St. Joe Times - September 2013

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Bands march toward titles, lessons By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

Johnny Appleseed fest honors namesake’s era By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

Local high school marching bands faced their first competition of the season Sept. 7 at the On the Banks of the Wabash festival at Bluffton High School. Bands hope their string of festivals and competitions will culminate in trophies at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 2. Most bands, including Northrop, Snider and Concordia, will compete again Sept. 14 at DeKalb High School. At Snider High School, director Kevin Klee said The Mighty Panther Marching Band’s 2013 show is “It’s All In Your Head.” “We are doing music by the British rock band Radiohead, and we have some great almost like jazz interpretations of this rock music,” Klee said. “This is very different music for us. The kids

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The Concordia Lutheran High School High School Marching Cadets band is building on last year’s state runner-up finish. Concordia competed at a Bluffton festival Sept. 7 and captured the Class C captions in music, general effect and visual, in addition to the No. 1 ranking in its class. For a video feature of Concordia’s band camp, visit InFortWayne.com and click on the Arts & Culture tab.

are very excited about it,” Klee said. The three selections are “Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box,” “Creep” and “Bodysnatchers.”

Snider competes among the larger schools, in Class A. The band boasts 96 members. This season’s drum majors are Jackson Jaworski, Danny Rath-

Kenya again beckons agent of local church By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

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Jen Foster of Fort Wayne works with Kenya Simba Scholars, a ministry of St. Joseph United Methodist Church. Foster has returned to Kenya after spending the summer in Fort Wayne.

“Because that dis-empowers you. When you give somebody money without accountability, that dis-empowers somebody.” Foster spent the summer networking from Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, 6004 Reed Road.

“This is my home church,” she said. “I started going here when I was 13 years old. I left Fort Wayne for work. But this has always been my home base.” “In 2008 I was at a point in my life where I wanted See KENYA, Page A15

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Jen Foster of Fort Wayne recently returned to Africa as an international advocate for Kenya Simba Scholars and Creative Women of the World. Foster will be in Kenya for about five or six months. It is her third trip, she said, but not her last. Foster works with the Mwangatu Women, which said she translates as “light of hope.” She is not teaching the women to make jewelry or to crochet. “These women have the skills already,” she said. “But what we’re teaching them is how to turn all these skills into something that’s going to empower you to make your own money and to build yourself up financially so you don’t have to rely on other people around you to give you money.

sack and Mark Till. Next up for Snider is the DeKalb High School band festival on Sept. 14. At Concordia Lutheran High School, See BANDS, Page A4

The Johnny Appleseed Festival is more than just a party in a park, according to festival director Bruce Hayes. It’s also more than just one park. Hayes said every aspect of the 39th annual festival Sept. 21 and 22 will authentically represent the Pioneer era when John Chapman planted and sold apple trees through much of the Midwest. Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in north central Pennsylvania in 1774. He died on the Archer farm in 1845. The festival grounds surround his grave site. Hayes said the festival draws about a quarter of a million people to Fort Wayne each September. There is no admission fee. Exhibitors must present crafts that the early settlers would have practiced, and vendors must offer foods that those founders would have cooked. The volunteer board of directors will reject most applicants. “It takes an inordinate amount of the board’s time to make sure we aren’t losing what it is that made this festival special,” Hayes said. See FEST, Page A9

Event details What: Johnny Appleseed Festival When: Sept. 21, 10 am.-6 p.m. Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Johnny Appleseed and Archer parks, near Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Cost: Free admission. More info: For a full schedule, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.

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Taylor joins Y camp staff The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne and Camp Potawotami have welcomed Katie Taylor as the new program director at the camp northwest of Fort Wayne. Taylor is a graduate of Castleton State College in Vermont. She comes from Cedar Crest Camp in Lyles, Tenn., where she served as camp director for three years. She earlier served as the director of Covenant Hills Christian Camp in Vermont and as the conference program coordinator of the Frost Valley YMCA Camp in New York. Patrick Kelly, Camp Potawotami executive director, said, “Katie has a deep

passion for camp programming and staff development. She looks forward to building confidence, independence, friendships, and memories with our campers and staff.” Taylor took over in her new role on Aug. 12. Camp Potawatami, between Wolcottville and South Milford, provides community and faith, through children’s summer camps featuring swimming, games, songs, skits, campfires, mud hikes, climbing, archery, arts and crafts.

Club seeks new quilters The Gone to Pieces quilting group invites new members to join then each month at the Aboite Township Community Room, beside the trustee’s office at 11321 Aboite Center Road, west of Homestead Road. Quilters from across Allen County participate in the project,

which supports charities throughout the area. For details, call club member Pansy Williams at (260) 459-0051. The group has been meeting in the same location for 15 years. Upcoming work sessions include 4-8 p.m. Sept. 26. The group usually meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Club members create quilts, pillowcases and clothing for various charities. Recipients have included cancer patients, veterans, and residents of Appalachia, China, Africa

and Haiti. Club member Linda Wade said one of the most rewarding experiences was donating quilts to veterans through the Quilts of Valor project. “So see them go up to that table and go through the quilts and take yours, what a thrill,” she said. “Everybody brings ideas. Everybody brings a pattern,” Williams said. “We all have a stash at home of all kinds of fabric. We share colors, we share fabrics just to get all these quilts put together.”

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Concordia Lutheran High School has filled four faculty positions for the 2013-14 school year. From left: Luanne Erdos, business teacher, has taught career and technology electives in New Hampshire, Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania for 27 years; Phil Brackmann, math teacher, a 2004 graduate of Concordia and a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University where he studied math education; Mindy Walz, an English teacher, a graduate of Concordia University Chicago who has taught at Lutheran High School Northwest in Rochester Hills, Mich.; and Laura Bohnke, chemistry teacher, the CLHS Class of 2009 valedictorian and a graduate of the University of Saint Francis, where she majored in secondary education — life science.

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In addition to hiring four new teachers, Concordia Lutheran High School has filled two staff positions for the 2013-14 school year. Dawn Schuller, left, joins the enrollment department where she serves as an admissions assistant. A Bloomington, Ind., native, Schuller earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. Dawn Miller, right, has been hired as the advancement information manager. She is a 1983 graduate of CLHS, and studied at Ivy Tech Northeast.

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4-H Shooting Sports Club schedules.22 rifle classes Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will hold a 10-week, .22-caliber rifle class for youth in grades 4-12. The program will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday evenings at the Concordia Lutheran High School Shooting Range, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. The classes begin Oct. 9. Registration and payment are due by Oct. 1. The cost of the program is $50 per child. All equipment is provided. This series will teach safe handling of .22-caliber rifles, proper care of equipment, shooting techniques and ethics of good shooters.

Instructors are certified through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The class is limited to the first 30 participants who have registered and paid. A minimum of 15 participants is needed to hold the class. For registration information or any additional information, contact Barb Thuma, extension educator 4-H youth, Allen County Extension Office, at (260) 481-6826, or visit the website at extension. purdue.edu/allen to download a registration form.

Children’s choir names board of directors The Fort Wayne Children’s Choir recently announced its 2013-14 board of directors. Board officers include: president, Jeff Gery, Lincoln National Corp.; vice president, Debbie Powers, Kelly Services; secretary, Ingrid Laidroo-Martin, Fort Wayne Community Schools; and treasurer, Jenny Lemon, Andorfer & Co LLP. Board members are: John Foxworthy, Phillips Financial; Jeff Fritz, Dupont; George Guido, Carson Boxberger LLP; Charley Hire, Hire’s Auto Parts; Michelle Merritt, King & Knight; Carrie Minnich, DWD; Barbara Resch, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; Justin Shurley, Fort Wayne TinCaps; and Tony Strickler, Sweetwater Sound.

