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The Newsletter of the
Wawasee Property
Owners Association
P.O. Box 427
Syracuse, IN 46567-0427
Phone: 574.457.7172
E-mail:
wpoapier0@wawaseepoa.org
Web Address:
www.wawaseepoa.org
Fax: 574.457.2907
Winter 2013
WPOA Officers & Directors
Kay Young
President
Carolyn Anderson
Steve Snyder
James Tranter
Vice Presidents
Janet Hartley
Administrative Officer
Kip Schumm
Communications Officer
Jerry Babb
Ann Bonifas
Jane Finch
WACF Liaison
Sally Gindling
Fireworks Chairman
Garth McClain
Dan Morris
Cindy Quinn
Jim Silcox
Tom Tuttle II
Jim Kroemer
LakeViews Editor
David Grandstaff
Past President
The Papers Incorporated
Publisher of LakeViews
In this Issue:
• At The Helm
• Oakwood coming back to life
• Fireworks subject of Artist Series
• Cottage Tours returning
• Using the Neighbors directory
• Trail committee reorganized
• Bald Eagles spotted
• WACF’s mission is good water quality
• Low lake level
• Possibile dredging
• Wide World Of Sports Flotilla theme
• Fund endows local scholarships
AT THE HELM — WINTER 2013
WINTER . . . It is another of those crazy winters,
late ice after Christmas and then a thaw, more ice
and a thaw and finally we have ice and fishermen
and iceboating . . . the only thing missing has been
the snowmobiles. We just have not had enough
snow for good snowmobiling . . . and who knows
what it will be by the time you receive this newsletter!
The one good thing is we have had rain and a little snow so the lake is coming up some. The “beach”
we had in front of our seawall is no longer there and
the water line is starting to creep up the seawall and
cover the rocks at its base. That is good news we
need all the water we can get for sure.
While we are all trying to figure out the weather
and water level we have also been working on plans
for 2013 and WPOA activities. Starting with a new
(well new/old) venue for the breakfast, we are going
back to the Oakwood for our breakfast on Saturday,
June 22. It will be great to be back on Wawasee and
to see all the changes that have been going on this
winter at the hotel. Mark your calendar for this traditional opening of summer at the lake.
Next is what I like to call “Independence week.”
We start with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic on Sunday then the traditional display of fireworks on
Syracuse on the 4th followed by our display on Saturday the 6th. Everyone should have their fill of
company, food, special events and fireworks for a
while at least.
Later in July we bring back the “Wawasee Cottage
Tour” again this year. We have six great houses, all in
the Vawter Park, South Shore area for you to enjoy.
Make your plans, gather your crew for your boat
and be sure to join us for this evening of touring
some of the interesting homes on the lake. Not only
do you get to see wonderful homes but you will also
be supporting a great cause as the proceeds go once
again to the Syracuse/Wawasee Trails project.
August brings more summer weather and our annual meeting. Plans are underway and we will give
you more details later in the year. But we look forward to seeing you there.
With the anticipation of things to come we have
to reflect on things that have occurred over the winter. Wawasee lost three of its strongest supporters
this winter.
We are sad to say good-by to the WPOA Chief of
last year Bob Dickinson. Bob passed away in December surrounded by his loving family. Bob was
not only the past President of the WPOA but a
major force in the planning and completion of the
Dry Hydrant project and one of our volunteer lake
patrol members who willingly put in many hours on
the water to protect everyone that uses the lake. Bob
always was available to talk things out when problems would arise and his input will be missed by
everyone connected with the WPOA.
We will also miss Ted Rogers, “Mr. New York” for
many of you that will remember him from evenings
of karaoke where he would entertain everyone with
his rendition of “New York, New York.” Ted was a
successful businessman as well as a strong supporter
of the lakes. He was a past director of the WACF
and helped to restart the Flotilla in 1973 and served
on the committee for over 21 years.
Another supporter we will miss is Bill Beemer
who lost a long battle with cancer this winter. Bill
was a past Flotilla Commodore, successful businessman, head of the Sesquicentennial in 1987 and
President of the Syracuse Museum. Bill and his family have lived on Wawasee since 1961 and have all
been supporters of the WPOA.
Each of these gentlemen will be missed not only
by their families but by many of us here at the lake.
