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Grabill Hardware adds postal services Service follows reduction in window hours at post office

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Grabill postal customers now have a second option for buying postage and mailing packages. Following a reduction in window hours at the post office, the Postal Service has contracted with Grabill Hardware. Claude Shrock, the president of Grabill Hardware Inc., said the Feb. 6 grand opening went well. “Our feeling about the Village Post Office is we’re really excited about it, that we can be a service to the Grabill community when the post office is not open,” Shrock said. “We’re able to sell stamps for customers and to help customers with some of the packages — not all, but some of the boxes — and packaging and so on. So we think it will be a good service.” “The purpose of the Village Post Office is to supplement the work of the post office,” said Shrock, who said there is no plan to close the post office. “There was a meeting here in Grabill last October where they polled the people in Grabill as far as our post office, and I attended that meeting and they talked about the Village Post Office,” Shrock said. Shrock investigated the concept, and signed a contract. Postal Service representatives Kim Hernly and Alice Moore joined Shrock and staff at the ribbon-cutting and grand opening. A sign now heralds the corner hardware store’s added service. Inside, a cardboard display holds boxes that can be picked up, filled, and then mailed from the Village Post Office. Sales associate Todd Widdifield described the shop as a full-service hardware store. “We offer a hardware line and we have some specific niches for our community,” he said. Now, though, customers also can buy postage and pick up shipping boxes. “You can drop your packages off

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Claude Shrock, left, the president of Grabill Hardware Inc., and Postal Service representative Kim Hernly preside at the grand opening of the Village Post Office. here to be picked up on a daily basis,” he said on the afternoon of the grand opening. Three blocks away, postal customer Diane Keith of Grabill retrieved her mail from a post office box. Although the post office doors are open around the clock, Keith is no longer able to visit the post office during window hours. Keith moved to Grabill three years ago, from Leo. She said she is disappointed that window hours have been reduced. “I have to be at work early and I don’t get home until a little after 4, and they’re closed,” she said. “I’m not fond of it,” Keith said, “but I understand why they have to do it.” She also commented on the Postal Service decision — announced that same day — to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, beginning in August. “I don’t like that at all. That’s upsetting,” she said. Only a week earlier, the Postal Service had announced a 1-cent increase in first-class postage, plus other rate increases. Moore, one of the postal representatives who visited Grabill, said the partnerships allow businesses to sell Forever stamps and flat-rate postal boxes. Moore works See HARDWARE, Page A2

The East Allen School Board is exploring the possibility of becoming the new authorizer for the Timothy L. Johnson Charter School. That school at 7908 S. Anthony Blvd. in Fort Wayne is scheduled to lose its charter on June 30. At its Feb. 5 regular meeting, the school board mentioned the possibility of a special meeting to discuss sponsoring the charter school. The board did not commit to a specific date for that discussion, or even to a special meeting. No promises were extended to that school or to the community members who presented the request. The seven board members discussed the topic for more than two hours. Board member Terry Jo Lightfoot reminded her colleagues that the board already has the responsibility of operating public schools that serve Amish families and city neighborhoods. “I am just reminding you that

you have a lot to do here,” Lightfoot said. Superintendent Karyle Green informed the board that a set of procedures must be followed before applying to operate a charter school. Green said she would finish researching the requirements, and would email her findings to the school board before the next regular meeting, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19. East Allen Times readers can follow developments through the newspaper’s online news partner — fwdailynews.com. The school district maintains a list of board meeting dates on its website — eacs.k12.in.us. Johnson parent Ebonee Pilot made the request, asking the board to become the authorizer for the school. The board room then emptied as supporters followed Pilot into the hallway. Outside the board room, Pilot told the East Allen Times that she is confident that Johnson will find a new authorizer. “We have See SCHOOL, Page A3

Grieving find friends during search for peace By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net

