Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 25, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 June 2010 — Page 2

Advance News • Thursday, June 24,2010

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Ruby Alice Whelan June 20, 2010 NAPPANEE Ruby Alice Whelan, 87, of Nappanee, died Sunday, June 20,2010 at her residence. She is survived by her husband, Henry "Hank" Whelan of Nappanee; son, Larry (Helen) Whelan of Nappanee; daughters/ Judy (Melvin) Myers of Nappanee and Mary Ann (Dennis) Taylor of Wakarusa; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Visitation took place Tuesday, June 22 from 4 to 8 p jn. at Thompson-Lengacher Sc Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Rosary is at 8 p.m. Prayers and eulogy took place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 23 at the funeral home, with funeral services Wednesday, June 23 at 11 a.m. at St Dominic Catholic Church, Bremen. Burial took place at South Union Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Nappanee Open Door or St. Dominic Catholic Church.

Officer receives award

Indiana Conservation Officer First Sergeant Mark Hines was awarded the DNR Law Enforcement Division's Director's leadership Award in ceremonies held in Indianapolis on May 26th. Hines, a 32-year Conservation Officer serves in a supervisor capacity in the DNR's Syracuse Law Enforcement District He began his career in 1978 as a field conservation officer in Noble County and was promoted to First Sergeant in 1987 serving in the Anderson and then the Ft Wayne Law Enforcement Districts until he transferred to the Syracuse District in 1998. The award is given yearly to a DNR Law Enforcement Division staff officer who displays qualities of intellect, human understanding and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people lyHines and his wife Tammy live in Nappanee.

Indiana Conservation Officer First Sergeant Mark Hines (left) is seen receiving the DNR Law Enforcement Division's Director's leadership Award from Law Enforcement Division Director Colonel Mike Crider during an awards ceremony held last month in Indianapolis

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Community

£?♦ ' . Past international president encourages service

Bv Anri Munson Shook Kiwanis International Past President Don Canaday told members and guests of the Nappanee Noon Khtanis did) how their individual work as Kiwanis members is “doing good, touching Eves” in positive ways they may never fully comprehend. Canaday spoke June 15 at Dal-Mar Banquet Hall to the gathering that will celebrate 90 years of service to the Nappanee community in 2011. Members from four other area Kiwanis dubs joined in welcoming die leader. Canaday, a retired US. Army brigadier general, told die story of a 1959 graduating serum; a fellow classmate of Canaday’s deceased wife. The young man was die eldest of nine children in a working-class family, with no hope of being able to afford to attend college. A high school counselor suggested die student apply for a Kiwanis scholarship, which he did and later received, allowing him to attend college his first year. To afford his second and following years at the university, the student joined the Naval ROTC program. The result, Canaday explained, was that the student eventually

Missionary Church marks 100 years of service

While celebrating World Gospel Mission's 100 years of mission involvement, Nappanee Missionary Church, 70417 Indiana 19, Nappanee, issues the challenge to Christians to do something to help people in need. Church members will be lending their skills and stories at WGM's International Celebration of Missions June 26 in Marion, Ind., by sponsoring one of the four keynote sessions featured. NMC began helping victims of HIV/AIDS with the help of*WGM when missionaries Bill and- Md&fy, Dearmon approached senior

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served more than 30 yean in die military, retiring as a Naval vice admiraL Of the Kiwpnians who provided mat scnoiarsnip so many years ago, Canaday said, "they never realized how deeply they touched the Eves ..." of recipients and others. Canaday explained that Kiwanis is ”aU about children - but we do a lot more than that." He said each of the 215 dubs across Indiana holds dear its individual causes and projects, requiring that a member "has die capacity to care, a person who wants to be part of making a difference." Amplifying Canaday's message were Nappanee members Will Wilson and Bonnie Hochstetter, each of whom told of their recruitment into die organization and how the local organization helps "others do good.” Local member Jon Stepp, a past president and 30-year member, recalled his first recognition of die word, Kiwanis, when a speaker said, “Kiwanis Is Where A Need Is ... That still sticks with me today.” Stepp outlined just some of die local group's projects. They indude: Awarding five $1,200 scholarships to North Wood High School graduating seniors; support-

Dave Engbrecht. Dan Rohrer, worship pastor and missions coordinator, said the couple asked Engbrecht "point blank" what the church was doing to help with the crisis in Africa. After several church members traveled to Kenya to help with the Africa Gospel Church Baby Center, the congregation knew it had to help. The Africa Gospel Church Baby Center cares for children who have been abandoned or orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with die goal of finding adoptive parents in Kenya. Partnering with the local JE«iyaiX. church, Nappanee Missionary

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Photo by Anita bkmtoa Don Canaday, Kiwanis past international president, encouraged Nappanee Noon Kiwanis members, guests, and prospective members to serve their community during a meeting June 15; The local dub; which will celebrate 90 years of service in 2011, hosted members from several area Kiwanis dubs to welcome Canaday, a retired U 5. Army brigadier general.

ing the Boys & Girls Club of Nappanee, the Nappanee Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, tiie North Wood Top 25 Juniors, Wanee Youth Soccer, Most Improved Fourth Graders, Nappanee Area 4-H Boosters Auction, Family Christian Development Center, LuAnn Nursing Home residents, and more. The local group

Church volunteers have served there by helping with construction, developing business plans, and helping die ministry to operate more effidehtly. WGM's International Celebration of Missions will feature missionaries, international guests, and supporters gathering to celebrate global missions. For more information on how you can help the local church support die AGC Baby Center, visit www.wgm.org/ kenya or calling the church at 574- 7737773. The church website is wwwjunconline.net.

has a $25,000 community service budget, made possible from fundraising events by volunteers. Canaday summed up die local group's endeavors to serve the community by quoting Winston Churchill and, later, Eleanor Roosevelt, who said, "Community service is nothing more than love in work domes."

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