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Roanoke Lodge 195 sharesarchitecture and pancakes

By Garth [email protected]

Masonic Lodge 195 opened its doors Feb. 21 to show Roanoke what’s new at the top of the Main Street staircase.

Lodge leaders Matt Outten and Jeff Cart-wright were equally proud of what is not new on the second floor of the century-old brick building.

“It’s just an unbeliev-able building in the sense that in 1915, when this was built, the woodwork was exactly as it is now,” said Outten, one of the younger members and the worshipful master of Lodge 195. “If you look at the pictures before and after, it has stood the test of time. Not much has changed. So I think that’s really the signif-icance for me. In this day when lots of things are cleared and rebuilt from scratch over and over again, we’ve got this building in the same state that it was when it

was first built.”“It’s a beautiful lodge

building,” said Cart-wright, the Lodge 195 secretary. “It was built in 1914 and was dedicated on Feb. 19, 1915. And here’s a picture from the dedication ceremony. And we’ve got the same pillars, obviously the same ceiling, the same furnishings. They’ve added a padded area around the altar. The

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City water upgrade flows northBy Garth [email protected]

Fort Wayne City Util-ities water service will extend north to Aboite Center Road on March 12, officials said Feb. 23. Homestead High School, Summit Middle School and Jorgensen Family YWCA are part of that extended service area.

City leaders said 4,500 former Aqua Southwest customers had begun receiving city water as of Feb. 23 and pledged that all 13,000 customers in the former Aqua South-west service area will receive city water by September.

Mayor Tom Henry led a news conference at Lutheran Hospital, where he was joined by Lutheran Health Network and Lutheran Hospital CEO Brian Bauer.

Henry said work has been completed on Phase 2 of the Aqua Southwest conversion. “I think more than anything they’ve asked for and we’re now

giving them good quality of water, water which has good pressure, and is reliable,” he said. “Those were the three components of the entire negotiations with Aqua Southwest all along. That is certainly now coming their way.”

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Hospital uses 3 million gallons of water each month.

“I don’t know how much [water] anyone else uses, but I bet we’re one of the highest utilizers of it,” Bauer said. “We do amazing work here. We transplant hearts, we’re

a trauma center, we take care of babies that are born at 21 and 22 weeks. We have great technology. But one of the most important things in life and health care is a basic human need, and that’s

City Utilities Deputy Director Matthew Wirtz points to the Lutheran Hospital campus on a map as he explains how the campus is connected to two sources of city water.

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Taste of Waynedale addsnew restaurants, charity

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It’s just a Taste of Waynedale, but guests will need trays to hold their samples from at least 21 local restaurants and busi-nesses.

So trays they will have, said Camille Garrison, the marketing director for the

event’s sponsor, Kingston Residence of Fort Wayne.

“Who would have known when we started that it would grow so big?” Garrison said. The Fort Wayne get-together and fundraiser has grown in both size and mission in its seven years.

The Kingston event outgrew its own

Winchester Road home in 2014. “So we moved over to the Family Life Center, which is huge,” Garrison said. “And they have seating.”

Mount Calvary Family Life Center is at 1819 Reservation Drive. Hours are 4:30-7 p.m. Tuesday,

Guests may bid on a silent auction between trips to sample Taste of Waynedale on March 24 at the Mount Calvary Family Life Center.

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Illinois deacon to speak hereA church deacon who

walked 800 miles from Rockford, Ill., to Wash-ington, D.C., last year will speak in Fort Wayne.

Deacon Lou Ness will present “Finding My Feet, Finding My Faith” at a soup supper at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Grace Episcopal Church, 10010 Aurora Place. The Lenten Soup Supper will be followed by sung evening

prayer at 7 p.m. The supper is free. The soup supper and evening prayer are held every Tuesday in Lent. Remaining dates are March 10, 17 and 24. All are welcome. Call 432-9221 for more information.

Ness passed through

Fort Wayne during her campaign to increase awareness of the home-less and others living in poverty. Ness is a deacon of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the executive director of Shelter Care Ministries in Rockford, Ill. She is revisiting the cities at which she stopped along the way to Washington.

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Music educator Kittakato receive Tapestry honor

Teacher, musician and community activist Dorothy Kittaka is the 2015 Dedi-cation Award honoree at Tapestry: A Day for You.

The event will be held Friday, April 24, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. The dedication breakfast begins at 9 a.m. in Expo III. Attendees may explore cooking, design and other women’s interests and issues at 14 workshops, at 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Workshop sponsors include Parkview Health, IPFW, Woman’s Health Advan-tage, and others.

