Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 125, Number 52, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 25 December 2002 — Page 3

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Dancers compete PHOTOSreOVID£D Seventy teachers, stildents and parents from Lee Ann Stewart Dance School recently attended a two-day dance convention in Chicago. Two groups competed in the Star Makers dance competition, which both earned first place trophies and qualified to compete at nationals at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. TOP Junior students who performed a tap routine to "Devil in a Blue Dress" and received first place. Front, left to right: Steph Steiner, Alii Heeter and Kaitlyn Kirkdorffer; middle: Courtney Simpson and Heather Dawes; back: Whitney Kirkdorffer, Janae Stewart, Katie Sheets and Jaclyn Swain. BOTTOM Senior students who performed a jazz routine to the song "Different," and also received first place. Front, left to right: Tera Patterson, Sarah Chamberlin, Kristin Kirkdorffer and Jaime Petro; back: Angela Miller, Kylie Callander and Kristin Workman.

. Less is more Large colleges and universities can be impersonal and intimidating. Students often find themselves in classes in the hundreds and taught by inexperienced graduate assistants. Some students are lucky to ever speak with their professor. At Holy Cross College, the opposite is true. Students receive the highest level of personal attention from our dedicated, caring faculty. Classes are small and intimate. After one or two years of one-on-one preparation, most students transfer to colleges and universities like Indiana, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame and Purdue. If you’re considering transferring from a large university or looking for a chance to begin at a small college, contact us at 574-239-8400 or www.hcc-nd.edu. Applications are now being accepted. You’ll find that when it comes to your education, “less is more”.

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By Mindy Abel Staff Reporter WAKARUSA This year the community of Wakarusa is celebrating its 150 h anniversary. The following history items about Wakamsa are collected, with permission, from the book “History and Memoirs of Wakarusa,” as researched by the late Jerry L. Miller, former Wakarusa Postmaster, and compiled by Dean Garber, a director of the Wakarusa Historical Society. The AdvanceNews has been reprinting interesting items, with notations, from the book throughout the Sesquicentennial celebration. A Michigan man relates his memories of the “good old days” by reminiscing about the midsized town of about 50.000. Not everyone had a refrigerator, the ice man still went around delivering ice for the iceboxes. Other trucks made rounds such as the milk man and the coal man. He also remembered when there was a record snowfall, with close to six-plus feet on the ground. It seemed ike overnight that the snow melted causing extensive flooding. The man related his experiences to show that many, no matter where they lived, remember a period in which we call the “good old days.” Another part of Wakarusa that

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, ENDTIME BIBLE PROPHECY VIDEOS Starting Thursday, January 9, 2003, Revival Tabernacle, located at 451 N. Main St. in Nappanee, ill e showing Irvin Baxter's “Understanding The Endtime" Prophecy videos every Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. These videos will be shown and discussed with refreshments following. Have you ever wondered why things are happening in our world the way they are? Everyone is invited to come and find out about the U.S. in the Bible, the U.N. and their agenda, the NEw World Order the prophesied One World Government, and One World Religion, and so much more. COme and see how Bible Prophecy is being fulfilled right before our eyes and many are not even aware of it! See you there!

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was part of the good old days were the medicine shows, gypsies and band concerts. Torch lights illuminated the tent shows, mostly put on by patent medicine salesmen, who traveled in horse drawn wagons selling neatsfoot oil as snake oil. Also sold were all sorts of pills which were supposed to be good for both men and beasts. They claimed to have a cure for everything. It was said that one year they rented the Bauer building for a week and John Doering rented his store for the same purpose. A large tent show on its way to Elkhart from Nappanee set up his tent in the Sensenich orchard on north Olive Street. Dr. Sensenich’s grandson collected money for most of the shows. Several covered wagons containing gypsies camped each summer in the local school yard. The brightly decorated wagons held a family and they usually stayed a week or until the marshall chased them out of town. Many times they fleeced the local people out of something. The band concerts were held in the main square during the summer, where the band stand was setup every Thursday afternoon. Members of the band included

Indiana Farmers Mutual was selected from all insurance companies doing business in Indiana with independent insurance agents. Indiana, Farmers Mutual was also the recipient of this prestigious award in 1998 and 2001. Dan Stone. President of Indiana Farmers Mutual, said, “We are very proud and excited that the lIAI and its member agents have selected us as the 2002 Co-Company of the Year. This honor is evidence that our company is working as a team, in harmony with our agency business partners, on the goal of improving service to our customers thereby fulfilling our vision of becoming

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HISTORY SERIES ■ CONCLUDES I This concludes the ■ history and memoirs of I Wakarusa. ■ As the sesquicentenni- I al celebration transforms I into a new year, the I Advance-News staff hopes I you have enjoyed reading K the interesting articles of ■ the history of Wakarusa ■

Emanuel Salisbury, Elmer Freed, Edgar Freed, Henry Freed, Al Knisley, Charles Pletcher, Pat Molenhour, Frank Misner, Lloyd Stewart, Charles Doering, Ed Doering. Otis Clay, Gil Stauffer, Jesse Bericey, Halsey Gore, George Grove, Edgar Strope, Ed Strope, Elmer Hahn-, Vem Hahn, Dan Doering, Forrest Culp, W. W. Clay, Jesse Whinner, Russell Stewart Victor Schalliol, Lex Molenhour, Warren Brown and Clarence Stauffer. Christian Doering was, crossing south of town by a train, who was also a member. On each comer, patrons could get a bag of popcorn. Boys sold the popcorn in which they popped in a popcorn jinney.

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New York Strip $5.77 lb. Bacon $1.89 lb.

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