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Jim Clauser sings the part of The Herald in a Plymouth Congregational Church presentation of The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. This is Clauser’s 40th and ﬁnal year in that role.

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Plymouth Congregational Church will dedicate the 40th Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival to four people who have been part of the service since its beginning. Shirley Slater, Michael Popp and Louise Misegades have been in different roles in the cast and crew through the years.

Jim Clauser has filled the same role since the first festival. Clauser said this will be his final year as The Herald, the central role in the secular portion of the festival that also presents religious themes in six free services each December. “He has never missed a service. He’s the only one that’s in the original character,” said Jim Schmidt,

the festival artistic director. “He won’t sing The Herald anymore, but he would like to stay involved with the Boar’s Head.” “That’s going to be quite a legacy,” said festival music director Robert Nance. “It’s been a great run for me, and I’ve really enjoyed doing that,” Clauser said. “I’m only leaving because I feel like 40 years is 40

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Volunteers, from left, Sarah Carter Owen Wade and Jordan Meintel ring Salvation Army bells at the Kroger Marketplace, Coventry Lane. The students are Homestead High School sophomores and members of the Key Club. Wade is a member of the Time Corners Kiwanis Club.

of the Homestead High School Key Club to ring at the Kroger Marketplace, Coventry Lane, on Nov. 22. “It can be cold depending on the day,” said Dan Guse, club president. “That day deﬁnitely got chilly. But we do it because we just want to help the community. That’s part of our mandate with being part of Kiwanis, is helping the community in doing things.” He said the Key Club would ring one

more day this year. “This is probably our tenth year we’ve been doing this,” Guse said. “They came and talked to us and we decided it’s a worthy project to take on, and so we’ve been doing it ever since.” “Our goal is over 40 percent of our annual budget,” said Smith, the Salvation Army ofﬁcial. See RED, Page A15

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A familiar holiday fundraiser serves a year-round need. The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign funds more than 40 percent of the organization’s annual budget, said Timothy Smith, the social service director for The Salvation Army, Fort Wayne. Bell ringers have begun taking their posts outside stores throughout Fort Wayne and New Haven, and will continue the campaign through Dec. 24. Volunteers may sign up at registertoring.com. Or call Roxanne at 744-2311. No bell ringing shifts are scheduled on Sundays. This year’s goal is $456,000, including kettle collections and mail-in donations. Members of the Time Corners Kiwanis Club worked with members

Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne Dec. 28, 29 and 30, at 5:30 and 8 p.m. each evening. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Get tickets at the church ofﬁce beginning 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18. The ticket ofﬁce will remain open as late as 7 p.m. if tickets remain available. years, and I feel like it’s time for somebody else to pick up the gauntlet.” “I lead in the boar’s head in the very beginning after the candle is lit,” Clauser said. “And that starts the processional and there are six verses that I sing.” Those six verses introduce an audience of perhaps 350 to a story that is acted and voiced by See BOAR, Page A5

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The 50 young people who give their talents to Breakfast in Bethlehem also receive a gift, said Lauren Kirkland. “They get to tell the best story ever told.” Church members from elementary age to high school age will present the Nativity story four times over two days at Sonrise Church, where Kirkland serves as children’s

ministry coordinator. The worship band will provide live music. The costumes are as authentic as possible. The shops and animals add to the effect. “We want to create what it really must have been like to be at Bethlehem on that morning that Jesus was born,” said Kirkland, “so the whole feel of the stable is created in Breakfast in Bethlehem.” Sonrise, at 10125 Illinois Road, will host two See SONRISE, Page A15

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BOAR from Page A1 almost 200 people. The sustained musical narration is a task for a powerful voice. “I’m 75, and I want to go out on a good note,” Clauser said. “It will be interesting for me to actually watch the production instead of be in it. I’m already doing other things, helping with the sewing, and I told Jim that I’d be willing to do whatever he wants me to do.” Nance explained the signiﬁcance of the boar’s head, and of the role that Clauser has voiced. “It comes out of that old tradition from Oxford where the story goes that a professor who was walking across the courtyard in Oxford was confronted by a wild boar and he shoved his book in his mouth and he killed him. And so the students interpreted that as the triumph of good over evil and they created a festival called The Boar’s Head. So when they process the boar’s head in this festival, it’s almost like a magical dinner, the king and the queen are there and they’re holding court, and everybody is bringing their gifts or whatever they would like to present to the royal couple as something for this feast of the boar’s head,” Nance said. “And of course the central piece of that is the boar’s head and The Herald announces it, singing the Boar’s Head

