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Communications expert: Invest in yourself, you are worth it

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For nearly 20 years Michelle Gladieux, president of Gladieux Consulting, based in Fort Wayne, has been a full-time team trainer focusing on professional and executive development.

Full-time is “eight days a week,” as her company tagline states.

A native of Fort Wayne, Gladieux obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees from Purdue University. While working in human resources in northeast Indiana, she founded Gladieux Consulting and it soon became full-time. In addition, she has taught undergrad- and graduatelevel leadership and communication courses at three universities.

Her passion for helping people improve their communication skills goes as far back as she can remember. For example, she asked her preschool teachers questions about how they were handling corrective action with the other children.

Gladieux Consulting offers one-on-one coaching and team training around the U.S. in topics related to “genuine, smart, strategic communication.” The team has regular clients from the East to West coast, thanks to word of mouth recommendations.

“We partner with our clients to inspire learning. It’s a blast to celebrate successes and an honor to be trusted when companies and people go through tough times,” she said.

“Everybody yearns for respect. One way to get it is to become a continuous learner, always working on improving your verbal and written communication.

“Something I hear myself saying to audiences quite often is, ‘We’ll all be working on this until the day we die.’

Learning about communicating is like that.

You never graduate.”

Empowering tips 1. An investment in yourself is always the best investment. You are worth it,

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whatever “it” is. Women deny themselves opportunities to invest in their health, happiness and career so often, and for what? Life is short.

2. Step out of your comfort zone and watch it expand. The joy you’ll feel in challenging yourself will almost always outweigh your discomfort.

3. Stop wasting your time with habits like gossip and demeaning other women.

We are in this together. Women have traditionally been denied opportunity and power, and it doesn’t help when we turn on one another.

4. Learn about the types of power available to you: personal power, relationship power, position power, knowledge power. Choose to expand your reach in one of these four this year.

5. Keep a beginner’s mind. Challenge yourself to try new things at every age.

6. Allow yourself to live a balance of work, friends/family, alone time and See EXPERT page 3

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7. Strive for an equal (but tough to achieve) balance of directness and respect for others’ feelings with every word you speak or write.

8. Become aware of your negative self-talk and replace it with gentle words that encourage you to build on your strengths and face your weaknesses.

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Jama Smith carries on family tradition of auctioneering

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AUBURN — It wasn’t long ago when the auction profession was totally dominated by men, but things have certainly changed over the past few decades.

Today, one of the most successful auctioneers in northeast Indiana is Jama (Littlejohn) Smith, who is the second generation of her family to help lead the family owned business.

Her father, James Littlejohn, opened Littlejohn Auctions in 1977. And it’s been all uphill from there, thanks to a strong family work ethic.

In 1977, Littlejohn Auctions had one auctioneer and just a few part-time helpers, mostly family. Jama’s mother, Sherry, and her brother, Greg, have also been a big part of the business since the start.

“Today, we have four auctioneers, including two Indiana Auctioneer Hall of Fame recipients,” Smith said.

That’s in addition to office management, and 20 part-time staff members who staff

the firm’s listing teams, pick-up teams, and pack-and-ship departments.

She has fond memories of those very early years in the family business.

“As a child, I grew up at the auction every Saturday. I would play out back during the farm auctions and then run sheets from the clerk to the auction office, which back then, usually was my mom at a card table in the garage or kitchen of the farm. I got paid 25 cents a sheet,” she said.

She advanced quickly and became an official clerk while still going to junior high and high school.

Today she has a university degree and also heads up National Benefit Auctions & Events for the family.

“This is our division devoted solely to charity and benefit auctions and events,” she said.

Jama Smith is a Certified Benefit Auction Specialist and has been a licensed auctioneer in the state of Indiana for more than 10 years. She graduated cum laude

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service, as we are, you must be prepared to act — but ďŹ rst listen carefully. “We can’t offer the best service possible for any given client unless we understand what their needs are ďŹ rst,â€? she added. “I’m very proud of our reputation and I genuinely believe that we create happy clients because we listen and try to actually solve the problem they have — not just ‘sell their things.’ â€?

Jama’s professional background isn’t all tied to auctioneering. She began in credit union marketing, later took a position with the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and then the DeKalb County United Way. In 1995, she opened Peeker’s Loft in downtown Auburn, which she sold in 2001, after the birth of her second child.

