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Needy benet year-roundfrom cash in Red Kettles

A familiar holiday fundraiser serves a year-round need.

The Salvation Armys Red Kettle campaign funds more than 40 percent of the organi-zations annual budget, said Timothy Smith, the social service director for The Salvation Army, Fort Wayne.

Bell ringers have begun taking their posts outside stores throughout Fort Wayne and New Haven, and will continue the campaign through Dec. 24. Volunteers may sign up at registertoring.com. Or call Roxanne at 744-2311. No bell ringing shifts are scheduled on Sundays.

This years goal is $456,000, including kettle collections and mail-in donations.

Members of the Time Corners Kiwanis Club

worked with members of the Homestead High School Key Club to ring at the Kroger Market-place, Coventry Lane, on Nov. 22.

It can be cold depending on the day, said Dan Guse, club president. That day denitely got chilly. But

we do it because we just want to help the commu-nity. Thats part of our mandate with being part of Kiwanis, is helping the community in doing things. He said the Key Club would ring one more day this year.

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Prayer vigil set for new sanctuary

A month of prayer will precede the rst service in the new sanctuary of Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church.

The worship area of the Maysville Road church was destroyed by re early on the morning of Dec. 31, 2012. Work continues on the replacement structure, where Taylor Chapel plans special events Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

As the sanctuary comes to fruition, from Jan. 1 to

Jan. 30, we will be having 30 days of prayer vigil in the new space, said Pastor the Rev. Steven Conner, so the rst thing that happens in the new sanc-tuary will be a season of prayer and blessing of what will take place in the years ahead in the sanctuary, the lives that will be trans-formed, and the baptisms and weddings that will take place there.

On Saturday, Jan. 31, from 1 to 4 p.m., the community is invited to see the new sanctuary.


Exterior work continues on the new sanctuary of Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church, 10145 Maysville Road.

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Plymouth tradition to mark 40th

Plymouth Congrega-tional Church will dedicate the 40th Boars Head and Yule Log Festival to four people who have been part of the service since its beginning.

Shirley Slater, Michael Popp and Louise Mise-gades have been in different roles in the cast and crew through the years. Jim Clauser has lled the same role since the rst festival.

Clauser said this will be his nal year as The Herald, the central role in the secular portion of the festival that also presents religious themes in six free services each December.

He has never missed a service. Hes the only one thats in the original char-acter, said Jim Schmidt, the festival artistic director. He wont sing The Herald anymore, but he would like to stay involved with the Boars Head.

Thats going to be quite

a legacy, said festival music director Robert Nance.

Its been a great run for me, and Ive really enjoyed doing that, Clauser said. Im only leaving because I feel like 40 years is 40 years, and I feel like its time for somebody else to pick up the gauntlet.

I lead in the boars head in the very beginning after the candle is lit, Clauser said. And that starts the processional and there are six verses that I sing.

Those six verses intro-duce an audience of perhaps 350 to a story that is acted and voiced by almost 200 people. The sustained musical narration is a task for a powerful voice.

Im 75, and I want to go out on a good note, Clauser said. It will be interesting for me to actu-ally watch the production instead of be in it. Im already doing other things, helping with the sewing,


Jim Clauser sings the part of The Herald in a Plymouth Congregational Church presentation of The Boars Head and Yule Log Festival. This is Clausers 40th and nal year in that role.

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Get ticketsThe Boars Head and Yule Log FestivalPlymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St., Fort WayneDec. 28, 29 and 30, at 5:30 and 8 p.m. each evening.Admission is free, but tickets are required. Get tickets at the church of-ce beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18. The ticket ofce will remain open as late as 7 p.m. if tickets remain available.

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Volunteers Sarah Carter, from left, Owen Wade and Jordan Meintel ring Salvation Army bells at the Kroger Marketplace, Coventry Lane. The students are Homestead High School sophomores and members of the Key Club. Wade is a member of the Time Corners Kiwanis Club.

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Former Girl Scouts attest to the skills gained by selling cookies

Connie Frederick and Maryann Kummer begin separate conversations about their special roles in the business of Girl Scout Cookies, then turn to a subject even more dear to them their daughters.

Frederick is product manager for the 22-county Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana. My daughter was the shy little girl who hid behind her order card to sell cookies, Frederick said.

It is a learning experi-ence, and were teaching these girls how to market, Frederick said. Its a girl-led business. They learn money management, people skills and business ethics, she said.

Little girls come in

here with their mothers, who pick up cookies, and I always ask them How many cookies have you sold? And by the third time they dont have to look at Mom and ask how many cookies theyve sold. They know Im going to ask them that question.

Sarah Frederick, who once wore the sash of Troop 200 in Fort Wayne, now applies the skills she gathered in Girl Scouts and other experiences to the business of operating a trav-eling museum in the city across the bay from Seattle. As collections manager for Eastside Heritage Center, in Bellevue, Wash., she takes the museums exhibits to the public.

