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Environmental focus Riverfront Fort Wayne, IPFW team up to plan environmental stewardship center By Whitney Wright For IN|fort wayne
Riverfront Fort Wayne’s mission to make Fort Wayne’s waterways an iconic part of living and visiting the area not only rests on its ability to provide recreation and economic development, but also sustainability and environmental protection. As a part of this effort, plans for an Environmental Stewardship Center are underway through
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efforts of Environmental Resources Center, at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and its collaboration with the city and interested residents. The stewardship center was a part of the original vision of Riverfront Fort Wayne and is the first major environment-focused development for the riverfront. To gain additional ideas for what the center may involve, an IPFW student distributed surveys
to various stakeholders. The location of the stewardship center is yet to be determined, though Guldlin Park is in high consideration because it will have access to the river, said Bruce Kingsbury, director of IPFW’s Environmental Resources Center. While plans for the stewardship center are still in the works, Riverfront Fort Wayne provided a handful of programs that are envi-
Increased public transit ridership means increased frequency and better service, one of the founding blocks of any of the thriving metropolises around the world. With Fort Wayne Citilink’s 50-year anniversary coming up next year, managers are excited about the future of the service, especially as downtown Fort Wayne continues to become more populated. At 2 million trips per year, it may seem that the Fort Wayne Citilink bus service is already cruising smoothly on the fares of its riders. However, fares for the bus service only cover about 12 percent of service expenses. To help make ends meet, Citilink rides on local property taxes and also
advocates for continued state funding, as part of its biannual budget. Yet, even with all of the combined funding, the bus service is far from profitable, said Betsy Kachmar, assistant general manager of Citilink. The service also has experienced stagnant ridership since about 2008. During the recession, a surge of people chose to ride the service because of the soaring gas prices and rough economic times. However, usage has not increased since the economy improved and it is now more affordable to own and drive a car due to oil prices falling to historically low levels. Part of the issue in increasing Fort Wayne Citilink’s ridership is the city’s lack of density. Public transportation in larger cities, like New York
and Chicago, thrive on high volumes of ridership and public advocacy for better and more frequent transit service. In larger cities, both those who do not have another choice, as well as those who do not want the stress or inconvenience of driving a car in a city, use the public transportation services. Citilink officials want to create a service more similar to the likes of big cities as Fort Wayne’s downtown population grows. But doing so brings about a bit of a paradox. Citilink needs more people to ride to justify more frequent service but more frequent service is typically what attracts more people to ride. So, Citilink truly needs the cart before the horse, so to speak. “More people would See CITILINK, Page A20
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January summit targets Allen County food waste By Garth Snow
to generate smaller task forces with short-term action plans. “We’ve all committed to eliminating food waste,” Leamon said. “Most people can get behind that. It’s a very solvable problem.” The summit will convene from 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. at The Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne. All are welcome, but attendees are asked to RSVP before Jan. 13 to assist the District with planning.
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Food is going to waste while people are going hungry. The Allen County Solid Waste Management District hopes to address both problems and to capture the momentum for change at a Food Waste Reduction Summit on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Jodi Leamon, the District’s business technical coordinator, expects that conference to present an overview and
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Visit acwastewatcher.org, or email info@acwastewatcher.org, or call (260) 449-7878. Tom Carpenter, the director of Sustainability Services for Waste Management, will discuss the state of food waste in the United States. “He will speak on zerowaste initiatives, and he will give us a bird’s-eye view of what he has seen from all over the world,” Leamon said. “He will give us some of the more concrete steps we can take as soon as possible. “We will have a panel discussion with experts from the EPA and Kroger
and Republic Services, which is our hauler, and from the Board of Health to answer questions. All of the municipalities in Allen County will be represented in an open discussion. “We’re covering a lot, the whole spectrum of food waste from farm to disposal and then circling back around to composting on the farm. We hope to leave that day having formed some smaller groups with some action plans, some task forces on topics such as getting food from large events to the hungry and homeless in our commu-
nity. “We hope to answer questions about the legality of donating food, and clear up misconceptions so there’s a more clear pathway for the food to reach the people.” Leamon cited reports that perhaps 40 percent of the food produced in America goes to waste, while an estimated 1 million Hoosiers are food-insecure. She said freshness dates on packaged foods contribute to confusion and to a food shortage. “There are several different terms. There’s ‘Sell By.’ There’s ‘Use
By.’ There’s ‘Best By.’ And those are completely unregulated, and people don’t know what they mean,” Leamon said. “People are throwing away food that is perfectly fine.” Families might hesitate to donate food that is approaching one of those dates. “But there is zero liability,” Leamon said. A federal law to that effect took effect in the ’90s, she said. She said the District also will provide tools for families to plan ahead to create meals while the See WASTE, Page A5
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Emerging Leader Award recipients will be recognized at the event. My City Summit will address harnessing diversity to generate and implement ideas. The keynote is author, speaker and political and cultural analyst Rich Benjamin, who wrote “Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America.” Courtney Tritch of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership and Allison Green from Lincoln Financial Group also will
speak. My City Summit began in 2012, created to strengthen community attachment for young college graduates. “These inspired individuals are the future of our economy and the cornerstone of cultural development that will continue to shape Fort Wayne as an attractive place to live and work for all generations,” said Stephanie Veit, YLNI president. For details, visit YLNI.org.
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Host says day of movies is holiday gift to families By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Just when the holidays have become too hectic and the movies have become too familiar each year, a local attorney and community leader invites Fort Wayne to sit down, sit back and share memories. Dozens of guests from the Claus family to media figures and elected officials will chat and reminisce during breaks between 12 hours of movies. The Steve Shine Holiday Movie Marathon will be aired from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Christmas Day on Channel 21.3, MyTV Fort Wayne. “We’re doing this for the same reason we started doing the holiday movie marathon nearly 34 years ago, and that is to provide family holiday entertainment of a wholesome family nature for the Fort Wayne area,” Shine said. “The chil-
dren, adults and family members can enjoy the programs while carrying on their other holiday festivities and celebrations, and they can be assured that the content of the programming will be very family and holiday oriented.” Viewers will see local personalities in a casual setting. Segments were taped “live” on Dec. 7 at Fort Wayne Country Club. “We asked questions about their celebration of the holidays and their childhood memories, and those thoughts are shared on the air,” Shine said. Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb will stop by. Congressman-elect Jim Banks will answer questions in front of the fireplace. Guests will bring a live reindeer and a miniature horse. Santa and Mrs. Claus will laugh about all the kids who came to see them at Christmas on Broadway.
Shine will ask “the most special of guests” to comment on the 3,000 people who turned out to see the Claus couple, tree-lighting and fireworks. Santa, who sometimes answers to the name Paul Gebert, will talk about some of the favorite toys this season. The Geberts make more than 80 appearances as the Christmas couple each year. (See videographer Ray Steup’s interview with the couple at INFortWayne. com.) Catch “Stellar Tribute to the Holidays” at 8 a.m. Movies begin with “A Perfect Christmas” at 9 a.m. and continue to “The Dog Who Saved the Holidays” at 5 p.m. Close the marathon with “Magnificent Mile Lights Festival” at 7 p.m. For the full schedule, visit wtpa.com. The marathon also runs on MyTV on Comcast, Frontier/Fios, Mediacom
Special interest courses on history, media, more The Allen County Extension Homemakers will offer the following programs this winter and spring. The general public is invited to attend. Prior registration is required as some class space is limited. Any and all lesson fees must be paid in advance to hold reservations. Registration forms are available at the Extension Office and on the web at extension.purdue.edu/ allen. All programs are held at the Allen County Extension Office on the IPFW campus, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. Direct questions to Vickie Hadley at (260) 481-6826 or TDD -711. The Extension Office provided these details and course descriptions: • Olive Oil 101. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1 p.m. Do you use olive oil in cooking? Learn from the owner of Olive Twist the benefits and uses of olive oil. • Tracing Family History. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1 p.m. Learn from the Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library the resources to trace your family history, searching cemetery records and the use of DNA. • Using Social Media.
Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m. Are you on Facebook? Sending Tweets? Following LinkedIn? Don’t understand these terms? Come and learn. • Famous and Not-So Famous People — Past and Present. Thursday, April 27, 7 p.m. Join Gen Dornbush, board member of Settler’s and The History Center of Fort Wayne, to learn about famous and not-so-fa-
mous people, past and present from Allen County. • Different Uses of Glass. Wednesday, May 10, 1 p.m. Learn many decorating and gift ideas for canning jars. Put your creativity to use by: painting on glass, $3; or decorating votive candles, $2; or both. All supplies are included in the fees.
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growing underneath a sidewalk. In these instances, a crew will use a horizontal saw to cut back the upheaved section of sidewalk and then fill and smooth the hole so it is flush with the remaining part of the sidewalk once more, said Kennedy. If an upheave is greater than 2 inches, affects less than four squares of sidewalk and the street is made of asphalt, the street department’s concrete crew, funded by the motor vehicle highway fund, will remove and replace the sidewalk. For streets made of concrete, the job is bid out to various concrete companies in the area, who then also may consider repairs on the curbs and Americans with Disabilities Act compliant ramps on that street. Previous projects completed via a bid are repairs on Maumee Avenue and Lincoln Park. Sidewalk repair
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Visitors tour the sanctuary of First Wayne Street United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne during the inaugural City of Churches tour, the evening of Dec. 9. Many of the historic downtown churches opened to visitors. Several offered food and refreshments during the free tours. See 24 photos by Ray Steup at “City of Churches Tour” on InFortWayne.com.
