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Town Council Cedar Lake Town Council members each serve a term of four years, with the terms staggered. Ward 1, 3, and 5 council members are elected every four years in the even numbered years (2014, 2018, 2022, etc). Ward 2, 4, 6 and 7 council members and the clerk-treasurer are elected every four years in the odd numbered years (2015, 2019, 2023, etc). The Cedar Lake Town Council meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at town hall.
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On the first Tuesday of the month, the town council holds a public meeting/work session at 7 p.m. The meeting on the third Tuesday of the month is a public meeting held at 7 p.m.
PARKER
• Greg Parker, Ward 6 greg.parker@cedarlakein.org • Richard Sharpe, Ward 7 richard.sharpe@cedarlakein.org • Town administrator: Jill Murr, 219-374-7400
Council members
Town Hall staff
• Robert H. Carnahan, Ward 1 towncouncilcl1@gmail.com • John Foreman, Ward 2 john. foreman@cedarlakein.org • Julie Rivera, Ward 3 julie.rivera@cedarlakein.org • Ralph Miller, Ward 4 ralph. miller@cedarlakein.org • Randy Niemeyer, Ward 5 randy.niemeyer@cedarlakein.org
• Clerk/Treasurer: Amy J. Gross, 219-374-7000 • Chief Deputy Clerk: Margo Nagy, 219-374-7000 ext. 115 • Deputy Clerk, Utility: Pam Castner, 219-374-7000 ext. 117
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• Police Commission: Fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m., town hall. • Storm Water Board: Fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m., town hall. • Plan Commission: Work sessions first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Public meetings: Third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m., town hall. • Unsafe Building Department: Third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m., town hall. • Board of Zoning Appeals: Second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., town hall. Continued on next page
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• Planning, Zoning and Building Tim Kubiak, building commissioner, 219-374-7000 Michelle Bakker, building administrator 219-374-7000 ext. 107 • Public Works Tim Kubiak, director of operations, 219-374-7478 Ryan Kuiper, water superintendent 219-374-7478 Michael Schaller, water utility — 219-374-7478
Public Safety Police David Coulson, chief 219-374-5416 (non-emergency) Fire/EMS Todd Wilkening, chief 219-374-5961 (non-emergency)
Cedar Lake: By the numbers The Town of Cedar Lake celebrated its 50th year of incorporation in 2017, but in 1837, the first resident of the town arrived, when Hervey Ball and family found the Lake of the Red Cedars to be an excellent place for hunting and fishing. In the decades following, Cedar Lake became well-known for its lake recreation. The Town of Cedar Lake has a population estimated at 12,000 (July 2015), up from 11,560 in 2010.
Demographics
April 2010, the population of Cedar Lake was 94.9 percent white, .05 percent African American, 0.3 percent American Indian, 0.4 percent Asian, 1.7 percent of two or more races, and 6.5 percent Hispanic. According to the United States
Education
High school graduation or higher of persons age 25+ (20112015) was 88 percent of the population. Bachelor’s degree or higher for those 25 and older (2011-2015) was 15 percent of the population.
Economy
Census Bureau, there were 826 veterans living in Cedar Lake between 2011 and 2015. Foreignborn persons between 2011 and 2016 amounted to 2.1 percent. In April 2010, The number of housing units numbered 4,692. The median value of owner-occupied housing units (20112015) was $159, 200, and the median gross rent (2011-2015) was $830. Persons per household average 2.83.
In total civilian labor percentage of population age 16 and older (2011-2015) was 69.3 percent. The female civilian labor of the same age group was 67.4 percent. Mean travel time to work in minutes for workers age 16 and older(2011-2015) was 33.4 minutes.
Income
Median household income (in 2015 dollars, 2011-2015) was $61,651. Persons in poverty amounted to 9.6 percent.
