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April 21, 2017

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Just three months after organizing the Heritage High School Drama Club, the students and advisers are set to present the school’s first play in two years.

“Check Please” is a hilarious and uncomplicated production and is perfect for a small cast on short notice, said Jackie Davis, the second-year special education teacher who set the process in motion.

Theater graduate Emma Kowatch is serving as a community resource and getting her first taste of teaching by assisting Davis with the club and the production.

Davis said she asked about a drama club at the start of this school year.

“Students started coming to me and wanting a drama club and there was enough interest that I thought ‘Well, let’s start one,’ ” she said. “Emma joined me and there was enough interest in the first couple of meetings that they were coming to

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PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

The Heritage High School Drama Club forms two lines for an improvisation exercise.

Isaac Welch, left, finds himself paired with drama teacher Jackie Davis.

me to do a play. And we hadn’t started the drama club until late January so I knew we could only do a one-act play if we wanted to do something well.”

“Check Please” seemed made to order. “It’s a series of unfortunate blind dates in a restaurant, so you bounce from table to table and see these awful blind dates,” Davis said. “There’s

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Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, at 7 p.m. each evening, at Heritage Jr./Sr. High School, 13806 Monroeville Road, Monroeville.

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no set changes, no costume changes. It was doable in a three-month period.”

The club is already

looking at a bigger production next year, she said.

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East Allen County Schools Superintendent Kenneth Folks will retire after this school year. Folks announced his decision at a School Board meeting April 11.

The board issued a statement thanking Folks for his service and announced its goal to have a new superintendent in place by next school year.

Folks said he will leave the office June 30. “It is bittersweet for me because although I am looking forward to spending more time with Kay, and to the new challenges that I am sure await me out there, it is sad for me to leave East Allen,” he said in a statement. “Even though only four of my 36 years

in education were spent here, East Allen is very special to me. I Folks am very proud of the impact our board and our staff has had on East Allen during my tenure.”

New Haven Mayor Terry E. McDonald said Folks has elevated the reputation of the school district.

“We can say with enthusiasm that East Allen County Schools is a top-notch program and we’re always improving,” McDonald said. “Dr. Folk and his staff and the building administrators are always striving to find new ways to help the See FOLKS, Page A13

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New Haven • April 21, 2017

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Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Center needs to spread its wings as it looks to the future.

The volunteer-run nonprofit was founded in 1996 with about 20 volunteers rescuing about 20 birds, Director of Development Mike Dobbs said.

Last year, the organization, now up to about 200 volunteers, rescued about 220 birds and continues to grow “exponentially,” he said, largely due to more people knowing to bring injured birds to the facility, located a few miles outside Leo-Cedarville.

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“The facilities were built a long time ago. We’re basically out of room – we’re out of room for the number of birds we take in for rehab, we’re out of room for the number of birds we like to keep here as resident, education birds. And we need better working conditions for the volunteers because (now) … everything we do is outside,” Dobbs said.

The organization rescues, rehabilitates and releases into the wild injured or orphaned birds of prey, Soarin’ Hawk President Pat Funnell said.

Soarin’ Hawk has about 16 birds that cannot be returned to the wild due to permanent injury, she said.

Those birds are trained and taken to educate the public about the importance of these animals, whose diet of animals like mice and squirrels help keep those populations in check.

The organization reaches thousands of children, teens and adults a year, Dobbs said in an email, but still more people want to see their operation firsthand. Right now, those people simply can’t.

Dobbs hopes to change that with the move.

Soarin’ Hawk is looking for 10-20 acres in Allen County on which to construct several buildings.

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Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Center volunteer Mary Koher looks at Peabody, a barred owl. Peabody is one of about 16 permanently injured birds Soarin’ Hawk uses to educate the public about the importance of raptors.

building would be used for rehab and to show the public what the organization does. There would also be updated habitats for the owls, hawks and eagles who permanently call Soarin’ Hawk home.

There would also be exercise buildings, which would act as homes for birds being rehabilitated as well as offer more suitable space for free flight exercise. Dobbs said this kind of exercise is important to get the birds back into the wild quickly, but because Soarin’ Hawk is currently all outdoors it makes untethered exercise a challenge.

Dobbs expects the organization will need $350,000-$450,000 to make these dreams a reality. Soarin’ Hawk has already raised about $120,000 toward that goal.

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Soarin’ Hawk Director of Development Mike Dobbs, left, and President Pat Funnell do rehab therapy on an injured red-tailed hawk. Soarin’ Hawk cares for around 200 injured birds each year, Dobbs said.

than two-and-a-half years, starting with feeding and caring for the birds and moving up to being a rescuer and a handler who gives presentations in the community.

Funnell said Soarin’ Hawk can use people with a variety of skills and interests.

“We use volunteers for everything from behindthe-scenes (such as) grant

writers to people who like to do social media that work with our website, that type of thing, to everything else – people to do maintenance, people who actually work with the birds, so if anybody has a skill we can probably use it,” she said.

Those interested in volunteering or donating can visit Soarin’ Hawk’s website at soarinhawk.org.

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New Haven • April 21, 2017

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ has fun with dark comedy

By Garth Snow

coveted leading role.

“It was a dream role of mine, so I was very excited when I got it,” he said. “One of my songs is called “Grow for Me,’ and I’m singing to the plant, begging it to grow, because it’s sick. And a lot happens and I fall in love with my co-worker and I sing a song called ‘Suddenly, Seymour.’ “ “We’re right around a month in it right now, and we’re supposed to be off-script next week so we have to have all our lines memorized,” he said. That part is going well, he said.

“I have a lot going on because I am also set head for this production. Rowdy and I work together pretty closely on that, getting it all figured out.”

Halter is directing his second production at the high school, but has been part of the East Allen County Schools music staff for 10 years. He was part of drama while a student at Leo High School, where he graduated in 2003. He teaches general elementary music four days each week at Leo Elementary School, and one day each week at New Haven Intermediate School. He also

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The silence of spring break filled Leo Jr./Sr. High School, but the tap, tap of a hammer echoed through the halls leading to the auditorium.

The lighthearted atmosphere among the set and props crew seemed at odds with the play that will fill that stage in a few short weeks.

Director Rowdy Halter agreed that “Little Shop of Horrors” is best described as a dark comedy. “It is based on an old sci-fi B movie from the ’50s, blackand-white, just kind of goofy horror comedy that an alien plant comes and eats everybody and destroys the world,” Halter said.

Then along came the musical. Alan Menken, more recently known for his music for Disney animated films, penned the “Little Shop” trademark song “Suddenly, Seymour,” and American has been rooting for unlikely hero Seymour Krelborn since 1982.

