The Woodburn Community Association is hosting Summer Fest on June 23 & 24 at the Woodburn Community Park, Overmeyer Street & Fahlsing Rd. Start your weekend out on Friday, June 23rd with the beer tent opening at 5:00 p.m. A Trivia Contest for ALL AGES will start at 7:00 with doors opening at 6:00. Feders BBQ will be…
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Eunice A. Kelley
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Eunice A. Kelley, 96, of Woodburn, passed away on June 16, 2017. Born on May 13, 1921, in Waterloo, Iowa, she was a daughter of the late George and Jenny Mae Hill. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Lou (Lee) Kallsen, of Edgerton, Ohio; sons, Larry R. (Debbie) Kelley, of North Webster and Vernon D.…
New Veterinarian in Woodburn
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Dr. David Nahrwold of Maumee Valley Veterinary Clinic, 5802 N. State Road 101, Woodburn, is proud to announce the addition of a new veterinarian to his staff. Serena R. Fuelling D.V.M., daughter of Mark and Shelly Fuelling of Woodburn, is a 2017 graduate of the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine and a 2010 graduate of…
Associated Churches Hosts Annual Father’s Day 5K
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Associated Churches invites families in the community to celebrate father figures by participating in a Father’s Day 5k walk/run, Kids Fun-Run and Pancake Breakfast. Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County is hosting a Father’s Day 5K walk/run at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 17, 2017. The Father’s Day 5K is a family-friendly walk/run…
Changes Are Happening At Woodburn American Legion Post 377
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Post 377 in Woodburn has been changing! Their new officers, new canteen manager, and staff are looking forward to bringing new, family oriented events to their post. To start with, as of June 16th, they will have a totally non-smoking building and want to invite you and your family to come to karaoke, by Dallich…
“Aces Beat Apaches In Junior ACME”
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A Brandt Balser walk off single in the bottom of the eighth gave Hicksville a 9-8 win over visiting Fairview in junior ACME action last Friday night at the home of the Aces. Each team scored one run in the first inning before the Apaches picked up three runs in the top of the third…
Woodlan FFA Living to Serve
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Allie Knepp, a recent graduate of Woodlan high school and a member of the Woodlan FFA chapter is running for an Indiana State FFA officer position for 2017-2018. Allie will go through a series of interviews over a three day period just before the start of the Indiana State FFA Convention. Allie will present her…
Woodlan High Student Receives Citizenship Award
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Lia Abbott, senior at Woodlan Jr. Sr. High was awarded the citizenship award for being a true example of how all people with different abilities should live together in this world. As a freshmen, Lia watched the special needs class walk the track daily. A couple of students were helped with riding adaptive bikes. Lia,…
New Haven Chamber Member Spotlight
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Doug Perkins, a lifelong resident of the city of New Haven, decided to enter the field of accounting from the time he graduated high school. He said, “When I graduated from high school there weren’t many jobs in this area so I decided to go to college. I thought back on my accounting class in…
Woodlan FFA Poultry Teams Compete
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Woodlan FFA members competed in the State FFA Poultry Judging contest recently held near Purdue University. The Junior Poultry team of Emily Tripp, Dakotah Krohn, and Bailey Nickell placed 3rd in state competition in the Junior level competition. They will be receiving a team plaque at the Indiana FFA State…
Area Flooding Issues Exacerbated By Recent Heavy Rains
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By: Josh Steiner After an already excessively wet May, the area continued to see heavy rainfall this week, with many areas from Fort Wayne, Van Wert, Decatur, southern Paulding County and others picking up at least several inches of rain. In fact, at the Fort Wayne International Airport, rainfall totals for the month exceed nine…
Grabill Eye Center Begins In-House Lens Edging
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Grabill Eye Center is pleased to announce their purchase of a lens blocking and edging unit that will now allow them to make glasses in the store. One of their certified opticians, Robin Phillips, has extensive background in the lens edging and glasses assembly process and has already trained on and begun using the machine.…
Celebrating 50 Years
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Thomas and Sherry (Steffen) Schaper were married May 20, 1967 at Zion Lutheran Church, Woodburn, Indiana, Rev. Christian Schmidt officiating. They are the parents of Shawn (deceased) and Staci (Chad) Salzbrenner. They have three dearly loved granddaughters: Kenzie, Logan and Reagan. They will celebrate with family and wedding party June 24th at Hall’s Guesthouse, Ft.…
