The Michigan City Chamber Music Festival

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911 Franklin Street
Michigan City, IN 46360
Volume 21, Number 31 Thursday, August 11, 2005
The Michigan City Chamber Music Festival:
Eminent Musical Artists Offer Not-To-Miss Programs
by Paula McHugh
Once a year Michigan City becomes
awash in stirring sonic
waves for two weeks
when it makes way for
the City Chamber
Music Festival, composed of five Chamber
Music Concerts, three
Concerts for Children,
and an Adult Education Series.
This continuallygrowing event, now in
its fourth season,
embraces a mission of
inclusiveness, meaning that all of its festival programs—the
concerts, the informal
classes for children and
parents, the adult education lectures are
100% free for anyone to
come learn, listen,
appreciate and enjoy.
And you can forget—
right this very minute—the old saw about
“getting what you pay
for,” because the
Michigan City Chamber Music Festival
(MCCMF) has gathered an esteemed group
of world-class musicians whose credentials resonate with virtuosity. We’ll fill you
in on those impressive
credentials, and the
people who earned
them, a little later on.
Let’s just say that an
event of this quality
is a feather in the cap
for a town of our size.
“Michigan City is an
ideal spot to be reclaiming a place for the arts,”
explained
Sunny
Gardner-Orbovich,
Director of Educational
Programs and Cofounder of the festival
with husband Nicolas
Orbovich.
MCCMF founders Nic Orbovich and Sunny Gardner-Orbovich
with their daughter, Sophia.
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Adult Education Offerings
The Festival officially began August 8 when Master
Luthier Richard Biggs presented a discussion on the
art of bow making. Longtime Beacher readers may
remember our feature story about Richard, who crafts
bows and restores string instruments from his little
shop in downtown Porter, Indiana for an impressive
clientele. Early edition readers may still have time
to catch the second of three informal adult education
presentations on Wednesday (August 10, from 4-6 pm).
Nicolas Orbovich will be discussing “The End of
Time,” focusing on Franz Schubert’s String Quintet
and on Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of
Time (to be performed on August 19), both monumental
works according to Nic. This Friday, (August 12, 1-3
pm) the charismatic and innovative music director of
the Chicago Brass Symphony and LaPorte County
Symphony Conductor Philip Bauman will host a discussion of “The French Orchestral Tradition.” The Adult
Education Series, coordinated by MCCMF Education
Director Sunny Gardner-Orbovich, takes place at
the Michigan City Public Library.
The first of five chamber concerts begins this
Saturday with works of Franck, Bolcum and Dvorak.
The Festival’s theme this year, “Provencal,” reflects
the works of several French composers selected to be
performed Saturday through August 21. Expect a
little Mozart, too. And Schubert, Reich, Oppel and
Tchaikovsky along with Faure, Poulenc, Massenet,
Chausson, and Messiaen.
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Programs for Children and their Parents
With apologies to Francophiles, we can best describe
the noteworthy menu of Festival programs as “Festoso,”
an Italian musical term for joyful or festive. “Fastoso”
(dignified) too, yet in a friendly, definitely not-stuffy
way. The Concerts for Children, which continue to gain
in popularity each year, will include a Suzuki String
presentation (August 16) and an interactive rhythmic
program using easy-to-play “Orff” instruments.
We asked Sunny what exactly were
Orff instruments, wondering if they
had any connection to composer Carl Orff,
perhaps best known for his “Carmina
Burana,”
“Orff instruments are pitched rhythm
instruments that are a drum and tone,”
she explained. “They have a xylophone
effect, but with wooden blocks. The
Sunny
Orff Schulwerk,” she added, “is a specialized method of teaching music.”
“Birds and Birdsong Throughout the Ages” (August
19) will feature classical samples from festival musicians plus a make and take art activity. Children
will get to make their own instrument in the “Sounds
Like Fun” (August 20) activity presented by music educator and LaPorte Symphony Principal bassist Diana
Ford. Those of us of a certain age who’ve mourned the
loss of the likes of Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s
Concerts on television can rejoice. Our grandkids
can attend one, two, or all three of these special programs, which will be held at the Michigan City Public
Library.
Master Luthier Richard
Biggs opened the
Festival on Aug. 8 with
a discussion on the art
of bow making.
A scene from a children’s program last year.
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About the MCCMF Founders
MCCMF President and Artistic
Director Nic Orbovich has earned
a stellar national
reputation in the
music world as a
concert violinist, concertmaster, faculty
member, recording
artist, mentor of
young musicians,
NPR guest performer, and winner
of numerous prestigious competitions.
Nic’s resume of honors and involvement
in the musical arts
is long enough to fill
a book. The grandNicolas Orbovich
prize winner in the
Chicago Civic Orchestra Chamber Music Competition,
Nic soloed in a Grammy-nominated recording, “The
Hot Springs Festival—Music of Creole Romantic
Composers.” His sweet violin sounds also can be
heard in the 2002 Emmy Award-winning documentary, “The Sound of Dreams.” He has shared the
stage with Itzhak Perlman, Gidon Kramer, Andre
Watts, and Jean Pierre Rampal and with pop stars
Rod Stewart, Yanni, Emmy Lou Harris, the Moody Blues,
and Frank Sinatra Jr., to name just a few.
All that musical activity could keep our Michigan
City resident constantly busy away from our area, and
yet four years ago, Nic and his wife Sunny GardnerOrbovich chose to organize and promote a Chamber
Festival just for us. Now, how cool is that?
“There are so many sincere and art-loving people
here,” Sunny said, adding that she and Nic had seen
a gap or “deficiency” that needed to be filled. She avoided stating outright that she and Nic want to give back
to their community—maybe because that phrase has
become a little overused. But, Michigan City is the couple’s adopted home town, and Sunny admitted that
the community setting is filled with inspiration.
Sunny Gardner-Orbovich shares a background in
music and in the visual arts. Having studied painting at Wichita State under the tutelage of John
Fincher and Ronald Christ, the Michigan City art
teacher, painter and muralist also demonstrates her
versatility as a violist with the LaPorte Symphony.
Sunny studied voice with Sonia Rasmussen at the IU
School of Music, and she earned six years of Suzuki
string method experience, too. Sunny’s focus for the
MCCMF events are on providing children and adults
with an expanding repertoire of informative and fun
lectures and presentations.
MCCM
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More World-Class Musicians
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Featured festival performers
include:
Pianist Robert Auler, who just
one year ago debuted at Carnegie
Hall. He is a Professor of Piano at
the State University of New York.
Cellist Wesley Baldwin, grand
prize winner in numerous national and international performance
competitions.
Violist and composer Rudolph
Haken, a former member of the
Houston Symphony and a former
faculty member at West Virginia
University and Interlochen. currently a professor at the University
of Illinois.
Cellist Stephen Framil, firstprize winner in last year’s CRS
competition for performing artists.
Soprano Kimberly Jones, Lyric
Opera Center of American Artists.
She was selected to perform with
the Orchestra della Toscana in
Florence.
Pianist Kuang-Hao Huang,
international performer and a
“Ravinia Rising Star.” You might
have heard him on WFMT during
a Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Series.
Clarinetist William King, soloist,
performer, who is internationally known and currently an Oakland
(MI) University professor and a
member of the Con Spirito woodwind quintet, which garnered
much attention for their 1987
concert in the People’s Republic of
China.
Gabriel Schaffer, Principal Viola
of the Rockford and South Bend
Symphony Orchestras and has
concertized around the world.
Children’s Concert performers include:
Soprano Thea Smith, who
appeared in the 2002 production
of Purcell’s “King Arthur.”
Diana Ford, Principal Bass of
the LaPorte Symphony and certified Orff Schulwerk educator.
Emilie Grondin, cellist and
Suzuki clinician. She teaches
string ensembles at Stanley Clark
School in South Bend.
