Jordan Timbers, Boy Scout Pack 715 member, wants to make sure the community does not forget the date.
Timbers will be a seventh-grader at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School.
Warsaw City Council Monday night heard a proposal from Timbers for his Eagle Scout project. He is encouraging residents on the Sept. 11 weekend to display a flag outside their Center Street homes.
Sherman & Lin’s Bargain Barn will give a $2 discount on the $9.99 nylon 3-feet by 5-feet flag.
A flag will be printed in the Times-Union the week of Sept. 5 that residents can display in their windows if they do not have a flag.
This year, the Committee To Commemorate 9/11 will sponsor a parade Sept. 11 at 3 p.m.
The parade route will be from the entrance to Boggs Industrial Park on West Center Street to the 9/11 Memorial Site in front of the pavilion at Central Park. The parade lineup will begin at 2 p.m.
Mike Cox and Cathy Reed, Kosciusko County 9/11 committee co-chairs, attended Monday night’s council meeting to support Timbers’ efforts.
“A Celebration of America – 10 Years After” parade is open to all who want to participate or to watch.
Individuals, businesses and organizations are encouraged to join.
Floats and other entries may include the names of organizations and businesses that sponsor them, as long as the principle theme is a remembrance of 9/11. A short ceremony will follow the parade at the 9/11 memorial.
Parade registration forms will be accepted until Sept. 5. People can contact Reed at creed@kcgov.com for more information.
Greater Warsaw Ministerial Association will have a time of prayer at 1:30 p.m. at the War Memorial at the Kosciusko County courthouse.
In other business, the council approved continuing a tax abatement on real estate for Spartech Plastics, 3545 N. Detroit St.
The business has hired seven new employees, and made investments into real estate, equipment and machinery since filing the statement of benefits form in 2004.
The council approved a sewer tap fee waiver for a new Cardinal Services Group Home on Parker Street in Warsaw that will be built.
The council approved an ordinance on second reading for charges for towing.
The ordinance states in no event shall the charge for driving or towing, impounding and receiving for storage of any vehicle impounded exceed the initial sum of $150 to which may be added storage charges not to exceed $15 per day.
The council heard Derrick Andrew Haniford has been appointed to serve as a member of Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals.
Haniford replaces Bruce Woodward, who has resigned, and moved out of the city limits and can no longer serve on the board.
The council also reviewed a letter from Louann Wilkie, Elizabeth, Pa., who complimented the city on Pike Lake Campground.
She said she visited her sister and brother-in-law, Susan and John Handel, who live in Warsaw, and stayed at the campground.
The council set Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. to review city department budgets, and Aug. 15 at 6 p.m. to review non-profit budgets.
Warsaw city councilman Jeff Grose said the Deer Task Force will soon meet to discuss another possible deer reduction effort.
