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Times Community Publications3306 Independence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808
March 13, 2015Serving Northeast Fort Wayne & Allen County
INSIDE THIS ISSUECamp Time ..........................................................................A10Classifieds ..............................................................................A8Community Calendar ...................................................A14-15Happy Easter .........................................................................A7
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Rotarians stress service with funBy Garth [email protected]
When the 82-member Anthony Wayne Rotary Club gathers for lunch each Wednesday at Pine Valley Country Club, members add a fifth question to the famous Rotary 4-Way Test. “Is it fun?” they ask.
The words “fun” and
“family” pepper the narratives as Rotarians describe their attachment to the service club.
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to Fort Wayne I didn’t know anyone,” said Bob Moore, a former club president. Then he visited the Anthony
Wayne Rotary Club. “I found everyone to be very friendly and every-body just became my
Carol Keplar serves as president of the Anthony Wayne Rotary Club. Fred Haigh is the incoming president.PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW
QUESTIONS?The Anthony Wayne Rotary Club meets each Wednesday at Pine Valley Country Club, with a buffet lunch available at 11:30 a.m. and a program and business
meeting from 12:15-1:15 p.m. Membership is by invitation. For information, email [email protected] or call (260) 402-8252.For an update on Fort Wayne’s other Ro-tary club, please see Page A12.
See FUN, Page A6
Fun at Georgetown Bowlraises $2,300 for charity
By Garth [email protected]
More than a hundred bowlers representing 22 teams took to the George-town Bowl lanes Feb. 21 for the first Strikes for Charity.
The 105 bowlers paid $15 each to support Reflections of Caring, the charitable outreach of Fire Police City County Federal Credit Union. Each Strikes for Charity bowl-er’s registration included three games of bowling, shoe rental and a door prize ticket. Additional sponsorships brought the day’s fundraising to about $2,300.
“It was a very well received event,” said Melissa Miller, the nonprofit credit union’s business development director.
Last year, Reflections of Caring gave almost
$14,000 to almost 50 local charities. “We are involved with numerous commu-nity fundraising events throughout the year,” Miller
said. “Last year we donated 800 volunteer service hours to various local charities and their fundraising efforts.”
“We like to focus on local charities,” Miller said.
Miller said the We Care loan event in April will raise more money for charity. “For everyone who finances a vehicle with us, we give $25 to the charity of their choice,” she said. “Some charities, like Cancer Services of North-east Indiana, for instance, might receive $300 because people have selected them to receive those funds.”
The credit union also offers a $1,000 scholarship each year for a college student, and a $1,000 college scholarship for a graduating senior. Each scholarship winner must be a credit union member. The deadline to apply is March 20. For details, visit fpccfcu.org.
Marcus Ridley of the Fort Wayne Fire Department bowling team prepares for the next frame at Strikes for Charity at Georgetown Bowl. Ridley is with Station 4.
PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW
Concordia band benefitagain features Bulldogs
By Garth [email protected]
The Bulldogs have signed on again to offer their 1950s and ’60s rock ’n’ roll music for Concordia Lutheran High School Band Boosters’ fundraiser Saturday, April 25. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music continues until 10 p.m. at The Orchid Events and Catering, 11508 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven.
The Bulldogs will record cuts from the Concordia benefit for their own CD.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased through the office at Concordia, 1601 St. Joe River Drive, Fort Wayne. Or visit clhsca-dets.com and use the order form on the Arts page. Or contact Band Director Dianne Moellering by calling (260) 483-1102, ext. 198, or by emailing [email protected]. All adults are invited.
Bob Zmyslony, who plays keyboard and shares
vocals for The Bulldogs, said the band first played the Concordia fundraiser about six years ago. The band donates its time to one fundraiser each year, he said, and it was drummer Bernie Stone’s year to pick the charity. “Both his daughters were in the marching band, and Bernie picked Concordia,” Zmyslony said. “And even after they graduated, Concordia has had us back on contract every year, and we just raise a lot of money for them.”
The Concordia Jazz Ensemble, directed by Todd Phillips, also plays at the fundraiser. “When we’re taking our breaks they’re playing at the other end of the building, and it’s just a lot of fun,” Zmyslony said.
The Bulldogs were formed as a duo in 1982 and are still often called by their previous name, Spike & The Bulldogs. Front man Val “Spike” Asey retired in 2013 after
See BAND, Page A2
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Leo-Cedarville festival seeking supportThe committee charged
with planning the 2015 Leo-Cedarville Freedom Festival is welcoming sponsors and volunteers for the celebration. Riverside Gardens will be home to the celebration Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4.
The weekend begins with the Up the Creek Cruise In and the free Freedom Concert from 5-9 p.m. Friday. Donations will
benefit Northeast Allen County Fire and EMS.
Saturday’s activities begin with the 5K run. Watch for updates at leoce-darville.com, where entry forms will be available May 1. Sponsors expect over 250 runners.
The Freedom Festival will start at 2 p.m. Saturday. Joe Justice and other local musicians will entertain all day. New this
year is the Freedom Corn Hole Tournament. The Freedom Fireworks will light the sky at dusk.
To fund the free enter-tainment, the committee is seeking donations of any size. A gift of $500 would put the sponsor’s company logo on the race T-shirts. Other sponsorships would allow donors to show their company banners and signs. A sponsor could
promote children’s ride. A church or other organi-zation could sponsor an activities tent for kids.
Any questions or offers can be directed to Peggy at 627-6321. Send dona-tions to the Leo-Cedarville Foundation at P.O. Box 6, Leo, IN 46765.
The committee is seeking volunteers to help with the 5k run, if only for an hour.
a second heart attack and has moved to Utah. “We have no plans to replace him,” Zmyslony said.
At the Concordia benefit, The Bulldogs will record music for their CD. “Meet The Bulldogs!” has the subtitle “The First Album by Indiana’s Phenomenal Pop Combo.” The black-and-white photos are arranged in two rows, to parody the 1964 album “Meet The Beatles.” The Bulldogs continue to present the music of The Fab Four, as well as Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, the Beach Boys and other stars of the rise of rock from 1955 to 1966.
The dance and silent auction fundraiser also features heavy appetizers.
“We had over 200 silent auction items last year. That was exciting,” Moellering said in an email. “We have already collected many gift cards from generous businesses, including restaurants, car maintenance garages, fitness centers and more, plus many nice gifts.”
The fundraiser bene-fits all branches of the Concordia band program. Approximately 70 students take part in two bands, the marching band, pep band, jazz ensemble, color guard and winter guard.
The Bulldogs include five veteran musicians, who live in Garrett, Columbia City, and Fort
Wayne and vicinity: Jim Heiman, tenor saxophone, vocals and stunt work; Wayne Neukom, bass guitar and lead vocals; Kenny Taylor, guitar and vocals; Zmyslony, keyboards and vocals; and Stone, drums.
The band will begin its 2015 season with a show Saturday, March 14, at a fundraiser for The Mid-America Wind-mill Museum, 732 S. Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville. Tickets were sold in advance, but co-owner Craig Mertz urged supporters to watch the website for tickets to next year’s event. The nonprofit museum will open its season in mid-April. For more information, visit midamericawindmillmu-seum.org.
