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APPLE DUMPLINGS ; Entries are now being accepted for the 1997 Nappanee Apple Festival “Apple Dumpling” congest. Forms are available at the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce office. Any child, ages six months to three years, from the Wa-Nee School District, is eligible for entry. An entry form will also appear in next week’s issue of the Nappanee Advance-News. LIBRARY BOARD The Nappanee Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, originally scheduled for August 12, has been rescheduled to August 21, 7:30p.m., at the library. Meetings are open to the public. COMMON COUNCIL ' The City of Nappanee Common Council will meet in regular session Wednesday, September 3 (note date change), 7p.m., in the council chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. PARK BOARD The Nappanee Board of Parks and Recreation will meet in regular session, Wednesday, September 10, 4:30p.m., in the Emergency Services Building, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. PHOTO CONTEST August 27, 4:30p.m., is the deadline for entries in the Nappanee Advance-News “How I Spent My Summer Vacation Photo Contest. Entry blanks appeared in tfae August 6 and l3 issues of the Advance-News, and are also available at the office, 158 W. Market St. Entries should be dropped off at any of the participating stores: Arby’s, Uptown Auto, Ace Hardware, John’s Butcher Shop, Liz’s Furniture Shoppe or Newcomer & Son Jewelers. The grand prize winner will receive paid trip accommodations, and will be printed in the September 3 issue of the Advance-News, along with the honorable mention entries. Honorable mention will also earn a free value meal from Nappanee Taco Bell. RETAIL COMMITTEE The Retail Division of the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, September 4, at the chamber office, 215 W. Market St. Breakfast is shared at 7a.m., with the business meeting set to begin at 7:30a.m. All interested persons are encouraged to attend. BLOOD PRESSURES The Elkhart County Health Department will offer free blood pressure screening at the Nappanee Public Library, Tuesday, August 19, from 12-1:30p.m. For more information, call the library, 219-773-7919. SCHOOL BOARD The Wa-Nee Board of School Trustees will meet Monday, August 25,7:30p.m., in the administration building, 1300 N. Main Street, Nappanee. Meetings are open to the public. BOARD OF WORKS The City of Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety will meet Monday, August 25, 3:30p.m., in the council chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. OFFICE HOURS The office of the Nappanee Advance-News and Farm & Home News, 158 W. Market St., is open Monday through Friday, 9a.m.4:30p.m. The mailing address is f.O. Box 230, NappaneC, IN. 46550. The display advertising deadline is Friday noon (Wednesday 2p.m. for Farm & Home), with news' and photos accepted for the Advance-News Until Monday noon, for that Week’s edition. All classified ads are due by noon on Thursday. The telephone number is 219-773-3127. FAX 773-3512.

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WINS PAGEANT—AngeIa Hattery, who is a senior at North Wood High School this year, was named the winner of the 1998 Goshen Junior Miss pageant held Saturday, August 2 at Goshen Middle School. See related story for more information. (AN photo by Christina Hill)

Nappanee’s Angela Hattery named Goshen Junior Miss

By Christina HiU Angela Hattery, daughter of Mike and Barb Hattery, Nappanee, and a senior at NorthWocHl High School, was named 1998 Goshen Junior Miss following a pageant held Saturday evening, August 2 at Goshen Middle School. She was also named first-place category winner for Poise and Composure, Spirit of Junior Miss, Panel Evaluation and Physical Fitness. Angela says she had a lot of fun competing. She also met several new friends during the pageant, and intends to keep in touch with them. “They were such a blast to hang out with,” she added. Angela is a member of the Abundant Life Victory Center church, where she has sung during special music. Since the competition, she has received several offers to sing in local churches within the next two or three months. Her talent presentation in the pageant was the Christian song “On My Knees.” She portrayed a peasant girl praying behind an

