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Students anticipate Future City

Woodside Middle School will seek a third consecutive regional title at the Indiana Regional Future City competition. Summit Middle School will enter the competition for the first time. Students from throughout Indiana will compete Saturday, Jan. 18, at IPFW’s Walb Student Union.

At stake is a trip to the Future City National Finals, Feb. 15-18, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

Students are challenged to envision a city and address a specific issue. They research a problem, write solutions, and build a tabletop model from recy-cled materials. This year’s theme is transportation, said Laura Smith, who is leading Woodside’s team for the sixth year. “So students looked at existing transportation issues like congestion, sustainable fossil fuels, and trying to

find sustainable transporta-tion for the future,” Smith said.

Students were free to choose an actual city, or to create their own city.

Smith said all Wood-side eighth-grade students participated in a modified version of the Future City program as part of their classwork. The teams

created a desktop model, prepared essays and made presentations. “It can be pretty daunting,” Smith told a panel of educators who gathered at Woodside to hear students’ seven-minute presentations.

Other students also served as peer evaluators for the presentations.

Smith said she works

closely with language arts and social studies teachers and science teacher Sarah Kniss to help students with their studies and presenta-tions.

The gifted and talented students prepare a separate entry, as an extra-cur-ricular project. Four of

By Garth Snowgsnow@kpcmedia.com

Laura Smith coaches the Future City program at Woodside Middle School, where a trophy case holds models and trophies from previous years.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

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Church men servewhile women enjoyGraceful Night Out

Mike McGuire will help the men of Grace Epis-copal Church to pamper about 110 women at Graceful Night Out. “This is their turn,” McGuire said of the seventh annual night of fun and fund-raising, beginning at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at the church at 10010 Aurora Place.

Women from outside the church also enjoy the hearty hors d’oeuvres, sweets and relaxation. Tickets are $40, and may be reserved by calling the church office at 432-9221.

Highlights include a keynote speech, followed by raffles and live and silent auctions. Guests will visit pampering stations, including a massage station and a jewelry station. “Anything to help the ladies feel special,” he said.

“We usually have from 15 to 20 guys,” McGuire said. “Our whole thing is to pamper the ladies. We bring them food, we bring them drink, we take their coats, we’ll walk them in — whatever needs to be done.”

McGuire said his wife, Gail, is in charge of the food. “My guys are in charge of setup,” he said. “The only thing the ladies do is the artistic setup of the table. We’re not too great on that, but they set the tables up with a different theme every year. We have some very talented women in our congregation.”

Julie Boyd shares the event co-chair duties with Toni Ingram. “It started out originally as a kind of Valentine present, so the men of the church would serve women and they would have a night out,” Boyd said.

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Bigger but familiar circusreturning for seven shows

The 2014 Mizpah Shrine Circus will be about 20 percent larger than the 2013 show, says Larry Solheim, the general manager of the Tarzan Zerbini Circus.

The circus will perform Jan. 23-26 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

“We’re really excited,” Solheim said. “Last year was a big year for us, with the 250th anniver-sary of the Zerbini circus tradition. And this year we’re going to be bigger and better. We’re bringing in even more animal acts this year. We have a new horse act, we have alliga-tors, we have high wires, motorcycles, all sorts of things that are new this year.”

“We still have tigers and elephants,” he said.

“And the bareback riding horse act is exceptional, a completely different look.”

“We’re also going to be featuring The World Famous Wallendas on the high wire, which is going to be a big act,” the circus manager said from his winter home in Arkansas. “Rick Wallenda is the grandson of he great Karl

Wallenda. He performs in the style of this grandfa-ther.”

Erika Zerbini, the youngest of the circus owner’s four daughters, will work with the show’s six Asian elephants. Erika has worked with both horses and elephants for 26 years.

Tarzan Zerbini again

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Schoolchildren react to the 2013 Mizpah Shrine Circus. The circus presents two weekday shows for children.

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those students will repre-sent Woodside at the regional. Those students will prepare a 1,000-word essay on the topic of trans-portation and a 400-word essay as a narrative on their chosen city.

“I think it’s important to show kids real-life connections and it’s a real-world problem that they’re solving,” Smith said. “I think that gets them excited. And it’s language arts, social students and tech teachers all involved and supportive of that project. And the kids need to use their hands to build the models, and that’s a great skill.”

Smith said volunteer mentor Troy Larkins, an engineer with Engineering Resources Inc., will help lead the team again this year.

Morris, who is in her first year at Summit, brings previous experience as a Future City mentor, at Huntington. She said 11 Summit sixth-graders have been meeting for an hour before school, two days a week, since October. The students submitted

their virtual city online, in addition to their essay and city narrative. She said the group would continue meeting over winter break to complete the city model. Three of the 11 students will present the project at the IPFW regional.

“The nice thing is that I have all sixth-graders who are doing this,” she said; students in grades six through eight are eligible. “They’re going to learn a lot, and then they will be back next year to act as mentors for the sixth-graders.”

“I think they’re learning a lot about just how a city works — the important parts of a city,” Morris said. “They’re learning a lot about energy, about transportation modes. I think they are learning to work well as a team. There are just so many different things that they’re learning — deadlines, responsi-bility. And they get to work with an engineer. I think that’s valuable, just to see another area they could go into.”

Smith, of Woodside, also said that the compe-

tition cultivates a variety of abilities. “They learn a lot about engineering, and also important 21st-century skills such as collabo-ration, critical thinking, creativity,” she said.

“One student said he has a better appreciation of what the city of Fort Wayne is trying to do with their redevelopment,” Smith said.

Smith said area schools both compete and collab-orate. “Everyone in the regional works well together,” she said.

The Future City Compe-tition is sponsored in part by DiscoverE, a consor-tium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corporations. More than 40,000 students from 1,350 middle schools will compete in regionals.

Last year, 24 teams competed at IPFW, and 37 regional-winning teams competed at the national level. The top team in the nation this year will receive a trip to the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala.

Woodside’s 2013 team engineered the future city

Recropolis, which won two of the 26 special awards at the national competition.

Smith said the South-west Allen County Schools’ 1-to-1 computer initiative, which makes a computer available for every middle school student, has been a tremendous benefit to the program. “Students now have easy access to word processing and researching and tools such as Excel and Google SketchUp that are used by engineers in the workplace,” Smith said in an email.

For more information on the Indiana regional, visit www.etcs.ipfw.edu/fcc/.

For more information on the national competition, visit futurecity.org.

Valley Middle School from Oakland, N.J., won the 2013 national compe-tition in Crystal City, Va. That team has repre-sented New Jersey in the national competition for 12 consecutive years. Veritas Homeschoolers in Gilbert, Ariz., placed second. Queen of Angels School in Willow Grove, Pa., took third.

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Most Woodside eighth-graders prepared desktop models as classroom projects for the Future City program. Students in the gifted-and-talented program worked outside school hours to prepare entries for the regional competition.

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Melanie Lubs, from left, Grant Bastion and Samantha Stoiche present opening music for the annual Breakfast at Bethlehem at Sonrise Church, 10125 Illinois Road. Guests experienced the sights and sounds of the interactive Bethlehem marketplace, complete with live animals representative of the Nativity. The church held two breakfast pageants the morning of Dec. 14.

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Polar Plunge seeks participantsSpecial Olympics of Allen County

seeks plungers for the 2014 Fort Wayne Polar Plunge starting at noon Saturday, Feb. 8, at Parkview Field.

Plungers can commit to participate in the 2014 Polar Plunge by visiting firstgiving.com/soindiana to register. A minimum $50 for students and $75 for adults is required to plunge in the event. Participants can raise pledges in person or can create their own online personal fund-

raising page through the registration process. Those who cannot attend the event can also register to be a virtual plunger by mailing a tax-de-ductible check payable to Special Olympics Indiana or by visiting soindiana.org.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. and closes at 11:30 a.m. All participants must complete and sign an event waiver and bring their pledges and a copy of online fundraising totals to

the event. Children ages 12-17 must have a signed waiver from a parent or guardian.

Plungers are encouraged to bring costumes, old tennis shoes or water shoes, robe, towel and a change of clothes to have after the plunge. After the event, there will be an After Splash Bash at the Lincoln Financial Event Center for the entire family. Food and beverage, and an awards ceremony will be provided.

Winterval celebrates arts and outdoorsInstead of hiding from

the cold, Fort Wayne will celebrate the season with Winterval. The Jan. 25 celebration coincides with the Downtown Improve-ment District’s Last Saturday exploration of the arts.

For updates and details, visit fortwayneparks.org.

Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Ice carving, kids’ crafts and freezing fun on the plaza.

Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Ice carving, crafts, “High Places, Hidden Spaces” exhibit.

Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Hands-on activi-ties for children from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., including making “Glacial Gak” and liquid nitrogen ice cream. National Weather Service meteorologist

Sam Lashley will also be on-site to conduct demon-strations in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Demonstration Theater, including “ Minutes with a Meteorologist – Accu-rately Measuring Rain and Snow;” and “Cooking Up Thunderstorms and Torna-does.” Admission will be $4 for ages 3 to adult, and children 1 and under are admitted free.

The Old Fort (Historic Fort Wayne), 1201 Spy Run Ave., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Nouvelle Annee 1754, bake sale, hot cocoa and coffee. Experience a winter with the French of Fort Miamies. Re-enactors re-create actual events that occurred in and around what is now Fort Wayne in the year 1754 as taken from letters written by the fort’s commanders.

Headwaters Ice Rink, 333 S. Clinton St., 11

a.m.-10 p.m.: public skating; exhibitions at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 and 4:15 p.m.

History Center, 302 E. Berry St., noon-5 p.m.: Half-price admission. Randy Harter will be at the History Center at 2 p.m. to share his Fort Wayne postcard collection and to autograph copies of his book “Postcard History Series: Fort Wayne (IN).” Harter’s work is also available in the History Center gift shop.

