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Julie Potter reacts as her daughter’s music is incorporated into a composition at the Fort Wayne FAME Festival.

Sydney Potter is a fourth-grader at Deer Ridge Elementary School. Sydney’s music was used to represent a horse.

Fourth-graders compose ‘Twelve Chinese Animals’

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Twenty local fourthgrade composers listened as FAME Festival composer-in-residence and conductor David Crowe explained how he crafted their individual music into “Twelve Chinese Animals.”

One piece “had this

flowing horse mane that I liked,” he said.

Of another, he said, “It’s a nice little playful dog and then it gets kid of growly at the end.”

Some of the student composers said they envisioned certain animals as they wrote. Others were surprised at how their

works fit into the work presenting the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

The original composition was performed on the closing afternoon of the FAME Festival, accompanied by youth ballet and philharmonic groups. The Foundation for Art and Music in Education held

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Light blue aracauna eggs share a basket with brown eggs from other chicken varieties at the Joseph Decuis Farmstead. The eggs are sold at Joseph Decuis Emporium, 151 N. Main St., Roanoke.

Decuis Farmstead hens lay Easter-blue eggs all year Some Whitley County hens are giving kids a head-start with dyeing their Easter eggs.

Aracauna chickens at the Joseph Decuis Farmstead in rural Columbia City lay blue eggs. About 150 lavender, brown, white and multicolor hens produce

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its 30th annual celebration March 18 and 19 at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne. Crowe spoke with the young composers at a final composium the morning of March 18.

“The first time we met was way back in October See ANIMALS Page A15

Four propane-powered school buses will be sharing the road with diesel-powered buses on routes in Aboite and Lafayette townships.

The Southwest Allen County Schools Board placed the order as part of the routine upgrade of the 68-bus fleet.

Transportation Director Steve Lake said the staff will monitor bus performance and efficiency vs. the diesel buses that dominate the fleet. “So we can do a really good comparison, we’re going to send a couple out to Lafayette Township and we’ll keep a couple here in Aboite Township, so we can do an apples-to-apples comparison,” he said. “It gives us an idea down the road if we’re saving money.”

SACS bus mechanics Greg Caesar and Nathan Henderson are ready to

tend to the special needs of propane buses. “They spent four days at Detroit on a training process, just little odds and ends.

They’re really excited about it,” Lake said. Mark Ort is the SACS head mechanic.

Lake said the school district cycles through three to five buses a year. “The propane buses are actually a little bit cheaper,” he said. “We’d like to buy four or five (propane buses) and give them a try. We don’t have any intention of replacing all our buses with propane buses.”

Lake said Ort succeeds in keeping the fleet rolling efficiently. “With the diesel engines today the demands to meet the EPA standards are pretty strenuous,” Lake said.

Just giving up the weight of the diesel apparatus reduces stress on the chassis and tires, the See BUSES, Page A14

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Ned Gatchell of Fort Wayne demonstrates the use of a smoker to calm honeybees.

The Northeast Indiana Beekeepers Association held the beekeeping school at Classic Cafe’.

James Wheeler IV of Bluffton shows how to handle a beehive that has suffered a deadout.

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a hard time with the bee population, and for me that’s a big part of it,” Pepple said. “I went to school for wildlife studies and I’m really into environmental things and our planet and doing our part.”

Martin said she visited a beekeepers association booth at the Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show two years ago. “There I learned about the environment, which makes me want to go ahead with it,” she said.

Martin and Pepple said

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With the return of spring, Duane Rekeweg expects the return of millions of honeybees to the family honey farm at Decatur. He can predict their return from California to within an hour, because they’re returning by truck.

The Rekeweg family maintains about 500 hives, which can hold 80,000 bees each by August. The bees ride to California for the almond

pollination season over the winter. Back in Indiana, they pollinate clover and strawberries and a host of other plants.

“The bees don’t really get a break,” Rekeweg said.

Rekeweg organized a recent Northeast Indiana Beekeepers Association class at the Classic Cafe’ in Fort Wayne.

Beginning beekeepers Fran Martin and her daughter, Torree Pepple, have more conservative plans for the 2017 honey season. Martin, of

Waterloo, and Pepple, of Auburn, bought their first bee box and assembled it at that workshop. They ordered bees, too, at $96 for a 3-pound pack.

Rekeweg represents the busiest of the professional beekeepers at the workshop. Martin and Pepple were among the small-scale apiarists. But Rekeweg, a half-dozen mentors and the 42 beginners shared the same awareness of the embattled bee and the same concern for its survival.

“I know they’re having

they think it will be a fun hobby, and said they will enjoy the honey.

Each, however, listed environmental concerns first. They plan to buy a second pack of bees, too.

Martin’s husband will build another box.

Beekeeper James Wheeler IV of Bluffton said that concern is well founded. A generation ago everyone knew a beekeeper, he said. “You would buy honey from the local guy, or your uncle had bees or your grandpa had bees. And

then there was a span of about 30 or 40 years when no one raised bees,” he said.

But beekeeping is enjoying a comeback, said Wheeler, who sells beekeeping supplies, boxes and kits such as those that were assembled at the workshop.

“With the plight of what’s happening to the honeybee, everyone wants to get on board to help, whether it’s five to seven hives or 600, See BEES, Page A5

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Sponsors said the 2017 Kingston’s Taste of Waynedale was the biggest and best in its nine-year history.

“We have more food vendors and there are more items in the auction, and we appreciate the support of the community,” said Camille Garrison, who organized the March 21 evening at Mount Calvary Family Life Center in Waynedale.

Hundreds of people sampled Azar’s Big Boy’s strawberry shortcake, The Stand chili, Culver’s ice cream, Miami Grill sandwiches, Waynedale Bakery cupcakes and the trademark dishes from two dozen other restaurants.

Belmont Beverages offered samples of wine and Mad Anthony Brewing Co. served generous tastes of three craft beers.

“Everything’s delicious,” said Landrie

Levitz of Ossian, who toured the Taste with her boyfriend Alex Brownell, of Fort Wayne. They had finished sampling food but were still circulating among the crowd.

Serving tables lined each side of the hall.

Guests swapped seats and stories as they shared tables with other diners. The stage held more tables.

Gerrett and Ruth Swearingen of Ossian found seats on storage cabinets along the wall.

Gerrett, who practices law in Fort Wayne, donated a gift certificate for a will to the Taste’s silent auction.

Certificates for fine dining, oil changes and flowers sold for more than face value.

Once again, the Taste raised money for Honor Flight Northeast Indiana.

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Peter Meyer served coffee samples from Sharing Peace Café inside Faith Lutheran Church on Fairfield Avenue in Fort Wayne.

He told Honor Flight board member Tom Meyers, of Roanoke, that he is “grateful to serve all of our veterans at such a community event.”

Honor Flight NEI chairman Dennis Covert thanked the community for supporting the fundraiser. “The Taste of Waynedale is a big success and we are thrilled and thankful to Camille Garrison at Kingston for putting this on,” he said. Community fundraisers are essential, he said: “This is what keeps Honor Flight flying.”

Last year’s Taste of

Waynedale raised more than $4,000 for Honor Flight and a second charity.

Honor Flight NEI will take 340 veterans to Washington, D.C., and return to Fort Wayne International Airport this year. The first of four flights will take off April 26. Covert said said 27 World War II veterans will be aboard that flight. Twelve more will board the May 24 flight.

Two flights will follow in October.

He said families and veterans keep stepping forward, accepting the invitation to see the World War II Memorial.

“We keep thinking we’re done,” he said. Veterans of the Korean War and the Vietnam War also are waiting.

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BEES from Page A2 everyone wants to help with the honeybees,” he said. “They say up to 80 percent of what you eat is brought to you because of the honeybee, whether that is pollinating any of the clover that the cow ate, or the almonds, or the citrus. Everyone is trying to understand that more and is wanting to help out.”

Entire hives die off and seem to vanish, an event that Wheeler and his peers call colony collapse. “There are a handful of different causes,” he said, with special emphasis on a parasitic mite that he called the Varroa destructor. The combination of mites and other environmental dangers can overwhelm the bees, he said. “The bee can handle so much insecticide, but if it gets the mite, it’s dead,” he said.

Terry Clancy, the owner of Classic Cafe, hosts the group’s meetings, which draw perhaps 200 members each month. He also maintains a single hive, in a sheltered area between Hillegas Road and Interstate 69. “I’m the hobbyist,” he said. “I got 300 pounds of honey last year. We use it in the operation and I give it to family and friends.”

Wheeler said even city residents may enjoy the hobby. In Fort Wayne, the limit is two colonies per yard, he said. “We’re so lucky with this organization in that we have a huge mentor list. There are over 40 people who have signed up to be mentors,” he said.

Wheeler maintains about 70 colonies at seven locations.

Wheeler also helped teach the March workshop, donning a beekeeper suit and demonstrating how to salvage a bee box after the bees die. Rake the dead bees out of the box, but leave the honeycomb and any honey for the next bees, he said.

Ned Gatchell, of Fort

Wayne, demonstrated how to use a smoker to calm the bees when the box is opened to harvest honey. The smoker will stay lit until just before you need it, he said.

Gatchell is one of 30 mentors available to the 400-member organization.

The NEIBA holds a three-part workshop each March, just before the bees’ busy season. But a $15 annual fee entitles the member to instructional meetings at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. For details, visit neiba. info. The group also has contacts for swarm removal, bee mentoring, and suppliers.

On Saturday, May 13, the group will adjourn to Buskirk Engineering in Ossian for a hands-on field day.

Rekeweg got into the honey business in 1981, buying out his 94-year-old grandfather’s 17 hives for about $35 each. The hives now cost about $150 each, he said.

His colleagues said the beekeeping school is Rekeweg’s brainchild and is in about its 20th year.

His son took over the business about a year ago, but Rekeweg stays close to the operation.

“The bees are all in California right now for almond pollination,” he said. “There are about 6.8 million beehives that go into California for almond pollination and they all go back where they came from after almonds are done blooming.

“Back in Indiana, the bees will pollinate the alfalfa, the melons, the pickles, the fruit trees, basswood, goldenrod and strawberries.”

The bees pollinate clover, too, and so are vital to the beef and dairy industries, he said.

Rekeweg said the bees were scheduled to leave California on April 4.

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Back in Indiana, the boxes will be distributed to fields in Adams, Allen and Wells counties, about 16 boxes per location.

“We’re always looking for more locations to put bees. You always lose some, you always gain some every year — changing property owners or whatever,” he said.

“Honey is actually the nectar the blossom secretes, and it says to the honeybee ‘Come and get my nectar’ and while they’re there they spread around the pollen that fertilizes the blossoms so we get a cherry or a watermelon,” he said.

During the busy season, he will “pull honey” from the hives twice a week, as he has been doing for more than 35 years. “It just gets in your blood after a while,” he said.

The Rekewegs’ honey products are available at Rural King in Fort Wayne.

Rekeweg will harvest the hive’s surplus, leaving enough to warm and feed the hive until spring brings warmer temperatures and more blossoms.

The American honey industry depends on the Italian honeybee, he said. He’s not sure of the history of the species.

“They’ve been here forever, before we even had visas,” he said.

Bumblebees fill a role, too, he said. “Bumblebees are needed to do some pollination because their tongue is longer.

A red clover blossom is a big blossom and a honeybee cannot pollinate that because their tongue is not long enough,” he said.

Few predators threaten honey in Indiana. “Bear is the one that we hear the most about in other parts of the country,” he said. “But if a hive is not strong enough yellow jackets will eventually take it over and take the honey.

“It’s kind of hard to find a good use for yellow jackets. But they do clean up carcasses and things like that.”

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Aboite News • April 7, 2017

The wait is over: Yuengling comes to Indiana

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Patience has finally paid off for Yuengling fans in Indiana.

The Pennsylvania-based brewery’s beloved Traditional Lager, Light Lager and Black and Tan were first poured locally on March 6, with some bars opening at 7 a.m. for the occasion.

Though the country’s oldest brewery was founded in 1829, it has only ventured west in the past couple of years, coming to Ohio in 2011.

Nationwide, Yuengling is served in Washington, D.C., and in 20 states, mostly along the East Coast.

In order to make it out west, Yuengling had to ensure it had the capacity to satisfy the demand it would see in Indiana, said Stan Ziherl, president of 5

Star Distributing.

