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Wawasee Summer League opens first season on Schrock Fields 7H[W DQG 3KRWRV %\ '$9,' +$=/(',1( Wawasee Summer League held special opening day festivities Saturday, April 29, which included the dedication of the new Harold Schrock Fields, preceded by a parade featuring players, coaches and area emergency responders. The parade, composed of all 19 teams dressed in a colorful array of uniforms, made its way from Syracuse Elementary School down Kern Road to the new fields, where a crowd of relatives and well-wishers waved and snapped photographs as they arrived. Waiting at the gates to Schrock
Fields were representatives of the Syracuse Parks and Recreation Department, board of directors and selected players held a ribbon-cutting ceremony before the crowd filed into the complex. Doug Schrock and Morgan Beer, a league player, wielded the scissors. Patrick Moore, Wawasee Summer League commissioner, led a dedication ceremony for the fields, which included Syracuse Park Board President Paul Newcomer and an honor guard from American Legion Post 223. Noting the roughly 400 players participating in the 2023 season, Moore highlighted “a successful year of registering.” Continued on page 2
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Only 15 citizens cast their vote in the precinct. “I’m just thankful for my friends and family in town who supported me,” Cazier
said when contacted after the results were in. “I’m happy to serve. I love my town. I love my job. I love the people I work with.
1$7+$1 6&+(5(5 5.38% turnout; however, the total number of registered voters was 3,733 with 201 ballots cast. There were no Democrat candidates for the town council primary.
Indiana’s Largest Marina Heather Harwood named 2023 Over 90 Years of Exceptional Service and Products Wawasee Flotilla Commodore Heather Harwood, a lifetime area resident and executive director of the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, will lead this year’s Lake Wawasee Flotilla activities celebrating the theme “Luau on the Lake.” The 2023 Wawasee Flotilla will start at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 1. Harwood grew up in Goshen where her father was a Presbyterian minister. She spent her summers, along with brother George Hardie, swimming, skiing, sailing and developing a lifelong appreciation for the natural beauty
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While voter turnout for the primary was low with only 168 of the 2,258 registered voters casting a ballot, their choice was clear. Republican incumbent for clerk-treasurer Virginia Cazier, led in all four precincts against Syracuse Town Councilman Larry Siegel, who challenged her for the office. In Turkey Creek Precinct 2, Cazier led with 73.91% of the vote, while Siegel received 26.09%. In Turkey Creek Precinct 3. Cazier led with 67.12% of the vote, while Siegel received 32.88%. In Turkey Creek Precinct 4, Cazier led with 75.93% of the vote, while Siegel received 24.07%. In Turkey Creek Precinct 5, Cazier led with 100% of the vote, while Siegel received zero.
Nathan Scherer, Republican candidate for the Syracuse Town Council District 4 seat, defeated his two opponents in the May 2 primary. Scherer received 53.90% of the vote versus his opponents, Brian Woody’s 25.97% and David R. Rosenberry’s 20.13%. Only 168 of the 2,258 registered voters in the town cast ballots in the town primary. “I’m excited since I was caucused in only to serve for a short term,” said Scherer. “Now I can seek a full term of my own and finish projects we started. ... It’s exciting to be able to continue on and serve the town.” Scherer was appointed Feb. 7 at a Republican caucus to fill the remaining term of Larry Martindale, who had resigned. As in the primary,
Scherer defeated his two opponents at that time. Scherer is a native of Syracuse and has four children. He has been a business owner and entrepreneur for almost 20 years. Scherer carried all four precincts over his opponents. Woody was the second highest vote recipient overall in precincts 2 and 4, and Woody and Rosenberry tied for votes in precincts 3 and 5. Seats for District 3 and District 5 council positions were also up for election. Cindy Kaiser, District 3, and Bill Musser, District 5, were both unopposed on the Republican ballot. Overall 7.44% of the registered voters for the town of Syracuse cast ballots. County records show a total of 2,258 registered voters, with only 168 voters casting ballots. In the 2019 election there was a
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