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Peace of mind Opportunities to experience yoga abound in the Fort

By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com

In 2011, Laura Eck was a stressed out nursing school student. She had heard that yoga was good for relieving tension, so she decided to pick up an instructional DVD and give it a try.

She liked the way it made her feel. She felt like her mind was clearer and her body was stronger.

Doing it in the morning helped set a positive tone for her day.

“I really fell in love with it,” she said.

Eck graduated from nursing school and became a registered nurse.

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Eventually, she went on to become a certified yoga instructor. She wanted to share the practice with others. Today, she serves as a wellness coach at Parkview Health.

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opportunities to drop in to outdoor classes before or after their shift.

Practicing yoga is beneficial for an individual’s emotional, mental and physical health, Eck said.

It can help with stress management, relieve

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tension, build strength and balance, aid in weight loss and improve cardiovascular and respiratory health, she said.

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■ A Fort Wayne native’s cross-country trip that took him from farm to fork.

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Eck has noticed that yoga has become a lot more popular since she started practicing about

seven years ago.

“It has really grown, and I think it’s because there’s more opportunities to practice yoga than just going to a yoga studio, which can be intimidating to a lot of people,” she said.

Several breweries and wineries in the community

have started offering events where patrons can combine wine or beer drinking with the practice of yoga.

Eck has been to such an event at Two-EE’s Winery in Huntington. For beginnings, events like these are See PEACE, Page 12

Students help business design clothing protectors

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Camp Red Cedar camper James Lambert and camp counselor Kali Quackenbush enjoy meal time as Lambert wears his new bonTop clothing protector.

According to the product’s designer, it is intended to replace a bib and help individuals “dine with dignity.”

Nill said the partners originally designed the tops with older adults in mind — seniors and

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Middle school students at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School recently helped a local company design a line of clothing protectors for young people with disabilities.

Live On Goods makes clothing protectors that give individuals an alternative to wearing a bib and help wearers “dine with dignity.”

Helen Nill is one of four partners who design the clothing protectors called bonTops.

The clothing protectors are made out of stain-resistant and waterproof fabric. They are also fashionable and designed to blend in with the wearer’s outfit. Some look like dress shirts or flowy blouses.

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Arts & Culture

Homer exhibit comes to FWMoA

By Louisa Danielson For IN|Fort Wayne publications

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“Snap the Whip” is an 1872 oil painting by Winslow Homer.

combat front) unless they were photographers,” Shepard pointed out.

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Fort Wayne Museum of Art is hosting an exhibit titled “Winslow Homer: From Poetry to Fiction, the Engraved Works.”

It will be open through Sept. 23.

“We’ve done a pretty heavy roster of ultra-contemporary [works] this year,” Charles Shepard, president and CEO of FWMoA, said. “[I thought,] let’s rein that in a bit and bring in something classic.”

In the hunt for the right exhibit, Shepard searched for works that had good public name recognition, and that offered a touch of thoughtful contemplation to the viewer.

“This is an interesting time in American history,” he explained.

“Everyone has a strong sense of sentimentality, when things were simpler, better.”

According to the news release for this display, pieces in this exhibit

are engravings from the 1850s through the 1870s, which makes them a good match for these criteria.

Shepard was careful to point out that Homer was not romanticizing life in his illustrations: he was actually “reporting” what things were like at that time. Shepard gave this example: while photographers were on the war front during the Civil War, illustrators were also on the front lines, capturing images as well.

As explained in the press information, newspapers did not start publishing photographs until 1873. Instead, illustrations were printed in publications like magazines and newspapers during the Civil War. Homer was one of those combat illustrators, and his piece “The Army of the Potomac: a Sharpshooter on Picket Duty” is one that was made during the Civil War. “People in art school today wouldn’t even think of (going to the

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an artist who worked in many venues. The art pieces in the FWMoA display, according to the press release, were completed when the artist was between 19 and 39 years old. During that time, he was an illustrator for the magazines Harper’s Weekly and Every Saturday. In 1875, Homer quit being a freelance illustrator to concentrate on his work as a painter.

“Some of (Homer’s) paintings are so well known and beautifully colored that we might not be sensitive to the fact that he did (a wide variety of) work,” Shepard explained.

Engravings in the display are from the first third of Homer’s career, a time when he was “getting his strength, stretching his wings,” as Shepard put it.

Homer illustrated everything from poetry and literature to rural life, children at play and seaside scenes. Of special note is Homer’s piece, “Snap the Whip,” which will be on display at the FWMoA. The illustration of this image appeared in Harper’s Weekly in September of 1873.

Inspired by time Homer spent in the Catskill Mountains, this engraving depicts children playing in front of a rural schoolhouse.

The schoolhouse is still standing today, and has been converted into a

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What: Winslow Homer: from Poetry to Fiction, the Engraved Works Where: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 E. Main Street When: July 28 – September 23 Cost: Free to members of the FWMoA $8 adults $6 students (Pre-K – College) $6 seniors 65+ $20 families Free general admission every Thursday 5-8 p.m.

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private home. Photos of the Catskill location and home will also be on display in this exhibit.

When asked if engravings are easier to transport than other works of art, Shepard said that they are. Paintings, for example, can be very large and can have elaborate and heavy frames.

Moving each large work is too much for a human crew, so a tractor is brought in.

Unfortunately, this isn’t always good for the painting. Shepard recalled a time when he was working at the University of Maine and he saw a forklift accidentally spear a painting it was trying to lift.

(This was the only time Shepard ever saw such a thing happen, he said.)

Engravings, on the other hand, are smaller and do not have frames that are so hard to lift.

They are also of more uniform size — Shepard estimated that some Homer pieces are about 9x14 inches. Art of this size can be moved by human hands.

Homer works that will be on display at the FWMoA will include wood engravings, watercolors and drawings.

The variety of Homer’s subject material on display here will be a quick glimpse of how America appeared during the last half of the nineteenth century.

“It’s a quiet but powerful show that will pull the viewer in,” Shepard said.

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Arts & Culture Artist uses paper and color as tools to heal

By Gwen Clayton gclayton@kpcmedia.com

Julia Guerin is an elementary school art teacher and artist with Parkview Healing Arts.

The program integrates literary, movement, music and visual arts into patient care, healthcare facility design and esthetics and the care of patients.

Read on to learn about how Guerin found herself doing this work and what exactly a healing artist does.

How did you get involved with Parkview Healing Arts?

I’ve done some work with Wunderkammer Company and Dan Swartz. He heard about it through his friend Alison Gerardot and she was one of the founding people at Dance Collective. She asked him if he knew any artists who would be good for this and he said, “Julia.” She called me and I went in for an interview and was hired. It was about five years ago.

How often do you do this?

We each have about six and a half hours a week based off the grant and the program. I started out six weeks on and six weeks off and then they took it to every week as the program went on. I just found as a full-time art teacher, I wasn’t able to handle six and a half hours on top of my 40 hours a week, so I do

about two and half hours a week. I found that’s a sustainable number for me and still feel really happy about coming in here.