Then, it selected Indiana wholesalers, with Columbia City’s 5 Star, as well as Indiana Beverages and Monarch Beverage, making the list.

“The brewery makes the decision based on who they feel would be best to handle their brands,” Ziherl said, adding he believed 5 Star was selected “based on the capability of the team we’ve assembled (and) our commitment to customer service.”

Yuengling first became available in bars and restaurants, with package sales beginning April 3.

“The brewery is going through a packaging renovation,” Ziherl said.

This had created a little confusion among customers, Lebamoff’s Cap ‘n’ Cork owner Andy Lebamoff said. “We’re starting to get a lot of calls” seeing if the product

is in stores, he said in March.

Although Hoosiers are excited about Yuengling, Lebamoff doesn’t expect his stores to have to do a major cooler overhaul.

Due to the amount of beer Yuengling is sending to the state, Lebamoff said he only expects a couple hundred cases per store of the products.

Yuengling has already received a warm welcome.

“We had a launch party here at the Embassy (Theatre March 2) and had 600 retail customers,” Ziherl said. “(March 6) was our first day of delivery and we made deliveries at 7 a.m. Everybody is waiting.”

Some of the bars who opened bright and early to provide customers their Yuengling fixes included O’Sullivan’s and Deer Park Irish Pub, both in Fort Wayne.

Deer Park Irish Pub wanted to be the first to serve Yuengling locally, so it sent several workers out at 6 a.m. to pick up kegs from 5 Star’s warehouse.

“It was really more of our wanting to really validate our customers … wanting Yuengling in our state (who have) never been afforded that opportunity until today,” Deer Park owner Tony Henry said.

“We thought it would be an outward gesture on our part, this is how much we care about you. We opened at 7 just to celebrate.”

“Knowing it was coming, a lot of people really wanted it,” O’Sullivan’s owner Frank Casagrande said. “We wanted to be one of the first to have it. A lot of customers couldn’t wait.”

When asked why Yuengling was such a popular beer, many shared the

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Deer Park Irish Pub owner Tony Henry fills a glass from the Yuengling tap. The popular beer was first poured locally on March 6.

same answer: its longevity in the United States and its true-to-tradition taste.

“What they do is make an outstanding

beer,” Ziherl said.

“They’ve always stayed tried and true to their culture of tradition, heritage, authenticity and quality.”

Food for thought BJ’s to open in April

BJ’s Restaurants Inc., a California-based restaurant chain, expects to open its newly constructed restaurant on Coliseum Boulevard, in front of Glenbrook Square Mall, on April 10.

The BJ’s Brewhouse is the fourth the company has opened in Indiana. It already has restaurants in Avon, Greenwood and Noblesville and also expects to open one in Bloomington this year.

The restaurants have extensive menus,

including BJ’s signature deep-dish pizza and its hand-crafted beers. The Fort Wayne restaurant will be its 189th location.

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brewery, started rolling out beers in its new iconic eagle packaging to Indiana liquor retailers April 3.

Yuengling began selling its draft beer in the state in March.

“Our continued success and growth is a tribute to our loyal fans and supporters, as well as the hard work and dedication of our employees and wholesalers,” said Richard Yuengling, president of the brewery, a fifth-generation family owned business that started in Pottsville, Pa., in 1829.

Indiana is the 20th state to distribute Yuengling products and is the first to roll the eagle packaging for its three core brands: traditional lager, light lager and black & tan.

The three wholesale partners chosen to distribute Yuengling in Indiana are Monarch Beverage, Indiana Beverage and 5 Star Distributing.

Core values

Restaurant owner Melissa Rohwer, who operates four Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurants in Indiana, plans to open 10 new CoreLife Eatery restaurants in the next four years, including two in Fort Wayne.

Seven of the locations are planned for Indianapolis and one will be in Lafayette.

Her husband, Bill Rohwer, and mother, Sandra McKeithin, are partners in the venture.

With greens, grains, and bone broth as basic building blocks, CoreLife Eatery focuses on food first through highlevel customization of menu items. The single line service system and a narrowly defined

menu structure allow for maximum interaction with guests. Dressings, broths and beverages are made from scratch every day in each location.

CoreLife Eatery opened its first location in Syracuse, N.Y., in May 2015 and wants to expand to 300 total locations, including both corporate and franchise restaurants, over the next five years.

For more information, visit www.eatatcore.com.

Buy a Hero, be a hero

Participating Subway restaurants in Mississippi, Indiana, Texas and Louisiana have launched the “Buy a Hero, Be a Hero” campaign in an effort to help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

During the promotion, from March 13 to May 21, customers are encouraged to visit participating restaurants and purchase the new Italian Hero sub. For every one sold, Subway will donate 10 percent of the purchase price to St. Jude, up to a maximum donation of $29,500.

Customers may also donate directly to the cause at any participating restaurant until May 21.

This is the first year that Subway has participated in the program.

Meijer will deliver

Meijer is expanding its home delivery service to Fort Wayne beginning April 13.

Through its partnership with Shipt, Meijer will allow customers to shop for more than

55,000 items for home delivery in as little as one hour, seven days a week.

Customers can sign up for Shipt through an annual or monthly membership. For $99 a year, Shipt members will receive free deliveries on all orders over $35.

The program was launched in Detroit-area Meijer stores last year.

Since September 2016, Shipt “shoppers” have made more than 65,000 deliveries to customers in southeastern Michigan.

The Midwest retailer will also begin offering delivery services in Indianapolis stores and will continue its expansion into additional markets in six states later this year.

Because most Meijer stores are open 24 hours a day, Shipt deliveries will be available at most Meijer locations around the clock, with the exception of certain holidays.

For more information on becoming a Shipt member and to see the full coverage areas, visit www. shipt.com/Meijer.

New Aldi opens

Aldi opened a new store March 23 at 4750 Coldwater Road, in the Jo-Ann Plaza.

The new, larger store replaces another one at 3802 Lima Road, which closed after 20 years in operation.

The budget grocer’s new store has a more modern look, with natural lighting, improved layout and signs and expanded sections for favorite products, such as fresh produce.

Aldi has more than 1,600 stores in 35 states.

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Focus on Health offers free or low-cost checks Parkview Health will present a series of community outreach events, with some health checks available at low cost and some available for free.

The Parkview Focus on Health 2017 health fairs begin Tuesday, April 18, at Carew Medical Park, 1818 Carew St., Fort Wayne.

Each health fair is from 7:30-11 a.m.

Each health fair will offer these free health checks: blood pressure, height/weight/ BMI, vision, bone density, hearing, balance screening and more.

Each person visiting the health fair must be 18 or older. Prices are subject to change. For more information, call (260) 266-2472 or visit fohealth.com.

Various other labs are available starting at $10.

For services, fees and notes on how to prepare for the health checks, visit fohealth.com.

Health fairs also will be offered: • Wednesday, April 19, Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne.

• Thursday, April 20, American Red Cross Northeast Indiana, 1212 E. California Road, Fort Wayne.

• Friday, April 21, University of Saint Francis North Campus, 2702 Spring St., Fort Wayne.

• Saturday, April 22, Presence Sacred Heart Home, 515 N. Main St., Avilla.

• Tuesday, April 25,

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive, Fort Wayne.

• Wednesday, April 26, Parkview/NHC Center for Healthy Living, 3350 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne.

• Thursday, April 27, Towne House Retirement Center, 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne.

• Friday, April 28, Messiah Lutheran Church, 7211 Stellhorn Road, Fort Wayne.

• Saturday, April 29, New Haven High School, 1300 Green St., New Haven.

Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography will be at University of Saint Francis and Presence Sacred Heart Home locations. Call (260) 266-8120 to schedule an appointment.

Faith United Methodist marking 150th anniversary Faith United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne will kick off its 150th anniversary celebration on Friday, April 28. A May 7 service will conclude the celebration at the church at 207 E. Dewald St. Community members are welcome at all events.

Events include: • Friday, April 28, 6 p.m., dinner theater performance by the

10:15 am, the anniversary will be marked with a commemorative service featuring a sermon by former pastor the Rev. Paul Arnold, a slide presentation of church memories, and fellowship. A light meal will be provided after the service.

For more information about 150th anniversary activities, contact Gloria Robinson at (260) 437-1548.

church’s youth group, which includes a spaghetti dinner. $8 per person.

• Sunday, April 30, 10:15 a.m., the church will mark the passage of time with a Service of Music, including a mix of hymns, gospel songs, and audience requests.

•Saturday, May 6, 7 p.m., The Festival Choir of Fort Wayne will help celebrate this milestone.

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University of Saint Francis head football coach Kevin Donley walks a block of Leesburg Road as the first grand marshal of “the world’s shortest parade” at Deer Park Irish Pub on St. Patrick’s Day. Donley will have a longer route to lead on Saturday, July 8, when he serves as grand marshal of the Three Rivers Festival parade. In 2016, USF won its first national football championship and Donley celebrated his 300th career win as a coach. “Kevin Donley was a perfect choice for this year’s theme of Superheroes,” said Jack Hammer, executive director of the Three Rivers Festival. “As the winningest football coach in NAIA history, he is a national hero and a local source of pride.”

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Christian Colleges leader at HU commencement

DR. SEUSS DRESS-UP DAY

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Graci Shopoff, Skylar Olson and physical education teacher Ashley Hoppus get into the spirit of Dr. Seuss Dress-Up Day at Roanoke Elementary School. The celebration was in honor of the author’s birthday.

Shirley V. Hoogstra will be the keynote speaker at Huntington University’s 119th Commencement on Saturday, May 13.

Hoogstra became the seventh president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities in September 2014.

“In this role, Hoogstra combines her zeal for the rule of law and her passion for Christian higher education as she promotes the value and purpose of high quality, Christ-centered liberal arts education that shapes the heart, soul and mind,” the university said in a statement.

The commencement ceremony will be held in the Merillat Complex’s field house beginning at 2:30 p.m. The day’s festivities will also include a

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Hoogstra

breakfast for graduates and their parents, and the President’s Luncheon.

Prior to the CCCU, Hoogstra served for 15 years as vice president for student life at her alma mater, Calvin College.

She also spent more than a decade practicing law as a partner at a firm specializing in litigation

in New Haven, Conn. She has served on the boards of several community organizations and schools, including the New Haven County Bar Association and Calvin College. She earned a bachelor’s in education at Calvin and a juris doctor, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law. “I am honored to be included in the most special day for the graduates and their families at Huntington. This university is a jewel in the state of Indiana. It makes me proud to be associated with them,” Hoogstra said.

This year marks the first graduating class of Huntington University’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy program, which began in 2014.

Free job search sessions include university faculty

“We make em-You bake em”

Huntington University faculty and staff have begun teaching free job search and career readiness workshops at the WorkOne Northeast career center at the Huntington County Community Learning Center, 2201 N. Jefferson St., Huntington.

People can find information about the workshops and a workshop calendar by visiting neinworks.org.

The arrangement is the first of its kind in the 11-county WorkOne

Northeast system, where the workshops are typically taught by WorkOne staff.

“We are excited to partner with Huntington University in this effort,” said Edmond C. O’Neal III, president of Northeast Indiana Works, which oversees the region’s WorkOne centers. “To have an acclaimed education and community partner deliver the workshops is a win-win situation.

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Persinger, Clancy return to Cottage Event Center

OUR STRONGEST LINK

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Top: Each week, Roanoke Elementary School designates a life skill to pursue through its Our Strongest Link effort. The focus for a recent week was caring. The following students were chosen by their teachers as exhibiting the life skill of Caring: (front row, from left) Alexis Molitor, Addy LaMontagne, Ella Perkins, Elisabeth Wiles, (second row) Blayne Sparkman, Hudson Warner, Ari Partin, Maddie Watts, Cadence Booher, Scott May, Wylan Caylor, Norman Wilkinson, (back row) Blayne Sparkman, Hudson Warner, Ari Partin, Maddie Watts, Cadence Booher, Scott May, Wylan Caylor and Norman Wilkinson.

Middle: Cooperation was the life skill of the week recently at Roanoke Elementary School.

The following students were chosen by their teachers as exhibiting the life skill of cooperation: (front row, from left) Corbin Ambriole, Cyrus Conwell, (second row) Gage Hess, Elle Campbell, Aubrianna Jones, Emily Fritz, Connor Preston, Jacob Landrigan, (third row) Aiden Stallsmith, Grace Michel, Addyson Porter, Reece Bonewitz, Shane Plasterer, Michael Rice, Austin Collins and Eva Condon.

