Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 129, Number 7, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 February 2006 — Page 2

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• Advance News • Thursday. February 16, 2006

Obituary

Richard Mahnken, Jr. Feb. 10, 2006 SYRACUSE Richard Mahnken, Jr., age 73, died at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 2006 at his Syracuse home. He was bom May 12,1932 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Richard

and Irene (Kelly) Mahnken, Sr. The president and owner of Heckaman Homes in Nappanee, Richard moved to the area in 1984. A philanthropist, Richard served as financial advisor and generous contributor for New Beginnings and on the advisory board for Boys and Girls Club of Ft. Wayne. He established and funded the Elizabeth A. Mahnken Foundation. He was a US Army Korea Veteran, a graduate of Brooklyn Prep High School and Brooklyn College. He earned his MBA from Columbia University in New York. He is survived by two daughters, Elise (John) Mock of Allentown, Penn, and Debra (Robert) Mahnken Renninger of

Douglassville, Penn.; two sons, John (Anne) Mahnken of Syracuse and Stephen Mahnken of Charleston, W.V.; 10 grandchildren, Murielle, Anthony, Chris and Siobhan Mahnken, Kelly Duffy, Justin, Billy and Caitlin Lukens, Michael (Delores) Ulrich and Matthew Ulrich; one great-granddaughter, Ariel Elyse Ulrich; one sister, Andrea (James) Callahan of Florida; and one brother, Paul Mahnken of New York. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Mark. A funeral was held at 11 a.m. Feb. 15 at Mishler-Eastlund Funeral Home, Harris Chapel in Syracuse, with Rev. David Herr officiating. Burial followed at Syracuse Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial contributions be given to the Mahnken Scholarship Foundation. Mishler-Eastlund Funeral Home, Harris Chapel 7458 E. 1000 N„ Syracuse • (574) 457-3144

Death Notice

Mary A. Rood McManamey February 6, 2006 WAKARUSA Mary A. Rood McManamey, 93, of Wakarusa, formerly of Nappanee, died at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6 at Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa. She is survived by her daughter Jane (Walter) Golden of Elkhart; step children, Jim (Claudia) McManamey of Dale City, Va., Ken (Tina) McManamey of Nashville, Mich., Don (Terri) McManamey of Wichita, Kan., Julie (Charles) Lang of Webberville, Mich, atid Peggy (James) Swigert of Albany, Ga.;; two granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; brother, Loy Kivett of Indianapolis and sister, Rosaleen Nicholson of Indianapolis. Visitation was held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Services were conducted at the funeral home on Friday, Feb. 10 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Janet McFall-Brown, Mt. Tabor Church of God, officiating. Burial was in the Union Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Nappanee United Methodist Church.

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nitely the favorite to win, but there was competition. "Laura Freymiller is a really good competitor," Chelli said about her eighth grade classmate at North Wood Middle School. "Kenneth Watkins and Schlorke are also very good." Overall school winners then compete at the county level, which Schmitt has done three times, coming out on top this time around. In the final round of the county spelling bee, Chelli and Alexander Nelson of Heritage Middle School were the last two spellers left on stage. After Nelson misspelled "Machiavel-

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lian," Chelli responded with the correct spelling of that word, then spelled "Exchequer" correctly for the county crown. "1 don't even know what it means," Schmitt said with a smile when asked what an exchequer even was. As it turns out, an exchequer is a treasury. As if those words weren't difficult enough, they were chosen out of a category of words deemed "Intermediate." In spelling bees, the words are chosen from three categories, Beginner, Intermediate and Advance. If "Machiavellian" and "Exchequer" are classified as Intermediate, then what type of words are Advanced?

"You have 90 days after your benefits end, to get into Part D," Liebel said. For those who have no other form of insurance, Liebel commented that Part D is an option. "This is for people who don't have insurance," he said. The meeting at the FCDC was an informational seminar, and not a sales pitch. "I work for the state," Liebel said. "Whether or not people buy a policy has no impact on my compensation." Instead, Liebel wanted it to be known that he works to inform seniors about their options, having just come from Kokomo where he was involved with a similar question and answer meeting. Liebel was also sure not to push anybody at the meeting in one way or the other. Instead, he gave his personal opinions on why, or why he might not sign up for Medicare Part D. "For one, you protect yourself against price increases," he said about signing up for a minimum premium, even if you currently aren't in need of prescription drugs. "And two, you have insurance coverage if something does happen." With enrollment restricted to Nov. 15 to Dec. 31, Liebel said that if you are diagnosed with an illness on Jan. 2, and need prescription drugs, you'll still

"The advanced words have more silent letters," Janaye said. In order to learn all the silent letters to advanced words, Chelli knows its going to take some work. "It's going to be my life for about the next 30 days," she said. In getting to this level, Chelli's dedication has paid off, but Janaye is also quick to point out the help she has received. "The school corporation and the community has been great," she said. "They've helped raise the money necessary for equipment, and they have just been supportive." After the days of studying are

Rensberger and Phil Flickinger in the management test and Brad Niver in Financial Math and Analysis. North Wood has one student in individual contests, and three teams advancing to state. Ashley Schmitt qualified for state in Fundamental Accounting. The Financial Analysis team composed of Ashley Schmitt, Tyler Rensberger, Sam St. Germain and Brandon Richardson, placed first in this category. The Small Management team of Phil Flickinger and Brad Niver competed against four-member teams and placed second in their group. Finally, the Web Site Development team consisting of Mika Tatich, Ben Baker, Seth Elmeric, and Whitney Frantz is one of only 12 teams statewide to qualify for the state competition. This year, the state competition will be held in Indianapolis on March 5 through March 7. Nationals will be in Orlando, Florida, during the first part of May. North Wood BPA members will need to successfully raise funds to cover travel expenses to these competitions. One way the BPA is raising funds is by hosting three Pizza Hut days. The Nappanee Pizza Hut will be donating 20 percent of all qualified sales on Thursday, Feb. 16, Monday, Feb. 20, and Tuesday, Feb. 21. In order for a sale to qualify for this fundraiser, a North Wood High School BPA coupon or a copy of this article must be presented at the time of the sale at Pizza Hut. If you would like to make a donation to support the "future business leaders," from North Wood High School, please contact Gail Greenlep at North Wood High School or e-mail her at [email protected].

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over, it will be Chelli's big day at the regional tournament, set for the Anthis Auditorium in Fort Wayne on March 11. "A lot of the time, she'll just sit in her room and study," Janaye said. "Her sister may help, or I might, but she's very self-motivated to work on her own." If Chelli can pull off a win at the regionals, she'll then join 272 spellers from across the country at the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. For Chelli, that's the goal. "I wanna win," she said about her mindset going into the regional. "I'm very competitive when it comes to this."