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In the Garden
Compost
‘diet’ needs
balance
bit of chemistry might be good for your compost.
Actually, we need deal with only two familiar elements: carbon and nitrogen. They’re the ones
for which the “bugs” that
do the work of making
compost are most hungry.
Work is too strong a
word, though, because
these composting bugs do
nothing more than eat.
And a balanced diet — one
balanced mostly with respect to carbon and nitrogen — does them good.
“CARBO” LOADING
This time of year, the microorganisms’ smorgasbord
is set with an especially
wide array and abundance
of carbon-rich foods — esLEE REICH
sentially, old plants or plant
parts. They are mostly brown and mostly dry; autumn
leaves, for example. Other carbon-rich foods include
wood chips, straw, sawdust, hay and even paper.
Just as we humans can’t live on bread and pasta alone
(carbon rich foods, as are all carbohydrates), so it is with
composting microorganisms. So let’s now peruse the
smorgasbord for some nitrogen-rich fare.
The nitrogen comes mostly from proteins; microorganisms, like you and I, need both carbohydrates and proteins. Nitrogen-rich compost foods include green stuff:
young, succulent plants and plant parts. There’s not
much of this stuff around in autumn, but there is some,
including grass clippings, kitchen scraps, and spent broccoli, pepper and other garden plants.
ROUNDING OUT THE COMPOST PILE’S DIET
When there’s insufficient nitrogen foods to balance out
all the carbon foods you can find for your compost, it’s
time for dietary supplements. Nitrogen-rich supplements
for the compost pile include manures and nitrogen fertilizers. Manures usually also add some carbon food, in the
form of straw, wood shavings or whatever else was used
for bedding for the animal.
No need to get out the chemistry set to analyze how
rich a food is in carbon or nitrogen so that you can get
them in exact balance (which, if you must know, is a ratio of 20:1). Just keep in mind that the younger the plant
part, the richer it is in nitrogen. Also that rabbit manure
is richer in nitrogen than is chicken manure, which is
richer than, going down the line, sheep, horse, duck,
cow, and, finally, pig manure.
Nitrogen fertilizers are very concentrated sources of ni-
A
End of an era
Iconic
decorative
crystal
producer
fading out
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) —
In a memorable Hollywood
scene from “Risky Business,” the 1983 comedy drama that launched Tom
Cruise to stardom, a mother’s prized Steuben glass egg
is missing from the mantelpiece only to reappear —
imperceptibly nicked — in
the nick of time.
Steuben Glass, an American icon of handcrafted crystal for over a century, looks
now as if it’s vanishing for
good.
Its lone factory in Corning,
a glassmaking company
town flanked by Steuben
County’s tree-topped mountain ridges in southwestern
New York, is shutting down
Nov. 29, the week after
Thanksgiving. With profitability elusive at the best of
times, the prospects of reviving the 108-year-old vanity
brand seem every bit as slim.
While the matchlessly
transparent glass is still acclaimed as the lodestar of
lead crystal, Steuben has
struggled to find its footing
in old age — never more so
than since 2008 when glass
pioneer Corning Inc. sold the
In this file photo,Thom as Dim itroffposes fora photo with a piece ofSteuben Glass from
his collection in Corning,N.Y.(AP photo)
ailing business to Schottenstein Stores Corp., a retailchain operator in Columbus,
Ohio.
Topping the list of critics’
complaints:
Uninspiring
new designs, the addition of
cheaper engraving methods
and, for the first time in its
history, a production shift
overseas that squeezed the
price of simpler ornaments
and champagne glasses below an unheard-of $100
each.
“They totally lost their
way,” sniffed Jeff Purtell, a
Steuben
dealer
in
Portsmouth, N.H. “If your
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See Compost p. 2D
This undated photo shows Lee Reich sprinkling soybean
m ealon top ofhay in the com postpile outside ofhis hom e in
New Paltz,N.Y.A bitofchem istry m ightbe good foryourcom post.One useful,organic nitrogen fertilizeris soybean m eal,
which is inexpensive and available atstores thatsellanim al
feed.Justa sprinkling ofany nitrogen fertilizeris allthat's
needed atop every few inches ofhigh carbon food. (AP photo)
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Above,this file photo shows intricate engraving on a piece
called Dragonfly by Eric Hilton atthe Steuben Glass store inside the Corning Museum ofGlass in Corning,N.Y.Atright,
this file photo shows a piece called Artic Fisherm an by
Jam es Houston thatsells for$4,700.Steuben Glass,an
Am erican icon ofhandcrafted crystalform ore than a century,looks now as ifit’s vanishing forgood.Its lone factory in
Corning is shutting down Nov.29,the week afterThanksgiving.W ith profitability elusive atthe bestoftim es,the
prospects ofreviving the 108-year-old vanity brand seem every bitas slim .(AP Photo)
Old barn wood calls
out to truck driver
FRANK KONKEL
Livingston County Daily
Press & Argus
AP member exchange
LIVINGSTON, Mich. —
About two years ago, old
barns began talking to Larry
Hall.
