Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 127, Number 44, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 October 2004 — Page 6
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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/STEPHANIE MIDDAUGH Meet the newest members of K-Kids Club of the Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee, wearing their official T-shirts and club pins. Also with the children are members of the Nappanee Noon Kiwanis Club, who helped sponsor the elementary-age club. Pictured In the front row (left to right): Kris Best, Nappanee Noon Kiwanis; Dakota Koontz; Anthony Avery; Chris Wilson; Kassldy Wilson; Emily Kubiszewski; and Hannah Stahley. Middle row: Casey Koontz; Ashley Avery; Sarah Stahley; Abby Kubiszewski; Julkie Arbogast, Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee; and Bill Best, Nappanee Noon Kiwanis. Back Row: Beverly Fales and Alan Thompson, both of Nappanee Noon Kiwanis. Not pictured: Bill Fales, Nappanee K-Kids Club advisor.
K-Kids Club starts at Boys and Girls Club
By Stephanie Middaugh Editor NAPPANEE Members of the westside branch of the Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee have already brainstormed a list of community projects, and received their official T-shirts and pins as the newest members of K-Kids club. And now they're ready to learn how to run a meeting and select officers to officially start the new service group. The K-Kids club is a jointly sponsored activity between an elementary school or equivalent educational facility, like a boys and girls club, and a Kiwanis club. The Kiwanis club provides financial support, and mentor support. for their K-Kids club The goal of the club is to teach children, early, the value of serving the community. Every K-Krds club has the authority to select its own service projects. So during the meetings, the group works together to adopt and plan appropriate projects for the community. Possible service projects for the club might include: Conducting a canned food drive for a local food bank, making slipper socks for nursing home patients, collecting used books for distribution -to a shelter or reading to a library class. Since the children is this group meet at the-City Church on West Market Street in Nappanee. they have already brainstormed ideas on how to perform sendee activities for Lu Ann Nursing Honnyrn West Walnut Street, among other projects. To help the kids plan and execute their service projects. Noon Kiwanis Club member Bill Fales will serve as advisor for the Nappanee K-Kids Club. The Kiwanis club designates a Kiwanis advisor for each K-Kids club who
Poetry Day at Woodview turns 30
Contributed by Anne Hemminger NAPPANEE For over 30 years, Woodview third graders (and Central School previously) have enjoyed Poetry Day. This year, the event was held on Oct. 15. The day began with Mrs. Meyers, the librarian from the Nappanee Public Library sharing poems with all the children. The children’s favorite poem was about Oreo cookies. The children learned that some of them are-"rookies" at eating their cookie, w hile others are "pros." (They pulled the cookie apart into two yummy pieces.) Later in the day. children moved to poetry centers manned by parent and grandparent volunteers. The activities included lots of snacks, crafts and poetry to publish in the children's poetry notebooks. - Mrs. Berkebile. Woodview's school librarian. finished the eventful day by bringing musical poetry to life, as the children sang some favorite nursery rhymes. Listed below are a selection of poems created by Woodview students during Poetry Day. Mom by Morgan Olson Mom, Mom, Mom Cool Moms, Silly Moms, Embarrassing, ugly , mean mom. Weird, skinny, nice mom. Those are just a few.
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will attend meetings, help with projects and counsel the club in its activities. The Kiwanis advisor is an important link between the Kiwanis club, local business community and the K-Kids club. But the advisor won’t act alone. Other members of the Nappanee Noon Kiwanis are expected to drop in and help out with the group periodically. Plus, the Nappanee K-Kids Club will be partnering with college students from the Notre Dame Circle K Club (the college level of Kiwanis), who will also serve as mentors. Elementary-age students often look to college students as role models. And the impact of this role model can be magnified when the college students share many of the same interests and values as the younger, impressionable, elementary-age students. The development of this relationship into a continuing, positive mentorship is a likely outcome when a Circle K member establishes an ongoing relationship with a K-Kids club According to Beverly Fales, a Nappanee Noon Kiwanis member, the Nappanee K-Kids Club may even take a field trip to Notre Dame this year, since the college club is going to work with the group. Membership in the Nappanee K-Kids club is open to elementary students in all grade levels who are interested in serving the community and attend the Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee. The group will meet on Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. Due to current renovations at the City Church, the club will meet at the Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee at the old Central School, 107 E, Marion St. In November, the K-Kids Club will return to its usual meeting place at the westside branch of the Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee at the City Church on West Market Street. For more information, contact Bill Fales at 773-3339.
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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/STEPHANIE MIDDAUGH Sandy Jenkins, a volunteer grandparent, and her grand-daughter-Allison Jenkins during Poetry Day at Woodview Elementary School.
Kitchen goes to Washington National Youth Leadership Forum provides insight into legal profession
WASHINGTON D.C. Jonathan Kitchens of Nappanee, was recently selected to participate in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Law (LYLF/LAW) from Oct. 26 to Oct. 31, 2004 in Washington, DC. Having demonstrated academic achievement and an interest in the legal profession, Kitchens is joining approximately 350 outstanding high school juniors and seniors from across the United States at the Forum on Law. "Through intensive simulations, Jonathan Kitchens will have the opportunity to exercise the skills used by Supreme Court justices who rule on key issues facing our country today and the esteemed legal teams that argue on behalf of and against those issues,” said Donna Snyder, executive director of the NYLF. “Because our legal system plays a vital role in our daily lives, the National Youth Leadership Forum on Law offers students the opportunity to learn directly from partners at law firms, criminal defense attorneys and prosecutors, as well as professors and other experts of the legal profession. This is where the future for many students begins to take shape.” m> The curriculum for NYLF/LAW is based on actual events, which gllows its participants to learn from the examples set by attorneys of law and court officials from municipal court to the U.S. Supreme Court. The process encourages partici-
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Wakarusa Library News Abuse Program Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) will be presenting a program for parents on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 at 10:15 a.m. This 45-minute program is titled “Everyday Learning.” Parents and caregivers of preschool children are invited to attend this free program. For more information, contact the library at 862-2465. Afterschool Special An Afterschool Special will be held on Nov. 9 at 3:30 p.m. This program is for K-sth grade students. The craft for this time will be to decorate a bird glider. The country for this presentation will be Brazil. Registration is required. Library Board The Wakarusa Library Board will meet on Friday, November 12 at 8:30 a.m. Dial A Story Dial A Story for next week will be “The Princess and the Pea.” This will be the story of how a pea helps to choose the real princess. Hear this tale at 862-4441. New Books •“The Safety and Health Guide for Indiana Businesses” by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce •“The Courage to Be a Stepmom: finding your place without losing yourself’ by Sue Patton Thoele •“Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective” by Peter Greensberg
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Jonathon Kitchens pants to develop perspective and resolve. Throughout the forum, students will examine how court cases often change the legal system. In the past, NYLF/LAW has visited several law firms and area courthouses, including the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Superior Court and various county circuit courts. The program has also included visits to some of the nation’s most prestigious law schools, including University of Maryland School of Law, Washington College of Law at American University and Howard University School of Law. NYLF is a nonprofit, educational organization committed to empowering young people to make wellinformed career choices. For additional information, visit www.nylf.org.
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