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Spartan Alliance Band welcomes new challenge on national stage

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Homestead senior Kyra Hoffman tees up on Hole No. 10 at Orchard Ridge Country Club on Aug. 4 as high schools begin the 2014-15 athletic year. Hoffman is a fourth-year member and the only senior on the golf team. For a closer look at the Homestead Girls Golf Invitational, visit InFortWayne.com.

Athletic director ensures 900 events go smoothly

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If they’re not running cross country they’re running track. If they’re not on the gridiron they’re on the hardwood.

If they’re not swinging 9-irons they’re swinging rackets. A spectator might wonder how many athletic events a high school schedules each year.

Homestead High School’s athletic director can satisfy that curiosity.

“894 events,” said Joe Updegrove. “I counted one year just to see.”

The count for the 2014-15 school year began Aug. 4, when the girls golf team welcomed a dozen other schools to the Homestead Girls Golf Invitational at Orchard Ridge Country Club.

Sports and seasons will overlap until state contests wind down in June. Updegrove said the boys golf team often reaches the state finals about June 16 or 17, and the baseball team has reached the state finals on June 20.

“People think that there are only nine football games and then you move into the sectional,” Upde-

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The Homestead Spartan Alliance Band will head to the Bands of America competition again this fall.

“We just wanted a new challenge,” said band director Steve Barber.

“We were looking to expand and to give our kids another experience, and we think competing on the national level is another experience.”

“The last time we went was in 1994, so it’s been 20 years,” said assistant director Brad Wadkins.

At those Indianapolis competitions, the Spartan band might compete against some of the bands they will see throughout the season. “A lot of Indiana bands are very successful in the national competitions,” Wadkins said.

In recent years, the BOA finals have been two or even three weeks after Homestead’s customary finale at the Indiana State

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Brad Wadkins and Steve Barber direct the Homestead Spartan Alliance Band.

School Music Association finals. “This year, the national competition is the very next weekend,” Wadkins said.

Homestead has reached the state finals 27 consecutive years. The top 10 bands in each of four enrollment classes will compete at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 8.

BOA competitions begin Oct. 25, with the finals in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Homestead football halftime shows could keep the band busy through

Saturday, Nov. 29.

The 2014 band numbers 311 — the largest in the school’s history.

The band unveiled its 2014 show on Friday, Aug. 22, during halftime of the Spartans’ home victory over Huntington North. The band’s first competition will be Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Banks of the Wabash band festival at Bluffton High School. Festival performance schedules depend on a host of last-minute variables. Follow blufftonbengalbrigade.com See BAND, Page A12

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Homestead High School Athletic Director Joe Updegrove and staff coordinate schedules and details of home sporting events.

grove said. “That’s just varsity. Then you have the same number for JV and the same number for freshmen.”

Updegrove schedules those contests at least four years in advance.

A chart on his computer screen shows the details.

“This means I have a contract received,” he said, pointing to the chart. “This shows me that this is the last year of the contracted game. It’s difficult right now to pull up any current conference schools, because after this year this New Haven game will not exist. That’s why I have TBAs in here. I don’t know who we’re playing. Likewise with East Noble. Before

we broke away from the conference, all these were contracted and everything.

Most of our contracts are four-year contracts.”

Homestead was long part of the Northeast Hoosier Conference, which will dissolve after this school year. Homestead’s football team and girls and boys basketball teams are headed for the Summit Athletic Conference in the 2015-16 school year.

Updegrove and athletics secretary Barbara Lake work year-round to ensure that the school year goes smoothly. “If we don’t have a contract we call them right away and my

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ATHLETIC from Page A1 secretary checks it, and I check it, and most of us have reminders to send to schools at least a week in advance,” he said. “And it’s just a reminder that they’re coming to our place.”

“If we don’t do that, we don’t have a schedule,” he said. “We don’t have game workers. We don’t have officials. We don’t have games for kids.”

“The home school schedules officials, and before we entered the SAC I had my football officials scheduled out through 2020,” he said.

The schedule doesn’t go to print until it’s been checked and rechecked. “I will send this schedule to every [Homestead] coach and every competing coach. So there’s just always a constant check and balance,” he said.

Though it must be precise, the schedule can change. Updegrove had

just received an email from another school about a JV game. “They don’t have enough players for a freshman and a JV football team,” he said. “They asked ‘Can our freshmen play your JV?’ “If our JV [basketball team] doesn’t have 22 games, we might pick one up on the fly,” he said.

Jeff Kintz is an assistant principal and assistant athletic director. “He schedules my game workers for me, and does a wonderful job,” Updegrove said. “And I’m fortunate that I have Mike Miller, who gets a stipend to help supervise events. He’s an administrator on duty and he’s a PE teacher.

“Jeff and I can’t be everywhere at once. When there’s a soccer game going on, freshman football and volleyball, Jeff will be inside, I’ll be at soccer, Mike will be at football, and we rotate and try to be visible.”

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Homestead coach Jeff Jehl welcomes Northrop coach Eric Erdman, left, to the Homestead Girls Golf Invitational on Aug. 4 at Orchard Ridge Country Club.

The content opened the athletic year for 13 area high schools.

Scheduling games is just the beginning of the process. “There are all kinds of behind-the-scenes things, the little details of setting up a football game,” Updegrove said. “Location, security, the officials. You need to have some kind of hospitality for your game workers because a lot of times on football nights they’re here from 5 o’clock to 9:30 or 10 o’clock. A lot

of them are teachers who don’t even get a chance to go home and eat. So you try to accommodate that.

Plus, there’s ticket sales, keeping track of the ticket numbers, the money boxes.

There’s a lot that goes into it, and there are lots of times that you don’t really get to watch a game like you’d like to.”

He said he and the assistants are “always watching

the crowd, trying to make sure that it’s a pleasant experience for everybody else.”

Many of the community teams are club sports and use the school’s name but are not under Indiana High School Athletic Association oversight. That includes hockey, boys and girls lacrosse, bowling and rugby. “They are great opportunities for the kids, but they are not under the IHSAA umbrella,” he said.

“I love the fact that they’re out there.”

Updegrove supports the behind-the-scenes mechanics of athletics but also supports athletes and their potential.

“I’m going around and talking with all of our teams. I take five minutes of their time,” he said. “I talk about the importance of being a team member, upperclassmen treating that freshman or sophomore like they’re a member of your family. They’re your

team, they’re your family, nobody’s better than anybody else. And they will learn from that. They will have many memories about that, good and bad.”

“Athletics are fun, and at Homestead the wins will be there,” he said. “It is important for our varsity teams to win. I expect them to win, and I’m telling them that this year. If they compete hard and come together as a team, the wins will be there.

“But most important is the relationships that they build not only with their coaches but with their teammates, and with community members. We really like our coaches to get the kids to go out and do some community events, get involved in something. There are all kinds of studies that show that if you’re involved in something, whether it’s Homestead athletics, clubs, Homestead hockey, whatSee ATHLETIC, Page A3

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Updegrove was born in Harrisburg, Pa., but says his roots are in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where his father was a business manager for United Brethren missions.

“I have a sister who has Down’s [syndrome].

Indiana had probably one of the better special ed programs in the nation at that time,” he said.

“We ended up moving to Huntington. My dad worked there, and I ended up graduating from Huntington North.”

He received his undergraduate degree at Huntington University, then taught physical education in Indianapolis parochial schools.

He later taught seventhgrade English at Woodside Middle School. “When Woodside split into Summit I went to Summit and taught there for a year and became the middle school athletic director for three years there,” he said.

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Gary Whitacre records the names for the Homestead Girls Golf Invitational at Orchard Ridge Country Club, where he is the head golf pro. “We love to support the community, and give [athletes] the opportunity to play a course that they might not otherwise get to play,” he said. “And to be the host course for an event like this is wonderful for us.”

have it I applied for a job at DeKalb Middle School as assistant principal and athletic director.”

“I coached volleyball, swimming, some basketball, and soccer — usually wherever we needed a coach in the middle school,” he said.

He earned his secondary school administrator credentials and came back to Woodside.

He said former Superintendent Brian Smith asked him to become high school athletic director. That was

eight years ago. In all, he has been in Southwest Allen County Schools more than 22 years. “Once I got into administration I couldn’t coach anymore,” he said. “I miss it, but I also love the 65 coaches that I have and being able to coach them is challenging at times but a lot of fun.”

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The church is located in a wooded setting at 1825 Getz Road, just south of Illinois Road, or north of Time Corners.

“We feel fortunate to have such a setting. The area with over 50 large trees gives the feel that we are far removed from the city,” said Woodview Pastor the Rev. Joe Shouse.

Woodview Church of God is in the midst of a building program and although the concert is free, the church will offer concessions including hot dogs, taco in the bag, nachos and cheese, popcorn and of soft drinks. “We want the community to come and enjoy some food while listening to some great gospel and country style music,” Shouse said.

The refreshments will be offered at a nominal cost with proceeds going to the church building fund.

Encore will present a two-hour concert that will include gospel and country classics from the past 50 years. “Those listening will appreciate the group’s harmonies as they sing familiar songs while playing the guitar, keyboard, harmonica and even the ukulele,” the church said in a news release.

“Our goal is to take gospel music to the unchurched people and help the Lord bring them into the church family,” said group founder Jack Willis. “Our concerts are unique in that we share our testimony of God’s love, grace and faith. In this way we honor the Lord and teach about the gospel and His wonderful word.”

In case of rain the concert will be held in the sanctuary.

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A breakfast crowd of several hundred converged on Fort Wayne International Airport on Aug. 24 for the Mizpah Shriners Fly-in Breakfast.

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“This is all done through the volunteers of the Shriners,” said Mizpah Recorder Ellis Ryan. “It is strictly used for the hospitals.”

