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Times Community Publications 3306 Independence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808 August 21, 2015 Serving New Haven & East Allen County INfortwayne.com EAST - New Haven 5733B S.R. 930 E. Fort Wayne, IN 46803 (260) 444-5542 Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. See Our Ad On Page A14 Classifieds........ A16 Community Calendar ..... A17-18 Discover Downtown.......... A8 Grabill Country Fair ..................... A7 INSIDE The baby crawl will take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 11 in the activities area of the Grabill Country Fair. FILE PHOTO FFA chapters team up for Ag Appreciation Day By Garth Snow [email protected]FFA members from Heritage and Woodlan high schools stood server by server Aug. 5 for Ag Appreciation Day at Jefferson Township Park. The New Haven Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event as a way of saying thanks to the food industry. Woodlan FFA President Sophie Schultz, a junior, took her turn serving pancakes. “We are cooking pancakes and sausage and providing coffee and drinks for the farmers around the area,” she said. “It’s just a way for us to give back to the community and to give back to the people who provide our food.” Heritage FFA President Jarrett Lorte, a senior, also served pancakes. “We have some great volunteers who help us get the food,” he said. “We buy plenty because we have several of these events throughout the year, so what we don’t use now we use later.” Both chapter presidents said they gain important skills through FFA. “I’ve been in FFA since freshman year and my brother is in it, my dad and aunts and uncles were in it,” Lorte said. “It’s a great program. I don’t know any other program that will give you the leadership qualities and skills that you will need like this will.” This is Schultz’s fifth year in FFA. “I actually joined FFA in the seventh grade,” she said. “Going into my first ag class I told Grabill Country Fair fun By Lucretia Cardenas [email protected]The roughly 1,000 resi- dents of a “friendly little town” north of Fort Wayne know how to put on a party – it’s been doing so since 1973. The 44th annual Grabill Country Fair will celebrate the area’s Amish heritage with three days of crafts, contests, music and food. This year’s festivities begin Thursday, Sept. 10, and end Saturday, Sept. 12. The festival draws about 100,000 visitors to Grabill and boasts to be “one of the finest craft fairs” with 130 craft booths, according to the fair’s website. The crafts showcased and sold include ornate wood- working, pristine glass blowing, intricate needle- point and detailed ceramic villages. The exhibition hall, SummerFest welcomes square dancing tractors By Garth Snow [email protected]Skeeter Daugherty makes a personal sacri- fice for the good of Lily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors. When that Rochester precision tractor team entertains Aug. 29 at the Monroeville SummerFest, eight men will guide their bright red Farmall H trac- tors through Community Park Arena. Daugherty, however, is green through and through. “I’m a John Deere guy. It doesn’t sit well,” he said. “But we use a John Deere in the show, so I get over it quickly.” Eight drivers follow the caller’s instructions. Four wear men’s clothing; four wear women’s clothing. “The John Deere comes in and shoos away the men,” Daugherty said. In his years with the Fulton County Histor- ical Power Association, Daugherty has favored the John Deere Model G or the Model A, with its distinctive two-cylinder exhaust rhythm. Antique tractor clubs are divided not only by the trademark John Deere and Farmall colors, but also by the blue, orange and tan of other models. And yes, even other shades of red and green. When Daugherty and friend Carl Overmyer persuaded enough tractor buffs to start a square dance team, a decision had to be made. Overmyer said he first proposed a square dancing tractor traveling troupe six years ago, but couldn’t sell it. “So the plan was Festival packs crafts, contests and music into three days See DAY, Page A13 See FAIR, Page A7 See FEST, Page A12 SUMMERFEST Saturday, Aug. 29, Monroeville Lily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; admission $5. For a full schedule, visit strosemonroeville.org. Heritage High School FFA President Jarrett Lorte serves breakfast to Larry Clifford at Ag Appreciation Day at Jefferson Township Park. Clifford is president of the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society. Phil Hudson, center, is a board member of that organization. PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW
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FFA members from Heritage and Woodlan high schools stood server by server Aug. 5 for Ag Appreciation Day at Jefferson Township Park.
The New Haven Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event as a way of saying thanks to the food industry.
Woodlan FFA President Sophie Schultz, a junior, took her turn serving pancakes. “We are cooking pancakes and sausage and providing coffee and drinks for the farmers around the area,” she said. “It’s just a way for us to give back to the community and to give back to the people who provide our food.”
Heritage FFA President Jarrett Lorte, a senior, also served pancakes. “We have some great volunteers who help us get the food,” he said. “We buy plenty
because we have several of these events throughout the year, so what we don’t use now we use later.”
Both chapter presidents said they gain important skills through FFA.
“I’ve been in FFA since freshman year and my brother is in it, my dad and aunts and uncles were in it,” Lorte said. “It’s a great
program. I don’t know any other program that will give you the leadership qualities and skills that you will need like this will.”
This is Schultz’s fifth year in FFA. “I actually joined FFA in the seventh grade,” she said. “Going into my first ag class I told
The roughly 1,000 resi-dents of a “friendly little town” north of Fort Wayne know how to put on a party – it’s been doing so since
1973.The 44th annual Grabill
Country Fair will celebrate the area’s Amish heritage with three days of crafts, contests, music and food. This year’s festivities begin Thursday, Sept. 10, and end
Saturday, Sept. 12.The festival draws about
100,000 visitors to Grabill and boasts to be “one of the finest craft fairs” with 130 craft booths, according to the fair’s website. The crafts showcased and sold
include ornate wood-working, pristine glass blowing, intricate needle-point and detailed ceramic villages.
Skeeter Daugherty makes a personal sacri-fice for the good of Lily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors.
When that Rochester precision tractor team entertains Aug. 29 at the Monroeville SummerFest, eight men will guide their bright red Farmall H trac-tors through Community Park Arena.
Daugherty, however, is green through and through. “I’m a John Deere guy. It doesn’t sit well,” he said. “But we use a John Deere in the show, so I get over it quickly.”
Eight drivers follow the caller’s instructions. Four wear men’s clothing; four wear women’s clothing.
“The John Deere comes in and shoos away the men,” Daugherty said.
In his years with the Fulton County Histor-ical Power Association, Daugherty has favored
the John Deere Model G or the Model A, with its distinctive two-cylinder exhaust rhythm.
Antique tractor clubs are divided not only by the trademark John Deere and Farmall colors, but also by the blue, orange and tan of other models. And yes, even other shades of red and green.
When Daugherty and friend Carl Overmyer persuaded enough tractor buffs to start a square dance team, a decision had to be made.
Overmyer said he first proposed a square dancing tractor traveling troupe six years ago, but couldn’t sell it. “So the plan was
Festival packs crafts, contests and music into three days
See DAY, Page A13
See FAIR, Page A7 See FEST, Page A12
SUMMERFESTSaturday, Aug. 29, MonroevilleLily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; admission $5.For a full schedule, visit strosemonroeville.org.
Heritage High School FFA President Jarrett Lorte serves breakfast to Larry Clifford at Ag Appreciation Day at Jefferson Township Park. Clifford is president of the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society. Phil Hudson, center, is a board member of that organization.
PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW
The Shindigz National Soccer Festival continues Saturday, Aug. 22, at Hefner Soccer Complex at IPFW. Tickets are available at the gate.
The Bishop Luers High School Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Invitational continues.
In college play, Indiana Tech will take on the University of Saint Francis. Men’s competition will culminate with Indiana University vs. Marquette University.
The midway will feature family-friendly activities, festival food and informa-tional soccer clinics. A beer tent will be available for ages 21 and older.
