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December/January 2018

Finding forever families

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

Two children with nowhere else to go turned Don and Mindy Cochran into foster parents — and within two years, two other children in need would help define their family forever.

Getting into fostering

When Don Cochran was seated next to two former students at a concert in 2005, he had no idea a simple question would change his life and the life of his wife, Mindy.

Don said he knew the students, Rachel and Angel, were in the foster care system.

“They said they were staying in a group home

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… because there were no foster parents in our county,” Don recalled.

“And they looked at me and said, unless you want to become our foster parents. I said, sure, not knowing what’s all involved in the process.”

The couple underwent more than 25 hours of training to officially become foster parents, Don said, which included learning CPR and first aid. The Department of Child Services also did background checks on the couple and went through their home, making sure

there was enough living and bedroom space to bring in foster children, among other requirements.

Fortunately for the Cochrans, Rachel and Angel were the first two of 13 children they would end up fostering.

“It wasn’t without its challenges, it was very much a struggle, but it was just wonderful,” Don said.

Over the next two years, the Cochrans would foster children from babies to teenagers. Some, Mindy said, only stayed for the See FINDING, Page A20

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Don and Mindy Cochran of Fort Wayne served as foster parents to Kyleigh and Uriel before adopting them.

Special Olympics is reason for Polar Plunge freezin’

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No plans for New Year’s Eve? No problem! IN|Fort Wayne has you covered with a two-day schedule to send off 2017 and ring in 2018 right.

Sunday, Dec. 31

After services or when you wake up: Start the festivities off right (and early) at Science Central’s Countdown to Noon. The museum’s annual event is complete with kids getting the opportunity to make party hats and noisemakers.

As noon approaches, guests can enjoy cookies

and a soda pop toast until a countdown ushers in the dropping of 2,018 balloons.

1 p.m.: Head over to the Foellinger-Friemann Botanical Conservatory to check out the Conservatory in Lights and Snow Days displays. The gardens have been decorated inside and out with poinsettias and lots of lights. In addition, the Snow Days exhibit takes a look at children’s favorite activities when snow is on the ground, demonstrated by snowpeople themselves.

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Music conference brings two days of free concerts

By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

A celebration of music will draw about 1,000 educators to downtown Fort Wayne from Jan. 11-13. The Indiana Music Education Association Professional Development Conference at the Grand Wayne Center will attract hundreds more guests, performers and spectators as the program spills over into free handbells, chimes, choir and band concerts at the Embassy Theatre, First Presbyterian Church and Allen County Public Library.

“Fort Wayne is fantastic for us,” said Lane Velayo, executive director of the IMEA. “They do a great job of rolling out the red carpet for us and the layout of the meeting and convention facilities in downtown Fort Wayne is just advantageous for our attendees to see each other and to walk and attend sessions, especially in January. And to host events in the Embassy Theatre … it’s just something we can’t find too often in Indiana. We feel like we have a very good opportunity.”

Norwell High School band director Cory Kelley is helping to coordinate the 100-member All-State Honor Band’s Embassy

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Embassy Theatre President and CEO Kelly Updike says the Embassy welcomes free concerts as a component of a music educators conference. “Part of our strategic planning and our mission is to be the region’s theater , ” she said.

concert for the fourth year.

“It’s a magical opportunity for the kids to be seen on that stage with the home crowd, so to speak,” Kelley said. “We’ve had a number of our students go to the concerts to support our students. I’ve seen that from other schools as well, and it always makes it that much more exciting for our kids.”

“It’s a big honor for us to be one of the big venues for the IMEA,” said Kelly Updike, the Embassy’s president and CEO. “It’s part of our mission and it also boosts the profile of Fort Wayne and our ability to host conferences and events like this. It’s good collaboration between venues and Visit Fort

Wayne as well, and I’m always delighted to see the young people of our state and know that this is the perfect setting, we think, to honor their music achievements.

“Part of our strategic planning and our mission is to be the region’s theater, and that means the theater where everyone in the community has been into the building. We are doing more with our educational programming as well as bringing in more entertainers and we have a wide variety of ticket pricing with events that will attract the demographics of the whole region.”

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Churubusco Chimers add honor to packed calendar

By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com

The 22 members of the Churubusco Chimers just can’t seem to squeeze enough school and community performances into the school year.

“There are never enough performances in their minds,” founder and

MUSIC from Page A2 In this case, the free events are accessible to a variety of music interests from the entire state. The IMEA — formerly the Indiana Music Educators Association — has been gathering its educator members, their students and a host of supporters in the Summit City for about 20 years.

“That’s students elementary to college age, parents and community members and music educators from throughout the state,” Velayo said.

“All of our performances are free and open to the public and we definitely invite the public. When universities perform they are welcome to invite their alumni, the students are invited to welcome their grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles to Fort Wayne for this cultural explosion of our weekend in January, right downtown.”

Norwell’s Kelley said many northeast Indiana schools will be represented in the All-State Honors Band. Kelly and Bedford-North Lawrence band director Jim Jones oversee selection of that honors group. “It’s a pretty big event for them. We have approximately 100 students, from the southern tip of Indiana to up north,” Kelley said. This year’s band will include northeast Indiana students from Adams Central, East Noble, Homestead, Huntington North, Northwood and

conductor Sue Lough said of the fourth- and fifth-graders. “They love performing.”

The student musicians will take their music to still another audience in January, when they ring for an IMEA conference in Fort Wayne. The choir will ring at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at First Presbyte-

rian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. Admission is free and the public is invited and encouraged to attend. “It’s a great performing space,” Lough said of the church.

“It always sounds quite wonderful there.”

Lough secured the invitation by submitting an audition tape to the Indiana Music Education Asso-

ciation. In all, more than two dozen elementary to college bands and choirs will perform over two days of the IMEA’s Professional Development Conference.

The Churubusco Chimers gave yet another hometown show Dec. 2, at a holiday bazaar at the high

Norwell high schools.

Applications come from hundreds of students at schools whose staff members hold IMEA memberships. Hundreds of students apply to participate in paid auditions. Those who have won honors in competitions have an advantage. Other criteria include director recommendations and assessments.

“We try to get every school represented,” Kelley said.

This marks the 26th year of the honor band. “We start rehearsals Thursday night and we have things planned for them, so it’s not just rehearsal,” Kelley said. “It’s a very well rounded experience for them. Saturday morning we get to rehearse for a little bit in the Embassy.

Hopefully there will be flowers and cheers and lots of applause.”

Well-known band composer Robert W. Smith will lead the clinic and conduct the honors band. Smith’s “The Divine Comedy” was central to the Homestead High School marching band’s recent state-champion show.

“Every band has played his music,” Kelley said.

“It should be a fun-filled weekend for the students.”

Velayo said the Fort Wayne conference draws a good attendance from the northeast corner of the state. “Homestead’s parent booster group performs a lot of the logistics at our registration desk,” he said.

The conference also relies on area schools for equipment, risers, percussion equipment and stands. “It’s

a really active partnership with area high schools and middle schools, and we appreciate that,” Velayo said.

He said several hundred people from northeast Indiana will attend the conference. “It’s a relatively low-cost opportunity given that ours is the largest music professional development event,” he said.

The 2018 conference will debut the All-State Handbell Choir, and conductor Jeffrey Scott Doebler hopes the innovation will find a permanent place in the IMEA lineup.

“Handbells is an area that continues to grow in the field of music education, and I felt like it was time to move it into a more challenging spotlight for the students,” Doebler said.

The IMEA board accepted his proposal and he began issuing invitations and reviewing candidates by way of recommendations.

About 12 students will perform in January.

Students perform in school or church handbell choirs.

Most come from the Floyd Knobs area north of Louisville or from the Indianapolis area. The choir might expand in future years, Doebler said; live auditions might be held.

“We’re hoping that other states will see this program and adopt similar programs,” he said.

Doebler’s tentative, seven-song repertoire includes a premiere, “Glockenklagen” by Jesse Ayers.

Bishop Dwenger High School band director Don

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Elementary school musicians Vanessa Feemster (from left), HollySue Holmes, Saige Merrill, Hayden Wilkins and Kelsee Coil take part in a performance Dec. 2 at Churubusco High School.

Here are a few of the 27 free, public concerts offered during the Indiana Music Education Association Professional Development Conference, Jan. 11-13, centered at Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Free concerts also are scheduled at: First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St.; the Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd.; and the Allen County Public Library Theatre, 900 Library Plaza.

Friday, Jan. 12 11 a.m.: Heartland Sings professional choral group from Fort Wayne, First Presbyterian Church or Grand Wayne Gallery Noon: All-State Jazz Band, Embassy Theatre 1 p.m.: All-State Handbell Choir, First Presbyterian Church 2:30 p.m.: IU Jazz Ensemble, ACPL Theatre

4:30 p.m.: Elementary/Middle School Honor Choirs, Embassy Theatre 7:30 p.m.: Intercollegiate Honor Band/Boston Brass, Embassy Theatre Saturday, Jan. 13 9 a.m.: Junior All-State Orchestra, Embassy Theatre 11 a.m.: All-State Honor Band, Embassy Theatre Noon: Indiana Wesleyan Symphony, Convention Hall C Noon: All-State Percussion Ensemble, Calhoun AB 1 p.m.: All-State Orchestra, Embassy Theatre 2:30 p.m.: Old Crown Brass Band, Anthony Wayne B 3:30 p.m.: ISU Wind Ensemble, Convention Hall C 5:30 p.m.: All-State Honor Choir, Embassy Theatre Get the full schedule and updates at imeamusic.org.