Culture on Our Doorstep
The August smorgasbord of
classical delights and the festival’s world-class musicians come
to us at our doorstep. Concerts are
held on various days either at
the First Presbyterian Church,
9th and Washington streets, the
First United Methodist Church, 7th
and Pine streets, or at the Lubeznik
Center for the Arts, 101 W. 2nd St.
All the children’s concerts are
held at the Michigan City Public
Library.
A cultural event of this caliber,
offered to the community free of
charge, is underwritten by a grant
from the Michigan City Enrichment Corporation and through
donations from people like you, who
recognize the assets such cultural enrichment brings to the city.
The MCCMF is a nonprofit
organization. Its objectives are
to share a love and appreciation
of classical music.
Businesses that have recognized the importance of offering
this fine arts program include
donors Rowley Bushue Accounting,
G.M. Fedorchak & Associates,
Keystone Consulting of Chicago,
Tom Edwards, Horizon Bank, and
the LaPorte Symphony Orchestra,
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Nic Orbovich with The Beacher’s own Barbara Stodola
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This year, Kim and Ted Reese donated space in their
condos for several festival musicians, and Carolyn Harris
and Gary Smith donated room in their home for concert space earlier this season. As the audiences get bigger each year, the need for more volunteers arises.
Opportunities to serve as an usher or greeter, a host
family to a guest musician, or as a fundraiser, stagehand, promoter or refreshment providers will assure
the growth and continuity of this musical feast.
Monetary donations are welcomed, of course, and
can be mailed to the nonprofit MCCMF at 1131
Spring Street, Michigan City.
As word spreads about the quality and diversity of
the annual Chamber Music Festival, the audience will
keep growing, especially with the free price tag. Here
is a chance, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the
MCCMF organizers and donors to catch one or several programs and to expand your cultural horizons.
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Chamber concerts: (all begin at 7:30 pm)
August 13: First Presbyterian Church
August 15: Lubeznik Center for the Arts
August 21: First United Methodist Church
Children’s programs: (all begin at noon, MC
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Adult Education programs (MC Public Library)
• August 10, 4-6pm: Nic Orbovich, “The End of Time:
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Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.”
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WAS A COTTAGE?
Karen Conner does. It’s what drew her to New Buffalo 20 years ago.
And what she’s building again, for people who think a nice little place
in the country should be just that. Simple and rustic on the outside.
Airy and elegant on the inside. Out in the woods, on a private drive
5 minutes from the lake. Without the pool, the playgrounds, and
everything else you want to get away from. That’s Karen’s idea of a
perfect vacation home. If it’s yours, give her a call to find out how to
get one of your own.
A PLACE WHOSE TIME HAS COME AGAIN
219.712.4185
Esperanza Realty Group
Nadja Ritter, Broker
Karen Conner, Agent
Photos are an interpretative representation
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PNC New Student Orientation
“Panther Pride” is the theme for the Purdue
University North Central New Student Orientation,
set for Sat., Aug. 20, from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the PNC
campus in Westville, IN.
The orientation session will give new students an
opportunity to become more knowledgeable about
the PNC campus and college life. This event is intended for all students who will begin classes at the campus this fall, along with their families and friends.
“New student orientation is designed to be a fun way
for students to familiarize themselves with their new
campus surroundings and the numerous educational opportunities along with extra-curricular activities
that Purdue North Central has to offer,” said Gary
Demski, director of student activities and chairperson of New Student Orientation.
The day will be fun, casual and informative. A
continental breakfast will be served for all in attendance.
Students and parents will follow a “Purdue Program”
which will guide them to information sessions and computer lab orientations. They will have an opportunity to visit information tents for academic programs
and student organizations. Faculty members as well
as student organization representatives will be available to talk with students and their families during
the “Meet and Greet” portion of the event.
Students are encouraged to ask questions, get to
know the key people on campus and become familiar
with the PNC buildings and classrooms, so they can
ease their transition as PNC students.
The event is free, but registration is requested. For
more information, and for persons with disabilities
requiring accommodations phone 872-0527, ext. 5660.
Deep River Grinders vs. Plowboys
The Deep River Grinders, Indiana’s premier vintage base ball Club Nine, will be hosting the Downer’s
Grove Plowboys in America’s game, base ball, using
1858 rules. The contest will take place on Sun., Aug.
14, at 2 p.m., on Grinder Field at Deep River County
Park.
Using no mitts, players will catch the leather-covered ball with bare hands and use handmade wooden bats. Unique rules such as one-bound out, no
stealing, no sliding, no leading off, will be in play. See
America’s game as it was meant to be played, by
gentlemen, for exercise, not competition, and for the
love of the game. This is also the 15th anniversary of
the Grinders and all former players and “cranks”
are invited back to be recognized at the game.
There is no admission fee. Sarsaparilla, hot dogs
and chips will be available. Deep River County Park
is located off US 30 between Valparaiso and Merrillville.
Take US 30 west past Deep River Water Park to the
next signal light; turn right and follow signs to the
park. For more information, phone 219/947-1958.
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2326 Tinkers Way, Long Beach
The “Yellow House with Blue Shutters” is now on the market in beautiful Long Beach Cove. This great
3 or 4 bedroom home offers many features,
such as vaulted ceilings, screened porch,
main floor master suite, sprinkler system and
so much more, on the lake. #135435
$689,000
Ask for Larry Middleton @ 874-2121
Larry
ext. 19
4654 N. Maplewood Dr., LaPorte
New, ultimate in luxury living! Immaculate condition! 3624
sq. ft. Spanish Mediterranean ranch. Italian limestone throughout. Fireplace, granite, marble, Wolf, SubZero, cherry cabinets, window treatments,
225 gallon saltwater aquarium, 12 person
sauna, steam shower, Jacuzzi, Crestron
whole home automation, alarm, 8’ doors.
Basement 3624 sq. ft., heated floors, 10’
ceilings. Showings by appointment only to
Sue
qualified clients. #135004
$1,300,000
Hultgren
Ask for Sue Hultgren @ 874-2121 ext. 14
2202 Island Dr., Michigan City
Spectacular View of Lake Claire with Private Patio, 2nd
Bedroom/Den has Built-In Murphy Bed
Shelves and Cabinets, Walk-in Closet. Bay
Window in Kitchen. Living Room/Dining has
fireplace, and wood floors. Fresh Paint and
Clean Carpets. 25 Year roof new in 2002,
exterior painted in 2004. #135340
$250,000
Ask for Steve or Barbara Beardslee @
Steve & Barb
874-2121 ext. 37 or 26
Beardslee
2327 Tinkers Way, Long Beach
Waterfront home in Long Beach Cove! Nicely decorated
3 or 4 bedroom home with vaulted ceilings
on 1st and 2nd floors. Living room with
fireplace, main floor master suite and luxury bath, main floor office, alarm and sprinkler system, deck overlooks lake! #135727
$699,000
Larry
ext. 19
2919 Lake Shore Dr., Long Beach
Charming home high above the Drive with outstanding Lake
Michigan views. Vintage character accents a year round
residence with exposed hardwood floors,
french doors, entry and garage on Ridge Road
and built-in dining room cabinets. Perfect
for family gatherings with large living area
open to year 'round porches overlooking the
lake. 46' frontage is to be determined by
staked survey. #127240
$855,000
Rick
Ask for Rick Remijas @ 874-2121 ext. 36
2817 Roslyn Trl., Long Beach
Just a short stroll to Lake Michigan - This lovely hillside ranch
has warm character and is adorned by foliage. Solid constructed home has 4-5 bedrooms and 2.5 baths.
Fireplace in living area and sliders that
lead to a two tier deck off of dining area.
The foyer creates a inviting entrance. Little
lawn too worry about so time to relax and
enjoy! Make your appointment today!
