Wayne High School - Sentry Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Counterclockwise: A dead end sign sur- rounded by water at Foster Park; The river overflow ran right into Tillman Rd. and stop- ped traffic there for about a week; The water at Foster Park rose right up to the nearby houses; Traffic was closed at the intersec- tion of Tillman and Calhoun for an entire week due to High Water.

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. . and the Lord said, Let there be snow and there was snow. Then the Lord said, Let the snow melt. and there was water; lots of water. After we struggled through the bliz- zard of ' 78, breathing a sigh of relief would have been synonymous with drowning. Instead of preparing for spring, many were filling sandbags and building dams. Waterwings soon became fashionable traveling attire. When the snow was finished, the rain came down: an estimated 40 days and 40 nights worth. With no ark in sight, the mult itudes fled to relatives and nearby shelters, and the Red Cross wel- comed them. When the waters receded, the now nervous people went to their local drug- store and, just in case, bought locust repellant.

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Spring — compressed and tight, tight — cramped into cruel close quarters between cold and hot between white and green. tight, until with a drop drop drop It pops, erupting into a flare of hot colors that reach far up into the night ' s glassy eyes and then drop drop into cool ram of blue simple thoughts of smiled young born things that crack the airy acid silence and shatter with a drop drop flash ushering us deep into dreams past. Above: Kent Doerhman drinks a toast to his class as an amazed Sue Mileft gazes on at the Senior pic- nic. R19M4 Teresa Forrester washes one of the many cars thai came when Wayne took over the Dairy Queen for a Student Council Carwash.