Volunteer drivers are on the road about five days a week, Ryan said. Many of those drivers were on hand at the breakfast, to shuttle guests from free parking and across Ferguson Road to Aviation Hangar 13.

Shriners transformed the spacious building twice in two days. On Saturday, volunteers unloaded two trailers of tables, chairs and custom-made cooking appliances. On Sunday, Shriners cooked and served

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pancakes, sausage, ham, bacon, potatoes, toast and eggs cooked to order for more than six hours. They then loaded the equipment back onto the trailers. The several Shrine units and clubs and youth from the Demolay assisted.

Pilots flew in from Dayton, Ohio, and elsewhere to share in the $5 breakfast.

The Mizpah Band and the Mizpah Bagpipers performed. The Mizpah Clowns created balloon animals for children.

Guests arrived in antique cars, in sports cars and on motorcycles.

Allen County Sheriff’s deputies brought a K-9 dog.

Families posed for photos near two fighter jets from the nearby 122nd Fighter Wing of the Indiana Air National Guard.

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Heritage Days finds new slot in September

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Huntertown Heritage Days organizers hope the new September time slot will mean less competition and milder weather.

The festival returns Friday and Saturday, Sept.

12 and 13.

“Everybody’s used to that first week of August, but we moved it back just because of heat and lack of audience,” said Kregg Snyder, this year’s festival chairman.

The public reaction has been mixed, Snyder said at a festival committee

meeting at Town Hall, where a handful of volunteers reviewed schedules and last-minute details.

Snyder admitted to having concerns early in the planning stages. “I didn’t think we were going to have anything big,” he said. “But it’s actually coming together. I’m feeling a lot more confident right now. A lot of people came forward.”

He shared good news with the committee. The festival-sponsored beer tent is back this year. The band Reckon cut its fee for a Saturday night show.

The whole committee shared good news. The

Schedule, Huntertown Heritage Days 2014 Theme: Nani (beautiful) Hawaii Friday, Sept. 12 5-7 p.m. — Fish fry, pavilion behind Huntertown Elementary School 5-7 p.m. — Field day games: egg toss, egg carry, sack race, watermelon seed spitting contest 5 p.m.-midnight — Beer tent, across old Lima Road 6 p.m. — Sand volleyball 7 p.m. — Hula dance 8 p.m. — Hog-calling contest 9 p.m. — Karaoke at the beer tent 10 p.m. — Fireworks. Site to be determined.

Saturday, Sept. 13 11 a.m. — Flyover, by Sweet Aviation 11:02 a.m. — “The Star-Spangled Banner” 11:05 a.m. — Parade Noon-5 p.m. — Historical Society display, at the fire station

5 p.m. Friday fish and tenderloin dinner will hold the price to $9 a plate, as the Lions Club raises money for next year’s festival. That’s two pieces of fish and one pork tenderloin, said the Lions’ Barb Wagner. And the meal includes generous sides, said Sarah Snyder.

The festival is solvent and the beer tent and fish fry should raise seed money for next year’s festival, said Treasurer Jen Kumfer.

The American Legion Riders motorcycle unit will lead the parade, said 2013 festival chairman John Widmann.

Partners will assist with the jump rope contest and the volleyball games.

Tim Holmes will call the pie auction.

There will be children’s games, bingo, karaoke, a cake walk, a hog-calling contest, inflatables, a hula dance, a corn-eating contest and a tug-of-war.

Singers have been secured to sing the national anthem

before the parade at 11 a.m. Saturday. Sweet Aviation will zoom over Old Lima Road to signal the start of the parade.

Vendors have shown interest in a merchants tent.

Though he was grateful for every detail, Snyder especially mentioned the Carroll High School marching band. The Charger Pride will take

time from a Saturday rehearsal at the peak of fall exhibition season. The band will march early in the parade, and then return to the school for rehearsal.

Snyder said the festival is important because of what it represents.

“For me, it’s one word.

It’s community,” he said. “It’s what brings us together.”

Noon-2 p.m. — Children’s games: jump rope contest, duck pond, etc.

Noon-midnight — Beer tent Noon-1:30 p.m. — Pie contest entries, at the fire station 12:30 p.m. — Volleyball, behind school 1 p.m. — Show us your legs contest, in front of school 1:30-2:30 p.m. — Pie judging 2-3 p.m. — Soarin’ Hawk raptor rehab, in front of school 2 p.m. — Chalk drawing contest 2:30 p.m. — Pie auction, at the fire station 3 p.m. — Cake walk, at the pavilion 3 p.m. — Tug-of-war 4 p.m. — Corn-eating contest 4 p.m. — Bingo, at the pavilion 4-7 p.m. — Cornhole contest 8 p.m.-midnight — The band Reckon plays at the beer tent (The schedule is subject to change.)

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Something I don’t think I’ve ever seen. Two herons in the top of a tree at Bixler lake park, squawking at each other.

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Jim Sprandel of Kendallville was the KPC staff choice winner for KPC’s July Photo Contest.

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Fall Harvest Festival recalls bygone era

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Eight decades will vanish for two days, when Salomon Farm Park presents Fall Harvest Festival.

The 170-acre Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation property at 817 W. Dupont Road will host the festival from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4. Admission to the past is free.

The festival is in part a tribute to the Salomon family that lived in the farmhouse and worked the farm before donating it for the enjoyment of future generations. “When the Salomons donated the property, they wanted it to stay a working farm,” said parks employee Karla Yauchler. “They were really specific that they wanted it to remain a working, living-history farm, and the time period is between the ’20s and the ’40s.”

“We have grouped together antique equipment and the people who know how to use it,” she said. “That’s the key thing, is not just walking around and looking at it, but seeing it in use.”

Yauchler, the manager of outdoor recreation for the parks department, said the festival was created by her predecessor, Tony Acosta.

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Wagon rides and harvest demonstrations at Salomon Farm Park represent the era of the 1920s to the ’40s.

The farmstead park also is host to a fiber festival each May. “Really, one of the big goals is to be more educational,” Yauchler said. “So that’s why we do our festivals on Friday and Saturday instead of Saturday and Sunday, is because we want to give that opportunity to local schools, child care centers, adult care centers, for people to come out and have an activity and see some of this technology.”

Visitors may watch as volunteer farmers harvest the crops they have grown on their assigned parcels, which total about 40 acres. “The farmers are really the driving force

behind the Fall Harvest Festival,” Yauchler said.

“Many belong to the Tri-State Two-Cylinder Tractor Club.”

“We open up our Heritage Barn and they bring out a lot of really old equipment and they use it,” she said. “We have an old threshing machine that harvests the wheat and oats that are grown at the farm.”

The DeKalb County Horsemen’s Association offers wagon rides.

“We have tractors pulling wagons, too,” Yauchler said. “We have a lot of antique farm equipment.”

“This year they’re

going to have ‘hit-andmiss’ engines, which they haven’t had in the past,” she said. “These were used to drive a belt that was used to power equipment before electricity.”

The farm’s cows, sheep, donkeys, goats and chickens will be on display.

Food concessions will be available.

The Distant Travelers will bring music Saturday afternoon.

For directions to the farm and more on its history, visit fortwayneparks.org.

To arrange a field trip, call Yauchler at 427-6008.

Cedar Creek Produce Farm promises more attractions and a more difficult corn maze this fall.

Amy Flentz said she and her husband, co-owner Randy Flentz, planted the corn in June and cut the designed path when the corn was about waist high.

“We asked for comments last year and people wanted it harder than it was last year,” she said. “We haven’t quite timed it yet, but it will be harder than last year’s.”

“There’s one way in and one way out, and if you take the correct path you will go in and come back out,” she said. “And if you take the wrong turn, you’ll spend a little more time in there.”

“We have some landmarks to watch, just in case,” she said.

The maze will open Friday, Sept. 19, at the farm at 11709 Clay St. in Leo-Cedarville, and remain open at least through Oct. 31. Hours are 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Sundays. Last admittance is one hour before closing.

The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for students, and free for ages 4 and under accompanied by an adult.

A separate charge applies to the separate activities

area, or visitors may buy a combination pass.

Reach the farm by Clay Street off Indiana 1 from the north, or by Halter Road from St. Joe Road from the south.

For details, call Amy Flentz at 627-5239.

The nearby activity area is new this season. “It’s going to have a cornbox, which is like a sandbox full of corn,” she said.

Kids may clamber onto a straw tractor or up a straw mountain.

The Flentzes have added a Halloween trail through the woods. “We’re trying to keep it pretty family-friendly,” she said.

“We have people who have come every year for 15 years,” she said.

“People have their children’s pictures taken with a blow-up cat.”

“We hope they come out and have some fun and enjoy it,” she said.

The farm will sell fall decorations, straw bales, cornstalks, mums, gourds, pumpkins and squash.

Summer crops such as sweetcorn and tomatoes will be available until frost.

Apples from the farm will be sold alongside apples from Michigan, and apple cider will be brought in from an orchard in Goshen.

“We have our own honey, we make our own maple syrup, and we sell brown eggs,” Amy Flentz said.

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Dash, dinner to honor military, civilian heroes New Hope Baptist Church is honoring those who serve in the military and in civilian emergency services.

The Defenders Dash will be run at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, starting at the Aboite Township Fire Station, 11321 Aboite Center Road.

Heroes Sunday will continue that theme at 11 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 14, at the church, 8918 Aboite Center Road.

The Rev. Rob Bogle, pastor, said each runner may designate one of three charities that will beneďŹ t from the run.

Contributions go to Shepherd’s House, to honor the military; to Hoosier Burn Camp, to honor ďŹ reďŹ ghters; and to Mad Anthony’s Children’s Hope House, to honor police.

To register for the fun, visit DefendersDash.com. Registration for the 5k is $25. Registration for the 11k is $30.

