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Kick back and relax, you deserve it! All of the stories in this section are unique, original entertainment by our local Waynedale, (Fort Wayne) Indiana columnists, created just especially for you. Our columnists love to hear from their dedicated readers!


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CALLING ALL BRIDGE PLAYERS

May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 The Waynedale News Staff

All bridge players are invited to attend the Fort Wayne Duplicate Bridge Club’s “Longest Day” event on June 19 to help support the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Indiana. The day will begin

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WELCOME BACK TRAVIS – Letter To The Editor

April 12, 2019April 17, 2019 The Waynedale News Staff

Travis Firestine, a 2018 Wayne H.S. graduate, son of Cindy & Mike Firestine and grandson of Dean & Marvel Embrey, all from the Waynedale area just came back from a solo month trip to Europe.

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A CHANGE IN PERSONALITY

April 12, 2019May 1, 2019 Daris Howard

My roommate, David, was dating a girl named Annie. She was beautiful, with blonde hair that hung down past her shoulders, and she had big blue eyes. But what made her especially beautiful was her kindness.

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AROUND THE AUTOPSY TABLE AT THE HUBER – Around The Frame

April 12, 2019April 17, 2019 Lois Levihn

Over 400 quilt enthusiasts enjoyed the Quilt Fair at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville, Ohio. It was heartening to hear people tell me how they read about it in the Waynedale News!

The attendees, who

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Alyce Faye Bragg
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THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST ARTICLE – News From The Hills

March 15, 2019March 21, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg

We awoke to snow covering our home in the hills, but the sun comes out sporadically and tries in earnest to melt it. There are bare spots showing now, but the air is still quite cold. The songbirds

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CELEBRATING QUILTERS AND QUILTS WHILE RESTORING AN OPERA HOUSE – Around The Frame

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 Lois Levihn

The third Saturday of March is International Quilting Day and this year a new quilter will be counted amongst us. A couple of months ago I got an E-mail from 20-year-old Chris Winters asking me if I

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PATRICK WAS A SAINT, BUT I AIN’T

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 Vince LaBarbera

Most folks generally know that St. Patrick is a saint of the Catholic Church, and that his feast day is observed on March 17 (the day he died). And many may have heard about what made him a saint in

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SPRING IS NEAR – News From The Hills

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg

The sun is trying valiantly to peek out this morning, after several days of rain. This month has behaved in true February fashion, with soggy ground and plenty of rain. The yard looks bare and forlorn;

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – Around The Frame

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019 Lois Levihn

You may remember my August 3, 2018 article about Quilters Hall of Fame inductee Xenia Cord and her Beanie Baby bashing quilt she made for a friend. Xenia is a woman of many talents including quilter,

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THE ‘UNOFFICIAL SAINT’

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019 Vince LaBarbera

Most of us know our Nation observes the birthdays of Presidents George Washington (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) this month on President’s Day (Feb. 20).

Some folks commemorate Groundhog Day

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ARCTIC CHILLS IN THE HILLS – News From The Hills

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg

Winter hit our hills with a vicious blow this past weekend, after we were used to the mild, although rainy, days of the past few months. It began with the snow and ice that covered our hills and highways,

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TIME FOR A NEW YEAR – Around The Frame

January 18, 2019January 20, 2019 Lois Levihn

Happy New Year dear Waynedale Readers! By the time you read this, Meteorological Winter is half over. Winter weather hasn’t been too bad and the time keeps flying by.

I guess it is part and parcel

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A CHILDHOOD’S JOY LAND

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Vince LaBarbera

One of my favorite songs is “Toyland.” Even well past the Christmas season, I find myself humming its melody from time to time. Actually, “Toyland” is not really a Christmas carol at all, but

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“YOUNG SNOW” COVERS THE HILLS – News From The Hills

December 21, 2018January 20, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg

A heavy frost covered the ground this morning, sparkling in the approaching sunlight that is beginning to bathe our hills. I am reminded of Mom’s remarking on a frost such as this, “It looks like

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A GRANDMOTHER’S QUILT GOES HOME FOR THANKSGIVING – Around The Frame

December 7, 2018December 12, 2018 Lois Levihn

It was the first weekend of December 2010 that I met Therese “Terry” Mihlbauer at the Unitarian Universalist Church Craft Show. Terry walked up to my booth and upon learning I restore quilts told

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LACE UP THOSE ICE SKATES FOR HEADWATER’S 16TH SEASON

November 23, 2018November 27, 2018 The Waynedale News Staff

The Headwaters Park Outdoor Ice Skating Rink opened on Saturday, November 17, 2018, for its 16th season. Admission fees will remain the same as in the previous 15 seasons, thanks to corporate and foundation support.

The Lincoln Financial

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I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!

November 23, 2018November 27, 2018 Vince LaBarbera

Well, obviously I do want to talk about it, or I wouldn’t be writing this article. But I’m just going to tell it once here and then I don’t want to discuss it any further.

As you may know, if you read the article I wrote last month, we moved – again! A

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AN OLD FRIEND

November 9, 2018November 27, 2018 Daris Howard

Recently I was traveling along a dusty road when I stopped at a place in the middle of nowhere. The road from our high school in St. Anthony to the one in Salmon where we often competed, ran through a long, barren stretch of road. The trip on a scho
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VETERANS ARE HONORED WITH PATRIOTIC QUILTS – Around The Frame

November 9, 2018November 14, 2018 Lois Levihn

This year November 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which ended WW I. Formerly known as Armistice Day and now Veterans Day it is the day our nation pauses to give thanks and show appreciation to all of the fine men a
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HATS OFF, BUT NOT TO ME!

October 26, 2018October 31, 2018 Vince LaBarbera

We know we said we wouldn’t, our children said we shouldn’t and our friends said we couldn’t, but we moved again anyway! This was number 13 in nearly 52 years of marriage. That’s an average of four years living in each apartment or house, which
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BREWING PEPPERMINT TEA – News From The Hills

October 26, 2018November 1, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg

The whippoorwills are gone now, flown away to warmer climates. The summer sun is gone too, although it stayed here longer than usual. The frogs and crickets still sound their lonely cries, intermingled with the last of the katydid’s dirge.
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CENTURY OF PROGRESS QUILT GETS A NEW HOME – Around The Frame

October 12, 2018October 16, 2018 Lois Levihn

Somehow it was meant to be: I invite a nice woman I meet outside Born Again Quilts to come take a gander inside and not only make a new friend but have a great quilt story to share.

This is how I met Marianne Darr Norman, a quilter, a lover of quilt hi

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FALLING INTO AUTUMN – News From The Hills

October 12, 2018October 16, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg

Autumn entered our hills with wet feet, and it has been mostly damp ever since. Our hills are not the colorful scene as usual, since there has been no frost or freezing weather. We still can look forward to bright autumn weather, which is yet to
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THANK GOODNESS FOR FAMILY – News From The Hills

September 28, 2018September 29, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg

Gardens carry a rag-tag, end-of-summer air, and is almost gone. Only a few scraggly tomatoes and sweet peppers turning red remain. If you search through the dry, rustling cornstalks, you may find fat, yellow ground cherries growing close
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BUTTERFLIES TAKE FLIGHT – Around The Frame

September 14, 2018September 18, 2018 Lois Levihn

I always love going to the Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Show. The quilt show is always my first stop where it is fun to hang out with fellow quilters and view this year’s entries. There is a constant stream of visitors with ballots in hand
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