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Festival Choir sings many stories of faith By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Holland Elementary School Early Act Club members hold the hygiene items the school gathered for the FWCS Family and Community Engagement Center.
Early Act Club celebrates service By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Rylee Schenkel could teach a course on effective leadership. For the moment,
though, Rylee is as busy as any fifth-grader needs to be. The president of the Early Act Club at Holland Elementary School in Fort Wayne has to think beyond three service proj-
ects this year, and leave things in order for August when he moves on to the halls of Jefferson Middle School. When he chaired a recent meeting under the
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Seth Green, Kelly Grant and Brooke Fuerst serve soup at Empty Bowls at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne. Green is the assistant professor of ceramics at IPFW. Grant is president of the IPFW Ceramics Guild, of which Fuerst is a member.
bowl. They also enjoyed soup and bread donated by local restaurants. Ceramics Guild President Kelly Grant said each bowl is unique. “It’s not machine-made,” she said. “People like to have a bowl that someone made. And it’s a fun thing to do. “No two [bowls] look the same, weigh the same,
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The lunch line began forming almost as soon as Empty Bowls began at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne. Soon the supply of 300 specially made ceramics bowls had been reduced by half, and lunchgoers kept arriving. The Advanced Ceramics Class at IPFW presented the May 2 event as a networking opportunity and as a fundraiser, primarily for Community Harvest Food Bank. Art students and teachers from DeKalb and Huntington North high schools also created and donated bowls. Seth Green, the assistant professor of ceramics at IPFW, set the project in motion. The IPFW Ceramics Guild shared in the work and planning. For a donation of $15, guests selected a ceramic
supervision of fifth-grade adviser Lizzie Pope, he helped to direct the enthusiasm to the ultimate goal of the Kids Against
When Faith United Methodist Church welcomed the Festival Choir, John Agnew and Willie Mae Tubbs were part of a guest concert at their home church. The 25-voice choir has performed at churches, long-term care centers and prisons since 1985. Tubbs is one of five original members still singing spiritual music throughout the area. The Festival Choir performed May 6 at Faith U.M.C., 207 E. Dewald St., as part of the church’s “Walking by Faith for 150 Years” celebration. The choir will close its spring season at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, June 4, at Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave., Fort Wayne. A free-will
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ered April 19 as guests of the Anthony Wayne Rotary Club at Pine Valley Country Club and accepted congratulations and certificates, they represented a common potential that drew the praise of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry. “As I was sitting here looking at all of you, I tried to see as many of you as I possibly could,
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Wilson Mendez accepts a Rotary student leadership certificate from Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry. Mendez, a senior at FWCS Carreer Academy at Anthis, was the first student called to accept his certificate April 19 at Pine Valley Country Club.
The principles are threefold, he said. “One is to take care of others first, and the second is to protect whatever organization you’re affiliated with to make that organization just a little bit better because of your presence. And, finally, to work hard to make this just a little more just world in which we live. “So that’s why I took a few minutes to look around this room earlier, because a lot of you are in a position to bring that term back, and Lord knows we need it. Our world has changed significantly over the last several decades and certainly over the last six months. Too many people have forgotten why we’re here. Too many people have forgotten what our true responsibility is, and it’s not just to ourselves. It’s to those we exist in this world with.” The mayor said those are the principles of Rotary, too. “If you study the mission of Rotary, that’s what it’s all about, is leadership,” he said. “… what you’ve already accomplished at your young age tells me that the future is going to be OK. We’re going to be alright, because you’ve already chosen to be servant leaders in your own way.” Students were honored because of their service as class presidents and student council presidents. The Rotary Club also will honor its Interact Clubs, at Carroll and Northrop high schools. Also, student from several area high schools serve as Rotarians for one month each. Anthony Wayne Rotary Club also sponsors an
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These Allen County high school students were honored April 19 by the Anthony Wayne Rotary Club. Career Academy at Anthis: Wilson Mendez, Vanessa Murillo, Sierra Silvers. Bishop Dwenger High School: Reagan Vance, Daniel Howe, Quinton Davis. Bishop Luers High School: Kennedy Brough, Antonio Menson. Canterbury High School: Rebecca Bormann, Michael Brothers, Olivia Jimenez, Ricky Lou, Elise Wellman. Carroll High School: Carter Meyer, James Bassett, Christian Olney. Heritage High School: Rachel Blair, Holly Hamman, Brittany May. Homestead High School: Sara Auger, Brandon Blumenherst, Will Milne. Leo High School: Madi Detmers, Griffin Robinson, Abigail Adams. New Haven High School: Breckelle Hieber, Kaytlyn Creed, Teya Martinez. North Side High School: Caitlyn Rigler, Janaya Woehnker, Jordan Kushinski. Northrop High School: Caitline Southern, Dustin Soe, Jacob Almendralo. Snider High School: Madeline Rice, Riley Odier, Jenna Habisch. South Side High School: Logan Krueger, Raul Vidal, Dora Carlisle. Wayne High School: Alyssa La Cella, Hay Mar Thwe, Bailey Brown. Woodlan High School: Samantha Voors, Cortlyn Sowers, Kaylee Smith, Jenna Cummings.
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Miles for Meals on Saturday, May 20, will benefit Wellspring’s food bank. The 3-mile walk begins at 9 a.m. at Foster Park Pavilion No. 1, 3900 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Online registration is available at www. GetMeRegistered.com/ wellspringsmiles. The entry fee is $25 online or with mail-in advance registration. Each walker is asked to collect donations of $100 per person. Prizes will be awarded to the top three fundraisers. For sponsorship opportunities or more information, contact Jen Adams at (260) 422-6618 or jenadams@wellspringinterfaith.org. During 2016, Wellspring provided food and personal hygiene items to 719 people in its core service area. Also, 1,815 people were served on an emergency basis.
Kroger ends discount for NE Indiana seniors Kroger is ending the 5 percent discount for seniors available at its northeast Indiana stores, effective May 16. Customers who had taken advantage of the
discount, available on Tuesdays, have been notified by mail. It also is mentioned on store receipts, and customers who have used the discount are receiving extra coupons. The discount for shoppers 55 and older wasn’t even available at central Indiana stores, said spokesman Eric Halvorson. Kroger dropped prices on many products in its stores on April 27, in advance of ending the discount. “We’re trying to make sure that everybody gets the best value all the time.” Halvorson said. Kroger has previously ended discounts at stores in other markets, such as Nashville, Tenn.
