Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 121, Number 18, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 May 1998 — Page 2

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Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, May 6, 1998

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PIONEER DAYS—Fourth graders at Woodview Elementary School celebrated Pioneer Days last week. Activities concluded Friday, May 1, with students squaring off in a spelling bee. Pictured: Mark Yoder and Courtney Sheets, were voted "Best Dressed" in honor of the day's theme. (AN photb by Merrie Chapman)

NAPPANEE AMBULANCE CALLS

April 29, 3:3Bp.m. —Cindy Copelen, Lot 15, Mikel’s Mobile Home Park, from home to Elkhart General Hospital, due to medical problem. April 30, 9:13p.m. —Jerry Donohue, Lot 77 Meadows, Nappanee, from home to Elkhart General Hospital, due to chest pain. April 30, 2:olp.m.—Shannon Sischo, Hamlet, from site of personal injury accident at CR46 and SRI9, to Elkhart General Hospital. April 30, 2:01p.m. —Paul H. Magalski, Carmel, to site of personal injury accident at CR46 and SR 19, no transport necessary, May 1, 10:40p.m. —Leigh Anne Weaver, 1351 E. Market St., Nappanee, from Nappanee Police Department to Goshen General Hospital, due to medical problem. May 3, 5:08p.m. —Austin Smith, Lot 66, Meadows Mobile Home Park, Nappanee, from home EARLY NAPPANEE Social life in Nappanee was not long in arriving. An open invitation to “swing the light fantastic at Johnson’s Hall, to music furnished by the Nappanee Orchestra,” appeared in an 1880 newspaper. In 1885, young people organized a Dancing Club, which staged numerous masquerade and grand balls over a period of many years.

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to St. Joe Mishawaka, due to trouble breathing. Arrest Wakarusa woman A Wakarusa woman was arrested by Nappanee Police and charged with a felony operating while intoxicated and open container violation, May 2, at 7:45 p.m. Patrolmen Matthew Tice and Joshua Hamer observed a vehicle headed east in the 300 block of W. Van Buren St. The vehicle crossed the center of the road on several occasions, and nearly sideswiped a vehicle in oncoming traffic. The vehicle was pulled over, and the driver, Connie L. Goans, 29558 CR4O, Wakamsa, admitted to officers that she had been drinking. She was given several field sobriety tests, a portable breath test and a certified breath test at the Nappanee Police Department, where she tested .19% BAC. She was placed under arrest for felony OWI after it was discovered that she had a prior OWI within the past five years. She was transported to the Elkhart County Security Center, and placed on a $3,000 bond.

Stamp Club sets meeting The Ben Franklin Stamp Club will meet in the Enos Borkholder Meeting Room at the Nappanee Public Library, Saturday, May 9, 10a.m. Stamps with a war theme will be featured this month. Dr. Forest Kendall, a local collector who is responsible for organization of the club, leads discussions concerning tips for new stamp collectors. Anyone in grade three through adult, with an interest in stamp collecting and trading, is invited to attend. Participants will learn more about stamps and stamp collecting. Activities include games and prizes. The club meets the second Saturday of each month, 10a.m., in the library.

Court news... The following cases have been handled through the Nappanee City Court. David Widmoyer is the judge. Rufus Maples, charged with having an altered interim plate, paid total fine and costs of $80.50; also charged with having an expired license plate, paid total fine and costs of $5; also charged with driving while license suspended, misdemeanor, paid total fine and costs of $150.50; also charged with expired license plate, paid total fine and costs of $80.50. Patrick McCreary, charged with driving while license suspended, misdemeanor, paid total fine and costs of $135.50. Gregory Lynch, charged with speeding 61mph in a 45mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $91.50. Ismael Ruiz, charged with “never licensed,” paid total fine and costs of $225.50. William Guard, charged with speeding 39mph in a 25mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $89.50. Jose Hernandez, charged with speeding 70mph in a 55mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $90.50. Scott Phillips, charged with speeding 72mph in a 55mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $92.50; also charged with driving while license suspended, infraction, paid total fine and costs of $25.00.

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Young scholars urge older role models to 'Say Nor

'PLEASE DON'T'—First and second graders throughout the Wa-Nee School District took time to write letters to

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BUILD HIGH SCHOOL On August 6, 1956, ground was broken for the long-dreamed-of Nappanee High School building, on the site at the end of E. Van Buren St„ on land that had been purchased for that purpose 30 years earlier. Grades 7-12 and teachers moved en masse to the new East Side School in January 1958.

their much older peers last week. The youngsters were each given the name of one junior or senior student at

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North Wood High School, and encouraged to write a letter to the teen urging them to make wise choices during prom and graduation time. Most included the phrase ‘Please say no, I don't want you to get in an accident or get hurt.' Some added, "Drugs are bad for you,' and ‘Please don't listen to the people who try to get you to use drugs or to drink, they really aren't your friends.' Pictured to: Drew Miller, second grader, Woodview Elementary, makes a surprise visit to Mr. Riley's History Class, North Wood High School, to deliver the special letters. Bottom, from right: Travis Cassel, second grade, Stacie Koch, second, and Kayla Yoder, third, Woodview Elementary, work hard to send a message to their teenage roll models. (AN photos by Merrie Chapman)