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RECORDS PURGED , The Elkhart County Special Education Cooperative, consisting of Baugo, Concord, Fairfield, Goshen, Middlebury and Wa-Nee Schools, is purging records on those students who have received special education services, with birth dates 1973-1974. Records will only be released by written requests received within 30 days from the date of this notice. Please include birth date and maiden name with request. All records should be picked up in person. Requests should be sent to Elkhart County Special Education Cooperative, Records Dept., 704 W. Lincoln Ave., Goshen, IN. 46526. ANNUAL REUNION The 24th Annual Reunion of Union Township Schools will take place August 8, Ip.m., at the former Union Center School, comer of CRI and CR4B, Nappanee. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. Participants will be honoring the graduating class of 1963. Union Township schools involved in the reunion include Swoveland, Union Center, Strycker, Good, Stump, Ulery, Culp, Miller, Brown and Union Center Consolidated. All former Union School affiliates are invited to attend. SPECIAL SESSION The Board of Trustees of the Nappanee Public Library will meet in special session to review the proposed 2000 budget Tuesday, August 10, 7p.m., in the library at 157 North Main Street. The public is invited to attend. COMMON COUNCIL The City of Nappanee Common Council will meet Monday, August 9, 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, August 18, 4:30p.m., in the Emergency Services Building, W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. RETAIL COMMITTEE The Retail Committee of the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, August 5, with Lake City Bank as host. Breakfast will begin at 7a.m., with the meeting following at 7;30a.m. All interested persons are Invited to attend. SCHOOL BOARD The Wa-Nee Board of School Trustees will meet Monday, August 9, 7:30p.m., in the school administration building, SRI9 N, Najyanee. Meetings are open to the. public. BOAJRD OF WORKS the City of Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety will meet Motjday, August 9, 3:30p.m., in the council chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center. W. Lincoln St. Meetings are open to the public. CHAMBER OFFICE The Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce office, located at 451 N. Main St., Suite 100, is open Monday through Friday, from 9ajn.-noon and l-4p.m. Telephone 219-773-7812. OFFICE HOURS The office of the Nappanee Advance-News, 158 W. Market St., is open Monday through Friday, 9:30a.m.-4:30p.m. The mailing address is P.O. Box 230, Nappanee, IN. 46550. The display adyeriising deadline is Friday noph, with news and photos accepted for the Advance-News until Monday noon, for that week’s edition. All classified ads are diip by 4:30p.m. Thursday. The telephone number is 219-773-3127, FAX 219-773-3512.

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PUBLIC INVlTED—Residents from the greater Nappanee area are invited to visit "the biggest big top in the world.” as Carson & Barnes brings its five-ring circus to the Derksen Farm Sportsplex, CR7, Nappanee, August 8. Show times will be l :30p.m. and 4:30p.m.. A non-denom-inational sunrise service will be held at the sledding hill, 7a.m„ and led by Pastor Doug Hadley. Plan to bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. The circus tent raising will follow and visitors will see the animals before the first performance begins. (Photo provided.)

BMV makes plate renewal easier

Hoosier motorists may find renewing license plates easier , thanks to a pilot project by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Vehicle registration renewals that require only a sticker may now be completed at any license branch, regardless of the motorist’s county of residence. The program allows Hoosicrs who live or work close to a license branch in a neighboring county to avoid additional driving time. Commuters can visit a license branch close to work instead of racing to the license branch in their county before it closes. “Making services more accessible and convenient for motorists continues to be one of our top priorities. This is just another exam-

Alumni banquet planned

Final plans are being made for the Third Annual Nappanee High School Alumni Banquet. The event will be held September 11, at the Nappanee Elementary School. The committee has requested that ALL reservations be made by September 1 so that final plans can be secured with caterers and other

