Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 42, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 20 October 2011 — Page 1

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<s&% fame NW SECTIONAL TICKETS FOR SALE Tickets for die first round football sectional #ll to be held at North Wood High School will be available in die athletic office through Friday. General admission is $6 per person and all fans must purchase a ticket. Gates open at 6 pm. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. LEAF REMOVAL NOW THROUGH NOV. 30 The Town of Wakarusa will remove leaves on ‘the east and west streets Mondays and Wednesdays and on the north south streets Tuesdays and Thursdays. There will be no pickup on Fridays and residents are reminded that leaves are to be raked next to the curb, not in the street, and leaf piles are not to contain limbs. Pickup will continue through Nov. 30. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETS The October Meeting of the Elkhart County Genealogical Society will be held at 7 pm. Oct. 20 at the First Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Beardsley Avenue feast entrance). John Weaver will present "How to Put Grandma's Diaries into a Book." CHICKEN SALE TO FUND RBVUR Shelly Newcomer (Richmond's Feed Service) is stepping to the plate to raise money for the Wakarusa Baseball/Softball park for new equipment and cameras after vandals stole and damaged property of the community park. Cost for the chicken barbecue is $5.50 for a half. The event will be held Friday, Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the comer of S.R. 19 and C.R. 40. To learn more, to put up a poster; pre-order tickets or sell tickets call 574-862-2980. CORVETTE RALLY SET FOR OCT. 22 Amish Acres, in conjunction with McCormick Motors, will be hosting a Corvette Rally to celebrate the 100 years of Chevrolet Saturday, Oct. 22 at 1600 W. Market St. (U.S. 6) Nappanee. Registration will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. with judging from 11:30 am. to 1 p.m. The show is from 11 a.m. to 3 pm. and awards are given for best paint, best interior; best engine, and best in show categories. Admission is free, registration can be done online and is also free. To learn more call 800-800-4942 or See Around, Pag* 8

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Wa-Nee approves full-day kindergarten

By Amy Wknge* Correspondent NAPPANEE enthusiastic and swiftlyexecuted demonstration of support, members of the Wa-Nee Board of School Thistees voted unanimously to institute full-day kindergarten beginning in die 2012-13 school year. The vote was rendered during the Monday, Oct 10 evening session of the board. Board members were elated to learn that significant funds will be made available

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Photo by Angel Perkins Scott ‘Stormin' Norman demonstrates a technique that can be used to color a pale pump Mn— shooting it with orange point beNe. The Scooby-Doo pumpkin (inset) that he carved was raffled off to benefit future Second Saturdays events in Nappanee.

Pumpkin ‘Picasso’ gives demonstrations

By Angel Pereins Editor NAPPANEE Pumpkin carving can be traced back to the 1800 s in this country but every day people are coming up with new and creative wavs to bring the squash to life. Three free carving demonstrations were put <m Oct. 8 by Scott "Stormin' Norman the Picasso of Pumpkin Carving" at Leadership Park in Nappanee. He used nontraditional tools and techniques to encourage young ana old alike to consider other ways to decorate their pumpkins for the holiday. Norman, of Peoria, 111., is a poet, author; substitute teacher, and entertainer who once lived in Alaska (for 12 years). He can be found featured in many You Tube videos including speaking at NBC affiliate WEEK TV 25. Norman, a wood carver; said he began carving pumpkins three years ago.

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to the district through grants and other financial avenues proffered by the state of Indiana. Tne welcomed developments were unveiled in a report given to board members by business manager Roger Zentz. In Zentz's absence, Superintendent Joe Sabo explained the financial details, and the changes that will come about, as the fullday program is introduced. Sabo, along with fellow board members, was obviously pleased with the revelations outlined in the report. "It's time," he said

"A chainsaw is made for cutting something dry and it can be very dangerous to try to cut a pumpkin, something wet, with one," he explained. "That's why I use a weed eater." He also used a blowtorch and stemo (a compound used to sustain food warmers at dinners) to blacken the outside of a pumpkin; spray paint and glitter to create a disco ball pumpkin; spray paint and saw blades to create a Mickey Mouse impersonator pumpkin; and to make one light-colored pumpkin the "correct" jack-o'-lantern color, he even shot it up with orange paint balls. He demonstrated how to dean out a pumpkin after it is cut from the bottom, by blasting it with air from a leaf blower. Fortunately for the surprised crowd in the front row, the pumpkin he used was already gutted, and confetti shot out die gourd instead. To further entertain the crowd and

to United Cancer Services of Elkhart County Representative Pete Norton. City of Nappanee employees sold Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts as a fundraiser to benefit the cause.

