East Allen County Times - January 2015

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Winter guards combine message, music, movement

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Loretta Loy has lost count of how many blankets she has created for area children, but 3,000 is a pretty good guess.

The retired Waynedale school bus driver has been sewing Nana’s Creations blankets since 2005.

Recently, she donated 45 “Blankets of Comfort” to prekindergarten pupils at New Haven Elementary School. Principal Danielle Newman thanked her for the donation.

Pupils in Mary Menze’s class soon wrapped their new gifts around their shoulders and posed for photos.

“The kids were truly excited to have their own presents,” Menze said.

“They had wonderful describing words — soft, cuddly, snuggly. They were excited to take them home and show their family. One kid says he wasn’t going to let his brother use his shoes on it. But they were excited about the blankets.” The

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Mary Menze’s New Haven Primary School prekindergarten pupils show off the blankets they received from Nana’s Creations, with the support of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce and Beacon Credit Union.

blankets are made to be washed.

Giving away blankets is not a short-cut to wealth, Loy admitted. “You don’t get rich doing it, except inside yourself,” Loy said in a separate interview.

“But it’s sure lots of fun.”

Sponsors often help to defray the cost of materials.

Loy said Beacon Credit Union and New Haven

Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Charlie Hatten paid for the materials for the New Haven project.

The Southside Optimist Club has been a longtime supporter. Cash donations can be made to Nana’s Creations accounts at Beacon Credit Union or 1st Source Bank. Offers of financial support or materials also can be directed

Foundation garners gifts from Lilly and Do it Best Matching money and a major grant have boosted the New Haven Community Foundation’s drive to fund local projects.

“We are excited to partner with the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne who has offered a $100,000 match of funds from the Lilly Endowment to help the New Haven Community Foundation grow,” said Charlie Hatten, the president and CEO of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce and a founding force behind the New Haven organization. Hatten explained the structure in a news release in conjunction with the announcement.

“Our strategy going forward is firming up the board membership and how the projects will be selected,” Hatten said in an interview.

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It’s basically anything that improves the quality of life in New Haven…”

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Jan. 24, DeKalb High School, 3424 County Road 427, Waterloo.

Admission $6.

Jan. 31, Heritage High School, 13608 Monroeville Road, Monroeville.

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Feb. 21, Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. Admission $6.

Feb. 28, Carroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Admission $6. often because of our schedules,” Widmer said. “So it’s a time to hang out together and cheer each other on.

We did it last year, too, and we had a lot of fun.”

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Craig Dellinger, a Community Foundation board member, said the group has stepped up its planning in recent weeks.

“We’re working on it hard, getting everyone aboard together,” he said. “Our goal is to raise at least $200,000 this year, and for every dollar we raise the Lilly Endowment will give us 50 cents.”

“All the feedback has been excellent,” Dellinger said. “We’ve received nothing but positive response from people. They think it’s a good idea, and they wonder why we didn’t do it before.”

Both board members said the process of selecting and announcing projects has to

follow the funding stage.

“It’s basically anything that improves the quality of life in New Haven, whether that’s projects with the Parks Department, or some arts projects with the kids.

It’s kind of hard to nail down projects,” Dellinger said.

“One of the projects we’re thinking is a band shell, a staging area where we could put on small concerts and plays in Schnelker Park in downtown New Haven,” Hatten said.

Do it Best Corp. made the first major commitment toward the goal of $200,000 in local gifts in 2015, donating $25,000.

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After giving up her shop on Bluffton Road, Loy said, she began to make blankets and give them to the fire department, to give to children at fire scenes. “And I decided I’d go right to the children instead of through the fire department. They’re

Winter is a busy season for Erica Widmer. Widmer directs the Heritage High School winter guard and co-directs its Carroll High School counterpart. She also choreographs and designs the winter guard show at East Noble High School.

The Heritage and Carroll groups will share an audience at a preview show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the Carroll High School field house, 3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is free; donations will be accepted.

