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St. Joseph UMC to mark 150 years By Garth Snow
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As St. Joseph United Methodist Church prepares to honor its story and its future, Mary Jo Baughman’s thoughts are with the dozens of pastors and thousands of members who have called the church home for 150 years. Mary Jo and Arthur Baughman joined the church in December of 1955, when the congregation still gathered each Sunday at the corner of St. Joe Road and St. Joe Center Road. They took part in the 1957 procession east to the new church building at the corner of Reed Road. They celebrated the church’s centennial in 1963. Their two sons took their wedding vows at the new church. Arthur is now deceased. Senior pastor the Rev. Russ Abel worked with Baughman and others to choose the tone and scope of the celebration of a century and a half of
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getting this church going. The people who shoved us down the road from one corner to the next.” The church will re-enact
The summer’s final Georgetown Fridays concert will feature the country music of John Curran & Renegade. The outdoor concert will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Georgetown Square. Admission is free. John C. Curran Sr. leads the five-man band, and is lead singer. He also plays the acoustic guitar and the mandolin. Taking the stage with Curran are: Aaron Wood on drums; Jack Allen on bass and vocals; Billy Gillenwater on lead guitar and vocals; and Gary Martin on guitar, banjo and the dobro. Curran explained that the dobro is a guitar with a slide and a hollow metal cone. Curran and Martin went to Nashville on Monday, Aug. 5, for the American Country Star performance and competition. For details, visit americancountrystar.com. The Monday competition was the second round of the preliminaries. Curran said he formed the band and chose the name in 1997. “I just wanted something that was different and unique and that kind of represented me,” he said. “I’ve always been the kind of person that I just do what I have to do to make it happen, and ‘renegade’ just fits the description.” “It’s kind of transformed through the years, as bands normally do,” Curran said. Most of the current band members have been with Renegade for about two years. “I started off in rock ‘n roll and got out of it because of work, life — things happen,” he said. “It seems that you have to grow up and move on. About 13 years later my younger brother wanted to play some music and asked if I could help him write some country music for a contest down in Nashville. I wrote three songs and we won first
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A photo from about 1957 shows the St. Joseph Methodist Episcopal Church meeting in cramped quarters at the corner of St. Joe and St. Joe Center roads. The photo shows the Rev. James J. Babbitt, who was the church’s first full-time pastor, and who served from from 1954 to 1961. “That picture shows why we needed to move,” said sesquicentennial committee member Mary Jo Baughman. St. Joseph, which is now a United Methodist church, has almost 1,000 members.
worship. “I think it was one of the first meetings,” Baughman said, “and Russ asked us about being on this committee for the 150th, and what kind of
emotions it involved. I was surprised; but mine was kind of solemn, because it made me think of all the people that are gone, who used to be here, who had so much to do with
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Miss Allen County 2013 and members of her court accept applause after the pageant at Carroll High School. Shown, from left, are: Lauren Vernasco, third runner-up and Miss Photogenic; Caylee Knafel, first runner-up; Morgen Figel, Miss Allen County; and Courtney DelaCuesta, second runner-up. Seventeen young women competed in the pageant.
when Figel’s name was announced. She said family members and her friends from Bishop Luers were there to support her. “That’s all my family and friends,” she said. “They’re a loud bunch. But it’s awesome. I love hearing them in the crowd. It gives me more motivation to even do
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Morgen Figel will represent Allen County at the Miss Indiana State Fair Pageant, Aug. 16-18 in Indianapolis. Figel, a 2012 Bishop Luers High School graduate, accepted the crown of Miss Allen County 2013 at a pageant at Carroll High School. She and her court reigned over the fair, July 23-28 at the Allen County Fairgrounds. The 18-year-old Figel will vie for the title of Miss Indiana State Fair 2014. Figel, who was second runner-up in the 2012 county pageant, said she was surprised to hear her name announced as the 2013 pageant queen. “I was getting really nervous, my heart was beating, and I was just hoping for the best,” she said. “And I was very thankful. Very thankful.” Applause erupted
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Little Miss Allen County candidates line up during introductions at the Miss Allen County Pageant. Winners in three age groups were decided by the public. Each vote costs a penny. Winners were: Little Miss — Aliana Westness, Pierceton; Junior Miss — Mackenzie Blume, Fort Wayne; and Pre-Teen — Catherine Van Sweden, Fort Wayne.
