Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 120, Number 32, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 20 August 1997 — Page 2

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Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, August 20,1997

Set benefits for Newcomers

Friends, neighbors, family members and representatives of the local business community are working together to offer a series of fundraisers which will benefit Mike and Shirley Newcomer. Funds will help to defray mounting medical costs for Mike, who remains hospitalized following a ' sudden illness. The effort begins Friday, August 22, with an all-you-can-eat spaghetti supper, 5-7p.m., at the Nappanee American Legion Post, W. Lincoln St. Tickets, available at the door, are priced at just $5 per person. Saturday, August 23, the fundraising continues, with registration beginning at 11a.m., at P.J.'s ! Sports Bar, 1066 E. Lincoln St., ; for a motorcycle snow/ride-in. Admission is sl, and judging will take place in four classes: stqpk, custom, antique and overall favorite. Prizes will be awarded for first place in all four classes, and all entrants will earn a participation ribbon. The event will last from noon until 4p.m. There will also be hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and pop available during the activities. Monday, September 1 (Labor Day), there will be a drawing for a 1955 Harley-Davidson Classic, donated by Jim Mishler. Tickets are on sale now, for a $lO donaCourt news The following cases have been handled through the Nappanee City Court. David Widmoyer is the judge. Jose Aguilera, charged with driving while license suspended, paid total fine and costs of $225.50. Scott Jacobson, Jr., charged with driving while license suspended, paid total fine and costs of $405.50. Darryl Hendrickson, charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, paid total fine and costs of $575.50. Aimee Bricker, charged with speeding 49mph in a 30mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $94.50. Rosalie Rojas, charged with speeding 72mph in a 55mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $92.50. Carol Ludwick, charged with speeding 48mph in\ 30mph zone, Rhonda Beafchy, with speedirig 57mph ilf*4smph zone, paid total fine and costs of $87.50. Kevin Weber, charged with reckless driving, paid total fine and costs of $100.50. Nicolas Bradley, charged with disregarding a stop sign, paid total fine and costs of $80.50. Andrew Felton, charged with expired license plates, paid total fine and costs of $80.50. Jeff Thomas, charged with possession of tobacco by a minor, paid total fine and costs of $100.50. John Uzubell, charged with operating a moped under age 18 with no helmet, paid total fine and costs of $30.50. Douglas Fritz, charged with operating a vehicle without proof of financial responsibility, paid total fine and costs of $100.50; also charged with expired license plates, paid total fine and costs of $5; also charged with false and fictitious registration, paid total fine and costs of $5. Toddler Story Time to begin Toddler Story Time will begin Wednesday, September 3 from 1010:30a.m. at the Nappanee Public Library. Parents, grandparents, or sitters are invited to bring a two-year-old for fun with finger plays, stories, songs and a simple craft. The Toddler Story Time series will continue Sept. 10, 17 and 24 at 10a.m. Please call the Nappanee Public Library at 219-773-7919 by Friday, August 29 to preregister.

BH& bbq benefit o to' For The Late 'O' Kenny Miller Saturday August 23,1997 11 am - 4 pm Chicken or Pork Chops Carry Out Only Donation $3.75 Available At Two Locations —The Wakarusa Fire Station—- & --Corner of S.R. 19 & C.R. 40— Tickets available from Wakarusa Lions & I><A Firemen or at Pick-up sites. Mr? n Sponsored By j Wakarusa Lions Club & Fire Department

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TOP PRIZE—The friendly "Pink Panther" stands watch over a classic 1955 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a top prize in an upcoming benefit for Mike and Shirley Newcomer. Tickets are on sale now for the bike, which will be awarded in a special drawing Monday, September 1 (Labor Day). See related article for details. (AN photo by Teresa Hamsher)

tion, at P.J.’s and other locations (call 219-773-7077 for more information). Every 50th ticket drawn on September 1 will earn a prize, including gift certificates, steak package, Budweiser beach chair and hibachi, mirrors and signs, and more. The final ticket drawn, at approximately Bp.m., will be the