Lawton Park, 1999 N. Clinton St., 1-3 p.m.: Polar Bear rugby game. Free. (Tentative: Visit fortwayneparks.org to confirm.)

Community Center, 233 W. Main St., 1-4 p.m.: Winter Carnival, with ice carving, carriage rides and Youtheatre presentation.

Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd.,

1 and 4 p.m.: Ice carving, free concerts.

Auer Center for Arts & Culture, 300 E. Main St., 1 and 4 p.m.: “The People Could Fly!” performance; tickets, $5.

Last Saturdays allow visitors to experience diverse social, arts and cultural opportunities. For more information about Last Saturdays, visit downtownfortwayne.com.

January busy at Aboite Branch LibraryThe Aboite Branch Library plans special events for

children, teens and adults in January. The library is at 5630 Coventry Lane. Direct questions to 421-1310.

Born to Read Babies and Books: Mondays, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs, and activities for babies and their caregivers.

Smart Start Storytime: Tuesdays, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, 10:30 a.m. Stories, activities and crafts for preschoolers.

Baby Steps Toddler Time: Wednesdays, Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and games for toddlers.

Art for Homeschoolers: Thursdays, Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2 p.m. Study a variety of art techniques and mediums, ranging from drawing to painting in 3D. All supplies

provided.Art for Homeschool Teens: Fridays, Jan. 3, 10, 17,

24, 31, 10:30 a.m. Study a variety of art techniques and mediums, ranging from drawing to painting in 3D. All supplies provided.

“Paws” to Read: Mondays, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, 6:30 p.m. Kids up to age 11 are invited to stop by and read to the “Paws” dogs, Mason and Martha.

Aboite Branch Adult Book Group: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2 p.m. Visit the Aboite Branch each month for a lively book discussion. This month the group will read “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson.

Cookbook Book Club: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m. Read

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LEGO Club: Monday, Jan. 20, 7p.m. Do you have bricks on the brain? Join us for LEGO club and build to your heart’s content.

You Name It Book Club. Monday, Jan. 6, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join this discussion of a wide variety of books. This month the group will discuss “The Yellow Birds” by Kevin Powers.

Choose Your Own Book Club. Thursday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. Young adults each month will read a book and discuss it over snacks and games. This month the group will discuss “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins.

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will visit Fort Wayne, which for years has been the circus’ first stop on its ninth-month tour of North America. In an earlier interview, Zerbini told this newspaper about his early years in America and the frequent televi-

sion appearances. “I was unusual because of the relationship between the animal and myself,” he said. “No whip, no gun. I was completely opposed to the American style of animal trainer. I think that changed through Tarzan, the friend of the animal.”

Zerbini, who was born Jean Charles Zerbini

and changed his name to Tarzan Zerbini, no longer works with the big cats. “When I was young I used to chase the lions and tigers,” he said in that earlier interview. “But now they started to chase me, so I quit.”

Solheim said audi-ences will recognize the ringmaster. “We love

Richard Curtis. He’s a great spokesperson for the show,” Solheim said.

Piolita the Clown and his sons return with their unicycle act.

The circus sells tickets to seven shows, but also invites schoolchildren from throughout northeast Indiana to two weekday

shows.Steve Trump coordi-

nates the circus on behalf of the Mizpah Shrine. Hundreds of volunteers operate a separate ticket office, bring a troupe of clowns to life, and staff the free Shrine Circus Fair in the Coliseum basement.

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Erika Zerbini works with elephants at the 2013 Shrine Circus. The youngest daughter of the circus owner has trained elephants for 26 years.

FILE PHOTO BY JANE SNOW

The circus returnsThe Mizpah Shrine Circus returns for seven shows, Jan. 23-26, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.Thursday, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 25, 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.Ticket prices range from $12 to $20.Visit the Shrine ticket office at 1015 Memorial Way, behind Casa’s on Parnell Avenue. Check for discount tickets and find more information at mizpahshrinecir-cus.com. Direct questions to (260) 422-7122.Club seats are on sale now, for $20 each, at the Colise-um ticket office.The Mizpah Circus Fair is in the basement of the Colise-um and opens one hour before the first show of the day and continues until one hour after the last show ends. Guests ride elephants and children ride ponies, and get a closer look at other circus animals.For commonly asked questions and details on the show and the tour, visit tzproductions.com.

Embassy plans silent moviesTwo Sundays of silent

films will allow the Embassy Theatre to spot-light the historic Grand Page Pipe Organ.

The silent film series was launched in January 2013. “I heard wonderful things about it, which is why we’re doing it again,” said Barb Richards, who joined the Embassy as marketing director last summer.

“It really gives the theater a chance to spot-light that Grand Page Organ in the way it was meant to be, by making that silent film not silent, and really come to life,” Richards said.

Clark Wilson will play the organ to accompany the films.

On Jan. 26, the double-feature begins at 2 p.m. with “Sherlock, Jr.” (1924), a Buster Keaton comedy, to be followed by “The Freshman” (1925), a Harold Lloyd comedy.

On Feb. 16, the program begins at 8 p.m. with “The Haunted House” (1921), a Buster Keaton comedy, to be followed by “The Mark of Zorro” (1920), an action adventure starring Douglas Fairbanks.

Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children 12 or younger with valid student ID. Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster.

The Embassy Theatre is at 125 W. Jefferson Blvd.

For more on the history of the theatre and the organ, visit fwembassythe-atre.org.

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“Our men are a big part of the event,” Boyd said. “They’re a very active and involved part of the event for us.”

She said the joy and the money from the project are poured into church outreach programs, including supporting a Fort Wayne homeless shelter for families, an interfaith meals program, a food bank, and a shawl ministry.

“We nurture women’s minds, bodies and spirits,” Boyd said.

More than 120 busi-nesses donated items for last year’s raffle and silent auction, Boyd said. “We have great support from the community. We have over $5,000 worth of goods and coupons,” she said.

“It started out very small and became our main fundraiser for the church,” McGuire said. “It’s gotten better every single year, and we’ve had some great speakers.”

“It’s a lot of fun,” he said. “It’s a good thing for the guys. We all get together, there’s good camaraderie, and the guys have a great time, and the ladies are so appreciative of what we’re doing for them, and they do feel special on that night.”

Fort Wayne attorney,

teacher and author Laurie Gray will present this year’s address, on the topic “Living with Intentional Gratitude and Kindness.” For her charity, Gray has chosen the Dr. Bill Lewis Center for Children, which offers a safe place where children who have been abused can be interviewed. The Fort Wayne center also provides expertise to more than 700 child advo-cacy centers across the nation.

Gray is the owner of Socratic Parenting LLC (www.SocraticParenting.com), and the author of three young adult novels and a parenting book. She is a trial attorney and child advocate. She works as a bilingual forensic inter-viewer at the Lewis Center and teaches classes at Indiana Tech. She is also a contributing writer for several Fort Wayne publi-cations. Gray is a graduate of Goshen College and Indiana University School of Law.

For more information on the Lewis Center, visit LewisCenterforChildren.org.

For more information on Grace Episcopal Church, visit gracefwi.org.

“We’re a small church, but we do a lot with the numbers that we have,” Boyd said. “And we’re

very receptive, open to people who are seeking to have a church home and a deeper faith.”

McGuire urged anyone interested to make reser-vations. He said fliers are mailed to previous participants and to other churches.

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Men work the auction and serve food while women enjoy Graceful Night Out, a fund-raiser at Grace Episcopal Church, 10010 Aurora Place.

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Checking account workshops continueThe Purdue Coopera-

tive Extension Service in Allen County continues to host the Get Checking workshop for the Bank On Fort Wayne initiative.

This workshop is for clients and families who have never had checking or savings accounts at a bank or credit union, or have mismanaged accounts at banks and credits unions so those accounts are now closed without committing fraud, or have accounts, but continue to still use preda-tory lenders.

All workshops will be

held at the Allen County Extension Office and are free and open to the public. Advance regis-tration is required. At the completion of the work-shop, the participants will receive a certificate that will allow them to open an account at a participating bank or credit union. A $50 incentive is available for opening an account, if qualified.

Workshop dates are: Jan. 23, 1-5 p.m.; Feb. 18, 5-9 p.m.; March 18, 1-5 p.m.; April 15, 5-9 p.m.; May 14, 1-5 p.m.; and June 16, 5-9 p.m.

Workshop topics include an introduction to the program and Choosing an Account Right for You; Managing Your Account; Keys to Successful Money Management and Credit.

For further information, to register or to receive a registration form, contact Vickie Hadley at the Allen County Extension Service, at 481-6826 or hadleyv@purdue.edu, or visit the home & money page on the website at extension.purdue.edu/allen or visit the office at 4001 Cres-cent Ave., on the IPFW campus.

Agency has winter pet care tips, bedding available

Animal Care & Control is offering free straw to any Allen County resident in need of animal bedding during these cold days of winter.

Pet owners are urged to continually monitor the needs of pets whenever the animals are outdoors. The straw is being offered through private donation, to be used for bedding and to keep the ground surrounding a doghouse mud-free.

Visit Animal Care & Control, 3020 Hillegas Road, during general business hours Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and until 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

The shelter offers these additional winter pet care tips:

An animal that spends time outside must have access to a proper shelter specifically designed for an animal. The shelter must be free of leaks to wind, snow and rain. Face the opening of the shelter to the east or south, away from prevailing wind, or fasten a heavy door flap to the top of the door frame.

Locate the animal’s home to a warmer location in the sun.

Create a snug inner room by making a removable partition inside the doghouse in back of the door opening.

Use straw or cedar chips for bedding. Towels, blankets and hay are insufficient because cloth draws moisture and hay will mold.

