Putting Northwest Indiana on the 1822 Map

Volume 17, Number 39 Thursday, October 4, 2001
Putting Northwest Indiana on the 1822 Map
by Paula McHugh
Joseph Bailly was just a toddler in Quebec
when the United States was born. When his
father left the family penniless, the young
French Canadian moved to where opportunity
beckoned and began his career as a successful
businessman at Mackinac Island. As a
The 2 1/2-story home had a timber frame covered with narrow weatherboards. It was
licensed fur trader, Bailly made his way down
restored to how it appeared in 1917. The home was still in construction at the time of
to the Little Calumet River to establish a
Joseph’s death, according to granddaughter Frances Howe.
trading post where the North Sauk and
Potawatomi trails converged. The wellrespected fur trader established another
trading post in Baton Rouge, but he built his
homestead near the shores of Lake Michigan.
The year was 1822.
Bailly is said to be the first white man to
settle in northwest Indiana. And his homestead remains now a part of the Dunes
National Lakeshore. Bailly thought he was
choosing a spot that was in the state of
Michigan.
Most Beacher readers, we assume, have
visited the Bailly Homestead off Mineral
Springs Road, and have attended at least a
few of the festivals held there during the year.
In issues past, the Beacher has covered the
Maple Sugar festival, Midsommer, and the
Harvest Festival events. But a person does
not have to wait for a special event to visit this
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woodsy, serene setting, because it is open year ‘round.
Meander the trails and the homestead grounds at a
quieter time, when you can listen quietly to the
ghosts and whispers of woodland life.
Honore Gratien Joseph Bailly de Messein—oh, so
French, was born into a wealthy and noble family, and
the fur trader brought his proper upbringing along
into the wilderness. No backwoodsman, he. In her
account of her grandparents’ life on the homestead,
Frances Rose Howe provides glimpses of a cultured
lifestyle, yet not a haughty one. In her book, Story of
a French Homestead in the Old Northwest, Howe
shows that the Bailly’s and the native Indians enjoyed
a neighborly coexistence in this duneland territory.
Joseph Bailly allegedly had several wives before meeting Madame Marie LeFevre de la Vigne, the “Lily of
the Lakes.” Marie, too, had been married previously, and she followed the dictates of the Ottawa nation
by providing a dowry to divorce herself from De La
Vigne, a husband chosen for her and whom she
regarded as a devotee of the Dark Serpent. Marie and
Joseph, both with French roots and as devoted
Christians, were delighted to have found each other.
Life at their new homestead included devotion to
their Catholic ideals and would become a station for
missionaries. When the Bailly’s first erected their homestead, they had no chapel, although daughter Rose had
one built many years later, in 1869. It was considered
“imprudent” to erect a chapel in what Howe described
as a “pagan wilderness.” Mass was celebrated in the
Joseph Bailly set up his fur trading post beside an Indian trail. He is
regarded as the first white man to settle in a swampy northwest Indiana.
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The Bailly’s first dwelling was a log cabin located
between two streams, but while Joseph was away on
one of his trips, the river flooded and the family was
forced to move to higher ground. Two of the family servants moved the cabin, log by log, to a new location
on the knoll of a hill. The construction of the 2 1/2 story
main house started just a few months before Joseph
died in 1835.
The two-story cabin was built from remnants of an
old tool shed and dairy.
Bailly, a well-respected businessman, located his homestead and trading
post near the convergence of two Indian trails by to the Calumet River.
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quarters. Bailly also built a log shelter to accommodate the belongings of Indians who passed through
the territory, and at times, they passed through in a
steady stream. Marie was in charge of the lock and
key to the storage cabin, according to Howe. The trading post was the only one between Chicago or Fort
Dearborn, and Detroit. Prices for squirrel pelts were
25 cents, muskrats, 50 cents, raccoons, 75 cents, and
minks, one dollar. Eighteen muskrats would buy a
Hudson Bay blanket or 18 drinks of French champagne.
Beaver pelts, at $5 apiece, were in high demand
because the fashion of the day, back east and in
Europe, found men wearing the fur felt hats. At his
Baton Rouge trading post, Bailly would collect exotic skins such as seal from natives coming far west of
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Beaver pelts were in demand for beaver felt hats in fashion on the East
Coast and in Europe.
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the Mississippi, and Howe records that his Louisiana
post was more lucrative. Bailly sold his pelts to Jacob
Astor’s American Pelt Company.
After awhile, Joseph got tired of the mail rider
intruding on his property, so he built a hostelry north-
west of the homestead (on what is now U.S. 12) in order
to maintain a sense of serenity at the homestead. His
vision of a harbor never materialized during his lifetime. And his fur trade took a turn for the worse as
overhunting had depleted supply.
The Bailly history is rich in details, and since we
live in close proximity to the first recorded white
settler in northwest Indiana, we owe it to ourselves
to explore the homestead and its history. Howe’s
book can be difficult to follow in reference to lineage
and chronology, but those weaknesses should not
stop anyone interested in reading a first-person
account originally published in 1904. Frances died in
1918, after overseeing the restoration of the main house.
Hike from the homestead through the woods and
imagine walking along the same path that the
Potawatomie, Menomonee, Winnebagoes, Fox, Sioux
and Sauk walked on their way to meetings in Detroit
and beyond. Frances relates the description of an
ongoing procession related to her by her mother,
Rose Bye Bailly. The path wends its way north, where
you will cross Oak Hill Road and continue another 1/4
mile to the Bailly cemetery.
Devout Catholic as he was, Joseph nevertheless summoned a Methodist minister named Beck to prepare
for his burial, to the consternation of Marie. And
Joseph gave orders that the family was to stay away
at the time of his burial. Joseph explained that he wanted them to be “on the safe side” as not to become an
obstacle to their standing within the Church.
Joseph Bailly had erected an oak
cross on the ground where he
buried one of his sons. According
to Frances’ account, Bailly’s
daughter Esther is buried at the
foot of the cross.
A narrow trail from the homestead
leads to the family cemetery. As
you walk along, you can imagine
traversing the same path that the
Potawatamie and other clans used
on their journeys in the region.
The Bailly family cemetery, platted
before 1835. The wall was added
many years later.
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The trail to the cemetery leads to a knoll, which is
centerpieced with a large oak cross. Joseph and
Marie, as well as Francis Howe and Rose Bailly have
stone markers set in a high wall topped with balustrades.
Joseph originally built the cemetery when his sickly son (name unclear to this writer) died at a young
age. Joseph and Marie’s daughter, Esther Bailly
Whistler, is also interred here, according to Howe, who
states in her book that her aunt was buried at the foot
of the wooden cross. There is no marker.
A view of the Chellberg farmhouse, built in 1872, from inside the barn.
You can follow an alternate trail from the cemetery through a shady
ravine to the Chellberg Farm.
The trail from the cemetery allows you a choice of
backtracking to the homestead or taking an alternate
scenic trail that leads to the Anders and Johanna
Chellberg farm. The Swedish immigrants purchased
a total of 80 acres between 1872 and 1874. The property was bought by the National Park Service in
1972 and continues to draw busloads of schoolchildren who come to tour the grounds.
Around the corner from Bailly/Chellberg, a lesserknown landmark sits along Oak Hill Road just northwest of Howe Road. Called Indiana’s smallest church,
Bergstrom Chapel, or Augsburg Swensk Skola, is
just 14 1/2 feet wide by 20 1/2 feet long. Built as a tool
shed, the building was donated to the Augsburg
Swedish Lutheran Congregation in 1880 by Frederick
Bergstrom. It was used as a school until 1930 when
it reverted to a church. The structure was renovated in 1970, and from the road, the building appears
A group of schoolchildren visits the farm.
to have a steeple. Walk around the building and
you’ll notice that a separate structure rises above the
roofline of the church. Peek in the windows. You’ll see
rows of vintage school desks along with a pulpit at the
front of the room. At least one park staff at
Bailey/Chellberg was unaware of the tiny church/school
just down the road. It’s worth a look the next time you
visit this historical spot in duneland.
The Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm are
located between U.S. 12 & 20 on Mineral Springs Road.
Svenska Skola sign.
Although it is not part
of Bailly/Chellberg, the
Augsburg Svenska
Skola is another historical site just down
the road. It served as
a school for Swedish
settlers in the 1840’s,
and later reverted to a
church.
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by Sally Carpenter
My book recommendation for this week is Close to
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❖ Professional Baseball—Major & Minor Leagues
❖ Baseball Art, Literature, Movies and Music
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October 4, 2001
Unity Foundation Awards Community Grants for 20001 and
Embarks on $2.1 Million Matching Challenge
by Jan Van Ausdal
On Tuesday afternoon, September 18th,
at the John G. Blank
Center for the Arts,
the Unity Foundation
awarded community
grants to over thirty
LaPorte County charitable organizations
totaling
almost
$70,000. Later on in
the afternoon, an exciting $2.1 Million
Matching Challenge Unity Foundation Co-chairman Ed Volk
addresses those at the meeting.
was announced with
an ending date of December 31, 2002.
Ed L. Volk, Co-Chairman of the LaPorte Unity
Foundation, said, “After the difficult week that we’ve
all experienced, today we look forward to the future
and to the good times ahead. We have a bounty to share
that will only increase in years to come. We’re a service to the community and we make philanthropy easy.”
He introduced other Board members who were present and mentioned the names of those who were unable
to attend. He also named the administrative office staff
members who were at the meeting.
In keeping with the theme, “Sharing the Community
Fund Pie,” a variety of pies were served with punch
and coffee in another room at the Blank Center.
Kristy Moeller who received a grant for the LaPorte
Family YMCA Community Childcare Center, found
the choice of pies overwhelming. Dr. Vidya Kora, on
the Board of Directors, enjoyed eating his pie while
talking with Tammy Steinhagen, a member of the Unity
Foundation administrative staff.
Kristy Moeller tries to choose a piece of pie.
Maggi Spartz explains the “pie” chart.
