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Volume 21, Number 16 Thursday, April 28, 2005
All-American Show At Chicago Art Institute
By Barbara Stodola
The Art Institute’s special event of the spring season is the
showcasing of its redesigned American galleries, with emphasis on how this collection has been enriched by the long-term
loan of 50 paintings from the Terra Foundation of American
Art.
The permanent exhibit of American art has now been
extended to the second floor of the Rice Building, in space that
was previously devoted to rotating shows of contemporary art.
Many fine pieces of furniture, decorative arts and paintings
are now on view – altogether 700 artworks – in this superbly
designed installation. The exhibit proceeds chronologically through
23 galleries, presenting American art in a format that is historically significant and aesthetically pleasing.
“We now have one of the finest collections of American art
in the world,” commented Tony Jones, president of the School
of the Art Institute.
Elizabeth Glassman, Terra Foundation president and CEO,
explained at a press luncheon that this new arrangement
fulfills the intention of Daniel Terra that “the art he collected be exhibited to the public, enjoyed and appreciated.”
All-American Continued on Page 2
Tony Jones, president of the School of the Art Institute,
and Elizabeth Glassman, president and CEO of the
Terra Foundation for American Art
Charles Courtney Curran, “Lotus Lilies,” 1888
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Samuel F.B. Morse, “The Gallery of the Louvre,” 1830-33,
exhibited in a specially-designed alcove
Gaston Lachaise bronze, “Standing Woman,”
with Joseph Stella painting, “A Vision”
18th century chest of drawers made
in Salem, Massachusetts
Tiffany candelabra, wine coolers and punch bowl in a roomful of paintings
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Since the Terra no longer maintains museum space
in Chicago, its emphasis has shifted to educational
programs. A series of educational lectures, revolving
around the exhibits, has been scheduled to run from
April through June at the Art Institute.
Favorite paintings from the Terra, such as Charles
Curran’s “Lotus Lilies,” can now be seen alongside other
American Impressionist works. Terra paintings by
Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler and Maurice
Prendergast are used to advantage, augmenting the
Art Institute’s works by these artists.
Thematically, the installation brings to light such
happenings as American expatriates working abroad,
influences of avant-garde European movements, and
the extensive donations made to the Art Institute of
Chicago by Georgia O’Keefe and her art dealer-husband Alfred Stieglitz. In several of the galleries, a theme
is set by the central sculpture – such as Gaston
Lachaise’s bronze nude, and picked up by adjacent paintings. A gallery of western art has Frederic Remington’s
huge bronze figures beside paintings of cowboys and
Indians. A mood of urban sophistication is achieved
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Frederic Remington bronze sculpture and paintings
The monumental Terra painting, “The Gallery of
the Louvre” by Samuel F.B. Morse, is ensconced in an
alcove gallery of its own. Morse, who is best known
for his invention of the telegraph, was also a respected artist and professor of art at New York University.
In this fascinating painting, he did 40 miniature
renditions of famous artworks found throughout the
Louvre.
All-American
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Another important painting from the Terra collection is John Singleton Copley’s lovely “Portrait of
Mrs. John Stevens” (1770). The Art Institute has
placed this piece in a room-like setting, above a card
table made in New York and a mahogany side-chair
also dated 1770.
John Singleton Copley, “Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens,” 1770,
with mid-18th century side chair and New York card table
All-American Continued from Page 3
The lower-level galleries open onto the airy, lightfilled sculpture gallery, the Roger McCormick Memorial
Court. Numerous pieces of marble statuary are distributed throughout this pleasant space. They date
from the 19th century and are based on literary and
allegorical themes, such as Charity, Solitude and
Truth. Among these figures you will find Randolph
Rogers’ “Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii.”
Randolph Rogers marble sculpture,
“Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii”
Viktor Schreckengost, “Jazz Bowl,” 1931
The Roger McCormick Memorial Sculpture Court, with large American marble statuary
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Fernand Lungren painting, “The Cafe,” 1882
R.J. Horner Desk, 1880, showing Japanese influence
American silver and pottery, with Hans Hoffman painting behind,
shown in McKinlock Court gallery
Whirligig entitled “America,” by Frank Memkus
A Friday morning lecture series will be presented
by Art Institute staff members at 11 a.m., April 22 thru
May 13. The topics include: Winslow Homer and
Mary Cassatt (April 22); James McNeill Whistler
and John Singer Sargent (April 29); Georgia O’Keefe
and Marsden Hartlen (May 6); Edward Hopper and
Stuart Davis (May 13.) Art historian Avis Berman will
lecture on Edward Hopper’s New York at 2:30 p.m. on
Thursday, April 28. The popular presentations of
various “Voices” will continue at noon on Thursdays.
For complete program information, the Art Institute’s
Department of Museum Education can be reached at
312-443-3680. Tickets for the special events may be
obtained by calling 312-575-8000.
James Earl Fraser bronze, “The End of the Trail”
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“Sylvia” Comes to Mainstreet Theatre
The Festival Players Guild and Head Fine Arts present A. R. Gurney’s comedy, Sylvia which opens Fri.,
April 29 and continues with performances on April 30,
May 6 and May 7 at Michigan City’s Mainstreet
Theatre, 807 Franklin St. All performances are at 8
p.m.
Written for Sarah Jessica Parker to play the title
role on Broadway, “Sylvia” has been a hit across the
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of his job. To Kate, however, she is a rival for affection. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until,
after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise and Sylvia
becomes a valued part of their lives
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to descend to a lower altitude in the hope of avoiding
a lake-centered thunderstorm.
Ground control denied the request. The next morning searchers found airplane debris scattered over a
wide area of Lake Michigan.
search group founded by author and shipwreck historian Clive Cussler to detail the DC-4 story and
update the search. The two organizations have worked
together to solve the riddle of the plane’s loss.
Underwater archeologist Ralph Wilbanks of the
Cussler group will conduct another segment of the May
7 event to narrate the story of his own discovery of
the Confederate submarine C.S.S. Hunley. Hired by
Cussler, Wilbanks’ firm, Diversified Wilbanks, located the Hunley off the coast of South Carolina in
1996.
Prepared for the “Evening beneath the Seas” are planners and
participants (left to right) Valerie van Heest of the MSRA, Ralph
Wilbanks, discoverer of the Civil War submarine Hunley, and
Wilbanks’ assistant Steve Howard. (Image courtesy MSRA)
A computer-generated image shows Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 as the
airliner tries to evade the Lake Michigan storm of June 23, 1950. The
Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates will launch a new effort to find
the plane’s wreckage this summer. The plane’s remains are believed to
lie in Lake Michigan off South Haven. (Image courtesy MSRA)
The story of the continuing search for the remains
of Flight 2501 will be a highlight of the “Evening Beneath
the Seas” program slated for the Knickerbocker
Theatre in Holland, Michigan on Saturday, May 7. The
multimedia program will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will
last about two and one-half hours, according to Valerie
van Heest of the Michigan Shipwreck Research
Associates (MSRA).
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Heest. “Mr. Wilbanks will also share data on other
searches conducted in collaboration with Mr. Cussler.”
A Four-Part Program
Two other Great Lakes shipwreck accounts will complete the four-part program on May 7.
In a presentation titled, “Two Ships Frozen in
Time,” noted shipwreck hunter David Trotter of
Canton, Michigan will report on his organization’s discovery of two ships in Lake Huron. Directing the
organization, Undersea Research Associates (URA)
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A sidescan survey is under way, monitored by David Trotter, as Rocky
Arsenault, (background, right) guides the dive boat. Trotter will present
one of the four segments of the May 7 “Evening beneath the Seas.”
(Rod Soja photo)
“All shipwrecks, while tragedies, are fascinating,”
Trotter believes. Of the H.P. Bridge, one of the wrecks
to be featured on May 7, he adds:
“The 163-foot barkentine Bridge, built in 1863
during the Civil War, was only six years old when an
accident ended her career. Struck amidships by the
Steamer Colorado, the Bridge sank quickly. The date
was May 11, 1869.
“One hundred and thirty-five years later, our
expedition team found the wreck and was amazed. The
ship appeared to be suspended in time. All three
masts stood upright. Other gear and structures
retained their pristine places and appearances.”
Trotter will also retrace the history and ultimate
discovery of the steamer W. C. Gilbert, lost in Lake
Huron after a violent collision with the steamer
Caldera in 1914.
“The Gilbert disappeared below the surface in
less than five minutes,” Trotter notes. “Even so, as a
result of heroic efforts by the captain, the crew survived.
“Now two ships, the Bridge and the Gilbert, rest
quietly just a few miles apart on the bottom of Lake
Huron. The two are generations apart in design,
size, and construction, yet they share the same fate.”
In the fourth segment of the May 7 program, shipwreck and history buff Joyce Hayward will review the
“dramatic, endearing” story of the Rouse Simmons,
the famed “Christmas Tree Ship.”
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Evidence gathered by divers associated with David Trotter’s Undersea
Research Associates has indicated that the barkentine H.P. Bridge was
struck amidships by the steamer Colorado on May 11, 1869. As one of
the shipwreck stories scheduled for the “Evening beneath the Seas” on
May 7, the Lake Huron accident was the subject of a sketch by Michigan
marine artist Robert McGreevy. (Image courtesy Robert McGreevy)
“This special ship, owned and operated by the
Scheunemann family of Great Lakes sailors, was
well known in the Midwest as the schooner that
delivered Christmas trees from Upper Michigan and
Wisconsin to the families of Chicago,” comments van
Heest. “In 1912 a ferocious storm ended the hopes and
dreams of many Chicagoans when, in bitter cold temperatures, the ship foundered off the Wisconsin
shore.”
The Christmas Tree Ship has in succeeding years
become a legend in its own right. Ms. Hayward’s
presentation will include views of the schooner “as she
rests today.”
Admission to the program in the Knickerbocker
Theatre will be $10.00 for persons paying in advance.
At the door, tickets will cost $12.50.
Advance payments may be mailed to the MSRA at
1134 Goodwood Court, Holland, MI 49424. Checks
should be made out to the MSRA. Additional information may be obtained by calling Valerie van Heest
at 616/738-9233 or by logging on to www.michiganshipwrecks.org.
The MSRA is a Michigan nonprofit corporation whose
mission is to research, survey, and document shipwrecks
in the Great Lakes--and to present public educational programs.
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Dunes Theatre located on Shady Oak and Oakdale in
Michiana Shores, Indiana.
The two musicals are “Hair” opening on June 17 and
running for four weekends, and a brand new musical, “Starbright,” based on popular author, priest,
journalist, and sociologist Fr. Andrew Greeley’s book
of the same name. The musical, scored and written
by New York veterans Mario Lombardo and John
Lallis opens on August 12 and runs for three weekends.