Insulate the animal’s house and raise it several inches above the ground with

concrete blocks to prevent snow from drifting inside. Frame the elevated area with boards or sand bags to prevent winds from gusting under the animal’s house.

Animals living inside an unheated garage must have a shelter inside the garage.

Animals need extra food to help generate enough body heat to stay warm and must have unfrozen water to drink at all times. A heated water bucket serves that need.

All dogs and cats living within the city must wear the required city pet registra-tion tag on a properly fitted leather or nylon collar.

Keep all cats inside. Those who spend time outside can experience frostbite, or become lost or injured.

Bring dogs inside during extreme cold spells. Animals are very susceptible to frostbite and can quickly die of hypo-thermia if left outside unsupervised. Puppies and senior dogs do not tolerate the cold, so make walks and playtime short.

Thoroughly wipe off your dog’s legs and stomach after cold weather walks. Dogs can easily ingest salt, antifreeze or other potentially dangerous chemicals while licking their paws. Check paws for cuts caused by snow or encrusted ice.

Call the shelter regardless of the day or time to report an animal in need of help within the city. Call 427-1244.

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Science Central to serve ‘MyPlate and Beyond’Science Central will serve up

some healthy fare for visitors with its next traveling exhibition, “To MyPlate and Beyond,” Jan. 18-May 4.

Developed by Purdue University, the interactive exhibit illustrates the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s tool, “MyPlate,” that emphasizes the five food groups that are part of a healthful diet: fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy.

Visitors to the exhibit will learn how easy it is to shop for food and grow their own, plan meals and eat together. The exhibit features tips and ideas for everyone to build a

healthful plate, using interactive hands-on activities.

Participants will “travel” with Max and his dog, Munch, in a flying saucer as they explore simple reminders and other information about eating well. Included in the exhibit is a short quiz that will help visitors to understand the exhibit’s key messages, such as making half of the food on your plate fruits and vegetables, switching to fat-free or low-fat milk, and enjoying your food, but eating less.

The exhibit was created by the Purdue Agricultural Communication Exhibit Design Center and special-

ists and faculty in the Department of Nutrition Science. The exhibit was constructed through funding provided by the American Dairy Association and Indiana’s Dairy Farm Families.

The exhibit’s run at Science Central is being sponsored in part by Heritage Food Service Group Inc.

“When the New Year arrives, everybody turns their focus to eating healthy and getting in shape,” said Science Central Executive Director Martin S. Fisher. “This exhibit arrives at the perfect time to help educate our community on how to eat the right foods to stay healthy.”

Max and his dog, Munch, lead visitors in a journey through nutrition at Science Central.

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29th King Unity Day to honor local activist, tooThe MLK Club of Fort

Wayne will pay tribute to the late George A. Smith as part of the 29th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day celebration.

Smith, of Fort Wayne, died April 29 at age 69. He worked for the civil rights movement during his youth. He was instrumental in bringing Philadelphia, Miss., Mayor James A. Young to Fort Wayne to address the 2013 celebration.

This year’s Unity Day will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at the Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd. The MLK Club has chosen Carl B. Mack as this year’s speaker. Mack, a native of Jackson, Miss., is the executive director of the National Associa-

tion of Black Engineers. “He has been on the front line for a number of civil rights issues,” said Fran Grant, the MLK Club’s program director.

The club’s celebration begins with Breakfast with the Clergy, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the Court-yard by Marriott, across Jefferson Boulevard from the Grand Wayne Center. Breakfast tickets are $20, which includes a souvenir booklet and admission to the all-day celebration. RSVP by Jan. 17 to Grant, the program director, at 493-0980.

The 29th annual Unity Day celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Grand Wayne Center. Admission is $5.

“Of course we’ll have a gospel portion of the

program in the morning and then dignitaries and scholarships during the noon-to-2 segment,” Grant said. “And then at 2 we have our youth expo, which is made up of youth from the state.” That segment will include Mime Time, a youth group from Church of the Good Shepherd in Leo. “We want to encourage others of different races and different creeds to participate, and we’re very glad to have them,” Grant said.

Faith dancers and singers will perform in the afternoon. Nurses from Parkview Hospital will provide free health screenings. “We will have vendors galore in the lobby of the Grand Wayne, with information

important to the commu-nity,” Grant said.

The honor to Smith will occur during the midday portion.

“We are having a tribute to George Smith, a local civil rights activist who marched in Selma and was beaten in Selma,” Grant said. An anony-mous donor has given two $1,000 scholarships in the name of Smith and Smith’s wife, Louise. Grant said Mack — the keynote speaker — gave up his speaking fee, allowing the club to fund a total of four $1,000 scholarships. The money will benefit current high school seniors or first-year college students.

For more details and updates, visit mlkclub.com.

King activities abound• The IPFW Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs will present A Tribute to King in Spoken Word from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Walb Student Union.• An interdenominational prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St. The Associated Churches has united with the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Fort Wayne to honor King’s legacy. Local church choirs and a speaker will participate.• The University of Saint Francis will observe A Day On, Not a Day Off on Monday, Jan. 20. This day of service will include work on behalf of several charities and organizations. For updates, visit sf.edu.• The Heartland Chamber Chorale will sing a tribute at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at the University of Saint Francis North Campus Auditorium, 2702 Spring St. The production pairs Heartland with the University Singers. “The significance of Dr. King’s drive to unite all people, regardless of race, religion, or other affiliations will be underscored during this event when several community leaders share many of the words he spoke,” Heartland said in a news release. To reserve free seats, call Heartland at 436-8080 or visit heartlandchorale.org.

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Comic book dealer likes interaction with customer(Tracy Scott, who

operates a Time Corners comic books store, was interviewed by Doug LeDuc, of Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly.)

Name: Tracy ScottAge: 54Title: ownerBusiness: Books,

Comics & ThingsLocations: 5808 W.

Jefferson Blvd.; 2219 Maplecrest Road

Website: www.bctcomics.comFounded: 1982Employs: sevenEducation: earned a

bachelor’s degree in fi ne arts from Indiana Univer-sity

How would you describe Books, Comics & Things?

Books Comics & Things is a family-owned and -operated store specializing in comic books and games. The comics we sell are new releases and collector’s items. We have about a quarter of a million comics in stock at our two locations.

We have regular customers from as far away as New Zealand who shop with us. The games we carry are board games, card games, miniature games and role-playing games — games with human interaction, not computer games.

We also provide space for various game groups

to play. We have regular Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh leagues as well as minia-ture game leagues.

What led you to start this kind of specialty retailing business and how have you developed it?

When we fi rst opened in 1982, we were a new and used book store. I had always read comics and along with the initial stock we bought we got some comics. The customers who were looking for comics were the most fun customers, always pleasant and always looking for more.

We expanded that area of the business not just because of the business side of things but because we all enjoyed the inter-action with the comic customers the most. Looking to diversify, we

added games and then a few years ago opened up space for in-store games.

What impact has the business seen from all these movies that have come out based on comic books and fantasy fi ction that lends itself to role-playing games?

The impact comic culture has had on the rest of the world is far greater than the impact the rest of the world has had on us.

The movies and TV shows haven’t increased sales of “Avengers” or “Superman” or “Batman” comics very much, although it has helped with movie-related non-comic merchandise such as statues and action fi gures.

The exception is “The Walking Dead.” The comic the TV show is based upon has been

around for 10 years. The show drives customers to our store better than any other mass-media phenomenon we’ve expe-rienced.

Those customers want the trade paperbacks of “The Walking Dead.” There are 19 trades avail-able right now, which translates to about 19 TV seasons of story lines.

What is ahead for Books, Comics & Things?

More of the same, but different. The transition to electronic media hasn’t overly affected us yet, but it will.

Most of my customers want actual possession of something rather than an electronic license to use. What will happen as the generational shift progresses is something we have to anticipate as best we can with an expansion online.

What do you like about the work?

We enjoy customer interaction the most. Many of our customers have been with us for decades and stop in weekly to discuss the comics they’ve read.

The group discussion dynamic with comics is far better than any I’ve experienced with books or TV shows. We can be talking comics and a new customer walks in and will frequently just jump

into the conversation.What moments there

stand out the most so far?

The biggest day we’ve had was back in the ’80s when the world got wind that Superman was going to be killed off in the comics. That day we had a line of customers stretching out the door and winding around the parking lot, a line that seemed to constantly replenish itself.

We had three TV station news crews there to watch us unpack the comic. (Superman stayed dead for about a year, then he got better.)

We’ve had guest creators in the store — the artist on “Batman” most recently. When something really special happens, we will run a special event such as a midnight release.

DC Comics, the publisher of “Superman,” “Batman” and “Wonder Woman,” has occa-sional “Crisis” comics. These are major events in the DC universe, the most famous of which was “Crisis on Infi nite Earths.” We’ve had “Crisis” counseling parties at the store and invited customers to come in for sneak peaks at upcoming story lines when these major events happen.

Every fi rst Saturday in

May is Free Comic Book Day. Since 2009 we’ve been combining that day with a Red Cross blood drive at our store. FCBD is one of our best days each year. This year we added Halloween comic fest, a costume contest comic give away event.

What have you learned from the work?

Everything changes. Always be ready to adapt. On the surface my busi-ness looks the same to an outsider but everything is different now.

There has been a demo-graphic shift from when I opened my store to now. My largest demographic group used to be male and under 20. Now it is male, although not so predomi-nantly, and over 25. The type of comics I carry have had to change with that change in readership.

Pay attention to what customers say. Comic stores buy product on a non returnable basis, and this means we have to be on top of what people will want a couple of months from now. I order two to three months ahead of publication.

Also, most of my product can only be ordered once, and if we underestimate sales on a particular item, we will alienate those customers who didn’t get it. If we overestimate, we won’t make any money.

Tracy Scott, owner of Books, Comics & Things, said loyal customers still prefer printed comics, instead of just an electronic license.

