This week's concert sponsored by Hobart City Improvement Committee at Revelli Bandshell welcomes the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra for its first "Symphony Under the Stars" performance of the summer season.

The concert starts at 7 p.m. Thursday at Festival Park, 101 E. Old Ridge Road. Admission is free, but bring seating.

Rain location is the Hobart High School auditorium, 36 E. Eighth St.

The June 26 concert will feature The Rusty Pipes and the annual cake walk.

Under the Clock Tower

The band Ransom will entertain in the Under the Clock Tower concert series at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Third and Main streets. On June 24, Keenan Baxter will perform.

Each week all summer until September, various groups and musical artists will be featured on the lakefront, sponsored by the Hobart Arts League. Visit www.hobartarts.net for a complete list.

Taste of Hobart

Hobart Parks Department will sponsor a gala "Taste of Hobart" from 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Hobart streets from Second to Fourth street downtown will be closed for the event.

Traffic will be detoured to Center Street.

Seventeen food vendors will be ready to satisfy the appetites of visitors, Dave Hutchens will entertain with his blues group from 4 to 8 p.m. and One-Way-Up will perform from 8 to 11. This promises to be a fun evening and proceeds will help the park department carry out its programs.

Call Jessica Martin at (219) 677-3442.

Visiting the vets

Members of Hobart American Legion Auxiliary Unit 54 and groups from the First District American Legion, its auxiliaries and the Sons of the Legion joined members and state officers from all 11 districts in Indiana to visit the Indiana Veteran Home at West Lafayette on June 8.

They celebrated the annual State American Legion Day, close of books and membership day. Veterans were visited outdoors and in their rooms, a fishing derby for residents was sponsored by South Haven Post 502, a cookout, music, and bingo marked the occasion.

We enjoyed our visit there with the veterans who gave so much for us. Chester Sol and R. Discher, the veterans adopted by Hobart Auxiliary Unit 54, were visited in their room with a small gift and news of Hobart.

Active in and outside Hobart

Hobart Kiwanis Club sponsors the Hobart Key Club, its high school equivalent, which is a very active group. Key Club members collected $1,092 for the Relay for Life, helped with the Linus Blanket Project, collected Pennies for Pets for the humane society and sponsored a "Kiss a Senior Goodbye" project.

The Hobart Kiwanis Club is also assisting Crown Point with its newly formed Kiwanis Club.

To share information about family or events in Hobart, contact June Kegebein at (219) 942-4062 or JuneNgerry@aol.com