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Parkview Field has hosted 623 events in addition to TinCaps games in the seven years since opening. The concourse has been repaved and new 20-foot-high safety netting has been added the length of each dugout. The home opener is April 9.

When baseball fans return to Parkview Field, they might overlook the subtle upgrades that have been made over the winter. The TinCaps face the Lake County Captains in the home opener, April 9. For openers, a 20-foothigh protective safety net has been added the length of each dugout to protect fans from sizzling foul balls. The nets will not inhibit the fans’ view of the action, nor will they eliminate opportunities to snag pop fouls that might be lobbed over the screens. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Minor League Baseball President and CEO Pat O’Conner had endorsed the screens as a safety measure, which cost $22,500. On their way to their seats, fans will tread a

completely resurfaced concourse. According to John Nolan, broadcast and media relations manager, it had not been upgraded since the stadium opened seven years ago. “We want to continue to be proactive where the fan’s safety is involved. Though the concourse was not visibly deteriorating,” said Nolan, “it has seen a lot of wear and tear considering the stadium hosted 623 events in addition to the TinCaps games. That includes concerts, charity run/walk events, business and service club meetings in our conference center and the fact that it is open daily for exercise walking.” One thing that fans will notice is the structure on top of the 400 Club in center field. The new Summit Presented by Tuthill will accommodate groups of 25 to 125 for a unique game view and an

unobstructed look at the Fort Wayne skyline. In fact, it’s the only baseball field in the country with such a facility that gives fans an elevated batter’seye-view of the action. The TinCaps have invested $600,000 in the new restaurant/bar/patio and Tuthill (local pump manufacturer) purchased the naming rights. Seats have been installed on the patio for watching games and there will be high chairs and tables to enjoy food catered by various Fort Wayne restaurants. The $40 per person charge includes the game ticket, and unlimited food and beverages. Parkview Field is more than baseball. This season the park will feature 20 fun theme nights ranging from a high school spirit night in May, a birthday party to celebrate IndiSee PARKVIEW, Page A15

Downtown law school earns provisional OK full accreditation within five years after receiving provisional accreditation. A law school seeking accreditation must demonstrate that it is in substantial compliance with all of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools. Indiana Tech Law School was founded in 2012 and welcomed in its first class in 2013. The members of that class will graduate in May. The provisional accreditation was particularly important to them because Indiana requires education at an accredited institution in order to sit for the bar exam. When the law school’s first attempt at provisional accreditation was denied a year ago, it did not appeal the decision because university leaders

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It took two tries, but Indiana Tech Law School earned provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association. The Fort Waynebased school formally announced the achievement March 14. “I’m grateful for the ABA’s work in reviewing our program and all of the support we have received along the way from our students, faculty and staff, Indiana Tech alums and the legal community in Fort Wayne and beyond,” said Indiana Tech Law School Dean Charles Cercone. “All of us here at the law school are excited about what the future holds for our program.” The law school took a big step forward in its bid for accreditation by winning a positive recom-

mendation for provisional approval Jan. 21 from the Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The committee’s recommendation was not final. Indiana Tech representatives subsequently appeared before the Section’s Council in Phoenix this month, after which the council issued its decision on Indiana Tech’s application. Provisional accreditation entitles Indiana Tech Law School to all the rights of a fully accredited law school, and enables its graduates to take the bar exam in any American jurisdiction. A provisionally accredited law school may apply for full accreditation no earlier than two years after receiving provisional accreditation and must obtain

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Embassy tribute concert, film series tickets ready The Embassy Theatre will pay homage to its Grande Page pipe organ with several events in June, sponsored by Hylant. The annual Buddy Nolan tribute concert will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at the Embassy, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Tickets are $8 adults and $3 for children 12 and under. Nolan played many concerts at the Embassy and was instrumental in helping to save the Embassy from demolition. A nationally-known organist, Nathan Avakian, will be at the console this year with a show that the Embassy said will satisfy contemporary music lovers and give tribute to the historical legacy of the theater organ. The Embassy’s Blackand-White Film Series for 2016 will feature the 1928 version of “Steamboat Bill Jr.,” starring Buster Keaton and featuring Embassy house organist Cletus Goens on the Grande Page. The film begins at 7 p.m.

Monday, June 13. At 7 p.m. Monday, June 20, the love story “Sunrise” from 1927 will be on the big screen with Clark Wilson returning to the Embassy to play the Grande Page. The Embassy’s final selection for the season is the Cecil B. DeMille classic “The Ten Commandments” from 1923, at 7 p.m. Monday, June 27. This movie will feature Fort Wayne native Mark Herman on the Grande Page. Herman got his start playing at the Embassy and now plays more than 30 concerts a year around the world. Tickets for the blackand-white movies are $8 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. Tickets for all of these performances went on sale Feb. 26 through ticketmaster.com, charge-byphone at (800) 745-3000 and at the Embassy box office. Tickets for the organ concert and for the movie series are available only through the box office.

For summer family fun the Embassy offers Behind the Screen from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 22. This event features two black-and-white movies, “A Trip to the Moon” and “Backstage.” After the films, kids get a peek “behind the screen” when stage hands disassemble and store the giant movie screen. The day continues with more than 16 different hands-on activities throughout the Embassy. Behind the Screen is presented by Hylant and PNC Bank. Tickets are $6 for this event, which the Embassy suggests is suited for day camps, groups and summer camps. Additional support for these programs is provided by Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, visit fwembassytheatre. org.

