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Huntertown Heritage Days festival committee members attending the Aug. 12 meeting are Rick Eby, from left, John Widmann, Jen Kumfer, Kregg Snyder, Sarah Snyder, Jenny McComb and Barb Wagner. The festival has moved from August to Sept. 12 and 13. See the festival schedule on Page A9. The next meeting is 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Town Hall.

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Huntertown Heritage Days organizers hope the new September time slot will mean less competition and milder weather. The festival returns Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 13. “Everybody’s used to that ﬁrst week of August, but we moved it back just because of heat and lack of audience,” said Kregg Snyder, this year’s festival chairman.

The public reaction has been mixed, Snyder said at a festival committee meeting at Town Hall, where a handful of volunteers reviewed schedules and last-minute details. Snyder admitted to having concerns early in the planning stages. “I didn’t think we were going to have anything big,” he said. “But it’s actually coming together. I’m feeling a lot more conﬁdent right now. A lot of people came forward.” He shared good news

with the committee. The festival-sponsored beer tent is back this year. The band Reckon cut its fee for a Saturday night show. The 10 p.m. Friday fireworks show will be a solid, 10-minute spectacle. The whole committee shared good news. The 5 p.m. Friday fish and tenderloin dinner will hold the price to $9 a plate, as the Lions Club raises money for next year’s festival. That’s two pieces of fish and one pork tenderloin, said the Lions’ Barb

Wagner. And the meal includes generous sides, said Sarah Snyder. The festival is solvent and the beer tent and ﬁsh fry should raise seed money for next year’s festival, said Treasurer Jen Kumfer. The American Legion Riders motorcycle unit will lead the parade, said 2013 festival chairman John Widmann. Partners will assist with the jump rope contest and the volleyball games. Tim Holmes will call the See DAYS, Page A9

The bluegrass strains that resonate from a Kekionga Shores cul de sac might be the sound of Jim and Linda Winger rehearsing or relaxing. Or the sound might be created by traveling bluegrass artists enjoying the Wingers’ hospitality. The Aboite Township couple and many of their fellow bluegrass enthusiasts converge each Memorial Day weekend and each Labor Day weekend at Kendallville, for the Tri-State Bluegrass Festival. Jim Winger is the president of the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association, which sponsors the festivals. Linda Winger is the treasurer. Their love of bluegrass dates back to the early 1980s. “We were going to a festival once a year,” Linda said, emphasizing “A.” “We got hooked on it,” she continued. “He came back from one held in May and decided that he

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couldn’t stand it any longer, he had to go take guitar lessons. The next year he said I had better get something or be left behind, so I said OK a mountain dulcimer. I thought I could play that and keep my long ﬁngernails. Well, within two weeks the nails went. You don’t play a stringed instrument with long nails.” Linda also learned the upright bass. “One of the friends began to show me how to play it, so every time I had the chance I would play somebody’s bass and then at Christmas See GROWS, Page A12

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AWS Foundation awards $250,000 to Saint Francis Jesters AWS Foundation of Fort Wayne has awarded the University of Saint Francis-sponsored Jesters program $250,000. Jesters was founded at the university in 1978 to engage individuals with disabilities in the creative arts to enhance their quality of life. It seeks to develop self-expression, self-esteem, socialization and other life skills while providing learning opportunities to the USF and local communities. The grant is the latest in ongoing AWS support for Jesters, a program of the School of Creative Arts. With the mission of helping children and adults with enduring intellectual and physical disabilities to live as fully and independently as possible, AWS has provided funding for Jesters since 2010. The funding will provide $50,000 in annual program support, doubling for the next ďŹ ve years the Jesters contribution AWS was already making. In a news release, the university said, â€œThis will allow the Jesters to concentrate on goals rooted in a strategic plan ďŹ rst developed in 2010-2011 with the support of the AWS Foundation.â€? The operating budget will support performance

opportunities, performance costs and salaries for teaching artists. It will also allow the university to enhance student educational opportunities. Internships and volunteerism will strengthen internal ties and alliances within the School of Creative Arts and Department of Education, as special education majors acquire hands-on learning through the Jesters program. Ways to expand program capacity and cultivate local and regional relationships with like-minded organizations will be explored through expanded hours for the director and assistant director, as they reach out to build relationships. The funding will also provide for expanded marketing, strategies to diversify funding, increasing awareness of people with disabilities and the Jesters program, and the development of infrastructure to support these efforts. The number of Jesters participants has doubled in the ďŹ ve years of AWS funding. â€œI never cease to be surprised at how important the work is â€” the participants have such pride in their accomplishments â€” Iâ€™m so happy to serve in this way,â€? said

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For many amputees â€“ those who have lost limbs to disease, accidents or war â€“ advancement in prosthetic technology means a better opportunity for maintaining the lifestyles they had before they lost their limbs. At least two companies in the area are on the cutting edge of new hightech prostheses. â€œWhat weâ€™re talking about in most cases is micro-processer-controlled knee and ankle joint,â€? said Fred Toenges, a certiďŹ ed prosthetist-orthotist at Fort Wayne-based Prevail Prosthetics & Orthotics. â€œAnd thatâ€™s where youâ€™re seeing

much of this technology being driven.â€? Prevail and SRT Prosthetics & Orthotics both provide a variety of upperand lower-body prostheses in the Fort Wayne area, including bionic knees. The knee connects to a socket that ďŹ ts over a patientâ€™s residual limb, with a foot component attached at the other end. The battery-powered artiďŹ cial limbs use a system of tiny computers and strain gauges to mimic the movement of natural knees and help patients whose legs were amputated above the knee walk or run almost as well as they did prior to the amputation. Shawn Brown, lead

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practitioner at Bryan, Ohio-based SRT, said the bionics can read the angle of the knee joint, how weight is being distributed on the foot and whether it is in motion. The information helps put less stress on the body as it moves. Amputees with traditional, non-bionic prostheses devote a signiďŹ cant amount of their own energy moving or standing with a prosthesis and concentrating on how itâ€™s situated. The powered limb provides more freedom to walk in varied terrain. â€œItâ€™s one thing to walk a ďŹ‚at-land world, but how do you negotiate stairs, steps, ramps?â€? Brown said. â€œIf you really stop and think, as yourself, look at all the barriers you have to cross on a given day. Now imagine it where you have to think about keeping one of your knees safe and stable with each step. â€œWhere this technology comes in is it allows the patient to sort of focus on what theyâ€™re doing, and less on where their foot and knee are in space at all times.â€? SRT also serves as one of the exclusive providers of a powered foot and ankle system made by Massachusetts-based

company BiOM for belowknee amputees. Though he praised the prosthesis for much more closely simulating the experience of moving on a natural foot, Brown cautioned the BiOM foot is still relatively new and under development, comparing it to early versions of mobile phones. It and other bionic limbs can be heavy and noisy with batteries that consume a lot of power depending on a personâ€™s level of activity with them. And Brown speaks from experience. Heâ€™s a below-knee amputee who lost his left foot from a work-site accident in New Haven in 1992. He has since worn different prostheses, including the BiOM foot on occasion. The bionic system gives him a â€œrevitalizedâ€? feeling as the automated propulsion triggers his muscles to almost remember what it was like to walk with his old foot, he said. He also often wears other prostheses since they are what he is more accustomed to â€“ what his body has adapted to over the past 22 years. But heâ€™s proud the technology has taken such a big step forward.

