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Tri-Town’s roots run deep and long During the 1800s, Lake County, Indiana, was still considered a a n d hotel in what would eventually become St. John in western prairie. It was said that only a handful of settlers were 1849. settled in the Crown Point area and Native AmerBy 1853, Nicholas began working for the State icans occupied the banks of the Kankaof Indiana, eventually becoming a swampland comkee and Calumet rivers. missioner, administering lands under the federal It was in 1832 when the United States Swamp Land Act of 1850. Two years later, the purchased the Northwest Indiana region Chicago Great Eastern Ohio (Panhandle) Railfrom the Indians and in 1834, government road contracted with him to build railroad beds surveyors arrived and surveyed the land into between Richmond, Ind., and Chicago. areas and townships. Many pioneering families around a young The town of Dyer was incorporated in 1910, Schererville struggled for survival. “The tales but was founded earlier, in 1855. Aaron Norton of men who had frozen along the road back Hart, a settler from Philadelphia, began purchasEast when they were attempting to secure ing thousands of acres of land in Lake County, food for their families in the winters were mainly in St. John Township and the towns of Dyer numerous … epidemics of diphtheria and and Schererville. scarlet fever nearly wiped out whole famHis addition to Dyer was recorded in February ilies…” 1859. He established an 8,000-acre farm roughly Nicholas Scherer, a determined planaround the time of the Civil War, and named the farm ner, is reported to have been a “deterHartsdale. mined and industrious man who T R He and his wife Martha (Dyer) Hart built a 15-room sometimes gambled on an idea that N HA O T R mansion on Joliet Street, which is U.S. 30 (Lincoln Highhis neighbors thought was sheer folN NO O R way) in Dyer. The town would eventually be named afly. ” A A ter Martha Hart. In 1866 Nicholas Scherer platted the Town of Schererville Hart was known for his system for turning swampland Continued on page 7 into tillable and fertile farmland. Hart, called a “wizard in land speculation,” contemplated the possibility of draining the land known as Cady Marsh. Hart designed a “fantastic drainage system” later named Hart Ditch. This ditch carried water to Plum Creek near Dyer and then into the Little Calumet River. He also built wagon roads along each side of the ditch. Hart Religious Supply, Inc. also supervised construction of roads. Hart Street, a main north-south “Nurturing Your Spirit road through town, is named after him. By 1865, Hart had reclaimed the swamp. He set up hay presses and Since 1954” shipped hay from Schererville after the arrival of the Chicago Great Large Gift Shop Eastern Ohio Panhandle Railroad, which later became known as the Religious Gifts and Church Pennsylvania Railroad and then Conrail. Supplies for All Occasions On Jan. 12, 1883, while overseeing the digging of a drainage ditch near Plum Creek, the ditch bank collapsed, crushing him. He was bur✣ Crucifixes ✣ Wall Art ied in the Maplewood Cemetery in Crown Point. At the time of his ✣ Candles ✣ Linens death, he owned 17,000 acres in Lake County. ••• ✣ Statues ✣ Rosaries Because of the convergence of Indian trails, railroads, and major ✣ Clergy Shirts ✣ Bulletins highways in the Schererville area, the town adopted the slogan “Cross✣ Books & Bibles ✣ Baptism Gifts roads of the Nation.” Many Indian (mostly Potawatomi ) trails in Schererville connected with the Sauk Trail, the major east-west thor✣ Vestments ✣ Pulpit Robes oughfare between Indiana and Illinois. ✣ Jewelry ✣ Communion Gifts The first white settlers arrived around 1840. In 1846, one of those ✣ Altar Appointments ✣ Liturgical Wine settlers was Nicholas Scherer — for whom the town is named — emigrated from Germany and arrived in what would become St. John, 10951 Thiel St. • St. John, IN near the John Reeder farm. Because the first railroad station was lo219-365-4386 cated on the Reeder farm, the area became known as Reeder Station. Hours: M-F 9:30-5:00; Sat 9:30-3:00; Sun - Closed Scherer’s brother Mathias soon joined him, and they opened a saloon boric@boricreligious.com
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Schererville
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Schererville is led by a five-member council and a council president. The Schererville Town Council meets on the second Wednesday of each month, beginning at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, located at 10 E. Joliet Street. The public is encouraged to attend these meetings. The council is led by President Tom Schmitt - Ward 4, and Mike Troxell, Ward 5 as vice president. Other members are David DeJong - Ward 1, Kevin Connolly - Ward 2 and Rob Guetzloff - Ward 3. The Town Manager is Robert Volkmann. Clerk/Treasurer is Janice Malinowski. The office is located in the town hall and is open each weekday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 :30 p.m. except Wednesday. Hours on Wednesday are 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Call 219-322-2211. The Schererville Parks and Recreation Department was formed in 1989. Since, it has developed into a department that operates and manages over 260 acres of land in 26 parks, including playgrounds, sports fields and courts, picnic shelters, and paved