Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 11, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 13 March 2014 — Page 1

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COMMUNITY MEALS NAPPANEE - Nappanee Church of the Brethren Hosts: Free Community Walk in Meals on Mondays and Thursdays, however beginning March 10 we will be going to four days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The meal is a free meal to anyone who wants to come in and share a meal. The food is being provided by Faith Mission of Elkhart. Anyone is welcome to all meals. KIWANIS MEETING NAPPANEE Nappanee will have only one Voting Center for the May primary this year. Come find out where it will be and other interesting election facts when the Nappanee Kiwanis Gub hosts Wendy Hudson, the Elkhart County Gerk, at their Tuesday, March 18 meeting. Kiwanis meetings are open to the public. The buffet lunch begins at 11:45 AM at the Dal Mar Banquet Hall, 159 East Lincoln Street, Nappanee; the speaker begins at 12:30 and the meeting concludes at 1 p.m. To make lunch reservations, please contact Bev Fales at 574-773-7876. HOMESCHOOL DISCUSSION PANEL BREMEN Any parent who is considering homeschooling their high school student but doesn't know where to start should visit the Community Gospel Church in Bremen from 7 will be a panel discussion along with a question and answer time regarding home schooling high schoolers. Please RSVP to 574-546-0305. CRAFTERS/VENDERS WANTED WAKARUSA Miller's Senior Living of Wakarusa still has space for crafters or vendors who would like to participate in the 14th annual Spring Gaft Bazaar. This event will be held from 9 a.m. Saturday, March 29. Cost is $25 for table. Call Cindy 574-862-1918 for more information. SPAGHETTI DINNER BREMEN Bremen Kiwanis Club is holding a Spaghetti Dinner before the Swartzlander Benefit Basketball Game on Thursday, March 20. Dinner will be available from 4:30 p.m. at the Bremen Elementary School Cafeteria. The cost of the dinner is See CALENDAR, Page 2

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Photo by Dolt Tobias North Wood's boys basketball team shows off its sectional championship hardware. The Panthers defeated West Noble Saturday. (Story on Page A 3)

Souper Bowl brings in big money for Family Christian Development Center

By Dani Molnar Editor NAPPANEE —The second annual Souper Bowl for Family Christian Development Center was held this weekend in the Mill Room of Coppes Commons. Around 200 tickets were sold in a matter of just four hours. Participants purchased hand crafted bowls for sls and were gmfodthaferselection of all-you-can-eat Chicken Noodle Soup from the

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Caitlyn and Bryce Knepp enjoyed working with clay during the Clay Play, sponsored by the Nappanee Public Library during this week's Souper Bowl.

Fate of former Dollar General building sHI unknown

Amy Wenger Advance Correspondent WAKARUSA bers of the Wakarusa Town Council to arrive at a decision as to whether they should purchase a historic but dilapidated building. During a brief session held Tuesday evening, the answer was unequivocally no. The building, situated along the 100 block of South Elkhart Street, has stood just south of the downtown square for nearly a century, and with its age comes a slew of maintenance issues. Most recently, Dollar General had a facility located there, until the business moved into a spacious new structure on SR 19 a year ago. Since the store's departure, the building has been marketed for sale or lease by LP Real Estate, but according to Town Manager Jeff Troxel, interest horn prospective buyers has been virtually nonexistent. Tfoxel noted that the ate was being consid-

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Teapot and More, Creamy Potato Soup from the Nappanee Bakery and Ham and Bean Soup from Mattem's Catering. Children were given the opportunity to play with clay at Gay Play, courtesy of the Nappanee Public Library during the event as well. By the end of the day, around 160 bowls had been sold, amounting to around $2,400 in profit for the FCDC. ; Si j Family Christian Development Center direc-

Among the over 200 people who visited the Souper Bowl this weekend were Lindsay and Lily Smith and Kaitlyn and Kim Bell. (Photos by Dani Molnar)

ered as a potential home for the Wakarusa Police Department, but an inspection revealed the scope of the building's woes, including deteriorating floor joists, broken basement windows, and a bade wall that is on the verge of collapsing. In general, Troxel said, the building was ultimately deemed "not feasible" as a suitable place for the town's police force. LP Real Estate's most recent suggestion was to offer the building to the town of Wakarusa, to do with as they wish, but foe company would maintain a lease on foe land. Presently, foe property is listed at $125,000 for a full buyout. Iboxel said that foe proposal would likely be a tremendous undertaking, in that any effort to salvage foe structure would involve "gutting foe building." The council took swift measures in determining that this would not be in the town's best interests at this time, and Iboxel said that he would let foe

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tor Karen Sherer-Stolzfus stated that the center intends to spend the money raised to help restock the pantry's bare shelves. Bowls were constructed by students in the art department at North Wood High School, who have been working on the project since foe end of Winter Break. For more information on the FCDC or items needed, call 574- 773-2149 ' ' f ■ ' ' - "i !

real estate firm know of their action. DAMAGED EMERGENCY SIREN Coundl members heard from Terry Flickinger, regarding foe matter of a malfunctioning fire siren at foe town's emergency services complex. Flickinger said that foe siren is original to foe building, which was erected in foe mid 1980 s. During routine testing in December, the siren was found to be inactive, so Flickinger presented the council with two proposals for replacements. However, Flickinger added that some concern was raised as to whether foe siren's lack of operation stems from a possible lightning strike. If that becomes foe case, foe town would be eligible to submit an insurance claim to help recoup foe costs of replacement. Two proposals for a new unit were received by Flickinger, including one from Emergency Radio 8e« TOWN COUNCIL, Page 2