Full schedules are available at NationalSoccer-Festival.com.
Concordia Lutheran High School 2015 graduate Lucas Beal of New Haven has been accepted to The Citadel military academy in Charleston, S.C.
Citadel admissions counselor Greg Dailey said Beal is one of three Indiana students accepted this fall.
He said about 650 of 2,500 applicants are accepted each year. “Not everyone is looking for a military college,” he said. “It’s a different experience. Our cadets are in uniform 24 hours a day, seven days a week, if they’re within 25 miles of campus. The life-style is very structured.” He said the academic program is second to none. “They’re also getting the leadership
develop-ment that takes place within the corps of cadets. It’s real-world, practical experience
in leadership,” he said. Dailey said freshmen are known as the knob class because the young men have to shave their heads.
At Concordia, Beal was active in the JROTC program, and lettered in football and lacrosse. At The Citadel, he plans to major in mechanical engineering and political science. He receives a three-year, Army ROTC scholarship. Upon gradua-tion, he will enter the Army as a 2nd lieutenant.
Beal is a son of Army
veteran Laura Beal and Navy retiree Craig Beal. His younger brother, Jason, hopes to attend the Naval Academy.
Beal said he welcomes the challenge of The Citadel. “They say it’s easy to get into The Citadel but it’s hard to stay. They say it’s one of the hardest colleges to stay in, academ-ically,” he said. “I like to do things big and going to The Citadel is a big thing.”
He hopes to become a mechanical engineer. “I owe the Army six years after college, but I plan to retire after 30,” he said.
While the South Caro-lina Corps of Cadets is a widely recognized part of The Citadel, the college also operates non-military degrees and certification programs through graduate and evening programs.
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Free festival tastefully celebrates the sensesBy Lucretia [email protected]
With a record number of participants, the 7th annual Taste of the Arts provides an opportunity to experience art using all five senses.
The one-day fine art and food extravaganza on Aug. 29 features performances by local artists on 10 stages, an arts marketplace, hands-on activities and more than 30 local restau-rant vendors.
The event, at 303 E. Main St., is free to the public but tickets will be sold for food and drinks. Half of the ticket sale will go directly to support Arts United, which develops, coordinates and supports arts and cultural efforts in northeast Indiana.
Taste of the Arts begins at 11 a.m. and lasts until midnight.
“The admission is free because the key goal is accessibility,” said Susan Mendenhall, Arts United president.
The festival is “immer-sive,” Mendenhall added.
With six instrumental and dance performances happening at one time, ongoing participatory
activities and delicious aromas wafting through the air from the food vendors, attendees can see, hear, feel, taste and smell artistry in its many different forms.
“The real purpose of this event is to celebrate and support art diversity and highlight the culture and diversity of art in the community,” she said.
Last year, the event attracted roughly 25,000 people and the same number — weather permit-ting — is expected this year as well. To accommo-date, more performers and restaurants are participating in the festival this year.
The performers are from the greater Fort Wayne area, said Carmen Tse, who
is co-chairing the festival.One of Tse’s favorite
aspects of the festival is the arts activities area, where more than 40 nonprofit organizations provide kid-friendly activities. For example, children have the opportunity to learn some moves from balle-rinas with the Fort Wayne Ballet, and musicians with the Fort Wayne Philhar-monic introduce children to instruments.
Another highlight will be more than 20 plein air painters participating in Artlink’s Wet Paint Auction. Silent bids will be taken at the event for the art being created in front of the public eye. All proceeds will support programming
at Artlink, a nonprofit art gallery.
Also, the Downtown Improvement District’s BuskerFest will take place alongside Taste of the Arts at Freimann Square, 200 E. Main St. BuskerFest was canceled earlier this summer due to weather, but many of the performers will be participating in the event Aug. 29.
Put on by the Downtown Improvement District, Busker Square at Taste of the Arts celebrates arts through street performance.
Busker Square is also free and takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information, visit tasteoftheartsfort-wayne.org/.
Dulcimer fans to gather at Folkcraft InstrumentsBy Garth [email protected]
Welcome to Woodburn, Ind., and four days of dulcimer music.
Folkcraft Instruments owner Richard Ash said music fans who arrive from all corners of the country asked for a longer festival that would give a greater return on their travel dollars. Yet musi-cians from northeast Indiana and vicinity were reluctant to obligate more vacation days.
So September features two, two-day dulcimer gatherings. Everything takes place at Folkcraft, 22133 Main St.
The sixth annual Indiana Dulcimer Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20.
It will follow the 2015 Dulcimer Boot Camp, on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 17 and 18.
Anyone interested in filling one of the few remaining slots should contact Ash at [email protected]. For details and prices, visit
DulcimerBootCamp.com. Charges for classes, concerts and meals are listed.
Dulcimer musician Bing Futch of Orlando, Fla., is the host and instructor for the boot camp.
Neal Hellman and Dave Haas will join Futch and Ash as instructors for the weekend festival, which
promises concerts, classes and fun for all skill levels.
Ash handles marketing for Folkcraft, which he has owned since 2007. His brother, Steve, makes the dulcimers. That’s about a dozen a week at peak pace. Instruments can
cost from $600 to $1,600, or more. Many are on display in the showroom. Most of the sales are done online.
Ash also manufactures ukuleles, which are sold under the Druid Moon brand. Folkcraft hosted
the Midwest Uke Fest on Aug. 15 and 16. Futch also was an instructor for that event.
“Bing is one of the very best mountain dulcimer players on the planet,” Ash said. “I’m totally enamored with his style.
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Steam and gas machines on show through SundayThe Maumee Valley
Antique Steam & Gas Association’s 38th annual Summer Show and Festival continues Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22 and 23, at Jefferson Township Park east of New Haven.
Daily admission is $5. Children 12 and under and exhibitors are admitted free.
Hay rides and demon-strations with horses and mules will be held
Saturday. Antique tractor pulls will resume at 3 p.m. Saturday, weather-permit-ting.
The Saint Paul Lutheran Church Youth Group will sell pulled pork dinners and sandwiches from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds will help fund their National Youth Gath-ering trip.
Steamed sweet corn will be available Saturday and Sunday, until 120 dozen
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includes: Applejack Klog-gers, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; kiddie tractor pull, 2 p.m.; adult tractor pull, 3 p.m.; parade, 4:30 p.m.; dulcimer music, 5 p.m.; and the Stockdale Family Band at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Guests should bring their own lawn chairs.
Sunday includes a church service at 9 a.m., a heavyweight horse pull at
noon, and the New Haven High School Alumni Band at 1:30 p.m.
This year’s tractor show features Massey-Harris, Sheppard Diesel, B.F. Avery, Massey-Ferguson and Avery tractors and equipment. Antique steam engines and other machines will be on exhibit. The working blacksmith shop will be open for viewing.
If a festival that cele-brates a bygone era has to change, that change must be subtle.
Johnny Appleseed Festival Executive Director Bridget Kelly wants to assure thousands of visitors that the 41st festival will preserve the best of festi-vals past.
The September cele-bration again will feature vendors and craftspeople wearing clothing befitting the early decades of the 19th century in the Amer-ican frontier. Community groups will cook over open fires, preparing soups, chicken and noodles, and other food that would have been familiar to Johnny Appleseed and his fellow pioneers. The children’s games that line the St. Joe River will be made of wood and rope. Musicians will dress in period clothing, and play early favorites on period instruments. Crafts-people will manufacture and sell goods that would have been at home on an 1830s table or mantel. Mili-tary units will wear uniform styles that had become obsolete before the Amer-ican Civil War.
