Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 132, Number 18, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 30 April 2009 — Page 2

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• Advance News • Thursday, April 30, 2009

Death notices Eugene A. Yoder April 20, 2009 NAPPANEE Eugene A. Yoder, 75, of Nappanee, died at 1:20 p.m. Monday, April 20 at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. He is survived by his wife, Marian; daughters: Diane Enos of Elkhart and Gina Yoder of Hanover, N.H.; sons: David (Jeanne) Yoder of Niles, Mich., Bob (Troy) Yoder of Plymouth and Steve (Maggie) Yoder of Erin, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandson; and brother, Duane (Carol) Yoder of Goshen. Visitation was Thursday, April 23 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Services are Friday, April 24 at 10 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bremen. Military graveside services were conducted by the Nappanee American Legion. Burial was at the Bremen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Verena E. Shafer Feb. 4, 2009 BREMEN Verena E. Shafer, 93, of Bremen, formerly of Nappanee and Wakarusa, died at 1:07 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 at Bremen Health Care. She is survived by nieces and nephews: Rich BonDurant, Terry BonDurant, Melvin Lemler, Larry Pete Lemler, Carolyn Ferro, Dorothy Neff, Beverly Kuhn, Wilma Strevy and Linda Gigous. Cremation took place. A memorial service was held Saturday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Inurnment was in Sandy Ridge Cemetery, Bourbon Township. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice or The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care. Joan Glover April 21, 2009 BREMEN Joan Glover, 62, of Bremen, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. She is survived by her husband, Bo Glover of Lake of the Woods; sons: John Eric Gingerich of Three Rivers, Mich, and W. Vincent (David Wilson) Gingerich of Columbus, Ohio; daughter, Angela Renee (Ryan) Pope of South Bend; four grandchildren and one on the way; one step-son; two stepdaughters; six step-grandchildren; and brothers: Fredrick (Lois) Call of Bristol, James of Maine, John (Deb) Anglemyer of Bremen and Lee (Deb) Anglin of Elkhart. Funeral services were Friday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen. Visitation was Friday at 4 p.m. until the service. Memorials may be made to the Bremen VFW. Letter carriers host annual food drive NAPPANEE/WAKARUSA The National Association of Letter Carriers will host the 2009 “Stamp CXit Hunger" food drive Saturday, May 9. Food must be set out at mailboxes by. 9 a.m. at the latest. Then, when Nappanee and Wakarusa letter carriers bring the mail, they will be able to pick up the food left at participating residents' mailboxes. All types of non-perishible foods are needed, especially spaghetti sauce, pasta noodles, canned meat, peanut butter, cereal, macaroni and cheese, crackers, canned fruit, soup and Hamburger and Tuna Helper. Teams of volunteers will partner with each letter carrier to help collect the food donations. The food will be taken to local food pantries, where it will be organized and shelved.

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tradition has been for many years. Last year was the second year in a row that unpleasant weather conditions held attendance for the event at a minimum. Even many who had signed up ahead of time for the 2008 run and bike ride simply were not up to sloshing through cold rain puddles. This year was a completely different story, however, as nearly 96 runners and bike riders turned out for the event. Even the day of, new runners were signing in. In addition, waiting two extra weeks allowed coordinators to take registrations during the Maple Syrup Festival, an opportunity they did not have in years past. According to coordinator Bud Miller, while current economic conditions may have acted as a deterrent for even greater numbers of participants signing up, the event raised at least as much as last year for the Special Olympics of Elkhart County. Runners could choose between the actual run, a 5K event, or the one-mile "Fun Run," a shortened version for those not used to longer courses. "Tour de Waky" participants had a 10-mile and a 20-mile ride to choose from. Those who did not wish to run could opt for the walk. ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Ron Berkey, 75 (left) and Eugene Slagle, 80 (right) prepare to take on the Tour de Waky 10-mile bike ride one day after Slagle's birthday. Slagle proudly displays a sign that reads "80 and still out-spokin."

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By Mandy McFarland Editor WAKARUSA Tradition. Family. Honor. Heroism. These are all themes North Wood Middle School students explored during their annual spring musical, "Mulan," last weekend. Based on the Disney animated movie of the same name, "Mulan" takes place in ancient China sometime after the building of the Great Wall. The Huns have attacked, and the country is depending on its strong male warriors to overcome the threat. Meanwhile tomboyish Mulan (Destiny Hossler) must fight a battle of her own, struggling to bring honor to her family by becoming the perfect bride. When her ailing father is called into battle, Mulan knows that he will not survive. Going against tradition and risking death for herself and dishonor for her family, Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and takes her father's place in battle. With the help of the dragon Mushu (Trent Sauceda), Mulah learns the ins and outs of army fife and soon earns the respect of the other soldiers, who believe her to be a young man named Ping. Meanwhile Mushu, a family guardian displaced by the ancestors for a near-disaster "involving Confucius and a silk worm," does all he can to try to regain his position. Things go from bad to worse,

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however, when after she leads the Chinese army to victory over the Huns, Mulan's ruse is revealed, and she is sent packing in shame and dishonor. However, the war is not over when the leader of the Huns storms the imperial city, bent on revenge. At first no one will listen to Mulan. However the tables soon turn when the Emperor is captured, and the only way for the soldiers to get to him is to disguise themselves as women and invade the palace, with Mulan in the lead. Her plan is successful and the Emperor is safe, along with all of China. In the end, Mulan, once seen as a disgrace to her family tree, returns home with gifts from the Emperor, given to honor her family. Destiny Hossler enjoyed playing the role of Mulan. "She's a fun character," Destiny said. "She's very understandable from my point of view." Destiny pointed out some traits that she admired in her character. "She is just about protecting her family," she said. Trent Sauceda felt Mushu was a good fit for him. "I'm kind of a goofball at school," he said. "And 1 like having fun." For Trent, the biggest challenge of playing Mushu was navigating the stage in his costume. "It's hard because you have a tail,

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so the costume was probably the hardest part for me." Trent's favorite Mushu line from the play was, speaking to the ancestors, "See, I taught her everything she knows. That whole balance thing, it's all in the tail." Director Tanya Angle had read the script for "Mulan" several summers before and, when choosing this year's production, remembered that it had grabbed her attention in a way many of the other scripts had failed to do. "I realized all the times I laughed and all the great humor that's in it." she said. North Wood Middle School teacher Val Anglemyer choreographed the plav. Angle recalled a few minor disasters, but noted that the plav went well. "The most difficult things are the things that are out of my control," she said. "We had a lot of roller coaster things that had nothing to do with the kids. The kids, they were steady and constant all the way through it. They're amazing." She especially appreciated I he help she received for one major incident that she chose not to disclose. "I wanted to thank the many, many people in our comma nitv who stepped up to help us," she said.

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