Our exhibits go into places like shopping centers, libraries, schools, and our programming is

done basically the same way, she said. We take it to the people.

The appreciation of community thats one of the things thats really great about Girl Scouts, is you have to go out and engage with people, she said.

Sarah Frederick was involved in Girl Scouts from elementary school through high school, and holds a lifetime member-ship. I always have a soft spot for when the troops approach me, she said. I go out of my way to work with them.

Kummer operates a Girl Scout Cookie Cupboard. Troops from Huntington and Wabash counties and parts of southwest Allen County pick up their cookies at Kummers Roanoke home. Last year we had 22,000 boxes of

cookies go through my cupboard, she said.

Ive been in cookie sales for 40 years, and weve been doing this for prob-ably 25 years, she said.

Kummer said two of her granddaughters live in the area, and sell hundreds of boxes of cookies each year.

They learn that theyre able to talk to people, she said. It connects the girls with teamwork and nutri-tion.

Especially the younger ones, in kindergarten and rst and second grades. theyre out there pushing door bells all the time, Kummer said.

I have a daughter who went through Girl Scouts, and I was an assistant leader in her troop, she said. She went to Ball State to school, and got orders from kids at Ball

State, and she called and said, Mom, can I come and get cookies? Ive got so many orders.

That daughter is Teresa Ladd, who now owns T.K. Ladd Architecture. Ladd said that that early sales experience has been valu-able to her career.

Fresh out of college, Ladd took over a troop of fourth-grade Girl Scouts and was with them through high school. She also served on the regional Girl Scouts board. Like Sarah Frederick, she holds a life membership in Girl Scouts.

That volunteer expe-rience started way young, and Im still very active when it comes to kids, she said.

In those days it was a lot different, she said. It was a lot harder to sell cookies then, because you had to take orders and there werent store sales, so it was a different ballgame than it is now.

Thats really what the sale is all about anyway, she continued. Its devel-oping the ability of young women to ask for some-thing, Will you buy this from me? Later in life its going to be asking for a job. I think, personally, that that is the reward.

In this digital world that we live in now, that face-

to-face interaction is really lacking, she said. And I think selling cookies for Girl Scouts is one of those opportunities. I will buy as long as they ask me. I wont buy from parents, I wont buy from grandpar-ents, but I will buy from the young person as long as they ask me. And if theyre raising money for school, all they have to do is come ask and I always buy what theyre selling or make a contribution.

She said she also gained business experience by operating a paper route.

I think its important that people understand that the program is vital and strong. So buy those cookies, Ladd said.

Besides Girl Scouts, Ladd also shares her busi-ness guidance with young people through Junior Achievement, where she talks about entrepreneur-ship. That is the future of our business, because big business is getting smaller every day, she said. And a whole boatload of those leaders will be women.

God gave me boys, so I didnt get to share the Girl Scout experi-ence with my children. All four of my nieces are or were Girl Scouts. The


Tony Belton and Connie Frederick show some of the Girl Scout cookie varieties that will go on sale again Jan. 9. Belton is communications manager for Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana. Frederick is product manager for the 22-county district.

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6,000 girls in 22 counties to offer nine varieties starting Jan. 9

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Some work in Fort Wayne will carry into the early part of 2015.

Motorists should always drive cautiously in construction zones, including the winter.

Its just the same as any time of year with construc-tion, city spokesman Frank Suarez said. Use caution in those areas to protect workers.

Crews could begin preliminary work in late December on a project to replace a storm water pipe on Maplecrest Road between Lake Avenue and East State Boulevard, he said. Construction on the road itself probably wont begin until next year. The project is expected to include sidewalk enhance-ments, the addition of a sidewalk trail and a turn lane.

On Fort Waynes south-west side, the Indiana Department of Transpor-tation is close to nishing a two-year, $13.4 million project to widen Indiana 14 between West Hamilton Road and Scott Road.

The highway grew to ve lanes with two west-bound lanes, two eastbound lanes and one center turn lane during the construc-tion which began in the spring of 2013, INDOT spokeswoman Toni Mayo said. Four bridges were also replaced, and sidewalks were added.

Lanes remain restricted in each direction at the bridge between Carnegie Boulevard and Glencarin Boulevard as the project draws to completion, she said. The lanes could reopen by the end of the year, then crews could wrap up nal details and surfacing in the spring, weather permitting.

The new roundabout downtown at Wells Street, Ewing Street, Faireld Avenue and Superior Street could open fully to trafc near the end of this year, Suarez said. While vehicles would be able to take advantage of the new

intersection, the nal details along the roundabout would probably have to wait until spring, he said.

Coliseum Boulevard, also known as Indiana 930, could remain a little rough through the holidays.

Lanes were restricted for months as part of a $6.1 million INDOT project to widen the bridge lanes over the Saint Joseph River. Crews reconstructed the two bridges that run parallel over the river by combining them into a larger bridge with three lanes in each direction, according to Mayo.

The project included adding a new left turn lane to the Indiana Universi-ty-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus at North Anthony Boulevard.