Maggi Spartz, President of the LaPorte Unity
Foundation, spoke on its history. She said that the yearly earnings of its Community Fund are used for community grants. This fund was created in 1994 with
donors raising the $1 million needed for a $500,000
match by the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment,
Inc. The Community Fund has provided more than
$300,000 in grants to LaPorte County organization
since then. Maggi explained the current grants shown
on a large chart depicting pie-shaped portions of a circle, with awards being made to organizations within these groups: Health, Art & Culture, Human
Services, Environment, Education, and Youth
Development.
Dr. Kora speaks with Tammy Steinhagen.
Patty Keating, Program Manager, also spoke
briefly to say that seventy grant applications requesting $190,000 were received, with about half of the
requests receiving their grants in the amount of
$69,313. Then she talked with Michigan City YMCA
Director, Bruce Zahn and his daughter, Veronica.
The grant awarded to our local Y was for two oxygen
units and training in their use, so the oxygen safety
equipment there can be updated.
Next came the official awarding of the grants to the
organizational representatives present. Nancy Bracken
received a grant to the First Presbyterian Church to
October 4, 2001
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another and also to look at the current exhibit at the
John G. Blank Center for the Arts. The Blank Center
is the recipient of an arts enrichment component of
the MCASS Safe Harbor Program.
Bruce Zahn, his daughter, Veronica, and Patty Keating chat.
Maggi Spartz talks with guests.
Nancy Bracken receives the First Presbyterian Church grant.
help with a Homeless Men’s Emergency Overnight
Shelter for the winter months. The Wanatah Historical
Society received a grant for the completion of the
binding of the Wanatah Mirrors after filming at the
Indiana Historical Society for preservation. Ed Volk
posed for a photo with Ellen Volk and June Goodwin,
representatives of the Wanatah Historical Society.
Then Maggi Spartz spoke again, this time making
the exciting announcement of the upcoming $2.1
Million Matching Challenge. “Our challenge from
the Lilly Endowment’s GIFT (Give Indiana Funds for
Tomorrow) Initiative Phase V offers two types of
grant support. First are matching funds to add up to
$2 million to the unrestricted endowment, such as the
Unity Foundation Community Fund. Second would
be general operating support.”
She continued, “If we raise $2 million, they’ll give
us $2 million. They’ll match whatever we raise, which
has to go into the Community Fund. And our deadline is December 31, 2002. For the second part of the
program, we can receive up to $100,000 to be used for
general operations, being subject to a $2 for $1 matching requirement.”
Donors are able to start their own Community
Fund in their family’s name with a minimum of
$5,000. Those who donate operating support to the Unity
Foundation are board members, individuals, and
business organizations. For more information about
the Unity Foundation and how you can leave a permanent legacy while possibly saving taxes, contact Maggi
Spartz, President, at (219) 879-0327.
Ed Volk with Ellen Volk and Jane Goodwin .
Recipients of grants, Unity Foundation representatives, and other guests had time to speak with one
This new grant program will be great for LaPorte County!
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October 4, 2001
Smurlo Exhibit at Purple Giraffe
“Taos Thunderheads.” Acrylic, 10” x 10” by Frank Smurlo.
The Purple Giraffe Gallery, 13584 Red Arrow
Highway, Harbert, Michigan, presents an exhibition
of recent work by Frank E. Smurlo, Jr. of Old
Greenwich, Connecticut, entitled “Favorite Places
to Paint in New Mexico, New England and the
Bahamas.” The exhibit will run from October 3-28 with
an opening reception to meet the artist on Sun., Oct.
7, 2-4 p.m. (MI time).
Mr. Smurlo was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.
He is primarily a plein air painter and has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows where his paintings have won numerous awards. His paintings are
in private collections in the U.S., the Bahamas,
Canada and Europe.
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Saturday and Sunday, October 6 & 7
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Acres of vibrant sunflowers have been planted & you are invited to
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Artists will be selling & demonstrating painting and drawing.
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October 4, 2001
Hey, Hey, What Do You Say — Cubs are Gonna Fold Today!
by Charles McKelvy
“You’ve been an embittered Cubs fan most of my adult life.”
My wife Natalie, who can take baseball or leave it,
doesn’t understand why I remain loyal to the Chicago
Cubs after all these years of bitter frustration and disappointment.
I don’t know either.
Well, I do.
It all goes back to my childhood.
Come on — everything starts there, right?
And my lifelong fascination with September frustration began in 1954 when I was all of four years old
and was taken to see a Cubs game in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
For the record, I was born on the near north side
of Chicago and raised on the far south side. By rights,
I should have been a hard-core White Sox fan, and I
would have been had I not had that date with destiny
in 1954.
It was such a stunning experience, that I just
know that it will be the only marble I’ll have left in
my bag when I’m at the end of my decline and some
young thing comes up to me at the nursing home and
says: “What do you remember most about your childhood, Mr. McKelvy?”
And I’ll wipe the drool off my chin, gaze fondly at
the ivy covered outfield wall hovering in the mist of
my memory and say, “That day in 1954 when they took
me to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.”
I was simply enchanted by the friendly confines,
which, I learned just this sorry season, were built on
the site of a seminary. In other words, I was tricked
by the devil into a life-time love of losing teams by their
beguiling stadium which was built on holy ground.
Or, as comedian Flip Wilson used to say, “The devil
made me do it.”
That’s the only rational explanation for my stubborn insistence on following the Cubs from one bitter upset to another.
And please don’t get me started on the season in
hand, because it’s just making me crazy all over
again.
I mean, I was all set on Thursday, August 16 to write
a column about how this was the Cubs’ year. How they
were going to take the National League pennant and
then go on to the World Series and clobber whatever miserable excuse for a team the American League
put up against them.
That was when the Cubs managed to take two
out of three from the Astros in Houston and reclaim
a one-and-a-half game lead in the Central Division.
Remember?
Oh, I certainly do.
Coach Don Baylor was quoted as saying of his
team’s comeback: “That’s how we got here. We’ve
—Natalie McKelvy, my wife of 24 years
pitched well all year, and we’ve gotten our hits when
we can and they count most of the time.”
It was a wonderful moment.
And then the Cubs went west to lose three straight
to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and came home to
actually split a double-header with the slumbering
Milwaukee Brewers.
It just tore my heart out listening to former Cubs
great Ron Santo try to contain his frustration as he
helped Pat Hughes broadcast those games on WGN
Radio. And it just made me remember how Santo and
his teammates had allowed the upstart New York Mets
to slip by them in the waning days of the 1969 season.
And, of course, I could not help but recall with
deep bitterness the battle the Cubs lost to the San Diego
Padres in 1984 for the National League Pennant.
Yes, new Cubs fans, they were actually up two games
to zero in a best of five contest, and they actually lost
the next three straight.
But don’t worry, I’m not even going to mention
the Cubs at the World Series, because their last outing to the big show was in 1945 when they lost to the
Tigers. That was five years before I was born, and
Natalie was just wondering if the Cubs would ever be
in the World Series during our lifetime.
Let’s see — we’re both 51 now and in good health.
Say we both hang on into our late 80s or early 90s
or even go for 100.
Could the Cubs actually go to the World Series by
then?
Excuse me for a moment while I flip through my
memory bank.
The only answer that’s coming to mind is the late
Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse saying: “Hey, hey,
it’s going, it’s going, it could be, it is — caught in shallow left.”
October 4, 2001
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A one of a kind quilt show will be hosted by the Door
Prairie Auto Museum, in conjunction with a show of
classic and antique cars on Sat. & Sun. in LaPorte.
Hours for the show are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Sat., and
noon-4:30 p.m. on Sun.
Selected quilt artists from Indiana will show traditional and contemporary art quilts and a lovely
collection of wearable art will also be shown. Several
winners of international, national and state quilt
shows will be exhibiting and will be in attendance to
discuss their work.
A selection of the exhibit will be for sale. Antique
quilts from around the area will be paired with cars
of the same vintage.
Participants from the area include Ellen Anne
Eddy, Dorothy Sparks, Carol Novak, Marlene Woodfield
and Jeanette Woodke.
Admission to the exhibit is $5/adults, $4/seniors (60+)
and $3/youths (10-18 yrs.). The museum is located 1
mile south of LaPorte on U.S. 35. For more information,
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Winners of the day’s events include:
1st place team: State Farm Insurance—Dave
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2nd place team: Michiana Resources—N. Gipson,
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Family Day at Michigan City City Hall
by Janet Baines
Taking advantage of the beautiful day last Saturday,
my sister and I took our nephews to City Hall for
Family Day. I had seen a press release on it and as I
read through the list of items I thought my nephews
would love the fire truck and the police car. I didn’t think
the rest sounded all that interesting - especially the
compost compactor truck, which looked suspiciously
like a garbage truck and tire derimmer. I was wrong.
Every stop on the list was a source of enjoyment to the
boys, horns were blown, lights flashed, equipment
tried on for size and then to top it all, a friendly street
department worker started up the dump truck and
allowed each boy to raise the ‘bed!’
A mom pulls the chord to blow the horn
while sitting with her son in the
‘garbage truck.’
All the people supervising were more than ready to
talk about the equipment and what they were used for,
and to lend a hand to smaller hands who wanted to see
and touch. The two hours we had were not enough as
far as the boys were concerned; they could have played
all day. There was a free raffle, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos
and pop on sale for a very reasonable price. Also,
many of the stands had baskets of candy you could help
yourself to; not to mention all sorts of pencils, badges,
and booklets to carry home. I would encourage everyone to take advantage of the event next year, it is fun
for young and old alike.
Now, let the pictures tell the story!
Raising the bed of the street department dump truck. In winter these trucks,
with the addition of a snowplow, clear the streets.
Car tire derimmer. I was nearly run over
by the rim taking this, much to the
amusement of those around me.
Victor tries on a set of antlers.
Both boys love motorbikes so we had to stop and inspect this one. It
turned out not to be one of the features of the day as right after we
checked it out a policeman came and rode away.
Getting pencils and Michigan City Junior Police Badges to add to
the bag of goodies already collected.
Eric, the zoo teacher, shows Spencer and
Victor Gloy a chinchilla.
Hitching a ride on the compost truck. I might
add by the scent there was no doubt what
this truck held!
Captain Mark Harris shows Spencer one of the
newly acquired aguamasks used with the
scuba equipment.