What is it that you like about this?

I love that I get to meet new people. It’s also very unique. There’s really no other place where you get to walk into a room with somebody and just start talking. I have met so many people that I never would have met otherwise. It’s not like you walk on the street and start having conversations magically. I feel like in this space, people just open up and you’re there to hold space for them for whatever they need. A lot of people don’t have anybody coming to visit them in the hospital. I’ve had a couple people who have gone through traumas right before I was there.

I just happened to go into the room at the right time and was able to hold space and be that ear to listen.

I go into open rooms but I talk to the nurses first, usually and ask who they think I should see.

I’m sure to tell them, “don’t just give me the easy ones. Is there anyone you feel needs some sunshine?” A lot of times they’ll say, “don’t go to that one; they’re grumpy” and I’ll say, “no, that’s who I want to see” because at least more than half of the time, when I walk into

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Julia Guerin draws a fairy figure for a patient at Parkview Cancer Institute. Guerin works as part of the Healing Arts Program, a collaboration between the Fort Wayne Dance Collective and Parkview Healing Arts.

a room and somebody’s super grouchy, somehow I can get things moving if they open up a little bit and I’ll leave and put a smile on their face.

That’s my goal. It’s not to get them to create something specifically, but it’s to make their time here a little bit better. That’s giving them back a little bit of control that they didn’t have in a hospital setting.

It’s been cool. I’ve been able to do little tiny art lessons with people. I’ve been able to draw pictures for people and then a lot of times nobody will want to do

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anything but if I draw something for them and they color it in then I’ve gotten them into their mindful brain to be able to have some of that healing happening.

What is Frankenfuzzies?

Frankenfuzzies is my brand of creation where I take gently used stuffed animals or sometimes not even used at all.

They just happened to not sell at all. They just happened to end up at Goodwill. Instead of those eventually ending up in a garbage dump, I take the ones that are still nice and take them home, wash them, and then I take them apart and rearrange them in new and

different ways to create strange creatures. I give them names and little backstory personalities on their tags. They’re one-of-a-kind creatures.

There will never be more than one like it because I never find more than one of the same animal. They come to life and have fun. Adults and children love them because they’re a conversation starter. I’m also a painter.

I love to do literally any type of art. I’m going to try batik next, I think.

Is there anything else you want people to know about art therapy or what you do?

Art is for everyone, even if it means you’re going to color

something. Everyone can color something and that gets you out of your talking brain and into your concentration brain.

It turns off that flow of that stress hormone, Cortisol, that makes you anxious and attacks your organs and is all-around bad for you. This sort of turns off that faucet and allows it to come out and detox so you’re able to calm down. You’re able to heal better. That’s why there’s all these little coloring books on the market right now. People have found that it works.

Even if you’re not able to sit down and draw something, you are able to sit down and color something.

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From June through October 7 the Saints will present a series of 22 concerts to retirement homes, community groups, and churches. The Saints represent 27 different churches and are directed by Marsha Wright who writes a new program for them each summer. They are sponsored by Grabill Missionary Church. There is no charge for the concert. For more information regarding the Saints contact Marsha Wright at MNotes@aol.com or 260-627-3678.

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Summer science experiments

By Megan Knowles

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Keeping kids busy, entertained and intellectually engaged in the summer can be a challenge for any parent, especially as the summer winds down and many ideas have already been used up.

Fortunately, Fort Wayne’s Science Central and the internet provide several easy science experiments to teach children about various topics while giving them something fun to do in the same time.

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Fill the zipper-lock bag between half and ¾ full with water.

Hold the pencil in one hand and the top of the bag in the other hand.

Slowly but firmly, push one of the sharpened pencils through one side of the bag. Push the pencil through the other side of the bag. Do not push the pencil all the way through either side of the bag — as soon as the eraser gets past the bag water will spill out of the bag.

Repeat with other sharpened pencils.

Once you’re finished, hold the bag over a sink and remove the pencils.

The water will come pouring out of the holes.

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Bubbles form because of surface tension of water — hydrogen atoms in one water molecule are attracted to the oxygen atoms in another.

In bubbles, these enclose a burst of air.

When you use a bubble snake, you create hundreds of tiny bubbles.

Plastic bags are made of polymers, long chains of individual molecules.

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Waste facility to open south of Huntertown Tox-Away Day now a weekly event

By Louis Wyatt lwyatt@kpcmedia.com

In an effort to create more opportunities for hazardous waste disposal outside of the yearly Allen County Tox-Away Day, the Allen County Department of Environmental Management has launched a weekly household hazardous waste drop-off program just south of Huntertown.

“We’re hoping this will be a step forward

in trying to give people a place and a way to discard those items properly,” said Tom Fox, director of the Allen County Department of Environmental Management.

Prior to the passage of a state law that allowed local county governments to absorb solid waste management districts, Tox-Away Day was headed by the Allen County Solid Waste Management District in a parking lot on Meyer Road between Fort Wayne and New Haven the first Saturday after Labor Day each year.

The county’s waste management district became the Allen County

Department of Environmental Management effective March 1 of this year. Since then, the department has been seeking ways to meet the needs of Allen County’s growing population.

“What we’ve been trying to do is evaluate all the existing programs to try and see which ones are still valid, how we can update and tweak what was already there and see what new (programs) we can initiate,” Fox said.

“We’re kind of doing a top-to-bottom analysis of the whole department.”

That, coupled with the sale of the Meyer Road property, prompted the department to begin

looking for ways to make a disposal site more available to residents.

While Tox-Away Day met that need to a certain extent, household hazardous items could only be disposed of one day out of the year.

“We thought with a population of 300,000, a weekly program would be something that would really meet the needs of citizens, and hopefully we would be able to get even more hazardous items out of the waste stream,” Fox said.

Tox-Away Day serviced an average of about 1,000 cars each year, and ACDEM hopes the weekly program will boost yearly numbers

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and discourage residents from disposing of items in an unsafe manner.

“One of our main missions is just to limit all things, as much as possible, going to the landfill — hazardous or otherwise — to prolong the life of the landfill,” Fox said.

The new program, Tox-Away Tuesday, will take place at a newly refurbished facility at 2260 Carroll Road. Drop-offs will be accepted 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday.

Residents are asked to enter via Recovery Road off S.R. 3 just north of Byron Health Center.

A sign can currently be seen outside the entrance, but ACDEM has more on order from the Indiana Department of Transportation, which Fox said the department hopes will be up by the time the facility opens to the public.

The cost is $5 per vehicle depending on the items. Propane tanks, for example, will cost $10, which is the most any vehicle will be charged, Fox said. There is a 50-pound limit for each vehicle. Residents will have to provide a zip code to verify their residence.

After items are received, employees will separate them in a staging area out of public contact. Collected materials will then be taken to an onsite, secured safety storage facility. After the department receives a sufficient quantity of each item, contractor Veolia North America, a national environmental consulting company, will

transport items to various processing facilities to be recycled or disposed of.