The Bishop Dwenger High School winter guard will perform that same evening at Carroll. The list of participating guards might increase as other schools accept Carroll’s invitation.

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Mizpah Shrine Circus invites 10,000 schoolchildren

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After decades of long hours working with elephants and clowns, Steve Trump still isn’t tempted to run away from the circus.

That doesn’t mean that the job is easy, said the Pierceton businessman and director of the Mizpah Shrine Circus. It just means that the circus is worthwhile.

The circus will perform seven public shows Jan. 22-25 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

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the 26th year that the Tarzan Zerbini Circus will trade the Big Top for the winter comfort of the big roof. It marks Trump’s 31st year as a volunteer and sixth as director.

For 10,000 schoolchildren, though, it might mean their first glimpse of the animals and acrobats.

Schools from throughout northeast Indiana are invited to bring students to free shows Thursday and Friday mornings. Trump said that number will be higher this year because the weather made it impossible for so many schools to attend the circus last year.

Each school decides which class will attend the circus.

Kosciusko County sends its third-graders, for instance, and Whitley County sends its seventh-graders. They will join circus spectators from Allen, DeKalb, Noble, LaGrange, Steuben, Elkhart, Fulton, Wabash, Huntington, Grant, Adams and Wells counties and points south.

“I never get tired of it,” Trump said. “I mean for a month or so while I’m trying to do my job while I’m doing the circus, it’s like ‘Why am I doing this?’

But then I see everyone working together and I

know why I’m doing this.

Seeing the guys selling tickets. They’re all volunteers. It doesn’t cost me, except some food and that’s about it. Otherwise they show up every day. And it’s neat to see the camaraderie.”

Volunteers staff a ticket office inside the Shrine Center on Memorial Way, between Clinton Street and Parnell Avenue. The Shrine also keeps a ticket office within the nearby Coliseum.

“Those guys are so eager to help [the public],” Trump said. “If you see anybody come in the front

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Haven Community Foundation and invest in its future,” said Bob Taylor, Do it Best Corp. president.

That $25,000 is in effect worth $37,500 thanks to the Lilly match, Dellinger said in an interview.

“We have a Founders’ Day Dinner scheduled for February, and we’re getting invitations out now, and we have a few other fundraising events planned,” Dellinger said.

“We’re going to see if

we can raise a significant portion of the match from Lilly at that meeting,” Hatten said.

“We need to build up a good fund, so we can actually earn some interest.

We want this to be around long after we’re gone,” Dellinger said.

Securing grants from foundations was just the first part of the strategy, Hatten said. “Now we have an endowment piece, where people give money

Mizpah Shrine Circus, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Thursday, Jan. 22, 6:30 p.m.

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door you’ll see two or three guys go to the window at the same time.”

The circus office opened after Thanksgiving. Beginning in January, hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tickets also are available online, at mizpahshrinecircus.com.

As usual, the Shrine Circus Fair will welcome guests in the Coliseum basement. Visitors will see circus animals and domesticated animals. Admission is free. Charges apply for treats, souvenirs, facepainting, the petting zoo, and car and pony rides.

and a certain percentage will be distributed each year but the fund will grow forever.”

“An endowment fund in your name, family name or that of a loved one is a lasting way to support your favorite charitable causes leaving a lasting legacy,” Dellinger said in a news release.

“The people of New Haven share a strong sense of camaraderie where residents and businesses come

together to make things happen,” Mayor Terry McDonald said in a news release. McDonald was one of the first individual contributors to the foundation. “All contributions to the New Haven Community Foundation will make a lasting impact right here in our community,” he said.

Questions about donations can be directed to Hatten at the New Haven Chamber of Commerce office, 749-4484.

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Freedom Summer civil rights activist Richard Swanson will deliver the keynote address at the 30th annual Martin Luther King Unity Day in Fort Wayne.

The Grand Wayne Center will host Swanson’s address and related observances from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19.