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at Ball State University, where she is majoring in nursing with a minor in dance. “I didn’t want to stop dancing, so that’s the way I’m doing it,” she said. At Luers, she danced in the show choir and on the dance team. “I’ve been dancing my whole life,” she said. Judges chose the queen and her court based on individual interviews, which made up 50 percent of the score. Candidates also were awarded points in formal wear and evening wear, and for their answers to on-stage questions. The queen receives a $1,000 scholarship. Sponsors provide many other prizes to the queen and her court. The pageant concluded the duties of 2012 fair queen Tayler Cummings. Cummings, who danced a hip-hop number as part of the evening’s entertainment, said she was on crutches after knee surgery at the time of the 2012 pageant. “From the moment I received the news I was going to represent Allen County as queen, I was certainly in shock,” she said. “Opportunity after opportunity fell right into
my lap.” Asked about her most rewarding experience in the past year, she said it was a recent visit to Turnstone Center for Children and Adults With Disabilities. “They’re so fun, they’re so down-to-Earth. And it was just so much fun connecting with them,” she said. Cummings thanked pageant director Michelle Love. “She does a phenomenal job with the pageant every year,
and it seems to grow and only get better,” she said. Cummings, a Carroll High School graduate, will be a junior at IPFW, where she is studying architectural engineering. Love, the pageant director, thanked the fair board and the pageant sponsors. The pageant also served to introduce nine candidates for Little Miss Allen County. The public selects winners in three age categories. Each vote costs a penny.
2013 Miss Allen County Pageant Queen: Morgen Figel, 18, daughter of Kevin and Cindy Figel. She graduated from Bishop Luers High School in 2012 and is studying nursing at Ball State University. First runner-up: Caylee Knafel, 17, daughter of Jodi Knafel-Malcolm and Brian Knafel. She is a senior at Churubusco High School. Second runner-up: Courtney DelaCuesta, 17, daughter of Julie DelaCuesta. She is a senior at Homestead High School. Third runner-up: Lauren Vernasco, 19, daughter of Linda and Steven Vernasco. She graduated from Carroll High School in 2012 and is a sophomore at IPFW. Fourth runner-up: Lauren Shank, 19, daughter of Kerry and Colleen Shank. She graduated from Carroll High School in 2012 and will graduate from Ivy Tech in 2015. Miss Photogenic: Lauren Vernasco. Miss Congeniality: Hayley Alexander, 18, daughter of Stacia Alexander. She graduated from Northrop High School in 2013 and will attend University of Southern Indiana in the fall.
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4-H honors top achievers Allen County’s highest 4-H achievers were recognized July 20 at the Home and Family Arts Building of the Allen County Fairgrounds, on Carroll Road. The two 4-H Top Achievers are Cody Wood of Woodburn, and Breinne Mudrack of Fort Wayne. The six 4-H Honor Achievers are Travis Crowe of New Haven, Grant Hood of Hoagland, Lane Lewis of Fort Wayne, Bethany Malcolm of Butler, Courteney McLemore of Monroeville, and Erin Ryan of Fort Wayne. The honor groups assisted with 4-H events and the 4-H livestock show during the fair, July 23-28. The honored 4-H’ers are selected based on their accumulated 4-H record. The top achievers each receive a $1,000 scholarship, sponsored by United REMC and Allen County 4-H Clubs Inc. A 4-H’er may receive the Top Achiever award and Honor Achiever award only once. Mudrack is the daughter of Dan and Cheryl Mudrack of Fort Wayne. She is a nine-year member of the Three Rivers Rabbit Raisers 4-H Club. She will be a senior at Carroll High School this fall. Wood is the son of Chad and Beth Wood of Woodburn. He is a nine-year member of the Caprine Capers and Cedar Creek Companions 4-H clubs. He will be a senior
at Woodlan High School this fall. Crowe is the son of Michael and Marijane Crowe of New Haven. He is an eight-year member of the Dedicated Dudes and Darlins 4-H Club. He will be a junior at New Haven High School this fall. Hood is the son of Todd and Heidi Hood of Hoagland. He is an eight-year member of the Monroe Hustlers and Caprine Capers 4-H clubs. He will be a junior at Heritage Jr./ Sr. High School this fall. Lewis is the son of Randy and Shelvy Lewis of Fort Wayne. He is an eight-year member of the Eel River 4-H Club. He will be a junior at Carroll High School this fall. Malcolm is the daughter of Dean and Kathy Malcolm of Butler. She is an eight-year Independent 4-H member. She will be a junior at Eastside Jr./Sr. High School this fall. McLemore is the daughter of Denver and Amy McLemore of Monroeville. She is an eight-year member of the Monroe Hustlers and Caprine Capers 4-H clubs. She is home-schooled, and will be a junior this fall. Ryan is the daughter of Joe and Gail Ryan of Fort Wayne. She is an eight-year member of the Eel River 4-H Club. She will be at junior at Bishop Dwenger High School this fall.
