East Allen County Times - July 2014

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Popular attractions from years past will return for the 2014 Allen County Fair, which runs July 22-27.

The Allen County Fairgrounds is at 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne.

Fireworks will be set off at dusk on opening night Tuesday. A parade will wind through the fairgrounds at 7 p.m. that same evening.

“And another thing that used to be a fan favorite that we haven’t had in a few years is the donkey race. It’s very comical,” said Michelle Love, the Fairgrounds Board secretary, who also directs the fair queen pageant and updates the schedule on the website.

Fairgrounds Board President and fair co-chairman Jerry Hammond agreed that the donkey races have been missing too long. “It’s been years,” Hammond said. But the races will return at 8 p.m. Thursday,

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Organizers say the Allen County Fair, July 22-27, will have more rides than last year.

as will a popular addition to the 2013 fair. Hot-air balloons will lift off from near the fairgrounds in the evening, and will return for a balloon glow about dusk. “That went over really well,” Hammond said.

The fair board hopes for

a repeat of another feature of the 2013 fair — the crowd. “Attendance was great last year. Of course we had probably some of the best weather we’ve ever had,” Hammond said. “It was warm and sunny and nice, but it wasn’t 90 or a hundred.

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Mark Herman, left, played the inaugural concert on the restored Wurlitzer-composite theater organ at Trinity English Lutheran Church. Bob Nickerson led the campaign to secure and restore the instrument.

Theater organ plays again thanks to New Haven man Fort Wayne native and nationally known theater organist Mark Herman played the inaugural

program on a recently restored Wurlitzer-composite theater organ in Wagenhals Hall at Trinity English Lutheran Church.

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It was one of those picture perfect years, and it would be great if we could do that again. But you get what you get and you go with it.”

Hammond, who has been part of the fairgrounds board for about See FAIR, Page A3

Mike Clendenen’s first goal in running is about as obsolete as his first pair of running shoes.

“I’ve been running about nine years,” said the New Haven Parks superintendent. “When I first started out I did it to lower my cholesterol, and I went to a big-box store and bought a quote-unquote pair of running shoes for about $45, and I thought there was nothing to this.”

His quest for more scientific footwear soon led him to Three Rivers Running Co., 4039 N. Clinton St. “I was familiar with the manager,” he said. “They fitted me with a pair of shoes and for the most part I’ve been running pain-free ever since.”

Like hundreds of other athletes, Clendenen is chasing his own fitness goals toward the Fort4Fitness Fall Festival, Sept.

26 and 27 in downtown Fort Wayne. Sporting

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New Haven Parks chief Mike Clendenen finds his pace in a River City Rat Race.

goods stores such as Three Rivers are helping the runners to train.

“When I first started running, I could run about three miles, and I thought ‘That didn’t kill me,’ ” Clendenen said.

After about six months he decided to take on a 10k — the River City Rat Race. Then he began to consider the Fort4Fitness half-marathon. “I tried it and got hooked, and I’ve been running it ever See PACE, Page A5

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Allen County Fair queens from years past will have another moment on stage to celebrate the 25th year of the Allen County Fairgrounds.

The pageant will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Carroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $5, with children 5 and under admitted free. “We’re trying to do a lot of different things to celebrate,� said Michelle Love, who is not only the pageant director but the fairgrounds board secretary. “So this year we’re trying to get as many past queens as possible to join us again.�

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Little Miss Allen County Fair hopefuls will be introduced at the Miss Allen County Fair Queen Pageant, at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Carroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road.

That number will include two former Miss Allen County and Miss Indiana State Fair queens, who have been conďŹ rmed as judges.

Contestants must be age 16 to 21, Love said. That age range conforms to the rules for the Miss Indiana State Fair pageant.

Sign-ups were about on track with last year, with 15 to 18 girls expected to participate.

The winner will represent Allen County at the Miss Indiana State Fair Queen pageant in January 2015.

The January pageant represents a major change for the state title, said Love, who is a former Miss Allen County and a third runner-up at the state pageant. “It gives the county fair queens more time to prepare,� she said. “A lot of times they’re crowned and a couple weeks later they have to go to the state fair, and so this all happens really fast.� “Some girls are having problems just entering college and missing orientation,� she said.

At the county level, contestants compete in four categories: interview, professional wear, evening wear, and on-stage question. The 2014 queen will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship and her ďŹ rst runner-up a $450 scholarship. The queen and her court will win prizes such as Vera Bradley handbags, jewelry, and more. And the queen will wear a tiara and a sash as she hands out trophies at livestock shows and other events during the Allen County Fair, July 22-27.

The county pageant also will serve to introduce contestants for the Little Miss Allen County Fair program. Girls ages 2 to 15 will compete in three age groups. That event is a fundraiser for the fair. The winners will be crowned at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24.

There are no residency requirements. Contestants’ parents should contact Love, who will email a registration form. “Every girl walks away with a prize package and every girl gets a crown,� she said. “It’s pretty much for

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Morgen Figel, Miss Allen County Fair 2013, will perform a solo dance at the 2014 pageant.

fun and to introduce them to pageants.�

Morgen Figel, who last year was crowned Miss Allen County 2013, will return for the local pageant.

She will perform a solo dance number for the July 20 audience.

Figel recently was elected president of the Outlet Hip Hop Crew, which performs at Ball State University homecoming and other campus events.

Not only did she serve as fair queen, but she earned a place in the School of Nursing for her approaching junior year. “Overall, it was just a great year,� she said.

The Bishop Luers High School graduate said her year as fair queen presented many opportunities. She has been in parades and has judged other pageants, including the Fort Wayne Queen of Charities Pageant for the Salvation Army. “That was a really fun one to judge,â€? she said. “I participated in the Lapper Walk against cancer,â€? she said. “We did a ash mob there.

Figel said she agrees with the decision to move the state pageant to January, instead of holding it immediately after the county fairs. Last year, she completed the Allen County Fair just in time to head to Ball State. “I had just moved into school and the day I moved in I went to Indianapolis for the State Fair for three days and then had to come back and start school,â€? she said. “I think it will beneďŹ t all of the queens,â€? she said of the schedule change.

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There were other factors to consider, he said. “We went with a different promoter and we had a lot more things for people to see, more commercial people in.”

The 2014 fair logo celebrates 25 years. “The actual county fair does have a longer history than that,” said Love, explaining that the fairgrounds opened in 1990.

“Before that the fair was housed at the Coliseum and various other places. Allen County was actually one of the last counties in Indiana to build a fairground.”

“We have a lot of special events. We have something almost every single night,” Love said.

That includes pig wrestling Wednesday night, the 4x4 truck pull Friday night, the demolition derby Saturday night and the mud bogs challenge for standard trucks on Sunday.

For the first time, she said, a related activity will be held in advance of the fair. “We’re doing a race Saturday evening [July 19], which is totally new to Fort Wayne,” Love said. “No other organization does a night race. It will be at dusk, and then we’ll have a

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The kiddie tractor pull returns at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 24, in the Fair Fun Zone.

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Hot-air balloons will lift off from the fairgrounds Thursday evening, July 24, and return for a balloon glow at dusk.

concert.”

The 7 p.m. Tuesday parade will feature 4-H clubs, school bands, and floats representing churches, political groups or other interests. “We’ll set up at Byron Health Center so the people over there will benefit from it,” Hammond said.

Friday night features the truck pull. “That’s also our Oldies night and our car show in front of the fairgrounds, around the activities stage,” he said. Biff and the Cruisers will entertain. Anyone is welcome to show a car, but most of the cars will be from the ’70s or ’80s or older.

Even the midway will be larger. “There will be in the neighborhood of

15 or 18 rides, which is probably double what we had these last two years,” he said. “We’re hoping that’s a draw.”

Hammond has been involved with the fair since the early ’90s and still has one son in 4-H. He and other fair

ALLEN COUNTY FAIR Tuesday-Sunday, July 22-27 Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne Full food court, carnival rides, animal shows, 4-H activities and more.

General admission is $5 daily, with children 5 and under admitted free. Some events have an additional admission fee. Sunday is Discount Day, with a $2 discount on admission with the donation of a nonperishable food item to Fairs Care, and $1 carnival rides.

Find the Allen County Fair schedule and registration information at theallencountyfair.com or visit allencountyfairgroundsin.com and follow the link to the fair schedule.

Homestyle meals served nightly Local service groups prepare homestyle food for the Allen County Fair. Meals are served at the Home & Family Arts Building, which is west of the main gate.

The groups serve their trademark menus one evening of the fair. Serving begins at about 5 p.m., and continues until the food is gone, which usually is before 7. Each group sets its price, from about $6 to $10.

• Wednesday evening, July 23, a pork dinner served by Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.

