Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 7, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 18 February 2010 — Page 4

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•Advance News • Thursday, February 18,2010

Slabaugh 100th Family and friends gathered Jan. 24 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Fannie Slabaugh, 6121 W. 1350 North, Nappanee. Included among toose marking Slabaugb’s centennial year were her children, Dorothy Tobias, Mary Yoder and Oliver Farmwald, all of rural Nappanee, and Andrew Fannwald of Milford. Friends may send greetings mid also may visit her at the above address.

Elkhart County Sofl and Water Conservation District annual meeting The 68th annual meeting of the Elkhart County Soil ang Water Conservation District (SWCD) was held in the Martin Koran of the ECCC Building, on die Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, in Goshen Feb. 'B. One hundred and thirty-eight people attended. Following dinner by Dal-Mar Catering, Jim Hess, SWCD Board Chairman, led a short business meeting. Tom Kercher, vice chairman of the SWCD Board, conducted the supervisor election. Alex Wait, Elkhart, was elected to serve a three.year term on the SWCD Board. At the close of the meeting, David Foutz, Elkhart County Councilman, swore Wait into office. Awards, sponsored by the Elkhart County Soil and Water Conservation District, were presented as follows: • The highest placing Elkhart County student in the area 10 Soil Judging contest was Adam Wenger, Northwood High School. Individual Soils Judging Senior FFA Team Awards: Carrie Anglemeyer, Nolan Drudge, Skyler Stutzman, and Ashley Leer (all Fairfield High School). Individual Soils Judging Junior FFA Team Awards: Sam Burtsfield, Calie Gordon, and Jesse Gantz (all Fairfield High School). Soils Judging Awards, Team Award: Fairfield High School (Kraig Bowers, Fairfield coach). • Other Youth Award winners were: Poster Contest Cover Artist, Alexa Klopfenstein; State poster contest winner, Maya Klopfenstein; 4-H Soil and Water Conservation Award, Joshua Anderson; 4-H Forestry Award, Hannah Johnson; 4-H Wildlife Award, Connor Deal. • Adult Awards were presented to: Justin Miller, Conservation Farmer and River Friendly Farmer of the Year; Anne Cope, Woodland Elementary, Educator of the Year; Randy Miller, Waterford Elementary, Educator of the Year; Urban Conservationists of the Year to Niblock Excavating and Asphalt, and Slusser's Green Thumb; and Friend of the SWCD, Kent Sawyer.

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Amanda Roae and Ben Vandermark were united in marriage Sept 19, 2009 at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Fort Wayne. The bride wore a white, taffeta, side-draped, trumpet gown with an empire waist and beaded sweetheart neckline and chapel train and a beaded, elbow-length veil made by the groom's mother. Red soaes were bundled with silk ribbon and pearl accent*. The matron of honor was friend of the couple, Trade Copass, Indianapolis. The bridesmaids were sister-in-law of the bride, Joni Rose, Columbia City, and cousin of the bride, Charity Prater; Pierceton. The junior bridesmaid was niece of die groom, Nicole Byrd, LaPrate. The bride's attendants were attired in emerald and scariett knee-length, ruched, silk dresses. Each bridesmaid carried red roses bundled with a silk white ribbon. The best man was brother of the bride, Randy Rose, Pierceton. The groomsmen were brother of the bride Simon Rose, Coluntbia City and brother of the groom Tad Vandermark, Syracuse. The ushers were nephews of the bride Sebastian Rose, Columbia City, and Jacob Rose, Columbia City and friend of the couple, Tommy Deßossett, Leesburg. The ring bearer was son of .the 1 couple, Kaden Vandermark, Nappanee. The flower girls were niece of the bride, Scarlett Rose, Columbia City, and cousin of the bride Davanna Schmucker, Warsaw. Approximately 100 people attended the reception held at Terrace Garden Foellinger Friemann Botanical Conservatory. The couple returned to their home in Nappanee following their wedding trip to Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii and stayed at The Royal Hawaiian, "Pink Palace.” The bride's parents, Bruce and Kimberly Rose reside in Pierceton. The bride is a 2000 graduate of Whitko High School and a 2004 graduate of Ball State with a bachelor's degree in Social Work. She is employed at Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice as a social worker.

Kincaid Travis and Kim Kincaid, Bremen, announce tire birth of twins bom at 7:31 p.m. and 7:35 p.m. Nov. 25, 2009 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. Jack Avery Kincaid weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was 18 inches long. Kate Lynn Kincaid weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces and was 18 inches long. They were welcomed home by siblings* Luke Kincaid, 3, and Emma Kincaid, 2.

Purdue Alumni Club of Elkhart County offers scholarships In 2009, the Purdue Alumni Club Foundation of Elkhart County awarded 27 scholarships totaling $16,000 to local students. The club hopes to exceed that in 2010. Both incoming and returning undergraduate students who are residents of Elkhart County and are also enrolled full time at Purdue University are eligible to apply for a scholarship. Applications are available at www.purduealum.org/elkhart or [email protected]. High school guidance counselors will also have applications. The deadline April 1. Contributions for the scholarship fund are accepted any time throughout the year. Any person or business wishing to make a tax deductible contribution can send a check, payable to the Purdue Alumni Club Foundation of Elkhart County, to P.O. Box 382, Goshen, IN 46527. A receipt will be returned to the donors for tax purpos-

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Jack Avery Kincaid and Kate Lynn Kincaid Maternal grandparents are Mary Main and the late Hal Main, Bremen. Paternal grandmother is Sharylee Mundy, Goshen.

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Amanda and Ben Vandermark . The groom’s parents, Bruce and Mindy Vandermark* reside in Syracuse. The groom is a 2003 graduate of Ombudsman Educational Service and is now the owner of Vandermark Delivery.

Kincaid Brandon Martin and Cassandra Chrzan announce the birth of a daughter bom at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Community Hospital of Bremen. Mea Anessa Skye Martin weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Cheryl Chrzan, Bremen, and Reno Huffer of Tioga, N.D. Paternal grandparents are Louis and Carol Martin,

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semester. Those that earned the dean's list title from the Elkhart County area included: Nappanee Victoria Brown, Harlan Eagan, Melissa 'McClvng, Drew Miller, Tori Miller, Tyler Sanders, Elysia Smith, Savannah Smith; Wakarusa Christopher Hoover, Allison Maust The students from Elkhart County that graduated include Meagan Myers Bachelor of General Studies and Ikechukwu Nnachi and Tarrah Troyer Bachelor of Science. Ball State is a state-supported university with a current enrollment of about 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Manchester dean’s list NORTH MANCHESTER - The following students from the Wa-Nee area earned placement on the 2008 fall dean's list at Manchesta College: Alii Heeter, Biology-Chemistry, Nappanee and Stacie Koch, Social Work, Nappanee.

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