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This is a lesson Swisher would remember later in life. After studying graphic design and business management at Indiana Business College in Fort Wayne, Swisher shifted her focus to food, studying culinary arts at Indiana University in Indianapolis and then Rich’s Culinary in Buffalo, N.Y., where she graduated with a degree in culinary and hospitality. Swisher put this degree to work at Memorial Hospital in Logansport for 15 years, where she was director of nutrition. In 2009, Katya married Matt Swisher, who was and is wellknown in music circles as both a musician, promoter and owner of The Record Farm in Logansport. It was Matt who, she said, encouraged her career change. “Matt really encouraged me … I really enjoyed working in the community. I wanted to take my passion for food and get it out there … If you don’t love what you’re doing, you need to change what you’re doing.” It was, she commented, “a leap of faith.” Swisher started a catering

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“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called %\ 5(9 521 Wo n d e r f u l , 385.(< C o u n s e l l o r, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end ….” (Isaiah 9:6-7a) Isaiah 9:1-5 brings both a promise of future blessing and the reality of then-present judgment. The reference to the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali points to the northern kingdom of Israel. At this time, it was already a part of Assyria and headed for destruction because of the people’s sins. Yet God would one day bring honor to this land, for God’s son would live and minister there (Isaiah 9:1).

There would come a day when the people walking in darkness would see a great light (Isaiah 9:2), and the kingdom of heaven would come near (see Matthew 4:15-17). In the future the Messiah (Jesus Christ) will reverse the humiliation and bondage of Israel and usher in an era of peace in which the garments of war will be no more (Isaiah 9:5). In Isaiah 9:6 is another messianic prophecy. Its language is very precise. Isaiah said a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us. This tells us Jesus had to be born as a child to come to us, but he is also the preexistent Son of God who was given to us. The child would be born in time and space in Bethlehem, but the son has existed from all eternity. And since the government will be on his shoulders, which is a reference to Jesus’s coming rule in the millennial kingdom, he rightly bears the great names ascribed to him: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Here again we see the “near” and “far” aspects that frequently occur in Old Testament prophecy because Jesus was born 2,000 years ago as a child, but the government of the

universe has yet to be placed “on his shoulders.” This will happen at his coronation as king of kings and lord of lords in the millennium. In Isaiah 9:7 notice the description of Jesus’ kingdom rule: He will reign on the throne of David and over earth’s kingdoms, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness. In other words, his reign will have social and political aspects as much it will have spiritual aspects. This detail has implications for the church today as we seek to live in accordance with God’s perspective. The multifaceted nature of the kingdom of God is very real, biblically substantiated, and relevant to the manifestation of the church’s greatest and true potential. Our activity today should be reﬂective of, and point to, the ultimate kingdom of the Messiah (Jesus Christ) in which he will execute justice for the oppressed and rule righteously over his subjects (see Isaiah 10:1-2). Read Ron Purkey’s Bible study outlines at www.rtcol.com/purkey free on the website. Purkey has been an ordained Baptist minister for 50 years.

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OBITUARIES Gail A. Urbin Owner Of Barking In Style Gail A. Urbin, 59, Rochester, passed away at 2:08 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, at Indiana University Arnett Hospital, Lafayette. She was born Oct. 2, 1962, in Rochester, the daughter of Gerald M. and Betty J. (Warﬁeld) Urbin. On Dec. 8, 2007, in Rochester, she married John Kelley. He preceded her in death Dec. 10, 2021. Gail for many years owned and operated All About Pets pet store in downtown Rochester and was currently operating Barking in Style pet grooming. Gail’s passion in life was caring for animals. Survivors include her siblings, Ned (Eunice) Urbin, Kewanna, Madge (Phil) Smitley, Bunker Hill, Alma Halterman, Rochester, Larry (Brenda) Urbin, Rochester, Rex (Glenda) Urbin, Kewanna, Dale (Annette) Urbin, Logansport, and Nanette (Dennis) Stark, Winamac; stepson, John (Keri) Kelley, Portsmouth, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Brian Urbin. Graveside services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, at the Fulton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pulaski Animal Center, Winamac, or Cause for Paws, Logansport. Arrangements by Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester. Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanbrosfh.com.

