CROWN POINT FACT BOOK 2016 A guide to local government, resources, events and more. A special publication of the Kankakee Valley Post News
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Table of Contents Crown Point Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 City Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Crown Point Schools . . . . . . . . . .6 Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . 7 Grand Old Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Lifetime in Crown Point . . . . . .9 CP Native in Space . . . . . . . . . . .11 History of Crown Point . . . . . . .13 Community Library . . . . . . . . . 14
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 3 CROWN POINT FACTS
DID YOU KNOW? • In 1834, Solon Robinson and his family are believed to be the first to settle in the area that became Crown Point. • Crown Point was incorporated as a city in 1868. • Among Crown Point’s historic landmarks is the Lake County Courthouse built there in 1878. Additions would be made to the courthouse in 1907 and 1923. • Rudolph Valentino, star of the silver screen during the silent era, and Winifred DeWolfe were married at the Lake County Courthouse in March, 1923. • In 1934, notorious outlaw John Dillinger escaped from the Lake County Jail located in Crown Point. • In 1998, Crown Point native Jerry Ross flew his first of seven missions into space via space shuttles. • Crown Point is the county
seat of Lake County, Indiana, named for its location on Lake Michigan, and home to over 490,000 residents, according to the US Census Bureau. It is Indiana’s second most populous county. • Crown Point has a population of 27,841 people, according to the US Census Bureau. The city’s population has grown over 42% since 2000. • As of 2012, the median household income for residents of Crown Point was $63,121, well above the Indiana average of $48,248. • Crown Point is ideally located 34 miles southeast of the Chicago metropolitan center with rural farmlands situated to the south. • There are 22 parks and sports fields in the city of Crown Point including the domed Sportsplex.
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Page 4 • Crown Point Fact Book 2016 GOVERNMENT
Crown Point City Hall
The City of Crown Point is governed by a mayor and city council. The group meets the first Monday of each month at the City Hall, located at 101 N. East St. David Uran is the current mayor of Crown Point, having been elected to his second fouryear term in 2011. The council is made up of seven members who are elected. Five of the members are elected by districts and two are at-large members. Current council members are: District 1- Chad Jeffries; District 2- Robert Clemons; District 3- Andrew Kyres; District 4- Laura Sauerman; District 5- Carol Drasga; and at-large members, Chris Retson and Scott Evorik.
City departments include ClerkTreasurer, City Court, Cemetery, Emergency Management, Engineering, Fire and Rescue, Human Resources, Legal, Media/IT, Parks and Recreation, Planning and Building, Police, Public Works, and Special Events. The Clerk Treasurer is Kristie Dressel. Employees of the office help residents with questions regarding water bills, building permit payments, parking ticket payments, and can provide certain public information documents. The Public Works Department offers a wide variety of services to the citizens of Crown Point,
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Council, Dist. 1 Chad Jeffries
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Page 6 • Crown Point Fact Book 2016 EDUCATION
Crown Point Schools recognized for academic excellence The Crown Point Community Schools Corporation presides over public education in Crown Point. The corporation’s office is located at 200 E. North St., Crown Point and Dr. Teresa A. Einerman is the Superintendent of Schools. The school board of trustees is made up of Scott Angle, president; Jerry Caravana, vice-president; Tom Hoffman, secretary; Karen Schram, member; and David Warne, member. The Crown Point Schools are recognized as being among the top in the state having received a grade of “A” for exemplary academic achievement by the Indiana Dept. of Education. Crown Point High School has grown from its modest origins to one of the largest comprehensive high schools in Indiana. The current facility, which was featured in American School and University Architectural Portfolio
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Crown Point Schools Crown Point High School Principal: Chip Pettit Address: 1500 Main St. Phone: 219-663-4885