Leo junior Kelsey Erexson is not only the set manager for the production, but has the

directs the spring musicals at the elementary school. “The elementary has a long tradition of doing musicals every spring, and they were in a rotation of doing the same shows every three years,” he said. “I decided 25 years of the same thing is enough.”

So he staged “Seussical” and “Xanadu,” and so on.

Then, last fall, he took on the high school productions. “Leading Ladies” offered the right challenge, he said. “It was a modern telling of a Shakespeare play, and they actually had to learn some Shakespeare,” he said.

That play, like “Little Shop,” featured a small cast. “We had 25 or 30 try out for 15 parts,” he said of the latest effort.

He said Erexson has a beautiful voice, and one of his best friends — Bella Hadley — was the right fit for Seymour’s girlfriend, Audrey. “She was in the book. She knew her character,” Halter said.

Steve Steffey, Halter’s longtime friend and a zumba instructor in Leo, is the choreographer.

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Morgan Thoma (from left), Kelsey Erexson and director Rowdy Halter get an early start on “Little Shop of Horrors” at Leo High School. Halter holds the first of four stages of Audrey II, a blood-eating plant. Shows will be at 7 p.m. each night, May 4, 5 and 6. Admission is $10, payable at the door.

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The owner is Martin Quintana, who is known for his other local restaurants, Los Lomas and Dos Margaritas.

Open every day at 11 a.m., the Famous Taco cooks food to order as customers move through the cafeteria style restaurant. It specializes in huarache, a homemade thick tortilla loaded with beans, queso fresco, onion, cilantro and a choice of meats, but also offers burritos, salads and more as well as beer, wine and margaritas.

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Potbelly Sandwich Shop hosted an “oven warming” party April 13 to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters and buy books for its Real Men Read program.

The special event included a ribbon cutting for the new restaurant at 501 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne.

Spirits win bronze medals

Three Rivers Distilling Co., 224 E. Wallace St., Fort Wayne, won bronze medals for its spirits at two national level competitions in its first year of business.

The American Craft Spirits Association recognized Three Rivers Distilling for its Harvester Vodka in February and the American Distilling Institute gave the distiller a bronze medal for its Harvester Vodka and Summit City Gin in April.

Harvester Vodka is made with 100 percent Indiana grown, organic, non-GMO wheat and was named in honor of the former International Harvester plant in Fort Wayne. Summit City Gin is also made with 100 percent Indiana grown, organic non-GMO wheat.

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its newly constructed restaurant on Coliseum Boulevard, in front of Glenbrook Square Mall in Fort Wayne, on April 10.

The BJ’s Brewhouse is the fourth the company has opened in Indiana. It already has restaurants in Avon, Greenwood and Noblesville and also expects to open one in Bloomington this year.

The restaurants have extensive menus, including BJ’s signature deep-dish pizza and its hand-crafted beers. The Fort Wayne restaurant is its 189th location.

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During the promotion, from March 13 to May 21, customers are encouraged to visit participating restaurants and buy the new Italian Hero sub. For every one sold, Subway will donate 10 percent of the purchase price to St. Jude, up to a maximum donation of $29,500.

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Meijer was set to launch its home delivery service in Fort Wayne beginning April 13.

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The program was launched in Detroit-area Meijer stores last year.

Since September 2016, Shipt “shoppers” have made more than 65,000 deliveries to customers in southeastern Michigan.

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Aldi opened a new store March 23 at 4750 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne, in the Jo-Ann Plaza.

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New Haven • April 21, 2017

Veterans’ Memorial Ride means fun and awareness The eighth annual Veterans’ Memorial Ride in New Haven will show support for veterans and raise money to upgrade a veterans memorial.

The ride will depart from American Legion Post 330 at 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 13. Riders will cover 40-plus miles and return to the post at 330 Entrance Drive, behind O’Daniel Ford, 631 W. Lincoln Highway.

“This ride will benefit renovations to Schnelker Park Veterans’ Memorial

Park,” New Haven Mayor Terry E. McDonald said in a statement. “Various veterans’ organizations will be present and offer their services to military veterans. Commercial vendors will also be available to greet our many visitors and provide them with products and services. I am proud to be a part of this event once again.”

New Haven Parks Director Mike Clendenen said, “Proceeds of this ride will benefit the

Schnelker Park Veterans’ Memorial in honor of all military veterans and those who serve this great country.”

A $10 donation will benefit the Schnelker memorial. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. at Post 330. The opening ceremony at 12:30 p.m. will feature a salute to the military by the Legion Honor Guard and the singing of the national anthem. A motorcycle expo is scheduled from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The rain date

for the Veterans’ Memorial Ride is Saturday, June 3.

The Legion will hold an open house from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., rain or shine.

A breakfast buffet from 9 a.m.-noon is $7 per person. Backwater Band will entertain from 2-5 p.m. Admission is $7 per person, $2 for ages 10 and younger. Lunch will be served. Post 330 will serve baby back ribs from 5-9 p.m.

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won’t break,” he said.

“We have four plants; It grows throughout the production.”

For Erexson’s father, Bob, it’s an opportunity to share something with his family. He has worked on props and even more sets for eight years. He worked with his eldest son, Logan, now 22. He worked with his daughter Taylor, who mastered dance parts for former director Sue Nelson and who now is a sophomore in college.

Now Bob works behind the scenes with Kelsey.

“It’s a way I can spend time with my kids and be interested in what they’re interested in,” he said.

He has built some novel props, but he said the “Little Shop” plants are probably the strangest creations. All four stages of the plant are made from scraps of urethane foam from his work.

Stage manager Morgan Thoma will maneuver those plants about the stage.

This marks the senior’s fourth year in drama and her eighth production. She has been stage manager since

her sophomore year.

This musical has some special touches, she said. “We have a scene where we drop a front in in one of the scenes, a white curtain, and then we bring on the dentist

chair. That’s what my crew will be doing. And we’re also moving the big plant at the end. I have three boys on my crew who are doing that.

Also, during the last few minutes of the show we

open up the shop and bring the plant forward.”

She said the final night of her final show might be difficult. She loves the art, but has chosen a different path of study and career. Thoma

already is attending the University of Saint Francis, studying nursing.

“I’m going to miss it a lot,” she said. “I’m going to keep it with me for a lifetime.”

Kapell has played for the Arena Dinner Theater in Fort Wayne.

“Other than that, it’s me and the kids,” Halter said. “I want this to be a student-run organization as much as it can be. We have a student bookkeeper, and students in charge of building sets and running lights.”

Student Sydney Gamble is in charge of publicity.

Halter said Leo has room for more theater work. “The middleschoolers really want to be in something. It’s at the elementary, but there’s a gap there,” he said.

Erexson is involved in his sixth production on stage. “I’ve worked with it even before I came to this school; I helped my siblings,” the sets manager said.

