February 20, 2015 at 6:15 p.m.

Army band to perform

Taking Note

The Concert Band & Soldiers’ Chorus of the United States Army Field Band of Washington, DC, will present a free concert in March.
The 65-member band and 29-member chorus will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, in the Jay County High School Auditorium. They perform orchestral masterworks, operatic arias, Sousa marches, jazz classics and Broadway musicals.
The performance is sponsored by Arts Place in Portland. For more information, call Arts Place at (260) 726-4809.
 To obtain free tickets by mail, send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a request for free tickets to ATTN: U.S. Army Field Band Tickets, Arts Place, Inc., P.O. Box 804, Portland, IN 47371.
   
Festival princess
Madeline May, a freshman at Ball State University, has been chosen as a 500 Festival princess.
She is the daughter of Robert May and Donna Stults and the granddaughter of Janet Privett, Portland.

Auditions

Jay County Civic Theatre will have auditions for Willy Wonka, a stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, in March. Characters range in age from children to grandparents.
Auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 9, 11 and 12 at Arts Place, 131 E. Walnut St. in Portland. Be prepared to sing and read lines.
For more information, call director Kiera Flowers at (786) 314-6761.
   
Honor roll
Fort Recovery High School students were named to the A-B honor roll for the second semester.
Seniors were Olivia Acheson, Derek Backs, Jurnee Bechtol, Zach Bergman, Danielle Brunswick, Michaela Fullenkamp, Jason Hein, Janel Heitkamp, Sam Huelskamp, Cole Hull, Grant Hull, Hannah Jutte, Kara Jutte, Tony Keller, Erin Koester, Tori Lennartz, Debra Link, Neil Link, Nathan Lochtefeld, Ocean Loya, Diane Post, Rachel Pugh, Caley Schoenherr, Taylor Siegrist, Mitch Stammen, Andrew Sudhoff, Zach Tobe, Cole Wendel and Ashley Young.
Juniors were Clara Conrad, Abby Fullenkamp, Jackie Heiser, Jackson Hobbs, Ross Homan, AJ Jutte, Kirsten Jutte, Mitch Kaiser, Leah Kunk, Brian Lennartz, Evan Link, Mikayla Post, Adam Schmitz, Jacob Siefring, Jessica Siefring, Kendra Siefring, Katie Stammen, Dakota Stephen, Payton Thobe, Kasey Vogel, Julie Wendel, Wes Wenning and Julie Westgerdes.
Sophomores were Caleb Backs, Hunter Boughman, Isaac Burkhardt, Athena Evers, Grace Gehle, Lauren Gehle, Brooke Gower, Emily Hart, Chassity Hemmelgarn, Paige Hemmert, Rodney Hemmert, Faith Hull, Austin Jutte, Jocelyn Kaiser, Kylee Kaiser, Emily May, Nathan Ontrop, Tony Osterholt, Madelyn Roessner and Hunter Vogel.
Freshman were Ryan Braun, Britney Buffenbarger, Sydney Dues, Brittany Evers, Gabe Grieshop, Madison Grover, Curtis Grube, AJ Heitkamp, Amanda Hipple, Aaron Homan, Will Homan, Madison Kaiser, Kristen Keller, Cashaus Metzger, Chloe Metzger, Rachel Moorman, Alyssa Post, Briget Pottkotter, Natalie Pottkotter, Kolin Sanders, Sabrina Schmitt, Ethan Schoen, Carley Stone, Kyle Timmerman, Sophie Timmerman, Trevor Vaughn, Cade Wendel, Jessica Wendel    and Kiah Wendel.
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