South Side Fest returns Ivy Tech Community College Northeast will be host to this year’s South Side Fest at Public Safety Academy: Ivy Tech South Campus, 7602 Patriot Crossing, in Fort Wayne. The event is 1-8 p.m. Aug. 9 and 10. In its fourth year, the South Side Fest includes five-on-five basketball, music, children’s activities, a car show and more. It has grown from 600 to 1,500 participants over that time. On Aug. 10, a car show runs from 12:30-6:30 p.m. Children make take tours of the Safety Village from 1:30-4:30 p.m. A basketball tournament runs from 4-6 p.m., with awards at 7 p.m. A parade will begin after the basketball awards.
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UMC from Page A1 that move Sept. 8, to begin a monthlong observance of the church’s milestone. Baughman said a filling station now stands on the site of the old church. Gone are most of the farmhouses, and the gravel roads that connected them. “We built a home just about a half-mile east of here, and we were building way out in the country at that time,” Baughman said. “Everybody scratched their head wondering why in the world are you going out there. And at that time, down at the other corner, that was the only church
out here.” Baughman’s friend Maggie Tallman moved to the neighborhood in 1951, although Maggie and Richard did not begin attending the church until the fall of 1960. Richard worked across the street at Medical Protective Co., which provided the land for the new church. “We built a home out here,” she said, “and our kids weren’t happy going into town. They wanted to go to church with their friends at St. Joe Center, so we started looking for a church and this is where we ended up. That was in
1960 and we joined on our 13th wedding anniversary, in February of ’61.” Tallman, who also is widowed, said two of her three children are married, and both took their vows at St. Joseph United Methodist Church. “My youngest daughter was a year and a half old when we started coming out here,” she said, “and this is the only church she knows.” Baughman and Tallman both serve on the anniversary celebration with Abel, the pastor, whose ties to the church are more recent. Abel, from
southern Indiana, was appointed St. Joseph’s pastor by the bishop, in 2007. “They haven’t asked for the keys back yet, so everything must be going alright,” he said. A chronology prepared for the church’s sesquicentennial begins with James Greer, the founding minister, who served from 1863 to 1868. Another 44 names follow before the first full-time pastor, the Rev. James J. Babbitt, who served from 1954 to 1961 and who oversaw the move to the new location. Tenures began to overlap when the first associate
pastor was appointed, in 1967. “My name is in pencil,” Abel said. “I’m not sure what that means.” Tallman said Abel proposed the anniversary celebration. The pastor, though, said the observance is a group effort. “It came up in conversation,” he said. “We recognized it was coming last year, and we said we need to find a way to mark it.” “You know, a hundred and fifty years, that’s kind of a tribute to legacy and to vision,” he said. “It’s a legacy issue because — look at this list — the
number of faithful pastors who represent so many faithful people who have carried this tradition of St. Joseph forward. And we’re really looking forward, and people are excited about what’s going to happen. It seemed that we needed to find a strong way to celebrate.” “So I think we came together with a pretty good plan, to not try to do it on A day, but to have four consecutive weeks of celebration with different elements in each one,” Abel said. “And I think that whole idea of legacy See UMC, Page A6
SetonFest marks 21st year
The 2013 SetonFest marks an Aboite Township church’s 21st year of celebrating community while raising money for charity. Festivities begin with an adult evening from 8-11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, at the northeast corner of Aboite Center Road and Homestead Road. The Seton Miracle Miles 5K Run/ Walk steps off at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. Family-oriented activities begin at 3 p.m., and continue until 10 p.m. A fireworks show begins at dusk. The church itself celebrates its 25th year in 2013. The first festivals were organized a few years later,
to fund the youth group’s travel to West Virginia for a Habitat for Humanity project. “It has evolved into an annual festival where our pastor designates a charitable event, and then we have fun, and we give away any money that we raise,” said Toni Blaettner, who is serving her third year as festival chairperson. Past beneficiaries have included organizations such as the Franciscan Center. “This year’s festival proceeds will go to the seminarian fund,” Blaettner said. “We have four young men who have stepped forward in the last couple of years, and this is our way of supporting them.”
