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Some may think that after so many years, local festivals may start to get stale. But Diane Delagrange and the folks who work all year to put on the Grabill Country Fair, which runs Sept. 7-9 this year, insist that isn’t the case.

This belief is echoed in the fair’s theme for its 45th iteration: Still worth your while.

“That means after 44 years it’s still worth coming back,” Delagrange said.

Delagrange knows this fair about as well as anyone. She was on the fair committee for 35 years and her husband, Wilmer, has been on the committee for 44 years.

The fair, started in 1973, pays tribute to the area’s Amish heritage and a slower way of life many people seek, Delagrange said.

“It’s just a small-town atmosphere,” she said. “It’s not a carnival, it’s an arts and crafts festival [that] kind of takes you back in

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The 2017 Grabill Country Fair will again host several performers, entertainers and demonstrations in a “small-town atmosphere,” longtime organizer Diane Delagrange said.

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time.”

Much of the entertainment, demonstrations and contests hearken to this idea. Bob Hart will play the hammered dulcimer at town hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. There will be demonstrations on gourd art, quilting, corn

husk crafts, rug braiding and spinning at the Grabill Missionary Church.

There will be a watermelon eating contest Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and arm wrestling, cherry pit spitting and nail driving contests throughout the day

Saturday.

But even these old-fashioned activities aren’t what get people most excited about the Grabill Country Fair. As with most community events, it comes down to the food and the parade.

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The University of Saint Francis is partnering with Snider High School to launch the Parade of Champions marching band invitational on Saturday, Sept. 16.

Kevin Klee will direct the Snider Mighty Panther marching band for the 30th season. His co-coordinator at USF is Steven Kandow, who joined USF to launch the USF Marching Pride in 2016.

Klee and Snider hosted invitationals for 14 years.

Klee said Snider is the only Fort Wayne Community Schools high school that does not have its own football field, so Snider hosted the event from the Wayne High School field.

“Of course Wayne has a grass field, and more and more schools are going to the artificial turf and more schools were designing their shows for the artificial turf where the props

move more easily,” he said. “So we were losing a lot of the big schools that used to come out to the show and we weren’t making any money,” he said.

“We discontinued it three years ago and this year we had the opportunity to get with the University of Saint Francis. They have a lovely stadium and grand new Astroturf out there.

It has been used by Drum Corps [International] for two years.”

Klee said the invitational will give high school students some exposure to the college field, and will give the university a chance to showcase its campus. “It’s a win-win situation,” he said.

Klee said he hopes 15 to 20 bands will accept the invitation. “It’s going to start at 11 a.m., and that will give bands an opporSee BAND, Page A18

Team Gilbert ‘CUREnival’ supports MDA research Among their leagues of friends throughout the Muscular Dystrophy Association network, they are Team Gilbert. They raise money for research and to fight 44 neuromuscular diseases. They serve as the face of the MDA when fire departments hold Fill-theBoot drives. They support other teams at golf outings and motorcycle rides. For the second year, Team Gilbert will stage the “CUREnival” at Havenhurst Park in New Haven.

Among their neighbors in a cul-de-sac behind Blackhawk Middle School in Fort Wayne, they are simply the Gilbert family.

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last shot at the game that they love. For Raber, it’s also his first shot.

He enjoyed theater at Northrop, where he built scenery. He had to enjoy football from the stands.

“I didn’t have the grades to play,” he said. He missed football in high school and thought he had missed it for life, and then he heard about the Lions. “If I had been told they existed a few years back, I’d have been playing,” he said.

“I’m hoping for several seasons.”

Raber’s story is typical of the Lions, but only in the sense that there is no typical story. They drive in from Butler or from Marion. They harbor no ambition of playing on another level, or they treat every tackle like a tryout for the Arena Football League and whatever lies beyond. They turned

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A couple hundred kids splash in the McMillen Park Pool. Few golfers venture past the driving range. The tennis courts are empty. It’s 89 degrees; no clouds, no breeze.

Sean Raber stands alone on the Allen County Lions semipro football team practice field. The sun blasts down on the drying grass and Raber’s bare shoulders. The sturdy, 22-year-old Northrop High school graduate dashes across an empty field, barrels back toward the empty stands, and dashes back to nowhere in particular.

Raber’s teammates are not late for this miserably hot practice. Raber is 45 minutes early.

For everyone on the roster, this might be the

19 this year, or they turned 19 just 19 years ago.

Kendrick Eaton is in his fourth year with the Lions, his third year as defensive captain. He played three sports at North Side and Bishop Dwenger high schools.

Since high school, he has played only football and only with the Lions. He was defensive player of the year in 2015. “That was the year we won the championship, too,” he said.

“We have all different ages and hometowns,” he said. One teammate starred in college, got an NFL training camp tryout, and is working for that next break. “Then there are people like Sean; he’s never played football before,” Eaton said.

Lawyer Smith III, 26, plays offensive tackle

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Keyontae Green charges the line in the Allen County Lions’ 36-0 victory over the Tri-County Raiders at St. Marys, Ohio. The Fort Wayne area’s only semipro football team is driving toward the league playoffs.

and serves as offensive captain. He played football at Snider High School and in college.

He’s now a barber and a church musician. The three-time league all-star hopes to play Arena football again, and bring home one more championship.

“It’s just for the passion of the game,” he said. “I love the competition. I do this because I’ve been playing football all my life. Plus it’s another opportunity to do something positive. He has had offers from Arena teams and hopes for still another shot. “Right now I want to bring one back to the city, and then we’ll go from there.”

Ryan Townsend walks

onto the practice field, carrying a tray of water bottles and sporting an authoritative smile. For the next two hours, he will be “coach” to the players.

He founded the Lions, and leads them against three rivals in the Battle Ground Football League.

The Lions started the season 4-0, before being shut out in their second meeting with the defending champion Michiana Thunderhawks at Nappanee.

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season together,” he said. “We’re excelled from where we started to where we are now. We are chasing something that we deserve, and that’s the championship and the ring, with the opportunity to go to the nationals in Florida or in Atlanta.”

He describes the team as family. “It’s a brotherhood out here,” he said. “These guys stood together and they play very well together. There may be a little bit of bickering going back and forth in practice, but they come together as a team.

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LIONS from Page A2 symbolic lion — courage, strength. And they carry that honor with great attitude. Sometimes it’s hard to deal with everyday life, but football helps discipline. They build character. They come ready to play, they come ready to listen.

“You wouldn’t think that guys of this age, in this era, would listen to someone of my age.

I’m 44. But they are listening to someone of authority. We sit around a round table. I don’t make myself bigger than them and they don’t make themselves bigger than me. We feast together, we pray together, we play together, and we learn together.

“They come to my house. I cook for them.

We feast.”

The Lions logo is a positive symbol in the community, he said.

“Kids come up and ask for my autograph and they say, ‘Hey, Coach Townsend. I know you.

I watched you play.’ It’s a good feeling to know that we’re contributing to a positive feel in our community.”

Ryan “Tre” Townsend feels all the pressure of playing quarterback, plus the responsibility of being the coach’s son.

“It’s a lot more pressure.

He’s extra hard on me, wanting me to be better,” Townsend said. “Not only that, but the quarterback has to be the general on the field. I’ve got to be the voice of the team. If I mess up, we all mess up and it all comes down to me.

“Everybody works hard. You’ve got to put in the work. No one gets any favors. Even though

opportunity.”

For Raber, who started sweating 45 minutes before his teammates arrived, practice is a reward in itself. He burns off the anxieties of life by smashing into his teammates; they return the impact in kind. Everyone understands. “Every time we leave practice I feel better,” he said. “I feel

good. I’m more calm. I’m just ready to enjoy a nice relaxing night.