He’d pass by them in his
semi-truck — Hall, 65,
made a career truck driving
across the country — or see
them on the way to and from
his Hartland Township
home.
Their words were faint at
first, and Hall nonetheless
listened, mapping out locations where barns, fallen and
often dilapidated, lay unused.
“I used to see these old
barns, they’d talk to me and
say, ‘Hey Larry, there’s a lot
of good wood in here,’ “
Hall vividly recalls, telling
his story with a tinge of his
native Kentucky accent.
“It was like some sort of
force telling me to do something different, so I started
writing down where these
barns were,” Hall said. “And
lo and behold, there were a
couple just down the road.
Only thing I could do is listen to them.”
So he did.
About 18 months ago,
Hall retired from driving
trucks, bought two old barns
off M-59 — just a few
miles from his home — and
got to work doing what his
mind had been telling him to
do for so long.
In a garage-turned-woodshop on his property, Hall
recycles old barn wood.
From fallen wooden relics
of the 19th century, Hall
creates tables, benches,
See Barns p. 2D
Larry Hall,a retired truck driverfrom downstate Livingston
County turned to building furniture from wood reclaim ed
from old barns.(AP photo)
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Larry Hallofdownstate Livingston County stands am id som e ofthe tim beracquired from
old barns thatwillbe used in his designs ofrustic styled furniture.(AP photo)
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chairs, desks and an assortment of other creations.
He does so in “primitive”
fashion, forgoing the use of
metal screws or nails, instead
using wooden pegs or tenons
— tactics used successfully
by woodworkers for hundreds of years before steel
came along.
Some people see junk in
these old barns, but to Hall,
each imperfect piece holds
the perfect blend of history
and potential.
Imagine “the history this
wood has seen,” he said.
Untrained in the woodworking arts — except the
obligatory woodshop project
he completed in grade school
— Hall crafts each unique
piece by listening to the
wood.
In some unexplainable
way, Hall said the wood tells
him what to make and how to
make it. He’ll touch a piece
Compost from 1D
trogen. One useful, organic nitrogen fertilizer is soybean meal, which is inexpensive and available at
stores that sell animal
feed. Just a sprinkling of
any nitrogen fertilizer is all
that’s needed atop every
few inches of high carbon
food.
COMPOST HAPPENS
So pile anything and everything that was once or
is living into your compost
bin, balancing carbonrich foods with nitrogenrich ones. After garden
of wood, and a design begins
to form in his head while his
hands follow suit, sketching a
design with pencil and paper.
Wood, sometimes having
sat abandoned for decades,
transforms into a work of art
in Hall’s hands.
Old wood is inherently imperfect, Hall said, and he
leaves it that way.
“My lines aren’t the
straightest, but it don’t matter,” Hall said. “I put the
wood on the bench and everything starts working for
me.”
Some things he makes in
hours, others — like large tables — take days.
But his work is unique, and
though it isn’t cheap — some
pieces are close to $900 —
the wood must have told Hall
right because his projects sell
like hot cakes wherever he
goes.
Still just a hobby, he sells
his recycled barn wood creations at farmers markets
across southern Michigan,
with considerable success in
areas like Farmington Hills,
Northville and Brighton.
In some places he’s visited,
his work sells so well that it’s
almost overwhelming.
“People have responded to
it really well, I can’t build it
fast enough,” Hall said.
Hall does not market himself and has little use for computers or advanced technology. He lets the people who
buy his recycled barn wood
projects do the talking.
Hall does take custom orders by phone, but he is wary
about making things he doesn’t want to make. His woodworking is not a job, Hall
said, nor will it ever be.
When he listens to someone
else telling him what to make,
Hall said he’s ignoring the
voices of his own mind — the
voices of the wood speaking
to him.
He ignored those voices for
the better part of 65 years, but
he’ll never make that mistake
again.
and backyard cleanup is
finished for the season,
the scale tips the other
way as vegetable scraps
become the most significant additions to your
compost pile. Balance the
food value of this nitrogen-rich material with an
occasional cover of wood
chips or hay from a pile
you keep handy next to
your compost bin.
If you want to see how
you’re doing as a compost
bug dietitian, monitor the
goings-on in your pile
with a long-probed thermometer and your nose. If
the materials are moist
and outdoor temperatures
not frigid, the well-fed pile
will be decidedly warm —
120 degrees Fahrenheit or
more. Lack of heat reflects
an excess of carbon-rich
foods; odors are the result
of excess nitrogen.
