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School bands prepare for season

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High school marching bands are preparing for football halftime shows, band festivals and perhaps a trip to the state finals.

At Northrop High School, John VanPatten returns to Fort Wayne and to the Big Orange Pride from Wheeler High School, in northwest Indiana.

In the final days of Northrop band camp, the 2003 Northrop graduate still was getting used to sitting in the band director’s office.

VanPatten played trumpet at Northrop during the directorship VanPatten of Barry Ashton. “That’s still Mr. Ashton’s office to me,” VanPatten said. “He was my band director, and it’s kind of haunting to be in Mr. Ashton’s office sitting at Mr. Ashton’s desk.

“It’s exciting to come full-circle and be on the other end of things.”

“He will pop in sometime in October once the band gets rolling,”

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Northrop High School marching band members shown enjoying band camp are: front row from left, Kaitlyn Bochard, Jazlynn Watson, Anna Sheckler, and back row, Matt Epple, Sydney Shuherk, Morgan Riedinger, Jesse Link and Andrew Stuckey.

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VanPatten said.

VanPatten was a marching band section leader, and played in the jazz band, concert band and orchestra at Northrop.

He graduated from Ball State University and earned his master’s degree from VanderCook College of

Music in Chicago. He worked four years at Wheeler before taking the Northrop job.

VanPatten directs the attention to the band members. “The kids have been fantastic,” he said.

“They know what they need to be doing no matter

who the band director is.”

The 2013 program will be “Crossroads,” he said.

The theme draws from themes of past shows, including the 1983 state champion show, “Jupiter.”

“So we’re honoring the past and deciding where we want to go from here,” he said.

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Area firefighters are asking the public to Fill the Boot for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

The Huntertown department began the annual drive last week, and raised $1,100 the first night.

“Everybody was pretty happy to see us out and about,” said Capt. Jason Mueller, the department’s MDA coordinator. This year’s goal is $3,000, about $200 more than last year’s collection. The Huntertown drive was scheduled to end Aug. 21.

Motorists still have time to catch the Northeastern Allen County Fire/ EMS boot drive. EMS Capt. Bob Kimm with the Grabill station said crews will take to street corners in Leo/Cedarville and Grabill on Aug. 30 and 31

and Sept. 2.

Kimm said 77-cents of every dollar raised goes to help children attend summer camp. Kimm said he was looking forward to helping with the campaign for the first time this year.

Ashley Zumstein, the executive director of the 32-county Muscular Dystrophy Association of Northern Indiana, said most area fire departments support the campaign. “Be looking for them and have the money ready to put in the boot and help our local families,” Zumstein said. “Now until Labor Day, they’re going to be out all over.”

“Fort Wayne raises between $80,000 and $90,000 every year with their campaign, which is one of the highest fundraising efforts in the country per capita,” Zumstein said.

Church garden aids charity

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Hannah Haydl, 3, helps her mother, Lori, pick green beans.

Produce from the garden of their Carroll Road church goes to The Rescue Mission and Charis House.

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Matthew Malone said he has known the receiving side of charity, and he was grateful for his chance to give.

Malone was among a dozen workers on hand recently when volunteers picked produce from the garden at Christ’s Hope Ministries and Church, 2818 Carroll Road.

The food was destined for The Rescue Mission and Charis House.

“I was down at the mission, and it’s really good to receive food,” Malone said. “So I’m giving it back to them.”

Volunteers were gathering produce for the eighth donation of the season.

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St. Joseph UMC to celebrate 150 years

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As St. Joseph United Methodist Church prepares to honor its story and its future, Mary Jo Baughman’s thoughts are with the dozens of pastors and thousands of members who have called the church home for 150 years.

Mary Jo and Arthur Baughman joined the church in December of 1955, when the congregation still gathered each Sunday at the corner of St. Joe Road and St. Joe Center Road. They took part in the 1957 procession east to the new church building at the corner of Reed Road. They celebrated the church’s centennial in 1963. Their two sons took their wedding vows at the new church. Arthur is now deceased.

Senior pastor the Rev. Russ Abel worked with Baughman and others to choose the tone and scope of the celebration of a century and a half of worship.

“I think it was one of the first meetings,” Baughman said, “and Russ asked us about being on this committee for the 150th, and what kind of

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Maggie Tallman, from left, Mary Jo Baughman and senior pastor the Rev. Russ Abel study photos from the earlier days of St. Joseph United Methodist Church, which will celebrate its sesquicentennial in September.

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A photo from about 1957 shows the St. Joseph Methodist Episcopal Church meeting in cramped quarters at the corner of St. Joe and St. Joe Center roads. The photo shows the Rev. James J. Babbitt, who was the church’s first full-time pastor, and who served from from 1954 to 1961.

emotions it involved. I was surprised; but mine was kind of solemn, because it made me think of all the people that are gone, who used to be here, who had so much to do with getting this church going.

The people who shoved us down the road from one corner to the next.”

The church will re-enact that move Sept. 8, to begin a monthlong observance of the church’s milestone.

Baughman said a filling

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station now stands on the site of the old church.

Gone are most of the farmhouses, and the gravel roads that connected them.

“We built a home just about a half-mile east of here, and we were building way out in the country at that time,” Baughman said. “Everybody scratched their head wondering why in the world are you going out there. And at that time, down at the other corner,

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so we started looking for a church and this is where we ended up. That was in 1960 and we joined on our 13th wedding anniversary, in February of ‘61.”

Tallman, who also is widowed, said two of her three children are married, and both took their vows at St. Joseph United Methodist Church.

“My youngest daughter was a year and a half old

when we started coming out here,” she said, “and this is the only church she knows.”

Baughman and Tallman both serve on the anniversary celebration with Abel, the pastor, whose ties to the church are more recent. Abel, from southern Indiana, was appointed St. Joseph’s pastor by the bishop, in 2007.

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that was the only church out here.”

Baughman’s friend Maggie Tallman moved to the neighborhood in 1951, although Maggie and Richard did not begin attending the church until the fall of 1960. Richard worked across the street at Medical Protective Co., which provided the land for the new church. “We built a home out here,” she said, “and our kids weren’t happy going into town. They wanted to go to church with their friends at St. Joe Center,

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Program hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m., in Conklin Pavilion, 6401 St. Joe Road.

Highlights include demonstrations from local police K-9 teams, agility dogs, obedience dogs and conformation dogs. Breed rescue groups and therapy dogs also will be in attendance.

Local participation in RDO Day has included the Allen County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit, Allen County SPCA, Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control, Fort Wayne Obedience Training Club, the Spay and Neuter Clinic, Three Rivers Visiting Dogs, Allen County Public Library’s Paws to Read, and various rescue groups and dog-related service organizations.

In 2012, more than 650 dog clubs and other organizations held similar events to encourage responsible dog ownership. The Northeastern Indiana Kennel Club was one of only three groups across the country to receive the AKC Community Achievement Award for its event, according to Debbie Ward, club president.

For updates on this event and information on other club activities, visit neikc.org.

Fort Wayne Sewing Guild welcomes ‘Decorating Diva’ The American Sewing Guild Fort Wayne Chapter will welcome Pam Damour, “The Decorating Diva,” to an educational event Sept.

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Damour has been an interior designer and sewing professional for more than 30 years. She travels internationally, teaching her specialty techniques, and is the co-author of two books and the producer of 12 home decorating DVDs. Three classes are planned: Romancing the Bedroom, 6-9 p.m.

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Members pay $20 per class or $25 for all three classes. Nonmembers pay $25 per class, or $50 for all three classes.

No luncheon program is planned, but restaurants are available in the hotel and nearby.

The Hotel Fort Wayne is at 305 E. Washington Center Road.

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Golf outing to help fund Crime Stoppers program The Greater Fort Wayne Crime Stoppers’ sixth annual golf outing fundraiser will be held Friday, Sept. 13, at Canterbury Green Golf Club, Fort Wayne.

Participation is limited to 18 teams. The $240 per team fee includes morning coffee and doughnuts, an 18-hole round of golf, lunch with grilled bratwurst, and select beverages. Sign-in for golfers begins at 8 a.m.; tee time for the first group of golfers is 9 a.m.

To register a team, learn about sponsorship opportunities, or for more information, contact the Crime Stoppers office at (260) 436-8080.

Prizes will be awarded at the end of the outing, and one lucky golfer who gets a hole in one on a select hole can win a new car. Additional fundraising efforts include a silent auction, and a 50/50 raffle.

Crime Stoppers works to involve the community in the fight against crime. The program offers cash rewards up to $1,000 and anonymity to residents who volunteer information on unsolved crimes.

Most of the information received by Crime Stoppers is via the telephone, at 436-7867 or (800) 237-7867. Greater Fort Wayne Crime Stoppers serves 11 Indiana counties: Allen, Adams, Wells, Wabash, Grant, Whitley, LaGrange, Huntington, DeKalb, Noble and Steuben. For details, visit crimestoppersfw.org.

