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95¢ • June 2022 • No. II • Your Better Quality of Life Magazine

What’s New at Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo? Family Fun at Putt Putt Taking Care of Your Thyroid Why Custom Furniture Makes Sense How to Extend the Life of Your Driveway

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In This Issue

Right in Our Region ......................Cover & p. 16 Enjoying Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Your Outdoor Living ....................................11, 23 Choosing a Grill; Caring for Your Driveway Your Health & Fitness .......................................13 Caring for Your Thyroid Inspiration & Worship .......................................14 Pullin’ Weeds Your Home .............................................................19 Why Custom Furniture Can Make Sense Your Community .................................................27 Family Fun at Putt Putt Your Family Fun .................................................28

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Why We Do It

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uring my career as a print journalist, I’ve often been impressed by the energy volunteers commit to putting on festivals.

In the Fort Wayne region, there’s a festival happening nearly every week during warmer months. We’re all too busy, so why do so many folks donate their time to make these events happen?

There are answers that involve boosting our local economy and tax base, but I suspect it goes much deeper. I think we hunger for reasons to be together, to forge traditions that strengthen our local identity and to share experiences that all generations can enjoy and remember through the years.

We yearn for a sense of connection to one another now more than ever. Even before the pandemic highlighted the pain of isolation, we saw attendance at local events rising, from farmers markets and festivals to summer concerts in the parks. Our American lifestyle can be very isolating, with our increased reliance upon the Internet for entertainment, shopping, banking, education and work. Community events provide an antidote.

To be part of a community takes more effort than it once did. We must choose to get out of the house and participate in a local church, service club, sports league or other civic organization, for example.

Volunteering with charitable organizations, festival committees and other community groups is one way we get to know our neighbors and feel part of something greater than ourselves. There are endless ways to serve one another in love. Those who do so are likely to find their spirits lifted.

It’s also good for us to view our own backyard through the eyes of others – artists, naturalists, historians, chefs, entrepreneurs, children, zookeepers, for example. Sharing our lives with others is smart living.

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Outdoor Living

What Kind of Grill is Best for You?

By Janine Pumilia

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hen it comes to choosing a grill, you really do get what you pay for, says Chuck Ault, co-owner of Collier’s Heating & Air Conditioning in Warsaw, Ind. “I like to tell people that a grill costs about $100 a year,” he says. “You can buy a cheap one that will only last a few years or you can spend more up front and use it much longer. Either way, it’s about $100 per year.”

Collier’s carries gas, pellet and ceramic grills. No one type is superior; it just depends on what qualities you’re looking for, says Ault.

By definition, grilling means searing food at a hot temperature for a short time with heat mostly coming from the bottom. To barbeque, however, is to cook food “low and slow,” with Gas, pellet and ceramic grills each have advantages. The decision on which one to purchase comes heat circulating all around the food rather than down to personal lifestyle choices. from the bottom only.

“A gas grill is convenient and easy to use. You turn it on and from the cost of fuel for a gas grill, says Ault. in a few minutes you’re ready to cook,” says Ault.

Still another option is a Komodo-style ceramic grill, prized If a gas grill isn’t connected to a home’s gas line, you’ll ocfor its ability to tightly close and seal heat all around the food. casionally need to refill your tank of propane, which Collier’s This enables barbeque and smoking techniques and the ceramic can also help you to do. construction helps to prevent food from drying out.

Collier’s carries the private label Ambiance line of gas grills Collier’s carries the Big Green Egg brand of ceramic grills. made by Napoleon.

“Ceramic grills are very versatile,” says Ault. “I’ve used “People who want more control over the flavor imparted them to make everything from low-and-slow cooked brisket or to food while cooking might prefer the pellet grill,” says Ault. pork shoulder to cookies and pineapple-upsidedown cake.”

“It’s convenient like a gas grill and heats up pretty quickly but The Big Green Egg is fueled with all-natural hardwood you can choose among various type of charcoal pellets for flavor lump charcoal. enhancement.”