The Sunday service replaces the regular service. “We will take time to honor the men and women who serve our country and communities,â€? Bogle said. “All those in attendance who have served or are serving in our military, National Guard, police, ďŹ re and EMTs will be recognized and receive a special gift to say thanks.â€? “Our special speaker for the second year will be radio talk show host and a strong Christian, Pat Miller,â€? the church said on its website.

The service will be held outdoors, weather-permitting.

Lunch will be served by Bruno’s BBQ and provided by the church. “Anyone in the community is invited who would like to come and say thank you, but we want to give a special invitation to those who serve in the military, our police — whether county or city — and any ďŹ reďŹ ghters, EMT ďŹ rst responders, just to say thank you to them for serving our community and our country,â€? Bogle said.

The church will accept its regular offering and another offering to thank the speaker.

Forum about self-esteem The Indiana Youth Institute is hosting a forum that will explore how to help youth build healthy self-esteem.

The forum will run from 8:30-10 a.m. Thursday, Sept.

11, at the Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. As part of IYI’s Youth Worker CafÊ program, the forum is free and breakfast will be served, but reservations are required by Sept. 8. RSVP at iyi.org/YWC. Reservations may also be made by contacting IYI Statewide Outreach Manager Debbie Jones at (317) 396-2723 or by email at djones@iyi.org.

The forum will feature two speakers from the YWCA Northeast Indiana, including Community Programs Family Case Manager Arika App and Community Education Coordinator Jennifer Rohlf. Participants will receive examples of activities to help build self-esteem in children and learn the importance of building rapport with young people to create relationships and environments where children feel safe to discuss their problems with caring adults.

Free parking is available in the TinCaps Silver lot on the corner of Brackenridge and Ewing streets.

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A former Fort Wayne resident enjoys success leading his own public relations firm in Indianapolis with the help of a few other city natives.

Chris Dittoe is president and co-founder of Dittoe PR, which provides marketing services to a variety of clients — those mainly in consumer electronics, retail, health care and financial services

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A few months after starting the business, Dittoe said, the ball started rolling when they attended a trade show in Las Vegas and signed a couple of clients. About a year later, Dittoe PR moved out of the Dittoes’ home and into its current location.

Since then, the agency has grown to serve about 30 clients in central Indiana and other states with 15 employees on staff.

Among them are Megan Custodio, Christy Chen and Ashley Eggert — three IU graduates from Fort Wayne who hold executive and management positions. The fact that the three employees grew up in the same city and went to the same university as Dittoe is a coincidence he called “pretty cool.”

Custodio and Chen are both partners in the firm.

Custodio, a Homestead High School graduate, started as an intern about five years after Dittoe launched Dittoe PR and now holds a vice president

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Chen, a Bishop Luers High School graduate, was hired as an account executive, grew to director of sales and now serves as vice president of sales and marketing.

And Eggert, also a Bishop Luers grad, works as one of the firm’s senior account managers.

“I just think it’s been a blessing to have everyone that’s come from Fort Wayne,” Dittoe said.

“Getting these people from Fort Wayne was a little bit of a comfort level knowing they come from a great town and knowing they have some common interests. The people from Fort Wayne

have a lot of pride, and a lot of day-to-day work ethic. It’s been fun to have that aspect of our lives in common.”

Dittoe PR’s clients include the Western Golf Association, which hosted the Hotel Fitness Championship at Sycamore Hills Golf Course, Aug. 26-31.

Dittoe said his firm started working with the WGA in 2012 by promoting another golf tournament, the BMW Championship, that year.

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The Grabill Country Fair completes its 43rd year on Saturday, Sept. 6. The parade begins at 10 a.m.

For a full list of exhibitions and activities, visit grabillcountryfair.com.

The final day’s free entertainment on the main stage features Distant Traveler, from 7:30-9 p.m. The group will meld bluegrass acoustics with a country music sound, calling on two soulful female vocalists and two male vocalists.

The Hoosier Gentry Barbershop Quartet will sing as they stroll through the fair, and might sing a song on request, from 5-6 p.m.

T.A.G. Art Co. will present free shows in front of the Fudergong. From 11:30 a.m.-noon and from 6-8 p.m. Captain America and the character Elsa from the movie “Frozen” will appear in the parade and then sign autographs and posing for photos with children.

Saturday’s featured dinner at the Fudergong is High’s chicken, from 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

Sharon Krug will direct the Fudergong building once again. In the early days of the festival, she said, meals were served under a tent. “As time went by you had inclement weather or bees or whatever, and the fair was able to build this building, the Fudergong, as a more permanent place to serve more home-made meals,” she said. “That’s different from the food vendors. This is more of of a sit-down meal. They still go through a line, but they have a place indoors and enjoy their meals.”

Meal prices range from $5 to $9. “It depends on what they get,” Krug said.

“Some people just buy a pork chop and nothing else, and some people buy a dinner.”

Visitors may enjoy just the entree or a hot dog or turkey sandwich, and return later for coffee and pie.

Rich Colter returns as festival president, and also marks 18 years of directing the children’s activities.

At 12:30 is the frog contest. “You have to bring your own frog,” Colter said. “We have prizes for the longest, the smallest, and the frog that makes the longest combination of three jumps. And of course they get away into the crowd on occasion and create a little excitement.”

“This year we’re going to try something new at 1 o’clock, with 8-, 9- and 10-year-old boys arm wrestling,” Colter said.

At 2:30 it’s the cherry pit spitting contest. At 3 it’s the spelling bee, with several age categories including adults. At 4 p.m. it’s the blueberry pie eating contest. “And it’s just one slice of pie; we don’t make you eat the whole pie,” Colter said. Then it’s the sack races at 4:30, the jump rope contest at 5, and the nail driving contest at 6 p.m. Finally, it’s the two-man crosscut saw contest.

“I have a good team of people who handle the different areas, and I kind of oversee it to make sure the awards and trophies are all in position,” Colter said. This year he and his wife also have taken on the sponsorship programs too.

“It has been a challenge,” he said.

Gayle Shearer again is in charge of the exhibition hall, which is inside Grabill Missionary Church. Enter through Door B, she said.

“We have the tallest sunflower stalk, the tallest cornstalk, the largest

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Volunteers serve homestyle meals at the Fudergong building during Grabill Country Fair. Traditional favorites include beef and noodles, pork chops and chicken.

pumpkin,” she said. “We have ground cherries — and most people don’t even know what ground cherries are.”

Exhibits include produce, flower arrangements, arts and crafts, baked goods, homemade noodles, ties, woodworking and quilting.

Items range from kids’ projects to adults’ projects.

In her six or seven years directing the building, Shearer has seen as few as 331 projects and as many as 475.

The building is air-conditioned an it’s dry come rain or shine. “That’s how I get my volunteers,” Shearer said.

“I’m just always engrossed with the produce

that’s brought in,” she said.

“There are things that I didn’t know were produce.

And some of the needlework is just so precise and so little that I don’t know how people can see to do it.

It’s just mind-boggling to see what people can do.”

The Settlers Inc. present programs, too. This year’s presentation will include gourds, quilting, corn husking and “scherensnitte.” That craft uses the same principles as children cutting snowflakes, but is more involved, she said, yielding scenery cut-outs and people cut-outs.”

Much remains unchanged since the first festival. The community still gathers on the weekend after Labor Day. Volunteers still take pride in welcoming visitors to their town. And Diane and Wilmer Delagrange are still

among those volunteers.

“My husband has been involved for 43 years,” said Diane, who took a few years off but is working on her 33rd festival.

The community celebrated Grabill Barn Days for the first and final time in 1968. The notion of a festival survived, though.

The weekend was chosen because of the apple season, which played a more prominent role in the early festivals.

“They could set the tents up on Labor Day, and back in the early days we had apple butter making,” Diane said. “When they were setting up the tent, the women would come in here and ‘schnitz’ apples.

That’s a German name for cut apples. They would cook the first batch on Wednesday, so it was available for sale on Thursday.”

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BAND from Page A1 for details. The festival begins at 3 p.m. Admission is $6. Bluffton High School is at 1430 Wayne St. in Bluffton. From the north, follow Indiana 1 south into Bluffton, turn east on Indiana 116, and turn south on Wayne Street. Concessions and programs will be available for purchase.

Homestead will host its own band festival on Saturday, Oct. 4. The Homestead Fall Festival Contest typically begins at 10 a.m. and continues into the evening. Admission is

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$7 for adults, and $5 for students, preschool and senior citizens. Programs are $3. Concessions will be available on site. For updates, follow spartanallianceband.com.

Homestead’s 2014 show is entitled “Dance of the Wind Spirits,” and is based on music by Karl Jenkins. Once again, Kent Klee has arranged the music, Mike Hardiek has designed the show, and Jonathan Meader directs the color guard.

Though the band has a history of success, leaders are taking nothing for granted.

“One of the keys is

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The Homestead High School practice field got a new look over the summer. Sprinturf of Atlanta, Ga., replaced the sod with a synthetic material, and also replaced the 10-year-old surface of the football field.

School officials said the new surface will require less maintenance. The tower overlooking the band field also was replaced.

attention to detail in everything that’s done in the program,” Wadkins said. “Everything is planned out from the very start. The students, the staff and the parents make all that happen.”

“The two of us coordinate all aspects of the program,” Barber said as he gestured toward Wadkins. “We rely heavily on our staff, our parents and our students.

Success breeds success and there’s a strong tradition of excellence.

The expectations that our seniors have were set in stone by seniors before them and there’s a certain expectation of hard work, and determination. And then the two of us and our staff get together to make sure the skill set is there and we’re working to make significant improvement throughout the entire band season.”

Barber said the students help one another from band camp through the

finals. “The seniors know they’re going to be as strong as the freshmen are in our band,” he said. “So the upperclassmen go out of their way to help the underclassmen, and that’s what brings a successful program.”