Festival offers variety of activities, entertainment

Over 100 entertainers, and performers have been assembled to fill over 100 scheduled sets on three stages while troupes of clowns, barbershop quartets, dancers and bluegrass bands and Dan Barth’s authentic medicine show will entertain at random throughout the festival grounds. All this will take place during the 37th annual Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival, Nappanee, Thursday through Sunday, August 12-15. Whether it be the old time banjo tunes of Lynn Frederick and the Knock Knock Hoosier String Band with his little jig or thee line dancers, doggers and square dancers the rhythms and steps won’t be that much different than, they werS 37 years ago on the! streets of Nappanee. That’s where the festival was first started in front of Pletcher Furniture Village as a clothes line art show. In the Entertainment Tent across the pond the popular LaMonte’s Grey Horse Band will showcase LaMonte Heflick. Guests will find strolling the grounds this year an assortment of lively entertainers including clown and musicians intermixed with the wonderful food, arts and crafts.

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pie of how wc'rc trying to do that," said BMV Commissioner Gary A. Gibson. Driver licenses and identification cards have been available statewide for a number of years. All registrations requiring a new license plate must still be processed at a license branch in the county where the motorist lives. For example: first-time registrations for new and used vehicles; out-of-state and transfer registrations; updated name or address when the county differs from that printed on renewal notice; and changes in license plate type. Other license branch transactions that must be processed in the motorist’s county of residence include additional tax collections,

service providers. No late reservations will be accepted. Last year approximately 650 people attended the alumni banquet. Classes ranging from 19171970 were represented. This year graduating classes from 1954 and 1959 will hold reunions in conjunction with the

The Children’s Tent will feature in the internationally known Stevens’ Puppets with the classic, “The Wizard of Oz" marionette show at 11a.m., 1:45p.m. and 6:30p.m., Sunday at 11a.m., 1:30p.m. and 3:30p.m.. The hand puppet show "Punch and Judy” will be at 4p.m. each day, Sunday 4:45p.m.. Marco the Magician will perform Thursday and Friday at 5:30p.m.. Local organizations and clubs will also participate by working in food tents and behind admission gates, to raise money for their organizations. Sunshine Artist Magazine ranks Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival one of the 200 .best arts and crafts shows the nation—the only Indiana show thus honored. The cooperative effort between Amish Acres and the organizations, like Nappanee Family Christian Development Center, Elkhart Hart City Kiwanis, Fairfield Cheerleaders and student council, and Osceola and Nappanee Churches «,f the Brethren, is a win/wir. situation, according to Jenni PletcherWysong, raising the level of service to the festival’s guests and providing Amish Acres with reli-

Catching up with Cavallinis

The well traveled and highly talented Cavallinis will perform in the Carson & Bames Circus, Sunday, August 8. Derksen Farm Sportsplex, CR7, Nappanee, will be the site for the big event, with performance times at 1:30p.m. and 4:30p.m.. The five-ring circus is being sponsored by the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce. Portions of the proceeds will benefit the Nappanee Boys' and Girls’ Club. The Cavallinis have a long standing history in the circus and will offer a everything from hulahoops to flying trapeze performances. "Practice, a lot of practice, this is what makes you good!" Roberto Cavallini’s straightforward statement matched his role as eldest son of nine and spokesperson for the Cavallini family. Drawing from his long line of generation circus performers, Roberto talked about his love for the circus, both in Peru and in America, two countries, two very different kinds of circuses, but he same love. Comparing the style of American circus to the Peruvian circus, Roberto said. “In Peru, the atmosphere is more like a theater and you stay in one place for longer periods of time. Not at all like Carson & Barnes Circus. We travel almost everyday and see many, many parts of the country."

amatcur radio license plate orders and reorders, new orders and reservations for a personalized license plate, registration corrections, duplicate license plates or renewal stickers and excise tax refunds. The BMV reminds motorists that there are four additional methods in which motorists can renew a registration at home or in the office. The BMV Express family of automated services includes Touch-Tone Renewal, Rapid Renewal Service via the Internet and Self Service Terminals. Motorists may also renew via the mail. The bureau will examine the results of the pilot project later this year.

alumni banquet. If you are a Nappanee High School graduate who did not receive an invitation, and you wish to attend the event, please call Frank Hartman, 773-3465. The next Alumni Committee meeting Will be held August 2, 7p.m., at the Nappanee Public Library.

