CHEERS to Mo Palmer for advocating for improvements to North Anthony Boulevard between Saint Joe River Drive and Crescent Avenue; Cyndi Demaree, owner of Firefly Coffee House, for steadfastly supporting and promoting the project to the area businesses and customers; and the city of Fort Wayne for helping to make the dream a reality.

JILL DOWNS Fort Wayne

CHEERS to the curators of Family and Educational Activities, Max Meyers and Joslyn Elliot of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and to all the artists, authors and musicians who helped make Fine Arts Day at Study Elementary a magical event.

VINCENT SERRANI Third-grade teacher Study Elementary School Fort Wayne

CHEERS to the volunteers and donors to the May 16 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals garage sale.

MARGE AMMAR Fort Wayne

CHEERS to all the businesses, organizations and individuals that attended, supported or volunteered at the 23rd annual Festival of Wines sponsored by the Lutheran Health Services Society Inc. on May 1. Proceeds totaling $22,000 have been donated to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home.

BEVERLY ARNOLD CAROL DOMINIQUE Co-chairs 23rd Annual Festival of Wines Fort Wayne

CHEERS to Ashley Holcomb, intern at Erin’s House for Grieving Children, for being a YMCA Celebration of Youth Award Winner.

KATIE BURNS Resource Development Director Erin’s House for Grieving Children Fort Wayne

JEERS to the Allen County Highway Department for using stimulus money to repave area roads. It should instead use some of the money to pay for dust control or chip-and-seal projects for area gravel roads. The cost of dust control has risen in recent years.

JAY and JENNIFER GIRARDOT Yoder

CHEERS to the staff at Coney Island who went above and beyond and donated lunch for 13 residents.

BRIANNA MARTIN BETH GRAGG Saint Anne Home Apartment Activities Fort Wayne

CHEERS to Radio Station 93.3, WANE-TV, 21 Alive, and Summit Student Council representatives

Katherine Troutman and Emily Kaminski for their help in promoting Garage Sale for the Troops. CHEERS to the Fort Wayne community for its support. We raised more than $2,000 for the troops.

ALISON MANSFIELD Founder Operation U.S. Troop Support Operation Socks for Our Troops Fort Wayne

CHEERS to Melton Gray, local chair of the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive, which collected 453,513 pounds of food for area food banks on May 9. CHEERS also to the NALC Summit City Local 116

, Associated Churches staff and hundreds of local volunteers.

VICKIE MEYERS Director of Labor and Community Services United Way of Allen County