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Students to visit Sister Cities in China, Poland Students selected from six local high schools will travel overseas this summer thanks to Fort Wayne Sister Cities International. FWSCI announced the names of winners of Chapman Scholarships, who will visit Plock, Poland, or Taizhou, China. FWSCI has been sending young people on short, international exchanges to Fort Wayne’s Sister Cities for over 30 years thanks to the generosity of Howard Chapman and the Chapman Scholarships. Chapman Exchange Students visit comparable high schools in their sister city. Homestays “give students a truly immersive experience, allowing them to experience family life and form friendships in another part of the world,” the organization said in a statement. The students see the differences in the education systems. They experience life in a big city, in addition to local foods, arts and culture. In his report to the FWSCI Board, Sam Dvorak, one of last year’s scholarship winners, stated, “The tremendous impact that the Minato family (Sam’s host family) had on me will never be forgotten.” Students from the home-stay families often end up visiting Fort Wayne the following year. This year, FWSCI received 38 student applications from six local high schools and

selected 19 applicants to be interviewed. From these interviews, nine students were selected to visit China from June 13-23, and four students were selected to visit Poland from June 11-July 2. The students who will be traveling to China include: from Bishop Luers, Tamla Hser; from Canterbury, George Sun and Elise Wellman; from Homestead, Lisa Chen; from New Tech, Tin Nilar Oo; and from North Side, Ethan Grimes, Chase McCard, Jennifer Mora and Jodi Passino. Their chaperones include Ami Gomez, director of Alternative School for Carroll High School, and Yan Liu Pan, Chinese teacher at Canterbury High School. The students traveling to Poland are: from Canterbury, Sarah Croft, James Geyer III, Olivia Jimenez; and from Carroll, Emily Sullins. In case one of the students is unable to travel, Jared Newton, from North Side, was selected as an alternate. The chaperone for this group will be Elise Olson, World History teacher at Blackhawk Middle School. The Plock, Poland, trip will be an immersive, cultural experience for the students who will each be staying with a Plock family. There will be enough time to visit historic sites including a trip to Poland’s capital, Warsaw, as well as Krakow and the Tatra Mountains. The students traveling to Taizhou, China, will

experience a cultural and historical tour beginning with their arrival in Shanghai where they will visit the sights. In Taizhou, they will do home-stays with host families, interact with students, and visit Taizhou’s historic attractions. FWSCI staggers student visits to its Sister Cities every other year. In 2014, the organization sent seven area students to Taizhou. In 2015, six students were selected from a pool of 86 applicants for the Takaoka, Japan, trip. The next exchanges to Japan, as well as Germany, will be in 2017. Applicants must be a freshman, sophomore or junior attending high school in Allen County, with preference going to current sophomore and junior students. Students are not required to speak or be studying the applicable language in order to be eligible to travel. For information about FWSCI exchange opportunities, contact Cherie Wright, chair, Chapman Committee, at cwright@ travlead.com. FWSCI was established in 1976 and organized in 1983 as an Indiana corporation. FWSCI, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) corporation, is affiliated with Sister Cities International, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. FWSCI’s mission is to globally advance friendship and peace through educational, cultural and economic exchanges.

it’s going to cost, or how much the investment is going to be for our city,” Henry said.

oration between the city and the Allen County Commissioners. Henry signaled optimism at reaching a deal, while the commissioners seemed to favor more fact-finding. “The Board of Commissioners is pleased with the study committee’s recommendation to gather additional information regarding this project and, following a consultation with some members of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum board of trustees, fully supports the necessary funding from appropriate sources so this evaluation can be carried out,” the county said in a statement. The city does not have a firm timeline for developing an arena, as Henry said a long road of planning still awaits. City and county officials are expected to meet to discuss the arena idea further.

ARENA from Page A4 with them and avoid the use of eminent domain if at all possible. “If and when we get to the point where property would need to be acquired, we always strive to acquire property in the traditional manner,” Perlich said in the email. “Eminent domain is an option that’s available by law to city government, but that would always be the last resort to pursue and not something we would intend to do with this project.” The city first plans to take bids to select a firm that will lead the production of designs and schematics to give the arena idea a shape as well as a clearer picture of the costs involved. Early estimates pegged the price tag at about $64 million. “It’s hard to move an initiative or project forward if you don’t understand how much

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One of the committee’s chief concerns was ensuring a new venue would integrate and not interfere with business at the city’s existing event facilities. “We extensively evaluated how a facility might fit into our community with the (Allen County War Memorial) Coliseum, the Embassy Theatre, Foellinger Theater and the Grand Wayne, and be a positive asset to our community without causing harm to these great existing treasures,” Surack said. The group recommended forming a collaborative management system for overseeing the arena, the Coliseum and the Grand Wayne Center. The committee also wants strong collab-

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University of Saint Francis presents ‘Marvin’s Room’ The University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts will presents its spring play, “ M a r v i n ’s R o o m ,” starting April 1. The play will run over two weekends, April 1-3 and April 8-10, at the USF North Campus Auditorium, 2702 Spring St., Fort Wayne. Tickets are available through ArtsTix Community Box Office at (260) 422-4226 or online anytime at tickets.artstix. org. Ticket prices are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors 65 years or older and children under 18.

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Show times are as follows: • Friday, April 1 – 8 p.m.; • Saturday, April 2 – 8 p.m.; • Sunday, April 3 – 2 p.m.; • Friday, April 8 – 8 p.m.; • Saturday, April 9 – 8 p.m.; • Sunday, April 10 – 2 p.m. Group rates of $10 per person are available to groups of 20 or more. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show for general seating. Written by Scott McPherson, “Marvin’s Room” was adapted into a 1996 film featuring Robert DeNiro, Meryl

Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio. Of the play, the New York Post writes: “…the themes of death, love, duty, care and service are frugally intertwined in a play of considerable emotional resonance. Laughing one minute, we are shuddering with a stealthy empathy the next. Death has rarely seemed more interesting or love so complex.” “Marvin’s Room” is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York.

Fly fishing show has food, tips, techniques and tackle The 2016 Three Rivers Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Show will be held from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the exhibition hall of the Classic Café, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 12 to 17, and free to ages 11 and under. Food will be available. A silent auction will continue throughout the day.

Free seminars are designed to educate the beginner and seasoned fly angler alike. The seminars will focus on fly fishing techniques that will enable fly-fishers to catch many types of fish in all types of waterways found in and around northern Indiana. For details, visit 3rff.org, or find Three Rivers Fly Fishers-Fort Wayne on Facebook. Twenty-five fly tyers

will demonstrate techniques, tips and maybe a few secrets. Sixteen vendors including rod and tackle companies, fly shops and guide services will be on hand to answer questions, provide information about innovations in tackle and techniques and fly fishing destinations and to sell products for the fly fishing angler.

