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May 10, 2013
New Haven gears up for Canal Days
Area Kiwanis clubs focus on threats to a generation
By Garth Snow
By Garth Snow
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Beth Stauffer has been a Canal Days regular each of the 10 years or so she has lived in New Haven. Her husband, Jon Stauffer, is the president of the committee that puts on the annual celebration. The festival returns June 4-8, filling Schnelker Park and a section of Broadway Street, and overflowing into the community. This year, however, Beth Stauffer will see the festival from a different vantage point. “My son is now in school, so I have a little bit more time to contribute,” said Stauffer, who serves as chairperson of the entertainment stage and also writes publicity for the festival guide. Organizers made a late addition to the Friday schedule. Jeff McDonald of Sweetwater Sound will take the stage right before Spike and the Bulldogs, presenting his acoustic style folk music. All events are free.
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Courtesy photo by Nancy Reuille
A photo of Lucy Workman and Nolan Reuille was chosen for the flier and website to publicize the 2013 New Haven Canal Days. The two were photographed on a ride at the 2012 festival. This year’s theme is “Faith & Family,” Stauffer said. “This year we’re putting an emphasis on faith because the churches in our community are so vital,” she said. Although entertainment is free, the festival has added an optional VIP seating area this year. For $10, spectators may set up their own lawn chair in a sectioned-off area near the stage. Only a limited
number of VIP bracelets are available, Stauffer said. Those are on sale at the New Haven-Adams Township Parks and Recreation office, 1125 Hartzell St. Beth Hartzell has come to know the city and festival well. Before her husband became president of the committee, he worked with the Boy Scouts, who volunteered at the festival. She said the nonprofit
festival committee has funneled thousands of dollars back into the community over the years. Such festivals bring communities together, she said. “A lot of people come back home and they know the first weekend of June is going to be festival and so people come back for the parade and the midway,” Stauffer said. “It’s a real family event. There’s something for everyone.”
Groups such as the Kiwanis are part of “the unheralded army that will continue to make the lives of children better,” Allen Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt said. The founder of Great Kids Make Great Communities addressed five Allen County Kiwanis clubs, who held their first joint banquet April 30 at the Holiday Inn IPFW. Delegates expressed hope that “An Evening Celebrating Unity in Service to the Community and Youth” will become an annual event. Pratt served as keynote speaker for an audience of about 150 Kiwanis and guests. He recounted stories of violence in Allen County, and of efforts to combat the influences that contribute to that behavior. Pratt’s program will offer free training to community leaders in May.
Community leaders are invited May 16 to “Intergenerational Program Building,” featuring Andrea Taylor, the director of Temple University’s Intergenerational Center. The program will be held at the Allen County Public Library, Room A, 900 Library Plaza. The morning session will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The program will be repeated from 14:30 p.m. A separate program on May 21 and 23 is designed for churches and other faith-based organizations. The Rev. Dan Fugate, an associate pastor of Trinity English Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, will present “Pass It On: The Power of Intergenerational Relationships in Faith Formation.” The May 21 program will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the Omni Room, Citizens Square Building, 200 E. Berry St. Or, participants may attend a program See FOCUS, Page A6
Diva Dash at Georgetown is rally against osteoporosis The Diva Dash is the perfect race for a beginning runner, according to Maureen Partee. The third annual race kicks off at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 15, from Georgetown Square. Partee works in the leasing and promotions office at Georgetown Square. “We’re the host and the title sponsor,” Partee said. Another company sponsored the race the first two years. Race director Sharon Christian is with another company this year, but will direct the race again. Christian is “the driving force behind the run,” Partee said. The 5k run/walk is a fundraiser for the National Osteopororis Foundation. The course has no hills and has plenty of shade, Partee said. “It’s really become the race known as for first-time racers and novices,” she said. “A lot of people walk it, also,” she said. The Fort Wayne Track Club will keep the official times. “It’s grown each year,” Partee said. “We think we’re going to get up to 400 this year.” She said the 5k is the only all-women’s race in Fort Wayne. Last year, 361 divas raised about $5,000
for the NOF. Registration forms are available at Healthkick Nutrition Center, 6344 E. State Blvd., and at Three Rivers Running Co., 4039 N. Clinton St., and at other local businesses. Steve Devine, the store manager at Healthkick, said 150 runners had registered there as of May 1. Entry forms can be mailed to Race Director: Attn: Sharon Christian, 6426 Georgetown Lane, Fort Wayne IN 46815, and must be postmarked by June 5. Registration is $20 through May 31, and then $25 through race day. Race day registration and packet pickup will be from 6:15 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. June 15 at Healthkick. Everyone who registers in advance will receive a T-shirt, as will the first 200 participants. For more information about osteoporosis, visit nof.org. In a news release, sponsors said, “The Diva Dish is a wonderful opportunity for a sisterhood of women and girls of all ages to get together, put on their walking/running shoes for the dash to prevent this debilitating disease.” The NOF said one in two women 50 or older will suffer a broken bone as a result of osteoporosis, now causing an estimated two million fractures each year.
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