Sally K. Charles Sally K. Charles, 68, Akron, died at 5:49 a.m. Dec. 17, 2021. She was born Nov. 13, 1953. On Dec. 28, 1968, she married Henry D. Charles, he survives. 6$//< . Also surviv&+$5/(6 ing are her twins, Marianne and Darrell Ooley, Syracuse, Terry Charles, Rochester; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Lacie Robinson, Ky., Delores Hall, Kentucky; brothers, Tom Bowens, Kentucky, Arvid Bowens, Michigan. Following her wishers, no services will be held at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hartzler Funeral Home, 305 W. Rochester St., Akron.

Stephen L. Hissong Stephen L. Hissong, 74, Argos, died at 8:04 a.m. Dec. 17, 2021. He was born July 6, 1947. On Nov. 10, 1968, he married Patricia J. Caslow, she survives. 67(3+(1 / He is also 662 * +,6621* survived by he daughter, Tausha and Tj Kline, Argos; sons, Todd Hissong, Fishers; Thad Hissong, Argos; ﬁve grandchildren; sister, Lynne and Dennis Geiger, Culver. Services were held Thursday, Dec. 23, at Argos United Methodist

Church. Burial followed at the Maxinkuckee IOOF Cemetery at Poplar Grove, Culver. Military rites were handled by the U.S. Army Honor Guard and the American Legion Post 68. Arrangements have been entrusted with the Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.

Daniel J. Pearcy Daniel J. Pearcy, 65, Rochester, died at 12:54 p.m. Dec. 7, 2021. He was born May 4, 1956. A memorial service will be held for Dan at a later date. Private graveside services were held at the Citizen’s Cemetery, Rochester. Good Family Funeral Home of Rochester has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Norma Moyer N o r m a Moyer, 89, Akron, died at 12:15 a.m. Dec. 21, 2021. She was born June 19, 1932. On Sept. 5, 1953, she married Richard L. Moyer, he preceded her 1250$ 02<(5 in death Oct. 12, 2012. She is survived by her daughter, Denise Cody, North Manchester, Teresa and Greg Blanton, Mentone; sons, Randy Moyter, Akron, Terry Moyer, Columbia City, Gary and Holly Moyer, Argos, Danny Moyer, Columbia City, Bob Moyer, North Manchester, Don and Tina Moyer, Nappanee, Chris and Sue Moyer, North Manchester; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a great great-grandson; brother, David and Jackie Leiter, Etna Green. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Interment took place in the Gaerte Cemetery, Macy.

Richard Earl Smith Richard Earl Smith, 70, Argos, died at 6:56 p.m. Dec. 17, 2021. He was born June 21, 1951. On Sept. 19, 1969, he married Kennetta Kay Powell, 5,&+$5' ($5/ she survives. 60,7+ Also surviving are son, Michael and Sherry Smith, Argos, Matthew and Stacy Smith, Argos; ﬁve grandchildren; sister, Patti Smith, Glenwood, W.Va.; brother, Michael and Kathy Smith, Oklahoma City, Okla. Arrangements are entrusted to Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, and are pending at this time.

Daniel Lee Wicker Daniel Lee Wicker, 57, Culver, died at 4 p.m. Dec. 19, 2021. He was born Sept. 17, 1964. Surviving include his sons, Jake Wicker, Rocky Wicker, David Wicker, all of Las Vegas, Nev.; daughters, Lisa Sweet, Las Vegas, Nev., Angel Wicker, Rochester, Meadow Wicker, Rochester; brother, Kevin Wicker, Rochester; sister Bobbie Jean Sellers, Momence, Ill.; ex spouses, Rhonda Roe, Las Vegas, Nev., Terry Newcomb, Rochester, Amanda Newcomb, Rochester. Cremation services were entrusted by Odoms Funeral Home, Culver. There will be no other services at this time. A celebration of life will take place at a later date.

COUNTY REPORT Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have ﬁled for marriage dissolutions in Fulton County Courts: Corner — Elliot Corner, Rochester, and Malarie Corner, Rochester. With children. Zartman — Jennifer, Zartman, Rochester, and Brett Zartman, Macy. With children. Palmer — Ivy Palmer, Lucerne, and Marshall Palmer. With children.