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Margie Williams, left, and Ruth Daring review the material for the GriefShare group, which meets in the parlor of the New Haven United Methodist Church. another complete session. The facilitator took up another ministry within the church. Eventually, Williams stepped forward. “For a year, no one did it,

but it was just so helpful for me that I thought this is something we really need to be doing.” “What really got me started doing it was the

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Margie Williams knows how it feels to be one of the new faces at a grief seminar. She took that step 13 years ago, after the death of her mother, Peg McKay. “I was struggling,” she recalled recently, as she discussed her role as a GriefShare facilitator at New Haven United Methodist Church. “Someone at our church was a facilitator for that, and I thought, ‘This is something I need to be in,’ ” she said. Williams joined a 13week seminar in progress, and then stayed through

classes but also the encouragement from the pastors at my church, because I had never done anything like this before,” Williams said. She gave special credit to then Associate Pastor Marilyn Dunton, now retired. “Pastor Marilyn said ‘You can do this. You can do this,’ ” Williams said. “So I grabbed a helper,” Williams said. Deb Potts shared the project for several years. Ruth Daring is now Williams’ co-facilitator. Daring said she also benefited from the program when her mother, Glada Swartz, died. “I benefited from the GriefShare program and I felt that it could be beneficial for other people,” she said. Williams has helped lead the discussions for 10 years. Still, Williams remembers the sense of loss that brings people to the sessions. See PEACE, Page A4

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Rachel Hammond distributes brochures at the Fort Wayne Farm Show, as part of a project by the Heritage High School FFA. Hammond is the Eastern Region director for the National Junior Horticultural Association.

Heritage senior in national leadership role By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net

Rachel Hammond’s service to the National Junior Horticultural Association will continue after she graduates from Heritage High School this spring. Hammond is the Eastern Region director for that youth organization, and is helping to plan the group’s annual convention Oct. 11-14 in Williamsburg, Va. See LEADERSHIP, Page A5

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in Indianapolis with Judy Bays, the district post office review coordinator. A statement from Bays is taped to a wall inside the post office. Dated Oct. 30, it lists the reduced office hours that became effective Jan. 26. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the post office closed from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday. According to Bays’ letter, the decision followed a customer survey and other input from the community. Moore said Grabill is the 29th Indiana community to partner its post office with a local business. A Wolf Lake partnership opened just hours before the Grabill partnership. “When a business expresses interest, we visit them and make sure they are able to house the service,” she said. “It’s a very minimal space that they provide for our setup.” She said the Spencerville post office also reduced its hours effective Jan. 26, and a business there has expressed

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Diane Keith retrieves her mail from a post office box inside the Grabill post office. She said the reduced window hours prevent her from dealing directly with postal workers. interest in becoming a Village Post Office.

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SCHOOL from Page a lot of people rooting for the school,” Pilot said. “And I just believe with the support of the teachers and our teachers that we will get what we need to keep Timothy Johnson open as a school.” Johnson Academy lost its standing Jan. 22, when Ball State University declined to renew charters for seven Indiana schools, also including Imagine Master Academy on Wells Street and Imagine Schools on Broadway in Fort Wayne. Johnson Academy has appealed tbe decision. The Rev. Mike Nickleson, the board president, said the school has made progress and continues to do so. East Allen board member the Rev. Stephen Terry, who works as a consultant to the charter school, said he would not vote on any decisions about sponsorship. He also voiced his strong support of the concept, and his concern for the residents of the former Paul Harding High School attendance area. In a subsequent interview, Terry said the school board itself advocated the concept of a charter school in the 1990s. Terry said he was appointed to the board in 2000. “Believe it or not, we were having the same conversation then,” Terry said.

