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Fireworks Displays On Tap

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Fireworks traditionally light up the night skies each July Fourth. Since the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday this year, the fireworks demonstrations have been spread out throughout that week.

A display is set for this evening to mark the end of the Mermaid Festival and can be viewed from the shores of Webster Lake.

Winona Lake's fireworks are a treat for two cities. Scheduled to begin at dusk June 30, viewers can watch the colorful display from the fairgrounds in Warsaw or from Winona Lake Park.

On the Fourth of July Chapman Lake Conservation Club is sponsoring fireworks on the west end of Big Chapman Lake near Osborn's Landing; Manchester College's annual fireworks will be set off over Burt Memorial Stadium beginning at 9 p.m.; and Lakeside Park is the place to see fireworks over Syracuse Lake.

July 7 Lake Tippecanoe will be lit with a colorful show sponsored by the Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners Association beginning at 9:30 p.m.; another display over Webster Lake, sponsored by the Webster Lake Association, begins at dusk; Lake Wawasee's fireworks are choreographed to music at approximately 9 p.m. The best public viewing is at the Wawasee Family Fishing Area.