Keeping records of what
you add to your compost
pile and how it responds
helps you remember what
you did that worked. But
no matter what you do,
any organic material put
in the pile will turn to
compost — even if the
process takes longer or becomes “aromatic” along
the way.
Farmers strive to attract bees
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA
Associated Press
DEL REY, Calif. (AP) —
Dozens of farmers in California and other states have started replacing some of their
crops with flowers and shrubs
that are enticing to bees, hoping to lower their pollination
costs and restore a bee population devastated in the past
few years.
On an October morning,
peach farmer Mas Masumoto
planted more than 3 acres of
wild rose, aster, sage, manzanita and other shrubs and
trees in a former grape field
near Fresno, Calif.
To the north near Modesto,
Calif., David Moreland was
preparing to plant wildflower
seeds and flowering shrubs in
a ravine along his 400-acre almond orchard.
Their goal is to attract and
sustain native bees and
strengthen dwindling honeybee populations, joining in an
effort organized by the Xerces
Society, a Portland, Ore.based nonprofit group.
“For bees to thrive, they
need a diverse diet, so we’re
trying to bring more pollen diversity to farms, more plants
to be part of the bees’ buffet,”
said Mace Vaughan, the
group’s pollinator program director. “This isn’t a panacea to
pollination woes. This is part
of the solution overall.”
The effort comes as honeybees — maintained by beekeepers — and native, or
wild, bees are perishing in
great numbers. Bees are essential pollinators of about
one-third of the United States’
food supply, and they’re especially important in California,
the nation’s top producer of
fruits and vegetables.
The die-off is blamed on
colony collapse disorder, in
which all the adult honey bees
in a colony suddenly die. The
disorder has destroyed honeybee colonies at a rate of about
30 percent per year since it
was recognized in 2006, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Before
that, about 15 percent of
colonies died per year from a
variety of pests and diseases.
Researchers aren’t sure
what causes the disorder, but
they suspect a combination of
stressors, including pesticides,
mites, parasites and lack of
proper nutrition.
The problem is especially
dire in California, where large
farms often grow single crops
that rely on pollination but
don’t offer bees a varied diet.
Almond orchards, which
have grown dramatically in
recent years, have some of the
worst problems. Two-thirds of
the nation’s honeybees are
now trucked to the state during winter for almond bloom,
but the arriving bees don’t
have enough forage.
Beekeepers feed bees with
supplements, including corn
syrup, weakening bees and increasing costs. Prices for renting bee colonies have more
than tripled over the last
decade, from $43 per colony
in 2000 to $150 per colony in
2010. Almond orchards require about 2 colonies per
acre.
Getting farmers to plant bee
habitat is key, Vaughan said,
because bees with nutritionally sound diets are better able
to fend off diseases and other
In this photo taken Oct.19 are,from left,naturalistSteve
Haze,M ace Vaughan ofthe Xerces Society for Invertebrate
Conservation and farm erNikiko Masum oto plantnative California shrubs thatare attractive to bees atthe Masum oto farm
in DelRey,Calif.As the num berofhoneybees and native bees
continues to decline,farm ers are starting to look forways to
help bees thrive.(AP photo)
problems.
m. — which funds and directs
Bee habitat can also reduce research to improve the health
a farmer’s costs and alleviate of honeybees — the program
the stress on honeybees. has enlisted growers to dediThrough research on Califor- cate acreage to bees and is
nia’s watermelons, University identifying which seed mixof California, Berkeley, pro- tures make for best bee forage
fessor Claire Kremen found on farms and in orchards.
that if a farmer sets aside be“We want to make sure bees
tween 20 percent and 30 per- don’t starve to death before
cent of a field for bee habitat, and after almond pollination,”
the farm can get all or most of said Christi Heintz, executive
its pollination from native director of Project Apis m.
bees.
The goal is to make it ecoThat’s unrealistic for most nomically viable for farmers
farms, but Kremen said to plant bee habitat, she said.
adding hedgerows and other One option is to plant a beeplantings can help sustain a friendly crop that can be used
beneficial combination of na- as biofuel, such as canola and
tive and commercial bees. Re- camelina. Another is partnersearch has found that native ing with the cosmetics indusbees make commercial honey- try, growing oil seed plants
bees more efficient pollinators such as cuphea and echium
by getting in their way and that are used in creams.
making them take a more cirAnother California-based
cuitous route from plant to nonprofit, Partners for Susplant.
tainable Pollination, awards a
“What it means is you don’t bee-friendly farming label to
have to have a huge number of farmers who set aside at least
native bees, but if you have 6 percent of their land for bee
some then the combination of forage, minimize pesticide use
honeybees and native bees has and have nesting areas and a
a huge effect,” Kremen said.
water source. So far, 120
Other researchers have farms in 29 states have refound that setting aside bee ceived the label.
habitat leads to better crop
But for many farmers, such
production on the remaining as almond growers, increasing
land, compensating the bee habitat remains difficult.
farmer.
