Flower show planned for Falls Park
PENDLETON — Pendleton Garden Club is planning a flower show on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Community Building in Falls Park, 299 Falls Park Drive, Pendleton.
This year’s theme is “At the Fair,” and the public is invited to enter horticulture items or designs.
The show will be open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge.
For more details, contact club president Ellen Elliott at 765-778-4782 or email [email protected].
Art class uses metal as medium
PENDLETON — Pendleton Artists Society plans art classes regularly at Gallery 119 in Pendleton:
• Paint On Metal with Brenda Jarrett — 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19. Participants will use a resist to paint on metal jewelry; they will make a pair of earrings and a pendant of their color choice. Each piece will be different. Class is for ages 12 and older. The class costs $35 and includes supplies.
The gallery is located at 119 W. State St.
People can register during regular gallery hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, or by phone at 765-778-0986.
Online registration can be done at pendletonartistssociety.org/events/.
Organizers seek Heritage Fair vendors
PENDLETON — Pendleton Fall Creek Heritage Fair takes place Sept. 7-8 at Falls Park.
The Heritage Fair, in its 44th year, is arranged by the Century and a Half Club. The fair serves as a major fundraiser for the club, which typically clears about $6,500 from vendor fees for community causes, including high school scholarships and donations to several organizations, including police and fire departments, Pendleton Community Public Library, local parks and more.
Festivities run from 9 a.m. to dusk Sept. 7, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 8, in Falls Park.
Vendors sell a wide range of merchandise, from individually made items, such as turned wood items, jewelry and artwork, to food items, such as beef jerky.
Traditional food options include Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority chicken and noodles, Pendleton Lions Club corn and Kiwanis K Burgers.
Vendors interested in a booth can call 765-778-3183 or email [email protected].
Quilts in the Park marks 37 years
PENDLETON — Spring Valley Quilt Guild’s “Quilts in the Park” event is planned for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 6-8 and 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 9 at Pendleton Historical Museum in Falls Park.
Quilts to be entered in the show must be delivered to the museum between 1 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4. No entry fee is charged. Quilts must have an attached fabric sleeve for hanging and must not have been previously displayed in the show.
Each participant may enter up to two quilts in each category: Bed, all techniques, hand-quilted; bed, pieced, machine-quilted; bed, appliqué, machine-quilted; wall, all techniques, machine- or hand-quilted; art, all techniques, machine- or hand-quilted; miscellan-eous quilted items; and theme “Let’s Go Crazy” items, any technique and size.
Recognition will be given on the last day of the show to the quilt receiving the most Viewer’s Choice votes.
Quilts must be claimed between 5 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9.
For more details, call Suzanne Hagan at 765-778-1818.
PHHS homecoming coming up
PENDLETON — People interested in being a part of the 2018 Pendleton Heights High School Homecoming Parade should contact Cori Hunckler at [email protected] for an entry form.
Forms are due Sept. 19.
The parade is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
It starts at Falls Park and ends at the Pendleton Heights football stadium.
‘Screenagers’ movie screening
PENDLETON — The documentary “Screenagers” will be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at the Pendleton Community Public Library, 595 E. Water St., Pendleton.
“Screenagers” is an award-winning film that probes the vulnerable corners of family life and depicts messy struggles about social media, video games and academics. “Screenagers” explores the impact of screen technology on children and offers parents and families proven solutions that work.
Following the film, Stephanie Nancarrow from the Indiana State Police will lead a discussion on related topics. Nancarrow worked at the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) as a family case manager for five years, specializing in sexual abuse cases during her later years. She is now a youth educator with the Indiana State Police and ICAC Task Force educating youth on social media safety.
For more about the film, visit screenagersmovie.com.