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About 45% of Americans usually make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only 8% of us actually keep our resolutions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolutions involve things like losing a little weight or learning a foreign language. But when we make financial resolutions — resolutions that, if achieved, could significantly help us in our pursuit of our important long-term goals — it’s clearly worthwhile to make every effort to follow through. So, what sorts of financial

resolutions might you consider? Here are a few possibilities: • Boost your contributions to your retirement plans. Each year, try to put in a little more to your IRA and your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plans. These tax-advantaged accounts are good options for your retirement savings strategy. • Reduce your debts. It’s not always easy to reduce your debts, but make it a goal to finish 2014 with a smaller debt load than you had going into the new year. The lower your monthly debt payments, the more money you’ll have to invest for retirement, college for your children (or grandchildren)

and other important objectives. • Build your emergency fund. Work on building an “emer-gency fund” containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses, with the money held in a liquid account that offers a high degree of preservation of principal. Without such a fund, you might be forced to dip into your long-term investments to pay for emergencies, such as a new furnace, a major car repair, and so on. You might not be able to finish creating your emer-gency fund in one year, but contribute as much as you can afford. • Plan for your protection needs. If you don’t already have

the proper amounts of life and disability insurance in place, put it on your “To Do” list for 2014. Also, if you haven’t taken steps to protect yourself from the considerable costs of long-term care, such as an extended nursing home stay, consult with your financial professional, who can suggest the appropriate protection or investment vehicles. You may never need such care, but that’s a chance you may not want to take — and the longer you wait, the more expensive your protection options may become. • Don’t overreact to market volatility. Too many people head to the investment “sidelines”

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LGBTQ health conference set at IPFWA two-day national

health conference at IPFW will focus on the physical, mental and environ-mental health needs and challenges that LGBTQ students face on a daily basis.

Queer Health on Campus: Addressing the Health Needs of LGBTQ Students will take place Feb. 7 and 8 in Walb Union, Room 116. Regis-tration opens Feb. 6, from

4-6 p.m., in Walb Union, Room 116.

The health conference features sessions on trans-genderism and HIV, a performance by the IPFW Student Theatre Organiza-tion, six keynote speakers, and more. Caitlin Ryan, the author of Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling, will begin the conference, with a presen-tation on The Family Acceptance Project.

Registrations may be made online. The registra-tion fee is $25 for students; others pay $124. For registration assistance, call 481-6619, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

The IPFW Resource Center will sponsor the program.

For more information, contact Jeannie DiClem-enti, associate professor of psychology, at 481-6397 or diclemej@ipfw.edu.

Business publication to honor WaltersGreater

Fort Wayne Business Weekly announced it will present its 2014 Legend of Leadership Award to Irene Walters. The award recognizes long-term leadership in northeast Indiana.

Walters serves as exec-utive director of university relations at IPFW and has been active in this community for more than four decades. Mastodons on Parade, Kids Crossing playground, Francine’s Friends, Women United, and RiverFest are some of the projects that were either a result of her vision or

benefi ted from her efforts.Walters will be honored

at a breakfast event Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Landmark Centre in Fort Wayne. Area leaders will highlight her contribu-tions to the community in business, education, social services, and civic pride.

Ben Eisbart, Steel Dynamics, will serve as the master of ceremonies and will be joined by Marilyn Moran-Townsend, CVC Communications; Larry Lee, Leepoxy Plastics; Cheri Becker, Leader-ship Fort Wayne; Sharon Eisbart, Sharon Eisbart Corporate Art; and Mike Cahill, Tower Bank, to highlight her accomplish-ments.

“Irene Walters is

exactly the kind of leader this award was meant to honor,” said Terry Ward, COO, KPC Media Group. “A leader who uses their skills and connections to socially infl uence many in order to achieve a common goal. She’s in impressive company. She will share this distinction with the two past winners of the award, Ian Rolland and Keith Busse, and we are proud to honor her for all she has done for this community.”

Tickets are $25 each or tables of eight for $150. To buy tickets, visit FWBusi-ness.com or call 426-2640. Event sponsorships are also available by contacting Maryann Ulmer, 426-2640, ext. 324, or mulmer@kpcmedia.com.

Forty Under 40 nominations welcomeGreater Fort Wayne

Business Weekly is accepting nominations for the 2014 Forty Under 40 Awards. The awards recog-nize individuals under 40 years of age, as of Dec. 31, 2013, who are making a difference on the job or in the community.

Each year, the awards recognize 40 young profes-sionals. There is also a special Youth Leadership Award given to one youth in high school or younger who demonstrates success in their education and involvement in the commu-nity.

The deadline for submissions is Jan. 22. Nominations can be completed online by visiting FWBusiness.com.

Forty Under 40 winners will be featured in a special publication in the March 21, 2014, issue of Business Weekly and the winners will be honored at an awards dinner from 6-10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Ceruti’s Banquet & Event Center, 6325 Illinois Road.

Tickets are $35 each or tables of 10 for $325. To buy tickets, visit FWBusi-ness.com or call 426-2640.

“We look forward every year to honoring these young, dedicated individ-uals and introducing them to the community,” said Terry Ward, COO, KPC Media Group. “At the dinner this year we are also honoring our Forty Under 40 alums as we celebrate the fi fth year of the awards. We hope they will join us to be recognized, as well.”

Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly is a business journal covering the 12-county region surrounding Fort Wayne and is a publication of KPC Media Group Inc.

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IPFW offers help quitting smokingIPFW is offering two programs

designed to help people stop smoking.Natalie McLaughlin, an RN from

Parkview Hospital Community Nursing Program, will instruct a Freedom from Smoking program and lead the tobac-co-free support group.

Freedom from Smoking classes will meet once a week for seven weeks, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 15, continuing through Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Walb Union, Room G 21. The tobacco free-support group will meet on the third Thursday of each month. Dates for the support group include Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 20, April 17 and May 15. The group will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Walb Union, Room G 21. Both the class and the support group are free and open to the public.

The fi rst three courses in Freedom from Smoking offer techniques to prepare people for quitting; the last three focus on how to live tobacco-free.

Jan. 15: “Information Night for All: Thinking About Quitting”

Jan. 22: “On the Road to Freedom: Relaxation and More”

Jan. 29: “Wanting to Quit”Feb. 5: “Quit Day”Feb. 12: “Winning Strategies”Feb. 19: “The New You”Feb. 26: “Staying Off”The program will teach participants

how to live a tobacco-free life, including how to make a plan of action to quit, follow relaxation techniques, and handle triggers and cravings.

Upon registration, participants will receive a free workbook and relaxation CD. To enroll, contact Judy Tillapaugh, IPFW health and wellness coordinator, at 481-6647 or tillapau@ipfw.edu.

Additional tobacco cessation assis-tance is available at the IPFW Center for Healthy Living: Campus Clinic and Wellness Programs. To set an appoint-ment, call Heather Krull at 481-5748.

Freedom From Smoking is sponsored by the IPFW Center for Healthy Living: Campus Clinic ad Wellness Programs, Parkview LiVe, and Parkview Hospital Community Nursing Program.

Let’s Talk gives parents help with teaching babiesUnited Way of Allen

County has launched an education initiative in partnership with Parkview Health and PNC Bank. The “Let’s Talk” initiative provides resources and guidance to parents, which

helps them better connect with their children.

In a news release, the partners said: “Research shows that foundations of lifelong health are built in early childhood. By simply talking with or reading

to their children, parents can improve their child’s brain development, school readiness and overall learning capacity. Studies indicate achievement gaps can begin as early as age 9 months.”

“Young children are born learning; they drink up all of the attention, love and knowledge that you give them,” said Jeanne Zehr, director of community impact, United Way of Allen County. “Talking to your baby can help them grow an amazing mind.”

“By implementing the Let’s Talk initiative in Allen County, we will strive to improve brain development and outcomes in young children,” said Patti Brahe, senior vice president, women’s and children’s services, Parkview Health. “Not only do we want to give as many children as possible the chance for success as they grow, but we want to give parents the support they need as they raise their children.”

The program will be implemented at Parkview Family Birthing Centers in Allen County. New parents will receive a package of educational materials including a board book and more. The items will be assembled by volunteers from Lamplight Commu-nities. The materials will cover resources in the community for infants and toddlers as well as sugges-tions for parents on how they can interact with their children to help them learn and grow.

Suggestions for parents include:

Singing to your baby while you do laundry or cook. Even at an early age, babies respond to and imitate the sounds you make.

Talking to your baby during bath time by describing the colors and shapes of the bath toys.

Speaking in the language you know best. Babies learn from the variety and number of words and sounds that they hear.

Additional opportunities will be made available to parents beginning when their child is 3 months old. Those items will include another board book, a list of physical and develop-mental milestones and more to be mailed to partic-ipating parents. Parents can also sign up for weekly text message tips by texting Talk2Baby to 99000. For more information on the Let’s Talk initiative, visit unitedwayallencounty.org or parkview.com/letstalk.

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Cooking to LiVe chefs study healthful meals

Jim Wulpi said the cooking classes he is taking at Leo United Methodist Church have several benefits.

“It was very interesting, it was very well orga-nized, and it was a lot of fun,” Wulpi said of the first session. “And then we get to eat the results of the recipes.”

Cooking to LiVe is a series of free cooking classes to encourage healthful, wholesome recipes. This first, six-month class is full.

The Parkview LiVe health and wellness program sponsors the classes, in partnership with the Allen County Purdue University Coop-erative Extension Service.

Lisa Thatcher instructed the first class, on Nov. 19. “We try to use the MyPlate model that the USDA has given us — cut back in sodium, sugar and fat,” Thatcher said.

Wulpi said because the first class was just before Thanksgiving, “Every-thing was based around turkey and turkey left-overs.”

