Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 13, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 March 2014 — Page 2

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Advance News • Thursday, March 27, 2014

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GOSHEN There is still opportunity to sign-up for the Dining with Diabetes Cooking School. Stephanie Polei, Registered Dietitian and Extension Educator in Health and Human Sciences for Elkhart County will lead this series with Extension Educator Mary Ann Lienhart Cross. The Dining with Diabetes series begins April 8, 2014, and continues weekly on Tuesdays through April 29. glasses will be held from either 1 Conference Room of the Elkhart County Extension Office on the 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen. The four-week series of classes costs S3O per person or S4O per couple of the same household. Participants are encouraged to attend all classes. Participants will learn how to prepare meals that are not only healthy and easy to

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SPRING BREAK STAYCATION NAPPANEE No plans to hit the beach or the big city this year for Spring Break? No worries; visit the Nappanee Public Library for a week full of "staycation" fun! The Children's Department has scheduled a lineup of daily open activities and special programs April 7 April 13 to keep little bodies busy and families entertained. Open Lego building, crafts and board games will be available from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday. Join in the fun on Tuesday, from 1-2 p.m. for the Pirate Show with Squiffy Paul O! Singer/Songwriter/ Musician, Paul Odenwelder, will make the Golden Ages of Pirates come to life in his lively adventure show full of music, magic and imagination for all ages. A family-friendly Uno tournament will be held on Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. The winner will receive bragging rights and the title of NPL Uno Champ. All ages and Uno formats are welcome. Enjoy a movie on the big screen Thursday from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Reunite with some of the most unforgettable characters in animation and learn the "Bare Necessities" of life in this thrilling jungle adventure. Popcorn and drinks will be served.

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Celebrate Internationa Children's Book Day on Saturday with a make k take project from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Write and illustrate your own blank book in the craft room. The week's events wrap up with a family-friendly Scrabble event on Sunday from 2 - 4 p.m. All activities and programs are free of charge and require no registration. For more information, call 574-773-7919, or go to www.nappaneelibrary.org. QUILT GUILD MEETS AT NAPPANEE PUBUC ÜBRARY NAPPANEE —The Nappanee Quilt Guild, a dub for those interested in new quilting techniques, meets on the second Thursday of each month at the Nappanee Public Library. Members will meet at the library next on 6:30 p.m. April 10, 2014. Membership for the "Artful Quilters" is open to anyone. Join the fun and fellowship with other quilters while keeping up to date with new activities and techniques in the quilting world. Bring your own projects to share, check out planned programs for the coming year, and sign up for trips. For more information, contact the Nappanee Public Library at 574-773-7919, or go to www.nappaneelibrary. org.

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prepare, but also taste good. Redpes will be demonstrated and you will have the opportunity to taste. Attendees will also be presented with up-to-date information on nutrition, meal planning, and exercise and how to understand common diabetes-related medical tests. Each participant or couple will receive a notebook that indudes redpes and handouts. Pre-registration is required and dass fee must be sent to Elkhart County Extension Office, HHS Department 17746 CR 34 STE East, Goshen IN 46528 by March 28. Registration can be obtained by calling the office or downloaded from our office website at http://www.ag.purdue. edu / counties / elkhart. For further information, call the office at 574-533-0554.

ARRESTS

ARRESTS David Lamont, Wakarusa, driving while suspended. Andrew Main, Bremen, operating a vehide with a BAC of .15 percent or more. Brandon Hurd, Bremen, driving while suspendedprior infraction. Jeremy Schwartz, Nappanee, operating a vehide while intoxicated. Jason Porter, Wakarusa, operating while intoxicated. INCIDENTS March 17, Andrew Slabaugh, Nappanee, was transported to Elkhart General Hospital for a 24-hour committaj after consuming dangerous amounts of synthetic marijuana. March 15, around 11:57 p.m. Amelia Johnson, Nappanee, was stopped for a traffic violation at the