The Collier’s family of brands has been serving the greater Collier’s carries Ambiance pellet grills made by Louisiana Warsaw area for 34 years, installing heating and air-conditioning Grills. The finished food temperature and cooking temperature systems, including geothermal systems, for residential and comcan be controlled by using the built in Wi-Fi controller and temmercial customers. They also sell and service air purifiers, dehuperature probes. The cost of buying pellets isn’t much different midifiers, humidifiers and air filtration systems. The company also installs, seals and cleans ductwork and dryer vents.

Collier’s Fireplace Shoppe installs and services gas stoves, gas fireplaces, wood stoves and wood fireplaces.

Collier’s Solar installs solar panel systems as well as solarpowered attic vent fans.

Ault co-owns Collier’s with Kevin Lehman. The men were longtime employees at Collier’s before the chance to purchase the business arose.

“We got the opportunity to buy the company and we didn’t think we should pass it up,” says Ault. “It’s been good to our families over the years, and we look at Collier’s as an opportunity to extend our family to the team that we’ve built, the households we serve, and the communities where we live and work.”

Learn more by calling (574) 203-5882 or visit the showroom A Komodo-style ceramic grill is very versatile and seals in heat well so that at 2315 North Shelby Dr., Warsaw, Ind. ❚ it surrounds your food rather than searing only one side.

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Your Health

Functional Medicine Can Improve Thyroid Conditions

By Toni Rocha

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or those who’ve been diagnosed with thyroid disease, successful treatment can depend on more than standard medications alone.

Dr. Lucas D. Gafken, DC, DACNB, a chiropractic neurologist at Health N.O.W., says functional medicine utilizes natural solutions for hypothyroidism which can not only improve energy levels, weight control and thyroid function, but also can improve underlying conditions that interact.

In his clinic at 2146 State Road 8 in Auburn, Ind., Gafken helps patients to improve upon standard thyroid treatment.

“I usually see patients with a low thyroid function condition that begins between the ages of 35 and 65,” he says.

“We approach their treatment with discussion about food sensitivities, inflammation, vitamin deficiencies, and gut or adrenal imbalances.”

Gafken integrates traditional western methods with innovative practices from eastern cultures to identify root causes of underlying conditions. He develops a customized plan to influence and improve seemingly unrelated symptoms including night sweats, heart palpitations, fatigue, weight gain and more.

“We conduct blood and saliva tests to pinpoint thyroid hormone imbalances, food sensitivities as well as other forms of dysfunction,” Gafken says. “We also address lifestyle changes and detoxification of the liver and other vital organs.

We can improve a sluggish liver’s function and aid in the recycling process to more efficiently cleanse the body.”

Hormone imbalances can directly affect the thyroid’s operation, Gafken explains. An imbalance in estrogen or testicular hormones can be corrected, helping patients to feel healthier.

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“Vitamin deficiencies are also key to helping patients control thyroid issues as well as overall health benefits,” Gafken says. “If adrenal glands are not functioning properly, patients can experience poor sleep and wake up feeling tired. Patients struggle with gut problems or what we call leaky gut. Products like ginseng, vitamins B and D, and others can aid in easing these symptoms.”

For more information or to make an appointment, contact Health N.O.W. at (260) 920-8811 or go to SeekHealthNow. com. ❚

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Inspiration & Worship

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n a world that works so hard to control our minds, whether by commercialism, propaganda or peer pressure, it’s a stunning truth that God – who designed our remarkable brains in the first place – grants each of us full freedom of thought.

We can believe upon Christ Jesus or reject him. What’s more, if we choose to be “Christian,” we can use the power of our minds to internalize Christ and become his “imitator,” or we can wear the sacred label in name only, like a pair of brand-name blue jeans.

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” – Ephesians 5:1-2 To walk with Christ, even when nobody’s looking – especially when nobody’s looking – is to get out the garden tools and yank the weeds from our lives, one by one. Some of us are pulling a lot of weeds, literally, this week, as they pop up with June vigor. Such labor brings to mind this anonymous poem once published on a seed packet.

