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The annual Spring Farm Edition can be found inside today’s newspaper. March 31, 2021
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PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID WABASH, IN PERMIT NO. 233 Vol. 44, No.3
Area churches plan Good Friday services
Jim Tack (top photo) takes a photo of a Cub Scout during registration to be used on a driver’s license that he and other Scouts received for participating in the annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday. Pinewood Derby cars (right photo) make their way down the track. Photos by Joseph Slacian
Racing returns Pinewood Derby returns after missing ‘20 because of COVID By Joseph Slacian jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com ROANN – A group of young racers gathered Saturday morning at the Roann Community Building for their first race in more than one year. The racers – members of two local Cub Scout packs – competed in the group’s annual Pinewood Derby races. The 2020 Derby was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so this was the first race since 2019. “The kids are very excited because everyone’s been looking forward to this,” Cub Master Tammy Slone said. “You can see all the excitement. We have one little boy who is just over the moon. Last year he was disap-
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pointed because we couldn’t do it.” The Scouts from Pack 3905 and Pack 3404, along with their parents, created the cars out of a block of wood. They were able to paint and decorate it to their liking, adding any modifications to the race cars that they wished. One of the lone stipulations is that the cars must weigh no more than 5 ounces. Scouts registered their cars, which underwent inspection by pack officials. They could be no heavier than 5 ounces and must be at least 7 inches long and 2 ¾ inches wide. Once the cars passed inspection, the youngsters proceeded to a station manned by race official Jim Tack, who took the participants’ names, the names of their cars, and
took a photo of them. The photos were used to present each racer a “driver’s license” during the award ceremony. A computer randomly chose the participants in the race. As their names were called, the racers were given a designated starting position – red, yellow, blue or green – and their cars were placed on the designated lane on the track. Once in place, the youngsters ran toward the finish line to await their cars. The starter flipped the starting gate and the cars raced down 38 feet of track to the finish line where their positions and times were recorded on the computer. The cars each raced in eight races, Tack
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Two separate community Good Friday services will be taking place on Friday, April 2. The Fellowship of Churches and local pastors will host the Community Good Friday Service in North Manchester on April 2 shortly after noon at Victory Christian Fellowship, 112 W. Main St. Guests should enter North or South doors. Various pastors will pray, share and encourage, followed by a special message by Pastor Timothy Morbitzer on “Surely, He has borne…” taken from Isaiah 53:4-5. Hymn singing will be led by Pastor Mark Eastway from Rock Solid Youth Center. A love offering will be received for the Fellowship of Churches ministry. Community members are encouraged to attend over their lunch hour as the service will end before 1:00. For additional information on the Fellowship of Churches service, call 982.4399 or 982.8357. Continued on Page 5
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