After the lesson in fire safety, the kids were given their choice of emergency exit
and Spencer chose the ladder off the balcony.
Aunt Joyce gives Victor a boost up into
the cab of the loader.
Riding high.
Family Day Continued on Page 28
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Family Day Continued from Page 27
Checking out the fire truck.
Inside the “Edith House “ Captain Greis of the MCFD
talks to the kids about fire safety.
Spencer watches a TV picture
relayed by a ‘pig’ traveling
through a pipe in this truck used
to inspect pipes and sewers.
Victor gets to feel the weight of a SWAT team vest.
Checking out the remote control ‘pig’ equipped with a camera for inspecting the pipes.
October 4, 2001
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4th Annual Day in the Country Workshop
Traffic, sprawl, conservation, and neighborhood
redevelopment are fast becoming priorities of the
21st century. On Fri., Oct. 5, builders, architects,
engineers, environmentalists and public officials
from Illinois, Indiana and Michigan will meet to
learn and exchange ideas about smart growth at
Tryon Farm’s 4th annual “Day in the Country” workshop. The event begins at 10 a.m. at Tryon Farm, 1500
Tyron Road, Michigan City.
Program director of the Michigan Land Use Institute
and New York Times contributor Keith Schneider
will be the keynote speaker, discussing the “Politics
of Smart Growth.” Following his talk, there will be
a response from a panel of experts including Mary Sue
Barrett, president of the Metropolitan Planning
Council, Lori F. Kaplan, commissioner of the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management, and
former president of the Indiana Home Builders’
Association, Bob Coolman.
Registration and coffee begin at 10 a.m. A box
lunch will be served at noon. The Institute’s annual
Living Greens Awards, which recognize individuals
or groups who inform, inspire and change public policy and private practices to make our cities and countryside greener places, will be presented at 12:30
p.m. At 1:30 p.m., there will be guided tours of the farmland preservation, restored habitats and the completed Farmstead houses and the new Woods Settlement
at Tyron Farm. The day concludes at 3 p.m.
The cost for the morning talk, tours and box lunch
is $30 per person in advance or $40 on Oct. 5. “Day
in the Country” is sponsored by the Chicago Campaign
for Sensible Growth, CAPA, Michigan City Economic
Development Corporation, NiSource, Edward Noonan
and Associations, Noonan-Russo Communications
and Newmark Realty Advisors.
To make a reservation, phone 1-800/779-6433.
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The event offers area high school and middle school
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The evening will begin with a financial aid presentation at 6:30 p.m. to help students and their
families understand what aid is available and how to
begin the application process. College representatives will meet with students and answer questions
from 7-8:30 p.m.
The College Fair is free and open to the public
and advance registration is not required. The event
will be held in the Library-Student-Faculty Building
on the PNC campus, just south of the junction of the
Indiana Toll Road and U.S. 421.
For more information, phone 872-0527, ext. 5505
or log onto www.purduenc.edu
PNC’s Odyssey 2002 Sculpture Exhibit
Purdue University North Central will embark on
the third year of its adventure in the world of contemporary sculpture with the exhibit, “Odyssey 2002,”
featuring 13 pieces by 10 sculptors displayed on the
PNC campus.
PNC will host an opening for the public on Thurs.,
Oct. 11, from 3-4:30 p.m., in the Library-Student-Faculty
Building Assembly Hall. A number of the sculptors will
be present to discuss their work. The program, which
is free and open to the public, will begin with an
introductory talk and continue with a self-guided
walking tour of the exhibit. Refreshments will be
served.
This exhibit also kicks off a year-long series of
fine arts activities at PNC. Information will be posted as it becomes available at www.purduenc.edu
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PNCWA Art Institute Trip
The Purdue University North Central Women’s
Association is sponsoring a trip to the van Gogh and
Gauguin “Studio of the South” exhibit at the Art
Institute of Chicago on Fri.., Nov. 2. All community
members are welcome.
After refreshments from 8-9 a.m., the bus will
leave from the Library-Student-Faculty Building on
the PNC campus at 9 a.m., and depart the Art
Institute promptly at 3 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person and are non-refundable. Participants can enjoy
lunch on their own at the Art Institute and browse the
gift shop. The museum’s entire collection will be open
for viewing.
The exhibit features more than 125 pieces of art created by van Gogh and Gauguin and it examines the
unique relationship between the artists and their
plan to create a “Studio of the South.” Their mutual
admiration and brief collaboration in Arles, France
is thought to be one of the most revealing sagas in the
history of modern art.
The PNCWA was established to serve the women
of PNC and the surrounding communities. It is
intended to promote educational and cultural activities for its members.
To reserve a spot for the trip, send name, telephone number and a check payable to PNCWA for $45
to: Bev Harrington, PNC 1401 S. Hwy. 421, Westville,
IN 46391-9542. A ticket confirmation will be sent upon
receipt of payment. All tickets will be held at PNC until
the day of the trip.
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Harbor Country Book Club
The Harbor Country Book Club will meet the last
Tuesday of the month, on Oct. 30th, at the Harbor Grand
Hotel at 7:30 p.m. (MI time). The selections for the
month are: fiction, The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora
Welty, and non-fiction, A Match to the Heart by
Gretel Ehrlich.
The selections for November will be: fiction, The
Painted House by John Grisham, and non-fiction,
Havana Dreams by Wendy Gimbel. In December,
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foodstuff by carolyn m connell
c
Autumn Harvest, all around us……
Williams Orchard, 9456 N. 500E, LaPorte, IN
I’d heard so much about Williams Orchard and about their wonderful peaches, apples, and homemade cider. So I drove out
there, a goodly distance from Michigan City for one who lacks
a sense of direction and gets lost easily. For those of you better
than me at finding your way, they’re located at 9456 N. 500E —
their brochure tells us they are four miles south of Three Oaks,
Michigan, or five miles north of Rolling Prairie, Indiana. It is
indeed a beautiful drive among greenery and pretty homes,
lost or not.
Williams orchard has been in operation since 1906. The present Williams’ owner and manager is Ken, a remarkably active
80-some-year-old who took over from his father back in the
40s. You may be interested to know that over the years Ken never
got rid of a single pickup truck – he keeps fixing them (see photos) and once they finally give up, after years of activity, he parks
them on his property and continues to admire and appreciate
them like good old friends. Note the photo of the topless one —
vandals broke into that truck a long time ago, so Ken had the
entire top shorn off and was later delighted to discover that that
way, the truck moves comfortably and efficiently among the lowbranched trees in the orchards. Amazing.
Ken’s topless pickup truck glides through the orchards.
Ken’s philosophy is keep ‘em running and keep ‘em for life.
For Williams Orchard, business starts with peach season in
July after their migrant workers have arrived and carefully prepared the vast orchards for the season. The same guys return
season after season, and are highly regarded by the rest of the
Williams’ staff. The orchards are open until the end of November,
allowing time for many schools to schedule field trips there, much
to the enjoyment of the children and those who accompany
them.
Along with each season of delectable peaches, Williams offers
shelves of jams, maple and fruit syrups, honeys, salsas, mustards, even some packaged chips. After the much enjoyed peach
season, it’s time for apples. Williams’ peak apple season is
upon us, the end of September/beginning of October, when the
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orchard will be humming with “you pick-ers” for their wide variety of
apples – McIntosh, Jonathan, Red and Golden Delicious and Cortlands.
They even offer bags of “seconds” — for applesauce, homemade apple
butter, etc. Unlike peaches and other fruits, apples can be kept refrigerated (take that, fruit flies!), so you can stock up for near-future
preparations. Nice.
While there, I not only enjoyed the orchard’s history, the fresh fruit
aromas, the splendid colors, but Barbara Zinn, employee (and presently manager) for 23 years, seems to have solved an overwhelming problem of mine – that of fruit flies hovering over my fruit bowl this time
of year. I despise those damn bugs. I ask everyone I meet, in the food
industry, how to cope with them. No luck. No, scattered bay leaves don’t
do the job. But Barbara Zinn knows. “Now, Carolyn, when you get home,
wash these peaches (and nectarines – oh, Williams’ nectarines are the
juiciest fruits I’ve ever encountered – I didn’t even know nectarines were
grown in the Midwest!) with a soft brush. That gets rid of the fruit fly
eggs that are on the fruit. Then, to keep the critters away, fill a cereal
bowl with vinegar (any kind – white, cider, etc.) and place it nearby.”
Goodbye, you little nuisance brats. I know it will work. Barbara seems
to be the perfect Answer Lady.
They don’t care about fruit flies at Williams. But they have to contend with hoards of bees who thrive on the fragrance of fruits. So do you
Barbara Zinn, “The Answer Lady.”
know what to do about a fresh bee sting? Barbara, of course, has the
answer. Keep a paste of baking soda and water at
hand, and smother your fresh sting. It will mend immediately.
I asked Barbara Zinn if anything funny ever happens
at Williams’. She grinned and said, “Well, at our busiest
times when we’re all running around at 60 mph, getting in each other’s path, almost knocking each other
down, spilling apples, banging into things, our customers ask ‘what in the world is going on?’ Ken’s reply
is always: ‘Oh, never mind, this is how we make applesauce.’ And they believe it!”
There are other sites of autumn harvest in our area.
Check it out with the LaPorte County Tourist Center,
Good old friends watching the 2001 autumn harvest.
a pretty property right off Route 20 at Meer Road. It’s
Williams’ official address? 9456 N. 500E, LaPorte,
a lovely autumn for blueberries, apples and, soon,
IN
46352 Phone 219-778-2839.
pumpkins, at the end of the peaches and the marvelous nectarines. Juicy life indeed. Aren’t we the lucky
Caramelized Apple Slices (6 servings)
ones? Hurry out to Williams. You’ll love it, whether it’s
1 T freshly squeezed lemon juice
your first visit or your eighteenth! Fantastic place.
3 Golden Delicious apples
Fantastic fruit.
2 T unsalted butter
2 T sugar
Add the lemon juice to a bowl of water. Peel,
core, and halve the apples. Cut each half into 6
slices and keep in lemon water until ready to
sauté.
In a heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat, heat
the butter and sugar until sugar begins to melt.
