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Jim Clauser sings the part of The Herald in a Plymouth Congregational Church presentation of The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. This is Clauser’s 40th and final year in that role.
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Plymouth Congregational Church will dedicate the 40th Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival to four people who have been part of the service since its beginning. Shirley Slater, Michael Popp and Louise Misegades have been in different roles in the cast and crew through the years.
Jim Clauser has filled the same role since the first festival. Clauser said this will be his final year as The Herald, the central role in the secular portion of the festival that also presents religious themes in six free services each December. “He has never missed a service. He’s the only one that’s in the original character,” said Jim Schmidt, the festival artistic director.
“He won’t sing The Herald anymore, but he would like to stay involved with the Boar’s Head.” “That’s going to be quite a legacy,” said festival music director Robert Nance. “It’s been a great run for me, and I’ve really enjoyed doing that,” Clauser said. “I’m only leaving because I feel like 40 years is 40 years, and I feel like it’s time for somebody else to
Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne Dec. 28, 29 and 30, at 5:30 and 8 p.m. each evening. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Get tickets at the church office beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18. The ticket office will remain open as late as 7 p.m. if tickets remain available. pick up the gauntlet.” “I lead in the boar’s head in the very beginning after the candle is lit,” Clauser said. “And that starts the processional and there are six verses that I sing.” Those six verses introduce an audience of perhaps 350 to a story that is acted and voiced by almost 200 people. The sustained musical narration See BOAR, Page A4
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Prayer vigil set for new sanctuary By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
A month of prayer will precede the first service in the new sanctuary of Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church. The worship area of the Maysville Road church was destroyed by fire early on the morning of Dec. 31, 2012. Work continues on the replacement structure, where Taylor Chapel plans special events Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. “As the sanctuary comes to fruition, from Jan. 1 to
Jan. 30, we will be having 30 days of prayer vigil in the new space,” said Pastor the Rev. Steven Conner, “so the first thing that happens in the new sanctuary will be a season of prayer and blessing of what will take place in the years ahead in the sanctuary, the lives that will be transformed, and the baptisms and weddings that will take place there.” On Saturday, Jan. 31, from 1 to 4 p.m., the community is invited to see See CHAPEL, Page A5
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Volunteers Sarah Carter, from left, Owen Wade and Jordan Meintel ring Salvation Army bells at the Kroger Marketplace, Coventry Lane. The students are Homestead High School sophomores and members of the Key Club. Wade is a member of the Time Corners Kiwanis Club.
School Key Club to ring at the Kroger Marketplace, Coventry Lane, on Nov. 22. “It can be cold depending on the day,” said Dan Guse, club president. “That day definitely got chilly. But we do it because we just
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Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo chooses name for baby orangutan A baby Sumatran orangutan born at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo on Nov. 22 has a name — Asmara —
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is a task for a powerful voice. “I’m 75, and I want to go out on a good note,” Clauser said. “It will be interesting for me to actually watch the production instead of be in it. I’m already doing other things, helping with the sewing, and I told Jim that I’d be willing to do whatever he wants me to do.” Nance explained the significance of the boar’s head, and of the role that Clauser has voiced. “It comes out of that old tradition from Oxford where the story goes that a professor who was walking across the courtyard in Oxford was confronted by a wild boar and he shoved his book in his mouth and he killed him. And so the students interpreted that as the triumph of good over evil and they created a festival called The Boar’s Head. So when they process the boar’s head in in this festival, it’s almost like a magical dinner, the king and the queen are there and they’re holding court, and everybody is bringing their gifts or whatever they would like to present to the royal couple as something for this feast of the boar’s head,” Nance said. “And of course the central piece of that is the boar’s head and The Herald announces it, singing the Boar’s Head Carol, telling the boar’s head story.” Vince Slater, who was one of the originators of the festival and the original musical director, recruited Clauser for the role. “I had done a lot of work with him musically and when they started this he asked me if I’d be interested, and I said yes, not realizing that it would be
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in hand, accepting change from anyone who cares to donate for fun. That process might take in a couple hundred dollars in change, Jaurique said. Tickets are free but are required for admission. Free-will donations are accepted. The audience also may leave donations with the beefeaters as they leave the church. Schmidt said he became involved in the festival about 1983. “My oldest daughter was a candle sprite, and that’s how we got involved,” he said. “And I became a jester.” Schmidt said the cast will number about 200, filling 230 or 240 roles. “We have a lot of doublecasting, especially with the younger kids. They might be a cookie or stein bearer and they may become a dancer in the second part,” he said. “I would imagine there are about 250 costumes, not that we fill those costumes all the time.” Nance said the combined orchestra and choirs and handbell choir will total about 72 people. “The balcony is packed,” he said. That number will include some professional instrumentalists, including some who are members of the church. “The choir is all volunteer, although some of those folks are also professional vocalists that I work with. They just do it for fun,” said Nance, who is the festival music director and the church music director, and who
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also directs the Heartland Chorale. Nance said about half of the members of the festival chorus come from outside the church. “It’s such a wonderful opportunity to sing. We always seem to have room for one or two more,” Nance said. The music was chosen and arranged by Vince Slater, who died in 2006. Nance chooses the preservice music. Laura McCoy directs the children’s chorus, accompanies the children on the flute, and plays flute in the orchestra. Services are at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. each evening, Dec. 28, 29 and 30. Those are the performance dates each year, regardless of the days of the week on which they fall. Tickets become available Thursday, Dec. 18, from 4:30-7 p.m. Each person who visits the church office at 501 W. Berry St. may ask for six tickets. Tickets go quickly, often that evening. But anyone who does not get tickets should stay in touch. “They should check and see if there are tickets that have been returned,” Nance said. Patrons begin selecting tickets in November. “We’re always welcoming donors,” Nance said. The only dress rehearsal is the evening of Dec. 27. “So we have just one shot at it. It’s our technical rehearsal and everything,” Schmidt said. “We changed dates five years ago,” Schmidt said. “It used to be the 27th, 28th
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a 40-year stint,” Clauser said. “And once I got into it, it became Nance something I wanted to do every year.” The cast has grown over the years, Clauser Schmidt said, but the structure of the service is unchanged. The first half is the secular Jaurique celebration, and the second half is the religious celebration, and the casts of both parts then gather around the baby Jesus. Kara Jaurique is casting director for the festival. Cast members range in age from 3 to 4 weeks to their 70s or 80s, she said. “There are always new people in the cast,” she said. “I think this year we’ve got five. We try to have those people stand up and be recognized at our all-cast meeting, and we always try to pair them up with somebody who’s been in the production for a while, so they have a buddy, somebody who can show them around, because you can get lost in a cast of a hundred and ninety people.” Jaurique said she joined Plymouth Congregational Church when she was 7 and worked in her first Boar’s Head when she was 8. “I’ve missed two years since then. I think this is year 31 or 32 for me,” she said. “This is the 40th, so it’s sort of a big deal, a big celebration,” she said. “We tried to pull back someone from each of the decades to come back and represent.” “There are people who started out as baby Jesuses and have gone all the way through and are now wassailers or whatever they might be,” Schmidt said. Those wassailers walk the pew tops with steins
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and 29th with the dress rehearsal the 26th, and that was a strain. All I could think about on Christmas Day was the rehearsal the next day.” More than half the people who attend each year are attending for the first time. “I’m always surprised by that,” Nance said. “About 30 percent of the people are there every single year, and they’re the ones who spread the word.” Schmidt said he and Jaurique both know the service well, and know the hair-raising process of staging it again each year. “I think the real joy for us is the idea that the services themselves are so meaningful, when you see people in the audience and there are tears in their eyes and they are moved, and the notes that we get,” he said. “So it doesn’t matter then whether you’re in it or you’re watching it. It’s a real moving kind of situation, and I think being where it falls in the year, it always renews what Christmas is all about, because the hustle and bustle is past and you can take some time and focus on the message.” “And take some time just to be quiet,” Jaurique said. “We like to call it a service. It really is a worship service,” Schmidt said. “It’s honestly just a part of who I am,” Jaurique said. “It’s part of my holiday tradition. And I couldn’t imagine my holiday season without it. It’s bringing people together from all walks of life. It’s intergenerational, and just celebrating the spirit of Christmas.” Clauser, who is retiring from his role as The Herald, taught for 38 years in Fort Wayne Community Schools, including 36 years at Snider High School. He began his teaching career in music and stagecraft, but spent most of his career teaching English. He also became involved in community theater. Clauser’s wife, Carol, also is retired, and sings in the choir. She has seen at least one production each of the first 39 years. “My wife is in it every year, and one of my daughters is in it. It’s a very important event for us,” Clauser said. “For us, anymore, it’s not Christmas till this is over.”
