Mark your calendar for Thursday, June 1

Mark your calendar for Thursday, June 1, 2023. The Senior Expo will be held on this day from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Expo will be held at Huntington North High School Fieldhouse this year.

Huntington North High School Athletic Department will be selling their Senior Citizens Silver Pass for those 62 years and older for $10 each. This pass will be good for the 2023-2024 school year for all regular season home events at Huntington North High School. Passes can be purchased at their booth.

Many door prizes will be given away throughout the day. Attendees have an opportunity to win additional prizes through the Expo’s Passport Program sponsored by Duke Energy. The “pass- port” document is given to attendees at the entrance, lists every exhibitor booth. Visitors take their passports to the booths and the exhibitors will stamp their corresponding space on the document. Visiting half of the Expo’s booths qualifies the passport holder to be entered for a special drawing for one of twelve $50 gift cards.

Free meals and snacks will be available all day. Heritage Pointe Communities will provide breakfast for the first 400. A delicious lunch will be provided by The Waters of Huntington. Free all-day entertainment provided by Aetna Medicare Solutions will be featured on an easily viewed stage. Performances include: The Alley Kats, Frank Sinatra Tribute

Artist (Russ Weed) and new this year Joe Justice (He played at the Senior Christmas Dinner). Elvis is taking a hiatus this year and he hopes to resume shows sometime in the future. All of this will be announced by a professional D.J. Other special features at the Huntington County Senior Expo include golf cart transportation between the parking lot and the fieldhouse and wheelchair accessibility within the facility.

The Huntington County Senior Expo continues to grow with help from corporate sponsors including Myers Funeral Homes, The Water of Huntington, Young Electric, Heritage Pointe Communities, Schroeder Automotive, TWN Communications, and Aetna Medicare Solutions.

Their involvement and support ensure a high-quality event for the community.

Be sure to mark you calendar for Thursday, June 1st anytime from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and have a fantastic time at the Huntington

County Council on Aging’s 18th Annual Senior Citizens Expo. Parking and admission are free. It’s an event where you have nothing to lose and tons to gain!

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Editor’s note: Send listings of events, for nonprofit organizations only, to Senior Life, P.O. Box 188, Milford, IN 46542, or email Editor Phoebe Muthart by May 20 at pmuthart@the-papers.com. With the listing, include the contact person, area code and phone number.

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Woodlands Senior Activity Center

The center is located at 710 N. Opportunity Drive, Columbia City. For more information or to make reservations, call (260) 248-8944 or visit whitleycountycouncilonaging. com/senior-citizens-center.

Line dancing — 9 a.m. every Monday and Friday.

Art with Amanda — 1 p.m. Monday, May 1.

Bible Study w/Cheryl — 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, May 2.

Android Smart Talk — 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2.

Pixie Bingo — 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3.

Euchre — 9-10 a.m. every Tuesday and Friday.

Exercise w/ Brittney — 10-

11 a.m. Monday, May 8.

Blood pressure check —

10:45 a.m. Wednesday, May

10.

Miller’s bingo —noon, Thursday, May 11.

Nutrition class — 10:45 a.m. Thursday, May 18.

Alzheimer’s discussion —

10:45 a.m. Thursday, May 25.

Glamour photos — 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31. —o—

“Outer Space” is the theme for the Fort Wayne Area Community Band’s May 2 concert at the John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center at Purdue, Fort Wayne. The band will be performing music from “Star Wars.” Band members will be dressing in space outfits and audience members are urged to come in costume. A parade of the costumed audience members will be held during one of the works. Down beat is 7:30 p.m. Parking is free in the garage across from the Music Center. Adult tickets are $9, seniors $8, children and youths under 18 are free, Purdue Fort

Wayne students/faculty are free with valid ID and nonPurdue students are $5.

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Settlers’ Annual Historic Swinney Homestead open house and plant sale, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 5, at 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Main floor will be open for a walk-thru, hand-arts display of 20232024 programs. Herbs will be in the basement; perennial diggings will be on the back lawn; parking is by tennis courts. Proceeds from Settlers, Inc. events support the Homestead. Visit www.settlersinc.org.

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Settlers’ Second Day Basement Plant Sale, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 6. Basement only, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd.; park by the tennis courts. Proceeds support Fort Wayne’s Historic Swinney Homestead. Call (260) 637-8622.

—o— and will be held at Parkview Mirro Event and Conference Center, Fort Wayne. Tickets are $100 per person. Corporate sponsorships are available. Last day for ticket sales is Sunday, May 7. To purchase tickets, visit ErinsHouse.org/common-bond.

The Common Bond Breakfast for Erin’s House, 7:30 a.m. Thursday, May 18. Featured speaker, Mina Starsiak Hawk, shares how she brings beauty and functionality to all aspects of life. The event benefits Erin’s House for Grieving Children. Doors and breakfast buffet open at 7:30 a.m.

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14th annual outdoor flea market and bazaar, hosted by American Legion 241 Auxiliary, is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at 7605 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. Proceeds will benefit Fort Wayne VA, veterans and their families and local charities; the public is welcome.