Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 22, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 3 June 2010 — Page 2

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May 24, 2010 PLYMOUTH Ralph D. Wringer; 68, Plymouth, died Monday, May 24,2010 at Elkhart Hospice House. He is survived by his daughter, Edra (Clay) Waterman of Plainfield; a son, Brian (Marjorie) Wringer of Indianapolis; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Jerry (Shirley) Wringer of Nappanee; and a aster, Marilyn (David) Pigors of Hendersonville, N.C. Cremation has taken place. A memorial gathering took place from 6 to 8 pan. Friday, May 28 at Christos' Banquet Center, 830 Lincolnway East, Plymouth. Memorial contributions may be given to die Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Elkhart. Elkhart Cremation Services was entrusted with arrangements.

Sam Beachy earns Leadership Award SOUTH BEND Sam Beachy, secretary/treasurer of Reliance Construction in Nappanee, has earned one of Ist Source Bank's Ernestine M. Raclin Community Leadership Awards. Five employees and five community volunteers who embody the spirit, values, energy and leadership of Ernestine M. Raclin, past chairman of Ist Source Bank and Ist Source Corporation, were selected as 2010 winners of die award. Local winners include Larry Solyom, Insurance Agent, Ist Source Insurance in Goshen; Mary Louise Miller, coowner, ML Motorsports, Inc. in Warsaw; Michael Pianowski, Partner, Sanders Pianowski in Elkhart; and Beachy. As chairman of the Nappanee Apple Festival Committee for the fourth year in a row, Beachy has been instrumental in die success of this local festival attended by more than 70,000 people. Other award winners include Cindy Frederick, Ist Source Banking Center manager, New Haven; Cyndi Miller, Ist Source Private Banking Services manager, South Bend; Luis Zapata, Ist Source Banking Center manager, South Bend; Bill Trowbridge, Ist Source vice president and trust officer, Valparaiso; Jennifer Houin, Oliver Ford Lincoln Mercury, Plymouth; and Steve Listenberger, PRN Real Estate, LLC, Plymouth. Each winner received a SI,OOO award, a SI,OOO donation to the charity of their choice, and a Globe of Leadership. hujimA bikm event oners to advance@npccjwt

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Pottos wrest 2 men on xpuste wwnnti Nappanee Police Department served two warrants within die past week. They include die following incidents; Police received a tip May 2l that Jamey L Besemarm, 29, South Bend, was staying at Applewood Apartment He was known by officers to have two Elkhart County warrants outstanding for his arrest The rfenter of die alleged apartment at which he was staying, police said, allowed officers into the apartment after die confirmed Besemarm was there. He was taken into custody without incident, and held cm a combined bond of $13,500. The first warrant was for a Class D

Nappanee Kids craft program Make a special log cabin keepsake frame for dad at the library during the next Crafts for Kids day, June 5. Materials for this make-and-take craft will be available in the children's department from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adult Summer Reading program Race into Reading and win hundreds of dollars worth of Nappanee merchant gift certificates, services and merchandise! Sign up and with every book you read between June 7 and July 25, you'll be entered to win a wealth of dining certificates, oil changes, car washes, a foursome of golf with cart, Nappanee merchant gift certificates and more! Anyone age 11 and up is eligible to participate even those without a resident library card! Stop in the library to register beginning May 28, and get your temporary summer reading card. Participants will be awarded prizes at a special game night July 31 (summer readers need not be present to win). For more information or to register, call 574-773-7919 or go to www.nappanee.lib.in.us. Artful Quitters Guild meets June 10 The Artful Quilters, a guild for those interested in new quilting techniques, meets on the second Thursday of each month. Members will meet at the Nappanee Center June 10 to enjoy and discuss the new "Nappanee Quilts: Past and Present" exhibit at the center, 302 W. Market St. Participants may take an old quilt to share, as well. Membership for the Artful Quilters is open to anyone. Join the fun and fellowship with other quilters while keeping up to date with new activities and techniques in the quilting world. Take your own projects to share, check out planned programs for the coming year, and sign up for trips. Yearly dues ate sls and ate used for the benefit or the guild. Those interested may attend two meetings to get acquainted before becoming members. For more information, contact the Nappanee Public Library at 574-773-7919, or go to www.nappanee.lib.in.us. Stamp Club meets June 12 The Ben Franklin Stamp Club will meet at the library June 12. Forest Kendall, a local cplleetor, is responsible for organization of the club, and Arthur Grove leads discussions concerning tips, for new and experienced stamp collector*. Anyone in third grade through adult with an interest in stamp collecting and trading is invited. Participants learn more about stamps and stamp collecting and participate in

games for prizes. The club meets the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. in the library. Book Club discusses Lee Read along with the Cover to Cover Book Club at the library. The club will meet June 13, from 2 to 4 p.nu to discuss "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and an autobiography of the author by Charles J. Shields, "Mockingbird." For information or to reserve a

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felony theft, a Class D felony fin receiving stolen property, and two counts of Class D felony check fraud. Hie second warrant was for i probation violation. In the second incident police were patrolling Meadows Mobile Home Park in Nappanee around 550 p.m., May 23, when they recognized Christopher McLean, 23, of that address, outside one of the tots. Police stated they were aware there was a valid St Joseph County body attachment warrant for McLean, who was taken into custody without incident, and transported to the St. Joseph County Detention Facility.

copy of the books, call 574-773-7919. Cover to Cover Book Club meets at the library chi die second Sunday of each month. Additional information can also be found online at www.nappanee. lib.in.us. Internet introduction Interested in a basic introduction to the Internet? Nappanee Public Library, 157 N. Main St., offers a class on the second Monday of each month. The next session is scheduled for June 14, at 7 p.m. at the library. Several ways to search for information on the Internet are demonstrated. For more information, call 574-773-7919 or go to wwwmappanee.lib.in.us. Wakarusa Stray Hour "Wonders of Water" is the theme for the Story Hour program at 10:15 a.m., June 8. Children must be registered to attend this program. Water Fair "Water Fair" will be at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., June 10. Participants may come and go as they like during the allotted times. There will be "stations" in which children may choose to participate. Board meeting The Wakarusa Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7:45 a.m., June 11. The public may attend. In memory "Best of Lori Wick: A Gathering of Hearts" was given in memory of Edna Canen Schrock by the Wakarusa High School Class of 1940. "Legendary Farmall Tractors: A Photographic History" by Lee Klancher was given in memory of John Hartman by the Wakarusa High School Class of 1948. "Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America" by Judith Dutson was given in memory of Carol Hoover by the Wakarusa High School Class of 1956. "Fenton Art Glass: A Centennial of Glass Making 1907 - 2007" was given in memory of Josephine Eaenwein by the Searchlight Gub. Dial A Story is "The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf." Hear this Aesop's fable by telephoning 862-4441. New children's books at the library include "Subway Ride" by Heather Lynn Miller and "Missing Grace" by Elizabeth McDavid Jones. Library ranked high in state Wakarusa-Olive, Harrison Township Public Library has been rated 799, based on 2007 statistics, by Hennen's American Public Library Ratings, ranking it 18th among Indiana's 234 libraries. The library rating climbs to third in its population class of areas serving 5,000 to 10,000 people. All public libraries in America are rated, scored and ranked on 15 input and output measures, library personnel explained. The focus is on circulation, staffing, materials, reference service, and funding levels. The ratings have been published since 1999 by Thomas J. Hennen Jr., author of the HAPLR Index. For more information, visit the website at http://www.hapir-index.com/index.html.

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