Court News Superior Court The following petitions have been ﬁled in Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gregory L. Heller presiding:

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Trafﬁc Violations The following ﬁnes and levies were paid in Fulton County Courts: Speeding — Adam R. Huff, South Bend, $150.50; Kimberly J. Shepard, Crown Point, $192.50.

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2020 most Indiana Individual Income Tax forms now online Most Indiana tax forms for the 2022 Individual Income Tax season are now available online. However, the Indiana Department of Revenue is reminding Hoosiers to wait until they receive their official tax documents and statements before filing their 2021 tax return. All employers are required to provide Form W-2’s to employees by Jan. 31, 2022. Other forms may be needed to file an accurate tax return, including documents on freelance or gig income, business income, investments, interest or prize winnings. Employers may continue to adjust annual wage and deduction amounts before sending the

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committed the funds necessary to join other cities and counties in the region in retaining Indianapolis-based HWC Engineering. HWC led the process, compiled the plan and completed the successful ﬁnal application. The award followed four months of planning and collaborating with others within the region. Representatives most involved in the process included Interim Director of Fulton Economic Development Corporation, Tiffany Futrell, director of development for the Fulton County Community Foundation, Brian Johnson; former executive director of FEDCO, Terry Lee; Fulton County Council member, Randy Sutton and Rochester Community School Corporation Superintendent, Jana Vance.

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Beginning Farmer Workshops start Jan. 13 Purdue Extension’s online Beginning Farmer Workshops, an eight-session program addressing the realities of starting a farm, start Jan. 13, and run through March 10. Preregistration is Jan. 3. Each session is held from 7-8:30 p.m. Participants will learn about assessing farming assets, deﬁning realistic goals and creating feasible plans to achieve those goals. Outside the weekly sessions, participants will complete individual work to give a perspective on planning farm projects. They will also have opportunities to hear from Purdue Extension educators on a range of topics, including asset mapping, goal setting, ﬁnding resources and more. Participants must register for the entire program, not individual sessions. To learn more about the program, including registration and refund policies, visit https://cvent.me/284l4G.

Pre-registration is required with payment due by 11:59 p.m. Jan. 3. The program fee of $75 is payable by credit card on a secure server. Scheduled sessions include: Session one, Jan. 13, orientation and networking; session two, Jan. 20, vision and mission statements; session three, Jan. 27, biophysical assets; session four, Feb. 23, ﬁnancial and economic assets; session ﬁve, Feb. 10, sociocultural assets and opportunities and challenges to your farm; session six, Feb. 17, setting goals; session seven, Feb. 24, feasible action plans; session eight, March 10, forming projects and wrap-up. There is no class March 3. Contact afthompson@purdue. edu for registration information or call (812) 369-3243. To learn of all of Purdue Extension’s efforts to equip beginning farmers in Indiana, visit: www. purdue.edu/dffs/beginningfarmer/.

Protect your houseplants from bugs (StatePoint) If you have recently started or expanded a houseplant collection, you’ve improved your indoor air quality and have added life and vibrancy to your home. At the same time however, your indoor garden may be attracting bugs that can harm your precious plants and annoy you. Unfortunately, not everyone notices an infestation right away. The average household, for example, won’t recognize a fly problem until they’re five flies deep, but even one fly can lead to a larger problem. Follow these three tips to protect your houseplants -- and household -- from bugs: Water plants carefully: Standing water creates a breeding ground for flying insects such as fungus gnats, which are very small and usually appear in swarms. Because these insects grow in moist soil and their larvae feed on plant roots, you can manage such infestations by reducing the amount of water you give your plants and by improving soil drainage. Take action fast: Did you know that in just one week, flying insects can lay eggs that hatch and mature into more adults ready to breed? For this reason, it’s important to be vigilant and take action at the first sign of a bug problem. Don’t let your guard down: Defend against fruit flies, gnats and flies 24/7

with a Zevo Flying Insect Trap. Just plug the trap into a regular outlet near your houseplants and wherever ﬂying insects enter your home or gather. Rather than chemical insecticides, the traps use multi-spectrum light technology to lure ﬂying bugs to their doom in a discreet glue sheet cartridge. When the cartridge is full, just replace it and toss the used one without ever having to touch a dead bug. To learn more, visit zevoinsect. com. Taking proper care of plants goes beyond watering them and giving them the right amount of sunlight. It also means safeguarding them from pests. The good news is that by making just a few tweaks, you can offer plants round-the-clock protection from insects.