#133028
$398,000
Dianne
Ask for Dianne Phegley @ 874-2121
Phegley
ext. 29
995 N. County Line Rd., Michigan City
4300 square feet on the main level of this special
American contemporary farmhouse. Very private,
spacious rooms, in-ground pool, Little
Calumet River runs through property. A beautiful combination of woods
and meadow offers year round outdoor activities. 33 acres! #130801
$849,900
Larry
ext. 19
220 Pokagon Trl., Michiana Shores
Spacious Michiana Shores ranch style home with
beautifully landscaped yard. Windows and skylights
everywhere fill this contemporary with
light and views of nature. Three large
bedrooms, two fireplaces, basement
rec room, deck, fenced yard and two car
garage. Short walk down tree-lined
street to Lake Michigan beaches.
#131706
$368,225
Maria
Ask for Maria Losiniecki @ 874-2121
ext. 35
Losiniecki
2224 Oriole Trl., Long Beach
Sharp, recently renovated (2001) on lush fairway of Long Beach
Country Club with 3 block walk to private beach.
Great kitchen with Viking DBL oven, wet bar
and lots of stainless steel. 3 bedrooms, 21⁄2 baths,
living room with fireplace, great room overlooks
deck and golf course. Finished basement and
attached garage. Got to see to appreciate!
#132288
$425,000
Ask for Steve or Barbara Beardslee
Steve & Barb
@ 874-2121 ext. 37 or 26
Middleton
Middleton
Middleton
Remijas
Beardslee
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CHAD GRADOWSKI
RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE
Licensed in Indiana and Michigan
10 N. Whittaker Street, New Buffalo, MI 49117
Office: 269-469-7248 • Cell: 219-241-9083 • Fax: 269-469-5445
Check out all my listings on
choosechad.com
T
LAKE MICHIGAN LAKEFRONT. Architecturally
designed 4 level home with expansive Lake Michigan views from every level. 5-6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths,
open concept great for entertaining, gourmet kitchen, porcelain tile flooring throughout, except in bedrooms which have tongue
& groove solid oak flooring, 2 fireplaces, main floor master suite,
3 lakefront decks, heated garage and framed for an elevator.
Too many amenities to mention them all! $1,895,000
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CHAD GRADOWSKI
RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE
Licensed in Indiana and Michigan
10 N. Whittaker Street, New Buffalo, MI 49117
Office: 269-469-7248 • Cell: 219-241-9083 • Fax: 269-469-5445
Check out all my listings on
choosechad.com
T
OLIVE BRANCH FARM, the place to share with family and
friends. This old fashioned farm house is located on 61.2 acres
with amazing tree lined views. Step back to a simpler time
in the eat-in country kitchen, with the updates of today, or
gather around the wood burning stove in the living room for
those winter evenings. In summer enjoy the in-ground pool
or huge screened porch. The large red barn offers plenty of
$
space for toys, a tractor or animals.
895,000
HILLTOP RETREAT on 2 lovely acres. Conveniently located between the Heston Corridor and Three Oaks. 2 bedrooms,
2 baths, open floor plan makes it great for entertaining,
gourmet kitchen, patio and beautiful landscaping. Bonus 30x40
detached unfinished artist studio/guest quarters with elec$
tric and water.
299,000
THIS CEDAR SHAKE COTTAGE is just 1 block from your private
beach access! You won't be disappointed when you walk into the great
room with stone fireplace, 18ft. vaulted pine ceilings, gourmet kitchen
with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops, and gorgeous
wood flooring. The master suite offers a glass shower and separate
whirlpool tub, 2 more bedrooms finish out the main level. The loft offers
space for guests or kids sleep overs. There are 2 screened porch$
es and fresh landscaping. Come take a look!
699,900
LONG BEACH LOT. Build your dream cottage
on this rolling, wooded lot just 2 blocks from Lake
Michigan. Gas, electric and water available. 2738
$
250,000
Floral Trail, Long Beach at Stop 27
TOTAL SERENITY awaits you at this lovely log home in
Camp Madron, a 240 acre rolling, wooded community with
a 60 acre lake. There are hiking & cross country ski
trails, tennis courts and an apple orchard. The home features a great room with fireplace and lots of natural light,
luxurious main floor master suite with balcony & screened
porch, gourmet kitchen, rec room, wet bar and garage.
$
699,000
2 BLOCKS FROM LAKE MICHIGAN is this architecturally designed ranch home on 2 large lots in
Long Beach. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, teakwood flooring throughout the main level, galley kitchen with
stainless steel appliances, 2 fireplaces, many
upgrades, mature landscaping and 2 car garage.
$
A must see!
599,000
A LONG WINDING DRIVE leads to this private 3500
sq. ft. cedar shake Prairie Style home nestled on 12 acres.
This gorgeous location includes a 1 acre private pond
with cabana and dock. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, open concept, one of a kind fireplace, gourmet kitchen, office,
screened porch, covered front porch and lots of custom features throughout. Just 10 minute drive to Lake
$
Michigan. Additional acreage available.
985,000
A BEACH COTTAGE just 2 blocks from your private
beach and less than 1.5 hours from Chicago! You won't
find anything to compare to the custom tile work, vaulted
pine ceilings, floor to ceiling free-standing stone fireplace,
custom cabinets, and private fenced yard of this Lakeside
cottage. Freshly landscaped and now finished, you can move
$
right in and enjoy the lake.
599,000
JUST 4 BLOCKS TO MICHIANA BEACH and just 1
block to the tennis courts and playground, this 4 bedroom, 2 bath cottage has vaulted pine ceilings, 4
season room, country kitchen, open floor plan, fieldstone fireplace, wood floors, finished walkout lower level.
2168 sq. ft. of living space plus a 3 car garage for all
$
your beach toys!
495,000
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Singing Sands Performing Arts Leads Rhythm Sessions at Camps
by Mary Fox
On a hot summer day in Gill Field at Elston Middle
School, scores of children moved their shakers to a beat
while others danced. The short rhythmic program was
part of the activities during the Round-Up of the
Summer Adventure Camp, an eight-week camp sponsored by the LaPorte County Coalition of YouthServing Agencies.
Isaiah
Robinson,
who also is
involved with
the Dunes Arts
Foundation, led
the youth
during the
performance.
Bruce Hastell presented Christina Karemesines with a check for
Singing Sands Performing Arts.
Members of
the Boys’ and
Girls’ Clubs
were among
the youth
moving shakers
to the rhythm at
the Summer
Adventure
Camp
Round-Up.
Moving rhythmically, the children demonstrated the
skills learned during weekly sessions with Singing Sands
Performing Arts. For six weeks, Sarah Rausch, Isaiah
Robinson and Tony Banks met with the youth at
seven of the sites, teaching rhythm and percussion as
they moved shakers, chanted and danced and stomped.
At the round-up, the children from the varied sites
blended together. “This is the first time that all these
children have been brought together to perform,”
said Christina Karamesines, president, founder and
program director of Singing Sands Performing Arts.
The music program was a welcome part of the
activities for the 300 children who ranged from six to
12 years old who attended the Summer Adventure
Camp. “We would not have been able to have a music
and rhythm program,” said Allan Whitlow, executive director of the Boys’ and Girls’ Club. He added,
“It was very beneficial to us.”
Allan explained that the arts is among the core areas
in the programming for the youth at the center. The
other areas are education and careers, health and life
skills, sports, fitness and recreation and character and
leadership. “This is a natural component of the things
that we try to do at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club,” he said.
Impressed with the abilities of the teachers, staff
at the sites said that the youth enjoyed themselves.
Jackie Daniel, program director at the YMCA, said
that children forgot any reticence to dancing. “I think
Singing Sands made it fun.and interesting enough that
everyone wanted to participate. I think everyone
participated and loved doing it.”
Herb Higgin, coordinator of the Safe Harbor
Program, said the youth at the site looked forward to
the weekly sessions that brought out their exuberance.
“They were able to bring out a lot of the energy that
kids need to impart.”
