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Popular attractions from years past will return for the 2014 Allen County Fair, which runs July 22-27. Fireworks will be set off at dusk on opening night Tuesday. A parade will wind through the fairgrounds at 7 p.m. that same evening. “And another thing that used to be a fan favorite that we haven’t had in a few years is the donkey race. It’s very comical,” said Michelle Love, the Fairgrounds Board secretary, who also directs the fair queen pageant and updates the schedule on the website. Fairgrounds Board President and fair co-chairman Jerry Hammond agreed that the donkey races have been missing too long. “It’s been years,” Hammond said. But the races will return at 8 p.m. Thursday, as will a popular addition to the 2013 fair. Hot-air balloons will lift off from near
Celebrity chef Christine Ha will help judge the efforts of four local home chefs during a benefit for The League for the Blind & Disabled. Ha, the winner of Fox network’s “MasterChef” Season 3, will preside over “Cooking Blind with Master Chef Christine Ha” starting at noon Sunday, Sept. 7, at IPFW. Tickets are on sale for $45. Visit ipfw.edu/tickets or call 481-6555. Ha battled the clock and coped with her blindness during the televised contest in which judges sorted through 18 contestants between the third episode and the 20th episode and season finale’ on Sept. 10, 2012. Fort Wayne home chef Natalie Eggeman was among the loyal audience. “So many of us watch these episodes and we kind of daydream about what it would be like to compete,” said Eggeman,
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the fairgrounds in the evening, and will return for a balloon glow about dusk. “That went over really well,” Hammond said. The fair board hopes for a repeat of another feature of the 2013 fair — the crowd. “Attendance was great last year. Of course
we had probably some of the best weather we’ve ever had,” Hammond said. “It was warm and sunny and nice, but it wasn’t 90 or a hundred. It was one of those picture perfect years, and it would be great if we could do that again. But you get what you get and you go with
Family helps young skiers build skills for competition By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Anya Elizondo, then an eighth-grader at Woodside Middle School, skis the Super G, which can reach speeds of 65 mph.
working toward other opportunities. “I think they both still have a long-term goal of making the U.S. Ski Team,” James said. The family realizes that “those are long shots,” in James’ words. Still, the effort continues. Both Anya and Aiden look forward to skiiing in college. “It’s a late maturing sport,” James said.
Older brother Emmett, who recently graduated from Homestead, coaches at Holiday Valley Resort in western New York state. Emmett also raced until he was about 13 or 14, his father said. Emmett plans to attend the University of Colorado. “He will just enjoy skiing from this time on,” See SKIIERS, Page A8
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Winter means skiing for the Elizondo family of Aboite Township. So does summer. Anya Elizondo, who just completed eighth grade at Woodside Middle School, is spending three weeks in Mount Hood, Oregon, at a summer camp led by Olympic Gold medalist Ted Ligety and Olympic Silver medalist Andrew Weibrecht. She also is working with World Cup technical coaches. Aiden Elizondo, who just completed his junior year at Homestead High School, is a counselor at the Ligety-Weibrecht ski camp. He is recovering from a knee injury, which required surgery. The children of James and Mary Ellen Elizondo have placed well in national and international competitions and are
it.” Hammond, who has been part of the fairgrounds board for about 20 years, said attendance had been hovering around the 25,000 mark for the past eight years. With last year’s Blue Ribbon See FAIR, Page A6
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the League board member who suggested the local event and arranged for Ha’s visit. “She’s just a neat person, and there are some people you root for,” Eggeman said. “She was never a back-stabber. She seemed to care about the other competitors, but she also had the drive to win.” Ha has written a book and is busy with her own TV show and celebrity cooking events, but Eggeman said Ha embraced the Fort Wayne invitation. “She’s very See CHEF, Page A15
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Pageant to pick Miss Allen County 2014 By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Allen County Fair queens from years past will have another moment on stage to celebrate the 25th year of the Allen County Fairgrounds. The pageant will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Carroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $5, with children 5 and under admitted free. “We’re trying to do a lot of different things to celebrate,� said Michelle Love, who is not only the pageant director but the fairgrounds board secretary. “So this year we’re trying to get as many past queens as possible to join us again.� That number will include two former Miss Allen County and Miss
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Morgen Figel, Miss Allen County Fair 2013, will perform a solo dance at the 2014 pageant.
Indiana State Fair queens, who have been conďŹ rmed as judges. Contestants must be age 16 to 21, Love said. That age range conforms to the rules for the Miss Indiana State Fair pageant. Sign-ups are about on track with last year, with 15 to 18 girls expected to participate. The
Little Miss Allen County Fair hopefuls will be introduced at the queen pageant.
winner will represent Allen County at the Miss Indiana State Fair Queen pageant in January 2015. The January pageant represents a major change for the state title, said Love, who is a former Miss Allen County and a third runner-up at the state pageant. “It gives the county fair queens more time to prepare,� she said. “A lot of times they’re crowned and a couple weeks later they have to go to the state fair, and so this all happens really fast.� “Some girls are having
problems just entering college and missing orientation,â€? she said. Love said the new state pageant date is a good change. At the county level, contestants compete in four categories: interview, professional wear, evening wear, and on-stage question. The 2014 queen will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship and her ďŹ rst runner-up a $450 scholarship. The queen and her court will win prizes such as Vera Bradley handbags, jewelry, and more. And of course each will
wear a tiara and a sash as she hands out trophies at livestock shows and other events during the Allen County Fair, July 22-27. The county pageant also will serve to introduce contestants for the Little Miss Allen County Fair program. Girls ages 2 to 15 will compete in three age groups. That event is a fundraiser for the fair. The winners will be crowned at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24. There are no residency requirements. Contestants’ parents should contact Love, who will email a registration form. “Every girl walks away with a prize package and every girl gets a crown,� she said. “It’s pretty much for fun and to introduce them to pageants.� Morgen Figel, who last year was crowned Miss Allen County 2013, will return for the local pageant. She will perform a solo dance number for the July 20 audience. Figel recently was elected presi-
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Hammer said the festival board had revalued the cost of the title sponsorship, and when it was offered to Fort Wayne Newspapers, it declined. “The festival has grown, and to continue to grow we had to revalue some things that were undervalued, we believe,” Hammer said. Hanning & Bean CEO Bill Bean said he met with Hammer and asked what he could do to help. The result: the development company made a three-year, $300,000 commitment to the festival. Bean felt it was time to join the rebuilding effort Hammer had started when he took over as executive director in 2010, saying the festival had become endangered through financial and management issues. Bean’s company is a principal developer of the $98-million Ash Brokerage Corp. headquarters and residential project downtown. “We took a step back-
ward as far as the quality of the entertainment and some of the other activities,” Bean said of the festival. Bean contributed to the festival last year along with fellow entrepreneur Bruce Dye, who owns the local Brigadoon family of companies, including Hotel Fitness, which helped revive the river raft race last year. Hotel Fitness is sponsoring the event again this year, with a new twist. Participants will compete for $14,000 worth of prize money. In an emailed statement, Dye said sponsoring the raft race was a natural choice for Hotel Fitness. “Our participation in the festival, and more specifically the raft race, is about supporting events that showcase the terrific people, places and many assets of our community,” he said. “The raft race was missing for many years, and we jumped at the chance to help bring it back, especially as we seek opportunities to further develop and utilize the downtown riverfront.” Another relatively new festival partner is Ash Brokerage, which is serving as a top sponsor See BASH, Page A5
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BASH from Page A4 of the festival’s concert series. This year’s lineup is set to start off with a bang, featuring several nationally known acts: Cheap Trick and four ’90s bands, Blues Traveler, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth and Uncle Kracker, that together are performing for the “Under the Sun” tour. The rest of the concert series will include a mix of local, regional and a couple other national acts each day of the festival. Hammer said Cheap Trick and “Under the Sun” bands each cost three times more to produce this year than what he spent on shows during his first two years as festival director. How was he able to do that? “I got money! I have money coming in and I have commitments to be able to do this,” he said.
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Attendees at the 2013 Three Rivers Festival in downtown Fort Wayne line up along the Wells Street pedestrian bridge to watch the river raft race.