Bottom: Flexibility was the life skill of the week recently at Roanoke Elementary School. The following students were chosen by their teachers as exhibiting the life skill of flexibility: (front row, from left) Lamyah Reed, Brody Endsley, Lexy Ellet, Levi Hartman, (second row) Charlie Lilly, Caiden Pohler, Arianna Mattingly, Lexi Larkey, Layla Wigmore, Adriana Geiger, (third row) Grant Campbell, Braylon Kahn, Shanel Shepherd, Maeve Wilkinson, Matthew Quickery, Braianah Reed and Morgan Garner.

The Cottage Event Center in Roanoke will host an evening of music featuring swing, pop and jazz to raise funds for the Vera Bradley Foundation For Breast Cancer. The event features popular vocalist Shannon Persinger backed again by pianist Eric Clancy’s jazz trio.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21. The Cottage Event Center is at 9524 U.S. 24 N, Roanoke.

Persinger regularly performs a variety of music ranging from jazz to the hits of country icon Patsy Cline throughout the Fort Wayne area.

Her repertoire features a variety of musical styles ranging from Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, to the Beatles and Patsy Cline. She is also well known for her impression of Michael Jackson performing “Billie Jean.”

She previously performed with duo Shade N Shannon, is a frequent vocalist at the Chapel in Fort Wayne, and has sung for the Fort Wayne’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Her previous performances at the Cottage Event Center have all been sellouts.

Clancy, a former adjunct professor of jazz theory at Huntington University, has been a professional musician since the 1990s.

Besides performing, Clancy teaches piano at the Sweetwater Academy in Fort Wayne. He has been featured several times at JeffFest in Huntington, is a frequent artist at area jazz venues including Club Soda, and has been featured at the Three Rivers Festival accompanying national R & B recording artist Ty Causey. Besides Clancy,

the trio will include Michael Patterson on bass and Mark Vincenti on drums.

Tickets are $12 and may be purchased by phone at (260) 483-3508, at John’s Meat Market in Roanoke, or with PayPal at cottageeventcenter.

com. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 7:30. Food will be available for purchase from Walnut Hill Catering & Events of Fort Wayne.

A cash bar will also be available.

In May the Cottage Event Center will also

again play host to comic magician and WBCL host Jim Barron opening the show will be Christian singer songwriter Don Wharton.

The Cottage Event Center is owned and operated by Hamilton Hospitality Group LLC.

JOB from Page A8 brings teaching expertise and community familiarity to the workshops.

In turn, the community will have the opportunity to develop a closer relationship with a fine academic institution.”

Huntington University will be teaching 18 workshops. Among them: career exploration, computer basics, cover letters, interviewing with confidence, Microsoft Excel and Word, resume development,

and secrets of job applications.

“Huntington University and Northeast Indiana Works share the goal of equipping individuals to find and succeed in a career,” said Julie Goetz, Huntington University’s director of Graduate and Professional Programs.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to combine resources in a way that allows us to invest in the local community.”

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Blessing of the Bikes heralds in season for many

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

If you ride motorcycles in northeast Indiana, you know spring actually starts the Saturday after Easter, with the Blessing of the Bikes in Arcola.

The 2017 event begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 12305 Arcola Road.

The event began in 1989 after St. Pat’s parishioner Jerry Gordon decided to put something he saw in a magazine into action

locally.

“The priest at the time was all for it,” Gordon said. “So we started out with just a few bikes, 16 or so. Then it went from that to a hundred to a couple hundred.

“It depends on the weather. If it’s even a cloudy day like this but not raining, we’ll have all the parking lots full of bikes. On a nice sunny day…there could be anywhere from a thousand to two, three, four thousand bikes plus.”

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Then comes the official blessing of the bikes. In the early days, the priest would walk from bike to bike, christening them with holy water.

“It got so big for a couple years that we have it set up so it’s more of a drive through (now),” Gordon said.

In addition to the blessing, the church youth group provides hot dogs, bratwurst and refreshments, Gordon said. There is also a 50/50 drawing that benefits the youth group’s summer trip.

“It’s a community affair. The whole church gets involved in it,” he said.

Though the official event ends after the ceremony, local businesses have taken to hosting after parties.

The Arcola Inn and Ale has been holding an after party for several

years, manager Katie Martin said.

This year, there will be drink specials and the Hubie Ashcraft Band will play from 2-5 p.m.

Martin said the after party is usually well attended.

“We’re pretty packed,” Martin said. “It’s the first biggest motorcycle event of the year in town. Rain or shine people are out riding.”

Harley-Davidson of Fort Wayne is hosting its second after party this year, spokesperson Becca Reichard said.

There will be food

and beer provided by the Red Rock Saloon from noon to 6 p.m. and the Grateful Groove, a Grateful Dead cover band, will begin playing at 2 p.m.

“It’s kind of a little gathering to hang out and check out everybody’s bike afterward,” Reichard said, adding last year’s event was well attended.

For many, Blessings of the Bikes is a good way to start the riding year.

“People look forward to it, to start the riding season on the right foot,” Gordon said.

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Spark 4-H offers classes for nonfarm families, too

By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

4-H isn’t just for farm kids, and it’s not just about farm animals, says Samm Johnson, 4-H Youth Development Extension agent for Purdue University in Allen County.

Special offerings known as Spark classes cover subjects such as technology, science and math, the Japanese language, citizenship, consumer clothing and healthy living. “We have had science, theater, and Critters and Canvas with live animals and then we learn to paint [pictures of] those animals,” Johnson said.

“Spark is a new push we have statewide in Indiana to get new youth and new

volunteers involved in our programs,” Johnson said. “In lots of places people think 4-H is just for kids who live on farms, and that is not the case. It’s about technology, science and math, citizenship and healthy living.”

Many classes are held at the Purdue Extension-Allen County Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., on the IPFW Campus, Fort Wayne. Visit extension.purdue.edu/ Allen for more information.

To participate, call (260) 481-6826.

“We have had a lot of luck here in Allen County in that we’ve had a lot of volunteers who are passionate about their interests and their hobbies and want to pass that interest to

the others,” Johnson said.

“It’s a minimum of six hours of educational experience that is hands-on and is going to teach the kids about a variety of topics.”

“We have a goat Spark club. One of our more popular as far as registrations has been outdoor skills, tying knots and all that good stuff. A volunteer loves putting together gingerbread houses. And one that is in planning is a cake decorating workshop in May. So we have new volunteers and youth who are not traditional 4-H members but have all the opportunities that other kids have. Even though they don’t have animals or gardens they are 4-H’ers just the same.”

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USF presents night of poetry

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Allen County Sheriff’s Deputies Christopher Amstutz (left) and Kenneth Litzenberg (right) are joined by Sheriff David Gladieux after receiving the County Employee of the Year award.

Deputies earn honors for separate rescues

The Allen County Board Commissioners presented the first County Employee of the Year award to two members of the Sheriff’s Department. Deputies Christopher Amstutz and Kenneth Litzenberg were recognized for their lifesaving efforts in separate incidents.

Amstutz has worked for the department for seven years. He was nominated for putting his personal safety aside by jumping into frigid water to rescue the driver of a vehicle that had slid off the road and flipped into a ditch on Jan. 16, 2016. He broke the vehicle’s back window, and pulled the driver to safety.

Litzenberg has been with the department for 11

years. He was nominated for rescuing a driver from a vehicle that had slid off the road and overturned in a retention pond on Jan. 7, 2016. He broke a window and pulled the driver out of the vehicle and helped him out of the water.

The two received their awards March 28 during a ceremony at the Allen County Courthouse. Along with their individual awards, their names will be on a perpetual plaque that will include the names of future recipients.

The Commissioners started the County Civil Service Awards in December 2015, to allow employees to recognize colleagues who, in their opinion, go above and beyond the requirements

of their position. Nominees must demonstrate exceptional service, noteworthy commitment or efficient and innovative ideas.

Twenty-eight county employees were presented with the County Civil Service Awards during 2015. Because of the program’s success, the Commissioners established the Allen County Employee of the Year program to reward the employee or employees who stand out from the rest each year. Beginning with this award for 2016, the Employee of the Year will be selected from the list of employees who have been recognized with a Civil Service Award in the calendar year.

The University of Saint Francis will present a night of poetry as part of its Sullivan Reading Series.

Marcus Wicker will read a selection of his work at 7 p.m. Monday, April 10, in the USF Business Center Cougar Café, 826 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. The reading is free and open to the public.

Wicker is the recipient

of a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, a Pushcart Prize and The Missouri Review’s Miller Audio Prize, as well as fellowships from Cave Canem Foundation and The Fine Arts Work Center. His previous collection, “Maybe the Saddest Thing,” a National Poetry Series winner, was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award.

Wicker’s poems

have appeared in The Nation, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Oxford American and Boston Review. His second book, “Silencer,” is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2017. He is also poetry editor of Southern Indiana Review.

Wicker is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English at Michigan State University.

21st Century Scholar Day offers many resources Ivy Tech Community College will host 21st Century Scholar Day for eligible high school juniors and seniors at Ivy Tech campuses across the state.

At the event, students can complete their 21st Century Scholar requirements to maintain their eligibility for their scholarship.

Ivy Tech Northeast’s

Day is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 29, on the Coliseum Campus, 3701 Dean Drive, Fort Wayne. Students can visit the campus, estimate the cost of college, submit a college application, search for scholarships and file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Representatives from the

Commission for Higher Education, as well as Ivy Tech Community College, will be available to assist students.

For more information about the 21st Century Scholar requirements, visit scholars.in.gov. Students can RSVP for Ivy Tech Northeast’s day at IvyTech. edu/21st-century.

Walk to benefit cancer patients Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana will hold the 2017 Lapper fundraising walk and Survivors Day Celebration on Saturday, May 13, to raise money to help people with cancer.

The walk will be held at Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, Brotherhood Office Park, 6316 Mutual

Drive, Fort Wayne. The walk begins at 9 a.m. For registration information or to donate, visit Lapper2017. kintera.org.

Registration forms are also available at Cancer Services. Walkers who register and raise at least $35 by May 1 may receive a commemorative Lapper T-shirt. Water and fresh

fruit are provided during the walk, which takes place rain or shine. Cancer Services also welcomes sponsors.

After the walk, the public is invited to the Survivors Day Celebration at 11 a.m.

The celebration includes food, music and.

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Bob Roth of Fort Wayne holds awards for more than 60 years of service to the Masonic Lodge. Roth accepted the award March 25 at Coventry Meadows in Fort Wayne. Shown from left are: Roth’s daughter-in-law Sherry Roth, of Fort Wayne; Roth; Indiana Grand Master Carey Carter, of Fort Wayne; and Roth’s son Bob, of Fort Wayne.

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Dominic Hamblin, worship master of Waynedale Masonic Lodge 739, congratulates Bob Roth of Fort Wayne on his more than 60 years as a Mason.

Indiana’s ranking Mason honors 65-year member

Indiana Grand Master Carey Carter presented the Masonic fraternity’s Golden Anniversary service award to Bob Roth, a resident of Coventry Meadows in southwest Fort Wayne.

Carter and other members of Waynedale Lodge 739 honored Roth on March 25.

“Sixty years ago you remembered your Creator in the days of your youth,” Carter said.

“Today, we commemorate your completion of more than a half-century

of Masonic fellowship.”

Other residents and staff of the facility watched as Roth received the 50-year award and an additional pin that signifies more than 60 years as a Mason.

Carter announced both on behalf of Grand Lodge of Michigan Grand Master William R. Finkel.

Roth, 90, was joined by his son Robert and daughter-in-law Sheryl Roth of Fort Wayne.

The elder Roth moved to Fort Wayne in 2015

to be near his family.

He remains a member of Genesee Lodge No. 174 in Genesee, Mich., where he became a Master Mason in January 1952.

“I worked at Buick Motor Division. A lot of my friends were (in the Masonic Lodge) and I liked their association and they convinced me I should become a Mason, which I did,” he said.

The elder Roth said he still receives literature from that lodge.

Carter said each

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“Thus when we pay tribute to you on your Golden Anniversary, we pay tribute also to the fraternity which opened its portals to you, and made it possible for you to live your life by the sublime principles it inculcates,” Carter said.

