Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 120, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 3 December 1997 — Page 4

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Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, December 3,1997

Years ago... Pickle paid the penalty

(Information for the 100-75 and 50-years ago segments has been researched and posted by Mary Knobel. The Advance-News staff wishes to thank her for her contribution to the column) 100 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1, 1897 Elmer Pickle, when a single man, lived in the vicinity of Foraker. He left there and went to lowa. He left a creditor in the person of Noah Yoder. Pickle got married, and a few days ago came to Indiana on a visit. The day he was about to return to lowa, Yoder came over to Nappanee and got Special Constable Johnson to serve a capias. They reached Foraker just when Pickle had bought his ticket and had his luggage checked. The officer and creditor were in time to get their man, and he settled the matter without further costs, although the bill had already reached $23. The Town Board of Trustees ordered that four electric lights be put into the band room as a donation to that musical organization which has been reorganized. The fir plugs will be boxed with sawdust to prevent them from freezing. 50 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 4, 1947 The committee in charge of the solicitation of funds for band uniforms sponsored by the Band Boosters Club, reports almost one hundred per cent cooperation and very few refusals to the appeal for money. An estimate has been made between four and five thousands of dollars will be the amount required to purchase the needed uniforms and equipment. When the commitCrime Stoppers... This week’s Crime of the Week comes from the robbery files of the South Bend Police Department. On Monday afternoon, November 10, at 3:05p.m., a lone male black, in his late twenties to early thirties, entered the Mishawaka Federal Bank at 2427 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend. He presented a note to the teller, demanding money, and said that he had a gun, though none was displayed. Prior to the robbery, and immediately after the robbery, witnesses saw this man exit from and reenter a 1980s model, white Ford Taurus. The vehicle had a license plate of 71-unknown letter-9201. The vehicle had been parked on 25th Street, north of Mishawaka Ave., on the east side of the street, facing north. There appeared to be a second subject waiting in the vehicle. If you know who committed this bank robbery, or any other bank robbery in the Michiana area, and call Crime Stoppers this week, you could receive a reward of up to SI,OOO, upon arrest or indictment of the suspects involved. Bea Crime Stopper, and call toll free from Indiana and Michigan, 1-800-342-STOP. You will be given a code number, and Crime Stoppers won’t ask your name. Crime Stoppers does not have Caller ID. Crime Stoppers...it works! v

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Many new items Fun and have arrived. 100% Guaranteed jrL.- DUkßtusettishack! __ Questions call Dick ZEOS (616) 669-4949 We’re about saving money on your grocery bUL Discount Foods of Hudsonville has been holding Food Auctions since 1991. On FRL, DEC. 5 - 5 P.M. Burkholder Dutch Village 71945 County Rd. 101 WE’RE HOLDING A FOOD SALE There will he 8 chert type frttxtn full of mtati, pizzas and muck, much mart. We’ll have cheese, lunch meats, fresh produce, and vegetable/.

tee in charge of collections met on Monday evening, it was found over half of this amount had been subscribed. Everyone is interested in the success of the band and all want it to be one of the nicest in appearance of any high school band in Indiana. With the Yuletide Season coming into its full annual glory once again, the rumors of Santa Claus and his appearance in Nappanee have been mounting. According to the Nappanee Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Nappanee Association of Commerce, his plans for this Christmas Season are not too difficult from past years. Santa Clause definitely stated that “I will be in Nappanee, this Saturday, December 6. I can not disclose how I will arrive, but I will be there.” 25 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 30, 1972 School board members vote to combine the formerly separate high school, commencement and baccalaureate services. Five seniors hope for pageant crown: Deb BeMiller, Cindy Frederick, Cheryl Freed, Theresa Lingofelter and Cheryl Blosser compete for Junior Miss top honors. Severe weather warning siren was taken off its familiar perch on the Johnson building, and placed on the fire house. 10 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 2, 1987 United Press International’s AllState football team picks include North Wood defensive back, Chon Shrock. Wa-Nee Waves host three-way meet with Plymouth and Tippecanoe Valley. Waves come out the victors, with a score of 321. 5 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 2, 1992 G.L. Perry Variety Store joins chamber. Sonya Sheets wins first in the annual Voice of Democracy Scholarship Program. Chip Bradway and Trent Dodson named to the Indiana Coaches Association All-State Academic football team.

