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Featured in the musical is a 1931 Ford Model T car perfectly restored by Ken Jackson of Waynedale.‑ Call for tickets at 425-7510 ext. 169 and ask for Don Goss or Kirby Volz.‑ Tickets will also be available at the door on performance dates of June 25 and 26 at Elmhurst High School.

June 23, 2004September 2, 2017 The Waynedale News Staff

RAGTIME, THE MUSICAL OPENS IN WAYNEDALE

You are invited to “Ragtime, The Musical” at Elmhurst High School.‑ The cast is chosen from area high schools including IPFW theatre majors and presents some of the finest voices on stage.‑ . . Read More

photo by Cindy Cornwell Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker, David Turnley, during the opening of the St. Francis exhibition. (background) Photo of McClellan Street couple on their back porch, behind the old post office in Fort Wayne, was taken during David’s high school days at Elmhurst.

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September 17, 2003September 2, 2017 Cindy Cornwell

PULITZER PRIZE GRAD RETURNS TO WAYNEDALE

On Friday, September 5th, 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker, David Turnley, was available for an interview at the Mimi and Ian Rolland Art and Visual Communication Center at the University of Saint Francis. . . Read More

The principal cast of Grease. Back row: L to R Sarah Hodgin, Aaron Mann. Jon Jeffrey, Andrew Skaros, Andrew Wilkinson, Rachel Rhodes. Back row: L to R Michelle McKinney, Darin Winget, Clayton Gaham, Allie Townsend, Ashli McCombs, Jack Schnellenberger, Darcy Roberts, Rachel Wasmuth

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March 19, 2003September 2, 2017 The Waynedale News Staff

THE ELMHURST HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE DEPARTMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS ITS SPRING MUSICAL, GREASE.

Performances are slated for Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22 at 7:30pm and Sunday, March 23 at 2pm. All performances will be in the Elmhurst Auditorium. Ticket prices are $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for adults. . . Read More

Photo provided by Larry D. Goss Front Row: Clyde Ploughe, ?, ? Mitchell, Donna McCague-Clayton, JoAnne Watkins, Marilyn Parkinson-Roehm, Verda Clausen, ?, Scott Parkinson. Middle Row: Don Goss, Roger Ploughe, ?, ?, Evelyn Parkinson-Fultz, Helen Mutton-Herman. Back Row: ?, ?, ?, Mary Lou Smith, Mae Ploughe, Grosvenor Ward, Faye Parkinson, Bill Wetzel, ?, Ruth Hoopengardner, Lorene Sheddick, Herb Winkleman, Don Richardson, John Clayton, ? Spencer.

Waynedale History

March 19, 2003 The Waynedale News Staff

WAYNEDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CHOIR

Larry, a former resident of Waynedale, came across this photo while going through some old albums. It was taken at a picnic at the John Clausen cottage on Lake Wawasee around 1947-49. . . Read More

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October 30, 2002September 2, 2017 The Waynedale News Staff

PICNIC AT ELMHURST THEATRE

The Elmhurst Theatre Department proudly presents the Pulitzer Prize winning play Picnic by William Inge. The play will be presented November 1 and 2 at 7:30pm in the Elmhurst Auditorium. Picnic is the tale of a stranger who comes to town and unwittingly . . . Read More

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July 29, 2022August 3, 2022 Kasey Butcher

‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ & ‘Men’ Tell Stories of Survival

Based upon the best-selling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing is part coming-of-age story, part sentimental romance, and part murder mystery, set in the marshes of North Carolina. In the story, Kya Clark’s (Daisy Edgar-Jones) entire family gradually . . . Read More

Melissa (Hunter) Long captivates audience in a play called “My Three Angels.” Melissa was part of a ten-member cast directed by Donald Goss. In this photo Paul (Geoff Sills) and Marie Louise (Melissa Hunter) meet. Photo taken from Elmhurst High School 1975 Yearbook.

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February 26, 2016September 2, 2017 Allen Shaw

MELISSA’S LONG JOURNEY HOME

Melissa Long has been a lighthouse to our community for more than 30 years, informing us of danger and shining as a beacon of light to illuminate the beauty of our city. . . Read More

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December 18, 2015January 22, 2017 Allen Shaw

I RESOLVE TO HAVE NO MORE RESOLUTIONS

New Year’s resolutions usually last about as long as the batteries in our children’s Christmas toys. So why do we even make them in the first place? I know I am sincere when I resolve to lose weight or be nicer to my “no good, rotten, selfish co-worker”. . . Read More

The Great Outdoors

February 14, 2014February 4, 2017 Slim Randles

LOVE – Home Country

The subject was love, of course, with Valentine’s Day upon us, and that’s why the grizzled and semi-grizzled members of the world dilemma think tank had settled upon it. Well, to be fair, they agreed to talk about someone else’s love life, naturally. . . Read More

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November 22, 2013 Jim Schindler