• Thursday evening, July 24, a chicken dinner served

by Agape Church of the Brethren.

• Friday evening, July 25, a fish fry served by the Huntertown Lions Club.

• 7-10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, a pancake breakfast served by the Cedar Creek Lions Club.

• Saturday evening, July 26, beef and noodles, served

by Huntertown VFW Post 11314.

Huntertown Masonic Lodge No. 689 also has a loyal clientele at a concession trailer near the pull strip, serving spectators at the demolition derby and other grandstand events.

Visitors can get their fill of midway food on the fair’s opening night, Tuesday, July 22, through 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26.

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board members have been talking about the 25th year for quite a while. “We wanted to do something special to celebrate,” he said. That will include giveaways during the week. “And then at the pull strip events we’re probably going to have stuff we’ll throw out [to

the crowd]. And then one day we’ll have 200 people get free fans, seat cushions, can koozies And then also to celebrate the 25th we’ve made a throw or blanket that has some of the things from over the years. And we will sell a basket similar to a bucket that has a lid on it and has a liner so you can use it for a cookie jar.”

Though this year’s Fair No. 25 has a special number, Love and Hammond say every summer’s celebration is special.

“The fair is definitely a fun, family event, and we strive really hard to make sure it’s affordable for the family to attend,” Love said. “We are the home of Allen County 4-H, so not only are people coming out and getting a really great midway and fair food, we also have all the 4-H projects, all the things that 4-H’ers work toward all year round.”

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Ha, the winner of Fox network’s “MasterChef” Season 3, will preside over “Cooking Blind with Master Chef Christine Ha” starting at noon Sunday, Sept. 7, at IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Tickets are on sale for $45. Visit ipfw.edu/ tickets or call 481-6555.

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Fort Wayne home chef Natalie Eggeman was among the loyal audience.

“So many of us watch these episodes and we kind of daydream about what it would be like to compete,” said Eggeman, the League board member who suggested the local event and arranged for Ha’s visit.

“She’s just a neat person, and there are some people you root for,” Eggeman said. “She was never a back-stabber.

She seemed to care about the other competitors, but she also had the drive to win.”

Ha has written a book and is busy with her own TV show and celebrity cooking events, but Eggeman said Ha embraced the Fort Wayne invitation. “She’s very cool,” Eggeman said.

“And as soon as we invited her, she just got very excited about it.”

“I told her it’s just a perfect fit for the League,” Eggeman said, “because we want to empower those with disabilities and who better to do that than Christine, who has her own disability, and look what she accomplished.”

The Sept. 7 event will be in Rhinehart Music Center in IPFW’s Auer Hall, and will feature two components. In early July, home chefs participated in a cook-off that advanced four chefs to the live cook-off. Ha and two other judges will choose the winner, who will win a cash prize of $1,000.

Also that day, four professional chefs will test their skills by competing blindfolded.

“But we’re using the word ‘compete’ very loosely because it’s more for those chefs to find out just how difficult it is for Christine Ha to cook blind,” Eggeman said.

Professional chefs may contact Judi Loomis, the League’s marketing director, at judi@ the-league.org or call 441-0551.

Eggeman had some advice for the 48 chefs who entered the July cook-off. “Don’t be nervous. Everyone competing is a home cook,” she said. “We know it’s not necessarily going to be easy, and everyone’s going to have a few problems. Even when the professionals do it, they have issues. When you’re being timed and you want to make your best dish, all the pressure makes it less easy than when you’re cooking in your own home. But that’s what’s so much fun about it.”

David A. Nelson,

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the president and CEO of the League, said “Cooking Blind” has a dual purpose. “It is a fundraising event for us, but when we do events we also like to showcase our values,” Nelson said.

“And here we believe of course that the people we serve are capable of just about anything. They have a disability; that doesn’t mean they can’t do stuff. And so people like Christine are a good role model, they’re a good example of how we view the people we serve — successful, top of their career.”

“Here’s somebody at the top of her world, totally blind, and she ends up winning the MasterChef,” Nelson said. “So this is a fundraiser, but it’s also a chance to showcase the ability of people with disabilities.”

Nelson said Eggeman is a home cooking enthusiast. “Evidently this is a big hobby,” he said. “She follows the MasterChef program, she saw Christine work, and it was her idea.”

“This is a pretty complicated event to do,” he said. “If you have somebody who’s cooking and you want to sell tickets to it, you can’t just have them onstage cooking and 30 minutes of silence. I mean everybody goes home at that point.”

“The professional chefs are not necessarily competing against each other as much as it’s a demonstration,” Nelson said. “They’re going to have to do whatever they do blindfolded. My guess is we’re gonna see a few things you might not see if they weren’t blindfolded.”

Ha also will demonstrate her own cooking techniques for the audience.

In a news release, the League said Ha lost her vision to neuromyelitis optica, in which a person’s own immune system attacks the optic nerves and the spinal cord.

For more information on Ha’s accomplishments since MasterChef, visit theblindcook.com.

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“Last year I had some back issues and wasn’t able to participate,” he said. “I was disappointed in breaking my string of half-marathons.”

“I’m slowly ramping my miles back up, and I hope to be in this year’s [race],” he said.

Clendenen also serves on the board of the Fort Wayne Track Club, which assists with pace groups at Fort4Fitness. He said someone will hold up a sign, and runners with similar goals will keep pace with one another.

That helped him to set his personal best time in a half-marathon. Now he hopes to return and to help others reach their goals, too.

“If you have a reasonable goal you want to gain, that pace group can be very helpful,” he said.

“I’m looking to do my first full marathon next year and I’m looking for a pace group.”

During his off year, he volunteered as a course marshal. He made sure runners followed the course, and he cheered them on. “That’s just one of the volunteer opportunities,” he said.

The Fort4Fitness just keeps growing and growing, he said. “It’s a great marathon for the community, and the half-marathon just keeps

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getting more popular.”

Clendenen has applied his enthusiasm for running through the New Haven Parks Department. “We have four running events through the parks, and being a runner I work with the local high schools, promoting that as a lifestyle,” he said.

The New Haven summer race series hits full stride with a 10k on Aug. 2. For a list of northeast Indiana races continuing into December, visit fwtc.org.

Fort4Fitness launched training for the kids marathon recently at the Ash Centre, and plans six free pep rallies in advance of the Sept. 26 Fort4Fitness Kids Marathon Final Mile at Parkview Field. For details and early registration discounts, visit fort4fitness.org.

Brad Kimmel is the executive director of Fort4Fitness.

“It just keeps expanding. We had over 12,000 people last year,” he said. “We’re trying to create some excitement toward healthy living.”

“We have activities that focus on kids, seniors and families,” he said. “We’re in our seventh year of the fall event, and almost annually we’re adding something else to what the organization is offering.”

“We’re really blessed to have the Ash Centre open up their indoor activities as well as their outside facilities,” he said. “It’s an

inexpensive way to spend time together and look at fitness in a fun atmosphere.”

Three Rivers Running Co. continues its Fort4Fitness training program with weekly long runs or special events. Certified coach Mike Else also instructs workouts at 6 p.m. each Tuesday night at the Woodside Middle School track, and Saturday morning runs at city parks. For a full list of races, program details, and enrollment information, visit 3riversrunning. com.

The Saturday runs generate self-motivation, Else said. “There’s no set pace or distance. But we try to match them up with someone with a similar distance and similar pace.” Call Else at 496-8000.

Kimmel said 45 charities use Fort4Fitness for exposure for their organizations.

Other groups assist in training, he said, listing Three Rivers Running Co., Fleet Feet Sports, and Human Motor Works.

Kevin Croy owns Fleet Feet Sports, in the Village at Coventry. Training is available for experienced runners. There is a separate adults group called the Couch to 5K program, and a children’s group.

For details or enrollment, call 432-3270.

Maggie Croy, Kevin’s daughter, teaches the free Mini Milers program for

ages 6-12 each Tuesday.

“I typically take them out for a warmup run.

We focus on something different every week,” she said. “There’s no registration. It’s a free program.

Just call us.”

Kevin Croy said the love of running will ensure a path to fitness over a lifetime. “There are team sports,” Croy said in an interview. “But when I was a kid you signed up for football and you got to go in,” he said, adding

that today’s larger schools no longer can guarantee that everyone who suits up gets to participate.

Individual running provides that guarantee, he said. “It’s something you can carry into adulthood and something you can do on your own.”

Human Motor Works serves clients from Covington Plaza. Sales manager Tyler Smith said he works with many people who will participate in one of the

distances at Fort4Fitness.

“We have a wide variety of people, from those who do a 7-minute mile to those who do the run/ walk,” Smith said. Meetings will continue through the summer. There is no charge. “We’re just promoting healthy lifestyle and healthy activity in the city,” Smith said.