Farmers keep orchard floors
The California State Bee- clean because they harvest alkeepers Association is also monds off the ground and behelping farmers to improve cause bare ground warms
habitat. Run by Project Apis See Bees p. 4D
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design department is pathetic, your costs are prohibitive,
and your marketing — and
vision for the future — is not
successful, then you’re
doomed whether you’re making Steuben glass or
Twinkies.”
A generation-long slide in
demand for fine crystal accelerated abruptly when the financial crisis hit Wall Street
in September 2008, just
weeks after Schottenstein
bought 80 percent of Steuben
for an undisclosed price.
The operator of budgetfriendly Value City Furniture
and DWS shoe stores scrambled to appeal to more economically diverse markets
— just as other hard-pressed
crystal titans like Baccarat,
Orrefors and Waterford Glass
have done in Europe — but
Steuben never turned a profit, said company spokesman
Ron Sykes.
“The economy collapsed,
so there wasn’t great demand
even from collectors,” Sykes
said. “We studied others that
tiered their product and had
some moderate success. Bottom line is, it did not work for
us.”
Most of the factory’s 60
workers will be axed, and
Steuben’s flagship store in
New York will close once its
inventory is sold off, Sykes
said. Corning, which is expected to rehire more than a
dozen union employees,
bought back the Steuben
brand but held out little hope
it might re-enter the crystal
arena.
Since 1903, Steuben glass
has been fashioned into everything from fruit bowls and
decorative animal figurines
to one-of-a-kind sculptures
bestowed as official gifts of
American presidents from
Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. Art objects can cost tens
of thousands of dollars, with
classic pieces creeping into
six figures.
“I often wondered why the
last generation, maybe two,
cut down on Steuben,”
mused collector Thomas
Dimitroff. “The young folks
don’t want it. Same thing
with silver. There’s a different attitude. Every year we’re
getting further away from the
Victorian love of clutter,
quality or not.”
Hundreds of Steuben
pieces swarm shelves, tables
and cabinets throughout
Dimitroff’s home. He traces
his fascination to his teens in
the 1950s when he accompanied his father, a doctor, on
visits to company founder
Frederick Carder’s home.
Carder, who died in 1963 at
age 100, never failed to show
his gratitude to his physician.
“Every time Mr. Carder
said to my dad, now take a
piece of my glass, any glass
you want. My dad would
never take one, and now I
wish I could yell at him!”
Like fine diamonds, clearas-water Steuben (pronounced stew-’BEN) seems
almost to emanate light from
within. Depending on how
it’s worked, it can reflect or
refract the entire spectrum of
a ray of light.
Other hallmarks are its elegant, naturally flowing
shapes — and eye-popping
price tags. While largely
confined to the wealthy,
Steuben long lured up-andcomers willing to set aside a
small fortune to possess a
dining-room centerpiece or
splurge on a wedding gift for
a favorite niece.
Even before being sold by
Corning, which was almost
continuously steered from
1851 to 2005 by five generations of the highbrow
Houghton family, historians
worried Steuben’s uncompromising dedication to perfection of materials, craftsmanship and design might
someday be sacrificed if
profitmaking became primary.
“If you took away the understanding that it might never make money and sold it to
somebody for whom it had to
make money, that was the
beginning of the end,” said
Mary Jean Madigan, author
of “Steuben Glass: An
American Tradition in Crystal.”
“Little by little, Steuben
changed
over
some
decades,” Madigan said. “It
began to change a lot right
about the time of the centennial in 2003 when it became
clear Corning would expect
it to be run as a business and
not so much as the historical
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In this Sept.29 photo,Thom as Dim itroffposes fora photo
with early,left,and contem porary pieces ofSteuben Glass
from his collection in Corning,N.Y.
purveyor of fine crystal it
had been. What it is now is
not what it used to be in
terms of what is made, how
it’s marketed and who’s buying it.”
Steuben got its start when
Carder, an English designer,
agreed to run a glass-engraving shop in exchange for the
freedom of creating decorative glass. His richly hued
creations turned him into a
giant of the glass arts scene
alongside Louis Comfort
Tiffany and Rene Lalique.
The Houghtons, a dynasty
of arts patrons, bought out
Carder in 1918, but as popular taste turned less ornate,
Steuben almost collapsed
during the 1930s Great Depression.
Corning scientists came up
with an exciting new formula — a colorless heavy-lead
optical glass — and marketing
maestro
Arthur
Houghton Jr. propelled
Steuben into a name of distinction. He staged exhibitions by leading contemporary artists such as Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keeffe and
Salvador Dali, opened a retail store on Manhattan’s
Fifth Avenue and advertised
in all the best magazines.