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Miss Allen County 2013 Morgen Figel returned to her studies Aug. 19, one day after the Indiana State Fair Queen pageant in Indianapolis.

Figel, a 2012 Bishop Luers High School graduate, earned her Allen County crown July 21.

She was not among the 10 finalists at the state fair pageant.

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At Carroll High School, band director Doug Hassell will lead the 157 members of the Charger Pride in “Guardian Angel.”

Hassell said this summer’s was the 30th band camp in which he has participated in some capacity. “And this has been one of the best ones,” he said. “The kids are motivated, disciplined, they like being here and they seem to like what we’re doing, so that’s about 90 percent of the battle.”

He asks the students to look beyond the imagery that they will present on the field.

“We’re also talking about what things we can do as people to be guardian angels for others, to do things for people that they cannot do on their own,” he said.

“So the show isn’t just about the show,” Hassell said. “The show is about going through life experiences where we can impact others in a positive way. I think it makes sense if we’re spending so much time doing this, that we take a little bit more from it than just the band show.”

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Just one year short of the 70th anniversary of their graduation, and after 67 years of annual class reunions, the remaining members of the Huntertown High School Class of 1944 have made the difďŹ cult decision to discontinue meeting on an annual basis. The 50-member class graduated on April 21, 1944, at the Eel RiverPerry Township School in Huntertown, but only 11 members were at this year’s class reunion The attack against the U.S. at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, had a profound effect on the young men and women who made up the HHS Class of 1944, with all but two of the young men entering a branch of military service. Some of the young women, meanwhile, entered nurses’ training or worked in factories during the war.

One of the classmates never returned home after the war. William F. Ryan ďŹ nished his classes and enlisted in the Marines in December of 1943, and he was killed on Iwo Jima on March 8, 1945, at the

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Members of the Huntertown High School Class of 1944 who attended their annual class reunion this summer included, in the front row, left to right, Audry (Reeder) Albright, Beatrice (Sprouls) MacQuire, and Betty (Meese) Heck-Dennison; and in the back row, left to right, Wallace Green, Marie (Surfus) Wappes, Janice (Guiff) Lansaw, Maxine (Minton) Book, Marcella (Morehouse) Holse, Ruth (Puff) Stinnett, Charles Richards Jr., and Jean (Maloney) Gump.

young age of 18. After the war was over, classmates gathered and the idea of an annual class reunion was proposed by class member Ted Leininger with help from Merle Simon and Wayne Carpenter.

Over the years, various sites were selected for the class reunions, including local one-room schoolhouses, the Wallen Fire Hall, the St. James Hotel in Avilla, the Railroad Inn at Garrett, the American Legion Post facility in Avilla and, for the ďŹ nal 10 years, Don Hall’s Guest

House in Fort Wayne.

For their annual reunions, members of the Class of 1944 went from partying and square dancing half the night away to meeting at noon for lunch.

For the 50th class reunion in 1994, a retro yearbook was created and printed by HHS colleague Nick Bloom. This was a special treat for members of the Class of 1944, as no yearbook could be published the year they graduated due to paper rationing for the war.

This year, only 11 of

the original Class of 1944 alumni were able to attend the class reunion luncheon at Don Hall’s Guest House on July 19. Although members of the class enjoy getting together, it was the lack of leadership for planning and hosting future annual reunions that led to the decision to discontinue them. The class has had a long history full of camaraderie and friendship, but only the memories of past annual reunions will remain. What a rich history the Class of 1944 has shared.

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Dupont Valley Times • August 23, 2013

Tox-Away Day to accept household chemicals

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She’s not asking anyone to throw out the kitchen sink, but Laura Rhoades suggests that homeowners take a close look at aging cleaning products beneath the kitchen sink before Sept. 7.

Rhoades is the community education coordinator for the Allen County Solid Waste Management District, which will repeat the annual Tox-Away Day program from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. that first Saturday in September. Locations have yet to be confirmed. Rhoades said drop-off points will be announced Aug. 26 at acwastewatcher.org.

Residents from throughout Allen County may drop off potentially harmful chemicals. Minimal fees apply.

“A lot of people don’t really think about what they have under their kitchen sink,” she said, “and there are a number of things that when you don’t need them anymore, they need to be disposed of responsibly.”

For instance, Tox-Away will accept household cleaners, oil-based paint and supplies, health and beauty products, household batteries, lead-acid batteries, pesticides and herbicides, rodent killers, fertilizers, automotive products, propane tanks (limit three per household), pool chemicals, mercury or items that contain mercury, and fire extinguishers.

Tox-Away will not accept latex paint, radioactive material, industrial hazardous waste, steel drums, explosives, medications or tires.

See a full list of eligible and ineligible products on the website.

The one-day event collected more than 43,000 pounds of household hazardous waste in 2012.

“This is put together by the Allen County Solid Waste Management District, and — as the name implies — it is for all of the county,” Rhoades said.

Small businesses that have other materials to recycle may contact Rhoades at (260) 449-7877. “We may come up with other means for disposal,” she said.

She said one of the most common questions involves

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Cans of oil-based paints are sorted at the 2012 Tox-Away Day. Allen County residents may drop off materials Saturday, Sept. 7, at sites to be determined.

the difference between oil-based paints — which can be dropped off at Tox-Away Day — and latex paints. Rhoades said latex paint can be rinsed from brushes using soap and water. Significant quantities of latex paints can be contributed to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, she said. “If there’s just a little bit of it left, you can just air-dry it to a solid and put it in the trash.” Visit the ReStore at 3827 N. Wells St. in Fort Wayne, or call (260) 470-4200.

“They require that the paint can be at least half-full,” said Cortez Henderson, a ReStore associate. “We also take any other building materials, anything from lawn and garden, electrical items, plumbing items, hardware and tools. We do

take electronics for recycling as well, like computers, game consoles, TVs.” Although the Tox-Away Day is held only once a year, Rhoades works year-round to educate the public about responsible recycling. Both Fort Wayne and New Haven have one-cart, curbside recycling programs that accept plastic, glass, metal and paper. “If you live in an area where curbside recycling isn’t available, we have five different sites where people can drop off their recycling free of charge,” she said. Those centers are staffed during regular hours, and staff members are prepared to answer questions.

“When people think of paper, they don’t think that cardboard falls into that category,” she said. But even the cardboard from a box of macaroni can go into the recycling bin instead of the garbage can. “A lot of things can be recycled,” she said.

Through other special events, the SWMD will redirect household batteries through a partnership with Batteries Plus, 105 W. Washington Center Road. That program, too, is limited to Allen County residents. For details, call (260) 471-2761 or visit batteriesplus.com.

“We’re constantly re-educating that batteries should not be thrown into the trash, and those need to be properly recycled,” Rhoades said.

“There are very few things that cannot be recycled,” Rhoades said. For instance, compact fluorescent light bulbs should not be sent to landfills. “We have partnerships with a number of businesses that accept those free of charge,” Rhoades said.

“When it comes to reducing waste, reusing materials and recycling, we have a great resource here in Allen County,” Rhoades said. “If people have questions, we’ll track down the answers. They can send us an email, give us a call. If we’re not the agency, then we will connect them with that agency.”

Although the Sept. 7 Tox-Away will not accept tires, a separate event on Oct. 5 will allow Allen County residents to dispose of car, bike and light truck tires, minus the rims.

Fees will apply. The Tire Amnesty Day location and hours will be announced Sept. 23.

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Dupont Valley Times • August 23, 2013

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Junior Achievement instructors might share financial literacy skills in the classroom for just a few weeks, or for just a few hours. But some parents or business leaders return to the same classrooms for a few years.

“We have volunteers who go back to the same teacher or the same classroom every year,” said Hayli Dick, the program manager of the 30-county Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana. “They make connections with the educators, where a lot of people might not be able to get a firsthand view of what teachers do.”

Junior Achievement has begun recruiting volunteers to share lessons on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship during the new school year. Those who make a seven-week commitment will teach for about a half-hour to 45 minutes each week. Those who prefer a one-day commitment — JA in a Day — will teach for four hours.

JA provides the training and materials. The classroom teachers stay in the classroom throughout the program. All Allen County public schools participate in the JA program.

Volunteers undergo background checks.

Some volunteers change grades each year to follow the classes. But even those who follow a class for only a few weeks remark on students’ progress, Dick said. “Throughout the visit, they talk about seeing the progress and seeing the light bulb come on, and it’s exciting.”

“It’s really about owning their own economic future and preparing for success in the future,” Dick said.

“We have volunteers that are parents, or who are interested in going into education, or who are education students, who are business and community people,” Dick said.

For details, visit jani.org. To register, contact Dick at (260) 484-2543, or email her at hayli.dick@ja.org. “Or call this number and ask for anyone on the education team,” Dick said.

Training is conducted at the JA office at 601 Noble Drive, behind the Northcrest Shopping Center. “We go through the material and talk about classroom management skills and help get them as prepared as possible for the class,” Dick said. The instructor training session takes about an hour and a half.