Tickets are $65 per person for open seating or $700 for a table of 10. Corporate tables are also available for $1,000. Tickets and a complete schedule are available at

ipfw.edu/tapestry.Tapestry is a day of

inspiration and education for women, and also raises scholarship funds for those studying health sciences at IPFW. In the past 13 years, almost $675,000 has been raised, the Tapestry Parkview Endowment has grown to over $530,000, and 50 students have received scholarships to study health sciences at IPFW.

For more information, contact project manager Kathleen Jackson at 481-6854, or [email protected].

“Ms. Kittaka exemplifies the image of a woman who has shown positive aspects in all areas of her life,” said Nancy Stewart, Dedica-tion Committee member. “Her lifelong dedication to community arts makes her

a role model for women throughout northeast Indiana and across the world.”

This year’s Tapestry will feature a keynote session by journalist Jane Pauley. The native Hoosier is an advocate for children’s health and education and a spokesperson for mental health.

When Kittaka was 2 years old, she and her family were among more than 120,000 Japa-nese-Americans sent to American internment camps during the height of World War II. It was in a camp that Kittaka experienced her very first memory of music from a lone, soulful trumpet player. This moment would stay with her all her life, compelling her to devote her life to music.

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Garrison said she is working with even more vendors, but the total topped 20 more than six weeks before the gath-ering.

“Shigs In Pit is brand new to us,” she said of the Fairfield Avenue barbecue caterers. “We’ve always had our favorites, too, and I have some feelers out for a couple other places.”

Even the date is a slight change, because the customary third Tuesday would have fallen on Saint Patrick’s Day. “We weren’t going to be able to compete with green beer,” Garrison said.

Guests had requested trays to carry their

samples, Garrison said, so Kingston borrowed an idea from a Fort Wayne Chil-dren’s Zoo fundraiser, Zoo Brew & Wine Too.

“So they will have trays and a table,” she said. “And the whole time they will be able to bid on items.” Local businesses have donated more than 60 items for the silent auction.

Residents and visitors will see their friends and neighbors. “It’s a very social event in addi-

tion to the fact that it’s doing great things for the community,” Garrison said.

Community Harvest Food Bank was the sole beneficiary of the first Taste of Waynedale, and has shared the proceeds with another Waynedale cause each succeeding year. This year the second charity extends beyond Waynedale and even Allen County. Garrison is on the board of that

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Honor Flight has added a fourth one-day, round-trip flight this year. “We’re also discussing taking a larger plane so we can get even more veterans to Washington for the day to see their memorials,” Garrison said. “So there is a need for us to raise money to keep up with the

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Garrison said she learned of Honor Flight from a Kingston sister community that was involved with Honor Flight in Toledo. “I fell in love with it, and it’s been a great experience,” she said. “There are no sala-ries, there’s no overhead, there are no fancy cars. It’s a hundred percent volunteers — 22 board members who are volun-teering their time to make things happen.”

“They were so full of emotion, and they were tearful,” Garrison said of the veterans. “It was just raw emotion and I was hooked.”

Veterans and their assigned caregivers visit the Washington, D.C., monuments, and pose for a group photo at the National World War II Memorial. Back in Fort Wayne, each veteran receives a 5x7 copy of the photo. At the suggestion of Honor Flight Northeast Indiana President Bob Myer, Kingston began buying frames for those photos.

Walgreens provides disposable cameras, pays for the developing, and absorbs the cost of the veterans’ copies of the photos. “And this year they’re going to split the cost of the frames with us. So Walgreens is really stepping up and doing a

great job for us,” Garrison said.

Though the Taste of Waynedale has a new home, it remains a Kingston event. “It was difficult for us to move away from having it here,” Garrison said. “We wanted people to come and see our beautiful community. It was a great way to showcase our building. But in the end, we just outgrew the prop-erty here.”

Residents still enjoy and

support the event in its new home. “We just run our shuttle bus back and forth, so they can come and enjoy the event. Many of the family members will come and pick up their loved ones and they will go and make an evening of it, so they still are very much involved in it,” Garrison said. “They enjoy the socialization, and many times they see people they go to church with or used to work with.”

“Even though we’re not hosting it at our building anymore, we would love folks to come over and check out our happy community,” she said.

In its first six years, Taste of Waynedale has raised almost $49,000 for charities.

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Hall’s Original Drive-In, The Landmark Centre, Las Tres Hermanas, Mike’s Donuts, Nine Mile Restaurant, Penguin Point, Pizza Hut, Spyro’s, The Stand, Subway, Waynedale Bakery, Wings Etc., and Shigs In Pit.

Kingston also plans a dinner-dance July 13 at the Mount Calvary Family Life Center, a Good Old Days with music and classic cars Sept. 4 at Kingston, a trunk-or-treat in the fall, and a veterans breakfast Nov. 11 at Kingston Residence.

