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Free Fridays music blendswith play at riverside park

By Garth [email protected]

Terry Jo Lightfoot says the fifth season of the Free Fridays concerts features the variety and local connections that the audience has come to expect.

The music continues at 7:30 p.m. each Friday through July 31 at River-side Gardens, on the banks of the St. Joe River.

Lightfoot, a member of the Leo-Cedarville Park Board, said plan-ners envisioned the concerts 15 years ago during the design of the three gazebos. “I had been wanting to do this forever,” Lightfoot said. “But you really have to have the support of your park board and your town council in order to make that happen. I am just so thankful that they allow me to do this, because I really, really enjoy it.

“It’s a nice evening. It doesn’t cost you anything except a donation if you can. And it’s pure enjoy-ment.

“The river’s in the background, which is kind of pretty. The sun is usually setting when we’re getting ready for the

singing. It’s very relaxed.”The bands offer “some

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Executive Director Jack Hammer said the Three Rivers Festival will thrive by embracing both change and tradition. The 47th annual festival will be July 10-18.

“We’ve brought back some things from the past,” Hammer said in an inter-view, “but we’ve retooled it so that we can address what would be a successful event today, vs. 25 years ago.

“The festival over the years has tried to be respon-sive to the community, and what is in popular culture at the time. We continue to do that and to include new parts of our community. The International Village was around 20 years ago, but it was basically a place for people to sell food. We’re bringing it back as a mini-festival, where 10 groups represent many groups that live in Fort

Wayne. They do offer food, but they also offer hand-made foods, and there’s always entertainment.”

The festival has revived the raft races, and has brought back the bed race. “They have become some of the favorites. Those are the heritage events that people look forward to each year,” he said.

Fort Wayne has cele-brated the Three Rivers

Festival since 1975. Hammer recently marked his fifth anniversary at the job, and will be overseeing his sixth festival.

Emily Maggart has been enjoying the festival for almost a decade, but this is her first year on the festival staff. The IPFW graduate signed on as volunteer coordinator in March.

Branning Park in Arcolarevs up for three-day pull

By Mariah [email protected]

Tractors, trucks and roaring engines – the Arcola National Truck and Tractor Pull will return to Branning Park this summer. About 3,000 spectators attend the event each year, said Matt Butts, a co-chairman for the event.

Gates open at 5 p.m. each evening, Thurs-day-Saturday, July 9-11. The Michindoh pull fills the park Thursday evening. The National Tractor Pull Association action fills the park Friday and Saturday evening.

Thursday admission is $10 for ages 13 and older, $5 for ages 6-12, and free for ages 5 and under. Friday or Saturday evening admission is $16 for ages 13 and older, $10 for ages 6-12, and free for ages 5 and under. Weekend passes will be available at the ticket booth Thursday evening. For spectator rules and

a breakdown of classes, visit arcolapull.org. There are no advance ticket sales.

The pulling classes range from 5,500-pound, two-wheel-drive, small-block machines to 9,500-pound tractors competing for the top spot. The most anticipated event of the competition features the mini-rod trac-tors.

Don’t let the name be misleading, these machines pack quite the punch.

“There are five different classes competing each night so it depends on what you prefer but one of the most exciting classes for the pulls is with the mini-rods, which are smaller tractors that have up to 1,400-1,500 horsepower,” Butts said.

The object is to see which machine can pull the metal sled the farthest. Altogether, the compe-tition is a test of the

Toting lawn chairs and leading their dogs, audience members make their way to the gazebos for a Free Fridays concert at Riverside Gardens, on the banks of the St. Joe River in Leo-Cedarville.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTSJuly 11-18, Fort Wayne.Parade. 9:45 a.m. Saturday, July 11.Art in the Park. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12. Visitors crowd the cultural district. The Fort Wayne Museum of Art hosts the chalk walk in Freimann Square.Bed race. Wednesday, July 15, 6-8 p.m. Race down Main Street between Lafayette and Clinton streets.Children’s Fest. Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., IPFW. Events and activities are free. Concessions are available for purchase.Brew Review. Saturday, July 18, noon-5 p.m. Hanning & Bean Festival Plaza, Headwaters Park. Featuring over 100 craft beers. Buy $30 pre-sale tickets at threeriversfestival.org.Raft race. Saturday, July 18, 1 p.m.Fireworks finale. Saturday, July 18, approximately 10 p.m.Find daily schedules at threeriversfestival.org.