“Hair”, goes into rehearsal immediately after casting. Director and Musical Director is Isaiah Robinson.
Robinson is currently in a Chicago production of
“Hair” and has worked with the Dunes for the past
two summers, last year as musical director of “The
Rocky Horror Show,” and the year before on stage in
“La Cage Aux Folles.” The Dunes is casting for actors
18 years and up. All roles are open.
“Starbright,” set in present-day Boston and Chicago
revolves around Tatiana, a Russian art-history student and Jack Flanigan a nice Irish-Catholic young
man from Chicago – how they meet, how she meets
his gaggle of contentious relatives and is caught up
in the maelstrom of a commercialized Yuletide in
Chicago, and how nothing will ever be quite the same
for any of them.
The music is lyrical, funny, and very ‘hummable’
– from the lovely ballad “When I Saw You” to a raucous Irish jig called “Proud To Be A Flanigan’” to the
toe-tapping Russian kazatska song and dance number “One Glass Vodka.” Casting for very strong male
and female leads [actors/singers/some dance], both early
20s — plus a large family, from youngsters 8 - 10, plus
siblings ages 15 – 30, and parents and friends ages
40 – 60. There are roles for 12 to 14 actors/singers.
Award-winning actor, director, teacher Donna Blue
Lachman directs “Starbright”. Doug Pishkur is
Musical Director, and Teri Sue Wines is Vocal Director.
As for all musicals, come with your choice of sheet
music. Be prepared to sing, some dance, and read for
the various roles.
The Dunes Summer Theatre is between Michigan
City and New Buffalo [very close to Grand Beach] on
Hwy. 12 – turn in at Michiana Shores sign, turning
right and staying on road next to R.R. tracks for
about two blocks to Shady Oak, turning left and
immediately left again to theatre parking lot.
For more information, visit the Dunes Website:
www.dunessummertheatre.com or contact Dani Lane
at [email protected] or phone her at 269/469-7992
or 269/449-8686.
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Birthday: April 23
Birth Place: Hindsdale, Illinois
Occupation: Realtor
Family: Married, 2 children
Working on: 2 closings, 1 offer, more
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Favorite movie candy: Reese’s Pieces
I stay home to watch: “Sex and the
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Favorite meal: Spicy Buffalo wings
with bleu cheese
Personal hero: Father
Nobody knows: How much I weigh
People always think I’m: Too loud
I’m better than anyone else when it
comes to: Being persistent
One thing I can’t stand: Michigan
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My most irrational act: Road rage
Most humbling experience: the birth of
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FRIDAY, APRIL 29
7:30-9 p.m. ARCHAELOGY ON PAPER: JOSEPH
BAILLY’S FUR-TRADE LEDGER. Professor Randa
Duvick of Valparaiso University will talk about her
translation of the 1799-1802 fur-trade business diary
of Joseph Bailly. In that period, Bailly’s trade with the
Native Americans took him and his voyageur crews
throughout Michigan and into the Kankakee country,
and this business journal is like an archaeological dig
on paper, recording that life. Learn how his detailed
French-language ledger tells about everyday life in
the fur trade, from what they ate to what they wore
to what they traded with the Native Americans. Meet
at Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
10 a.m.-4 p.m. GATHERING ON THE CALUMIC. Join
Eastern Woodland Indians, and Western Great Lakes
fur traders and voyageur re-enactors to learn about
life along the Calumic (Calumet) River from 1730 to
1830. Activities will include an active Fur Trading Post,
French-Canadian music, Native American and
Voyageur encampments, an apothecary, crafts and much
more. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Parking fees are $3 per vehicle ($20 for a bus). Park
in Bailly/Chellberg Parking Lot and walk the .25
mile trail to Bailly Homestead. Sponsored by the
Friends of Indiana Dunes Inc.
SUNDAY, MAY 1
10 a.m.-4 p.m. GATHERING ON THE CALUMIC
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1-3 p.m. HORSING AROUND: GETTING THE CORN
AND SORGHUM IN. Watch as Farmer Jim, assisted by the draft horses, plants the corn and sorghum
crop. Learn the meaning of “knee-high by the 4th of
July.” Meet at Chellberg Farm fields.
For more information, phone 219/926-7561, ext. 225.
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at 7p.m., Thurs., May 5th at the Michigan City Yacht
Club. The MCYC Sailboat Racing Club is an active
group of sailboat owners and crew that participate in
weekly races on Lake Michigan just north of the
lighthouse at Washington Park.
This short program is designed to provide a welcome
to anyone interested in sailing and racing. Participants
can meet race organizers who can introduce new
sailors to boat owners and help would-be skippers get
started in racing.
Mr. Philbrick will speak to those interested in sailing or “crewing” on a racing boat - no prior experience
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provide an orientation for new skippers including
details about the race area, starts and courses.
Sailing enthusiasts of all ages are welcome.
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Individuals interested in learning to sail by racing
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Reflections on Tour in Alaska
by Dan Kowalski
With the season of breakup and melting looming
on the ever brightening horizon, I have had some time
to reflect upon my six-month volunteer service to
the state of Alaska. It’s been a decent winter here in
Willow by Alaskan standards, not too much snow
and not all that cold. The Midwest in me says it was
long and cold. I have accomplished almost everything that I set out to do during this past winter. I’ve
experienced a myriad of winter activities, learned more
than I thought possible, and given myself a better understanding of what I was put on earth to do.
I have also been privileged enough to visit some amazing places during my duties with Alaska State Parks.
The park rangers here have brought me on winter
patrols with them to places that are inaccessible in
summer and unseen by most. Most notably, I’ve traveled to the southern hills leading to the base of
Denali, traversed Curry Ridge into Paradise Lakes
in Denali State Park, and watched the Iditarod Sleddog Race during its descent to the mighty Susitna River.
I’ve also spent countless days practicing the basics of
backcountry skiing in Hatcher Pass and Nancy Lake,
escaping the crowds and always seeking the freshest
powder.
Dan and Boze pose while on their routine ski patrol with temperatures
well below zero in Nancy Lake State Recreation Area.
My dog has also been a driving force for me throughout the winter. I would even go so far as to say that
he and I have become the perfect team, working in unison and always looking out for each other. My dog, a
hundred pound German Shepherd Dog named Boze,
gave me someone to talk to during those long, cold nights
in January. As well, Boze has become a second set of
eyes and ears for me in everything from guiding me
around a dangerous stretch of trail or bullying the moose
off the trail and out of my way. In my ever evolving
relationship with Boze, through the discipline and
responsibility it has taught me, I have learned about
myself and about nature, in a way that would have
been impossible without him.
Dan braves the cold and wind on Curry Ridge in Denali State Park
for this picture.
Hard work has not escaped me either. I have been
constantly busy with maintaining the park’s Public
Use Cabins scattered throughout the backcountry. As
well, the maintenance of ski trails has become a
labor of love with me because I like to spend as much
time as possible gliding down a nice set of tracks
through the woods here at Nancy Lake. Furthermore,
due to the ranger here taking an extended leave of
absence, I have assumed many of the roles typically
tasked to him such as user fee compliance, releasing
park conditions to the public, maintaining records of
visitor use, and making general field contacts with visitors. It certainly made the workday a bit more hectic but the experience gained was absolutely worth the
extra effort.
Dan and Boze pose for a quick photograph on Byers Lake in
Denali State Park.
Boze has probably enjoyed the stay in Alaska more
than I have. Even as I write this, he is sunning himself out in front of the cabin, totally free to roam, and
indeed, loving life. Through the eye of my camera lens,
I’ve been unable to capture my own joy and amuse-
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Boze leads the way through avalanche terrain in Independence Bowl,
Hatcher Pass.
One of Dan’s tasks was to shovel off this roof, a 6 foot deep snow pack
resulting from the snowfall totaling over 30 feet for the season.
ment in the adventures I have encountered this winter. However, making the dog the subject of many of
my pictures, the excitement is captured tenfold
enough for the both of us. It is hard to picture him anymore as many knew him on the end of a leash on one
of his countless walks with my mother threading
through the rolling dunes of Long Beach.
Just a few days ago, I was confronted by a big, bull
moose while walking down the road in the park. This
moose was not going to move, but Boze assumed it as
his duty to clear the moose from my path of travel.
After I took cover behind a birch tree, I watched the
standoff unfold. It lasted only a few minutes, but
both had charged, neither backed off. However, not
wanting to cause any more stress on the moose, I called
Boze off, conceded the road to the moose and headed home. However common these type of encounters
have become for me, I still am in awe of two things:
the absolute immensity of a moose and the courage
with which my dog has in order to charge one.
Although my time as the winter volunteer of Nancy
Lake State Recreation Area is nearing its end and the
calendar says it is spring, we are still held tight in the
grips of winter with over two feet of snow pack
remaining and the lakes with ice thicker than one could
imagine. I have enjoyed my time in the park tremendously, learning how to survive and thrive in the
harsh winter climate of Alaska. I have enjoyed the countless treks from my cabin to the restroom in negative
40 F temperatures, really. I actually thought it was
cool when there was only 4 hours of light during the
day. But most of all, I have enjoyed the time with my
dog. He has not seen a leash in the past 5 and half
months, and I know he is loving life. The joy he has
brought to me in these dark days of winter in Alaska
makes this experience more enlightening than I ever
expected. Every morning Boze stretches out his one
hundred pound frame, yawns repeatedly, and yelps
at me to get out of bed. He attacks every day with eagerness and a yearning for new adventures, as we all should
attack each new day in this very same way. So get off
your hump, and come visit Alaska; you won’t be sorry
as it really is the last great frontier.
Chief Ranger John Wilber ponders his sunken snow machine while
traversing the Chulitna River with views of Denali and the
Alaska Range in the background.
Dan got to see the famous Ididarod Race.
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hold tryouts on Grinder Field at Deep River County
Park, on Sat., April 30th, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Playing by 1858 rules, and using no protective
equipment, players do not steal bases, do not lead off,
do not bunt, and do not slide into bases. They play as
gentlemen, for recreation, not for competition and act
and speak as they would have in the 1860s. Practices
are held weekly and players travel to Ohio, Wisconsin,
Illinois and throughout Indiana, as well as hosting teams
on their home field.
Men, over 21, are invited to meet the players on April
30 to learn more about joining the Deep River Grinders.
Deep River County Park, home of Wood’s Historic Grist
Mill, is located on Old Lincoln Hwy, southeast of
Hobart, Indiana. (Take US 30 west of Valparaiso
past Deep River Water Park and take a right at the
next signal light. Then follow signs to Deep River.) For
more information, phone 219/947-1958.
Season Opener May 1
The Grinders’ home opener will take place on Sun.,
May 1 at 2 p.m. against the Winona Lake Blue Laws
of Winona Lake, Indiana. There is no admission to the
Park or the game. Sarsaparilla and hot dogs available.
