Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 7, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 18 February 2010 — Page 2

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date of page: 2/9/2010 Keiser serves as Indiana House page North Wood Middle School eighth-grader Mitchell Keiser served as an Indiana House Page during the 2010 session of the Indiana General Assembly Feb. 9, 2010 with Rep. Jack Walorski. As a page, students 13 years and older spend the day gaining a greater understanding about state government and how laws are made. Paging is a valuable experience in which students take a backstage tour of the Statehouse and work alongside legislative assistants and interns. On session days, pages experience how a bill becomes a law as they watch legislators on the House floor debate issues. On committee days, the students witness whei£ a bill receives first consideration and watch hearings where the public submits input. The Indiana House Page Program is an excellent way for students to become more familiar with the lawmaking process by meeting their State Representative and witnessing how laws are made firsthand. Call 317-232-9621 with questions.

Northern Indiana Soil Management Seminar set The Elkhart County Soil and Water Conservation District and Purdue Cooperative Extension are sponsoring the annual Northern Indiana Soil Management Seminar March 11. The seminar will be held in the Martin Room at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 3:30 pan. Topics and speakers include: Curt Ross, CAL MAR Soil Testing Labs, "Soil Testing: Collection and Interpretation" and "So You Have Your Soil Test Results: Now What?"; Dr. Hans Kok, Coordinator, Conservation Cropping Systems 9ttafci§#F?HulM«WWiTV Tillage,i Challenges., Managing for Success;" Dr. Fred Whitford, Coordinator,rPurdue Pesticide Programs, "The Imact of Water Quality on Pesticide Performance: A Little Factor that Makes a Big Difference;" and Ericka Soumare, Ag/Natural Resource Educator, Purdue Cooperative Extension, Elkhart County, "Spray Drift Management." Credits are available for Certified Crop Advisors, Commercial Pesticide Applicators, and Private Applicators. Registration is S3O for the whole day, including lunch, or sls for the afternoon only with no lunch. An additional $lO fee will be collected at the meeting for PARP credits. Call the Elkhart County SWCD, at 574-533-3630 ext. 3, for more information or to receive a registration form.

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Service members graduate Academy MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Term. The following service members graduated from The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center's Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. « • Coast Guard Petty Officer Ist Class Daniel J. Borgaard, a electronics technician with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, Port Huron, Mich.. Borgaard is the son of Donna Borgaard of Elkhart, Ind. • Coast Guard Petty Officer Ist Class Daniel J. Borgaard, a electronics technician with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, Port Huron, Mich.. Borgaard is the son-in-law of Scot Hartman of Elkhart, Ind.

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College Goal Sunday is Feb. 21

SOUTH BEND-College-bound students looking for held in completing die Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are invited to College Goal Sunday from 2 to 4 dm. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Hues in Elkhart, Goshen, Sdtifit Bend and Warsaw. Students will receive free onsite assistance with Hie application from local financial aid professionals. Spanish interpreters will be available

Attracting butteriHes in the spring

It is still cold outside, but spring will come once again. Perhaps you would like to see more butterflies in your yard this year. Butterflies come in many colors and sizes, but they all seem to have such grace and beauty as they make their way throughout your yard. They are usually not in a rush, so you really get to enjoy their splendor as they pass by to visit flowers or rest on plants and shrubbery. We have all seen butterflies in our yards, but a few changes could attract even more. Food, cover, and water are the main things butterflies will need to find in your yard to stay a little longer. To make sure that caterpillars and adult butterflies have enough of these resources, it is good to think beyond just wildflowers and include trees, shrubs, vines, and grasses. Your yard may already have some or most of these things already, which is helpful. For long term butterfly activity, you should consider the butterfly in its larval stage as a caterpillar. They feed on plants such as cabbage, dill, parsley and milkweed. As caterpillars become adults, they will depend mostly on flower nectar to get die nourishment they need. Having a variety of flowers for butterflies to choose from is a great

WAKARUSA The Wakarusa Library plans plenty of excellent activities within the next Jew weeks, inwbifh particinajte. «n feajn fcjQew -xflnd valuable skills. , m Introduction to Excel "Introduction to Excel" is slated at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 25, in the library meeting room. Participants will learn how to use the task bar, create a spread sheet, develop a graph, and more. Registration is required. Story Hour Story Hour is slated at 10:15 a.m., March 1 and 2, featuring "Hondo & Fabien" by Peter McCarty. Children will find out why Hondo gets to go to the beach with his friends and they'll also create dog hats during craft time. Toddler lime Toddler Tune is schedule at 10 am., March 10, when the little ones will hear the story of "Soggy Saturday" by Phyllis Root, which includes blue cows, blue pigs and more. They'll make a daisy hat, too. Membership Drive The annual Friends of the Library Membership Drive will be kicked off March 3 at 1 p.m., when friends and volunteers from throughout file community will be stuffing and stamping envelopes. Money collected during the drive is used to purchase special items and to support programs at the library. Any interested community member is welcomed to help with the project. Dial-A-Story The Dial-A-Story is currently "The Fox and the Rooster," in which a smart