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East Allen School Board members Chris Baker, left, and the Rev. Stephen Terry hear discussion about the Timothy L. Johnson Charter School. Terry is a consultant to the charter school. Terry said school choice is a valuable tool. “Parents need to be able to engage in the learning process of the students,” Terry said. “Looking back, there have been gains for students in the Harding attendance area.” The Harding building now houses a junior high and the East Allen Academy. Terry also said the district needs to relaunch Paul Harding High School, complete with an athletic program and all the traditional extracurricular programs, and sustain a college cohort program. He said he realizes that is a lot of responsibility for East Allen. “I’m not going to put that back on the children, or on any one entity,” Terry said. Allen said the charter school brought new life to

the community. “You have parents who are engaged. You have teaching staff who absolutely love to teach and to be around students,” Terry said. “This is a potential tremendous win for the whole district, but really for the whole city,” Terry said. In its January announcement, Ball State said nonrenewals were based on specific criteria. Ball State took action on 20 of the 42 charter schools it authorizes, and refused to renew seven charters. “We take our authorizer responsibility for ensuring academic quality very seriously,” said Bob Marra, the executive director of the Office of Charter Schools. For more information on the Ball State decision, see cms.bsu.edu/news.

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Heritage agriculture teacher Mike Shirey said the NJHA is an affiliate of the FFA, also known as the Future Farmers of America. “We’ve been blessed over the last several years that our kids have qualified to compete at the national horticulture contest,” Shirey said. “Then Rachel decided to run for national office this past fall, and was elected.” “She’s a very good planner, and I think that’s one of the things that helped get her to that national office was the fact that she can be very diligent in laying out things and planning,” Shirey said. Hammond said she and her fellow students participate in as many animal and agriculture studies as possible. “Our adviser helps us out a lot,” she said. “First we go to the state for horticulture, which is identifying flowers and fruits and nuts and trees,” Hammond said. “And if we win the state we go to the national and do the contest all over again.” “She went to work with her fellow officers during our Christmas break up in Milwaukee,” Shirey said, “and they started dong some planning for next year’s fall convention. And then in the

summer, in June or July, she will head out to Virginia and they’ll look at where we’re actually going to be having the convention, and they’ll make choices of activities for the kids to do.” “We have to study and work hard,” she said. “Farming is a lot of fun, but it’s also a lot of hard work and you have to take time away from other fun activities and make sure that you get the farming done first, and then you can go out and have fun.” The national competition is in October. Hammond has competed at least at the state level since the eighth grade. She is in her sixth year in FFA, and her eighth year in 4-H. “I live on a small farm,” she said. “Right now I have two big steers and two goats and a dog and a cat and a pet rabbit, and we just grow hay in the back field and that’s it.” After graduation, she plans to attend IUPUI in Indianapolis, to study radiology or nuclear medicine. Even after college, she wants to stay close to agriculture. “I hope to stay with the farm,” she said. “I definitely love the farm and I want to continue growing up and living on a farm because I love it,” she said.

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East Allen County branch libraries list February activities These events are on the February calendar at East Allen branches of the Allen County Public Library. For changes, updates and early March listings, call the branch libraries at the numbers listed.

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Born to Read Tuesdays, Feb. 19, 26, 10:30 a.m. You’re never too young to enjoy the library. For babies and their caregivers.

Smart Start Story Time Wednesdays, Feb. 20, 27, 10:30 a.m Preschoolers and their grownups are invited to attend a story time designed to help them as they begin to read.

Lego Club Wednesday, Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m. Use our stash of Lego blocks to build amazing things. Each month we’ll have a special challenge and time to share our creations with each other.

PAWS to Read Mondays, Feb. 18, 25, 4:00 p.m. Anyone needing reading practice: come share a story with a bookloving dog!

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Smart Start Story Time Mondays, Feb. 18, 25, 3:30 p.m. Enjoy the latest books, some old favorites and an awesome craft each week.

Budget Scrapbooking Thursday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m. A different layout page each month. The library will provide supplies. Bring your adhesive and scissors and have fun whether you are a new or an experienced scrapbooker.