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Indiana Grand Marshal Donald H. Feller, also a past master of the Waynedale Lodge, invited Roth to attend meetings at Waynedale.

Waynedale Worshipful Master Dominic Hamblin assisted in the presentation, congratulated Roth, and also invited him to the local lodge.

Roth said he appreciated the respect shown by the ceremony and the invitations. “It makes me feel great,” he said.

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SACS bus mechanics Greg Caesar and Nathan Henderson went to Detroit to study maintenance of propane-powered buses. The school district has ordered four propane buses. Pictured in the SACS bus barn are, from left, are Caesar, Henderson, head mechanic Mark Ort and transportation director Steve Lake.

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from Page A1 mechanics said.

Lake and Ort said SACS will arrange for a propane gas supply at the bus barn behind Aboite Elementary School.

In November, the Indiana Office of Energy Development awarded

$142,202 in propane school bus grants to six Indiana public school corporations. SACS received about $14,000 to help buy four buses.

DeKalb received money toward five buses. West Noble received money toward two buses.

OED intends for recipients to track their miles driven, fuel usage and

cost savings for one year after the buses are first put in use. “This data can help the recipients and their communities and peers to better understand their fueling options,” the agency said in a statement. Districts file quarterly reports, including spending and fuel savings.

Main St., Roanoke.

“It’s like finding Easter in your egg carton year-round,” said Alice Eshelman, an owner of the farmstead, emporium, and the Joseph Decuis Restaurant just up the block from the emporium. “They’re not a consistent color.

“It’s not just blue; it’s all variations of blue, and for Easter I put together a basket of eggs that are all different colors, as fresh as when they were laid.

Between them all we’ve got a cross-section of Easter and you don’t even have to dye them.

“We try to spread the blues out between all the cartons of eggs, so that somebody doesn’t end up with all the blue ones.”

The aracaunas originated in South America and were brought to the U.S. from Chilé. Several strains of the variety are nurtured today.

The hens may lay blue or green or sometime brown eggs. The birds themselves may be almost white, or lavender or other colors.

Some strains have very short tails. Many birds have ear tufts, which in chicken parlance are not to be confused with beards.

Eshelman said the breeding stock came from Murray McMurray — an Iowa hatchery that has supplied poultry fanciers for decades — and from a group known as Easter Eggers.

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Tufts of feathers below the eyes help to identify the aracauna hens that roam the chicken yard at Joseph Decuis Farmstead, in rural Columbia City. During summer months, farm tours can be arranged in conjunction with dinner reservations at Joseph Decuis Restaurant, 191 N. Main St., Roanoke. Call (260) 672-1715

But when they wander the “NO weasels allowed” pen at the farmstead, the aracaunas blend right in with multicolored birds and the lone barred rock hen.

“I feel you can taste the difference. There’s a lot of flavor there because it’s more nutrient dense, it’s more filling,” Eshelman said. “It’s not just all eggs, but eggs from a farm that allows their hens to free range.”

Eshelman said she finds the aracauna eggs to have stronger shells, too.

The Joseph Decuis aracauna chickens, wagyu cattle, Mangalitza pigs, goats, sheet and bourbon turkeys get few visitors.

But during from May to October, Pete Eshelman has been known to lead a tour of the farm. Saturday tours are scheduled in

combination with dinner reservations at the restaurant in nearby Roanoke.

Call (260) 672-1715.

Visitors will see more of the chickens’ handiwork.

“We have chicken hotels.

That’s what the teenage workers on the farm call them,” Alice Eshelman said. “They are large, screened-in buildings. They are probably 6 feet by 10 or 12 feet, and then 5 feet high. We hook them up to the Gator and pull them every day or every other day so they get fresh bugs and grass to munch. At the end of the summer we have green stripes running down the lawn from where the chicken hotels have traveled, so they’re leaving healthy stuff for my grass.”

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Olivia Knipsheer listens to a composium as part of the Fort Wayne FAME Festival.

The Whispering Meadows Elementary School fourth-grader’s music was incorporated into a “Twelve Chinese Animals” segment on the ox. With Olivia is her father, Patrick.

FAME composer-in-residence David Crowe explains how fourth-graders’ compositions combine to create a work to be premiered at the FAME Festival.

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be used for the horse, or rooster or sheep.

Olivia Knipscheer of Whispering Meadows Elementary School heard her music with the ox segment; she had been hoping for the tiger.

Erin Hamlin of Haley Elementary School was not surprised to hear her music during the dog segment.

Sienna Galloway of Haley Elementary was happy with her music.

“I think I did a good job because I kept messing with it,” she said.

Reagan Danzter of Towles Montessori Elementary recognized her music. “I kind of made it a little bit skitterish so I would skip a couple of lines and I would start playing music again, so I’m not really surprised that it was the rat but I didn’t really expect it.”

Evan Hassell from Hickory Center Elementary School heard his music in the opening horse segment in which Crowe pictured a flowing main. That’s how Evan had pictured it, too.

“I had more of a slow piece and then I decided to make it go faster, and every night I would work on it for maybe a halfhour on the computer and

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and you were probably wondering what the project was going to be about,” he said. “We started literally with nothing and this weekend we’re going to have orchestra and ballet and tai chi movement, and the music all started with you.

“I’m happy to say that all 20 composers got their signature into the piece in one form or another and it represents one of the animals,” he said.

Four Northwest Allen County Schools fourthgraders participated in the project.

Haley Elementary School music teacher Wendy Bloom, who served as project coordi-

nator, said Crowe and the students began the project in October. “First they explored music compositions using instruments and even something as simple as a piece of paper,” she said. “And then they went to the computers and they composed what we like to call their musical signature compositions where they take their name and using a key and a sort of a name like approach they create a musical composition, rather short, that includes the musical notes that are in the letters of their name.

And then they work with Mr. Crowe and he actually goes through everybody’s musical signature composition in a composium.

Then the director of the Fort Wayne Youth Ballet dancers comes and they

explore dance movements … Then Mr. Crowe goes back to his home in Connecticut and he finishes the composition and he weaves all of these kids’ compositions right into it.”

She told student composers that Crowe did a fantastic job of composing the the work. “I want you to realize how this is so fabulous of an experience for a fourth-grade kid to hear the music as they they composed it out of their heart …

“Get ready because your heart is gong to be stirred.”

Sydney Potter from Deer Ridge Elementary School recognized her music during the opening segment — the horse. She said she tried to use as many quarter notes as possible. She had expected the music to

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He said he was pleased to be among the 20 students who were chosen

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Homestead’s first grads organizing 45th reunion

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A generation before she became a children’s author, Holly Niner was an avid reader.

Niner will meet her young audience and sign copies of “The Day I Ran Away” at noon Saturday, April 8, at Barnes & Noble in Jefferson Pointe.

“This would probably be for the 4-to-7 age range,” the Fort Wayne writer said.

She remembers reading “a lot of Dr. Seuss at that age.”

She also read Childcraft books. “It was like a kids’ encyclopedia, but it had a poetry section and a short story section, so we would read a lot of those,” she said. “My dad would tell us stories, too, so there were the made-up stories.”

Niner has made up yet another story, this time about little Grace telling her dad about her complicated day.

“It’s just a fun book about a little girl who’s having a bad day,” Niner said. “Her favorite shirt’s dirty, her favorite cereal’s gone, and her mom sends

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Children’s author Holly Niner holds her latest book, “The Day I Ran Away,” at Barnes & Noble at Jefferson Pointe. The Fort Wayne writer will hold a book-signing at the store April 8.

her for a time-out after a tantrum and she decides to run away.”

But Grace is oh-soyoung that she isn’t allowed to cross the street to run away. “And so Mom comes up with a way she can have the space they probably

both need without crossing the street,” Niner said. “And she’s relating this day’s events to her father as he tucks her in. So in one of the father-daughter scenes Grace is actually doing bedtime yoga as she transitions to sleep.”

Fundraiser is pet owner’s thanks to ACSPCA

By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

Marlene Lake tells the short version of a story of 37 years with her pets. Her husband, David, co-stars in that story, which wouldn’t be complete without dogs Holly, Major, Shadow or Jasper. Now there’s a cat, too, named Lucy or maybe Luke.

Well, some stories just aren’t meant to be condensed.

Lake’s appreciation of the Allen County SPCA isn’t told quickly, either.

Her latest focus is an April 22 fundraiser at Franke Park. “We’re calling it Shop. Rescue. Support.

Allen County SPCA Benefit,” she said. Lake can call it what she wants; it was her idea, and she’s been up past midnight since December pulling together the details.

“I decided to hold an event for two reasons,” she said. “One is to raise money for the ACSPCA because my husband and I got our first dog from the ACSPCA back in 1980.

Her name was Holly. She was with us for 13 years.”

The second goal is exposure for independent

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Marlene Lake, her husband, David, and their granddaughter Amaya walk Jasper at Franke Park, next to Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. Marlene Lake organized a benefit for the Allen County SPCA, to be held April 22 at Franke Park.

sales representatives who pay their bills by offering soap, candles, popcorn, plastic ware and cosmetics at such events. Lake sells jewelry and luxury bath and body products. Lake will share Park Pavilion No. 1 with at least 52 other vendors, who will be joined by three food trucks. They all know

what it takes to move their business from place to place from spring through fall.

“It’s a lot of work. For just my jewelry it takes me an hour and a half to set up my display,” she said.

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Homestead High School’s first graduating class plans a 45th reunion.

Southwest Allen County Schools opened the doors to Homestead in the fall of 1970. The Class of 1972 transferred from Elmhurst High School for the junior and senior years.

“We were the top dogs two years. It was fun,” said Deporah (Anderson) Hornberger, who now lives in Kendallville.

The class will celebrate from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the VFW on West Main Street, Fort Wayne. Tickets are $25 per person. To make reservations, send a check to Linda (Petts) James, 4276 CR 38, Auburn, IN 46706. The committee is working out the menu. The evening will include soft drinks. A cash bar will be available.

Hornberger was part of the group that selected the name “Spartana” for the school newspaper. She also was a Homestead majorette.

“There were only about a hundred of us in the class,” she said. We’re still looking for a few people. We’ve lost

a few in death already.”

To follow the discussion on Facebook, visit Homestead High School - Class of 1972.

Meanwhile, the high school is preparing for a three-year celebration of the school’s 50th birthday in the years 2020-2022. The school opened in the fall of 1970, but the Class of 1971 completed studies at Elmhurst High School. The Class of 1972 was the first to graduate from Homestead High School. The 50th anniversary celebration will span the years 2020-2022. The school is gathering memorabilia and contact information to mark the occasion.

Southwest Allen County Schools was formed in 1966, and construction on the high school began in 1968. Work was completed in August 1970.

Alumni from those early years are invited to message the Homestead Spartans Alumni page on Facebook with their name, graduation year, email and postal mailing addresses in order to receive information on the 50th anniversary. Questions can be directed to HomesteadOFC@sacs.k12.in.us or to (260) 431-2200.

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Homestead winter guard first in state Open Class

By Garth Snow

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The winter guard of Homestead High School claimed first place in Open Class at the state finals, March 18 at Center Grove High School in Greenwood.

Jonathan Meader directs the guard, which has placed third twice and second once in the Indiana High School Color Guard Association finals.

Jon Bay writes the drill for the winter guard. Geoff Goelz, Sabrina Medert and Meader choreograph the show. Consultant David Veda assists with the design. Kate Graham and Medert are technicians, running rehearsals and helping the guard learn the musical phrasing.

The 2017 show was entitled “Leaving You,” and worked with music from Mumford And Sons’ “Timshel” and John Butler’s “Ocean.”

“We try very hard every year and the girls work incredibly hard

every year,” Meader said. “I feel like every year we’re pretty ambitious and some years the stars align and everything works out. It was really a good group of kids. It was the right show. It was the right time.”

This marks Meader’s completion of eight years with the winter guard and the marching band color guard.

The winter guard will perform for the public on Thursday, April 20, during the spring concert at Homestead High School. Admission is free. Other music groups also will perform.

Meader said the public’s presence at such events is important to the guard members. “It shows appreciation for all the hard work they do, that it’s an important thing,” he said.

“It’s not all about the medals. It’s not all about the performing. So much of it is about the experience that the girls get from being able to work together on something they all love. The

most important lessons come out of rehearsals.”

