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Table of Contents
around town 04 Middlebury Milestones 05 Community Calendar 06 Boys & Girls Club 07 Chamber of Commerce Update 09 New Year, New You! 16 Special Section - Wedding Bells: 20 Outdoor Living 28 Business Directory feature stories 10 Path to Hollywood and Back - Jordon Hodges 12 Blue and Gold Gardens - Celebrate Indiana’s Bicentennial 14 American Legion Veteran Spotlight 19 Someone You Should Know inMiddlebury 21 Middlebury Mystery Faces schools 24 Updates From Our Schools coupons 29 Deals in Middlebury
March Cover This face is one of many that have been created around the area that is now gone. Fortunately, Gloria Salavarria has captured many of them in her photos. What’s Happening Online
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When you walk around Middlebury, you are likely to see a lot of familiar faces. This month, we have other faces throughout inMiddlebury Magazine. Some of those faces are hidden, though, as Gloria Salavarria found after moving to Middlebury. They were all carved by one man, who remains a mystery, and could be seen around the area. There are some still out there, but you have to know where to look. Other faces are easier to see, especially when projected up on the big screen. Northridge graduate Jordon Hodges has forged a path to Hollywood, which included writing and starring in a movie shot in Northern Indiana. The film, “Sand Castles,” was just released a few weeks ago. Hodges will be back in the area at the end of the month to help with the River Bend Film Festival, March 31 through April 2. We are also looking for faces to go in our Veteran’s Spotlight. If you know of a veteran with ties to Middlebury, let us know so we can share his or her stories. Contact us at editor@inmiddlebury.com. Guy Thompson, Editor
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Milestones Birthday Wishes to: 3-02 3-08 3-13 3-15 3-19 3-22 3-23 3-27
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The subject of the photo must be in Indiana and more than 50 years old. Images could include anything from a cemetery to a main street to a grain silo. The contest does not place limitations on the condition of the historic resource. Photos can be color or black and white, must be 8x10 inches, and matted with a 2-inch white or ivory mat board. Participants should not frame their photos. The contest deadline is April 1, 2016. The contest is free, and photographers can submit up to three entries per person. Photos will be judged by a panel of DNR representatives, preservationists and photographers. For a list of contest guidelines, the mailing address and the required entry form, go to dnr.IN.gov/historic/3994.htm.
Clinton Christian School Annual Fundraiser Clinton Christian School will be hosting its annual auction/ fundraiser that greatly benefits the school. The auction is set for Friday, April 22, starting at 3 p.m. While the exact list of items for the auction, which starts at 4 p.m., is still being determined, in the past there have been Indy 500 tickets, front loader washers/dryers, TVs, iPads, tractors, quilts, etc. The kindergarten class makes a quilt every year. There will also be a kids’ carnival, dinner, ice cream and baked goods including pies from Aunt Karen’s. It is a wonderful event that is always a lot of fun! Clinton Christian School is located at 61763 CR 35. For more information or to donate, contact the school at 574-642-3940 or www.ccsgoshen.org.
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Announcing Our 2015 Youth of the Year! Congratulations to Northridge High School freshman Julia Mumford! She was recently named Youth of the Year of the Boys & Girls Club of Middlebury. The Youth of the Year contest is Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s premier recognition program for club youth. Members enter the contest by submitting an application, including letters of recommendations, school transcripts and essays. Additionally, applicants present a speech and participate in a panel interview with judges from the local community. Four Middlebury members competed this year, and Mumford was awarded first-place.
“The club, which was once just the brick building across the street from my school, is now like a second home to me. Over the years, the Boys & Girls Club has taught me to be a better person, speak out for myself, and has helped me to experience loss and embrace changes. Julie Mumford 2015 Youth of the Year
As Youth of the Year, Mumford will receive a $1,000 scholarship to use for college upon graduating from high school.