For band photos and musician profiles, more information about The Bulldogs, and the band’s schedule, visit thebull-dogs50s60s.com.
BAND from Page A1
The cover of The Bulldogs’ CD is intended to parody the 1964 album “Meet The Beatles.”
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Dwenger cheerleaders winschool’s 10th national title
The Bishop Dwenger High School varsity cheerleaders successfully defended their national championship title on Sunday, March 1, in Orlando, Fla. This is the fifth consecutive title for the Saints and their 10th overall title.
Not only was the team successful as a whole, but two seniors received individual awards. Alexis Eddy was named Best Cheerleader in the indi-vidual portion of the
competition and received a $500 college scholarship for winning. Also recog-nized was senior Emily Tippmann, who was named Most Outstanding Dancer in the competition.
Coach Amy Gonzag-owski commented “the girls did a fabulous job and had a wonderful experi-ence including team Mass, dinner at a Polynesian restaurant, and dancing in Downtown Disney with a group of children and handicapped students.”
The team includes seniors Emily Tippmann, Graisen Proctor, Alexis Eddy, Dominique Effinger, Maggie Houlihan and Lucy Schenkel, juniors Grace Gillig, Maria Trahin, Jenna Eckland and Maddy Tippmann, sophomores Raina Gulachek, Amy Weilbaker, Jaclyn Grutsch, Katie Eddy, Emily Noye and Sylvia Schenkel, freshman Maggie Schreck, and coaches Amy Gonza-gowski, Vicki Kuker and Doris Derheimer.
Zonta Club to celebrateachievements of women
The Zonta Club of Fort Wayne along with Indiana Tech Law School will host an International Women’s Day Celebration the evening of Thursday, March 19. The event will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Indiana Tech Law School, 1600 E. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. The event is open to the community.
There is no charge to attend. Free refresh-ments will be available before the program. Seating is limited, so an RSVP is required. Visit 2015iwdfortwayne.eventbrite.com. Or RSVP to Deborah Godwin-Starks at (260) 760-8083 or [email protected]. Or RSVP to Ruby Cain at (765) 285-9126 or [email protected].
The event will be attended by members of the Fort Wayne Zonta Club and its partners, including AAUW, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Center for Nonviolence, Cosmopolites Business & Professional Women’s Club, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Fort Wayne Urban League Guild, Fort Wayne League of Women Voters, It Is Well With My Soul, Fort Wayne Links Inc., Quasi Inc., Stellar Women on the Move, the Women’s Lawyers Section of the Allen County Bar Association, and Sheekri-style Dance Academy.
The evening activities include a presentation by the Queen’s African-Amer-ican Literature and Arts Club youth group.
A panel discussion will involve culturally diverse professional women, including: Lanni Connelly, owner of The Bookmark; Aretha Green, director of Law Student Services, Indiana Tech Law School; Regina Frison-Jones, co-founder of Queen’s African-American Liter-ature and Arts Club; Hedayeh Samavati, Ph.D., professor of economics, IPFW; and Myint Myint Than, interpreter, English Language Learning Services, Fort Wayne Community Schools. There will also be oppor-tunities to network with other women’s groups.
The Zonta Club of Fort Wayne is part of Zonta International, a worldwide service organization of executives and profes-sionals working together to empower women through service and advocacy. Chartered in 1962, the Zonta Club of Fort Wayne has donated annually more than 2,400 hours to local and international projects, and more than $2,500 to local and inter-national programs. More information is available at Zontafortwayne.org or on Facebook at facebook.com/zontaclub.fortwayne.
Bishop Dwenger High School cheerleaders won their fifth consecutive national title March 1 in Orlando, Fla.
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Music educator Kittakato receive Tapestry honor
Teacher, musician and community activist Dorothy Kittaka is the 2015 Dedi-cation Award honoree at Tapestry: A Day for You.
The event will be held Friday, April 24, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. The dedication breakfast begins at 9 a.m. in Expo III. Attendees may explore cooking, design and other women’s interests and issues at 14 workshops, at 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Workshop sponsors include Parkview Health, IPFW, Woman’s Health Advan-tage, and others.
Tickets are $65 per person for open seating or $700 for a table of 10. Corporate tables are also available for $1,000. Tickets and a complete schedule are available at ipfw.edu/tapestry.
Tapestry is a day of inspiration and education for women, and also raises scholarship funds for those studying health sciences at IPFW. In the past 13 years, almost $675,000 has been raised, the Tapestry Parkview Endowment has grown to over $530,000, and 50 students have received scholarships to study health sciences at IPFW.
For more information, contact project manager Kathleen Jackson at 481-6854, or [email protected].
“Ms. Kittaka exemplifies the image of a woman who has shown positive aspects in all areas of her life,” said Nancy Stewart, Dedica-tion Committee member. “Her lifelong dedication to community arts makes her a role model for women throughout northeast Indiana and across the world.”
This year’s Tapestry will
feature a keynote session by journalist Jane Pauley. The native Hoosier is an advocate for children’s health and education and a spokesperson for mental health.
When Kittaka was 2 years old, she and her family were among more than 120,000 Japa-nese-Americans sent to American internment camps during the height of World War II. It was in a camp that Kittaka experienced her very first memory of music from a lone, soulful trumpet player. This moment would stay with her all her life, compelling her to devote her life to music.
Kittaka was inducted into the National Music Teachers Hall of Fame in 1999, a finalist for
the Indiana Teacher of the Year Award in 1997, and received the Indiana Outstanding Elementary Teacher of the Year Award from the Indiana Music Educators Association in 1991. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Memorial Teachers Fund Grant and the Arts United Lifetime Achievement Award, among other accolades.
Kittaka co-founded the Foundation for Art and Music in Education, a professional organiza-tion of art, music, dance, and drama educators that fosters and encourages an appreciation for the arts in elementary-age children throughout northern Indiana. She also co-founded the Cherry Blossom Festival in Fort Wayne.
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“I’ve been in many different [Rotary] clubs around the country, and they’re all basically cut out of the same silk,” he said. “They’re in it because they want to help other people, and this is just a really fun way to do it.”
“I have been told several times that we are the ‘fun club,’ ” club President Carol Keplar said in an email.
Dick Walls joined the club in March of 1971. “It was the New Haven Club, but we met at Club Olympia, and then our name was changed to the Anthony Wayne Rotary Club in ’72,” he said. Walls held the gavel in 1977-78. “I was able to get everyone active in doing something,” he said, “and I was able to promote a lot of enthu-siasm.” He said it is important that members see Rotary as more than a luncheon club.
Mark Stetzel, another past president, said everyone has assigned duties, and the duty roster rotates. “You don’t just sign up, pay your dues and say you’re a Rotarian,” he said. “It’s expected that if you’re in the club, you’re going to participate.”
Members repre-
sent every branch of endeavor. “Diversity has always been valued in Rotary,” said Aron Dellinger, another past president. Dellinger, of Leo, has been a member since 1987. Years earlier, he was one of the high school students chosen to attend Rotary meetings.
Today, October to April, one senior from each of eight high schools is invited to attend a month of luncheons. Students from Bishop Dwenger, Blackhawk Christian, Carroll, Concordia Lutheran, Leo, New Haven, Northrop and Snider high schools then
are considered for two $4,000 scholarships.