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Chamber series to close with ‘Baroque Favorites’

Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians will step to front and center as soloists in Baroque favorites at the fourth and final installment of its Chamber Orchestra Series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. Tickets for “Baroque Favorites” are $20 and available for purchase at fwphil.org. Purchases can also be made in person at The Phil Box Office, 4901 Fuller Drive, or by phone at (260) 481-0777. Tickets are also available one hour prior to the concert at the venue. Full program and series information is available at fwphil.org. “The Baroque period is one of the most diverse in music history,” the Phil explained in a statement, “and with a concert full of famous works, audiences will experience the well ordered, ornate, and emotive qualities of some of the greatest music ever written, all in one place and at the same time.” Two movements from

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Chia-Hsuan Lin will conduct Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians in an April 2 Chamber Orchestra Series program.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major and the Suite No. 2 in B minor for Orchestra feature Philharmonic principal flutist Luke Fitzpatrick. George Frideric Handel’s “Entrance of the Queen of Sheiba,” from his o r a t o r i o “ S o l o m o n ,” Johann Pachelbel’s iconic Canon in D major, and Henry Purcell’s Chacony in G minor, all among the most revered works in the Baroque repertory, the

Phil said. Other selections include Tomaso Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings, Georg Philipp Telemann’s Overture in D major, and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier’s Concerto in D major, featuring principal bassoonist Dennis Fick. “One of the definitions of the word Baroque is ‘a unique shape of a pearl,” conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin said. “The program the Phil musicians and I are going to perform is definitely a collection of lovely Baroque musical pearls.” A centerpiece of the evening, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, was composed for an aristocrat who didn’t care enough to listen to the work or even pay for it. Written for the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721 as a kind of musical job application, the manuscript lay ignored in the court library until it was rediscovered and published in 1850. This concert will feature the stately first and whirlwind final movements of the concerto.

Fort Wayne Parks’ golf courses open for season The Fort Wayne Parks Department’s three golf courses are open for the 2016 season. Driving ranges at each course will open at a date to be determined. When inclement weather occurs, courses may close for a short period, or for the day, depending upon the severity of the weather. To check on course availability, call the individual course: • Foster Park Golf Course: 3900 Old Mill Road; (260) 427-6735; fostergolfcourse.com. • Shoaff Park Golf Course: 6401 St. Joe

Road; (260) 427-6745; shoaffgolfcourse.com. • McMillen Park Golf Course: 3900 Hessen Cassell Road; (260) 427-6710; mcmillengolfcourse.com. • The Mad Anthony III’s 9-hole, par 3 short course at McMillen Park is open to the public when not in use by the Lifetime Sports Academy. Greens fees are $7 for adults, $4 for youths. Tee times can be reserved at fortwayneparks.org. Anyone wishing to arrange a league or plan a golf outing for a business or

organization may do so at that same website. Weekday rates are $10 for 9 holes, or $16 for 18 holes. Weekend and holiday rates are $11 for 9 holes, or $17 for 18 holes. Season rates vary by course. A 3-way membership to all three courses is $695. Visit the golf course websites for rates for range balls and electric cart rentals. Rick Hemsoth is the city courses’ PGA professional. Find a variety of golfing tips and course details at the course websites.

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Gathering of Quilters draws more than 800 By Rod King

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made of fabric scraps. At the Ugly Fabric Challenge booth, attendees were urged to take a sealed bag of ugly fabric scraps and create over the next year something appealing to exhibit at next year’s show. About a dozen creations from last year were displayed for attendees to vote on by putting a penny in a numbered plastic cup to choose a winner. A large display of quilts for children who have been diagnosed with cancer covered a wall outside the display room. The quilts will be donated to Camp Watcha-Wanna-Do, which is held every year at Pokagon State Park. According to Co-chairperson Skinner, each Guild member is expected to make a quilt for the camp. The display area, which filled one of the two school gyms, showed colorful quilts ranging from classic designs and patterns to 3-D insects, flowers, geckos and birds. Some had been chosen blue ribbon winners in a variety of categories. Appleseed Quilters Guild is an incorporated, charitable, nonprofit organization with the purpose of creating and stimulating an interest in making, collecting and preserving quilts.

More than 800 people viewed quilts, bought fabrics and picked up the latest quilting tools and techniques at the 26th annual Gathering of Quilters. Nationally known designer Pat Sloan brought her expertise to the March 19 event at Wayne High School. The author, lecturer and weekly radio show host talked about making quilting fun. Her audience came from all over Indiana and from Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. The 2016 show, which was hosted by Appleseed Quilters Guild, showcased more than 150 quilts. It also featured 23 vendors from throughout Indiana offering yards and yards of fabric, thread in just about every color, wooden quilt display racks, the latest computer controlled sewing machines, suction gripper tools for safe fabric cutting, patterns, puzzles, design packs, cards, books and jewelry. Chairperson Janet Ditton and Co-chairperson Mary Ann Skinner explained that the main purpose of the show is to promote “Better Quilting Through Education.” The Guild volunteered to host the one-day show two years ago. The location moves around the state every year. Appleseed Guild is proud of its philanthropy quilts which are made by its members to be donated to the Rescue Mission, RESTAURANT Women’s Crisis Shelter and Shepherd’s House. Sue Lee, philanthropy chairperson, said the group donates between 25 and 30 regular quilts, around 60 smaller touch quilts for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory impairments, and 35 pet beds

Quilt Topics Appleseed Quilters Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Classic Café Event Center, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Annual membership dues are $30. Spring programs include: April 5, Phyllis Meiring from In the Patch Designs; May 4 (a Wednesday), Linda Hahn from New York Beauty State of Mind; June 7, Kaye Moore, hand wool appliqué. PHOTOS BY ROD KING

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Fort Wayne runner Suzi Swinehart completed 12 hours of running on a treadmill March 4. During that time, she ran a distance of 73.3 miles, breaking the previous women’s record of 68.56 miles. To learn more about her world record and view video, go to infortwayne.com.