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Barry Scherer, of Monroeville, recently became the ďŹ rst amputee patient in the U.S. to take his one-millionth step on a bionic foot from BiOM.

â€œAs an amputee, to walk with something that contributes to the forward propulsion of ambulation â€“ it was a tremendous feeling to see and hear these comments and these smiles of patients after they wear it,â€? he said. The advancement of microprocessed prostheses took off when German company Otto Bock introduced a functioning above-knee system in 1997. A few other companies have developed bionic limbs in the years since with the advancements fueled in part by the number of injured U.S. military veterans who experienced amputations as a result of serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. As of May, 1,246 service members from those wars were classiďŹ ed as major amputees â€“ losing hands, arms, legs or feet â€“ according to a spokesman with the U.S. Department of Defense. The volume of new amputee vets helped prompt the government to pour more funds into research and development of advanced prostheses to help those patients.

As a result, Toenges said, some of the techniques and components that evolved to serve military patients are starting to become available to other amputees. Since bionic prostheses are still relatively new, however, they can be cost prohibitive. Brown estimated the foot system could cost more than $40,000, while a complete leg prosthesis costs more than $50,000. Insurance can be tricky. Insurance providers determine what kinds of prostheses they will cover and their cost amounts by essentially categorizing patients based on prior levels of activity, abilities and most cost-effective solutions. More active patients are more likely to qualify for coverage for higher-tech systems. Not all prostheses are covered. The BiOM foot was initially available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and workerâ€™s compensation programs, Brown said. A few large private insurers only recently started covering it.

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Theme: Nani (beautiful) Hawaii Friday, Sept. 12 5-7 p.m. — Fish fry, pavilion behind Huntertown Elementary School 5-7 p.m. — Field day games: egg toss, egg carry, sack race, watermelon seed spitting contest 5 p.m.-midnight — Beer tent, across old Lima Road 6 p.m. — Sand volleyball 7 p.m. — Hula dance 8 p.m. — Hog-calling contest 9 p.m. — Karaoke at the beer tent 10 p.m. — Fireworks. Site to be determined. Saturday, Sept. 13 11 a.m. — Flyover, by Sweet Aviation 11:02 a.m. — “The Star-Spangled Banner” 11:05 a.m. — Parade Noon-5 p.m. — Historical Society display, at the fire station Noon-2 p.m. — Children’s games: jump rope contest, duck pond, etc. Noon-midnight — Beer tent Noon-1:30 p.m. — Pie contest entries, at the fire station 12:30 p.m. — Volleyball, behind school 1 p.m. — Show us your legs contest, in front of school 1:30-2:30 p.m. — Pie judging 2-3 p.m. — Soarin’ Hawk raptor rehab, in front of school 2 p.m. — Chalk drawing contest 2:30 p.m. — Pie auction, at the fire station 3 p.m. — Cake walk, at the pavilion 3 p.m. — Tug-of-war 4 p.m. — Corn-eating contest 4 p.m. — Bingo, at the pavilion 4-7 p.m. — Cornhole contest 8 p.m.-midnight — The band Reckon plays at the beer tent (The schedule is subject to change.)

Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County plans a community-wide food drive in September, which has been designated Hunger Action Month. “Our 130-some congregations have received information concerning gathering of food, and we’re encouraging people to bring food to their congregation,” said the Rev. Fred Meuter, the director of church relations. Each church will receive posters and paper shopping bags with lists of commonly needed food items. “The needs of the hungry in our

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everybody. Rick Eby sat silent through the meeting, then signed up for a permit to volunteer as a bartender. He has lived in Huntertown more than seven years. He attended the meeting as he will attend the festival “to get to know my friends.” He will serve, he said, “wherever I’m needed.”

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It’s community,” he said. “It’s what brings us together. We see each other with the kids in the schools, and at the restaurants and the gas stations. And I don’t know a lot of names, but I know a lot of faces. When I drive down the road I do more waving than driving, it seems, because you just seem to know

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Summer Stump, left photo, helps Keagan Stump, 2, enjoy the new playground equipment at Huntertown Community Park. “They’re really making progress,” said Keagan’s dad, Blair Stump, about the park at Woods Road and Old Lima Road. Also on hand to enjoy the swings, slide and rockers were Kye Stump, 8, right photo, and Cameron Stump, 5. Also taking turns on the swings were Coby Stump, 9, and friend Preston Hienkel, 7.

RediMed adds two clinics to enhance area service Lutheran Health Network announced that RediMed will add urgent care clinics at the Anthony Wayne Building, 303 E. Berry St., and at Lutheran Health Plaza, 1302 Minnich Road, New Haven. A new Business Health Services clinic offering occupational medicine is also being added at 1980 N. Main St., Bluffton. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, RediMed continues to add new and remodeled facilities and enhanced services. For more information about RediMed, visit RediMedClinics.com. “Each RediMed urgent care clinic is initiating a 60-minute visit commitment,” Lutheran Health Network said in a news release. “The 60-minute visit deﬁnes the targeted maximum amount of time for RediMed patients to

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I had one under the tree,” she said. She has played the hammer dulcimer and the mountain dulcimer, and spent some time on the guitar. “I had a lot of tunes in my head. I got the fiddle and I got the mandolin and found I could play those, too,” she said. Today, she prefers the mandolin. Hers is the Kentucky brand, the A style, she said. Jim Winger sticks with guitar. “It’s a Martin, which is the guitar,” he said, emphasizing “The.” “I wouldn’t trade this for any amount of money,” he said. The sound improves as the instrument ages, he said. “This guitar, it will resonate forever.” “It rings,” said Linda. “We don’t do sheet music. Everything’s by ear — the tune, the music, the words, everything is by ear,” Jim said. “You learn the basic melody and from there you do what you want within the chord structure,” Linda said. “Some of the songs we pick up, many try to do them note by note, but it’s not necessary.” That reliance on notes is risky, Jim said. “Because then if you forget a note, you’re dead.” Bluegrass is not easily defined, according to Jim. “There are as many definitions of bluegrass as there are musicians,” he said. “There’s a group says we’re straying from the Bill

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Linda Winger plays the mandolin and Jim Winger plays the guitar in their back yard. The Fort Wayne couple help to stage the Tri-State Bluegrass Festival twice each year.

