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Making a house a home Salomon farm house needs antiques from 1910-1939

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Are there any pre-1939 antiques gathering dust in your attic?

Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation would love to showcase your treasures in the newly restored Salomon Farm homestead. The parks department is asking residents to help furnish the 1930s farm house by donating antiques from 1910-1939.

“We’re really relying on donations and finding the right pieces to purchase for this building,” said Kellie Adkins, manager of outdoor recreation at the parks department.

Work on the project started about two years

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Restoration of the farm house at Salomon Farm Park is nearly complete. Now, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation is looking for antique items to furnish the home.

ago and is being privately funded by local philanthropists. The renovations have included a new foundation, tearing down a garage, expanding the dining room, and adding an ADA-compliant wheelchair ramp.

“It’s something that wasn’t typical to a 1930s home, but we want to make sure everyone could come in and enjoy the project once it’s complete,” she said.

The project was originally estimated to cost $500,000, Adkins said, but the cost now totals almost $600,000. It’s not uncommon to encounter surprise expenses when restoring an old house.

Just how old is a little hard to nail down. The original house was built in 1871 after the Salomon family immigrated to the area from Germany. At some point, there was a fire

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Patrons browse records at Wooden Nickel Records during Record Store Day in 2017. The celebration will return this year on April 13.

North Anthony Corridor will celebrate Record Store Day April 13 Staff reports The North Anthony Corridor Group invites the community to celebrate the 12th annual Record Store Day April 13 at Wooden Nickel Records, 3422 N. Anthony Blvd.

Record Store Day recognizes the unique culture surrounding independently owned record stores.

Wooden Nickel will host a full day of activities from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Bands will perform throughout the day, and guests can enjoy free

cookies and coffee. Free prizes and goodie bags will also be given away, including several pairs of tickets to Clyde Theatre shows.

Attendees can purchase a “Vinyl Rocks” limited edition Record Store Day T-shirt and Wooden Nickel will donate $5 per shirt to the Community Harvest Food Bank.

Additionally, the North Anthony Corridor Group will sponsor a beer tent with Old Crown Coffee Roasters providing the beer from 11 a.m. to

6 p.m. The tent will also feature performances from bands. The Sol Kitchen food truck will be on site for guests to grab a bite.

Wooden Nickel will also host celebrations at its other two locations on North Clinton Street and West Jefferson Boulevard.

The record stores will have several hundred vinyl releases coming out on the day of the event.

For more information, visit www.northanthonycorridor.org/events or www.woodennickelrecords.com/.

and the house burned down.

Then, it was rebuilt on the same site.

In 1995, the Salomon family donated the property to the parks department.

One of the stipulations of the donation was that it remain a working farm featuring demonstration plots utilizing farming methods popular in the 1930s.

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RiverDrums artists present “art-shops” to youth at Vincent Village

By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com

Performers from RiverDrums, a one-day event that celebrates Fort Wayne’s diversity through the performing arts, have channeled the spirit of that festival into a series of “art-shops” for children at Vincent Village.

For five weeks in February and March, 10 artists presented interactive programming to elementary school students in the community’s transitional housing program, which serves homeless families with children.

RiverDrums is presented

by Three Rivers Art Center for Kids (TRACK), whose mission is “to generate awareness of the causes and remedies of abuse in American society by working with other

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Page 1 “We landed on 1930s because that was a really interesting time for American farmers because of the Great Depression as well as shifting from using horses to do the work to finally getting into tractors with these two cylinders that start showing up. It’s a nice eclectic mix to be able to show that transition of American agriculture,”

organizations to create programs that combine artistic expression with social commentary.”

TRACK founder and community advocate Terry Doran said RiverDrums recently received a grant from the city of Fort Wayne to fund the event in 2019 and expand it to send artists into the community. He applied for the grant from the Cable Fund Advisory Board through RiverDrums sponsor Friends of the Third World.

The grant funds programming that can be broadcast on public-access TV, so the art workshops or “art-shops,” can be viewed by the public.

Doran, who has taken a special interest in the issue of homelessness in Fort Wayne, hosted a Adkins said.

The 170-acre park features barns and farming equipment from the era.

The homestead will provide the last piece to give visitors a full picture of a Hoosier family’s life on the farm in the 1930s, she said.

The restoration has only included the main level of the house, which includes a living room, parlor, dining room, kitchen, pantry and bathroom.

Upon completion, the home will be used for both

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Children pass around an imaginary egg during an improv exercise led by Jodi Depoy during her theatre workshop at Vincent Village.

panel discussion titled “Homelessness in the City of Churches” in 2016.

He was excited to work with Vincent Village and proud that RiverDrums performers were sharing their time and talent with the young people there.

“I hope they feel inspired by these people.

Not only by their talent, but by their character and compassion,” he said.

Each session included two interactive performances from artists involved with

public programming and private rentals. Couples who are getting married at the barn will now have a place to get ready with their wedding party before the ceremony.

Salomon Farm Park is funded almost entirely by its Farmin’ Fun Day Camp and facility rentals.

It receives no tax dollars, Adkins said.

Recently, the house’s walls and floors have been restored. Soon, new cabinetry will be installed. The

restoration has now come to its final hurdle: furnishing the house. The house’s original furnishings were previously auctioned off.

“We’re starting from scratch,” Adkins said.

The parks department is looking for antiques, including furniture, clothing, trinkets, kitchen implements/ware, wall décor, toys, china cabinets, record players, radios, table cloths and seasonal décor.

So far, members of the public have donated a music player, furniture and a handmade quilt from the 1800s. An antique crib that belonged to the Salomon family is making its way back to the house from Florida.

Period items have also been acquired from auctions.

The restoration team has consulted with both the Fort Wayne History Center and the Salomon family’s friends at Trinity English Lutheran Church.

RiverDrums.

Theatre artist Jodi Depoy presented an introduction to theatre art-shop Feb. 15. Her goal is for children to tap into theatre as a “training ground for real life.”

“It exercises different parts of your brain so that you can visualize ‘I’m going to walk into this meeting, and give this presentation and I’m going to nail it’ or … ‘I know this test is going to be hard, but I’ve got this,’” she said.

Teaching young people how to harness their ability to visualize success is rewarding, Depoy said.

She hopes to continue to offer theatre workshops at Vincent Village, eventually helping students write their own scripts and plays.