“And I’m trying to be a better person. This will teach me about leadership and teamwork. And hopefully, there are more seasons to come after this one.

“I’m doing this because I love the game.”

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The younger Townsend has been playing football since the age of 10, and with the Lions since the team was founded. He also played at Paulding (Ohio) High School, but not at college; “I didn’t get the opportunity.”

And two-thirds of the way through the season, his team had all four games in the “W” column. “It feels great to be able to come back to the squad and be a part of the team and part of the organization and be able to bring home the dubs, hopefully bring home the trophy and the ring.”

Xavier Ballantine, 20, played one year of high school football for Eastside High School in Butler. He gave it up because he just wasn’t big enough, he said. “I love it for the passion of the game. I’ve always just watched football growing up, since I was too little. Now I’m out here, showing up,

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Ballantine’s helmet rises to about Smith’s shoulders. But the receiver’s trap-like grip and sharp turns prove that it’s not all about stature.

“I’m showing leadership,” Ballantine said. “I want to better myself.”

“Semipro” describes the competition level more accurately than it describes the compensation. In fact, players pay for the right to wear the Allen County Lions blue jerseys.

Come to the games, Smith said. Admission is free. “It’s just for the love of football,” Smith said.

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“We want the community to back us up because once we bring home the [champion]ship it’s on from there. We’re going to make something happen and bring football back to the city of Fort Wayne.”

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“What all of us have in common is everybody wants the opportunity to play football again, no matter what level,” said Eaton, the defensive captain. “Everybody just dreams of playing football. They want that opportunity, whether it’s NFL, college, whatever.

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Grabill Country Fair, Sept. 7-9,

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Food, crafts, entertainment, games, parade. For details, visit grabillcountryfair.org.

Bluffton Free Street Fair, Sept. 19-23. With

Poor Jack Amusements, entertainment, agricultural events, a parade, and more. For details, visit blufftonstreetfair.com.

Art at the Riverside, Sept. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Riverside Gardens, Leo-Cedarville. A juried art show presenting local talent and supporting local scholarships. For details, visit artattheriverside.com.

Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival, Huntington,

Sept. 23-24. Re-enactors illustrate the lives of Hoosier pioneers, military units conducting on foot and on horseback, traders hawking their wares, and meals being prepared over open fires. Follow pioneerfestival.org for details.

DeKalb County Free Fall Fair, DeKalb

County Fairgrounds, Auburn, Sept. 25-30.

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Apple Festival, Noble County Fairgrounds, Kendallville, Oct. 7-8. Visit kendallvilleapplefestival.com for updates.

Renaissance in Roanoke, Oct. 14, 10

a.m.-4 p.m., throughout the town. A plein air, juried art show with many related activities. For details, visit renaissanceinroanoke.org/event.

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Firefighters respond to MDA boot drive

By Emeline Rodenas erodenas@kpcmedia.com

Fort Wayne firefighters will support the Muscular Dystrophy Boot Drive, Aug. 24-26.

The drive has been going on for 63 years and was started in New York by a father looking to raise funds for his son, who was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, to attend a special summer camp. He carried a boot and accepted donations at major intersections.

According to the MDA website, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of nine types of muscular dystrophy and is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness.

Sonja Cronin is the executive director of the MDA for Northern Indiana and is recruiting 50 fire departments in 33 counties to help. According to Cronin, each fire department does it “on their own time.” On average, it’s an all-day event from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The goal this year is to raise over $350,000, which will go to local care centers that provide treatment, loans of durable medical equipment such as breathing apparatuses, wheelchairs, patient care,

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The colorful handprints of Muscular Dystrophy Association campers fill a poster on the wall of Sonja Cronin’s Fort Wayne office. Cronin is the executive director of MDA of Northern Indiana.

medical research and camps for children with muscular dystrophy.

“The equipment is loaned for however long they [a family] needs, free of charge. They return it when they no longer need it,” Cronin said.

Cronin estimates there are 750 families registered with MDA in Fort Wayne.

“The most rewarding part of the event is being able to meet the firefighters and first responders. We consider it a partnership, coming together for a good cause, on a positive note,” Cronin said.

“The firefighters will be wearing their helmets.

There will be proper MDA signage, with white stickers given out for each donation,” Cronin said.

Once the boot drive is

done, the firefighters from each department are invited to a special firefighters day at Camp Potawatomi in Wolcottville, where they have the chance to meet the children whose lives they touch.

MDA will then recognize individual departments and can hold a plaque presentation for departments that wish it. “Most fire departments don’t want a plaque, they want to give the credit to others,” Cronin said.

For people who would like to contribute to the boot drive but might be out of town, donations can dropped off at the MDA office at 2817 E. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne. People can call the office at (260) 486-6698 with any additional questions.

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Stargazers caution view eclipse safely

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People all over the U.S. will experience a once-ina-lifetime phenomenon this month.

A total solar eclipse will take place Monday, Aug. 21, starting at 1 p.m. and could last as long as 4 hours, according to Gene Stringer, a member of the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society since 1995. “This is the only one this century quite this good. We won’t see another one for another 99 years,” Stringer said.

Stringer and other experts stress that safety is the foremost concern. The most important safety tip Stringer gives is “not to look at it directly.”

This solar eclipse will be seen only in North America. The disc of the moon will cover the disc of

the sun, creating near night darkness in the middle of the day.

Due to the eclipse’s projected path, Indiana residents won’t be able to see the moon fully block the sun. Stringer estimates it will be closer to 85 percent coverage in the local viewing area.

This means the light level at that time in the afternoon will be closer to what people see at dusk.

“The path of the total solar eclipse will start in Salem, Oregon, sweep through Wyoming and Nebraska, then across and down Illinois and Kentucky and finally, end at the ocean in South Carolina,” Stringer said.

The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society will be present at the Allen County Public Library in downtown Fort Wayne on

Monday, Aug. 21, with telescopes and sunglasses for those who’d like to watch the phenomenon safely.

Advance registration is not required. “People should just come and enjoy,” Stringer said.

“The telescopes will be set with special solar filters to protect from eye damage.

We will dispense solar-safe sunglasses too,” Stringer said.

He cautions against very cheap telescopes that one might find in a basic kit and suggests that people make sure they have a special solar filter placed over the telescope lens before they set up the equipment to view the event. The filter looks like a little black lens.

Without this special filter, a phenomenon that Stringer describes as “burning glass” can occur.

The explanation behind

“burning glass” is that the intense energy from the sun could filter through and cause the filter lens to crack, thus exposing the viewer to serious eye damage and possible blindness.

“You couldn’t blink fast enough to save your eye at that point,” Stringer said.

Solar-safe binoculars can also be used.

For a cool view during this phenomenon, Stringer suggests that people look through a leaf of a tree.

According to Stringer, people will see thousands of little crescents on the underside of the leaf.

The next total solar eclipse will occur in 2024 above Mexico and Texas and up through the Midwest and northeastern U.S. • Science Central will hold a Special Abilities Day

and Solar Eclipse Preparation Day on Sunday, Aug. 13.

Science Central will be open to the public with normal programming, but there will be modifications made for people with intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities.

Visitors may pick up free solar eclipse viewing glasses, while supplies last, and learn how to safely experience a solar eclipse through hands-on activi-

ties and demonstrations in preparation for the eclipse Aug. 21. Solar eclipse glasses are available for purchase at any time at the gift shop.

This event is free to the special-abilities community with advance registration, which can be completed at sciencecentral.org.

Science Central is at 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne.

Get hours and regular admission prices online.

Shrine Fly-In Breakfast to land at new hangar Staff reports Pancake lovers have arrived at a Fort Wayne charity breakfast by plane, car and motorcycle for more than 60 years.

