The Independent-News, Volume 119, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 May 1994 — Page 11

ANNOUNCE INDIANA STATE FAIR GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT

Wynonna, Brooks & Dunn and Travis Tritt will headline shows on the stage of the CMT: Country Music Television Grandstand during the Indiana State Fair, August 10-21 run. Dial Corporation presents Wynonna with special guest Arron Neville and the Neville Brothers Friday, August 12, at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats are $18.50 and $20.50. On Wednesday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m., Brooks and Dunn, presented by Miller Lite, will perform with special guest Faith HUI. Reserved seats are $18.50 and $20.50. The State Fair’s final night, Sunday, August 21, will feature Travis Tritt on stage with special guest Lee Roy Parnell, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Immediately following the performance, the sky will light up with the spectacular CMT: Country Music Televison free fireworks show. Reserved seats are $18.50 and $20.50. Advanced sale concert tickets include State Fair admission and free parking, when available. Eckrich presents a new, familyoriented show at this year's State Fair. It is a messy, wacky and incredibly zany, hour-long spectacular called Nickelodeon’s Wild & Crazy Kids, Live! There wUI be two shows Tuesday, August 16, one performance at 2:00 p.m. and the other at 7:00 p.m. Kids, ages 5 to 14, participate in incredible games like "Slimy Crossword Puzzle’’, "TV TuneIn", "PUlowmania" and Creepy Crawling". Each event is filled with stickly slime, glorious gak, whipped cream and pure slop — every mom’s nightmare, but every kid’s dream. Unlike any other famUy show in the country, Nickelodeon’s WUd & Crazy Kids selects its contestants from the audience. Several dozen kids and big kids, ^called adults, will be ohoswrat random by the show’s hosts to go on stage and have the "Slime of Their Life". This general admission show's tickets are SB.OO for adults, $6.00 for kids aged 6 to 12 and $3.00 for children 5 and under. Bring in an Eckrich UPC symbol or Smoked Sausage label and get a $2.00 discount off your ticket purchase. Advance sale tickets for Nickelodeon’s Wild & Crazy Kids, Live! include State Fair admission and free parking, when available. Tickets go on sale 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Indiana State Fair Box Office. Tickets are also available at Ticketmaster outlets or Charge-By-Phones in Anderson (317/644-3131), Bloomington (812/333-9955), Evansville (812/423-7222), Fort Wayne (219/ 424-1811), Indianapolis (317/2395151), Lafayette (317/743-5151), South Bend (219/272-7979) and Terre Haute (812/234-2424). An incredible variety of other colorful and entertaining activities is scheduled for the CMT: Country Music Television Grandstand as well. The National City Bank Band Day competition gets underway the first day of the State Fair, Wednesday, August 10. The preliminaries begin at 10:00 a.m. ($3.00) with the finals at 8:00 p.m. ($5.00). The following day, Thursday, August 11, the Cheerleading Contest begins at 8:00 a.m. ($3.00) with the finals at 6:00 p.m. ($5.00). On Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14, the State Fair Rodeo, presented by Weaver Popcorn, will open its shoots for non-stop action. There are two shows each day, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are SB.OO. Admission for children, 5 and under, is $4.00. During the Fair’s second Saturday, August 20, the AMA Camel Pro Indy Mile Motorcycle Race will be run. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for children 5 and under. During the week following the

State Fair, Grand Circuit Harness Racing will return. August 25-27 will feature the Horseman Futurities, the Horseman Stake with the Fox Stake scheduled for Saturday, August 27. Admission each day is $5.00. Post times are at noon. Entertainment Listed For The LaPorte Co. Fair Lee Greenwood and the Fox Brothers, top names in the Country and Western music field, headline the entertainment at the 1994 LaPorte County Fair, according to an announcement by Fair Secre-tary-Manager John P. Daley. Also heading up this year’s fair entertainment will be the Highway 101 Show as well as the everpopular Demolotion Derbies. The Hubler International Circus will also return for two performances in front of the grandstand, Daley noted. Greenwood will offer two performances at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. on the final night of the 1994 fair, Saturday, July 23. The Fox Brothers will have only one show, Friday, July 22, at 8:00 p.m., while the Highway 101 group will perform at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. The Demolition Derby will control the track in front of the grandstand on opening night of the fair at 7:00 p.m., July 18, while the Figure 8 Demo Derby will be staged at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19. The Hubler Circus will have two performances, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20. Entertainment ticket sales along with the advance season pass sale will begin on June 1 at the fair office. Office hours will be Monday through Friday from 8:30 until 4:30 and Saturday from 9:00 to 1:00. Daley noted that there wll be no early reservations taken for entertainment tickets! The Highway 101 Show will have grandstand tickets on sale for $3.00 with box seats being sold for $5.00. The Fox Brothers Show will have ticket sales for grandstand seats at $2.00 and $4.00 for box seats. The Greenwood shows will have grandstand tickets going for $4.00 and box and track seats for SB.OO. Admission for the demolition derbies will be $4.00 grandstand tickets with box seats at $6.00. The Hubler Circus will have free grandstand admission, although box seats will be available for $2.00. Greenwood is most remembered for his highly successful patriotic album, God Bless The USA", which most recently was heard during the Persian Gulf War. The Fox Brothers, although frequently aligned with the Country and Western field, are best known for their gospel music. Highway 101 has gained acclaim in the country arena with an established record on music charts. The demolition derbies have long been popular at the fair and draw packed grandstands for the events. The Hubler Circus has become a fixture at the fair over the years with its variety of animal acts along with the usual fare of highwire, juggling and comedy acts. PERFORMS WITH NEBRASKA WESLEYAN GLEE Shawn Mummert, North Liberty, is a member of the Nebraska Wesleyan Glee, which combined with the Women’s Chorus to present a concert on May 1. The Wesleyan Glee portion of the concert included selections of wellknown barbershop songs, including "Coney Island Baby"; several sacred pieces, including "God Os Our Fathers” and "Holy, Holy, Holy"; and three Russian folk songs sung in English. In addition the Glee and Women’s Chorus combined to perform selections from the musical "The Man Os LaMancha".