Additional participants in the artshops included video artist Paul Brandt; musical artist and social activist Diane Rogers; coloring book artist Frank Louis Allen; Ashley Benninghoff, who leads the Fort Wayne Dance Collective’s Pineapple Dance Project youth performance group; martial arts instructor Steve Basche; Ginger Karns, who plays Native American flute; musical artists Kelsicote; brother-and-sister teen hip hop duo The Chrome Cats; and musician Steve Vachon.

RiverDrums 2019 will take place June 15 at the Allen County Public Library. For more information, visit facebook.com/ threeriversartcenterforkids.

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We’re trying to make the home looked lived in and not like a museum.”

— Kellie Adkins, manager of outdoor recreation at Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation

Members of different volunteer groups have also offered insight on what their mothers and grandmothers had in their homes.

Don Wolf, a local philanthropist and major supporter of Salomon Farm Park, has led the project and helped find the funding.

Born in 1929, his boyhood days were spent on a farm a couple miles outside of New Haven.

“It was a lot of hard work,” he said, remembering when farm work was done with horses and small tractors.

Preserving that period of American agriculture for the next generation has become his passion.

“It makes me feel great because so many kids haven’t had a chance to get out and touch nature. They don’t know it’s 1935, they just see animals and have a good time,” he said.

Adkins said she hopes to have the house furnished and ready to open by this fall. For now, the restoration team is taking its time and aiming for authenticity.

“We’re trying to make the home looked lived in and not like a museum,” she said.

If you are interested in donating antiques, contact Kellie Adkins at 260-4276005 or kellie.adkins@cityoffortwayne.org. Donations are tax deductible.

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Food & Drink

Fishing for a great meal Staff reports The Friday fish fry is a regular happening in the Midwest among people of all religious backgrounds, and Fort Wayne is no exception. Here’s how to find one near you.

40 years ago with one full-time employee and two school buses has grown into a service that caters more than 300 events each year.

To find an event near you, visit //dansfishfryservice.com/events.

Dan’s Fish Fry Service Dan’s Fish Fry Service out of Huntington is so popular that some devoted fans follow Dan’s to events across the region. The business that Dan Fulton started

Fish fries in the City of Churches Friday fish fries are popular church fundraisers during the Lenten season, when many people abstain from eating other animal

protein during certain days.

To find a Catholic parish hosting an event near you, visit //todayscatholic.org/ event/.

Fort Wayne Maennerchor/ Damenchor Fort Wayne Männerchor/ Damenchor is a men’s and women’s choir dedicated to the preservation and promotion of their German heritage as expressed in choral music. The group

was established by German immigrants in Fort Wayne in 1869. Its clubhouse is Park Edelweiss Reception Hall, a beautifully renovated two-story barn located at 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. The group hosts an all-youcan-eat fish fry on the second Friday of each month (except June, July and December).

For more information about Fort Wayne Männerchor/Damenchor, visit //

Online Vegan Dining Guide launched Dining and Entertainment

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Local certified vegan lifestyle coach and educator at the Veg Academy and founder of Fort Wayne Veg Heather Dahman has released the Fort Wayne Vegan Dining Guide, an online guide of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants. It can be found at veganfortwayne.com.

The Fort Wayne Vegan Dining Guide lists almost 30 (and counting) restaurants that have several on-menu plant-based options. The interactive map included on the guide will help users find what options are closest to them.

Ivy Tech opens dinner series in April As part of its Classical Cuisine class, hospitality administration students at Ivy Tech Community Colleges Fort Wayne Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne, will create and serve French cuisine to the public.

Students write the menu and cook the meals, which follow the principles and techniques of renowned French chef, Auguste Escoffier. There will be five dinners and featured regions this semester: April 4, Normandy; April 11, Pays de la Loire; April 18, BourgogneFranche-Comté; April 25, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes; and May 2, ProvenceAlpes-Côte d’Azur.

Dinners start at 6, 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. each date in Hospitality Room 1640.

Park in the north lot, which faces Coliseum Boulevard, and enter through Door 24.

Dinners are $20 a person, and wine is available for purchase for $5 per glass or $15 per bottle.

To make reservations, which are required at least 24 hours before the dinner, call (260) 480-2002.

Visit IvyTech.edu/fortwayne/dinners to learn more.

American Freedom Distillery launches in Indiana American Freedom Distillery, the craft distillery of American-made, premium spirits, officially entered the Indiana market at Indianapolis’ Premier Bourbon Celebration in late February. Hosted by the Indiana Historical Society (IHS), the brand debuted its Horse Soldier Bourbon and auctioned off a bottle of its limited production Commander Select.

Horse Soldier Bourbon is now available in more than 200 locations throughout Indiana, including participating Big Red Liquors, Walmart and Payless Liquor store locations. It will also be available in Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, with more locations to come, according to a news release.

Botanical Conservatory seeks butterfly volunteers The Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, needs volunteers for this year’s butterfly exhibit coming up in April.

Two at a time, paid and volunteer staff provide customer service and exhibit oversight in the Botanical Conservatory’s temporary live butterfly exhibit during public hours.

Formal training is required and provided annually. USDA regulation requires that an exhibit containing insects from out of state be constantly staffed to ensure containment. The time commitment for this position involves a threehour mandatory training or appropriate refresher

training annually, along with as many two- to threehour shifts as mutually agreeable during the 10- to 12-week run of the exhibit from mid-April through early July.

Interested candidates should fill out a volunteer application, contact Liz Firestine at (260) 427-6446 and plan to attend one three-hour training session.

The last session is April 9, 1-4 p.m.

For full details on all events and programs happening at the Botanical Conservatory, go to botanicalconservatory.org.

Clyde announces 3 more shows The Clyde Theatre, 1818 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, has announced three more shows with a range of diverse rock acts.

Re-creating the “Thunder From Down Under” throughout the Southwest, Midwest, Southern and Northeastern United States, Thunderstruck is constantly adding new cities and aims to please every crowd, playing the songs fans know and love from all eras of AC/DC. They will perform April

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Fort Wayne Sport Club

The Fort Wayne Sport Club, located at 3102 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne, was founded in 1927 by a group of soccer players who came to the community from Germany. The club promotes soccer football and German culture. In addition to serving as a regional hub for recreational and competitive soccer, the club hosts a number of social events and fundraisers throughout the year, including a monthly fish fry.

For more information about the Fort Wayne Sport Club, visit //www.fortwaynesportclub.com. or call 260-432-6011.