NOVEMBER – SCHINDLER SEZ

November is the only month people don’t mind getting the bird. RedskinsI don’t understand all the fervor over the name Redskins, as in the Washington Redskins. Hell…I’d be honored if they’d named them after me and they wouldn’t even have to give me any firewater! . . Read More

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March 23, 2012 Ronnie McBrayer

I HAVE LEARNED A LOT BUT NOW I KNOW LESS

Late last year I returned to speak at the church that was my first pastorate. The church was celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, and it had been more than a decade since I had stood in their pulpit. . . Read More

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June 3, 2011 John Stark

TALES FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Dave (everybody called him Shark Boy) had just found himself pulled into a full body clutch by the stark-naked, suntan-lotion-covered arms of Miss Lillie, when he was suddenly shocked back into the real world by the sound of the hatch cover sliding open, and looked over to see his mother’s head pop up out of the hatch. . . Read More

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May 6, 2011 John Stark

TALES FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Dave, (everybody called him Shark Boy), helped Lillie aboard Dream Weaver while his mom scurried about the main cabin putting things in order. After Lillie descended into the cabin Dave put the hatch boards in place and slid the hatch cover closed so they could have some privacy. . . Read More

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January 28, 2011 John Stark

TALES FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Dave (everybody called him Shark Boy) was back at school after his hunting trip to Indiana, but not happy about it. His final hour of math class seemed like it would never end. . . Read More

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December 17, 2010 John Stark

TALES FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Dave (everybody called him Shark Boy) and his dad the Captain said good-bye to the runaway monk Lambini, leaving the monk still protesting that he could not possibly produce what had been demanded by the Japanese yakuza cook at the Chicken Ranch—at least not in any significant quantity. . . Read More

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October 22, 2010 The Waynedale News Staff

STUDENT AMY GREEN PUBLISHES PLAY

Taylor University sophomore Amy Green has written a children’s stage play that has been accepted for national publication in Plays magazine. Green is a professional writing major at Taylor. Since arriving at Taylor, she has written radio scripts for WBCL radio, devotions for The Secret Place and The Aboite Independent, book and music reviews for Church Libraries and Christian Book Previews, cover story interviews for Christian Communicator, and articles for children in Clubhouse Magazine. . . Read More

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October 22, 2010 Chief Lehiket

NEIGHBORS

A house was just put up for sale and a man in a car was driving by when he spotted the sign. He stopped, backed up, parked his car and got out. . . Read More

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July 2, 2010 Cindy Cornwell

ELMHURST GARDEN CLUB BLOSSOMING FOR 71 YEARS

On February 20, 1939 a small group of gardeners met at the home of Mrs. Clarence Eiper on Sandpoint Road. Under the guidance of Mrs. Frank Schick of Rose Garden Club and Mrs. . . Read More

Waynedale History

January 16, 2008 John Stark

COLORFUL JOURNALISM

On January 28, 1966 Herbert G. Bredemeier gave a lecture before the Fort Wayne Quest Club titled, “Colorful Journalism in Fort Wayne.” The Fort Wayne Quest Club later selected his lecture for publication in their book titled The Quest for Fort Wayne. . . Read More

Health & Exercise

April 4, 2007 John Barleycorn

HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH

This week’s Here’s To Your Health is a continuation of Bud’s story: My first wife was the same age as me, the second was to an older woman and after that divorce, I thought what I needed, was a younger woman that I could train. That’s when I met Mary, she was 23, I was 34, and after a brief honeymoon she had her magic piece of paper and the training began. . . Read More

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December 6, 2006 The Waynedale News Staff

VETERAN’S WINNERS AT MARKLEBANK

In honor of our country’s veterans and Veterans’ Day, MarkleBank held a drawing in each of its five markets for veterans to win a flag that was flown over the United States Capitol. . . Read More

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March 8, 2006September 2, 2017 The Waynedale News Staff

ELMHURST PRESENTS ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

Elmhurst High School presents the musical that made Carol Burnett a household name, Once Upon A Mattress. Once Upon A Mattress, music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer will be presented in the Elmhurst High School auditorium on Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25 with a 7:30pm curtain time. . . Read More

The Great Outdoors

November 23, 2005 The Waynedale News Staff

WAYNEDALE WOODS AND WATERS

Paula Yeager led Indiana Wildlife Federation Indiana Conservation leader Paula Yeager, who led the Indiana Wildlife Federation for the past six years, died Wednesday, November 9,” said an IWF spokesperson. She was 50 years old. . . Read More

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June 29, 2005 Alyce Faye Bragg

NEWS FROM THE HILLS

Dialect has always fascinated me, especially the mountain variety that was used by our ancestors, and is still in use by many of us today. Sometimes a word will crop up that strikes a familiar note, although it hasn’t been heard for years. . . Read More

Local Opinion Editorials

June 29, 2005 Kasey Butcher

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, people really like to spout off that statistic, but none of the divorced couples that contribute to that stat have quite as complicated marital problems as John and Jane Smith (there names being the first malady). . . Read More