“There are not many changes this year,” said
Kelly, who speaks from experience. She said 2015 marks her 19th or 20th year assisting the festival. “A lot of the people like it the way is is, so we try to keep it the way that it was in the past,” Kelly said. She served seven years as exec-utive director, continued serving on the board for eight years, and took on the director’s post again this year.
Some new entertainment will join the festival this
year. Details will be avail-able on the website soon.
“We have a couple new food booths coming in, but really apart from that it’s what people have come to know and love and expect,” she said.
The food vendors donate at least 20 percent of their net to the festival organi-zation. “Most of the food vendors and a lot of the children’s vendors are not-for-profits, schools, music boosters, churches,”
she said. “A lot of groups like the Kiwanis and the Lions and Optimists are represented, and for most of them this is their primary fundraiser for the year.”
She encourages visitors to visit all their favorite attractions. She also encourages the public to stroll through the woods and to the west, to see the antiques booths and the trappers and traders area. Many visitors to the infor-mation booth are surprised
to learn of those booths, she said.
Alert visitors might notice the most subtle of changes in the antiques area.
Marilou Borne has super-vised that area for at least 10 years.
“We have antique vendors that are juried to make sure they don’t show up with items inappropriate
to that era,” she said. “The only problem is the festival only goes up to 1840 and there aren’t a whole lot of things left from 1840. And also that may not neces-sarily be what the antique enthusiasts are looking for. An antique is anything that’s over a hundred years old, so each year that changes just a little bit.”
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As many as 150 crack-erjack police teams will attend a national confer-ence hosted by New Haven in September. Half of the participants will be getting around on four legs.
Hosting the American Police Canine Association’s annual meeting Sept. 20-25 is an ambitious undertaking for the city of 15,600.
“We don’t do things small,” said conference organizer Deb-Anne Smith, executive assistant to New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald. “We go big or go home.”
The meeting serves as an annual training event for canine teams, which must pass initial certification exams and then re-cer-tify each year. Dogs and handlers will be attending
from all over the country.“For some teams, this
is their only opportunity to certify,” said Sgt. Brent Bolinger, who with his dog, Armor, is one of New Haven Police Department’s three canine teams. “The main focus is training, to expose the dog teams to new trainings, events they might not ordinarily get to do.”
The event also provides networking for law enforcement, said New Haven Police Chief Henry McKinnon.
“Not only is it good for them to see our commu-nity, and we can brag about our community…but these officers, and even officers like myself who are not canine officers, can network with others,” he said. “You never know when we’ll need each other.”
New Haven launched its canine program in 1981. Bolinger worked with his first dog for 10 years and has worked with Armor for three. Officer Jonathan Wenzel has worked with his dog, Henry, since 2012. The department’s third team is Officer Scott Adam and his dog, Remi.
The host hotel for the event is the Holiday Inn IPFW.
Canine teams like New Haven’s learn to perform a lot of tasks: suspect tracking and apprehension, building and area searches, drug detection, and even to deploy from helicopters or boats if needed. Wenzel and his dog, for example, spent 14 weeks, eight hours a day, five days a week, learning to work together before they got their certi-fication.
“It’s another academy for
these guys, training with a new partner,” McKinnon said.
The annual ACPA conference lets the teams learn new things, brush up on their techniques, get updates on legal issues and share war stories. New Haven also is using the conference to showcase the teams and their talents during a public demonstra-tion in the stadium at New Haven High School at 5 p.m. Sept. 23.
After a beginning procession, Bolinger will arrive via helicopter and then he and Armor will go after “bad guy” Principal Greg Mohler, who will be wearing a protective bite suit and a GoPro camera. Other demonstrations will follow, with another 14 teams showing off their skills. A meet-and-greet after the event will allow
members of the public to get up close and personal with the dogs, if they choose.
Wenzel said working with his dog — who was not named after the police chief — is much tougher than he expected.
“It’s difficult physically, exhausting mentally,” he said. “It’s demanding work but it’s definitely rewarding at the end of the day when you find the bad guy, find that evidence. It’s awesome. It’s a good feeling.”
But while the dogs are there to protect their part-ners, “they also drag you right into the heat of it,” Wenzel added.
“We know they’ve got our backs, but at the same time they’re leading us to the trouble,” Bolinger agreed.
Just having a police dog
present can be a deterrent, McKinnon noted.
“Sometimes, you could tell someone wanted to run, wanted to fight, but if you have that dog there, it changes some mindsets,” he said. “You probably can’t put stats to that, but it prevents other officers from being injured.”
The teams also do a lot of crime prevention work, visiting schools for example, often on their own time, McKinnon said.
“It’s a chance for the kids to see, oh, they do have a job to do. The officers are human and the dogs can be nice, as long as you follow certain rules,” McKinnon said.
When they’re off duty, the dogs live with their handlers and their families.
“He knows when he’s at home,” Bolinger said. “He can relax. He doesn’t have to be on guard.”
New Haven signed up more than 40 sponsors to help defray costs and supply print materials, food and gift bag items for the attendees.
“This is a packed confer-ence. We’re offering a lot of different things show-casing the community as well,” Smith said.
Police dog teams convene in New Haven next month
Sgt. Brent Bolinger and his dog, Armor, are one canine team of three at the New Haven Police Department.
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Visit Fort Wayne invites locals to discover all that Fort Wayne has to offer and wants to reintroduce them to a city of culture, enter-tainment and attractions.
The 17th annual Be A Tourist In Your Own Hometown event will be going on downtown from noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. Both locals and those from out-of-town will get the chance to visit 12 museums and attractions for free.
The event is expected to bring about 30,000 resi-dents and visitors.
“It’s a really fun opportunity for people to take time to explore the city as visitors do,” said Kristen Guthrie, director of marketing for Visit Fort Wayne. “We have so many great museums and attrac-tions here that visitors love but residents don’t always take the time to visit so it’s a great day to celebrate together.”
Before embarking on an adventure downtown, pick up a passport in August at a Fort Wayne Kroger or Old National Bank location. Passports will be used to get a stamp at each loca-tion. Visitors are also able to download the passport from visitfortwanye.com.
Botanical Conservatory;• Historic Fort Wayne;• History Center;• Fort Wayne Museum
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aren’t always aware of the museums and attractions available to them, Guthrie said. In order to bring large crowds, locations open their doors for free to eliminate excuses or costly fees that can sometimes deter visi-tors.
“This also allows resi-dents to become good ambassadors for the city of Fort Wayne,” Guthrie said. “This way, they are able to share all the great attrac-tions to friends and family coming from out of town.”
For additional informa-tion, call (260) 424-3700 or visit visitfortwayne.com/beatourist.
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The event celebrates the monarch butterfly, hundreds of which are likely to be stopping by the preserve on their fall migration.
The festival will offer displays, including live monarchs in various stages of metamorphosis. Visitors will learn about
monarchs’ life cycle, migration, and threats to their survival. Visitors can hike a trail among towering sunflowers to see a variety of butterflies. There will be a presenta-tion on monarchs in their winter home, and many activities for children. New this year will be a station where participants can learn how to tag monarchs and why it is important to track their 2,000-mile migration to their wintering grounds in Mexico.
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New Haven will grow by almost 600 acres with the annexation of two parcels east and southeast of the city.
A 503-acre parcel will extend city boundaries east to include a section of the Casad Industrial Park, between Dawkins and Edgerton roads.
The second expansion pulls in the 83 acres of Greenwood Lakes, at the southeast corner of Seiler and Green roads.