As well as signature household items, the ads showcased limited-edition pieces
such as an arctic fisherman
poised on the ice, preparing
to spear his catch.
Few enterprises demanded
such a high rate of artistry. A
stable of specialists employed both innovative and
ancient techniques as the
crystal moved from 2,500degree Fahrenheit furnaces
through blowing, grinding,
polishing, etching and other
precision processes.
While Steuben didn’t always contribute to profits, it
burnished Corning’s reputation as an industrial glassmaker with an appreciation
for ancient traditions of using
glass as an art form. The
business hit its peak a halfcentury ago when it employed nearly 300 people.
Old-timers like Max Erlacher, a master engraver
who underwent a seven-year
apprenticeship in his native
Austria, are aghast at how a
beloved company has fallen.
“When I first came here in
1957, it was just a shining
star,” he said. “Other companies like Baccarat of France
did fabulous glass and still
do, but they never had that
quality of engraving. But
even they’re going downhill
because they don’t have the
clientele.”
In his studio near Corning,
the 78-year-old carries on an
18th-century tradition that
has few peers, using dozens
of fine copper wheels attached to a lathe to create
exquisite engravings.
After Houghton retired in
1973, “Steuben didn’t have
the same spirit, the understanding of what it takes to
create a piece of art, translate
it into glass and market it the
right way to discerning audiences.”
In the 1990s, as Corning
moved out of consumer
glassware into high-tech arenas like fiber optics and LCD
television monitors, Steuben
began to shrink. It lost money in 17 of its last 20 years
under Corning, including
$5.7 million in 2007. Sales
dipped below $25 million a
year. Corning outsourced
stemware production to Germany around 2003 — and
Schottenstein later turned for
glassmaking help in Portugal.
Eric Hilton, a Steuben consultant for 35 years who designed elaborate sculptures
given as U.S. tokens of
friendship to queens, popes
and heads of state worldwide, sees “a definite void
with the passing of all that
craft and skill” and remains
puzzled by “the shift in the
appreciation of beautiful objects.”
“Steuben fell down a bit
when they started getting the
stuff made abroad,” he said.
“It didn’t come back quite
right at times. Whereas if it
was made totally in the
Corning factory, it wouldn’t
go out the door until it was
utterly perfect. We used to
think, ‘For goodness sakes,
we’re whipping ourselves to
death!’”
On a brighter note, dealers
expect the vibrant aftermarket in Steuben collectibles to
pick up pace.
“Tiffany art glass hasn’t
been made since the 1930s,
and the desirability did not
diminish, it’s increased,”
Purtell said.
By Family Features
Everyone needs little reminders now and then. Pick
up dry-cleaning, take kids to
dentist, walk the dog and
don’t forget to check the batteries in the smoke alarms
and carbon monoxide detectors.
That’s the message of the
Change Your Clock Change
Your Battery campaign,
started 24 years ago by Energizer in partnership with
the International Association
of Fire Chiefs.
The program reminds people to make sure they have
fresh batteries in their smoke
alarms, because a working
smoke alarm can double the
chances of surviving a home
fire. This one simple act can
save lives. And, now is the
perfect time to make that
change.
Daylight saving time ends
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, and
the program reminds everyone to check and change the
batteries in their smoke
alarms and carbon monoxide
detectors during the fall time
change.
In many communities, fire
departments are able to distribute free batteries to citizens. Over the past 23 years,
Energizer has donated more
than 4 million batteries to local fire departments to help
with their home fire safety
community outreach efforts.
When you visit www.facebook.com/energizerbunny,
you can take the pledge to
change the batteries in your
smoke and carbon monoxide
detectors. By joining in, you
will also be entered to win a
home fire safety makeover
and smoke detectors.
“Each year, thousands of
lives are forever changed
Setting the clock and replacing the batteries in sm oke
alarm s and carbon m onoxide detectors this weekend are
quick and easy.(Fam ily Features photo)
due to the devastating effects
of a home fire,” said Chief
Al H. Gillespie, president
and chairman of the IAFC
board. “A working smoke
alarm is an important defense for surviving a home
fire.”
One small step residents
are also encouraged to make
is to use the extra hour
“gained” to remind their
friends, family and neighbors of the life-saving habit
of changing and testing
smoke alarm batteries, and
to help those who may need
assistance. The simple reminder is one of the easiest,
most-effective ways to reduce tragic home fire deaths
and injuries.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Information for this article came from the
International Association of Fire
Chiefs, The Home Safety Council, and the U.S. Fire Administration.