Drain the apple slices, reserving one-half cup
lemon water, then add them to the pan. Lower heat
to moderate and cook until slices are soft and golden, about 8 minutes. If apples seem to be sticking to the pan or caramelizing too quickly, add
reserved lemon water as necessary.
Widely admired, whether on pork chops or chicken breasts or ice cream!
Bushels of apples packed up and ready to go.
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A community wide benefit Bowl-a-Thon will take
place in October, sponsored by the Fraternal Order
of Police (Dunes Lodge 75 and LaPorte Lodge 54),
International Association of Firefighters (Michigan City
Local 475 and LaPorte Local 363) and the Michigan
City and LaPorte Bowling Associations.
Sign up know at one of these four area bowling lanes
that have scheduled different dates for the benefit in
order to accommodate availability to bowlers:
Sat., Oct. 6--1 p.m. City Lanes, phone 872-9930.
Sat., Oct. 13--1 p.m., Suburban Lanes, phone 8799445.
Sat., Oct. 20--3 p.m., Thunderbird Lanes, LaPorte,
phone 219/362-3555.
Sat., Oct. 27--2 p.m., Quick Lanes, LaPorte, phone
219/362-1571.
The ticket fee for the benefit Bowl-a-Thon is $15
per bowler. The winner will receive $5 from each
ticket sold. “The remaining $10 per ticket sold will be
sent to the family survivors of the New York City police
and fire departments,” said Mayor Brillson. “Even if
you can’t attend the benefit or don’t bowl very well,
please purchase a ticket.......This is the least we can
do for their families.”
Duneland Weavers’ Guild
The Duneland Weavers’ Guild will hold its next meeting on Sat., Oct. 13, at 100 West Indiana St., Chesterton.
The building is one block east of the Chesterton
Library. Future meetings will be held on the second
Saturday of each month until April. The business meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and the program begins at
11 a.m. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
Everyone is welcome.
The October meeting will be presented by Paul
Marshall, a commercial photographer, who will be sharing tips and techniques on photographing textiles
for jury and publication. For more information, phone
Susan Vance at 1-800/565-7266.
Barker Woods Enrichment Center
The Barker Woods Enrichment Center will be
holding a 50 year anniversary celebration on Sat., Oct.
6, 1-3 p.m., at 3200 Cleveland Ave., Michigan City.
This is an open invitation to all former students of
the Therapy Center, their parents snd friends, to all
former board members, staff and supporters as well
as current students and their families.
The afternoon event will include refreshments,
tours, music, children’s games and raffle of the
“Memory Quilt.” For more information on the raffle,
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The program will feature Sandi Thayer demonstrating
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Michiana La Leche League Meetings
“Breastfeeding and Working” is the topic for
Michiana La Leche League’s Fri., Oct. 5 meeting. It
will be held at 7 p.m. in the OB-GYN Suite of the Medical
Group, 1225 E. Coolspring Ave. “Getting Breastfeeding
Off to a Good Start” will be the topic of the Thurs.,
Oct. 11 meeting to be held at 9 a.m. at Zion Lutheran
Church, corner of Pahs Rd. and Woodland Ave.
La Leche League is a support group for women of
all ages who are now, have been, or are hoping to breastfeed their children. The meetings are free.
For more information, phone Susan at 616/469-2904.
Fundraiser to Benefit the ICS
The Schoolhouse Shop and Antiques, Furnessville,
is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the Independent Cat
Society on Sun., Oct. 7, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Refreshments will be served and a percentage of
purchases made that day will benefit the cats and kittens of the ICS. There will also be cats and kittens available for adoption at the event.
The Schoolhouse Shop is located north of U.S. 20
at 278 East 1500 North, Furnessville. For more information, phone 219/785-4936 or the Schoolhouse at
219/926-1551.
Gurnee Mills Bus Trip
Alpha Iota Chapter Pi Epsilon Kappa Sorority is
sponsoring a Christmas Shopping Bus Trip to Gurnee
Mills Mall on Sat., Nov. 17, leaving Dunes Plaza at
8 a.m. and returning at 6 p.m.
Prepaid reservations of $17 are due by Oct. 27. For
reservations, phone Katie Povlock at 872-6622, Mary
Ann Timm at 872-3238 or Pat Harris at 872-3273.
Autumn Sale at Church
The First Presbyterian Church of Michigan City is
having their annual sale of clothing, furniture, household items and other goodies on Fri., Oct. 5, from 9
a.m.-5 p.m., and on Sat., Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m.-noon.
The sale will be held at the lower level in the rear of
the church located at 121 West 9th St.
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CyberScribbles
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Inspiration
Open just about any newspaper and its pages are
full of unhappy news. This week CyberScribbles
offers an antidote in the way of alerting you to sights
that offer a few sunbeams of inspiration to help
everyone cope with the dark clouds that have been lingering in other parts of the media.
The Web is loaded with inspirational websites,
and after sorting through and reviewing about two dozen
of them, I am ready to list a few that you might like
to visit.
You might want to start with the Good News
Network (www.goodnewsnetwork.org), a site that
posts news articles from all over that are upbeat and
positive. Another site with the same type of content
is Upbeat.net (www.upbeat.net/), delivering good
news for all ages. And if for some reason you cannot
log on to either of these sites, just pull out all of your
old Beachers. We’ve been told that a prominent radio
personality referred to our little publication as a
“good news paper” in a speech delivered to leaders of
Chambers of Commerce from around the country.
We are all aware, by now, of the heroic contributions
of the New York fire and police departments. And there
are thousands more heroes around the country. The
Giraffe Project (www.giraffe.org/) offers stories about
real heroes who stick their necks out for the common
good. The site also gives information about a K-12 curriculum for teachers who might want to begin a
heroes program in their schools. It’s good reading
for any age, and it just may motivate you to get
involved in a project that you may have not thought
you were capable of.
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is full of
ideas for kindness projects, and also posts kindness
stories, the benefits that come with acts of kindness,
and quotes about kindness. The organization is gearing up for its annual Random Acts of Kindness Week,
which begins November 11. Plug in a few bits of
information on the site, and they will give you a list
of ideas for your business, school, organization or
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club of activities you can do. (www.actsofkindness.org)
Inspiration Peak (www.inspirationpeak.com) is a
delightful site that includes a weekly newsletter that
can be e-mailed to you. Its subjects are on life, justice,
kindness, joy, and courage. The site provides a large
list of links to similar web pages.
The Sharing Tree (www.sharingtree.com/index.htm)
provides true stories about ordinary people who have
accomplished amazing things. And World Transformation
(www.newciv.org/worldtrans/) provides ideas, resources,
connections, information, and inspiration aimed at “growing, creating, or discovering a world that works better for all of us.” You may find yourself jumping off
into many links here.
Daily Celebrations (www.dailycelebrations.com)
highlights a key motivational phrase each day along
with a brief birthday profile of a well-known personality. All upbeat, and with links to even more
uplifting stuff.
The Rainbow Garden offers a huge source of stories, quotes, poems, metaphors, and affirmations.
Many surfers use this site to copy and paste an inspirational message to their e-mail friends. You can get
lost for hours here, but the result will always be an
uplifted spirit. (www.io.com/~rga/rainbow.html)
And I need to mention Beliefnet (www.beliefnet.com),
a website with thousands and thousands of subscribers who log on to learn about and share information
about world religions, spirituality, inspiration, and charity and service.
If you don’t find something to provide you with a
warm fuzzy in one of the mentioned websites here, I
would be very surprised. But then, you can log on to
about 10,000 similar sites that I don’t have room to
mention here.
(Send your recommended sites and any other comments or questions you may have to me at [email protected]).
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October 4, 2001
Travels with Charley:
Biking the Adventure Trails with a Mountain of a Man
by Charles McKelvy
What is it in men in their 50s that calls them to insane
adventure?
I know my wife Natalie certainly would like to
know, and she especially wanted to know the answer
to that timeless question when my 50-something
friend Jim Thomas finally prevailed on me, a fellow
50-something male, to go trail biking with him at a
treasured trail spot somewhere in darkest southwest Michigan or northwest Indiana.
Jim had been after me for some time to go trail biking with him at this secret place, and I had always
had legitimate excuses: the foremost being that I do
not own a trail bike. But Jim dismissed the latter copout, saying that he happened to have an extra that
would fit me just fine.
“And if it doesn’t, we’ll adjust the seat so it does,”
he said.
Okay.
Then there was the fact that I had never really gone
trail riding. Sure, I’d practically been born on a bicycle and been balancing on two wheels most of my life,
but I’ve always been the road type rider out pedaling
where the pavement is smooth and, if not flat, at least
well maintained.
But now this endorphine-junkie of a friend of mine
was telling me that I would not go peacefully to the
nursing home if I did not have at least one rough and
ready trail riding notch on my belt.
So, lo and behold, I was free when an absolutely gorgeous afternoon presented itself recently, and Jim and
I met at a prearranged rendezvous spot where I
hopped aboard his white, panel van bearing two trail
bikes, and off we roared for this secret trail riding spot
somewhere in the Midwest.
Jim pumps up at the trail head before heading out.
I’m afraid that’s all I’m at liberty to say about the
actual location of this mecca of maniac bike riding,
because Jim said he would have to throw me off a cliff
if I divulged the true coordinates of his “spot.”
Trail bikers are that way, I guess, and now that I
am one of them, I can understand their passion for
preserving their private trails.
The ride starts and ends in this innocent looking meadow.
Jim Thomas heads for his secret trail riding
spot somewhere in the Midwest.
So off we went on a pleasant drive to this ultra-secret
place, and, in no time flat, Jim was pumping up the
tires on our bikes, adjusting my seat, and bidding me
follow him through a meadow and into the deepest,
darkest woods and ravines I’ve been in for a long, long
time.
Only I was mounted on this insane thing called a
mountain bike, or a trail bike or an off-road bike, or
— I don’t know what to call that wild contraption that
bounced me all over the back 40 of God’s green earth
that late afternoon and evening.
October 4, 2001
I only know that I saw the sun only sporadically and
as through a glass darkly, or more specifically through
my sweat- stained sunglasses darkly.
