Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 8 December 2011 — Page 8

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Captain’s Club receives donation

Photo provided The sororities of Nappanee and Wakarusa presented the North Wood Captain's Club with a donation for the amount of $37,500. This money was raised at

Fitness club has new owners

NAPPANEE Jason and Jessica Yoder are the new owners of Nappanee Health and Fitness (NHF). They are life-long residents of Nappanee and have been members at NHF for several years. The Yoders have three children and are active members in their church. In addition to owning Nappanee Health and Fitness, Jason is the General Manager of R. Yoder Construction, Inc. Nappanee Health and Fitness is a 6,000-square-foot facility that offers top-of-the-line strength training and cardio equipment from Life Fitness and Hammer Strength. The equipment is the culmination of more than 20 years of industry

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Photo provided Cheryl Yoder, Nappanee Bakery and Treat Shop makes colorful cookies. A candy making contest will take place at Coppes Commons Saturday. From 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. confectioners of all abilities can register to participate and judging will be held at noon.

as the Commons is hosting its first holiday open house. There will be door prize drawings, refreshments and discounts at Light of Grace Book Store, The Teapot & More and Nappanee Bakery. Amish Acres restaurant will offer discounts as well, and buy one get one for $1 dinners. Amish Acres will also offer drawings for tickets to see "A Christmas Carol," and SSO gift cards

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the annual Black Cat Ball held Nov. 5 at Nelson’s Banquet Hall. From left are Black Cat Ball committee members Corina Gongwer, Missy Cleveland, Donna Parsing, Norm Sellers (NW athletic director),

insight and biomechanical expertise. It was designed to work with the body's natural kinesiology as opposed to forcing the body into unnatural movements. In addition to the strength training and cardio equipment, NHF also offers nearly 30 group fitness classes weekly including Spinning, Zumba, Silver Sneakers, Step, Cardio Sculpt, Yoga, Body Sculpting and many more and also offers personal training services for those seeking individual attention and accountability. There are many membership options including 12-month contracts, month-to-month, family rates, corporate discounts and

can be purchased for S4O. Metzler's Shoe Company will serve refreshments and offer gift items and instore specials and Graber's Flooring Studio s invites shoppers to find angels throughout the store to turn in for prizes. Meanwhile, the Nappanee Public Library will be featuring wreaths decorated by area businesses for visitors to judge for a contest. Visitors can also par-

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Molly Brown and Tara Lengacher. Not pictured from the committee are Stess Newcomer, Kristin Roeder and Robin Walter.

Photo provided Jason and Jessica Yoder are the new owners 10-visit passes. Nappanee Health and Fitness is conveniently located in downtown Nappanee at 158 E. Market

tidpate in an auction to take home a wreath. Nappanee's countryside shops will also remain open late and offer sales and more. Saturday the holiday fun continues when, at Coppes Commons, Nappanee and area residents are invited to take part in a Homemade Christmas Candy Contest. From 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. confectioners of all abilities can register to partidpate and judging will be held at noop. Entries will be judged on appearance, taste and uniqueness to earn SSO, S3O and S2O in Nappanee Chamber gift certificates for first, second and third places. Candy makers will need to submit a copy of their redpe, with both ingredients and instructions, for indusion in a future cookbook featuring Embrace Second Saturday foods. More is in store for Saturday with good old Santa Claus at the Nappanee Public Library, 157 N. Main St. Boys and girls are invited from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to share their Christmas desires with Santa, and have a free picture taken with him in his sleigh, and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. children are welcome to decorate a Christmas tree-shaped puzzle in the holiday spirit (while supplies last). Or, if creating things that are edible are more the child's vision, at

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•the same time (from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) children can visit Main Street Coffee House, 105 N. Main St., where they can make and decorate their own gingerbread houses under the supervision of Barbara George owner and master baker of "Goodies Galour." To learn how to decorate edible holiday goodies, from 10 a.m. to noon, Kountry Cabinets and Home Furnishings, 252 W. Market St. (U.S. 6) Krista Aim from "Krista's Kitchen" will be making, baking and decorating gingerbread cookies. Light refreshments will also be available. Also during Second Saturday's Homespun Christmas, discounts and specials include Downtown Design and Consign with 10 percent off all furniture and 35 percent off all Christmas items; Veni's Sweet Shop with free hot chocolate and a $5 coupon with every $25 purchase; The Teapot & More will offer free tea tasting; and many other businesses will offer specials and discounts and offerings for the monthly event that will force any Grinch to get in the spirit of the season.

