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First-graders at Washington Elementary School get a front row seat to an operatic performance twice a week without ever leaving their classrooms.

The arts integration program, presented by Heartland Sings, brings performers into the classroom for interactive lessons that teach students language arts skills through music.

Presented with an operatic piece, often in a foreign language, students learn to identify different parts of a story, including setting, characters and plot.

The lessons also encourage students to express themselves through new vocabulary words and to summarize the story using

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Stephanie Carlson, director of development and education at Heartland Sings, (center) and vocal artist Jerome Síbulo (left) review an operatic piece with firstgraders at Washington Elementary School.

transitional words and phrases.

The program is designed to reinforce what the firstgraders are learning in the classroom based on state-mandated curriculum standards.

Stephanie Carlson,

director of development and education at Heartland Sings, helped to develop and taught a similar program in Tucson, Arizona, schools for 12 years before moving back to Fort Wayne almost three years ago.

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Opera is a powerful medium for storytelling, she explained.

“Opera is literature that’s alive. It has aspects of movement, it has aspects of music and it has aspects of theater,” she said.

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Pam Espinosa, director of the Fort Wayne Area Threshold Singers, leads the newly formed group in rehearsal at the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center at Visiting Nurse.

Choir prepares to comfort the sick and dying

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Threshold Choirs offer comfort through song at the bedside of the sick and dying, and a new chapter is forming in Fort Wayne.

Threshold Choir started in 2000 in California, and now has more than 150 chapters throughout the world. The local group will be led by Pam Espinosa,

who moved to Fort Wayne about two years ago from Massachusetts.

Espinosa, a breast cancer survivor, remembers when she first learned about the group in a magazine article.

“I was in my doctor’s office thinking I was having a recurrence,” she said. “I was very anxious, and I just opened a magazine and I turned to this page and I

read about this group.”

The concept resonated with Espinosa, who has sang in some capacity her entire life and comes from a musical family.

“I kind of made a pact with God in that moment and said, ‘If I’m ok and this isn’t a recurrence, I’m going to try to make this happen,’” she said.

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She kept up her end of the deal, starting the first Threshold Choir in the Boston area in 2007.

The choir sings at bedsides only when invited.

Members sing in groups of two to four in soft “lullaby voices” for 20-30 minutes.

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someone along the way, it can be a beautiful thing,” Espinosa said.

Since moving to Fort Wayne about two years ago, she has wanted to start a chapter here. Then, one day she took her dog to a veterinary clinic on Homestead Road and noticed a sign for the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center on the Visiting Nurse campus.

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nonprofit that provides end-of-life and palliative care, will serve as a home base for the Fort Wayne Area Threshold Singers with Visiting Nurse music therapist Emily Paar fielding referrals when the choir is ready to start making bedside visits in six to nine months.

Music therapy is goal oriented, Paar explained. It can be used to target pain or anxiety management, provide emotional support, comfort support, family support, spiritual support and more.

“Music can touch so many different aspects of somebody’s life, so it’s really natural that we can address many goals at the same time,” she said.

Threshold Choirs play a different role with the objective to simply provide comfort through song — not to provide therapy, spiritual support or patient care.

Parr sometimes gets referrals from caregivers of patients who don’t necessarily have a clinical need for music therapy, but would enjoy music at the bedside. In this situation, she might refer the patient to the Threshold Choir.

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We’re all going to make the journey at some point, so I think if we can make it less scary and just comfort someone along the way, it can be a beautiful thing.”

—Pam Espinosa, director of the Fort Wayne Area Threshold Singers

Threshold Singers began rehearsing in February.

They meet twice a month to rehearse for two hours.

There are no auditions, but members must be able to carry a tune, learn to hold their own part, blend their voice with others and communicate kindness with their voice.

Julie Shackley, who joined the newly formed group for its first rehearsal, said that when she heard about the choir, she immediately knew she wanted to get involved.

“It fit like a glove for me,” she said.

Shackley, who recently retired from a career in sales, was looking for an opportunity to serve and she had experience singing in a church choir.

“The most difficult challenge for me is to learn how

to sing quietly,” she said.

Shackley, who has cared for and visited loved ones at the end of their lives, said that the experience has changed her outlook on beauty.

“It cuts through a lot of illusion that society puts on us about beauty when you start interpreting life through people’s hearts,” she said.

Espinosa said that Visiting Nurse will help prepare the choir for what they might experience at the bedside of patients who are sick or dying.

To learn more about Threshold Choirs, visit thresholdchoir.org.

For information about joining the Fort Wayne Area Threshold Singers, contact Pam Espinosa at fwtsingers@gmail.com or call (260) 232-2526.

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Threshold Choirs sing simple, comforting songs to sick and dying patients at the bedside like this song titled “Walking Each Other Home.”

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Dupont Valley News • March 2019

Carroll celebrates first graduating class

By Louis Wyatt lwyatt@kpcmedia.com

HUNTERTOWN — Nearly 200 alumni from Carroll, Huntertown and Arcola high schools gathered in Carroll’s cafeteria for a 50th anniversary celebration and dinner Feb. 15. The event honored the class of 1969, the first group to graduate from Carroll High School.

Alumni were treated to a dinner prepared by Carroll’s Blu Flame Culinary Program with music by the American Legion Band of Fort Wayne. The event was sponsored by the Carroll High School Student Government.

The event was the second of its kind. Last year, Northwest Allen County Schools celebrated the last graduating class of Arcola and Huntertown high schools before they merged to create Carroll.

In 2020, NACS will celebrate the first graduating class of Carroll High School to walk the halls of the current building.

“We knew last year after this event was going on that we had to keep doing it. I’ve learned some great

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Page 1 Bringing a lesson to life During a lesson Jan. 24, students gathered around as Carlson belted out “Das Veilchen,” a German song that tells the story of a violet in a meadow that yearns for the touch of a shepherdess.

As Carlson narrated, the students’ teacher played the part of the shepherdess picking flowers and vocal artist Jerome Síbulo played the part of the violet, donning a purple tutu around his face. Accompanist Andrew Nesler provided the story’s soundtrack on keyboard.

The violet desperately wants to be plucked by the shepherdess, but she instead absentmindedly steps on the small purple flower. However, the violet dies happily because it was crushed beneath the shepherdess’ feet.

“I really need to act it up because the students don’t understand German,” Síbulo said.

Despite the language barrier, the students were able to follow the story and successfully identify the characters’ points of view. “(Point of view means) everybody can see different stuff because they see different ways,” first-grader Kaysan Ivory said.

First-grade teacher Monica Taylor said the opera program captures her students’ undivided

stories from last year. …

We are very blessed to have a supportive community, wonderful families and wonderful students, and we are going to keep this thing going for as many years as we possibly can as it continues to grow,” Carroll High School Principal Brandon Bitting said.

Northwest Allen County Schools was established after the Indiana General Assembly passed the Indiana School Reorganization Act of 1959, which required school districts with fewer than 2,000 students to consolidate with nearby districts.