Norm marks 50 years at Busco barbershopBy Vivian [email protected]

CHURUBUSCO — The first thing you notice about Norm the barber is that he is upbeat, laid back and always joking around. Norm Decker recently celebrated his 50th anniver-sary of wisecracking while cutting hair.

“I will not hurry and I will not worry; it never gets you anywhere,” Decker said.

Decker, 72, is still in

the same shop — with the same barber pole! — where he started 50 years ago at the age of 19. His barber shop at 105 N. Main St. is sandwiched between the VFW and the Lucky Lady.

His shelves are lined with antique barber items, including many rare and unique shaving mugs.

Decker grew up in Auburn and graduated from Auburn High School in 1964. After gradua-tion, he decided to attend

Indiana Barber College, 810 Virginia Ave. in Indi-anapolis — a one-year program that cost $1,500, Decker said.

In February 1966, Decker joined the Army and was promptly shipped off to Vietnam.

While stationed in a tent “somewhere between Da Nang and Saigon,” Decker opened a makeshift barber shop where he cut his comrades’ hair. Outside his tent was a realistic barber pole Decker fashioned out of a 155 mm (6.1-inch) howitzer shell casing.

He returned to the states and got married in 1967. Decker interviewed for a job as a barber in Fort Wayne, but decided he did not want to live in Fort Wayne or drive back and forth from Auburn every day. He knew Al Knapp, a barber in Churubusco, and

Decker decided to move to Churubusco and go into the barbering business with Knapp.

“I became a barber because my dad wanted a free haircut once a month,”

Decker said.Decker cut his dad’s hair

up until December, when William Decker passed away. His dad, who still lived in Auburn, would have turned 96 in January.

Decker and Knapp worked together, taking over the shop that had been owned and operated by Frank and Mabel Bybee, until Knapp decided to get into the bar business and bought the 33 Club in 1970.

Norm has seen a few changes over the years.

“I saw men’s hairstyles go from short hair to long hair and back to short again,” he said. He now cuts the hair of some of the grandsons of clients of years past.

Decker has a reputation for one-liners.

He remembers one time, while joking around, a new customer said to him, “You act like a nut.”

Decker looked him in the eye and said earnestly, “Fellow, this ain’t no act.”

When people ask if he “grew up around here,” Decker tells them he hasn’t grown up at all.

His stint in Vietnam where he was exposed to Agent Orange has caused some serious health prob-lems for Decker.

“I have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and sugar diabetes, both caused by Agent Orange,” Decker said, although he was quick to add that the VA Hospital and staff take good care of him.

On his daily trips to the Magic Wand for breakfast and coffee, Decker carries a tank of oxygen.

The longtime barber has no intention of retiring.

“I’ll keep working,” he said. “This sure beats working for a living. Why retire? In two more years, I might show a profit.”

He likes to travel, do woodworking, count his money and just have a good time, Decker said.

“That irritates a lot of people, but so what?” he said.

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The Snider High School jazz ensemble performed at the very first Music in the Park at St. Joe Town-ship Community Park.

Township Trustee Sarah Gnagy created the program, and said she hopes to offer even more music under the stars next year.

Snider band director Kevin Klee directed the five-member jazz combo in the program June 17 at the park at 6033 Maplec-rest Road.

“They have a beautiful gazebo out there, and it

kind of harkens back to the old-time concert in the park,” said the veteran of 34 years as Snider’s band director.

Despite the rain, fans took shelter beneath unbrellas to enjoy the music.

Klee will bring a brass quintet to the second concert, from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 29.

The evening also will

feature a car cruise-in. “We will have a whole bunch of street rods, customs, Corvettes, Thun-derbirds. While people are listening to the music they can see these classic cars,” Gnagy said.

“I wanted to do some-thing different,” Gnagy said of the concerts. “The park is beautiful, and I just wanted to utilize the park for the community because it’s a community park.

“It’s a huge venue to be able to pull in big bands, and give the local high school an opportunity to shine, because they’ve got a great music department.”

Firetrucks again will be on hand to call attention to the fundraiser for the fire department.

Hot dogs, popcorn and drinks will be available from St. Joseph Township Fire Rescue.

The audience should

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Music fans hoist an umbrella to enjoy Music in the Park at St. Joe Township Community Park.

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Heritage Days committee issues call for assistanceThe Huntertown Heritage

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The Leo High School Band Department has earned the Indiana State School Music Associa-tion’s All-Music Award for the seventh consecu-tive year.

Leo is the only East Allen County Schools program to receive the award this year, and one of only a handful in northeast Indiana.

