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Six-time Fort Wayne City Tennis Tournament men's singles champion Steve Beier will be the next featured speaker at the Bethlehem Men's Group meeting on June 14. The head tennis pro at Fort Wayne Country Club and the father of five, Steve has also written two books, ``Maximum Impact, the Power of Virtue,'' and ``More Than a Game: Learning Lifeskills from Tennis Skills.'' You will not have to be a tennis fan to understand and enjoy Steve's message. We'll meet at 7 p.m. in Room 17 off the basement. All males of any age are welcome.

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The first annual golf outing fundraiser for the Roy Chin Foundation for Scholarships and Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana will be held July 10 at Lakeside Golf Club. Chin became an official in 1959 and then organized all the other referees and linesmen for 49 years, and when they couldn't make it, he'd work the game so the kids could play.  The cost is $60 per person for the Florida scramble event with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The fees include cart, food and beverages, There will also be a 50/50 raffle and a skins game which will cost extra.

According to Komets president Michael Franke, last week's Central Hockey League meetings in Gilbert, Ariz., ``went very, very well,'' but there's nothing he can announce from them.

"I think this is probably going to take a coupel of weeks to get everything finalized," Franke said. "This is not something you can announce in pieces. There's nothing to report except the process is moving along nicely."

The meetings are continuing by conference call today and will resume at the IHL meetings in Las Vegas from June 21-23.

Toledo vs. Wheeling 8 times; vs. Kalamazoo 14 times; vs. Cincinnati 15 times; vs. Elmira 7 times; vs. Reading 6 times; vs. Everybody Else 22 times. That's approximately 70 percent of the schedule against five teams and 30 percent against the other 14, or an average of 1.6 games against everybody else. They play three games in a row at Florida, two games in a row at Gwinnett, and play the same team at home on back-to-back nights several times. They'll also probably

I'll be one of the guests talking about the IHL-CHL association. You can listen to it here.

You can read it here.

Sounds like now they won't get done until tomorrow at the earliest and likely Sunday so there won't be any reports until

The guy on the far right? You'll find out more about him Saturday and why there are three reasons Fort Wayne fans should be rooting for the Blackhawks.

Photo is courtesy of the Chicago Blackhawks

You can read Friday's story here.