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Pacific base still at peace on pastor’s Pearl Harbor

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The U.S. military base of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was big, busy and at peace on Saturday, Dec. 6, 1941. It remains so on Fort Wayne pastor Todd Hammond’s 1-2,400 scale model. Pearl Harbor and the world changed the next morning, Sunday, Dec. 7. Japan sent 353 aircraft and 52 ships and submarines on a surprise attack that destroyed or disabled 19 U.S. Navy ships and more than 300 U.S. aircraft. The attack claimed 2,403 military and civilian lives, with more than half that number aboard the USS Arizona. By the next day, the U.S. was at war with the Empire of Japan. Within days, the U.S. was swept up in a global conflict. The Great War that had been fought just one generation before Pearl Harbor would now be known simply as World War I. The U.S. and its allies would win the new war less than four years later. The cost of the struggle between World War II victors would

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National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Building 76, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. A remembrance ceremony and exhibit preview. Two vice admirals and the museum director will install the final two pieces of the exhibit. This exhibit incorporates artifacts, photographs and film footage. The ceremony closes with a wreath-laying with 99-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor Chief Frank Ruby. The exhibit, which continues through March 1, includes a Pearl Harbor scale model created by Fort Wayne pastor Todd Hammond. The pastor is seeking funding to transport the model to the capital; visit gofundme.com. Find more information about the exhibit at history.navy.mil/nmusn.

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Todd Hammond’s scale model of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, occupies most of his Fort Wayne garage. The model will be part of an exhibit through March 1 at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C.

continue to be paid at new borders across the globe for generations to come. Hammond chooses to remember the last day before that dramatic and permanent change. It’s still a bright Saturday on Hammond’s little, peaceful Pacific island, which will go on display 75 Decem-

bers later at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C. The USS Arizona rests in Battleship Row. Hammond, the pastor of Agape Church of the Brethren, has preserved that moment on a meticulously painted plywood base that holds ships,

housing and airfields. His 25-year project has won the support of a survivor of that attack. Chief Frank Ruby, USN, retired, was aboard an oiling barge moored off Merry Point that morning in 1941. Ruby first visited Hammond’s scale Pearl Harbor years

ago in Dayton, Ohio. “He was very impressed when I first met him and I invited him to come and see my little mini-museum,” Hammond said. “He was just sort of humoring me. He thought it would be a few model ships. In fact, he had made a model of the Arizona and then he had seen someone else’s model of the Arizona Memorial, so he was keen to come see it. But then he saw the size of it and the detail involved and he was terribly impressed, and he said ‘Oh, you have to share this.’ And at that point there were a number of friends of his — veterans, both

Navy and Army Air Corps — who came to see it.” Ruby proposed to take the model to elementary schools on a flatbed truck, “which would have been just untenable,” Hammond said. “Then he gave the contact information to the director of the National Museum of the United States Navy, and I offered to loan or even donate the model to them. They said they were planning a 75th-anniversary commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which signaled America’s entry into World War II, and he said they would very much See PEARL, Page A12

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Horse-drawn wagons will carry visitors through the Allen County Fairgrounds to enjoy the stillness and admire the decorated trees at Christmas in the Country.

on those cold nights. The club will take four teams to take turns pulling two wagons. The clop-clop of hooves will echo through the stillness. Strings of holiday lights will silhouette the leafless trees. Families will bundle up in blankets for the adventure that will leave them right where they started.

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Teams of horses pulled plows and wagons in the farming community where Dick Griffis was raised. Griffis watched such a team from the seat of a snowplow that his father built. That was at Carroll and Hand roads, north of Fort Wayne. That was early in Griffis’ story, which is 76 and growing. It’s a special feeling that has defied time. Griffis and other members of the DeKalb County Horsemen’s Association share that feeling with crowds at about 90 events each year. They will do so again four nights in December at Christmas in the Country at the Allen County Fairgrounds. Griffis said the club’s horse-drawn contingent is always received warmly

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St. Joe Times • December 2, 2016

Friends build 10-ft. model of ill-fated USS Arizona

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Homestead High School students Logan Roser and Atticus Bennett hope to turn their respect for the military into a charity for veterans’ causes. The 16-year-old friends have built a 10-ft. scale model of the USS Arizona, which was destroyed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Roser started the project while an eighth-grader at Woodside Middle School. Science teacher Laura Smith has encouraged Roser throughout the project. “He started carrying around this big, thick book about the Arizona and it became a topic of conversation between the two of us,” Smith said. “One of the projects that he worked on includes a scale drawing

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Atticus Bennett and Logan Roser created a 10-ft., 350-pound scale model of the USS Arizona. Roser said the project has been especially well received thanks to Veterans Day and the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

and a model, and he made his own scale drawing of the Arizona and by the end of the year he wanted to make a model. I had some extra material from a Future Cities project and gave him

some of his first materials.” Roser said he could not buy the model on his own, so he decided to build one. That was four years ago. “I invited my friend Atticus to join me on it, and it

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kind of spiraled into this. We decided to build the biggest, best ship we could build,” he said. “My garage has primarily held one car. Everything else has been shifted over and I made my workshop here. She’s exactly 10 feet long, she’s got a beam at the widest point at about 1-foot, 9-inches, and she’s approximately 350 pounds.” “I’ve been Logan’s friend since first grade and when he came to me with this project I was totally on board with it,” Bennett said. “At first it seemed like a little project, and then it turned into a not-for-profit. We both have family in the military and we wanted to help them out.” Their not-for-profit is called 60.8ft Fleet, indicating the scale of their first ship. They hope to add a model of the USS Indianapolis to their fleet, and to show both ships to support their cause. The reaction has been very positive, Bennett said. “Everyone’s been super supportive of it, and we’ve gotten a lot of calls from people. We’ve gotten offers to display it places,” he said. Roser researched the

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Logan Roser and Atticus Bennett explain the USS Arizona scale model that they built. Most of the ship is made of wood. The 12-inch guns and “barbettes” — gun emplacements — are metal and were custom manufactured.

Arizona thoroughly. “I dug deeper and found things out, like she wasn’t actually supposed to be in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. It was just a coincidence,” he said. They invested two years in planning and dimensioning and two years in the actual building. “Imagine trying to get that thing on scale,” Bennett said. “We have pictures from all the way before it was built, in the planning phase, all the way through today.” Bennett said he also is benefiting by learning to operate a not-for-profit. Much of the Arizona model is wood. Many of the turrets and 12-inch guns are metal. Roser’s uncle John Reed in Alpena, Mich., machined some of the metal parts. Another uncle, Wesley Lewis, is deployed in the Navy and has helped plan the electrical layout for the ship. The builders hope to put the ship afloat with remote-control guidance. Roser described his grandfather Paul Roser, a Korean war veteran, as a major support who helped with tools and instruction. Roser said Smith, at Woodside, supported the project from

the beginning, including donating the first material. “He promised to stay in touch, and he has,” Smith said. “He has sent very enthusiastic emails about what he has learned.” The builders have learned about history, but also about welding and electrical wiring. “He has sent pictures of the progress and I try to continue to be encouraging and supporting,” she said. “I hope they really get to help bring this idea to the people and help support the veterans. It’s really neat to be able to stay in contact with a student over the course of the years and watch them accomplish their goals. Their perseverance has been very impressive. It’s an interesting project. They’ve spent a lot of time and they have a deep commitment to what they’re doing. I’ve been very impressed with that.” Roser said he does not see the project as honoring war, but as a tribute to the men and women who served. Find more information about their project on Facebook at 60.8ft Fleet.

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St. Joe Times • December 2, 2016

Christmas in Huntertown blesses 350 area families

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Volunteers from Fort Wayne and surrounding counties turn out to assist hundreds of their neighbors through a mission that will mark its eighth season Dec. 7-9. Christmas in Huntertown takes place in that town, and was established and nurtured by the Huntertown United Methodist Church. Last year, though, about 350 families from throughout the Allen County area were referred to benefit from the commu-

nity’s understanding. About 170 volunteers helped to make that possible. The church and its Outreach Clothing Ministry need more help to repeat the success of past years. Gift-giving suggestions include new or gently used DVDs for children and families, new toys for kids ages 2-12, new and gently used children’s books, gifts for teens and adults, hats, mittens, scarves and playing cards. Other items needed include family games, individual hot chocolate packages, microwave popcorn, boxed theatre

candy, Christmas stockings, wrapping paper, bows, tags, tape and Christmas bags. The church has two drop-off locations: • Huntertown United Methodist Church, 16021 Lima Road in Huntertown, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday until Dec. 8. • The Third Place, 1601 W. Cedar Canyons Road, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and again 6-8 p.m. and Dec. 6 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Registration for the event, which must include a referral from a local agency, school or church, began Thanksgiving week. Any

church, family or small group that would like more information may email missions@huntertownumc. org. Questions should be directed to (260) 633-8744 or by email to missions@huntertownumc. org. Anyone wishing to volunteer may email cmvolunteer@huntertownumc.org. The ministry welcomes new or gently used clothing for children or adults, hats, mittens, scarves, toys and games and wrapping paper and related Christmas items. Other suggested

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for ham radio operators communicating with people from all over the world. Once an operator makes contact with someone from another country, the communication is acknowledged through QSL cards. These cards are a confirmation of a two-way radio communication and are collected by the local group of amateur radio operators. The group holds contests and gives out awards to operators depending on how many cards they obtain signifying the number of countries they have contacted. While amateur radio is considered a hobby, it is also a public service. Radio operators aid the public by

tracking dangerous weather, communicating during crisis situations, and more. According to Boyer, the group is associated with the Department of Homeland Security and provides communication for the Red Cross through the radio operators’ emergency communications group. “(Communicating) during emergencies or disasters, we do a lot of that,” Boyer said. “If there’s a hurricane or tornado or earthquake, we have people all over the world. If there’s an earthquake for example, there’s more than likely someone in that country who will get on the air and you can communicate with them.”

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The Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society is just one of many groups of ham radio operators in the United States. About 700,000 licensed amateur radio operators reside in the United States and nearly 100 of them are here in Allen County. Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is a form of communication over long distances. This type of radio technology is considered a hobby and can be enjoyed by anyone who obtains a license. According to the National Association for Amateur Radio website, a license is required

because radio waves do not stop for international borders. This hobby enjoyed by thousands gives ham radio operators a chance to communicate with the other side of the world. As ACARTS Chairman Jim Boyer explained, this group of operators is more like a community. “The nice thing about ham radio is that it is a very open organization,” Boyer said. This open organization also allows for open communication with people from all over the globe. While some local radio antennas can communicate up to a 50-mile radius, other antennas have the

capability of communicating overseas. This is possible by sending radio waves that bounce off the ionosphere, a layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, then traveling thousands of miles. According to Boyer, the distance these waves are able to travel depends on the conditions on a given day. Factors such as sunspot activity or simply the time of day contribute to how far radio waves can travel. Communicating with people from all over the world with a similar interest in amateur radio allows the operators to build relationships. Boyer explains the conversations held through ham radio as simple and

usually lighthearted. “A lot of what we do is just listen and if we hear somebody we’d like to contact, we just give them a call,” Boyer said. “It’s nothing Earth-shaking. We talk about the weather, where they are exactly on the Earth or what country. We try not to get political, we just converse with them about their day-to-day activities.” Friendships are often formed between operators here in Allen County and others on the other side of the world through this form of communication. Boyer explains how they set up a schedule to call their friends overseas on a regular basis. There are also incentives

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to 15 people. All profit from the Santa Train supports the nonprofit society’s railroad preservation efforts in northeast Indiana. “In the last three years we’ve increased our ridership and sold out every train, all while reducing wait times for passengers and improving the entire experience,” Lynch said in a statement on the Society’s website. “We’ve added a fourth operating day to accommodate increased demand and we’re turning our entire restoration facility into Santa’s Workshop to really make this more than just a train ride.”

