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Bands tune up for a trip to Indy

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High school bands have begun fine-tuning their shows at festivals in hopes of reaching the state finals in Indianapolis.

Heritage, New Haven and Woodlan bands saw their first competition Sept. 7 at Bluffton High School. Leo’s band played the Grabill Country Fair parade that day, and played its first festival Sept. 14 at DeKalb High School.

Festivals and preliminaries continue through October. Most area bands compete Oct. 5 at Homestead High School. Just 10 bands in each of four divisions will compete Nov. 2 at the finals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

At Heritage High School, Katie Grieze said this could be the band’s year. Grieze, a junior, and senior Erin Linker are Heritage drum majors.

Heritage band director Jim Widmer stops short of predicting that the Pride of Heritage Marching

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we’ve gotten some really great reactions from both audience and judges.”

Said Linker, “It has a variety of motions from almost scary to humorous and cheesy to rocking out and having fun.”

The New Haven Chamber of Commerce will pair the second Sample New Haven with the nearby Fort Wayne Home Builders Association Parade of Homes.

The renamed Sample New Haven – Welcome Home Festival will be held from 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, throughout downtown and at Schnelker Park, at the south end of Broadway.

The Parade of Homes will be held Sept. 28-Oct. 6 at Bay Meadow at Landin Park, on Landin Road south of Maysville Road.

“Sample New Haven is larger this year to take advantage of the Parade of Homes kicking off on the same day just a mile north of us,” said Chamber President/ CEO Charlie Hatten. Hundreds of people are expected to follow the Parade of Homes, and Hatten said the chamber hopes to encourage those people to visit downtown New Haven.

“In the past we just had a Sample Downtown, but this year we’ve got a band and crafts and wine and beer tasting,” Hatten said.

Highlights will include: wine tasting, by Country Heritage Winery; craft beer tasting, by Cap n’ Cork; police canine unit demonstrations; a White Tiger Martial Arts demonstration; a scavenger hunt from 2-4 p.m., with the winner receiving a family pass to Jury Pool for 2014; food samples from 2-4 p.m., with several downtown vendors participating; vendors will sell

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Corbyn Altman and Henry Henderson rehearse with the Heritage band.

Patriots will make a sixth trip to the state finals. “You can never really predict the future,” Widmer said. “It’s just good to have good performances and know that the kids feel good about what they’re doing.”

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confirm that the 50 students are having fun with the show, “The Twilight Zone.”

“It starts out kind of creepy, and then later on it gets cheesy, but a good kind of cheesy,” Grieze said. “It inspires laughter from the audience and

Local pumpkin 4th in state

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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, 1,039 ponds; Mikkal Hodge, Morristown, Ind., fifth place, 300 pounds; and Klinker.

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

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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 1,039pound 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

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Leo Jr./Sr. High earns counseling honor Leo Jr./Sr. High School has been selected as one of 10 Indiana schools to receive the Indiana Gold Star School Counseling Award in 2013.

The Indiana Department of Education made the selection. A group from Leo will accept the award Nov. 15 at the Indiana School Counselor Association fall conference at Marriott East in Indianapolis.

Gold Star schools create community advisory groups that review student data, set student goals, and work to allow counselors to make the best use of their time and skills. Schools participate in a one-day workshop and a series of monthly webcasts.

“I think as counselors our jobs are much different now,” said Leo guidance counselor Christi Smeltzley.

“Certainly we do counseling — that’s a piece of it — and college preparation. We do a lot of data analysis. We take that data and we do what’s right and what’s best. I think our job has evolved a lot in the past few years.”

In a news release, the Department of Education said Gold Star Schools counselors work to to ensure student success.

“We recognize Leo

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Neal Brown, left, is the principal at Leo Jr./Sr. High School, where the counseling program includes Gary Rogers, Christi Smeltzley, Cary Cogdell, (and not shown) Molly Baumert and Assistant Principal Jody Smith.

Jr./Sr. High School for understanding the tremendous impact that school counselors can have in helping students succeed in school and also to plan for postsecondary success,” said Amanda Culhan, a school counselor consultant for the Department of Education.

Smeltzley said Leo created an advisory committee within the school and another committee in the community to review Leo’s goals.

The recent recognition is important for several reasons, according to Smeltzley. “I think it’s important for our kids and the community to know that we’re trying to

give the very best that we have,” she said. “We’re trying to do everything the right way, and obviously put kids first. And that’s what this has helped us to do, is align everything to put kids first.”