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Cedar Lake served by three school districts Hanover Community School Corp. Cedar Lake is comprised of three school districts. On the east side, residents in Center Township go to Crown Point Community Schools. On the west, Hanover Township, children attend Hanover Central Schools. To the southwest, residents of Cedar Lake who live in West Creek Township attend Lowell schools. Hanover Central is located in Cedar Lake. The administrative building is located at 9520 W. 133rd Ave., 219-374-3500. Schools in the corporation are Hanover Central High School, Hanover Central Middle School, Jane Ball Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School. Superintendent: Thomas L. Taylor, ttaylor@hanover.k12. in.us, 374-3500
Asst. Superintendent: Mary Tracy-McaAulay, mtracy@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3505 Director of Business Services: Adam Minth, aminth@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3504 Building & Grounds: Steve Goff, sgoff@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3521 Director of Technology: John Flanagin, jflanagin@hanover. k12.in.us, 374-3530 Transportation Coordinator: Bryan Fuller, bfuller@hanover. k12.in.us, 374-3838 Athletic Director: Kevin Bachinski, kbachinski@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3866 Food Services Director: Michelle Philipp, mphilipp@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3921
Hanover Central School Corp. Board of Trustees President: Kelly York, kyork@
hanover.k12.in.us Vice-President: Dennis Wilkening, dwilkening@hanover.k12.in.us Secretary: Connie Sterkowitz, csterkowitz@hanover.k12.in.us Scott Burdan, sburdan@hanover.k12.in.us James Sakelaris, jsakelaris@ hanover.k12.in.us
Hanover Central High School 10120 W. 133rd. Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3800 Principal: Mary Ann West, mwest@hanover.k12.in.us, 3743868 Dean of Students: Lori Bathurst, lbathurst@hanover. k12.in.us, 374-3802
Hanover Central Middle School
Principal: Tony Hiatt, thiatt@hanover.k12.in.us, 3743902 Asst. Principal: Denise Cordrey, dcordrey@hanover.k12. in.us, 374-3903
Jane Ball Elementary School
13313 Parrish Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3700 Principal: Deborah Snedden, dsneeden@hanover.k12. in.us, 374-3700 ext. 3702
Lincoln Elementary School 12245 W. 109th Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3600 Principal: Melissa Walley, mwalley@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3600 ext. 3602
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Cedar Lake: A resort destination
Cedar Lake in its early days started out as a collection of various villages, and these villages had their own founders. Tinkerville/Creston was one of the earliest, established around 1840, with a blacksmith shop owned by Fred Miller. Most of these people came from the West Point settlement east of Cedar Lake and were from New England. This area is now known as Coleman’s Corner. Later, around 1875, the settlement moved about a mile west and would be named by the Monon Railroad as Creston. There was Armour at the northwest shore, founded about 1870, when Nicholas Geisen started the Cedar Lake Handle Factory. Paisley, at the southwest shore, began about 1881, when the Monon Railroad completed a route. The railroad
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named the settlement after a railroad official. Hanover Center (later Cook), was a German settlement founded around 1855 by Herman Beckman. Brunswick was founded about 1855, when a Mr. Dutton established a store. Klaasville was founded when August Klaas started a store there in 1855. Cedar Lake became a resort around 1881, when the Monon Railroad completed a route there. It continued as a resort until the 1930s. Cedar Lake was incorporated as a town in 1967, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. The Pottawatomi name for the lake was Mes-Kwah-Ock-Bis, or the “ Lake of the Red Cedars.” The Pottawatomi word meant, literally, “lake of the red wood” for the red cedar trees that grew here.
