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WATER AEROBICS CLASSES TO BEGM NAPPANEE - Wa-Nee Continuing Education reminds that water aerobics is recommended as one of the best fonns of exercise and can be enjoyed by all ages. Benefits indude: less musde strain, toning and strengthening, losing inches, and releasing tension and no swimming skills are required as all exercises are conducted in water of standing depth. The pod at NoithWood High School has its temperature set at 81 degrees. Classes begin with a 10-minute warm-up on deck and continues with a 30-minute workout in the pod that ends with a 10 minute cod-down. Attendees should wear a swimsuit and bring a towel. If it is necessary to bring children with you, they should sit on the pool deck while dass is in session. The dasses are held Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Jan. 11 through Feb. 20 for Class I and Feb. 27 through April II for Qass 2. Cost is S3O per dass (which indudes .12.. sessions). . Pay for the dass at At Nappanee Public Library or Wa-Nee Community Schools Administration Office only. corar gen a Miller's Dutch Kitchen 700 N. Tomahawk Trail, Nappanee, is hosting an old-fashioned concert, Branson on the Road, Saturday, Feb. 4 with performances at 2 and 7 pm. at the Borkholder Event Center. Tickets start at $19.95 for general admission seating with upgrades and dinner options available. Call 574-773-9380 to make reservations or to leant more. ROMDA'S DAY FOR WAKARUSA FEB. 7 WAKARUSA - Wakarusa Day in Florida is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 11:30 am. to 2 pm. at Homer's Buffet cm Route 27 in Sebring, Fla. 'SCARLET GUARD' REUNION IN JULY NAPPANEE - Alumni are organizing a "Scarlet Guard Marching Band" reunion. Currently the reunion is planned for July 21 at Dal-Mar Catering Banquet Hall, 159 E. Lincoln Street, Nappanee. Those organizing the event are seeking contact information from those interested in participating. To learn more email [email protected].

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By Ancel Perkins Edom NAPPANEE Whether Old Man Winter complies or not, Nappanee will be a Winter Wonderland Jan. 14 for the Embrace Second Saturdays events Jan. 14 From 10 am. to 2 pm., throughout Nappanee, businesses will offer specials

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By Angel Perkins Editor NAPPANEE - Local photographer, chamber secretary, and "all around ad man" Dale Tobias normally viewing things from behind a pen or a lens is planning on looking at tilings from another angle, through the eyes of a retiree. Not that he will slow down all fruit much, he said he's "not ready to just sit by tiie fireplace with my feet propped up," and that he might do some traveling f/See a little more of the I)SA." * the reason he's not likely to slow down much, is mat he's not used to dong so. He began working for the Nappanee Advance News the summer of 1964 after graduating from high school and talking to a local banker (who was also the owner of the local newspaper). He began taking photos and covering events, and a year later was drafted into the military. He spent about two years in the U 5. Army and then went on to attend Vincennes University for

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EDITOR'S NOTE -Asa new year approaches we can all look back at 2011 to see what we lived through, accomplished, or lost before stepping ahead to the future before us. This is part two of a two-part feature of headlines, notes of interest and images highlighted in the Advance News in 2011. • JULY Community gives more than usual support By Angil Puma Editok Nappanee officers give of themselves when serving

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to dumpers. There will be sleigh rides offered from 11 am. to 2 pm. at die Depot Plaza (to coppes Commons, 401 E Market St) and families can take part in those activities as well as making a snowman craft from 11 am. to 1 pm. at the Nappanee Public Library (157 N. Main St), and can build a mow village from 10 a.m. to 2

another two years, where he received an assodate degree in Applied Science (Graphic Arts). He returned to the Advance in the summer of '69 and became the General Manager working there until October of 1985 when he moved on to work for The Papers in Milford. His coverage and community integration making him a recognized face in not only Nappanee, but also Syracuse, New Paris, North Webster; Warsaw, Plymouth and Bremen. Tobias has beat married to his wife Deanna since 1971 and they have two daughters, a son-in-law (and four grandchildren) none of which have had aspirations to work in the newspaper or journalism business. "My eldest daughter Erin, a Valpo grad, is a nurse practitioner in Indy," he said. "Brooke graduated from Purdue and taught PE and coached trade and cross-country and is now mother of four children." Aside from# family and newspaper accomplishments, ne was the co-pub-

