{"id":1100,"date":"2008-08-22T01:35:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T05:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2008-08-22T01:35:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T05:35:59","slug":"low-river-levels-and-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/08\/22\/low-river-levels-and-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Low River Levels and Erosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The Hosey Dam.  Photo taken August 25th 2005.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Hosey_Dam1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tHosey_Dam1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The Hosey Dam Tainter Gate in this photo was replaced the year after this photo was taken.  Photo taken August 25th 2005.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/Hosey_Dam2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tHosey_Dam2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, August 18th, the City of Fort Wayne raised the Tainter Gate at the Hosey Dam to allow river levels in the city to drop.\u00c2\u00a0 This is done in order to allow maintenance work to be done in multiple locations around the city &#8211; see the press release included below.\u00c2\u00a0 Within hours of the gate being raised, river levels at the Spy Run Creek and St. Mary&#8217;s River confluence had dropped dramatically.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Rivers have been this low before, most notably in September 2004. At this point, you could walk across Spy Run Creek and with a running start, probably jump the St. Mary&#8217;s River in a few locations as well. I am not sure if the Hosey Dam had anything to do with that occurrence. Erosion<\/p>\n<p>Following are photos taken from the Pedestrian Bridge between Headwaters Park and Old Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The February 2008 flooding.  Photo taken February 8th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/44561.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t44561.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The area at normal river levels.  Photo taken June 8th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/53491.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t53491.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The current river levels with the Tainter Gate raised.  Photo taken August 19th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/58578.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t58578.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The Spy Run Creek and St. Mary&#039;s River confluence on September 27th 2004.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/6448.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t6448.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The Spy Run Creek and St. Mary&#039;s River confluence on August 19th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/58636.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t58636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lower river levels have allowed some evaluation of erosion damage along the banks.  The following is a series of photos taken along the St. Mary&#8217;s River banks in Headwaters Park.  At one point, the river has dug out under the tree roots lining the banks and in fact, taken down two trees already.  The space between one of the sidewalks and lower river banks is shrinking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The shrinking distance between the river bank and sidewalk in Headwaters Park.  Photo taken August 19th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/58609.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t58609.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The St. Mary&#039;s River is digging out the ground beneath the tree roots.  Photo taken August 19th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[hosey821]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/58620.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/t58620.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Press Release from the City of Fort Wayne regarding raising the Tainter Gate at Hosey Dam:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>City to lift dam gate Aug. 18 to lower river levels<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Water to be down from St. Joe dam, St. Marys River at Taylor Street to Maumee River dam to allow better access for work<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The City of Fort Wayne will raise a gate on the Maumee River&#8217;s Hosey Dam Monday, Aug. 18, to lower river levels to accommodate repairs and work on the Maumee, St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers.<\/p>\n<p>The tainter gate, replaced in 2006, will go up Monday morning, and river levels will recede over the next two days. The gate controls water from the St. Joe Dam and the St. Marys River at the Taylor Street bridge to the Maumee River just west of the North Anthony Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The gate will close again Aug. 27, weather permitting, in time for the Labor Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important that the City notifies the public of this temporary adjustment in river levels as we recognize balancing the needs of recreational waterway users and the needs of City Utilities and the County Highway Department to perform necessary work while the river levels are lower,&#8221; said Mayor Tom Henry. &#8220;This action is needed to allow for timely work on future projects yet allows multiple agencies to do work during a single river adjustment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lower river levels will let City Utilities explore the sanitary sewer system behind Don Hall&#8217;s Gashouse in preparation for this fall&#8217;s construction. City Utilities will also take a core drilling of a wall near the water filtration plant&#8217;s raw water intake valve on the St. Joseph River. The County Highway Department plans to remove debris that has collected around bridges over the three local rivers.<\/p>\n<p>The City has also notified interested parties about the planned gate opening as specified in a Board of Works resolution adopted in September 2007. It requires the City to notify those who have expressed interest to any City adjustment of river levels during the recreational period of April 15 to Oct. 15.<\/p>\n<p>To be added to the public notification list of tainter gate adjustments, contact City Utilities Engineering Support Services at (260) 427-5065.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_11_05_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Headwaters Park and the annual parade of colors as seen from the Lincoln Tower Observation Deck.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"1675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_11_05_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_11_05_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2008\/11\/05 - Fall colors\" data-description=\"Headwaters Park and the annual parade of colors as seen from the Lincoln Tower Observation Deck.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008\/11\/05 - Fall colors\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008\/11\/05 - Fall colors\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1675\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_11_05_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_02_12_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The St. Mary&#039;s River and Headwaters Park during February flooding.  Science Central is visible as well as the old freight station at Clinton and Fourth Streets.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"1679\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_02_12_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_02_12_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/12 - St. Mary&#039;s River\" data-description=\"The St. Mary&#039;s River and Headwaters Park during February flooding.  Science Central is visible as well as the old freight station at Clinton and Fourth Streets.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/12 - St. Mary&#039;s River\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/12 - St. Mary&#039;s River\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1679\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_02_12_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_03_09_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Headwaters Park during the March, 2009, flooding.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"1681\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_03_09_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_03_09_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/03\/09 - Headwaters Park\" data-description=\"Headwaters Park during the March, 2009, flooding.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/03\/09 - Headwaters Park\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/03\/09 - Headwaters Park\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1681\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_03_09_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_04_30_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Headwaters Park in full bloom.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"1692\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_04_30_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_04_30_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/04\/30 - Headwaters Park\" data-description=\"Headwaters Park in full bloom.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/04\/30 - Headwaters Park\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/04\/30 - Headwaters Park\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1692\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_04_30_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52796.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"It&#039;s a swing...\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2175\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52796.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52796.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: It&#039;s a swing...\" data-description=\"It&#039;s a swing...\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: It&#039;s a swing...\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: It&#039;s a swing...\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2175\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52796.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52801.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"...and a tapped keg as Mayor Tom Henry masterfully completes the job.  Mark Critchfield, Germanfest Committee President, assists.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2176\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52801.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52801.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: ...and a tapped keg\" data-description=\"...and a tapped keg as Mayor Tom Henry masterfully completes the job.  Mark Critchfield, Germanfest Committee President, assists.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: ...and a tapped keg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: ...and a tapped keg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2176\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52801.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52806.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher.  Mark Critchfield, Germanfest Committee President, assists.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2177\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52806.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52806.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher.  Mark Critchfield, Germanfest Committee President, assists.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2177\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52806.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52809.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher.  Mark Critchfield, Germanfest Committee President, assists.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2178\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52809.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52809.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher.  Mark Critchfield, Germanfest Committee President, assists.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: Mayor Tom Henry draws the first pitcher\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2178\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52809.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52817.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2179\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52817.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52817.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2179\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52817.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52819.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52819.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52819.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2180\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52819.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52820.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2181\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52820.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52820.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: Mark Critchfield, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2181\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52820.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52822.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The first toast.  Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2182\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52822.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52822.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: The first toast\" data-description=\"The first toast.  Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008: The first toast\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008: The first toast\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2182\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52822.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52824.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The first drink.  Left to right: Mark Critchfield - Germanfest Committee President, Mayor Tom Henry and Geoff Paddock - Executive Director of Headwaters Park.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d0e54235992c5048c2000f42e5641ab8' data-image-id=\"2183\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/52824.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2008-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_52824.jpg\" data-title=\"2008: The first drink\" data-description=\"The first drink.  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