By LINDA MOORE Fight Club Pink SYRACUSE — In a culture of stress, conflict and disunity, women from all backgrounds and faiths have an opportunity to come together at the Let There Be Life retreat at Oakwood Inn at Lake Wawasee. For the community to have this at their back door is wonderful. Most local …read more.

WARSAW — The nearing completion of the Pike Lake Boat Ramp and approval to extend the annual Lakes Fest in 2016 to two days were among the topics discussed at the Warsaw Parks and Recreation Board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18. Larry Plummer, parks superintendent, reported the new ramp has been installed and the handicapped accessible …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — The state fair this year will include programs from the Department of Natural Resources, which will be available every day, from now until Aug. 23.

By LETTIE HAVER Community Outreach Manager, Acres Land Trust Frozen waterfalls, more than 60 bald eagles and a short “sugar bush” season make ACRES Land Trust’s Wabash County nature preserves a northeast Indiana outdoor destination right now. “Believe it or not, it’s a great time to visit a nearby preserve or venture into a new …read more.

By CHERYL PIROPATO Education and Communications Director, Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo After an 11-year absence, Tasmanian devils will soon return to the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo as part of an Australian program to save these unique animals from extinction. “We are very eager to share Tasmanian devils with our fans and to participate in an …read more.

Christmas arrived early at Holiday World theme park today, as the 77th piece of bright orange steel track was lifted into place, completing the full circuit for Thunderbird, the park’s first major steel roller coaster. Holiday World’s Vice President of Development and Maintenance, James Olliver, credits a team of more than three-dozen area construction workers …read more.

By BECKY BROWER Communication and Programming Services, Syracuse Public Library Syracuse Public Library programs this week: Everyone gets busier as the holidays begin. Publishers know this and bring out seasonal stories that are shorter than the usual stories. The Syracuse Public Library has a display with Christmas books at the front desk for easy selecting. …read more.

By MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF Milford Public Library activities for the week include: After School Is Cool Come this week to After School is Cool on Tuesday, Nov. 18, for a fall activity that you can eat. Join Miss Malea as you build structures using pretzel sticks and marshmallows. We will make buildings and then …read more.

There’s a nip in the air. Fall is settling upon northern Indiana. And it’s October, which means it is once again time for Oaktoberfest at Oakwood Resort in Syracuse. This year’s wunderbar event, slated for Saturday, Oct. 11. From 3-10 p.m., will be abuzz with family activities, live music, dance performances, wiener dog races and …read more.

Two DNR favorites — “Snakes Alive” and the Kids Fishin’ Pond — kick off day one of the Indiana State Fair and will be offered daily, Aug. 1 through 17. Another annual favorite, the Taste of the Wild cookout, will take place on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m. All three events will be adjacent …read more.

The Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department offers a fun, free, weekly parent-child program full of activities, crafts, stories and more. The program runs every Wednesday through Aug. 6 from 1 p.m. to 2 pm. This is a free program for children ages 3-7 and will be held in the Pete Thorn Center Activities Room, 800 …read more.

Warsaw Biblical Gardens opened for its 2013 season on April 15. Originally constructed in 1991, the former scrap yard now contains more than 120 species of plants, not including the variety of subspecies. Despite the plethora of botanical beauties in the garden, head gardener Pardee Gunter has just a few standards he must adhere to …read more.

Take a journey into your powerful imagination with the “Turn Down a Craving Workshop”. Angie Hernandez, a certified hypnotherapist, will be sharing an evening with you from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5, at the Milford Public Library. Hypnotherapy will be used along with your imaginations to turn down the power of a craving. …read more.

The Korean and Vietnam wars will be the focus of the final session of the North Webster Public Library’s “We Remember” War Series at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30., with Vietnam veteran Bill Pressler as the guest speaker. Sponsored by the NWCPL’s  Local History and Genealogy Center, this five-week series has been well attended as …read more.

It’s Teen Read Week at the North Webster Public Library and North Webster teens have been battling the teens of the South Whitley Library in a Read-Off. Both groups are vying for the title of having read the most books. The winning library gets treated to a pizza party provided by the “losing” library. Summaries …read more.

The 8th annual Lights Out at the Library is coming soon to Milford Public Library. The library is hoping to give a candy bar to every trick-or-treater who attends the program, but they need the public’s help. Anyone who would like to donate regular size candy bars for the children, please bring them to the …read more.