The Mizpah Shrine Fly-In Breakfast will be served in a new location this year. Teams of Shriners will ladle batter onto rotating griddles, turn the pancakes and lift them onto plates from 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at Aviation Hangar 2019 on the west side of Fort Wayne International Airport.

Rotating grills also will deliver eggs made to order.

Sausage, ham, hash brown potatoes, toast, coffee, milk and orange juice will be available. The minimum donation is $6 per person, with children younger than 5 eating free. Net proceeds benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children and Mizpah’s vans that carry children to Chicago and Cincinnati hospitals without charge.

Aviation Hangar 2019 is at 11021 W. Perimeter Road, Fort Wayne.

From Smith Road south

of Airport Expressway, turn onto Aero Center and follow the loop to Altitude Drive, then east. Free parking will be available, with Shrine vans serving as shuttles.

“We’ve been doing this for about 63 years,” said Ellis Ryan, the Fly-In Breakfast coordinator and a former Mizpah potentate.

In recent years, breakfast has been served at Aviation Hangar 13 — the former Lincoln hangar — on the northeast corner of the airport on Ferguson Road. That building also was known as the Mercy Hanger, Ryan said.

The new location has several advantages, Ryan said.

“It’s a brand new hangar, it’s a bigger hangar. It’s modern and it’s extremely clean,” he said. “I think the public will enjoy it.”

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News briefs: Announcements and deadlines

WEST CENTRAL IN SPOTLIGHT

The 35th annual West Central Home and Garden Tour & ArtsFest will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9 and 10.

The tours showcase an eclectic variety of architecturally and historically significant homes, churches and businesses. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. both days.

Tickets are $13 in advance; get details at www.westcentraltour.org. Tickets are $15 the day of the tour.

ArtsFest visitors may enjoy more than 40 arts and crafts vendors, local food vendors, and performances by local musicians and performers. The ArtsFest is free. Hours are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.

Enjoy free carriage and pedicab rides to the tour stops. Or stroll the treelined streets.

The West Central Neighborhood encompasses all of downtown Fort Wayne west of Calhoun Street.

EXTENSION HAS VACANCY

Ricky Kemery is no longer serving as horticulture educator for Purdue Extension in Allen County.

James Wolff is assisting the program as Extension begins to fill the vacancy.

The Home Horticulture newsletter is not being published at this time.

In a statement, County Extension Director Vickie J. Hadley said Kemery’s service “has been valuable and greatly appreciated. A wealth of knowledge we no longer have available.”

CANCER SERVICES PLANS TRIBUTE

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana will hold its 13th annual tribute dinner Wednesday, Sept. 6,

from 6-9 p.m.

The dinner will pay tribute to individuals touched by cancer and honor caregivers and physicians. The event will take place at the Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, Parkview Regional Medical Center Campus, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne.

The keynote speaker at the event will be Kendallville Mayor SuzAnne Handshoe. Handshoe is a retired veteran and the first woman to serve as Kendallville mayor. She is also a cancer survivor.

Tickets are $100 per person. The cost for a reserved table of eight is $800. Each ticket purchase includes one tribute, which will be listed in the event program and displayed onscreen above the stage during the evening. Individual tributes can be purchased for $25 each.

Those interested can call Keiara Carr at (260) 484-9560 or (866) 484-9560 or email kcarr@ cancer-services.org for more information.

FRANCINE’S LISTS LOCATIONS

Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography released the mobile unit’s revised schedule for the next several weeks, including these local dates and locations: • Aug. 12. Faith Lutheran Church, 1700 E. Pettit St., Fort Wayne.

• Aug. 22. Towne House Retirement Community, 2209 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne.

• Aug. 23. Tangles Salon, 6724 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne.

• Aug. 25. Barrett McNagny, 215 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne.

• Aug. 26. Amnesty & Deliverance Community Festival, McMillan Park,

3901 Abbott St., Fort Wayne.

• Aug. 31. DeBrand Fine Chocolates, 10105 Auburn Park Drive, Fort Wayne.

• Sept. 14. Senior Info Fair, Allen County Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne.

• Sept. 22. Health Visions at Fort Wayne Urban League, 2135 S. Hanna St., Fort Wayne.

• Sept. 25. SCAN, 500 W. Main St., Fort Wayne.

• Sept. 27. City of Huntington, 300 Cherry St., Huntington.

• Sept. 29. Byron Health, 12101 Lima Road, Fort Wayne.

Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is made possible through funding from Francine’s Friends, Parkview Health and the Breast Diagnostic Center. For an appointment, call (260) 483-1847.

For the full schedule, visit francinesfriends.org.

BALLET PLANS OPEN HOUSE

The Auer Academy of Fort Wayne Ballet will hold its annual open house from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26.

The gathering will be in the main studios located at 300 E. Main St. in the Auer Center for Arts & Culture. This free event is open to the community and will include opportunities to meet Fort Wayne Ballet staff and faculty, tour the FWB facilities and studios, participate in a free trial class, shop at the FWB Boutique, register for classes, observe classes and rehearsals, and more.

Fall registration is now open for all students and levels, ranging from beginner to advanced.

Classes are available for children starting at age 3.

Fort Wayne Ballet also has an Open Division for adults and teens looking to start

ballet or continue dancing as a form of exercise and enjoyment. For more information on registration for the fall semester, visit fortwayneballet.org or call (260) 484-9646.

WORKSHOP FOR GRANT WRITERS

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The Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing workshop will take place in the Allen County Extension Office at 4001 Crescent Ave. (east side of the IPFW Campus), Fort Wayne, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Friday, Oct. 27.

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2017 Schedule

*Schedule subject to change* • Map location in (parentheses.) Map available on next page.

7-10 a.m.

Thursday, September 7 Breakfast served at the Fudergong (2)

by Leo-Grabill Sports Complex

10 a.m.

Artisan, Craft & Food Booths, Merchant Tent, Olde Church Museum 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Bob Hart - Hammered Dulcimer (8) 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Exhibition Hall - Grabill Missionary Church (1) Sponsored by Grabill Cabinet Co. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Helicopter Rides (11) 10 a.m.-Noon Creating Gourds from seed to art Grabill Missionary Church (1) 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Creating Gourds from seed to art Grabill Missionary Church (1) 5-9 p.m.

Boy Scout Games and Rides Behind the Fudergong (3) 5-9 p.m.

Dinner at the the Fudergong (2) Beef & Noodles 6 p.m.

Egg Toss - Activities Area (4) Sponsored by Sauder Feeds & Jiffy Car Wash 6-7 p.m.

Chainsaw Carving (8) 6-8 p.m.

Quilting Demonstration Grabill Missionary Church (8) 6:30 p.m.

Watermelon Eating Contest - Activities Area (4) Sponsored by Coffee Cabin & The Swartz Team 7 p.m.

Announcement of Exhibition Hall Awards Main Stage (5) 7-8 p.m.

The Chain Gang - Strolling through the fair Sponsored by Graber & Graber Contractors, Grabill Hardware, Phil’s One Stop, Marco’s Pizza & Jim’s Auto Care 7-9 p.m.

John Schmid - Main Stage (5) Sponsored by Milan Center Feed & Grain and Kruse & Kruse Attorneys

7-10 a.m.

10 a.m.

Friday, September 8 Breakfast served at the Fudergong (2)

by Leo-Grabill Sports Complex

Artisan, Craft & Food Booths, Merchant Tent, Olde Church Museum 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Bob Hart - Hammered Dulcimer (8) 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Exhibition Hall - Grabill Missionary Church (1) Sponsored by Grabill Cabinet Co. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Helicopter Rides (11) 10 a.m.-Noon Corn Husk Craft Demo Grabill Missionary Church (1) 1-3 p.m.

