Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 4, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 January 2010 — Page 2

Advance News • Thursday, January 28.2010

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mams (gmcki e> ihot Jan. 20,2010 ELKHART - Charles (Chuck) E Huff, 56, of Elkhart, died at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20,2010 at Elkhart General Hospital. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Lambright; a sort, Robert "Huff of Raddiff, Ky.; a daughter; Leslie (Scott) Griewank of LaGrange; step-daughter, Traca (John) Beck of Wakarusa, Phyllis uony) Wider of Freemont, and Diane (Terry) Penick of Orland; two grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren v Visitation took place from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p m. Friday, Jan. 22 at Thompson-Lengacher k Yoder Funeral Home, 501 N. Elkhart St, Wakarusa. Funeral services took place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan 23 at Nappanee Missionary Church. Burial followed at Olive Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elkhart County 4-H Saddle Club. Genevieve J> Yoder Jan. 17,2010 NAPPANEE Genevieve J. Yoder, 81, of Nappanee, died Sunday, Jan. 17 at 708 p.m at Community Hospital of Bremen. She. is survived by a daughter, Karen Games) Stahly of Milford; step-daughter, JoAnn (Wayne) Germillion of Warsaw; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation was Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Funeral services were Thursday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of God. Burial was at Bremen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the First Church of God. Deadline approaching for chamber nominations NAPPANEE—The Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the Educator of the Year Award. The nominee must be dedicated to the profession of education, must have high academic and moral standards for self and community, must be a motivator of self, colleagues, students and community and must be an initiator of programs and projects of education, a team builder cooperating with community, educational system and citizens to ensure excellence and productivity. The nominee must live or teach in the Wa-Nee area. Excellence in Business The chamber is also taking nominations for the Excellence In Business Award. Nominees must be Nappanee Chamber members, must have significantly impacted the community through growth of their respective business and have contributed to the .community above and beyond most expectations. They must have partnered with the city, school or service organizations to help promote a particular project or event for Nappanee and must have a track record of commitment to Nappanee. Citizen of the Year Nominations are also being accepted for the Citizen of the Year. The nominee must be civic minded and dedicated to church, club or community service, be of good moral character and work or reside in Nappanee. Nominees need not be chamber members but must have made a significant contribution to Nappanee through work in business, government, service club or volunteer organization. A nomination letter must be written explaining why he or she deserves this award. The awards will be presented at the chamber's noon luncheon at Dal Mar Banquet Hall March 4. Nominations must be sent or taken to the chamber at 302 W. Market St., Nappanee no later than Jan. 29. For more information call the chamber at 574-773-7812.

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PHOTO PROVIOEO North Wood BPA (Business Professionals of America) participants indude (front, left to right) Kami Stutzman, Maira Santos, Nancy Medina, Kaytin Beckwith, Trevor Miller, (back, left to right) Samantha Loucks, Allison Culp, Marcos Castillo and Cole Page.

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North Wood BPA (Business Professionals of America) will send six students to state competition following the District Leadership Conference in Warsaw last Saturday, Jan. 16. The Small Business Management Team of Marcos Castillo, Trevor Miller and Kami Stutzman finished in first place while the presentation management team of Allison Culp and Samantha Loucks finished second. Both teams advance to Indianapolis in March. Nancy Medina, who earned her spot

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at state in the banking and finance event, will join them. Miller also advanced as an individual in the extemporaneous speech event. Kaylin Beckwith earned five medals in the open category events, including administrative support, financial math and analysis, insurance concepts, management/marketing /human resources concepts and parliamentary procedure. Marcos Castillo earned medals in financial math and analysis and manage-

ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND After years of neglect, the former Coppes building, now known as the Coppes Complex, is the home to a growing number of businesses.

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bakery here," she said, "so things just started falling into place." The Nappanee Bakery offers a variety of pies, breads, cookies, cream horns, salsas, snack mixes and more. One treat they offer is called "white trash," or a mix of various goodies covered in white chocolate. They can also make baked goods to order; and listen closely to customers' wishes.

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ment/marketing/human resources concepts. Trevor Miller medaled in management / marketing / human resources concepts. The economic research team of Nancy Medina and Maira Santos finished fifth. North Wood BPA sponsors are Scott Hoover and Pete Morey. The state competition will be at the Indiana BPA State Leadership Conference in Indianapolis March 7 through 9.

"I keep adding things as people request them," Hochstetler said. The bakery does not make the same thing every day, so the selection is constantly changing. "We do whatever happens to strike our fancy, but people can order," Hochstetler said. A "baked fresh yesterday" shelf carries discounted items from the day before, and anything left after that

goes to the Family Christian Development Center. Entering through the doors at the southeast corner of the building, one may not be able to imagine what the building looked like just a few months ago, empty, dark and silent. Now, mat one little comer is warm and inviting, with sunlight streaming through the old windows, phones ringing and employees taking customers' orders. "I didn't know much about this building and when I first came in I couldn't imagine a bakery bang in here," Hochstetler said. I love the atmosphere and the windows." The building's history is not forgotten, even with new businesses coming in. "It's neat to have people come in here that worked here," she said. "They'll reminisce and tell you storks of what happened here." Hochstetler has enjoyed the warm welcome the Nappanee Bakery has received. "The community has been incredibly supportive/* she said. Hours for tire Nappanee Bakery are Tuesday through Saturday, 6 ajn. to 2 p.m. :