Call him at 203-4005 “If we can work together, the community’s stronger,” said Kimmel, the Fort4Fitness director.

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“When you can inuence how kids develop, you’ve got a pretty good shot at having an impact,â€? he said.

The League is directing income from the Cooking Blind fundraiser to the youth program, which serves clients with significant disabilities, from birth to age 21. “We’re serving kids primarily from low-income families, almost exclusively,� he said. “We have very few resources for it, and so we have to subsidize this single program to the tune of about $48,000 this year alone.� “This fundraiser helps cover that gap in funding for that program. And that’s pretty common,�

Nelson said.

In an interview, Nelson shared his thoughts on the League’s history, its overall mission, and the youth services in particular. “We’re sending kids from low-income families to camps all over the county, taking care of their fees because the family is not in a real good spot to do that,� he said. “The goal for the camping component is to get the kids out into what other kids are doing. Not segregated programs, not segregated camps — we have lots of those. But kids with disabilities often don’t have the chance to just hang out

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David A. Nelson is CEO and president of the League for the Blind & Disabled. He said qualiďŹ ed people with disabilities make up 70 percent of the staff.

with kids from their own neighborhood at camp.�

Families learn from the experiences of other families, he said. “We’re connecting kids and families with each other. So if those are the experts, they need opportunities to talk to each other,� he said.

Nelson applies the client-as-expert philosophy to the League’s overall mission.

He has been with the League for 24 years. “And what’s kept me here is I just like the way this organization sees the world and thinks. It’s different,� he said. “I tell people there’s a very thick and rich culture here and it just resonates with me.� “Our model is we look at the folks we serve and

we understand that those folks are truly the experts in what’s going on, whether you’re deaf or blind or in a wheelchair, you know what life is like and what life needs to be and what needs to change for folks in that situation.

Don’t talk to me. They’re the experts. Talk to them,� he said. “So here the expert is the people we’re serving, and we’re the help. And I like that. I think that’s the right way to do it.�

That’s why qualiďŹ ed people with disabilities make up 70 percent of the staff, he said, and why a majority of the board of directors are people with disabilities.

He said common attitudes toward those with disabilities range from pity to hero worship, and both are negatives.

As an example, he listed the response to a blind person crossing a street. “They learned that skill. They were taught it by highly skilled people.

But the fact is people cross streets every day,� he said. “So why do we single that out, when there are so many other things that people who are blind contribute, or people who are deaf can do to contribute, or people who use wheel-

chairs contribute? Why do we focus on those everyday things that everybody does?� “There are very few things that people with disabilities can’t do with the right knowledge, skills, equipment and training,� Nelson said.

The League for the Blind & Disabled traces its history to 1946, when the Community Chest explored the best way to serve the blind. The League was incorporated in 1951.

An interim group brought Helen Keller to Fort Wayne in 1948. “Nobody here knew that. We had lost our history,� said Nelson, who took his current position in 1990. “We were moving stuff and cleaning stuff and we found all the original newspaper articles from back in the ’40s and ’50s, in a box in the basement,� he said. “We had lost that. No one even knew we had done that, and we found it in a box in the basement in 1990. And for me it was a treasure, to get that piece of our history back.�

For details of the League’s history and services, visit the-league. org.

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March of Dimes awards $10,000 for prenatal care The March of Dimes Indiana Chapter has awarded a $10,000 grant to Parkview Hospital Foundation to support Centering Pregnancy, a program of Parkview Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

The program will be located at Parkview Hospital Randallia and is aimed at improving birth outcomes through reducing pre-term births, birth defects and infant mortality. Other benefits include more provider and patient contact, patient empowerment and learning, selfcare, and support and friendship among group members.

This program will provide strategies to address risk factors, including poor nutrition, tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, stress, and lack of adequate prenatal care.

This grant is one of many that the March of Dimes awards throughout the United States in pursuit of its mission to prevent birth defects and infant mortality.

“Finding unique and improved ways to enhance the accessibility of adequate prenatal care for local mothers resulting in healthier babies and children is incredibly important,” said Patti Brahe, senior vice president, Parkview Women’s and Children’s Hospital. “The March of Dimes and this grant will help to do that and we are thankful for the generosity of others which made this grant possible.”

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Parkview Health recruits police

By Peter Ambrose pambrose@kpcmedia.com

Northeast Indiana will see a brand-new police agency begin operations in the coming weeks.

Not one that serves a community or county, but one sworn to specifically protect Parkview Health.

The nonprofit health system is forming its own police department in an effort to provide a higher level of security at Parkview’s hospitals in the region. But unlike traditional police forces, law enforcement would only be a small part of the overall mission for these police officers.

“If something rises to

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Shannon Berry will become a lieutenant stationed at Parkview Regional Medical Center as part of Parkview Health’s new police department.

the level that we need to take action, we would, and they would be certi-

fied and trained to do that,” said Tom Rhoades, Parkview’s director of security and a chief architect of the initiative.

“Ninety-five percent of their job is going to be customer service and providing a safe and secure environment for the patients, the visitors and all the co-workers.”

He plans to have 22 sworn officers in the department when it’s fully implemented. They would be dispersed among the Parkview Regional Medical Center campus off Dupont Road, Parkview Hospital Randallia, and the four community hospitals in

Huntington, Kendallville, Columbia City and LaGrange.

The new officers will join Parkview’s staff of approximately 90 security personnel, though with one key difference: The officers will be armed, hence the careful scrutiny and training.

He feels having such an armed force for the health network can mitigate trouble at the facilities by stopping altercations or crimes. The officers are authorized to make arrests and transport suspects to local jails.

They’ll also be ready to face serious and potentially violent emergencies.

Jones is appointed CEO of Saint Joseph Hospital Saint Joseph Hospital is turning to a member of its extended family to become its Jones new chief executive officer. Kenneth Jones, the current CEO of The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Network, has been chosen to fill the hospital’s highest administrative position.

“Kenneth’s experience as a leader in both hospital and physician practice settings lends itself well to the opportunities he’ll encounter running a facility located in an area that’s expected to receive an influx of new residents in the very near future,” said Brian

Bauer, chief executive officer, Lutheran Health Network. “His perspective as an administrator, husband, and father of two young children will be important to a growing hospital in a revitalized downtown.”

Jones was named CEO of The Orthopedic Hospital in March 2013.

Prior to arriving in Fort Wayne, Jones was the CEO of Heekin Orthopedic Specialists in Jacksonville, Fla. Jones replaces Eric Looper who announced in May that he would be leaving St. Joe to take a hospital administrator post closer to family and friends in Texas. Looper’s new role will be CEO of the Hill Country Region of Baylor Scott & White Health.

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Publication to honor millennials Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly is seeking nominations for outstanding representatives of the millennial generation. Nominations will be accepted through July 25 for northeast Indiana residents age 18-33 who are making significant contributions in their workplace or school and in their community.

The editorial board will choose the top 20 to be featured in a special publication inserted into the Aug. 29-Sept. 4 edition of Business Weekly. Submit nominations to fwbusiness.com.

“We want to draw attention to this talented group of industrious individ-

uals and help local businesses better understand and appreciate their unique perspectives about business and being a part of their community,” said Terry Ward, COO of KPC Media Group, which publishes Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly.

“The millennial generation, ranging in age right now from 18 to 33, are far different from their parents’ generation,” he said. “The way they work, play, their politics, loyalties, community involvement, and optimism about the future drive them in ways unmatched by any other generation.”

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Park Board member Dirk Schmidt thanked Brian C. Reilly for the initial park design. He also thanked former members of the Park Board, the Town Council, the Riverside Gardens Advisory Committee, and Clerk-Treasurer John Eastes. “We’d like to thank everyone who participated in the project. Raise your hand,” he said.

Park Board President Mark Hamilton said the project “brings all kinds of activities for all ages.”

“Promoting health is the main idea of this project,” Hamilton said.

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The Riverside Gardens splash pad opened with a splash.

Schoolchildren circled the concrete surrounding the water park and playground equipment.

Impatient toddlers wandered along the limestone play creek that carries the water from the splash pad.

Leo-Cedarville town and school leaders, and other supporters waited for a moment at the microphone, or to nod in acknowledgement of other speakers.

Town Council President John Clendenen quickly summed up years of work on the $800,000 project, which also includes three horseshoe pits, two sand volleyball pits and additional, ADA-compliant concrete paths. It’s just a

pond and a pavilion away from the Cedarville Reservoir, and a short walk from the center of town.

“On behalf of the Town Council and the Leo-Cedarville Foundation, we’d like to thank the Park Board for all their hard work to bring this park to our town,” he said.