Looking forward we hope that each of you are
having a good winter and making plans to come
back to the lake when the weather breaks. According
to “Punxsutawney Phil ” we will be having an early
spring . . . sure hope he is right and it is not only
early but WET! . . . . . . . . . . . . see you soon at the
lake!
Oakwood coming back to life; open this summer
By Jim Kroemer
LakeViews editor
For four long years, the Oakwood Inn has
languished in limbo, cold, dark and empty, its
fate in the hands of courts and lawyers and
would-be developers.
In fact the future of all the amenities and
buildings of Oakwood Park, a haven of rest and
renewal on Lake Wawasee for people of faith
for most of the past century, were also mired in
uncertainty.
No longer.
Since last October, carpenters, electricians,
plumbers, painters and carpet layers have been
working feverishly to bring the inn and other
buildings in the park back to life, and the good
news for lake residents is that the inn and its
restaurant will be open for business by this
summer.
Late last year, Buckingham Properties of Indianapolis backed out of a tentative deal to
purchase the property.
It was then that Dr. Rex Parent and his
family, a fixture on Lake Wawasee for three
generations, stepped up to buy the park and its
signature inn. After reaching agreement with
court-appointed receiver Ian Rolland and Oakwood property owners, Parent Associates, Inc.
closed on the deal to buy Oakwood Park.
J.R. Parent, Dr. Parent’s son, has taken the
lead in directing the refurbishing of the Oakwood Inn and Jeremiah Heierman has been
hired as manager of Oakwood Resort and is in
charge of the day-to-day details of getting the
inn ready to open.
He said the plan is for a “soft,” or gradual
re-opening of the hotel. On the weekend of
May 18, an open house is scheduled for all the
contractors and sub-contractors who have
worked on the building since the project
started in late October.
Then on Friday and Saturday of Memorial
Day weekend, May 24 and 25, members of the
Wawasee Property Owners Association will be
invited to an open house to view the refurbished hotel.
“We realize this is a very aggressive time
frame,” Heierman said, “But we will do our
very best to open by Memorial Day. We don’t
want to let people down.”
When completed, the inn will have 77
guest rooms, 10 of them suites. Heierman said
the Oakwood would begin accepting reservations in late February or early March.
All the rooms are getting complete over-
A semi-trailer delivering construction supplies is the only external evidence of all the work
going on at the Oakwood Inn. Inside is a different story as many workers prepare the hotel
for re-opening this summer.
hauls including new ceilings, paint and carpet.
There will be wireless internet throughout the
hotel and flat screen television sets in every
room.
“It will look and feel like any other highend hotel people have stayed in,” Heierman
said.
The public areas of the hotel like the central rotunda, hallways and other common areas
will “have an old-time, lakey feel to them,” he
said, including personal photos of life on the
lake from all time periods. Lake residents who
would like to submit framed family photos
from all generations for use in the inn’s décor
are asked to contact Helena Rensberger at Helena@oakwoodresort.com or send them to 702
E. Lake View Road, Syracuse, IN 46567.
The inn will also have a high-end restaurant
and bar open to the public. Heierman said an
announcement about who will run the restaurant will be made as soon as all the details of an
agreement are finalized. Instead of buffet style
dining, the new restaurant will have plated
meals, he said, and there will also be outdoor
dining on a patio just outside the restaurant.
Although the project has been approved by
the DNR for 120 pier spaces, Heierman said
the hotel will not use that many initially and
will leave the front shoreline facing the main
part of the lake open. Piers will be placed behind the hotel, facing Conklin Bay for use by
hotel guests and patrons of the restaurant.
And it’s not just the hotel that is undergoing renovation. The Oakwood property includes 10 vacation homes and eight cabins
available for rent, and all 10 homes are being
remodeled. Also open this summer will be the
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Hilltop Banquet Center, the old Wawasee
Academy building, with seating for up to 500
people, perfect for wedding receptions and
other gatherings.
One of the vacation homes and Kimmell
Hall will not be open, along with the program
center, until 2014.
Heierman also said activities associated with
the Oakwood for years will still take place and
possibly expand under the new ownership.
Boat-in worship will be a fixture on the lake in
front of the hotel again every Sunday this summer, beginning on May 26.
In addition, a wooden boat show has already been booked, and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic will play at the Oakwood again this
summer.
The Oakwood will also be the venue for
much of the greatly expanded local Chautauqua program, possibly including a weeklong program as part of the national
Chautauqua tour.
