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By Garth Snow [email protected]

When the Indiana HighSchool Baseball CoachesAssociation honorsHomestead coach SteveSotir for his 100 victo-ries, he might deflect thecredit to his players. Afterall, he did that twiceduring a brief account ofhis evolving career.

“I want to give thecredit to the kids whereit’s mostly deserved,”Sotir said. “At Home-stead, we’re blessed withoutstanding studentathletes, and success cancome when you have verytalented players on thefield. Any high schoolcoach will tell you that.”

Sotir will accept theaward Jan. 25 at the Sher-aton Indianapolis Hotel &Suites, during thecoaches’ winter clinics.

Sotir said he wasn’taware of the milestoneuntil Homestead schoolradio announcer AdamSchenkel approached himafter the 7-0, May 5victory over Snider. “Hewas the one who camedown and said congratu-lations about the win, andI said thanks,” Sotir said.“And he said, ‘You don’tknow what this one is,’ ”Sotir recalled.

Barb Lake, the athletic

department secretary, saidSotir has earned therespect of the players, theparents and the commu-nity as a whole.“Everyone associatedwith baseball here atHomestead and I thinkhere in this area, theyknow him and respecthim,” Lake said. “Hedoes a great job with thekids. He holds his playersto high standards andthey perform.”

Sotir played secondbase and shortstop,including high school ballat Anderson High School

in Cincinnati. “In order toplay baseball, mostpeople say you go tojunior college in Florida,”Sotir said. “So I went toSt. Petersburg JuniorCollege and played therea couple of years, whereyou can play baseball allyear-round.” He earned abaseball scholarship toNewberry College, inSouth Carolina, andplayed there two moreyears. “Then I startedthinking about what Iwanted to do in life.” Hewanted to stay close tothe game. “If I can’t playit, then the next best thingis to coach it,” he said.

He coached at Clear-water High School inClearwater, Fla., thenbecame an assistant atGeorgia Southern Univer-sity in Statesboro, Ga.,

He became an assistantat the University ofFlorida. But Sotir wasdrawn back to Statesboro.“People said if you wantto learn the game, youwant to go to GeorgiaSouthern and study underJack Stallings,” Sotir said.

Stallings, who alsocoached at Wake Forestand Florida State, wonmore than 1,200 games asa college coach.

“I realized how much Ididn’t know,” Sotir said.He became a graduate

assistant in the health andphysical educationdepartment. He taughtclasses and took classes,and was an assistant base-ball coach. “And thosetwo years were just alearning experience forme,” Sotir said. “Not onlydid I learn the game, but Ilearned how to teach thegame.”

Sotir credits Stallingswith introducing him tothe American BaseballAssociation, based inAtlanta, and ultimately tothe International BaseballAssociation. “Theyneeded someone whocould teach the game,”Sotir said. “Not neces-sarily pro experience, buta teacher of the game.”

Sotir was charged withconducting coachingclinics in Australia, Italyand around the globe. The10-day clinics drewplayers from nearby, andcoaches from a wider

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Homestead baseball coach Sotirto accept award for 100 victories

Steve Sotir passed the 100-victory mark during his fifthyear as Homestead HighSchool baseball coach. He willaccept an award for that mile-stone at the January meetingof the Indiana High SchoolBaseball Coaches Association.

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New group will honein on everyday health

By Valerie [email protected]

As much as critics like to say that social media hasmade us less social, the same cannot be said in everyinstance. In fact, each month in Fort Wayne, individualsusing social media come together over breakfast todiscuss its application and influence in business andeveryday life. The Social Media Breakfast, which startedin Boston, now exists in more than 25 U.S. cities andserves as a time to network with like-minded people orget help from industry experts.

It was at one of these events where Justin Springer sawpotential in the Social Media Breakfast model, and how itcould positively influence another aspect of daily life —health.

“I went to a Social Media Breakfast in December and Iloved it,” said Springer, who founded My Healthy City.“You know, here is a complete newbie to really under-standing social media and I got to go into thisenvironment and a lot of experts were there. I walkedaway with so much valuable information.”

Springer, who owns Fort Wayne Strength and Condi-tioning, has long wanted to find a way to make FortWayne a healthier place to live, work and play, but hewasn’t entirely sure how to go about bringing peopletogether with that common goal.

“I thought, here is the venue that I’ve been looking for— something that’s not about me, or my gym, oranybody’s business, but that’s a resource to the commu-nity.”

Springer created My Healthy City, a group open to

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Ministers alliance plans tribute to KingBy Garth Snow [email protected]

Martin Luther King Jr.scholar Timothy L. Lakewill lead an interdenomi-national prayer servicehonoring King’s life andlegacy at 7 p.m. Sunday,Jan. 20, at PlymouthCongregational Church,501 W. Berry St.

Lake is a 1981 graduateof Snider High School. Hestudied at IPFW beforetransferring to Ball StateUniversity. He earnedfurther degrees at HowardUniversity, the Universityof Notre Dame andBowling Green StateUniversity. He is an asso-ciate professor of Englishat Wabash College in

Crawfordsville.Associated Churches of

Fort Wayne and AllenCounty has partnered withthe InterdenominationalMinisterial Alliance ofFort Wayne to present theannual tribute to King formore than 25 years.

Senior pastor the Rev.John P. Gardner saidPlymouth has been host tothe service since its begin-ning.

Gardner commendedLake’s record of scholarlypursuits and academicsuccess. “He brings honorto the community,”Gardner said.

“It’s a service thatappeals to these churchcoalitions, and to thecommunity of people whoare wanting to keep intouch and keep connectedto Dr. King’s dream, hisvision and his inspiration,”Gardner said. “The dreamgrows dim over the courseof time, doesn’t it? And itneeds to be retrieved andwe need to be coming

together to remember thathe is an inspiration thathelps us in our world.”

Gardner said that world“can sometimes be some-what brutish and less thanwe would like for it tobe.”

Lake was an archivistfor The Martin LutherKing Jr. Research andEducation Institute, atStanford University. In1985, Coretta Scott Kinginvited Stanford historianClayborne Carson todirect the King PapersProject at Stanford. Lakeworked with Carson inpreserving the record ofKing’s life.

“It’s no doubt we’vemade progress in racerelations,” Lake said,

citing progress againstsegregation and votingrestrictions. “We do havesomewhere to go in termsof eliminating racism interms of attitudes.”

Lake participated in theNative Tongue LectureSeries in April at IPFW.He addressed African-American intellectualCornell West’s criticism ofPresident Obama’seconomic and social poli-cies. Lake said hediscussed how King’s lovetranslates into politicalaction. He said West andObama express “thatKingsian value” indifferent ways.

“I always wanted to bea professor,” said Lake,adding that he received a

good education in FortWayne.

Gardner, of PlymouthChurch, said, “Fort Waynedoes a good job ofobserving the birth dateand the federal holiday.But more important is theman, the message and hiscontinued relevance.”

The church alliance,which lists more than 130congregations among itssupporters, maintains theNeighborhood FoodNetwork, assists militaryfamilies, and operates ABaby’s Closet and theRising Stars programs.

For more informationabout the alliance or theJan. 20 speaker, visitwww.associatedchurches.org.

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28th Unity Day to celebrate King’s legacyBy Garth Snow [email protected]

As the 28th annual Unity Day celebra-tion approaches, MLK Club PresidentBennie Edwards is quick to point out thatthe organization serves Fort Waynethroughout the year.

“Unity Day is our biggest event, but wealso do Santa on Tour,” Edwards said.That Dec. 8 event especially served chil-dren of the Renaissance Pointe YMCA,2323 Bowser Ave., Edwards said. “Wehad about 160 kids and we gave themtrolley rides through downtown to see theChristmas lights. We had two SantaClauses; one rode the trolley and onehanded out gifts.”

Children enjoyed gifts, games, bingo,painting and decorating Christmas orna-ments, Edwards said.

The Christmas celebration also includesstories. “We always try to have a civilrights person talk to our youth,” said FranGrant, the MLK Club vice president.

The MLK Club also solicits themesfrom high school students and awardsscholarships at the annual Unity Day.

That celebration will be held from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at theGrand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W.Jefferson Blvd. The fifth annual Breakfastwith the Clergy fellowship will be from 8a.m. to 10 a.m. that day at the DowntownCourtyard by Marriott.

