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Liberty Mills Road location expands Parkview service in southwest Allen By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
The new Parkview Medical Plaza at 8911 Liberty Mills Road opened its doors March 27. Patients will find walk-in care from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days a week. The lab and radiology units are open those same hours. Dr. Melissa Walther and Dr. Adam Will serve patients at the southwest side health-care facility. Jim Hauguel, senior vice president, service line leader-primary care, for Parkview Physicians Group, presided over the March 26 ribboncutting. “We’re excited to bring more care to southwest Allen County,” Hauguel told media representatives. “We’ve got a large population of patients that live out in this area, and we’ve found that we haven’t done a great job of coming out here and providing those services, so this really provides us an opportunity to move this forward, bring more patient care to this part of town, and be available for the future of care delivery as we move forward.” Parkview Physicians Group COO Jill Ostrem addressed that emphasis in a news release. “We are pleased to
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Dr. Adam Will holds his son Caleb, 2, who helped to cut the ribbon for the Parkview Medical Plaza at 8911 Liberty Mills Road. expand so many health-care services to the southwest community of Fort Wayne,” the release states. “The addition of the Parkview Medical Plaza complements all of the services Parkview currently provides to this community, including our primary care location on Illinois Road and our specialty services at Inverness Medical Park.” “We have a little bit of a different design in our primary care facilities to allow for more health coaches,”
Hauguel said. “We also have Parkview Regional Medical Center’s lab and radiology services, and we also are highlighting our first-care walk-in services. So we’re going to be able to provide 8-to-8 coverage for the walk-in clinic services — basically how you need it and when you need it — and make it accessible for our patients.” Witwer Construction Inc. built the health facility. Work on the 14,000square-foot building began in September. A spokesman said only landscaping remained to be done after the clinic opened. Tom Salzer was the head architect for Moake Park Group. “They’re doing an an integrated delivery approach, so the doctors have extra collaboration space so they can talk to one another about cases and then send their patients right in,” Salzer said. “We’ve got got a conference area, so they can have healthy living seminars, nutritional cooking seminars, diabetic care seminars, things like that for the community.” “And we designed the building so they can add three or four physicians without expanding the building,” Salzer said.
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The Elite and Class Royale show choirs celebrate their dual Grand Champion awards at Carroll High School.
Homestead show choirs plan free show as season finale´ Building on the success of the 2012-13 season, the Homestead High School show choirs will host the annual show choir clinic from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11. The cost for the clinic,
for students in grades three to eight, is $25. Auditions follow on Thursday, May 23. Clinics will be held from 3-5 p.m. daily, May 13-16, so the participants may learn the audition song. There is no charge for the audition itself. There also is no charge
for the public to enjoy the May 11 clinic’s finale´. presentation. “Our main goal is to show the kids a day in the life of a high school show choir, to give them a taste of what it’s like to be in a show choir, and learn a See CHOIR, Page A4
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Covington-Dicke light part of broader project By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
Covington Road will be widened between Dicke and Hadley roads in conjunction with replacement of the bridge over Interstate 69. The bridge work will reroute Covington road traffic for several months. “When the bridge is taken out, there will not be access on Covington Road, probably early May through October,” said Shan Gunawardena, Fort Wayne’s city engineer. “INDOT is replacing the bridge, so that is the primary portion of the project, so we also are taking the opportunity to do some improvements,” Gunawardena said. Covington will be widened between Dicke and Hadley. A turn lane onto Dicke will be created for traffic coming from the east on Covington. The crowded Dicke approach onto Covington also will be divided into left-turn and right-turn
lanes. The project includes a traffic light at Dicke. “We are going to have those two intersections synchronized,” Gunawardena said. A pedestrian trail will be extended from the west, along the north side of the bridge, and east to Hadley Road, where walkers can cross to Covington Hollow Lane on the south. “For right now the trail will end there,” the engineer said, adding that perhaps a future project will extend the path to the east. “The intersection of Covington and Dicke is getting really busy,” Gunawardena said. “We are seeing a lot more traffic to the south.” He said the project is intended to improve safety in an area that has had a history of accidents. The city’s share of the intersection project is about $100,000, the engineer said. The Indiana Department See ROAD, Page A2
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Gunawardena said some utilities were relocated so road work could begin. Work on the Covington Road Bridge has restricted the inside and outside
shoulders on I-69 northbound and southbound near mile marker 304. This restriction will last through the 2013 construction season.
Turner to address Boys & Girls Clubs’ dinner The Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne announced that former Indiana University basketball player and Alumni Club member Landon Turner will address the 22nd annual Steak & Burger Dinner. A cocktail reception and registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner and program begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Landmark Conference Centre, 6222 Ellison Road. Registration is $150 per guest and preevent registration is required. Corporate table sponsorships are available and include eight guest registrations seated with two
club members. All ticket and auction proceeds will support the programs offered to children and teens through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne. Go to bgcfw.org to register or donate. With a high school and college basketball career headed for the NBA, tragedy struck just four months after Turner helped the Indiana Hoosiers win the 1981 NCAA Championship. Paralyzed from the chest down after a car accident, he was determined to endure. He co-authored a book on his struggle in Coach Bobby Knight’s “Dog House” and his success in the Big Ten.
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song,” said Curtis Shaw, Homestead’s director of choral activities. Each participant will receive a T-shirt. “The young ladies will get their hair and makeup done as well by our show choir moms and by the show choir girls,” Shaw said. To register for the clinic, call Michelle Ritchie, 437-6507. A choir publicist said clinic participants will learn age-appropriate music and choreography. Eighth-grade students
may take part in a question-and-answer session with the director and learn more about auditions for the 2013-14 season. Southwest Allen County Schools, private school and home-schooled students are welcome. Shaw said students from private schools occasionally participate in the Homestead show choirs. The Homestead show choir program includes three ensembles: Elite, the women’s choir; Class Royale, the mixed choir; and Anonymous Blue, the
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Sarah Yde performs with the Homestead High School Class Royale. choir’s backup band. All three closed their competition season with Grand Champion wins at the Carroll High School invitational. Elite also won first runner-up at the DeKalb High School and Chicagoland Showcase contests. Anonymous Blue won Best Band at the Northrop High School, Huntington North High School, and Carroll High School competitions. For more information about Homestead Show Choir, contact Curtis Shaw, cshaw@sacs.k12.in.us. Shaw and choreographers combined to arrange the 2012-13 program. Chris Rasor and Leslie Beauchamp worked with the Elite women’s group, and Mike Weaver worked with the Class Royale mixed choir. Forty students took part in Elite, 46 in Class Royale, and 24 in Anony-
mous Blue. The program is losing 30 seniors to graduation. Shaw said he expects auditions to replenish the numbers. Shaw is in his fifth year at Homestead, after substitute teaching at Fort Wayne Community Schools while he earned his certification. He teaches two show choir classes and concert choir, music theory and beginning guitar. “I feel that the groups get better and better every year,” Shaw said. “I push the kids to strive for excellence.” “The show choir gets more and more competitive every year. The TV show ‘Glee,’ that really boosted show choir popularity,” Shaw said. “The competition is a lot more intense, but I feel that we’re growing right along with it.”
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Hotel Fitness Championship volunteer recruiting tees off The 2013 Hotel Fitness Championship is recruiting 800 volunteers for the Aug. 26–Sept. 1 tournament at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne. The tournament will be the biggest golf event in the Hoosier state in 2013 and will bring an estimated $4-5 million in economic benefit to the Fort Wayne area. The Hotel Fitness Championship is one of four newly created Web.com Tour Finals events for 2013 that will determine the 50 players who earn cards for the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season under the TOUR’s enhanced quali-
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The Embassy Theatre began its SCORE! summer program with a one-day workshop, in 2012. This year the program has grown to three full weeks.
Students in grades six through nine may enroll in The Embassy Theatre’s SCORE! program this summer. Enrollment is open to students just entering sixth grade and those just leaving ninth grade. The three-week intensive musical theater program incorporates play-writing, drama, music, production and technical arts culminating in a full-scale production on the Embassy stage. Students will experience all the elements of theater. Sponsors expanded last year’s oneday program to a three-week immersion in theater arts. The program is limited to 35 students, and runs July 827, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Those interested may request an application by calling the Embassy box office at 4245665, or may visit fwembassytheatre.org/score. Registration is $650. Registration closes May 20. According to an Embassy news release, “The program, a must-attend for theater lovers, will ignite students’ inner entrepreneur through creation of their own production company. Students will create their own company name and logo, review job applications and write daily newsletters.” In addition, students will create their own storyboard, develop characters, design light and sound and hold auditions. Each day concludes with one-on-one feedback from instructors and a personal reflection period through review of photographs and video taken each day.