trails. The department also offers summer youth programs to providing a variety of recreational and leisure activities throughout the year for people of all ages. In addition to its numerous programs, the department sponsors and conducts special events, such as the Celebrate Schererville Festival, Movies in the Park, and the Country A-Fair. The Schererville Police Department is led by Police Chief Dennis Zagrocki. The department is located at 25 E. Joliet Street. The Schererville Fire Department is located at 1650 Cline Ave. All members go through physical agility testing to work for the department. The department is led by Fire Chief Robert Patterson. The department can be reached by calling 219-322-2599 Ext. 5303 (non-emergency) or fire@schererville.org. The Department of Public Works is located at 540 Kaeser Blvd. and can be reached at 219-322-6688 or 219-3225486 or publicworks@schererville.org. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
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Dyer Town Council The Dyer Town Council meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at town hall. A study session of the council meets on the fourth Thursday at 6 p.m. There are five council members, each representing a ward of the city. Town Hall contact is 219-8656108 , council@townofdyer.net or http://www.townofdyer.com. The council president is Joe Cinko, current term: Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2019 (Ward 1 rep). Other council members are Eric Shultz, current term: Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2022 (Ward 2); Alan Brooks, current term: Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2022 (Ward 3); Mary Tanis, current term: Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2022 (Ward 4); Steven H. Kramer, current term: Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2022. The Dyer Town Clerk/Treasurer is Pat Hawrot (Term: Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2019).
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Town Boards Water and Sanitary Board meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in the main meeting room at town hall. Storm Water Board meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. in the main meeting room at town hall. Parks and Recreation Board meets at 6 p.m. in the main meeting room at town hall. Monthly dates are listed on the town website. Board of Zoning Appeals meets on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the main meeting room at town hall. Plan Commission meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the main meeting room at town hall. Redevelopment Commission meets on the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. in the main meeting room at town hall. Police Commission meets the third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Dyer Police Station.
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Town Council . a town manager and a town council by aged St. John is man rsThu th four the on n hall The council meets at 7 p.m. at the tow also hold public hearings may ncil cou The th. mon y day of ever master land use plan and , on subdivision, zoning, special use
proposals. -year terms, which are stagCouncil members are elected to four filled by elections every four gered so that four of the five seats are held on the second Tuesday years. Elections for town council are oints several boards and comin November. The town council app y committees and task forces missions as well as various advisor e. which are created from time to tim n council are President Mark tow the of bers mem ent curr The Forbes, and members, Rose Barenie, Vice-President Michael S. rd 2) and Gerald Swets (Ward Hejl (Ward 1), Libby Popovic (Wa ctly via online links at stjoh3). E-mail town council members dire nin.com/Town/TownCouncil.php. . His office can be reached Steve Kil is St. John’s town manager ct online link at stjohnin.com/ at (219) 365-6465 or email via a dire n manager is also responsible Town/TownManager.php. The tow ion of the annual town budfor the preparation and administrat to provide professional advice get, all human resource functions, inistrative head of town govto the town council, serve as the adm ity’s projects. ernment, and oversee the commun . This office assists the pubdez nan Her h Bet Clerk Treasurer is
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reation is Chip Sobek. This Superintendent of Parks and Rec viding clean parks, trails, and department is responsible for pro can find a link to town parks, quality playground equipment. You s, listing of park programs park rules, pavilion registration form teams at stjohnin.com/Parks. and events, and local club sports onsible for snow and ice is The Public Works Department resp and sidewalk repair, mainremoval, leaf and branch pick up, curb hydrants, and water meters, tenance of water mains, valves, fire allment and maintenance. and street sign and street light inst ts on the fourth Monday of The Board of Zoning Appeals mee . each month at 7 p.m. at town hall first Wednesday at 7 p.m. the ts mee sion mis The Plan Com Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Park Board meets the fourth fourth Monday at 6 p.m. the The Police Commission meets meets the second Thursday The Redevelopment Commission at 7 p.m. orks boards meet on the The Sanitar y District and Waterw fourth Thursday at 6 p.m.