While saws, hammers and paint create the set on the stage, Erexson and his father also work on the props for the blood-eating Audrey II. “We’re building the plant at the house. It looks pretty good right now. We’re going to put fiberglass on it so it

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New Haven • April 21, 2017

Planning society honors NewAllen Alliance’s ideas

By Garth Snow

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The American Planning Association honored the NewAllen Alliance for its unified approach to economic development in seven Allen County communities.

County officials joined community representatives March 22 for the announcement at the New Haven Community Center. Alliance representatives will formally accept the honor at the APA conference May 6-9 in New York.

NewAllen President Kent Castleman, of Monroeville, thanked the elected officials and volunteers who contributed to the initiative that advocates on behalf of Grabill, Harlan, Hoagland, Leo-Cedarville, Monroeville, New Haven and Woodburn.

Kristi Sturtz with Sturtz Public Management Group, Churubusco, engaged with more than 80 elected leaders and volunteers across the county in 2015 and 2016. The process included several community meetings. “We built capacity by providing information to leadership and we established trust,” Sturtz said.

“The initiative then was culminated into a website and there you can search each of the

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NewAllen Alliance Executive Director Kent Castleman of Monroeville and Sturtz Public Management Group President Kristi Sturtz announced a national award for the seven-community investment plan. The American Planning Association will present the corresponding plaque May 7 in New York. Representatives of Leo-Cedarville, New Haven and Woodburn also attended the announcement. Grabill, Harlan and Hoagland also belong to the alliance.

individual plans. You can see the collective priorities that are being offered by the NewAllen Alliance. You can also see a toolbox.”

Visitors to newalliance.net will see photos, background, resources and demographics of each community. For instance, the Harlan page discusses the small-town atmosphere and proximity to Fort Wayne. The Hoagland page discusses

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the community’s agricultural history and potential for development.

Each community’s page lists five targeted projects.

Castleman said those same seven community snapshots are on display at Citizen Square in Fort Wayne.

The “toolbox” holds links to dozens of local, state and national sources of information and grants in areas from agribusi-

ness to farmers markets to tax abatement. Sturtz said those links represent the subjects in which the communities expressed interest.

Castleman said the ongoing strategy focuses on economic growth, quality of place and assurance of continued access to jobs. He called for continuing business and philanthropic investments.

Alliance Vice Pres-

ident Barb Smith of Leo-Cedarville said the group has secured several facade grants for that town, and that the upgrades are particularly evident in the 4-way-stop area of Old Leo. About 10 new owners or landlords of “buildings that were there for a long time” have secured grants of up to $1,000 for new facades or other upgrades, she said. New businesses have sprouted.

“Everything in Leo is really looking spruced up right now,” she said.

Smith said Sturtz was hired through a grant of approximately $85,000, which the Alliance secured through the Allen County Capital Improvement Board.

Woodburn Mayor Joe Kelsey attended the announcement. He said he meets regularly with the city’s designated representatives to the Alliance. “The good thing about this is it gives the small communities a voice in Allen County,” he said. “And if we can collaborate and create something nice for all our communities, that’s a good thing.”

Castleman said leaders gave hundreds of hours to the award-winning effort. “The committee was particularly impressed with a refreshing and innovative approach to economic

development on a regional scale that stays true to the identities of the individual communities,” he said. He said the Alliance ensured that “the individual gifts of those communities, the individual skills, the individual feel and culture were maintained throughout the process.”

Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters said the NewAllen Alliance “stole a page” from the regional planning strategy demonstrated in Marion County, which he said involves many communities in an overarching philosophy of shared goals.

“That strength will help to leverage some of the available dollars around the community to fulfill that mission and dream,” he said. “Thanks, Kristi.

We look forward to hearing bigger and better things.”

Read more about Sturtz Public Management Group’s work with regional projects and northeast Indiana individual projects at sturtzpmg.com.

NewAllen Alliance received the APA’s 2017 John Keller Award for Outstanding Planning Initiative in the Small Town and Rural Planning Division. Read more about the APA conference and past winners at planning.org.

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Flight to take 85 veterans to Washington memorials Honor Flight Northeast Indiana will make its 23rd flight to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 26.

Flight No. 23 will carry 27 World War II veterans, 53 Korean War veterans and five Vietnam War veterans.

Three veterans are dual war veterans. One is a Battle of the Bulge veteran. One female veteran is among that number.

Included in these numbers is Herbert Boyer, a 101-year-old Army Air Corps World War II veteran. Additionally, there are two brothers and a brother-in-law, all veterans, planning to travel to Washington together.

Another World War II Army Air Corps veteran, William Jones, took aerial photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bombs were dropped.

Veterans on Northeast Indiana Honor Flight 19 in April 2016 gather for a group photo at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. FILE PHOTOS BY GARTH SNOW

An airman assists John Holly, 98, of Portland, in boarding Honor Flight 19 at the 122nd Air National Guard Wing in April 2016.

Honor Flight President Dennis Covert said, “Each Honor Flight from Fort Wayne is unique in its veteran mix and a testament to the history of service given to our country. Honor Flight Northeast Indiana is pleased to continue our mission to safely transport veterans to Washington, D.C., to view their memorials.

Presently our veteran waiting list consists of over 557 veterans.”

The veterans and volunteer guardians will gather at the 122nd Air National Guard Fighter Wing at 6 a.m. with take-off projected to be at 8:30 a.m. Returning home, the community is encouraged to patriotically welcome the veterans in the Main

Terminal of the Fort Wayne International Airport the evening of April 26. Return time is tentative, but expected to be about 8:30 p.m. More information regarding the public’s participation and return timing will be shared on the group’s Facebook page at HFNEI. Ninety-five percent of donations to HFNEI go directly toward the veterans’ trips. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. As

of Oct. 12, 2016, Honor Flight Northeast Indiana has transported 1,542 veterans to Washington, D.C. Visit hfnei.org for

details of the Washington itinerary and information on how to apply to participate as a veteran or as an assigned guardian.

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Each health fair is from 7:30-11 a.m. The Saturday, April 29, health fair will be at New Haven High School, 1300 Green St., New Haven.

The health fairs offer these free health checks: blood pressure, height/ weight/BMI, vision, bone density, hearing, balance screening and more.

Each person visiting the health fair must be 18 or older. Prices are subject to change. For more information, call (260) 266-2472 or visit

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Various other labs are available starting at $10.

For services, fees and notes on how to prepare for the health checks, visit fohealth.com.

Remaining 2017 health fairs also include: • Saturday, April 22, Presence Sacred Heart Home, 515 N. Main St., Avilla.

• Tuesday, April 25, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive, Fort Wayne.

• Wednesday, April 26, Parkview/NHC Center for Healthy Living, 3350 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne.

