Elkhart County Chooses Torchbearers
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowElkhart County has named torchbearers for its leg of the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay. The 28 selections were chosen based on public service contributions, excellence in their profession and acts of heroism.
The Bicentennial Torch Relay will run 52 miles through Elkhart County on Tuesday, October 4. The Elkhart leg will begin at the MyBrook Farm and run through Middlebury, Elkhart, Goshen, Wakarusa and Nappanee. The torchbearers were selected from among nearly 100 nominations.
Elkhart County’s torchbearers are:
Bristol:
Maryann Heisenberg
Elkhart:
Jane Burns
Joe Gold
Gail T. Martin
Lori Snyder
Nancy Hannah
Sandra Arbitrager
Goshen:
Jim Bare
Craig Lough
Samantha Ruse
Judith Mantilla
Dale Shelter
Jim Smith
Vince Turner
Truman Weaver
Brett Weddell
Middlebury:
Gregg Fore
Sam Gr ewe
Joanna King
Don Sucker
Nappanee:
Gale Gerber
Margaret “Peg” Offer
Sarah Stump
Larry Thompson
New Paris:
Kurt Ginsberg
Wakarusa:
Dr. Robert Abel
Mark Michel
Jeff Trowel