Art Hops feature specials and visits from the artists Shops in Covington Plaza on West Jefferson Boulevard are combining for Art Hops from 5-8 p.m. the second Thursday night of each month. About eight shops took part in the first event Sept. 12. All shops in the plaza are invited to take part. “The idea is for people to stroll the plaza, like they do at our art fair,” said Sarah Keltsch, the owner of The Monogram Shoppe and more. Each participating shop has a local artist in their shop and serves refreshments. “It gives the artists a showcase for their talent,” Keltsch said. “We’re not charging them.” Artwork is offered for sale, and stores might offer other specials. Keltsch remarked on the number of restaurants available in the plaza. “So you can stroll and see the artists and then go to

dinner, or visa versa,” she said. Among the participating shops at the first event were Cakes, B Mitchell, Wine and Canvas, Merle Norman, Symmetry, Olive Twist, Cindy Friend, and The Monogram Shoppe and more. Among the artists showing their works that night were Jan McMurtry Arnold, Vicki JunkWright, Amber Walker, Marcia Gabet and Sarah Thompson. Art included paintings and pottery. “Thursday is a funny night; it’s not quite the weekend,” said Keltsch, adding that visitors have welcomed such projects elsewhere. “It can be a girlfriends night out, or it can be a couples night out,” Keltsch said. “All these are local shops, owned by local people,” she said.

IPFW gets $365,300 gift IPFW has received a $365,300 estate gift designated for the chancellor’s discretion. Chancellor Vicky Carwein said the gift will fund IPFW’s first-ever Honors Program Endowment. Many campus departments are reviewing the honors program. The new curriculum will be introduced in fall 2014.

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BANDS from Page A1 marching band director Dianne Moellering said she will continue to focus on an education beyond the music itself. “Band is a life lesson,” she said. “The things you learn in band are things you really need in life.” “We teach perseverance,” she said. “We teach teamwork, real teamwork. We can’t take a kid and put him on the bench, so we have to work together.” The 2012 season saw the Marching Cadets take runner-up in their division in the state band finals. Moellering, though, said band is about more than awards. “Band is all about the music,” she said. “The whole activity has got to be about the music and then the movement is what supports the music and what allows us to speak to an audience.”

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The Snider High School Mighty Panther Marching Band competes at the On The Banks of the Wabash marching band festival in Bluffton. Next stop is a DeKalb High School competition on Sept. 14.

She said she enjoys watching the young musicians grow. “There are highs and lows,” she said, “and I like being a part of that and being able to help them walk

through that.” Concordia competes among midsize schools, in Class C. The band boasts 72 members. This season’s drum majors are Jonathan

Nathalang, Brad Murphy and Michael Holloway. At Northrop High School, 2003 Northrop graduate John VanPatten arrived in the final week of band camp. VanPatten still was getting used to sitting in the band director’s office just days before the community turned out to watch the show on technical day. VanPatten played trumpet at Northrop during the directorship

of Barry Ashton. “That’s still Mr. Ashton’s office to me,” VanPatten said. “He was my band director, and it’s kind of haunting to be in Mr. Ashton’s office sitting at Mr. Ashton’s desk. “It’s exciting to come full-circle and be on the other end of things.” “He will pop in sometime in October once the band gets rolling,” VanPatten said. VanPatten was a

marching band section leader, and played in the jazz band, concert band and orchestra at Northrop. He graduated from Ball State University and earned his master’s degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. He worked four years at Wheeler before taking the Northrop job. VanPatten directed the attention to the band members. “The kids have been fantastic,” he said. “They know what they need to be doing no matter who the band director is.” The 2013 program is “Crossroads,” he said. The theme draws from themes of past shows, including the 1983 state champion show, “Jupiter.” “So we’re honoring the past and deciding where we want to go from here,” he said. Northrop competes among the larger schools, in Class A. The band boasts 84 members. This year’s drum majors are Caleb Novell and Savannah Barron. — Ryan Schnurr of KPC Media Group contributed to this report.

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(ALLEN COUNTY) The nationwide credit crisis may have turned “the American dream” into an extended nightmare for many Indiana home buyers and sellers. Banks and mortgage lenders (who are not going out of business) have tightened up their lending requirements to the point where many home buyers today can no longer qualify for a mortgage. Record foreclosures, rising unemployment, losses in the financial markets and the current credit crunch have not only reduced the number of buyers who can buy but have also increased the number of houses that sellers need to sell. Prices are under pressure as home sellers lower their asking price to attract a buyer, and as lenders resell their foreclosed homes below market value. And it’s turning into a vicious cycle -- as many buyers need to sell their current home first -- and many sellers (unless they plan to rent) need new financing to get into their next home. As a result, a sea of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and home builders are going out of business. These professionals are in the business of serving buyers and sellers. But that’s hard to do with the credit crisis when the entire real estate industry traditionally relies on mortgage lending to finance buyers and get houses sold. What can homeowners do to sell their homes? How can buyers get financing if they can’t meet the tougher lending criteria on credit scores, income verification, down payment amounts and debt ratios?

There’s one local real estate professional who has found a way to make things work even with the present banking crisis. Mike MacDonald is the president of Summit City Investments, Inc. Since 1999, his private investment company has been buying houses throughout the Allen County, IN region without ever relying on banks. MacDonald’s company takes over existing mortgages or brings in private lenders allowing him to pay homeowners all cash for the properties. He then offers his properties for rent or “for sale by owner” using a variety of unique seller financing programs. By taking a long term approach and never relying on banks, business has never been better for MacDonald and his company. “Most sellers are unaware of the options we offer. What they need most is a qualified buyer... and we might just be that buyer. We can buy houses in as-is condition, pay top dollar and close in just a few days… or whenever they’re ready.”

Mike says it’s normal for people to think

they must be desperate before calling him to buy their house. “It’s a very common misconception. But until I look at a house and do some research, I won’t know my game plan for the property or what I can offer. But after a single visit to the property and meeting with the homeowners I can let them know exactly what I can do. My offer is good for 7 days and it’s only at that point, with my offer on the table, that a seller can decide if I’m going to become their buyer.” In fact, price is not an issue for MacDonald. As an investor, what’s important to him is the determination of what income the property can produce. “It’s easy to determine. I also do an appraisal and look at the recent comparable sales. Then I do whatever I can to offer a seller up to full price today -- or about what they might net sometime in the future pursuing a more conventional route. What I can pay depends on the condition, location and financing options available for that type of property. It only takes about 10 minutes to prescreen a property over the phone and to set an appointment. We typically buy 1 out of every 4 properties we see. In fact, for about half of those I have purchased, the seller pursued their other options and then came to realize that my offer was the best all along.” MacDonald believes the three biggest reasons a house doesn’t sell are: 1) it is overpriced, 2) it is poorly marketed, or 3) it is not fixed up to show well. “I can pay a fair price on a home that needs work. I might even plan to increase the value or marketability by adding a bedroom or bath, finishing a basement or installing a new heating system. Brand new carpet and paint will go a long way to attract a qualified buyer. But I understand that many sellers don’t have the time, inclination or money to remodel a house... just to get it sold. We solve that problem for sellers.” Overpricing a home could be the biggest mistake. Listing agents sometimes suggest (or a seller might decide) to ask for a higher price than needed. This might be to test the market or leave wiggle room to negotiate. However, this can backfire if the seller wants (or needs) a quick sale, or when the “days on the market” stacks up causing buyers to wonder what’s wrong with the property. Another misconception about how Mike MacDonald buys houses is the idea that he’s probably looking for sellers in financial distress. “Look, when a seller is out of time or out of options, then I’m usually their best solution -- if their property is not over-financed. But most people headed for foreclosure are either overleveraged or actually looking to save their house. If I buy the house the seller must move. They really need to get into a more affordable home... but sometimes I can help by swapping properties.” MacDonald warns about companies and real estate investors who target distressed homeowners. “Recent laws have been passed in Indiana that apply to any business and investor who targets people in foreclosure. Be cautious, do your research and perhaps seek legal advice when anyone wants to charge you an upfront fee for helping to get your loan modified, or... if they’re promising to lease the home back to you. That rarely works out like the borrower expects and can lead to accusations of fraud. Perhaps rightly so.” What does a real estate investor like Mike MacDonald do with the houses he

buys each month? What about the hundreds of houses his company has bought throughout Allen County, Indiana over the last 14 years? Simple. He rents them out or resells them. “We’re usually managing 80 to 100 properties at any given time -- making us one of the largest owners of single family homes in the area. Each month we may have 10 to 15 houses for sale. Some we’ve owned for years and others we have recently bought.” With a reasonable down payment, MacDonald says he can sell you one of his properties using his popular owner financing programs -- even if you have damaged credit or a short job history. His most popular owner financing “If you can afford a first month’s rent, a last month’s rent and a security deposit, then I can probably sell you one of my houses.”

