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September 8, 2017
Primitive playground a troop effort Boy Scouts build Johnny Appleseed rides from ropes and logs By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com
Ask anyone involved with Boy Scout Troop 487’s primitive rides at the Johnny Appleseed Festival and they will tell you a lot of work goes into getting them up and running year after year. But they will also tell you the hours of planning, long days setting up and busy days at the festival are all worth it to benefit the Scout troop that meets at Epiphany Lutheran Church on Maplecrest Road. The primitive playground was started more than 25 years ago by the troop’s former Scoutmaster, Patrick Cronin. According to the stories he’s heard, the idea started with a one-year commitment for one ride and the hopes of raising money after other fundraisers proved to be less than successful, Assistant Scoutmaster Gavin Purcell said.
Art at the Riverside returns for fifth year By Meghan Schrader For the Northeast News
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A guest rides the bucking bronco at Boy Scout Troop 487’s primitive playground. The rides have been around for more than 25 years.
The next year, the troop was told its idea had been successful and was asked to bring back even more rides. “It started with one ride for one year to now being
the biggest fundraiser this troop has,” Gavin Purcell said. Today, the troop offers seven rides, none of which are operated by modern
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This year marks the fifth annual celebration of Art at the Riverside at the Riverside Gardens in Leo-Cedarville. The community art fair will be from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at the park located at 14701 Schwartz Road. Artists come from all over to showcase and sell their work. The show features local artists, such as painter Terry Armstrong and potter Kristy Jo Beber, as well as artists from as far away as Wisconsin and upper Michigan, Festival Coordinator Marsha Wulpi said. The day will be filled with a large variety of art, including painting and drawing, wood and metal working, pottery, photography and even wearable
art. Als being presented are several groups displaying art of the entertainment variety, music and dance. Live music can be expected all throughout the day. “And we call our food trucks our culinary arts,” Wulpi said about some of the food offerings at the festival. Wulpi started the event back in 2013 as a way to begin branding the Leo-Cedarville area as an “artsy” community, she said. “To me personally, it’s like I had a dream and I had it come to fruition,” Wulpi said. “For the community, I think it just means that Leo is kind of a neat place to go.” The event, sponsored by the Leo-Cedarville Foundation, has been expanding at a steady See ART, Page A9
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IF YOU GO
Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 and 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne All activities are free, but visitors may want to spend at the food trucks and at the farmers market on Saturday. For more information, call (260) 427-6000 or visit www. fortwayneparks.org.
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Flowers, fresh produce and canned goods await shoppers at the farmers market as part of Fall Harvest Festival at Salomon Farm.
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It sounds like a lot of work, but Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation and area farmers love to put together the Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival. This year’s celebration of American farm traditions will be Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 and 23. “We’re just kind of the facilitators,” explained Kellie Adkins, the manager of outdoor recreation at Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation. Volunteers from the Tri-State Antique Tractor Club handle most of the work and enjoy showing off their vintage machines, Adkins said. Demonstrations of threshing, husking, shredding and hay