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%\ 52' .,1* )HDWXUH :ULWHU Community Center’s Downtown Ramblers have just four more Wednesdays to explore places in the Summit City’s core. After Oct. 25 the program, which has been going on for more than 10 years, will take a hiatus until next April when they’ll again set out from the center at 233 W. Main St. on educational excursions. Jenny Keltsch has been Ramblers’ volun-
teer coordinator for the past five years. “It’s more than an educational experience. Sometimes, we just take an hour-long walk around downtown and enjoy the activity, architecture, sunshine and fresh air. In the process, we get some exercise, too. We’ve become a family, and we enjoy and appreciate one another. Some participants have been taking the walks for the past decade.
Bruce Lehman was encouraged to join the group by his wife, Sandy, who has been attending for the past eight years. “We’ve met a lot of great people and look forward to Wednesdays and another adventure,” said Sandy. Eric and Elaine White moved to Fort Wayne from California in 1994. They have found that the weekly walks have helped them learn a lot
about downtown that they hadn’t realized was here. Fort Wayne natives Linda Stabler and her sister, Cindy Hadon, have found that the city is always changing and the weekly walks are a good way to keep up with what’s happening. The two both worked in the downtown for many years. They’ve enjoyed the walks and the educational experiences for the past several years.
The group has visited local eateries, strolled around Promenade Park, toured the new apartments across from Promenade Park, been shown through Parkview Field, stopped to smell the flowers in the park department’s greenhouse at Lawton Park, marveled at the grandeur of the Embassy Theater and learned how a newspaper is produced at the Fort Wayne Continued on page 3