Edwards said the Dr. Martin Luther

King Jr. Memorial Bridge, dedicated June4, will be the centerpiece of the UnityDay celebration. “We are very proud ofthe bridge here in Fort Wayne,” Edwardssaid, “and we’re using that as the coverfor our souvenir program and the themefor our program.” He thanked the citycouncil and other city leaders for thework that made the designation possible.

Delegates do not plan to visit the bridgeas a group, Edwards said. However, hesaid the MLK Club plans an observancein summer 2013, where Clinton Streetspans the St. Mary’s River. The occasionis the 50th anniversary of King’s Aug. 28,1963, “I Have a Dream” speech from thesteps of the Lincoln Memorial in Wash-ington, D.C.

Mayor James A. Young of Philadelphia,Miss., will serve as keynote speaker of theJan. 21 celebration. Young is the firstblack mayor of the city that was madeinfamous by the 1964 slayings of threecivil rights workers, as told in the 1988movie “Mississippi Burning.”

Edwards said Young is coming to FortWayne at the invitation of a family friend,George Smith, who was involved in the1960s rights struggle in Mississippi.

Grant, the club’s vice president, alsoserves as program director for Unity Day.She said the celebration is the largest ofits kind in Indiana. “We generally haveabout 2,000 people,” Grant said. That

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IPFW speaker to discuss‘Relevancy of the Dream’

IPFW’s Office of Diver-sity and MulticulturalAffairs and the MLK ClubInc. of Fort Wayne aresponsoring the secondannual Chocolate Hour at7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15,2013, in the Walb StudentUnion International Ball-room.

The event is free, andopen to the public. Doorsopen 6:30 p.m.

Keynote speaker JoeMadison will present “TheRelevancy of the Dream

in 2013 and Beyond.”Madison can be heard onSirius XM Satellite RadioChannel 128 weekdaysfrom 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Heestablished himself as acivil rights activist as anexecutive with theNational Association forthe Advancement ofColored People, beginningin 1974 in Detroit.

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number includes vendors, who sell theirwares and distribute information to visi-tors.

The Rev. Roger Reece, the executivepastor of Associated Churches of FortWayne and Allen County, will offerprayer at the breakfast. The breakfastspeaker is the Rev. Anthony R. Pettus Sr.of the Greater Progressive Church, 2215John St. For breakfast reservations, RSVPby calling (260) 493-0980.

Highlights include a gospel festivalfrom 10 a.m. to noon, free health screen-ings, introduction of dignitaries, aproclamation from Mayor Tom Henry,and awards to organizations and individ-uals.

The club will present two scholarships,Grant said, to deserving high schoolseniors or first-year college students.Selections are based on essays that testthe students’ knowledge of King. Thisyear’s essay deadline has passed, shesaid.

“At the end of the day, the last twohours, we have a big youth explosion,where we highlight youth talent, praisedancing, singing, and puppet ministriesfrom different churches,” Grant said.“There are approximately nine or 10churches involved in this.”

Grant said it is fitting that this year’scelebration highlights the King Bridge,because King himself was a bridgebuilder.

Each summer, Grant said, the MLKClub takes a tour of the National CivilRights Museum, built around the formerLorraine Motel in Memphis, were Kingwas assassinated April 4, 1968.

That tour also visits central Mississippi,where the civil rights workers were slainin 1964.

Unity Day admission is $5 per person.For more information on the club or the

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anyone — professionalsand laypeople alike — topromote healthier livingin Fort Wayne. Like theSocial Media Breakfast,Springer plans to usesocial media to further hisgroup’s efforts, along withhosting a monthly break-fast that attendees canregister for usingEventbrite. Both at itsmeetings and online, MyHealthy City will bringhealth, wellness andfitness education to thecommunity, as well asencourage collaborationamong health, wellnessand fitness experts.

“It’s a time foreveryone to take off theirbusiness hats and say,‘Here’s what we can dofor the community,’”Springer said. “I think it’sa void that needs to befilled. If nothing else, wecan bring together leadersin the industry to discuss

what we can do. A long-term goal would be tomake it a nonprofit andraise funds to have someresources to go out in thecommunity, and put ourstamp on it and say, ‘Thisis what My Healthy Cityhas done for the commu-nity of Fort Wayne.’”

The group will meet forthe first time on Jan. 30 todiscuss the direction andpotential of My HealthyCity, which plans to meetthe last Wednesday ofeach month. In addition toserving up coffee, thegroup will host a speakeror a panel each month,free of charge, to regis-tered attendees. Seats forthe first meeting arelimited to 44 guests and atpress time, only 12 seatsremained.

“I really want the focusof it to be, ‘I want to loseweight and get fit, but Idon’t know where tobegin.’ Well, come in hereand find what best fitsyou,” Springer said,adding that it will be alaid-back environment totalk to people aboutgeneral ideas. “This is notgoing to be a sales pitchfor anybody’s business.”

To learn more about MyHealthy City, or toregister to attend a break-fast meetup, find thegroup’s page on Facebookor go tomyhealthycity.org.

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Aboite Branch Library plans stories,art and more during busy January

The Aboite Branch of the Allen CountyPublic Library is located at 5630Coventry Lane. Library hours are Mondaythrough Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.and on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. Call (260) 421-1310 for moreinformation.

The library has several story timesplanned for the month.

Art for Homeschoolers features stories,songs and activities for babies and theircaregivers, at 10:30 a.m. every Monday.

Smart Start Storytime provides stories,activities and crafts for preschoolers, at10:30 a.m. every Thursday.

Baby Steps Toddler Time featuresstories, songs and games for toddlers, at10:30 a.m. every Wednesday.

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PAWS to Read brings PAWS dogsMason and Martha to listen as kids up toage 11 gather to read at 10:30 a.m. everyFriday.

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Aqua Indiana isdonating the splash forthe Jorgensen FamilyYMCA’s new $1.8million dollar aquaticcenter.

When construction isfinished next year, Aquawill donate almost160,000 gallons of waterto fill the pool, splash-zone, and other waterfeatures.

Aqua Indiana PresidentTom Bruns said thecompany stepped forwardto offer the donation insupport of the ParkviewPhysicians GroupOutdoor Aquatics Centerat the Jorgensen FamilyYMCA and its role inkeeping Aboite Township

fit and active. “We’rehappy to contribute to acommunity project thatencourages exercise andfamily fun. With laplanes, splash areas, awater slide and even a zipline, people of all ageswill enjoy the aquaticcenter. It’s a very excitingproject,” Bruns said.

“Any time we receive adonation of goods andservices for a YMCAbusiness expense, it helpsus direct more of ourresources toward thoseareas that have thegreatest impact in thecommunity. We are verygrateful to Aqua Indianafor its willingness to fillthe pool for the firsttime,” said Marty Pastura,the president and CEO ofthe YMCA of GreaterFort Wayne.

The Parkview Physi-cians Group OutdoorAquatics Center is underconstruction at theJorgensen Family YMCAat 10313 Aboite CenterRoad. It is expected toopen Memorial Dayweekend 2013. Engineers

say 159,400 gallons ofwater are required to fillthe complex. Aqua plansto tap a nearby hydrantunleashing up to 1,500gallons per minute. Atthat rate, filling the poolwill take about two hours.

“This project is not justabout a pool, but about avision of impact; impactthat will leave a legacy.We are looking forwardto the big day in Maywhen the pool is filledwith 160,000 gallons ofwater and moves one stepcloser to offering familiesa safe, fun summertimeactivity,” said ScottHelmkamp, the executivedirector of the JorgensenFamily YMCA.

Aqua Indiana provideswater and sewer servicesto about 12,000 homesand businesses in AboiteTownship and portions ofWhitley County. Thecompany supports thecommunity in severalways, including providingjobs for 35 full-timeemployees and payingabout $805,000 per yearin property taxes.


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area. “The players weremy audience,” Sotir said.“I was really teaching thecoaches how to teachtheir students.”

The goal was to elevatethe level of competitionup to and including theOlympics.

“It’s a game that I justgrew up, and I learned somuch from it,” Sotir said.“If you’re gonna besuccessful in whateveryou choose, you have tohave the discipline to goout there every day andwork. And I enjoyedgoing out there to prac-tice just as much as Ienjoyed the game.”

The fundamentals arethe same, Sotir said,whether you’re workingwith 9-year-olds or 18-year-olds. “Kids in Italymake the same mistakekids here make. If they’rethrowing with a lowelbow or whatever, they

make the same mistakes.”Sotir continues

supporting developmentprograms, presentingcamps and clinics withthe World BaseballAcademy at the AshCenter in Fort Wayne.