City council initiated the annexations as part of the natural growth of the community, said New Haven Director of Planning Brian Yoh.
“Corporate boundaries will not change with devel-opment. They can only change through annexation so as the surrounding
community grows the city must annex to bring it in,” he said.
Most of the annexed area already receives city sewer and water service. Resi-dents now will receive city police protection, snow and leaf removal and city trash collection service.
“It was time to take them in,” Councilman Floyd Ball, R-1st, said.
The larger parcel is mostly farmland.
“There are only a few houses in that area that don’t already have utilities provided,” Ball said. “They are not in a hurry. They will be receiving the utilities at some point in time.”
The agricultural zoning that exists under Allen County planning will be grandfathered in under New Haven jurisdiction. The Casad — a former military depot — is zoned indus-
trial.Police Chief Henry
McKinnon said the depart-ment is prepared to patrol and serve the new area.
Former Chief Steve Poiry, who left office in May, told the council that New Haven police already respond to calls from the area which is in the Allen County Sheriff’s Depart-ment jurisdiction.
The city will take over
street maintenance for the eastern section.
Greenwood Lakes also has city water and sewer. The city will take responsi-bility for road maintenance once the development reaches 75 percent comple-tion, according to statements by Councilman Craig Dellinger, R-3rd, at a May 12 council meeting. According to literature available at the Greenwood
Lakes entrance, the devel-opment is approved for 48 lots. About 15 dwellings are complete or under construc-tion.
Terry Fisher lives on Chesterhills Court, in the Greenwood Lakes home nearest Seiler Road. He is the second owner of a home that was built in 2010. He said he does not have a strong opinion about the annexation.
“I don’t know one way or the other; I’m already getting the services,” he said.
After discussion at several meetings, the City Council approved both ordinances June 23. Clerk-Treasurer Brenda Adams said the annexations will take effect 90 days from the date of publication of notice, which was July 5.
The new area is absorbed into the district served
by Councilwoman Sarah DiGangi, R-2nd.
Kimberly Bowman, the executive director of the Allen County Department of Planning Services, prom-ised a smooth transition.
“We work very closely with New Haven and Brian Yoh,” Bowman said. “When an area is annexed one of the main differences is that residents will go to New Haven City Hall instead of downtown Fort Wayne to obtain permits. We currently have different zoning ordinances, so there may be some differences as far as what you can do with your property and where you can build.
“But, all in all, I think Allen County and New Haven have a good working relationship and we both always strive to make any transitions easier for those involved.”
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Jackemeyer Lane extends from Seiler Road to Greenwood Lakes Drive. New Haven is annexing the 83-acre development and a 503-acre parcel extending east to Casad Industrial Park.
Erica Hoot won the title of Miss Allen County 2015 and reigned over the fair, July 28-Aug. 2.
Hoot, 19, was crowned at the pageant at Carroll High School, where she graduated in 2014. Hoot receives a $1,000 schol-arship, a $785 modeling scholarship, and other gifts. In January, she will compete for the title of Miss Indiana State Fair 2016.
The Trine University sophomore is studying pre-physical therapy and exercise science. She earned recognition on the President’s List and is captain of the women’s soccer team, was inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success, and is involved
with Christian Campus House.
First runner-up Emma Schaefer, 19, graduated from Carroll High School and attends Ball State University, where she majors in telecommunica-tions.
Second runner-up Courtney DelaCuesta, 19, is a Homestead High School graduate and a sophomore at Indiana University-Bloomington, where she majors in math-ematics.
Third runner-up Cynthia Russell, 17, attends Leo Jr./Sr. High School. She hopes to attend Taylor University next fall and major in pre-medical studies.
Fourth runner-up Caylee Knafel, 19, graduated from Churubusco High School and attends the University of Saint Francis, where
she is majoring in nursing. She also was named Miss Photogenic.
Brittany Rea, 17, was selected as Miss Conge-niality. She attends IPFW,
where she majors in actu-arial science and Spanish.
Also participating in
the pageant were Danyle Reith, Alison Schwiet-erman, Joy Mugambi, Maelee Holderread, Karlee Parker and Kelly Collins.
Hoot succeeded 2014 fair queen Whitney Bullion, also a Carroll graduate. When asked what advice she would offer the new queen, Bullion said, “I think it’s just important to realize that all eyes will be upon you, and so you have to be a role model to everyone who’s looking at you.” She added, “But at the same time, you’re chosen for who you are.”
Visit missallencounty.com for details of the awards and information about registering for the 2016 pageant. Young women 17 to 21 who live in Allen County or attend school in Allen County are eligible.
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Honorees pose after the 2015 Miss Allen County pageant at Carroll High School. Winning honors were, from left: Brittany Rea, Miss Congeniality; Emma Schaefer, first runner-up; Erica Hoot, Miss Allen County; Courtney DelaCuesta, second runner-up; Abigail Russell, third runner-up, and; Caylee Knafel, fourth runner-up and Miss Photogenic.
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to get eight of us together and start dancing and just do this for the club,” he said. “To do that, we had eight different kinds of tractors and everything.
“There were other people wanting us to dance for them, too. That’s when we decided to get the red H’s. They’re more uniform, it’s better timing, and it makes for a better show.”
He said the synchro-nized show moves pretty quickly. “We’ve got a caller who coordinates our moves and we go by her command and we know when it’s time to turn the steering wheel and that leads to less crashes and touching with each other’s tractors.”
“We’ve broken a couple of front end wheels and bent several wheels,” he said. That’s why they practice every Sunday.
“But we enjoy to enter-tain the public and have a good time doing it, and we’ve got a couple spots in the show where we go out into the crowd and get a couple people and they do some moves to
command the tractors to do stuff. We don’t run over anybody,” he said.
When they’re not dancing their tractors, the drivers are police officers, farmers or mechanics. “And my grandson’s in there, and he’s been driving for four years and he’s not even 16,” Over-myer said.
The troupe has grown from eight tractors to 14, so drivers can have a weekend off to spend with their families. The drivers all live within 20 miles
of Rochester. “We’re all friends and neighbors,” Overmyer said. Nine red tractors make the trip to each show, to ensure a spare tractor. The 14 shows takes them as far west as the eastern edge of Illinois and as far east as Monroeville.
“We don’t make any money. We’re not quitting our day jobs,” Overmyer said.
Red or green, the troupe still has a personal appeal to Daugherty. “My wife’s grandmother was Lily
Pearl, so we used her name to give it a little class,” he said.
The tractors will dance twice, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Each show lasts about 45 minutes. Admis-sion is $5.
Learn more about the square dancing tractors at lilypearldancers.wix.com/dancing-tractors.
SummerFest is a fund-raiser for Saint Rose of Lima Parish, which operates a school of that same name in the former Monroeville Elementary School building.
“It’s a nice, big beau-tiful building but the upkeep can be expensive,” said Christine Castleman, who shares the Summer-Fest board with Lori Wagner, Dan Foster and Doug Spiech.
Castleman said the committee first learned of square dancing tractors through another church at the Maria Stein Country Fest in Mercer County, Ohio.
SummerFest begins with the Archer Dash at 8 a.m. The band Renegade entertains at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Find the full schedule at strosemonro-eville.org.
SummerFest falls three weeks after the town’s Harvest Festival, which has been creeping forward on the calendar. Summer-Fest also is earlier this year. “We have kind of switched the date depending on the park’s availability,” Castleman said. “Last year we were one day before the summer ended, so we have always had it in the summer.”
Kids will find carnival games and inflatables. The duck derby entertains all ages, Castleman said. The entertainment tent offers adult beverages.
