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More than just a choir
Aboite mom featured on ‘The Dr. Oz Show’
By VALERIE CAVIGLIA pr@timespubs.com
By Nichole Hacha-Thomas
In December of 2009, the World Choir Games were searching for an American group to represent the U.S. at the 2010 games in Shaoxing, China. Their hope was to find a team good enough to lobby for the U.S. to host the games in 2012. They called the Voices of Unity Youth Choir. “She said, ‘Well, I called you to see if your choir would be willing to go and represent the United States in China,’” said Marshall White, founder and CEO of Unity Performing Arts Foundation. “When she said that I went, ‘What, do what, go where?’” Seven months later, White and his group of youth singers found themselves on stage at the 2010 World Choir Games … and they won. “That experience gave those kids tangible hope,” White said. “Hope to a lot of people is invisible — something you can’t see. Tangible
community programs.” What developed was what UPAF calls the “soulful art forms,” a curriculum allowing young people to study mainstream music — rhythm and blues, gospel, pop, country. “Music they listen to on the radio,” White said. “They can come and study that
Aboite Township resident Emily Boller is used to getting recognition for her extreme weight loss — more than a whopping 100 pounds in one year. But, even her latest escapade has left her speechless. Boller recently was flown to New York, N.Y., by the famed Dr. Mehmet Oz to tape her success for an episode of “The Dr. Oz Show” for the world to see. Courtesy photo “I’m 51 years old and Boller I’ve done a lot of stuff, but this was over-the-top,” Boller explained. Boller gained the opportunity early in May, when she found out Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Eat to Live program would be featured on Oz’s show. A mass email was sent to all those who had lost a significant amount of weight by using Eat to Live. Each was asked to submit their weight-loss story to be reviewed by Oz’s team for potential use on-air during Fuhrman’s segment. “It was like pins and needles waiting on them to select the people,” Boller said. Boller got the call Tuesday, May 15 that she was one of three women chosen to tell their story on national TV. She flew to New York City on May 17 and taped
See CHOIR, page A8
See MOM, page A15
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Valerie Caviglia
Marshall White, founder and CEO of Unity Performing Arts Foundation, presents a life lesson to members of the Voices of Unity Youth Choir during rehearsal. hope is hope that you can experience. That’s what those kids received.” When he founded Unity Performing Arts Foundation in 1993, White’s goal was to fill an artistic void in the community. He felt strongly Fort Wayne’s community arts programs were not relevant to the younger generation and even more importantly, they weren’t attracting
minorities. At the time, less than 3 percent of minorities took part in arts programs in Fort Wayne and Allen County, White said. “You have a whole culture of people who aren’t experiencing the arts. Jazz, blues, gospel, spirituals — none of that music is really a primary focus of the arts. It’s not in education, it’s not in school systems, it’s not in arts
Canterbury students learn perils of texting, driving By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
Times Community Publications
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Nichole Hacha-Thomas
Canterbury High School freshman Christian Krieger signs Parkview Health’s Don’t Text and Drive pledge after a joint presentation between Parkview and McMillen Center for Health Education.
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Students enrolled in Canterbury High School’s drivers’ education program experienced first-hand the effects of texting and driving on May 25. Packed into the school’s meeting room, the students listened to a press conference unveiling McMillen Center for Health Education’s new Don’t Text and Drive program, which will build on Parkview Trauma Center’s current DTAD programming with a 45minute interactive video session. The session, which currently is under development, will have the capability to be used in classrooms across the nation. “I think that it is very beneficial for kids to see