When I Put on My Worn-Out Tweeds When I put on my worn-out tweeds And with my hands pull garden weeds, The likeness always come to mind, ‘Tween weeds and sins of human kind.

For weeds will grow up anywhere In ground that’s either foul or fair, And when you pull them you’re not through; They’ll grow right up again for you.

Some weeds have roots so great in length That pulling them is test of strength, And they should be removed with care Or they’ll kill good plants anywhere.

It makes no difference where you go There’s no place that the weeds can’t grow; Some folks keep weeding, others won’t, Some folks have gardens, others don’t.

So weeds and sin are quite the same In growth and action, not in name; But different is their origin: God makes the weeds, we make the sin. ❚

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Right in Our Region

Visitors Enjoy Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo

A larger space for red pandas is under construction at the zoo with expected completion in 2023.

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fter a short season in 2020 due to the pandemic, 2021 was a can Saki Monkey and Red Rumped Agouti. Those animals have record-breaking year for attendance, membership and funbeen relocated to a larger space across from the River Otters, draising at Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. Now the zoo is enjoying where they’ll have more room to show off their unique behava busy summer season. iors, Kemp says. Their relocation will make room for a new Red “People just wanted to get outside and enjoy being with Panda Ridge exhibit that’s expected to be complete in mid-2023. friends and family, and the zoo is the perfect place to do that,” The Saki Monkey is small, with a large bushy tail and a says Communications Director Bonnie Kemp. naked face surrounded by a hood of dark fur. In the wild, this The zoo saw 670,000 guests last year through October, species lives in the trees of the rainforest, mainly in northern about 20,000 more than in any previous year. and central South America. The Agouti also is a native of South Kemp expects another good season, as the zoo works to American rainforests. It’s a member of the rodent family and make its exhibits even more exciting. Most construction and somewhat resembles a large guinea pig. exhibit changes take place offseason, when the zoo is closed.

The zoo is home to one Red Panda, named Anne, but hopes An exception this year will be construction in one of the oldest to have more pandas by the time the exhibit opens. The small areas of the zoo, near a ridge that was home to the South Amerimammal is native to the East Himalayas and Southwest China.

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Enjoy the animals during a zoo fundraiser on July 21 called Corks for Conservation, a strolling wine-tasting event.

It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, whitelined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail. To those not familiar with the species, the Red Panda more closely resembles a raccoon than the better known black and white “giant Panda.”

Another change at the zoo in 2022 involves private events.

For the first time, reservations can be made for young children to celebrate birthday parties in the Jungle Lab room of the Indonesian Rain Forest section of the zoo.

Upcoming zoo events include Corks for Conservation July 21 at 6 p.m. This is a strolling wine-tasting event where guests learn about work being done around the world to save wildlife and habitats.

The local zoo is making a difference every day by breeding critically endangered species, embracing green practices and sup-

porting global conservation projects, Kemps says.

Part of every admission ticket and membership to The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo goes to about 30 conservation projects in Indiana and around the world. Last year, more than $350,000 was raised, an increase of more than $60,000 over the previous best year.

Conservation begins at home, Kemp says.

“It’s important for children not only to see and learn about the zoo animals, but also to make a wider connection with their role of being good stewards of the earth and to know why it’s important to take care of the environment and the world we live in,” Kemp says.

Interpreters and volunteers are located throughout the zoo to help children learn about the animals and answer questions. All interpreters wear a large yellow “Ask Me” button for easy identification and volunteers wear red shirts.

Keeper Chats are scheduled every day of the week for people to learn more about what it takes to care for the zoo animals.

Zookeepers from all areas of the zoo give 20-minute talks on a particular animal and answer questions. Find the Keeper Chat schedule on the website.

Eight-week Kids for Nature summer camps are under way for ages 4 to 12.

Learn more about zoo visits at kidszoo.org. ❚

New this year, children can celebrate birthday parties in the Jungle Lab room of the zoo’s Indonesian Rain Forest.

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Your Home & Garden

Custom Furniture: It Just Makes Sense

By Peggy Werner

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f you’re looking for that perfect piece of furniture to fit into a special place or serve a certain purpose, you might want to have it custom made.