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With steadfast determination, drive, and dedication, HATEBREED cement themselves as one of heavy music’s strongest institutions. They will perform with Obituary, Madball, Prong and Skeletal Remains on May 7. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. All ages are welcome.

Tickets for standing general admission are $25 in advance, $30 the day of and $80 for a four-pack.

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She will perform May 25 in the Club Room. Doors open at 10 p.m. and the show starts at 11 p.m. All ages are welcome; tickets are $20.

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

Southwest Conservation Club Southwest Conservation Club was founded in 1938 to promote sportsmanship and the principles of broad conservation, according to the club’s website. Located on 37 acres at 5703 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, the club hosts an all-you-can-eat fish fry on the first and third Friday of each month.

For more information, follow Southwest Conservation Club on Facebook.

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A visit to Park Edelweiss on a Thursday evening makes it immediately evident why the Fort Wayne Maennerchor/Damenchor has persisted for 150 years.

Men and women gather around a small bar, sharing rounds of beers, stories and laughs. Everyone knows everyone, and some have even known each other for half a century — in short, gemuetlichkeit.

“Friendship, camaraderie,” Klemens Zumbraegel, a German native who has been a member of the club since 1972, explained.

Much as now, the society was formed on Oct. 4, 1869 as a way for German immigrants to keep a connection with their homeland and each other, choir director and 40-year member Tom Remenschneider said.

“German singing societies were big in Germany at the same time. So they came here and they wanted to start their own societies where they could sing the songs they remembered from the homeland,” he said.

The club was originally called the Fort Wayne Saengerbund, according to a brochure from the organization. While seven other singing societies also arose, by 1899 they all joined under the name Concordia Gesangverein. “The last holdout,” Saxonia Gesangverein, joined the club in 1922, and in 1926 the name was again changed to the Fort Wayne Maennerchor, according to the brochure.

A few things have changed since those first German immigrants gathered more than a century ago.

The club used to meet at a hall on West Main Street near O’Sullivan’s until it

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Members of the Fort Wayne Maennerchor/Damenchor rehearse March 7. The choir is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

purchased its current location at Park Edelweiss in 2001.

For many years, the choir was exclusive to men, though a women’s auxiliary was formed in 1938. Although the women’s group began singing in 1974, meetings and practices remained separate until 1997, when they became full members and the name of the group was changed again to Fort Wayne Maennerchor/ Damenchor, according to the brochure.

Until recently, meetings were still conducted in German, Remenschneider said, though that’s no longer the case.

More important however is what hasn’t changed.

All the Maennerchor/ Damenchor’s songs are still sung in German, with the exception of the national anthem and some Latin in its annual Christmastime concert.

“There’s pressure to kind of be popular or appeal to a popular level and change who we are, but I don’t believe we ought to do that.

I believe we need to be genuine and authentic and be who we are and have been and the people who appreciate that will want to be a part of it,” club president Chad Trouten said.

The club still participates in the North American Society of German Choral Singers, an organization it helped found the Indiana District in 1871. And it also still participates in Germanfest, which its members helped start in 1982.

Since the mid-1990s the club has had a relationship with sister choirs in Gera, Germany, traveling there three times and hosting singers from Gera as well.

The clubs will share music and perform together, keeping the relationship to the homeland alive and well.

And though there are fewer German nationals than there once were, about half of the club is still fluent, Remenschneider and Trouten said — and those members will “eagerly correct” new singers who don’t pronounce the words quite right, Remenschneider said with a smile.

“To me it means that roots are important. This is about heritage and who we are and where we came from. We still can celebrate that, I think that’s really important,” Remenschneider said.

The Maennerchor/ Damenchor is celebrating in a big way this year.

In addition to its annual celebrations like Freulingfest, at Germanfest and at

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July 13 — Float in the Three Rivers Festival parade, 9 a.m.

Fish fry — the first Friday of each month September-May (except December), 4:30-7 p.m., Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive

July 19-20 — Cultural Tent, Three Rivers Festival, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

June 2 — Heimatabend at Germanfest, doors open at 3:30 p.m., Headwaters Park

Nov. 16 — Christmas Mart, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Park Edelweiss, 3355 Elmhurst Drive

June 5 — Opening Germanfest show, 8 p.m.

Dec. 15 — Weihnachtskonzert, 4 p.m. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 518 E. Dewald St.

Nov. 2 — Stiftungfest; concert at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and dancing with a live June 2 — Germanfest Mass, 11 a.m., St. Peter’s band at 8 p.m.; Park Edelweiss, 3355 Catholic Church, 518 E. Elmhurst Drive Dewald St.

June 5-9 — Cultural tent from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Christmastime, the club will also be performing a special community concert as part of its Stiftungfest celebration the first Saturday in November, Trouten said.

The event, which is usually open only to club members, will include a dinner for $12 and a free community concert and dance, trustee Patti Knox said. The event will also include German choirs from Indianapolis.

The club also hosted an essay contest for local high school German students about how knowledge of German heritage and culture have impacted the student, and will have a display at the History Center from October through December showcasing items from throughout its history, Knox said.

“Mr. Maennerchor” Franz Magin, who has been a member of the group since 1953, pointed out the club is one of the oldest continuous groups in Fort

Wayne.

Trouten aims to keep it that way.

“I feel a responsibility to see to it that it gets passed to the next generation. I would hate to be know as the last president of a 150-year-old group,” he said.

“For me (participating in this club is) a way to have a good time but also connect with something bigger than I am. You’re a part of something that’s not only worldwide, because there are German choirs all over the place, but also through time,” Trouten added.

When asked what kept him coming back for more than 50 years, Magin simply summed up what’s kept the club going all along: gemuetlichkeit.

“I enjoy the fellowship,” he said. “It’s like my extended family…that’s what it means to me.”

For more information on the choir and its events, visit fortwaynemaennerchor.us.

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A mad whirl Armour finds her voice in the local jazz scene

By Michele DeVinney For IN|Fort Wayne publications

Always involved in music, Trinell Armour turned to more practical matters as she moved into adulthood.

After graduating from Paul Harding High School and attending Purdue University, Armour began working full-time and raising her three young children.

She thought her musical days were behind her until one fateful August day in 2014 when she attended downtown Fort Wayne’s Taste of the Arts.

With two of her children involved with Fort Wayne Ballet, the single mom was there to support her kids but stuck around to hear some music.

