 10, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Indiana Michigan Power Center, 110 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne.Wednesday, March 11, 1-3:30 p.m., Walgreens, 907 Lincoln Highway West, New Haven.Thursday, March 12, 9 a.m. -2:30 p.m., International Business College, 5699 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne.Thursday, March 12, 1-4 p.m., Belmont Beverage, 3309 N. Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne.Saturday, March 14, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 6813 W. California Road, Fort Wayne.Sunday, March 15, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Saint Joseph Catholic Church, 11337 Old U.S. 27 South, Fort Wayne.The Fort Wayne Donor Center located at 1212 E. California Road in Fort Wayne (across from the Memorial Coliseum). Monday and Tues-day: 11 a.m. -5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: noon-6 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The Lutheran Hospital Donor Center located at 7900 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 107, in Fort Wayne (in the South Lobby of Lutheran Hospital). Monday and Tuesday: noon-6 p.m. Wednesday: closed. Thursday through Saturday: 6 a.m.-noon. (The sec-ond Thursday of the month: noon-6 p.m.)
FRANCINE’S FRIENDS MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHYThe Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For women who have insurance, they will bill the insurance company. If the patient does not have insurance but has the ability to pay, the BDC offers a reduced rate if paid the day of the screening. For women without insurance, a high deductible, or resources to pay, funding is available.Feb. 23. DeBrand Fine Chocolates - 10105 Auburn Park DriveFeb. 25. Kroger, 218 E Pettit St.
Feb. 26. Parkview Physicians Group Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.Feb. 28. Christy Weber Memorial Folkstyle Open Tournament @ Leo Jr/.Sr. High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo.March 2. Kroger, 1125 W. State Blvd.March 4. Anytime Fitness, 2934 E. Dupont Road.March 9. Parkview Physicians Group Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.March 13. Northcrest Elementary, 5301 Archwood Lane.March 14. Central Noble High School, 302 Cougar Court, Albion.March 16. Leo Jr/Sr High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo.March 17. South Adams Senior Center, 8235 Hendricks St., Berne.March 19. FWCS Bus Depot, 6006 Ardmore Ave.March 20. Health Visions of Fort Wayne, 2135 Hanna St.March 23. Kroger, 821 Lincoln Highway, New Haven.March 25. IPFW, 2101 Coliseum Blvd.March 27. Kroger, 6002 St. Joe Center.March 28. New Dawn Learning Center, 520 W. Union, Ligonier.March 30. Parkviw Physicians Group Family Practice, 8175 W. U.S. 20, Shipshewana.March 31. Kroger, 6310 E. State Blvd.(Note: Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is a partnership be-tween Francine’s Friends, Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Breast Diagnostic Center.)
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT ACTIVITIESLittle River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and Huntington counties, sponsors informative nature events. All are free and open to the community. Contact [email protected] or 478-2515 for information. (Note: The Tuesday Little River Ramblers hike is at a dif-ferent location than usual in February.)Every Tuesday morning in February, 9 to 11 a.m. “Little River Ramblers.” Meet at the Boy Scout office parking lot, 8315 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, to hike and explore the interesting plants and wild-life of Eagle Marsh. Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 to 11:30 a.m. “Wetland Woods in Winter.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. This time of year, the trees of the Eagle Marsh woods look different and the animal life there changes. Hike with John Niemeyer, retired forester, learning how to recognize trees and plants during this season as well as which animals frequent the woods for winter survival. Dress for the trails and the weather.Every Tuesday in March, 9 to 11 a.m. “Little River Ramblers.” Meet at the Arrowhead Prairie parking lot, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke, to hike and explore the interesting plants and wildlife of the Arrowhead preserves.Thursday, March 5, 7 to 8 p.m. “Go Wild! Native Plants Bring Beauty and Birds.” Meet at the Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. Laura Stine of Laura Stine Gardens will talk about reasons to plant native blooms and grasses in your backyard. The plants will attract native birds and pollinators. She’ll also suggest beautiful natives that will flourish and good plants to replace invasives that can cause trouble.Thursday, March 12 , 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. “Breakfast on the Marsh. “Bee Friendly to our Pollinators!” Light breakfast and nature presentation for nature lovers 50+ at Coventry Meadows Senior Community on West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne. Join Maraiah Russell, Northeast Indiana Beekeepers Association, to learn about the important role that bees play in our daily life and how to create a backyard haven for pol-linators.
Fort Wayne AreaCommunity Band
Tues., Feb. 24, 20157:30 pmIn Concert At
John & Ruth Rhinehart Music CenterIPFW Campus
Adults $7, Seniors $6, Children under 12 $3IPFW Students free with ID
FREE Parking IN Garage Across from music center
Great Entertainment Value
Our market offers a variety ofproducer-only vendors:
Eggs, Vegetables, Fresh Meats, Baked Goods,Natural Products and Crafters
Indoor MarketParkview Field - Lincoln Financial Event Center
Until May 16th, 9AM to 1PM1st & 3rd Saturdays Only
Apply for all of the Summer Markets:We are always looking for meat, eggs,
honey, fruits and vegetables along with other specialty item producers.
For more information,visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com
Also Providing Processing-Based, Individualized Instruc on in Fort Wayne for
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Hoagland Youth League Baseballand Softball Registration
When:Saturday, February 21st, 8:00 am-Noon
Where:HAAA Pavilion-located behind theFire Station in Hoagland, IN
For more information, contact Brian Lepper at 260-402-1072.
New Onlineregistrationat hylball.com
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