The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 May 1990 — Page 33
Bed and Breakfasts have much to offer visitors
(Continued from page 12) The Anchor Inn is located on SR 13. Business is good at Lake Breeze on Dewart Lake, too. Opened by JC and Jerry Rumple last spring, JC sees it as an "adult getaway for couples." The establishment was begun because she could see that in the summer, "things really moved along” in
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this area. The Lake Breeze features paddle boats, a lakefront view on Dewart, swimming and bicycles. A brunch is offered for guests to enjoy. Business has been good, with many guests coming in from Chicago and others coming over from Wawasee, perhaps as overflow from a family gathering. JC is quick to give plenty of credit for the overflow to Jean Kennedy. “She was my anchor,” JC observes. Kennedy proved a helpful resource for the Rumples during their first big season as bed and breakfast innkeepers by giving plenty of referrals. JC believes the bed and breakfast trend is catching on because visitors who come to this area to enjoy the water or visit relatives need a place to sleep. There is only one motel in Syracuse and others are located further away in Warsaw and Goshen, which
Wednesday, May 23, 1990 — SUMMER
can mean time spent driving rather than visiting and enjoying the fun to be had in the Lakeland area. Don’t be fooled by the “for-sale” sign in front of the Tara Home bed and breakfast on the east side of Lake Wawasee. Proprietor Sheryll Donley says she'll be taking reservations right up through a month in advance of the sale of her home and will definitely be booking through June. Open now for -the third summer, Tara welcomes businessmen and families alike. Sheryll isn’t selling because she didn't like the “B&B" business. She says, "Running a bed and breakfast has been the most fantastic job a person can have.” It’s because her daughter is leaving for college in the fall and the business is a two-woman job. Sheryll did, howeyer, begin the Tara Home because she wanted to keep the large home
as a place for her grown children to come home to. If the home doesn't sell by next summer, she’ll open it up for business again. Business includes full run of the house for guests (with the exception of the family living quarters), a continental breakfast, and guests can enjoy swimming, boating and fireplaces. There is a cassette deck, two televisions and two VCR’s. Businessmen can use the conference room. Bed and breakfasts seem to be filling a unique niche in the Lakeland area. Like her two other counterparts interviewed for this story Sheryll observes that these inns are doing fine because staying in them “gives you such a warm feeling over staying at a motel.” In the summer of 1990, it appears visitors may well continue to look for that feeling.
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