Like the school itself, the festival will be enjoyed by those outside the parish. This is the fourth year of the festival, said Castleman, who has sons in the fourth and sixth grades at Saint Rose.
“We have a very caring community, a very good academic school,” she said. “And I love that our neighbors are there and everybody knows each other, because we all come together as a family.”
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Drivers aboard Farmall H tractors synchronize their movements for Lily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors. The troupe will perform two shows Aug. 29 at the Monroeville SummerFest.
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myself I was not going to join, that I was not into that. And after the first week of ag classes I just knew that was what I wanted to do.
“I feel like I owe my personal growth, my interviewing skills, my speaking skills to the FFA. And I know so many people throughout the state and even throughout the nation. I’ve made so many lifelong friends, and I am just so grateful for it.”
Lorte said FFA abounds in career development events. “There’s anything you want,” he said. “We have forestry events where you learn about leaves and plants, horticulture, dairy where you can judge a healthy animal from a nonhealthy animal, flori-culture. Anything you want to go into, there’s a good CDE for you to participate in.”
“I feel like FFA is a good balance,” Schultz said. “It’s agriculture but it’s also about leadership skills. We have leadership contests, public speaking, quiz bowl. Those really focus on the leadership aspects of it. By attending different events like this, you can interact with others and it all comes together and helps out.”
The two chapters will work on other projects throughout the school year, including fund-raising chapter share nights. “We go to restau-
rants, clean tables and everything, and just be visible,” Lorte said.
Heritage FFA adviser and ag instructor Mike Shirey said the breakfast was for the farmers and the businesses involved in agriculture. “It’s been wonderful for the young people in the FFA chap-ters to be involved with that, so they can network with those people and to provide the breakfast for these people,” Shirey said.
“We started at 6 in the morning getting ready for this event,” Woodlan FFA adviser Rod McKee said. The work really began the previous day with gathering supplies, he said. “I’m very proud of our kids. They work hard,” McKee said.
“Woodlan students, Heri-tage students, we work together and we will do at least three cooperative projects this year. And his students are my students and my students are his students, and they’re all very respectful to both of us. So that’s what makes it a really good working relationship.”
Both educators said FFA is a path to staying in agriculture related indus-tries after high school.
McKee said one of his former students was staffing one of the busi-ness information tents at Ag Appreciation Day.
“We’ve been blessed through the years to have some students who have gone on to do some really neat things,” Shirey said.
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Woodlan High School FFA members Kaitlyn Castleman, Cole Lomont and chapter President Sophie Schultz serve breakfast at Ag Appreciation Day at Jefferson Township Park.
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Waynedale picnic offers food, music, classic cars
The Waynedale Commu-nity Picnic will mark its 13th year from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Waynedale Park.
The picnic is a free, family-friendly event that feeds and entertains more than 1,500. This year’s picnic is presented by The Waynedale News, Circle City Audio and Hanson Aggregates and is made possible by more than a hundred local businesses and organizations that have donated to the commu-nity event. The picnic is
open to all families in the Waynedale community.
Megan Ryan, a Bishop Luers High School teacher, is the new event coordi-nator and lead organizer. The long-popular picnic has added many new features. The band Loudmouth Soup will entertain. The classic car show, emer-gency vehicle tour and the Waynedale Park splash pad will be open. The event layout has been changed to accommodate these new features.
Guests will also enjoy
established features of the Waynedale picnic. including a free lunch, bingo with prizes, chil-dren’s games, an arts and crafts tent, inflatable obstacle course, face painting, vendors and more.
The Waynedale Commu-nity Picnic encourages guests of all ages to attend.
Organizers thanked the businesses, organizations and individuals who have donated money, prizes and their talents. For more information, visit waynedale.com/picnic.
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A formula for waste elimination mixed with a little ingenuity turned around a small busi-ness in southeast Allen County.
Monroeville Box, Pallet & Wood Products once faced stagnation, but now thrives with growing profits and a workforce that’s about quintupled over the past few years.
The Monroeville company primarily builds industrial crates and pallets, as well as custom wood products. But its recent success hinges on a decision to go into pallet recycling. In taking moves to reduce wastefulness using lean manufacturing principles, the company began recy-cling pallets instead of chucking out used ones en masse.
“Pallets were known as a one-time user for a long time,” said Eric Kissinger, company owner. “This is some-thing that’s allowed us to reclaim a lot of that stuff. It’s not OK anymore to just throw thousands and thousands of pallets into the landfill.”
The operation worked so well, the company has evolved from the tri-state
area’s oldest pallet company into northeast Indiana’s largest pallet recycler. About half the pallets it sells is recy-cled. The other half is new.
Customers buy loads of pallets from the company for their operations.
The amount varies based on each custom-er’s needs, but can range from 20 at a time to multiple truckloads a week. At the same time, when other customers finish using pallets, they store them for the company to pick up and start the process over again.
The amount that gets recycled is about two semi-truck loads per day, Kissinger said.
The company started as a pallet business in the 1950s. Kissinger bought it about four years ago, taking a risk when the economy was still in recovery mode. But he had a good feeling about it.
“I think this is a winner,” he said he thought.
First, though, he had to get the business into shape and drastically reduce the inventory that built up in the plant. A bank wouldn’t issue a loan until nearly three-quarters of the
inventory was gone.Kissinger, a specialist
in lean continuous improvement processes, implemented strategies to cut waste and increase production.
At the same time, lumber prices shot up shortly after he bought the company. He decided not to raise prices to compensate and looked for other solutions. A couple years ago, he decided to run with the idea to recycle pallets as an innovative solution for generating new business while clearing out the inventory backlog.
The company also purchased from a Fort Wayne company special-
ized equipment designed to take apart pallets, grind up old wood and pull out metal pieces with a magnet tool. The old wood is turned into mulch that can be sold or into sawdust for farmers to use as animal bedding.
Kissinger credits the use of lean principles and a strong recycling policy for strengthening the business.
“We’re at zero waste,” he said. “We recycle our plastic, we recycle our cardboard, we recycle cans from the pop machines … We’ve really leveraged our position as a zero-waste producer.”
In the past four years, by improving processes,
company revenue increased by 250 percent, sales have more than doubled, and employ-ment grew from five workers to about 25.
“In Monroeville, 20 jobs is a big deal,” he said.
And by cutting back the inventory in the 40,000-square-foot plant, Kissinger was able to increase production capacity without having to invest in new construc-tion. The company also recently acquired a similar operation, J Box in Auburn, and is bringing the business in-house.
In addition to the Monroeville box
and pallet company, Kissinger also owns a consulting business that specializes in helping companies reduce waste by implementing lean manufacturing processes.
Waste is not a term he uses to just describe discarded physical mate-rials. He also refers to waste as a drag on productivity — the unnecessary steps, setups or conditions that waste time and energy. Such time and energy could be used for more workplace efficiency, but he doesn’t use that term.
“I go out of my way to not use ‘efficiency,’” he said, as a way to correct what he feels are miscon-ceptions about lean initiatives.
To him, the word “effi-ciency” implies doing more with less, such as employees or resources.
He feels “productivity” is a more accurate word in the case of lean.
“A big part of lean is making jobs easier,” he said. “It’s just a very broad toolbox of tools you can draw from when you’re looking to improve a business.”
Productivity, he added, describes reducing non-value-added waste in workplace processes, or doing more with less effort.
Monroeville company finds success in recycling, productivity improvements
A sign at 20009 Monroeville Road shows the recycled products available at Monroeville Box, Pallet & Wood Products.