Hammer said the Three Rivers Festival made money in 2010 and 2011, lost money in 2012, and rebounded last year to finish up by about $100,000. As a nonprofit group, the TRF puts the proceeds back into the festival. Hammer credited generous sponsorships for helping fund events and keeping concert ticket prices low. Fans of Cheap
Trick and the “Under the Sun” bands can expect to pay about $25 a ticket. Tickets for those shows at other venues nationwide this summer, according to StubHub.com, are going for twice or three times as much. “Because of people like Vera Bradley, Meijer, Ash, Hanning & Bean, I’m able to keep those ticket prices at about half of what other people
charge for shows,” Hammer said. “We really try to be a community festival with our prices, hold the prices down and then offer something that’s a wide range.” Other sponsors are able to ensure several attractions are free. Lutheran Health Network will once again serve as the title sponsor for the kickoff parade. Steel Dynamics Inc. will provide free pontoon river rides the first few days of the festival. And PNC Bank, along with Parkview Health and others, will hold the popular two-day Children’s Fest at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Though Hammer has had success lining up festival sponsors this year, he said businesses and organizations aren’t exactly lining up with bags of cash. “No one here gets rich,” he said. “We’re doing
everything we can to be able to put as much of it into programming as possible to do what we’re meant to do: create a community festival.” He said he has to work hard to obtain support and to develop partnerships. He knows many companies can’t or won’t participate because of tight budgets or other factors. But when he has the opportunity to meet with potential new sponsors, he said he tries not to approach the situation as a salesman. Instead, he strives to listen to their thoughts about downtown and whether they
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weather, the gate was 34,000. There were other factors to consider, he said. “We went with a different promoter and we had a lot more things for people to see, more commercial people in.” The 2014 fair logo celebrates 25 years. “The actual county fair does have a longer history than that,” said Love, explaining that the fairgrounds opened in 1990. “Before that the fair was housed at the Coliseum and various other places. Allen County was actually one of the last counties in Indiana to build a fairground.” “We have a lot of special events. We have something almost every single night,” Love said. That includes pig wrestling Wednesday night, the 4x4 truck pull Friday night, the demolition
Tuesday-Sunday, July 22-27 Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road Full food court, carnival rides, animal shows, 4-H activities and more. General admission is $5 daily, with children 5 and under admitted free. Some events have an additional admission fee. Sunday is Discount Day, with a $2 discount on admission with the donation of a non-perishable food item to Fairs Care, and $1 carnival rides. Find the Allen County Fair schedule and registration information at theallencountyfair.com or visit allencountyfairgroundsin.com and follow the link to the fair schedule.
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The Allen County Fair again will include the demolition derby and other county fair staples. See the derby at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in the pull strip. Adult admission is $7.
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there will benefit from it,” Hammond said. Friday night features the truck pull. “That’s also our Oldies night and our car show in front of the fairgrounds, around the activities stage,” he said. Biff and the Cruisers will entertain. Anyone is welcome to show a car, but most of the cars will be from the ’70s or ’80s or older. Even the midway will be larger. “There will be in the neighborhood of 15 or 18 rides, which is probably double what we had these last two years,” he said. “We’re hoping that’s
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Community groups support county fair with homestyle meals By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Corn dogs and fries or beef and noodles? Allen County Fair visitors have a choice to make. For many, the hand-held midway menu wins out. Other fairgoers prefer the homestyle menu and a chair at a table in the Home & Family Arts Building. “That’s where people go when it’s really hot outside, because it’s air-conditioned,â€? said Cindy Jackson, a fair coordinator. And it can get pretty hot outside. After all, it’s July in Indiana. Familiar local service groups prepare and serve the meals. Each group makes a proďŹ t and donates part of the money back to the fair. “Basically they are returning service groups that we’ve had for a number of years,â€? said Jackson, who also serves as grounds manager. The groups serve their trademark menus one evening of the fair. Serving begins at about 5 p.m., and continues until the food is gone, which usually is before 7. Each group sets its price. Jackson said meals cost from about $6 to perhaps $10. Jackson said Huntertown Masonic Lodge No. 689 also has a loyal clientele at a concession trailer near the pull strip, serving spectators at the demolition derby and other grandstand events. Visitors can get their ďŹ ll of midway food on the fair’s opening night, Tuesday, July 22. The inside dining option is available Wednesday through Saturday. Midway vendors and the fair itself close at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26. Meals at the Home & Family Arts Building: Wednesday evening, July 23, a pork dinner served by Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. Thursday evening, July 24, a chicken dinner served by Agape Church of the Brethren. Friday evening, July 25, a ďŹ sh fry served by the Huntertown Lions Club. 7-10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, a pancake breakfast served by the Cedar Creek Lions Club. Saturday evening, July 26, beef and noodles, served by Huntertown VFW Post 11314.
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SKIERS from Page A1 James said. The two younger racers withdraw from Southwest Allen County Schools from winter through spring break, and study where they train and race. “I stay here in Fort Wayne and drive on weekends to western New York,� James said. They bought a second home, where Mary Ellen lives with the racers during the ski season. “It gives them a little bit of a jump,� James said. “The older ones ski all over the East through the winter.� Aiden takes his classes online. Anya also will take her high school classes online after being home-schooled in middle school. They train on the snow from 9 a.m. until noon, have lunch, study, and then train again in the evening. Anya represented the United States in the United States Ski and Snowboard Association U14 Can-Ams in Sugarloaf, Maine, in April. Her season started last September when she was selected to join 19 other female athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Other honors continued through the winter and spring. She was placed on the United States team for the USSA U14 Can-Am Championships in Sugarloaf. These races paired the top 30 girls from the Rocky
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Aiden Elizondo heads downhill in an international competition. He will be a senior at Homestead High School in the fall.
Mountain, Central and Eastern divisions of USSA against the top 30 girls from Canada’s Eastern three provinces. Anya placed 16th overall, including ďŹ rst among the New York girls and eighth among the U.S. girls. Her brother Aiden placed 12th in the International Ski Federation slalom race in December in Sugarbush, Vt. He competed against racers from the United States, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan and Switzerland. He continued racing until a season-ending knee injury on Jan. 3. Based on early season results, he was one of 15 U.S. athletes invited to compete in the Canadian U18 National Championships. Having recovered from knee surgery, he sustained a shoulder injury in a race
and also re-injured the knee, requiring a second surgery. James started racing in college. Mary Ellen took up skiing after they were married. The kids caught the skiing bug early, James said. “That wasn’t the intent originally, but once it got started we moved operations east to provide more opportunity for them.� “And as the kids got stronger and more competitive, we chose to give them the opportunity to train daily. And we were pleased that we had the opportunity to do that,� James said. James is president of the Holiday Valley Race Team parents association. Mary Ellen works with sponsors. Emmett manages the website. For more information on that team, and more racing results, visit hvskiteam. com.
Three stores to give backpacks Three Fort Wayne locations of The Cellular Connection will give away backpacks and school supplies as part of a national campaign. More than 350 participating TCC stores across the United States invite families to bring their children to the stores between noon and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, to pick up a backpack ďŹ lled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, glue and more. One backpack per child present will be given away on a ďŹ rst-come, ďŹ rst-served basis while supplies last. The participating stores in Fort Wayne are at 6404 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite A; 10132 Maysville Road; and 5956 Stellhorn Road, Suite C. Each participating TCC store will donate
between 75 and 300 backpacks. All leftover backpacks will be donated to local schools. The Cellular Connection, a Verizon premium wireless retailer, will donate 100,000 backpacks nationwide through its School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. Last year, the company donated 60,000 backpacks. In 2013, the National Retail Federation predicted the average person with children in grades K-12 would spend $86 on school supplies such as notebooks, pencils and backpacks. More information about the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative is available on YouTube.
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David and Cecilia Mabee of Fort Wayne check out a vintage truck at the Emmaus Lutheran Church car show. More than 35 antique vehicles were exhibited at the event. The Covington Road church also sold out of chicken dinners.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s set
The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Indiana-Fort Wayne office will hold the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Headwaters Park. Registration will begin at noon, and opening ceremonies at 1 p.m., and the walk will step off at 1:30 p.m. “We hope to have over 1,500 walkers and raise over $215,000 to support programs for individuals and families dealing with a diagnosis
of Alzheimer’s and for research to treat and prevent the disease,” the association said in a news release. For more information, contact Julie Tutwiler at (800) 272-3900 or jtutwiler@alz.org. Register by visiting alz. org. In a fact sheet, the association noted: • Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. • More than 5 million
Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. • One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or related dementia. • In 2012, 15.4 million caregivers provided more than 17.5 billion hours of unpaid care valued at $216 billion. • In 2013, the direct costs of caring for those with Alzheimer’s totaled an estimated $203 billion. That number is expected to rise to $1.2 trillion by 2050.