Summer classes and camps available at Concordia Concordia Lutheran High School is once again offering a large variety of summer camps and activities for children entering grades three through 12 — sports, music, computers, drama, academic offerings, and more. Camps will be offered in baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, cheerleading, computers and technology, dance, drama, driver’s ed, football, iPad, lacrosse, marching band, math,
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Instructors for the program include Matthew Reeder, the former artistic director of BackStage Theatre Company in Chicago; Sue Caudill, music specialist at Deer Ridge Elementary School, Fort Wayne, who is trained in Creating Opera with Children at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; Christine Riley, who also trained in Creating Opera with Children at the Metropolitan and is a literacy coordinator for Southwest Allen County Schools; and Rebecca Reeder, who has more than 28 years of experience teaching gifted elementary students and is the Embassy Theatre’s study trips coordinator and a former instructor at IPFW. The program is made possible by support from Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Additional support comes from the Arnold Foundation.
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Girls teams will play at the former Elmhurst High School football field, 3829 Sand Point Road. Brown said the Homestead boys lacrosse team was formed in the winter of 2005. Bishop Luers, Snider and Concordia now also have boys programs, she said. Homestead has the only girls lacrosse program in the area, Brown said, and SouthWest is the only middle school program in the area. In the summer of 2005, Brown and her husband, Kent, formed a youth boys program through the Jorgensen YMCA, 10313 Aboite Center Road, for grades four through eight. Brown founded the SouthWest LaCrosse
Club in 2009. “A weeklong summer camp is run the third week of each June,” Brown wrote. “A winter indoor clinic is run one night a week, January and February, at the Ash Centre, 1701 Freeman St. Sign-ups are at the Jorgenson YMCA.” Kim Brown said Kent Brown formed the Homestead girls lacrosse team in 2007, with 24 girls. The program has grown to 35-50 girls each season, with varsity and junior varsity teams. Players do not have to attend Homestead High School to play on that team, Kim Brown said. Contact ksbrown11@frontier.com or call 438-6735 for more information.
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Education benefit features ‘Roots’ star Burton Actor, director and producer LeVar Burton will be the featured speaker for the Fort Wayne Educational Opportunity Center’s 35th anniversary fundraiser on Wednesday, April 17. Tickets are $50. The event will begin at 6 p.m. at Ceruti’s Summit Park, 6601 Innovation Blvd. Individual tickets and full tables are available by calling 7455421, or can be bought at the Educational Opportunity Center, 3000 S. Wayne Ave. Burton is known for such projects as “Reading Rainbow,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and for his role as Kunta Kinte in “Roots.” “LeVar Burton has translated his movie and television fame into a passion for
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SPCA to offer hundreds of low-cost microchips at Pet Expo The Allen County SPCA will offer $10 microchips to the public at this year’s Northern Indiana Pet Expo, April 20-21 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Microchips are injected under the animal’s skin, at the back of the neck, and greatly increase the likelihood of a lost pet’s return to its owner. Tickets are available at the door for $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and children (kids under 5 free) and $1 for leashed and healthy pets. Expo hours are 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Discount coupons are available at Petco, 315 E. Coliseum Blvd. “We are so grateful to the Petco Foundation for sponsoring this effort. Thanks to them, not only are we able to offer these microchips at greatly reduced pricing, but this grant also covers free microchips for the shelter pets available for adoption during the Expo,” said Allen County SPCA director Jessica Henry. “Microchips are an important aspect of a pet’s overall health and wellbeing. Anything that helps get lost pets home
and kept out of shelters is terrific,” Henry said. The Northern Indiana Pet Expo is an annual event showcasing hundreds of adoptable pets from around the tri-state region, including many breed-specific rescues. Pet-related vendors, boutiques, artisans and crafters will also be on hand with unique items for sale. Attendees will be treated to free seminars from area experts on such topics as pet massage, service dog training and pet food selection. A blessing of the pets by the Rev. Joe Gaughan is planned for Sunday afternoon, with performances by the Canine Stars of Fort Collins, Colo., all weekend long. Area children will enjoy children’s authors, a moonwalk and pony rides from Shadarobah Horse Rescue in the Expo Kids’ Area. Details on bringing pets to the Expo, a complete schedule of events and other information are available at northernindianapetexpo.org or by calling the Allen County SPCA.
Salons offer free makeovers leading up to animal shelter’s fall CatWalk The Allen County SPCA, through the generosity of local beauty salons — the Loft and the Hair Department — is offering one free makeover a week, every week leading up to the animal shelter’s fall fundraiser, CatWalk. Fernando Fernandez, who serves on the shelter’s board and coowns the Hair Department with his wife, Michelle, said, “Everyone in the beauty industry is an animal lover. We wanted to offer these makeovers
on behalf of the Allen County SPCA as a way to raise awareness for the shelter while doing something nice for our community.” People interested in having a makeover or nominating a deserving woman in the community can visit the CatWalk website at www.allencountySPCAcatwalk.org. Nominees should be women from northeast Indiana who would benefit especially from a day of pampering. Cheryl Livingston, shelter volun-
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Time Corners Kiwanis Club to sell roses The Time Corners Kiwanis Club will sell roses April 19 to benefit the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Dan Guse, a five-time past president, said the club has held the spring fundraiser for about 30 years. Roses cost $15 a dozen, and can be ordered in advance by emailing duse@comcast.net. Buyers will pick up their roses between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road. Pickup will be under the portico on the east side of the church. Or, flowers can be picked up between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Copy Solutions in the Time Corners shopping
center. Roses will be sold in groups of three roses and a vase for $5 that day, as supplies permit. Again this year, the Kiwanis will buy their flowers through Lopshire Flowers, 6418 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. Guse said Indiana Kiwanis have supported Riley Hospital for years, buying a new ambulance for the hospital about every two or three years. “As a state Kiwanis club, we’ve worked with them forever,” he said. “And as a club we donate money to them every year.” The club meets at 7 a.m. each Tuesday at the Bob Evans restaurant in Jefferson Pointe.