The city of Fort Wayne is ready to move forward with the first design contract for the first riverfront development stages. The city plans to invest $390,000 for local development company, Riverworks Design Group, to design schematics for the promenade project, the city said in a statement. The contract was introduced to the City Council for consideration on March 8. Council members should hold discussions a week later, followed by a possible

final vote on the deal by March 22. Funds for the initial contract will come from the $6 million in Legacy funding the Council approved for riverfront development. RDG should finish the schematic designs by about July, and construction on the first phase could possibly start in 2017, according to the city’s statement. The city anticipates presenting more contracts for engineering and construction to the Council over the coming several months.

Briefly WALMART SELECTS FORT WAYNE Walmart plans to build a new milk processing plant near the city and create more than 200 new jobs by the end of 2017, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said in a statement on March 18. The retail giant is expected to develop the 250,000-square-foot-facility at a site on West Pleasant Center Road near the Fort Wayne International Airport. The announcement came about a week and a half after hospital operator Trinity Health unveiled plans to build a supply distribution center in the southern part of the city.

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The city of Fort Wayne is extending its blight elimination program to include the purchase and demolition of as many as 88 more vacant homes within the city limits. And this time, it is seeking out property owners who may have empty and deteriorating homes that meet the city’s criteria. The first 227 homes identified for demolition were pinpointed primarily through tax and other city records, said spokeswoman Mary Tyndall. They may have come to the city’s attention through the property tax sale process, neighborhood code complaints and/or police and fire complaints. Those already have been purchased and torn down or are in the process of being bought and torn down. The $7.5 million the city received in U.S. Treasury Department funding, administered by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, will accommodate the purchase and demolition of as many as 88 more blighted homes, depending on their cost. “This is the next step in the process,” said Heather Presley-Cowen, director of the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services. “Now, we are reaching out directly to property owners to say if you have a property that has long been vacant and has a hole in the roof, failing foundation or believe it may fit the program for other reasons, now is the time to come forward.”

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willing to live in the property as a primary residence for a period of five years. The addresses of the homes are: 1302 W. Jefferson Blvd., 1111 W. Jefferson Blvd., 815 W. Jefferson Blvd., 1025 Wilt St., 1222 Jackson St., 1121 Fulton St., 1227 Kinsmoor and 1838 Broadway. The city expects a financing gap between

the final appraised value and the amount spent by the developer to rehab the home; that gap will be financed by the city up to 45 percent of the as-completed appraised value. The city has identified buyers for four of the houses, Tyndall said, and is in the process of finalizing those deals. Residents interested in purchasing one of the

homes should contact the city’s registered contractor, Ric Zehr of Belay Corp., at (260) 438-0412. Property owners interested in the blight elimination/demolition program should call Housing and Neighborhood Services at (260) 427-8585 to see if a house meets the criteria. This house is located at 1222 Jackson St.

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A salad bar separated the lunch crowd from 21 idle ukuleles. Then the TRU Ukes Club strummed the opening notes of “All My Lovin’ ” to the delight of followers and surprised guests at the Village of Coventry Pizza Hut. Club members meet at the Fort Wayne restaurant at 11 a.m. the fourth Saturday of each month. Their music is free to the public. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” with a reggae twist was heard next. For 90 minutes, soloists, duets and the entire club played and sang songs from decades past. Tom McConnell offered a song from 2013. “The song is called ‘Be With Me’ by Suzie Brown, and I worked out chords for it and I thought I’d share it,” he said. McConnell, a Ball State University biology professor, has been playing with the TRU group since it was organized about four years ago. He met most of the musicians while playing dulcimers at events at Folkcraft Instruments in Woodburn. “I come up as often as I can. I can’t make it every month,” he said. “I play a couple different instruments and share my songs and I really enjoy playing songs that we’re all familiar with.” Not everyone in the audience was familiar with the music. Regina Dance of Fort Wayne had come for pizza. “We were surprised,” she said. “I liked it. I actually enjoyed it. I actually knew a couple of the songs.” Her son, DiQuan Dance, agreed that the music was a surprise. “It was quite unexpected, but when we got here we couldn’t do anything but go along with it, and we kind of enjoyed it,” he said. At another booth, Kelly Francher, Robert Homan and Dan Sosenheimer were just as surprised. “It’s a nice little treat,” Francher said. Sosenheimer said he does not play an instrument. “But we were talking and we might have to try it,” he said. Restaurant General Manager Andy Dent said diners appreciate the music. The club traces its path from a workshop at Sweetwater Sound, to a private home, to the more spacious ukulele hub at Folkcraft, and to a southwest location just off I-69 that is more central for many of the players. “We had the ukuleles downstairs and patrons

The Fort Wayne Area Ukulele Club plays for the public at 11 a.m. the fourth Saturday of each month at Pizza Hut, 5735 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. The music is free.

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Mike and Susan Rauch of Fort Wayne play “Let it Be Me” for the TRU Ukes Club at the Village of Coventry Pizza Hut.

were saying they weren’t able to enjoy it,” Dent said. So the group moved upstairs. Guests still may listen and applaud from 10 feet away, or may find conversation easier in the partitioned lower level. Dent said the most common feedback has been questions about the next ukulele date. “We’re trying to get the word out,” he said. A typical Saturday might attract 15 to 40 ukulele players, said TRU co-founder Mike Rauch. “It varies according to the weather and people’s schedules,” he said. “But they’re really gracious to open up the facility to us.” He said the move from the lower garden level to the upper level went smoothly. “We just kind of move things around,” he said. “We play for about an hour and a half and then we stop and we all have lunch. People in the crowd sing

along. They’re clapping. They’re enjoying it. “It’s been a nice marriage for us. Some people hear us once and come back again. We’re really getting positive

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homa City, Okla. Its inequality scores for cities range from a high of 23.7 for San Antonio to 6.6 for Gilbert, Ariz. The scores could only be assigned to cities with at least five ZIP codes and 100,000 residents. Spatial inequality looks at all of the ZIP codes within a city, not just the top and bottom ones, and is calculated by determining how far the typical ZIP code’s distress score is from the city’s average, Kenan Fikri, EIG manager of research and policy development, said in an email. In cities where the standard of living across

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Fort Wayne is neither distressed nor prosperous, but it is among the most spatially unequal of the nation’s 100 largest cities, according to an Economic Innovation Group Distressed Communities Index. The study by the Washington, D.C., think tank implies Fort Wayne is missing out on some of the benefits of its diversity. It ranks the city fifth in spatial inequality, following, in descending order, San Antonio, Texas; Atlanta, Ga.; Fort Worth, Texas, and Okla-

neighborhoods is relatively even – either all prosperous like in San Francisco, all middle class like Virginia Beach or all distressed like Detroit – spatial inequality is low, he said. In cities where economic well-being across ZIP codes varies significantly, spatial inequality is higher. In the most unequal city, ZIP codes would be evenly divided between the very prosperous and the very distressed, with few in between. For more information about this story, including community leaders’ reactions, visit fwbusiness. com.