The program serves public and private schools across 27 Indiana counties, Van Wert County, Ohio, and Cass and Berrien counties in Michigan. Programs aid students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

JA fundraisers Sept. 7, Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation, 2282 W. 500 South, Pleasant Lake, Ind., in Steuben County. The 5K Parkview Health Muddy Trail Run obstacle course, benefiting Junior Achievement and the Boy Scouts of America. Choose from eight heat times, beginning at 10 a.m. Registration is $45 per person. Climb the 34-foot rock wall for $35. Experience the zip line for $30. Register for any event online.

Sept. 11, 12, Crazy Pinz, 1414 Northland Blvd., Fort Wayne. Gather a team of five people and raise pledges to support JA programs. Teams are asked to raise $350 in pledges, with a $30 registration fee.

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Eagle Marsh to celebrate monarch’s annual travels

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Wetlands expert Betsy Yankowiak said the monarch butterfly celebration each September at Eagle Marsh honors the incredible story of an iconic part of our landscape. “People always remember the migration of the monarchs coming through,” she said.

“This free, family-friendly event celebrates the monarch butterfly, thousands of which are likely to be stopping by Eagle Marsh on their fall migration southward,” the Little River Wetlands Project said in a news release.

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of preserves and programs for Little River, which maintains the 716-acre wetlands preserve on Fort Wayne’s southwest side.

Little River also maintains Arrowhead Marsh and Arrowhead Prairie, which combine for 255 acres surrounding Aboite Road south of West U.S. 24 at Aboite.

“Every year, monarch butterflies make a 2,500-mile migration to overwintering grounds high in the mountains of Mexico — the only insect capable of making such a trip, due to their unique life cycle and wing structure,” the news release explained. “They fly in masses to the same winter

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roosts, often to the exact same trees.”

At the September festival, LRWP will offer displays about monarchs’ life cycle, including live monarchs in various stages of metamorphosis.

Hikers can learn more about the monarchs’ journey. Special crafts and activities will be available to children. Participants can help plant milkweeds, from which butterflies take their food.

The monarch has an unusual life history, Yankowiak said. “You have monarchs that overwinter in Mexico,” she said. “When the temperature is right and all other climate conditions are right, they come out of their diapause in Mexico and they reproduce.”

The first generation of butterflies will journey north. Each female can carry up to 500 eggs.

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milkweed is emerging, reproduce, and die within weeks. By the time the first generation dies, the eggs of the second generation are hatching into caterpillars. The second and third generations also die during the travels north. “So this eastern migration that reaches Eagle Marsh, this stepping stone of all the generations, make it all the way up to Canada,” she said.

“And then in September when the climate conditions are right, they go into diapause and they migrate.”

“So you have great, great-grandchildren of the butterflies that left Mexico the previous winter fly back through the exact same route,” she said. “So how do they know to get there? It’s an incredible story.”

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tering sites in Mexico were discovered about 30 years ago. Over the past 20 years, logging and other factors have reduced the habitat substantially, she said.

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Dupont Valley Times • August 23, 2013 PAID ADVERTISMENT

(ALLEN COUNTY) The nationwide credit crisis may have turned “the American dream” into an extended nightmare for many Indiana home buyers and sellers.

Banks and mortgage lenders (who are not going out of business) have tightened up their lending requirements to the point where many home buyers today can no longer qualify for a mortgage.

Record foreclosures, rising unemployment, losses in the financial markets and the current credit crunch have not only reduced the number of buyers who can buy but have also increased the number of houses that sellers need to sell.

Prices are under pressure as home sellers lower their asking price to attract a buyer, and as lenders resell their foreclosed homes below market value.

And it’s turning into a vicious cycle -- as many buyers need to sell their current home first -- and many sellers (unless they plan to rent) need new financing to get into their next home. As a result, a sea of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and home builders are going out of business. These professionals are in the business of serving buyers and sellers. But that’s hard to do with the credit crisis when the entire real estate industry traditionally relies on mortgage lending to finance buyers and get houses sold.

What can homeowners do to sell their homes? How can buyers get financing if they can’t meet the tougher lending criteria on credit scores, income verification, down payment amounts and debt ratios?

There’s one local real estate professional who has found a way to make things work even with the present banking crisis. Mike MacDonald is the president of Summit City Investments, Inc. Since 1999, his private investment company has been buying houses throughout the Allen County, IN region without ever relying on banks.

MacDonald’s company takes over existing mortgages or brings in private lenders allowing him to pay homeowners all cash for the properties. He then offers his properties for rent or “for sale by owner” using a variety of unique seller financing programs.

By taking a long term approach and never relying on banks, business has never been better for MacDonald and his company.

“Most sellers are unaware of the options we offer.

What they need most is a qualified buyer... and we might just be that buyer.

We can buy houses in as-is condition, pay top dollar and close in just a few days… or whenever they’re ready.”

Mike says it’s normal for people to think

they must be desperate before calling him to buy their house. “It’s a very common misconception. But until I look at a house and do some research, I won’t know my game plan for the property or what I can offer. But after a single visit to the property and meeting with the homeowners I can let them know exactly what I can do. My offer is good for 7 days and it’s only at that point, with my offer on the table, that a seller can decide if I’m going to become their buyer.”

In fact, price is not an issue for MacDonald. As an investor, what’s important to him is the determination of what income the property can produce. “It’s easy to determine. I also do an appraisal and look at the recent comparable sales. Then I do whatever I can to offer a seller up to full price today -- or about what they might net sometime in the future pursuing a more conventional route. What I can pay depends on the condition, location and financing options available for that type of property. It only takes about 10 minutes to prescreen a property over the phone and to set an appointment. We typically buy 1 out of every 4 properties we see. In fact, for about half of those I have purchased, the seller pursued their other options and then came to realize that my offer was the best all along.”

MacDonald believes the three biggest reasons a house doesn’t sell are: 1) it is overpriced, 2) it is poorly marketed, or 3) it is not fixed up to show well. “I can pay a fair price on a home that needs work. I might even plan to increase the value or marketability by adding a bedroom or bath, finishing a basement or installing a new heating system. Brand new carpet and paint will go a long way to attract a qualified buyer. But I understand that many sellers don’t have the time, inclination or money to remodel a house... just to get it sold. We solve that problem for sellers.”

Overpricing a home could be the biggest mistake.

Listing agents sometimes suggest (or a seller might decide) to ask for a higher price than needed. This might be to test the market or leave wiggle room to negotiate.

However, this can backfire if the seller wants (or needs) a quick sale, or when the “days on the market” stacks up causing buyers to wonder what’s wrong with the property.

Another misconception about how Mike MacDonald buys houses is the idea that he’s probably looking for sellers in financial distress. “Look, when a seller is out of time or out of options, then I’m usually their best solution -- if their property is not over-financed. But most people headed for foreclosure are either overleveraged or actually looking to save their house. If I buy the house the seller must move. They really need to get into a more affordable home... but sometimes I can help by swapping properties.”

MacDonald warns about companies and real estate investors who target distressed homeowners. “Recent laws have been passed in Indiana that apply to any business and investor who targets people in foreclosure. Be cautious, do your research and perhaps seek legal advice when anyone wants to charge you an upfront fee for helping to get your loan modified, or... if they’re promising to lease the home back to you. That rarely works out like the borrower expects and can lead to accusations of fraud.

Perhaps rightly so.”

What does a real estate investor like Mike MacDonald do with the houses he

buys each month? What about the hundreds of houses his company has bought throughout Allen County, Indiana over the last 14 years? Simple. He rents them out or resells them. “We’re usually managing 80 to 100 properties at any given time -- making us one of the largest owners of single family homes in the area. Each month we may have 10 to 15 houses for sale. Some we’ve owned for years and others we have recently bought.”

With a reasonable down payment, MacDonald says he can sell you one of his properties using his popular owner financing programs -- even if you have damaged credit or a short job history.

His most popular owner financing “If you can afford a first month’s rent, a last month’s rent and a security deposit, then I can probably sell you one of my houses.”

out some sellers who have found themselves in over their head.”

“We do everything we can to get our buyers permanent bank financing. It’s a win-win because we pay sellers all cash and fund our deals with private lenders. Our lenders are mostly local individuals seeking alternatives to low bank CD rates. They earn 8 to 10% interest on real estate notes well-secured by our properties. When we get our buyer cashed out, we finally make our money and can payoff our investor. These investors usually want to reinvest allowing us to buy even more houses.”

Unfortunately many of the mortgage programs once available are now gone. It’s reported that 75% of the available lending disappeared when FHA changed their rules last October and again early this year. But, if you have money to put down and can prove your income, there are still loans available now. In fact, some rural development loans and VA loans still allow qualified buyers to borrow with no money down.