Comment & Opinion The staff of the Nappanee ■s welcomes the eaders on its editor-

LAST YEAR DECEMBER 11, 1996 Nappanee Civic Theatre to present holiday play, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” opening December 13. Park Pharmacy opens its door at new location, with Tom Thornburg serving as manager. Carolyn B. Roth is one of 51 students at Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, to be named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Roth, a senior accounting major, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Johns, Nappanee. Society hosts Christmas party The Elkhart County Genealogical Society will host its annual Christmas dinner, Thursday, December 11, 6:30p.m., at Peddler’s Village, US33, south of Elkhart. For further information, call 219-875-6123. There will be no regular meeting in December. Rotary report... The program at last week’s meeting of the Nappanee Rotary Club was a club assembly, with various committees meeting to make plans for future activities. Guests included Tom Lehman, with his wife, Rebecca —they were celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary. Bonnie Hochstetler was also present, representing the Mental Health Association, and accepting a donation from Rotary for the Christmas gift drive, for patients from the Nappanee area. Dale Tobias announced that the club members have been asked to ring the bell for Open Door in December. Nappanee Rotary meets each Wednesday noon, at Ron’s Bakery and Restaurant. Visitors are welcome.

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WARM WELCOME—The four local bed and breakfast homes throughout Nappanee invite you to "step back in time" as you visit each of them this holiday season. Tours are available at each site Sunday, Dec. 7, 47p.m„ and Wednesday, December 10, 14p.m.. The following businesses are participating In the event: The Homespun Country

Children find homes on Internet

November is National Adoption Awareness month, and the oneyear anniversary of Adoption.com, the Internet’s central location for adoption. It’s mission is to help children find homes and to help families come together. Adoption.com has recently received recognition from organizations such as CNN Headline News, USA Today, MSNBC, PBS, Fox Local News, and many other quality publications. The website provides every imaginable online resource related to adoption, including The Adoptive Parent Registry. The Registry is the world’s largest online, searchable database of qualified individuals and couples who are hoping to adopt. Women who are considering placing a child for adoption can browse online through photographs, profiles and even video clips of prospective adoptive parents from the privacy of their own homes. One of the most recent success stories from the Adoptive Parent Registry is that of little Zachary, whose mother “is a Notre Dame

Inn, 302 North Main Street; Market Street Guest House, 253 East Market Street; The Olde Buffalo Inn, 1061 Parkwood Drive; and the Victorian Guest House, 302 East Market Street. May the warmth of each hearth follow you home and throughout the Christmas season. (AN photo by Merrie Chapman)

student, and whose father is a law student. This couple knew that they were not in a position to provide the two-parent family environment Zachary would need. Zachary’s mother looked many profiles and photographs of prospective adoptive parents at wv*w. adoption.com before finally choosing a couple. Karen and Norb had placed their profile online at Adoption.com only 17 days prior to being selected as parents for Zachary, and within one month of being online, their new, healthy baby boy was in their home and their dream of adoption had come true. Adoption.com also carries The Adoption Reunion, Registry. The hottest adoption-related topic in the news is the right of adoptees and birthparents to find their lost birth relatives. Recent court battles have tried to determine if sealed court records should be opened. To help resolve this problem, Adoption.com sponsors a FREE, online, mutual-consent reunion registry in which adoptees and birthparents can place infor-

mation about their adoption along with contact information. This way both parties can circumvent the closed records of the court and legally and easily find one another. Individuals who choose to remain anonymous are then free to do so. In the first three weeks this reunion registry went online, more than 1,000 individuals had placed their information in it along with their hopes of being found by their birth parents or child. Each month Adoption.com receives more than seven million hits on its Internet site, and has more than two million pages accessed by visitors. Adoption.com features many other adoption-related services and resources, such as: The Adoption Library, Adoption Daily News, Live Adoption Chat, 26 Topical Adoption Talk Bulletin Boards, photo listings of children awaiting adoption in the US and internally, the International Adoption Resource Center, the Birthmother and Pregnancy Resource Center, and resources to assist in searching for lost birth family.