“They do a lot of these types of events around the country and they have a great deal of expertise, so they’ll be working with us very closely through the process,” Fox said, adding that he hopes the weekly program will cut down on the long lines associated with Tox-Away Day. The facility also hosts a similar program for small businesses on Thursdays. For more information on that program, businesses can call (260) 449-7878.

Items the facility will not accept include appliances, explosives, electronic devices, infectious waste, industrial hazardous waste, medication, radioactive materials, steel drums and tires. For information regarding the disposal of those items, residents are encouraged to call the number above.

While the program currently takes place on a weekly basis, there is a possibility for expansion in the future.

“We’re going to be continually assessing the program and altering it as we can as we go along so that it meets the needs of residents, but we have to start somewhere,” Fox said.

A downloadable map of the facility as well as a list of accepted items can be found at tinyurl.com/ybjxyjje.

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Food & Drink

A motorcycle and a mission Fort Wayne native learning about food, farming on cross-country trip

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

One day, Fort Wayne native Matt Hamilton wants to own his own farm-to-fork restaurant in Washington state.

Right now, however, it’s not about the destination, but the journey he’s been on to get there.

Learning to cook

Hamilton first fell in love with food through his parent’s Ice Cream Express food truck when he was a child.

“Instead of chores around the house we would work the truck,” he said. “I guess I’ve been in the food industry since I was 6 years old.”

As he grew up, he worked as a dishwasher, a server and for 5 Star Distributing, cooking for himself on the side.

“My food was awful but I enjoyed it — I was learning and I would research stuff and I kept trying different recipes and I’d figure out how to do it,” he said.

The creativity and art he saw in kitchens and on shows like “Hell’s Kitchen” drew him into the world of fine dining, which led him to study at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago.

His first kitchen job was “making salads” at Quince in Evanston, Ill., as well as at a recreational cooking school called the Chopping Block.

He flew out to run a restaurant in Alaska for a year, then came back to Chicago to work at 42 Grams. After that, he moved to Seattle to work for James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Douglas.

Changing everything

As he was making his way in the restaurant business, Hamilton saw a TedTalk by Dan Barber about sustainable animal care and farming practices. He then read Barber’s book “The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food” on the same topic.

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think that book really changed, for me, everything.”

He began to look at the food he served, and his role as a chef, in a new way.

“As a chef I feel like a steward, and we’re kind of on the front lines. If anyone’s going to get people to eat healthier and think about where their food comes from, I think as chefs we have a responsibility to do what we can to push it toward that,” Hamilton said.

For more than seven years Hamilton had talked about doing a cross-country motorcycle trip. This goal gave that trip even more focus.

“Let’s see the country,” he thought to himself.

“I want to see the other side of the food system, see farms and ranches, and what better way to do that than on a motorcycle?”

The trip

Hamilton bought a

bike for $500 that “didn’t even run,” and over about 18 months, fixed up the motorcycle and planned his cross-country voyage.

Starting in Seattle with $3,000, he knew the money wouldn’t get him far, he said.

Fortunately, his time as a student in Chicago instilled in him a work ethic and an ability to try to find work wherever he went.

“I basically would hit the pavement and just start going into restaurants and (basically say), please hire me, give me a job,” Hamilton said.

Known as “stage” from a French word for apprentice, the habit is common in larger food cities, he said.

“Most chefs, most restaurants…it’s all about work ethic, it’s all about your character, that if you show up, you work hard, you don’t burn something more than once, it shows that you really care about

what you’re doing and most chefs will take you under their wing and they’ll show you the way,” Hamilton said.

“What I’ve learned (from staging is) you gotta put yourself out there.”

Not only was this mindset beneficial when Hamilton wanted to learn from restaurants across the country, but also when he worked for the producer side of the food system.

He participated in the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms program, which allows participants to work at farms and ranches for 30 hours a week in exchange for room and board.

For six months Hamilton was in Texas through the program, working on the High Rock Ranch outside of Austin with heirloom chickens and free-range organic eggs and on Knopp Branch Farm, who Hamilton said sells their organic produce to seven of the top 10 restaurants in Houston.

He also earned a paid internship at Bastrop Cattle Company, which raises grass-fed beef.

“I got to live out my childhood dream of somewhat being a cowboy for a little bit,” Hamilton said with a laugh. “It was an amazing experience.”

At these sites, he’d also do landscaping and other side jobs for additional income.

But he wasn’t just there to live out childhood dreams and make money, but rather to learn about how to make his future dreams a reality.

Hamilton said that while in Indiana he toured the Joseph Decuis farms in Whitley County, learning not only about their husbandry practices but also how much land they need to grow their crops and how many head of cattle they have.

Moving onward

Hamilton has been using his experiences to figure out how to create his own place like those he’s worked on, a place that’s about “really serving wholesome, nutritious food coming from your own land,” he explained.

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Aging out

By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com

Young people aging out of foster care face greater barriers to adult success, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

These barriers include experiencing homelessness, becoming a parent before the age of 21 and facing incarceration.

A Fort Wayne church is helping young people overcome such barriers with a program that gives them the support and tools they need to succeed as adults.

Four years ago, Wallace Butts, senior pastor at Love Church, began laying the foundation for Forever Family, a three-year residential, business and entrepreneurial training program.

Residents are immersed in a “family-style” environment.

They’re housed in homes near the church on East Berry Street and spend their days at the church working in one of its business units, which include a daycare, auto repair shop and information technology business.

Over the course of the program, residents learn marketable skills and gain certifications. Upon graduation, the program helps youth find jobs or internships and homes in the community around the church.

“By helping these young people get established and planting them in this community, we believe that will transform this neighborhood and these young people at the same time,” Butts said.

Helping heal

Youth who age out of the foster care system in Indiana qualify for housing programs, job training and placement programs and other assistance.

Butts said Forever Family’s mission is to go a step further by walking with youth as they transition to adulthood.

In addition to helping

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For the past several months, Hamilton has taken his motorcycle from Seattle down through California and the southwest, through the southern states and up through North Carolina and Virginia north as

residents become career ready, the therapeutic environment helps them heal, he said. That means helping them work through what he calls “trigger points” – experiences that bring up feelings or memories of childhood trauma.

For example, Butts said, an individual throws their hat in for a promotion and he or she is in competition with coworkers.

“If they don’t get that job, not only are they disappointed about not getting that job, but it brings up memories of rejection,” he said.

In a real world job environment, if the employee has an outburst or his or her performance begins to suffer, the individual might be fired without a chance to explain what’s going on, Butts said. The Forever Family program is designed to teach individuals job skills as well as strategies for overcoming behaviors.

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The program currently serves four young adults.

It’s a new initiative, so no residents have graduated yet, Butts said.

However, Josh, 21, has been in the program for about two years.

Adopted from Russia as a child, Butts said Josh had a difficult time acclimating to his new family and was placed in foster care. Unfortunately, Butts said, this narrative is not unique.

Out of the four residents, two were adopted from abroad and three were previously adopted and ended up in foster care at some point.

