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Wheeler hired to help run the show Print E-mail
Thursday, April 24 2008

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Post & Mail photo Kelley Sheiss
Melinda Wheeler is the new program assistant at the parks department.

 By KELLEY SHEISS
for The Post & Mail
A friendly face has been added to the Columbia City parks department staff, assisting director Mark Green with special events and sports registrations among other duties.  Melinda Wheeler started her role as program coordinator on March 24.  Wheeler resides in rural Columbia City and is a recent graduate of St. Francis University with a degree in communications.  While at St. Francis, she served as a student activities coordinator and completed internships with Majic 95.1 and Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation.
 At the parks board regular meeting Monday evening, board members approved their support of a trailhead concept presented by the Friends of the Eel River Trail.  The proposed facility would include two restrooms, parking and be located on Whitley Street near the fire museum.  The parks department would be responsible for maintenance, while the Eel River group must secure funding to build the facility.  The proposal still needs to go before city council since the city owns the land where the group would like to build.  Board member Mike Malcolm stated that the board would not commit anything more at this time more than ongoing maintenance due to future budget considerations.
 In other park business, Green said that the pool will be drained, cleaned and ready for its Memorial Day opening. Malcolm informed the group that he has secured a computer donation to be used at the pool so employees can track weather conditions.   Green also provided an update on the splash pad, noting that the water line is in and equipment should arrive shortly.  All park bathrooms are open except by the concession stand. These restrooms are being remodeled and made handicap-accessible as part of the splash pad project.  Green said they should be open in a couple of weeks.
 Green provided another proposal for a bridge to expand the River Greenway. The bid from USI Consultants is for $195,000, higher than the previous bid.  Green has also received a bid from Niblock to extend the trail along Cider Mill Road.
 Registration started this week for co-ed and men’s softball and a Guitar Hero II tournament will be 4 to 10 p.m. May 16.

Last Updated ( Friday, April 25 2008 )
 
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My Mom (Elly Crawford) would always make this Cranberry
Salad, to die for. The year she passed away I had tried my mother-in-laws and others
but never the same as my Mom's. A year had went by and I had Looked and Looked for
her recipe in her old fashion Tin recipe box. Could not find it. I thought, wow was
this like her Famous Potato Salad, In her head and never wrote down. Silly I know
But as I searched thru her tin recipe box again, I made sure I put each hand wrote
card back where she had kept it. I wanted to make sure it was Just like my mom had
always had it and left it. I kept look one at a time, And low and behold stuck
between two cards was the recipe, I sat and held it as the tears ran down my face. I
had found it and was finally going to have Mom's Cranberry Salad. I called My Dad,
Cecil and said over 20 times, " Dad I found it Dad I found it!" I then prayed and
ask Mom, OK come on help me make this just like you did. And I guess Mom heard
me cause the 2nd and 3rd Thanksgiving without my Mom I had "Mom's Cranberry
Salad" and I will again this year and years to come. Thanks Mom I love you- Sheryl
xoxo P.S. You ask? Well share this recipe.... Umm, I
think NOT, Took me to long to find it. - Sheryl Hackett (Churubusco, IN)
 
My late grandmother, Margarette Ruthsatz always made
scalloped oysters for the holidays. The recipe would be similar to scalloped corn
but instead of corn,oysters.We always hoped for left-overs and often would sneak it
cold from the fridge! Someone brings this dish every year. - Pam Sorg (Columbia City, IN)

I love Thanksgiving. All my family get together at my mom and
dad's. My daughters and I usually go early to help Mom get the dinner ready, but she
does most of it. We eat about one and are all stuffed. After clean up we wait for
the paper so my sister and I can scope out all the sales for the next day which we
call Jackie and Laura's Big Adventure. It is the one day that we just spend time
together and are amused with all the shoppers going crazy for that perfect Christmas
gift. - Jackie White (Columbia City, IN)
 
  My mother-in-law, the late Mildred Weeks, gave me this recipe
and it is the only salad I fix for Thanksgiving and I am willing to share.
CRANBERRY SALAD1 lb package cranberry's (I freeze them and
then grind them)2 medium size oranges1 cup sugar1 package red
jello2 red apples diced small1 cup chopped nuts1 cup celery diced
smallGrind cranberry's and oranges;add sugar (let set overnight) okay if not.
 Add apples, celery, jello and nuts.
- Rowena Weeks (Ridgecrest, California)

 
 
   
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