“We help all of our buyers get a bank loan as quickly as possible... or we finance them ourselves. But we’ve never relied on banks. That keeps us in control and maintains our sanity. But we get those loans done every chance we get. In fact, sometimes a buyer can qualify and doesn’t even know it.

Other times they can qualify but need a flexible seller. We’re one of the most creative and flexible sellers you’ll ever find,” says MacDonald.

Does buying or selling a home have to be difficult? Maybe not!

“President Obama says today's economy is the worst since the Great Depression and it may take many years to recover. Unfortunately I think he’s right and so do many sharp economists.”

Interested in selling your property quickly and easily? Looking to buy a new home without bank qualifying? It may be worth checking in with Mike MacDonald and his staff at Summit City Investments, Inc. Call them at (260) 267-0760 or visit them online at www.SummitCityInvestments.com.

They’re in a unique position to help buyers and sellers overcome the new challenges created by the recent mortgage market meltdown and credit crisis. And if you’re looking for a conservative way to earn 8-10% interest on your idle cash savings or retirement funds, call and ask for info on becoming one of their private lenders.

program includes the opportunity to build “sweat equity.” Before repairing or remodeling a newly acquired house, MacDonald offers it in “as-is” condition to his buyer’s list. This allows his client to do the work (to suit their own preferences) in exchange for all or part of a down payment.

“I have a lot of buyers who check my website each week looking for these ‘fixer upper’ deals. But if the home is not under contract within 10 days or so then I’ll hire my contractors to fix it up completely.”

His next most popular program is a down payment assistance plan. Many buyers turn to MacDonald’s company because they don’t have the down payment required by today’s cautious lenders. Mike helps buyers build up equity or a down payment over time with his rent-to-own (or lease with the option to buy) program. In this program you can rent the property you’ve decided to buy, but have the option to close anytime over the next 1, 2... or even 5 years. A portion of the rent each month is credited toward buying. Additional amounts can be paid monthly for more rapid equity build up plus other promised amounts can be made later... like proceeds from the sale of another property or a pending tax refund.

Once the buyer has enough “skin” in the deal, MacDonald can close with owner financing at the predetermined, mutually agreed upon price and terms. Or the buyer SUMMIT CITY INVESTMENTS, INC. is can close with a new bank loan. According located at 2200 Lake Avenue, Suite 123 in to MacDonald, “There are so many reasons Fort Wayne, IN, holds a Certificate of my buyers like some time before qualifying Good Standing from the Indiana Secretary for a mortgage. They may need to sell their of State, and is a BBB Accredited business house, work on their credit, establish more with the Indiana Better Business Bureau time on a job or establish two years of with an A+ rating, provable income on tax returns when self-employed. All our buyers are put in Mike MacDonald is the President of touch with a sharp mortgage broker who Summit City Investments, Inc. He is a creates a plan for them. We can recommend an affordable credit repair company that can 37-year resident in the local community, do unbelievable things given even a short 6 to and has been a long term partner in his 12 months to work on a file. This also helps family’s independent insurance agency and tax & accounting firm (G. A. MacDonald Associates, Inc.) For more information or to view a list of properties for sale, just visit www.SummitCityInvestments.com 2200 Lake Avenue, Suite 123 Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Phone (260) 267-0760 -----------------

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Second Charity Fest features music, food CONTRIBUTED ILLUSTRATION

Website to focus on arts, entertainment, community KPC Media Group Inc. on Aug. 5 launched a new website to deliver arts, entertainment and community news to its audience in the greater Fort Wayne area.

INFortWayne.com features story-driven new and traditional media with content from the Times Community Publications and Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, which are owned and published by KPC Media Group.

INFortWayne editor Ryan Schnurr, who earned degrees in communication studies and film from Huntington University, brings a unique perspective to community news coverage. His intimate, documentary-style videography and photography will spotlight more obscure stories from within the community.

“I am interested in the smaller, everyday stories,” Schnurr said. “There’s definitely value in covering the major stories, and there are people doing that very well.

But there’s also value in the smaller stories, the daily life stories. We’re making a point to introduce you to people, places and events you might not otherwise come in contact with in an effort to help demystify those narratives.”

Each week, Schnurr will release new videos and

photo galleries featuring topics of local interest, beginning with “Phresh,” a look at Fort Wayne artist Theoplis Smith’s art brand Phresh Laundry.

“INFortWayne will explore our community with professionally produced multimedia that is unlike anything else being produced in the region,” said KPC Media Group digital media director Kelly Lynch.

“KPC has invested not only in quality media production, but also in local talent, making for an opportunity to showcase our region’s stories meaningfully and creatively.”

In cooperation with Times Community Publications editor Garth Snow, INFortWayne.com also will feature content from weekly neighborhood newspapers Aboite & About, the Dupont Valley Times, the St. Joe Times and the East Allen County Times. Business-focused content will come from Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly in cooperation with editor Barry Rochford.

One of the area’s most comprehensive community calendars also can be found at INFortWayne.com, and users can submit their own event information via the “Events” tab.

“I am pleased KPC Media Group can bring such wonderful, insightful

content to the greater Fort Wayne area,” said KPC Media Group COO Terry Ward. “In the last few months we added some very talented people to our team.

They’re more than just journalists; they have a passion for storytelling. They’ve invested time, energy and creativity into this project for several months and I am confident Fort Wayne will be thrilled with the end results.”

KPC Media Group, with offices in Kendallville, Auburn, Angola and Fort Wayne, has been locally owned since its founding in 1911. It publishes three daily newspapers, The News Sun in Kendallville, The Star in Auburn and The Herald Republican in Angola, along with community newspapers in Garrett, Butler and Ligonier. It also publishes the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, the Times Community Publications in Allen County, the Greater Fort Wayne Family magazine and the Smart Shopper, along with phone books and real estate guides in northeast Indiana. The company also has commercial printing and direct-mail divisions and offers expanded digital services.

Visit the website at INFortWayne.com, find it on Facebook or follow on Twitter @INFortWayne.

St. Vincent de Paul Society will present Charity Fest as a fundraiser for the society’s continuing assistance to those in need.

The second annual celebration will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Lantern banquet hall, 4420 Ardmore Ave., just south of Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with an early look at the live and silent auctions. Spike & the Bulldogs will take the stage at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets include a light dinner with sandwiches and salad, and soft drinks and beer. A separate cash bar is available.

To buy tickets, visit the St. Vincent

de Paul thrift store at 1600 S. Calhoun St. Tickets also are available through the St. Vincent de Paul Society groups at many Catholic churches. For information, call (260) 456-3561.

“It’s good company, good music, good food and a chance to help benefit others,” said Cheryl Mowan of Fort Wayne, the president of the six-county district of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

The local society welcomes volunteers, and gifts of quality, used merchandise for its thrift store. For more information on the society’s mission of charity and justice, visit svdpsfw.org.

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Dupont Valley Times • August 23, 2013

Healthy Times VA clinic addresses ďŹ ndings

By Rick Farrant rfarrant@kpcmedia.com

OfďŹ cials at the VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System Fort Wayne campus were already working on addressing issues raised in a recently released Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general’s report, a spokeswoman said.

The report, released Aug. 2, was sought last November by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., in the wake of a self-imposed suspension of some inpatient services to review processes and provide training for staff.

All of those services have since been reopened with the exception of the four-bed intensive-care unit, which drew significant attention in the inspector general’s report.

Among the key ďŹ ndings of the report: • Prior to the suspension, the facility failed to consistently engage sound clinical judgment and deliver quality care. • Crucial clinical positions at the facility were vacant.

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• The competency assessment process for nurses was inconsistent. • The intensive-care unit was categorized as a Level 3 unit but was operated as a less-comprehensive Level 4, if that.

Donnelly and Stutzman were sharply critical of the pre-suspension conditions at the facility, calling them “unacceptable� and “inexcusable.�

Neither congressman took into account any improvements that had been subsequently made.

Donnelly spokeswoman Elizabeth Shappell said later: “The scope of the OIG report was on what led to the pause, not what actions have been taken since. Sen. Donnelly was commenting on the ďŹ ndings of the report, which were extremely concerning. He is committed to working together so that all issues can be addressed.â€?

Jennifer Baran-Prall, spokeswoman for the Fort Wayne VA facility, said ofďŹ cials there welcome the “congressional input and are committed to working with them to understand their residual

concerns.�

She said the facility has improved clinical oversight, is resolving the nurse competency assessment issue and has ďŹ lled a majority of the vacant clinical leadership positions, although a few remain open. “There are,â€? she said, “a variety of reasons leading to the difďŹ culty in ďŹ lling these positions, and they range from a lack of interest in the geographic region or VA (to) applicant qualiďŹ cations and compensation packages.â€?