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Carol, telling the boar’s head story.” Vince Slater, Schmidt who was one of the originators of the festival and the original musical director, Nance recruited Clauser for the role. “I had done a lot of work with him musically Jaurique and when they started this he asked me if I’d be interested, and I said, ‘Yes’, not realizing that it would be a 40-year stint,” Clauser said. “And once I got into it, it became something I wanted to do every year.” The cast has grown over the years, Clauser said, but the structure of the service is unchanged. The ﬁrst half is the secular celebration, and the second half is the religious celebration, and the casts of both parts then gather around the baby Jesus. Kara Jaurique is casting director for the festival. Cast members range in age from three to four weeks to their 70s or 80s, she said. “There are always new people in the cast,” she

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The cast of both the religious and secular portions of The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival unite at the close of the service.

said. “I think this year we’ve got ﬁve. We try to have those people stand up and be recognized at our all-cast meeting, and we always try to pair them up with somebody who’s been in the production for a while, so they have a buddy, somebody who can show them around, because you can get lost in a cast of a hundred and ninety people.” Jaurique said she joined Plymouth Congregational Church when she was 7 and worked in her ﬁrst Boar’s Head when she was 8. “I’ve missed two years since then. I think this is year 31 or 32 for me,” she said. “This is the 40th, so it’s sort of a big deal, a big celebration,” she said. “We tried to pull back someone

from each of the decades to come back and represent.” “There are people who started out as baby Jesuses and have gone all the way through and are now wassailers or whatever they might be,” Schmidt said. Those wassailers walk the pew tops with steins in hand, accepting change from anyone who cares to donate for fun. That process might take in a couple hundred dollars in change, Jaurique said. Tickets are free but are required for admission. Free-will donations are accepted. The audience also may leave donations with the beefeaters as they leave the church. Schmidt said he became involved in the festival about 1983. “My oldest daughter was a candle

sprite, and that’s how we got involved,” he said. “And I became a jester.” Schmidt said the cast will number about 200, ﬁlling 230 or 240 roles. “We have a lot of double-casting, especially with the younger kids. They might be a cookie or stein bearer and they may become a dancer in the second part,” he said. “I would imagine there are

about 250 costumes, not that we ﬁll those costumes all the time.” Nance said the combined orchestra and choirs and handbell choir will total about 72 people. “The balcony is packed,” he said. That number will include some professional instrumentalists, including some who are members of the church. “The choir is all volunteer, although some of those folks are also professional vocalists that I work with. They just do it for fun,” said Nance, who is the festival music director and the church music director, and who also directs the Heartland Chorale. Nance said about half of the members of the festival chorus come from outside the church. “It’s such a wonderful opportunity to sing. We always seem to have room for one or two more,” Nance said. The music was chosen and arranged by Vince Slater, who died in 2006. Nance chooses the preservice music. See BOAR, Page A6

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to adjust the investment mix in your 401(k) as often as you like. So when evaluating your 401(k), make sure your holdings aren’t concentrated in just a few investments, and try to determine if your portfolio is still appropriate for your risk tolerance — not too aggressive or too conservative. Also, if your plan offers a “Roth” option, consider taking advantage of it — with a Roth, you won’t be able to deduct your 401(k) contributions from your taxes, but once you retire, you won’t be taxed on your withdrawals. • Review your insurance coverage. If you’ve experienced any changes in your life in 2014 — new spouse, new child, divorce, new job, etc. — you may

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Zoe Moore plays a â€œPat-a-Panâ€? dancer in The Boarâ€™s Head and Yule Log Festival.

Jaurique both know the service well, and know the hair-raising process of staging it again each year. â€œI think the real joy for us is the idea that the services themselves are so meaningful, when you see people in the audience and there are tears in their eyes and they are moved, and the notes that we get,â€? he said. â€œSo it doesnâ€™t matter then whether youâ€™re in it or youâ€™re watching it.

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The wassailers lift their steins to the music of The Boarâ€™s Head and Yule Log Festival.