For this article, Josh preferred not to use his last name because he is working with his adoptive family to rebuild their relationship. He helps out with several projects around the church, but his focus has been in the church’s IT department. He helps the church refurbish old computers and resell them.

Josh said the program far as New York. He then traveled west through Pennsylvania and Ohio, coming home to Fort Wayne and working at Proximo for a couple of weeks.

He will finish his journey through Wisconsin, North Dakota and Montana before returning to Seattle — but only briefly. He

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Wallace Butts, senior pastor at Love Church, has plans to transform a recently vacated space at the church’s campus on East Berry into a dormitory for youth who have aged out of the foster care system.

“By helping these young people get established and planting them in this community, we believe that will transform this neighborhood and these young people at the same time.”

--Pastor Wallace Butts, Love Church

Serving youth who have aged out of the foster care system is a departure from Love Church’s former mission which included providing food and clothing distribution. While these meet essential needs, Butts said that these ministries only offered temporary solutions.

“Bread is a Band-Aid. Clothes are a Band-Aid. They’re not helping to

change the dynamic. I wanted to do something that was going to affect generations,” he said.

It’s been a tough transition. Support has been slow, Butts said.

“When we drew the line in the sand and said we’re not taking any more food, half of our support dropped off,” he said.

People understand handing out bread, he said, but the church’s new focus is more complex and not a problem that can be solved overnight.

However, the church has been holding awareness events each year and people are coming around to the idea, he said.

Butts said the program currently has the capacity to serve six additional

young adults. While Forever Family is a Christ-centered program, he said that youth don’t have to be Christian to become residents. Individuals age 16-24 are selected for the voluntary program through an interview process. The program is unable to accept sex offenders or felony offenders.

In a few years as the program becomes more established, Love Church hopes to launch a capital campaign to renovate the church campus. The changes would allow the program to expand to serve up to 50 residents.

For more information about the Forever Family program and the ministry’s fundraising efforts, visit www.the-lc.org.

those skills into my own piece of land and be able to get that up and running and get a jump start on it,” he said.

Though his goal throughout his journey has never waivered, Hamilton said his appreciation for the country has grown greatly.

“You meet just amazing people from all

walks of life,” he said.

“It (may seem) like we’re all so divided and everybody’s angry, but that’s not what I’ve seen traveling across the country.

We’re all just getting by and just trying to be happy. It’s inspiring, it makes you feel good.”

“I recommend doing something like this to anybody. … When you

put yourself out there and you see different cultures and you meet different people that’s going to give you experiences that are going to enrich your life and add to that happiness and hopefully change people for the better and be more cognizant of what people are going through.”

has helped him get to know himself. He said he could have sworn he was an introvert, but he realized that he’s actually an extrovert.

“I’m a huge people person. Relationships are important to me,” he said.

The hardest part of the program has been slowing down and looking inward, he said.

He describes the program as helping kids get their lives together “from the inside out.” At first, he was focused on his future plans, but he realized that he had to work on himself in order to achieve those.

“I don’t like looking into myself because that means I have to see the good, bad and ugly.

All my life, I’ve gotten used to only seeing

one – sadly, usually the ugly,” he said.

“Figuring out how to change stuff – that takes a lot of energy.”

Josh said he’s looking forward to a job in IT, but someday, he would like to return to Russia.

He feels called to work with Russian youth, possibly orphans.

actually got another paid internship at Knopp Branch for a year. There, he will oversee the team, do deliveries, work with local restaurant chefs and plan the planting schedule for the farm and orchards. “(I’ll be) really learning how to run a successful farm so then I can hopefully translate

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“SURVIVOR” STAR TO SPEAK AT TRIBUTE DINNER

Cancer survivor Chad Crittenden, who appeared on the 2004 season of “Survivor: Vanatu,” will be the featured speaker for the 14th annual Tribute Dinner.

Hosted by Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, the Tribute Dinner is a time to honor people touched by cancer and the caregivers and medical professionals in the community. The fundraiser helps provide support to local people with cancer in 11 northeast Indiana counties.

As a husband, father and cancer survivor of more than 10 years, Crittenden will share how to overcome obstacles and finding the will to survive.

He underwent an amputation of his right foot after a cancerous tumor was discovered. He would go on to compete

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as the first amputee on “Survivor.” Crittenden has continued to compete in triathlons, snowboarding, marathons and mountain-climbing.

The Tribute Dinner will take place at 6 p.m., Wednesday Sept. 5 at Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, 10622 Parkview Plaza Dr., Fort Wayne.

Admission is $100 for an individual ticket, which includes one tribute that will be displayed onscreen and in the program; $800 for a reserved table of 8, which includes up to eight tributes; and $25 for an individual tribute submission. Go to www. cancer-services.org to purchase tickets.

NATIONAL SOCCER FESTIVAL RETURNS

The National Soccer Festival returns to northeast Indiana for its 20th year Aug. 17-18.

The festival will include

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two sites: the University of Saint Francis and Indiana Tech. High school and collegiate teams will participate in the festival, including Michigan State and Indiana University, which have both appeared at every festival since its inception in 1999.

Full schedules are available online at nationalsoccerfestival.com.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at Fort Waynearea Connolly’s Do It Best Hardware locations and Soccer Plus. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on the day of the event.

The first day of the festival will feature men’s collegiate soccer at Bishop D’Arcy Stadium at USF. The first match, Michigan State University vs.

Xavier University, will start at 6 p.m. The second match, between Indiana University and Akron University, will start at 8 p.m. The final match,

USF vs. Huntington University, will start at 10 p.m.

The second day of the festival will feature high school and collegiate soccer at Indiana Tech’s Warrior Field, starting at 8 a.m. and ending with a final match starting at 9 p.m.

This will be the final year for the festival, according to an email from the festival president Terry Stefankiewicz.

“What humbly began in 1999, became the nationally known phenomenon of the National Soccer Festival. What was merely a soccer event turned into a full-fledged, grass roots community supported soccer celebration,” the statement read.

NEW SHED FOR ALUMINUM CANS

Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne, has partnered with Habitat

for Humanity to offer a community “can shed” for aluminum cans. The shed is located in the church’s east parking lot, adjacent to Coldwater Road.

All are welcome to drop off cans to benefit the nonprofit.

AG APPRECIATION DAY RETURNS TO NEW HAVEN

The New Haven Chamber of Commerce will host Ag Appreciation Day 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 1 at the Jefferson Township Park, 1720 N. Webster Road. The Chamber expects more than 500 area farmers to be in attendance for the morning of speakers and exhibitors.

The morning will begin with a pancake and sausage breakfast prepared

by FFA students from Woodburn and Heritage high schools.

Ag Appreciation Day speakers will include a

speaker from Paulding Putnam Electric, who will talk about energy safety; attorney Dan Gordon, whose practice focuses on agricultural law, estate planning, succession planning and estate and trust administration; Kent Yeager, who serves as Sen. Joe Donnelly’s state agricultural liaison; and Christopher A. Hurt, an agricultural economics professor at Purdue University.

A variety of business exhibits will be on display. Ice cream and desserts will be served after the presentations.