She continues to volunteer heavily in the Auburn community. She has served as president of the Downtown Auburn Business Association, chairperson of the Auburn First United Methodist School of Early Learning, executive director of the Miss Northeast Indiana Scholarship Pageant, teaches puppetry at her church.

In her “free� time she has served as a children’s league soccer coach and choir director.

from Oklahoma City University in 1992 with a bachelor of arts degree in communications.

Marriage and a family came after college. Her husband is Thompson Smith, an Auburn attorney. “After my children were all in school, I came to work in the ofďŹ ce full time, handling all marketing and charity auctions. In 2012 I purchased the business,â€? she said.

And like many people, she loves her job. “I absolutely enjoy the creativity of my job,â€? she said. “The auction industry has changed immensely over the past 35 to 40 years, but one thing remains the same; it is our job to ďŹ nd the most aggressive and creative way to help our clients liquidate their property to help them achieve their goals. “No one on our team has the same job activities today that they had yesterday or last week.â€?

With a successful track record, Smith is qualiďŹ ed to offer advice. “My advice for anyone entering any given marketplace is to be prepared and listen,â€? she said. “Almost everyone is selling something. But, if you’re selling a

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Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans CHICAGO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, older Americans appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents a complete exit from the workforce. Some 82 percent of working Americans over 50 say it is at least somewhat likely they will work for pay in retirement, according to a poll released Monday by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The survey found 47 percent of working survey respondents now expect to retire later than they previously thought and, on average, plan to call it quits at about 66, or nearly three years later than their estimate when they were 40. Men, racial minorities, parents of minor children, those earning less than $50,000 a year and those without health insurance were more likely to put off their plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people had experienced a big downward movement in their 401(k) plans, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to make up for that period of time when they lost money,â&#x20AC;? said Olivia Mitchell, a retirement expert who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.

About three-quarters of working respondents said they have given their retirement years some or a great deal of thought.

When considering factors that are very or extremely important in their retirement decisions, 78 percent cited ďŹ nancial needs, 75 percent said health, 68 percent their ability to do their job and 67 percent said their need for employer beneďŹ ts such as health insurance.

Graphic designer Tom Sadowski, 65, of Sterling, Va., had expected to retire this year, but the recession caused his business to fail and his savings to take a hit. With four teenage daughters, he knew he had to put retirement off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this age, my dad had already been retired 10 years and moved to Florida,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Times are different now for most people.â&#x20AC;?

Sadowski now plans to retire in about ďŹ ve years, but even then, he expects to do some work for pay. He notes that some of his friends without children have begun to retire, but he tries not to dwell on his shifted plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a moment, maybe, I have a twinge of, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I wish that were me,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live that way.â&#x20AC;?

The shift in retirement expectations coincides with a growing trend of later-life work. Labor force participation of seniors fell for a half-century after the advent of Social Security, but began picking up in

the late 1990s. Older adults are now the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce; people 55 and up are forecast to make up one-fourth of the civilian labor force by 2020.

That growth has paralleled a rising interest in retirements that are far more active than the old stereotype of moving to Florida, never to work again. Among those who retired, 4 percent are looking for a job and 11 percent are already working again.

Those still on the job showed far greater interest in continuing to work: Some 47 percent of employed survey respondents said they are very or extremely likely to do some work for pay in retirement, and 35 percent said they are somewhat likely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The deďŹ nition of retirement has changed,â&#x20AC;? said Brad Glickman, a certiďŹ ed ďŹ nancial planner with a large number of baby-boomer clients in Chevy Chase, Md. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now the question we ask our clients is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your job after retirement?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

One such retiree who returned to the workforce is Clara Marion, 69, of Covington, La., a teacher who retired in 2000 and went back to work a year later.

She retired again in 2007 but soon returned to part-time work because she needed the money.

When she ďŹ rst retired, she had about $100,000 in savings, but she has used much of that up. Her pension isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to pay her bills, and she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eligible for Social Security. So sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back in a second-grade classroom, four days a week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to be sleeping in,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I will probably never retire.â&#x20AC;?

Though Marionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nances are primarily what keep her working, she says she enjoys her work, in line with other survey respondents reporting exceptional job satisfaction.

Nine out of 10 workers in the study said they are very or somewhat satisďŹ ed with their job.