2:30 p.m.: Churubusco Chimers, First Presbyterian Church

Cochran will lead IMEAmember educators in a program at 11 a.m. Jan. 12 at the Grand Wayne Center.

Concerning “My First Job as a Band Director,” Cochran writes: “This program focuses on the challenges I’ve encountered over my career as a band director. From the first moment you get your job, a huge piece of your planning takes place over the summer before school is even in session.” Specifics will range from band budgeting and transportation to “Rewarding students / finding the little successes.”

Homestead High School band director Brad Wadkins will lead his colleagues in a program at 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 12. His topic will be “Putting Your Marching Band Show on the Field in Record Time.” In his course description, Wadkins writes, “The ultimate goal is to achieve the highest quality in your final performances of the season.”

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The 22 members of the Churubusco Chimers just can’t seem to squeeze enough school and community performances into the school year.

“There are never enough performances in their minds,” founder and conductor Sue Lough said of the fourth- and fifth-graders. “They love performing.”

The student musicians will take their music to still another audience in January, when they ring for an IMEA conference in Fort Wayne. The choir will ring at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. Admission is free and the public is invited and encouraged to attend. “It’s a great performing space,” Lough said of the church.

“It always sounds quite

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Sue Lough conducts the Churubusco Chimers at a Dec. 2 show at Churubusco High School. Lough founded the group in 1990.

wonderful there.”

Lough secured the invitation by submitting an audition tape to the Indiana Music Education Association. In all, more than two dozen elementary to college bands and choirs will perform over two days of the IMEA’s Professional Development Conference.

The Churubusco Chimers gave yet another hometown show Dec. 2, at a holiday bazaar at the high school. About 80 parents and grandparents gathered about the ensemble, as five

phones recorded the mix of holiday and folk songs.

“They like the songs that have some great effects in them,” Lough told the audience. She demonstrated the tower bell sweep, with its fading sound. She demonstrated the muffling effect of the table damp.

Fourth-grader Emmanuel Serrano, of Avilla, held a chime in each hand as he followed the sheet music and watched for his notes. His father, Ricco Serrano, said Emmanuel has embraced the introduc-

tion to music. “I just heard that he was happy that he made the chimers and the next thing I knew he was performing already,” the father said. Ricco said his son is learning to read music and to be a team player. “I can tell that he’s influenced by music. That’s all that he does all day; he sings and dances to music all day,” Serrano said.

Student teacher Eric Smead stood in for Lough to direct several songs.

Smead, a graduate of Carroll High School, worked with Lough for one semester before graduating from IPFW in December.

Students rehearse in two separate groups, for one hour each week. “It was rewarding to see the kids grow and see how they developed each week,” Smead said.

Smead also filled in for an absent chimer.

He said he will attend the IMEA conference in January.

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Lough said the chimes program is part of the high-ability program at the elementary school.

The selection process begins with a standardized listening test for all third- and fourth-graders.

“Students who score in the 80th percentile or higher are part of our talent pool and those students get an invitation to audition for the chimers,” Lough said.

Eligible students test out on chimes and clap rhythms.

They also explain, in writing, why they want to be part of the group. All that information is considered to determine the top 22 students.

“All of our third- and fourth-grade students do get to play chimes at some point, about two weeks of chimes lessons,” Lough said.

Lough launched the program in 1990 at the request of Principal Mary Chandler. “She asked me to develop some type of music arts program and we decided that handchimes would be a good model,” Lough said.

She said the chimes program is about kids finding their innate musical gifts. “So they are reading music, analyzing it and being able to apply it,” she told the Dec. 2 audience.

The chimers also have performed at TinCaps games, at factory Christmas parties, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, for the Foundation for Arts and Music in Education, and for regional handbell audiences.

“We also perform for service groups like the Rotary — they’re a big supporter of ours,” Lough said. She also credited the Lions Club with helping to get the program off the ground years ago.

“Our school has been extremely supportive,” she said.

“Several of our players have gone on to be music teachers or music performers, and some are still in the area,” she said.

“I think what’s really fun is I actually have parents now who were in chimes. We just had an alumni concert for our parents. That’s one of our first things [each school year]. And a father who was in my very first chimes group now has a daughter in it.”

“At the end of the school year I have both the students and the parents fill out an evaluation and overall they talk about how much confidence their children gain from it,” Lough said. “They feel like their child is very proud of what they have accomplished and they feel they have benefited in ways that would not have been available in other classroom music.”

Sometimes high school students will step forward to fill in when a chimer is absent. “They are like ‘Can I step in for that?’ I think they fondly remember our time in chimes,” Lough

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MLK Club to congratulate The Well’s Bishop Bolden

By Garth Snow

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Bishop Willie Bolden applauds the Martin Luther King Club for 10 years of recognizing the African-American clergy of Fort Wayne.

“I believe it’s important because of the labor that these men and women put in year in and year out and sometimes without recognition and not even looking for recognition,” he said.

“It’s good that people are excited about the work that they put in.”

The MLK Club will shine that light on Bolden at Breakfast with the Clergy in conjunction with the 33rd annual Unity Day celebration, all on Monday, Jan. 15.

Bolden’s photo is on the latest flier, but he spoke only of previous recipients and a host of colleagues when he said, “I know all of these men and women

and I know they work hard.” Bolden is the pastor of The Well of Fort Wayne at 1315 S. Hanna St. Breakfast with the Clergy will be from 8-10 a.m. at the Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd. The plated breakfast is $25 per person or $200 for a table of eight.

RSVP’s are due by Jan. 8 by calling Fran Grant, (260) 493-0980, or by email to agelessdiva@frontier.com.

Unity Day will continue from 10:30-4 p.m. Admission is $10 and includes participation in a community round-table discussion.

For advance tickets, call (260) 493-1534. This year’s theme is “Creating Community Connections.”

Bolden is pastoring in Fort Wayne for the second time. He started Calvary Temple in 1976, then turned it over to his brother, Melvin, and set out to start churches in Florida

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Bishop Willie Bolden and his wife, Pastor Rhonda Bolden, serve at The Well, 1315 S. Hanna St., Fort Wayne.

and California. “When I named my [Florida] church Lighthouse, my brother followed suit and named the Fort Wayne church Lighthouse,” he said. After Melvin’s death in 2015, Willie Bolden returned to Fort Wayne. “I changed the name once I got back, because people do not actually come to a lighthouse but they do come to a well,” he said.

Bolden wants the whole community to set aside barriers and to come to The Well. “That’s my prayer,” he said. “One of the things I want to do in my ministry is to bring people together.”

So, from noon-1 p.m. the first Saturday morning of each month, The Well hosts a citywide, men’s prayer time, “across religious and racial lines.”

“It’s really coming along,” Bolden said. “We have a good recognition from the whole community for men to come together and to seek the face of God together. I think it’s been an awesome time.”

“We started this church with about eight people and when I left here we had about 2,000 people,” Bolden said. “We had about 60-40 black and white. We had people who would drive from Akron, Ohio, every Sunday to my church.”

Bolden recalled being interviewed for a network audience in those early days. “They wanted to know how I was getting these white people to come down here and I said, ‘Just love everyone that comes in the door,’ ” he said.

Those numbers are returning to The Well, he said.

The first portion of Unity Day will include the

a mayoral proclamation, scholarship presentations, community service awards, a spoken tribute to the Rev. King, local vendors, free health screenings, and a program of singing by the Fort Wayne Voices of Unity Choir.

The second portion of the program will allow the community to participate in a round-table discussion with 12 Fort Wayne community leaders.

Finally, the MLK Club will promote its 2018 civil rights trip. The club will charter two buses for a four-day, three-night tour of several civil rights museums and sites in Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma.

Scholarship applications were due Dec. 15.

Vendor applications with payment are due by Jan. 7.

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Talk to lawyer for free on MLK Day, Jan. 15 Contributed The Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana in conjunction with the Indiana State Bar Association will sponsor “Talk to a Lawyer Today,” a program to provide free legal consultations for those who cannot afford

counsel. The program will be Monday, Jan. 15, as an annual tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Although geared toward low-income individuals, the service is open to the public without regard to income.

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USF invites volunteers for A Day On, Not Off Contributed As many schools and businesses take a day off on Monday, Jan. 15, to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, the University of Saint Francis is taking a different approach. Students, faculty and staff plan to pay tribute to King through taking “A Day On, Not a Day Off.” The University of Saint Francis welcomes the public to take part in this event.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at the USF

North Campus foyer, 2702 Spring St. The program, which begins at 10 a.m., is “Straight Talk with Ketu Oladuwa: Building Relationships in America.” Oladuwa is a poet, journalist, musician and director. In a statement, the university said Oladuwa will speak of two crossroads in his life: his experience on Death Row at age 21, and a Rootfolks Sojourn 382-day motorcycle tour through the contiguous 48 states “to challenge fear and discover the soul of America.” He will

lead a dialogue about relationships, race and community. This program will include music. A call to service and Mass will be held in the North Campus auditorium at 11:30 a.m.

Lunch will be offered in the North Campus gym.

Individuals with a campus meal plan are asked to bring their meal cards and use their meal points; lunch will also be available for those who do not have a campus meal plan.

From 12:45-1 p.m., volunteers will transition to service sites both on

campus and off campus.

Work will continue until 4 p.m. Participants are instructed to sign up for service projects at https:// usfmlkday.eventbrite.com.

Projects planned for the North Campus gym are: Linus Blanket making; Warm Fuzzies, making mats for the homeless; and Bread for the World letter writing.