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WALK from Page A4 needs that do not make the city’s list are addressed through petitions for a 50/50 cost-sharing program, an update Henry implemented from the original 60 percent resident, 40 percent city cost-sharing program from before. This is a way for residents to expedite the sidewalk repair process rather than waiting to gain recognition by the city. There are already 74 residents who have petitioned through the board of public works for 50 percent financing
for repairs in 2017, the other 50 percent of which must be funded by the resident. For entirely new sidewalk construction, the city community development’s “Walk Fort Wayne” plan looks at the major streets of Fort Wayne and considers where sidewalks are needed to better bridge the gaps, providing safer walking conditions around popular shopping centers and schools. Sidewalk construction on these roads is prioritized based on access and
population density. One of the major projects for the near future is at the intersection of Coliseum Boulevard and North Anthony Boulevard and on Illinois Road, Bluffton Road and Lake Avenue. Though the development team has many plans to make Fort Wayne more accessible by foot, the community often changes and so the plan must be adjusted each year accordingly, said Pam Holocher, director of planning and policy for Fort Wayne.
food is at its freshest. So-called “ugly food” — produce that might not be cosmetically desirable but which is perfectly edible — might not make it to market. With the help of partner agencies such as Serving Simply, food that is left over from large, public events can go directly to those who need it on very short notice. “There are different strategies for producers, consumers, grocers, restaurants, institutions and charities,” the District said in a statement. “Attendees will share their experiences and the District will serve to provide resources for finding solutions to the problem of food waste.” Leamon’s high hope for the January summit is based on the enthusiasm
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Biosolids find new purpose at Lake Avenue facility By Rod King
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Fort Wayne’s Biosolids Handling Facility between the Maumee River and Lake Avenue has routinely gone about its business for nearly 50 years primarily out of public view. Settling lagoons, windrows of biosolids and
lime, bulldozers, giant road scrapers, mixing bins and conveyor belts were all pretty much out of view from Lake Avenue. People who took yard waste, brush trimmings and logs to the site and those who biked or hiked along the River Greenway were the only ones who really saw what was
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dredged out and put in windrows to dry. Prior to that it has the consistency of toothpaste and takes about two years from the time it is pumped into the lagoons to being a finished product — lime.” “This is an important city facility,” he added, “because it operates as a profit center and keeps thousands and thousands of tons of waste from going into landfills every year. We sell more than 20,000 tons of biosolid products, nearly 30,000 tons of lime and around
2,500 tons of mulch a year. In addition, in October 2015 we began using the methane gas produced from ‘cooking’ the waste sludge in the anaerobic digestion process at the wastewater treatment plant to make electricity. It saved the city $420,000 on its electric bill this past year. We’re also looking into a method to process waste food byproducts. In short, we’re looking for ways of improving the city’s carbon footprint.” The city has contracted
the operation of the Biosolids Handling Facility to Fox Contractors. Travis Medina of Fox is in charge of the day-to-day operation. He works closely with Brian Robinson, biosolids superintendent and head of the wastewater treatment plant. During peak season, more than 61 tons of leaves a day are brought to the site and dumped in a huge pile that includes bedding straw from the zoo. It See BIOSOLID, Page A18
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IN Fort Wayne • December 23, 2016
Rugby players to clash in Snow Bowl at Winterval By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
January is tough for outdoor athletes, even for the rugged players of the Fort Wayne Rugby Club. But rugby has never been about comfort, according to Sam DiFilippo, the club president and the development officer for Rugby Indiana. The Snow Bowl rugby match returns at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, for the sixth installment of Winterval, a Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation celebration of frosty sights and welcoming shelters. “We’ve actually been pretty lucky,” DiFilippo said of Snow Bowl playing conditions. “We’ve had some that
were pretty muddy. We’ve only canceled one in the last 10 years. That was because of really bad weather, like negative 8.” “If it’s good snow, it’s a great game. It it’s mud, it’s a great game,” he said. But there’s something about crunching through jagged ice in rugby shorts and short-sleeve jerseys that takes the fun out of a midwinter match, even for the fiercest of athletes. The hits just seem harder when the world is frozen. “It’s gonna hurt a little worse than usual, but it’s kind of a tradition,” DiFilippo said. “Some of the older guys are like ‘I’ve had my fair share of Snow Bowls.’ ” “We call it a motley game,” he said. “Since
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Downtown Fort Wayne. Most activities are on Saturday, Jan. 28. Visit fortwayneparks.org for details. • Live ice carvings. Times to be announced. Watch ice sculptors create their masterpieces at: Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St.; Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, noon-2 p.m.; The Community Center, 233 W. Main St. • Presculpted ice carvings. Stop by these sites at your convenience to see completed ice carvings: Hoppy Gnome, 203 E. Berry St.; Riverfront Fort Wayne, 916 S. Calhoun St.; Visit Fort Wayne, 927 S. Harrison St.; Saint Francis Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St.; and Freimann Square, 200 E. Main St. • Winter Carnival at the Community Center, 233 W. Main St., 1-4 p.m. Bring the whole family out for snow crafts and activities, ice carving demonstrations and treats. If there’s no snow, the fun will move indoors. Fort Wayne Youththeater presents “Dr. Seuss on the Loose” at 2 p.m.; free. Carriage rides are available on a first-come basis from 1-4 p.m. • Winterval at the Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., 10 am.-3 p.m. Make a winter bird feeder, learn about the different winter survival strategies of animals, and explore the “Mary Poppins” garden exhibit. Regular Conservatory admission applies. • Nouvelle Annee: A French Garrison 1757. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Experience a winter with the French of Fort Miamis. Re-enactors from “Les Habitants et Marines du Post ed Miamis” will spend the weekend living in The Old Fort and re-creating events that occurred in and around what is now Fort Wayne in the year 1757. They do so by examining letters written by the French commanders of what was then known as Fort Miamis and then attempt to re-create those events. Mail call, military drills, scouting, cooking and sewing are some of the activities that will be re-enacted. • Snow Bowl rugby game. 1 p.m., Lawton Park, 1900 N. Clinton St. • Winterval at Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Regular admission rates apply. • Winterval at the Library, 900 Library Plaza, 2-4 p.m. Free. • Ice skating at Headwaters Park, 333 S. Clinton St., 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Regular fees apply. • Freeze Frame Picture Car & Truck Show, First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., 8 a.m.-noon. Bring a photo of your model car to be judged. $10 entry. Spectators admitted free. • Penguin Hunt; new for 2017. The Winterval penguin will be hanging out downtown in the days prior to Winterval. Go to majic951.com each morning for clues to its location for the day. Find the penguin, take a selfie and send it to the WintervalFW Facebook page (facebook. com/Wintervalfw) to be entered into the daily prize drawing. During the Winterval event, a Grand Prize winner will be selected from those who participated. • Winter Cozy; new for 2017. Friday, Jan. 27, 8-10 p.m. Historic Wells Street Bridge. This event will feature a heated tent, bonfires, live music and beverages for ages 21-plus. Tickets are $10. Space is limited.
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Local men tell of service at Lebanon refugee camp By Rod King
For Times Community Publications
Three local men worked in several refugee settlements in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon in October, packaging and distributing food, passing out winter boots, painting a school, doing a house-to-house survey, playing games with
children and hosting a cinema night. The three, Caleb Jehl of Fort Wayne, and Sam and Gabe Jarjour of Leo, left Fort Wayne on Oct. 7 with $4,800 in money that had been raised locally with the specific goal of presenting it to Salam Lebanese Association for Development & Commu-
nication to buy food and supplies for people in the settlements. Of that amount, $3,000 went to buy grain which they helped package in 2-kilo bags that they then distributed to the refugees. It included rice, fava beans, lentils and bulgur wheat. Each box of food also contained a liter of
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Two hundred years and counting BY LEE SAUER
In 200 years of statehood, Indiana, the smallest of 12 Midwestern states, has grown accustomed to being overlooked. From the moment its borders were drawn, Indiana’s 280- mile, north- south axis put it in the path of American growth and progress. But no one seemed to notice — or when they did, they did so with derision. Old- time travelers nicknamed the state “crossroads of America.” In other words, a place to pass through, not
a destination. And yesteryear’s wags referred to the state’s residents as “Hoosiers,” a derogatory term meaning “uncouth simpleton.” In more recent times, Indiana’s conservatism and religiosity have left it out of step with a changing and secular world. Again, U.S. sentiment seems to say, it’s a quaint place to visit for a Super Bowl or NCAA finals —but who would want to live there? Today, sophisticated travelers refer to Indiana (together with its Midwest neighbors) as a
“flyover state.” But lack of notice is not the same as lack of importance. Indiana’s place in American history is second to none. *** Think the only war on U.S. soil was the American Civil War? Think again. Residents of Indiana live on a battleground. When U.S. expansion backed eastern woodland Indians up against the prairie — the very limit of the vast, seemingly endless forest which began at the nation’s East Coast and essentially ended at
Indiana’s western border — this land’s native people made a last desperate, violent stand. Historians commonly call these fights The Indian Wars. Hoosiers’ modern life bustles them past places with names of incredible historical significance: Fort Wayne, Tippecanoe, Mississinewa. And yet, the significance of these places has contracted over time. Now they are memorialized by historical markers on busy streets or near a cornfield. Or parks for walking the dog.
*** Indiana’s history since settlement by Americans survived better. Ask any child about Indiana’s pioneers, and they will tell the story of brave, hard working families willing to face dangers in an untamed land. Less well known is the pattern of settlement. Blocked by an impenetrable natural wonder known as the “Black Swamp” (which covered the northern half of Ohio), Indiana’s residents largely came from the south. That simple fact
reverberates today in our state’s religion, race relations, government and speech. *** The pioneer era led to the romantic period for which Indiana is best known: The time of the family farm. With the arrival of trains, towns popped up all over the state. Markets across the country came within reach. And products from eastern cities became available here. With automobiles, isolation melted further. Growth and prosperity n
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came within reach of anyone willing to work hard. This was the time of Friday night basketball games, Saturday night visits to town, 4-H and county fairs. For more than 100 years, family farms served as the backbone of the state’s economy. It went on so long, and became so intertwined with the state’s image, it seemed impossible it should end. *** Since the passing of the family farm, Indiana has struggled for a new identity. Industrial farming and manufacturing now provide the economic motor. But neither is as embraceable as singlefamily farming. Both bring environmental and
social challenges. And neither can honestly promise a secure financial future. It’s an era still in progress, its history largely unwritten. When Indiana gets national notice today, it’s when the state passes a law, or a politician makes a statement, that swims against the national current. *** Two hundred years. Twenty decades. That’s how we’ve arrived at Indiana’s bicentennial. What follows is a series of articles on our Allen County’s, decade by decade. Each 10-year period is associated with a topic connected to that time. We’ll discuss topics introduced above, plus a few more. With reverence for
the past and hope for the future, happy birthday, Indiana! ABOUT THE WRITER
Formerly a teacher, commercial fisherman and journalist, Lee P. Sauer now makes his living as a freelance writer, illustrator and handyman. He is the author of “It’s a Duesey!,” “The Many Lives of Glenn T. Rieke,” and the illustrated books for children, “Ralph’s Indiana Bicentennial Activity and Coloring Book,” and “Drawing from History: Abraham Lincoln.” Sauer plays lead banjo in the musical duo Schmaltz & Blarney. He lives in Angola with an ever-changing combination of daughters, chickens and cats.
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Historic map — shows the Northwest Territory before Indiana statehood.
1816 — A change of hands One of Fort Wayne’s most important events after Indiana’s statehood was the arrival of Samuel Hanna to the area in 1819 at the age of 22 — the same year the original fort for which Fort Wayne is named after was abandoned for a larger one. Hanna would later become one of the most important men in Fort Wayne’s development as an early settlement. By 1823, Fort Wayne was officially platted as a village and the
newly-opened U.S. Land Office began to sell government land won from the Native Americans in previous years. The site would later become the U.S. Indian Agency, in charge of making payments to Native Americans for their land. Alexander Ewing and his family, one of the first families to settle and build their homestead in Fort Wayne in 1822, became prominent figures in Native American trade and appropriation. It was
in the Ewings’ home that Allen County was officially organized and named after John Allen, who helped siege Fort Wayne in 1812 but died the year after in the River Raisin Massacre. Thomas Swinney, another important early Fort Wayne figure, moved to Fort Wayne the year after the Ewings. It was toward the end of this decade that Samuel Hanna began to make his mark as perhaps the biggest Fort Wayne promotor in history.