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UKULELE from Page A11 enjoy the community and just make people happy. “We have people from Ohio and Michigan and from around Indianapolis and Greencastle and from Columbia City and Syracuse, and of course from the Fort Wayne metro area. And they partake, and say, ‘We’re gonna come back.’ ” Rauch and his wife,

Susan, live in the Village of Buckingham near Georgetown Square on Fort Wayne’s northeast side. They play with the ukulele group. And, as The Boots with Roots, they play other instruments for retirement villages from Fort Wayne to Warren and Bluffton. Mike plays the American Indian wood flute.

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Susan plays the clarinet and keyboard. “We play music from the ’20s and ’30s and ’40s and sometimes even into the ’50s, but we play the music that they’re familiar with, so they can remember back to the good old days,” he said. On a recent Saturday morning, the couple played “Let it Be Me.” Co-founder Jerry Noble introduced the artists and songs. “ ‘Catch the Wind,’ remember, is in 6/8 time,” he said. Noble said the ukulele is an accessible instrument that can be bought for as little as $100. “You can pay a lot more than $100,” he said. “With only four strings, it’s a lot easier to play than a lot of other instruments. It’s a fun and inviting instrument.” “How can you play the ukulele and not be happy?” Rauch said. Mary Jane Casiano of New Haven is another of the club’s first members. She owns several ukuleles, including one she bought in Hawaii. Her husband, Ray Casiano, owns two ukuleles and has been playing for about a year. “I’m always going to be a beginner,” he said.

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Don Luepke plants flower plugs in hanging baskets at the Our Creator’s Classroom greenhouse at Concordia Lutheran High School. Luepke began the project in mid-February. This year’s plant sale is scheduled for April 29 and 30 and May 6 and 7. Details will be announced.

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lems with the school’s faculty or teaching, and did not cite the school’s lack of a permanent dean at the time of its first evaluation as a problem, “although to be honest I don’t think it helped us much,” Cercone told Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly last year. The founding dean, Peter Alexander, left abruptly at the end of the law school’s first academic year in 2014. An interim dean served in that position until

Cercone came on board in January 2015. The school’s enrollment the first two years did not live up to expectations. It had hoped for 100 the first year, and enrolled 25. The second year was a little better, but the school ended the year with just 57 firstand second-year students. With accreditation uncertain, the university gave 100-percent scholarships to every single student enrolled there this year.

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grant through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Many of the day’s presentations and activities will focus on conservation, including environmentally-friendly landscaping. Attendees can vote for the most attractive rain barrel (donated by Aqua Indiana and Craft Laboratories, then decorated by a school or Scout group) and bid on the barrels for their own yards, with the proceeds supporting LRWP. To help pollinators such as butterflies and hummingbirds, native plants will be available for purchase and guests will be invited to plant native plants at the preserve. The event will also feature: • Booths at which event sponsors provide conservation tips and giveaways. • Booths of local environmental groups offering information about their work on behalf of nature and conservation. • Demonstrations of

native raptors such as owls and hawks, by Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehab. • Presentations by experts on a variety of nature topics. • Free colorful Earth Day Fort Wayne T-shirts given to the first 200 attendees. • Interactive wetland/ nature education stations offering learning for all ages. • Many special activities for children. • A farmers market and food vendors. Little River Wetlands Project is a local land trust that protects almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and Huntington counties and offers free wetland/ nature education programs. Its 716-acre Eagle Marsh preserve is the largest inland urban wetland restoration in the U.S. More information is available at lrwp.org, info@lrwp.org, or by calling (260) 478-2515.

Canterbury to welcome Fifth House Ensemble The Canterbury School Fine Arts Department will host Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble on Thursday, April 28, for a day of training and performance. 5HE, as the group is known, will offer a public performance at 7 p.m. that evening at Canterbury’s Summers Auditorium, 3210 Smith Road, Fort Wayne. Tickets are on sale for $20 for adults; $10 for students. Tickets can be bought at canterburyschool.org/arts-luna. Canterbury students will benefit from a full day of residency activi-

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PARKVIEW from Page A1 ana’s 200th year, a Star Wars night, a summer Olympics evening, a “Tonight Show” event, a pirates night and a Halloween night. Most of the theme nights will be on Fridays, but a few are scheduled for Thursdays. TinCaps players will wear special jerseys on some nights, and fans are invited to dress up according to the particular theme. The team has announced that there will be more post-game fireworks than ever before, with a record 32 scheduled. Nolan, who has visited many of the ball-

parks around the Midwest League, said, “Fort Wayne fans are treated to bigger, better and longer fireworks displays than any other park.” Stadium Journey magazine has named Parkview Field the No. 1 baseball experience in the minor leagues four of the last five years, No. 3 in all of baseball’s 160 stadiums throughout the country, and No. 9 among stadiums of all kinds in the United States. The additions and upgrades to the stadium this season will likely ensure its continued high national rating.

interpretation of a Puerto Rican folk tale. Becon’s graphic novel is displayed on screen during the performance, accompanied by five members of 5HE. Fifth House Ensemble entertains on Chicago stages and unexpected venues including aquariums, train stations and bars.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Special Cuisines dinner series: Thailand. Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. 6 p.m. Open to the public. $25 per person. Students in Ivy Tech’s Special Cuisines class take turns creating, preparing and serving world-cuisine theme meals for class credit. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance: visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/dinners or call (260) 480-2002. Pay on-site with cash, check or charge. Wine is available for an additional cost. Dinners are served in the Hospitality Room (Door 24, at the back of the building and facing Coliseum Boulevard). The culinary students rotate through various positions in the kitchen and dining room, providing a full restaurant experience. The rest of spring’s series include the following dates and themes: • April 7, Turkey; • April 14, Persia-Iran; • April 21, Africa; • April 28, India. Cooking with Wine class. Allen County Extension Office, IPFW Campus, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Learn from a chef how to cook with wine to enhance the flavor of food for special occasions. Questions may be directed to Extension Educator Vickie Hadley at the Allen County Extension Office, (260) 481-6826, or TDD -711.