“The award is given to a band program that has received gold ratings in marching band, concert band, and jazz ensemble and has had students quality for state solo and ensemble contests,” said Bob Myers, who just wrapped up his seventh year as Leo band director.

“It speaks loudly to the type of students that we have at Leo and how talented they are,” he said. “With a band of say 75 vs. a band of 300, it’s a lot easier percent-age-wise to receive that award with a big program.”

“With a smaller program, it really requires everybody to do their part,” he said.

“In order for us to achieve that, it really is a partnership between the school administra-tion and the parents. It requires a lot of flexi-bility in scheduling. It requires flexibility on the parents’ part to make sure they’re getting their kids to rehearsal. And we have tons of volun-teers who are moving equipment, pulling the band trailer. If any one of those things didn’t happen, we wouldn’t be able to receive that

award.”Linda Grush is the

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Myers said the award is important because it shows that the program is well balanced. “So the students get a well-rounded experience,” he said.

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For more than 30 years as a music teacher, Laura McCoy watched some of her students move on to find careers in music.

“But that’s not why you teach music,” said the Fort Wayne Commu-nity Schools’ 2015 Teacher of the Year. “You teach music because you want everyone to have music in their life.”

McCoy was honored for her work June 4, when FWCS Superinten-dent Wendy Robinson visited St. Joseph Central Elementary School.

“To me, success is if they have music in their life,” McCoy said in an interview. “If when they grow up music is part of their relaxation or enter-tainment, that’s having music in their life.

“It’s an honor to be involved in their music lives at such a young age. It’s a privilege, because they light up when they learn music. It’s so wonderful.”

McCoy has been teaching for 35 years, including six years at St. Joseph Central.

She taught at Fairfield Elementary when Sherry Britt was principal there. Britt, who now serves at Whitney Young Early Childhood Center, recalled that Fairfield had a high percentage of children from families with limited income. “So it’s a bit difficult,” Britt said.

“She is one of the best teachers ever, let alone music teacher,” Britt said in an interview. “She’s a great music teacher and a great person. She came in all bubbly, and ‘We

can do this,’ and ‘We can do that,’ and I thought, ‘Wow, she has really high ambitions for my children.’

“She wanted third-graders to play the violin. She had a lot of outside events for our children. She made it happen. The parents made it happen. Our kids participated in things they had never done before. And she got the violin and she taught every second- or third-grader a little bit about the violin. Most kids never have an experience like that.

“She came in with high expectations and she made it work. We have parents who pay atten-tion. What she did for our children at Fairfield was truly a gift.”

“Laura is a great example of what it

means to be a teacher in Fort Wayne Community Schools,” Superinten-

dent Robinson said. “She doesn’t just come to school, teach and go

home. She is part of the community in a variety of ways, including serving on the board for the Fort Wayne Philhar-monic Orchestra Youth Symphony, leading the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Friends’ annual Young Artist Concerto Compe-tition and serving as a group facilitator at Erin’s House for Grieving Children. I am honored to recognize her as the FWCS Teacher of the Year.”

“My phone’s been buzzing off my desk,” McCoy said as congratu-lations poured in one day after the presentation.

“I love teaching because every day is a new day, every day is a new beginning,” she said in an interview. “I love helping kids figure out how the world fits together. I love making the connection between music and history and music and science. I want the kids to be life-long learners, because learning never stops.”

For McCoy, the music never stops. Outside of school, she performs regularly at two local churches and at her home church, Plymouth Congregational, where she plays a flute and directs the children in the annual Yule Log and Boar’s Head Festival.

“Many of my colleagues around the country share horror stories about deep cuts of the arts in their elemen-tary schools,” McCoy said in a news release. “I am proud that FWCS has prioritized music, art and physical education for elementary learners.”

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St. Joseph Elementary music teacher Laura McCoy, left, is congratulated by FWCS Superintendent Wendy Robinson, who announced McCoy’s selection as FWCS Teacher of the Year.

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Repair work lifts camera for closer look at steepleBy Garth [email protected]

Two panels of copper cladding totaling about 4 square feet gleam from the west side of the Trinity English Lutheran Church steeple.

A crane lifted two workers in a man basket 150 feet into the air, to replace panels knocked loose by a storm.

Most of the steeple still boasts the character that it developed over 90 years.

“That part of the building was dedicated in 1925, so it’s been on there for quite some time,”

said Brian Eastman, the director of facilities at the downtown Fort Wayne church.

