Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 December 2012 — Page 3

For more information about the following programs, or to register, call 574-773-7919, or visit http:f/wmw. nappaneelibrary. org. Learn about the Internet Nappanee Public Library offers a class for those unfamiliar with surfing the Web the second Monday of earn month. The next session is scheduled for Dec 10 at 7 pm. at the library. Several ways to search for information on the Internet are demonstrated. Quitters to meet 'The Artful Quilters," a guild for those interested in new quilting techniques, meets on the seconded Thursday of each month at the Nappanee Public Library. Members will meet at the library next Dec. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Membership for the "Artful Quilters" is open to anyone. Join the fun and fellowship with other quilters while keeping up to date with new activities and techniques in the quilting world. Bring projects to share; check out planned programs for the coming year; and sign up for trips. 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. American Girls meetings set Create an old-fashioned, tin-punched Christmas ornament at the next meeting of the American Girls Qub at the Nappanee Public Library. Girls in grades 1 and 2 will meet Monday, Dec. 17, and those in grades 3 through 5 will meet Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 7 to 8 p.m. to learn more about Kirsten and her pioneer Christmas. The American Girls Qub meets once a month at the library during the school year to learn about girls in American nistory and share other activities such as tea parties, sleepovers, and community service projects. Activities are planned for girls in grades one through five. Space is limited. Register by Tuesday,

MENUS " NES Thursday, Dec. 6 Breakfast: Breakfast casserole Lunch: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, whole grain roll, apple slices Friday, Dec. 7 Breakfast: Cereal and muffin Lunch: Mini com dogs, baked beans, pears Monday, Dec. 10 Breakfast: Mini pancake wraps Lunch: Fish sticks, macaroni and cheese, green beans, pineapple Tuesday, Dec. 11 Breakfast: Breakfast burrito Lunch: Flatbread cheese pizza, broccoli, mixed fruit, marinara sauce Wednesday, Dec. 12 Breakfast: Apple breadstick Lunch: Chicken and noodle soup, breadstick, carrots w/dip, fruit slushie NWMS Thursday, Dec. 6 Choose one: taco bar, chicken salad Choose two: com, applesauce, grapes, fresh fruit Friday, Dec. 7 i Choose one: sausage pizza, barbecue rib, chef salad Choose two: tossed salad, buttered carrots, pears, tropical fruit, fresh fruit

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Dec 11, by calling 574-773-7919, or visiting http://www. nappaneelibrary.org online. Tour Dec. 17 New cardholders and those interested in learning more about Library services are invited to a guided tour of the Nappanee Public Library Monday, Dec. 17 at 7 pm. In addition to discovering where to find current bestsellers, a favorite cookbook, or the daily news, participants will be introduced to many special services. These include the library's newly-updated online catalog, computers and copiers for use in the library; art prints, CDs, DVDs and many other materials for loan. There are more than books at the library. Check out a portable die-cut machine or electricity use monitor or even craft patterns and jigsaw puzzles. The library, located at 157 N. Main St., holds the tour the third Monday of every month and by appointment. WAKARUSA PUBLIC ÜBRARY For more information about the following, call 574-862-2465, or visit http:// www.wakarusa.lib.in.us. Story Hour parachuting Story Hour will be held Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 at 10:15 a.m. Participants will hear stories about snow and will be using the parachute during activity time. After-school holiday fun Have some Christmas fun during the After-school Special Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Children in grades K through 5 will make ornaments, play a Christmas game, listen to a story, and enjoy Christmas cookies. Registration is required. Holiday breakfast set The library will be opening at 10 a.m. Dec. 12. The staff will be celebrating their annual holiday breakfast. Trustees to meet The Library Board of Trustees will meet Dec. 14 at 7:45 a.m. in the meeting

Monday, Dec. 10 Choose one: sausage gravy w/biscuits, meatball sub sandwich, chef salad Choose two: tossed salad, peas, juice, mandarin oranges, fresh fruit Tuesday, Dec. 11 Choose one: macaroni and cheese w/smokey links, spicy chicken, chef salad Choose two: tossed salad, sweet maple potato, peaches, mixed fruit, fresh fruit Wednesday, Dec. 12 Choose one: southwest vegetable soup w/peanut butter sandwich, cold cut sub, chef salad Choose two: tossed salad, cottage cheese, pickle spears, rosy applesauce, pineapple, fresh fruit NWHS Thursday, Dec. 6 Choose one: spicy chicken strips, barbecue pork rib sandwich, roast beef sandwich, salad bar, yogurt Choose two: creamed spinach, peas, raw cucumbers w/dip, tossed salad, pasta salad, pineapple, mandarin oranges, fresh fruit, bread (gluten free chicken chunks) Friday, Dec. 7