• Thursday, April 27,

Comedy festival features films by area students

The second annual Concordia Comedy Festival offers a a free showing of selected films from area middle and high school students.

Concordia Lutheran High School presents the festival without charge to the public.

The showing will take place at 7 p.m.

Friday, April 28, at IPFW’s Neff Hall, Room 101. A reception will be held following the event where students will be able to meet the judges from the contest, including Joe Harken-

rider, a 2002 CLHS graduate who has worked for Comedy Central, Adult Swim’s Loiter Squad, and Mashable.com.

Entries were submitted from local students in the areas of comedy, action/suspense/ thriller, documentary (long-form journalism), and animation.

The winners, who will be announced at the event, will receive a GoPro camera.

To learn more, visit ConcordiaComedyFestival.com.

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• Friday, April 28, Messiah Lutheran Church, 7211 Stellhorn Road, Fort Wayne.

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“We wanted to stay generally in the same area because we wanted to minimize disruption to our existing employee base. We have a skilled labor base there and we didn’t want to walk away from that,” Bontrager said.

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The company, based in Archbold, Ohio, builds commercial seating and other products for the health care, education, human services and church markets. It needed space to satisfy the growing demand for its products, particularly by health care providers.

Its 125 workers who are now spread out over five facilities in Grabill will move to the new location, and the company expects to add

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DATES from Page A1 “I had heard that back in the ’90s and the late ’80s that the musicals here were amazing, that the whole town would come out and it was just a fun night,” Davis said. “I would love to bring it back to what it was.

I would love to be able to establish a really strong theater department here.

It’s going to take work, it’s going to take help from the community and help from parents. But over time I think we can build it back up.”

Senior Rebekah Kiess endorses that ambition.

Because of gaps between drama productions, this will be only her third production in junior and senior high.

“It’s such a nice big goodbye to high school,” Kiess said. “I’m so thrilled about it. I love it.”

She has a brief story about her school acting career, and it ends with “Thank you, Dad.” As a seventh-grader, she wanted to try out for the school play. She couldn’t quite find the confidence.

So she rode the bus home instead. Her father listened to her, then brought her back to school, and she tried out at the last minute.

And she was part of the seventh-grade musical.

She would tell other students — such as her younger self — to have enough confidence to get started, take the stage, and let that confidence build on itself. “It’s just such an eye-opening experience,” she said. “You don’t have to hide in the classroom.

I’m very quiet in class. But on stage I’m whoever I want to be.”

On this particular stage, she will be Girl, who will cope with blind dates with every sort of issue.

At another table, sophomore Ben Castleman as Guy will cope with another sent of bad dates.

After high school, Kiess

plans to finish general studies at Ivy Tech and then study for a career. “I’m not going to do anything in drama,” she said, quickly explaining that the field holds few opportunities.

“I’d love to. If I could do this stuff for the rest of my life, I would. I honestly love it so much,” she said.

Castleman, who plays Guy, said the blind dates are “various forms of awful.”

He is in his first play at Heritage, but was in productions at St. John Catholic School in New Haven.

He said both Davis and Kowatch are knowledgeable and helpful.

Castleman said he hopes the public comes to the play because that would mean “we did well, and people are proud of us.”

Sophomore Leticia Johnson, also in her first Heritage production, plays Melanie, one of Guy’s ill-fated blind dates.

Melanie prefers to listen to the Bears game during dinner. Johnson said there is no hope for a relationship between Guy and Melanie.

“I really hope she might find someone like her,” she said.

She said drama is a great opportunity, and Davis is a “very fun, exciting, super person” to lead the program.

She said Kowatch brings so many improvisation exercises, “so many activities for us to do that brings out our inner character.”

Kowatch graduated from Blackhawk Christian School in Fort Wayne in 2013. Her senior year she won the title roles in “Aida” and “Alice in Wonderland.”

“It was a good year for me. I got good roles and experience,” she said.

Her drama studies continued, and last year she graduated from Cedarville University in Ohio.

“I just finished my undergraduate work last semester and majored in

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theater with a concentration in performance and I spent my last semester in London watching performances, and London has really great theater,” she said.

“I didn’t think I’d be teaching but this came about and it was just perfect,” she said. “I love how excited the kids are to learn.”

Drama club meets for

one hour after school, and then rehearsal continues for an hour. “For drama club I lead warmups and improv games,” she said.

“We work on things for the show like project experiences and character building exercises and just loosen them up and be comfortable with each other. I get to help direct, and I help block.”

One afternoon, Kowatch arranged the club members in two lines, with each person facing an improv partner. With an odd number of students available, sophomore Isaac Welch found himself partnered with Davis.

“Remember the time we went to Niagara Falls?”

Welch’s side began.

Davis’s side answered with an ad lib and returned the question.

Welch said he’s not in the cast. Instead he will be working with the lights and sound. He usually prefers to work on his own, he said, but he finds the improv exciting.

Kowatch said Davis connects with the students, and treats them as equals.

“She has a really good handle on how to work with them, and she reads them well,” Kowatch said.

Davis is new to Heritage, but launched her career at Fort Wayne Community Schools before taking nine

years off to start a family.

“I acted in high school and I’ve always had a love for the theater and have gone to theater and musicals, but my experience has always been acting,” she said.

“Emma has a degree in theater and she has experience in makeup and all the things that theater is and she has a full knowledge of improv and exercise and warmups that I can’t give these kids,” Davis said.

“She brings the expertise of the details of theater.

She has been a huge help.

She has been a godsend.”

The full cast and crew list follows: Ben Castleman, Rebekah Kiess, Leticia Johnson, Audrey Renninger, Jacob Krueckeberg, Stefn Wagner, Addison Berry, Blake Frederickson, Brittany May, Claire Castleman, Emily Doust, Jerome Lechleitner, Helen O’Shaughnessey, Michael Price, Hope Baker, Jessica Collins and Isaac Welch.

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Tuesday, April 18 Carew Medical Park 1818 Carew Street, Fort Wayne

Tuesday, April 25 Mount Calvary Lutheran Church 1819 Reservation Drive, Fort Wayne

Wednesday, April 19 Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne

Wednesday, April 26 Parkview/NHC Center for Healthy Living 3350 E. Paulding Road, Fort Wayne

Thursday, April 20 American Red Cross, N.E. IN 1212 E. California Road, Fort Wayne

Thursday, April 27 Towne House Retirement Center 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne

Friday, April 21 University of St. Francis – North Campus 2702 Spring Street, Fort Wayne

Friday, April 28 Messiah Lutheran Church 7211 Stellhorn Road, Fort Wayne

Saturday, April 22 Presence Sacred Heart Home 515 N. Main Street, Avilla

Saturday, April 29 New Haven High School 1300 Green Street, New Haven

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Allen County Sheriff’s Deputies Christopher Amstutz (left) and Kenneth Litzenberg (right) are joined by Sheriff David Gladieux after receiving the County Employee of the Year award.