U.P. couple visits lighthouse
where wife was a keeper
KEVIN BRACISZESKI
Ludington Daily News
AP member exchange
LUDINGTON, Mich. —
Mae Biemeret found the Big
Sable Point Lighthouse living
quarters were similar but
changed since she lived there
more than 40 years ago, but
she found the grounds around
the building were not at all
like she remembered.
“It has really changed outside, there are so many sand
dunes that weren’t here when
we were here,” said Biemeret,
who lived at the lighthouse
from 1963 to 1966 with her
husband of that time, Charlie
Hawley. “The outside has
changed a lot, but the inside
looks just the same.
She also remembered a twocar garage at the site and said
it stood near a huge cottonwood tree that was cut down
about 10 years ago, leaving a
waist-high stump behind.
“It was wonderful, we loved
it, this whole area. We’d have
bonfires down there on the
beach,” Biemeret said about
life at the lighthouse in the early 1960s.
“It was really interesting
here in the winter,” she added.
Biemeret visited the lighthouse recently for the first
time since ending her role as a
lighthouse keeper in 1966.
She came to Ludington with
her current husband, Gabe
Biemeret, and visited with
Sable Points Lighthouse
Keepers Association Executive Director Cindy Beth
Davis-Dykema and light
housekeepers Sue McCullough of Pittsburgh and Gloria
Kett of Benton Harbor.
She told about living at the
point and only going to town
about once every two weeks
for groceries.
Mae also remembered the
time her husband and another
U.S. Coast Guard employee
stationed at the lighthouse recovered the body of a person
she said had jumped off a car
ferry and then washed up at
Big Point Sable.
Her oldest daughter was
born before the family moved
into the lighthouse, Mae said,
and the youngest was born in
Ludington during that time.
She remembers being upset
after learning President John
F. Kennedy was assassinated
in November 1963, and remembers that the first piece of
furniture she bought was a
chest freezer she used to store
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4D The Mining Journal
Thursday, November 3, 2011
House to Home
House of the Week
In this Oct.23 photo,Gabe and Mae Biem eretofW atersm eet
visitthe Big Sable PointLighthouse neardownstate Ludington forthe firsttim e since M ae lived atthe lighthouse from
1963 to 1966.(AP photo)
Keeper from 3D
black sweet cherries that cost
10 cents a quart back in the
1960s.
Gabe Biemeret enjoyed his
time at the lighthouse too.
bees from 2D
faster and is less prone to
frost. Pesticide sprayed on
trees also is harmful to
bees, and mature orchards
can be too shady for flowers and shrubs. And plants
can be expensive, requiring
irrigation for the first few
years.
To get around the problem, Moreland has opted to
grow flowering shrubs in a
nearby ravine and has
planted wildflower seeds in
a young orchard that won’t
go into production for several years and isn’t treated
with pesticides.
Giving bees access to
more food makes a big dif-
“It’s a piece of her history so
it was nice,” he said about the
visit. “There were some stories
I hadn’t heard yet.”
“It meant so much for me
living here and it was nice to
share it with my second husband,” Mae said.
ference, he said.
“The bees can continue to
forage and get stronger, so
it’s one less stress on them,
one less having to feed
them artificial food, one
more chance for the bees to
survive,” Moreland said.
Although bees aren’t
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studies have shown bees
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But the biggest benefit, he
said, is not about money.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
House to Home
10% of all cont
donations will est
shared with thbe
Upper Peninsule
Animal Welfarea
Shelter
is a Fundraising Contest to benefit the
Newspaper in Education program at
The Mining Journal.
DOES YOUR
ADVERTISING WORK
AS HARD AS YOU DO?
Advertise in the
Shopper
All donations received will go to fund free newspapers for
teachers to use in their classrooms at local schools. Also,
10% of all contest donations will be shared with the
Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter.
Vote to choose the U.P.’s Cutest Pet!
Any type of pet can be entered; Cats, Dogs, Equine, Goats, Fish,
Rodents....we’ll even accept an entry of your pet lizard! Pet must be
living, no “In Memoriam” entries will be accepted. We know that’s
difficult to ascertain in the case of some reptiles (and a few cats),
but if they eat, they’re eligible.