Robert A. Taft Middle School Principal: Michael Hazen Address: 1000 S. Main St. Phone: 219-663-1507 Col. John Wheeler Middle School Principal: Tim Vasser Address: 401 W. Joliet St. Phone: 219-663-2173 Timothy Ball Elementary School Principal: Art Equihua Address: 720 E. Summit St. Phone: 219-663-0047 Lake Street Elementary School Principal: Cindy Wise Address: 475 Lake St. Phone: 219-663-5683 Solon Robinson Elementary
School Principal: Barbara L. Merrill Address: 601 Pettibone St. Phone: 219-663-2525
Winfield Elementary School Principal: Jillian Alonzo Address: 13128 Montgomery St. Phone: 219-663-2287 Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Principal: Marian Buchko Address: 12900 Fairbanks Ave., Cedar Lake Phone 219-662-3600 Eisenhower Elementary School Principal: Mary Ann Chapko Address: 1450 E. Main St. Phone: 219-663-3800 Jerry Ross Elementary School Principal: Jennifer Slolarz 11319 Randolph St. Phone 219-663-3010
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 7 PARKS AND RECREATION
Crown Point Parks and Recreation Crown Point offers 19 parks, including a municipal pool, skate park and seasonal ice rink. • Bowtie Park, located at the intersection of Arthur St. and 94th Avenue, is situated on 1.5 acres and offers a playground and a basketball court. • Arthur Street Park is located at Arthur Street and 96th Avenue. Its 1.5 acres offers a playground. • Sauerman Woods Park offers a gazebo, walking trail in the woods, a basketball court and four sand volleyball courts. The Hub swimming pool is also here. It is located at 1000 E. South Street and the pool opens May 25th. Pool rental is available. • Collins Park offers a tennis court, playground and a softball field. It is located at the intersection of 3500 Merrillville Road and 95th Avenue and spreads out over four acres. • Erlenbach Park is located at
Sauerman Woods Park 1000 E. South St. 9650 Van Buren St. and offers a playground. • Keller Park, which offers a playground, is located at the intersection of Merrillville Road and W. 97th Place.
• Willow Tree Park at McKinley St. and Arthur Place, encompasses four acres and features a playground. • White Hawk Park at White Hawk Drive near the White
Hawk Country Club course offers a playground. • Brookside Park is situated on 1 acre and offers a playground and picnicking opportunities. • Thomas Street Park at 700 Thomas Street has a playground and shelter rental. • Jerry Ross Park at 399 W. North St., offers playground fun as well as a shelter. • Prairie View Park at North Heather Lane has a playground. • Solon Robinson Park, located at Dexter Drive, offers nine acres of recreation, including a sand volleyball court, two basketball courts and a pavilion. • Penn Oak Park is located on .90 acres at South Madisa Street and Chessington Drive and offers a playground. • High Meadow Park, located at High Meadow Drive, has a playground. See PARKS, page 10
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Page 8 • Crown Point Fact Book 2016 HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
Grand Old Lady is jewel in the crown The red bricked “Grand Old Lady,” dubbed the jewel in the crown of Crown Point is the center point for the city’s historic shopping district. The former Lake County Courthouse is now home to 15 shops, a rental ballroom, a theater, offices, The John Dillinger Museum and the Lake County Historical Museum. Around the courthouse square, visitors will find a variety of restaurants to choose from including Greek, Italian, Chinese and Mexican, as well as American cuisine. Several of these restaurants occupy restored buildings such as Circle Restaurant, Main Street Cafe which was once the Meyers
Candy Store, What’s the Scoop in the old Horst Hardware building and the Registry, a bar and grill housed in what was the first newspaper, the Register, in Crown Point. Cafe 222 is in the old criminal courts building where infamous criminal John Dillinger was arraigned. Lucretia’s Restorante occupies the historic Fifield Mansion. In the Grand Old Lady, there are professional offices including the Crown Point Chamber of Commerce and the city court. Not far off the square, the Sheriff ’s House, built in 1882,
Shops and restaurants line the street in the historic downtown courthouse square. is being restored. It was home to Lake County sheriffs for 76 consecutive years. The back portion of the building was the jail, where John Dillinger escaped in 1934. The Old Homestead Preservation Project, a partnership between the City of Crown Point and the Old Homestead Preser-
vation Society restored the Wellington A. Clark Homestead, which through their efforts has been listed on the National State Registers of Historic Places. The home was built in 1847. A self-guided walking tour is available from the Chamber of Commerce, located inside the old courthouse.
