Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 21, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 May 2010 — Page 1
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Contact info To place an announcement in die Around WaNee community calendar, leaders can send the information to advanceOnpcc. net or send it to the Advance News via our sister publication, the Bremen Enquirer, 126 E. Plymouth St Bremen, IN 46506. For more information call 574-209-0704. Neighborhood Watch meets tonight The Nappanee Neighborhood Watch meeting topic tonight at 7 p.m. will be "Self Defense for the Elderly." Location will be the EMS Building Police Department. For information, call 574-773-4111. Bremen Masonic Lodge meeting All Nappanee and Bremen Freemasons are encouraged to attend the Tuesday, June 1 meeting. A meal will be served at the lodge from 6:15 to 7 p.m preceding the meeting which starts at 7 p.m. Wanee Waves begins summer season June 1 The Wanee Waves Swim Team begins its summer season June 1, concluding in mid-July. Practices will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at the Nappanee dty pool. Cost is sss~wtnr reduced rate children's cost at S3O. There is also a fee for the USA Swim Team insurance coverage. For more information on joining the team, call Brooke Casteel at 574-354-2245 or Michele Yoder at 574-536-9509. Sheriffs offer leadership camp Seventh- and eighthgrade students interested in learning more about careers in law enforcement may attend the 31st annual youth leadership camp offered by the Indiana Sheriffs Association. Applications are due June 25, and are available by calling the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department at 574-891-2300 or the ISA 800-622-4779. The program dates are July 6 to 8 at two sites, Pine Village in Warren County and Morgantown in Brown County. The application fee is $25. At the camps, law enforcement and corrections officers serve as counselors and instructors. More information about the camps is available at indianadieriffe.org/youthJead ership_camp.html. Council on Aging plans ‘Fit for Life’ The Council on Aging of Elkhart County has gathered a team of more than 25 See Around, PageA4
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SERVING NAPPANEE & WAKARUSA
Quilt honors community ‘after the storm’
By Mature Chatman Correspondent A daughter's phone call awakened Enos and Wiilodean Yoder shortly past 9:30 pjn., Oct. 18,2007. "She called to tell us to get to the basement because die saw reports on the TV that the weather was pretty bad and it was headed our way," said Willodean Yoder. "And there were warnings and shift out. "No one had seen the tornado yet but she wanted us to get to the basement because the weather was so bad and might get worse she said." As the couple got up from bed, and made tneir way to die basement, Enos Yoder stopped to look out the glass doors on the back of the
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l an, Maple Syrup Fest star to play in NadniDe Corey Cox, one of two headliners during the recent Wakarusa Maple Syrup Festival, will perform during the CMA Music Festival June 11 and 12 in Nashville, Tenn. Cox is a Markle native, and will play two acoustic shows during die 39th Country Music Association Music Festival there. The event is dubbed the "crown jewel of Country Musk Festivals" and those who attended in Wakarusa can say they saw Cox first right here!... -.jij. u. 1 1 " * 1 \mm Tmof nHB the Town BsSm By Amw Munson ■ jh. Editor Fallen officer blood drivels June 11 Join the Nappanee Police and EMS personnel, along with Maxwell Heckathom/Boy Scout Troop 733Jn die Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive from 9 am. to 3 pm., June 11, at the police/EMS headquarters, 3012 W. Lincoln St, Nappanee. Hie thane "Give a little in memory of those who gave all" helps amplify the message that donations mean so much to so many. Call 800-REEKROSS to sdiedule your blood donation appointment today ... . UgU of Grace opeiK to Oippes Commons Light of Grace Books & Gifts Store marked its grand Klappatvx*, wfth Anrir nthm, awH wrtil ■ * w ■■■ ■ " m r ,A A - a—a. A n t „ ,1, ---A SA» ■ii aMaM at count coupons, its not too uue to cnecx out tncir.array ot inspirational fiction and children's books, along with bibles, greetings cards, and lovely gifts. The store also is a . to ftlpp in to sgg 0^
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house. His wife continued on to the basement, not as overcome with curiosity as he was. "He's really lucky to still be here really," said Willodean. "That tornado literally came through right here... right by our backyard." Trees and debris in neighbors' yards were thrown to the ground alongside the Yoder's fenced-in backyard. Enos reported that it literally sounded like a train coming through the Blackstone housing addition, located west of the Yoder's County Road 9 property, as the tornado whipped through Nappanee's eastern edge that night. Willodean said the couple came up from the basement the following morning and saw trees and limbs down