Shout “huzzah!” for good plays and players.
Quilt Exhibit at Michigan Thyme Loft
Michigan Thyme Ltd. and Block Communications
will present “Beyond Quilts” by Marlene Brown
Woodfield. Her textile imagery is equal to some of the
best fine art and has been awarded national and
international honors. Her quilt, “Blazing Splendor,”
was purchased by the Museum of the American
Quilter’s Society for their permanent collection. Mrs.
Woodfield is featured in Who’s Who in American
Quilting, the Library of Congress, and the American
Fold Life Center Online Collection.
The schedule for “Beyond Quilts” is Sat. & Sun., April
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The Early Bird Gets the Ticket....
The Michigan City Concert Association Board has
announced its 2005-2006 Concert Season Campaign.
On Sat., April 30, a ticket booth will be set up at the
Michigan City Public Library from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for
patrons to pick up a 2005-2006 brochure and to purchase subscriptions.
Early Bird Special is $35/adult, $80/family (2
adults and children through high school) if purchased
before May 8. After that date, the prices will be
$40/adult and $100/family. Student tickets are available at $15 (with I.D.).
This year’s performance schedule includes:
Sept. 9: The Coats, an a capella vocal ensemble.
Oct 26: Thuringer Salonquintett, comprised of two
violins, cello, double bass and piano.
March 22, 2006: Newstead Trio, comprised of violin, cellist, and pianist.
April 3, 2006: Frula, Balkan Folk Dancers and
musicians create a lively evening full of energy and
rhythm.
April 30, 2006: Tom Milo Band, music ranging
from the 40s thru the 90s.
Subscribers are also entitled to attend, free of
charge, concerts held in LaPorte, Portage and
Valparaiso. Added together there are 18 performances
and almost all are different from each other.
“Robin Hood” at St. Mary’s of the Lake
Students from St. Mary of the Lake School, New
Buffalo will present Pat Cook’s “The Legend of Robin
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7:30 p.m. on the Daniel P. O’Brien Performance Stage
in the Parish Activity Center. Tickets may be purchased
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So Long, Perfect Neighbor
You Beacher readers probably know Cathy Bandurski.
She moved here from Chicago more than 40 years ago,
when she married Stan Bandurski. Three of her six
children were of school age at the time and joined her
- Gregory, Robert and Michael. Cathy is one busy woman,
always has been, and when she arrived here she
spent a little time in a temporary job before she
found the perfect one, with Indiana Employment
Service. She enjoyed every moment there for ten
years until she became a counselor for another state
agency. She made many good friends during her
working life in Indiana - fifteen years of fine production,
side-by-side with friendship.
Host and Hostess for the event: Tom and Nancy Henry
Back in 1970, four couples, friends of hers and
Stan’s, began a Birthday Group. The wives were the
birthday girls, and their husbands joined the continuing
celebrations. Of the original eight members, six now
remain and they keep on celebrating those birthdays - going out for dinner. But these days, no liquor.
The six are in total agreement that, at their age,
they’re better off drinking iced tea and diet soda
instead of that introductory cocktail.
I met Cathy about five years ago when she became
a next-door neighbor, moving to a condo here from her
Honorable guest of honor Cathy Bandurski
Gretchen McKeon, Ray and Helen Westort, Tom Henry and Tom McKeon
Beautiful food in beautiful dishes
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Two of Cathy’s good friends, Peg Kolancek and Mary Stark
Time to open gifts at Cathy’s party
Long Beach house. I must say she is certainly the best
neighbor I’ve ever had in my lifetime. She is totally
polite, never questions anything I do or say (that’s rare
for a chatterbox like me!), hands me a lovely little gift
at exactly the right time, graciously samples and
judges some of the foodstuff I prepare for a Beacher
story, and even fills me in on news that I’ve missed,
which is often. And now she’s taking off. Boo hoo.
Although she’d planned to move to Chicago suburbs
about now, those plans abruptly changed last Fall when
she visited Arizona. That’s where her daughter Mary
Susan and husband Bud recently moved into a new
home. Cathy fell in love with the place and its fresh
surroundings. That’s Lake Havasu City, Arizona besides the home of Mary Susan, Bud and soon Cathy,
its also the home of the famous London Bridge! She’s
already rented a house there. It’s close to the city’s library
- perfect for her ever-ongoing study of genealogy and
also near a senior center where she’s determined to
play perfect Arizona Bridge. Mary Susan decorated
a Lake Havasu City map and wrote a note at the top:
‘Your new town. Study this. I will test you.’ She highlighted things like ‘our house, your house, Smith
Grocery, Catholic Church, Genealogy Center.’
And then there was a goodbye party thrown by old
friends Tom and Nancy Henry. Lovely food, lovely wine,
and of course, lovely guests. The Henrys wrote this
about our departing friend, “What can we say about
Cathy? A strong woman, a caring person, a good
friend and a great mind. We cannot remember the year
we met Cathy and husband Stan, but what we do
remember is Cathy can tell us the year, the date, the
day of the week, the time and the place. We laughed
many times when we would say to Stan, “Cathy has
a great memory.” Dear Stan would say, “Many times
I wish it was not so good, believe me.” Then guests,
the McKeons (Tom and Gretchen), added: “Cathy is
an inspiration to all her juniors. She proves daily that
grace, beauty and wit are ageless. She’s the ‘poster
child’ for the octogenarian.”
We are all going to really miss you, Cathy. Keep in
touch with us. We mean it.
Among all the good small plates at the Henrys’
farewell party:
CHUTNEY FOR CATHY
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, packed
2 T grated fresh onion
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2/3 cup Mango chutney
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
In food processor, blend together cheese, cilantro,
onion and salt/pepper. Then stir in chutney and
red pepper flakes. Makes slightly less than 2
cups.
Eileen Henry came to give her good wishes to Cathy
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powerful-voiced females and one male will perform
country, doo-wop, swing, Hawaiian and rare originals.
Mixing in some piano, a thumping bass and a washboard solo, The Teflons’ multiple-part harmony delivers a unique blend of old and new selections.
The group combines Barbara Silverman’s sock
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voice and vintage ukulele and Patricia Ohanian's
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The members of The Teflons have been playing these
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and Jugband-styled arrangements. Veras' many
bands and theater productions have involved Swing
and Traditional Country. Tyler is steeped in (and
also teaching at the Old Town School of Folk Music)
old-time harmonies that date back 100 years, and Elliott
sings everything from Jazz to Country.
A review of The Teflons’ most recent CD, “Into the
Frying Pan,” stated, “Between the tight harmonies and
the reintroduction of traditional instrumentation in
this high tech age, it seems impossible to find fault
in this CD.”
Tickets are $15 and can be reserved by phoning the
theater at 269/756-3879 or purchased at the door. The
Acorn Theater is located at 107 Generations Dr.,
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Musical, Visual Arts Collaborate for Vacationing Violins Fundraiser
by Mary Fox
When Sara Scherberg saw the violin that she was
to paint for the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra’s
fundraiser, she thought of a bird. “That’s a flamingo,”
she said, speaking of the violin she painted. “It looked
like a bird to me. I decided that a flamingo would be
bright.”
Sara told about her violin during the “Bon Voyage
Party” for the Vacationing Violins at the Lubeznik Center
for the Arts. The party, with wine, appetizers and
desserts, and music by the Silver String Trio, was the
last stop for the violins before the raffle at the April
23 LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra concert.
Since Feb. 1, the violins have been seen at Purdue
University North Central, the LaPorte County Library,
the Framing Station, LaPorte, and First Presbyterian
Church, Michigan City, and the Presbyterian Church,
LaPorte.
While the violins have traveled through the county, music and art lovers have had a chance to buy raffle tickets for their favorite violins. The 13 violins reflected their artists’ style. Some designs were dramatic,
others whimsical and others abstract.
People are hiding in
the wings of the
flamingo that Sara
Scherberg painted.
All of the violins were no longer in working condition, with some worse off than others. Since Sara’s violin did not have keys, a bridge or strings, she felt free
to be creative. Her finished violin had a beak and was
eating a fish. “I don’t think that flamingoes eat fish,
but this one is trying. Maybe he’s playing with the fish.”
The violin maintained Sara’s trademark -- people
hidden within the picture. Sara’s colored pencil drawings, which can be seen at the Acorn Gallery, Union
Pier, Mich., always contain hidden creatures. Looking
at the people peering from beneath the flamingo’s feathers, Sara said, “I had no plans for them to be there.
It just happened.”
The violins showed the diversity of styles among the artists.
Painting violins as a fundraiser did not just happen. It grew out of an idea that retired elementary art
teacher and LaPorte County Symphony French horn
player JoFran Bendix suggesgted. Later, on the
Internet, it was found that 40 other symphonies were
doing similar fundraisers. Violins were donated and
artists volunteered to paint. The violins were on the
road, gathering an audience wherever they went.
LaPorte County
Symphony
Board member
Mike Drayton
and wife Janet
enjoyed the
atmosphere of
the Lubeznik
Center for the
Arts.
“It generated a lot of attention,” said Tonya McGue,
the executive director of the LaPorte County Symphony
Orchestra. “I would talk to people and they would say,
‘I’ve heard of the Vacationing Violins.’ ” The attention
generated into funds for the orchestra. At the event
at the Lubeznik Center, $650 in raffle tickets were purchased.
Many of the used violins came from schools but others were from individuals. “It was fun that people would
donate personal violins,” she said. At first, Jo Fran
said, people were concerned that a violin would be painted. Upon learning the violins’ condition, their thoughts
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JoFran Bendix's
painting was inspired
by the work of
Oaxcan wood
carvers from Mexico.
changed. “I think they’re fascinated, probably amazed
that a fine instrument might be used as a canvass.”
For her violin, JoFran drew inspiration from the
Oaxacan wood carvers in Mexico. “They tended to use
lots of dots, colors and flower motifs on their carved
animals,” she said. She added, “I think they believed
that the creatures would bring good luck. So if you win
this, you may have good luck.”
For Lee Rardin, faces of the symphony audience was a natural to paint
on the violin.
Lee Rardin, who painted the faces of an audience
on her violin, said the exhibits gave her work increased
attention. The venues the violins received were different than the usual gallery space. “This really led
to my friends, neighbors and co-workers seeing my work,”
she said. The LaPorte artist praised the fundraising
effort. “It’s been a fun project. The symphony did
such a good job. It’s been a nice cooperative effort.”
When Tom Brand received his violin, he repaired
the cracks in the front and back. “You can actually play
it,” he said. Tom took the elements of the violin,
repeating the shapes as he painted in oils.
One of the benefits of the fundraiser has been the
bringing together of artists in the visual and musical fields. “It has opened a whole new world of the arts
collaborating,” Tonya said.