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You’re invited to celebrate, too! On Friday, March 12, the Boys & Girls Club of Middlebury will be hosting an Open House in honor of National Boys & Girls Clubs of America Week. Community members are invited to tour the club, participate in games and activities for the family including trivia, and enjoy Boys & Girls Club BLUE snow cones provided by KuKui’s Hawaiian Shaved Ice. The Open House will take place from 5-7:30 p.m. Trivia will begin at 6:30 p.m.
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NHS graduate finds his
Path to Hollywood – and Back by Guy Thompson
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odges and his production team finalized the distribution deal with Marvista in late 2015, capping off over four years of work on the film for Hodges. Hodges wrote and starred in the drama, which went on to play at film festivals around the world, earning awards for the movie as well as for Hodges’ script and acting.
for the next eight years. He is hoping that it will include some television broadcasts, as well as Video on Demand and DVD.
Hodges, a 2005 Northridge High School graduate, found his path into acting after high school when he took an acting class in college in South Bend to fill out his schedule. He admitted that he had never participated in NHS’s drama productions while at school, although plenty of classmates told him he should.
Regardless of how it’s distributed now, “I’m finally stepping back,” Hodges said. “I’m so relieved. As an artist, I can’t stick with the same thing. But it’s a chapter of my life.”
“I had to audition to pass the class,” Hodges remembered when the acting bug “bit” him. “I showed up with no monologue. I got up there and told a story about my loss of innocence.” The teacher told Hodges that, “If I can be that honest on stage, in front of strangers, then I can be that honest as an actor.” He was hooked on acting from that point on. Hodges went to Chicago the next semester to pursue acting opportunities for three years, which included stand-in and body double work on films, then he moved on to Los Angeles, Calif., where he now lives and works. He landed roles in smaller films but found he was looking at a lot of screenplays that weren’t, to him, very good. “There was no truth, no realism in them,” he said. “I wanted a real world.” That led him to write his own script, “Sand Castles,” and he worked to put together a production crew and get the film shot. For three weeks in October 2012, Hodges and the rest of the cast and crew filmed in northern Indiana and St. Joseph, Mich., before he returned to L.A. with the raw footage. The film premiered in the spring of 2014 and should see domestic distribution in 2016. “Marvista should release it in the spring,” Hodges said of the deal that sees the company having the rights to the film 10 inMiddlebury Magazine | MARCH 2016
Hodges recently returned to Indiana to shoot a few scenes for a film in Crown Point. “I took the role just because I wanted to work with that director,” Hodges stated. As he looks ahead at continuing his career, he’s keeping an eye on working with specific directors to build a relationship there that could potentially last over the course of several movies. One potential project is with northern Indiana native Jonathan Helmuth, who recently completed a documentary, “The Flying Dutchman.” “It’s more than fun,” he said of his career. “I can be a vessel to tell stories. If God gives you a talent to do that, it’s a tragedy not to do it.” Through his acting, he added, he has learned more about himself. In the role he took recently he was the younger brother, whereas in real life he is the older brother. “It was the first time I had to explore having an older brother. I had to explore my younger brother’s point of view,” he said. “It made me more empathetic.” Meanwhile, Hodges works to line up his next roles and next movies. “I’m wiser now,” he said of his work behind the scenes. “I’m able to not put as much energy into learning every step, now. Some of those steps are now more second nature.”
Photo: Ryan Hodges
“It was my child. But I had to let it go,” Jordon Hodges said of his film, “Sand Castles,” which was filmed around the area in the fall of 2012.