Many on the lake are delighted the Oakwood is coming back to life, and Heierman
said the feeling is mutual.
“The support of the local community has
been phenomenal,” he said. “That’s the reason
we’ve been able to be as aggressive as we have
been.”
Although Heierman couldn’t say exactly
how many employees the park and inn will require when everything is up and running, he
expects it to be a force in the local economy.
Much of the remodeling work is being done by
local contractors, he said, and added, “it is important to the Parent family to employ local
residents.”
Fireworks subject
of 2013 Artist
Series painting
The fireworks over Lake Wawasee every July
are widely considered to be among the most
spectacular Independence Day displays in the
entire Midwest, and now the annual show has
been memorialized for the WPOA’s annual
Artist Series.
The fifth and final print in the series, entitled “Grand Finale,” was created by Lawrenceburg artist Sandy Maudlin.
Mary Beth Gadus, who heads the annual
artist series, said this year’s painting is magnificent.
“Sandy came to Wawasee for the fireworks
and took hundreds of pictures,” Mary Beth
said. “The result is a breathtaking painting of
one of Wawasee’s greatest summer moments.
She captured the aura of the evening perfectly,
and the colors in the painting are so real you
can almost hear the fireworks.”
As in past years, the original work of art will
be on display in Syracuse at the Water Lily
Gallery, 801 N. Huntington St. It will also be
on display at major events like the WPOA
Breakfast June 22 at the Oakwood Inn.
Silent bids on the
original will be accepted
beginning on Memorial Day weekend.
Prints of the work are
also available with all
proceeds from the
sale of both the
original and prints
going to the Syracuse/Wawasee
trails project. Because of the popularity of the
artist series, Mary
Beth suggests you reserve your signed and numbered print
early.
“Since 2009 the Artist Series has raised
more than $40,000 for the trails project,”
Mary Beth said. “We feel confident that
‘Grand Finale’ will bring WPOA’s contribution from the series to over $50,000.”
Last year’s work by Larry Rudolech was en-
Popular cottage tour returns
After a one year hiatus, the popular pontoon tour of some of Lake Wawasee’s most
historic and beautiful homes and cottages will
return this summer. The event is sponsored by
the Wawasee Property Owners Association.
The tour will take place this year on Saturday, July 27. Six homes in the Vawter Park
and South Shore area will be featured and
open for viewing by tour participants.
As in the past, attendees will assemble their
own crews and meet at the Wawasee Boat
Company to enjoy an assortment of appetizers
before heading out on the lake to visit the featured homes. Each boat and crew is responsible for providing their own “refreshments.”
In the past, as many as 500 of our Wawasee
neighbors have participated in the tour. Many
WPOA members and area businesses generously support the tour through sponsorships,
and the cost per individual attendee is $45.
All proceeds from the tour go to support
the Syracuse/Wawasee Trails project, and combined with proceeds from the annual Artist
Series, the WPOA has donated more than
$69,000 to the trails project over the years.
Also, the WPOA sincerely thanks the home
and cottage owners around the lake who graciously and generously open their homes for
the tour.
Gather your crew now and mark your calendar for July 27 for the 2013 return of the
home and cottage tour.
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titled “Lake Worshipers” and depicted a scene
from the weekly boat-in worship in front of
the Oakwood. The first three prints in the series include “Conklin Bay,” by Douglas David;
“Connections,” by Susie Brandes; and “Regatta,” by Andrea Bojrab.
Sandy Maudlin, the artist who created this
year’s “Grand Finale,” earned her degree in art
education from Indiana University and has
studied under many nationally known artists.
In addition to the Water Lily in Syracuse,
her work is also displayed at galleries in Fairfield, Ohio, and Oldenburg, Indiana. Additionally, she has put on exhibits of her work
over the past 20 years in a number of Midwest
cities including Cincinnati, Indianapolis and
Nappanee.
She has won numerous awards and honors
at art shows in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky
including Best of Show in Kokomo and Logansport. Her work has also been featured in a
Better Homes and Gardens special interest
publication.
“Painting adds to my sense of excitement
about the world and helps me express what
I’ve experienced,” she says. “Although I’ve
painted with oils, acrylics, pastels, inks and
colored pencil, my favorite medium is definitely transparent watercolor.”