Embassy offers May 14 brunch
The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, will present its first Mother’s Day Brunch in the Ballroom. The holiday buffet, catered by Club Soda, is Sunday, May 14. Brunch will be offered from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Advance tickets are required and are on sale now. Following brunch, a Mother’s Day matinee of Disney’s “Mary Poppins” will be available at 2:30 p.m. in the theater. Tickets are $25 for
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Planking challenge raises $22,655
Crosswinds Inc. and Lifeline Youth & Family Services Inc. raised $22,655 and attracted almost 100 plankers at their third annual Planking Challenge at Parkview Field on Friday, April 21. Planking is an exercise in which one assumes a push-up position and holds oneself up horizontally while resting on one’s hands or forearms. The longest plank was held by Michelle Carr from the mYoga Studios team, who lasted 16 minutes and 2 seconds.
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The following awards and recognitions were presented: Longest plank, professional category – Michelle Carr, mYoga Studios team, planked for 16:02; Longest plank, amateur category – Dave Long, Lifeline’s VP of Family Services, planked for 15:10; Most money raised – Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux raised $2,775; Most donors – 36 donors supported Brooke Sellhorn, therapist and clinical director at Crosswinds; Facebook contest – Ashley Licari, intake coordinator at Crosswinds, who earned 182 likes; Costume contest – Jason Brennan from the Three Rivers Federal Credit Union team, as Spider-Man; Training guru – Marlas Robrock from mYoga, official trainer and coach for the 2017 Planking Challenge. The event was presented by Integrated Talent Solutions and Moellering Management Co.
Sign-up begins for 4 on the 4th
A 4-mile run/walk on the July 4 invites participants to wear their best red, white and blue outfits. The event has been named 4 on the Fourth. Registration is under way at runsignup. com/4onthe4thfortwayne. Registration is $28 for adults in advance, or $18 for youths 15 and under. The course opens at 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, near the Rivergreenway boat dock just south of Kreager Park, 7000 N.
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Exhibit reflects unique identities
The exhibit “The Self/ Giving Voice to People’s Identity,” continues through June 4 at Garrett Museum of Art, 100 S. Randolph St., Garrett. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Hours are 5-8 p.m. Friday, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Get more information at garrettmuseumofart.org. The exhibit recognizes that “one’s self” has many definitions, reflecting the Earth’s vast population and individuals’ uniqueness. This exhibition celebrates these differences in works of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art submitted by the regional art community.
Brit Floyd plans Embassy show
The rock band Brit Floyd will play the Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 16. Tickets are $33-$53 and are available at the STAR Bank box office at the Embassy, ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745.3000. Brit Floyd brings the music of Pink Floyd to life with its Immersion World Tour 2017. The Pink Floyd concert experience is recaptured in high-definition sound and with a million-dollar light show and the latest video design. The Brit Floyd show re-creates the scale and pomp of the final 1994 Division Bell tour. See NEWS, Page A17
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Summit City Singers say ‘Thank You for the Music’
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Mikautadze Dance Theatre will present “Love and Darkness,” its fifth full-length performance as a company-in-residence at the IPFW College of Visual and Performing Arts. The performance incorporates elements of multiple art genres. “Love and Darkness” features the MDT dancers and collaborations with composers Debra Lynn, David Mikautadze, and Silbo Gomero’s Hope Arthur and Kurt Roembke. The evening will also highlight mezzo-soprano Alana Miller, The South Side High School Dancers, and a unique collaborative work with Nicki Meier, exploring trauma and the process of healing through artistic expression. Corey Lee will weigh in with lighting design and Jeanne Pendleton will create costume
design. “Don’t miss the dance, music, poetry, visual media, and design of the Mikautadze Dance Theatre artists and collaborators,” the program said in a statement. Mikautadze Dance Theatre is a company-in-residence at IPFW. Elizabeth Mikautadze is the artistic director. Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3, at the Williams Theatre on the IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. Admission is $18, or $12 for students with ID. For information, call the IPFW box office at (260) 481-6555 or buy tickets online at ipfw.edu/tickets. Group rates are available for dance schools and dance organizations. Contact Elizabeth at mdancetheatre@gmail.com.
“Thank You for the Music” is the theme of The Summit City Singers’ spring 2017 concert series. All concerts are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome. Summit City Singers is a Fort Wayne community-based, nonprofit, SATB choral group. The group began in 2006 with 30 singers and now has approximately 60 members. Judy King is the director and Barbara Krick is the accompanist. This concert consists of favorites, chosen by the choir, from the songs that have been sung over the past 12 years. There are show tunes such as selections from “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Bring Him Home” from “Les Miserables,” and “Edelveiss” from “The Sound of Music.” The concert includes fun songs such as “A Place in the Choir,” “Mairi’s Wedding” and a selection of Beach Boys tunes. Other selections include beautiful favorites such as “The Prayer” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Dates and locations are:
Sunday, May 21, 3 p.m., Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road, Fort Wayne. Tuesday, May 23, 7 p.m., Heritage Communities, 8150 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne. Tuesday, May 30,
7 p.m., Towne House Retirement Center, 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne. Sunday, June 4, 3 p.m., Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave., Fort Wayne. Tuesday, June 6, 7
p.m., Lutheran Life Villages, 6723 S. Anthony Blvd, Fort Wayne. For more information about the concerts or on how to join the choir in the future, call Judy King at (260) 489-4505.
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EACS schools chief announces retirement By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
East Allen County Schools Superintendent Kenneth Folks will retire after this school year. Folks announced his decision at a School Board meeting April 11. The board issued a statement thanking Folks for his service and announced its goal to have a new superintendent in place by next school year. Folks said he will leave the office June 30. “It is bittersweet for me because although I am looking forward to spending more time with Kay, and to the new challenges that I am sure await me out there, it is sad for me to leave East Allen,” he said in a statement. “Even though only four of my 36 years in education were spent here, East Allen is very special to me. I am very proud of the impact our board and our staff has had on East
Allen during my tenure.” Folks became EACS superintendent in Folks August 2013, after serving as an assistant superintendent for the Marion Community Schools, where he helped to improve the district’s state rankings. He came to East Allen pledging to continue that same focus on academics. In the most recent round of grades, the State Board of Education awarded EACS a “B” grade, the same mark awarded to Northwest Allen County Schools and the Southwest Allen County Schools. Folks has been visible at many school school functions and has represented the schools in the community, including at parades and as an adviser to the seven-community
NewAllen Alliance. Folks is a native of Allen County, and a former Northwest Allen County Schools principal. Folks replaced Karyle Green, who had been superintendent just under four years. Green now is principal at Cocoa Beach (Fla.) Jr./Sr. High School. School Board President Bob Nelson issued a statement on behalf of the board, which also includes Chris Baker, Todd Buckmaster, Gayle Etzler, Tim Hines, Terry Jo Lightfoot and Paulette Nellems: “… we would like to publicly thank Dr. Ken Folks for his service to East Allen County Schools and wish him the best of luck on his retirement. Ken, through his leadership, enthusiasm and energy, has returned EACS to a level of distinction that has not been achieved for some time. This board would also like to thank Ken for being our friend and for
always administering an open door policy.” Screening of applicants is to begin May 29, with interviews beginning in June. A new superintendent will be named in midsummer, or an interim superintendent will be appointed — if necessary — on July 31. The 2017-18 school year begins Aug. 8. “EACS has an exceptional and dedicated staff in place and we are very confident in its ability to lead us through this process until another superintendent is named,” the board’s statement said. The board pledged to search within the staff and among outside candidates. New Haven Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Charlie Hatten applauded Folks for his focus on networking. “He was everywhere, and if I asked him to go someplace he never, ever said no,” Hatten said. “The
person who comes in [to that job] is going to inherit a very well run organization.” In April 2016, state Sen. David Long, R-Fort
Wayne, appointed Folks to a 23-member panel tasked with recommending an alternative to the state-mandated ISTEP exam.