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CHAPEL from Page A1 the new sanctuary. On Sunday, Feb. 1, the two services will be combined into a single 10:30 a.m. service. That service will begin in the Family Life Center, where the congregation has been worshipping for almost two years. After hymns and prayers, the congregation will process into the new sanctuary space for “worship, sacrament and a new beginning,� the pastor said. The Rev. Michael Coyner, the bishop of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church, will preside over the worship. “A follow-up on that, on March 1, will be our Consecration Sunday, where we actually consecrate the new sanctuary to the glory of God,� Conner said. Again, a 10:30 a.m. service will replace the regular 8:30 a.m. traditional service and the 10:30 a.m. contemporary service. “We want the community to gather in one place on those special days,� the pastor said. “It’s been a challenge. I
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have to admit,� Conner said in an interview. He said members of the congregation, other churches and other pastors have made monetary and spiritual contributions. “It’s not been easy. And the times of testing make you go deeper, and that’s what I feel in the long run this church has done and will look back upon and realize that they have done. It has forced some change, just dealing with the crisis, dealing with reconstruction, and it has taken longer than we thought [it would take].� “We’ve had some people leave. We’ve had some new people come,� Conner said. “It all kinds of works out in the end. And I think that at the end of the day when we look back upon this time we will have realized that God made this church stronger and that we learned things about ourselves that we otherwise would not have learned about what it means to be the church in mission.� “I just told them Sunday that I was very proud of this church and this community,� he said, explaining that the
continuing a challenge recovery ďŹ nancially from the for our ďŹ re would church have made but we are it easy to making it become through. We focused are emphainward. sizing the “But clean water three project again weeks after in Advent the ďŹ re and hope we sent a to dig more check for water wells. several “So I think thousand at the end dollars to of the day a project we’re going PHOTO BY JANE SNOW for digging Taylor Chapel United to look back water wells Methodist Church Pastor and say God in Burkina the Rev. Steven Conner in the long Faso, inspects the cross that was run has made Africa. damaged in a Dec. 31, 2012, this church We’ve ďŹ re. The cross is 14 feet tall stronger and dug seven deeper. So and 6 feet wide. “Our hope water wells is to hang this in the new I’m very there as proud of this sanctuary,â€? he said. part of a congregaproject called Clean Water tion for hanging in there, in Africa, along with a for hanging together. For number of other churches,â€? those who have persevered Conner said. “And we’re and stayed prayerful and going to emphasize that faithful and been patient, again.â€? the blessing will be over“We’ve continued an whelming the day we move outward focus in mission,â€? into the new sanctuary. he said. “We’ve stayed “And my hope is it really faithful in our tithes to serves as a lighthouse. Our our conference. It’s been emphasis during Advent is
a light in the darkness, and we’re talking about what it means to have the light of God in the darkness of doubt, the light of God in the darkness of despair and discouragement, the light of God in the darkness of grief and worry. “My hope is this church stands out as a beacon of light to the community about being a part of the family of God.â€? “We’ve had people step up. We’ve had people join us during a time of crisis,â€? Conner said. “We’ve had a few members leave to go to other churches. And that’s OK, they’re still part of the Kingdom. And in the end it’s all good, and it’s all God.â€? “And I think it’s God’s way of just shaking out this church, preparing us for whatever the future is. That’s the way I look at it. It’s not that God caused the ďŹ re. But ‘Out of the Ashes’ was our theme during the capital funds drive. Out of the ashes, beauty arises. Up from the ashes a new church emerges. That’s what we’re experiencing,â€? he said. Church leaders knew that the church would need
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worship center, at least to identify it. And it’s been our tabernacle.” The year 2015 marks the church’s 150th anniversary. The church began as a little chapel at what is now Bowers Cemetery. “And my goal as pastor is not to take them back there,” Conner said. A larger home was built near the present location in 1894, and serviced until 1964. “So it was 50 years old almost to the day when it burnt down, and at that
time they built it with a seating capacity almost two or three times larger than what they had at the time,” he said. “So our church has always had an outward focus and a great foundation,” he said. “I love the idea that it is 150 years old. I think it’s got a great story ahead of it as well that we have yet to discover,” Conner said. “We’re not sure how we’re going to celebrate the 150 years yet. I guess
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by opening the new sanctuary. I guess you can’t get much better than that. And we will probably do some things through the year to remember that, celebrate it.” Though the congregation will begin worshiping in the sanctuary in February, additions will continue as possible. Clear glass windows will work for now; stained glass windows might be possible later. The cross that was salvaged from the burned sanctuary also might be restored. “We are hoping to refurbish it. It’s in our garage right now,” Conner said. “We’ve worked out in our building committee a plan to hang it central in the tall glass windows that sit behind the sanctuary. We need to find someone who can help clean it and finish it, restore it, because in some places it was pretty deeply charred. But our hope is to use it and it will be prominent, central in our chancel area of the new sanctuary.” Conner said he remains grateful for the help from near and far for almost two years. “We have received financial gifts, unsolic-
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Connie Frederick and Maryann Kummer begin separate conversations about their special roles in the business of Girl Scout Cookies, then turn to a subject even more dear to them — their daughters. Frederick is product manager for the 22-county Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana. “My daughter was the shy little girl who hid behind her order card to sell cookies,” Frederick said. “It is a learning experience, and we’re teaching these girls how to market,” Frederick said. “It’s a girl-led business. They learn money management, people skills and business ethics,” she said. “Little girls come in here with their mothers, who pick up cookies, and I always ask them ‘How many cookies have you sold?’ And by the third time they don’t have to look at Mom and ask how many cookies they’ve sold. They know I’m going to ask them that question.” Sarah Frederick, who once wore the sash of Troop 200 in Fort Wayne, now applies the skills she gathered in Girl Scouts and other experiences to the business of operating a traveling museum in the city across the bay from Seattle. As collections manager for Eastside Heritage Center, in Bellevue, Wash., she takes the museum’s exhibits to the public. “Our exhibits go into places like shopping centers, libraries, schools, and our programming is done basically the same way,” she said. “We take it to the people.” “The appreciation of community — that’s one of the things that’s really
great about Girl Scouts, is you have to go out and engage with people,” she said. Sarah Frederick was involved in Girl Scouts from elementary school through high school, and holds a lifetime membership. “I always have a soft spot for when the troops approach me,” she said. “I go out of my way to work with them.” Kummer operates a Girl Scout Cookie Cupboard. Troops from Huntington and Wabash counties and parts of southwest Allen County pick up their cookies at Kummer’s Roanoke home. “Last year we had 22,000 boxes of cookies go through my cupboard,” she said. “I’ve been in cookie sales for 40 years, and we’ve been doing this for probably 25 years,” she said. Kummer said two of her granddaughters live in the area, and sell hundreds of boxes of cookies each year. “They learn that they’re able to talk to people,” she said. “It connects the girls with teamwork and nutrition.” “Especially the younger ones, in kindergarten and first and second grades. they’re out there pushing door bells all the time,” Kummer said. “I have a daughter who went through Girl Scouts, and I was an assistant leader in her troop,” she said. “She went to Ball State to school, and got orders from kids at Ball State, and she called and said, ‘Mom, can I come and get cookies? I’ve got so many orders.” That daughter is Teresa Ladd, who now owns T.K. Ladd Architecture. Ladd said that that early sales experience has been valuable to her career.”