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room. The public is welcome to attend. Dial-a-story title selected "The Golden Cobwebs" will be the dial-a-story selection for this week. This is a delightful stray about spiders spinning cobwebs all over a Christmas tree. Hear this tale at 574-862-4441. New audio books for adults "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer" by Jack Canfield 'Taper Angels" by Jimmy Wayne "The Nine Lives of Christmas" by Sheila Roberts "Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor" by Lisa Kleypas "A Christmas Garland" by Anne Perry "Angles at the Table" by Debbie Macomber 'Trading Christmas" by Debbie Macomber New children’s books "Game Changer" by Margaret Peterson Haddix "Yellowfang's Secret" by Erin Hunter "Brotherband Chronicles: The Hunter" by John Flanagan New Young Adult books "Sophie's War" by Avi "SuDmurged" by Dani Pettrey "The Ghost of Apache Creek" by Joseph A. West "Sunning Sarah" by Julie Kramer 'Tigers in Red Weather" by Liza Klaussmann , "Between the Sea and the Sky" by Jaclyn Dalamore "I.Q. Kitty Hawk" by Roland Smith "One Mountain Away" by Emilie Richards New books for adults "The Christmas Pony" by Melody Carlson "Coming Home for Christmas" by Fern Michaels "A Christmas Home" by Greg Kincaid "The Snow White Christmas Cookie" by David Handler "A Winter Dream" by Richard Paul Evans

Choose one: tilapia w/pineapple salsa, meatball sub sandwich, roast beef sandwich, grilled chicken salad, yogurt Choose two: Riviera blend vegetables, wild rice, tossed salad, coleslaw, peaches, pears, fresh fruit, bread (gluten free tilapia or salad bar) Monday, Dec. 10 Choose one: chicken fajitas, chicken filet sandwich, egg salad sandwich, salad bar, yogurt Choose two: black beans, raw vegetables w/dip, tossed salad, grapes, Stars, mandarin oranges, fresn fruit luten free chicken fajitas) Tuesday, Dec. 11 Choose one: ravioli, ham sandwich, egg salad sandwich, salad bar, yogurt Choose two: green beans, raw carrots w/dip, tossed salad, slices apples, pineapple, fresh fruit, hot pretzels (gluten free lasagna) Wednesday, Dec. 12 Choose one: baked potato bar, egg salad sandwich, taco salad, yogurt Choose two: chili, broccoli, bacon bits, cheese, sour cream, frozen juice cups, fresh fruit, wheat rolls (gluten free potato bar)

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Advance News • Thursday, December 6, 2012

Turco awarded for leadership

GOSHEN Kathy Turco, an RN with IU Health Goshen, was recently awarded the 2012 President's Values Leadership Award from Indiana University Health. Turco was one of 71 nurses nominated for the honor across the entire 18-hospital IU Health system. In a letter of congratulations from system president Dan Evans, Turco was acknowledged as a person "who demonstrates extraordinary dedication to the mission and

values in their daily work, professional life, and community contributions." In addition to a recognition dinner in Indianapolis in early November, Turco will receive a $3,000 award to further her "development as a values leader." A nurse with IU Health Goshen for 29 years in the E.D. Turco extends her passion for helping people beyond the hospital walls. She volunteers at the Center for Hope and Healing, teaches second grade Sunday school, and helps with the high school youth group at her church. Yet it's her longtime dedication to Catholic HEART Workcamp, in combination with her excellence in the workplace, that led to her winning the system-wide award. Turco plans to use the award money to help more youth attend Catholic HEART Workcamp, which costs $325 per Con for food, lodging, and transportation. Every summer, dreds of students in grades 8 to 12 and their chaperones participate in one of more than 40 work camps across the country. Each group divides into teams to assist area nonprofit organizations with any job on their list, from refurbishing homes with fresh paint and new flooring to sorting food at a food pantry or assembling donated playground equipment at a homeless shelter. "We never begin a job we can't finish in the four days that we're there," says Turco, who organizes a work camp in Mishawaka every summer in addition to taking teens from her church to a work camp in another part of the country. Turco has been managing the Mishawaka work camp for 13 years, and the nonprofit beneficiaries of her efforts include La Casa of Gosnen, Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Nappanee, Goshen, and Middlebury, the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in South Bend, REAL Services of St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties, and several more. "Kathy Turco works tirelessly to make sure that our volunteers have a good experience," says Bonnie Martin, vice president of development for LaCasa. "Under Kathy's leadership, Catholic HEART volunteers have accomplished much for us, including painting, landscaping, building a terrace, cleaning out apartments, building a fence and numerous other jobs." Planning this work is essentially a year-round activity, working with nonprofit agencies to identify projects, locating a site to house and feed 300 volunteers, and organizing a complicated transportation plan. Turco says her reward is the transformation she notices in the teens who participate. "You get to see kids who are in their shell at church, who might be shy or moody, and they get excited and motivated about helping others," says Turco. According to Bonnie Martin, that motivation translates to far-reaching, long-last-ing impact on the community. "The work of Kathy and her volunteers has advanced the mission of LaCasa to provide safe, attractive and affordable housing in Elkhart County."

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