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MAYDAY MEETS LEFTY

May 7, 2008 The Waynedale News Staff 0 min read

Sam (Mayday) Malone (actor Ted Danson) gets an autographed calendar from Waynedale’s Isabel (Lefty) Alvarez, formerly of the Fort Wayne Daisies.

Danson was at the Green Frog campaigning for Hillary Clinton on Saturday, April 19, and was handed a Coors Light by Cindy Henry, bar owner and wife of Mayor Tom Henry.

Danson spent time posing for pictures and signing autographs. Democratic Mayor Tom Henry has not officially endorsed a presidential candidate.

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