Publication honors millennials Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly is seeking nominations for outstanding representatives of the millennial generation. Nominations will be accepted through July 25 for northeast Indiana residents age 18-33 who are making significant contributions in their workplace or school and in their community. The editorial board will choose the top 20 to be featured in a special publication inserted into the Aug. 29-Sept. 4 edition of Business Weekly. Submit nominations to fwbusiness.com. “We want to draw attention to this talented group of industrious individ-
uals and help local businesses better understand and appreciate their unique perspectives about business and being a part of their community,” said Terry Ward, COO of KPC Media Group, which publishes Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. “The millennial generation, ranging in age right now from 18 to 33, are far different from their parents’ generation,” he said. “The way they work, play, their politics, loyalties, community involvement, and optimism about the future drive them in ways unmatched by any other generation.”
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Hospital seeks police with ‘a heart for service’ By Peter Ambrose
Northeast Indiana will see a brand-new police agency begin operations in the coming weeks. Not one that serves a community or county, but one sworn to speciďŹ cally protect Parkview Health. The nonproďŹ t health system is forming its own police department in an effort to provide a higher level of security at Parkview’s hospitals in the region. But unlike traditional police forces, law enforcement would only be a small part of the overall mission for these police ofďŹ cers.
service to others above all else?’â€? he said. “It’s really a unique blend to ďŹ nd the right person for these roles.â€? The screening process for Parkview ofďŹ cer candidates is similar to the Fort Wayne Police Department’s, including background investigations and psychological evaluations. The candidates also face evaluation by two separate interview panels, one composed of Parkview security ofďŹ cials and the other made up of hospital leaders. The new ofďŹ cers will join Parkview’s staff of approximately 90 security personnel, though with one key difference: The ofďŹ cers will be armed, hence the careful scrutiny and training. He feels having such an armed force for the health network can mitigate trouble at the facilities by stopping altercations or crimes. The ofďŹ cers are authorized to make arrests and transport suspects to local jails. They’ll also be ready to face serious and potentially violent emergencies, such as the possibility of a gunman attacking one of the hospital campuses.
“It’s almost like we hope they never have to step into that police role, that they can just perform the service end of the job for all the time.� — Tom Rhoades, Parkview Health director of security
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their job is going to be customer service and providing a safe and secure environment for the patients, the visitors and all the co-workers.â€? He plans to have 22 sworn ofďŹ cers in the department when it’s fully implemented. They would be dispersed among the Parkview Regional Medical Center campus off Dupont Road, Parkview Hospital Randallia, and the four community hospitals in
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Shannon Berry will become a lieutenant stationed at Parkview Regional Medical Center as part of Parkview Health’s new police department.
“If something rises to the level that we need to take action, we would, and they would be certiďŹ ed and trained to do
that,â€? said Tom Rhoades, Parkview’s director of security and a chief architect of the initiative. “Ninety-ďŹ ve percent of
Huntington, Kendallville, Columbia City and LaGrange. A deputy chief will oversee each of the sites. He said some of the new ofďŹ cers are already certiďŹ ed, while others have to undergo training at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in PlainďŹ eld. The hiring process is moving a little slower than Rhoades would like. He had hoped to be done by April, but he said it was important to be deliberate and ďŹ nd the right people for the job. Rhodes is looking for candidates with law-enforcement experience and training, CPR training and important personality qualities allowing them to balance police duties with working in a health-care environment that requires good interpersonal skills. “With every police ofďŹ cer, you’re looking for good moral character, integrity, honesty. But beyond that, we’re digging into, ‘What kind of heart do you have? Do you have a heart for
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Fireworks sales ignite Mayor’s youth council issues call after two slow seasons Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry is seeking applicants for his Mayor’s Youth Engagement Council for the 2014-15 school year. The council’s vision is to be a servicelearning group of youth members. The members provide a voice for the youth of Fort Wayne to local government by engaging their peers, creating innovative solutions, and working on projects. The program also includes panel discussions, guest speakers, and the opportunity to be involved in a special event. Applications will be accepted through
By Doug LeDuc dleduc@kpcnews.com
After fizzling for a couple of years, Fort Wayne-area fireworks retailers report their sales finally are ready to start popping again. BJ’s Boomtown Fireworks, for example, served four groups of customers who wandered in during its first hour and a half of operation this year after the popup store opened without any fanfare at 5 p.m. June 20 at 6028 Stellhorn Road. Other than a banner sign hanging over the front door, “that’s pretty much without any advertising,” said Matt Kline, the manager. One of the first customers of the season said he stopped there during a visit to Fort Wayne because he loved to celebrate Independence Day, and Boomtown was next to a tobacco shop he liked to frequent. The owner of the business, Brandon Heller, has other fireworks retailing locations in town, and they all were expecting to do about 20 percent more in sales than last year “because the economy’s a little better and the weather’s not too ungodly hot, either,” Kline said.
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B.J.’s Boomtown Fireworks manager Matt Kline stands next to some popular 2-inch mortar fireworks.
This year, “they’ll be out enjoying the Fourth,” he predicted. “Nobody wants to sit outside when it’s 100 degrees out.” It was a different story in 2012, when Allen County took measures to counter the fire risk to lives and property posed by severe dry weather. The Allen County Fire Chiefs Association at that time reported a drought was stretching firefighting personnel and resources to their operational limits.
An emergency proclamation the county issued in mid-June that year banned camp fires and bonfires, and forbade igniting fireworks, discarding unextinguished smoking materials and burning trash, construction or organic debris. Even noncommercial barbecue grills couldn’t be used if they exceeded 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet in height. Laurie Beaverson, See FIREWORKS, Page A12
July 21 and are available at cityoffortwayne.org/myec.html. An applicant must be a city resident and enrolled as a sophomore, junior or senior for the 2014-15 school year. Each application must include a completed application form from the website. Finalists must take part in an in-person interview in July or August. Space on the council is limited and is a one-year commitment. For more information, contact Karen L. Richards at karen.richards@cityoffortwayne.org.
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FIREWORKS from Page A11 who has been a Phantom Fireworks store manager for 24 years, said she arrived in Fort Wayne to manage the Phantom store at 1630 Northland Blvd., off Lima Road, just in time to see the emergency proclamation extinguish the business it usually did around Independence Day. “Sales were at their all-time low that year,” she said. “Last year, everyone that purchased the fireworks and didn’t get to shoot their fireworks had held on to them, and so sales were still low, but not as bad
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as the previous year. For the most part, customers would come in and say they only needed a few to top off (what they already had). “This year, they don’t have any inventory at home, so everyone is buying fireworks for their backyard shows,” Beaverson said. “Sales are up, and it looks like it’s going to be a pretty decent year for the fireworks industry.” The store is part of a chain of 69 fireworks showrooms Youngstown, Ohio-based B.J. Alan Co. operates year-round in 16 states along with 1,400 temporary fireworks venues the company oper-
ates in 16 other states. B.J. Alan is an importer, distributor and retailer of consumer fireworks, which in addition to the Phantom chain, supplies fireworks products to a number of big-box retailing chains. William Weimer, vice president and general counsel for the company, said this is a year of resurgence for the industry following flat sales at best in 2013. Figures from the American Pyrotechnics Association show U.S. fireworks consumption peaked during the last decade at 281.5 million pounds in 2005, and then was hammered down
steadily each year by the recession and slow recovery to 205.9 million pounds in 2010. There was an uptick in 2011, but the following year national fireworks consumption came back down to 207. 5 million pounds, and last year the decline continued to 186.4 million pounds. For B.J. Alan, seasonal fireworks sales are in the range of 6 percent or 7 percent above last year, and “as we talk to people we know who sell the product and other people in the industry, that seems to be the trend,” Weimer said. “If the weather holds out, we anticipate a pretty strong season.”
Neighborhoods Association to hold quarterly meeting The Allen County Neighborhoods Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. The quarterly meeting will be held in the Omni Room, in the lower level of Citizens Square, 200 E. Berry St. Organizers said the meeting will end promptly at 8:30 p.m. Topics will include: fiscal accountability, meeting structure, how city and county departments can assist the neighborhood, increasing the number of volunteers actively participating in the neighborhood and resolving conflicts. Representatives from neighborhoods in all areas of the city and county will serve on the panel, along with Palermo Galindo, community liaison from the mayor’s office of citizen services. As always there will be free parking on the north side of the building off Berry Street. The entrance closest to the meeting room is at the northwest corner near Clinton Street.