Off-campus “day on” volunteering locations include: Mustard Seed Furniture Bank, 3636 Illinois Road; Friends of the Third World, 611 W. Wayne St.; St. Vincent de

Paul Society Store, 1600 S. Calhoun St.; Franciscan Center, 1015 E. Maple Grove Ave.; Vincent Village (f8 Photo Club members only); American Red Cross, 1212 E. California Ave.; and Blue Jacket, 2826 S. Calhoun St. The celebration of King’s legacy continues Thursday, Jan. 18, at the North Campus auditorium with a Listening to Input and Voices Through Engagement Forum with Fort Wayne United.

The public is invited. A reception begins at 5:30

p.m., with the forum at 6 p.m. Fort Wayne United director Iric Headley directs the LIVE forums, which bring Fort Wayne Police Department and African-Americans together to discuss perceptions, perspectives and experiences, via panel discussion in front of a live audience. Programs highlight the voices of the African-American community, but also many FWPD officers who want to foster healthy relationships.

For more information, or to register for events, visit sf.edu/mlkday.

‘Detectorists’ unearth lost or tossed history

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Hundreds of coins and curios that were dropped or discarded more than a century ago are inspiring displays and imaginations once again thanks to the “metal detectorists” of the Miami Valley Coin and Relic Hunters Club.

“You find an old penny or a dime from the 1870s and you think ‘Wow, I wish that thing could talk,’” said Kevin Kamphues, club treasurer.

So the finders study their finds, learn about the history of that object and era, and sometimes even locate recent owners.

For instance, Kamphues found a University of Michigan 1953 class ring. The owner’s name was engraved on the ring. With the help of an alumna, Kamphues found the owner in Florida. The woman had lost the ring in Ohio the year she graduated.

Ken Talarico searches in unlikely places and discovers unlikely finds.

“I found a lead toy soldier, a marble, a British-Indian quarter-rupee and a Swiss 20-rappen,” he said of the objects he brought to the September meeting. The foreign coins probably just fell off a table at a coin show, he surmised.

Sometimes the discoveries aren’t metallic or even antique. “I found a wallet with $1,180 in it,” he said. The owner’s driver’s license was still in the wallet. Talarico went to the address and found that the owner had moved. A neighbor told him where the owner worked, and Talarico took the find to that store. “When I found him I recognized him,” Talarico said. “He was standing at the counter where he worked. He commenced to tell me a story about it. He said he had a pair of shorts on the week before and he was in a hammock and his wallet

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Kevin Kamphues (from left), Merv Spaw and Jon Spillson represent the Miami Valley Coin and Relic Finders Club at the Grabill Country Fair. Members took turns showing and explaining boxes of coins and other artifacts.

fell out of his pocket. He was wearing the same shorts the following week when he lost his wallet again.”

He considers that his most unusual find, but not his most valuable. “I found

a couple gold rings that I was never able to find a home for, and I found a couple that I did find a home for,” he said. “And I think the most valuable was probably a Greek coin, or maybe it was a copy.”

Mark Koch has been a detectorist since 1981 when he was 12. He lives in Leo now, but grew up in Harlan. “I found a Civil

War belt plate,” he said of one of his favorite finds.

Koch studies his search sites as closely as he studies his finds. “I look at old maps for some sites that used to be there,” he said. General maps as old as 1860 are available for inspection at the Allen County Public Library, he said. “By 1900 a lot of the 1860 and 1880 stuff is gone,” he said.

Dan Pulver of Fremont attended his first club meeting in September. He has enjoyed the hobby for about four years and now is retired and wants to get more involved.

“We went to Montana two weeks ago and we found a metallic object that seems to be a meteorite,” he said. He plans to take it to Michigan State University to be authenticated. He also has searched a former air base in Florida where he recovered spent 50-caliber rounds. “And I found fake bombs dropped from airplanes — they just sent up a puff of smoke,” he said.

“Any time we find something unusual it’s a piece of history that no one will see unless you pick it up,” he said.

Merv Spaw brought an old three-piece ring to a recent meeting. Spaw searches on land, of course, but also in swimming areas. “We find a lot of rings that they lost there,” he said.

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Roanoke concerts aid Oak Hill, Honor Flight Contributed Roanoke’s Cottage Event Center will raise money for charity on Dec. 31 and again on Jan. 19.

The Cottage will celebrate the Las Vegas sound of The Brat Pack on New Year’s Eve. The dinner begins at 6 p.m., with the show from 7-10 p.m.

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By Garth Snow

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Hundreds of coins and curios that were dropped or discarded more than a century ago are inspiring displays and imaginations once again thanks to the “metal detectorists” of the Miami Valley Coin and Relic Hunters Club.

“You find an old penny or a dime from the 1870s and you think ‘Wow, I wish that thing could talk,’” said Kevin Kamphues, club treasurer.

So the finders study their finds, learn about the history of that object and era, and sometimes even locate recent owners.

For instance, Kamphues found a University of Michigan 1953 class ring. The owner’s name was engraved on the ring. With the help of an alumna, Kamphues found the owner in Florida. The woman had lost the ring in Ohio the year she graduated.

Ken Talarico searches in unlikely places and discovers unlikely finds.

“I found a lead toy soldier, a marble, a British-Indian quarter-rupee and a Swiss 20-rappen,” he said of the objects he brought to the September meeting. The foreign coins probably just fell off a table at a coin show, he surmised.

Sometimes the discov-

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The Brat Pack features Chadd Michaels, Todd Frymier, and Lindsey K. eries aren’t metallic or even antique. “I found a wallet with $1,180 in it,” he said. The owner’s driver’s license was still in the wallet. Talarico went to the address and found that the owner had moved. A neighbor told him where the owner worked, and Talarico took the find to that store. “When I found him I recognized him,” Talarico said. “He was standing at the counter where he worked. He commenced to tell me a story about it. He said he had a pair of shorts on the week before and he was in a hammock and his wallet fell out of his pocket. He was wearing the same shorts the following week when he lost his wallet again.”

He considers that his most unusual find, but not his most valuable. “I found a couple gold rings that I was never able to find a home for, and I found a couple that I did find a home for,” he said. “And I think the most valuable was probably a Greek coin, or maybe it was a copy.”

Mark Koch has been a detectorist since 1981 when he was 12. He lives in Leo now, but grew up in Harlan. “I found a Civil War belt plate,” he said of one of his favorite finds.

Koch studies his search sites as closely as he studies his finds. “I look at old maps for some sites that used to be there,” he

The Fort Wayne-based trio has performed in Chicago and Indianapolis and at area venues.

Besides the music of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, the trio performs standards from artists such as Bobby Darin, Michael Buble and Sammy Davis Jr., plus songs of Broadway.

Proceeds from the dinner show will benefit Oak Hill Farm, a service organization dedicated to promoting horseback riding for the handicapped.

The Friday, Jan. 19, show is a fundraiser for Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. The show by El’s Angels features guitarist

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Locks, keys, tokens and badges suggest stories from two centuries of Fort Wayne area history.

said. General maps as old as 1860 are available for inspection at the Allen County Public Library, he said. “By 1900 a lot of

the 1860 and 1880 stuff is gone,” he said.

Dan Pulver of Fremont attended his first club meeting in September. He

Kenny Taylor and a tribute to Elvis Presley.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.

A cash bar will be available, and food by East of Chicago Pizza in Warren will be available for purchase.

The event will feature two hours of songs,

ranging from Presley’s early recordings at Sun Studios in Memphis to the later works on RCA. Northeast Indiana Honor Flight provides World War II veterans along with veterans of other conflicts with costfree trips to Washington, D.C., to visit various memorials.

has enjoyed the hobby for about four years and now is retired and wants to get more involved.

“We went to Montana two weeks ago and we found a metallic object that seems to be a meteorite,” he said. He plans to take it to Michigan State University to be authenticated. He also has searched a former air base in Florida where he recovered spent 50-caliber rounds. “And I found fake bombs dropped from airplanes — they just sent up a puff of smoke,” he said.

“Any time we find something unusual it’s a piece of history that no one will see unless you

pick it up,” he said.

Merv Spaw brought an old three-piece ring to a recent meeting. Spaw searches on land, of course, but also in swimming areas. “We find a lot of rings that they lost there,” he said.

Spaw and friend Paul Moeller team up at any site where the ground has been disturbed, such as where a sidewalk has been torn up. “I found a couple silver dollars,” Moeller said. “I found a brass hat badge for the Fort Wayne Traction Company. [the interurban railroad]. It said ‘Conductor 555’ on it.

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• Gym members exercise more than non-members. It’s long been assumed that joining a gym motivates people to exercise more often, as few people want to pay monthly membership fees for facilities they don’t use. But researchers at Iowa State University backed up that assumption in a study of 405 relatively healthy adults. Half of the study participants had belonged to a gym for at least 30 days, while half had not been gym members for at least three months. Participants who belonged to a gym exercised an average of 484 minutes per week, greatly exceeding the 150-minutes-per-week minimum recommended by the Department of Health and Human Services. Non-members exercised an average of just 137 minutes per week, with only 18 percent meeting the recommended weekly exercise guidelines.

• Joining a gym improves overall health.

While common sense suggests joining a gym improves overall health, the Iowa State study actually proved that to be true. The study found that, compared to non-members, gym-goers tended to have lower resting heart rates, higher cardiorespiratory fitness and smaller waist

circumferences. Researchers found that those benefits were especially prevalent among participants who had kept their gym memberships for a year or more.

• Joining a gym can increase the chances of getting more well-rounded workouts.

DHHS guidelines say adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and should perform muscle-strengthening exercises on two or more days each week. Non-members may be able to meet the guidelines for aerobic activity on their own, but the Iowa State study found that only about 20 percent of Americans meet guidelines for strength training. Gym memberships provide access to weights and strength-training machines that non-members do not necessarily have at home, increasing the chances that gym members will enjoy fuller, more well-rounded workouts.

