Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 129, Number 2, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 12 January 2006 — Page 2
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Advance News • Thursday, January 12, 2006
Obituary
H. Thomas Jackson January 1, 2006 NAPPANEE H. Thorttas Jackson, 66, of Nappanee, died Jan. 1, 2006 at 6:15 p.m. at the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, South Bend, of a brief illness. He was bom Dec. 13, 1939 in Xenia, Ohio, to Kenneth G. and Ruby I. (Dunlavy)
Jackson. On October 5, 1963, he married Gail Shoemaker, who survives. He was a lifetime area resident of Indiana, and was in sales and marketing for 10 years with Bomemann Products. He became president in 1970 and owner/CEO since 1975. He was a graduate of Mentor High School, Mentor, Ohio in 1957, member and president of Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, full director of First Source Bank in South Bend for
many years, and he had a passion for golf. He is survived by his wife, Gail Jackson of Nappanee; one son, Daniel Thomas and Lisa Jackson of Mission Viejo, Calif.; and one daughter, JoAnn (Robert) Jackson of Mishawaka. Two grandchildren, Adam and Benjamin; and one brother, Robert R. "Bud” and Cheryl Jackson of Elkhart also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents. Visitation and time to celebrate Tom's life was held from 1 to 4 p.m. at Mishler Funeral Home, 2030 S.R. 331, Bremen, on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. Services were at 4 p.m. At the family’s request, in lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the American Cancer Society. The Mishler Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.mishlerfuneralhomes.com.
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completion in 2007. All job descriptions have been changed to allow more sharing of our workforce. Foremen Kim Nine (streets), Dave Jensen (water) and Mick Reese (waste water) will work closely together to allow this sharing of manpower and equipment to work well for us. I would like to discuss and share some ideas, projects and goals for 2006 and beyond. To do so, I will start downtown, and work my way out. Major barriers to successful Planning are fear of change, Ignorance of the plan, uncertainfy About the future, and lack of Imagination. The Downtown Enhancement Project will begin in late spring of this year. Phase I will include new sidewalks and historic street lights on North and South Main streets. With Main Street Suites and the Nappanee Public Library on the north end, and the Depot Plaza on the south end, this inner city Main Street will be completed. Tj|ie creation of the Downtown Building Improvement District (BID) will play a major role in our future downtown improvements. The vision of our Redevelopment Commission to establish this district is to be commended.
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under the direction of chairman Rick Jenkins, we look forward to working with the committee for the betterment of downtown. In 2007, Market Street and downtown parking lots will be completed. New downtown signage is also being worked on as part of this project. Other downtown signage will also be studied in 2006. The continued support of our Apple Festival is very important to us, and all of Nappanee, especially for our downtown area. We applaud the Chamber's leadership and the Festival committee's efforts to maintain, and grow, this event. It’s difficult balancing optimism and Realism, intuition and planning, Faith and fact. But that is what it Takes to build on our festivals for Our future. We must support Amish Acres' Art Festival and other Fall Festivals as well. We must be more aware of the impact of tourism on everyday lives and embrace it. The proposed Heritage Center for downtown could be home for our Chamber and Tourist Information Center. Under the direction of the Nappanee Public Library this collection of our past could be the key to our future. We look forward to Linda Yoder’s continued leadership at both our library and the future Heritage Center. Coppes and Amoco proper-
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Death Notices