Mayor to share community prayer event May 5 Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and local religious leaders have announced plans for a special community prayer event. “Prayers for the City — A Celebration of One Community, Many Faiths” will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at the University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center — formerly the Scottish Rite Center — 431 W. Berry St. The prayer service is free and open to the public. Henry developed the program with assistance from the Rev. Dr. Terry Anderson, Interfaith
Hospitality Network; Amir J. Tamir Rasheed, Islamic Center of Fort Wayne; and Dr. Michael Spath, IPFW. The event will feature prayers, singing, dances, and readings. Religious traditions represented will include Baha’i; Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Judaism; Islam; Sikhism; and Unitarian Universalism. Those who aren’t able to attend are asked to pray for the city in their places of worship. “I’m looking forward to sharing in the many different faiths that are celebrated in our city,”
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Dr. Louis Katz has witnessed the growing use of plasma-based protein therapies to treat life-threatening conditions, and it is a trend, he said, that makes it impossible for volunteer whole-blood donation centers to keep pace. “The whole-blood sector can’t supply anywhere near enough plasma to support the need,� said Katz, executive vice president of the Washington, D.C., advocacy group America’s Blood Centers. It is this increased demand for plasma, he said, that has prompted BioLife Plasma Services to begin construction of a second paid donation center in Fort Wayne, this one on Getz Road just south of Illinois Road. Brian Kyhos, spokesman for Deerfield, Ill.-based
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cies.� Numbers help tell the story of what is happening with plasma-based therapies. Kyhos said BioLife has “about 60� plasma donation centers nationwide — a review of the company’s online listing of locations places the number at 61 — and BioLife plans to open at least four more soon in addition to the one in Fort Wayne. The others are planned for Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, Iowa; Waite Park, Minn.; and Green Bay, Wis. Nationally, according to the Annapolis, Md.-based Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association, the number of certified paid plasma centers has grown from 315 in 2006 to 402. The number of plasma donations, meanwhile, grew from 12.5 million in 2006 to more than 23 million in 2011, the latest year for which PPTA figures on donations were available. Baxter International officials offered few specifics about the new Fort Wayne center, which will augment another BioLife center at 7921 Coldwater Road. They said BioLife centers average about 15,000 square feet each and the typical capital investment is $3 million to $6 million. The number of employees at a BioLife See BIOLIFE, Page A15
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facility, Baxter officials said, ranges from 25 to 50. Kyhos said the Getz Road center is expected to open “by the end of the year.” Frequent BioLife plasma donors — those who donate up to twice a week — can expect to earn up to $200 a month, he said. Plasma, a pale yellow liquid, makes up about 57 percent of whole blood. It is used by Baxter International to develop therapies to treat such conditions as hemophilia and provide support for immune systems through immunoglobulins, or antibodies, delivered intravenously. The nonplasma cellular components of blood, such as red blood cells and platelets, are returned to plasma donors. The more than 600 nonprofit wholeblood donor centers operated by members of Katz’ organization and American Red Cross blood donor centers also collect plasma as part of the total donation, but the priority uses for that blood are transfusions at health-care facilities. If any plasma is left over, Katz said, it is sold by blood donation centers to companies that run paid plasma operations. “That’s our end of the deal,” Katz said. “We have a moral and ethical obligation to our donors not to waste. We’re not going to throw away plasma we don’t need.” One of the key differences between whole-blood and plasma collections is that the vast majority of people donating whole blood are not paid, and that underscores a long-running philosophical divide. Katz and the American Red Cross believe paying donors runs the risk of passing along contaminated blood. “When you’re answering health history questions, there is the possibility of giving false information so you can get
paid,” said Christy Sabaka, spokeswoman for the Ohio Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross. “We want to provide the safest blood supply, and we believe the way to do that is if people don’t receive a monetary payment for their donations.” Katz said paid-donation companies like BioLife are doing a “wonderful job” of putting into place procedures that ensure safety: “The way we screen and test donors (makes safety concerns) much less relevant.” “But,” he added, “what about the next emerging infection we don’t have a test for?” Baxter’s Kyhos, meanwhile, called donating plasma a “low-risk procedure with minimal or no side effects.” He said that before a person is accepted as a BioLife Plasma Services donor, he or she must pass a medical examination, and a survey of the donor’s medical history is performed by a member of BioLife’s medical staff. During each subsequent visit, he said, “a staff member checks the donor’s vital signs and the donor answers questions about their medical history.” In addition, periodic tests are performed on each donor to ensure donor health and acceptability for the plasma donating process. Once donations are collected, Kyhos said, they are sent to a BioLife laboratory and tested for indicators of viral infections, including hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also vouched for the safety of donated plasma. “There are numerous points at which safety measures are in place to minimize the risk of exposing recipients of blood products to infectious agents,” FDA spokeswoman Heidi Rebello said. “(The) FDA views the entire process as a continuum of interrelated steps.
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Roanoke library reopens after move by book brigade By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
ROANOKE — The Roanoke Public Library is open for business at 314 N. Main St., Suite 120, a month after a “book brigade” of 123 volunteers moved 3,317 books two blocks down Main Street. “It went really well, considering,” said Library Director Celia Bandelier. “There were a lot of things to move and things got out of order to a certain extent. The library closed for two weeks after the March 2 move, and more volunteers turned out to empty boxes before the new location opened March 18. “Everybody’s really impressed with how big and how nice the library is,” Bandelier said. “We’ve been talking about a new library since we moved into the old library, which I think was in 1979,” she said. She gave special credit to the Eshelman families for making the move possible, by allowing reasonable rent at the former coil factory building. The library board had been looking for a new location, she said. “We were discussing moving and building at the corner of Main and Vine,” said Bandelier, adding that the budget was too tight. She said Pete Eshelman agreed to lease
3,000 square feet for $300 a month in utilities and a dollar a year in rent, with the stipulation the library would fund the necessary renovations. John Stoeckley and Perry Collins were leaders in the community’s fundraising effort. Stoeckley is president of the Roanoke Public Library Board. Collins served as a co-chairperson of the fundraising arm, the Roanoke Public Library Building Corp. Collins, who addressed the volunteers the morning of the move, said, “It would be wrong for me not to mention that the Eshelman family gave us a $1.2 million gift in kind.” The figure is based on estimated savings over a 40-year lease. “We really believe that’s a huge asset for the community,” Pete Eshelman said of the library. “I think it’s a legacy gift for the town of Roanoke that we’re very proud of.” He said besides the Eshelman family’s gift in kind, the community itself completed an unbelievable fundraising drive. “They really stepped up, even in this economy,” he said. Collins said the campaign’s original goal was $250,000. “And I’m very proud to announce this morning that when the capital project ended, we had raised $287,637,” he said the morning of the move. “It was a very successful.” Stoeckley addressed the crowd before
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Michelle Ely, (from left) Jacob Ely, Dennis Ely, and Olivia Ely hand off books as part of a book brigade between the old and new Roanoke Public Library locations. Library Director Celia Bandelier said 123 volunteers took part in the project. organizing the book brigade. “It was a little over a year ago the final steps of a lot of years worth of saving and perseverance by previous library boards, councils and concerned citizens was put into effect — a private fundraising effort to relocate and refurnish the Roanoke library to a new location,” Stoeckley said. “Goals have been met, commitments have been honored and we stand here this See BOOK, Page B3
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Librarian Celia Bandelier places books in their new home at the Roanoke Public Library in the former coil factory.
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Woodside Middle School students Brandon Blumenherst, (from left) John Steiner, Sam Dvorak, Teryn Kline, Madisen Parker and Sarah Carter participate in the Future City Competition in Crystal City, Va.
Woodside team claims two honors at nationals A city of the future, Recropolis, engineered by students from Woodside Middle School in Fort Wayne, recently won two of the 26 special awards at the 2013 National Engineers Week Foundation Future City Competition in Crystal City, Va. The award for Best Indoor Environment encompasses occupant comfort, productivity, energy efficiency, or air quality and was sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. The Best Future City Project Plan Award was sponsored by the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation. The middle school student team
included Brandon Blumenherst, Sarah Carter, Sam Dvorak, Madisen Parker, Teryn Kline and John Steiner. It was led by teacher Laura Smith and volunteer mentor Troy Larkins, an engineer with Engineering Resources Inc. Their “city” advanced to the national finals by having the highest aggregate score among the 24 teams at the Indiana competition held Jan. 19 at IPFW. The team competed against 36 other finalist teams at the national finals. The annual challenge has received national attention and acclaim for its role in encouraging middle school students nationwide to develop their interest in See TEAM, Page B4
Author Jonathan Safran Foer will discuss his bestselling novels at the annual People of Foer the Book lecture, sponsored by the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Jewish Temple, 5200 Old Mill Road. The discussion is open to the public, and is free of charge. However, a free-will offering will be conducted to benefit Habitat for Humanity’s Interfaith Build. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author following the event. Foer is the author of the international bestseller “Everything Is Illuminated,” which was published in 2002, when he was 25. Translated into 35 languages, it was named Book of the Year by the The Los Angeles Times and has won numerous awards, including the Guardian First Book
Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Prize. More than 1,500 people voted online for “Everything Is Illuminated” in the first People’s Choice Award, sponsored by JBooks.com. It was named the decade’s best work of Jewish fiction. A movie based on the book was released by Warner Independent in September 2005. In the movie, a young American visits the Ukraine, searching for information on a woman who is believed to have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. The movie stars Elijah Wood as the writer, named Jonathan Safran. Foer’s second novel, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” went straight onto national and international bestseller lists. It received the Literature for Life Award, the Victoria and Albert Museum Award, and the Prix des libraries du Quebec, and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC prize. “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” has also
been optioned for film by Scott Rudin Productions in conjunction with Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures. Named one of Rolling Stone’s People of the Year and Esquire’s Best and Brightest, Foer has had stories published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review and Conjunctions. He is the editor of a bestselling anthology of writing inspired by the bird boxes of Joseph Cornell, “A Convergence of Birds.” His libretto “Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence” was performed by the Berlin State Opera House in September 2005. Over the course of 2006, Foer visited animal farms across the country — from small, family-run organic farms, to factory farms. He documented his road adventure and the ecological crisis he observed in a nonfiction book called “Eating Animals,” which was a New York Times and international bestseller. In 2010 he was included on The New Yorker’s “20 under 40” list of the best young writers in the United States.