Fresh out of college, Ladd took over a troop of fourth-grade Girl Scouts and was with them through high school. She also served on the regional Girl Scouts board. Like Sarah Frederick, she holds a life membership in Girl Scouts. “That volunteer experience started way young, and I’m still very active when it comes to kids,” she said. “In those days it was a lot different,” she said. “It was a lot harder to sell cookies then, because you had to take orders and there weren’t store sales, so it was a different ballgame than it is now.” “That’s really what the sale is all about anyway,” she continued. “It’s developing the ability of young women to ask for something, ‘Will you buy this from me?’ Later in life it’s going to be asking for a job. I think, personally, that that is the reward.” “In this digital world that we live in now, that face-to-face interaction is really lacking,” she said. “And I think selling cookies for Girl Scouts is one of those opportunities. I will buy as long as they ask me. I won’t buy from parents, I won’t buy from grandparents, but I will buy from the young person as long as they ask me. And if they’re raising money for school, all they have to do is come ask and I always buy what they’re selling or make a contribution.” She said she also gained business experience by operating a paper route. “I think it’s important that people understand that the program is vital and strong. So buy those cookies,” Ladd said. Besides Girl Scouts, Ladd also shares her busi-
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begin taking cookie orders on Friday, Jan. 9, and will sell cookies through March 1. The scouts range from Daisies to seniors in high school, ages 5 to 18. Last year about 6,000 girls in 20 counties in Indiana and two Michigan counties sold an average of 200 boxes of cookies each. “Our girls have cookies in hand from the ďŹ rst day they go out to sell cookies, so they knock on the door and you can purchase your cookies,â€? Frederick said. “It’s instant gratiďŹ cation.â€? Cookies are $4 a box. The same eight varieties sold last year will be available again: Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Cranberry Citrus Crisps, Shortbread, Thanks-A-Lot shortbreads with fudge, Lemonades, and Caramel deLites. A gluten-free cookie has been added this year. Called trios, the cookies combine peanut butter, chocolate chips and oatmeal. “It’s a very good tasting cookie,â€? Kummer said. The trios are being sold as a test project this year, to determine demand. Girls will have an initial supply, but will not be able to order more trios. That variety costs $5. Girls will begin with four semi loads of cookies from Interbake Foods in Sioux Falls, S.D. Cookies will be distributed to the cookie cupboards such as Kummer’s in Roanoke. “She does an awesome job,â€? Frederick said. “She’s been doing this longer than anyone else. And they are all wonderful. They do a
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Children visit Santa Claus and share in activities at the Georgetown Subway, 6513 E. State Blvd., during the 2013 Breakfast with Santa. Similar scenes are expected again from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. The restaurant will provide a free minisub for each child. Cookies will be available to children and adults. “My staff has a fun time and we enjoy doing this with the community,” said Subway manager Nathan McNeal. “We have a good Santa. They don’t have to pay for pictures. And it’s just a fun atmosphere,” McNeal said. Families are encouraged to take their own photos at no charge. “We have a really nice Santa. The Subway has a fireplace and Lopshire florists decorate it, and it has a really nice background,” said Maureen Partee, the marketing director for Georgetown Square across State Boulevard from the Subway in Georgetown North. Cindy Bodnar of Kids on the Go Preschool once again will supervise the children’s activities, including coloring and writing letters to Santa. “It has become kind of an event. Parents come and hang out there for an hour or so and eat lunch,” Partee said.
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The owner of Ossian Furniture is expanding to Fort Wayne with a new store that will open Jan. 1 at Pine Valley in the spot most recently occupied by Rustic Hutch. OFD Total Home will also count about 10 former Rustic Hutch workers among its staff of 20, said owner Kevin Smith. Smith was thinking of opening a second location, and he saw an opportunity to do so when Rustic Hutch’s owners decided to leave the business earlier this fall. The new store will combine both elements of Ossian Furniture and
Rustic Hutch. “This isn’t necessarily a furniture store, but we didn’t want to call it a design center either and scare people away,” Smith said. The Pine Valley store will have more furniture than Rustic Hutch did, but it also will keep Rustic Hutch’s floral and accessories departments. In-store vendors will offer flooring, cabinets, drapes and other wall coverings. In addition, four in-store designers will help customers make their decisions at no charge. The store also will work with outside designers and their customers. A registry will track who is working
with whom. Renovations at the Pine Valley store are well under way. In a tribute to the popular Restoration Hardware and Arhaus, neither of which has a location in Fort Wayne, the new store will have sections “that are not quite as pricey but will have the same look,” Smith said. Smith and his wife, Debra, purchased Ossian Furniture a few years ago after the recession forced its former owners to close the family business. The store was badly damaged by a fire in late 2012, but reopened a couple months later.
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Final touches remained on a $6.1 million project to widen Coliseum Boulevard between the Memorial Coliseum and the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus.
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BARRELS from Page A10 ably have to wait until spring, he said. Coliseum Boulevard, also known as Indiana 930, could remain a little rough through the holidays. Lanes were restricted for months as part of a $6.1 million INDOT project to widen the bridge lanes over the Saint Joseph River.