Deputies earn honors for separate rescues The Allen County Board of Commissioners presented the first County Employee of the Year award to two members of the Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies Christopher Amstutz and Kenneth Litzenberg were recognized for their life-saving efforts in separate incidents.

Amstutz has worked for the department for seven years. He was nominated for putting his personal safety aside by jumping into frigid water to rescue the driver of a vehicle that had slid off the road and flipped into a ditch on Jan. 16, 2016. He broke the vehicle’s back window, and pulled the driver to safety.

Litzenberg has been with the department for 11 years. He was nominated for rescuing a driver from a vehicle that had slid off the road and overturned in a retention pond on Jan. 7, 2016. He broke a window and pulled the driver out of

the vehicle and helped him out of the water.

The two received their awards March 28 during a ceremony at the Allen County Courthouse. Along with their individual awards, their names will be on a perpetual plaque that will include the names of future recipients.

The Commissioners started the County Civil Service Awards in December 2015, to allow employees to recognize colleagues who, in their opinion, go above and beyond the requirements of their position.

Twenty-eight county employees were presented with the County Civil Service Awards during 2015. Because of the program’s success, the Commissioners established the Allen County Employee of the Year program to reward the employee or employees who stand out from the rest each year.

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OZ from Page A1 crew ranging in age from kindergarten to seniors, is being co-directed by Ric Geist and his wife, Beverly. They also directed the school’s fall play last year. The lead role is being played by senior Claire Moon, who was the lead in last year’s performance of “Annie.” Rehearsals began at the end of February.

Geist, a Long Island, N.Y., native, grew up in Bluffton and graduated from Norwell High School. After earning a bachelor’s degree in education from Indiana State University and a master’s degree in education from Indiana University, he spent 20 years as a vocal music teacher at Bellmont High School in Decatur. Both he and his wife performed regularly at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and were last seen as Tevye and Golda in “Fiddler on the Roof” several years ago.

Just after rehearsals began, Geist tore a ligament in his right ankle.

He is wearing a boot and gets around using a knee cart. “I hate the fact that I won’t be able to get rid of this boot and walk until after the performance, but I have a wonderful cast of students who are working hard and are picking up their parts quickly. Their former director, Matt Derby, prepared them

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well,” he said.

“The crew of 10 is amazing. Set construction is on schedule and we have set April 15 for a painting party.

“This show has a special place in my heart. It was my first play and I was the Tin Man in a costume that my parents helped me make. I was in the eighth grade. I recently was the Cowardly Lion in the Wells Community Theater production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in Bluffton.”

“Always a problem with high school musicals is a shortage of guys,” Geist said. “So, our Tin Man is Linnea Karlberg who is an exchange student from Sweden, sophomore Jia

Delong is the Scarecrow and senior Olivia Doreff is the Cowardly Lion. She played Miss Hannigan in last year’s production of ‘Annie.’ ” Auntie Em is played by junior Ashley Chalfant, Glinda the Good Witch of the East is being

performed by senior Maegan Morrolf and the Wicked Witch of the West is junior Kaitlyn Brown. Junior Chuck Borkholder is the Wizard and Uncle Henry is played by freshman Hunter Wilson. The more than 20 Munchkins are students from various schools in East Allen County School System.

Choreography is being done by Jane Patton. New Haven High School music director Adam Moyer, who asked Geist and his wife to direct “The Wizard of Oz,” will direct an orchestra of professional musicians.

Moyer, a New Haven High School graduate, served as an assistant to Geist at Bellmont while he was attending Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne.

“We’ve purchased costumes for the show, and our goal is to sell 750 tickets which would fill all three performances and pay for the costumes. We have a talented cast and we’re looking forward to a great show,” he added.

Young Eagles ages 8-17 to get free airplane rides A Young Eagles Flight Rally for ages 8-17 will offer a bird’s-eye view from a general aviation aircraft.

The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 2 will hold the rally Saturday, May 13, at Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road, Fort Wayne. Children ride for free.

Those attending the flight rally are asked to come to the southeast corner of the airport off Ludwig Road at 9 a.m. to register for their flight.

A parent or guardian must be present to sign the registration form.

Registration closes about 11 a.m. Flights will begin at 9 a.m., weather permitting. For more information, call (260) 402-3478 or email youngeagles@eaa2.org.

The rally is intended

to spark young people’s interest in aviation. Since 1992, volunteer EAA pilots have flown more than 2,024,000 young people in more than 90 countries.

After the flight, each young person will receive a certificate as an official Young Eagle; a logbook to record the flight and future flights; free access to Sporty’s Complete Flight Training Course; free EAA student membership until age 19; free Academy of Model Aeronautics student membership; and other benefits.

Each pilot volunteers their time and aircraft so the flights can be provided free of charge for interested young people.

Rallies will also be held on June 10, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9.

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New Haven • April 21, 2017

Local publisher Fahlsing known for ready smile

By Garth Snow

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William E. Fahlsing, who founded the Times Community Publications group, died March 20 at age 74.

KPC Media Group Inc., which publishes this newspaper, purchased the Times Community Publications from Fahlsing in December 2006. It consisted of four free-distribution newspapers serving communities in Allen County.

Those newspapers were the forerunners to the New Haven News and the other IN|fort wayne Publications that now reach 94,000 households in and around Fort Wayne.

“Bill had been a print customer of KPC Media in the past and, when he was ready to cut back on his commitment to fulltime work, we came to an agreement to purchase his publications,” said Terry Housholder, president of KPC Media Group Inc. “He was respected in the business community and his help with the sales team made the transition smooth.”

Former co-workers and family alike remembered Fahlsing as “Uncle Bill.”

They remembered him for his good humor, and they said he was a strong

believer in community journalism.

“He was a man who knew a lot about a lot of things, and he had a story about everything,” said Janeen Pierr.

Fahlsing was her biological uncle as well as a co-worker at Aboite & About. Pierr and Ryan Fahlsing, one of Fahlsing’s sons, were part-owners at the time of the sale to KPC. Pierr worked as an assistant publisher and art director.

“It was a family-owned thing, whatever needed to be done,” she said. “Since he was 10 or 12, he just loved the news, loved delivering it to people. He loved people.”

Sixty years later, Fahlsing could still remember the names of the customers of his morning newspaper route, said his sister, Elaine Welty.

“He could remember people like nobody’s business,” she said.

“He was truly interested in people’s stories and where they came from and what they had to offer…”

Pierr said.

