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A familiar holiday fund-raiser serves a year-round need.

The Salvation Armys Red Kettle campaign funds more than 40 percent of the organizations 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 Marketplace, 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 community. 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.This is probably our

tenth year weve been doing this, Guse said. They came and talked to us and we decided its a worthy project to take on, and so weve been doing it ever since.

Our goal is over 40 percent of our annual budget, said Smith, the Salvation Army ofcial.

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Plymouth Congregational 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


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.

FILE PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Get ticketsThe Boars Head and Yule Log FestivalPlymouth Congrega-tional 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 ofce beginning 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, from left, Sarah Carter 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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The 50 young people who give their talents to Breakfast in Bethlehem also receive a gift, said Lauren Kirkland. They get to tell the best story ever told.

Church members from elementary age to high school age will present the Nativity story four times over two days at Sonrise Church, where Kirk-land serves as childrens

ministry coordinator. The worship band will provide live music.

The costumes are as authentic as possible. The shops and animals add to the effect. We want to create what it really must have been like to be at Bethlehem on that morning that Jesus was born, said Kirkland, so the whole feel of the stable is created in Breakfast in Bethlehem.

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Stephanie Kanouse portrays an angel in Breakfast at Bethlehem at Sonrise Church.


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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, and I told Jim that Id be willing to do whatever he wants me to do.

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 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 interested, 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 structure 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 three to four 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.

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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.

Tickets become available Thursday, Dec. 18, from 4:30-7 p.m. Each person who visits the church ofce at 501 W. Berry St. may ask for six tickets. Tickets go quickly, often that evening. But anyone who does not get tickets should stay in touch. They should check and see if there are tickets that have been

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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.

Its honestly just a part 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 until this is over.

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Zoe Moore plays a Pat-a-Pan dancer in The Boars Head and Yule Log Festival.


The wassailers lift their steins to the music of The Boars Head and Yule Log Festival.FILE PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW


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George Killian, the chairman of the music department at HU, said the Messiah performance is the best way to usher in

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CHOIR from Page A8Bands concerts combine sacred, secular

Allen County musi-cians 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 Indiana-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

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And were going to do something thats new to us, Fantasia on Kingsfold. Its a very famous adaptation from

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The band will present The Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol, which Kos said is based on a medieval tradition of people who went from place to place presenting Christmas plays and music.

The band appreci-ates the audience, Kos said. Even if you have a small audience, you work on this music for yourself. You work to get that particular concert in shape, she said. But theres nothing like an audience, the genuine enthusiasm. We always appreciate it.

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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.

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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.

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Kipp said the club raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, to help send a child to camp. Members also gather and donate backpacks for the homeless, and send gifts to the 122nd Fighter Wing. Its a fun group to join, she said.

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We are putting together boxes to send to children who dont have as much as we do, so they will have presents in the holidays, Getz said.

Everybody has brought stuff in, Behrens said. Ive looked at the website and there are pictures of them when theyre getting the boxes, and their faces just light up, and I just imagine them getting our boxes.

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Take in the night sky of the rst Christmas at the Star of Bethlehem 2014 planetarium show, tour beautiful Brookside during Christmas in the Castle, do some Christmas shopping at the Fair Trade Bazaar, and join a candlelight procession to the Lighting of the Lake and the Living Nativity remembering the birth of Jesus in Beth-lehem.

Star of Bethlehem 2014 is offered at Schou-weiler Planetarium, Achatz Hall, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 7, at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Dec. 10, at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Dec. 12 and

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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.

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Polar Plunge to makea New Years splash

Crowds gather at the St. Joseph River boat ramp at Johnny Appleseed 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 orga-nizes 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.

Some waders will wear T-shirts, and some will

wear furry, novelty hats as they stand waist-deep in the January chill. Some will splash water onto them-selves and others.

We recommend that people wear some kind of shoes, because you never know whats in the water at the boat ramp, Bieberich said. We do put up barri-cades and try to protect people the best we can.

We call it the Polar Bear Club, but its really not a club, Bieberich said. Its just a gathering of people one time a year. There never really has been an ofcial club. When I started back in 1974, we used to meet at the sports club back on Tennessee Avenue, but we werent really associ-ated with them.

Its about six or eight of us who have been doing it for 30 years or more, he

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the water all the way. You can do anything you want, he said.

Bieberich will stand back and wait for the initial rush to retreat to the shore. Im 66 now, so I usually get out of the way and let the crowd go in front of us, he said. Then he and a few friends will step into the water. Before he leaves the bank, he will stop to thank the Fort Wayne Fire Department crew thats on hand as a precaution.

They make it as safe as they can for us, and thats very nice, he said. I always thank those guys. They do a great service to us. Weve never had a serious injury.

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BSectionPolar Bear Plunge organizer Dave Bieberich offers a hand to another New Years Day celebrant in the Saint Joseph River, on the banks of Johnny Appleseed Park.


Jaime Garcia says he will make his 30th Polar Bear Plunge on New Years Day.FILE PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

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Snow and ice line the far bank of the Saint Joseph River as the Polar Bear Plunge lls the boat ramp at Johnny Appleseed Park.


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