Arts Place offering classes (05/16/07)

Arts Place in Portland will offer summer music classes, beginning June 11 and continuing through July 27. Lessons are available in band instruments, strings, piano, voice and guitar.

Also A Musical Petting Zoo will be held to help children try different instruments and choose the right one for them. The zoo will be week-long group sessions for children and teens.

For more information or to register by June 1, call Tetia Lee at (260) 726-4809. A limited number of scholarships are available.

Library program

An after school special will be held Friday from 2:45 to 4 p.m. at Jay County Public Library for kindergarten through third grade students.

A snack will be provided, a story shared and a craft or two will be completed.

For more information or to register by Thursday, call the library at (260) 726-7890.

Nature Day

The Limberlost Historic Site in Geneva will celebrate Nature Day on Saturday with a wild bird release by Wild life Resqu Haus, Inc., scheduled for 9:30 a.m. The release is planned at Rainbow Bottoms. Call the Limberlost to make sure the location doesn't change.

A wild bird program is planned at 10:30 a.m. at the Wetland Education Center near the Limberlost. At noon will be a presentation on freshwater mussels as an indicator of good water quality.

Parents without Partners

The National Parents Without Partners will have an informative meeting on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the American Legion on North Walnut Street in Muncie. For more information, call (260) 726-2457.[[In-content Ad]]