Rug Braiding Grabill Missionary Church (1) 5-7 p.m.

Jug Huffers - Strolling through the fair Sponsored by Graber & Graber Contractors, Grabill Hardware, Phil’s One Stop, Marco’s Pizza & Jim’s Auto Care 5-9 p.m.

Dinner at the the Fudergong (2) Beef & Noodles, High’s Pork Chops 5-10 p.m.

Boy Scout Games and Rides Behind the Fudergong (3) 6 p.m.

Baby Crawl - Activities Area (4) Sponsored by H. Souder & Sons General Store, Mother Hubbard’s and The Swartz Team 6-7 p.m.

Bill & René - Main Stage (5) 6-7 p.m.

Chainsaw Carving (8) 6-8 p.m.

Scherenschnitte Demonstration Grabill Missionary Church (1) 7 p.m.

Pet Parade (4) Sponsored by Milan Feed & Grain and Grabill Vet Clinic 7-8 p.m.

The Chain Gang - Strolling through the fair Sponsored by Graber & Graber Contractors, Grabill Hardware, Phil’s One Stop, Marco’s Pizza & Jim’s Auto Care 7-9 p.m.

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Saturday, September 9

7-10 a.m.

Breakfast served at the Fudergong (2)

by Leo-Grabill Sports Complex

10 a.m.

Grabill Country Fair Parade

10:05 a.m.

Raising of the Colors

By Leo American Legion Post 409

10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Exhibition Hall - Grabill Missionary Church (1) Sponsored by Grabill Cabinet Co.

10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Helicopter Rides (11)

11 a.m.

Artisan, Craft & Food Booths, Merchant Tent, Olde Church Museum

11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Bob Hart - Hammered Dulcimer (8)

11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Boy Scout Games and Rides Behind the Fudergong (3)

11:30 a.m.

Buggy Rides Begin (15)

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

1 p.m.

Lunch & Dinner at the Fudergong (2) High’s Chicken

Cherry Pit Spit (4) Sponsored by Dr. Dearth & Catalpa Tree Shops

2:30 p.m.

Spelling Bee - Main Stage (5) Sponsored by Unique Hair Designs, Grabill Vet Clinic and H. Souder & Sons General Store

3:30 p.m.

Blueberry Pie Eating Contest (4) Sack Races - Main Stage (4) Sponsored by Milan Center Feed & Grain and The Country Shops of Grabill

5 p.m.

5-6 p.m.

5-7 p.m.

6-6:30 p.m.

6-8 p.m.

6:30-7 p.m.

7-9 p.m.

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Spinning Demonstration Grabill Missionary Church (1)

1:30 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Mark’s Ark (4)

Arm Wrestling (4) Sponsored by Grabill Automotive & DLZ Indiana LLC

1-3 p.m.

4 p.m.

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Citilink offers digital option for bus passes

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Citilink riders now have the option of buying and using their bus passes electronically.

On July 27 the organization announced its partnership with Token Transit to bring digital bus passes to riders’ smartphones.

Riders can download the Token Transit app from their phone’s app store, the Citilink website at fwcitilink.com or by texting “token” to 41411 to receive a download link.

Once downloaded, riders can purchase all kinds of tickets, from single-use ticket-to-ride passes to monthly passes. Passes can also be purchased online and even purchased and sent to others.

Daily passes need to

be activated “when you see the bus,” as they expire after a time, Betsy Kachmar, assistant general manager at Citilink, explained. Monthly passes need to be activated daily.

This is because Token Transit used a color and photo-based ticket that changes daily, Kachmar said. “[The ticket also] shows you the exact time. It has a moving [word] target and a different pass each day so that drivers can check and make sure it’s an active pass and it’s not just a screen shot,” she said.

Riders do need to have online access to load the pass but not to activate it on the bus. Citilink is also looking into opportunities to make that easier for riders, Kachmar said.

“We’re working on having Wi-Fi at our central

PHOTO BY MEGAN KNOWLES

Betsy Kachmar, assistant general manager at Citilink, demonstrates how to send a bus pass to someone electronically at the offices of Blue Jacket. Citilink began offering digital bus passes at the end of July.

station, so that will make it even easier. We’re looking into having Wi-Fi on the buses. [We’re] not sure whether that’s affordable but we’re checking in to see if that’s something we could offer at some point,”

she said.

Though mobile ticketing isn’t a new idea, Token Transit’s system offered some opportunities that fit well with Citilink’s structure, Kachmar said.

“We looked pretty hard

[for a vendor],” she said.

“This is the first one that we found that really has no capital outlay out front so it’s really designed specifically for small transit systems that want to dip their toe in and look cool but not want to make a big investment. … All the drivers need to do is push a button that we already have, so that was one of the things I liked about it.”

Token Transit is a relatively young company out of San Francisco, Kachmar said. In fact, Citilink is one of the beta testers for the app.

“We’re kind of on the ground floor, which is scary, but so far pretty good. It’s very unusual for Fort Wayne and Citilink to be on the cutting edge but we’re excited to be one of the beta testers and have been giving them some

suggestions and they’ve just been rolling right with it and we’re looking forward to helping them grow the product,” she said.

Though the app was announced in late July, Citilink had been testing it out with some of its more mobile-savvy users for the past month, Kachmar said.

“It seems to be working really well,” she said, adding they haven’t received a lot of feedback, which she considers a positive.

The intent of the app is to create – rather than replace – other options to make buying a bus ticket as easy as possible.

“We’re not going to get rid of regular tickets. We’ll still take cash for the rest of our lives, so this is just another opportunity to ride,” she said.

Flyover to introduce Huntertown parade Staff reports Huntertown’s Heritage Days finishes its three-day run Saturday, Aug. 11.

An 11 a.m. flyover will precede the parade. The 10th anniversary Sweet Aviation flyover features an aerobatic plane and helicopter from Smith Field.

“There aren’t many parades that start with the

audience watching the sky,” festival committee chair Jenny McComb said. “However, Huntertown residents know that after the flyover, it’s ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ and then the parade is off and running.”

The parade will feature motorcyclists from Auburn’s Godfathers Motorcycle Club, the Post

97 American Legion Riders and the Phoenix Sisterhood.

The Carroll High School band and Allen County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard will also march.

WANE-TV’s Hannah Strong and Rod Hissong will emcee.

Our Hope Lutheran Church will honor Ed Myers, previous owner of Myers Service Station and

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Myers’ son, Rod, and his wife, Mimi, are this year’s parade grand marshals. The couple owns Myers Service Station and the Kitchen Table restaurant in Huntertown.

A craft fair will take place Saturday after the parade, and Soarin’ Hawk will give a raptor rehabilitation demonstration later that afternoon. The Huntertown Historical Society is once again this year’s centerpiece, as its “Remembering the Civil War” theme aims to educate festivalgoers on Huntertown’s connection to the war and the Underground Railroad. The Historical Society’s display will be in the Huntertown Fire Department from noon-4 p.m.

The locally owned Feders BBQ Pit food truck will serve outside the beer tent.

There will be events for everyone, said McComb.

“It’s for the whole family, young and old,” she said.

Activities will take place throughout downtown Huntertown, as festivalgoers flood the Huntertown Family Park, Huntertown Elementary School and the fire station.

