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A Word From the KLA Moderator

The 2009 - 2010 Academy year blended tradition and innovation.  We kicked off the year with a brand new orientation event featuring a county bus tour coordinated by the Kosciusko County Convention and Visitors' Bureau (KCCVB). New members enjoyed touring north to south to experience the diversity of our county's industry, agriculture, and natural resources.  Along the way we made many new friends and ended up at Mad Anthony's in Warsaw that evening for a mixer with KLA alumni.

To the fine roster of traditional favorites, we added a new session this year in October.  We travelled to the northern part of the county and learned all about the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation and Grace College's Water Project that studies the overall health of the county's waterways.  Since Kosciusko County is known for its abundant lakes, we felt it was important to understand the efforts underway to preserve and conserve these precious resources.

Our session on local economics was held at a new location: the Syracuse Town Center on Syracuse Lake.  Our gracious hosts rolled out the red carpet and we look forward to going back next year.

We were again amazed at the quality of the whitepaper projects and congratulate the year's Northenor Award winning team: The Interactive County Recreational Map.  Their work will soon be showcased at the KCCVB website and will provide routes for walking, canoeing, kayaking, and running through our county's roads, rivers, lakes, and trails.

As KLA continues to evolve we will always hold true to our mission and to the fine traditions that have made our academy so strong and vibrant.  You play an important role in shaping our academy's future by by recommending new educational opportunities and by recommending the KLA experience to qualified candidates.  We are taking applications this summer, so please help us recruit the next outstanding class.

Allyn Decker

KLA Moderator

 

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