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Christmas events fill Honeywell stage Two holiday performances will take the Ford Theater stage in Wabash in the same week mid-December. The Honeywell Center will present the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, and Point of Grace at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic performance is sponsored by First Farmers Bank & Trust. The 64-piece
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the number of people we are assisting reects the fact that we had to rewrite our budget with less,â€? Smith said. The donation gap in 2013 can be attributed to both the weather and the economy, Smith said. “Everybody sees the unemployment rate going down, but actually the number of people living in poverty is going up,â€? he said. “We have a lot of people who were donors, who are now applying [for help],â€? Smith said. “Every year there are always a number of people that are appreciative of the help that we are able to provide, not just at
Christmas but throughout the year as well,� said Major Harold Poff, the director of Salvation Army operations in Fort Wayne. “As for the people who provide the assistance, we have people who volunteer every year to work in the distribution center and help folks get their items and get it to the car, and I guess the fact that they keep coming back from year to year is an indication that it really does give a blessing, that we do some good for the volunteers as well as for the folks we assist,� Poff said. “Teams, clubs, groups, co-workers and families can easily sign up to work a shift,� The Salvation
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program. More than 2,000 children applied to receive assistance from The Salvation Army. Each child’s name is written on a tag, and tags are placed on trees at stores throughout the area. The tag also tells the child’s age and gender, needs and clothing sizes. Community members are encouraged to pick up these tags and buy clothing for the designated child. The deadline to return tags and gifts was Dec. 9.
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Crowds gather at the St. Joseph River boat ramp at Johnny Appleseed Park at 2 p.m. each New Year’s Day, then wade through snow if necessary to splash in the freezing water. “It’s just a bunch of crazy people doing crazy things,” said Dave Bieberich, the organizer. “I guess people just figure it’s a good way to start the new year.” Don’t bother asking any of the participants for a deeper meaning. They will be toweling off, bundling up and driving away just as quickly as they descended the ramp. Jaime Garcia knows that he will be there again in 2015, for the 30th time. He’s not sure who organizes the event. Garcia knows only that he shows up to help some fellows put up some barricades. “It just sort of happens,” he said. He knows he will
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Jaime Garcia says he will make his 30th Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day.
be wearing, and shedding, some form of IU garment. His only mission is “to jump in the river,” he said. “You come out of the water and the air’s warm. It’s quite a thing,” he said recently, as he pledged to plunge again in 2015.
“It’s a great way to start a year,” he said after the 2014 plunge. “I mean, after this you can go outside and oh, it’s not so bad.” Bieberich said there is no formal structure to the plunge. He will take names, but just to get a count to share with the
news media. Everyone sings “The Star-Spangled Banner,” then the brave of heart rush into the water, while family and friends record the plunge in photos or videos. Some waders will wear See SPLASH, Page B9
Allen County musicians help create the music of the Antwerp Community Band, according to 18-year band member Linda Kos, of near Woodburn. The band will perform two Christmas concerts in December, each a short drive east of the Indiana-Ohio line. “The band has 20 to 25 members, and about half are from Fort Wayne and New Haven,” Kos said. Steve Hahn directs the Antwerp Community Band, which is finishing its 22nd year. Kos plays the French horn. Her husband, Ed Kos, plays a trumpet. “We’re brass people,” she said. “I actually went to high school in Antwerp and as an adult moved back to the Fort Wayne area, and thought I’d like to resurrect my playing and be a part of this group,” Kos said. The youngest band member is in high school, and the most veteran
musician has seen more than 80 Christmases. “It’s a wonderful mix, and we often get high school talent from the Antwerp School who will play with us for a period of time. We have a Purdue student who’s playing with us now,” Kos said. “It’s really an eclectic organization, a lot of fun.” “Every year we present two or three concerts, but the Christmas concert really is at the heart of it,” Kos said. “It’s absolutely free. We set a basket out, if somebody wants to make a donation, that’s fine. We always consider the Christmas concert our gift to the community.” The first concert will be Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2:30 p.m., in the Auditeria of Antwerp Local School, 303 S. Harmann Road, Antwerp, Ohio. The second concert will be even nearer the state line, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Huber Opera House & Civic Center, 157 E. High St., See BAND, Page B4
Freeman Jewelers family announces ‘hard decision’ By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Among the thousands of customers who have come to Freeman Jewelers over seven decades, Larry Freeman remembers a couple who came to him for engagement and wedding rings 20 years ago. Freeman was behind the glass counters at the store facing Auburn Road last month when customers began responding to thousands of fliers announcing the store’s closing. As he has done for 47 years, Freeman helped the couple find tangible reminders of fleeting moments. “She always said she wanted another wedding band for the other side, like an anniversary band, but they were going to wait till the 25th anniversary,” he said. “And she said ‘What am I going to do? Can you still make one?’ “ “I’ll see if I can’t make that band for them,” Freeman said. He explained that few jewelers perform that duplication process. “You make a rubber mold, and you go to wax,
and then manufacture a piece,” he said. “That was pretty heartwrenching when they were at a loss,” he said. “And that’s going to happen a lot, and I feel sad about that. There’s not much I can do about that right now.” The Freeman Jewelers story begins with World War II watch repair training, and mirrors a nation’s story of enterprise, new neighborhoods and economic uncertainty. The middle class has been priced out of the jewelry market, Freeman said. About a thousand independent jewelers have closed across the United States in the past year, he said. Besides the economy, there’s the age factor. “I mean how long do you go?” he asked. “Everybody working here’s got 20 years or more. My niece and my daughter work here,” he said. Those younger family members are raising their own children. “They just don’t have the money to buy it out. It’s unfortunate for them,” he said. Larry Freeman, his
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Blessings ow both ways in church’s gift to school By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
A Carroll Road church and a Fort Wayne school will write another chapter of their partnership with the gift of an estimated $30,000 in food. The congregation of Pine Hills Church buy enough food for more than 300 families’ holiday meals, with enough extra food to feed the families through the two-week holiday break. The students and families of Abbett Elementary School will pick up the food at the school Dec. 20. This holiday season marks the third year of the food donation. The church has not sought outside help with the project, and has not announced its gift, but did reply to requests for information. Joseph Rodgers, the principal of the prekindergarten to ďŹ fth grade school at 4325 Smith St., sees it as part of a wider relationship. “This is my second year here,
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Principal Joseph Rodgers talks with Rashawn Boone in teacher Abby Dutcher’s ďŹ fth-grade classroom at Abbett Elementary School.