out some sellers who have found themselves in over their head.” “We do everything we can to get our buyers permanent bank financing. It’s a win-win because we pay sellers all cash and fund our deals with private lenders. Our lenders are mostly local individuals seeking alternatives to low bank CD rates. They earn 8 to 10% interest on real estate notes well-secured by our properties. When we get our buyer cashed out, we finally make our money and can payoff our investor. These investors usually want to reinvest allowing us to buy even more houses.” Unfortunately many of the mortgage programs once available are now gone. It’s reported that 75% of the available lending disappeared when FHA changed their rules last October and again early this year. But, if you have money to put down and can prove your income, there are still loans available now. In fact, some rural development loans and VA loans still allow qualified buyers to borrow with no money down. “We help all of our buyers get a bank loan as quickly as possible... or we finance them ourselves. But we’ve never relied on banks. That keeps us in control and maintains our sanity. But we get those loans done every chance we get. In fact, sometimes a buyer can qualify and doesn’t even know it. Other times they can qualify but need a flexible seller. We’re one of the most creative and flexible sellers you’ll ever find,” says MacDonald. Does buying or selling a home have to be difficult? Maybe not! “President Obama says today's economy is the worst since the Great Depression and it may take many years to recover. Unfortunately I think he’s right and so do many sharp economists.” Interested in selling your property quickly and easily? Looking to buy a new home without bank qualifying? It may be worth checking in with Mike MacDonald and his staff at Summit City Investments, Inc. Call them at (260) 267-0760 or visit them online at www.SummitCityInvestments.com. They’re in a unique position to help buyers and sellers overcome the new challenges created by the recent mortgage market meltdown and credit crisis. And if you’re looking for a conservative way to earn 8-10% interest on your idle cash savings or retirement funds, call and ask for info on becoming one of their private lenders.

program includes the opportunity to build “sweat equity.” Before repairing or remodeling a newly acquired house, MacDonald offers it in “as-is” condition to his buyer’s list. This allows his client to do the work (to suit their own preferences) in exchange for all or part of a down payment. “I have a lot of buyers who check my website each week looking for these ‘fixer upper’ deals. But if the home is not under contract within 10 days or so then I’ll hire my contractors to fix it up completely.” His next most popular program is a down payment assistance plan. Many buyers turn to MacDonald’s company because they don’t have the down payment required by today’s cautious lenders. Mike helps buyers build up equity or a down payment over time with his rent-to-own (or lease with the option to buy) program. In this program you can rent the property you’ve decided to buy, but have the option to close anytime over the next 1, 2... or even 5 years. A portion of the rent each month is credited toward buying. Additional amounts can be paid monthly for more rapid equity build up plus other promised amounts can be made later... like proceeds from the sale of another property or a pending tax refund. Once the buyer has enough “skin” in the deal, MacDonald can close with owner financing at the predetermined, mutually agreed upon price and terms. Or the buyer SUMMIT CITY INVESTMENTS, INC. is can close with a new bank loan. According located at 2200 Lake Avenue, Suite 123 in to MacDonald, “There are so many reasons Fort Wayne, IN, holds a Certificate of my buyers like some time before qualifying Good Standing from the Indiana Secretary for a mortgage. They may need to sell their of State, and is a BBB Accredited business house, work on their credit, establish more with the Indiana Better Business Bureau time on a job or establish two years of with an A+ rating, provable income on tax returns when self-employed. All our buyers are put in Mike MacDonald is the President of touch with a sharp mortgage broker who Summit City Investments, Inc. He is a creates a plan for them. We can recommend an affordable credit repair company that can 37-year resident in the local community, do unbelievable things given even a short 6 to and has been a long term partner in his 12 months to work on a file. This also helps family’s independent insurance agency and tax & accounting firm (G. A. MacDonald Associates, Inc.) For more information or to view a list of properties for sale, just visit www.SummitCityInvestments.com 2200 Lake Avenue, Suite 123 Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Phone (260) 267-0760 -----------------

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The 1950s swept back into town on Sept. 11, thanks to Ivy Tech culinary arts classes. And from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. each Wednesday through Nov. 20, students will prepare meals for themes that range from Southern comfort foods to a Brazilian buffet, or What Do You Think About Them Apples? Themes vary each week. The public may partake at Kelty’s Kafe at the Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. But it all began with the Rock, Pop and Be-Bop Diner, featuring a Triple Decker Big Bopper Burger for $4, a Hot Rod Dog for $3, a Black Cow for $2.25, and a host of specialty sandwiches, sides and

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desserts. Imagine a ’50s drive-in restaurant complete with dancers from a local studio teaching how to do the Twist, the Mashed Potato, and the Watusi. Instructor Meshele Wyneken said the lunches draw from both campuses, but also from Concordia High School, IPFW and surrounding businesses. “This class is an opportunity to get real-life experience while you’re still a student,” said Wyneken, who oversees the cafe. The cafe draws a curious crowd each Wednesday. The service might have to be offered two days a week in the spring term, she said, because of the rising enrollment. Chef Al Tholen instructs the classical cuisines class. Recently, each student

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introduced their dishes and explained how they prepared the courses. Tholen asked questions and offered reminders. “What did you learn today as you went through this procedure?” he asked. “There’s a term for that cut of vegetable. Bornais, that is correct,” he said. Wyneken said the classical cuisines class gives a solid foundation for other styles. “There are some classic methods that have been around for years and years and other styles have branched off from that,” she said. “But everybody needs to learn these classical methods first before you can really develop into other styles of cooking.” Wyneken said the students come up with the themes and recipes for the cafe. “They have to price everything out,” she said in a news release. “They have to show where they made

a profit. They have to run everything from start to finish.” “I’m here to give them advice and guide them and keep them on track,” she said. The cafe takes its name from Robert Kelty, who was an instructor in the program for about 20 years, and became dean of public services at Ivy Tech. He died in August 2011. “That’s when we decided to designate that as a permanent name for the cafe,” Wyneken said. Wyneken studied under Kelty, and knew him for 17 years. “His predominant area of expertise was baking and he loved to make candy. He also loved to eat candy,” she said. “And he taught me a lot about making candy and particularly truffles, deliciously wonderful truffles.” The public will get yet another chance to sample

students’ cooking, at an Oct. 12 scholarships fundraiser. “Each year we send a group of usually about eight students to France to study,” Wyneken said. The destination might also be Spain or Italy. “In order for them to be able to receive that opportunity, they have a competition where they get something referred to as a mystery basket. We give them meats and vegetables and starch and give them four and a half hours to prepare a meal for people. Then we have chefs from throughout the community and tell each student, whether they be culinary students or baking students, how they did.” This year’s scholarship fundraiser will have added meaning because it marks Ivy Tech Northeast’s 50th anniversary, Wyneken said.

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FEST from Page A1 The festival spans two adjacent parks. The campground just off Coliseum Boulevard along the St. Joseph River lies within 31 acres widely known as Johnny Appleseed Park. The formal name, though, is City Utilities Park. City Utilities owns the land, and has granted the Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department a long-term lease. The namesake of the festival is buried nearby in Archer Park, which is owned by Allen County and maintained by the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum staff. Hayes said the early arborist’s final resting place probably is not within the stately iron fence and gravestone in the historic landmark on the mound overlooking the Coliseum. “If you were the Archer family, it’s probably unlikely that you would have buried John Chapman at the very top of the farm,” Hayes said. “That’s been pretty well documented with people who were alive not that long ago.” The actual grave likely is nearby, Hayes said, among shrubs in the shape of a “J” and a “C.” Even the Chapman legend itself fails the festival’s test of authenticity. Pioneers needed to show evidence that they were improving the land they had claimed, Hayes explained. “You had to declare an interest in the land, and fruit trees did a lot to be able to say ‘this is my homestead,’ and John Chapman moved ahead of where the pioneers were and established orchards and moved forward and backward along his trail to take care of those orchards,” he said. Chapman owned lots of land and sold the trees, Hayes explained. “So the idea of him randomly scattering seeds along the way was not true,” he said. “He was a pretty smart businessman.” Festival hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Church, school and civic groups will cook settler staples such as chicken and noodles, ham and beans and apple dumplings over open fires. The list of food vendors tends to be very stable from year to year, he said. Entertainment such as fife and drum corps and cloggers will fill five stages. For details, photos and vendor applications, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com. Finding exhibitors appropriate to the era is challenging, Hayes said. “The crafters have to make the crafts themselves, using techniques and material from the time,” he said. Vendors of dime-store knock-offs are rejected. Entertainment applicants pose an even tougher authenticity challenge. “About 95 percent of them immediately weed themselves out,” Hayes said. “We’ll check to make sure it complies, and then we’ll come back to make sure something doesn’t reappear,”

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Crafts created during the Johnny Appleseed Festival must use the equipment and materials that were available in the mid-19th century, when John Chapman cultivated apples in the Midwest.