Arcola and Huntertown high schools were combined, and the newly constructed Carroll High School opened in 1969.

However, it wasn’t until 1970 that the school saw its first graduating class actually attend classes at the current Carroll building.

The district constructed several additions at Carroll High School in the 1990s, and the Carroll Freshman Center was added in 2005. attention.

“The students are in awe,” she said. “It’s not often that students have this opportunity and for the class to be able to see performances from artists that do this professionally.

When they’re singing, I’ll turn and look at the class and they don’t blink.”

Supporting a growing program The goals of Heartland Sings’ Arts Integrated Residences are to increase student achievement; increase student retention and socialization skills; and increase student access to the benefits of and career opportunities in art forms not normally experienced at underserved schools.

The program reaches first-graders in eight classrooms in three schools in Allen County, including Southwick Elementary, Adams Elementary and Washington Elementary.

The program receives support from East Allen County Schools, Fort Wayne Community

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Nineteen members of Carroll High School’s class of 1969 — the school’s first graduating class — attended a 50th anniversary celebration at the school Feb. 15. Alumni from Huntertown and Arcola high schools were in attendance as well.

“We’re hoping that next year’s group who actually went to this building can elaborate and tell us stories about how different it is, because I know it doesn’t look anything like it used to, other than maybe a couple corners up in the front,” NACS Superintendent Chris Himsel said.

Alumni at the dinner shared stories of their

high school days. Dave Garman, a 1974 graduate and current head custodian at Hickory Center Elementary School, was one of many Carroll graduates in attendance.

During the event, he shared a story about his involvement with the Huntertown Fire Department, which he was a member of for 30 years.

During Garman’s senior year of high

school, seven Carroll students between the ages of 16 and 18 were members of “Cooney’s Boys,” a group of young firefighters who would oftentimes be called to leave school to fight fires in the surrounding community.

“It was just a different world,” Garman said.

“We would go fight fires and then come back and finish our day if it was in

the morning. That’s one memory that’s stayed with me.”

Several Arcola High School alumni that attended a reunion in September came to the event. Arcola was established in 1922, and Huntertown High School was established as the Public School of Huntertown in 1890 before becoming Huntertown High School in 1921.

Schools and corporate sponsors, including Sweetwater and Parkview Health.

This school year, Washington Elementary was able to bring the program to its classrooms thanks to support from the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne, which donated $7,000 to help fund the program.

Rotary Club of Fort Wayne “adopted” Washington Elementary in 2004. Since then, club members have played an active role in supporting the school’s educators and helping students succeed. Projects have included tutoring, organizing back-to-school picnics, helping with school carnivals and providing financial support to help teachers pay for classroom expenses.

When Heartland Sings approached the club about sponsoring the opera program at the school, members were excited for the opportunity to help enrich students’ experience in the classroom, said

member Barb Wachtman.

“It advances education and the arts in very innovative ways, and it helps us advance our goals for this school,” she said.

Wachtman added that the opera program meets two of Rotary’s six areas of focus: education and economic development.

An investment in early childhood education is an investment in the future economic health of Fort Wayne, she explained.

“Students who learn well help the city to thrive,” she said.

use these skills to create and perform their own opera.

“They’re applying all of the concepts they’ve learned throughout the year within their own original production,” Carlson said.

Students will come up with a setting and characters. Then they will imagine possible scenarios that could arise. For example, “What are some problems that could happen with an antelope in the middle of the ocean?”

Carlson said.

First-grader Callista Washington already has some ideas for the project.

“I can be a doctor,” she said.

The Heartland Sings team will then set the production to music.

Carlson said seeing students grow through the project is the most rewarding part of the program.

“We have students who will be very shy at the beginning of the year but, after memorizing and performing their own opera, by the end of the year they’ve overcome fears, they’ve overcome weaknesses, they’re not afraid to get on stage and perform in front of hundreds of people,” she said.

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Dupont Valley News • March 2019

Path of the Seven Sisters Carroll teacher to research Pleiades constellation in Australia

By Louis Wyatt lwyatt@kpcmedia.com

Ashley Esther has been planning a trip to Australia for a decade, and after 10 long years of applying for grants, the Lilly Endowment is going to make her dream a reality.

Esther, an engineering teacher at Carroll High School, was one of 100 K-12 educators in the state of Indiana to receive a $12,000 Teacher Creativity Fellowship grant this year. In June, she plans to use the funds to pack her bags for the southern hemisphere in order to pursue a longdreamed-of research opportunity.

“It was a week before finals, and I get this email from Lilly. … I swear I read it five times and printed it and took it to my teacher friend, who’s won it before, to read it.

I still don’t believe it. It’s very surreal,” Esther said.

Though the fellowship grant encourages teachers to “renew their commitment to the education profession,” recipients aren’t bound by their subject material.

In Esther’s case, what she plans to do overseas couldn’t be any further from the world of engineering. Many of the destinations she plans to visit will center around her love of the Pleiades constellation.

“I thought about doing some engineering things because that’s what I teach, but none of that sparked anything in me,” she explained. “But I’ve always had a fascination with astronomy.”

During her month-long trip to Australia, Esther plans to visit the oldest

Aboriginal cave paintings on record. The oldest of those paintings retells the story of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, which the indigenous peoples of Australia believe marked the beginning of creation.

For many years, Esther has felt a connection to the Pleiades, beginning with a trip to Wyoming where she visited the Devils Tower National Monument, a monolith in the Black Hills that is considered sacred by the first Native Americans to inhabit the area.

According to a story passed down by the Kiowa and Lakota tribes, seven sisters were out playing when they were spotted and pursued by a group of giant bears. In an effort to escape the bears, the sisters climbed atop the rock and began praying to the Great Spirit for salvation. Hearing their prayers, the Great Spirit made the rock rise from the ground toward the heavens so that the sisters would be safe from the bears. In an effort to climb the rock, the bears left claw marks in the sides, which the Native Americans believe are the marks that appear on the sides of the Devils Tower today.

According to the story, when the seven sisters reached the sky, they became the seven stars of the Pleiades.

“Across the world, there are all these different stories about where the Pleiades come from and, unknowingly, I had sort of been collecting them,” Esther said. “I always had the Pleiades in my head for some reason, and then I found out about these cave paintings in Australia and

that they believed it was where creation began. Ever since then, I’ve been kind of fascinated by that whole thing, and I have always wanted to go to Australia anyway but finding all that out, I just felt it was sort of meant to be.”

After her trip to Australia, Esther hopes to retell the Aboriginal story of the Pleiades in a book collecting legends of the constellation from around the globe.

“I’m not much of a writer,” she laughed.

“Most of what I write is really short, so I never thought I would write a book, but I love the idea of putting together these stories and telling people where they come from.”

A few years ago, a museum in Australia hosted a temporary display of Aboriginal artwork related to the Pleiades constellation.

Though Esther missed the display, many of the pieces have been returned to museums throughout the country and during her month-long stay, she plans to visit several of them.