1826 — A decade of development Alexander Ewing only lived four years in Fort Wayne before his death in 1826. His sons, capitalizing on the rising popularity of the Native American fur-trading scene, sold most of the land of Ewington to W.G. & G.W. Ewing Company, one of the most prominent fur-trading entrepreneurs in the region. The following year, Samuel Lewis—a relative of Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark) and his wife Katherine Wallace moved to Fort Wayne. Katherine’s nephew, General Lew Wallace, would often come stay with the couple in Fort Wayne. He would later write Ben Hur, one of the most influential Christian books of the nineteenth
century. That same year, the home of Chief Richardville was built, which is now recognized as the oldest American Indian house in the Midwest. In 1829, Fort Wayne moved up from a village to a town with a population of 300 people. It was soon after its promotion to the Town of Fort Wayne that John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, first reached Allen County on his mission to promote fruit trees. The 1830s began the first real movements to make Fort Wayne a prosperous city and a valued destination amongst settlers. The year after the first court house was built, Samuel Hanna, desperate for
Fort Wayne to thrive, undertook building plank roads to better facilitate travel in and out of the town. By 1835, the push for more efficient trade and resource delivery was realized by construction of the canal from Fort Wayne to Huntington, connecting the Maumee and Wabash rivers. Most of the labor was performed by 1,000 Irish immigrant laborers, directed by Jesse Williams. It was also during this time that Hugh McCulloch moved to Fort Wayne and constructed his homestead. He would go on to become the Secretary of Treasury to Abraham Lincoln as the country moved closer to the Civil War years.
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1836 — Reaching city status By 1840, Fort Wayne’s population reached 2,000 and the town became incorporated as the City of Fort Wayne, two years after the first public school in the area was built between Berry and Wayne Streets and St. Joseph Hospital first opened in the Rockhill Hotel. This decade was composed of the continual development encouraged by
Samuel Hanna and other prominent Fort Wayne figures. Their drive is what made the official grand opening of the canal, small pieces of which had begun opening since 1835. The canal opened up the region between the head of the steamboat navigation in Lafayette all the way to Toledo, Ohio. Fort Wayne’s position at the highest point of elevation along
the canal earned it the title the Summit City. Only a few years after the canal’s grand opening, Johnny Appleseed, who had settled near Fort Wayne toward the end of his life, died and was buried. It was also during this time that Rev. Charles Beecher of Fort Wayne took leave to assist his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, while she worked on her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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1846 — Railroads reach Summit City The 1850s became the first time Fort Wayne would begin hearing a new nickname: The City of Churches. As more people moved to the developing city, it
became a significant center for Catholic, Lutheran and Episcopal faiths. Many churches and cathedrals rose up, though some would be lost to fire or outdated
architecture. In 1854, the canal proved increasingly useful when the area’s first steam engine arrived on canal boat, beginning the progres-
sion of a prosperous railroad industry in Fort Wayne. The city would later become the world’s largest supplier of railroad wheels and axles. Samuel Hanna,
always a leader in Fort Wayne development, donated land in 1852 to the city, which would become important to the rising local transportation industry. The site
would soon be used for the Pennsylvania Shops, where locomotives and cars would later be designed and built, stretching nearly three miles long.
1856 — Into the Civil War; city growth continues Railroads became increasingly popular and the fight to be the most powerful railway was underway. It was at this time that the Chicago and Fort Wayne, Ohio and Indiana and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads were merged to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, later known as the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was also during this decade that Thomas Edison worked as a railroad telegraph operator and rented a room at the corner of Columbia
and Calhoun streets downtown. Hanna, now an old man, made his last major impression on Fort Wayne by convincing the directors of the newly-merged railroad to place their repair and construction shops in Fort Wayne, which would become the famous Penny shops of Fort Wayne. A new presidency was underway in 1860 and Abraham Lincoln made a point to stop in Fort Wayne on his way to New York for his speech at the
Cooper Union. A year later, President Lincoln’s call to defend the Union led Fort Wayne leaders to form Camp Allen as a training ground with first recruiting officer William “Popgun” Smith. It was during this time Eliza George made headway as one of the most determined nurses in the Civil War. In 1863, at the age of 54, George became an Army Nurse in the overflowing Memphis hospitals. Mother George, as she became known amongst the wounded
soldiers under her care, hardly took rest or visited Fort Wayne during her time as an army nurse. In 1865, she contracted typhoid fever and died, upon which she was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery with full military honors. While some Fort Wayne residents left to help with the war effort, others were making progress in the growing city. The year before Mother George left for Memphis, French immigrant Charles Centlivre opened the
French Brewery, which became one of the most prominent breweries in the Midwest. At the end of the 19th century, it became known as the C.L. Centlivre Brewing Company when Charles died and his sons, Charles and Louis, took over the business. It once again changed names during the Prohibition and was called the Centilvre Ice and Cold Storage Co. After the Prohibition ended, the company was named Centlivre Brewing Corp. Saloons became
increasingly popular during this decade as well and the city became a harbor for crime like that of the Ed Ryan Gang, a group of professional pickpockets, gamblers and thieves. The gang was well-known around Fort Wayne from 1865-1867, until Ryan was finally arrested upon returning to the United States after fleeing to Canada for several years. Though he only served a few years of his sentence, the gang fell apart without its leader and did not officially recommence.
1866 — Baseball begins; manufacturing espands In 1866, Fort Wayne’s Kekionga baseball team, named after the capital of the Miami tribe, played its first game on July 4. However, it was also during this year that Samuel Hanna died on June 11. To pay reverence to the man who seemingly single-handedly developed Fort Wayne from a settlement to a city, the foremost
buildings were draped in black and a two-mile procession followed his casket to Lindenwood Cemetery. Despite Hanna’s death, progress proceeded without him. Alice Hamilton was born in 1869 and moved to Fort Wayne with her family. She would later become the first female physician in Fort Wayne
1876 — First signs of electricity The second half of the 1870s brought new medical improvements to the area: in 1876, the Fort Wayne College of Medicine was established and, two years later, Parkview Health first arrived on the scene as the Fort Wayne City Hospital, founded on Halloween. What would later become electric streetcar railways first began in the 1880s as street cars pulled by horses on rails. An important founder of the electrical industry for Fort Wayne was Fort Wayne Jenney Electric, opened by James and Charles Jenney in 1881. It was also the year they showed the public their new “arc light,” later to be used at the New Orleans World’s Fair and an inspiration
to Marcellus Slattery, the man to whom alternating current is attribute, and James Wood, designer of the Statue of Liberty’s first lighting system. Another invention to hit the scene in the early 1880s was the first kerosene pump in 1885, designed by Sylvanus Bowser. His invention would lead to the first gasoline and oil pumps once automobiles became more widespread. He designed a self-measuring gasoline storage pump, the forerunner of today’s gasoline pumps. Allen County also had its last execution during this decade. In 1883, the accused murderer Sam McDonald was hanged in the jailhouse yard.
and also the first female on Harvard University’s faculty. Two years later, Henry Paul and John Peters, owners of Horton Manufacturing, opened a factory in Bluffton that would produce the world’s first contained washing machine. In 1871, body-snatching — the taking recently buried bodies from the ground — became popular. When
Fort Wayne’s medical college, established in 1876, was in need of bodies to study anatomy, snatchers would sell them to the school. The Kekionga baseball team continued to gain popularity during 1870 and 1871. Hoping to play major professional teams like the Red Stockings, White Stockings, Philadelphia Athletic,
Rockford Forest City and Baltimore Marylands, the team invested in Camp Allen as its playing field and used funds from season tickets to build a grand stand in 1870. The following year, the team became one of the first to join the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, the predecessor of the National Baseball
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1886 — Automobiles in Fort Wayne The rising opportunities in Fort Wayne during the late 1800s brought populations from all parts of the world to the growing city. With 80 percent of the immigrant population speaking German, The Chicago Tribune called the city “a most German town.” These years were also the beginning of Fort Wayne’s transition from life in the city to suburbia, which would heavily continue over
the next century. Many Summit City residents began moving to locations like Lakeside Park, platted in 1890, opting for bigger yards rather than life in the city. Within these years, Joseph and Cornelius Hoagland and Thomas Biddle made baking powder history by developing what would become the popular Royal baking powder brand. Other successful
inventions during the 1890s included the opening of Theodore Thieme’s Wayne Knitting Mills in 1891, run primarily by female workers, and German immigrant Peter Eckrich’s meat market in 1894. Thieme’s full-fashioned hosiery was the first of its kind in the United States and became important in the Gibson girl outfits of the early 1900s, a predecessor to the flapper
girl persona. Eckrich’s meat market would later become Eckrich & Sons and is now under the unified brand Smithfield Packaged Meats, one of the most popular meat brands in the United States. Electricity also became steadily more integrated into everyday life in Summit City. In 1892, horse-drawn street cars were fitted to run on electric lines. Jenney Electric was also acquired
by General Electric in 1894, later to become one of the largest employers in Fort Wayne during the industrial years. A year later, the first automobile arrived in Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne began investing in its public amenities more heavily during this decade. In 1895, the fight for a public library was finally appeased by the opening of the Fort Wayne Public Library in the City Hall. Two years later, the Allen
County Courthouse’s construction began. While there were a lot of triumphs and growth in Fort Wayne in the late 1880s and early 1890s, some were not so lucky. After more than 20 years of successful business, the Centlivre brewery’s fire bell signaled to those nearby on July 16, 1889, that the plant was ablaze. However, within six months, the plant was rebuilt and running once more.