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St. Joe Times • December 2, 2016

Events for Christmas, New Year’s and everything in between

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Festival of Gingerbread The History Center, 302 E. Berry St. Through Dec. 11: festival and gingerbread house viewing Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sundays, noon-5 p.m. Admission: Adults, $6; 3-17 and 65+ years, $4; 2 years and under, free See over 100 creations made by preschoolers to adults, including professional chefs. Holiday Jazz Swing Concert Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance Hall. Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. This annual event helps to bring in the holiday season. Music education students will debut at the helm of the IPFW Jazz Ensemble. Each will choose a holiday favorite, teach it to the ensemble and then direct it in this concert. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music. Christmas in the Village Throughout Roanoke. Dec. 2, all day Santa will arrive by fire truck at the library at about 6 p.m.. He will then meet and greet with all the children inside with refreshments and cookies. ‘Messiah’ Sing-Along Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 1500 W. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. Dec. 4, 2 p.m. Admission $5. Presented by Bach Collegium. The joy of singing “Messiah” is open to everyone in the annual Messiah SingAlong, with Thomas Remenschneider directing. Participants should bring their own score or borrow one of the copies that will be available. Holiday cookies and coffee will be served. Bach Collegium is a Baroque music ensemble based in Fort Wayne. Visit bachcollegium.org for more information.

‘Home for the Holidays’ Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance Hall. Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. The IPFW Department of Music will present its annual holidays performance, featuring the IPFW Community Orchestra, University and Chamber Singers, IPFW Choral Union, Singing Dons, and more. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw. edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music.

15-passenger van, $30 per bus/trolley Horse-drawn carriage rides are also available Fridays-Sundays through reservations with Steve Cornelius at (260) 691-3780.

A Canterbury Christmas at Trinity Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne Dec. 4, 3 p.m. Canterbury School’s children’s choir, high school orchestra, middle school chamber orchestra, middle/high school band, and the high school choirs will perform at this free concert in Canterbury’s first home.

Christmas in the Castle University of Saint Francis, Brookside Mansion, 2701 Spring St., Fort Wayne Dec. 2 and 3 Dec. 2, 4-6 p.m.; Dec. 3, noon-5 p.m. Admission: Adults, $7; 10 years and under, $3 Historic Brookside Mansion decorated for Christmas by florists and designers.

‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’ First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne Dec. 1-4, 10 and 11, 17 and 18 Dec. 4, 2 p.m.; Dec. 11 and 18, 6 p.m.; all other shows, 7:30 p.m. Admission: Adults and children, $20; 65 years and older, $18; Thursday preview, Dec. 1, $12 “It’s a Wonderful Life,” re-created as 1940s radio drama.

Botanical Conservatory: Garden in Lights and 12 Days of Christmas Garden Exhibit 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne Through Jan. 8, 2017 Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, open until 8 p.m.; Sundays, noon-4 p.m. Admission: Adults, $5; 3-17 years, $3; 2 years and under, free Showcase House, Tropical and Desert Houses and outdoor gardens decorated for the holidays; elements of the 12 Days of Christmas will be in the Conservatory’s poinsettia garden and other garden areas.

Christmas in the Country Allen County Fairgrounds, 2826 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne Dec. 2 and 3, 9 and 10; 6-9 p.m. Admission: $5; 5 years and under, free Food, visits with Santa, live animals, horse-drawn wagon rides, silent auction, local choirs and more. Fort Wayne Ballet: ‘The Nutcracker’ Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne Dec. 2-4; 6; 9-11 Dec. 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2:30 p.m. Admission: Adults, $45; 65 years and older, $39; 11-18 years, $30; 3-10 years, $28

Headwaters Park Ice Skating Rink 333 South Clinton St., Fort Wayne Through Feb. 28, 2017 Mondays-Thursdays, 1-8 p.m.; Fridays, noon-10 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sundays, noon-8 p.m. Admission: 14 years and older, $5; 13 years and under, $3; skate rental, $2

Breakfast with Saint Nicholas University of Saint Francis, Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center Ballroom, 431 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne Dec. 3, 9:45 a.m.-noon Admission: Adults, $10; 12 years and under, $6 Food and fun while learning about the real Saint Nicholas, who will be available for pictures.

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donations from the riders, who will see the fairgrounds sparkle with winter. If asked, Griffis might share visions of that same neighborhood more than 70 winters ago. “Oh, I can remember my dad having a team

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on the farm and I can remember riding behind that team, a hay wagon or the one that really sticks in my mind is plowing snow in the wintertime with a V-plow that my dad made,” he said. Griffis sold his team in late October. He’s confident the animals are in

good hands, because the new owner has looked after them for a while, he said. “So right now I’m out of teams, but I’ll still go with them and help do whatever I can,” he said. “I think the horses have come back,” Griffis said. “People are missing

Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9 p.m. each night: Friday, Dec. 2; Saturday, Dec. 3; Friday, Dec. 9; and Saturday, Dec. 10. Entry fee of $5 per person, age 5 and under free. Parking is free. Other highlights: • Families can have their photos taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus sponsored by Kingston Care Center of Fort Wayne for a fee, thanks to Randy Williams Photography. • A chili supper will be for sale from 6-9 each evening, along with sandwiches, snacks, desserts and beverages. • Experience a Nativity scene, hear choirs and see and pet live animals in a country barn, where hot cider will be available. • Children — and families, too — can create Christmas crafts. • Bow-Tie the Clown will be on hand to paint children’s faces. • Visitors may vote for the best decorated tree in the annual Christmas tree decorating contest. Cross Border Partners will distribute these decorated trees to needy families after the event. • Guests are asked to bring new, unwrapped toys to donate to needy children in the area. Cross Border Partners will distribute the toys. • Your help is welcome. Help with the event by donating decorations, lights and plastic milk jugs for luminaria, or volunteer to help set up or staff. Donations can be dropped off at the Fairgrounds, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., or call for pickup for larger donations. For more information or to donate or volunteer, call (260) 705-9526 or email linnemeier@frontier.com. (All proceeds benefit building and grounds improvements at the Allen County Fairgrounds. For details, visit allencountyfairgroundsin.com. Or go to Facebook and visit Allen County Fairgrounds / Allen County Fair.) them, and especially people who are 60 to 80 years old and they can relate back to when they had them on the farm.

And the younger generation likes looking at them because they’re just neat; they’re just a special animal.”

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Boar’s Head and Yule Log keeps 200 costumes ready

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As Christmas 2015 approached, Katherine Caldwell and crew scurried to prepare 200 costumes for the 41st Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. Besides the usual mending and adjusting, Caldwell’s crew rushed to replace the royal garb of the Three Kings who would arrive at Bethlehem via the center aisle of Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ. The wardrobe department also updated the apparel of three pages and six torchbearers. Sue Mau, Sue McMurdy, Maggie Fiedler, Myah Fiedler, Louise Misegades and Caldwell’s assistant — Brandy Fisher — labored away, surrounded by racks of costumes of kings, angels, shepherds and madrigals. “I have my fingers crossed that we get those done in time for the performance this year,” Caldwell said on the second Saturday of December. “If not, they’ll be rolled out next year.” The crew succeeded, and put the new costumes to use in the closing days of 2015. “Everyone just loved them,” Caldwell said. Preparing for the 42nd annual festival, the crew has another goal. “This year we’re doing

the Star of the East,” Caldwell said. “She’s the one who will carry the huge staff with a star down the center aisle when the Three Kings come in.” The costume crew has a new volunteer this year. Jim Clauser served as The Herald — the festival’s central figure — for 40 years. Misegades — who is Caldwell’s mother — and Clauser have served the festival in one capacity or another, or several capacities, since its first season. Caldwell was involved in the first year of the festival, at age 8, as a caroler. Today she tends to the constant care of the wardrobe. “We’re always looking for volunteers who would like to participate, whether that be behind the scenes, including the costume department, or in the service,” she said. “Anyone who’s interested should contact the church and they will be directed to the right person. The more people we have, the more costumes we can replace.” Throughout the festival, Caldwell’s peers continue caring for the December tradition on many fronts. Beth Walker is the festival’s business manager, who also works behind the scenes, tending to security and details such as the cast party. Her main focus, though, is ensuring that

“It’s probably a larger budget than people might expect because we do have professional (Fort Wayne) Philharmonic musicians. So we are supporting the community there, too. It takes some good money.” The festival estimates the cost at about $20,000 each year. The 2016 festival has been reduced to two services each of two evenings, instead of three evenings. “The cast gets some of their holiday back and we have one less night to pay musicians,” Walker said.

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The wardrobe crew prepares costumes for the Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. The crew includes (from left) Sue Mau, Sue McCurdy, Katherine Caldwell, Maggie Fiedler, Myah Fiedler, (not shown) Brandy Fisher, Louise Misegades and Jim Clauser.

the festival is supported financially in three ways. “The largest portion of our support comes from our patron donations,” she said. “A lot of people know of course that our tickets are free, however if a person chooses to support with their patronage, they can request tickets to a performance of their choice. If they really want their choice of services, they’re happy to write that check for $50.” Patrons provide most of the funding. “Another opportunity is during the wassail scene they (wassails) climb the pews and they have cups in hand and they take money, and you’d be surprised how much can come of that,” she said. “And then we have our beef-eaters’ offering at the end. They stand with baskets and nobody’s pressured. We

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Christmas gifts and food will be delivered to 377 families this season through the efforts of the Allen County Christmas Bureau. “We had all the families adopted by the 28th of October,” said Jane Surbeck, the Christmas Bureau president. “I love doing this. It’s so much fun knowing that we help other folks have the Christmas of a lifetime. I remember when I was in the same boat that some of these people are in, but there weren’t such things as Christmas Bureaus back then.” Case managers from more than 25 agencies screen the applicants. The recipients are matched anonymously with donors, who provide at least one outfit of clothing and other gifts for the qualifying families. The recipient and adopter lists are closed for 2016. “Our adopters are so generous. They have to buy one outfit of clothing, but they buy three,” Surbeck said. One little girl had requested either a certain doll or a bicycle. The adopting family asked if it was OK to buy both.

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Surbeck explained that the gift list is a minimum, not a limit. “This man and his mom had been shopping all day and having a great time,” Surbeck said. Anyone who would like to supplement the gifts may contribute nonperishable food, personal hygiene items, paper products and cleaning products. Drop-off hours are 9 a.m.3:30 p.m., Nov. 28-Dec. 2, at the warehouse at 5449 Keystone Drive, off Ley Road, Fort Wayne. Adopting families will drop off gifts at the warehouse on designated mornings in early December. “The case managers will pick them up in the afternoon and take them to the families

so they can put them under the tree, and then we’re done for the year,” Surbeck said. Well, not quite done. The wrap-up meeting is in January. The annual meeting in May. Other regular meetings continue in June and August, and the case managers open house is in August. Then the process begins anew. The call goes out to adopting families by mail in September. Anyone who would like to have their name added to the list of contributors may sign up via allencountychristmasbureau@gmail.com. New families are chosen each year. Recipients See HELP, Page A9

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Laura McCoy directs the children’s music and also plays flute in the orchestra for the Plymouth Church post-Christmas tradition.