• Joining a gym can be a social endeavor. While many people join gyms to get healthy, it’s important that prospective members not overlook the potential social benefits of gym memberships. Exercise classes hosted at local gyms can provide great opportunities to meet like-minded individuals, and such individuals may ultimately become support systems people can lean on to achieve their fitness goals.

Joining a gym can serve as a catalyst for men and women looking to get healthy.

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News briefs: Take a closer look at weeks ahead CONCORDIA PLANS NOSTALGIA NIGHT

Nostalgia Night on Friday, Jan. 26, at Concordia Lutheran High School will recognize the 1962-63 boys varsity basketball team.

“This team was the first parochial school team in Indiana to win a sectional championship,” the school

said in a statement.

The players and coaches of the ’62-63 team will be invited to a reception in the Worship Conference Center at 5:30 p.m., prior to the boys’ varsity game vs. North Side at 7:30 p.m. The team will be recognized at halftime.

Also that evening, band alumni are invited to join the pep band for fun

and fellowship. “We will meet in the band room an hour before game time to warm up and run through a couple of things before heading out to the gym and playing at the basketball game,” the school said in a statement. “If you still have your old flip chart folder, please bring it along. If not, don’t worry, we have some at the high school.”

Any band alumni who are planning to participate are asked to email Adam Friedrich at afriedrich@ clhscadets.com.

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Bishop Dwenger High School invites trivia enthusiasts age 21 or older to gather their friends for an evening of competition.

Tuffy’s Trivia Night will be Saturday, Jan. 20, at the school at 1300 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with games beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 per person or $150 for a team of 10.

Players can register as a team or individuals can be assigned to teams. Sign up at bishopdwenger.com/ trivianight.

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OPEN HOUSE AT CONCORDIA

Concordia Lutheran High School, 1601 St. Joe River Drive, Fort Wayne, will hold an open house from noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21. This is a chance for students of all ages to tour the high school and explore programs of their interest. Times will be set aside for specific programs including computer science, video production, art and biomedical.

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chocolate-inspired dishes, many chocolate desserts and a chocolate fountain.

The Dee Bees Band will present live music for dancing. A cash bar will be available. A silent auction will feature a variety of unique gifts.

To be a sponsor, or to donate auction items or to reserve a VIP table, contact Jim at (260) 637-8184.

The Kiwanis Club of John Chapman Foundation meets at 7 a.m. each Wednesday at the Sunrise Cafe, 10230 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne.

Anyone is welcome to join and serve the community.

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The John Chapman Kiwanis Foundation will present ChocolateFest to benefit Riley Hospital for Children and other local youth charities and projects.

The event will be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Turnstone Center For Children and Adults with Disabilities, 3320 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne.

Tickets are $40. Visit eventbrite.com for tickets.

Free parking is available.

The dinner buffet will include courses of chocolate-infused or

The Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present five scholarship recipients in recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1102 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Admission is free.

A reception will follow.

Since 2002, the Irene S. Ator/AGO Scholarships have helped more than 20 piano and organ students to further their studies to become qualified church musicians.

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All materials for the course including a study manual will be provided.

PARKVIEW PARTY TO WELCOME 2018

LIGHTS DISPLAY THROUGH DEC. 31

The Fantasy of Lights auto tour of 269,000 LED lights covering dozens of displays continues through Dec. 31 at Franke Park, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. Admission is $10 per car or minivan.

This drive-through event is situated in Franke Park (adjacent to the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo) and transforms the park into a spectacular winter wonderland. Blue Jacket Inc. received control of the Fantasy of Lights in 2015. The attraction has served Fort Wayne since 1994. This year’s reconfigured route covers more than 2 miles and features an interactive radio broadcast. Carriage Rides are available by Cornelius Carriages at (260) 691-3780.

Blue Jacket partners with other local agencies to serve disadvantaged employment candidates, whether they are emerging from homelessness, poverty or other circumstances.

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Coliseum parking is $5 for general parking or $8 for the preferred lot.

The Mizpah Shrine Circus office is at 1015 Memorial Way. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayFriday. Evening hours will be added and a separate ticket booth at the coliseum will open Jan. 2.

Extended weekday hours and Saturday hours begin Jan. 6.

Get updates at mizpahshrinecircus.com.

A ball will drop at midnight near the Parkview Field Silver Lot as downtown Fort Wayne welcomes the New Year. Parkview Field’s gates will open at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 31, and live entertainment will begin at 7:15 p.m., followed by a countdown to midnight and fireworks. Watch for updates at fwballdrop. com.

The event is free and open to all ages, although only ages 21 or older will be admitted to separated bar areas.

Fort Wayne celebrated last New Year’s Eve with a digital ball drop downtown. Soon after, a team of volunteers stepped forward to design the ball for this year’s celebration.

OUTDOORS SHOW LISTS LINEUP

The Outdoors Sports, Lake & Cabin Show is planned Jan. 26-28 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne.

Hours are: Friday, Jan. 26, noon-9 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 28, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission is $10 for adults, free to ages 12 and younger. Half-off admission is available to: active military families with military ID; with a Shrine Circus ticket stub; or with a Savor Fort Wayne restaurant receipt.

Visit outdoorsportslakecabinshow.com for related details. Coliseum parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.

The Hawg Tank bass fishing demonstration is back in 2018, along with

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Ticket sales have begun for the 2018 Mizpah Shrine Circus. Tickets, which went on sale Thanksgiving evening, are $14, $16, $18 or $22.

The circus will present seven shows Jan. 25-28 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne.

Shows are: Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan.

the Stihl Timberworks Lumberjack Show, a kids’ outdoor adventure, pro bass fisherman Andy Buss, bow fisherman Jason Barbknecht, and fishing instructor and radio host Dan Armitage.

Also see the archery and rifle range, RV’s, boats and water sports, exotic cars by Dream Makers Automotive, yurts and tiny houses and booths operated by vendors and charters. Visit outdoorsportslakecabinshow.com for more information.

3-DAY FARM SHOW AT COLISEUM The 28th annual Fort Wayne Farm Show is

planned Jan. 16-18 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne.

Admission is free. Hours are: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 17, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

More than 30,000 farmers attend the show annually to view farm equipment and services and educational seminars.

Parkview Health Systems will present free CPR classes each day.

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Elected to the Allen County 4-H board of directors for three-year terms were: Rachel Hammond, Tyler Olinske, Erin Roembke and Jacob Taylor. Elected to serve a two-year term was Aric Bradtmueller.

Outgoing 4-H board members were recognized: Heather Anderson, for serving three years; Brian Hoopengardner, for serving three years; Rob Knott for serving six years; Regina Smith for serving three years; and Shelby Smith for serving a one-year appointment as the Junior Leader representative.

Officers elected to serve in the 2017-2018 year are: Roger Clark, president; Kurt VanHorn, vice president; Ashley Lewis, secretary; and Donna Dafforn, treasurer.

In 2017, 239 adult volunteers donated their time to the Allen County 4-H Program. Their tenure ranged from 1 to 48 years of service.

The Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation has awarded a $6,250 grant to Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana.

The grant will be used for general operating expenses. Easterseals Arc provides a wide range of services to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they live, learn, work and play in the community.

Easterseals Arc has nearly 800 individuals enrolled in services and assists hundreds more through outreach to their families, friends and employers.

IT’S WINTER AT CONSERVATORY

Holiday and winter-themed attractions continue at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Holiday hours vary. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 3-17.

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The “Snow Days” theme garden exhibit continues through Jan. 7. In the conservatory’s holiday imagination, snowkids go out for snowball fights while snowmoms bake cookies and prepare hot chocolate.

Snow angels mark the spot where families spent time together.

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FWCS Study Connection will host Zumbathon 2018 from 1-3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 17, at North Side High School, 475 E. State St., Fort Wayne. Registration is $20 at the door (cash or check). Participants will be eligible for door prizes.

Area Zumba instructors will lead two hours of dancing, sweating and fun in support of FWCS Study Connection.

Zumba is a combination of Latin dancing and cardiovascular workout.

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This after-school tutoring program matches students with employees and volunteers at area businesses and organizations.

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mentoring to students who may not otherwise receive it. For more information about Study Connection or Zumbathon 2018, call (260) 467-8810.

NIGHT OF HOPE BOOKS TEBOW

Former college and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow will headline the Indiana Fellowship of Christian Athletes Night of Hope, Thursday, Feb. 15.

The event begins at 7 p.m. at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Registration is free at indianafca.org/ nightofhope. Parking is $5, or $8 in the preferred lot.

Tebow played for the University of Florida national champion teams in 2006 and 2008, and won the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore in 2007.

He played three years in the NFL, became a college football TV analyst, and recently signed with the New York Mets organization.

He released “Through My Eyes,” which was the bestselling religion book of 2011. He also wrote “Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms.”

Find more information at timtebow.com.

CIVIC TO OPEN ‘LA CAGE’ FEB. 17

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents “La Cage Aux Folles” in seven performances, Feb.

17-March 4, at the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne.

Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors 60 and older, and $17 for ages 23 and younger.

Read the full description and find a link to ticket sales at fwcivic.org, or call the box office at (260) 424-5220. Performances are: 8 p.m. Feb. 17, 23 and 24 and March 2 and 3; and 2 p.m. Feb. 18 and March 4.

