The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 June 1989 — Page 1

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VOLUME 28

Flotilla events begin Thursday

I By KATE WOLFORD Staff Writer The 1989 Wawasee Flotilla will likely be a boat lover’s dream. After all, the focal point for the festival, which runs from June 29 to July 12, is the Flotilla Parade. It starts at 1 p.m. on July 2 at the Wawasee fish hatchery, located at the southeast end of the lake. Kicking off the festivities is a concert planned for June 29 at 8 p.m. The Elkhart Municipal Band and Lakes Area Symphonic Band will provide the music at Lakeside Park. The park foundation will sponsor the concert. Prior to the musical event at 6 p.m., the Syracuse Mother's dub will sponsor an ice cream social at Lakeside Park. Turkey Creet Friends of the

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FIRST RUNNER-UP — Shelley Sanders of Milford was named first runner-up in the "Miss Indiana" pageant Saturday night, June 24, in MichigatvX'ity. Representing Kosciusko County, Sanders won the talent preliminary during competition on Thursday. "I have so many mixed emotions," Sanders commented. She noted she is very "thrilled to do as well as I did." First runner-up is the best that any "Miss Kosciusko County" has ever done, but she is also very sad because. "It was so close and I wish I could have won it." She concluded. “It was a great experience."

Wawasee Community Church of the Nazarene —

New church to open its doors Sunday

By MITCHELL STINSON Staff Writer After six years of dreaming and one year of construction, it’s time for the Wawasee Community Church of the Nazarene to unveil its new church. The facility, located south of Syracuse, will open its doors for its first church service on July 2at 10:30a m. The 90-plus members of the congregation are happy to get out of the old overcrowded facility at the corner of Syracuse's Benton and Harrison streets. The old church served their needs for awhile but. with the growth of the congregation, it was time for a change "We were packed in the old building,'' said Rev. Ron Blake "We didn't have off street parking It was just a typical little white frame church on the corner " The new facility is built to accommodate the many needs of the congregation In addition to the pastor's study., there is an office, library, nursery, choir room, board room, pantry, conference room.

Library will sponsor a book sale at the Lakeland Youth Center. The sale begins at 10:30 a m. on June 30 and ends at 5 p.m. It will also run on July 1. Runners and cyclists can take their mark and go on July 1. The 12th Annual Flotilla Road Race will begin at 8 a.m. at Lakeside Park. Runners can take part in eight-mile and 3.3-mile runs, as well as a 3.3-mile fun walk. Registration for this Syracuse Merchants Association sponsored event begins at 7 a.m. The 25-mile bike race starts at 11 a m. at Wawasee High School: Registration begins at 10 a.m. The Flotilla Committee is sponsoring this event. Dancers of all ages can twist and shout at the Women of Today sponsored dance to be held at the Wawasee Golf Course on July 1. Sounds of the 19505, '6os and '7os will be played by North Webster deejay John Wheeler. Contests will be held and prizes will be

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awarded. The dance begins at 9 p.m. and concludes at 1 a.m. A special church service, sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association — the Boat-In Worship, will be held on July 2 at 8:30 a.m. The service is interdenominational and everyone, including boaters and others, are free to join in the worship. As stated above, July 2 marks the Big Event — the Wawasee Flotilla Parade. A balloon release, at 1 p.m., will serve to launch the parade. Parade participants should take their decorated boats to the fish hatchery at 12:30 p.m Fireworks are an inevitable part of Fourth of July holiday celebrations and the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce will provide sparkling displays in the nightsky on two evenings. The first spectacle. Big Bam Boom, will be held on July 2 at 9:45 p.m. at the center of Lake Wawasee. The other display will be held on the Fourth of July at the same time at Syracuse's Lakeside Park. Elephant ears will be on sale on July 4 at Lakeside Park from 4 to 9 p.m. The yummy event is sponsored by the Gamma Sigma Chapter, ESA. That same night, the Heart of the Lakes Squares will be do-se-doing at 7 p.m. at Lakeside Park. A down home concert will be provided by the Northeast Indiana Banjo Society at Lakeside Park on July 6 at 8 p.m. The musical event is sponsored by the Park Foundation. The Syracuse Jaycees will be serving up barbecue chicken at Crosson Mill Park on July 8 at 10:30a.m. The festivities will draw to a close with a salad bar luncheon to be held on July 12 at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church. Sponsored by the United Methodist Church Women, the luncheon will beheld from 11 to 1:30p.m.. Boxholder edition This special edition of The Mail-Journal is being boxboldered to 6,142 homes in the Wawasee School Corporation area. It features a special section on the Fourth of July — Wawasee Flotilla activities, as well as photos and lists of winners from last week’s Mermaid Festival at North Webster.

a large kitchen and five Sunday school classrooms. In addition, there are four main bathrooms and two smaller ones. The kitchen is fully equipped, featuring microwaves, ovens, range-top stoves, a dishwasher, refrigerator and ice maker. The children's area is broken down into different sections, where children will be grouped according to age. There are separate- rooms for crib babies, toddlers and kindergarten. Perhaps the most striking area of the church is the "sanctunasium,” a carpeted regulation basketball court where Sunday services will be held until a sanctuary can be built. The master plan calls for ev<itual construction of a sanctuary but church officials felt the rest of the church facilities deserved priority. "We can use our building every day of the week," he said “Once you screw a pulpit in. you can only do one thing and that is have church. " Blake added that in the new testament, peoplemet in houses for prayer He hopes that a sanctuarycan be built within a couple years but, in the mean time, a portable pulpit and folding chairs will suf