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Ambitious runners get a hand with training By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Runners of different ages and abilities are chasing their individual goals toward the Fort4Fitness ďŹ nish line. In separate programs, Fleet Feet Sports and Human Motor Works are assisting those runners. Kevin Croy, of Fleet Feet Sports, said the love of running will ensure a path to ďŹ tness over a lifetime. “There are team sports,â€? Croy said in an interview. “But when I was a kid you signed up for football and you got to go in,â€? he said, adding that today’s larger schools no longer can guarantee that everyone who suits up gets to play. Individual running provides that guarantee, he said. “It’s something you can carry into adulthood and something you can do on your own.â€? Croy operates Fleet Feet Sports in The Village at Coventry. He is working with children and adults to prepare for the seventh annual Fort4Fitness Fall Festival, Sept. 26 and 27 at Parkview Field. Events include a half-marathon, a 10K, a 4-mile run/ walk, a kids marathon, and a seniors marathon. A festival expo will promote healthy living and ďŹ tness. For details, visit fort4ďŹ t-
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Runners who succeed in the introductory ďŹ tness program through Fleet Feet Sports advance to No Boundaries II, and train for the Fort4Fitness 10K.
ness.org. Through Fleet Feet, adults have begun training for the half-marathon. The Mini Milers program for ages 6-12 also is under way. Maggie Croy, Kevin’s daughter, teaches that free program each Tuesday. “I typically take them out for a warmup run. We focus on something different every week,â€? she said. “There’s no registration. It’s a free program. Just call us.â€? A third program is training runners for the 10k. Late registration continues through July 7. A fourth program will help train runners for the 5k. Informational sessions will be held July 9 and 16, with training beginning July 26. Contact Kevin or Maggie at 432-3270 for details or to register. Get more information at eetfeetfortwayne.com. Down Jefferson Boule-
“We have sales reps come out at times to the running group, and it gives them an opportunity to try out new shoes and other new things,� he added. Human Motor Works is at 6374 W. Jefferson Blvd. Contact Smith at 203-4005, or email him at tyler@humanmotorworks. com. For details, visit the
Facebook page. Maggie Croy, of Fleet Feet, said the No Boundaries program for adults is more than just running. “It also includes coaching and mentoring,� she said. “We talk about training, recovery, eating.� The group meets once a week, and members run together twice a week and run on their own throughout the
week. Kevin said the adult programs began with the Couch to 5K program. “A lot of people have come out of the programs wanting to continue running,� he said. “And at some point you have to tell them ‘You’re no longer a beginner and you kind of intimidate the beginners.’ �
vard at Covington Plaza, Human Motor Works also is coaching runners this summer. The sporting goods shop supports a group of running enthusiasts each Tuesday evening at the Jorgenson Family YMCA Branch. The average attendance is 15 to 20 runners, said Tyler Smith, the sales manager at Human Motor Works. “The majority of the people involved are going to be doing one of the distances at the Fort4Fitness,� Smith said. “We have a wide variety of people, from those who do a 7-minute mile to those who do the run/walk.� Meetings will continue through the summer. There is no charge. “We’re just promoting healthy lifestyle and healthy activity in the city,� said Smith, who is the primary organizer of the program.
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Women Must Know What to Expect from Social Security Everyone needs to be aware of the financial resources they will have available in retirement. But if you’re a woman, you must be particularly diligent, for a variety of reasons. And that means you’ll need to know just what to expect from Social Security. Why should you, as a woman, pay extra attention to Social Security? For one thing, women often take time off from their careers to care for children and older parents, so they may accumulate less money in employer-sponsored retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans. And women still live several years longer than men, according to the Census Bureau. Clearly, then, you need to get the most you can from Social Security. To do so, you will need to consider at least three key factors:
ĂŠĂŠĂŠUĂŠ }i — You can start taking retirement benefits as early as 62, but your benefits may be reduced by up to 30% unless you wait until your “full retirement age,â€? which is likely 66 or 67. If you delay taking benefits until 70, your monthly benefits may be up to a third larger than if you started collecting Social Security at your full retirement age. You’ll need to weigh a variety of factors — such as family longevity, income from employer-sponsored retirement plans and your anticipated financial needs — in determining when you should start taking Social Security. ĂŠUĂŠ “Â?ÂœĂžÂ“iÂ˜ĂŒ — If you work while receiving Social Security benefits before you reach full retirement age, your benefits will be reduced by $1 for every $2 you earn over an annual limit,
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“The youth services program here is probably one of the closest to my own heart,â€? said David Nelson, president and CEO of the League for the Blind & Disabled. “When you can inuence how kids develop, you’ve got a pretty good shot at having an impact,â€? he said. The League is directing income from the Cooking Blind fundraiser to the youth program, which serves clients with significant disabilities, from birth to age 21. “We’re serving kids primarily from low-income families, almost exclusively,â€? he said. “We have very few resources for it, and so we have to subsidize this single
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program to the tune of about $48,000 this year alone.� “This fundraiser helps cover that gap in funding for that program. And that’s pretty common,� Nelson said. In an interview, Nelson
shared his thoughts on the League’s history, its overall mission, and the youth services in particular. “We’re sending kids from low-income families to camps all over the county, taking care
of their fees because the family is not in a real good spot to do that,� he said. “The goal for the camping component is to get the kids out into what other kids are doing. Not segregated programs, not segregated camps — we have lots of those. But kids with disabilities often don’t have the chance to just hang out with kids from their own neighborhood at camp.� Families learn from the experiences of other families, he said. “We’re connecting kids and families with each other. So if those are the experts, they need opportunities to talk to each other,� he said. Nelson applies the client-as-expert philosophy to the League’s overall mission. He has been with the League for 24 years. “And
what’s kept me here is I just like the way this organization sees the world and thinks. It’s different,â€? he said. “I tell people there’s a very thick and rich culture here and it just resonates with me.â€? “Our model is we look at the folks we serve and we understand that those folks are truly the experts in what’s going on, whether you’re deaf or blind or in a wheelchair, you know what life is like and what life needs to be and what needs to change for folks in that situation. Don’t talk to me. They’re the experts. Talk to them,â€? he said. “So here the expert is the people we’re serving, and we’re the help. And I like that. I think that’s the right way to do it.â€? That’s why qualiďŹ ed people with disabilities make up 70 percent of the staff, he said, and why a majority of the board of directors are people with disabilities. He said common attitudes toward those with disabilities range from pity to hero worship, and both are negatives. As an example, he listed the response to a blind person crossing a street. “They learned that skill. They were taught it by highly skilled people. But the fact is people cross streets every day,â€? he said. “So why do we single that out, when
there are so many other things that people who are blind contribute, or people who are deaf can do to contribute, or people who use wheelchairs contribute? Why do we focus on those everyday things that everybody does?� “There are very few things that people with disabilities can’t do with the right knowledge, skills, equipment and training,� Nelson said. The League for the Blind & Disabled traces its history to 1946, when the Community Chest explored the best way to serve the blind. The League was incorporated in 1951. An interim group brought Helen Keller to Fort Wayne in 1948. “Nobody here knew that. We had lost our history,� said Nelson, who took his current position in 1990. “We were moving stuff and cleaning stuff and we found all the original newspaper articles from back in the ’40s and ’50s, in a box in the basement,� he said. “We had lost that. No one even knew we had done that, and we found it in a box in the basement in 1990. And for me it was a treasure, to get that piece of our history back.� For details of the League’s history and services, visit the-league. org.