“There were about eight or nine people there, and she had eight or nine different recipes for people to cook,” he said. “She brought all the ingre-dients, all the food, all the turkey, all the fixin’s.”

Class members were assigned work stations. “And all these people were around this big island in the church kitchen with all the ingre-dients in proximity and they just had at it, and it was a lot of fun,” Wulpi said.

“The best part of it was after it was over everyone had their favorite recipe, and then we got to taste them all and evaluate them

and give our comments,” he said.

“But the ultimate goal of this whole effort is to educate,” he said. None of the recipes was heavy on sugar or fats. “They were all relatively healthy, but certainly not vegetarian because they all had turkey in them one way or another,” Wulpi said.

Wulpi said he and his wife, Marsha, learned about the cooking classes through the church. “I enjoy cooking, especially when I have the time. I enjoy eating, too,” he said. “I’m just newly retired, so I have time, and my wife and I both signed up for it. We’re always interested in learning new things about food, nutrition, what to eat.”

Cooking to LiVe partic-ipants can learn how to prepare healthy, whole-some recipes, and how to substitute ingredients to make meals delicious and more nutritious.

The classes continue on third Tuesdays through March.

“We’re all booked up and there’s a waiting list,” Thatcher said. Sponsors are exploring the possi-bility of another class, and are considering a south-east location, she said.Parkview LiVe is a health and wellness program aimed at creating aware-ness for and supporting healthier lifestyles for families throughout the region.

For details, visit visit parkview.com.

By Garth Snowgsnow@kpcmedia.com

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Red Cross designates January National Blood Donor Month

Since 1970, January has been celebrated as National Blood Donor Month to educate Ameri-cans about the importance of regular blood donation.

Every day, about 44,000 pints of blood are needed in the U.S. to help treat trauma victims, surgery patients, organ transplant recipients, premature babies and cancer patients.

Almost 4 million Americans are Red Cross blood donors. For more information on how to donate, visit redcross-blood.org.

“As the winter season continues, blood dona-tions are especially needed,” the Red Cross said in a news release. “Donations typically decline this time of year, as many regular donors are impacted by inclement weather and seasonal illnesses.”

Upcoming blood dona-tion opportunities:

Saturday, Jan. 4, 8 a.m.-noon, United Meth-odist Church of the Covenant, meeting room, 10001 Coldwater Road.

Sunday, Jan. 5, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, cafeteria, 2213 Brooklyn Ave.

Monday, Jan. 6, 8 a.m.-noon, PNC Bank, training room, 110 W. Berry St.

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 3-7

p.m., Precious Blood Catholic Church, 1515 Barthold St. This blood drive is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

Friday, Jan. 10, 2-6 p.m., Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana, Learning Center A & B, 10008 Dupont Circle Drive E. This is a Give Blood. Get a Cookie. blood drive.

Sunday, Jan. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Patrick Catholic Church, 2120 S. Harrison St.

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1-3:30 p.m., Thomkinson BMW, 929 Avenue of Autos at the 14/69 Auto Mall.

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Local corrections chief earns Sagamore honor

Allen County Community Corrections Executive Director Sheila Hudson has received a Sagamore of the Wabash award.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence selected Hudson to receive one of the honorary awards for 2013, for her work in the crim-inal justice fi eld.

Indiana Senate Pres-ident Pro Tem David Long and state Rep. Phil GiaQuinta bestowed the honor upon Hudson at a formal ceremony Dec. 12 at Allen County Commu-nity Corrections.

Hudson paved the way for many corrections agencies, implementing electronic monitoring equipment, educa-tional, substance abuse, cognitive and motiva-tional-based programs, and providing support to problem-solving court programs such as the ReEntry Court and Restoration Court. Community Corrections hosts the fi rst and only dispatching center in the state to monitor offenders on real time, with fully deputized home detention offi cers, another fi rst. It

also hosts the fi rst and only modifi ed therapeutic community at the Kelley House, which houses men with mental illness and addiction disorders. At the ceremony, she was recog-nized by her colleagues across the state of Indiana and 74 like community corrections agencies with the fi rst ever Leader in the Field award.

The Sagamore of the Wabash award was created during the term of Gov. Ralph Gates, who served from 1945 to 1949. The award is the highest honor the governor of Indiana can bestow. It’s a personal tribute given to those who have rendered a distinguished service to the state or to the governor. The term “saga-more” was used by the American Indian tribes of the northeastern United States to describe a lesser chief or a great man among the tribe to whom the true chief would look for wisdom and advice. The Wabash is the state river of Indiana and a major tributary to the Ohio River.

The Allen County Board of Commissioners issued a special procla-mation for Hudson for her service to the county, and for saving taxpayers millions of dollars by

keeping offenders from jail and other court services.

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$25,000 grant funds college mentoring effort

Big Brothers Big Sisters is celebrating a $25,000 gift that will support the college mentoring program at its new home at 1005 W. Rudisill Blvd.

Fifth Third Bank Central Indiana made the gift to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana and Southcentral Michigan.

Mayor Tom Henry congratulated and encouraged the program at a news conference unveiling the College Success Mentoring and Technology program.

“We have 166 matches in our College Success Program,” said Eric Pulley, director of marketing and recruitment, who distributed a news release summa-rizing the news conference and program. He said most of those matches are in the East Allen and Fort Wayne Community school districts, although the program is available throughout the area.

“A match is where a Little in our program is matched with an adult mentor,” Pulley told this newspaper. “And the goal of this mentorship is really more of a friendship. It is the adult mentor helping the child — who might be age 14 to 21 — helping them complete the basic things, and know what to do to reach their post-high school goals, whether that is college, career or military.”

He said the Technology Center offers televisions to play DVDs, tables for study, computers and other tools. “A lot of the kids don’t have computers, except perhaps at school,” Pulley said.

Mentors share information such as college test and enrollment deadlines, and other assistance.

Thanks to the grant, students will receive financial education, college and career exploration, and life and jobs skills development, and will have access to other skill-building activities.

For more information, to donate or

to learn how to help, contact Pulley at 456-1600 or eric.pulley@bbbsnei.org or visit bbbsnei.org.

“Successful mentoring often starts when the child is young and still learning, but it doesn’t stop there,” said Josette Rider, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters. “There is a strong need to help kids explore career options in high school, and with the help of Fifth Third Bank Central Indiana we now have the tools to equip them with what they need to do so. Our College Success Mento-ring Technology Center is a room that inspires you to think about and strive for college and a successful career. You walk in and see all of the technology, pennants of different schools, schedules, time lines and photos of fun activities that kids in the program have gotten to take advantage of and you can’t help but get a positive vibe about all the great things that post-high school education brings.”

“Fifth Third Bank understands that financial empowerment plays a vital role in people being able to achieve their goals,” said Nancy Huber, president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank Central Indiana.

Fifth Third Bank representatives and Big Brothers Big Sisters board members and Bigs and Littles pose with the cere-monial check representing the bank’s $25,000 donation to the career mento-ring program.

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Grainger Foundation makes $10,100 gift for mentoringThe Grainger Foun-

dation has donated $10,100 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana in support of its mission to help children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships with measurable impact.

“This grant will be used to help put kids in need on the path to success by providing them with a mentor,” said Josette Rider, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana. “Currently, more than 70 percent of our ‘Littles’ waiting are boys, yet only about 30 percent of our volunteers are men. We are going to use this money to help match new kids with a mentor, with an emphasis on matching these boys to provide hope for their futures. Plus, they’ll have a little fun too because our programs are set up to allow both the ‘Big’ and the ‘Little’ to enjoy each other’s company in just a few hours a month. We are grateful to The Grainger Foundation for its generosity.”

This donation was initially recommended by Ryan Kenny, Services Team Leader of W.W. Grainger Inc.’s, Fort

Wayne location. After conferring with Clint Foor, Ryan Berry and Jeremy Bunnell, branch managers at W.W. Grainger Inc.’s Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Elkhart locations, they decided Big Brothers Big Sisters was their choice as the recipient. Grainger has been a part of the Northeast Indiana business community for more than 80 years as a broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products. “We

are proud to recommend the programs offered by Big Brothers Big Sisters,” said Foor. “We understand the need for one-to-one mentoring in our local community and are strongly behind it as an avenue to help our youth.”

The Grainger Foun-dation, an independent, private foundation based in Lake Forest, Ill.,, was established in 1949 by William W. Grainger, founder of W.W. Grainger Inc.

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Bishop Luers High School Show Choirs invite the public to an evening of live entertainment and dinner Sunday, Jan. 12, in the Bishop Luers gymnasium. The doors open at 4:30 p.m., with entertainment from 5-8 p.m. The Minstrels, the newly formed Reigning Knights, and the Knight Stars (last year’s group, above) will perform. The combined choirs consist of 86 singers and dancers, instrumentalists and technical crew. Cabaret Knight is held to showcase the show choirs’ talents and to raise funds for their annual operating budget. While member registration fees account for about one-fourth of the show choirs’ operating budget, many additional fundraisers are needed to support the performance of these groups throughout the show choir season and to host, each spring, the longest-run-ning show choir competition in the United States. Tickets are available pre-sale only and can be purchased through a Bishop Luers Show Choir member or by contacting Bishop Luers High School at (260) 456-1261, ext. 3008. Tickets are $15 for adults age 10 or older, $6 for children 4 to 9, and free to children age 3 or younger. The meal includes mostaccioli, caesar salad, bread and dessert.

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Health Network CEO Brian Bauer has received one of Indiana’s highest honors. State Sen. Jim Banks, R-Co-lumbia City, on behalf of Gov. Mike Pence, bestowed upon Bauer the rank and title of Sagamore of the Wabash at the conclusion of a joint meeting of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne. More than 100 regional leaders attended.

