Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 127, Number 42, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 October 2004 — Page 3

50th Anniversary for Grabills

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NEW PARIS Leßoy and Patricia (Chambers) Grabill of rural New Paris will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at the Bible Baptist Church, 205 E Waterford St, Wakarusa on Oct. 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. Leßoy and Pat were married Oct. 24, 1954 in ’‘the First Christian Church, which is now the Bible Baptist Church in Wakarusa. Their family includes two

60th Anniversary for Stutzmans

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NAPPANEE Arden Devon and Mary Kathryn (Kay) Stutzman of Nappanee will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner on Thanksgiving weekend. The couple was married Oct. 17,1944 in Nappanee. They have one child, Rita (Ralph) Klopfenstein of Eugene, Ore. They have four grandchildren: Erica Mishler, Ann Stump and Eva Andrews, all of Nappanee, and Sara Kiley of Eugene Ore. and nine greatgrandchildren. Mr. Stutzman owned

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PHOTO PROVIDED sons. Timothy (Mary) Grabill resides in Bay Minette, Ala. He and his wife have two children, Joey in Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Trish at home. Christopher (Terri) Grabill resides in Wakarusa. He and his wife have two sons, Daniel and Jacob, both at home. Mr. Grabill retired from the North Central Co-Op in Goshen and Mrs. Grabill retired from Fairmont Homes in Nappanee. No gifts requested.

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Stutzman’s Jewelry and later Overland, Mfg., both in Nappanee. Mrs. Stutzman owned Kay’s Beauty Shop in Nappanee for over 40 years. Mr. Stutzraan’s memberships include the American Legion, (past commander), Syracuse Eagles, and the Nappanee VFW. Mrs. Stutzman is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She was also on Nappanee’s Civic Theater Board for 15 years, serving as president twice and producing four plays.

Community

Downtown near completion in Wakarusa

By Stephanie Middaugh Editor WAKARUSA According to Mark Wilson., Wightman Petrie Inc., Elkhart, downtown Wakarusa is starting to look like the picture hanging in town hall of the finished project. He told the town council during their meeting Oct. 5., that the top layer of asphalt will will be poured that week for the downtown revitalization project. And that is a good thing, since asphalt is a "temperature-sensitive item.” The construction crews will then saw-cut into the asphalt to make room for the concrete, stamped pavers for the crosswalks. This step is also temperature sensitive, as the stamped concrete must have time to “cure" before cars can travel on them, Wilson said. The warmer the weather, the quicker they cure. "Under really good conditions, each intersection can be opened within three days of pouring the concrete,” Wilson said. He added that crews will only work on in one direction at a time when pouring the concrete, so at least one direction of the intersection will remain open. Wilson went on to tell the council that Brooks Construction "self-imposed" a deadline of Oct. 15 to have the project completed, although the actual deadline is Nov.l. "Brooks might miss their deadline by a little bit," Wilson said. “But they are in excellent condition to get done by the original deadline.” He added that “dollarwise” things are looking optimistic, as well. Even with some additional work completed in front of the post office, the American Legion btkilding and for the flagpole at town hall, the "budget is still well within the original bid,” he said. The council then approved a pay request from Brooks in the amount of $129,376.37 for work completed from mid-August through midSeptember. According to Wilson, the request covered approximately 13 percent of the work to be completed on the downtown project. "There was a lot of work done during that span of time,” he said. Four-way stop The council voted to make Sycamore Street

Wakarusa bank robbed, suspect still on the run

Staff Report WAKARUSA —£)n Oct. 4at approximately 3:15 p.m., the Keyßank, 100 N. Elkhart St., Wakarusa was robbed by a white male, approximately 6’ tall, 200 pounds, with a mustache and shaggy brown hair. The suspect was also wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and sunglasses at the time of the robbery. According to Wakarusa Town Marshal Robert Cunningham, no weapons were displayed during the robbery, but the suspect did get away with an undisclosed amount of cash. He added no customers were in the bank at the time. But there were four

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/STEPHANIE MIDDAUGH Brooks Construction worked extra hours on Saturday to pave the streets in Wakarusa. The lights are up and the landscaping has been placed in the beds. Now the crews will focus on installing the stamped, concrete sidewalks. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the downtown revitalization project will be held Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. at the Town Hall.

and Elkhart Street on the north side of town a fourway stop. A letter from a resident was presented at the last town council meeting explaining that the intersection is busy with children crossing from the Wakarusa Public Library, North Wood Middle School and the Wakarusa Medical Clinic. According to Town Manager Tom Roeder, one support letter had been sent to the town for the four-way stop, with no opposition letters. Councilman Fred Avery said that a four-way stop is needed at that intersection, since the library is right there. But he questioned how the stop would affect bus traffic to and from the middle school. < Town Marshal Robert Cunningham responded that 90 percent of the bus traffic travels down Washington Street to Waterford Street, so traffic would not be affected. Concilman Phil Klotz suggested that the council might address all the intersections on the edge town to see if they should be made four-way stops. He is concerned with the speed of traffic entering town, especially traffic coming in from the west on CR 40. Since current plans for the downtown revital-

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employees in the bank at the time of the robbery. The robber is suspected as the same person who robbed a Keyßank at 3821 S. Main St.. Elkhart on Sept. 25, and at another Keyßank at 2801 Cassopolis St., Elkhart on Sept. 30. Elkhart police later reported that they had identified the suspect of the three bank robberies, which took place within a week of each other. The police are holding the suspects name pending the completion of a search to locate him. Anyone with information regarding this crime, should contact the Wakarusa Police Department at (574) 862-4200.

ization project include "landscape nixies" that are intended to slow traffic entering the downtown area, the council decided to address the other intersections in the spring. Other items •Dixon Engineering was given the contract in the amount of $2,800 to develop bidding and construction documents for the the repainting and repair of the water tower on CR 40 East. According to Council President Ron Berkey, the project has already been put off for three years and nothing has been done to the tower since it was built in 1992. • Wightman Petrie Inc. was awarded the contract for engineering services in the amount of $12,000 for a pavement management plan for the next 10 to 15 years. The plan will include plans for curbing, sidewalks and storm and sanitary sewer separation with budget estimates. According to Town Manager Roeder, ‘There are a lot of streets in the community that need attention." • There will be no parking on Industrial Drive and the speed limit is 30 mph.

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