Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 136, Number 31, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 August 2018 — Page 4
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• Advance News • Thursday, August 2, 2018
Eat Pray. Love.
At least one teen was paying attention to a sermon the other Saturday night at the National Youth Conference (NYC) of the Church of the Brethren. I can guarantee it Recently I spent a week on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, volunteering my time with the news team for our denomination, the Church of the Brethren. It's exhausting and exhilarating. The campus is at 5,000 feet altitude, and the day before things opened the news team went to Rocky Mountain National Park, where I did some vigorous hiking up to twelve thousand feet high. The music is lively, the kids have a lot of fun, worship lasts two hours and nobody complains except that maybe it's too short.
Anywa’y, my friend Jeff Carter, the president of Bethany Theological Seminary, preached the opening sermon Saturday night. Everyone was tired
from travelling from all over the country, and getting registered and getting housing, and finding meals. So, you had to wonder how well they were paying attention to what Jeff had to say. The next day the dining hall was impossibly crowded, with folks squeezed cheek by jowl in every available comer. I couldn't find an empty seat anywhere, so I headed outside and found an empty outdoor table in the miserable heat where I could eat quickly and get back to the newsroom. 1 had taken two bites when a young man sat himself down and asked how I was doing. His name was Clayton. He was from Floyd, Virginia. He spoke with a thick drawl. So, we talked. I asked him what he thought of worship the previous night. He told me it was a lot of fun, a lot more "interactive" than home. It took me about two seconds to realize what happened. The previous evening Jeff Carter had preached a sermon about the labels others put on us and the labels we accept and about the pain we bear. Then he challenged everyone at NYC to do three things. Eat. And while you're at it make sure no one eats alone. If you see someone sitting by themselves go over and sit down. Pray. Advisors should pray for each youth in their group by name. And Love. As Jeff put it "You have a few days to transform this arena in this campus into an incredible place. Its within you." Evidently Clayton remembered what Jeff said about people eating alone and decided it was time to take a sermon seriously. So, he and I talked about the different places we lived, and what we liked to do. Clayton likes video games, plays tennis, and his trip to National Youth Conference included his first flight ever. He figured he must have flown over at least two states from Virginia to Colorado and was shocked I had flown over five. I had meant to eat and run, but there was no question of that now. Later, on the way out of the cafeteria, I stopped Jeff Carter and let him know that at least oneperson listened to his message and was ready to live it. mat's what something -that things like National Youth Conference does. It creates church. The fun kind. The interactive kind. For the rest of the week we high-fived each other as we passed each other going different directions. With all kinds of Christians giving Christ a bad name it's nice to see young people taking the word seriously but not solemnly. Frank Ramirez is the Senior Pastor of the Union Center Church of the Brethren.
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In wake of synagogue incident, the Indiana General Assembly should pass law that criminalizes hateful conduct
By Attorney General Crams Hm Like thousands of my fellow Hoosiers, I was angry and saddened to learn about the hateful graffiti sprayed on a wall outside a Carmel synagogue over the weekend. To members of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, I offer you my heartfelt support and prayers as you come to grips with this act of malice so cowardly perpetrated at your place of worship. Beyond extending our compassion and prayer, however, we as a state absolutely must stand up - now - and take action against such despicable conduct. During the most recent legislative session, I proposed specific language that would hold bad actors accountable for their hateful conduct. I envisioned a law that would significantly increase penalties for a broad range of offenses when perpetrators are shown to have acted "with the intent to intimidate or terrorize another person." I referred to this conduct as the manifestations of hate. For misdemeanors and low-level felonies, sentencing would include an additional two to six years. For higher-level felonies, sentencing would increase by six to 20 years. Under current law, the persons who committed this despicable act might be facing merely a misdemeanor charge. That means they are looking at a maximum penalty of one jail and they will never set foot in prison - even if they are found, investigated and convicted. Under my proposal, this same person or persons - even if convicted only of a misdemeanor -would be looking at an additional penalty of two to six years in prison. And that time would be non-suspendable. My proposal carries with it real penalties and serves to