Towles, Snider plan Saturday fundraisers Students at Snider High School and Towles New Tech Middle School are hosting fundraising events Saturday, May 13, to raise money for local charities. Towles New Tech students will host Tigers Tackle Cancer, a 1-mile run/walk and kids fun run, at Towles Intermediate School, 420 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. Registration is $5 for the fun run and $10 for the 1-mile event. Packet pickup begins at 9 a.m. with a presentation and balloon send-off at 9:30. Attendees may buy a memory balloon for $2 the day of the event. The kids fun run will start at 9:45 followed by the 1-mile at 10. Refreshments and entertainment will follow. All proceeds from this first-time event
will benefit the Parkview Cancer Institute in care of the Parkview Foundation. Saturday afternoon, the Snider Biomedical Charity Council is hosting its first Biomedical Bash. From 1-5 p.m. at the Arlington Park Clubhouse, 4630 W. Arlington Park Blvd., attendees can learn more about Snider’s Project Lead the Way Biomedical program, meet students enrolled in the program, participate in science activities and games and join the Be the Match bone marrow registry. In addition, there will be a silent auction from 1-4:30 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to Matthew 25. Members of the community are welcome to attend both events.
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In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the AWS Foundation partnered with the Fort Wayne Museum of Art to put on a series of exhibits and activities that, to the casual observer, may seem to focus on disability. Those who helped put the exhibits together would argue, however, that the exhibits really focus on what it means to be human. “A lot of museums had done shows with artists who have disabilities,” FWMoA Vice President and COO Amanda Martin said. “We wanted to do something different. “We wanted to do something moving and important.” The exhibits What began about a year and a half ago has now manifested in three exhibits, being hosted until June 11. “Sharon” is a series of black-and-white photographs depicting the life of photographer Leon Bornstein’s daughter, taken over 30 years. Sharon is blind, has autism and has a seizure disorder. “They are so moving and so beautiful and his love for her is evident,” Martin said. “I get emotional when I look at those photographs, every time.” “ECHOLILIA,” another series of photographs, is a collaborative project between photographer Timothy Archibald and his son, Eli, who has autism. The photographs serve as a way to document how Eli sees the world. “We’re looking at the perspective of the people who care for the individuals with a disability, we’re looking at what they go through. We’re looking at the beauty, we’re looking at the pain, we’re looking at the sense of humor, the quirkiness, the normalcy, the not normal parts of what we would consider normal, and again we’re looking at raw emotion,”
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Martin said. The third exhibit, titled “Expressions of Existence,” draws from the museum’s permanent collection to show works by artists who have or have had a disability. “Even we didn’t realize we had this much work in our collection by artists who had forthrightly addressed some kind of disability,” Martin said. “Anyone with a disability doesn’t want to be seen as disability first,” AWS Foundation CEO Patti Hays said about “Expressions of Existence.” “Andy Warhol wanted to be seen as a gifted artist, not as a person with a disability. And if we focused on disability first then we’ve moved away from our beliefs about person first. And that person is that person as an artist.” The exhibits exceeded her expectations, she said.
“There are a lot of different faces of disability and for us to have featured a single artist would have done a disservice to that,” Hays said. “This exhibit really captured multiple perspectives.” Accessibility for all
“We knew what we didn’t want to do was be superficial,” Martin said. “It was also important to us that the shows were accessible for people with any number of disabilities.” Each piece in the exhibits has the traditional curated notes, though the typeface is in a font designed to assist those with dyslexia. In addition, there is also a version of the curated notes in Braille. The lighting throughout the exhibits is soft and pieces are widely spaced, especially in ECHOLILIA, to help those with autism, See ART, Page A12
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Grabill office furniture maker moving to New Haven By Linda Lipp llipp@kpcmedia.com
Sauder Manufacturing Co. is investing about $3 million to move and expand operations now located in Grabill to the former Parker Hannifin plant in New Haven.
The company, based in Archbold, Ohio, builds commercial seating and other products for the health care, education, human services and church markets. It needed space to satisfy to growing demand for its products, particularly
by health care providers. Its 125 workers who are now spread out over five facilities in Grabill will move to the new location, and the company expects to add another 60 jobs there over the next five years, said Phil Bontrager, pres-
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said. Sauder Manufacturing employs about 200 at its Archbold plant and offices; 120 at a plant in nearby Stryker, Ohio; and 50 at a facility in Richmond, Va. The Grabill facilities are home not just to its health-care furniture production, but to the health-care segment’s sales and marketing operations. “Our health care business is a significant part of our business and it’s also a growing part of our business. We had a series of successful new products that accelerated that growth, so we made a decision to make an investment in a larger facility,” Bontrager said. Sauder Manufacturing exports products all over the country, and the New Haven location also offered easier highway access. The company expects to begin to “bring up” the new facility at 10801 Rose Ave. in August and be fully operational before the end of the year, Bontrager added. Recruiting for new positions will probably begin in the same time frame. The Indiana Economic Development Corp.
offered Sauder Manufacturing up to $300,00 in tax credits and $60,000 in training grants, all contingent on job creation. Established in 1934, Sauder Woodworking Co. is North America’s leading producer of ready-to-assemble furniture and one of the top five residential furniture manufacturers in the United States. Sauder Manufacturing is one of two subsidiaries of the third-generation, family-run business. Employing more than 2,400 workers in Ohio, Indiana and Virginia, the Sauder family of companies generates sales of more than $500 million annually. Parker Hannifin announced in mid-2015 that it would close its New Haven plant, which at that time employed 150 people, in the following year. The company said the manufacture of cooling system components made in New Haven would be transferred to Tennessee and Missouri. Parker Hannifin maintains a very small testing and lab facility in one corner of the New Haven building.