“Three years ago I challenged the Park Board to bring additional recreational opportunities to our park and I think they answered that challenge in a big way,” he said. “I’d like to especially thank our town manager, Peggy Garton. From the original grant application to the planting of the flowers, her attention to detail has really had a big impact on this project.”

“Leo/Cedarville is more than just a place,” he said.

“It’s where we live our lives, we raise our children,

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Kindergarten Countdown almost triples count United Way of Allen County kicked off Kindergarten Countdown on July 9, with East Allen County Schools, Fort Wayne Community Schools and Community Transportation Network.

Kindergarten Countdown is designed to help children prepare for school in the fall. The four-week program expanded from four classrooms to eight and from 55 students last year to 160 students this year. This is the second year for the program.

EACS has two Kindergarten Countdown classrooms at Southwick Elementary. FWCS has two classrooms at FairďŹ eld Elementary, and one classroom each at Adams Elementary, Brentwood Elementary, Lindley Elementary and Waynedale Elementary.

At-risk students — those with little or no early childhood learning experience or who are limited English speakers — were identiďŹ ed by the schools during kindergarten orientation in April and invited to participate in the program at no cost to the families. Community Transportation Network provides transportation for EACS students. FWCS will provide meals through their summer food program to both of the school systems.

“We are thrilled to not only continue this initiative again this year, but to also be able to expand it,� said Todd Stephenson, president and CEO of United Way of Allen County. “Last year the program was a tremendous success with several measurable outcomes, including that 52 percent of the students entered the program unable to write their own names. By the end of the program, 96 percent of the students were able to write their names.�

Kindergarten Countdown focuses on skills such as literacy and language development. It’s also an opportunity for social-emotional adjustment and ensuring children who have never been in a classroom setting are prepared to jump in and learn in late August when school ofďŹ cially begins.

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Monroeville Harvest Festival MONROEVILLE HARVEST FESTIVAL AUG. 14-16, 2014 Monroeville Community Park, 421 Monroe St., Monroeville Free parking available on east side of park, along Indiana 101 South THURSDAY, AUG. 14 5 p.m.: Midway opens, with rides by Beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Jessopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amusements. $15 wristbands from 5 p.m. to close 5 p.m.: Food court and merchant tents open 5 p.m.: Bingo sponsored by Monroeville Conservation Club 5 p.m.: Golf challenge by East Liberty United Methodist Church 5:30 p.m.: Mudokwan martial arts on Dewey Stage 6 p.m.: Introduction of queen candidates 6 p.m.: Horseshoe tournament, behind pavilion

6:15 p.m.: Indiana Wild Festival Show on Dewey Stage 7 p.m.: J Taylors on Dewey Stage 7:30 p.m.: Tough Trucks competition in park arena, sponsored by the Monroeville Fire Department and EMS. $5 for ages 6 and over, ages 5 and under free FRIDAY, AUG. 15 5 p.m.: Midway opens, with rides by Beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Jessopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amusements. $15 wristbands from 5 p.m. to close 5 p.m.: Food court and merchant tents open 5 p.m.: Fish fry sponsored by Heritage Band Boosters 5 p.m.: Bingo sponsored by Monroeville Conservation Club 5 p.m.: Golf challenge by East Liberty United Methodist Church 6-10 p.m.: Gospel music night, with Tom Kennerk, Trinity, Chris Baldwin, Still Bless-

ed and Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Own on Dewey Stage 7:30 p.m.: Demolition derby and power wheels derby in park arena, sponsored by the Monroeville Fire Department and EMS. $7 for ages 6 and over, ages 5 and under free SATURDAY, AUG. 16 11 a.m.: Parade in downtown Monroeville Noon: Midway opens, with rides by Beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Jessopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amusements. $12 wristbands from noon to 5 p.m.

Noon: Food court and merchant tents open Noon: Bingo sponsored by Monroeville Conservation Club Noon: Magician and illusionist Jim Barron on Dewey Stage 1 p.m.: Cardboard Cup boat race on park pond, sponsored by the Cornerstone Youth Center 6:15 p.m.: Indiana Wild Festival Show on

Donna, Leo Martin to lead parade The 2014 Monroeville Harvest Festival announced that Leo and Donna Martin will be marshals for the parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug.

16, in downtown Monroeville.

The Monroeville couple can be seen all over town supporting community, school and church events,

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and have been doing so for many years.

Their working careers started early in downtown Monroeville.

Donna was a waitress at the Community Restaurant, Squeeze Inn and The Cove, where customers called out for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burger & Basket.â&#x20AC;? Donna recalls at the time it sold for thirty-ďŹ ve cents and you could enjoy a burger, fries and a coke. A talented baker herself, Donna is locally famous for her Red Cake and Baked Apples.

Leo started working at age 16 for Shifferly

Brothers learning the trades of electrical, plumbing, rooďŹ ng and carpentry. A mechanical career at Pinney Ford and Phelps Dodge gave Leo a chance to use those skills.

Teenagers in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s, the Martins share many childhood memories from Monroeville High School and the small town that was the backdrop for adventure, fun and starting their lives together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I lived three and a half See PARADE, Page A11

Dewey Stage 6 p.m.: Adorable baby contest ceremony on Dewey Stage 7:30 p.m.: Demolition derby and power wheels derby in park arena, sponsored by the Monroeville Fire Department and EMS. $7 for ages 6 and over, ages 5 and under free 8 p.m.: Biff and the Cruisers on Dewey Stage 10 p.m.: Crowning of Miss Harvest Festival 2014 SUNDAY, AUG. 17 9 a.m.: Park cleanup, all volunteers welcome The festival committee extends its thanks to the Monroeville Police, Fire and EMS for their help during the festival.

Visit monroevillein.com for entry forms and other information.

Cardboard boat race begins 1 p.m. Aug. 16 Cornerstone Youth Center will sponsor its ďŹ rst annual cardboard boat race, The Cardboard Cup, during this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Monroeville Harvest Festival.

The event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Monroeville Community Park pond. Registration begins at noon. The entry fee is $10 per team. Children ages 6-10 will race at 1 p.m., ages 10-18 at

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Saturday Sept. 20, 2014 at Monroeville Park Events starting at 8 am 5k Archer Dash & Kids Fun Run, Kickball, Inflatables, Shopping, Food, Bingo, Family Feud, Golf Cart Cruise, St. Rose Open House, Duck Derby Races, Music by Renegade in Our Beer Tent and so Much More!

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Each participants must be able to swim and provide their own life jacket.

Participants should design and build a boat to be manually propelled by two people and able to complete a short pond course. Oars can be made out of any material. The entire boat must be constructed using corrugated cardboard, duct tape, glue and paint (no water-sealant paint).

All other materials are prohibited. Examples of excluded materials include ďŹ berglass, wood, rubber, shrink wrap, caulking, epoxies and waterproof sealants.

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Monroeville Harvest Festival

Tough Trucks competition claims Thursday The Monroeville Harvest Festival will feature the Tough Truck competition at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 14, in the town park arena.

The event started several years ago as a beginning to the Friday night demolition derby,

but this year has its own night.

Participants build Tough Trucks from stock vehicles, and drive them through an obstacle course. That course usually is created with simple items such as tractor tires and telephone

poles stacked and made into ramps. Trucks vault into the air from mounds of dirt. Competitors race for the best time, with the top three spots earning cash prizes.

The demolition derby will run Friday and Saturday nights, Aug.

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us there and back,â&#x20AC;? Donna said.

Farming has been a constant in the Martin family for generations, working side by side on the same property since the 1800s . At 82, Leo no longer works the ďŹ elds, but noted that riding along during harvest last year was an amazing change in history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was 10 my Dad and I worked this ďŹ eld with a team of horses and a steel wheel wagon husking corn by hand,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were quite

proud if we could harvest 100 bushel a day and here I sit in this combine with a 15-row head, harvesting 3,000 bushel an hour.

Who could have imagined that?â&#x20AC;?

The Martins celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last year. They are parents to Patty (Kevin) Ryan, Karen (Larry) Baumert and Dale Martin.

They have been blessed with six grandchildren and look forward to their eleventh great-grandchild yet this year.

miles outside town and rode my bike to work, to school and up to Diddleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pool hall to hang out with my friends,â&#x20AC;? Leo recalled.

Donna lived in town and walked everywhere , except on days when she and a friend would catch the bus out in front of the Peoples Drug Store and head to Fort Wayne for a day of window shopping. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had just enough coins in our hand to get

15 and 16, beginning at 7:30 p.m. each evening.

Highlights include the stock car derby, ďŹ gure 8s, windshield class, minis and many others. Admission to the derby is $7 for ages 6 and over, with ages 5 and under admitted free.