“His substantial impact on our region during the short time he has been here makes this distinction well-deserved,” Banks said. “Brian is among the youngest recipients to receive a Sagamore of the Wabash from our governor and that is a testament to his effectiveness as

a servant leader who is shaping the future of our region in healthcare and beyond.”

Bauer was unanimously selected by the Lutheran Health Network board of directors in October to become the network’s new chief executive officer, a position he’d held on an interim basis since June. He has also served as CEO of Lutheran Hospital since June 2011.

Bauer received his undergraduate degree in finance from Butler University in Indianapolis where he played center on the Bulldogs’ football team. He earned an MBA, with a healthcare emphasis, at Indiana Wesleyan Univer-sity. He served as chief executive officer of Terre Haute Regional Hospital in his hometown.

Bauer has represented the interests of the Lutheran Health Network through extensive commu-nity involvement. He was

selected as the honorary chairperson for north-eastern Indiana’s March of Dimes’ 2012 March for Babies, the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Kidney Walk and the American Heart Associa-tion’s 2013 Heart Walk.

In a news release, Lutheran Health Network said those honors were natural choices for each organization, considering the role LHN plays in the delivery of life-changing care for premature infants and patients with kidney and heart disease. Bauer has recently joined the board of Greater Fort Wayne Inc. and the Region 3 Works Council, a governor-appointed posi-tion. During his time as a hospital administrator, Bauer has also worked at the state level as a gover-nor’s appointee to advance the effectiveness and utilization of health infor-mation technology.

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Stroke center earns gold ratingParkview’s Stanley

Wissman Stroke Center has received the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Quality Achieve-ment Award from the American Heart Associ-ation.

This achievement recognizes Parkview’s commitment to a high standard of care by ensuring stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted best practice guidelines. This is the third consecutive year the Parkview Stanley

Wissman Stroke Center has been recognized with the award. Parkview’s program has also quali-fied to be recognized as a recipient of the American Heart Association/Amer-ican Stroke Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll.

The guidelines deal with developing and implementing acute and secondary prevention guideline processes to improve patient care and outcomes.

“When a patient suffers a stroke, we know that every minute before

they receive treatment is critical and can be the difference between life or death,” said Mike GeRue, senior vice president of neurosciences, Parkview Health. “By implementing these evidence-based guidelines, we’re giving our patients the best chances for survival and recovery. This recogni-tion is a testament of the quality care provided by the Stanley Wissman Stroke Center and we’re proud to be recognized as one of the best in the country.”

Dwenger offers test prep courseBishop Dwenger High School will offer

an ACT/SAT prep course open to any high school student in the area. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7:30 p.m., beginning Jan. 21. The final class is on March 5, a Wednesday.

These 14 sessions will include test familiarity, pacing, strategies and a review of English, math and science concepts.

The Tuesday sessions will focus on critical reading, writing and grammar, while the Thursday sessions will address math and science. The class fee is $195 and includes both an ACT text and SAT text for the course.

For more information and registration, call Bishop Dwenger High School at 496-4700 or visit bishopdwenger.com.

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Canterbury LINKsfull day of learningto concept of timeCanterbury Middle

School students studied the concept of time as part of the annual LINK Day (Learning Involves New Knowledge). Middle school faculty designed this one-day curriculum. Students were able to choose their courses, which included activities on campus and in the commu-nity.

In the Old Time Radio Show project, Canterbury middle-schoolers rehearsed the script from a radio show, and used their 1:1 tablets to record the show and to incorporate sound effects to make the show sound authentic.

In Time Detectives, students visited the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Department. The library staff showed students how to use historic docu-ments in their research. Once students completed their time detective work, they gathered together to present a history of an assigned person and to discuss the

types of documents they used, such as baptismal certificates, battle logs, census data and marriage certificates.

In Stepping Back in Time, students traveled to the Forks of the Wabash in Huntington for a visit with French fur traders and Miami Indians.

In Time Out for Nature, classes went to the Fox Island Nature Preserve to reflect on the peaceful setting through journals and poetry.

Nishanth Reddy researches a Civil War-related document.

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Lumberjills embrace rugged sportSamantha Hadley said she and her

younger sister, Sarah, are accustomed to throwing axes and balancing on spin-ning logs. The Wisconsin natives will practice those skills again Jan. 24-26, at the Outdoor Sports Lake & Cabin Show at the Allen County War Memo-rial Coliseum.

“Lumberjills have been around for a while,” said Samantha Hadley, who started practicing her sport at the age of 5, and who was an emcee at last year’s outdoors show. She is now in marketing for a property management company. Her sister is still in high school in Wisconsin.

Two lumberjacks also will compete in Fort Wayne, she said. Despite the axes and chainsaws, it’s friendly competition and a family-friendly show, she said.

The sports of log-rolling and log-climbing weren’t just created, she said, but grew from a fun approach to actual labor. “It came from work that was done by a lumberjack,” she said. “This was work that had to be done in order to build homes. And over the years it’s been modernized by the invention of the chain saws. A lot of people still do the stuff you’ll see us doing.”

The tools have changed with the sport, she said. Lumberjacks wield

axes that weight six to 10 pounds to chop trees. “The throwing axes are a lot lighter,” she said. Still, learning to throw an axe at a target 20 feet away “just takes a lot of practice,” she said.

“It takes a lot of training,” she said of her sport. Lumber sport athletes wear protective glasses, earmuffs and chaps, but still suffer some bruises. “Any time

you’re swinging an axe or throwing an axe at a target or climbing up a 45-foot pole, it’s dangerous,” she said.

“Log rolling is when the log is in the water and two people roll on either end, and the idea is to stay on longer than your opponent,” she said. Competitors navigate four different sizes of logs,

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Sisters Samantha, left, and Sarah Hadley have been competing in log rolling since they were in kindergarten. They will compete again Jan. 24-26 at the Outdoor Sports Lake & Cabin Show in Fort Wayne. “It’s all good-na-tured, no hard feelings,” Samantha said.

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Rotarians upgrade schoolfor West African village

A West African village is watching a middle school rise one classroom at a time, thanks to an initiative of the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne.

Club members recently reviewed the progress of the project in Gléi, Togo.

The adjoined wooden buildings that previously formed a village middle school were “not really a structure,” said Jason Daenens, who attended the dedication of four new classrooms on Oct. 22. Daenens pointed to a slide during his Dec. 16 club presentation. “It’s tattered, falling apart, and we knew that it would be at least another 10 years before the government would get around to being able to fund anything for this school,” he said. “Imagine, during the rainy season, trying to study under those types of conditions. Oftentimes the students didn’t end up going to school.”

Daenens said the club’s International Service Committee took on the school program in the fall of 2012. “We looked hard for a way to fund, and we finally decided we could

do this if we did it one classroom at a time,” he said.

The local parents group also stepped forward. “They wanted to get their hands dirty and make sure we were able to get this project done,” he said. “So what was a $50,000 project, with the assistance of the other groups, we were able to bring down to a $20,000 project, because of all the volunteer labor that went into it.”

New York Rotarian and former Peace Corps volunteer Jane O’Sullivan has worked in Togo for more than four years. O’Sullivan shared in the Fort Wayne update. She said the Rotary Club has been a good steward of the resources designated to Togo. “Having lived in

that village for 27 months, and seeing the poverty — and the death — I believe what you are doing is helping create a better future for that country,” she said. “And Togo in 2013 when I went back was in better shape than when I arrived in 2009.”

O’Sullivan also served as the Fort Wayne Rotar-ians’ translator in the French-speaking country.

Daenens became aware of Gléi’s conditions when he attended the sixth West Africa Rotary Fair in Accra, Ghana, in 2010. Since then, with the assis-tance of Northern Indiana Rotary District 6540, Daenens has helped to secure playground equip-ment and more textbooks for that village.

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Jason Daenens visits a school in Gléi, Togo, West Africa. Daenens helped to lead an effort by the Fort Wayne Rotary Club to build four rooms of the school.

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Rex welcomes granddaughter to barbershop

Rex Ottinger has been the local barber in Roanoke for 50 years, opening his shop on Main Street in 1963.

On entering, it is a step back in time in this quaint little shop; an old-time

barber pole, high-back oak chairs for waiting your turn and an old checker board that’s out and ready that has seen many games and made many memories over the years.

Though he has two barber chairs in his shop, Rex has been the sole

proprietor for most of that time. In his low-key way, Rex has run his highly successful barber business with an acumen worthy of Wall Street matched with the thrift of a local Midwesterner, and Rex is “busier than the U.S. pres-ident” said his client from the chair.

His shop is unique in many ways. A customer has to visit to make an appoint-ment, because Rex does not

have a phone.“I make my living from

cutting hair,” he explained, “not by answering the phone.”

Rex’s customers are loyal, and many have been disappointed since he has cut back on his hours for health reasons. Rex has notoriously been booked for weeks in advance.

So Rex has a new partner, his granddaughter, Maddison Ottinger, and

they are both enjoying the new arrangement. “I am now able to offer a service that I wasn’t able to before, because with two of us, we can handle walk-ins now,” said Rex.

With the difference in ages they can offer all kinds of haircuts. That’s their specialty, he said: no perms, no coloring, just a good cut.

Maddie loves the oppor-tunity to work with her grandfather. “How many girls get the chance to do that?” she asks. She talks with a smile as she remi-nisces about growing up in Roanoke and how it made her feel special that everyone knew and loved her grandfather.

“I like working with him. His offer gave me the determination to finish my training. I am able to take his criticism as the advice it’s meant to be and he is able to pass on to me the

wisdom that he’s learned over the past 50 years of cutting hair,” she said. “We learn from each other actually. I think cutting hair is a talent that runs in the family.”

Rex’s Barbershop is open Tuesday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon.

