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Donation from The Papers
SUPPORTING THE TRAIL – Ron Baumgartner, left, owner and publisher of The Papers Inc., presents Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation board member, Dave Brandes, a contribution for the Syracuse trail project. The funds will be applied to the construction of a pedestrian bridge connecting the Wawasee High School area and the Wawasee Village area businesses.The fund drive…
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Knights of Columbus Donation
Dave Ganz, Syracuse Knights of Columbus president, presents Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation board member, Tom Edington, a contribution for the Syracuse trail project. The funds will be applied to the construction of a pedestrian bridge connecting the Wawasee High School area and the Wawasee Village area businesses. The fund drive to raise K-21 grant matching funds…
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Cornelius Road Trail Extension
During the Fall of 2010, the Cornelius Road Trail segment was extended along Cornelius Road from the Wawasee Boat Co. east to the Pleasant Grove Road intersection. Primary funding source for this section was the 2010 Wawasee Property Owners Association “Cottage Tour” proceeds.
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Trail committee hard at work on bridge
By Lauren Zeugner – staff writer for Mail Journal Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee has been hard at work this past fall raising matching funds for a K21 Foundation Grant for a bridge slated to go over McConnell/Skinner Ditch connecting the trail running along Pickwick Drive. Preliminary plans and specifications for review took place Nov. 30 with…
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Harkless Foundation announces 2010 grants
Mail Journal Kenneth and Lela Harkless Foundation has awarded $83,500 in grants to organizations in the Syracuse community, according to James Caskey, foundation president. Grants were awarded to the following organizations: Teen Parents Succeeding, $12,000 Syracuse Cemetery Association, $10,000 Syracuse-Wawasee Museum, $10,000 Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation, $10,000 Rose Home North, $10,000 Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Charity Foundation, $7,500…
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McConnell-Skinner Bridge Fundraiser
Kay Young, Sales Manager for Todd Realty, presents a check to Dan Buchman, Chamber of Commerce and Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation board member. In a joint effort, the Chamber of Commerce and the Trail Committee have contacted area businesses and service groups to raise funds to build a trail segment and bridge across McConnell-Skinner Ditch. The K21 Health Foundation has…
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Artist Series Pictures Make A Great Gift
Signed and numbered prints of the two original oils, “Conklin Bay in Summer” by Douglas David and “Regatta” by Andrea Bojarb, are still available. Each year, for the past two years, the Wawasee Property Owners Association has commissioned a prominent Indiana artist to do a painting of a Wawasee scene. High quality signed and numbered…
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Chamber of Commerce Donation
TRAIL DONATION – Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce presented a $1,000 check to the Syracuse-Wawasee Trails Committee recently. Accepting the donation are, from left, Mike and Sandra Buhrt, as Beth Kroes of Edward Jones and Tammy Cotton of the chamber make the presentation. The chamber raised the funds by serving Kroes’ award winning ham and bean…
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Mutual Bank Trail Donation
TRAILS RECEIVE DONATION – MutualBank presented the Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation with a $2,500 donation to be used for the foundation’s trails project. Pictured are, from left, Max Courtney, MutualBank senior vice president and regional manager; Josh Birky, service manager of the MutualBank Syracuse branch; Donn Baird, Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation treasurer and Chad Jonsson, superintendent of…
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Pickwick Trail Cleanup
TRAIL CLEAN-UP – Larry Martindale, left, and Rob Vandal, members of the Wawasee Kiwanis Club, were out along with several other Kiwanians cleaning the Mudd Lake trail segment along with the adjoining parking area Aug. 28. The Kiwanians spent two hours clearing out trash, dead timber and undergrowth from the trail segment.
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