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 Big Daddy Weave, Plumb & Jordan Feliz, “Beautiful Offerings Tour.” First Assembly of God, 1400 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets $15-$40. Visit TrinityCommunications.org for details.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 “Baroque Favorites.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20. Get tickets at the venue one hour before the program or at fwphil.org. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians conclude the Chamber Orchestra Series. Easter Bone Hunt. Franke Park, off Sherman Boulevard at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Fort Wayne; at Pavilion 1. Registration begins at noon, with the bone hunt at 1:30 p.m. All dogs are admitted with a $15 donation to Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control. There will be dog-friendly games, crafts, and even tattoos. Prize baskets will be given away to the lucky pups who find prize eggs, and human companions can win items by joining the raffle. The Easter bunny will join the group for pictures. All dogs in attendance must be restrained with a nonretractable leash. All proceeds benefit Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control. The event is hosted by Happy Dogs Daycare. Three Rivers Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Show. Classic Café, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne; in the exhibition hall. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 12 to 17, and free to ages 11 and under. Food will be available. A silent auction will continue throughout the day. Free seminars are designed to educate the beginner and seasoned fly angler alike. For details, visit 3rff.org, or find Three Rivers Fly Fishers-Fort Wayne on Facebook. Fort Wayne Farmers Market indoor market. Lincoln Financial Center at Parkview Field, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Guided history tour and lunch. 10 am.-2 p.m. Settlers Inc. member and educator Linda Huge will lead a unique guided history tour of the Historic Swinney Homestead and the Allen County Court House with lunch at

the Homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. $25. Reservation and payment due by March 30. Transportation is not included, however, downtown parking suggestions will be presented; age 14 and older. (260) 747-1501 or (260) 747-1229. Event proceeds support the maintenance of the Historic Homestead. For more information, visit settlersinc. org.

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Disorderly Bear Den. Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. This nonprofit collects teddy bears and other stuffed animals and gives them to those in need. Anyone who is interested may attend the meetings. Free parking is available in the rear of the building. The club is always in need of donations of gently used or new teddy bears and other stuffed animals. For more information about meetings or where to drop off donations, contact Donna Gordon-Hearn, (260) 4099886, or email tdbear7@comcast.net. Special Cuisines dinner series: Turkey. Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. 6 p.m. Open to the public. $25 per person. Students in Ivy Tech’s Special Cuisines class take turns creating, preparing and serving world-cuisine theme meals for class credit. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance: visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/dinners or call (260) 480-2002. Pay on-site with cash, check or charge. Wine is available for an additional cost. Dinners are served in the Hospitality Room (Door 24, at the back of the building and facing Coliseum Boulevard). The culinary students rotate through various positions in the kitchen and dining room, providing a full restaurant experience. The rest of spring’s series include the following dates and themes: • April 14, Persia-Iran; • April 21, Africa; • April 28, India. AARP educational presentation. The Community Foundation, 555 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Free; community welcome Allen County Chapter 187 of AARP will hold its monthly free educational presentation. Bruce Mueller from the Indiana Attorney General’s Office will present on Frauds & Scams: How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft. Mueller will highlight some of the trickier ways scam artists devise to obtain personal information from unsuspecting or gullible citizens, how much havoc the misuse of personal identify information can cause victims, and strategies on how to avoid being the victim of identity fraud. Mueller will reveal the Top 10 scam complaints the Attorneys General Office received during the past year.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Quilt show: “Blessed Are the Piece-makers.” Harlan United Methodist Church, 16434 Indiana 37, Harlan. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $5 admission. The admission/ lunch combination is $10. Lunch served 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The church’s ﬁfth annual quilt show includes a challenge for participants to use “Pink — the Color of Spring” in their creations. Door prizes to be awarded daily. The show continues Saturday.

