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There are fewer valedictorians this year thanin years past, but Wayne Memorial High Schoolhas more salutatorians. Both categories ofachievement are determined strictly by cumula-tive GPA. Valedictorians have GPAs 4.0 and above.Salutatorians have GPAs between 3.93 and 3.99.

Meet the Class of

2020 Valedictorians:Jazlyn Gaton, daughter of Windy and Joseph

Gaton, plans to attend the University of Michigan-Dearborn with a full-tuition Chancellor’s Scholar-ship to study Pre-Pharmacy. “I was president ofthe Pride Club for two years, as well as on theExec Board of both the Mural Club and NationalHonor Society. I am currently a part of the PhiTheta Kappa Honor Society. Additionally, I begana natal chart reading service my junior year. I alsowon Gold Key in the poetry category of theScholastic Art & Writing Awards, plus first placein two categories of the Annual WMHS Library Po-etry Contest that same year. By the end of my sen-ior year, I was an AP Scholar with Distinction withfive Wayne Memorial department awards (Fresh-man Year: Algebra 2; Sophomore Year: AP Span-

ish, AP World, and Science; Junior Year: English)and had completed 66 college credits in total.”

Trent Griffith, son of Tracey and Jason Grif-fith, plans to attend Vanderbilt University to studyPolitical Science. His achievements include Var-sity swim captain, 9 varsity letters (track, swim,and cross country), member of senate for 3 years,actor in 2 fall plays, and co-founder of the PoliticalActivist Club.

Adalia Kirby, daughter of Rachel and JahanKirby, plans to attend University of Michigan-AnnArbor to study Philosophy and Sociology with aminor in History. Her achievements includeHonor Roll, varsity letter, and National Honor So-ciety.

Brooklyn Climer, daughter of Karen Climer,plans to attend Macalester College to study Envi-ronmental Studies with a concentration in Design.Brooklyn’s achievements include: DistinguishedYoung Woman 1st Runner Up, 2x Excellence in ArtAwards, Vice President of Pride Club, Co-Founderof Eco Club and 2019 Homecoming Court.

Edwin Hernandez-Zarate, son of Rosario andJovito Hernandez, plans to attend University ofMichigan-Ann Arbor to study Economics and Po-litical Science. Edwin was accepted to UpwardBound and accepted to the National History Acad-emy in high school.

Meet the Class of 2020 Salutatorians:Ashlee Miller, daughter of Michell Catrell,

plans to attend Michigan State University to studyNeuroscience.

Hannah Chevalier, daughter of Danielle andBrad Chevalier, plans to attend Schoolcraft Col-lege. She is undecided on a course of study. Han-nah was a part of Senate for 4 years and NHS forone year.

Kayla Gray, daughter of Eugenia Chunn, plansto attend Claflin University to study African Amer-ican Studies. Her achievements include NationalHonor Society, Student Government, 3 AcademicAward Letters, Varsity Basketball, 3 HonorsAwards for outstanding achievements in a subject,Civitan Youth and Diversity Leadership Camp.

Left to right: Salutatorian Hannah Chevalier, Salutatorian Kayla Gray, Valedictorian Brooklyn Climer, and Salutatorian Ashlee Miller, back row: Valedictorian Jazlyn Gaton,

Valedictorian Trent Griffith, Valedictorian Edwin Hernandez-Zarate, and Valedictorian Adalia Kirby.

Wayne pride shows in class of 2020Valedictorians and Salutatorians

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By Carolyn Marnon

Four Wayne businesses sharedhow they have continued to serve thecommunity during the Michigan StayHome, Stay Safe order.

Fresh Choice is the largest gro-cery store in the City of Wayne. Man-ager Lydia Pattah says the store hasoperated continuously during storehours since the pandemic started.She says they are “staying safe, tak-ing more precautions than we nor-mally do, extra sanitation, wearinggloves all the time, wearing masks allthe time, pretty much keeping thecustomer safe and the employeeshealthy.”

Fresh Choice put up plastic bar-riers at the checkout counters andtaped the front end of the store tokeep people the recommended socialdistance of 6 feet apart.