Leo was the only school in the Fort Wayne area to receive the award in 2013. Since the award was created in 1997, 175 Indiana elementary, middle and high schools have earned the Gold Star Award. Woodlan Jr./ Sr. High School received the award in 2012.

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To qualify for both awards, Leo submitted an online portfolio with documentation that it meets the nine program standards found in Indiana’s Program Standards for School Counseling.

Leo staff members Molly Baumert, Cary Cogdell, Gary Rogers, Assistant Principal Jody Smith and Smeltzley participated in training sessions during the 2012-13 school year and learned how to implement the Gold Star School Counseling model.

“The school counselors and others at Leo Jr./ Sr. High School have worked hard to ensure that students have an accountable school counseling program that meets their academic, career and citizenship development needs,” said Sue Reynolds, the executive director of the Indiana Student Achievement Institute.

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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.”

He said the hobby involves a lot of work. “I usually spend anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes per night, especially in June or July when it’s warmer and the pumpkins are really growing,” he said. “I water and weed and I train the vines in the direction I want them to go. The vines will root down, and I put dirt on the vines to help promote more root growth.”

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.

The giant pumpkins aren’t good for food, he said. “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 lots of smaller but still formidable pumpkins, for grocery store displays.

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

Klinker retrieves the seeds from the huge pumpkins. “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.”

At season’s end, Klinker donates his pumpkins for a display, so that others can enjoy the crops. “The last two years with the drought I haven’t been able to donate,” he said. “It’s a nice way to give back to the community.”

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.

Pumpkin enthusiasts can find Beachy’s achievement along with state records, growing tips, pumpkin merchandise, and the Top 10 pumpkin list at ipga.us.

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their crafts in Schnelker Park; a farmers’ market in Schnelker Park; and harpist Dan Dickerson and his live band from 4-6 p.m. in Schnelker Park. There will be a small fee for food sampling and wine and beer tasting. Admission to the downtown festival is free. “We usually have a couple hundred people who come, but this year we’re expecting 500 or 600,� Hatten said. “We’ve got a bunch of different businesses downtown that are bringing their food, from Carousel Ice Cream to Domino’s Pizza, so its going to be really nice.�

Mark Anderson said he deďŹ nitely will be among those food vendors.

The owner of Andy’s Knockout Chicken said he will defend his 2012 title as the customer favorite.

His booth will offer pulled pork, chicken drumsticks, ribs, and his special recipe potatoes. “They’re magical and

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Schnelker Park at the south end of Broadway will be home to a farm market and crafts stands during the Sample New Haven - Welcome Home Festival from 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28.

everybody that eats one of these potatoes is like they can’t believe it’s a potato,� he said. “They’re an inch in diameter. I put them on the rack like a rib or a chicken.� “I’m happy to participate,� Anderson said. “I think it’s a really good way for New Haven to showcase its eateries.�

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New Haven Chamber of Commerce calendar Sept. 23, 24: Business Blitz Ambassadors will visit up to 200 businesses during the week to say thank you for being a business in the New Haven area. About half are not chamber members.

Sept. 26: Grand opening at Truck Maintenance/McMahan Tire on Adam Center Road. Ribbon-cutting at 4 p.m., and open house until 7 p.m.

Sept. 28: Sample New Haven – Welcome Home Festival, downtown Schnelker Park, 2-6 p.m.

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Oct. 11 – 19: Chamber represented in larger group on a trip to China.

Nov. 14: Annual dinner, 6-9 p.m., The Orchid Events and Catering, 11508 Lincoln Highway East. The cost is $40 per person or $300 for a table of eight. Entertainment will be provided by Chris Carter, a mentalist. The chamber is requesting sponsorships and items for the silent auction.

Dec. 6: Christmas kickoff, downtown Schnelker Park, 2-6 p.m.

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Church advocate returns to Kenya

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Jen Foster of Fort Wayne recently returned to Africa as an international advocate for Kenya Simba Scholars and Creative Women of the World.

Foster will be in Kenya for about ďŹ ve or six months. It is her third trip, she said, but not her last.

Foster works with the Mwangatu Women, which said she translates as “light of hope.â€? She is not teaching the women to make jewelry or to crochet. “These women have the skills already,â€? she said. “But what we’re teaching them is how to turn all these skills into something that’s going to empower you to make your own money and to build yourself up ďŹ nancially so you don’t have to rely on other people around you to give you money. “Because that dis-empowers you. When you give somebody money without accountability, that dis-empowers somebody.â€?