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1989 QUEEN OF LAKES AfcD JUiR COURT — Elizabeth Vandalene. "Miss Little Tippecanoe," seated, was crowned 1989 "Queen of Lakes" as the Mermaid Festival drew to a close at North Webster Saturday night. Elizabeth was sponsored by Beavers Realty in North Webster. She is shown surrounded by her court. From left are Stephanie Hall. “Miss Bourbon." second runner-up. sponsored by

Elizabeth Vandalene is 'Queen of Lakes'

I By KATE WOLFORD Staff Writer The 1989 "Queen of Lakes" pageant, was hectic for the 19 young women involved t but when the glitter had settled Saturday night. Elizabeth Katherine Vandalene. "Miss Little Tippecanoe Lake," claimed the coveted title. The 20-year-old daughter of Bruce and Twila Grim of Muncie has just completed her

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NEW SVRROVMHNGS — Rev. Ron Blake is pictured in his study at the new Wawasee Community Church of the Nazarene building. (Photo by Mitchell.Stinson)

sophomore year at Ball State. Elizabeth was sponsored bySteve Beavers of Beavers Realtyin North Webster. First runner-up in the pageant was -'Miss Waubee Lake." Heidi Lee Young of Milford. She is the 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Link Young She has just completed her freshman year at Indiana University. Heidi was sponsored by Hair Force in Syracuse. Second runner-up was "Miss Bourbon." Stephanie Hall of Bourbon. She is the 19-year-old daughter of Stephen and Rose

Ann Hall. She has just completed her freshman year at Bethel College. Stephanie was sponsored by Jan's Beauty Salon in Etna Green. Also in the court were "Miss Indian Lake." Pamela Lynn Abbott of Muncie, sponsored by K.C. Corporation, and "Miss Lake Wawasee." Ahunjillian Maria Wells of Fort Wayne, sponsored by Mutton Power Equipment. "Miss Congeniality," an honor voted on by all the girls in the contest, went to Carmen Ulshafer, "Miss Columbia City.” Carmen was sponsored by Snip-

fice to turn the basketball court into a house of worship The improved facilities should allow the congregation to be more vibrant and active. Blake hopes this will entice "unchurched " people to join up At the old location, they were just too cramped to organize a lot of activities. "We just basically had to put activities on the back burner or go other places to do them," Blake said. "We ll be able to do them now in our own facility" Members of the congregation echoed Blake's sentiments on the new church. North Webster's Fred Clear said he will be glad not to have to worry about water dripping on his head in Sunday school anymore. "Our facilities were just so outdated that we had to have some new facilities." he said. Clear attends the church with his wife, Donna, and four children He's says he's looking forward to a Sunday school program that will expand the number of classes from four to 10. John Haugh says he is looking forward to the switch because the spacious, new building will be more inviting to newcomers "This hopefully will get more visitors and it will be up to us to keep them here." he said

Jan’s Beauty Salon of Etna Green; Pamela Lynn Abbott "Miss Indian Lake,” sponsored by the K.C. Corporation; Ahunjiilian Wells, "Miss Lake Wawasee,” sponsored by Mutton Power Equipment; and Heidi Lee Young, “Miss Waubee Lake," first runnerup, sponsored by Hair Force in Syracuse. (Photo by Kate Wolford)

pers Beauty Shop. The pageant was the culmination of a busy day that included breakfast, lunch, interviews, prepageant instruction and of course, the Mermaid Festival Parade. The contest included swimsuit, which was won byElizabeth Vandalene, and evening gown competitions. The five finalists had one more round to go — last year's queen. Carrie Sloan, popped "the question." If there was one thing she could change about the future, what would it be and why? Yes. world peace was mentioned in

The Milford resident is a member of the congregation along with his wife. Becky, and three sons. He said the new church has a lot more potential and is a little more conducive to worship. The Wawasee Community Church of the Nazarene began seven years ago in the living room of the Lake Wawasee home of Jim and Vivienne Evans "There were 17 of us meeting in our living room and asking God's direction of what we should do." Vivienne said. She recounted the story of how that small group moved into the church on Benton and Harrison streets. The church, which was built in the 1890 s, met their needs until the congregation outgrew the facility. It wasn't easy to obtain the land to build the new facility. Vivienne was told by the previous owners that the land wasn't for sale. The owners had a change of heart, however, and sold the property to the church "I feel that was part of the miracle, how the door opened," she said. Vivienne says it has been a wonderful experience to see the new church come about. She thinks that God has been helping the congregation along toward its goals. "We know that it's not of ourselves." she said

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some answers. Immediately following the pageant, the 1989 queen gave her initial reaction to hearing she’d won. “Utter, total disbelief.” "Shock." and “happiness” were mentioned as well. Apparently, the SSOO scholarship from this pageant, when added to winnings from other pageants, means Elizabeth's junior year at Ball State is now paid. A pre law student, Elizabeth says she entered the pageant for the scholarship money. (Continued on page 2)