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Community band has been making music for Fort Wayne for 33 years By Rod King Contributor

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Fort Wayne Area Community Band will present a concert at Courtesy photo 7:30 p.m. Humphries Tuesday, Feb. 26, in the John & Ruth Rhinehart Music Center on the IPFW Campus. Conductor Scott Humphries and Assistant Conductor Susan Jehl have chosen a variety of music that includes “Suite for Tuba, “Four Scottish Dances,” “The Hounds of Spring,” “An American Hymn,” “Rough Riders March,” a compilation of music from the Broadway play “Les Miserables,” and more. Thirty-three years ago a teaser article in a local paper announced formation of a community band and invited interested parties to dig out their horns and bring them to Neff Hall auditorium at IPFW. Thirty-five musicians, many who had not touched their instruments since high school or college, showed up at the first rehearsal in mid-

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The 70-member Fort Wayne Area Community Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Rhinehart Music Center at IPFW campus. November 1979. That was has something for the nucleus of what is everyone.” now the 70-member Fort The band presents about Wayne Area Community a dozen concerts a year Band. Nine of those who and has taken its brand of answered the invitation concert music to are still members. Just surrounding communities, eight conductors have led too. It performs twice the group during the past during Three Rivers 33 years. Humphries is Festival, three times at assistant professor and Foellinger Theater each director of instrumental summer and four concerts studies and music educaat the IPFW Music Center. tion at Manchester The group also provides University in North music for graduation cereManchester. Of the monies of Ivy Tech State ensemble, he says “they College and University of enjoy playing their instruSaint Francis. ments, work hard in Fort Wayne Area rehearsals, like putting on Community Band is the best possible performcomposed of primarily ances and have a amateur musicians, some determination and drive to IPFW students and a few grow and improve. My music teachers who gather two years with the band Tuesday evenings at IPFW have been incredible. We to rehearse. Auditions are presented a number of not required and any really professional musician who is out of concerts and I’m confihigh school is welcome. dent that people who For information, contact attend the February personnel manager Susan performance will find it Nash at 432-0698. IF YOU GO Fort Wayne Area Community Band Tuesday, Feb. 26. Downbeat 7:30 p.m. John & Ruth Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Tickets $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, children over six $2 IPFW students admitted free with student ID Free parking in new parking garage across from Music Center

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Allen County man leads 22-county Mizpah Shrine By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net

An Aboite Township resident recently assumed leadership of Mizpah Shrine. Michael Hardiek, 45, became the youngest potentate in the history of the local Shrine, founded in 1910, which serves 22 Indiana counties. Hardiek said his installation would be the last at the Shrineâ€™s longtime home at 407 W. Berry St. in downtown Fort Wayne. He pledged that by yearâ€™s end the Shrine will complete its move to the new Shrine Center, at 1015 Memorial Way. After thanking Shrine nobles for their help and example in the past, Hardiek shifted the focus to the future. â€œMy grandfather walked the halls of this building,â€? he said. â€œThis building doesnâ€™t fit us anymore.â€? He said the success of the new Shrine Center will confirm a greater success.

â€œIf we leave this building as a legacy to our children, then that means our hospitals survive,â€? he said. That focus on the many childrenâ€™s hospitals â€”which Hardiek referred to as â€œtemples of mercyâ€? â€”was central to remarks by Hardiek and others. Hardiekâ€™s wife, Shannon Hardiek, said the womenâ€™s project for 2013 will be a bracelet, with seven hope beads available for several projects, and all proceeds going to Shrine hospitals. Freeman Jewelers designed the bracelet. â€œIn 2011, over 121,000 children were treated at a Shrinersâ€™ hospital and were given the hope of living a more normal life,â€? she said. A senior member of the Shrine, 2008 potentate Larry Chapel of near Knox, said Michael Hardiek brings more than youth to the office. â€œMike brings an energy to the position that we need at times,â€? he said,