Increased lifespans and a renewed idea of when old age begins are also fueling more work among older adults. Six in 10 people said they feel younger than their age; only 6 percent said they feel older. Respondents said the average person is old at about 72.

One in 5 said it depends on the person.

Even so, one-third of retired survey respondents said they did not stop working by choice. The ďŹ gures were higher within certain demographic groups: racial minorities, those with less formal education or lower household incomes were more likely to feel they had no option but to retire. Eight percent say they were forced from a job because of their age. In interviews, survey respondents cited health as well as layoffs

followed by unsuccessful job searches.

David Sandersfeld, 62, of Dayville, Ore., was laid off from his park ranger job two years ago. He had hoped to stay on the job until he was 70, but his search for a new job was fruitless. So almost a decade sooner than expected, he retired. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It came sooner than I was hoping,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The economy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need me, so I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just retire.â&#x20AC;?

Others, like Margaret Yarborough, 86, of Scranton, S.C., had their plans thwarted by health. She had hoped to keep working as a department store sales clerk forever, but a car accident and arthritis made it impossible, so she retired a few years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sure would like to work,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy being with people. I enjoy having the income.â&#x20AC;?

The AP-NORC Center survey was conducted Aug. 8 through Sept. 10 by NORC at the University of Chicago, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which makes grants to support original research and whose Working Longer program seeks to expand understanding of aging Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work patterns.

It involved landline and cellphone interviews in English and Spanish with 1,024 people aged 50 and older nationwide.

Results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

Though a roughly equal share of survey participants reported feeling secure about retirement savings as feeling anxious, a signiďŹ cant minority gave signs of ďŹ nancial stress: One in 6 reported having less than $1,000 in retirement savings and 1 in 4 working respondents arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t saving for retirement outside of Social Security. Some 12 percent of unretired people reported borrowing from a 401(k) or other retirement plan in the past year. Though 29 percent reported at least $100,000 in savings, some ďŹ nd even thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All too often, people have a lump-sum illusion. They think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I have $100,000 in my 401k,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and they think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m rich,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Mitchell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t add up to much.

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Dolores Gonzalez, 57, of Coalinga, Calif., expects no luxuries in retirement. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be happy if she can simply afford her $2,200 monthly mortgage payment. She used to think she would retire from teaching at 65; now she says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never stop working.

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support her parents. Now she has less than $200 in savings and she worries about sustaining herself in retirement when all she’ll have is a Social Security check.

“A lot of people don’t save because the cost of living is so high,” she said. “Retirement is not going to be comfortable. It’s going to be hard.”

——— AP Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta and News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.

——— Matt Sedensky, an AP reporter on leave, is studying aging and workforce issues as part of a one-year fellowship at the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which joins NORC’s independent research and AP journalism. The fellowship is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and supported by APME, an association of AP member newspapers and broadcast stations.

——— Follow Matt Sedensky on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sedensky

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A study released Wednesday by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport shows that the WNBA continues to be the leader among professional sports leagues for racial and gender hiring practices.

For the second straight year the WNBA posted the highest combined grade in the history of the group’s annual Racial and Gender Report Cards, which conduct analysis of the racial breakdown of the players and management in the league office and at the team level. It also looks at team general managers, coaching staffs and other support personnel.

The league received a combined A-plus grade for race and gender, tying its mark from 2012. This year the WNBA received at least an A for gender hiring in every category except for general managers and vice presidents. It received at least an A for

race in all categories except for senior team administration and vice presidents.

In 10 reports the group has done on the WNBA dating back to 2001, it has received at least A-grades for its overall race, gender and combined grades.

Primary study author Richard Lapchick praised the league “continues to set the standard “among its professional sports peers, but noted that it is still without a high number of women in ownership positions. That number decreased by one down to nine in 2013, and most are limited partners.

An African-American owned investment company, The Williams Group, holds a majority ownership interest in the Los Angeles Sparks. But there continued to be no individual people of color who were majority owners during the 2013 season.

“Not that the men’s leagues are great but the NBA, NFL and (Major League

Baseball) all have a person of color who is a majority owner,” Lapchick said.

There were some increases in hiring for people of color in top management at the team level, however, accounting for three of the five people holding CEO or president positions this year.

The number of African-American head coaches dropped from four to three in 2013, but of the league’s 12 head coaches, five were women for the second consecutive year. The 67 percent of women holding assistant coaching positions this year was a WNBA record, surpassing the mark it set last year.