Wadkins said that dynamic causes the freshmen to excel from the first week of band camp. He said that pride among staff, students and parents benefits the students daily. “It is a positive in all aspects of life. Not just performance, and not just competition, and not just where we finish, but all aspects of the program,” he said.

“The life skills that our kids learn are very, very important,” he said.

The band rehearses daily, including from 6-8:30 Tuesday and Thursday evenings. As many as 300 people from the community will attend those rehearsals. That support is very important

Friday, Sept. 5 — home football halftime, vs. East Noble Saturday, Sept. 6 — Banks of the Wabash band festival, at Bluffton High School Saturday, Sept. 13 — Lafayette Jefferson High School contest Friday, Sept. 19 — home football halftime, vs. Bellmont Saturday, Sept. 27 — Mishawaka Penn High School contest Saturday, Oct. 4 — Homestead Fall Festival contest Friday, Oct. 10 — home football halftime, vs. Norwell Saturday, Oct. 11 — ISSMA Scholastic State Preliminaries and Open Contest at Homestead Friday, Oct. 17 — home football halftime, vs. New Haven Saturday, Oct. 18 — ISSMA Regional at Lafayette Jefferson High School Friday, Oct. 24 — BOA Regional Preliminaries at Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday, Oct. 25 — BOA Super Regional Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday, Nov. 1 — ISSMA Semi-State at Ben Davis High School (must qualify) Saturday, Nov. 8 — ISSMA State Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium (must qualify) Thursday, Nov. 13 — BOA National Preliminaries at Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday, Nov. 15 — BOA National Semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium (must qualify) (ISHA football post-season play begins Oct. 24. Pairings and home fields will be announced after the draw. The band will march as late as the state championships on Saturday, Nov. 29.) to the band, Barber said.

“It’s a dress performance for our kids. They’re performing in front of fans. And it helps them on Friday nights, and on Saturdays when we go to contest,” he said.

The band also notices support such as when sections of Homestead blue rise to their feet at Lucas Oil Stadium.

“They feed off that. That makes them stronger in the rehearsals and performances,” Wadkins said.

“They’re aware of it, very much so, and so are we as directors and the staff. We all notice,” Barber said. “I think we get some of the best parent support in the country.”

“There’s a satisfaction they get from a great performance, and the feeling coming off the field as they’ve just entertained the audience and the judges, and they know that they’ve done their very best,” Barber said.

Annual Tox-Away Day Sept. 6 The Allen County Solid Waste Management District’s will hold its annual Tox-Away Day from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6, at the former Navistar Tech Center parking lot, 2911

Meyer Road.

This event is open to Allen County residents only. Minimal fees apply. Residents may print off and fill out the registration form in advance at acwaste-

watcher.org. Forms will also be available on-site at the event.

Many items bought and used around the house, garage, garden, or shop contain toxic chemicals. These prod-

ucts are household hazardous wastes, and can harm health or the environment if not properly handled. They also may cause water and air pollution if carelessly discarded.

Materials accepted include: Toxic household cleaners, health and beauty products, batteries, lawn chemicals, pool chemicals, oil-based paints, paint thinners, automotive products, mercury items, fluorescent light bulbs, propane tanks and fire extinguishers.

Material that will not be accepted include: Latex paint, explosives, radioactive material, steel drums, infectious waste, tires, and steel drums.

The agency reminds the public that latex paint can be air dried and thrown in the garbage.

Bring products in their original containers.

Do not mix products or remove labels.

For more information, call 449-7878 or visit acwastewatcher. org. Small businesses and nonprofits interested in participating must contact the district.

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Association sends fall food appeal to 130 churches Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County plans a community-wide food drive in September, which has been designated Hunger Action Month.

“Our 130-some congregations have received information concerning gathering of food, and we’re encouraging people to bring food to their congregation,” said the Rev. Fred Meuter, the director of church relations.

“As we enter the fall of the year, the need for food becomes crucial,”

the organization said in a news release.

“Let’s rally to finish the summer strong. Please help us feed the hungry by bringing your gifts of canned and boxed food to church during the month of September.

Your contributions to the work of Associated Churches will feed those in need.”

Each church will receive posters and paper shopping bags with lists of commonly needed food items.

“The needs of the hungry in our community

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go on regardless of what season of the year it is,” Meuter said. “And quite often around major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas people are really paying attention to that. Well guess what, people are hungry during the summer, during the fall, during the spring and during the winter.”

“I passionately feel that we need to make people in our community aware of the ongoing needs of the hungry, and through the association of churches we try to provide emergency food

relief for those people in the community who have fallen on difficulties,” he said.

“That’s where the passion of the people in our organization is as well,” he said. “So the people in the community who run those food pantries have all gathered together to make sure that those who are in need are not forgotten and are provided for.”

Direct questions to fred@associatedchurches.org, or call The Associated Churches at 422-3528.

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Gardeners take lead in national organization

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John and Cheri Kessen’s property on the shore of Sylvan Lake teems with plant life.

The Kessens share their interests through the Fort Wayne Gardeners of America.

The main garden at their Rome City home is dubbed the “Young hearts, old backs garden� with several new gardening

methods employed to allow for advancing age.

To the right are several raised bed gardens.

Farther down are shade gardens, tomato plants and even milkweed to attract monarch butteries.

From April to October, the couple are hard at work tending their plants, though Cheri says she stays in the house if it gets too hot.

The couple’s gardening

has taken them to leadership in a national organization — the Gardeners of America/ Men’s Garden Club of America, based in Des Moines, Iowa. Founded in the 1930s, the group strives to get more people acquainted with gardening through local clubs and shows, conventions and seminars. “You can see gardens and get ideas of things you can do,� John said. “Everyone wants to share.

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Cheri became involved with the Fort Wayne club ďŹ rst, attending meetings with her parents when she and John lived in Fort Wayne. She serves

as vice president of the Fort Wayne Club and is ďŹ nishing out her term as past president for Central Great Lakes Gardeners. “I remember gardening back in my childhood home and my grandmother had lilies of the valley along the side of the house. It was always just fun,â€? she said.

Eventually, John decided to tag along. “We saw the chance to go to different seminars and meet many people from different areas and learn more about how various people do gardening. It was really intriguing to us,� he said. “We started going to national conventions, and

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Selections from decades of music will overflow the sanctuary of a southwest side church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28.

Marlane Sturm is retiring after 25 years as director of music and worship arts ministry at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road.

The church has invited those who have participated in the music ministry over the past 25 years to join today’s singers and handbell ringers for that final program.

“A lot of my teens who are now married and have children are now coming back from all over the place, from Cincinnati and Chicago, and I am so thrilled, because to put these singers and bell ringers together is going to be so much fun and it’s going to be a real celebration,” she said.

PUBLIC CONCERT 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road Marlane Sturm presents the final program of her 25-year career at the church.

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About 16 to 18 instrumentalists will share in the program. Mia Bendele’s dance students will participate. “She’s a really great ballet teacher as well as a beautiful dancer herself,” Sturm said.

“So it will be a great celebration, two days before my last day here.

So hopefully I can go out on a high note and not be too sad,” Sturm said.

At the first rehearsal of the fall season, Sturm told handbell ringers that she expects 27 ringers to play five handbell numbers during the program. “It makes me feel so good

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Marlane Sturm directs handbell ringers who will perform five numbers during Sturm’s farewell program. Sturm will retire Sept. 30 after 25 years at Aldersgate United Methodist Church.

and so loved to have you all here,” she said.

The Rev. Derek Weber has served as Aldersgate’s lead pastor for seven years, while Sturm has served as the director of music and worship arts.

Weber said music is an extremely important

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“It’s been a learning experience for me — her connection with the congregation, her history here has been very helpful,” Weber said.

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“She has a passion about worship and music, and you can’t help but love that and helping her fulfill that passion.”

“She’s bringing back some folks who are no longer in town. They’re coming back because they love her, and it’s

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He said Aldersgate follows “traditional church music, although we define that very broadly.”

“We have taken a historical musical approach to worship, and though other churches have kind of surrendered that, we still have the organ and the hymnals,” he said.

“We’re now expanding into other forms of music and worship, but we’re not leaving behind the traditional church music,” the pastor said.

“I tend to prefer the [Charles] Wesley hymns, and they do appear in other hymnals as well,” Weber said. His personal favorite? “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”

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Cannons will thunder along the Saint Joseph River and 19th-century infantry re-enactors will fire a volley of muskets from a grave site atop the hill. And the 40th Johnny Appleseed Festival will be under way.

The infantry will hoist and salute the flag above the grave bearing the name of John Chapman, the roving nurseryman who is believed to have died in Fort Wayne in 1845.

Crowds will enjoy authentic 19th-century food, music and crafts from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Maker Faire to spotlight do-it-yourselfers

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Artists, scientists, inventors, crafters, tinkerers and techies will showcase their creativity at the Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire — Powered by TekVenture.

The family-friendly event featuring the work of do-it-yourselfers has been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, under the Lincoln Pavilion at Headwaters Park East in Fort Wayne. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day.

Food will be available for purchase.

Visit makerfairefortwayne.com for details.

Buy tickets online through Eventbrite and save $2 per ticket. Adult one-day tickets are $8 plus a $1.43 fee through Sept. 12. Youth tickets for ages 6-14 are $5 plus a $1.27 fee. Children 5 and under are admitted free. A family one-day package for two adults and two youths is $24 plus a $2.31 fee.

Organizers invited makers with exhibits relating to activities such as robotics, green technology, rocketry, radio operations, art cars, do-it-yourself science, unusual craft projects and whimsical technical creations.

TekVenture is a Fort Wayne nonprofit group with a mission to improve public access to the kind of specialized tools, equipment and training required by artists and inventors to advance innovative projects.