Although they do not yet have

Clorox or Lysol wipes in stock, Lydiasays everything else has been suc-cessfully stocked throughout thepandemic. She says there were onlya few days when they didn’t have toi-let paper, the holy grail of shopperseverywhere. She says they now have“tons of it.” The hardest to get itemhas been yeast, “which is a very oddthing since everyone started bakingtheir own bread. It’s finally started tocome in,” said Lydia She also sharedthat the top selling breads, like whiteand wheat, along with hamburgerand hot dog buns have been easy toget, but the specialty breads have notbeen as easy to stock.

Northside Hardware, the long-time institution of tools and paint inWayne and the favorite hardwaredestination of many, has continued

Four essential businesses cope amidst pandemic

See Pandemic, page 10

Fresh Choice grocery store butcher stocks the shelves daily with fresh meat.

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By Carolyn Marnon

The “Be the Light” project was initiatedby the Wayne Memorial High School Ath-letic Department to honor the Class of2020 athletes and the rest of the seniorclass. According to Athletic Director JasonMalloy, the department wanted to do some-thing that brought light to the seniors whowere devastated by the COVID-19 pan-demic and its effect on their senior year.Other school districts across the state weredoing similar projects. Athletic DirectorMalloy went out to the football stadium forthree consecutive Thursdays at 20:20 (8:20p.m.). “I let the lights shine for 20 minutesfor the Class of 2020.”

As he was at the stadium, he filmedshort videos to share on social media withthe seniors. “We have light on in the sta-dium to represent you guys being the light,”Malloy said on the first Thursday. The fol-lowing week he shared, “When I look at ourtrack, I think about endurance and howwhen you run you have to finish the race,and so as we are faced with this pandemic,I encourage you all to finish the race.” Thefinal night’s message: “Be the light for some-one else.”

Be the light in someone’s life

WMHS Zebra Stadium is lit up at 20:20 (8:20 p.m.) to remind the Class of 2020 to Be the Light. Photo by Ryan Wright

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The City of Wayne, Michigan re-ceived notification from the Michigan

Department of Treasury RevenueSharing and Grants Division that theCity’s application submitted in De-cember of 2019, to the Fiscally Dis-tressed Cities, Villages, andTownships grant Program has beenselected for a grant award in theamount of $296,756.

The grant funds will be used toreplace critical information technol-ogy infrastructure, most of which isover a decade old. “I am incrediblyexcited about this grant announce-ment as this has been one of my pri-orities since becoming a Wayne CityCouncilmember and now serving asthe Mayor,” said Mayor John Rhaesa.“As the use of technology continuesto expand in our everyday lives, thisgrant provides an opportunity to de-liver better service at the municipallevel to our residents, and it willstreamline many of the outdatedprocesses that currently exist, creat-ing more efficiencies for the employ-ees,” the Mayor added.

On February 19, 2019, the WayneCity Council unanimously selected abid from the Plante Moran PublicSector Technology and OperationsConsulting Division to provide a cityDepartment-wide information tech-nology and cybersecurity assessment($19,800 IT Assessment/$10,000 cy-bersecurity assessment).

The assessment was completedin September of 2019 and identifiedsignificant risk exposure associatedwith obsolete technology infrastruc-ture. The grant funding provides thecity with an opportunity to mitigatea majority of the issues highlightedin the assessment and move towardsa much more sustainable and up-dated information technology envi-ronment that fits today’s world.

“Plante Moran’s Public SectorTechnology and Operations Consult-ing Division was privileged to be partof the City’s commitment to makestrategic technology investments,produce tangible savings, while deliv-ering modern, sustainable publicservices. Through a continuing col-

laboration, Plante Moran and theCity’s Team identified significant fi-nancial savings achieved by address-ing the City’s critical IT needs andjointly authored the grant applica-tion,” said Christopher Blough,Plante Moran Public Sector Technol-ogy & Operations Consulting.

• The application identified keytechnology investments saving theCity over 6,000 staff hours or$300,000 annually by digitizinghardcopy records and making themdigitally accessible.

• The investment mitigates signif-icant risk exposure associated withobsolete infrastructure serving as abackbone for 41 business systemssupported by the City’s 20+ year oldfiber network, 10-year old switches,and an end-of-life phone system.

