Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 132, Number 16, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 April 2009 — Page 2

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• Advance News • Thursday, April 16, 2009

Death notices

Hieodore Ted 9 Lawrence n n ii II Prescott April 6, 2009 NAPPANEE Theodore "Ted" Lawrence Prescott, 73, of Nappanee, died at 5:37 a.m. Monday, April 6, 2009 at Community Hospital of Bremen. He is survived by his wife, Thelma; son, Mark Allen Prescott of Goshen; daughter, Donna Lee Prescott of Nappanee; one granddaughter; and sister, Phyllis Wright of Plymouth. Visitation was Wednesday, April 8 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, and one hour prior to the services Thursday. Funeral services were Thursday, April 9 at 2:30 p.m. at the Wakarusa Missionary Church. Burial was in South Union Cemetery, Nappanee. Memorials may be made to World Missionary Press. Odd-sized trash pickup next week NAPPANEE Odd-sized trash pickup will take place the week of April 20 through 24. The Nappanee Street Department asks that residents place their odd-sized trash items at the curb no later than 7 a.m. the first day of pickup, Monday, April 20. Each neighborhood will be canvassed only once. Odd-sized trash items include furniture, appliances, carpet, car parts, downspouts, television antennas, garage doors, windows, mattresses and bum barrels. Odd-sized trash does not include cans, bottles, glass jars, empty cardboard boxes, plaster, roofing, garbage, cement, bricks, brush, plasterboard or any remodeling materials, tires, batteries or paint cans. These items will not be picked up. No call is necessary to take advantage of the collection. BOARD | continued from front calls for it. Steele clemency hearing Nappanee Police Chief Mike Anglin attended the first in a series of hearings for Michael R. Steele, who pled guilty and was convicted of shooting and killing Nappanee Police Sergeant Brant "Butch" Nine and shooting and injuring Nappanee Police Department Patrolman Phillip Hochstetler in 1989. Steele, sentenced to 110 years in prison, has filed for clemency from the state. Several weeks ago the Nappanee Police Department, on behalf of Nine's family, began circulating a petition to deny clemency to Steele, who they feel is still dangerous. According to Anglin, the petition gained nearly 3,700 signatures. He was able to present this to the parole board at the April 2 hearing. Anglin expressed confidence that the pleas of so many Nappanee citizens will be taken into account as the hearings progress. "I had a good feeling from the parole board," he said. The next hearing will take place April 28 in Indianapolis, when Steele will present his case to the board via video conference. Other orders of business •Thompson announced that for the 15th year the National Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Nappanee as a Tree City USA community. To meet these requirements, a city must have a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, a community forestry program and an Arbor Day observance proclamation. Nappanee further earned this designation, Thompson said, when they planted around 115 trees following the Oct. 18, 2007 tornado. •Ingle read a notice that the regular meeting of the Nappanee Aviation Commission, regularly scheduled for Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m., was moved to Monday, April 20 at the same time at the Nappanee Municipal Airport terminal building, located on U.S. 6 east of town. •The board voted to appoint Matt Fleck of the Goshen NIPSCO office to replace Tony Muir on the Nappanee Electric Licensing Board. Muir has moved to the Plymouth office. •The board also approved a list of electricians who have not renewed their licenses for 2009. The Nappanee Electrical Licensing Board met Thursday. April 2 and voted to remove these individuals from the list of licensed electricians.

Thank Ijou The family of Carla Enders would like to thank all who helped make the benefit in her honor a huge success and tribute. A special heartfelt thanks to Judy Redman, Carla’s Graduating class— Bremen Class of 1965, Bremen Castings, the Lachers, The Dumphs - r z'

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND (Front, left to right) Scott Mattem of Key Bank, Kenny Twa of Wakarusa Pro Hardware, Cindy Holl of Miller's Merry Manor, Russell Blackford, Amber Blackford, Jenny Neely of Richmond Feed Sen/ice, Sharia Weldy, (back, left to right) Todd Scheets of Wakarusa Electronics, Troy Schwartz of Schwartz Electric and Katie Barnes. Wakarusa welcomes Blackford

By Mandy McFarland Editor WAKARUSA Wakarusa has a new attorney, Amber L. Blackford, ready to serve the community. Blackford officially opened her new office at 111 N. Elkhart St. last Friday afternoon, April 10 at a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony, with representatives from the chamber of commerce and local businesses gathered to help. Classified as a general practitioner, Blackford handles just about everything from family law to criminal law to contracts, real estate and bankruptcies. Because of current economic conditions, she hopes to focus more on the bankruptcy side, especially helping prevent it where she can. "Part of my bankruptcy involves keeping people out of bankruptcy," she said.

Preserving history

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND The Nappanee Historic Preservation Commission named its new officers for 2009. They are (left to right) Don Lehman, Nappanee zoning administrator; Tim Weaver, board member; Betty Johnson, board member; Chuck Grimm, chair; Paul Hayden, Historic Landmarks of Indiana; Ann Evens, treasurer; and Vickie Hunsberger, vice chair. The commission has a number of projects in mind for the year. A brass plaque is in the works for the John Hartman House, connected to the Nappanee Center. Thanks to the efforts of the commission, the house recently gained status as a historic landmark. Visitors are welcome to tour the house. Other projects discussed included a Web site, the bridge at Stauffer Park, restoring vintage pictures at the Nappanee Center, the issuing of special place mats containing Nappanee trivia, the Nappanee Theater restoration project and others. The annual awards night will be May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Nappanee Center.

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Blackford is a 1996 graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law. She practiced in Warsaw for 13 years before coming to Wakarusa about a month ago. "(Wakarusa is) very clean and friendly," she said. "It's a nice town." While she enjoys practicing law, it is not something Blackford originally intended to become involved with. In fact, her undergraduate degree is in psychology. However, she said, given her own personality, practicing law was not an unlikely career decision. "I just like people," she said. "I'm a practical person. So when I looked at careers, (law) was practical." Because she is just starting out in Wakarusa, Blackford has not yet established regular office hours. However, she is available at 574-269-9480 or toll-free 1-866-701-0182. "People can call and make appointments," she said. "I have a flexible schedule and I look forward to making clientele in the area."

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