It it is establishing a permanent “maker station” for that purpose in the former American Sweeper Co. building at 1800 S. Broadway in Fort Wayne.

The organization expected to have about 2,000 square feet cleared and ready to move into this summer in what used to be the retail space of the old vacuum business and another 3,000 square feet will be ready by late fall.

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will have clean and quiet work areas for electronic benches and activities such as large format printing and industrial sewing. This is where makers will work with newer technologies, such as three-dimensional scanning and printing.

In the fall, TekVenture will open the space for metalworking, woodworking, welding, machining, glass blowing and other activities that can get loud and messy. Soon after that space is open, it will make some studio space available to artists and technicians.

Registration also has opened for a race added to the event’s activities two years ago: the electric vehicle straight track obstacle-course competition.

Teams participating in the event are allowed to spend up to $500 modifying a battery-powered child ride-on vehicle for the race. Adults race the vehicles over a track including obstacles of pea gravel, water, sand and wood chips.

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An exhibit presented by the Bicycle Museum of America will explain the

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The Cottage to host fundraiser for Riley Billed as an evening of cool jazz and smooth standards, “Puttin’ on the Ritz for Riley” features vocalist Shannon Persinger backed

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The concert, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at Roanoke’s Cottage Event Center, is a fundraiser for Riley Hospital for children.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Beef stroganoff, salad and desserts will be available for purchase. A cash bar will also be available.

Cottage Event Center is at 9524 U.S. 24 North, at Locust Drive, in Roanoke.

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Each week, Roanoke Elementary School teachers choose students from each class who demonstrate a particular like skill. The school year began by celebrating Friendship and Effort. Friendship honorees are: (front row, from left): Gwenyth Kiser, Cole Ellet, (center row, from left) Carter Hansen, Hattie Landrum, Grace Michel, Lucy Fritz, Isabelle Ottinger, Jack Hawkins, (back row, from left) Jesalyn Klopfenstein, Beth Tallman, Lizzie Colclesser, Tyler Melcher, Caleb Eckert, Grace Vaught, Amaya Smith and Landon Zeider.

Romania trip is auxiliaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s topic â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Romania with Joni and Friendsâ&#x20AC;? will be the topic of the Fall Semester Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breakfast sponsored by the Huntington University Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auxiliary at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.

The buffet breakfast, open to the public, will be on the upper level of HU Habecker Dining Commons. Reservations must be placed by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5. Call Pat Jones at 356-7365, or Barbara Fetters at 672-8333, or Sandy Marion at the university, 359-4000.

Tickets are $7 and may be paid at the door.

New women faculty or staff, and wives of new

personnel will be guests of the auxiliary.

HU music majors will present vocal selections.

Dr. Nate Short, assistant professor of occupational therapy in the HU doctoral program, traveled this July to Romania with Wheels for the World, a ministry of Joni & Friends International Disability Center.

While there, Short served with a team from the United States to minister to people with disabilities.

The team served in the cities of Brasov and Hunedoara by providing free wheelchair clinics.

Short has served in New Mexico with the Indian Health Service working

cross-culturally with Native Americans. His specialty is orthopedic upper extremity/ hand management. He has established a hospital-wide ergonomics program to help with hand rehabilitation.

For the recent Romania trip, donated wheelchairs from the United States were sent ahead of the team to be ďŹ tted by occupational and physical therapists.

The Huntington University Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auxiliary promotes dormitory projects for student comfort.

The project for this year

is the purchase of wall dĂŠcor for Baker Hall and Roush Hall lounges. An annual gift of $750, along with memorial gifts, is contributed to fund the HU Auxiliary Scholarship, giving priority to a student majoring in math education.

Current ofďŹ cers include: Barbara Fetters, president, Fort Wayne; Brenda Knipp, secretary; Deb Cherry, treasurer; Sue Cherry, corresponding secretary; and Jean Michelson, publicity secretary, all of Huntington.

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Effort honorees are: (front row, from left) Sydney Taylor, Hayden Quickery, Lilian Campbell, (center row, from left) Leah Hertel, Layla Sutton, Mayson Holzinger, Leland Lewis, Ava Geiger, Skylar Olson, (back row, from left) Zack Wall, Drew Dorsett, Evan Hoffman, Lara Steele, Victoria Donaldson, Hailee Kline, Jakob Morton and Alyssa Gilpin.

Computer classes set The Roanoke Public Library will offering computer classes for adults.

Patrons must register to be assured of having a laptop computer available to work along with the instructor.

The instructor will be Celia Bandelier, library director, who has been working with computers since the 1980s when she received a minor in computer science as part of her bachelor of science degree from Manchester College.

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Allen County 4-H applauds 10-year and ďŹ nal year members Ten-year and ďŹ nal year 4-H members were recognized at the Allen County Fair.

There were 19 young people who completed 10 years of participation in the 4-H program. They were: Kevin Berning of Decatur, Pride of Allen County Dairy 4H Club.

Madeline Brown of Fort Wayne, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club.

Callie Buesching of Fort Wayne, Eel River 4-H Club.

Joey Corbat of Fort Wayne, individual study.

Courtney DelaCuesta of Fort Wayne, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club.

Jennifer Dowler of Hoagland, Caprine Capers 4-H Club.

Jared Emenhiser of Monroeville, Dedicated Dudes & Darlins 4-H Club.

Allison Grime of Fort Wayne, individual study.

Alicia Heckley of Woodburm, individual study.

Emily Kleine of Monroeville, Marion BGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4-H Club.

Caylee Knafel of Churubusco, Eel River 4-H Club.

Katherine Minard of Fort Wayne, Blue Ribbons 4-H Club.

Breinne Mudrack of Fort Wayne, Perry Boosters 4-H Club.

Kelsey Norwalk of Carmel, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club.

Josh Raber of Harlan, Cedar Creek Companions 4-H Club.

Samuel Stein of New Haven, New Haven Clovers 4-H Club.

Ian Tinsley of Fort Wayne, Aboite Homesteaders 4-H Club.

Cody Wood of Woodburn, Caprine Capers 4-H Club.

Clare Wyss of Auburn, Dog Club.

Thirteen young people participated in their ďŹ nal year of 4-H. They were: Alexis Alday of Fort Wayne, Sport Horse 4-H Club.

Madelyn Beck of of Fort Wayne, Sport Horse 4-H Club.

Shelby Blanton of Huntertown, Saddlebums 4-H Club.

Megan Brockhouse of Fort Wayne, Blue Ridge Equestrian 4-H Club.

Shelby Byall of Fort Wayne, Blue Ridge Equestrian 4-H Club.

Tori Criswell of New Haven, Dedicated Dudes & Darlins 4-H Club.

Abigail Hoffman of Monroeville, individual study.

Erica Hoot of Churubusco, Perry Boosters 4-H Club.

Hannah Kammeyer of Fort Wayne, individual study.

Tyler Loe of Ossian, Pride of Allen County Dairy 4-H Club.

Martin Lortie of Monroeville, Monroe Hustlers 4-H Club.

Bethany Russell of Grabill, Sport Horse 4-H Club.

Sarah Voors of Monroeville, Maumee Go Getters 4-H Club.

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Family closing Rustic Hutch stores after 40 years

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The owners of Rustic Hutch are calling it a day and closing the popular Fort Wayne home decor, gifts and accessories retailer after 40 years.

The decision was more than a year and half in the making, said co-owner Bill Bodecker, who will be 66 years old next month.

“Every type of business changes… and if I were 35 years old, it would be different,” he said. “I just don’t have the passion for it that I used to.”

Rustic Hutch employs about 40 people at its two stores, in the Jefferson Pointe and Pine Valley shopping centers.

The stores shut down temporarily

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Bill and Scott Bodecker prepare for the going-out-of-business sale at Rustic Hutch in Pine Valley.

Aug. 6 so additional inventory could be brought in. The going-out-of-business sale began Aug. 15.

Bill and his wife, Diane, bought the business about a year after it opened in 1974. The first store was located in Georgetown Square, and the Bodeckers later expanded to locations on Dupont Road and in Jefferson Pointe.

About six years ago, they decided to consolidate the Georgetown and Dupont locations into a single, larger store at Pine Valley.

The Bodeckers considered various other options — handing it over to their son, Scott; selling it outright; or taking the “rustic” out of the name and transforming it into a more modern home decor specialty store.

But Scott is already busy with the Pandora jewelry stores he operates, and no outside buyer emerged. The Bodeckers took a serious look at the

third option, but home decorating is not his specialty, Bill acknowledged.

“Really, the hard part was making the decision,” he said. “We have employees who have been with us forever. Telling them Sunday what we had decided was hard.”

Bodecker hasn’t decided yet what he will do when he retires, although he said it will be something people-oriented. In the meantime, he’s looking forward to doing things his demanding retail operation haven’t allowed.

“Since 1974, I’ve never been home to see my family in Kansas for Thanksgiving or Christmas,” he said.

Bodecker estimated the store closing sale would last about four or five weeks, with additional inventory brought in as other merchandise is sold.

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USF opens school year with strong enrollment The University of Saint Francis opened its academic year with student enrollment pacing as the third largest in the school’s history, university President Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF, announced at an opening convocation and Mass on Aug. 27.

Looking ahead to 125 years of higher education in 2015, USF employed a Founders’ Day theme to welcome 2,324 new and returning students. Three hundred will study online, an increase of 53 percent over last year in number of students choosing online courses. Newly launched online programs including the master of

business administration, master of healthcare administration and the registered nurse to cachelor of science in nursing bridge degree, among others, account in part for the solid enrollment numbers, the president said.