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royal couple as something for this feast of the boar’s head,” he said. The festival also features the Three Kings, Mary and Joseph, and other figures central to the the Nativity of Jesus.Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ has presented the festival since 1975, for a total audience of 129,160.

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HELP from Page A8 include a few one-person households, some of whom are seniors. The majority of the families have two to four members. About 10 percent of the families have five or more members. Adopting families specify the size of the family they are prepared to assist. Surbeck said major contributors include Concordia Lutheran and Holy Cross Lutheran elementary schools, and Concordia Lutheran, Homestead and Snider

high schools. “We have a lot of schools who participate, but those schools go over and above,” she said. Concordia Lutheran High School has been participating for more than 40 years. Holy Cross joined the effort this year. “They took eight families, which is substantial,” Surbeck said. According to the Christmas Bureau website, most families request basic needs such as sheets, towels, pots and pans. Read more about the program at allencountychristmasbureau.com.

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EVENTS from Page A5 Christmas on the Farm Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne Dec. 3, 1-5 p.m. Admission: $5 per car Live music, horse-drawn wagon rides, crafts, Santa Claus and more. Mannheim Steamroller Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Admission: $25-173, depending on seat 32nd anniversary of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album and Christmas tour. Classic Christmas hits from Mannheim Steamroller with special effects. Family Movies Fort Wayne Parks and Recreations Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne Dec. 7, 15, 20 and 22, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 7: “Frosty the Snowman” Dec. 15: “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” Dec. 20: “The Grinch” Dec. 22: “Elf” Admission: $1; reservation deadlines the day before movie showing at 4:30 p.m. All movies family-friendly and rated PG. Includes hot chocolate and cookies. Toddler Art Fort Wayne Parks and Recreations Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne Dec. 9, 9 a.m. for 1.5-3 years, 10 a.m. for 3-5 years Admission: $18; registration due one week before start of class. Try out painting, gluing, sculpting and more.

Gingerbread Pursuit Cinema Center Inc., 437 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne Dec. 10, 8:30 a.m. Admission: $22; participants get free entry into Gingerbread Festival at History Center Four-mile race starting in downtown, staying near the river. Santacon Dec. 10, 1-6 p.m. pub crawl, 6-9 p.m. after party at the Historic Freemason’s Hall Admission: $20 for full-access pass, $10 for after party only. Visit santaconfortwayne.com for passes. Nonprofit fundraiser for the Mizpah Shrine Van Replacement Fund; Santa and elf-themed pub crawl and after party, with food, drinks, costume contests and live music from See EVENTS, Page A14

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PEARL from Page A1 like to have this as part of the exhibition. That was more than two years ago that we started making those arrangements.” Ruby, who celebrated his 99th birthday on Nov. 1, will lay a wreath to conclude an opening ceremony at 9 a.m. Dec. 7. The exhibit continues through March 1. Ruby has shared his memories during his visits with Hammond. “He related that when the planes came over they came over the submarine base and fleet resupply area, to attack the ships here at Battleship Row,” Hammond said, extending a pointer to near the center of the display. “He was at this point here where

one of the submarines was moored. He remembers that quite vividly, he said. Then his next memory was to awaken here at the infirmary with no recollection of how he came to be there.” Ruby worked in salvage after the attack, then continued to serve throughout the war. He became part of a still celebrated but ever diminishing remnant of the league of survivors. “He is from my hometown of Dayton, Ohio,” Hammond said. “In fact he was raised in the East Dayton Church of the Brethren. He was actually baptized by my dear wife’s great uncle, who was pastor at the East Dayton church for 50, 60 years.” When Hammond

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Battleship Row remains calm on Dec. 6, 1941, a date frozen in time on Todd Hammond’s scale model of the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

and Chief Ruby met, Hammond was pastor of the Brookville Church of the Brethren, in Dayton. “When I first told him this model was going to go Washington for the 75th anniversary, I said ‘I do hope you will be able to come, Mr. Ruby.’ And he said ‘Well I’m 96 now; I can’t guarantee I’ll still be here.’ And we’re just very pleased that he is still with us.” Hammond points to the plywood Pearl Harbor and shares notes on where the USS Nevada was beached after the attack. He explains the several types of housing. “These were military housing. See, there’s a loose one. I’ll just glue that one back on. And once the war started they needed civilian housing, as many as 12 in a small apartment. It’s quite spartan living. “Admiral Nimitz actually lived in this home, which now is a museum.” He found details in aerial

photos from many sources. “You’d be surprised at what you can find,” he said. “For example, this photo is Hickam Air Force Base. The source from the Library of Congress isn’t sure whether it’s 1941 or 1942. I know from looking at it that it’s from 1941, early 1941.” He points to “a rather large repair building” on his scale model that was just a beach early that year, but which was complete before the attack. He still dreams of visiting Pearl Harbor. “We were going to go for our 25th anniversary and wound up going to a historic 300th anniversary of the founding of the Church of the Brethren in Germany that year,” he said. He developed the scale model in sections in his basement and has assembled it in a single 113-inch by 76-inch unit that has turned his garage into a museum. He is raising

Tiny buildings reflect the many levels of military and civilian housing on Todd Hammond’s miniature of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

money to ship the exhibit to Washington. After that, he hopes a museum will accept it. A quarter-century into the project, Hammond cannot explain his level of interest in Pearl Harbor. “I don’t know,” he said. “I can name a number of reasons. Initially my fascination was with the sea and ships and particularly modeling these behemoth battleships. But to see so many collected together in one place — and then just the tragedy of all of it. Fascinating. Man’s capacity to be inhumane to his fellow man. It’s tragic, but fascinating. “It’s not just the 3,000 people who died here at Pearl Harbor, but the more than 400,000 Americans who would die in the European and Pacific theaters

in the world war. Their lives were as wonderful and precious to them as ours are to us, but they were cut short. And that’s not to mention the tens of millions of people who perished.” He has pondered the irony of a Church of the Brethren pastor who has worked so hard to reveal a reminder of war. “It’s meant to honor those who were lost,” he said. “It’s meant as a tribute to those who served, though others have served in nonviolent ways. It’s keeping before us the tragedy, the sorrow, the cost of war, and in a way expressing a hope that humankind would find a better way to solve differences.” (Find more information about the attack on Pearl Harbor at nationalww2museum.org.)

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EVENTS from Page A11 HotHouse. Participating bars in the crawl will be offering specials just for participants, including Club Soda and Rudy’s. Walk to Bethlehem First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne Dec. 10 and 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tours start every 10 minutes. Walk through the story of Jesus’ birth outside in different live scenes. After the tour, a Bethlehem marketplace will be available to explore, including Roman soldiers, marketplace vendors, census taker and more. Prayer and reflection afterwards in sanctuary. Holiday Dinner and/or Light Tour Fort Wayne Parks and Recreations Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne Dec. 12, dinner and tour, 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.; just tour, 6-8 p.m. Admission: $15 for dinner and tour; $8 just for tour. Reservations for dinner due by Dec. 2. Holiday dinner and light tour; following dinner, provided buses will take participants through the Christmas lights displays. Canterbury Middle School Winter Concert Canterbury Middle School Auditorium, 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne; enter by Door 19 Dec. 13, 7 p.m. Middle School orchestras, band and choir will perform seasonal music at this free concert. Las Posadas Trinity English Lutheran Church, 450 W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne Dec. 16, 6-7:30 p.m. Share the Holy Family’s search for shelter in Bethlehem. Join the procession to “journey” through the church, knocking on doors. At the last door, everyone will be welcomed in to enjoy dinner, a piñata and other fun. Las Posadas is a traditional Christmas event in Mexico, Latin American countries, and the southwest United States. All ages are welcome. Chamber Orchestra: ‘Messiah’ by Candlelight First Wayne Street United Methodist, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne Dec. 15 and 16, 7:30 p.m. Admission: $35+, depending on seat Heartland Sings: ‘The Spirit of Christmas’ Allen County Courthouse, 715 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne Dec. 17 and 18, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Admission: advance, $20, at door $25 Heartland vocalists performance. 42nd Annual Boar’s Head & Yule Log Festival Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ, 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne Dec. 29-30, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. 250 participants tell the story of Christ as a child as it spread through the Middle Ages. Tickets are free to patrons, or are available free from 4:30-7 p.m. Dec. 15. Visit plymouthfw.org for details.

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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 485-9437 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.)

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The Fort Wayne Ballet’s 60-year presence has provided the city with decades of artistic entertainment, making Fort Wayne a spot for nationally-recognized ballet schooling and performance. The ballet academy and company have performed many ballets over the years, including “Sleeping Beauty,” “Giselle,” “Swan Lake,” “Coppelia,” “Peter and the Wolf,” “Cinderella” and “The Nutcracker.” Beginning first as an academy, the ballet grew to include a regional professional ballet company with dancers moving to Fort Wayne from all over the world to work as an official dancer. The Fort Wayne Ballet began in the 1950s, when Fort Wayne was thriving as an industrial hub with a myriad of city amenities. Community members felt the area was missing an

‘THE NUTCRACKER’ AT THE ARTS UNITED CENTER 303 East Main St. Dec. 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11 at 2:30 p.m., Sugar Plum Fairy party after performances in gallery. Dec. 2-3 with Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. Dec. 6 is discounted for Girl Scouts.

important part of a proper metropolis — a ballet academy. By 1956, a local group’s organization and fundraising came together to provide the city with its first true ballet academy, on Broadway. Fort Wayne Ballet quickly grew and moved to Penn Avenue in 1969, sharing a building with Arts United. The Fort Wayne Ballet is now in its fifth season at its Main Street location at the Auer Center for Arts and Culture. From the academy grew the company. The ballet company started as a loca-

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The Fort Wayne Ballet rehearses for its 58th “The Nutcracker” season. To view a video featuring the upcoming performances, visit infortwayne.com.

tion professional dancers would visit for a few weeks out of the year. Now, it has its own group of professional dancers who live and perform in the area yearround. The dancers come from across the country — California, Virginia,

Canterbury’s Ireland trip celebrates love of music By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

A group of 60 Canterbury High School students traveled to Ireland for an arts and music tour over the Thanksgiving break. The trip marked Canterbury’s second trip to the Emerald Isle in as many years. The trip included performances and workshops. “We wanted to go someplace where there’s a true love of music,” said Jane Galbraith, band director and one of four faculty members to make the trip. “When you’re in Ireland there’s spontaneous music like our students were jamming here,” she said after a rehearsal for the benefit of an all-school assembly. “You walk down the street and people are just playing music. There’s just such a cultural love of music. “We also wanted to do something that was as affordable as possible. Some of our students have never traveled out of the country before, so Ireland is easy in terms of the food, the language, the acceptance of musicians of all ages and all levels. It’s just a safe and smooth environment. It was an easy

Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida — and, currently, one ballerina is from Argentina. Many of the professional dancers are also former Fort Wayne Ballet academy dancers who went through the University of Saint

Francis’ dance program, said Karen Gibbons-Brown, executive and artistic director of the Fort Wayne Ballet. Over the past 60 years, many traditions developed for the Fort Wayne Ballet, and its growth and success

Jane Galbraith conducts the Canterbury High School band in Irvin Berlin’s “America” medley. The band presented the music for a student assembly that doubled as a rehearsal for a fine arts trip to Ireland.

place for the kids to go, especially if they’ve never traveled overseas before.” Galbraith said the tour guide lives in Waterford, the first stop. “We started talking with him about doing something entertaining, where we are really engaging with Irish students our own age,” she said. “So he has set up a collaboration where we’re going to spend a whole day with a theater company called TheatreBox Studios, which is a youth theater, but there’s also dancing and they also have theater tech. So we’re going to put together a concert that puts together what we do, what they do. Then that evening

we’re going to perform that.” After Waterford, the Canterbury travelers would see the Cliffs of Moher on the way to Galway, where they would perform a concert at Medieval Saint Nicholas Church. They also would explore Connemara and Kylemore Abbey, and would see the grave of Yeats on the way to Belfast. They planned to perform at a Christmas Tree Festival Launch in St. Columba’s Parish, Belfast, on the Nov. 24. Students also would visit the Titanic Museum and Trinity College. Other Canterbury faculty making the trip were: See TRIP, Page B10

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allow it the opportunity to collaborate with other regional organizations. The company works with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, providing the rare experience of viewing a ballet with a live symphony and choir. It also collaborates with sports teams in Fort Wayne for National Dance Week, when trading cards of the Fort Wayne Ballet professional dancers and other Fort Wayne athletes are created. One of the more unique traditions the Fort Wayne Ballet has is its partnership with the Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control for the “Muttcracker,” a spin on “The Nutcracker.” All of the animals incorporated into the show are available for adoption and can be met during intermission in the lobby. Since the Fort Wayne Ballet started its “Muttcracker,”

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A special supplement to Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, Aboite & About, Dupont Valley, East Allen Times, St. Joe Times and IN Fort Wayne.

Two hundred years and counting BY LEE SAUER

In 200 years of statehood, Indiana, the smallest of 12 Midwestern states, has grown accustomed to being overlooked. From the moment its borders were drawn, Indiana’s 280- mile, north- south axis put it in the path of American growth and progress. But no one seemed to notice — or when they did, they did so with derision. Old- time travelers nicknamed the state “crossroads of America.” In other words, a place to pass through, not

a destination. And yesteryear’s wags referred to the state’s residents as “Hoosiers,” a derogatory term meaning “uncouth simpleton.” In more recent times, Indiana’s conservatism and religiosity have left it out of step with a changing and secular world. Again, U.S. sentiment seems to say, it’s a quaint place to visit for a Super Bowl or NCAA finals —but who would want to live there? Today, sophisticated travelers refer to Indiana (together with its Midwest neighbors) as a

“flyover state.” But lack of notice is not the same as lack of importance. Indiana’s place in American history is second to none. *** Think the only war on U.S. soil was the American Civil War? Think again. Residents of Indiana live on a battleground. When U.S. expansion backed eastern woodland Indians up against the prairie — the very limit of the vast, seemingly endless forest which began at the nation’s East Coast and essentially ended at

Indiana’s western border — this land’s native people made a last desperate, violent stand. Historians commonly call these fights The Indian Wars. Hoosiers’ modern life bustles them past places with names of incredible historical significance: Fort Wayne, Tippecanoe, Mississinewa. And yet, the significance of these places has contracted over time. Now they are memorialized by historical markers on busy streets or near a cornfield. Or parks for walking the dog.

*** Indiana’s history since settlement by Americans survived better. Ask any child about Indiana’s pioneers, and they will tell the story of brave, hard working families willing to face dangers in an untamed land. Less well known is the pattern of settlement. Blocked by an impenetrable natural wonder known as the “Black Swamp” (which covered the northern half of Ohio), Indiana’s residents largely came from the south. That simple fact

reverberates today in our state’s religion, race relations, government and speech. *** The pioneer era led to the romantic period for which Indiana is best known: The time of the family farm. With the arrival of trains, towns popped up all over the state. Markets across the country came within reach. And products from eastern cities became available here. With automobiles, isolation melted further. Growth and prosperity n

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backbone of the economy Continued from PAGE B2

came within reach of anyone willing to work hard. This was the time of Friday night basketball games, Saturday night visits to town, 4-H and county fairs. For more than 100 years, family farms served as the backbone of the state’s economy. It went on so long, and became so intertwined with the state’s image, it seemed impossible it should end. *** Since the passing of the family farm, Indiana has struggled for a new identity. Industrial farming and manufacturing now provide the economic motor. But neither is as embraceable as singlefamily farming. Both bring environmental and

social challenges. And neither can honestly promise a secure financial future. It’s an era still in progress, its history largely unwritten. When Indiana gets national notice today, it’s when the state passes a law, or a politician makes a statement, that swims against the national current. *** Two hundred years. Twenty decades. That’s how we’ve arrived at Indiana’s bicentennial. What follows is a series of articles on our Allen County’s, decade by decade. Each 10-year period is associated with a topic connected to that time. We’ll discuss topics introduced above, plus a few more. With reverence for

the past and hope for the future, happy birthday, Indiana! ABOUT THE WRITER

Formerly a teacher, commercial fisherman and journalist, Lee P. Sauer now makes his living as a freelance writer, illustrator and handyman. He is the author of “It’s a Duesey!,” “The Many Lives of Glenn T. Rieke,” and the illustrated books for children, “Ralph’s Indiana Bicentennial Activity and Coloring Book,” and “Drawing from History: Abraham Lincoln.” Sauer plays lead banjo in the musical duo Schmaltz & Blarney. He lives in Angola with an ever-changing combination of daughters, chickens and cats.

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Historic map — shows the Northwest Territory before Indiana statehood.

1816 — A change of hands One of Fort Wayne’s most important events after Indiana’s statehood was the arrival of Samuel Hanna to the area in 1819 at the age of 22 — the same year the original fort for which Fort Wayne is named after was abandoned for a larger one. Hanna would later become one of the most important men in Fort Wayne’s development as an early settlement. By 1823, Fort Wayne was officially platted as a village and the

newly-opened U.S. Land Office began to sell government land won from the Native Americans in previous years. The site would later become the U.S. Indian Agency, in charge of making payments to Native Americans for their land. Alexander Ewing and his family, one of the first families to settle and build their homestead in Fort Wayne in 1822, became prominent figures in Native American trade and appropriation. It was

in the Ewings’ home that Allen County was officially organized and named after John Allen, who helped siege Fort Wayne in 1812 but died the year after in the River Raisin Massacre. Thomas Swinney, another important early Fort Wayne figure, moved to Fort Wayne the year after the Ewings. It was toward the end of this decade that Samuel Hanna began to make his mark as perhaps the biggest Fort Wayne promotor in history.

1826 — A decade of development Alexander Ewing only lived four years in Fort Wayne before his death in 1826. His sons, capitalizing on the rising popularity of the Native American fur-trading scene, sold most of the land of Ewington to W.G. & G.W. Ewing Company, one of the most prominent fur-trading entrepreneurs in the region. The following year, Samuel Lewis—a relative of Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark) and his wife Katherine Wallace moved to Fort Wayne. Katherine’s nephew, General Lew Wallace, would often come stay with the couple in Fort Wayne. He would later write Ben Hur, one of the most influential Christian books of the nineteenth

century. That same year, the home of Chief Richardville was built, which is now recognized as the oldest American Indian house in the Midwest. In 1829, Fort Wayne moved up from a village to a town with a population of 300 people. It was soon after its promotion to the Town of Fort Wayne that John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, first reached Allen County on his mission to promote fruit trees. The 1830s began the first real movements to make Fort Wayne a prosperous city and a valued destination amongst settlers. The year after the first court house was built, Samuel Hanna, desperate for

Fort Wayne to thrive, undertook building plank roads to better facilitate travel in and out of the town. By 1835, the push for more efficient trade and resource delivery was realized by construction of the canal from Fort Wayne to Huntington, connecting the Maumee and Wabash rivers. Most of the labor was performed by 1,000 Irish immigrant laborers, directed by Jesse Williams. It was also during this time that Hugh McCulloch moved to Fort Wayne and constructed his homestead. He would go on to become the Secretary of Treasury to Abraham Lincoln as the country moved closer to the Civil War years.

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1836 — Reaching city status By 1840, Fort Wayne’s population reached 2,000 and the town became incorporated as the City of Fort Wayne, two years after the first public school in the area was built between Berry and Wayne Streets and St. Joseph Hospital first opened in the Rockhill Hotel. This decade was composed of the continual development encouraged by

Samuel Hanna and other prominent Fort Wayne figures. Their drive is what made the official grand opening of the canal, small pieces of which had begun opening since 1835. The canal opened up the region between the head of the steamboat navigation in Lafayette all the way to Toledo, Ohio. Fort Wayne’s position at the highest point of elevation along

the canal earned it the title the Summit City. Only a few years after the canal’s grand opening, Johnny Appleseed, who had settled near Fort Wayne toward the end of his life, died and was buried. It was also during this time that Rev. Charles Beecher of Fort Wayne took leave to assist his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, while she worked on her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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1846 — Railroads reach Summit City The 1850s became the first time Fort Wayne would begin hearing a new nickname: The City of Churches. As more people moved to the developing city, it

became a significant center for Catholic, Lutheran and Episcopal faiths. Many churches and cathedrals rose up, though some would be lost to fire or outdated

architecture. In 1854, the canal proved increasingly useful when the area’s first steam engine arrived on canal boat, beginning the progres-

sion of a prosperous railroad industry in Fort Wayne. The city would later become the world’s largest supplier of railroad wheels and axles. Samuel Hanna,

always a leader in Fort Wayne development, donated land in 1852 to the city, which would become important to the rising local transportation industry. The site

would soon be used for the Pennsylvania Shops, where locomotives and cars would later be designed and built, stretching nearly three miles long.