And I only know that I was always behind Jim in
the jungle and that I only heard parts of what he was
trying to tell me before each new adventure.
Such as: “Now, Charley, be real careful on this hill
because there’s a —- at the bottom, so be sure and go
—-”
He’d be way ahead of me in the gloaming, so I
had no idea which way he had gone, and so I would
have no choice but to make the wrong choice and go
flying off into the underbrush, which I noted on more
than a few occasions was thick with poison ivy to which
I am extremely allergic, and . . .
Oh, you don’t want to hear some old geezer gas on
about how he had his heart in his throat for a full hour.
You don’t want to hear some 50-something male tell
you how his first stab at trail riding was more exciting than riding that new roller coaster at Indiana Beach.
Do you?
Of course not.
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The sun sets on our secret trail riding spot somewhere in the Midwest.
Even a mountain man has to dismount once in a while.
So, suffice it to say, when we were finally free of the
deep, dark woods and ravines and back in the golden light of the setting sun, I heartily agreed with my
buddy Jim when he said, “That was kind of like
being little kids again, wasn’t it?”
“Oh yeah.”
And, oh yeah, did we ever
do some serious chowing down
at this Chinese restaurant
we went to after our grand
adventure.
But, being 50-something
males, we were careful to tell
the waitress to go easy on the
MSG and salt.
These red arrows more or
And, for the record, I did not
less guided us through the
dark forest.
come home with a poison ivy
rash, and, yes, I am planning to hit those trails again
with Jim before the snow flies.
After all, he said they’re even more spectacular when
those deep dark woods sport their fall colors.
“It’ll be a colorful adventure,” he said.
“Oh yeah!”
The 50-something author after his first experience with trail riding.
Jim stores the bikes in his van for next time.
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Coinciding with the county-wide Heart of Art Tour
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the 19th and 20th centuries, displayed alongside
their paintings. The exhibit will continue through the
month of October at the LaPorte Co. Historical Society
Museum.
Watercolor landscapes by Prof. Simons, art teacher
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In the Local Area:
October 3 — Open Mike Night at the MC Public
Library. 7-9 pm. For poets, musicians, dancers and videomakers. Free and open to the public. Info 873-3049.
October 3 — Barker Civic Center Guild meeting.
7 pm. Public invited. “Show & Tell” program—bring
in something of interest to tell about. 873-1520. 631
Washington St., Michigan City.
October 4 — Dog Massage Class. 6-7:30 pm.
Michiana Humane Society, 772 Ind 212, Michigan City.
Fee $10. Preregistration required by phoning 879-5722.
October 5 -- Michiana La Leche League meeting.
7 pm in the OB-GYN Suite at the Medical Group, 1225
E. Coolspring Ave., MC. Info 874-7026.
October 5 — Fine Arts Series, Presbyterian Church
of LaPorte presents the A Cappella Choir and Brass
Ensemble of Lenoir-Rhyne College of Hickory, NC. 7
pm. U.S. 35 & Kingsbury Ave., LaPorte. Free will offering & reception after. Info 219/362-6219.
October 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 -- “Close Ties.” Footlight
Players production. Fri & Sat @ 8 pm; Sun @ 2 pm.
Tix $9. Reservations 874-4035. 1705 Franklin St.
October 5-8 —”Himalaya.”Not rated. Academy
Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
Nepali & Tibetan language with Eng. subtitles.Fri &
Sat 6:30 & 9 pm; Sun 4 & 6:30 pm; Mon 7 pm. Vickers
Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, Michigan. 616/7563522 or www.vickerstheatre.com
October 6-7 — 6th Annual Sunflower Arts Festival.
10 am-6 pm. Adm. $5/adults, $2/kids. Artists painting in the fields, arts & crafts, beer & wine garden,
entertainment. Info 219/462-9009. 695 N 400 E,
Valparaiso. Art Barn School of Art. (3 mi. east of
Hwy 49 & 1 mi. south of Hwy.6).
October 7 — Fundraiser to benefit the Independent
Cat Society at the Schoolhouse Shop, Furnessville. 11
am- 5pm. Info 219/785-4936.
October 7 — “The Ruins at Ashkelon.” 2 pm. Slide
presentation of the ancient ruins at Ashkelon, Israel
by retired Dr. Larry Scheff. MC Public Library. Free.
October 8 — Arts Center Guild meeting. 9:30 am.
John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St., MC.
Members & guests welcome. Sandi Thayer will present “The Art of Lamp Making-Bead Jewelry.”
October 9 — Celebrate the MC Public Library’s 104th
Birthday. 11 am. Cake and punch will be served.
October 9 — College Fair. 6:30 pm. Purdue University
North Central campus. Free and open to the public.
Reps from 50 colleges and universities, plus financial
aid info. Library-Student-Faculty Building.
October 10 -- ABC Children’s Museum Backyard
Friends program: “Rabbits.” Free to members, $3/nonmembers. Reservations 874-8222.
October 11 -- Michiana La Leche League meeting.
9 am. Zion Lutheran Church, 9009 Pahs Rd., MC. Info
Carol at 872-6201, Kelly at 874-7026.
Places to Visit:
Alyce Bartholomew Children’s Museum. Marquette
October 4, 2001
Mall. Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm. 874-8222.
Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan City.
Guided tours on Mon-Fri, 10 am, 11:30 am. Adm.
$4/adults, $2/kids 18 and under, free/kids under 3.
Beverly Shores Historic South Shore Line Passenger
Depot Museum and Art Gallery. 525 Broadway,
Beverly Shores. Thurs-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. free.
219/871-0832.
Door Prairie Auto Museum. 6th season. Over 50
antique & classic autos, antique airplanes and toys.
Tues-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm; Sun noon-4:30 pm and
closed Mon and holidays. 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte
(1 mi. south of LaPorte on Hwy. 35). Phone 219/3261337 or visit www.dpautomuseum.com
Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360
Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on the
web at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org
International Friendship Gardens, Liberty Trail,
Michigan City. Open 10 am-4 pm weekends, now
thru October. Adm. chg. Info 878-9885.
LaPorte County Historical Museum, county complex in downtown LaPorte, Indiana. Hours 10 am-4:30
pm, Tues-Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/3266808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org
New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker
St., New Buffalo, MI. Open Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm;
Sat-Sun, 10 am-3 pm (MI time). Info 616/469-5409.
John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St.,
Michigan City. Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 10 am-4 pm;
Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 874-4900. On exhibit through
Nov.10: On and Off the Wall: Expressions in Ink,
Clay and Fiber.
Farther Afield:
October 6 — 22nd Annual Chapel Hill Arts & Craft
Show. 8 am-5 pm. Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds,
Berrien Springs, Michigan. Adm. $1. Over 200
exhibitors. Food & bake sale. Sponsored by Chapel Hill
United Methodist Church, Sodus, Mi. www.chapelhillcraftshow.org
October 6 -- Nor. Ind. Arts Assoc. screening of the
1999 German film “Run Lola Run.” 7 pm. Crown
Point Community Art Center, 138 S. Main St., Crown
Point. Info 219/663-0200. Tix $4.
October 6-7 — Weaving, Fiber & Needlecraft Art
Show. Also demonstrations & sale. 10 am-5 pm.
Cook Energy Information Center, Bridgman, Michigan.
1-800/548-2555 or www.cookinfo.com
September 30 — Quilting Bee and Apples & Tea.
1-4 pm. Deep River County Park. Demos and hayrides.
219/947-1958. Located off US 30 bwt. Valparaiso &
Merrillville.
Through November 18 — “Rembrandt Prints:
Rembrandt’s Personal Vision of the Bible.”
O’Shaughnessy Gallery at the Snite Museum of Art,
Notre Dame University campus. An exhibition of 70
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) etchings of narrative subjects from the Bible. Hours: Tues/Wed 10
am-4 pm; Thurs/Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 1-5 pm. Closed
Mondays and holidays. 219/631-5466 or
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Farther and Farther Afield:
October 4-6 — Amish Country Harvest Festival.
Middlebury, Indiana. Das Dutchman Essenhaus.
Arts, crafts, antiques, demos, entertainment, food. Adm.
chg. Info 219/825-7288.
October 4-7 -- James Whitcomb Riley Festival.
Greenfield, Indiana (16 mi. east of Indianapolis on US
40). Celebration of the famous Hoosier children’s
poet. Over 450 craft vendors, flea market, entertainment, antiques show & sale, etc. 317/462-2141.
October 6-7 — Buckley Homestead Fall Festival.
Living History Farm, Lowell, Indiana. 10 am-5 pm.
Hayrides, pumpkin & scarecrow contests, homemade
baked goods, medicine man show, music. Adm. chg.
219/696-8969.
October 12-21 — Parke County Covered Bridge
Festival. Over 80 events at various locations. Info
765/569-5226 or log onto www.coveredbridges.com
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On October 5, 1947, President Harry S. Truman made
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On October 6, 1683, Germantown (one of America’s
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On October 6, 1820, Swedish soprano Jenny Lind
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her the title of “The Swedish Nightingale.”
On October 6, 1889, at West Orange, New Jersey,
Thomas A. Edison let audiences view his first motion
picture.
On October 6, 1927, The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolsen
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spoken words, the movie marked the beginning of a
new era in film making.
On October 6, 1958, the “Seawolf,” an American nuclear
submarine, surfaced off the coast of New England, having established a world record by staying submerged
for two months.
On October 7, 1816, the Washington, the world’s first
double-decked steamboat, docked at New Orleans.
On October 7, 1954, Marian Anderson became the
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Metropolitan Opera Company.
On October 7, 1957, “American Bandstand,” a television program hosted by Dick Clark, made its debut
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On October 8, 1871, the fire that destroyed the city
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kicked over a lantern. The fire, which took more
than 200 lives, and destroyed 17,000 buildings, continued to burn for about 30 hours.
On October 8, 1944, “The Adventures of Ozzie and
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On October 9, 1855, I.M. Singer patented the first
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On October 9, 1888, the Washington Monument
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On October 9, 1946, the nations first electric blanket was manufactured in Petersburg, Virginia.
