Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 126, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 4 December 2003 — Page 6

Advance News • Thursday, December 4, 2003

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PHOTO PROVIDED WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP Are you in an artistic rut? Just waiting for the right inspiration or motivation to get you painting again? Market Street Studio can help! Dig out those watercolor paints and bruses and join artist, Jessica Flores, on Dec, 13, for a painting workshop. Anyone who has had some experience with watercolor painting is invited to attend the class, which will be held at the Nappanee gallery from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The subject will be “An Old Barn in Winter," and cost is S2O per person. Call Market Street Studio at (574) 773-5242 for information on registering and required supplies, or visit their website at http://home.earthlink.net/~msstudio.

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NAPPANEE Exciting news! Elder Haus has moved to the former Central School building. They will use the south door to the west on the parking lot side for the time being. The phone number, 773-2424, will remain the same. Unfortunately, the renovation did not happen before the move, but in a few weeks they will have a lovely and homey facility. The center is looking forward to networking with the Boys and Girls Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Redevelopment Office. Residents of Central Manor are welcome to the program, as well as all other senior members of the community. The center is open Monday through Friday. On Dec. 5, the Red Hat Society will meet at 10:45 at Elder Haus to carpool to go to Oakwoed Inn for lunch. On Dec. 10 the center will have its annual Christmas shopping trip to University Park Mall. The excursinon will leave Elder Haus at 8:30. Reservations are needed. On Dec. 15 seniors are welcomed to join the trip to see “The Wizard of Oz” at 2 p.m. at the Round Bam Theatre. Reservations are needed for this excursion as well. The sls special ticket price needs to be paid by the Dec. 15. Dec. 18 will be a special evening out. Participants will leave Elder Haus around 4 p.m. to go have dinner at a nice restaurant in Mishawaka and then drive

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through Winding Brook Estates to view their outstanding display of Christmas lights. Call early for reservations for this trip. Besides these special events, regular events are also held at the center, and all kinds of games are available, including Uno, Skip 80, Yahtzee and a jigsaw puzzle is always in the works. Quilting takes place all day on Monday and Friday. You are invited to bring a sack lunch and stay all day. There is a microwave available for heating soups and sandwiches. Pinochle is enjoyed at 1 p.m. Mondays, and Euchre and other games at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Chair exercises are also offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. Walking in the gym takes place nearly every week day from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday is “Volunteer Day,” with opportunities for cutting stamps for recycling, and for quilting and visiting. The stamps are given to the stamp club that meets at the Nappanee Public Library. Persons who have old stamps tucked away may donate them; they are glad to have these items. Friday is also the day when “Gifts From Andy” are prepared, beginning at 10 a.m. Anyone who would like to share in this, please come by; patterns and yarn are available at the center. If you would like to have your name added to the Elder Haus mailing list, to receive the center’s monthly calendar of activities, please call 773-2424.

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Continued from A 3 mert in person. The aim is reduce errors incurred in the re-typing prooess, and to reduce the amount of retyping done each week, in hopes of devoting more time to other, more worthwhile endeavors such as writing stoies and taking pictures. Email news to advance@npccj«, and call the office, if possible, to confirm the email was received. If you need help in attaching a document to your email, please feel free to call the office fa assistance. COME AND TAKE OUR STUFF There is a table of free items in the Advance News office. Anyone is invited to come in during office hours and take a look at the pictures and various other items on the table. If you have turned in a picture to us in the past few years, come in and reclaim it Besides photos turned in during recent years, there is a box of senior pictures from the 1960’s and 70’s, and various other items that the office receives in the mail, such as magazines, videos, and odd pictures that may be of interest to someone. MOMS N TOUCH Mans In Touch is a group of mothers who meet to pray fa our children and our schools. A group of moms from the Wa-Nee School District meets each Friday from 9 to 10 am. in the fellowship hall at the Wakarusa Misskmaiy Church, 202 W. Waterford St For further information, please contact Jenny Berkey, 8316512. OPEN DOOR HELPS If you need emergency food, clothing, or temporary help with your NIPSCO bill, contact Open Door between 9 and 11 am, Monday through Friday. Open Doa is located at 201 S. Main St, Nappanee and may Main St, Nappanee and may be reached by calling 773-3820. BOARD OF WORKS The City of Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety meets the second and fourth Mondays of each mo* at 3:3o'pm in the Nappanee Municipal Building on West Lincoln Street Meetings are open to the public. SCHOOL BOARD The Wa-Nee Board of School Trustees meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month, at 6:30 pm in the Wa-Nee Administration Building. Meetings are open to the public. COMMON COUNOL The City of Nappanee Commoi Council meets toe first and third Mondays of each month at 7 pm in the council chambers at the municipal center on West Lincoln Street Meetings are open to toe public. WPS HOE Do you need assistance? The Family Christian Development Center at 151 S. Locke St serves families living in toe Wa-Nee district with: find parity open Tuesday and Thursday from 1-4 pm; FEMA assistance for rent and utility bills; Headstart for 4-5-year-olds; and healthy babies wellness checks on the second Wednesday from 9 am to noon. Fa assistance in any of these areas, a other areas of your life, call the center at 7732149. The office is open from 9 am to noon and 14pm weekdays. LICENSE BRANCH The Nappanee License Branch, located at 219 W. Market St, is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 830 am tospm; Wednesday, 830 am to 1230 pm and Thursday, 8 30 am to 6:30 pm GLASSKDADS To place a classified ad in the Advance News, call 1-800-933-0356 between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Deadline is Monday at 10 am ADVBOISNG To place an ad in the Advance News, call Bruce Hecklinski at 1-800-933-0356 for rate infomation a to schedule your ad. Deadline is Thursday at noon. SUBSCRPIIONS Annual subscription prioe (52 issues) for the Advance News is S2O in stale and $25 out of state. To renew a start a new subscription, a for delivery problems a billing questions, call the Circulation Department at 1-800-9330356. NEWS ITEMS News items and photos may be submitted to toe Advance News via e-mail a dropping them off at the office. Deadline is Friday at noon. Fa possible story ideas, contact Kyhe Carter at 7733127. To place an item in Amund WaNee, submit it in writing (fax, email or in person —email is preferred) to the Advance News by noon on the Friday prior to desired publication date. Items will continue to appear as space allows until the event is oyer.