“It was later in the evening, and there was a jazz quartet playing so we stayed to listen to the music,” Armour said.

That quartet was the Alicia Pyle Quartet, and among its members is Derek Reeves, a violist for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and a friend of Armour’s. The combo quickly earned some new fans.

“We were completely enamored,” she said. “I love music in general, and so do my kids. The looks on their faces were so great. They just came

alive. APQ fuses jazz with classical pieces that my kids were familiar with. From that point on we started following them around town, seeing them play as much as we could.”

One evening she decided to catch a performance at Club Soda, a venue her kids were too young to enter. Instead Armour took her nieces, and that night changed Armour’s life forever.

“Derek told Alicia that they should have me sit in with them so she asked me. I was terrified, and

finding her voice, and her on stage persona, the Mad Scatter, became a way for her to more comfortably take the stage and sing to an audience.

“From there it just took off. I started working with Eric Clancy, who had taught Alicia. I sort of think of him as my jazz uncle, and Alicia is my jazz aunt. She really took me under her wing and has been such a mentor to me.”

Along the way she started her own record label and has been releasing singles digitally.

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I’m basically an introvert so I was scared, but my nieces were there. What kind of example would I be if I didn’t do it? How can I tell them to pursue their dreams if I’m too afraid to follow mine?”

— Trinell Armour on overcoming her fear

I didn’t want to do it.

I missed having music in my life, but I’d tried gospel, hip hop, all kinds of music and could never find my niche. And I’m basically an introvert so I was scared, but my nieces were there. What kind of example would I be if I didn’t do it? How can I tell them to pursue their dreams if I’m too afraid to follow mine?”

Armour took the stage and sang the classic “Autumn Leaves,” filling in with scatting when she got lost in the moment and couldn’t remember the words. The scatting became a means of

Her first, “Wrong Turn,” featured Pyle while her more recent release, “This Love,” features Clancy.

Another collaborator, bassist Michael Patterson, joins her for her upcoming single, “A Mother’s Love,” which will be available at the end of April. She joins Patterson’s sister, Joanna Patterson, at Wunderkammer for a performance on Sunday, May 26. She hopes to have summer dates to announce in the weeks ahead. She also hopes to have a CD release later this year.

Armour’s music and schedule can be found at madscattermusic.com.

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Trinell Armour a.k.a “The Mad Scatter.”

“When we get out more in the summer season, I’ll have a CD available because even though a lot of people only access music digitally, some of my fans still like a hard copy. I want to make my music accessible to everyone in whatever format they feel most comfortable with.”

Many will relate to

Armour’s lyrics in “A Mother’s Love,” a song she dedicates to her young sons, ages 17 and 15, and her daughter, who turns 13 this year. She also juggles a job as a data analyst, runs a record label and finds any chance to perform. She credits Pyle with helping her find her way back to music and giving her the confidence

to perform again.

“I don’t think I’ve had any other experience that’s been this comforting or gratifying. For an introvert like me to become the Mad Scatter and feel confident performing and writing music, it’s been incredible. I could not have accomplished it without Alicia helping me the way she has.”

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Find a summer camp in Fort Wayne

By Staff reports Looking for a camp for the kids this year? Here are some offered around Fort Wayne, tailored to a variety of interests.

Allen County Parks Department Outdoor Adventure Camp Date: June 17-21 Location: Fox Island County Park, 7324 Yohne Road Age range: 6-12 Cost: $120 Survival Camp Date: June 24-28 Location: Fox Island County Park Age range: 6-12 Cost: $120 Canoe Camp I Date: July 8-12 Location: Metea County Park, 8401 Union Chapel Road Age range: 6-12 Cost: $120 Canoe Camp II Date: July 15-19 Location: Metea County Park Age range: 6-12

Cost: $120 More information: www.allencountyparks.org Science Central Location: Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St. Full-day STEM Camps: Age range: 5-11 Cost: $30 per day/ Non-Member, $25 per day/ Deluxe Member Summer Sampler Platter Date: June 10-14 Don’t Try this at Home!

Date: June 17-21; Aug. 5-9 Design and Destroy!

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Engineering Tech (age 10-13) Date: June 24-28 Mission (age 8-13): Movie Maker Date: July 22-26 Half-Day, Week-long Tech Camps Cost: $125 per week/ Non-Members, $115 per week/ Deluxe Members

Spring into happiness

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The weather is warmer, the sun is shining more and people are in better spirits during the springtime — or at least it seems.

“Counseling people throughout the various seasons I notice more of a depressed affect when I’m seeing people in the winter time,” Dr. Lisa Bartelheim, licensed mental health therapist at Cameron Community Memorial Hospital, said.

The lack of sunshine during the wintertime has an effect on mood, she said.

“When we’re exposed to less sunlight our body produces more melatonin, which is the hormone that makes you feel sleepy,” Bartelheim said. “(At the same time) your brain is producing lower levels of serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter that affects mood, appetite and sleep.”

Not only does the colder weather affect our hormones, it also affects our desires and abilities to take the best care of ourselves, she said.

“The lack of daylight, the cold, it makes people kind of just want to stay inside and not be active.

This impacts our appetite and so then we’re not maybe eating the best, so there’s a lot we might not be tending to because of the weather and that kind of keeps people feeling down,” Bartelheim said.

Fighting the urge to be inactive can be an important first step in boosting mood when its still dreary outside, Bartelheim said.

“It’s so vital to work on your body. I truly believe that mind, body and soul, it all integrates, and if we’re not tending to our body its hard to flourish in

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other areas,” she said.

When the weather is right, there are many opportunities for enjoying the changing seasons outdoors, from tasks as simple to gardening and yard work to more social activities around the city.

The Fort Wayne Parks Department will host Sunrise Saturday Hikes at the Lindenwood Nature Preserve April 20 from 8-9 and 10-11 a.m. There will also be a Spring Wildflower Walk May 11 and 18 from 10-11 a.m. both days.

For those who don’t want to or can’t get out to exercise, there are plenty of in-home indoor options, including yoga, tai chi and qigong “which is more of

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a Chinese type of practice where there’s movement and also you work with your energy. It’s very powerful and I also think its very therapeutic,” Bartelheim said.

She’s also a fan of qoya, or free-flow mindfulness dance that she was introduced to via a program at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective.

