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September 13, 2013
Bands march toward titles, lessons By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Johnny Appleseed fest honors namesake’s era By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
Local high school marching bands faced their first competition of the season Sept. 7 at the On the Banks of the Wabash festival at Bluffton High School. Bands hope their string of festivals and competitions will culminate in trophies at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 2. Most bands, including Northrop, Snider and Concordia, will compete again Sept. 14 at DeKalb High School. At Snider High School, director Kevin Klee said The Mighty Panther Marching Band’s 2013 show is “It’s All In Your Head.” “We are doing music by the British rock band Radiohead, and we have some great almost like jazz interpretations of this rock music,” Klee said. “This is very different music for us. The kids
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The Concordia Lutheran High School High School Marching Cadets band is building on last year’s state runner-up finish. Concordia competed at a Bluffton festival Sept. 7 and captured the Class C captions in music, general effect and visual, in addition to the No. 1 ranking in its class. For a video feature of Concordia’s band camp, visit InFortWayne.com and click on the Arts & Culture tab.
are very excited about it,” Klee said. The three selections are “Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box,” “Creep” and “Bodysnatchers.”
Snider competes among the larger schools, in Class A. The band boasts 96 members. This season’s drum majors are Jackson Jaworski, Danny Rath-
Kenya again beckons agent of local church By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcmedia.com
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Jen Foster of Fort Wayne works with Kenya Simba Scholars, a ministry of St. Joseph United Methodist Church. Foster has returned to Kenya after spending the summer in Fort Wayne.
“Because that dis-empowers you. When you give somebody money without accountability, that dis-empowers somebody.” Foster spent the summer networking from Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, 6004 Reed Road.
“This is my home church,” she said. “I started going here when I was 13 years old. I left Fort Wayne for work. But this has always been my home base.” “In 2008 I was at a point in my life where I wanted See KENYA, Page A15
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Jen Foster of Fort Wayne recently returned to Africa as an international advocate for Kenya Simba Scholars and Creative Women of the World. Foster will be in Kenya for about five or six months. It is her third trip, she said, but not her last. Foster works with the Mwangatu Women, which said she translates as “light of hope.” She is not teaching the women to make jewelry or to crochet. “These women have the skills already,” she said. “But what we’re teaching them is how to turn all these skills into something that’s going to empower you to make your own money and to build yourself up financially so you don’t have to rely on other people around you to give you money.
sack and Mark Till. Next up for Snider is the DeKalb High School band festival on Sept. 14. At Concordia Lutheran High School, See BANDS, Page A4
The Johnny Appleseed Festival is more than just a party in a park, according to festival director Bruce Hayes. It’s also more than just one park. Hayes said every aspect of the 39th annual festival Sept. 21 and 22 will authentically represent the Pioneer era when John Chapman planted and sold apple trees through much of the Midwest. Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in north central Pennsylvania in 1774. He died on the Archer farm in 1845. The festival grounds surround his grave site. Hayes said the festival draws about a quarter of a million people to Fort Wayne each September. There is no admission fee. Exhibitors must present crafts that the early settlers would have practiced, and vendors must offer foods that those founders would have cooked. The volunteer board of directors will reject most applicants. “It takes an inordinate amount of the board’s time to make sure we aren’t losing what it is that made this festival special,” Hayes said. See FEST, Page A9
Event details What: Johnny Appleseed Festival When: Sept. 21, 10 am.-6 p.m. Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Johnny Appleseed and Archer parks, near Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Cost: Free admission. More info: For a full schedule, visit johnnyappleseedfest.com.