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org or call 441-0551. Professional chefs must be sponsored. David A. Nelson, the president and CEO of the League, said “Cooking Blind” has a dual purpose. “It is a fundraising event for us, but when we do events we also like to showcase our values,” Nelson said. “And here we believe of course that the people we serve are capable of just about anything. They have a disability; that doesn’t mean they can’t do stuff. And so people like Christine are a good role model, they’re a good example of how we view the people we serve — successful, top of their career.” “Here’s somebody at the top of her world, totally blind, and she ends up winning the MasterChef,” Nelson said. “So this is a fundraiser, but it’s also a chance to showcase the ability of people with disabilities.” Nelson said Eggeman is a home cooking enthusiast. “Evidently this is a big hobby,” he said. “She follows the MasterChef program, she saw Christine work, and it was her idea.” “This is a pretty complicated event to do,” he said. “If you have somebody who’s cooking and you want to sell tickets to it, you can’t just have them onstage cooking and 30 minutes of silence. I mean everybody goes home at that point.” “The professional chefs are not necessarily competing against each other as much as it’s a demonstration,” Nelson said. “They’re going to have to do whatever they do blindfolded. My guess is we’re gonna see a few things you might not see if they weren’t blindfolded.” Ha also will demonstrate her own cooking techniques for the audience. In a news release, the League said Ha lost her vision to neuromyelitis optica, in which a person’s own immune system attacks the optic nerves and the spinal cord. For more information on Ha’s accomplishments since MasterChef, visit theblindcook.com.
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By Garth Snow Fort Wayne native and nationally known theater organist Mark Herman played the inaugural program on a recently restored Wurlitzer-composite theater organ in Wagenhals Hall at Trinity English Lutheran Church. The organ has three manuals (keyboards), 12 ranks (sets) of pipes, and fun bells, drums and whistles. Herman shared the spotlight with Bob Nickerson, a church member described as the guiding force behind the restoration project. Nickerson also played a leading role in the restoration of the Embassy Theatre’s Grand Page organ. Nickerson told the audience that it had long been his goal to acquire a theater organ for Trinity. “Well it’s taken a long time to find one,” he said, “and then once we found one and got it here it had some major problems in
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Mark Herman, left, played the inaugural concert on the restored Wurlitzer-composite theater organ at Trinity English Lutheran Church. Bob Nickerson led the campaign to secure and restore the instrument.
storage.” A leak from a hot water pipe drenched many of the organ’s components being stored in the church basement. Eventually, some replacement pipes and parts were found and incorporated. According to the concert program, “Among the ‘newer’ additions is a set of pipes that
were installed originally at Olympia Stadium in Detroit in or around 1934.” The Trinity organ came from the home of Dr. John and Betty Polsley, of Urbana, Ohio. After their deaths, their son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Steve and Barbara Polsley, donated the organ to the church.
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Kids-friendly Java Mama offers specialty foods, too By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Kim Haweit didn’t want just another coffee shop. So her Java Mama offers a chance for mothers to meet with friends or tap into WiFi while children enjoy a supervised play area. The cafe menu features specialty paninis and cheesecake. The coffee, especially,
had to be special. So Haweit trained with Crazy Sisters Coffee Roasters of Fort Wayne for three months before opening her own shop at 5916 Covington Road. “We’ve had a lot of really good feedback from everyone who comes in, and I’ve been happy with the other local businesses that are coming here for lunch,” Haweit said. Haweit still buys her
coffee from Crazy Sisters, where Cheryl Fry said she was glad to help. “We’re good coffee educators with our customers,” Fry said. “Anyone starting out, we’ll help them get started with coffee, and equipment sometimes.” “I told her I wanted her coffee. It’s great,” Haweit said. “I place my order Monday, they roast Tuesday, and I receive See JAVA, Page B5
Nickerson supervised the mechanical details and sought private funding for the restoration. Scott Smith Pipe Organs of Lansing, Mich., was hired to move and re-install the organ at the church. More than 1,830 electrical connections were required. “Lots of folks See ORGAN, Page B4
It’s a dog’s world — about a hundred feet square. “Everybody’s walking dogs in town, lots of people, but they had no place to run and roam,” said Dan Holmes, the president of the Huntertown Park Foundation. “And we provided a place for them.” Dogs can enjoy the wide open spaces and the canine playground equipment of the new Huntertown dog park while dog owners enjoy the cost: Free. “The first phase of it is finished,” Holmes said. “Our hope is that we can build a second one and then have a division of dogs by weight.” The first phase measures a hundred feet on each side, with a 15-by-20 staging area. “Then you get your doggy bags, etc., and then go into the open area and then it’s off-leash,” Holmes said.
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Vintage cars, music to lure crowds July 19 Classic cars will be “Rolling Into Roanoke” on Saturday, July 19. Cars and entertainment will fill the downtown area from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free. Parking will be available in the park, nearby. “We have food vendors and automotive related vendors. We have different categories of cars,” said Rick Fischer, Rolling Into Roanoke chairman. Oldies music will complement the car displays. The Saturday farmer’s market will be relocated nearby to accommodate the event. Proceeds benefit the Roanoke Beautification Foundation. “We want to make it like the traditional car shows, where they’re basically social
events, instead of these car shows where you just basically bake on the hot asphalt,” said Fischer, the owner of Deco Illusions, 247 N. Main St. “What makes it kind of unique is we have downtown shopping,” he said. “You can bring everybody and the moms can go shopping and the kids can have ice cream.” The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum will bring some cars from Auburn. Some museum board members will bring their own vintage cars. Guests can register to win a 1973 Mustang convertible from Auctions America in Auburn. The car will be given away at the Labor Day weekend auction. “We have quite a few original-condition
cars that have been featured in magazines that are coming down,” Fischer said. “We have unique cars that people are bringing of their own collection, or out of the garage, that are not usually part of car shows. People are very excited about it.” The Roanoke Fire Department has volunteered to help with the parking. Firefighters will have a boot drive to accept donations for the department. Parking will be in the park and outlying areas. Shuttle service will be available for those needing that assistance. “We’ll have a couple of designated areas up close for parking, too,” Fischer said. The vehicle registration deadline was July 1. For more information, visit roll-
ingintoroanoke.com. “We will fill Main Street downtown, the part from Third Street to First Street and all of First Street from High Street to Seminary, and also in the park, so we’ll have a lot of cars lined up on Main Street,” Fischer said. Two E’s Winery will have a wine garden. Fischer said the Roanoke Beautification Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization. “We basically take in resources and apply them to the community — flowers, signage, helping the parks department, sidewalk repairs,” he said. “We have donated to the police and fire departments.” The works reduces the burden on taxpayers, he said.
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show,” venue managers said in a news release. Freddy & The Hot Rods features longtime Fort Wayne area musician Fred Rothert. Rothert was previously lead guitarist for popular country musician Arvel Byrd, and later fronted his own band, Smokin’. The group’s repertoire includes classics from artists including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. The band also often plays a variety of country hits from Nashville stars such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams.
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Chinese language studies build ties Huntington University is continuing to build its relationship with Chinese teachers this summer with English camps and a certiďŹ cation course for teaching English to speakers of other languages. Over the summer, more than 15 Huntington students are helping to lead summer camps and teacher training in China. Also, 10 to 15 Chinese university professors and students will be on campus from July 14 to Aug. 1 for the TESOL certiďŹ cation course. “We have been working with the Education Bureau at the Doumen District of Zhuhai city for the past seven years,â€? said Shoshannah McKinney, associate director of the Institute for TESOL Studies. “We have been there every summer to do teaching training and provide English camps for students from middle school to high school.â€? Partnerships that HU has formed over the years opened the door for students and faculty to expand their training to other cities in China. In the past, they have worked in several districts within Zhuhai but will expand to new areas of the city and to neighboring Zhongshan.
“This summer, we are going to be at Zhuhai No.1 middle school to do an English summer camp, and we will be going to Zhongshan city to do another English teacher training,� McKinney said. Luke Fetters, the director of the Institute for TESOL Studies, will supervise and coordinate the teams. In addition,
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have done lots of things,” he said. Nickerson, of New Haven, also spoke of a friend, Byron Fogt, of Fort Wayne. “Byron had a theater organ in his home, a three-manual instrument,” he said, “and it just so happened that about three, four, five blocks away from him was a young fellow who was very interested in the theater organ, and would come over and practice a great deal, and that young man happens to be Mark Herman.” Nickerson said he heard good reports on Herman before he finally got to hear him play. “Byron had arranged for Mark to play for the Schantz [Organ Co.] people when they were redoing the organ in the nave,” he said. “And I was completely blown away.” Herman was named the American Theatre Organ
Society’s Organist of the Year in 2012, making him the youngest person to receive that honor. He studied classical piano with Christine Freeman of Fort Wayne, and later earned a degree in theater arts/ management from DePaul University in Chicago. He
recently moved to the Los Angeles area, where he is a voicing specialist and tonal consultant for Allen Organs. He performs more than 30 concerts each year. For more information, visit MarkHermanProductions. com.
