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engagement Miller/Cripe Kristy Miller of Nappanee, daughter of Devon and Judy Miller of Nappanee, announces her engagement to Clint Cripe of Nappanee, son of Alvin and Mary Cripe of Nappanee. The bride is a 1998 graduate of North Wood High School and a 2002 graduate of Huntington University, with a degree in Cross-Cultural Ministry. She is currently employed at Oaklawn in Elkhart The groom is a 1999 graduate of Elkhart Christian

Academy and is currently employed at Hahn Auctioneers in Nappanee. The wedding is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Feb. 3 at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church in Goshen.

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performing at Miller's Senior Living Community in Wakarusa on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call Karen Carden at 862-1918 for more information. SOUP AND SALAD The Heritage House Thursday soup and salad buffet continues into the new year every Thursday, with a special pasta buffet every Tuesday. Call ahead whenever possible: 773-3592. Effective Jan. 16, all buffets will be $7 per person and hours will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Heritage House is located at 1700 Waterfall Drive just north of Nappanee. RED CROSS Two additional blood drives will be held during January: •Tuesday, Jan. 16 at Sunnyside park, 68546 S. Clinton, New Paris, from 2 to 7 p.m. •Monday, Jan. 22 at Griner Mennonite Church, 12418 C.R. 20 from noon to 6 p.m. If you are at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and are in good general health, you may be eligible to donate blood. All donors need to present positive identification. For more information, call 1-800-448-3543. WATER AEROBICS Wa-Nee Continuing Education will be offering a water aerobics class at the North Wood High School pool on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Class I will run from Wednesday, Jan. 17 through Wednesday, Feb. 28. Class II will begin on Wednesday, March 7 and will continue through Monday, April 23. Cost is S3O per person; make checks payable to Wa-Nee Community Schools. A minimum of 12 students is required. Water aerobics is recommended as one of the best forms of exercise and can be enjoyed by all ages. Benefits include less muscle strain, toning and strengthening, losing inches and releasing tension. No swimming skills are required. MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL The annual Wakarusa Maple Syrup Festival is scheduled for April 20 and 21. Volunteers are needed to help coordinate the Baby Olympics. No experience necessary; just a heart for young children. Call the Wakarusa Chamber of Commerce, 862-4344, for more information. MOMS IN TOUCH Moms In Touch is mothers praying for their children and their schools one hour every week. The Nappanee Elementary group meets Wednesdays at 8:55 a.m. at the Nappanee Church of the Brethren; contact Wendy Darr (646-2321). The Wakarusa Elementary group meets Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at the Wakarusa Missionary Church; contact Jill Stutsman (862-4068). The Middle/High School group meets Fridays at 9 a.m. at the Wakarusa Missionary Church; contact Peg Magers (862-4769). CAN I MAKE MONEY AT THIS The Small Business Development Center will be hosting a business feasibility workshop titled "Can I Make Money at

This?" on Thursday, Jan. 18 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the new Nappanee Center, 302 W. Market St. Cost is $25 per person. Call 773-7812 by Monday, Jan. 15. Note: Items for the Around Wa-Nee community calendar must be turned in to the Advance Neu’S no later than noon on the Friday before they are to appear. The Advance News is located at 158 West Market Street. Email news items to [email protected]. For questions, call 773-3127.

Thank you! For all your generous acts of kindness shown to our physicians and staff during this past year and holiday season

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Photo by Accent Photography.

Nappanee couple welcomes New Year baby

• New Year’s baby first in county, fifth in famity By Mandy McFarland Editor GOSHEN Miller made her entrance into the world. * What makes this little one so special? Aside from the fact that she is a New Year's baby, Cloey was the first baby to be bom in Elkhart County in the year 2007. In fact, as her parents, Adam and Jodee Miller of Nappanee, will proudly declare she is the first 2007 baby to be bom in any of the Goshen, South Bend or Elkhart hospitals, making her one of the first in Michiana. "The closest one we know of is in Niles," said Adam. That baby was bom just a few minutes before Cloey. Aside from this, Cloey is the fifth New Year's baby to be bom on her mom's side of the family. Jodee's mother, Beth Brewer, uncle Dan Meiers, grandmother Kathryn Meiers and great-grandmother Mary Norse were all bom on Jan. 1. The Millers look forward to being parents. "It's a new experience (but) it's nice," said Jodee. As new parents, the Millers have already faced some of the challenges that all new parents must experience. "(The biggest challenge is) trying to get her on a schedule, sleeping at night and not so much during the day," Jodee said. Cloey weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces when she was bom and was 19 inches long. She was bom at Goshen Hospital. Dr. Fred Schlorke of Anglemeyer Clinic in Nappanee delivered her. Cloey's mother, Jodee, is an Elkhart native while her father, Adam, has lived in Nappanee for the past 12 years. The couple now resides in Nappanee.

