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Film fest will have fans Hobnobben with artists
By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Jonah Crismore wants Hobnobben Film Festival visitors to experience Fort Wayne while they experience 75 films. He admitted to being “both optimistic and conservative” when he estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 people will visit four downtown venues from June 16-19. Crismore, the executive director of Fort Wayne Cinema Center, traveled to other film festivals as he drew up plans for the local celebration of cinema. An Inspire grant from the Foellinger Foundation sponsored his travels. “I went all over the country to different festivals, different theaters, and the whole point was to be inspired, and to come back and do something big in
Related story For a list of other festivals in and near Allen County, see the Community Calendar.
Page B7 Fort Wayne,” he said. He liked the atmosphere that he found in neighboring Michigan, at the Traverse City Film Festival. “What we truly are trying to do is create access between the community and filmmakers,” Crismore said. The word “hobnobbing” kept popping up among planners. “We thought it would be fun to play with that,” he said. The misspelling is intentional. “We’re very much talking about a Google approach, where it’s not a true word See FILM, Page A14
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Cinema Center will be one of four venues during the Hobnobben Film Festival. Executive Director Jonah Crismore said the building at 437 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne, has been home to Cinema Center for 19 years. “It’s amazing that one of my biggest struggles is to just get people to know that we’re here. We’ve been here a long time,” he said.
Fundraiser is also outlet for club’s love of plants By Sabrina Beaver
For Times Community Publications
PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW
Rows of flowers and other plants await shoppers at the Trillium Garden Club’s annual plant sale on the grounds of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church.
butterflies and several species of bees. “We need pollinators to have food,” she said. Along with several other reasons for gardening, it keeps you in shape, said Donna Streeter, one of the club’s newer members. “It’s
really good for your mental health too.” “You don’t need a sleep aid,” said Muntzinger, referring to the strain of gardening after the winter months. The club, which began 48 years ago in Roanoke, See PLANTS, Page A11
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The Trillium Garden Club hosted its annual plant sale May 17 at the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church parking lot. The plants for sale, which ranged from herbs, to ground covers, to perennials, to shrubs, were all grown in the gardens, flowerbeds and backyards of current club members and transferred to pots for the sale. “Everyone has a different garden,” said Susan Ellis, current president of the club. Members bring whatever they cultivate in their yards and gardens to the sale. “I like to grow things that are weird,” said Doreen Muntzinger, a club member. Muntzinger cultivates plant breeds that are beneficial to pollinators, such as monarch
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Comments on proposed sewer rate due June 17 Staff report Aqua Indiana customers have until June 17 to comment on a proposed sewer rate increase. Consumers can mail written comments to Consumer Services Staff, Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, 115 W. Washington St., Suite 1500 South, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Written comments also can be submitted online at the OUCC website, at in.gov/ oucc/2361.htm. In addition to the consumer’s name and mailing address, the comments should include a reference to “IURC Cause No. 44752.” The state agency expects to complete its review of the case by June 24 in order to represent consumer interests before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Aqua Indiana is seeking a two-phase increase that would affect at least 13,000 customers
in Allen, Whitley and Huntington counties, applying equally to residential, commercial and other customer classes, according to an April 4 statement by the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor. The monthly service charge part of a bill would rise during the first phase of the increase to $32.32 from $26.97 and then, during the second phase a year later, to $35. The part of the bill that varies depending on water usage would rise for a typical customer using 5,000 gallons of water monthly to $56.29 from $46.98. Some customers pay a flat, unmetered rate and they would see it rise to $70.96 from $59.21 during the first phase, and then, during the second phase, to $76.83. Aqua Indiana also wants a $1,300 system development charge on customers See SEWER, Page A11