able help to man the booths, while the organizations have a fun-filled opportunity to raise funds that are used in various ways throughout the communities "Plain and Fancy,” the Broadway musical comedy, will be joined by “Hello, Dolly!” starring Chicago’s leading lady, Hollis Resnik, and “A Grand Night For Singing” on the Round Barn Theatre stage during the four days of the event. "Hello, Dolly!” will take the stage Friday and Saturday, Bp.m., and Sunday, 2p.m.. “Plain and Fancy” in its 13th straight season at Amish Acres will play to audiences Thursday and Saturday 2p.m.. “A Grand Night For Singing,” the musical revqe of Rodgers and Hammerstein, will round out the schedule with an evening performance on Thursday, Bp.m. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 1-800-800-4942, or online at www.amishacres.com. Admission to the Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival is $5 per adult, with free parking. Seven entrance gates are conveniently located within all parking lots. Children under 12 are admitted free. No pets are allowed on the grounds.

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Roberto went on to explain, “1890 was the first time a Cavallini performed in Peru. My great-grandfather started with animals, his grandfather performed acrobatics. With his father, it was clowning and a single trapeze. My father still has a small circus in Peru today." Now the fourth generation of Cavallinis was doing everything from hula-hoops to the flying trapeze. He was confident that his son Aaron, being a fifth generation Cavallini, would perform too. Fatherly pride lit up Roberto’s face as he spoke of his son. Bom in Hugo, Oklahoma, where Carson & Bames winter quarters are located, Aaron had performed for the first time at age five. “The first thing my son sees in circus. It’s a normal life for him and he’s not afraid." . Everybody does something, with several members of the family working together on the (lying trapeze, perch pole and the teeterboard acts. Also there are individual acts within the family. Roberto's wife Cindi works with the Friesian stallions and the elephants. One sister is doing a hula hoop act for the first time this year and practices a lot. “All the time, we practice." “This is a good for the act” Roberto modestly admitted, “it’s easy for me to lift 700 pounds. But when you get about thirty-five, that's too old for the flying

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ALMOST HERE—The 37th Annual Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival Is almost herel The big event Is scheduled for August 12-15, and will be open from 9a.m,-Bp.m„ Thursday through Saturday; and 10a.hn.-sp.m„ on Sunday. The Amish Acres Art Festival will feature over 350 artists In the marketplace and will award over $7,000 In prizes, In addition roving clowns and entertainers will provide music, song and laughs to visitors. The Round Barn Thetare will also provide a variety of musical performances Including 'Plain and Fancy,' 'H9IIO, Dolly,' and "A Grand Night For Singing." Plan now to attend. Special entertainment will be provided for children of all ages, and arts and crafts to fit every taste and style will be offered throughout the marketplace. Admission Is $5 and parking Is free. Amish Acres Is located on US6, one mile west of downtown Nappanee. (Photos provided.)

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trapeze.” He talked proudly of the Cavallini family’s performance skills and the many different acts they perform. Coming from Peru in the early 90s and working with Carson & Bames Circus, then onto another circus for a time, the Cavallini Family returned to the Carson and Barnes Circus Family in 1997. “Now we stay, we love this country and Carson & Bames Circus.” After falling in love, Julio Cavallini—the middle son, and Traci Byrd—daughter of circus owners Barbara and Geary Byrd, married. Formerly working together on the perch pole act, now Julio and Traci manage the concessions. Julio still performs with is fam ; ty. The bonding of these two famines by marriage and by the love of Circus will continue to bring an abundance of wholesome family entertainment to circus fans of all ages. The Spanish Spectacular will awe you, thrill you and challenge you to more family fun. The Carson & Bames Circus Family will be honored to welcome families from Nappanee and the surrounding areas at the Great American Circus under the Biggest Big Top in the world! Don’t miss an opportunity to see the Cavallinis and many other acts during the afternoon performances on August 8, at Derksen Farm Sportsplex, Nappanee.