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Community animal lovers of all ages are invited to join together on May 17, 2009 for a Rockin’ for Rescue benefit to raise funds for Northeast Indiana Animal Shelters. The outdoor concert will be held at Sweetwater, 5501 US Hwy 30 West, and feature . . .
Hot sunshine and blue skies greeted the first day of May, also known as May Day. Although this day has never been celebrated with much enthusiasm in the United States, it has survived as part of the English tradition. This holiday has roots that go . . .
Reporter Jim Bishop
News Sentinel 02/07/61
(Thank you Harry Neville for your submission of this article)
He is bent over the sink, washing the breakfast dishes. This gives me time to write. My father has been here a week. For a proper appreciation . . .
Continued From April 8th Issue
“Distant Vision,” Pemberly Farnsworth’s story: Phil’s (Philo T. Farnsworth’s), burning desire to prove the validity of his television idea had finally found sympathetic ears. I was near to bursting with excitement . . .
I went to my Aunt Peg’s 100th birthday party last weekend, and what an amazing life she has had. It is hard to grasp the enormity of living for 100 years, and the changes that you would see through all those years. She lived through the Industrial . . .
Dinner, candy, and of course, flowers…These are the usual gifts purchased for Mom on Mother’s Day. But may I suggest just a few items you may not have thought of? Moms really like to simply spend some one-on-one time with their children and that . . .
Editors Note: Alyssa Fleming is going to college in Madrid Spain. Her grandparents live in Wayndale & they are sharing some of her E-mails with us.
Holla! This semester has flown by. It really seems like just yesterday that I was saying, “Man, . . .
One day it’s cold, rainy, windy,
and the next …oh well, you know
you’re in Indiana. Stick around – it will change.
If you are looking for the sunshine
and wondering where did it go?
Who took it?
I can tell you.
Jesus . . .
I thought we might skip the talk about virus and spyware, and share a couple of cool tools. Whenever a computer is brought in and we have to wipe the hard drive, our first question is, “Do you have anything important to save?” To which the answer . . .
The University of Saint Francis Office of Co-Curricular Activities recently recognized students who significantly contributed to the campus through involvement and leadership in various clubs, organizations and projects.
Angela Conroy, from Yoder, . . .
When:
Friday, May 1-7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2-7:30 p.m.
Matinee Performance
May 2-2:00 p.m.
Where: Bishop Luers High School
Cost: $10
Contact:
Bishop Luers High School 456-1261
Belle’s Tea Party
When:
Saturday, May 2-1:00 p.m.
Where: Bishop . . .
THRUSHES
By Karle Wilson Baker
Through Tanglewood the thrushes trip,
As brown as any clod,
But in their spotted throats are hung
The vesper-bells of God.
And I know little secret truths,
And hidden things of good,
Since I have heard the thrushes . . .
HOLY COMMUNION
Dancing Feather (from Rhythm of the Drum)
I give you a sky of blue –
It makes no difference how you feel
or what you do.
I put birds in the sky
so that they may fly and sing,
a message just for you they bring.
I send a gentle breeze . . .
People always want to push spring season way too early, especially when it comes to tomato plants. I have always maintained that spring starts on April 21st, give or take a few days. What this means is that on the 21st you need to watch how the weather . . .
OK boys and girls, I don’t want to scare you but here’s what’s going around now? It’s a variation of the “antivirus 2009” rogue anti-spyware program called ‘Antivirus 360’. Seems you’ll be surfing the net minding you own business . . .
Editors Note: Alyssa Fleming is going to college in Madrid Spain. Her grandparents live in Wayndale & they are sharing some of her E-mails with us.
Hello! I have SO much to tell! I just got back from spring break but this week has been so hectic . . .
I recently received news from the Caribbean that Waynedale’s most infamous Racing Yachtsman, Charter Captain, and notorious practical joker has struck again. Local losers in the Virgin Islands were hanging around the captain’s boatyard doing drugs. . . .
…a slogan that Helyn Good Young has lived by all of her life. Helyn was surrounded by her friends and family, at the Waynedale United Methodist Church, on Saturday, April 4, to celebrate her 90th birthday.
Pianist Joe Thomas filled the air with . . .
Continued From April 8th Issue
My mind was in turmoil at the prospect of marriage. The next evening when we had my father and his mother together, Phil silenced their well-founded objections with a plea to hear him out.
This is the story he told: . . .
I got a letter from an 86-year old man who used to reside in Waynedale. He was writing to tell me that he was familiar with many of the things I wrote about when I described my mother’s childhood. He remembers his mother plucking the feathers of . . .
One day Sophie and her friend were at the YMCA. It was the middle of January and pretty cold. Sophie glided under the water looking side-to-side watching everything underwater. Once she hit the end of the pool, she kicked off doing a flip and glided . . .
Everybody gets so excited to get outside and to start planting something, anything…and as soon as possible. Ok, sure you can start by replacing a shrub or a tree, but be sure that yours is really dead first. Many plants look bad at the beginning . . .
“From now on, that’s not how it should be! I’m tired of you doing mean things to the same two kids! From now on you ride the car to school!” called Leslie, Prince’s mother.
Prince had gotten in trouble with his friend named Jasper. They were . . .
Join Dean Jackson, the play-by-play man, as he takes a fresh look at the Fort Wayne Freedom Indoor Professional Football team.
“Freedom Football Focus” with Dean Jackson broadcasts live on FM 100 Talks, 5:30PM – 7:30PM, from the Granite City . . .
Five years ago, the Indiana High School Athletic Association asked principals to share their top concerns about the state of high school athletics today. Sportsmanship topped the list as the number one challenge. To address the important issue, the . . .
We have had the blessing of a prelude to spring the last few days, and it has been a balm to the spirit. Warm, sunny days with abundant sunshine and blue skies replaced the cold, gloomy days of the tail end of winter. The sunshine is awakening the . . .
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY
It is my understanding that just prior to my grandmother’s dying, she told one of her children: Don’t ever let the family reunion die. That was over seventy years ago. The family reunion had been going on for years before . . .
DESIGN
(from “Rhythm of the Drum” by Dancing Feather)
I was feeling alone,
then thought of the lessons of creation,
how we are like the things around us.
Consider for a moment a stone.
It can be with many others,
but . . .