A visiting student might be asked to share where they hope to be a decade in the future, or to name the most influ-ential person in their life. “That question gets some different and interesting responses, from their teachers, to their grand-parents, parents, coaches and church leaders, youth group and Sunday school teachers,” Keplar said. “The reasons are the things they have taught them, or teaching them about their faith, or always being there for them. It is always interesting to hear their
responses.”“While they visit they
get to network with different leaders and Rotarians from in and around Fort Wayne in many different profes-sions,” she said. “They get a taste of what Rotary is all about. They see that even as adults you can volunteer and make a difference in our community and around the world.”
Keplar said Anthony Wayne Rotary Club members come from all over Fort Wayne, and from Leo, Kendallville, Decatur, Yoder and Huntertown. Keplar and her husband Jeff live in
Ossian. Jeff Keplar is a former president. Carol said she worked closer to the Downtown Club — which meets at Parkview Field — but joined the Anthony Wayne club because Jeff belonged to that club. “I felt if we were both going to be in Rotary, and since Rotary is a service organization, it would be best if we were both in the same club so we could put all of our efforts involved in the same projects instead of being pulled in two different directions,” she said.
“I have since changed jobs and still live in Ossian, but have stayed as a member of Anthony Wayne Rotary not so much for the networking, but for a different reason,” Carol Keplar said. “The members of Anthony Wayne Rotary have become my dear friends and family. Both Jeff’s and my parents are deceased, and we each have only one brother and they both live out of state. With Rotary, I have many brothers, and even sisters that I never
had. I actually have some ‘dads,’ with the older members who love to look out for me,” she said. “It is really nice to have family, my ‘Rotary Family,’ close by.”
“You’ve got both the family aspect and the sense of service,” Moore said. “Our motto is Service above Self. So we do a lot with kids, high school kids that you see here today. We also pass out dictionaries to third-graders every year, and we get involved in a lot of international projects — clean water in Mexico and medical instruments in Nica-ragua.”
The club joins Rotary International in supporting student exchange programs and polio eradication and other health programs. Locally, the club restores historical monuments and markers, and supports Kate’s Kart books for hospitalized children and Community Harvest Food Bank.
“We give back to the community that has given to us,” Keplar said.
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Name badges also tell Rotary Club members’ years of service and professions.PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW
AND ONE MORE THING …Rotary Clubs recite the Rotary 4-Way Test before each meeting. The Anthony Wayne Rotary Club recites a fifth test:“Of the things we think say or do: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and betterfriendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Is it fun?”
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Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will host an archery class for youths in grades 5 to 12. The first meeting will be 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Allen County Exten-sion Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne.
Subsequent meetings will be 10 a.m. to noon Satur-days at the Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Those dates are April 11, 18 and 25, and May 2, 9 and 16.
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The fee includes state and county enrollment fees. All equipment is provided. This series will teach safe handling of equipment, proper care of equipment, shooting techniques and ethics of good shooters. Instructors are certified through the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program of Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Local efforts boost foods projectThe Grabill-Leo agri-
cultural project of Foods Resource Bank has completed 12 years of production.
Foods Resource Bank is a multidenominational charitable organiza-tion that engages U.S. farmers, churches and community groups whose fundraising efforts help poor farmers around the world to raise their own food. Overseas projects include irrigation, fertil-ization, improved seed varieties and animal husbandry. FRB works through partnering agen-cies in over 30 countries.
This past year, about 40 members of the commu-nity provided land, crop inputs, trucking, labor, machinery and cash to plant and harvest corn, soybeans and wheat. Through these efforts,
the Grabill-Leo growing project sent $75,000 to FRB, designating $28,000 to be directed through Mennonite Central Committee projects.
“The Grabill-Leo committee wants to offer a big thank you to those that made 2014 a successful growing
project,” the agency said in a news release. “Also, thanks to the local Amish churches for their finan-cial contributions.”
Through the local farming model, every dollar that is invested becomes approximately four dollars, helping poor farmers become sustain-
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USF staging ‘Picnic’over two weekendsThe University of Saint
Francis School of Creative Arts invites the commu-nity to enjoy a play about youth, love and desire. “Picnic” will be presented Friday through Sunday, March 20-22 and 27-29, at the USF Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are avail-able through ArtsTix Community Box Office at 422-4226 or online anytime at tickets.artstix.org. Ticket prices are $17 for adults, $14 for seniors 65 or older and children under 18. Group rates of $11 per person are available to groups of 20 or more.
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First performed on Broadway in 1953 and later adapted into a motion picture in 1955, “Picnic” will be directed by USF Assistant Professor Aaron Willoughby in his main stage directorial debut for the university.
“Picnic” is set in a small town in Kansas and details the lives of “ordinary” Americans, from hopeful women and mothers to idealistic teenagers searching for meaning. Their lives are forever changed when a young man comes to town with animal vitality that upsets their entire group.
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Blackhawk to present ‘Tarzan’Blackhawk Christian
Theatre will present Disney’s stage musical “Tarzan” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21.
Students will present the show in the North Campus gym of Blackhawk Chris-tian Elementary School, 7400 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. Tickets will be available at the door for $8 for adults, $6 for students. The doors open at 6:30
p.m. For more information, call 493-7400.
The musical is based on the 1999 Disney animated classic of the same name. The movie and stage musical boast a music score by Phil Collins.
The BCT production features senior Ryan Over-beck in the role of Tarzan, and senior Alli Mooibroek in the role of Jane Porter. Tarzan’s ape-parents are played by senior Madi
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The musical premiered at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York on May 10, 2006, and ran for 486 performances.
Erin’s House for Grieving Children will host Coach Bobby Bowden as the 2015 Common Bond Breakfast featured speaker. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Parkview Regional Medical Center Campus: Mirro Center, 10622 Parkview Plaza Drive. Doors will open at 7 a.m. with opening remarks and breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m.
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About 62 Polar Plungers turned out Feb. 21 at the Metea Park lake near Leo-Cedarville to help raise almost $11,000 for Special Olympics Indiana and Allen County.
About 50 spectators, Johnny TinCap and the Mad Ant were on hand to cheer on the brave who ventured into the water.
Organizer Jake Pickett said the event started at about 10:45 a.m. By 11:15 a.m., the crowd headed for the After Splash Bash to enjoy pizza from Pizza Hut and cookies from Apple Spice Junction.
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2015 marks a special year for the students and staff at Saint Louis Academy in rural New Haven, for it was 100 years ago, on Thanks-giving Day, 1915, at 9:30 a.m. that the dedication of their new school was held after a fire destroyed the former wooden structure called Saint Joseph School on the French settlement at Besancon.
According to records of the Besancon Historical Society, the original school was opened in the fall of 1900 with the Sisters of Saint Agnes in charge. The school was built along with a nunnery for approximately $4,000 after the Rev. F.X. Labonte purchased six acres of additional land on Sept. 1, 1897. Newspapers dating back to the fire in January 1915 describe the nuns
and parish priest “forming a bucket brigade to fight the fire for over two hours bravely entering the burning structure to the heart of the
fire and climbing to upper parts pouring water on it before finally being driven back when a draft would give the fire new life.”