President Kriss welcomed the students with a look at the previous year’s achievements and outlined plans for the coming year. She praised the academic excellence of students, and reported $2.3 million received in federal and local funding in the past year for their support. The re-accreditation of the master of science in nursing

and physician assistant programs, as well as special accreditation for others, indicate program excellence, she said. She praised the NAIA national champion Lady Cougar basketball team for their achievement in March.

For future projects, $8.3 million of $12.3 million needed for the renovation of buildings is in hand for the downtown campus, with construction to begin in early 2015.

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Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Catholic Diocese officiated Mass and urged students to search for meaning in their lives. “Search for truth on the wings of reason and faith,” he said.

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they may attend a Christian worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday at the festival stage. The Swedenborgian Church then will present a half-hour program about the teachings of the church to which Chapman belonged.

The program is very informative, said Hayes, who noted that those details and a full festival schedule are available at johnnyappleseedfest.com.

Hayes invites visitors to watch the ceremony

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Observant visitors will notice something different about the grave site.

“We’re doing a refreshing of the whole grave site area,” said Bridget Kelly, a festival executive board member. Bushes are being removed and replaced. “A lot of people don’t realize this, but on either side of the grave the bushes are in the shape of a ‘J’ and a ‘C,’ so the new bushes are much closer to the ground and it’s much easier to see that. I think as the bushes fill in that it will really look nice.”

Rock flooring will surround the marker. “The area around the grave was cobblestone, which was extremely pretty but also difficult to walk across,” Kelly said. The new floor will have a more rustic look and a more even surface.

“They are putting mulch in the areas where the grass has worn down or because of the shape of the hill the grass wouldn’t grow well,” Kelly said.

Leeper’s Lawn Service, of Fort Wayne, is dedicated to completing the project before the festival, she said. “Even those days when it was pouring rain they were there working on it,” she said.

“People do make a point of going up there,” Kelly said. “A lot of school groups visit.”

“For a while there was someone we never saw who would bring a [John Chapman] signature done in very heavy metal like it had been cut with a torch,” she said. The signature would be placed before the festival and it would vanish by the Monday morning after the festival. “This went on for

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Christopher Niles and his daughter Amyiah, 4, of Fort Wayne visit the John Chapman grave site in Archer Park. Nicole Niles joined her husband and daughter in observing the renovations under way on the hill overlooking the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

years, and we never knew who did it. They slipped in under cover of darkness,” Kelly said.

Festival fare includes pork chops, turkey burgers, beef brisket and every variation of apple pie. The 45 registered vendors include the Homestead High School band boosters, who cook chicken and dumplings in cast iron kettles over open fires, and who each year serve more than 8,000 servings.

“All the favorites are back,” said Kelly, who has served on the committee and has watched the food booths grow for more than 20 years.

The Norwell Band Boosters group has joined the vendors this year, and will sell apple brats.

The Trinity Episcopal Church music program also has joined, and will sell plain and chocolate-dipped popcorn balls.

“The vast majority of the food booths are not-for-profits,” Kelly said.

“Last year the weather was extraordinarily good, and food vendors had extremely busy years,” she said.

Though food is her specialty, Kelly said the all-volunteer board succeeds because of everyone’s participation.

“Nobody is doing this as a job,” she said. “We’ve got a great group, and everybody pulls together and makes it happen.”

Hayes, the festival’s director of administration, also reminded visitors that

and the craft demonstrations, enjoy the music and savor the food, but also to remember the contributions that sustain the two-day celebration.

“It’s our 40th [festival],” he said, “and we wouldn’t be here without the contributions of so many generous sponsors over the years.

There were some lean years, and the sponsors got us through the rough spots, and that’s why we’re still here today.”

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“I started singing in the choir when I was in the third grade,” she said, at “a very, very tiny church

in Yorkville, Ohio,” not far from Wheeling, W.Va. “I fell in love with church music,” she said.

“We shared a pastor with a neighboring church and his wife directed the choir. Even though she had the choir in the neighboring church, she asked a high school friend and me to sing in a cantata. It was John Peterson’s cantata, called ‘King of Kings.’ And that was the first time

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Actually we didn’t have an adult choir in my little church. We kids were the choir. And we had a choir director who was a high school girl who taught us to sing parts and we just thought that was wonderful that we sang two-part music.”

That first experience with SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) music was wonderful, she said. “So I guess it just kind of got into my bones.”

After graduating from Ohio University and marrying, Sturm taught school in Ohio. After the move to Indiana, she was a stay-at-home mom and expected to return to teaching. Then she felt the calling to the music ministry, and prepared at Fort Wayne Bible College.

She came to Aldersgate from Monroeville United Methodist Church, and continued to direct there one Sunday each month during her early Aldersgate years. She and her husband, Joe, still live just north of Monroeville.

She began a teen drama program at Aldersgate.

“I started taking them every other year on work mission performance trips down into West Virginia, and our first stop was my hometown, and we stayed at my old church,” she said. “And then we went down into the main body

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of West Virginia. I had a pastor friend and his wife in that area, and he set up programs for us to do in small churches and nursing homes. It was so neat to go back to my home church and take my teen kids from here so they could perform. That was fun. That was really a good thing.”

With each new program came new responsibility.

“I had a lot on my plate, from preschool all the way through,” she said.

Aldersgate hired Chuck Scott as music director.

Pastor Weber said Aldersgate changed its Sunday morning worship format right after Easter this year. “We used to have two identical services,” he said. The 9 a.m. service is still a traditional service, and the larger service, he said. “And then at 11 we meet in our new children’s area called the Street, after Aldersgate Street in London where

John Wesley had his heartwarming experience.

Genesis is a more modern worship, with a little more singing, less choir singing and more congregational participation as opposed to presentation.”

“The seating is different,” he said. “We sit around coffee tables and worship as a community rather than in rows sitting toward the front.

It’s a different kind of feel.”

Sturm has heard music change over her career. “I think the style of anthems has changed,” she said.

“They’re stepping out with new things, new harmonies. It’s not just the big anthems with brass. They’re doing some new things with strings, which I love to do. I love to use instruments, and they’re doing something with very dissonant chords so it has more of a jazz flair to it, and I love that.”

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“To see the creativity and new inventions in music has been really exciting to me,” she said.

Sturm said it was January when she first considered retirement.

She has questioned the decision over the past few months. “I’m going to be able to do it,” she said. “I still feel somewhat guilty at times. But, on the other hand, I do feel at peace.”

After her retirement, Sturm will not remain a member of the choir, or of Aldersgate. “I don’t think it’s fair that I stay here,” she said. “It may appear that I’m looking over the shoulder of the next director, and they need to know that I’m not the director anymore.

“And besides, it’s almost a 50-mile round trip from home to Aldersgate, and I’ve been doing that for 25 years.”

“I’m not making a commitment to any particular church,” she said. “My husband is of another denomination and has worshipped on his own for 43 years of our marriage, and so it’s time that we do some worshipping together, too.”

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brought back these magical windows utilizing some of the original W & D animated characters. Through the work and expertise of Corner House owners David and Kathy James, the animated holiday windows became a holiday favorite once again for Fort Wayne.

To celebrate 30 years of the Embassy’s Festival of Trees, the windows will be awarded to individuals or groups that would like to utilize their skills and imagination in bringing these windows to life for everyone to enjoy. Specific guidelines and requirements are at fwembassytheatre. org, click on Festival of Trees.

“We can’t wait to see what ideas people may have for our windows,” said Kelly Updike, Embassy executive director. “We encourage professional decorators, artists, universities, clubs, groups and anyone with an artistic flair to share their talents with the Embassy and the community.”

Built in 1928, the historic Embassy Theatre features national productions from the Broadway stage, concerts of all musical formats, cinema, educational programming and a continued commitment to young people.

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FORT WAYNE AND AREA FESTIVALS Home and Garden Tour. West Central Neighborhood. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6 and 7, 11 a.m-5 p.m. each day. Tickets are $15. Children 12 and under are admitted free. The related ArtsFest is free both days. The homes tour highlights historic homes and buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, with the goal of promoting historic preservation and neighborhood revitalization. Vendors will offer food and drink. Buy tickets on the grounds of the Swinney Homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd., at the St. Joseph Hospital parking lot at West Wayne Street and Broadway, and at the ArtsFest at the intersection of Wayne and Union streets. For more information, visit westcentralneighborhood.org/hg-tour or call 385-9378.

Roanoke Fall Festival. Ends Saturday, Sept. 6. Downtown Roanoke. Saturday highlights: 8 a.m.-noon, Farmer’s Market on Main Street, sponsored by chamber of commerce; 10 a.m., kiddie tractor pull, and food alley and carnival open; noon, helicopter rides; 4-8 p.m., art walk; 6 p.m., cake auction concludes daylong cake competition; 7 p.m., demolition derby; 7 p.m., Karli Edging performs rock and country hits; 8:30 p.m., Reckon performs country hits. For details, visit discoverroanoke.org.

Saint Therese Fall Festival. Saturday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m.-midnight, Saint Therese Catholic Church, 2304 Lower Huntington Road. 9 a.m., 5k run/ walk; 10 a.m., opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance; 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., children’s games, train ride, moon walk, inflatables, farmer’s market and more; 1 p.m., live auction; 5 p.m., other activities close for Mass in the grass. The beer tent is open 8 p.m. till midnight, and features live music and dancing. Food will be available from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., and includes chicken, hot dogs, pork burgers, corn on the cob, taco salad, funnel cakes, pizza and more.

East State Village Neighborhood Carnival. Saturday, Sept. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave. Popcorn, prizes, face-painting, games, hot dogs. Kids may register to win a bike.

Grabill Country Fair. Downtown Grabill. Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 4-6. Catch the parade at 10 a.m. Saturday. Dine in the Fudergong building Thursday and Friday evenings and all day Saturday. Enjoy entertainment on the main stage and at other locations. For details, visit grabillcountryfair.com.

Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown. Sunday, Sept. 7, noon-5 p.m. Visit 12 Fort Wayne museums and attractions for free. For details, visit visitfortwayne. com.

Huntertown Heritage Days. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13. Activities begin at 4 p.m. Friday in and around the pavilion beside the ballfields. The Huntertown Lions Club will offer their fish fry and tenderloin dinner from 5-7 p.m. Friday. $9. The parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday. ort Wayne Regional Maker Faire. Headwaters Park East, Lincoln Pavilion.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13-14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sponsors are looking for attractions such as fun art cars, speakers, or quirky things that might be of interest to the public. Music will play, and food and workshops will be available. Visit makerfairefortwayne.com to register as a maker or a vendor or for more information. The deadline to register is Aug. 22.

Johnny Appleseed Festival. Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, Sept.

21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Archer Park, behind Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The 40th annual festival celebrates the pioneer spirit of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, who planted orchards in the frontier in the 1800s. Visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.

4-H SHOOTING SPORTS PROGRAMS The Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports program will offer three different disciplines this fall: air pistol, shotgun and .22 rifle. All three disciplines are taught by instructors certified through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Air Pistol: For youth currently in grades 3-12. Cost is $40, which includes use of equipment. This class will be held on six consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road. A parent and youth orientation meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept.

9. Class size is limited to 12 youth. Paid registration wasdue by Aug. 29.

Shotgun: For youth currently in grades 5-12, who have previously completed one or more 4-H Shooting Sports disciplines in Allen County. Cost is $75, which includes use of equipment. This class will be held on Saturday afternoons from noon-2 p.m. at the St. Joe Trap and Skeet in St. Joe, Ind. It will meet six times in September and October. A parent and youth orientation meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, at the Purdue Extension-Allen County Office. All subsequent meetings will be held at the location. Registration is due by Sept. 15. Class size is limited to 10 youth, with a minimum of five youth. Paid registration is due by Sept. 15. . 22 Rifle: For youth currently in grades 4-12. Cost is $50, which includes use of equipment. This class will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:308:30 p.m. at the Concordia Lutheran High School shooting range. This program will run for 10 weeks from Oct. 8-Dec. 10. Class size is limited to a maximum of 30 youth, with a minimum of 15 youth. Paid registration is due by Oct. 1.

For registration information on any of these programs, contact the Purdue Extension-Allen County Office at 481-6826, or visit extension. purdue. edu/allen to download a registration form.

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FARMERS MARKETS Regular market dates include: Tuesdays, through Sept. 6, 3-6 p.m., at Parkview Regional Medical Center, 11109 Parkview Plaza Drive, Entrance 1.

Tuesdays, through Sept. 30, 2-6 p.m., Riverside Gardens Park, 14701 Schwartz Road, Leo-Cedarville. Sponsored by The Cedars retirement community.

Wednesdays, through Sept. 24, 4-7 p.m., Salomon Farmers’ Market, The Old Barn at Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road.

Wednesdays, through Sept. 24, 4-7 p.m., Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave., New Haven.

Thursdays, through Sept. 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., One Summit Square.

Thursdays, through Sept. 11, 4-7 p.m., Georgetown Square, 6400 E. State Blvd.

Fridays, through October, 3-8 p.m., Historic West Main Street Market, 1936 W. Main St. Saturdays, through Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at Barr Street and Wayne Street.

Saturdays, through Sept. 27, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana’s Barr Street Market, 302 E. Berry St. Saturdays, through mid-December, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Southside Farmers Market, 3300 Warsaw St. Saturdays, through Sept. 27, 8 a.m.-noon, Farmers Market in downtown Roanoke.

Saturdays, through Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Historic Grabill Olde Time Market Days. 13325 State St., Grabill.

Sundays, through October, noon-3, East State Village Farmers Market at Tecumseh Branch Library Plaza, 1411 E. State Blvd.

MULTIPLE DATES / REGISTRATION / NOTICES Community Market. Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave. Saturday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Crafters and business owners may rent booth space for $25 per table. Visit fwgoodshepherd.org/forms. All crafters and direct sales will be considered, but the church will limit the booths with the same products, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Holiday Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale. Martini Lutheran Church, 333 E. Moeller Road, New Haven. Saturday, Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. For table reservations, call Cheryl at 749-1813.

Vendors invited to Holly Days Craft Show. Deer Ridge Elementary School, 1515 Scott Road. Saturday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Almost 200 tables of crafts and handmade items, bake sale and silent auction. Vendors seeking to register may email Kim Martinez at homeboundkam@hotmail.com, and she will send them the application.

Calling crafters for fall craft show. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road. All kinds of crafts are invited. Interested crafters should contact Dorothy at 494-0763. The craft show will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the church.

Emmaus Lutheran Church, 8626 Covington Road, is looking for crafters for the Christmas Sale on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Interested crafters should contact the chairwomen at: emmauschristmassale@yahoo. com or Margie at 418-4285, or Darlene at 580-2427. To confirm space, early registration is encouraged.

Christ’s Community Church, 10616 Liberty Mills Road, plans “Talents Into Treasures,” from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. The sale features oneof-a-kind items made by woodworkers, quilters, seamstresses, knitters, artists, cooks, bakers, jewelry-makers, jam-makers, and others. For more information, call 436-2637 or visit christscommunitychurch.org and clock on “Women’s Ministry.”

Overeaters Anonymous meetings. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Call 704-0453 for local meeting information.

GriefShare. New Haven United Methodist Church, 630 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. A new seminar began Aug. 12 and continues through Nov. 4. Meetings are held in the church parlor. For more information, call Margie Williams, 749-9907, or the church office, 749-9565. Throughout the 13-week cycle of videos, discussions and jour-

naling, participants gain insight into their

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Children don butterfly wings at the 2013 Monarch Festival. One of North America’s most iconic butterflies is in the spotlight again this year at Little River Wetlands Project’s fourth annual Monarch Festival, Saturday, Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road. personal journey through grief. Each session is self-contained, so members may enroll at any time.

Get Checking workshops. Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., on the IPFW Campus. Free and open to the public. The Purdue Cooperative Extension Service in Allen County continues to host the Get Checking workshops for the Bank On Fort Wayne initiative. This workshop is for clients and families who have never had checking or savings accounts at a bank or credit union, mismanaged accounts at banks and credits unions so those accounts are now closed without committing fraud, or have accounts, but continue to still use predatory lenders. For further information, to register or to receive a registration form, contact Vickie Hadley at the Allen County Extension Service, at 481-6826 or by email at hadleyv@purdue.edu, visit the Home & Money page on the website at extension.purdue.edu/allen or visit the office. Advance registration by phone is preferred. Workshop topics include an introduction to the program as well as Choosing an Account Right for You; Managing Your Account; Keys to Successful Money Management and Credit. At the completion of the workshop, the participants will receive a certificate that will allow them to open an account at a participating bank or credit union.

Workshop dates include: Sept. 9, 1-5 p.m.; Oct. 14, 5-9 p.m.; Nov. 13, 1-5 p.m.; and Dec. 9, 5-9 p.m.

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 appointment.

To schedule an appointment, call 749-5300 or visit eacchurchofchrist.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 techniques, 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 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 29 and 30.

The Senior Saints present “The Music of Our Hearts.” The 80 singers come from the greater Fort Wayne area, representing 33 churches. Songs include longtime favorites such as “High Hopes” and “Let the Sunshine In” and songs of faith such as “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” The singers do not

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charge for their performances, but some venues will accept a free-will offering at the door. Direct questions to MNotes@aol.com.

Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. Huber Opera House, 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio.

Thursday, Sept. 11, 12:45 p.m., First Assembly of God, 1400 W. Washington Center Road. Enter by Door 5 on the west side.

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 3 p.m. Woodcrest Villas, 1300 Mercer Ave., Decatur.

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. Swiss Village, 1350 W. Main St., Berne.

Friday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive.

Sunday, Sept. 28, 6 p.m. Grabill Missionary Church, 13637 State St., Grabill.

On the Banks of the Wabash high school marching bands festival. Bluffton High School, 1 Tiger Trail, Bluffton. 3 p.m. Admission charge applies. For details and band schedules, visit blufftonbengalbrigade.com.

The Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Own in concert. The Rockford Belle, 135 Market St., Rockford, Ohio. Doors open at 6 p.m., concert at 7 p.m. Free-will offering. This vocal group from Fairmount, Ind., will share gospel and patriotic music.

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 Family Day. Lifebridge Church, Corbin and Union Chapel roads. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Laser tag, family games, inďŹ&#x201A;atables, free food and video games.

Ordination. Grace Episcopal Church, 10010 Aurora Place. 4 p.m. James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimâ&#x20AC;? Stanley, a former resident of Fort Wayne and a member of Grace Episcopal Church, will be ordained to the priesthood. The Rev. Edward S. Little II, bishop of the Diocese of Northern Indiana, will confer Holy Orders at the ordination ceremony. While living in Fort Wayne, Stanley worked as a reporter for WBCL for a number of years. A graduate of Moody Bible College and Nashotah House (an Episcopal seminary), Stanley currently resides in PlainďŹ eld, Ill., with his wife, Carrie, and daughter, Rachel. Following his ordination, Stanley will continue his ministry in the Chicago area. Grace Episcopal is located in the Lakes of Liberty Mills addition off of Liberty Mills Road.

FRANCINEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FRIENDS MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY 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.

The 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.

A partial list of locations follows. For more dates and locations beyond the immediate Fort Wayne area, visit francinesfriends.org. All locations are in Fort Wayne unless otherwise noted.

Sept. 12: SCAN, 500 W. Main St. Sept. 18: Lutheran Life Villages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Village at Anthony Blvd., 6701 S. Anthony Blvd.