The intensive-care unit issue, meanwhile, remains largely unresolved, although Baran-Prall said the ultimate determination regarding the ICU will not adversely affect the viability of the facility. “We continue to refer and pay for veterans’ care in community hospitals for ICU services,� she said, “and are committed to exploring our options about ICU designation and services and making an informed decision as we move through our restarting of the service plan.�

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Heritage expansion on track Living center will offer independent, assisted-living apartments and nursing home

By Linda Lipp llipp@kpcmedia.com

Viewed from the height of Interstate 469, the new life center complex under construction at the Heritage of Fort Wayne seems impressive.

From street level, off St. Joe Road, the new building that will house independent and assisted-living apartments, a nursing home, rehab center and memory-care units, is enormous.

The living center is part of a development by the nonproďŹ t United Methodist Memorial Homes, which also operates the Heritage of Huntington and Heritage Pointe in Warren.

The senior citizens residential project also includes winding streets lined with detached homes arranged around three small lakes, thus the name, the “Villas at Heritage Lakes.�

The villas were the ďŹ rst part of the project to begin construction, with the ďŹ rst one ďŹ nished just over four years ago.

Despite a weak housing market, 37 of the 56 lots now have completed homes or are reserved or

under construction. “I’ve always felt grateful each year we’ve done at least ďŹ ve or six units despite the economy,â€? said Pat Hart, who coordinates sales, marketing and admissions for the Heritage of Fort Wayne.

The weak housing market might even have made the villas more attractive. Although each new one is built to suit its ďŹ rst occupant, the villas aren’t sold outright.

Residents pay an entry fee, and then monthly rent and utilities, which are low because all the homes have geothermal heating and cooling.

Residents still get to customize the homes a bit to suit their tastes, but the buy-in makes the villas more affordable than a conventional purchase. And if and when they decide to move on, residents don’t have to worry about possible depreciation or the hassle of selling the home.

Lawn mowing, landscaping, snow removal, appliance services and maintenance also are included. And a clubhouse offers a meeting

and party area as well as an exercise room that residents can use at no charge.

Should an individual or couple want or need later to move into the apartments, health-care center or memory-care units in the new complex, or at the Huntington or Warren complexes, there’s a discount based on their earlier entry fee.

Like the detached homes, which range in space from about 1,400 square feet to more than 2,000, the apartments in the new life center building will be spacious — about 900 square feet for a two-bedroom unit. Apartments will have kitchens, but residents also will be able to get meal service if they prefer not to cook.

Housekeeping services also are provided.

The nursing center will have 66 beds, each in a separate room that has both a living and bedroom space. Memory care will be provided on two levels: as assisted living for those who qualify and as nursing for those who require a higher level of care.

An on-site rehab center will provide inpatient and outpatient physical-therapy services.

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Appleseed festival strives for authenticity

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The Johnny Appleseed Festival is more than just a party in a park, according to festival director Bruce Hayes. It’s also more than just one park.

Hayes said every aspect of the 39th annual festival Sept. 21 and 22 will authentically represent the Pioneer era when John Chapman planted and sold apple trees through much of the Midwest. Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in north central Pennsylvania in 1774. He died on the Archer farm in 1845. The festival grounds surround his grave site.

Hayes said the festival draws about a quarter of a million people to Fort Wayne each September.

There is no admission fee.

Exhibitors must present crafts that the early settlers would have practiced, and vendors must offer foods that those founders would have cooked. The volunteer board of directors will

What: Johnny Appleseed Festival When: Sept. 21, 10 am.-6 p.m.

Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Johnny Appleseed and Archer parks, near Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Cost: Free admission.

More info: For a full schedule, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.

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Crafts created during the Johnny Appleseed Festival must use the equipment and materials that were available in the mid-19th century, when John Chapman cultivated apples in the Midwest.

reject most applicants. “It takes an inordinate amount of the board’s time to make sure we aren’t losing what it is that made this festival special,” Hayes said.

The festival spans two adjacent parks. The campground just off Coliseum

Boulevard along the St. Joseph River lies within 31 acres widely known as Johnny Appleseed Park.

The formal name, though, is City Utilities Park. City Utilities owns the land, and has granted the Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Depart-

374-pound pumpkin takes 4th

By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

Kelly Klinker’s Woodburn pumpkin patch has produced misshapen globes that weighed almost half a ton, so he had no delusions about his 374-pounder’s prospects in the Indiana State Fair.

As he feared, his entry missed the blue ribbon by a few hundred pounds. Still, his finished fourth among the five entries.

Dwight and Karen Slone trucked a 1,039-pound pumpkin to Indianapolis from Prestonburg, Ky., and claimed top prize in the Aug. 10 judging.

“It was almost what I expected,” Klinker said. “I was hoping mine would be closer to 400 pounds.”

Because it’s an open class competition, growers from other states may enter.

“Usually we have one of those that sneaks in,” said Klinker, who also has crossed some state lines.

“I usually travel to Ohio or Michigan when I’ve got a bumper crop and a few extra, but I won’t be traveling this year,” he said.

But Klinker does not have a surplus of pumpkins this year, and he has responsibilities closer to home. In his fourth year as president of the Indiana Pumpkin Growers Association, he’s busy organizing

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Kelly Klinker, of Woodburn, exhibited a 374-pound pumpkin that took fourth place at the giant pumpkin contest at the Indiana State Fair. Shown after the Aug. 10 contest are, from left: Indiana State Fair Queen Mariah Huff; John Barenie, Griffith, Ind., second place, 927 pounds; David Cantrell, Corryton, Tenn., third place, 669 pounds; Dwight Slone, Prestonburg, Ky., first place, with his 1,039-pound pumpkin; Mikkal Hodge, Morristown, Ind., fifth place, 300 pounds; and Klinker.

the annual show, Oct. 5 at Gary Greenhouse, 4706 Bluff Road, Indianapolis.

His garden still holds a pumpkin that will eclipse its state fair counterpart.

“I have one more growing for Halloween season,” he said. “It’s probably around 300 pounds right now, and I don’t know where it’s going to end up. But I’m hoping around seven, eight hundred pounds.”

Klinker thanks a friend,

Tom Beachy of Harlan, for giving him some pumpkin seeds in about 2002. He said Beachy still grows pumpkins, but just for Halloween.

“I’ve always had a garden,” Klinker said. “But there’s just something different (about the pumpkins). They grow so much faster and they’re so big.

They’re just a lot of fun to grow.”

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ment a long-term lease.

The namesake of the festival is buried nearby in Archer Park, which is owned by Allen County and maintained by the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum staff.

Hayes said the early

arborist’s final resting place probably is not within the stately iron fence and gravestone in the historic landmark on the mound overlooking the Coliseum.

“If you were the Archer family, it’s probably unlikely that you would have buried John Chapman at the very top of the farm,” Hayes said. “That’s been pretty well documented with people who were alive not that long ago.”

The actual grave likely is nearby, Hayes said, among shrubs in the shape of a “J” and a “C.” Even the Chapman legend itself fails the

festival’s test of authenticity. Pioneers needed to show evidence that they were improving the land they had claimed, Hayes explained. “You had to declare an interest in the land, and fruit trees did a lot to be able to say ‘this is my homestead,’ and John Chapman moved ahead of where the pioneers were and established orchards and moved forward and backward along his trail to take care of those orchards,” he said.

Chapman owned lots of land and sold the trees, Hayes explained. “So the See FESTIVAL, Page B2

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Sunday, Sept. 22. Church, school and civic groups will cook settler staples such as chicken and noodles, ham and beans and apple dumplings over open fires. The list of food vendors tends to be stable from year to year, he said. Entertainment such as fife and drum corps and cloggers will fill five stages.

For details, photos and vendor applications, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.

Finding exhibitors appropriate to the era is challenging, Hayes said.

“The crafters have to make the crafts themselves, using techniques and material from the time,” he said.

Vendors of dime-store knock-offs are rejected.

Entertainment applicants pose an even tougher authenticity challenge.

“About 95 percent of them immediately weed themselves out,” Hayes said.

“We’ll check to make sure it complies, and then we’ll come back to make sure something doesn’t reappear,” Hayes said. Vendors are ejected when necessary, and that is frequently, he said. “We can’t compromise the quality of the festival,” Hayes said. “There are discussions about water in plastic bottles or food in Styrofoam. But in order to meet modern regulations and make sure people are healthy, we have to give on those things.”

“Most of our food vendors are area not-forprofits, who are there doing their fundraising, and for some of them it’s their biggest fundraising event of the year,” Hayes said. “So when you come out to the park, you’re not only eating food, you’re also supporting

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The longtime festival volunteer said he appreciates the difficulty of replicating materials from the Pioneer era.

“I watched someone carving a wooden spoon, and I was surprised at how long it takes. And I thought about how you have to kill the food. And you wonder where the pot came from,” Hayes said. “That’s when I realized that I would not have made it as a Pioneer.”

“There were a lot of places that John Chapman traveled back in Pioneer days, from here to the East Coast, so there are a lot of Johnny Appleseed festivals,” Hayes said. Fort Wayne, though, claims the grave site.

