Wawasee Choir To Perform At Epcot SYRACUSE – On Dec. 20, the Wawasee High School Choir students will perform at Epcot in Disney World in Florida in the Candlelight Processional. The students were required to audition, and were selected to perform. The Candlelight Processional is a collaboration of all sacred pieces with accompaniment and narration. It tells of the birth of Jesus with arrangements of old favorites such as “O Come All Ye Faithful”, “What Child Is This”, “Do You Hear What I Hear”, “Joy To The World”, “O Holy Night” and “Away In A Manger.” The Candlelight is a 45-minute presentation and culminates with “Hallelujah Chorus” by George Handel. The students will perform with approximately 300 high school choir students, a professional Disney orchestra and singers. There also is a guest narrator. Trace Adkins is the narrator for the performance on Dec. 20. They will perform the Processional twice while at Epcot. The students will leave the school Dec. 18 and return Dec. 23. The choir students are busy raising close to $40,000 for the trip. The students are selling business ads, and will be holding a Nelsons Golden Glo barbecue and car wash June 1. The students are taking pledges for the car wash. Any patron interested in helping the choir with the fun can contact Director Connie Meadows at the high school at 574-457-3147.
Syracuse VFW Mothers Day Dinner SYRACUSE – The Syracuse Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1342, 307 W. Chicago St., Syracuse, will honor mothers on Mother's Day, Sunday, with a steak dinner. All mothers who are members of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary will receive a free steak dinner that includes a porterhouse steak, baked potato, salad and dessert. Mothers who are not auxiliary members will receive their dinners at cost. All others will pay full price. The public is invited to bring their mothers and families to the Syracuse VFW Post for a steak dinner and enjoy a family-friendly, smoke-free environment.
Ivy Tech Forms Partnerships To Increase Attainment Rate SOUTH BEND – Ivy Tech Community College is launching a statewide initiative that focuses on increasing educational attainment levels in Indiana county by county. The effort is part of the college’s 50th anniversary celebrations and is called Complete College Indiana. The effort is focused on college completion similar to the efforts by Complete College America (www.completecollege.org). Ivy Tech’s North Central region is putting together one team for each of the four counties they serve (Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph), made up of key stakeholders in the community. Listed below are dates of events planned to discuss the challenges and the opportunities the counties face. A Marshall County event will be scheduled in the near future. Topics will include the value of dual credit and the value of an educated workforce. • May 7, 11 a.m., Room 1330, South Bend campus, 220 Dean Johnson Blvd. • May 9, 11 a.m., community room, Elkhart County campus, 22531 CR 18, Goshen. • May 13, 3:30/4 p.m. (following North Central Regional Board of Trustees meeting), Orthopedic and Advanced Manufacturing Training Center, 955 Executive Drive, Warsaw (south of U.S. 30/Ivy Tech Warsaw campus).
Barbee Neighborhood Watch To Meet The Barbee Neighborhood Watch will hold its first meeting of the summer May 16 from 6-8 p.m. at the old community building, 102 S. Morton St., North Webster. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Chad Hill, along with Capt. Aaron Rovenstine and Lt. Todd Sautters of the sheriff’s department, will give an update on what has been going on in the North Webster watch area, what to look out for and to answer questions. Everyone who lives on the Barbee Lake chain is invited to join the watch for the evening and become members. There is no cost to join. Drinks and refreshments will be served. For more information call Barb Sledge, 574-834-4429, or Lil Smaluk, 574-834-7172.
Horse Book Authors To Speak PLYMOUTH – Eunice Rush and Marry Marrow, authors of “Know You, Know Your Horse,” will present a one-hour lecture Friday at City Center in Plymouth. The talk starts at 5:30 p.m. at the bookstore, 114 N. Michigan St. They will also sell and sign copies of the book.