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Need — In deciding when to take Social Security, here’s a key question: Do you need the money? If you can support your lifestyle for several years with alternative sources of income (such as a pension) and modest withdrawals from your investments, you may be able to delay Social Security, thereby increasing the size of your monthly payments. Be careful, though, because relying too heavily on your investment portfolio can shorten its own “life expectancy.” It’s essential that you maintain a reasonable withdrawal rate for your investments throughout your retirement.

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Saint Francis Jesters group to present ‘Right as Rain’The Jesters of the

University of Saint Francis will present their annual spring perfor-mance at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the USF North Campus audi-torium, 2702 Spring St.

Tickets are $10. Call the USF School of Creative Arts at 399-7700, ext. 8001, for more infor-mation.

The theme of this year’s show, “Right as Rain,” is about setting goals and making choices, and the Jester performers will tell the story through music, dance, theater, visual art and puppets. The story is about a girl named Mary who is excited about spending time with her friends at a baseball game. When the game is rained out, Mary is very

upset. She makes a series of bad choices about how to handle the situation and ultimately decides to create a machine to make the clouds go away so she won’t have to deal with bad weather anymore. Of course, the machine doesn’t work and ulti-mately Mary realizes she doesn’t need to control the weather after all.

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University of Saint Francis since 1978, the Jesters is a performing group of people with mild to severe developmental disabilities. The purpose of the Jesters is to enhance quality of life for people with disabilities by engaging them in the creative arts. The vision is to develop self-ex-pression, self-esteem, socialization and other

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The tournament, hosted by the Western Golf Associ-ation, is seeking volunteers to serve on a variety of committees from Sept. 7-13 at Sycamore Hills Golf Club. Committees will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

“Volunteering is an exciting way for people in the community to get involved in the behind-the-scenes action of the Championship,” said tournament director Chris Montagano, on behalf of the WGA. “Volunteers are an integral part of tourna-ment week, and we truly appreciate all they do to help make the Champion-ship a success each year. It’s wonderful to see the people of Fort Wayne get behind the event and serve

as chairpersons and volun-teers. With committees ranging from marshals to communications, volunteer opportunities provide for an unforgettable experience for both golfers and non-golfers alike. We had an unbeliev-able group of volunteers last year, and we look forward to this year’s turnout being even better.”

Some committees will begin working Monday, while others start Thursday of Championship Week. All volunteers are asked to work a minimum of three shifts spanning approximately 15-20 hours. Volunteers are asked to buy the 2015 Hotel Fitness Champion-ship Volunteer Package for $50, which includes: two logoed golf shirts, one hat, a volunteer credential valid for volunteer’s entry to the Championship all week, food and beverages on days you volunteer, and one

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Author 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.

Plunge supports Special OlympicsAbout 62 Polar

Plungers turned out Feb. 21 at the Metea Park lake near Leo-Cedar-ville to help raise almost $11,000 for Special Olympics Indiana and Allen County.

About 50 spectators, Johnny TinCap and the Mad Ant were on hand to cheer on the brave who ventured into the water.

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry visited to thank the group for supporting Special Olympics.

Organizer Jake Pickett said the event started at about 10:45 a.m. By 11:15 a.m., the crowd headed for the After Splash Bash to enjoy pizza from Pizza Hut and cookies from Apple Spice Junction.

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Noll to examine peace, social justiceVictory Noll Center plans

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Park Drive in Huntington.The five-part series

“Women of Peace” will run from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on five Saturdays from March to August, with no meeting in June. Dates are March 14, April 11, May 9, July 11 and Aug. 8.

There is no cost for the program, but there will be a freewill offering, and registration is required. Refreshments will be provided each session.

The program will use as a resource “Women, War & Peace,” a PBS mini-series that places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframes the under-standing of women’s role in the peacemaking process.

Victory Noll will present “JustMatters: Prison Reform,” a module from the JustFaith Ministries. The nine-date series will

meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. one Wednesday each month from March 25 to Nov. 11.

The program will provide a working understanding of the journey of those who are incarcerated and the quest for restorative justice.

Meeting dates are: March 25, April 22, May 20, June 24, July 22, Aug. 19, Sept. 23, Oct. 21 and Nov. 11. The cost is $90.

For more information about Victory Noll Center or to register for the programs, call 356-0628, ext. 174, or email [email protected]. More information is also available at www.olvm.org/vncenter. No one is ever turned away for inability to pay. Payment plans, scholarships and Pay It Forward opportunities are available.

Victory Noll Center is a ministry of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters.

Huntington University has named its new Institute for Agricultural Studies in honor of Dale and Elaine Haupert of South Whitley

The Hauperts gave the lead gift that launched the newly-named Haupert Insti-tute for Agricultural Studies. Additionally, Dale serves

as a charter member of the university’s Agriculture Task Force, and Elaine has hosted fundraising events for the institute in their home. Dale also has been a member of HU’s board of trustees for 26 years.