and from the start Pine Hills was involved and an integral part of our community relationships,â€? Rodgers said. “All the schools have community relationships, and they are probably our biggest supporter in what we do as public educators.â€? Kathy Chairs, the administrative assistant of the church at 4704 Carroll Road, said the beneďŹ ts ow back to the church. “The stories that we’ve heard are a blessing both ways,â€? she said. “It’s more of a blessing to give than to receive sometimes, and some of the kids see that
ďŹ rsthand when they are in that home and they see how thankful a child is to receive two boxes of food.â€? The Pine Hills congregation planned to shop at two Lima Road stores on Dec. 7, after a shortened Sunday service. “We all go out together with a hundred percent participation, and we shop at Aldi and Walmart,â€? Chairs said. “And we have speciďŹ c lists made up of what we want purchased because then the boxes given to families all have the same things in them.â€? “What the stores do for us is really neat,â€? she
said. “They know what we need, so for instance Aldi orders extra for us and Walmart designates an entire aisle for us, so everything we need is on one aisle. And Aldi tags every item so people know exactly what is needed.� “The whole church is involved. We have close to a thousand people,� she said. “Some of our members volunteer to greet and bag, and a huge group will come back and sort,� she said. “And when we’re in those stores, other people are there from the community and a lot of people ask for a shopping list and pitch in, even though they’re not part of Pine Hills,� she said. “So it’s neat to see that happen.� The approximately 400 students of Abbett Elementary also enjoy giving, Principal Rodgers said. Abbett is a leader in donations to the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, and frequently is
In brief The members of Pine Hills Church went shopping Dec. 7, to buy food as a gift to families of Abbett Elementary School, 4325 Smith St., Fort Wayne. honored as the top school in that campaign, he said. Teachers volunteer for an after-school leadership and character development program, called Leaders of the Pack. Last school year, the 40 girls and 30 boys in the group raised more than $600 for the Allen County SPCA. “The people in this community, they’re just down-to-earth, hardworking people that want their kids to get a good education,� he said. “And if there’s a food drive going on, we’re going to donate to that as well.� “People are willing to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done for the kids,� he said. “I would say we have a pretty strong PTA. We have about 20 to 25 parents that are involved, which is pretty good for a school our size. We’re a smaller, neighborhood school.�
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Area Christmas activities “High Style Holidays” garden exhibit, Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., through Jan. 4. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Closed Christmas and New Year’s. Admission: adults, $5; children 3-17, $3; ages 2 and under, free. High Style Holidays is a poinsettia-filled display capturing the elegant flair and lively spirit of the Art Deco style and Roaring ’20s chic, a gorgeous backdrop for holiday enjoyment and family pictures. For details, visit botanicalconsevatory.org. Headwaters Park Ice Rink, outdoor rink in Headwaters Park, at Clinton and Superior streets. Through March 2. Admission: ages 13 and under, $3; ages 14 and over, $5. Skate rental $2. Spectators admitted free. Free parking. Call the rink office at 422-7625. Regular hours are: MondayThursday, 1-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-10 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-8 p.m. Extended holiday hours, from Dec. 19-Jan. 10, are: Monday-Friday, noon-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Closed Christmas Day, closing at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve. Extended holiday hours. Botanical Conservatory. 1100 S. Calhoun St. Through Dec. 19. The conservatory will be open until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday evenings through the week before Christmas. Enjoy an evening downtown at the botanical gardens, done up for the holidays. The gift shop is also open until 8 p.m. Regular admission charged, except for first Thursday. Closed Christmas Day. Call 427-6440 for more info, or visit botanicalconservatory.org. Garden in Lights. Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. Through Jan. 4. The Showcase House has been decorated with the customary poinsettias and elegance. The Tropical and Desert houses and the outdoor gardens also have been decorated. The gardens provide a backdrop for family photos, out-of-town guest entertainment and conversations. The gift shop will also be open during public hours for holiday shopping. Admission: adults, $5; children 3-17, $3; ages 2 and under, free. For more information, call 427-6440. The Festival of Gingerbread. The History Center, 302 E. Berry St. Through Dec. 14. Admission: Adults, $5; seniors and children 2 and older, $3. Monday-Thursday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. The Festival of Gingerbread, now in its 29th year, attracts crowds who come to view the creations of indi-
viduals of all ages, families and professionals. “The Nutcracker.” Fort Wayne Ballet, Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Adult ticket prices range from $43.50 for regular seating to $49 for premium seating. Discounts available for age 60 and over, ages 11-18 and ages 3-9. Call the box office at 422-4226. Performances through Dec. 14. Tchaikovsky’s timeless holiday classic of magic, mystery, and the Mouse King! Join us in the Christmas dreamworld of Clara and her heroic Nutcracker as they travel to the Kingdom of Sweets, in this holiday tradition for the entire family. For a closer look, visit fortwayneballet.org. Santa & The Reindeer. Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. Saturdays, Dec. 13 and 20, noon-4 p.m. Admission: adults, $5; children 3-17, $3. Conservatory members or volunteers and children ages 2 and under are admitted free. Santa and two of his reindeer will greet the children while Mom and Dad take pictures to capture the moment. Explore the Conservatory in its holiday glory; this year’s theme is “High Style Holidays.” Sponsored by PBS 39 and WAJI Majic 95.1. For more information, call 427-6440 or visit botanicalconsevatory.org. Fort Wayne Philharmonic Holiday Pops. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. Dec. 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets are priced at $32, $42, $56 and $70. Box office hours are Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. If a Master-
works or Pops performance is scheduled that day, the box office is open Saturday from noon-4 p.m. Or, call The Phil at 481-0777 or shop online at fwphil.org. Celebrate the season with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, The Phil Chorus and a talented cast of guest artists in this Fort Wayne tradition. Enjoy seasonal favorites of “Sleigh Ride,” Handel’s original “Hallelujah Chorus” and more. Former Associate Conductor Sameer Patel returns to Fort Wayne to lead this festive concert, and Santa might even make a special trip from the North Pole to bring more holiday cheer. Before and after the concert, enjoy the ornate decorations at the Embassy Theatre. “The Nutcracker.” New American Youth Ballet, University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 online at nayb.info. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door, for $20. Call 471-7848. “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas” movie night. Allen County Public Library, Main Library Theater, 900 Library Plaza. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m. Free. Doors open at 6 p.m.; limited seating is available on a first-come, firstseated basis. Enjoy the laughter as Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas spirit. Science Fun: Santa Science. Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. Saturday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m. and 1 See CHRISTMAS, Page B8
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Record crowd attends 2014 Festival of Trees The 30th Festival of Trees at the Embassy Theatre concluded on Dec. 3 and the eight-day festival set an attendance record of 19,078, surpassing last year’s total by nearly 1,000 people. This year’s festival featured 58 trees sponsored by area businesses with themes such as “30 Years of Music,” to “Joyeux Noel.” Children loved the “Frozen Christmas” tree that featured the characters from the movie “Frozen.” Other crowd favorites were “Alice at the
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Selections will include “O Holy Night,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “Sleigh Ride” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” “And we’re going to do something that’s new to us, ‘Fantasia on Kingsfold.’ It’s a very famous adapta-
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FREEMAN from Page B1 said. Walter and June Freeman opened the first Freeman Jewelers, on Wells Street. “My dad learned the trade in the service in World War II,” Freeman said. “He volunteered to go to a watch repair school. Elgin watch? Remember that name? Well they had a factory in Elgin, Ill., for years and asked for volunteers and my dad went there for three months’ training before he was shipped overseas. So when he was over in Germany in World War II he repaired all the watches and everything. When he got out of there in 1945 his first stop was in Ogdensburg, N.Y.” That town along the Saint Lawrence River was too cold and had too much snow for Walter’s liking. Before long, Walter and June had a business in Fort Wayne. “His first store was at 1st and Wells Street, and later on was at 4th and Wells, and then to 5th and Wells in 1964. He always said he moved up — he moved up Wells Street — 1st, 4th and 5th,” he said. “The store at 5th and Wells was the first freestanding jewelry store in Fort Wayne. All the other stores were in office buildings all down through town.” Then the customers moved away as major employers downsized or moved or closed altogether. “At that time it was over 22,000 cars [each day] coming down Wells Street, and it went to like 12,000,” he said. “And then it got to where the kids weren’t coming downtown. There wasn’t anything down there. So we said if we’re going to survive and keep going we need to go where the business is at.” The new store was built just a block from Dupont Road. “When we opened up in 2005 there were only two buildings [on the block],” he said. Those two were DeBrand Chocolates and a furniture store, just across Auburn Road from the new Dupont Hospital. “Other than that there was no medical, there was nothing,” he said. The move was the right decision, he said. At least it was right for that time. “Business was great until … 2007 was wonderful, 2008 the first part of the year, and then we had our so-called recession,” he said. “And I lost about 45 percent of our business. And over the years we’ve gotten the majority of it back. Also at that time, the price of gold went from $319 an ounce to way over $1,000. It actually went as high as $1,800. So basically, for the middle income people
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Melissa Estes shows a tray of rings. Estes is the daughter of Freeman Jewelers co-owner Larry Freeman and one of nine Freeman employees.