Indiana State Agricultural Director Bruce Kettler and other government representatives will be present for questions and to share issues pertinent to the rural community.

For more information, visit www.newhavenindiana.org or call the Chamber office at (260) 749-4484.

Monarch festival puts threatened butterflies in spotlight KPC News Service Conservation nonprofit Little River Wetlands will host the Monarch Festival 1-5 p.m. Sept. 9 at Eagle Marsh Nature Preserve, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne.

Through this event, Little River Wetlands hopes to bring attention to the threatened Monarch butterflies, which travel more than 28,000 miles from Mexican forests to Canada each year.

The butterflies’ annual migration has been called one of the greatest natural phenomena in the insect world. This long-distance,

multigeneration migration—and the part area gardens and preserves play in reducing the threats to monarchs—is the focus of the 2018 Monarch Festival at Eagle Marsh.

“Our goal for the Monarch Festival is to help people learn about these butterflies, have fun along the way, and understand how they can help in conserving their habitat,” said Amy Silva, executive director of the nonprofit.

Highlighting monarchs’ life cycle and transformation, the Monarch Festival includes a variety of programs and activities

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including displays of live monarchs at different stages of their life cycle; Monarch butterfly tagging prior to release; and educational presentations, outdoor learning stations and hands-on activities for all ages Local author Kylee Baumle will sign her award-winning book, The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly.

The festival will also feature hikes on interpretive trails lined with tall native wildflowers to watch these butterflies nectaring or roosting almost close enough to touch.

Visitors will be offered

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varieties of milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs lay their eggs, to plant either at Eagle Marsh or take home.

Visitors will also have a chance to shop at the festival’s farmers market, which will feature pollinator-friendly products such as local honey and native plants. Young Urban Homesteaders will offer locally grown, seasonal food for purchase.

This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit lrwp. org or check out the Monarch Festival’s Facebook event page.

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Quimby Village gets a second lease on life

By Linda Lipp llipp@kpcmedia.com

The successful renovation and reopening of the Clyde Theatre on the south side of Fort Wayne is spilling over as renewed interest in the rest of Quimby Village, the neighborhood shopping center in which the theater is located.

Commercial real estate broker Neal Bowman, of CBRE/Sturges, said the center is getting a lot of interest from medical providers, traditional retailers and even craft brewery operators who want to piggyback on the $9 million investment in the theater restoration project as well as the “relaxed atmosphere” of the greater Foster Park neighborhood, known affectionately by the last two numbers of its zip code: ‘07.

The potential redevelopment of the former General Electric campus on Broadway, a little north of the shopping center, as the multiuse Electric Works, is also a draw, Bowman said.

Located on Bluffton Road, just off Broadway, Quimby Village was built in the 1950s and its low, blocky design very much reflects that time period.

Like the art deco Clyde Theatre, which opened in 1951, the center takes its name from its creator, Clyde Quimby.

The theater closed in the 1990s and it and the

center had both fallen into disrepair until Fort Wayne resident Rick Kinney decided to acquire the property a few years ago. Sweetwater Sound founder Chuck Surack and his wife, Lisa, came on board as investors and gave the Clyde renovation and restoration project the injection of capital it needed to go forward.

“Obviously, the combination of funding and influence coming from the Sweetwater machine helped,” Bowman said.

The project also got a $1 million grant from the area’s Regional Cities Fund, controlled by the Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority.

Stretching out in both directions from the Clyde, the center measures more than 100,000 square feet.

Some of its occupants, including La Fogata, a Mexican restaurant; the NAPA Auto Parts and a Salvation Army thrift store actually own their own and/or adjacent spaces in a sort of condo arrangement. A limited liability corporation controlled by the Suracks holds the rest, leaving about 33,000 square feet of space that is now available to lease, Bowman said. “It’s a unique situation.”

The LLC’s holdings include storefronts and the space at one end of the shopping center that housed the Village Bowl, which closed several years ago.

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There’s new interest from potential tenants in Quimby Village, the south-side shopping center that is home to the Clyde Theatre, since the old movie theater reopened as a live music and entertainment venue in May.

The Clyde opened in May and Bowman and Rebecca Worrell, also of CBRE/Sturges, began marketing the center shortly afterward. The Suracks have specified that they are not interested in leasing to certain types of users, such as tattoo parlors or liquor stores. What they hope to attract are local businesses

that would complement the Clyde’s operations, Bowman said.

Users that require parking during the day, leaving the lot open for

visitors to the Clyde in the evening, would also work well, he added.

The old bowling alley is a little problematic, however. It would have to

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be completely gutted to be prepared for another use. It may eventually be torn down to create more parking area.

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New grant program assists neighborhoods KPC News Service A new neighborhood grant program, announced July 10 by Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, will support neighborhood projects that beautify public spaces and strengthen community involvement.

Applications are being accepted now through Sept.

3 for the Neighborhood Improvement Grant. Applications and information are available at www.FortWayneNeighborhoods.org by clicking on the resources menu item. Applications are due by Sept. 3.

“I’m encouraged by the progress and excitement we’re seeing in neighborhoods throughout all of Fort Wayne,” Henry said in the announcement. “This new grant program will encourage collaboration and innovation and allow neighborhoods to improve their public spaces while bringing residents together.”

The city’s Community Development Division will

award grants up to $5,000 to registered Fort Wayne neighborhood associations or one of the city’s four area partnerships. Because the grant dollars come from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, only neighborhoods with a majority of households at or below 80 percent of the area median income will be eligible to apply. A map is available on the website.

Community Development plans to award a total of $40,000 for the 2018-2019 Neighborhood Improvement Grant program. The maximum grant amount is $5,000, and only one grant is allowed per project per year. After the first-year projects are completed, staff will evaluate the program and may suggest changes based on observations and feedback from neighborhood groups.

Accepted projects must provide a capital improvement that enhances

public spaces. Examples include community gardens, improvements to community centers, benches, public art or signs.

Expenses such as routine maintenance, social events or operating expenses will not be covered.

Among other criteria: • Necessary permits or other approvals must be obtained by the applicant prior to starting projects.

• Projects may involve private property but must provide a clear public benefit. Documentation must be provided that confirms property owner support and approval of the proposal • Projects must be accessible and inclusive.

• Projects may require a design review as a condition of the grant.

• Projects must be ready to begin within one to three months from award date.

• Projects must be completed within 12 months from award date.

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SUMMER FUN IN THE FORT

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Festival goers interact with a street performer at Buskerfest June 30.

A small girl dances with a belly dance performer at Buskerfest.

A girl at Buskerfest dances with a colorful fan. Many street performers at the event offered festival goers hands-on and interactive experiences.

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The Marching Legends perform in the Three Rivers Festival Parade.

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PROTECTORS: and ALS. However, they quickly realized that the product could be useful for people of all ages who might need some help keeping their clothes clean during meals, such as individuals with cerebral palsy who have difficulty with bodily movements and trouble swallowing.