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‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’ set for Dec. 19-20 Fort Wayne Youtheatre will present “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” at the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Performances are Friday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets are: adults, $17; under 18

or 60 and over, $14. Call 422-4226. In 1934, Youtheatre opened its doors with “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” as its very ﬁrst production. The play shares Hans Christian Andersen’s heartwarming

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HU choir to celebrate 60 years of â€˜Messiahâ€™ Huntington Universityâ€™s concert choir, along with a group of faithful community members, has been performing

Handelâ€™s â€œMessiahâ€? for 60 years. All over the world, performances have been occurring annually since 1742.

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has been accompanying HUâ€™s â€œMessiahâ€? rehearsals and the annual performance on piano for 30 years. Still, she comes back each year with excitement to start up again. â€œThe music is just fabulous,â€? she said. â€œAnd itâ€™s fun to work with the community, the college kids and the orchestra members. There are people I only see once a year for â€˜Messiah.â€™ â€? The â€œMessiahâ€? performance was held in the Zurcher Auditorium at HU for a while. A couple of years later, the auditorium grew too busy to host the event, and

Nunemaker had to look for a new space. â€œIt was one or two days later that I got a call from a friend of mine who goes to St. Maryâ€™s,â€? said Nunemaker. â€œShe said, â€˜Next year weâ€™re celebrating the 100th anniversary of our building, and would you consider having â€˜Messiahâ€™ in our church?â€™ Itâ€™s been a lot of direction from God.â€? After a couple of years at Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the Messiah performance came back to Saint Maryâ€™s Catholic Church in downtown Huntington and has See CHOIR, Page A11

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Emberton to address HU Foundation The Huntington University Foundationâ€™s December breakfast will celebrate the Christmas season, featuring a message from President Sherilyn Emberton as well as special holiday music from Joni Killian and Jiyoung Jeoung. The December breakfast will take place in Habecker Dining Commons from 7:45-9 a.m. Dec. 10. The Huntington University Foundation hosts a monthly breakfast

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Two holiday performances will take the Ford Theater stage in Wabash in the same week mid-December. The Honeywell Center will present the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, and Point of Grace at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic performance is sponsored by First Farmers Bank & Trust. The 64-piece professional orchestra will present holiday favorites. This new Philharmonic assistant conductor, ChiaHsuan Lin, will conduct the regional performance. â€œWe have put together a really

fun and exciting program this year and I canâ€™t wait to share it with you,â€? Lin said. This yearâ€™s Holiday Pops will include â€œSleigh Ride,â€? â€œWhite Christmasâ€? and â€œâ€™Twas the Night Before Christmas.â€? The concert will also feature vocalists Fernando Tarango and Renee Gonzales singing other holiday favorites. Tickets are $17. Point of Grace, an all-female contemporary Christian music group, is sponsored by Whiteâ€™s Residential & Family Services, and is welcomed by Bott Radio Network Honeywell Center.

Consisting of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino, Point of Grace is one of the most successful female groups in Christian contemporary music. Career sales total more than seven million records, including two platinum and ďŹ ve gold albums. The group has won 13 Dove Awards and 24 consecutive No. 1 singles. The two-time Grammy-nominated trio brings inspirational and uplifting messages to audiences all over the country. The Wabash High Schoolâ€™s Symphonic Voices will be featured during Point of

Grace concert. Tickets are: $18 balcony, and $25 main ďŹ‚oor. Tickets may be purchased at the Honeywell Center box ofďŹ ce from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, by calling 563-1102, or by visiting honeywellcenter.org. The Honeywell Center hosts more than 3,000 events and 150,000 visitors annually. Concerts, conferences, charity galas, art exhibits, and educational outreach programs are among the diverse events at the Honeywell Center. All programs and activities are supported by gifts.

meeting, open to all who are interested in learning about current community issues and the people and programs of Huntington University. Breakfast is $7, but free breakfasts are provided for ďŹ rst-time attendees courtesy of Chris and Janelle Love of Bailey-Love Mortuary in Huntington. For more information, contact the Huntington University Foundation at 359-4069.