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and protecting area citizens but at least one and several town employees, lit* 8m Look, Page AS Nappanee says goodbye to native son, friend rnoto proviaea “Rocky" Hockert, an “Honorary Nappanee Fireman" was laid to rest in a red coffin symbolizing a lire truck —and was carried on local fire truck #97 and taken to South Union Cemetery for burial. MORE 2011 PHOTOS/ ON PAGE 6. |

pm. at Leadership Park (on the comer of Market and dark streets). Stores and sales vendors at Coppes Commons fruit will offer specials for the event include Light of Grace Bookstore, Teapot k More, Nappanee Bakery, Rocket Science Ice Cream, Plain 4c Fancy Gourmet Kettle, Burlington Bike

lisher (with fellow photographer Bril Pales) of "What Fun We Had," a pictorial account of the 1974 Centennial in Nappanee and his newspaper photographs earned him first and second place in the Hoosier State Press Association photo contest as well as two national mentions one from a national bowling magazine (photo of his daughter Erin and local boy at the bowling alley when they were children) and the outer, an honorable mention from one of the first digital photo magazines. "I think it is now out-of-business," he said. "That was a photo of one of the North Wood Football players after a game with the mud and an arm tattoo. I received a CF Card as prize, I believe it was a 32K memory size. At that time it was a big one." Regardless of which publication photograph, dub or organization he was related to, or whether he was snap rang photos or selling ads, he has always been considered a local and friendly fixture. SMAngto,Pagt3

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Shop, Tastefully Simple (C. Rogers), Life Vantage Nutrition Station (G. Helmuth), The Coaster Lady (D. Pardak), Scentsy (E. Bean), Party Lite (S. Nunemqker), Nappanee Btatiftrand Tupperware. Around town businesses that wUfhave refreshments, samjpf«'w specials indude Grab#'* Flooring Studio,

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By Angel Perkins Editor NAPPANEE - Every little boy (and many little eirls) at one time or another envisions themselves grown up and catching the "Bad Guy." For one North Wood High School graduate, that childhood desire led to a future of righting wrongs and putting (and keeping) criminals in their place. Private Investigator Joshua Hartzell works with a handful of assistants at his business, Amend Investigations in Nappanee, offering the community investigative and protective services but has been working in the law enforcement field for years. He began straight out of high school by enlisting in the Army National Guard and became a military policeman. Two years later he switched his directives to infantry school and after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, spent another four years as a unit marshal tracking and returning servicemen and women mat had gone AWOL. When he wasn't active, he worked for four different security companies, and as a supervisor for three. Hartzell then became an Elkhart County Corrections officer and worked as jail security often transporting prisoners. From the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department he decided he would like to be selfemployed which he has been now for the last three years. "I started as a bail bondsman and then went to fugitive recovery (looking for those with warrants or that had "jumped" bail) and then switched and added cm security services about a year-and-a-half ago," he said. "I wanted something with a little less liability

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Photo provided Joshua Hartzell owns Amend Investigations in Nappanee, offering private investigative and protective services. and it was almost impossible for a small business to get insurance. I still do some investigative work because security isn't necessarily a high-paying job." He's worked security for large medicinal companies like Bayer, done walk-throughs and alarm responses for businesses and parking garages, and for airport security looking out for bombs. But of all the things he's been exposed to, the most dangerous situation he has had to face was when he worked as security supervisor for Concord Mall. "There were some teens that had been kicked off the property for causing problems and skateboarding through the mall, two nights in a row," Hartzell said. "It was the end of the night and the stores were dosing up about 8:30 and the mall dosed at 9 p.m. It was the worst possible night for it to happen too because it was oruy me and another young lady who was in training." The woman, unseasoned, had been given the task of driving the security vehide and had been mobile, patrolling the lot and exteSee Careers, Page A 3