Dr. Dennis O'Brien checks on Arianna Smith, who, along with her sister Chyanna, center, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. At right is the girls' mother, Vickie. Photo by Laura Gardner 1/30
After passing out bracelets, duct tape wallets, and other crafts to children at the hospital, Vickie Smith checks on daughter Arianna, who seems a little weak. Photo by Laura Gardner 2/30
Lutheran Hospital Pediatric Oncology nurse Shelley Ramsey grabs a hug from Arianna Smith waiting for her chemotherapy to begin. Photo by Laura Gardner 3/30
ACD Club members Judy (right) and Herb Montgomery (middle) from Marysville, Indiana and Karlene Fredericks from Toledo, Ohio wave to participants in the Hoosier Tour and 25th Anniversary Cord Covoy that arrived at the ACD Museum on Thursday for the kickoff luncheon. Photo by Laura Gardner 4/30
Dick Pribbernow and his wife Patty have been coming to Auburn for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival for 30 years and enjoy all of it. Pribbernow makes wooden models of the antique cars in his spare time. Photo by Laura Gardner 5/30
Marty Fowler from Kennett, Missouri checks out a 1931 Cord L29. Fowler, a car mechanic, was looking at the fuel pump during the Hoosier Tour and 25th Anniversary Cord Convoy that stopped at the ACD Museum for a kickoff luncheon. Photo by Laura Gardner 6/30
Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, Ronnie Greenberg, volunteers her time during the Monarch count at Metea County Park on Thursday. Greenberg searched through 234 milkweed plants to spot only six caterpillars and she saw one adult monarch. Metea County Park is participating in the Monarch Count with Kansas State. Photo by Laura Gardner 7/30
A Monarch caterpillar sits on a milkweed plant at Metea County Park. Volunteers for the month of August and September will participate in the Monarch Count. Photo by Laura Gardner 8/30
Car enthusiasts check out cars lined up on Main Street in front of the courthouse in downtown Auburn on Friday. Photo by Laura Gardner 9/30
Reflected by a Cheverolet bumper, car enthusiasts check out the cars on Main Street in downtown Auburn. Photo by Laura Gardner 10/30
Daniel Kessler, 3, is smitten by this 1957 Thunderbird that was on sale at home just off of 427 in Auburn, Indiana for 60,000 dollars. Kessler from Fort Wayne and his dad John and Grandpa Bob were out checking out the festivities in Auburn on Saturday. Photo by Laura Gardner 11/30
(left to right) Sisters Evie Bassler, 7, Anya Bassler, 4, and Ella Bassler, 8, check out a mini cooper at Auctions America by RM on Saturday. The three sisters plus another sister, dad, and grandpa came together to check out the cars. The family was from Fort Wayne. Photo by Laura Gardner 12/30
The ACD Club parade in downtown Auburn rolls past the courthouse on Saturday. Photo by Laura Gardner 13/30
Stephanie Vocke with fiance Kyle Babion from Garrett Indiana check out the ACD Club parade in downtown Auburn on Saturday together. This was their first time at the event. Photo by Laura Gardner 14/30
The last day for the Worldwide Auctioneers in Auburn on Sunday. Car enthusiasts roam the last of the cars being auctioned off. Photo by Laura Gardner 15/30
Payton Stewart, 5, tries to remove the Dr. Suess hat covering his face as he rides the swings Monday afternoon at Headwaters Park during the annual Labor Day picnic. Photo by Swikar Patel. 16/30
Zoe Rothgeb (front), 7, jumps whileTravis Martin (left), 5, and Kaysan Meekley, 2, play in the back inside of the Star-Walk Monday afternoon at Headwaters Park during the annual Labor Day picnic. Photo by Swikar Patel. 17/30
Tiffany Millar-Piccirilli (right), IBEW treasurer and registrar, fills out the Unemployed and Anxiously Employed Workers Initiative Survey across from Indiana University Associate Professor of Labor Studies Mark Crouch (left) Monday afternoon at Headwaters Park during the annual Labor Day picnic. Photo by Swikar Patel. 18/30
The Litwinko family, Teri and Andrew, 4, Mark and Tyler. 7, promote this Sunday's 9/11 Stari Climb and Public Safety Day at Parkview Field. Registrations for the Stair Climb are still available but will be closed after 400 people sign up. Open Ceremonies start at 8 a.m. Photo by Cathie Rowand
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Matt Baines, Fort Wayne's Traffic Engineering Signs and Markings Department, repaints the lines in front of Fire Station 1 on Main Street Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Cathie Rowand 20/30
Bishop Dwenger's Cliford Stieglitz attempts to clear the ball around Concordia's Tyler Werling during a game Tuesday night at Kreager Field. Photo by Michelle Davies 21/30
Emmanuel Quiles of the TinCaps, works with a pitcher during a practice at Parkview Field Tuesday evening. Photo by Michelle Davies 22/30
TinCaps' manager, Shawn Wooten, works on live pitching during a Tuesday evening practice at Parkview Field. Photo by Michelle Davies 23/30
TinCaps head grounds keeper Keith Winter, left, Trevor Otting, and Adam Basinger roll water off the tarp that is keeeping the infield dry Wednesday night after rain canceled the first TinCaps home playoff game against Bowling Green. Photo by Cathie Rowand 24/30
The Fort Wayne Police Department detonated a civil war cannonball on Wednesday. Photo by Laura Gardner 25/30
The cannonball that the Fort Wayne Police Department detonated on Wednesday. Photo by Laura Gardner 26/30
A person keeps dry with an umbrellas crossing Calhoun Street at Wayne Street as rain continues to saturate the area Thursday. More rain is expected into the weekend. Photo by Cathie Rowand 27/30
Luis Domorom, of the TinCaps, pitches for Connor Powers in the dugout while waiting during a rain delay before the playoffs against Bowling Green. Photo by Michelle Davies 28/30
GM chaplain Joe Swan, center, leads workers in singing the National Anthem at a 9/11 memorial service, Friday at the GM Assembly Plant. The plant held short services for all 3 shifts. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 29/30
Kekionga Middle School 7th graders plant American flags in rememberence of 9/11, Friday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 30/30