1856 — Into the Civil War; city growth continues Railroads became increasingly popular and the fight to be the most powerful railway was underway. It was at this time that the Chicago and Fort Wayne, Ohio and Indiana and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads were merged to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, later known as the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was also during this decade that Thomas Edison worked as a railroad telegraph operator and rented a room at the corner of Columbia

and Calhoun streets downtown. Hanna, now an old man, made his last major impression on Fort Wayne by convincing the directors of the newly-merged railroad to place their repair and construction shops in Fort Wayne, which would become the famous Penny shops of Fort Wayne. A new presidency was underway in 1860 and Abraham Lincoln made a point to stop in Fort Wayne on his way to New York for his speech at the

Cooper Union. A year later, President Lincoln’s call to defend the Union led Fort Wayne leaders to form Camp Allen as a training ground with first recruiting officer William “Popgun” Smith. It was during this time Eliza George made headway as one of the most determined nurses in the Civil War. In 1863, at the age of 54, George became an Army Nurse in the overflowing Memphis hospitals. Mother George, as she became known amongst the wounded

soldiers under her care, hardly took rest or visited Fort Wayne during her time as an army nurse. In 1865, she contracted typhoid fever and died, upon which she was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery with full military honors. While some Fort Wayne residents left to help with the war effort, others were making progress in the growing city. The year before Mother George left for Memphis, French immigrant Charles Centlivre opened the

French Brewery, which became one of the most prominent breweries in the Midwest. At the end of the 19th century, it became known as the C.L. Centlivre Brewing Company when Charles died and his sons, Charles and Louis, took over the business. It once again changed names during the Prohibition and was called the Centilvre Ice and Cold Storage Co. After the Prohibition ended, the company was named Centlivre Brewing Corp. Saloons became

increasingly popular during this decade as well and the city became a harbor for crime like that of the Ed Ryan Gang, a group of professional pickpockets, gamblers and thieves. The gang was well-known around Fort Wayne from 1865-1867, until Ryan was finally arrested upon returning to the United States after fleeing to Canada for several years. Though he only served a few years of his sentence, the gang fell apart without its leader and did not officially recommence.

1866 — Baseball begins; manufacturing espands In 1866, Fort Wayne’s Kekionga baseball team, named after the capital of the Miami tribe, played its first game on July 4. However, it was also during this year that Samuel Hanna died on June 11. To pay reverence to the man who seemingly single-handedly developed Fort Wayne from a settlement to a city, the foremost

buildings were draped in black and a two-mile procession followed his casket to Lindenwood Cemetery. Despite Hanna’s death, progress proceeded without him. Alice Hamilton was born in 1869 and moved to Fort Wayne with her family. She would later become the first female physician in Fort Wayne

1876 — First signs of electricity The second half of the 1870s brought new medical improvements to the area: in 1876, the Fort Wayne College of Medicine was established and, two years later, Parkview Health first arrived on the scene as the Fort Wayne City Hospital, founded on Halloween. What would later become electric streetcar railways first began in the 1880s as street cars pulled by horses on rails. An important founder of the electrical industry for Fort Wayne was Fort Wayne Jenney Electric, opened by James and Charles Jenney in 1881. It was also the year they showed the public their new “arc light,” later to be used at the New Orleans World’s Fair and an inspiration

to Marcellus Slattery, the man to whom alternating current is attribute, and James Wood, designer of the Statue of Liberty’s first lighting system. Another invention to hit the scene in the early 1880s was the first kerosene pump in 1885, designed by Sylvanus Bowser. His invention would lead to the first gasoline and oil pumps once automobiles became more widespread. He designed a self-measuring gasoline storage pump, the forerunner of today’s gasoline pumps. Allen County also had its last execution during this decade. In 1883, the accused murderer Sam McDonald was hanged in the jailhouse yard.

and also the first female on Harvard University’s faculty. Two years later, Henry Paul and John Peters, owners of Horton Manufacturing, opened a factory in Bluffton that would produce the world’s first contained washing machine. In 1871, body-snatching — the taking recently buried bodies from the ground — became popular. When

Fort Wayne’s medical college, established in 1876, was in need of bodies to study anatomy, snatchers would sell them to the school. The Kekionga baseball team continued to gain popularity during 1870 and 1871. Hoping to play major professional teams like the Red Stockings, White Stockings, Philadelphia Athletic,

Rockford Forest City and Baltimore Marylands, the team invested in Camp Allen as its playing field and used funds from season tickets to build a grand stand in 1870. The following year, the team became one of the first to join the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, the predecessor of the National Baseball

League. The Kekiongas played the Forest City Baseball Club of Cleveland for the League’s first game, becoming what many historians consider the first major league baseball game ever played. However, the Kekiongas team fell apart midway through its season and never reformed again.

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1886 — Automobiles in Fort Wayne The rising opportunities in Fort Wayne during the late 1800s brought populations from all parts of the world to the growing city. With 80 percent of the immigrant population speaking German, The Chicago Tribune called the city “a most German town.” These years were also the beginning of Fort Wayne’s transition from life in the city to suburbia, which would heavily continue over

the next century. Many Summit City residents began moving to locations like Lakeside Park, platted in 1890, opting for bigger yards rather than life in the city. Within these years, Joseph and Cornelius Hoagland and Thomas Biddle made baking powder history by developing what would become the popular Royal baking powder brand. Other successful

inventions during the 1890s included the opening of Theodore Thieme’s Wayne Knitting Mills in 1891, run primarily by female workers, and German immigrant Peter Eckrich’s meat market in 1894. Thieme’s full-fashioned hosiery was the first of its kind in the United States and became important in the Gibson girl outfits of the early 1900s, a predecessor to the flapper

girl persona. Eckrich’s meat market would later become Eckrich & Sons and is now under the unified brand Smithfield Packaged Meats, one of the most popular meat brands in the United States. Electricity also became steadily more integrated into everyday life in Summit City. In 1892, horse-drawn street cars were fitted to run on electric lines. Jenney Electric was also acquired

by General Electric in 1894, later to become one of the largest employers in Fort Wayne during the industrial years. A year later, the first automobile arrived in Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne began investing in its public amenities more heavily during this decade. In 1895, the fight for a public library was finally appeased by the opening of the Fort Wayne Public Library in the City Hall. Two years later, the Allen

County Courthouse’s construction began. While there were a lot of triumphs and growth in Fort Wayne in the late 1880s and early 1890s, some were not so lucky. After more than 20 years of successful business, the Centlivre brewery’s fire bell signaled to those nearby on July 16, 1889, that the plant was ablaze. However, within six months, the plant was rebuilt and running once more.

1896 — Cigars and saloons set up shop By the turn of the century, Fort Wayne’s population reached 45,111, in part to the growing German and Irish populations. Just like modern cities, the Summit City’s growth called and allowed for activities and vents to keep the public

entertained. In 1899, the St. Joe Athletic Club sponsored sculling, or crew, on the St. Joseph River. Other pass times for Fort Wayne residents were cigars shops and saloons. More often associated with the

Wild West, both were extremely popular all over the United States during this time. Fort Wayne began the 20th century with roughly 157 saloons and 30 cigar makers, making it one of the top cigar manufacturing towns in

the region. Both slowly declined in the coming years, as some of the popular religious views swept across the country leading to the Prohibition in the 1920s.a Hardware Wholesalers Inc., known as such for more than 100 years until

it became Do it Best Corp. in 1998 after a merger, began at the turn of the century. Two years later, the Allen County Courthouse was finished and dedicated, and is still the courthouse today. Architect Brentwood Tolan’s original designs

for the courthouse were presented to the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society after his death and another copy was sent to the Louvre in Paris, France, as an example of early 20th century American architecture.

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1906 — Fires and floods

The beginning of the 20th century was not without troubles for Fort Wayne residents and business owners. In 1904, the Majestic Theatre opened on Berry Street, only to burn down two months later from an improperly discarded cigarette. A year later, it was rebuilt and reopened. Life expectancy during in 1904, the same year Lutheran Hospital was founded, was also only 47 years. The worst fire in Summit City history followed the Majestic Theatre fire in 1908, engulfing the Aveline Hotel and killing 12 people. Three years later,

Mayflower Mills caught fire. A few months after the Mayflower Mills fire, the worst train wreck within Fort Wayne city limits occurred in Swinney Park when a passenger train crashed into a freight train. The passenger train was trying to make up for lost time, killing three railroad men and 35 passengers and crew members. Two years later, the worst natural disaster in Fort Wayne history would hit the city. The flood of 1913 began on Good Friday when a storm came through with n

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60-miles-an-hour winds, only to get progressively worse over the next six days. The flood left seven dead, 15,000 homeless, and caused millions of dollars in damage to more than 5,500 buildings. However, the decade was not all full of

disaster, and many promising events for the city’s future occurred. A 10-year period of major neighborhood development began in 1910 and many of the neighborhood still present today were constructed during this time. Multiple business successes also began. Lincoln National Life

Insurance Co. opened for business in 1905, and in 1911 George and Ethel Jacobs began experimenting with enamel coating on copper wires, later to earn Fort Wayne the title of “magnet wire capital” as the process became mainstream in the electrical industry. Two years later, the first domestic refrigerators

were invented in Fort Wayne by Fred Wolf, the model of which consisted of attaching a storage unit on top of an ice box. Exciting people and events were also a part of Summit City in the early part of the century. Jane Alice Peters, later to become the iconic American actress Carole Lombard, was born on

Rockhill Street in 1908. She later married Clark Gable, but died in a plane crash during a World War II bond drive campaign in 1942. In 1915, the Liberty Bell made a debut in Fort Wayne on its tour across the United States. That same year, the Old Friars Club’s membership interest in football led to

the creation of the Fort Wayne Friars, Indiana’s first professional football team. The team included nine Notre Dame players, including Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais. However, the United States’ entry into World War I took many of its players to war, and the team never reorganized.

1916 — World War I and Women’s Rights While men from Indiana fought in World War I, women fought for their equal rights. In 1917, Hoosier suffragists’ efforts finally saw fruition during the state General Assembly, when the highly Republican legislature approved women’s right to vote for delegates for constitutional conventions, the ability to vote to ratify the constitution and a bill to give women the right to vote in presidential and municipal elections. In Allen County, county lawmaker Dick Vesey announced his support of women’s suffrage and the bill, a month after he said he was against women’s suffrage. When the Susan B. Anthony amendment finally passed through the U.S. Congress, suffrage supporters throughout Fort

Wayne worked alongside the Indiana General Assembly to ensure the state’s ratification. The German population in Fort Wayne saw many changes as well, though not necessarily positive. Skepticism of all things German swept the country and high use of the German language was soon abandoned. At the start of the war, the German-American Bank’s name was changed to Lincoln National Bank. Additionally, many German-Americans were put off by President Woodrow Wilson’s restrictions on Germans in America and switched to supporting the Republican Party. With such a high population of Germans in Fort Wayne, this began the city’s shift from Democratic to Republican.

It was also during the middle of the war that Indiana University offered its first extension classes in Fort Wayne and John Bruecker, of General Electric, invented the first electric shaver. As World War II ended, Fort Wayne began investing in the city once again, especially in pastimes and entertainment. In 1919, professional basketball began in Fort Wayne with the Knights of Columbus Casey’s; however, the Casey’s folded and, in 1925, became the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers team would become a part of the American Basketball League, the first nationwide basketball league. It was around this time that popular American humorist and radio and

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television host Herb Shriner also moved to Fort Wayne as an infant. Seven years later, WOWO began broadcasting on AM radio, becoming one of the first radio stations to broadcast in Fort Wayne. Aviation had its debut

in Fort Wayne in 1919 with the opening of the first airport. That same year, the days of custom-made outfits were slowly fading as the department store era began, especially when Wolf & Dessauer opened a seven-story department

store at Calhoun Street and Washington Boulevard. As shopping and fashion became more prominent throughout the U.S., people like Fort Wayne native Bill Blass, born in 1922, would find a place in the fashion world.