New Year’s baby brings hope, promise

< By Holly Heller Staff WRitor BREMEN Nothing is more full of hope and promise than a newborn baby bom on the first day of a new year. Well, except in the case of Ernest and Carolyn Miller of Etna Green. The young Amish couple made history as the parents of Stephanie Jane, the first baby bom at Community Hospital of Bremen in 2007. But they have much more to be thankful for than the timing of their baby's arrival. "Their story is very touching. It’s so exciting that they get to start fresh with a new year, a new life with their new, healthy baby," said Andrea Koontz, VP of nursing at CHB. Koontz knows the couple well, as they had their first baby at Community Hospital Dec. 21, 2005. Leon Jay weighed?only 1 pound, 8 23 ounces and was just 11 inches long whea he arrived 16 weeks early. "He was real tiny," Ernest Miller said. Little Leon lived for 37 days in the NICU at Memorial Hospital of South Bend, where he was trans-

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ferred after birth. There, Ernest and Carolyn got to know two nurses especially well. Their names? Stephanie and Jane, of course. The Millers could not say enough positive things after the two women who cared for their premature baby during his short life. "Stephanie would act like it was her baby," Ernest said. "She would keep a diary of feedings and when he had his antibiotics. She had a little calendar there. She would encourage us to hold him. "She was just great. We think a lot of her." As for Jane, who was holding Leon when he died,Tier personality was summed up in one word by Ernest. "She's bubbly," he said with a big smile. "She's the

PUBLIC AUCTION STUTZMAN ESTATE

DIRECTIONS: West of downtown Nappanee. IN 8 blocks at 805 W MARKET STREET. Nappanee. Indiana Monday, January 15,2007 Real Estate at 6:00 p.m. • Personal Property at 4:00 p.m. (Viewing for Personal • 2:00 p.m.) INVESTORS, REHABBERS, END USERS, OPPORTUNIST - DON’T MISS THIS HOUSE! GENERAL INFORMATION This property is an older, two story home constructed on a 52x181 1/2' lot. The square footage is approximately 1008 on the first floor with 1008 on the second. This house was built in 1930 and contains an enclosed front porch 9x20, a kitchen 19x11, a dining room 1112x1312, a foyer 9x17, a living room 1212x15, a bedroom 9xll, on office 812x9, and 2 bedrooms up 11x11 and 912x10 12. There is a full basement beneath and the electrical system is 60 amp. There is a newer furnace and a good water heater. The roof is in good condition. The exterior is aluminum siding, and there is a one car, attached garage as well as a 10x18 detached garage in very poor condition. This home is in need of complete restoration and remodeling, i.e., new carpeting, new decorations, some new walls, some new cabinetry, etc. This house had a good foundation and there is the potential here for a finished, viry nice house. Inspect, arrange financing and bid last on this house. Very few homes are available for near immediate equity in Nappanee. Don't find out too late that you would have paid the selling price. TAXES: $1,835 per year with no exemptions. - TERMS - DOWN PAYMENT: 10% down payment on the day of the auction with the balance in cash at closing. The down payment may be made in the form of cash, cashier’s check, personal check or corporate check. Your bidding is not conditional upon financing, so be sure you have arranged financing, if needed, and are capable of paying cash at closing. The sale is subject to seller’s confirmation.

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PERSONAL PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD BY 12 LOTS - SO INSPECT! 1. Contents of kitchbi, stove, refrigerator, pots, pans, utensis & utsc. 2. Contents of dining room, Duncan Phyfe table, Depression Era table, bookcase, chairs, cookbooks, cups & etc. 3. Contents of foyer • hall trk, bookcases, books 4. Ljft chair inlmng room - - 5. Contents of uving room - 3 cushion sofa, overstuffed arm chair, ottoman, lights, enotables & mbcbianeous 6. Contents n stuoy - large oak knkiole desk, bookcases, books, sets of Jade bookenos, linens & miscellaneous 7. Contents of bathroom - linens & supplies 8. 3 PIECE BBJfiOOM SUITE w/BOX SPRINGS & MATTRESS IN DOWNSTAIRS BEDROOM 9. Remaining contbits n downstairs bedroom, bedding, qults, jewelry, hall tree, baskets & miscellaneous 10. Contbits of upstairs & attic - (2) single beds, chest of drawers, trunk & misc. 11. Contbits of front porch - wheelchair, hanoicap items, planters & miscellaneous 12. Contents of basoent - scrap alum., copper, stel, jars, cabpcts & miscellaneous 13. Contbits of attache garage - stepladoers. chair & mbcblaneous 14. Contbits of detached garage • 3 new rolls of copper, msc. electrcal hardware, othbi hardware & miscellaneous

ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE DAY OF SALE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER PRINTED MATTER Lorraine Stutzman Estate LES ROBERTS & STANLEY STUTZMAN - CO. P.R. HAHN AUCTIONEERS, INC. Visit us at: www.hahnreaityandauction.com Office: (574) 773-4184 • AC39800021 Phil Hahn - 535-3783 • IN Lie. 4AU01012967 • Nappanee, IN

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ADVANCE E NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Adam and Jodee Miller of Nappanee proudly hold their new daughter, Cloey Kathren Miller. Cloey is the first baby to be bom in 2007 in Elkhart County. However, she is the fifth New Year’s day baby to be born on her mom’s side of the family.

happiest gal around. She's talkative, never a dull moment." Both nurses attended Leon's funeral and kept in touch with the Millers when the couple visited relatives at Memorial Hospital over the pasty ear. At press time, the couple had not yet informed the nurses about their namesake baby. "I can just hear her!" Ernest said about nurse Stephanie. "She’ll say 'Oh my God!' I guarantee that's what she'll say." Stephanie Jane Miller weighed a healthy 7 pounds even and measured 1934 inches in length. She made her entrance into the world at 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 under the care of Dr. John Larsen. "We got a big bundle,"

Ernest said proudly of his new daughter. • Stephanie is a fifth generation baby mother's side. Her grandparents are Wilbur and Betty Troyer of Nappanee. Her great-grand-parents are Lloyd and Anna Troyer of Goshen. Her great-great-grandmother is Lydia Troyer of Topeka. On her father's side, her grandparents are Ed and Edna Miller of Nappanee. While the Millers appreciate the two large gift baskets they received one from Bremen merchants and another from Babies "R" Us they know they have much more to be grateful for as they start this new year with their new daughter. "We have a healthy baby that's all I care," Ernest said.

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