• The grant funds will modernizethe City’s firewall, telecommunica-tions system, fiber, networkswitches, camera systems and keybusiness applications includingbuilding permit software, time andattendance software, security access

controls, and provide Microsoft365's application suite to all Citystaff.

• Cybersecurity measures will en-sure services delivered with the nec-essary security, access, and deliverycontrols to provide online services tocitizens so they receive accurate,timely, and complete information.The City also received a $5000 reim-bursement check from the MichiganMunicipal Risk Management Agencyto cover 50% of the $10,000 spenton the cybersecurity portion of theassessment.

“I want to thank the State ofMichigan and the Michigan Depart-ment of Treasury Revenue Sharingand Grants Division for this grantaward. The City of Wayne is strug-gling financially and does not havethe funds to make these necessaryand in some cases, critical invest-ments. This grant will go a long waywhen it comes to transforming localgovernment efficiencies and promot-ing sustainable service delivery,” saidWayne City Manager, Lisa Nocerini.

City of Wayne receives $296,756 in grant funding

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to be open “through the good, thebad and the ugly” owner Sam Yonosaid.

The biggest challenge at North-side involved getting help to work.“That’s basically about all the chal-lenges we’ve had,” said Sam. He saidthe plumbing section is staffed byolder retirees who didn’t feel com-fortable working during the majorhealth scare. With COVID-19 num-bers trending down now, those em-ployees are starting to come back towork.

Sam says Northside has taken allthe necessary steps to follow thestate and government guidelines.There are plexiglass barriers at thecheckouts, signs up advising to wearmasks, and customers have been of-fered gloves if they don’t have themwhen they walk in. Other than that,business has “been about the same,to be honest with you.”

Sam did say he was unable to getsanitizing sprays as whatever thecompanies are producing are goingto first responders. He has been ableto stock hand sanitizers and wipes

when they are available and he canget them. As far as anything elsegoes, “we’ve been in business so longand built a reputation with vendors,not only locally and across the coun-try, they make things accessible tous,” said Sam.

Sam wants to thank all their cus-tomers for being patient and under-standing. “We thank everybody whosupports us through this whole or-deal. We thank everyone for being pa-tient with us through this wholeordeal. We can’t wait to go back tonormal.”

K&S Auto did close their doors

for the whole month of April. OwnerRay Krull says they didn’t have toclose down, but there was a situationwith a customer who had been diag-nosed with COVID-19. “By law, wecould have been open, but we closedbecause we had a scare,” said Ray.He said nobody got infected becausethey had been using precautions, butto be on the safe side, staff at thisfamily-owned business quarantinedthemselves.

Ray allows only one customer inthe office at a time. Employees wipedown the cars before working onthem. They also wear masks. Otherthan that, it is business as usual.

The biggest challenge Ray hasfaced has not been the ability to getthe auto supplies and parts he needs.It is the amount of time it takes to getthem. “Deliveries are not as quick asthey used to be because there arestill people off in the delivery systembecause they make more money stay-ing at home.”

“We were considered an essentialbusiness, so we were able to stayopen,” said Matt Gietzen, owner ofHenry’s Service Center.

“We were affected quite a bit. Our

car count was down maybe 40%.”The business has tried to go touch-less, utilizing a drop box so peoplewould not have to come into thesmall waiting area. A shield was in-stalled at the front counter and dis-infecting and cleaning has increased.Work is done by appointment only.

Matt says he’s “very cognizant ofwhat’s going on out there (in the wait-ing area). I try to never have morethan one person in my waiting room,preferably no one.”

The guys wear rubber gloves anduse seat covers and steering wheelcovers before working on cars. Theywash their hands often and there arehand sanitizers all around the build-ing. “We’ve been fortunate not to haveany issues,” said Matt.

Matt says delivery of auto partshas slowed way down because sup-ply places are having a hard timewith drivers right now. Getting sup-plies, he said, has slowed down from15 minutes to several hours.

Matt attributes business beingdown 40% due to many of their olderclientele doing the right thing by notgoing out. “That has affected us alot,” he said.

Pandemic, Continued from page 4

Northside Hardware continues to stock

their shelves with essential houshold

items.