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Bloomberg TV calls attention to Joseph Decuis restaurant By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
“We’ve been discovered nationally,” Pete Eshelman said. The Eshelman family’s Joseph Decuis restaurant and farm were featured on a Bloomberg TV broadcast on March 11. That video can be accessed at http://bloom.bg/Zy9YbS. The restaurant also will be featured in the April edition of Bloomberg Pursuits magazine. That magazine circulates 360,000 copies worldwide, Eshelman said. Eshelman said Mark Schatzker was asked to write an article about the best Wagyu beef in America. The author of “Steak — One Man’s Search for the World’s Tastiest Piece of Beef” chose the Indiana restau-
rant and farm, Eshelman said. “And Bloomberg loved the article and the photograph, and as I understand it they thought it was cool that here’s a former New York Yankees business guy and now he’s farming,” Eshelman said. So a videographer visited Roanoke and recorded about eight hours of footage at the farm and restaurant, he said. The video brought attention from far-flung locations. “I’ve had people from around the world contact us,” he said. “I have a guy from New York flying in just to eat at the restaurant.” A resident of Columbia plans to take a detour to Roanoke when he visits Chicago. “Bloomberg is impressed, and they like the business angle. They’re about quality and doing
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things the best in the world,” he said. “I think it’s so cool for Indiana, that they say we have the best beef outside of Japan.” Pete’s wife, Alice, and brother, Tim, share in the family businesses. Eshelman is a former Yankees draft pick who played Class A baseball for the Oneonta, N.Y., Yankees. He was injured, and worked in the Yankees front office, he said. “We just produced a 50minute documentary, ‘The Joseph Decuis Story.’ It talks about moving here from New York and how we started the farm,” Eshelman said. The video is available for $19.95 at the emporium at the restaurant, 191 N. Main St. For restaurant information, call (260) 672-1715.
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Mike Ayers, center, of the Roanoke Tractor Pullers Association, presents a check to Celia Bandelier, the director of the Roanoke Public Library. Also pictured is John Stoeckley, the president of the Roanoke Public Library board of trustees. The Roanoke Tractor Pullers Association gave $5,000 to help with the cost of refurnishing oak bookshelves and the construction of additional oak bookshelves at the Roanoke Public Library’s new location in the former coil factory building. Ayers said the Tractor Pullers Association continues to look for ways to support the Roanoke community.
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BOOK from Page B1 morning ready to take the final step. We’re moving to the new building.� He thanked the community, the Huntington County Commissioners, the library patrons and the Friends of the Library for their continued support. “This is a great day for the community,� he said. “We hope you enjoy the efforts and the improvements that have been made.� The temperature stood at 26 on that March morning. “Hey, I’m dressed for it,� said volunteer James Helm. He said he moved to Roanoke in 1993. “Now that I’m retired I get a lot of books,� he said. Mary Lou Larkey said she plans to make good use of the new library, as she has with two previous Roanoke library locations. She took a spot in the book
Roanoke Public Library brigade near her daughter and granddaughter, Tami and Alyssa Hurlburt. “It’s wonderful working together,� she said. “It shows what we can accomplish.� Volunteers who endured until noon that day signed a poster to commemorate their efforts. Bandelier said Alice Eshelman did the decorating for the new library. “Pete’s brother Tim is helping with the TV so that people can see the upcoming events,� she said. “So it’s a whole Eshelman family project.� Richard Pape did the remodeling work. “There have been a lot of people’s hand in this,� Bandelier said. “People are just really impressed that we have such a nice and large library for our small town.�
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Hudson Warner, 5, takes books from his grandfather, Jim Warner, as a “book brigade� moves the collection of the Roanoke Public Library.
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BMD Agency, LLC, has announced plans to build a 20,000-square-foot facility near Roanoke. The boutique creative design firm said the expansion would create up to 27 new jobs by 2016. The homegrown-Hoosier company will invest $4.1 million to build and equip the facility in the Silverado Industrial Park, a state-certified, shovel-ready site in Allen County. BMD Agency plans to move from Fort Wayne to the new facility by the end of the year. “It’s encouraging to see a young company continue to create new opportunities for Hoosiers,� said Eric Doden, the president of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. “We know BMD Agency had other options available for this expansion, but this is the latest evidence that Indiana’s pro-growth, low-tax climate works for small businesses.� BMD Agency, which has 29 full-time employees in Indiana, is hiring additional writers and graphic designers. Interested applicants can apply at www.brittonmdg.com/careers. “Most of our new clients are from outside of Indiana and that has made it tempting to expand our operations closer to new opportunities,� said Jeff Britton, the principal of BMD Agency. “But our roots are here in Indiana. Our longstanding client Vera Bradley is here and we believe that our Midwestern work ethic, combined with the latest technology, a new inspiring work environment and an expanded worldclass team, will allow us to compete with the best. We look forward to our continued future in northeast Indiana and thank the IEDC and local officials for
helping make this expansion possible.� Founded in 2006 by Jeff and Sue Britton, BMD Agency provides advertising and lifestyle marketing services to clients that specialize in female consumer goods that are influenced by color and fashion trends. The company, whose clients include Vera Bradley, Summit Brands, Benjamin Moore Paints and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, received a 2011 RACIE Award by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association for its work on the 2010 Vera Bradley catalog. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered BMD Agency, LLC up to $260,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $30,000 in training grants based on the company’s job creation plans. These tax credits are performance-based, meaning until Hoosiers are hired, the company is not eligible to claim incentives. The city of Fort Wayne approved additional property tax abatement at the request of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance. “We are pleased that BMD Agency has chosen to reinvest in our community and its residents,� said Nelson Peters, an Allen County commissioner. “We are also happy our Shovel Ready Site program is being put to good use by a worthy company that is bringing new jobs and investment to the local economy.� Berry Plastics, Baldwin & Lyons and Masterbrand Cabinets are just a few of the other homegrown-Hoosier firms that have committed to expanding their operations in Indiana this year, accounting for 660 projected new jobs and more than $95 million in capital investment.