Foster spent the summer networking from Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, 6004 Reed Road. “This is my home church,� she said. “I started going here when I was 13 years old. I left Fort Wayne for work. But this has always been my home base.� “In 2008 I was at a point in my life where I wanted something more,� she said. “I was working as an audio engineer in Virginia. I was feeling like I wanted to do something different with my life but I wasn’t sure what. So one day I woke up and I bought a plane ticket to Kenya, and it was just one of those things that had a pull on my heart, so I ended up volunteering in an orphanage for about a month in 2008.�

Back in Fort Wayne, Saint Joseph pastor the Rev. Russ Abel and Simba Scholars founder Saneta Maiko told Foster about an opportunity to work with children in Africa. “Russ told me I’d be a good missionary,� she said. “And I thought ‘maybe later, I need to make money.’�

So, Foster said, she went back to making money.

She followed her career to Washington, D.C., and then back to Fort Wayne before committing to the Kenya mission. “It just came at a time in my life when I was kind of done with the whole audio scene and it was kind of killing my spirit a little bit and I was looking for more,� she said. “And I thought this would be really cool if I could make it happen somehow.� “And there were a lot of fears that I had to face,� she said. “I have to raise about $40,000 to $60,000 a year to do this. I’m not employed by any one

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Jen Foster of Fort Wayne works with Kenya Simba Scholars, a ministry of St. Joseph United Methodist Church. Foster has returned to Kenya after spending the summer in Fort Wayne.

organization. And then the public speaking part of it was really a fear of mine.

And it all settled on me and I said, ‘I’m gonna do it.’ I started fundraising. I felt the ďŹ re in myself, and I felt my spirit reviving, and within three or four months I had the money raised that I needed to go, and it all

eighth grade,� she said, “but we’re getting to the point that kids are reaching eighth grade. We could ask for more money — which would about double the cost — or we could feed them into another program that already has secondary education.�

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“And I’ve come out of a rut that I was in because I was at a place where I just didn’t feel like I was doing a whole lot for society, I didn’t know what my purpose was.�

Jen Foster, of Fort Wayne, international advocate serving in Kenya happened so smoothly.�

So this summer, Foster spoke in public and met with groups in homes. In that more intimate setting, she said, people open up and ask more questions.

She caught a ight to Kenya on Sept. 5.

The school is a ministry of Saint Joseph UMC. Foster will help the school with accounting. She also will explore the next steps for students in the primary school program. “We don’t just want to drop them off once they’re through the

Mwangatu Women, Foster will continue the business training that she introduced last November. “We’re continuing to build relationships and just mentor the women,� she said. “We’re looking at a brick and mortar place for them to set up their business. Right now they’re just in a community place.

We want to do things that will continue to help them grow their business.�

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Covington Plaza Art Hops offer refreshments, specials Shops in Covington Plaza on West Jefferson Boulevard are combining for Art Hops from 5-8 p.m. the second Thursday night of each month.

About eight shops took part in the first event Sept. 12. All shops in the plaza are invited to take part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is for people to stroll the plaza, like they do at our art fair,â&#x20AC;? said Sarah Keltsch, the owner of The Monogram Shoppe and more.

Each participating shop has a local artist in their shop and serves refreshments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives the artists a showcase for their talent,â&#x20AC;? Keltsch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not charging them.â&#x20AC;?

Artwork is offered for sale, and stores might offer other specials.

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Among the artists showing their works that night were Jan McMurtry Arnold, Vicki Junk-Wright, Amber Walker, Marcia Gabet and Sarah Thompson. Art included paintings and pottery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thursday is a funny night; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not quite the weekend,â&#x20AC;? said Keltsch, adding that visitors have welcomed such projects elsewhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It can be a girlfriends night out, or it can be a couples night out,â&#x20AC;? Keltsch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All these are local shops, owned by local people,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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

Figel, a 2012 Bishop Luers High School graduate, lives in the Wedgewood neighborhood in northeast Fort Wayne. She earned her Allen County crown July 21, but was not among the 10 finalists at the state fair pageant.

Instead, she looks forward to making appearances throughout the year in service to her home county.