It’s difficult to find stylish clothing protectors on the market — many resemble shower curtains, Nill said.

People, especially teenagers, want to fit in and that’s hard to do if that’s your only choice, she added.

Nill said the company wanted to design a line for tweens and teens, but they realized that they didn’t know what that age group likes. The partners reached out to a science teacher at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton,

Jodi Jump, who put a focus group together (five girls and five boys) to help the company figure out what designs and fabrics the middle school students liked.

Later, the middle school students voted for their favorite sample.

Eighth-grader Kendall Arnold said the tween designs help people fit in and feel more comfortable and confident.

“It’s something for people to wear to look dignified and look like any other person so that they don’t feel different in any way and they can just be comfortable with what they’re wearing and how people look at them,” she said.

Jack Ellis, who will enter the ninth grade this year, said he felt like he was making a difference by contributing to the project.

After learning about the people who could benefit from the clothing protectors, the students raised money to purchase

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remember to have fun with it,” she said.

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Several yoga poses are inspired by animals (downward dog, cat pose, etc.), so it’s not much of a stretch that some people enjoy practicing yoga around animals.

Eck said the practice might even offer therapeutic benefits to some individuals.

“A lot of people find animals to be therapeutic,” she said.

Fort Wayne studio Simply Yoga has partnered with Perfect Paws Pet Rescue to offer yoga with puppies and kittens. Both events sold out, said studio owner Christa Smith.

The puppies and kittens run around and play with each other, and after the class the participants get 30 minutes of “cuddle time” with the animals.

“Everybody was smiling, everybody was happy. You could just tell.

The energy in the room was just awesome,” she

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the tops to donate. They sold popcorn and had a “dress down day” when students could pay to wear something other than their school uniform.

The students purchased 20 bonTops and donated them to Camp Red Cedar. The camp caters to children and adults with disabilities as well as children without disabilities.

The camp, which hosts both day programs and sleepaway camp, offers campers the opportunity to participate in a variety of outdoor activities including swimming and horseback riding.

The camp places an emphasis on inclusion, said Karen Shollenberger, vice president of Benchmark Human Services.

“That’s when the magic really starts happening — when kids start interacting with each other and are able to be together and help each other out. They all

Students at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School helped local company Live On Goods design clothing protectors for young people with disabilities.

learn from each other,” she said.

The campers do everything together, including meals. Camp Red Cedar Director Carrie Perry said the campers have

appreciated the donated clothing protectors. One camper named Jimmy liked his so much that he took it home with him.

Perry said Jimmy usually wore a traditional

bib, but when he saw the stylish clothing protector, his eyes lit up.

“He just had the biggest smile on his face,” she said.

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more approachable than going to a yoga studio.

“It creates an environment where people feel more comfortable, so I think they’re more likely to try it,” she said.

Lynne Koepper, co-owner of LaOtto Brewing, shared similar thoughts.

“Many of our regular participants did yoga for the first time at one of our beer and yoga events,” she said.

Participants are welcome to enjoy a pint before, after or during the yoga session.

“Most participants grab a glass of beer to enjoy during yoga. Our instructors work a sip into different poses but you may always reach down and grab a drink when you need it. We have a range of participants from beginners to experienced yogis.

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Sarah Evans, a certified Baptiste yoga instructor, started Farm Yoga, a Facebook page where she shares opportunities to practice yoga on a farm.

Evans, who teaches at a studio in Fort Wayne, said taking yoga outside the studio has become her passion. She has also organized and taught several classes that pair practicing yoga with spending time with farm animals.

She has taught “equiyoga,” or horse yoga, to raise funds for a nonprofit barn in the area. Recently, she began offering goat yoga classes.

After a couple students in her class suggested it, she reached out to her friend Tabby Bane, who raises goats on a farm in Churubusco.

“It’s a very relaxed environment and the animals just bring so much light,

It’s a very relaxed environment “and the animals just bring so much light, fun energy and make it such a playful experience that I think people are a little bit less intimidated to come in and try yoga for the first time.

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Sarah Evans, certified Baptiste yoga instructor

fun energy and make it such a playful experience that I think people are a little bit less intimidated to come in and try yoga for the first time,” she said.

Participants set up their mats in the backyard and when it’s time to practice, the goats are released from their pen to roam freely around the yard.

The goats are very curious, Evans said. They nibble at people’s yoga mats and want to be pet. The little ones have been known to climb under and on top of participants as they practice yoga.

“They love being around people. They love checking people out,” she said.

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A day in the life of dance students

By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com

Each year, Fort Wayne Ballet holds auditions for its four-week summer intensive, which this year was June 11-July 6. The program brings more than 60 students to Fort Wayne

to live in dorms, learn from master teachers and enjoy the city.

Students come from across the country, including Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, North Dakota,

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Aura Vargas (left), 18, and Isabel Garrido, 16, get ready for a day of dance classes.

Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. This year, four international students joined the program from Mexico and Australia.

The dancers take classes such as ballet,

pointe, men’s class, character class, modern jazz, musical theatre and a seminar class. They also get to experience Fort Wayne on the weekends by going on field trips like a tour of DeBrands, a downtown scavenger

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During Fort Wayne Ballet’s summer dance programs, students stayed in residence halls on the campus of the University of Saint Francis. The group of girls living in Aura and Isabel’s suite was nicknamed “The Grandma Squad” because they were the oldest group (and they like taking naps and going to bed early, Isabel said).

The oldest girls’ suite was nicknamed the

hunt, a TinCaps game, BuskerFest and a movie at the Embassy Theatre.

The summer intensive culminated in the Summer Intensive Showcase where students showed what they learned in the program.

Aura Vargas, 18, and Isabel Garrido, 16, traveled from Mexico City, Mexico, to participate in the summer intensive.

From dorm life to dance class, here’s a glimpse into a day in their life on July 3, 2018.

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Dance students stretch before class time begins.

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More than 60 dance students attend the Fort Wayne Ballet’s four-week summer intensive.

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Students from 13 states participate in the program.

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Students traveled to Fort Wayne from two countries — Mexico and Australia — for the program.

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Aura pulls on a pair of sneakers before a dance routine.

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Master teacher and Fort Wayne Ballet alum Jane Lanier teaches a class during the summer intensive program.

Dancers Aura and Isabel traveled more than 2,150 miles to participate in the summer intensive.

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Aura and classmates perform a routine in a class taught by master teacher and Fort Wayne Ballet alum Jane Lanier.

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Isabel and classmates perform a routine in a class taught by master teacher and Fort Wayne Ballet alum Jane Lanier.

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Students spent about 45 minutes stretching before dance classes commenced each day.

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Isabel and other students in the Fort Wayne Ballet summer dance program enjoy the Patriotic Pops concert by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at Parkview Field.

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Poll finds strong support for Electric Works KPC News Service A public opinion poll commissioned by Greater Fort Wayne Inc. found 86 percent of respondents had a favorable view of the Electric Works redevelopment project.

Four hundred people, of the 600 included in the survey, responded online or on the phone. The poll conducted by Campos Research and Strategy included a cross section of Fort Wayne residents.