Hayes said visitors from Canada attend the Fort Wayne festival. People from across the country time their Fort Wayne visits to coincide with the festivities on the third weekend in September. “It really amazes me how well this festival is known and how many people enjoy it,” he said.

“We’re trying to focus more and more on the educational opportunities that are available,” he said.

“We had a scavenger hunt in the past and we’re thinking about resurrecting that, to get people’s awareness that we are more than just a party in the park. You can go out there and learn a lot about what Pioneer days were like without feeling like it’s a dreary classroom situation.”

Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation, Psi Iota Xi Theta Chapter, and Settlers Inc. are corporate sponsors of the festival. Fourteen board members hold specific duties, with the help of seven board assistants.

Several board members also serve on the eight-member executive committee.

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His largest pumpkin so fear reached the 980-pound mark just in time for Halloween, 2009. He donated the pumpkin for a display, he said, adding that he probably will do so again this year.

He said his state fair pumpkin and some of the other entries also were donated, for a public display in Hong Kong. He said he does not know the details.

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B1 “They’re just for display, or they’ll carve them,” he said. The pumpkin walls are 6 to 12 inches thick, and lend themselves to 3D creations. “They’re generally all shapes, sizes and colors,” he said.

His 374-pound state fair pumpkin was fourth among five entries. Last year he entered a 260-pound pumpkin, for last place among eight entries.

Three-time Indiana State Fair winner John Barenie of Griffith has grown a state-record 1,308-pounder, but his 2013 entry only reached 927 pounds. That was good for second place. Klinker said Barenie grows smaller but still formidable pumpkins, for grocery store displays.

Other state fair entrants were from Corryton, Tenn., and from Morristown, in central Indiana.

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kins. “They’re not readily commercially available,” he said. “Typically other giant pumpkin growers will trade with each other. I’ve actually sent seeds to Europe.”

Klinker’s garden grows more than pumpkins. The Carolina Cross watermelons can reach 100 pounds. The Big Zack tomatoes usually reach three or four pounds, although some seed sellers say the fruits can reach six pounds.

Beachy, who helped Klinker get his start in pumpkins, grew Indiana’s largest field pumpkin of 2012, an 83-pounder. Field pumpkins average about 20 pounds, and are the size most commonly carved into Jack-o’-lanterns.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, September 5 10:00 a.m.

Artisan, Craft & Food Booths, Merchants Tent, Kiddie Rides, Olde Church Museum Photo Display 10:00 am-7:00 pm Church Museum “Treasures of Yesteryear” 10:00 am- 8:00 pm Exhibition Hall, Grabill Missionary Church Sponsored by Grabill Family Dentistry 10:00 am-Noon Settlers- Creating Gourds From Seed to Art, Grabill Missionary Church 1:00-3:00 pm Settlers- Rug Hooking, Grabill Missionary Church 4:30-6:00 pm Strolling magic with JIM REAMS Sponsored by Coffee Cabin, H. Souder & Son, Antiques Shops of Grabill 5:00-9:00 pm Dinner at the Fudergong- Homemade Beef & Noodles Sponsored by Barrett & McNagny 5:00 pm Boy Scouts Games and Rides (Behind the Fudergong) 6:00 pm Egg Toss, Activities Area Sponsored by Jiffy Car Wash & Miracle Stables 6:00-8:00 pm Settlers- Quilting Demonstration, Grabill Missionary Church 6:00-8:30 pm Balloon Show with JIM REAMS (by the Fudergong) Sponsored by Coffee Cabin, H. Souder & Son, Antiques Shops of Grabill 6:30 pm Watermelon Eating Contest, Activities Area Sponsored by Grabill Automotive 7:00 p.m.

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Artisan, Craft & Food Booths, Merchants Tent, Kiddie Rides, Olde Church Museum Photo Display 10:00 am-7:00 pm Church Museum ”Treasures of Yesteryear” 10:00 am-8:00 pm Exhibition Hall, Grabill Missionary Church Sponsored by Grabill Family Dentistry 10:00 am-Noon Settlers- Corn Husk Craft Demonstration, Grabill Missionary Church 1:00-3:00 pm Settlers- Weaving Demonstration, Grabill Missionary Church 4:30-6:00 pm Strolling magic with JIM REAMS, Sponsored by Grabill Truss 5:00-6:15 pm Restored to Glory- Dance 5:00-9:00 pm Dinner at the Fudergong- Beef & Noodles, High’s Pork Chops Sponsored by Grabill Cabinets 5:00 pm Boy Scouts Games and Rides (Behind the Fudergong) 6:00 pm Baby Crawl, Activities Area, Sponsored by Jim’s Auto Care 6:00-7:00 pm Fritzy in Concert, Main Stage 6:00-8:00 pm Settlers-Scherenschnitte Demonstration, Grabill Missionary Church 6:00-8:30 pm Balloon Show with JIM REAMS (by the Fudergong) Sponsored by Grabill Truss

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The home-style meals at the Fudergong lend a special feel to the Grabill Country Fair, said Sharon Krug.

Krug, who will oversee lunch and dinner meals Sept. 5-7, said visitors will savor both the food and the atmosphere.

“It’s an important part of the fair because it’s more home-cooked meals instead of getting something through a window from a vendor,” she said.

“We’re trying more for a home meal, where people sit down and eat it,” she said.

“Some of the people come just for that, just for the Fudergong meals.”

This year’s menu features beef and noodles from 5-9 p.m. Thursday,

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6. A second option will be available during those same hours Friday, when High’s Bar-B-Q & Catering serves pork chops. From 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, the menu features chicken-halves cooked by High’s. Krug said the Fudergong will serve about 200 pork chops and about 800 chicken halves. “We always sell out. It’s super popular,” she said.

“We’re going to have the normal sides — potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans, that kind of thing,” she said.

“And our other claim to fame is our pies, and we get that from Dutch Heritage in Spencerville,” Krug said.

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Roger Harris predicts 80 to 100 organizations will take part in the Grabill Country Fair parade, which begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. Leo American Legion Post 409 will raise the colors at 10:05.

Harris, who has been coordinating the parade for 15 years, said spectators usually line the entire 1.1-mile route. “It lasts about an hour,� he said. “It draws a tremendous amount of people.�

The route begins downtown on Main Street, continues south through the festival grounds, then turns west on Second Street, north on Fairview Drive, and then back east on State Street. Harris said no-parking signs will be placed along the route on the eve of the parade. Fami-

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lies typically set up lawn chairs along the route, he said. “People that have been in the parade have told me there’s no other parade where there’s that amount of people around the entire parade route,� he said.

Harris will be busy with details, and will not be among those spectators. “I

don’t get to see or ride in my own parade, and that’s just one of the hazards of

being that involved,� he said.

Judges will select winners of a few cash prizes and many trophies, he said. Entrants will include bands, horse units, car clubs and churches, he said. “We usually have a couple of oats come from the Three Rivers parade, from the businesses in Fort Wayne,â€? he said. “We have Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, llamas, clowns; it just goes on and on.â€?

A grand marshal will be chosen before parade day, he said. Parkview Health System will sponsor the parade.

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blueberry, rhubarb crumble, apple, cherry, pecan and peach.” She said she expects to sell 70 pies during the three-day festival.

The Fudergong building, which was built specifically for the festival, has its own kitchen and is available for rental year-round, for events such as church gatherings, flea markets and family reunions. To reserve the Fudergong for $350 a day, call Clerk-Treasurer Cynthia Barhydt at Grabill Town Hall, (260) 627-5227 ext. 1.

The Fudergong is at 13720 First St. Krug said the building allows the festival to serve its trademark meals whether rain or shine. “They used to have a big tent, and if it rained, it was a mess,” she said.

Donated labor and materials made the Fudergong possible, she said.

The breakfast service that had been part of the festival was dropped last year, she said, but might be restored this year.

The fair also accommodates visitors who prefer festival food.

“And they love our food booths,” said festival committe member Diane

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Delegrange. “I just have a hard time deciding what to eat. They have barbecue, apple dumplings. The fish sandwiches — oh, those are to die for.”

Options include caramel corn cooked in a kettle, corn-on-the cob, soups and sandwiches. “Homemade ice cream, that’s a big draw,” said Delegrange, who oversees the merchant exhibitors.

Committee member Patty Meeks-Rhodes agreed. “We have the normal fair foods like the elephant ears and the onion rings and the cotton candy, and all that,” she said.

Meeks-Rhodes serves on the board and also oversees the approximately 75 food and crafts vendors.

“I’ve worked really hard to get new vendors,” she said.

The craft items must be handmade. “We don’t do buy-sell, flea market kind of items,” she said. Popular categories include jewelry, hair accessories, candles, and organic soaps and lotions.

Meeks-Rhodes exhibited her own handmade jewelry last year, she said, “And it was interesting having a booth and being in charge of everything.”

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She also organizes the entertainment on what she called the second stage. A folk band and other local people offer their talents as a community service, just for the exposure. “I look for something different, but in the same realm,” she said.