Swanson brings an important perspective, said Bennie Edwards, president of the MLK Club Inc., which sponsors Unity Day. “He has such a story to tell. He was one of the guys who went to Mississippi who didn’t have to go,” Edwards said. Swanson worked with George and Louise Smith and many others during the summer of 1964, registering black voters in Mississippi. The killing of three volunteers who shared that work is remembered in the film “Mississippi Burning.”

Edwards said the sacrifices made in Mississippi in June 1964 helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a second measure in 1967.

The Smiths later moved to Fort Wayne. George Smith died in May 2013.

MLK Club Vice President and program director Fran Grant said Swanson worked closely with

George Smith.

“He bunked with George a lot Swanson during the struggle in Mississippi,” she said.

“They were both doing voter registration together, and he stayed with George.”

Edwards said Swanson responded to a need far from his home. “He’s from Seattle, Wash., and he traveled to Mississippi and Meridian in the summer of 1964,” Edwards said.

“They were registering people to vote and whatever they were doing they would face the Klan, and he went to jail.”

“That has always impressed me,” Edwards said, “that people would put their lives on hold and on the line.”

“They put their lives in danger when they didn’t have to, for people that they didn’t even know,” Edwards said. “And Mister Swanson, and I say ‘Mister,’ it was truly an honor what he did for black people. He left his family and his home and went to Mississippi.”

“He is Caucasian, and he was part of the Freedom Summer and a Freedom Rider, and did voter registration in Meridian, Miss.,

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TWO RELATED MLK DAY EVENTS 30th annual Martin Luther King Unity Day. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd. Richard Swanson delivers the keynote address at about 1 p.m.

Event features speakers, Youth Fest, gospel dancers, vendors. Admission free. Garage parking $2. as well as Philadelphia, Miss.,” Edwards said. “He had an encounter with Deputy Cecil Price, who was most responsible for the death of the three civil rights workers. He was threatened that if he didn’t leave town he would be made to disappear.”

“I’ve had several conversations with him, and he has seen those images on TV of that struggle for equality, and he took that on himself, to fight for freedom and justice,” Edwards said of Swanson.

“It’s people like him that made the difference, going to the forefront for the American people.

“Men like Mr. Swanson changed the course of this country. I’m very honored to have a speaker of Mr. Swanson’s caliber.”

“It’s called Unity Day for a reason,” Edwards said of the Fort Wayne observance. “To bring people of all races and religions

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As Dr. King once said, ‘We must find a way to live together as brothers and sisters.’ “ Grant, the Unity Day program director, said gospel groups and soloists will perform beginning at 10 a.m. From noon until 2 p.m., sponsors will be recognized, and Mayor Tom Henry will present a proclamation. Swanson will speak at about 1 p.m.

From 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., the YouthFest will feature local performers. “We have several new groups participating this year, and one is the Maverick Drill Team from Thurgood Marshall Academy,” Grant said.

“It’s the 30th anniversary, so we’re very excited about it,” Grant said. “And for the

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It’s our way of thanking the community for 30 years of support for this event.”

Many vendors and one food concession will be available within the Grand Wayne Center.

The MLK Club will present two $1,000 scholarships.

For the first time, Parkview community nurses will offer free health screenings.

Two community service awards will be presented.

Recipient Jonathan Ray is the president of the Urban League of Fort Wayne. Trois Hart, the associate vice president for marketing at the University of Saint Francis, will accept on behalf of the university. “We’ve had several collaborations with the University of Saint Francis and they’ve shown a keen interest in civil rights,” Edwards said.

The university plans a series of related events again this year, from Jan. 19 to Feb. 22.

Grant has been active in Unity Day and the related 8 a.m. Breakfast with the Clergy for 14 years. “I’m exhausted by the end of the day, but it feels wonderful,” she said. “A number of churches attend. Last year at the breakfast we had 250, and they came from churches throughout the city. Pastor Roger Reece from Associated Churches has been there the last four years and has given our invocation and benediction.”

