Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 2, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 12 January 2012 — Page 3

Farmworker job program available

You may not have heard of the National Farmer Jobs Program. This program is designed to help seasonal and migrant farm workers and their dependents find training and education for qualify them for more skilled jobs. To qualify for the program, the pdbon must have worked in agriculture in the last 24 months and

Better foods for the new year’s better you

Happy New Year and welcome back to working at eating for your health! Through fire holidays we all have had many wonderful food experiences and also many family traditions that go with special foods only prepared once a year. When I was a child my mother always made oyster stew with fresh oysters on Christmas Eve. I have to admit I liked the rich cream part of the soup and hoped that there were not many oysters in the soup, but that is not the case in my adult life. In fact, when it came to oysters I learned to eat raw oysters on the half shell. The new year brings many traditions that many of you may have made on New Year's or sometime during the first week of the new year. Many cultures make sure

LIBRARY NOTES

NAPPANEE LIBRARY ‘ARTFUL QUILTERS’ TO MEET NEXT JAN. 12 The "Artful Quilters," a guild for those interested in new quilting techniques, meets on the second Thursday of each month at the Nappanee Public Library. Members will meet at the library next Jan. 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Yearly dues are sls and are used for the benefit of the guild. Those interested may attend two meetings to get acquainted before becoming members. For more information, contact the Nappanee Public Library at 574-773-7919, or visit www.nappanee.lib.in.us online. OPENING LATE JAN. 13 The Nappanee Public Library will open at noon, Friday, Jan. 13 for staff training on the Library's new catalog system. Regular hours will resume Saturday, Jan. 14 at

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Fire Department, SAL donates

Photo provided J.P. Phipps’ mother Becky Sumpter Tice was presented a check by Don Lehman, Nappanee Fire Chief (right) and Vern Zentz, SAL (Son of the American Legion) Commander (left),

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CAUCUS TO BE HELD TO FILL TOWNSHIP BOARD JAN. 16 ELKHART A caucus will be held Monday, Jan. 16 at the Harrison Township Fire Department (63061 County Road 13, Goshen) at 6 p.m. for eligible percent committeemen to fill the vacancy of the Harrison Township Board occasioned by the resignation of board member Kerry Yaw.

All persons interested in applying for the seat must file a declaration of candidacy with the Chairman of Caucus at least 72 hours prior to the caucus. Applications should be directed to Dale Shekel, caucus chair, chairman of the Elkhart County Republican Party, 60810 county Road 1, Elkhart, IN 46517, or dalestickel@gmail. com. PHEASANTS FOREVER BANQUET IS FB. 4 BOURBON The

earned at least SBOO, or worked at least 25 days in farm work. All persons participating must be authorized to work in the United States. Agricultural jobs include many tasks common to farm work, including but not limited to picking, planting, field preparation, detasseling, caring for livestock

foods are in their New Year plans. One that I have heard of, and enjoy is cabbage, as it is told that it brings good luck. It just makes sense that we enjoy cabbage all year long. If you think about it, cabbage is a very versatile food and there are unlimited ways that you can prepare it. Raw and cooked cabbages are prepared in many countries throughout the world. Raw cabbage can be shredded, dressed, eaten as salad, as in American coleslaw. It can be steamed, sauteed, braised, or baked, add to soups and stews, stuffed whole or creamed. Steamed cabbage leaves can be filled with a stuffing, rolled, and braised. Thai diners often use whole cabbage leaves as a wrapper for spicy sal-

9 a.m. For more information, call 574-773-7919 or visit www.nappanee.lib.in.us online. MAKE A SNOWMAN CRAFT JAN. 14 Color your own snowman and play a "catch game" at the Nappanee Public Library during the next Crafts for Kids day Saturday, Jan. 14. Materials for this make-and-take craft will be available in the children's department from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the city's Second Saturday activities. For more information, call 574-773-7919 or visit www.nappanee. lib.in.us online. LIBRARY TOUR JAN. 16 New cardholders and those interested in learning more about library services are invited to a guided tour of the Nappanee Public Library Monday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. In addition to discovering where to find current best-sellers,

in the amount of S2OO to go toward expenses for her son’s medical conditions. The donation was collected by joint efforts of the Nappanee American Legion and the Nappanee Fire Dept.

Marshall County Pheasants Forever banquet will be held Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Back Forty Banquet Hall, 1010 9B Road, Bourbon starting at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m., and a silent and five auction at 7 p.m. The event is open to all; attendees need not be members. To purchase tickets or for more information call Mark Bellman at 574-546-5404.

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Elkhart County By Jeff Burbrink Extension Educator and greenhouse work.