Singing Sands, a non-profit organization, received
a grant through the Michigan City Area Schools to teach
during the Summer Adventure Camp. During the
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Saturday
August 20th PICNIC
1-3 pm
2-man sand volleyball
While some of the youth moved shakers to the beat, others sang.
school year, Singing Sands has been part of programs at Krueger, Barker and Elston Middle Schools
and at an elementary school. The organization relies
on monetary and instrument donations for its programming. Bruce Hastell, Singing Sands musical
director and chairman of the board, made a monetary
donation after the performance at Gill Field.
Christina said that Singing Sands plans to continue
to be part of the Summer Adventure Camp. The
camp offers youth a variety of experiences. Herb
Higgin said that the camp included art, computer
instruction, swim lessons, an orientation to the physical education program, Presidential Challenge, the
summer reading program at the Michigan City Public
Library and work on team-building skills at the challenge education course at Joy School. “I thought it was
a highly successful summer,” Herb said. Still, the
Safe Harbor coordinator sees room for growth. “We
hope to expand it for next year,” he added.
tourney $5 entry per team - cash prizes for winners.
+ Moonwalk, toddler jumping house, kid volleyball
4 pm
mass in the grass
Join us as Father Keith
celebrates Mass outside on the grass.
Bring your beach chairs or beach blankets
5 pm
dinner Italian beef sandwiches, brats,
hot dogs, side dishes, homemade desserts, beer,
wine and sangria games 3-legged sack
races, tug-o-war, water baloon toss, treasure hunt,
watermelon seed spit, face painting, tattoos,
egg toss, raffles and more
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Sarah Rausch and Isaiah Robinson taught the sessions for
Singing Sands at seven sites.
1000 Moore Road
Michigan City
Indiana
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Author Stewart at Book Signing
A Fantastic Lunch
or
An Evening of Fine Dining
al fresco Dining
Reservations Accepted
231 W. 7th Street, Michigan City
219-873-1788
Coming Soon...
CEDAR SUNROOMS &
OUTDOOR PLAYSETS
Jacqueline Widmar Stewart, noted author of the 2003
Lexicus Press publication, The Glaciers’ Treasure
Trove: A Field Guild to the Lake Michigan Riviera, will
appear at a book signing on Sat., Aug. 13, 5 p.m. MI
time at Michigan Thyme Shops, 107 N. Whittaker St.,
New Buffalo.
Ms. Widmar Stewart, a resident of California and
the area Harbor Country, holds a law degree from
Stanford Law School with foreign studies in Slovenia,
Germany and Greece. She will discuss how her background in social justice issues and the love of the environment led her to write The Glaciers’ Treasure
Trove.
The book will inspire greater enthusiasm and
appreciation of the Lake Michigan’s Riviera, of the historic and present importance of the shoreline parks,
and of the wealth of opportunities for environmental
innovation here. The Lake Michigan Riviera straddles the Indiana-Michigan border and stretches from
Miller, Indiana to Bridgman, Michigan. Along the
42+ miles of coastland of exotic sand dunes and
shores, five long, luxuriant beaches belong to the
public. This guide will lead you from the facts about
Lake Michigan and the noted “lake effect” to the
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana Dunes
State Park, Michigan City’s Washington Park, New
Buffalo’s Lakefront Park, Warren Dunes State Park
and conclude with helpful dining, lodging, shopping
and activity information. Also included for each shoreline park is a locator map and directions, history
and main features with photographic samples.
For more information, phone 269/469-2039.
Hanna Community Celebrates HannaFest
LARGE SELECTION OF GAZEBOS,
PLAYHOUSES, STORAGE SHEDS,
IN & OUTDOOR FURNITURE,
LIGHTHOUSES & MORE!
Superior Amish Design!
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Michigan City, IN
219-87A-MISH (872-6474)
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The Hanna Lions Club invites everyone to the
17th annual community festival, called HannaFest,
on Aug. 12,13, & 14. On Saturday night there will be
an old fashion street dance in downtown Hanna. On
Sunday there will be a tractor pull. The big day is
Saturday when the events begin at 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
“It is the biggest event in our town each year,”
according to Greg Saboff, Lions President. Activities
include a town-wide arts, crafts, and flea market. In
the park there will be crafts, food, and music. From
10 a.m.-noon, the Hanna Lions will be selling their
famous barbeque chicken which they have been
preparing for over 50 years. There will be home-made
food, kids games, and a very unique parade at 1 p.m.
all around town.
The 1st annual HannaFest car show will be held
from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the downtown area. A motorcycle
poker run will start at 10 a.m. at the Hanna Hub.
Hanna is located in southern LaPorte County on
U.S. highway 30 between Valparaiso and Plymouth.
There is no charge for parking or entrance to the daytime events. Information: Jim Jessup at 219-797-3785.
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RUBLOFF.com
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RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
NEW CONSTRUCTION in coveted Duneland Beach.
Smashing new Allegretti designed home, over 3300 SF
on 3 levels, set on secluded wooded lot just 3 blocks to
private association beach. Open 3 story stairwell, 3 + BRs,
detailed master suite, lower level family room, attached
garage, top flr bonus room & library. Custom building
$
by Steve Wilson.
765K
Please call For details. Bobbie Cavic 269-469-8748
JUST STEPS TO THE BEACH? Handsome new Allegretti
designed home just ? block to Lake Mi beaches & a little
over an hour from the loop. 4BR/4BA home, w/gracious
front veranda & oversized 2- story scrn porch. Handsome
kit w/breakfast bar, finished in hdwds, granite, & stainless
steel appliances. Rosy Brazilian Cherry flrs. Sprawling
lower level living space w/deep window sills & French doors
to outside. Supersized master suite w/vaulted ceiling & walkin closet. Main flr BR opening to screen porch. $624,500
Call Bobbie Cavic 269-469-8748
UNIQUE townhome community on Lake
Michigan shore just 1 hour from the loop by car
or train. Private association beach/clubhouse with
indoor pool and workout area. 3BR/2.5 BA/2
car garage
190A $455K or 190B $460K
IN LONG BEACH / Extraordinary building parcel
near Stop 24 in Long Beach just north of community parking lot. Over 19,000 SF of sloping wooded site
with lake views from dunetop. Soil test, preliminary
septic, topo/survey available. Private easement for
$
Lakeshore Dr access. Call for details.
450K
IN DUNELAND/ Two exceptional parcels on Manitou
Court. Large, sloping wooded sites with glimpses of
lake blue from hilltop. Lot 3 is 13,214 SF $425K. Lot
4 is 14,845 SF, $425K. Private association beaches.
Survey and soil test available.
Call for details. Bobbie Cavic 269-469-8748
VINTAGE BRICK LAKE MICHIGAN COTTAGE
only one tenth mile to private association beach. 4BR/2BA
drenched in colors of water & sand. Historic charm preserved
w/ French pantry, fieldstone fireplace, hdwd flrs, knotty pine,
romantic screened porch, arched front door and eyebrow
windows. New mechanicals, affordable taxes & price guar$
antee carefree vacation living.
595K
Call Bonnie “B” Meyer
PRIVATE WOODED DUNE in Beverly Shores, a short
walk to Lake Mi beaches, & just 1 hour by train to the Loop.
An eclectic home, carefree cedar on the exterior, set on over
an acre & a half. Home to a sweet terrace surrounded by
butterfly bushes & tranquil waterfall, sprawling screen
porch, tall oaks, & the occasional deer. Inside a thoughtful flr plan, vaulted ceilings, tumbled marble & hdwd flrs,
handsome ash staircase, major master BR sweeping out to
$
the deck & long views of the dunetops.
675K
Call Bonnie “B” Meyer or Bobbie Cavic 269-469-8300
SECLUDED IN MICHIANA Just 2 blocks to Stop
42 beach in the Village of Michiana. On 5 beautiful
secluded lots, Large enough for a pool! This well built,
home has 4 bedrooms & 2 Fireplaces with a deck &
finished basement. Located on a ravine with mature
trees all around. This home requires updating, but it’s
solid as a rock, and at this price, and this location, it’s
$
479,500
well worth the investment.