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A Reading with B.J. Hollars. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Free. Fort Wayne native B.J. Hollars reads from his newly released nonfiction books: “From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death and Being Human” and “This is Only A Test.” Following thee reading,Hollars will take questions and discuss topics pertaining to both books. Books will be available for purchase. Hollars is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair. He serves as a mentor of Creative Nonfiction, the reviews editor for Pleiades, and a contributing blogger for Brain Child and the Michigan Quarterly Review. Visit bjhollars.com for more information. Early Childhood open house. Canterbury Early Childhood Program, 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. “The Many Uses of Vinegar.” Allen County Extension Office, IPFW Campus, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. As a folk remedy, vinegar has been credited with curing everything from the flu to warts. Many of its supposed benefits are unproven, but some experts think that adding a little of this sour liquid to your life may have some health benefits. Discover what these might be. Registration is not required. Get Checking workshop. Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. 1-5 p.m. This workshop is for clients and families who have never had checking or savings accounts at a bank or credit union, who have mismanaged accounts at banks and credits unions so those accounts are now closed without committing fraud, or have accounts, but continue to still use predatory lenders. Visit extension.purdue.edu/allen for details.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Special Cuisines dinner series: Persia-Iran. Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. 6 p.m. Open to the public. $25 per person. Students in Ivy Tech’s Special Cuisines class take turns creating, preparing and serving world-cuisine theme meals for class credit. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance: visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/dinners or call (260) 480-2002. Pay on-site with cash, check or charge. Wine is available for an additional cost. Dinners are served in the Hospitality Room (Door 24, at the back of the building and facing Coliseum Boulevard). The culinary students rotate through various positions in the kitchen and dining room, providing a full restaurant experience. The rest of spring’s series include the following dates and themes: • April 21, Africa; • April 28, India. Moms group. Java Mama Café. 5916 Covington Road, Fort Wayne; in the Community Room. 11 a.m.-noon. Free. This drop-in event allows moms to meet other moms and discuss all areas of motherhood together in a baby-friendly, social environment. This group will be led by Hallie Greider, educational director of Birth Matters.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Fort Wayne Farmers Market indoor market. Lincoln Financial Center at Parkview Field, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Credit seminar. Imagine Real Estate, 221 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. 9 a.m.-noon. Free. This seminar offers information regarding credit, credit repair, credit building, home buying, down-payment assistance and more. Imagine Real Estate presents this seminar in conjunction with Ruoff Home Mortgage and the nonprofit Pathfinder Services. Pathfinder representatives will offer information on the First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Grants, Individual Development Accounts and more. Mortage prequalifications will be available. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Steve at (260) 602-6606 or visit ImagineRealEstate.net. The program will be repeated from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. Discover Roanoke 10K/5K & 1-Mile Kids Fun Run. 9 a.m.-noon. This event is sponsored by the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce and local businesses, benefitting the Roanoke Elementary School PTO. To register, visit onturfsports.com.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Canterbury High School Concert. Canterbury High School Summers Auditorium, 3210 Smith Road, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Free; public invited. Canterbury School Spring Book Fair. Canterbury Lower School, 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Open to the public.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Credit seminar. Imagine Real Estate, 221 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. 6-9 p.m. Free. This seminar offers information regarding credit, credit repair, credit building, home buying, down-payment assistance and more. Imagine Real Estate presents this seminar in conjunction with Ruoff Home Mortgage and the nonprofit Pathfinder Services. Pathfinder representatives will offer information on the First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Grants, Individual Development Accounts and more. Mortage prequalifications will be available. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Steve at (260) 602-6606 or visit ImagineRealEstate.net. Canterbury School Spring Book Fair. Canterbury Lower School, 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. 11th annual Athena Awards luncheon. Parkview’s Mirro Center, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $35 per person. RSVP at greaterfortwayneinc.com/athena by April 15.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Canterbury School Spring Book Fair. Canterbury Lower School, 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Student Visit Day K-12. Prospective students in Kindergarten through high school are invited to spend the day in classes at Canterbury School. Register at canterburyschool.org/visit Special Cuisines dinner series: Africa. Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. 6 p.m. Open to the public. $25 per person. Students in Ivy Tech’s Special Cuisines class take turns creating, preparing and serving world-cuisine theme meals for class credit. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance: visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/dinners or call (260) 480-2002. Pay on-site with cash, check or charge. Wine is available for an additional cost. Dinners are served in the Hospitality Room (Door 24, at the back of the building and facing Coliseum Boulevard). The culinary students rotate through various positions in the kitchen and dining room, providing a full restaurant experience. The series closes April 28 with the cuisine of India.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22 Ladies Guild Rummage/Bake Sale. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Items include clothing for women, men and children, plus household items and toys.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Touch-A-Truck event for kids. Ivy Tech Northeast Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-noon. This free event for children and their families lets children touch — and even crawl around in — semis, a limousine, ﬁre trucks, a smart car, and more. This event is presented through the college’s Early Childhood Education student organization, the Ivy Association for the Education of Young Children. Newsboys, “We Believe God’s Not Dead Tour.” Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 6 p.m. Tickets $18$47. With guests Audio Adrenaline, Ryan Stevenson & OBB. Visit TrinityCommunications.org for details. Spaghetti dinner and silent auction. Parkwood Church of God, 3320 Trier Road, Fort Wayne. Dinner at 6 p.m. Viewing of silent auction items

begins at 5:30 p.m. Adults $13 or older pay $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Children 3-12 pay $3 in advance or $5 at the door. Children under 3 eat free, with a paid diner. Tickets can be bought in advance at Starz Dance Academy, 5728 Maplecrest Road, Fort Wayne. This event beneﬁts Starz dancers, who are traveling to Branson, Mo., for the opening act of Clay Cooper’s show, and then to Orlando, Fla., to perform on stage at Walt Disney World. The trip starts June 26 and ends July 3. Starz is a noncompetitive dance company. Ladies Guild Rummage/Bake Sale. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. The sale begins a 8 a.m. and continues until noon, when clothing will be sold by the bagful.

MONDAY, APRIL 25 Pop-Up Monday. Java Mama Café, 5916 Covington Road, Fort Wayne; in the Community Room. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. New vendors join this event the last Monay of each month through August. Shop for local, handmade, one-of-a-kind items, including soaps, clothing, accessories and good. The adjoining coffee café offers half-price drinks.

“The Addams Family” on Leo stage. Leo Jr./Sr. High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo-Cedarville; in the school auditeria. 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 presale, $10 at the door. Sue Nelson directs.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 “The Addams Family” on Leo stage. Leo Jr./Sr. High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo-Cedarville; in the school auditeria. 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 presale, $10 at the door. Sue Nelson directs. Church garage sale. Pathway Community Church, 11910 Shearwater Run, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m.-noon. The sale ends today, with a $5 bag sale. This annual event has helped to raise thousands of dollars for adoption and orphans through TrueVine ministry. Heroes and Villains 5K Run/Walk. Foster Park, 3900 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne. On-site registration begins 8:45 a.m. near Pavilion 2. $25 for adult advance registration, and $15 for children 15 and under. Raceday rates are higher. Register at heroes5krunwalk.com. For details, call (786) 709-5108 or email jon@timed-events.com. Costumes are encouraged but not required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 “Annie” on Northrop Bruin Theatre stage. Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for adults. Tim Miller directs.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 “The Addams Family” on Leo stage. Leo Jr./Sr. High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo-Cedarville; in the school auditeria. 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 presale, $10 at the door. Sue Nelson directs. “Annie” on Northrop Bruin Theatre stage. Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for adults. Tim Miller directs. Special Cuisines dinner series: India. Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. 6 p.m. Open to the public. $25 per person. Students in Ivy Tech’s Special Cuisines class take turns creating, preparing and serving world-cuisine theme meals for class credit. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance: visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/dinners or call (260) 480-2002. Pay on-site with cash, check or charge. Wine is available for an additional cost. Dinners are served in the Hospitality Room (Door 24, at the back of the building and facing Coliseum Boulevard). The culinary students rotate through various positions in the kitchen and dining room, providing a full restaurant experience. This is the ﬁnal meal of the 11-week spring dinner series. Moms group. Java Mama Café. 5916 Covington Road, Fort Wayne; in the Community Room. 11 a.m.-noon. Free. This drop-in event allows moms to meet other moms and discuss all areas of motherhood together in a baby-friendly, social environment. This group will be led by Hallie Greider, educational director of Birth Matters.