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IF IT’S AN EMERGENCY, DON’T WAIT.

beaumont.org/safe

Beaumont continues to lead Michigan through the COVID-19 crisis, and we have taken extra steps to protect the safety of all our patients and caregivers. When you have life-threatening symptoms, it’s important to seek care immediately. Call 911 or go to the emergency room if you experience:

• wheezing, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

• chest pain

• fainting or dizziness

• sudden numbness or weakness

• confusion or changes in mental status

• sudden inability to speak, see, walk or move

All patients who may have COVID-19 are treated in separate areas, so whatever your medical concern, you can feel confident coming to us for care.

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By Carolyn Marnon

The Wayne Garden Club main-tains four garden sites around down-town Wayne: the Blue Star MemorialGarden on Michigan Avenue, theClock Garden at E. Michigan Aveand Wayne Rd, the Hosta Gardenalong the Riverwalk in Goudy Parkand the enclosed garden at theWayne Public Library.

Although garden club memberswere not able to attend scheduledmonthly meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were able to helpspruce up the various gardens forsummer enjoyment. According toWayne Garden Club Vice PresidentJoe Suda, who himself is a MasterGardener, interested members willusually spend a Saturday morning

or two weeding, trimming and put-ting down wood mulch.

The club has also collaboratedwith Wayne Main Street to plant andmaintain the four planters in Derby’sAlley. Members Joe Suda and LynnHiggs generously donated their timerecently toward the project.

When not ordered to stay homedue to the COVID-19 pandemic, theWayne Garden Club usually meetson the 2nd Wednesday of the month,March-November at 12:30, at theWayne Public Library, unless a fieldtrip has been planned.

If you would like more informa-tion about the Wayne Garden Club,please contact Joe Suda at [email protected] or Club PresidentMary Baryo at [email protected].

Helping Wayne bloom

The Blue Star Memorial Garden is in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home between

the two Michigan Avenues. Photo by Joe Suda

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Patricia “Pat” Tallmadge, néeMcSweeney, 86, Wausau, formerlyof Wayne, Michigan, died peacefullyon Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at As-pirus Wausau Hospital.

She was born April 30, 1934 inDetroit, Michigan to the late Louis J.and Lucy (Hicks) McSweeney.

Pat, a resident of the Detroit areafor 63 years, attended Detroit Publicschools and graduated from North-western High School, June 1952.Following graduation, Pat worked atBurroughs Adding Machine Co., Im-port – Export Division, Detroit untilher marriage to Walter H. Tallmadgeon March 22, 1957.

Pat is preceded in death by herhusband of 46 years, and their twodaughters, Mary Louise Allen, andJulia Ann Tallmadge. Other lossesinclude five half-brothers, two half-sisters, a nephew, and her specialfriend and companion of 10 years,Earl W. Chrudimsky, formerly ofAniwa and Eland, WI. Earl passedaway at their home on February 9,2010.

While raising her family in Wayne,MI, Pat enjoyed homemaking, thePTO, being a leader in Girl Scouts,golfing with her husband, and social-izing with family and friends. Sheworked at Nankin Hospital, Carpen-ter Hospital, Eudaly and Weston In-surance Agency, all located in theWayne area; but her real calling waspolitics. In the early 1960’s, afterbeing involved in a Teamster spon-sored educational program D.R.I.V.E.(Democratic Republican Independ-ent Voters Education), Pat spent thenext 30 years working and managingthe District Operations of U.S. Rep-resentative William D. Ford (D – Tay-

lor, MI), retired and deceased. Whileserving Congressman Ford, Pat wasa charter member and officer of the15th Congressional District Demo-cratic Org., the Wayne DemocraticParty, and the Michigan DemocraticParty. She proudly served as Dele-gate and Alternate to several Na-tional Democratic party conventions.

Following her retirement fromfederal service, and the untimelydeath of her husband in 1993, Patbegan a seven-year hitch volunteer-ing as parish secretary at St. Mary’sof Wayne Catholic Church. In late Oc-tober 2000, Pat moved to Wisconsinto be near her daughter and grand-children. It was there she met Earland they soon began their life to-gether. Summers were spent travel-ing around Wisconsin and winterswere spent enjoying the Gulf of Mex-ico near their home in Donna, TX.She also found time to enjoy theslots and casinos as they traveledaround the country.

