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Alum News – Wayne County Treasurer

In the better late than never category, Patrick Schmitt, Class of 2002, was elected Wayne County Treasurer in 2018 and still currently serves in that position. Congratulations.

Problems with Contact Form

Apologies to all who tried to contact me via the Contact menu. Though at one time I would get an email with the information, apparently it stopped working at some point. The good news is, all was not lost, I have found where a copy of all attempts to contact me are stored. So I am working on addressing all that I can. Unfortunately, anything that was time sensitive is now irrelevant, like reunions.

Anything else, I will address ASAP. I have already added some In Memory requests and I will continue until I am caught up.

Using this off the shelf system has many advantages, but many disadvantages as well. Now that I know that the email notification isn’t working, I will just need to manually check or find other alternatives.

So the Contact and Submit Reunion menu items are working such that they can still be used, I’ll just need to adjust on my end. The Submit Photos does not seem to working, so I will disable for now.

More Updates

  • To take advantage of a more recent WordPress feature and a new plug-in, most photo pages are now a gallery type page, such that when you click on a thumbnail image, the “full” size image displays, along with navigation arrows for forwards and backwards. This avoids having to keep going back to the thumbnail page to select another image. So underclassmen photos, reunion photos, etc. should now work better.
  • Some of the photos have been replaced with larger sizes (if available).
  • Restored additional 70s Random photos that disappeared a few years ago.

1975 Underclassmen Photos Added

These had existed in the complete 1975 Wayne Eagle PDF, but the quality was not as good. I went through the original scans and improved brightness, contrast, and graininess. Most now are actually better than the actual yearbook pics.

Sorry I couldn’t include the names. Some were off to the side, or too close to the binding such that they were cutoff. Maybe one day I can add them.

See them here.

Some More Updates

Here is the brief story – The old (circa 2016) Alumni Directory has been partially restored. It is just a list of all who were registered on the site by mid-2016. No contact links, no photos, but if there was a short Bio, that link will work (though info might be outdated). There may be further updates regarding a new Alumni Directory in the future, but we will see.

Website Updates Feb. 1

No job and cold weather means website gets attention. In addition to new yearbook covers in the last post, some pages that were part of the old website (pre-2017) have been restored. The Yearbook Dedications, Ontario High School, Wayne Middle School, and Walworth School pages have been brought back to life. The Contact page has also been fixed (sorry, I did not know it was broken). I visited the Internet Archive (I can’t believe this exists), and was looking at the site from 2016 and earlier. I put so many hours into getting it working just the way I wanted back then. Despite the fact I will probably regret it, I made some tweaks were made to the styles, as there were some things I wasn’t happy with on the current site. There could be a few issues I haven’t found yet. Though using WordPress has made many things easier, they hook you in for free, and then everyone wants to charge you monthly to get the “premium” features, which conveniently include things everyone wants/needs.

By the way, don’t be alarmed by the “not secure” warning in your browser when visiting this site. We aren’t doing any financial transactions here, so it’s not an issue. To get that removed, it will cost another couple hundred a year. I don’t think it is justified.