Symphony board member Mike Drayton echoed her
words. “It’s very important for all the arts organizations to collaborate. If we don’t, we’ll die. The arts aren’t
looked at as though they’re important. It takes a lot
for the arts to survive, and collaboration is the key.
“It opens the door for others who might not be interested in the music but are in the physical art. They
can see the connection.”
Tonya McGue
looks over the
violin that
Susan
Henshaw
painted.
Lubeznik Center for the Arts Program Director
Edwin Shelton said the project “was a wonderful
opportunity for both organizations to utilize their
resources, and I hope there will be more collaboration
in the future.
“They had the violins, and we had the space. We
got to share audiences. Both of us are serving the entire
region.”
Beverly Boromisa, Sunny Gardner-Orbovich, Susan
Henshaw, Connie and George Kassal, Merry Johnson,
Valerie Taglieri, Armina Wolf and Ron Wennekes
also painted “Vacationing Violins.”
Lee Meyer played the piano, Merry Johnson, the flute, and Sara Miller,
the violin, at the Bon Voyage Party.
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This Farmer’s Market offers entertainment and education, as well, through local organizations. The
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I like a good mystery, whether reading Agatha
Christie or science fiction. I enjoyed browsing through
a handful of non-literary websites that open doors to
the heretofore unexplained. In a few of the sites listed this week, I had to put on my thinking cap as my
first grade teacher used to say—to understand concepts put forth by a college professor about the fourth
dimension. The websites touch on topics such as
extra terrestrials, cryptozoology, consciousness, near
death experiences, and string theory.
Museum of Unnatural Mystery (www.unmu
seum.org). I spent an unnatural amount of time
browsing this site and enjoying every minute. This pleasantly put-together site serves up a menu of “exhibit
halls” that let you explore topics that include UFO’s,
cryptozoology, space and time observatory, weird
geology, odd archeology, and a host of other subjects.
In the Weird Geology section, I learned about the Ringing
Rocks of Bucks County, PA. I got to “listen” to different
tones that these rocks make and now I want to rush
off to Pennsylvania and experience them in person.
In the Odd Archeology exhibit hall I read about the
Bagdad Battery, which may have been the first ever
invented. Other links on the site let you “Ask the
Curator” your most curious questions. There is also
a Children’s Reading Room and an opportunity to sign
up for the Strange Science News e-newsletter. This
“museum” is educational and entertaining, and most
of all, easy to follow.
Clifford Pickover’s Home Page (http://sprott.
physics.wisc.edu/pickover/home.htm). Once you ignore
the marketing ploy to buy Pickover’s books, you can
access some of his theories. Put on your thinking
caps, because you will need them. The author explains
his vision of the fourth dimension and how we threedimensional beings might understand better this
other-world. Once you get past the fourth dimension
you can move on up to the next six and read more about
string theory. Pickover calls his 4th-dimension discourse
“Adventures in Consciousness.” It will stretch your
brain.
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Near-Death Studies (www.near-death.com/newsletters/2005/0115.htm). Elizabeth Kubler-Ross started
the movement to study near-death experiences
(NDE’s), and the web author of this site is a member
of the International Association of Near-Death Studies,
so this isn’t any chat room chatter here. This may be
the only online newsletter that collects testimonies
of NDE’s from the pages of the mainstream press.
Anyone who has read Mooney’s books (Life After Life)
or the more recent entries in this genre will enjoy reading the material here.
World Science (http://world-science.net). If you
want to know what is going on in the world of science
long before it hits the mainstream press, this is the
place. Here are some examples of stories that I read
during the week of April 19: A musician studied by scientists can identify different musical sounds by the
flavors they create in their mouths; New evidence suggests that the shape of the universe may be a bizarre
form of a dodecahedron (12-sided object); Bacteria may
have a form of intelligence. As to that last article, maybe
I’m a bit bizarre myself because my first thought
was “why wouldn’t bacteria have a form of intelligence?”
You can find samples of science art at this website,
and on the home page there was (maybe it’s still
there) an image of bacterial art that resembled plumes
of a rare feather.
Invitation to ETI (www.ieti.org). Attention,
extraterrestrials! This website is for you! Honest!
This is the web-based scientifically credible SETI
(search for extra-terrestrial intelligence) experiment.
It is an invitation by approximately 100 scientists, artists
and futurists from Planet Earth to any ETI having
the capability to read it. I don’t know if Leno or
Letterman has found this website yet, but you can imagine that jokes about ET’s and personal computers. The
Internet being a democratic society, one does not
have to be an ET to log on and read the invitation. Earth
to Paula….Earth to Paula…
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The Michiana Council of the Knights of Columbus
has announced its 26th Annual Tootsie Roll Drive to
help handicapped and retarded children & citizens.
The event will take place next weekend, April 29-30
and May 1. Look for volunteers outside various stores
around town taking donations and giving the signature Tootsie Rolls.
Organizations that benefit from this fundraiser
include Michiana Resources, Inc. & Special Olympics;
PAF (Parents & Friends of Handicapped); Share
Foundation, Inc. & Special Olympics; Therapy Center
(preschool children); Special Education MCAS &
Special Olympics; Social & Learning Institute &
Special Olympics. Goal for this year is the same as
last year: $12,000.
To make a donation by mail, send to: Knights of
Columbus, PO Box, 804, Michigan City, IN 46361. Phone:
219/879-5481.
Art Barn Cookout Supper
The Art Barn School of Art will be hosting a
fundraising cookout supper on Sun., May 1st, from 26 p.m. This event is necessary to match funds recently granted the school for the program “Reaffirming
Creativity,” a painting class for homeless and abused
women. This is the school’s second grant for this program in the amount of $6,000.
The cookout will be an inside-outdoor event and will
cost $15 per person. Enjoy the food and music by pianist
Roger Carlson, then walk out in the woods afterwards. Artwork produced by the women will be on display and there will be a silent auction. Donations are
also appreciated.
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10th Biennial Juried Art Exhibition,
The Fine Arts Board of the Presbyterian Church of
La Porte 10th Biennial Juried Art Exhibition will open
on Sun. May 1 with a reception from 2 – 4 p.m. CDT
for the winning artists. All are invited to attend the
reception, and awards will be presented at 3 p.m.
Winning Best of Show was Tom Brand of Michigan
City, “Regeneration,” oil on panel. Other award winners were: 1st Place, Eileen D’Haeze of Niles Michigan,
“Dancing Shadows,” watercolor; 2nd Place, James
Kuhn of Three Oaks Michigan, “Moses at Red Sea,”
acrylic paint mosaic; 3rd Place, Ruth Elliott of South
Bend, “Self Portrait,” oil. Pati Lansford of La Porte
was the winner of the Purchase Award with her
watercolor “Indian Weaver”, which will be added to
the collection of The Presbyterian Church of La Porte.
This year there were 82 artists who submitted
154 entries; the highest number of entries to date, and
76 pieces were accepted by the judge for the show. Many
excellent pieces just missed being accepted because
of the volume of entries. Susan A. Wilczak, Director
of Exhibitions and Collections at the Krasl Art Center,
St. Joseph, Michigan juried the show. Following the
public reception on May 1,the exhibit will be open daily
1–4 p.m. through May 20. Some of the artwork may
be available for purchase.
The Presbyterian Church of La Porte is located at
Kingsbury Ave. & U.S. 35 South and is handicapped
accessible. For more information contact the Presbyterian
Church of La Porte at 307 Kingsbury Ave., La Porte,
IN 46350, telephone (219)362-6219.
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Last Friday, April 22, the world celebrated Earth
Day 2005. It’s a day that was officially proclaimed in
1970 to call attention to honoring and preserving
the earth and all its resources. Michigan City will play
it forward with a celebration on May 21st in Krueger
Park from 10 am to 4 PM, co-sponsored by International
Friendship Gardens , the Save the Dunes Conservation
Fund and the Michigan City Tree Board. All y’all
are invited to come. Focus will be on Lake Michigan,
undeniably one of earth’s natural resources. “It makes
both environmental and economic sense,” Tom
Anderson, executive director of the Save the Dunes
Council said, “To pay attention to water quality and
watershed management issues.”
It’s good news that wetlands and watersheds
haven’t become just ho-hum words carrying a outworn
“disaster’s coming” sign. Planet Earth has been pretty forgiving so far, surviving a lot of insults, but
there comes a time when just a little nudge could tip
the balance. As Tim Teepen wrote in his write-up of
the recent UN report in the Chicago Tribune. . . “In
the delicate filigree of interdependencies. . .it may take
nothing more malevolent than simple negligence to
create the big ‘Whoops’”. The snows of Kilimangaro
are melting, and too many signs go up along Lake
Michigan beaches warning bathers away.
A little coterie of friends concerned with environmental as well as issues that might paint us with the
label of the “woo-woo crowd, held a pre-Earth Day celebration of our own ten days ago at Silent Waters Retreat
Center near Galien. Our goal: to walk its labyrinth
. It was a walk through a field of daffodils as well for
the labyrinth’s curving walk has been cut through a
hilltop of daffodils glowing
with a Midas touch that sunlit day. Greeting us at the
gateway of our walk, framing the homestead where
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a beauty of its own. I’ve checked to see if this unusually richly flowered magnolia was listed as a special
variety, but found only the familiar Magnolias soulangiana that grows throughout the beach area came close.
I decided this particular magnolia was probably
popped into another dimension of unearthly delight
by all the energy the retreat center begets by pilgrims
of the labyrinth who come here, as we did, to walk in
meditation. . .or whatever.
Labyrinths have been known as sacred places from
ancient times; symbols trace back 4500 years. The Greek
legend of Theseus and the Minotaur is said to recount
the story of the Crane dance taking place in a labyrinth.
Probably the most familiar is the Eleven-Path
at Chartres Cathedral
in France where pilgrims
came to pray and petition, but there are others, many others . . one
is nearby at Tryon
Farms, endowed by
author and Tryon resident, Paula Hardin. The
Hopi tribe of Native
Americans gave us their
Seven-Path labyrinth as a symbol for Mother Earth,
the spiraling form found in all nature. There are
also seven chakras, points where energy centers on
the body. Hindu midwives used the Yantra type of
labyrinth as a relaxation meditation in childbirth
evoking its own kind of chi, or energy. For those just
entering the world of chi-talk, the spiral is a form of
energy generation. Unwind its coil and energy is
released. And in the language of Chi, there is also the
Yin and Yang of energy unfolding and crossing paths
as the labyrinth walk moves forward and back, reaching closer than turning out again. Where those energy points bypass. . .Eureka! The Phi ratio marks the
point where they cross and becomes the Golden
Mean, a perfection found in all of nature, architecture,
art and the harmonics of music. Example: the spiral
of the nautilus shell; the meter of Virgil’s Aeneid;
Beethoven’s 5th, and the geometry of Leonardo’s
paintings, his own da Vinci code. Just a little metaphysics come down to earth to tickle us into realizing what fools we mortals be when we deign to scoff.