He also takes time to get back to family here in Indiana. “I’ve spent the majority of my 20s in California,” Hodges admitted. “I notice the differences when I come back.” The biggest difference, he said, is that he is more open minded now, as living in L.A. puts him in contact with so many people from so many different places. “I’m more open to others,” he said. “Part of that is being an actor, too. I realize that everyone has a past filled with stories.” While he loves California, it’s good to come home. “I get back every chance I get,” he noted. “I have the foundation to do this (acting) from here. I could not have been born in California.” When he wrote “Sand Castles,” he set it back where he grew up. One of the main locations, a home on the east side of Goshen, was owned by his grandfather and he spent a lot of time there growing up. He’ll also be back in the spring as the program director for the River Bend Film Festival, which is being moved from South Bend to downtown Goshen. He will be selecting the films to be shown and scheduling the programs. “We’ve gotten 300 films so far,” he said in late December. “Every genre – documentaries, features, dramas, and screenplays.” (See sidebar for more information on the River Bend Film Festival.) Coming from the Midwest gives him an advantage, he said, adding that a lot of actors hail from the Midwest. There is something about growing up here that lends itself to an ability to take on roles and become another person in the stories. Hodges continues to work to improve with each role, learning something each time. He noted that it’s hard for him to look back on past efforts as he feels he has moved on and gotten better over the years. “I’m getting better at expressing the human condition,” he stated. Jordon Hodges comforts Anne Winters’ character in a scene from Hodges’ film, “Sand Castles,” shot in Northern Indiana. Hodges wrote and starred in the film, which has gone on to win awards at film festivals around the world.
Sand Castles Winner of the Leonardo da Vinci Horse for Ensemble Cast at Milan’s MIFF Awards, this beautiful, naturalistic drama set around the cornfields of small-town Indiana follows Noah Daly and his poverty-stricken family as they wrestle with the mysterious return of his mute, younger sister Lauren, who disappeared from a beach parking lot over a decade ago. The movie is available on Digital HD at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vimeo, Vudu. It can also be viewed On Demand through the following cable/ satellite providers: Xfinity Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, DISH, General, Charter, Verizon To buy or rent it in digital HD, go to:
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River Bend Film Festival Northridge graduate Jordon Hodges is working with the River Bend Film Festival to select films to be shown at the festival. The festival is moving to Goshen this year, and will be March 31 through April 2, with most of the events centered around the historic Goshen Theater. A schedule of events was not available as of press time, but updates can be found at RiverBendFilmFest.org/2016.
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Asters
Blue and Gold Gardens Celebrate Indiana’s Bicentennial
by B. Rosie Lerner, Purdue Extension Consumer Horticulturist
To celebrate Indiana’s bicentennial this year, the Garden Club of Indiana and the Indiana Bicentennial Commission are hoping gardeners will join the blue and gold garden tribute to Indiana’s state flag. It’s an easy way for all Indiana residents to commemorate the bicentennial. If you don’t have a traditional garden bed, there are many fine choices for container gardens. There’s a vast array of garden flowers that can fit in the blue and gold theme. Some “blue” flowers are more purple than blue and, likewise, some “gold” flowers are more yellow. Most annual flowers will bloom throughout the growing season. Flowers listed below can be grown throughout the state. All are full-sun plants unless otherwise noted.
Corn Flower Photo by Rosie Lerner
Blue-Flowered Annuals – Some may be purplish blue: Ageratum, Alyssum, Anagallis, Angelonia, Aster, Bacopa, Borage, Brachyscome (swan river daisy), Browalia (semi-shade), Calibrachoa, Callistephus (China aster), Cornflower, Felicia (blue daisy), Heliotrope, Limonium (annual statice), Lisianthus, Lobelia (semi-shade), Mimulus (shade), ForgetMe-Not, Morning Glory, Nemesia, Nicotiana, Nierembergia (semi-shade), Nigella, Pansy, Petunia, Phlox, Salvia, Scaevola (fan flower), Sweet Pea, Torenia, Verbena. Yellow/Gold-flowered Annuals – African Daisy, Begonia, Tuberous (semi-shade, shade), Bidens, Calendula, Calibrachoa, California Poppy, Coreopsis, Cape Marigold, Celosia, Coleus (some with yellow foliage), Cosmos, Dahlia, Four O’Clock, Gaillardia, Gazania, Gerbera, Iresine (some with yellow foliage), Lantana, Marguerite Daisy, Marigold, Melampodium, Mimulus (shade), Nasturtium (semi-shade), Nemesia, Nicotiana, Pansy, Petunia, Portulaca, Rudbeckia, Sanvitalia, Snapdragon, Strawflower, Sunflower, Thunbergia, Tithonia, Torenia, Zinnia.