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Elkhart County By Mary Ann Lienhart Cross Extension Educator, Consumer Family Science ads. Cabbage is also a popular pickling vegetable: German sauerkraut, Japanese cabbage pickle, n Korean kimchee are varieties e same theme, and Belgian's and Germans make a cooked sweet sour red cabbage with raisins. Cabbage, is one of the oldest vegetables cultivated by man; cabbage grows well in almost any climate and is appreciated in almost all of the world's cuisines. The cabbage,

a favorite cookbook, or the daily news, participants will be introduced to many special services'. These include NapCAT (the library's computerized catalog); computers and copiers for use in the library; art prints, CDs, DVDs and many other materials for loan. Learn how to check out a portable die-cut machine or electricity use monitor, or craft patterns or jigsaw puzzles. The library, located at 157 N. Main St., holds the tour the third Monday of every month and by appointment. For more information call 574-773-7919, or visit www.nappanee. lib.in.us online. WAKARUSA LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MEET JAN. 13 The Wakarusa Library Board of Trustees will meet Jan. 13 at 7:45 a.m. This meeting will take place in the library meeting room.

The organization that offers this program, Transition Resources Corporation (or TRC) is a not for profit which works with the state unemployment agency, Work One, to offer classroom framing, on the job training, work experience, assistance in finding jobs, English as a second language classes and GED training.

of the brassica family, is quite large and includes such common vegetables as cauliflower, broccoli, mustard, kale, horseradish, radish, rutabaga, and turnip. The members of the brassica family that go by the name cabbage are many and varied. Most are characterized by large round heads of tightly packed leaves, although some varieties are elongated, flattened, or loosely packed. Most varieties are white to light green, although red varieties exist and th£ red varieties make for some wonderful cooked dishes. There is Chinese cabbage, green cabbage and red cabbage. When it comes to Chinese cabbage there is Bok Choy and Napa Cabbage. Some form relatively compact, elongated heads and others are

TAX FORMS AVAILABLE 2011 Tax forms will be available on the table in the library lobby. The forms will be placed there as they are received. NEW DVD POLICY After listening to patrons responses to a recent survey, a new policy has been put into place that will allow DVDs to circulate for seven days with no renewals. This is subject to review in several months. Thanks are offered by library staff for patron participation. STORY HOUR/ TODDLER TIME REGISTRATIONS BEGIN Registration begins Jan. 9 for Story Hour for children ages 3 years to 5 years and for Toddler Time for children ages 25 to 36 months, accompanied by a par-

2012 contracts approved

By Merrie Chapman Correspondent NAPPANEE Members of the Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety met, December 27, to approve needed 2012 contracts. Nappanee Redevelopment Director Jeff Kitson was awarded $78,263. Kitson serves the position as an independent company, and will be responsible for covering all his own operational expenses and supplies

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TRC maintains four offices in Indiana, including one in South Bend. You can contact TRC by calling 800-237-9407 toll free. The program is funded by the Department of Labor and is an Equal Opportunity Employer/ Program.

open, leafy, flowering cabbages. Bok Choy is an elongated, nonhead forming cabbage and has long white ribs with dark green leaves; it resembles Swiss Chard. Napa Cabbage, also called Chinese cabbage, or celery cabbage, has elongated, tightly furled leaves with wide ribs and soft, pale green tips. The most common cabbage in America is the large round-nead-ed variety with pale green leaves overlapping tightly around a central core. When you are selecting cabbage chose heads that are heavy for their size, and without drying around the core. I don't care which cabbage variety you eat I just know we all need to eat more of it. What is important is that we all eat more vegetables in 2012.

ent or caregiver. Story Hour will take place Mondays or Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. and Toddler Time will take place Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Story Hour will begin Jan. 30 and Jan. 31 with Toddler Time beginning Feb. 22. STORY SELECTED Dial A Story for this week is The Ant and the Grasshopper. This is the story of a carefree grasshopper chiding the ants for working so hard in the hot summer. Hear this tale at 574-862-4441. NEW ADULT LARGE PRINT BOOKS: "Sweet Sanctuafy" by Sheila Walsh "Her Sister's Shadow" by Katharine Britton "Courageous" by Randy Alcorn "No Safe Haven" by Kimberley Woodhouse "Killed at the Whim of a Hat" by Colin Cotterill

from this budget. City Attorney Brian Hoffer was again hired to handle the city legal issues through a contract not to exceed $26,444 in the coming year. An agreement was made with Borden Waste Away Service totaling $291,805 for refuse collection this year. The 2012 agreement with Kosciusko County Animal Welfare League, regarding homeless animals found wandering the city, totaled SBOO a month.

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