Though the bridge work is complete, Mayo said asphalt still needs to be paved at the turn lane. That means lanes may still be restricted.

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Festival of Trees sets record

The 30th Festival of Trees at the Embassy Theatre concluded on Dec. 3 and the eight-day festival set an attendance record of 19,078, surpassing last years total by nearly 1,000 people.

This years festival featured 58 trees sponsored by area businesses with themes such as 30 Years of Music, to Joyeux Noel. Children loved the Frozen Christmas tree that featured the characters from the movie Frozen. Other crowd favorites were Alice at the Embassy sponsored by Roto Rooter, Christmas Revisited by

Carsons Department store, Voices of the Mute Swan from Primary Engineering and Wells of the World presented by Franklin Elec-tric.

Thousands of festival attendees voted for their favorite tree and after tabulating the result, the Peoples Choice award winner for this year is Back to the 80s spon-sored by Moake Park Group and designed by Scott Hermance. Second place goes to The Very Hungry Caterpiller, spon-sored and designed by Bona Vita Architecture and third place is A Frozen Christmas with Shindigz, sponsored by Shindigz Party Supplies and deco-rated by Brandy Pulley and Amber Archer.

Festival of Trees is the Embassys signature fundraising event and dollars raised benet the nonprots operations and programming. The 31st annual Festival of Trees will take place Nov. 25 to Dec. 2, 2015.

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mances will take the Ford Theater stage in Wabash in the same week mid-De-cember. The Honeywell Center will present the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, and Point of Grace at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19.

The Fort Wayne Phil-harmonic performance is sponsored by First Farmers Bank & Trust. The 64-piece profes-sional orchestra will present holiday favorites. This new Philharmonic assistant conductor, Chia-Hsuan Lin, will conduct the regional performance. We have put together a really fun and exciting program this year and I cant wait to share it with you, Lin said. This years Holiday Pops will include Sleigh Ride, White Christmas and Twas the Night Before Christmas. The concert will also feature vocalists Fernando Tarango and Renee Gonzales singing other holiday favorites. Tickets are $17.

Point of Grace, an all-female contemporary Christian music group, is sponsored by Whites Residential & Family Services.

Consisting of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino, Point of Grace is one of the most successful female groups in Christian contemporary music. Tickets start at $18.


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Nance explained the signicance of the boars head, and of the role that Clauser has voiced. It comes out of that old tradi-tion from Oxford where the story goes that a professor who was walking across the courtyard in Oxford was confronted by a wild boar and he shoved his

book in his mouth and he killed him. And so the students interpreted that as the

triumph of good over evil and they created a festival called The Boars Head. So when they process the boars head in in this festival, its almost like a magical dinner, the king

and the queen are there and theyre holding court, and everybody is bringing their gifts

or whatever they would like to present to the royal couple as something for this feast of the boars head, Nance said. And of course the central piece of that is the boars head and The Herald announces it, singing the Boars Head Carol, telling the boars head story.

Vince Slater, who was one of the originators of the festival and the original musical director, recruited Clauser for the role.

I had done a lot of work with him musically and when they started this he asked me if Id be inter-ested, and I said yes, not realizing that it would be a 40-year stint, Clauser said. And once I got into it, it became something I wanted to do every year.

The cast has grown over the years, Clauser said, but the struc-ture of the service is

unchanged. The rst half is the secular celebration, and the second half is the religious celebration, and the casts of both parts then gather around the baby Jesus.

Kara Jaurique is casting director for the festival. Cast members range in age from 3 to 4 weeks to their 70s or 80s, she said.

There are always new people in the cast, she said. I think this year weve got ve. We try to have those people stand up and be recognized at our all-cast meeting, and we always try to pair them up with somebody whos been in the production for a while, so they have a buddy, somebody who can show them around, because you can get lost in a cast

of a hundred and ninety people.

Jaurique said she joined Plymouth Congregational Church when she was 7 and worked in her rst Boars Head when she was 8. Ive missed two years since then. I think this is year 31 or 32 for me, she said.

This is the 40th, so its sort of a big deal, a big celebration, she said. We tried to pull back someone from each of the decades to come back and represent.

There are people who started out as baby Jesuses and have gone all the way through and are now wassailers or whatever they might be, Schmidt said.

Those wassailers walk the pew tops with steins in hand, accepting change from anyone who cares to donate for fun. That process might take in a couple hundred dollars in change, Jaurique said.

Tickets are free but are required for admission. Free-will donations are accepted. The audience also may leave donations with the beefeaters as they leave the church.

Schmidt said he became involved in the festival about 1983. My oldest daughter was a candle sprite, and thats how we got involved, he said. And I became a jester.

Schmidt said the cast will number about 200, lling 230 or 240 roles. We have a lot of double-casting, especially with the younger kids. They might be a cookie or stein bearer and they may become a dancer in the second part, he said. I would imagine there are about 250 costumes, not that we ll those costumes all the

time.Nance said the combined

orchestra and choirs and handbell choir will total about 72 people. The balcony is packed, he said.