Wayne Hake and Dan Sample, sheet metal workers for Dahm Brothers Roofing Inc. in Fort Wayne, made the repairs and checked for any other loose elements. Hake, a 25-year sheet metal veteran, estimated that the replacement panels will stand out from the green of the original copper for about 50 years.

“In a year that will be dark brown, and it won’t be as noticeable,” he said.

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the crane for Doc’s Crane & Rigging, of Roanoke. Ehler again directed the crane to carry Hake and a photographer to 180 feet, from where the steeple and cross stood in silhouette against the sky.

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traditional band, some gospel, some praise team,” she said. “And they always have to have at least one local person in each band.”

Lawn chairs are arranged in a half-moon about the gazebos. “Some people come early because they want their lawn chairs a little closer,” Lightfoot said.

For dozens seated nearby, the concert is the main attraction. For dozens

more about the park, the concert is background music. “There are kids out kicking soccer balls,” Lightfoot said. “And you see kids playing sand volleyball.”

Still others walk dogs, throw footballs or plastic discs, glide over the splash pad, or wander the man-made rock creek.

Kids and adults also line up at the food truck.

Lightfoot taught K-12 music for several years and worked with musical

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“There’s nothing like sitting outside, enjoying the music,” she said.

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Joe Justice lifts his guitar, leans toward the mike, and shares songs from many genres, from several decades, at events as diverse as festivals and winery parties.

But the songs all have something in common. “The common thread is that I keep it all fami-ly-friendly,” he said. “If there are some songs that maybe I enjoy but maybe

the words are … I change them.

“Or I just stick to good music with a nice message that is not going to be offensive to anybody.”

Justice will follow that common thread once again at the Leo-Cedarville Freedom Fest, July 3 and 4 at Riverside Gardens. The Friday evening segment is a car cruise-in at the park on the banks of the St. Joe River. He said the audience should expect mostly ’50s and ’60s music, in keeping

with the cars, during the Up The Creek Cruise-In with Joe Justice Live from 5-9 p.m.

He returns on Saturday, for the actual Fourth of July celebration.

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“I’m on the committee that organizes the event,” he said. “So I perform every year and then I always hire other local and regional acts to perform there.”

The music begins at about 2 p.m. and continues until after dark, when the fireworks close the cele-bration

The New Horizons seniors orchestra will present patriotic tunes. The Cedar Creek Church of Christ singers are a staple of the celebration, presenting gospel music and patriotic songs. “I fill in between other acts, so I probably will sing from 6 to 7,” he said. The main act, Urban Legend, will

take the main stage from 7:30 to 9:45, wrapping up the music just in time for the fireworks.

In the event of rain, the fireworks show will be Sunday evening.

“There are a lot of other things going on in the park,” Justice said. “If the weather’s good we have upward of 7,000 people there, so there are fami-ly-friendly activities going on all day.”

Justice will be back in Leo-Cedarville on Sept. 26,

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Maggart said she did not realize the size of the festival before she moved to Fort Wayne nine years ago from the Wawasee area. “But once I moved here I attended the parade as a spectator and I thought, ‘Hey, this is really cool.’ ”

In 2014, she was part of the parade, representing Sharon’s Victorian House of Gifts. She remembers “dressing up, waving, seeing the amount of people who actually come out to the parade.”

In 2015, she is working with volunteers for the parade and for every other aspect of the festival.

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Sponsors and donations help keep the festival affordable to the public. The festival buttons sell for $3.50, and help fund the fireworks display. This year’s button will come with a throwback, minia-ture button from 1979, 1988 or 1995.

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Local Shriner commands 16-temple veterans groupBy Mariah [email protected]

The Great Lakes Shrine Association Legion of

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The Shrine Legion of Honor is composed of all current and ex-servicemen dedicated to assisting communities, veterans and youth through sponsor-ships, educational programs and patriotism. According to the website, the organi-zation is the nation’s largest wartime veterans service

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“One of the patients was born in Romania without her right leg and receives orthopedic care every three months at the hospital,” said Paul Barker Jr., of Fort Wayne, the commander of the Great Lakes Shrine Association Legion of Honor.

There are 22 Shrine hospitals in the United States, one in Ontario and another in Mexico City. Regardless of the family’s ability to pay medical bills, the child receives the proper care.

The Legion of Honor is open to Shriners who have served in any branch of the military.

“It’s doesn’t matter if you were a Marine or part of the Army, Air Force or Navy, we’re brothers and we all fought together in wars that the United States has been involved in over the years,” Barker said.