“Everywhere I go, there will be a museum that has some kind of artwork or something that can hopefully give me some more information for the book,” she said. “I’m hoping as I go that I’ll learn all these bits and pieces that maybe you can’t find as easily online and put them all together.”

During her trip, Esther also plans to visit a dark sky reserve on the South Island of New Zealand, which is home to a planetarium with a clear view of the Pleiades.

Esther has been to five other continents already, but researching the Aboriginal legends of the Pleiades in Australia has been her ultimate goal

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Carroll engineering teacher Ashley Esther, left, poses for a photo with her sister, a Carroll High School graduate, at Machu Picchu in Peru. Esther has visited five continents so far and will travel to Australia in June to research Aboriginal legends of the Pleiades constellation thanks to a $12,000 Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship grant.

since she began applying for the Lilly grant annually about 10 years ago.

“What fascinated me about Australia and made it different and a place I wanted to go is it wasn’t just a story. … In Greece it’s just a story, in Japan it’s just a story, but in Australia it’s their idea of creation,” she said.

“They can tell where an Aborigine grouping of people have come from based on the version of the Pleiades story they tell. As they traversed over the Outback thousands of years ago, they would pass along the stories in song, so depending on how they branched out as they were nomadic and moving, they would change the story and pass it along a little bit differently. They have these ‘songlines’ of history where they can trace back their roots, and that’s just different than anywhere else. I wanted to see these people, see the artwork and see how it changed their history.”

In the month she spends overseas, Esther will have plenty of time for other activities as well. During her stay, she plans to go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef and cage diving with great white sharks.

Several other Carroll

High School teachers have received Lilly fellowship grants in the past. The school’s Japanese teacher, Laura Semba, has been a recipient twice, using the funding to visit Japan both times, and Jamie Drake, a former Carroll teacher, also used the grant to visit Cuba and the Appalachian Trail. Bob Ahlersmeyer, Carrie Wiseheart and Nicole Croy have also received grants in the past.

“At some point, I would have gone to Australia, but I wouldn’t have been able to do all the things I’m going to do without the grant,” Esther said. “Lilly is awesome for doing this, and it’s no benefit to them.

They just hope that you are filled with the joy of life and that you will bring that back to the classroom. ... I’m excited about doing something outside of my teaching subject matter to show my students how important it is to be well-rounded.”

Four other Fort Waynearea educators received fellowship grants this year as well: David Broerman (Harding Junior High School), Thomas Bailey (North Side High School), Andrea Harmeyer (Lafayette Meadows Elementary School) and Joshua Saint John (Summit Middle School).

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Hall’s Baltes-Cambray Building moved FORT WAYNE — A year after a historic downtown Fort Wayne building was lifted off its foundation, it headed to its final destination, a mere 400 feet away.

Crews from Wolfe House and Building Movers in North Manchester moved the former Baltes-Cambray Building, circa 1895, across Superior Street to its permanent location on the southeast corner of Superior and Harrison streets Feb. 5. The move took a few hours.

Don Hall’s Restaurants owner Bud Hall salvaged the building, which was scheduled to be demolished to make way for

construction of Promenade Park, part of Fort Wayne’s riverfront development. It was moved from its original location at 312 S. Harrison St. across Harrison to the east on Jan. 29, 2018.

Hall’s intends to renovate the building into a modern bar and restaurant, but the restaurant won’t be taking reservations anytime soon.

“It will be awhile,” Hall said, noting the extensive work that lies ahead in securing and remodeling the 124-year-old structure.

When completed, the restaurant will operate on two floors with a patio on the first floor and an elevated deck on the See HALL, Page 5

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Dupont Valley News • March 2019

Mayor gives reason to celebrate in State of City speech

By Lisa Esquivel Long llong@kpcmedia.com

In 2018, Fort Wayne saw nearly 2,500 new job commitments, $115 million in new annual payroll and a total private business investment of $336 million.

As part of creating a vibrant downtown where people can live, work and play, Fort Wayne residents and visitors will be treated to a three-day grand opening of Promenade Park, the first part of downtown’s riverfront development, that will include a band performing on the river, butterfly release and free boat rides.

Mayor Tom Henry highlighted the celebration, to start June 21 at the park under construction on Superior Street, and other accomplishments in his 12th annual State of the City speech, held Feb. 13 at the Grand Wayne Convention Center.

The theme for this year’s address was “Our Future is Now” and highlighted the growth that downtown is experiencing. Once a place that appeared deserted once employees went home, it now has several new restaurants, office

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second floor overlooking Promenade Park, he said.

Mayor Tom Henry, who was on site as crews moved the building Feb. 5, shared his excitement about the project.

“What’s really neat is that it’s going to be right across the street from the riverfront. That’s exactly what we’ve been wanting to do is combine public and private partnerships, so I’m really excited about this and I can’t thank Bud enough for making this new venture,” he said.

Allen County deeded the property at 177 W. Superior St. (the building’s final location) to the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission and the commission deeded it to Don Hall’s Restaurants.

The cash price for the building itself ended up being just a little over $2,000. That’s because, as it happened, the parks department was interested in some land the Halls had on the north side of the St. Marys River, part of the Fort Wayne Outfitters and Bike Depot property that they own.

Everything had to be appraised, all the legal

buildings and residences, with more planned and currently under construction.

“The optimism and positive momentum we’re seeing are clear indications of why Fort Wayne’s future is now. Never before have I witnessed the confidence and passion about where we’re headed as a city,” according to Henry’s prepared remarks. “I continue to be inspired by the hopes and dreams for Fort Wayne. Today served as an opportunity to highlight our successes and achievements, acknowledge challenges facing our community, and look forward to great days ahead for residents, neighborhoods and businesses.”

Highlights from his speech: Downtown development: Promenade Park, which is phase I of Riverfront Fort Wayne, will open in June. Work on Phases 2 and 3 is underway to provide additional public spaces and future private investment to include dining, retail, and entertainment opportunities.

The Landing will open later this year with housing units and

requirements had to be satisfied, but basically the deal ended up being a fairly even swap of the land for the building, Bud Hall’s son Tim Hall told Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly in December 2017.

According to historical records at the Allen County Public Library, the building was constructed for the Baltes building supplies company, which was founded in 1861.

For the last several decades it was part of a complex used by Cambray

commercial and retail space.

Superior Lofts is open with 72 apartments as an adaptive re-use of a 1905 building.

Skyline Tower is open with apartments, a Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and First Merchants Bank.

The 136-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton will open in July next to Parkview Henry Field, and at Main and Harrison streets, work will begin later this year on a new hotel led by Provenance Hotels and Barbara Baekgaard.

Neighborhood infrastructure: The city will invest $31 million in neighborhood infrastructure enhancements, which will be a new record. Since 2014, Fort Wayne has made $130 million in improvements to streets, roads, sidewalks, alleys, curbs and street lights.

Public safety: Overall crime is down 15

& Associates, and had served as a showroom for an interior design business. The parks department acquired the Cambray property in preparation for the riverfront project.