That number will include some professional instru-mentalists, including some who are members of the church. The choir is all volunteer, although some of those folks are also professional vocalists that I work with. They just do it for fun, said Nance, who is the festival music director and the church music director, and who also directs the Heartland Chorale.

Nance said about half of the members of the festival chorus come from outside the church. Its such a wonderful opportunity to sing. We always seem to have room for one or two more, Nance said.

The music was chosen and arranged by Vince Slater, who died in 2006. Nance chooses the preser-vice music.

Laura McCoy directs the childrens chorus, accom-panies the children on the ute, and plays ute in the orchestra.

Services are at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. each evening, Dec. 28, 29 and 30. Those are the performance dates each year, regardless of the days of the week on which they fall.

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check and see if there are tickets that have been returned, Nance said.

Patrons begin selecting tickets in November. Were always welcoming donors, Nance said.

The only dress rehearsal is the evening of Dec. 27. So we have just one shot at it. Its our technical rehearsal and everything, Schmidt said.

We changed dates ve years ago, Schmidt said. It used to be the 27th, 28th and 29th with the dress rehearsal the 26th, and that was a strain. All I could think about on Christmas Day was the rehearsal the next day.

More than half the people who attend each year are attending for the rst time. Im always surprised by that, Nance said. About 30 percent of the people are there every single year, and theyre the ones who spread the word.

Schmidt said he and Jaurique both know the service well, and know the hair-raising process of staging it again each year. I think the real joy for us is the idea that the services themselves are so meaningful, when you see people in the audience and there are tears in their eyes and they are moved, and the notes that we get, he said. So it doesnt matter then whether youre in it or youre watching it. Its a real moving kind of situation, and I think being where it falls in the year, it always renews what Christmas is all about, because the hustle and bustle is past and you can take some time and focus on the message.

And take some time just to be quiet, Jaurique said.

We like to call it a service. It really is a worship service, Schmidt said.

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of who I am, Jaurique said. Its part of my holiday tradition. And I couldnt imagine my holiday season without it. Its bringing people together from all walks of life. Its intergenerational, and just celebrating the spirit of Christmas.

Clauser, who is retiring from his role as The Herald, taught for 38 years in Fort Wayne Community Schools, including 36 years at Snider High School. He began his teaching career in music and stagecraft, but spent most of his career teaching English. He also became involved in community theater.

Clausers wife, Carol, also is retired, and sings in the choir. She has seen at least one production each of the rst 39 years. My wife is in it every year, and one of my daughters is in it. Its a very important event for us, Clauser said. For us, anymore, its not Christmas till this is over.

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and a Fort Wayne school will write another chapter of their partnership with the gift of an estimated $30,000 in food.

The members of Pine Hills Church buy enough food for more than 300 families holiday meals, with enough extra food to feed the families through the two-week holiday break. The students and families of Abbett Elemen-tary School will pick up the food at the school Dec. 20.

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marks the third year of the food donation. The church has not sought outside help with the project, and has not announced its gift, but did reply to requests for information.

Joseph Rodgers, the prin-cipal of the prekindergarten to fth grade school at 4325 Smith St., sees it as part of a wider relationship. This is my second year here, and from the start Pine Hills was involved and an inte-gral part of our community relationships, Rodgers said. All the schools have community relationships, and they are probably our

biggest supporter in what we do as public educators.

Kathy Chairs, the admin-istrative assistant of the church at 4704 Carroll Road, said the benets ow back to the church. The stories that weve heard are a blessing both ways, she said. Its more of a blessing to give than to receive sometimes, and some of the kids see that rsthand when they are in that home and they see how thankful a child is to receive two boxes of food.

The Pine Hills congre-gation planned to shop at two Lima Road stores on

Dec. 7, after a shortened Sunday service. We all go out together with a hundred percent participa-tion, and we shop at Aldi and Walmart, Chairs said. And we have specic lists made up of what we want purchased because then the boxes given to families all have the same things in them.

What the stores do for us is really neat, she said. They know what we need, so for instance Aldi orders extra for us and Walmart designates an entire aisle



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On Sunday, Feb. 1, the two services will be combined into a single 10:30 a.m. service. That service will begin in the Family Life Center, where the congregation has been worshipping for almost two years. After hymns and prayers, the congrega-tion will process into the new sanctuary space for worship, sacrament and a new beginning, the pastor said.

The Rev. Michael Coyner, the bishop of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church, will preside over the worship.

A follow-up on that, on March 1, will be our Consecration Sunday, where we actually conse-crate the new sanctuary to the glory of God, Conner said.

Again, a 10:30 a.m. service will replace the regular 8:30 a.m. traditional service and the 10:30 a.m. contemporary service.

We want the commu-nity to gather in one place on those special days, the pastor said.