Pat is survived by her son-in-law,Elmer R. Allen, Wausau; grand-daughter, Jennifer (Dennis) Mark,Pensacola, FL; and grandson, Jason(Jennifer) Howells, Wausau. She isalso the proud great-grandmother ofCailee Anne, Carter Mitchell andChloe Michelle Howells, and AylaReneé Mark. In the Detroit area, sheleaves many nieces and one nephew,Gary M. Scott, Washington, MI.

Private family services are beingheld at a later time. Pat will be laidto rest at Glenwood Cemetery in theCity of Wayne, MI. Brainard FuneralHome and Cremation Center is as-sisting the family with arrangements.Online condolences may be sharedat www.brainardfuneral.com.

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Phoenix Theatres’ humble begin-nings took root in the late summerof 2000, and in the two decadessince they have risen above morethan their fair share of difficult chal-lenges that are typical to a smallbusiness. However, none of theseproblems have been as serious asthe current COVID-19 Pandemic.

“This challenge was completelyunexpected, and affects literallyeveryone in the world,” explainedCory Jacobson, owner of PhoenixTheatres. “We have faith in thehuman need to interact with one an-other and the art we present at themovies. It is unique to our Americanexperience, as movies are one of ourgreatest cultural contributions to theworld. Our business is both localand very social by nature anduniquely disadvantaged in a pan-demic crisis.”

The movie industry is not onlyclosed at your local theatre, but allproduction has stopped on new fea-ture films as well. The film studioshave responded by literally resched-uling all films beginning later thissummer and in some cases 2021.As the film industry grapples withthese unprecedented problems,Phoenix Theatres decided to proac-tively shift their focus to offer solu-tions that could make a difference.

“Our management group hasspent the past few months workingon developing a comprehensive planwith CDC guidance to carefully re-open our theatres,” Jacobson said.“We are hopeful that all of our loca-tions will be able to open by July 1stto support the return of Hollywood’ssummer blockbuster movies to thebig screen.”

Phoenix Theatres was founded inSoutheast Michigan 20 years ago,and 2 years ago opened a location inDubuque, Iowa -- where on May22nd Iowa Governor Kim Reynoldsmade the announcement that movietheatres could reopen with restric-tions. Phoenix Theatres however, de-cided to wait and utilize this timeinstead to train local managementand employees on their new proto-cols and make upgrades to their tick-eting system that will allow thecomputer to automatically practicesocial distancing inside each audito-rium by implementing reserved seat-ing.

“Prior to our re-opening, we willbe traveling to our theatre locationsin Iowa, Massachusetts, and Michi-gan with our small specialized train-ing group to individually work withevery employee in the company,”said Sheena Hohman, Director ofEmployee Training and Develop-ment. “This will ensure a completeunderstanding of the importance offollowing our newly establishedguidelines for operations. By provid-ing our employees with the tools andtraining necessary we can establisha safe movie-going environment forboth our employees and guests.”

Phoenix Theatres plans to incor-porate both CDC and our local gov-ernment standards on how a theatreshould safely operate. Workingclosely with the National Associationof Theatre Owners and with the helpof theatre management and employ-ees, new safety protocols have beenestablished for every aspect of thetheatre:

• There will be social distancingguidelines in all the common areasand most importantly in the theatreauditoriums. The seating layout will

automatically be configured withinthe reserved seating computer soft-ware, so that customers will not bewithin six feet of other guests not intheir family group.

• Each employee will wear masksand other protective equipment.

• Transactions will be stream-lined at the ticketing and concessionstand to further minimize touchpoints.

• In between each showing, afood grade disinfectant spray will beused on all seats that removes99.99% of all viruses on surfaceswithin 30 seconds.

• This disinfectant spray will alsobe used on high touch pointsthroughout the building includingthe restrooms and concession areas.

• Hand sanitizer stations willalso be provided for customer usethroughout the theatre.

Detailed Video Re-Opening Plan:“In order to help easily demon-

strate these new policies, we devel-oped a video to help illustrate whatyou can expect to see during yournext trip to the movies,” said TearisReid, Vice President of Operations.

