Low Cost & Free Things to do in Late Summer
Summer may be winding down, but there’s still plenty of time to have some fun in the sun in Fort Wayne, Indiana…
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Viv is a 25-plus-year newspaper journalist who worked for various newspapers throughout northeast Indiana, including the Auburn Star, Churubusco News and the Journal Gazette. She now enjoys freelancing at home where she writes in her pajamas and eschews deadlines. She lives in Churubusco, ten miles north of Fort Wayne, but has always enjoyed working, playing and socializing in The Big City (aka Fort Wayne) for most of her life. She is the current president of the Woman's Press Club of Indiana and a member of the Hoosier State Press Newsroom Seminar Committee. She has a blended family of six children and a gaggle of grandchildren whom she indulges and caters to while their parents aren't looking. Her lifetime goal is to find shoes to match the bags under her eyes.
Summer may be winding down, but there’s still plenty of time to have some fun in the sun in Fort Wayne, Indiana…
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Read MoreIn Fort Wayne for the weekend? Never fear – there is no shortage of venues for visiting, restaurants for dining, or ballgames, trails and parksfor enjoying the outdoors…
Read MoreEveryone has their own idea of a favorite unique experience found only in Fort Wayne, but the following sites and events topped the list of my family and friends…
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