Culver Citizen

East shore of Maxinkuckee featured on July 23 historical bike tour

July 17, 2011

The Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver is once again partnering with the Bike Barn, 103 E. Lake Shore Drive, this time to present a tour-by-bicycle of the east shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, on Saturday, July 23, at 9:30 a.m.

Culver is hopping this weekend!

July 15, 2011

It's Lakefest weekend in Culver (!), but there's a great deal else happening as well. From the Moonlight Serenade to the Sunfish Regatta, from a VFW sale to the Kiwabis golf scramble...plenty, plenty to do on the shores of Lake Max in coming days!

Kiwanis Charity Golf Scramble Friday
Culver’s Kiwanis Club will hold its 14th annual Charity Golf Scramble Friday, July 15, at Mystic Hills Golf Course (SR 117 and 20 B Road in Culver). Registration check-in is from 8 to 9:30 a.m., and shotgun start is 9:30 a.m. Contact Julie Bess, 865-603-2241 or 574-842-8646 for more information.

High-speed police chase leaves damaged vehicles in Culver

July 13, 2011

PLYMOUTH — A multi-county, multi-police department car chase including Culver officers Sunday afternoon, July 3, left a Plymouth Police Department squad car totaled and the subject of the pursuit behind bars.
The chase, which started near Martin’s Super Market in Plymouth in response to a shoplifter, ended when suspect William Thomas Parks, 49, unknown address, rammed a PPD squad car driven by Cpl. Ray West. West received only minor injuries.

A Culverite and hero at 90

July 11, 2011

The Culver community recented joined local Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II veteran Jim Dewitt (seated) and family in celebrating his 90th birthday.
Dewitt, who with fellow WWII Culver vet Ted Strang will be hailed as this year’s Lake Fest parade marshal, may be best remembered by many locals for his ownership of the Lake Shore Lanes bowling alley on Lake Shore Drive from 1953 to 1978 (photos of the place, and of Dewitt’s early years, were on hand to help celebrate).