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Mike Hardiek kneels to take the oath as potentate of the Mizpah Shrine. The installation is to be the last at the downtown headquarters of the Shrine, which is moving to a new Shrine Center near the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. â€œbut still is very line of succession to thoughtful, caring.â€? potentate. â€œAny barrier Chapel said Hardiek has you need taken down, volunteered to drive the anything you need,â€? he Shrine van carrying chilpromised. dren to hospitals in Besides Hardiek, the Chicago and elsewhere the Divan comprises: Steven past couple years. â€œI think Cowan, chief rabban; Gary that has helped him to Soblotne, assistant rabban; understand what itâ€™s all Jerry Freewalt, high priest about,â€? Chapel said. and prophet, and; Hal Hardiek pledged to Harting, oriental guide. support the 2013 team, Owen Wade will serve as including the Divan, treasurer, and Ron Harruff whose members form the as recorder.

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Womenâ€™s Expo celebrates five years in Fort Wayne The Fort Wayne Womenâ€™s Expo will mark its fifth year on Feb. 23 and 24 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 at the door or $4 from at the box office or from Ticketmaster. Highlights include shopping, fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, and health and wellness features. Visitors may receive complimentary hand and back massages; plus makeup application and hair styling by Masters of Cosmetology. Saturdayâ€™s entertainment includes a fashion show by Jackieâ€™s Place Boutique. Cooking demonstrations will take place all weekend, by local chefs and cookbook authors such as Margy Hooker of Tanglewood Berry Farm and Parkview Regional Medical Center nutritionists. The Womenâ€™s Expo will incorporate a charitable event into the fifth-anniversary show. The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast

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The Masters of Cosmetology will offer free spa services at the Womenâ€™s Expo. Cancer will raffle several prizes including Vera Bradley bags, gift baskets of cosmetics, gourmet chocolate and other donations from exhibitors. Raffle proceeds will

benefit the foundation. Renee Anderson, the CEO of the Womenâ€™s Expo, said, â€œWe are proud to incorporate important womenâ€™s health issues into the Womenâ€™s Expo. Parkview Regional Medical Center, a local sponsor, is also emphasizing womenâ€™s health initiatives, screenings and wellness programs. We hope by incorporating these well respected health organizations into a fun-filled event we will be able to support missions of raising awareness and funds for lifesaving research.â€? â€œThe heart of the event is still a shopping extravaganza with an enormous array of products and services that cater to women,â€? Anderson said. The Fort Wayne Womenâ€™s Expo is sponsored by Parkview Regional Medical Center, The Home Depot, Centers for Pain Relief / Inquest Health System, Faerberâ€™s Bee Windows, Fort Wayne Nissan, A Party Apart, Masters of Cosmetology and radio station V 102.9.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 ‘Oliver!’ Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart; director, John O’Connell; assistant director, Leslie Hormann; musical director, Mindy Cox; choreographer Brittney Coughlin. Show times: Feb. 15, 16 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. Athletic Booster Club Fish Fry. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Meal includes fish, slaw, applesauce, potato, roll, dessert and beverage; cheese pizza also available. Cost: $8 adults; $5 children ages 6-11; children 5 and under are $1. Proceeds will help fund a new washing machine for the athletic department.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Third House Forum. Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 826 Ewing St. 10 a.m. to noon. Hear the Northeast Indiana legislative delegation report on their activity. Free. Registration not required. Stories and More with Lenore. New Haven Park Center, 1125 Hartzell St., New Haven. 11-11:45 a.m. Ages 3 to 6 will enjoy stories, songs, movement, puppets and other learning in the Park Center large room. Cost for the four-week program is $20 for New Haven residents, $24 for nonresidents. Lenore Loos is the instructor. To ensure a place, call 749-2212. Video and panel discussion. Fort Wayne History Center, 302 E. Berry St.. 2 p.m. The History Center and the African/African-American Historical Society and Museum will present a video and panel discussion for the co-celebration of Black History Month. Free and open to the public. Fort Wayne Philharmonic Pops: Lights, Camera... The Oscars. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25. Tickets at Embassy box office. Call 481-0777, or go online to fwphil.org. Or visit the Arts United box office, 303 E. Main St.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Sunday Services. LifeWater Community Church, 5600 Westbreeze Trail, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. Liberty Hills addition. info@lifewatercc.org. www.lifewatercc.org. Concordia H.S. open house. Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. Noon to 3 p.m. Parents and prospective students are invited to tour the campus and learn about Concordia programs. Refreshments will be served. For details, contact Krista Friend, enrollment manager, at kfriend@clhscadets.com or 483-1102, ext. 219. WinterFest 2013. University of St. Francis Schouweiler Planetarium, 2701 Spring St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Matinee laser light shows for children. “Legends of the Night Sky” will feature the ancient stories associated with the constellations. Tickets are $4, with a maximum of $18 per family (two adults and children). “Put Your Beliefs to the Test.” The Church House, 13313 Indiana St., Grabill. 6-7 p.m. For more information call 486-9175 or 657-7017. Heartland Trombone Quartet. IPFW Campus. 7:30 p.m. Andrew Hicks, John Godrian, James Kraft and Adam Johnson perform a wide variety of music, including arrangements by Bach, Mozart and Schubert. Admis-