1896 — Cigars and saloons set up shop By the turn of the century, Fort Wayne’s population reached 45,111, in part to the growing German and Irish populations. Just like modern cities, the Summit City’s growth called and allowed for activities and vents to keep the public
entertained. In 1899, the St. Joe Athletic Club sponsored sculling, or crew, on the St. Joseph River. Other pass times for Fort Wayne residents were cigars shops and saloons. More often associated with the
Wild West, both were extremely popular all over the United States during this time. Fort Wayne began the 20th century with roughly 157 saloons and 30 cigar makers, making it one of the top cigar manufacturing towns in
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The beginning of the 20th century was not without troubles for Fort Wayne residents and business owners. In 1904, the Majestic Theatre opened on Berry Street, only to burn down two months later from an improperly discarded cigarette. A year later, it was rebuilt and reopened. Life expectancy during in 1904, the same year Lutheran Hospital was founded, was also only 47 years. The worst fire in Summit City history followed the Majestic Theatre fire in 1908, engulfing the Aveline Hotel and killing 12 people. Three years later,
Mayflower Mills caught fire. A few months after the Mayflower Mills fire, the worst train wreck within Fort Wayne city limits occurred in Swinney Park when a passenger train crashed into a freight train. The passenger train was trying to make up for lost time, killing three railroad men and 35 passengers and crew members. Two years later, the worst natural disaster in Fort Wayne history would hit the city. The flood of 1913 began on Good Friday when a storm came through with n
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60-miles-an-hour winds, only to get progressively worse over the next six days. The flood left seven dead, 15,000 homeless, and caused millions of dollars in damage to more than 5,500 buildings. However, the decade was not all full of
disaster, and many promising events for the city’s future occurred. A 10-year period of major neighborhood development began in 1910 and many of the neighborhood still present today were constructed during this time. Multiple business successes also began. Lincoln National Life
Insurance Co. opened for business in 1905, and in 1911 George and Ethel Jacobs began experimenting with enamel coating on copper wires, later to earn Fort Wayne the title of “magnet wire capital” as the process became mainstream in the electrical industry. Two years later, the first domestic refrigerators
were invented in Fort Wayne by Fred Wolf, the model of which consisted of attaching a storage unit on top of an ice box. Exciting people and events were also a part of Summit City in the early part of the century. Jane Alice Peters, later to become the iconic American actress Carole Lombard, was born on
Rockhill Street in 1908. She later married Clark Gable, but died in a plane crash during a World War II bond drive campaign in 1942. In 1915, the Liberty Bell made a debut in Fort Wayne on its tour across the United States. That same year, the Old Friars Club’s membership interest in football led to
the creation of the Fort Wayne Friars, Indiana’s first professional football team. The team included nine Notre Dame players, including Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais. However, the United States’ entry into World War I took many of its players to war, and the team never reorganized.
1916 — World War I and Women’s Rights While men from Indiana fought in World War I, women fought for their equal rights. In 1917, Hoosier suffragists’ efforts finally saw fruition during the state General Assembly, when the highly Republican legislature approved women’s right to vote for delegates for constitutional conventions, the ability to vote to ratify the constitution and a bill to give women the right to vote in presidential and municipal elections. In Allen County, county lawmaker Dick Vesey announced his support of women’s suffrage and the bill, a month after he said he was against women’s suffrage. When the Susan B. Anthony amendment finally passed through the U.S. Congress, suffrage supporters throughout Fort
Wayne worked alongside the Indiana General Assembly to ensure the state’s ratification. The German population in Fort Wayne saw many changes as well, though not necessarily positive. Skepticism of all things German swept the country and high use of the German language was soon abandoned. At the start of the war, the German-American Bank’s name was changed to Lincoln National Bank. Additionally, many German-Americans were put off by President Woodrow Wilson’s restrictions on Germans in America and switched to supporting the Republican Party. With such a high population of Germans in Fort Wayne, this began the city’s shift from Democratic to Republican.
It was also during the middle of the war that Indiana University offered its first extension classes in Fort Wayne and John Bruecker, of General Electric, invented the first electric shaver. As World War II ended, Fort Wayne began investing in the city once again, especially in pastimes and entertainment. In 1919, professional basketball began in Fort Wayne with the Knights of Columbus Casey’s; however, the Casey’s folded and, in 1925, became the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers team would become a part of the American Basketball League, the first nationwide basketball league. It was around this time that popular American humorist and radio and
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television host Herb Shriner also moved to Fort Wayne as an infant. Seven years later, WOWO began broadcasting on AM radio, becoming one of the first radio stations to broadcast in Fort Wayne. Aviation had its debut
in Fort Wayne in 1919 with the opening of the first airport. That same year, the days of custom-made outfits were slowly fading as the department store era began, especially when Wolf & Dessauer opened a seven-story department
store at Calhoun Street and Washington Boulevard. As shopping and fashion became more prominent throughout the U.S., people like Fort Wayne native Bill Blass, born in 1922, would find a place in the fashion world.
1926 — Aviation tragedy, Lindenwood Cemetery The end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s was a somber time in aviation. In 1926, Arthur Smith — the “Bird Boy” of Fort Wayne and a founder of night skywriting — died in an airplane crash in Ohio. Smith Field and Birdboy Brewing both were named in his honor. Five years later, another Fort Wayne aviation star Paul Baer, the first American World
War I ace, died in a plane crash in Shanghai. Baer Field was named after him, later to be named Fort Wayne International Airport. Baer received the largest military funeral in the city’s history and was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery. Lindenwood Cemetery also received Homer Van Meter, a member of the Dillinger gang, during this decade after he was
gunned down in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1934, and James Wood, New York hall of fame star next to the likes of Thomas Edison, in 1928. In his lifetime, Wood held 240 patents and created the dynamo flood lights first used on the Statue of Liberty. Less somber times also occurred for Fort Wayne during this decade. The year 1927 was an exciting one for baseball when the
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city’s semiprofessional Lincoln Lifers team played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees; in their ranks was Lou Gehrig on first base and Babe Ruth, who hit a homerun that he claimed was one of the hardest-hit balls in his career. A year later, Bob Hope would have his first emcee gig at the newly-opened Emboyd Theatre, to become the Embassy Theatre in the
1950s. Technology and innovation were also developing this decade, before and during the Great Depression. The year 1930 proved to be a promising one, right before the stock market crash. The Lincoln National Bank building broke ground and became the tallest building in Indiana that year and the Indiana Institute of Technology was formed
from Indiana Technical College. WOWO became the first radio station in the world to broadcast a live basketball game and Magnavox, an American electronics company to come under the trademarked Phillips, also moved to Fort Wayne from Napa, California. Five years later, it would produce high-frequency speaker advances like the woofer.
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1936 — World War II and Basketball In the late 1930s, Fort Wayne was graced with Marilyn Maxwell after she moved to the area with her family. Maxwell would soon become a famous actress, dancer and singer, debuting her famous Christmas song, “Silver Bells,” in 1951 with Bob Hope in The Lemon Drop Kid. Maxwell and Hope’s long and open affair earned her the Hollywood nickname “Mrs. Bob Hope,” and the two were documented visiting Fort Wayne at the same time. Technology continued to develop before the United States joined the war including Essex Wire Corp.’s move to Fort Wayne in 1936 and Philo Farnsworth’s purchase of the Capehart Company in 1938. Farnsworth soon began making the world’s first mass-produced televisions. A year later, the electric street car system in downtown Fort Wayne was replaced by motor buses and Old Crown Ale was added to the brews at the Centlivre Brewing
Company. In 1941, the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons — owned by Fred Zollner, maker of engine pistons — joined the National Basketball League, a forerunner of the NBA. The team was an important part of keeping the league running in its beginning stages. The team won the league title four years later, playing much of the season in taverns, armories, high school gyms and ballrooms. Also popular was the Fort Wayne Daisies, an All American Girls Professional Baseball League member which began in 1945. Important resources also began. In 1942, the Allen County Society for Crippled Children opened. This organization would lead to Turnstone. Two years later, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic also began after many members of the current orchestra voiced their dissatisfaction. The year 1944 was when John Bass’ old mansion was
converted into the University of Saint Francis after his significant influence on Fort Wayne as a prominent industrialist. Assisting the war effort soon took over the city and as an industrial city, Fort Wayne companies shifted their production to accommodate. Magnavox made radio equipment; International Harvester made trucks and military vehicles; Tokheim and Wayne built bombs and shells; Essex, Phelps Dodge and Rea Magnet Wire made magnet wire; Zollner made pistons; Joslyn Manufacturing shaped uranium into ingots for the first atomic bomb; and Farnsworth’s company advanced wartime technology with radar and early missile-guidance systems developments. It was also during the war that Summit City native Margaret Ringenberg trained to become a WASP pilot, later to have an entire chapter dedication in Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation.
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1946 — The NBA’s hometown 1956 — Moving Look magazine dubbed Fort Wayne “America’s Happiest Town” in 1948. Opportunities and entertainment were all over the city. The Dana Corporation moved to the area in 1946 and General Electric was the largest employer in Fort Wayne the next year. Purdue University began offering extension classes and the Hanna Homestead School for children with physical
disabilities opened that same year. Don Hall opened the first Hall’s Diner in 1946. Then, in 1953, WKIG, Channel 33, became Fort Wayne’s first television station. The sports scene was also a major contributor to a happy city. The Fort Wayne Pistons became world champions in both 1945 and 1946, and made the leap from the National Basketball League to the Basketball
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Association of America in 1948. That same year, an agreement between the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America was signed in Fort Wayne in the home of Carl Bennett, finalizing the merger between the two leagues to form the National Basketball Association. The 1950s were also important in other sports, including golf and hockey. The Komets hockey team began playing in the just-opened Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in 1952. Fort Wayne was a stop on the PGA tour until 1956. This lead to the Pro-Am event which became the annual the Mad Anthonys Charity Classic for Children. Golf legends like Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer have played in the event since its inauguration. Several important people were a part of Fort Wayne in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was during this time that Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas moved to Fort Wayne with his father and began bussing tables at the Hobby House, only to drop out of high school
and work there full-time when he didn’t want to move away with his dad. Shelley Long was born in 1949 in Fort Wayne. She later would play Diane Chambers on Cheers. In 1950, Fort Wayne became one of the first cities to implement an emergency fire telephone number, 119. Police officer Robert Borkenstein of Fort Wayne invented the breathalyzer while captain of the Indiana State Police in 1951 and, three years later, Parkview Randallia opened. With the growth of the city and the rise in personal vehicle use, the traffic downtown became increasingly busy and inefficient. In an effort to keep traffic flowing, many downtown streets were changed to one-way in 1946. Eight years later, another traffic issue would need solving: the train tracks running through the center of town, stopping traffic nearly 30 times a day. The groundbreaking of the elevated tracks in northern Fort Wayne took place in 1953 and was a major component in the rapid development of that part of the city.
to the suburbs The 1950s began the heavy suburbanization of Fort Wayne and the initial point of downtown abandonment that would continue for decades. Residents became increasingly more interested in life outside of the city and found parking downtown difficult. One of the major downtown interests, Wolf & Dessauer, caught onto this early and downsized its seven-story store to a four-story one at Wayne and Clinton Streets. With suburbanization also came the rise of convenience over experience. In the early 1960s, fast food joints like McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken opened up their first locations in Fort Wayne. In an effort to entice people to return or stay downtown, many of the antiquated buildings were demolished and replaced by bigger, ritzier ones, including the Majestic Theatre in 1957. In 1962, the Central District Plan was developed as part of the proposal for urban renewal in Fort Wayne, including a pedestrian mall on Wayne Street and new apartments. Two years later, Mayor Harold Zeis began the Hanna-Creighton project to tear down 532 buildings and 583 housing units to help with the effort. The project was set at $5.5 million but soon became much more costly. The Zollner Pistons’ move to Detroit in
1957, after Fred Zollner announced his belief that Fort Wayne was too small to hold an NBA team, did not assist in keeping the city vitalized. Then, a fire in the MacDougal building — a shopping corner — in 1959, destroyed the 101-year-old building. In an effort to save the Embassy Theatre from going under, Buddy Nolan began his “Theatre Organ at Midnight” in 1963, which received enough success to keep it running. Fort Wayne may have lost its professional sports team but gained some educational ground. The Fort Wayne Public Library began its fledgling genealogy collection in 1960. It is now the second largest genealogy collection in the country. Indiana University and Purdue University merged in 1964 after holding classes at two separate locations to create what is now IPFW. Other exciting events in the early 1960s include the founding of the Wildcat baseball team by Dale McMillen in 1961, where “everybody makes the team,” and the Centlivre Brewing Corp. becoming completely employee-owned and renamed the company the Old Crown Brewing Corp. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Fort Wayne to speak at the Scottish Rite Auditorium. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo opened two years later.