“There’s something unique about these old buildings. Just look at The Landing,” Hall said. “I don’t know that you could build something like that today. When we clean this building up on the outside and restore it completely, it’s going to be special.”

percent. The Fort Wayne Police Department is adding 22 new police officers this year. The FWPD will continue to address homicides by adding more resources to the homicide unit.

More personnel in the vice and narcotics unit will help in efforts to reduce drugs in Fort Wayne. The FWPD will also continue to lead and collaborate with partner agencies to fight drug addiction.

The Fort Wayne Fire Department will add 11 new firefighters this year. In addition, the FWFD has equipment upgrades, new technology and additional training.

million invested in dozens of projects with proactive solutions in neighborhoods and at the water and sewer treatment plants.

Parks: In addition to the riverfront development work, the city will make $3 million in improvements to its award-winning parks this year.

Community recognition: Henry gave special recognitions to Greg Leffler and Greg Leffler, Jr., with First Gear; Shep and Wendy Moyle with Shindigz; Monty Hamilton with Rural Sourcing; the TenPoint Coalition Foot Patrol Team; Susan Mendenhall and Dan Ross with Arts United; and Mike Mushett, Tom Trent, Lisa and Jake Czechowski, Cody Carmicle, and Matt Boyle with Turnstone.

City Utilities: Construction on the deep rock tunnel project, the largest infrastructure project in Fort Wayne history to reduce combined sewer overflows and clean our rivers, continues. There will also be $115

National recognition: In the past year, Fort Wayne has been named a top city to move to

by Reader’s Digest; the best place in Indiana to live by Business Insider and U.S. News and World Report; the lowest cost of living city for the third year in a row by Niche; the most affordable city for homeownership by SmartAsset; and one of the country’s best-run cities by WalletHub.

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Community works together to reduce food waste

By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com

In the United States, 40 percent of food is wasted, according to the National Resource Defense Council. Meanwhile, one in seven Hoosiers are food insecure, Jodi Leamon, business technical coordinator for the Allen County Department of Environmental Management, wrote in an email.

Growers, grocers and restaurants must create or have available enough food to meet the demand of their customers. Often, this creates excess.

In northeast Indiana, however, farmers, food banks, restaurateurs and volunteers work together to save as much food as possible.

This pallet full of hummus was distributed as part of Community Harvest Food Pantry’s Farm Wagon program Feb. 15.

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Donated produce is on display at Community Harvest Food Bank’s Community Cupboard Feb. 15. Donations from grocers and other organizations help the organization feed its clients as well as reduce food waste.

Growers and grocers Three local farmers allow Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana to glean excess produce from their fields after harvest, Community Harvest CEO John Wolf said.

The organization supplies food to almost 400 food pantries and more than 21,000 clients weekly.

“Instead of plowing under the product we’re able to actually make use of that product and hand it out in our cupboard or our Farm Wagon,” he said.

Last year about 95,000 pounds of produce was recovered this way, which ranged from squash and pumpkins to watermelon and peppers, Wolf said.

Grocery stores also donate a large amount of excess produce, day-old baked goods and canned goods to the food pantry, he said. For example,

Lennard Ag of Howe donated 40,000 pounds of potatoes to Community Harvest Food Bank, about 3,400 pounds of which were given out Feb. 16 as part of the organization’s Saturday Morning Helping Hands program alone. Community Harvest connects with growers so excess produce can be donated or gleaned rather than plowed under.

Pallets of milk that were given out at Community Harvest Food Bank’s Saturday Morning Helping Hands Feb. 16 are shown.

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Community Harvest is also able to take some of the produce they grow themselves or purchase and freeze it thanks to its Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Produce Preservation Center, Wolf said. That produce can then be distributed during the winter months when fresh produce is not as available.

Canned goods Community Harvest receives and is able to distribute more than a million pounds of canned goods annually, Wolf said, some of which is dented or “close-dated.”

“When we get it we come back and we look at it, we check the date codes, we check to make sure the cans haven’t been compromised. They may have a dent in them but if they don’t have a leak in it or the seal’s not damaged we’re still able to distribute the product,” he said.

Most people don’t realize the dating on canned goods and other packaged goods is more

likely a best-by date rather than an expiration date, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s website.

“In an effort to reduce food waste, it is important that consumers understand that the dates applied to food are for quality and not for safety,” according to the USDA. High-acid canned foods will “keep their best quality” for 12 to 18 months, while other canned goods can last for two to five years, according to the USDA. Canned goods that are rusted, swollen or compromised should be discarded, according to the USDA. Restaurants Restaurants too can find they have food in excess at the end of the night. As long as it hasn’t left the food preparation area it can be donated, according to Restaurant Business magazine.

“There is no liability whatsoever in donating food due to the (Bill Emerson) Good Samaritan Act (of 1996),” Leamon wrote.

ACDEM has partnered with Food Rescue US

to get food from local eateries to the people that need it by way of volunteer runners.

So far, Allen County has 110 people signed up to transport food from donors to nonprofits looking to serve it and several restaurants — including Trubble Brewing, Sweets So Geek and Bravas — willing to donate.

Leamon is hoping to see those numbers grow.

“It’s been a successful strategy in other places and it definitely can be here too,” she wrote. “I just need more donors to take the step. There is no amount too large or too small, just enter it into the app so that the appropriate volunteer can come get it and take it to the nonprofit that is the best fit!”

‘A win-win for everybody’ Sometimes, even Community Harvest gets more donations than it needs, but the organization is committed to being responsible with its dollars and reducing waste.

About a year ago Whitley County farmer Richard Mullinax approached the food bank about its excess, unusable products.

“I thought, I bet we could do a win-win situation here where the stuff

BY THE NUMBERS 40%: amount of food wasted 1 IN 7: number of Hoosiers who are food insecure 21,000: number of clients food pantries in northeast Indiana serve each week they don’t need anymore I could feed to my pigs and maybe they could make a little money off it or whatever,” Mullinax said.

Community Harvest went above and beyond in working with him, he said, allowing him to take the excess for the cost of hauling it and removing items like baked goods from their packaging.

“Really it’s because they’re dedicated to not taking up excess landfill space is why this does it because it’s trouble for them. If you think about a bunch of bread going bad or milk going bad, all of it has to be taken out of its individual containers.

So they rely on a lot of volunteers who are willing to help the food bank and they’ll throw all these things in these big hoppers,” he said. “They are just some really high level wonderful people, that they’re willing to go See WASTE, Page 7

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The Embassy Theatre is launching Spring Forward Fest, a new multi-venue music and arts event in downtown Fort Wayne.

The concept won the Downtown Improvement District’s “new events contest.”

The free event is Saturday, March 9, from 6-10 p.m.

Guests are encouraged to visit three downtown destinations where popular local musical acts will perform and food and beverages will be available for purchase.

Bloody Tambourine and the Musical Mafia will perform at the Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. At the Ash Skyline Plaza, 888 S. Harrison St., will be DJ Adam Meyer with light projections

by Alec Johnson. Music by James and the Drifters will be at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., followed by fireworks at 10 p.m.