If your boots aren’t made for walking, there are also
labyrinths you can hold in your hand. Stories are told
of ancient wise women of Britain who would keen sacred
harmonics as they ran their finger through a carved
stone labyrinthine tablet, over and over until a state
of higher perception was induced. Today a whole web
highway offers these hand-held labyrinths and books
on labyrinth lore for sale. For me, I’ll take the daffodils
any day. Something happens when you give yourself
over, with intention, to that special kind of closeness with the earth. A personal Earth Day whatever the date.
And so it is.
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from the Maurice Seymour archives now through
Mon., May 2nd.
All kinds of celebrities came before the Seymour lens-actors, politicians, singers, showgirls, judges, generals-but if Seymour is best known for any one area of theatrics photograph, it is for his ballet photos. Ballet
became one of the most important aspects of Seymour’s
business after the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo played
Chicago in 1934.
There are two Maurice Seymours. The brothers
Zeldman, Maurice and Seymour, came to Chicago
from Russia in 1920. After working for a few years for
Bloom’s Studios in the State-Lake building, they
launched their own studio, Maurice Seymour
Photography in 1929 atop the St. Clair Hotel.
Hours for the exhibit are Fri. & Sat., April 29 &
30, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (MI time); Sun., May 1, noon-5 p.m.;
and Mon., May 2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
The gallery is located at 105B North Whittaker St.,
New Buffalo, MI. Phone 269/469-2039.
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children, this might be the summer job for you.
If you are interested, job applications are available
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Kathryn De Le Barre, 872-2190. Applications are to
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before the sale, so phone the Center at 879-3845 and
add your name to the waiting list.
Invitations with sales dates were mailed last
Friday, so if you haven’t received one be sure to sign
the mailing list when you come to shop and add your
e-mail address.
The call for participants in the Fall Sale will be done
via e-mail and The Beacher only. Please check to see
if you have any large sturdy shopping bags with handles to donate to the cause and drop them off at the
Center ASAP.
The Sale will take place May 6th (participants
and friends 6-9 p.m.); May 7th & 14th, 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Open to the Public; May 15th, noon-4 p.m. That
famous Half Price Day.
Thank you Joanne Saxon, director, and the cast
and crew of the Dunes Arts Foundation Youth
Theatre for bringing our community a fantastic run
of spectacular performances. We look forward to your
next production.
Join the Ballroom Dance craze now and learn
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Photographers of all levels are invited to a day-long
workshop this Sat., April 30 from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
at the Chesterton Art Center. Each session will last
about 45 minutes with a question and answer session
following.
Registration begins at 10 a.m., followed by a workshop on digital photography presented by George
Kassal. Kassal will give a talk about the “State of the
Digital Arts” and its role in contemporary fine art.
Discussion will include the pros and cons of film vs.
digital, along with issues concerning resistance to the
acceptance of digital technology.
At 11:30 a.m., commercial photographer Dan
Bruhn will discuss matting and framing of black and
white photography.
Lunch will be provided during the 45-minute break
for lunch between noon and 12:45.
At 12:45 p.m., Steve Bubalo, who has won numerous awards at juried exhibitions, will present information on troubleshooting in the field and in the
darkroom. Bubalo, who has taught workshops on
large-format cameras and on black and white photography, will provide time for workshop attendees’
questions and answers.
At 2 p.m., Howard Bond will give a slide presentation and lecture about his works and techniques.
Bond began using large format cameras in 1947 and
became a part-time commercial photographer a year
later. Bond has concentrated on photography as art
since 1970. In 1985, he won a Creative Artist Grant
from the Michigan Council of the Arts, the same year
he became a regular contributor to Photo Techniques
magazine. Students from across the U.S. and Canada
attend his workshops in Ann Arbor. The author of two
books and 22 limited edition portfolios of prints has
his work in the collections of more than 30 museums
nationally and in Europe.
Cost for the workshop is $35/Art Center members,
and $40/nonmembers, $25/students. Lunch is included.
For more information, contact the Center at (219)
926-4711. The Center is located at 115 South Fourth
Street, one-half block south of the stoplight at
Broadway and Fourth in Chesterton.
Annual May Tea
First Presbyterian Church Women will have their
annual May Tea on Sat., May 7th, 1 p.m., at the
church located at 9th & Washington streets in
Michigan City.
All area women are invited to attend this fellowship which will include entertainment and refreshments. A special program, “O, You Beautiful Doll” plus
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Activities to Explore
In the Local Area:
April 28-May 2 — “Vodka Lemon.” Winner Venice
Film Festival. Kurdish & Russian language with
Eng. subtitles. Not rated. Thurs & Fri 6:30 pm; Sat
& Sun 4 & 6:30 pm; Mon 6:30 pm. (MI times). Also
showing: “Off the Map.” Starring Sam Elliott, Joan
Allen and Valentina DeAngelis. Rated PG-13.ThursMon,. 9 pm only. Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three
Oaks, MI. 269/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com
April 29 -- “The Teflons” in concert at The Acorn
Theater, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI. 8 pm
(MI time). Tix $15 at the door or 269/756-3879.
April 29-30 -- “The Legend of Robin Hood Sort
Of.” Presented by St. Mary’s of the Lake School, New
Buffalo. Curtain 7:30 pm (MI time). Tix $5/adults, $4/students, at the door. Story this issue.
April 29-30, May 1 — “Accidental Rapture.” Student
production at Valparaiso University at the University
Theatre inside the VU Center for the Arts. Curtain
Fri. 8 pm; Sat 2 pm; Sun 7 pm. Tix $10/adults, $5/sen.
cit & non-VU students; phone 219/464-5162.
April 29-30, May 7-8 -- “Sylvia” a comedy presented by the Festival Players Guild and Head Fine
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April 30 -- Nationwide Museum Day. Get free
admission to the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, and
the Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park.
April 30 — 2nd Annual Samaritan Skedaddle. 5K
Run/Walk from 8th & Washington streets, Michigan
City. Register 7:30-8:30 am; race starts 9 am. Kids Fun
Race 9:50 am. Finish Line Tent will offer snacks,
beverages & the sounds of the Skedaddle Party Band.
Matt Suhey will be the celebrity starter. 219-879-3283.
April 30 — Master Garderners Garden Symposium.
10 am-2 pm at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds,
LaPorte. Tix $25 & includes a gift bag & lunch. Phone
Lucille Hanson, 219/362-2041. Story in April 21
Beacher.
April 30 — Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D
Minor. 7:30 pm Chapel of the Resurrection on the campus of Valparaiso University. Performed by nearly 300
students, faculty & community musicians. Tix
$15/adults, $10/sen. cit. & non-VU students. 219/4645162.
April 30 -- Kevin Chalfant and The Storm in concert at One Night Jam acoustic music series at
Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W. Chicago St., Valparaiso.
Curtain 7 pm. Tix $15/adults, $10/sen. cit. & students
21 and under; phone 219/464-1636.
May 1 -- Season opening for Farmer’s Market, 8th
& Washington streets, Michigan City. 8 am-noon.
May 1 -- Season opener for the Deep River Grinders
as they take on the Winona Lake Blue Laws in a game
of 1858 base ball. 2 pm at Grinders Field at Deep River
County Park. Free adm. Food will be sold. Story this
issue.
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May 1 -- Organ Recital by VU graduate student
Cynthia Boener. 3 pm in the Chapel of the Resurrection
on the campus of Valparaiso University. Free.
May 2 -- 10th Biennial Juried Art Exhibition at
Presbyterian Church of LaPorte (corner of Kingsbury
Ave. and US 35 south). Reception 2-4 pm. Awards given
3 pm. Free & open to the public.
May 2 -- The Writer’s Block. 6-8 pm at LaPorte County
Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave., LaPorte. A group for
amateur writers. New members invited. Free.
May 7 -- Annual May Tea presented by Women of
First Presbyterian Church, 9th & Washington streets,
MC. 1 pm. Free & open to all area women.
Places to Visit:
Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan
City. Adm. $4/adults, $2/kids 18 & under, free/kids under
3. Guided tours Mon.-Fri., 10 am, 11:30 am & 1 pm.
Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360
Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on the
web at www.miliaryhistorymuseum.org
LaPorte County Historical Museum, county complex
in downtown LaPorte, IN. Hours 10 am-4:30 pm,
Tues-Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/3266808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. 2nd St.,
Michigan City. Tues.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm; Sat-Sun, 11
am-4 pm. Phone 874-4900. Current exhibit: “INDesign:
Indiana Products Design Exhibition.”
New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker
St., New Buffalo, MI. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat-Sun,
10 am-3 pm (MI time). Info: 269/469-5409.
Old Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park, Michigan
City. 1-4 pm; closed Mon. & holidays. Adm.$2/adults,
$1/grades 9-12, 50¢/grades 1-8, free/kindergarten &
under. 872-6133.
Rag Tops Museum of Michigan City. 209 W. Michigan
Blvd., Michigan City. A collection of classic, antique
& unusual vehicles & memorabilia. Open every day
10 am-7 pm. Adm. $6/adults, $5/cen. cit, $4/kids,
free/under 3. 878-1514.
The Depot Museum and Art Gallery of Beverly
Shores., 525 Broadway, Beverly Shores, IN. Open
Sat. & Sun., 1-4 pm through November. Adm. free; donations welcome.
Washington Park Zoo, Michigan City. Gates open
10:30 am; adm. gate closes 3 pm; park closes 4 pm.
Adm. $4.50 adults (12-61 yrs); $3.00 sen. cit. (62+);
$2.50/kids 3-11; free/2 & under. 873-1510.
Farther Afield:
April 29 — Spring Videos at the Krasl Art Center,
707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph, MI. This week: The
Photographers (Behind-the-scenes look into the lives
of National Geographic photographers). Noon (MI
time). Free & open to the public. Coffee will be served.
Discussion after the video. Info: 269/983-0271 or
www.krasl.org
April 30 -- Deep Fried Pickle Project (Hickabilly
music). 8 pm (MI time) at Box Factory for the Arts,
1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI. Tix $7/adults, $5/sen.
cit. & students.
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Travels with Charley:
Floating Through Niles Along the Scenic St. Joseph River
by Charles McKelvy
Niles, Michigan has occasionally appeared in these
pages, most recently in the December 2, 2004 edition
when I featured the city’s historic train station and
famous Veni Sweet Shop.
When I went to Niles last December to write that
story and ride the train to Chicago and back, I realized that the “City of Four Flags” (Spain, France, Britain,
and the United States) was worthy of a longer look
by the Beacher.
But when, I wondered, would I ever find time to head
east over to Niles?
Then a friend from Three Oaks was taken ill and
hospitalized at “Lakeland.”