Men and volunteer fire-fighters retrieved a base burner stove from the fire that may have contributed to its cause. Although the temperature was zero and the ground was snow covered, the stove kept fire for several hours outside
the burning structure. Classes did not cease after the fire, but the students were moved to the rectory while the pastor moved to the summer kitchen of a neighbor across the highway. Tables, boxes and sewing machines were used as desks.
A new school and convent were immediately erected under the “untiring efforts and efficient work” of the Rev. Michael P. Louen.
Historical accounts of the dedication event detail a “grand time” with Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding, countless clergy and hundreds of visitors from near and far attending
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Michelle and Mike Castleman are members of Saint Louis Besancon Parish and have generations of ties to Saint Louis Academy. Michelle’s father and grandfather, Michael Lomont and Allen Lomont, addended the school. Michael’s grand-mother, Eileen (Oberley) Castleman, attended Saint Louis Academy. Mike and Michelle’s six children have attended the school; their youngest is in the seventh grade. Michelle Castleman, a frequent contributor to Today’s Catholic, wrote this history of the academy, and shared it with readers of Times Community Publications.
Saint Louis Academy was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1915. It replaced Saint Joseph School, a wooden struc-ture that opened in 1900 and which was destroyed by fire.
as they traveled via the interurban. After a solemn high Mass at the church, the faithful along with the schoolchildren marched to the school which was “gaily decorated with a dozen American flags” for a blessing of the interior and exterior of the new building. Classes in the new school, which opened under the name Saint Louis Academy, began on Oct. 4, with three teachers from the Sisters of Notre Dame (who had started at the old school Sept. 3, 1910) and 116 students. The fabulous new brick building boasted four large school rooms, a basement and auditorium “well arranged and solidly constructed.”
During the early years, students thrived in the Cath-olic setting of the family atmosphere. Various reports found in the archives item-ized improvements made. In 1936, new cement floors were laid in the basement of the school and in 1937 the interior of the school was painted, the floors reconditioned and stokers were installed. New storm windows were placed in the school in 1946 when the School Sisters of Notre Dame were still in charge and taught eight grades in four classrooms to 137 pupils. During this era, the Rev. Joseph Hession served as the parish priest at Saint Louis and the hall held many activities. Schoolchildren participated
in school plays and skits. Bingo nights were held and there was often a full house with people having to sit on the steps. Boxing tournaments and basketball tournaments were also home to the gymnasium and the Catholic Youth Organization hosted dances for members from other parishes. At this time, it was noted that no Catholic child in Jefferson Township had attended a public school in the past decade — “a unique proof of the coop-eration and Catholicity of the parishioners of Saint Louis Church.” World War II caused some conditions to change briefly as fewer families in the parish were making their living by farming, but reports described that gradually returning to normal.
The Sisters of Notre Dame continued to serve the children of SLA for a total of 67 years until June 1977. A kindergarten program was started in 1979.
During the early 1980s, when conservation of energy was a concern, one third of the cafeteria was transformed into a chapel for daily Mass during the winter months. The large windows were removed, thermopane windows were installed and the front doors of the school were replaced. In 1983, the school had 69 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Ten years later, in 1993, an updated history of the school reported
73 students enrolled in preschool through grade six, with five classrooms, and the school maintained a first-class accreditation. In 1996, students totaled 65. A very active school board and home and school asso-ciation continued the strong tradition of parents playing a crucial role in the school’s vitality. At the time, the parish property consisted of the school, church, rectory, parish office building, two cemeteries, athletic field, large playground and a parish hall, all nestled on approximately 13 acres between the corn fields of rural Jefferson Township.
Several remarkable sisters and lay principals have served SLA over the last century. Most special in the memory of the current
parishioners is Mrs. Agnes Hart, whose music and energy filled the halls from 1987-2004. Mrs. Cheryl Layton-Whitaker and Mrs. Carolyn Kirkendall also provided leadership in the new millennium. Presently, Mrs. Cheryl Klinker is principal. She has been at the helm since 2011. Under her exceptional direction, the school has significantly increased enrollment and continued to grow and flourish. With her expertise and director background for the learning disabled, SLA
became a pilot school for special needs students in the diocese in 2012.
Today, the school houses interactive boards and technology in every class-room and 102 students in preschool through eighth grade with seven full-time and three part-time teachers. Most recent improvements include remodeling the former art room into a resource room, replacing the original slate roof with a new one of steel tile, and adding a larger, covered back porch and new windows and doors around the turn of the century. Efforts to remodel the former convent/parish office to include space for a science lab, art and music classes are also in the works.
In her January newsletter to alumni, Klinker wrote, “Saint Louis Academy has stood the test of time. Our physical building may have been updated and our educational prac-
tices modernized, but it is the community pride in Saint Louis Academy that sustains the Catholic mission it was destined for.” For nearly two decades, the current pastor at Saint Louis, the Rev. Stephen E. Colchin, has lovingly referred to SLA as the parish gem. The valued advocate added his gratitude to the parish and its fami-lies, “For 100 years, this parish and its families have supported SLA with their time, talent and treasure and made personal sacrifice to send their children to a Catholic school. We have much to be thankful for as the Lord has guided us over this past century and we pray this same guidance will sustain us well into the future.”
The celebration will culminate on Nov. 1, 2015, All Saints Day, with Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
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Students and staff dressed the part for a school day in 1915 as they kicked off National Catholic Schools Week and the 100-year birthday celebration of Saint Louis Academy.
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Quill pens were used in McGuffey eclectic primers and students wrote on the chalkboard in cursive in honor of the school’s 100th year.
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The Rotary Club of Fort Wayne, also known as the Down-town Rotary Club, is celebrating its centennial in 2015. A year of activities will culminate in a Centennial Gala on Oct. 2 at the Grand Wayne Center. For more on the club’s local and international work, visit fortwaynerotary.org.
In a joint interview, Rotary Club President Barb Wachtman, immediate past President Jeff Krull and Presi-dent-elect Jason Daenens discussed the club’s heritage and goals. (Some answers were edited for space.)
Question: How does a club adapt to thrive for 100 years? What changes do you envision over the next decade and century?
Krull: If you go all the way back to the founding it was kind of a networking group, and it didn’t take long until it turned into much more of a civic organization, and it grew like crazy.
And when I joined in 1986 it was all men, and it was a premier service club and it was by invitation. The classifica-tion system relaxed over the years because it needed to be more open. It was a club that did a lot of good, and it was prestigious and it was a powerful organization. As years went by, things changed and Rotary was a little slower, and by the ’90s we were starting to see a disconnect between the older members and the conventions and what was happening in society and as a culture, including things like excluding women. That changed on the national level in the mid-80s and the first woman joined the Fort Wayne club in 1989.
That set us on a new course trying to open things up, which we were very successful in doing.
As work patterns changed and as local companies became owned by larger companies, some of the banks, etc., were not necessarily interested. Membership began to decline. We were close to 300 members and by 2000 we were down to 150 and really kind of slipping.
In the last eight to 10 years, I perceive that our club has made a very conscious effort to re-invent itself. We’ve looked at who we want in our club, how to make the club accessible to different work schedules, especially younger members who may find it difficult to commit an hour and a half or two every single Monday for a noon meeting.