Spring Forward Fest patrons will receive colored LED novelty wearables (while supplies last).

Patrons are encouraged to walk between venues or utilize a free trolley.

New downtown restaurant coming this month Conner’s Kitchen + Bar, located in downtown Fort Wayne on the corner of West Jefferson Boulevard and Harrison Street, is set to open this month, according to a press release.

The restaurant and bar, which remodeled the former Champions Sports Bar location, will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with offering happy hours and weekend brunch, according to the release.

This is the concept’s second location in Indiana, with the first launching in downtown Indianapolis in 2018.

The menu will be directed

by Executive Chef Brandon McCarthy, who joined Conner’s Kitchen + Bar from the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club in Leesburg, where he served as executive chef for the past three years. He previously worked in culinary roles at the Oak Hills Country Club and Hilton Hotels in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Arts. Barry Jenkins will serve as general manager.

The restaurant is also hiring; current openings can be found at http://bit.ly/ApplyFWConners or www.WhiteLodging.com/jobs.

Conner’s Kitchen + Bar is owned by White Lodging.

The company also announced in late January it would also be adding two eateries to the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Fort Wayne Downtown, 223 W. Jefferson Blvd., which is currently under construction.

Burger Bar Fort Wayne will feature seating for 70, including

outdoor seating, and a walk-up window on West Jefferson Boulevard. The menu will include burgers, French fries, chicken sandwiches, shakes, sundaes and ice cream, according to the announcement.

Conner’s Rooftop will be a rooftop bar overlooking Parkview Field with a menu that includes sharable small plates and snacks, cocktails, craft beers and wine, according to the announcement.

The hotel is expected to open in July, according to the announcement.

Hop River taking submissions for children’s art exhibit Hop River Brewing Co., 1515 N. Harrison St., Fort Wayne, will host a Kids Art Exhibit in the taproom from now through - April 1. There will be a Meet the Artists reception Sunday, March 3, from 2-4 p.m. Fort Wayne’s ArtLink and local artist Paul DeMaree will be providing all-ages, hands-on art projects for people of all ages.

Bakery open at Ivy Tech Fort Wayne campus The Bakery at Kelty’s Kafé opened Jan. 29 at Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne.

As part of the Hospitality Administration program’s bakery merchandising class, students will make and sell baked goods and will each serve as bakery manager for one week. As bakery manager, the students are responsible for marketing, purchase requisitions, inventory control and financial analysis.

The Kafé will offer signature cinnamon rolls, cookies, muffins,

bread, cupcakes, fresh fruit cups, coffee from Old Crown Coffee Roasters and more.

The café will be open Mondays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 now until March 5 at the Anthony Commons on the Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. Enter through Door 50 on the south side of the building.

Handmade furniture exhibit at Garrett museum The Furniture Guild of Indiana will host an artisan exhibit at the Garrett Museum of Art, 100 S. Randolph St., Garrett, now through March 10. The exhibit features custom, handmade furniture from Indiana hardwoods.

Clyde Theatre welcomes Whitey Morgan The Clyde Theatre, 1808 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, welcomes rising outlaw country star Whitey Morgan Sunday, March 17.

In a career spanning 15 years, Morgan has released five studio albums and a live recording from his hometown of Flint, Michigan.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $28 the day of the show or a fourpack can be purchased for $85.

Tickets can be purchased online at clydetheatre.com, over the phone at (800) 514-3849 or in person at the Clyde Theatre box office, all three Wooden Nickel Records locations, Neat Neat Neat Records and Sweetwater Sound.

Fort Wayne Food Tour changes stops The Fort Wayne Food Tour will be adding Proximo, 898 S.

Harrison St., Fort Wayne, to its list of stops for 2019, according to a message from its founder, Randy Harter.

The 2019 season, which will begin April 29 and end Sept. 29, will include the Gas House, 305 E. Superior St.; Hoppy Gnome, 203 E. Berry St.; Proximo; and DeBrand Fine Chocolate, 878 Harrison St., according to the message.

Similar to last year, Friday tours will be private while Saturday tours will be open, Harter said.

More information on the Fort Wayne Food Tours can be found at fortwaynefoodtours.com.

Grammy-nominated Hozier to play the Clyde The Clyde welcomes Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Hozier, who will perform at the Clyde Theatre, 1808 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, on Tuesday, June 11.

Hozier’s 2013 single, “Take Me to Church,” rose to global success and was nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award. He recently announced a second leg of North American dates for his Wasteland, Baby! Tour promoting his new album, set to release March 1.

Tickets are $45 in advance of the show, and every ticket purchased online includes a CD copy of Hozier’s forthcoming album “Wasteland, Baby!”

Tickets can be purchased online at clydetheatre.com, over the phone at (800) 514-3849 or in person at the Clyde Theatre box office, all three Wooden Nickel Records locations, Neat Neat Neat Records and Sweetwater Sound.

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to all that trouble, it really speaks well of what a great organization that really is.”

Wolf said working with Mullinax and a composter helps Community Harvest as well.

“We’d rather give it to

Contributed It will soon be time to paint the city green as Fort Wayne celebrates St. Patrick’s Day over the weekend of March 17.

Revelers donned in green will head out with their favorite lads and lasses to find celebrations taking place across the city. Here are a few ideas to start planning your St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

1. Join the party at JK O’Donnell’s JK O’Donnell’s Irish Ale House, 121 W. Wayne St., will host two days of events to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The pub’s special event tent will be open from 11 a.m. to midnight on Saturday, March 16. All ages are welcome until 7 p.m. Admission is $5.

Don’t miss performances from bagpiper group The O’Tooles.

The pub’s menu offers traditional Irish food and drink. Enjoy their standard menu items like corned beef and cabbage, fish and chips, bangers and mash, Shepherd’s pie, Irish stew and much more!

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the hog farmer than pay to haul it off to the trash,” he said, which can cost hundreds of dollars. “We make use of everything we can, trying to be as frugal as we can with our funds. When we can help the environment, when we can help the community, when we can help our clients it’s a win-win for everybody.”

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2. Pull up a seat at O’Sullivan’s O’Sullivan’s, the Italian/ Irish pub at 1808 W. Main St., throws one of the most popular St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in town.

It’s packed year after year, so be prepared to wait in line. However, the festivity is worth the wait and should be experienced at least once.

3. Head over to Deer Park Deer Park Irish Pub’s

two-day St. Patrick’s Day celebration is an institution with time-honored traditions like the St. Patrick’s Day Parade (the shortest parade route in the USA) and tapping of the first green keg.

The pub, located at 1530 Leesburg Road, sets up a huge tent for revelers to enjoy green beer and live entertainment.

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Crafting a career

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Music has always been a central part of Hubie Ashcraft’s life, so it’s not surprising that he came to pursue it as a career. With a father who played the guitar and a mother and sister who sang, Ashcraft first went in a different direction, choosing to play the drums when he was very young. But the lure of the guitar and the opportunity to learn from Hubie Sr. was irresistible by the time he was 10.