“We’re having a company called TAG Art, a meet-andgreet with Cinderella and Spider-Man, so the kids can meet them and have their picture taken with them,” she said.

This year marks her seventh festival as a volunteer. “We definitely have grown,” she said of the fair.

She works with three other women on the committee. “We have a good, organized group

The Purdue Varsity Glee Club will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Bellmont High School in Decatur.

The ensemble will present a repertoire that ranges from gospel, jazz, swing, religious and contemporary music to romantic ballads, barbershop harmony, folk tunes, patriotic selections and novelty numbers.

The concert also will showcase small groups specializing in a variety of popular music.

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“Everybody in our fair is volunteer. From our electricians to our board members, nobody gets a paycheck. We just put our heart and soul into it and we want it to succeed.”

Even the children’s games reflect the feel of a country fair. “There are no carnival games, so it’s truly a family event,” MeeksRhodes said. The Boy Scouts will direct old-fashioned games such as a rope swing and a rope-walk bridge. “It’s really geared to keeping it family,” she said. The Boy Scouts present games and rides at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and at 11 a.m. Saturday,

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“It’s hometown fun,” Delagrange said. “I think the reason we draw so many people is because there are things for kids and adults to do, a lot of activities for babies on up to 80 years old. And it’s all free.

The only thing that you do pay for at our fair is what you buy or what you eat.”

“If the weather holds out, it’s going to be a fantastic year,” Meeks-Rhodes said.

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In addition to the Bellmont concert, the Glee Club will perform the same day at the 9 a.m. service at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Friedheim, 10653 N. County Road 550 West, northwest of Decatur.

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The men of the vocal ensemble recently returned from a concert tour of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France with their female counterparts, the Purduettes, and the Purdue Bells. The tour culminated in performance at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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East Allen opens athletics to home-schooled students East Allen County Schools will allow homeschooled student athletes to participate on IHSAA athletic teams.

The student will be eligible to participate in an IHSAA-recognized sport only at the member school in which the student is enrolled and attends.

Full-time students at non-public accredited schools may participate at the school of their resi-

dence if they complete any statewide examinations authorized by the Indiana Department of Education and if the non-public school certifies compliance with IHSAA bylaws.

The student must attend at last one full-credit subject at an East Allen school building.

The IHSAA approved the bylaw this year. An East Allen news release said the district might be the first to

implement the program.

Superintendent Ken Folks said the district is proud to be the pioneer in the arena of accepting home-schooled athletes.

“We’re anxious to serve the community by providing an opportunity for these student athletes to participate within our athletic programs,” Folks said.

The change is effective for the 2013-14 school year.

Schools notification system can use voice, email, or text The East Allen County School System has implemented a new parent notification system.

The school system, which serves more than 9,000 students, will use this new technology to reach families quickly in the event of an emergency, and improve the overall quality and frequency of home-school communications.

Superintendent Ken Folks said, “East Allen County Schools will be using School Messenger to instantly send information to parents. At registration, parents

will provide contact information to receive information via voice, email and/or text.

“This system will provide principals and central office administrators the ability to communicate important information to parents immediately and efficiently.”

“In times of emergency, School Messenger provides massive calling capabilities that will enable school officials to send thousands of messages in a matter of minutes. Doing so not only provides parents

with accurate, real-time information as the situation unfolds, but it also creates a comprehensive program that places a clear priority on parent communications,” said Tamyra Kelly, public relations liaison.

Thousands of school districts, public schools, colleges, universities, private schools and other educational facilities in all 50 states depend on the School Messenger system to connect and effectively communicate with millions of parents, students and staff every day.

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USF Jesters arts program begins registration The Jesters of the University of Saint Francis is accepting registrations for the 2013-2014 program from people with developmental disabilities.

Registration is open to anyone age 6 to senior citizens.

The program begins Saturday, Sept. 7, and will meet each Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon at the USF

North Campus building, 2702 Spring St., across from the main campus.

Morning activities will include dance/movement, theatre, storytelling, puppetry, percussion and music (instrumental and voice). A visual arts program will be held from noon-2 p.m. in the Rolland Center. Participants are welcome to attend the

morning session only, or both the morning and afternoon sessions. Annual participation fees are $60 per participant. Scholarships are available.

Jesters will continue taking applications through the end of October.

The program will meet each Saturday (except Nov. 30 due to Thanksgiving) until Dec. 14. The Jesters

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Sponsored by the University of Saint Francis since 1978, the Jesters is a performing group of people with mild to severe developmental/

physical disabilities. The purpose of the Jesters is to enhance quality of life for people with disabilities by engaging them in the creative arts.

The vision is to develop self-expression, self-esteem, socialization and other life skills while providing learning opportunities to the USF community and the community at large. The program is made possible in part through funding by the AWS Foundation.

Christian Writing Club forms Bluffton author Kayleen Reusser has started a new writing club for authors and aspiring writers in the Fort Wayne area. The Fort Wayne Christian Writing Club will meet on Aug. 27 and on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Waynedale Public Library, 2200 Lower Huntington Road, in southwest Fort Wayne. The monthly gatherings, which start at 6 p.m., are open to anyone who enjoys writing and wants encouragement and feedback, or aspiring writers who need a catalyst for starting their own writing career.

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Christian Writing Club that Reusser and another writer, Rhonda Maller, started in 2009. Reusser said the main purpose of the writing groups is to provide camaraderie, offering a place where writers can come together and critique one another’s work “in a gentle atmosphere that offers other perspectives and ideas for improvement.”

The idea for a writing club came after Reusser received support and inspiration from one in the past. “A similar group catapulted my writing back in the 1980s,” she said. “I was a wannabe writer who managed to get away from her busy family for one evening a month to meet with writers at a church in Fort Wayne.”

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Taste of the Arts Festival. Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Featuring more than 60 performances of music, dance, theatre and more. Plus, a ďŹ ne arts fair, art marketplace, hands-on activities and more than 30 restaurants. Stay for dessert from 6 p.m.-11:30 p.m. with WBOI’s Meet the Music, and two other stages of music. Then at 10 p.m. see an outdoor showing of the classic “King Kong.â€? A ticketed activity with wine tasting while you make your own painting and/or salsa dance is from 7-9 p.m. (adults only) inside the Arts United Center.

Color Me Rad 5K. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. 8 a.m. $50. Register at colormerad.com. A portion of the proceeds beneďŹ ts the Special Olympics of Indiana. Waves of runners get plastered with paint every ďŹ ve minutes. Anyone 14 or older may volunteer for the Color Bomb Squad, to pummel friends and family with paint bombs.

Shindigz National Soccer Festival. Hefner Soccer Complex on the IPFW Campus. Top-notch area boys’ and girls’ high school soccer teams and collegiate teams compete. See schedule at nationalsoccerfestival.com.

At 7 p.m. today, NCAA men’s defending national champion Indiana University takes on 2011 champion the University of North Carolina.

Tickets available at the gate.

Southside Farmers Market. 300 Warsaw St., Fort Wayne. 7 a.m.

Downtown Fort Wayne Farmers Market. 9 a.m. Local market enthusiasts and vendors have come together in a grass-roots effort to create an indoor farmers market. At the southeast corner of Wayne and Barr streets.

Family Fun Hike. Eagle Marsh Barn, 7209 Engle Road. 10 a.m. Meet at the Eagle Marsh barn. In late summer, thousands of butteries take nectar from the wildowers at Eagle Marsh. Learn more about their life cycle and the many native plants and owers they rely upon, then visit our milkweed gardens where monarch caterpillars munch.

Family Garden Close-Up. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Get a closer look at our plants and gardens on the fourth Saturday of the month. We will visit one of the gardens to discover a different feature. Conservatory admission applies. 11 a.m.

Grandma’s Garden. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. 11 a.m. Author Holly Mishler and illustrator Karen Flesch of the children’s picture book “Grandma’s Garden� will be on hand for a fun and interactive story time every half-hour (11, 11:30, 12, and 12:30).

Hotel Fitness Championship 2013. Sycamore Hills Golf Club, 11836 Covington Road. Continues through Sept. 1. The top 75 player from the 2013 Web.com Tour money list compete for a chance to play in the PGA. For details, visit hotelďŹ tnesschampionship.com. Check for tickets online.

Charity golf outing. Autumn Ridge Golf Club, 11420 Old Auburn Road.

Registration 7:30-8:30 a.m., celebrity putting contest 8:30 a.m., Florida scramble shotgun start at 9 a.m. BeneďŹ ts Special Olympics of Allen County and other local programs. Slots are ďŹ lling quickly. For details, email roger@autumnridgegc.com.

Mizpah Shriners Fly-in Breakfast. Fort Wayne International Airport. 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At Aviation Hangar 1003, 10501 10th St., east of the terminal. Minimum donation of $5 per person. Children under 5 eat for free.

Enjoy eggs cooked to order, sausage, ham, coffee, milk, orange juice.

