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September 2, 2016
Appleseed food vendors serve specialties of 1800s
By Rod King
For Times Community Publications
Promoters of the 42nd annual Johnny Appleseed Festival are gearing up for more than 300,000 visitors during the two-day event, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18, at Johnny Appleseed/ Archer Park off Coliseum Boulevard. Vendors from more than 42 states will present about 200 booths. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Visitors to the event will find that everything is centered on celebrating the pioneer spirit of John Chapman (AKA Johnny Appleseed) who spent years planting orchards in the Fort Wayne area and the Midwest. It commemorates his life and good deeds
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Apples will fill be for sale by pound and by the dumpling at the Johnny Appleseed Festival, Sept. 17 and 18. Enjoy chicken and dumplings and other frontier foods at the celebration at Johnny Appleseed Park in Fort Wayne.
performed by him back in the 1800s. His grave site, which is believed See APPLE, Page A12
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About 300 Homestead High School band members and parents cook and serve chicken and dumplings. The tradition will mark its 27th year at this year’s Johnny Appleseed Festival.
Deaconess finds purpose in comforting the dying By Garth Snow
Spartan Alliance Band to ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ The Spartan Alliance Band of Homestead High School will compete for honors in Open Class A on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the On the Banks of the Wabash marching band festival at Bluffton High School. Northrop will open Class A at 9:06 p.m., followed by Carroll at 9:19 p.m. and closing with Homestead at 9:32 p.m. The host band will perform in exhibition at 9:45 p.m. An awards ceremony for Class A and Class B will close the festival at 9:58 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Programs will be available for purchase. Concession stands will be open at 1 Tiger Trail. Other local bands competing include: Columbia City, 3:54; Wayne, 4:07; Huntington North, 4:20; Snider, 4:33; Whitko, 5:12;
Norwell, 6:30; and Concordia, 6:56. In all, 24 bands will perform in competition or exhibition. For a full schedule, visit InFortWayne.com. The Homestead band will compete next at the Mishawaka Penn Invitational on Sept. 24. On Saturday, Oct. 1, Homestead will host the Homestead Fall Festival of bands. The first band will march at approximately 10 a.m., and the final band at about 5:30 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for children and senior citizens. There will be 20-25 bands performing. Watch INFortWayne.com for the day’s schedule. This is the 38th annual Fall Festival of Bands at Homestead. On Oct. 8, Homestead will host the Indiana State School Music Association Scholastic Class preliminaries and See BAND, Page A15
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Roberta Ring has ministered to the dying for more than 25 years. Grace Episcopal Church will observe Ring’s formal retirement Sept. 11.
work with the dying,” Ring said. “I didn’t know how that would come about or when that would happen. And as I married and had a daughter I knew that it would not be until she left
home or was an adult in one way or another.” That time came, almost 30 years ago. Ring saw the evidence of her calling. See RING, Page A11
Dinner and Dementia:
Advice and Answers for Coping with Sun Downing
Wed. Sept. 7th • 5:30pm
Gwith et Smarter Ballroom Dancing
Presented by: Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Tues. Sept. 29th • 4pm
Sun downing is the increased anxiety and agitation that people with Dementia often display in the later afternoon and evening hours. Some behaviors may include restlessness, fearfulness, falls, wandering, and paranoia. Join us as we answer your questions and provide advice to help you and your loved one cope with this common and sometimes difficult issue.
Dancing has many health benefits but recent studies have shown that frequent dancing can actually improve brain function and make you smarter. Join us as we host Arthur Murray dance studio instructors to demonstrate some classic ballroom dancing steps.
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Having invested 25 years as a deaconess and years before that as a hospice chaplain, Roberta Ring believes in many things. She believes in the need to be available to the dying. She believes that God is in the silence of her home. But she does not believe in something called coincidence. And she does not believe in retiring abruptly. Grace Episcopal Church at 10010 Aurora Place in Fort Wayne will pause to celebrate with Ring as she retires in the formal sense of the word. The congregation invites the community to a liturgy and luncheon from 9:30-11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. The invitation is uncomplicated. “Just come,” said the rector, the Rev. Kathy Thomas. “I think I knew from the time that I was a teenager that somehow I would
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