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Though she would never admit it, Dot does a lot for Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control, and recently her dedication to the agency helped the shelter win $10,000. Hill’s Pet Nutrition hosted a Shelter Heroes contest, where organizations were encouraged to send a video of their “shelter heroes” to the company. “I forwarded it on to our education department (to create a video),” Animal Care and Control Director Amy-Jo Sites said. “They knew immediately who they wanted to pick.” Dot, who didn’t want her last name used, helps in many aspects at Animal Care and Control, Sites said – assisting in surgeries, rotating animals and cleaning pens, recruiting and training additional volunteers, and helping transport animals to other shelters. “Dot does some pretty amazing things,” Sites said. “She’s here for the animals,
staff and other volunteers.” Dot also sits on Animal Care and Control’s Animal Control Commission, Sites said. “She’s very active in our agency and supporting our mission,” she said. “[Yet] she’s never going to admit she’s more than a volunteer just like anyone else.” The education team got to work, asking shelter employees and volunteers what Dot (who was too modest to appear in the video) meant to them. They had nothing but great things to say about a woman who cares deeply about the animals and staff at the shelter. The video made it to the Top 10 in the Hill’s contest, then was voted into the Top Five, earning them the funding. In fact, Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control’s video got more votes than any other. “It was very humbling to know we could get that many votes,” Sites said, adding Animal Care and Control faced several large agencies in the contest. The funding will be used
to further Animal Care and Control’s education outreach on responsible pet ownership, Sites said, such as buying books for areas schools and doing outreach on the importance of spaying and neutering pets. Sites said although Dot never seeks the spotlight, she very much embodies the spirit of Animal Care and Control. “I think it’s well deserved,” Sites said of Dot’s recognition. “Even though the focus is on Dot, it also looks at the larger mission on what we do. … She emulates everything we want the public to know that we do, and she does it for us.” Dot has been volunteering with Animal Care and Control for around 15 years. “We went to one of the first animal walks [Animal Care and Control hosted],” Dot said. “We said, if you ever set up a volunteer program we’d sign up. We were in the first class.” Dot said she helps Animal Care and Control See CARE, Page A17
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CLUB from Page A1 Hunger fundraiser. That morning, he had taken his turn selling Blow Pops along the drop-off curb. With a goal of $500, the club hoped to fund 2,000 meals to donate and ship to people they likely will never meet. It’s not about the candy, or even the money, Rylee remarked. It’s about kids who need those meals. Despite setbacks, and with confidence in
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just how I am. Next year I want to lead a group.” He has seen the growth since just a year ago, when he was vice president. “This group is excited,” he said. “I enjoy it because what we’re doing this year is more than we completed last year. And then helping people around the world by giving them food is going to be really fun.” He was glad to see the enthusiasm rekindled, after sales seemed to plateau. “I think of it as a dollar can save four lives because you can’t live without food, so those [meals] are saving lives around the world,” he said. He complimented the club and the whole school coming together for a purpose, such as helping others in need. The third-graders can surprise you, because they arrive ready to do their own talking, he said. “They’re all so creative.” The Anthony Wayne Rotary Club sponsors the club, coordinating with Pope and fellow adviser Ashlie Simpson. Rotary President Deb Conklin attended a recent Early Act meeting. Former President Carole Keplar, who helped to organize the Holland club, also was on hand. Pope led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. The members also recited Rotary’s 4-Way Test of truth and fairness. They
rang the Rotary bell. “They brainstorm service project ideas. They discuss the task. Then they take that list back to their classes, they share the ideas, and they discuss what the classes want to do, and they bring that back to the group,” Conklin said. “I’ve just been so impressed with these children and their teachers regarding their commitment to service. They actually wrote about why service is important to them and why they wanted to be a part of this leadership group. They had to agree to give up their lunch period and their recess [twice a month]. They bring their lunch to the meeting room.” “They’re just really very positive,” Conklin said. Each classroom in Grades 3, 4 and 5 sends a representative to Early Act. “There are probably three or four kids who are interested in each classroom,” Pope said. The teacher reads the applications and selects those who are especially respectful and responsible. Four officers also are chosen from Grades 3 and 4. Students in the younger grades are invited to support most projects. Pope said enthusiasm is especially apparent in those who are back for a second year. “They have great ideas but somebody
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Fifth-grade teacher Lizzie Pope leads the Holland Elementary School Early Act Club in the Pledge of Allegience. The club patterns its meetings on those of its sponsor, the Anthony Wayne Rotary Club.
has to wrangle them down and tell them this is probably more than we can chew,” she said. Early Act is coordinating three projects. Like Rotary itself, the club serves internationally, in the community and at home. The Kids Against Hunger international projet will be wrapped up in May. Then older students, parents and other volunteers will gather to clean up the nature classroom beside the school. Already, the club has led the school in gathering donations of hundreds of hygiene items for the Fort Wayne Community Schools Family and Community
Engagement Center. At that club’s recent meeting, boxes of toothpaste, shampoo and the like covered three tables, waiting for transport to the distribution center, to benefit the homeless population and students in foster care. The club gathered around the boxes, holding plastic sponges, hairbrushes and soap and smiling for the camera. “It’s cool seeing their excitement in helping others,” Pope said. Then there’s Rylee, the leader, giving credit where credit is due. “But we couldn’t have done any of this without the teachers,” he told a guest.
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CHOIR from Page A1 Street. Festival Choir director Jay Heare said the choir was pleased to be invited to help celebrate the milestone at Faith. “We’re excited about being part of the 15o-year celebration,” he said. “There aren’t many churches that old around. We always like it when a church has something else going on when we perform.” The Festival Choir presents music for a diverse audience. “I particularly love a capella choral music, but not everyone does,” Heare said. “Not everybody likes Southern gospel, not everybody likes the R&B gospel, but there are people who love all of that. So we try to do a little bit of everything so there’s sure to be something in this concert that you’re going to think ‘That’s awesome.’” Heare elaborated on that theme as he led a benefit concert at Waynedale United Methodist Church. The choir, diverse in age and race, swayed to “Everyone Need a King Jesus.” Heare introduced “Sing Your Praise to the Lord,” an a capella song with seven key changes. “Count them, seven,” he said. He described one selection as “a new thought on an old hymn.” Watching Heare from the Waynedale audience were founding director Helen Donnell and her successor, Pat Deihl, who handed the role to Heare this season. The choir was founded in 1985 as part of the first Festival of Peace and Understanding in Fort Wayne. The Associated Churches organized that first festival, and continues to support the choir by buying music today. Today’s choir unites voices from 16 churches of “pretty much every
The Festival Choir rehearses for a benefit concert at Waynedale United Methodist Church. The choir includes 25 singers from 16 churches. PHOTOS BY GARTH SNOW
Jay Heare directs The Festival Choir in rehearsal for a benefit concert at Waynedale United Methodist Church.