“The Hauperts passion-ately support the mission of

Huntington University and have made strong commit-ments to ensure the future of all students through their generosity,” said Sherilyn Emberton, the president of HU. “Their deep commit-ment to investing in youth and the university has resulted in numerous students receiving a high-quality, Christ-centered education.”

“I have known Dale and Elaine for more than 30 years,” said Tom Clounie, member of HU’s board of trustees and president of Clounie Landscaping Inc. in Huntington. “Their involvement and passion for Christian education and agriculture are central to

who they are. This program is the perfect vehicle to pass on their personal faith journey. Knowing that local youth will have an oppor-tunity to grow their faith

in the Lord and grow their love for agriculture is, in my opinion, a perfect fit with the Hauperts.”

Huntington University’s plan to start an agriculture program resonated with the couple whose involvement in farming has spanned 52 years. Their family farm began as a 40-acre operation and has grown into 2,800 acres. Dale also grew up on a farm.

“The Hauperts are known as a farming family in this community, and they are highly respected in the agriculture community statewide,” Emberton said. “Dale’s persistence in making contacts and being the chief cheerleader for the

agriculture initiative have been a key to the success of the program.”

Dale and Elaine decided to contribute their time and resources to Huntington University’s new program after having conversations with young people inter-ested in pursuing careers in agriculture.

“Many of them are interested in agriculture but don’t want to go to a big university,” Elaine said. “They see the advantage of being at a smaller school, and it’s exciting to see how many are responding to being in an atmosphere like Huntington University.

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heat has changed. This used to be hot water heat; the boiler was shared with the dry goods store underneath us.” Now two gas units heat the lodge room and a third heats the kitchen and dining area at the front of the building. An elevator chair glides up and down the stair-case. From the dining area, members look across Main Street to the building housing Empo-rium Joseph Decuis. That other brick building was dedicated as the IOOF, 1923.

Cartwright also is one of the younger of the lodge’s 65 members, 20 of whom have received their 50-year member-ship awards.

“We’ve got some more people coming through now who are about the same age,” Outten said.

The lodge chose the building’s centennial to invite the public to tour the building, take in a century of photos, and enjoy some pancakes on a cold Saturday in February. About 50 people accepted the invi-tation.

“We’d like to get the community of Roanoke to get to know who we are and get an idea of what’s in their town,” Cartwright said. “The

organization has been in Roanoke since 1856 when they were char-tered. I’m pretty sure it’s the oldest continually running organization other than maybe the churches in the town.

“We’ve owned the building for a hundred years. It was built for a cost of $4,200. We own from the floorboards up. This is what’s been called the oldest condo-minium in Indiana.”

Outten admitted that many people might not know the story of the lodge. “We’re working on trying to improve that now,” he said. “We pop popcorn for the Fourth of July every year. We

do that to reach out to the community. I think people really enjoy that at the fireworks.”

Cartwright is a third-generation Mason on both sides of his family. He showed the register from the 1915 dedication night at the lodge’s new home, and pointed to the names of two family members. “I didn’t have a chance,” he said.

Lodge 195 was the second lodge chartered in Huntington County, but is the oldest contin-uously operating lodge. Lodge 195 originally met in a frame building on Commercial Street. A fire destroyed all records

through the night of the blaze on April 22, 1874.

But the registers from another 140 years of fraternity survive at the top of the stairs at 146½ N. Main St., where members gather the first Tuesday evening of each month.

For more information about Roanoke Lodge 195, visit roanoke195.com or email [email protected].

Outten joined the lodge after moving from Florida to northern Allen County in 2004. His wife, Anna’s, family is active in the Masonic Lodge.

Their children, Lane

and Eliza, braved the cold to see their father’s lodge.

“I think that one of the cool things for me was just being able to fix it up and clean it up in a way that everybody’s

done before us,” Outten said. “My grandfather by marriage did a lot of the work in here, and restored a lot of the woodwork. So it’s neat for me to do the same thing.”

LODGE from Page A1

Lodge leader Matt Outten shares a tour of Roanoke Masonic Lodge 195 with his wife, Anna, and children, Lane and Eliza.

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Lodge 195 dedicated its new home at 146½ N. Main St., Roanoke, on Feb. 19, 1915.

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The instructor will be Celia Bandelier, the library director, who has been working with computers since the 1980s when she received a minor in computer science as part of her bachelor of science degree from Manchester College.

To register, call the library at 672-2989, or add your name to a list being kept at the library.

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The hospital and other customers east of Inter-state 69 are part of Phase 1, which began receiving city water almost imme-diately after the Aqua Southwest sale closed in December.

City Utilities Deputy Director Matthew Wirtz, pointing to a map of the service area, explained that Lutheran Hospital now receives water both from the north and from former Aqua Indiana infrastructure from the west.