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Christian singer shares story of Bering Sea rescue By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
ROANOKE — Don Wharton starts to tell about his 90-minute show and his 16 years in Nashville, but ends up telling about clinging to empty 5-gallon gas cans for 55 minutes in the Bering Sea. It happened on a Friday, the 13th. Wharton, who grew up in New Haven, will entertain Sunday, April 21, at the Cottage Event Center, 9524 U.S. 24 North, in Roanoke. Tickets to the 2 p.m. show are $10. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. For details, call (260) 4833508. Jim Amstutz, the venue’s manager, said he was a few years behind Wharton in New Haven schools. Wharton was one of Amstutz’s baseball coaches at one time. Wharton graduated from New Haven High School in 1970. Amstutz said he likes to direct part of the proceeds from Cottage events to local charities. The Roanoke Food Pantry will benefit from Wharton’s show. “I was a poll worker on Election Day and we had been talking among ourselves about doing a gospel show and whom to contact, and into the
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Don Wharton, of Fort Wayne, will perform April 21 at the Cottage Event Center in Roanoke. The show will benefit the Roanoke Food Pantry. polling place walked Don Wharton,” Amstutz said. “And that’s a sign. There’s nobody better at that than Don Wharton.” “Don will make you laugh and he’ll bolster your faith. He was on a plane crash on a mission trip coming back from the Soviet Union, and it’s usually part of his concert he tells that story.” “I started in music in 1979,” Wharton said. “I went to college at Concordia College up in Ann Arbor, and graduated from Eastern Michigan. I
taught at Concordia for three years and then I went on the road as a musician for about three years. It was sort of an adventure.” In August 1993 he went with his friend Dave Anderson, who was also a traveling musician, to the Russian far east on a mission trip. “And we had a wonderful time,” he said. “We went to this little village and supported the missionaries who were already there.” They gave out clothing, medicine and Bibles, and
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performed music. “And we took off to come back to Nome and I was going to go from there down to Seattle,” he said. “I was going to do a couple concerts there.” The plane landed on St. Lawrence Island and then continued toward Nome. One engine went silent, and then the other. “And we had to ditch into the Bering Sea,” Wharton said. The plane was coasting about a hundred miles an hour when it hit the water, Wharton said, but did not flip. All seven people aboard survived the initial crash, and all seven wold survive their exposure in the Bering water. There were no life jackets aboard, Wharton said. The seven used empty gas cans for flotation devices, and watched the plane sink within about a minute. “And I’ve gotta tell you, it’s real quiet in the ocean out that far,” he said. “We shouted words of encouragement and survival instructions and Bible verses, and tried to encourage.” After about 10 minutes a fixed-wing airplane flew
over, and then another, and then two helicopters arrived. “I was in the water about 55 minutes,” Wharton said. “It was August and the air temperature was about 42 degrees, but the water temperature was about 3638 degrees.” Wharton said the Nome Nugget carried photos of the rescue, including a photo of Wharton walking from a rescue truck. “It was not exactly my most flattering picture,” he said. Nancy McGuire, the editor and publisher of the Nome newspaper, was on hand for the rescue. “It was an exceptionally warm summer,” she recalled. “They were darn lucky, and they were lucky that the pilot saw their airplane.” McGuire recalled listening to the air traffic as the airplane made its way toward Nome, reported running low on fuel, and eventually went into the ocean. She said the helicopters were not rescue helicopters equipped with winches. So the rescue fell to the firefighters with the greatest upper body strength, to pull the
survivors aboard the craft. Five of those rescued were released from the hospital that same night, and the two others went home the next day. “So to me, it’s a miracle,” Wharton said. “We feel it was God rescuing us, and he gave us an opportunity to come back.” “We got a chance to see his handiwork.” He said the trip, overall, was rewarding. “They were as poor as anything,” he said of the Russian villagers. “It was a wonderful experience being there.” Wharton told his story to the media back in Nashville. He has told his story at many of the 3,000 concerts he has given, including at least one in every state. He moved back to Fort Wayne in 2006. “I think it gave me a good story to tell to back up some of the things that I’d been saying all along,” he said. “This is why I still tell it 20 years later, because people still relate to it. People want to know if there is a rescuer, and ‘Will he rescue me?’ ”
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Don Wharton is helped from a truck after his rescue from the Bering Sea in August 1993. “It was not exactly my most flattering picture,” he said.
TEAM from Page B1 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Through hands-on applications, Future City participants discover how engineering is both accessible and can make a difference in the world. “Future City had a big impact on my eighth-grade year,” said student Teryn Kline. “I learned valuable information that I will keep with me throughout the years. Teamwork and responsibility were two big aspects of the project. Overall, Future City was an amazing experience that I believe all teens should participate in. I enjoyed every moment of working with my team and the once-in-a-lifetime experience of traveling to Washington, D.C., for a national competition.” Tasked with the challenge to “Rethink Runoff: Design Clean Solutions to Manage Stormwater Pollution,” this theme was an integral part of the team’s presentation, their city model, and essay. Student Sam Dvorak said, “I never took into full consideration the harmful effects
that runoff can have on cities and their water supplies until now. Instead of just looking at the harmful effects runoff has, I now also look at how we can use it to our advantage to help with the world’s potable water supply. I learned a lot about the skills that I need to use for the rest of my life, such as prioritizing and planning. These skills will continue to get more and more important as I grow older, and I had a great opportunity to practice these during this project. I found it very interesting to learn about how cities operate. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that I never knew about before this project. I now realize the importance of zoning and city planning in order for cities to be successful.” All the students appreciated the efforts of their teacher and mentor and described the trip as “an experience that I will cherish forever” and “undoubtedly my favorite school-related trip I have ever been on.”
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Key fundraiser Luers Knight returns April 19 By Lona Pritchard Luers Knight publicist
Bishop Luers High School is ready to celebrate its 33rd annual LuersKnight fundraiser on April 19. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. LuersKnight is a dinner/auction and is held in our beautifully transformed gymnasium at Bishop Luers. Tickets are $150 per person. Your evening will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, entertainment by the Bishop Luers Jazz Band and The Minstrels, followed by a delicious dinner, Bishop’s Auction and live and silent auctions. Our guest speaker is Mr. Jaylon Smith. For further information contact Kathy Skelly at (260) 456-1261, ext. 3142. Preview Knight is on Thursday, April 18, and is also open to the public. Preview Knight gives you a sneak peek at LuersKnight. You will find select items you can bid on and take home that evening. Admittance is $5. Appetizers, wine, beer and soft drinks are available. Please enter through the gym door facing the football field. LuersKnight is the school’s biggest fundraiser, and over the past six years has raised more than $2.5 million. Money raised at LuersKnight is used for tuition assistance and operating costs for the entire school. The cost to educate one child at Bishop Luers is $6,703. A Catholic student’s tuition is $5,520. A portion of the money raised at LuersKnight helps make up this $1,183 difference. The other percentage is utilized for technology, student desks, needs-based tuition assistance, smart boards and teacher retreats.
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The Rev. Fred Link originated LuersKnight. This year our theme is “Moscow Knights,” with booth names such as Gorki Park (Garden and Rec), Red Square (Family and Home items) and the Kremlin (Luers Spirit items). Over 30 years ago, a group of dedicated parents recognized the need to help maintain our tuition costs and provide additional financial resources for Bishop Luers High School. This has become the tradition of LuersKnight. All the money raised at LuersKnight is used for tuition assistance and operating costs for the entire school. It now raises close to $250,000 every year. The originator of LuersKnight, Father Fred Link, was a guest at Bishop Luers during our Winter Homecoming. I was able to ask him how LuersKnight started: “When I became principal in 1978, the primary fundraiser for the school was an annual chance book
drive with not a very big prize (I believe the winner received a couple thousand dollars). In either my first or second year, three dads asked to talk with me and suggested that we needed to think big to make money and suggested that we raffle off three cars — a luxury car, a station wagon or van, and an economy car. “After discussing this with my administrative team (I had put together a team of 8-10 folks and we met every week or two) and the School Board, we moved ahead. We sold a limited number of tickets at a large price (I believe $25 per ticket). My recollection was that it was a success and certainly generated more money than the chance book drive. “Then a group of parents, one in particular, I believe was Ed Romary, suggested the entertainer concept and, of course, we would need the Coliseum. This was uncharted territory, but what the heck! Bill Cosby was our first choice. One of the parents made the contact and the rest is history. “The challenge each year for me was getting the couple of parents who would chair the event and then they organized committees, etc. We worked closely together. After a couple of years, I suggested the special dinner in the friary with the entertainer to help pay for the entertainer and suggested we do it at $3,000 a plate. We only needed 1520 people (that’s all the friary living room would hold). One of the friars was a gourmet chef and we even brought in a harpist. It was grand. I remember the first call I made for the $3,000 was a visit to Bill Mitchell. I remember also having Pat Boone and Rich Little as our entertainers. We made over $100,000.”
Visiting Nurse agency to train volunteers Visiting Nurse, a locally-based, non-profit hospice and palliative care provider, is looking for volunteers. Volunteers will assist in a variety of roles in Hospice Home, in patient homes and in area care facilities. Training is provided. The 14-bed home is located at 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. Visiting Nurse serves patients in Allen and seven other Indiana counties. For more information, contact Ann Blue, volunteer coordinator, at (260) 435-3222 or annblue@vnfw.org, or visit the website at vnfw.org. Volunteers visit patients in area nursing facilities for companionship or to read or sing to patients and also to visit with patients in the home setting. Volunteers are also needed for light meal preparation and assistance in Hospice Home, northeast Indiana’s only free-standing hospice facility dedicated to needs of terminally-ill patients and their families. Hospice Home duties may include light meal preparation, clerical assistance, companionship and assisting families.
Concordia band raising money for D.C. trip The Concordia Lutheran High School bands will once again partner with Spike and the Bulldogs for a band boosters fundraiser and silent auction to raise funds for the band’s trip to Washington, D.C. The fundraiser is April 20 at The Orchid in New Haven. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25 per person. The Concordia band has been invited to march in the national Memorial Day parade in the nation’s capital. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by The Orchid Catering. The adults-only event includes a cash bar. Silent auction items include restaurant gift certificates, gift certificates to Tire Barn Warehouse and Gordon Food Service plus many more, tickets to the Phil, oil changes, a night at the Potawatomi Inn, Spiece membership, free golf certificate or bike/kayak rental, a Fender guitar from Sweetwater Sound, and an autograph chair. For tickets, call Dianne Moellering at 483-1102, ext. 198, or download an order form from the Arts page of clhscadets.com.