Sotir, the formermiddle schools athleticdirector, now serves asthe facilities director forSouthwest Allen Commu-nity Schools. He plans tobe in Indianapolis for thebaseball clinic, and theaward. “There are a heckof a lot of people whohave more milestones,”he protested.

He will acknowledgethe award that acknowl-edges the 100 victories.“Just between you andme, they’re not mine,” hesaid.

Sotir looks forward tobeginning his sixthseason at Homestead.Practice begins in March.

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Recent meetings withmembers of the FortWayne City Council andother community leadersrevealed that a similarityin names leads manypeople to confuse AquaIndiana with anothercompany that once servedAboite Township.

Aqua Indiana is in noway associated withAquaSource, the utilityoperator that servedhomes and businesses inAboite Township andearned a reputation forpoor quality water andinadequate service. Thatcompany, also known asUtility Center, took over

the former Utility Centersystem in March of 1999and was faced with amyriad of challenges inboth the water and wastewater systems.

After buying the AboiteTownship system, AquaAmerica made a majorcommitment to AboiteTownship and has invested$25 million in water treat-ment systems, new wastewater treatment facilities,emergency backup genera-tors, upgrades to thedistribution network,construction of a newwater tower and renova-tion of the well fields.

Aqua invested again in2010 to begin softeningthe tap water we provide.

Unlike many municipal

utilities in Indiana andaround the country,Aqua’s Aboite Townshipoperations are now almost100 percent compliantwith stringent EPA rules.Our water exceeds allstate standards and is, forall practical purposes,chemically identical towater from the City ofFort Wayne.

Improving the quality ofservice in Aboite Town-ship was a significantachievement. Even stateSen. David Long recog-nized the challenge wefaced when, in August of2010, he wrote: “Aquapurchased a poorly runutility with significantlygreater problems than itrealized and the company

had invested heavily to fixmany glitches that hadlong troubled and frus-trated its Aboitecustomers.”

All of this improvementand investment requiredrate increases that,frankly, are still a sourceof irritation for someAqua customers. Theresult, however, is tapwater that 41 percent ofparticipants in a recentblind taste test selected asthe water they liked best.More than 200 peoplecompared water drawnright from the tap at theJorgensen Family YMCAwith bottled waterpurchased at a super-market, and tap waterfrom the City of FortWayne. The majority inour blind taste test identi-

fied Aqua as the waterthey preferred; bottledwater ranked second andwater from City Utilitiesranked third.

Unlike the previousoperator of your waterutility, Aqua is committedto customer service. Werespond quickly when younotify us of a concern

about water pressure orquality, and follow uppersonally to report ourfindings.

Aqua Indiana is theHoosier subsidiary of acompany that is proud ofits 35 full-time employeesin Allen County. We paymore than $800,000 peryear in property taxes thathelp support local schools,road construction, andother vital services. Weare proud to support thearea’s largest Earth Dayobservation, the preserva-tion of Eagle Marsh, theAboite Township ConcertSeries and other eventsthat contribute to AboiteTownship’s outstandingquality of life.

This is a guest columnwritten by Tom Bruns, thepresident of Aqua Indiana.

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Cold weather can be tough on car batteriesBy Jennifer HansFor Don Ayres Honda

Dead batteries can happen at any timeof the year, but they’re far more commonin the winter. Here’s why:

When temperatures dip, oil inside yourvehicle’s engine is colder and thicker.Getting an engine to turn over under suchcircumstances simply takes a little extraoomph from your battery.

But that’s only part of the problem.With below-freezing temps, your batterydoesn’t have much extra oomph. In fact,batteries generate a weaker electricalcurrent during extremely cold weather.

Have your battery checked by a servicetechnician, especially if it’s more than afew years old. It’s always best to addressany mechanical issues before theybecome emergencies.

If possible, park your car in a garage.This will keep the battery a tad warmerthan if you park outside.

Finally, keep jumper cables and a road-side emergency kit in your vehicle.

Here’s another maintenance check forthe season. Winter means it gets darker

sooner, so make sure your lights shine.Driving without properly functioning

headlights, taillights, and/or brake lightson your vehicle can be a safety hazard—for you, your passengers, and otherdrivers on the road. It’s also against thelaw. Remember: Your vehicle’s lights arean important communication tool.

To check your lights, simply havesomeone start your car for you. Then takea quick stroll around the vehicle to makesure all of the lights are illuminated.Don’t forget to have the person in the carstep on the brake pedal to make surethose lights are working, too!

Also check for lens clarity. If your lamplenses are foggy or discolored, a headlightrestoration kit can work wonders toreverse the damage of weather and age.

Remember: the lights on your vehiclenot only help you see, they also helpothers see you.

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Fernando Malvar-Ruiz will lead two FortWayne youth choirs in an instructionalclinic and informal concert.

Two age groups from the Fort WayneChildren’s Choir and Trinity EnglishLutheran Church will perform at 2:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 19, at the church, 405 W.Wayne St.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity for the kidsto work with someone like him, and for usas directors,” said Robert A. Hobby, thechurch’s director of music. “He’s just verygracious and energetic and I think it willbe an exciting opportunity for the kids togrow musically, but also in an environmentwith a person who is fun and engaging.”

Trinity has held similar collaborationswith children’s choirs from First Presbyte-rian Church, Plymouth Church, and other

organizations, Hobby said. Those visitingclinicians have included lyric sopranoHelen Kemp choral director Hilary Apfeld-sadt.

“It’s more cost-effective to share some ofthe financial responsibilities, but also toshare some of the experiences and therewards, Hobby said.

Malvar-Ruiz, a native of Spain, holds amaster’s degree in choral conducting fromThe Ohio State University, and hascompleted coursework toward his doctoraldegree in musical arts at the University ofIllinois. He conducts choral festivalsthroughout the United States.

“It is a treat to bring him to Fort Wayne,”said Jonathan Busarow, the Children’sChoir’s artistic director. “We have notbrought a clinician of his caliber to workwith the kids in a very long time.”

High school age children will participatein a clinic Friday evening. Younger chil-dren will rehearse Saturday morning. Theage groups will rehearse together beforethe public concert.

The Indiana Music Educators Associa-tion will hold its annual conference Jan.17-19 at the Grand Wayne ConventionCenter, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd. “We’vebumped our schedule so the teachers canattend,” Hobby said.

The nonsectarian boys choir serves

grades four through eight. Founded inColumbus, Ohio, in 1937, the schoolmoved to Princeton, N.J., in 1950.

Busarow said the concert will includespirituals and gospel songs in recognitionof the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

“It’s just an additional way of sharingwith the community,” Hobby said. “Welook forward to growing musically andcreating new friendships.”

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The fourth annualOutdoor Sports, Lake &Cabin Show is set for Jan.25-27, almost two monthsearlier than its usualMarch date.

“We want our audienceto have a better window oftime to explore all aspectsof leisure and recreationin the midst of winter,”said David Marquart, thedirector of operations forColiseum Productions.“Once they have theproper tools, people canembrace warm weatherwhen it returns.”

Every year, the showattracts almost 10,000outdoor enthusiasts andfamilies. “Our show notonly tailors to all-seasonsports, but expands upon aplethora of ways on howpeople can travel andlive,” Marquart said.

More than 150exhibitors will offer show-only bargains, expertadvice and the opportunity

to compare, test and buytop-quality products andservices.

“And you certainlydon’t have to be outdoorsto watch lumberjacksthrow axes, chop wood,roll logs or carve withchainsaws,” Marquart saidin a news release. “We’refully equipped to bring thewoods inside with ournew lumberjack shows.”

Stihl TimberworksLumberjack Shows havebeen featured on ABC’sWide World of Sports,ESPN Jeep Trails,Discovery Channel’s TheTravelers, MTV’s TheReal World and RoadRules, and the OutdoorLife Network. Thelumberjacks will performthree shows per day andentertain audiences with alogging competitionreflecting the early 1900s.

“It’s a good old-fash-ioned, cutting, climbing,log rolling, you’re gonna

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At 2 p.m. Saturday, fire-fighters from two FortWayne fire stations willcompete against eachother, replacing the trav-eling lumberjacks,Marquart said.

More than 50 educa-tional seminars,demonstrations and clinicsare planned. GanderMountain fishing andarchery experts share theirtricks of the trade next tomaster hunters, log andtimber-frame homedesigners and caninehandlers as they educatevisitors on a variety oftopics on three stages allweekend. The SniperCompany will provideshooting safety demosalong with a new air rifleshooting range.