PET IDOL PRIZES
INCLUDE:
Christine Garceau
Photography LLC
1 Free Portrait Sitting
& 1 8x10 Portrait
Ramada Inn
1 Free Night’s Stay
Da Yoopers
Tourist Trap
$25 Gift
Certificate
Paw-rific Pet
Groomings
$20, $30, & $50
Gift Certificate
Happy Dog
$35 Gift
Certificate
Richer Image
1 Free Portrait Sitting
Subway
4 Gift Certificates for a
Free 6 inch Sub
The Wild
Rover
$10, $20, & $30
Gift Certificate
Econo Foods
35 lb. Purina Smart Blend
Dog Food
Econo Foods
15 lbs. Cat Chow
Country Inn
& Suites
1 Free Night’s Stay
Pet Idol 2011 Rules
Enter by submitting an official entry form published in The Mining Journal along with a clear
photo of your pet and a $5 donation. No copies of entry forms will be accepted. One photo per
entry. Photos should be at least 3x3. Poor quality photos or photos of an unsuitable nature will not
be accepted. One pet per photo, and no people can be in the picture. The Mining Journal reserves the
right to refuse any photograph it deems unacceptable. The entry form serves as a release for The Mining
Journal to use your pet’s name and photo in The Mining Journal and on its website for promotional purposes
related to this contest and the Newspaper in Education program, as well as certifying that the perso n entering the
pet is the owner and is authorized to enter the pet in the contest. Owner’s name, address and phone number as well
as name of pet must be written on the back of the entry photo. Photos will be returned if a self addressed stamped
envelope is included, or can be picked up in person. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official
rules and all decisions regarding the contest made by The Mining Journal. Employees of The Mining Journal are not
eligible to enter.
Cory’s Images
Photographic Artist
1 sitting session &
(1) 8x10 portrait
Casa Calabria
$35 Gift Certificate
Main Street Pizza
(1) 10” Pizza, (1) 12” Pizza,
(1) 14” Pizza
All with 2 toppings
Beef-A-Roo
$25 Gift Certificate
Yooper Shirts
3 Free Shirts
(value up to $20)
Mares-Z-Doats
$5, $10, $15
Certificates
UP North Lodge
Half Rack Rib Dinner
PLUS CASH PRIZES AND MUCH MORE!
“Largest Circulation in the U.P.!”
• Entries will be accepted from Monday, October 24th until close of business on Friday, November 4th. Entries
received after that time cannot be accepted.
•Entries and votes during the contest rounds can be mailed to: Pet Idol 2011, The Mining Journal, P .O. Box
430, Marquette, Michigan, 49855, or delivered in person to The Mining Journal offices in Marquette and
Ishpeming. Votes must be accompanied by an official ballot. No copies will be accepted.
• The contest officially runs from Monday November 14th through the close of business on Friday, December
16th.
•Contestants photos for each round of voting will be published in The Mining Journal on the first d ay of each
round and during the voting weeks. Voting totals will be included in the paper ad with each subsequent round.
• First Round of voting will be: Monday, November 14th through close of business on Friday November 25th.
•Second Round of voting for the top 25 vote-getters will begin on Monday, November 28th, and end a t the close
of business on Thursday, December 8th.
• Final/Championship Round of voting for the top 10 vote-getters will begin on Monday, December 12th,
and end at the close of business on Friday, December 16th.
• Votes are 25 cents each. Each 25 cent donation to the Newspaper in Education program is counted
as one vote for the specified contestant. Anyone can vote, and there is no limit on donation
amounts. Ballot stuffing is encouraged. Donations cannot be refunded.
• Vote counts for each pet will be zeroed out after the end of the 1st and 2nd rounds.
• Winners will be chosen based on highest number of votes, second highest, and third highest.
In the event of a tie, the tie-breaker will be conducted by The Mining Journal staff. All decisions are
final. Prizes will be awarded to the top three vote-getters.
• Businesses interested in contributing to the prize baskets may contact Shannon in the Circulation Department at
228-2500 x208.
• Winners will be notified by phone during business hours (8 am. to 5 pm. EST).
• The winners will be announced in the newspaper during the week of December 19, 2011.
Your ad will be in a FREE
weekly publication that
goes DIRECTLY to over
14,000 homes in the area!
Call Don Fassbender (906) 361-3088 or
Julia Jensen (906) 360-3448
to take your business to the next level.
Shopper
YES! Enter my pet in the contest and
accept my donation of $5.00 to benefit Newspapers in Education.
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P.O. Box 610, 249 W. Washington St.,
Marquette, Michigan 49855
Phone: 906/228.8920 ~ Fax: 906/228.5777
Email: [email protected]
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Mail or drop off at: The Mining Journal, Attn: Pet Idol,
249 W. Washington St., Marquette MI 49855. DEADLINE: 11/4/11
Doug Zanetti
906-225-1136 ext. 212
Crystal Barr
906-360-2948
260 N. Ash Street, Gwinn
$79,950
Near the elementary school, this 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath
has a freshly painted interior, central air, family room
and a large covered deck. Updated furnace and roofing, with appliances included. Great for the first time
home owner!
757 Wabash Street, Ishpeming
$49,500
Lots of room and lots of updates have already been
done to this 4 bedroom, 1 bath home with a large
fenced in yard! Updated floor coverings, newer
furnace, freshly painted, rear deck and plenty of
parking. Call me to take a look!