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Canterbury students visited The Journal-Gazette for The Importance of Time in Today’s Media. At the time of westward expansion, the average letter would take three to four weeks to send and receive. News was delivered in the same way. Students learned how today’s print media handles a news event and delivers the story to the doorstep in the early morning hours.

Students also visited Fort Wayne public television station WFWA-Channel 39 for a firsthand view of the master control area, audio control room and the broadcast operation center. Students learned how vital timing is in all aspects of television production and distribution.

In Tool Time! at Menard’s, students learned about different kinds of wrenches and saws, when these tools were invented, and the tools of today. Students also built their own, take-home timepiece: a sundial.

In all, students chose from 20 activities.

Teams of teachers trav-eled with each group of students.

“Our teachers have been hard at work since June, preparing hands-on activ-ities, held both on campus and in the Fort Wayne

community,” said Ben Ottenweller, Canterbury Middle School director. “This year’s topic is time. The topic of time can be very literal as well as abstract.”

“My favorite aspect of the day is seeing students have experiences beyond the walls of the typical class-room, as well as teachers and students having the opportunity to see each other in a different light. This is an invigorating day for everyone involved,” Ottenweller said.

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Elvis bash features area guitarist TaylorRoanoke’s Cottage

Event Center plays host to an Elvis Birthday Bash Jan. 10.

The evening stars guitar virtuoso Kenny Taylor in a fundraiser for Northeast Indiana Honor Flight. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the music begins about 7:30 p.m. The Cottage Event Center is at 9528 U.S. 24 North, Roanoke.

Tickets are $10 per person, and may be ordered by calling 483-3508.

The event will feature nearly two hours of Elvis songs, ranging from best-sellers such as “Jailhouse Rock,” “All Shook Up” and “Burnin’ Love” to lesser known selections from the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s 31 movies. Unlike performances by Elvis imitators, the concert is not an impersonation but is meant to honor Presley’s art and his influence on popular music.

Taylor is a highly regarded area musician. His former band, The Blue Moon Boys, opened for such guitar legends as Bo Didley, Dick Dale and Stray Cats’ Brian Setzer.

Taylor also has played lead guitar with Detroit based Rockabilly band Twistin’ Tarantulas and has played with Carl Storie of Indi-anapolis’ popular Faith Band.

Among Taylor’s favorite styles of music are 1950s Rockabilly, 1960s surf music and various forms of blues. He often performs with his instrumental surf group KT & The Tikiongas, and plays lead guitar with The Bulldogs — formerly Spike & The Bulldogs. He also plays banjo with Fort Wayne’s Farmland Jazz Band, and teaches guitar at the Sweetwater Academy of Music.

Taylor presents the Elvis tribute twice each year, around Presley’s Jan. 8 birthday and in August around the anniversary of Presley’s death. In addi-tion, he annually plays a

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Daenens said the local international service committee decided to do a smaller project first, and bought playground equip-ment. “What we were embarking on was a very small project — just a few hundred American dollars — but it did make a great difference,” he said. “It was very heartwarming to see the children out there playing and enjoying themselves.”

For its second step, the club chose a project specifically related to education. Only 15 percent of the Togo village’s students had textbooks. With Rota-ry’s purchase, that ratio improved to 50 percent.

Holli Seabury, a co-presenter who was heavily involved in the project over the past three years, said she was on the Fort Wayne club’s International Service Committee when Daenens first proposed projects in Gléi. That proposal led to research and startling findings, she said. The country of 6.8 million people has an infant mortality rate of 48 in 1,000, she told the club. Togo’s per-capita income ranks 171st out of 180 countries, she said. Agriculture is the main livelihood. “But unlike Indiana, we’re not talking about megafarms and big farms — we’re talking about subsistence

farming,” Seabury said. “People are relying on their farm just to grow enough that they are able to live.”

Seabury is the CEO of McMillen Center for Health Education in Fort Wayne.

Rotarian Barb Wachtman, in her intro-duction of the program, said Daenens lives the service-above-self code by his service to the club and to the community. “And this fall he returned to Africa and was greeted by more than 1,000 Gléi villagers to celebrate the new middle school’s first four rooms, which is the focus of this program, and which this club helped to build,” she said.

Rotary Club Presi-dent Jeff Krull said the service project is a big

part of the club’s centen-nial celebration in 2015. “And it never would have happened if we hadn’t had people with that kind of dedication and commit-ment to helping other people in this world,” he said.

Daenens is CEO of Commercial Filter Service in Fort Wayne, where a staff of 20 full-time employees and some contractors manufacture and service air filtration services in seven states. He also works with Junior Achievement, serves on Rotary boards and as club vice president, and serves on the board of the IPFW Alumni Association and Creative Women of the World.

“It’s about finding that special connection with humanity and building

friendships,” Daenens said of the international service project. “It’s my avoca-tion. I love the work. I love the people, and I learned so much about myself, and hopefully I can be a better person because of those people.

“How do you find the time? You make it. You’re up at midnight working on projects, early in the morning, whenever it’s needed. You make it all work. No excuses.”

“This story’s really, truly about engaging people and humanity. It’s about the friendship connection in humanity, and that piece of humanity that so many of us don’t really understand, living in the developed world,” Daenens said. “Going over to West Africa, meeting the people, sitting

down with them, begin-ning to understand their needs, engaging with them, and then doing what we can to give them a leap forward.”

Daenens attended the ninth annual West Rotary Fair, in October, and convinced conference leaders to tour the Gléi Middle School. Rotar-ians from North America donated $1,800 for doors for the new classrooms. The president of the Rotary Club of Lome-Lu-miere, Togo’s capital

city, pledged that her club would pay for the construction of two more classrooms.

Daenens presented gifts from Washington Elementary School, the Downtown Rotary’s “adopted school,” and a proclamation from Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, declaring Oct. 22 as “Children of Gléi Day” in Fort Wayne.

Construction on the last four classrooms of the eight-room Gléi school is scheduled for 2014-15.

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Rotary projectsThe Rotary Club of Fort Wayne, also known as the Downtown Rotary, was incorporated in 1915. It is an organization of more than 140 business, professional and community leaders. The club has three dimensions to its 2015 Centennial activities:Local service project: Installing 100 Little Free Libraries around Fort Wayne by June of 2015. Those interested in sponsoring a Little Free Library should contact Candace Schuler, (260) 418-6142 or clschuler@comcast.net, for information about the benefits and assistance part-ners will receive. The first Little Library was installed at Washington Elementary School. The 12th and most recent Little Library was installed at 1702 S. Fairfield.Gift to community: The Rotary Centennial Tower at Allen County Public Library Plaza, to be installed in 2015. The 22-foot (not including its base) structure will be built along the south side of West Wayne Street on the “library green” adjacent to the Allen County Public Library. It will feature four backlit clocks visible night and day.International service project: The Rotary Club of Fort Wayne leads the effort among several Rotary Clubs in the United States and Africa to build a new middle school in Gléi, Togo, Africa.The Rotary Club of Fort Wayne meets at noon every Monday (except holidays) at Parkview Field. For mem-bership information, contact Mike Kelly at (260) 438-1690 or kellym@ipfw.edu, or visit fortwaynerotary.org.

Jason Daenens, from left, Holli Seabury, and Jane O’Sullivan told the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne about progress on a new school in Togo, West Africa. Club President Jeff Krull, right, commended the dedication and commitment to service.

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each with a time limit.Pole-climbers scramble up poles 60- to 90-feet tall. The

round trip takes about 10 seconds, she said. “We have a belt and a gaffe, similar to a lineman’s gaffe; we just modify them a bit,” she said.

“The audience gets very into the show,” she said. “We split the crowd up into two logging camps for a lumberjack cheer. They love it. They’re hooting and hollering.”

The show includes a bit of comedy, and a giveaway for one child.

The lumberjill sisters work through STIHL Timberworks Lumberjack Show. The circuit includes the Lumberjack World Championships in July in Hayward, Wis., and Klon-dike Days, which will play out in the snow of early March in Eagle River, Wis. Most of the competitions, though, are in warm weather or in indoor venues such as the Coliseum, Hadley said.

“For some people, this is their full-time job,” the lumberjill said.

David Marquart, who operates the outdoors show in Fort Wayne, said he added the professional lumberjack show last year. “It went over so well — standing room only — so we’re bringing them back,” Marquart said. “But it’s going to be lumberjacks and lumberjills.”

“They’re very interesting. They do log rolling and chopping and climbing. They go up to the ceiling of the Coli-seum,” said Marquart. He is the president of the sponsoring Coliseum Productions, which is presenting the outdoors show for the fifth year.

“We’re constantly updating,” Marquart said.He said the outdoors show historically had been in March.

“And this was kind of a no-football weekend, and it was just the perfect weekend, with cabin fever and kind of the first public show of the year out at the Coliseum,” Marquart said.

The Mizpah Shrine Circus occupies other parts of the Coli-seum that same weekend. “Your Shrine Circus ticket stub gets you three bucks off our show,” Marquart said.

Other outdoors show features include:More than 150 exhibitors will offer products and services

relating to biking, hiking, camping and fitness, hunting and fishing, boats and water sports, vacation and travel, recre-ational vehicles and motor sports, and cottage living.

Two large fishing ponds stocked with hundreds of bluegill will offer several contests. A fishing derby fundraiser costs $4, with $1 going to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Live bait and fishing poles will be provided.

Children can feel the sand between their toes at a

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Ehlerding River City Harley-Davidson will offer free simu-lated motorcycle rides.

Novice hunters can learn to shoot a precision air rifle for just $5. The fundraiser led by Gregg Rice, coach of the state champion Bishop Dwenger Rifle Team, and one of only two USA/NRA Level 3 rifle coaches in Indiana, will benefit The X Count and help the team become a USA Shooting Certified Training Center for northeast Indiana.