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Continued from page 3 on 40 acres of land purchased from Dyer swampland mogul Aaron N. Hart. About 25 families constituted the population, the majority German Catholics. Other railroads crossed the new town, including the New York Central and the Michigan Central. Schererville boasted a public school, blacksmith shop, dairy, general store, grain elevator, icehouse, and cigar factory. In 1874, St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church opened on land donated by Scherer. The first rail lines were laid across the main road (now Joliet Street) at the point where the town of Schererville celebrated its centennial, commemorating the town that Nicholas Scherer envisioned at the point of this early “crossroads” in 1866, when only 25 families had settled. ••• Five years after the Indian Peace Treaty in 1832, German immigrant farmer John Hack and his family arrived in the area now known as St. John. After the land in Northwest Indiana was surveyed, the government had opened the land up to settlers at a low cost. However, most local history accounts of Lake County do not share much historical information on the town of St. John in the pioneer days.
However, it is generally agreed that the Town of St. John had its beginning when John Hack, a German immigrant farmer, and his family of 11 children and wife Johanna arrived in 1837 in the area then known as Western prairie or Prairie West. Reputedly a man of far-sighted vision and considerable leadership ability, Hack welcomed other immigrants from his native land who settled nearby shortly after his arrival and foresaw the establishment of a flourishing and prosperous community. Tall, dignified and patriarchal in manner, Hack was born in 1787 in a Rhine province that some time before has passed from French to Prussian control. Upon his arrival locally, he and his family immediately settled on a 40acre piece of land approximately a halfmile east of present U.S. 41 and south of Joliet Street. The land was purchased from the Department of the Interior, and the deed, which still exists, bore the signature of President John Tyler. Hack’s name was carried on the deed as “John Hawk,” a misspelling later corrected when he made his second land purchase in 1844. This second purchase was bounded roughly by 93rd Street, Olcott Avenue, Forrest Street and U.S. 41. In 1842, Hack constructed a peach brandy distillery. It had to be — if not the first — one of the earliest businesses established in the community.
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The Shrine of Christ’s Passion is located in St. John on U.S. Hwy. 41. It was the dream of Frank and Shirley Schilling, local business owners, who thought the site could be much more than it was, the Shrine to the Blessed Mother, which stood on the spot for 55 years. It took 10 years and $10 million to complete the project, which included the 12 Stations of the Cross, surrounding the statue of the Blessed Mother. The Stations of the Cross feature 40 life-size bronze statues. To make the land beside the busy highway look like Jerusalem in Jesus’ time, it took 80 semis carrying large boulders from Wisconsin, plus 4,000 truckloads of clay and countless man hours to build. The Shrine of Christ’s Passion opened in December 2007, and draws visitors from across the nation and the world, especially during the season of Lent, leading up to Easter. The Schillings wanted to invoke a feeling of walking through the Holy Land, following Jesus path from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. The flat fields were made into hilly ground, and landscaped with the large boulders. At each station, there is a button to push to hear about Christ’s final journey to Calgary. Former Chicago broadcaster, Bill Kurtis narrates the Prayer Trail, the Garden of Gethsamane (pictured above) to Calgary, the empty tomb and finally, Jesus’ ascension into heaven. Each of the stations has a bench where guests can sit, meditate and pray while listening to the original music Continued on next page
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Shrine of Christ’s Passion written by two local men, a Catholic and a Jew. The two men walked the trail and wrote the score to match the moods each scene depicts, including the sound of thunder in the music at the site of crucifixion, where three men hang on crosses with Jesus in the center. To visit the shrine, visitors enter through a gift shop selling a variety of Christian items for all faiths and denominations. Proceeds from the gift shop help keep the shrine open and free to the public. Donations and a private foundation also keep the shrine maintained. The site also includes the new cathedral that sits high on a hill looking over the shrine on the west side of the acreage. Texas sculptor Mickey Wells was commissioned to build the statues for the shrine. The Schillings were looking for someone who worked in bronze and found Wells. After getting the cost for each statue, they ordered 28, which eventually became 40 statues. The trail is a half mile, and there are club cars available for a fee for those unable to walk the trail. Call ahead to arrange a vehicle for your visit. Volunteers work to keep the grounds well maintained and to staff the gift shop. The Shrine of Christ’s Passion is located at 10630 Wicker Ave. (US 41) and is open year round, seven days a week. Spring and summer hours are Monday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. To learn more about the Shrine of Christ’s Passion, visit www.shrineofchristspassion.org or call 219-3656010. E-mail to info@shrineofchristspassion.org. The shrine is a 501(c)3 organization and donations are tax deductible.
