Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 130, Number 46, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 15 November 2007 — Page 4

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• Advance Newe • Thursday. November 15, 2007

VICTIMS FUND | b tht M#6l vid&iHif the Oct 18 tornado, the executive committee overseeing the long-term recovery of the City of Nappanee and die surrounding areas has created the Nappanee Tornado Victims Assistance fund. Donors may make checks out to the Nappanee Tornado Victims Assistance and send them to Nappanee Tornado Victims Assistance, P.O. box 29 Nappanee, IN 46550. Donors may also stop by Lake City Bank in Nappanee to make a donation. Contributions by VISA or Master Card are welcome at www. elkhartccf.org. All contributions are tax deductible and contributors will receive a receipt from the Elkhart County Community Foundation. One hundred percent of all donations will go to help tornado victims. ITEM DONATIONS The Hope Crisis Response Network is no longer calling for donations of items like batteries, flashlights, paper products and so forth. However, they still welcome monetary donations care of the City of Nappanee. MISSING PETS Those who are still missing pets following the tornado can call Nature's Way, 269-483-7355. Pets will be kept for 30 days following their capture or until they are claimed. VOLUNTEER CENTER The Hope Crisis Response Network (HCN) has set up a volunteer center at the Nappanee Missionary Church in the Youth Ministry Center (YMC) in the south side of the parking lot. Those interested in volunteering may call the church at 773-7773. The center is open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The HCN is no longer requesting donations of items but monetary donations are still welcome. T-SHIRTS Nappanee tornado T-shirts and sweatshirts are still available at the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce, Nappanee city hall and the Nappanee police department. Those interesting in purchasing a T-shirt or sweatshirt may call the Nappanee Public Library at 773-7919. Order forms are also available at www.nappanee.org and www.nappaneechamber.com. T-shirts are $lO each and sweatshirts are $25 each. All proceeds will go to the Nappanee tornado victims fund. THRIFT STORE The United Methodist thrift shop, 301 E. Market St., has clothing donations of all sizes available for tornado victims. They also have new baby blankets donated by a church in Elkhart. Hours are Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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John and Matilda Miller are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 11, 1947 in Nappanee. An open house celebration is planned for Sunday, Nov. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. at North Wood Chapel, 28220 C.R. 52 in Nappanee. The couple requests no gifts, but would welcome a photo or story for the memory book. Their children are Ruth Meine, Sarah Friend, Abraham Miller, Lucinda Gaut, Elam Miller,- Devon Miller and Keith Miller. They also have 32 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Overholt Leonard and Naomi Overholt of Warsaw announce the birth of a son. Addison Lance Overholt was bom Nov. 10 at 12:18 p.m. at the Goshen Birth Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces. GRACE COLLEGE Grace college junior Natalie J. Rummel, daughter of Wayne and Donna Rummel of Nappanee, was inducted into the Indiana Gamma chapter of Alpha Chi on Nov. 4. She is a 2005 graduate of North Wood High School. Membership to the Grace College chapter is limited to the top eight percent of the junior and senior classes. Inductees must nave a minimum grade point average of 3.83.

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Patrick Gross and Krystalynn (Decker) Gross were married June 16,2007 at 4 p.m. at the Hillside Amphitheater in Winona Lake with Scot Tilley of River Oaks Community Church, Goshen, officiating. The ceremony took place outdoors. The bridesmaids wore tropic blue, tea-length skirts and white tops. Each had a tropic ribbon with white polka dots around the waste. The bride wore a white strapless A-line dress with a tropic blue sash. The maid of honor was Heidi Schneider. The bridesmaids were Kassey Decker, Kelsey Decker, Kanessa Decker, Michelle Byers, Betsy Gross, Arianna Green, Denise Kimble and Sara Woogerd. The best man was Ryan Peterson. Groomsmen were lan Byers, Ryan Humphry, Josh Fults, Curt McDowell, Kyle Clark and Mark Myers. The flower girls were Destiny Baugher and Maddie Gordon. A reception followed the ceremony at the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club. The couple took a honeymoon trip to Cozumen, Mexico. They live in Goshen. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Cedric Decker and Ms. Lela Decker of Nappanee. She is a 2002 graduate of North Wood High School and a of Colleg|e. She currently works as a kindergarten teacher and reading recovery teacher at Nappanee Elementary School. The groom is the son of Joe and Roxie Gross of Union Mich. He is a 2000 graduate of Concord High School and a 2005 graduate of Purdue University. He currently works as a project estimator at DJ Construction in Goshen.

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