The schedule is subject to change, but Saturday events include: • 11 a.m.-3 p.m. – American Red Cross blood drive (Huntertown Elementary School) • Noon-1 p.m. – Children’s games (Huntertown Family Park) • Noon-6 p.m. – Craft and vendor market (Huntertown Family Park) • Noon-11 p.m. – Carnival (Huntertown Family Park) • Noon-4 p.m. – Whack a Car (Myers Service Station) • Noon-1:30 p.m. – Entries for pie contest accepted (Huntertown Fire

Department) • 1-2:30 p.m. – Talent contest (Huntertown Family Park amphitheater) • 2 p.m. – Softball (behind Huntertown Elementary School) • 2:30-3 p.m. – Cardboard box contest (Huntertown Family Park amphitheater) • 3 p.m. – Pie auction (Huntertown Fire Department) • 3:30-4:30 p.m. – Soarin’ Hawk raptor rehabilitation demonstration (Huntertown Family Park amphitheater) • 4:30 – Family Olympics (Huntertown Family Park amphitheater) • 5-6 p.m. – Bingo (Huntertown Family Park amphitheater) • 7-10 p.m. – Karaoke (Huntertown Family Park amphitheater) • 8:45 p.m.-12:15 a.m.

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“Aug. 30 marks how far into 2017 a black woman worked in order to earn what a white man earned in 2016. We will be continuing the conversation about pay equity throughout the year,” the organization said in a statement.

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Shriners fly in from Cincinnati, Toledo or other cities, or from just across town at Smith Field, for a morning of food and

November and then removed during the winter months.

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return to school year hours on Aug. 16. Hours are: Monday and Tuesday, closed; Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Science Central will be closed Sept. 4-8 and 11-18 for the annual shutdown, a time for thorough cleaning and exhibit

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with rivers. Key concepts include river commerce, culture and conservation.

Science Central is at 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. Regular admission is $8 for ages 3 and up.

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On Friday, Nov. 3, Science Central will host Mixology, its annual, science-theme fundraiser, featuring drinks, food, live music, science activities and a silent auction.

Science Central is at 1950 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne.

Proceeds will support the ongoing operations and mission of Science Central and fund Science Central’s exhibits and programming.

Tickets are available through Oct. 1 for $60 per person, $110 for two, or $300 for a group of six. Prices increase Oct. 2. The group package does not include a table reservation. Get details at sciencecentral.org.

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Northeast News • August 11, 2017

Eagle Marsh oversight agency completes move

By Steve Penhollow For the Northeast News

Little River Wetlands Project has completed its move to an office on the eastern edge of Eagle Marsh.

The agency opened Aug. 2 at 5000 Smith Road, Fort Wayne, after outgrowing its office in an office off Engle Road. The move took several days. “We just have a couple more photos to hang on the walls,” administrative support specialist Cassandra Ferris said Aug. 7.

“We’re more than doubling our current space,” Betsy Yankowiak, director of preserves and programs, said of the move.

The old location is surrounded by the trees overlooking Eagle Marsh.

The new location offers a closer look at the eagles and wetlands for which the enterprise is named.

Founded in 1990, the Little River Wetlands Project is a nonprofit land

FAIR from Page A1 “We do have a nice long parade,” Delagrange said of the procession taking place Saturday at 10 a.m.

Another similar and popular event takes place Friday at 7 p.m.

“What attracts people to the fair is the children’s pet parade,” Delagrange said. Children are invited

trust devoted to rehabilitating and conserving wetlands in the watershed of the Little River, a headwaters tributary of the Wabash River. LRWP protects almost 1,200 acres, in Eagle Marsh, Arrowhead Marsh and Arrowhead Prairie.

The new office has a large conference room equipped with projector, projection screen and TV monitor. There will also be a secondary meeting room, Yankowiak said, and an enlarged working space for volunteers.

“Our volunteers have been working in an office [space] that is maybe 10’ x 10’. We have volunteers that come in weekly. Their space is expanding fourfold. They’re going to be so excited,” she said.

The Little River Wetlands Project is growing in other ways, Yankowiak said.

It has added new employees and a new position to address fresh challenges.

Kristen Peck has come aboard as communications and major events coordinator, Yankowiak said.

“This is the first time we’ve had anyone handling our communications,” she said. “We have had lots of volunteers handling that activity. But it became too

to don costumes and bring their pets — who may or may not also be in costume — and parade around the activities area. Contestants are judged and can receive prizes.

As many as 50 children have shown up for the event in years past, Delagrange said.

Then there’s the food. A lot of the culinary cravings

are satisfied at the Fudergong on First and West streets.

The name “fudergong” means “grazing place” or “meeting place,” and seeks to be a place where people can gather and eat together, Delagrange said.

The Fudergong serves breakfast every morning from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. On Thursday it also serves beef

big for volunteers.”

Peck previously handled communications for IPFW and Mystic Brush, a face-painting company, Yankowiak said.

The Little River Wetlands Project has also engaged the services of a new wetlands education coordi-

nator, she said.

Dana Claussen, a recent University of Saint Francis graduate who served a wetlands internship in the office, has been promoted to the full-time position.

Freya Bernston is the Project’s new volunteer program manager, Yankowiak said.

She is an Indiana Master Naturalist, she said, who has special dragonfly expertise.

“I am so excited,” Yankowiak said. “We were just talking about this dragonfly program we’re going to do and she was like, ‘Oh, I used to catch them and tag them.’”

Maintenance and upkeep on the federally funded berm project that was completed a year ago continues, she said.

The $3.5 million Eagle Marsh berm is 10 feet tall and 2 miles long and is designed to prevent Asian carp, an invasive species, from reaching the Great Lakes.

“Every month we walk down the berm and make sure there are no holes through it, even though I am sure our volunteers and hikers and runners would tell us,” Yankowiak said.

“And we also do it after every rain — make sure there are no erosion issues.”

The Little River Wetlands Project has been charged with establishing native plants on the sides of the berm and along all the surfaces that were disturbed during the construction.

“That’s the hardest part,” she said. “The hardest, most intensive part of habitat restoration especially with wetlands is the first few years…”

What makes this endeavor especially difficult is, Yankowiak said, is the goal of curtailing undesirable vegetation while trying to help desirable native plant life thrive.

Visit lrwp.org for a summary of the group’s mission and a list of upcoming activities.

and noodles, which Delagrange called “a national treasure out here.” Friday will also feature beef and noodles and High’s Pork Chops, and High’s Chicken will be featured for most of the day Saturday.

There will also be food vendors who will offer their own popular items to hungry fairgoers.

“The big attraction from

the food vendors would be walleye fish sandwiches, barbecue, tenderloins, apple dumplings,” Delagrange said. “I think [people] look forward to all the homemade foods.”

The main entertainment for the weekend will be John Schmid on Thursday, Bill and René Russell and Wickle Creek on Friday and Chris Worth on

Saturday — all of which is free.

Parking is free too, and a free shuttle is available Friday and Saturday from Leo High School.

“People like our fair because you don’t have to pay for parking,” Delagrange said. “The only money you spend is what you eat or the crafts you buy.”

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Staff members see the edge of Eagle Marsh at Little River Wetlands Project’s new office at 5000 Smith Road in southwest Fort Wayne. Shown in advance of the move are (from left): Freya Bernston, volunteer program manager; Kristen Peck, communications and major events coordinator; Betsy Yankowiak, director of preserves and programs; Amy Silva, executive director; Dana Claussen, wetlands education coordinator; and (not shown) Cassandra Ferris, administrative support specialist.

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Northeast News • August 11, 2017

TVC places volunteers in important service roles

By Rod King

For the Northeast News

“Volunteerism has changed greatly in the last couple decades,” said Jean Joley, executive director of The Volunteer Center on Lake Avenue.

People prefer sporadic opportunities that match their passions, instead of regularly scheduled activities such as pushing wheelchairs or picking up trash in a park. They also want training so they can successfully carry out their volunteer responsibilities.