“The large percentage of women as assistant coaches helps assure that the pipeline to head coaching spots in the WNBA will be strong,” Lapchick said. “As the most diverse pipeline in pro sport, other leagues could learn from the WNBA here also.”

Study ties chemical to possible miscarriage risk BOSTON (AP) — New research suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, might raise the risk of miscarriage in women prone to that problem or having trouble getting pregnant.

The work is not nearly enough to prove a link, but it adds to “the biological plausibility” that BPA might affect fertility and other aspects of health, said Dr. Linda Giudice, a California biochemist who is president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The study was to be presented Monday at the group’s annual conference in Boston. Last month, ASRM and an obstetricians group urged more

attention to environmental chemicals and their potential hazards for pregnant women.

BPA, short for bisphenol-A, and certain other environmental chemicals can have very weak, hormone-like effects. Tests show BPA in nearly everyone’s urine, though the chemical has been removed from baby bottles and many reusable drink containers in recent years. The federal Food and Drug Administration says BPA is safe as used now in other food containers.

Most miscarriages are due to egg or chromosome problems, and a study in mice suggested BPA might influence that risk, said Dr. Ruth Lathi, a Stanford University reproductive endocrinologist.

With a federal grant, she and other researchers studied 115 newly pregnant women with a history of infertility or miscarriage; 68 wound up having miscarriages and 47 had live births.

Researchers analyzed blood samples from when the women were discovered to be pregnant and divided them into four groups based on BPA levels. Women in the top quarter had an 80 percent greater risk of miscarriage compared to those in the bottom group even though they were similar in age and other factors. However, because the study is relatively small, there was a big range of possible risk — from only slightly elevated to as much as 10 times higher.

“It may be that women with higher BPA levels do have other risk factors” for miscarriage that might be amplified by BPA, Lathi said.

The study is not cause for alarm, but “it’s far from reassuring that BPA is safe” for such women, she said.

To minimize BPA exposure, avoid cooking or warming food in plastic because heat helps the chemical leak out, she said.

Don’t leave water bottles in the sun, limit use of canned foods and avoid handling cash register receipts, which often are coated with resins that contain BPA. “It’s impossible to avoid it completely,” Lathi said.

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Corporate climb leads Weimer to YMCA position

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KENDALLVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A willingness to make tough decisions and having the ability to understand where someone is coming from are key characteristics of a good leader, said Cole Center Family YMCA executive director Casey Weimer.

She discovered these qualities in herself while climbing the corporate ladder in private industry.

Weimer graduated from Indiana University in 1995 with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in public affairs. Her career goal was working for the government or a nonproďŹ t organization.

There was one stumbling block. She couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ nd a job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I interned with the city of Indianapolis helping to ďŹ nd homes for homeless people, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lead to a job,â&#x20AC;? she said.

She took a temporary job as a typist at a Dana Corp. plant in Rochester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was only temporary, but it was something,â&#x20AC;? she said. She showed initiative and a willingness to learn and was given additional responsibilities. At the end of her 90-day temporary stay with the plant, the plant manager approached her with a permanent job offer. The plantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human PHOTO CONTRIBUTED resources manager was retiring and would Cole Center Family YMCA executive director Casey Weimer she like the job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a case of being in the right place at the right time,â&#x20AC;? said Weimer. She took Toledo, Ohio, and was responsible for HR In 2006 she decided she needed a career the job. In the next few years she moved to managers in Dana plants nationally and change. the Dana plant in Churubusco and then to internationally,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a difďŹ cult time for Dana. The the bigger Dana plant in Fort Wayne where Weimer often traveled to Dana plants company went through a bankruptcy and she worked in labor relations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I then took and was commuting to Toledo from her I had to tell a lot of people they no longer a job at the division level HR ofďŹ ce in home in Kendallville. had a job,â&#x20AC;? she said. Weimer had remarried

and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spending a lot of time at home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting home each night until 8 and 9 p.m. and then had to get going again the next day.â&#x20AC;?

Weimer decided she needed more work-life balance, and time to spend with her family so she looked for a human resources position closer to Kendallville.

She learned the Fort Wayne YMCA needed someone to ďŹ ll its newly created human resources management position.

She applied and got the job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a pay cut, but pay wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my motivation,â&#x20AC;? she said.