Guided versions of all of these can be found on YouTube, she said. The Fort Wayne Dance Collective also offers drop-in dance classes in a variety of styles six days a week, according to its website.

Being mindful of what we’re doing can have an impact as well.

Bartelheim encourages

people to participate in creative activities they enjoy, such as painting, writing or poetry.

“That gets us out of our left brain and we’re not constantly thinking about certain worries we might have because our imagination and creative side is starting to play a bigger picture when we are working in those areas,” she said.

For those looking to learn a new skill or hone one they already have, the parks department again offers options ranging from backyard fruit production to blacksmithing to various cooking classes. More information can be found at fortwayneparks.org/.

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Fox Island’s Ron Zartman retires after 33 years

By Lisa Esquivel Long llong@kpcmedia.com

Some people may enjoy Fox Island so much that it’s a second home for them.

For park and education manager Ron Zartman, it really was home for more than 30 years.

After 33 years of working as an Allen County Parks naturalist, superintendent and, finally, as manager at Fox Island County Park, Zartman decided it was time to retire earlier this year.

Fox Island and Metea county parks volunteers celebrated his retirement at the annual volunteer appreciation dinner March 7 at Fox Island, 7324 Yohne Road.

Zartman, 62, who’s from Fort Wayne, said he felt lucky when he got the naturalist job in November 1985.

“Most people have to move to get a naturalist job,” said Zartman, who retired Jan. 25.

At that time, the parks offices and nature center space was where the Vera Dulin Wildlife Observation Building is today.

“The nature center was

all pine trees,” he said.

The current nature center was opened in 1997.

Zartman started living at the 605-acre park in 1986. The Fox Island Alliance ran the crosscountry skiing rentals, which were very popular, before the county parks department took over the responsibility.

“There was less paid help and lots of volunteer hands,” Zartman said.

“Ron had a long career here at Allen County Parks, most of it before my time,” said Jeff Baxter, superintendent of Allen County Parks.

“I knew him back when I worked at (Fort Wayne) Parks but more as a business associate.”

With so many years at the park, Zartman has seen numerous visitors.

“There are many many school kids he led hikes for,” Baxter said, “and just like a teacher who has taught for many years he probably has led hikes for kids of kids he led hikes for when they were little. He was wonderful at leading kids on hikes and they all loved him

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Ron Zartman, who retired as Fox Island park and education manager this year, started living at the 605-acre park in 1986.

from what I could see. They’d color him thank-you notes and pictures, and he’d keep them up for years. Ron didn’t throw away a lot, never those.”

They didn’t always see eye to eye, but each worked to do what was best for the park.

“I was raised up as a Parkie (more maintenance sided),” Baxter said. “He was more the naturalist (or Reckie (recreation) as we called it at Fort Wayne Parks.”

Zartman had a couple of interesting run-ins with deer over the years at the park.

“I had a close encounter

with triplets, three fawns,” he said.

The three wobbly babies were playing in a water puddle.

“Finally, one stood by me and nuzzled me,” he said. “I couldn’t help but reach down and pet it.”

The other encounter was a little less pleasant, and more reminiscent of “Alien.” Zartman said he had seen the body of a deer that had been hit on Yohne Road.

“I went back one day and all of a sudden out popped this bloody possum.”

He and his wife, Rita, got married at the park 10 years ago this year

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Retired Fox Island County Park Manager Ron Zartman talks with a volunteer March 7 at the annual volunteer appreciation dinner, which also recognized Zartman for his decades of work with Allen County’s parks.

and are now living in a home that she had before their marriage. It’s been an adjustment for him to have neighbors again.

“We’ve looked at retiring for awhile and figured we could,” he said.

Looking back, he credits the help he got

over the years.

“I’ve been helped and assisted by the alliance and volunteers,” he said.

Baxter expected to announce Zartman’s replacement soon. The home will likely be occupied by the park’s maintenance worker, he said.

Welcome spring with an Earth Day walk As we welcome the signs of spring — blooming flowers, green grass and chirping birds — take part in Earth Day celebrations in an effort to appreciate the great outdoors in Fort Wayne April 22.

Get outdoors and take in all of the outdoor beauty of your hometown with these spring walks.

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and take in the sights at Lakeside Park and Rose Garden. Although the roses are not in full bloom yet, you can catch glimpses of early spring flowers.

Rivergreenway by Kreager Park The Rivergreenway trail

by Kreager Park is another ideal location for a relaxing springtime walk. This is a great place to visit if you want some exercise, as well as time to recharge in nature. The paved path takes you along the riverbank of the Maumee River. Enjoy wooded trails as the path

curves alongside the water.

Shoaff Park With the entire trail being 1.80 miles in length, this walk can give you a moderate workout, as well as a chance to enjoy the sights. Enjoy views of Shoaff Park’s golf course as you walk along the wide trails.

Lindenwood Nature Preserve Lindenwood Nature Preserve offers hikers the chance to walk through trails in a wooded nature preserve. Welcome the

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Improvements coming to Monroeville Community Park Contributed Officials with the town of Monroeville and the Monroeville Park Board recently celebrated the start of the Monroeville Community Park Improvements Project and the first of many quality of life improvements to be completed within East Allen’s Rural Revival Regional Development Initiative.

State and county officials and representatives from AWS Foundation and the NewAllen Alliance attended a groundbreaking ceremony March 25.

“The end result of these park improvements will be a tremendous asset to the residents of Monroeville and southeastern Allen County. It will improve both the

quality of life and the accessibility within our community. We would not have been able to complete this project without the support of the Allen County Board of Commissioners, AWS Foundation, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the NewAllen Alliance and the Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council” said Don Gerardot, Monroeville Town Council President.

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In addition to funding from the town of Monroeville, the project will also utilize a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant from DNR, an AWS Foundation grant to assist with the accessible surfacing at the playgrounds and funding support from the Allen County Board of Commissioners.

Work is scheduled to be finished by this fall.

“We are always pleased to be a part of projects like the Monroeville Community Park Improvements Project.

As a result of this LWCF project, residents of all abilities from Monroeville and the

surrounding area will be able to enjoy several new outdoor recreation opportunities as well as several more that have been renovated. We applaud Monroeville for improving the quality of life and the green infrastructure of their community,” said Bob Bronson, DNR’s grants section chief.

“For a park to meet the needs of the community, it must give people of all abilities an equal opportunity to play, relax and meet their neighbors.