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt. Support group for women who are or have been physically or emotionally abused. For time and place, call (800) 441-4073. Facilitated by the YWCA Women’s Shelter staff. Mobile mammography coach. Ivy Tech South Campus, 7602 Patriot Crossing, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Encourage, Empower and Enjoy the Autism Spectrum. Easter Seals Arc, 4919 Projects Drive, Fort Wayne. 7-8:30 p.m. Parents, grandparents, teachers, professionals and others wanting to learn more about autism are welcome. Topics vary monthly. Call 637-4409. Community Orchestra. IPFW Auer Performance Hall. 7:30 p.m. Six IPFW Student Concerto and Aria Competition winners are featured. Admission free for IPFW students with student ID, $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 or older, $4 for non-IPFW students, free for ages 10 and younger.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 TinCaps kick off ticket sales. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Fort Wayne TimCaps begin ticket sales for opening day and all 70 home games of the 2013 season. Fans buying tickets at the park between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. today will be treated to a complimentary breakfast in the ballpark’s suite level lounge. The home opener is 7:05 p.m. April 11 against the Lake County Captains.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 SCORE monthly meeting. Andorfer Commons on Indiana Tech Campus, 1600 E. Washington Blvd. 9:30 a.m. The Service Corps of Retired Executives will hold its monthly meeting in Room 206. The board of directors will meet at 8:30 a.m. The speaker will be Jack Dever, who will explain tax changes that will affect filing of 2012 taxes. After School Art. New Haven Park Center, 1125 Hartzell St., New Haven. 4:30-5:15 p.m. Instructor Sue Schuckel will lead ages 6-10 as they paint and draw, imagine and create. All materials are provided. The program continues each Tuesday through Feb. 26. The cost is $20 for New Haven residents, $24 for nonresidents. To ensure a place, call 749-2212. “Moulin Rouge.” Holiday Inn IPFW, 4111 Paul Shaffer Drive. 5-10 p.m. IPFW Advanced Food Service Management course seniors are in charge of French-theme food and festivities in the Mastodon Grill. For reservations, call 482-3800. Summit City Singers rehearsals. Shawnee Middle School, 1000 East Cook Road. 7-8:30 p.m. Rehearsals begin for the spring concert series. Several concerts will be performed in the surrounding area in late May and early June. The choir welcomes new members. There are no auditions but singers must be able to match pitch. Contact Judy King at 489-4505.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Black Journey. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 10 a.m. A free, live stage show to celebrate Black History Month. American Family Theater musical takes the audience on a tour from African to modernday America, celebrating African-Americans‘ influence and contributions in science, industry, arts and public leadership. The 10 a.m. show is a school field trip. Free tickets for the evening show are available at the