“My dad was a wonderful teacher,” he said. “And we could play together every day.”

He also received early support in school.

He sang in the choir at Woodside Middle School, and by the time he went to Homestead High School, he found a teacher who not only encouraged him but bent a few rules to help young Ashcraft to better develop his guitar skills.

“There was a rule that to play in the jazz band, you had to be in the school band,” Ashcraft said. “There aren’t any guitars in the marching band so I really wasn’t supposed to be able to be in jazz band, but my teacher Mr. (Tony) Stebig did me a big favor and let me be in jazz band anyway. And that really helped me become a better musician and in reading music.”

Ashcraft also studied

classical guitar as a music student at IPFW which further expanded his guitar prowess.

Family, teachers and school have helped him become a better musician, but it was an unusual concert experience that really sparked his passion for performing.

“I knew I wanted to make music my career in seventh grade after the first concert I went to. Matchbox 20 was in town playing at Columbia Street West. That was before they were really big. I think they just had one single on the radio at that time. Of course I was too young to go in, but my parents took me down there anyway. I stood outside on Harrison Street and was able to see the show through the window. Seeing Rob Thomas and the band, seeing that energy and hearing that sound — I just loved the way it made me feel. That’s the real power of music.

I felt all of that, and I wasn’t even in the building.”

Since that momentous experience, Ashcraft has been in several bands and performed as a duo with his father. From there he steadily built a reputation and following, now fronting the Hubie Ashcraft Band which has not only become a fixture on Fort Wayne stages but also outside the city, making regular

appearances in Nashville.

Although inspired by a variety of musical artists and genres (he includes Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, Tom Petty and John Fogerty among his influences), it has been country music that has become most central to his life and career.

“I love the honesty of country music. It was the music my parents and grandparents listened to, that classic country music like Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson and George Jones. I would listen to those songs, and I didn’t even understand the meaning of what the songs were about then.

I just loved the honesty and the sound. Then of course as I got older and did understand the lyrics, I loved that they were about real life.”

Ashcraft could little have imagined then, as a young boy listening to these idols with his family, that he’d one day meet a few of them. He ran into Haggard when both were appearing on a Nashville radio show and opened for Jones when the late singer appeared at the Embassy Theatre not long before his death. In addition to opportunities to open for Randy Travis and Travis Tritt over the years, just last spring he opened for both Joe Diffie and Mark Chestnutt at the Blue Gate Theatre in Shipshewana. Although he’s

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“We’re playing at Friday Night Lights at Jefferson Pointe on June 14 and at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg on Aug. 30. Those are both shows we do every year, and I always look forward to it. Not only is it close to home, but both of those are all-ages shows which are especially fun for me because now that my daughter is 5, it’s a lot of fun to have

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March 22 at 7 p.m. Ted’s Beer Hall, Fort Wayne

March 3 at 3 p.m. The Double Eagle, Decatur

March 23 at 7 p.m.

Flashback Live, Fort Wayne

March 7 at 6 p.m. Auburn City Steakhouse, Auburn March 8 at 5 p.m. Country Heritage Winery & Vineyard, LaOtto

March 27 at 6 p.m.

Mad Anthony Brewing Company, Fort Wayne

March 9 at 9 p.m. The Crazy Horse II, Kendallville

March 28 at 7 p.m. The Woods Too & Lighthouse Lounge, Hudson

March 13 at 7 p.m. Arena Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne

March 29 at 9 p.m. Coody Brown’s, Wolcottville

March 14 at 7 p.m. Trolley Bar, Fort Wayne

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Professional organizers share their tips

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Those who love Netflix’s “Tidying up with Marie Kondo” can have that same experience in their own homes with some tips — and maybe some help — from local professional organizers.

People generally need help tidying up after they’ve gone through a life transition, such as moving, a new baby, children leaving the home or the loss of a family member.

For some people, getting organized can be overwhelming — they’re not sure where to begin or how to finish once they’ve gotten started.

Fortunately, professional organizers have shared some of their tips.

Decide where to begin There are two ways to approach where to begin cleaning, said Emily Fitzgerald, certified professional organizer and owner of Fort Waynebased OLS Organizing.

For some, starting with an easier place allows them to feel a sense of accomplishment and can encourage them to keep going. For others, picking a more difficult space that will have the biggest impact can help reduce their stress enough to keep going.

Get mentally ready Prepare to tackle a home organizing project by first setting time aside

Korean War veterans urged to apply for Honor Flight Honor Flight Northeast Indiana is encouraging all veterans from the Korean conflict to send in their application to participate in a future Honor Flight to Washington D.C. “The time is now” Dennis Covert, HFNEI president, said. “There are countless veterans from this era who are refraining from completing their applications. Whether they feel that someone is more deserving, or the timing hasn’t been right, every man and woman who donned the uniform is not only eligible, but deserves to go,” said Covert. “You did not have to serve during battle or in theater.

Even if you served stateside during your entire enlistment, you are still fully eligible for an Honor Flight.”

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for it, said Lauren Bower, professional organizer and owner of Bowerbird Organizing based in Whitley County.

She also advises to practice self care before beginning and throughout the process.

“Drink your favorite drink, get yourself ready to do it,” Bower said.

“Taking care of yourself while you’re making these decisions (is important).”

Set a timer Fitzgerald likes the Pomodoro Technique, where a person starts with a list of items he or she wants to complete.

The person then sets a timer for 25-30 minutes, works during that time, then takes a five-minute break. This process is repeated three more times, then a 30-minute break is taken and the process is repeated.

Even deciding to organize for 20 minutes can be helpful, she said.

“A lot of time just getting started is the hardest part,” Fitzgerald said.

Don’t shop just yet “Usually, once you’ve paired your things down you can usually things just around the house to store things,” Bower said.

In addition, sometimes people don’t realize the dimensions of the storage items they need until the end of the process, so it makes sense to wait to see what they actually need

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in Washington reflecting upon the memorials built in their honor. They share the flight with their peers and a guardian creating and reliving memories.

They enjoy visiting seven memorials, a bus tour around Washington, and receive deserving accolades and gratitude from men, women and children throughout the day.

To submit an application, go to www.hfnei. org. Honor Flight is currently planning its 31st and 32nd flights this spring. The flights are filled, however, as applications arrive, veterans are placed on the waiting list by conflict served.

Garden volunteers needed Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, a nonprofit hospice agency located at 5910 Homestead Road in Fort Wayne, is looking for volunteers to help

to store before they spend money on storage solutions, Fitzgerald said.

Decide what to keep Deciding what to keep and what to get rid of can be overwhelming for some people.

“Professional organizers have a whole toolkit they can use to help you get to the basics of what you want, who you are and learning how to make some of those decisions,” Bower said. Everyone can do it; it just takes some practice.”

Both Fitzgerald and Bower emphasized that they never force clients to give up something that is important to them.

However, they do ask clients to be honest about their priorities, passions and why they’re keeping items.

