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HOAG 4 SONS' BOOK BINDER,' 25C rr,iwcponr, MICHIGAN 49284 The Lowell Ledger Volume 11, Issue 49 Serving Lowell Area Readers Since 1893 Wednesday, October 21, 1987 Showboat to make a comeback in June Board Prcsklcnl Ray Quada S20.00 per person. The evening The Lowell Showboat ran ag- and the rest of the Lowell Show- includes a roast beef dinner and round in 1982 when interest on boat Board of Directors tell us entertainment by "Alive and a staggering $45,000.00 debt the tamed Lowell Showboat will Well". Make reservations by cal- kept the production from operat- steam around "Cattail Bend" at ling Pockett's at 957-5179, Herit- ing in the black. The Board of least three evenings in late June age Meat Market at 897-7049 or Directors opted to cancel the an- of I9H8. Quada made the an- No Sweat Exercise Salon at 676- nual production until fundraising nouncement at a press confer- 3138. All tickets will be paid at events could eliminate the debt. ence held last Wednesday at Poc- the door - Mark your calendar After five years of car raffles. kett's Night Club in Grand now. you can enjoy fine food, Memorial Day celebrations, do- Rapids. Quada told the members great entertainment and support nations. etc. the Lowell Show- of the local media that the Show- Showboat all at the same lime. boat is finally out of debt It boat would make a gala return The Showboat Board plans to owns such majtK assets as a on June 23. 24 and 25. Quada bring the famed summertime 4.500 seat amphitheatre and the guaranteed those in attendance event back with all the trimmings boat itself, free and clear. Direc- that the headliner would be a top that made it so popular in the tors now feel that the annual pro- notch talent, but a contract had past. Planners intend to bring duction can again become a pro- not yet been finalized. "We're back endmen. a chorus, dixie- fitable venture, and at the same working with a couple of differ- land band, a headline act and a time restore the glimmering ent groups right now. but we're the famous Robert E. Lee "Showboat City" image to Low- not quite to the point in the stemwheeler. "We're not limiting ell. negotiations where we can com- ourselves in any way". Quada Of course the effort needs the mit ourselves to a formal an- said. "By that. I mean we intend support of the entire community, nouncement". Quada told the re- to draw from the entire area, in- and anyone willing to serve in porters. Quada hopes to be able cluding some top notch talent av- any capacity should contact a to announce the headliner at a ailable in Grand Rapids to fill board member or write to Show- The Lowell Showboat will "come aglow" June 23, 24 and 25 of 1988. Planners are shooting fundraiser slated for Saturday. the end man, chorus and other boat Corporation, P.O. Box 213, for a "back to the basks** production, complete with a top-notch headliner, endmen, chorus, A "Kick Off Fundraiser Din- positions in the production. We Lowell, Michigan 49331. orchestra and of course the good ole "Robert E. Lee**. ner" is slated for this Saturday, want to make the Lowell Show- October 24 at Pockett s Night boat the best entertainment of its Club. The celebration will begin kind anywhere'1. at 5:00 p.m., and tickets are just Vennen expands auto dealership It looks like just another hole been tremendous We expect the in the ground at this point. But. addition of three more salesmen,' if work continues on schedule, specifically lor used car sales, to a brand new used car sales office serve the needs of our customers and car clean-up center will be in the most professional manner completed on the comer of possible." Center St. and West Main by There were initial problems Dec. 31st. 1987. with the planned expansion of According to owner Henry the Vennen lot last Spring. Resi- VanderVennen, the 40 x 40 build- dents of the Center St. area be- ing will provide sales offices for came concerned over use tH the three or four additional Nalesmen proposed lot for storage of empty as well as a new and used car drums and disabled vehicles. GRAND OPENING FESTIVITIES prep area. However, these fears have been The new building will be lo- laid to rest and in a compromise cated adjacent to the existing To help celebrate the recent move to their new location in The agreement, VanderVennen con- Vennen body shop and will allow Ridgeview Shopping Center. Pfaller's Clothing and Anderson sented to construct a 15 ft. land- ample display space for used cars Shoes invite you to attend their