Winners of 4-H Lamb Auction
The results of the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Lamb Auction of 2018 are as follows: Total Lambs Sold = 138 Record Year 1998 = 210 Total Dollars Raised = $100,673.80 Record Year 2015 = $127,442.75 Grand Champion - Single Market Lamb Sold for $42 per pound Record Year 2007 = $lO5 per pound Weight -126 pounds, for a total sale price of $5,292 Owned by - Riley Graber Buyers - Friends and Family of Riley Graber Reserve Grand Champion Single Market Lamb Sold for sl6 per pound Record Year 2007 = $57 per pound Weight -129 pounds, for a total sale price of $2064 Owned by - Brandon Lehman Buyers - Friends of Brandon Lehman - Agronomic
100 YEARS AGO AUGUST 6, 1918 Monday was the hottest August day in the history of Nappanee. The highest temperature reading was 110 degrees. This was at 4:30 p.m. It was the second hottest day of all the hot days Nappanee has ever known. The record was 102 8-10 degrees registered on July 21, 1901. And in addition to the fact that Monday broke die record for August heat in Nappanee, there isn't a sign of anything to break the scorcher. The thermometer today, Tuesday, equals the high point of yesterday. A.E. Miller was appointed a member of the Nappanee school for a term of three years at the meeting of the town board held at the city hall on Monday evening. C.W. Johnson was appointed to the position a few weeks ago, but could not qualify on account of holding the office of township trustee. Mrs. Charles Mahler appeared before the board, protesting against the building of a side walk in front of her premises. As Mrs. Mahler was not present at the hearing die board could not take any action. The matter of making the usual appropriation for band concerts came up, but inasmuch as the town is so much in need of new fire apparatus, the board deemed it expedient to pass up this appropriation and use the money for the fire department. 75 YEARS AGO AUGUST 5,1943 A Buick '39, driven by Willard Herr, of east of Nappanee and a light pickup truck driven by Mrs. Henry Stiglitz, of southeast of Nappanee, collided at an intersection 3 miles east and a mile south of Nappanee Tuesday afternoon, the truck striking the right side of the Buick, caving it in, smashing the running board, fender; and pushing in the door. Mrs. Stiglitz had been to Nappanee to have some feed ground and was on the way home at file time with a load of feed. She was accompanied by a lady visiting her from Whiting, the latter suffering a cut on the forehead. Fortunately neither machine overturned and the occupants suffered little more than from shock and bruises. An appeal is being made for some additional shock troopers at file Vitreous Steel Products company. Men willing to give a little extra shove in promoting the war effort These workers are called upon to work approximately four hours in the evenings, two, three, or four nights a week, and the pay is good. If you have a few hours you can spare here is a good place to use them. Extra money may be made which can be hud away against file future when employment may not be so easy to get and pay may be lower. Junior Pippen is in charge of the employing of men for this work and if you
more severely punish those who commit these crimes of hate. My proposal differs from many other so-called hate-crimes proposals in that it avoids entirely the exercise of separating "protected groups" from "non-protected." Why should some groups receive greater protection from hateful conduct than others? Designating specific groups to be "protected* necessarily implies the existence of other groups that are not. Although one might argue that certain groups merit protection over others, this argument oddly contradicts the very essence of equality that such "protection' is intended to ensure. In fact we should stop making lists of victim groups. If we are to criminalize hateful conduct then we cannot condemn hateful conduct against some and ignore hateful conduct against others. In February, I wrote in an op-ed: "Burning a cross is not just trespass or mischief. Spray-painting racial epithets is not just vandalism or defacing property. These acts are the very manifestation of hate. They are symbols, historically used, to send a broader message. That message? Violence is on the way! It is a message designed to strike panic and fear. It is a purposeful message to intimidate and terrorize its target." Clearly, the —,Nazi symbols spray-painted on the Carmel synagogue property constitute this very sort of intimidation and terror I had in mind when I wrote those words. Last year, I enjoyed the wonderful privilege of traveling to Israel. I returned with a greater appreciation of that nation's culture, heritage and millenniums-old association with the Jewish faith. When modem Israel was created in 1948, many of the nation's
