Category: Community

Over $40K raised in 12 Hours for Charity in Allen County

The New Haven Chamber, Community Found of Great Fort Wayne, and Allen County together with all of the people giving their time and money raised a total of $43,466 in only 12 short hours for the Community Harvest Food Bank, and the Cornerstone Youth Center. With donor matches the total was brought to $102,159. It…

Children’s Library Sponsors Fancy Nancy Party!

PAULDING – “Ooh, La La! It’s a Soiree (that’s French for party – everything sounds fancier in French) for preschool through third graders!”  This Fancy Nancy Party will be held in the Children’s Room at the historic Carnegie library on Thursday, May 15th from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Kooky Kirk will be the dapper…

Antwerp’s Great Gatsby Prom

The theme for this year’s Antwerp prom was The Great Gatsby. Along with an early Mercedes vehicle, the entire Grant’s Hall was decorated for playing the part of the dapper man and the beautiful ladies. The prom this year, as F. Scott Fitzgerald would say, “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small…

Woodlan Boys Take Down Patriots

Jay County High School recently joined the ACAC conference and this was the first game competing against Woodlan. The game was delayed due to the distance the guest team travelled on Friday, May 2, 2013. Woodlan’s Shawn Kitzmiller scored in the first inning after hitting the ball to centerfield and getting a double. Bases were…

NEW HAVEN ANNOUNCES 5th Annual Veterans’ Memorial Ride TO BENEFIT SCHNELKER VETERANS’MEMORIAL PARK

The 5th Annual Veterans’ Memorial Motorcycle Ride is scheduled for this Sunday, May 4, 2014 in New Haven. Registration will begin at 11:00 a.m. at Ehlerding’s River City Harley-Davidson®. (The rain date for this event is set for May 18, 2014.) Awards will be presented in several different categories including “Best of Show”, “Best of…

What’s the World’s Deadliest Creature?

What creature kills the most humans each year? You may be thinking an Anaconda or a Shark. What about Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Maybe it’s the Pirhana? It’s probably not what’s in your worst nightmare, according to the Bill Gates Foundation. These little critters are more than just annoying, they can be…

Patrol Focuses on Motorcycle Safety and Enforcement

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness MonthCOLUMBUS – May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. In 2013 there were 132 motorcycle-related fatalities. This…

ACPL Family App Ready to Install

ACPL FAMILY APP AVAILABLE The Allen County Public Library has created the ACPL Family App, available for free download to iOS devices:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/acpl-family/id840890789?mt=8 The ACPL Family App will be a tool that will bring the library outside of its physical walls and meet families where they are.  Rather than simply being a form of entertainment,…

Aces Wrench Antwerp’s Game

Hicksville Girls are at the top of their game.The girls softball game started with Aces dominating the game and finished with Hicksville blowing away the Archers on Tuesday, April 29. Kaiya Jemison suffered the loss on the mound as the Archers committed seven errors on the night. The Antwerp girls scored their first run in…

Archers’ Arrow Pierce Hicksville in Exciting Game

Hicksville travelled to Antwerp on Tuesday, April 29 to take on the Archers in baseball. The Archers have not had the best of seasons but they played well this night. The Aces previously had won against Wayne Trace while Antwerp failed to gain the victory against the Raiders. Now Antwerp was on top against Hicksville…