Edith (Dee) Hoover December 30, 2005 LAFAYETTE Edith (Dee) Hoover, 80, of Monticello, died on Friday, Dec. 30 at the St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lafayette. She is survived by her sons, Randy Hoover of Nappanee and Gregg (Jan) Hoover of Bumettsville; daughter, Shireen (Steve) Davis of Syracuse; and sisters, Vema Mayfield of Florida and Dorothy Keim of Syracuse. Miller & Rashke Funeral Home in Monticello was in charge of arrangements. Burial took place in the Bremen Cemetery. Fem D. Fenrida December 30, 2005 SYRACUSE Fern D. Fervida, 86, of Miller's Merry Manor in Syracuse, formerly of the Nappanee-Milford area, died at 9:55 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30 at her residence. She is survived by her son, Bryon (Cherylan) Fervida of Milford; daughter, Connie (Ron) Fields of Syracuse; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and sister, Rosalie (Don) Taber of Osceola. Visitation was held from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren. Services were conducted at 4 p.m. at the church on Saturday, Jan. 7 with Rev. Roger Eberly, Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren, officiating. Burial took place in the Union Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren or to the Union Center Church of the Brethren. Keith A. Petty December 30,2005 MACY Keith A. Pettry, 30, of Macy, died at 10:57 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, 2005 at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. He is survived by his wife, Nicole; daughter, Aurora Pettry of Walkerton; sons, Cole Pettry and Atticus Pettry, both of Walkerton; mother, Patricia Pettry of Macy; father, Roger Pettry of Columbus, Ohio; sisters, Michelle Pettry of Syracuse and Amy Pettry of Battle Creek, Mich.; and brothers, Brian Puckett of Nappanee, Paul Pettry of Bremen and Bobby Pettry of Macy. A graveside service was held on Friday, Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. in the Citizens Cemetery, Rochester. The Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge of the arrangements. Norma Mae Nelson January 2, 2006 SYRACUSE Norma Mae Nelson, 83, of Syracuse, died at 4:20 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2 at her residence.
ties continue to be discussed as to how they will be incorporated into our future. We will continue to pursue all options on East Lincoln Street as it leads to the Coppes Property. We need to work with the United Methodist Church to enhance this area on our downtown's east side. Some of the ideas have been in development of a park-type setting to compliment the church's complex. On the south side, we recently completed the Indiana Avenue project. This was out third neighborhood preservation project. The Orchard housing project will see its first homes built in 2006. The partnerships with Scott and Jefferson Townships will see fire trucks housed on the south side of the railroad tracks for the first time. A new neighborhood park will be developed in the southeast neighborhood area thanks to the generosity of the Harlan Beer family. Plans for our extension of a pedestrian pathway along South Main Street with historic lights is also being discussed. The Other Sides On the north side, we will support the expansion of Woodview Elementary School. We hope to partner with the schools and the state highway to finally solve our drainage problems at the intersection of Woodview and North Main
Street. Professional development will begin north of Nappanee Ford. We will look to our Plan Commission and Board of Zoning to make sure developers and land owners develop this area in the best way possible. The extension of the Pedestrian Pathway from North Main Street to CR 3 should also be finalized this year. On the west side, we continue to see growth of our industrial areas. Amish Acres, McCormick Motors, Borkholder Dutch Village, Nappanee Window, Newmar and others continue to lead the way. The city must continue its plans to improve services in the older industrial areas on the west side. Housing starts continue on the northwest side along the Berlin Court Waterway. On the east side, we will also be supportive of improvements at Nappanee Elementary. We applaud and wish Principal Genie Tobias best wishes in her retirement. We will see the Park Board work with the Morning Kiwanis to develop a new soccer site for this tremendous program for our youth. Further industrial development with Fairmont leading the way is also anticipated on the east side. 2006 may see some major retail expansion on East Market Street as well. If properly planned, these improvements and expansions will be vital to our future growth. With retail, housing, industrial, and park
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She is survived by her son, Jack E. (Deborah) Nelson of Syracuse; daughter, Brenda (John) Reinebach of Los Angeles, Calif.; brothers,. Wayne Sawyer of Wakarusa, Larry Sawyer of Wakarusa and Tom. Sawyer of Boise, Idaho; three grandchildren; and three great-grand-! children. Visitation was held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5 at the; Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Wakarusa. Services were conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 6 at the Bible Baptist Church in Wakarusa with Pastor David Harper, Bible Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Pastor Brooks Henry. Burial took place in the South Union Cemetery, Wakarusa. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bible Baptist Church, or to the Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, Warsaw. Harold D. “Barney” Holmes January 7, 2006 WAKARUSA Harold D. "Barney" Holmes, 82, of Wakarusa, died at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Elkhart General Hospital. w He is survived by his wife, Wilma of Wakarusa; daughter, Lana (Tom) Kern of Jones, Mont.; son, Rex (Lauri) Holmes of White House, Term.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Wakarusa, on Saturday, Jan. 14 at noon with visitation with for one hour prior. Rev. Roger Eberly of the Wakarusa Church of the Brethren will officiate. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsan's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163. Tony L Davis fan. 7, 2006 BREMEN Tony L. Davis, 53, of 228 N. Baltimore St., Bremen, died at 10:07 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, in his home after a short illness with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Kay; daughter, Lee Ann and Roland Ousley of Warsaw; two step children, Chad and Lori Bamaby of Bremen and Renee Saunders of Nappanee; granddaughter, Morgan and five step grandchildren, Eric Saunders, Ryan Saunders, Haily Bamaby, Amber Bunn, and Aaron Bunn; mother, Betty Davis of Etna Green; sister, Jayne Gault of Etna Green and one brother, Doug and Connie Davis of Ligonier. A celebration of Ton's life was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in the Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, 115 S. Main St., Bourbon. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon. Memorial contributions can be made to the Cancer Society or the donor's choice in his memory. Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
growth on the east side, plans to rebuild Oakland Avenue from East Market Street to Woodview Drive will also be explored. The city has received a federal grant to fund this enhancement project. In 2006, the Aviation Board will move forward with its improvement plans. The Aviation Board has worked very hard to update facilities. The additional property and runway improvements are key to our airport's future. Long term discussions about County Road 17 extending to U.S. 6 could put our airport in a prime developmental area. The extension of city services - water and sewer - will be vital to this growth. And beyond 2005 saw our Sister City relationship with Napanee, Ontario grow. We plan to continue this Sister City partnership. Some of the interaction being considered is exchange of work force, emergency services, possible student exchange, and continuation of the Ryder Cup Golf Tournament as well as other Chamber of Commerce initiatives. Emergency 2006 will see the South Side Fire Station put into use. Under the direction of Chief Tom Anglin and his group of dedicated firemen, Nappanee continues to be served at the highest level. More mandated training and potential new equipment will keep our department busy in 2006. EMS Chief Jim Sumpter, with
new Assistant Chief Steve Heckathom's support, will continue to lead out EMTs and Medics. A new response vehicle is budgeted for 2006. Police Chief Mike Anglin is preparing for an exciting 2006. We welcome Curtis Weldy as our newest officer, graduating from the Police Academy in November. New equipment, cars and the possible addition of a new officer is in the works for this year. Our continued support of Cops in School and the Drug Task Force will be very important to us, however we must continue to evaluate where we are going. If we need to make changes, we will. If our officers need additional training we must provide it. We must, and we will, provide the finest for our officers, and in return, we will demand the utmost professional service. Our dispatch center remains the center of our emergency services. Under the direction of Tod Schmucker and his staff, our center is the unspoken hero of every emergency call. The 2006 political environ-, ment will be of great impor-! tance to us. Our Governor and other state leaders must work together to solve out many needs in Indiana. GovernorDaniels was elected to lead us out of extremely difficult timesand back to our days that! Hoosiers can be proud of. ‘A leader is one who sees more Than others see, who sees Farther than other sees, and Who sees before others do.’ - - Leroy Eims I am very proud to say! 'Hometown Matters,' the citiesand towns initiative to helpsolve our financial woes inIndiana is getting some attention by our Governor and other state leaders. Our very own state representative, JackieWalorski, has already made animpact on Indiana politics. Our support, prayer and apprecia--tion are with Jackie as the shortlegislative session begins. Well there you have it. The State of the City from Nappanee; Downtown to Indianapolis. ; 2006 will be challenging. Planning is bringing the future ; Into the present Predetermine a Course of; Action ; Lay out your goals Adjust your priorities ' Notify key personnel ; Allow time for acceptance ; Head into action Expect problems Always point to the successes! Daily review your plan.