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at the Elkhart and Goshen locations, students snouia attend witn tneir parents or guardians and take their 2009 federal tag returns, JAM forms and other 2009 income and benefits information. To learn more about College Goal Sunday and specific locations, or for answers to specific financial aid questions, call die LeamMore Indiana hotline toll-free at (800) 992-2076. College

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Elkhart County By Ericka Soumare Agmcuuwe & Natural Resources Educator way to keep butterflies around. Trees and shrubs can serve as perching areas for butterflies to enjoy the sun. They can also be used as cover when file weather is rainy or windy. Combining these landscape features with nectar sources such as flowers will make file butterflies feel right at home. v For more information on how to attract butterflies to your yard, you can visit the web at www.ces.purdue. edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-248-W.pdf. Here, you will find tips and ideas for creating a butterfly friendly yard. You can also contact your Elkhart County Extension office for more information. Managing Irrigated Corn Workshop in Elkhart Co. You may have seen the news for irrigation meetings throughout Northern Indiana. If you are attending the meeting in Elkhart County, it wm be at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in the

fox gets out-smarted by a smarter rooster. Hear this tale by dialing 574-862-4441. New Young Adult Books at file library include "Heist Society" by Ally Carter, "Ranger's Apprentice" by John Flanagan, "Hie Death-Cfefyihg Pepper u Kßuk" ty GWWdffie MdCaughfean, 1 "Wood Runner" Paulsen, "The Georges and file Jewels" by Jane Smily, "Seekers: the last wilderness" by Erin Hunter. Nappanee Information More information on Nappanee Public Library activities is available at 773-7919 or www.nappanee.lib.in.us. Artful Quitters "The Aftful Quilters," a guild for those interested in new quilting techniques, will meet at the Nappanee Public Library Thursday, Feb. 11. Membership is open to anyone who wants to join the fun and fellowship with other quilters while keeping up to date with new activities and techniques in the quilting world. Bring your own projects to share, check out planned programs for file coming year, ‘and sign up for trips. Yearly dues are sls and are used for the benefit of file guild. Those interested may attend two meetings to get acquainted before becoming members. Library’s ‘adopt a shelf’ If you love books and are interested in a new way to volunteer, file Nappanee Public Library may be the place to start. The adult services department is looking for detail-orient-ed volunteers age 15 and older who would like to "adopt" a shelf to help keep the library's materials orderly

Goal Sunday is sponsored by ISFAA, and is offered in cooperation with Learn More Resource Center the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana and The TWentv-firet Century Scholars Program. It is funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., Lumina Foundation for Education and USA Funds, three Indiana-based nonprofit organizations with a particular interest in higher education.

ECCC building Martin Room on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be provided thanks to sponsorship from Phillips and Sons Irrigation Saks and Services. The agenda has been finalized and is as follows: • Introduction and Irrigation overview for Elkhart County —Ericka Soumare, Purdue Ag and Natural Resources educator • Agronomic practices for irrigated com —Dr. Bob Nielsen, Purdue Extension com specialist • Nutrient management for irrigated com Dr. Jim Camberato, Purdue Extension fertility specialist • Irrigation basics for com production Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Irrigation Extension educator • Irrigation related cost-share programs for termers Vev Stevenson, District Conservationist, Elkhart County NRCS Certified Crop Adviser Contin-uing Education Units (CEUs) have been approved (NM=l.O; SW=l.O; CM=l.O). Also, three CCHs will be offered for Commercial 1A and RT categories. For more information and to register for this event, contact your Elkhart County Extension office at 574-533-0554.

and neat. Interested participants choose a favorite topic like mysteries, nonfiction, teen, religious fiction, magazines etc. and spend time every two i weeks making sure the section is in the >lOaif9Ct>qwk^»f■ ■ , s.ii rn.M-i Ail Tour offered New cardholders and those interested in learning more about library services are invited to a guided tour of the library Monday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. In addition to discovering where to find current bestsellers, a favorite cookbook, or the daily news, participants will be introduced to many special services. These include NapCAT (file library's computerized catalog); computers and copiers for use in the library; art prints, CDs, DVDs and many other materials for loan. The library, located at 157 N. Main St., holds the tour the third Monday of every month. For more information, call 574-773-7919, or go to wwwjiappanee.lib.in.us. American Girls meet Celebrate friendship at the next meeting of file Nappanee Public Library American Girls Club. Girls in grades 1-2 will meet Monday, Feb. 22, and those in grades 3-5 will meet Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 7-8 p.m. to learn more about new American Girl, Rebecca and make a mini Ferris Wheel. The American Girls Club meets once a month at the library during file school year to kam about girls in American history and share other activities such as tea parties, sleepovers, and community service projects. Activities are planned for girls in grades 1 through 5. Space is limited. Register by Wednesday, February 17, by calling 574-773-7919, or go to www.nappanee.lib.in.us.

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