Grand Opening Celebration. scaped green strip along the west between the front of the new of- The chance to take advantage of great buys and to register for edge of Center St.. to shield the fices and the south side of Main many wonderful door prizes is going on throughout this week. residents from the car lot. Bob and Jim Pfaller urge you to stop in and be a part of the St. The area to the rear of the The first layer of asphalt for A house has been razed and several large trees have been festivities. building will be provided for new car storage and employee the lot should be down and in removed to make way for Vennen Chrysler, Plymouth and use by Nov. 15. and the entire Dodge, Inc's. expansion. The area will be paved and a used YMCA OFFERS SPOOK INSURANCE parking. "This expansion has been project should be completed by car office will eventually be erected on the site. Dec 31st. The Lowell YMCA Boys Leaders Club is offering Spook Insur- needed for quite some time." handled by them. The most re- "We're growing!" VanderVen- ance to help with Halloween pranksters. The holder of a policy VanderVennen said. "The sup- VanderVennen is actively cent pursuit is for the Jeep Eagle nen says. "We hope everyone in ( will be provided clean-up services (if necessary) for various pranks port for our business by the seeking to add to the Chrysler. line which was recently acquired the Lowell Area will benefit from ' such as soaped windows, smashed pumpkins, egged premises, people of the Lowell Area has Dodge. Plymouth lines already by Chrysler Corporation. our new facility." etc.. for your residence or small/large business. The insurance policy form can be found in the Lowell Ledger and East Kent Shopper's Guide. Council wades through agenda The Lowell City Council Attorney. The Councilmen were straint not more than eight feet problems in the city's finances BOOSTERS* CLUB CAR RAFFLE INFO sailed through an eleven item told that City Anomey Dick in length), "unrestricted", "un- that would dictate any change in agenda, an eleven item com- Wendt ruled the vote stands in confined" and "vicious dog". accounting methods. An eleven The two names drawn at last Friday's football game for the ments and recommendations let- this case. Ivan Blough. the The new ordinance should clear item comments and recommen- Boosters' Club car raffle were Roger Southland and Richard Korb. ter from the city auditors and a owner of the property in question up discrepancies, duplication dations letter listed such minor Their names will be added to the finalists' group for the big drawing nine item City Manager s report at 117 Jefferson, had been told and gray areas that were found items as City Council proceed- after basketball season. At this Friday's game with Forest Hills Monday evening. The packet of he could proceed with his pro- in two previous ordinances. ings that hadn't been signed by Central at Burch Field four names will be drawn - two from this information before the Council- ject. City Councilman Bill the City Clerk and a suggestion week's ticket sales and two from the tickets sold at all the other men looked like it would take all A variance request from Wit- Thompson requested a public to annually review the fees football games this season. The ticket drawings will be started up night to wade through. Surpris- tenbach Olds. Pontiac and GMC hearing to hear his request for a charged for city services. again on December II at the start of basketball season. Keep ingly the information was co- was granted by the Council. The vacation of a portion of Hillside The Council agreed to a prop- buying those tickets - support our school's athletic programs! Who vered in less than two hours. The auto dealership asked to park a Ct. Thompson owns property osal to lower the interest rate knows - YOU might be the big winner! following is a capsulized account temporary (one year) 12* X 48* bordering the street. The public charged on a 50 year loan to the of the meeting. used car office on the south side hearing was set for the Lowell Cable TV Department COMMODITIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED The question regarding a three of Main St. Wittenbach*s owners November 2 meeting. from the Lowell Light and Power yes. and one no. vote on a zoning plan to extensively revamp their Virgil Biggs and Thomas Dic- Co. The original loan was at an Commodities will be distributed at the Moose Club, 210-1/2 E. variance at the last Council meet- facility over the next several kerson of Biggs, Hauserman and 8% rate.