TRI-STATE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 28-31 Noble County 4-H Fairgrounds, 580 N. Fair St., Kendallville Admission is free Thursday. Charges apply for the 4-H dinner, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Programs and admission fees vary Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit bluegrassusa.net. the International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville, and for four years before that attended the national convention in Louisville. “You’re rubbing shoulders with every musician,” Jim said. “My favorite story is we got off the elevator at the Galt House in Louisville, and there was a jam going on. Who should be standing in the jam but Rhonda Vincent, who is quote ‘the queen of bluegrass,’ but she was just jamming with the guys. And that’s what is so great about this music is that the stars stand out in the crowd and jam. They’ll go out in the parking lot and jam. The bands that we have in Kendallville they come out and pick with everybody.” Linda added to that thought. “They don’t come on stage, and perform, and go back to their bus and leave,” she said. “They’re like regular people.” Bluegrass education programs have reached thousands of children nationwide, Linda said, with some of the school visits held in Fort Wayne, Auburn, and the wider tri-state area. “Our focus has been on kids,” she said. “We try to introduce bluegrass. We Are you aware that most eye exams are covered under Medicare?

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TV’s Lunden to visit Oct. 24 TV host and author Joan Lunden will address a Fort Wayne audience this fall. Aging & In-Home Services of Northeast Indiana announced that Lunden will be the featured speaker at the 39th annual meeting and awards ceremony from noon-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the Landmark Conference Centre, 6222 Ellison Road. Lunden, the author of “Wake-Up Calls” and other books, and a former host of “Good Morning America,” is the spokeswoman for the nation’s leading senior referral service, A Place For Mom. Luncheon tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling AIHS, 745-1200, ext. 226. Lunden will share her experience of caregiving for seven children and her 93-year-old mother who suffers from dementia.

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The Fort Wayne Gardeners of America meet at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of most months in the education center at Salomon Farm, 817 W. Dupont Road, in Fort Wayne. The group is hosting a bus trip on Aug. 23 that will leave from Kendallville and Fort Wayne. The group will visit Ministeria Gardens in Muncie and the gardens at Indianapolis Museum of Art. Lunch is included in the cost of $65. For more information on the Fort Wayne Gardeners of America or the bus trip, contact John or Cheri Kessen at ckessen2001@yahoo.com, lakelover60@yahoo.com or 854-2988. more seminars, more tours to show us what other people are doing. â€œIt wasnâ€™t something where you sit down and read a book. Youâ€™d talk to the people, and theyâ€™d tell you exactly what works and what doesnâ€™t.â€? In 2000, John retired from his position as vice president at the University of Saint Francis and the couple moved fulltime to the home they had owned in Rome City since 1973. John realized his administrative background could beneďŹ t the Gardeners of America. â€œI saw that I could give them some good administrative skills,â€? he said. â€œI started about nine years ago taking

over some things and putting on a national board meeting, and pretty soon I put on a national convention. Now Iâ€™ve put on three national conventions.â€? John received the Silver Medal Award last year at the groupâ€™s national convention; the award recognizes a member who has rendered outstanding service to the national organization. He has served as president of the national organization as well as the regional club, the Central Great Lakes Gardeners, and remains as president of the Fort Wayne club. Cheri serves as vice president of the Fort

Wayne Club and is ďŹ nishing out her term as past president for Central Great Lakes Gardeners. She also serves as national chair for GOAâ€™s youth outreach. Part of that effort is a contest where youth grow seeds ordered from the national ofďŹ ce as part of a contest. Recognizing how gardening has changed, the GOA added a container gardening element two years ago. â€œIâ€™m trying to pass on gardening and get the youth excited,â€? said Cheri, a retired science teacher. â€œYou learn about the animals and the birds and the insects as well as the plants that youâ€™re growing. And so itâ€™s always interesting and exciting and always an experiment.â€? Besides the clubs, Cheri said there are many resources available for anyone interested in gardening. â€œThereâ€™s a lot online.

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Artists, scientists, inventors, crafters, tinkerers and techies will showcase their creativity at the Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire â€” Powered by TekVenture. The family-friendly event featuring the work of do-it-yourselfers has been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14,

under the Lincoln Pavilion at Headwaters Park East in Fort Wayne. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. Food will be available for purchase. Visit makerfairefortwayne.com for details. Organizers invited makers with exhibits relating to activities such as robotics, green technology, rocketry, radio operations, art cars, do-it-yourself

science, unusual craft projects and whimsical technical creations. TekVenture is a Fort Wayne nonproďŹ t group with a mission to improve public access to the kind of specialized tools, equipment and training required by artists and inventors to advance innovative projects. It it is establishing a permanent â€œmaker stationâ€?

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for that purpose in the former American Sweeper Co. building at 1800 S. Broadway in Fort Wayne. The organization expected to have about 2,000 square feet cleared and ready to move into this summer in what used to be the retail space of the old vacuum business and another 3,000 square feet will be ready by late fall. The ďŹ rst space it opens will have clean and quiet work areas for electronic benches and activities such as large format printing and industrial sewing. This is

where makers will work with newer technologies, such as three-dimensional scanning and printing. In the fall, TekVenture will open the space for metalworking, woodworking, welding, machining, glass blowing and other activities that can get loud and messy. Soon after that space is open, it will make some studio space available to artists and technicians. Registration also has opened for a race added to the eventâ€™s activities two years ago: the electric

vehicle straight track obstacle-course competition. Teams participating in the event are allowed to spend up to $500 modifying a battery-powered child ride-on vehicle for the race. Adults race the vehicles over a track including obstacles of pea gravel, water, sand and wood chips. The vehicles will race against a clock, side-byside, with the winning car determined by the total time elapsed during the three quickest of its four heats.

Initiative asks â€˜Why Northeast Indiana?â€™ A project spearheaded by the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership aims to discover the answer to â€œWhy Northeast Indiana?â€? The goal of the Our Story Project is to create a master narrative for the region, which will allow people and organizations to tell a uniďŹ ed story about northeast Indiana. The messages developed from the project will be available for economic development organizations, convention and visitors bureaus and chambers of commerce to tell the story in a clear and compelling way. For updates or to contribute to the story, visit neindiana.com/ourstory. â€œMany times we, as a region get caught up in marketing the â€˜whatâ€™ about our communities and region â€” how many lakes we have or how many buildings we have available. The Our Story Project will elevate our regionâ€™s story and create a more consistent, engaging message to be used by multiple organizations from all 10 counties,â€? said Courtney Tritch, vice president of marketing at the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership. The Our Story Project Steering Committee includes Sherilyn Emberton (Huntington University), Helge Hinniger (Fort Wayne Metals), Paul Chodak (Indiana Michigan Power), Dan Kennedy (Best FM), Tom Leedy (Dekko Foundation), Don Osika (21Alive), Mike Packnett (Parkview Health), Rick Sherck (Noble County Economic Development Corp.) and Terry Ward (KPC Media). The project will be led by consultants Scott Ochander and Tyler Borders. Northeast Indiana residents will be invited to participate in workshops that will be held across all 10 counties this fall. In addition, an online interactive tool will be developed to allow the general public to weigh in on the process.