Stay safe, always assume you are on ‘thin ice’ With the inevitable upcoming drop in temperatures across the state, Indiana Conservation Officers advise Hoosiers and visitors of the potential hazards of being on frozen lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. It’s also important to keep a watchful eye for other people who may venture out on neighborhood retention ponds, lakes and other waterways and find themselves in trouble. Every winter, thousands of Hoosiers safely enjoy fishing, skating, hiking, or just sliding around on frozen ponds and lakes. And every year, people drown after falling through ice. Don’t let this happen to you or yours. Similar to driving differently on snowy versus clear roads, being able to safely have fun on ice may require adjusting from what you have done in the past. When thinking about getting on the ice, put safety first. Believe it is thin ice unless proven otherwise. Here are a few tips to remember when considering standing on or walking on a frozen body of

Walleye stocked in northern Indiana lakes Indiana Department of Natural Resources reports almost 43,000 fall fingerling walleye were stocked at eight locations in northern Indiana in October. An additional 26,738 fall fingerlings were stocked at five more locations between October and midNovember. Those locations include Bass Lake in Starke County and Winona Lake in Kosciusko County. To learn more about Indiana walleye fisheries, visit wildlife. IN.gov/fishing/walley-fishing.

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water: • No ice is safe ice. • Test the thickness of the ice with an ice auger. At least 4 inches of ice is recommended for ice ﬁshing; 5 inches is recommended for snowmobiling. • If you don’t know the thickness of the ice, don‘t go on it. • Wear a life jacket or ﬂotation coat. • Carry ice hooks and rope gear. • Before going on the ice, leave a note of your whereabouts with a friend or family member. • Don’t test the thickness of the ice while alone. • Wearing a life jacket is especially important when on ice. If you fall through, a life jacket will keep your head above the water until help arrives. Remember a new coating of snow, while perhaps beautiful, can make for treacherous ice conditions. Snow can serve as insulation, causing water to freeze at a Wildlife Ear Cornn

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this life-affirming baby box will serve as a light to women facing a crisis,” said U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski. “I am grateful to Mayor Denton, Chief Butler, and all of the Hoosiers who have made this a reality, as well as our incredible first responders who are prepared to care for any child that arrives.” Knights of Columbus Council 5584 of St. Joseph Church in Rochester led the initiative to have a Safe Haven Baby Box installed in Rochester by raising funds for the project. The new baby box installment began early December at the Rochester Fire Department, located at 2006 E. SR 14. It can be found on the front of the building west of the bays. The baby box is meant to be a final resource for women in crisis to ensure a safe surrender of

a baby. It’s climate-controlled and has a silent alarm system triggered when a baby is dropped off. The system alerts ﬁrst responders who are able to quickly retrieve the baby. There is also a hospitalgrade bassinet and blankets inside the box. The Safe Haven crisis hot line, 1-866-99BABY1, is prominently displayed on the Safe Haven Baby Box. The hot line provides 24-hour dedicated emergency counseling and support for parents in crisis. The hot line has received more than 5,000 calls from every state in America, referred more than 500 women to crisis pregnancy centers, assisted in seven adoption referrals, and saved 100 babies by enabling legal Safe Haven surrenders.

NRCS announces incentive contracts sign-up date Jerry Raynor, NRCS state conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana, announced Jan. 21 will be the ﬁrst-round funding signup date for conservation incentive contracts, a new option available through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program. EQIP is a voluntary conserva-

tion program available for agricultural producers. Through EQIP, NRCS provides ﬁnancial and technical assistance to install conservation practices that reduce soil erosion and sedimentation, improve soil health, improve water and air quality and create wildlife habitat. In ﬁscal year 2022, NRCS expanded EQIP to include conser-