It’s so much more than learning how to throw a flag in the air. They’re learning how to problem solve. They’re learning how to be together. And of course the crowning moment is the competition.”

Meader then begins guard auditions the last week of April.

Meader thanked assistant band director Brad Wadkins for supporting the winter guard. “He does all of my behindthe-scenes work. He does all the registration, he works out our schedule, he does all of the administration of the winter guard.”

Bay, who designed the drill, explained how he interprets music into a design. “Music and movement have similar traits, whether it is fast/ slow, many layers/single layers. Our movement choices are driven by the musicality of the chosen sound track,” he said in an email.

“Our process begins with a basic design.

While focusing on the skill set of the performers, we then add multiple layers and build upon that foundation. This ultimately allows the students to feel confident, perform to their potential, and maximize their success.”

Winter guard members are: Makaylee Bahls, Lauren Bond, Hannah Burns, Hannah Burt, Whitney Capps, Emma Cook, Kelsey Detweiler, Madi Dornseif, Trinity Draffen, Kathleen Foti, Hailey Galvan, Kaytlin Higi, Amille Howard, Katie Kolb, Olivia Krizon, Cassie Lamont, Dana Luu, Rachelle McCoy, Taylor Moore, Rachel Piel, Courtney Roop, Cassidy Rybolt, Skylar Saxe, Lauren Shupe, Allison Sterling, Cailey Venturini, Kirah Wesley and Alivia White.

Goelz, a Homestead choreographer, also directs the Carroll winter guard, which took first place in Class A. East Noble took first in Regional A. Carmel took first in World Class.

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The Homestead team earned honors in state and national competition this season. The varsity team’s small and large ensembles won their respective categories in the Indiana High School Dance Team Association’s State Ensemble Competition. In the National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Fla., the varsity team was first runner-up in the jazz category, and the junior varsity was national runner-up in hip hop and third in the jazz division. Britney Lombardo coaches the teams, assisted by Ashlie Manor.

Jennifer Bay is the project administrator. “I developed the program here at the school 22 years ago in 1995 when I got here, and I’m very proud of what the coaches and dancers have done to take it to the next level that is right now,” she said. “It’s an awesome opportunity for the kids over the years.

We’ve had several who have been on college teams. We’ve had those who have gone more for the education value through dance.” Bay is vice president of the state dance team association.

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Robotics club teaches engineering, so much more

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

Though the 2017 season is winding down, Team Olympus Robotics 4982, Homestead High School’s FIRST Robotics Team, has gained skills and knowledge that will last them a lifetime.

In FIRST Robotics, students design and build robots to meet a certain objective. Their ability to do so is tested at district, state and world competitions.

“FIRST Robotics is a way to teach students how to kind of work cohesively in a team to achieve a very hard goal in a short amount of time,” senior Sam Butchko said.

This year’s challenge was based around a steampunk theme, with robots needing to place gears, shoot balls for fuel and climb a rope to board an airship.

Each team competes in a match with two other teams. Between matches teams can work on their robots and strategize how best to coordinate.

“There’s a lot of cooperation between people we’ve never even talked to before the day we’re there,” Butchko said.

Junior Heather Craker said despite the competition setup of FIRST Robotics, teamwork is truly an emphasis. Because teams are randomly selected in initial rounds, teams may go from being opponents to allies in a matter of matches.

Because of this, teams work together all the time, sharing knowledge and even tools with each other during matches and beyond, she said.

“The teamwork is a really huge part because I’ve had to contact several other teams with more experience to learn how to do several of the programming aspects we needed to learn,” senior Nate Dauterman said.

“They have to learn how to deal with conflict,” team leader Robert Steverson said of FIRST Robotics.

“They have different opinions and it’s not who’s right and who’s wrong, it’s not taking it personal.”

As one might think, FIRST Robotics allows students to learn the skills integral in operating these machines.

“I think the technical skills you learn are very invaluable,” Dauterman said. “I walked into this program with no knowledge and now I know how to wire the entire robot (and) program several mechanical aspects.”

But the club isn’t all about robots.

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Olympus Robotics will be competing at the state meet April 7-8 at Huntington North High School.

“Hopefully we’ll get some of our school faculty over there so they can see what we do,” senior team member Sam Butchko said. “It’s very hard to grasp this program without going to a competition at least once because you just see this aspect of it and while it’s interesting you don’t really receive the energy that you receive when you’re there.”

For more on the state meet, visit indianafirst. org/2017-indiana-state-championship. team costs about $15,000 to $18,000 a year to run, Steverson said, which requires students making pitches to local businesses for their support.

“I really learned how to talk to people and how to properly express myself and … go in front of people and say what I love doing: robotics,” junior Hannah Parks said.

But students don’t even need to have an interest in robotics to find the team valuable, Steverson said.

“We are actually (trying) to get students involved and on the team, they may never touch the robot,” he said, adding the club has avenues for business, art, writing and more.

During competitions teams receive points for how well they do during matches. They also receive points for earning special awards. In order to receive those, marketing teams must make their cases via presentations to a panel of judges.

Steverson said the Homestead team is always looking for professionals to not only help kids with the technical aspects of engineering but also to “be there so the students can look at them and say, so, you’re a software engineer, what do you do?”

“Everybody’s trying to fight this brain drain,” Steverson said. Most area youth will travel outside northeast Indiana for college, he said. “The kids don’t have a way of knowing (these industries are here) unless we reach out to the industry and then they can say, you know what, maybe I do want to go back to the northeast Indiana area.”

That may be working, as Butchko said many of the FIRST Robotics students are already making connections with local companies.

“Most of the companies we end up talking to…half of them have extended offers to us for internships because they value the skills. We basically are being trained to do STEM jobs that are in the area,” he said.

Olympus Robotics continues to try to encourage students to join their team and see what it, and they, have to offer.

For video of Olympus Robotics’ robot this year, visit infortwayne.com.

“We really try to get people to say, look, come to two meetings, maybe three. See what it’s about,” Steverson said. “I can see how a 15- or 16- or 17-year-old student walks up to this type of machine and goes, I could never do that. But what they don’t understand is, they’re probably right, they could not, but as a member of a team their team can.”

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Students from Homestead High School demonstrate a robot they designed and built for this year’s FIRST Robotics competition.

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Turnstone takes up the baton

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

Turnstone is using its connections to make history in adaptive sports.

From April 21-23, Turnstone will host its portion of the Endeavor Games Series, the first city to do so outside of Edmond, Okla.

The Endeavor Games

were founded in 2000 at the University of Central Oklahoma to provide those of all ages with physical disabilities the opportunity to learn about adaptive sports and compete against those with similar disabilities.

In 2014 the Endeavor Games was awarded the Rings of Gold award from the U.S. Olympic

Committee, and began to look at offering the games outside UCO, according to its website.

That conversation soon included Turnstone CEO Mike Mushett, said Michelle Kimpel, Turnstone director of wellness and adaptive sports.

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came to Fort Wayne in the fall, Kimpel said.

The Endeavor Games include sport clinics to introduce people to various sports, while also having competitive sports for everyone from new players to those looking to compete at such events as the Paralympics.

The event is open to anyone of any skill level, Kimpel said, and will be divided into those 15 and younger and those 16 and older.

Fort Wayne’s event will include air rifle shooting, boccia, goalball, swimming, table tennis and track and field sport clinics, introducing people to some of these sports for the first time, Kimpel said.

There will also be Paralympic classifications for swimming and track and field, she said.

Athletes of all levels will also be able to compete in air rifle shooting, boccia, goalball, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, and wheelchair basketball.

The event is a sanctioned one, Kimpel said, so those

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Though most of the activities will take place at the Turnstone campus on North Clinton Street, the air rifle shooting clinic and competition will take place at the X Count and the swimming events will take place at the Carroll High School natatorium.

Ground transportation will be available, Kimpel said.

In its first 17 years the Endeavor Games have been successful. In 2000, 91 athletes participated from seven states and Australia, according to the Endeavor website. Last year, the event hosted 310 athletes from 38 states and Puerto Rico.

Turnstone is hoping for a similar turnout to that 2000 attendance, Kimpel said, with the hope of 100 athletes attending. Kimpel pointed out several

athletes from the Midwest attended the Oklahoma games last year.

Kimpel said hosting the Endeavor Games offers great partnership opportunities for Turnstone.

“We are a Paralympic Sport Club so it gives us the opportunity to work with some of Disabled Sports USA, Adaptive Sports USA, some of the affiliations throughout the country,” she said.

Though this is its first time hosting the Endeavor Games, all of the local sports are already offered at Turnstone. “(The Endeavor Games are) a great way to display some of the different sports that we offer, so it can hopefully grow some interest for someone… being exposed to something for the first time,” Kimpel said.

For a full weekend schedule, visit endeavorgames.com/fortwayne/ schedule.

New parking meters coming to downtown

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

The city of Fort Wayne is moving forward with its plans to install parking meters that accept credit cards.

The city has been testing the new parking meters for about four weeks, City Clerk Lana Keesling said.

The city has been testing about 20 meters from one vendor on Berry Street, Keesling said. On March 23, they installed meters from a second vendor.

The city signed contracts with the two companies to test the meters at no cost to the city, Keesling said.

Other vendors have also

contacted the city and Keesling anticipates testing three to four companies overall.

The vendors will be tested for 60 days. It will be about four months before making a decision and purchasing the meters, she said.

While all the vendors being tested have an app that allows people to add time to their meter remotely, Keesling said these apps are not available during the testing phase, though they will be when a vendor is selected. She also reminded drivers they still need to obey ordinances as to how long they can be at

a single parking spot.

Once the meters are installed the city will “have to look at rates” for the meters as well as parking garages and lots, Keesling said.

“A lot of folks I’ve talked to don’t mind paying more for the technology, ease and convenience,” she said.

Though only in a testing phase, people have been receptive to the new meters, Keesling said.

“I heard a lot of comments from people who were very excited about having credit cards… and having new technology,” she said.

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Volunteers help with the City of Fort Wayne’s 2016 Great American Cleanup. This year’s event takes place May 20, though registration is required by April 24.

Cleaning up the city

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

During the next couple of months, people will have the chance to not only spring clean their homes, but the city of Fort Wayne as well.

On April 22 the Little River Wetlands Project will be hosting its annual cleanup at Eagle Marsh.

Then, on May 20, Fort Wayne’s Solid Waste Department is hosting the city’s part of the Great American Cleanup.

Both cleanups have been going on for quite some time: The Little River Wetlands cleanup started in the late 1990s, and the citywide cleanup has been going on for 30 years.

The Little River Wetlands cleanup actually began as an effort along Yohne Road in the Little

River area, Director of Preserves and Programs Betsy Yankowiak said.

When the organization acquired Eagle Marsh, however, it was in need of a lot of work, due to the traffic on Engle Road and the fact that some people were dumping at the marsh.

“It took a number of years to clean out,” she said.

In recent years, the cleanup has focused along Engle Road and the nearby ponds, which receive the brunt of the littler that usually accumulates on roadways.

“Once you get away from Engle Road it’s pretty clean,” Yankowiak said.

Little River Wetlands provides gloves, trash bags and some of the tools needed for the cleanup, she said.

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Volunteers help with the City of Fort Wayne’s 2016 Great American Cleanup. This year’s event takes place May 20, though registration is required by April 24.

Events help beautify Fort Wayne, Eagle Marsh

The cleanup has seen individuals as well as groups join the effort, Yankowiak said, including families, Girl and Boy Scout troops and school groups.

The city’s cleanup is also largely populated by groups, including neighborhood associations, churches and businesses, city spokesperson Frank Suarez said.

Groups can even select the areas they want to clean, Solid Waste Manager Matt Gratz said.

Those who do not have a specific location can have an area picked for them, Suarez said.

The city event is pretty flexible, Gratz said, with groups picking their start time and the number of hours they want to do the cleanup.

The city also provides gloves and trash bags, as

Eagle Marsh cleanup April 22, 10 a.m.-noon Eagle Marsh gateway parking area, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Great American Cleanup May 20, schedules flexible Register at cityoffortwayne.org/greatamericancleanup or call 427-1345 no later than April 24 well as shirts for those participating.

The cleanup along Eagle Marsh usually draws 15-45 people, Yankowiak said, while the city set a record last year with about 5,800 people participating, Suarez said.

They hope to reach 6,000 this year, he added.

With that many hands, the cleanups serve to not only remove waste but also build pride in local areas.