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of die need to implement full-day education for the younger scholars of the Wa-Nee school system. "I don't think we can afford not to do it, for die benefit of our students." The concept of full-day kindergarten is not new to the district. In the 2005-06 academic year, the region was targeted for a pilot program in kindergarten scheduling which permitted students to attend classes on alternating days of the week, for the entire length of the school day. Budgeting con-

make the volunteers from the audience pay more attention he fashioned facial features into pumpkins using a sword and a machete always reminding children "Don't try this at home." The three demonstrations were sponsored by the Nappanee Public Library in conjunction with the October Second Saturdays events. Library representative Cheryl Myers said she heard about Norman last year after he sent out fliers to the area explaining his unique talent. "We are vet exdted to have him here, she said. "At the earlier program he explained that the lightercolored pumpkins are best for baking because they have the best taste and,the darker (orange) ones are best for carving. He also explained that even if it's carved it's still alive and it shrivels like it does because it's trying to See Pumpkin, Page 2

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straints led to the decision to scale back to half-day kindergarten just a few years later. Presently, Wa-Nee is the only district in Elkhart County that does not offer incoming kindergarten students the opportunity to enroll in a full-day format. But that will surely change for the upcoming school year, with eligible kindergarten students spending time in the classroom all day, five days a week. Zentz's projections for the 2012-13 school year show that the state of Indiana

ifidii i umanoo department approvals given By Angel Perkins Editor WAKARUSA Wakarusa's town council gave the maintenance department several approvals at the regular October meeting. The first was to pay for the total cost of a project that involves three streets for a total of four city blocks that came with a bill of $93,140 from Rieth Riley. Much of the work involved milling down the streets and re-graveling and re-surfacing to assure tile roads were safe, had a good base, and were ready for the winter. A second approval for the department was for die purchase of a backhoe. Terry Fliddnger told die council that die town's old one, a 1996 Case which has 5,335 hours of usage, would be replaced by a_2OC7 Job* Deere with 1,903 hours on it from Wakarusa Heavy Equipment for $39,390. "I looked at another but it had more man 4,000 hours and a 2008 that had 3,200 hours on it" he said. "I think this is the best deal." The council additionally gave approval toward resolution 2011-8 which will offer Navistar Monaco some incentive for bringing jobs to area workers. "We wanted •to draw more business," explained Clerk-Treasurer Joyce Hartman. "This tax abatement is for a 10-yeai; personal property abatement." Sne explained that the abatement or waiving of taxes paid to me town will begin the first year at 100 percent and then will rise each year until the end of the 10th year. Another resolution uiat will benefit locals, as well as those wishing to buy land in the area involved areas Sn Approvals, Pago 7

File photo Corvettes of all kinds will be on display Oct. 22 at Amish Acres.

Joint Corvette rally Oct. 22 in Nappanee By Angel Perkins « Editor NAPPANEE Calling all cars! Calling all cars or rather Corvettes! Amish Acres, in conjunction with McCormick Motors will celebrate 100 years of Chevrolet with a Corvette Rally Saturday, Oct. 22 at the historic Amish Acres Farm Pond on U.S. 6 in Nappanee. Registration is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Judging will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and show hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine. Amish Acres Chief Operating Officer (COO) George Bush said this is the first year for the Corvette rally and that the idea came about when pondering a way to attract visitors to the area during die fall months. Why specifically Corvettes? "Because one, people love diem; two, the accessibility of. Corvette Clubs tnroughout Indiana; three, the 100th anniversary of Chevy is Nov. 5; and four, it was a great way to partner with neighboring business McCormick Motors (that is direcdy across the street) which, like Amish Acres, has been a business staple in Nappanee for many years," explained Bush. Admission is free and Cuvette registration is also free so the event is certainly one that can be appreciated by the whole family. The first 100 entrants will receive a Chevrolet Centennial pin. Eight class winners, three presentation category winners (Best Paint, Best Interior, and Best Engine) and * See Rally, Pap 8

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will prospectively distribute funds for Wa-Nee totaling $989,401.17. This will be money earmarked solely for the relaunch of full-day kindergarten. The figure was determined on the anticipation of available grants as well as through results of a formula weighing current student enrollment versus estimated costs per student. A sizable portion of the funds will be used to add the necessary teaching staff to each of the three elemen-

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