denomination in town,” Heare said. Heare and several others are from St. John Lutheran, on West Washington Boulevard, downtown. Some singers list no church affiliation. Deihl, the former director, explained the prison ministry that continues to be central to the Festival Choir. “We ask what they need and if we can, we supply it,” she said. “We’ve had 20 or 30 churches involved in this choir and a lot of them had purchased robes and didn’t know what to do with the old robes, so I said let’s collect them all, all different colors. So if the prison — men or women — had a choir, we donated those to them and we donated keyboards and chairs and all sorts of things. We sing for them and if they have a choir we have them sing for us.” Deihl, who turned the choir over to Heare as she was undergoing chemotherapy, said the choir has continued to be a support for her. “They bring me joy. They are such prayer warriors, from three years ago when I started to lose the ability to use my legs. They’ve been upholding me every since,” she said. “One day they came and
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The Festival Choir roster lists affiliations with these churches: Arcola United Methodist Church, Bible Life Community Church, The Chapel, Covenant United Methodist Church, Destiny Life Center, Epiphany Lutheran Church, Faith United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne Baptist, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Robinson Chapel United Methodist Church, St. Henry Catholic Church, St. John Lutheran Church, St. Jude Catholic Church, Unity Christ Church and Unity Spiritual Center. gave their concert. Their last concert last year was in my home and they surprised me.” Heare and the choir surprised her again this year, with a concert at the long-term care facility where she was staying. “He saved my life when I knew I couldn’t do the directing anymore, and I asked him to take it over,” Deihl said. The original members still singing with the choir are Linda Alexander, Clem Harris, Willie Mae Tubbs, Rose Wallace and Barb White. The Festival Choir does not require auditions. “You just need to be able to carry a tune,” Heare said. The choir invites anyone interested to celebrate and explore next year’s program during a guest night, at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at Forest Park United U.M.C. “We
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ART from Page A7 Martin said. “We went all the way around in terms of how do we make it as inclusive as possible, whether it’s from the way it’s displayed to the way the visitor is going to interact,” Hays said. The museum even hosted a special tour – one for those with visual impairments. The tour
“We were talking amongst ourselves as a staff about some more programming we could do in conjunction with AWS,” FWMoA Exhibitions Content Manager Elizabeth Goings said. Through those talks, the staff discussed tours for the blind and visually impaired offered at the Smithsonian Institution. “As I started to look into it more we realized that, why can’t art be for those who have visual impairments? They still connect with the world like we do,
want to experience art, they just experience it in a different way,” Goings said. On April 29 the tour was hosted, with Goings showing a small group several pieces. “I’ll set the scene utilizing different senses: the mood of a piece in regards to a temperature, describing the color to foods or a mood, and really just set the scene in a different way and talk about what it means to the group just like I normally do. And then the conversation really will just continue on like it would with any tour, we just start it off a little differently,” she said. Goings described the movement of a bronze sculpture and the “unearthly green” of the patina at its base while several guests got to feel the artwork. She explained the history and symbolism in a piece by Robert Williams and the method of work
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Members of a tour look at a painting by Chuck Close as part of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art’s “Expressions of Existence” exhibit.
by artist Chuck Close. Guests were able to add their thoughts and experiences to the discussion as well, discussing the different “sensations” of an aluminum sculpture called “Sidesplitter.” “The biggest thing has been me looking at a piece of art and thinking, how would I describe this to someone who just can’t see it, who doesn’t experience it in the same way I do?” she said.
Goings’ descriptions and explanations of the pieces helped tour participant Tim Allison get a “fuller understanding” of the artwork, he said. Allison said he also appreciated the opportunity to feel some of the sculptures to get a better sense of the differentiation of their texture. The big picture
Everyone involved with these exhibits said they hope they help the public broaden its understanding
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more understanding by [being] given an environment where we can question.” “What we hope that the audience will take away from these shows is that they will see the breadth of creativity, the breadth of talent, the breadth of what artists have to say and also that they’re not just talking about disability,” Martin said. “What it’s all about is expressions of their existence. And when you boil all three of these shows down, what we could all agree on is that these artists are expressing what it means to be human, no matter what condition that humanity might be manifested in. And what we’re hoping to do is show people that the lives of those with a disability or their loved ones, yes they’re different and yes they could be more challenging, but they’re not all that different from everybody else’s lives.”
about disability. “I hope that people who see us giving the tour but aren’t necessarily a part of it can see it and understand these artists they know about were not defined by their disability, these individuals who are here for this tour to experience the museum and experience the art are not defined and limited by their visual impairment, that they too are able to experience it and enjoy it, it’s just in a different way,” Goings said. In the same way, Hays said that having the different fonts allowed everyone to gain a better understanding of others. “Even if you’re not dyslexic just by reading [that font] you’ve increased your understanding of what it must be like to be dyslexic and not be able to read the curated notes,” she said. Similarly, someone touching the Braille notes might think, “How is that a word? How do you feel that? We all gain a little
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Lunch on the Plaza is returning for the 2017 season with a longer season, more bands and more chances at prizes. By popular demand, the lunchtime concert series will return to Freimann Square this year, Downtown Improvement District Events and Programming Manager Rick Zolman said. “We moved to Freimann Square last year… [and] everyone who attended liked the atmosphere,” he said. “Instead of getting just business folks we were having families, grandparents and grandkids attending. People enjoy the park-like atmosphere.” People will get to enjoy that atmosphere a little longer this year thanks to the Lunch on the Plaza’s 14-week schedule as both June 1 and Aug. 31 — the first and last days for Lunch on the Plaza — fall on Thursdays this year. “[It adds] another chance for someone to come out and enjoy the vibrancy of downtown and really get a chance to see an additional act for the summertime,” Zolman said of the extended schedule. This year’s acts range from “jazz to a group called the Jug Huffers,” Zolman added. “It is a variety of music and should have something for everyone to come out and enjoy.” The extra week also means an extra chance to win a gift certificate to downtown restaurants. The Chow-Down…Town contest, which is new this year, allows Lunch on the Plaza participants to visit information booths for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate. That amount was increased from $10 last
year, Zolman said. A new winner is selected each week, and all winners will be entered for the chance to win the grand prize drawing — a night’s stay at the Hilton, dinner for two at the Hilton’s restaurant Features, a couple’s massage at Kamylle’s Spa Bar and two tickets for a show at the Embassy Theatre. “[The Chow-Down… Town contest] is a way to expand and incorporate some other things from the standpoint of a night out, a night at the theater, a couple’s massage at Kamylle’s, which are all downtown businesses,” Zolman said. Lunch on the Plaza kicks off at 11:30 a.m. June 1 and continues every Thursday through Aug. 31.