“The more that you keep an area clean and it looks tended to its been

proven that people don’t want to litter there,” Yankowiak said.

Eagle Marsh has had an active eagles nest since 2011, she said.

“It’s easy to make that direct connection that my negative actions can negatively impact this bald eagle’s nest,” Yankowiak said.

But the cleanups aren’t all business. The Great American Cleanup hosts a celebration party afterward at Headwaters Park West with food, games and drawings, Suarez said.

“It’s a way to meet other people from the community,” he said.

The Little River Wetlands Project also hosts a “block party” on April 30 from 1-5 p.m., where they close down Engle Road. A farmers market will be present, as well as other community partners where people can volunteer.

There are also hands-on activities for children and adults, Yankowiak said, and presenters who will talk about birds of prey, rivers, native plants and pollinators.

In addition, there will be food trucks, a bike station and spotting scopes to look at the eagle’s nest.

“It’s really a way to showcase all the neat and interesting things we’re doing in our community,” Yankowiak said.

Canterbury invites public to book fair Canterbury School will hold its annual Spring Book Fair, which is open to the community, April 18-20, from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at 5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne. The event will have books for purchase for ages 2 through adult, and will be a venue for a variety of local guest author, artist and expert presentations.

Parent volunteers, school librarians and teachers selected thousands of books for the sale. Mixed Media Mantra Art by Janet Lynch will be for sale and pottery by Sara Drury will be for sale. “Some of Indiana’s premier authors of young adult fiction are included in the book fair,” the school said in a statement.

Gallery Guests are scheduled throughout each day. This year’s guests include local authors John Baumgartner, Matthew Weigelt, Holly Niner, Bonnie Manning, Julie Perkins, PeggySue Wells,

Mary Coons, Kristine Papillon, Carol Butler, Blake Sebring and Doris Gaines Rapp. Other guest presenters include student writer Naomi Gephart, artists Hannah Burnworth and Janet Lynch, family historian Betsy Gephart, craftswoman Ardis Behrendt, science teacher Ted King, educator Laura Semba, potter Sara Drury, student athlete Kyle Towner representing

author mom Colleen Kachmann, and Fort Wayne Ballet company dancers.

For more information about the Spring Book Fair, contact Helen Presser at hpresser@ canterburyschool.org. See the complete schedule and a list of books available by featured local authors at canterburyschool.org/bookfair.

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The JROTC color guard of Concordia Lutheran High School competes in the Clendenen Memorial Drill Meet at IPFW. Marching for the Cadet Battalion are (from left) Jason Behl, Preston Kerlegrand, Faith Poor and Cooper Christlieb. All are juniors and hold the rank of cadet 2nd lieutenant.

Emma Martin directs Concordia’s Infantry Drill Regulation Platoon at a JROTC meet at IPFW.

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Concordia Lutheran High School. For this year, the site was changed to IPFW.” Although students did their marching at IPFW, it was Concordia’s home meet, said Major (retired) John C. Sheaffer, the Concordia JROTC senior Army instructor. Sheaffer said CLHS was blessed to place in several categories.

• Unarmed Exhibition Squad, led by Abby Goertzen: 3rd.

• Unarmed Exhibition Platoon, led by Austin Whaley: 3rd.

• Armed Exhibition Platoon, led by Tucker Bennett: 1st.

• Unarmed Exhibition Duet. Lindsay Bennett and

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When the drill meet was over, the JROTC Cadet Battalion had even more awards to carry back to Concordia Lutheran High School. The Cadets earned some intangibles, too, said the parents who watched their cadets march in unison.

For the first time, the Homer L. Clendenen Memorial Drill Meet was held at IPFW, at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center.

Concordia Lutheran High School originated the drill meet 46 years and hosted it for 45 years. The March 18 event capped Concordia’s season.

Jeanene Kerlegrand’s son Preston joined the color guard in precise and intricate steps.

“They work extremely hard, and lots of hours,

before and after school,” she said. “They get there at 6 in the morning before school and work on their drills, whether they’re in snap squad or IDR or color guard, and work on their routines. And then some of them stay after school also to do their duets or individual work.”

The drill meets are voluntary, beyond the normal commitment, she said.

“Preston would like to go to the military. Some of them do go to the military and continue on, and others just use it as a leadership program and for discipline,” she said.

Joel Flaningan and family watched as his daughter — senior Caitlynn Flaningan — and stepdaughter — freshman Caroline Snuggs — marched in competition.

“This is the armed regulation event where they have to follow the military

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regulation codes, the drill movements with rifles, exact marching and rifle movements, almost like a precision event,” he said.

He echoed Kerlegrand’s descriptions of the long hours, and then he told of the long season.

“They have competitions throughout the year. They travel all over, Chicago, Indianapolis, Michigan City and this one,” he said.

The students strive to be the best when competing against other schools, he said.

“They have to get inspected, so it’s not just marching movements but also memorization of military history, terminology, special events, chain of command throughout the United States military,” he said. “So they’re quizzed on common knowledge, and (they are judged) on how clean their uniform is, how things are lined up, their movements, how they speak, and their mannerisms and demeanor.”

He said the skills can serve the students for a lifetime. “A lot of kids get to learn about how to be a leader and how to be an upcoming citizen, and it helps them with careers and jobs,” he said. “It’s not just all about the military.

It’s about how to uphold yourself as a citizen. So it prepares them for jobs and

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Clendenen, for whom the dril meet is named, was a senior Army instructor from 1968 until his death in 1972.

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Concordia’s Infantry Drill Regulation Platoon competes at IPFW. The squad leaders at the head of each column are (from left) Caitlynn Flaningan, Ian Brown and Cody Hough. Emma Martin leads the platoon.

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and exchange our books midway through the week because both of us needed more than three books to get through the week,” she said. “This would have been like fourth, fifth or sixth grade.”

She and her husband, Keith, read to their children at a very early age. “We read with them before they were born,” Niner said.

“They had to read every night. Nobody watched TV after dinner and there was reading before bed and then we read together even into high school. We even read the first couple of Harry Potter books together. So we always enjoyed that time together.”

Her children are now ages 27 and 29. “They read all the time,” she said.

Niner said children gain both knowledge and insights by reading or listening at a very early age. “They may learn about things they don’t know, or people, or places,” she said. “But it’s also a way to experience emotions safely and see how someone handles them. That’s why with a lot of books for small children, the illustrations — the main characters — might be animals who are personified. They’re acting like people because they can explore even adultlike behaviors that a child wouldn’t explore them-

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By Holly Niner, with illustrations by Isabella Ongaro.

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Niner will sign books at noon Saturday, April 8, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Jefferson Pointe, 4140 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. selves.”

Niner is a speech therapist, working at skilled nursing facilities. She also does skill modifications for people who speak English as a second language.

“I actually started writing for children back in 1991 or 1992,” she said.

“My children were toddlers and I did not work outside the home then.” Her mother reminded Niner of her longtime love for reading and writing. “She sent me information on a correspondence writing for children course. So that was the beginning,” she said.

As with many authors, much of her early contributions netted rejection letters. “It’s really a business where you need a very thick skin,” she said.

“About 2000 I decided to learn more about the business and once I understood about the publishing business the rejections started hurting a lot less. So I started reading and going to some conferences and I first got into publishing with the magazine market.”

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Her first book, “Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD,” was released in 2002.

Next came “I Can’t Stop: A Story about Tourette Syndrome.”

Those were niche books, each addressing an issue, she said.

“The Day I Ran Away” offers a lesson through a fun story. In September, readers can learn about a mole named Jackson in Niner’s “No More Noisy Nights.”

She looks forward to meeting illustrator Isabella Ongaro, who brought Grace to the pages of “The Day I Ran Away.”

“The editor really manages how the book comes together,” Niner said. “So during the whole process she is the go-between. I would see sketches and make comments, but I never had contact with Isabella until the book was finished and then I was able to contact her and tell her how much I liked her illustrations.”

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even Ohio. “As soon as they heard it was for the ACSPCA they all wanted to be part of this,” she said.

So from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lake and company will offer their goods.

There will be drawings and a silent auction.

Allen County SPCA Community Relations Manager Melissa Gibson is working with Lake to plan out the day.

“Marlene has such a beautiful heart for this organization and she has had rescue dogs herself,” Gibson said. “She came in here and said ‘I want to do this event’ and we said OK.” The ACSPCA will have adoptable pets on hand at the April 22 event. When everything is in place, dogs can be adopted in one day. “If you’re adopting a cat it’s a little looser,” Gibson said. “But if you’re adopting a doggy we want to make sure the entire family including Dad and the doggies are there. We want to make sure it’s a good fit.”

“We are serving more animals than we’ve ever served,” Gibson said from the Hanna Street shelter.

“We had 2,600 adoptions last year, and the need is growing.”

The Allen County SPCA also helps with

a pet food bank and supports low-cost veterinary assistance, so Gibson said the agency welcomes the financial support from the Franke Park fundraiser. Admission is $1 for ages 3 and older.

Back to Lake’s pets story, picking up with adopting Holly from the Allen County SPCA in 1980. “She was a good dog. She was a Heinz 57,” Lake said. Holly shared the house with Major, who was a miniature pinscher. “We just couldn’t let him stay in the pet store,” Lake said.

In 1997, Shadow followed Lake’s daughter, Pam, home. “I don’t know how much it followed her,” Lake said. They called the ACSPCA, which put up posters to no avail; Shadow was now Pam’s dog. About two weeks after Shadow died in 2013, Lake checked out rescue sites online. “We came across this little black dog and I thought it was funny because if Shadow had been a puppy, I would swear that was what Shadow would have looked like,” Lake said. “And so we drove down to a rescue [shelter] in Indianapolis and that’s where we got Jasper.”

That leaves only the cat portion of the story.

No, not yet. Lake had kept pets while she was growing up, including but not limited to hamsters,

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So the Lakes kept dogs, only dogs.

“And in 2013 again we lived with a pond behind us and there was this stray cat and it just cried. It had this ungodly cry,” she said. Then the cat decided to climb onto Marlene’s lap. She realized it was a former house cat because it had had its front claws removed. Then the cat climbed onto David’s lap.

“He said ‘Just go ahead and let the cat stay,’” Marlene said. “And now they’re best buddies.”

They thought the new pet was a little girl, Lucy.

The veterinarian said the cat is really Luke. The family is not convinced.

The feline companion is now Lucy-Luke, just to be safe. And Lucy-Luke is crying no longer.

Marlene, David, Jasper and the new arrival live near Northrop High School.

Now Marlene wants to repay the ACSPCA for helping her to find a pet, and for protecting so many other pets. She will repay the agency with a fundraiser. And that’s the short version.

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Local publisher Fahlsing known for ready smile

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William E. Fahlsing, who founded the Times Community Publications group, died March 20 at age 74.

KPC Media Group Inc., which publishes this newspaper, purchased the Times Community Publications from Fahlsing in December 2006.

It consisted of four free-distribution newspapers serving communities in Allen County.

Those newspapers were the forerunners to the IN|fort wayne Publications that now reach 94,000 households in and around Fort Wayne.

“Bill had been a print customer of KPC Media in the past and, when he was ready to cut back on his commitment to full-time work, we came to an agreement to purchase his publications,” said Terry Housholder, president of KPC Media Group Inc. “He was respected in the business community and his help with the sales team made the transition smooth.”

Former co-workers and family alike remembered Fahlsing as “Uncle Bill.” They remembered him for his

good humor, and they said he was a strong believer in community journalism.

“He was a man who knew a lot about a lot of things, and he had a story about everything,” said Janeen Pierr.

Fahlsing was her biological uncle as well as a co-worker at Aboite & About. Pierr and Ryan Fahlsing, one of Fahlsing’s sons, were part-owners at the time of the sale to KPC. Pierr worked as an assistant publisher and art director.

“It was a family-owned thing, whatever needed to be done,” she said. “Since he was 10 or 12, he just loved the news, loved delivering it to people.

He loved people.”

Sixty years later, Fahlsing could still remember the names of the customers of his morning newspaper route, said his sister, Elaine Welty.

“He could remember people like nobody’s business,” she said.

“He was truly interested in people’s stories and where they came from and what they had to offer…” Pierr said.

Ink in his blood Brant Fahlsing was only about 2 years old when his father began

“He was truly interested in people’s stories and where they came from and what they had to offer…”

— Janeen Pierr, of her uncle, Bill Fahlsing

publishing the Saving Times, and was a teenager when Fahlsing launched the second publication.

