of wabash county inc. www.thepaperofwabash.com March 19, 2014 Proudly Serving Wabash County Since 1977 Vol. 37, No. 2
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Former resident, director brings movie to the Eagles Theatre
Wabash City Schools board meeting sheds light on bright future by Emily Armentrout emily@thepaperofwabash.com
by Kalie Ammons kalie@thepaperofwabash.com
Former Wabash resident Denis Henry Hennelly has written, produced, directed and edited numerous films, including his most recent piece “Goodbye World,” a comedy/drama about friends trying to survive an apocalypse. Hennelly will bring his movie to Wabash to play in the Eagles Theatre on May 1, though it will come out in select theaters and on iTunes on April 4. The film stars Adrian Grenier (Entourage, The Devil Wears Prada), Gaby Hoffman (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck), Ben McKenzie (The O.C., 88 Minutes), Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Snow Day), Kerry Bishé (Argo, Sex and the City), Caroline Dhavernas (The Switch, Breach), and Scott Mescudi (Fright Night, Need for Speed). Hennelly gave The Paper an inside-look at what it’s like to direct a film, and how Wabash influenced his style. Ammons: How long did it take you to make this film? Hennelly: We shot for three weeks in northern California in Mendocino County, which reminds me of Wabash mixed with California weirdness. It’s a small community with a lot of agriculture and artisans and people have their shops where they make stuff and sell it. It’s a real community of a diverse group of people that care about each other. It’s really one of the places in the world that reminds me of Wabash, because that was my experience in Wabash. We’ve got a bunch of different people here, but they all care about each other because they’re from the same place. I shot a film in Wabash around 14 years ago, and DENIS HENRY HENNELLY, director and co-writer of “Goodbye World,” will be at the show’s premier at the Eagles on May 1. He will answer quesshooting in Wabash was great, and this was similar. tions and listen to reactions as his hometown neighbors see the show for (continued on page 3) the first time. (photo provided)
Photo: CBS/Monty Brinton.
Lindsey Ogle describes time on CBS’s reality show Survivor: Cagayan by Kalie Ammons kalie@thepaperofwabash.com Season 28 of the hit reality show “Survivor” has been anything but easy for contestants. Competitors are left to survive on an island with little supplies, all while competing in challenges before voting each other off of the island. This season, castaways are in the Filipino province of Cagayan and split into three different tribes; Luzon, Solana or Aparri, otherwise known as Brains, Beauty and Brawn. Lindsey Ogle, a Northfield graduate and Wabash native, is competing season on the Aparri, or Brawn tribe. Ogle describes the traits that made her a good contestant for the show. “It’s because I’m such a people person,” Ogle said. “I think that I’m just a social person. I work well with my hands and I’m a hard worker, I don’t think that’s really represented well during the episodes we’ve seen, but I really am a hard worker. Plus, I’m athletic. There was a moment when we were making the shelter and I was weaving a lot of the bamboo leaves, and that probably made our shelter a little bit more secure. I couldn’t have done that if I didn’t braid people’s hair every single day.” Ogle currently owns the Fade Salon in Kokomo. “We actually own two bars and a salon,” Ogle said. “I’m soon to be starting my own clothing store with hand-knit clothing.” With all of the fashion and beauty aspects of her career, people naturally wonder why she was on the Brawn tribe instead of Beauty. “I have people come into the salon all the time and ask that,” Ogle said. “I think that everybody has different elements and that Jeff (continued on page 7)
Wabash City Schools held the latest board meeting at the central office on Monday, March 17. This meeting shed light on a bright and exciting future for the students, the staff and the administration. Wabash High School principal Josh Blossom started the board meeting by presenting the Spirit of the Apache Award to Payten Keffaber, a junior at Wabash High School. Keffaber has been serving Wabash High School in volunteer roles since she was a freshman. “Payten is not the kind of kid that asks for attention at all. She deserves a lot high praise for the leadership she shows at our school,” said Principal Blossom. “There is rarely an event at the high school that you would go to and not see Payten doing something.” Keffaber’s latest endeavor was taking charge of a student-driven blood drive. Mr. Blossom gave Keffaber the reins, and she took the event from there. “I don’t think I touched base with Payten until two days before the drive,” said Blossom. “Sure enough, she had talked to everybody she needed to.” Keffaber scheduled volunteers to help at the event. She made sure that students were signed up to donate, and she even had a set up and tear down crew assembled for the event. The result was 57 students donating to the blood drive. “For this blood drive and for everything that Payten does for our school, I’m to happy give the Spirit of the Apache Award,” said Blossom. The Wabash City School corporation gave out a second award at this meeting. The Recognition Award was presented to Todd Daywalt for his 22 years of service to the corporation as a member of the Building Corporation. “I was amazed to hear that Mr. Daywalt had served Wabash City Schools on a volunteer basis for the last 22 years,” Jason Callahan, Wabash City Schools Superintendent, told the board. As the school board officially accepted the resignation of current Wabash Middle School principal Scott Bumgardner, the corporation looked ahead by officially filling the middle school principal position. The board approved current W.C. Mills Principal Mike Mattern to step into the position at the start of the 2014-2015 school year. With current Chief Business Officer Jan Roland retiring at the end of the school year, Matt Stone was previously approved to take over the CBO position. At Monday’s meeting, Stone was approved to fill the shoes of Scott Bumgardner as the new Varsity Lady Apache basketball team head coach. Following approvals of the board’s recommendations, three presentations were given that offer Wabash City and county schools a bright future. Justin Vail, Wabash City Schools Technology Director, Brian Miller, (continued on page 23)