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Seating is limited. Tickets are $125 per person and are available at Visiting Nurse, 5910 Homestead Road. Call 435-3212.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Toast to Lifeâ&#x20AC;? literally toasts the lives and memories of family and friends who are no longer with us. The event also includes a select silent auction of leisure and beer-related items.

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ORGAN from Page A1 New Haven resident. Nickerson, a church member at Trinity English Lutheran, was described as the guiding force behind the restoration project. Nickerson also played a leading role in the restoration of the Embassy Theatre’s Grand Page organ.

Nickerson told the audience that it had long been his goal to acquire a theater organ for Trinity.

“Well it’s taken a long time to find one,” he said, “and then once we found one and got it here it had some major problems in storage.”

A leak from a hot water pipe drenched many of the organ’s components being stored in the church basement. Eventually, some replacement pipes and parts were found and incorporated. According to the concert program, “Among the ‘newer’ additions is a set of pipes that were installed originally at Olympia Stadium in Detroit in or around 1934.”

The Trinity organ came from the home of Dr. John and Betty Polsley, of Urbana, Ohio. After their deaths, their son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Steve and Barbara Polsley, donated the organ to the church.

Nickerson supervised the mechanical details and sought private funding for the restoration. Scott Smith Pipe Organs of Lansing,

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The organ simulates the sounds of other instruments, and has fun bells, drums and whistles.

Mich., was hired to move and re-install the organ at the church.

More than 1,830 electrical connections were required. “Lots of folks have done lots of things,” he said.

Nickerson, of New Haven, also spoke of a friend, Byron Fogt, of Fort Wayne. “Byron had a theater organ in his home, a three-manual instrument,” he said, “and it just so happened that about three, four, five blocks away from him was a young fellow who was very interested in the theater organ, and would come over and practice a great deal, and that young man happens to be Mark Herman.”

Nickerson said he heard good reports on Herman before he finally got to hear him play. “Byron had arranged for Mark to play for the Schantz [Organ Co.] people when they were redoing the organ in the nave,” he said. “And

I was completely blown away.”

Herman was named the American Theatre Organ Society’s Organist of the Year in 2012, making him the youngest person to receive that honor. He studied classical piano with Christine Freeman of Fort Wayne, and later earned a degree in theater arts/ management from DePaul University in Chicago. He recently moved to the Los Angeles area, where he is a voicing specialist and tonal consultant for Allen Organs.

He performs more than 30 concerts each year. For more information, visit MarkHermanProductions. com.

Delegates to The American Theatre Organ Society convention in Indianapolis visited Fort Wayne on July 7, to hear the newly installed organ at Trinity, and the Grand Page organ at the Embassy Theatre.

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Moser Park Nature Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July programs offer activities for children and adults. The pond, woods and study center are at 601 W. Main St., New Haven. Nature center hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Volunteer community project: garlic mustard pull and trash pickup.

Saturdays, July 19 and 26, 11 a.m. The Rivergreenway needs help removing invasive species along the path near Moser Park. Bring work gloves, clippers and a water bottles. The nature center will provide the garbage bags and drinking water.

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Children learn about forest animals and more at Moser Park Nature Center, 601 W. Main St., New Haven

Workers are advised to wear boots, pants and long-sleeve shirts. The group will meet at the nature center before moving to the trails.

Pre-K program: nature journaling. Tuesday, July 22, 10-11 a.m. What types of animals live in the forest and how do they create their habitats?

Imagine what a child will experience while learning in an outdoor classroom ďŹ lled with ponds, woodlands and ďŹ elds. This program builds on childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inherent curiosity about the world by using hand-on, nature based activities. This program is geared toward children 5 or younger. Each student attends class with a parent or caregiver. For ages 3-6.

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Saturday, July 26, 2-3 p.m. Become a nature detective by investigating the differences between frogs and toads, learn about metamorphosis, and even hunt for frogs at the pond. All ages are welcome; this program is geared toward ages 8-14.

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Sunday, July 27, noon-4 p.m. A theme-based exploration of nature through crafts and activities. This fun outdoor time is coupled with guidance and encouragement from experienced naturalists. All ages. Free.

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Thursday, July 31, 2-3 p.m. What is the difference between a bug and an insect? What is a macro invertebrate?

Join the Nature Center naturalists for a game of bug bingo in the woods, make fun crafts, and learn about all the insects. All ages are welcome. This program is geared toward ages 6-12. Free.

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Wednesdays, July 23 and July 30. Naturalists will answer questions and share fun activities for kids. Naturalists also may bring a special animal friend. Also at the Wednesday markets, ďŹ nd fresh, homegrown produce and local goods, see nonproďŹ t and educational displays, and enjoy music and food.

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Three Fort Wayne area stores to give backpacks Three area locations of The Cellular Connection will give away backpacks and school supplies as part of a national campaign.

More than 350 participating TCC stores across the United States invite families to bring their children to the stores between noon and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, to pick up a backpack ďŹ lled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, glue and more. One backpack per child present will be given away on a ďŹ rst-come, ďŹ rst-served basis while supplies last. The participating stores in Fort Wayne are at 10132 Maysville Road; 5956 Stellhorn Road, Suite C; and 6404 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite A. Each participating TCC store will donate between 75 and 300 backpacks. All leftover backpacks will be donated to local schools.

The Cellular Connection, a Verizon premium wireless retailer, will donate 100,000 backpacks nationwide through its School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. Last year, the company donated 60,000 backpacks.

In 2013, the National Retail Federation predicted the average person with children in grades K-12 would spend $86 on school supplies.

East Allen County Times • July 18, 2014

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Renovated community center open for $1 a day

By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

The McMillen Park Community Center at 3900 Abbot St., Fort Wayne, offers summer programs for all ages.

A ribbon-cutting introduced the community to the renovated facility.

Summer hours are 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The center features educational, social, and health and fitness programs, with a drop-in fee of $1 per person for the walking track and open play sessions. A complete list of fees for daily usage and rentals can be found at fortwayneparks.org.

A lunch area just within the front door offers foosball and TV. Concessions are available.

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Parks & Recreation Director Al Moll, and other residents and community leaders

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Alicia O’Neal explains how the McMillen Park Community Center multipurpose area can accommodate a regulation soccer field and can be rearranged as three smaller fields.

dedicated the community center. The 82,000-squarefoot multipurpose facility is a Legacy Fort Wayne Project. The open house showcased Phase 1 of the renovation, a $2 million project, with future phases to come.

Arena 1 — the original ice arena — is an athletic

exercise and multipurpose area, which is approximately 31,000 square feet.

It has rubberized multipurpose athletic flooring, one full-size soccer field and three practice soccer fields, four pickleball courts, a one-tenth-mile, two-lane walking and jogging track, and a 2,150-square-foot

area designated for a future indoor playground.

Arena 2 is approximately 20,500 square feet and has 1,024 bleacher seats. It has a new hardwood sport floor for two full-size competition level basketball courts, four youth-size basketball courts, four volleyball courts and portable basketball goals that can be moved to accommodate large events in the arena.

The south end can be used as an instructional area, with a TV and PowerPoint available.

The entire building has new, energy efficient heating and ventilation, energy efficient lighting, four multipurpose rooms for meetings, education, training and gatherings, a computer lab, a wholebuilding security system and WiFi throughout the building.

Alicia O’Neal helped to lead a media tour of the facility. The Flint, Mich., native played basketball at

Indiana Tech and recently was hired as a program coordinator specializing in recreation and wellness programs.

She said an art room, computer lab and study area have been added.

She said McMillen will offer classes to aid people working for a GED. “We have a lot of great ideas,” she said.

The dance area is complete with ballet bars and mirrors. “Once we get our kids in our program they’ll practice here and they’ll all combine with the other centers for one large program,” O’Neal said.

“This is great for our community. We will keep our kids safe so they can do their best,” she said.

“This is a great day for our community as we demonstrate a commitment to investing in the future,” Mayor Henry said at the ribbon-cutting. “Young people and adults will

benefit from the tremendous opportunities and amenities that are available at the McMillen Park Community Center. I’m encouraged by the excitement of what the renovated facility means to residents and the surrounding neighborhoods. By working together we’re making a positive difference in Fort Wayne.”

“The Parks & Recreation Department is proud and honored to be part of a project that began by gathering public input from both youth and community leaders,” said Moll, the parks director.

“Throughout the planning and renovation process, this project continued to gather communitywide support from Mayor Henry and City Council, to the public and private sectors.

It has been an exciting and rewarding ride for all of us.”

For more information, visit fortwayneparks.org.

Saint Francis offers summer Jesters, too The Jesters, a University of Saint Francis performing arts program for people with disabilities, is offering summer sessions on the following Tuesdays: July 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Sept.