Financial Focus Help Yourself Reduce Investment Stress You probably aren’t too worried about it, but April is Stress Awareness Month. Each year, the Health Resource Network sponsors this “month” to inform people about the dangers of stress and to share successful coping strategies. Obviously, it’s important to reduce stress in all walks of life — including your investment activities. How can you cut down on the various stresses associated with investing? Here are a few possible “stressbusters”: • Know your risk tolerance. If you’re constantly worrying about the value of your investments, your portfolio may simply be too volatile for your
individual risk tolerance. Conversely, if you’re always feeling that your investments will never provide you with the growth you need to achieve your long-term goals, you might be investing too conservatively. • Know what to expect from your investments. Uncertainty is often a leading cause of stress. So when you purchase investments that are mysterious to you, you shouldn’t be surprised if they perform in ways that raise your stress levels. Never invest in something unless you fully understand its characteristics and risk potential. • Be prepared for market volatility. Over the long term, the financial markets have trended upward,
though their past performance can’t guarantee future results. Yet for periods of months, and even years, these same markets can sputter and decline. So when you invest, be aware of this volatility; if you’re prepared for it, you won’t be shocked when it happens, and you should be able to better keep stress at bay. • Maintain realistic expectations. If you think your investments are going to earn a very high rate of return, year after year, you are more than likely going to be disappointed — and you could easily get “stressed out.” You’re much better off, from a stress standpoint, not to expect eye-popping results.
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Moving in: Jefferson Pointe gets mix of new stores By Linda Lipp lindal@fwbusiness.com
Jefferson Pointe continues to add new tenants, with three more now expected to move into the shopping center in
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late April. It is moving from its current location at Illinois and Scott roads to a spot next to Clem’s Collectibles. Mainstream Boutique, a women’s apparel and accessories franchise new to Fort Wayne, is coming in May and will be located next to Game Stop. Red Mango, a smoothie and yogurt shop, also will open in May, adjacent to Starbuck’s. Those new stores are in addition to: the previously announced Marshalls, which will move into the former Old Navy’s space sometime in late summer or early fall; Soma Intimates, which will open next to Apricot Lane in mid-May; and Tuscanos Brazilian Grill, a sit-down restaurant that will be located in half of what is now the food court. Its opening date has not been determined. Additionally, beginning June 7, Jefferson Pointe will add a satellite location of the Fort Wayne Farmer’s Market. The market will be open from 4-7 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 6 in conjunction with the center’s Friday Nites Live free concert
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The Old Navy store at Jefferson Pointe has a smaller, more vibrant look and layout. series. Shoppers at Jefferson Pointe also will notice some other recent changes. Old Navy moved into a space between Family Christian Bookstore and Michael’s to make way for Marshalls; and the former Rave Cinemas complex is now Carmike, reflecting that company’s purchase of 16 Rave properties late last year. Katrina Newman, the center’s marketing and development manager, attributed the new tenant signings at least in part to the improving economy, not to a change in the way
the shopping center is positioning itself. “The strategy hasn’t really changed,” she said. But Jefferson Pointe did make some improvements last fall to improve accessibility. A new road was built from Apple Glen Boulevard between the theater complex and the rest of the center. A pickup and drop-off area and an area for cars to pull into and park temporarily to purchase advance tickets at the box office were added in front of the theaters. UCR Asset Services, the mall’s management company, did not released
details about how much the work cost, other than it was a “multimilliondollar” upgrade. The new and improved Old Navy opened in its new space on March 6. At 13,000 square feet, the new store is smaller than its former 22,000-squarefoot location, but the retailer actually added merchandise and jobs, said manager Joe Gooding. The new store reflects Old Navy’s move away from its standard gray, industrial-like design to something lighter and brighter. “It’s all to improve the shopping experience,” Gooding said. The new Old Navy added a fashion jewelry department and even sells candy and soda at the front counter. There’s less of the empty feel of the old design; merchandise is displayed in more densely grouped clusters of white shelves. “It’s a better utilization of space,” Gooding said. The shift to the new space allowed the store to adopt the new design the retailer is using across much of its portfolio.
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Vera Bradley gives birth to new baby line By Linda Lipp lindal@fwbusiness.com
Vera Bradley Inc. has welcomed a new member to the family: a line of clothing and accessories called Vera Bradley Baby. The buzz about the new line began building after the Fort Wayne-based company posted a notice on its website saying “we’re expecting� that linked to some images of the new merchandise on Pinterest. Photos of the new items went up on VeraBradley.com, but the merchandise was not for sale in stores or online until its official March 14 debut. “Our mission is to be a girl’s best friend, and we want to be there for our friends through every stage in life — most certainly (when they’re) having a baby,� said
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Junior Achievement seeking volunteers to instruct classes Volunteers are invited to help spread the Junior Achievement message throughout area classrooms this spring. Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana Program Manager Hayli Dick said volunteers will make a seven-week commitment. Each visit is about an hour and a half to an hour and 45 minutes. The program serves public and private schools across 27 Indiana counties, Van Wert County, Ohio, and Cass and Berrien counties
Michigan. Students from kindergarten to 12th grade learn about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness. Volunteer instructors, who undergo background checks before assignment, work from written programs. “They have discussions and they do activities to go along with the programs,” Dick said. For more information or to volunteer, contact Dick at (260) 484-2543, or email her at hayli.dick@ja.org. Dick said the program’s
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USF welcomes high school visitors The University of St. Francis has invited high school students and their parents or adult supporters to explore the campus as a college choice during Spring Campus Visit Day on Saturday, April 6. Students are invited to bring their college transcripts for an evaluation while taking advantage of
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Lincoln Financial Foundation strengthens support of Arts United Arts United is the recipient of a multiyear grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation, totaling $280,000 over two years. “Lincoln Financial Foundation partners with Arts United to support numerous arts and cultural initiatives each year,” said program officer Jean Vrabel. “We see this grant as a strategic investment in building our community’s quality of life and economy in a way that will help companies like Lincoln cultivate, attract and retain talent.”
The award provides major support for Arts United’s Fund Drive and continues Lincoln’s long-standing sponsorship of the Nonprofit Arts Internship Initiative. In addition to the grant, employees of Lincoln Financial Group participate in an annual employee giving campaign to benefit Arts United. Arts United’s Fund Drive is the primary means for mobilizing over $1 million in annual support for more than 70 arts, cultural and recreational programs each year, including significant operating grants
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Down the Country Line brings five bands to Embassy The Embassy Theatre’s Down the Country Line, presented by Sweetwater and Sweetwater Studios, will spotlight five local bands performing the country songs that inspired them on Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Down the Country Line is the country twist show featured in the Down the Line series which also includes a hard rock and classic rock version. The event offers a night of country music, an opportunity for local country acts to play the historic stage, and a fundraising opportunity for the Embassy Theatre. Experience Johnny Cash by Dag and the Bulleit Boys. Swing with Brad Paisley by BackWater. Encounter Little Big Town from Breaking Tradition. Celebrate Blake Shelton by The Joel Young Band and end the night with Hubie Ashcraft and The Drive as they sing country duets in celebration of Down the Country Line’s second year. Tickets for this all-ages show are $10 in advance and $12 the week of the show. Tickets are on sale at the Embassy Theatre box office, all other Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. Sweetwater and Sweetwater Studios’ sponsorship will add dimension to the
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Shoaff and Foster Park golf courses are open for the season. Get season tickets at the main office or at any of the clubhouses, featuring 2012 prices. For prices or other information or to reserve tee times, visit fortwayneparks.org. Spring 2013 Senior B.F.A. Exhibition. IPFW Visual Arts Building, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Senior Fine Arts graduates will present an exhibition of their senior projects. The metal works of Louise Haynes also will be shown. Haynes is completing her master’s of liberal studies degree at IPFW. The exhibition can be viewed daily in the Visual Arts Gallery from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For more info, go to ipfw.edu/fine-arts. Safe Sitter Classes. Lutheran Children’s Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd.. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This medically-based instructional, twoday program teaches girls and boys how to handle emergencies when caring for young children. Cost: $50. Must be at least 11 years old to participate. For more information, call Child Life Specialist Tammy Else at 435-7344 or go to lutheranchildrenshosp.com. Disney on Ice “Worlds of Fantasy.” Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. 3 p.m. Thrill to high-speed stunts as Lightning McQueen, Mater and the crew of “Disney/Pixar’s Cars” race across the ice. See highlights of “The Little Mermaid,” “Toy Story” and more. Get tickets at the Coliseum box office or through Ticketmaster, starting at $11. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” University of St. Francis Performing Arts Center, 413 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 8 p.m. The School of Creative Arts at the University of Saint Francis will stage the play based on the book by Harper Lee. Brad Beauchamp directs. Admission is $15 for the general public, $12 for seniors and children under 10. Doors open 30 minutes before general seating.
