Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 131, Number 1, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 3 January 2008 — Page 2

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Advance News • Thursday. January 3. 2008

Election board releases 2008 election information

The Elkhart County election board will accept major party candidate declarations for the 2008 primary election beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23. The deadline to file a declaration of candidacy is Friday, Feb. 22 at noon. All filings will take place at the circuit court clerk s office in the courthouse, 101 N. Main St., room 204, Goshen. A candidate's voter registration record must be current at the time of filing. School board candidates must obtain a petition from the office of the county election board. For the county election board office, call 574-535-6469; voter registration, 574-535-6774 or -6775; circuit court clerk, 574-535-6469. Local offices that will appear on the 2008 primary election ballot include county treasurer, county coroner, county surveyor, county commissioner (district 2), county commissioner (district 3), county council at large (three seats), Republican party precinct committeeman, state convention delegates (Republican and Democrat), Wa-Nee com-

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The Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the fourth quarter beautification award. Qualifications include new businesses only. The chamber will accept letters or phone

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munitv school board (Olive, Scott-Jefferson township and at-large, two seats); Baugo Community School board at large (two seats), Concord community school board (district 1 and at-large), Elkhart community school board (district A, C, D and at-large), Fairfield community school board (districts I, II and III); and Goshen community school board (districts 2, 4 and at-large). Candidates for the following offices are required to file at state level: President of the United States, Governor, U.S. Representative (Congress) district 2,3; Indiana State Senate district 9, 12; Indiana State Representative district 5, 18, 21, 23, 48, 49; Judge of the Superior Courts 1,3, 4, 5 The following offices are not nominated at a primary election. They are nominated at a convention before placement on the general election ballot: Vice-president of the United States, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Death notices

June McDonald Dec. 21, 2007 ELKHART June McDonald, 78, of Elkhart died Friday, Dec. 21 at 3:45 p.m. at home. She is survived by daughters: Tonya (George) McDonald of Nappanee and Melissa Clark of Elkhart; son, Kent (Kelly) McDonald of Nappanee; five grandchildren, one great grandchild; brothers: Frank (Janet) Hartman of Nappanee, Robert Hartman of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Willard "Bill" (Ruth) Hartman of Syracuse; and sisters: Norma (Kenneth) Mitschelen of Nappanee, Lois Cornell of Goshen, Shirley Stahlev of Syracuse, Carol (Joe) Schrock of Farmington, N.M., Mim Warner of Mesa, Ariz. and Sharon (Low'ell) Chapman of Nappanee. Visitation wa s Saturday, Dec. 29 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Funeral services were Saturday, Dec. 29 at noon at the funeral home. Burial of the cremains followed at the Bremen Cemetery in Bremen. Memorials i nav be made to Southern Care Hospice. Eteanor Lopes Dec. 25, 2007 FT. PIERCE, FLA. Eleanor Lopes, 86, of of Ft. Pierce, F! a. died Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 2:27 p.m. at the Community Hospital of Bremen. She is survived by her son, Raymond (Wiltrude) Lopes of New York; daughters: Barbara Wilkins of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Laraine (Rodger) Moore of Wakarusa and Dorothy (Ken) Larson of Lafayette; 12 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren; sister, Lillian Torres of Lodi, N.J.; and brother, Frank Mastrella of New Windsor, N.Y. Funeral services were Saturday, Dec. 29 at 11 a.m. at the St. Joesph Catholic Church in Mishawaka. The Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Wak arusa was in charge of arrangements.

FEMA, continued from front pge

door-to-door case management, though they may need to repeat the p rocess if FEMA grants the disaster declaration. So far NITRO has worked with .as many as 60 tornado victims on items like damage assessment, insurance and so so rth. Some case management situations hav e resulted in changes in some of the initial damage For example, Voder saicL*l2 homes that were originally considered severely damaged were later upgraded to total destructh >n. The NITRO committee used these numbers in their second appeal to FEMA. Yoder also said that there are a number of out-of-town residents who would greatly benefit from federal disaster declaration. W hile they may not have had damage to their homes, many ore out of work because of damage to local businesses and factories. She went on to say that more than 4,000 employee's commute to Nappanee ever y day. In a situation like the Oct.

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Bishop Earl J. Miller Dec. 27, 2007 NAPPANEE Bishop Earl J. Miller, 89, of Nappanee died Thursday, Dec. 27 at 8:30 a.m. at home. He is survived by his wife, Laura Miller; daughters: Linda Sue (Lester) Chupp of Nappanee and Anna Marie (Howard) Miller of New Paris; sons: Karl E. (JoAnn) Miller of Nappanee, Dennis Ray (Martha) Miller of Milford, Harry Lee (Eva) Miller of Nappanee, Earl (Cynthia) Miller Jr. of Nappanee, Mark Alan (Velma Sue) Miller of Nappanee, Arnold Eugene Miller of Syracues and Timothy John Miller of Middlebury; 36 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren; sisters: Mary Helmuth of Goshen, Emma Miller of Millersburg and Lovina (Albert) Miller of Sarasota, Fla.; brothers: Noah (Katie) Miller of Topeka and John (Verna) Miller Jr. of Topeka; and sister-in-law, Lydia Yoder of Nappanee. Visitation was all day Saturday, Dec. 29 and all dav Sunday, Dec. 30 at the Mark Miller residence, 23530 C.R. 52. Funeral services were Monday, Dec. 31 at 9:30 a.m. at the Mark Miller residence. Burial was at Union Center East Cemetery. The Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home w r as in charge of arrangements. Walter C. McDonald Dec. 28, 2007 NAPPANEE Walter C. McDonald, 90, formerly of Nappanee, died Friday, Dec. 28 at 5:45 a.m. at Brownsburg Healthcare in Brownsburg. He is survived by sons: Malcolm McDonald so Bisbee, Ariz. and Brian (Sue) McDonald of Indianapolis; and five grandchildren. Visitation was Tuesday, Jan. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Funeral services were Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was at the South Union Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church or Alzheimer's Foundation.

18 tornado, two types of aid available from FEMA include public assistance and individual assistance. Public assistance is at the city level and requires at least $7 million in damage. "For a small community like (Nappanee), you’d pretty much have to be wiped out," Yoder said. However, there is still hope for residents, who may qualify for aid based on other contributing factors, aside from dollar amounts. This is known as individual assistance. "It's a subjective process," Yoder said. "I think that's one of the issues.” For example, one factor, she said, could include the amount of available help from other entities, like volunteer and not-for-profit organizations. Yet Yoder feels this help has been a necessary part of the recovery process. "To sit back and do nothing," she said, "it was just not an option for this community. It's not part of their makeup." Equally impressive to the committee was the help that

came from other cities and towns, like Elkhart, Goshen, South Bend and so forth. "This is a hard working community and they contribute to the system that is supposed to the aid," she 4aid. FEMA accepts. Small Business Association loans will also be available to Nappanee's tornado victims. Despite the name, Yoder said, the SBA offers assistance to residents as well as local small businesses at a low interest rate. Even if FEMA's answer is “no," there is still grant money available for up to $28,000, as well as money from the Nappanee Tornado Victims Assistance Fund. Tornado victims who have not yet done so can contact NITRO to begin individual case management. They will work directly with families to identify needs. A finance committee will work to determine where funds should be allotted. For more information, call Yoder at 773-7919. Correction On Thursday, Dec. 20 The Advance News ran a story on Bonnie Hochstetler's retirement from McCormick Motors in Nappanee. However, Hochstetler began working at McCormick in 1970, not 1974, as the article stated. The Advance News regrets this error.