2, from 6-7:30 p.m., with all sessions but Aug. 19 held in the dance studio at the back of the university’s North Campus at 2702 Spring St. The Aug. 19 session will be in the Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication on Leesburg Road.

The summer program costs $30. Scholarships are available. The registration deadline is July 25, and the program is limited to the first 30 registered participants. Make checks payable to the University of Saint Francis.

For registration forms or more information, contact director Allison Ballard at allis2b@yahoo.com or 745-3107; or Molly McGowan at the USF School of Creative Arts at 399-7700, ext. 8001.

The six-week summer program will include dance/movement, stories, theater, percussion and music (instrumental and voice), while creating a template for next year’s Jesters performance on March 7 and 8. The summer program is open to anyone with a disability, regardless of his/her involvement with the traditional Jesters program held annually September through March.

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Each spring, the Jesters program culminates in an original multimedia performance.

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Allen County skiers train year-round Huntertown society

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Winter means skiing for the Elizondo family of Fort Wayne. So does summer.

Anya Elizondo, who just completed eighth grade at Woodside Middle School in Aboite Township, is spending three weeks in Mount Hood, Oregon, at a summer camp led by Olympic Gold medalist Ted Ligety and Olympic Silver medalist Andrew Weibrecht. She also is working with World Cup technical coaches.

Aiden Elizondo, who just completed his junior year at Homestead High School, is a counselor at the Ligety-Weibrecht ski camp. He is recovering from a knee injury, which required surgery.

The children of James and Mary Ellen Elizondo have placed well in national and international competitions and are working toward other opportunities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they both still have a long-term goal of making the U.S. Ski Team,â&#x20AC;?

James said. The family realizes that â&#x20AC;&#x153;those are long shots,â&#x20AC;? in Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; words. Still, the effort continues. Both Anya and Aiden look forward to skiiing in college. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a late maturing sport,â&#x20AC;?

James said.

Older brother Emmett, who recently graduated

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Anya Elizondo, then an eighth-grader at Woodside Middle School, skis the Super G, which can reach speeds of 65 mph.

Aiden Elizondo heads downhill in an international competition.

He will be a senior at Homestead High School in the fall.

from Homestead, coaches at Holiday Valley Resort in western New York state. Emmett also raced until he was about 13 or 14, his father said.

Emmett plans to attend the University of Colorado. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He will just enjoy skiing from this time on,â&#x20AC;?

James said.

The two younger racers withdraw from Southwest Allen County Schools from winter through spring break, and study where they train and race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I stay here in Fort Wayne and drive on weekends to western New York,â&#x20AC;?

James said. They bought a second home, where Mary Ellen lives with the racers during the ski season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives them a little bit of a jump,â&#x20AC;? James said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The older ones ski all over the East through the winter.â&#x20AC;?

Aiden takes his classes

online. Anya also will take her high school classes online after being home-schooled in middle school. They train on the snow from 9 a.m. until noon, have lunch, study, and then train again in the evening.

Anya represented the United States in the United States Ski and Snowboard Association U14 Can-Ams in Sugarloaf, Maine, in April.

Her season started last September when she was selected to join 19 other female athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Other honors continued through the winter and spring. She was placed on the United States team for the USSA U14 Can-Am Championships in Sugarloaf. These races paired the top 30 girls from the Rocky Mountain, Central and Eastern divisions of USSA against the top 30 girls from Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eastern three provinces.

Anya placed 16th overall, including ďŹ rst among the

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Her brother Aiden placed 12th in the International Ski Federation slalom race in December in Sugarbush, Vt. He competed against racers from the United States, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan and Switzerland. He continued racing until a season-ending knee injury on Jan. 3. Based on early season results, he was one of 15 U.S. athletes invited to compete in the Canadian U18 National Championships. Having recovered from knee surgery, he sustained a shoulder injury in a race and also re-injured the knee, requiring a second surgery.

James started racing in college. Mary Ellen took up skiing after they were married. The kids caught the skiing bug early, James said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the intent originally, but once it got started we moved operations east to provide more opportunity for them.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And as the kids got stronger and more competitive, we chose to give them the opportunity to train daily. And we were pleased that we had the opportunity to do that,â&#x20AC;? James said.

James is president of the Holiday Valley Race Team parents association. Mary Ellen works with sponsors. Emmett manages the website. For more information on that team, and more racing results, visit hvskiteam. com.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about a hundred feet square. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walking dogs in town, lots of people, but they had no place to run and roam,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Holmes, the president of the Huntertown Park Foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we provided a place for them.â&#x20AC;?

Dogs can enjoy the wide open spaces and the canine playground equipment of the new Huntertown dog park while dog owners enjoy the cost: Free. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ďŹ rst phase of it is ďŹ nished,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our hope is that we can build a second one and then have a division of dogs by weight.â&#x20AC;? The ďŹ rst phase measures a hundred feet on each side, with a 15-by-20 staging area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then you get your doggy bags, etc., and then go into the open area and then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off-leash,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a posted set of rules, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open to the public, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all free,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just ask them to clean up after their dog and observe the rules, and everybody have fun.â&#x20AC;?

Dogs might wander over a wooden bridge, jump onto tables, or leap over an adjustable bar.

Just the bridge might have cost $1,200 from a catalog. Holmes said he and others built all the playground equipment in one day, at a cost of $150.

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BACK-TO-SCHOOL DATES Check with individual schools or school districts for details on freshman orientation, special first-day hours, or other back-to-school information.

East Allen County Schools, first student day Tuesday, Aug. 12. Registration begins Monday, Aug. 4.

Fort Wayne Community Schools, first student day Monday, Aug. 18. Registration begins Aug. 1.

Huntington County Community School Corp., first student day Wednesday, Aug. 13. Registration July 30, Aug. 5, Aug. 7.

Northwest Allen County Schools, first student day Wednesday, Aug. 13. Registration begins Aug. 4.

Southwest Allen County Schools, first student day Wednesday, Aug. 13.

In-person registration begins Aug. 5; online registration begins in July.

Bishop Dwenger High School, first day of school Wednesday, Aug. 13.

Bishop Luers High School, first day of school Thursday, Aug. 14.

Blackhawk Christian School, first day of school Thursday, Aug. 14.

Canterbury School, first day of school Thursday, Aug. 21. Early-childhood classes and kindergarten regular hours begin Monday, Aug. 25.

Concordia Lutheran High School, first student day (half-day), Wednesday, Aug. 13. Final registration Aug. 6.

FORT WAYNE FESTIVALS Three Rivers Festival. Ends Saturday, July 19. Events at Headwaters Park and throughout Fort Wayne. For details, visit threeriversfestival.org.

Fort Wayne Pride 2014. Headwaters Park, 330 S. Clinton St., downtown Fort Wayne. Friday, July 25, 7 p.m.-midnight. For all ages. Admission $3 for adults, free to age 12 and under. Saturday, July 26. Parade 11:30 a.m.noon. Festival, noon-midnight. Admission $5 for adults, free to age 12 and under. Sponsored by Pride, which brings LGBTA events to the area throughout the year. For details, visit fwpride.org.

Taste of the Arts. Saturday, Aug. 23, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Free. An arts and food festival featuring nine perfor-

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The preschool program for ages 3, 4 and 5 will begin its second full year at Central Lutheran School in New Haven. Registration for preschool through eighth grade is Thursday, July 31, from 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 2:30-6:30. Central Lutheran School is at 1400 Elm St. Preschool classes are in the Sunday school rooms in Emanuel Lutheran Church, across the parking lot from Central Lutheran School. For further information, visit cluth.org or contact Enrollment Director Kelly Beverly at 493-2502, ext. 337, or kbeverly@cluth. org. The first day of classes is Wednesday, Aug. 13. mance stages in downtown Fort Wayne, an art marketplace, hands-on activities and more than 30 local restaurant vendors. For details, visit tasteofartsfortwayne.org.

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.

Fort 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.

AREA FESTIVALS Woodburn Summer Fest. Woodburn Community Park, Park Street and In-

diana 101. Friday and Saturday, July 18-19. Admission to the grounds is free. Friday night features a trivia contest and Jimmy Ray’s BBQ, selling carry-out meals. Saturday activities start at 8 a.m. with the Lions Club doughnut sales. See the “Made in America” parade at 10 a.m.

From noon-6 p.m. enjoy horseshoes, cornhole and softball tournaments, a bicycle safety rodeo, kiddie tractor pull, a horseshoe tournament, and more. Food will be available from local vendors. Entertainment by Walkin’ Papers on the main stage at 6 p.m. The festival closes with a fireworks display at dusk.

Harlan Days. Harlan Community Park, Plum and Second streets. Thursday-Saturday, July 31-Aug. 2. Admission to festival grounds is free.