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Hospital renovation work advances By Peter Ambrose pambrose@kpcmedia.com

The renovation work at St. Joseph hospital in downtown Fort Wayne is about three-quarters of the way done. The nearly $6 million, three-phase capital improvement project, which started in September 2013, is in the middle of its second phase to build upgraded operating rooms. Crews from Weigand Construction are renovating three of the ORs that will be used for open heart, orthopedic and other general surgical procedures. The rooms will be larger to include state-ofthe-art new equipment and more consolidated to improve the efďŹ ciency of the pre- and post-operative area, said Bethany Wall, the hospitalâ€™s director of perioperative, operating room and emergency services. â€œThe efďŹ ciency within just that unit itself is huge,â€? she said. â€œThereâ€™s several, several upgrades.â€? Another room will be built as a shell of an operating room, she said, that will be made ready for future improvements, such as the possibility of converting it into what she called a hybrid room

Tribute Dinner set Sept. 18 Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana will hold its 10th annual Tribute Dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at Hotel Fort Wayne, 305 E. Washington Center Road. The event is open to the public. Individual tickets are $100. Contact Stacey Stumpf at 484-9560. For more information, visit cancer-services.org. Dan Shapiro, the chairman of the Department of Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine, will share stories about facing the challenges of cancer treatment from his perspective as a two time cancer survivor and a caregiver. This event offers guests an opportunity to pay tribute to those touched by cancer, whether a survivor, caregiver, physician, or lost loved one. Money raised at the event helps pay for programs and services for people with cancer and their families in Northeast Indiana.

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that would include robotic surgical technology. Wall believes that could happen soon as surgeons are asking for such tech. Two other operating rooms were upgraded during the ďŹ rst phase of the project, as was the overhead surgical lighting, the ventilation system and the central sterile area, while other work included installing a new control desk and renovating the managerâ€™s ofďŹ ce and recovery area. A burn unit surgical room was completed a couple years ago, Wall said, and plans are

underway to complete an operating room for cesarean section births. She pointed out the special attention taken to keep dust and contamination from the construction out of sterile areas. Such an effort presented an additional challenge for work crews, but was critically important in preventing infections and maintaining the well-being of patients. â€œWeâ€™ve had to keep everything cleaned, try to keep the noise level down, be able to work at a smart hour because you donâ€™t want the patients to know

youâ€™ve been working. Weâ€™ve really have had minimal complaints,â€? she said. Wall expects the second phase to be complete by the end of October, with the third and shortest phase to begin right after to wrap up the project. Work in that phase is expected to be mostly cosmetic to ďŹ nish areas like the departmentâ€™s hallway and break room. â€œWeâ€™re ready for it to open,â€? Wall said. The entire project could ďŹ nish by the end of November.

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The owners of Rustic Hutch are calling it a day and closing the popular Fort Wayne home decor, gifts and accessories retailer after 40 years. The decision was more than a year and half in the making, said co-owner Bill Bodecker, who will be 66 years old next month. “Every type of business changes…and if I were 35 years old, it would be different,” he said. “I just don’t have the passion for it that I used to.” Rustic Hutch employs about 40 people at its two stores, in the Jefferson Pointe and Pine Valley shopping centers. The stores shut down temporarily Aug. 6 so additional inventory could be brought in. The going-out-of-business sale began Aug. 15. Bill and his wife, Diane, bought the business about a year after it opened in 1974. The

ﬁrst store was located in Georgetown Square, and the Bodeckers later expanded to locations on Dupont Road and in Jefferson Pointe. About six years ago, they decided to consolidate the Georgetown and Dupont locations into a single, larger store at Pine Valley. The Bodeckers considered various other options — handing it over to their son, Scott; selling it outright; or taking the “rustic” out of the name and transforming it into a more modern home decor specialty store. But Scott is already busy with the Pandora jewelry stores he operates, and no outside buyer emerged. The Bodeckers took a serious look at the third option, but home decorating is not his specialty, Bill acknowledged. “Really, the hard part was making the decision,” he said. “We have employees who have

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Bill and Scott Bodecker prepare for the going-out-ofbusiness sale at Rustic Hutch in Pine Valley.

been with us forever. Telling them Sunday what we had decided was hard.” Bodecker hasn’t decided yet what he will do when he retires, although he said it will be something people-oriented. In the meantime, he’s looking forward to doing things his demanding retail opera-

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Alise Hazelett and Matthew Colley, both of Fort Wayne, represented Team Indiana at the Special Olympics USA Games, June 14-21 in Princeton, N.J.

Event honors Allen County Special Olympics athletes Two Special Olympics athletes from Allen County received congratulations July 24 from family and community members. Alise Hazelett and Matthew Colley took center stage at a gathering at a private home in Aboite Township. Hazelett is a 2006 graduate of Homestead High School. Colley graduated from Elmhurst High School in 2005. “It took a lot of training camps, and a lot of watching what you eat, and a lot of exercising,” Hazelett said. “I’m happy that I went. It was pretty cool.” Hazelett competed

in the 400M walk, the 800M walk, the 1500M walk and the shot put. Each athlete earned two medals and two ribbons. Colley took a gold medal in the 100M run, and also ran in the 4x100 relay, and threw the mini javelin and the shot put. “It felt good that we did the best we could do,” he said. “And it also feels incredible when you get ﬁrst.” Both athletes now will train for the golf competition, in Indianapolis in August and September. They ﬁrst became acquainted through the Jesters program at the University of Saint

Francis. Donna Hazelett, the Allen County Special Olympics coordinator, also was a track and ﬁeld coach for Team Indiana. In an email, she said this year marked the ﬁrst time Allen County had athletes at the national event. Each contestant had to qualify, attend training camps, and participate in fundraisers. “They worked hard for over one year at achieving their goals,” she said. “Our heartfelt thank you to everyone here tonight for their continued support of Special Olympics,” she said.

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tion haven’t allowed. “Since 1974, I’ve never been home to see my family in Kansas for Thanksgiving or Christmas,” he said. Bodecker estimated the store closing sale would last about four or ﬁve weeks, with additional inventory brought in as other merchandise is sold.

