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October 27, 2017
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Northrop cast delights in angel’s error By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Northrop High School drama students have waited almost a year for the lighthearted “Heaven Can Wait.” The proposition that angels exist gives rise to some spiritual speculation, but not the deep, troubling discussions that arose from the Salem witch trials on the Northrop stage last season. “We did ‘The Crucible’ last year and it was a heavy, heavy play and lots of work,” director Timothy Miller said. “And to the student, they said ‘Can we do something fun next year?’ Not that ‘The Crucible’ wasn’t fun for them. It took a lot of work for them to understand how people can think that way and they could lie and no one picked up on it. We stopped in the middle of rehearsal and had a 30-minute discussion instead of
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Sam McCullough as boxing trainer Max Levene looks in vain for angels as Jayden Cano as boxer Joe Pendleton sorts out his premature death with Noah Moreno as No. 7013, in the Northrop High School production of “Heaven Can Wait.”
rehearsing.” Miller listened, and found “just the right comedy” in the tale of a boxer whose shot at the big time is complicated by a rookie angel who
‘Detectorists’ unearth lost or tossed history By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Kevin Kamphues (from left), Merv Spaw and Jon Spillson represent the Miami Valley Coin and Relic Finders Club at the Grabill Country Fair. Members took turns showing and explaining boxes of coins and other artifacts.
the owner in Florida. The woman had lost the ring in Ohio the year she graduated.
Ken Talarico searches in unlikely places and discovers unlikely finds. “I See LOST, Page A20
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Hundreds of coins and curios that were dropped or discarded more than a century ago are inspiring displays and imaginations once again thanks to the “metal detectorists” of the Miami Valley Coin and Relic Hunters Club. “You find an old penny or a dime from the 1870s and you think ‘Wow, I wish that thing could talk,’” said Kevin Kamphues, club treasurer. So the finders study their finds, learn about the history of that object and era, and sometimes even locate recent owners. For instance, Kamphues found a University of Michigan 1953 class ring. The owner’s name was engraved on the ring. With the help of an alumna, Kamphues found
takes the boxer to heaven prematurely. The odd twist, of course, gives rise to a succession of odd twists. The full story costs just $5. “We’re the cheapest
ticket in town,” Miller said. “We try to keep it low so we can get as many students in and working and seeing their peers on the stage and experiencing theater at
Northrop High School as possible.” Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, on the Northrop stage at 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. “It’s a love story as well as a comedy,” Miller said. “I remember seeing the Warren Beatty movie in the ’70s and enjoying it. The play is essentially the same except Joe is a quarterback in that one instead of a boxer. And the play is exactly like the ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan’ movie in the ’40s, darn near word for word.” Jayden Cano plays the role of boxer Joe Pendleton — whose body has been cremated during the soul’s detour to heaven — and the part of millionaire Jonathan Farnsworth, whose body is legitimately available for another occupant. “I’m maintaining a lot of the same character See CAST, Page A23