The Friday night segment of the festival is a Vegas night, and an opportunity for adults to socialize. The Saturday morning Seton Miracle Miles race has become an event within an event. Race director Kristin Spoltman said race-day registration begins at 7 a.m. For advance registration, visit seasf.org. All proceeds from the race benefit the St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen and the Franciscan Center. Spoltman said the first race attracted about 200 runners, and the goal this year is 350 runners. For more information on St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church or SetonFest, visit seasfw.org.
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Eagle Marsh to celebrate monarch’s annual travels By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Wetlands expert Betsy Yankowiak said the monarch butterfly celebration each September at Eagle Marsh honors the incredible story of an iconic part of our landscape. “People always remember the migration of the monarchs coming through,” she said. Little River Wetlands Project invites the public to the 2013 Monarch Festival, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Eagle Marsh, 6801 Engle Road. “This free, family-friendly event celebrates the monarch butterfly, thousands of which are likely to be stopping by Eagle Marsh on their fall migration southward,” the society said in a news release. Yankowiak is director of preserves and programs for Little River, which maintains the 716-acre wetlands preserve on Fort Wayne’s southwest side. Little River also maintains Arrowhead Marsh and Arrowhead Prairie, which combine for 255 acres surrounding Aboite Road south of West U.S. 24 at Aboite. “Every year, monarch butterflies make a 2,500-mile migration to overwintering grounds high in the mountains of Mexico — the only insect capable of making such a trip, due to their unique life cycle and wing structure,” the news release explained. “They fly in masses to the same winter roosts, often to the exact same trees.”
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A monarch butterfly pauses at Eagle Marsh during the 2,500-mile migration to Mexico.
At the September festival, LRWP will offer displays about monarchs’ life cycle, including live monarchs in various stages of metamorphosis. Hikers can learn more about the monarchs’ journey. Special crafts and activities will be available to children. Participants can help plant milkweeds, from which butterflies take their food. The monarch has an unusual life history, Yankowiak said. “You have monarchs that overwinter in Mexico,” she said. “When the temperature is right and all other climate conditions are right, they come out of their diapause in Mexico and they reproduce.” The first generation of butterflies will journey north. Each female can carry up to 500 eggs. They follow where the milkweed is emerging, reproduce, and die within weeks. By the time the first generation dies, the eggs of the second generation are hatching into caterpillars. The second
and third generations also die during the travels north. “So this eastern migration that reaches Eagle Marsh, this stepping stone of all the generations, make it all the way up to Canada,” she said. “And then in September when the climate conditions are right, they go into diapause and they migrate.” “So you have great, great-grandchildren of the butterflies that left Mexico the previous winter fly back through the exact same route,” she said. “So how do they know to get there? It’s an incredible story.” She said the overwintering sites in Mexico were discovered about 30 years ago. Over the past 20 years, logging and other factors have reduced the habitat substantially, she said. “This species only has one host plant, and that is the milkweed,” she said. “We teach the community about this incredible species, and let them ask all the questions and think
about what they can do in their own backyard to help the monarch — which includes planting milkweed.” “So part of the program is that we wrap the children into a cloth, as a chrysalis, and then they get to emerge and fly,” she said. Children make life cycle bracelets, to help them understand how an egg emerges into a caterpillar. “We’ll have live caterpillars and butterflies too, as part of that life cycle.” “We will have milkweed, and a person will have the option of planting it here or taking it home to plant,” Yankowiak said. “It’s a great learning tool for environmental educators, to learn about the life cycle of an insect,” she said. For the community on the south end of the monarch’s route, the insect holds another cultural context, Yankowiak said. “The monarch migration is part of them and part of their culture,” she said. “They believe that these are their ancestors coming back.” For more information on that tradition, visit mexicotoday.org. “Eagle Marsh in September is so beautiful,” Yankowiak said. “Right now the wildflowers are just ramping up,” she said July 25, “and August will be great as well.” But in September, the nectar will attract butterflies from Michigan and even Canada. The monarchs will swarm south. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, will visit Eagle Marsh.