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vation incentive contracts. This option enhances resource benefits for producers through incentive conservation practices such as cover crops, transition to resource conserving crop rotations and precision agriculture technologies on cropland. “EQIP incentive contracts can be a stepping stone for producers who want to transition from EQIP classic to Conservation Stewardship Program contracts,” said Raynor. “It allows producers to apply management practices on their operation, which can then be a gateway to CSP enrollment and achievement of a higher level of conservation stewardship on their entire operation.” Producers interested in EQIP funding should submit a signed application to the local NRCS field office. While applications are accepted on a continuous basis, interested producers should submit applications to their local NRCS office by Jan. 21 to be considered for this funding period. Participants in EQIP must meet eligibility requirements. NRCS staff will work with producers to determine eligibility and complete necessary worksheets and rankings in order for the applicant to compete for funding.

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Why are there so many different strains of the virus now? A virus is not a living thing. It is a small particle that needs a living cell to reproduce. When you breath in or consume a virus, the virus tries to attach and get inside your healthy cells. Once inside the cell, the virus instructs the cell to make many copies of itself. While viruses are not living things, they do contain genetic code shared with the host cell. This genetic code reprograms the living cell to make multiple copies, eventually causing the cell to rupture. These new copies seek out other cells and repeat the process: eventually producing thousands if not millions of copies. Viruses can affect every living thing. Even smallest bacteria can become a host for a virus. Occasionally the host cell makes a mistake and makes the copy different than the original. This is called a mutation. With so many copies being made, viral mutations happen all the time. Many times, these changes make the virus ineffective at repeating the process and they simply do nothing. Other times the changes may make the virus more infectious or even deadlier. These changes can also affect how it traveled in the air, possibly

making it more contagious. There is the probability a mutation can make itself unrecognizable to an immune system created by past vaccinations or infections. It is impossible to know how many mutations have happened to the original COVID-19 virus that first appeared in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. Scientists around the globe are constantly sampling viruses and checking for mutations. The original virus we were fighting a year ago has been replaced by the more contagious Delta strain. According to the Cleveland Clinic, the Delta strain is more than twice as contagious and causes more severe illness in unvaccinated people than other variants. Currently it is the dominate strain. And many hospitals are at capacity with sick patients. According to the Indiana Department of Health, unvaccinated individuals account for 98.1% of Indiana’s 1.08 million total COVID-19 infections, 99.96% of COVID-19 hospitalizations and 99.98% of COVID-19 deaths since the first coronavirus case was diagnosed in the Hoosier state March 6, 2020. Most recently, a new troublesome variant was discovered in South Africa called Omicron. The Omicron variant seems to be three times more contagious. Omicron strain has many mutations from the original coronavirus. There are more than 30 mutations/changes to the spike protein. The spike protein is what current vaccines target. It

+$55< :(%% is still too soon to know if it causes more severe illness. Some say it is as contagious as the measles virus. Measles had the distinction for years as being the most contagious human virus. United Kingdom researchers recently stated people who are vaccinated and boosted were 85% less likely to develop severe illness from the highly mutated Omicron strain. But currently only 30% of U.S. residents who received the initial vaccine have received a booster dose. Unfortunately, these mutations will continue to happen. The only way we can stop the spread is to establish immunity. Vaccination is the safest way to establish immunity. It is important for everyone to help control the rapid spread. Stay home when ill, get tested if you have any symptoms, wear quality face masks in public. Get vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible — even if you have had a previous case of COVID-19.

I strongly recommend everyone age 5 and older get fully vaccinated and, in most situations, get a booster dose when it is recommended. To ﬁnd your preferred vaccine in your county you can do any of the following: www.Vaccines.gov, text your ZIP code to 438829 or call (800) 2320233. For a vaccination at a Webb’s Family Pharmacy location, go to WebbRx.com to schedule your shot. I appreciate the publication of this article by The Shopping Guide News of Fulton County. If you found it helpful, please check out previous issues or go to the blog section of www.WebbRx.com to read answers

to other pandemic related questions. Editor’s note: Rochester pharmacist Harry Webb was hired by Parke Baxter at Baxter Drugs in Rochester in 1985. Five years later, he bought the store and renamed it Webb’s Family Pharmacy in 1990. He remodeled the store extensively in 1994, spun off a Radio Shack department to its own location across the street in 2000, and in 1995 purchased the pharmacy in Akron. A third location in North Manchester was opened in October 2018. The Rochester location is the longest continuous retail business in Fulton County, tracing its roots back to the original owner Dr. AK Plank in 1860.