On October 9, 1947, the first telephone conversation
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On October 10, 1845, the United States Naval
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On October 10, 1935, the American opera Porgy and
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personal, we’ll run your errands for you. From pick up/deliveries to
grocery shopping. Let us know what we can do for you. We’ll sweat
the small stuff so you don’t have to!” - Call 219/879-1264.
SELF IMPROVEMENT - INSTRUCTION
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER/ENTERTAINER
ENTERTAINMENT AVAILABLE
Lessons for Voice -Violin - Piano - Guitar, Etc. Call 219/872-1217.
CLEANING - HOUSEKEEPING
FINISHING TOUCH: Residential & Specialty Cleaning Service
Professional - Insured - Bonded - Uniformed
#1 in Customer Satisfaction. Phone 219/872-8817.
When You Want Perfection — Insured & Bonded
J.P.’s HOUSE, DECK & BOAT CLEANING
Commercial - Residential - Rentals - Construction Cleanup
Owner J.P. Foster - - 219/877-7081.
SPOTLESS DOES IT ALL!
Interior & Exterior House -Powerwashing & painting, carpentry, drywall. Expert housekeeper on staff. Yard work, cleaning & handyman
services. Free estimates. Call 219/878-0126, or 219/878-1187.
WILL DO LIGHT HOUSE CLEANING
Call 219/879-8988
PC Professionals
OLIE’S CLEANING SERVICE
Residential & Office - Insured & bonded — Call 219/325-3851.
P & T WINDOW CLEANING
Says: Don’t forget about your fall cleaning
To schedule an appointment, Call 219/784-3965.
NICE & TIDY CLEANING SERVICES
Office & residential cleaning — Call 219/785-1894.
PHYSICAL FITNESS
• • • PATSI GATELY MASSAGE THERAPIES • • •
Esalen-Swedish, Myofascial Release, Bioenergy Field Balancing
Relieve Muscle pain & strains, stress reduction. Gift cert. - Home visits.
Call 219/879-5722. for appointment
Nationally Certified in Massage & Body Work.
HANDYMAN-HOME REPAIR-PLUMBING
QUALITY CARPENTRY: Expert remodeling of kitchens, bathrooms.
Also: doors, windows, skylights, ceramic tile, drywall, decks & repairs.
Small jobs welcome. Call Ed at 616/469-3039.
HANDYMAN - Antenna service. Phone & TV jacks. House wiring.
Sinks. Toilets. Countertops. Carpentry. Full house rehab work.
Beach Stairway Repair & Refurbishing.
DR. TOM’S SERVICE CLINIC - 219/778-4036
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HIRE Sue’s HUSBAND
Is your list of household repair & maintenance projects growing?
Small jobs welcome. - Quality Work. — Call Ed Berent @ 219/879-8200.
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FREE PICK-UP SERVICE for usable, unwanted, household articles,
garage sales, yard sales – or what have you. – Evergreens professionally
trimmed and shaped. 30-years experience. – Gutters and Down Spouts
cleaned and repaired. Reasonable prices. — Call 219/879-5253
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • ADNAN’S BEST SERVICE • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Yard Clean-Up - Mowing - Exterior Power Wash - Free Estimates Senior Discount - 219/878-1563 or 219/878-9091 • Leave message.
• • • FALL CLEANUP • • •
Vacuum leaves, trip trees & bushes.
Power wash decks, patios, fences & houses.
PS - GET ON LIST FOR SNOWPLOWING!
CALL MEL AT 219/879-6866 - Cell phone 219/861-9549.
• • • DECKS - R- US • • •
We Wash and Feal — Free Estimates — Call 219/873-9205
PAINTING-DRYWALL-WALLPAPER
THE A & L PAINTING COMPANY — INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
20-YEARS EXPERIENCE References. Reasonable. We also Power
Wash, Seal or Paint Decks. Phone 219/324-2190, or 219/778-4145.
JEFFERY J. HUMAN INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING & STAINING
Custom Woodwork - Hang/Finish Drywall - 25-Years experience. Insured.
Ph. 219/326-8512.
Bringing Premium Quality Into The New Millennium.
WISTHOFF PAINTING — REFERENCES
Small Jobs Welcome — Call 219/874-5279
ALL BRIGHT PAINTING - Interior/exterior. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Free estimates. Licensed & insured. 219/874-6618, or 219/879-7199.
R. J. KNIGHT PAINTING CONTRACTOR
Interior & Exterior — Free Estimates – Call 219/879-1349
• • • PAINTING SERVICES • • •
References - Experienced - Insured - Call Steve at 219/879-7757
“One HALE of a MASON”
Fireplaces
Brick • Block
or Repairs
Free Estimates
Software Training
Phyllis A. Stark
618 Franklin Square, Michigan City, IN 46360
Cheryl Koepke
(219) 872-8739
Doug Hale
219-874-3266
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LANDSCAPE-Lawns-Clean Up. Etc.
— H & D TREE SERVICE and LANDSCAPING, INC.—
Full service tree and shrub care. Trimming, planting, removal.
Firewood, snowplowing, excavating. — Call 872-7290.
FREE ESTIMATES
HEALY’S LANDSCAPING & MATERIALS
219/879-5150 — (800)256-0419 — Email [email protected]
Order online @ http://www.healysland.com
218 State Road 212 — Michigan City, Indiana 46360
LARGEST SELECTION OF NY BLUE STONE IN AREA!
ALL OF YOUR LANDSCAPE NEEDS IN ONE PLACE!
FREE ESTIMATES! - DELIVERY AVAILABLE
Landscaping - Water Features - Feng Shui Landscapes
JIM’S LAWN SERVICE - CLEAN GREEN LAWNS
Mowing • Fall Clean-Up - Snow Plowing
Free Estimates . Phone 219/874-2715
CHUCK’S LANDSCAPING AND TREE SERVICE.
Custom landscape design & installation. Tree & shrub planting.
Compete Lawn Renovation, i.e., Seed & Sod - Mulch & River Rock.
Retaining Walls & Planters: Rock. Block Flagstone Timbers.
Railroad ties.
Brick patios — Driveway designs
High tolerance tree and stump removal — Tree and bush removal
Insured and References - Senior Discount.
ONE CALL DOES IT ALL
219/874-8785
HELP WANTED
• • • • • • WORK IN HOME • • • • • •
$1,5 00/Month Part/Time - $4,500-$7,200/Month Full Time
International company needs Supervisors and Assistants.
Training — Free booklet
321launchpad2dreams. Com — (877/320-2620)
• • • DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED NOW! • • •
Need a great career? Werner needs entry-level truck drivers. No
experience necessary. Earn $600 to $900 per week, plus benefits.
No CDL? No Problem! CDL training is now available in your area.
Call 1-800/882-7364.
• • • • • • MAKE A LIVING ON THE INTERNET • • • • • •
Right from your home! We’ll teach you step by step.
Mail order/Ed-commerce. Free information
www.ez-2bfree.com. — 1-800/580-1241
SEEKING a kind and efficient housekeeper/caregiver to take elderly
couple to appointments & errands, housekeeping duties for busy family.
Flexible hours Monday-Friday. - Please send letter of interest to
PO Box 8642, Michigan City, IN 46360.
ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT WORKING FROM HOME?
Call for free information at 888/684-9783
or visit www.ihavepotential.com
SALES ASSOCIATE: - Flexible hours - Alternate weekends0 No evenings.
Best lifestyle store in the Midwest! Experience a plus! Apply in person,
or send resume to: FILONI VESTIMENTI - 16032 Goodwin - Union Pier,
MI 49129 - Attention Shari - Phone 616/469-4944.
WANT TO BUY OR SELL
ALL WOOD HOT TUB - 6’ x 3’ deep. Needs work - $200., or best
offer. Call 219/874-3282.
RAINBOW TRADES - 809 Franklin Sq., Phone 219/874-7099.
ANTIQUES GALORE! Jewelry, China , Furniture, Toys, Dolls, Paintings
African Masks, Indian Items, Vintage Clothes, Tools, Gifts, Unique items.
BALLOONS ALL WAYS - Birthdays, Parties, Big events. We Deliver!
COSTUME WORLD Rentals/Sales, Makeup. Over 1000 Costumes
Seek the Unique — Our WEB Site: www.costumeworld.net
46202 ROYAL
NEW BUFFALO
MI 49117
RIC’S RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
Ph./Fax 616-469-6616 • Cell 219-877-9125
HANDYMAN SERVICES
PRESSURE WASHING
HOUSE, ROOF, SIDING, BOATS, WALKS, DECKS
PLUMBING
CARPENTRY
INSURED
RICK C. SPARKS, Owner
REFURBISHED CASH REGISTERS-CASIO-WE SERVICE
FIRME ART & OFFICE SUPPLIES (2 Stores)
11th & Franklin Streets, Michigan City - 219/874-3455
Highway 12, Beverly Shores - Just West of Traffic Light.
Phone 219/874-4003. — FAX Service 219/874-4349.
• • • • • • WHEEL CHAIR LIFT • • • • • •
Good condition. - Call 219/874-5954
‘99AQUA CAT 12’ - Only one summer of use. Originally $3,000, now
asking $2,000 or best offer. - 219/879-4727, or [email protected]
VERY HIGH QUALITY taupe & ivory sofa & chair. Sale price $975.
Willing to negotiate. Great condition, like new.
Please call 219/879-2084.
• • • ZOLVINSKI’S FARM MARKET — Phone 219/871-1462 • • •
Pumpkins - Stalks - Straw bales - Mums - Holiday crafts & more.
Hours: Thursday-Friday, 10 to 6. Saturday 8 to 6. Sunday 10 to 5.
9626 W. 400 N. 1/2 Mile east of Holiday Inn - (Cleveland Avenue).
SALESMAN’S SAMPLE SALE
HOUSEWARES
Cookware - Gadgets - Ice buckets - Table top - Linens - Copper Serving ware - - 75% to 80% Off - All new merchandise.
Saturday & Sunday, Oct 6th & 7th - 9 ‘til 5.
GOLDEN SANDES STORE & LOCK - East US 12 7 212
FOR SALE: - Vintage doll house w/electricity and all furniture.