“The community support for Electric Works is unprecedented for an economic development project in Allen County,” said Andrew Thomas, board chair at Greater Fort Wayne Inc., which has been a strong proponent of the project.

“It speaks to the impact Electric Works will have in growing jobs, growing wages and growing the economy while giving new life to one of our community’s historic landmarks. I believe that these buildings have more to contribute to our community. This is an

opportunity to elevate our entire region, and it’s obvious that people are excited to see Electric Works become a reality.”

Other key findings from the study include: • 67 percent of all respondents support local public funding for Electric Works, with 68 percent of Fort Wayne residents and 58 percent of Allen County residents outside Fort Wayne supporting.

• 89 percent of respondents believe that economic development is important to them personally.

Each proposed component of Electric Works (e.g., public market, incubator space for startup businesses, class-A office space) garnered favorable views from at least 83 percent of respondents.

• 93 percent of respondents were favorable toward Electric Works’ shopping, restaurants and entertainment venues.

• 90 percent of respondents were favorable toward a public market at

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• 90 percent of respondents were favorable toward educational space for K-12 and higher education at Electric

Works. “(These) poll results demonstrate conclusively that public and private investment and revitalization and renewal are the

principal reasons city and county residents support Electric Works,” Marty McGough of Campos said in the study’s executive summary. “They

see the redevelopment as a unique opportunity to transform a decaying landscape into a new and thriving neighborhood.”

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“Having a productive fleet of vehicles is critical to our continued proactive efforts to provide the services that our residents and businesses depend on each day,” Mayor Tom Henry said

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“By bringing this service in-house, we will have direct access to mechanics, improve efficiency, reduce costs and improve reliability by making sure the vehicles are ready to go when we need them,” said Shan Gunawardena, director of

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If the city remained with First Vehicle Services, this year’s fleet costs would be $4,847,249. Under the city-run fleet maintenance operation, the costs for this year are estimated at $4,503,400.

Current workers for First Vehicle were offered positions in the new arrangement and most accepted. The city will hire 26 employees and will take over the operation on Sept. 30.

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KPC News Service Two 4-H Top Achievers and seven 4-H Honor Achievers were recognized July 24 at the Allen County Fairgrounds.

The Top Achievers and Honor Achievers are selected each year based on their cumulative 4-H records. During the Allen County Fair, the Top and Honor Achievers assisted with 4-H special events and the 4-H livestock shows by handing out ribbons and awards.

The two Top Achievers

each receive a $1,000 scholarship for further education sponsored by Heartland REMC and Allen County 4-H Clubs Inc. Korbin Parker, of Fort Wayne, and Tobyn Smith, of Grabill, were recognized as 4-H Top Achievers. Parker, the son of Shawn and Dawn Parker, is a ten-year member of the Three Rivers Rabbit Raisers 4-H Club. Parker plans to attend University of Northwestern Ohio this fall.

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and Kim Smith, is a nine-year member of the Cedar Creek Companions 4-H Club. He will be a senior at Leo High School this fall.

The 2018 4-H Honor Achievers included William Collins, of New Haven; Victoria Richman, of Fort Wayne; Luke Sarrazine, of Huntertown; Colleenia Shirey, of New Haven; Autumn Smith, of New Haven; Madison Wells, of Fort Wayne; and Sydney Yarborough, of Huntertown.

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Appleseed Quilt Guild meeting: Classic Café, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. New members and guests welcome. Guest fee of $5. Heather Givans from Crimson Tate will give a trunk show with lecture.

Meetings conclude with show and tell.

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Comedy benefit: Stand up for the Next Generation comedy show featuring Khurum Sheikh, Carla Goldbusch and Joe Deez. Fort Wayne Comedy Club, 2104 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the show.

All ticket sales benefit the Humor Association charity.

Purchase tickets at www.fortwaynecomedyclub.com.

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Miami Valley Coin and Relic Hunters Club: Aboite Township Trustee’s Office, 11321 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. The club invites anyone who has an interest in the metal-detecting hobby and who is interested in learning more about the club.

Ag Appreciation Day: Jefferson Township Park, 1720 N. Webster Road, New Haven. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. More than 500 area farmers are expected to be in attendance for the morning of speakers and exhibitors. For more information, visit www.newhavenindiana.org or call the Chamber office at (260) 749-4484.

New Haven Music, Market and Munchies: Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave., New Haven. 5-8 p.m. Enjoy live music, makers market, food vendors and food trucks.

Market will feature artisan and craft goods, antiques and produce. Admission is free. For more information, visit facebook.com/NewHavensMusicMarketMunchies.

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Indiana Pinball Show: Allen County Fairgrounds Home and Family Arts Building, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Three-day event: Aug. 9-12. The cost for the event is $15 per day for adults, $8 per day for children ages 5 to 13 and free for those younger than 4. Advance tickets will be available online for $10. For more information or to purchase advance tickets, visit https://www. facebook.com/FWAPinball/ or email indianapinballshow@gmail.com.

Disorderly Bear Den: Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. The local chapter of Good Bears of the World always welcomes visitors to the meetings, which include social time and regular business.

For more information, contact Donna Gordon-Hearn at (260) 409-9886 or email tdbear7@comcast.net. The group’s goal is to provide soft, cuddly teddy bears and other stuffed animals to kids in trauma situations and lonely adults in the Fort Wayne area.

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Fish fry and pork tenderloin dinner: Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. All you can eat fish and pork tenderloin with scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, dessert and coffee. Full service bar available with German and domestic beer, wine and other beverages and soft drinks. Live German music. The cost is $9 for adults and $5 for children. The dinner is sponsored by Ft. Wayne Maennerchor/Damenchor. For more information, contact Patti Knox at (260) 444-3634.

Mihsihkinaahkwa Pow wow: Along the banks of the Blue River at Morsches Park in Columbia City. Three-day event from Aug. 10-12. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. on Friday. A free concert will take place 7-9 p.m. On Saturday, gates open at 10 a.m. There will be demonstrations of beadwork, sweetgrass and plants from 1-3 p.m. in the family tent. Grand Entry dancing will take place at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday is Children’s Day from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will feature art, crafts, stories and games. Entry Dancing is from noon to 4 p.m.

Native American art, food and crafts will be available for purchase. The event will also feature a silent auction and demonstrations from Soarin’Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation. Parking is free and handicap parking is available.

Admission is $4 and children younger than 12 are free.

Drugs, alcohol and pets are not permitted. For more information, visit miamipowwo.org.

Pufferbelly 5K: Fort Wayne Trails will host its annual Pufferbelly 5K Race and Kids’ 1-mile Fun Run at Maple Creek Middle School, 425 Union Chapel Road. Proceeds will be used for trail development activities, including converting the old Fort Jackson and Saginaw Railroad into the Pufferbelly Trail. The kids’ run will begin at 8 a.m., and the 5K will begin at 8:30 a.m. The race will

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Human Library: Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The event will offer the public a chance to interact with more than 30 human “books.” Real people will be “on loan” to readers.