His wife asked if I would visit him, and I said I would
as I had errands the next day right near the hospital.
Well, suffice it to say that when I went to Lakeland
to see my friend, I was informed at the front desk that
he was not there. But then the nice lady asked if he
might not be resting at Lakeland’s hospital in Niles.
I was, you see, standing in the lobby of the Lakeland
Regional Health System in St. Joseph, and so I said
it was entirely possible that my friend was being
treated at the Lakeland facility in Niles, and the
lady made a call, and in no time flat I was heading
south along Old U.S. 31 for the City of Niles.
Destiny, I decided, had finally brought me and my
digital camera to town to do a proper story on Niles
for the Beacher.
Only problem was: I had failed to bring the camera along for the ride.
I kicked myself all the while I was in Niles that day,
because it was a beauty. Especially as I walked along
the city’s splendid Riverfront Park that follows the Saint
Joseph River. There was an award-winning photograph
waiting at every bend, and when I got to my friend’s
room on the third floor of the hospital, I immediately saw that he had a commanding view of the river
and the city’s vibrant central business district.
Oh, to have brought the camera!
But, I realized, there is always tomorrow, and on
that very ‘morrow, I asked the Misses if she would mind
so very much if we whiled that afternoon away floating around Niles.
That was a natural with Natalie so long as our trip
included a visit to the Niles District Library.
The Saint Joseph River is yours to explore on foot in Niles.
Definitely bring the kids to Riverfront Park in Niles.
Natalie is ready to hike along the Saint Joseph River in
Riverfront Park in Niles.
I said no visit to Niles would be complete without
some quality time in their terrific library, and so we
made the best possible use of a gorgeous afternoon by
first walking a good deal of the Riverfront Park trail
along the sun-dappled Saint Joseph River, and then
by climbing up the river bluff and celebrating some
of the city’s noteworthy architecture.
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You can walk six miles in Riverfront Park —
all along the Saint Joseph River.
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as a sportswriter, humorist and as a sardonic observer of the American scene, Ring Lardner began his writing career in Niles as a sportswriter for the Niles Sun.
Natalie, whose prose is every bit as golden as the
late Mr. Lardner’s, opined that the man must have
been inspired by the Saint Joseph River which flowed
so serenely beneath his bluff-top home.
Alas, the Ring Lardner home is privately occupied and not open for tours, but none of the locals seemed
to mind us stopping to read the historical marker out
front and to gaze fondly at the handsome white home
with green trim.
We then followed Bond Street north along the bluff
to Fourth Street where we found two of Niles’s most
amazing architectural specimens: the First Presbyterian
Church which was built of limestone in 1915, and —
right next door — Trinity (Episcopal) Church which
was completed in 1858 and is clad in red brick. The
latter, according to the historical marker out front, is
the oldest church in Niles and the oldest parish in the
Diocese of Western Michigan.
Niles Continued on Page 48
This pavilion in Riverfront Park is active all summer.
For starters, we paused at 519 Bond Street where
sat a comfortable stuccoed home once occupied by the
writer Ring Lardner. Yes, THE Ring Lardner, who died
at the age of 48 in 1933 and was one of the best
known American authors during the 1920s. Known
First Presbyterian Church in Niles was built in 1915.
You will find the
oldest church in
Niles — Trinity
(Episcopal)
Church — at
the corner of
Fourth and
Broadway just
east of the
river.
Author Ring Lardner once lived in this house at 519 Bond Street in Niles.
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Niles Continued from Page 47
From where we stood at the corner of Broadway and
Fourth Street, we could see the steeples of other gorgeous churches, but our tanks were full, and so we hiked
over to the Niles District Library at 620 E. Main
Street to avail ourselves of the facilities and to put our
state-wide library card to good use by borrowing
some bestsellers for a week or two.
A quiet place to
read in the
Niles District
Library.
This handsome structure at Main and Fifth streets
serves as Niles City Hall.
It being past 5 p.m. on a Saturday, the Veni Sweet
Shop was closed for the day. And, since Natalie had
dinner waiting in the fridge, we decided to dine at the
Riverfront Cafe at Main and Old 31 the next time we
float around Niles.
We also noted that the Ready Theater had moved
their operations from across from city hall to a building just down from the Riverfront Cafe and reckoned that we could really live it up and do dinner and
a movie next time we’re in Niles.
And that won’t be long, because Niles truly qualifies as one of Michigan’s “Cool Cities”, and it will just
get cooler as they celebrate summer along the river.
Natalie never goes to Niles without stopping at the library.
After literally closing down the library, we headed west along Main Street to our car which we had
parked in the free lot in Riverfront Park.
A beautiful thing appeared to us along the way in
the form of Niles’s majestic city hall at the corner of
Main and Fifth. The Queen Anne style structure was
completed in 1884 and first housed Henry A. Chapin
and family. The city, or so the marker said, acquired
it at auction in 1932 for $300. And there the restored
gem sat for our viewing pleasure.
A pathway under the Main Street Bridge.
For a heads-up on what’s coming up in Niles, you
might want to call their Downtown Development
Authority at 269/687-4332 or the Riverfront Cafe at
269/684-2233.
Then all you have to do is hop in your car and head
east on U.S. 12 from New Buffalo to Niles. Be sure
and get in the left lane after you pass under U.S. 31,
and be ready to follow Business 12 into downtown Niles
where plenty of free parking and foot travel await.
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Long Beach
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Spring Season Final Results
TEAM STANDING
WON
LOST
1. No Shows
34.5
17.5
(Bina Gupta, Liz Lutterbach, Barb Macudzinski)
2. Alley Cats
32.0
20.0
3. Audio Visual DJ’s
30.0
22.0
4. LSD’s
28.0
24.0
5. Bowling Boobies
27.0
25.0
6. MC Smiles
25.5
26.5
7. The Gutter Golfers
25.0
27.0
8. Graceful Gutters
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28.5
9. The Hopefuls
22.0
30.0
HIGH SERIES
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2. Liz Lutterbach
3. Deb Thar
SCORE
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658
656
HIGH GAME
1. Barb Macudzinski
2. Laurette Farrell
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SCORE
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268
246
HIGH TEAM SERIES
SCORE
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1902
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2. The Gutter Golfers
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3. The LSD’s
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Licensed and insured. 219/874-6615
ALL BRIGHT PAINTING - Interior/exterior. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Free estimates. Licensed & insured. 219/879-7199.
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MICHIANA PAINTING & PRESSURE CLEANING
Decks - Houses - Sidewalks, Etc. Free estimates.
Insured - References -- Call 219/873-1817
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WARREN'S PAINT & PRESSURE WASHING.
Free estimates. Call 219-872-6424.
RON'S QUALITY PAINTING. Specializing in cedar-sided homes. Now
booking exterior painting. Free est. Insured. Call 269-471-5990.
FIREMAN PAINTING.
Interior/Exterior painting - Wallpaper removal - Dry wall repair
Texturing - Pressure Washing - Deck sealing. Customer satisfaction our
No. 1Priority. 20 yrs. Exp. - Ref. Avail. Call 219-363-1812.
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 & STONE
219/879-5150 -- FAX 219-879-5344
http://www.healysland.com - [email protected]
LARGEST Supplier of Natural Stone in NW Indiana
15+ Types of Flagstone, Granite boulders, River Rock, Mulch,
30+ Types of Stone
New Items: Kewanee Skippers, Platinum Blue Flagstone, Black
Flagstone, Appaloosa Flagstone, Santa Margarita Flagstone.
Landscaping, Stone Work, Ponds, Fountains, Nursery Stock!
Order now to avoid Spring Rush!
JIM'S LAWN SERVICE & SNOW PLOWING. Don't get snowed in, call Jim. 219/874-2715. Leave message
H&S SERVICES --2621 E. US HIGHWAY 12 Call 219/872-8946
Let Us Be Your One Stop Shop
Colored Mulch - Topsoil - River Rock
Retaining Wall Blocks - Natural Stone
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Mowing, Trimming, Yard Clean-up. 219-898-1987.
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BEACH AREA LAWN CARE
Mowing, Fertilizing,Yard Clean-up, Etc.
Call 219-879-1693 or (cell) 219-331-9357.
PAT'S TREE SERVICE. Complete tree and landscaping service.
Experts in storm damage. Licensed and insured.Free estimates.
Call 219-362-5058.
CAPPY'S LAWN CARE
FREE ESTIMATES • SPRING CLEAN UP • FULLY INSURED
219-874-3580
TRADITIONS Lawn Care & Property Maintenance
Call 219/872-9326
Dependability is (y)our #1 priority
ONE WAY LAWN CARE
Mowing • Trimming
Yard Clean Up & Removal
Free Estimates
Dan Nelson 219-561-1207
ADDIE'S LAWN MAINTENANCE • Residential & Commercial
Yard Clean-Up • Mowing• Aeration• Thatching• We also do Ext. Power
Wash, Stain & Seal. Free Estimates. We Beat Any Written Price.
Call 219-879-2017 or (cell) 219-331-3571 - Leave message.
LANDSCAPING - HAULING - REMOVAL - OUTDOOR CLEAN-UP.
Call 219-380-9082.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
WANTED-EXPERIENCED GARDENER. 1 to 2 days per week.
Rolling Prairie area. Call 773-327-7755.
April 28, 2005
ATTENTION DRIVERS willing to train to obtain CDL! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! TMC Transportation needs drivers. Guaranteed
weekly earnings. Premium equipment and benefits. Excellent earning potential and still be OFF WEEKENDS! It's not a job, it's a
future! FOR CDL Training through Commercial Driver Institute in
South Bend, IN. Call today. - 1-800-882-7364 AC0064
WANT TO SELL
GET YOUR ART & OFFICE SUPPLIES AT FIRME'S
(2 Stores) 11th & Franklin Streets, Michigan City - 219/874-3455
Highway 12, Beverly Shores - Just West of Traffic Light.
Shomer Shabbat Antiques & Art
8 rooms, jammed with antiques and collectables.
1004 E. Michigan Blvd, Michigan City. 879-1942. Closed Saturday.
1993 SEA RAY SEA RAYER andTRAILER
4 passenger. Looks & runs great. $2,900. Call 219-879-8239.
REAL ESTATE
COMMERCIAL - RENTALS/LEASE/SELL
GOLDEN SANDES STORE AND LOCK
4407 E. U.S. 12 (@ Hwy. 212) Michigan City, IN. 219/879-5616.
OFFICE SPACE AVAIL IN BEAUTIFUL SETTING, located on the eastern edge of Michigan City. Rent includes all util, + common area
maintenance. For more information phone Jerry at 219/874-8748
FOR LEASE WITH IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY
Approximately 1,500 square feet of executive office space located at
1411 S. Woodland Ave., Michigan City, IN. Contemporary style, ample
drive up parking and energy efficient. Call 219/872-0318.
