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Vern and Elise Meeks At a special celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 27, Elise and Vern Meeks celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Friends and family gathered in the dining room at the Heritage House assisted living apartments to enjoy cake and refreshments and to reminisce. The Meeks are residents at Heritage House. Vern served in the Navy from 1942 through 1946, during World War 11. Elise enjoyed a brief experience in acting in the 1940 s when she played a role in a film titled "We're in the Movies." Elise's character was a native of Goshen, where the movie took place. The couple has two daughters: Melissa meeks Stockhouse and Melody Meeks.

Engagements Karns/Clem Laura Karns of Wakarusa, daughter of Roger and Vicki Karns of Syracuse announces her engagement to Sean Clem of Wakarusa, son of Kenneth and Wanda Clem of Wakarusa. The bride is a 2000 graduate of Wawasee High School and a 2004 graduate of Ball State University, with a bachelor's degree in aquatics. She is currently employed by Kosciusko Community YMCA as an aquatic director and head swim coach. The groom is a 2001 graduate of North Wood High School and is employed by Newmar Corp. in Nappanee. He is also a vol-

unteer firefighter for the Wak.irusa Fire Department. The wedding will take place on April 14 at 2:30 p.m. at Nappanee Missionary Church. The couple plans to reside in Wakarusa.

Stickley/McVay Kim and Pam Stickley of Nappanee announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Stickley of Bloomfield, Mich, to Brian McVay of Bloomfield, Mich., son of Darwin and Janet McVay of Kokomo. The bride is attending Purdue University where she is earning her bachelor's degree. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and is employed as a manager at Walgreens Pharmacy in Troy, Mich.

The groom has attended, DePauw University, where he earned his bachelor's degree, and lU’PUI, where Jie earned his master's degree. He will graduate from Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine in May. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He will be serving an anesthesia residency in Largo, Fla. in July. The wedding will take place oh June 2 at Crace United Methodist Church in South Bend.

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tate." The summer of 2004 began Caleb's professional entertainment career at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Via. He joined five other vocalists and Irish dancers in a show called Irish Thunder and he returned the following summer to perform in the same show. But in the summer of 2006, Busch Gardens hired the O'Shea Irish Dance Company from Dublin, Ireland to provide the show Emerald Beat. In this new show, they only required two vocalists one male and one female to accompany the Irish dancers. He auditioned for the single male role and got the part! By the way he also got the girl! Shona, the lead dancer in the Busch Gardens show has been Caleb's girlfriend for two years now. He left for Ireland on Tuesday, Dec. 26 to visit her and her family for the holidays. In the fall of 2004 Caleb transferred to Azusa Pacific University just outside of Los Angeles, Calif, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Besides the beautiful setting and gorgeous weather, this location placed Shaw near the exciting, fast-paced music and entertainment business and gave him opportunities to perform in functions around the LA area. When asked what the toughest transition to California life was, Caleb answered, "It's been hard to be so far away from my family and friends, but school keeps me really busy." So how does a clean-cut, Christian, Nappanee boy adjust to a glitzy, decadent LA culture? "Well, Azusa is the second largest Christian college in the country about 7,000 to 8,000 students total. I live in sort of a Christian bubble, and my school work keeps me really busy. We have chapel three times a week, and I'm in UCO (University Choir and

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Indianapolis, with a bid of $266,250 and Mason Engineering and Construction out of Fort Wayne, with a bid of $298,000. Ingle opened the bids one by one and read them at the Dec. 11 meeting of the Nappanee Board of Works. The bids were read in the order in which they were received. IN OTHER NEWS •The board agreed to reimburse Yoder-Stutzman for repairs on two broken sewer lines at the corner of Jackson Street and Walnut Street. The city will pay for 50 percent of the cost. •The water utility plant released their monthly report for November. They reported 52 service orders, 44 trouble reports, 47 work orders and 212 shut-off notices delivered. All billing for December is actually put toward water used from approximately Oct. 17 through Nov. 17. •The board agreed to change the 10-minute parking lots outside of the Nappanee Post Office from 10-minute parking all the time to open parking in the evenings. This came as the result of a new business moving in to the property across the street. The new occupants requested that these hours be extended to allow better parking for evening business meetings. The 10-minute rule will remain in effect during regular Post Office hours. In addition, there will be no parking in these spaces between 2 and 5 a.m. Dean’s List Jessica Farmwald of Wakarusa, Indiana, has been named to the dean’s list in the University of Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters for outstand-

ing scholarship during the Fall 2006 semester. Students who achieve dean's honors at Notre Dame represent the top 30 percent of students in their college.

Orchestra) that goes out into the community to perform. I've actually grown a lot in my relationship with Jesus since I've been at Azusa." One of the things that drew Caleb to Azusa, and one of the philosophies that guides his own life, is the commitment to study and perform a wide variety of musical styles. During Caleb's concert in Nappanee, he didn't just sing Christmas carols, hymns, or contemporary Christian songs. He sang a variety of songs, several of them by one of his favorite performers: JoshGroban. Shaw describes Groban's style as "pop-era" a mix of pop and opera. "Great music doesn't have to be church music. So many songs have a great message. They may not directly talk about Jesus, but God can still get His message out." When Caleb's family suggested he have a concert at his home church, he wondered who would want to come out on a Thursday night to hear him sing. So his dad, Jim, suggested they invite North Wood's Vocal Jazz Ensemble to perform as well. Caleb was excited with the idea. "They didn't have the Vocal Jazz when I was in school or I would have been the first to sign up," he said. Halfway through concert, North Wood High School's Vocal Jazz ensemble ushered in the Christmas spirit and filled the air with incredible harmonies. Their final song had the whole crowd chuckling and all the children waiting and watching for the next surprise motions. Director Jeff Cramer proudly introduced his group and said of Caleb, "Caleb was only my student for one year before he graduated, but even in that short time, I knew he was a special talent." « He is now in his final semester at Azusa as a vocal performance major with the

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOJO/MESU ANDREWS Performer and North Wood graduate Caleb Shaw spends a few moments with Family Christian Development Center director Joan Andrews.

goal of being a Pop-ballad recording artist. He has performed with MARMAC, a professional theatrical company in a Broadway Review in Los Angeles, and he has some exciting travels ahead. The Dean of Azusa's School of Music has selected Shaw as the tenor soloist to perform with the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra in Vienna and the Ukraine. He’ll also return to Ireland in the spring, and then in May, the UCO (University Choir Orchestra) will be taking an international tour to Seoul, South Korea and hope to be able to perform for the largest church congregation in the world. After graduating from Azusa in Caleb will return to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg for the summer and when asked what's next? "I guess 1 have to become an

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adult!" he said with a smile. Caleb is currently working on a new demo CD and hopes to complete it within the next month. Who knows what's in store for this bright young Nappanee star? If vou have any questions or would like to contribute to the Family Christian Dev elopment Center, you may contact its office Monday through Friday, 9 a.nr. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Their mailing address is: P.O. Box 227, 151 S. Locke St., Nappanee, IN 46550. Phone number: 773-2149 or toll free: (866) 437-2149. Or you can their Web site: www.fctkOn.org. Local fans, who would like to contact Caleb can do so at the following address: Caleb Shaw, P.O. Bi>x 9521, Unit 1421 Azusa pacific University Azusa, CA 9T702

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