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 9 LIFELONG RESIDENT
A lifetime in Crown Point Resident loves city and its residents By Cheri Shelhart editor@kvpost.net
CROWN POINT — Bud Bowman, 82, arrived in Crown Point in 1959 fresh out of college and ready to teach the fine students of Crown Point High School. “I’m always glad I came,” he said. “Crown Point made me part of the family.” Bowman grew up in Marion, Indiana. After four years in the Navy, he attended Ball State University, getting his degree in education. He was a medic in the Navy and spent time in Korea, Hawaii and San Diego. Crown Point was his first teaching position and his last. Bowman continued to teach at the high school for another 35
Bud Bowman has been a part of Crown Point since 1959. years before retiring. He raised his family there and is enjoying his retirement in the city. He taught Biology and general science, subjects always dear to his heart. When he began teaching in 1959, he said, “The school was nice. It was clean and exemplary in everything. The kids
were pretty well mannered.” The school continues to be exemplary he said. Bowman also taught 17 years of summer school Biology. “The classroom was my love,” he said. He has a masters in Biology and has taught around 5,000 students. A number of his students have gone on to be doctors and lawyers. He said most all of the kids at Crown Point High School qualify for college. “I’m so proud of the kids, like most teachers. We think we’ve had some influence on their lives,” he said. He said the Crown Point schools are ranked among the top 10 in the state and in the 6th percentile in the nation. His wife, Marilyn, worked as a teacher’s aide and a substitute teacher as well. Sadly, she passed away two years ago, and it’s obvious in Bowman’s voice how deeply she is missed. He and Marilyn were active
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not just in school activities but in their community and their church. He said his children were always active in sports and school activities. They loved to attend school games. As for the City of Crown Point, he said is has evolved like any other town, but the people of the town have remained generous in their support of the town and its programs and parks. “People with money in Crown Point have been overly generous,” he said. The Crown Point Community Foundation is active in supporting the youth through scholarships and other programs as well as supporting organizations in the town. The Crown Point Alumni Association gives back through scholarships. “People give back to the community,” he said. For Bowman, teaching is the
See RESIDENT, page 10
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including streets, utilities, and waste water. The Planning and Building Department oversees all land planning developments, construction of new homes, commercial development and inspections of all new construction. To contact city hall, call 219-662-3248 or visit www.crownpoint.in.gov. City hall office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Resident, continued from page 9 For Bowman, teaching is the best thing he ever did. He said that the majority of teachers feel this way. “You can’t teach from your seat. You have to teach from your feet,” he said. “I’m proudest of all the teachers who taught in the system.” It’s not just teachers Bowman praises. He said the Crown Point police and fire departments are always involved in community events. “They are always so good to show up,” he said. “They are top notch.” “Every community likes to think they’ve got the greatest community and schools in the world. That’s Crown Point,” he says proudly.
• Bluebird Park at 117th Place has a playground on 1 acre. • Kaiser Park at S. Main Street has a playground and shelter opportunities. • Sportsplex offers two FieldTurf fields for soccer, football and lacrosse play. It is located at 1313 North St. The skate park is also located here. There are three fields including a championship field that features stadium seating for 750, press box, PA systems and observation deck, there are lighted turf
fields marked for football, soccer and lacrosse, and paved parking for more than 1,000 vehicles. There is also an on-site playground, walking path and batting cages. In addition to Crown Point Parks, there are many other parks within Lake County, including Deep River Park, Gibson Woods Nature Preserve, the Grand Kankakee Marsh Nature Preserve, Lake Etta, Lemon Lake, Oak Ridge Prairie, Stoney Run, Three Rivers, and Whihala Beach.