August 11, 7:37a.m. —David Schooley, 404 Miami Drive, Nappanee, from home to Goshen General Hospital, due to seizure. August 12, 4:12p.m. —Nancy Greer, Columbia City, from Fairmont Homes to Elkhart General Hospital, due to knee injury resulting from fall. August 13, 7:50p.m. —Deborah A. Bradbury, 402-1/2 W. Market St., Nappanee, from home to Elkhart General Hospital, due to medical problem. August 15, 12:20p.m. —Kathy Harmon, Nappanee, from Amish Acres to Community Hospital of following accident Robert A. Spicher, 7920N 600 W, Leesburg, was arrested by Nappanee Police, August 16, and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property damage accident. Local police received a call at approximately 7:05p.m., reporting a hit and run accident in the parking lot behind Hunter’s Hideaway, Nappanee. The vehicle was identified as a large white van. Cpl. Douglas Weaver and Ptl. Joseph Kimple responded to the call, and while investigating the scene, a vehicle matching the description of the accused vehicle drove by. After pursuing the van, police stopped the driver, who was identified as Spicher. During the • investigation, Spicher was found to be intoxicated, and failed a chemical test. It was also found that he had a prior conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in the last five years, so the charge was filed as a Class D Felony. Mr. Spicher was also charged with leaving the scene of an accident, and false and fictitious plates. He was transported to the Elkhart County Security Center, where he was to be held with a bond of $3250, pending a probably cause hearing.

winner of the bike, or $5,500 cash. The day’s events will also include music with “Rockin’ Rob DJ, 50 cent draft Bud or Lite. The fun begins at 3p.m. All interested persons are invited to share in this community-wide series of fundraisers, with ALL monies earned going to the Newcomers.

NAPPANEE AMBULANCE CALLS

Bremen, due to abdominal pains. August 15, 9:20p.m. —Jeffrey Thomas, 201 N. Madison St., Nappanee, from home to Elkhart General Hospital, due to medical problems. August 16, 10:52p.m.—John Blackburn, 407 S. Main St., Nappanee, from home to Elkhart General Hospital, due to possible stroke. Local man beaten in robbery attempt week, a Nappanee man was run off the road and beaten in an attempted robbery, as he drove home on Wednesday, August 13, at 5:40a.m. Steven S. Mullet reported to police that two men in a pickup truck passed him and then slowed down on the road in front of him. He turned away from the truck, but it caught up to him again, and forced his car off CRI44, west of CR3. Mullet reported that after he stopped, two men from the truck opened his door and demanded that he give them his money, after showing them his empty wallet, he reported that they struck him in the back, neck and head, and shoved him to the ground. They were last seen heading west in their truck. The case remains under investigation.

An IIISB Education Opens Doors... for 1997 will take place Thursday, from 4:30-7:00 p.m. 1021 N. Michigan St. mHim Ml First-time Students: Ask about Smart Start, IUSB’s program that lets you complete your whole first year in Elkhart—and leaves afternoons and Tx/fSk Fridays free for other commitments! Where Nappanee’s going f

Announce 1998 Round Barn Theatre season

Announcement of the 10-month, seven-show season of Broadway musicals for 1998 at the Round Bam Theatre at Amish Acres has been made. Scheduled to open the season the first week of March will be “Forever Plaid,” a musical tribute to the roots and golden era of early rock and roll music in American. It was on May 14, 1955, that Bill Haley and the Comets hit the charts with Rock Around the Clock, considered by many to be the birth of Rock and Roll. The four-man quartet, which returns to earth for a short time following a fatal crash, leaves no Rock and Roll stone : .untumed during this popular production. Opening in repertory soon after the 12th year of “Plain & Fancy” will be “Big River,” Mark Twain’s tale of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, as seen through the musical eyes of King of the Road legendary composer and lyricist Roger Miller, who wrote Big River shortly before he died. The summer’s longest-running show will be “My Fair Lady,” with current Music Man stars Dirk Lombard and Sara Heigaard recreating the classic roles of Henry

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Higgins and Eliza Doolittle. The Americana Series continues with the opening of “1776,” the reminder of America’s birth pains and the courageous men who saw freedom through to the conclusion that became the United States of America. Following the commitment to Society sells holiday greeting cards The Elkhart County Unit of the American Cancer Society will sell holiday cards this year. Mary Ellen Shamory, chairman for the project, reports, “We are thrilled to be selling the cards this year, and there is a line of cards appropriate for businesses to send, as well as a line for families and individuals.” The cards are from Burgoyne, and both lines feature the society’s logo, stating that a portion of the funds go to the American Cancer Society. For further information, call the office at 219-262-0069. A color brochure will be sent to you by the office.

produce a second Joseph Stein show each season in addition to Plain & Fancy, “Zorba,” with music by Kander & Ebb, will be presented on the Round Barn Theatre stage. For the traditional holiday show, “The Sound of Music” will be revived in time for corporate Christmas parties and family gettogethers. Season subscription prices and schedules will be announced shortly. Call Amish Acres theatre box office for more details, 1-800-800-4942. Greene among academy grads A local students was among those who recently graduated from the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, in Muncie. Kathryn Greene, daughter of Sandra and Lawrence Greene, Jr., 29356 CRS2, Nappanee, was among the graduates of the academy, which opened on the Ball State University campus in 1990. The academy is home to about 300 students, enrolled in academi-cally-challenging courses.