We became more service-oriented than we were in the past. The networking and camaraderie are still very important, and it’s much more than that. And the friendships
are fun, but they are also productive and they help us get important things done in the community and around the world.
Wachtman: I joined about 10 years ago. The club has taken a look at itself, and what the club has done very well is to say we have to be relevant to our members and we have to tell our members this is about service. And yes there will be networking and yes there will be friendships. But it’s about service, and if you connect passionately and with integrity with people who want to do service, you’re going to have a pretty interesting group of people who want to be engaged.
We now have about 135 to 140 members and with honorary members about 150.
Daenens: When I joined the club at the end of 2008 I had just turned 30 and at the time the club had only one other person who was younger, and there were just five under the age of 40. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with a club over 45; it’s just difficult to sustain the membership. From my perspective, I joined a club that was going through a bit of an identity crisis. Aligned with the economic reality back in 2008 or 2009, people were losing jobs. And when you’re part of a group of individuals who are about philanthropy, that kind of depresses those efforts.
I think that difficult situation at that time gave the club a chance to step back and say, “What are we doing and why are we doing it and what should we be doing?” One of the results was that we decided to go bigger and bolder with some things.
I think the hundred-year milestone truly invigorated the club and gave the club a renewed sense of purpose, and I think that any organization that wants to survive has to continually evolve.
We have to be evolving every few years, every five years to stay relevant to our membership and to attract especially the millennials and the new generations to the club.
So I think that moving forward we have a good launching pad here with the efforts from the centennial. What we are doing with the library, and in Togo, and some of our other longstanding projects — this is an opportunity for us to expand and develop them further so we can continue service to the community and grow as a club.
Krull: Back in the old days the Rotary Clubs, ours as well, were not so service oriented in terms of contributing your time as opposed to writing a check. We still have a great many generous members, but we go way beyond that and we’re really looking for people to engage in service by contributing their time and their talent.
Krull: We’ve talked a lot about our club, but a very important part of Rotary is that it is an international orga-nization. We have many members of our club who have supported Rotary International in many ways.
[Members who contribute at least $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation are named Paul Harris Fellows, in honor of the founder of Rotary.]
Those funds go to really big-picture projects worldwide, like eradication of polio, education, clean water, projects all over the world. And one of the reasons that Rotary is so effective is that it’s everywhere.
Wachtman: The most recent Rotarian magazine tells about the Ebola epidemic and the people trying to fight in the most remote areas using the polio model that Rotary and the World Health Organization has set.
So you realize that Rotary’s footprint is huge and signif-icant, and it’s very relevant because it just works. Like Jeff says, Rotary gets it done and gets it done well.
Question: What attracts people to Rotary?Wachtman: I think it takes a spirit of sacrifice, and service
is one of the most fulfilling things people can do. The road to happiness it not helping ourselves; it’s helping others.
Rotary is very fulfilling, and I think people who really do want to make the world a better place realize that they can’t do it alone, and if they work with like-minded people they have a better time doing it.
Krull: If you come to a meeting, you see a bunch of people who are fun and friendly and very committed to the mission of the organization. You are among some people who are really movers, and it’s kind of an energizing experi-ence, and people find it a great avenue to service.
Daenens: It’s an opportunity for individuals to utilize their skills, also for them to hone their skills and improve on them through leadership of all the various projects that we support and lead. And running the club is another opportu-nity for leadership development and mentorship. Those are some of the many added benefits.
Question: If you were to seal a Rotary time capsule, what items would you preserve from this centennial year?
Wachtman: I would put in a book or something from Washington Elementary School. We adopted that school a little over 10 years ago and it has been a very significant project for us.
I would put in the first membership roster and our hundred-year membership roster, showing the really broad range of leaders in the community, and that we’ve been very blessed to have lead our club.
Daenens: I would add some items that are relevant to the service of our community because they represent a piece of what our club is all about, and something more specific to our community these days.
Krull: I would include something that records and docu-ments some of the more significant contributions, including things like the Avenue of Trees downtown and at Headwa-ters Park. We do those projects and then kind of lose sight of that fact that we did them. We also should remember the Circle of Hope trail through Headwaters Park, commemo-rating the 100 years of the Rotary Club.
Wachtman: We should include a little musical instru-ment because we’ve been giving the Cleo Fox [band and orchestra camp] scholarship, and we’re a singing club too.
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Taste of Waynedale adds food options, new charityBy Garth [email protected]
It’s just a Taste of Waynedale, but guests will need trays to hold their samples from at least 21 local restaurants and busi-nesses.
So trays they will have, said Camille Garrison, the marketing director for the event’s sponsor, Kingston Residence of Fort Wayne.
“Who would have known when we started that it would grow so big?” Garrison said. The Fort Wayne get-together and fundraiser has grown in both size and mission in its seven years.
The Kingston event outgrew its own Winchester Road home in 2014. “So we moved over to the Family Life Center, which is huge,” Garrison said. “And they have seating.”
Mount Calvary Family Life Center is at 1819 Reservation Drive. Hours are 4:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. Tickets are $15 in advance; RSVP to 747-1523, or cgarrison@
kingstonhealthcare.com, or visit the Kingston front desk Monday through Friday. Tickets at the door the day of the event will be $20.
Garrison said she is working with even more vendors, but the total topped 20 more than six weeks before the gathering.
“Shigs In Pit is brand new to us,” she said of the Fairfield Avenue barbecue caterers. “We’ve always had our favorites, too, and I have some feelers out for a couple other places.”
Guests had requested trays to carry their samples, Garrison said, so Kingston borrowed an idea from a Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo fundraiser, Zoo Brew & Wine Too.
“So they will have trays and a table,” she said. “And the whole time they will be able to bid on items.” Local businesses have donated more than 60 items for the silent auction.
Residents and visitors will see their friends and neighbors. “It’s a very social event in addition to
the fact that it’s doing great things for the community,” Garrison said.
Community Harvest Food Bank was the sole beneficiary of the first Taste of Waynedale, and has shared the proceeds with another Waynedale cause each succeeding year. This year the second charity extends beyond Waynedale and even Allen County. Garrison is on the board of that organization, Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. “I’m very passionate about that particular cause,” she said.
Honor Flight has added
a fourth one-day, round-trip flight this year. “We’re also discussing taking a larger plane so we can get even more veterans to Wash-ington for the day to see their memorials,” Garrison said. “So there is a need for us to raise money to keep up with the growth that we’re experiencing of Honor Flight.”
Garrison said she learned
of Honor Flight from a Kingston sister community that was involved with Honor Flight in Toledo. “I fell in love with it, and it’s been a great experience,” she said. “There are no salaries, there’s no over-head, there are no fancy cars. It’s a hundred percent volunteers — 22 board members who are volun-teering their time to make things happen.”
“They were so full of emotion, and they were tearful,” Garrison said of the veterans. “It was just raw emotion and I was hooked.”
Veterans and their assigned caregivers visit the Washington, D.C., monu-ments, and pose for a group photo at the National World War II Memorial.
Though the Taste of Waynedale has a new home, it remains a Kingston event. “It was
difficult for us to move away from having it here,” Garrison said. “We wanted people to come and see our beautiful community. It was a great way to showcase our building. But in the end, we just outgrew the property here.”