Barker will step down this year as commander and pass the torch after serving his term for three years. The new commander will begin his term and be installed during the 40th annual meeting Aug. 6-8 in Fort Wayne.

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He sings year-round, making about 120 events.

“I am kind of a one-man-band sort of an act. I do acoustic stuff and I do electric in other sets,” he said. “I make backing tracks so it sounds like a full band, but most of the time it’s just me. But that

allows me to perform for big events, dances and car shows and corporate events and parties.

“I sing songs from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and some newer ones and a few orig-inals as well,” he said. “I go with songs that people know the words to. I try to always get the audience involved and engaged. And sometimes I’ll do some name-that-song, name-that-tune kind of songs. People enjoy that.

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He is available for requests. “I tell them that if I do know the song, I’ll certainly perform it for them,” he said.

Sometimes he sees a fan approaching and can guess their preference in music. “But sometimes I’m surprised,” he said. “I have people in their 20s some-times come up and ask me to do a Johnny Cash song. But I love it, because it seems like the ’70s in particular span a lot of generations as far as people enjoying that era.”

Justice said he has been making music since he was in the sixth grade. “I first took lessons when I was just a kid in Arcola. My teacher’s name was Elaine Felger. My first performance was on the Arcola Days parade. All of her students were on a hay wagon going down the street in the Arcola Days parade,” he said. “And I took a couple of years of lessons with her, and maybe four years of guitar lessons as an adult. I took a little bit of music theory at IPFW. I took some vocal lessons from a couple different vocal instructors, and then I’ve been playing

music ever since.”He also played some

coffee houses during his high school years. He attended Central Catholic High School his freshman year and graduated from North Side High School in 1974.

“I just remember asking my mom for a guitar for my birthday, and I was really kind of embarrassed to ask because nobody asked for instruments in my family. My dad played a little bit, but my grand-mother and grandfather performed for us when we were kids and I think that really had an impact on me as a child.”

“One thing that I hear a lot and I just pride myself on is that I make sure I’m loud enough that people know I’m there and there’s a live performance going on, and not too loud so that people cannot turn around and converse together,” he said. “And many, many people come up to me through the years and just thank me and say they enjoy the music, but also that they were able to talk with friends that they were sitting with. I try to be conscientious about that.

“Sometimes I will go out and hear other bands and kind of see what other performers are doing. I

write music as well and that’s more what I would call Christian-themed music. It’s not really music that you would sing at church. You know how a lot of country songs just have a message in there about family or country or just growing up with Bible foundation values. And so most of the songs that I write have a value in there — a message that I want to share. But I listen to a wide variety of music, anything

from the local Christian station to some of the new pop hits that young people listen to, and country as well.”

Justice served 31 years with the Fort Wayne Fire Department, retiring with the rank of captain.

The music supplements his income nicely, he said. “It’s hard to get rich doing this, but I love doing it. And since I’ve done it for so long it’s just sort of part of who I am.”

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Sen. Long names Yager to state education board

Indiana Senate Pres-ident Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, appointed longtime Allen County educator Steve Yager to the Indiana State Board of Education. Yager’s four-year term on the board began June 1.

Yager served as super-intendent of Northwest Allen County Schools for nearly two decades before taking the superinten-dent’s job at Southwest Allen County Schools in 2009. He retired in 2014.

“I’m thankful for the chance to serve in this new role,” Yager said. “While I’ve recently retired from my position with our local schools, I’ve never lost my passion for helping students succeed. I know my

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also special education students; McCoy said she appreciates having those students in her class.

McCoy also oversees the district’s driver education program, in which she has taught for 35 years. “We have kept driver education as an option for those that live and work in our community,” she said in a news release. “Often, we are training the first driver in a family who is new to our country. I am committed to doing what it takes to help all of these students succeed and have the driving skills to support their entry into higher educa-tion or the workforce.”

Candidates for Teacher of the Year are nominated by building principals with finalists chosen by a committee of administrators. The other finalists this year were: Rachel Achenbach, eighth-grade language arts teacher at Kekionga Middle School; Steph-anie Martin-Jordan, fourth-grade teacher at Weisser Park Elemen-tary; Mary Vendrely, sixth-grade language arts teacher at Lane Middle

School; Amy Warren, fifth-grade teacher at Scott Academy; and Victoria Williams, special education teacher at Indian Village Elementary. McCoy and the finalists will be honored at a School Board meeting in the fall.