Vintage Evel Knievel pinball machine. For details, call 312/953-9570
REAL ESTATE
WANT TO BUY
SERIOUS BUYER WISHES TO PURCHASE (from owner)
2/3 + Bedroom Home near Lake. - Call 630/325-9567
RENTALS/LEASE/SELL. COMMERCIAL
GOLDEN SANDES STORE AND LOCK
4407 E. U.S. 12 (@ Hwy. 212) Michigan City, IN. 219/879-5616.
RENTALS. INDIANA
HOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH by Week or Month.
3-bedrooms across from lake. Great view & beach. Call 219/874-8692.
LONG BEACH COZY 4/BR HOUSE AT STOP 15 (Across from Beach)
Fireplace and Large Deck. No pets. Call 708/579-1745.
• • • LAKE SHORE DRIVE. LONG BEACH • • •
Fantastic Lake views from 2-decks. 4+/BR, 3/Bath. All amenities.
Avail August 12. 29, and full weekends — Call 219/874-4396
• • • • • • • DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB • • • • • • •
LAKEFRONT CONDOS — 2 and 3 Bedroom, 2/Bath
$1,000 to $1,450 per month. - No pets.
DUNESCAPE REALTY — 219/872-0588
DUNELAND BEACH @ STOP 34. Great lake views from huge Family
Room + Master Bedroom Suite. Totally remodeled & refurnished.
4/BR, 3/Bth. Fireplace. W/D. AC. Cable. . Special Winter Weekend
Rates. Available September & October.. Ph. 630/766-3300
ON THE SHORES OF SHERIDAN BEACH . Rehabbed &fully furnished. Vacation apt suites. Sleeps 4 to 18. Lake view. Decks. $800
to $2,500 week. Sunsets free. Call 219/872-8250, or 219/244-7877.
• • HOUSE FOR RENT - LONG BEACH - Stop 27 - 312-953-9570. • •
3/BR + Den/2BA (sleeps 10) . Newly rehabbed. A/C. W/D. FP. BBQ.
Cable TV. 1/Blk to beach- Avail Fall, Winter, WkEnds, Summer 2002.
• • •BENNETT’S HIDDEN INN • • •
10303 N.E. Highway 12 — Michigan City, Indiana
Newly renovated, nestled on 3-acres! The perfect place for a “Get-aWay” Weekend, or a great guesthouse for your visitors. Reasonable
weekly & monthly rates. Retirees welcome. Reservations 219/872-0212.
FAX 219/872-0416 ( Kid & dog friendly. Also Continental breakfast).
QDP
QUALITY DECORATING PLUS
Bill Conway
Now Booking Interior Painting for the Holiday Season
COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • INDUSTRIAL
(616) 469-6939 • (219) 874-8414
“The same quality you’ve come to expect since 1979”
October 4, 2001
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MICHIANA SHORES WINTER RENTAL - . Newly renovated 2/BR,
1/Bath home. Washer/dryer, Dishwasher, FP, Cable, Deck w/Gas grill.
Avail Sept thru May. $650/mo + util. - 773/784-0721, or 219/872-9923
SEASONAL RENTALS
•• 333 Northbrook - 3/BR, 2/Bath Ranch. . $750/mo.
••1428 Lake Shore Drive - 3/BR, 2/Bath Lakefront - $1,200/mo.
•• 1426 Lake Shore Drive - 5/BR, 2/Bath Lakefront - $1,200/mo.
YEAR-ROUND
• • 3020 Mayfield - 3/BR Cottage style - $800/mo.
Call MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS. 219/872-4000
LAKEFRONT SEASONAL RENTALS
1410 Lake Shore Drive in Sheridan Beach: 4/BR, 1 1/2 bath home
avail until next summer. $800/mo + utilities.
Go to www,akstephens.com for pictures.
Call MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS. 219/872-4000
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WINTER LAKESIDE RENTAL — AVAIL SEPT. - MAY
Beautiful view of 3 states - 4/BR, 3-full baths. - 2-Fireplaces.
Fully furnished. — For more information: Call 773/881-4458
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CHARMING COUNTRY HOME
Fall/Winter Rental (2-Blocks from Stop 33). Fully furnished. 3/BR,
2/Bath. Family Room w/Fireplace. Sun Porch. 2/Car Garage.
Patio Deck. A/C. W/D.- 708/442-2333, or 800/780-3986, Ext 3639
DUNELAND BEACH - Furnished 3/BR. - Avail Sept 15-June 1, 2002.
Deposit & references req. - $500/mo. + utilities. - 219/872-5979
SABBATICAL HOUSE - Stop 31 -Cozy 2/BR. Fully furnished
Washer/Dryer. AC. - Avail Sept. 2000 thru May. 2001 .
Call 708/354-8960 days, - 708/482-9527 evenings.
SHERIDAN BEACH AREA-EDISTO GETAWAY-Perfect for ND Football
Weekends. Apple and pumpkin picking and holiday shopping! 3
Blocks to beach-3/BR, 1/Bath, decks, W/D, DW, AC, ceiling fans,
C/TV, coffeemaker, MW. Completely furnished w/towels and linens.
Year round-winter rates-700.00/wk.-2Nights/100.00per night75.00/deposit-Other rates available 219-872-8914.
BEAUTIFUL 3/BR - Eat-in kitchen. Dining room, living room, fireplace,
garage. 2 Blocks from beach. 102 S. Lake Ave. at corner of Washinton
Park Blvd. NO smokers or pets. Prefer individual or couple.
$1,000/mo. + utilities. - Leave message at 815/464-6894.
Available now: 9 or 12 month contract available.
• • SHERIDAN BEACH WINTER RENTAL - ON THE BEACH• •
•Studio Apt. - $600/mo. •3/BR, 2/Bath, Fireplace,$1,200/mo
•6/BR, 2/Bath, Fireplace, $1,200/mo. - All fully furnished.
Avail Sept thru May- 312/560-5122
MICHIANA SHORES WINTER RENTAL: Furnished.. Ideal for 1 or 2.
Hilltop isolation for privacy-seeker. Need 4-wheel drive in winter.
Reasonable rent for right person. Call 219/878-0813
WINTER RENTAL - LONG BEACH AT STOP 20 - 4/BR, 2/Bath. Large
family room. $750/mo + utilities. Avail Oct - May. 219/872-9295.
BEVERLY SHORES,IN Cottage-Style Home For Rent. Mstr bdrm loft
w/jacuzzi, guest bdrm & ba, frpl, scrnd porch, cathedral ceiling, W/D, garden & priv rd, 5 blks to beach.. Prefer indvd or couple. $1300/mo + utl,
1/yr lease. NO Smkrs. Sec dep & refs req. Call 219/241-2950. Avail now.
6-Month & Year-Round Rentals Avail, Starting At $600/Month.
Call EXECUTIVE GROUP REALTY at 219/874-1122
HOUSE FOR RENT IN MICHIANA SHORES - 3/BR, Fireplace, loft &
deck, & large yard. $700/mo + Nipsco & cable. 10 Min. from beach.
219/879-1299
RENTALS. MICHIGAN
6-Month & Year-Round Rentals Avail, Starting At $600/Month.
Call EXECUTIVE GROUP REALTY at 219/874-1122
NEW BUFFALO. Gated Nature Retreat with private Lake/Beach
offers immaculate Euro Homes, Cottages, Suites by week/weekend.
Amenities plus. Ideal for an intimate escape, or the extra rooms for
your incoming party. See us: sans-souci.com. Call 616•756•3141.
CUTE SUMMER COTTAGE FOR RENT IN GRAND BEACH
3/BR, 1/Bath. Cable TV. . Beach. Tennis. Golf.
Completely furnished.. $500/week + security — 773/278-9040
GRAND BEACH/NEW BUFFALO HOME - Spacious 3/BR Ranch.
Fully furnished. Very clean. 2/Baths. Fireplace. W/D. Dishwasher.
Close to beach golf course & winter sports. - NO PETS.
Avail Oct-June. $500/mo. or $200/wk. — Call 773/792-0073.
FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT IN UNION PIER
3/BR Cottage - 500 Feet to Beach - Attractively decorated
Washer/dryer. -Avail Oct 1st to May 1st - $600/mo. + utilities - Damage
deposit required - Great Weekend Retreat - Call 248/344-4989.
FOR RENT: - Remarkable 1/BR unit, 1,150 sq. ft. - Skylight - Jet tub Wood floors - Fireplace - Great kitchen - Avail immediately w/year
lease + security deposit. References required. Tenant pays utilities
(gas, electricity, and water). - Call 616/469-7690, ask for Max.
REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE
NEW HOME. ON LAKE CLAIRE. IN LONG BEACH COVE.
Professionally designed & built. Large kitchen. Great room & master
suite. 4/BR, 2 1/2 Bath. 2324 Tinkers Way. $349,000.
Call Dan at 219/874-7290 days; or 219/879-8965 wk/ends & evenings.
BEVERLY SHORES INDIANA BEACHFRONT HOME
6-Years old. Like new.. 3000 sq/ft Contemporary. All rooms have
view of Lake Michigan. Upper bracket price. Pre qualified please.
For sale by owner — Call 219/663-0400, Cell ph. 219/742-0458
BY OWNER: Lovely rehabbed 3 bdr, 3 bth Michigan home on 1 1/3
woodsy acres. Fireplace. New furnace & AC. Cherry & walnut
floors. Fabulous new screened sun room, decks and office.
$369,000.
Call 312-822 1004.
Library Events
Retired Dr. Larry Scheff of Michiana presents a slide
program on the ruins of Ashkelon, Israel, Sunday,
October 7 at 2:00pm. In 1990, Harvard University archeologists excavating Canaanite ruins surrounding the
port city unearthed a “golden calf.” Dr. Scheff has visited the site, has worked on archeological digs and has
a wealth of information and photographs. He and his
wife travel extensively and he is also is a docent for
the Oriental Museum in Chicago. The program is free
and open to the public.
The Michigan City Public Library will offer the AARP
55/Alive Mature Drivers Course, Thursday and Friday,
October 11 and 12 from 9:15am to 1:00pm both days.