Groups such as fife and drum corps and cloggers entertain at the Johnny Appleseed Festival. Festival chairman Bruce Hayes said many entertainment applicants appropriate to this era are hard to find.

Hayes said. Vendors are ejected when necessary, and that is frequently, he said. “We can’t compromise the quality of the festival,” Hayes said. “There are discussions about water in plastic bottles or food in Styrofoam. But in order to meet modern regulations and make sure people are healthy, we have to give on those things.” “Most of our food vendors are area not-for-profits, who are there doing their fundraising, and for some of them it’s their biggest fundraising event of the year,” Hayes said. “So when you come out to the park, you’re not only eating food, you’re also supporting area not-for-profits. We wouldn’t exist without them.” The longtime festival volunteer said he appreciates the difficulty of replicating materials from the Pioneer era. “I watched someone carving a wooden spoon, and I was surprised at how long it takes. And I thought about how you have to kill the food. And you wonder where the pot came from,” Hayes said. “That’s when I realized that I would not have made it as a Pioneer.” “There were a lot of places that John Chapman traveled back in Pioneer days, from here to the East Coast, so there are a lot of Johnny Appleseed festivals,” Hayes said. Fort Wayne, though, claims the grave site. Hayes said visitors from Canada attend the Fort Wayne festival. People from across the country time their Fort Wayne visits to coincide with the festivities on the third weekend in September. “It really amazes me how well this festival is known and how many people enjoy it,” he said. “We’re trying to focus more and more on the educa-

tional opportunities that are available,” he said. “We had a scavenger hunt in the past and we’re thinking about resurrecting that, to get people’s awareness that we are more than just a party in the park.” “You can go out there and learn a lot about what Pioneer days were like without feeling like it’s a dreary classroom situation,” he said. “It’s not just in Allen County,” Hayes said. “We support northeastern Indiana when we make purchases with the limited resources that we have. We try to favor the local businesses. We figure this is the community’s money, and it’s our responsibility to put that money back into the community.” Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation, Psi Iota Xi Theta Chapter, and Settlers Inc. are corporate sponsors of the festival. Hayes, an IT project manager for Lincoln Financial Group, first volunteered with the festival in 2000. He worked as a grant writer and as entertainment director before becoming director of administration. All directors are volunteers, he said. “It’s one thing to have the paid staff to make sure that everything gets done, but the fact that we’re able to make this happen without the luxury of an office and staff, with people doing it after their careers and family responsibilities, I think is impressive,” he said. Fourteen board members hold specific duties, with the help of seven board assistants. Several board members also serve on the eight-member executive committee. “A lot of time and work goes into it,” Hayes said. “But it doesn’t feel like work because it’s an honor.”

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care. Honors were presented to one or more recipients in five categories. Community Achievement in Health Care: Tom Gutwein, emergency physician, Professional Emergency Physicians Inc., Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne; and James Cameron, neonatologist, Northern Indiana Neonatal Associates, Fort Wayne. Advancements in Health Care: Parkview LiVe, Community Health & Wellness Program, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne. Physician: Mohammed Ghazali, pediatric cardiologist, Pediatric Cardiology Associates, P.C., Fort Wayne; and Greg Sassmannshausen, orthopedic surgeon, Fort Wayne Orthopedics. Medical Professional: James Leslie, physical therapist, Indiana Physical Therapy, Angola;

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garage at ground level and enter the attached facility through its main doors along Broadway. The secondfloor walkway from the medical office building to the hospital will remain open throughout construction. Public access from the garage to the attached medical office building is expected to resume late this fall. If patients or visitors choose not to use valet parking and they are unable to use the stairs, then they should park on the first floor of the garage. Phase two of the project will focus on updating the south section of the garage. It will temporarily require drivers to exit and enter the structure through the same access point off of Broadway. Phase three will update the center section of the parking garage, mainly the cross ramps.

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Lutheran’s parent company announces acquisition By Rick Farrant rfarrant@kpcmedia.com

Local hospitals associated with the latest acquisition of a major health-care system may see some cost efficiencies in supply purchases and quality improvements through integration of care, analysts said. What isn’t known is if any savings realized through those efficiencies will be passed on to the consumer. “What I’m sure CHS is hoping is that when they add the HMA hospitals, that gives them more clout to get better deals on supplies and devices,” said Alwyn Cassil, spokeswoman for the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, D.C. “And there is little argument improved clinical integration will have positive results for quality. “What you don’t know is will the savings for those increased efficiencies just go into the hospitals or will they be passed on in lower premiums.” Community Health Systems Inc. of Tennessee, parent company of Fort Wayne-based Lutheran Health Network, announced in late July that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Health Management Associates Inc. for about $7.6 billion. The acquisition of the Florida-based HMA, expected to be completed in early 2014, will increase the number of CHS hospitals from 135 in 29 states to 206, and the number of licensed beds from 20,000 to 31,000. The merger of the two for-profit health systems is part of an escalating trend in which hospitals and health-care systems are consolidating to lower costs, raise capital, better coordinate care and more efficiently manage a population’s life cycle of health needs, according to a study by Booz & Co., a global management consulting firm with 58 offices worldwide. The uncertainties of health reform, including evolving payment models, and heightened demands for more efficiency have in part fueled health-care mergers and acquisitions. Booz predicts that 1,000 of the nation’s roughly 5,000 hospitals could seek mergers in the next five to seven years. Some of those seeking mergers may have already been involved in a merger or acquisition. In announcing the CHS acquisition, Wayne Smith, chairman, president and CEO of CHS, said in a prepared statement that the move will position the larger entity “to realize the benefits of health-care reform and to address the

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changing dynamics of our industry.” The complementary markets, he said, will allow the system to form “networks in key states.” CHS spokeswoman Tomi Galin said later the increased size of the organization will provide “additional economies of scale and operating efficiencies. We believe all of our affiliated hospitals and health-care systems can benefit from those efficiencies.” One of the Booz study authors, Dr. Sanjay Saxena, said in an interview that typically hospitals and health systems that are acquired benefit from: back-office support; an infusion of infrastructure, including advanced technology; and capital. Acquiring entities, meanwhile, may see an expansion of services through “intellectual-property transfers,” he said. “The potential downside is: There is the question about whether a more consolidated system results in market power problems that could lead to costs going up,” Saxena said. He said a concentration of market power could lead to hospitals and systems becoming “musthave players” that can command higher insurance reimbursements that result in higher premiums for consumers. Much of the announcement regarding the CHS/ HMA acquisition focused on the move’s impact on shareholders. And indeed, profit is one of the motives, Cassil said. “It’s the business case, man,” she said. “These are to make money.” But, she added, “to make money for the shareholders, you have to take care of patients reasonably well. So there’s a balance there.” For its part, Galin said, CHS will continue to focus resources on quality of care. She noted that 91 CHS and HMA hospitals were named top performers by the Joint Commission in 2012, including Bluffton Regional Medical Center, Dukes Memorial Hospital, Dupont Hospital and the Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Network. There is the prospect, the Booz study suggested, that any merger or acquisition might fail to bring desired results. In looking at health-system deals between 1998 and 2008, Booz found that just 41 percent of acquired hospitals outperformed their market peer group after the acquisition. The study said hospitals and health-care systems considering a merger

or acquisition would be wise to focus less on such things as geographic proximity, increasing bed capacity and market concentration, and more on leveraging capabilities such as services and products. Saxena said hospitals and health-care systems may be learning from their mistakes. “It’s well-documented that getting value out of (mergers and acquisitions) is quite challenging,” he said. “But I think one thing we’re seeing that is evolving is that people are actually getting better at it the more they’re doing it. “I think it’s too early to tell, though, whether the results are any better than they have been in the past.”

