Shipshewana Town News
The month of October draws to
an end the summer and fall seasons
that have hopefully reflected success
for the area’s businesses. Saturday,
November 9 brings the Light Parade,
as well as the return to the Shipshewana Event Center of the iconic 50’s and
60’s music of the “Bulldogs”. The group
went through a transition recently
when “Spike” (Val Asay) had health
issues and retired very suddenly from
the band. The change has worked out
very well as the group has broadened
its music selection to include more of
the 60’s music and is drawing a great
following.
Come join us on Saturday, November 9 at the Shipshewana Event
Center and “Rock” with the Bulldogs
and “Roll” through the Hostetler Auto
Museum for FREE with the purchase
of your “Bulldogs” ticket. Tickets are
$10 in advance or $12 at the door. Get
your tickets early by calling the Event
Center at 260-768-3021 from 10 am to
4 pm.
The Shipshewana Park Board completed the first of a number of work
sessions developing plans to generate
the financial backing from the community that will sustain parks and
recreational opportunities for all our
residents into the future. If you would
like to participate in any one of a number of focus groups, please contact the
Town at 260-768-4743. This is a huge
opportunity to assist the Shipshewana
community in developing and sustaining park and recreational facilities and
programs the community wants.
In other news, leaf pickup is on
Mondays and Thursdays. Please help by
putting your leaves in a pile at the edge
of your property for pick up by the
town staff. Please do not put grass clippings or branches in with your leaves.
When you make payment for utility bills, make sure that your account
number is on the check and your stub
is with the payment.
The Town Council continues to
work on a number of issues including
updating the traffic ordinance, determining the best approach to sidewalk
repair and improvements, tree removal
and street inventory and repair/replacement schedule. The Council will
also be looking at initiating a Global
by Mike Sutter
Positioning System (GPS) project that
will allow staff to easily locate all
water, sewer, storm water lines, manholes and valves in lieu of looking at
paper maps or relying on “institutional
memory.” This project is long overdue
and will take some very careful work
by town staff. We are hoping that we
can find a Trine University engineering
student to do the “leg” work, help the
town and add to his/her career development and resume.
All of these undertakings will
allow infrastructure to keep pace. Shipshewana is a dynamic community, but
problems with the basic community
framework will increase unless steps
are taken to correct the deficiencies.
To keep infrastructure current, it costs
serious dollars, but the alternative is
not a pretty sight and is graphically
portrayed by the deterioration of many
communities in the country. It’s our
goal that everyone will “get on board”
with these initiatives.
260 C North Village Dr. • Shipshewana, IN 46565
www.keepingtabs.uss • Office: 260.768.4760
Payroll Services & Accounting Services
1 hour of free
business
consulting
This is your personal invitation to come see us at our office in the Troyer
Saddlery building. We are located across the hall from Country Corral
Restaurant. Let us put 15 years of accounting & 10 years of tax preparation
experience to work for you. We offer tax prep for individual & business
(including S-corps & LLCs), as well as full service accounting & payroll services.
Call for a free quote today! Offer good with coupon only.
November ‘13 · The Hometown Treasure
49