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Phase 1 construction of Promenade Park is nearing completion on the south and north banks of the St. Marys River between Harrison Street and the Historic Wells Street Bridge. The city is planning a grand opening celebration for the nearly $20 million project June 21-23.

Now, the city is preparing for the next phases of riverfront development, a project that is expected to stretch along the St. Marys River from the Van Buren Street Bridge to the confluence of the three rivers.

After decades and millions of dollars invested in dikes and levees to prevent flooding events, the city is finally ready to stop fighting and start embracing its rivers, Mayor Tom Henry said in his opening remarks Thursday evening.

“Now we’re at a point where we can embrace our rivers and make them an asset in our community, a point of destination,” he said.

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master planning phase. In his presentation, he shared the public feedback gathered at the previous public input meeting Jan. 10.

Based on their participation in exercises designed to collect public input, residents identified the city’s strengths (parks, trails, food, culture and diversity) and weaknesses (safety, public access and lack of diversity).

Public input collected also pointed to residents’ wants and needs, including a downtown grocery store. According to Rubin, a majority of respondents said that they leave downtown to shop.

“The economic reality suggests that a 20,000-30,000-squarefoot grocery and pharmacy should be downtown because it can be supported by your wishes and wants,” he said.

Public feedback also suggested a demand for more downtown restaurants, housing and office space for smaller tenants.

Rubin said the next step in the planning process is creating a schematic design for the second phase of riverfront development.

Construction could start as early as this fall.

The goal of the next phases of riverfront development is to clear the way for private development around the riverfront, he said. The key will be

enhancing and connecting key areas around the rivers like the Historic Wells Street Corridor, the water filtration plant, the Broadway Corridor and the Arts Campus on East Main Street.

“We want communities to be connected with each other. We want development opportunities that foster that engagement and that connectivity,” he said.

After the presentation, attendees were invited to share their ideas and feedback on what approach they would like to see the city take for the next phases of riverfront development.

Local resident Robert Chalfant shared his idea for a riverfront sky tram that would transport passengers from place to place along the riverfront.

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TEDx Fort Wayne scheduled in April Staff reports Organizers of TEDx Fort Wayne — Momentum have released a lineup of regional and national presenters for the idea-based conference taking place in the city next month.

The annual event attracts optimists who believe creative, generous, hard-driving, like-minded people can work together to make the region’s greatness inevitable.

Momentum is the theme

for the TEDx scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 at Manchester University School of Pharmacy, 10627 Diebold Road in Fort Wayne.

The speakers will include Eric Beck, Jennifer Bermejo, Christie Browning, Jim Buck, Paige Clingenpeel, Jake Farris, Joshua Gale, JoHannah Greene, Carolyn Greer, Daniel Jingwa, Eli Nash, Aaron Robles and Salena Scardina.

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Tickets are available for the TEDx Fort Wayne – Momentum event scheduled for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 13 at Manchester University School of Pharmacy, 10627 Diebold Road in Fort Wayne.

“Building on the success of TEDx Fort Wayne 2018, we are pleased to present TEDx Fort Wayne 2019 — Momentum,” 2019 event organizer Mark Hagar said

in a statement.

“The TEDx Fort Wayne Team has worked hard to curate a collection of talented, qualified speakers who bring unique insights to a diverse

offering of topics and we look forward to another successful event.”

Presenter photos were available at www.tedxfortwayne.com/speakers2019 and brief biographies of

Death Done Differently wins competition

By Doug LeDuc dleduc@kpcmedia.com

Death Done Differently plans to promote its end-of-life and home funeral advocacy services with proceeds from the first micro-grant dinner of the year held by Fort Wayne SOUP. The nonprofit group, SOUP — using an acronym that stands for socializing, organizing, uniting people — collects $5 from everyone attending its quarterly micro-grant dinners and invites the diners to vote on their favorite of four or five funding pitches

they hear from startup businesses or nonprofits.

Its most recent dinner took place Feb. 28 at the Summit in Fort Wayne.

Sponsors donate food for the event, and the money collected goes to the startup that receives the most votes when ballots are counted after the pitches are made.

Presenters have 4 minutes to make a pitch and an additional 4 minutes to answer audience questions about their startups.

Lauren Richwine founded Death Done Differently to help

families in the region navigate their end-oflife and funeral options, including those associated with natural or green burials.

Many families do not know which funeral practices are legally required and which may be unnecessary but have become customary within the industry, partly because they generate income for service providers, she said in her pitch.

Indiana is among only nine states that require the hiring of a funeral director at the time of death. There

is no legal requirement in the state “to do things like use a casket even, or embalm. Those are all things that have become general policies because they drive profit,” she said.

The average cost across the country for a combined funeral and cemetery, if a family chooses burial, is about $10,000, Richwine said.

Cremation can bring the cost down to between $5,000 and $7,000, she said.

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population,” Richwine said. “In other states where you aren’t legally required to hire a funeral director, you can accomplish very similar things for as little as $2,000 or $3,000, so there’s a vast difference there.”

She estimates it would take a family two to three weeks to search and find the information she can give them in a couple of hours.

“I don’t just want to save my clients money; I want to save them time so they can spend it where it matters most, with the one they love. I was made to do this,” Richwine said.

“I have a great-aunt that was in hospice for years and I volunteered in hospice prior to pursuing certification to do this work myself. I’m extremely empathetic and very driven.”

In addition to preparing families for dealing with the funeral industry by sharing her research, Richwine will accompany them during funeral home visits to “sit with them as they go through the price list and make sure they’re not taken advantage of during the sales procedure,” she said.

Richwine also can recommend which funeral directors in town are willing to work with families on the particular types of observances they would prefer, from a wake to an in-home funeral that is more intimate and personal.

“There’s only a few of them that will do that and I can put them in touch with those individuals,” she said.

“There’s only one cemetery here in Fort Wayne that currently offers natural burials. It’s not green.

Green is like another more stringent level of burial, but they offer natural burial and so it’s just something that’s beginning to become more talked about.”

She also helps clients near the end of their lives write legacy letters, which

them were to be posted at the event’s website soon.

Tickets for the event designed to present diverse perspectives on “ideas worth sharing” went on sale March 8. can impart love, summarize beliefs and advice, and share how they would like to be remembered in some last words intended to be kept in the family for several generations, she said.

Death Done Differently has a Facebook page, and Richwine has been planning further promotion of the business through a website and fliers, which could be distributed at places such as oncology departments and emergency rooms and by professionals such as hospice nurses or social workers.

