THAT’S THE WAY I SAW IT
CONGRESS IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING SOON I enjoy looking at old newspaper clippings. The way to save a
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Local Opinion Editorials
See what your neighbors think about the issues, stories, and entertainment shaping life in Waynedale and greater Fort Wayne, Indiana in our Local Opinion Editorials section. Find local columns, reviews, and letters that share personal perspectives on movies and shows, finances and retirement, community concerns, and current events. Whether you agree, disagree, or are still deciding what you think, this section is meant to help you see familiar topics in a new light and join the ongoing conversation about our community’s future.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Dear Editor: It is supremely ironic that as gasoline prices top $3 per gallon, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
As the reader may have gleaned from my reviews of The Ring, The Grudge, and Red Dragon, I’m kind of
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FOLLOW-UP, BASEBALL NOT PROMOTING THE GAME With a three hour 3-2 game not being too exciting, baseball is again
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Fairbanks Alaska’s Midnight Sun Game Going Strong Every year in June, Fairbanks has its annual Midnight Sun Game. In
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
Now, I hate to be stereotypical, but the way I see it, there are two kinds of romantic comedy. There’s
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
I am very supportive of the local police departments. I think they do a dangerous job and I think they
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
My mom loves musicals. Growing up it seems like we were constantly watching The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Tom Sawyer, or
Read MoreHARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE IS DARK IN AND OUT
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince describes a magical world of Harry, Ron and Hermione in terror of Death Eater
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ANOTHER VIEW
Traveling in Bible Lands Rising up proudly from an ancient harbor now silted in from centuries of disuse, an
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I ONLY UMPIRE WHEN PAID Occasionally at a Wizards game a fan will ask me how I would have
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THAT’S THE WAY I SAW IT
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA If you are a traveler and haven’t taken in Savannah, I recommend it highly. The city has restored
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
It’s a summer of remakes. It seems that no one has an original idea this season. There’s Bad News Bears,
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
I hear far too often that the United States has the highest divorce rate in the world. For some reason,
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ANOTHER VIEW
Strangers in our Midst They dress strange, they talk strange, they eat strange things, they wear their hair strange,
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
There are many kinds of strengths. There’s physical strength—like the boxer who has never been knocked out. There’s emotional strength—like
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THAT’S THE WAY I SAW IT
STEVE REED INDUCTED Steve Reed, long time Waynedale resident, was inducted April 30 at the yearly hall of fame
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MORE BASEBALL PLAYERS PROBLEMS I have collected several three-ring notebooks of newspaper articles that I have titled, “Baseball’s Problems.”
Read MoreDEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS
The truck ordinance committee meetings have been quite an education in a Hegelian dialectic exercise so far.‑ The truck ordinance
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AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
I may be a movie fan, but I have never been the type to obsess over a single movie, say
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THAT’S THE WAY I SAW IT
REMEMBER CONTRACTION? As early as June 2001 the Journal Gazette had an article: ‘Contraction in Baseball.’ This article stated
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