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Gary Preston, Upland volunteer firefighter The SEGway News Personality, page 3 The What to watch for this week in the SEG community: Happenings, page 2 Taylor to honor legendary coach with naming of court at Homecoming —Sports, Page 8 SEGway News Volume 1, Number 2 Serving South East Grant County A Good News Ventures publication Week of October 13-19, 2016 More than 2,000 expected this weekend for TU’s Homecoming and Family Weekend Upland park gets playground upgrade by Catherine KertonJohnson Upland Parks Advisory Board were recently awarded a $20,000 grant by an anonymous foundation to install new playground equipment in the Upland Park. Work began this week to build the new equipment which was provided by playgroundequipment.com, and delivered Wednesday to an eager group of committee members, incuding Warren Ross, Board member, and Drew Moser, President of the Board. Dr Moser had also recruited a number of Taylor University students to help with the construction. Parks Board member Warren Ross said, “This grant has enabled us to complete Phase 1 of our Park upgrade plans. We are working on the closing phases of a matching grant of $6,000 from the Community Foundation, to complete phase 2 which will cover more new playground equipment, additional soft paving material to renew the playground surface, and the installation of new information signs at the entrance and GROCERY AND VARIETY STORE CALL: 765-998-1111 exit of the park, and at the baseball diamonds.” The new equipment will be closed for use until next week, to allow concrete to harden. After that, the younger members of our community will be able to enjoy the first phase of a much improved playground complex. $ Upland, Ind. – More than 2,000 Taylor University alumni, parents, family members and friends are expected as Taylor celebrates its first combined Homecoming and Family Weekend. The three-day event begins Friday, October 14, and features activities for alumni, parents, family and friends. Highlighting the weekend is a Saturday evening concert featuring the Dove Award-winning band Sidewalk Prophets, alumni awards, and Taylor Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. The Taylor Alumni Association will honor six alumni with special awards. They include: • Gary Feenstra ’72, Distinguished Service Alumnus • Dr. Faye Chechowich, ’74, G. Roselyn Kerlin Women in Leadership Award • Zeke Turner ’00, Distinguished Service Alumnus • Rhona Murungi ’10, Distinguished Service Young Alumna • Kirk Schweitzer ’10, Distinguished Service Young Alumnus • Joanne Taylor H’16, Honorary Alumna. The Taylor University Athletics Department will induct four new members into its Hall of Fame. The 2016 inductees include: Leland Boren, Debbie Gates Varland, Quinn Hirschy and former men’s basketball coach Paul Patterson. Boren is an Upland industrialist and longtime friend of Taylor University; Varland was a two-sport standout in volleyball and softball; Hirschy was an all-American and the second-leading rusher in Taylor football history; and Patterson coached Taylor’s men’s basketball team for 34 years. During Patterson’s tenure, he led the Trojans to 14 NAIA National Tournament appearances, two Sweet 16s, and the Final Four in 1991. Individual honors accorded to Patterson during his Taylor career included 12 Coach-of-the-Year honors, one NAIA Coach of the Year award, and induction into the NAIA and Indiana Basketball Halls of Fame. Saturday evening’s featured performers, Sidewalk Prophets, have sold over 500,000 albums and amassed 1.5 million sales of digital singles. The band’s single, Help Me Find It, was a 2014 Billboard Music Awards Nominee for the Best Christian Song. The band has played over 2,000 shows for an estimated 2.5 million fans, garnered five number one singles and eight top five radio hits, received over 11 million YouTube views, and been nominated for four Dove Awards, winning one. “We are thrilled to be able to present Sidewalk Prophets to the Taylor University community and >>Taylor page 3 OPEN 7 DAYS MON - SUN 8-9 80 E BERRY AVE IN UPLAND PLAZA