KOSCIUSKO COUNTY  — This April, the Center for Lakes & Streams wrapped up another successful year of excellent K-12 programs. During the 2015-2016 school year, over 7,400 Kosciusko County students participated in our K-12 and community education programs. Throughout the month, the Center for Lakes & Streams visited four schools with the newly launched petting …read more.

[weaver_youtube H9GrPvtKcSU rel=0]   Patriot’s Day 2015 was an activity filled Saturday at Oakwood Resort, Syracuse. Oakwood Resort staff kept busy parking event goer’s vehicles, while restaurant staff grilled out on the lawn and Man Cave Brewery provided drinks with part of the proceeds going back to the Wawasee Navy Seal Foundation. North Webster American …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Elite Frogs Parachute Team, made up of active duty and retired Navy SEALs, will be returning to Lake Wawasee for its fourth annual Patriot’s Day. But this year will be bigger and better than the past three years. The Hooligans Flight Team will join in and there will be a Capt. Phillips …read more.

The Elite Frogs Parachute Team, made up of active duty and retired Navy SEALs, will be returning to Lake Wawasee for its fourth annual Patriot’s Day. But this year will be bigger and better than the past three years. The Hooligans Flight Team will join in and there will be a water jump demonstrating a …read more.

[weaver_youtube T3hGQ828R7I rel=8]   Despite an hours delay, due to arrival of a Cessna 182 coming from the Plymouth Parachute Group, to Nappanee Airport, the hundreds who came by boat, watched by land on the peninsula on Venetian Island and from their homes on Ogden Point Road and other areas, stayed and awaited the return …read more.

The Elite Frogs Parachute Team, made up of active duty and retired Navy SEALs, will be returning to Lake Wawasee for its third annual Patriots Day. The featured event will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, as the team parachute jumps over Johnson’s Bay at Lake Wawasee. The American flag jump, featuring an American flag …read more.

The American flag’s descent to Venetian Island from 13,000 feet from ground is a moving experience for many who saw the demonstration the past two years. The leader of the Elite Frogs gracefully floated to the ground with a three-story high, eight-story long American Flag strapped to his right ankle. (Photo by Deb Patterson) The …read more.

[weaver_youtube S_Vq7KdDFWU rel=0]   Boats filled Johnson’s Bay on Lake Wawasee and the peninsula on Venetian Island was filled with spectators Saturday evening. Many gathered at family, friends and neighbors on nearby channels to see the second Annual Elite Frogs Parachute Team jump at the lake. The group, formed by Chuck Janicki a former Navy …read more.

Last year the Elite Frogs parachute display team comprised of U.S. Navy SEALs parachuted onto Venetian Island on Syracuse’s Lake Wawasee. The event was privately arranged, but a large number of individuals came to watch. R.H. “Bud” Stickle, a resident of Venetian Island, talked to others who were involved the following day and he established The Wawasee Navy SEAL Foundation …read more.