LRWP to celebrate monarch butterflies One of North America’s most iconic butterflies is in the spotlight at Little River Wetlands Project’s fourth annual Monarch Festival, Saturday, Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road. The family-friendly festival will feature educational displays and activities related to monarchs, many along a trail framed by 10-foot-tall native sunflowers. Visitors will learn about monarchs’ life cycle, migration and threats to their survival. They may see migrating monarchs taking nectar from native wildflowers. Varieties of milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs will lay their eggs, will be given away for planting in home gardens or at the preserve. Inside the barn, displays will showcase live monarch caterpillars in various stages of growth. Activities will include face painting for kids, presentations on monarch wintering grounds in Mexico, and more. Phillips Financial

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Dads of Heritage offer positive male role models By Garth Snow

with the dedication of the new elementary wing. “We just did a push for new membership,” Nagle said. “We were at about 20, but could be as many as 40 because we had a really good inﬂux of interest over the last two days of registration.” Nagle said the Dads serve both practical and philosophical needs. Members work security at

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Dads of Heritage has expanded its mission to serve the expanded enrollment. Chairman Ken Nagle hopes and expects the dadpower to increase, too. The Monroeville area junior/senior high school campus became a K-12 campus this school year,

athletic events and roast hot dogs at the homecoming bonﬁre. “Our goal is to be a positive male inﬂuence on the students of Heritage, to show the importance of male involvement in their lives, and how important their development is to us for the future leaders of our community and country and life in general,” Nagle said. Dads was launched about

15 years ago, Nagle said. One founding member, Lon Walter, remains active in Dads. “We have some who are brothers who attended here, and they joined the Dads once they graduated,” he said. Grandparents are welcome, too. “We have at least one or two who do not have a student who goes to Heritage at this time,” he said.

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Brad Snider of near New Haven is among that number. The youngest of his three sons graduated from Heritage this year, but Snider is still on the Dads roster for a sixth year. “I think I’m going to stick around,” he said, as he manned the grill at a local festival. “I actually built this grill, and I’ve kind of got a little attachment to it. So I’ll stick around for special events and to help out the school whatever I can. It’s kind of a nice thing to have, where the parents don’t have to bring in a bunch of gas grills to do things. We can just hook this thing up and bring it in and cook for banquets. We’ve roasted a couple of hogs on it over the years.” Heritage Principal Matt Widenhoefer was impressed with the Dads early in his ﬁrst year at Heritage. “Most often when you talk about parent groups, you talk about booster groups and PTO,” he said. “This is all dads, who come and help, whether it’s painting the football ﬁeld or cleaning out the trophy cases.” “My athletic director works very closely with that group because they do so much for us,” he said. “They provide security or run a concession stand or come work a volleyball game. They’re instrumental in making us unique, but

also give us the resources that I normally wouldn’t have.” “And it’s a great core group,” the principal said. “They meet about once a month, at the Monroeville pavilion or at school, and it’s kind of fun meeting with all these dads in a culture and time when dads are more valued than ever. Sometimes we don’t have a lot of male role models, but here’s a group of dads who stand up to be those role models.” “Our Dads are involved in every facet of Heritage,” Nagle said. “Last February 47 winter guards came in and we handled all the outdoor parking, cleaning, clearing snow. We made sure all the walks were cleared. We shuttled people in from the buses and the parking lot at the school.” The Dads helped to reinstate the homecoming bonfire, he said. “We used to have bonfires years ago when I went to the school, and we brought that back and we cooked 250 or 300 hot dogs for students,” he said. The Dads support academics, too. “We help sponsor the eighth-grade field trip to Washington, D.C., each year,” Nagle said. “We even look at academic scholarships and so forth, and if a teacher has a request we examine that request and see what we can do to help.”

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4-H applauds 32 members Ten-year and ﬁnal year 4-H members were recognized at the Allen County Fair. There were 19 young people who completed 10 years of participation in the 4-H program. They were: Kevin Berning of Decatur, Pride of Allen County Dairy 4H Club. Madeline Brown of Fort Wayne, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club. Callie Buesching of Fort Wayne, Eel River 4-H Club. Joey Corbat of Fort Wayne, individual study. Courtney DelaCuesta of Fort Wayne, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club. Jennifer Dowler of Hoagland, Caprine Capers 4-H Club. Jared Emenhiser of Monroeville, Dedicated Dudes & Darlins 4-H Club. Allison Grime of Fort Wayne, individual study. Alicia Heckley of Woodburm, individual study. Emily Kleine of Monroeville, Marion BG’s 4-H Club. Caylee Knafel of Churubusco, Eel River 4-H Club. Katherine Minard of Fort Wayne, Blue Ribbons 4-H Club. Breinne Mudrack of Fort Wayne, Perry Boosters 4-H Club. Kelsey Norwalk of Carmel, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club. Josh Raber of Harlan, Cedar Creek Companions 4-H Club. Samuel Stein of New Haven, New Haven Clovers 4-H Club. Ian Tinsley of Fort Wayne, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club. Cody Wood of Woodburn, Caprine Capers 4-H Club. Clare Wyss of Auburn, Dog Club. Thirteen young people participated in their ﬁnal year of 4-H.

They were: Alexis Alday of Fort Wayne, Sport Horse 4-H Club. Madelyn Beck of of Fort Wayne, Sport Horse 4-H Club. Shelby Blanton of Huntertown, Saddlebums 4-H Club. Megan Brockhouse of Fort Wayne, Blue Ridge Equestrian 4-H Club. Shelby Byall of Fort Wayne, Blue Ridge Equestrian 4-H Club. Tori Criswell of New Haven, Dedicated Dudes & Darlins 4-H

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Science Central gets grant Science Central announced that the Foellinger Foundation has awarded $25,000 to the nonproﬁt science center as part of the Foundation’s Limited Asset Improvement Grant opportunity. While Science Central has received grants from the Foellinger Foundation in the past, the LAI was a special grant opportunity for Allen County-based nonproﬁts to become more effective. Forty-seven organizations were awarded $1.1 million for improvement or replacement of their assets or to buy new assets to increase their capacity and improve their operational infrastructure. Science Central will use the grant monies to upgrade its IT system. The plan calls for new servers, backup batteries and software, workstations and HVAC work to keep the room temperature more optimal for computers. The Foellinger Foundation was established in 1958 by Helene Foellinger and her mother, Esther.

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Girls golf kicks off 2014-15 athletic year Girls golf teams took to the tees and fairways on Aug. 4 to launch the 2014-15 high school athletic year. Most area teams gathered at Orchard Ridge Country Club for the Homestead Girls Golf Invitational. Coaches invited the public to join the team parents and the community to attend the golf matches. Visit the school websites for the schedules. Football, volleyball, soccer, cross country and boys tennis also are on the fall schedule. By the end of the baseball and boys golf seasons next spring, some schools will have shared in almost 900 athletic events on the varsity, junior varsity and freshman levels.

