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Goalball teams express appreciation for local Lions
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The Fort Wayne Central Lions Club dedicated two new benches at the Goalball Center of Excellence at Turnstone Center Sept. 5. Nancy Daugherty, president of the local chapter, said 2017 marked 100 years for Lions Club International. “They challenged each club around the world to do some sort of centennial legacy project,” she said. The local Lions knew that they wanted to do something special for the goalball teams. “We are so proud of what they’ve done for Fort Wayne and the community,” she said. Turnstone, which was designated an official Paralympic training site
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Members of the Fort Wayne Central Lions Club pass around a ball used in the sport of goalball. It contains several bells so that it makes noise as it moves across the court.
by the United States Olympic Committee earlier this year, is home to the Goalball Center of Excellence, the U.S.
Men’s and Women’s Goalball Resident Program and the internationally ranked 2018 U.S. Men’s and Women’s
“Found on the Bus”
NACS bus driver turns photography into lost and found By Louis Wyatt lwyatt@kpcmedia.com
A Northwest Allen County Schools bus driver has found the perfect combination between her school-year job and her love of photography. What started as a way to pass the time has become an art project as much as a handy tool for students. While most of her time outside the bus route is spent shooting family photos, senior pictures and, more recently, weddings, Natalie Hoffman’s newest photography project focuses on capturing discarded or misplaced possessions — book bags, hats, flash drives, jewelry, toys, handwritten notes, retainers, house keys and other items left behind by her students. “You name it, I’ve found it,” Hoffman said. The project, which she has deemed “Found on the Bus,” began as a “boredom project” on a rainy day last year. Hoffman, who owns her own photography business, Blue Umbrella Photography, had her camera with her while waiting for her Carroll High School students to get out of school. Because of the weather, the other drivers
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When she isn’t driving students to and from Northwest Allen County Schools, Natalie Hoffman runs her own photography business. She recently started an Instagram page to help students identify lost items.
stayed on their buses rather than socializing like they typically do. Looking for something to pass the time, Hoffman decided to snap some photos of the various trinkets she typically finds lying around her bus. “I thought I would just
put them on the floor where I found them and take a picture. I posted (the photos) to Facebook and everybody loved them, so I kept doing it,” Hoffman said. “Maybe once a week See PHOTOGRAPHY, Page 14
National Goalball teams. The facility includes the only Taraflex goalball See GOALBALL, Page 15
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