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HOOSIERS: A New History of Indiana BOOK SIGNING AND PRESENTATION Join the Friends of the Elkhart Public Library for their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 22, at the Elkhart County Historical Museum. The museum will host a presentation and book signing by James H. Madison, author of Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana. The event starts at 6 p.m. with a Friends of the Library membership meeting, followed by the presentation at 6:30 p.m. and book signing afterward. The book will be available for purchase at the event, or become a Friends of the Library member for a chance to win a copy of the book. As the state celebrates its bicentennial, James H. Madison, professor emeritus of history at Indiana University, will present an overview of the past – from Hoosier pioneers through the Civil War to the 21st century. His illustrated talk will highlight connections between past and present and help us think about our future. According to Lisa Guedea Carreño, director of the Elkhart Public Library, “Keynote speaker James H. Madison is a renowned historian and author whose most recent book, Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana (Indiana University Press, 2014) has been described by fellow historians as ‘the best one-volume history of the state’ as well as a ‘compelling’ and ‘userfriendly’ narrative that ‘every Hoosier should want to read.’ ” The program “…invites a wide variety of people from our respective constituencies to come together to consider and celebrate Indiana’s rich history,” Guedea Carreño stated. The event is free and open to the public.
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Ron Russell and his wife, Lori, have two children and four grandchildren. “I remember on a spring break, at the age of 17, my parents took our family to Washington, D.C. While there we saw all of the monuments, but it was Arlington National Cemetery that spoke to me the most,” Russell recalled. “When I watched the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, I made the decision to serve my country.”
Service Medals: National Defense, Vietnam Campaign/Southeast Asia Service, Vietnam Service, Small Arms Expert, Presidential Unit Citation.
Memories of Service: Upon graduating from high school, Russell went through basic training for eight weeks before going to tech school for six months. There, he learned how to make liquid oxygen, nitrogen and napalm. Eight months after entering the U.S. Air Force he was in Vietnam. “We worked 12 hours a day and seven days a week supplying hospitals with the oxygen and nitrogen they needed, and airplanes with the oxygen and napalm they needed,” he said. “I did an awful lot of growing up with the different things I was responsible for, and the materials I handled during the next 15 months,” Russell continued. “While I was not in the jungle, I was exposed to artillery fire that came in at times.
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by Guy Thompson We would grab our M-16s and head for the bunkers.” Russell was also required to have higher levels of training while there and was sent to various bases on assignments around Vietnam and Thailand to train others. “Even though I did not serve in the capacity of a grunt soldier in the jungle, I have a high respect for those who did, and understand why we don’t talk about what all we did. It is something that is hard to explain and most people would not understand unless they had similar experiences,” Russell said. “There were things that I saw personally and experienced that were horrible and I wish I could forget.” “I can say this,” Russell continued, “We should be proud of our military, all branches, and whether they never left the states or went into harm’s way overseas, we cannot do enough for every man and woman who takes the oath to serve their country.”
After service: Russell served for four years, ending with the rank of Sergeant. He went to Indiana University to earn a degree and was in business for 18 years until he felt called to serve his community in a new way. He went to seminary and became an ordained minister. He currently serves the First United Methodist Church in Middlebury. He is also the chaplain for Middlebury American Legion Post 210.
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what our kids are learning is relevant to their future,” King stated. “We are helping them learn what their God-given talents and abilities are.” A strong education is part of that, she added. “As a small business owner, I want to support and encourage the youth of today,” she said. That encouragement will only mean more growth for the area down the road. “We live in a very unique community,” King noted. “Businesses can thrive. Families can grow and prosper. Our quality of life here, with our parks and trails and more, help create a place that is wonderful to live in.” It says a lot about the people who came before, she added. It makes her want to continue that work. “Middlebury is the greatest place to live,” King said.