Even before the state fair ended, Figel had moved back to Ball State University, where she is a sophomore preparing for a career in nursing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through this pageant, I definitely learned that you just have to be confident in yourself,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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She said she probably will enter other pageants, but her immediate priority was a physiology class.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir lists directors The Fort Wayne Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir recently announced its 2013-14 board of directors.

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BANDS from Page A1 And should they have the chance to lead the show at the finals, both drum majors are prepared for the responsibility and the attention of thousands of spectators. “It makes me slightly nervous,” Grieze said, “but I know that I have to look past the nervousness and muster up as much confidence as I can.”

Linker said the band is like an extended family.

She said she is prepared for the responsibility.

“I’ve been around these kids long enough, and I’ve been around the program enough,” she said.

Widmer described the show as an eclectic mix of symphonic music from the original “The Twilight Zone” television show, followed by disco and rock counterparts.

PHOTO BY JANE SNOW

The Leo band rehearses “The Foundry” for their show, “Just Another Day.”

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Erin Linker and Katie Grieze are the drum majors for the Pride of Heritage Marching Patriots.

At Woodlan High School, director Robert Slattery said the band numbers 67 this year.

“We aren’t able to start as many kids as we have in the past,” he said.

“It’s a little bit smaller.

Band season Woodlan High School Spirit of Woodlan Competes in ISSMA Class D Robert Slattery, director Drum majors: Josh Raber and Josh Kayser No. of band members: 67 2013 show title: “Phoenix Rising: Life, Death, Fire/Rebirth”

Heritage High School Pride of Heritage Marching Patriots Competes in ISSMA Class C Jim Widmer, director Drum majors: Katie Grieze and Erin Linker No. of band members: 72 2013 show title: “The Twilight Zone”

New Haven High School Mighty Marching Bulldogs Competes in ISSMA Class B Todd Caffee, director Drum majors: Morgan Purk and David Scott No. of band members: 28 2013 show title: “Step In Time,” music from “Mary Poppins”

Leo High School Roar of the Lions Competes in ISSMA Class C Robert Myers, director Drum major: Matthew Alfeld No. of band members: 80 2013 show title: “Just Another Day”

But they’re just as good as they have been in the past.”

“It’s a very energetic opener, and then a little bit more somber second number because we’re dealing with the life cycle of the phoenix,” he said. “And then the third number is very energetic because it’s depicting rebirth.”

At New Haven High School, director Todd Caffee said the Mighty Marching Bulldogs will present music from “Mary Poppins.”

“It’s coming together very nicely,” he said. “It’s fun. Last year was a very intense, driving kind of show. This is more of a crowd pleaser that you’ll go home whistling.”

At Leo High School, the band has bigger numbers for 2013. “I think when I started here at Leo we had 29 in the band, and we’re up to 80 and our numbers are just continuing to grow,” said director Robert Myers.

“The band people and the community just seem to be very supportive, and they like the band, and it’s an incredible place to work. We have a great administration, great staff and they seem to be very supportive of the fine arts

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and what we’re trying to do.”

Myers said the band made the top 10 in 2011, and he’d like to have another chance at the state finals. “But more important it’s about making sure the kids have a good experience and that we set them up to be successful,” he said.

Leo’s band will not

compete on Sept. 21, but will stay home and welcome a clinician. Leo will present a community performance on Oct. 5.

“There are a lot of great bands out there,” Myers said. “I try to take a little more laid back approach.

I think it’s just really important for our kids to have a good experience.

Where we end up at the

end of the day doesn’t matter as long as we get better from week to week.”

“Out of 80 kids I have maybe 26 newbies, and I want to make sure every one of those kids has a good experience, so that when they leave there they can say ‘boy, that was a lot of fun,’ ” Myers said.

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The awards annually pay tribute to individuals, corporations and organizations for their contributions to improving health care in northeast Indiana.

Keynote speaker Brian Bauer, the interim CEO of Lutheran Health Net and CEO of Lutheran Hospital, addressed the changing face of health

care.

Honors were presented to one or more recipients in five categories.

Community Achievement in Health Care: Tom Gutwein, emergency physician, Professional Emergency Physicians Inc., Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne; and James Cameron, neonatologist, Northern Indiana Neonatal Associates, Fort Wayne.

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Volunteer: Carolyn Riley, hospice volunteer, Visiting Nurse, Fort Wayne; and Don and Dorothy Rhodes, senior care volunteers, Woodview Senior Care, Fort Wayne.

