Going to work Friday morning Ann VanDuyne had no idea she soon would be the center of attention. At 9 a.m. VanDuyne, a fifth-grade teacher at Washington Elementary School, Warsaw, walked into a surprise assembly in the school’s gym and one of several standing ovations. VanDuyne was named one of 10 teachers in the state selected as a 2002 Project E Excellence in Education Teacher Award winner. As one of the Project E honorees, VanDuyne received an $8,000 grant “to use as she wishes.” 25 Years Ago Warsaw Community High School has been notified that David Darr, Lara Hemmert, Steve Konold, Eugene Lin, Andrea Halpin, Susanne Price and Rebecca VanSchepen have been designated as commended students in the 1988 National Merit Scholarship Program and will receive a letter of commendation in recognition of outstanding academic promise. 50 Years Ago Phil Landrum, former Times-Union, WRSW staffer, is now employed as editorial assistant of the Moody Monthly, a publication of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Rita Price, pert and pretty WRSW songstress, will increase her popular half-hour Saturday afternoon show to a full hour beginning this Saturday. Rita, who is really Mrs. Jack Simpson, of Bourbon, and the mother of small daughters, has been the featured singer on the 1 p.m. to 1:30 pm. show over WRSW and WRSW-FM for a number of years. 75 Years Ago Dr. and Mrs. Fred Hope, who were on furlough this summer at their home at Winona Lake, sailed Sept. 24 from New York City en route to Kribi Cameroon, West Africa, via Havre, Paris and Bordeaux, France. They will reach their destination at Kribi Cameroon on Oct. 30. Dr. Hope is superintendent of an industrial school for the natives.