The Clergy of the Year award will be presented to the Rev. Kenneth Christmon, the senior pastor of Turner Chapel AME Church and an associate dean at IPFW. Grant said the selection committee weighs the church’s efforts to feed the hungry and to help youth.

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Guitarist Taylor to headline Honor Flight beneďŹ t Staff reports Roanoke’s Cottage Event Center will welcome back guitar virtuoso Kenny Taylor with a Jan. 24 concert titled “Let the Good Times Roll.â€? The event, like last year’s “Elvis Birthday Bashâ€? starring Taylor, is a fundraiser for Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins around 7:30.

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The Cottage Event Center is at 9524 U.S. 24 North, Roanoke. Call 483-3508 for ticket information.

The show will feature the music that deďŹ ned the early days of rock ‘n’ roll, including songs by artists like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley & The Comets, and Buddy Holly.

In addition, Taylor and his band will perform several examples of “jump blues� music, including the title

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Taylor’s former band, The Blue Moon Boys, opened for such guitar legends as Bo Didley, Dick Dale and former Stray Cats front man Brian Setzer.

He has also played lead guitar with Detroit based rockabilly band Twistin’ Tarantulas and has played with Carl Storie of Indianapolis’ popular Faith Band.

Taylor’s current projects include playing lead guitar for popular oldies band The Bulldogs, formerly Spike & The Bulldogs. He is part of the duo The Atomic Sharks, featuring children’s music accompanied on ukuleles.

He plays with the jump blues band Kenny Taylor & The Swing Set Quartet.

Taylor also plays banjo with Fort Wayne’s Farmland Jazz Band, and teaches guitar at the Sweetwater Academy of

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Sports, Lake & Cabin Show adds zipline Staff reports The Outdoor Sports, Lake & Cabin Show will mark its sixth year Friday to Sunday, Jan. 23-25, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. For the first time, brave visitors can zipline from almost three stories high and soar over a 25,000gallon kayak lagoon.

Showgoers will be able to take flights, and fish in two stocked ponds, as part of a fundraiser set up for the Honor Flight Northeast Indiana Chapter — a nonprofit that raises money to honor World War II military veterans by sending them on a one-day, all-expense-paid trip to Washington. D.C., to visit the war memorials.

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Among the return of boat rides, youth archery lessons and an air rifle shooting range, are new show features including chainsaw woodcarving demonstrations (and auction for the honor flights), an inflatable BB gun range and a concert on Sunday. And for the first time, Schnelker Marine Focus Powersports will display and have official Bass Pro Shop catalog products on-site for

Outdoor Sports, Lake & Cabin Show, Jan. 23-25, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne.

Noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. $10 for adults; children 12 and under admitted free. For details, visit SportsandCabinShow.com.

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An amateur lumberjack competition will feature local military branches competing against one another at 5:30 p.m.

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Singer to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bridge worldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with choir in Fort Wayne

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When the 75-voice St. Olaf Choir visits Fort Wayne in February, senior Kirsten Overdahl hopes to share something remarkable about her hometown.

The choir will visit Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Minneapolis and 12 other cities between Jan. 24 and Feb. 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In many of those places, a choir member will be in their hometown,â&#x20AC;? Overdahl said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be bridging a lot of different worlds and bringing people together.â&#x20AC;?

Overdahl will get her chance to celebrate her hometown on Feb. 12, when the mixed-voice, a cappella choir sings a 7:30 p.m. concert at First Presbyterian Church.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to point out the buildings that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll drive by,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in the past couple of years it has become very important to me that Fort Wayne is a very community-oriented place. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re moving onward and upward and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re nurturing values for our community. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud of that, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I want to share with our choir.â&#x20AC;?

Overdahl said she had looked forward to joining the choir even before its concert at First Presbyterian in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had grown up hearing the recordings of the choir, because my parents also graduated from St. Olaf,â&#x20AC;? she said. Her father, Michael, graduated from the four-year liberal arts college in 1982. Her mother, Carla, graduated from the NorthďŹ eld, Minn., school in 1984.