The 2013 Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly Health Care Awards were sponsored by Walgreens, PHP and Keyflow Creative.

“We are so fortunate to have such high quality health care in northeast Indiana,” said Terry Ward, COO, KPC Media Group, publisher of The Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. “It is our privilege to recognize some of those in the health care industry every year who go above and beyond to ensure we all get the best care possible. That compassion and commitment is part of what makes this community great.”

St. Joe Hospital project to affect parking, access St. Joseph Hospital officials announced that campus parking garage renovation has begun.

The garage will remain open for the duration of the multi-year project, but the total number of spaces will be reduced temporarily during each phase of construction.

Phase one requires closing the north side of the garage including the doors and the elevators from the garage to the attached medical office building. Patients and visitors who use the garage and find walking a challenge are urged to use the free valet parking that’s available at the hospital’s main entrance off Broadway, from 5 a.m.8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Able patients and visitors wishing to use the garage and to reach the elevators inside the medical office building

will need to exit the garage at ground level and enter the attached facility through its main doors along Broadway.

The second-floor walkway from the medical office building to the hospital will remain open throughout construction.

Public access from the garage to the attached medical office building is expected to resume late this fall. If patients or visitors choose not to use valet parking and they are unable to use the stairs, then they should park on the first floor of the garage.

Phase two of the project will focus on updating the south section of the garage.

It will temporarily require drivers to exit and enter the structure through the same access point off of Broadway.

Phase three will update the center section of the parking garage, mainly the cross ramps.

CVS store adds walk-in clinic MinuteClinic has opened a walk-in medical clinic inside the CVS store in Leo-Cedarville, 13821 Leo Road.

It is the fifth store-based MinuteClinic in northeast Indiana. There are 36 statewide.

No appointments are required at MinuteClinics and most health insurance is accepted.

MinuteClinic officials said its nurse practitioners can diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for common illnesses, as well as treat minor wounds, abrasions and joint sprains.

MinuteClinic is a division of CVS Caremark Corp.

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INfortwayne.com • A11

Heartland Chamber Chorale to begin 17th season Heartland Chamber Chorale will launch its 17th season at 4 p.m.

Sept. 22 at the University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St. Joining Heartland in the premiere presentation of Karl Jenkins’ modern oratorio “The Peacemakers” are the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, the University of Saint Francis University Singers and contemporary artist Lori Sandstrom.

Tickets are $35 for VIP seating, $20 general admission, and $5 for students. For ticket options and more details of the concert and the season, visit heartlandchorale.org.

Get season details and ticket options at heartlandchorale.org.

October offers an educational experience for high school choristers

culminating in a performance at 4 p.m. Oct. 27 at North Side High School. The concert is open to the public. The concert and full-day instructional are part of Heartland’s educational outreach programs and include an evening reception for music educators on Oct. 28.

Nov. 3 includes a community concert, “Heartland Sings of Peace and Justice,” sponsored by the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace. The 4 p.m. performance in the rotunda of the Allen County Courthouse will feature a premiere performance of “Gather These Mirrors” by Kala Pierson.

Two performances of Handel’s masterwork “Messiah” are on tap in December. The first concert is 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 in the University of Saint Francis Performing

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Arts Center; the second performance will be offered at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 in the DeKalb High School Auditorium at Auburn.

December always includes “Heartland Sings: Holidays.”

Three performances are planned, and one concert is at 4 p.m. Dec. 15 at Plymouth Congregational

Church in Fort Wayne.

Another concert is at 4 p.m. Dec. 20 at First Presbyterian Church, Auburn. Other times and venues will be available soon.

On Jan. 20, the concert “Heartland Sings: We are the Dream” is offered as a tribute to the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The performance

will feature Heartland and the University of Saint Francis University Singers. Several community leaders will participate in this 7 p.m. event at the University of Saint Francis North Campus Auditorium.

Two family concerts featuring the chorus and professional storyteller Valerie Tutson are planned for February.

One performance of “Heartland Sings: Family” will be offered at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in the North Campus Auditorium of the University of Saint Francis. Another concert will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Bridgewater Country Club in Auburn.

Celtic music will be the theme of two concerts at the Allen County Public Main Library Auditorium, at 7 p.m. March 15 and 2:30 p.m. March 16.

