Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 36, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 9 September 2010 — Page 12
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Photos Submitted •It isn't every day that you can see and eat a 7-foot wide apple pie. It's one of the many unique features at the Nappanee Apple Festival.
Festival raffle offers SI,OOO first prize
How would you like to have an extra SI,OOO to Spend any way you wish? '• Well, you can if you're the lop winner in the annual Nappanee Apple Festival Raffle. First prize is $1,000; second is SSOO, and tickets are on sale now for $1 each. Third prize is a S4OO gift frtificate from Persing Tire Lube, Nappanee, with
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Grandpa Cratchet promises fun for children of all ages during the Nappanee Apple Festival.
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fourth prize a S3OO Visa gift certificate from the Apple Festival Committee. Fifthplace takes home a S2OO gas card, also provided by the committee. Sixth place receives a free overnight stay at Homespun Country Bed and Breakfast, Nappanee, and seventh place gets a day of golfing for a foursome at McCor-
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mick Creek Golf Course. The drawing will be at 5:45 pjn., Sept 19, at die NIPSCO Entertainment Tent, Depot Plaza, and you need not be present to win. Tickets are limited to participants ages 18 and older. Complete details are listed on the web site at wwwnappaneeapplefestival.org. Tickets are available at
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In each seminar session, representatives of several local companies have agreed to share how they have addressed some of the particular challenges of that business area or activity. Sessions include: Sept. 22 Vision and Direction; Sept. 29 Business Structure; Oct. 6 Resource Management: Employees; Oct. 13 Resource Management: Customers and Vendors; Oct. 20 Resource Management: Capital; and Oct. 27 Building in Flexibility. The six-part seminar costs $240 for one participant seat, or SIBO each if registering for two or more. Fee includes continental breakfast. For more information or to register for the classes call the Center for Business and Entrepreneurial Education at 574-535-7150 or visit
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Explore Nappanee’s Countryside Shoppes Maps are available at the Nappanee Center 302 W. Market Street, Nappanee • 574-773-7812
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Apple Festival brings community together for fun, fellowship
The Nappanee Apple Festival promises to be bigger and better this year, as the "core" committee and all die hundreds of other volunteers' efforts come together to provide one of the most enjoyable events in our area. Nappanee business owners, area charitable organizations and individuals have all focused on making our visitors feel welcome at this annual event that draws tens of thousands Sept. 16
Persing Tire & Lube, Liz's Furniture Shoppe, Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce, Reliance Construction, Nappanee Public Library, Edward Jones, Newcomer Service, Homespun Country Inn Bed and Breakfast, any North Wood High band or choir member, and all Apple Festival committee members.
www.goshetffedu/business/registration. Windmill Market open first Sundays Windmill Market, 911 W. Plymouth St., Bremen, is now open the first Sunday of each month, the same as daily hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is providing on those Sundays free cinnamon rolls and coffee to shoppers, compliments of Bremen Health Care Center and Bremen Castings. Windmill Market carries meat, produce, baked goods, snacks, and fall flowers from area producers and growers, including those in the Nappanee community all fresh, all helping our ,local economy. They have some delicious, deluxe deli sandwiches served daily for only $3.27, and other goodies to eat while
through 19, and we are rightfully proud of their efforts and attitude. Now is the time to let diem know we appreciate all they do both for the festival and all year long to make Nappanee a great place to live and conduct business. We tell our story every calendar month, and the Nappanee Apple Festival is a spectacular venue from which to illustrate it Please take time to enjoy
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The downtown Depot Plaza is filled with information concerning the Nappanee Apple Festival, as well as food vendors and entertainment venues.
you enjoy your visit or to take out. Visit their web site at www.heydeswindmillmarket.com... Dometic honored The Economic Development Corp. of Elkhart County has recognized Dometic Corp. as among the 10 companies providing leadership in the growth and prosperity of the local economy. Dometic promised 241 jobs between its Elkhart and LaGrange plants, but has created nearly 400, with more than 300 of them in Elkhart. Dometic also was the third highest in investment dollars among companies honored at the 2010 EDC Investors Meeting. Dometic is a global provider of leisure products for the RV, automotive, truck, marine, lodging and medical markets.
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as many of the events as possible. Whether it's live entertainment provided by top performers, or simply visiting the many commercial and community booths that provide products and/or information both from and about the Nappanee area, we know you'll enjoy the "fruits" of the Apple Festival committees' labor. Larry Andrews, executive director, Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce.
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