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Thursdays, June 1-Aug. 31, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Freimann Square, downtown Fort Wayne Performance schedule: June 1: Fernando Tarango June 8: Alicia Pyle Quartet June 15: Renee Gonzales and Friends June 22: Kitchen Table Players June 29: Joe Justice July 6: Todd Harold/Nick Bobay Duo July 13: Elle/The Remnant July 20: Secret Mezzanine July 27: Mike Conley Aug. 3: Sunny Taylor Aug. 10: Janelle ‘n’ Jonze Aug. 17: The Jug Huffers Aug. 24: Hope Arthur Aug. 31: Jon Durnell
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Girls on the Run 5k offers fun and purpose Girls on the Run is racing toward its annual 5k run/walk, but the benefits do not begin or end on Sunday, May 21, at Shoaff Park. The organization continues offering lessons that foster personal growth and healthful habits for girls in third grade to eighth grade. “There’s nothing like Girls on the Run,” said Gail Gerber, chairman of the board of Girls on the Run of Northeast Indiana. “The program gives these girls so much confidence and joy. At our 5k, you can see the excitement on everyone’s faces — girls, coaches, running buddies and family. This event is so important, especially because it helps us bring GOTR to more girls in our community.”
The whole community is invited to run or walk. Festivities begin at 12:30 p.m. and the race starts at 2 p.m. Online registration is $30 until May 13 at GOTR-NEI.org/5k. Race day registration is $35. Shoaff Park is at 6401 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne. Proceeds benefit GOTR-NEI, and will help fund program expenses and support scholarships and financial assistance to make services accessible to girls in northeast Indiana. The local council hosts 10-week seasons in the spring and the fall of each year. Participants attend twice-weekly team practices coached by volunteer coaches at more than 18 regional locations. At each practice, girls participate
in lessons that nurture confidence through accomplishment, establish healthy habits, build peer connections, and encourage community service while they prepare for the end-ofseason celebratory 5k event. Each girl runs with a “running buddy,” often a family member. “Completing the 5k is a tangible example of pursuing and achieving a goal,” the organization said in a statement. GOTR expects more than 500 runners, friends and family members at this year’s event. Festivities include a fun Mascot Dash, in which more than 20 local sports and community mascots complete a 50-yard dash. The event will include a DJ, a “happy hair”
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Girls in third to eighth grades gain a sense of accomplishment through Girls on the Run.
station for temporary hair color and glitter, a photo booth, and a “bling your bib” station. Costumes, tutus and glitter are
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served more than 1.2 million girls nationwide since 1996. For more information, visit girlsontherun.org or gotr-nei.org.
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BOWLS from Page A1 organizations. So in this case we’re donating 80 percent of the proceeds to Community Harvest Food Bank and 20 percent is going to the IPFW Ceramics Guild. “It’s all about networking as an artist and as a professional. A friend and I were talking about the need to find a venue and he said ‘Why don’t you check out First Presbyterian Church? They’ve got a great hall.’ So I called and they said ‘Yes, absolutely, let’s do it.’ “ Eight of the most advanced ceramics students from DeKalb High School were in the lunch line early, accompanied by instructor Kelly Roth. “I teach Ceramics 1 all the way through 4, so this semester I have about 100 ceramics students,” Roth said. The group contributed 27 bowls. Roth had orders for 10 bowls to take back to DeKalb. “From start to finish a bowl could take upward of about an hour when you throw it and make sure all the walls are nice and neat and thin,” she said. “Then you need to let it dry out for a day and then trim the bottom. So at the high school we just fired them to visque — which is the first firing. Then I delivered them to Seth, and his students took care of all the glazing.”
She also did some shopping. “I snagged a couple of Seth Green’s,” she said. “He’s a pretty noteworthy artist, so a bowl of his for $15 is a good deal.” The bowls are foodsafe, microwave-safe and are safe on the top rack of dishwashers, she said. Grant and Ceramics Guild Vice President Allie Kruger worked to secure a $1,500 grant from the Purdue University Student Service Learning Grant Program. “That helped us pay for the food, the bowls, the paper goods, and advertising, and we had the bread donated by Panera Bread and the soup donated by Cosmo’s,” Grant said. She said throwing a bowl on a pottery wheel takes about 15 minutes. “But then you have to wait for it to dry, you have to turn it over and trim the bottom, and you have to glaze it and fire it and trim it again,” she said. “So in the long haul it takes a while. We even have bowl parties where we just make a bunch of bowls and then fire them all at once.” Grant, who will be a fifth-year IPFW student next year, said she will spend the entire year producing ceramics for her end-of-year fine arts degree show. She got her start in ceramics at Carroll High School. “In the 10th grade I took ceramics and I just fell in love with it,”
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DeKalb High School ceramics teacher Kelly Roth, left, shops for ceramics bowls at Empty Bowls at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne. She talks with Mercedes Woodard, an IPFW ceramics student.
she said. “You grow up drawing and coloring and then you don’t get introduced to something like wheel-throwing until you get that opportunity. They have a great art program there.” Green said he would not rule out buying a bowl for himself. “But I want to allow the community to come and have first dibs on the bowls,” he said. Besides, he said, he has a few bowls at home. He said the event had a purpose beyond making bowls, and even beyond funding worthy causes. Students need to know how to survive in a contracting arts world. “This is one of the main reasons I’m doing this event is because it is difficult to get a job and the community in which an artist lives is going to be what supports that artist,” he said. “So one of the things that I want
to instill in my students is the importance of rubbing shoulders with good community partners and making connections, and networking.” They networked in earnest, serving food, wrapping bowls, offering chances on deluxe bowls, and answering questions. The guests included church members, downtown office and medical workers, and the curious diners and shoppers. Jason Morris of Fort Wayne took his time selecting a take-home bowl from the tables of green, blue and white bowls, some wider, some deeper. “There are so many colors, too many choices,” he said. Empty Bowls even has a head-start on next year. About 100 bowls went unsold, and will be saved for another day, Grant said in an email.
IPFW ceramics instructor Seth Green hands a bowl of soup to Andy Conley, a DeKalb High School senior and ceramics student who attended Empty Bowls at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne.