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Senior Kirsten Overdahl of Fort Wayne wears her choir robe for a photo provided by St. Olaf College. The 75-voice choir will perform in Fort Wayne on Feb. 12.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;And when I heard that choir it took the excitement to a whole new level, and it set in my mind that dream,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty special for me that I get to bridge my worlds in this way in the same place that I heard the

choir for the ďŹ rst time,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Overdahl graduated from Homestead High School in 2011. St. Olaf is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Overdahls are members of Fort Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trinity English Lutheran Church, which is an ELCA church. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is always exciting to have the St. Olaf Choir passing through Fort Wayne,â&#x20AC;? Trinity Director of Music Robert Hobby said in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ensemble has distinguished itself as one of the leading collegiate choirs in the United States for decades, a vibrant tradition that is still perpetuated under its current esteemed director, Anton Armstrong. As a choral director, I am always inspired by the varied repertoire and vocal precision of Antonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choirs. As

Get tickets St. Olaf Choir. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne.

Anton Armstrong, conductor. Tickets $30 for adults, $15 for students. Buy tickets at the church, call 426-7421, or visit stolaftickets.com. a music lover, I ďŹ nd the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singing to be a spa in which my soul ďŹ nds respite.â&#x20AC;?

Hobby said Overdahl sang from time to time while at Trinity. He said he introduced Overdahl to Armstrong during the choirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit to Fort Wayne during Overdahlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior year at Homestead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be great joy to see her â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;on the other sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; this year,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The concert includes some new songs and some songs hundreds of years old, Overdahl said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about humans trying to understand their place in

life and what they can do for other humans. It has the common thread of people coming together,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Chelsea Vaught is the director of music at First Presbyterian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty neat to have the choir here,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never heard them in person. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re known for their Christmas specials, including a new one, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Christmas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; on PBS.â&#x20AC;?

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“I just thought it would be a great comfort to those little ones to have their own blanket,” Loy said. “The blankets have cartoon characters, and on the back it is fleece with satin across the top.” The dimensions usually are 43 inches by 50 inches.

“I have to have something to do, you know,” Loy said. “But this is not about me, this is about the comfort of the children, and it’s about the people who donate the fabric to do that.”

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KPC Media Group appoints Ward new CEO Staff reports Terry R. Ward, chief operating ofďŹ cer of KPC Media Group Inc., has been promoted to chief executive ofďŹ cer of the northeast Indiana-based ďŹ rm, effective Jan. 1.

The Dec. 19 announcement came from Terry G. Housholder, president, publisher and CEO of KPC Media Group. Housholder, 62, who has worked for the Witwer family-owned company since high school, has been KPCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CEO since 2001. At his request, Housholder is taking the role of senior executive over content strategy for the company. He will continue as president and publisher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very pleased to be handing over the reins of our companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership to Terry Ward, who is a seasoned newspaperman

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GUARD from Page A1 Heritage and Carroll also will host their own full-day festivals. Most area winter guards are among the 42 groups from throughout the state that will perform at the Heritage winter guard festival on Jan. 31. Most also will be back at Carroll again Feb. 28.

Widmer said 62 schools so far have confirmed that they will perform at the Carroll festival. “So it will be a big show,” she said. “It’s the last

week before state prelims.

So it’s the last chance to see each other before the process of making state finals.”

Widmer shares the Carroll directing duties with Geoff Goelz.

Widmer described the color guard that takes the field during marching band season as “the visual representation of the music.”

“And winter guard is similar, but we’re inside in a gym performing to prerecorded music,” she said.

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The 19 members of the Carroll winter guard were rehearsing long before Christmas. At the preview night, they will debut their show, “A Christmas Carroll.”