Yankowiak has been with the Little River Project for six years. “My job is to oversee the restoration,” she said. That requires a good management plan that protects the plants that are essential to the butterflies. Earlier in her career, she served as a naturalist for the Fort Wayne Department of Parks and Recreation, and also was a property manager for the Fort Wayne Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. She said her job is rewarding — “I get to meet a lot of great people.” Her job also can require many long hours. After one long day of coordinating more than 60 volunteers, she said, she asked herself whether the satisfaction is always worth the work. “And I’m driving down Engle road and passing Eagle Marsh and a mature bald eagle comes over the marsh and flies right over me, and I’m like ‘yes, it was.’ ” Yankowiak said Arrowhead Prairie recorded another such success story lately. The wildlife area now supports a nesting population of the rare Henslow’s sparrow, she said. A well-known birdwatcher known as Birder Bob drove from New York just to see the population, she said. “And I think just having people care about these species is important,” she said, “and I find great satisfaction in that.” For more details about the Monarch Festival, visit lrwp.org, email info@ lrwp.org, or call (260) 478-2515.
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the congregation to Riviera Plaza, at the site where church members first met in the third year of the American Civil War. The group will cross St. Joe Road and follow the sidewalk to the Reed Road address. The celebration continues Sept. 15 with a visit from “John Wesley,” who is widely credited as being the founder of Methodism. Though no special observance is planned for Sept. 22, Tallman said the congregation will learn a little more about the church’s history that week, too. On Sept. 29, the congregation will explore the “Stepping Forward” half of the anniversary theme. After a regular morning service at the church, the congregation is invited to a program at 12:45 p.m. at Praise Park. That churchowned, 30-acre parcel is farther to the east on St. Joe Center Road. Work continues on that park, which the church bought in 2004, and which was consecrated last year. “It’s to be a center of and for community,” Abel said. “It’s not St. Joseph’s as much as is the community’s. We’re thrilled about the amphitheatre, where we can have music events. We can have worship there. It overlooks a pond. It’s just a great place to come and sit and meditate. We have terrific neighbors all the way around it.” “We have two full-size athletic fields for soccer, football, whatever you want to play,” he said. “And then the open area is for future facilities. We think at some point God may lead us to have a building there. But it is not that time. So right now we just want to have people enjoy it and have some recreational style ministry on it.” The church also plans special musical programs for 5:30 p.m. four Saturdays, beginning Sept. 7. Free-will offerings will be accepted to help cover the expenses. Amy Cox and friends will sing at the first night of music. Cox is the
contemporary worship pastor at St. Joseph’s. “Amy is a singer/songwriter who shares her witness through the songs she’s written,” Abel said. The Heartland Chamber Chorale will present “Songs of Faith” on Sept. 14. Abel said an emerging Fort Wayne women’s group, elle/The Remnant, will present their Celtic-inspired music on Sept. 21. The Fort Wayne Children’s Choir will sing at the program at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28. Abel said the Saturday programs were chosen to share music that appeals to a wide range of people. “Certainly it’s about celebrating our 150th,” Abel said. “But, like everything else here, it’s not about us. It’s about how we can help share the love of Christ with others. So this is an opportunity to invite people in, and just have them enjoy a night of music of their choosing. And I think it’s going to be really exciting.” St. Joseph UMC has almost a thousand members, Abel said. Most live within three miles of the church, but others live in Carroll, Dupont and Leo, and a few in southwest Fort Wayne. After buying the Praise Park site in 2004, the church also bought a farmhouse adjacent to the church in 2008. He said the terms of both sales represent the kindness and generosity of the former owners. “The community in this part of Fort Wayne comes together and wants what’s best for everybody,” Abel said. “We want to be a part of that.” “We have some of the same challenges that a lot of other churches have, but we are an exciting place, a deeply faithful group of people,” Abel said. “We have a lot of great volunteers, and we have a tremendous number of really powerful ministries, both within the church and within the community, and worldwide. And we’re excited about a lot of the things that are going on.”