BOAT DOCK RENTALS
46' BOAT DOCK - SLIP #26 AT HARBOR LANDING.$3,500/season.
Call Ron 312-467-1944. Leave number-will return call ASAP.
RENTALS INDIANA
HOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH
3/BR. 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.
DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB
LAKEFRONT CONDOS -- 2 and 3 bedrooms.
Winter Rentals -- $1,200 to $1,600 per month.
DUNESCAPE REALTY - 219/872-0588.
BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE MICHIANA COTTAGE FOR FALL RENTAL
One block from beautiful Lake Michigan Beach at Stop 39. Fully
furnished--Charming Deco decor. Air conditioned, forty windows to
catch lake breezes. Sleeps up to eight persons. Three bedrooms.
Two full baths. Two woodburning fireplaces. New kitchen. Secluded
forty oak tree landscape with Adirondack chairs and hammocks.
TVs with cable and movie channels. BBQ grill. Available May
onward through October and selected winter holidays. Pets welcome. Call [773] 528-0825 or [773] 281-7100. Prefer longer tenancy,
but willing to consider weekly rentals with excellent tenants.
THE PERFECT BEACH HOUSE IN SHERIDAN BEACH
3/BR, 2.5 /Bath. 1 Block to beach. Great big eat-in kitchen. Pool table.
Fireplace. 2 Decks w/gas grill. Satellite TV w/DVR, DVD, VCR.
Washer/Dryer. REALLY COMFY BEDS! Sleeps 10. Avail Memorial
Day to Labor Day, $1,900/wk. Off-season rates negotiable. Contact
Stacy, 312/282-1535, or email [email protected] for pictures &
more info.
CHARMING MICHIANA SHORES COTTAGE IN WOODED AREA
A little over a block to great beach. New w/rustic charm. Fireplace.
2/Bath, 2+BR. A/C. D/W. By month or longer/by week in summer.
773/935-1855 days, or 773/248-3265 evenings.
www.mintzdds.com/michiana
NEWLY RENOVATED HOMES. Winter/summer availability.
Weekly/monthly rentals.
••4BR, 3BA ranch on 1/2 acre with new inground pool & hot tub.
2-1/2 blks. From the beach.
••4BR, 2BA tri-level. New appliances & hardwood floors. 1 blk from
beach.
••3BR, 2BA house. Total renovation underway. Steps to beach & coffee
shop.
Call Bob at 219-879-9544.
SHERIDAN BEACH. Contemporary, spacious, furn. 3BR, 2-1/2BA home.
2-car garage. Outstanding lake vistas. Short or long term. Call 630-8525414, e-mail [email protected], www.michigancityrental.com
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April 28, 2005
BREEZY LAKE SHORE DRIVE COTTAGE IN SHERIDAN BEACH
on high dune (stop 2). Lake views, new kitchen, C/A, charming interior,
3BR, sleeping porch. Sundeck, Jacuzzi tub, garden patio.
For rent June through Aug. 2005. $1,700/wk or $6,000/mo.
Inquiries, call Dr. T. Carlson at 312-641-2921.
MICHIANA SHORES-ORIGINAL 1930'S MICHIANA LOG CABIN
Want to go back to camp? Just renovated, along the creek. Sleeping loft
and 4 bunk beds, frpl, screen porch, deck, gas grill, A/C.
Close to playground and 2-1/2 blk. to beach. Off season rates avail.
5/23-7/1, $750/wk; 8/1-8/31, $800/wk or $2,000/mo. Negotiable.
Call Judy 1-866-400-6800 or email [email protected]
LONG BEACH EXECUTIVE HOUSE RENTAL. Summer 05-Stop 29.
Overlooking lake. Fantastic decks/views. 3BR, 2BA, A/C, W/D, cable TV,
WIFI High spd Internet, and more. NO PETS/NO SMOKING. Choice
weeks avail. For current rates, call 630-337-6220.
•••HOUSE FOR RENT ••• LONG BEACH•••- STOP 16•••
3BR, 2-1/2 BA.Fam. Rm., A/C, W/D, BBQ, cable. Private Beach!
Call 630-363-3176.
CLASSIC BEACH COTTAGE IN SHERIDAN BEACH. Steps from beach.
Sleeps up to 12. W/D, furn.. 5BR, 2-1/2BA. Now taking summer reservations. Call for details: Linda at 708-784-1465.
MICHIANA SHORES CABIN on a HILL TOP. Sleeps 6. Some choice
weeks remain. Charm, privacy and walk past just 6 houses to beach.
$1,000/wk. Rent in June for less. Call 219-878-0813.
LONG BEACH SINGLE FAMILY YEAR ROUND ON DOUBLE LOT 2
BLKS. FROM STOP 28. Well maintained open flr. plan with gorgeous
hrdw. flrs. & frpl. Comfortably sleeps 12. New separate basement guest
suite with full bath, laundry & bunk beds. The best and biggest beach in
Long Beach. Call 847-251-7494 or visit http://vrbo.com/57932
SUMMER ESCAPE RENTAL, STOP 31, SHORELAND HILLS. - 1-Blk to
lake. Charming rehabbed cottage. Retro décor. Sleeps 6-8. 2-Baths. A/C.
Huge screen porch & yard. Family friendly. Call 847/696-0878.
AWESOME, LONG BEACH "FLIP FLOP" BEACH HOUSE!!
Only a few weeks remain for Summer '05 weekly (Sat. to Sat.) rentals!
House is located only one block up from Stop 22. House includes all new
stainless appliances, granite island/counters. Fresh, cool & colorful décor,
A/C, cable, lg. screen porch, gas grill, lg. yard. Just show up with clothes,
food & drink…amenities include: beach chairs, beach towels, wagon,
coolers, bikes, pedal cars. Call Tim at 773-975-1291 for availability &
weekly rates.
SUMMER RENTALS ARE HERE!
••4-5BR w/panoramic Lake Michigan view rents for $2,500/wk. 2 huge
screen porches & quick lake access!
••3BR, 2BA w/2 sleeping lofts is just 1 door from Lake. $1,700/wk.
••Sheridan Beach 3-4BR cottage on Lake Michigan beach w/huge deck.
$2,500/wk.
••3BR Michiana cottage available $950/wk.
••4BR, 2BA home at Michiana & Lake Shore Dr. has gorgeous views.
Avai. For July $2,500/wk.
Merrion & Associates, Realtor
219-872-4000
www.merrionrealty.com
SHERIDAN BEACH 2BR APT. Off-street parking. Non-smoker preferred.
No pets. $575/mo. + utilities. Call 219-879-2195.
4BR, 2BA KNOTTY PINE COTTAGE IN SHERIDAN BEACH.
1/2 blk. from beach. A/C. $1,200.00/wk. Call 708-383-2635.
SHERIDAN BEACH WEEKLY SUMMER RENTAL-Fantastic Lake Views.
Luxury 5BR, 2BA. Sleep 8 to 10. Full amenities. No pets.
Weekly or longer May thru July. Call 773-769-5517.
JUST A HALF BLOCK FROM THE WATER'S EDGE of Lake Michigan
and steps from the Coffee Shop. Washington Park, and the zoo. This
cozy beach house has 2BR, bath, an open kitchen, wood floors and front
deck to make you feel relaxed and right at home. Private parking & animal friendly. $1,000/wk. and security deposit required.
Call Ken Potempa, 219-873-9761
Can be seen at 108 California, Sheridan Beach.
BEVERLY SHORES. 1 HR. FROM CHICAGO. 2-1/2 blks. from beautiful
beach. 3 level secluded home atop a dune surrounded by trees.
3+BR, 3-1/2 BA. Sleeps 8+. Wraparound deck. Pool table, ping pong.
Library loft. Newly furn. by interior designer. Don't miss this one.
$2,495/wk. Call 773-665-0134 or 773-425-0554.
SHERIDAN BEACH VACATION RENTAL. Sheridan House is ideal for 2
families. Upper unit sleeps 7, $850/wk. Lower unit sleeps 6, $750/wk.
Walk to beach. In-unit laundries. Weeks are avail. Memorial Day-Labor
Day. Call 219-898-3138 for info. www.sheridanhouse.net
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SHERIDAN BEACH - HUGE1/BR, 1 BA. - Across from beach.
A/C. W/D. Off street parking. Year/Round, $650/mo. 219/872-4446.
SHERIDAN BEACH-STOP 9.
Gorgeous 3BR, 2BA lake front home with a coach house. $3,200/wk.
Call Lake Effect Vacation Rentals 269-469-9813. www.lakerental.net
BEVERLY SHORES ON THE LAKEFRONT. 2BR apt.
Sunset and Chicago views. Secluded beach. Everything new inside.
A/C. Fireplace. Screened-in porch. 1 yr. lease req'd. Just beautiful!
No pets.
$925/mo. Call 219-874-5662.
CONDO & 50 FT. BOAT SLIP MICHIGAN CITY. 2BR, 2BA, fireplace,
deck, tennis, pool. By week, month or season. Inquiries, call 219-8737820.
SHERIDAN BEACH SUMMER RENTAL. Lg. modern luxury 3BR,
1-1/2BA across from beach. A/C, W/D. $1,250/wk. Disc. for longer stays.
Call 219-872-4446.
2BR, 2BA CONDO IN GATED COMMUNITY.
Garage, fireplace, community pool. $800/mo. + utilities.
Call Merrion & Associates Realtors 219-872-4000.
LONG BEACH HOUSE STOP 26 FOR RENT. 3BR, hot tub, completely
furnished. Call 219-879-3619 after 6 p.m.
RENTALS MICHIGAN
HOUSE FOR RENT - NEW BUFFALO - Convenient "in town"
location. 16 S. Townsend. Take the first right after Jackson's Market
on U.S. 12. Available now. Newly renovated. New appliances. New
window treatments. 2 Bedroom. Full dry basement. Large yard and
one garage. VERY CLEAN! $700 per month. Security deposit &
references. NO SMOKERS. No pets. Please drive by first.
Call Gary at 269/449-2168 to see more.
MICHIANA, MI. 3BR, 2 BA, compl. Furn. A/C, 2-1/2 blks. to lake.
$750/wk. or $2,800/mo. Avail. July thru Aug. Call 219-872-7336.
SUMMER RENTAL IN NEW BUFFALO, MI. GRACE'S PLACE.
Charming, newly renovated, fully furn. yr. round. Sleeps 8 in 3BR. Also
includes 3 full baths, lrg. deck, cable TV, fully equipped kitchen with all
new appliances, laundry facilities, all linens and C/A. Attached by deck,
extra room with lrg. frpl., game table-a great party room. Deluxe gas grill
on lrg. deck with lots of seating and an outdoor playset. Overlooking the
boat docks, this cozy retreat is just a short walk from the public beach,
downtown shops & restaurants. $1,600 per week. Call 773-394-9496.