Safari Club International, Northeast Indiana Chapter, will offer a hunt of faux, life-size targets of elk, mountain lion, bear and even a dinosaur. Top prize is a Mathews Genesis Bow.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 4Exhibit opening: “Trees” — an all-media group exhibition. The Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, 6312-A Covington Road. Free. See tree-inspired paintings and photographs, plus jewelry, pottery and art dolls with a tree theme. Also see fi nely crafted wooden boxes and turned vessels. The exhibit opens today and continues through Jan. 30. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Learn more at theorchardgallery.com. Direct questions to 436-0927.Gun & Knife Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center IV. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults, $2 for ages 6 to 12. Parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.Fort Wayne Bridal Spectacular. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center II and III. Noon-4 p.m. Admission is $10. For details, visit fortwaynebrides.com. Parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.Fort Wayne Farmers Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center at Parkview Field. Enter from Douglas Street. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. The winter market will be held the fi rst and third Saturdays, from October through May. The market features more than 40 vendors. More than half of the booths will offer items from the “farm category,” which com-prises fresh local meats, free-range eggs, and products such as organic or chemical-free honey, maple syrup, wine, locally roasted coffee, and plants. Watch the calendar for special cooking demonstrations. Today, see a cooking demonstration by Parkview chefs. For details, visit ft-waynesfarmersmarket.com.“Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.” Allen County Public Li-brary Globe Room, 900 Library Plaza. 1 p.m. It Is Well With My Soul presents a program on racial healing. Producer/director Katrina Browne tells the story of her forefathers, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. The fi lm follows Browne and nine fellow family members on a journey that brings them face-to-face with the history of New England’s hidden enterprise. Free, and open to the public. To RSVP, contact Ruby Cain at rcain@bsu.edu or (765) 896-8546.

SUNDAY, JAN. 5Fort Wayne Bridal Spectacular. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center II and III. Noon-4 p.m. Admission is $10.Gun & Knife Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center IV. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults, $2 for ages 6 to 12. Parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7Winter swim lessons registration and evaluations. NACS Natatorium, 3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. 5:30-7 p.m. Participants need not reside in the Northwest Allen County Schools. Classes run Saturdays, from Jan. 11 to Feb. 15, 2014. Classes, especially those for entry level classes, will concentrate not only on proper swimming skills, but on safety. As children progress through the new upper level color groups, they will continue to master more challenging skills and to work on their stroke technique. Classes include Water Babes for ages 6 months to age 3, Guppy groups for children 3 to 5, and color groups for children age 6 and older. For more information, call the Natatorium at (260) 637-0349 or visit nacs.k12.in.us/Schools/Natatorium.

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Appleseed Quilters Guild. The Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road. Socializing 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. “Eight Table Scramble” is the program. Quil-ters are invited to beat the post-holiday blahs with eight table demon-strations of block patterns. Members and guests will circulate among eight tables and pick up tips and instruction sheets. There will also be a show-and-tell and updates of the Gathering of Quilters 2014, March 15 at Wayne High School.

THURSDAY, JAN. 9The Art Hop. Covington Plaza, West Jefferson Boulevard. 5-8 p.m. Visit an ever-expanding circle of shops that offer refreshments, entertain artists and present specials the second Thursday evening of each month.“Elvis Lives — Broadway at the Embassy.” The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 7:30 p.m. This multimedia and live musical journey shows Elvis’ iconic style, which is embraced by many of today’s artists, and which continues to intrigue audiences of all generations. The show features fi nalists from Elvis Presley Enterprises’ worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, in addition to a tribute to Ann-Margret. Box offi ce hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 424-5664. Tickets also are available by through Ticketmaster, (800) 745-3000.

FRIDAY, JAN. 10F.U.N. (Folks Uniting Nowadays) Fridays. Link’s Wonderland, 1711 Creighton Ave. 1-2:30 p.m. It Is Well With My Soul presents a program on mul-ticultural and multiethnic education in American schools. Gilbert Park, associate professor of social foundations and multicultural education, Department of Educational Studies, Ball State University, will present an overview of the challenges, opportunities, and strategies for preparing future educators for multicultural and multiethnic student population. RSVP to Ruby Cain at rcain@bsu.edu or (765) 285-8546. Lunch is available, ranging in price from $6 to $10. A fee of 50 cents will be

added to the food bill for the cost of room setup.SATURDAY, JAN. 11Fort Wayne Philharmonic Masterworks presents “A Lincoln Portrait.” The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 p.m. Works include “Nocturnes” by Claude Debussey, “The Lark Ascending” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, “A Lincoln Portrait” by Aaron Copland, and “Symphony No. 6” by George Anthell. Tickets start at $28. Andrew Constantine conducts. Box offi ce hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 424-5664. Tickets also are available by through Ticketmaster, (800) 745-3000.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12Great Lakes Challenge Wrestling Championship. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center. 10 a.m. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children 5 and under. Park-ing is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.TRACK fundraiser. Calhoun Street Soup, Salad and Spirits, 1915 S. Calhoun St. 2-5 p.m. Admission $5; children free. Free parking. “A New Begin-ning” is a fundraiser for Three Rivers Art Center for Kids, dedicated to using the power of art to combat child abuse. Music will be provided by Mimi Burns & Styler, Molly Brogan, Grace Minnick and special guest Blind Uncle Harry, of Bloomington. Fort Wayne Youtheatre will present the play “Mean Jean the Recess Queen.” Catherine Nagy Mowry will demonstrate Miami Indian doll making. Teresa Rust will offer face painting. Terry Doran will supply a mural for children to paint. An open mic will be available to all. Proceeds go toward the expenses of bringing Native American photographer Matika Wilbur to speak her art and her heritage and to inspire youth.

TUESDAY, JAN. 14Fort Wayne Farm Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Par-nell Ave. Expo Center. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free. Parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15Short Hikes for Short Legs: The Wonders of Winter. Eagle Marsh Barn, 6801 Engle Road. 1 p.m. For children ages 3 to 5 and a responsible adult. Start with an interactive seed activity in the barn, then take a short hike as we look for seeds and the animals that spend winter on the marsh.Fort Wayne Farm Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Par-nell Ave. Expo Center. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission is free. Parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot.Financial aid meeting for new families. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road, Room 104. 6:30 p.m. Parents interested in information regarding Bishop Luers High School fi nancial aid for the 2014-15 school year should attend this informational meeting

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Submit your Community Calendar itemsPublicize your event through InFortWayne.com and Times Community Publications. Submit your calendar entries online, or email gsnow@kpcmedia.com, or call (260) 426-2640, ext. 321. Please submit your items by Jan. 30 to be considered for publication in the Feb. 7 edition of Aboite & About.

5:45 p.m. For details, see Jan. 23 calendar listing or story on Page A1.Outdoor Sports Lake & Cabin Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Expo Center. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. For details, see story on Page B1.Black-and-white films. The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 2 p.m. “Sherlock, Jr.” (1924) and “The Freshman” (1925), Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children 12 or younger. Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. For details, see story on Page A4.

MONDAY, JAN. 27Million Dollar Quartet. The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 7:30 p.m. This Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is inspired by the true story of the famed recording session where Sam Phillips, the “Fa-ther of Rock ’n’ Roll,” brought together icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for one unforgettable night. Call 424-5664. Tickets also are available by through Ticketmaster, (800) 745-3000.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road. 11:30 am.-1 p.m. The topic is “New Adven-tures,” featuring the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation travel program. The cost is $15.50, inclusive. RSVP by Jan. 21 to Meridith at 672-3414.

FRIDAY, JAN. 31Winter Homecoming. Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road. This special evening combines three events. The evening welcomes back the Bishop Luers dance teams from 2000 to 2013. At 4:30, enjoy Casa Knight dinner in he café; reservations are required. Luers varsity girls and boys basketball teams will take on North Side a 6 p.m. During half-

FRIDAY, JAN. 24All-you-can-eat fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 4:30-7 p.m. $8 for adults; $4 for children 6 to 10; free to ages 6 and under. Mizpah Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. In the Arena. 7 p.m. For details, see Jan. 23 calendar listing.Outdoor Sports Lake & Cabin Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center. Noon-9 p.m. Admission is $10, free for kids 12 and under. Parking is $5, or $8 in the preferred lot.SATURDAY, JAN. 24Mizpah Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. For details, see Jan. 23 calendar listing.Outdoor Sports Lake & Cabin Show. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Expo Center. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. For details, see story on Page B1.

SUNDAY, JAN. 26Mizpah Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 1 p.m. and

FRIDAY, JAN. 17Canterbury Early Childhood open house. Canterbury School, 5601 Covington Road. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Prospective parents are invited to learn more about the Early Childhood program for ages 2 to kindergarten while school is in session. Visit canterburyschool.org/admission, or call 432-7776.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18Fort Wayne Farmers’ Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. Visit ftwaynesfarmersmarket.com.Fort Wayne Philharmonic Pops presents “The Music of John Williams.” The Em-bassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 p.m. The show features music from movies such as “Lincoln,” “E.T.,” “Harry Potter,” “Schindler’s List,” and “Star Wars.” Tickets start at $28. Box office hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 424-5664. Tickets also are available by through Ticketmaster, (800) 745-3000.Tuffy’s Trivia Night. Bishop Dwenger High School, 1300 E. Washington Center Road. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person in advance, or $15 at the door. Come on your own and be assigned to a team, or put together your own team of 10. Bring own appetizers and desserts. All guests must be 21 or older.

THURSDAY, JAN. 23Mizpah Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. In the Arena. 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Shrine Circus Office, 1015 Memorial Way, behind Casa’s on Parnell Avenue. Tickets are $12 to $20. Call 422-7122. Tickets ordered before Jan. 18 will be mailed. For details, visit mizpahshrinecircus.com. The Circus Fair in the basement of the Coliseum opens one hour before the first show of the day and continues until one hour after the last show of the day.

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