Henry and Bauer thanked City Utilities Director Kumar Menon and his staff for their work on the project.

“He has been guiding all the engineers and the

staff in this process, and if there’s anybody here today that I want to thank it’s definitely Kumar and his engineers and those working with the city of Fort Wayne to make this happen,” Henry said.

In an interview, Menon said even those customers who are not yet receiving city water are already experiencing higher water pressure as other customers are being diverted from the original sources.

He said the increased volume also will serve as safeguard against drought.

Phase 3A, which will be connected March 12, also includes Plantations of Aboite, Aboite Lake Estates, Havervill, North Shores and The Shores. Service was extended through Phase 2, which extends north of Liberty Mills Road, in January.

Phase 3B, to be connected by September, extends north to Bass Road. “I don’t think there are any obstacles or hurdles in the road that we can’t handle at this point,” Henry said.

Work continues on pipes along Bass Road,

Branstrator Road, Feighner Road and Smith Road.

“It’s all about taking care of our residents and about attracting new business to our commu-nity,” Henry said. “In fact, there are a number of businesses that have stepped up today to be present at this confer-ence, so I want to thank all of those from the hospitality industry, neighborhood leaders, Realtors, various busi-nesses and various organizations. I think that tells you how important it

is to all of them that this day has come.”

In comments after the news conference, Henry said quality water is essential to development.

“Businesses look for a good quality of life in their community, because it’s terribly important to their employees, whether their employees are here already, or they will be moving them to our community. They’ve got to have a quality of life that meets their intrinsic needs as well as their extrinsic. So it’s not all about the dollars. It’s

about the ability to give them a quality of life that is sustainable.”

Visit cityoffortwayne.org/aquatransition for updates on the transition to city water.

The city said former Aqua customers will save an average of $120 to $140 per year on their water bills, and that other City Utilities customers will not see increased water rates because of the transaction. “City Utilities does not charge a minimum usage fee, therefore customers that use less than Aqua’s 4,000-gallon minimum are likely to save the most,” City Utilities said in a December letter to water customers.

Under the agreement, City Utilities paid Aqua $50.1 million in addition to the $16.9 million paid in 2008. The investment completes the purchase of the Aqua north system and the southwest water system.

Aqua Indiana retains its waste water treatment service. In December, Aqua announced the completion of $5.6 million in infrastruc-ture improvements to serve 13,000 homes and businesses in Allen and Whitley counties. Aqua Indiana President Tom Bruns said additional projects planned in 2015 also will encourage economic development in Aboite Township.

WATER from Page A1

City Utilities Director Kumar Menon talks with Mayor Tom Henry after a news conference at Lutheran Hospital. Henry and Lutheran CEO Brian Bauer thanked Menon for his role in the transfer of water service from Aqua Southwest.

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The University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts invites the community to enjoy a play about youth, love and desire. “Picnic” will be presented Friday through Sunday, March 20-22 and 27-29, at the USF Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Satur-days and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are avail-able through ArtsTix Community Box Office at 422-4226 or online anytime at tickets.artstix.org. Ticket prices are $17 for adults, $14 for seniors 65 or older and children under 18. Group rates of $11 per person are avail-able to groups of 20 or more.

Doors will open 30 minutes before the show

for general seating.This Pulitzer Prize-win-

ning play is written by William Inge, the author of “Bus Stop” and “Come Back, Little Sheba.”

First performed on Broadway in 1953 and later adapted into a motion picture in 1955, “Picnic” will be directed by USF Assis-tant Professor Aaron Willoughby in his main stage directorial debut for the university.

“Picnic” is set in a small town in Kansas and details the lives of “ordinary” Americans, from hopeful women and mothers to idealistic teenagers searching for meaning. Their lives are forever changed when a young man comes to town with animal vitality that upsets their entire group.

Sue Uelk applies ashes to the forehead of preschooler Stanley Stronczek while preschool teacher Sharen Gall looks on. Uelk is director of parish administration at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, where four Masses were held on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, to mark the beginning of Lent.

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Bishop Luers High School’s 41st annual Show Choir Invitational continues Saturday, March 7, at 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne.

Bishop Luers High School, host of the longest running show choir compe-tition in the nation, will welcome show choirs from 16 high schools. Day competition is from 9 a.m.- 7 p.m.; the evening competition begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the day or evening show, or $15 for all day.

Six middle schools competed Friday, March 6, at Luers.

20 show choirs at CarrollMore than 20 show choirs

from area high schools and middle schools will partic-ipate in the Carroll Classic Invitational, March 13 and 14 at Carroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne.

Competition begins Friday evening, and continues from 8 a.m. till 11 p.m. Saturday. Admis-sion for Friday night only is $5. A pass for Saturday morning or afternoon is $10. A Saturday all-day pass is $15. The cost for the program and schedule is $5.