Using a Harley-Davidson simulator,Ehlerding Motorsportswill offer free stationarymotorcycle rides andeducate guests on how toshift gears, all without therisk of falling.

A 25,000-gallon lagoonwill allow guests to cruisethe show in the waterwhile taking a kayak orcanoe for a test spin,sponsored by Rock104.

Family fun includes a40-foot video game arcadewith multiplayer fishingand hunting games, all forfree. Children may partici-pate in a fishing contestwith two stocked fishingponds, or play in the sandat the 400-square-footindoor beach, both spon-sored by WLDE andWAJI.

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STIHL Timberworks Lumberjack Shows will present eight shows during the Outdoor Sports, Lake andCabin Show at the Fort Wayne War Memorial Coliseum. Two Fort Wayne fire crews will replace theprofessional lumberjacks for another show, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26. The lumberjack shows havebeen featured on “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” and other TV shows. The performances include chop-ping, log rolling, sawing techniques, and axe throwing.

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“We have a really richmusic program here, sowe’re just honored thatLuther College has selectedus as a venue for theconcert,” said Mark Lange,the executive director of thechurch and school at 3425Crescent Ave. “They travelworldwide,” Lange said.“They have a 78-voicechoir this year under Dr.Allen Hightower’s direc-tion, and it’s a perfect fit

for the musical ministrythat we have here here atHoly Cross.”

A freewill offering willbe accepted. “We’re justhappy to share the musicwith the community,”Lange said.

The A Capella choirfrom Concordia HighSchool, under the directionof Tavis Schlicker, will jointhe Nordic Choir forseveral selections.

Holy Cross serves 485students in preschoolthrough eighth grade.

The Luther campus ishome to six choirs, in addi-tion to bands andorchestras. In all, almost1,000 students participatein Luther music programs.

The Nordic Choir hasperformed in Norway,England, Germany, Russia,Poland, Hungary, Romaniaand other nations.

The choir will travel to16 cities on its 2013 tour,beginning with Naperville,Ill., on Jan. 16, and endingat home on Feb. 5. Thechoir gave four pretourperformances, and plans sixpost-tour appearances.

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The 57,000-square-footindoor/outdoor multisport

facility is designed to hostvolleyball, basketball,wrestling competitions, andcheer and dance events andtournaments. It featureseight hardwood, regulation-size volleyball courts, fouroutdoor sand courts and sixbasketball courts.

“Parkview is committedto helping keep ourcommunity active andhealthy,” said Julie Fleck,COO, Parkview OrthoHospital.

The Sport ONE/Parkview Fieldhouse alsowill be home to AthletesWith Purpose, a localsports performancecompany that works witharea athletes on improvingtheir speed, agility andstrength.

“We anticipate more than20,000 out-of-town fami-lies coming to Fort Waynefor all of our differentevents in 2013,” said JayGoldsteyn, generalmanager,SportONE/Parkview Field-house.

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Karen Potter, left, and Marla Rumschlag show the items that the Apartment Association of FortWayne-Northeast Indiana donated to help local people in need. Potter, of ProFed Credit Union, andRumschlag, of Cambridge Square Apartments, are co-chairwomen of the apartment association’sCommunity Outreach Committee. The association organized a collection of hygiene items. TheRestoration House for Men and the Charis House for Women and Children were the recipients of2,115 hygiene items donated by the Apartment Association. In addition to basic hygiene items,association members donating clothing, coats and dishes.

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An increase in donateditems has helped to offsetan increasing demand forservices, according toCheryl Mowan, the presi-dent of the Fort WayneDistrict Council of the St.Vincent de Paul Society.

Mowan said donationsof household goodsincreased in the secondhalf of 2012, after therefurbished store wasreopened. Bishop KevinC. Rhoades offered ablessing for the store at1600 S. Calhoun St.

“There are a lot ofcaring people out therewho believe in sharingtheir excess with others,”Mowan said in an email.“I’m new to the businessbut our veteran employeestell me January is alwaysa good month for dona-tions.”

Mowan said St. Vincentde Paul accepts donatedgoods, and then sortsthose items for sale atreduced prices. Thesociety also distributesmany items free of charge.Also, profit from the storehelps to fund other serv-ices to the communities.

This year, Mowan said,“We’ve been able to returnmore money to the hardesthit.”

Those in need of specialaid may apply through theSt. Vincent de Paulconference at their neigh-borhood Catholic church,Mowan said. Or, appli-cants may call theCalhoun Street headquar-ters, at (260) 456-3561.Eligible applicants will

receive a voucher for abed, clothing, dishes orother necessities. Recipi-ents need not be Catholic.

Christmas giving opensthe door to more giving,Mowan said in an inter-view. “You get somethingnew, you give somethingaway,” she said, addingthat her family has prac-ticed that philosophy foryears. He daughter now isteaching her own fourchildren to embracecharity. “I think that’s areally neat way to dothings,” she said.

Mowan spends a fewhours a week at the store.Manager Ben Geisedirects the employees andvolunteers.

Geise said store volun-teers will pick up largedonations from the greaterFort Wayne area. Deci-sions on more distantpickups are made on acase-by-case basis.

“There is no fee forpickup but we do limitpickups to larger itemssuch as decent furniture

St. Vincent de Paul store manager Brian Geise said more than 400volunteers help the organization meets its mission.

Photo by Garth Snow

Salvation Army funds ‘second chances’program by selling, recycling donationsBy Garth [email protected]

Shoes and dresses get a secondchance on the shelves of the Salva-tion Army’s stores, and Envoy JimBracey believes people deserve asecond chance, too.

“We’re in the business of secondchances,” said Bracey, the adminis-trator of the adult rehabilitationcenter at 427 W. Washington Blvd.in Fort Wayne. “Had it not been forsecond chances, I wouldn’t be heretoday. I came to the Salvation Army20 years ago, homeless, so I know alittle bit about second chances.”

The work therapy center’s ware-house operation serves three stores,including a neighboring store onJefferson Boulevard. Two of the fivenortheast Indiana stores accept andsort their own donations. Each day,thousands of garments and hundredsof appliances and other donationsarrive at the warehouse near down-town Fort Wayne. Dozens ofworkers sort clothing, books, toysand bric-a-brac that will be resold orrecycle. Very little is discarded,Bracey said. “We do about $4million a year in sales,” Bracey said.The money pays for upkeep, for thewages of about 110 employees andfor the work therapy program for 50to 75 adult males.

“We don’t have clients. We havebeneficiaries,” Bracey said. “We paythem a small weekly stipend to takecare of their living expenses, butthey’re here 24/7, hopefully for thesix-month program if they adhere tothe rules and progress.”

By finding resale partners and byrecycling more products, the Salva-tion Army has increased its volumeof donations while cutting its trashpickup bill, Bracey said.

Many of the donated books goback on the shelves. Others areshipped to resale partners. “We can’tsell online, but we can sell to othercompanies that sell online,” Braceysaid. Still, thousands of paperbackand older books are packed intocardboard bins for recycling. Eventhat process raises cash, he said.

While thousands of garments goonto store hangers, thousands more

are compressed into 2,000-poundbales, to be sold by the pound.

Bracey said the Salvation Armystrictly follows one rule in decidingwhich garments are “ragged out” inthe warehouse. “If we wouldn’t buyit ourselves or we wouldn’t let arelative buy it, we discard it,” he

said.Warehouse workers attach tags of

different colors to clothes eachweek. “This week our color ispurple,” Bracey said Dec. 18. In thefifth week, clothes with purple tagsare marked down 50 percent. Afterthat, the clothes go into thecompressor and into bales. Thatkeeps the inventory looking freshand the stores inviting, Bracey said.

Manufacturers buy the clothing togrind into insulation. Agencies shipthe bales to poverty-stricken nations.About 26 2,000-pound bales can betransported per truck, and sellingthem makes a dent in the SalvationArmy’s expenses.

At about five T-shirts per pound,that’s a lot of garments. Bracey saidgenerous donors replenish thesupply.

The warehouse sorts shoes by asimilar standard. Shoes that are notpresentable go into boxes, and atruckload of shoes goes to the after-market every month. That onetruckload brings in about $7,000.

Shoppers pay $8 for a pair ofshoes that would have cost them $45new, he said.

Women’s clothing is the top sellerat the Salvation Army’s three stores.Bric-a-brac is second.