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AWS Foundation, FWFD provide special safety kits
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The AWS Foundation and the Fort Wayne Fire Department are teaming up to provide safety kits for families of children with disabilities. Starting April 19, 2,000 kits were distributed to area fire stations to be picked up by families between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., AWS Foundation CEO Patti Hays said. Through conversations with families and developmental clinics the AWS Foundation came to “this realization that we can create, before [families]
know they need it, a safer environment for their children with special needs,” Hays said. Children with special needs are more likely to wander away from home or their families, and some children with special needs have limited verbal skills, Hays said. To address these and other potential issues, the kits contain items such as door alarms that activate when a door is opened and armbands, shoelace covers and even temporary tattoos that can help first responders assist a child. Hays said, in working with area fire departments,
those safety personnel know to be on the lookout for such items. The partnership with the Fort Wayne Fire Department goes even further, she said. “Our partnership with the fire stations is great because wouldn’t it be great if every fire station knew within their service area where the families are that might have a child with special needs?” Hays said. “But it also helps that child with special needs go to the fire station and understand that the firefighter is their friend, the firefighter is a safe place, they can get help there.”
The kits were modeled from existing kits, though Hays said they have been enhanced through conversations with people who live and work with children with special needs. “We tried with this kit to find examples from families and caregivers to share those concerns in hopes of avoiding repeating unsafe situations,” she said. Along those lines, the AWS Foundation encourages people to give their feedback on their favorite items or items that could be included in the kit, Hays said. The safety kits don’t only benefit the people
using them but the people who assembled them as well. Some of the items in the kits come from companies that employ people with special needs, and the kits themselves were assembled by Fort Wayne Community Schools students with special needs through the Scherer Resources vocational skills training program. In addition to a paycheck, students who assembled the kits were able to learn a variety of job skills, Hays said. “The benefit happens on both ends,” she added. Though the program
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Contents of the AWS Foundation’s safety kits for children with disabilities are shown. The kits are available at Fort Wayne fire stations daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
started with 2,000 kits in Fort Wayne fire stations, Hays said she hopes to see it grow. “We’re blessed and happy to have this opportunity to give back to the community,” she said.
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NEWS from Page A4 Get tips on easing student transitions
The Indiana Youth Institute plans training for educators and youth workers on how to involve parents in aiding students to transition from high school to college or careers. The seven-city tour will stop in Fort Wayne on Monday, May 15, with a program from 9 a.m.-noon at the Region 8 Education Service Center of Northeast Indiana, 1027 W. Rudisill Blvd. This training is presented in partnership with the Regional Educa-
tion Services Center. The session is $20. Registration is open at www.iyi.org/ccctrainings and will close on May 13. Onsite check-in begins 30 minutes before each session.
Tree City USA title is city’s 27th
Fort Wayne has been named a Tree City USA for the 27th consecutive year. Parks and Recreation Director Al Moll read an Arbor Day proclamation and announced the designation April 28, during a visit with second-graders at Fairfield Elementary School. Superintendent
of Urban Forestry Derek Veit also visited Fairfield. The Tree City USA designation is awarded by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Associatiation of State Foresters. The award recognizes the city’s tree canopy stewardship and continued commitment to a green city. Fort Wayne also earned its 12thh Growth Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation for a higher standard of forestry management of the City’s 65,000 public trees.
Lions selling meals, accepting eyeglasses
The New Haven Lions Club will hold a barbecue dinner fundraiser Saturday, May 20. Carry-out meals will be sold from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ken’s Meat Market, 846 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Dinners include a halfchicken or ribs, plus baked beans and applesauce. Donations of used eyeglasses will be accepted for Lions Recycle for Sight. The used prescription eyeglasses and nonprescription sunglasses are cleaned and prepared for distribution in developing countries.
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Festivals roundup: Seasonal fun abounds Fort Wayne and surrounding communities are alive with festivals, spring through autumn. Mark these May and June events on your calendars and watch for the full list and updates at infortwayne.com. Send festival news to gsnow@kpcmedia.com.
U.S. 30. Music equipment, demonstrations and advice. Free admission. For details, visit sweetwater.com. Buskerfest, June 24, downtown Fort Wayne. A celebration of street performers. For details, visit downtownfortwayne.com.
Riverpalooza and Dragon Boat Races, June 24, on and along the St.
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RiverDrums. May 27 and 28,
Headwaters Park West, Fort Wayne. Free admission. For details, visit Three Rivers Art Center for Kids on Facebook. Arab Festival. June 3 and 4, Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne. Enjoy regional foods and camel rides. Sponsored by the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace Inc. For details, visit Arab Fest - Fort Wayne on Facebook. Germanfest, June 4-11, with many events at Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne. Featuring German food, music, dance and beer and the tapping of the keg. For details, visit Germanfest on Facebook. Hobnobben Film Festival, June 15-18, in and near Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. Four days of local, regional, national and international films. For details, visit hobnobben.org. BBF RibFest, June 15-18, Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne. Enjoy ribs, pulled pork and more prepared by the nation’s top rib masters. Music, too. For details, visit bbqribfest.com. Fort Wayne Greek Festival, June 22-25, Headwaters Park. Food, pastry, beverages, music and dance celebrating Greek traditions. For details, visit fortwaynegreekfestival.org. Sweetwater GearFest, June 23 and 24, Sweetwater Sound, 5501 W.
Marys River near Fort Wayne Outfitters and Bike Depot. Sponsored by the Mayor’s Youth Engagement Council. For updates, follow visitfortwayne.com.
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Northern Indiana Bluegrass Festival, May 25-28, Noble County
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New Haven Canal Days Festival, June 6-9, downtown New
Haven and nearby Schnelker Park. Food and entertainment. For details, visit newhavencanaldays.wordpress.com. Churubusco Turtle Days, June 14-17, at venues throughout Churubusco. Food, fireworks and turtle-related games celebrating the legendary Oscar the Turtle, the “Beast of Busco.” For details, visit turtledays.com.
Huntington Heritage Days,
June 14-18, at locations throughout community. Parade, bed race, petting zoo, carnival rides, lots of food, hot air balloon festival, and Vaudeville at the Forks. For details, visit huntingtonheritagedays.com. Hoagland Days, June 15-17, Community Park, Hoagland. Food, carnival rides, demolition derby,
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Children take a spin on the merry-go-round at the Hoagland Days midway. This year’s festival is June 15-17. The carnival will be open from 6-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from noon until 11 p.m. Saturday. The festival also features a demolition derby at 7 p.m. Friday and again Saturday. Demolition derby admission is $8 for adults.
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Columbia City Old Settlers Festival, June 20-24, throughout
community. Parade, food, amusements, entertainment. For details, visit oldsettlers.net. Woodburn Summerfest, June 23 and 24, in and around the city park. Food, entertainment, drawings, parade, beer tent, trivia night. For details, visit woodburnsummerfest.com. Covington Art Fair, June 24 and 25, Covington Plaza, West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne. Juried artists
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Mother’s Day Plant Sale. McMillen Park Community Center, 3901 Abbott St., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Hundreds of kinds of plants will be available for purchase from the Botanical Conservatory. Visit BotanicalConservatory.org for a list of plants intended for sale. The selection includes the Butterfly Weed, which was named 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. Young Eagles Flight Rally. Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road, Fort Wayne. Children 8-17 ride planes for free as Experimental Aircraft Association pilots donate their time and the use of their aircraft. Flights will begin at 9 a.m., weather permitting. For more information, call (260) 402-3478 or email youngeagles@eaa2.org.