“Volunteering is more than cleaning up along a highway,” Joley said. “The Volunteer Center provides a corps of volunteers to fill important community roles by offering meaningful opportunities relevant to their skills, abilities and interests.

Persons wishing to work with veterans, serve food at the Rescue Mission, assist at Community Harvest Food Bank or learn to work with the homeless can find what they’re looking for at TVC. “Though seven of 10 who volunteer are seniors and have more time, we’re seeing more younger people getting involved. High school students want to be able to put on their college applications that they are involved in the community, and millenniums want it on their resumes.”

TVC, which was founded in 1971, provides volunteers to 93 local not-for-profit, civic and faith-based agencies throughout the county. Their long list of agencies, to name a few, ranges from Allen County SPCA, Hispanic Development Center,

PHOTO BY ROD KING

Jean Joley, center, executive director of The Volunteer Center on Lake Avenue, is flanked by staff members Anna Etter and Gretchen Neuhaus. The agency’s 1,218 volunteers served a total of 121,000 hours in the Allen County community last year.

Little River Wetlands Project and Science Central to Camp Red Cedar, Dare to Dream Youth Ranch, The Salvation Army, The Franciscan Center and Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation. The agency’s volunteer guide book lists them all.

More information can be obtained on the TVC web site at www.volunteerfortwayne.org.

“Several signature programs define the work of TVC,” Joley said. “We’re probably best known for our Coats for Kids program which last year distributed more than 4,000 new and gently used coats to children in local schools, shelters and social service agencies. Since 2000 we’ve handed out over 50,000 coats.”

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housing, educational grants, driver’s licenses or food stamps. The Second Chance Expungement Initiative that helps them obtain a letter clearing their status was the idea of Director Joley’s son, David, in 2015. At the present it’s the only program of its kind in the state. Last year they helped more than 1,200 individuals seeking expungement.

“Our volunteers have provided exceptional assistance to not-for-

profit agencies, churches and other organizations.

The Benefits Enrollment Team provides trained and certified volunteers to agencies to assist clients obtain Indiana Assistance Benefits such as Indiana unemployment, food stamps and medicaid benefits. The program was expanded recently to include help in enrolling individuals in the Health Marketplace and Health Initiative Program 2.0 enrollment under the Affordable Care Act,” Joley said. TVC also supported more than 400 military families facing deployment.

“We’re sort of a clearing house for volunteers,” Joley said.

“A month ago we got a request from Community Harvest Food Bank for help on a specific Saturday. We sent out a Facebook appeal asking for volunteers and 50 showed up.

E-mail blasts are sent out once a week listing the various volunteer opportunities available.

We receive requests from corporations asking for volunteer projects that their employees can get involved in.

“Unfortunately we lose a lot of good volunteers because they get hired by

the agencies they were sent to help. I guess I should feel good about that because it fortifies the fact that they were carefully screened, well trained and chosen by our staff for specific long-term, short-term or sporadic event tasks. Last year our 1,218 volunteers served a total of 121,000 hours in the Allen County community.”

Like many of the agencies they serve, TVC relies on volunteers to support its four paid staff members. Joley’s staff includes program manager Anna Etter, site and training coordinator Gretchen Neuhaus and receptionist/clerk Liz Merkle.

Joley, a native of the Detroit area, came to Fort Wayne in 1972 on the nursing staff of St. Joseph Hospital. She taught nursing for 20 years and was director of nursing at St. Joe for six years. When the executive director position at TVC opened in November 1987 she jumped at the opportunity to be able to be involved in helping meet community needs on such a broad scale.

“It has been a very rewarding and totally absorbing experience,” she added.

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Northeast News • August 11, 2017

Maumee show features adaptable Autotractor Staff reports

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If you admire old tractors and love sweetcorn, bring $1,680 to the Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association 40th Anniversary Show. If your appetite is more limited, bring 1,679 friends.

Either way, the three-day show will offer the very latest in the very oldest tractors that ever pulled a plow.

Roger Schuller knows a thing or two about vintage machines. He’s the marketing coordinator for the sponsoring organization. “I have a 1913 Case tractor — not steam engine, but tractor — that was the second year they made them,” he said. His Case is from the steel wheels era, before rubber tires became widely available. He has owned, watched and operated old iron, but this year’s featured tractor impresses even Schuller.

The 1938 UDLX Minneapolis-Moline tractor was rare even when it was manufactured in 1938.

Only 150 rolled off the line. The futuristic implement was designed to farm on weekdays then get slicked up and go to church and shopping on weekends.

“It has an enclosed cab with a radio, heater, windshield wipers and a road gear so you could drive it down the road,” Schuller

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The Autotractor could pull farm implements or switch to road gear to go to town. Visitors to an antique tractor show will see one of the approximately 30 remaining Autotractors.

said. “It is very rare, and few were built.”

An estimated 25-30 Autotractors remain.

One sold at auction in New Paris, Ind., in 2014 for $142,500. Schuller predicted that any future sale prices will be even higher.

“I’ve never seen one run, in the 50 years I’ve been in this business,” Schuller said. The Fort Wayne businessman who is lending the tractor prefers to be anonymous.

The antique tractor club is featuring Minneapolis-Moline products this year, along with Huber, Co-op and Cockshutt.

The show will be held Aug.17-20 at Jefferson Township Park, east of New Haven, between U.S. 30 and U.S. 24 at 1720

Webster Road just north of Dawkins Road. More information and a map and schedule can be found at www.maumeevalley.org.

Daily admission is $7, and a four-day pass is available. Children 12 and younger and exhibitors are admitted free. Parking is free. The Nickel Plate Road 765 Steam Train Museum is having an open house next door on Saturday and Sunday.

St. Paul Lutheran Church Youth Group will serve Andy’s Knockout Chicken from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and pulled pork dinners and sandwiches on Saturday from 11 a.m-7 p.m. Many other food vendors also will be serving food.

Steamed sweet corn will be served all four days.

At $1 an ear, it’s easy to

move plenty of corn. A steam engine from the Army depot next-door generates steam to cook the corn. “So they melt the butter and they just peel the husks back and hand it to people,” Schuller said.

And should the supply run dangerously low by Saturday afternoon, the show has another 20 dozen on stand-by.

“We will be threshing wheat, sawing lumber and plowing with steam engines and tractors,” the association said in a statement.

See displays of tractors, gas engines, farm equipment, cars and trucks. The DeKalb County Horsemen will give hayrides and demonstrations using horses and mules on Friday and Saturday.

Entertainment on Friday will feature Appalachian music from 7-9 p.m. The Applejack Kloggers will perform at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday. The Scott Brothers will bring bluegrass music from 7-9 p.m.

The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society will have their observatory open Saturday night for stargazing and there will be “steam engine fireworks” spark show Friday and Saturday nights if the weather cooperates.

On Sunday, there will be a church service at 9 a.m. and the American Legion Band will perform at 1:30 p.m.

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Northeast News • August 11, 2017

Church musician accepts statewide choral post

By Rod King

For the Northeast News

To say that Mitch Rorick’s life is consumed with music is a huge understatement. First off, he’s associate director of music at Trinity English Lutheran Church in downtown Fort Wayne.

That means he and Director of Music Bob Hobby alternate playing the organ for church services and conducting the adult choir. Directing the children’s choir (third- through sixthgraders) falls under his scope of responsibility.

He directs two handbell choirs at his church. He also conducts the Boys Choir of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, is faculty adviser/director of the IPFW Singing Dons male chorus and sings baritone with Heartland Sings.

