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If you missed the fireworks over the weekend you still have a chance with several more planned for the Fourth of July.
Fireworks will light the sky over Chapman Lake tonight at dark. They will be launched from Osborn's Landing on the west side of Big Chapman Lake. Tuesday night there will be fireworks at Lakeside Park, Syracuse, and at Akron.
Flotilla activity on both Chapman Lake and Lake Wawasee took center stage over the weekend.
Winners of Sunday's Wawasee Flotilla were:
Commercial division: first place - "Phone A Friend," sponsored by Griffiths Marina; second place - "Stars & Stripes Patriotic," Buhrt Engineering; third place - "Golf Greens Fore U," Joe Todd Jr.
Nonprofit organizations division: first place - "Wawasee - A Safe Place To Be," Wawasee Property Owners Association/ Syracuse Fire Department; second place - "Christ The Light," Grace Lutheran; third place - "Lions Club - 50 Years of Service," Syracuse Lions Club.
Residential division: first place - "Lost In the '50s," Richardson family; second place - "Clydesdales," Dan List family; third place - "Godzilla Parties at Wawasee," Kevin and Teresa Kyle.
Youth division: first place - "Wawasee Roundup," Peterman/ Hardwick; second place - "American Angels," Mary Queisser; third place - "Turtle Hunters 2000," Alderfer Kids.
Antique and classic boat division: first place - 1963 20-foot Chris Craft Holiday, Ken Robinson; second place - 1956 Chris Craft Sportsman, Jeff Long; third place - 1957 18-foot Chris Craft Continental, Richard and Jerry Pawhosky.
DNR Award: "Wawasee: Safe Place To Live," WPOA/Syracuse Fire Department.
Commodore's Trophy: "Salute to Charles Schultz," Megan Barry.
Chapman Lake flotilla winners were as follows, listing the name of each award:
Navigators - Herb Bailey family, Chapman Lake, "Noah's Ark."
Board of directors - Robert Marien and Beverly Clark, Chapman Lake, "Jailhouse Felons."
Big fish - Gary Kiser, Chapman Lake, "U.S. Coast Guard."
Master chief - Christian Fox, Fairmont, "Pacers Basketball."
Commodores - Gaylord Williams, Chapman Lake, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
First mate - Tom Drook, Chapman Lake, "Black Submarine."
Committee - Neil Johnson, Alexandria, "Various Sports."
Admirals - Natalie Couse and Tesa Goff, Chapman Lake, "Mermaids in the Ocean."
Treasurers - Jim Doyle family, Chapman Lake, "OSMR 2 Ducks."
Captains - Robert Shisler family Chapman Lake, "Olympics 2000."
Historical - Chuck Simpson, Chapman Lake, "Birthday Celebration."
Presidents - Don Holle, Chapman Lake, "Fourth of July Mardi Gras."
Chairman's - Ed Enders, Chapman Lake, "Pirates of Chapman Lake."
Secretary - William Bass family, Chapman Lake, "Pirates Search for Treasure."