“The cinema has always been a wayfor people to escape reality for a fewhours. It is our job now more thanever to provide this experience to ourguests while keeping them safe.”

To view Phoenix Theatres re-opening video plan and a completelisting of safety protocols, please visitthe web site in advance at:www.phoenixmovies.net/covid

Coming Attractions:In the past several weeks, the

movie industry has received somevery hopeful news with Solstice Stu-dios announcing a July 1st openingfor their new Russell Crowe film “Un-hinged,” with Warner Brothers fol-lowing with their new ChristopherNolan film “Tenet” on July 17th andWalt Disney Studios opening theirlong awaited “Mulan” on July 24th.

New Online Store:The past few months have also

been a time of great creativity andseveral very technically talented em-ployees have worked together to de-velop a new Phoenix Theatres Storeon the website that for the first timewill allow customers to purchase giftcards on line (in increments of $25,$50, $100) and are available by vis-iting on the web at Phoenix-movies.net. As this is the only areaof the business that will be open formany weeks, Phoenix Theatreswould certainly appreciate your sup-port. The gift cards can be used forany film and concession items oncethe theatres reopen for business.

There is no doubt that the coron-avirus has wreaked havoc on themovie industry in ways that are visi-ble to us. However, theatre ownersall over the country remain hopeful.

Just like in the past, with a de-termined effort we will prevail,again,” Jacobson said. “It is our sin-cere hope that our society can safelyreturn to a normal routine of enjoy-ing our lives and love of movies. Theexperience of living through this cri-sis has certainly been very humblingfor all of us. I want to personallythank many of you that have calledus and took the time to send us let-ters of support. These little nicetiesare just a little more appreciatedthan ever and proves to us that it’sincredible customers who have sup-ported us the last 20 years.”

Phoenix Theatres announces re-open plan

The State Wayne is Phoenix Theatre’s company jewel. Photo by John Rhaesa

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By Carolyn Marnon

The Class of 2020 is a uniqueone. They went to school one day inMarch, just like they did every otherschool day since kindergarten. Onlywhen they went home that day, theydidn’t know they would not be com-ing back to walk the halls of highschool ever again. Just like that,school as they knew it was over. Sen-ior year. Over. Done. No prom. Nograduation ceremony celebrated atEastern Michigan University like allthe classes before them.

What happens next is that people

start getting creative. Front doorsdecorated to celebrate the senior stu-dent living there. Shout outs on theschool marquee. The football field litup at 20:20 (8:20 p.m.) for 20 min-utes to honor the Class of 2020.

School social media highlighting andpaying tribute to various seniors.

At this time, it is unknown whatgraduation will actually look like forthe Wayne Memorial High SchoolZebra Class of 2020. One thing is

known. On Friday, June 12, from1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., WMHSClass of 2020 Seniors can drive apreselected route on their highschool campus starting at the SeniorLot on the corner of 4th and Ash.Seniors can decorate their cars ifthey wish. As they drive the campus,honking and waving, staff, teachers,and administrators will be there tocheer them on what would have beenthe last day of school. If you aren’tdoing anything that afternoon, per-haps you will go cheer on our Classof 2020!

Seniors roll on to next phase of their lives

Residents and taxpayers of the City of Wayne nowhave a more convenient way to pay their water and prop-erty tax bills. The City of Wayne is now part of the DivDatKiosk Network which includes 70+ DivDat kiosk loca-tions in Michigan.

A resident desiring to pay in cash-fee free-can pay atthe kiosk. Check and credit card payments are also ac-cepted.

Residents can make no-touch payments from thesafety of their home on the DivDat Mobile App, or online

through the City website at www.ci.wayne.mi.us/Account posting will occur at time of payment, and

there is no fee when using cash or a check. When payingby credit or debit card, there will be a merchant fee dis-closed at the time of payment.

You can find the location of a DivDat kiosk at www.di-vdatkiosk.com. There will be two kiosks coming todowntown Wayne.

You can also still continue to use the City Hall dropbox, mail or online to make payments.

Additional convenience to pay water bill

On Friday, June 12, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.,

WMHS Class of 2020 Seniors can drive a preselected

route on their high school campus starting at

the Senior Lot on the corner of 4th and Ash.

Seniors can decorate their cars if they wish.

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