Japanese student enjoys sushi, taste of Nappanee

by Dixie Sheetz A-N Feature Writer When Chie Ohta says goodrbye to the United States, September 11, for her 13-hour return flight to Tokyo, she will carry with her special memories of Nappanee. Hosted by Will and Bobbie Wilson for one month, as part of Purdue University’s International Programs in Agriculture, Chie found the farming community and Amish culture fascinating. A third-year veterinary student at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Chie visited the Yutzy Farm on Beech Road, observed Dr. Dyer performing surgery on small animals, and made rounds with Dr. Thomas in Wakarusa. Chie has tested DNA from whales and dolphins in cooperation with the World Health Organization, and has trained with a lion keeper at the Tokyo Tama Zoo. But her dream is to return to the farms of the United States as a veterinarian, and use her knowledge of genetics to breed animals. When asked hew long she would like to stay, she replied, “Forever. Every day I can see beautiful scenery here.” The open landscape of the rural countryside provides a welcome contrast to her crowded homeland. Everything here seems big to her —the farms, the houses and the friendliness.

Offer adult classes

Wa-Nee Continuing Education classes will once again be offered at North Wood High School and the Nappanee Public Library. Classes to be offered include GED, Introduction to Sign Language, Beginning Spanish, Quilting, Water Exercise, Line Dancing, Effective Parenting,

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alter while singing. Currently, Angela is involved with Dawning Generation, the North Wood High School show choir. She had a role in the school musical drama “Oklahoma” last spring, and will be in the musical drama next spring. Her main areas of study in school this year will be sociology and psychology. After high school, Angela plans to attend college, possibly Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Illinois, where she will study music ministry. Along with the other 10 competitors, she had to ahswef a question during the presence and composure contest: Should community service be required for high school graduation? Most of the other 10 contestants said yes, but Hattery’s answer was, “I do not believe community service should be required for graduation, although I feel it is our responsibility to take care of our community. “I believe that we, as graduates,

The daughter of a lawyer and a homemaker, Chie has one older brother who works in Honda sales. Her grandmother wears a kimono and practices the traditional tea ceremony. Chie values her heritage. She loves Japanese gardens and the delicate foods. Octopus, sushi, soybeans and sea urchins are her favorites, along with white rice. She is daring, and would like to sample the expensive poisonous fish. The taco and macaroni and cheese were her favorite new food experiences in the U.S. Cheese is expensive in Japan, with a limited variety. Chie studied the English language for nine years in school, but finds American slang puzzling. She will join seven fellow exchange students to conclude her first trip to America with a fiveday tour of Washington, D.C. and New York City. But her final days in Indiana with Will and Bobbie will be spent at the RCA Tennis Tournament and Indianapolis Zoo, with a stop at St. Elmo’s —not for steak, for for shrimp. Chie was especially grateful to the Wilsons for their kindness, and presented them with a gift of calligraphy. She has practiced calligraphy since the age of four. The beautiful symbols mean “hope and wishes,” and will be mounted in the Wilson home as a remem-

Introduction to Computers and Introduction to the Internet. Most classes will begin in September. For a complete list of courses and descriptions, pick up a flyer at the Wa-Nee Community Schools Administration Office or the Nappanee Public Library.

City’s Pleasant Acres grant request plans progress

By Barb Keiser Editor The city’s 1998 budget and the proposed Pleasant Acres development project occupied much of the agenda at Monday night’s session of the Nappanee Common Council. Representatives of the various agencies, who have been working at the complicated business\pf qualifying for grant application, arranging plans acceptable to present residents of the area involved, and working toward implementing city services to the development, shared progress reports. At Monday’s public hearing regarding the application for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant for the project, it appears that all will be in order in time for the September 12 grant application deadline. The project will have up to 25

should be willing to volunteer our time to give to the community, as past generations have given us, to ensure our generation a safe place to live and work.” As winner of the 26th annual Junior Miss competition, Angela, who advances to state competition in Frankfort this winter, received a $1,200 cash scholarship, a Junior Miss necklace, a Goshen Junior Miss medallion, a $75 gift basket of Mary Kay Cosmetics from Kendra Cross and a photo sitting from Troyer Studios. She also won a SSO cash scholarship and silver tray for the Spirit of Junior Miss contest, which the contestants themselves voted for, and SIOO cash scholarships and silver trays for winning the Presence and Composure and Panel Evaluation categories. She also received a SSO Greg Leatherman Memorial Scholarship for the evaluation competition. With a bright outlook on life in general and a positive eye toward the future, Angela Hattery is definitely a winner.