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Business Weekly to honor top millennials
Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly has announced the winners of its 2015 Twenty Millen-nials Making a Difference Awards. A panel of judges chose the 20 winners, ages 18-34, from a record number of nominations of millennials making significant contributions in their workplace, school or community.
The winners will be honored at a cocktail reception from 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Rooptop Lounge at the Allen County War Memo-rial Coliseum. Tickets to the reception, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres are $25 and are available at fwbusiness.com under Events. For more information, email [email protected].
“We enjoyed reading all of the many nomina-tions we received,” said Terry Ward, CEO of KPC Media Group and publisher of Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. “All the nominees are worthy of the award and it just affirms our view that by recognizing some of the work being done by this amazing generation we will all benefit from what they bring to the table.”
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About 100 members of the Executive Women’s Golf Association will play Aug. 29 at Chestnut Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne. The occasion is a regional qualifying round for the association’s national championship.
“We expect 95 women here, including two women from headquarters and a USGA official,” said Jana Sebele, the founder of the Fort Wayne Chapter. “It should be a great event. It’s going to be really enjoy-able.”
The gathering begins with practice rounds on Aug. 28. Tee times begin at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 29.
“We do have spon-sorship opportunities. We’re using the money to pay for the Friday night welcome reception and the Saturday banquet,” Sebele said. Sponsors also may contribute to the goodie bags provided by Vera Bradley. Email [email protected] for details.
Holiday Inn Suites will be the host hotel.
Chestnut Hills head professional and general manager Gary Gant said he is pleased to have the tournament in Fort Wayne. “Our EWGA team is very
active and they send teams to these finals every year,” Gant said. “It’s good for the community — these ladies will be here for two or three days, using hotels, buying meals and everything.”
Golfers compete at the local level to qualify for one of the 15 regional tour-naments. The Fort Wayne regional will host EWGA golfers from the upper Midwest and Canada.
Sebele worked in Fort Wayne before moving to Naples, Fla., where she became active in the golf association. Sebele moved back to Fort Wayne in 2008. She is a bookkeeper for Schmidt Electric in Fort Wayne. “When I came up here I was looking for women to play golf with, and in the first two months we had 30 members and by the next spring we had 60. We currently have 103,” she said.
“I think one big thing is networking, meeting women from other
professions. That and the friendship are big elements,” she said. “The age range is 18 to 81, and our expertise level is a 4 handicap to a brand new golfer.”
The local chapter plays each Wednesday at Colo-nial Oaks, 8218 Huguenard Road, and each Thursday at Chestnut Hills, 11502 Illinois Road. Golfers may play in a scramble format or sign up for stroke play to apply to their handicap. “And you can go back and forth,” Sebele said. Golfers have different playing part-ners each week.
The Fort Wayne chapter submitted information on five local courses. “We weren’t allowed to give any recommendations,” Sebele said. “Our headquarters contacted the local courses and they gave a list of criteria.”
About 2,500 golfers from 120 cities compete on the local level. About 200 amateur golfers qualify to advance to the national finals Oct. 30 and 31 at The Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Visit myewga.com/fort-wayneinchapter for more information about the local chapter.
Members of the Executive Women’s Golf Association’s Fort Wayne Chapter gather on the opening night of league play at Chestnut Hills Golf Club.
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The Maplecrest Road widening project between Lake Street and State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, is expected to be ready for traffic in September. The original time-table called for the four-lane roadway to open in mid-August. A city official said crews were unable to pour concrete because of record rainfall in June. The project adds a sidewalk trail and a median and adds one traffic light.
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SATURDAY, AUG. 22Snider High School Performing Arts Boosters Music Festival. Epiphany Lutheran Church, 6607 Maplecrest Road, Fort Wayne. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admis-sion. Live entertainment by the marching band, jazz combos and choir, plus drama skits.Shindigz National Soccer Festival. Hefner Soccer Complex at IPFW. Full schedules are available at NationalSoccerFestival.com. Tickets will be available at the gate. The High School Soccer Invitational continues today. In college level men’s matches, Indiana Tech will take on the University of Saint Francis. Men’s competition will culminate with Indiana University vs. Marquette University. The midway will feature family-friendly activities, festival food and informational soccer clinics. A beer tent will be available for ages 21 and older.The United States Navy Cruisers Ensemble. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Free. As the U.S. Navy’s premier contempo-rary entertainment ensemble, the Cruisers feature eight of the Navy’s most dynamic performers. The band lives up to its namesake by playing genres of music ranging from jazz and standards, rhythm and blues, clas-sic rock, adult contemporary and pop as well as original material.Auditions for “A Christmas Story — The Musical.” Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. 1-4 p.m. Fort Wayne Civic Theater will pres-ent the musical Nov. 7-22. To sign up for auditions, contact Eunice Wadewitz, music director, at (260) 422-8641, ext. 226, or [email protected]. Call-backs will be 7-10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24. For details, visit fwcivic.org.
SUNDAY, AUG. 23Happy Together Tour. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Reserved seating $39-$79 plus $5 ticket fee; visit fortwayneparks.org. Featuring The Turtles with Flo & Eddie (who also toured with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention), this concert includes The Grass Roots, The Buckinghams, The Association, the Cowsills, and Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders. Combined, the artists on this show recorded close to 50 hits including “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “Happy Together,” “Temptation Eyes,” “Susan,” “Along Comes Mary,” “Cherish” and “Steppin’ Out.” Presented by Pacific Coast Con-certs.
MONDAY, AUG. 24Free men’s health event. Parkview Field in the Lincoln Financial Event Cen-ter. 6-9 p.m. Open to Fort Wayne TinCaps game ticketholders only. No appointment necessary. Men and women are invited to take advantage of free health education and screenings, including: PSA testing, blood
pressure screening, osteoporosis screening, blood sugar check, strength testing, skin screening, and height, weight and BMI measurements. Parkview Physicians Group - Urology physicians will also be on hand to answer questions about the guidelines for PSA screening. For more information, call (260) 266-9180.
TUESDAY, AUG. 25“Classics” Adult Book Group. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Adults discuss the classics that they have always wanted to read or to read again. This month the group will discuss “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen.Movie Night@ the Library. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Theater Lower Level 2, Main Library. The library will present a G, PG or PG-13 movie on the big screen the fourth Tuesday of the month. Adults must accompany children under 13. The doors open at 6; first come, first seated.Women’s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Hun-tington Road, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, inclusive of pro-gram and meal. Scott and Cathy McLeish who will tell about “A natural quest toward balanced health.” Reservations are due by Aug. 18; call Me-ridith at (260) 672-3414. Baby sitting is available. Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection is a service of Stonecroft Ministries.Free men’s health event. Parkview Field in the Lincoln Financial Event Center. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.. Open to the public. No appointment necessary. Men and women are invited to take advantage of free health education and screenings, including: PSA testing, blood pressure screening, oste-oporosis screening, blood sugar check, strength testing, skin screening, and height, weight and BMI measurements. Parkview Physicians Group - Urology physicians will also be on hand to answer questions about the guidelines for PSA screening. For more information, call (260) 266-9180.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26Diversity Dialogue. YWCA Northeast Indiana, 1610 Spy Run Ave. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Free parking. Guests are invited to bring their lunch. The gatherings on the fourth Wednesday of each month embrace the dignity of all people. Panelists and guest speakers work to provoke deep thought. Today’s topic is autism awareness. David Goetz, the rural outreach ally for the Autism Society of Indiana and the regional program specialist for Insource, will lead the discussion on autism with a special focus on children. RSVP to Sue Hiatt at [email protected] or (260) 424-4908.