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1966 — Civil rights and the war on poverty Fort Wayne had its own local participation in the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1960s. A year after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Freedom School boycott in Summit City began to protest segregated schooling. Many African-American families pulled their children out of school and, after 10 days, the schoolboard agreed to integration, a decision which would be met with a lawsuit from the Parents
for Quality Education with Integration. Two years later, tensions remained high in Fort Wayne and racial riots broke out among the city. Buildings were set on fire and windows were broken. After a 17-year-old girl was killed during one of the riots, Mayor Harold Zeis passed an anti-riot bill in an attempt to combat the violence and vandalism. Meanwhile, the Rolling Mill project was underway as part of President
Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration’s War on Poverty. The project consisted of purchasing homes and relocating many of Fort Wayne’s African-American and Romanian residents in order to demolish poorer neighborhoods. Fort Wayne’s downtown continued to see many changes during this time, some of which added to the suburban sprawl. In 1966, the Glenbrook Center, later to become
Glenbrook Square, was constructed, followed by the Southtown Mall three years later. The longest-running hotel in the city, the former Hedekin House that was later renamed the Home Hotel, was demolished soon after. It was built in 1844. Exciting events were happening in Fort Wayne as well. Sharon Wichman of Snider High School won bronze and gold in swimming events at the Mexico City Olympics;
Bowmar Instruments created the first hand-held calculator, the Bowmar Brain; and Magnavox introduced the Odyssey, the first video game designed for home use. New projects also attempted to bring people downtown and to the Fort Wayne area. In 1967, the Fort Wayne National Bank built a 26-story building, becoming the tallest building in the city and in a few more years. The first Three Rivers Festival was held two years later
and, in 1971, Interstate 69 was completed as the first major interstate connecting Indianapolis and Lansing. By the 1970s, however, 80 percent of new home construction was occurring outside of the downtown blocks, creating what is now the Aboite, St. Jospeh, Washington and Adams districts of Fort Wayne. Many companies would begin to shut down — like Old Crown Brewing in 1973 — or leave the city.
1976 — Deindustrialization and the rise of crime The decrease in manufacturing companies throughout the Midwest was prevalent in Fort Wayne. International Harvester, once a major employer in Fort Wayne, rolled its last truck off the assembly line in 1983 and closed a year later. Many other companies followed suit during this time and left the downtown area for good. The amount of blue collar jobs available, once an enticing quality of Fort Wayne, quickly declined and the city became known as one of the many within the rust belt. As urban decay began to take over the city, crime rates and new gangs
appeared more frequently, creating a rise in shootings and drug-related activities. As the murder rate in Fort Wayne increased, even more people moved away from downtown and into the safety of Allen County’s more rural settings. Civil rights saw both positive and negative outcomes during this era after efforts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1977, the school board made efforts to better integrate the schools through the Summit Program, which offered special classes in the inner-city schools to bring in more white students.
Some Fort Wayne residents still did not look favorably upon the civil rights movement and, in 1980, African-American civil rights leader Vernon Jordan was shot in the back with a hunting rifle. The assassination attempt was known nationwide, and both President Jimmy Carter and Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Jordan in the hospital. Despite the rise in crime and flight from the city, Fort Wayne had many improvements as well and was dubbed America’s “Most Livable City” and the “All-American City” in 1984. In preparation for the nation’s bicenten-
nial, the Fort Wayne community worked to fund and build an Old Fort replica and, on America’s 200th birthday, it officially opened. While deindustrialization took some of its major employers out of the area, other ventures began. In 1979, Sweetwater opened as a recording studio and, in 1982, the 26-story One Summit Square was completed and became Indiana’s tallest building. That same year, Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia Miller began a small business operation in Barbara’s basement that they soon named Vera Bradley.
The Summit City’s cultural scene also had some notable events in this decade. The Fort Wayne Public Library became the Allen County Public Library and the Old City Hall building became the site for the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society in 1980. A year later, the city would remember its once celebrated and then ostracized German ancestry by holding its first Germanfest. Perhaps the greatest combination of both devastation and comradeship for Fort Wayne occurred in this era, a physical representation
of where the city had already found itself. The great flood of 1982 caused 9,000 residents to evacuate, damaged 2,000 buildings and accumulated $56.1 million in damages. However, Fort Wayne residents would not be taken down so easily. Thousands joined together, working around the clock to create sand bag blockades and dikes to protect the city from complete destruction. Their efforts brought national attention to Fort Wayne, especially when President Ronald Reagan came to visit the damages of what became known as “The City that Saved Itself.”
1986 — The city’s empty pockets When Mayor Paul Helmke took office in the late 1980s, there was only $84,000 in the city’s treasury. The mayor immediately began working on a new tax to pass before the city went bankrupt. A year later, the county option income tax was passed. Four years after COIT, the city council passed the county economic development income tax when COIT’s revenue appeared to not be enough. While the city struggled to develop its finances, Historic Fort Wayne had monetary difficulties and closed. The Historical Society sold the site for $1 to anyone willing to keep it open. That same year, the 107-year-old St. Mary’s Catholic Church burnt down. Fort Wayne developers and investors continued to struggle against the city’s decline. By the mid-1990s, Fort Wayne’s murder rate per 100,000 people reached 18.5; higher than that of New York City or Los Angeles. In an effort to spark a movement of young professionals coming back to the city, Midtowne Crossing opened in 1990. The open-air development had restaurants and stores in some of the city’s existing buildings, with new condos on the upper floors. But the project backfired
and many locations had to close down. That same year, Amtrak stopped providing service to Fort Wayne. While the downtown population did not regain many of its rural residents, it did have an influx of immigrants from many Latin communities and countries overseas. Immigrants arrived from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico and Cuba, while the Catholic Charities’ Refugee Resettlement program of 1991 brought more than 1,700 refugees to Fort Wayne from Burma, South Korea, Vietnam, Laos, China, Bosnia, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Chad, Sudan, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq and Iran. However, the decade was not all economic downturn. In 1987, General Motors opened a 2.2-million-square-foot plant, employing 3,000 people. Two years later, the Allen County Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc. was renamed Turnstone and, in 1995, a $3.75 million capital campaign allowed Turnstone to acquire a full-sized gymnasium and expand its therapy and program spaces. That
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same year, Science Central opened in the 87-yearold City Light and Power Company Building. Summit City also had multiple famous residents to root for and sports in which to reinvest. Fort Wayne native Rod Woodson was the Pittsburg Steeler’s
first draft choice in 1987. Woodson was the 1993 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. That same year Heather Headley, Tony Award laureate, graduated from Northrop High School. In addition, professional baseball returned to Fort Wayne when the Wizards class A baseball
began playing at the new Memorial Stadium. Fort Wayne also began one of its most important improvements during this period: Headwaters Park. After the flood in the early 1980s, the city began working on a plan to keep Fort Wayne from flooding to the same extent in the
future. Ground was broken in 1993 for Headwaters Park, designed to keep the rivers from flooding and create a location for large festivals and concerts. A year later, the park proved useful as the city celebrated its bicentennial with year-long activities.
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1996 — Continuing the good fight to improve Despite the continuing deindustrialization of Fort Wayne and abandonment of downtown, local developers and businesses did not give up on efforts to revitalize the city. In 1998, the city’s unemployment rate was only at 2.4 percent and, the next year, the Courthouse green was completed and would become a popular place for protests against the coming Iraq War. The crime rate significantly decreased by 1999, though the homicide rate remained high. By 2005, the homicide rate hit its
peak and meth began to become an increasing problem. Fort Wayne’s population increased from the 1990 population of 191,839 to 220,483 in 2000 when the city annexed more than 40 square miles, including St. Joseph township and Pine Valley. Aboite township was annexed a few years later, further increasing the city’s size and population. The Allen County Public Library expanded simultaneously with the population. In 2001, the library began its
renovation and development project, which would increase the main library’s building size from 240,000 to 367,000 square feet. Lutheran Children’s Hospital was also completed around this time. Also in 2001, phase one of Jefferson Pointe mall opened on Jefferson Boulevard, with phase two to open in the next year. A year later, the city council revealed its “Blueprint for the Future,” a plan to divide the downtown into four districts as a way to better focus certain
types of development. In 2004, Turnstone also continued to develop when it received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create a health and wellness program for people with disabilities. With cell phones becoming more mainstream, GTE Mobilnet and Cellular One, later to become Centennial Wireless, began offering wireless telephone service to Fort Wayne in 1996. By the end of the decade, Verizon Wireless announced it would
a build $65 million fiber-optics network in the Summit City. However, despite the city’s attempts to continue to pull it out of its slump, the late 1990s and early 2000s provided many bumps in the road for Fort Wayne. Companies like Lincoln National Corp. announced it would relocate from Fort Wayne to Philadelphia, followed by the Zollner Corp. a few years later. In 2003, the Southtown Mall officially closed and, three years later, General Electric closed its century-long
business in Fort Wayne. By 2000, the News-Sentinel described the city’s 25 years of attempted downtown development a bust and, three years later, a study indicated that the brain drain of Indiana was true: 17,000 people between 25 and 34 left the Hoosier state to seek better jobs in other states. This trend continued to prove true for Fort Wayne in spite of the city’s attempts to counter it, as it had little to entice single, young professionals or creative minds to return of move to the city.
