“Neighbor” is less a location than an attitude. We are neighbors because we share the common bond of Lake Wawasee and the common concern that each of us treats the lake with the same respect we wish for ourselves.
Turkey Creek boards pass 2022 fire budgets
By RAY BALOGHStaff Writer Turkey Creek fire board and township advisory boards Monday, July 12, passed Fire Chief Mickey Scott’s proposed operations and equipment replacement budgets. Both votes were unanimous and both budgets were passed without amendment. The operations budget … Continue reading →
Memories of Kale Island shared at museum event
By MARY HURSHGuest Writer Ann Garceau, board member of the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum, presented the first summer Centennial Homes talk of the season and featured four speakers from Kale Island. Back in the late 1860s, the Dillon and Oram families … Continue reading →
Yellow Submarine takes top honors at Wawasee Flotilla
By Deb PattersonEditor-In-Chief The 1960s were relived by those who participated and viewed the 60th Wawasee Flotilla, Saturday, July 3.Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Beatles, flower children, The Brady Bunch, the moon landing, Elvis and even Marilyn Monroe, and 60s … Continue reading →
Families celebrate Independence Day with North Shore Parade
After restarting the North Shore Parade tradition in 2019, approximately a dozen families who live along the north shore of Lake Wawasee continued the tradition at noon Sunday, July 4. Families met at the empty lot along East Eli Lilly … Continue reading →
Barge destroyed, only half of fireworks show shot
By DEB PATTERSONEditor-In-Chief The cause is not known, but one of 10 barges used to shoot off fireworks on Lake Wawasee was destroyed by fire Saturday evening, July 3. Turkey Creek Fire Territory responded using the air boat and portable … Continue reading →
Bug Catch draws all ages to the lake
Text and PhotosBy Deb PattersonEditor-In-Chief Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s annual Bug Catch was another success as all ages gathered to see what microinvertibrates could be found along the shore of the WACF property Saturday morning. The annual Bug Catch is … Continue reading →
Red canoe dedication held at Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber
By DAVID HAZLEDINEStaff Writer On Wednesday, June 30, the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce building, 207 N. Huntington St., Syracuse, was the most recent beneficiary of the Red Canoe Project. SWCC Foundation Executive Director Renea Salyer thanked Jack Zimmerman, Roger Niles … Continue reading →
Kale Island featured in Centennial Homes program
Under the siding of the Quinn home on Kale Island is a log cabin built in the 1800s. The cabin, possibly the oldest on Lake Wawasee, is the original size, with a loft — except for the upstairs dormers, a … Continue reading →