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Band’s concerts combine sacred, secular By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

Allen County musicians help create the music of the Antwerp Community Band, according to 18-year band member Linda Kos, of near Woodburn. The band will perform two Christmas concerts in December, each a short drive east of the Indiana-Ohio line. “The band has 20 to 25 members, and about half are from Fort Wayne and New Haven,” Kos said. Steve Hahn directs the Antwerp Community Band, which is ﬁnishing its 22nd year. Kos play the French horn. Her husband, Ed Kos, plays a trumpet. “We’re brass people,” she

said. “I actually went to high school in Antwerp and as an adult moved back to the Fort Wayne area, and thought I’d like to resurrect my playing and be a part of this group,” Kos said. The youngest band member is in high school, and the most veteran musician has seen more than 80 Christmases. “It’s a wonderful mix, and we often get high school talent from the Antwerp School who will play with us for a period of time. We have a Purdue student who’s playing with us now,” Kos said. “It’s really an eclectic organization, a lot of fun.” “Every year we present two or three concerts, but

the Christmas concert really is at the heart of it,” Kos said. “It’s absolutely free. We set a basket out, if somebody wants to make a donation, that’s ﬁne. We always consider the Christmas concert our gift to the community.” The ﬁrst concert will be Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2:30 p.m., in the Auditeria of Antwerp Local School, 303 S. Harmann Road, Antwerp, Ohio. Antwerp is about 14 miles northeast of Woodburn on U.S. 24 and Ohio 49. The second concert will be even nearer the state line, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Huber Opera House & Civic Center, 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio. Hicksville is about

13 miles northeast of Harlan on Indiana 37 and Ohio 2. Kos said to expect a mix of religious and secular music. “We will play from the more sacred and more reverent all the way up to the more modern music, to get a wide range of what the holiday means to everybody,” she said. Selections will include “O Holy Night,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “Sleigh Ride” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” “We will play two medleys — little snippets of lots of familiar music,” Kos said. “And we’re going to do something that’s new to us, ‘Fantasia on Kingsfold.’ It’s a very famous adaptation from

the English Book of Common Prayer. It’s really nice,” Kos said. The band will present “The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol,” which Kos said is based on a medieval tradition of people who went from place to place presenting Christmas plays and music. The band appreciates the audience, Kos said. “Even if you have a small audience, you work on this music for yourself. You work to get that particular concert in shape,” she said. “But there’s nothing like an audience, the genuine enthusiasm. We always appreciate it.” “And if you like what you hear and you play an instrument, consider coming back,” Kos said.

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SONRISE from Page A1 presentations the morning of Saturday, Dec. 6. Tickets are on sale for the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. productions. The breakfast guests will include members of the general public, and many parents whose children attend Sonrise preschool. Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family, and are available in the church lobby Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enter from Scott Road. Saturday productions have a special emphasis, Kirkland said. “We call it creating moments for families,” she said, “so Saturday’s event is speciﬁcally geared toward elementary age students.” The cast will present the program again Sunday morning, Dec. 7, during the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. “Everyone has the

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have people who volunteer every year to work in the distribution center and help folks get their items and get it to the car, and I guess the fact that they keep coming back from year to year is an indication that it really does give a blessing, that we do some good for the volunteers as well as for the folks we assist,” Poff said. “Teams, clubs, groups, co-workers and families can easily sign up to work a shift,” The Salvation Army said in a news release. “We have a handful of clubs that get together and they try to ﬁll as many pots as they can,” Smith said. Nationally, real estate professionals compete by ringing at different locations on Realtor Ring Day.

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later, it changes everything.” “One of the reasons we do Breakfast at Bethlehem is to recalibrate Christmas for families,” Kirkland said. “Culture sends this message that Christmas is all about receiving. So we want children to understand the value of giving, and the gift that was given to us.”