Quality custom-built Amish furniture made by local and area craftsmen is a rapidly growing segment of sales at Fairfield Galleries, 5010 Goshen Road, Fort Wayne.

Fairfield’s Pete Byal has been with the company for more than 40 years and has observed the trend.

“More and more people are looking for something in a particular size, finish, or for a specific function, and yet they can’t find what they are looking for. Almost anything you can think of, we can do. The versatility is endless. Our designers work with customers to find out what they need, and I draw up the plans.”

He has helped people find solutions for a variety of cabinets, wine storage,

bunk beds, tables, chairs, chests, bedroom sets, under-bed storage and more.

Some people want an additional piece to complement or match other furniture they previously bought, he says.

“A lot of times a customer is looking for something and realizes it’s not available. Most of us working here have been in the business a long time and know the manufacturers and what is available.

Sometimes, the only option is to have something custom made.”

And contrary to what most people believe, it costs no more than other quality wood furniture. All of the custom furniture is made in the United States, most of it coming from Amish communities in Indiana and Ohio, he says.

“The Amish don’t cut any corners.

Their products can be made from a variety of solid woods, such as hickory, oak or cherry, and are put together with the finest construction techniques. Many fin-

ishes are available.”

Fairfield Galleries is a third-generation, family owned business operating in Fort Wayne for more than 70 years.

It was founded by Don Polley of Fort Wayne. It offers quality home furnishings from an array of manufacturers from high to mid-grade as well as custom options.

Fairfield offers complete interior design services, which include home visits, floor plans and more. Delivery is free within 50 miles of the gallery.

For a free estimate, call (260) 4895526.

Learn more at fairfieldgalleries.com.❚

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Outdoor Living

How to Prolong the Life of Your Driveway

By Peggy Werner

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he dramatic impacts of below-freezing winter temperatures and stifling hot, humid Midwest summer days are an asphalt driveway’s biggest enemy, causing cracks and holes in the pavement.

Kyle Miller, operations manager of Asphalt Maintenance Service, 6215 Commodity Ct., says filling those cracks right away and regular sealcoating are the most important maintenance procedures any homeowner can do to get the most life out of a driveway or parking lot.

“If properly maintained, a driveway can last at least 25 years,” he says. “If not maintained, that lifespan will be cut in half or less.”

He recommends sealcoating a home driveway and most commercial lots every three years and more often for heavily traveled asphalt parking lots.

Crack filling prevents the seepage of moisture from snow and rain, helping

minimize the damage from freeze-thaw cycles. Sealed asphalt helps keep a clean look because rainfall washes away dirt and debris from the smooth surface.

Asphalt Maintenance Service is a complete asphalt maintenance and repair family-owned company that has served the Fort Wayne, Northeast Indiana and Western Ohio areas for more than 37 years. The company specializes in sealcoating, crack filling, line striping and patching for residential and commercial customers.

In 1980, Tom Sherwood started Asphalt Maintenance Service as the sole proprietor and employee in a 3,000square-foot building in downtown Fort Wayne.

Rick and Laura Rohr purchased Asphalt Maintenance Service in 2004. Since then, they have grown the business to include 25 employees; 20 trucks, including four seal rigs; 15 pieces of heavy machin-

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ery equipment; and three crack repair machines. They moved into a 1600-squarefoot building in an industrial park.

In 2010, their son, Brent, merged his Rohr Landscape and Excavating business with Asphalt Maintenance. Now retired, Rick and Laura still own the business and their two sons, Brent and Greg, are coowners.

Asphalt Maintenance Service is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Get a free estimate by filling out the online form at asphaltmaintenanceservice.net or call (260) 422-6068. ❚

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Your Community

It’s All About Family Fun at Putt-Putt

By Peggy Werner

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ven among the Putt-Putt Family Fun Center locations around the world, the one at 4530 Speedway Dr. in Fort Wayne is unique.