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Embassy Theatre box office or through Ticketmaster. Call 424-6287. Midweek Lenten worship services. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 12:05 p.m. The Rev. Mark Minnick brings the message for a Wednesdays in Lent service in the nave. A luncheon in Wagenhals Hall to follow. Drop-in Yoga in the Gardens. Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. 5:30 p.m. Taught by world traveler Lanah K. Hake. A few blankets, mats, and straps are available but bring your own supplies if you have them. Drop-in fee $7 (Conservatory members $5). Freedom From Smoking Class. IPFW Walb Memorial Union Ballroom, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Room G 21. 5:30-7 p.m. Instructor: Natalie McLaughlin, RN, from Parkview Hospital Community Nursing ProBrass Chamber Music Recital. IPFW Campus. 7:30 p.m. Students of Fort Wayne Philharmonic mentors and faculty members Alan Severs and Michael Lewellen present an evening of brass chamber music. Admission free for IPFW students with student ID, $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 or older, $4 for non-IPFW students, and free for ages 10 and younger. Vocal Area Showcase Recital. IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. 7:30 p.m. Vocal faculty and students in a variety of genres. Admission free for IPFW students with student ID, $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 and older, $4 for non-IPFW students, and free for ages 10 and younger.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Learn about ACPL Services. Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, 555 E. Wayne St.. 2 p.m. AARP Allen County Chapter 187 invites all AARP members and other interested seniors to hear Roseann Coomer of the library staff speak about the library system’s services. After School Snack. New Haven Park Center, 1125 Hartzell St., New Haven. 4:30-5:15 p.m. Sue Schuckel will instruct children 6-10 as they prepare their own healthful snacks. Children will learn about the food groups and basic kitchen safety. The four-week program continues each Tuesday through March 14. The cost is $20 for New Haven residents, $24 for nonresidents. To ensure a place, call 749-2212. Youth baseball and softball registration. Hoagland AAA Pavilion, 11320 Hoagland Road, Hoagland. 6-8 p.m. Register for Hoagland Youth League baseball and softball. The Hoagland Area Advancement Association pavilion is behind the fire station. Call Tim Price at 246-3710. Anthony Wayne Toastmasters Meeting. Ivy Tech Community College. 6:30 p.m. For better public speaking and a lot of fun. fredhn@aol.com. anthonywayne.freetoasthoast.org. Anonymous By Adoption. Parkview Main Campus, 2109 E. State Blvd. 7 p.m. Support group for adoptees, adoptive parents, and separated siblings. Call 238-4529 or 744-1518.

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Lobby, 116 E. Berry St. 7-10 p.m. In celebration of Black and Black History Month. A desert bar and wine tasting to benefit Three Rivers Institute of Afrikan Art & Culture Inc. programs. The event features a jazz trio led by Michael Patterson, and the Three Rivers jenbe’ Ensemble. Tickets are $15 to $20, and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Saturday Studio: Drawing (Drafting & Perspective). IPFW Visual Arts Building. noon to 3 p.m. These art classes for high school students will focus on drawing (drafting & perspective). Fee: $99. Instructor: Christopher Ganz. To register, go to learn.ipfw.edu. WinterFest 2013. University of St. Francis Schouweiler Planetarium, 2701 Spring St.. 3 p.m. Family matinee for younger children at 3 p.m. Planetarium show for fifth-graders through adults at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for children under 18 and $3 for senior citizens, with a maximum of $14 per family. University students with IDS are $1. Opening reception for art sale. Crestwoods Frame Shop & Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 4-8 p.m. A one-week sale of a collection of a local collector. Works are by local, regional and national artists, and include paintings, textiles, pottery, prints and photographs. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 672-2080. ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. 7:30 p.m. Directed by Chris Murphy. Cost: $5 for adults; $4 for high school students or younger.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 WinterFest 2013. University of St. Francis Schouweiler Planetarium, 2701 Spring St. 4:30 p.m. Family matinee show of “Welcome to the Universe” for fifth-graders through adults. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for children under 18 and $3 for senior citizens. Visitors should arrive 15 minutes prior to the show time to purchase tickets.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featuring Dan Ross from ARCH United Community Development. Cost: $15.50 all-inclusive. RSVP by Feb. 19 to Meridith at 672-3414. Free child care provided. Sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Diversity Dialogue. YWCA, 1610 Spy Run Ave. Noon to 1:30 p.m. In

