Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 52, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 December 2012 — Page 8

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I • Advance News * Thursday, December 27, 2012

USE WEIGHT FEEL GREAT #TI I ..j#3 Registration Deadline is January 12th Contest Runs Januanri4-March 23 Contest Regulations: • Each team consists of 2 participants with a S4O entry fee • Each participant must sign a waiver & agree to the contest rules 4 regulations • Participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign the waiver • Participants may not have had any type of weight loss surgery in the last year or currently be pregnant Contest Rules: • The S4O team entry fee must be paid on Monday. January 14th at weigh-in time • Weights are taken without shoes and wearing a single layer of clothing • All weigh-ins must take place at Fitness Forum dunng each of the three designated weigh-in periods • Teams will be disqualified if all weigh-ins are not completed [ • We will only release the team's total percentage of weight lost, no individual or team weights or body tat % Contest Incsnttvss: • SI,OOO Cash Prize will be awarded to the team losing the greatest percentage of total weight • A free 30-mmute massage at Serenity Spa will be given to the top individual who loses the most body fat % • Winners will be announced on Saturday. Apm 6th Rest Loser 20l3~Register TODAYf TaMUMN: nrtirin—n Mini m Ctßtaci Mumter Emit _ PMs4l: Qcart Qomtk []CnilM/hMe PIMM turn your team entry In at Fitness Forum, 2855 Millar Drive. Plymouth 935-2383 fitness FORUM # Life Pilot News sports & wellness P L fc X 27 28 29 30

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Photo provided From left are those that took part in the most recent Elkhart County Master Gardener program: first row Jeny Davis, Goshen; Ron Troyer Elkhart; Judith Forbes, Union, Mich.; Susan Jones, Goshen, and Gina Haney, Elkhart; second row Anne Regier, Bristol; Jenny Wisolek, Elkhart, Gail Weybright, Milford; Phyllis Kulp, New Paris; and Poorna Bhagat, Goshen; and third row James Goodwin, Edwardsburg; Emma Wynn, Bristol, Nathan Kingsley, Goshen; Dean Linsenmeyer, Goshen; and Patrick Weaver, Elkhart.

Area residents complete Master Gardener course

GOSHEN Recent cold weather has not cooled the excitement of local gardeners who have completed the first phase of the Elkhart County Master Gardener program. Jeff Burbrink, Extension Educator with the Purdue Extension Service in Elkhart County and coordinator of the local Master Gardener program, explained that Master Gardeners is a volunteer training program, not just a series of gardening classes. Participants have been attending training for the past four months and have passed an exam. The participants will now be giving volunteer time back to the community in exchange for the knowledge they have gained. The focus of the volunteer time is education, with the intent

of making the area a better place to live. The Master Gardener class of 2012 is planning to offer several classes this winter and spring on gardening related subjects. Brochures for the Master Gardener seminars will be available soon at local garden centers in Elkhart County. In addition, Master Gardeners are available to help with groups in the community, including schools, service clubs and church groups. The Master Gardeners also operate a horticultural hotline at the Extension Office from April through September each year. More than 1,000 horticultural questions were answered in 2012 through the hotline. This is the 18th Master Gardener class that has been held in Elkhart County since

the program was started in 1996. The next training for Master Gardeners will be offered in the fall of 2013. Burbrink suggested that interested people call Purdue Extension Office in Goshen at 574-533-0554 to be placed on a mailing list for an application. Members of the 2012 Elkhart County Master Gardener class are Starla Beachy, Wakarusa; Poorna Bhagat, Goshen; Jeny Davis, Goshen; James Goodwin, Edwardsburg; Gina Haney, Elkhart; Susan Jones, Goshen; Nathan Kingsley, Goshen; Phyllis Kulp, New Paris; Dean Linsenmeyer, Goshen; Anne Regier, Bristol; Katie Sautter, Bristol; Ron Troyer, Elkhart; Patrick Weaver, Elkhart; Gail Weybright, Milford; and Jenny Wisolek, Elkhart.