Phillip H. Conglazier directs this musical, which is rated PG. The Civic also plans the comedy “Buyer & Cellar” in six shows March 16-25. Gregory Stieber directs. Tickets are available at fwcivic. org.

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First Presbyterian Theater will present “Red,” which is described as “a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability.”

John Logan wrote the play in which abstract impressionist Mark Rothko lands a milestone commission, only to be challenged by his young assistant, Ken. For further description, visit firstpresfortwayne.org.

Tickets are $20 for general admission, $18 for ages 65 and older, and $10 for full-time students.

Admission to a preview at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, is $12. Other shows are at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20, and 2 p.m.

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Fort Wayne will celebrate the brisk chill of January with Winterval 2018, at several downtown locations on Saturday, Jan. 27.

The Community Center will celebrate a winter carnival from 1-4 p.m. at 233 W. Main St. Highlights will include ice carving, Arctic Inflatables, snow crafts and activities and refreshments. Admission is free. Carriage rides will be available.

Fort Wayne Youtheater will present Storytime Theatre from 2-4 p.m. at the Community Center.

Admission is free.

Visit the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for Winterval at the Conservatory. Visitors can make a winter bird feeder, learn how coldblooded animals survive the winter, watch an ice sculpture take shape and explore the “Fairy Tales” garden exhibit. Regular admission applies.

Headwaters Park West will host Winter Cozy from 8-10 p.m. Guests will indulge in hygge (pronounced “hoo-guh”), a Danish term which refers to a feeling of contentment or well-being. The

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Fort Wayne area rugby clubs will clash in the snow at Lawton Park at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27.

celebration will be held in a heated tent with cozy furniture, warm cocktails and food for purchase, plus live music and games, ice sculptures and drink luges.

Admission is $10 at the door. This event is 21+.

More information is available at RiverfrontFW.org or by calling Megan Butler at (260) 427-6248.

The Old Fort, 1201 Spy Run Ave., will hold Nouvelle Annee: A New France 1758, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Guests will observe re-enactments of French fur traders and Native Americans as they survive the “dead of winter” out on the frontier.

Get details at oldfortwayne. org.

Area rugby teams will clash in a Snow Bowl competition at 1 p.m. at Lawton Park, 1900 N. Clinton St. Admission is free. Visit fwrfc.com for details.

The Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, will host Winterval at the

Library from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission is free.

Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., will offer halfprice admission from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Headwaters Park ice skating rink, 333 S. Clinton St., will be open from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Regular admission applies.

The Midwest Freeze Frame Picture Car & Scale Model Car Show will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The entry fee is $10. Spectators are admitted free.

Visit fortwayneparks. org for photos and more details.

Embassy Theatre celebrates 90th anniversary in 2018 Contributed A “90 Years of Film” series will launch the Embassy Theatre’s 90th anniversary celebration.

The downtown Fort Wayne landmark at 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. also will celebrate with music and tributes in 2018.

Kelly Updike, Embassy president and CEO, said the theater is tapping into nostalgia for the celebration. “Since opening day on May 14, 1928, the theater – and Grande Page pipe organ – have served up thousands of magical moments,” Updike said.

The theater was originally known as the Emboyd, and welcomed stars of stage and screen.

The Embassy staff picked movies from the past 90 years, representing every decade in the theater’s lifetime.

Guests are encouraged to dress up as a favorite character or sing along to the soundtrack. Each movie

includes a pre-show Grande Page organ performance.

The featured movies are: • “Back to the Future” (1985), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19.

• “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20.

• “Grease” (1978), 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20.

• “Casablanca” (1942), 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10.

• “Frozen” (2013), 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 13.

A Mother’s Day brunch option will be available for purchase in the spring.

• “Wings” (1927), 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17.

• “Independence Day” (1996), 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 13.

• “Pirates of the Caribbean” (2003), 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 24.

• “The Sound of Music” (1965), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.

Movie tickets are $10, with savings available for passes to four or all nine movies, and are available at the STAR Bank box office

at the Embassy, through Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000.

The emphasis on audience participation continues at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19, when the arts organization re-creates the theater’s 1928 grand opening. The “90th Anniversary Community Celebration,” sponsored

by Mutual Bank, will be a throwback to the 1920s, showcasing vaudeville-style entertainment, musical performances and a blackand-white movie screening and red carpet arrivals.

Organist Mark Herman headlines the festivities.

Tickets are $9.

The 90th celebration year also will include: the grand opening of a history center, a dedicated space displaying memorabilia from the theater’s archives; a new recording featuring the Grande Page pipe organ; restoration of one of the theater’s original still-image projectors (Brenograph); and more.

The Embassy is listed

on the National Register of Historic Places.

“The Embassy belongs to the people of Northeast Indiana,” Updike said. “We look forward to celebrating

this milestone together.”

Watch for updates at www.fwembassytheatre. org.

The yearlong celebration is presented by Sweet-

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Early-bird tickets are available for Science Central’s annual murder mystery event. “My ColdHearted Valentine” returns for its fourth year from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Science Central is at 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Guests at this 21-and-older event will wander the science center,

mingling and “interviewing suspects.”

Early-bird and member tickets are $20 per person or $35 per couple. After Feb. 1, nonmembers will pay $25 per person or $45 per couple. Limited deluxe tickets are available; contact the science center for details. Get tickets at sciencecentral. org. Get more information by contacting Andrea Colley, marketing manager, at marketing@ sciencecentral.org.

SUPPORT GROUP GIVES SCHEDULE

Byron Health Center, 12101 Lima Road, Fort Wayne, will continue Huntington’s disease support groups in 2018.

The meetings will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the Eakin Family Room.The meetings are for those affected with Huntington’s disease, as well as their family and friends. Meeting dates are:

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TEDx SEEKS 2018 SPEAKERS

TEDx Fort Wayne is looking for speakers who have an “Idea Worth Spreading” for its Sunday, March 24, event at the Manchester University School of Pharmacy campus, 10627 Diebold Road at Dupont Road, Fort Wayne. TEDx has chosen the theme “Resurgence.”

“Fort Wayne has made incredible strides in the past few years,” organizer Mark Hagar said.

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Indiana.”

The TEDx Fort Wayne organizing team also includes Sarah Miretti Cassidy, Greg Magnuson, Joe Noorthoek, Shelly Soellinger and Crystal Vann Wallstrom.

Interested applicants should apply at tedxfortwayne.com/speak/.

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The Francine’s Friends Breast Diagnostic Center mobile mammography unit visits locations throughout the Fort Wayne area.

For women who have health insurance, Francine’s Friends will bill the insurance company.

If the patient does not have insurance but has the ability to pay, the BDC offers a reduced rate if paid the day of the screening. For women without insurance, or who have a high deductible, or who do not have the resources to pay, assistance is available.

Appointments preferably should be made prior to the date of screening.

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The mobile unit plans these stops: • Friday, Dec. 29 — Walmart, 10105 Lima Road, Fort Wayne.

• Tuesday, Jan. 2. — Heritage Park, 2001 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne.

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Santa Claus and gifts, while they’re wonderful things, are not the true reason we celebrate Christmas — which the annual Christmas in the Park hopes to bring to the public’s attention.

The event, which took place on Nov. 25-26 at Franke Park, seeks to bring Christ back into the holiday celebration.

The festival got its start in 1951 but it slowly began to wane until five years ago when Publicity Chairperson Judi Hapke and others sought to breathe life back into it.

Their goal was to provide a free holiday festival while also ministering to local families, she said.

Outside the pavilion where the festival took place sat a firetruck where families gathered to meet the firefighters and tour the truck.

The pavilion featured

several booths run by volunteers representing the military, law enforcement and firefighters. At these booths, guests could put forth prayer requests and send letters of encouragement or thanks to veterans, EMTs and firefighters.

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by Little Dresses of Africa could be found. This organization, with help from their five hand-sewing groups, provided dresses for guests to send to children in need around the world.

The goal of the organization is to not only provide clothing but also to minister to the children who receive the dresses.

“If you can meet their physical need it opens the door to meet their spiritual need,” Ellen Dixon, one of the many people involved with Little Dresses of Africa, said.

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dresses, more than they’ve ever had before, she said.

One of the many kid-friendly booths was run by Big Blast Ministries. This group created balloon figures for guests before taking to the stage and telling the story of Christmas with a life-like balloon Nativity scene of their own creation.

Pastors Steve and Janet Rayburn, the founders of Big Blast Ministries, have been doing this full time

for 12 years, though it was the group’s second time at Christmas in the Park. The couple and their family have traveled to 28 states, Canada and even Honduras to minister to children there through balloons, puppets, illusions and more.

“It’s what God called us to do,” Rayburn said.

Just outside the pavilion was perhaps the biggest hit of the festival: the two dromedary camels owned by Bob Hudelson.

Developer proposes Fort Wayne riverfront project Staff reports A proposed $61.7 million mixed-use development on Fort Wayne’s riverfront passed its first hurdle Dec. 11 when the development agreement for the project was approved by the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission.

The proposal was revealed just a few hours earlier at a press conference hosted by Mayor Tom Henry and the developer, Minnesota-based Continental Property Group.

On Jan. 16, the Fort Wayne City Council will consider a proposal to invest a portion of local income tax and

Community Economic Development Income Tax over the next 25 years, so that the the city will not have to borrow or bond for any costs of the parking garage or project.

The proposed development would be located on 3.3 acres at the northeast corner of Harrison and Superior streets, directly east of the new Promenade Park, which is being created as part of Fort Wayne’s riverfront redevelopment initiative. The private development would be a seven-story mixed-use project with about 150 apartments, 20,000 square feet of retail space and a parking garage with more

than 1,000 spaces.