“We want to take the good things about Christmas — the joy, the kindness — and celebrate it year-round,” Widmer said. “And we’re spelling it like Carroll High School, with two R’s and two L’s, and kind of playing off our name.”

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half the color guard last year, so we have a lot of young members in the winter guard this season,” she said of the Heritage guard. Those guard members are excited about the new experience, she said.

She said the Heritage show is about the stages of life that girls experience.

“So it’s the toddler, then teenager, then adult stage, and our tarp is cut into the shape of the female symbol with the cross,” Widmer said. The costumes are “pinks and purples, very girly,” she said.

Heritage music director Jim Widmer said at least 500 guard members will be among the 2,000 to 3,000

people visiting the school at 13608 Monroeville Road, Monroeville. “We have a young guard this year.

We’re excited to see what they can do,” he said. “They have a lot of talent and I think they’re going to have a really good year.”

At Woodlan High School, new winter guard director Lindsay Hoffman said the guard will present “If You Really Knew Me” at the Heritage festival.

“The show is about cyberbullying, so the students will be dressed up in school uniforms. It’s very thought-provoking,” Hoffman said.

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during the [marching band] off-season to come out and show their skills without the actual band,” Hoffman said.

“They have music, they have drills, they have routines.

But there’s no band behind them.” Like color guard, the winter guard might carry flags, sabres or rifles.

Hoffman is a graduate of Woodlan, where she participated in marching band for five years and winter guard for three years.

She has been working with the band since 2012.

“I have a great staff and it’s going to be a great show,” Hoffman said.

“Carroll and Heritage each have a boy for the first time in a long time,” Erica Widmer said. The male student in each guard will serve “a bit of a character role,” she said.

Other area schools with winter guards this year include Concordia, Homestead, New Haven, Northrop, Snider and Wayne.

State competitions begin March 7, and are separated into classes. The season ends March 21.

The Homestead High School winter guard numbers 28 this season, guard director Jonathan Meader said. That number includes six seniors.

“We’re letting the show develop,” Meader said during the winter break.

The guard will move to the music of the group The Civil Wars.

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The Rev. Brenda Ginder shares a Christmas Eve message with Forest Park United Methodist Church. She made no mention that it was her ďŹ nal service at the Kentucky Avenue church. Ginder, who established Noble House as a shelter for women in Albion, retired from 20 years in the ministry. Read her full story at InFortWayne.com.

Plunge beneďŹ ts Special Olympics Special Olympics Indiana and Allen County will host the annual Polar Plunge from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 21, at Metea Park lake, 8401 Union Chapel Road, near Leo-Cedarville.

Individuals and companies raise money through pledges and donations for the chance to take a jump into the lake.

For more information or to get involved, contact Jake Pickett at jake@ylni.org or 402-9633. Visit soindiana. org. Special Olympics is also seeking door prize donations, in-kind sponsors, and event volunteers.

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The Purdue Cooperative Extension Service in Allen County continues to host the Get Checking workshop for the Bank On Fort Wayne initiative.

This workshop is for clients and families who: a) have never had checking or savings accounts at a bank or credit union, b) have mismanaged accounts at banks and credits unions so those accounts are now closed without committing fraud, or (c) have accounts, but continue to use predatory lenders.

Workshops are held at the Allen County Extension OfďŹ ce, 4001 Crescent Ave. on the IPFW Campus. Workshops are free and open to the public. Advance registration by phone or mail is preferred. At the completion of the workshop, the participants will receive a certiďŹ cate that will allow them to open an account at a