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Just desserts? Photo provided Students at Nappanee Elementary School were given a challenge that if they reached their fundraising goal during their fall fundraiser, they could turn their principal, Randy Cripe, into an ice cream sundae. The students far exceeded this goal by raising more thansl6,soo, so Nov. 22, selected students were given the opportunity to dump ice cream, syrup, candy, cookies, whipped cream, and fruit all over Cripe, turning him into an ice cream sundae. The top seller for the entertainment book fundraiser was Kyle Cripe. The top seller for the cookie dough fundraiser was Piper King. They each won a SSO gift card to Target. Other top sellers that won the opportunity to see the new Alvin & the Chipmunks movie in December were: Adam Schwartz, Jazlyn Thompson, Grace Triplett, MaKenna Miller, Kaden Vandermark, Ashton Beachy, Devin Harman, Piper King, Justin Stutzmao, Ethan Groves, Kyler Hauptli, Haylee Cospsey, Ellison Miller, Gavin Morey, Caden Jenkins, and Kyle Cripe. From left are Piper King, Kyle Cripe, PTO president Andrea Cripe and principal Randy Cripe. Roll, from pg. 3

Shaw, Caleb Sherman, Brendan Slaven, Anna Stevens, and Jack Wysong. Honor (As and Bs): Garrett Anglemyer, Kerri Bender, Sarahi Bernal, Jason Borkholder, Maria Borkholder, Jazmin Comejo, Olivia Craven, Ja'Kobe Dickson, Elisa Espinosa, Reagan Hartman, Alicia Hershberger, Cameron Jones, Zachary Klotz, Madeline Kuhn, Ramon Lenoir, Selena Markley, Jaden Miller, Katelyn Miller, Wesley Miller, Zachery Miller, Joel Pippenger, Dylan Rains, Jonathan Riley, Breyden Rodgers, Talyn Schmucker, Doris Schwartz, Bailey Sheets, Cierra Thomas, Reece Willis, and Cristina Yoder. GRADE 5 High Honor (all A): Alaa Ali, Courtney Anglemyer, Dawson Bley, Paige Eby, Jacob Falk, Amy Ha, Riley Hershberger, Lacee Lambert, Matthew Lehman, Kyle Luster, Joshua Miller, Loranna Miller, Marissa Rasler, Grace Rolon, Stephanie Salinas, Isaiah Schmitt, Noah Schwartz, Samantha Shrock, Christian Slaven, Morgan Stickley, Neely Trenshaw, Kate Vorhis, Whitney Wolfe, Benedict Yoder, and Meredith Yoder. Honor (As and Bs): Avery Bontrager, Nicholas Bontrager, Rachel Clark, Madison Craven, Kathleen Dosal, Sheila Hershberger, Bethany Hochstetler, Daniel Hochstetler, Kassidy Hockert, Jordan Jones, Jennifer Martinez, Colton Mast, Emmalee McCollister, Brooklyn Menzie,'Katie Miller, Ashton Rice, Jacob Schmitt, Waylon Slabaugh, Nicholas Smith, Sydney Stevens, Lanae Weaver, and Adrian Yoder.

Local extension , educator awarded WEST LAFAYETTE —The Indiana Extension Educators Association Thursday, Nov. 10 presented awards to 34 county educators during a luncheon at Purdue Extension's annum conference. Awards and recipients were: • Health and Human Sciences: Cindy Barnett of Whitley County, Inger Friend of Steuben County, Janeen Longfellow of Noble County, Ann Williams of DeKalb County, Mary Ann Lienhart-Cross of Elkhart County, Molly Hoag of Wells County and Vickie Hadley of Allen County for Preserving Nature's Bounty. Agriculture and Natural Resources • Individual: Brad Shelton of Washington County for the Indiana Beef Evaluation and Economics Feeding Program. • Career: David Trotter of dark County. Economic and Community Development • Individual: Doug Keenan of Noble County for the Noble County Health Fair. Health ana Human Sciences • Career Jackie Benham of Scott County.