Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 37, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 15 September 2016 — Page 2

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This 1841 Hearts & Flowers quilt garden located at Dutch Country Market, 11401 CRI6, Middlebury is an inspiring example of the exact detail put into the floral masterpieces featured as part of the 2016 Quilt Gardens & Murals...along the Heritage Trail. Quilt gardens will remain intact for viewing until Oct. 1.

Photo by Merrie Chapman This 1884 Railroad quilt design garden can be viewed while standing on an upper skydeck accessible from inside Coppes Commons, 400 E. Lincoln St., Nappanee.

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By Mf.rrif. Chapman Staff Writer WA-NEE All who seek one last glimpse of summer colors want to admire clever quilt designing or seek to visit stops along the 2016 Quilt Gardens & Murals Tour featured in Elkhart County, still have two weeks left to visit the 29 sites featured on the tour. Flowers will remain in the

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quilt gardens until Oct, 1. One doesn't have to travel far from home to see seven of the sites featured on the tour. Downtown Wakarusa is home to an 1895 Star Puzzle Garden, and the Dancing Leaves mural. These are found at 116 S. Elkhart St. As with all the murals and quilt gardens there is no cost to view these delightful expressions of art.

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Benches alongside the 1895 Star Puzzle Quilt Garden in Wakarusa offer a still quiet place to relax a moment and refresh the mind and spirit. Located at 116 S. Elkhart Street, the tranquil oasis offers a secluded spot to enjoy lunch outside the workplace, or to simply meditate. This is just one of 29 sites featured as part of the 2016 Quilt Gardens and Murals along the Heritage Trail.

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Photo by Merrie Chapman A 1932 Whirligig quilt-patterned garden is found at the Nappanee Center, 302 W. Market St. (U.S. 6). The garden is specially designed to pay tribute to the State of Indiana in honor of the its bicentennial anniversary.

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Traveling south to the western edge of Nappanee, one of the city's three quilt gardens an 1897 Box Car Garden can be found outside the Dutch Village Market, 700 N. Tomahawk Trail. On the drive to town motorists can stop at Amish Acres Restaurant and Round Barn Theatre, 1600 W. Market St., to see the Blue

Bird Thing mural. Downtown Nappanee offers two more quilt gardens and one mural. A 1932 Whirligig Garden is featured at the Nappanee Center, 302 W. Market St. There is a standing platform to look down and view the full design of the garden. The Amish Quilt Commemorative Stamps Mural is found one block east of the Nappanee Center, located at the comer of N. Main Street (S.R. 19) and W. Walnut Street. A short jaunt further east, traveling E. Market Street (U.S. 6), will lead to an 1884 Railroad Garden, still bearing bright colors outside Coppes Commons, 400 E. Lincoln St. This can be viewed from ground level, or from a skydeck accessible from inside Coppes Commons. To get more information on other quilt gardens and murals displayed as part of the 2016 Quilt Gardens & Murals along the Heritage Trail, visit Amish Country. org, or call 1-800-262-8161.

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9/11 CEREMONY

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Photos by Amy Lant-Wenger ABOVE: The Wakarusa Emergency Services members stand beneath a majestic canopy of the American flag during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony conducted at Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon. BELOW: Members of the Wakarusa Boy Scouts participate in a flag folding ceremony, taking time to explain the significance of each fold, numbering 13 in all. The triangular fold always illustrates the star side facing upward.

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In a proper show of respect for a flag that has become too worn to be of suitable service, a flag retirement ceremony is performed. These members of the Wakarusa Boy Scouts are shown taking segments of the flag and disposing of them by burning. They said that the field of stars is not to be cut, but to remain intact, to symbolize that the union can never be broken.