Middle school choirs performing Friday are Carroll, Kekionga, Shawnee, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Summit/Woodside, and

Northwood.Unisex choirs performing

Saturday are East Noble Premier Edition, Anderson Prep Bel Canto, Columbia City City Lights and the Homestead Elite women’s choir, which performs at 9:30 a.m.

Varsity mixed choirs competing Saturday are Bellmont Brave Generation, East Side Full Impact, Lake-land Vocal Motion, East

Noble Knight Rhythms, Pendleton Heights Pend-letones, Garrett Encore, Woodlan Warrior Ambi-tion, Anderson Prep The Collective, East Noble A New Vision, Findlay First Edition, Columbia City City Heat and the Home-stead Class Royale, which performs at 5 p.m.

For a list of each choir’s awards so far this season, visit showchoir.com.

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Fort Wayne athleteto skate for U.S. inWinter DeaflympicsBy Garth [email protected]

Grant Isenbarger will fulfill a longtime dream when he takes the ice for the 18th Winter Deafly-mpics, beginning March 28 in Russia.

The Snider High School graduate was selected to the roster after the American 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.

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Area Girl Scouts are making a final push toward their goals in the 98th annual cookie drive.

Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana has extended the sales campaign by two weeks, through March 15. “With the recent frigid tempera-tures, several troops have expressed concern of not reaching their desired sales goals,” the agency said on its website.

The young entrepreneurs of Girl Scout Troop 20621 welcomed the extension. The fourth-graders, mostly from Deer Ridge Elemen-tary School, got some encouragement recently as they sold cookies at the Subway station at 6302 Illi-nois Road.

Wayne Weis picked up a sandwich and some cookies that afternoon. Weis said he enjoys knowing that the girls are gaining people skills as they raise money. “It’s a win-win all around,” he said.

Carlea Thomas has been

selling cookies since the first grade. “Every year we get a new cookie,” she said. This year it is the Trios gluten-free cookies. Carlea boldly greeted each person who walked into the restaurant. “It’s fun to ask them if they want cookies,” she said.

This marks Abigail Johnson’s first Girl Scout cookie drive. “It’s really fun to learn about how a

business works,” she said.“We have been doing

well,” Corina Redding said. “Our goal is to sell about 5,000 boxes of cookies. We’ve sold 3,000 already.”

Sydney Myers has been part of Girl Scouts since kindergarten. She enjoys the cookie sales and the field trips, such as a recent visit to the Girl Scouts’ Fort Wayne Leadership & Learning Center, at 10008

Dupont Circle Drive East, and to Ronald McDonald House, inside Parkview Regional Medical Center.

But until mid-March, the focus is on the cookie sales.

To support the Girl Scouts, the public may visit girlscoutsnorthernindi-ana-michiana.org and find the Cookie Locator, Or, email iwantcookies.org to reach a local contact.

Wayne Weis of Fort Wayne buys Girl Scout cookies from Troop 20621 members Abigail Johnson and Carlea Thomas at the Subway restaurant, 6302 Illinois Road.

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Local connections aboundin choir’s Holy Cross visitBy Garth [email protected]

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 Univer-sity 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

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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“That university has had some very prestigious musicians over the years, and I’m very happy that my son has the opportu-

nity to be part of that,” he said. “There is an impres-sive 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, situ-ated 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.

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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 competition, 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 represented 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 pres-ently 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 chemistry to

be successful. The motto ‘Whatever it Takes’ has been the focus to this point. I expect this atti-tude 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 mv history. The team operates 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, “Assis-tive devices, including hearing aids and cochlear implants, are not allowed in competition, in order to assure that athletes are on an even playing field.”

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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.Alzheimer’s educational program. Aging & In-Home Service of Northeast Indiana, 2927 Lake Ave., Fort Wayne. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free. The topic is “Understanding and Responding to Dementia–Related Behaviors.” Sponsored by The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter. Learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common behavior triggers and learn strategies to help intervene with some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. There is no fee to attend the program, but registration is requested by contacting the Alz-heimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at (800) 272-3900.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12“Symphony of Style.” Empyrean, formerly the Summit Club, 110 W. Berry St., 26th floor. 5:30 p.m. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Friends and Music Director Andrew Constantine present the annual fundraiser. Tick-ets are $60 per person and include fashion show, heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, entertainment and a silent auction. Fashions by White House Black Market and Joseph A. Bank. Entertainment by the Eric Clancy Combo and Fort Wayne Philharmonic Youth Concert Orchestra. For information or reservations, contact Elizabeth Lehman at 715-2760 or [email protected]. The group sponsors the Young Artists Solo Concerto competition each March.

