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~~l~S. . T}ae City of SouthBend receives natuzal gas from Northern Indiana I?ublie Service Company (NIPSCO), electric service from Indiana and Iviichigaa Efed~ie Company anti telephone aerv~cc frets Indiana Ball ?'elcphoae Company. Water and sewage treatment and collection are provided by the City's municipal utilities. Hr~th Care _. The City of South Bend and the Michiana area is served by four acute care hospitals: Memorial Hospital, Michxana Community Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend and St. Joseph Hospital is Mishawaka. Memorial Hospital >a a 52b-bed hospital with 2,800 employees. The hospital is undergoing eatansive growth including a 59.5 million ambulatory care and outpatient surgery confer.. The center will provide six operating rooms, two of which wi,U have laser equipment, and admitting and recovery area. This project is expected to be completed by November, 1.991., Additions and renovations also include a $i million Leighton Centex for senior resources which was completed in mid-1991., a SL8 million expansion of the open heart recovery area and a renovation o[ the pediatric intensive cart center. The St. Joseph Medical Center employs 7,,900 fail and part-time employees and is licensed for 339 buds. They opened a S8 million outpatient care facility in January of 1984. The hospital is also undergoing several internal . remodeling projects and additions, including more operating rooms. The Michiana Community Hospital employs 450 -and is a I.07-bed hospital.. Charter Hospital of South Bcnd is a psychiatric care facility with treatment programs for alcohol and drug abuse. In addition, there arc 13 nursing homes in .the City of South Bend, ~tecr_ eat_io~/CuIfUTCjLibr • The City of South. 73end has awide-variety of recreational faciIitics available to the residents. The City has 71 public parks covering 1,400 total acres which provide swimming pools, softball and baseball diamonds, tennis coatis, 35 supervised playgrounds and a recreational center. The Parks Departbacnt also provides two 18-hole championship golf courses and one 9-hole coarse. The City of South Bend is the home of the South Bend White Sox, a m.uzor league team of the Chicago White Sox Covclcski Regional Baseball Stadium, named after Hail of Famer, Stanley Covelesld, is .anew 5,000 seat facility which is rated as one of the best stadiums in minor league baseball and holds sold-out crowds during the White Sox•s season. In 1989 the teaux won the Midwest League Championship anti placed thud in attendance is comparison to alt Class A teams. In 1991 the crowd attendance was a record high total of 221,071. - The St. Joseph River flows thxough the Cary and provides scenic and boating pleasure. The olynapic-class East Race Waterway runs adjacent to the St. Joseph River and is a 2,000 yard man-made rafting and kayaking course. This waterway is the on}y man-mach white rapids in the United States. Ia the summer, national and regional. competitions arc held on the course. Other attractions inciudc the Morris Civic Auditoz~urn which offers .Broadway playa and fhe South. Bend Sympb.orry, the Studebaker Museum which houses a collection of carriages, wagons, cars and trucks, the Potawatomi Zoo and the Morris Conservatory. Century Center, located on the r~ivcrfront park, has 54,000 square -feet of exhibit and convcatioa space available as well as a recital hal3, performance area and theatre. Activities are also available ai the many colleges and universities in the City, cspcaslly St, Mary's College, Notre Dame University, Bethel College and Indiana University at South Bead. A-4