On top of all that, Rorick has been named president-elect of the Indiana Choral Directors Association. His first job with the Association is to start figuring out the logistics for the organization’s 2018 Summer Conference to be held at the University of Indianapolis. He’s charged

PHOTO BY ROD KING

Newly named president-elect of the Indiana Choral Directors Association, Mitch Rorick is associate director of music at Trinity English Lutheran Church.

with finding housing for 100 choral directors from throughout Hoosierland and providing them with food. Rorick is already searching out clinicians (choral music experts) from outside the state to lead seminars. The All-State Jazz Honor Choir made up of high school students from across the state will perform.

Rorick, who will

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and chaperones in the church’s youth choir (grades seven through 12) went to Mackinac Island this summer as a treat for their hard work throughout the year rehearsing and singing at church services. “It

included singing at a church in Holland, Michigan, community and spiritual enrichment and a lot of fun,” said Rorick. He also took his grade school choir to Cincinnati where they sang at a church, gobbled up Skyline Chili and visited the Newport, Ky., aquarium. Also this summer, he worked with students attending the church’s Shining Lights Summer Fine Arts program which concluded with him serving as musical director for a Christian musical production.

The Columbus, Ohio, native began his music career as an alto saxophonist in the Grove City High School marching band. At Wheaton College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance on the pipe organ, he began broadening his tastes to include choral music.

His master’s degree from Indiana University is in organ and church music

and he has a second master’s degree in choral conducting from Florida State University.

Rorick married Laura Dallman five years ago and moved to Fort Wayne to assume his present position at Trinity English Lutheran Church. At that time the couple made an ironclad agreement that when she completed her doctorate in musicology from Indiana University they would go to Europe.

They’re presently touring France, Germany and Italy.

He readily admits that music is a big part of his life. “I like choral music because it encompasses a wide variety of styles and is something I can do for the rest of my life. I welcome others to participate in this great choral art,” he said. Rorick is a member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, Choristers Guild and Toastmasters.

He’s also an avid Ohio State University football fan.

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MDA from Page A1 this year. Big Sister feigns embarrassment; she is not convincing.

“We’ve been in the same school before.” Maddie is into choir and other forms of music. She helped to collect money at last year’s inaugural CUREnival.

Zach enjoys online games. He likes fishing, too; “He pulled in one that big” — about the length of a forearm — B.J. says.

Mason enjoys his wrestling action figures. He was in the hospital not long ago. “I was leaving and he asked when I would be back,” B.J. says.

“I thought he didn’t want me to leave. But he just wanted to know when I could bring those wrestling figures.”

Shannon has taken the summer off to be closer to Mason after his health episode. B.J. gets home from a day as breadwinner and instantly becomes the team coach and family spokesman.

All about them are the symbols of families enjoying the moment.

A pool in the backyard.

Bicycles in the garage.

Two dogs. One cat.

So, too, are almost invisible reminders that things are not exactly as they would like. Wheelchair lifts extend behind the three vans in the driveway. Though B.J. zoomed in from work and parked almost noncha-

lantly on the left side of the drive, he left a gap just wide enough for Zach to motor between the parked vans. At each door, a shallow ramp connects one side to the other.

They are a family. They are individuals. Yet they are never completely removed from the common adversary that makes them Team Gilbert.

Medical research is vital and progress is ongoing, B.J. says. “The boys have Duchene muscular dystrophy and just with their [specific diagnosis] there have been four different treatments that have come out to help prolong, to get the nagging stuff down, to slow the progressions down,” he says.

Team Gilbert began fundraising about five years ago. “The first year we didn’t raise a whole lot of money. But the last five years we’ve raised $35,000. That’s our family and friends, too.

And that’s not including the events where we’re helping other people raise money.

“Most of our family is in town. From her side and my side there are probably 50-60 people who live in Fort Wayne. And her sisters are thinking of coming from Arizona, and there’s family in Michigan.”

Come to CUREnival, B.J. says. Or donate by following directions on the MDA’s website. Or

follow mda.org for other fundraisers throughout northeast Indiana. “They share everybody’s events and there’s always something going on,” he says.

“All that money goes into one pile and if they get a grant through MDA they’re signing on to share their information, so this doctor gets to see what this other guy’s doing,” he says. “And they have conferences every year where they get to see what’s working and what’s not working.”

The family first recognized their challenge when Zach was in about the sixth grade. They recognized Mason’s symptoms when he was in about the third grade.

Last year’s inaugural CUREnival netted about $6,500 for MDA. “We kicked it into high gear this year,” B.J. says.

“These guys are as much of this as anyone. What helps them helps others.”

The Gilberts know many other families and teams who do whatever they can to support research toward a cure.

They understand the difference between hope and promise. B.J. hopes CUREnival II is even bigger, and more successful. He promises that his family members will do all they can toward that end. “They know that there’s someone out there that’s fighting for them,” he says. “They know they’re not alone.”

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The Gilbert family unites as Team Gilbert for Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraisers. Dressed up for a photo in front of their home behind Blackhawk Middle School are (front, from left): Zach, 20; Mason, 11; (back) Maddie, 13; B.J., and Shannon.

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students onto the campus and to see the program than this. It’s such a natural part of what so many programs are doing in September and October.

“It’s also an opportunity for faculty, staff, and members of the USF community to have a centralized, comfortable location where they can see all these high school bands competing.”

About 40 students compose the USF marching band and guard this year, up from about 25 last year. “All our sections are looking pretty nicely balanced,” he said.

USF offers scholarships to assist students in several instrumental specialties. The band and guard have attracted students from Bishop Dwenger, Carroll, Homestead, Northrop and Snider high schools.

“Our drumline and color guard are meeting and rehearsing throughout the summer,” Kandow said in an email. “It looks to be another exciting season for our students as our football team prepares to defend their national title.”

Haley Van Der Weele directs the USF color guard.

Most Fort Wayne area marching bands tradition-

tunity to go someplace else in the evening if they want to do that,” he said.

“The advantage that Snider brings to this relationship is we have a 14-year history of running and coordinating a contest like this,” Klee said. “I’ve got the contacts with the judges and the judges association and we have 100 parents who are going to help.

“We’re very excited about this. Saint Francis has really been super-cooperative and we’d really like to help them build their marching band program. They’ve got such a football program — national champions.”

Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for students and senior citizens. Food concessions will be available.

“The idea of a high school marching band invitational was something that I was very passionate about when I came here,” Kandow said. “We have several successful high school band programs here in Fort Wayne and Allen County, and we have a beautiful stadium.

“The university strives for that magic way of getting students onto the campus. There’s no better way to get marching band

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Homestead High School will continue the Homestead Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30.

Many bands participating that day will return Saturday, Oct. 7, for the Indiana State School Music Association Scholastic Class preliminaries and Open Contest.

Homestead’s Sept.

30 invitational schedule will be available in late September, after registration ends on Sept.

8. Ticket prices will be $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Last year, Homestead and 26 other bands performed at the Fall Festival of Bands.

ISSMA will post the Oct. 7 schedule after Sept.

17. Last year, 34 bands marched at the ISSMA event at Homestead.

Watch this newspaper, INFortwayne.com or issma.net for details.

ISSMA admission prices will apply. Bands that choose to march in Scholastic Class will vie for ratings to advance to the state finals Oct. 21. Bands that choose to march in Open Class will compete for judges’ ratings; actual competition begins at scattered sites on Oct. 14, with semi-states Oct. 28 and state finals Nov. 4.

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Steven Kandow directs the University of Saint Francis Marching Pride. He is partnering with the Snider High School Mighty Marching Panther and director Kevin Klee to present the Parade of Champions marching band festival. Kandow is shown at a teaching station at the USF Music Technology facility, 431 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne.

ally debut their shows at the On The Banks of the Wabash marching band festival at Bluffton High School, which this year will be held Saturday, Sept. 9. DeKalb High School again will host a festival on Saturday, Sept.