“Everybody buys from the Salva-tion Army,” Bracey said. “Peoplewithout money, people with money,people who are savers, people whoare trying to sell stuff on eBay,people who own their own thriftstores. It’s not what it used to be.That’s why we call it a family store,not a thrift store anymore.”

The store cannot accept usedmattresses, and cannot process usedtires. Beyond those, donations thatcannot be sold likely can be recy-cled, he said. That includes old cellphones, batteries and sheet metal.

“We scrap the heck out of every-thing,” he said. “We have an expertin scrap.”

Dave Hulette, who works at theSalvation Army warehouse, said hehad just sold a load of castaluminum and other metal for$1,485, and was working to fillanother truck. He held up a kitchensink. “I can get about three or fourdifferent materials from this,” hesaid.

He gently picked up a computercomponent that could be resold as aunit. He showed how he removesany identifying information from thehardware. He listed the various scrapmetals he would extract. “I can getseven items out of this thing,” hesaid.

Hulette worked among boxes ofbrass, silverware and even discardedartificial Christmas trees. Those treescontain metal, he said.

In an annex building, workersassembled furniture. The SalvationArmy buys truckloads of returnedmerchandise and then does the workthat stumped the original purchasers.An end table came in pieces in a boxpriced at $60. “We sell it for $38,assembled,” Bracey said.A worker at the Salvation Army’s warehouse near downtown Fort Wayne sorts through

donated clothes. Garments that aren’t selected to be resold are compressed into 2,000-pound bales. The cloth might be shredded for auto insulation, or sent to needy countries.

Photo by Jane Snow

Dave Hulette said the Salvation Army eventakes old kitchen sinks, which can berecycled.

Photo by Jane Snow

Richard Streeter, left, who turned 21recently while in the Salvation Army’sbeneficiary program, said he’s lookingforward to completing the five-levelprogram and getting a job. Salvation ArmyEnvoy Jim Bracey directs the adult rehabil-itation center at 427 W. Washington Blvd.

Photo by Jane Snow

See DONATION, Page B3

Gifts help St. Vincentde Paul Society meetexpanding requests

See THRIFT, Page B8

The St. Vincent de Paul Store,on south Calhoun Street atGrand Street in Fort Wayne, isopen for donations and salesfrom 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday, and 9 a.m.-1p.m. Saturday.

Phot by Garth Snow

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While Goodwill’s ninearea stores are meetingfinancial goals, more than200 workers are achievingintangible goals.

Jobs training projectslead to self-esteem andindependence, said BillWarriner, the president

and CEO of GoodwillIndustries of NortheastIndiana Inc.

“Nobody wants to bedependent,” Warriner said.“People want to havemeaningful, productivelives. When you’reworking, you can callyour own shots. All of asudden, you’re makingmore and more decisions.”

Clients come to Good-will with disabilitiesranging from cognitivedifficulties to vision,hearing or physicaldisabilities. Other clientshave vocational disadvan-tages. A client might be anex-offender, or have lessthan a high school educa-tion, or have a workhistory “that’s been more

down than up,” Warrinersaid.

“They have the samegoals that we all have,”Client Service DirectorRandy Wolf said. “Theywant to have an apartmentor a house, they want toget a car, buy clothing, goout to shop, to eat, go tomovies, and have moneyto do that.”

“It feels good when youhelp someone elsesucceed or take anotherstep in the quest for inde-pendence, to be able to beself-sufficient,” Wolf said.

“My staff, that’s what theylook forward to. You canhear them in the hallway,when they help someonefind a job, they whoop itup. They’re excited.”

“We usually have acouple hundred people inservices. So throughoutthe year we help anywherefrom 30 to 60 people getemployed,” he said.

The level of servicevaries according to theindividual. “We just helpthem get their resume puttogether,” Wolf said. “Wehelp them practice their

interviewing, to get themready for the job inter-view, so when they sit infront of that employer wecan put our best footforward.”

“Some need ongoingsupport,” Wolf said.Goodwill agents mightvisit the clients’ supervi-sors. “Other people, wework behind the scenes.The employer doesn’teven know we helped.”

Some clients areemployed within Good-

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Bookcases, desks and atwo-man deer stand hadbeen assembled nearby,and awaited their turns inthe retail stores.

Bracey said the post-Christmas donationslikely will include bulkyTV sets that weredisplaced by flat-screenTVs. Those will be tested,sorted and sold in someform.

“This is the time wheneverybody’s thinking boutdonating cars. We takecars in, whether they’rerunning or not, whetherthey have to be towed inor driven in,” he said.

“Traditionally, we haveend-of-year donations. Weget overwhelmed withthose, which is fantastic,”he said. “But I believewith this economic cliff,people are very concernedabout charitable contribu-tions, and how that’sgoing to fare next year.”

Bracey juggles thedemands of running abusiness with the Salva-tion Army’s mission. If heever has to choose, hesaid, the mission wouldwin.

He is surrounded by thesuccess stories of hismission.

Mike Wines, operationscoordinator, is in chargeof getting donations intothe warehouse and out ofthe Salvation Army’sstores. Wines, too, startedas a beneficiary.

Wines said he wasarrested on a drug charge.“The best thing that everhappened to me, I gotarrested,” he said. “Thatwas the only way I wasever going to stop.”

“They allowed me tocome to the program andput my court case on hold.And I finished theprogram and, thank God,didn’t go to prison,” hesaid. “I successfullycompleted the programand was given the oppor-tunity for employmentafterward. The courtsrecognized my accom-plishment. And I’mserving a two-year proba-tion period now andworking every day.”

Bracey said the rehabil-itation program takes menwho are struggling withhomelessness, alcohol ordrug addiction. “Maybe

their lives implodedbecause they got adivorce,” he said. “Maybethey just found themselvesdown and out. Some guyswho get fired for whateverreason, the companydownsizes and they’re alittle bit older so it’sharder for them to findwork. And they end uphere.”

Some beneficiaries havebeen addicted to drugs foryears, he said. “Theyhaven’t really held asteady job,” Bracey said.“They’re not used towaking up at a certaintime and having any realdiscipline.

“So we have 40-hourwork assignments forthem, where they mightbe in the phone room,they could be in our ware-house, could be in thekitchen, it could be janito-rial service here, it mightbe at the front desk.”

He continued: “This is afive-level program, soguys obtain certain levelsby doing different work-books and level books towork on the issues thatthey came here for. Wehave two certified coun-selors who sit down andcounsel the gentlemen onwhat the particular issuesare — especially grief.During the Christmasseason, we have guys whoare struggling with, ‘Imessed up my whole life,and now I’m here and mykids or my grandkids areback home, and who’sgoing to provide themwith toys for Christmas?’

“Our guys are 18 to 60,and it used to be yearsago, that the guys wouldcome into a program likethis, they’d be 45, 50, 55years old,” Bracey said.“They had work experi-ence. They had worked infactories or something.That has now changed.We’re getting guys 18, 19,20 years old.”

Whether the issue isaddictions or mentalhealth, Bracey said,“we’re here for all ofthem.”

“If we can keep themhere 30 days, there’s agood chance they willcomplete the program,” hesaid. “Is it an easy gig?Heck no, because we’redealing with folks who

have broken lives. Butwe’ve seen guys who haveexcelled. And we’ve seenguys who have struggled.And sometimes we’re themother or father that theydon’t have.”

DONATION from Page B1

The Salvation Army’s downtown Fort Wayne store faces the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard andFairfield Avenue. Donations may be dropped at the warehouse, which faces Fairfield. To request a pickupof donations, (800) SATRUCK.

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will, and some find jobsoutside the agency. Wolfsaid the goal is to findcompetitive jobs, whetherin retail or fast food or inother professional roles.

“Whoever comes in toour services and needsemployment, we individu-ally look at what theirneeds are and help themfind a job they want to do,an area in which they feeltheir are skilled,” he said.

Companies also askGoodwill to help evaluateworkers’ strengths, Wolfsaid. More employers areinvited to participate.Goodwill also works withPark Center, Pathfindersand the Northeast IndianaAdvocacy Coalition, hesaid.

Schools partner withGoodwill to provide jobskills to special educationstudents. Participants gainboth work skills andsocial skills that are

needed in the workplace,Wolf said. Other schoolsmay contact Wolf aboutpartnerships. Currentparticipants are the North-east Indiana SpecialEducation Cooperative,East Allen CommunitySchools, Southwest AllenCounty Schools, andHuntington CountyCommunity Schools.