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Schedule Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 4-6 Downtown Grabill Catch the parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. For a full list of exhibitions and children’s activities, visit grabillcountryfair.com. Free entertainment on the main stage: Thursday, Sept. 4, 7-9 p.m. The band Cumberland Gap brings traditional favorites such as “Orange Blossom Special,” rock-turned bluegrass, and old and new gospel tunes. Friday, Sept. 5, 6-7 p.m. Renee Russell and Bill Schafer perform renditions of popular jazz tunes and their original compositions they’ve performed for more than 15 years. Friday, Sept. 5, 7:30-9 p.m. Bekah Bradley performs country, pop, rock and Christian. Bradley writes about the people in her life, and reaches out to all generations. Saturday, Sept. 6, 7:30-9 p.m. Distant Travelers will meld bluegrass acoustics with a country music sound, calling on two soulful female vocalists and two male vocalists. Other free entertainment: Hoosier Gentry Barbershop Quartet will sing as they stroll through the fair, and might sing a song on request, from 7-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 4 and 5, and 5-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. T.A.G. Art Co. will present free shows in front of the Fudergong. Friday, Sept. 5, 6:30-8 p.m., balloon art. Saturday, Sept. 5, 11:30 a.m.-noon and 6-8 p.m., meet Elsa and Captain America. Church of the Good Shepherd presents Mime Time, 7-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, and 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. Dinner at the Fudergong: Thursday, Sept. 4, 5-9 p.m., beef and noodles. Friday, Sept. 5, 5-9 p.m., beef and noodles and High’s pork chops. Saturday, Sept. 6, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m., High’s chicken.

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Wilmer and Diane Delagrange staff the information booth at the 2013 Grabill Country Fair. The downtown celebration will mark its 43rd year Sept. 4-6.

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As Grabill Country Fair returns Sept. 4-6 for a 43rd year, much about the festival remains unchanged. The community still gathers on the weekend after Labor Day. Volunteers still take pride in welcoming visitors to their town. And Diane and Wilmer Delagrange are still among those volunteers. “My husband has been involved for 43 years,” said Diane, who took a few years off but is working on her 33rd festival. The community celebrated Grabill Barn Days for the ﬁrst and ﬁnal time in 1968. The notion of a festival survived, though. “Later, some people thought they could make it better,” Diane said. “So we started just working with other couples. We had a desire to welcome people into town.” Word about the festival spread, and the Grabill Country Fair expanded. “We never advertised that I remember,” she

said. Volunteers obliged with TV interviews, wrote articles inviting people to sign up for the exhibition tent, and printed a brochure. “People just usually came to us, because it was a carnival, an arts festival, and family friendly, and I think people were drawn in to that.” The weekend was chosen because of the apple season, which played a more prominent role in the early festivals. “They could set the tents up on Labor Day, and back in the early days we had apple butter making,” Diane said. “When they were setting up the tent, the women would come in here and ‘schnitz’ apples. That’s a German name for cut apples. They would cook the ﬁrst batch on Wednesday, so it was available for sale on Thursday. “They wanted to have the festival in the fall, but in order for people to make connections and get everything in line for the apple butter making, it worked out best that way.”

“They used to make apple butter Thursday, Friday and Saturday,” she said. “Of course those older people are gone now and it’s hard to find people to continue that craft. That’s by the wayside.” She said church groups have been invited to step in. “The Amish people, they don’t want to be on display,” she added. “It just takes a lot of time, and we have a lot of older people.” Visitors will find apple dumplings, though, along with fish sandwiches, and the popular meals in the Fudergong. Only one item is cooked in the festival area. “That is the caramel corn, and it’s done by a church organization, and that’s the only thing done over a fire,” she said. The fair remains true to its original mission, she said. “We have music on stage every night. We have lots of activities for the kids. It’s all free,” she said. Wilmer Delagrange is a retired painting and drywall contractor, and serves as Grabill Town

Council president. Diane Delagrange held sales and clerical positions in the community, including at the former Souder’s Home Center. That building at the town’s main crossroads now houses boutiques and vendors. “I’m 70 years old, my husband’s 72, and we should get off of this thing,” she said of the festival committee. “But it’s something that gets in your blood. We love our town, and we’re proud of Grabill.” Many other festival organizers share that devotion, she said. “The fair could not go on without volunteers — dragging the lights out of storage, the benches and the wiring that has to be done for all the booths,” she said. The Fudergong could use more help, she said. “The older people that we always relied on cannot do that anymore,” she said. “There’s just a lot going on, and it’s hard to ﬁnd people to commit,” she said. “We just hang on because they need See TOWN, Page B9

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Volunteers serve homestyle meals at the Fudergong building during Grabill Country Fair. Traditional favorites include beef and noodles, pork chops and chicken.

wrestling,” Colter said. At 2:30 it’s the cherry pit spitting contest. At 3 it’s the spelling bee, with several age categories including adults. At 4 p.m. it’s the blueberry pie eating contest. “And it’s just one slice of pie; we don’t make you eat the whole pie,” Colter said. Then it’s the sack races at 4:30, the jump rope contest at 5, and the nail driving contest at 6 p.m. Finally, it’s the two-man crosscut saw contest. “I have a good team of people who handle the different areas, and I kind of oversee it to make sure the awards and trophies are all in position,” Colter said. This year he and his wife also have taken on the sponsorship programs too. “It has been a challenge,” he said. Gayle Shearer again is in charge of the exhibition hall, which is inside Grabill Missionary Church. Enter through Door B, she said. That hall gets busy Wednesday evening, before the festival begins. “The people bring in their produce and their quilts and sewing, and canned goods and baked goods,” she said. After 6 p.m., the judges make their rounds. Then it’s open to the public, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and on Saturday from after the parade until about 4 p.m., when exhibitors begin collecting their displays.