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Outdoor LIVING
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Many of us grew up in a time when we regularly played outside, turning over rocks and watching dandelion seeds dance in the wind. For today’s children, there are safety concerns and more distractions like technology that keep our children inside. Proactive families find great local places to experience nature; however, all children need nature. Emma Wynn, a Bristol resident and volunteer at Wellfield Botanical Garden, brought an idea to the local Environmental Educators group (called G.R.E.E.N.) to help get more children outside in our local area, no matter the child’s ability or socioeconomic status. A plan blossomed to get a list of ideas, organized by season, into each child’s hands. The big list of ideas requires little to no planning or special equipment. However, it is full of adventure and fun ways to connect to nature. Elementary children can expect to receive the brochure in their backpacks before Spring Break. The list will also be available on the upcoming website.
The 52 Things to Do Outside Before You Grow Up initiative will include a website, Facebook page, brochures, calendar of events, and potential support material to help children and their families experience the outdoors more fully. Watch the website for detailed resources about the experiences. The Facebook page will share updates and quick inspiration to get outside. Follow along on social media by using hashtags #52ThingsOutside and #ElkhartCo to inspire others to get outside on a regular basis. Interact with the initiative on Facebook at: https://www. facebook.com/52ThingsOutside/.
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The stares are wooden and the upper lips are stiff. It’s not that Middlebury people are unfriendly. It’s just that some of them are made of wood. Around town and throughout the Michiana area, spirits with rough-carved faces used to look out at passersby from tree scars and from the tops of fence posts but many of them are a memory now, although some still can be found – in town and along the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail. These spirits are not evil but are the creation of a grandfather who never lost his sense of childlike wonder, a storyteller who keeps his hands busy carving wood in order to delight others.
He is the Middlebury mystery man and he loves to keep people guessing. “Remember the comic puzzles where they’d ask you to find all the faces in the picture? That’s what I’m doing. My faces just spring on you unexpectedly,” he said. “The pleasure of finding them is what it’s all about.” Middlebury’s face carver wishes to remain anonymous but longtime residents of Middlebury know who he is. Back in 1999, local historian Glenn J. Miller said, “He did one of those faces on my sister’s tree at the corner of Spring and Main. She told me that he asked for permission to do it.” Still, Miller could never catch the mystery man carving. “I’d go out there twice a day and I never saw him working on it. He does it on the sly,” Miller stated. Admitting that he was puzzled when he first saw the face in a tree on his property, Greg Gruelach said, “I don’t know who did it but I like it. I think it’s neat. I don’t want that tree to ever come down.” Although the face at 419 S. Main Street has deteriorated, it’s still there, staring at the cars that pass by.
A face on a gate post can be found on the west side of CR 116 south of CR 16. Middlebury’s man of many faces learned his art in Alaska, where he studied Native American totem carving. He carves the old-fashioned way – by hand with chisel and maul, not chainsaw. He said his first Middlebury carving was the one at 107 W. Berry Street, across from First State Bank, but his faces can also be found in Kodiak, Alaska and Wichita, Kansas as well. When asked why he carves faces, he said, “I do it because I love wood – the smell of wood, the grain and the beauty of wood.” Pointing to the face at the former Harley’s Soda Shop, now Northridge Pizzeria, he said, “See this one! The face is being caressed by bark as it grows in. Eventually the bark will cover it. I like that about nature’s work.” He added, “I don’t like to hurt a tree. I do my carvings wherever there’s a scar.” Unfortunately, some face fans have gone too far.
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“I had them cut off so often,” the face carver said. “Now I try to put them where they can’t be cut off. It’s too bad. They’re welcome to it but they don’t have to go and deprive the rest of us, too.”
William Tuffs Memorial One of his favorite carvings was on a fence post at the intersection of county roads 8 and 35. There the face carver made a memorial on a wooden fence post to the ghost of William Tuffs, a local man who took part in the Boston Tea Party in the late 1700s. Tuffs fled Boston to avoid vengeful British authorities but his wild streak didn’t stop when he reached Bristol, Indiana. Always the rebel, Tuffs patronized local taverns until his death at the age of 97.
This 1999 face at 419 S. Main Street, Middlebury, is deteriorating but still there.
The tree on which this carving at 107 West Berry Street was made is now gone.