23005 Woodburn Road, Woodburn. The Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For information about cost and restrictions, and to schedule an appointment, call 483-1847. Or, visit francinesfriends.org. Drop-in Yoga in the Gardens. Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St.. 5:30 p.m. Build strength and flexibility, reduce stress, and enhance general well-being. Taught by certified yoga instructor Lanah K. Hake. A few blankets, mats, and straps are available but bring your own supplies if you have them. Drop-in fee $7 (Conservatory members $5). Baby Steps Toddler Time. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories, games and songs for your toddler.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Parkview Field Lincoln Center, Douglas Avenue and Webster Street. 9 a.m. to noon. Free admission. Dozens of vendors of plants, vegetables, baked goods, candy and more. For more information, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.
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Through TUESDAY, APRIL 30 Mixed art exhibit. The Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, 6312-A Covington Road. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. No charge. See jewelry focused on polymer clay mosaic work and mixed media elements, encased in sterling silver and other precious metals, by local artist Becky Jordan. Illinois artist Rhonda Cearlock brings her textured, organic clay wall pieces.
IPFW Saturday Studio: Oil Painting. IPFW Visual Arts Building, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Noon to 3 p.m. These art classes for high school students will focus on oil painting. For more details, go to learn.ipfw.edu. Fee: $139. Instructor: John Hrehov. To register, go to learn.ipfw.edu. MONDAY, APRIL 8 Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt. Support group for women who are or have been physically or emotionally abused. For time and place, call (800) 441-4073. Facilitated by the YWCA Women’s Shelter staff. Garden Potpourri. Shawnee Branch Library, 5600 Noll Ave. 7 p.m. Extension Educator Ricky Kemery’s presentation will focus on vegetables. Born to Read Babies and Books. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and activities for babies and their caregivers. PAWS to read. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 6:30 p.m. Stop by and read to the PAWS dogs, Mason and Martha.
TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Vera Bradley Outlet Sale. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Tickets are $5 each and must be purchased in advance for each two-and-a-half-hour session on April 9, 10 and 11. For hours, details, or to register, visit verabradley.com/outletsale. No tickets are required on April 12, 13 and 14, but purchasers must complete the free registration process. Little River Ramblers. Eagle Marsh Barn, South Side Engle Road, onehalf mile east of West Jefferson Boulevard. 9-11 a.m. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road and hike to explore and record the flora and fauna of Eagle Marsh. Make sure to dress for the weather. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Free. Contact info@lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information. Extended open tour hours. DeBrand Fine Chocolates, 10105 Auburn Park Drive, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. More tours, in conjunction with the Vera Bradley Outlet Sale. $5 per person, with a rebate of $5 off a purchase of $10 or more. No reservations required. Caring for the Caregiver: It’s a Marathon … Not a Sprint. Healing Arts Center, 6316 Mutual Drive. 4 p.m. Topics include thriving in the midst of cancer diagnosis and treatment; how cancer affects the whole family; communication during the cancer journey; and family life after cancer. This is a program of the Association of Oncology Social Workers. Reservations are required by April 8. Call 484-9560 or toll free, (866) 484-9560, for more information. “Moulin Rouge.” Holiday Inn IPFW, 4111 Paul Shaffer Drive. 5-10 p.m. IPFW Advanced Food Service Management course seniors are in charge of French-theme food and festivities. For reservations, call 482-3800. Dishcrawl Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne International Airport. 7 p.m. Ticketholders visit four restaurants in one night, sampling each restaurant’s specialties and meeting the chefs or owners. It’s like a pubcrawl, but with food! Tickets are $45. All food is included in the ticket price. View the event online at dishcrawl.com/fortwayne.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 11 TinCaps opening night. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. The Fort Wayne TinCaps will celebrate the home opener of their fifth season by giving away $5,000 to one lucky fan. The TinCaps take the field at 7:05 p.m., against the Lake County Captains. For details, visit TinCaps.com. Rummage and bake sale. Emmanuel Soest Family Life Center, 9909 Wayne Trace, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale continues Friday, with a sack sale from 8 a.m. to noon. Emmanuel is located southeast of the I-469/Wayne Trace overpass at the corner of Wayne Trace and Emmanual Road. Smart Start Storytime. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories activities and crafts for your preschooler. Mini Scrapbook Infusion. Allen County Extension Office on the IPFW Campus, 4001 Crescent Ave. 5:30 p.m. Paper crafter Dawn Scheuman returns. Repurpose a child’s favorite item and fuse it with a simple scrapbook technique to create a clever outcome. Some supplies and tools provided. Cost: $7. Class size limit: 15 participants. Offered by Allen County Extension Homemakers. General public invited; pre-registration required. Forms available at extension office or online: extension.purdue.edu/allen. For more info, contact Vickie Hadley at 481-6826. Anthony Wayne Toastmasters Meeting. Ivy Tech Community College. 6:30 p.m. Toastmasters meetings are open to everyone; for better public speaking and a lot of fun. fredhn@aol.com. anthonywayne.freetoasthoast.org.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Rummage and bake sale. Emmanuel Soest Family Life Center, 9909 Wayne Trace. 8 a.m. to noon. The two-day sale concludes with a sack sale day. Emmanuel is located southeast of the I-469/Wayne Trace overpass at the corner of Wayne Trace and Emmanual Road. Women of Bold Empowerment. Primetime Center, 3701 S. Calhoun St. 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take part in a day committed to empowering young women in the community. Speakers: Wendy Robinson, superintendent at Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Judge Wendy Davis, Allen Superior Court. Cost: $75, or $500 per table. Proceeds benefit Youth for Christ. RSVP via email to bmattax@fwayfc.org or call 484-4551, ext. 207.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Homebuyer Education Class. American Red Cross, 1212 E. California Road, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The class will be conducted entirely in Spanish. The class uses the “Realizing the American Dream” curriculum developed by NeighborWorks America. Completion allows individuals to enroll in the Bank On Fort Wayne program. Anyone interested in taking the class should call 427-8585 or 311. Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. Faith Lutheran Church, 9251 Indiana 205, Churubusco. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tri-Zone Rally, Fort Wayne East, North and South zones. Registration $6, continental breakfast included. Kids Against Hunger Spring Packing Event. Grace Gathering Church, 3157 Minnich Road, New Haven. 9-11 a.m. Make a difference in the fight against world hunger by packing meals with Kids Against Hunger! Register or find out more at www.kah-fortwayne.org. emily@kah-fortwayne.org. www.kah-fortwayne.org. Canadian Brass Master Class. Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Canadian Brass will give a master class for all brass players in the community, from the ninth grade on up. Cost: $10, includes a pizza lunch. The class will be followed by a free mini-concert at 2 p.m. with the Canadian Brass in the high school auditorium. This event is made possible in conjunction with Mynett Music and the Conn-Selmer Institute. Contact Dianne Moellering to attend the master class. All are welcome to the 2 p.m. concert.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Butterflies with an African beat. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. The conservatory's annual live butterfly exhibit returns April 13 and continues through July 7, bringing with it the music of Africa. Enjoy the stunning blue morpho and other butterflies. Guests can explore the sound and rhythms of the drum, shekere and other native percussion instruments from different regions of the African continent. Regular Conservatory admission applies: $5 for adults, $3 for ages 3-17, and free for ages 2 and under. Sponsored by WMEE 97.3-FM.