All Those Years Ago
founders were motivated by a desire to restore a place where the Jewish religion was a point of national pride and could be practiced freely. Our desire in America should be for a land in which people of all backgrounds and beliefs may feel safe and secure in exercising their personal liberties, such as religious freedom, without fear of intimidation or terror. Again, as I wrote in February: "Our laws always can and should offer equal protection to all people - from injury, intimidation, threats and property crimes committed by any who would wish to do them harm." Our Constitution protects everyone's right to think, believe and generally speak without fear of prosecution. We are even - or perhaps especially - free to share thoughts that may be unpopular or disagreeable. While our laws therefore may never be able to prevent people from harboring hatred for other human beings, they always can and should offer equal protection to all people - from injury, intimidatioa threats and property crimes committed by any who would wish to do them harm. The Indiana General Assembly undoubtedly will be inundated with calls to pass "hate crime" legislation, but let's hope they avoid passing "token" legislation that is unenforceable or carries little enforcement weight. I stand willing to work with the General Assembly to pass hate crimes legislation that works and can be supported by all. As evidenced by the weekend's sad events in Carmel, the time to take action is now. Curtis Hill is Indiana's 43rd attorney general.
Solutions, Wana Feed, Bob Tyson, Michiana Agra, and Matt and Dawn Emsberger. Grand Champion Pen of Two Market Lambs Sold for sl2 per pound Record Year 2005 = $26 per pound Weight - 245 pounds, for a total sale price of $2940 Owned by - Darin Lehman Buyers - Friends of Darin Lehman - Agronomic Solutions, Wana Feed, Bob Tysoa Michiana Agra, Topeka Seed and Stove, Millersburg Animal Clinic, Crop Tech, ADT Farm, Miller Poultry, and Matt and Dawn Emsberger. Grand Champion Pen of Two Market Lambs Sold for sll per pound Record Year 2006 = $26 per pound Weight - 258 pounds, for a total sale price of $2,838 Owned by - Janissa Lehman Buyers - Friends of Janissa Lehman - Agronomic Solutions, Wana Feed, Bob Tyson, Michiana Agra, and Matt and Dawn Emsberger.
can do some extra work why not get in touch with him now. 50 YEARS AGO AUGUST 8, 1968 The young people who have been participating in the Arts and Crafts program sponsored by the recreation department will get a chance to exhibit their work at the Village Art Festival. They are urged to bring their arts and crafts projects in the yellow building across from the St. Joseph Valley Bank on Tuesday. The projects will be displayed during the Festival. Bleach bottles, milk cartons, material scraps, and jewelry relics have been put to ingenious use by the young people under the supervision of Anita Conrad, Cindy Kurtz, and Judy Stoops. The young women are hopeful that many of the children will participate in the exhibit. Nappanee's water rates will go up. This has been something expected for several years. There had been talk of raising file rates a few years ago, but action on it was postponed until the new water improvement plant was finished. At one time, rate experts had predicted mat the water rates could be raised two or three times as much. The water department has operated in the red for several years. When the new water improvement plant was built including new and larger water mains, a 250,000 gallon water storage tank, and the new iron removal plant, the cost of operation started to go up. This combined with new office, new garage, storage facilities, and communication system added greatly to the cost. 25 YEARS AGO AUGUST 4, 1993 The Nappanee Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel sponsored a benefit pancake and sausage supper at Wayside Restaurant for fellow EMT Gary Fuller and his family. Mr. Fuller was involved in an accident last month that broke his bade in six places. It is estimated by doctors that his recovery will take a minimum of six to eight months. In addition to excellei\t-service in seating, serving, and dealing tables, many worked hard behind the scenes to make the evening a success. The Nappanee Middle School Health and Physical Education Departments have integrated to present a program which focuses on teaching a lifestyle of wellness. To accomplish this goal„students will experience an alternate day program of sports, the health dassroom, and a wellness unit The wellness unit is the link between the health dassroom and physical education and provides students with a variety of challenges in nutrition, fitness, and health.