Organists visit A national organists group will visit Fort Wayne in July to see and hear the city’s theater organs. The American Theatre Organ Society will visit Monday, July 7, on a day trip from the national convention, July 4-9 in Indianapolis. Most of the events are for society members only. In the morning, Dave Wickerham will play the Grand Page organ at the Embassy Theatre, in a program of popular organ music. In the afternoon, Justin Stahl will play the newly restored Wurlitzer-composite theater organ in Wagenhals Hall of Trinity English Lutheran Church. Pierre Fracalanza will present music on the digital, virtual organ at the Baker Street Train Station. At 7 p.m., the ATOS will visit the Embassy again, to hear Walter Strony play the Grand Page to accompany the Buster Keaton silent film “The General.” That program is free and open to the public.
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Luers busy with summer camps Summer camps continue into August at Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road. Camp registration forms are available at bishopluers.org, or call 456-1261. Camps include: Girls basketball camp, July 7-10, 9 a.m.-noon, for grades 1-9. $40. Contact Mark Pixley at mjpixley32@hotmail.com. Volleyball camp, July 7-8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., for grades 4-8. $60. Contact Jay Golsteyn at volleyball@bishopluers.org. Boys basketball camp, July 15-17, 5-8 p.m., for grades 2-8. $40. Contact JJ Foster at jfoster@fwurbanleague.org. Football camp, July 21-24, 6-8 p.m., for
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The Crazy Sisters are still roasting coffee, but it’s all wholesale. The retail shop in the lobby of Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital’s south pavilion has closed. Cheryl Fry and Kyah Harward had sold their special roasts at the hospital for 14 years. “We started in August of 2000 as a retail coffee vendor, and then in 2005 we started another company to do the roasting,” Fry said. “I had always wanted to start a coffee business because I love coffee, and I thought that it would be a good opportunity to learn the business,” she said in an interview during her last week at the counter. Doctors and nurses stopped to wish her well, and to order their favorites. The sisters first opened a coffee cart at the hospital. When Lutheran opened the south pavilion in 2007, the sisters moved to their own counter and service area. Fry is a registered nurse, and worked at Riley Hospital for Children for most of her career. Harward teaches English as a second language. “She developed this allergy to caffeine or coffee,” Fry
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Cheryl Fry prepares a coffee drink at Crazy Sisters in Lutheran Hospital. The retail counter closed in May.
said of her sister. “She can’t be around it, she can’t drink it. She helps with the accounts.” “A lot of people don’t think of coffee as being a perishable commodity but it really is,” Fry said. “The green beans, when you order them, you don’t want them sitting around for more than a year in their raw agricultural state. And after you roast, the peak is about 10 to 14 days for maximum freshness. And we’re all about fresh coffee. We work with our wholesalers to make sure they are not serving stale
coffee.” “Coffee you buy in the grocery store is three months, six months out, and that is not fresh coffee to me,” she said. She said the most popular coffee drink at the retail shop was the carmelita, a mix of espresso, caramel sauce, white chocolate sauce, and steamed milk. The Americano and full espresso also were popular. Even in that final week at the hospital, the stream of customers was as constant as the coffee aroma that greeted visitors at the south door. “I’m gonna miss our customers,” she said. “It was just a really nice group of people to get to know. We’ve liked that. We serve a lot of the doctors, the nurses, the medical offices and patients and visitors.” The sisters continue to roast coffee at 1153 W. Main St. and sell their special brews online. Call them at 435-1300, or read more at crazysisterscoffee. com. Wholesale customers can order regular coffees listed by country of origin. The dark roasts have creative names. “Probably the most popular is our Dark Obsession or the Black Wall,” Fry said.
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PARK from Page B1 one day, at a cost of $150. The park continues to take shape. Parking for about 10 vehicles is available at a stoned-covered area along Woods Road, with a concrete trail leading to the dog park. Visitors should not follow the construction entrance through adjoining private property along Old Lima Road. “So far it’s been well received and everybody’s enjoying it,” Holmes said. Contributions made it all possible. “In fact I got a contribution today from a husky-malamute group that somebody from Fort Wayne contacted, and I don’t know where they’re located but they originated in Littleton, Colo., and they sent us a check for $750,” Holmes said. “They had a silent auction and they thought they were going to raise at least $500, and they ended up raising $750, and we got that check today.” Nutro Co. awarded the Friends of Huntertown Parks a $2,000 grant, through its Room to Run Dog Park Appreciation Project. “Without that the dog park probably would not have gotten done,” said Steve Fortriede, the parks group’s treasurer who applied for the grant. Nutro manufactures several lines of dog food and Greenies brand dental chews and related pet
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A helper turns the hay that still covers much of the Huntertown Community Park. Coordinators said basic playground equipment will be in place within weeks.
products. “From the very beginning, we have been determined to build a park where the whole community can come together, interact, socialize and enjoy the outdoors,” Fortriede said in a Nutro news release. “We now have the opportunity to extend those benefits not only to adults and children, but to our canine friends as well.” The group plans to complete the amphitheatre and other park improvements this season. Tax-deductible contributions are welcome. Mail contributions to: Friends of Huntertown Parks Inc., P.O. Box 142, Huntertown, IN 46748. For further information, call Holmes at 437-8358. “They can call me with any questions on the park, not just the dog park, but on what we’re trying to do in the whole park. It’s going to be a community
park,” Holmes said. The Huntertown Town Council entrusted the 27.5-acre property to the nonprofit group in March 2013. By that summer, trails had been cleared through the woods. The foundation of a three-tier amphitheatre took shape. Picnic tables are in place. With the return of construction-friendly weather, the group completed horseshoe pits and gaga pits. “It’s Israeli dodge ball,” Holmes explained. “And all the schools have them, and they say at recess time they’re all full. Kids just love it.” “In the next week or so we’ll be finishing the amphitheatre,” Holmes said. “We have a milelong walk path now that’s seven feet wide. We have the dog park in. We have one picnic area, a second one will go in here shortly. And then we have two pavilions going up
in the next couple weeks. We’re investigating restrooms, and we’re looking at a baseball diamond, volleyball and basketball. All scheduled in Phase 1, this summer into the fall.” Three entrances lead to 1,486 feet of trails through the woods. About a third of the path is bark-lined. Fortriede said the pieces are falling together now that heavy equipment can reach the park again. The core committee also
includes Bob O’Neal, Sue Gongwer and Pat Freck. “We brought in some other people, too,” Fortriede said. “We tried to take individual pieces like the horseshoe or the gaga pits and the baseball field and so forth and get one person to head it up and get it done.” The first playground equipment will be a basic slide and some swings near the picnic area. “It’s just a little place to play,” Holmes said. “If we get
the money, then we’re looking at a much nicer set.” All park improvements have been funded through private funding, with no tax money involved. “We’re seeking donations everywhere we possibly can,” Holmes said. “Contractors and builders have just come out of the woodwork to help us. We’re overwhelmed with the amount of work that the people have performed, all free.”
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University offers summer Jesters program The Jesters, a University of Saint Francis performing arts program for people with disabilities, is offering summer sessions on the following Tuesdays: July 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Sept. 2, from 6-7:30 p.m., with all sessions but Aug. 19 held in the dance studio at the back of the university’s North Campus at 2702 Spring St. The Aug.
