Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 20, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 10 October 2013 — Page 4

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Golf Team is appreciative On behalf of the entire North Wood Girls' Golf Program, we wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all of you for your support in this historic season for our program. Regardless of what manner you were part of this, your positivity/actions/well-wishes/ money/etc. made this past weekend and season an amazing experience for our seven ladies. They represented Wa-Nee with dignity, excellence, and sportswomanship. I can attest that due to the smiles and tears that were shared between Thursday morning and last evening, a great deal of memories were made by all of us, and we will treasure them forever. We are incredibly fortunate, humbled, and gracious to be a part of the Wa-Nee

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THE LOCAL NEWSWER

Schools, NWHS Athletic Department, NLC, IHSAA, IHSGCA, ICGSA, and communities of Nappanee and Wakarusa. I'd like to especially like to thank NWHS Athletic Director Norm Sellers (whose budget may be bankrupted when I turn in all these receipts tomorrow) and NWMS Golf Coach Randy Lawson (or their continued support of this program. The heights this program has achieved over the past 6 years would be impossible without these two people and their commitment to North Wood Golf and female athletics. \ Again, thank you so much, * Adam Yoder North Wood HS

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Community

Your Community, Your Newspaper, Your Life

By Jim Zachaky Guest Cowwnsr As newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be community first Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel a magazine, a history book, poetry, prose or any

other type of literature. Newspapers are not about what has happened in the past what is happening some place else, or what happens in an author's imagination. Newspapers are about us. Newspapers are about our child's first school field trip, a Friday night high school football game, a livestock show hosted by the agriculture extension office or an increase in our property tax rate. At least those are the things that a relevant newspaper is all about whether your read it online or sit down with a morning cup of coffee and enjoy the traditional printed edition the way it was meant to be. Newspapers viable, strong, growing,

thriving newspapers are all about the communities they serve. Sure, in the interest of transparency, some newspapers have struggled in recent years. Many more are

growing. So what's the difference between the newspapers on a downward spiral and those that are adding days of publication, adding staff and printing more sections and pages than ever before? Really it is not all that complicated. In fact it is rather basic. The difference is community. Newspapers, like any business or individual, will always struggle when they stop doing the things they do well. In a quest to be more modem, to be more business savvy, or to use more silicon, we cannot lose sight of the single most important characteristic and historically important aspect of a quality newspaper you our readers. We hold public officials accountable, advocate for openness in government and champion the cause of ordinary citizens, because we are committed to the neighborhoods, cities, county and coverage area we serve. Watered down editorial pages, articles that read like a public relations campaign for government and page after page of wire service content will never resonate in the same way as celebrating our own community and standing up for its citizens. Newspapers hold public officials accountable because it makes the place we call home a better place to live and because it is the right thing to do. Newspapers do not make the news. They report it all of it. Of course, a newspaper wants to celebrate its community. We share the great human interest stories, provide a slice of life in the county, highlight worthwhile causes, focus on interesting people and most especially on our young people with every edition.

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We know if newspapers do not stand up for citizens and protect the rights of j free speech and the rights of access to government, then no one wilL*** wuii

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119 Nappanee Legate Notice of Filing of Petition for Dissolution On August 7, 2013, Rosa Delgado filed a Petition for Dissolution (cause number 20D06-1308-DR-585). Rosa Delgado is requesting that her marriage to Dario Delgado be dissolved. After 60 days and a final hearing, the divorce will be final. Dario Delgado is advised to contact Elkhart Superior Court 6 to inform them of his current address using the above-listed cause number or may contact Rosa Delgado's attorney. Rosa Delgado is represented by Rose Rivera at Center for Legal Justice, 121 S. 3rd Street, Elkhart. IN. 46516. (574) 295-6149 ext. 240. Odotwr 3,10,17,2013 AN4772 hspaxlp Notice of Fifing of Petition for Guardianship On May 14, 2013, Kenia Reyes and Mateo Enrique Reyes filed a Petition for Guardianship (Cause number 20D01-1305-GU-000051), Kenia Reyes and Mateo Enrique Reyes are requesting that they be granted guardianship over Sebastian Olivares Dominguez (10/23/1999). After 60 days and a final hearing, the Guardianship will be final. Grissel Dominguez Rocha and or Sebastian Olivares Dominguez are advised to contact Elkhart Superior Court 1 to inform them of theirgurrent address using the above-listed cause number or may contact the petitioners' attorney. Kenia Rayas and Mateo Enrique Reyes are represented by Rose Rivera at Center for Legal Justice. 121 South 3rd Street, Elkhart, Iff 46516. (574) 295-6149,

compelling commentary, coupled with dearly written, straightforward news reporting we work every day to tell the truth and in that way we remain a vital and positive part of the community. The newspaper belongs to the community. That is why we work every day to give atizens

a voice, to empower them and tell their stories. That is why we hold government accountable because at our very core we believe that government belongs to the governed and not to the governing. That is why we embrace the newspaper's role as the Fourth Estate. According to historian Thomas Carlyle, Irish statesman and author Edmund Burke (1729-1797) said, "there were three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporters Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all," (Heroes and Hero Worship in Histoiy, 1841). Though in many places reporters have

a forum for checks and balances as the Fourth Estate of government. Great newspapers, relevant newspapers that are embraced by their communities and consequently profitable, growing newspapers have not forgotten that role and have not abandoned these values. We are not the enemy of government rather we are the champions of citizens of our community. We know if newspapers do not stand up for citizens and protect the rights of free speech and the rights of access to government, then no one will. We work each day to build a culture and incubate an environment where those elected feel accountable to those who elected them. Newspapers should be the most powerful advocate citizens have and be their open forum for a redress of grievances. Any newspaper that represents the interests of the governing, more than the interests of the governed, is not worth the paper it is printed on or the ink that fills its pages. Newspapers, the good ones, still make a difference in the communities they serve. Burke also said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." As newspaper reporters, editors and staff, we have the daily, or weekly, opportunity to do something something that matters to our community and in all of our lives. As long as people still read, still care about their quality of life, still love the place they call home and still pay taxes, newspapers that retain their role as the Fourth Estate and that celebrate the lives of ordinary people, will remain relevant, will matter to the community and be a part of your every day life. ]im Zachary is a newspaper veteran who has championed government transparency. He is the editor of the Clayton News Daily and the Henry Daily Herald in metro Atlanta and director of The Tennessee Transparency Project.

119 Nappanw) I pgwff age spaces listed below are to be sold at that time. Unit# Renter NSO Randy Flickinger N 65 Yvonne Kubiszewski N7O Oscar Tipton N 73 Melanie Combs N7B James Pippenger NBl Lisa Mitchell NIOO Robin Rowland NlO3 Robin Rowland NlO4 Mikey Earl Nlll Dan Miller Nll6 Scott White N 123 Tammie Chariston-Allen Nl4B Craig Richarson N 153 Michael P. Earl N 159 Stephanie Anglemyer N 163 Brian Koch October 10, 2013 ANs433hspa>4p STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF ELKHART IN THE ELKHART CIRCUIT COURT 2013 TERM CAUSE NO. 20C01-1309-ES-57 IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LOIS J. WEDDLE notice OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of September, 2013, Sherrol R. Dodson and Randall J. Weddle were appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Lola J. Weddle deceased, who died on September 22., 2013. All persons having claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must fils the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent's death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. Dated at Goshen, Indiana, this

reduced themselves to simply being a mouthpiece for local government, reporting what officials want them to report and hiding what they don't, a community and a democracy is best served when the newspaper provides