1926 — Aviation tragedy, Lindenwood Cemetery The end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s was a somber time in aviation. In 1926, Arthur Smith — the “Bird Boy” of Fort Wayne and a founder of night skywriting — died in an airplane crash in Ohio. Smith Field and Birdboy Brewing both were named in his honor. Five years later, another Fort Wayne aviation star Paul Baer, the first American World

War I ace, died in a plane crash in Shanghai. Baer Field was named after him, later to be named Fort Wayne International Airport. Baer received the largest military funeral in the city’s history and was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery. Lindenwood Cemetery also received Homer Van Meter, a member of the Dillinger gang, during this decade after he was

gunned down in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1934, and James Wood, New York hall of fame star next to the likes of Thomas Edison, in 1928. In his lifetime, Wood held 240 patents and created the dynamo flood lights first used on the Statue of Liberty. Less somber times also occurred for Fort Wayne during this decade. The year 1927 was an exciting one for baseball when the

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city’s semiprofessional Lincoln Lifers team played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees; in their ranks was Lou Gehrig on first base and Babe Ruth, who hit a homerun that he claimed was one of the hardest-hit balls in his career. A year later, Bob Hope would have his first emcee gig at the newly-opened Emboyd Theatre, to become the Embassy Theatre in the

1950s. Technology and innovation were also developing this decade, before and during the Great Depression. The year 1930 proved to be a promising one, right before the stock market crash. The Lincoln National Bank building broke ground and became the tallest building in Indiana that year and the Indiana Institute of Technology was formed

from Indiana Technical College. WOWO became the first radio station in the world to broadcast a live basketball game and Magnavox, an American electronics company to come under the trademarked Phillips, also moved to Fort Wayne from Napa, California. Five years later, it would produce high-frequency speaker advances like the woofer.

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1936 — World War II and Basketball In the late 1930s, Fort Wayne was graced with Marilyn Maxwell after she moved to the area with her family. Maxwell would soon become a famous actress, dancer and singer, debuting her famous Christmas song, “Silver Bells,” in 1951 with Bob Hope in The Lemon Drop Kid. Maxwell and Hope’s long and open affair earned her the Hollywood nickname “Mrs. Bob Hope,” and the two were documented visiting Fort Wayne at the same time. Technology continued to develop before the United States joined the war including Essex Wire Corp.’s move to Fort Wayne in 1936 and Philo Farnsworth’s purchase of the Capehart Company in 1938. Farnsworth soon began making the world’s first mass-produced televisions. A year later, the electric street car system in downtown Fort Wayne was replaced by motor buses and Old Crown Ale was added to the brews at the Centlivre Brewing

Company. In 1941, the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons — owned by Fred Zollner, maker of engine pistons — joined the National Basketball League, a forerunner of the NBA. The team was an important part of keeping the league running in its beginning stages. The team won the league title four years later, playing much of the season in taverns, armories, high school gyms and ballrooms. Also popular was the Fort Wayne Daisies, an All American Girls Professional Baseball League member which began in 1945. Important resources also began. In 1942, the Allen County Society for Crippled Children opened. This organization would lead to Turnstone. Two years later, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic also began after many members of the current orchestra voiced their dissatisfaction. The year 1944 was when John Bass’ old mansion was

converted into the University of Saint Francis after his significant influence on Fort Wayne as a prominent industrialist. Assisting the war effort soon took over the city and as an industrial city, Fort Wayne companies shifted their production to accommodate. Magnavox made radio equipment; International Harvester made trucks and military vehicles; Tokheim and Wayne built bombs and shells; Essex, Phelps Dodge and Rea Magnet Wire made magnet wire; Zollner made pistons; Joslyn Manufacturing shaped uranium into ingots for the first atomic bomb; and Farnsworth’s company advanced wartime technology with radar and early missile-guidance systems developments. It was also during the war that Summit City native Margaret Ringenberg trained to become a WASP pilot, later to have an entire chapter dedication in Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation.

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1946 — The NBA’s hometown 1956 — Moving Look magazine dubbed Fort Wayne “America’s Happiest Town” in 1948. Opportunities and entertainment were all over the city. The Dana Corporation moved to the area in 1946 and General Electric was the largest employer in Fort Wayne the next year. Purdue University began offering extension classes and the Hanna Homestead School for children with physical

disabilities opened that same year. Don Hall opened the first Hall’s Diner in 1946. Then, in 1953, WKIG, Channel 33, became Fort Wayne’s first television station. The sports scene was also a major contributor to a happy city. The Fort Wayne Pistons became world champions in both 1945 and 1946, and made the leap from the National Basketball League to the Basketball

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Association of America in 1948. That same year, an agreement between the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America was signed in Fort Wayne in the home of Carl Bennett, finalizing the merger between the two leagues to form the National Basketball Association. The 1950s were also important in other sports, including golf and hockey. The Komets hockey team began playing in the just-opened Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in 1952. Fort Wayne was a stop on the PGA tour until 1956. This lead to the Pro-Am event which became the annual the Mad Anthonys Charity Classic for Children. Golf legends like Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer have played in the event since its inauguration. Several important people were a part of Fort Wayne in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was during this time that Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas moved to Fort Wayne with his father and began bussing tables at the Hobby House, only to drop out of high school

and work there full-time when he didn’t want to move away with his dad. Shelley Long was born in 1949 in Fort Wayne. She later would play Diane Chambers on Cheers. In 1950, Fort Wayne became one of the first cities to implement an emergency fire telephone number, 119. Police officer Robert Borkenstein of Fort Wayne invented the breathalyzer while captain of the Indiana State Police in 1951 and, three years later, Parkview Randallia opened. With the growth of the city and the rise in personal vehicle use, the traffic downtown became increasingly busy and inefficient. In an effort to keep traffic flowing, many downtown streets were changed to one-way in 1946. Eight years later, another traffic issue would need solving: the train tracks running through the center of town, stopping traffic nearly 30 times a day. The groundbreaking of the elevated tracks in northern Fort Wayne took place in 1953 and was a major component in the rapid development of that part of the city.

to the suburbs The 1950s began the heavy suburbanization of Fort Wayne and the initial point of downtown abandonment that would continue for decades. Residents became increasingly more interested in life outside of the city and found parking downtown difficult. One of the major downtown interests, Wolf & Dessauer, caught onto this early and downsized its seven-story store to a four-story one at Wayne and Clinton Streets. With suburbanization also came the rise of convenience over experience. In the early 1960s, fast food joints like McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken opened up their first locations in Fort Wayne. In an effort to entice people to return or stay downtown, many of the antiquated buildings were demolished and replaced by bigger, ritzier ones, including the Majestic Theatre in 1957. In 1962, the Central District Plan was developed as part of the proposal for urban renewal in Fort Wayne, including a pedestrian mall on Wayne Street and new apartments. Two years later, Mayor Harold Zeis began the Hanna-Creighton project to tear down 532 buildings and 583 housing units to help with the effort. The project was set at $5.5 million but soon became much more costly. The Zollner Pistons’ move to Detroit in

1957, after Fred Zollner announced his belief that Fort Wayne was too small to hold an NBA team, did not assist in keeping the city vitalized. Then, a fire in the MacDougal building — a shopping corner — in 1959, destroyed the 101-year-old building. In an effort to save the Embassy Theatre from going under, Buddy Nolan began his “Theatre Organ at Midnight” in 1963, which received enough success to keep it running. Fort Wayne may have lost its professional sports team but gained some educational ground. The Fort Wayne Public Library began its fledgling genealogy collection in 1960. It is now the second largest genealogy collection in the country. Indiana University and Purdue University merged in 1964 after holding classes at two separate locations to create what is now IPFW. Other exciting events in the early 1960s include the founding of the Wildcat baseball team by Dale McMillen in 1961, where “everybody makes the team,” and the Centlivre Brewing Corp. becoming completely employee-owned and renamed the company the Old Crown Brewing Corp. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Fort Wayne to speak at the Scottish Rite Auditorium. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo opened two years later.

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1966 — Civil rights and the war on poverty Fort Wayne had its own local participation in the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1960s. A year after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Freedom School boycott in Summit City began to protest segregated schooling. Many African-American families pulled their children out of school and, after 10 days, the schoolboard agreed to integration, a decision which would be met with a lawsuit from the Parents

for Quality Education with Integration. Two years later, tensions remained high in Fort Wayne and racial riots broke out among the city. Buildings were set on fire and windows were broken. After a 17-year-old girl was killed during one of the riots, Mayor Harold Zeis passed an anti-riot bill in an attempt to combat the violence and vandalism. Meanwhile, the Rolling Mill project was underway as part of President

Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration’s War on Poverty. The project consisted of purchasing homes and relocating many of Fort Wayne’s African-American and Romanian residents in order to demolish poorer neighborhoods. Fort Wayne’s downtown continued to see many changes during this time, some of which added to the suburban sprawl. In 1966, the Glenbrook Center, later to become

Glenbrook Square, was constructed, followed by the Southtown Mall three years later. The longest-running hotel in the city, the former Hedekin House that was later renamed the Home Hotel, was demolished soon after. It was built in 1844. Exciting events were happening in Fort Wayne as well. Sharon Wichman of Snider High School won bronze and gold in swimming events at the Mexico City Olympics;

Bowmar Instruments created the first hand-held calculator, the Bowmar Brain; and Magnavox introduced the Odyssey, the first video game designed for home use. New projects also attempted to bring people downtown and to the Fort Wayne area. In 1967, the Fort Wayne National Bank built a 26-story building, becoming the tallest building in the city and in a few more years. The first Three Rivers Festival was held two years later

and, in 1971, Interstate 69 was completed as the first major interstate connecting Indianapolis and Lansing. By the 1970s, however, 80 percent of new home construction was occurring outside of the downtown blocks, creating what is now the Aboite, St. Jospeh, Washington and Adams districts of Fort Wayne. Many companies would begin to shut down — like Old Crown Brewing in 1973 — or leave the city.

1976 — Deindustrialization and the rise of crime The decrease in manufacturing companies throughout the Midwest was prevalent in Fort Wayne. International Harvester, once a major employer in Fort Wayne, rolled its last truck off the assembly line in 1983 and closed a year later. Many other companies followed suit during this time and left the downtown area for good. The amount of blue collar jobs available, once an enticing quality of Fort Wayne, quickly declined and the city became known as one of the many within the rust belt. As urban decay began to take over the city, crime rates and new gangs

appeared more frequently, creating a rise in shootings and drug-related activities. As the murder rate in Fort Wayne increased, even more people moved away from downtown and into the safety of Allen County’s more rural settings. Civil rights saw both positive and negative outcomes during this era after efforts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1977, the school board made efforts to better integrate the schools through the Summit Program, which offered special classes in the inner-city schools to bring in more white students.

Some Fort Wayne residents still did not look favorably upon the civil rights movement and, in 1980, African-American civil rights leader Vernon Jordan was shot in the back with a hunting rifle. The assassination attempt was known nationwide, and both President Jimmy Carter and Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Jordan in the hospital. Despite the rise in crime and flight from the city, Fort Wayne had many improvements as well and was dubbed America’s “Most Livable City” and the “All-American City” in 1984. In preparation for the nation’s bicenten-

nial, the Fort Wayne community worked to fund and build an Old Fort replica and, on America’s 200th birthday, it officially opened. While deindustrialization took some of its major employers out of the area, other ventures began. In 1979, Sweetwater opened as a recording studio and, in 1982, the 26-story One Summit Square was completed and became Indiana’s tallest building. That same year, Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia Miller began a small business operation in Barbara’s basement that they soon named Vera Bradley.