The event will feature opportunities for one-on-one interactions as well as panel discussions. The experience is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue. For more information, visit the Human Library – Fort Wayne on Facebook.

Neighborhood barbecue: Shepherd of the City Lutheran Church, 1301 S. Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Enjoy members’ special recipe ribs and chicken. Eat in or carry out. Proceeds benefit the new Shepherd’s Hand Outreach Center. For more information or to place orders in advance, call the church at (260) 422-3790.

Comedian Vince Maranto: Fort Wayne Comedy Club, 2104 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Show starts at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advanced and $20 on the day of the show. Purchase tickets at www.fortwaynecomedyclub.com.

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Deep Rock Tunnel 1. The rivers are about to get a lot cleaner

Fort Wayne’s deep rock tunnel, also known as the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel, is the biggest public works project in the city’s history. However, the most transformative part of the $240-million project is taking place more than 200 feet underground.

The project is an effort to improve river quality and comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Like more than 700 cities in the United States, portions of Fort Wayne’s sewers (about a third) are combined, meaning they use a single pipe system to carry a combination of sanitary sewage and storm water.

During dry weather, the system’s capacity is adequate to carry this wastewater to the sewage treatment plant. But when it rains, the added storm water can cause the system to overflow and wastewater is discharged into the rivers.

Like its name suggests, the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel will catch much of this overflow and transport it to the sewage treatment plant and away from the rivers. Read on to learn more or visit fortwaynetunnel.org.

During periods of heavy rainfall or snowmelt, combined sewer systems can be overwhelmed by the volume of wastewater. These sewers are designed to overflow and discharge excess wastewater directly into waterways. These overflows contain not only storm water but also untreated human and industrial waste, toxic materials and debris, according to the EPA. A typical year of rain will trigger the city’s combined sewer overflows to discharge 71 times. The city predicts that the deep rock tunnel project will reduce these overflow events to just four times per year.

2. The tunnel is massive Located more than 200 feet below ground, the horizontal tunnel will be five miles long, beginning south of Foster Park on the east side of the St. Marys River then running parallel to the river and crossing Swinney Park. After that, it will go through downtown, then run parallel to the Maumee River until it reaches the existing sewage treatment plant located on the Maumee River east of North Anthony Boulevard.

The machine being used to excavate the tunnel is 19 feet in diameter. That’s 7 feet wider than a standard lane within the U.S. Interstate Highway System! Upon completion, the tunnel will be 16 feet in diameter and lined with concrete. It will have the capacity to convey about 800 million gallons of water per day.

3. The tunnel boring machine has a name According to Fort Wayne City Utilities, mining tradition warrants naming the 400-foot tunnel boring machine. Residents helped by voting from a list of finalists. The city did not reveal the winning name before this publication’s deadline, but here are a list of the contenders: Bedrock Buster, Daisy the Digger (in honor of Fort Wayne’s professional women’s baseball team during World War II), MaMaJo (a tribute to the three rivers — Ma for St. Marys, Ma for Maumee and Jo for St. Joe) and Wayne the Worm.

4. You might experience construction-related disruptions In some neighborhoods, construction of near surface consolidation sewers will connect existing sewers to the tunnel. According to City Utilities, this will entail the same degree of disruption as a normal sewer construction project, including traffic detours, construction noise, truck traffic, etc. Also, at about nine locations along the route of the tunnel, vertical drop shafts will be built to drop the combined sewage from the consolidation sewers into the tunnel. Visit fortwaynetunnel.org to see a map of the tunnel route.

Construction of the tunnel itself will cause very little disruption on the surface, according to City Utilities. The tunnel boring machine will not create noise or any noticeable vibration.

5. Like the tunnel, you can help protect our rivers When it rains, water runs across rooftops, lawns, driveways and streets. It picks up whatever it comes into contact with, including fertilizers, pet waste, oils, insecticides, etc. Small household changes across hundreds of homes can have a positive impact on water quality by reducing runoff amounts and preventing pollution to the rivers. These changes can include picking up after your pet or planting a rain garden. For more information, visit clearchoicescleanwater.org.

Source: fortwaynetunnel.org

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start and finish at Maple Creek, and there will be signs and assistants for parking directions. There will also be awards, music, refreshments and kids games available.

Participants will be eligible for door prizes. For more information or to register, visit fwtrails.org/events/pufferbelly5k/. The cost is $25 for adults and $10 for youth ages 15 and younger now through July 13. Late registration will be an additional $5 through Aug. 9.

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Sports card and collectibles show: Ramada Plaza Hotel, 305 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne.

10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission. Dealers from three states will buy, sell or trade sports cards and other cards and collectibles. The public may bring items to be appraised.

For more information contact Brian Mayne at (260) 824-4867 or mcscards@icloud.com.

Average White Band concert: Sweetwater Performance Pavilion, 5501 US Highway 30 West in Fort Wayne.

Tickets can be purchased at two Fort Wayne area record stores including Neat Neat Neat Music and Records at 1836 S. Calhoun Street and at Wooden Nickel at 3627 N.

Clinton Street, at Sweetwater, charge-by-phone at (800) 514-3849 and online via ETix.com.

Northeast Indiana Woodworking Artisans Fair: OakTree Supply, 14215 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The fourth annual Northeast Indiana Woodworking Artisans Fair will feature award-winning regional wood and fine metal artists and manufacturer’s representatives.

Highlights include woodworking technique demonstrations throughout the day, food trucks and live chainsaw carvings. For more information, visit oaktreesupplies. com.

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Taste of the Arts: The two-day festival takes place Friday, Aug. 24 from 5-10 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 25 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Arts Campus, 300 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. The festival celebrates and supports the rich diversity of arts and cultural experiences in the community. The festival is open to all, providing access to art without cost. For more information, visit facebook. com/TasteFW. Outdoor movies: Resurrection Lutheran Church, 14318 Lima Road, will show outdoor family movies. Food and snacks will be available beginning at 6 p.m. A kids’ feature begins at 7:30 p.m., and a family feature starts at 9:30 p.m.

Benefit concert: Cottage Event Center, 9524 U.S. 24, Roanoke. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Music starts at 7:30 p.m. The Moon Cats will bring the sounds of the 1950s and 1960s, performing hits by artists including Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and the Beatles. The concert is a fundraiser for the Shepherd’s House facility for homeless veterans. Tickets for the show are $12 and can be purchased at John’s Meat Market in Roanoke, by phone at (260) 483-3508 or at cottageeventcenter.com.

Food for purchase and a cash bar will be available.

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Living History at the Old Fort: Two-event at the Old Fort, 1201 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 25 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26.

French and British forces clash at the Old Fort as the 1700s come alive. Fur traders, Native Americans, civilians and soldiers demonstrate daily activities during the French and Indian War. The event will feature battles and infantry drills, demonstrations and a chance to interact with historical artisans. Admission is a freewill donation.

Parking is available at Headwaters and Lawton parks. For more information, visit www.oldfortwayne.org or call (260) 437-2836.