Call Donna Iwamoto 269-469-8726
HIGHLY DESIRABLE LOCATION in Turner
Shores offered at a great value. Beautiful large home
with gorgeous landscaped grounds waiting for your
perfect getaway. Walk the beach, accessible directly from your enclosed backyard via private stairs or
enjoy the heated indoor pool and the separate pool house
all year long. This is a must see property & location.
$
995K
Call Janet Lindsay 269-469-8736
GOLD COAST
980 N. MICHIGAN
CHICAGO, IL 60611
(312) 368-5300
LINCOLN PARK
2663 N. HALSTED ST
CHICAGO IL 60614
773.687-4663 SOUTH
LOOP
80 W. HARRISON
CHICAGO IL 60605
312.980.5100
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1355 N. SANDBURG TER
CHICAGO IL 60611
312.368-5336
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400 E. RANDOLPH
CHICAGO, IL 60601
312.540.9000
HARBOR COUNTRY
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NEW BUFFALO, MI 49117
(888) 257-5800
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Coffeehouse Cabaret
DINE IN • CARRY OUT
DELIVERY INCLUDING THE BEACH COMMUNITY
$
200 Off Large Pizza
$
150 Off Medium
Pizza
$
100 Off Small Pizza
Not Good With Any Other Offer
FAMILY SPECIAL
Large 1 Topping Pizza
Breadsticks
2 liter Pop
$
1999
+ Tax
Not Good With Any Other Offer
Sunday Noon-10 pm • M-Th 11 am-10 pm • F-S 11-12 Midnight
5184 S. Franklin St., Michigan City
872-3838
We Deliver to the Whole Community!
Gourmet Salsa, Gifts & More
Standing: Bruce Johnson, Susie Richter; Seated: Rose Marie Dure
In the Courtyard at
110 C N. Whittaker
New Buffalo
269-586-2290
www.thecoolpepper.com
[email protected]
• Hot sauces
• Fruit salsas
• Gourmet candy
• Dips & rubs
• Marinades
• Gift baskets
Pepper themed gifts including:
• Home decor
• Kitchen products
• Products to enhance entertaining
• Paper products
• Clothing products
Come in and try our free samples.
Footlight Players will present “Sentimental Journey”
performing a “1940's Hit Parade” as its August
Coffeehouse Cabaret entertainment. Delivering a
nostalgic musical journey will be Susie Richter and
Bruce Johnson who have been singing together for four
years. They are accompanied on the piano by Rose Marie
Dure. Susie and Bruce started out by singing a program on Hoosier Composers for the La Porte Co.
Historical Society and decided to keep on going. Susie
Richter, soprano, has been performing in community theatre for the past 6 years. She is the Asst.
Curator at the La Porte Co. Historical Society Museum.
Bruce Johnson, tenor is a member of “Tenors Three”
and has performed at La Porte Little Theatre for
over thirty years. He has also performed for numerous weddings, and is a member of the Bethany
Lutheran Church Sanctuary Choir in La Porte. He teaches school at South Central School. Rose Marie Dure,
piano is the Minister of Music for the First United
Methodist Church in La Porte. She plays for many area
groups, including Indiana Opera North, and “Tenors
Three,” as well as numerous community theater
shows.
This one time performance will be presented on Sun.,
Aug. 21st at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.00. A $1.00 discount will be given those who present a ticket stub
from “Schoolhouse Rock-Live”. Free coffee and desserts
will be offered. Reservations are encouraged and
may be made at 219-874-4035.
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Executive Group
Realty
Linda O'Donnell-Broker
Lou O'Donnell IV-Broker
Dennis O'Black-Assoc. Broker
Vaness O'Holecek-Prop. Mgr. & Sales Assoc.
Charlotte O'Lear-Sales Assoc./Office Mgr.
Mike Skudnig-Sales Assoc.
Kent Falconer-Sales Assoc.
Angela O'Donnell - Rental Agent
of Indiana
& Michigan
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Sales & Rentals Michigan (269) 469-6892
Sales & Rentals Indiana (219) 874-1122
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The 3rd annual Venetian Night “Yachts of Lights”
boat parade kicks off on Trail Creek at dusk on Sat.,
Aug. 13th, at the Michigan City Yacht Club. And
there’s still time for all boaters to sign up to be part
of the big parade.
Whether you have a big yacht, a fishing boat, or a
sporty water ski boat...get it decorated and join in the
parade. All area boaters are eligible and there is no
cost to enter. In fact, all official entries will receive two
free wrist bands for the big Venetian Night party.
For the second year in a row, the Venetian Night
event is a fund raiser benefitting Safe Harbor and the
Coalition of Youth Serving Agencies. A portion of
wrist band sales, drink tickets and food sales will go
to help fund programs for area kids.
The popular band “Take a Bite” will perform and
a select panel of judges will vote on the best decorated
boats.
Parade Pavilion opens at 6 p.m. on Sat. evening with
food, beverages and music. The parade gets under way
at dusk, led by the U.S. Coast Guard. Depending on
the weather, the parade route will include the Lake
Michigan Beach at the Light House…winding up on
Trail Creek. The judging platform will be set up on
Trail Creek alongside the Michigan City Yacht Club.
The party is open to the public and wrist bands are
$5.00. To enter your boat, pick up an official entry form
at the Michigan City Yacht Club, phone 219-8793363 or e-mail [email protected]
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The Library on the Internet—Now access the
Online Catalog from Home : www.mclib.org
You can find information about the library by visiting the web page at http://www.mclib.org. The
library website will take you to the Online Catalog
where you can access books, videos, DVD, CDs, magazines and much more. Information on library hours,
programming, youth services activities and genealogy is also available.
Library hours are: Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-8
p.m., Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and closed
Sundays through the summer.
The next monthly meeting of the Michigan City Public
Library’s Board of Trustees will be held on Wed., Aug.
24 at 2:00 p. m. in the Meeting Room.
Access your Library Account from Home
You can now view titles of books you have checked
out, renew books and other library materials, view titles
you have on hold and view your overdue fines all from
your home computer. To manage your account online,
you need your barcode number from your library
card and a pin number which you can get from the circulation desk. For more information, contact the circulation desk at 873-3042.
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Lubeznik Center Celebrates $50,000 Grant.
by Mary Fox
Looking to the future, the mayors of Michigan
City and LaPorte applauded the $50,000 grant from
the NiSource Charitable Foundation to the Jack and
Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts.
During the dedication of the NIPSCO Art Education
Studios, both mayors emphasized the importance of
the arts to the county. “Our job is quality of life for the
people of our community,” LaPorte Mayor Leigh
Morris said. “The Lubeznik Center is a very, very important part of providing quality of life in Michigan
City.” Surrounded by supporters of the center, the
mayor called the site “a place where people come
together, where people really enjoy the arts.”
Michigan City Mayor Charles Oberlie told of how
the arts add meaning to an area. “The arts really tell
the depth of the community itself,” he said. He emphasized the need for all segments of the community to
join to promote the arts, saying, “without the support
of the public, without the support of private enterprise,
these things don’t happen. With the example of
NiSource, I challenge each of us to step up.”
At the reception, NIPSCO President Mark Maasel
spoke of the cooperative nature of the grant. “It’s a chance
for us to partner.” Responding to the gift, Lubeznik
Board President Chuck Reese, said, “it’s an affirmation that we must be doing something right.”
Mark Maasel spoke of a partnership with the Lubeznik Center for the Arts.
Behind him are, from the left, Lubeznik Education director Edwin Shelton,
Mayor Leigh Morris, Lubeznik Center Executive Director Dolly Marshall,
Lubenik Center Board President Chuck Reese, Mayor Charles Oberlie
and Donald Babcock.