“Even though we’re not hosting it at our building anymore, we would love folks to come over and check out our happy community,” she said.
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TASTE OF WAYNEDALETuesday, March 24, 4:30-7 p.m.Mount Calvary Family Life Center, 1819 Reservation Drive, Fort Wayne.Tickets $15 in advance; $20 at the door. RSVP to 747-1523 or email [email protected] may bid on a silent auction between trips to
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SATURDAY, MARCH 14Pancake and sausage breakfast. Leo Masonic Lodge 224, 13711 Leo Road, Leo. 7-11 a.m. $5.Dance fundraiser. Mizpah Shrine, 1015A Memorial Way, Fort Wayne. Doors open 7 p.m. $1o in advance or $12 at the door. HotHouse creates dance music from 7:30-11 p.m. Also, cash bar and restaurant and silent auction. Event benefits the Mizpah Shrine Transportation Unit. The Mizpah Shrine Center provides transportation for patients and parents or guardians to Shrine hospitals in Chicago and Cincinnati. Almost 2,000 patients rely on the free service provided by Mizpah Shrine.Square dance. St. Louis Besancon Hall, 15535 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Doors open 7:30 p.m., dancing 8-11 p.m. Tickets $10 per person, includes one beer person and snacks. Music by Bill Werling & Breakaway. Proceeds benefit Saint Louis Academy Home and School Association.Junior League of Fort Wayne fundraiser. Sweetwater, 5501 U.S. 30 West, Fort Wayne. 6:30-10:30 p.m. $50 per person. Heavy hos d’oeuvres and open bar. This year’s theme, “Let Your Inner Child Shine,” is a celebration of the League’s commitment to their new focus: Readiness for Elementary School. The event is open to the public.Press the Glass plays. Cottage Event Center, 9525 U.S. 24 North, Roa-noke. $10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins around 7:30. The band formerly known as Tollgate Road performs a night of rockin’ ’70s favorites in the third annual Birthday Bash to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs.Hospitals transportation fundraiser. Mizpah Shrine Center, 1015A Memorial Way. Doors open 8 p.m., music 8:30-11 p.m. Tickets $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Cash bar and restaurant and silent auction. Music by HotHouse. Mizpah Shrine provides transportation for patients, parents or guardians to Shrine hospitals in Chicago and Cincinnati, at no cost.Exhibit opens. Crestwoods Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Free. Presenting works by the University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts Faculty. The show runs through April 18. For more information, visit crestwoods-gallery.com.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15Subtitled Sundays. Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry St. On the third Sunday of each month, Cinema Center will screen a regularly scheduled, full-run film with the captioning enabled. This service is to benefit the deaf and hard of hearing and anyone who sometimes has trouble discerning dia-logue. Check cinemacenter.org for this month’s title and time. Regular prices apply.“The Jesus Film.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional in-formation, call 422-4682.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19International Women’s Day celebration. Indiana Tech Law School, 1600 E. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. 5;30-7:15 p.m. The Zonta Club of Fort Wayne hosts the celebration in conjunction with Indiana Tech Law School. Open to the public.WinterJam 2015. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 7 P.M. $10 door donation and a love offering inside. $5 per car parking. Featuring Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Bat-tistelli, Building 429, Newsong, Family Force 5 and more. Visit Trinity-
Communications.org for details.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20Fish fry. American Legion Post 160, 1122 N. Main St., Roanoke. 5-7:30 p.m. $9 for adults, $4 for children 5 to 12, and free to children 4 and under. Everyone welcome. Presented by Saint Joseph Church, Roanoke. The menu includes all-you-can-eat fish, potato, another side, and drink.Garage sale. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 9 a.m.-close. The fourth annual sale will benefit the club’s capital improvement projects. The Ladies Auxiliary will have a bake sale fundraiser during the garage sale.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21School garage sale. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton School, 10700 Aboite Cen-ter Road, Fort Wayne. 8 a.m.-1 p.m., with a $1 bag sale from noon till 1. The school is accepting gently used household goods, toys, clothing, kitchenware and furniture, but cannot accept TVs or computers. The school also welcomes plastic grocery bags, paper grocery bags (with or without handles), and hangers. Drop off donations at the school from 9 a.m. till noon on the following Saturdays: Feb. 14, Feb. 28, and March 14. Proceeds help about 60 students prepare for their eight-grade field trip to Chicago in April 2016.Artist reception. Crestwoods Gallery, 314 N. Main St., Roanoke. 3-6 p.m. Free. Presenting works by the University of Saint Francis School of Cre-ative Arts Faculty. Refreshments served. The show runs through April 18. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit crestwoodsgallery.comTack auction and chili supper. Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Free admission and parking. There will be a charge for the dinner, at 5 p.m. The horse and pony tack auction begins at 6 p.m. Used tack and trailer consignments are welcome and will be sold at the end of the auction. For more information, call Paul at 349-3283. Proceeds ben-efit Allen County 4-H Horse and Pony Clubs. If there is an active winter storm warning or watch for Allen County, this event is cancelled. Visit allenco4hhorsenpony.com for updates.Garage sale. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 9 a.m.-close. The fourth annual sale will benefit the club’s capital improvement projects. The Ladies Auxiliary will have a bake sale fundraiser during the garage sale.Casino and card night. Monroeville Park Pavilion, 421 Monroe St., Mon-roeville. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Free admission. Must be 21 to enter. A fundraiser for Saint Rose Parish.Ballet 5:8. First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Tickets $15 to $18. Advance purchase is recommended; call (800) 838-3006. Ballet 5:8 is a Chicago-area touring company, in its third sea-son. The Saturday program is a collection of contemporary ballets.