“He went to the Aboite & About. And he started the Dupont Valley Times and he branched out to all the other sections of town,” Brant said.

He said his cousin, Pierr, and his brother, Ryan, were integral to his father’s newspaper operation.

“That was one of his lifelong dreams. He wanted to be a newspaper guy. He wanted to be a publisher. He was always concerned about the community and the businesses. That’s why he had the Times group split up in the Aboite and Dupont and St. Joe areas,” Brant said.

“There were multiple publications because he wanted to promote individual little areas of Fort Wayne.”

Judy Loomis owned a writing agency during those early years of Times newspapers. She asked Fahlsing about writing for his publications.

“Bill would call me a lot, mostly because he knew so many people in the community,” she said. “When a new business would start up he would give me two or three assignments at one time and say ‘Can you write something about this new business? These are great people. They really can use a little

publicity.’ ” Loomis’ articles would appear in East Allen, Dupont, or the other Times publications.

“Bill was a good guy to work for, no doubt,” she said. “I would edit and proof the paper.

No one had a title back then; we worked in an old house down on Superior that has now been torn down. It was a very small group that produced those four papers, and initially we worked out of Bill’s house in Time Corners.”

Loomis, who now does her writing on behalf of the League in Fort Wayne, said that early opportunity was important to her.

“It was kind of on a wing and a prayer for both of us, but through Bill I met a lot of other people that I would not have met otherwise because they were very small business owners,” she said.

Duane “Duke” Currie sold advertising for Fahlsing in those early years.

“He was a firm believer that you don’t put too much advertising in — no more than 30 or 40 percent. He was very much interested in putting good stories in it,” Currie said.

“He always took time to say, ‘Hi,’ to everybody and he always seemed to be in a good mood,” Currie said. “He was a great guy to work for and he loved everybody and he would do

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He remembered Fahlsing as a football club owner, too, and as a big Komets fan.

“He had a booth, too, and he wouldn’t even watch the game. You’d see him over someplace talking with somebody,” Currie said. “He just enjoyed people and he enjoyed life.”

Currie now lives in Frisco, in the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area.

A life to celebrate Marika Hamilton-Meeks operated a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in the Time Corners in the years shortly after Fahlsing sold the newspaper.

A regular crowd of gentlemen were known to hold court at the Dunkin’ Donuts shop nearby.

“I’d bump into Bill every morning with the old guys that would sit in the corner and we would harass each other,” she said.

She said Fahlsing received a frightening and expensive diagnosis in 2010. She organized a “Party for Bill” and put up signs in front of the shop.

“I was trying to think of ways we could keep his insurance in place and we donated the proceeds from a threehour period,” she said.

“I wasn’t sure how he would feel or if he would be offended. He came an hour early and was thrilled and that whole day we just had people pouring into the restaurant and I put a little jar up on the counter and it was just stuffed with money.

“And besides the money he got to see all those people. It meant so much to him and he told me how he had been reunited with people he hadn’t seen since high school, and that was 50 years ago.”

Hamilton-Meeks now lives in Arizona, where she works in property management and is writing a coloring book based on the exploits of her dog.

She said people need to keep in touch in more ways than by attending weddings and funerals.

“We should be celebrating people’s lives while we’re still alive to do it,” she said.

Besides being a publisher, a doughnut shop regular, a father and an uncle, Fahlsing had a professional interest in sports. He once owned the Fort Wayne Freedom indoor football club. Matt Land was his coach.

The Freedom played a 16-game schedule and playoffs.

“We went everywhere.

We went from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Tupelo, Miss., to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Atlantic City and Staten Island in New York and everywhere in between,” Land said.

“He was great to work for. He was a football fan and he wanted great things for Fort Wayne and he thought football and specifically indoor football games gave the people of Fort Wayne something to do on a Saturday night.”

Land is now assistant vice president for athletics at Trine University.

“He loved winning.

We didn’t do a whole lot of losing, so that made him happy,” Land said.

“He had a unique ability to make people happy.

You don’t get called Uncle Bill by everybody that I’ve ever talked to for no reason.”

Fahlsing is survived by his sons, Ryan (Kendra) Fahlsing, Brant Fahlsing and Blayn Fahlsing.

Memorials may be made to the Fort Wayne Sports Corp.

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Fort Wayne Arts Festival at Jefferson Pointe will celebrate original music and original fine art.

Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

10. Application deadline is Saturday, April 29. For fees and rules, visit JeffersonShopping.com or visit the mall office.

This exclusive juried outdoor festival will showcase the master works of local and regional fine artists. Offerings will include an array of works in clay, fiber, photography, painting, sculpture, jewelry, metal, wood, glass, printmaking, and drawing.

Original music by local musicians will be performed from 6-8 p.m Saturday, Sept. 9, near the Courtyard Fountain.

History group plans bus trip

Minnetrista Gardens in Muncie and the Levi Coffin House, the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad in Fountain City, Ind., will be the destination of a bus trip sponsored by Settlers Inc. Cost of the June 22 trip is $50 per person. For more information or to reserve a spot, call Linda Black (260) 747-1229.

‘Memories of Mom’ is just for daughters

Visiting Nurse has invited the public to attend Memories of Mom on Saturday, May 6, at The Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center, 5920 Homestead Road, on the Visiting Nurse campus in southwest Fort Wayne.

This daylong retreat is offered at no charge to any daughter who has experienced the loss of her mother and is a day for daughters to reflect, remember and reminisce about their mothers. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with the program beginning at 9 a.m. and ending by 4 p.m.

The program will feature presentations on grief, the mother-daughter relationship and healing through music with Visiting Nurse’s music therapist Emily Paar.

Lunch will be served, and there will be time to focus on self-care. Seating is limited. Register by May 3, by calling (260) 465-3261.

Alumni group to aid Charis House clients

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College alumni will host Easter activities for the women and children being served at Charis House, and the alumni are looking for volunteers to assist.

The party will be 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 15, at Charis House in Fort Wayne. Cash and food donations for the Charis House are also

being accepted. For more information, contact event coordinator Ann Cozad at tacozad@frontier.com.

To honor their college and its foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, the SMWC alumni plan a global SMWC Week of Service, April 16-23. For more information, visit smwc.edu/alumni/events/ week-service/.

Covenant drama set at Last Supper

Southwinds Church of Christ will host the drama “One of You Will Betray Me” at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 9. The drama lasts about one hour. Southwinds is at 3410 Dicke Road, Fort Wayne.

A free-will offering will be accepted.

In 1970, a group from Simpson United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne began presenting a drama based on the Last Supper. This drama has been presented every Lenten season since 1970, up to six times a year in northern Indiana, western Ohio and southern Michigan.

The drama is based on a 1954 work by a North Carolina pastor, the Rev. Ernest K. Emurian. Each of the disciples tells something about their life with Jesus.

A drama spokesman said offerings defray expenses, with any extra money donated to the needy. For more information on the group, or the full schedule, visit http://www.orgsites. com/in/lsdramafw/.

4-H archery class May 4 to June 17

Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will host an archery class open to all youth in grades 4-12.

The first meeting will be Thursday, May 4, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at the Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. All other meetings will be Saturdays from 10 a.m.-noon at the Allen County Fairgrounds, on Carroll Road. Those dates are May 6, 13 and 20, and June 3, 10 and 17.

The cost of the program is $40 per child which includes state and county enrollment fees, and archery project fee. All equipment is provided. This series will teach safe handling of archery equipment, proper care of equipment, shooting techniques and ethics of good shooters. Instructors are certified through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

The class is limited to the first 30 participants who have registered and paid.

A minimum number is required to hold the class.

Required registration with payment is due April 20.

For registration information or any additional questions, contact Barb Thuma, Extension educator 4-H Youth, Allen County Extension Office, at (260) 481-6826.

Materials also are available at www.extension.purdue. edu/allen.

Shrine Center plans fish fries

The Mizpah Shrine Center in Fort Wayne will serve all-you-can-eat fish fries open to the public on six Fridays in 2017.

The Shrine is at 1015A Memorial Way, between Clinton Street and Parnell Avenue, just south of Coliseum Boulevard. The meals are $10 for adults and $7 for ages 5-12. Fish is served from 5:30-8 p.m.

Fish fry dates are April 14, May 26, June 23, Aug. 25, Sept. 29 and Nov. 10, with veterans receiving a special welcome on Nov. 10.

Cedar Creek Lions offer fish, chicken

The Cedar Creek Lions

Club is having a fish fry and chicken fundraiser from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Grabill Fire Station of Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS. Proceeds will be shared with the fire department to support the Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS and local community needs.

The all-you-can-eat dinner will consist of fish and/or chicken, baked beans, applesauce, potato chips, bread, coffee or lemonade. Carry-out dinners are available. Adults pay $10, children 4-9 pay $7 and children 3 and under eat for free.

The Grabill Fire Station is at 13413 State St., Grabill.

Indoor seating is available in the fire station for dining.

nesses for their support of the Toucan Snow Adventure IX, which the club sponsored.

Club President Michael Ehle thanked Legacy Heating and Air Conditioning, Rogers Electric, Sunny 103.9, Lima Road Dentistry, Haller & Colvin Attorneys at Law, Fort Wayne TinCaps, 96.3 WXKE and the Ski Pole.

“With the help of these businesses and 53 skiers and snowboarders, we raised $1,404 for Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana, and 119 pounds of food for St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen,” Ehle said in a statement.

The Toucan Snow Adventure was held Feb. 11 at Timber Ridge Resort in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Club says thanks to ski event backers

Sacred elements available all day

The Fort Wayne Ski Club thanked several local busi-

Harlan United Methodist Church will observe

Maundy Thursday by offering the elements at worshippers’ convenience, from 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 13. Also known in Christian faiths as Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus’ final meal with his disciples, a biblical event that has become known as the Last Supper.

Harlan United Methodist Church is at 16434 State Road 37, Harlan.

The Rev. Robert Kloepping, pastor, will bless the elements at 6 a.m. Individual cups and blessed bread will be available in the sanctuary. Kloepping said the convenience is intended to accommodate the varied schedules of worshippers. Kloepping said he had favorable response to a similar program at his former church in Evansville.

Kloepping also will lead a brief service at about 9 a.m.

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Pulled pork lunch. Cornerstone Youth Center, 19819 Monroeville Road, Monroeville. Dine-in or carry-out, 11 a.m.- until gone. $8. Silent auction and bake sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The fundraiser benefits the Walks in My Shoes team that will participate in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Oct. 7 at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne.

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Liberty Cruisers cruise-in. Liberty Diner, Goshen Road at Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne. 5-7:30 p.m. Car exhibitors are eligible for door prizes and a monthly cruiser award.

Heroes and Legends VIII wrestling spectacular. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Doors open at noon for fanfest and meet-and-greet. Bell time is 5 p.m. Tickets start at $15; available at Ticketmaster. For a list of stars, visit heroesandlegendswrestling.com.

Singles dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9:15 p.m. $7 cover. DJ, cash bar, potluck carry-in. For more information, call Doug at (260) 704-3669.

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Spring arts gallery. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 2:45-3:30 p.m.

Student artwork will be on display for the public, during after-school hours.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

Spring arts gallery coffee house. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 6-8 p.m. The National Honor Society will open the Coffee House in conjunction with the Spring Arts Gallery of student artwork. The coffee house will be open inside the atrium of Entrance 1. The student art will be on display in the Community Room. Artwork also will be open to the public from 2:45-3:30 p.m.

Veteran peer support group. VA Annex, 2500 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 4:30-6 p.m. Free coffee.

Visit vet2vetusa.org for more information. This group is run by veterans but is not a VA-run group. Meetings are held each Wednesday.

Living with Depression support group. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne.

7-8:30 p.m. each Wednesday. These non-professionals have lived with depression and help one another by sharing experiences and through the

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THURSDAY, APRIL 13

“The Salamanders of Eagle Marsh.” Indiana Wesleyan University Education & Conference Center, Room 102/104, 8211 W. Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne.

8:30-9:45 a.m. Free. Light breakfast and nature presentation for well-seasoned nature lovers 50 or older. Salamanders are the subject of this month’s Breakfast on the Marsh. Dana Claussen, Little River Wetland Project’s new wetland education coordinator, will introduce you to the hidden lives of these amphibians. Contact info@lrwp.org or (260) 478-2515 for information or to reserve a place.

