Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 126, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 4 December 2003 — Page 1

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FOOTBALL AND CHEERLEADER BANQUET The North Wood High School Football and Cheerleader banquet will be held Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria Parents, friends, and relatives may buy a ticket to the banquet in the athletic office from 8 am. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and from 8 am. until noon on Friday. Tickets are $8 each. OPEN DOOR NOTICES BOARD OF WORKS SPECIAL SESSION The Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety will meet in special session Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 West Lincoln Street, Nappanee. COMMON COUNCIL MEETING CHANGE The City of Nappanee Common Council meeting scheduled for 7 pm on Dec. 15, has been changed to Dec. 15 at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers at the Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 West Lincoln Street, Nappanee. PARK BOARD MEETING CHANGE The Nappanee Board of Parks and Recreation has changed its regularly scheduled meeting for Dec. 10 to Dec.ls at 4:30 p.m. in the EMS Meeting Room, 301 W. Lincoln St PARK BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION The Nappanee Board of Parks and Recreation has called an Executive Session for Dec. 15 immediately following the regularly scheduled Park Board meeting at 4:30 p.m. The Executive Session has been called to discuss personnel SAFE SITTER CLASSES Community Hospital of Bremen will be offering Safe Sitter classes on two different dates in December Dec. 23,8 a.m.-3 p.m., and Dec. 30,8 a.m-3 p.m These one day classes are free to anyone (boy or girl) between the ages of 11-13 and everyone is requested to bring a sack lunch. Class size will be limited to ten per session. All interested parties are to call Teresa Brown 546-2211, ext 214 or ftm Dumphexl3s2. SOUDER MOBILE OFFICE U.S. Representative Mark Souder’s Staff Mobile Office will hold office hours on Dec. 10 at the following locations: 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.— Wakarusa, Town Hall Chamber Office 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Nappanee, City Hall Constituents are welcome to meet with a member of Continued on A 3

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Black Crunch dream ends at the Dome

CHATARD 49, w NORTHWOOD 0 By Mark Mike) NorthWoodAthletics.com INDIANAPOLIS North Wood’s dream of a state football championship came to a resounding end Saturday afternoon at the RCA Dome by a much better Indianapolis Chatard squad. All week long the talk had been of how much larger and faster the Trojans were than the Black Crunch. The size differential appeared to take its toll in the second quarter as Chatard exploded for 35 second quarter points. “We’ve scored in bunches all year,” said Chatard coach Vince Lorenzano. “The points really added up fast as a result of our continuous attacking on offense.” Three interceptions led to Trojan scores and matched the Continued on A 9

Sabo wins Eskew Award

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Staff Report INDIANAPOLIS —One bright side for the Panthers came when Josh Sabo received the Phil Eskew Mental Attitude Award, the fifth time a North Wood player received this award at the state finals. Sabo received a SI,OOO check from Farm Bureau Insurance, the IHSAA corporate partner, in his name. At the conclusion of each state championsip game, the IHSAA Executive Committee presents the Phil Eskew award to an outstanding senior participant in

Martin’s to fill void left by Park Pharmacy

► NEW PHARMACY TO OPEN MID-JANUARY By Kyfie Garter Advance News Editor NAPPANEE —The news of Park Pharmacy’s recent purchase by CVS made many Nappanee residents apprehensive about the prospect of no longer having a choice between pharmacies in the community. “Several people in our community had came to the Chamber,” said Chamber director Larry Andrews. “They said, ‘Hey, we really think it would be good to have two pharmacies so people could have a choice of where to go, and also to keep the jobs and Larry Fredericks here.’” Fredericks, who has served Nappanee for more than 25 years at Park Pharmacy, Judd Drugs, and his own pharmacy, has developed a close relationship to his customers throughout the years; they certainly did not want to see their hometown pharmacist go elsewhere. Andrews contacted prospects for an alternate pharmacy, and Martin’s Supermarket emerged as a concrete possibility. “We got calls from citizens and the Chamber letting us know that there was only going to be one pharmacy in town and that the customers would like a choice,” said Tun Stump, manager