In 2011 she was hired as the Cole Family YMCA executive director.

When asked about the challenges she had to overcome to get where she is today, Weimer said she was the ďŹ rst female to ďŹ ll the HR labor relations position at the Fort Wayne Dana plant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The plant was unionized, and it was interesting working with mostly males,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never really felt intimidated.â&#x20AC;?

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Wilson empowers Special Olympians

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LAKE JAMES — Jan Wilson has empowered herself to coach hundreds of Special Olympics athletes in nearly 30 years.

Wilson is a champion of special needs youths and has made them the focus of her life’s mission.

A retired special education teacher after 32 years with the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County, Wilson found herself wanting to give back to the segment of the population she specializes in.

In 1974, she began coaching Special Olympics and said it’s brought her much joy. Since then, Wilson has become director of Steuben County Special Olympics.

Through it, she’s voluntarily coached school-aged youth in swimming, track and field, bowling, downhill skiing and basketball.

“Special Olympics is as much teaching as it is socialization,” she said. “It provides socialization and camaraderie that each athlete treasures. With socialization and

competition, Special Olympics takes kids outside Steuben County.

“One of my favorite things is when we were in the dorms at Indiana State, the kids fight over who gets to push the elevator button.”

Wilson said that’s partially due to the fact most of her kids have never seen an elevator before.

“It’s a joy to me to take clients into a restaurant and the waiter says, ‘This is the most polite group,’” she said, smiling.

Wilson showed a blanket that’s deeply sentimental to her. It is colorful and made from several Special Olympics T-shirts from over the years.

Her biggest prize, as she called it, is a World Game silver dollar depicting the image of the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who helped establish Special Olympics.

Wilson received the medal when she coached Indiana Special Olympians at the 1995 World Games.

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Believe in yourself, follow your passion she says. “I completed my first hand quilted wallhanging after that first meeting … now I am addicted to the craft.”

In 1996, Doris and her husband, Ned, realized it would be best for their pre-teen son, Stephen, if she left her position as director of the Kendallville Public Library and became a stay-at-home mom.

“I took a huge leap of faith and let my passion for quilting rule,” she says about opening her machine quilting service, Loving Stitches.

Goins began to enter quilt shows in 1997 and then applied to be a candidate in the National Quilting Association Certified Judges program (equivalent to working on a master’s degree). Candidates must pass a long written exam as well as a panel review which includes mock judging. She was awarded certification in 2005 and Master

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BY GRACE HOUSHOLDER ghousholder@kpcmedia.com “Confessed fabric-holic” Doris Goins is addicted to quilting, garment sewing and empowering principles.

Beginning with embroidery at age 5 and making doll clothes and doll quilts from the family scrap pile, she progressed through 4-H, but didn’t consider fabric as a career.

After graduation from Wright State University as a school media specialist, she went on to Indiana University to earn a master’s in library science. For 22 years she served as a librarian.

Then a meeting announcement in The News Sun for a quilt club piqued her interest.

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Judging Certification in 2008. She travels throughout the U.S. judging shows of all sizes.

In 1997, during the annual Pajama Sale at Lolly’s Fabrics in Shipshewana, she fell in love with a green, cream and maroon print and chose it for her next bed quilt. A few weeks later she received a fabric catalog announcing that the print was the selected fabric for the upcoming Hoffman Fabric Challenge.

“I kept hearing the fabric say, ‘Just do it!’” Goins recalls. That first wall quilt was selected to travel in the exhibition group.

Since then she has received five awards. The most recent, Best Machine Workmanship, was this year.

Doris and Ned reside north of Kendallville, on a mini farm of 11 acres. Much of their focus is on their son, Stephen, his wife,

Anna, and their granddaughter, who live in Jasper.

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“Believe in your abilities” Doris Goins has a quote from Lou Holtz on the bulletin board by her desk that says, “Ability is what you’re capable of doing.

Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

“I try to live by his words as I continue on my journey for it is not yet finished,” Goins says.

Her tips for empowerment are: • Believe in your own abilities. Take a good inventory of your skills and figure out how they can be used to move yourself forward.

• Give yourself permission to fail. Learn from those mistakes when making future decisions.

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• • Be persevering in working toward your goals. Any one failure is just a small bump in the long road to success.

• Don’t be afraid to take risks.

