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Golfing for a cause Organizer Dick Thornton has battled MS for 16 years By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
When Richard Thornton was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis on April 1, 1996, the Fort Wayne resident thought it was an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank. “I asked the doctor if he was kidding,” Thornton said of the fateful day. He wasn’t. When Thornton was diagnosed, he already was familiar with the dreadful autoimmune disease affecting the brain and spinal cord — both his mother and brother suffered from it. Today the number of those afflicted with MS in Thornton’s family has risen to four. “I worry about my grandkids and my kids getting MS,” Thornton said. Four of us in our family have it now. It is important to me to find a cure for MS, because they are finding out that (getting MS) is more and more genetic. I do not want them to have it.” Mark Davis
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Golfers tee off during the annual Dick Thornton Golf Classic to raise funds for MS research.
Bishop Luers, alumni gear up for homecoming By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
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Dr. David Nahrwold completes an ear videoscopy on Raven, the dog of Paul and Rose Richardson, who have been clients of the Maumee Valley Veterinary Clinic in Woodburn since the clinic opened 25 years ago.
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Alumni from Bishop Luers High School gather for a tailgate party prior to the 2011 Luers homecoming football game. This year’s festivities include a tailgate party, the football game against North Side High School, an adult bonfire and live entertainment.
Dr. David Nahrwold and wife Elaine opened clinic on their anniversary in 1987 By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
Luers development office will give away free T-shirts to future Luers Knights in fifth through eighth grade. There also will be other giveaways for elementaryage children. Zwick said the cost to attend is $5 per person or capped at $20 per family.
“Nothing is neater to me than seeing these younger kids wearing a Luers shirts with pride,” Zwick said. “That excitement you see from the kids wearing a high school shirt. It kind of See HOMECOMING, page A2
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More than just the football field at Bishop Luers High School will be rockin’ on Sept. 28 when the school kicks off its annual homecoming festivities. “We are approaching 50 years. We have lots of alumni, older and recent graduates who come back during Homecoming,” said Monica Zwick, Luers’ director of public relations. “It is a time for all of us to welcome back everyone to the community.” The celebration will kick of at a mass celebrated at 4:30 p.m. The community mass, presided over by Fr. Bill Sullivan, a Luers grad himself, also will get teachers and staff involved, Zwick said. Following the mass, a Luers tradition will take place — the tailgate party sponsored by local businesses. Open to alumni and their families, the tailgate always is filled with fun, food and friends. Zwick said the school’s alumni association will serve fried chicken and sides while the pep band plays for the crowd. The
The outer exterior of Maumee Valley Veterinary Clinic, 22904 Tile Mill Road in Woodburn, belies the up-to-date technology used inside its walls to treat area animals. “It’s the same building we had 25 years ago,” Dr. David Narhwold said of his practice at MVC. “We could make it fancy, but instead we put our reinvestment in our technology.” Narhwold and his wife Elaine recently celebrated 25 years in business in the Woodburn location. The day was Aug. 20, 1987. In addition to the monumental occasion of opening the clinic, it also was the Narhwold’s wedding anniversary. David, originally from Ossian, completed his degree in veterinary medicine at Purdue University before moving
to Shelbyville, where David practiced for a year. The family, which includes three children, then moved to North Manchester for six years. Finally, the family settled on Woodburn. “We wanted to find a location where we could send our kids to a Lutheran school,” David said. “And we chose Woodburn.” David recalled some of his first patients. There was the time he spayed the Richardson’s dog on an exam table with an electrical drop cord connected to the neighbors for electricity. Then there is Mr. Werling and his cat Morris. He was the clinic’s second client. David originally treated his dog, Blackie, and consulted on Werling’s pig farm. One change over the past 25 years, the Narhwold’s say, has been the practice’s shift from treating livestock to seeing an increase of family pets. See VET, page A14