Sandy also teaches adult watercolor classes
at her home gallery in Lawrenceburg, and
says, “I find it very rewarding to see other people discover the artists within themselves.”
Using the Neighbors directory to do good
The annual Neighbors directory of Lake
Wawasee property owners has become an invaluable tool for many living on the lake.
Last summer, one of our neighbors used the
directory to find the owner of a lost wallet. In
his note to Janet Hartley, WPOA administrative officer, the Good Samaritan asked that his
name not be used because he was not looking
for any credit.
He wrote, “I’m grateful to the WPOA and
all of the individuals who are involved in the
creation, printing and distribution of the
Neighbors directory which made it much easier
for me to do the right thing and have this
wonderful story as a result.”
Here’s the story:
Last week I went to a local convenience
store to put air into one of my tires. When I
arrived, there was a young man just finishing
doing the same thing. He was in the process of
hanging the hose back up when I asked if I
could have the rest of his air.
He said okay and handed me the hose. I
started to pump up the tire and just before I
finished, the compressor shut off. I chuckled
and went to put in my four quarters as he was
finishing putting the caps back onto his tires.
I said “Nothing’s ever free, is it?” He smiled
and nodded his head in agreement. When I
arrived home that evening, I noticed some
trash across the road and went to pick it up. I
also noticed something in our driveway and
stopped to pick it up as well. It was someone’s
wallet.
I looked at the name on the driver’s license
and recognized it from the Neighbors directory.
There was also an insurance card with a lady’s
name so I then knew that it was either the
gentleman’s wife or mother. I got out our current edition of the Neighbors directory, looked
at the alphabetical list and located the lady’s
name. Her husband’s name was different from
the name in the wallet so at that point, I knew
it was (the wallet owner’s) mother.
I was able to locate their address and drove
there with the wallet. When I arrived, I discovered there was no number on the mailbox
so I wasn’t positive that I was at the correct location. There were several cars in the driveway
but there was nobody around.
I was at the point of putting a note in the
mailbox with my name and phone number
when I noticed a boat coming along the shoreline, towards the boat lift on this property. I
went to the lift and asked if they were coming
to that lift and the driver said yes. I then asked
“Are you Brandon (name changed to protect
the innocent)?”
He said, in a rather challenging tone
“Why?”
“Well,” I replied “I think I have your billfold but I don’t think I can give it to you since
you don’t have any ID and are unable to prove
to me that you are who
you say that
you
are.” I
also
winked at
one of his
friends when I
said this.
He got out of the boat and said “I didn’t
even know I lost my billfold.” I looked at the
picture on the driver’s license and confirmed
that it was him and handed him the wallet.
His friend said “Dude, your billfold fell out of
your car.” They asked me where I found it and
how I was able to find them. I answered their
questions and explained how helpful the
Neighbors directory was.
He then exclaimed “You’re the tire guy!” I
looked at him rather perplexed, thinking that
he was referring to an inner tube and had me
confused with someone else.
I asked “What do you mean, I’m the tire
guy?” He responded, “You’re the tire guy, at
the gas station!”
When I heard that, my mouth dropped
open, my eyebrows arched and I said “That
was you?”
“Yeah,” he said. We laughed and gave each
other a high five.
— Trail committee reorganized —
Spike Ford, the long-time champion of
the Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee,
stepped down after last year’s construction
season ended, leaving very big shoes to fill.
At a recent meeting of the SyracuseWawasee Park Foundation, reorganization of
the trails committee was the main item on
the agenda.
Park foundation board member Mike
Buhrt presented a plan that calls for the trails
committee to continue to be under the direction of the park foundation, but with
more specific guidelines on what is expected
of each member so that duties can be more
evenly divided among members.
With the committee under the jurisdiction of the park foundation, the board will
continue to have the final say on committee
decisions and the acceptance of committee
members. They will also have the opportunity to change Buhrt’s plan if needed in the
future.
The plan calls for seven to 13 people to
comprise the trails committee, and board
members discussed ways to get different organizations involved in the committee, including the lake associations. It was noted
during the meeting continuing the trail committee under the park foundation makes it
easier to get grants for the trail.
The plan was approved by the board
members, who also recommended setting an
“Introduction to the Trails” meeting to reach
out to organizations, including the Rotary
Club, Lions Club and lake associations, to
identify potential members for the committee. A tentative date of March 19 was set.
