The Hometown Treasure November 2012 | Page 3

We are LaGwana Table of Contents by Dan Byler What started six months ago with something mentioned by a friend in passing has led to a new, larger, company. The comment by Aaron Stoltzfus, owner of The Print Place in Shipshewana, was that he would be willing to consider selling his printing business to the right person. He was interested in pursuing photography full time. That comment was made in early April. On Wednesday, October 24, the final papers were signed for LaGwana Printing, Inc. to acquire The Print Place. At that same time, papers were signed for LaGwana Printing to buy Aurora Services, publisher of The Hometown Treasure and The People’s Exchange. Also at that time, my wife and I, purchased additional stock in LaGwana Printing, Inc. What I see as the main benefit for the community coming out of this is that we now have a larger pool of very creative people working together to serve you! We don’t anticipate any big changes in either of our publications. We do see the possibility of being able to offer some additional printing services in house that just wasn’t feasible for either of the two printing companies to do on their own before. We ask you to bear with us as we figure out exactly who we are! We are officially LaGwana Printing, Inc., but since that name doesn’t quite cover everything we do, we are determining what name we will do business as. For now don’t be surprised if you still hear the names Aurora Services and The Print Place if you call us. We are wanting to involve our employees and our customers in the process to figure out what we should be called. Some of you might be aware that a similar remark from Leon Yoder of Legendary Design had included him in some of our discussions of mergers and buy outs. Leon’s concern was not having enough time to do everything. He has reorganized some things to allow him to continue on and we have decided to keep on our separate ways. Dawn and I have purchased some land on the west edge of Shipshewana, on the southeast corner of CR 250N and CR 850W. Lord willing, we are hoping to start construction in the spring on a new building to house us all. For the time being, our printing will be at the former Print Place location just west of 5 & 20 and the publishing will stay at our 4425W US Hwy 20 address. Monthly Feature Salute To Veterans................................. 14-21 The front cover features Jack Griffith. Columns Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes.......29 Recipe..................................................61 Smart Choices....................................... 7 Spiritual Treasures.............................13 Spotlight on Nature...........................23 Contests & Puzzles Clueless Crossword.............................. 5 Coloring Contest......................... 22, 62 Drawing Contest.................................63 Gold Coin Contest..............................63 Mystery Farm Contest......................... 5 Word Search......................................... 4 Everything Else Classified Ads .....................................43 Community Calendar .................. 38-40 Display Advertiser Listing.................64 Hometown Church Listings..............61 Kids’ Club (Birthday Page).................55 LaGrange County Council .......... 52-53 LaGrange County Library.................... 6 Shipshewana Town News..................62 Westview School Board .....................39 Westview Sports Section............... 8-11 Back row (left to right): LaGwana owners Dawn Byler, Jerry Hostetler, Roger Wenger and Dan Byler. Front: LaGwana owner Ray Bontrager and The Print Place owners, Aaron and Bernice Stoltzfus. The Hometown Treasure · November ‘12 · pg 1