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Friday, May 02 2008 |
By TJ HEMLINGER
Staff writer
Whitley County issued 770 building permits in 2007, an increase of 31 over the previous year, or more than 4 percent.
The increase was entirely in Columbia City and Churubusco. South Whitley and the county actually showed a decrease from 2006.
In addition to the building permits, there were 542 improvement location permits issued, a decrease of 26 from the previous year.
The Whitley County Planning and Building Department collected $88,219 in building and planning fees for the year, which represents 41 percent of the department’s budget expenditures. That was a decline from 2006, when it brought in $97,168, or 46 percent of its budget.
There were 131 new homes constructed and 12 new commercial buildings as part of a total of 770 building permits issued.
In addition, there were 541 improvement location permits issued.
In 2007, the department worked with the Chamber of Commerce, reviewed two development plan applications, assisted the South Whitley Plan Commission in its efforts to extend its two-mile jurisdictional area, worked with Churubusco and South Whitley on administering their zoning and subdivision ordinances, and helped establish lake access development standards and manufactured housing standards.
The department has several ongoing projects, including meetings on the county’s geographical information system, Columbia City’s downtown action agenda, more on South Whitley’s jurisdictional area expansion, South Whitley downtown improvement and revitalization, reviewing the county’s subdivision control ordinance, updating Churubusco’s comprehensive plan, and converting the office to computer applications and creating a database.
The Planning and Building Department, headed by David M. Sewell, reviews all zoning applications, prepares amendments to codes, reviews and issues building permits, conducts unsafe building inspections, reviews development plans, assists Whitley County economic development, administers the flood plan for the county and assists on planning, zoning, building and development questions.
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Last Updated ( Monday, May 05 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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