SUNDAY, MARCH 22“Jesus Christ Superstar.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For additional information, call 422-4682.Ballet 5:8. First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 3 p.m. Tickets $15 to $18. Advance purchase is recommended; call (800) 838-3006. Ballet 5:8 is a Chicago-area touring company, in its third season. The Sunday program is “Belteshazzar,” based on the Bible book of Daniel.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24“Hats Off to Spring” luncheon. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50, including lunch and program. The Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection in-vites Sandy Benning with Premier Design Jewelry. Make reservations by March 17; call Meridith at 672-3414. Sponsored by Stonecroft Minis-tries. Baby sitting is available.Alzheimer’s educational program. Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Commu-nity Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. The topic is “The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.” Spon-sored by The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter. Learn the difference between normal memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. The program also features video clips of doctors, patients and loved ones who are caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease. There is no fee to attend the program, but registration is requested by contacting the Alz-heimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at (800) 272-3900.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25Diversity Dialogue: “Dwarfism.” YWCA Northeast Indiana, 1610 Spy Run Ave. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. The YWCA’s Di-versity Council hosts panelists and guest speakers to discuss important topics on the fourth Wednesday of each month. RSVP to [email protected] dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 4:30 p.m. $8 for adults, $6 for children 6 to 10, and children 6 and under eat free. The dinner includes fish and sides and dessert made by members of the club. A full-service bar features German and other draft beers. The Fort Wayne Sport Club is a hub of soccer activity, with recreational and competitive programs for ages 4-years to 30 and over. For details, visit fortwaynesportclub.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28Spring fish/chicken fry and bake sale. Harlan United Methodist Church, 16434 Indiana 37E, Harlan. 4-7 p.m. Ages 11 and up pay $9, ages 6-10 pay $5, and children 5 and under eat for free. Sponsored by the Harlan Lions Club.The Merge for Christian Singles. Parkwood Church of God, 3320 Trier Road, Fort Wayne. 6-11 p.m. $7 donation at the door. Ice-breakers, dinner, games, dancing. Today’s speaker is Verlin Rice. Music is by Dancin-Feats.com with Pam and Eagle. Carry-in potluck assigned by last name; visit the-merge.net for details.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29“The Passion of the Christ.” First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. 4 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend the Lenten Film Series, each Sunday through March 29. For addi-tional information, call 422-4682.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 4:30 p.m. $8 for adults, $6 for children 6 to 10, and children 6 and under eat free. The dinner includes fish and sides and dessert made by members of the club. A full-service bar features German and other draft beers. The Fort Wayne Sport Club is a hub of soccer activity, with recreational and competitive programs for ages 4-years to 30 and over. For details, visit fortwaynesportclub.com.Fish fry. Waynedale Masonic Lodge 739, 7039 Elzey St., Fort Wayne. 4-7 p.m. $8. Fish, coleslaw, baked beans, pie or cake. (The lodge’s usual first-Saturday pancake breakfast will not be held in April.)Fish and chicken dinner. American Legion Keith Brown Post 420, 112 E. South St., Monroeville. 4-7 p.m. Adult tickets are $9 at the door or $8 in advance; ages 5 to 12 eat for $5; ages 5 and under free. Get advance sale tickets through Brenda Wolff, 623-6401, or at the post.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4Easter egg hunt. New Horizons Fellowship Church, 1330 Werling Road, New Haven 2 p.m. Free. The public is invited to attend this fami-ly-friendly event. The Easter egg hunt will be held at Werling Park with parking at New Horizons Church. Children participating will be divided into three age groups and receive gift bags. Contact the church at 749-0422 for more information.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7Appleseed Quilters Guild. Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. The guest speaker is Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles, who will conduct a full-day workshop on Monday, April 6, and another on Tuesday, April 7. Guests are welcome to visit meetings without paying dues, which are $30 per year. For more information about workshop enrollment and other club activities, visit appleseedquiltersguild.com.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8Lenten dinner and study. Covenant United Methodist Church, 10001 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30 dinner, free-will offering. 6:15 p.m. Lenten study, “Tough Questions,” led by Pastor Karen Koelsch. All are welcome.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10Purdue Glee Club concert. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. $15 for adults, $10 for students. All proceeds will support Homestead and Bishop Dwenger high schools show choirs. The concert also will feature the Homestead and Bishop Dwenger high schools show choirs, which will benefit from the proceeds of the concert. The Purdue Varsity Glee Club’s versatile repertoire includes gospel, vocal jazz, swing, contemporary hits, romantic ballads, classical selec-tions, barbershop, folk, opera choruses, country and novelty tunes and patriotic standards. Specialty groups and outstanding soloists further enhance their performance. They have served as ambassadors of the university with honor and dignity for more than 115 years. Tickets can be purchased on line at [email protected]. Or call Virginia Simpson at 444-7642 or Debra Wildrick at 434-0575 There is no desig-nated seating.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16Rummage sale. Emanuel Lutheran Church, 800 Green St., New Haven. 9 a.m.-7 p.m., with outside sales beginning at 8 a.m. The sale continues Friday, April 17.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17Rummage sale. Emanuel Lutheran Church, 800 Green St., New Haven. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., with outside sales beginning at 8 a.m. Today is $2-a-bag sale day.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18Red Dollars for Scholars. The Community Center, 233 W. Main St., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. $30 donation. Sponsored by the Fort Wayne Alum-nae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. For tickets, contact Dawn Moore, chairperson, at 602-4340 or [email protected], or any Delta member via Facebook or at [email protected]. The sorority hosts this event to raise scholarship money for local African-American youth. The event includes soulful food, a cash bar, a 50/50 raffle, a bid whist tournament, and dancing to the sounds of DJ Rodney Black. Ca-sual attire is welcomed.Discover Roanoke 10k/5k/1-mile. Race-day registration closes at 8:30 a.m., but enrollment will end when each race reaches capacity. Races begin at 9 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. The event benefits the Roanoke Elementary School PTO.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22Diversity Dialogue: “Racial Justice.” YWCA Northeast Indiana, 1610 Spy Run Ave. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. The YWCA’s Diversity Council hosts panelists and guest speakers to discuss import-ant topics on the fourth Wednesday of each month. RSVP to [email protected].
THURSDAY, APRIL 23Rummage sale and bake sale. Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave., Fort Wayne. 4-8 p.m. Sale will be held in the church basement. All proceeds go toward mission work.Kindergarten orientation. Roanoke Elementary School, 423 W. Vine St., Roanoke. 6:30 p.m. Orientation is open to children who will be 5 on or before Aug. 1. Parents should bring their child’s immunization records and original birth certificate. Students that are pre-registered will receive an invitation from the school. Forms are available on the school website or can be picked up in the school office. For more information, call the school office at 672-2806.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24Rummage sale and bake sale. Forest Park United Methodist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave., Fort Wayne. The two-day sale continues in the church basement from 9 a.m.-noon. $2 bag day continues from 1-3 p.m. All pro-ceeds go toward mission work.