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 11 LIVING LEGEND
CP native earns frequent flyer status in space By Cheri Shelhart editor@kvpost.net
Astronaut Jerry Ross is a native of Crown Point and NASA’s record holder for his seven space missions. Ross was born in Crown Point on Jan. 20, 1948 and graduated from Crown Point High School in 1966. He earned his Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, where his accomplishments are celebrated. Growing up, Ross heard about the “space race” between the United States and the Soviet Union. “It totally captured my imagination,” he said. Ross said aunts and uncles saved their “Life” and “Look” magazines whenever the space program was mentioned. Before he could read, his mother read the articles to him. From the moment he saw the first rocket launch into space, he was hooked. Ross, a fourth grader at Washington Elementary in Center Township, learned through newspaper articles that engineering and science graduates from Purdue were working on the rockets and he set his sights on becoming an engineer and getting his degree at Purdue. “I
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After receiving his master’s degree in 1972, Ross began his active duty in the United States Air Force. During his years at Purdue he was an Air Force ROTC student. In 1976, he graduated from the flight test engineer school. He flew more than 20 different types of aircraft with more than 4,000 hours of flight. In 1979, Ross was assigned to NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston,Texas, where he has resided ever since. He became a payload officer and flight controller and then was selected to be an astronaut. He logged more than 58 days in space on seven different missions. He was a missions specialist on those flights, which included work on the International Space Station (ISS). “I decided the best place to be is the top of a rocket,” he said. And again he set his goal to become one of those men who ride into space at the top of a rocket. “It was awesome to look at the earth from that perspective,” he said. On the first mission to the ISS, the US built Unity module was mated with the orbiting unmanned Russian module. Ross performed three spacewalks to connect umbilicals, tools and hardware to the exterior of the modules, which became the core
modules for the ISS. The mission, Ross’s fifth, lasted for 12 days from Dec. 4 to Dec. 15, 1998. His space walks on that mission involved over 21 hours outside of the shuttle, the Endeavor. Ross’s first mission, STS-61B, left the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 26, 1985, in the Space Shuttle Atlantis. After 108 orbits around the earth, the shuttle returned to Edwards Air Force Base in California on Dec. 3, 1985. During his first space flight, Ross took two six hour spacewalks to demonstrate space station construction technique experiments. His second mission was also aboard the Atlantis, leaving the Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 2 , 1988 and returning to California on Dec. 6. Walking in space Ross said gave him a feeling of freedom. “I was in my own space craft. I could look in any direction, to the edges of the universe or back at the earth,” he said. In 2003, the Jerry Ross Elementary School opened in the Town of Winfield as a part of Crown Point Community Schools. He said having the school named after him was an honor, especially to have it named after him while he is still alive. During one of his space missions he spoke with students in Crown Point’s Lake Street
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Elementary School via ham radio. Ross said he comes back to Crown Point several times a year. His sister taught in the Crown Point school system and his parents lived in Crown Point. He has already been to the city twice in 2016. He tries to get back to the elementary school named after him at least once every three years so all the students get a chance to speak with him and ask him questions. “It makes it (space) come alive for the students,” he said. “It makes a difference. I tell them to study hard and work hard in whatever God given talents they have. I encourage them to set goals and to work to achieve them.” Ross, though retired, continues to consult from time to time and he attends various events. He recently spent time at a symposium, speaking to teachers about ways to incorporate the space program and STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into their school curriculums. Ross was asked if he thought we would one day set foot on Mars. “Yes,” he said. ‘I believe we will get to Mars. It’ll be quite a awhile yet.” He said there has to be money and there are still technologies that will need to be developed. “I don’t know if it’ll happen in my lifetime, but I hope to see it.”
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 13 HISTORY
Crown Point history is full of notoriety and the notorious Solon and Mariah (Evans) Robinson came to the Crown Point area from LaPorte in 1834. By 1835, the small settlement had a population of 21. The first post office was later opened with Solon Robinson as the first post master. He called the Post Office “Lake Court House.” After Lake County was organized in 1837, a new building was built of hewn logs to house the county courthouse on the south side of what is now the courthouse square in downtown Crown Point. It became the temporary courthouse in 1838. Lake Court House, Liverpool and West Point were contenders for the designation as the county seat. Liverpool was named the county seat in 1839 by the county commissioners. The Lake County Historical Society reports that so many people were dissatisfied with this choice that the Indiana legislature
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stepped in and ordered the county set to be relocated to Lake Court House. It became the permanent county seat in 1840. The log cabin courthouse was replaced around 1849 with a wood frame structure built on the north side of the courthouse square at a cost of $10,000. It housed the courtroom, sheriff ’s
office and a basement jail. The Historical Society says this courthouse, by 1876, was “too small and out of character” for the growing community. A prominent Chicago architect, J.C.Cochran, designed the courthouse that still stands on the square. The central portion of the building with a clock tower was begun in 1878 and designated in 1880. It cost $52,000. The hand kilned bricks came from the Henry Wise brickyard in Crown Point. As the county continued to grow, additions were added to the courthouse on both the north and south sides starting in 1907 and dedicated in 1909. These additions cost $160,000. By the early 1970s, the county had again outgrown its courthouse. Instead of adding onto the current Romanesque/Georgian
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style building, a new modern complex was built two miles north of the square. The old courthouse, dubbed the “Grand Old Lady” was set to be demolished for a parking lot. A group of “concerned citizens” formed a non-profit foundation to save the building from destruction. The foundation used the $70,000 the county had set aside for demolition as seed money to restore and save the building. It was added to the National Register of Historical Places on May 17, 1973. It now has shops and museums inside.