19 session will be in the Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication on Leesburg Road. The summer program costs $30. Scholarships are available. The registration deadline is July 25, and the program is limited to the first 30 registered participants. Make checks payable to the University of Saint Francis. For registration forms
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Science Central gets $40,000 for education The Lincoln Financial Foundation has awarded Science Central a $40,000 grant to continue its informal science education programs and operation of the center’s Lincoln Financial Foundation Demonstration Theater. The theater is the home for Science Central’s internal demonstration programs, providing a setting where school students and visitors of all ages can participate in hands-on science demonstrations and activities. The Lincoln Foundation has been the primary sponsor for the programs and events conducted in the theater space,
and for supplies needed to conduct the daily demonstrations. Lincoln Foundation has funded the purchase of numerous items for the theater, including air pressure equipment; Tornado Gun; video projection equipment, sound system upgrades; and even ingredients needed to make liquid nitrogen ice cream, a favorite Science Central activity. The funding also assists with programming for special events, including Doctors Day and Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown Day. Science Central has provided a hands-on fun learning environment for over 18
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Drama team to perform locally The Academy of Arts will perform “O Wondrous Love” at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Westview Alliance Church, 9804 Illinois Road, and at 7 p.m. Friday, July 18, at Aboite Baptist Church, 5700 Homestead Road. There is no admission charge. The performances are open to the public. The Academy of Arts,
professional Christian group from Taylors, S.C., employs professional stage lights, music, sound effects, costumes, props and multi-image techniques to present biblical, historical, patriotic and moral themes on the stage. Nicole Chavers Stratton compiled and adapted the drama for the stage. It contains a series of
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The Riverside Gardens splash pad opened with a splash. Schoolchildren circled the concrete surrounding the water park and playground equipment. Impatient toddlers wandered along the limestone play creek that carries the water from the splash pad. Leo-Cedarville town and school leaders, and other supporters waited for a moment at the microphone, or to nod in acknowledgement of other speakers. Town Council President John Clendenen quickly summed up years of work on the $800,000 project, which also includes three horseshoe pits, two sand volleyball pits and additional, ADA-compliant concrete paths. “On behalf of the Town Council and the Leo-Cedarville Foundation, we’d like
to thank the Park Board for all their hard work to bring this park to our town,â€? he said. “Three years ago I challenged the Park Board to bring additional recreational opportunities to our park and I think they answered that challenge in a big way,â€? he said. “I’d like to especially thank our town manager, Peggy Garton. From the original grant application to the planting of the owers, her attention to detail has really had a big impact on this project.â€? “Leo/Cedarville is more than just a place,â€? he said. “It’s where we live our lives, we raise our children, we work and we play. And now, more than ever, our parks will help deďŹ ne who we are.â€? Park Board President Mark Hamilton said the project “brings all kinds of activities for all ages.â€? “Promoting health is the main idea of this project,â€? he said.
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Three Rivers Festival. Friday, July 11, through Saturday, July 19. Events at Headwaters Park and throughout Fort Wayne. For details, visit threeriversfestival.org. Traditional favorites include the waiter-waitress contest, bed race, raft race and children’s fest. Join 50,000 people to watch the parade from 9:45 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 12. For details, visit threeriversfestival.org. Fort Wayne Pride 2014. Headwaters Park, 330 S. Clinton St., downtown Fort Wayne. Friday, July 25, 7 p.m.-midnight. For all ages. Admission $3 for adults, free to age 12 and under. Saturday, July 26. Parade 11:30 a.m.noon. Festival, noon-midnight. Admission $5 for adults, free to age 12 and under. Sponsored by Pride, which brings LGBTA events to the area throughout the year. For details, visit fwpride.org. Taste of the Arts. Saturday, Aug. 23, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Free. An arts and food festival featuring nine performance stages in downtown Fort Wayne, an art marketplace, hands-on activities and more than 30 local restaurant vendors. For details, visit tasteofartsfortwayne.org. Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown. Sunday, Sept. 7, noon-5 p.m. Visit 12 Fort Wayne museums and attractions for free. For details, visit visitfortwayne.com. Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire. Headwaters Park East, Lincoln Pavilion. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13-14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sponsors are looking for attractions such as fun art cars, speakers, or quirky things that might be of interest to the public. Music will play, and food and workshops will be available. Visit makerfairefortwayne.com to register as a maker or a vendor or for more information. The deadline to register is Aug. 22. Johnny Appleseed Festival. Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Archer Park, behind Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The 40th annual festival celebrates the pioneer spirit of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, who planted orchards in the frontier in the 1800s. Visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.
AREA FESTIVALS Harlan Days. Harlan Community Park, Plum and Second streets. Thursday-Saturday, July 31-Aug. 2. Admission to festival grounds is free. Carnival rides open 5-10 p.m. Food tent open 5-9:30 p.m. Bingo tent opens 5 p.m. Rafe tickets are sold through the festival, with a drawing at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Features include the building and assorted food vendors, a craft tent, commercial tent, the Woodburn Lions Club doughnut tent, a basketball tournament and a co-ed softball tournament. The Saturday events include: 7 a.m., all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, served by North Scipio United Methodist Church; 10 a.m., parade; noon, cornhole doubles tournament; 4 p.m., cruise-in car show. Special
features 7 p.m. nightly, admission $8, pit admission $10: Thursday, motocross; Friday, rodeo with bulls and barrels; Saturday, car demolition derby. Watch for the entertainment schedule and other updates at harlandays.com. Woodburn Summer Fest. Woodburn Community Park, Park Street and Indiana 101. Friday and Saturday, July 18-19. Admission to the grounds is free. Friday night features a trivia contest and Jimmy Ray’s BBQ, selling carry-out meals. Saturday activities start at 8 a.m. with the Lions Club doughnut sales. See the “Made in Americaâ€? parade at 10 a.m. From noon-6 p.m. enjoy horseshoes, cornhole and softball tournaments, a bicycle safety rodeo, kiddie tractor pull, a horseshoe tournament, and more. Food will be available from local vendors. Entertainment by Walkin’ Papers on the main stage at 6 p.m. The festival closes with a ďŹ reworks display at dusk.
SUMMER AT THE FOELLINGER THEATRE Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation presents nationally known and regional talent in paid concerts at Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd. in Franke Park. For reserved tickets and information on same-day ticket sales, visit fortwayneparks.org. (Sold out) Foreigner. Saturday, July 12, 8 p.m. $35 to $60. Styx. Saturday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m. $39 to $99. (Canceled) Willie Nelson & Family. Thursday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. $39 to $99. Mavis Staples. Saturday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m. $20 to $35. The Beach Boys. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. $39 to $99. Los Lobos. Saturday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m. $23 and $30. Ticketed regional entertainment. “On a Night Like This� (The Fort’s Best Rock). Saturday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m. $5. The Junk Yard Band. Friday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m. $5. Heartland Sings! Sunday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m. $5. Local free entertainment. Tuesday, July 8, 7:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Area Community Band. Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m., Fort Wayne Jazz Orchestra. Friday, Aug. 8, 7:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Area Community Band. Free movies in the park. 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 13. July 2, “Frozen.� July 9, “Monsters University.� July 16, “Saving Mr. Banks.� July 23, “Mary Poppins.� July 30, “The Lego Movie.� Aug. 6, “Despicable Me 2.� Aug. 13, “The Wizard of Oz.�
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PLYMOUTH CHURCH MUSIC SERIES Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne, 501 W. Berry St. Call 423-9424. Sunday, July 13, 4 p.m. Heartland Sings: “Sing A New Song.â€? Free-will offering. Indiana composer Howard Terrell (b.1921) wrote his modern oratorio “Sing a New Songâ€? as an exercise in faith and discipline. Telling the story of Jesus, “Sing a New Songâ€? features the region’s professional vocal ensemble, Heartland. Heartland premiered the full version of this oratorio in 2011, and will premiere this newly revised and abridged version for two pianos and chorus. Monday, July 14, 7 p.m. An Amplitude Attitude. Robert Nance, organist. Free-will offering. In a celebration of the instrument’s 10th anniversary, Robert Nance will demonstrate the dynamic range of the Allen Digital Concert Organ in the sanctuary of Plymouth Church. Tuesday, July 15, 7 p.m. Let Peace Flow. Lori Sandstrom, vocalist. Free-will offering. Singer songwriter Lori Sandstrom has been sharing the message of peace through her music for more than 25 years. Sandstrom and friends will present a musical tribute to the human endeavors for peace. Wednesday, July 16, 7 p.m. “Songs for A New World.â€? A musical by Jason Robert Brown. Free-will offering. According to Jason Robert Brown, â€œâ€Śit’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.â€? This is what unites the various stories in “Songs for a New World,â€? the moment when hard choices have to be made and a new world is realized. Directed by Heather Brackeen Moore and Robert Nance. Thursday, July 17, 7 p.m. “Songs for A New World.â€? A musical by Jason Robert Brown. Free-will offering. Friday, July 18, 7 p.m. All That Jazz. Free-will offering. Welcoming ďŹ ve voices and jazz combo from the company of singers at Heartland. Saturday, July 19, 7 p.m. Concert Rock the Block. Bring a lounge chair for this pre-ďŹ reworks concert celebration featuring the band Endgame, just before the Three Rivers Festival ďŹ reworks.This concert is sponsored by
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Vacation Bible School. St. Michael Lutheran Church, 2131 Getz Road. July 28-Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-noon. For ages 3 by Aug. 1 to those going into ďŹ fth grade. This year’s theme is “International Spy Academy!â€? Register at stmichaellcms.org or call 423-2033. Seton Miracle Miles 5K Run/Walk. The sixth annual race is Saturday, Aug. 2, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 10700 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne. Register online at SetonMiracleMiles.com. Race-day registration is 7-7:45 a.m. The race begins at 8 a.m. Pre-race packet pickup is 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at the race location. Contact race director Kristen Spoltman at setonmiraclemiles@gmail.com with questions. All monetary proceeds go to the St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen and the Franciscan Center. The race is USATF certiďŹ ed, with course ID No. IN 11006 MW. Vacation Bible School. Bethany United Methodist Church, 7715 Sunny Lane. July 27-31, 6-8 p.m. Children ages 3 to 10 are welcome to participate. The church asks that 3-year-olds be accompanied by a parent the entire time. Each evening of the “Safari Adventure VBSâ€? will include Bible stories, songs, games, crafts and snacks. All sessions are supervised by the pastor and volunteer adults. For more information or to register in advance, call the church ofďŹ ce at 485-5311 or email bethanyumc. fwa@gmail.com. Housing Authority locations. The Fort Wayne Housing Authority has merged its Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher, ďŹ nancial and executive operations into one location at 7315 Hanna St. The public housing and ďŹ nance departments, formerly located at 2025 S. Anthony Blvd., closed June 16. Both departments have resumed normal business hours of Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at their new location of 7315 Hanna St.
