Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 51, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 17 December 2015 — Page 2

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• Advance News • Thursday, December 17, 2015

City separates Common Council, Board of Works

B> Mf.rrik Chapman Correspondent NAPPANEE - The City of Nappanee has announced a change in scheduling for' one dty meeting in 2016. . Nappanee Board of Public Works and Safety will no longer meet prior to the Common Council. Instead Board of Works members will gather at 3:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month,

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with The Biggest Loser Challenge, team members have the opportunity to stay focused with the aid of tools like leaderboards, a website and live blogs that track participants progress all of which work in combination to motivate the community and keep them dialed in on their goals. The challenge also features a business-against-business opportunity in which local businesses can form teams to go head-to-head in their weight loss goals. The cost of entry into the program for a four person team is SIOO per team, equaling out to $25 per team member, a price that Kitson sees as worth every penny for a healthier lifestyle.

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inside Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 W. Lincoln St. Jan. 11 is the first scheduled meeting of the Nappanee Board of Works and Safety in the new year—a return to traditional scheduling. This year was the first time the board tried meeting the same night as Nappanee Common Council. Now the decision has been made to return to the opposite week of council meeting. Nappanee Common

"Twenty-five dollars per person —that's affordable," said Kitson, who is participating in the event himself. "This is something we are seeing in Nappanee; people are exercising and trying to get healthier. I'll be involved, too, and I'll have the community out there keeping me honest." The program officially launches on Feb. 1, with the deadline for team sign-ups being Jan. 31. Grand prize awards will be given out on March 31 to teams with the highest losses. The Nappanee Chamber of Commerce plans to promote the event more heavily leading up to the event, and" more information can be found on the Chamber's Facebook page or at www.Biggestlosercommunity.com

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Council members will continue meeting the first and third Mondays of each month, 7 p.m., in Council Chambers, located inside Nappanee Municipal Center, 300 W. Lincoln St. Common Council members will gather for the first time in 2016, at 7 p.m., Jan. 4. Other city boards and commissions will also continue to meet at their previously scheduled times and dates.

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Countryside Shops. While she might not have otherwise come in on an average day due to her schedule, the opportunity to shop until midnight made it possible to come in and not feel rushed. The stores participating in Countryside Nite Out (ilso held prize drawings every hour, with the largest prize being the chance for five different shoppers to win S3OO in "Countryside Cash," which can be spent at any of the Countryside Shops that participated. The only requirement to be eli-

gible to win the S3OO prize, according to a press release, was that prize winners were required to have at least seven stamps from the participating stores. The stamps were collected by shopping at any of the participating stores as proof that a shopper had visited one or more of Countryside Shops. When asked how the event went, one shop owner remarked that business had picked up earlier and more steadily than in years passed. According to the’ owner of Burkholder Country Store, it was largely

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due to the weather which was unseasonably warm. He reported that the warmer weather brought in more people at an earlier time and that shoppers were staying later. With no threat of inclement weather impeding travel, shoppers were free to shop at their own pace and leisure. Whatever the reason, the 2015 Countryside Nite Out went over smoothly and will run again dunng the holiday season next year, and many local shoppers are already looking forward to next year's event.