“Not only will the project bring more people to the riverfront, but it will also leverage private investment to assist in the construction of a muchneeded parking garage,” Henry said at the press conference announcing the proposal.

Each of the apartments in the building will have views of the St. Marys River or downtown Fort Wayne, and the retail space will offer services for both the residents of the building and those visiting the parks and riverfront.

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Hudelson himself was dressed in clothing that one might have seen a shepherd wear at the time of Jesus’ birth. This clothing, though, was made by his wife. He said his family has “always loved critters” and has been doing this for 30 years, traveling with his camels all over Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.

Two tents could be found at the festival, one housing a likeness of the town of Bethlehem where volunteers from local churches played the parts of citizens making pottery, woodworking, calling for a census and running the no-vacancy inn. The second tent was full of games and activities for

children, most of which were run by volunteers from Concordia Lutheran High School’s swim team.

A small petting zoo also resided in this tent with a goat, sheep, pig, chicken and several rabbits not far from the stage where several performances took place.

Brian and Shelia Grillett experienced the festival for the first time this year and said they appreciate the petting zoo with its “soft animals” and the way the Spirit was of such great focus there.

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Statistics show northeast Indiana adoption need

By Louis Wyatt

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Indiana residents adopted 1,509 children statewide in 2016, say statistics from the Indiana Department of Child Services. But while the Hoosier state boasts the nation’s fourth-highest rate of adoption per live births, another question remains: What about the children still waiting for their forever homes?

In October 2017, a total of 17,292 Children in Need of Services — children under the age of 18 who are neglected or abused, and who are not getting the care or treatment they deserve — were placed in foster homes throughout Indiana. Of those placements, 1,383 (8 percent) were in Allen, Whitley and the four counties of DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble and Steuben.

Ann Freeman, family development specialist at SAFY, Fort Wayne, said those numbers don’t tell the whole story.

“It’s a fluid number because any day, children

who are currently being fostered may have their parental rights terminated and then become available for adoption, so the number is always changing,” Freeman said. “And, of course, the opposite way it changes is children get adopted and that number drops, but there are always more kids to take their place, unfortunately.”

Freeman said the majority of children waiting to be adopted in northeast Indiana are either in foster homes that aren’t pre-adoptive, residential facilities or hospital settings if they have specific medical needs.

“The majority of those kids will be in homes that aren’t looking to adopt and are still looking for their forever families,” she said.

Of the total number of foster children in Hoosier homes as of Nov. 3, Allen County held the thirdhighest number (1,041) behind only Marion (3,736) and Lake (1,335) counties. Placements in other northeast Indiana counties indicated by the Office of

Data Management, Reports and Analysis include DeKalb (62), LaGrange (57), Noble (103), Steuben (74) and Whitley (46).

While foster parents choose to take in children for a number of reasons, SAFY Foster Parent Recruiter Ebonee Hower said the majority of the individuals she meets with are looking to adopt.

Nevertheless, age preference is still a roadblock for many.

“The majority of people I would say are interested in adopting babies — 5 and under and 3 and under — because maybe they’re nervous of certain behaviors,” Hower said. “They haven’t been with the child since birth and maybe they’re worried about how they will connect with them, but teenagers don’t need any less love than a baby does.”

Foster parents taking in SAFY-served youth may take on children from a variety of backgrounds, whether they have had their parental rights terminated and are up for adoption,

are in the process of having their rights terminated by the court or are likely to return home to their birth parents. In 2016, Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth Indiana — which has offices in Fort Wayne, South Bend, Merrillville and Indianapolis — served 734 families and youths. Hower said the Fort Wayne agency currently serves about 30 foster kids and four of their children were adopted this year. However, while adoptions are an essential component of the agency’s work, the main focus is any kind of permanency.

“In foster care, permanency can mean reuniting with their birth parents or adoption,” Hower said.

“The first goal of foster care always is reunification, but then when it comes to a point where a child is unable to go home, that’s when we look into the foster-to-adopt part.”

Hower said many foster parents grieve when children leave their homes, but while living situations aren’t guaranteed to be

permanent — especially through legal risk placements — prospective parents should value the children’s well-being first and foremost.

“Legal risk means that the courts may be leaning towards termination of parental rights but it hasn’t been finalized yet, so there’s that legal risk that it might not happen, the child may end up going back home or another relative may come into the picture that wants to adopt,” Hower said. “It’s kind of a heavy job because I have to tell people that they have to accept the fact that the child may go home. That fear might make people shy away from foster-to-adopt because, if you get really attached and the child goes home, it’s heartbreaking, but one of the things I always try to tell our parents is that our kids need healthy attachments.”

On the other hand, even children with their rights terminated are waiting to be adopted. A visit to adoptuskids.org/states/in/ browse.aspx can offer a

glimpse of that unfortunate reality. The website contains 123 results of individual children and siblings waiting to be adopted in Indiana as of November 2017. Of those 139 individuals, which range between 5 and 17 years old, 12 currently reside in foster homes in Allen County, two are in Steuben County, and Noble and DeKalb counties are home to one each.

Every year and every Christmas that goes by puts each of these children one year ahead of most adoptive parents’ preferred age ranges, making it increasingly less likely they will make it out of the foster care system before the age of 18.

“The kids that are ready to be adopted with their rights terminated through foster care are typically older,” Hower said. “These kids really need a forever family. Everyone deserves that.”

For more information on adoptions in the state of Indiana, visit the Indiana Department of Child Services at in.gov/dcs.

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Aboite News • December/January 2018

7 years, 8 kids: Keeping a family together

By Meghan Schrader for IN|Fort Wayne

Christmas at the Stayer residence is a little different from most other families. With eight kids, decorating the tree and baking sugar cookies can get a little hectic, and opening presents is an all-day event.

The family is also very passionate about helping foster children. In the past they’ve supplied Christmas presents for youth who have aged out of the foster care system, and this year they are putting on a New Year’s party for foster children.

Only seven years ago, it was a different story for Robert and Jody Stayer, as they had not yet begun to foster and adopt their eight children.

Adoption had long been something close to Jody’s heart: she worked as a marriage and family therapist in the Los Angeles foster care system, which is responsible for 10 percent of all the foster children in the United

States, she said.

When she and Robert met, their goal to adopt became one and the same.

“They’re completely overwhelmed,” Jody Stayer said of the LA foster care system. “Bobby and I have both seen the destruction that abuse and neglect [can have] in children that don’t have a place, don’t have anyone that cares about them, what that does to a child. So when we started our family we wanted to be purposeful about helping some of those children.”

Navigating through social workers, attorneys and judges as well as advocating for their child are all obstacles prospective adoptive parents must deal with.

Starting the process

In 2010 the couple began the process of navigating the foster care and adoption system. By 2011 their eldest daughter, Monique, 11 years old at the time, along with her three younger siblings,

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The Stayer family, clockwise from bottom left, Antonio, 10; Robert; Serena, 14; Monique, 18; Mariah, 12; Elliana, 7; Jody; Frankie, 5; and Carlos, 4.

Serena, 7, Mariah, 5, and Antonio, 3, were placed with Robert and Jody. The four were adopted in 2012.

As first-time parents, not only did Robert and Jody have to learn how to parent their kids but the children had to learn how to be members of the Stayer

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“The challenging part was to reteach and have them relearn how we expected them to be as our kids,” Robert said, explaining he felt they were at a disadvantage by not having raised the kids from birth. “They already had their bad habits. We didn’t have any influence on how they were before they moved into our house.”

“Our kids just really needed to trust us. A lot of those behaviors that people think kids from foster care have, a lot of those go away with a permanent home and adult to love them, parents to love them,” Jody Stayer said.

The couple as well as Monique agreed that trust was the biggest issue during their initial fostering and adoption.

Monique recounts that she was used to “being the mom” for her siblings and it was hard for her to let that go. She wasn’t accustomed to “that feeling of being wanted or loved,” she said, and initially rejected her prospective

foster parents. It took her time to realize “this was the real deal and they actually wanted to adopt us.”

“They felt the need to reject us before we could reject them. In their minds, they knew that was going to happen,” Jody said.

This, however, was not the end of their story.

Sibling bond

“We just felt that, that sibling bond is so important and enduring.

It’s the most enduring bond that you’ll ever have,” Jody Stayer said.

So, compelled by the teachings of Christ and reassured through prayer, the couple continued to bring three more siblings of their adoptive children into their home after moving to Indiana: Elliana, Frankie and Carlos, adopting them between 2014 and 2015. In addition, they are currently fostering 10-month-old Annabell.

Jody’s sister and brother-in-law, Julie and Eric Reynolds, had long since been thinking about adoption as well, so when the

couple learned the Stayer children’s birthmother had another baby up for adoption, they decided to start the process. Selah and Lilliana, now age 3 and 2, were adopted by the couple in 2015 and 2016 in the hopes of maintaining that sibling bond.

“By helping our kids look to their siblings for similarities in their personalities, in the way they look, that will help them have a sense of control over their environment and just better self-confidence.

There’s so many benefits of maintaining that sibling bond and we’ve just always been passionate about that,” Jody said.

Having such a large family does come with its challenges, Jody said, but added it’s all been worth it to them.

“When they’re older I think they’ll understand the significance of being together and how it was hard to do that. It was a sacrifice we made but I think it’s worth it in the long run,” Robert Stayer said.

Years later now, the family is together and happy. The children stay in contact with their birthfamily, sending pictures, writing letters and texting.

Robert and Jody make sure to incorporate the kids’ Hispanic heritage into their lives, making tamales during the holidays, having piñatas at birthday parties and giving their girls the choice of having a quinceañera for their 15th birthday.

