South & Southwest Fort Wayne Indiana News
STATEHOUSE REPORT
New state laws effective July 1 are the fruits of legislators’ work during the 2006 legislative session. A year ago, these laws were simply ideas. After months of review and surviving the arduous legislative process, they now will affect Hoosiers’ everyday lives.
A complete
We want to make downtown Fort Wayne a destination place for visitors, current residents and prospective businesses. One way to do that is with our new free downtown WiFi program. There are nearly 15 hotspot locations in an 11 square block area in downtown. The WiFi system is intended for residents,
We just passed the summer equinox (longest day of light) for the year. This is significant to this weeks “Voice” in that I wanted to describe the position at Wayne Township with the longest duties list. I used to have a position like this, everything that didn’t fall under a logical
Recently I learned about a surprising development regarding the taxes we all pay which is a good example of the old adage: “The devil’s in the details”. The state legislature passed legislation–which sounds logical–prohibiting property taxes from being more than 2% of
We are proud to announce the Brett Knuth Fundraiser Benefit Golf Outing and Texas Hold’em Tournament. These high energy, entertaining events will be held July 30 at the Donald Ross Golf Course and American Legion Post 296 in Fort Wayne. The event is open to the general public.
Shotgun golf starts
Charity begins at home and on Sunday July 16, 2006. A group of Minnie’s (Minnie’s Diner) friends got together and sponsored a cancer benefit for Minnie. The local event included fun, food and live entertainment. All events were held at AMVETS #33 located at 6620 Koester Road.
The day began
Swimming pools can be a fun family gathering place, unfortunately they can also be the site of tragedy. A study conducted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found that 69 percent of home drowning deaths of children under five occurred under parental supervision. In most of these cases,
EDGAR L. SCHEUMANN, 77, of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at his residence. Born December 31, 1928, in Adams County, he was the son of the late Herman Scheumann and Clara (Christianer). After serving in the Air Force, in Korea, then graduating from Purdue University, he worked for 30 years
LaVON C. BARRY, 83, of Fort Wayne, died Monday, June 26, 2006, at Lutheran Homes. Born October 30, 1922, in Fort Wayne, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Minnich and Laura (Kabisch). She was a homemaker and member of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Surviving are one daughter, Laura Farlow
STAFF SERGEANT PAUL S. PABLA, 23, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Huntington, died Monday, July 3, 2006, from injuries sustained in an attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. He was a 2000 graduate of Huntington North High School and attended Ball State University from 2001 to 2003. During his years
Midsummer blows her hot and humid breath across our hills, although nighttime brings blessed relief from the heat. Gardens thrive in this weather, with tender yellow squash, crisp half-runner green beans and crunchy cucumbers gracing the country table.
Sweet, juicy blackberries are ripening fast in
Editors Note: The Waynedale News receives an abundance of press releases and articles for each issue. Information that has a focus on Waynedale is given the highest priority. We try to evaluate all submissions on a timely basis.
ALUMINUM CAN
COLLECTION
Where: South West Conservation Club
Bluffton
“Readings and Reflections,” began on June 19, 2006. The program features priests of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and includes the readings from the daily Mass, original reflections prepared by the priests and sacred music. Each program is 15 minutes in duration and airs Monday
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ONLINE APPLICATION FOR CONTROLLED AND SPECIAL HUNTS
Hoosiers who want to participate in deer reductions and special hunts at state properties this fall will have a one-stop online method for applying.
The change centralizes the application process for such programs. Previously, each category
It’s unfortunate, but true: Unscrupulous people and companies do try to take advantage of unsuspecting investors. And the Internet has made it a lot easier for these predators to reach a mass audience. To avoid potential ripoffs, you need to be vigilant, and you need to ask questions — lots
Reading to Children
When I was quite young, my grandmother would come to visit a couple of times a year from Illinois. She would come on the train and we would go get her in the old Hudson. Some of my fondest memories of her were of her reading to us. There is a picture of three of us kids sitting
The Devil Wears Prada was first brought to life by author Lauren Weisberger, who once worked on the staff of the fashion magazine Vogue. Weisberger reportedly based the book on Vogue’s overbearing editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The book has been on the national bestseller list for nearly a year,
It was On Track Ministries/WBCL Church Group Night at Baer Field Speedway and Jonathan had about 300 extra people cheering for him this week. The ProSystems/WBCL team were able to turn a rough start into another great finish in the Half-Mile Modifieds at Baer Field Speedway one Saturday night.
In the
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the
The year was 1961. It was the Parrish Standard Service Station at the Southeast corner of Bluffton and Lower Huntington Roads, owned by Chuck and Christina Parrish.
Full time employees were the mail carrier, Cushman Scooter and Mike Reed. Part-time employees were Gerry Lloyd, Guy Folts (People’s
Danielle Landon, daughter of Michael (Tony) and Patty Landon, received an all-star recognition at a Universal Dance Association (UDA) Camp, that took place at Taylor University, in June. The camp teaches the girls dance routines, technique, choreography, and teamwork. Due to her outstanding performance,
The University of Saint Francis sports information department received 10 national publication awards recently at the annual workshops for two national sports information organizations.
Bill Scott, USF Sports Information Director, was awarded four national Top 5 CoSIDA certificates, and six Top 10
The public is invited to join the St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative Board of Directors for a celebration of ten years of watershed protection on Tuesday, July 25 at the Metea County Park Nature Center.
The park is located at 8401 Union Chapel Road, Leo-Cedarville. The event begins at 3:00 p.m.
According
The other day I picked up a 1925 North American Almanac, “The Aristocrat of Almanacs.” It wasn’t in too good of shape, but not bad for 81 years. It had a lot of small articles with a few good American history stories. But the thing that caught my eye was the many advertisements in