Rod Lubeznik, Edwin Shelton, Mayor Charles Oberlie, Mayor Leigh
Morris and Kathy Lubeznik celebrated the $50,000 NiSource grant.
Billy Foster, on the piano, and Rocco LaBroi, on the bass, entertained.
The Soul Steppers, led by instructor Lyn Isbell,
performed during the reception.
NIPSCO Economic Development Director Donald Babcock gave tickets
to a water park to members of the Soul Steppers.
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To entertain the gathering, the Michigan City Soul
Steppers performed, with instructor Lyn Isbell directing. Lubeznik Center supporters also listened to
Billy Foster on the piano and Rocco LaBroi on the bass.
Besides for regular programs and art classes in the
studios, youth with the Boys’ and Girls’ Club and
clients with Michiana Resources work on art projects in the space.
The following are the list of late summer art classes and workshops scheduled at the Lubeznik Center.
Preschooler Art Time introduces four and fiveyear-olds to various media during art activities. 3 to
5 p.m. Aug. 29-Oct. 10; $95. Elaine Leska, instructor.
Children’s Art immerses six- to 10-year-olds in
projects using a variety of media, helping them use
their imaginations in their art. 4 to 5 p.m. Sept. 1-Oct.
13; $95. Michelle Wisser, instructor.
In Adolescent Drawing, teens will learn firsthand
from a successful commercial and fine artist.
Assignments are focused on the fundamentals of
drawing and an introduction to drawing tools. Class
size will be limited. Individual attention can be given.
Materials are provided. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 29 to
Oct. 10; $95. Jeff Ham, instructor.
History of Animation is for adult and adolescent animation fanatics. The evolution of the craft and the visual secrets will be part of the course. Pre-Mickey
Mouse to the theater attractions will be presented. 7
to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 29 to Oct. 10; $95. Elaine Leska,
instructor.
During The Myth of Failure, participants will
look at career and personal failures with a sense of
humor and appreciation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 30 to Oct.
4; $95. Joel Brussel, instructor.
Design in Fine Art Painting will teach artists and
students at all levels how to apply design in their artwork. The focus will be on using a comprehensive
approach to the eight elements and seven principles
of design to create dynamic works of art 7 to 9 p.m..
Aug. 31 to Nov. 9; $131. Neil Kienitz, instructor.
Seasoned artists will join the class Sept. 21.
The World of Watercolor will explore the medium,
as well as provide an overview of materials and techniques. 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 1 to Nov. 10; $131. Neil
Kienitz, instructor. More experienced students will join
the class Sept. 22.
Drawing from Life Workshop will study drawing from
the live model with accelerated learning techniques
used by the masters. The course will explore and
develop skills needed to render accurate and expressive figure drawings. For beginners and advanced artists.
7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 2. $45, Ron Wennekes, instructor.
A Storied Life: Your Personal Stories Workshop
focuses on storytelling to enhance interpersonal communication. Participants will examine the power of
stories, explore their personal experience for stories
waiting to be told and work on crafting a story to tell.
Participants will receive a storytelling resource list.
1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 17; $35. Paula Bartholome, instructor.
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At the LaPorte County Public Library
Star Party for Teens
Fri., Aug. 12, 7-9 p.m.
If you are in 6th-12th grade, you are invited to this
free after hours party at the library. Enter through
the meeting room doors, located on Maple Avenue near
Indiana Avenue, downtown LaPorte.
Everyone is invited to come and celebrate the end
of the library’s “Great Galaxies” Summer Reading
Program. Rolling Sounds will have some great music
to listen and dance to. There will also be contests with
prizes. Free chips and pop will be available throughout the evening and blue moon ice cream will be
served during a break.
“A Most Unfortunate Event”
Mon., Aug. 15, 6-7 p.m.
This program is for Lemony Snicket fans in grades
5 and up. Play the Wheel of Misfortune (if you dare!),
bid at an auction for terrible prizes, and eat at Cafe
Salmonella (if you have a strong stomach!)
Play Date @ Your Library
Thurs., Aug. 18, 6:30 p.m.
This Family Fun Night will provide an exciting
evening with your friends before it’s time for “back to
school.” There will be a Book Walk, stories, treats, games,
and tons of fun.
There is no admission fee or registration necessary
for any of these events. For more information, phone
219/362-7128 or visit www.lapcat.org
Phone 48 hrs. before any activity to request signing for the hearing impaired: 219/362-6156.
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present their popular free public program on Fri., Aug.
12, and Sat., Aug. 13, beginning at 9 p.m. each night
at the Deep River Waterpark.
Forecasters say that the annual Perseid meteor shower may be unusually good. The shower begins in
mid-July when Earth enters the outskirts of a cloud
of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. Dust-sized meteoroids hitting the atmosphere will streak across the
night sky, at first only a sprinkling, just a few each
night, but the rate will build. By Aug. 12th, when the
shower peaks, sky watchers can expect to see dozens,
possibly even hundreds, of meteors per hour.
CAS volunteers will also guide visitors in the use
of telescopes and astronomical binoculars. Star charts,
club information, and astronomy-related activities will
also be available. The program is outdoors, so dress
for the weather, and remember, that this program is
naturally dependent on cloud cover and weather conditions.
Deep River Water Park is located at 9001 E US 30,
only 4-1/2 miles east of I-65 on Rt. 30 in Merrillville.
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The Sweat Girls (from the bottom left counterclockwise) Clare
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Fortune House
Chinese Restaurant
“The Best Chinese Food in Michigan City”
872-6664
312 W. U.S. Route 20, Michigan City, IN
Hours: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Everyday
Carry Out Available for Buffet & Menu
We also offer Lunch Menu
LUNCH BUFFET
11 AM - 3:30 PM
Adults $4.99 • Children $2.99 Under 10
Shrimp with Vegetables
Cashew Nut Chicken
Vegetable Delight
Stir-Fried Mushrooms
Sechuan Pork
Crab Rangoon
Chicken on a Stick
Egg Roll
Egg Drop Soup
Green Pepper Steak
Sesame Chicken
Moo Goo Gai Pan
Sauteed Green Beans
Lo Mein
Sweet & Sour Pork
Meatballs
Fried Rice
Chinese Donut
Hot Sour Soup
Fried Potatoes
Mongolian Chicken
Mongolian Beef
Fragrant Chicken
Cookies (Chocolate &
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Special Fruit Selections
Ice Cream
OVER 50 ITEMS ON THE BUFFET
DINNER BUFFET
4 - 9:30 PM DAILY
Adults $6.99 • Children $3.99 Under 10
Our dinner buffet includes all of the
luncheon features plus the following items:
Seafood Combination • Salmon
Peking Duck • Wrapped Crab Meat
Sweet & Sour Shrimp
Honey Crisp Chicken • Mussels
Cocktail Shrimp
We Now Feature Salad Bar
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Sushi & Pizza!
Children under 3 eat free • 10% discount for senior citizens
Party Room Available & Wine Available
We Deliver on all Orders Over $25 & More within a 3 mile radius
The Sweat Girls are returning to The Acorn Theater
with a new play called “Sweat Girls: the Life of the
Party” on Fri. and Sat., Aug. 12-13. In the play, these
seasoned monologists prove you don’t need to don a
sparkly tiara and put on airs when a lamp shade and
a juicy, self-effacing story really grab the focus at a
soiree.
The Sweat Girls promise to be the perfect hostesses
in an evening of honesty and hilarity saying, “Move
over Miss Manners, and take a few tips from gals who
are unashamed to bare their souls.”
The Sweat Girls are seasoned, award-winning
writer/performers, who have been together for 10
years and have performed in Chicago, New York,
San Francisco and the Midwest. They include Pamela
Webster, Martie Sanders Dorothy Milne and Clare
Nolan-Long. The Chicago Tribune calls them “one of
the small gems in Chicago entertainment circles.”
