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Written by Cindy Cornwell
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Wednesday, March 20 2002 |
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World War II was newly over. The "boys" had come home to go to college or to get jobs. At this time some couples picked up where they had been before the war, others married and started families.On February 29, 1952 a group of neighborhood ladies gathered at the home of Evyline Ferguson and her daughter, Patricia. They gathered to learn how to form their own "Home Ec" Club. Miss Dorothy Morehouse, the county home demonstration agent, explained the procedure for forming a new club.The ladies ...
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Written by Mrs. Stark
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Wednesday, March 20 2002 |
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With just a few minutes left in the game, Megan Dossen leaps off the court as the crowd roars. The standing Knight fans shout cheers of appreciation for Megan. She is finishing playing her best for the Bishop Luers Lady Knights. Megan begins to realize that she is just about to be written into the history books as the only basketball player in Indiana with four state titles behind her name.
Michelle Hamlin is the next senior player to exit the court. She smiles in her beautiful way to the fresh ...
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Written by rls
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Wednesday, March 06 2002 |
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The Waynedale News recently talked to Carolyn McNagny, Executive Director of ACRES, Inc. ACRES is one of more than 2,000 land trusts located nation-wide, protecting 40 nature preserves in 11 Northeast Indiana counties. ACRES' Bicentennial Woods in Allen County includes Fogwell Forest, Foxfire Woods, Herman F. Hammer Wald, Maumee River Overlook and Mengerson Nature Reserve. The organization, ACRES, was founded in 1960. More than 1,000 families, individuals, organizations, and businesses are m ...
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Written by Paul E. Rothrock, Ph.D. Taylor University, Professor of Environmental Science and Biology
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Wednesday, March 06 2002 |
Fogwell Forest Nature Preserve, acquired by ACRES, Inc. in 1976, is a 28-acre, second growth flatwoods located in southwestern Allen County.
I have visited the Preserve several dozen times over the past years. I have seen it with the eyes of a professional botanist but, hopefully as well, with the eyes of one who simply loves nature. Fogwell can enchant; it can surprise; it can teach.
Before its rebirth as a nature preserve, this acreage had been part of the Fogwell family farm for three gener ...
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Written by rls
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Wednesday, February 20 2002 |
The Waynedale News caught up with Amanda Perez on Tuesday. Amanda had just returned to Waynedale after doing a benefit concert Saturday in San Diego. The concert was held to raise awareness and money in the case of kidnap victim, Danielle VanDam. Amanda finished the San Diego concert and then came back to Waynedale to begin preparing for an upcoming concert at the Memorial Coliseum. The concert (The Big Schizzo) will happen on February 21st and is being sponsored by WJFX-FM/HOT 107.9
I asked Am ...
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Written by Cindy Cornwell
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Wednesday, February 20 2002 |
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Upscale Resale located at 5825 Covington Road (next to Munchies) is not your ordinary resale shop. Marilyn Schaab, owner, sells quality antiques, glassware, pottery, furniture and collectibles.
As you stroll through the shop you will find many treasures. Art, jewelry, china, pictures, and designer clothing, these are a few of the many items Marilyn has on display. Karen McHugh is the stores' creative interior designer. And if it is jewelry or designer clothing that you are looking for or wish ...
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