For about $200 she could get an informational flier in the hands of 225 individuals facing a terminal diagnosis, so they and their families will be better equipped to deal with what’s coming, she said.

Within Indiana, “one of the other pieces of my business plan is to duplicate myself as quickly as possible, because it is something that is being talked about more; it is a huge need,” Richwine said.

She does not expect the development of Death Done Differently to meet resistance from funeral homes in the region because businesses like it are going to spread to the state sooner or later, she said.

“What I’m doing is much more common in other states and larger cities,” she said. “We work with them all the time still because there’s going to be clients in families that want to go with all different kinds of funeral homes, so it’s not necessarily that we’re against them; we just want everybody to know what their full range of rights and choices are.”

After winning the vote tally, Richwine said she already has seen families reach out to her from the hospital after traumas, and she believes the boost her business receives from the Fort Wayne SOUP funding will benefit the community.

The amount collected for the winner came to $1,330.

The next SOUP event will take place May 2.

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Physicians share how opioid epidemic has impacted health care

By Bridgett Hernandez bhernandez@kpcmedia.com

Health care professionals shared stories from the frontline of the opioid crisis during a recent panel discussion hosted by Visiting Nurse, a nonprofit that provides end-of-life and palliative care.

The Feb. 28 event, the second in Visiting Nurse’s “Everyone’s Epidemic” speaker series, featured three local physicians who discussed how the opioid epidemic and substance use disorder have impacted health care on a local and national level.

The panel included Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Deborah McMahan; Dr. Matthew Runyan, a

psychiatrist with Parkview Health; and Dr. Ann Moore, chief medical officer at Visiting Nurse.

Dealing with underlying issues For years, doctors commonly prescribed opioids to treat pain without understanding the dangerous complexities of the drug, McMahan said. The medical community now understands that some people have a genetic predisposition to becoming addicted and others, who suffer from anxiety and depression, use the painkiller to alleviate their mental anguish.

Runyan said he sees a lot of overlap in mental health and substance

use disorder, including patients with a history of trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder is not just something that combat veterans suffer from, he said.

Some individuals with PTSD will self-medicate with illicit drugs because getting high makes them not care about their problems. For this reason, dealing with underlying mental health issues is critical to addressing addiction, he said.

Consequences of crackdown In recent years, prescriptions for opioid painkillers have decreased sharply. While this was a well-intentioned shift

in prescribing practices, it had unintended consequences, McMahan said.

Many patients who were addicted to their prescribed opioids turned to illegal drugs like heroin because they were cheaper than buying prescription painkillers on the street.

“Instead of spending $150 on pills, (someone) can spend $60 on heroin.

It’s a lot easier,” Runyan said.

According to the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, 126 deaths resulted from drug overdoses in 2017 — an increase of 70 percent

from the previous year.

“For mental health and medicine, this is the (Hurricane) Katrina for us,” McMahan said, describing the scope of the epidemic.

In addition to the cost of human lives, the crisis is also closely linked to an increase in the spread of infectious diseases, including HIV, hepatitis A and hepatitis C, due to users’ risky behaviors like sharing needles, she said.

While communities have increased their capacities to address the epidemic with medication-assisted treatment

centers to treat people who are addicted to opioid-based drugs, McMahan said another illicit drug has risen in popularity: meth.

Treating a patient who is addicted to meth presents different challenges than treating a patient who is addicted to opioids, she said. Individuals who use meth might be less motivated to seek treatment because they don’t get “dope sick,” that is they don’t feel the effects of withdraw as severely as individuals who use See OPIOID, Page 14

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heroin, she said. Also, there is no medication approved to treat addiction to meth.

Physicians navigate new guidelines In response to the opioid epidemic, state lawmakers have recently expanded access to Inspect, a database that logs what controlled substances a patient has been prescribed as well as the doctor who prescribed it and the pharmacy that filled the prescription.

The goal is to ultimately require all medical practitioners to refer to the database by 2021.

Runyan said the database has been a powerful tool to identify individuals who are trying to get multiple prescriptions for controlled substances.

Inspect allows him to run a search that includes data from multiple states.

Stricter prescribing laws have made doctors more informed, but they have also made it harder for some patients to get the medicine that they need.

Moore practices exclusively in hospice and palliative medicine and treats patients who have terminal or life-threatening diseases.

She regularly fields calls from pharmacies confirming that she did indeed prescribe certain

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medications.

“I want those phone calls, because if they’re calling me and they’re calling my team — and they know the type of medicine that we’re practicing in the community — they’re also calling the other doctors who may not do this on a daily basis,” she said.

That said, the additional layer of oversight is burdensome at times. Communicating with insurance companies to justify why she is prescribing certain medications is almost a full-time job.

“I had my nurse on the phone today for 51 minutes with one insurance company trying to get a pain medicine for a cancer patient,” she said.

Generally, the new guidelines also mean more paperwork, added stress, less time with patients and less job satisfaction for health care professionals, she said.

McMahan encouraged the health care professionals who attended the panel to reach out to policy makers and make their voices heard and their stories known.

“I can’t imagine that you’re not all impacted by this. The reality is you can suffer alone or you can start letting the policy makers know, ‘You work for me and at least this is what I think should be done right now.’”

The next event in Visiting Nurse’s “Everyone’s Epidemic” speaker series is “Signs of substance use disorder

Speaker series on substance use disorder Everyone’s Epidemic Speaker Series is free and open to the community.

Each discussion begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center, 5920 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. Call (260) 435-3261 to RSVP. April 16: “Signs of Substance Use Disorder in Children and Family Members” featuring Captain Kevin Hunter of the Fort Wayne Police Department Vice and Narcotics Division April 23: “Sharing My Healing Pathway” featuring Dr. Carolyn Greer, Andrea Schroeder and David Wust in children and family members” featuring Captain Kevin Hunter of the Fort Wayne Police Department Vice and Narcotics Division. The event is free and open to the community and begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center, 5920 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne.

Call (260) 435-3261 to RSVP.

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2. April 2

Appleseed Quilt Guild meeting: Classic Cafe, 4831 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting at 7 p.m. The Guild is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the art of quilting and providing an opportunity for sharing ideas and learning new techniques. Membership is open to anyone interested in quilts or quilting. Annual dues are $30 with special rates for members age 17 and younger. Members receive the guild’s newsletter, have use of the lending library and attend monthly meetings.