MICHIGAN, NEW BUFFALO, GRAND BEACH. Lakefront home, just 42
steps down to a private beach on Lake Michigan. Enjoy magnificent sunsets from this lake-front deck. Golf course and tennis courts are within
walking distance. This cozy 3BR, is air-conditioned and equipped with a
washer and dryer. Avail. July & Aug. for $1,800/wk.
Or June & Sept. for $975/wk.
Call 708-848-1025 for a viewing appointment.
HUGE 5BR COTTAGE. Sleeps up to 20. 40'x20' below ground pool.
2 blks. to private beach. Near New Buffalo. Avail. all of June &
half of Aug. @ $3,000.00/wk. July 2-9 open; call for price.
Call Mark at 630-918-7373.
BLUE FISH VACATION RENTALS & SALES. Everyone has a special
place, we have dozens! Summer weeks still available.
Homes and cottages from Grand Beach to Sawyer.
(269)469-0468 or www.bluefishvacations.com
ON LAKE MICHIGAN, NEW BUFFALO. 2BR condo Warwick Shores.
Also cottages. Private beach, pool, tennis, summer or year round rental.
Call 269-469-0300-wkdays, 269-469-2943-even. & wk. ends.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE LONG BEACH HOME - 2015 ORIOLE TRAIL. $379,000.
5BR completely renovated. $1,550/2004 taxes. No surprises.
Open House April 30-May 1, noon-4 pm. Call 219-879-8239.
MICHIGAN GOLD COAST, Union Pier.
One blk. to beach, 2BR co-op. Private parking.
Solid construction: 2x6 outside walls, 2x10 floor joists,
oak floors & cabinets.
Builder: SIDABRAVAS HOME OWNERS, INC. 269-469-4924.
BEVERLY SHORES, IN - 105 MARNE AVE. Totally renovated inside and
out. This home sits on 3-1/2 lots and is a Must See Home.
Call Tom Cahillane @ Cahillane Real Estate 219-405-8706. $479,900.
UPTOWN SHERIDAN PARK CHICAGO AREA. 2BR, 2BA CONDO.
Hardwood floors throughout. Brand new decks. Fireplace. Laundry in unit.
1 car garage space. $349,900. Call 269-469-7515.
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Off the Book Shelf
by Sally Carpenter
Cut and Run by Ridley Pearson
Can you say Witness Protection Program? That’s
our theme in this week’s book recommendation. And
lots of edge of your seat thrills, too. I love it! Continuing
my plan to explore new authors, this is the first book
by Ridley Pearson that I have read, even though he
is a prolific writer. He has written numerous novels
and several collections of short stories while writing
under several different pseudonyms as well as his own
name. Remember The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My
Life as Rose Red written by Joyce Reardon? Well, that
was Ridley Pearson.
Now, on to Cut and Run.....
Our story centers on the Witness Protection Program
and one particular woman and the agent assigned to
her who did the unforgivable.....he fell in love with her.
“The forty-first day was their last together.” That’s
a pretty sad way to start a story, but it left me
intrigued. The story starts out six years ago when Hope
Stevens, a computer expert whose testimony provided enough evidence against a crime family that was
making millions in health care fraud, had to be put
in federal protective custody until the guilty parties
were tried and convicted. Hope also discovered a
string of emails from the “family” which involved them
in murder-for-hire contracts. A double whammy
against the mobsters.
Hope’s safe houses proved to be not so safe. “Hope
Stevens had been moved on three separate occasions: first, to a wilderness cabin in Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula....then she’d been moved to a nearly abandoned Air Force base in Montana....and finally, into
a private coach, a customized diesel bus that Treasury
had confiscated from a forgotten rock band...”
There were three deputies aboard that bus plus two
drivers. Deputy Marshal Roland Larson found himself and Hope deeply attracted to each other, and of
course, as we all know, where there’s a will, there’s
a way, and one night they made love.
Not many days after, the RV stopped for food and
refueling at an innocent truck stop. Roland wasn’t gone
ten minutes, but when he got back to the bus, the drivers and one deputy marshal were dead....and Hope
had fled. Roland confronted a man in a state trooper’s uniform, but he fled the scene. Can you blame Hope
for running away? The government sure hadn’t been
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doing such a hot job
of protecting her.
Fast forward to
five years later and
Roland can’t get
Hope Stevens out of
his mind or his heart.
Why couldn’t he protect her better than
he did? Everything
pointed to a mole in
the office. Proof of
his theory come to
light one day when
he is called in to find
a missing person—
”Uncle Leo.” Leopold
Markowitz was a
genius who wrote
the code for Laena.
“Laena was the name given to WITSEC’s master
witness protection list, the most carefully guarded database in the Justice Department.” And now, Laena is
inoperable, no one can access it. Did Markowitz cave
in and go to the dark side? Don’t think so since his
assistant was found with a slit throat that was a
signature cut of a hired assassin.
Now things really heat up as Roland realizes that
he must find Hope before the mob gets the list and
finds her first. The chase is on.....
What follows is a taut story line that leaves you hanging at the end of every chapter. The action is non-stop
with a modern storyline that is both relevant and interesting. Roland Larson has a “Die-Hard” quality about
him that you just gotta love, and Hope is one smart
lady with lots of hutzpah. The climax comes on a palatial estate where a meeting of top mob family bosses are gathering and.......hey! don’t make me tell!
You have to read this one for yourself. You won’t be
able to put it down.
Best seller Harlan Coben (no slouch himself when
it comes to thrillers) said Cut and Run is “a totally
engrossing, stay-up-all-night, hang-on-by-the-fingernails stunner.” Thanks, Harlan, I couldn’t have said
it better myself!
Till next time, happy reading!
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872-4000
MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS
Debbie Burke
FAX (219) 872-4182
Specializing in Distinctive
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Indiana and Michigan
707 Washington Street, Michigan City, IN
Ed Merrion
Owner
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FAMILY TIME! Your family will enjoy all that Long Beach has to offer from
this 4 bedroom, 4 bath colonial home at Stop 26. Located just 3 doors from the
beach, you’re also just around the corner from all the activities at the Town Center.
Spacious rooms are the trademark of this beautiful home, including an eat-in kitchen,
$
475,000
formal dining room and large living & family rooms. Come see!
DIRECTIONS: Lake Shore Drive to Stop 26; go inland 1 house to fork in road;
go right & you’re there!
2118 Florimond
AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE STOP 21 BEACH CLUB comes
with this all-brick 4 bedroom, 2 bath ranch. Invitation percs include a
master bedroom suite, gracious hardwood floors, a bright remodeled
kitchen & large knotty-pine family room! A covered walkway leads to
$
429,000
your own secret garden - a gardener’s delight!
DIRECTIONS: Lake Shore Drive to Stop 21; go inland to 2nd corner
(Florimond); turn left & you’re there!
YOU CAN BE MINUTES FROM LAKE MICHIGAN & yet far from the
bustle of Lake Shore Drive. This splendid home of 9 rooms (3388 sq ft) on
4 lots in Michiana is a great place to live, offering a fabulous Great Room,
huge Master bedroom w/ walk-in bath, full basement & 2 car garage. Many
birds drop in for breakfast; you can watch them from the 11 Pella kitchen
windows. A screened front porch, 3 decks & lots of parking outside; pine,
oak & clear redwood walls (jacuzzi & sauna room) inside. You’ll know the
$
739,000
price is right once you’ve seen the home; call Michele today!
A WORLD ALL YOUR OWN! The superior craftsmanship evident
in this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home in Long Beach Cove is just a hint of
the quality that went into everything from site choice & preparation to
final completion of construction. You’ll love the marble master bath, the
granite & pecan kitchen finish, the hot water radiant floor heat! The .95
acre lot commands a lasting view of the most private of Lake Clare’s
waterways. But you won’t appreciate it until you see it! Call Ed
$
798,500
Merrion for a personal appointment.
LOOK FOR US ON THE INTERNET! • www.MerrionRealty.com
Debbie Burke, GRI, ABR
Liv Markle*, CRS, GRI
Julie Gring
Jim McGah*, Broker Associate Bill Moldenhauer
Fran Merrion, GRI, ABR
Michele Meden, ABR
John Hayes, GRI, ABR
Dave Walsh
Ed Merrion*, CRS, GRI
Jim Laughlin
Debbie Mengel
Susan Carter
Jerry Lambert Joan Brown
Jeff Meyer
Heather Melnyk *Licensed in
Tricia Meyer
Jessica Storey
IN and/or MI
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1401 Lake Shore Drive ~ 3100 Lake Shore Drive
(219) 874-5209 ~ (219) 872-1432
www.c21longbeachrealty.com
Open 7 Days a Week
Hilltop House - a wooded paradise with seasonal views of
Lake Michigan.Large living room with wood burning fireplace,
windowed walled family room has wood burning stove.
Extra large master bedroom.Decks.Great vacation or year round
$
living.
385,000
Spacious Hillside Home situated on .41 acre,with spectacular
views of Lake Michigan from several rooms.Thirteen room
home includes kitchen with lake view. Oak floors, 3 baths,
all appliances. To see is to believe this one-of-a-kind treasure.
$
949,000
Spacious Hillside Two Story Home with year round view of
Lake Michigan. Fireplace for winter enjoyment. New furnace, central air. Glassed porch opens to large living room
with fireplace.Three bedroom, 2 baths on living floor. Huge
$
799,900
dormitory on second floor. Basement, garage.
Charming 2 owner 1929 Long Beach home,originally known
as “Oak Ridge”.Three bedrooms, two full baths. Formal dining room.Deck off the master bedroom.Beautifully landscaped
and private patio. Furnace, AC, roof, gutter helmets, and
thermopane windows new items since 1999.Impeccably main$
tained.
329,000
June Livinghouse*, Broker Associate, ABR, GRI 800-957-1248
Sylvia Hook*, Broker Associate, CRS, GRI 800-518-5778
Phyllis Waters*, Owner/Broker, CRB, CRS, GRI
Doug Waters*, Managing Broker 219-87707290
Debbie Chism*, Broker Associate 874-9093
Beverly Bullis*, CRS, GRI 800-518-6149
Sandy Rubenstein* 879-7525
Tom Cappy* 874-6396
Richard Klare 872-0947
Brian Waters* 866-844-1401
Carrie Patton 872-2942
Beverly Szybala 219-861-2066
Don Niven 708-259-9471
Rosemary Braun
Bill McNew
Marguerite Patterson
*Licensed in Michigan and Indiana
Phyllis T. Waters*
CRB, CRS, GRI
Broker/ Owner
Each Office Is Independently Owned and Operated
Doug Waters*
GRI
Managing Broker