Its been a challenge. I have to admit, Conner said in an interview. He said members of the congrega-tion, other churches and other pastors have made monetary and spiritual contributions. Its not been easy. And the times of testing make you go deeper, and thats what I feel in the long run this church has done and will

look back upon and realize that they have done. It has forced some change, just dealing with the crisis, dealing with reconstruction, and it has taken longer than we thought [it would take].

Weve had some people leave. Weve had some new people come, Conner said. It all kinds of works out in the end. And I think that at the end of the day when we look back upon this time we will have realized that God made this church stronger and that we learned things about ourselves that we otherwise would not have learned about what it means to be the church in mission.

I just told them Sunday that I was very proud of this church and

this community, he said, explaining that the continuing recovery from the re would have made it easy to become focused inward.

But three weeks after the re we sent a check for several thousand dollars to a project for digging water wells in Burkina Faso, Africa. Weve dug seven water wells there as part of a project called Clean Water in Africa, along with a number of other churches, Conner said. And were going to emphasize that again.

Weve continued an outward focus in mission, he said. Weve stayed faithful in our tithes to our conference. Its been a challenge nancially for our church but we are

making it through. We are emphasizing the clean water project again in Advent and hope to dig more water wells.

So I think at the end of the day were going to look back and say God in the long run has made this church stronger and deeper. So Im very proud of this congregation for hanging in there, for hanging together. For those who have persevered and stayed prayerful and faithful and been patient, the blessing will be overwhelming the day we move into the new sanctuary.

And my hope is it really serves as a lighthouse. Our emphasis during Advent is a light in the darkness, and

were talking about what it means to have the light of God in the darkness of doubt, the light of God in the darkness of despair and discouragement, the light of God in the darkness of grief and worry.

My hope is this church stands out as a beacon of light to the community about being a part of the family of God.

Weve had people step up. Weve had people join us during a time of crisis, Conner said. Weve had a few members leave to go to other churches. And thats OK, theyre still part of the Kingdom. And in the end its all good, and its all God.

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way of just shaking out this church, preparing us for whatever the future is. Thats the way I look at it. Its not that God caused the re. But Out of the Ashes was our theme during the capital funds drive. Out of the ashes, beauty arises. Up from the ashes a new church emerges. Thats what were experiencing, he said.

Church leaders knew that the church would need the insurance money, and would need to borrow, and would still need to raise money. So we challenged the congregation to a Miracle on Maysville, he said. And in one service,

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Tony Belton is commu-nications manager for the area Girl Scouts, and so talks of Girl Scouts every day. He, too, talks of his daughters.

Its a great organiza-tion and I rmly believe in the cause, he said. I plan on getting my girls involved. The camaraderie that the girls form and the bonds that they create, a lot of it is centered around cookies.

Alexis is 11. She wants to be part of a group, Belton said. Laylah is 5. Her eyes are wide and shes ready to go, her dad said.

Last night we had an event and my little girl was in here and saw all the Girl Scouts in their vests and their sashes, and she was like I want to be part of that. And all the girls are so excited about selling cookies, he said. Its how they fund all the activities that they do as a troop. This past summer we had a group of girls who went to Disney World, and they paid for it themselves by selling cookies and fall product merchandise. They set their own goals, and they realize how much they

have to sell in order to get from here to Florida, and they make it happen.

Frederick, Kummer and Belton are about to enter the busy season. Girls begin taking cookie orders on Friday, Jan. 9, and will sell cookies through March 1.

The scouts range from Daisies to seniors in high school, ages 5 to 18. Last year about 6,000 girls in 20 counties in Indiana and two Michigan counties sold an average of 200 boxes of cookies each.

Our girls have cookies in hand from the rst day they go out to sell cookies, so they knock on the door and you can purchase your cookies, Frederick said. Its instant gratication.

Cookies are $4 a box. The same eight varieties sold last year will be avail-able again: Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Cranberry Citrus Crisps, Shortbread, Thanks-A-Lot shortbreads with fudge, Lemonades, and Caramel deLites.

A gluten-free cookie has been added this year. Called trios, the cookies combine peanut butter, chocolate chips and oatmeal. Its a very good tasting cookie, Kummer said. The trios are being sold as a test project this year, to determine demand. Girls will have an initial supply, but will not be able to order more trios. That variety costs $5.

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four semi loads of cookies from Interbake Foods in Sioux Falls, S.D. Cookies will be distributed to the cookie cupboards such as Kummers in Roanoke. She does an awesome job, Frederick said. Shes been doing this longer than anyone else. And they are all wonderful. They do a super job.

Then more trucks will arrive at the Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana Council headquarters near Dupont Hospital. That building is the largest of the councils cookie cupboards.

Belton took the Girl Scouts communications post about eight months ago. Being a newbie, I didnt know what to expect when I came on board, and I quickly found out that Girl Scouting is so much more than just cookies and camping, he said. Its life lessons in a fun environ-ment. And everybody loves Girl Scout cookies, and I remember eating them all the time, but I didnt know what went on behind the scenes.