THURSDAY, AUG. 27Stephen King Book Club. Georgetown Branch Library, 600 E. State Blvd. 7 p.m. The group will discuss the author’s latest work, “Finders Keepers,” and all things Stephen King.Whitington Wine Down. Two EE’s Winery, 6808 U.S. 24, Huntington. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets $45, plus a processing fee to be added to credit card orders. For tickets, call (260) 745-9431, ext. 106, or visit whitington.org. This is a fundraiser for Whitington Homes & Services for Children and Families, a nonprofit agency promoting and strengthening the family unit so that children are not removed from the home.
FRIDAY, AUG. 28Clint Black. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30
p.m. Reserved seating $29-$69 plus $5 ticket fee; visit fortwayneparks.org. Since his debut album release of “Killin’ Time” in 1989, Black has had over 20 Top 10 singles and several chart topping albums. His hit songs include: “A Better Man,” “Nobody’s Home,” “Put Yourself in My Shoes,” “Loving Blind,” and many more.Georgetown Fridays. Georgetown Square, 6310 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. The plaza presents outdoor concerts the first Friday of each month, June through August. Junkyard Band presents the music tonight.
SATURDAY, AUG. 29Saint Rose SummerFest. Monroeville Community Park. 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Children’s activities, food and drink concessions, entertainment on the Dewey Stage, square dancing tractors, and alumni golf cart challenge. For a full schedule, visit strosemonroeville.org.7th annual Taste of the Arts. 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. 11 a.m.-midnight. This art and food extravaganza features performances by local artists on 10 stages, an arts marketplace, activities and local restaurant vendors. This event is free to the public but tickets will be sold for food and drinks.The Bulldogs. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 8 p.m. General admission, $5. This year marks the Bulldogs’ first Foellinger appearance without their longtime leader Spike in tow. Wayne, Kenny, Bernie, Bob and Jim are carrying on with favorite hits from 1955-1966.Bishop Luers golf outing. Brookwood Golf Club, 10304 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. 1 p.m., with a shotgun start. $75 per person, or $60 for age 21 and under. Fee includes greens fees, golf cart, range balls, six drink tick-ets and food. Player or team registration is due by Aug. 25. Registration forms are available at bishopluers.org.Boy Scout donation drive for Goodwill. Rural King, 8801 U.S. 24, Fort Wayne. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 33 will help Goodwill personnel take donations that will be sold in Goodwill’s stores. The scouts will be avail-able to take a range of donations including: household goods, clothing (in any condition), shoes, accessories, books, small electronics, comput-ers and accessories (working and nonworking), linens and furniture in good repair. They are unable to accept televisions, mattresses, beds, box springs, large appliances and pianos or organs. Donations are tax-de-ductible; tax receipts will be available. The revenue from the sale of the donations will support Goodwill’s Employment Services, which helps people with disabilities and employment barriers find and keep jobs in northeast Indiana. For more information about Goodwill and its services, call (260) 478-7617, ext. 1016, or visit fwgoodwill.org.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4Don McLean. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Reserved seating $29-$69, plus $5 ticket fee; visit fortwayneparks.org. McLean’s 1971 record “American Pie” is one of the top selling singles in the history of American music, and has been covered by many other artists. Other singles include “Starry Starry Night” and “Vincent.” Presented by Pacific Coast Concerts.First Friday Street Fair. Downtown Roanoke. 6-9 p.m. Games, food, fun and entertainment will fill Main Street from 6-9 p.m.
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Fort Wayne. 1-4 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $5 for students and se-niors. Admission includes the opportunity to visit the Chief Richardville House, a national landmark. The History Center presents programs the first Saturday of the month, May through November, featuring local artists, performers and representatives of the Miami Indians and other Native American groups demonstrating their heritage. Today, Dani Tip-pmann presents “Miami Harvest: Edible and Usable Plants and Materi-als.” For more information, visit fwhistoryenter.com.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10Freedom Fund Banquet. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 6-9 p.m. $50 for adults, $25 for students. Online fees apply. Get tickets at fw-freedomfund.eventbrite.com. The Fort Wayne/Allen County NAACP Freedom Fund will honor 12 award recipients at the 70th Marjorie D. Wickliffe Freedom Fund Banquet. The theme is “Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice.” For more informa-tion, visit Fort Wayne NAACP #3049 on Facebook.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12East State Village Carnival. Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Ken-tucky Ave., Fort Wayne. Saturday, Sept. 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The church will sponsor the second annual carnival, with games, prizes, a bicycle giveaway, door prizes and a bicycle helmet giveaway. Hot dogs and pop-corn will be available.Hunter Smith Band in concert. Praise Park, St. Joe Center Road, east of Reed Road. 6 p.m. Free admission, but a free-will offering will be accepted to benefit the Kenya Simba Scholars. Praise Park is an outreach of St. Joe United Methodist Church.Young Eagles Flight Rally. Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road, Fort Wayne. 9-11 a.m. Ages 8 to 17 , may get a view from the air, thanks to the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 2. A parent or guardian must be present to sign the registration form. The EAA Chapter 2 web page is eaa2.org. For information about the local rally, call 402-6764 or email [email protected].
MONDAY, SEPT. 14“Seasons of Life.” Brookside Church, 6102 Evard Road, Fort Wayne. 1 p.m. Public invited. The Senior Saints, sponsored by Grabill Missionary Church, will present songs that connect the many stages of life.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17“County Night Out.” Arcola Volunteer Fire Station, 11401 Railroad, St., Arcola. 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Representatives of Allen County government will visit the community. The Lake Township Trustee’s Office and the Arcola Volunteer Fire Department are helping with arrangements for the meeting. County Night Out features an open-house format designed to allow residents the opportunity to meet the commissioners and other elected officeholders face to face. Among the county departments and elected officeholders who will be represented at the meeting are the Parks Department, Highway Department, Building Department, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department, County Extension Service, Consolidated Communication Partnership, Recorder and Assessor. Similar meetings will be held Sept. 29 at the St. Joseph Township Com-munity Hall, 6033 Maplecrest Road, and Oct. 15 at the Hoagland Com-munity Center, 11320 Hoagland.