2006 — Fort Wayne turns an economic page The warning signs for the city only seemed to give it more energy to keep progressing. In 2006, the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership formed in an effort to increase business interest in the area and, in 2010, the Corporate Council became the Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana as a way to advocate policies and laws on the state level that will benefit northeast Indiana. In 2013, Greater Fort Wayne Inc. formed from the merging of the Economic Development Alliance and Fort Wayne-Allen County Chamber of Commerce
and was joined by Leadership Fort Wayne in 2014 as a way to progress economic development specifically in Fort Wayne. The library also finished its expansion and renovation project during this time. A year after the grand opening of the main library’s improvements, the $130-million Harrison Square development began, including the creation of Parkview Field, despite the Great Recession taking place in 2008. While some city progression was stunted during the recession, by the time it ended in 2009, Turnstone had received a grant by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education to expand its programming, sports and recreation courses and became a designated Paralympics Sports Club. Six years later, the facility became the home of the USA men’s goalball team. Also in sports, Fort Wayne native DaMarcus Beasley made the USA Soccer Team and scored a goal in the 2006 World Cup. Four years later, nationwide accessory and bag sensation Vera Bradley announced its initial public offering of 11,000,000 shares of common stock after 28 years of business and its humble beginnings in a
basement. Other evidence of hard work in Fort Wayne began to show by the end of the recession, as many developers and entrepreneurs joined in the greater citywide effort to continue to turn the Summit City back around. As part of the city’s revitalization, food in Fort Wayne took a turn for the better. Multiple new restaurants opened between 2007 and 2016 as a part of the city’s renaissance, including Pint ‘n Slice, Junk Ditch, the Golden, Tolon, Wine Down, 800 Degrees and the Hoppy Gnome, many of which use some or all local meat and produce
and support local farmers. Craft cocktails and beers also came on the scene, including new microbrewery locations like Birdboy Brewing, Trubble Brewing and Summit City Brewerks. The city continues to find new ways to draw in and keep younger generations, whether it be new careers, the continuing redevelopment of its downtown or creation of exciting events, like the city’s first Middle Waves concert. The concert, held at Headwaters Park, was a two-day event with headliner the Flaming Lips and featuring about a dozen other bands.
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Historic Fort and walking bridge to Headwaters Park.
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WINTERVAL from Page A7 “Rugby is the meeting in the middle of soccer and American football,” he said. “It was popular here [America] during the Victorian era, but they thought it was just a little too violent, so they started adding some rules.” And some padding, he added; and football was born. “[Rugby] is the most fun you can have in a contact sport because there are no pads, and it’s a very athletic game. Not only do you have to be the kind of person to sustain the contact, you
also have to be able to play the whole game, because we play an 80-minute match.” ‘You have to have really great stamina and be a hard hitter. We’re one of the fastest growing sports in the country. We’re where youth soccer was 10 years ago,” he said. The team plays 18 competitive matches each year, and four competitive tournaments across the Midwest, with the bulk of the games in Indiana. Home matches are played
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LEBANON from Page A8 at McMillen Park; for the schedule, follow fwrfc. com. Fort Wayne also supports a women’s rugby team. Boys club teams bear the names of Bishop Dwenger, Carroll, Leo, Homestead, Angola and Warsaw high schools, and there is a Bishop Dwenger girls club team. In his position with Rugby Indiana, DiFilippo trains coaches around the Midwest on safe tackling techniques and the coaching process. Fort Wayne Rugby has played the Snow Bowl for several years, usually on the day after Christmas or New Year’s Day. When the Parks Department asked the club to lend its talents to the new Winterval, the match moved to late January. “It’s just a chance to play between seasons and have a social event. December-January is kind of the middle of playing in the fall and the spring, so we just kind of dust the cobwebs off and get outdoors no matter what the weather is and have a little rugby game,” DiFilippo said.
home, while another has erected nets on his roof to catch and train pigeons. Shade-tree auto and motorcycle repair shops are everywhere.” “One woman allowed us to use her very clean and tidy two-room home to distribute winter boots,” Sam Jarjour said. “We spent one day going door to door distributing food (mostly grain), diapers and baby sleeping bags, while helping people fill out a lengthy questionnaire that will be used by aid agencies to determine the needs of the families in the settlements. Later that day we participated in a Play with Purpose program designed to get kids playing games and exercising. Children were eager to use their rudimentary English on us.” Gabe, an 18-year-old high school student, painted walls and helped clean up around a newlybuilt elementary school. “It’s amazing what they can do with what little they have,” he said. “Whenever we came into a settlement, the kids would flock around. They always had smiles on their faces.
The younger ones wanted to be held and the older ones wanted to play. They had a lot of hope and optimism in their eyes, unlike their parents. One family we met had adopted three orphans of the Syrian civil war. The entire community was helping them support the additional kids. Really heart-warming.” “This is my third time to work in refugee settlements,” said Jehl, who has worked twice in Eastern Europe. “It’s very humbling to return to this country where we are fortunate to have stability, jobs, education, peace and the opportunity to pursue the kind of life we want here in the world’s richest country. It has been life-changing for me. I no longer have tolerance for people in the United States who have the nerve to complain and only want to point out negatives. The people in those settlements have nothing but negatives and yet they manage to survive and still be positive.” Though most of their time was spent in the settlements, they did have time to float in
the Dead Sea, visit an ancient Roman temple (UNESCO World Heritage site), watch cliff divers at the Mediterranean Sea and drive through the mountains of Lebanon. They visited two of Sam Jarjour’s aunts (his parents immigrated to the U.S. from Syria in the 1950s) and a couple cousins that his son, Gabe, had never met. They also saw the high school that his grandfather and mother had attended. In Hebron, they met a woman from Indianapolis who was working with Christian Peacekeepers. The organization provides escorts for local grade school and junior high school students. They help them safely get to and from school and protect them from harassment by religious zealots. Persons wishing to donate to refugee relief can do so on the Salam Lebanese Association for Development & Communication website, salamladc.org. For photos of the local men’s trip, visit Facebook and search for Fort Wayne for Syrian Refugees.
an internal temperature of 140 degrees, which kills weed seeds and micro-organisms. As Robinson explained,
“the biosolid material is better than dry/granular fertilizer because it sticks well to the soil and acts more like dirt. It actually improves the physical characteristic of the soil. It tends to make clay-like soils lighter and more porous and helps sandy soils retain water. Blended with mulch, biosolids reduce watering requirements. As a potting medium, biosolids make an excellent substitute for manure composts, peat moss and other typical soil mixes.” “We also run a spoils recovery operation, which involves bringing dirt, rocks and concrete here from various city projects that otherwise would go to a landfill. We screen the rocks out of the dirt and recycle it for use by the city. The concrete is crushed and used for road bedding.” Residential waste accepted at the facility includes branches, logs, grass, leaves (loose or in biodegradable paper bags), brush trimmings and clean root balls no bigger than 42 inches in diameter. There is a minimal charge for residential waste. Mulch and fertilizer is free when loaded by the homeowner. Hours at the facility from December through March are 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday. April through November hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. For more information, call (260) 749-8040.
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RIVERS from Page A1 ronmentally related in 2015 and 2016, including educational panels on the river water quality and bird watching once a month. The parks department hosted a river camp for children eight to 12 years old that focused on the environment and its history and the Tri-State Watershed Alliance also heads a river water cleanup and eradication of invasive species, said Alison Gerardot, manager of programs and events
for Riverfront Fort Wayne. These activities and events are all a precursor to what Riverfront Fort Wayne’s environmental stewardship center is to become. A physical facility with relevant local ecological information and demonstrations is certainly a major consideration for the center. It also will likely include some of the surrounding grounds and green space for demonstrations while also
providing accessibility to nature trails and examples of sustainable and natural landscaping. All of these elements will also likely become a multiple-use base for events, such as receptions and weddings, and act as a complement to some of the harder concrete modifications on the riverfront. Members of the city and IPFW are also interested in providing educational resources for learning about the local habitats,
the proper use of wetlands as a way to keep water clean and displays on wildlife and restoration. A riverfront stewardship center could include a wet lab, where samples of the river could be brought into the facility for study and analyzing. “The facility itself would mostly be about education … a destination for students, older kids for research or a professional
agency’s personnel for studies on the environment,” said Kingsbury. Riverfront Fort Wayne’s stewardship center could be an example of the possibilities with new technology in sustainable energy. This could include harvesting solar energy to run the lights, heating and cooling, or cleaning collected run-off from the building and parking lot to use for landscape before it
enters the river. For now, all of these ideas are simply up on the drawing board. Members of Riverfront Fort Wayne and those involved in IPFW’s Environmental Resources Center continue to work on the feasibility of these projects, gaining ideas and advice from other similar programs in the Midwest and fundraising.
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routes. Citilink also partners with the University of Saint Francis, Ivy Tech and Parkview Health to provide various free routes, which go downtown and between the two Parkview campuses. Other popular routes include Route 8, which stops by Glenbrook Square Mall, and Route 2, which drops riders off at Jefferson Point Mall. Route 4 is also ridden frequently because it runs
between the school corridors. Citilink’s next project may include increased service to New Haven, especially as that part of the county continues to grow. For now, only Route 10 provides rides to New Haven, though riders too far from frequent service can use Citilink’s flex routes to catch a ride to a route’s more central location, like a mall.
