Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 131, Number 51, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 18 December 2008 — Page 2
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Advance News • Thursday, December 18, 2008
Peanut Hsuck Dec. 4,2008 NAPPANEE Peanut Hauck, 0, of Nappanee died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 at 7:13 p.m. at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw. He is survived by his parents. Matt and Sarah Hauck of. Nappanee; paternal grandparents: A 1 and Joy Hauck of Winona Lake; paternal great-grandparents: Dick and Ginny Leaf of Winona Lake; paternal great-grandfather: A 1 Hauck of Philadelphia, Pa.; maternal grandmother, Susan Rhodes of Elkhart; maternal grandfather, Robert Rhodes of South Bend; matemal great-grandparents, Joyce and Jack Bellows of Elkhart; and maternal great-grandmother, Charlotte Rhodes of Portsmith, Ohio. Memorial services will take place at a later date. The Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee is handling die arrangements. JUbett E. "Butch" Moore Dec. 10, 2008 SYRACUSE —Albert E. "Butch" Moore, 60, of Syracuse, died Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 5:10 a.m. at Miller's Merry Manor, Syracuse. He is survived by a daughter, Tammy Newsom of Miami, Fla.; a sister, Kay (John) Ryon of Phoenix, Ariz. and three grandchildren. Visitation was Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Funeral services were Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. Inurnment was at Union center Cemetery.
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NAPPANEE The Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the Educator of the Year, Excellence in Business and Citizen of the Year awards. Educator of the Year The nominee must be dedicated to the profession of education and must have high academic and moral standards for self and community, be a motivator of self, colleagues, students and community, be an inspired initiator of programs and projects of education, be a team builder cooperating with community, the education system and dtizens to ensure excellence and productivity and reside or teach in the Wa-Nee school district. Nominations from students are encouraged.
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of family, friends and students and staff," Nafziger said. "When you walked into her office you could see these all over her office." They played the slide show with the song "The Power of One” by "Bombshell." ISTEP Wa-Nee Schools Director of Curriculum Jim Bennett gave a preliminary report on Wa-Nee's ISTEP results and explained that a more indepth report would follow at a later date. Bennett's report included a handout comparing WaNee ISTEP scores for both 2007 and 2008 as compared with state percentages. "In nearly all cases both years we did surpass the state average," he said. Bennett also handed out a sheet comparing Wa-Nee's scores with those of other Elkhart County schools, including Baugo, Concord, Elkhart, Fairfield, Goshen and Middlebury. In most
Deadline The deadline to submit items for the Around WaNee Community Calendar is Friday at noon. For more
Excellence in Business Nominees for the Excellence in Business award must be members of the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce; must have significantly impacted the community through growth of his or her respective business and must have contributed to the community above and beyond and he or she must have partnered with the city, school or service organizations to help promote a particular project or event for Nappanee. The nominee must have a track record of commitment to Nappanee. Citizen of the Year Nominees for the Citizen of the Year award must be civic minded and dedicated to church, a club or community service; must have good
cases, Wa-Nee was in the 70 and 80 percentile for passing, and with few exceptions scored higher than the other schools to which it was compared. There are many areas we are pleased with," Bennett said. Bennett predicts there could be areas that the school will have to look at more closely, for example, areas where scores seem to plateau or perhaps drop. Bennett gave a sample report similar to what parents of elementary and middle-school students will receive. The report is divided into overall score and performance levels, performance by academic standards and performance on open-ended items. It is divided into math and English/language arts. It also includes a few paragraphs explaining to parents how to best use the report. Christmas card North Wood High School
information on how to submit a calendar item, call 7733127 or e-mail advance@ npcc.net. Christmas Eve program at UMC The Nappanee United Methodist Church will host a Christmas Eve program and communion Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. Alison Leavitt, Dave Cunningham,
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moral character; must own a business or live in Nappanee; must have made a significant contribution to Nappanee through his or her work in business, government, service clubs or a volunteer organization but does not have to be a member of the Chamber of Commerce. A nomination letter must be included explaining why this individual deserves this award. All nominations must be in at the chamber office, 302 W. Market St., Nappanee, no later than Jan. 30. A committee will make the final selection. The chamber will present these awards at their annual dinner at Amish Acres. More information is available at 773-7812.
senior Cassie Tucker's design won this year's Wa-Nee School Christmas card contest. Tucker's design appears on the front of the cards the schools sent out this year. Tucker's design is a pen-and-ink drawing featuring three dancing Christmas packages and the phrase "Happy Holidays." Color has been added to Tucker’s black-and-white design. Other items •Business manager Roger Zentz told the board the Indiana Bond Bank has offered a rollover program and asked for board approval to participate. Earlier in the year the school borrowed $3,572,115 from the bond bank, which included $149,632 from the debt services fund, $589,553 for the transportation fund and $178,348 for bus replacement. "We borrowed those monies with the expectation of receiving property taxes
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from Kosciusko county and Elkhart County," Zentz said, "and we will not receive the amounts that we need to pay them off, so the bond bank has offered a rollover program." Zentz did not know the interest rate offhand, but said it was not to exceed 6.5 Kercent, an amount which e feels comfortable. •The board accepted retirement of North Wood High School head football coach Rich Dodson and will begin searching for a suitable replacement. •The board approved the hiring of Jeff Stillson as assistant girls JV baseball coach for spring, 2009. • Wa-Nee Schools will close for Christmas Break Dec 22 through Jan. 2. •The next school board meeting, originally scheduled for Monday, Dec. 22, will be Dec. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wa-Nee Administration building.
group and the children's choir will perform. The Christmas story will be narrated and children will reenact this joyous event. The community is invited. Water aerobics Wa-Nee Continuing Education will host water aerobics Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 12. through Feb. 18 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the North Wood High School pool. There are 12 sessions and a minimum of 12 students is required. For more information call Wa-Nee Community Schools, 773-3131. Santa Claus Kids will have one more chance to visit and have their pictures taken with Santa Claus at die Nappanee Center, 302 W. Market St., Nappanee this Saturday, Dec. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Christmas Mass Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 458 W. Walnut St., Nappanee, will host Christmas Mass Christmas Eve at midnight, Christmas Day at 9 a.m. and Sunday, Dec. 28 at 9 a.m. There will be no Mass Thursday, Jan. 1.
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