Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 128, Number 13, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 31 March 2005 — Page 2

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♦ Advance News • Thursday, March 31, 2005

Hair today, gone tomorrow

By Anthony Godson Editor To help the Golden Family raise money for their two sons who suffer from Muscular Dystrophy, Nappanee resident Billy Simmons is ready to cut ties with his oldest friend his ponytail. "God put it on my heart that there was something I should do to help," Simmons said. "(The Goldens) are trying to raise $70,000 to make their home wheelchair accessible, and I just want to help." To get a chance to cut his ponytail off, a donation of S2O or more can purchase a ticket at the Family Christian Development Center. According to Simmons, an employee at Newmar, a lot of his co-workers are biting at the bit to do the honors. "I want to give the Amish guys at work a little incentive to help," he said. "I've been working at Newmar for 11 years and they're always telling me I need to cut my hair. Once they know I'm doing this, I think they will help a lot." For a man who hasn't cut his hair in 26 years, it must take a pretty good cause to do so, which is exactly what the Golden Family is to Simmons. "They need a lot of help," Simmons said. His goal is to raise $3,000 to help the Goldens purchase a SIO,OOO overhead lift system to help get 11-year old Brandon Raster into the bathtub and other places. The FCDC has been helping to raise money for the Goldens, and donations to get the chance to cut Simmon's hair can also be made at the

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTOS/ ANTHONY GADSON Billy Simmons plans to cut his hair to help the Golden Family FCDC. The drawing will end on April 14, and Simmon's will get his "trademark" cut on April 15 at PK and Company. Once the hair is chopped off, it will then be donated to "Locks of Love", a charity that supplies hair for wigs which are then given to children. For more information, please contact Simmons at 773-7717.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/ANTHONY GADSON Nappanee Window officially broke ground on March 23, with many people coming out to celebrate the occasion.

Bottom: (l-r) Nappanee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Larry Andrews, investors Jim Evans and Chris Gaff, Nappanee Deputy Mayor Tom Lehman, Nappanee Window CEO Evan Bontrager, developer Roger Buss, Bill Bradley of Elkhart County Economic Development and Dave Beer of Indiana Economic Development. Top: (l-r) Conrad Brenneman, Ryan Brenneman and Steve Brenneman all of Nappanee Window.

A ground breaking day

By Anthony Godson Editor At the rate that Nappanee is growing to the west, the Town of Bremen may be bracing for an invasion. Another piece of Nappanee's westward growth fell into place on March 23 when Nappanee Window held its official ground breaking at Buss Westside Industrial Park. "We are all out of property," developer Roger Buss said about the amount of industrial space left at the location. "If we still had any, we could have sold around 25 to 30 acres in the last six months." Buss still has some commer‘cial property available along U.S. 6, but as for industrial space, he has given all he can. "I don't know what to tell the city," he Said. "There is nowhere else to go." Nappanee Window is currently building a 75-000-square foot building with the hopes of expanding that to a 90,000-

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square foot building. The company also plans to build another 90,000-square foot building "as soon as the market demands furthering our expansion," Nappanee Window CEO Evan Bontrager said. Nappanee Window currently shares building space with Aluminum Trailer Company 306 S. Nappanee St. in downtown Nappanee, but because of growth within both companies, a change needed to be made. "We were just running out of space in the building, so one of us had to go," Bontrager said. "But Aluminum Trailer Company will stay at the location, so there will be no empty buildings." The growth of Nappanee Window is quite exceptional, considering that it began as a home based business back in 1985. At the time, the business specialized in windows, before beginning a shift to making doors for the cargo trailer industry. In March 2000, Steve

Brenneman purchased Nappanee Window and moved it to its location in downtown Nappanee. The company is in need of more space because of its * increased sales in the cargo trailer industry. The company is currently making new products for RVs and horse trailers, radius entrance doors and ramps in the rear of Toy Hauler RVs to name just a few. Even with all the company does, there are still plans in the works. "While I can not offer details, you can expect to see several new, very original and innovative products coming from Nappanee Window in the near future," Bontrager said. Nappanee Window employs 91 people and ships its products to 24 states, including Canada. The company plans to set up a sales office on the west coast, while leaving its manufacturing here in Nappanee.

WORKS job would cost between SIB,OOO and $20,000, but even if the job does exceed this range, the city would still be able to afford it. "We have funds available even if it goes to the maximum," board member Philip Jenkins said. In other business: • The board, agreed to allow Lee Anne Stewart Dance School, Inc. to continue leasing the third floor of the old West High School. "I think it is a good use of the building," Mayor Larry Thompson said. • The board approved a request from Gerber to hire Jody Sarber this summer through the Summer Workers Program. The city receives support from the State Student Assistance Program, which pays for half of Sarber's $9 an hour salary up to $2,000. • Police Chief Mike Anglin submitted a resignation from Reserve Officer Jake Auch, effective as of April 1. Auch has been with the department for just over two years, and according to Anglin, just didn't have that much time available. "He just has too many things going on," Anglin said. • Fire Chief Tom Anglin had his request to send six firefighters to a meeting in Indianapolis on April 15 approved. Contact Us Advance News 158 W. Market St. P.O. Box 230 Nappanee, IN 46550 Office Hours: Tuesday Noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone: 574-773-3127 (news) 1-800-933-0356 (ads) . Fax: 574-773-3512 E-mail: [email protected]