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Church garage sale. Pathway Community Church, 11910 Shearwater Run, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. This annual event has helped to raise thousands of dollars for adoption and orphans through TrueVine ministry. Thousands of amazing items will be offered. Donations and volunteers are needed. Donations can be dropped off at the church, after Saturday and Sunday services several weekends before the sale. For more information, visit pccfw.org or email garagesale@pccfw.org. The sale continues 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, with a $5 bag sale. “Annie” on Northrop Bruin Theatre stage. Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for adults. Tim Miller directs.

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Slightly Used Bulb Sale. Tuesday, April 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This annual sale features â&#x20AC;&#x153;slightly usedâ&#x20AC;? spring ďŹ&#x201A;owers such as tulips, daffodils and grape hyacinths that have come out of the Conservatoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring Showcase exhibit. The plants sell for reasonable prices like $1-$5 per pot and are ready to plant in the garden to prepare for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloom. Instructions for planting provided. No reservations required and admission is free. Metamorphosis. April 16-July 17. Experience the magic of being immersed among hundreds of live, exotic butterďŹ&#x201A;ies. These winged jewels can be observed up close as they ďŹ&#x201A;y, feed or rest in the Nectar Garden. Interactive displays offer information about life cycle, anatomy and diversity. The adjacent Hatching Lab gives guests the opportunity to see the unique chrysalises from which the adult butterďŹ&#x201A;ies emerge in their amazing cycle of metamorphosis. In addition, you can examine our observation hive to explore the concept of metamorphosis in our colony of honey bees as they rear their brood through all stages of life, as well as forage for nectar and pollen. Regular Conservatory admission applies. Sponsored by WMEE 97.3 FM. Cottage Gardens. Thursday, April 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Popularized by the work of Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West in England, the mixed ďŹ&#x201A;ower border epitomizes the tousled and exuberant image of cozy country life. Fortunately for us, this style translates well to suburban America. It affords the â&#x20AC;&#x153;plant collectorâ&#x20AC;? who likes a little of everything to organize and happily display their ďŹ nds. Let Advanced Master Gardener Pam Snyder take you on an illustrated journey discovering the history and components of the Cottage Garden. Then go home with handouts prepared to express your personal enthusiasm for plants in your own garden. Ages 12+. Registration deadline: April 14. Minimum 8, maximum 36. Fee: $8/public; $6/Conservatory member or volunteer. Printmaking Workshop. Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.-noon. With the invention of the printing press, the world launched into the modern era, making ideas in art and writing available to everyone. Julie Wall Toles, owner of the Hedgehog Press artistic print shop in Fort Wayne, will have some of her tabletop printing presses from the 1800s available for you to learn, create and print on! We will be setting vintage type and creating two sets of 5 folded notecards for a total of 10 specialty letter-pressed cards. Corresponding envelopes will also be provided. No experience necessary; all materials will be provided. Ages 15+. Registration deadline: April 14. Min. 7. Max. 12. Fee: $39/public; $32/ Conservatory member or volunteer. Location: Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun Street. To register, call (260) 427-6000. Family Garden Close-Up: ButterďŹ&#x201A;ies. Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Visit the Botanical Conservatory on the fourth Saturday of the month and get a closer look at our plants and gardens. In April, our live butterďŹ&#x201A;y enclosure will be home to over 100 specimens from Asia, South and Central America, and Africa this spring and early summer. At this special learning station you can learn how butterďŹ&#x201A;y wings get their colors, discover how butterďŹ&#x201A;ies see, smell, taste and breathe, and use pasta to make a chart of the butterďŹ&#x201A;y life cycle. This drop-in program is included in your regular Conservatory admission fee; free for Conservatory members and volunteers. Discovery Corner: WildďŹ&#x201A;owers in the Woods. Daily in the Discovery Gallery. Our youngest visitors are always welcome to visit the Discovery Corner behind Woody the Talking Tree where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd stories and activities relating to a monthly theme. In April, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll explore WildďŹ&#x201A;owers in the Woods. Our materials are all safe and suitable for kids in pre-K through ďŹ rst grade. Adults are encouraged to read aloud to their young learners and explore ideas together. The Discovery Corner is free with general admission; advance registration is not required.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIES Donations can be made during set hours at the Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 107, Fort Wayne. Or donations can be made during set hours at the Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E. California Road. To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767. Schedules are subject. Other blood donation opportunities in Allen County: â&#x20AC;˘ Friday, April 1. 8-10 a.m. Mill Supplies Inc., 5105 Industrial Road, Fort Wayne. â&#x20AC;˘ Monday, April 4. 3-8 p.m. Christian Community Center of Harlan, 12616 Spencerville Road. â&#x20AC;˘ Monday, April 11. 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Walb Student Union, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. â&#x20AC;˘ Wednesday, April 13. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Indiana Tech, 1600 E. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. â&#x20AC;˘ Wednesday, April 13. Noon-6 p.m. Hutzell Athletic Center, University of Saint Francis Campus, 2701 Spring St., Fort Wayne. â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, April 17. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church/School, 4910 Trier Road, Fort Wayne. â&#x20AC;˘ Saturday, April 23. 7:30-1:30 a.m. Saint Vincent de Paul School, 1720 E. Wallen Road, Fort Wayne.

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