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Memorial Day celebrations in the area The communities of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse will be celebrating Memorial Day with parades and ceremonies. Below are the details for each community’s celebration. Milford Milford will host its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30. Lineup will begin at 9 a.m. with the parade stepping off at 10 a.m. sharp. This year organizers hope to have 200 entries. A ceremony will be held afterward at Milford Cemetery. North Webster The North Webster Community Center will host a Run for a Veteran 5K run/walk Saturday, May 28. Register at runsignup.com. Early registration is $25; registration the day of the race will be $30. North Webster American Legion Post 253 will provide an honor guard at 8 a.m. prior to the start of the race. There will be a table where members of the Legion will be selling poppies to raise money for the veterans. Goshen Health will also be on-site offering a variety of health screenings. Continued on page 2
Crossing work begins Tuesday Word has been received that Norfolk Southern will begin maintenance on the tracks next week. This includes crossing work. Workers are expected to begin work at CR 900N on Tuesday, May 31, and continue northbound into Elkhart County. The exact timing of when crossings will be closed is unknown.
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AES 500 Festival Parade. For this parade, the Grand Marshal may be a Hoosier from the past or present. Students were asked who they would choose and why would that Hoosier deserve the honor of AES 500 Festival Parade Grand Marshal. McDonald recommended his mother in the essay below: “Dear Parade Committee: “Do you have anyone in your family who is able to take six kids to practices in one day plus help those kids work together to make a homemade meal? Thankfully I do. I think my mom deserves to be the grand marshal of the Indy 500 Festival Parade. “She is very organized and has to deal with six kids running around and making messes constantly. When something else comes up she rearranges the schedule easily and she is also really sweet to everybody. It’s like everybody she sees is her friend or her friend’s child. “She helps me with tons of things. She’s there when I need help with homework and laundry. She also helps clean my room and do the dishes. She comforts me when I get hurt and when I’m sad. “My mom is the most amazing person I know and I think if you knew her you would think so too. She is trustworthy and you can trust her with almost everything. For example, I can trust her with my debit card. “She is amazing and these are the reasons why I think that my mom should be the grand marshal of the 2022 parade. You should too after all this information!”
Bart’s Watersports celebrates 0(025,$/ '$< :((.(1' 6$/( its 50th year of success %\ 5$< %$/2*+ 6WDII :ULWHU With his characteristic gratitude and selfless altruism, Bart Culver summed up his half a century of business success in less than 30 seconds. “The cornerstone to our building reads, ‘Dedicated to our customers and staff.’ They are the two things that make this business great. I will
always be indebted to the people who work here and have allowed me to live out my curiosities, of which I have many.” In 1974, Culver launched his enterprise, Bart’s Water Sports, in a two-story house in North Webster. After two years, the business outgrew that location and Bart’s moved to the south edge of town, setting up a warehouse and shop now occupied by Pedals and Paddles.
Bart’s operated at that location for 20 years before building a warehouse on a 44-acre parcel fronted on SR 13 north of town. The business moved into the warehouse in the fall of 1994, and the following year Bart’s opened its new offices and shop. A subsequent addition brought the current building footprint to 35,000 square feet for the warehouse and 5,000 square feet Continued on page 2
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North Webster Town Council hears from AWL president %\ .(,7+ .1(33 6WDII :ULWHU While it was a week later than normal, the North Webster Town Council met in regular session Tuesday evening, May 24, at the North Webster Community Center. During department reports, Jayne Alger, Inframark utilities manager for the town, presented two options to replace the municipality’s existing dump truck, which has come into ma-
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jor disrepair. The first option, from Jordan Ford, features a Ford F-350 body. It was noted any necessary future repairs on the truck would be relatively easy, given the available supply of parts. The second is an International truck currently owned by the town of Milford. It features a Maxx Force engine that, while solid, would be more
expensive and difficult to repair. However, it includes a snow plow and salt spreader. Additionally, vehicles sold from between municipalities are given tax breaks. The board is still waiting for estimates on repairs of the existing dump truck before making any further decisions. Police Chief Greg Church ofContinued on page 2
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