“It’s a great place to meet people and is different than anywhere else, with the beautiful landscaping, special features and all the little things we do for special effects,” says John Snyder, manager and co-owner with his father.

Snyder’s father, also named John, was a mechanical engineer living in Ohio who had played in Putt-Putt tournaments for fun. When the mini golf franchise in Indiana came up for sale, he bought it.

After the younger Snyder graduated college with an art degree in 1992, he put his skills to work on the property.

“I love being outside, especially when the weather breaks,” he says. “I don’t take days off. I like making things look nice and seeing people enjoy it. I

feel like I’m on vacation every day.”

He redesigned the entire grounds, adding a full jungle-themed course with several water features for kids and extensive landscaping. In the 1980s, his dad built an arcade building and has twice expanded it. Go-karts were added in 1995.

There are also two other mini golf courses, one classic and one with a volcano theme.

The Putt-Putt arcade is open yearround, with go-karts and mini golf available April through October – more often when weather permits.

Founded in 1954 in Fayetteville, N.C., Putt-Putt courses were the first and only copyrighted and branded miniature golf games. In the later ’50s, the company started franchising its concept. Many of its family entertainment centers offer not only miniature golf, but also go-karts, bumper boats, indoor bumper cars, bat-

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ting cages, laser tag, arcades and cafés.

The mini golf game gave rise to the Professional Putters Association (PPA) that still exists today and has awarded more than $8 million in prize money.

The mission of Putt-Putt franchises is “To provide families with a safe, clean, wholesome entertainment venue where they can have an enjoyable experience for a reasonable cost in their own community.”

Learn more at fortwayneputtputt. com. ❚

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Entertainment & Events

Smooth Tuesdays Every Tuesday, 6-9 p.m., enjoy the best in soft rock and classic hits with rotating artists. Clyde Theater, 1806 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, (574) 344-0566, Clydetheatre.com.

Emergence: Live Butterfly Exhibit Now thru June 26, daily. Live butterflies return to the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. botanicalconservatory.org.

Nashville Thursdays Weekly country, bluegrass and other free live music 7-10 p.m. in the Clyde Theater Club Room. Food and drink specials. 1806 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. clydeclubroom.com.

Color X Color: Chuck Sperry Archive Now thru July 24, Tues.-Sun. Fort Wayne Museum of Art presents 150 selections from Sperry’s illustrious rock poster career. 311 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. fwmoa.org

Bill Blass, Fashion Designer Now thru Sept. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. In honor of his 100th birthday, the Fort Wayne History Center is celebrating Bill Blass, an American fashion icon and WWII Ghost Army soldier who was born and raised in Fort Wayne. 302 E. Berry St., fwhistorycenter.org.

53rd Annual Three Rivers Festival July 8-16, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. As Indiana’s second-largest summer festival, this 9-day extravaganza at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne offers too much to list here.

Learn more at threeriversfestival.org.

TinCaps Baseball Now thru Sept. 4. Lots of exciting baseball action along with special events and spectacles including fireworks after each Friday and Saturday night game, bring-your-pet games and discounted food nights. Find the whole schedule at milb.com/fortwayne. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing Street, Fort Wayne.

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‘Oliver Twist’ with Clark Wilson July 10, 3 p.m. Embassy Theatre celebrates the 100th anniversary of great silent films.

Attendees are transported back to the earliest days of Hollywood when silent films filled the screen and tunes were played live on the thunderous theater pipe organ. This film will be accompanied on the Grande Page pipe organ by Clark Wilson. ‘Oliver Twist’ is based on Charles Dickens’ classic story of an orphan

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Enjoy the excitement of TinCaps baseball at Parkview Field all summer long.

pickpocket who doesn’t know he’s from a rich family. Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, fwembassytheatre.org.

Chris Isaak July 16, 7:30 p.m. Platinum-selling and Grammy-nominated singer & actor Chris Isaak performs for sold-out crowds across the globe with his longtime band, Silvertone.

Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, fwembassytheatre.org. ❚

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Our one-of-a-kind eateries and boutiques are open and ready— all year long!

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