Earlier in January, the park foundation
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board, along with representatives of the Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee, Wawasee
Property Owners Association, Wawasee Area
Conservancy Foundation and the Tour de
Lake Bike Ride, met with John Yoder, president of the Friends of the Pumpkinvine.
The Pumpkinvine Trail runs between
Goshen and Middlebury along an abandoned railroad bed and is one of the most
successful and popular hiking/biking trails in
the state. It’s a good example of a public/private partnership and Yoder gave the group
interested in continuing the work of the
Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee the
benefit of his long experience.
Topics discussed included ideal trail
width, committee composition, governance,
fund-raising and liability and event insurance.
Bald Eagles spotted
Large birds of prey tentatively identified as immature bald eagles have been
spotted soaring over Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Lake this winter. Steve
Snyder, one of the WPOA board’s vice-presidents, shared these photos. In one
picture, two of the birds are seen about to swoop in on a flock of coots. In the
other photo, geese and ducks give a wide berth to a young eagle on the ice enjoying his lunch of fresh coot. Steve sent a number of photos to the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources, and in an e-mail response, John Castrale,
bird biologist for the DNR, said “I couldn’t definitively identify all the eagles
in the photos, but I believe they are all immature bald eagles. American
coots are a favorite prey item of bald eagles. Golden eagles occur in the state,
but are much less common than bald eagles (for example, I counted 281 bald
eagles during four days of aerial surveys within the past week and only one
golden eagle). They prey primarily on mammals, but I’m sure they could
catch a coot.” Thanks, Steve, for this fascinating look at nature on the lake
during the winter.
WACF’s mission is good water quality
By Heather Harwood
WACF Executive Director
The Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s main mission is good water quality
through preservation and enhancement of our
watershed.
The Conservancy considers threats to our
water and works toward lessening the bad impacts. Work includes studies, constructing
erosion control and stabilization projects,
restoration and mitigation, educational ag
tours, canoe trips down the 10-lake chain and
introducing lake topics to the community.
Thus summer WACF plans to continue its
series: “Lake Talk and Eats.” Join us the on
the first Saturday morning of June, July and
August for a light breakfast, coffee and lake
talk.
Learn how our lakes were formed and
their geology; invasive species, why they are
bad news and how to slow them down; and
stresses and benefits to the health of our watershed. In July we will have our annual Water
Bug Catch for grandparents, parents and children. Kids will be surprised to learn that the
type of bug they catch indicates the quality of
water.
On the Agriculture Tour with Russell Anderson we learn about farming practices and
good land stewardship.
Canoe Trips down the 10-lake chain are a
fun way to spend a summer morning. Lake
ecology, Indian history and some fresh air all
help to make the canoe trips a favorite.
WACF has been busy installing erosion
control projects. After completing projects in
Dillon Creek and Village Lake Stream last
year, WACF was fortunate to continue the
momentum with our ongoing GLC grant and
a new DNR/LARE grant at Ritter Branch.
Ritter flows into Hindman Lake upstream in
the 10-lake chain. The WACF canoe trip travels through Hindman Lake about halfway
through the trip, and it is one of the most
pristine lakes in the watershed.
The exotic plant species, Starry stonewort
(SS) and Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) continue to be problems in our watershed.
WACF has partnered with the Syracuse Lake
Association (SLA) on a DNR Lake and River
Enhancement (LARE) grant for an update on
the Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan for
Wawasee and Syracuse Lakes.
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The first Aquatic Management Plan for
Wawasee was completed in 2006, focusing on
annual control of EWM in areas of high
recreational use. SSW had not yet been discovered. Large scale EWM treatments (25-50
acres) were made on Wawasee in 2007, 2008,
and 2009.
Starry stonewort was first identified in
2009 in a channel off of Johnson Bay. That
year, total acreage in Wawasee was estimated
at 15 acres and treated for SSW control.
In 2011, the IDNR received a grant
through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
for the control of exotic weeds. Since then,
the IDNR has fully funded numerous SSW
treatments in both Wawasee and Syracuse
Lakes, ranging from 11.29 acres to 67.39
acres.
However, despite large scale efforts to control SSW, its acreage has increased steadily
each year since 2009. The total SSW acreage
in Wawasee in the fall of 2012 was estimated
at 159 acres. Chemical applications temporarily control SSW, but long term control remains an issue. Multiple applications are
needed in the same treatment area throughout
the season to keep SSW suppressed.