On April 27, the singers will present “Heartland Sings: Let Us Remember” — a special commemoration of the Holocaust — at Temple Achduth Vesholom in Fort Wayne.

The season will conclude May 18 with a 2:30 pm performance of “Heartland Sings: Cathedral Classics.”

This spiritual experience is being offered in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Fort Wayne.

The Heartland Chamber Chorale is a professional vocal ensemble.

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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.

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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.

Artist Davis returns

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A photo from about 1981 shows the Dock Street Artists. South Side High School graduate Chas Davis was part of the group at 126 W. Columbia St. in Fort Wayne from 1981 to 1985. Davis has returned to Fort Wayne for a solo exhibition, which continues through Oct. 9. “Chas Davis: A Homecoming” is at Artworks Galleria of Fine Art in Jefferson Pointe Shopping Center. Davis is a partner in Galvin Davis Studio, in Rochester, N.Y. For updates, call the gallery at (260) 387-6943. For more information on Davis’ life and work, visit chasworld.com. Works by Penny French-Deal, Terry Ratliff, Karen Moriarty, Santa Brink and Vicki JunkWright also will be on exhibit.

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Christian writers form club Since then, during her 20-plus years of paid writing experience, she has written for numerous publications and books, including five Chicken Soup books. She also has authored nine children’s books, among them biographies on contemporary female vocalists who are popular with young teenagers, and books profiling Greek gods. She currently writes a weekly newspaper column and works in the Bluffton Harrison Middle School Library, in addition to working on more books and serving as host to the writing clubs.

The Bluffton Christian Writing Club meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the River Terrace in Bluffton.

Over the past four years, the meetings have grown to 14 regular attendees from Wells, Allen and Adams counties. “Our members include script writers, and people writing memoirs, flash fiction, personal essays, business profiles (and) newspaper articles.

Several members have published books and share marketing tips,” she said, noting that “the variety makes it a fun group!”

The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne and Camp Potawotami have welcomed Katie Taylor as the new program director at the camp northwest of Fort Wayne.

Taylor is a graduate of Castleton State College in Vermont. She comes from Cedar Crest Camp in Lyles, Tenn., where she served as camp director for three years. She earlier served as the director of Covenant Hills Christian Camp in Vermont and as the conference program coordinator of the Frost Valley YMCA Camp in New York.

Patrick Kelly, Camp Potawotami

executive director, said, “Katie has a deep passion for camp programming and staff development. She looks forward to building confidence, independence, friendships, and memories with our campers and staff.”

Taylor took over in her new role on Aug. 12.

Camp Potawotami, between Wolcottville and South Milford, provides community and faith, through children’s summer camps featuring swimming, games, songs, skits, campfires, mud hikes, climbing, archery, arts and crafts.

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Kayleen Reusser, author of nine children’s books, has started a group to give writers encouragement, feedback and advice. For more information about her work, visit KayleenR.com.

Reusser said she expects that the Fort Wayne Christian Writing Club will attract a similar number of attendees, with a wide variety of writing styles.

The initial response has produced 11 interested writers and five attendees at the first couple of meetings. For more information on the writing club, e-mail kjreusser@adamswells. com, visit www.KayleenR. com, or attend the next meeting on Sept. 24.

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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 meets 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.

The Fort Wayne club is an offshoot of the Bluffton 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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Kelty’s Kafe features fare by culinary arts students

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The 1950s swept back into town on Sept. 11, thanks to Ivy Tech culinary arts classes.

And from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. each Wednesday through Nov. 20, students will prepare meals for themes that range from Southern comfort foods to a Brazilian buffet, or What Do You Think About Them Apples? Themes vary each week.

The public may partake at Kelty’s Kafe at the Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd.

But it all began with the Rock, Pop and Be-Bop Diner, featuring a Triple Decker Big Bopper Burger for $4, a Hot Rod Dog for $3, a Black Cow for $2.25, and a host of specialty sandwiches, sides and desserts.

Imagine a ’50s drive-in restaurant complete with dancers from a local studio teaching how to do the Twist, the Mashed Potato, and the Watusi.

Instructor Meshele Wyneken said the lunches draw from both campuses, but also from Concordia High School, IPFW and surrounding businesses.

“This class is an opportunity to get real-life experience while you’re still a student,” said Wyneken, who oversees the cafe. The cafe draws a curious crowd each Wednesday.

The service might have to be offered two days a week in the spring term, she said, because of the rising enrollment.