The designation Lake of the Red Cedars, or Red Cedar Lake, stuck with the pioneers, but by the late 19 Century — with the Pottawatomi gone — it was be-
coming known simply as jCedar Lake. By around 1897, the Monon Railroad built a new station at
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the lake’s midwestern shore and designated it Cedar Lake Station. With the mail stopping here, the U.S. Postal System changed the name of that destination point to Cedar Lake. There are still cedar trees (Juniperus virginiana ) growing in Cedar Lake. In fact, the area on the east side, called Cedar Point, was named this by the pioneers who settled there. The first inn or hotel was started by Dr. Calvin Lilley on the east side in 1836. Records do not mention what amenities Lilley offered. Just before the big resort boom from 1881 to 1930, John Binyon started Binyon’s Hotel in 1877. Binyon’s offered fishing, boating, swimming, dining, dancing and ice skating each winter. The Lake of the Red Cedars
Museum was at one time the Lassen Hotel, part of Lassen’s Resort, from 1920 to 1944. It was built in 1920 as an outgrowth of the former Armour Boarding house, using lumber from the Armour ice barn. From 1944 to 1976, it served as part of a Christian summer camp operated by the Lake Region Christian Assembly. The Lake of the Red Cedars Museum was once the Lassen Hotel, which sat upon the shore of Cedar Lake. The Lassen Resort was well-known for the hotel and the restaurant built out over the lake. It featured a dance pavilion, where live band performances were common. The building was used by the Lassen family until the end of World War II. The building was later sold
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to the Lake Region Christian Academy and became a church camp. The property includes 20 acres, and was purchased by the Town of Cedar Lake for use as a town complex. Town officials were considering tearing down the old hotel, which was in a state of decay. The Cedar Lake Historical Association was formed to prevent this historic structure from demolition. In 1981, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a museum operated by the historical association. The Lake of the Red Cedars Museum has 60 rooms within in a T-shaped building. The east/west base of the “T” originally sat on the west shore of Cedar Lake. Built in 1895, it was
a boarding house for ice farming employees, who cut and harvested ice from the lake. It was built by Jonathan and Philip Armour and was later purchased by Chris Lassen. In 1919, when the lake was frozen over, the building was moved across the lake to its present site on the east shore. Lassen remodeled the boarding house into a hotel and built the top section of the “T” with wood from the former ice barns, which he also sent across the frozen lake. The Lake of the Red Cedars Museum is open May through September from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
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Current information on upcoming meetings, personnel, and events can be found at the monthly Calendar Of Events and Latest News on the town’s website at lowell.net
Administration The Lowell Town Council meets at town hall on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. To to be on a town council meeting agenda, you can download the request form at the town website at lowell.net. Town Council members are:
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• Michael Gruszka, Ward 1 • LeAnn Angerman, Ward 2 • Will Farrellbegg, Ward 3 • Chris Salatas, Ward 4 • Edgar Corns Ward 5 Jeffrey Sheridan is Town Manager. He can be contacted at 219696-7794 ext 215. Clerk-Treasurer is Judy Walters. E-mail clerktreasurer@ lowell.net
Public Safety • Lowell Fire Department 1331 E. Commercial Ave. 219-696-6144 (non-emergency) Matt VanDrunen, chief
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• Tri-Creek EMS 219-696-8610 (non-emergency) Charlie Scott, director • Lowell Police Department 1333 E. Commercial Ave. 219-696-0411 (non-emergency) Erik Matson, chief
Departments • Streets 598 S. Union St., 219-696-4455 Frank Lovely, superintendent • Public Works 501 E. Main St., 219-696-7794 ext. 214 Kevin Gray, director
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• Parks Lowell Parks 17105 Cline Ave., 219-696-1570 Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tom Sullivan, superintendent Mindi Arnold-Buchler, recreation director Lowell’s parks are Evergreen Park, Liberty Park, Freedom Park, Old Towne Square, and the Freedom Park Bark Park.