ANNOUNCEMENTS / REGISTRATIONCraft bazaar. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. Saturday, Nov. 14. The popular craft show is accept-ing registrations for vendors and crafters. Tables are $40 each; electricity is available for a limited number of spots. Registration and information can be found on the Performing Arts page at bishopdwenger.com/Performing-Arts. Contact Marie Vorndran at (260) 341-9881 for more information.Lutheran Women’s Missionary League North Zone Rally. Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 6318 W. California Road, Fort Wayne. Saturday, Oct. 10, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Registration, $6, continental breakfast included. Gloria Doty, a member of Saint Michael Lutheran Church will speak. Doty is a Christian writer, author, speaker and blogger. Her recently published book, “Not Different Enough,” tells the everyday experiences of life with her daughter Kalisha, and their 30-year journey with autism, Asperger’s and intellectual disabilities. She has published a book of Devotions with her sister, Jeanette Dall, titled “A Bouquet of Devotions.” Monetary ingathering will be for Bethesda Communities where Kali-sha Doty, is a client. The registration deadline is Oct. 5. Contact Reta Borchelt, (260) 693-0496.Craft show enrolling vendors. The Deer Ridge Elementary School Par-ent-Teacher Club will present the 26th annual Holly Days Craft Show on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the school at 1515 S. Scott Road, south of Illinois Road, Fort Wayne. Hours are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Vendors from across Indiana and surrounding states offer 200 tables of homemae crafts. Interested vendors should contact Kim Martinez, (260) 402-5910.Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Saturday, Oct. 3, Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. Teams may begin registering for this annual walk to “to reclaim the future for millions.” Start or join a team at alz.org/indiana/walk or call (800) 272-3900. More than 1,000 people from Fort Wayne and surrounding counties are expected to participate in this event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Participants will complete a 1-mile or 3-mile walk and will learn about Alzheimer’s disease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies enrollment and support programs and services from the Alzheimer’s Association. Walk partic-ipants will also join in a tribute ceremony to honor those affected by
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CONTINUING EVENTS“20 Year Retrospective.” Castle Gallery Fine Art, 1202 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. Through Aug. 29. Gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., or by appointment.Open Art Exhibit. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. Through Sept. 12, during library hours. Art created by local children during the Summer Reading Program will be on display in Chil-dren’s Services.GriefShare. This group offers peers to share the grieving process. Each week the group will watch a video featuring specialists on grief and re-covery subjects. After viewing the video, the group will spend time as a support group, discussing what was presented in that week’s video sem-inar and what is going on in their lives. A 13-week GriefShare seminar beings Sept. 8 and runs through Dec. 8, at New Haven United Methodist Church, 630 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Meetings are in the parlor at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. For more information, contact Margie Williams at (260) 749-9907 or the church office at (260) 749-9565. Each unit it self-contained, so participants may join at any time.New Haven High School Class of 1965 50th reunion. Hotel Fort Wayne (formerly the Marriott), 305 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. Saturday, Sept. 19. 6-11 p.m. $65 per person. Contact Denny Herman at (260) 449-9670 or email [email protected], or Wayne Sovine at (260) 749-1716 or email [email protected]. July 29 is the reservation deadline. The committee has lost touch with and is trying to reach these classmates: Patricia Browne, Stan Clark, Barbara Day, Leslie Dicken-son, David Finton, Wayne Gibson, MaryAnn Hoff, Judith Hughes, John Kressley, Robert Mellon, Gloria Norton, Linda Reichhart, Denny Swi-hart, Kenneth Thomas and Cheryl Valentine.Egyptian Pleasure Garden. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Through Nov. 15. By the time of Ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom period, the nation’s wealth allowed for pleasure gardens at the homes of the richest citizens. A pond with color-ful fish and lotus flowers, shade trees, palms and flower beds provided a cool retreat. Fruit trees and grape vines added to the banquet table, while papyrus clustered at the water’s edge. Visitors to this summer-to-fall garden can relax in the shade and admire a distant view of the pyramids. The exhibit is sponsored by Wilson Foundation. Regular Conservatory admission applies. $5 for adults, $3 for children 3-17, and free for ages 2 and under. Hours are: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.: Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; closed Mondays. For membership in-formation and dates or other exhibitis, visit botanicalconservatory.org.Safe Sitter Classes. Lutheran Children’s Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd. Safe Sitter is a medically based instructional program that teaches girls and boys how to handle emergencies when caring for young children. Classes include two days of instruction that incorporate lifesaving tech-niques, how and when to talk with a 9-1-1 dispatcher, injury prevention, behavior management, managing a toddler or preschool guest, tips on child care and how to screen baby-sitting jobs. The classes are taught by Lutheran Children’s Hospital staff and prepare babysitters to confidently handle crises. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and class size is limited. The cost for the two-day class is $50.
Students must be at least 11 years old to participate. Call Child Life Specialist Tammy Else with Lutheran Children’s Hospital at 435-7344 to register. More details are available at lutheranchildrenshosp.com. Classes take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 28 and 29.New Haven Alumni Band. Recruiting musicians from throughout the area. Anyone with band experience is invited to bring their own instrument and join the band. The band practices Monday evenings at New Haven High School. For details, call Carol Whitner at 749-1550. The band will play at Music in the Park in New Haven on Aug. 9 and Sept. 13. The band also plays at nursing homes and other civic events.English as a Second Language classes. East Allen County Church of Christ, 3800 Minnich Road, New Haven. The church is searching for new students who either want to learn English or improve their English. A Sunday morning class is offered for beginning Spanish speakers. For those seeking to better their English skills, classes are available by ap-pointment. To schedule an appointment, call 749-5300 or visit eacchur-chofchrist.org.
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECTLittle River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and Hun-tington counties, offers informative nature events. All are free and open to the community. Contact [email protected] or (260) 478-2515 for infor-mation.• Every Tuesday in August and September, 9-11 a.m. “Little River Ram-blers.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, to hike and explore the preserve’s interesting plants and wildlife.• Wednesday, Aug. 19 , 9-10 a.m. “Short Hikes for Short Legs: Butter-flies.” Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. (For children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult.) Start with interactive fun in the barn creating the monarch butterfly’s life cycle. Then hike among the milkweeds looking for monarch eggs and butterflies on the wildflowers. Dress for the trails and the weather.• Thursday, Aug. 27, 7-8 p.m. “Meet and Attract Monarch Butterflies.” Meet at the Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. Jody Heaston, Department of Natural Resources, will bring live monarch butterflies and eggs to view, talk about the monarch’s life cycle and how you can create an environment to encourage these incredible butterflies to visit your backyard.• Tuesday, Sept. 1, 4:30-7:30 p.m. “Project Learning Tree: Part I.” In this two-day Department of Natural Resources certification program, regis-trants will learn about trees and how to teach others about trees by using hands-on methods, activities and games. There is a $20 registration fee and all participants will receive a PLT resource guide book on trees. Part I will be held at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, 3411 Sherman Blvd, Fort Wayne. Part II will be on Thursday, Sept. 3, 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Contact info@lrwp
FRANCINE’S FRIENDS MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHYThe Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For women who have insurance, they will bill the insurance company. If the patient does not have insurance but has the ability to pay, the BDC offers a reduced rate if paid the day of the screening. For women without insurance, a high deductible, or resources to pay, funding is available.Appointments preferably should be scheduled prior to the date. For an appointment, call 483-1847 or (800) 727-8439, ext. 26540. Walk-in openings are available depending on schedule.Friday, Aug. 28. Trend Setters Hair Design, 5723 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne.Monday, Aug. 31. PPG Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.Thursday, Sept. 3. PPG Family Practice, 8911 Liberty Mills Road, Fort Wayne.Monday, Sept. 14. PPG Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.(Note: Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is a partnership be-tween Francine’s Friends, Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Breast Diagnostic Center.)
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIESTo make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767.Blood donation opportunities in Allen County:Saturday, Aug. 22, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Leo High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo.Tuesday, Aug. 25, 8:30-11 a.m. Hylant Group, 6714 Point Inverness Way Suite 1, Fort Wayne.Saturday, Aug. 29, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saint Vincent de Paul, 1720 E. Wal-len Road, Fort Wayne.Saturday, Aug. 29, 8 a.m.-noon. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne.Blood donation opportunities in Huntington County:Sunday, Aug. 23, 7:15 a.m.-12: 15 p.m. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church and School, 860 Cherry St., Huntington.Thursday, Aug. 27, 2-6 p.m. Knight-Bergman Center, 132 S. Nancy St., Warren.
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The Mizpah Shrine will serve breakfast for hundreds who arrive by air and car at the fly-in breakfast from 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at Fort Wayne International Airport. Aviation Hangar 1003 is at 10501 E. 10th St., east of the terminal. The minimum donation is $5 per person; children under 5 eat free. Shriners will serve eggs made to order, sausage, ham, pancakes, hash brown potatoes, toast, and coffee, milk or orange juice. Net proceeds are donated to Shriners Hospitals for Children.