Ink in his blood

Brant Fahlsing was only about 2 years old when his father began publishing the Saving Times, and was a teenager when Fahlsing launched the second publi-

“He was truly interested in people’s stories and where they came from and what they had to offer…”

— Janeen Pierr, of her uncle, Bill Fahlsing

cation.

“He went to the Aboite & About. And he started the Dupont Valley Times and he branched out to all the other sections of town,” Brant said.

He said his cousin, Pierr, and his brother, Ryan, were integral to his father’s newspaper operation.

“That was one of his lifelong dreams. He wanted to be a newspaper guy. He wanted to be a publisher.

He was always concerned about the community and the businesses. That’s why he had the Times group split up in the Aboite and Dupont and St. Joe areas,” Brant said. “There were multiple publications because he wanted to promote individual little areas of Fort Wayne.”

Judi Loomis owned a writing agency during those early years of Times newspapers. She asked Fahlsing about writing for his publications.

“Bill would call me a lot, mostly because he knew so many people in the community,” she said.

“When a new business

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would start up he would give me two or three assignments at one time and say ‘Can you write something about this new business? These are great people. They really can use a little publicity.’ ” Loomis’ articles would appear in East Allen, Dupont, or the other Times publications.

“Bill was a good guy to work for, no doubt,” she said. “I would edit and proof the paper. No one had a title back then; we worked in an old house down on Superior that has now been torn down. It was a very small group that produced those four papers, and initially we worked out of Bill’s house in Time Corners.”

Loomis, who now does her writing on behalf of the League in Fort Wayne, said that early opportunity was important to her.

“It was kind of on a wing and a prayer for both of us, but through Bill I met a lot of other people that I would not have met otherwise because they were very small business owners,” she said.

Duane “Duke” Currie sold advertising for Fahlsing in those early years.

“He was a firm believer that you don’t put too much advertising in — no more than 30 or 40 percent. He was very much interested in putting good stories in it,” Currie said.

“He always took time to say, ‘Hi,’ to everybody and he always seemed to be in a good mood,” Currie said. “He was a great guy to work for and he loved everybody and he would do anything for you.

He remembered Fahlsing as a football club owner, too, and as a big Komets fan.

“He had a booth, too, and he wouldn’t even watch the game. You’d see him over someplace talking with somebody,” Currie said. “He just enjoyed people and he enjoyed life.”

Currie now lives in Frisco, in the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area.

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“I’d bump into Bill every morning with the old guys that would sit in the corner and we would harass each other,” she said.

She said Fahlsing received a frightening and expensive diagnosis in 2010. She organized a “Party for Bill” and put up signs in front of the shop.

“I was trying to think of ways we could keep his insurance in place and we donated the proceeds from a three-hour period,” she said. “I wasn’t sure how he would feel or if he would be offended. He came an hour early and was thrilled and that whole day we just had people pouring into the restaurant and I put a little jar up on the counter and it was just stuffed with money.

“And besides the money he got to see all those people. It meant so much to him and he told me how he had been reunited with people he hadn’t seen since high school, and that was 50 years ago.”

Hamilton-Meeks now lives in Arizona, where she works in property management and is writing a coloring book based on the exploits of her dog.

She said people need to keep in touch in more ways than by attending weddings and funerals.

“We should be celebrating people’s lives while we’re still alive to do it,” she said.

Besides being a publisher, a doughnut shop regular, a father and an uncle, Fahlsing had a professional interest in sports. He once owned the Fort Wayne Freedom indoor football club. Matt Land was his coach.

The Freedom played a 16-game schedule and playoffs.

“We went everywhere.

We went from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Tupelo, Miss., to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Atlantic City and Staten Island in New York and everywhere in between,” Land said.

“He was great to work for. He was a football fan and he wanted great things for Fort Wayne and he thought football and specifically indoor football games gave the people of Fort Wayne something to do on a Saturday night.”

Land is now assistant vice president for athletics at Trine University.

“He loved winning. We didn’t do a whole lot of losing, so that made him happy,” Land said. “He had a unique ability to make people happy. You don’t get called Uncle Bill by everybody that I’ve ever talked to for no reason.”

Fahlsing is survived by his sons, Ryan (Kendra) Fahlsing, Brant Fahlsing and Blayn Fahlsing.

Memorials may be made to the Fort Wayne Sports Corp.

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FOLKS from Page A1 city be successful. As a constituent and graduate, that’s the way it always was. But we’ve got it back and Ken Folks has had a lot do do with that.”

School Board President Bob Nelson issued a statement on behalf of the board, which also includes Chris Baker, Todd Buckmaster, Gayle Etzler, Tim Hines, Terry Jo Lightfoot and Paulette Nellems: “… we would like to publicly thank Dr. Ken Folks for his service to East Allen County Schools and wish him the best of luck on his retirement. Ken, through his leadership, enthusiasm and energy, has returned EACS to a level of distinction that has not been achieved for some time. This board would also like to thank Ken for being our friend and for always administering an open door policy.”

Also addressing the replacement process, the board set a goal of developing criteria, meeting with service staff and the central administration, and posting and marketing the position

by April 28.

“The board takes the process of placing a new superintendent very seriously and is committed to conducting a search that is as open and trans-

parent as possible,” the board statement said.

“The board will not rush this process as we strive to find the best candidate to lead the school district. Rather than adhering to a strict time line, we have set time frames for reasonable objectives we would like to see materialize.”

Screening of applicants is to begin May 29, with interviews beginning in June. A new superintendent will be named in midsummer, or an interim superintendent will be appointed — if necessary — on July 31.

The 2017-18 school year begins Aug. 8.

“EACS has an exceptional and dedicated staff in place and we are very confident in its ability to lead us through this process until another superintendent is named,” the board’s statement said. The board pledged to search within the staff and among outside candidates.

“It has been a privilege to have had the opportunity to be part of the great accomplishments we have made over the past few years,” Folks said in his announcement. “I know you took a chance four years ago when you hired me, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to be your superintendent. It

has been a life-changing experience for me. I wish you all the best moving forward into the next era in East Allen, and I am confident that this board will continue to make decisions that are best for kids!”

Mayor McDonald said he worked with Folks on many projects, including the pending New Haven school building improvements. “I’ve had quite a bit of input with Dr. Folks on that issue,” McDonald said.

The mayor also cited progress on an entrepreneurship program for all EACS high schools seniors. “He’s been very instrumental in helping to get that started for the 2018 school year,” McDonald said.

“I would say that he has been a pleasure to work with and he’s made a big impact in the short amount of time he’s been with us and has helped us to build the reputation of East Allen County Schools and the quality of our education.

I think he’s very highly respected in East Allen and in education circles.

“One of the first things I noticed about Dr. Folks was his willingness to talk with anyone about anything. He was never afraid to talk with somebody about their concerns about a policy or the direction of the

school, and I consider him a friend to our community.”