And I mean who doesnt love Girl Scout cookies, Belton said. The scouts also operate a lesser known fall products sale, with Caramel Treasures, Peanut Butter Bears and 15 other foods. Weve got the Girl Scout 15 here that Ive already gained, Belton said. Im always in Connies ofce, and Im like what have you got to eat?

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And we dont have anyone who wrote a check for half of it or a third of it or anything like that. It was just people digging in and contributing, making sacri-ces, Conner said.

Its kind of like the story of the people of God in leaving Egypt for the promised land, he said. Forty years, it took. And Ive often wondered what would have happened to our faith story if they had been allowed to take the shortcut and been there in three months and moved in. I have a feeling we wouldnt have learned

as much as we have learned about God, or about ourselves, or about depending on God and trusting God to provide, and all the things that it means to be a covenant people. So that 40 years of wandering in the wilder-ness was transformational, it was essential to the story. And in some ways I see our two years has been our wandering as a congrega-tion, and I think at the end of the day were going to nd that it has made us stronger and deeper.

Were worshiping in a gym, he said. Our entrance is back by the dumpster. We have one banner up there that says worship center, at least to identify it. And its been our tabernacle.

The year 2015 marks the churchs 150th anni-versary. The church began as a little chapel at what is now Bowers Cemetery. And my goal as pastor is not to take them back there, Conner said. A larger home was built near the present location in 1894, and serviced until 1964. So it was 50 years old almost to the day when it burnt down, and at that time they built it with a seating capacity almost two or three times larger than what they had at the time, he said.

So our church has always had an outward focus and a great founda-tion, he said.

I love the idea that it is 150 years old. I think its got a great story ahead of it as well that we have yet to discover, Conner said. Were not sure how were going to celebrate the 150 years yet. I guess by opening the new sanc-tuary. I guess you cant get much better than that. And we will probably do some things through the year to remember that, celebrate it.

Though the congregation will begin worshiping in the sanctuary in February, additions will continue as possible. Clear glass windows will work for now; stained glass windows might be possible later.

The cross that was salvaged from the burned sanctuary also might be restored. We are hoping to refurbish it. Its in our

garage right now, Conner said. Weve worked out in our building committee a plan to hang it central in the tall glass windows that sit behind the sanctuary. We need to nd someone who can help clean it and nish it, restore it, because in some places it was pretty deeply charred. But our hope is to use it and it will be prominent, central in

our chancel area of the new sanctuary.

Conner said he remains grateful for the help from near and far for almost two years. We have received nancial gifts, unsolic-ited, that just came out of the blue, he said. Little Garrett Methodist Church, Scott Shoaff calls me regu-larly. How are you doing? Hows the church coming? And come to nd out, that church has been praying for us every single Sunday since the day of the re.

Blackhawk Baptist Ministries sent staff to set up technology for worship in the Family Life Center, and gave scholarships for some leaders to attend a leadership summit.

Central Church Minis-tries has been a prayerful and supportive neighbor, Conner said. They gave us their church organ that they werent using, he said.

I havent talked about this in a long time, Conner said. Ive just sort of been on autopilot through this thing. But when you stop to think about it, its really an amazing story.

I think the day of the

re, Ted Jansen called me. He at the time was pastor at Auburn; hes now at Waynedale, Conner said. And he said, Steve, I just want you to know Im praying for you. I had a lot of calls like that, all over town, pastors and churches and people stopping in that I didnt even know.

He had served a church in Kokomo that had burned, and he said I just want you to know right now its going to take you two years to get back to normal. And I said no, and he said No it will take you two years. And hes right, almost to the T.

Were looking around through the smoldering. The remen are still here. Hoses everywhere, the smoke, the smell, he recalled.

Then one of the many visitors arrived. And he said, Does Wabash Street mean anything to you?

Conner recalled. The visitor was a childhood friend, Mike Brennan, from Kokomo. He lived around the corner from me on Rickett Street, Conner said.

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Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church Pastor the Rev. Steven Conner inspects the cross that was damaged in a Dec. 31, 2012, re. The cross is 14 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Our hope is to hang this in the new sanctuary, he said.

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Special eventsTaylor Chapel United Methodist Church, 10145 Maysville Road.Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m., in the Family Life Center. Las Posadas service, building on Mexican traditions, with carols and piatas.8:30 p.m. Traditional candlelight celebration.Jan. 1-30, prayer vigil in the new sanctuary.Saturday, Jan. 31, 1-4 p.m. Grand opening in the new sanctuary, welcoming the entire community.Sunday, Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m. The service begins in the Family Life Center and moves to the new sanctuary. Bishop the Rev. Michael Coyner presides.Sunday, March 1, 10:30 a.m. Consecration service for the new sanctuary.


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The whole church is involved. We have close to a thousand people, she said.

Some of our members volunteer to greet and bag, and a huge group will come back and sort, she said.

And when were in those stores, other people are there from the commu-nity and a lot of people ask for a shopping list and pitch in, even though theyre not part of Pine Hills, she said. So its neat to see that happen.

