March 26: Local News Briefs

The Herald Bulletin

March 26, 2008 06:39 pm

— Second Harvest tailgate food distribution Friday
Free food will be distributed from the tailgate of the Second Harvest Food Bank truck from 2 to 4 p.m. (while supplies last) Friday at Athletic Park, Eighth and Wilcon streets.
This food distribution is sponsored by a $200 grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and by friends of Second Harvest.
For more information on the Tailgate Program, call Joe Fox, operations director, at (765) 287-8698, Ext. 10. More information about Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana can be found at www.curehunger.org.

Bingo Thursday at MCL
Rawlins House, Fall Creek and Countryside Manor will host bingo from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at MCL Cafeteria, Mounds Mall.
Those participating should bring an MCL receipt as the ticket for bingo. Prizes will be awarded.

Spring Break children’s choir camp planned
The Gospel Music Workshop will sponsor a free Spring Break Children’s Choir Camp for ages 4 to 18.
Activities will begin on Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. and will adjourn on Friday, April 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. followed by a pizza party. A special clinic for musically talented children is also planned.
The camp will focus on learning and behavior skills for the young gospel singers. The singers will receive voice and physical exercises and gospel music songs for children will also be taught along with Christian fun activities and games. Children ages 4 to 6 must be accompanied by their parents or an adult family member or friend.
The camp will be held at Church Upon The Rock Baptist Church, 303 E. 29th St., Anderson. For more information and to register, call (765) 620-6975, (765) 393-2202 or (765) 606-8912.

Middletown Legion gathers auction items
The Middletown American Legion Post 216 will host an auction on Saturday, April 5, at noon.
Those wishing to donate items may drop them off at the Legion. Items may be brought in and put on a reserve bid. All reserved bids must have at least a $50 bid or more. Five percent of reserved bids will go to the Legion.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Some items already donated include assorted tools, wire welder, sun tanning bed, huge collection of NASCAR tapes and cabinets, model airplanes, and many more items.
All proceeds from the auction will go to the Legion.
For more information, call (765) 533-4831 or (765) 354-4892.

Call for entries for the Cornerstone Art Show
Cornerstone Center for the Arts, Muncie, is calling for submissions for the second annual Cornerstone Art Show, which will be held on April 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. All artists ages kindergarten to adult can enter their two- or three-dimensional works. All are welcome to submit.
Categories (2D and 3D in each age group); Kindergarten-5th Grade; 6th-8th Grade; 9th-12th Grade; and Adult.
Prizes will be awarded in both 2D and 3D art forms in each age category. Submission rates are set for youth (K-12th Grade) at $3 per piece and the adult rate is $5 per piece. Artists can submit as many pieces as they choose.
Four featured artists will be displaying their works and giving discussions about their creative process at the show. Area schools have been invited to submit as a class and to encourage students to attend the show for these educational discussions.
Submit your work to Cornerstone Center for the Arts at 520 E Main St., Muncie, during the week of March 31–April 4 from 1 to 6 p.m. Entry forms are available at Cornerstone or online at www.cornerstonearts.org.

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