McDonald, whose city has marked several economic development accomplishments, said quality schools are essential to recruiting those industries.

“Employers want to know that the education system where they’re going to locate is going to be good for their employees and they’re going to find a solid base of future employees,” McDonald said. “And they want to know that their tax dollars are being used properly.”

New Haven Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Charlie Hatten applauded Folks for his focus on networking.

“He was everywhere,

and if I asked him to go someplace he never, ever said no,” Hatten said.

“The person who comes in (to that job) is going to inherit a very well run organization.”

In April 2016, state Sen. David Long, R-Fort Wayne, appointed Folks to a 23-member panel tasked with recommending an alternative to the state-mandated ISTEP exam.

Folks became EACS superintendent in August 2013, after serving as an assistant superintendent for the Marion Community Schools, where he helped to improve the district’s state rankings. He came to East Allen pledging to continue that same focus on academics. In the most recent round of

grades, the State Board of Education awarded EACS a “B” grade, the same mark awarded to Northwest Allen County Schools and the Southwest Allen County Schools.

Folks has been visible at many school functions and has represented the schools in the community, including at parades and as an adviser to the seven-community NewAllen Alliance.

Folks is a native of Allen County, and a former Northwest Allen County Schools principal.

Folks replaced Karyle Green, who had been superintendent just under four years. Green now is principal at Cocoa Beach (Fla.) Jr./Sr. High School.

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Summit City Singers say thanks for music

“Thank You for the Music” is the theme of The Summit City Singers’ spring 2017 concert series.

All concerts are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome.

Summit City Singers is a Fort Wayne community-based, nonprofit, SATB choral group. The group began in 2006 with 30 singers and now has approximately 60 members.

Judy King is the director and Barbara Krick is the accompanist. This concert consists of favorites, chosen by the choir, from the songs that have been sung over the past 12 years.

There are show tunes such as selections from “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Bring Him Home” from “Les Miserables,” and “Edelveiss” from “The

Sound of Music.” The concert includes fun songs such as “A Place in the Choir,” “Mairi’s Wedding” and a selection of Beach Boys tunes. Other selections include beautiful favorites such as “The Prayer” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

Dates and locations are: Sunday, May 21, 3 p.m., Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road, Fort Wayne.

Tuesday, May 23, 7 p.m., Heritage Communities, 8150 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne.

Tuesday, May 30, 7 p.m., Towne House Retirement Center, 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne.

Sunday, June 4, 3 p.m., Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave., Fort Wayne.

Tuesday, June 6, 7 p.m., Lutheran Life Villages,

6723 S. Anthony Blvd, Fort Wayne.

For more information about the concerts or on how to join the choir in the future, call Judy King at (260) 489-4505.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at IPFW

IPFW has added extra performances of “Little Shop of Horrors.” The play will be presented in the Williams Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students; all other tickets are $18 or under.

Remaining shows are: April 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. The April 23 performance will be sign-language interpreted.

Degree candidates’ artwork on exhibit The works of IPFW Department of Fine Arts

Senior B.F.A. graduates will remain on display through May 7 at the Visual Arts Gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends.

The B.F.A. candidates include: Brenda J. Drayer, sculpture; Derek S. Hibbs, printmaking; Ellen J. Mensch, painting; Nate Morris, sculpture; and Kyle R. Snodgrass, sculpture.

Vera Bradley Outlet Sale begins

The annual Vera Bradley Outlet Sale will be held through April 23 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne.

Saturday and Sunday are free admission shopping days. Hours are 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Free seminar looks at opioids

A free seminar will explore solutions to opioids addictions, consequences and assistance. The seminar will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Public Safety Academy, 7602 Patriot Crossing, Fort Wayne. The Fort Wayne Police Department, Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health and other community partners are sponsoring “Impacting the Community: Solutions & Resources for the Addiction Crisis.”

Topics will include addiction behaviors, accidental addiction, impact of addiction on families and how they can cope.

Registration and exhibitor displays begin at 8 a.m.

Visit http://tiny.cc/communityworkshop to register.

several Fridays in 2017.

The Shrine is at 1015A Memorial Way, between Clinton Street and Parnell Avenue, just south of Coliseum Boulevard. The meals are $10 for adults and $7 for ages 5-12. Fish is served from 5:30-8 p.m.

Fish fry dates are May 26, June 23, Aug. 25, Sept. 29 and Nov. 10, with veterans receiving a special welcome on Nov. 10.

Cedar Creek Lions offer fish, chicken

‘ReNEWal’ art on exhibit

An exhibit entitled “ReNEWal, Art of All Abilities” is on display at the art gallery of First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. Admission is free.

The exhibit features the work of artists with disabilities. The gallery is open 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.

The Cedar Creek Lions Club is having a fish fry and chicken fundraiser from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Grabill Fire Station of Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS. Proceeds will be shared with the fire department to support the Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS and local community needs.

The all-you-can-eat dinner will consist of fish and/or chicken, baked beans, applesauce, potato chips, bread, coffee or lemonade. Carry-out dinners are available.

Adults pay $10, children 4-9 pay $7 and children 3 and under eat for free.

The Grabill Fire Station is at 13413 State St., Grabill. Indoor seating is available in the fire station for dining.

Arts Festival deadline April 28

Cornerstone plans 2-day garage sales

Fort Wayne Arts Festival at Jefferson Pointe will celebrate original music and original fine art.

Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

10. Application deadline is Saturday, April 29. For fees and rules, visit JeffersonShopping.com or visit the mall office.

This exclusive juried outdoor festival will showcase the master works of local and regional fine artists. Offerings will include an array of works in clay, fiber, photography, painting, sculpture, jewelry, metal, wood, glass, printmaking and drawing.

Original music by local musicians will be performed from 6-8 p.m Saturday, Sept. 9, near the Courtyard Fountain.

Cornerstone Youth Center’s monthly garage sales will begin in May this year, with low-cost items available to the community.

The sales will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

Dates are as follows: May 19-20, June 9-10, July 21-22, Aug. 18-19, Sept.

15-16, Oct. 6-7, Oct. 20-21 (bag sale).

Cornerstone Youth Center is located at 19819 Monroeville Road in Monroeville.

People with items to donate should call Cornerstone at (260) 623-3972 to set up a time to drop them off at the center.

Cornerstone does not accept clothing, televisions, computers, appliances, couches, weight benches, toilets or VHS tapes.

History group plans bus trip

Rummage sales support missions

Minnetrista Gardens in Muncie and the Levi Coffin House, the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad in Fountain City, Ind., will be the destination of a bus trip sponsored by Settlers Inc. Cost of the June 22 trip is $50 per person. For more information or to reserve a spot, call Linda Black (260) 747-1229.