The approximately 400 students of Abbett Elemen-tary also enjoy giving, Principal Rodgers said.

Abbett is a leader in donations to the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, and frequently is honored as the top school in that campaign, he said.

Teachers volunteer for an after-school leadership and character development program, called Leaders of the Pack. Last school year, the 40 girls and 30 boys in the group raised more than $600 for the Allen County SPCA.

The people in this community, theyre just down-to-earth, hard-working people that want their kids to get a good education, he said. And if theres a food drive going on, were going to donate to that as well.

People are willing to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done for the kids, he said. I would say we have a pretty strong PTA. We have about 20 to 25 parents that are involved, which is pretty good for a school our size. Were a smaller, neighbor-hood school.

Sometimes its hard for some parents to get to PTA because they may work certain hours, he

said, but denitely people make an effort. If you set up the systems to do it, theyre there.

We have a wonderful school, very diverse, some very good children, said Malika Abdullah, a school secretary. It can be chal-lenging but very rewarding when the light bulb ashes on.

Ive been here for prob-ably eight years or more because I used to sub, and Im still here because I enjoy my student popu-lation and I know almost everybody by name except now the pre-K and kinder-garten, she said.

Abdullah said secretary Mary Burns works closely with the Pine Hills part-ners.

Theyre a great bunch of people, Burns said. They come on Thursdays and they do Blessings in a Backpack. They do birthday parties. They adopt a classroom and they bring birthday treats once a month for that classroom, so everybody gets their birthday celebrated.

She said she is looking forward to the food distri-bution on Dec. 20. Im really excited and I cant wait to get started, she said. Families can pick up

the food here, or it will be delivered to people who dont have transportation.

She said the children write thank-you letters to Pine Hills Church. The pre-K did a really cute picture saying Happy Thanksgiving to them, she said.

Pine Hills Executive Pastor and Elder Steve Shaffer has guided the holiday food program on behalf of the church, as part of the Love in Action ministry. In three years, the church has not issued a news release about its giving.

Its something for old and young alike, Shaffer said when asked about last years food campaign. Extra food was given to a downtown mission. Church members donated more than 250 coats. We just asked our people in the church if they had any coats, to bring them in, he said then.

People were very excited about having an opportunity to give items of food and clothing, he said. Its also a great way of sharing Christs love. When we go to the homes, we come not just as a church, but as representing Christ.

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Our goal is over 40 percent of our annual budget, said Smith, the Salvation Army ofcial. So the money we raise here is not just for our seasonal programs like Christmas, but to help with utility bills, bus

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Last year we didnt quite meet our goal, and the number of people we are assisting reects the fact that we had to rewrite our budget with less, Smith said.

The donation gap in 2013 can be attributed to both the weather and the economy, Smith said. Everybody sees the unemployment rate going down, but actually the number of people living in poverty is going up, he said.

We have a lot of people who were donors, who are now applying [for help], Smith said.

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We have a handful of clubs that get together and they try to ll as many

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Donations can be mailed to The Salvation Army, 2901 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN 46805.

Were just hoping that the community can step up, Smith said. We want everyone to know that every dollar thats raised stays here in the community and helps their neighbors.

Were also teaming up with Toys for Tots, trying to make sure that every kid gets a toy and a new outt this season, so they

can have a very happy experience on Christmas morning, Smith said.

Smith also coordinates other seasonal programs, including the Angel Tree program.

More than 2,000 chil-dren applied to receive assistance from The Salvation Army. Each childs name is written on a tag, and tags are placed on trees at stores throughout the area. The tag also tells the childs age and gender, needs and clothing sizes. Community members are encouraged to pick up these tags and buy clothing for the desig-nated child. The deadline to return tags and gifts was Dec. 9.

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The owner of Ossian Furniture is expanding to Fort Wayne with a new store that will open Jan. 1 at Pine Valley in the spot most recently occupied by Rustic Hutch.

OFD Total Home will also count about 10 former Rustic Hutch workers among its staff of 20, said owner Kevin Smith.

Smith was thinking of opening a second location, and he saw an opportu-nity to do so when Rustic Hutchs owners decided to leave the business earlier this fall. The new store will combine both elements of Ossian Furniture and Rustic Hutch.

This isnt necessarily a furniture store, but we didnt want to call it a design center either and scare people away, Smith said.

The Pine Valley store will have more furniture than Rustic Hutch did, but it also will keep Rustic Hutchs oral and accesso-ries departments. In-store vendors will offer ooring, cabinets, drapes and other wall coverings. In addition, four in-store designers will help customers make their decisions at no charge.

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Allen County musicians help create the music of the Antwerp Community Band, according to 18-year band member Linda Kos, of near Woodburn.

The band will perform two Christmas concerts in December, each a short drive east of the Indi-ana-Ohio line.

The band has 20 to 25 members, and about half are from Fort Wayne and New Haven, Kos said. Steve Hahn directs the Antwerp Community Band, which is nishing its 22nd year.