Chef Al Tholen instructs the classical cuisines class.

Recently, each student introduced their dishes and explained how they prepared the courses. Tholen asked questions and offered reminders.

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Ivy Tech Culinary Arts students sample their own work.

Students will offer their work to the public at Kelty’s Kafe, each Wednesday through November 20.

“What did you learn today as you went through this procedure?” he asked.

“There’s a term for that cut of vegetable. Bornais, that is correct,” he said.

Wyneken said the classical cuisines class gives a solid foundation for other styles. “There are some classic methods that have been around for years and years and other styles have branched off from that,” she said. “But everybody needs to learn these classical methods first before you can really develop into other styles of cooking.”

Wyneken said the students come up with the themes and recipes for the cafe. “They have to price everything out,” she said in a news release. “They have to show where they

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“I’m here to give them advice and guide them and keep them on track,” she said.

The cafe takes its name from Robert Kelty, who was an instructor in the program for about 20 years, and became dean of public services at Ivy Tech. He died in August 2011. “That’s when we decided to designate that as a permanent name for the cafe,” Wyneken said.

Wyneken studied under Kelty, and knew him for 17 years. “His predominant area of expertise was baking and he loved to make candy. He also loved to eat candy,” she said. “And he taught me a lot about making candy and particularly truffles, deliciously wonderful truffles.”

The public will get yet another chance to sample students’ cooking, at an Oct. 12 scholarships fundraiser.

Save the date A Reason to Taste Golden Gala Saturday, Oct. 12, 6-10 p.m.

Ivy Tech Community College Northeast North Campus, Student Life Center $125 per plate. Featuring a multicourse southern French dinner, with wine pairings, prepared by Ivy Tech’s hospitality students. All proceeds benefit student scholarships through the Ivy Tech Foundation. Evening also includes a silent auction and entertainment.

To register, visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/reason.

4-H .22-rifle safety class for youths begins Oct. 9 Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will hold a 10-week, .22-caliber rifle class for youth in grades 4-12.

The program will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday evenings at the Concordia Lutheran High School Shooting Range, 1601 St. Joe River Drive. The classes begin Oct. 9. Registration and payment are due by Oct. 1.

The cost of the program is $50 per child. All equipment is provided.

This series will teach safe handling of .22-caliber rifles, proper care of equipment, shooting techniques and ethics of

good shooters. Instructors are certified through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

The class is limited to the first 30 participants who have registered and paid. A minimum of 15 participants is needed to hold the class. For registration information or any additional information, contact Barb Thuma, extension educator 4-H youth, Allen County Extension Office, at (260) 481-6826, or visit the website at extension. purdue.edu/allen to download a registration form.

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The Roanoke Arts Council will present “A Renaissance in Roanoke” from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.

The juried art fair in downtown Main Street will feature local and regional artists. There is no admission charge.

The event is an invitational and juried art fair. For details, visit RenaissanceinRoanoke.org.

More than 50 artists are expected to exhibit and sell their art. The event will feature live art demonstrations.

Art by college and high school artists also will be on display, along with the works of Roanoke Elementary School students.

Other highlights include children’s activities, entertainment and an assortment of food.

A plein air paint-out on Saturday will allow artists to use natural light in capturing nature scenes. The public is welcome to watch the artists paint.

Artists will sign in from 11 a.m.-noon Friday, Oct. 11, at the Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery, 314 N. Main St., or from 8-9 a.m. Saturday. Applications are available on the website. Registration and framing will be done at Crestwoods.

Charles Shepard, the executive director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, will judge the work. Artwork will be on display and available for sale from 2-5 p.m.

The fall farmers’ market on First Street will feature apples, soaps and other products. The food court will offer Joseph Decuis burgers and gumbo. The Roanoke Beautification Foundation will sell Nelson’s Chicken.

Other vendors are invited, and may apply on the website.

Artists scheduled to give demonstrations include Linn Bartling with her pottery wheel, and woodcarvers Larry Wiedman and Dan Diefenbacher.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 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. Free. On Friday and Saturday, see live animals, hay rides, oat and wheat threshing, food concessions, corn husking and shredding, and antique farm equipment. For a list of related activities, visit fortwayneparks.org.

Summit City Toastmasters Meeting. Better Business Bureau, 4011 Parnell Ave. 7:30 a.m. For information, call Kristal HefďŹ&#x201A;ey, 918-2065.