The Summit City’s cultural scene also had some notable events in this decade. The Fort Wayne Public Library became the Allen County Public Library and the Old City Hall building became the site for the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society in 1980. A year later, the city would remember its once celebrated and then ostracized German ancestry by holding its first Germanfest. Perhaps the greatest combination of both devastation and comradeship for Fort Wayne occurred in this era, a physical representation

of where the city had already found itself. The great flood of 1982 caused 9,000 residents to evacuate, damaged 2,000 buildings and accumulated $56.1 million in damages. However, Fort Wayne residents would not be taken down so easily. Thousands joined together, working around the clock to create sand bag blockades and dikes to protect the city from complete destruction. Their efforts brought national attention to Fort Wayne, especially when President Ronald Reagan came to visit the damages of what became known as “The City that Saved Itself.”

1986 — The city’s empty pockets When Mayor Paul Helmke took office in the late 1980s, there was only $84,000 in the city’s treasury. The mayor immediately began working on a new tax to pass before the city went bankrupt. A year later, the county option income tax was passed. Four years after COIT, the city council passed the county economic development income tax when COIT’s revenue appeared to not be enough. While the city struggled to develop its finances, Historic Fort Wayne had monetary difficulties and closed. The Historical Society sold the site for $1 to anyone willing to keep it open. That same year, the 107-year-old St. Mary’s Catholic Church burnt down. Fort Wayne developers and investors continued to struggle against the city’s decline. By the mid-1990s, Fort Wayne’s murder rate per 100,000 people reached 18.5; higher than that of New York City or Los Angeles. In an effort to spark a movement of young professionals coming back to the city, Midtowne Crossing opened in 1990. The open-air development had restaurants and stores in some of the city’s existing buildings, with new condos on the upper floors. But the project backfired

and many locations had to close down. That same year, Amtrak stopped providing service to Fort Wayne. While the downtown population did not regain many of its rural residents, it did have an influx of immigrants from many Latin communities and countries overseas. Immigrants arrived from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico and Cuba, while the Catholic Charities’ Refugee Resettlement program of 1991 brought more than 1,700 refugees to Fort Wayne from Burma, South Korea, Vietnam, Laos, China, Bosnia, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Chad, Sudan, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq and Iran. However, the decade was not all economic downturn. In 1987, General Motors opened a 2.2-million-square-foot plant, employing 3,000 people. Two years later, the Allen County Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc. was renamed Turnstone and, in 1995, a $3.75 million capital campaign allowed Turnstone to acquire a full-sized gymnasium and expand its therapy and program spaces. That

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same year, Science Central opened in the 87-yearold City Light and Power Company Building. Summit City also had multiple famous residents to root for and sports in which to reinvest. Fort Wayne native Rod Woodson was the Pittsburg Steeler’s

first draft choice in 1987. Woodson was the 1993 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. That same year Heather Headley, Tony Award laureate, graduated from Northrop High School. In addition, professional baseball returned to Fort Wayne when the Wizards class A baseball

began playing at the new Memorial Stadium. Fort Wayne also began one of its most important improvements during this period: Headwaters Park. After the flood in the early 1980s, the city began working on a plan to keep Fort Wayne from flooding to the same extent in the

future. Ground was broken in 1993 for Headwaters Park, designed to keep the rivers from flooding and create a location for large festivals and concerts. A year later, the park proved useful as the city celebrated its bicentennial with year-long activities.

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1996 — Continuing the good fight to improve Despite the continuing deindustrialization of Fort Wayne and abandonment of downtown, local developers and businesses did not give up on efforts to revitalize the city. In 1998, the city’s unemployment rate was only at 2.4 percent and, the next year, the Courthouse green was completed and would become a popular place for protests against the coming Iraq War. The crime rate significantly decreased by 1999, though the homicide rate remained high. By 2005, the homicide rate hit its

peak and meth began to become an increasing problem. Fort Wayne’s population increased from the 1990 population of 191,839 to 220,483 in 2000 when the city annexed more than 40 square miles, including St. Joseph township and Pine Valley. Aboite township was annexed a few years later, further increasing the city’s size and population. The Allen County Public Library expanded simultaneously with the population. In 2001, the library began its

renovation and development project, which would increase the main library’s building size from 240,000 to 367,000 square feet. Lutheran Children’s Hospital was also completed around this time. Also in 2001, phase one of Jefferson Pointe mall opened on Jefferson Boulevard, with phase two to open in the next year. A year later, the city council revealed its “Blueprint for the Future,” a plan to divide the downtown into four districts as a way to better focus certain

types of development. In 2004, Turnstone also continued to develop when it received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create a health and wellness program for people with disabilities. With cell phones becoming more mainstream, GTE Mobilnet and Cellular One, later to become Centennial Wireless, began offering wireless telephone service to Fort Wayne in 1996. By the end of the decade, Verizon Wireless announced it would

a build $65 million fiber-optics network in the Summit City. However, despite the city’s attempts to continue to pull it out of its slump, the late 1990s and early 2000s provided many bumps in the road for Fort Wayne. Companies like Lincoln National Corp. announced it would relocate from Fort Wayne to Philadelphia, followed by the Zollner Corp. a few years later. In 2003, the Southtown Mall officially closed and, three years later, General Electric closed its century-long

business in Fort Wayne. By 2000, the News-Sentinel described the city’s 25 years of attempted downtown development a bust and, three years later, a study indicated that the brain drain of Indiana was true: 17,000 people between 25 and 34 left the Hoosier state to seek better jobs in other states. This trend continued to prove true for Fort Wayne in spite of the city’s attempts to counter it, as it had little to entice single, young professionals or creative minds to return of move to the city.

2006 — Fort Wayne turns an economic page The warning signs for the city only seemed to give it more energy to keep progressing. In 2006, the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership formed in an effort to increase business interest in the area and, in 2010, the Corporate Council became the Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana as a way to advocate policies and laws on the state level that will benefit northeast Indiana. In 2013, Greater Fort Wayne Inc. formed from the merging of the Economic Development Alliance and Fort Wayne-Allen County Chamber of Commerce

and was joined by Leadership Fort Wayne in 2014 as a way to progress economic development specifically in Fort Wayne. The library also finished its expansion and renovation project during this time. A year after the grand opening of the main library’s improvements, the $130-million Harrison Square development began, including the creation of Parkview Field, despite the Great Recession taking place in 2008. While some city progression was stunted during the recession, by the time it ended in 2009, Turnstone had received a grant by the U.S. Depart-

ment of Education to expand its programming, sports and recreation courses and became a designated Paralympics Sports Club. Six years later, the facility became the home of the USA men’s goalball team. Also in sports, Fort Wayne native DaMarcus Beasley made the USA Soccer Team and scored a goal in the 2006 World Cup. Four years later, nationwide accessory and bag sensation Vera Bradley announced its initial public offering of 11,000,000 shares of common stock after 28 years of business and its humble beginnings in a

basement. Other evidence of hard work in Fort Wayne began to show by the end of the recession, as many developers and entrepreneurs joined in the greater citywide effort to continue to turn the Summit City back around. As part of the city’s revitalization, food in Fort Wayne took a turn for the better. Multiple new restaurants opened between 2007 and 2016 as a part of the city’s renaissance, including Pint ‘n Slice, Junk Ditch, the Golden, Tolon, Wine Down, 800 Degrees and the Hoppy Gnome, many of which use some or all local meat and produce

and support local farmers. Craft cocktails and beers also came on the scene, including new microbrewery locations like Birdboy Brewing, Trubble Brewing and Summit City Brewerks. The city continues to find new ways to draw in and keep younger generations, whether it be new careers, the continuing redevelopment of its downtown or creation of exciting events, like the city’s first Middle Waves concert. The concert, held at Headwaters Park, was a two-day event with headliner the Flaming Lips and featuring about a dozen other bands.

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Historic Fort and walking bridge to Headwaters Park.

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Downtown Fort Wayne in the early 2000s.

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BALLET from Page B1 70 animals have received new homes, and 10 dance companies in the United States started their own “Muttcracker” shows. One of the company’s longest-standing traditions is its performance of the classic Nutcracker, for which the Fort Wayne Ballet was noted as one of the top Nutcracker performances nationwide a few years ago by the Wall Street Journal. “I love the Nutcracker … we want to show that there is always evil but there is hope and light in every situation. It was true

TRIP from Page B1 Colleen Tan, orchestra and strings director; Beth Patterson, choir director; and Ranae Butler, fine arts chair and drama director. Each aspect of the program was presented at the student assembly prior to the trip. Seniors Elise Wellmann and Andy Dixon played with the band that morning, and then spoke glowingly of their second trip Canterbury trip to Ireland. “Last year we had about four concerts and we played for a group of children with disabilities, and that was probably my favorite because we got to meet the kids and they really enjoyed our music,” said Wellman, who plays the viola. “It

in the 1800s, and it is true now,” said Gibbons-Brown. “If you want a good, family-friendly event, this is it.” This year, the company will perform its 58th production of the ballet and it is estimated that 9,000 people will see the performance this season. Though the company has performed the ballet for many years, there are new elements of the production to look forward to this season, including new costumes designed by Nan Possemato and Blaise Moore; renovated sets and backdrops created by designer Jon Sandmaier; and a new growing Christmas tree. was a great experience because we actually saw how people responded to us playing and last year it was so much fun because we did a lot of sightseeing as well as practicing, and I’m looking forward to it again this year. It lets them see a United States school orchestra playing in Ireland.” “We played in a cathedral for a group of disabled children, which was a privilege and a pleasure,” said Dixon, who plays the vertical bass. “We also got to play for a group of the elderly and I thought that was fantastic because we got to speak with them and learn of their tales and life in Ireland. We got to see the real Irish culture and step into a world outside our own. We got a really valuable life experience.”

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“The Curious Savage.” New Haven High School, 1300 Green Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. $5. Directed by Bev and Ric Geist. “Christmas At Home with the Swinney Sisters.” Historic Swinney Homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 2-4 p.m. $20. Make reservations at (260) 747-1229 or (260) 747-1501. Settlers Inc. presents this fundraiser to help support maintenance and restoration of the Homestead, which will be decorated in Victorian Christmas grandeur. Celebrate the Christmas spirit and enjoy a cup of syllabub, tasty savories, sweets and tea. Tables seat four. The Hearthstone Ensemble will provide music of the season. The second floor Gift Shoppe will be laden with unique gifts. For details, visit settlersinc.org. Teddy bear toss. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 8 p.m. The Fort Wayne Komets invite hockey fans to toss a new or mint-condition teddy bear onto the ice after the Komets score their first goal of the night. The bears collected will be fluffed, sorted and distributed to children and lonely adults in need in the Fort Wayne area. The Komets will distribute the stuffed toys through the Disorderly Bear Den. The Komets host the Missouri Mavericks. Tickets start at $13. Get full info at komets.com. Holiday Jazz Swing Concert. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance Hall. 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. This annual event helps to bring in the holiday season. Music education students will debut at the helm of the IPFW Jazz Ensemble. Each will choose a holiday favorite, teach it to the ensemble and then direct it in this concert. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music. Christmas in the Village. Throughout Roanoke, all day. Santa will arrive by fire truck at the library at about 6 p.m.. He will then meet and greet with all the children inside with refreshments and cookies.

