By Ray Balogh InkFreeNews SYRACUSE — About 50 patriots and a handful of their four-legged friends reprised a Fourth of July tradition along Lake Wawasee’s north shore that started more than half a century ago.   Eleven groups of neighborhood families and friends, appropriately socially distanced, marched eastward through the lakeside yards of a dozen …read more.

SYRACUSE — A 4th of July kids parade along the north shore of Lake Wawasee was revived yesterday morning, July 4. Residents, family members and friends gathered at Bob Fanning’s home on Lake Wawasee to begin a parade down to the Needler home and back again.

And the commodore for the 2013 Wawasee Flotilla is … Kay Young! “What can I say … I was very honored to be chosen by the committee to be this year’s commodore and when I look back at past recipients, feel very humble,” stated Young. For her this honor is especially meaningful knowing both Bill Beemer …read more.