Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 128, Number 51, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 22 December 2005 — Page 4

• Advance News • Thursday, December 22 2005

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Police Report

According to a Nappanee police report, at approximately 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, Kelly Jo Holtzman, 27, was picked up in Bremen on an outstanding warrant from Nappanee for Check Deception, and from Elkhart County for Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Nappanee warrant had a bond of $1,500, and Elkhart County's had no bond. Holtzman was picked up by Nappanee Patrolman Bill Bickel without incident, and was then transferred to the Elkhart County Jail. Holtzman had a court date for the Nappanee warrant on Dec. Court Report Dec. 8 • Jerry J. Coots, 28, Nappanee, Expired License Plate, $111.50. Dec. 9 • Roel Garcia, 27, Nappanee, No Operator's License, $111.50. . • Steven M Hersha, 19, Nappanee, Possession of Alcohol by a Minor, $l5O. • Derek G. Scheets, 24, Goshen, Operating While Intoxicated, $606.50. Dec. 12 • Jonathan B. Chapin, 21, Greentown, Penn., Speeding, $133.50. • Donavan J. Crabtree, 22, Nappanee, Operating While Intoxicated, $656.50. • Robert D. Moore, 43, Nappanee, Public Intoxication, $236.50. • Lorraine Stutzman, 20, Etna Green, Expired License Plate, $111.50. Dec. 13 • Didier Ruiz, 18, Goshen, Operator Never Licensed, $256.50. • Jason A. Sheppard, 21, Bremen, Operating While Intoxicated, $556.50. Dec. 14 • Minor, 17, Peru, Probationary License Violation, $111.50. • Dianna J. Matteson, 19, Bristol, Curfew Violation, $156.50. • Devon R. Winegard, 24, Goshen, Speeding, $116.50.

Elder Haus

Thursday, Dec. 22 10 a.m.: Chair Exercises. 1 p.m.: Euchre. Friday, Dec. 23 Volunteer Day: Quilt, cut stamps or just visit. 1 p.m.: 3 & 13. Monday, Dec. 26 Closed Tuesday, Dec. 27 10 a.m.: Exercise at Fern & Fit. 1 p.m.: Euchre. Wednesday, Dec. 28 9 a.m.: Mystery Trip, w "Out to Breakfast." 1 p.m.: 3 & 13.

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Menus subject to change without notice. Due to the diets of some, the meals are not highly seasoned. Thursday, Dec. 22 Christmas Dinner Friday, Dec. 23 Closed Monday, Dec. 26 Closed * Tuesday, Dec. 27 Spaghetti Noodles with Meat Sauce; Tossed Salad with Ranch Dressing; Parmesan Cheese on the Side; Italian Bread with Margarine; Pineapple Tidbits. Wednesday, Dec. 28 Roast Chicken; Unstuffed Cabbage; Green Beans; Dinner Roll with Margarine; Fruited Jell-O.

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Mknick is Disney Teacher Award nominee

Staff Report Ed Minnick, a sixth grade . math teacher at North Wood Middle School is being recogi.nized for his creativity and success in the classroom as a Disney Teacher Award Nominee. Minnick joins an elite group of teachers from across the country who have been recognized by their communities. As the next step in the awards process, Minnick is now submitting an application to be considered for the 2006 Disney Teacher of the Year Award. "I am humbled when I realize that someone, who apparently thinks I am doing a good job as a teacher, took the time and made the effort to nominate me for this teaching award," Minnick said. "I love teaching at North Wood Middle School. I am so blessed to work for and with George Roelandts, my

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Nappanee Missionary Christmas services (A 1 of these services are identical) Dec. 24 * Dec. 25 News Years Day Nappanee First Brethren The Nappanee First Brethren Church announces the schedule of worship services for the Celebration of the Incarnation and the New Year. • Christmas Eve Candlelight Service ~ On Saturday, Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m., the church will hold a service of lessons and carols featuring its hand bell choir, Nancy Lentz on harp, solo by Carol Strang and a presentation entitled "The > Interruption of God." • Christmas Sunday Worship

Christmas Winter’s cool cousin

By Anthony Godson Commentary Just to set things straight here, I do not write columns very often, and the only rea- - son I'm writing this one is because there's white space that needs to be filled with words. ‘ Now thiH've gotten that out of the way, s 1 w jh-try to stick to one topic, although that ; may not happen. The topic of this here column is the lovely Christmas season. Not to be politically incorrect, but I will be referring to the holiday season as the Christmas season. I do this because I know that Christmas is capitalized, but I'm not ' quite sure if holiday is in certain instances. Such as a Holiday Tree. Is holiday capitalized here? I don't know, and since this is just a column I'd rather not worry about it. Now back from the detour, I'd just like to talk about why I like Christmas. I used to like Christmas because it meant vacation. Those were good times. Now that high school and college is over for me, Christmas no longer means vacation. What it means to me now is that its Dec. 25. As you drive through downtown Nappanee you can hear Christmas music,' and see Christmas decorations all over the place. These items make the chilly temperatures not only bearable, but down right cute. Christmas is the only time of year when almost everyone wants it to snow. I'm not particularly one of those people, but some do like it. Some people want to see their "White Christmas."