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Viewed from the height of Interstate 469, the new life center complex under construction at the Heritage of Fort Wayne seems impressive. From street level, off St. Joe Road, the new building that will house independent and assisted-living apartments, a nursing home, rehab center and memory-care units, is enormous. The living center is part of a development by the nonprofit United Methodist Memorial Homes, which also operates the Heritage of Huntington and Heritage Pointe in Warren. The senior citizens residential project also includes winding streets lined with detached homes arranged around three small lakes, thus the name, the “Villas at Heritage Lakes.” The villas were the first part of the project to begin construction, with the first one finished just over four years ago. Despite a weak housing market, 37 of the 56 lots now have completed homes or are reserved or under construction. “I’ve always felt grateful we’ve done each year we’ve done at least five or six units despite the economy,” said Pat Hart, who coordinates sales, marketing and admissions for the Heritage of Fort Wayne. The weak housing market might even have made the villas more attractive. Although each new one is built to suit its first occupant, the villas aren’t sold outright. Residents pay an entry fee, and then monthly rent and utilities, which are low because all the homes have geothermal heating and

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Work progresses at the Heritage of Fort Wayne, at St. Joe Road at Interstate 69. The facility will offer expanded residential options when it opens in 2014.

cooling. Residents still get to customize the homes a bit to suit their tastes, but the buy-in makes the villas more affordable than a conventional purchase. And if and when they decide to move on, residents don’t have to worry about possible depreciation or the hassle of selling the home. Lawn mowing, landscaping, snow removal, appliance services and maintenance also are included. And a clubhouse offers a meeting and party area as well as an exercise room that residents can use at no charge. Should an individual or couple want or need later to move into the apartments, health-care center or memory-care units in the new complex, or at the Huntington or Warren complexes, there’s a discount based on their earlier entry fee.

Like the detached homes, which range in space from about 1,400 square feet to more than 2,000, the apartments in the new life center building will be spacious — about 900 square feet for a two-bedroom unit. Apartments will have kitchens, but residents also will be able to get meal service if they prefer not to cook. Housekeeping services also are provided. The nursing center will have 66 beds, each in a separate room that has both a living and bedroom space. Memory care will be provided on two levels: as assisted living for those who qualify and as nursing for those who require a higher level of care. On on-site rehab center will provide inpatient and outpatient physical-therapy services. The life center also will have a small bistro that Hart said could be serve up food and occasional entertainment for residents in the villas and the main building as well as outsiders. Scheduled to be completed next spring, the life center will offer the same high level of care the facilities in Huntington and Warren do, Hart said. “We are very resident oriented; it’s very patient-centered service,” she said. Residents in the villas and the main building must be 65 or older. Many come from Fort Wayne, but the Heritage also has drawn interest from people in other states because they have family in the area, Hart said. Residents in the villas plan frequent activities — bridge, euchre, carry-in dinners, coffees, restaurant jaunts, etc. ‘It’s a very social group. They get to know their neighbors and they watch out for each other,” she said. The Heritage villas are being built by Colonial Homes. The life center was designed by MKM Architecture + Design, and its general contractor is Schenkel Construction.

Mirro project to support research and education Construction is expected to begin this fall on the Mirro Family Research and Education Center on the campus of Parkview Regional Medical Center, Parkview Health officials said. The center, expected to cost about $20 million, will conduct translational research, which essentially bridges the gap between clinical research and the application of that research in patient settings. Parkview Health officials said the facility also will have an advanced education simulation center that will improve the performance and training of the entire spectrum of health-care professionals.

The center will focus primarily on heart disease, oncology, radiation oncology, neurological conditions and orthopedics. The Parkview Foundation has thus far raised $4 million toward the construction of the Mirro center. Money has come from the Mirro Family Foundation, other community foundations and trusts, Parkview Physicians Group and Parkview Ortho Hospital. Parkview Health will cover the remainder of the construction cost, a Parkview Health spokesman said. Fundraising, meanwhile, will continue even after the center opens to help support the facility’s work.

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Officials at the VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System Fort Wayne campus were already working on addressing issues raised in a recently released Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general’s report, a spokeswoman said. The report, released in August, was sought last November by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., in the wake of a self-imposed suspension of some inpatient services to review processes and provide training for staff. All those services have since reopened with the exception of the four-bed intensive-care unit. Among the key findings of the report: • Prior to the suspension, the facility failed to consistently engage sound clinical judgment and deliver quality care. • Crucial clinical positions were vacant. • The competency assessment process for nurses was inconsistent. • The intensive-care unit was categorized as a Level 3 unit but was operated as a less-comprehensive Level 4, if that. Donnelly and Stutzman were sharply critical of the pre-suspension conditions at the facility, calling them “unacceptable” and “inexcusable.” Neither congressman took into account

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hoping mine would be closer to 400 pounds.â&#x20AC;? Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an open class competition, growers from other states may enter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually we have one of those that sneaks in,â&#x20AC;? said Klinker, who also has crossed some state lines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I usually travel to Ohio or Michigan when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a bumper crop and a few extra, but I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be traveling this year,â&#x20AC;? he said. But Klinker does not have a surplus of pumpkins this year, and he has responsibilities closer to home. In his fourth year as president of the Indiana Pumpkin Growers Association, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busy organizing the annual show, Oct. 5 at Gary Greenhouse, 4706 Bluff Road, Indianapolis. His garden still holds a pumpkin that will eclipse its state fair counterpart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have one more growing for Halloween season,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably around 300 pounds right now, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to end up. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping around seven, eight hundred pounds.â&#x20AC;? Klinker thanks a friend, Tom Beachy of Harlan, for giving him some pumpkin seeds in about 2002. He said Beachy still grows pumpkins, but just for Halloween. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had a garden,â&#x20AC;? Klinker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just something different (about the pumpkins). They grow so much faster and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so big. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just a lot of fun to grow.â&#x20AC;? He said the hobby involves a lot of work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I usually spend anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes per night, especially in June or July when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warmer and the pumpkins are really growing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I water and weed and I train the vines in the direction I want them to go. The vines will root down, and I put dirt on the vines to help promote more root growth.â&#x20AC;? His largest pumpkin so fear reached the 980-pound mark just in time for Halloween, 2009. He donated the pumpkin for a display, he said, adding that he probably will do so again this year. He said his state fair pumpkin and some of the other entries also were donated, for a public display in Hong Kong. He said he does not know the details. The giant pumpkins arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good for food, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just for display, or theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll carve them,â&#x20AC;? he said. The pumpkin walls are 6 to 12 inches thick, and lend themselves to 3D creations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re generally all shapes, sizes and colors,â&#x20AC;? he said. His 374-pound state fair pumpkin was fourth among ďŹ ve entries. Last year he entered a 260-pound pumpkin, for last place among eight entries.

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Kelly Klinker, of Woodburn, exhibited a 374-pound pumpkin that took fourth place at the giant pumpkin contest at the Indiana State Fair. Shown after the Aug. 10 contest are, from left: Indiana State Fair Queen Mariah Huff; John Barenie, GrifďŹ th, Ind., second place, 927 pounds; David Cantrell, Corryton, Tenn., third place, 669 pounds; Dwight Slone, Prestonburg, Ky., ďŹ rst place, with his 1,039-pound pumpkin; Mikkal Hodge, Morristown, Ind., ďŹ fth place, 300 pounds; and Klinker.

Three-time Indiana State Fair winner John Barenie of GrifďŹ th has grown a state-record 1,308-pounder, but his 2013 entry only reached 927 pounds. That was good for second place. Klinker said Barenie grows smaller but still formidable pumpkins, for grocery store displays. Other state fair entrants were from Corryton, Tenn., and from Morristown, in central Indiana. Klinker retrieves the seeds from the huge pumpkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not readily commercially available,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Typically other giant pumpkin growers will trade with each other. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually sent seeds to Europe.â&#x20AC;? Klinkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden grows more than pumpkins. The Carolina Cross watermelons can reach 100 pounds. The Big Zack tomatoes usually reach three or four pounds, although some seed sellers say the fruits can reach six pounds. Beachy, who helped Klinker get his start in pumpkins, grew Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest ďŹ eld pumpkin of 2012, an 83-pounder. Field pumpkins average about 20 pounds, and are the size most commonly carved into Jack-oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;-lanterns. Pumpkin enthusiasts can ďŹ nd Beachyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievement along with state records, growing tips, pumpkin merchandise, and the Top 10 pumpkin list at ipga.us.