New Nappanee Inn Grand Opening On May 14 - 15 The new 66 room Nappanee Inn will opened May 10 on U.S. Highway 6, one-half mile west of Amish Acres. The new inn becomes a sister hotel to The Inn at Amish Acres which has been in operation for five years this month, and is located next to the historic farm complex. Although the existing inn has operated as a Comfort Inn since its construction, it now joins the new inn as an independent hotel operating through Amish Acres' computerized reservations system. This new network links both hotels’ inquiries and reservations for all lodging, including Amish Acres Bed and Breakfast Reservation Agency, that includes 25 farm houses in the Nappanee countryside. Amish Acres dinner and theatre tickets and the Grand Ole Opry Country Music Show, can also be reserved through one tollfree phone call, (1-800-800-4942). The new inn is located halfway between Amish Acres and Borkholder’s Dutch Village, another popular Nappanee visitor attraction. The new facility features a complimentary breakfast, outdoor swimming pool, remote controlled cable TV with HBO, vending facilities and game room. All guest rooms feature two extra-long double beds made up in Amish-style quilts, photographs of local farm scenes on the walls, and country oak furniture made in Indiana. The quaint lobby features a painted wainscot with a plate rail, washed white oak cabinets, canted front desk and decorated chairs. The most noticeable difference between the two inns to passing motorists will be the architectural treatments of the two buildings. The existing Inn at Amish Acres, well known for its farmhouse motif with white,b^yded siding, standing seam steel roof, porches and wooden rockers, surrounded by perennial landscaping, is now contrasted by The new Nappanee Inn, which takes its design cues from the bams, sheds and com cribs of the surrounding countryside. The building is sided in barn-red vertical siding, shingled in green and trimmed in white. It features an appropriate assortment of ventilators, and the entryway with its drive-through, reminiscent of a turn-of-the-century com crib, is crowned with a cupola that feature a weather vane crafted by Richard Fout, Amish Acres’ blacksmith in residence, and designed by Jerry Pressler, Amish Acres’ historic area manager from historic sources. The iron and brass vane features a three dimensional ear of ripened com in celebration of 1874, when the B&O Railroad was laid and the town was founded and com was king in Indiana, and Indian com was the universal crop. Today the seminal railroad, operated by CSX, runs right in front of the new inn with U.S. 6, the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, the nation’s longest highway, between the railroad and the inn. A Grand Ole Opry Country Music Show, in support of the Nappanee Public Library Endowment Fund, will feature Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys, 30year members of the Opry, Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band, contemporary blue grass musicians and Top 10 Cash Box recording artists, and the Little Fiddlers. The show is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 3:00 in Amish Acres 400 seat Round Bam Theatre. Each group will perform two sets. Tickets will be available for SIO.OO advance, $12.00 at the door, children 6to 12, $6.00. Advance tickets may be purchased by phone at (219) 773-4188 or in person at Amish Acres Theatre Lobby or The House Across the Street. Grand opening activities features an open house for the public on

