Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 131, Number 4, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 January 2008 — Page 3

Death Notices Wreatha M. Stahly Jan. 15, 2008 NAPPANEE Wreatha M Stahlv, 94, Nappanee, died Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 2:32 p.m. at Jiome. She is survived by a son, Larrv A. Stahly of Nappanee; daughters: LaVonda (Rudv) Hartman of Wakarusa and Karen (Tom) Quarandillo of Elkhart; 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, 12 great-great-grandchil-dren; and caregiver and former daughter-in-law, Ila L. Miller of Nappanee. Private family services were held. Memorials mav be made to the First Brethren Church. The Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee was in charge of arrangements. Brenda L Miller Jan. 12, 2008 NAPPANEE Brenda Lee Miller, 55, of Nappanee, died at. 11:10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at Goshen General Hospital. She is survived by daughters: Angel Miller of Goshen and Jennifer Miller of Ohio; sons:

Bremen hosts ice fishing derby

BREMEN The Bremen Conservation Club will host its fifth annual ice fishing derby Saturdav, Feb. 9 at Lake of the Woods in Bremen. Registration begins at 5 a.m. at the Community Building and fishing will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Alternate weather dafe is Feb. 16. Cash prizes of S3OO, S2OO and SIOO will be awarded to the top three contestants who catch the "longest" total of legal fish. Only fish over

Nostalgia Compiled bv Margaret England-Nett (120 years to' 50 years) and Cari McFarland (25 years to 15 years). 120 Years Ago Jan. 26, 1888 •A fine ice harvest was held at Cravelton. •The Methodist Church in Nappanee will be completed bv the end ot January. The beautiful new reflector js very beautiful and harmonizes w ith the interior decorations of the building. 100 Years Ago Jan. 22, 1908 , In order to relieve the condition of several hundred unemployed foreigners in South Bend, city officials there have opened an eating house where they mav be fed and looked.after and wives and,children will not suffer. A city building has been turned over to them for a sleeping place. 75 Years Ago Jan. 26, 1933 On Saturdav, the .Bov Scouts will again col-

lect clothing and fruit for the needy. The basketball game played last Wednesday at Wakarusa for benefit of the unemployed raised $72.67. Some of our unemployed have wood to sell at $2 per cord. 50 Years Ago Jan. 23, 1938 Larry Dean Otto, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Otto, has won a three-day expensepaid trip to Kansas City as reward for being named outstanding in a 17-state efficient corn growing program. He was selected from more than 2,000 participants who each grew two one-acre plots of corn side-by-side. Advance News Your weekly local news source!

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si\ inches will be measured. Similar youth prizes will be awarded. A SSO bonus will be given for the single longest fish measured. Fisherman and non-fisher-man who w ish to donate the $lO entry fee, are eligible for a cash raffle and door prizes. Everyone is invited to enjoy the all-vou-can-eat breakfast, featuring pancakes, sausage and biscuits and gravy. Those who have paid the $lO entry fee can eat for $2.

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Tom Kuntz of Bremen and Steve Miller of Nappanee; mother, Doris Wvlie of Nappanee; sister, Laura Poor of Star City; and brothers: Doug Wylie of Niles, Mich., Keith Wylie of Plymouth and Ed Wvlie of Star City. There will be no services or visitation. Arrangements are being handled by Elkhart Cremation Services. Donald E. Frenger Jan. 16, 2008 GOSH EN Donald E. Frenger, 84, of Goshen, formerly of Nappanee, died Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 9:15 a.m. at Goshen General Hospital. He is survived by his sister, Dorothy Brumbaugh of Goshen. Visitation was Friday, Jan. 18 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder and onehour prior to services. Funeral serv ices were Saturday, Jan. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at the Brethren in Christ Church, Nappanee. Burial was at Union Center Cemetery. Memorials mav be made to the American Lung Association or the American Diabetes Association.

Others, can buy breakfast for $4. Lunch will be available and will be served to fisherman on the lake and in the Community Building. A separate raffle is being held for an all-dav guided bass fishing trip for two on a local larger lake compliments of local bass pro Chip I larrison. For more information call Lowell Michaels at 574-546-5802.

25 Years Ago Jan. 26, 1983 When it rains, it pours for the Nappanee EMS squad. In his report to the board of public works and safety at its meeting Monday, EMS director Rav Schwartz reported that the department has set two records. After going 21 days with only one call, a record period of inactivity, the squad responded to five calls in one day on Saturday, Jan. 22, another record. •Advertisements during this week in 1983 included G&N Supermarket and E. Newcomer & Son Jewelers 15 Years Ago Jan. 20, 1993 •Nappanee Common Council members reviewed a possible new ordinance establishing a committee to care for city and park trees at their Monday evening, Jan. 18 meeting. •The NorthVVood High School wrestling team finished second Saturdav in the Ft. Wayne Concordia Invitational with Huntington North taking top honors with 219 points. The Panthers totaled 194.5.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND (Left to right) Ben Zercher (third place), Adam Freymiller (first place) and Will Stueve (second place) participated in the local level of the National Geographic Bee, a nationwide event for middle-school age students. Freymiller will complete a qualifying exam for the state level.

Freymiller wins geography bee for second year

By Mandy McFarland Editor WAKARUSA Like human GPS (global positioning satellite) systems, participants this year's NorfhWood Middle School National Geographic Bee can probably tell the location of just about anywhere in the world. This year, seventh grader Adam Freymiller hopes to head to one of those locations, Indianapolis, to compete in the state level of the tournament. Freymiller finished first at the NorthVVood bee tor the second year in a row. Last year, he finished 15th overall at, state. While he did not qualify for the national level, it was not enough to deter him, and he again took up his pursuit of geography. Ihe NorthVVood Middle School geography bee team started with more than 3(1 students. Ihrough a series ot intense competitions, that number shrank to the 10 who participated in last week's bee. Ihe students answered oral and written questions pertaining to both American and world geography. Topics included cities, countries, mountain ranges, rivers, oceans and more. Contestants took turns answering the oral questions, while the written questions were for everybody. The competition became intense when

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eight students were eliminated at once. Because each school is required to have a third runner-up, these eight students participated in a special elimination round In the end, Ben Zercher was named third runner-up. Following the elimination round, Freymiller and W illiam Stuev e battled it i out, answering three written questions, freymiller answered all three correctly, earning the schoolw ide championship. Freymiller must now complete a written exam, which the school will submit for evaluation It he places among the top 100 students in Indiana, he will qualify for the state level, l ast year, he came in 15th out of 100. T his year, he hopes to qualify for the national level in Washington, D C., which is hosted bv Alex Trebek of "Jeopardy" fame. Frevmiller s mom, Sue Freymiller, is the leader of the social studies academic team at NorthVVood High School. I ni just impressed with his ability to retain all the information he learns, and he works really hard, she said. "He’s just a great kid and we re just very proud of him," Frey miller's dad, Gary Freymiller, said. Just a few weeks earlier, Freymiller also won the school's spelling bee and will travel to Elkhart for the regional competition.

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