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Police Athletic League begins football registration The Police Athletic League Inc. is taking registration for the tackle football program. Players must be age 9 to age 12 on determination day, which is Aug. 15. Call (260) 432-2122. PAL requests a donation of $70 per family. Waivers are available for families in hardship. The donation includes all equipment. PAL will organize 13 teams of 43 players each, with games to be played at schools around Allen County. Players of all experience levels are guaranteed game time. Practice begins Aug. 17. League games begin after Labor Day. The tournament
begins Oct. 12 and ends with the PAL Bowl Oct. 26 at Homestead High School. “We break it down to a junior varsity green team, a junior varsity orange team, and then a varsity team,� he said. “So it’s actually three teams within one team.� “Our No. 1 emphasis at this age is to go out and learn skills involved in tackle football,� he said. “Along with that comes life lessons, and that goes along with winning and losing. Everybody wants to win, but not everybody can win, so we’re trying to get
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Area schools list orientation, start dates Fort Wayne Community Schools Sixth-grade transition day: Friday, Aug. 9, 8 a.m.noon. Ninth-grade orientation day: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 8 a.m.-noon. Kindergarten conferences: Wednesday, Aug. 14, times vary by school. First day of school for students: Monday, Aug. 19. First day for pre-kindergarten students: Tuesday, Sept. 3. Textbook rental fees: pre-kindergarten, $36.85; kindergarten, $98.10; grade 1, $115.95; grade 2, $100.85; grade 3, $105.05; grade 4, $94.65; grade 5,
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. each Friday morning. For details, visit summitcitytm.org. Farmers Market. Jefferson Pointe, 4110 W. Jefferson Blvd. 4-7 p.m., each Friday through Sept. 6. The market is located next to Carmike Cinema. Shop locally grown fruits and vegetables. Gene’s 150th Birthday Gala. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. The Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site of Rome City will hold the author’s 150th Birthday Gala and Film Festival. Proceeds will go toward continued conservation of the historic site. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a VIP cocktail reception including Stratton-Porter’s descendants, hors d’oeuvres and music provided by Mark Linehan. The evening will feature music performed on the Embassy’s 85-year-old Grande Page Pipe Organ followed by a screening of the 1940 version of “Laddie,â€? Stratton-Porter’s most autobiographical work, which celebrates 100 years in 2013. Admission to the gala costs $75 per person and includes hors d’oeuvres, the ďŹ lm screening and VIP reception. A single ticket to the ďŹ lm screening costs $10 and may be purchased in advance or at the door. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. for the ďŹ lm screening, with an 8 p.m. show time. Guests must be age 21 or older for the gala. Seating is limited to 200 guests, and reservations are required. To reserve a seat, call the historic site at 854-3790. Botanical Roots Concert Series. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; music begins at 8:30 p.m. Admission $6 for ages 13 or older, free for ages 12 or under. For details, call 427-6440 or visit botanicalconservatory.org. The Aug. 9 show features Nic Cowan, with opening act The Illegitimate Sons, a rock band. The Aug. 16 feature is Morry Sochat and the Special 20’s, with opening act Trackless, a blues band. The Aug. 23 feature is CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, with opening act Scratch ‘n Sniff, a Zydeco band. The Aug. 30 feature is Deals Gone Bad, with Ska opener Unlikely Alibi. Les Miserables. Civic Theatre-Fort Wayne, 303 E. Main St. 8 p.m. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. For ticket information, visit fwcivic.org.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 Fort Wayne Farmers Market. At Wayne and Calhoun streets, downtown. 9 a.m. every Saturday. Free airplane rides for kids (ages 8-17). Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road. Parent or legal guardian must be present. Registration: 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Flights: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (weather permitting).
MONDAY, AUGUST 12 Babies and Books Story time. Georgetown Branch Library, 6600 E. State Blvd., 10:15 and 11 a.m. Babies and their care-givers are expected at a story time to develop early literacy skills. The library will supply books, stories, and singing during this 20-25-minutes program. The programs repeat Aug. 19 and 26.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 Toddler Time Story Time. Georgetown Branch Library, 6600 E. State Blvd., 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. A program designed for 2- and 3-year-olds and
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 Lego Club. Georgetown Branch Library, 6600 E. State Blvd., 3:30 p.m. See where your imagination and building skills take you. All ages are welcome. The program repeats Aug. 21 and 28. Farmers Market. One Summit Square, 911 S. Calhoun St. 10 a.m. every Wednesday. Salomon Farmers Market. The Old Barn at Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road. 5 p.m. every Wednesday. Shop for locally grown organic produce and enjoy family entertainment.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Three Rivers Open disc golf tournament and clinic. Swinney Park, 1600 W. Jefferson Blvd. Food available during Friday evening public clinic, Saturday amateurs’ tournament, and Sunday professionals’ tournament. For details from the July edition, visit fwdailynews.com.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Lion & Lamb Festival. Praise Park, 5396 St. Joe Center Road. All-day celebration of contemporary worship continues Sunday, Sept. 1. Registration $65. For details, visit lionandlambfestival.com. For an article from the July edition of the St. Joe Times, visit fwdailynews.com.