MULTIPLE DATES / REGISTRATION / ANNOUNCEMENTSMom2Mom Sale. SonShine Christian Academy will hold its fourth annual Mom2Mom Sale from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 2. The school is at 5122 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is $1. Vendors pay $20 per booth or $8 per table until April 15. Interested vendors should email [email protected]. Families are encouraged to bring children’s clothing, toys, baby items, baby equipment and other quality goods. Jewelry vendors and other small-business people are invited to take part. As an added draw, SonShine has secured a sponsor for a moonwalk. Sponsors also are being sought for face-painting, food trucks and other attractions.Get tickets for 29th Festival of Wines. Fort Wayne Country Club, 5221 Cov-ington Road. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, May 1. $50 per person, available at Visiting Nurse, 5910 Homestead Road, or by calling 435-3222. Enjoy wine and microbrews, an hors d’oeuvres buffet and chocolates. Piano music by Joe Thomas. Sponsored by Lutheran Health Services Society. Benefits patient care in Hospice Home.“33 Variations.” ArtsLab Black Box, 300 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. $26 for adults, $22 for seniors, $17 for ages 23 and under. Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents a play about a modern-day musicologist diagnosed
with ALS as she races to finish her research on Beethoven. Buy tickets at tickets.artstix.org. Show times: Friday, March 20, 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m.; Thursday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 27, 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m.; Thursday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, April 3, 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m. No performance on Easter Sunday.Spring craft bazaar needs crafters. First Christian Church, 4800 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Saturday, May 16. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Table rental is $25. Deadline to submit registrations is April 18. Call the church at 744-3239 or email [email protected]. The women of the church also will hold a bake sale.Congressional Art Competition. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, announced that submissions are being accepted for the 2015 Congressional Art Compe-tition. The winning works are displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol. The winner will also receive two free airline tickets compliments of Southwest Airlines to fly from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C., to attend the national reception. The deadline for submission is April 10. Questions can be directed to Kathie Green in Stutzman’s district office at [email protected] or at (260) 424-3041.Bob Leiman Toastmasters Club. Build confidence, and improve your commu-nication and leadership skills. The second and fourth Mondays of the month, 6:30-8 p.m., Pizza Hut at Northcrest Shopping Center. Social hour 5:30-6:30 p.m. Contact Mary Hilger at [email protected] or 489-4440 with questions.Easter celebration. Saint Michael Lutheran Church, 2131 Getz Road, Fort Wayne. Celebrating “Freedom Under the Cross,” taken from the book of Galatians. Wednesdays, Feb. 25 to March 25, 7 p.m., Lenten services; Palm Sunday, March 29, services 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., and Easter egg hunt at 9:30 a.m.; Maundy Thursday, April 2, Seder meal 6 p.m., communion service 7 p.m.; Good Friday, April 3, services at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday, April 5, Sunrise festive celebration service at 7 a.m., Easter breakfast at 8 a.m., festive celebration service at 9 a.m.; contemporary celebration service at 9:09 a.m.; festive celebration service at 11 a.m. All Easter services will celebrate Holy Communion. For more information, visit stmfw.org or call 432-2033University of Saint Francis 39th annual High School Art Exhibition. Weatherhead Gallery, Mimi & Ian Rolland Art & Visual Communication Center, Leesburg Road. Free and open to the public. March 5-22. Hours: 9 a.m-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sun-day. The annual showcase features student artwork from over 25 high schools in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, with a variety of awards given to the most outstanding works in the display. Award sponsors for this exhibition include United Art and Education, Papier’s Creative Framing, Northside Galleries and Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery. The judge for this year’s exhibition is Ann Shive, owner of Crestwoods Frame Shop and Gallery. Call 339-8064 for more information.GriefShare. New Haven United Methodist Church, 630 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held in the church parlor. For more information, call Margie Williams, 749-9907, or the church office, 749-9565. Throughout videos, discussions and journaling, participants gain insight into their personal journey through grief. Each session is self-contained, so members may enroll at any time.English as a Second Language classes. East Allen County Church of Christ, 3800 Minnich Road, New Haven. The church is searching for new students who either want to learn English or improve their English. A Sunday morning class is offered for beginning Spanish speakers. For those seeking to better their English skills, classes are available by ap-pointment. To schedule an appointment, call 749-5300 or visit eacchur-chofchrist.org.“Changing Tides” winter garden exhibit. The Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Through April 5. The Botanical Conservatory invites internationally-known artist Sayaka Ganz to create an imagina-tive seascape in the midst of our lush Showcase Garden using recycled materials. Discarded everyday items such as plastic forks, knives and bowls are reborn with new purpose and meaning as the artist transforms them into colorful and lifelike sculptures of jellyfish, kelp, dolphins and coral reef. Charges apply for admission and classes. For details, visit botanicalconservatory.org or call (260) 427-6440.Discover Roanoke 10k/5k/1-mile. Saturday, April 18. Visit onturfsports.com/Runners/10k-5kRun-Walk.htm for registration, payment, and more in-formation. Early registration is $17 for the 10k and the 5k, or $7 for the 1-mile event,Community choir welcomes new members. The Summit City Singers, a SATB community choir, is starting rehearsals for the fall season and welcomes new singers. The choir sings a variety of music, with the theme for this season being “Christmas Is For Children.” No auditions are required but singers must be able to match pitch. Rehearsals are held from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Shawnee Middle School, 1000 E. Cook Road. For more information, contact Judy King at 489-4505.Overeaters Anonymous meetings. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Call 704-0453 for local meeting information.Safe Sitter Classes. Lutheran Children’s Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd. Safe Sitter is a medically based instructional program that teaches girls and boys how to handle emergencies when caring for young children. Classes include two days of instruction that incorporate lifesaving tech-niques, how and when to talk with a 9-1-1 dispatcher, injury prevention, behavior management, managing a toddler or preschool guest, tips on child care and how to screen baby-sitting jobs. The classes are taught by Lutheran Children’s Hospital staff and prepare babysitters to confidently handle crises. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and class size is limited. The cost for the two-day class is $50. Students must be at least 11 years old to participate. Call Child Life
Specialist Tammy Else with Lutheran Children’s Hospital at 435-7344 to register. More details are available at lutheranchildrenshosp.com. Classes take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates: April 2 and 3; June 25 and 26; July 22 and 23; Aug. 4 and 5; and Dec. 28 and 29.Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of each month. Local vendors offer meats, baked goods, spices, honey, eggs, plants, fudge, herbs, wine, orchard products, soap, jewelry, woodwork-ing and more. Indoor markets continue through May 16. For details and updates, visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.
FRANCINE’S FRIENDS MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHYThe Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For women who have insurance, they will bill the insurance company. If the patient does not have insurance but has the ability to pay, the BDC offers a reduced rate if paid the day of the screening. For women without insurance, a high deductible, or resources to pay, funding is available.Monday, March 16. Leo Jr/Sr High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo.Thursday, March 19. FWCS Bus Depot, 6006 Ardmore Ave., Fort Wayne.Monday, March 23. Kroger, 821 Lincoln Highway, New Haven.Wednesday, March 25. IPFW, 2101 Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne.Friday, March 27. Kroger, 6002 St. Joe Center Road, Fort Wayne.Tuesday, March 31. Kroger, 6310 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne.Friday, April 3. Kroger, 601 E. Dupont Road, Fort Wayne.Monday, April 6, Parkview Physician Group Family Practice, 1331 Minnich Road, New Haven.Monday, April 13. Woodlan Jr.-Sr. High School, 17215 Woodburn Road, Woodburn.Wednesday, April 15. Come As You Are Community Church, 7910 S. Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne.Friday, April 17. University of Saint francis, 2701 Spring St., Fort Wayne.Friday, April 24. The Third Place, 1601 W. Cedar Canyons Road, Huntertown.(Note: Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography is a partnership be-tween Francine’s Friends, Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Breast Diagnostic Center.)
RED CROSS BLOOD DONATION OPPORTUNITIESThe need for blood is constant. The American Red Cross depends on blood donor heroes in communities across the nation to collect enough blood to meet the needs of patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals nationwide. Donors with all blood types are needed, particularly those with types O negative, A negative and B negative.To learn more about donating blood and to schedule an appointment, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767.Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Allen County:Wednesday, March 18, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., IPFW North Campus Student Life Building, 4900 St. Joe Road, Fort Wayne.Wednesday, March 18, 3:30-7:30 p.m., New Haven Middle School, 900 Prospect Ave., New Haven.Thursday, March 19, 1-4 p.m., NIPSCO, 1501 Hale St., Fort Wayne.Wednesday, March 25, 8:30-11 a.m., Reimbold & Anderson, 5750 Coventry Lane, Suite 110, Fort Wayne.Thursday, March 26, 8-11 a.m., Brown Mackie College, 3000 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne.Thursday, March 26, 1-3:30 p.m., Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, 3201 Stellhorn Road, Fort Wayne.
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