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something more,” she said. “I was working as an audio engineer in Virginia. I was feeling like I wanted to do something different with my life but I wasn’t sure what. So one day I woke up and I bought a plane ticket to Kenya, and it was just one of those things that had a pull on my heart, so I ended up volunteering in an orphanage for about a month in 2008.” Back in Fort Wayne, Saint Joseph pastor the Rev. Russ Abel and Simba Scholars founder Saneta Maiko told Foster about an opportunity to work with children in Africa. “Russ told me I’d be a good missionary,” she said. “And I thought ‘maybe later, I need to make money.’ “ So, Foster said, she went back to making money. She followed her career to Washington, D.C., and then back to Fort Wayne before committing to the Kenya mission. “It just came at a time in my life when I was kind of done with the whole audio scene and it was kind of killing my spirit a little bit and I was looking for more,” she said. “And I thought this would be really cool if I could make it happen somehow.” “And there were a lot of fears that I had to face,” she said. “I have to raise about $40,000 to $60,000 a year to do this. I’m not employed by any one

organization. And then the public speaking part of it was really a fear of mine. And it all settled on me and I said, ‘I’m gonna do it.’ I started fundraising. I felt the fire in myself, and I felt my spirit reviving, and within three or four months I had the money raised that I needed to go, and it all happened so smoothly.” So this summer, Foster spoke in public and met with smaller groups in homes. In that more intimate setting, she said, people open up and ask more questions. She caught a flight to Kenya on Sept. 5. The school is a ministry of Saint Joseph UMC. Foster will help the school with accounting. She also will explore the next steps for students in the primary school program. “We don’t just want to drop them off once they’re through the eighth grade,” she said, “but we’re getting to the point that kids are reaching eighth grade. We could ask for more money — which would about double the cost — or we could feed them into another program that already has secondary education.” Working with the Mwangatu Women, Foster will continue the business training that she introduced last November. “We’re continuing to build relationships and just mentor the women,” she said. “We’re looking at a brick and mortar place for them to set up their busi-

“And I’ve come out of a rut that I was in because I was at a place where I just didn’t feel like I was doing a whole lot for society, I didn’t know what my purpose was.” Jen Foster, of Fort Wayne, international advocate serving in Kenya ness. Right now they’re just in a community place. We want to do things that will continue to help them grow their business.” The women sell their goods through Creative Women of the World, which maintains a fair trade shop at 125 W. Wayne St. The organization works with women in about 30 countries, Foster said. “The Mwangatu Women create purses made out of recycled plastic bags and candy wrappers, and they create jewelry made out of cow bone pieces,” Foster said. “There’s a little bone factory that collects the bones from the butcher and they shave it into these pieces and they decorate them.” Foster’s contact person is Grace, with whom Foster became acquainted during her first Kenya trip in 2008. “We build people up and empower them,” Foster said. “We build relationships. We’re not going there and just handing out things and saying ‘see you later, have a good day, use it to the best of your knowledge.’ It’s not an us and them relationship, it’s a we relationship, so we are all in this together, we are all building each other

up and learning from each other.” Foster is about one year into a three-year commitment to the ministry. “It has been amazing and I have learned so much,” she said. “And I’ve come out of a rut that I was in because I was at a place where I just didn’t feel like I was doing a whole lot for society, I didn’t know what my purpose was.” “But I also will say that there have been really hard

times,” Foster continued. “And to be a missionary, or an international advocate, it’s not easy. And there are times when you just feel completely overwhelmed by the needs of the world and you’re trying to be compassionate but also be compassionate to yourself as well as to other people, so it does take a huge toll on you.” “So three years is a large chunk of time,” she said. “It was just where I felt like I was being led at this particular point in my life. Once that’s over I’m not saying that I’ll just quit connecting with Kenya. I don’t see myself being able to do that at all. But once my commitment is

over, I may choose to do something here and head there once every couple of years.” Foster shares news of her ministry and her appreciation for the people of Kenya online, at internationaladvocate.wordpress. com. Her Aug. 28 entry is entitled “To Kenya with love,” and begins “So here I go again …” Kenya Simba Scholars is a ministry of Saint Joseph UMC, Fort Wayne. Call (260) 485-0681, or visit stjoemin.com. Creative Women of the World operates a retail shop at 125 W. Wayne St. Fort Wayne. Call (260) 267-9048, or visit creativewomenoftheworld.com.

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Author launches Christian Writing Club Bluffton author Kayleen Reusser has started a new writing club for authors and aspiring writers in the Fort Wayne area. The Fort Wayne Christian Writing Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Waynedale Public Library, 2200 Lower Huntington Road, in southwest Fort Wayne. The monthly gatherings, which start at 6 p.m., are open to anyone who enjoys writing and wants encouragement and feedback, or aspiring writers who need a catalyst for starting their own writing career. The Fort Wayne club is an offshoot of the Bluffton Christian Writing Club that Reusser and another writer, Rhonda Maller, started in 2009. Reusser said the main purpose of the writing groups is to provide camaraderie, offering a place where writers can come together and critique one another’s work “in a gentle atmosphere that offers other perspectives and ideas for improvement.” The idea for a writing club came after Reusser received support and inspiration from one in the past. “A similar group catapulted my writing back in the 1980s,” she said. “I was a

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wannabe writer who managed to get away from her busy family for one evening a month to meet with writers at a church in Fort Wayne.” Since then, during her 20-plus years of paid writing experience, she has written for numerous publications and books, including five Chicken Soup books. She also has authored nine children’s books, among them biographies on contemporary female vocalists who are popular with young teenagers, and books profiling Greek

gods. She currently writes a weekly newspaper column and works in the Bluffton Harrison Middle School Library, in addition to working on more books and serving as host to the writing clubs. The Bluffton Christian Writing Club meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the River Terrace in Bluffton. “Our members include script writers, and people writing memoirs, flash fiction, personal essays, business profiles (and) newspaper articles. Several members have published books and share marketing tips,” she said, noting that “the variety makes it a fun group!” Reusser said she expects that the Fort Wayne Christian Writing Club will attract a similar number of attendees, with a wide variety of writing styles. The initial response has produced 11 interested writers and five attendees at the first couple of meetings. For more information on the writing club, e-mail kjreusser@adamswells.com, visit www. KayleenR.com, or attend the next meeting on Sept. 24.

Charity Fest features Spike & the Bulldogs St. Vincent de Paul Society will present Charity Fest as a fundraiser for the society’s continuing assistance to those in need. The second annual celebration will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Lantern banquet hall, 4420 Ardmore Ave., just south of Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with an early look at the live and silent auctions. Spike & the Bulldogs will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets include a light dinner with sandwiches and salad, and soft drinks and beer. A separate cash bar is available. To buy tickets, visit

the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store at 1600 S. Calhoun St. Tickets also are available through the St. Vincent de Paul Society groups at many Catholic churches. For information, call (260) 456-3561. “It’s good company, good music, good food and a chance to help benefit others,” said Cheryl Mowan of Fort Wayne, the president of the six-county district of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The local society welcomes volunteers, and gifts of quality, used merchandise for its thrift store. For more information on the society’s mission of charity and justice, visit svdpsfw. org.

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Fair queen returns to studies Miss Allen County 2013 Morgen Figel returned to her college studies Aug. 19, one day after the Indiana State Fair Queen pageant in Indianapolis. Figel, a 2012 Bishop Luers High School graduate, lives in the Wedgewood neighborhood in northeast Fort Wayne. She earned her Allen County crown July 21, but was not among the 10 finalists at the state fair pageant. Instead, she looks forward to making appearances throughout the year in service to her home county. Even before the state fair ended, Figel had moved back to Ball State University, where she is a sophomore preparing for a career in nursing. “Through this pageant, I definitely learned that you just have to be confident in yourself,” she said. “You can’t keep comparing yourself to all the others.