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Friends honor local woman fighting multiple sclerosis The Juls of Friendship will participate in MuckFest, a fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The event is Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Badlands Off Road Park near Attica, Ind. Muckers run, slip, slide, slog, climb, swim and slosh their way through a five-mile course full of mucky pits and trenches and steel-constructed obstacles to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Indiana Chapter. Julie Amos was an athlete at an Ohio high school and at Eastern Michigan University. She now lives in Fort Wayne with her husband, Rich, and children, Ellynn and Evan. While playing volleyball in 2008, she noticed double vision and tremors. Her team encouraged her to see a doctor. She was diagnosed with relapsing, remitting multiple sclerosis. After moving to Fort Wayne, she became friends with a group of new mothers. Juls of Friendship was started in 2010. Each year, the group participates
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Friends share in fundraisers each year to honor Julie Amos of Fort Wayne, shown with her children Ellynn and Evan. Amos has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
in events to raise money and awareness. Amos receives treatment at Fort Wayne Neurology and The Mellen Clinic at Cleveland Clinic. To donate to the Juls of Friendship MuckFest MS team, visit bit.ly/julsoffriendship. “Julie is incredible — one of the most thoughtful, creative and fun people
I’ve ever met,” said Holly Amos, her sister-in-law. “She’s an amazing presence in the lives of everyone who knows her. MS is something Julie will cope with for the rest of her life.” Holly Amos will run the Chicago Marathon this year in order to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, in Julie’s honor.
Children’s choir to sing at park The Fort Wayne Children’s Choir will present a concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, at Foellinger Outdoor Theatre at Franke Park. “A Salute to Broadway and the America Folk Song” will feature music from the 20th century traditions of Broadway and American folk music. In a news release, the organization said, “Audiences will immediately recognize and love the performance selections.” Under the artistic direction of Jonathan Busarow, all of the Children’s Choir
ensembles will perform at this concert, including the campus ensembles and community choirs of Whitley and DeKalb communities. The organization will unveil its newest community choir, the DeKalb Community Children’s Choir. The DeKalb Community Children’s Choir is an ensemble of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, and is designed for the DeKalb Community. Pam Pierson, the principal at Lakewood Park Christian School, is directing this new ensemble, along with Kristen Snyder, the music
education specialist in the DeKalb County Central United School System. This is a free concert, and all are welcome to attend. For more information on the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, visit fwcchoir.org or facebook.com/fwcchoir. The Fort Wayne Children’s Choir is embarking on its 41st season, and annually serves about 250 singers from 86 schools throughout the region. The choir sings at seasonal concerts, community festivals, and civic events, and collaborates with many other arts organizations.
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Present Four Freshmen, from left, are Curtis Calderon, Vince Johnson, Bob Ferreira and Brian Eichenberger. They’ve been performing together since 2001 and are soon to be the longest-tenured of all the Freshmen groups through the years.
Four Freshmen Society to mark 65th anniversary By Rod King Guest writer
Sixty-five years ago, four young Indiana guys, all students at the Arthur Jordan School of Music at Butler University, gave their first professional performance of their career, in Fort Wayne. That was 1948 and the group was the Four Freshmen, and the site of that historic performance was the 113 Club at 113 W. Washington St. That launched the group, with their new vocal concept of jazz harmony, to great heights in the music world and their discovery two years later by renowned band leader Stan Kenton. Grand Wayne Convention Center, which now stands where the 113 Club was located, will be the site of the 26th annual Four Freshmen Society’s International Convention, Sept. 5 -7. According to the co-chairpersons, Dave Blackwell and Marlene Lobsiger, between 400 and 500 Freshmen enthusiasts/fans from across the country are expected to be in the Summit City to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the singing group. The two have been working on convention arrangements for the past two years, and were tireless promoters of Fort Wayne and this year’s convention at last year’s international convention in Reno, Nevada. The Four Freshmen will perform two concerts during the event. First will be Friday evening, Sept. 6, following dinner and a performance of the New Millennium Jazz Orchestra in a tribute to Kenton. They’ll also close the convention Saturday night in a concert backed
