29th Year
1997-2026
Over 2500 Photos
waynealumni.org
29th Year
1997-2026
Over 2500 Photos
waynealumni.org
Danny May ’76 and Andrea Whitcomb ’78 are pleased to announce their wedding plans after re-connecting on the Wayne Central Alumni Website. They will marry on September 13, 2008… 33 years to the day after their last date in high school! Danny and Andrea extend their deep gratitude to Brian Donovan for making this possible.
The Class of 1998 is planning a reunion for Sept. 20, 2008. Please send addresses April Piacente.
The Wayne Wrestlers are Section V Class A Team Champions again. Individual champions are: Bobby Dierna 96 lbs, Vinny DiGravio 130 lbs, Kevin Steinruck 140lbs, Chris Marvin 160lbs.
Bobby Dierna and Vinny DiGravio also won Super Sectionals.
Finally, Bobby Dierna won the 96 lb NYS Championship!
Congratulations to all the Wayne Wrestlers and coaches.
Sad to report the passing of Walter Beecher, science teacher at James A. Beneway High School for many years. More on the In Memory page.
If you’ve moved away from WNY and miss the snow and ice, you can now keep up to date with our weather. If you scroll to towards the bottom of this page, the last entry in the right hand sidebar lists some current weather readings from my backyard, which is pretty close to the NW corner of Ontario.
As I figure out how, it may be enhanced slightly. For more detail than you could ever probably want, click on Ontario Weather.
I hope Mr. DeRose is impressed. That year of Earth Science wasn’t a total waste.
DJ Copp is apparently working on Bobby Labonte’s pit crew in 2008. Watch for him during the Daytona 500 changing rear tires on Richard Petty’s #43 team. Not sure if he is contributing to ESPN’s NASCAR Now show this year.
A few people from the Class of 74 are planning an informal get together February 26. Email me for more information.
Added a yearbook dedication from 1994. Not only a former teacher from Wayne Central, but a Wayne Central Alumni as well.
This fine piece of work shows how many registrations we have by decade and is now displayed on the main Alumni Directory page. But I thought it might be worthwhile to add it here. Though the data may not be particularly interesting, it is updated every time the page is loaded. The image is actually being created in real-time. Yes, I’m easily amused and frankly, surprised I was able to figure out how to do it.
Plans are underway. See the Reunions page.
A month or so ago, the capability to display a single class was added to the Alumni Directory, but it was somewhat hindered by annoying messages when using the back button afterwards. The solution to that issue has also now enabled the ability to save a single class display as a bookmark or favorite, including a logical name.
Just select your class from the pull-down list in the Alumni Directory, click submit, then save the page as a favorite or bookmark. Your class directory will automatically be generated every time you select that bookmark or favorite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKJjpE2infY
I found a video of the late John Sullivan ’72 that documents his making of a mandolin. I think this dates back to 1999. There are 3 parts that make up the complete video.
It’s easy to see why he was so well respected among musicians.
Thanks to Tiffany Marvin Cotsonas for organizing the alumni basketball games last Saturday. There was a good turnout of players and spectators. Bill Lewis, Bill Burnett and Randy Luke from the Class of 1972 played. Here is a list of players: Paul Marvin ’00, Sam Weeche ’96, Shelly Sanchez ’02, Marty Aman ’78, Kyle Marvin, John Cotsonas ’91, Brian Miller ’00, Bill Doyle ’83, Kara Miller ’01, Nikki Sanchez ’00, Bob King ’00, Eric Alvito ’07, Josh Britt ’07, Erika Schnepf ’07, Ryan Aman ’07, Lamar Simpson ’06, Shawn Gillow ’05, Tiffany Cotsonas ’97, Brendan McCallum ’07, Kaitlin Hollenbeck ’07, Kara McCallum ’02, Bryan Tailee ’79, Ryan Gallo ’96, Adam Luke ’00, Tim McBride ’00, Jay Hannon ’03, Matt Luke ’07.
Lee Slocum ’58 was in attendance, but didn’t lace up the sneaks this year.
Sorry, if there were a few I missed. If you didn’t make this one, another event is planned for next year.
I think most of the major problems that occurred as a result of a server upgrade are fixed. If you observe any strange errors or problems, let me know.
If you attempted to register here in the last few days, and nothing was happening, please try again. The registration system is now working properly.
I decided to utilize the photo I scanned from the 64 yearbook to remember Dick Ficarra for the Yearbook Picture of the Week. That’s pretty much how I remembered him, looking sharp sitting on a motorcycle around 1963.
I also added a post to the site weblog. But it’s late, and maybe it doesn’t make much sense. Maybe in the morning I’ll edit it or delete it. Who knows.