According to the face carver, Tuffs’ body may be buried in Bonneyville Cemetery but his spirit still roams County Road 8 where he confronts other free spirits on a Friday or Saturday night. “There were people getting killed on County Road 8 – an unreasonable number of deaths. People hitting trees,” the face carver said. “In 1910, one drunk with his Model T Ford ricocheted off a tree and lived to tell about it. “When they asked him, ‘What’s the matter with you? Why did you hit the tree?’ He said he saw this bearded man in a long cloak standing in the middle of the road and swerved to avoid hitting him.
Above left: The Mystery Face at the boundary of Northridge Pizzeria and Middlebury Elementary School as it looked in 1999. Above right: Now the face between Northridge Pizzeria and Middlebury Elementary School is a peek-a-boo face as the tree is reclaiming it by growing bark over the scar face. Far left: This face is on the north side of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, 0.2 miles west of CR 43. The face is darkened from natural causes. Left: This 2005 carving on a private drive near CR 8 and CR 12 is now gone.
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This carving of William Tuffs at the intersection of County Roads 8 and 35 has since disappeared. It was taken by someone.
“They didn’t believe the guy but after a second survivor told them the same story, people began to say William Tuffs’ ghost wanders out there and is still causing trouble. “If you check the records, there’s two or three young men drinking that got killed out on County Road 8 (in the 1990s),” the face carver said. “Yep, they claimed that William Tuffs is not happy yet.” The Middlebury face carver used to visit William from time to time just to see how he was doing. “I was never happier than when I went out one day and found a Middie T-shirt on him and a hat and it said, ‘Go Middies!’ They had him rooting for the basketball team in Middlebury.
Left: This face can be found in Goshen on the river path nearest the Elkhart River, just downstream of the Goshen dam. Look to your right. Right: This face can be found east of the bench on the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail – east of the Dairy Queen and on the north side of the path. It is exactly 0.30 miles west of CR 43.
“Kids did that! I love to see that!”
This face is on the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, 0.5 miles south of Sunrise Lane (an unpaved street in Middlebury). It can be seen on the west side.
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Northridge High School Northridge ISSMA Results On January 30, 2016 ISSMA Solo and Ensemble Festival was hosted at Elkhart Central High School. Twenty-nine of the high school students who performed received Gold ratings. The events were comprised of 21 solos and 1 Trombone Choir. Five of the students performed Group I Solos allowing them to advance to ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble with a total of 9 Gold ratings. Two students received perfect scores from the judges. These students were Tristan Swihart, receiving 2, and Abigail French.
The Northridge Raider swim/dive team and coaching staff celebrate their recent sectional championship held at Concord High School.
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Northridge Seniors celebrate the 2016 Sectional Championship held at Concord High School. Left to right: Francesca De Gregorio, Sydney Boyer, Allison Lantz, and Sydney Petersheim. Back row: team managers Landon Fisher and Katelyn Kilmer.
Two students from Northridge High School, Schuyler Donahoe (left, freshman) and Tristan Swihart (right, junior), were chosen for Indiana All-State Percussion Ensemble. They participated in the IMEA (Indiana Music Education Association) conference Jan 14–16, 2016 that was held in Ft. Wayne, IN. They had the honor of working with and performing with two renowned musicians: Jerry Tachoir (center), on vibraphone and Blake Tyson on marimba. The percussion ensemble was organized by Dr. Marc Wooldridge from Indiana Wesleyan University, with assistance from Sharon Jackson (professor - Vincennes University) and Micah Detweiler (percussion director - Northridge High School).
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Dogtown will be here with adoptable dogs! Grade A Cat Food • Diamond • Premium Edge • Indoor & Active • Taste of the Wild
Kaytee Food Grade A Dog Food • Rabbit • Guinea Pig
• Diamond • Taste of the Wild • Premium Edge • Holistic • Eagle Pack • Wellness Select
/ TCC
Tablet monthly plans as low as $10/month Time for the Newest Tablets, iPads, Samsung and Ellipsis 8
New Plans Can Save You Money!
851 US 20 • Next To Rulli’s • Middlebury • 574-358-0146