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of the Nappanee Martin’s. Pharmacies have been a component of many other Martin’s stores, but formerly there was, not a need in Nappanee for a third pharmacy so close in proximity to the other two. “Upon reading the article in the paper about Park being bought out and leaving an available spot, we were interested in the opportunity,” said Stump. When Andrews contacted Stump, Stump called his main office to let them know what was going on with Park Pharmacy. The decision to'launch the project was made with great swiftness. "This has all just happened immediately,” said Stump. “I never saw things go together so fast" Work began this week to reconfigure the store in order to make room for the pharmacy, which will go in the southwest comer of the store behind where a freezer case formerly stood. The full-service pharmacy will open in mid-January and will be the first among the seven Martin’s pharmacies to feature a drivethru window and offer local delivery service. It will be open Monday through Saturday with hours to be determined. Fredericks will serve as the new pharmacy manager, and every effort is being made to hire other staff currently employed at Park Pharmacy.

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the football state tournament. The recipient of the award, who was nominated by his principal and coach, must excel in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability. The award is named in honor of the third commissioner of the IHSAA who served from 1962 to 1976 and oversaw the beginning of the state football tournament. “It says something about the young people that we bring down here,” Dodson said “We know that we Continued on A 2

School board approves salary increases, authorizes emergency temporary loans

By Stephanie Middaugh Advance News Correspondent WA-NEE —Wa-Nee teachers will receive a 1.5% salary increase plus increment for the 2003-2004 school year, and a 2% increase plus increment in 2004-2005. A 2% increase in the extracurricular account for both years was also approved during the School Board of Trustees meeting Monday, Nov. 24. Superintendent Joe Sabo announced that that the> Wa-Nee Education Association had approved the proposed raises 131-5 on Friday, Nov. 21. Sabo expressed a sincere thanks to Cletis Miller, Chris Gillam, Eric Brown and Janet Gruwell for the numerous hours they invested during the negotiation process. Support personal, administrators and directors.will also receive a 1.5% salary increase plus increment for the 2003-2004 school year, and a 2% increase plus increment in 20042005. EMERGENCY LOANS Due to delays in property tax payments by the State, the Board approved a resolution authorizing the Wa-Nee Community Schools to make emergency temporary loans to meet current running expenses. The 2003 Year End Warrant Assistance Program, offered by the Indiana Bond Bank, will allow schools to roll over any temporary loans that are due on Dec. 21,2003. The new loans are due upon receipt of property taxes. Wa-Nee Schools expected to receive current taxes levied in 2002

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PHOTO BY KYUE CARTER Nappanee's Martin's Supermarket will open a pharmacy in midJanuary in response to the desires of residents to have a choice in pharmacies.

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before the current loans were due in 2003. Due to reassessment delays, tax revenues are now anticipated for collection in 2004. The new loans cannot exceed those taxes levied in 2002. Wa-Nee will use the program to satisfy current loans issued for the General Fund in the amount of $6,219,150, the Transportation Fund in the amount of $1,113,538 and the Bus Replacement Fund in the amount of $201,745. STAFFING Terry Johns recently offered his resignation after 25 years of service as a Math instructor at Northwood High School. Johns served as Math Department Chair for seven years and as a math team coach for Academic Super Bowl competitions. He was also active in Northwood athletics serving as a sponsor of the Fellowship for Christian Athletes, coaching the boys and girl basketball teams and helping with the baseball program. Other Resignations •Tonya Beehier, computer clerk at Northwood High School •Beverly Poe, part-time cafeteria employee at Northwood High School Employment •Nancy Wenger, computer clerk at Northwood High School Maternity Leave l •Jennifer Schrock, Specif Education instructor at Woodview Elementary % Continued on A 3