Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 52, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 December 2012 — Page 4

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WALKWAY, BANQUET ROOM LATEST IN COPPES IMPROVEMENTS... PRESIDENT RESIGNS; HIRED AS MANAGER WAKARUSA Wakarusa's town council is one man short but the town has a new town manager. During the monthly town meeting council president IST SOURCE RELOCATES NAPPANEE 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 touchSHORTSTOP INN MAKING CHANGES VVAKARUSA One familiar business in Wakarusa is making some changes to better serve its customers and that includes going non-smoking even though the owner is a smoker herself. "1 quit for eight years but started up again," said co-owner of Shortstop Inn, Gayle Glaser of her cigarette habit. "The law went into effect July 1 and 1 was % mm . *■«* -i !■» -■ * SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES NW GOLFERS NAPPANEE Members of NorthVVood High School's 2012 girls golf team are still basking in the euphoria of a multiple award-winmng season. Coach Adam spoke about the team's accomplishments, including an undefeated 13-0 record, being chosen NLC co-champions alongside Warsaw, and racking up a lengthy list of both individual and team RED REGIMENT GIVES WA-NEE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT NAPPANEE Many marching bands work hard. Many do well but only 10 get to play at Lucas Oil Stadium each year as winners of the semi-state level and that's what NorthVVood High School's Red Regiment did, giving the Wa-Nee community- something to talk about and be proud of. COUNCILWOMAN SUCCESSOR NAMED NAPPANEE Nappanee Common Council members

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JULY Jeffery Troxel addressed the counal and read from a letter he had written, saying he was resigning as council president effective immediately.... The council decided again to open the town manager position and consider applicants including Jeffery Troxel. The council offered the town manager position to Troxel, believing he would be the best fit for the job. Troxel will serve as Wakarusa Town Manager startAUGUST screen capabilities for customer convenience. 17 ADDED TO WA-NEE STAFF ... NEW TOWN MANAGER, COUNCILMAN VVAKARUSA Wakarusa has one new face on its town counal and a familiar one acting as town manager. The latter position was left open in 2010 at Tom Roeder's retireSEPTEMBER all for it, but some of my regular customers wanted us to stay smoking. We had a choice and 1 went with the popular demand." ... Other changes Glaser's made involve the food served at Shortstop Inn. For starters, the business no longer serves breakfast. Instead, popular dishes include the pork tenderloin (which she makes a special coating for), the Reuben, OCTOBER - T records. NATL HOOSJER CABINET DAY DETERMINED NAPPANEE The Nappanee Community and Coppes Commons have taken the initiative to select Oct. 12 as National Hoosier Cabinet Day. PARTNERSHIP HOPES TO MAKE ROADS SAFER NOVEMBER WA-NEE GETS ALL 'AS' NAPPANEE Statistics newly released by the Indiana Department of Education include a system of grades bestow-ed to school entities based upon their successful scores and degree of improvement for students who've taken the ISTEP+ exams. Dunng the announcement of the statewide grading results, it was discovered that all five schools encompassed by the Wa-Nee region achieved perDECEMBER announced Dec. 3 that councilwoman Janet Brown would step down from her Council Person At-Large position at

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2012 Sectional Champions!!! DATphoto In an explosion of gleeful chaos, North Wood players, staff and fans hoist Jakayah Qaiyim to their shoulders as he raises the sectional championship prize trophy for all to see. Qaiyim led the Panthers with 17 points. Come sectional time, seniors are supposed to step up and lead the way and that was exactly what happened for the North Wood Panther boys basketball team, as Derek Yoder and Jakayah Qaiyim combined for 23 points, nine rebounds, and 10 assists to boost the Panthers to a 58-45 victory over West Noble in the Class 3A sectional title game at The Pit. The win was the sixth straight for the red-hot Panthers, and marked just the fourth sectional title in school history and the first-ever for North Wood mentor Aaron Wolfe. North Wood advanced to the championship game with wins over Tippecanoe Valley and Lakeland, while West Noble downed Fairfield and Wawasee to earn their spot in the final.

ingAug. 1. STRONG TURN OUT FOR HIRING EVENT WAKARUSA Hundreds of hopefuls turned out to the July 11 hiring event co-sponsored by Work One and Spartan Motors Inc.'s Utilimaster plant. Representatives only accepted applicants for five hours though to fill the 175 positions currently available. ment after 20 years serving in the role. The former position was left open when Wakarusa Town Council President Jeff Troxel was selected to fill the role as the town manager. The open Third Ward council seat was left to Dale Shekel of the Elkhart County Republican Party to deal with. He looked at the two people who were hoping to be considered for the position and July 19, appointed Jeffery Ziegler to the seat. and the Big League or olive burgers. FABRIC STORE CLOSING ITS DOORS WAKARUSA People were lined down Elkhart Street in Wakarusa the morning of Aug. 23 to get first pick of the deals at Jeanette's Fabric Boutique. But it wasn't any ordinary sale. The business is closing it's doors at of the end of September after 32 years serving the community's needs. « Uk as m E m X -X. «r JF 3 GOSHEN Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers met with (Amish) representatives of the Northern Indiana Safety Assoaation (NISA) to educate operators of carriages and other horse-drawn vehicles to make it safer for everyone on the road. It was an accident last year near Middlebury involving a pony cart, in which two children were killed, that sparked the necessity for the effort. feet "A" scores, the only school district in Elkhart County to accomplish this distinction. NAPPANEE RE DISTRICTS VOTING PRECINCTS NAPPANEE Still trying to adjust to Indiana's redistricting lines drawn in recent years, Nappanee residents will now be looking at new districts within their own city as well. * . I year's end. It was announced that Jacob Dermott, who resides in the city's Arbor Court, will fill Brown's at-large position for the remaining three years of her term. NAPPANEE TO EXPAND COVERAGE NAPPANEE Members of the Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety voted Dec. 10 to expand Union Township fire coverage to include automatic assistance from Nappanee Paramedic Emergency Services.

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