16. The USF-Snider invitational will begin about 11 a.m. that same day, to allow bands to compete at both USF and DeKalb that afternoon or evening.

High school marching bands will converge on

Fort Wayne four weekends in September and October. Details and schedules will unfold over the next several weeks.

Northrop High School will restore the Big Orange Pride invitational, with a 4 p.m. starting time on Saturday, Sept. 23. Bands will continue registering into September. Director Rob Wilson expects to release a schedule about 10 days before the event.

“This is the first time

we have had a festival in a few years and I’m excited to be hosting an event for Fort Wayne groups this year,” Wilson said.

“There’s no other competition in the area that weekend, and we wanted to give Fort Wayne bands an opportunity to compete in the area so their supporters don’t have to travel to the south end or Indianapolia area. We just want to have a nice home show for everyone.”

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Oferle performs. Jefferson Pointe, 4130 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Enjoy music around the courtyard fountain through the Friday Nites Live concert series.

Männerchor fish fry. Park Edelweiss Reception Hall, 3355 Elmhurst Drive, Fort Wayne. 4:30-7 p.m. $9 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and younger. This dinner is presented by Fort Wayne Männerchor/Damenchor, a men’s and women’s choir dedicated to the preservation and promotion of German heritage as expressed in choral music. Association musicians play guitar and accordion and other instruments, singing mostly German music. The meal includes all-you-can-eat fish, sides, coffee and dessert. Drinks are available for purchase. Visit fortwaynemaennerchor.us for more information on the history of the association.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 12

Young Eagles Flight Rally. Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road, Fort Wayne. Children 8-17 ride planes for free as Experimental Aircraft Association pilots donate their time and the use of their aircraft.

Flights will begin at 9 a.m., weather permitting.

For more information, call (260) 402-3478 or email youngeagles@eaa2.org.

Blue Bucket Brigade. Allen County Walmart locations.

8 a.m.-1 p.m. The Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne partners with the Fraternal Order of Police and Fort Wayne United to build bridges between law enforcement and youth. Kids can have their picture taken with a police officer and receive a certificate to become “Deputy for a Day.” Korean War veterans to meet. Eagles Lodge 248, 4949 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. The Korean War Veterans Association, Indiana Chapter One, will hold its monthly meeting. All Korean War veterans are invited to attend. Spouses and friends are also welcome to share in the gathering. The group will take a meal after the meeting at Azar’s Big Boy Restaurant in Waynedale. For more information, call (260) 485-7627.

Sports card show. Hotel Fort Wayne, 305 E. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

SUNDAY, AUG. 13

Music in the Park. Schnelker Park, 956 Park Ave., New Haven. 3 p.m. Free. The New Haven Alumni Band performs.

Liberty Cruisers cruise-in. Liberty Diner, Goshen Road at Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne. 5-7:30 p.m. Car exhibitors are eligible for door prizes and a monthly cruiser award.

Singles dance. American Legion Post 47, 601 Reed

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MONDAY, AUG. 14

Fort Wayne Area Civil War Roundtable. Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne; in Room C. 6:30 p.m. Guests welcome. Anthony Roscetti will present “Acoustic Shadows in the Civil War.” For additional information, visit https://www.civilwarroundtableofNEI.wordpress. com.

TUESDAY, AUG. 15

Tuesday Movies. The Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 1:30 p.m. Admission is free, but registration is required by the Monday before the movie.

Call (260) 427-6460 to reserve a seat. Today’s movie is “A Dogs Purpose.” Movies are sponsored by Glenbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation and Bethlehem Woods.

Trek the Trails. Meet at the parking lot near the old swimming pool at Swinney Park West, Fort Wayne.

6 p.m. Free. Fort Wayne Trails Inc. hosts bicycle rides during the summer months at various locations, including tonight’s 8-mile ride. Each participant is asked to wear a helmet and bring water for the ride. All participants ride at their own risk.

Summer Nights at the Embassy. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 5-10 p.m. Tickets $5. Buy tickets at the STAR Bank box office at the Embassy, ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000.

Tonight’s entertainment is folk music performed

by Kitchen Table Players. Menu items available for purchase from Hoppy Gnome. Cash bar.

Curbside Cruisers Car Club cruise-in. Athenian Family Restaurant, 1020 W. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne.

5-8 p.m. Spectators welcome. For details, call (260) 485-5886. For information on cruise-ins from Orland, Ind., to Bryan, Ohio, visit libertycruisers. com.

Biff & The Cruisers perform. Indian Trails Park, near Jorgensen Family YMCA, Aboite Center Road.

7-9 p.m. Free. The Concerts on the Green series is presented by the Aboite Township Trustee’s Office.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 17

Excellence in Waste Reduction Awards luncheon. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne; Conference Center B. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $5, includes parking. The Allen County Solid Waste Management District will present awards and honor partners in its mission. Agency Director Anthony Burrus will share thoughts on his 25 years on the job. RSVP to jodi.leamon@co.allen.in.us by Aug. 10.

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FRIDAY, AUG. 18

New Millennium Orchestra performs. Jefferson Pointe, 4130 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Enjoy music around the courtyard fountain through the Friday Nites Live concert series. Ed King leads the 18-piece orchestra in presenting the Big Band sound of artists such as Frank Sinatra.

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society open house. 15808 Edgerton Road, New Haven. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free and caboose rides are $5. The event will feature the live steam display of world-famous Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive No. 765, historic passenger car and railroad displays, train rides, local food trucks and more. Train rides depart approximately every 20 minutes. Train ride tickets are available for purchase online at fortwaynerail-

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Fire department fundraiser. Behind Grabill Country Sales, 13813 Fairview Drive, Grabill. Starts at 4 p.m. The Northeast Fire & EMS plans its bi-annual fundraiser. Bake sale, auction, food, and Samaritan Medical Transport fly-in.

SATURDAY, AUG. 19

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society open house. 15808 Edgerton Road, New Haven. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free and caboose rides are $5. The event will feature the live steam display of world-famous Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive No. 765, historic passenger car and railroad displays, train rides, local food trucks and more. Train rides depart approximately every 20 minutes. Train ride tickets are available for purchase online at fortwaynerailroad.org and will be for sale on-site.

Ice cream social and silent auction. Messiah Lutheran Church, 2955 E. 700S, Wolcottville. 4:30-7 p.m.

SUNDAY, AUG. 20

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society open house. 15808 Edgerton Road, New Haven. Noon-4 p.m. Admission is free and caboose rides are $5. The event will feature the live steam display of world-famous Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive No. 765, historic passenger car and railroad displays, train rides, local food trucks and more. Train rides depart approximately every 20 minutes. Train ride tickets are available for purchase online at fortwaynerailroad.org and will be for sale on-site.

TUESDAY, AUG. 22

Trek the Trails. Meet at the very back of Indian Trails Park, near 10300 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne.

6 p.m. Free. Fort Wayne Trails Inc. hosts bicycle rides during the summer months at various locations, including tonight’s 8-mile ride. Each participant is asked to wear a helmet and bring water for the ride.

All participants ride at their own risk.

Fort Wayne Women’s Mid-Day Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne. Please arrive by 11:15 a.m. for seating for lunch at 11:30. Luncheon and program, $18.

This month’s speaker is Dawn Schmidt, a certified trainer for Essentrics, who will discuss full-body stretching for stress relief. Make reservations by Aug. 17 by calling Meredith at (260) 672-3414.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23

Summer Nights at the Embassy. Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 5-10 p.m. Tickets $5. Buy tickets at the STAR Bank box office at the Embassy, ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tonight’s entertainment is a contemporary dance performance by Fort Wayne’s professional Mikautadze Dance Theatre. Menu items available for purchase from Waiter On the Way. Cash bar.

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