After I mailed off the entry to my first national competition, my rational brain started saying “What am I doing?

I can’t compete in this quality of a show!” But what is the worst that could happen if I hadn’t taken the risk — return of my entry. But the outcome of such a rash decision was that it started me on a road I may not have otherwise chosen.

• Whatever the risk be ready for the outcome good or bad. Either is a valuable learning experience.

Hoffman Challenge history: The Hoffman Fabric Challenge was started in 1987, by Betty Boyink

and Holice Turnbow. For many years they attended quilt shows as vendors and had become good friends. When Holice saw Betty admiring what he thought was an ugly fabric made by the Hoffman Fabric Company, he challenged her to make a quilt out of it. Betty not only took him up on the dare, but at the quilt show banquet, she extended the challenge to everyone else.

And so the Hoffman Fabric Challenge has become an annual event.

The challenge attracts an average of 700 entries in the categories of wall hangings, clothing, accessories and doll categories. After the judging, some of the entries are selected to travel the U.S. and Canada for one year in small exhibitions of 30-40 items.

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“It’s a joy to me to take clients into a restaurant and the waiter says, ‘This is the most polite group,’” Jan Wilson Special Olympics Coach

• Olympics is worldwide.”

Currently, Wilson works as an adjunct professor at Trine University and teaches a class called, “Teaching the Exceptional Child.” She is also an active member of the Angola United Methodist Church playing bells, chairing the memorial fund and teaching Sunday school. She loves music, volunteers at Cahoot’s Coffee Cafe, directs Girl Scouts in singing, works as a Reiki master and cooks and caters considering she grew up in the restaurant business. Her parents owned and operated the now defunct Top Hat drive-in restaurant in Angola.

Still, Wilson enjoys helping draw natural talents out of people.

“I don’t believe male or female, black or white. I just believe God gave every person a talent,” she said. “Sin is when you don’t use a talent. I feel you need to enhance it.”

October 22, 2013

From kitchen worker to administrator Elaine Shank works way through ranks

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AVILLA — In a span of six years, Elaine Shank has moved from an entry-level job in a nursing home kitchen to being the administrator of one of the same company’s senior citizen facilities.

And it all stems from one thing, Shank said. “I always liked working with the elderly a lot.”

“I grew up on a farm,” Shank said. Her parents instilled in her a good work ethic that she carried into her work.

Shank started working at what was then Provena Sacred Heart Home, now Presence Sacred Heart Home, in Avilla, as a dietary aide in the main kitchen. “I started working here in 2007 before my senior year of high school,” she said.

Shank said “here” because Presence Sacred Heart and LaVerna Terrace are next door to each other on the same campus, and were, until recently, run by the same

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After graduating high school, Shank went to college at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne campus and Ivy Tech. After some time away, she returned to Sacred Heart as a certified nursing assistant, as well as working with the American Red Cross.

While in college, she took a health ethics class and talked to the professor. She decided to pursue a health administration degree and focused on classes centering on the geriatric population.

Shank had started at Sacred Heart Home as an aide in one of the general population nursing care areas. She moved into working as an aide in the assisted living unit there.

Shank graduated from IPFW in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in public affairs with a major in health administration, a minor in applied ethics and certificate in gerontology, the study of aging.

Procupek posted for the opportunity to take an administrator-in-training program to get a state license. The program took six months, Shank said. “I had to work in all the departments.” She completed that class in April.

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assisted living units for people covered under the federal Housing and Urban Development Department’s guidelines were added to the existing HUD senior citizen apartments at LaVerna Terrace.

The facility now has 30 rooms that are for HUD independent living apartments and 20 rooms for assisted living, Shank said. She was chosen to be administrator of LaVerna Terrace.

In some ways, Shank said she still has a hard time taking in all that’s happened.

“It’s really amazing and it’s a huge blessing,” she said.

Part of that blessing is the senior citizens she works with.

“I love talking to them. I love hearing their stories,” she said.

The senior leadership at Presence, including Procupek and Angie Harris, have been terrific, Shank said. Of her staff, she said, “I think we’re going to be a great team and I’m excited to have them on board.”

Long term, she sees herself staying with Presence in Avilla.

“This campus itself is constantly growing. There’s a lot of potential here to grow with a career,” she said.

