Choir to host annual Swedish Meatball Dinner

The Swedish American Children's Choir will host its fourth annual Swedish Meatball Dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St. in Batavia. The dinner will include Swedish meatballs and gravy, carrots, Swedish rye bread, lingonberries and dessert. The event also will offer Swedish music, baked goods, and Swedish gift items for purchase. Dinner tickets are by reservation only and can be ordered by phone at 630-414-9700. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 3 to 10. Children age 3 and younger are admitted free.

St. Charles Public Library to host concert
The St. Charles Public Library will host a concert featuring Mike Basin at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10. The concert will be presented in the library's Carnegie Community Room. Admission is free, but seating is limited. The performance is part of the library's Sunday Afternoon Concert series. The library is located at 1 S. Sixth Ave. in downtown St. Charles. For more information, call 630-584-0076.

Wine, craft beer tasting to benefit Elderday Center
The Elderday Center in Batavia will host a wine and craft beer tasting from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at 409 N. River St. in Batavia. The event also will include hors d'oeuvres and silent auction. The wine and beer will be offered from Gibby's Wine Den and Stockholm's, both located in Geneva. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. To order tickets, call 630-761-9750. For more information about Elderday Center, go to  www.elderdaycenter.org.

And here's another benefit
TriCity Family Services in Geneva will host a wine tasting of its own from 4 to 7 p.m. on  Saturday, March 9 at The Wine Exchange, 1 Illinois St., St. Charles. The evening will be open house style and will benefit TriCity Family Services. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The event will include light hors d'oeuvres and a raffle. For more information, call 630-232-1070, or go to www.tricityfamilyservices.org. 

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Christian band building a fan base

The Christian rock band TOW is building a fan base.

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• The Daily Chronicle recently featured an article about my friends Steve Allen and Ann Seisser and their Christian rock band, TOW, which stands for Time of Worship. The seven-member band started at the Crosswind Community Church in Genoa and has developed a regional fan base. The band released its first album, Step in his Presence,"  in 2011 and is at work on a second album.  The band will perform at Genoa Days on June 14, at Kirkland's festival on July 3 and at Crosswind Community Church on July 21. Best wishes to Steve, Ann and the other members of the band. I plan to be in the audience on June 14.


• The Swedish American Children's Choir will host its 13th annual Swedish Pancake Breakfast benefit from 9:30 a.m. to noon June 2 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children ages 6 to 10. The breakfast will feature Swedish pancakes, sausage, Swedish cardamom coffee cake and lingonberries. For more information, call 630-414-9700. I will be there early. Please stop and hello. I will be the guy with the big plate of pancakes and an even bigger smile on his face.


• I love a bargain, so I will be in Sugar Grove for the annual Community Garage Sales on June 1 and 2. The sales will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days at sites throughout the town. For more information about the event, call the Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce at 630-466-7895.


• I also hope to attend the bird walk at 8 a.m. June 2 at Nelson Lake/Dick Young Forest Preserve in Batavia. The event is free and open to all ages. I've attended several of these walks, and I'm always impressed with the people I meet at the event and the amount of information they have to share about local birds. For more information about the walk, call 630-896-3219.


• The Village of Maple Park will conduct a free drive-through electronics recycling event from 8 a.m. to noon June 2 at the Maple Park Civic Center, 302 Willow St. Accepted items include computers, software, TVs, cellphones, microwave ovens and other small appliances. Sorry, no large appliances, chemicals or batteries will be accepted. For more information, call 630-208-3841. 


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