Don Wayne holds up a quilt his daughters made for him featuring t-shirts left behind from cross country runners from across the country who competed in a Vale meet founded by Wayne. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) VALE – Don Wayne hated cross country. Which is funny, because he went on to[Read More…]

Gertrude Schaffeld De Long will be honored by the Vale Alumni Association banquet Saturday at Four Rivers Cultural Center. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Gertrude Schaffeld De Long has no regrets. De Long, who will turn 81 in a few weeks, encountered plenty of triumphs throughout her life and Saturday[Read More…]

Lindy Dentinger is among the 2019 Vale Alumni Association Hall of Fame honorees. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) VALE – The year was 1933, and Lindy Dentinger, co-owner of Dentinger Feed & Seed, had just come to town with his parents around the Fourth of July. The family was in awe of[Read More…]