that were struggling anyway, they couldn’t afford to buy anything.” “Still, at this day, the disposable income is not there,” he said. “And if it is, they’re scared to spend it.” “We’re seeing a little bit of an upswing right now,” he said, adding that retail in general remains sluggish. “Retail is very tough today. You see a lot of closing of everything. Sure you see a lot of part-time help today, but after that you’re out the door.” “We’ve been around for almost 70 years and I started in ‘67, so this is my 47th year,” Freeman said. “Long time.” “I’m the goldsmith. I do a lot of the design work. My brother was a watch repairman. My sister was a diamond buyer and she bought a lot of the product,” he said. “Unfortunately, people are going to find out that there are very few watch repairmen. It’s a dying trade, as is the shoe repairs. Right now the only place we have that we can recommend is a store [Christianson Jewelers] in Kendallville.” Customers asking for other repairs are directed to Bultemeyer Jewelers in Huntertown. “There are some unique things that I’ve made over the years that I don’t know where people are going to go, because I’m the only one that did it,” he said. “I make all the Hall of Fame Bowling awards for Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Fort Wayne, and I don’t know where those people are going to go. “For 27 years I’ve made a little crown ring — it’s not much — for the Allen County [Fair] queen. I don’t know where that is going to go.” Employers will need a new source for employee service awards. Then again, that demand has dwindled. Fewer companies present tokens of appreciation for tenure milestones, Freeman said. “A lot of people are
lucky if they get 10 years in the company anymore. So that will all be gone,” he said. Freeman said his customers’ need for the perfect reminders of life’s greatest moments is a tremendous pressure, but a pressure that he welcomes. “We do understand how sentimental things are that we make, whether it’s for the moment, or very possibly can be forever,” he said. “I’ve got pieces that I made 45 years ago that they’re still coming in. I still check them, I add to them, I change them. “We’re in our third generation now of customers, so it’s very important to do a nice job and a quality job. That was always instilled by Mom and Dad. You do the right job and you do the nice thing for your customer and they’re going to come back and see you. That’s what we’ve always had. We’ve got a tremendous amount of customers who have been with us for years.” The announcement of the planned closing brought a crush of customers. “We’re focused on getting through the holidays,” Freeman said. “Christmas time of course is always a very important time. That’s the No.1 retail time. And it puts a lot of pressure on me, because of things I still make. I don’t know many customer jobs I have with things I’m trying to make. We have a tremendous amount of inventory anyway. We have equipment, book work — it’s going to take a long time to get shut down.” So the projected closing date is only tentative, he said. “But we had to get started on this whole process.” Larry Freeman’s wife, Ricci, works outside the store. “And she says she wants to still work for a while,” Freeman said. Eventually, Freeman wants to travel more and to spend more time at the lake. “I’ve never really been off two weeks in a row in 47 years,” he said. He said he will continue creating jewelry on some scale. “I’ve got four grandsons and six granddaughters and soon to be a great-grandfather, so I’m still going to have a little shop of some sort because my girls are still going to want something that Grandfather’s going to make. I’ve done it for too long. I just don’t know anything else.” Freeman said he will continue giving character to Snappy the Clown at the Mizpah Shrine Circus, as he has done since 1989. He will work on behalf of Shrine hospitals for crippled children, and funds
for transportation to those hospitals. He will continue volunteering to cook buffalo burgers with his Lions Club at the Johnny Appleseed Festival. The Lions raise money for the sight-impaired, he said. Retirement won’t change those commitments. “It has nothing to do with business,” he said. He prefers not to be remembered for his individual work, or for the company’s charities, but for the standards that his parents established — standards that he has embraced. “Freeman Jewelers, where quality and service never go out of style,” he recites. “And the gold ring [logo] with ‘The Ring Makers.’ We’ve had that one over 50 years.” “We just want to thank all our customers for all their years of service and their trust in us,” he said.
Finally, there’s the matter of the store itself, once part of the vanguard of a commercial movement that now surrounds it. “I would like to think that whether we sell
this business — there have already been some people interested from out of town — it’s too pretty a store that we built to destroy it and throw it away,” Freeman said.
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Tickets for all Heartland concerts are available at ArtsTix Community Box Office (ArtsTix.org, 422-4226) or by phone from Heartland (436-8080). Or visit heartlandchorale.org. Family Garden Close-Up: Poinsettia Paradise. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. Saturday, Dec. 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Advance registration is not required. Participation is free with Conservatory admission: adults, $5; children, $3; age 2 and under, free. Poinsettia, a small Mexican shrub, is quite popular around the holidays. Explore more about what this beautiful plant can do and have some fun too! Enjoy the sights that surround you in the Showcase garden with
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crew that’s on hand as a precaution. “They make it as safe as they can for us, and that’s very nice,” he said. “I always thank those guys. They do a great service to us. We’ve never had a serious injury.” Rumors might set the starting time earlier. “I’ve been doing this forever, and it’s always been at 2 o’clock in the afternoon,” Bieberich said. The crowd varies with the thermometer. A really warm day could attract 400 people. “When it was 10 degrees below zero, we had about 10 of us,” Bieberich said. “But usually, even in bad weather, we have a hundred to two hundred people.” Not every plunger plunges every year. Bobby Simpson took the dip in 2014, and said he might brave the plunge again in 2024. Once every 10 years is plenty, he said. “It’s just something you’ve got to do,” he said. His wife, Kelly, did not feel the
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same calling. Kevin Pifer took his first plunge in 2014. “Spur of the moment, carpe diem,” he explained. Asked where he was going after the swim, he answered, “Wherever they put me in the hospital.” His wife, Fran, wore a heavy coat, and recorded the brief swim. Not everyone at Johnny Appleseed Park will be splashing in the St. Joseph River. For the Three Rivers Vilo Bicycle Sports bicycle club, it’s just a stop on the Chilly Challenge Bicycle Tour.
