Pompeo slated to give speech at Lincoln Dinner
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Former U.S. Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo will keynote the Allen County Republican Party s 2022 Lincoln Day Dinner in April.
The dinner is scheduled April 26 at Grand Wayne Convention Center.
Allen County Republican Party Chairman Steve Shine made the announcement today, about a month after confirming that Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott – chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee – will headline the Reagan Bean Dinner on Oct. 8.
Shine said Pompeo accepted the invitation as a result of his relationship with local businessman and entrepreneur Brian Bauer, president of IU Health Fort Wayne and former president of Lutheran Health Network. Bauer extended the invite during a recent visit with Pompeo in New York.
Greater Fort Wayne Inc. presented its annual awards Thursday during the organization s annual meeting.
About 400 people attended the event at the Gra .
Quick fix: Grand Wayne gets new chiller
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
Nothing like the middle of May for your air conditioning to go on the fritz.
That s what led the Allen County-Fort Wayne Capital Improvement Board to call a special meeting Thursday afternoon – when the outdoor temperature was a toasty 88 degrees – to approve emergency spending for a new chiller for Grand Wayne Convention Center.
Bart Shaw, Grand Wayne executive director, told the board the chiller, which had served the east portion of the building for 37 years, went out about a week and a half ago, suffering “a catastrophic failure.”