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Page 14 • Crown Point Fact Book 2016 CROWN POINT COMMUNITY LIBRARY
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The Crown Point Community Library serves the residents of Center and Winfield Townships in Lake County. The main branch is located on Main Street just north of the square in downtown Crown Point and a leased wing of the Winfield Township building serves the eastern section of the library district. Both libraries are community centers, serving all the people in either township. Library board meetings are held the fourth Monday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Library Board Room, third floor at the Crown Point branch. The public is welcome and should request access to the third floor at the circulation desk. The 2016 members of the Crown Point Library Board are President Patrick Schuster, Vice President Vicky Klein, Treasurer Fiona McCarroll, Secretary Mary Malloy-Rhee, Trustee Janet Katich, Trustee Rose Ann Kend-
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all and Trustee Chris Mallers. The Friends of the Crown Point Community Library meet the second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. in meeting room 2. The Friends of the Library have supported special programs and help to purchase items not generally covered in the library’s regular operating budget. Their mission
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Dillinger Museum proves crime doesn’t pay The John Dillinger Museum opened in the old Lake County Courthouse on July 22, 2015, on the 81st anniversary of the criminal’s death in Chicago. The museum had been housed at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond since 1999 but was moved to the former Lake County Courthouse on the square in downtown Crown Point, where the collection, that once belonged to Joe Pinkston of Nashville, Indiana, will now reside. The museum features interactive displays with information about the life of Dillinger, once declared Public Enemy No. 1 by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The exhibit is meant to show that crime doesn’t pay. Dillinger’s life is not glamorized. Visitors will learn about his death and the life he lead that brought him to an early grave. Visitors can enjoy a historical adventure through the life and times of John Dillinger, the infamous Depression Era gangster, as well as the rise of the FBI during the 1930’s. The museum is an educational and historic experience fea-
turing artifacts and interactive displays using Dillinger and other gangsters as examples of what happens to people who engage in criminal activity. Pinkston put together a collection of Dillinger items, including the pants, still encrusted with his blood, that he wore when shot down outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago on July 22, 1934. After Pinkston’s death, his son Randy sold the collection to the Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau (now the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority) in March 1998. The exhibit opened at the Indiana Welcome Center in 1999. Visitors to the Dillinger exhibit in Crown Point will see some of the same items on display, but in a new format. The wax figure of Dillinger on a table at a Chicago morgue, the bloody pants, his death mask and the fake wooden gun he used to escape the Crown Point jail in March 1934 are all on display. New to the museum since its relocation is the Fallen Officer Memorial Wall,
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FBI agent Melvin Purvis and FBI Director J. Edgar See MUSEUM, page 26 Hoover walk into the Lake County courthouse.