Shrine Center plans fish fries

The Mizpah Shrine Center in Fort Wayne will serve all-you-can-eat fish fries open to the public on

New Haven United Methodist Church will hold a three-day rummage sale to support the missions work of the United Methodist Women.

The church is at 630 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven.

On Wednesday, May 3, early-bird shopping will be available at a $2 charge, from 1-3 p.m. The public is welcome without charge from 3-6 p.m. The sale will be open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Thursday, May 4. The sale will close with a $2-a-bag sale on Friday, May 5, from 9 a.m.-noon.

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Fish and chicken fry. Grabill Fire Station, 13413 State St., Grabill. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Adults pay $10, ages 4-9 pay $7, children 3 or younger eat for free. Sponsored by Cedar Creek Lions Club to support the Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS and local community needs.

The Outcry Tour. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m Tickets $19.95-$64.95, plus fees. Featuring Jesus Culture, Lauren Daigle and Elevation Worship.

For details, visit TrinityCommunications.org.

MDA Muscle Walk. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne. 5:30 p.m. For information, contact Clarissa Fenker, (260) 486-6698 or cfenker@ mdausa.org. To register, visit mdausa.org and search for Fort Wayne.

Artist reception. Crestwoods, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 2-5 p.m. “Norman Bradley and Friends” continues through May 20. Featured artists: Norman and Dixie Bradley, John Hrehov, Don Osos, Karen Moriarty, Betty Fishman, Russell Oettel, Don Kruse, Patricia Weiss and George McCullough. Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery is open 10 a.m-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, or by appointment. Learn more at crestwoodsgallery. com.

Spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 8010 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne.

4:30-6:30 p.m. Suggested donation $5. Girl Scout Troop 20763 is raising money for a trip to Cincinnati.

Zoo opens for the season. Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Grounds close at 6 p.m. Adult admission, $15.

Get more admission information and see the zoo’s schedule at kidzoo.org.

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Festival Choir concert. Waynedale United Methodist Church, 2501 Church St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. A choir uniting members of different churches in Fort Wayne will present a program of sacred music. For more information, call Diana at (260) 745-3658.

Lunch & Laugh for seniors. Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave., Fort Wayne.

Noon-2 p.m. Free. The event will offer a free hot lunch. Seniors will play trivia games with and competing against the church youth group.

Other highlights include door prizes, game prizes, and a chocolate fountain. Register by April 16 at fwgoodshepherd.org.

Breakfast buffet. American Legion Post 420, 112 E. South St., Monroeville. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Cost: 11 or older, $7; 5-10. $4; 4 or younger, free.

Sponsored by the Monroeville Lions Club. The meal includes scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, applesauce, tropical fruit, coffee, milk and juice. Proceeds benefit Cornerstone Youth Center, Monroeville. The money will be used for summer programming and feeding youth who are at the center for extended hours. For more information, call (260) 623-2120.

“A Matter of Life and Death I.” Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne 4 p.m. Free admission for all. The IPFW University Singers, Chamber Singers and Choral Union will join forces with Heartland Sings to present a concert including a Bach motet and Faure’s immortal “Requiem.” Vaughn Roste conducts.

Horn Studio Recital. IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. 5:30 p.m. $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 and older, $4 for non-IPFW students, free for students 18 and younger and for IPFW students with ID. Students from the studio of Fort Wayne Philharmonic Principal Horn and IPFW Horn Professor Mike Lewellen as they present solo works and some ensemble selections. Buy tickets online at www. ipfw.edu/tickets or by calling (260) 481-6555.

“What’s It Worth?” Lincoln Financial Event Center, Parkview Field, Fort Wayne. Noon-4 p.m.

PBS39’s annual antiques and collectibles evaluation event marks its fifth year. This event offers people the chance to have their personal treasures examined and evaluated by local experts. The cost to have a single item evaluated is $10, or have three items evaluated for $25. Proceeds benefit PBS39, northeast Indiana’s nonprofit public television station. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the day of the event; each ticket allows for one item to be evaluated. Experts from the Allen County Public Library’s Genealogy Center will conduct free workshops at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Singles dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed Road, Fort Wayne. 6-9:15 p.m. $7 cover, with DJ, potluck carry-in and cash bar. For more information, call Doug at (260) 704-3669.

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Community Orchestra Concert. IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance Hall. 7:30 p.m. $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 and older, $4 for non-IPFW students, free for students 18 and younger and for IPFW students with ID. IPFW’s large symphony orchestra takes the stage to offer one of the great masterpieces of classical music, Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” David Cooke conducts. Buy tickets online at www.ipfw.edu/tickets or by calling (260) 481-6555.

TUESDAY, APRIL 25

Hesburgh Lecture Series. Allen County Main Library, Fort Wayne. Meeting Room A. 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. The Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne and the St. Thomas More Society of Fort Wayne, in conjunction with the Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame, will host a brief lecture followed by a panel discussion on the topic of Pope Francis’ Vision for the Church.

Plesase RSVP by emailing Jacob Benedict at jacob@amiinvestment.com.

“A Matter of Life and Death II.” IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Auer Performance

Hall. 7:30 p.m. $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 and older, $4 for non-IPFW students, free for students 18 and younger and for IPFW students with ID. Different from the April 23 concert, the IPFW Choral ensembles will join forces with Heartland Sings to present a program of choral music about life and death. Vaughn Roste conducts. Buy tickets online at www.ipfw.edu/tickets or by calling (260) 481-6555.

Brass quintet recital. IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne; in the Rhinehart Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. $7 for adults, $6 for ages 60 and older, $4 for non-IPFW students, free for students 18 and younger and for IPFW students with ID. The concert will feature varied works from the brass quintet repertoire. Buy tickets online at www.ipfw. edu/tickets or by calling (260) 481-6555.

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“Jekyll and Hyde — The Musical.” Northrop High School, 7001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Admission $10 for adults, $8 for students.

Timothy Miller directs.

Veteran peer support group. VA Annex, 2500 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 4:30-6 p.m. Free coffee. Visit vet2vetusa.org for more information. This group is run by veterans but is not a VA-run group. Meetings are held each Wednesday.

Living with Depression support group. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 7-8:30 p.m. each Wednesday. These non-professionals have lived with depression and help one another by sharing experiences and through the use of literature. Anyone interested in the group is asked to call Marilee Stroud at (260) 312-6069 for further information.

Diversity Dialogue. YWCA Northeast Indiana, 5920 Decatur Road, Fort Wayne. Noon-1:30 p.m. No charge. Feel free to bring your lunch. Kim Lloyd, a professor at IPFW, will lead a solution-focused discussion on how to end rape culture. RSVP by calling Sue Hiatt at (260) 424-4908, ext. 226.

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