Fulton County RSVP offers bus trips Retired Volunteer Senior Program of Fulton County is offering trips to Orlando, Fla., and Cape Cod, Mass., in the coming months. The Orlando motorcoach trip runs Feb. 27 to March 5. The cost is $889 per person, based on double occupancy and includes all lodging and transportation and eight meals, including dinner at Capone’s Dinner Theater. The cost also includes a tour of Kennedy Space Center, IMAX movie, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Astronaut Hall of Fame, Leu Gardens & Museum, Disney Springs, Morse Museum of Art, Universal’s City Walk and a souvenir gift. The Cape Cod motorcoach trip runs from May 22-28 at a cost

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of $950 per person based on double occupancy. The cost includes lodging and transportation, six breakfasts, three dinners, tours of Provincetown, Boston, Quincy Market, Plymouth Rock, Historic Sandwich and Hyannis, including Kennedy Memorial, a Hyannis Harbor cruise with a view of the Kennedy compound and a souvenir gift. A $100 deposit is due at the time of sign-up. To sign up, or for more information, contact Anne King at RSVP by calling (574) 223-3716. RSVP is located at Fulton County Community Center, 625 Pontiac St., Rochester.

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Updates and happenings in the area PS3 game time at Fulton County Public Library 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29. Ages 11-18 can sign up in Teen Oasis. Registration required. —o— Holiday Hoopla 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at the Akron Carnegie Public Library. Enjoy a night of games and activities. Families, couples, singles and everyone in between are invited. Sign-up is required. Contact the library at (574) 893-4113 for more information. Akron Library is located at 205 E. Rochester St. —o— Join the band, The Flying Toasters, at the Rochester Moose Lodge on Lake Manitou in Rochester 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, to celebrate the arrival of 2022. Tickets $40. —o— New Year’s party with Gunslinger 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Dec. 31, at VFW Post 1343. VFW is located at 1703 Federal Drive, Rochester. For more information call (574) 223-4287. —o— Argos Resolution Run 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1. Start the New Year off by joining in on a 5K run, walk or jog. Start by the West Pavilion in Argos Community Park. All are welcome. Entry fee is bringing a non-perishable food item. Items will be donated to the Argos Food Pantry. —o— New Year’s auction 1-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, by JuJu’s Gems and Rusty Gold, 413 N. East St., Kewanna. Everything you wanted but didn’t get for Christmas. This auction will be full of new, used and one of a kind items. Bidding begins at 1 p.m. There

will be corned beef and cabbage with drink and dessert available for $5. —o— Bingo at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at the Rochester Public Library, 320 W. 7th St. Community members of all ages are invited to play bingo. Prizes will be awarded. This is a free event. —o— Adult Readers Book Club 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at the Akron Carnegie Library in the library’s Community Room. Contact the library at (574) 8934113 for more information. New members are always welcome. —o— Karaoke night at The Breakroom Pub and Grill, 138 S. Michigan St., Argos. Enjoy food, drinks and music 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7. —o— Wacky on Wednesday Club 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the Akron Public Library, 205 E. Rochester St. Children in grades one to five are encouraged to join this free club with plenty of fun activities and crafts. —o— A fun new painting experience is coming to Schnabeltier Jan. 23. Susie with Cr8-UR-Canvas will guide you through a step by step winter scene painting on an 18” wooden sled. Customize it with an additional snowman and snowflakes. Cost is $55/person and includes all supplies, one drink of choice, cheese, instruction and a lot of fun. Register early, seating is limited. All transactions are final and non-refundable. Must sign up by Jan. 21. Register at: schnabeltier-cheesery-and-winery.square. site/events.

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Second trip is to Cape Cod, Massachusetts May 22-28, 2022 The trip cost is $950/person (based on double occupancy) and includes all lodging & transportation, 9 meals, tours of Provincetown, Boston, Quincy Market, Historic Sandwich, Plymouth/Plymouth Rock, Hyannis Harbor Cruise with a view of the Kennedy Compound, and a souvenir gift. A $100 deposit is due at time of sign-up.

