Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 121, Number 36, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 9 September 1998 — Page 1

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COMMON COUNCIL The City of Nappanee Common Council will meet in regular session Monday, September 21, 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 9, 4:30p.m., in the Emergency Services Building, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. SCHOOL BOARD The Wa-Nee Board of School Trustees will meet Monday, September 14, 7:30p.m., in the school administration building, SRI9 N, Nappanee. Meetings are open to the public. BOARD OF WORKS The City of Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety will meet Monday, September 14, 3:30p.m., in the council chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. RETAIL COMMITTEE The Retail Committee of the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, October 1, at Uptown Auto. Breakfast will begin at 7a.m., with the meeting following at 7:30a.m. All interested persons are invited to attend. CHAMBER OFFICE The Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce office, located at 215 W. Market St., is open Monday through Friday, from 9a.m.-noon and l-4p.m. The executive director, Paul Koepke, is in the office Monday afternoon, Tuesday and Wednesday morning and Thursday. Telephone 219-773-7812. TORNADO SHELTERS The following sites have been designated as tornado shelters in the Nappanee area: First Mennonite Church—9oo W. Market St. Church of the Brethren —Mack Drive. St. John’s Lutheran Church—--651 S. Main St. Keyßank—l6l E. Market St. NBD Bank—3sl W. Market St. Nappanee Municipal Center — 300 W. Lincoln St. OFFICE HOURS The office of the Nappanee Advance-News, 158 W. Market St., is open Monday through Friday, 9a.m.-4:30p.m. The mailing address is P.O. Box 230, Nappanee, IN. 46550. The display advertising deadline is Friday noon, with news and photos accepted for the Advance-News until Monday noon, for that week’s edition. All classified ads are due by 4p.m. Friday. The telephone number is 219-773-3127. FAX 773-3512. E-Mail address is [email protected]. Stamp Club sets meeting The Ben Franklin Stamp Club will meet in the Heritage Center at the Nappanee Public Library, Saturday, September 12, 10a.m. Recent definitives 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.

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REGISTRATION BEGlNS—Children from all over the Nappanee area visited the former Central Elementary School last week to sign up for the Nappanee Boys' and Girls' Club. Tuition for one year is $5. The club will open September 14 after school with hours lasting until 8:45p.m.. Grand opening for the program will be September 19, 2:30p.m.4:30p.m., with ribbon cutting ceremonies

23rd apple festival kicks off Friday, September 18

By Barb Reiser Editor In just one week, the community of Nappanee will kick off its 23rd annual Apple Festival. The three-day event, scheduled for September 18-20, will offer a variety of activities, crafts, contests apd treats, as well as a Saturday parade. Activities are scheduled for all ages, with families encouraged to join in the fun, and to invite friends and neighbors. Craft booths, located at Depot Plaza on S. Main St., will open at 9a.m. Friday, kicking off the festival with a variety of hand-made items. In addition, food booths offering everything from apple dumplings to sausage and steak sandwiches, apple cider, etc., will be open from morning to evening each day of the festival. The antique tractor and small engine show will begin registration at 9a.m„ at Borkholder Dutch Village, and will continue through Saturday. Bingo —free to everyone age 55-over, will begin dt 10a.m. and again at Ip.m. Friday, at Nappanee’s senior center, Elder Haus, located on E. Market St., in the Masonic Lodge, directly across from the Victorian and Market Street Guest Houses. A cruise-in will offer classic car lovers a feast for the eyes, Friday from 5-10p.m., at McDonald’s Restaurant, E. Market St., while entertainment kicks off Friday at 6:30p.m., and continues throughout the festival weekend. The famous Sandy Ridge and North Liberty Mennonite Churches pancake and sausage breakfast will take place Saturday, 6-10a.m., at Miller’s Apple Orchard, with everyone encouraged to head downtown after breakfast for the popular apple bake off, which begins with registration at 9a.m. and judging at 10a.m. Goodies will be served to festival patrons following the judging and awarding of prizes. The Farm Toy Show at Burkholder Dutch Village will last ■from 9a.m.-3p.m. Saturday only, while wood carvers will exhibit their handicrafts and offer demon-* strations from 9a.m.-5p.m., at the

Farm Toy Show is part of local apple test

The 12th annual Farm Toy Show will be held Saturday, September 19, at Borkholder Dutch Village, located one-half mile north of US6, on CRIOI (Tomahwak Trail), at the west edge of Nappanee. Show hours are 9a.m.-3p.m., with a wide variety of toys available for all ages, including antiques and collectibles, as well as new toys in a variety of sizes. The show is sponsored by the

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beginning at 2:30p.m.. Registrations are still being accepted throughout the school year. Pictured from left: Regina DeLafuent, Director James Bias, Chase Teska, Games Room Supervisor Kham Keota, Lila DeLafuent, Codi Pippenger, Athletic Director Chad Coleman and Eva DeLafuent. (AN photo by Merrie Chapman)