Carnival rides open 5-10 p.m. Food tent open 5-9:30 p.m. Bingo tent opens 5 p.m. Raffle tickets are sold through the festival, with a drawing at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Features include the building and assorted food vendors, a craft tent, commercial tent, the Woodburn Lions Club doughnut tent, a basketball tournament and a co-ed softball tournament. Saturday events include: 7 a.m., all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, served by North Scipio United Methodist Church; 10 a.m., parade; noon, cornhole doubles tournament; 4 p.m., cruise-in car show. Special features 7 p.m. nightly, admission $8, pit admission $10: Thursday, motocross; Friday, rodeo with bulls and barrels; Saturday, car demolition derby. Watch for the entertainment schedule and other updates at harlandays.com.

Monroeville Harvest Festival. Monroeville Community Park, 421 Monroe St., Monroeville. Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 14-16. Admission to festival grounds is free. The food court and rides open at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon Sunday. See the Tough Trucks competition at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday for $5 for adults, and the demolition derby at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday for $7 for adults. Watch the parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, and the Cardboard Cup boat race in the park pond at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The festival also includes games, entertainment and contests. For details, visit monroeville.in.com.

SUMMER AT THE FOELLINGER THEATRE Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation presents nationally known and regional talent in paid concerts at Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd. in Franke Park. For reserved tickets and information on same-day ticket sales, visit fortwayneparks.org.

Styx. Saturday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets must be purchased either in person at the Parks & Recreation Department Office, 705 East State Blvd., or by calling 260-427-6000. On-line sales will not be available for these seats.

(Canceled) Willie Nelson & Family. Thursday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. $39 to $99.

Mavis Staples. Saturday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m. $20 to $35.

The Beach Boys. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. $39 to $99. A select number of $99 seats near the stage have been added.

Los Lobos. Saturday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m. $23 and $30.

Ticketed regional entertainment.

“On a Night Like This” (The Fort’s Best Rock). Saturday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m. $5.

The Junk Yard Band. Friday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m. $5.

Heartland Sings! Sunday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m. $5.

Local free entertainment.

Tuesday, July 8, 7:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Area Community Band. Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m., Fort Wayne Jazz Orchestra. Friday, Aug. 8, 7:30

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p.m., Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Area Community Band.

Free movies in the park. 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 13. July 2, “Frozen.” July 9, “Monsters University.” July 16, “Saving Mr. Banks.”

July 23, “Mary Poppins.” July 30, “The Lego Movie.” Aug. 6, “Despicable Me 2.” Aug. 13, “The Wizard of Oz.”

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GRABILL BRANCH LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 13521 State St., Grabill. Call 421-1325. Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.

Born to Read. Tuesdays, July 22, 29, 10:30 a.m. For babies and their caregivers.

Smart Start Storytime. Wednesdays, July 23, 30, 10:30 a.m. Preschoolers and their grown-ups are invited to attend a storytime designed to help them as they begin to read.

Lego Club. Wednesday, July 23, 3:30 p.m. Use our stash of Lego blocks to build amazing things. Each month we’ll have a special challenge and time to share our creations with each other.

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HESSEN CASSEL BRANCH LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 3030 Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. Call 421-1330. Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.

Paws to Read. Mondays, July 21, 28, 3 p.m. Share your favorite book with our book-loving therapy dog, Lovie.

Smart Start Storytime. Wednesdays, July 23, 30, 10:30 a.m. Early literacy storytime for preschool children and their caregivers.

Code Up! Tuesdays, July 22, 29, and Monday, July 28, 2 p.m. Middle and high school students learn the first steps in computer coding.

Fun Friday Movie. July 25, 1:30 p.m. Join us after lunch to enjoy a classic movie.

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Gwendra Turney plays the fiddle and shares vocals for Sugar Shot, which will perform from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, at the Georgetown Fridays free concert series. Georgetown Square is at 6400 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. The Fort Wayne Ballet will present a program at intermission. Kids Day activities are held nearby during the concerts. The Fort Wayne Corvette Club holds a cruise-in during each event.

MONROEVILLE BRANCH LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 115 Main St., Monroeville. Call 421-1340. Open noon-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and 10 a.m.-noon and 1-6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Smart Start Storytime. Mondays, 21, 28, 3:30 p.m. Enjoy the latest books, some old favorites and an awesome craft each week.

Pieceful Quilters. Wednesday, July 30, 6-8 p.m. An opportunity to gather with other quilters and share techniques and tips.

NEW HAVEN BRANCH LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 648 Green St., New Haven. Call 421-1345. Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

Family Storytime. Wednesday, July 23, 10:30 a.m., B is for Build. Tuesday and Wednesday, July 29 and 30, 10:30 a.m., B is for Butterfly.

Your Library, Starring Your Book: Writing Workshop. Thursdays, July 24 and 31, 10 a.m. Children ages 6 -11. Do you have an awesome story that you want to tell? We want to put it in the library. Need space to create?

Come to the writing workshop to create your book. Registration limited to 25.

Teen Thursdays. Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. July 24, Candy Sushi. July 31, Marshmallow Challenge.

Get Your Legos On. Wednesdays, July 23 and 30, 3:30 p.m. Legos are available for every member of the family.

WOODBURN BRANCH LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 4701 Indiana 101 North, Woodburn. Call 421-1370. Open 10 a.m.-noon and 1-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and noon-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

Smart Start Storytime. Friday, July 25, 10:30 a.m. This Storytime features finger plays, songs, stories of various lengths and crafts.

Yarn Lover’s Gathering. Thursdays, July 24 and 31, 7 p.m. For those who already know how to knit or crochet and anyone who wants to learn these skills. Instruction is available.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Thursday, July 31. Bring your stuffed animal to the library between 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m. and they will spend the night at the library. Then, on Friday, pick them up during library hours.

Your stuffed animal will have pictures of the great time at the library.

Free to individuals identified 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: Monday, July 21, 5:30-7 p.m., Dupont Branch of the Allen County Public Library, 536 E. Dupont Road.

Thursday, Aug. 7, 1-2:30 p.m., Kidney Smart at Nephrology of Northern Indiana Office Building, 7910 W. Jefferson Blvd.

p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 3, 2 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 10, 2 p.m.

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 begins 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 journaling, participants gain insight into their personal journey through grief. Each session is self-contained, so new members may enroll at any time.

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.

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.

Summer art classes. Purple Dandelion Art Studio, 304 Webster St., Monroeville. Artist Mary Lou Morgan will instruct classes for adults and children in drawing, wire sculpture, acrylic painting, craft projects and painted furniture techniques. Guest instructors will teach calligraphy and beginner quilt projects. Studio hours are 1-9 p.m. Wednesdays. Sign up during regular hours or call Morgan at 623-3688.

Vacation Bible School. Bethany United Methodist Church, 7715 Sunny Lane. July 27-31, 6-8 p.m. Children ages 3 to 10 are welcome to participate. The church asks that 3-year-olds be accompanied by a parent the entire time. Each evening of the “Safari Adventure VBS” will include Bible stories, songs, games, crafts and snacks. All sessions are supervised by the pastor and volunteer adults. For more information or to register in advance, call the church office at 485-5311 or email bethanyumc. fwa@gmail.com.

Lawton Park Car Show. Lawton Park, 1900 N. Clinton St., with registration from 9 a.m.-noon. The Liberty Cruisers will present the Lawton Park Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Proceeds benefit Hope Alive. For details, email libertycruisers@yahoo.com.

Bird Hike at Arrowhead Prairie. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 8-9:30 a.m. Free. Join the Stockbridge Audubon Society as we hike Arrowhead Prairie looking for rare Henslow’s sparrows and sedge wrens as well as the many other grassland birds of the preserve.

Contact info@lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information.

Display garden open house. Allen County Cooperative Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., on the east side of the IPFW campus. 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. Free. Workshops, tours and expert advice for gardeners, landscapers and their families: 10:30 a.m.: Advanced Master Gardener Nancy Torkeo will present “Healthy Juices and Smoothies.” 11:15 a.m.: Master Gardener Deborah Putt will present “How to Build a Glam Girl Scarecrow.” 11:30 a.m.: Ricky Kemery will diagnose plant problem samples (bring them to the workshop) and present “Pests and Diseases of 2014.” Sapling red maples, white spruce and Douglas fir (a limited supply) will be sold, along with Topmost Compost and compost tea bottles. Participants can tour the 20 garden areas that make up the Purdue Extension Display Gardens. Master Gardeners will be stationed at each garden area to answer questions. Stop by the “Welcome Home” Garden planted in honor of veterans and their families. Nearby are innovative vegetable gardens and trial gardens showcasing new annual flowers — yet to be released. Local artists will be featured in the Woodland garden, and visitors can learn how to arrange flowers for a decorative table in the Everlasting Cutting garden. The Hearthstone Ensemble will provide historic dulcimer music. Free parking is available at the parking garage across from the Extension Office. Call 481-6826 (option 3) for more information.

