The SEGway News
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June 15, 2017
The SEGway News
June 15, 2017
Happenings
Calendar
FRIDAY JUNE 16
3PM TO 7PM UPLAND
FARMERS’ MARKET, De-
pot Park, Upland.
MONDAY JUNE 19
GRANT COUNTY 4-H
FAIR BEGINS
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21
8AM GREENWAY WALK-
ERS. Meet at Depot Park,
& walk around Taylor Loop.
Coffee at The Bridge Cafe
after.
9AM TO 2PM GAS CITY
FARMERS’ MARKET. 1028
E Main Street (Dollar General
parking lot). Fresh fruit, veg-
etables, baked goods and
flowers.
7:30PM MISSISSINEWA
VALLEY BAND CON-
CERT, Grant County 4-H
Fairgrounds 1403 IN-18,
Marion..
THURSDAY JUNE 22
FRIDAY JUNE 23
3PM TO 7PM UPLAND
FARMERS’ MARKET, De-
pot Park, Upland.
SUNDAY JUNE 25
GRANT COUNTY 4-H
FAIR ENDS
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Personality
Upland’s dynamic trio: Meadors, Guebert, and Smith
by Mikayla Marazzi
When the Smith family
rolled up the driveway of
their new home in Upland
in 2001, they found the
carcass of a dead fish—a
green Carpenter, at least
3 feet long—sprawled
across
the
pavement,
paired with a hand-printed
sign that read “Welcome
to Upland!” The culprits
were the Meadors fam-
ily, who had called Up-
land home since 1996. As
the Meadors family had
Southern roots, they were
excited that a family from
Arkansas had moved into
their neighbourhood.
Though the Smith and
Meadors fathers were both
employees at the same
department at Taylor Uni-
versity, Truett Smith and
Davis Meadors met on the
Upland playground, during
a rousing game of lava, in
which Truett slipped into
its fiery mouth and broke
his arm. And their friend-
ship continued to bloom
when they attended church
camp together dressed as
twin train conductors.
As we chat, I am enjoy-
ing learning about this
dynamic duo until, a few
minutes into our conver-
sation, Truett raises his
hand to indicate a pause.
“Wait,” he interjects, “be-
fore we go on, you must
know there is a third per-
son.” He begins to tell me
about Davis Guebert. And
I realize that this is a story
about a dynamic trio—a
triangle of sweet friend-
ship that has endured over
many years, through many
seasons.
Growing up, Davis, Da-
vis, and Truett all lived
within a quarter mile from
each other. They played
on the same soccer team
together and lead youth
group together at Upland
Community Church. Yet,
they also maintained dif-
ferent interests, each of
them occupying separate
spaces in the community
around them. Guebert and
Truett attended Eastbrook,
while Matters attended
Kingswood Academy. Tru-
ett spend every summer at
miracle camp in Michigan.
And they each attended
different colleges, making
their decisions separately.
Even the summers be-
tween their college years
they often spent apart.
Davis, Davis, and Tru-
ett all love to travel—but
surprisingly, not together.
Meadors studied abroad
in New Zealand and Is-
rael. Truett st