Maundy Thursday service. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne.

6:30 p.m.

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Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne. 4:30 p.m. $9 for adults, $4 for children 6-10, younger children eat for free.

Dinner includes dessert, all made by members of the Sport Club. This is the club’s final fish fry of the season.

Männerchor fish fry. Park Edelweiss Reception Hall, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. $9 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under. This dinner is presented by Fort Wayne Männerchor/ Damenchor, a men’s and women’s choir dedicated to the preservation and promotion of German heritage as expressed in choral music. The meals are served the second Friday of each month, September through May. Association musicians play guitar and accordian and other instruments, singing mostly German music. The meal includes all-you-can-eat fish, sides, coffee and dessert.

Drinks are available for purchase. Visit fortwaynemaennerchor.us for more information on the history of the association.

Fish and chicken dinner. American Legion Post 420, 112 E. South St., Monroeville. 5-7:30 p.m.

Dine-in and carry-out. Adults $9, children 5-12 $5. Sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary.

Fish fry. Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015A Memorial Way, Fort Wayne. 5:30-8 p.m. $10 for adults, $7 for ages 5-12. The all-you-can-eat fish dinners include the traditional sides and beverages. The Mizpah Shrine Center is between Parnell Avenue and Clinton Street just south of Coliseum Boulevard.

Good Friday service with cantata. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 4 p.m.

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Eggstravaganza Easter egg hunt. Byron Health Center, 12101 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Public invited.

Discover Roanoke 10K/5K and 1-mile kids fun run.

Downtown Roanoke. 9 a.m.-noon. Bring family and friends to the start/finish line for activities before and after the race. Get details and sign up at discoverroanoke.org.

Easter egg hunt. Arcola United Methodist Church, 11311 Arcola Road, Arcola. 10 a.m. For all children through age 12. To be held ouside, weather-permitting. Last year’s hunt drew 40 children, who gathered 500 eggs. This year the church is preparing 1,000 eggs.

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Easter Sunrise Service. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne.

7 a.m. “Sign of Hope and Joy.” Other services today include: Easter Cantata, 8:15 and 11 a.m., “THIS Changes Everything”; Easter contemporary service, 9:30 a.m., “Chain Breaker.”

TUESDAY, APRIL 18

Spring concert. Canterbury High School, 3210 Smith Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. The public is welcome and admission is free. The choir, band and orchestra will perform.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19

Short Hikes for Short Legs. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. 9-10 a.m. For children ages 3-5 and a responsible adult.

Today’s topic is “Frogs are Calling, It Must be Spring.” Frog calls are one of the signs of spring, but can you identify which frogs are part of the chorus? Start in the barn with a hands-on activity to discover and identify the calls that the local frogs make. Then hike to look and listen for the frogs of the marsh. Dress for the weather; boots recommended.

Allen County Retired Educators. Biaggi’s, Jefferson Pointe, 4010 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne.

Gather at 10:45 a.m., meeting begins at 11 a.m.

Program by Jim Anderson of Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. Make reservations by April 12 to Mary Jo Purvis at (260) 492-6992 or mpurvis1@ frontier.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 20

Open house. Southwest Montessori Academy, 1625 Magnavox Way, Fort Wayne. 6-8 p.m. The open house is for prospective students — 3- to 6-year-olds — and their families. Activities will include coloring and board game. Enrollment is under way.

Spring concert. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Public welcome. Various music groups will perform. The state champion Homestead winter guard will perform.

FRIDAY, APRIL 21

Focus on Health health fair. University of Saint Francis North Campus, 2702 Spring St., Fort Wayne. 7:30-11 a.m. Sponsored by Parkview Health. Get blood pressure and other tests for free.

Or choose from a wider range of tests starting at $10. Get details at fohealth.com.

Opinion leaders luncheon. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. Noon. Free.

RSVP to Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne by calling (260) 456-0400 or email office@fwjf.org.

Moran Birman, representing the consulate general of Israel to the Midwest in Chicago, will discuss “Israel: A Positive Influence on the World.”

Birman has been a diplomat since 2014.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22

Fish and chicken fry. Grabill Fire Station, 13413 State St., Grabill. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Adults pay $10, ages 4-9 pay $7, children 3 or younger eat for free. Sponsored by Cedar Creek Lions Club to support the Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS and local community needs.

The Outcry Tour. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m Tickets $19.95-$64.95, plus fees. Featuring Jesus Culture, Lauren Daigle and Elevation Worship.

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MDA Muscle Walk. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. 5:30 p.m. For information, contact Clarissa Fenker, (260) 486-6698 or cfenker@mdausa.org. To register, visit mdausa.org and search for Fort Wayne.

Artist reception. Crestwoods, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 2-5 p.m. “Norman Bradley and Friends” continues through May 20. Featured artists: Norman and Dixie Bradley, John Hrehov, Don Osos, Karen Moriarty, Betty Fishman, Russell Oettel, Don Kruse, Patricia Weiss and George McCullough. Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery is open 10 a.m-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, or by appointment. Learn more at crestwoodsgallery. com.

Spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 8010 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne.

4:30-6:30 p.m. Suggested donation $5. Girl Scout Troop 20763 is raising money for a trip to Cincinnati.

Zoo opens for the season. Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Grounds close at 6 p.m. Adult admission, $15. Get more admission information and see the zoo’s schedule at kidzoo.org.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 23

Lunch & Laugh for seniors. Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave., Fort Wayne.

Noon-2 p.m. Free. The event will offer a free hot lunch. Seniors will play trivia games with and competing against the church youth group.

Other highlights include door prizes, game prizes, and a chocolate fountain. Register by April 16 at fwgoodshepherd.org.

Breakfast buffet. American Legion Post 420, 112 E. South St., Monroeville. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Cost: 11 or older, $7; 5-10, $4; 4 or younger, free.

Sponsored by the Monroeville Lions Club. The meal includes scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, applesauce, tropical fruit, coffee, milk and juice. Proceeds benefit Cornerstone Youth Center, Monroeville. The money will be used for summer programming and feeding youth who are at the center for extended hours.

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Hesburgh Lecture Series. Allen County Main Library, Fort Wayne. Meeting Room A. 6 p.m.

Free and open to the public. The Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and the St. Thomas More Society of Fort Wayne, in conjunction with the Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame, will host a brief lecture followed by a panel discussion on the topic of Pope Francis’ Vision for the Church. Plesase RSVP by emailing Jacob Benedict at jacob@amiinvestment.com.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26

“Jekyll and Hyde — The Musical.” Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Admission $10 for adults, $8 for students.

Timothy Miller directs.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

“Jekyll and Hyde — The Musical.” Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Admission $10 for adults, $8 for students.

Timothy Miller directs.

Rummage and bake sale. Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave., Fort Wayne.

4-7 p.m. In the Fellowship Hall, in the church basement. All proceeds benefit mission work.

Spring rummage sale. Emanuel Lutheran Church, 800 Green St., New Haven. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sponsored by the Ladies Society. The sale ends Friday, with a $2-a-bag sale from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Outside items will be available both days from 8 a.m.

Proceeds go to various charities.

Church rummage sale. St. Joseph United Methodist

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The sale benefits United Methodist Women.

Luers preview night. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 7-9 p.m. $5 per person. Preview Knight offers a sneak peak of LuersKnight, the major fundraiser April 28. The preview night atmosphere is relaxed and includes hors d’oeuvres and beverages. The event is open to the public. Friends, co-workers and family members are welcome to attend. Some items will be up for bid and may be taken home that evening. Enter through the gymnasium doors near the football field.

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

“Jekyll and Hyde — The Musical.” Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Admission $10 for adults, $8 for students.

Timothy Miller directs.

LuersKnight. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. The 37th annual dinner and auction opens with dinner and hors d’oveuvres at 5:30 p.m. Dinner follows. $150 per person. Cocktail attire, with black tie optional.

The theme, “A Knight at the Castle,” highlights the spring musical “Beauty and the Beast.” Arrive

by Entrance 3, by the cafeteria. For reservations, call Kathy Skelly at (260) 456-1262, ext. 3142, or email kskelly@bishopluers.org. This is a major annual fundraiser for the high school.

Fish and chicken fry. Bethel United Methodist Church, 8405 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. Adults, $10; children 6-12, $5; children 5 and under, free. Fish, chicken, green beans, cole slaw or applesauce, dessert and drink. Dine-in, carry-out and drive-thru available.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

High’s Chicken for sale. At the four-way stop in Leo and by the Do-It-Best Hardware store in Grabill. From 10:30 a.m. until sold out. The Cedars Branch Auxiliary is hosting the sale with proceeds used to benefit the residents of the nursing care facility at The Cedars, Leo-Cedarville. Prices were not available at press time.

Church rummage sale. First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Also offering a bake sale today. Proceeds go to church outreach projects.

SUNDAY, APRIL 30

Earth Day Fort Wayne. Eagle Marsh, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. 1-5 p.m. Free. This family-friendly community event celebrates Earth Day 2017. You’ll enjoy conservation-oriented learning activities and presentations, wetland education stations, stewardship opportunities, a farmers market and more.

German choral concert. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 5 p.m. Free admission. The Fort Wayne Männerchor/Damenchor will host German choral societies from four states for the 63rd Bezirks Säengerfest. Visit fortwaynemaennerchor.us for more information on the concert and the local German choral organization.

Bead For Life Marketplace. St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 2305 Goshen Road, Fort Wayne. Noon-3 p.m. Be inspired by hardworking Ugandan women lifting themselves out of poverty and providing an education for their children. Buy handmade jewelry made from colorful recycled paper and help others a world away.

Grand opening. Madge Rothschild Resource Center, 5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne. 2-3:45 p.m.: reception and open house including the Rabbi Richard B. Safran Library and the Jacob L. Goldman Memorial Museum focusing on 200 years of Jewish history in northeast Indiana. Tours

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TUESDAY, MAY 2

Fort Wayne Area Community Band. Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. Downbeat is 7:30 p.m. Adult tickets can be purchased at the door for $8, seniors $7, students under 18 are free and IPFW students are free with ID. The band presents a variety of music under the direction of conductor Scott Humphries and assistant conductor David Blackwell. The 80-piece concert band will present three pieces from the Broadway hit musical “West Side Story” — “Somewhere,” “Mambo” and “Gee, Officer Krupke” — and two circus marches — “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite” and “Thunder and Blazes.”

The band also will perform “Kirkpatrick Fanfare,” “First Suite for Military Band” and highlights from “Hello, Dolly!” Parking is free in the parking garage across from the Music Center.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

Veteran peer support group. VA Annex, 2500 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 4:30-6 p.m. Free coffee.

Visit vet2vetusa.org for more information. This group is run by veterans but is not a VA-run group. Meetings are held each Wednesday.

THURSDAY, MAY 4

Disorderly Bear Den. Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Visitors are always welcome; please phone (260) 409-9886 for more information. This organization provides teddy bears to children and lonely adults in this area. The club accepts donations of gently-used stuffed animals in any size and color. For more information, contact Donna Gordon-Hearn at (260) 409-9886 or email tdbear7@comcast.net. Or visit the website, goodbearsoftheworld.org.

All-church garage sale. Christ’s Community Church, 10616 Liberty Mills Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Indoors rain or shine. Covered entry and easy parking. Lots of variety. Free popcorn.

Proceeds benefit the Women’s Ministry Team.

FRIDAY, MAY 5

“Kiss Me, Kate.” Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. $10.

Curtis Shaw directs this spring musical. The show continues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.

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“Little Shop of Horrors.” Leo Jr./Sr. High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo-Cedarville. 7 p.m.

Admission $10, paid at the door. The musical tells the story of flower shop owner Gravis Mushnick, employee Seymour Krelboyne and Audrey Fulquard, the object of Seymour’s affection.

Seymour develops a hybrid plant with a unique appetite. Rowdy Halter directs this Leo production.

“Bye, Bye Birdie.” Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne.

7 p.m. General admission and student tickets are available 30 minutes before each performance for $8 and $6 respectively. Reserved tickets for guaranteed seating in the first five rows are $10, and are available by contacting Babette Record at brecord@grandwayne.com.

All-church garage sale. Christ’s Community Church, 10616 Liberty Mills Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Indoors rain or shine. Covered entry and easy parking. Lots of variety. Free popcorn.

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