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Early adopters get runway look through accessories NEW YORK (AP) — It can’t be helped: After weeks of top designer runway previews of spring styles at marathon fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris, the eye started to wander and it caught the newest trends for handbags and shoes. For some shoppers, accessories are at the forefront of the catwalk news they’re waiting for.

Accessories tend to be more widely available and affordable — although that’s a relative term — and, more often than not, they fit.

And there’s probably a handbag with a structured shape or a snakeskin shoe on the market already, so early adopters can look way ahead of the curve if they’re paying attention.

“Accessories aren’t as big of a commitment as apparel,” says Tracey Lomrantz Lester, women’s editorial director at Gilt.

“You invest less from both a financial perspective and a sartorial one. The idea of trying a new style of boot or a different handbag is less intimidating than readjusting your eye to an entirely new silhouette. You can always just take if off if you feel silly.”

Whitney Kessler, accessories editor of trend analysis firm Stylesight, says there are plenty of choices during this partic-

ular season, but few will serve as the all-purpose bag, shoe or piece of statement jewelry. “There aren’t a lot of everyday bags and items, which is exciting for people who are really into fashion,” she says, “but if you are shopping designer collections, you’ll need to buy more to satisfy your needs.”

She adds: “But they’ll all look really good.”

Some options: —Boxy bags: The slouchy silhouette is on its way out, to be replaced by a stronger, smaller, more structured bag, predicts Leah Karp, accessories director at InStyle magazine. She thinks the shape to buy it in will be a cross-body bag. Consider one that features colorblocking but is otherwise clean-looking, with geometric, sophisticated hardware.

Erica Russo, fashion director for women’s accessories at Bloomindale’s, says a hand-held clutch or a larger envelope will work, too.

—Time to shine: Metallics always have some presence on the catwalks, and they translate well to closets because they have timeless appeal, says Karp. “I have a silver bag I’ve had for 10 years. It’s an old Celine bag that I can bring out time and time again — totally worth an investment.”

Since she already bought silver sandals this year, she’ll be looking at gold shoes next year. You really need a pair of each, she says.

—Snake surfaces: “Texture is more important than print,” declares Kessler.

And there’s no more sophisticated way to do that than with snakeskin in luxe shades, such as burgundy, navy and dark green.

Real or faux: your choice — and your budget.

Karp says snakeskin in a single-sole pointy pump is the way to go.

—Play with pearls: “I love the idea that pearls are not your grandma’s pearls,” says Karp. And she loves that Nicholas Kirkwood sandwiched pearls between

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This Sept. 29 file photo shows a model holding a handbag accessory as she wears a creation as part of Celine’s ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2014 fashion collection, presented in Paris. After weeks of top designer runway previews of spring styles at marathon fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris, the eye started to wander and it caught the newest trends for handbags and shoes. For some shoppers, accessories are at the forefront of the catwalk news they’re waiting for.

layers of some pumps’ soles. A look like that can certainly come out sooner rather than later — and definitely for holiday parties. Try multiple strands and oversized beads.

—Not-so-blank canvas: Artistry details replaced more obvious bling and chunky hardware. The Chanel show, with its art gallery theme, was the standard bearer, according to Karp. The canvas versions of the house’s classic bags — with spray-on “quilting” — were a “cool way to reinvent a classic.”

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Kessler also noted the use of laser-cut leathers and weaving techniques to further explore artistry.

—Backpacks: Bloomingdale’s Russo thinks the right woman will pull off a smart backpack in style and says she is excited about the look — which seems very new.

“It’s so beyond back to school,” she says.

InStyle’s Karp, however, isn’t buying into them at a high price. It’s one of those items that a more mass retailer can do perfectly well, she says.

—Flat-out athletics: Sporty influences were among the season’s biggest trends, in clothes as well as accessories. It’s perfectly reasonable that you’ll be wearing “a low-soled trainer” — think Nike Air or New Balance — in a trend-right color like coral with one of those pretty makeupshade feminine dresses or even leather pants, says Russo.

Gilt’s Lester observed a “noticeable shift” toward the street — and that might be where the sporty styles came from.

“Loafers, sneakers, even Teva-esque sandals were everywhere in place of high heels. Visors and baseball caps have never been bigger, and the oversize clutch — the accessory of choice for street style stars — is the new It bag.”

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October 22, 2013

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DeKalb resident’s career dedicated to saving lives Mary Bloom enjoys role as paramedic

to put it into perspective.”