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.Portrait workshop. Crestwoods Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Award-winning artist Gwen Gutwein hosts this two-day workshop, which continues March 20. The cost is $160 for both days. Gutwein earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Indiana Univer-sity, graduating with honors. She has studied painting in Washington, Utah, North Carolina, Florida, Greece and Indiana. She teaches private and semi-private art classes in her Fort Wayne studio.For more informa-tion, visit gwengutwein.com or contact [email protected].

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.Hospitals transportation fundraiser. Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015A Memorial Way. Doors open 8 p.m., music 8:30-11 p.m. Tickets $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Cash bar and restaurant and silent auction. Music by HotHouse. Mizpah Shrine provides transportation for patients, parents or guardians to Shrine hospitals in Chicago and Cincinnati, at no cost.Exhibit opens. Crestwoods Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Free. Presenting works by the University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts Faculty. The show runs through April 18. For more information, visit crestwoods-gallery.com

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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19International Women’s Day celebration. Indiana Tech Law School, 1600 E. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. 5;30-7:15 p.m. The Zonta Club of Fort Wayne hosts the celebration in conjunction with Indiana Tech Law School. Open to the public.WinterJam 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.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20Fish fry. American Legion Post 160, 1122 N. Main St., Roanoke. 5-7:30 p.m. $9 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12, and free to children 4 and under. Everyone welcome. Presented by Saint Joseph Church, Roanoke. The menu includes all-you-can-eat fish, potato, another side, and drink.Garage sale. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 9 a.m.-close. The fourth annual sale will benefit the club’s capital improvement projects. The Ladies Auxiliary will have a bake sale fundraiser during the garage sale.

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.Artist reception. Crestwoods Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 3-6 p.m. Free. Presenting works by the University of Saint Francis School of Cre-ative Arts Faculty. Refreshments served. The show runs through April 18. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit crestwoodsgallery.comTack auction and chili supper. Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Free admission and parking. There will be a charge for the dinner, at 5 p.m. The horse and pony tack auction begins at 6 p.m. Used tack and trailer consignments are welcome and will be sold at the end of the auction. For more information, call Paul at 349-3283. Proceeds ben-efit Allen County 4-H Horse and Pony Clubs. If there is an active winter storm warning or watch for Allen County, this event is cancelled. Visit allenco4hhorsenpony.com for updates.Garage sale. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 9 a.m.-close. The fourth annual sale will benefit the club’s capital improvement projects. The Ladies Auxiliary will have a bake sale fundraiser during the garage sale.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.

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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 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.Alzheimer’s educational program. Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Commu-nity Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. The topic is “The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.” Spon-sored by The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter. Learn the difference between normal memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. The program also features video clips of doctors, patients and loved ones who are caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease. There is no fee to attend the program, but registration is requested by contacting the Alz-heimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at (800) 272-3900.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25Diversity Dialogue: “Dwarfism.” 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] dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.Red Cross blood drive. Reimbold & Anderson, 5750 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. 8-11 a.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 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.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28Spring fish/chicken fry and bake sale. Harlan United Methodist Church, 16434 Indiana 37E, Harlan. 4-7 p.m. Ages 11 and up pay $9, ages 6-10 pay $5, and children 5 and under eat for free. Sponsored by the Harlan Lions Club.Red Cross blood drive. Dillman Church, 8888 S. 1100 W-90, Warren. 7-11 a.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29“The Passion of the Christ.” 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 addi-tional information, call 422-4682.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3Fish 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.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7Appleseed Quilters Guild. Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. The guest speaker is Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles, who will conduct a full-day workshop on Monday, April 6, and another on Tuesday, April 7. Guests are welcome to visit meetings without paying dues, which are $30 per year. For more information about workshop enrollment and other club activities, visit appleseedquiltersguild.com.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10Purdue Glee Club concert. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. $15 for adults, $10 for students. Visit purdue.edu/pmo/calendar to buy tickets. All proceeds will support Homestead and Bishop Dwenger high schools show choirs.

MULTIPLE DATES / REGISTRATION / NOTICES / CONTINUINGEaster celebration. Saint Michael Lutheran Church, 2131 Getz Road, Fort Wayne. Celebrating “Freedom Under the Cross,” taken from the book of Galatians. Wednesdays, Feb. 25 to March 25, 7 p.m., Lenten services; Palm Sunday, March 29, services 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., and Easter egg hunt at 9:30 a.m.; Maundy Thursday, April 2, Seder meal 6 p.m., communion service 7 p.m.; Good Friday, April 3, services at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday, April 5, Sunrise festive celebration service at 7 a.m., Easter breakfast at 8 a.m., festive celebration service at 9 a.m.; contemporary celebration service at 9:09 a.m.; festive celebration service at 11 a.m. All Easter services will celebrate Holy Communion. For more information, visit stmfw.org or call 432-2033University of Saint Francis 39th annual High School Art Exhibition. Weatherhead Gallery, Mimi & Ian Rolland Art & Visual Communication Center, Leesburg Road. Free and open to the public. March 5-22. Hours: 9 a.m-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sun-day. The annual showcase features student artwork from over 25 high schools in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, with a variety of awards given to the most outstanding works in the display. Award sponsors for this exhibition include United Art and Education, Papier’s Creative Framing, Northside Galleries and Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery. The judge for this year’s exhibition is Ann Shive, owner of Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery. Call 339-8064 for more information.“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.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.

LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT ACTIVITIESLittle River Wetlands Project, a local 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. 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 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.Wednesday, March 18, 9 to 10 a.m. “Short Hikes for Short Legs: Show Me the Green!” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. (For children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult.) We’ll start with interactive fun in the barn looking at different “green” items com-mon on the marsh. Then we’ll go outside to explore all that’s green at Eagle Marsh in spring. Dress for the trails and the weather.Saturday, March 21, 9 to 10:30 a.m. “Early Bloomers of Arrowhead.” Meet at the Arrowhead Prairie parking lot, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. Spring has arrived! Join us to hike and explore for early buds, blossoms, and grasses at the Arrowhead preserves. Dress for the weather, boots recommended.Saturday, March 28, 9 to 10:30 a.m.“Spring at Eagle Marsh!” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Spring is changing the look of the marsh. We’ll meet in the barn for an activity to identify likely early blossoms and bugs, then hike to look for spring

changes and the spreading of the green. Fun for all ages. Dress for the trails and the weather.Every Tuesday in April, 9 to 11 a.m. “Little River Ramblers.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Hike and explore the interesting plants and wildlife of the preserve.Tuesday, April 7, 7 to 8 p.m. “Creating Rain Gardens.” Meet at the Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. A rain gar-den is an area landscaped with native plants that help the soil soak up water to hold rain. Join Mary Jane Slaton, Fort Wayne City Utilities program director, to learn how easy these beneficial gardens are to create.Wednesday, April 8, 6 to 7:30 p.m. “LRWP Volunteer Kick-Off Event.” Join us at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, to launch another year of working with the LRWP community. This is an opportunity to meet other volunteers and to bring along a friend or rel-ative who may be interested in volunteering. We will go over needs for 2015 and ways to sign up for upcoming projects.Thursday, April 9, 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. “Breakfast on the Marsh: It’s Time To Go Native in your own Backyard.” Light breakfast and na-ture presentation for nature lovers 50+ at Coventry Meadows Senior Community on West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne. What you plant in your own yard can help wildlife and limit the transfer of invasive plants to other land around you. Martha Ferguson of Riverview Nursery will discuss the importance of using native plants and help you decide which native blooms and grasses will thrive in your particular back-yard.Saturday, April 11, 9 to 10:30 a.m. “Migratory Bird Hike at Eagle Marsh.” Meet at the Boy Scout Office parking lot, 8315 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Join Rodger Rang of Stockbridge Audubon Society for a hike to find the many waterfowl and other birds migrating through. We’ll also look for and identify the birds that stay with us all year. Dress for the trails and weather.Wednesday, April 15, 9 to 10 a.m. “Short Hikes for Short Legs: Pint-sized Pond Dipping.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. (For children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult.) We’ll start in the barn looking at samples of different swimmers and wigglers found in our ponds in spring. Then we’ll go outside for some pond dip-ping to see what we can catch. Dress for the trails and the weather.Friday, April 17, 6:30-8:00 p.m. “Night Hike: Frogs of Eagle Marsh.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Russ Voorhees, Indiana Master Naturalist, will share interesting information about the variety of frogs populating the marsh, teach some frog calls, and lead us on an evening hike to find different frogs and hear their spring chorus. Dress for the trails and the weather.Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. to noon, “Annual Cleanup at Eagle Marsh.” Meet at the Towpath Trailhead just west of the main entrance to Eagle Marsh, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, to help us ready our preserve for spring wildlife and visitors. (Let us know in advance if you’ll be bringing a group.) Please bring rakes, gloves, drinking water, and trash bags. Some areas may be flooded so knee-high boots or shoes that can get muddy are recommended.Sunday, April 26, 1 to 5 p.m. “Earth Day Fort Wayne at Eagle Marsh.” Meet at Little River Wetlands Project’s Eagle Marsh preserve, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, for this family-friendly community event to celebrate Earth Day and LRWP’s 25th anniversary. You’ll find booths showcasing the conservation work of local businesses and environmen-tal groups, birds of prey from Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehab, presenta-tions on nature topics, interactive nature education stations, children’s activities, and more. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Free. Contact [email protected] or 260-478-2515 for information.

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