Local 4-H volunteers honored

Three Allen County 4-H volunteers were recognized during the Indiana State Fair. Honorees are: Virginia McIntosh, Hoagland, for 35 years of service; Beth Dawson, Monroeville, for 30 years of service; and Jerry Hammon, Harlan, for 30 years of service. Each year, the Indiana 4-H Foundation and State 4-H Program at Purdue

University recognize the outstanding contributions of adult 4-H volunteers who help make the 4-H youth development program a success. Other Allen County 4-H volunteer leaders recognized, but not able to attend the recognition event at the Indiana State Fair, were: Donald Wies, Avilla, for 40 years; Reggie Shull, Woodburn, for 40 years; Douglas

Chapman, Spencerville, for 30 years; Roxanna Greer, Fort Wayne, for 25 years; Mike Shirey, New Haven, for 25 years; Jane Wells, Fort Wayne, for 25 years; Larry Fuhrmann, Decatur, for 20 years; Dale Linnemeier, Churubusco, for 20 years; Mark Riley, Monroeville, for 20 years; and Rita Simmons, Auburn, for 20 years.

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Brimhall plans USF reading The Department of English and Foreign Languages at the University of Saint Francis will sponsor a free poetry reading AT 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the Student Center. Traci Brimhall, the author of the poetry collections “Our Lady of the Ruins” and “Rookery,” will read some of her work. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Ploughshares and Kenyon

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Library offers programs for kids, teens and adults On the calendar at the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services (260) 421-1220 Story Time for Preschools, Day Cares & Other Group. Wednesdays, Sept. 18, 25, 9:30 a.m. 30-minutes of theme-based stories, ďŹ ngerplays, early literacy activities and fun for your 3- to 6-year-old child. Smart Start Story Time. Wednesdays, Sept. 18, 25, 10:30 a.m. Join us for a special half-hour of book-related fun. Each session is geared to preschoolers ages 3 to 6. Each session includes books, ďŹ ngerplays, songs and multimedia computer fun. Babies and Books. Fridays, Sept. 13, 20, 27, 10 a.m. Bring in those little babies for a special time just for them. They are never too young to begin with books. Toddler Story Time. Fridays, Sept. 13, 20, 27, 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Special stories, songs and activities for active toddlers. Children 18 months to 3 years of age and their caregivers are encouraged to attend. Chi LEGO Club. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2 p.m. Do you like LEGOs? If so, come join a group of like-minded kids, sprawl on the ďŹ&#x201A;oor and build. Library Last Saturdays. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m. How tall? How long? How far? The group will have fun answering questions about measurement. Young Adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Services (260) 421-1255 Books-n-Bagels. Friday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. Join our homeschool book group for high school students. This month we are reading and discussing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensionsâ&#x20AC;? by Nancy Werlin. How to Make a Video in Three Hours. Thursday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m. Make a video from concept to editing in three hours Code Club. Thursdays, Sept. 19, 26, 1 p.m. Learn the basics of Javascript, the language that allows you to make web pages interactive, using the Codecademy platform. Registration required. Art, Music, and Media (260) 421-1210 Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery Perceptive Skills. Sept. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nov. 2. New work in photography by Daniel Dienelt, Alexandra LeNeave, Amelia Morris, Jarrid Spicer, Molly Stronczek, Jason Swisher and Aaron Walker. Sixth annual ACPL Teen Photo Juried Exhibition. Sept. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nov. 2. Teens have taken some outstanding photos and now you get to see the winning entries. Movie Night@ the Library. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m. Theater Lower Level 2 Main Library. We will present a G, PG or PG-13 moving on the big screen the fourth Tuesday of the month. Adults must accompany children under 13. The doors open at 6 for ďŹ rst-come, ďŹ rst-served seating. Curt Witcher The Genealogy Center (260) 421-1226 Jumping Off Points: Getting the Most Out of a Single Record. Saturday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m. Attendees will see how we dissect a death record to show where it can lead the researcher beyond the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s date and place of death.

Georgetown Branch also busy Georgetown Branch, 6600 E. State Blvd. (260) 421-1320 Born to Read, Babies and Books Story Time. Mondays, Sept. 16, 23, 30, 10:15 a.m. and 11a.m. Babies and their caregivers are expected at a story time designed to develop early literacy skills. We will have books, stories, puppets, tickles and singing during this 20- 25-minute program. Baby Steps: Toddler Time Story Time. Tuesdays, Sept. 17, 24, 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. A program especially designed for - and 3-year-olds and their care-givers. Toddlers on the go will enjoy stories, songs, puppets, games and other fun activities that emphasize vocabulary and letters of the alphabet. Smart Start Story Time. Thursdays, Sept. 19, 26, 10:15 a.m. 11 a.m. Join us for preschool story time enhanced by the latest research in emergent literacy. Each session includes books, ďŹ nger plays and maybe even a craft. LEGO Club. Wednesdays, Sept. 18, 25, 3:30 p.m. See where your imagination and building skills take you. All ages welcome. Family Fun Night. Mondays, Sept. 16, 23, 30, 7 p.m.: Sept. 16, painting masterpieces; Sept. 23, video game night; Sept. 30, Beading. Teen Thursdays. Each Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 3-D printing; Sept. 26, Kinect.

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Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for Riley. Cottage Event Center, 966 Locust Drive, Roanoke. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30. Tickets $10. Indy cover band Klas headlines show to raise money for childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hospital. For tickets or details, visit cottageeventcenter.com. Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. For information, visit summitcitytm.org or call Kristal HefďŹ&#x201A;ey, 918-2065. Multicultural awareness. Linkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland, 1711 Creighton Ave. 1-2:30 p.m. It Is Well With My Soul presents Folks Uniting Nowadays Fridays. The topic is Asian cultures in Indiana middle schools and high schools. Lunch is available ranging in price from $6 to $10. To RSVP call 4200765

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Free Airplane Rides for Kids. Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road. For ages 8-17. Parent or legal guardian must be present. Registration: 9-11 a.m. Flights: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The event will be held only if the weather permits. Author Beverly Lewis visits. Grabill Branch Library, 13521 State St. 10:30 a.m. Amish/Christian ďŹ ction author Beverly Lewis will visit. Her new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secret Keeper,â&#x20AC;? was to be released Sept. 3. Lewis is said to be the most popular author at the Grabill Branch. For more information, visit beverlylewis.com. Scrap metal drive. Allen County Fair Grounds, west gate on Carroll Road. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. BeneďŹ ts the Carroll High School Charger Pride winter drum line. For information or to schedule a pickup, call Margo at (260) 205-7076. Acceptable items range from washers and dryers to fencing to metal cabinets, but the drive cannot accept TVs, computers, fuel tanks, oil ďŹ lters, monitors, microwaves, propane tanks, batteries or hazardous material. Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire. Lincoln Pavilion at Headwaters Park. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. This creativity showcase is powered by TekVenture, a Fort Wayne nonproďŹ t group with a mission to improve public access to specialized tools, equipment and training required by artists and inventors to advance innovative projects. Tickets available at the gate, for $10 per adult per day or $18 for the weekend. Youths age 6 pay $6 per day or $10 for the weekend. Children 5 and under are admitted free.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival. Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road. A two-day celebration of the history and culture of the American farm. The free event is designed for all ages. On Friday and Saturday, see live animals, hay rides, oat and wheat threshing, food concessions, corn husking and shredding, and antique farm equipment. On Saturday only, see butter making, cow milking, musical entertainment, a farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market, an antique tractor parade and the photography show and sale. For a list of related activities, visit fortwayneparks.org. Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. Visit summitcitytm.org or call Kristal HefďŹ&#x201A;ey, 918-2065.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival continues. See Sept. 20 description. American Farm Photography Show & Sale. Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road. A new addition to the annual Fall Harvest Festival. Local amateur photographers will show and sell their work in the Heritage Barn. To enter work, contact Renee Sinacola at (260) 427-6005. Noon-5 p.m. Johnny Appleseed Festival. Archer Park and adjacent land near Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. 39th annual celebration of Pioneer apple grower John Chapman and his times. Admission is free. Local schools and civic groups sell foods that would have been available during the mid-19th century. Crafts people in authentic dress demonstrate skills practiced at that time. Music also is true to that era, using instruments available in that day. For details, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com. Fish and chicken dinner. St. John Lutheran Church Flatrock, 12912 Franke Road, Monroeville. 4:30-7:30 p.m. All-you-can-eat ďŹ sh and chicken strip dinner includes two sides, drink and dessert. Cost is $9 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-12, and free for ages 5 and under. Carry-out orders are available for the same rates for adults and children 6-12. Also enjoy a craft and bake sale.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Make Faire continues. See description under Sept. 14. Church celebrates 170th anniversary. Bethel United Methodist Church, 8405 Lima Road. 4:30 p.m. Celebration features an old-time 1843 Christian revival (outside, weather-permitting), which will include guest speakers, special music and refreshments. Purdue Varsity Glee Club. Erekson Theater, Bellmont High School, 1000 E. North Adams Drive, Decatur. 3 p.m. A fundraiser for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Friedham, 10653 N. County Road 550 West, northwest of Decatur. Tickets $15 and $10. Call (260) 724-7952.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 New Haven Chamber of Commerce ďŹ rst Fall Golf Classic. Cherry Hill Golf Club, 6615 Wheelock Road. 8 a.m. $80 per person or $320 per team of four. Includes continental breakfast and lunch. Visit newhavenindiana.org.