One way Fitzgerald helps people reduce unneeded items is the Pareto Principle, which is the idea that we “use 20 percent of the things in our lives 80 percent of the time.”

“For the average person who just wants a simpler existence in their own space, just observing your habits and practices at home (can help),” Fitzgerald said. “When you start going through things one by one and really looking at them you realize what you have that you’re really not using.”

Areas where this is especially useful include the kitchen, where unused

maintain shrubs, trees, pathways and blooming flowers on its campus.

“This property brings great comfort and release to patients and families who walk our pathways,” according to Visiting Nurse’s call out for volunteers.

Hours are flexible, and volunteers are asked to put in about two hours a week in an assigned area. Leadership and equipment is provided.

Interested individuals are asked to contact volunteer coordinator Ann Blue at 260-435-3222.

SCAN and Casa partner for tasty fundraiser SCAN Inc. will host its 34th Annual Brown Bag Lunch fundraiser 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6.

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Knowing what to keep and what to get rid of can help make a previously unorganized drawer more tidy.

gadgets can take up space, or with clothing, where clothing people have outgrown or don’t wear may linger.

Another way to help discern what is being used and what isn’t is to have a dedicated space to put items that are rarely used and might be donated, such as a box with a lid, Fitzgerald said. If no one misses the item for a few months then it’s OK to get rid of it.

For those who have a difficult time getting rid of items, “having a person or place where you can give things or donate things can be really impactful,” she said.

Know that there is an end in sight Though organizing a

Simple household containers can help organize an otherwise chaotic drawer.

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“The level of relief you get after such a short (period of time) — it could have been bothering

them for years and years and then we get it done in a matter of weeks or a couple of days working together,” she said.

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Community Calendar Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. Open to the public. The event will feature 80 four-year universities, two-year colleges and vocational schools. There will also be representatives from various careers, the Armed Services and financial institutions. One junior or senior in attendance will win a $200 scholarship. Admission is free.

Include news of your group, too Send news of your group to bhernandez@kpcmedia.com by March 8 for the April issue. Items will be March selected and edited Community Calendar 2019 as space permits.

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Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Four day event Feb. 28-March 3. Admission for adults $10 and seniors $6. Admission is free for children age 15 years and younger. The event will feature the latest in contemporary home and garden products and services. For more information, visit Home-GardenShow.com.

2. March 2

Living History at the Old Fort: The Old Fort, 1201 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public is welcome to tour the grounds as reenactors portraying Colonial soldiers prepare for a struggle against England and British soldiers from the late 1700s train. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Parking is available at Headwaters and Lawton parks. For more information, visit oldfortwayne.org or call (260) 437-2836.

4. March 4

College and Career Fair: Homestead High School, 4310

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educate the community to Stop Child Abuse and Neglect.

Nearly 3,000 lunches donated by Casa Restaurants will be delivered to the Fort Wayne area during the event. Casa chefs, along with community volunteers and SCAN employees, will prepare, package, and deliver the lunches in two hours. SCAN anticipates

the lunches will sell out, so community members are encouraged to pre-order lunches online, or via phone, fax or mail.

Options include: • An individual portion of pasta with meatballs and a side of Casaburo salad, dinner roll and sweet treat for $9 • An individual salad meal with a dinner roll and sweet treat for $7 • A family-style meal, serving up to 20 people, including pasta with meatballs, Casaburo salad, and a sheet cake

Casting Crowns concert: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Casting Crowns with special guests Zach Williams and Austin French. Tickets range from $24-65. For more information, visit www.trinitycommunications.org.

Yahweh Sisterhood Book Club: The Chapel, 2505 W. Hamilton Road South, Fort Wayne. Enter through door 2.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Author and speaker Cara C. Putman, author of “Shadowed by Grace: A story of Monuments Men” will be present. The event will also stream live on Facebook. For more information, visit www.yahwehsisterhoodbookclub. com.

8. March 8

All-you-can-eat fish fry and pork tenderloins: Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. $9 for adults, $5 for children. Meal includes scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, dessert and coffee. Full service bar with German beer and wine and soft drinks available. Enjoy dinner accompanied by live, German music. Sponsored by Fort Wayne Mannerchor/Damenchor. For more information, contact Patti Knox at (260) 444-3634.

9. March 9

Fort Wayne Festiv-Ale: Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. 6 p.m. The “Wine & Stein” celebration will feature a wide array of wines, craft beers, food and sweets, local commodities, live music and a photo booth. The event will take place indoors. Tickets start at $55 and include all food and beverage tastings. Proceeds benefit the Cystic

donated by Walnut Hill Catering and Events for $180 Lunches will be available for pick-up at The Summit, 1025 W. Rudisill Blvd., Fort Wayne. Free delivery is also available with a minimum of seven individual orders or one family style order.

Delivery must be within one mile of the Interstate 69 and 469 boundaries or no further north than Huntertown.

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to place an order, volunteer or sponsor the event, please visit www.scanfw. org/brownbaglunch/, or contact Paige Doellman at 260-421-5000 ext.

2238 or pdoellman@ scaninc.org.

City seeking workshop proposals for neighborhood conference Anyone interested in presenting or facilitating a workshop for the upcoming Regional Neighborhood Network Conference is invited to submit their workshop proposal to the organizing committee.

Fort Wayne will host the conference Sept.

19-21. The theme is “Play in the Fort,” with an emphasis on how recreation and social interaction can help transform neighborhoods.

During the event, approximately 350 volunteers, community leaders, business leaders and government employees gather to learn from each other and gain valuable ideas to help transform their communities.

The Fort Wayne organizing committee is planning an event filled with hands-on learning events, informative workshops and inspiring keynote addresses. The

Fibrosis Foundation. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ftwaynefestivale.eventscff.org.

Celtic Landscapes: Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. Two days of performances: 7:30 p.m. March 9 and 2 p.m. March 10 in the library theater. This original production by Heartland Sings features a variety of vocal music selections with traditional instruments of Celtic heritage. Familiar folk tunes, ballads and drinking songs will get audiences singing along. Tickets are $20 in advance at hearlandsings.org/tickets or call (260) 436-8080.

Model Railroad Show & Swap: Coliseum Bingo, 911 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Presented by the Maumee Valley Railroad Club Inc., the event will feature dozens of tables of model railroad bargains with vendors, at least one operating model railroad layout, an on-site concession stand, free parking and representatives from historical and other organizations. This event is open to the public. Admission is $5 for adults, $7 for families and children age 12 and younger are free. For more information, contact Richard Insley at (260) 482-2203 or mvrrc.ri@gmail. com or visit maumeevalleyrailroad.com.

Living History at the Old Fort: The Old Fort, 1201 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public is welcome to tour the grounds as the 5th Texas Spangtown Mess musters for drill and training. Learn about Civil War era military customs and decorum. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Parking is available at Headwaters and Lawton parks. For more information, visit oldfortwayne. org or call (260) 437-2836.

