ROSALEE GEBHART, 86, of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Renaissance Village. Born March 24, 1919, in Fort Wayne, she was a Nurses Aid for St. Joseph Hospital for 13 years. . . Read More
SHIRLEY J. TEETERS, 69, of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at Lutheran Hospital. Born August 4, 1935, in Fort Wayne, she was a Librarian for Fort Wayne Community Schools for 26 years, retiring in 1997. . . Read More
ALICE LOUISE DUNLAP, 94, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, April 22, 2005, in Sterling, Colorado. She was born to Harry A. and Metta M. King, on July 15, 1910. She married Ralph W. . . Read More
EDITH M. HAPNER, 90, of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Ossian Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born December 31, 1914, in Fort Wayne, she worked for General Electric and was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post #241. . . Read More
CAROL M. (COBLE) FAIRCHILD, 66, of Columbia City, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at her residence. Born August 13, 1938, in Liberty Mills, she was a homemaker and member of Lincoln-shire Church of Brethren. . . Read More
The American Legion will partner with the United States Auto Club and Indianapolis Raceway Park to honor America’s past, present and future veterans during IRP’s 60th Annual Coca-Cola Night Before the Indianapolis 500. . . Read More
Selfless. One simple word. I sat down with Staff Sergeant Eric Rine recently to talk about his second rotation to the war zone in as many years, and the conversation continually returned to the wounded soldiers. . . Read More
I plead my case by mentioning these facts and incidents.
One day before I left for Florida, I received a letter from the Cleveland Indians signed by Ryan Beech, Cleveland Indians spring training ticket manager. . . Read More
The Waynedale Nudist Club, Tannin’ Bottom held their spring meeting, ‘Pan In A Flash’ on April 28. The main focus of the meeting was a demonstration on ‘How to BBQ La Naturel’. . . Read More
Recently there’s been some great news for the entire south side of Fort Wayne. Walmart has announced that they will open a new store at Southtown Centre (formerly Southtown Mall). A combination of Menard’s —- which will break ground this . . . Read More
At the time of this writing, there is one week to go in the 2005 Legislative Session, and several key issues remain undetermined. Far and away the most important of those is the biennial (two year) Budget that we must have finished by Friday, April . . . Read More
Editors Note: The Waynedale News receives an abundance of press releases and articles for each issue. Information that has a focus on Waynedale is given the highest priority. We try to evaluate all submissions on a timely basis.
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER . . . Read More
DEAR MOM
I suppose you’ll be a mite surprised to get this little line.Haven’t written you in ‘most a year, could say I’m busy most all the time.That’s the same old alibi, It’s practically worn out. . . . Read More
(Update from press conference on April 22)
The Little River Wetland project, which is located just north of Fox Island Nature Preserve on Yohne Road, continues to move forward in its effort to secure 680-acres of wetland. . . Read More
Since the founding of the modern Turkish republic two significant factors have shaped a Turkish self-understanding extremely resistant to the concept of modern pluralism.‑ Ataturk forged a new cultural and ethnic identity of the “Turk” . . . Read More
Hunters in Indiana took 123,000 wild white-tailed deer during the 2004 deer-hunting season — a 15 percent increase over the previous year’s deer harvest of 106,986 deer.
The 2004 antlered buck harvest increased 10.6 percent to 54,768 deer. . . Read More
This week’s Here’s To Your Health is taken from an interview with Sister Ruth who has helped thousands of alcoholics in North America during her career. Ruth entered the Sisters of St. . . Read More
Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. To commemorate this occasion, Fort Wayne will be “inhabited” with more than 100 individualized fiberglass replicas of the university’s mascot-“Masty” . . . Read More
Spring has sprinkled little blue violets on the grassy bank above the garden, as the days grow warm and sunny. The hills are bathed in warm April sunshine today, with a light breeze that riffles through the greening grass. . . Read More
LET THE RACES BEGIN!
The 2005 season at Baer Field Speedway brings about many changes. Most noticeable is that they will be running on Friday nights instead of Saturdays now. Qualifying will be replaced by draw system that will determine the . . . Read More
Edgar B. Noble Jr. died on Friday, April 22, at Woodcrest Retirement Community. Edgar Noble’s father, Ed Noble Sr. was one of the founding fathers of Waynedale. He started the Noble’s Homestore at the corner of Ideal Avenue and McArthur . . . Read More
GENERAL HAULING & BOBCAT SVC.Call us for all of your hauling clean up and bobcat needs.Inside home, garage, basement, attic, construction, debris, brush, etc. We also deliver topsoil, fill dirt, stone, sand, landscape materials, boulders, . . . Read More
Dear Editor,
It was with great interest that I read your “Automobile Death Penalty” editorial in the April 6th edition of The Waynedale News. As your former classmate (EHS), I was amazed about your Corvair “incident” on Sandpoint . . . Read More
If you look at investment magazines and the financial pages of the newspapers, you will doubtlessly see advertisements trumpeting mutual funds earning breathtaking returns. Usually, though, these returns are just for the past year. . . Read More
Camp Logan Open House
Girls and their families can explore Camp Ella J. Logan, 203 EMS Lane D 14, Syracuse, on Sunday, May 22, from 1pm-4pm to learn more about summer resident camp opportunities. . . Read More