Their signature pieces include “I'm Sweating Under
My Breasts,” “Sweat Dreams,” “Pigs At The Trough
Of Attention,” “The Motherlode” and “Cirque Du
Sweat.” The Sweats’ work, based in the monologue form,
is autobiographical in nature working from the details
of human life to comment on the common nature of
human experience.
While the Sweats do write from a female perspective, their work has always resonated with men as well
as women, with young as well as older audiences –
a fact that has resulted in a fairly diverse audience
base. The Sweat Girls have produced a spoken word
CD titled “Sweat Girls: Almost Live!” Visit their website: www.sweatgirls.org for more information.
The shows start at 8 p.m. EDT. Tickets are $15;
reserve at 269-756-3879 or purchase at the door. The
Acorn Theater is located in the historic Featherbone
Factory at 107 Generations Dr., behind the Three Oaks
Post Office on North Elm Street. For maps, directions
and other upcoming programs at The Acorn Theater,
visit www.acorntheater.com.
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National Kid’s Day —
The second annual National Kid’s Day took place
August 6th in the Meer gym at Elston Middle School
in Michigan City. The event hosted by the City of
Michigan City and the Michigan City Boys & Girls
Club provided all sorts of interesting things for kids
to explore.
Good fun, good food, and a few surprizes made
OCB entertains little Taylor Ridle along with sisters Adrienne and
RaShaunda at the Safe Harbor table. Their father Tommie Ridle
works with Safe Harbor.
Zak puts on a jacket and tests the seats in the firetruck.
Bryan McCormick lets “Norma,” a Red Conure, climb on his hand.
He is supervised by Johnny P. Martinez, Washington Park Zoo director.
Dominic Chambers, Nicholas Zema and Zachary Chambers have made
the rounds and are stopping for a bite to eat.
Playing Connect Four is 5 yr. old Gabby Pavlak.
Hudson Fisher checks out the corn snake.
Amber McCrary of the Michigan City Municipal Airport shows
Jameel Stewart how to make a paper airplane.
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by Janet Baines
the afternoon fly by. This family event included such
diverse things as flying, saving for college, checking
out the animals from the zoo, and trying on a fireman’s
seat for size.
I saw young and old enjoying the event and there
is hope it will grow with each successive year.
Only one brave soul reaches out to touch the corn snake from the
Washington Park Zoo.
Bobbi Petru, director of the American Red Cross, shows Tristan
Przyblinski and Hudson Fisher how to make a ‘junk’ rescue.
Using anything that will float to save someone from drowning.
Carmelita & Jenesa Williams visit the American Red Cross booth.
Hudson Fisher throws out the “junk” lifeline.
Felicia Ridle concentrates on making a paper airplane at
the municipal airport project table.
Mr. Whitlow of the Boys & Girls Club, one of the event sponsors, checks
out the artwork on display for judging.
Taylor Ridle checks out the Girl
Scouts for a treat.
3 yr. old Aaliyah Briggs looks into becoming a Girl
Scout informing them that one day she will have a
birthday and then she can be four. Still not quite
old enough for scouting but getting close!
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In Memory Of Charles Burghardt
Charles J. Burghardt, 63, of Grand Beach, MI,
passed away at his home on Aug.3, 2005. A Celebration
of Life Memorial Service will be held on Sat., Aug. 20
10 a.m., in Aurora, IL, at the Annunciation Church,
1820 Church Road; and also on Sat., Aug. 20, 7 p.m.,
at Hannah’s Restaurant, New Buffalo, MI. SommerfeldSmith Family Funeral Home, New Buffalo, MI is
handling arrangements.
Charles was born Sept. 4, 1941 in Aurora, IL, to John
and Hazel (Hull) Burghardt.
He is survived by his two children, Todd Burghardt
of Rochelle, IL, and Danette Abel of Sycamore, IL; his
mother, Hazel Burghardt of Aurora, IL; two grandchildren, Amanda Marie Neill and Britani Nicole
Neill; two brothers, Robert (Sheryl) Burghardt and
John (Mary) Burghardt, both of Aurora, IL; and his
childhood sweetheart and life partner, Janet Clark.
Charles was preceded in death by his father, John,
and two sisters, Catherine and Maryann.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assoc. (Lou Gehrig’s
Disease), National Office, 27001 Agoura Rd., Ste.
150, Calabasas Hills, CA, 91301-5104, or to the
Michiana Humane Society, 722 State Road 212,
Michigan City, IN 46360.
Find Provence Here! Library Program
On Tues., Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m., Art History Professor
Robert Baldwin of Connecticut College will talk at the
Michigan City Public Library about the Impressionism
movement in his lecture “Impressionism: A Revolution
in Technique, Style, Subject Matter, and Aesthetics”.
Impressionism was an artistic revolution in subject
and style. Abandoning traditional heroic subjects
from literature, Impressionism favored mundane
scenes from modern life, especially middle-class
leisure and urban low-life. Aesthetically, the
Impressionists pursued a radical technique of "pure
seeing" and abstracting color and brushwork which
separated art from traditional moral and spiritual values. By paving the way for artists to give up representation altogether, Impressionism marks the end
of a 500-year tradition of Renaissance naturalism.
This program is presented in cooperation with the
Find Provence Here partners: Purdue North Central,
the Lubeznik Center for the Arts and the Michigan
City News Dispatch.
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Auditions for the uproarious comedy, “Escanaba In
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2005-06 season, will be held Sun., Aug. 14, and Mon.,
Aug. 15, 7- 9 p.m. MI time both evenings, at the TCP
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St. Joseph.
Sponsored by The Herald-Palladium, the play
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written by actor Jeff Daniels, is a wild romp through
the rituals of deer hunting and deer camps in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan. Both the play and a movie version starring Daniels have been enormously successful. “This is an uproarious comedy,” says Myers,
“and great fun for its cast members.”
“Sound of Swing”
This rousing musical event at Valparaiso’s Memorial
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Carter H. Manny Jr., architect, historian and
genealogist, is planning to leave Michigan City. The
scrapbooks chronicling his life activities, plus those
of his father and grandfather, have already been
packed up. The Sheridan Beach cabin that he has called
home for 58 years is being sold, and his remaining years
will be spent in the more salubrious climate of San
Rafael, California, where Carter and wife Maya have
bought a home. His departure brings to a close the 135year Manny tradition begun when his grandfather
William B. Manny, the founder of Sheridan Beach,
arrived in Michigan City in 1870.
Carter grew up on Eighth Street and graduated from
Elston High School. He then went on to Harvard
University, an internship with Frank Lloyd Wright,
world-wide travel and a distinguished architectural
career in Chicago, which among other achievements
included being project coordinator for the construction of O’Hare International Airport. He hobnobbed
with famous artists and architects, had a lifelong
friendship with Philip Johnson, and played a major
role in bringing the Calder sculpture and the Chagall
mosaic to Chicago. He arranged for his colleague
Helmut Jahn to design the Michigan City Library.
Through the years, Carter always kept his home in
Sheridan Beach and the friends he had made here.
Two years ago, when he turned 85, Carter published
A Boyhood Revisited, the tale of a charmed childhood spent tramping through the dunes, building
ship models, playing in city-wide marbles tournaments, and finally winning acceptance into the “Ninth
Street gang”. On rainy days, his mother would create a miniature Japanese garden for him, out of
horseradish roots – which he remembered years later,
while touring Japan. In recording such memories, Carter
followed in the footsteps of his father, who in the
1960s wrote My Hometown and Reminiscences of a
Small-Town Curmudgeon, both available for perusal
in the Indiana room of the Michigan City Library.
Carter’s parents and grandparents figured prominently in the history and development of the area. In
1907 William B. Manny, a Monon Railroad freight agent,
got together with attorney Isidore I. Spiro, and they
platted the land in Sheridan Beach, “forever protecting the beaches for the public.” Lots were offered
at $250 to $300. Manny built several rental cottages,
up and down Lake Avenue. One of his tenants was bandleader Dick Powell, who came to town to play at the
Oasis Ballroom. In 1921 Manny bought a c. 1840 log
cabin from the corner of Sixth and Union Streets, where
Blue Chip Casino stands today, and moved it to its present location in Sheridan Beach.