Helping others

Jody hopes that her passion for helping foster children is something her kids will have as well.

Monique, now 18 years old and graduating from Leo High School this spring, is considering Orphans See STAYER, Page A19

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Aboite News • December/January 2018

He’s an ADHD bundle of joy I call my son, Rollie

By Mike Marturello

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SNOW LAKE — He was No. 12 or 13 or so to come into our lives, one little boy named Rollin, whom we will forever call Rollie.

There he was, a 5-year-old bundle of ADHD, sitting across the kitchen table. I sat down that May 23, 2016, evening and looked at him and he flashed this smile, with one side of his mouth arching up, a goofy little grin, really.

“Hi, I’m Mike,” I say.

“What’s your name?”

“Wollin.”

He smiled again as we prepared to have dinner before I ran off to a Fremont Community Schools Board of Trustees meeting.

“Nice to meet you,” I said.

And so it began.

Like all of the children who have come before through their placement with the Indiana Department of Child Services, I knew Rollie’s back story.

I knew the horrible life he had been dealt, one I will not detail for you here, kind readers. His life, like countless others, is not story-book. They are not fair. Children should not be treated like this.

But they are and they end up in a foster care system that’s far from perfect and hopefully end up in loving homes where they are adopted. Rollie came to us six months shy of his 6th birthday and by the time we adopted him on Aug. 3, he had spent 1,137 days in foster care — nearly four years!

With many of the children who have stayed in our home as fosters, if you knew their back stories, it might put your faith to an extreme test.

Rollie was no different. I

STAYER from Page A18

By Meghan Schrader for IN|Fort Wayne

Christmas at the Stayer residence is a little different from most other families. With eight kids, decorating the tree and baking sugar cookies can get a little hectic, and opening presents is an all-day event.

The family is also very passionate about helping foster children. In the past they’ve supplied Christmas presents for youth who have aged out of the foster care system, and this year they are putting on a New Year’s party for foster children.

Only seven years ago, it was a different story for Robert and Jody Stayer, as they had not yet begun to foster and adopt their eight children.

Adoption had long been something close to Jody’s heart: she worked as a

don’t believe I’m at liberty to tell you the details, so trust me on this.

And there he was that first night, smiling his smile. His eyes sparkled.

He had a toothy grin.

Rollie seems to love everybody. He has a big heart — and nonstop energy.

I fell in love with this little boy and hoped all would work out. I didn’t want my heart broken again.

Rollie, who now goes by the name of Christopher Rollin Marturello, the name Erika and I gave him upon his adoption, is a handful. He has a chromosome abnormality. He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and is on medication for that. He is small for his age. He is under weight.

The first summer with us, he was not on medication right away (though he started being medicated at age 2!). It was just Rollie and Erika and the wading pool on the deck.

(I have nominated Erika for sainthood.) And a crazy dog and some cats. Do you remember the George Harrison song, “Crackerbox Palace?” That’s my house.

“CANNON BALL!” could be heard constantly throughout the neighborhood as Rollie entertained himself.

We worked with Rollie throughout those months in preparation for him to start school in Jessica Sattison’s kindergarten class at Fremont Elementary School. He’s now in Jennifer Stukey’s firstgrade class.

We started a journey of learning — about Rollie and what made him tick.

We learned that Rollie had a keen mechanical aptitude. It was suggested by one of his therapists that we buy him a real tool kit, not the kiddie kind.

We did. Erika promptly removed the utility knife, hammer and circuit tester.

One night he took all of the electrical cover plates off the walls in his bedroom.

Another night he removed the closet door knob. All of it. Within a week, he had it reassembled. In another few days, he had it reassembled correctly. The tool kit has since been put in the garage, only to come out under close supervision.

One afternoon, neighbor Jimmie was building a fence for a dog run and a privacy fence. As is often the case, the project was like a neighborhood magnet that we all gravitate to. Jim and sons — and neighbors Tom and Dan — installed the pickets and only put in single screws on each rail.

They would work back to

put in the secondary screws on the top and bottom rails.

So I grabbed my cordless drill and started in. Then Rollie said, “I do that,” so I let him take over. He installed all of the second screws, top and bottom, for the entire fence. At age 5.

Boy, did he sleep well that night!

Rollie has difficulty sleeping. He has difficulty with focus at times. He’s great at math and loves music but could care less about spelling, though he loves being read to at night.

His behavior can be something. On one afternoon that first summer, he pulled a major something that earned him a time out.

It was really bad, though I can’t recall the details right now. After Erika put him in the timeout chair (a place Rollie does not like

marriage and family therapist in the Los Angeles foster care system, which is responsible for 10 percent of all the foster children in the United

States, she said.

When she and Robert met, their goal to adopt became one and the same.

“They’re completely overwhelmed,” Jody

Stayer said of the LA foster care system. “Bobby and I have both seen the destruction that abuse and neglect [can have] in children that don’t have a

PHOTO BY ASHLEE HOOS

Steuben Circuit Court Judge Allen Wheat poses for a photo with Erika Celeste, Christopher Rollin Marturello and Mike Marturello the day of Rollie’s Aug. 3 adoption. Rollie spent 1,137 days in foster care before being adopted by Celeste and Marturello.

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Kathy Driver at school and Lauralee Macleod and many others at church.

And on and on and on. Our village is amazing.

We did not do this for some sort of altruistic reason. We wanted a family (Erika has two grown sons and I have never been a father) and we chose to adopt through the state system. We found Rollie. He’s our family, no different than if he were our biological son.

It has been quite a journey, one that’s just beginning. Rollie’s in the first grade, so we now have homework and school events and so on. In public, I am often asked if I am Rollie’s grandfather. Shoot, in some families, I might be old enough to qualify as a great-grandfather!

Of course Rollie can’t pass as being of my heritage. He’s a very blond little guy and I am the opposite of that. He might pass as being of Erika, with her blond-ish hair, but she has been called a grandmother.

Almost from day one, Rollie has called Erika Mom. Me? Not so much. I am always just Mike, even though he knows I am his dad and Erika often refers to me as such.

I don’t care what he calls me (well, almost). We are family. He’s my boy.

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In other words, Rollie had done something bad enough that it could have earned him removal from our home and placement in another foster home. It had happened before.

“You’re not getting off that easy, young man,” Erika told him.

Maybe, just maybe, it was then that Rollie learned that he had found his home, that he truly was loved and for once had a forever family, chaotic as it might be at times.

We have been through a lot with Rollie in the past 19 months, five of those with Rollie as our son. He has been hospitalized to get his medication on the right course. He has been to the ER after slamming his finger in a car door.

He has been to numerous specialists to try to determine just what it is that is Rollie, what’s going on inside there.

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and you’ve always got to keep that going in the back of your mind. Your job is to provide a safe and nurturing environment for that child and to work with DCS on whatever case plan they have going at that time,” Don said about his role as a foster parent.

As the months went on, it became more clear that reunification wasn’t going to happen, and the child’s parents eventually voluntarily terminated their parental rights.

“So we decided we were going to get out of foster care and adopt this one, and that was Kyleigh,” Don said, placing his head on his now 10-year-old daughter’s head.

For seven months, Kyleigh remained the Cochrans’ only child.

“They kept calling us to take additional foster kids, but Kyleigh liked the attention she was getting and we were very hesitant to bring in another foster

child, so we declined,” Don said.

For both children, the adoption process was not quick. Kyleigh, whom the Cochrans first met at 9 months old, was 2½ when she was adopted. For Uriel, the process lasted until he was 4½.

Despite the lengths they had to go through, the choice to adopt both Kyleigh and Uriel was obvious, the Cochrans said.

“You just fall in love with these kids, and when you realize that they’re not going to go home, that they are going to be adopted, we already felt at place there because it wasn’t a matter of months with us, at this point it was years with us,” Don said.

weekend until they could be placed with family members. Some, like 9-month-old Kyleigh, stayed much longer.

Kyleigh

In September 2008 Don was at a band contest in Louisville when he got a call requesting that he go to the hospital to sit with an infant “who had blunt force trauma to the head and severe injuries,” he said.

As licensed foster parents, the Cochrans were sometimes asked to sit with children in the hospital who wouldn’t have family present so they wouldn’t be alone.

They ended up taking the baby home as a foster child, continuing to work with the DCS and the child’s parents toward reunification with her birth family.

“You have a job to do, and that’s reunification,

Uriel

“Then I got another call that said there was a child that had been found with some severe injuries and they asked if I could go to King’s Daughters’ hospital and sit with the little boy,” Don said. “He had been malnourished, he had the extended belly, he had cuts and bruises all over him. It was a crisis situation, so I went and sat with him.”

Eventually, the little boy, who was 18 months old at the time, came into the Cochrans’ house as well.

His situation provided some new challenges for the young family. The little boy, Uriel, and his biological parents were not legal immigrants, so he was in limbo for some time as the Cochrans worked to adopt him. The family worked to obtain citizenship for their new son, which they were only recently able to finalize.

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A heart for fostering

Though they did end up adopting through the foster system, Don said he felt a special calling when they were foster parents.

“I wanted to adopt when we first got into [fostering] because we didn’t have any kids on our own and that changed really quick when I realized what foster care was about,” Don said. “Foster care wasn’t about going into this to adopt kids, it was about providing a safe environment and working with the case plan. … That was what those families were needing to get things back on a healthy and safe track and that’s when my focus changed. Once I found my role, and they tell you that … but you have to feel it, but once I fell into that role I became, it was almost like a calling.”

“And, I think, providing that unconditional love and that nurture and safe home and at the same time we also worked with the birth families … helping them [know] how to care for their children and communicate with their children,” Mindy added.