McCoy will also be nominated for Indiana Teacher of the Year. “I got the application form yesterday,” McCoy said June 5.

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A Fort Wayne man turned his passion into a career while inspiring young musicians.

Mike Hardiek is in his second year as the visual designer for the Crossmen, a drum corps based in San Antonio, Texas. The Crossmen and seven other elite drum corps will perform Wednesday, July 8, at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.

As one of the most pres-tigious, well-known drum corps entries, the Crossmen organization helps young musicians and performers meet their full potential through the arts. Last summer, the group traveled coast to coast performing and competing in about 30 events.

After graduating from Northrop High School and attending Ball State

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While at a drum corps show in Canton, Ohio, Hardiek was asked to be the visual technician for the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps in 1988. As a 21-year-old, Hardiek was humbled to be offered such a significant role. “To be asked to teach at the highest level was a great honor,” he said. “I was blown away by the whole thing.” Rising through the ranks, Hardiek eventually became the visual coordinator.

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Fort Wayne resident Mike Hardiek, center, works with the Crossmen drum corps at a rehearsal in San Antonio, Texas. Sequoyah Benton photographed the spring training session. Hardiek, a Northrop High School graduate, writes the drills for the Crossmen.

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As Nicky Schwanz arrived at a Memorial Day cookout, her friends were shocked to see her walking and carrying her son who she had welcomed into the world a few hours earlier.

“They were more than surprised,” she said. “They had seen me earlier in the day, working out with a pregnant belly.”

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Schwanz, a labor and delivery nurse at Parkview Regional North, wasn’t expecting to give birth at her Georgetown area home.

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“Obviously it’s nowhere near sacrifice enough, but it’s a pretty brutal workout for athletes to honor the sacrifice that he (Murph) made,” said Amanda Burge, who owns the gym with her husband, Shane.

At the gym on Merchant Road in Fort Wayne, Corey and other Praus members began the “Murph” with a mile run, followed by 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats and another mile run.

“It takes most people 45 minutes or an hour or maybe more,” Burge said

“It’s not a heavy workout, but what we call a body weight workout. But it does cause some fatigue and require some endurance.”

But Nicky was 41 weeks pregnant.

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Patriotic songs, big band numbers and other family favorites will fill downtown Roanoke on the evening of July 1, during Freedom on Main.

The patriotic concert has been a Roanoke tradition since 1997.

The main stage show begins at 7 p.m. with the Heartland Chorale and the Heartland Jazz Orchestra. Selections will include jazz stan-dards and patriotic songs. “Then we have pop songs,” said Janice Furtner, Heartland’s director of communi-cations. “We will have some real tight vocals — a lot of close, wonderful harmony.”

This year’s concert is presented for free-will offerings. Reserved seating is available by sponsorship donations.

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Hardiek described drums corps as the Major Leagues of marching bands. A drum corps has percussion and brass instruments, but not woodwind instruments. Like a marching band, a drum corps has a color guard, whose costumed members perform in unison with the music.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 28Kids Safety Fun Day. Graber Farms, 26409 Springfield Center Road, Har-lan. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Fun activities for kids and families, including church and lunch on the farm, a tour of a firetruck, bicycle safety tips, finger-painting and family photographs. For details, call (260) 710-5656 or visit GraberOrganicFarms.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 29The silent film “Metropolis.” The Embassy Threatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for children. The Em-bassy’s restored Grande Page pipe organ will provide accompaniment to this film, which was released in 1924. Discussion will take place before and after the movie, led by Jane Martin, communications professor at the University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts. . For details, visit fwembassytheatre.org. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com or in person at the Embassy box office.

FRIDAY, JULY 3First Friday Street Fair. Downtown Roanoke. 6-9 p.m. Games, food, fun and entertainment will fill Main Street from 6-9 p.m. the first Friday of each month through October.Garrett Heritage Days. Eastside Park, Garrett. Parade, 8:30 a.m. Entertain-ment by Breaking Tradition, 8-10 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 4Fireworks. Downtown Fort Wayne. 10 p.m. Free. Lutheran Health Net-work and Old National Bank are sponsors. The Indiana Michigan Power Center is the location. The show will include the fireworks planned for Parkview Field after the TinCaps game. TinCaps fans may watch the fireworks from their seats after the game. If the game is not completed by 10 p.m., the fireworks will begin immediately after the game.Garrett Heritage Days. Eastside Park, Garrett. Pancake breakfast, 7-11 a.m. Cruise-in car show, 8-11 a.m. Chalk walk judging, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Knights of Columbus chicken barbeque, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Kiddie trac-tor pull, noon. Auburn Community Band, noon-12:45 p.m. Talent show, 1 p.m. Bucket Bridge Challenge, 2:30 p.m. Fireworks, 10 p.m.