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Fairgrounds trees bring cheer to the needy By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Decorated Christmas trees that drew admiration and prizes at Christmas in the Country are now in the homes of the area’s less fortunate. Cross Border Partners has delivered the trees that were on exhibit two
recent weekends at the Allen County Fairgrounds. The public voted for their favorite trees. Henry Kiess is the director of the philanthropic agency that chose the homes and delivered the trees. He thanked the fairgrounds workers who made the trees available. Fairgrounds workers
Christmas tree recycling The Allen County Solid Waste Management District will accept Christmas trees for recycling, from Dec. 26-Jan. 13. Ornaments, tinsel and plastic bags must be removed from the trees. Wreaths are not accepted. Look for more details at acwastewatcher.org. Trees will be accepted at these sites: • Allen County Highway Garage, 2234 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. • Republic Services-Compost Site, 6231 MacBeth Road, Fort Wayne. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon. Closed New Year’s Day. • Bio Solids, Lime &
Yard Waste Recycling Center, 6202 Lake Ave., Fort Wayne. MondayFriday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Closed New Year’s Day. • Grabill/Leo-Cedarville area: Metea County Park, 8401 Union Chapel Road. Gates close at 6 p.m. daily. • Monroeville Compost Site, 200 Utility Drive, Monroeville. • New Haven area: Jury Park, Meadowbrook School Parking Lot, and City Hall, north side, 815 Lincoln Highway East. • Woodburn area: Front Street, under the water tower. (The Foellinger Theatre, Foster and McMillen parks are not drop-off sites this year.)
remove lights and ornaments from the trees, pack them in a box, and make it all available to CBP. “The Fairgrounds furnishes the stands, and we supplied them with the stands this year,” Kiess said. “They donate Christmas trees to us and have a lottery where we pass out the trees to our voucher people.” CBP helps families with other needs, too, and depends on donors to make that possible. “We pick up all over Fort Wayne and all the surrounding areas,” Kiess said. “We pick up anything but food and we pass it out to the needy.” “To be classified as needy you have to come from an organization here in Allen County that has a home visit to make sure you are needy. You can come to us 12 times — one time a month — never to come back onto the program. “We are here to assist you, and you’re limited to certain things: one couch in a year; one living room chair; six pieces of clothing for everybody per month. We need books and pictures. We need silverware, pots and pans, can openers, coffee pots, dishes, bed frames. We never get enough
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Decorated Christmas trees from Christmas in the Country at the Allen County Fairgrounds have been donated to needy families, with the aid of Cross Border Partners.
skillets and such items, and we only allow them one skillet or one pot. They’ve got to be a little bit responsible. “We need mattresses, too. We’ve had a good supply of linens the past seven or eight months, and we are buying blankets as we can afford them.” CBP sells some surplus items to help pay for the insurance on its two trucks and one van. CBP keeps two parttime employees. “We have
roughly 20 volunteers to make this place go,” Kiess said. “It’s all nonprofit. We are represented to our voucher people through about six churches here in the Fort Wayne area. It’s a Christian-based organization, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a board. And the board people are right here; they’re volunteers too.” He repeated that the assistance is temporary. “We’re helping roughly 27 people on a Tuesday and
that many on a Thursday, taking on about seven or eight new ones a month and that many going off every month. That’s it. Period. Forever. We’re here to get them started, help them get their house put together.” Cross Border Partners is at 4611 Newaygo Road, Fort Wayne. It is nextdoor to D&R Lubricants. “The building is donated, but we pay the utility bills,” Kiess said. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” celebration. Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. $9 general admission or $7.50 seniors and students without Cinema Center membership. The celebration pays homage to the 70th anniversary of the classic movie, which has been digitally restored. Festivities include a holiday tree lighting, free hot cocoa and holiday snacks, mulled wine, holiday tunes, a cash bar, and more. Because it’s the holiday season, Cinema Center encourages guests to bring hats and gloves to be donated to the Salvation Army. The film will screen at 7:30 p.m., following the celebration in the Spectator Lounge. The film also plays on Dec. 22 and 24; follow cinemacenter.org for those show times.
SATURDAY, DEC. 24
Christmas Eve services. Saint Michael Lutheran Church, 2131 Getz Road, Fort Wayne. 5 p.m. - family worship with puppet; 7 p.m. - candlelight worship; 11 p.m. - worship with Holy Communion. All are welcome. For more information, visit stmfw.org. Christmas Eve candlelight services. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5 p.m., family and children service; 7 p.m., contemporary service; 9 p.m., traditional service.
SUNDAY, DEC. 25
Christmas Day service. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 9:30 a.m.
approaches, visitors will enjoy cookies and a soda pop toast and the assembled crowd will count down the seconds. At the stroke of noon, some 1,000 balloons will cascade down from the ceiling.
MONDAY, JAN. 2
Harlem Globetrotters. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Tickets start at $18 and are on sale at harlemglobetrotters.com or the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum ticket office. The Globetrotters tip off their 2017 World Tour on Dec. 26 and will play in over 250 North American markets as well as 30 countries worldwide.
TUESDAY, JAN. 3
Appleseed Quilters Guild. Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Social time at 6 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p.m. Regional quilter Kent Mick will be the guest speaker. The quilt book author is considered an expert at machine quilting on a home sewing machine. For more information, visit appleseedquiltersguild.com or email appleseedquilters@yahoo. com.
THURSDAY, JAN. 5
“The Stories of Our Lives.” Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne; in the Discovery Center in the Genealogy Center. 2 p.m. Free; public invited. The Allen County Chapter 187 of AARP will hold this educational presentation. Curt Witcher, manager of the Genealogy Center of the ACPL, will describe the purpose of the Oral History Center, a new addition to the library, and how it is designed for individuals and families to record their family histories as a legacy for future generations. Witcher will also guide a tour of the center and address questions.
SUNDAY, JAN. 8 Sunday Night Singles Dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed Road,
Christmas concert. Most Precious Blood Church, 1515 Barthold St., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Free. Presented by choir director Jim Didier and bell choir director Kathy Schall.
Fort Wayne. 6-9 p.m.; doors open at 5 p.m. $7 cover includes disc jockey, cash bar and potluck carry-in. For more information, call Doug at (260) 704-3669. “Three Rivers: A Brief History.” The History Center, 302 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. Don Orban presents this installment in the 23rd annual George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series.
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New Year’s Eve ball drop. Barrett McNagny parking lot, 315 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. Free, for all ages. Music, fireworks and other activities from 8 p.m. to midnight. For details, visit fwballdrop.com. Countdown To Noon. Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; museum open until 3 p.m. Admission: $9, with ages 2 and under free. Ball drop and New Year’s celebration with a countdown to noon. Science Central’s 17th annual event features children’s activities such as face painting and making party hats and noisemakers, plus science demonstrations and a giant balloon drop featuring more than 1,000 balloons. Visitors will also be able to view city lights around the world on Science Central’s “Science On a Sphere” exhibit. As the noon hour
Mannerchor, an 80-voice male chorus. Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 3425 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. At the 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services. All are welcome. The chorus represents Holy Cross and five Michigan churches. Various hymns and anthems will be offered, including a recent arrangement of the “Te Deum” by Kantor Kevin Hildebrand, Concordia Theological Seminary. Kantor Hildebrand will also be the guest organist for those services along with brass and timpani. Jonathan Busarow, executive artistic director for the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, will serve as guest soloist. Holy Cross’s senior pastor, Rev. Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer, will share the Gospel found in John 1:38.
MONDAY, JAN. 16
Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day celebration. Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 8 a.m. Breakfast with the Clergy, $20. The keynote speaker is MLK look-alike Troy Thomas, who has been performing the civil rights leader’s speeches around the country for more than 20 years. The breakfast program also includes a film tribute to the Obama White House years. Buy breakfast reservations in advance by calling Bennie Edwards at (260) 760-6867, or email bjecsm011@frontier.com. Unity Day is admission is $5. Buy a membership for $20 and receive a ball cap and souvenir booklet.
TUESDAY, JAN. 17
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. This performance opens the four-part Broadway at the Embassy series. Season tickets range from $135 to $255. For more information, visit the STAR Bank box office at the Embassy or call (260) 424-5665 or visit fwembassytheatre.org. The series also includes: “Once,” March 27; “Pippin,” April 18; and “Rent” 20th Anniversary Tour, June 13. The Princess Party at 6 p.m. the evening of “Cinderella” is available separately, for $15. To get tickets, follow the link at fwembassytheatre.org.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18
State Ballet of Russia: Tchaikovsky Spectacular. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25 to $55. To get tickets, follow the link from fwembassytheatre.org. Special Abilities Day. Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Free to members of the special-abilities community with advance registration. Presented with the support of the AWS Foundation. For hours and program details, visit sciencecentral.org.
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FRIDAY, JAN. 20
Exposing human trafficking. Victory Noll Center, 1900 W. Park Drive, Huntington. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $35, which includes lunch. Register by Jan. 17 at victorynollcenter.org/social-justice-formation or by calling (260) 2001740. January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The Northeast Indiana Anti-Trafficking Network will host this day of education and training, entitled “It Happens Here: Human Trafficking in Indiana.” The program will begin with sessions on topics such as what human trafficking is, the trends in the region and state, and how to talk with and assist victims of trafficking. A human trafficking survivor will share their personal story. There will also be a panel made up of service providers, law enforcement, and former victims discussing what steps to take to help put an end to human trafficking in Indiana.
SATURDAY, JAN. 21
Tuffy’s Trivia Night. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person in advance or $15 per person at the door. Assemble a team of 10, or be placed on a team. Carry-in food is OK; a cash bar will be available. Must be 21 or older to attend. Register at bishopdwenger.com/trivianight or call Molly Schreck at (260) 496-4775.
SUNDAY, JAN. 22
Sunday Night Singles Dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9 p.m.; doors open at 5 p.m. $7 cover includes disc jockey, cash bar and potluck carry-in. For more information, call Doug at (260) 704-3669.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25
Free lecture on ISIS. University of Saint Francis, 5201 Spring St., Fort Wayne; in the Brookside Ballroom. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Dr. Adam DeVille presents “ISIS and the Crusades: On the Uses and Abuses of History.” This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Theology.
FRIDAY, JAN. 27
Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne. 4:30 p.m. $9 for adults, $4 for children 6-10, younger children eat for free. Dinner includes dessert, all made by members of the Sport Club.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10
My Cold Hearted Valentine: Season III. Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. 6-10 p.m. Must be 21 to attend. Early-bird and member price, $20 for individuals or $35 for couples. Nonmember price after Feb. 2, $25 for individuals or $45 for couples. A night of mystery and mingling. Explore the science center, drink in hand, interview suspects and examine the evidence. Deluxe ticket packages are available at a higher rate, include one beverage ticket per person and a reserved seat in the Demonstration Theater during the 9:30 p.m. reveal. Get tickets at sciencecentral.org.