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Crowds gather at the St. Joseph River boat ramp at Johnny Appleseed Park at 2 p.m. each New Year’s Day, then wade through snow if necessary to splash in the freezing water. “It’s just a bunch of crazy people doing crazy things,” said Dave Bieberich, the organizer. “I guess people just ﬁgure it’s a good way to start the new year.” Don’t bother asking any of the participants for a deeper meaning. They will be toweling off, bundling up and driving away just as quickly as they descended the ramp. Jaime Garcia knows that he will be there again in 2015, for the 30th time. He’s not sure who organizes the event. Garcia knows only that he shows up to help some fellows put up some barricades. “It just sort of happens,” he said. He knows he will be wearing, and shedding, some form of IU garment. His only mission is “to jump in the river,” he said. “You come out of the water and the air’s warm. It’s quite a thing,” he said recently, as he pledged to plunge again in 2015. “It’s a great way to start a year,” he said after the 2014 plunge. “I mean, after this you can go outside and oh, it’s not so bad.” Bieberich said there is no formal structure to the plunge. He will take names, but just to get a count to share with the news media. Everyone sings “The Star-Spangled Banner,” then the brave of heart rush into the water, while family and friends record the plunge in photos or videos. Some waders will wear T-shirts, and some will

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Snow and ice line the far bank of the Saint Joseph River as the Polar Bear Plunge ﬁlls the boat ramp at Johnny Appleseed Park.

wear furry, novelty hats as they stand waist-deep in the January chill. Some will splash water onto themselves and others. “We recommend that people wear some kind of shoes, because you never know what’s in the water at the boat ramp,” Bieberich said. “We do put up barricades and try to protect people the best we can.” “We call it the Polar Bear Club, but it’s really not a club,” Bieberich said. “It’s just a gathering of people one time a year. “There never really has been an ofﬁcial club. When I started back in 1974, we used to meet at the sports club back on Tennessee Avenue, but we weren’t really associated with them.” “It’s about six or eight of us who have been doing it for 30 years or more,” he

said. “You don’t have to go in the water all the way. You can do anything you want,” he said. Bieberich will stand back and wait for the initial rush to retreat to the shore. “I’m 66 now, so I usually get out of the way and let the crowd go in front of us,” he said. Then he and a few friends will step into the water. Before he leaves the bank, he will stop to thank the Fort Wayne Fire Department crew that’s on hand as a precaution. “They make it as safe as they can for us, and that’s very nice,” he said. “I always thank those guys. They do a great service to us. We’ve never had a serious injury.” Rumors might set the See POLAR, Page B5

Among the thousands of customers who have come to Freeman Jewelers over seven decades, Larry Freeman remembers a couple who came to him for engagement and wedding rings 20 years ago. Freeman was behind the glass counters at the store facing Auburn Road last month when customers began responding to thousands of fliers announcing the store’s closing. As he has done for 47 years, Freeman helped the couple find tangible reminders of fleeting moments. “She always said she wanted another wedding band for the other side, like an anniversary band, but they were going to wait till the 25th anniversary,” he said. “And she said ‘What am I going to do? Can you still make one?’ “ “I’ll see if I can’t make that band for them,” Freeman said. He explained that few jewelers perform that duplication process.

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2:30 p.m. Wesleyan Youth Cookie Walk, $7 a box. Sonrise Cafe offers sloppy Joes, nachos, baked potatoes and cinnamon rolls. The menu is subject to change. Cornerstone Youth Center, 19819 Monroeville Road, Monroeville. Saturday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Chili, sloppy Joe sandwiches and soft drinks also available. In conjunction with seventh annual Monroeville Holiday Magic celebration. Christ’s United Methodist Church, 148 W. Third Street, Roanoke. Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m. until noon or until sold out. The church will furnish containers and gloves for handling the cookies, which will be sold by the pound. Emmaus Lutheran Church, School and Preschool, 8626 Covington Road. Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by the Emmaus Women’s Guild. Homemade cookies sold by the pound. Free decorative tins available. Agape Church of the Brethren, 11610 Lima Road. Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m.noon. Sponsored by the Women’s Fellowship, to support their work within the church. Crafters include woodworkers, quilters and more. Former Saint Joseph School basement, at 209 Mulberry St. beside the church, Monroeville. Saturday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The Saint Rose Altar and Rosary Society will sell home-made candy and cookies by the pound.