Two things Bloom reminds herself is that “things happen for a reason” and “bad things happen to good people.”

“I need to do my best to help or save that person,” Bloom said.

When she’s not working, Bloom volunteers for St. Martin’s Healthcare as a fundraiser. She likes doing fundraising because it’s something different than her every day job.

Bloom is also active with the DeKalb County Democrats. She serves as the treasurer for the club.

A few years ago, Bloom’s mother died.

She said she felt like giving up her job as a paramedic, but now, “the sparks are coming back.”

The best feeling Bloom has on the job is when she helps assist in the delivery of a baby.

“Normally, you are there when someone leaves this world,” Bloom said. “It’s amazing being on the other end — bringing someone into this world.”

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AUBURN — Mary Bloom credits three people to influencing her career as a paramedic: her father and television characters Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto.

Gage and DeSoto were characters in “Emergency!” a television medical drama broadcast in the 1970s.

As a child Bloom watched the show with her father. “I knew then I wanted to become a paramedic,” Bloom said.

Bloom, Auburn, started as a paramedic for the DeKalb County EMS in 1985.

Since she’s been on the job for more than 25 years, Bloom is continually learning new things.

“Paramedics have very unique skills,” Bloom said. “It’s like running a mobile hospital. I have to keep up with education and new skills. I have to adapt.”

In an average week, she works a 24-hour shift and takes a break for 48 hours. Then it’s back to another 24-hour shift.

A long time DeKalb County resident, Bloom has connections to many in the community. People on staff have a long running joke with Bloom they call the “fourth degree of Mary Bloom.”

When she and co-workers are dispatched on a run, they can somehow connect the person back to Bloom.

“Most of the time it only takes three or four connections,” Bloom said.

Bloom said she has dedicated her life to her career.

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Mary Bloom, Auburn, started her career as a paramedic in 1985. She works for DeKalb County EMS.

“A lot of times families and emergency services don’t always mix,” she said. “It can be very difficult on relationships.”

“If I thought about what I would get into, I might not have done it,” Bloom

said. She said people considering a career in emergency care need to be able to cope with “what (they) see and what (they) feel.”

“I really do like it,” she said. “You have

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October 22, 2013

Whonsetler wants to see people prosper

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“The Chamber is an awesome KENDALLVILLE – Lana Whonsetler networking opportunity,” said Whonsetler. just wants everybody to prosper.

“It really gets you out there in the As branch manager of the Kendallville community. It’s about being able to help Community State Bank, Whonsetler has the community grow itself a little bit and used that passion to advance within the keeping our businesses here, making sure industry. they’re all That vision and “I love the opportunity to help somebody feel happy has come trying to in handy attract more needed, cared about, helping them prosper working with businesses and feel comfortable in their own skin,” the Kendallto the area. ville Chamber We want to of Commerce, make sure it’s as well. a nice place Lana Whonsetler Whonsetler where people serves as the want to come Branch Manager president and be able to of the have the right Chamber’s answers for board of them. directors. She “You was recruited to the Chamber by former always want to see people prosper.” board member Ben Helmkamp five years Whonsetler is also active in Big ago. She was soon asked to serve on the Brothers Big Sisters, where she particiboard and advanced eventually to the pates in the lunch buddy program which president’s seat. She sits on the finance pairs adult volunteers with a student and committee of the board and the executive the two spend a lunch hour together at

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“I love the opportunity to help somebody feel needed, cared about, helping them prosper and feel comfortable in their own skin,” said Whonsetler.

“It’s nice to sit down and eat lunch with them and find out what their life is about.

I enjoy that because I don’t get to see my grandchildren as much as I’d like.”

Whonsetler is also active with the Home and Garden Show in Kendallville, and the Christmas Walk and Festival of Trees events.

Whonsetler and her husband run a farm at their home in Avilla, and also run Whonsetler Tractor Repair in Avilla (Lana keeps the books). She has a son who is a school teacher in Auburn and a daughter who is a director of a preschool in Muncie.

Even with her stocked appointment book, Whonsetler insists she has free time, which is typically reserved for visits with her grandchildren.

“Nothing too exciting but I keep very busy,” said Whonsetler. “The Chamber takes up a lot of my time, so that’s all I have going on. I’m 61, so I’m winding down.”

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October 22, 2013

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