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SUNDAY, MAY 14
Mother’s Day Plant Sale. McMillen Park Community
Center, 3901 Abbott St., Fort Wayne. Noon-4 p.m. Hundreds of kinds of plants will be available for purchase from the Botanical Conservatory. Singles dance. American Legion Post 47, 6001 Reed Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9:15 p.m. $7 cover. DJ, cash bar, potluck carry-in.
MONDAY, MAY 15
Krooz Into the Stand. The Stand Drive In, 5300
Bluffton Road, in the Waynedale section of Fort Wayne. 6-10 p.m. Rain date is May 22. For details, call (260) 747-7300.
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THURSDAY, MAY 18
Tears for Fears. The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $49.50-$99.50. Tickets are available at the Star Bank box office at the Embassy, ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000. The group is known for hits such as “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and “Shout.”
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FRIDAY, MAY 19
IPFW Faculty Jazz Trio. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 450 W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. 12:10-12:40 p.m. Free. The church presents special music each Friday of May. A $2 sandwich lunch is available immediately after each Friday program. For more information, visit TrinityEnglish.org. Legendary coaches. The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $29, $45, $55 or $99. Tickets are available at the STAR Bank box office, Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. Bob Knight and Gene Keady square off for a night of reminiscing and off-the-cuff conversation. Posing questions and moderating the event will be Bob Hammel.
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SATURDAY, MAY 20
Heroes and Villains 5K Run/Walk. At the Rivergreenway, Fort Wayne. The run/walk will begin at 10 a.m., with on-site registration starting at 8:45 a.m. near the Rivergreenway boat dock just south of Kreager Park; the address is 7000 N. River Road, Fort Wayne. Get details at heroes5krunwalk.com. Fish and tenderloin dinner. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7:30 p.m. $9 for adults, $6 for ages 5-12, ages 4 and under free. Carry-outs available. Dinner includes cole slaw, applesauce, chips, dessert and a drink. Community Extravaganga. McMillen Park Community Center, 3901 Abbott St., Fort Wayne. Noon-4 p.m. Free. There will be a bounce house, food, local entertainment, games with prizes, and giveaways. The Parkview Community Nursing Health Fair will take place before the event, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., with free health screenings. Parents will also have an opportunity to register their children, ages 5-8, for the free summer program at McMillen.
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Trillium Garden Club annual plant sale. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 10700 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne. Open to the public, from 8 a.m. until sold out. The sale offers many perennials, both for sun and shade, including hostas, columbines, iris, day lilies, ground covers and more. Some native shrubs and trees also will be available. Members will be available to offer tips on the care of these plants, which are locally grown by club members. The club also accepts used flower pots to recycle. The church is at the northeast corner of Aboite Center and Homestead roads; the sale is in the southwest corner of the parking lot.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17
Curbside Cruisers Car Club cruise-in. Athenian Family Restaurant, 1020 W. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 5-8 p.m. Spectators welcome. For details, call (260) 485-5886. For information on cruise-ins from Orland, Ind., to Bryan, Ohio, visit libertycruisers. com. Veteran peer support group. VA Annex, 2500 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 4:30-6 p.m. Free coffee. Visit vet2vetusa.org for more information. This group is
run by veterans but it not a VA-run group. Meetings are held each Wednesday. Living with Depression support group. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 7-8:30 p.m. each Wednesday. These non-professionals have lived with depression and help one another by sharing experiences and through the use of literature. Anyone interested in the group is asked to call Marilee Stroud at (260) 312-6069 for further information. Fort Wayne Artists Guild. Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive, Fort Wayne. Public welcome. Free. This monthly meeting will feature a conversation with Matt McClure, executive director of Artlink, discussing the new vision and direction of Artlink. Visit fortwayneartistsguild.org for more information.
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SUNDAY, MAY 21
Liberty Cruisers cruise-in. Liberty Diner, Goshen Road at Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne. 5-7:30 p.m. Car exhibitors are eligible for door prizes and a monthly cruiser award. Summit City Singers spring concert. Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road, Fort Wayne. 3 p.m. Free and open to the public.
MONDAY, MAY 22
IPFW Carnegie Hall Choral Pre-Tour Concert. IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Special ticket price: $10. The IPFW Concert Choir will be traveling to New York City and Carnegie Hall over Memorial Day weekend to perform a world premiere of Michael J. Trotta’s “Seven Last Words.” They will be performing with other choirs from across the country as part of a group ensemble. To kick off their tour, the Concert Choir will perform this May 22 concert to raise funds for the adventure. Buy tickets online at www. ipfw.edu/tickets or by calling (260) 481-6555.
TUESDAY, MAY 23
Summit City Singers spring concert. Heritage Communities, 8150 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
Veteran peer support group. VA Annex, 2500 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 4:30-6 p.m. Free coffee. Visit vet2vetusa.org for more information. This group is run by veterans but it not a VA-run group. Meetings are held each Wednesday. Living with Depression support group. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 7-8:30 p.m. each Wednesday. These non-professionals have lived with depression and help one another by sharing experiences and through the use of literature. Anyone interested in the group is asked to call Marilee Stroud at (260) 312-6069 for further information
FRIDAY, MAY 26
Luke Fitzpatrick, flute, and Anne Lewellen, harp. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 450 W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. 12:10-12:40 p.m. Free. The church presents special music each Friday of May. A $2 sandwich lunch is available immediately after each Friday program. For more information, visit TrinityEnglish.org. Fish fry. Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015A Memorial Way, Fort Wayne. 5:30-8 p.m. $10 for adults, $7 for ages 5-12. The all-you-can-eat fish dinners include the traditional sides and beverages. The Mizpah Shrine Center is between Parnell Avenue and Clinton Street just south of Coliseum Boulevard.
SATURDAY, MAY 27
Rain garden native plant sale. Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne; in the Learning Center. 9 a.m.-noon.
MONDAY, MAY 29
Fort Wayne Memorial Day Parade. Check-in begins at 10 a.m. at the North Side Park parking lot west of the park at the intersection of Parnell and Fricke avenues. The parade begins at 11 a.m. and proceeds up Parnell Avenue to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, for a Memorial Day program.
TUESDAY, MAY 30
Summit City Singers spring concert. Towne House Retirement Center, 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.
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