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 17 EVENTS February Trains in the City is Feb. 20, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Crown Point Civic Center March St. Patrick’s Day Festivities and Parade is March 17. Parade begins at dusk on South Main St. Corned beef and cabbage dinner will be at the Crown Point Fire Station, March 17, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser will be at the Crown Point Fire Station March 17, 3 to 6 p.m. April The 36th annual Southlake YMCA Hub Run in downtown Crown Point on April 9. May National Day of Prayer, May 5
at noon on the east side of the courthouse steps. May 12 to Sept. 29 is Car Cruise season at the Crown Point Square. Memorial Day Parade is May 30 at 10:30 a.m. in downtown Crown Point. A ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. at the Maplewood Cemetery. June June 4 to Sept. 24, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, is the Farmer’s Market in downtown Crown Point. The annual Corn Roast is June 10, 4 to 11 p.m. and June 11, noon to 11 p.m. in downtown Crown Point. The Food and Arts Festival is June 17 and 18 in downtown Crown Point. July July 3 is the city wide picnic from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Lake County Fairgournds. July 4 brings the Fourth of July parade and fireworks. Parade is
at 2 p.m. and fireworks at dusk. Fireworks are at the Lake County Fairgrounds. August The Annual Lake County Fair runs from Aug. 5 to 14 at the Lake County Fairgrounds. September Touch A Truck is Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon in Crown Point. Sept. 11 is the 9/11 Remembrance service at the First United Methodist Church at 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. October Oktoberfest is Oct. 1, 3 to 11 p.m. on South Main St. in Crown Point. On Oct. 9 is the Pumpkin Fest from 1 to 4 p.m. in downtown Crown Point. The Pumpkin Walk is Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Crown Point. Halloween Trick or Treat is Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. throughout the Crown Point
community. November Nov. 11 is the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Crown Point Courthouse, east side steps. The Tree and Tank lighting is Nov. 18 in downtown Crown Point. Nov. 28 is the Santa Parade at 10 a.m. beginning at Pointe Plaza and N. Main St. Nov. 28 is the Winter Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Crown Point Courthouse. December Tour of Lights is Dec. 12-18, call the Crown Point Civic Center for details at 662-3290 Kid’s New Year Party is Nov. 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. in downtown Crown Point. Events are subject to change. For more information, contact the Mayor’s Office of Special Events at 219-662-3240. For information on the City of Crown Point, go to www.crownpoint. in.gov.
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Page 18 • Crown Point Fact Book 2016 PUBLIC SAFETY
Crown Point Police and Fire & Rescue answer the call 24/7 The Crown Point Police Department serves the entire city limits. The police department is under the direction of Crown Point Police Chief Pete Land. Divisions within the department include administration, detective bureau, uniformed patrol, communications, records, K-9 Unit, motor unit, DARE and SWAT. The department can help residents with VIN checks, state crash reports, arrest reports, offense reports, archived reports, fingerprinting and local records check. All of the services have a fee that must be paid. The Crown Point Police Department is located at 124 N East Street in Crown Point. To contact the department for a nonemergency dial 219-663-2131. Remember to dial 9-1-1 for all emergencies. Lake County Sheriff’s Office The Lake County Sheriff ’s Department is comprised of over
500 employees who make up a number of different divisions. These divisions include county police, corrections, court security and animal control. The sheriff ’s office maintains several programs to benefit the community including a DARE program, Safe Place, Internet safety, Neighborhood Watch, programs for senior citizens and a bicycle registry. The sheriff ’s office is located at 2293 N Main St., Crown Point. To contact the Sheriff ’s administration office call 219-755-3400. To reach the office’s “Report a Crime Hotline” call 800-7502746. Remember to dial 9-1-1 for all emergencies. Crown Point Fire & Rescue The Crown Point Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1868 and was one of the first organized fire departments in the area. At that time the fire department numbered 40 members,
most of whom were business and professional men of the town. Today, the Crown Point FireRescue Department has 29 full-time employees and 50 paidon-call firefighters. There are 18 pieces of equipment out of one central fire station that serves the citizens of Crown Point and other parts of Center Township. Crown Point Fire-Rescue has an ISO rating of 4 for areas within the city.
All personnel are cross trained and certified as firefighter/paramedics. Eight paid firefighter/ paramedics are assigned per shift with three shifts rotating on a 24/48 work schedule. The department also specializes in technical rescue incidents. CPFR has two elements of the Special Operations Division, Technical Rescue & Water Rescue/Dive teams. The members of these teams must train above and beyond the normal firefighter and paramedic trainings. All of the three shifts have a rescue diver and several technical rescue members on duty. Technical rescue includes: trench collapse, structural collapse, rope rescue, confined space. The Crown Point Fire Chief is Greg DeLor and Assistant Chief is Gerard Abraham. Fire Inspector is Dave Crane. Address: 126 North East Street Phone: 219-662-3248 Call 9-1-1 for all emergencies.