SATURDAY, DEC. 3

“The Curious Savage.” New Haven High School, 1300 Green Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. $5. Directed by Bev and Ric Geist. Craft bazaar and cookie walk. Lifeway Wesleyan Church, 7722 Moeller Road, Fort Wayne. 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Breakfast and lunch available. Shop over 50 homemade craft booths and support local talent. Cookie walk and poinsettia sale. Cornerstone Youth Center, 19819 Monro-

eville Road, Monroeville. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Featuring holiday merchandise and cookies for sale. The Monroeville Chamber of Commerce will provide lunch items for purchase and an activity table for kids 12 and under. People also will be able to order poinsettias, with the proceeds going to Cornerstone. Checks should be made payable to Cornerstone Youth Center. Orders can be picked up at Cornerstone from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. Delivery is available Dec. 12 for a fee. Mensa admissions test. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne; Room 304. Registration begins 9:30 a.m., testing begins 10 a.m. $40 fee. Photo ID required; must be 14 or older. Reservations or prior notification not necessary; walk-ins welcome. Park in lot at corner of Webster and Berry streets, on the north side of the church. Direct questions to Dan Klopfenstein at (260) 710-0030. Mensa members score in the top 2 percent of the general population on an accepted standardized intelligence test. Visit fortwayne.us.mensa.org for more information. “Christmas At Home with the Swinney Sisters.” Historic Swinney Homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2:30-4:30 p.m.. $20. Make reservations at (260) 747-1229 or (260) 747-1501. Settlers Inc. presents this fundraiser to help support maintenance and restoration of the Homestead, which will be decorated in Victorian Christmas grandeur. Celebrate the Christmas spirit and enjoy a cup of syllabub, tasty savories, sweets and tea. Tables seat four. The Hearthstone Ensemble will provide music of the season. The second floor Gift Shoppe will be laden with unique gifts. For details, visit settlersinc.org. Piano Studio Showcase. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. This recital features pianists from the studios of Joyanne Outland and Hamilton Tescarollo. The performance will include a variety of repertoire from several historical periods. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music.

SUNDAY, DEC. 4

Christmas concert. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne; in the gymnasium. 2 p.m. Public welcome. The concert will feature the concert band, orchestra, percussion ensemble and vocal performing ensembles. A Canterbury Christmas at Trinity. Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 3 p.m. Canterbury School’s children’s choir, high school orchestra, middle school chamber mrchestra, middle/high school band, and the high school choirs will perform at this free concert in Canterbury’s first home. “Messiah” Sing-Along. Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 1500 W. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. $5. Presented by Bach Collegium. The joy of singing “Messiah” is open to everyone in the annual Messiah SingAlong, with Thomas Remenschneider directing. Participants should bring their own score or borrow one of the copies that will be available.

St. Joe Times • December 2, 2016 Community Calendar Holiday cookies and coffee will be served. Bach Collegium is a Baroque music ensemble based in Fort Wayne. Visit bachcollegium.org for more information. Student brass quintet recital. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. The musicians will perform classics from the brass quintet literature. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 4816555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music.

MONDAY, DEC. 5

“Home for the Holidays.” Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance Hall. 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. The IPFW Department of Music will present its annual holidays performance, featuring the IPFW Community Orchestra, University and Chamber Singers, IPFW Choral Union, Singing Dons, and more. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music.

TUESDAY, DEC. 6 Appleseed Quilters Guild. Classic Cafe′, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne.

Social time begins at 6 p.m., with the meeting to start at 6:30 p.m. The group will enjoy an informal Christmas celebration, and will show a display of holiday quilts and projects. For more information and quilting ideas, visit appleseedquiltersguild.com or email appleseedquilters@ yahoo.com.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7

Holiday concert. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Free. The Jazz Band, Advanced Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Elite Show Choir, Chamber Ensemble and Class Royale Show Choir will present various holiday selections.

SATURDAY, DEC. 10

Santacon. Downtown Fort Wayne. To get more details and a lanyard, visit santaconfortwayne.com. The $20 lanyard entitles the wearer to visit selected restaurants and bars from 1-6 p.m., for specials and drawings. The lanyard also admits the wearer to a party from 6-9 p.m. at the Freemason’s Hall, at Washington Boulevard and Clinton Street. Admission to the party alone is $10. Participants are asked to dress as their favorite Christmas characters, whether it be Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, an elf or Ralphie from “A Christmas Story.” Proceeds benefit the Mizpah Shrine Patient Van Replacement Fund. IPFW Honor Jazz Concert. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance Hall. 2:30 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. Experience the best high school jazz orchestra in the state. It’s exciting to see what the best area high school jazz students, IPFW students, and the IPFW jazz faculty can accomplish. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/ tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music. Walk to Bethlehem. First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free, presented with the help of friends of the church. Tours are scheduled approximately every 10 minutes. Guides will lead visitors to scenes outside the church where they will be drawn into the story of Jesus’ birth. The walk features live scenes and live animals. After the outside tour, visitors may experience the bustling marketplace of Bethlehem, complete with spice and bread vendors, Roman soldiers, a census taker, a potter, and a spinner of wool and other charac-

ters of the time. Then, guests may assemble in the sanctuary for a time of prayer and reflection on the birth of the Christ Child. Holiday Bazaar and Cookie Walk. Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015 Memorial Way, Fort Wayne. (Between Clinton Street and Parnell Avenue, near the Coliseum) 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sponsored by the Daughters of the Nile, an organization that supports the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Crafters may rent a table for $20; contact Karen Rothgeb for information and table rental at (260) 229-0600. Cookie Fair. Emmaus Lutheran Church and School, 8626 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-noon. Christmas cookies and other homemade favorites incluging gluten-free will be sold for $6 per pound. Free decorative tins will be available to package the cookies as gifts. Sponsored by the Emmaus Women’s Guild. Madrigals program and dinner. Snider High School, 4600 Fairlawn Pass, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available at the main office or by calling (260) 467-4650. Get tickets by Dec. 2.

SUNDAY, DEC. 11

Sunday Night Singles Dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9 p.m. $7 cover charge, with cash bar, DJ and potluck carry-in. For more information, call Doug at (260) 704-3669. Flute ensemble studio recital. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. Admission $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and Older), $4 for non-IPFW University students; free for IPFW students with ID and students 18 or younger. Students from the flute studio of Vivianne Belanger present a recital of music from Bach to Ferroud, passing through Mozart, Godard and many more. For more information, call the IPFW Box Office at (260) 481-6555, buy tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets, or visit ipfw.edu/music. Free, public lecture. University of Saint Francis North Campus Auditorium, 2702 Spring St., Fort Wayne. The USF Department of Philosophy and Theology presents Sr. Felicity Dorsett, whose topic is “Incarnate Wisdom Scripture.” Walk to Bethlehem. First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free, presented with the help of friends of the church. Tours are scheduled approximately every 10 minutes. Guides will lead visitors to scenes outside the church where they will be drawn into the story of Jesus’ birth. The walk features live scenes and live animals. After the outside tour, visitors may experience the bustling marketplace of Bethlehem, complete with spice and bread vendors, Roman soldiers, a census taker, a potter, and a spinner of wool and other characters of the time. Then, guests may assemble in the sanctuary for a time of prayer and reflection on the birth of the Christ Child. Madrigals program and dinner. Snider High School, 4600 Fairlawn Pass, Fort Wayne. 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available at the main office or by calling (260) 467-4650. Get tickets by Dec. 2. Free lecture: “Incarnate Wisdom Scripture.” University of Saint Francis, North Campus Auditorium, 5202 Spring St., Fort Wayne. 3 p.m. Sister Felicity Dorsett presents this lecture sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Theology. Celtic Christmas dinner and concert. The Shiloh Event Center, 3127 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Dinner at 6 p.m. $65 per person, by reservation only: (260) 637-3643 or info@ShilohHall.com. APQ Harmonic provides a 12-piece orchestra in Celtic Woman style to set the mood for a Celtic-inspired menu. Visit ShilohHall.com for details.

MONDAY, DEC. 12

Band and choir concert. New Haven High School, 1300 Green Road, New Haven; in the Auditeria. 7 p.m. Admission price to be determined.

TUESDAY, DEC. 13

Fort Wayne Area Community Band Holiday Concert. IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Music Center. Downbeat is

INfortwayne.com • B11 7:30 p.m. Tickets $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $3 for children under 12. IPFW students admitted free with student ID. Parking free in the garage across from the Music Center. Theme of the concert is “Christmas in the City,” featuring a backdrop of the city’s three tallest buildings with special lighting. There will also be a barbershop quartet, flute ensemble and a Salvation Army bell ringer, and Santa is expected to make an appearance. Music will include “Silver Bells,” “Welcome Yule,” “Sleigh Ride,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Polar Express” highlights, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “White Christmas” and more. Canterbury Middle School winter concert. Canterbury Middle School Auditorium, 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne; enter by Door 19. 7 p.m. Middle School orchestras, band and choir will perform seasonal music at this free concert.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14

Get Checking workshop. Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. 1-5 p.m. Free and open to the public. This workshop is for clients and families who have never had checking or savings accounts at a bank or credit union, who have mismanaged accounts at banks and credits unions so those accounts are now closed without committing fraud, or have accounts, but continue to still use predatory lenders. The Extension Service hosts this workshop on behalf of the Bank on Fort Wayne initiative. Visit extension.purdue.edu/allen for details and to register.

SATURDAY, DEC. 17

The Music Show, featuring Mikki White. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. 6:30 p.m. Tickets $25. Get tickets at ipfw.edu/tickets or call (260) 481-6555. White, who grew up in Fort Wayne, is the author of a book about her experience as a background singer to Prince. Selah. County Line Church of God, 7716 N. County Line Road, Auburn. 7 p.m. Tickets $15-$35. Visit TrinityCommunications.org for details.

SUNDAY, DEC. 18

“Canticle of Christmas.” Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. The Calvary United Methodist Church choir and the Forest Park United Methodist Church choir combine their voices in a cantata titled “Canticle of Christmas” based on Luke 1:46-47 — “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”

SUNDAY, JAN. 8

“Three Rivers: A Brief History.” The History Center, 302 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. Don Orban presents this installment in the 23rd annual George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series.

NOTICES / REGISTRATION / MULTIPLE DATES Register to Ring. The Salvation Army is calling for help staffing the icon-

ic red kettles throughout the community. Volunteer bell ringers can sign up as individuals or through teams, clubs, families, or employee groups other groups. To participate, visit RegisterToRing.com or call Roxanne at (260) 744-2311. Regional Art Educators’ Exhibition. IPFW Visual Arts Building, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Visual Arts Gallery. Through Dec. 8. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends. Art educators in secondary education art will be invited to show their work in an exhibition that is new to the area. “Oftentimes art educators’ work takes a back seat to the work of their students and IPFW would like to celebrate and showcase these amazingly talented educators who train art students across the region,” the school said in a statement. A variety of mediums will be shown, with cash prizes awarded for first- through third-place entries. For more information, call the College of Visual and Performing Arts at (260) 481-6977 or visit ipfw.edu/vpa.

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