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lowell.net). It handles all ordinance and traffic violations, misdemeanor criminal offenses, and DNR violations. Court is in session on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and court begins at 6 p.m. Proper dress is required. The town court office is open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Christopher Buckley, judge Katie Lillabridge, Nancy Morgan, clerks
Boards and Commissions The Annexation Committee reviews possible parcels of land that may be annexed into town, and makes these recommendations to the Town Council. The committee meets the fourth Thursday of each month. To contact the committee with any comments or concerns, call town hall at 219-696-7794. The Board of Zoning Appeals
approves or denies any use variances from the zoning code. The board meets every second Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm. Contact town hall at 219-6967794 Ext 223. The Economic Development Commission promotes the development of light industry within the town. The commission only meets as needed. Contact town hall at 219-696-7794. The Freedom Park Board
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makes decisions relating to the management of the park and its facilities, but is regulated by the Town Parks Department. Contact the board through the Lowell Parks Department at 219-6961570. The Historic Preservation Commission, dedicated to the preservation and development of historical areas and buildings in Lowell, and consists of five voting members who are residents of the town. The commission meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. as needed, at town hall. Contact town hall at 219-696-7794 Ext. 223. The Plan Commission is charged with planning for the future of Lowell in such a way that the community grows with adequate public way, utilities, health, education, recreational facilities and highway systems. The Plan Commission meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Contact town
hall at 219-696-7794 Ext. 223. The Police Commission hires employees for the police department, including the police chief. Its members review and keep current the rules, regulations and general orders of the Lowell Police Department, and also oversee the police chief in his activities as the executive head of the department. Contact town hall at 219-6967794 or the police chief at 219696-1970. The Redevelopment Commission investigates, promotes and finances Economic Development and Pollution Control Facilities for others to use. Contact town hall at 219-696-7794. The Traffic Commission is in charge of taking complaints about traffic situations and making recommendations to the town council regarding public safety and traffic matters. Contact town hall at 219-696-7794.
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The Town of Lowell occupies in both West Creek and Cedar Creek townships and has a total area of 5.27 square miles. The Lowell Labor Day Parade is the oldest consecutive-running parade in Indiana. Buckley Homestead, east of Lowell, hosts a number of events, including a World War II reenactment with authentic weapons, artillery, and tanks. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an event that takes place in September. During the event, townsfolk search for Ichabod Crain, the only man who can tell the true story of the Headless Horseman.
Demographics
According to the United State Census, the population in July 2015 is estimated at 9,450. The population is largely white at 95.9 percent, African Americans: 0.5 percent, American Indian:
rent (2011-2015): $930. Persons per household (2011-2015): 2.94.
Education
High school graduate or higher among persons age 25 and older: 90.6 percent. Bachelor’s Degree or higher among persons age 25 and older: 19.1 percent.
Economy
0.4 percent, Asian: 0.3 percent, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander: 0.1 percent, two or more races: 1.2 percent, Hispanic: 6.9 percent. Foreign born persons (2011-2015), 0.9 percent of the population. Veterans from
2011-2015 numbered 582. Population per square miles (2010): 1,790.7. The number of housing units, April 1, 2010: 3,620. Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $148,500. Median gross
In civilian labor, percent of population age 16 years and above: 65 percent. In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years and above: 60.4 percent. Mean travel time to work (minutes) for workers age 16 years and above: 35
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Lowell parks offer plenty of places to play Lowell Parks & Recreation Department office is located at Freedom Park, 17105 Cline Ave. It is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Only cash and checks are accepted for program fees. A variety of outdoor programs happen during the summer and fall. Some of those are: • The Lowell Parks Department and the Lowell Public Library co-sponsor free monthly senior events at the library. Call the park office for information and to register for the programs.