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IPFW Fall 2016 BFA Exhibition. Wunderkammer Co., 3402 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne. This exhibition contines Dec. 28, 29 and 30, from 1-9 p.m. Seniors graduating from the Department of Visual Communication and Design will display their senior thesis projects in the Wunderkammer Company gallery. Fort Wayne Farmer’s Indoor Winter Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., every Saturday. Local market enthusiasts and vendors have come together in a grass-roots effort to create an indoor farmers market. For details, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com. Fort Wayne Farm Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Free admission. Hours are: Tuesday, Jan. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 71st annual Mizpah Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Tickets start at $14. Performances: Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 29, 1 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. For tickets, visit mizpahshrinecircus.com. Outdoor Sports, Lake & Cabin Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Tickets $10 for adults, with children 12 and under admitted free. Show hours: Friday, Jan. 27, noon-10 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit outdoorsportlakecabinshow.com for details. Beer & Bacon Fest will be held within the outdoors show area from 5-10 p.m. Jan. 27, for a separate admission. Get Fort Wayne ChocolateFest 2017 tickets. 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, Parkview Field. Early-bird tickets $30 through Dec. 31; visit eventbrite. com. John Chapman Kiwanis Club Foundation presents this fundraiser to support Riley Hospital for Children and local children’s charities. Kick off the Valentine’s Day weekend with three all-you-can-eat choc-
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IN Fort Wayne • December 23, 2016 olate fountains, chocolate desserts and hors d’oeuvres. Dance to live entertainment from the Dee Gees Band. Cash bar. Free parking. Silent auction. Master Gardeners applications. The Purdue University Master Gardener volunteer training sessions will begin April 3 and conclude in midJune. Training sessions will be conducted from 6-9:15 p.m. at the Allen County Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave. on the IPFW Campus. Weekly classes are separate teaching sessions, not repetition of the same material. The $125 program fee includes class material and a reference notebook. To learn more about this program, contact Ricky Kemery at the Allen County Extension office at (260) 481-6435 or (260) 505-7493 or email at kemeryr@purdue.edu. Alpha — an exploration of faith. Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church, 7308 Saint Joe Road, Fort Wayne, is offering 12 nights of this nondenominational exploration of the basic teachings of the Christian faith. The program begins 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. All are welcome. Supper will be served at the beginning of each session. Call the Saint Alban’s Church office at (260) 485-8022 to register in order to facilitate planning food and materials. Community Sew-In. The Pieceful Quilters club will gather Feb. 18 at the Monroeville Branch of the Allen County Public Library to make items for various non-profit groups. They have selected five groups for their first service project: Parkview Regional Hospital – Neonatal Unit, Woodburn Christian Children’s Home, Adams Heritage Nursing Facility, Res Care Youth Services and Lutheran Social Services. Quilters will make baby quilts/blankets, lap quilts/blankets, pillow cases and walker bags. The community is invited to participate in this project. Everyone is welcome to help. Those who do not sew can help by cutting fabric or ironing. The club will accept donations of cotton, flannel, fleece fabric or thread. Contact Kathy Beauchot at (260) 623-2290 to help at the sew-in, donate items or to obtain additional information. Headwaters Park Ice Skating Rink. 333 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Through Feb. 28, 2017. Mondays-Thursdays, 1-8 p.m.; Fridays, noon-10 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sundays, noon-8 p.m. Admission: 14 years and older, $5; 13 years and under, $3; skate rental, $2 Fantasy of Lights. Franke Park, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. Through Dec. 31. Sundays-Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. $5 per car, $10 per 15-passenger van, $25 per bus/trolley. Fridays and Saturdays, 6-10 p.m. $10 per car, $15 per 15-passenger van, $30 per bus/trolley. Horse-drawn carriage rides are also available Fridays-Sundays through reservations with Steve Cornelius at (260) 691-3780. Savor Fort Wayne. Forty-one Fort Wayne restaurants are offering threecourse, value-priced menus during the fourth annual Savor Fort Wayne, from Jan. 11-22. Participating restaurants will feature specially crafted menus, including appetizers, salads, steaks, sandwiches, seafood, pasta, ethnic delights, dessert, and more in addition to vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options. New restaurants to Savor Fort Wayne this year include Shoccu, The Rib Room, Tolon, The Golden, Salud!, Trubble Brewing, Main Street Bistro and Naked Tchopstix. Diners can also make an evening out during Savor Fort Wayne by taking advantage of special ticket offers from the Philharmonic and others. For a list of participating restaurants, menus, and special offers, visit SavorFortWayne. com. Gun & Knife Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Saturday, Jan. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission $7. “The Price is Right” stage show tickets on sale. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Thursday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $33, $43 or $53, and are available at ticketmaster.com, charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000, and at the STAR Bank box office at the Embassy. Eligible contestants can win cash, appliances, vacations and possibly even a new car. Jerry Springer will emcee the stage show. Last chance to see Bones Carnival. Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Through Jan. 8. Admission is $9 for ages 3 and up, free to ages 2 and under. This exhibit builds awareness about the importance of developing proper, lifelong habits for healthy bones. The interactive exhibits and informational signs describe the vital need for people to eat plenty of calcium-rich foods, avoid osteoporosis and bone disease, and get plenty of exercise to ensure better bone health now and in the future. The exhibition was developed by Purdue University. Check Science Central hours at sciencecentral.org. Jerry Seinfeld tickets. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m. Tickets $50 to $150. Tickets on sale at the Embassy box office or at ticketmaster.com or (800) 745-3000. The comedian will perform his stand-up routine, joking about the little things in life that relate to all audiences. Holiday art show. Castle Gallery Fine Art, 1202 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. Through Jan. 7. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., or by appointment. Featuring the works of local and national artists. Visit castlegallery.com for details. Concordia Comedy Festival. Concordia Lutheran High School is accepting entries for its second comedy festival, 7 p.m. Friday, April 28, at IPFW. This year, the festival will include action/suspense/thriller, documentary (long-form journalism), and animation. Entries are due Feb. 24, and finalists will be announced April 10. All of the finalists’ films will be shown on the big screen in Neff 101 at IPFW and then a reception will be held in the lobby where the finalists can meet and talk to the judges, which will be announced at a later date. Entries can be uploaded at ConcordiaComedyFestival.com. Submissions may not be longer than three minutes, including credits, which are not required. Entries should be free of profanity and appropriate to show in front of a large audience of students and adults. No more than four entries per person. The Con-
cordia Comedy Festival is open to any student in Grade 6-12 currently attending a school or being home-schooled in the following counties: Allen, Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and Whitley. To learn more, visit ConcordiaComedyFestival.com. 4-H dog obedience training. Allen County 4‑H is offering a series of workshops on dog obedience training. The program is open to youth in Grades 3-12. Youth will learn how to teach their dog to heel on a leash, stand for examination, sit, stay, and more. They will also learn about the health, care and grooming of their dog. The dog should be at least 6 months of age. The cost of the 16-week program is $70. The meetings will be held 6-7 p.m. Monday evenings at the Home Loan Bank Building, Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne, beginning in March. All participants must register in advance, pay fees and complete their paperwork by Feb. 17. Class size is limited. For more information and registration materials, contact Samm Johnson, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, at (260) 481‑6826.
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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. Appointments preferably should be scheduled prior to the date. For an appointment, call 483-1847 or (800) 727-8439, ext. 68120. Walk-in openings are available depending on schedule. • Tuesday, Dec. 27. WalMart, 10105 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. • Wednesday, Dec. 28. Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 1505 Bethany Lane, Fort Wayne. • Thursday, Dec. 29. Chick Fil A, 1725 Apple Glen, Fort Wayne. • Friday, Dec. 30. North Woods Village, 8075 Glencarin Blvd., Fort Wayne. • Thursday, Jan. 5. Parkview Physician’s Group Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven. • Friday, Jan. 6. WalMart, 7502 Southtown Crossing Blvd., Fort Wayne. • Thursday, Jan. 12. Paul Harding Jr. High School, 6501 Wayne Trace, Fort Wayne. • Monday, Jan 16. Kroger, 4120 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. • Tuesday, Jan. 17. Genesis Healthcare, 1201 Daly Drive, New Haven. • Wednesday, Jan. 18. Vincent Village, 2827 Holton Ave., Fort Wayne. • Thursday, Jan. 19. PHD Inc., 9009 Clubridge Drive, Fort Wayne. • Monday, Jan. 23. Nelson Global Products, 3405 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. • Tuesday, Jan. 24. Harrison College, 6413 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. • Friday, Jan.27. Parkview Physician’s Group Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven. • Monday, Jan. 30. McMahon Tire, 4201 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. • Tuesday, Jan. 31. PPG Family Practice, 2710 Lake Ave., Fort Wayne. To schedule a visit of the mobile mammography coach at your site, contact Debi Kennedy, the community outreach coordinator, at (260) 2669180 or debi.kennedy@parkview.com. Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is a partnership between Francine’s Friends, Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Breast Diagnostic Center.
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
— Courtesy Allen County Public Library Children’s Services, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. (260) 421-1220 • Storytime for Preschools, Daycares & Other Groups. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 9:30 a.m. 30 minutes of theme-based stories, fingerplays, early literacy activities and fun for kids 3 to 6.
• Family Storytime. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 10:30 a.m. Little kids — and bigger kids — are invited to read, sing, and play along at a storytime that is fun for all ages and stages. • Babies and Books. Friday, Dec. 30, 10 a.m. Bring in those little babies for a special time just for them. They are never too young to begin with books. • Toddler Storytime. Friday, Dec. 30, 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Special stories, songs and activities for active toddlers. Children 18 months to 3 years of age and their caregivers are encouraged to attend. • CHI LEGO Club. Thursday, Dec. 29, 3 p.m. Do you like LEGOs? If so, come join a group of like-minded kids, sprawl on the floor and build. • Minecraft Masters. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 4 p.m. Minecrafters under the age of 12. Welcome all Minecraft survivors. Whether you are an expert or just getting started, explore the Minecraft world with us in the Computer Classroom. • Noon Years Celebration. Saturday, Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Join us for a kid-friendly New Year’s celebration. There will be crafts, a countdown, noisemakers and a celebration toast. • Mock Caldecott and Newberry Discussion and Election. Saturday, Jan. 14, 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Caldecott Award and 2-5:30 p.m. Newberry Award. Call (260) 421-1220 for more information and to register.
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT ACTIVITIES
— Courtesy Little River Wetlands Project This local nature organization protects almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and Huntington counties, and offers informative nature events. Events are free and open to the community. Contact info@lrwp.org or (260) 478-2515 for information or to reserve a spot. • Tuesday, Dec. 27, 9-11 a.m. “Little River Ramblers.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, to hike and explore the preserve’s interesting plants and wildlife. • Every Tuesday in January, 9-11 a.m. “Little River Ramblers.” Meet at the Boy Scout office parking lot, 8315 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, to hike and explore the interesting plants and wildlife of Eagle Marsh. Dress for the weather, boots recommended. • Thursday, Jan. 12, 8:30-9:45 a.m. “Breakfast on the Marsh: Riverfront Fort Wayne.” Light breakfast and nature presentation for nature lovers 50+ at Indiana Wesleyan University Education & Conference Center, Room 102/104, 8211 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne. Alison Gerardot, director of programming and events for Riverfront Fort Wayne, will talk about the progress and changes that the riverfront development plan for the downtown area has made in the past year and what will be happening in 2017. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Free. Contact info@lrwp.org or (260) 478-2515 to reserve a spot. • Saturday, Jan. 14, 9-10:30 a.m. “Walk the Winter Woods.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Join us for a walk through the woods, learning how to identify trees by the buds that were set months earlier, the trees’ bark, and the adaptations they make to living on a wetland. We’ll start in the barn exploring parts of trees and testing our skills, then hike the trails that wind through our woods. Fun for all ages. Dress for the weather, boots recommended. • Wednesday, Jan. 18, 9-10 a.m. “Short Hikes for Short Legs: What Lives Under the Snow?” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. (For children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult.) Snow is beautiful, but have you ever thought about what lives beneath it? We’ll start in the barn with “snow boxes” to discover and identify what animals winter on the marsh. Then we’ll hike looking for tracks and trying to find animal homes. Dress for the weather, boots recommended.
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