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Country Shops of Grabill is ready for another town festival crowd, according to manager Sasha Hullinger. The collection of buildings at the corner of State and Main streets will mark its 30th year next year, Hullinger said. The antiques emporium in the Historic Souder’s Building opened in 1985, she said. The 150 vendors will remain open two hours later than usual, until 7 p.m., during the Grabill Country Fair, Sept. 4-6. About two years ago, Hullinger said, the Country Shops of Grabill underwent a major change. “When we went from antiques to more than antiques, and from 10 vendors to over 150 on the waiting list, people came in and they said ‘This is better than a flea market,’ ” Hullinger said. “They usually take half a day to get through. So I’d say start earlier or make it two days.” “The vendors offer a lot of locally made items, such as jewelry — earrings and necklaces,” she said. “They have garden goods, candied items, resale of all kinds, tools, a little of everything these days.” The Cottage featuring Vera Bradley and the Herb Shop are among the popular shops. Grabill Gallery is a fixture in Country Shops of Grabill. The work of James Schwartz holds the featured spot in the gallery through the festival. Schwartz’s passion for travel and love of photography have taken him to Australia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia and other nations and across the U.S. Other antiques stores also operate in downtown Grabill. Hullinger described two of those as sister shops to Country Shops of Grabill, all part of Our Country Home Inc. H. Souder & Sons General Store offers hard-to-find candies and primitives. The nearby Coffee Cabin Cafe started with specialty coffees but added foods last November. “It’s all homemade items a meatloaf sandwich, baked goods like cherry pie streusal and iced cinnamon rolls,” she said. That store, too, has more vendors upstairs. — Garth Snow

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Mizpah Shrine Fly-in Breakfast. Fort Wayne International airport, 10501 10 St., Aviation Hangar No. 1003, east of terminal. 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $5 donation. Breakfast includes eggs, pancakes, pancakes, sausage, hash browns, toast, juice, coffee and milk. Transportation provided from parking across street. Big Band Jazz. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd. 4-6 p.m. Admission $5. Heartland and the Heartland Jazz Orchestra present a program of â€œwholesome, American â€™40s and â€™50s music.â€? For information on other Heartland concerts and programs, visit heartlandchorale.org.

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We round up the best of the best each weekend, so you can spend less time planning, and more time doing. 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS PROGRAMS The Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports program will offer three different disciplines this fall: air pistol, shotgun and .22 riďŹ‚e. All three disciplines are taught by instructors certiďŹ ed through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Air Pistol: For youth currently in grades 3-12. Cost is $40, which includes use of equipment. This class will be held on six consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road. A parent and youth orientation meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 9. Class size is limited to 12 youth. Paid registration is due by Aug. 29. Shotgun: For youth currently in grades 5-12, who have previously completed one or more 4-H Shooting Sports disciplines in Allen County. Cost is $75, which includes use of equipment. This class will be held on Saturday afternoons from noon-2 p.m. at the St. Joe Trap and Skeet in St. Joe, Ind. It will meet six times in September and October. A parent and youth orientation meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, at the Purdue Extension-Allen County OfďŹ ce. All subsequent meetings will be held at the location. Registration is due by Sept. 15. Class size is limited to 10 youth, with a minimum of ďŹ ve youth. Paid registration is due by Sept. 15. . 22 RiďŹ‚e: For youth currently in grades 4-12. Cost is $50, which includes use of equipment. This class will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:308:30 p.m. at the Concordia Lutheran High School shooting range. This program will run for 10 weeks from Oct. 8-Dec. 10. Class size is limited to a maximum of 30 youth, with a minimum of 15 youth. Paid registration is due by Oct. 1. For registration information on any of these programs, contact the Purdue Extension-Allen County OfďŹ ce at 481-6826, or visit extension. purdue. edu/allen to download a registration form.

MULTIPLE DATES / REGISTRATION / NOTICES Community Market. Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave. Saturday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Crafters and business owners may rent booth space for $25 per table. Visit fwgoodshepherd.org/forms. All crafters and direct sales will be considered, but the church will limit the

The public will be allowed to photograph the interior of the Allen County Courthouse and to visit 12 local attractions during Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown 2014, from noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. Tourists may pick up their passports at Fort Wayne Kroger stores or at Old National Bank locations after Aug. 20. Or download a passport at VisitFortWayne. com/BeATourist. Participating destinations include: African/African-American History Museum, Allen County Courthouse, Cathedral Museum, Embassy Theatre, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, History Center, The Old Fort, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Parkview Field, Science Central, The Lincoln Tower, and the Visit Fort Wayne Visitors Center.

Fort Wayne Womenâ€™s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road. 11;30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, inclusive of lunch and program. The speaker is Nancy Rieke, owner of By His Grace Consigned Designs in Time corners. Make reservations by Aug. 19 to Meridith, 6723414. Baby sitting is available. Sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries. SCORE Chapter 50 free marketing/sales workshop. Indiana Tech, 1600 E. Washington Blvd., new Academic Center, Room 008, Lower Level. 5:30-8:30 p.m. To register, email scorefw50@frontier.com or call 422-2601.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 Sesame Street Live â€” â€œMake a New Friend.â€? Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Expo Center, 4000 Parnell Ave. 6:30 p.m. Tickets $15.50 to $25.50. Group tickets also available. Visit memorialcoliseum.com. 23rd Excellence in Recycling Awards. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, The Blue Room, 4000 Parnell Ave. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $5 includes parking and lunch. RSVP by Aug. 18 to 449-7878 or info@ACastewatcher.org. The Allen County Solid Waste Management District again will honor nonproďŹ ts and commercial businesses in Allen County. Guest speaker Jaret Wieland, CEO of Transformations Furniture, will discuss how his familyâ€™s fourth-generation furniture-making business practices waste reduction while achieving economic success.

THURSDAY, AUG. 28 booths with the same products, on a ďŹ rst-come, ďŹ rst-served basis. Overeaters Anonymous meetings. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Call 704-0453 for local meeting information. The Senior Saints present â€œThe Music of Our Hearts.â€? The 80 singers come from the greater Fort Wayne area, representing 33 churches. Songs include longtime favorites such as â€œHigh Hopesâ€? and â€œLet the Sunshine Inâ€? and songs of faith such as â€œHis Eye is on the Sparrow.â€? The singers do not charge for their performances, but some venues will accept a free-will offering at the door. Direct questions to MNotes@aol.com. Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. Huber Opera House, 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio. Thursday, Sept. 11, 12:45 p.m., First Assembly of God, 1400 W. Washington Center Road. Enter by Door 5 on the west side. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 3 p.m. Woodcrest Villas, 1300 Mercer Ave., Decatur. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. Swiss Village, 1350 W. Main St., Berne. Friday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive. Sunday, Sept. 28, 6 p.m. Grabill Missionary Church, 13637 State St., Grabill.

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Sesame Street Live â€” â€œMake a New Friend.â€? Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Expo Center, 4000 Parnell Ave. 10:30 A.m. Tickets $15.50 to $25.50. Group tickets also available. Visit memorialcoliseum.com. Everyone a Neighbor Day. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., in McKay Hall. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The congregation provides food, comfort and hospitality to people living in downtown Fort Wayne, including some living on the streets. Visitors receive a noon meal and donated clothing, and enjoy a place of shelter and relaxation on the fourth Thursday of each month. To ďŹ nd out how to help, call Sharon Hedeen, 483-9666. Monetary and clothing donations may be brought to the church ofďŹ ce.