Net proceeds beneďŹ t Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Special Olympics beneďŹ t. Autumn Ridge Golf Club, 11420 Old Auburn Road, Fort Wayne. 6 p.m. Pro Football Hall of Fame member Mike Ditka will appear at the Craig Neal/Grant Delegrange Celebrity Golf live auction. Tickets $50, or V.I.P. tickets with reception with Coach Ditka are $150. BeneďŹ ts Special Olympics of Allen County.

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28 “I Have a Dream� tribute. University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St. 3:30-5 p.m. The university and the Fort Wayne MLK Club commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic speech. For details, call Gloria Hudson at 3997700, ext. 6304.

New Haven Farmers Market. Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave. 4-7 p.m.

Wednesday evenings through Oct. 16. Local growers share their produce.

Farmers Market. One Summit Square, 911 S. Calhoun St. 10 a.m. every Wednesday.

Salomon Farmers Market. The Old Barn at Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road. 5 p.m. every Wednesday through Sept. 25. Shop for locally grown organic produce and enjoy family entertainment.

skill level. As children progress through the new upper level color group classes, they will continue to master more challenging skills and work on their stroke technique. For more information, call the Natatorium at (260) 637-0340, or visit nacs.k12.in.us/Schools/Natatorium.

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Farmers Market. Georgetown Square, near Georgetown Branch Library.

4-7 p.m. every Thursday through Sept. 12. The ďŹ nal market also features an arts and crafts market.

Grabill Country Fair.

10 a.m.-9 p.m. Three-day celebration begins. Free admission and entertainment. Homemade foods and other concessions available. Children’s games and crafts demonstrations at various times. For details, visit grabillcountryfair.com.

Roanoke Fall Festival. Downtown Roanoke. Continues through Sunday.

60th anniversary celebration features tractor pulls, demolition derby, food and family fun activities. Watch for updates. Visit discoverroanoke. org.

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Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. For information, call Kristal Hefey, 918-2065.

Farmers Market. Jefferson Pointe, 4110 W. Jefferson Blvd. 4-7 p.m. each Friday through Sept. 6. The market is located next to Carmike Cinema.

Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. For information, visit summitcitytm.org. 7:30 a.m.

Grabill Country Fair continues. 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. For details, see Sept. 5 description.

Roanoke Fall Festival continues. For details, visit Sept. 5 description.

Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10-12:40 p.m. Today’s program is: Kristin Westover, violin; Pablo Vasquez, violin; and Debra Graham, viola.

The series’ kickoff is a string trio of Dvorak’s “Terzetto.� A $2 lunch immediately follows each concert, in Wagenhals Hall.

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Lion & Lamb Festival. Praise Park, 5396 St. Joe Center Road. All-day celebration of contemporary worship continues Sunday, Sept. 1. Registration $65. For details, visit lionandlambfestival.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 Early Fall 1 swim lessons. NACS Natatorium, Carroll High School, 3903 Carroll Road. Open registration and pretesting from 6-7 p.m. today.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 On the Banks of the Wabash marching band festival. Bluffton High School, 3 p.m. Most area high school marching bands participate in this festival.

Monarch Buttery Festival. Eagle Marsh, 6801 Engle Road. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Tox-Away Day. 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Households may drop off certain potentially harmful chemicals at sites to be determined. For details and updates, visit acwastewatcher.org.

Grabill Country Fair continues. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Parade begins at 10 a.m. today.

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Roanoke Fall Festival continues. Downtown Roanoke. Continues through Sunday. 60th anniversary celebration features tractor pulls, demolition derby, food and family fun activities.

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Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10-12:40 p.m. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program is the Jaenicke Consort Woodwind Quintet, with a combination of ďŹ&#x201A;ute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, playing music by local composers. A $2 lunch immediately follows each concert, in Wagenhals Hall.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 Be a Tourist in Your Hometown. Various locations. Noon-5 p.m. Pick up a free passport at the Visitors Center, 927 S. Harrison St. Visit the African-American Historical Museum, Artlink, Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, History Center, Parkview Field, Allen County Courthouse, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Historic Fort Wayne, the Lincoln Tower, Science Central and the Visitors Center.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 County Night Out. Woodburn Community Center, 22735 Main St. 6:30 p.m., until no later than 8 p.m. An open house format allows residents the opportunity to meet the Allen County Commissioners and other elected ofďŹ ceholders, to get information about programs and services offered by the various county departments. Among the county departments and ofďŹ ceholders to be represented are the Parks Department, Highway Department, Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council, Human Resources, the Department of Planning Services, Building Department, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department, Solid Waste Management District, County Extension Service, Election Board, sheriff, recorder and assessor.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 Fort Wayne Sports Car Club of America Autocross. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 New Haven Chamber of Commerce ďŹ rst Fall Golf Classic. Cherry Hill Golf Club, 6615 Wheelock Road. 8 a.m. $80 per person includes continental breakfast and lunch. Visit newhavenindiana.org.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival. Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road. A two-day celebration of the history and culture of the American farm. The free event is designed for all ages. On Friday and Saturday, see live animals, hay rides, oat and wheat threshing, food concessions, corn husking and shredding, and antique farm equipment. On Saturday only, see butter making, cow milking, musical entertainment, a farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market, an antique tractor parade and the photography show and sale.

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Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10-12:40 p.m. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program is Fort Wayne native Jennifer Wenzel, soprano. This versatile singer has been active in opera and musical theater. A $2 lunch follows each concert.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival continues. See Sept. 20 description.

American Farm Photography Show & Sale. Noon-5 p.m. Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road. A new addition to the annual Fall Harvest Festival. Local amateur photographers will show and sell their work in the Heritage Barn. To enter work, contact Renee Sinacola at (260) 4276005.

Johnny Appleseed Festival. Archer Park and adjacent land near Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. 39th annual celebration of Pioneer apple grower John Chapman and his times. Admission is free. Local schools and civic groups sell foods like those that would have been available during the mid-19th century. Crafts people in authentic dress demonstrate skills practiced at that time. Music also is true to that era, using instruments available in that day. For details, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.

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Fridays in September concert. Krauss Chapel, Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10-12:40 p.m. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program is the Trinity Recorder Consort, Marjoleine Gravley, director. This ensemble will play an eclectic program featuring music from the Renaissance to folk music. A $2 lunch immediately follows each concert, in Wagenhals Hall.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 Fall Parade of Homes. Sponsored by Fort Wayne Home Builders Association. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is developed by Colonial Development Inc. and will be held in the northeast subdivision of Bay Meadow at Landin Park, on Landin Road south of Maysville Road. Parade homes will be open for public viewing starting Sept. 28 and continuing through Oct. 6.

A portion of each $10 admission fee goes to beneďŹ t Habitat for Humanity. Homes are open noon- 9 p.m. daily and noon-6 p.m. each Sunday.

For details, visit hbafortwayne.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 5 Charity Fest for St. Vincent de Paul Society. Lantern banquet hall, 4420 Ardmore Ave. 7:30 p.m. Featuring Spike & the Bulldogs. Tickets $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Ticket includes light dinner and beer. Cash bar available. For details, visit svdpsfw.org.

Fort Wayne Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Getaway. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Shop with professional rubber stamp and scrapbook design companies from around the country. Check out the latest stamping and scrapping products, see demonstrations, and learn new crafting techniques. Door prizes. Tickets available at the door for $8. Other discounts and specials available online. Program continues Sunday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Additional fee classes and a Make-andTake party will be held on Friday, Oct. 4. For more information, visit toomuchfunpromotions.com/fort-wayne-indiana/.

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TUESDAY, OCT. 1 County Night Out. Georgetown Branch, Allen County Public Library, 6600 E. State Blvd. 6:30 p.m., until no later than 8 p.m. An open house format allows residents the opportunity to meet the Allen County Commissioners and other elected ofďŹ ceholders, to get information about programs and services offered by the various county departments.

Among the county departments and ofďŹ ceholders to be represented are the Parks Department, Highway Department, Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council, Human Resources, the Department of Planning Services, Building Department, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department, Solid Waste Management District, County Exten-

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Celebrate Country Music Month with Sugar Shot. Cottage Event Center, 966 Locust Drive, Roanoke. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30. A beneďŹ t for Roanoke Kiwanis Club. For details, call (260) 483-3508.

SATURDAY, OCT. 12 Fort Wayne Health & Fitness Expo. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 17 County Night Out. Aboite Township Community Center, 11321 Aboite Center Road. 6:30 p.m., until no later than 8 p.m. An open house format allows residents the opportunity to meet the Allen County Commissioners and other elected ofďŹ ceholders, to get information about programs and services offered by the various county departments. Among the county departments and ofďŹ ceholders to be represented are the Parks Department, Highway Department, Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council, Human Resources, the Department of Planning Services, Building Department, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department, Solid Waste Management District, County Extension Service, Election Board, sheriff, recorder and assessor. Assisting with this evening are the Aboite Township Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce and the Aboite Township Fire Department.

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