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SUNDAY, DEC. 7 Candlelight service of lessons and carols. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 4 p.m. prelude, 4:30 p.m. service. Includes the following ensembles of Trinity English: Childrenâ€™s Choir, Junior Choir, Youth Choir, Chancel Choir, Recorder Consort, Trinity Ringers, Steel Drum

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FRIDAY, DEC. 12 â€œA Country Christmas.â€? Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road. 6-9 p.m. $5 per person, free to age 5 and under. The Allen County Fairgrounds will support the Toys for Tots program and and assist Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana. Experience an old-fashioned winter evening with horse-drawn wagon rides, with help from the DeKalb County Horsemenâ€™s Association. See the light displays. Experience a live Nativity with live animals in a country barn. Have a picture taken with Santa for a fee. Children may do crafts. A Christmas choir will perform. A chili supper will be served from 6-9 p.m., along with sandwiches, snacks, dessert and beverage. Proceeds beneďŹ t building and grounds improvements at the fairgrounds. Please donate an unwrapped toy for a needy child through Toys for Tots. Visitors will vote for the best decorated tree. To volunteer or to donate decorations, call 705-9526 or email linnemeier@ frontier.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 13 Breakfast with Santa. New Haven Parks & Recreation ofďŹ ce, 1125 Hartzell St., New Haven. All-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast, $5.50 for adults, $2.50 for ages 6 to 12, age 5 and under free. Co-sponsored by the Parks Department and New Haven Masonic Lodge 740. New Haven Lions Club annual fruit sale. Kenâ€™s Meat Market, 846 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally grown red delicious apples and yellow delicious apples, and ruby red grapefruit and oranges. Lions will accept donations of used eyeglasses for the Lions Club Internationalâ€™s Recycle for Sight program, which distributes eyeglasses in the U.S. and internationally. â€œA Country Christmas.â€? Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road. 6-9 p.m. $5 per person, free to age 5 and under. The Allen County Fairgrounds will support the Toys for Tots program and assist Goodwill

Industries of Northeast Indiana. Experience an old-fashioned winter evening with horse-drawn wagon rides, with help from the DeKalb County Horsemenâ€™s Association. See the light displays. Experience a live Nativity with live animals in a country barn. Have a picture taken with Santa for a fee. Children may do crafts. A Christmas choir will perform. A chili supper will be served from 6-9 p.m., along with sandwiches, snacks, dessert and beverage. Proceeds beneďŹ t building and grounds improvements at the fairgrounds. Please donate an unwrapped toy for a needy child through Toys for Tots. Visitors will vote for the best decorated tree. To volunteer or to donate decorations, call 705-9526 or email linnemeier@ frontier.com. Poetry contest awards ceremony. Allen County Public Library, Main Library Theater, 900 Library Plaza. 11 a.m. Free. Ages kindergarten through Grade 12 will read their winning poems and receive their awards in this celebration of the 32nd annual ACPL Poetry Contest for children and young adults. All poems relate to this yearâ€™s theme: â€œImagine That!â€? Emmaus Womenâ€™s Guild Cookie Fair. Emmaus Lutheran Church, School and Preschool, 8626 Covington Road. 9 a.m.-noon. Free decorative tins will be available to package cookies as gifts. Walk to Bethlehem. First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Guides will lead visitors to scenes outside the church, each telling a part of the Bible story. The walk features live scenes and live animals. Tours are scheduled about every 10 minutes. After the outside tour, guests may visit the sanctuary for prayer and reďŹ‚ection.

SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Walk to Bethlehem. First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Guides will lead visitors to scenes outside the church, each telling a part of the Bible story. The walk features live scenes and live animals. Tours are scheduled about every 10 minutes. After the outside

tour, guests may visit the sanctuary for prayer and reďŹ‚ection. Evening prayer. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405. W. Wayne St. 4 p.m. A meditative service, with scripture, prayer, candlelight and silence. Christmas concert. Antwerp Local School, in the Auditeria, 303 S. Harmann Road, Antwerp, Ohio. 12:30 p.m. Free, but offerings will be accepted. The Antwerp Community Band presents a Christmas concert featuring sacred music and secular favorites. Advent sermon series. First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St. 10 a.m. The Rev. Greg Enstrom will discuss â€œChristmas Joy.â€? The childrenâ€™s pageant will take place during the 9 a.m. Sunday school hour, and will feature the Holy Family, Nativity and live animals. Everyone is welcome.

TUESDAY, DEC. 16 Winter concert. Canterbury Middle School, 5601 Covington Road. 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. The 35-member Canterbury Middle School Choir will perform. Christmas concert. Huber Opera House and Civic Center, 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio. 7:30 p.m. Free, but offerings will be accepted. The Antwerp Community Band presents a Christmas concert featuring sacred music and secular favorites.

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