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• Indiana Dunes State Park. Meet at the Indiana Dunes State Park Nature Center at 10 a.m. for a 1 ½-mile, 90-minute hike on the 3-Dunes Challenge. Drinks, snacks, a campﬁre, and a 3-Dunes Challenge sticker will be provided by the Friends of the Indiana Dunes. • Pokagon State Park. Meet at the CCC Shelter for a 3-mile hike from 2 to 3:30 p.m. There will be a bonﬁre, cocoa, and treats after the hike. Park in the South Beach parking lot or near the basketball courts. • Potato Creek State Park. Meet at the Quaking Aspen parking lot at 2 p.m. for a 1-mile hike around Worster Lake. Bring binoculars. At 3:30 p.m., warm up at the Nature Center with a bowl of chili provided by the Friends of Potato Creek. • Salamonie Lake. Meet at the Interpretive Center at 10:30 a.m. for this one-hour hike through the woods along the Wildlife Management Trail. Advance registration is requested by calling (260) 4682127. To view more DNR news releases see dnr.IN.gov.

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There are changing bird numbers It’s December, the OUTDOOR NOTES month of Christmas. This is not Christmas weather, however. It’s a beautiful day. The sky is clear and bright blue. The By Neil Case temperature is above freezing and there’s a light breeze. Christmas weather in northeast Iowa, where I lived as a boy, and the weather where I live now in northern Indiana, is usually cold and wintry, and the ground is often blanketed with snow. There is no snow in northern Indiana today and there’s been no snow except for a few days this winter. The birds coming to the feeders outside the windows of my study and dining room are the same species I saw there all last spring, summer and fall — house sparrows, black-capped chickadees, white-breasted nuthatches, tufted titmice, goldﬁnches, two, maybe three downy woodpeckers, blue jays, cardinals, and one red-bellied woodpecker and one hairy woodpecker. I added three species in the fall: dark-eyed junco, white-crowned sparrow and a hairy woodpecker. I’m thinking of a white Christmas, and of birds, of course, particularly birds I haven’t seen in

some time, some only rarely, like a California condor, for example. California condor, for example, which I saw once, two of them, at the Grand Canyon. Two other birds I’ve seen rarely, and hope to see this winter, are snow bunting and Lapland longspur. I used to see small flocks of cedar waxwings every summer, but I haven’t seen a waxwing now in several years. I haven’t seen an evening grosbeak in several years either, or a ruby-crowned or golden-crowned kinglet or a cuckoo or evening grosbeak. There was a time when evening grosbeaks gathered daily at a bird-feeding station near Cornell University in New York. I was a graduate student at Cornell at the time. I used to help at that feeding station, taking grosbeaks out of traps and banding them. Occasionally, I saw a small flock of evening grosbeaks at a feeder outside my home. I put up a net behind the feeder where I saw the grosbeaks. I had a banding permit then, caught a few evening grosbeak, banded and released them. There were black and yellowbilled cuckoos in my hometown. There aren’t many. But they nested there and I saw one occasionally, even found a few nests. Then, before my senior year in high school, I moved to Germany. Our family moved to Germany, with dad, who was serving as an officer in the Army. In Germany, I heard a cuckoo of the clocks, call-

ing from trees. I haven’t heard a cuckoo calling from a tree since I left Germany. But I have heard the call of the European cuckoo. I hear it every day, from the cuckoo clocks on the walls in my house. I have four cuckoo clocks. I have seen albatrosses. I saw them on Midway Island, from the deck of a ship. I was in the Navy then, as you have undoubt-

ably guessed, and the Navy had a ship refueling station on Midway. The ship I was aboard put into Midway four times while I was aboard, twice steaming west to Japan, and twice steaming east, back to our home port on the west coast of the U.S., to San Diego, Calif. Two species of albatross nest on Midway, which is now a wildlife refuge, is no longer a Navy

refueling station. The two albatrosses of Midway are Laysan and short tailed. Sailors, and I including all Navy personnel, don’t call the albatrosses of Midway by that name, by the way. In the air, albatrosses are as graceful as swallows. But every landing is a crash and walking they appear very awkward. Sailors didn’t call the birds albatrosses but gooney birds.

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