SATURDAY, AUG. 30 Squirrel Squad Nature Club. Moser Park Nature Center, 601 W. Main St., New Haven. 2 p.m. Free. For ages 7-12. The Indiana Native Plants and WildďŹ‚ower Society is the special guest. Discover different types of native Indiana plants that are near the nature center.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3 Swimming lessons open registration and evaluations. NACS Auditorium, 3903 Carroll Road. 6-7 p.m. Swimming lessons for the 2014 early fall session will run Monday and Wednesday evenings from Sept. 8-24, or Saturday mornings from Sept. 6-Oct. 11. Visit nacs.k12.in.us/natatorium for the complete schedule guide, or call 637-0340 for more information. Classes serve different ability levels and ages 3 to 15. Prices start at $45. The NACS Natatorium is located on the campus of Carroll High School.

as cars, and sit with their parnts to watch the movie. Volleyball and other activities for youth. Free popcorn. AfďŹ ne Food Truck and Wise Guys Ice will be on site. Bag sale. Lutheran Life Villages, 6701 S. Anthony Blvd. In the assisted living center, lower level, craft room. 9 a.m.-noon. Cash or checks only. The Next-to-New clothing sale ends with a $2/$5 bag sale. This is a fundraising event for Lutheran Life Villages Auxiliary, which is a nonproďŹ t business. For details, call 447-1591.

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Next-to-New gently used clothing sale. Lutheran Life Villages, 6701 S. Anthony Blvd. In the assisted living center, lower level, craft room. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cash or checks only. This is a fundraising event for Lutheran Life Villages Auxiliary, which is a nonproďŹ t business. For details, call 4471591.

Sportsmanâ€™s RafďŹ‚e. Mizpah Shrine Horse Grounds, 965 N. Indiana 9, Columbia City. Noon-5 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. Tickets $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Ticket includes food and refreshments. Tickets available at Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015 Memorial Way. Call 426-4543. Bishop Luers Alumni and Friends Golf Outing. Brookwood Golf Course, 10304 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. Shotgun start at 1 p.m. $75 per person includes greens fees, golf cart, range balls, six drink tickets and food. Registration and fees due by Sept. 3. Call the Bishop Luers High School Alumni OfďŹ ce, 456-1261, ext. 3040, or email Melissa Hire at mhire@ bishopluers.org, or Sarah Shank at sshank@bishopluers.org. Or register at bishopluers.org. Miami Indian Heritage Days. Chief Richardville House, 5705 Bluffton Road. 1-4 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $5 for students and age 59 or over. History Center members and children 2 or under are admitted free. Dani Tippmann will present the program â€œMiami Harvest: Edible and Usable Plants and Materials.â€? Admission includes a visit to the Chief Richardville House, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Sponsored by the History Center. For details, visit fwhistorycenter.com.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 Fridays in September concert. Wagenhals Hall, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Concert free. â€œEine Kleine Lunch Music.â€? Frederick Jackisch, former dean of Wittenberg Universityâ€™s School of Music and retired nationally known church musician, will offer a lighter side of music with his piano arrangements of popular â€œoldiesâ€? songs. Lunch following, $2. â€œThe Lego Movie.â€? Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave. 7 p.m. Free to the whole community. The parking lot opens at 6:30 p.m. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. In the event of rain, the movie will be shown in the gym. Kidsâ€™ activities will include balloon animals. A 6-ft. Lego cutout will be available for taking photos. Children will paint boxes

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 Family Day. Lifebridge Church, Corbin and Union Chapel roads. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Laser tag, family games, inďŹ‚atables, free food and video games.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Concert free. Lunch following, $2. â€œMusic by Two Women of Note: Marga Richter and Rebecca Clarke.â€? With Marcy Trentacosti, violin; Colleen Tan, violin; and Pauline Eversole, piano.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 19 Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Concert free. Lunch following, $2. â€œQuintet Quandary,â€? with The Appleseed Woodwind Quintet: Linda Allen, ďŹ‚ute; George Donner, oboe; Lila Hammer, clarinet; Nan Bremer, horn; and Donna Russell, bassoon. â€œThere are too many musical styles and colors represented in this program, ranging from traditional classics to lighter fare, to create a theme.â€? Annual rummage, plants and bake sale. Leo United Methodist Church, 13527

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 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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Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Concert free. Lunch following, $2. â€œMusic for Harp,â€? with Cynthia Shelhart, harpist. The September series concludes with an eclectic program, consisting of Celtic traditional, classical, sacred, and original compositions. â€œThe Hallelujah Girls.â€? Van Wert County Senior Center, 220 Fox Road, Van Wert, Ohio. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $25, which includes full buffet at 7 p.m. and show at 8 p.m. The general public may make reservations beginning Wednesday, Sept. 10. For reservations, visit offstagetheatre.com. For details, email info@offstagetheatre.com. The full schedule includes: Saturday, Sept. 27, doors open at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 28, doors open at 12:30 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 3, doors open at 6:30 p.m., and; Saturday, Oct. 4, doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Church music program. Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road. 2:30 p.m. Music and worship arts director Marlane Sturm, who is retiring, will lead a presentation of anthems presented by the choirs she has led during her 25 years at Aldersgate.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4 Miami Indian Heritage Days. Chief Richardville House, 5705 Bluffton Road. 1-4 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $5 for students and age 59 or over. History Center members and children 2 or under are admitted free. This monthâ€™s program is wikiami cattail matting. Admission includes a visit to the Chief Richardville House, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Sponsored by the History Center. For details, visit fwhistorycenter.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 11 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer community walk. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., the 5K walk starts at 9 a.m. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Proceeds from the noncompetitive, family-friendly event beneďŹ t breast cancer research and local breast cancer education and free patient/caregivers support programs. Call (800) 227-2345 or visit makingstrideswak.org/fortwaynein. â€œA Salute to the Tonys.â€? Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. 7:30 p.m. Public admission $6. The fall production is a variety show, with scenes and songs from Tony Award-wnning shows. The show is directed by Chris Murphy and a variety of other directors. The show also will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12.

SUNDAY, OCT. 19 Handmade Homemade Sale. The Old Barn, Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont. Noon-5 p.m. Free to the public. If it was grown locally or made by hand it will be for sale at this special sale. Farmers, bakers, crafters and artisans will sell their products. The sale also will feature a pop-up gallery from Wunderkammer Company Art Gallery. Phil Schurger will present live music. Visitors may enjoy a bite to eat from a local food truck. Search for and join the sale (Handmade Homemade Sale 2014) on Facebook. Vendors may call Amy at 427-6005 or email amy.hicks@cityoffortwayne.org to request an application.

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