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Crown Point Fact Book 2016 • Page 21 LAKE COUNTY FAIR
There’s nothing like a county fair! Crown Point is home to many special events held throughout the year. One of the major events of the year is the Lake County Fair, which is held at the fairgrounds in Crown Point each August. The 2016 will be held Aug. 5-14 at the fairgrounds in Crown Point. The fairgrounds hosts a number of other events throughout the year, including the Covered Bridge Harvest Fest. The Covered Bridge Harvest Fest is typically held the last weekend of September each year. It is three days designed for family fun, music and food. Beginning in 1852, the Lake County Fair was created by the Lake County Agricultural Society to gather the county together and showcase the incredible agriculture in the area. Today, the Lake County Fair still sticks to its agricultural roots while adding a modern twist. The fair hosts exciting grandstand events, horse shows, farm animals and thousands of exhibits promoting the diverse talents of Lake County. The fair also provides a carnival area with more than 30 rides, a free petting zoo, live entertainment and motorsports, a free fireworks show, contests and a delicious variety of food from hundreds of concessions. (Information from http://www.southshorecva.com/ events/lake-county-fair/) Free entertainment, grandstand events including mud drags and demolition derby and free contests for kids are all part of the fun planned for this year’s fair.
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Page 22 • Crown Point Fact Book 2016 CROWN POINT RESOURCES www.crownpoint.in.gov This site has info on the city government boards, historic preservation, links to resident services, civic organizations, hospital, historic places, parks, library and public schools. Planning and building, parks and recreation, recycling
for events, arts and culture at www.southshorecva.com or call 219-989-7770 The community foundation website is http:// theCPCF.org Library: www.crownpointlibrary.org State Legislators: www.in.gov
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Lake County: www.lakecountyin.org
www.cpcourthouse.com: website for the Lake County Historical Society and Museum in Crown Point
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www.lakecountyin.org: for information on Lake County government and information on Crown Point. Crown Point is the county seat for Lake County.
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The City of Crown Point is located in Center Township, Lake County, Indiana. Paul Bremer is the Center Township Trustee. The office is located at 1450 E. Joliet St., Suite 103, in Crown Point. the trustee’s phone number is 219-663-0250. The Center Township Advisory Board consists of Todd Cliborne, Kim Krull and Kate Webster.
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Museum, continued from page 16 History, continued from page 13 honoring the brave men, women and K9’s of Lake County, Indiana who have died in the line of duty dating back to the 1910’s. Normal Hours of Operation: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; TuesdaySunday Winter Hours (Jan-Feb): 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; ThursdaySunday The John Dillinger Museum is located inside the Lake County Courthouse at 1 Courthouse Square in Crown
Point, Indiana. Admission is $4/adults, $3/seniors, $2/children 6-12; children 5 and under are free. Active Fire, EMS, Military, Hoosier Helpers are free. Active or retired Police officers are also free. Visit online at www. dillingermuseum.com or www. facebook. com/JohnDillingerMuseum.
any time of day or night, seven days a week. Silent film star Rudolph Valentino married Winifred DeWolfe in Crown Point by Judge Kemp on March 16, 1923. Word quickly spread around town the famous movie star was getting married, and a crowd gathered quickly. The newspaper, “Lake County Star” wrote the couple was given an “impromptu ovation” and was “showered with congratulations” as the wedding party headed back to Chicago after the ceremony. Ronald Reagan married Jane Wyman in Crown Point. Muhammed Ali, Tom Mix and Joe and Kathryn Jackson, parents of the Jackson 5, Janet and LaToya Jackson were also married there. The marriage mill continued until a new law was enacted in 1940 requiring blood
tests before marriage requiring a three day waiting period. In 1909, the first major auto race was held in Crown Point. Named the Cobe Cup Race, it held south of the courthouse and was a grueling 25 mile course from Crown Point to Lowell, with the first turn at the Lake County Fairgrounds. It was the forerunner of the Indianapolis 500. Louis Chevrolet, founder and creator of the Chevrolet Motor Co., took the first winner’s cup of the race. One of the most famous historical events occurred on March 3, 1934, when the infamous criminal John Dillinger escaped the Crown Point Jail where he was being held for the murder of a police officer after having robbed a bank in Chicago.
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