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page 12 leyball courts, sh elter, softball an d soccer fields, te Rohrman Park at nnis courts and 6750 Rohrman walking trail. lighted softball Rd. spreads 46 ac fields, a lighted res and features ba seball field, conc a playground, so Redar Park at A ession building ccer fields two ustin and St. Gre and an outdoor gory Sts. has a pl sand volleyball ic e ri court and an ou nk. ay gr ou nd , shelter, softbal tdoor ice rink. Stephen Park, 76 l field, baseball fie 00 Lindwood Pa lds, a court, playground rk, has 20 acres with an ice rink and a walking tr , soccer fields, a ail. sand volleyball Civic Park at 94 ST. JOHN 01 Civic Dr. offer bles, BBQ grills, s playground eq uipment, two pa a basketball cour vilions for gather t, volleyball cour stand and a tenn t, horseshoe pits ings, picnic tais court. , th ree baseball field Heartland Park s, a concession at 19600 White O ball fields, four more baseball fie ak Ave. offers playground equipm lds, six sand volle ent, a Babe Ruth Heron Lake Park yball field, and picnic tables at 11960 Osage Dr. has a splash courts and three concession stan five soft. ds. pad and a sleddi ng hill as well as Homestead Vill a playground age at 9921 Olcot picnic tables. t offers playgrou nd equipment, a walking/bike trai Lake Hills at 8640 l, pavilion and La ke Hills Dr. offers a ment, walking/b fishing pier on a ike trail and picn la ke , an amphitheate ic tables. Lancer Park at 89 r, playground eq 00 Schaeffer Dri uipand picnic tables ve has a pavilion to go with a clim . ber wall, playgrou Both Larimer Pa nd equipment rk at 9375 Woo ponds and playgr dland Dr. and Su ound equipmen nmeadows Park t and picnic tabl at 13200 Snowbe es. Larimer also rry Ln. offer includes a basket ball court.
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Tri Towns facts
The Tri-Town area of Northwest Indian a includes the cities of Dyer, St. John, and Schererville. Al l three are in St. John Township in Lake Co unty.
• The median househ old income as of 20 17 was $103,701. • The town has a to tal area of 11.48 squa re miles. • In 2016 the Town of St. John was nam ed the fourth safest place to live in In diana and first place in Lake County. In 2015 NerdWallet aw arded the Town of St . John the 17th best city in Indiana for yo ung families.
DYER • The Town of Dyer boasted an estimate d population of 15,941 in 2017. • The town was foun ded in 1855 and inco rporated in 1910. • The median househ old income as of 20 SCHERERVILLE 17 was $79,167. • The town has a to • The Town of Schere tal area of 6.10 squa re miles. rville boasted a popu • In 2015 , Dyer wa as of 2017. lation of 28,633 s ranked #15 in the State of Indiana as “The Best Place for Young Families” by • Th e town was founded in Nerd Wallet. Additionally in 2015, th 1866 and incorporate In 2016, the town ce e Town of Dyer wa d in 1911. s lebrated its 150th ye ra nk Safest City in Indian ed as the ninth an ar along with India by SafeWise. a’s 200th year of sta tehoo • Dyer has access to • The median househ d. daily rail service th old income in 2017 rough Amtrak’s Cardinal and Hoos was $68,166. ier State lines. • The town has a to tal area of 14.76 squa re miles. • Schererville has lon g been associated wi Early Indian trails m th crossroads. ST. JOHN et there and would • The Town of St. Jo become routes for westward expansion hn boasted a populat by settlers. ion of 17,259 in 2017. • In 2007, Schererville was named one of the • The town was foun “100 Best Places to Live in the U.S.” by M ded in 1837. oney Magazine.
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Public, parochial schools thriving St. John is served mostly by the Lake Central School Corporation (north of 101st Ave and west of Cline Ave), the Hanover Community School Corporation (south of 101st Ave and west of Cline Ave), and the Crown Point Community School Corporation (south of 101st Ave and east of Cline Ave). Three of the 10 Lake Central schools are located in St. John. These include Lake Central High School, Kolling Elementary School, and Clark Middle School In addition to public schools, the community is home to Crown Point Christian School, an evangelical school headed by a parent-owned association, and St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, a Roman Catholic school.
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Dyer is served by the Lake Central School Corporation. Public high school students living in Dyer are served by Lake Central High School located outside the town limits on Route 41 in St. John. Three of the system’s schools are located within Dyer town limits: Kahler Middle School, on Route 30 west of Hart Street, Protsman Elementary, located north of 213th Street, and Bibich elementary, located just off of 81st street. It is also the home of Protestant Reformed Christian School (PRCS), a Christian school started by members of the Protestant Reformed Churches. Schererville is served by the Lake Central School Corporation. Its three public school are Homan Elementary School, 210 E Joliet St.; Michael Grimmer Middle School, 225 W. 77th Ave.; and Peifer Elementary School, 1824 Cline Ave. It is also home to two Christian schools: Hammond Bap-
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