Spiritual Retreat: Waynedale United Methodist Women will host “A Day of Growth Spiritual Retreat” 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $15 with lunch catered by Classic Café or $5 for no lunch option. Barb McCoy will present “Messy People: Life Lessons from Imperfect Biblical People.” For more information, contact Waynedale United Methodist Church at (260) 747-7424. The registration deadline is March 1.

12. March 12

Crafty corner: Seminary United Methodist Church, 285 N. Seminary St., Roanoke. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring quilting,

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committee expects to receive more than 50 proposals, but only 16 workshop presenters will be selected.

Workshops can focus on many topics, including neighborhood improvement, urban design, redevelopment, neighborhood safety, public and private investments, place-making, public art and social well-being.

To submit a workshop proposal or learn more about the 2019 Regional Neighborhood Network Conference, visit www. rnnconference.com.

YLNI Farmers Market accepting vendor applications The Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana (YLNI) Farmers Market will return to downtown Fort Wayne each Saturday beginning May 18 and running through Sept.

28. The market runs each Saturday during the season from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. YLNI is now accepting applications for interested vendors and non-profit organizations to participate in this summer’s market.

For the fifteenth season, YLNI will partner with the History Center to host an outdoor shopping experience on the corner

of Barr Street and Wayne Street. Over the years the market has expanded to offer attendees a variety of exciting experiences in addition to great local vendors. Nearly 3,500 people attend the market each week.

Vendors who are interested in participating in the market should visit ylni.org/farmers-market to complete an online application. A vendor meeting will also be held at 6 p.m. March 4 at the History Center, 302 East Berry Street.

For more information, visit ylni.org/ farmers-market or email market@ylni.org.

Concordia to host summer Camps and classes Concordia Lutheran High School is hosting summer camps for all ages this summer. Camps include athletics, band, robotics and more. New this year are camps in art, Spanish, track and sign language.

Concordia is also offering summer classes for all area students in grades 8-12. Registration is now open, and online registration is now available this year. For more information and to register, visit www.clhscadets.com/summer.

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sewing and other craft projects to work on in the company of others. Lunch provided. No cost. Enter through the north door with the wooden ramp. For more information, call (260) 672-3167.

Fort Wayne Area Community Band: John & Ruth Rhinehart Music Center on the Purdue Fort Wayne campus.

7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and free for children under 18. Free parking is available in the garage across from the Music Center. For more information, visit fwacb.org.

13. March 13

Genealogy research presentation: Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. Presented by the Allen County Genealogical Society, gathering time begins at 6:30 p.m. with the presentation “Researching Adopted Children in the Past – and Today” by Delia Cothrun Bourne starting at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room A. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, visit www.acgsi.org.

14. March 14

Disorderly Bear Den: The Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Members and visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Donna GordonHearn at (260) 409-9886 or tdbear7@comcast.net. The Disorderly Bear Den of Good Bears of the World collects “gently loved teddy bears” and other stuffed animals to give to children in trauma situations and lonely adults in the Fort Wayne area.

15. March 15

NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball National Championship: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Two days: 6 p.m. March 15 and 7 p.m.

March 16. Tickets start at $26 for adults; $16 for students/ seniors/military for Friday and Saturday. Single-day tickets are also available at $15.50 for adults; and $10.50 for students/seniors/military. Children age 5 and younger are free, and group ticket sales are discounted.

Kids’ Night Out: Seminary United Methodist Church, 285 N. Seminary St., Roanoke. 3:45-5:30 p.m. Children in grades kindergarten through fourth grade are welcome to attend Nerf Night. Nerf guns, safety glasses and pizza will be provided. The cost is $5 per child. A permission slip is required. For more information, contact Katlin Carroll at (260) 385-7711 or email childrens.seminaryumc@gmail. com.

16. March 16

Evensong for St. Patrick’s Day: Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. 5 p.m. Trinity choir and a guest string quartet will perform. Admission is free. For more information, visit trinityfw.org or contact Wayne Peterson at music@trinityfw.org or (260) 423-1693.

Coin and Currency Show: Presented by the Old Fort Coin Club at the Allen County Fairgrounds. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event will feature more than 50 tables of numismatic material. Free parking, free admission and food available.

20. March 20

Fort Wayne Artists Guild: Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A. Tom DeSomer, of Leo, will demonstrate his traditional watercolor method. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www.fortwayneartistsguild.org.

21. March 21

Way of the Desert retreat: Victory Noll Center, 1900 W. Park Drive, Huntington. Four-day retreat beginning 4 p.m.

March 21 and concluding 3:30 p.m. March 24. The silent, directed retreat is designed to help participants deepen their relationship with Christ. A fee is charged for this retreat with payment plans available. Participants can register online or by sending payment. Registration is due March 15. For more information, call (260) 200-1740, email info@victorynollcenter.org or visit www.victorynollcenter.org.

History Tour and Lunch: Settlers Inc. will offer a guided history tour of the Allen County Court House and the historic Swinney Homestead with lunch at the homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Proceeds support the maintenance of the homestead. Tour starts at 10 a.m. and welcomes attendees age 14 and older. Tickets are $25 per person. Transportation is not included. For more information, call (260) 747-1501 or (260) 747-1229 or visit www. settlersinc.org.

23. March 23

Fruehlingsfest spring concert and dinner: Park Edelweiss Clubhouse, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne Maennerchoir/Damenchor invites the community to

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FAME Festival: Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. Two days: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 16 and noon to 5 p.m. March 17. The festival will feature more than 6,000 pieces of art from 62 schools in northeast Indiana and 45 choir, band, dance and drama performances representing more than 3,000 student performers. Children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade can enjoy a make-and-take project station and an instrument playground. Admission is free for children age 18 and younger and $5 for adults. Parking is available at the Civic Center for $5 and Harrison Square for $4. Anthis Career Center will offer free parking on the southeast lot.

Food drive: First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the church parking lot.

Donations help replenish the food bank shelves.

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26. March 26

Crafty corner: Seminary United Methodist Church, 285 N. Seminary St., Roanoke. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring quilting, sewing and other craft projects to work on in the company of others. Lunch provided. No cost. Enter through the north door with the wooden ramp. For more information, call (260) 672-3167.

28. March 28

WinterJam 2019: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. The concert features Newsboys United, Mandisa, Danny Gokey, Rend Collective, Ledger, Hollyn and more. Admission is a $15 donation at the door. For more information, visit www.trinitycommunications.org.

29. March 29

Fish and chicken fundraiser: First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. 4-7 p.m. All-you-can-eat fish and chicken dinner by Dan’s Fish Fry Service includes sides and dessert. The cost is $10 for adults, $6 for children age 3-11 and children age 2 and younger are free with an adult purchase.

30. March 30

Jimmy Lee Young in concert: Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 2:30 p.m. in the library theater.

Admission is free. The award-winning Native American singer/songwriter will also lead a songwriting workshop 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Meeting Room A. The workshop is one of a dozen art workshops Three Rivers Art Center for Kids (TRACK) is presenting at Vincent Village and Golden Years Independent Living.

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