Bishop Dwenger fundraiser. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road. 6 p.m. “N’awlins Saints — in the French Quarter” is a dinner and auction. Reservations required. Call 496-4801. “A Night for Fighting.” Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 p.m. Fort Wayne Philharmonic Masterworks series. Tickets start at $15. Tickets on sale at the Embassy box office, The Phil box office at 481-0777, online at www.fwphil.org or the Arts United box office, 303 E. Main St.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Lenten Choral Evening Prayer Service. Trinity English Lutheran Church,

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 “Art Becomes Her ... Art Inspired by Women.” Orchard Gallery, 6312A Covington Road. Noon to 5 p.m. Opening reception for exhibition, which continues through March 30. Expect all mediums, from paintings to clay, photography to metal, sculpture, mixed media, wood, jewelry and fiber. No charge for opening reception. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. For details, call 436-0927. Or visit theorchardgallery.com.

dren 15 and under free. Parking: $4. Visit home-gardenshow.com. Saints Alive Preview Night. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road. 7 p.m. A glimpse at the dinner and auction to be held March 2. Preview night cost is $10 at the door, and includes Casa’s food and drink. Must be 21 or over to attend.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 Show Choir Invitational. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding

honor of Valentine’s Day and The American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement, the February diversity topic will be women’s heart health. Free and open to the public. RSVP on the YWCA Northeast Indiana Facebook page, or contact call 424-4908, ext.254. Midweek Lenten service. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 12:05 p.m. A luncheon in Wagenhals Hall to follow.

Road. 6 p.m. Bishop Luers will host six middle schools and 20 high schools during its 39th annual Show Choir Invitational. Middle schools will perform March 1; high schools will perform March 2. Cost: March 1, $5; March 2 day show, $10; March 2 evening show, $10; March 2 day-pass, $15. March 2 day competition begins at 7:30 a.m.; evening competition begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold at the door.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m. to

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405 W. Wayne St.. 4 p.m. A candlelight, choral prayer service, with music led by the Chancel Choir of Trinity English. The Beautiful Freak Show. Calhoun Street Soups Salads and Spirits, 1915 S. Calhoun St. 6-9 p.m. An evening of entertainment supporting Fifth Freedom, a disability advocacy organization. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show is 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 Fun With Science. New Haven Park Center, 1125 Hartzell St., New Haven. 4:30-5:15 p.m. Instructor Sue Schuckel will lead ages 5-10 in exploring science through projects, games, experiments, “weird science” and other means. The four-week program continues each Tuesday through March 26. The fee is $17 for New Haven residents, $20 for nonresidents. To ensure a place, call 749-2212.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 “The Rat Pack is Back!” Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Broadway at the Embassy. Tickets start at $28. On sale at the Embassy box office and through Ticketmaster. Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Campus Symphonic Band. IPFW Auer Performance Hall. 7:30 p.m. Admission free for IPFW students with student ID, $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 and older, $4 for non-IPFW students.

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The Fort Wayne HOME & GARDEN SHOW February 28 - March 3, 2013 Presented by

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A finalist in Food Network's Next Food Network Star in New York last summer, Everman also has been a guest on the Rachel Ray Morning Show and several national radio stations. She was a private chef for six years before opening Jyllicious Bites, a catering company devoted to gourmet finger foods. She is a parttime culinary specialist at Williams-Sonoma.

Erica hosted "A Gardener's Diary" on Home and Garden Television (HGTV) for fourteen years. In her role as host, she interviewed gardeners from all walks of life across the United States. Her curiosity about the impulse that drives people to garden, as well as her enthusiasm about plants, makes her a natural at facilitating the stories gardeners want to share.

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