by 20 string players from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of former Four Freshmen member Rod Henley of Las Vegas. The present Freshmen foursome of Curtis Calderon, Bob Ferreira, Brian Eichenberger and Vince Johnson have been performing together since 2001 and will soon be the longest-tenured among the many Freshmen groups throughout the years. They work hard to honor the legacy of the original Freshmen (Ross Barbour, Don Barbour, Hal Kratzsch and Bob Flanigan, all of whom are deceased). The unique harmonies developed by that group featuring the melody on top distinguished them from other male singing groups. In addition, they accompanied themselves. The current four follows that tradition with Calderon playing trumpet and flugelhorn, Ferreira on drums, Eichenberger on guitar and Johnson on bass. Kenton discovered the group performing at a club in Dayton, Ohio. He introduced them to Capitol Records, making them an instant hit. Kenton and the Freshmen worked together many times over the years and made an album together, entitled “Road Show.” The group’s latest album, just recently released, is titled “Love Songs.” Highlights of the convention include Wannabee sessions for vocalists who want to sing Four Freshmen music. They’ll get their chance from 2-4 p.m. each afternoon, accompanied by pianist Bill Martin and
trombonist Yas Ichiura. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. will be the traditional jam session at which Freshmen fans and several Four Freshmen alumni will sit in with their instruments and voices along with a local jazz combo made up of Jim Steele, Rick Brown, Brad Kuhns and Terry Vaughn. Blackwell said he will start things off with his clarinet and “Back Home Again in Indiana.” Tours of the Embassy Theatre and Botanical Conservatory have been arranged for convention-goers Friday morning. Another Wannabee session will take place in the afternoon, then dinner in the ballroom, two musical performances and an opportunity to meet the Four Freshmen in the Hilton Hotel Atrium after the concert. Saturday’s activities include free time to explore downtown Fort Wayne, a Wannabee singing session led by Four Freshmen alumnus Greg Stegeman of Las Vegas, banquet with dinner music by jazz pianist Eric Clancy and bassist Kevin Pierkarski and the closing Four Freshmen concert and the Philharmonic strings. Blackwell points out that this event is a convention for members and is not open for the public to pop in when they want. However, persons interested in participating can pay $10 to become a member of the Four Freshmen Society and also pay the convention fee in order to attend any or all of the scheduled events. For more information on the convention, check out the Society’s web site at fourfreshmensociety. com and click on the 2013 convention link.
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An artist’s rendering depicts how the entrance to Parkview Hospital Randallia will look once a $3.2 million exterior spruce-up is completed. The sign leading to the front doors will simply say “Randallia.�
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Health announced it would build the sprawling Parkview Regional Medical Center at the northern edge of Fort Wayne — a center that opened in March 2012 and absorbed some of the specialty medical services once housed at Parkview Hospital Randallia. Since then and even before the regional medical center’s opening, Parkview Health worked to redeďŹ ne See PARKVIEW, Page A15
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Workers started moving soil outside Parkview Hospital Randallia on July 8 as part of the hospital’s exterior improvement project, which is expected to be completed in December.
PARKVIEW from Page A14 Parkview Hospital Randallia’s mission and on July 8 began construction of the most outward sign yet that Randallia isn’t going anywhere: a $3.2 million project that includes a new entrance, park, courtyard and campus signs. The project, said Parkview Hospital Randallia Vice President of Operations Ben Miles, “seals our promise that we’re here to stay.â€? The project is expected to be completed by December. The exterior changes are largely cosmetic, but both Packnett and Miles said the improvements will create a more inviting environment — one they hope is not only used by patients and their families but also members of the community looking for a place to relax. “I remember when I ďŹ rst
came to town seven years ago,â€? Packnett said. “I heard loud and clear that people wanted this facility to remain open, and they saw it as the anchor point for a number of neighborhoods. â€œâ€Ś We could see in their faces and hear in their voices that this had been an important part of their lives for almost 60 years and would continue to be so.â€? Miles and Sue Ehinger, president of Parkview Hospital and afďŹ liates, said Parkview Health has already added numerous enhancements inside the hospital. Among them, opening: Parkview BridgeWays, an inpatient geriatric psychiatric care unit; a continuing care center for seniors; and absorbing Vibra Hospital, a longterm acute care facility. More additions are
on the way, including a Parkview Center on Aging and Health, which will use evidence-based medicine to improve patient outcomes, and a Parkview Center for Wound Healing aimed at reducing the healing time for patients with conditions such as diabetic, venous and arterial ulcers, and ostomy-related skin problems. “We stayed true to our commitment to expand our key assets,� Ehinger said. “A community hospital providing primary care and acute care services, along with rehabilitation. “Over this past year,� she said, “we’ve invested nearly $3 million in these clinical services. We’re really taking these assets and leveraging them into a dynamic place of health and wellness and creating an even broader economic development opportunity.�
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