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October 18, 2013
New Haven stocks up on treats By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Jeff Turner has spent about 17 years giving haircuts at Bob’s Barbershop, 508 Broadway St. in New Haven. One evening each year, he pauses to give out candy instead. He will get his chance this year when 27 Broadway shops greet hundreds of trick-or-treaters from 5-7 p.m. Halloween night, Oct. 31. Turner, who bought the barbershop from Bob Kain 10 years ago, said he expects to run out of candy once again. “We give out a thousand pieces of candy, and we never have any left,” he said. “It’s a sight to behold, both sides of the street are wall-to-wall people. It’s great for New Haven.” Turner has seen a generation of children come to the barbershop door. “You see them grow up,” he said. “The football team — I remember the kids that are playing now, those coming down here and trick-or-treating.” He enjoys the interaction, though he’s not sure it has profited him financially. “I don’t know that I’ve ever gotten business from it, but any time anyone gets out of a car in downtown New Haven it’s good for all of us. They might not
By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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New Haven Parks Department will offer Halloween in Schnelker Park from 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31.
realize that there’s a jewelry store or a furniture store, but when those stores are busy it’s good for all of us,” he said. Broadway trick-or-treating is just the start of the celebration. “Every Halloween we have our Halloween carnival in Schnelker Park, which is geared more for the
younger crowd,” said Anna Gurney, the New Haven Parks Department recreation director. The hours are 5-6:30, or as long as the candy supply lasts. “We decorate the park pavilion in a Halloween scene,” Gurney continued, “and we have fun, free See TREATS, Page A5
Taylor Chapel saves symbol ‘of why we’re here’ as church By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Church members carry a wooden cross from the sanctuary of Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church. The symbol will be preserved for a new role when the church is rebuilt.
new building. Fire hit the church in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2012. After months of evaluation and planning, the church board directed demolition to begin on Oct. 2. Leaders hope to break ground in the spring, on approximately the 50th anniversary of groundbreaking on the
north side of Maysville Road. As the cross was loosened from the wall, Trustees Chairwoman Nancy Harsch and church member Margaret Prichard reacted from outside that same window. “The last service we had was just so See TAYLOR, Page A4
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Amid a sea of symbols, one symbol brought applause. As the wrecking ball waited near the firetorn sanctuary of Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church, blackened hymnals rested behind scored pews. A dozen church members waited beside the brick foundation, peering through the openings that once were guarded by doors and windows. And then the applause. The cross that had held the most prominent place in the building was released intact from the wall. Volunteers carried the wooden emblem through a window opening and loaded it onto a pickup. The cross will have a new location when the congregation has a
Tractor club to help gather Grabill crops to combat hunger Grabill supporters of a campaign to end global hunger will offer hayrides and hot dogs as they call attention to the local harvest on behalf of that campaign. Foods Resource Bank also will offer cookies and hot chocolate from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at Brueggemann Lumber and Rental Do-It Center, 12012 Indiana 37, Grabill. The Tri-State Two-Cylinder Club will be on hand with vintage tractors. “Foods Resource Bank has grown astronomically,” said board member Kevin Roth, of IAB Bank in Grabill. “This is our 11th year locally for the project.” The agency’s website describes its mission as “A Christian response to world hunger.” Roth said the six-member local committee is not defined
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Vintage tractors will pull corn pickers through the harvest near Grabill on behalf of Foods Resource Bank. The same volunteers gathered two years ago, in Auburn.
by denomination or profession. “Our group consists of a hardware store owner, a feed supply owner, three farmers and me, I’m a See CROPS, Page A5