Kos play the French horn. Her husband, Ed Kos, plays a trumpet. Were brass people, she said.

I actually went to high school in Antwerp and as an adult moved back to the Fort Wayne area, and thought Id like to resurrect my playing and be a part of this group, Kos said.

The youngest band member is in high school,

and the most veteran musician has seen more than 80 Christmases. Its a wonderful mix, and we often get high school talent from the Antwerp School who will play with us for a period of time. We have a Purdue student whos playing with us now, Kos said. Its really an eclectic organization, a lot of fun.

Every year we present two or three concerts, but the Christmas concert really is at the heart of it, Kos said. Its absolutely free. We set a basket out, if somebody wants to make a donation, thats ne. We always consider the Christmas concert our gift to the community.

The rst concert will be Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2:30 p.m., in the Auditeria of Antwerp Local School, 303 S. Harmann Road, Antwerp, Ohio. Antwerp is about 14 miles northeast of Woodburn on U.S. 24 and Ohio 49.

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Making a splash for New YearsCrowds gather at the

Saint Joseph River boat ramp at Johnny Apple-seed Park at 2 p.m. each New Years Day, then wade through snow if necessary to splash in the freezing water.

Its just a bunch of crazy people doing crazy things, said Dave Bieberich, the organizer. I guess people just gure its a good way to start the new year.

Dont bother asking any of the participants for a deeper meaning. They will be toweling off, bundling up and driving away just as quickly as they descended the ramp.

Jaime Garcia knows that he will be there again in 2015, for the 30th time. Hes not sure who organizes the event. Garcia knows only that he shows up to help some fellows put up some barricades. It just sort of happens, he said. He knows he will be

wearing, and shedding, some form of IU garment.

His only mission is to jump in the river, he said. You come out of the water and the airs warm. Its quite a thing, he said recently, as he pledged to plunge again in 2015.

Its a great way to start a year, he said after the 2014 plunge. I

mean, after this you can go outside and oh, its not so bad.

Bieberich said there is no formal structure to the plunge. He will take names, but just to get a count to share with the news media.

Everyone sings The Star-Spangled Banner, then the brave of heart rush into the water, while

family and friends record the plunge in photos or videos.

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Freeman Jewelers familyannounces hard decision

Among the thousands of customers who have come to Freeman Jewelers over seven decades, Larry Freeman remembers a couple who came to him for engagement and wedding rings 20 years ago.

Freeman was behind the glass counters at the store facing Auburn Road last month when customers began responding to thou-sands of iers announcing the stores closing. As he has done for 47 years, Freeman helped the couple nd tangible reminders of eeting moments.

She always said she wanted another wedding band for the other side, like an anniversary band, but they were going to wait till the 25th anniversary, he said. And she said What am I going to do? Can you still make one?

Ill see if I cant make that band for them, Freeman said. He explained that few jewelers perform that duplication process. You make a rubber mold, and you go to wax, and then manufacture a piece, he said.

That was pretty heart-wrenching when they were

at a loss, he said. And thats going to happen a lot, and I feel sad about that. Theres not much I can do about that right now.

The Freeman Jewelers story begins with World War II watch repair training, and mirrors a nations story of enterprise, new neighborhoods and economic uncertainty.

The middle class has been priced out of the jewelry market, Freeman said.

About a thousand inde-pendent jewelers have closed across the United States in the past year, he said. Besides the economy, theres the age factor. I mean how long do you go? he asked. Everybody working heres got 20 years or more. My niece and my daughter work here, he said. Those younger family members are raising their own children. They just dont have the money to buy it out. Its unfortunate for them, he said.

Larry Freeman, his brother Robert, and their sister Susie bought the family business in 1984. Weve been together at the store since we were kids, said Larry, the company president. So its kind of a hard decision.

Larrys daughter Melissa Estes, and Roberts daughter Robin Turner, also are among the nine employees who will no longer greet customers at 10120 Auburn Park Drive. Its all been pretty sad, Freeman said.

Walter and June Freeman opened the rst Freeman Jewelers, on Wells Street.

My dad learned the trade in the service in World War II, Freeman said. He volunteered to go to a watch repair school. Elgin watch? Remember


Larry Freeman is pres-ident of Freeman Jewelers, which has announced plans to close. The store was founded on Wells Street almost 70 years ago and moved to Auburn Park Drive in 2005.

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Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., through Jan. 4. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Closed Christmas and New Years. Admission: adults, $5; children 3-17, $3; ages 2 and under, free.

High Style Holidays is a poinsettia-lled display capturing the elegant air and lively spirit of the Art Deco style and Roaring 20s chic, a gorgeous backdrop for holiday enjoyment and family pictures. For details, visit botanicalconsevatory.org.

Headwaters Park Ice Rink, outdoor rink in Headwaters Park, at Clinton and Superior streets. Through March 2. Admission: ages 13 and under, $3; ages 14 and over, $5. Skate rental $2. Specta-tors admitted free. Free parking. Call the rink ofce at 422-7625. Regular hours

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