That ride begins at 1 p.m. at Psi Ote Pavilion of North Side Park, 705 E. State Blvd., at Parnell Avenue. The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department sponsors the ride. Riders wind through the city for the first hour, checking out parks and trails, then stop to watch the Polar Plunge. Then riders split into a 15-mile ride or a 25-mile route. Back at the pavilion at 3:30, riders enjoy some hot chili, hot and cold drinks and other treats. For details, visit 2015ChillyChallenge@3rvs.com. Helmets are required. Tim Claypool is club secretary, and the organizer of the event.
“It’s considered the opening day of bike riding season for many of our bike riding members,” he said. The season lasts almost a full year. “Closing day is a Christmas light ride. They get together and you have lights on your bicycles and check out the Santa downtown. You just show up and ride with a bunch of people.” Like the Polar Bear Plunge, the Chilly Challenge turnout depends on the weather. “The least is 95 when we had wind chills of minus 15, and the best we’ve had is near 300, and the temperature got up into the 30s,” Claypool said. “But they still love
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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIES The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to make a point to give blood despite the busy holiday season Blood donations often decline between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day as people become busy with holiday festivities. Donors may visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767) to learn more about the donation process and to make an appointment. Approaching blood drives include: Saturday, Dec. 13, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Concordia Lutheran Church, 4245 Lake Ave. Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive. Sunday, Dec. 14, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Saint Joseph Catholic Church, 11337 Old U.S. 27 South. Monday, Dec. 15, 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Emanuel Lutheran Church, 800 Green St., New Haven.
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Wednesday, Dec. 17, 7 a.m.-noon, Saint Joseph Hospital, 700 Broadway. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Hylant Group, 6714 Point Inverness Way Suite 1. Thursday, Dec. 18, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Dupont Hospital, 2520 E. Dupont Road. Thursday, Dec. 18, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Monroeville EMS, 103 S. Water St., Monroeville. Friday, Dec. 19, 6 a.m.-noon, The Perfect Gift, Lutheran Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd. Monday, Dec. 22, noon-6 p.m., The Perfect Gift, Lutheran Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd. Monday, Dec. 22, 1 p.m.-7 p.m., Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 10700 Aboite Center Road. Friday, Dec. 26, 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave. Monday, Dec. 29, no0n-5 p.m., Bethesda Lutheran Communities, 3948 New Vision Drive Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Kohls Apple Glen, 1410 Apple Glen Blvd.. Tuesday, Dec. 30, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Partners 1st Federal Credit Union, 1314 Minnich Road, in New Haven.
FRANCINE’S FRIENDS MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY Appointments preferably should be scheduled prior to the date. For an appointment, call 483-1847 or (800) 727-8439, ext. 26540. Walk-in openings are available depending on schedule. The Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For women who have insurance, they will bill the insurance company. If the patient does not have insurance but has the ability to pay, the BDC offers a reduced rate if paid the day of the screening. For women without insurance, a high deductible, or resources to pay, funding is available. A partial list of locations follows. For more dates and locations beyond the immediate Fort Wayne area, visit francinesfriends.org. All locations are in Fort Wayne unless otherwise noted. Dec. 15: Adams Heritage, 12011 Whittern Road, Monroeville. Dec. 17: Compass CPA Group, 435 Ann St., New Haven. Dec. 18: Grabill Cabinets, 13844 Sawmill Road, Grabill. Dec. 19: Maid Perfect and Chalfant Chiropractic, 5931 Stoney Creek. Dec. 22: Parkview Physician Group, Family Medicine, 4084 N. U.S. 33, Churubusco. Dec. 23: Byron Health Center, 12101 Lima Road. Dec. 26: Massage Envy, 1125 E. Dupont Road. Dec. 29: WalMart, 2016 N. Wayne St., Angola. Dec. 30: WalMart, 10105 Lima Road. Dec. 31: Fantastic Sams, 10212 Chestnut Place. Note: Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is a partnership between Francine’s Friends, Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Breast Diagnostic Center.
Blvd. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. In an effort to raise funds to replenish and expand its library collection, Bishop Luers High School is working together with Barnes & Noble Booksellers to host a book fair for Luers family, friends and supporters. Shoppers can choose from a special wish list table of books selected by Bishop Luers Librarian Laura Sturm to donate directly to the school’s library. For more information, or to get donation vouchers, visit bishopluers.org or call Sturm at Bishop Luers at 456-1261, ext. 3011, or Susan Derr at Barnes & Noble at 432-2123. Evening prayer. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405. W. Wayne St. 4 p.m. A meditative service, with scripture, prayer, candlelight and silence. Christmas concert. Antwerp Local School, in the Auditeria, 303 S. Harmann Road, Antwerp, Ohio. 12:30 p.m. Free, but offerings will be accepted. The Antwerp Community Band presents a Christmas concert featuring sacred music and secular favorites. Advent sermon series. First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St. 10 a.m. The Rev. Greg Enstrom will discuss “Christmas Joy.” The children’s pageant will take place during the 9 a.m. Sunday school hour, and will feature the Holy Family, Nativity and live animals. Everyone is welcome.
TUESDAY, DEC. 16 Winter concert. Canterbury Middle School, 5601 Covington Road. 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. The 35-member Canterbury Middle School Choir will perform. Christmas concert. Huber Opera House and Civic Center, 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio. 7:30 p.m. Free, but offerings will be accepted. The Antwerp Community Band presents a Christmas concert featuring sacred music and secular favorites. “Jolly Holidays Luncheon.” Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, inclusive of luncheon. Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection will hear Michele R. Mansfield speak about U.S. Troop Support Inc. Reservations due by Dec. 9; call Meridith at 672-3414. Babysitting available. Sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 The Polar Express Magical Christmas Tour. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., 7:30 p.m. Adults, $7; seniors, $6; children under 12, $2; IPFW students free with student ID. The Fort Wayne Area Community Band presents its first Wednesday concert in its 35-year history. Conductor Scott Humphries and assistant conductor David Blackwell have chosen a variety of music representing many countries and closing at the North Pole with the Polar Express. Other selections include “Sleigh Ride,” “Westminster Carol,” “Silent Night,” “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” “Fum, Fum, Fum” and more. Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Honeywell Center, 275 W. Market St., Wabash. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17. Buy tickets at the box office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, call 563-1102, or visit honeywellcenter.org. The 64-piece professional orchestra presents the Holiday Pops concert.