The Cochrans had their share of difficulties, with one foster child even breaking Mindy’s wrist.

Still, they would encourage those interested to open their home to help foster kids in need.

“If they’re interested, I think the only way to do it is to try it. You just have to be patient,” Don said. “The only thing that will change is absolutely everything.

And that’s true. Everything will change with every child. Everything you’ve come to know as a family unit will be disrupted. And once you come to accept that, it sure is rewarding.”

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ipants, he asks, “Are you going to sit around, watching TV on a Saturday morning or are you going to do something in the world?”

It is sure to be “a morning you won’t forget,” he adds.

To participate, register online at polarplungeIN. org, raise a minimum of $75 in pledges and arrive at Metea County Park between 8-10 a.m. Local businesses and schools are encouraged to get involved by putting together teams of plungers and helping to raise funds. Prizes are awarded for fundraising levels met and door prizes will be drawn at the After Splash Bash.

Special Olympics is seeking door prize donations, sponsors and event volunteers as well.

For more information, contact Julie Burkholder at jburkholder@soindiana. org or (260) 466-1528 or online by visiting polarplungeIN.org.

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1 a.m.: Sleep. Wake up late.

1 p.m.: Resolved to get more exercise in 2018?

Start off on the right foot by participating in the 23rd annual Chilly Challenge.

participating in the Special Olympics Polar Plunge for eight years. Each year, he also seeks to extend the opportunity to students.

“The way we grow most in life is by getting out of our comfort zones and doing things that are uncomfortable for something that is for the greater good,” Clark said. “I think most students will look back and say even though it was painful for those few minutes, it was really worth it because of the good that came out of it.”

Jumping in freezing cold water is “definitely out of most people’s comfort zones” he added with a laugh, but will result in personal growth while benefiting others.

Clark recommends fellow plungers wear old shoes that “it doesn’t matter if they get a little bit mucky and dirty,” socks, shorts and a long sleeved shirt — and don’t forget a change of clothes and a towel.

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plunge), this annual tradition sees more than 100 people every year coming to the boat ramp on Harry Baals Drive to run into the St. Joe River.

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and local Special Olympics programs, according to a release from Special Olympics Indiana.

These programs “allow children and adults with intellectual disabilities to live active lives through socialization, exercise and friendly competition,” the release states. Currently there are more than 13,000 athletes that participate in at least one sport through Special Olympics in Indiana.

Plungers are invited to take a dip in Metea Park’s ice-cold pond before enjoying the After Splash Bash with food and beverages at the Metea Park Nature Center.

Past Fort Wayne plunges have had more than 100 plungers apiece and have raised more than $10,000, according to the release.

Ryan Clark, 11th-grade English teacher at Leo High School, has been

2 p.m.: The annual polar plunge at Johnny Appleseed Park. Though this event seems to be the Fight Club of polar plunges (Rule 1, don’t talk about the polar

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music and fireworks and end up with a countdown to 2018, complete with Fort Wayne’s own ball drop (with a real ball this time).

Note: If you enjoy a little too much to drink, be sure to take the Holiday Cab home.

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part of the collection of David Shapiro’s paintings and prints that were given to the museum by his estate.

5 p.m.: Grab dinner at one of the many great eateries downtown.

6 p.m.: Drive over to Franke Park to take advantage of one last chance to see the Fantasy of Lights, which consists of more than 100 animated light

displays to delight the whole family.

7:30 p.m.: We hope you’ve got your orange and black ready, because no New Year’s Eve would be complete without partaking in the annual last-day-ofthe-year Komets game, this time against the Toledo Walleye, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

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Included with admission of $9 for adults and children older than 2. Ring in 2018 with New Year’s-themed activities and the annual balloon drop.

JAN. 2 JAN. TUESDAY, Winter book sale. New Haven Branch Library,

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648 Green St., New Haven. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

Appleseed Quilt Guild. Classic Cafe, 4831 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m. Learn about the varied quilting journeys of the club’s executive board members. Another member, Vicki Goltz, will also share her skill of making hexies using a hand-sewing method, eliminating paper piecing. For more information, visit appleseed-

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FRIDAY, JAN. 5

Fish and tenderloin fry. Southwest Conservation Club, 5703 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. 5-7 p.m. $9. All-you-can-eat fish and tenderloin fries are served the first Friday of and third Fridays of each month. The meal includes green beans, corn, french fries, coleslaw, dinner rolls and pudding or Jell-O. Coffee and cash bar available. The club has been safeguarding local wildlife and habitat since 1938. southwestconservationclub.org.

SUNDAY, JAN. 7

Church celebrates 50th anniversary. Faith Baptist Church, 6600 Trier Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.

Former members and church friends invited.

George R. Mather Lecture. The History Center, 302 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. Free admission. Jason Kissell of ACRES Land Trust will discuss “Preserving Places and Their History.”

The Mather lectures are free to the public and made possible through the support of the Dunsire Family Foundation.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10

New Family Financial Aid Knight. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne; in the media center. 6-8 p.m. Business office staff will answer questions about Indiana Choice Scholarship, financial aid, all Bishop Luers High School scholarships and the FACTS tuition management system. There will also be a question-answer session. No reservations are necessary. Coffee and snacks are available.

THURSDAY, JAN. 11

Breakfast on the Marsh. Indiana Wesleyan Univer-

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8:30-9:45 a.m. Well-seasoned nature lovers (50+) are invited to enjoy a light breakfast and nature presentation presented by Little River Wetlands Project, the governing body of Eagle Marsh. Today’s topic is volunteer opportunities at LRWP. Register with Dana Claussen at (260) 478-2515 or d.claussen@lrwp.org to help ensure that enough food is provided.

Winter book sale. Monroeville Branch Library, 115 Main St., Monroeville. 10 a.m.-noon and 1-6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.

Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

“The A to ZZZZZZ’s of Sleep.” Allen County Extension Office, on the IPFW Campus, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. 1 p.m. Learn how sleep is essential to overall mental and physical health and well-being, and how people of any age can change their behavior to improve their sleep. Taught by Nancy Manuel, Health & Human Sciences educator, Adams County. For information or special accommodations, contact Vickie Hadley at the Allen County Extension Office, (260) 481-6826.

FRIDAY, JAN. 12

Winter book sale. Monroeville Branch Library, 115 Main St., Monroeville. 10 a.m.-noon and 1-6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.

Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

SATURDAY, JAN. 13

Sports card and collectibles show. Ramada Plaza Hotel, 305 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission. Dealers

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Cabaret Knight. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 4:30 p.m. $15 for dinner and show choirs show. Advance tickets $15, available until Jan. 8; email Carrie Monnier at cbmonnier@gmail.com

MONDAY, JAN. 15

Winter book sale. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

Winter book sale. Georgetown Branch Library, 6600 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.

Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

Winter book sale. Grabill Branch Library, 13521 State St., Grabill. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17

Short Hikes for Short Legs: What Lives Under the Snow?

Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. 9-10 a.m. Free. Little River Wetlands Project sponsors this part hike, part interactive educational activity with a curriculum and trail length appropriate for kids ages 3-5 years.

Visit www.lrwp.org for more information.

Winter book sale. Tecumseh Branch Library, 1411 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.

Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

Winter book sale. Waynedale Branch Library, 2200 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.

Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

S. Hanna St., Fort Wayne. Noon-9 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

Winter book sale. Woodburn Branch Library, 4701 State Road 101 North, Woodburn.

Noon-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books

FRIDAY, JAN. 19

Fish and tenderloin fry. Southwest Conservation Club, 5703 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. 5-7 p.m. $9. All-you-can-eat fish and tenderloin fries are served the first Friday of and third Fridays of each month. The meal includes green beans, corn, french fries, coleslaw, dinner rolls and pudding or Jell-O. Coffee and cash bar available. The club has been safeguarding local wildlife and habitat since 1938. southwestconservationclub.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 20

Winter book sale. Shawnee Branch Library, 5600 Noll Ave., Fort Wayne. Noon-6 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

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Winter book sale. Shawnee Branch Library, 5600 Noll Ave., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library. Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

THURSDAY, JAN. 25

Winter book sale. Hessen Cassel Branch Library, 3030 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Every branch of the library will be hosting a book sale this winter, sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.

Books are 50 cents for paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks, $2 for oversize books and $3 for media.

Special interest lessons: T-Shirt quilt. Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Course offered through Allen County Extension Homemakers.

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“Winter Woods,” led by John Niemeyer. Eagle Marsh barn, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne. Noon1:30 p.m. Free. Join in a stroll through the woods, learning how to identify trees by buds that were set months earlier, the trees’ bark, and adaptations they make to living in a wetland environment. Start at the barn, exploring parts of trees and testing identifying skills, then hiking the trails that wind through the woods of the preserve. Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project. Contact info@lrwp.org or (260) 478-2515 for more information.

Winter book sale. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Winter Homecoming and Casa Knight. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne. Girls’ basketball game, 6 p.m.; boys’ game 8 p.m. The Class of 1967 and the Bishop Luers Distinguished Knight award recipients will be recognized during half-time of the boys’ varsity game. Casa Knight will open the homecoming activities. Dinners will be served in the cafeteria from 4:30-7 p.m. Dinner orders must be purchased in advance. Meals are $8 or $4 for Bishop Luers students; dinners for children 10 and younger are $3. Reservations can be made by contacting Shawn Johnson at PreLKevents@gmail.com or call (260) 385-3947. A limited number of Casa dinners will be available at the door while supplies last. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children younger than 10, $6 for Bishop Luers students.

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