MONDAY, JULY 6The silent film “Ben Hur.” The Embassy Threatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for children. The Em-bassy’s restored Grande Page pipe organ will provide accompaniment to this film, which was released in 1925. Discussion will take place before and after the movie, led by Jane Martin, communications professor at the University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts. . For details, visit fwembassytheatre.org. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com or in person at the Embassy box office.

TUESDAY, JULY 7Appleseed Quilters Guild. Classic Café, 4832 Hillegas Road, Fort Wayne. Social hour at 6:30 p.m., with business meeting at 7 p.m. Show-and-tell rounds out each meeting. The July theme is “Christmas in July.” For more information, visit appleseedquiltersguild.com or email [email protected].

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THURSDAY, JULY 9Waynedale Business Chamber. Waynedale Public Library, 2200 Lower Hun-tington Road, Fort Wayne. 2 p.m. This is the initial meeting of a move by business leaders and the Waynedale business district to form an organi-zation. The organization’s goals would be: to give the community a voice to petition for city improvements; to establish a meeting time and date to discuss problems in the area; and create an opportunity to meet and greet business neighbors. For details, call Alex Cornwell, (260) 747-4535.

SATURDAY, JULY 11Homestead H.S. Class of 1990 reunion. The Phoenix, 1122 Broadway, Fort Wayne. 6-10 p.m. $40 per person. Contact Tina at [email protected] or call (317) 691-5247Church yard sale. Dunfee Missionary Church, 818 W. County Line Road, Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Proceeds benefit the DMC Youth Group Mis-sion Trip Fund.

SUNDAY, JULY 12Old-fashioned hymn sing and ice cream social. Forest Park United Method-ist Church, 2100 Kentucky Ave., Fort Wayne. 3 p.m. Enjoy a time of singing some favorite hymns, led by the church’s pipe organ and grand piano.

MONDAY, JULY 13Bob Leiman Toastmasters meeting. Northcrest Pizza Hut, 701 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Social hour begins at 5:30. The meetings are intended to boost confidence in communication and public speaking.Kingston Dinner Dance. Mount Calvary Church Family Life Center, 1819 Reservation Drive, Waynedale section of Fort Wayne. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m., and dancing to PrimeTime from 6-8:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 in advance, or $7 at the door. $2 of each ticket goes to Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. To RSVP, call 747-1523 or email [email protected] Leiman Toastmasters meeting. Northcrest Pizza Hut, 701 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30-8pm. Free. Social hour begins at 5:30. Come gain confidence in communication and public speaking — especially helpful for career development and for English as a second language speakers.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15Tim Hawkins. With special guest John Branyan. Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20-$32. Hawkins is a Christian singer, songwriter and comedian. With special guest, Christian comedian John Branyan. Presented in association with the Shift National Conference during the Three Rivers Festival. Find more details at Trini-tyCommunications.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 16Joni Eareckson Tada. Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $12-$25. The Joni and Friends ministry is ded-icated to extending Christian love to people affected by disability around the world. Presented in association with the Shift National Conference during the Three Rivers Festival. Find more details at TrinityCommuni-cations.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 18Car show. Lawton Park, 1900 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., rain or shine. Awards at 2 p.m. Presented by Mizpah Shrine Car Club. Also featuring a silent auction and food and beverage vendors. Dash plaques to the first 150 entries. To register, email [email protected] with name, cell phone number, address, email address and make, year and car model. Call (260) 403-6849 or (260) 420-5345.Wabash Cannonball. Round-trip from Fort Wayne to Lafayette. Departing 7:30 a.m. $119 to $449. The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Engine 765 pulls the daylong excursion through Indiana’s heartland. Seats are available in standard coach, deluxe coach, first class and dome car, with newly added exclusive specialty classes on the Dover Harbor or Hollywood Beach. Seating and availability are limited. Lunch is in-cluded in all classes this year. Buy tickets at showclix.com/events/18363. The 765 will pull other excursions this summer and fall in Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania. For details, visit fortwaynerailroad.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 19Wabash Cannonball. Round-trip from Fort Wayne to Lafayette. Departing 7:30 a.m. $119 to $449. See July 18 calendar entry for details.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22Diversity Dialogue. YWCA Northeast Indiana, 1610 Spy Run Ave. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Free parking. Guests are invited to bring their lunch. The gatherings on the fourth Wednesday of each month embrace the dignity of all people. Panelists and guest speakers work to provoke deep thought. Today’s topic is LGBT issues. RSVP to Sue Hiatt at [email protected] or (260) 424-4908.