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everywhere but had no idea a tornado had come through their backyard. High winds had knocked out power so they never heard radio or television reports about die tornado. They wouldn't learn about die initial reports until later in die day Oct. 19. As the days wore on they heard firsthand accounts from neighbors about property damages and losses. Each time they said prayers of thanks when they were assured their neighbors throughout the community were safe. At 10:08 p.m., Oct. 18, the EF3 tornado had done major damage, beginning on Nappanee's southwestern corner. It ripped a jagged path eastward before tearing through Fairmont Homes
ilannanee pgjy to tie the knot at Goshen first Friday
A Nappanee bride-to-be and her fiance are going to make Goshen's June 4 "First Friday" a very special event by saying "I Do" in a wedding thrown especially for the two by Goshen businesses. Brent Zebell, 24, and Heather Gaut, 26, both of Nappanee, will exchange vows in die brick-lined alley in the 100 block of Goshen's Main Street, where they've invited 100 guests to witness die event Everyone, of courts, is invited to the reception downtown. Goshen businesses have, combined, donated more than sl3/100 in goods or services for the big event as part of die "First Friday" promotion. That's everything from die bride's and bridemakfs'
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Honoring Fallen Officers
Photo by Anita Munson Members of the Nappanee Police Department gathered May 14 for their memorial to fallen officers in conjunction with National Law Enforcement Memorial Week. The moving tribute included participation by the Goshen Police Department Honor Guard. Here, Goshen honor guard members Brandy Giowac and Randy Kantner place a wreath outside the Nappanee Polfce Dept., honoring Brant "Butch" Nine, killed in the line of duty Nov. 3,1988; Phillip Hochstetler, former Nappanee police officer killed in the line of duty as a Kosciusko County sheriff's deputy June 27,1994, and others. Nappanee Poike Dept. Chaplain Darrell Flaming, Calvary Baptist Church, presented the invocation and benediction.
Development moves forward
By Mukie Chatman Correspondent Common Council members approved on first reading vacation of a north/south alley, located along the west side of Coppes Commons, 401 E. Market St, during its May 17 meeting. The decision to vacate die alley was made to accompany plans to create a small park outside the property, and addi-
“GRUMPY NIGHT’ RETURNS!! Back by popular demand... we will have “grumpy” waiters and waitresses saving food this Friday from 4:00 - 8:00 pjn. Make diem smile or laugh... and you’ll receive FREE DRINKS for your entire table!
Recreational Vehicle and Housing designers, and then curving northeast across U 5. 6 and through the Blackstone addition. The path of devastation seemed to end on the east side of County Road 9, north of County Road 54. Despite all the destruction, die community pulled together finding places for everyone whose home had been destroyed. People throughout Michiana, and a few visitors nationwide, came in to help with cleanup. Throughout the experience, the Yoders and their many neighbors continued with prayers of thanks that no lives had been lost, and injuries appeared minimal. See Quilt, Page A 3
dresses to groomsmen's clothing, the cake, invitations and programs, to music, and hors d'oeuvres for the reception. Grace Hunsberger, First Fridays director, said, "Goshen is really throwing them a wedding. Every business I have gone to is willing to donate something." Following the ceremony, the couple will ride around die town in a vintage fire truck that will take them to their reception at Bosco's Place, open to everyone attending the First Friday celebration. The honeymoon destination, courtesy of American Express still a secret will be announced during the reception.
tional parking. Businesses already located inside the renovated building include: a bakery, a business offering furniture and home decorations, and a bookstore. Plans are under way to add a canning facility in the front portion of tiie budding, facing Market Street (U.S. 6). See Development, Page A 3
Second Saturday Saturday morning, June 12th, you’ll get FREE COFFEE with the purchase of a Breakfast Buffet!
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Photo by Marti* uuspman Willodean Yoder, a seamstress with a love for quilting, constructed a king-size quilt mattress titled, "The Other Side of the Storm."