Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 97, Number 40, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 March 1974 — Page 1

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Progress report

The Nappanee Area Centennial Assn. Executive Committee met to hear progress reports division chairmen at the BAB Restaurant Monday morning. From left to right are Larry Wagner, decorations; Larry Spurgeon, chairman, special events; Dick Chapman, general chairman, and Bill Armitage, consultant from the John P. Rogers Producing Company.

Former Panthers will play in Goshen charity game

Two former North Wood cagers will be included in an Elkhart County high school alumni team that will face Goshen alumni in the annual March of Dimes basketball game Saturday, March 30, at Goshen High School. Rex Holmes, and Mike Miller, now playing basketball for Tri State and Goshen College respectively, were included in the County squad issued recently by Game Director Max Chiddister. Other County squad members are: Dean Weirich (Northridge), Paul Keim (Concord), now playing for Goshen College), Doug Ganger (Concord), Larry Crilow (Bethany), John Wyson (Fairfield, now playing at Tri State), Garvin Roberson (Elkhart, currently a University of Illinois student and draft choice of the WFL Chicago Fire), Bob Merick (Elkhart, also a draft choice of teh Cleveland Browns), John Rupert (Elkhart), Ernie Payton (Jimtown, now playing at Bethel College) and Mike

Production staff announced for "Fiddler on the Roof"

The production staff for the Nappanee Civic Theatre’s “Fiddler on the Roof” was announced Monday by co-producers Jayne Shrock and Carol Roose. “Fiddler on the Roof” will be performed April 18, 19, 25, 26 and 27, Co-directors are Charlotte Pippen and Cay McDonald. Other staff members are: Musical Directors: Randy Hepler and Max Hoyt; Stage Manager, Eldon Schrock; Set Construction: Eldon Schrock; Set Decoration, Alma Yoder; Lighting, Ed Eichenberger; Makeup, Kate Yoder, Carol Roose, Jean Muntz, Gloria Mason, Mara Lee Powell, Linda Pippen; Stage Properties, Bonnie Hochstetler, Peggy Tompos, David Tompos, Ron Bower , Janet Martin; Prompter, Sue Hoyt; Wardrobe, Dorris Sheets, Karole Maust, Jayne Shrock, Carol Bower , Sandy Zehr, Aleta Heckaman, Perri Hepler, Pat Yeater, Shirley Holcomb; Publicity, Jill Stover, Ann Flaherty, Martha Parcel!; House Manager, Bill Best , Hostess, Irene Best; Programs, Irene Fairchild, Max Gwin (cover design), Maynard Shrock, t Weather . . . Increasing cloudiness Friday with a chance of showers Friday and Saturday, becoming mostly fair Sunday .Lows in the 30s Friday and Saturday, dropping to the 20s Sunday. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s Friday, dropping to the low 40s to near 50 Saturday and Sunday.

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Kallimani (Jimtown). Members of teh Goshen alumni squad are: John Ritter (former 1U star), Mike Ritter, Mike Brill, John Westfall, Greg Cook, Jim Whitehead. Marty Keil, Ron Miller, Jay Miller (former player with Notre Dame. St. Louis Hawks, Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers), Randy Saal, Scott Sherman and Barry Kaufman. Art Cosgrove, former Goshen High school mentor, will coach the Goshen team; Keith Dougherty, former Nappanee and Elkhart Central coach was listed tentatively as the County coach. A preliminary game between the Goshen Police and Fire Departments will begin at 6:30 p.m. Dotrs\vill open at 5:00. S3IOO was realized for the March of Dimes last year by a capacity crowd, and Chiddister indicated that tickets may not be available at the door. Advance tickets for one dollar may be purchased at Dunham and Love's.

Janet Martin; Tickets and Reservations, Doris Sheets, Charlotte Pippen; Ushers, National Honor Society. The co-producers also expressed thanks to the Nappanee Area Centennial Assn, for the use of the Centennial seal on the program, and to the Park Board and Park Superintendent Dean Gever for their cooperation during rehearsals at the West Park Pavilion. Students organize scholarship program The sophomore class of Olivet Nazarene College, with the approval of the administration has instigated a Steven C. Sommer Memorial Scholarship Fund. The living scholarship program, which was organized on Saturday, March 2, just hours after the accident occurred which took Steve's life, already has approximately SI,OOO in donations, most of which was given at a benefit concert held that Saturday night, and attended by over 1,000 persons. Recipients of the scholarship will be chosen on the basis of need rather than scholastic aptitude. Persons who wish to contribute to the scholarship fund, may mail their contribution directly to Olivet Nazarene College, Kankakee. Illinois, 60901, attention, Steven C. Sommer Memorial Scholarship Fund.

