Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 33, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 August 2012 — Page 1
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NHS CLASS OF 1957 REUNIONSET NAPPANEE The Nappanee Gass of 1957 will hold its 55th Gass Reunion Friday, Aug. 17. Organizers are trying to locate Patricia "Pat" (Peterson) Fortino. If anyone knows Patricia's address or location they are asked to call Sally Guard at 574-773-4647. ALUMNI MEETS NAPPANEE - The Nappanee High School Alumni will have its reunion Aug. 18 with social hours from 4 to 6 p.m. and dinner following promptly at 6 p.m. at Dal-Mar Banquet Hall in Nappanee. Anyone who was missed on the mailing list still has time to make reservations the deadline to do so is Aug. 14. Contact Linda (Reed) Corwin by mail at 28648 C.R. 38, Wakarusa, ! IN, 46573 or call 574-862-1686. DIVORCE CARE TO MEET AUG. 22 NAPPANEE - Nappanee Missionary Church is offering Divorce Care beginning Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. The class will meet each Wednesday evening for approximately 13 weeks. Participants may join the group at any time during the program. There is no cost, and child care is available. Anyone that has experienced the pain of separation and divorce is encouraged to attend. Divorce 1 Care focuses on the biblical approach to divorce, separation and related issues. The emphasis is on real healing from this intense! pain that must begin with a personal relationship with Jesus. For more information, call 574-594-3891. MARKET AT COPPES NAPPANEE The area Farmer's Market is open outside Coppes Commons Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon until the first weekend in October. The concept of a farmer's market is to highlight locals selling items they've made or grown themselves rather than subcontractors. To learn more contact Andrews by calling 574-773-0002 or via email at [email protected]. SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT DEADLINE APPROACHING NAPPANEE The Nappanee Miss Apple Blossom Scholarship Pageant will headline Thursday's opening events at the 37th annual Nappanee Apple Festival, Sept. 13. See Around, Page 4
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Photos provided Above: (from left are the new Wa-Nee educators for the 2012-2013 school year: Front row Kathy Sttchter, Wakarusa Elementary, kindergarten; Brandy Hahn, Woodview Elementary, kindergarten; Bert Kuhn, Wakarusa Elementary, grade 3; Kris Fielstra, Wakarusa Elementary, guidance counselor; Chris Baldridge, Wakarusa Elementary, literacy coach; Casey Bough, North Wood High School, physical education; Austin Miller, North Wood Middle School, grade 8; and Stephanie Prickel, Wakarusa Elementary,
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By Amy Wenger Correspondent NAPPANEE The doors of every school in the Wa-Nee district will swing open to welcome students back to class Friday, Aug. 17. And among the sea of students and staff, there will be a number of teachers who've just arrived to the local teaching community, enthusiastically poised to
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Bike Rodeo winners DAT photo The combined efforts of the Nappanee Rotary Club, Safe Kids Elkhart County and the police departments from Nappanee and Wakarusa held a bike rodeo last Saturday (Aug. 11) at Coppes Commons. The participants traversed a course on the parking lot, while being judged on various biking skills categories: signaling for stops and turns; balance and bicycle control, braking and overall bike handling confidence. The rodeo had two classes: preschool/first grade and second grade through fifth. Trophies were given to the two winners and all participants received ribbons. Many other prizes were awarded with a free bike drawing (donated by Burlington Bike Shop) at the end of the event. In front are (from left) overall winners Joe Newcomer (Newcomer also won the bike) and Roman Yoder with event co-chairpersons John Leavitt (Rotarian president) and Nappanee Chief of Police, Julie Dijkstra.
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begin the 2012-13 academic year in their new classroom duties. The latest additions to the regional faculty roster were given several days worth of orientation earlier this month, and a wealth of gifts and greetings were bestowed upon them from the Wa-Nee commerce sector. The list of educators features quite a bit of diversity, including those who are new con-
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grade 1; and back row Brittany Harnish, Woodview, kindergarten; Megan Beron, Wakarusa Elementary, kindergarten; Jim Checkley, North Wood Middle School, computer technology; Zac Lechlitner, North Wood High School, industrial technology; Damon Hummel, North Wood High School, industrial technology; A.J. Risedorph, North Wood High School, social studies; Jay Sheets, Wakarusa Elementary, grade 3; and Brooke Wilson, North Wood High School, Spanish. Below: John Payne is the new principal of Wakarusa Elementary School.
tributors to Wa-Nee's educational team, some who have already achieved recognition through temporary teaching assignments in the area, and those for whom teaching has become something of a family tradition. Following are the teachers who will be joining the Wa-Nee family of educators, along with some details about their careers and personal backgrounds,
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Photo by Merrle Chapman Moving from the current Nappanee location, 1409 E. Market St., Ist Source Bank will be offering much more than great banking opportunities as an asset to the community. The bank is expanding to more than twice its current size, changing from only being accessible indoors to having two drive-up lanes, and adding interactive touch-screen capabilities for customer convenience. Perhaps the biggest affect on the community will be along the west edge of the property between the new Ist Source Bank and the McDonald’s restaurant where a drive will allow traffic
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to enter and exit from U.S. 6 to the shopping plaza located behind both businesses. Groundbreaking for construction of the new facility was held last week and was attended by (from left): Steve Deranek, Ist Source Regional Sales Manager; Nappanee Mayor Larry Thompson; Bill Burton, Ist Source Regional President; Kami Bunch, Ist Source Banking Center Manager; Tim Stump, manager of the Nappanee Martin’s Supermarket; Bobby Gluck, overseeing construction thru ADM; Jeff Kitson, executive director of the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce; and Steve Bush, Manager of Ist Source Construction Projects.
Wanda E. Brunstetter Signing by Brunstetter Aug. 18 aft light of Grace Bv Angel Pf.rkins Editor NAPPANEE New York Times bestselling Amish fiction writer Wanda E. Brunstetter is touring the Northern Indiana Southern Michigan area promoting her latest novel, 'The Struggle." Light of Grace Book and Gift Store in Nappanee will host a book signing by the nationally-recognized author from 10 a.m. to noon. Saturday, Aug. 18. In "The Struggle," an Amish family faces challenges after moving from Pennsylvania to Kentucky and looks to God to help them with their grief and struggles. Another of her titles, Brunstetter's "The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Gub" will be premiering onstage at Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana Aug. 25. Both books will be sold during the signing at Light See Signing, Page 2