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GUEST FROM JAPAN-Chie Ohta of Japan Is shown with her American hosts, Will and Bobbie Wilson, Nappanee, and the Wilsons', dog, Andy. At right, she demonstrates the art of calligraphy. Chie is spending a month with

affordable housing units for low to moderate income families, with grants also available to help subsidize the purchase of the units, which will probably run from $65,000-$85,000 each. A $650,000 budget has been established for the project, but estimated costs have reached just over $700,000, so the possibility exists for several cuts. “We’re here to create a neighborhood,” reported Mayor Larry Thompson, “and I think we should be proud of what we’ve accomplished.” The Pleasant Acres area is located in the southwest comer of Nappanee, adjacent to Williams Street and the railroad tracks. Council members also passed on first reading the city’s budget for 1998, with Clerk-Treasurer Kim Ingle asking for a tax rate of 2.670 for both Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties, while reminding council that this rate will drop considerably following the state budget hearing. However, the exact rate will not be known until late December. “This would Finance the city pretty well for 1998,” stated Ingle, who also announced that the preadoption public hearing for the budget would take place during the September 3 council meeting, prior to the second reading. In relating to the budget, council members were asked to approve Resolution 442, reducing appropriations in the Cumulative Fire Equipment Fund for 1997, a step necessary due to a request from the State Board of Tax Commissioners, to reduce unencumbered balances in the ‘97 budget in order to insure total budget in 1998. The fund included a total of $106,000, and was reduced by $25,000 for this year—however, that amount can then be included in the ‘9B budget. The resolution passed unanimously. Ordinances and public hearings for both the water rate increase and sewer rate increase for the city, were heard and passed final readings, with two amendments made in the sewer ordinance. One amendment reads that multi-fami-ly and industrial users will not qualify for the summer sprinkling rates, and the other concerns using an average rate from JanuaryMarch of the previous year’s use, when a family moves from one residence to another, in order to determine fair rates. Ingle stated that the new rates should be seen on the water

the Wilsons, as part of Purdue University's International Programs in Agriculture. See related article for details. (AN photo by Dixie Sheetz)

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department bills due November 30. The Elected Officials Salary Ordinance passed third and final reading during the session, and council members also adopted a Resolution of Agreement between Kosciusko County and the City of Nappanee Plan Commissions. The resolution requests that the City of Nappanee be allowed to give input on changes in land use for lands contiguous to its corporate limits, with reviews limited to the effects of a particular land use change on the city’s comprehensive plan and its infrastructures. It also asks the county unit to provide notice of any petition that requests changes in the land use within a designated area in Kosciusko County, and that the commission give reasonable consideration to comments, received at or prior to a scheduled public hearing, concerning the City of Nappanee Comprehensive Plan and infrastructure. Finally, the resolution asks that the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission designate one person from its membership to be a representative at the City of Nappanee Plan Commission meetings. The agreement is identical to one passed in 1990 with the Elkhart County Plan Commission. “We want to be good neighbors,” stated Mayor Thompson. Council members approved claims against the city, amounting to $82,174.15, for payment. It was also announced that the water utility will flush fire hydrants August 26-28. See related article on page 16 for details. Mayor Thompson closed with an invitation to all interested persons to share in a Tuesday, August 19, farewell breakfast for Mose Lape, who has served as a volunteer at the depot for a number of years. The mayor announced plans to issue a proclamation honoring Lape, who will be entering the veteran’s home in West Lafayette this week. Lape’s home in Nappanee was recently destroyed by fire. The local volunteer was also to receive several special gifts, including a railroad depot replica, complete with model train. Due to the Labor Day holiday, the next meeting of the City of Nappanee Common Council will take place Wednesday, September 3, 7p.m., in the council chambers, Nappanee Municipal Center, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public.

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