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WAKARUSA - Children ages three to five years attending Story Hour on March 31 or April 1 will hear a story about a peacock. Partidpants will have the opportunity to create a peacock of shapes. Registration is required. FRIENDS OF THE ÜBRARY The Friends of the Wakarusa Library will meet

intersection of Lincoln Street and Miriam Street. Johnson was found to be operating while intoxicated after failing a three-part field sobriety test and having a .15 BAC after submitting to a certified chemical test at 1:04 a.m. and was incarcerated. March 18, around 1:41 p.m. John Battisti, Nappanee, reported finding a man lying along CR 9 north of US 6 not breathing and with no pulse. Nappanee medics responded to the call to find Eugene Hershberger of Nappanee deceased. March 18, around 9:30 p.m. Joshua Chupp, Nappanee, reported that a 36-year old woman had violated a restraining order by calling and texting him between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

at 1 p.m. April 1. This group will begin to plan for their annual book sale to be held on April 25 and April 26. Anyone interested in helping this organization is welcome to attend. CAKE DECORABNG TIPS *H(. ”200 Tips for Cake Decorating Tips: Techniques, & Trade Secrets" by Carol Deacon is given in memory of Vera Weldy Cross by the Wakarusa High School Class of 1944. DIAL-A-STORY The Dial-A-Story selection is "Punishment: Pandora." This is the story of mankind paying dearly for its precious gift of fire. Hear this tale at 574-862-4441.

Voting, cont. from front page

voters to vote only once but they may do it anywhere in the county. If a voter does try to vote in multiple locations, the system will lock out any additional voting after the first one. Aside from the prevention of fraud, pollbooks will reduce supply cost, eliminate paper waste and allow the facilities to run with fewer paid workers from 585 paid pollworks to 225. Since the county is required to have a ballot for every registered voter in the area, new pollbooks will help eliminate paper waste. Ballots are no longer usable after an election period and therefore must be

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Kirby Vernon Alexander June 23, 1924 - March 9, 2014

KOKOMO Kirby Vernon Alexander went home to the Lord on March 9, 2014. He was bom June 23, 1924

in Chicago, Dl. to Joseph Vernon and Mabel (Paine) Alexander. He lived his early life in Chicago before moving in March 1942 to Nappanee where he graduated that June from Nappanee High School. It was there that he first met the love of his life and future wife, Josephine Alyce Mullett. He attended Purdue University, but was drafted into the US. Army in March 1943. He served in the 180th Infantry, 14th Armored

Division. Prior to going oversees to participate in the second invasion of France, he wed Josephine on Aug. 5, 1944 at First Mennonite Church in Nappanee. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 battle stars. He was a devoted husband and father, an active member of his church and supporter of his community. He was a former member of the Kokomo Country Club, and a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), and the 14th Armored Division Association. A distinguished member of AAMA, Kirby received the association's Charles Martin Hall Award for meritorious achievement and leadership in 1982, and recognition as the association's Outstanding Member in 1988. Left to carry on his memory are his five children, Holly Bardoe of Columbus, Ohio; Bruce (Mary Jo Hardy) of Okemos, Mich.; Barbara of Kokomo; James (Gail) of Niles, Mich.; and Scott (Kimberly) of Louisville, Ky.; grandchildren Matthew (Cheryl) Bardoe; Benjamin (Jennifer Vallier); Emily; Renee (Jeremy) Crabtree; Jamie; Audrey (Troy) Emsberger; Shelby; Brady; Kirby Jo; and Cooper; great-grandchildren Ethan and Amelia Bardoe, and Tai and Baylee Crabtree; and many beloved nephews, nieces and cousins. The family extends it deep appreciation to the staff of Waterford Health Campus of Kokomo for the loving care provided to our father as he approached the end of his life. Friends called one hour prior to the 11 a.m. (EDT) funeral service on Friday, March 14,2014 at Grace United Methodist Church of Kokomo, 219 W. Mulberry St. Burial will take place in Robinson, 111. at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to a charity of the donor's choice. The family is being assisted by Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen. Messages of condolence may be left at www.yoderculpfunerhome.com. I ■ ItJ a ; au... DEATH NOTICE John Edwin Gingerich March 9, 2014 MILFORD John Edwin Gingerich, 88, of Milford, died at his home Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 11:25 p.m. Thompson-Lengacher k Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee is in charge of arrangements. Eugene Ray Hershberger March 18, 2014 NAPPANEE Eugene Ray Hershberger, 72, of Nappanee, died unexpectedly at 1:41 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Arrangements are with Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.

discarded. Over four years, 315,000 ballots have been simply thrown away, costing the county $120,000. The electronic pollbooks will help save this money because each pollbook has the ability to access any of the 676 ballot variations used within the county The new voting center program and electronic pollbook also provide up-to-the-min-ute tracking of voter turnout, so that if one location is flooded with people, but another has only a small voter turnout, poUworkers at one can simply pa /C k up their pollbook and go to the other location to help with the influx of people.

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