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Amanda Grush stands atop a prop designed as a speaker as Leo High School’s Roar of the Lions marching band presents “Wired!” at an ISSMA event at Homestead High School. Leo, Carroll and Northrop have advanced to the open class semi-states on Oct. 31. See related story about Carroll band building, Page A2.
Three local bands make first cut By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
The Carroll, Leo and Northrop high school bands have a week to prepare for the Oct. 31 ISSMA Semi-States, but the bands are not taking a Saturday off. All three bands competed in Indiana State School Music Association Regionals on Saturday, and
punched their tickets to the round of 20. Carroll and Northrop made the cut at the Class A Regional in Chesterton. Leo made the grade in Class C at Chesterton. The Carroll Charger Pride marching band and the Northrop Big Orange Pride will march at the Oct. 31 SemiState at Ben Davis High
School on the west side of Indianapolis. The Leo Roar of the Lion band will march in the Class C Semi-State at Decatur Central High School in Indianapolis. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and preschoolers. Ten bands in each class will advance to
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A Korean War-era military jet is lowered onto a new pedestal at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The remodeled Veterans Plaza will be dedicated at a Nov. 7 ceremony.
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deadline. KPC Media Group Inc. operates both publications. As deputy, Davis now serves as acting clerk until the Allen County Democratic Party holds a caucus, scheduled for Nov. 8, where party precinct committee members will elect a new clerk to serve the final two months of Kennedy’s term, which ends in December. Republican Jason Arp and Democrat Rusty York are running for the southwest District 4 council seat that Harper now represents. Arp won a three-way race for his party’s nomination. York, a former police chief and public safety director, was unopposed. Seven candidates are seeking the three City Council at-large seats. They are Republicans
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New plaza to be dedicated after Veterans Day parade The redesigned Veterans Plaza will be dedicated as part of the Veterans Day observance Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. A parade begins forming at 10 a.m. at State Boulevard and Parnell Avenue, Fort Wayne. The first units step off at 11 a.m. and follow a police escort north, toward 4000 Parnell Ave. The dedication ceremony will begin at approximately noon. Veterans Plaza is outside the northwest corner of the arena. The Coliseum’s Korean War-era F-84F Thunderstreak jet was moved to a new pedestal within the plaza in August. The plaza
Fort Wayne voters will go to the polls Nov. 3 to elect a mayor, city clerk and the nine members of the City Council. Each office has a four-year term, which begins in January. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voter registration ended Oct. 5. Absentee voting began Oct. 6 and continues through noon Nov. 2. Visit allencounty.us/election-board for polling places and more information on absentee voting. Democrat Mayor Tom Henry faces a challenge from Republican District 4 Councilman Mitch Harper. In the May primary, Henry received more than 75 percent of the vote to win the nomination to a third term. Harper received
nearly 84 percent of his party’s vote. In the race for city clerk, candidates are Republican Lana R. Keesling and Democrat Angie (Barile) Davis. Sandra E. Kennedy did not seek re-election and recently stepped down from the position she held for three decades after hiddencamera video released this month shows her allegedly pressuring office staff to support Davis, the deputy clerk and the Democrat’s candidate. Keesling said she plans to stay focused on her campaign and steer clear of the controversy in the clerk’s office. Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly placed calls to Davis seeking comment on her campaign. Those calls were not returned by the Dupont Valley Times’
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