Kristine Goupille
906-225-1136 ext. 207
Liz Grill
906-225-1136 ext. 221
1580 Westwood Circle, Ishpeming
$149,900
Price Reduced! Very nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch
home. Kitchen has been updated & has many oak
cabinets. You’re going to love the 3 seasons room just
off the kitchen. Mostly finished basement with full bar
& kitchen. 2 car attached garage.
330 Mesnard Street, Marquette
$199,900
REDUCED! One-of-a-kind home with high style and
a view of Lake Superior! Brick arches, glass
fronted cabinets, granite-tiled island, wood floors,
soaring ceilings – COME SEE! 2BR, 2BA. VT at
www.LizGrill.com/1060721
Gina Feltner Bouws
906-225-1136 ext. 203
4 Hidden Creek Trail, Chocolay Township $389,900
NEW PRICE!! Modern sophistication! Vaulted great
room w/fireplace, main floor guest suite w/bath,
updated kitchen, huge master suite w/ adjoining
office. Private back yard w/Cherry Creek frontage.
All this and more on almost seven acres.
James Bradbury
906-458-6488
3 Mattson Road, Negaunee
$369,900
4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home features hardwood & tiled
floors, custom kitchen w/granite countertops and
master bedroom w/cathedral ceiling, spa tub & dual
head shower. For more information please call or visit
my website www.jabradbury.com.
Fran Sevegney
906-869-7465
335 Marquette Street, Ishpeming
$84,900
REDUCED!! This home has two spacious bedrooms,
an eat-in kitchen, large living room and a partially
finished basement!! An attached 2 car garage, nice
yard & a park just down the road. Move in ready!
2 BD 2 BA 2 Car garage www.FRAN7E.com
John Way
906-869-4357
74 Heric Drive, Gwinn
$159,000
4 bedroom/3 bath home situated in the heart of Gwinn
on 1 acre along the Escanaba River. Fish right off the
extra large deck. Fresh exterior stain, full basement,
private setting yet close to everything. Call John Way
at 869-HELP.
John Driver
906-361-9355
N12147 Co Rd 581, Ralph
$109,900
Great UP log camp surrounded by 1000s of acres of
state land. Includes sauna, fireplace, indoor plumbing,
water heater, drilled well, and great hunting. Some of
the best grouse hunting in the UP. Looking for the
perfect camp? This could be it!
Paula Lutey
906-869-3611
1760 Harbour View, Marquette
$749,900
OVER THE TOP! 7 BDRM, 5 BA custom built home
situated atop the hillside with views of MQT & Lake
Superior, Premium Quality, Windows Galore , 2
fireplaces, hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen, walkout bsmt, sauna, steam room, home office & more!
Chris Cosco
906-362-4747
47 Southfork, Sands Township
$269,900
This 4 bedroom, 2 bath house built in 2003 is in move
in condition. Walk out lower level has 2 bedrooms,
rec room, and full bath, upstairs has open concept
living, dining and kitchen, home owned by a licensed
REALTOR ChrisCosco.com
Kris Kosinski
906-362-3069
2153 Co Road KCH/Remington, Marquette $325,000
Come to Marquette and retire in this uniquely
designed one-of-a-kind home/hobby farm. This is true
“Up North living!” Property borders on the Yellow Dog
River. This home has lots of character and is very arty.
You’ll love it here!
Tracy Henriksen
906-250-0051
1115 Third Street, Ishpeming
$89,900
NEW LISTING Lovely 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home
with plenty of hardwood floors, big kitchen, roomy
closets, large porch, mud room, two basement
entrances, fenced in back yard with private Jacuzzi
area & two car garage. AlwaysTracy.com/1060854
Kellie Hillier-Genschaw
906-225-1136 ext. 209
107 N. Lakeshore Blvd., Marquette
$339,900
Beautiful 2 bed, 2 bath condo in the historic LS&I
building w/fantastic views of Lake Superior & Lower
Harbor. Interior walls that face the water are
exposed brick. 2 sets of French doors lead to your
2nd floor patio facing the Lake.
Cheryl Jackson
906-226-4663
125 Hidden Springs, Marquette
$585,800
New Listing in Huron Woods! Details Throughout! 4
Bedrooms! 3.5 Bathrooms! Hand Scraped Hardwood
Floors! Granite Countertops! Marble Vanity Tops!
Open Layout! Main Floor Master Suite! Finished
Lower Level! CallCherylJackson.com/1062914
Terry Huffman
906-225-7653
120 E Michigan Street, Marquette
$111,200
Grand Old Victorian duplex. You’re sure to
appreciate the great location, within walking
distance to downtown, the beach, or Northern MI
University! Big back yard and a rare find in the city
is the two car detached garage.