A Matinee Afrikan Rhythms with TRJE/Re-Mix 2013. Ivy Tech Community College. 2-3:30 p.m. This family concert, mini-workshop and dance experience for youth and adults will raise operating funds for the Three Rivers Institute of Afrikan Art & Culture Inc. and its community-building projects and workshops, including the MandÊ Music School, Acoustic SpokenWord CafÊ, and Straight Talk. Cost: $5 for children and students; $10 adults. For more information, contact triaacevent@gmail.com, or call 267-0596. Chicken barbeque. Hoagland Fire Station, 11316 Hoagland Road, Hoagland. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Heritage Lions Club of Hoagland serves the annual chicken dinner in conjunction with the townwide garage sale. Drive-through only. Meals are $8, and include half-chicken, green beans, scalloped potatoes, roll, utensils and napkin. MONDAY, APRIL 15 Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography. Heritage Elementary School, 12009 Hoagland Road, Hoagland. The Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For information about cost and restrictions, and to schedule an appointment, call 483-1847. Or, visit francinesfriends.org. Encourage, Empower and Enjoy the Autism Spectrum. Easter Seals Arc, 4919 Projects Drive, Fort Wayne. 7-8:30 p.m. Parents, grandparents, teachers, professionals and others wanting to learn more about autism are welcome. Topics vary monthly. For more information, contact Susan Crowell at eeeautismspectrum@yahoo.com or call 637-4409. Born to Read Babies and Books. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and activities for babies and their caregivers. PAWS to read. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 6:30 p.m. Stop by and read to the PAWS dogs, Mason and Martha.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Common Bond Breakfast Benefit. Ceruti’s Banquet and Event Center, I-69 and Illinois Road. Erin’s House for Grieving Children will host Gretchen Holt-Witt as its 2013 Common Bond Breakfast speaker. Doors open at 7:30 a.m.; breakfast served at 8 a.m. Guests at the event are asked to make a $75 donation to Erin’s House. Anyone interested in being a corporate table sponsor, a table captain, or in attending the breakfast, should contact Erin’s House for Grieving Children at 423-2466 or visit erinshouse.org. Baby Steps Toddler Time. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories, games and songs for your toddler. Twitter for the Absolute Novice. Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 826 Ewing St. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring your laptop or tablet to this Lunch ‘n Learn program. Director of Communications Jon Swerens
Haven. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Rummage sale benefits church projects. Look for the $2 bag sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 19. AARP discussion. Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, 555 E. Wayne St. 2 p.m. Allen County Chapter 187 invites members and the public to hear Gail Cousino, marketing representative from Visiting Nurse, speak about that agency and the Hospice and Palliative Care services it provides. McMillen Health Lecture Series: Distracted Driving. McMillen Center for Health Education, 600 Jim Kelley Blvd.. 6 p.m. A recent study revealed that 84 percent of people don’t think they could be without their phone for just one day, suggesting we might be addicted. Driving is the most dangerous thing we teach our children to do. Presented by Parkview Don’t Text and Drive and Sprint. TEDx speaker and therapist Miles Nitz explains how our brain works and offers strategies to help keep your kids safe. Cost: $5. For more info, go to mcmillencenter.org. Anonymous By Adoption. Parkview Main Campus, 2109 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Support group for adoptees, adoptive parents, and separated siblings. Call 238-4529 or 744-1518. Barry Manilow concert. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. 7:30 p.m. Singer and composer Barry Manilow, a winner of a Grammy award, two Emmy awards, a Tony award and an Oscar nomination, performs one show. Ticket prices range from $9.99 to $129.99. Buy tickets at the Coliseum box office, through Ticketmaster, online at manilow.com, or by phone at (800) 745-3000. Smart Start Storytime. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories activities and crafts for your preschooler.
FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Spring rummage sale. Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 800 Green St., New Haven. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rummage sale benefits church projects. Sale ends today with a $2 bag sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Spring rummage sale. St. Louis Besancon Hall, 15535 E. Lincoln Highway, New Haven. 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Items for sale include children’s and infant clothing, men’s and women’s clothing, books, accessories for the home, books, toys and more. There will also be a bake sale of fresh, homemade treats and desserts. Fill-a-bag for $4 begins at 3 p.m. Friday. On Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, it will be fill-a-bag for $2. This is one of the main fundraisers for Saint Louis Academy. Donated items can be dropped off at the parish hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 18. CASA Palooza. Mid-America Windmill Museum, Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville. 6 p.m. Some of the area’s best food and beverages. Fundraiser will help Court Appointed Special Advocates as they help the children of northeast Indiana. More information: 636-6101, neincasa.net.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Focus On Health. New Haven High School, 1300 Green Road, New Haven. 8 a.m. to noon. East Allen County Schools Wellness Advisory Council and Emanuel Lutheran Church sponsor this low-cost, informative health fair with guidance from Midwest Alliance for Health Education’s Focus on Health team. Blood testing: Chem 17, thyroid stimulating hormone, prostate specific antigen, A1C and Vitamin D. Hearing, balance and bone-density testing, vision screening, and info from pharmacist/diabetes educator. For more information, call Wendy Walker at 446-0100, ext. 3321, or email wwalker@eacs.k12.in.us. Ladies Guild Rummage & Bake Sale. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m. to noon. Items for sale include ladies, men’s and children’s clothing, household items and toys. Baked items will also be for sale. Spring rummage sale. St. Louis Besancon Hall, 15535 E. Lincoln Highway, New Haven. 9 a.m. to noon. Items for sale include children’s and infant clothing, men’s and women’s clothing, books, accessories for the home, books, toys and more. There will also be a bake sale of fresh, homemade treats and desserts. Saturday features fill-a-bag for $2. This is one of the main fundraisers for Saint Louis Academy. Third House Forum. Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 826 Ewing St. 10 a.m. to noon. Hear the Northeast Indiana legislative delegation report on their activity at the Statehouse. Free. Registration not required. Northrop BOP alumni gala. Elegant Occasions, 14722 Lima Road. 6-11
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FRIDAY, MAY 3 and SATURDAY, MAY 4 Settlers Inc. annual plant sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Historic Swinney Homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd. In conjunction with Swinney Homestead open house. Flat-grown herbs in the basement, garden diggings outside, bake sale, music by Hearthstone Ensemble, refreshments, Settlers Inc. memberships. Parking by tennis courts. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, May 3. Second-day plant sale. Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m.-noon. Flat-grown annual and perennial herbs, diggings from Settlers' gardens. For more information, call (260) 637-8622, or visit settlersinc.org.
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MONDAY, APRIL 22 Tree Triage horticulture workshop. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Purdue Horticulture Extension Educator Ricky Kemery presents another in a series of seminars. Born to Read Babies and Books. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and activities for babies and their caregivers. PAWS to read. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 6:30 p.m. Stop by and read to the PAWS dogs, Mason and Martha.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Tapestry Day for Women. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sissy Spacek will be keynote speaker at “Tapestry A Day For You.” A day of inspiration, renewal and education for women of all ages while raising funds for women’s scholarships at IPFW. To register or for more info contact: tapestry@ipfw.edu; call 481-6854 or visit ipfw.edu/tapestry. Leo United Methodist Women Rummage, Plant & Bake Sale. Leo United Methodist Church, S.R. 1, Leo. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come, shop and buy to support UMW missions. “Fiddler on the Roof.” Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. The community is invited to Bishop Luers’ spring musical. Cost: $10. Call 456-1261, ext. 3114 for tickets.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 “Fiddler on the Roof.” Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. The community is invited to Bishop Luers’ spring musical. Cost: $10. Call 456-1261, ext. 3114 for tickets.
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Art exhibit opening. Country Shops of Grabill, 13756 State St., Grabill. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art opening at Grabill Gallery, featuring the paintings of Tom Sommers, who took up painting after retirement. Fruit tree workshop. Allen County Extension Office on the IPFW Campus, 4001 Crescent Ave. 10:30 a.m. Purdue Horticulture Extension Educator Ricky Kemery will present a program on growing and caring for fruit trees. Topics will include the selection and care of apples, peaches, pears and plum trees. RSVP by calling (260) 481-6826.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28 “Fiddler on the Roof.” Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road. 2 p.m. The community is invited to Bishop Luers’ spring musical. Cost: $10. Call 456-1261, ext. 3114, for tickets. PAWS to read. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane. 6:30 p.m. Stop by and read to the PAWS dogs, Mason and Martha.
MONDAY, APRIL 29 Tree Triage horticulture workshop. Allen County Public Library - Dupont
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