A worker who achievesfreedom from food stampsor Social Security gainsself-esteem, Warriner said,and in turn contributes tothe community. “Peoplewho work for us and thepeople we place in thecommunity also do some-thing very important, andthat is they pay taxes, theyadd to the tax base,” hesaid. “They’re paying allof their federal and statewithholding taxes. Weremit $600,000 to$700,000 a year in salestaxes. We think that’s howwe can strengthen ourcommunity.”

Profits from the retailstories fund most of theagency’s budget. Recy-cling also garnersrevenue, and reducesdisposal costs.

“We collect, obviously,a ton of stuff from thecommunity,” Warrinersaid. “People donate theirgoods to Goodwill andknow that we will take itand safeguard it and put itto good use for commu-nity service, and that wewill do everything that wecan so it doesn’t end up ina landfill. That’s wherethe recycling comes intoplay.”

Ruth Koontz, thecommunity relations andmarketing specialist, saidGoodwill sorts donatedclothing by a simple stan-dard: “Would I give thisto a friend?”

Each day, workers sendgarments to replenish the38,580 square feet ofretail space. The ware-house holds another10,000 square feet ofmerchandise. Clothingwith tears or stains orwith buttons missing iscompressed, bundled andsold for recycling.

The week beforeChristmas, computers,household goods andmore filled the processingarea adjacent to the storeat 3127 Brooklyn Ave. Atruck with a cargo ofdonations waited at onebay. A truck half-filledwith recyclable plasticwaited at another bay.

Some computers couldbe resold. Others werebound for the Dell Recon-nect Program.

Koontz said Goodwillaccepts a wide range ofdonations. She listed theexceptions: mattresses,refrigerators, air condi-tioners, and applianceswithout cords. Most elec-tronics are welcome.Goodwill does not accepttelevision sets.

In a corner office,Mareen Flinchbaughsorted and priced books.

The agency’s e-commercecoordinator, also knownas “The Book Lady,”processes five or six binsa day. Each box contains500 to 600 books.

Some donations justcan’t be resold, and arerecycled. Others arepriced and sent to storeshelves. Still others areoffered online,

“I take the ISBNnumbers and run them inthe computer to see ifthey’re listable,” Flinch-baugh said.

“This is in pretty goodshape,” she said, holdingup a book. Because morethan 2 million copies ofthat book are available,Flinchbaugh can’t list thebook. “It’s only worth apenny,” she said.

Koontz, the communityrelations manager, saidthe books program bringsin money from outside thecommunity. “We put retailgoods in our stores,” shesaid. “At the same time, ifwe find a slightly moreunique item or somethingwe think would playbetter to an online audi-ence, we put it online insort of an ebay fashion,it’s called shopgood-will.com. All theGoodwills in the UnitedStates have the ability touse that site.”

Koontz, Warriner andWolf said Goodwill urgespotential donors to under-stand that all donations toGoodwill stay in thecommunity. Some othercollection bins do notclaim nonprofit status, andcontributions might endup outside northeastIndiana, Koontz said. “Ifyou donate to Goodwill,you know that you’rehelping your neighbors.You’re helping your localcommunity,” Koontz said.

Warriner said represen-tatives of several majororganizations hope tobetter educate the publicto ensure that contribu-tions are used locally.

Donations spike aroundthe holidays, Warrinersaid. “After Christmas,donations slow down toalmost nil. Donationsusually spike afterChristmas, and then slowuntil spring,” Warrinersaid. “So we’re trying toget material to at least getus through the winter.This is our toughest timeof the year, We reallywant people to donateduring the cold, wintermonths.”

“Actually, when moresnow is falling, that’s anindication that you needto get your donations outand bring them to Good-will,” Koontz said. Sheasked donors to drop offitems at any Goodwillstore or Goodwill collec-tion box. Those boxes areemptied seven days aweek.

To arrange pickups oflarger items, donors maycall (260) 747-0537. Fordetails, visitwww.fwgoodwill.org.

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The Mustard Seed Furniture Bankstands ready to serve people during their“lowest of lows,” says Suzie Jordan.

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Mustard Seed is not a resale shop. Theclients meet eligibility requirements,receive vouchers, and then select furni-ture. The agency provides necessities toget clients back on their feet. That meansfurniture, not used electronic entertain-ment. “We take care of the basic needs ofour clients. Once they get their headsabove water, they can go pick out what-ever TV they want to get at their localretailers,” Jordan said.

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and the elderly over 65 are eligible. Soare the previously homeless, those leavingincarceration, people facing divorce underextenuating circumstances, and peoplerecovering from substance abuse.

Young people aging out of foster carere eligible, Jordan said. “Those are funbecause you’re helping a kid set up ahouse,” she said.

“People are referred in from a socialservice agency, faith-based group, churchor a school,” Jordan said. “We don’t takecare of people who just walk in.”

Jordan said 153 donors stepped forwardin November 2012, “and that’s just theones requesting receipts.” Those giftsbrought the 11-month total to 1,597. Incomparison, 1,515 donations wereaccepted in all of 2011.

After receiving 41 service requests inNovember, 2012 requests stood just 48short of the 2011 total of 608.

She asked donors to bring their gifts tothe back of the building, from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. weekdays. Mustard Seed is at 3536Illinois Road, between Hillegas andJefferson.

Mustard Seed does not accept furniturethat has tears, cigarette burns, stains orpet hair, she said. All items should be inworking order.

Mustard Seed picks up merchandise inAllen County at no charge. Free pickupsare scheduled in DeKalb County on thethird Friday of the month. Elsewhere in aseven-county area, a $30 pickup fee helpsto offset operating costs. Donors mayarrange a pickup by calling (260) 471-5802, and pressing 1.

Requests for services should be directedto that same number. Jordan asks callersto press 3, and then listen to the entiremessage.

Roanoke-based artistPenny French-Deal saidshe was inspired byarchival photos as she

illustrated “Eugenia’sSpecial Day.”

The children’s bookchronicles a young girl’s

day spent at the Honey-well House in Wabash,preparing for a party withher siblings and cousins.

The book was written tohighlight the interests ofthe child’s grandmotherand namesake, EugeniaHoneywell.

French-Deal, an Indiananative and a resident ofNorth Manchester, oper-ates a studio and gallery,the French-Deal Fine ArtGallery, 196 N. Main St.,in Roanoke. Gallery hoursare 5-8 p.m. Fridays and

11 a.m.-5 p.m. most Satur-days. For appointments,call (260) 578-2181. Thebook is on sale at thegallery.

The artist toured theHoneywell House andstudied its architecturalstyle. “While I was there,I also researched photo-graphs of thegrandchildren,” she said.She said those photos

provided an inspiration,not necessarily an exactdepiction.

“I was a little curious asto whether we wouldreach children now withchildren dressed accordingto that era,” she said. “Butit was really about thattime and Mrs. Honeywelland what she has to offerin her lifetime.”

French-Deal held abook-signing on Dec. 19in the Honeywell Centerlobby, before a perform-ance of the Fort WaynePhilharmonic’s HolidayPops concert. “It was awonderful time and wesold several books,” shesaid. She said her oldestgrandchildren, age 8,“grabbed the books rightaway and asked for theirown copies.”

A collaboration ofauthors wrote the book,including Wabash Countynatives Phyllis Downey,Ana Maria Gackenheimer,Posy Jasen, Susan Jonesand Suzanne Smith. Thewriters volunteer for thecommunity and share alove of the HoneywellHouse and its history.They worked together towrite “Eugenia’s SpecialDay” as a gift to theHouse. The book is onsale at the HoneywellCenter and the HoneywellHouse, and at other loca-tions throughout WabashCounty.

The Honeywell House,720 N. Wabash St. inWabash, is the formerhome of Mrs. Mark C.Honeywell and is nowoperated as a culturalhouse museum in Wabash.The house is owned andoperated by the Honey-well Foundation, anonprofit organization thatalso operates the Honey-well Center, 275 W.Market St. in Wabash, andEagles Theatre, 106 W.Market St. in Wabash.

For details, visitwww.honeywellcenter.org.

French-Deal holds adegree in interior designfrom Indiana Universityand has studied at the FortWayne Art Institute. Shehas exhibited her work inthe United States andinternationally. For moreinformation about theartist, visit www.french-deal.com.