Country Center, US6 East. A double-elimination horseshoe tournament begins at 10a.m., on the courts at Stauffer Park, and Child ID service will take place from 10a.m.-2p.m., at the Sprint Telephone building, located on W. Market St., downtown. This is sponsored by the Early Bird Kiwanis of Nappanee, in cooperation with the Nappanee Police Department. McDonald’s will sponsor another car show, Saturday, in the Alco parking lot, from 1 la.m.-4p.m., with everyone invited to see the displays. The popular parade will kick off at 11a.m., from the Country .Center, head west on Market St. (US6), through the downtown area, with judging in a number of categories (see related article for details). .Entertainment, arts and crafts, food items and more continue throughout the dky, with a pedal pull contest for kids set to begin at lp.m. Saturday, at Depot Plaza. At the same time, the cross cut saw contest will take place at the plaza. Practice your skills and plan to take part in this one, for cash prizes. Ronald McDonald will visit the plaza area at 2p.m. and 4p.m. Saturday, followed by the apple peeling contest at 3p.m., and a doubles bowling tournament at 3p.pi., sp.m. and 7p.m. During the weekend, visitors to the festival are also invited to take in the Amish Acres Fall Harvest Days, which will continue through October. This includes demonstrations of cider-making, as well as goodies for purchase, Amish country tours, threshers dinner and dinner theatre. The festival committee encourages everyone to attend the church of their choice on Sunday, after which festival events are scheduled to wind down, with the continuing of arts, crafts and tasty treats, as well as the Indiana Garden Tractor Pull at lp.m. (registration at noon), at the Alco parking lot, and doubles bowling tournaments at noon, 2p.m. and 4p.m. The always-fun bed race begins at 1:30p.m. at the plaza, followed

Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the annual Nappanee Apple Festival, set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 18-20. Admission to the show is $1 per person, or $2 per family. An antique tractor and small engine show will also be held, at the same site. For further information, call 219-773-5243.

by a 2p.m. pie-eating contest, and the sp.m. quilt drawing and awarding of Apple Dumpling prize winners. The festival is scheduled to close at 6:30p.m. Throughout the festival, patrons will be invited to “vote” for their favorite Apple Dumpling, by contributing monies to the boxes which appear with pictures of each entrant. Each penny donated counts as a vote. Funds collected are used to help finance future festivals. Tickets for the quilt drawing will also be available throughout the festival, near the gazebo locatPlease turn to page two

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FESTIVAL COMlNG—Members of the Nappanee Apple Festival Committee, bottom photo, outline plans for the upcoming three-day fall event. Committee members include Jim Stover, Gloria Mason, Kate Malcolm, Deb Sinclair, Ray Schwartz Colleen Mast, Maynard Miller, Ross Cook, Penny Huffer, Mayor Larry Thompson, Brian Hotter, John Mahon, Tim Stump, Donna and Jill

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Library hosts •INSPIRE’ month

September is “INSPIRE” month at the Nappanee Public Library. INSPIRE is a website on the Internet that can be used to search for current information from thousands of magazines and newspapers. Come in and learn more about this new resource that can be used at the library or at your home or business. Thursday, September 10, from 7-Bp.m„ learn to search INSPIRE. This session is devoted to basic searching strategies. Many special features will be shown, to help make even the most difficult searches easy. The session on Saturday, September 12, from 10-11a.m., will focus on Homework Help through INSPIRE. Students, elementary ages through adult, will find INSPIRE an invaluable resource for homework help. Learn some simple searches to help with your homework needs. Anyone attending this session will be given a temporary “INSPIRE” tattoo. Health and Medical Issues on INSPIRE will be the topic on Thursday, September 17, from 7Bp.m. Find out what resources are

GED courses offered in Nappanee, Wakarusa

GED courses will be held at the Nappanee and Wakarusa Public Libraries, a$ part of fall session Wa-Nee Community Education courses. These classes are for adults interested in preparing for the GED test administered by the State of Indiana. The course is designed to meet the individual needs of adults in the five subject areas covered in the GED exam (reading skills, social studies, math, scienceand English). Regular attendance is necessary to receive the maximum benefits

Lehman, Don and Janyce Guckenberger. Sue Ringenberg. Brandon Beachy, Donna Persing, Paul Dieterlen, Pat Helden and Gale Gerber. In the top photo, two young men get out their toys and dream about joining the 'big guys' at the 12th annual farm toy show. See related article for more festival information. (AN photos by Merrie Chapman)

available on wellness, health issues and medical sources. Sources for both the layman and the professional will be examined. Want to know the latest news in Gardening, Entertainment and Travel? On Thursday, September 24, from 7-Bp.m., these topics will be explored. Come to one or all of these free workshops. City sets odd-trash collection The City of Nappanee will hold its annual fall city-wide odd-sized trash pickup the week of September 21-25. The department asks that residents put items at the curb by 7a.m., September 21. The collection is expected to take just one week. Each neighborhood will be canvassed one time only. Odd-sized trash consists of furniture, appliances, carpet, car parts, downspouts, television antennas, garage doors, windows, mattresses and hum barrels.

of the class. Individual and group counseling will also be provided in preparing resumes, interviewing techniques and career exploration. Upon passing the GED exam, a high school equivalency diploma will be issued by the State of Indiana. Classes meet for 10 weeks, from 6:30-8:30p.m., beginning Tuesday, September 15, at the Nappanee Public Library, and Monday, September 14, at the Wakarusa Public Library. A S2O deposit is needed, but will be refunded upon completion of the course.

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