Sept. 19: Lutheran Life Villages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Village at Pine Valley, 9802 Coldwater Road.

Sept. 20: Owenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2718 Guilford St., Huntington.

Sept. 24: HealthVisions of Fort Wayne, 2135 S. Hanna St. Sept. 25: Byron Health Center, 12101 Lima Road.

Oct. 4: Seminary United Methodist Church, 250 N. Seminary St., Roanoke.

Oct. 6: Salem Manor, 1221-1225 E. California Road.

Oct. 10: Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Oct. 13: Canterbury Green, 2727 Canterbury Blvd.

Oct. 18: Elements Massage, 10020 Lima Road.

Oct. 21: K & K Insurance, 1712 Magnavox Way. Oct. 22: USF Performing Arts Center, 431 W Berry St. Oct. 31: Curves, 102 Lincoln Hwy West, New Haven.

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KIDNEY SMART HEALTH PROGRAMS Free to individuals identiďŹ ed with diabetes, hypertension or kidney disease. Physician referral not required. For details, registration, and dates of other regional programs, visit davita.com. Visit kidneysmart.org or call Rachel Gabet, RN, at 466-2959 to register. Approaching programs include: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 5:30-7 p.m., Dupont Branch of the Allen County Public Library, 536 E. Dupont Road.

Thursday, Sept. 11, 1-2:30 p.m., Kidney Smart at Nephrology of Northern Indiana OfďŹ ce Building, 7910 W. Jefferson Blvd.

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A handcrafted doll bed and other handmade items and foods will be offered at the Talents Into Treasures sale, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Church, 10616 Liberty Mills Road. For details, visit christscommunitychurch.org and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry.â&#x20AC;?

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 Sportsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RafďŹ&#x201A;e. Mizpah Shrine Horse Grounds, 965 N. Indiana 9, Columbia City. Noon-5 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. Tickets $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Ticket includes food and refreshments. Tickets available at Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015 Memorial Way. Call 426-4543.

Bishop Luers Alumni and Friends Golf Outing. Brookwood Golf Course, 10304 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. Shotgun start at 1 p.m. $75 per person includes greens fees, golf cart, range balls, six drink tickets and food.

Registration and fees due by Sept. 3. Call the Bishop Luers High School Alumni OfďŹ ce, 456-1261, ext. 3040, or email Melissa Hire at mhire@ bishopluers.org, or Sarah Shank at sshank@bishopluers.org. Or register at bishopluers.org.

Miami Indian Heritage Days. Chief Richardville House, 5705 Bluffton Road.

1-4 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $5 for students and age 59 or over.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 Game night. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road. 7 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Thanks to a grant from the Lutheran Foundation, the church has new equipment for game night, including electronic gaming systems, a ping pong table, traditional board games and a karaoke system. Snacks are provided at no charge. Adult chaperones are members of Bethany for more than two years, have passed a background check, and will supervise the event. For more information, visit BethanyLC.org or call 747-0713.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 Mud Olympics. Resurrection Lutheran Church, 14318 Lima Road. Begins at noon. No charge. This event sponsored by the church youth group is open to ages 10 and up. Mud volleyball teams of four to six players may register by calling 637-5900. Or email ofďŹ ce@rlcfw.org.

Pancake and sausage breakfast. Allen County Purdue Extension OfďŹ ce, 4001 Crescent Ave. on the IPFW Campus. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Public invited. Adult meals and all carry-outs cost $6, meals for children from 3-12 cost $3, and children 0-2 will eat for free. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, biscuits and gravy, coffee, and orange juice. Pancakes will be served allyou-can-eat.

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ioned afternoon in the park. The New Haven Alumni Band will play favorites. Refreshments will be served.

1-4 p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $5 for students and age 59 or over.

History Center members and children 2 or under are admitted free. This month’s program is wikiami cattail matting. Admission includes a visit to the Chief Richardville House, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Sponsored by the History Center. For details, visit fwhistorycenter.com.

Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Getaway. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $8 at the door. Door prizes and classes today and Sunday. Visit toomuchfunpromotions.com.

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MONDAY, SEPT. 15 Embroiderers meeting. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors welcome. The Fort Wayne Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America meets on the third Monday of every month. A short business meeting is followed by a teaching program or individual stitching time, or both. For more information, call Karen Aiken, 748-4078, or Susan Mol, 456-8382.

SUNDAY, OCT. 5 TUESDAY, SEPT. 16 Service Corps of Retired Executives 50th anniversary luncheon. The Empyrean, 25th Floor, PNC Bank Building, 110 W. Berry St. Meal choices, $32.

Cash bar available. RSVP to 422-2601 or score50@frontier.com. The featured speaker is Kendallville Mayor W. Suzanne Handshoe.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 The Curbside Cruisers Car Club rally. The Athenian Restaurant, 1020 W. Coliseum Blvd. 6-8 p.m. This event completes the club’s summer cruise-in series. For more regional cruise updates, visit libertycruisers.com.

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Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Concert free. Lunch following, $2. “Quintet Quandary,” with The Appleseed Woodwind Quintet: Linda Allen, flute; George Donner, oboe; Lila Hammer, clarinet; Nan Bremer, horn; and Donna Russell, bassoon. “There are too many musical styles and colors represented in this program, ranging from traditional classics to lighter fare, to create a theme.”

Annual rummage, plants and bake sale. Leo United Methodist Church, 13527 Leo Road, Leo. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Clothing, household items, books, baked goods and plants.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 Sports card and collectibles show. Hotel Fort Wayne, 305 E. Washington Center Road. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Dealers will buy, sell and trade new and vintage sports cards and other cards, hobby boxes, supplies and memorabilia.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 Women’s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, including lunch and program. The “Change of Pace” luncheon features speaker Christina Baloski, owner of Dragonfly Arts Studio. Make reservations by Sept. 16; call Meridith at 672-3414. Babysitting is available. The Fort Wayne Women’s Middway Connection is affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 Everyone a Neighbor Day. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. The church hosts downtown neighbors for games, lunch, clothing assistance and blood pressure testing. The outreach program is held the fourth Thursday of every month.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Concert free. Lunch following, $2. “Music for Harp,” with Cynthia Shelhart, harpist. The September series concludes with an eclectic program, consisting of Celtic traditional, classical, sacred, and original compositions.

The Roanoke Arts Council presents the annual Renaissance in Roanoke juried and fine art show from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, in downtown Roanoke. For details, visit renaissanceinroanoke.org.

“The Hallelujah Girls.” Van Wert County Senior Center, 220 Fox Road, Van Wert, Ohio. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $25, which includes full buffet at 7 p.m. and show at 8 p.m. The general public may make reservations beginning Wednesday, Sept. 10. For reservations, visit offstagetheatre.com.

For details, email info@offstagetheatre.com. The full schedule includes: Saturday, Sept. 27, doors open at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 28, doors open at 12:30 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 3, doors open at 6:30 p.m., and; Saturday, Oct. 4, doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The Buffalo Tro. Chief Richardville House, 5705 Bluffton Road. The History Center host what has been labeled “Fort Wayne’s most unique fundraiser.” The event benefits the Heritage Education Fund, providing free admission to the History Center for school-age children. This dinner under the stars features buffalo steaks cooked in an open fire pit, other regional delicacies, live entertainment and an opportunity to learn more about Chief Richardville, his home and Miami culture, as well as a silent auction. Tickets are $50. The deadline for reservations is Sept. 19. Call the History Center at 426-2882 if you are interested in attending.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 Los Lobos in concert. Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd. in Franke Park. 8 p.m. $23 and $30. For reserved tickets and information on sameday ticket sales, visit fortwayneparks.org.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 Church music program. Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road. 2:30 p.m. Music and worship arts director Marlane Sturm, who is retiring, will lead a presentation of anthems presented by the choirs she has led during her 25 years at Aldersgate.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4 Miami Indian Heritage Days. Chief Richardville House, 5705 Bluffton Road.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 11 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer community walk. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., the 5K walk starts at 9 a.m.

Sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Proceeds from the noncompetitive, family-friendly event benefit breast cancer research and local breast cancer education and free patient/caregivers support programs. Call (800) 227-2345 or visit makingstrideswak.org/fortwaynein.

“A Salute to the Tonys.” Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. 7:30 p.m. Public admission $6. The fall production is a variety show, with scenes and songs from Tony Award-wnning shows. The show is directed by Chris Murphy and a variety of other directors. The show also will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12.

Game night. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road. 7 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Thanks to a grant from the Lutheran Foundation, the church has new equipment for game night, including electronic gaming systems, a ping pong table, traditional board games and a karaoke system. Snacks are provided at no charge. Adult chaperones are members of Bethany for more than two years, have passed a background check, and will supervise the event. For more information, visit BethanyLC.org or call 747-0713.

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In honor of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, everyone is invited to bring their pets to Grace Episcopal Church for a special blessing. In order to help animals in need, Grace will accept donations for the Allen County SPCA. Grace can accept pet food, money, or items listed on the SPCA’s wish list; visit acspca.org for details. Grace Episcopal is located in the Lakes of Liberty Mills addition off of Liberty Mills Road.

A Day at the Farm and Cross Country Gallop. Oak Hill Farm, 4982 E. Station Road, Roanoke. The therapeutic riding center’s annual event celebrates the accomplishments of the students and raises money for their participation in the therapy program, riding equipment and the needs of the horses. Registration begins at noon. The cross country 5k run begins at 1 p.m. Registration is $15 a person or $35 for a family of four. Find a registration form online. Family activities and kids’ dashes also begin at 1 p.m. At 2 p.m., the children’s horse show, a raffle, and a silent auction begin. Food will be available for purchase. From 3-5 p.m., the band Blue Bird Revival will perform. For details, visit oakhillfarm.org, or find the Facebook page.

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