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Local disc golf tournament grows By Garth Snow
By Garth Snow
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The Three Rivers Open disc golf tournament has swelled to two days for 2013. Amateurs will play Saturday, Aug. 17, and professionals will compete Sunday, Aug. 18. An informal doubles event and golf clinic will be held Friday, Aug. 16. All events will be held at Swinney Park. “Last year we had just one day, and it was just too many people to handle on one day so we had to break it up with the amateurs one day and pros on the other,” said Brian Smith, a local disc golf professional and a member of the governing committee of Fort Disc Golf Club. The tournament will draw from league play at Shoaff Park, Moser Park in New Haven, and East and West Swinney. Other players are welcome, too. “Last year we had 92 amateurs and 50 pros, and
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Ian Harris, left, and Mike Hansen play disc golf at Shoaff Park. The friends said they only recently became interested in the sport, and now play about once a week. They will not participate in the Three Rivers Open, but other disc golfers from Shoaff will be among the estimated 170 players in the August tournament.
this year we’re expecting more than that, I’d say probably more like a hundred and 70 players this year,” Smith said. Shoaff Park in effect has two courses, because of the short tees and the long tees. The Fort Wayne Department of Parks and
Recreation recently authorized another course. “We just got permission to put in a course at Tillman Park on the south side of Fort Wayne,” Smith said. “We haven’t done much work yet, but we’re pretty excited about it.” “Our disc golf club
Lion & Lamb Festival invites diverse dialogue By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
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Amy Cox shares her life story through song. The worship pastor of St. Joseph United Methodist Church will perform at the Lion and the Lamb Conference, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Praise Park, 5396 St. Joe Center Road.
said in an email. “It is an all-ages event, and we hope to bring together a diverse range of voices and people to build
community and create opportunity for conversation.” See LION, Page A9
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Organizers predict hundreds of people will attend the first Lion & Lamb Festival on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Praise Park in northeast Fort Wayne. St. Joseph UMC, the Young Adult Ministries of the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church and the conference’s Social Advocacy Team are partners in the festival. As worship pastor at St. Joseph, Amy Cox is accustomed to offering praise through music. She will share the story of her own journey as one of the artists at the two-day conference. “It’s a weekend of speakers, artists and organizations sharing their passions, and will focus on issues of peace, justice and hope,” Cox
Two clubs at Marketplace to reopen with new brands
is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s really growing in popularity,” Smith said. The Three Rivers Open tees off Friday, with a bring-your-partner doubles event. ProfesSee DISC, Page A7
Two of the five nightclubs in the Piere’s complex in Marketplace of Canterbury will be rebranded, a company spokesman said. Two clubs have stayed open since a Feb. 5 fire that left smoke and water damage in the Piere’s building. A grand opening in late August or September will showcase the upgrades at all five clubs. Three neighboring businesses were destroyed in that February blaze. Nathan Stephens, the marketing and entertainment director for the entertainment complex in the 5600 block of St. Joe Road, said restoration work continues. A new front facade is taking shape at the former Club V, which he said was condemned because of water damage from the sprinkler system. “It’s going to be rebranded, renamed, re-imaged,” he said. “It’s not going to be the same Club V. It’s going to be called Phoenix. It’s going to be an upscale hip-hop Top 40 club.” The former Zone also will get a new image. “What used to be the Zone is going to be called Escape,” Stephens said. “It’s going to be an ’80s, ’90s club, aimed toward your 30-plus woman.” Work is almost complete in the ground-floor area occupied by Crooners karaoke lounge, and in Piere’s, which Stephens described as a nationally known concert venue. “They’re both in working order,” Stephens said. “Crooners was actually open that evening after the fire. We had Paul Davis Restoration come in, and they did a fantastic, fast job. We were open that night in Crooners. And two days later we had a concert in Piere’s. And we’ve been open ever since.” See CLUBS, Page A10