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MORE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ACTIVITIES “Continuing the Journey” Youth Empowerment Seminar (Just Say Yes) and Community Forum. McMillen Park & Recreation Community Center, 3901 Abbott St., Fort Wayne. Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Registration begin at 9 a.m. Free and open to the public. The purpose of the seminar and forum is to highlight and honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. The program includes community, municipal, academic, and legislative leaders. There will be special sessions for and with college, high school, and middle school students from around the city of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Students will learn about King’s historic speeches and his 1963 visit to Fort Wayne. Another topic is “Knowing Your Rights If Stopped by the Police.” The seminar will provide a performing arts experience to give students insights into the cause and legacy of the civil rights movement. Collaborators: IDAAC; Indiana Commission on the Social Status of Black Males; Fort Wayne Urban League FWUL Guild; NAACP; Fort Wayne Mayor Henry’s Cities United Initiative; Fort Wayne Parks Recreation; Queen’s Literature & Arts Club Inc.; Fort Wayne Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.; A. Philip Randolph Institute Fort Wayne Chapter, and It Is Well With My Soul. Admission is free. but seating is limited and will be reserved in the order that registrations are received. For more information, contact Regenia Frison-Jones at regeniajones@frontier.com or 804-3908. To register, go to eventbrite. com/e/youth-empowerment-seminar-and-community-forum-registration-15062286705.

Commemorative concert. Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. Sunday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken; suggested donation is $10. Featuring Heartland, northeast Indiana’s only professional vocal ensemble, and soloist, baritone Carver Cossey. The group will be accompanied by bass player, Brad Kuhns, and drummer, David Mendonhall. The production pays tribute to the

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MLK Service of Repentance and Reconciliation. New Zion Tabernacle, 1835 Spring St. Sunday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. Join The Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County for the 30th annual MLK panel discussion.

Participants include Allen Superior Court Judge Daniel G. Heath, PNC Vice President for Financial Services Kellie McClung, Indiana Tech law professor André Cummings, Grace Point Church of the Nazarene Pastor the Rev. Javier Mondragon, Fort Wayne Police Department Investigative Division Captain Deborah L. Joiner, True Love Baptist Church Pastor the Robert Bell, Come As You Are Community Church Pastor the Rev. Anthony Payton, and Lifeway Bible Fellowship Pastor the Rev. Quincy McGhee.

Day of volunteering and service. The Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 602 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. Monday, Jan. 19, from noon-2:30 p.m. Volunteers will work in the warehouse sorting food and in the office helping with administrative tasks. Contact volunteer coordinator Gretchen Barnett at gretchen@associatedchurches.org or 422-3528.

“A Day On, Not a Day Off.” The University of Saint Francis North Campus, 2702 Spring St., Fort Wayne. Monday, Jan. 19, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. USF pays tribute to King through a day of work. Start with hot beverages in the North Campus foyer from 9:30-10 a.m., followed by “Connecting With the Dream: Call to Service” in the North Campus Auditorium from 10-10:30 a.m. Take part in a conversation about King’s life from 10:30-11:45 p.m. Then take part in service projects on and off campus; registration is required. On-campus service options are: Linus Blanket making, North Campus Gym; laundry soap making for Community Harvest Food Bank, USF Campus Ministry building; and warm fuzzies — learning to crochet or knit warm outwear for children in need, North Campus Gym. Local volunteer opportunities are available at: Mustard Seed Furniture Bank, Associated Churches Food Bank, Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, Science Central, YWCA of Northeast Indiana and The Community Center. Register at sf.edu/mlkday.

“The Dream: One Goal, One Vision — Unity!” Thursday, Jan. 22, 6 p.m. North Campus, Ivy Tech Northeast, 3701 Dean Drive, Fort Wayne. In the Student Life Center gymnasium. Free and open to the public. The Multicultural Student Organization and Office of Diversity Affairs sponsor a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The keynote speaker will be Zebulun R. Davenport, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis’ vice chancellor for Student Affairs. Learn more about Davenport at IUPUI’s website. For more information, contact Kim Barnett-Johnson at 480-2038 or Diana Jackson-Davis at 480-4115.

“The Mountaintop.” The University of Saint Francis North Campus Auditorium, 2702 Spring St. Feb. 19-22. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $8 for seniors 65 or older and children under 18. The School of Creative Arts at the University of Saint Francis presents a re-imagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Performances are: Thursday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m.

For more information and links to register and buy tickets, visit sf.edu/ mlkday.