4. April 4

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

6:30-8:30 p.m. Pastor and speaker Donnie Foster, author of “Face Down” will be present. The event will also stream live on Facebook. For more information, visit www.yahwehsisterhoodbookclub.com.

6. April 6

Fort Wayne Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market is open every Saturday at Parkview Field in the Lincoln Events Center (October-May).

7. April 7

Concert saxophonist Ashu: Performance at First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. A free-will offering will be taken. Learn more at ashuonline.com.

10. April 10

Cinda b spring outlet sale: Cinda b, 1530 Progress Road, Fort Wayne. Three-day event: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 10; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 11 and 12. Shop styles and patterns up to 70 percent off. Fort Wayne-made travel bags, rolling duffels, tote bags, crossbodies, cosmetic bags, backpacks, tennis bags, and accessories of all colors and sizes.

Admission is free.

Genealogy program: The Allen County Genealogical Society will present a free program by Sara Allen and Allison Singleton on “DNA Company Comparisons.” The meeting is open to visitors as well as members and begins at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room A of the Allen County Public Library. Gathering time is 6:30 pm. For more information, visit www.acgsi.org.

Audience members are invited to sing along (with lyrics provided on screen) or even sign up in advance to do a solo.

The vocal artists and band will back you up. Food and drink available for purchase. Cover is $5. To purchase tickets, visit HeartlandSings.org/Tickets or call (260) 436-8080.

13. April 13

Soldiering School at the Old Fort: The public is invited to interact with re-enactors and the families who portray the people involved in the French and Indian War at the Old Fort, 1201 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne. The fort will be open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and donations are welcome. Parking is available at Headwaters and Lawton Parks.

Spring Craft Bazaar: Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. 2-4 p.m. The event will feature more than 85 local vendors inside two connected buildings.

Patrons can enjoy free parking and admission. Concessions will be provided by the Allen County Fairgrounds and all proceeds from the event and concessions benefit the fairgrounds.

Spring Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale: Emmanuel Lutheran Church (Soest), 9909 Wayne Trace, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature more than 50 crafters and vendors and a raffle drawing. Breakfast and lunch concessions available.

17. April 17

Fort Wayne Artists Guild meeting: Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. in the Globe Room. Jina Lauer, Service Manager at ARC Document Solutions, will share information about the process of making fine art reproductions. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www. fortwayneartistsguild.org.

20. April 20

Fish fry and chicken dinner fundraiser: Grabill Fire Station, 13413 State St., Grabill. 4:30-7:30 p.m. The meal will include all-you-can-eat fish, chicken, baked beans, applesauce, potato chips, bread, coffee and lemonade.

Carry out is available. The cost is $10 for adults and $7 for children age 4-9. Children age 3 and younger eat for free. Proceeds will benefit the fire department and support the Northeast Allen County Fire & EMS and the local community needs. The event is hosted by the Cedar Creek Lions Club. For more information, contact Rick Slayback at 260-627-2791 or raslayback@aol.com.

26. April 26

Fish Fry: Bethel United Methodist Church, 8405 Lima Road, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. Meal includes Dan’s fish and chicken strips, coleslaw or applesauce, dessert and a soft drink. Dine-in, carry-out and drive-thru available. Tickets available in church office or night of fish fry. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children age 6-10 and free for children age 5 and younger. Call 260-489-3651 for more information.

27. April 27

High’s Chicken Sales to benefit The Cedars: A stand will

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be located at the four-way stop in Leo and by the Do-It-Best Hardware store in Grabill. 10:30 a.m. until sold out. The Cedars Branch Auxiliary is hosting the sale with proceeds used to benefit the residents of the nursing care facility at The Cedars.

The Sound of Soul: Downtown Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Globe Room, Fort Wayne.

11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The public is invited to experience “the chanting of HU—a sacred word that can spiritually uplift people of any religion, culture, or walk of life.” This free event is presented by Eckankar, The Path of Spiritual Freedom. For more information, visit hwww.eckankar.org.

MercyMe 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 $10-$77. For more information, visit www. trinitycommunications.org.

29. April 29

Allen County Retired Educators: Biaggi’s Restaurant in Jefferson Pointe, Fort Wayne. Check- in at 10:45 a.m., lunch at 11 a.m. Email reservations to Mary Jo Purvis at mpurvis1@frontier.com.

30. April 30

Discussion on mental illness: Lutherans for Life will host speaker Emily Boller for a discussion on mental illness and suicide at 7 p.m. in Room A at the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. Boller, who lost her 21-year-old son to mental illness and suicide in 2012, will share her story in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.

2. May 2

Rummage Sale: The Ladies Society of Emanuel Lutheran Church at 800 Green Street, New Haven, will host a two-day rummage sale 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 2 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3. There will be outside sales starting at 8 a.m. both days. Proceeds benefit charities, including the New Haven Food Bank, Emanuel Vacation Bible School, Kenya Missions, Central Lutheran School, Concordia Theological Seminary and other needs of the church and community.

3. May 3

Charis House Gala Live & Silent Auction: Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne.

5:30-9 p.m. Guests can bid on silent auction items from their mobile phone and try their shot at a fabulous vacation and more during a live auction with Mitch Kruse. Guests can also enjoy a meal and dessert, all while supporting the women and children at The Rescue Mission’s Charis House.

Tickets are $75. For more information, visit www.therescuemission.net/gala2019.

A Day in the Country: Woodburn Missionary Church, 5108 Bull Rapids Road, Woodburn. 7 p.m. Musical performance by elementary students in the Fort Wayne Area Home School Drama Camp. Admission is free. For more information, visit fwahsdrama.org/east.

May Friendship Day: Church Women United of Fort Wayne/Allen County will observe “May Friendship Day” at l pm at Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, 1820 Beacon Street, Fort Wayne. The theme for the day is “Agree to Differ” and the Bible Study will be led by Pastor Kara Bussenbarger from Covenant United Methodist Church.

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Rummage sale: Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, 6004 Reed Rd., Fort Wayne. Three-day event: 5-8 p.m.

Thursday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday with a $3 bag sale.

12. April 12

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.

Karaoke Classics: C2G Music Hall, 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Sing along with Heartland Sings through the decades. From pop divas to classic rockers, Heartland Sings channels your favorite artists, performing their hit singles accompanied by its professional instrumental combo.

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