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SATURDAY, JULY 5 Ballet showcase. Arts United ArtsLab, 303 E. Main St. 10 a.m. Open to the public. Tickets are $6 for ages 18 and over, and $3 for children and youth. Participants from all across the United States will showcase everything they learned over the four-week 2014 Summer Intensive of The Academy of Fort Wayne Ballet. The performance will last about an hour.
TUESDAY, JULY 8 Drum Corps International. The University of Saint Francis, at Bishop John D’Arcy Stadium, 1598 Lindenwood Ave. $25-$35, or group rates. The university will be host to the ďŹ rst Fort Wayne performance by 2014 Drum Corps International. The lineup of World and Open Class corps will include: the Blue Devils of Concord, Calif.; the Blue Saints of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; the Bluecoats of Canton, Ohio; the Boston Crusaders of Boston, Mass.; Jersey Surf of Camden County, N.J.; Legends of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Music City of Nashville, Tenn.; and Spirit of Atlanta of Atlanta, Ga. More information and tickets are available at dci. org/schedule/. Group rates are available. Little River Ramblers. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 9-11 a.m. Free. Hike and explore the preserve’s interesting plants and wildlife. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@ lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 “And So It Goes,� sneak preview showing. Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St., in the Hall Arts Community Center. 7:30 p.m. $15 general admission, $10 member admission. Rated PG-13. Join Cinema Center in partnership with The New York Film Critics Series for a special screening of “And So It Goes� starring Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton. After the movie, see a recorded-live event with Peter Travers interviewing writer, producer and director Rob Reiner.
THURSDAY, JULY 10 Breakfast on the Marsh: The Sustainable Home and Neighborhood Initiative. Coventry Meadows Senior Community, 7843 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8:309:45 a.m. Free. Light breakfast and nature presentation for nature lovers 50-plus. Ricky Kemery, horticulture educator of the Allen County Extension OfďŹ ce, will talk about a new program to help you create and maintain a sustainable green home as well as how to help your neighborhood adopt sustainable landscaping practices. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information or to reserve a spot. T-shirt craft. Roanoke Public Library, 314 N. Main St., Suite 120, Roanoke. 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Karen Baker instructs these free teen art classes. Baker is the library assistant and a former art student. Class size is limited to the ďŹ rst 10 registered students. Register at least three days prior to the class. Call 672-2989. Today, turn old T-shirts into something new. Several project ideas will be demonstrated. Each student should bring
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Drama camp closing performance. Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. 7 p.m. The camp is for grades 4-9. This year’s theme is “Blast from the Past.� “Henry IV Part 2.� Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St. 7 p.m. $20 general admission, $15 member admission. A screening of a live cinema broadcast recording from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. For details, visit cinemacenter.org.
noke. 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Karen Baker instructs these free teen art classes. Baker is the library assistant and a former art student. Class size is limited to the ďŹ rst 10 registered students. Register at least three days prior to the class. Call 672-2989. Today, learn to creatively use old magazines. Several project ideas will be given to inspire students to turn magazine pages into something personalized and colorful. Meet the children’s author. Roanoke Public Library, 314 N. Main St., Suite 120, Roanoke. 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Mary Morgan, who writes national parks mysteries, is the visiting author. Sponsored by the Roanoke Public Library and the Roanoke Lions Club.
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“Camelot.â€? Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. 7:30 p.m. $6. Alumni from the Classes of 2004-2014 return to stage the summer musical. This is also an ofďŹ cial Three Rivers Festival event. The program repeats at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13. Family Fun Hike: Arrowhead Wildower Walk. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Walk among, and learn about, the many wildowers of Arrowhead Prairie. We will use some of the research methods from the recent Eagle Marsh BioBlitz. Contact info@lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information. Game night. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road. 7 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Thanks to a grant from the Lutheran Foundation, the church has new equipment for game night, including electronic gaming systems, a ping pong table, traditional board games and a karaoke system. Snacks are provided at no charge. Adult chaperones are members of Bethany for more than two years, have passed a background check, and will supervise the event. For more information, visit BethanyLC.org or call 747-0713.
Bird Hike at Arrowhead Prairie. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 8-9:30 a.m. Free. Join the Stockbridge Audubon Society as we hike Arrowhead Prairie looking for rare Henslow’s sparrows and sedge wrens as well as the many other grassland birds of the preserve. Contact info@lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information. Display garden open house. Allen County Extension OfďŹ ce, 4001 Crescent Ave. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Master Gardener volunteers will represent each of the 20 deďŹ ned garden spaces, and will be ready to ofďŹ cer advice and information.
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Music in the Park. Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave., New Haven. 3-4 p.m. Free. Bring a lawn chair and meet some friends for a relaxing, old-fashioned afternoon in the park. The New Haven Alumni Band will play favorites. Refreshments will be served. Evening prayer. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 4 p.m. Featuring Scripture, prayer, candlelight and silence. Led by the Rev. Gary Erdos, senior pastor. This meditative spoken service is open to all. Sing a New Song. Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St. 4 p.m. Free-will offering. The Heartland Festival Chorus appears on the Plymouth Music Series for this modern oratorio by Indiana composer Howard Terrell. Premiered in 2011, this work is inspired by the life of Jesus, but tells the story through those people who interacted with him. The program is scored for full chorus, soloists and two pianos.
Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, including luncheon. The program theme is “Stars and Stripes Forever.� Pam Stier and Daughters sin a selection of patriotic music. Make reservations by July 15; call Meridith at 672-3414. Baby sitting is available. Sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries. Little River Ramblers. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 9-11 a.m. Free. Hike and explore the preserve’s interesting plants and wildlife. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@ lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information. Allen County Neighborhoods Association quarterly meeting. Citizens Square, 200 E. Berry St. 7-8:30 p.m. The goal of ACNA is to assist neighborhoods throughout the county and city in maintaining the integrity and quality of the neighborhood.
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MONDAY, JULY 21 Embroiders meeting. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors welcome. The Fort Wayne Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America meets on the third Monday of every month. A short business meeting is followed by a teaching program or individual stitching time, or both. For more information, call Karen Aiken, 7484078, or Susan Mol, 456-8382.
TUESDAY, JULY 15 Little River Ramblers. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 9-11 a.m. Free. Hike and explore the preserve’s interesting plants and wildlife. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@ lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 Short Hikes for Short Legs: Trees. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road. 9-10 a.m. Free. For children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult. We’ll start with an activity in the barn discovering fun facts about trees and then hike the mature woods of Eagle Marsh learning the importance of this part of the marsh. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information.
THURSDAY, JULY 24 Bottle cap art. Roanoke Public Library, 314 N. Main St., Suite 120, Roanoke. 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Karen Baker instructs these free teen art classes. Baker is the library assistant and a former art student. Class size is limited to the ďŹ rst 10 registered students. Register at least three days prior to the class. Call 672-2989. Today, choose from a variety of colored plastic bottle caps to design an original work. Everyone a Neighbor Day. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. The church hosts downtown neighbors for games, lunch, clothing assistance and blood pressure testing. The outreach program is held the fourth Thursday of every month.
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