The class is a refresher course for seniors 55 and
over. The class covers a variety of topics including night
driving and driving emergencies. Those completing
the two-day session will receive a certificate of verification. Most insurance companies offer discounts to
those with certification. The class costs $10 for materials. Register by calling 873-3049.
GLASS BLOCK WINDOWS
“Your wood floor specialist”
HULTMAN FLOORING, INC.
• Design • Installation • Refinishing
(219) 926-1966
Old world craftsmanship for new world concepts
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WOOD FLOORING ASSOCIATION
Chimneys
Chimneys • Tuck Pointing
Fireplaces • Woodstoves
30 Yrs. Exp. • Free Est.
Northern Ind. & Lower Mich.
Glass Block
Windows
Gene Burke • 219-324-8702 (LaPorte)
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Veterans on Parade
A brief “bio salute” to some of our area’s veterans who quietly and bravely served our country
in both peace and conflict.
This week we would like to put our spotlight on a
Navy Chaplain of World War II. George A. Bowie
was born in Dublin, Ireland, on April 1, 1912. His father,
Peter Bowie, came from Scotland to Dublin to work
and met and married an Irish lass, Florence Carroll.
The family immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1915 and settled with relatives in Davenport, Iowa.
In 1917, George’s father,
still not an American citizen,
found work as a steamfitter
in a munitions factory in
Niagara Falls, New York, so
George was raised there and
after World War I was over,
the family were all made
American citizens. George
graduated from high school in
1930 at Niagara, then attended college in Wooster, Ohio,
graduating with a major in
journalism in 1935. He was
Lt. George A. Bowie, 1945.
then called to God and attended Princeton Seminary until graduating as a
Presbyterian minister in 1938. From then until Pearl
Harbor was bombed in Dec. 1941, he became the
Rev. George A. Bowie, Chaplain of the Cleveland
Drays (a Civil Defense organization) from World War
I.
In early 1942, George enlisted in the Navy and was
sent to Chaplain’s School for all denominations at
Williamsburg, Virginia for six weeks training. After
passing tests of a Review Board, he was made an official Presbyterian Chaplain and dispatched to Gulfport,
Mississippi for amphibious training. From there
George was assigned to be a Navy Chaplain of a CB
(Construction Battalion) and at Camp Huenema near
Oxford, California, the Battalion was formed, named
ACORN 17 and shipped via a C-2 cargo ship to
Hawaii. George and his CB Battalion were then
shipped to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands to construct
an air strip when the island was secured. But the invasion by the Marines of “Bloody” Tarawa took over three
days to secure as the fanatical and well dug in
Japanese inflicted over 3300 casualties (over 1000 killed).
Even after their CB Battalion began work carving an
airstrip out of the jungle and using ground up coral
for the runway base, Chaplain Bowie was kept busy
as the Japanese bombed the island daily from their
bases in the Marshall Islands.
After Tarawa was built up in Nov. 1943, George was
returned to Pearl Harbor and was transferred to a
Special Service outfit, working to provide actors and
actresses for shows to entertain troops in the South
Pacific area. Together with playwright Maurice Evans
(Major in the Army) they tried to get actress Margaret
Sullivan and the play she was starring in “Voice of
Trouble” to do a tour for them, but the Navy felt that
the play was too “riske”. Nowadays it would be nothing!
George did, with Evans help, get some big time orchestras like Dick Jurgens, Claude Thornhill, Count
Basie, to do shows over there. He also got Boris
Karloff and Jack Holiday to entertain with their
skits.
In 1945 Chaplain Bowie was transferred to the 34th
Special Naval Construction Battalion which was
ordered back to the U.S. testing missiles at the Naval
Ordnance base in Shumaker, Arkansas. He remained
there till the war ended and he was discharged in Dec.
1945 as Lt. Sr. Grade. George went to Gulfport,
Mississippi where he had made friends who gave
him an opportunity to write in nearby Biloxie. He did
articles for the Shrimp Boat fishing industry in magazines and eventually had an agent (Ben Franklin)
who booked George on a national pro lecture tour to
Associated Clubs speaking on current affairs and
topics with a touch of humor. He also had a contract
with Firestone, speaking to their different conventions
of suppliers.
During his travels, George met his wife, Jane, in
Washington, D.C., and they married on Aug. 27,
1949. Jane traveled with him on his tour and they purchased a summer house in Michiana Shores in 1950.
He quit the lecture tour in 1964 and taught journalism at Elston High School while moving in and
remodeling the home in Michiana. He also filled in
for Dr. Robert Hall at the Congressional Church
located at 6th and Washington streets in Michigan City.
When Dr. Hall died in 1968 George was named Pastor
and remained there for 26 years until his retirement
in 1994.
He now writes occasionally for The Beacher.
At 89 years old his mind is
as sharp as ever and his memory is great. Jane and George
sure are a wonderful couple
and they both attend Notre
Dame Church every Saturday
evening for mass, as Jane is
still a practicing Catholic.
George, we salute you for
your fine service to your God,
your country and your community, and your 52 years of
Veteran George Bowie, today.
wedded bliss. May God bless
you and keep you for years to come.
——submitted by Bob Fitzgerald
October 4, 2001
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872-4000
MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS, INC.
FAX (219) 872-4182
Specializing in Distinctive Properties
Indiana and Michigan
707 Washington St. • Michigan City, IN 46360
NESTLED ON A DOUBLE LOT ON A BEAUTIFUL WOODED
DUNE. This very practical brick & cedar ranch features a flowing floor
plan with easy upkeep & lush perennial gardens for seasonal color.
Large great room with raised hearth brick fireplace & copper canopy;
3 bedrooms w/ hardwood floors & large closets; master suite w/french
doors that open onto a large deck with whirlpool tub. Call Michele
$
Meden for your tour today.
235,000
UPPER FLOOR MASTER SUITE with a marble-faced fireplace, walkthrough closet, office & its own private deck (with lake views) is just the
topping on the cake of this Long Beach home. 3 large bedrooms and 1.5
baths combine with surprisingly large living and family rooms to provide you with an open main floor plan which enjoys its own views of
Lake Michigan. 2 car built-in garage; basement rec room. Call Ed for
$
your view of the lake!
429,000
NO-ONE MAKES FRIENDS like the new owner of a summer home! Now
you can accommodate your new friends with this fabulous beachfront home. Over
2000 sq ft on the beach level holds an open-air kitchen, 1.5 baths, guest room &
enough space for pool, ping-pong, work-out equipment and any size entertainment center you can imagine! Upstairs, two distinctively decorated 2-bedroom
$
apartments share glorious views from a huge deck.
849,000
DON’T MISS IT! Don’t miss this fantastic home overlooking Lake
Michigan in the village of Michiana! Multi-level contemporary home has
4-5 bedrooms, 3 full baths and striking lake views from almost every room.
Superior construction includes 2x6 exterior walls with extra insulation, 200
amp electrical in conduit, oak tongue-in-groove walls, brick walkways, 2 stone
$
fireplaces and much more. Call Ed Merrion today!
795,000
LOOK FOR US ON THE INTERNET! • www.merrionandassoc.com
Ed Merrion, CRS, GRI
Bonnie Meyer, GRI
Liv Markle, CRS, GRI
Bill Staples
Jim McGah, Broker Associate
Debbie Mengel
Fran Merrion, GRI
John Hayes, GRI
Debbie Burke, GRI
Kelly Foley
Michele Meden
Dave Walsh
Jim Christensen
Pat Elliott
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Phyllis T. Waters
CRB, CRS, GRI
Broker/Owner
LONG BEACH REALTY
ON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE 1920
1401 Lake Shore Drive
3100 Lake Shore Drive
(219) 874-5209
(219) 872-1432
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AT THE SIGN OF THE SAILBOAT
411 El Portal Drive • Michiana Shores
SLEEPER IN THE SHORES. Breathtaking cedar-sided ranch with loft family room, vaulted ceilings, skylights and Italian stone flooring. New
in 1999. Walk to beach. Spectacular two-way fieldstone fireplace warms the living and dining rooms. Three bedrooms include spacious master
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with large bath, Jacuzzi tub and 8 x 7 walk-in closet. Two car garage and full poured basement. 2 wooded lots.
243,500
3210 Sal Court • Michigan City
JUST STEPS from Joy School in quiet, well-kept neighborhood, 1997
bi-level with large family room, master suite with Jacuzzi plus 2 additional bedrooms, 21⁄2 baths. 18 foot dining room. Deck. Central air, 2 car
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garage. Buyer must be pre-approved for loan.
119,900
218 Meadowlark • Trail Creek
GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD for structurally sound 1956 ranch with
almost 1200 square feet of living area. Foyer entry to living-dining
room. Kitchen with eat-in area. Deck opens to large fenced yard. Full
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basement, vinyl siding. 3 bedrooms. Needs TLC.
82,500
2954 N. 525 W. • LaPorte
BEAUTIFUL VIEWS through large expanse of glass at both front & rear add
a relaxed atmosphere to this well kept raised ranch. Glass enclosed atrium off
the dining room expands living area. Large kitchen with breakfast area. 3 bedrooms on living floor, 4th bedroom & den in basement. 21⁄2 baths. Cathedral ceil$
ings, fireplace in living room, deck, garage. LaPorte Schools.
149,900
5427 E. Miami Trail • Rolling Prairie
NORTHWEST INDIANA’S other lake, Saugany, with crystal clear water,
sandy beach, and no motor boats. Enjoy this 3 bedroom ranch and deck
surrounded by 8 lots,only 1 block from water. Escape to the peace and
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quiet of the country.
99,000
UNITED Douglas Waters, GRI, Broker*
Beverly Bullis, CRS, GRI* 800-518-6149
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STAND Sylvia Hook, Broker Associate, CRS, GRI*
800-518-5778
Janet Greenwald, Broker Associate, GRI*
June Livinghouse, Broker Associate, ABR, GRI*
800-957-1248
Bill McNew
Rosemary Braun
Bobbie Cavic, Broker Associate 888-565-1822
[email protected]
Pam Navarro, Broker Associate 888-565-1981
Doug Hinchman 219-861-7525
Rob Robertson
Stephanie Thomas
*Licensed in Indiana and Michigan