Fridays in September. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Free. Soprano Jennifer Wenzel, who is active in opera and musical theater, will make her debut in the Friday noon series.

An optional $2 luncheon follows in Wangenhals Hall.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Johnny Appleseed Festival continues. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For details, see the Sept.

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Heartland Chorale opens season. University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St. 4 p.m. The Fort Wayne Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, the University of Saint Francis University Singers, and contemporary artist Lori Sundstrom join the Heartland Chorale in the premiere presentation of Karl Jenkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Peacemakers.â&#x20AC;? Tickets are $35 and $20. For ticket information and a season schedule, visit heartlandchorale.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Light the Night Walk. East Noble High School, 901 Garden St., Kendall-

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The Trinity English Lutheran Church recorder consort, under the direction of Marjoleine Gravley, will present music ranging from the Renaissance to folk music at 12:10 p.m. Sept. 27 at the church, 405 W. Wayne St. Admission is free. An optional $2 luncheon follows. ville. 7 p.m. Smith sisters Chyanna, 16, and Arianna, 13, are the 2013 honorees for the Northeast Indiana annual Light the Night Walk to raise money for the Indiana Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Register at lightthenight.org/in or call Melanie Kruth at (260) 616-0654.

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mental Health: A Silent Crisis. Omni Room, Citizens Square Building, 200 E. Berry St. Noon-1 p.m. Cash donation. Bring your own lunch.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Healthcare career fair. Landmark Conference and Reception Center, 6222 Ellison Road. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Medtech College, Fort Wayne, campus is sponsoring the career fair. More than 40 healthcare companies have registered for the fair, which is free and open to the public. To register as an employer or for more information, contact Chris Palevich at (260) 436-3272 or email cpalevich@medtech.edu.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Bishop Luers Homecoming. Bishop Luers High School, 3333 E. Paulding Road. 4:30 p.m. The Bishop Luers High School Alumni OfďŹ ce invites all alumni, family and friends of Bishop Luers High School to homecoming. Mass will be celebrated at 4:30 p.m. in the gym. The Distin-

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Kiwanis Peanuts Days. Kroger, 821 Lincoln Highway West, New Haven. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The New Haven Kiwanis Club will accept donations for Riley Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital and will thank donors with a bag of peanuts.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 Racial equity and healing. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Meeting Room B. 6:30 p.m. Free. It Is Well With My Soul presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reclaiming the Narrative,â&#x20AC;? a recap from the third annual Kellogg Foundation America Healing Conference. It Is Well With My Soul is a Kellogg Foundation Racial Equity grant recipient and a program afďŹ liate of African/ African American Historical Society.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 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-and-Take party will be held on Friday, Oct. 4. For more information, visit toomuchfunpromotions.com/fort-wayne-indiana/.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 Celebrate Country Music Month with Sugar Shot. Cottage Event Center, 966 Locust Drive, Roanoke. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30. Tickets $10. A beneďŹ t for Roanoke Kiwanis Club. For details, call (260) 483-3508.

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by Oct. 10 to ensure inclusion in the Oct. 18 edition of the East Allen County Times. guished Knight Honor will be presented after Mass. The Alumni OfďŹ ce will hold a tailgate party from 5:30-7 p.m. The football game against Concordia Lutheran High School begins at 7 p.m. Luers fans may stop at the Spirit Booth to buy Luers T-shirts. An adult bonďŹ re will be held after the game, featuring the band Greta Sparks.

Kiwanis Peanuts Days. Kroger, 821 Lincoln Highway West, New Haven. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The New Haven Kiwanis Club will accept donations for Riley Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital and will thank donors with a bag of peanuts.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival continues. 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. For details, see Sept. 20 description.

American Farm Photography Show & Sale. 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) 427-6005. Noon-5 p.m.

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 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.

Fish and chicken dinner. St. John Lutheran Church Flatrock, 12912 Franke Road, Monroeville. 4:30-7:30 p.m. All-you-can-eat ďŹ sh and chicken strip dinner includes two sides, drink and dessert. Cost is $9 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-12, and free for ages 5 and under. Carry-out orders are available for the same rates for adults and children 6-12. Also enjoy a craft and bake sale.

Shade â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N Shannon concert. The Rockford Belle, 135 Market St., Rockford, Ohio. 7 p.m. A tribute to Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline. A free-will offering will be accepted.

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