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Tribute show to benefit Roanoke librarySinging duo Shade N Shannon

will present a tribute to Johnny Cashand Patsy Cline at 7:30 p.m. Friday,Jan. 18. Shade Jonze (aka HenryPhillips) and Shannon Persingerbring their act to The Cottage EventCenter, 9524 U.S. 24 North inRoanoke. Tickets are $10. For ticketsor additional information, call (260)483-3508.

A portion of the proceeds willbenefit the Roanoke Public LibraryBuilding Corp.’s $250,000 campaignfor the library’s move to the formercoil factory building in Roanoke.

The year 2013 marks the tenthanniversary of the death of Cash andthe 50th anniversary of the death ofCline. Cline was killed in a 1963plane crash shortly after completinga national tour with Cash. Thecountry music legends charted

dozens of songs and togetherrecorded almost 2,000 songs.

“Crazy” (written by WillieNelson) and “Walkin’ AfterMidnight”, which was first featuredby a teenage Cline on “The ArthurGodfrey Show,” marked a career thatshowed the abilities of women tosucceed as cross-over artists in thepreviously male-dominated countrymusic industry.

Cash’s life story was featured inthe 2005 biographic film drama“Walk The Line,” starring JoaquinPhoenix as Johnny Cash and ReeseWitherspoon as June Carter Cash.The “Man in Black” is rememberedfor his rockabilly sound. “FolsomPrison Blues” and “A Boy NamedSue” stand as his best known songs.“Jackson” was a staple of theCashes’ duo act.

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“We generally stick tothe Fort Wayne area butlast spring the truckmade a trip farther northto collect the donation of

an entire houseful offurniture from an estate.That is certainly not thenorm however,” Mowanwrote.

Although donationsare heavy, so is thedemand for services.“We’ve had a lot ofneedy people,” Geisesaid.

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Geise said volunteersprovide most of thelabor at the store. “Thareare 400 Vincentians inthe greater Fort Waynearea,” he said. “Fourhundred. The ones that Iwork with regularly, it’sblown my mind that a lotof them have retiredfrom their regular

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“It’s been fun this pre-Christmas seasonwatching people shopfor decorating finds -trees, lights, ornaments,yard decor, tablewareincluding Christmasdishes, and all sorts ofseasonal knickknacks,”Mowan wrote. “Thesaying ‘One person’sjunk is another person’streasure’ is so true.

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Steve Trump says the circus is a lot ofwork, and a lot of fun. Hundreds ofvolunteers will share the work of sellingtickets for the 67th installment of theMizpah Shrine Circus, Jan. 24-27 at theAllen County War Memorial Coliseum.Thousands of schoolchildren will take inthe earliest of seven shows.

School groups attend the Thursdaymorning and Friday morning shows forfree. About 8,000 schoolchildren willattend this year. That number will includestudents in grades three to five, from awide area around Fort Wayne. Thenumber will be in 2013, Trump said,because an ice day in 2012 kept manystudents from attending.

The circus director, who has helped inassorted roles for 14 years, said Shrinerswork to offer affordable, quality entertain-ment while raising money for Shrineprojects. “When you can take a family offour to the circus and feed them for ahundred dollars, that’s pretty cheap enter-tainment,” Trump said. That’s a high-endestimate, he said. Cheaper fare is avail-able.

The circus offers online ticketdiscounts. The Fort Wayne show opensthe 2013 season for the Zerbini Circus.Larry Solheim, the general manager forthe circus, said Fort Wayne is the flagshipshow for the circus. The Coliseum is agreat venue, he said, and justifies theinvestment in extra attractions for theevent.

Circus-goers will see 15 tigers,elephants, horses, BMX riders, a humancrossbow and much more, he said.

Circus owner Tarzan Zerbini firstperformed in Fort Wayne in 1972, whenhe visited with another circus.

“We have a really successful show inFort Wayne,” he said, adding that thecircus attracts 75,000 to 80,000 people tothe Coliseum.

Zerbini said he has found good friendshere. “We have a very good partnership,because I put the show together and theysell the tickets,” Zerbini said. “I don’t tellthem how to sell the tickets and theydon’t tell me how to put the circustogether.”

Trump said he learned the planningprocess from his predecessor, Steve

Johnson, who now handles publicity forthe circus. “We’ve just grown over theyears,” Johnson said. That growth hasincluded the addition of the fair inconjunction with the circus, in about2000. The circus trailers for theperformers and their animals were housedin the basement of the auditorium. “Welleverybody wanted to go down and see theanimals,” Johnson said, “so we startedputting the trailers outside and all theanimals in the basement, where they cansee the elephants, see the tigers, and allthe performing animals.”

Admission to the fair is free. Childrenmay visit a petting zoo, featuring domes-ticated animals such as miniature horses,goats, potbelly pigs, chickens and sheep.Face-painting is available. For an extracharge, kids may enjoy battery-operatedcars or pony rides, or have their phototaken with the petting zoo animals.

“I’ve never actually stopped to count,but we probably have upward of 200 menand women who help during the week,”Trump said. The office opens inSeptember, and begins selling tickets inDecember. “Usually we have a pretty bigspurt right up t o Christmas,” Trump said.The tickets make great stocking-stuffershe said.

Behind the scenes, Trump and theShriners make sure the show goessmoothly. “We do everything that goesalong with hiring people,” he said. “Wework with the fire department to get fire

permits if there’s anything that has fire init. We work with the animal controlpeople. We actually hire him and hespends the week out there.”

Profit from the circus helps to fundShrine service to the community. “Whenyou fund the Shrine Circus, you fund allthe projects that we do,” Trump said. “It’sa very big part of our budget.” The Shrineparticipates in the city’s major parades,and in many smaller, community parades.Their entries include the horse patrol andbands. “There are little cars, tractors,dune buggies, golf carts, a little bit ofeverything,” Trump said. “Clowns. You’vegotta have clowns.”

As for Trump, one circus season leadsright into another. He and a committee —usually of four — set show dates. Hedeals with contracts and liability insur-ance. “Actually my work for the next yearstarts in February and March, so I’ll behaving stuff put together for 2014,” hesaid.

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seven shows in the arena of the AllenCounty War Memorial Coliseum, 4000Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. Show timesare: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24; 7 p.m.Friday, Jan. 25; 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26; and 1 p.m. and5:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. Tickets arepriced from $10 to $20. Order tickets andfind savings up to 50 percent at miz-pahshrinecircus.com. Call the ticket of-fice at (260) 422-7122. Children age 2 orolder need their own ticket. Tickets or-dered by Jan. 18 will be mailed. Ticketsordered after Jan. 18 will be available atthe Will Call center, one hour beforeshow time. Parking is available for $4 inthe main lot, or $8 in the preferred lot. AShrine Circus ticket office operates fromthe rotunda of the Coliseum. Direct ques-tions to the ticket office, (260) 422-7122,or to info@mizpahshrinecircus. com.

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TODAY‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ at the Conservatory. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne.From the Dr. Seuss tale, ‚ÄúHow the Grinch Stole Christmas,‚Äùcomes a new twist on Fort Wayne‚Äôs annual holiday celebration.Sponsored by the Kuhne Foundation. For more information, call (260)427-6440. ‘Bright. Bold. Brilliant. A Celebration of Color Featuring Many Artists.’.Orchard Gallery, 6312A Covington Rd, Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.All-media exhibition features talented artists working with vivid colors,in glass, paintings, photos, jewelry, pottery, knitted scarves and more.No charge. Ice Skating at Headwaters Park. Headwaters Park, 333 S. Clinton St.,Fort Wayne. noon to 10 p.m. Prices are still $3 for children 13 andunder and $5 for children 14 and over and adults. There is a $2 chargeto rent skates, or patrons can bring their own skates. Every Wednesday,between Nov. 28 and Feb. 27, will be a free skate day for children 13and under. Alcoholics Anonymous open discussion meeting. First CongregationalUnited Church of Christ, 314 W. Maumee St., Angola. 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 5Bridal Spectacular & Beyond. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, ,Fort Wayne. Hours: Saturday noon to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m.Admission: $10. More info at memorialcoliseum.com. College Vocal Audition Workshop. IPFW Campus, , Fort [email protected]. new.ipfw.edu/departments/cvpa/caa/spring.html.Ft. Wayne Farmers Market. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing Street, FortWayne. 9 a.m. to noon. A farmers market open to the public on the firstSaturday of the month, October through May, inside the Lincoln Finan-cial Event Center at Parkview Field. Logos Institute of Biblical Studies classes. Greater Progressive BaptistChurch, 2215 John Street, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m. Geared for an adultlearning experience, these classes are taught by college professorsand locally facilitated to provide the opportunity for feedback anddiscussion. Classes are $5 per night per class. For a list of the classesand more information please go to www.logosbiblical.org.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 6Sunday Services. LifeWater Community Church, 5600 Westbreeze Trail,Fort Wayne. 10 a.m. Liberty Hills addition. [email protected].