Rock the Block Concert. Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne, 501 W. Berry St. 7 p.m. Free-will offering. Bring a lounge chair for this pre-fireworks concert celebration featuring the band Endgame, just before the Three Rivers Festival fireworks. This concert is sponsored by Plymouth’s Congregational Life Board. Call 423-9424.

SUNDAY, JULY 20 “Songs for A New World.” Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne, 501 W. Berry St. 2 p.m. Free-will offering. According to Jason Robert Brown, “…it’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.” This is what unites the various stories in “Songs for a New World,” the moment when hard choices have to be made and a new world is realized. Directed by Heather Brackeen Moore and Robert Nance.

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

MONDAY, JULY 21 Embroiders 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, 7484078, or Susan Mol, 456-8382.

TUESDAY, JULY 22

FARMERS MARKETS Regular market dates include: 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., Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave., New Haven.

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

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 “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Craig Humphrey directs the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre production. Based on the 1988 film, the musical centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. Tickets: $29 for adults, $25 for Sunday senior matinees, $17 for age 23 and under. Prices include ArtsTix Box office fees. Buy online at fwcivic.org or call 424-5220. Performances: Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 27, 2 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 2, 8

FRANCINE’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.

July 19: Ride for the Ribbon Chicks – Eagle Riders 3512, 2730 Lofty Drive.

July 25: Parkview Physicians Group – Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.

Aug. 18: Parkview Physicians Group – Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.

Note: Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is a partnership between Francine’s Friends, Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Breast Diagnostic Center.

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Little River Ramblers. Meet at Arrowhead Prairie, 8624 Aboite Road, Roanoke. 9-11 a.m. Free. Hike and explore the preserve’s interesting plants and wildlife. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@ lrwp.org or 478-2515 for information.

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THURSDAY, JULY 24 Camp closing program for public. USF Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St. Free. Wellspring Social Services Summer Day Camp program campers will assemble from 9-9:45 a.m. and performances will follow through noon. On stage in the auditorium, campers will perform dance and music routines they learned during the seven-week camp. Complimentary parking is available across Berry Street.

Bottle cap art. Roanoke Public Library, 314 N. Main St., Suite 120, Roanoke. 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Karen Baker instructs these free teen art classes.

Baker is the library assistant and a former art student. Class size is limited to the ďŹ rst 10 registered students. Register at least three days prior to the class. Call 672-2989. Today, choose from a variety of colored plastic bottle caps to design an original work.

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.

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FRIDAY, JULY 25 Fort Wayne Pride 2014. Headwaters Park, 330 S. Clinton St., downtown Fort Wayne. 7 p.m.-midnight. For all ages. Admission $3 per person, under 12 free. The two-day event features live entertainment, a vendor market, a beer tent, concessions, workshops, tournaments, KidSpace and fun with family. Sponsored by Pride, which brings LGBTA events to the area throughout the year. For details, visit fwpride.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 26 Fort Wayne Pride 2014. Headwaters Park, 330 S. Clinton St., downtown Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-noon: Third annual Pride March, steps off at Headwaters Park and winds through downtown. No registration or fees to participate. All LGBTQ persons and straight allies welcome are welcome.

Wheelchair accessible. Noon-midnight. For all ages. Admission $5 per person, under 12 free. The festival includes a vendor market (noon-7 p.m.); beer tent; food vendors; cornhole tournament (2-6 p.m.); a free KidSpace for children under 12 which includes games, prizes, crafts and a moonwalk (noon-5 p.m.) and live entertainment from a variety of local, regional, and national bands and singers. Sponsored by Pride, which brings LGBTA events to the area throughout the year. For details, visit fwpride.org.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 Ag Appreciation Day. Jefferson Township Park, 1720 S. Webster Road, New Haven. 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Breakfast will be provided by the Heritage and Woodlan FFA chapters. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, is scheduled to speak. Other speakers will discuss taxes and estate management, energy programs and market trends. Anyone interested in exhibiting or sponsoring should contact the New Haven Chamber of Commerce, 749-4484.\

FRIDAY, AUG. 1 Campus Life Golf Classic. Cherry Hill Golf Club, 6615 Wheelock Road.

Registration and lunch at noon, shotgun start at 1 p.m., awards immediately following play. $75 per player, or $300 per team. Supports Youth for Christ programs at Woodlan and New Haven. The outing includes greens fees and cart for two, lunch and snacks on the course, low team and proximity awards, hole-in-one prizes, door prizes and participation gifts. To register, visit fwayfc.org, or call Youth for Christ for Northern Indiana at 484-4551, ext. 207.

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Nature-inspired watercolors by Lynn Diamente share the spotlight in July at The Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, 6312-A Covington Road, Fort Wayne. In addition, guest artist Cynthia Ballinger brings her pit-ďŹ red pottery. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. For details, visit TheOrchardGallery.com or call 436-0927.

SATURDAY, AUG. 2 BeneďŹ t dinner, dance, silent auction. Navy Club Ship 245, 412 Broadway St., New Haven. The public is welcome. Food service 5-8 p.m., with Jimmy Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barbeque for $10 a plate. Entertainment 5-11 p.m., with music by Rock-N-Country. The fundraiser will help offset the medical expenses of Leonard Rorick, a lifelong resident of the New Haven area, who has been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant since April 2012. Donations can be made out to the Leonard A. Rorick Medical Trust Fund and mailed to: Navy Club Ship 245, C/O James Rorick, 5717 Green Road, New Haven, IN 46774.

Seton Miracle Miles 5K Run/Walk. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 10700 Aboite Center Road. Race-day registration is 7-7:45 a.m. The race begins at 8 a.m. Pre-race packet pickup is 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at the race location. Contact race director Kristen Spoltman at setonmiraclemiles@gmail.com with questions. All monetary proceeds go to the St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soup Kitchen and the Franciscan Center. The race is USATF certiďŹ ed, with course ID No. IN 11006 MW.

Submit your news items Publicize your events through InFortWayne.com and Times Community Publications. Submit your Community Calendar entries to gsnow@kpcmedia. com, or call 426-2640, ext. 3321. Please submit your items by Aug. 6 to be considered for the Aug. 15 edition of the East Allen County Times. 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.

Elmhurst High School Class of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;74 reunion. The Lantern, 4420 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne. Saturday, Aug. 9, 6-11 p.m. $25 per person includes buffet dinner, snacks and disc jockey. Cash bar will be available. RSVP by July 22 to Sam Parkison, 705-6666, sparkison6@frontier.com. Or, RSVP to Marta (Hinton) Zoller, 570-6849, Lady_z56@yahoo.com. Make checks payable to: Joe Heiny, 11231 Tall Oak Run, Fort Wayne, IN 46845.

SUNDAY, AUG. 10 Evening prayer. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 4 p.m.

Featuring Scripture, prayer, candlelight and silence. Led by the Rev. Gary Erdos, senior pastor. This meditative spoken service is open to all.

Music in the Park. Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave., New Haven. 3-4 p.m.

Free. Bring a lawn chair and meet some friends for a relaxing, old-fashioned afternoon in the park. The New Haven Alumni Band will play favorites. Refreshments will be served.

Neighborhood block party. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road. 4-8 p.m. Free hot dogs and other food while supply lasts, karaoke, bingo and yard games. Call the church at 747-0713 for more information.

SATURDAY, AUG. 16 Grand opening celebration. Heckley Auto & Diesel Service. 4704 Indiana 101, Woodburn. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tour the facility and enjoy refreshments.

MONDAY, AUG. 17 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, 7484078, or Susan Mol, 456-8382.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6 Living Fort Wayne Concert series. Headwaters Park Amphitheatre. 5-9 p.m.

Free. Featuring Adam Strack and Bluebird Revival. The concert is open to all ages. Local food trucks will be available. A beer garden will be available to ages 21 and older; beer garden admission is $1. The concert series is presented by Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana.

SATURDAY, AUG. 9 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

Summer beer tasting. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 6:05 p.m. Fans can enjoy baseball, beer, and an all-you-can-eat meal, during a TinCaps game for $40. The ticket price includes an hourlong beer tasting and two beer vouchers, a unique TinCaps beer glass, and a ticket to that nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at Parkview Field. Beers from both local and national brewers will be available, including a variety of seasonal options. The all-you-can-eat meal is served in the Ortho Northeast Treetops in right ďŹ eld. The event includes exclusive door prizes from the distributors and the TinCaps.

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