Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 October 2013 — Page 3

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Advance News photo byDamMomar NAPPANEE Second graders at Woodview Elementary learned about the history of Nappanee last Tuesday at the Nappanee Center and Historical Museum. The photo shows Emma Henderson, Sarah-Ann Marshall, Martha Weirich, Heritage Collection Manager; Dale Cassidy, DeDe Nickerson and Jessica Miller.

Amish schools vandalized

BREMEN The Marshall County Sheriff's Departmentobtdmed’information' on Oct. 18,- that an unknown* person or people had used spray paint and caused damage to buildings and property on and around Beech Road, outside of Bremen. The unknown persons spray painted the Borkholder Amish School, the New Burlington Amish School, Brenda Bender's

Turn in prescription meds State Police Posts accepting prescription drugs Saturday

INDIANAPOLIS - This Saturday the Indiana State Police will be partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and numerous other law enforcement agencies across the United States in the seventh drug take back event in three years. Last April, Americans turned in 371 tons of prescription drugs at over 5,829 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforce- i ment partners across the U.S. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines —flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash —both pose potential safety and health hazards.

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fence, roadway, traffic signs and adver--1 tisemeht Sigh for Rentown Country Store, ,lo<3ted.<» Third Road. •< The Marshall County Sheriff's Department is urging anyone with any information regarding the criminal mischief that was done to contact the Marshall County Sheriff's Department or Officer Les McFarland. That number is: 574-936-3187.

This Saturday, Oct. 26 Hoosiers can dispose of any expired or unwanted drugs by simply taking those drugs to their nearest Indiana State Police Post between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and dispose of them in a designated receptacle, no questions asked. There will also be a drop off site located at the Indiana Government Center on Friday, Oct. 25 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. It should be noted the drug take back is for pills, capsules, and liquids only. No sharps will be accepted. For those individuals who do not live near an ISP facility, you can find your nearest drop off location by going to http:/ / www.deadiversion.usdoj .gov/ drug_disposal/takeback/

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MUNCIE Many rituals now commonplace during the Halloween season may have originated with the culture of the ancient Celts and their priests, the druids. Other civilizations adopted and changed the ancient rituals, such as bobbing for apples or donning disguises. "Our Halloween celebrations are the remnants of the ancient pre-Christian Celtic celebrations," said Fred Suppe, a Ball State history professor and an expert in Celtic folklore. "The Celts can be traced back to 800 BC to

what is now southern Germany and include the ancestors of the Scottish, Irish, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Bretons. There are particular motifs of modern-day Halloween such as the date and time it is celebrated, children trick-or-treating, the jack-o-lantem and bobbing for apples that are related to Celtic traditions." When Christianity was introduced to the Celtic people, church leaders tried to per-

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or-treating comes from Scotland where young men in their late teens donned disguises after the harvest. "The Celts called them 'guisers' which is where we get the word, geezer," he said, "The guisers would march around a house and demand hospitality, which evolved into small children asking for treats." Article provided by BSU News 1

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suade the Celts to abandon their pagan celebrations and adopt the Christian calendar. Because these traditions were culturally ingrained, the church provided alternative holy days such as All Saints' Day on Nov. 1. "The evening before All Saints' Day became 'Hallow's Eve,' with the word hallow meaning holy or saint and eve meaning the night before," Supple says. "Hallow's Eve evolved to Halloween." Another origin for trick-