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1974

Two incumbents file for school board seats Three residents, including two incumbents, have filed for school board seats up for election in the May 7 primary. Max Quakenbush, R.R.I, has filed for a second four-year term for the Union Twp. seat, while James Graybill has filed for a second term for the Harrison Twp. seat. Ray Pippenger, R.R 3, who was appdintefTto the Locke TwpC seat for a twoyear terjn from 1962 to 1964. has again filed for that seat, currently filled by Dr. Lisle Roose. Storm damages Northwood homes Considerable property damage was done to four homes in Northwood Estates when sewer backups flooded their basements during a violent electrical storn\ early Thursday morning. The Fire. Street 4 and Water Utility Depts. took portable pumps out .to the homes around 3:00 a.m., and worked to approximately 8:00 a.m. to empty the basements. About 2'j feel of water was reported in Gene Heckaman's basement, while some sixeight inches collected in the basements of Dallas Gall, Ken Walters and Charles Slump. No damage estimate was reported. Lightening caused temporary outrages from Jimtown to Community Center, according to Nappanee NIPSCO office manager Domer Long. He reported 20-30 line fuses and 10-15 individual transformer fuses out, as well as four transformers burned out. Service was completely restored by 9:00 a.m. Thursday, except for outages which hadn't been reported by that time. Borkholder donates water tower land Freemon Borkholder, president of Borkholder Building Supply, informed Board of Public Works and Safety members said Saturday that he will donate a 120’ x 120’ piece of land in the West Industrial Park for construction of a water tower. He will also donate a 66’ right of way so that a road to the tower can be built. In other action, board members approved the use of the Municipal Center's community room by a committee organized by the Chamber of Commerce for promoting local industry. Chamber board member Bill Marshall, who is in charge of the project, made the request. Police officers Bruce Thornton and Dan Wortinger were authorized to attend a breathylizer school in Indianapolis April 11. Voter registration Residents who didn't register to vote this year at the Middle School Tuesday can still do so at the Nappanee Auto License Branch through March 23. Savin' of the green Check the Green Pages for coupon bargain sales Friday and Saturday.

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Hears review of district program

Board tours Central

School Board members toured the construction and remodeling project at Central School Monday night, and then heard a review of the district’s program which has been developing since the schools were reorganized in 1962. The building program, which includes North Wood High School and the construction and remodeling projects at Central, South and Wakarusa Schools required the reorganization of the K-6, 7-9, 10-12 school system to a K-5, 6-8, 9-12 structure. Asst. Supt John Miller explained. The reorganization was necessitated in order for the state to approve the building plans, but there were real disadvantages to the old system, he pointed out. These included course failures in ninth grade, the expense of installing labs in the Middle School for ninth graders, and differences in maturity between ninth graders and other Middle School pupils. He added that the 6-7-8 grouping was better since television has made sixth graders more sophisticated and they can do more individual work. Ideally, Miller said, fifth graders should be in an elementary school, rather than being placed in the position of being “rejects” in the Middle School. He explained the transfer of Union and Harrison sixth grades to Wakarusa by pointing to their need for a better library program, as well as access to science labs. He also noted that the band program could now be started in the sixth grade, and that the students would have a better athletic program. Miller also briefly discussed the concept , of “open” education, stating that, basically, it is a state of mindonjth£'ph v rt of the teacher, allowing—flexibility in method so that the individual needs of students may be better met. The concept is nothing new, he said; good teachers have been trying to leach this way for years. The "open" style (three-sided)

Style Show . . . The Ladies Day Kickoff and Style Show, conducted by the Centennial Belles Dress Committee, will be held Sunday, March 24, from 2-4 p.m. at the West Park Pavilion. The Show will feature Centennial wearing apparel for women. FCA meeting . . . A Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting will be held at Ron’s Bakery Saturday morning (March 16) at 7:30. The program will include films and tapes of FCA summer conference activities. All Wa-Nee district adults are invited to attend.