FRIDAY, JULY 24Georgetown Fridays. Georgetown Square, 6310 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. The plaza presents outdoor concerts the first Fri-day of each month, June through August. Renegade presents the music tonight.

FORT WAYNE GREEK FESTIVALHeadwaters Park, 333 S. Clinton St. Through June 28. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and all day Sunday. Admission is $3 from 4-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Under 16 admit-ted free. Visit fortwaynegreekfestival.org.The menu includes boneless leg of lamb, fire-grilled octopus, gyros, pork souvlaki, chicken souvlaki, loukaniko, pastichio, mousaka, Greek fries, rice pilaf, spanakopita, tiropita, Greek salad, dolmades and Greek pizza. Hot dogs are free for children accompanied by an adult in the food line. Enjoy Greek coffee, Greek frappe, regular coffee, soft drinks, water, iced tea or lemonade. Enjoy Greek beer and Greek and domestic wines in the taverna.Hear live music by Lazaros. Greek dancing troupes perform daily, at

12:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.Visit the Plaka West Boutique, and the Kids Korne with its amusement rides.

NORTHEAST INDIANA COUNTY FAIRSAdams County 4-H Fair. July 19-23. Adams County Fair Grounds, east of U.S. 27 on Indiana 124, Monroe. Admission is free. See the schedule at extension.purdue.edu/adams.Allen County Fair. July 28-Aug. 2. 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. General admission is $5 daily, with children 5 and under admitted free. High-lights include the parade, fireworks, team pig wrestling, a hot air balloon flight and glow, truck pull, demolition derby, live music and more. For details, visit allencountyfairgroundsin.com.DeKalb County Free Fall Fair. 708 S. Union St., Auburn. Sept. 28-Oct. 3. Free. Sept. 28: queen pageant, 8 p.m. Sept. 29: elementary choir show, 6 p.m.; County Chorus, 7 p.m.; high school swing choir show, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30: Old Settlers Lunch, noon; KISS Army tribute band, 8 p.m. Oct. 1: Here Come the Mummies, 8 p.m. Oct. 2: to be announced. Oct. 3: parade, 10 a.m.; evening entertainment to be announced. Carnival and other 4-H and homemaker events throughout the fair. For a detailed schedule, visit dekalbcountyfair.org.Huntington County Fair. 631 Taylor St., Huntington. July 25-30. Free admis-sion. Watch for schedule updates at extension.purdue.edu/huntington.Noble County Fair. 589 Fair St., Kendallville, July 11-18. Free admission to fairgrounds, July 12, 13 and 19; parking fee charged at the gate. July 14-18, 7 a.m.-9 p.m., admission of $5 per car for parking charged at the gate. Parking pass $15 weekly. First Saturday: harness racing, Miss Noble County Queen Pageant. First Sunday, parade. Monday: Senior Citizens Day, youth talent contest, pig wrestling. Tuesday: Kids Day, BMX, Little Miss and Mr. Contest. Wednesday: Ladies Day, baking contest, youth talent contest, dirt drags. Thursday: Youth Appreciation Day, rodeo. Friday: Generations Day, concert. Second Saturday: Farmers Day, demolition derby. Second Sunday: Cleanup Day. For details, visit noblecountyfair.org.Wells County 4-H Fair. 1240 4-H Park Road, Bluffton. July 11-16. Watch for schedule updates at wells4h.com.Whitley County Fair. Columbia City, July 17-23. July 17: Kiddie tractor pull, 6 p.m. July 18: 4H4K Run, 5:30 p.m.; demolition derby, 7:30 p.m. July 19: truck and tractor pull, 7:30 p.m. July 20: pig wrestling contest, 7 p.m. July 21: concert by Rodney Atkins, Natalie Stovall & The Drive, and Breaking Tradition, 7 p.m. July 22: 4-H talent contest, 6 p.m.; modi-fied demolition derby, 7 p.m. For details, visit whitleycounty4-h.com.INDIANA STATE FAIR. Aug. 7-23, 1202 E. 38th St., Indianapolis. The 158th state fair celebrates The Year of the Farmer. Visit in.gov/statefair/ for a full schedule and entertainment lineup.

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