From WACF Chairman Sam Leman and
the entire WACF Board of Directors — thank
you for your support. Your conservancy is
working hard to keep the lakes clean and
healthy.
Numerous factors led to low lake level
By Nate Bosch
Kosciusko Lakes and Streams
The drought of 2012 left Lake Wawasee’s
water level down about 18 inches and even
dropped nearby Lake Michigan to its lowest
water level in recorded history (since 1918).
Curiously, however, this water level drop was
not seen in all of the more than 100 lakes in
Kosciusko County.
This past year was a perfect storm (or unstorm) for lowering lake levels in several ways.
Warmer than average temperatures led to
more evaporation during the summer and the
previous winter (normally, ice cover would
stop evaporation during winter), lack of precipitation dried up three of the four inflowing
streams to Lake Wawasee, soils were so dry
that they soaked up the little precipitation that
did fall, lower local water table likely caused
groundwater springs in lake to reverse flow
and become drains out of the lake, and increased irrigation usage led to more evaporation losses as well.
Why then did some of our county lakes not
suffer the same low water levels like Lake
Wawasee or Lake Michigan? Lake Wawasee is
unique compared to most other lakes in
Kosciusko County (other than maybe Dewart
Lake). Because it sits near the continental divide, it has a relatively small area of land that
drains into it — called a watershed. This is
helpful when we are worried about unwanted
dirt and nutrients coming into the lake, which
grow algae and weeds, but it is harmful when
we want more precipitation and ground water
to come from that drainage area into the lake.
A helpful analogy might be your house’s
roof and gutter system. A small roof area
(drainage area) would be nice if you want to
cut down on the amount of leaves and twigs
that clog your gutters and downspouts. But, if
your goal was to get lots of water through your
gutters from your roof, you would be at a disadvantage with that small roof. Lake Wawasee’s small drainage area is helpful in keeping it
clean in normal years, but in drought years it
exacerbates the dry weather and makes the
lake more sensitive to lower water levels.
The only influences on the water level that
we can change is irrigation usage around the
lake and in the lake’s surrounding drainage
area as well as how the lake level control structure is operated throughout the year. Grace
College’s Kosciusko Lakes and Streams center
is hoping to study those influences in the future.
We will also continue our research on Lake
Wawasee this coming summer, and we are still
monitoring the inflowing streams to see what
materials they are bringing into the lake as
well now that more water is flowing through
them again.
Possible dredging of main channel discussed
Last summer’s drought was devastating to
our lakes and has exasperated an already difficult situation in the channel between Syracuse
Lake and Lake Wawasee, with shallow water
in many spots making navigation difficult.
In November a group of people including
representatives of the WPOA, SLA and local
businesses along the main channel met to discuss this and the possibility of dredging to
open up the area of the channel where it connects with Syracuse Lake as well as the area
where it connects with Lake Wawasee.
Topics of discussion at the meeting included cost, who would handle permits and
how the operation of the dredging would be
handled. Three bids were opened and reviewed, and one was chosen, if the project
should proceed.
It was decided to move forward with the
permitting process as well as applying for a
LARE grant. All of this will take several
months, and even after all approvals are secured, additional funds will need to be raised.
At that time further discussions on funding
will be held with one option being to ask for
donations from the residents of both lakes as
well as the businesses that are along the main
channel.
As this moves along we will continue to
keep you up to date on a solution to this
problem. The main channel between the
lakes is a vital part of the life here at the lake
with most of our residents as well as Syracuse
Lake residents using the channel frequently
during the boating season.
‘Wide World of Sports’ Flotilla theme
The Wawasee Flotilla will celebrate its 52nd
parade during the 2013 Fourth of July weekend, beginning at1:30 p.m. on Saturday, July
6.
This year’s theme is “Wide World of Sports”
where floats and homes on the lake are invited
to celebrate their favorite sport, team or athlete.
As in the past, individuals can use banners,
balloons, streamers, plywood, etc. to transform their boats and piers into sports themes.
The judges cannot wait to see what “Wide
World of Sports” entries will appear, said
Holly Tuttle, flotilla chairwoman.
She also said the committee is accepting de-
signs for the annual Flotilla T-shirt. You can
submit your design to hollytuttle@yahoo.com
or mail it to Holly’s attention at 813 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, IN, 46567.