Johnny Appleseed Festival continues. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For details, see the Sept. 21 description. Heartland Chorale opens season. University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St. 4 p.m. The Fort Wayne Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, the University of Saint Francis University Singers, and contemporary artist Lori Sundstrom join the Heartland Chorale in the premiere presentation of Karl Jenkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Peacemakers.â&#x20AC;? Tickets are $35 and $20. For ticket information and a season schedule, visit heartlandchorale.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Light the Night Walk. East Noble High School, 901 Garden St., Kendallville. 7 p.m. Smith sisters Chyanna, 16, and Arianna, 13, are the 2013 honorees for the Northeast Indiana annual Light the Night Walk to raise money for the Indiana Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Register at lightthenight.org/in or call Melanie Kruth at (260) 616-0654.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Bishop Luers Homecoming. Bishop Luers High School, 3333 E. Paulding Road. 4:30 p.m. The Bishop Luers High School Alumni OfďŹ ce invites all alumni, family and friends of Bishop Luers High School to homecoming. Mass will be celebrated at 4:30 p.m. in the gym. The Distinguished Knight Honor will be presented after Mass. Nomination forms are available at bishopluers.org. The Alumni OfďŹ ce will hold a tailgate party from 5:30-7 p.m. The football game against Concordia Lutheran High School begins at 7 p.m. Luers fans may stop at the Spirit Booth to buy Luers T-shirts. An adult bonďŹ re will be held after the game, featuring the band Greta Sparks, sponsored by 1st Source Bank.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Fall Parade of Homes. Sponsored by Fort Wayne Home Builders Association. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is developed by Colonial Development Inc. and will be held in the northeast subdivision of Bay Meadow at Landin Park, on Landin Road south of Maysville Road. Parade homes will be open for public viewing starting Sept. 28 and continuing through Oct. 6. A portion of each $10 admission fee goes to beneďŹ t Habitat for Humanity. Homes are open noon-9 p.m. daily and noon-6 p.m. each Sunday. For details, visit hbafortwayne.com.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 County Night Out. Georgetown Branch, Allen County Public Library, 6600 E. State Blvd. 6:30 p.m., until no later than 8 p.m. An open house format allows residents the opportunity to meet the Allen County Commissioners and other elected ofďŹ ceholders, to get information about programs and services offered by the various county departments. Among the county departments and ofďŹ ceholders to be represented are the Parks Department, Highway Department, Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council, Human Resources, the Department of Planning Services, Building Department, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department, Solid Waste Management District, County Extension Service, Election Board, sheriff, recorder and assessor.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 Racial equity and healing. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Meeting Room B. 6:30 p.m. Free. It Is Well With My Soul presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reclaiming the Narrative,â&#x20AC;? a recap from the third annual Kellogg Foundation America Healing Conference. It Is Well With My Soul is a Kellogg Foundation Racial Equity grant recipient and a program afďŹ liate of African/African American Historical Society.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. For information, visit summitcitytm.org or call Kristal HefďŹ&#x201A;ey, (260) 918-2065.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Charity Fest for St. Vincent de Paul Society. Lantern banquet hall, 4420 Ardmore Ave. 7:30 p.m. Featuring Spike & the Bulldogs. Tickets $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Ticket includes light dinner and beer. Cash bar available. For details, visit svdpsfw.org. Fort Wayne Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Getaway. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Shop with professional rubber stamp and scrapbook design companies from around the country. Check out the latest stamping and scrapping products and techniques. Door prizes. Tickets available at the door for $8. Other discounts and specials available online. Program continues Sunday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Additional fee classes and a Make-and-Take party will be held on Friday, Oct. 4. For more details, visit toomuchfunpromotions.com/fort-wayne-indiana/.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 Celebrate Country Music Month with Sugar Shot. Cottage Event Center, 966 Locust Drive, Roanoke. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30. Tickets $10. A beneďŹ t for Roanoke Kiwanis Club. For details, call (260) 483-3508. Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. For information, visit summitcitytm.org or call Kristal HefďŹ&#x201A;ey, (260) 918-2065. A forum on academic success. Linkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland, 1711 Creighton Ave. 1-2:30 p.m. Folks Uniting Nowadays Fridays presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;High School and Higher Collaborations for Academic Success.â&#x20AC;? Lunch is available ranging in price from $6 to $10. To RSVP, call 420-0765.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Fort Wayne Health & Fitness Expo. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 daily, or get a weekend pass for $15. Kids 12 and under are admitted free. At 9 a.m. Saturday, registration begins for the Zombie 5K Run presented by Fort Wayne Health & Fitness. The weightlifting tournament begins at noon; registration is from 9-11 a.m. Other highlights include a cross-ďŹ t competition, power lifting, arm wrestling, karate/ judo, the Midwest high school hard body contest, yoga, spinning, dance, zumba and gymnastics.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 County Night Out. Aboite Township Community Center, 11321 Aboite Center Road. 6:30 p.m., until no later than 8 p.m. An open house format allows residents the opportunity to meet the Allen County Commissioners and other elected ofďŹ ceholders, to get information about programs and services offered by the various county departments. Among the county departments and ofďŹ ceholders to be represented are the Parks Department, Highway Department, Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council, Human Resources, the Department of Planning Services, Building Department, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department, Solid Waste Management District, County Extension Service, Election Board, sheriff, recorder and assessor. Anonymous By Adoption. Parkview Main Campus, 2109 E. State Blvd. 7 p.m. Support group for adoptees, adoptive parents, and separated siblings. For more information, call (260) 238-4529 or (260) 744-1518.

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Little River Project lists hikes and nature events Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and Huntington counties, has listed nature events for September and October. All are free and open to the community. For details of the program or a full list of autumn activities, visit lrwp.org, or call (260) 478-2515. Little River Ramblers. Every Tuesday in September and October, 9 to 11 a.m. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, to hike and explore the preserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plants and wildlife. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Short Hikes for Short Legs: Scat.â&#x20AC;? Wednesday, Sept. 18, 9-10 a.m. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn. Children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult, learn all about animal scat. Use play dough to make models of scat, followed by a short hike looking for these unique signs of different wildlife. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Fun Hike: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scat-ology.â&#x20AC;? Saturday, Sept. 28, 9-10:30 a.m. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn. Scat reveals the deep dark secret of which animals live at the marsh. Create scat models, using play dough, then hike to ďŹ nd some of these telltale signs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Migratory Birds of the Marsh.â&#x20AC;? Saturday, Oct. 5, 9-10:30 a.m. Meet at the Boy Scout OfďŹ ce parking lot, 8315 W. Jefferson Blvd. Indiana Master Naturalist Jeff Ormiston and Ed Powers of Stockbridge Audubon Society will help participants look for fall birds of Eagle Marsh: migrating shore birds, perching birds and more as well as year-round residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miami Indians and the Wabash.â&#x20AC;? Thursday, Oct. 10, 8:30-9:45 a.m. Light breakfast and nature presentation for nature lovers 50+ at Coventry Meadows Senior Community on West Jefferson Boulevard. Larry Wiedman, professor of biology at the University of Saint Francis, will present a historical perspective of the Forks of the Wabash and how the Miami Indians inďŹ&#x201A;uenced the development of this area. Free. Contact info@lrwp.org or call (260) 478-2515 to reserve a spot.

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