By The Way, the Columns of Betty E. Stein

By Betty Stein and Blake Sebring

During the summer of 1982, in her role as assistant to the principal, Betty Stein gave The News-Sentinel's Stewart Spencer a tour of Memorial Park Middle School. The paper's incoming editor, Spencer was looking for his daughter's new school."We just hit it off beautifully," Stein said. "He loved the school, and he liked me." Spencer suggested Betty write a guest column, and her first was published Nov. 12, 1982. She continued every other Tuesday until July 31, 2018, and including her Afterwards and Page Turner submissions, Betty wrote more than 2,000 columns in The News-Sentinel.As selected by Betty, here are more than 100 of her best columns, highlighting Fort Wayne and national history, felines, books, movies, music, teaching and, of course, quizzes. - all including Betty's signature humor, 100-year perspective and self-deprecating style. Here's your chance to reminisce about some of your favorite Betty Stein memories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1729433642
• ISBN13: 9781729433645
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"