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Breakfast with Santa. New Haven Parks & Recreation office, 1125 Hartzell St., New Haven. All-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast, $5.50 for adults, $2.50 for ages 6 to 12, age 5 and under free. Co-sponsored by the Parks Department and New Haven Masonic Lodge 740. New Haven Lions Club annual fruit sale. Ken’s Meat Market, 846 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally grown red delicious apples and yellow delicious apples, and ruby red grapefruit and oranges. Lions will accept donations of used eyeglasses for the Lions Club International’s Recycle for Sight program, which distributes eyeglasses in the U.S. and internationally. “A Country Christmas.” Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road. 6-9 p.m. $5 per person, free to age 5 and under. The Allen County Fairgrounds will support the Toys for Tots program and and assist Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana. Experience an old-fashioned winter evening with horse-drawn wagon rides, with help from the DeKalb County Horsemen’s Association. See the light displays. Experience a live Nativity with live animals in a country barn. Have a picture taken with Santa for a fee. Children may do crafts. A Christmas choir will perform. A chili supper will be served from 6-9 p.m., along with sandwiches, snacks, dessert and beverage. Holiday concert. The Rockford Belle, 135 Market St., Rockford, Ohio. 7 p.m. Doors open 6 p.m. Free-will donation. The concert features professional singer and songwriter Debbie Lynn Bryson, of Greenville, Ohio, and singer Olga Kipp of Defiance, Ohio, who will present a mix of music genres. Poetry contest awards ceremony. Allen County Public Library, Main Library Theater, 900 Library Plaza. 11 a.m. Free. Ages kindergarten through Grade 12 will read their winning poems and receive their awards in this celebration of the 32nd annual ACPL Poetry Contest for children and young adults. All poems relate to this year’s theme: “Imagine That!”
Point of Grace. Honeywell Center, 275 W. Market St., Wabash. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 balcony, or $25 main floor. Buy tickets at the box office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, call 563-1102, or visit honeywellcenter.org. Shelley Breen, Denise Jones and Leigh Cappilino compose Point of Grace, one of the most successful groups in Christian contemporary music.
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SATURDAY, DEC. 20 Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Local vendors offer meats, baked goods, spices, honey, eggs, plants, fudge, herbs, wine, orchard products, soap, jewelry, woodworking and more. Indoor markets continue the first and third Saturdays of each month: Jan. 3 and 17, Feb. 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, April 4 and 18, and May 2 and 16. For details and updates, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com. New Haven Lions Club annual fruit sale. Ken’s Meat Market, 846 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally grown red delicious apples and yellow delicious apples, and ruby red grapefruit and oranges. Lions will accept donations of used eyeglasses for the Lions Club International’s Recycle for Sight program, which distributes eyeglasses in the U.S. and internationally. Sports card and collectibles show. Hotel Fort Wayne, 305 E. Washington Center Road. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Dealers will buy, sell and trade new and vintage sports cards and other cards, hobby boxes, supplies and memorabilia.
SUNDAY, DEC. 21 Advent sermon series. First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St. 10 a.m. The service is filled with Scripture and music. “Nine Lessons and Carols” dates to the 1800s, and is adapted for the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. The Rev. Greg Enstrom will speak. Everyone is welcome.
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SATURDAY, JAN. 3 Southwest Christmas Bird Count. Gather at Little River Wetlands Project office, 7209 Engle Road, Suite 200. 8 a.m. to completion. Free. Join other birders of all experience levels and Ed and Cynthia Powers of Stockbridge Audubon Society for the first Southwest Allen County Christmas Bird Count. Teams of birders will visit Eagle Marsh and other LRWP preserves, ACRES preserves, Fox Island County Park and other preserves. Register by Dec. 30, and be assigned to a team. Contact Cynthia Powers at 638-4291 or zzedpowers@aol.com for more information or to register. Sponsored by Stockbridge Audubon Society, Little River Wetlands Project and Fox Island County Park. Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Local vendors offer meats, baked goods, spices, honey, eggs, plants, fudge, herbs, wine, orchard products, soap, jewelry, woodworking and more. Indoor markets continue the first and third Saturdays of each month: Jan. 17, Feb. 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, April 4 and 18, and May 2 and 16. For details and updates, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.
SATURDAY, JAN. 17 Trivia Night. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road. 6:30 p.m. $10 per person in advance or $15 per person at the door. Put your team of 10 together or be placed on a team. You can carry in food; cash bar will be available. For more information, go to bishopdwenger.com or contact Bishop Dwenger’s Development Office at (260) 496-4775. Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Local vendors offer meats, baked goods, spices, honey, eggs, plants, fudge, herbs, wine, orchard products, soap, jewelry, woodworking and more. Indoor markets continue the first and third Saturdays of each month: Feb. 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, April 4 and 18, and May 2 and 16. For details and updates, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.
SUNDAY, JAN. 18 Humorist Mike Leiderman. Congregation B’nai Jacob, 7227 Bittersweet Moors Drive. 2 p.m. The congregation invites the community to an afternoon of Jewish education and entertainment. The event is free due to the support of the Harry W. Salon Foundation. For details, call 672-8459.
MULTIPLE DATES / REGISTRATION / NOTICES / CONTINUING Mizpah Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in the Arena, 4000 Parnell Ave. Tickets from $12 to $20. Parking $5 main lot, $8 preferred lot. Thursday, Jan. 22, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 24, 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 1 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Shrine Circus Office, 1015 Memorial Way. Call 422-7122. Or buy tickets online at mizpahshrinecircus.com. A $6 discount for select shows is available online for a limited time. Outdoor Sport Lake Cabin Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in Expo I, II and III, 4000 Parnell Ave. $10 for adults, kids 12 and under admitted free. Parking $5 main lot, $8 preferred lot. Hours are: Friday, Jan. 23, noon-9 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 24, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. For details, visit memorialcoliseum.com. Frank Caliendo tickets on sale. The Wagon Wheel Theatre, 2515 E. Center St., Warsaw. The comedian and impressionist will present shows at 7
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First Christian Church of Fort Wayne will present Walk to Bethlehem again Saturday and Sunday evenings, Dec. 13 and 14, at the church at 4800 S. Calhoun St. The event is free. Tours are scheduled approximately every 10 minutes. Guides will lead visitors to scenes outside the church, each telling a part of the Bible story. The walk features live scenes and live animals. After the outside tour, guests may visit the sanctuary for prayer and reflection. Volunteer Judy Church helped to re-establish the Walk to Bethlehem last year. “It was an amazing beginning to something extraordinary,” she said. Adverse weather in 2013 made it unfair to ask people to stand outside, she said. “We’re back again, and this time we hope we really have a chance to present the event to the community,” she said. p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, May 9. Tickets range from $55-$65. For more information or to order tickets, call (574) 267-8041 or visit wagonwheeltheatre.org. Sinbad tickets on sale. Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 10700 State Road 118 S, Van Wert, Ohio. The actor and comedian performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Tickets begin at $20 are now available at npacvw. org or through the box office, Monday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. “Les Misérables.” Different Stages at the New Huntington Theater, 528 N. Jefferson St., Huntington. Through Dec. 21. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinee at 1:30 p.m., Sunday twilight at 6 p.m. Evenings $59 and $54, matinees $49 and $44. Call 454-0603. Email boxoffice@different-stages.com. Visit different. stages.com. All attendees must be age 5 or older. Homestead High School notice. Homestead anticipates a few sold-out basketball games this season, and suggests planning ahead to ensure fans get a seat. All of the home freshman and JV games begin at 6 p.m. with the varsity game following. The most current athletic schedule can be found on the HHS Athletic website; see the link called “schedules.” An allsports pass, senior citizen, SACS employee I.D., etc., does not guarantee a seat at these games. Due to the limited capacity and fire code restrictions, the school will be forced to close the doors and not allow anyone in once attendance reaches seating capacity. Call for entries: Rock, Paper Scissors. Artlink Gallery, Auer Center for Arts
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