MONDAY, JANUARY 7Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt. YWCA Women’s Shelter, , . Support groupfor women who are or have been physically or emotionally abused. Fortime and place, call (800) 441-4073. Facilitated by the YWCA Women’sShelter staff.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8LinkedIn 101. 620 West Conference Center, 620 W. Coliseum Blvd., FortWayne. The seminar will be hosted by Asher Agency Vice President ofMarketing and Social Media Strategy Anthony Juliano. Cost: $45.RSVP to Judi Loomis at [email protected]. Little River Ramblers. Eagle Marsh, Boy Scout Office Parking Lot, endof Olde Canal Place Rd (Verizon) off W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne. 9a.m. Hike and explore the Little River Wetlands nature preserve and itsplants and wildlife. Free. Contact [email protected] or call 478-2515. Logos Institute of Biblical Studies classes. The Chapel, 2505 W. HamiltonRd., Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. Geared for an adult learning experience,these classes are taught by college professorsand locally facilitated to provide the opportunity for feedback anddiscussion. Classes are $5 per night per class. For a list of the classesand more information please go to www.logosbiblical.org.Appleseed Quilters. The Classic Cafe, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. 7p.m. Meeting falls on the second Tuesday because of the New Year’sholiday. Guild member Susan Hague will give information about TheGathering, the March quilting show. Socializing begins at 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9Drop-in Yoga in the Gardens. Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. CalhounSt., Fort Wayne. 5:30 p.m. The practice of yoga is a wonderful way to

build strength and flexibility, reduce stress, and enhance general well-being. Taught by certified yoga instructor and world traveler Lanah K.Hake. A few blankets, mats, and straps are available but bring your ownsupplies if you have them. Drop-in fee $7 (Conservatory members $5). Logos Institute of Biblical Studies classes. Blackhawk Ministries, 7400 E.State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. Geared for an adult learning expe-rience, these classes are taught by college professorsand locally facilitated to provide the opportunity for feedback anddiscussion. Classes are $5 per night per class. For a list of the classesand more information please go to www.logosbiblical.org.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10Throughout the Solar System and Beyond. Coventry Meadows, 7833 WJefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 8-10 a.m. A light breakfast and naturepresentation for nature lovers over the age of 50. Travel through the vastexpanse of space with Chris Highlen, observatory director for the FortWayne Astronomical Society. Free. Contact [email protected] for moreinformation. Mom & Dad’s Day Out. Faith Baptist Church, 6600 Trier Rd, Fort Wayne.9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This childcare program is designed to parents and care-givers some well-deserved time to themselves. Children under 6 yearsof age will spend the day in a safe, fun, Christian environment. Mom &Dad’s Day Out is offered every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,September through May. Children will participate in many differentactivities: indoor and outdoor group play, movie days, arts and crafts,and fun in the kitchen. Call Danielle Rettig, (260) 402-9893, for moreinformation. Logos Institute of Biblical Studies classes. Pathway Community Church,11623 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne. 6-7:30 p.m. Geared for an adultlearning experience, these classes are taught by college professorsand locally facilitated to provide the opportunity for feedback anddiscussion. Classes are $5 per night per class. For a list of the classesand more information please go to www.logosbiblical.org.Anthony Wayne Toastmasters Meeting. Ivy Tech Community College, ,Fort Wayne. 6:30 p.m. Toastmasters meetings are open to everyone; forbetter public speaking and a lot of fun. [email protected]. anthony-wayne.freetoasthoast.org.Depression/Bipolar + 12. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W Wayne St.,Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. 12-step program for those living with depression orbipolar disorder. For more info contact Marilee Stroud at 312-6069 [email protected].

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11Zac Brown Band. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, , Fort Wayne. 7p.m. Reserved Tickets: $69.50, $59.50, $45.00. GA Floor: $69.50.Tickets on sale now. More info at memorialcoliseum.com.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13Auditions for “Orlando”. IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne.1:30 p.m. The IPFW Department of Theatre presents the stage adapta-tion of Virginia Woolf’s novel by playwright Sarah Ruhl. The directorneeds up to nine actors of either gender. Rehearsals begin Feb. 18;performance dates are in April. Call (260) 461-6551. “Lincoln’s Gamble: The Emancipation Proclamation”. Allen County PublicLibrary, , Fort Wayne . 2 p.m. To commemorate the 150th anniversaryof President Abraham’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, theFriends of the Allen County Public Library present the first of theLincoln at the Library programs for 2013.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16Freedom From Smoking Class. IPFW Walb Student Union, , Fort Wayne.5:30-7 p.m. Instructor: Natalie McLaughlin, RN, from ParkviewHospital Community Nursing Program. Program meets once a week for7 weeks in IPFW Walb Student Union, room G 21. Sign up via email:[email protected]. The free smoking cessation program is designed tohelp people learn what steps to take to “kick the tobacco habit” and stayquit. Nature photography. Aboite Branch Library, 5630 Coventry Lane, FortWayne. 7 p.m. Learn how to take the great nature picture with a presen-tation by expert photographer Paul McAfee, who will share some dosand don’ts and tricks for taking nature photos.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18‘Almost Maine’. Arena Dinner Theatre, 719 Rockhill St, Fort Wayne. ByJohn Cariani. Directed by Todd Frymier. Tickets $35; includes mealsprepared by The Bagel Station.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19Dance Classes for Ages 2-12. IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., FortWayne. 8:45 a.m. [email protected]/departments/cvpa/caa/spring.html.Exploring the World in 2D Art. IPFW Visual Arts Building, , . 9 [email protected]. new.ipfw.edu/departments/cvpa/caa/spring.html.

MONDAY, JANUARY 21Encourage, Empower and Enjoy the Autism Spectrum. Easter Seals Arc,4919 Projects Drive, Fort Wayne. 7-8:30 p.m. Parents, grandparents,teachers, professionals and others wanting to learn more about autismare welcome. Topics vary monthly. For more information contact SusanCrowell at [email protected] or call 260-637-4409. none.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22How to Make a Knitted Squiggle Scarf. Allen County Extension Office onthe IPFW Campus, 4001 Crescent Ave, Fort Wayne. 1 p.m. Knit a scarfthat has curls on the edges. Nadine Scholz will teach the technique to

make a scarf for the winter ahead. Bring: “Amazing” yarn (1-2 skeinsdepending on length of scarf) and size-10 knitting needles. Offered byAllen County Extension Homemakers. General public invited; pre-regis-tration required. Forms available at extension office or online:extension.purdue.edu/allen. For more info, contact Vickie Hadley at(260) 481-6826.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24Shrine Circus. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, , Fort Wayne. 6:30p.m. For more information visit mizpahshrinecircus.com or call 422-7122.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 254th annual Outdoor Sports, Lake & Cabin Show. Allen County War Memo-rial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Avenue, Fort Wayne. noon to 9 p.m. Bookyour next outdoor adventure, customize your very own rustic dreamhome, or compare, test and purchase top-quality products with over 150exhibitors focused on: Vacation and Travel, Hunting and Fishing, LogCabin and Cottage Living, RVs and Motor Sports, Boating and WaterSports, and Biking, Hiking and Fitness.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26Winter Carnival. Fort Wayne Community Center, 233 W. Main St., FortWayne. 1-4 p.m. Beat the winter blahs. Bring the whole family out forsnow crafts and activities, ice carving demonstrations and yummy treatsto warm you inside and out. If there‚Äôs no snow, the fun will moveindoors. Cost: Free.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31Antique appraisal fair. Bethlehem Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4430Elsdale Dr., Fort Wayne. 2-4 p.m. A professional appraise will examinefamily heirlooms. There is no charge, but a two-item limit is enforced.

Reserve an appraisal time by calling (260) 485-8157. All guests willleave with a thank you gift.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1Antique appraisal fair. Glenbrook Rehabiliation and Skilled NursingCenter, 3811 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne. 2-4 p.m. An appraiser willexamine family heirlooms. There is no charge, but a two-item limit isenforced. Reserve a time by calling (260) 482-4651.

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