ALLEN COUNTY 4-H ENROLLMENT CONTINUES Indiana 4-H enrollment is now open in Allen County through Jan. 15. 4-H is a source of enjoyable, educational programs to help young people reach their full potential. Enrollment is now easier with the 4-H online system, in.4honline.com.

For more information about specific 4-H subjects in Allen County or the 4-H program in general, visit extension.purdue.edu/allen or call 4-H Youth Development Extension Educator Samm Johnson, at 481-6826.

Or visit the Allen County Purdue Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave.in Fort Wayne, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. The $25 annual program fee per child includes an Indiana 4-H program fee of $15 and an Allen County 4-H program fee of $10.

MULTIPLE DATES / rEGISTRATION / NOTICES / CONTINUING Student exchange deadline Jan. 23. Fort Wayne Sister Cities is taking applications for the 2015 summer exchange to Takaoka, Japan. Applicants must attend high school in Allen County. Students do not need to speak or be studying Japanese. The student exchange is scheduled for June 12-28.

The cost of the exchange per student is $340. Additional expenses for the students are the required U.S. passport and spending money for snacks and souvenirs purchased during the exchange program. Selected students will be expected to participate in an orientation program prior to the trip.

The exchange includes round-trip air fare to Tokyo. Applications can be found at fortwaynesistercities.net. Applications and required support materials for the Takaoka exchange are due by Friday, Jan. 23. For more information, contact Dick Conklin at 385-1124.

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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.

Community choir welcomes new members. The Summit City Singers, a SATB community choir, is starting rehearsals for the fall season and welcomes new singers. The choir sings a variety of music, with the theme for this season being “Christmas Is For Children.” No auditions are required but singers must be able to match pitch. Rehearsals are held from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Shawnee Middle School, 1000 E. Cook Road. For more information, contact Judy King at 489-4505.

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

Safe Sitter Classes. Lutheran Children’s Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Safe Sitter is a medically based instructional program that teaches girls and boys how to handle emergencies when caring for young children.

Classes include two days of instruction that incorporate lifesaving techniques, how and when to talk with a 9-1-1 dispatcher, injury prevention, behavior management, managing a toddler or preschool guest, tips on child care and how to screen baby-sitting jobs. The classes are taught by Lutheran Children’s Hospital staff and prepare babysitters to confidently handle crises. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and class size is limited. The cost for the two-day class is $50.

Students must be at least 11 years old to participate. Call Child Life Specialist Tammy Else with Lutheran Children’s Hospital at 435-7344 to register. More details are available at lutheranchildrenshosp.com.

Classes take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates: April 2 and 3; June 25 and 26; July 22 and 23; Aug. 4 and 5; and Dec. 28 and 29.

Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of each month. Local vendors offer meats, baked goods, spices, honey, eggs, plants, fudge, herbs, wine, orchard products, soap, jewelry, woodworking and more. Indoor markets continue through May 16. For details and updates, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.

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.

Thursday, Jan. 22, New Haven High School, 1300 Green Road, New Haven.

Saturday, Jan. 24, Woodburn Missionary Church, 5108 Bull Rapids Road, Woodburn.

Tuesday, Jan. 27, Parkview Physicians Group - Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.

Monday, Feb. 2, Ivy Tech Community College, 4900 St. Joe Road.

Thursday, Feb. 5, HealthVisions of Fort Wayne, 2135 S. Hanna St. Friday, Feb. 6, Georgetowne Place, 1717 Maplecrest Road.

Monday, Feb. 9, Parkview Physicians Group - Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.

Friday, Feb. 20, New Haven Middle School, 900 Prospect Ave., New Haven.

Wednesday, Feb. 25, Kroger, 218 E. Pettit Ave. Thursday, Feb. 26, Parkview Physicians Group - Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.

Saturday, Feb. 28, Christy Weber Memorial Folkstyle Open Tournament at Leo Jr./Sr.High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo.

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