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Nappanee Centennial License Plates can now be purchased at the Nappanee Auto License Branch of the Public Library for two dollars each. They were designed by Jim Clouse of the Special Projects Committee,

rooms in Central and Wakarusa will facilitate this approach, though that doesn't mean that education will be poorer in the traditional classrooms, he said. Miller concluded by saying that the district has been developing this change over a long period of time, that teachers have been involved in developing the program, and that the program was not sudden or revolutionary. Central School principal Dick Strakowski also discussed “open" teaching, as well as the possibility of establishing a PTA for the elementary school. He noted that there had been a PTA at Central a few years ago, but that parents became too busy to serve on committees. “Usually there were many more teachers than parents at the meetings: the meetings became teacheroriented, and the organization died,” he said. Strakowski said he would try to organize anew PTA for Central in the spring, stating that the new facilities and program might draw parents’ interest. The "satelite" lunch program was also explained by Strakowski, Supt. James Weddle and Asst. Supt, William Dorsey. Weddle noted that the program was approved three years ago, and that South School has actually had "satelite” food service since it was built. He stated that the program was far more economical that having kitchens and kitchen staffs Tor each school, and that there was no difference in the quality, flavor or tem-

Wa-Nee merchants face teachers -. 9 in donkeyball benefit game

A squad of 19 Nappanee and Wakarusa merchants will square off against 10 WaNee teachers in a donkey basketball game at the Nappanee Middle School Monday. March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from the game, sponsored by the Psi lota Xi Sorority, will be used for scholarships for North Wood students. Participating Nappanee merchants are: Bob Schnieltz, Bryan Guard, Bill George, Jim Moore, Frank Hartman. Dave Lemler, Brant Nettrour, Wendell Metzler. Ernie Crilow, Phil Bonacorsi, Denny Martin, Dale Tobias and Larry Wagner. Wakarusa merchants are Jack Hess, Tom Tarman, Scott Esenwein, Stan Myers, Reid Eby and Phil Preston. The teachers' squad will include Rick Bowen, Carlos R. Aballi, Roger Troyer, Rick Coffin, Denny Smith, Jim Andrews, Eugene Zercher, Ross Sloat, Jim Snider and Chris Hopkins. A press release from the Diamond K Donkey Ball Cos., owners of the donkies, promises: “The donkeys will be stubborn, as usual - sometimes a little contrary, and

perature of the food served from a central kitchen and from satelite equipment. . “New kitchen equipment, which Centrpl now requires, would cost $15,000-120,000, while the satelite equipment would coat around $3,000. He would also have to build a larger kitchen in Central. There also be the cost of an additional staff at Central. We can't have these things and' still serve meals for 40-50 cents,” he said. He added that the central kitchen at North Wood has the capacity to feed twice the number of students at the high school, and that another kitchen isn't a necessity. Mr. Dorsey explained the method. “The food, in 12 x 20 pans, is placed in hot or cold cabinets immediately after it’s been prepared. The cabinets maintain food temperature.. They will be taken to Central and South by North Wood kitchen staff members, plugged in, and the food can be kept five-seven hours without affecting the taste and quality at all." Dorsey has studied similar programs in other districts, and is contacting kitchen equipment companies to determine the district’s needs. In other business, board members adjusted the bus mileage reimbursement rate according to distance traveled in order to allow for student hardship. 25 cents will be charged for 0-30 miles; 20 cents for 31 to 90 miles, and 15 cents for 91plus miles. Board members also approved raising the driver training lab fee this summer and next school year from S2O to S3O due to increased costs for the lab.

to put it mildly, sometimes a bit uncooperative. The rules of the game are that you can only shoot while sittingoothe donkey and recover loose balls while'\ holding on to the donkey. This is where the fun comes in. About the time a player goes to shoot. the donkey decides he has been on his back too long. The local "cowboy” will then show his skill as a rodeo star. Trying to move the donkey two or three inches when going after a loose ball, can sometimes seem like a city block. It will be a real challenge to the local men of strength. There will be thrills, spills, laughs, and more laughs. The local drug stores will sell their liniment stocks the day after the game. It’s fun for members of the entire family. It’s the basketball game of the year, where everyone goes home laughing. You won’t want to miss it!” Ticket prices are: 50 cents for sixth graders and under; one dollar for seventh through 12th graders and $1.50 for adults. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Dunham and Love and Wakarusa Pharmacies.

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