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Christmas Ham or Prime Rib Gift Certificates King Crab Legs Bulk Sausage $1.69 lb. Extra Select Oysters Discount to Churches for: Pot Lucks & Funeral Dinners & Fund-Raisers 158 N. Main Street • Nappanee, Indiana 773-4632 -Open-Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A

principal, and a group of teachers who work so well together as a team. I give God all the praise for the abilities He has given me that I try to use on a daily basis in my math classroom." Roelandt's added, "As Mr. Minnick's principal, I can recommend him as one of my best classroom teachers. The best description of Mr. Minnick's teaching can be summarized in the Albert Einstein quote, 'Example isn't another way to teach; it is the only way to teach.' This along with his conviction to his students and strong spiritual belief make him a teacher to remember." Since 1989, Disney Teacher Awards have been presented to teachers who construct learning environments where students and teachers alike explore, imagine and engage in a variety of stimulating ideas and experiences. Specifically, the program

"I sure do hope it snows," they say. It's the only time you'll hear someone who's not a kid looking for a day off school wishing for snow. Me? I could go without snow on Christmas. I, for one, hate the snow. I take that back. It's not the snow I hate, it's the ice. You see, I drive a Ford Ranger, which has rear-wheel drive the worst kind of drive. Each winter I have to load up the bed of my truck with many pounds of weight in order for my truck to move. If I don't have weight in the back of the truck, I would still be sitting at a four-way stop sign. Yes, snow is lovely to some at this time of year, and we sure are lucky that Christmas comes four days after winter officially begins. Can you imagine if Christmas occurred in late February, or any other time of the year, and no, I'm not getting into the whole 'What time c ( year was Christ really bom in' thing. I'm talking about how much people would really despise winter if Christmas didn't usher it in. Right now, we know winter is coming because the Christmas decorations go up and everyone gets filled with holiday cheer. That may be different if winter just came, and that was all there was to it. "Hey, it's winter." All the other seasons are welcomed in with certain happy feelings. In spring, the grass comes back and the flowers bloom. In summer, it's getting warm out and there's plenty to do outside.

honors those teachers whose approaches exemplify creativity in teaching and who inspire a joy of learning in their students. "Sixteen years ago, we started celebrating local heroes by establishing the annual Disney Teacher Awards to celebrate and honor America's finest teachers," Terry Wick, vice president of the Disney Worldwide Outreach, said. "This nomination process shows thousands of teachers across the country how much their work means to their students, colleagues and communities." In addition to letters of recommendation, Minnick will submit an application that includes several professional reflection essays describing his classroom and approach to teaching, the impact of high stakes testing, how he approaches collaboration in his school and career and an event

Worship will be held at 9 and 10:30 a.m., but the congregation will not have its regular 8 a.m. service and there will also be no Discipleship Hour classes that morning. The services will include carols accompanied by brass choir, a message by Senior Pastor Tom Schiefer entitled "Bom to Die" and a couple surprises. Special music at the 9 a.m. service will be performed by Jim Shaw, while the adult choir and Aaron, Todd and Kelsey Bigler will use their steel drums to supply music to the 10:30 a.m. service. • New Year's Sun-Day Worship The regular service schedule of 8 a.m. worship, Discipleship Hour and 10:30 a.m. worship will take place. Worship services will feature testimonies by Brittany Martin, Connie Shapland and Rudy Miller, and the singing of Caleb Shaw. First Brethren Church is located at 1600 N. Main Street in Nappanee, and at the northwest comer of State Road 19 and County Road 52. For more information about these events or the other ministries of the church, call the church office at 773-4252.

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that shaped him as a teacher. A committee comprised of education experts from around the country will then review the nominee applications and select the 2006 Disney Teacher Award honorees. The honorees will be announced in late spring and celebrated at a red carpet awards gala in July. During the gala, four honorees will be selected as outstanding teachers and one will be named the 2006 Disney Teacher of the Year. In addition, the honorees each receive SIO,OOO, a $5,000 grant for their schools and a six-day professional development institute with their principals at the Walt Disney World Resort. At the institute, teachers share ideas to refine their innovative teaching approaches and learn how to engage other teachers to build an effective collaborative teaching culture at their schools.

In fall, or autumn to the civilized folk, people admire the changing of the leaves. In winter, it's just winter. The most hated of the seasons. Luckily, Christmas brings it in, which is like a nerd's first day of school being softened by being the cousin of the coolest kid at school. Without the cool cousin, that nerd would have a really tough go of it. As it is, we toleVate winter. We all know how big of a pain it can be, but hey, it means Christmas is here, so it can't be all bad. As I drove through town the other day, the pessimist came out of me. I mean, I like the decorations and everything that comes with it. But what happens when those decorations come down? I'll tell you what comes reality. The reality of knowing that on any given night you can wake up and have to shovel your car out of the drive. The reality of having to scrape you windows clean each day. The reality of knowing tha* at any g»’o n time, that ice can just take you off the road. • Yes the harsh reality is that winter is harsh, but as long as Christmas introduces you to it each year, you'll grin and bear it. The same way you put up with your significant others annoying friend. So I encourage everyone to enjoy your holiday season, be it celebrating Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanzaa (strange how they all begin within the first week of winter). Be sure to cherish the day. Because once that day's over, it's just plain ole winter outside. Oh sure, there's New Year's Day a week later, but come on what is that?