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• The Annual Fishing Derby for youngsters up to the age of 12 is held in July at the Evergreen Park pond. The event is free and registration is not required. Bring fishing poles and chairs. Hotdogs, chips and drinks for contestants are served. Prizes will be awarded to children 12 and under. • Lowell Parks & Recreation Department offers Fall Soccer from Pee Wee (4 and 5 year olds) to Major (11-14 years old). It is co-ed with league practice twice a week and games played on Sat-
urday mornings. • Day camp is offered each summer at Evergreen Park for children 5 to 12 years old. • Archery Camp is offered during the summer at Freedom Park for youngsters 5 and up to learn basic archery skills and safety with hunter safety educators. All equipment is provided, and registration ins required. • July is the time for the Lowell Parks Youth Tennis Camp for youngsters 6 to 12 years old. Each session includes age appropriate skill building by experienced youth tennis instructors. Registration is required. For a complete schedule of park programs and events, registration deadlines, and any program fees, call the parks office or visit online at lowell.net/ ParksDept/p/about and click
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on Latest News for the seasonal newsletter. The department rents shelters at Evergreen Park, Liberty Park, Freedom Park and the gazebo at Old Towne Square. Each park has special amenities and shelter permits are filled on a first come, first served basis at the Park office beginning January 3. The Freedom Park Bark Park at 17105 Cline Ave. is five acres of fenced-in fun for dogs and their owners to enjoy. All canine members must remain current on rabies, Distemper/ Parvo ad Leptospirosis (DHPPL) vaccinations, and proof of vaccines must be provided at the time of registration. Proof of vaccines is required for all passes.
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Halsted House was home to Lowell’s first family
The Halsted family home today and Sarah Childers and their family. They built their cabin approximately two miles north of Schneider, near what is now 221st Avenue. The first homesteaders, one of whom was Robert Wilkinson, arrived in September of 1834 with two of his nephews to the Lake Prairie area. The group crossed the Kankakee River from the south at the head of what was once rapids into West Creek, where they settled.
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The Town of Lowell was founded by Melvin Halsted, moved there in 1982 with his wife Martha and built a flour mill. He chose the name “Lowell” after the Massachusetts town of the same name due to the resemblances of the towns’ milling industries. Halsted would go on to build a church, a school house, and the first brick buildings in the Lowell area with 400,000 bricks from his own kiln. The Halsteds moved into their new brick home in spring, 1850. The house, at the corner of Main and Halsted streets, has been restored by the Three Creeks Historical Association and is open to the public as a museum. Early settlers arrived in the area of Lake County after the territory of Indiana gained statehood in 1816. A treaty with the Pottawatomi Indians and consequent surveying opened the land to settlers in 1834. The first homesteaders in southern Lake County were the Thomas
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Buckley Homestead a popular attraction The historic traditions, culture and heritage of farming life during the 19th and early 20th centuries are re-created on this living history farm, where visitors learn about our local history or reminisce about their own childhood memories. When Dennis and Catherine Buckley first settled in Northwest Indiana in 1849 they would never have imagined that their farmstead would one day be of interest to visitors more than 150 years later. The Buckleys were immigrants who fled Ireland during the Potato Famine with their four children (William, 19; John, 18; Julia, 13; and Patrick, 12; another child died at sea on the way). Upon their arrival, they headed to Northwest Indiana to buy a farm near their cousins the Driscolls, who had arrived from the same county in Ireland sometime before. The Buckleys bought 80 acres, reportedly for 50 cents per acre, from soldiers who had received the land as payment for services during the war. They immediately built a log cabin and began to farm. Dennis died within three years, leaving Catherine to raise her three sons and one daughter. William, the oldest, inherited the land and took over the farm. He built the front part of the current white “I” house in 1853. Prior to retiring from farming in 1897 and moving into Lowell, he farmed in partnership with his brothers, John and Patrick. Buckley Homestead passed through four generations. At one time, the operation concentrated on raising Holstein cows,
milking them by hand and selling the milk in Chicago. The family developed their land into a 150-head dairy farm that operated through the early 1900s. In 1977, part of the homestead was donated by Rose Buckley Pearce, great-granddaughter of Dennis and Catherine, to the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department so park visitors could experience the sights, sounds, and smells of early farm life through a living history outdoor museum. Later, upon her passing, Mrs. Pearce’s estate donated the remaining acres to the park department and to the residents of and visitors to Lake County.
The Buckley Homestead is located in Lowell at 3606 Belshaw Rd. The park open 7 a.m. to sunset all year, with its historic buildings open seasonally. For programs, events, and information for the Homestead and all of Lake County’s parks, visit online at lakecountyparks.com.
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