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Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15, from noon till 5:00. Door prizes will include weekend packages at both hotels and Nappanee shopping sprees and special prizes offered from many of the subcontractors who worked on the project. Amish Acres, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was named the "No. 1 Indiana Attraction in Travel Agent Magazine’s Focus 500, the Official Guide to Group Tourism Attractions in America." The 80 acre attraction is well known for the 400 seat family style restaurant which has served the same menu for nearly 25 years and the new Round Bam Theatre, a 1911 structure which was moved to Amish Acres in 1992, which is home to Plain & Fancy, the Broadway musical play about Amish life and love. Plain & Fancy opened in 1955 and ran for nearly 500 performances, a record surpassed at Amish Acres in 1990 with composer Albert Hague in attendance for the celebration. The play is now in its eighth season, opening April 22 and running through October 29, with eight shows each week, three matinees and five evening performances. The company of actors is chosen each season from private auditions in Chicago and New York. Also scheduled for grand opening to coincide with the Nappanee Inn open house is the opening of the Nappanee Collection, a unique assortment of shopping experiences featuring a fine art gallery of oil and watercolor paintings from winning artists from Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival, listed as one of the top 200 art shows in the nation in informal Americana styles, including Hitchcock, Nichols & Stone, Shaker inspired designs from Harden, Pennsylvania House and Yield House. Antique and locally crafted furniture are integrated into the displays. A special showroom is dedicated to vignette from Nappanee’s famous hardwood kitchen manufacturers. For the first time visitors to Nappanee have the opportunity to sample the kitchen cabinet offerings in one convenient location. Original cabinets and artifacts from the local industry are being acquired to give a historical perspective to the showroom. The Nappanee Collection is located at the corner of Locke and Market Streets, on U.S. 6 in downtown Nappanee. It is connected to the Amish Country Welcome Center and has its own parking lot. NOW ACCEPTING APPUCATION FOR NURSERY SCHOOL The North Liberty Church of Christ Nursery School is taking enrollment for the 1994-1995 school year. We offer classes for children ages 3to 5 years. To be eligible for the 3/young 4’s class they must turn 3on or before June 1. To be eligible for the 4/5 class they must turn 4 on or before June 1. We have a 2 day a week session for the 3/young 4’s class and a choice of 2 or 3 day a week session for the 4/s’s class. Please call 656-4632 or stop by the church for more information. ALUMNI GROUP SEEKS MEMBERS OF CCC The National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni is searching for members of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s CCC of 1933-1942. We are also looking for anyone who may be interested in the history of the CCC. Membership in our association is $15.00 per year. Your membership includes a subscription to the monthly NACCCA Journal, our national newspaper. Membership also includes use of the NACCCA Library and Museum for research. For more information, please contact: NACCCA, P.O. Box 16429, St. Louis. MO 63125. Landing a man is like catching a fish, you have to wiggle the bait a little.

CONSUMER PROTECTION Attorney General Pamela Carter announced today that her Consumer Protection Division received a record 7,384 new consumer complaints in 1993 and has returned over $1 million to consumers through litigation and mediation. Created by the Indiana Legislature in 1971, the Consumer Protection Division investigates consumer complaints and attempts to mediate them with a solution that is satisfactory to both parties. If there has been a violation of state or federal consumer laws, Attorney General Carter may file a lawsuit if there is a pattern or scheme of deceptive activities. Complaints about camping clubs dominated the Top Ten Consumer Complaint list. The membership association of Indian Lakes Camping Club in Batesville, Indiana, encouraged each of its members to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Divisions, which alone alone generated 810 complaints. Because of these unusual circumstances, used car sale complaints fell from the number one spot in 1992 to number two in 1993 with 602 complaints. Carter cautions, "Unless stated otherwise, all used cars are sold 'as is’. Check a used car price guide to find out what the value of the vehicle is. And then have it inspected by a mechanic of your choice before you agree to buy it.” There were 482 complaints lodged against medical professionals, which was number three on the consumer complaint list. Most of those complaints were about unprovessional practices and billing problems. Auto repair complaints ranked number four with 472 complaints. Reminds Carter, "No auto repair should be made without the customer’s approval. Always get a written estimate. If the estimate is more than $750, the bill cannot exceed that estimate by more than 10% without the customer's approval. And all replaced parts must be available for inspection for 72 hours after the work is performed." Mail order sales were number five with 240 complaints. “Never send cash," cautions Carter. "Read the fine print carefully and keep records of what you ordered and when." There were 210 complaints about new car sales, ranking it number six. "Get a written quote and all terms of the sale in writing before you sign anything," advises Carter. “And call my Consumer Protection Division or the Better Business Bureau to find out what, if any, complaints have been filed against the car dealership. If the car you buy turns out to be a lemon, you might be protected under the Lemon Law.” Number seven was the home remodeling improvements industry with 209 consumer complaints. “Unfortunately, the elderly are the most frequent victims," laments Carter. “Be suspicious if someone comes to your door offering a good deal. Investigate the company, get referrals, make sure the company has a permanent business address, and don't be afraid to say ‘No!’ Real estate transactions ranked eighth with 156 complaints, most of them about the improper handling of escrow accounts. Number nine was prizes and promotions with 146 complaints primarily from "Lucky Winners” who were scammed into paying a fee for their prize. Health spas and weight loss programs rounded off the top ten list with 109 complaints. Cautions Carter, “Don’t let yourself be pressured into signing a contrct. Under Indiana law, you have the right to cancel the membership contract within three business days after signing it."

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