February 2011
Yoder’s Shopping Center Breaks Ground On New Construction
by Justin Geigley
On Tuesday, January 11, 2011,
Yoder’s Shopping Center held
a ground-breaking ceremony to
celebrate the new construction
currently underway.
The construction will extend
the current building by 60 feet at
the rear of the building.
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(Left to right): Winford Jones,
Nate Jones, Janet Yoder, Marion
Yoder, Andre Yoder, Pete Garber,
and Don Jacobs.
Gingerbread House Contest Benefits Local Charity
The annual Shipshewana Gingerbread House
Contest created quite a visual delight for the community
and in return viewers helped raise money for a
worthwhile local charity. Visitors to the display could
cast their vote for their favorite gingerbread house by
depositing pocket change in that house’s collection can.
When all was said and done, the “Home Sweet Home”
entry collected the most money and was declared the
People’s Choice winner. The elaborate house was
entered by Rascia Johnson, owner of Rascia’s Creative
Cakes, Bristol, IN. The monetary votes totaled $396.77
and were donated to the Shipshewana Ministerial
Association.
The Shipshewana Ministerial Association unites the
efforts and resources of all the churches in Shipshewana
to help meet local families’ financial needs. Carl
Horner, pastor at Shore Mennonite Church, serves
as chairman of the association and explained that a
family in need may contact any church in Shipshewana
and that church’s pastor will bring the request to the
attention of the association. Horner stated that since
the economic downturn more families have needed
help with utility and living expenses and the donation
will help meet the larger need.
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Carl Horner, chairman of the Shipshewana Ministerial Association,
accepts the donations collected in the annual Shipshewana
Gingerbread House Contest from the contest’s hosts, Nate and
Winford Jones of Yoder’s Shipshewana Hardware and Kathy Chester
of Yoder Department Store.
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