This year’s awards will include the coveted
Commodore Cup, the DNR award, the
WPOA award, as well as category awards for
Neighborhood, Youth, Wawasee History,
Most Patriotic, Commercial/Business and
Non-Profit. An award will also be given for
best on shore display.
And once again this year, there will be a division for vintage and wooden boats.
For the latest information please visit the
flotilla web site at www.wawaseeflotilla.com.
Please send all correspondence regarding LakeViews to Jim Kroemer, editor, at jim.kroemer@gmail.com
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Fund endows local
scholarships
The WPOA-David F. Lichtenauer Memorial Scholarship Fund was established at the
Kosciusko County Community Foundation as
an endowment fund in 2010 in memory of
Dave Lichtenauer, who served the WPOA in
many capacities, including editor of the
newsletter.
Dave’s leadership paved the way for the
WPOA to play an active role in giving back to
the Wawasee community. His vision, and that
of the WPOA, is to increase the number of
scholarship awards given to local students each
year as well as the amounts given. An endowment lends permanency to this vision, providing an opportunity for steady growth and
contributions help this effort to sustain “the
gift that keeps on giving.”
Donations by check may be made payable
to KCCF (with WPOA-David F. Lichtenauer
Memorial Scholarship Fund included in the
memo line) and mailed to KCCF, 102 E.
Market Street, Warsaw, IN 46580.
For credit card donations, please visit
www.kcfoundation.org/donate. Your support
will make a difference in the education of our
future leaders from the Wawasee community.
What does your WPOA
membership do for you?
We are your VOICE with Indiana state government, the City of Syracuse, the DNR, the
Kosciusko County Sheriff ’s Department, the
board of Zoning Appeals and other lake associations.
• We liaison with WACF (in fact they were
created by WPOA when members saw a need
for greater conservancy efforts).
• Lake safety is our high priority. We patrol
the lake in boats owned and managed by
WPOA.
• We provide continuing support for the development of the Syracuse/Wawasee Trails.
• We sponsor the Artist Series as well as the
popular Cottage Tour.
• We provide and maintain the “pump and
dump” stations at the public boat launch to
help keep our lake clean.
• We provide funding for educational projects in local schools.
• We provide street lights at many dark
points around the lake for safety.
• We have
developed, installed and
maintain dry
hydrants for
continued fire
protection around the lake.
• We saw the need and helped develop severe weather warning systems around the lake.
• We develop, coordinate and implement
the annual Fourth of July Fireworks display.
• We print and distribute a newsletter four
times a year.
• Your directors are your neighbors, volunteering many hundreds of man hours to make
all this happen at a reasonable cost.
NOTICE
Only dues paying members
will be receiving the
Neighbors book this year.
Please tear off and return: to WPOA • P.O. Box 427 • Syracuse, IN 46567
WPOA
DUES
RECEIPT
($75.00 per year)
Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Address: (City, State & Zip Code) ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Home Phone: _____________________________________ Cell Phone: __________________________________
Lake Address: (City, State & Zip Code) _______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ Pier No. ___________________
Lake Phone: ________________________________ E-mail Address: ____________________________________
Check No. __________________________________ Check Date: ________________________________________
Lake Patrol Boat Replacement Fund: Amount of Contribution $______________________
Credit Card Payment:
Discover
MasterCard
Visa
Card Number: __________________________________________ Exp. Date (MMYY) ______________________
V Code Number: ________________________________________ Total Due: $ ___________________________
Card Holder Signature: __________________________________________________________________________
Home Address, City, State and Zip Code: ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________ Phone No. __________________________
Lake Patrol Boat Replacement Fund: Amount of Contribution $______________________
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Calendar of Events for 2013
May 18
May 24-25
May 26
June 8
June 22
July 4
July 6
July 6
July 13
July 27
August 10
August
WPOA Board of Directors Meeting
Oakwood Inn Open House for WPOA Members
Boat-In Worship Begins
WPOA Board of Directors Meeting
WPOA/SLA Family Breakfast (Oakwood Inn)
Fireworks — Syracuse Lake
52nd Wawasee Flotilla
WPOA Fireworks Lake Wawasee
WPOA Board of Directors Meeting
Home/Cottage Tour
WPOA Board of Directors Meeting
WPOA Annual Meeting (Date to be determined)
P.O. Box 427 • Syracuse, IN 46567-0427
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