Carter loves to relate these anecdotes. He is steeped
in family history, and points out that on his mother’s
side, the connections with Michigan City go back
even further. His great-great-grandfather, Christian
F. Kimball, came here from Germany in 1847, and established a brewery at Seventh Street and Michigan
Boulevard. His grandfather Harry Barnes moved to
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Hobnobbing with Carter Manny
by Barbara Stodola
Flamingo, the
Alexander
Calder sculpture,
is one of the
structures that
Carter Manny, Jr.
was instrumental
in bringing to the
city of Chicago.
Carter was
among the persons who decided it had to be
an American
work, being on
U.S. government
property, and
that Calder was
the only one
whose work
would stand up
to the other
sculpture on
Dearborn Street.
Carter Manny
and his wife
Maya, are pictured here at a
Frank Lloyd Wright home in Buffalo, New York, which they visited in their
retirement travels. The couple met when Maya applied for a grant from
the Graham Foundation, where Carter was the director.
Carter Hugh Manny Jr., a fourth-generation
resident of Michigan City, graduated from
Elston High School, Harvard University and
Illinois Institute of Technology, and went on to
a distinguished architectural career in Chicago.
Ada Kimball Barnes,
Carter’s maternal grandmother, was a pioneering
spirit who came to live with
the Mannys after her husband died.
Harry and Ella Barnes, Carter’s
grandparents, built this cottage
prior to 1910, near Lake Michigan.
It is still there, just south of
Dunescape condominiums.
Carter Hugh Manny, Jr.,
age 9, is pictured in
Lake Michigan with
Kendrick Cannon
(center) and Anne
Baxter, who grew up to
become an Oscarwinning actress.
Harry Barnes, private secretary to
John H. Barker, is pictured here in a
stunt photo with a couple of mules.
Michigan City to be private secretary for John H. Barker
– and through the Barker connection, the young
Carter was taken to football games at Notre Dame
University, with seats on the 50-yard line.
Blessed with an incredible memory, Carter can also
regale you with stories of famous people – David
Lilienthal, a 1916 graduate of Elston High School,
became first head of the Atomic Energy Commission;
Ruth Burnham, of the Burnham Glove family, married Ken Holden, an ace pilot in World War I, and they
lived in a John Lloyd Wright-designed home in
Harbert, Michigan, where Carl Sandburg was a
neighbor. Margaret Haviland, Carter’s beautiful
teacher in junior high, left Michigan City to marry
George Putnam, a successful New York publisher, whose
first wife had been Amelia Earhart; another teacher,
Cornelia Anderson, was the first wife of the famed novelist Sherwood Anderson.
Several locals left Michigan City and went on to theatrical careers. Jack Cathcart, a bandleader who
played at the 1933 Worlds’ Fair, met the Gumm sisters there, one of whom took the stage name “Judy
Garland”. Jack later married her older sister and
became Judy’s musical director. Anne Baxter, Frank
Lloyd Wright’s granddaughter, had starring roles in
Hollywood, and won an Oscar for her performance in
All About Eve. Charles Arnt Jr., whose grandfather
William Hutchinson founded Citizens Bank, chose an
acting career over banking. When Carter was at
Harvard, he saw Charles open in Boston in
Knickerbocker Holiday, starring John Huston.
Carter’s parents introduced him to art and music,
and he grew up appreciating the work of local artists
Robert Grafton, William Nelson and Albert Jubell. He
has wonderful stories to tell about these artists and
about his mother’s friend Sara Maxon, who moved to
Iowa and married the nationally-known Grant Wood.
Sara had been running a private fine arts’ school at
Sixth and Washington Streets, but she lost this job
because of being “an extravagant spender.” She
remained friendly with Carter’s mother, however,
and brought her husband to dinner at the Mannys’
home in Michigan City. Carter recalls the details of
the dinner party, with Grafton being so absorbed in
conversation that he forgot to remove his finger bowl
and, when the baked Alaska dessert was served, “he
plunked his portion down in the finger bowl – kerplop.”
Where are we going to turn for this type of anecdote once Carter has left?
Despite his long string of achievements and connections, Carter has remained low-key and unassuming, crediting his acceptance at Harvard to “a good
letter” written by the Elston principal. A big influence
on the college decision was his great-uncle Frank
Manny, “the intellectual of the family,” who was John
Dewey’s assistant at the University of Chicago.
Carter’s college course in fine arts changed his life.
“I just took to it like a duck to water.” He later
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switched to architecture, graduating Harvard magna
cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. His schooling was completed at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he studied architecture with Mies van der Rohe.
Carter’s friend from Harvard, Philip Johnson,
offered him a job as assistant curator of architecture at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, but the
pay was too low to afford a move to New York. Instead
he took a job at the Chicago architectural firm
Naess/Murphy, where he earned $90/week and spent
$30/week on train fare, commuting from Michigan City.
He had fixed up the old cabin in Sheridan Beach
and was living there with his first wife, Mary Alice
(d.1994). They had two children – a son, Carter III,
now a college professor in Maine, and a daughter,
Elizabeth, who lives in New Mexico.
The original log
cabin, built c. 1840,
was moved by
William B. Manny to
Sheridan Beach.
Carter has remodeled it several times,
and has lived in it for
58 years.
Carter Hugh Manny, age 6, spent summers on the
beach with boyhood chums Tom (left) and Junie (right)
Cox, whose parents had a log cabin near Stop 26.
This Edgewood
house, built for
businessman
Irving Levine, is
one of two local
houses
designed by
Carter H.
Manny, Jr.
Levine was a
library board
member and the
contact person
for the design of
the new
Michigan City
Library.
In 1958, he was made a partner at Naess/Murphy
along with Charles Murphy, Jr., a Notre Dame graduate. He remained with the Murphy firm another 30
years, working on such major projects as McCormick
Place and First National Bank. As principal architect
for the bank project, Carter had the assignment of traveling to France, to negotiate with Marc Chagall for
the placement of his mosaic mural in the bank plaza.
Commenting on this “very pleasant experience,”’
Carter said, “To stay at LaColombe d’Or at St. Paul
de Vence is living high on the hog.” The first meeting
with Chagall, however, resulted in the artist’s rebellion over the architects’ proposal. “It was no, period.”
Carter suggested that they sleep on it, overnight,
since he had just come off the plane and was “a little blotto with jet lag.” That night he made a few adjustments to the model, and the next morning “Chagall
This home
belonged to
William
Manny’s third
wife, Martha
Deutscher. It
stands next
door to the
original log
cabin. Carter
bought it and
made it into a
studio for
Maya, with a
stairway connecting the two
properties.
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walked in and voila! that was it.”
Carter also worked with Alexander Calder, and
was in charge of the old-fashioned circus parade that
inaugurated the installation of Calder’s brilliant red
Flamingo. He brought in circus horses from
Baraboo,Wisconsin and Peru, Indiana, and arranged
a flamboyant parade with everyone from the Chicago
Bears mascot to Ronald McDonald. Carter himself,
dressed as a ringmaster, rode in the Schlitz bandwagon
with Calder and “When I blew my whistle, the bandwagon with all these forty horses stopped... I introduced to the crowd ‘Alexander the Great, Sandy
Calder!’... the mayor accepted, on behalf of the city,
and a couple thousand balloons went up.”
These were some of the high points of Carter’s
career, tape-recorded in an interview by author/ critic Franz Schulze. Carter retired from the Murphy firm
at the age of 65, and then spent another 10 years as
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director of the Graham Foundation, awarding grants
for architectural scholarship. That was how I met Carter,
in a roundabout sort of way. In 1989 I enrolled at a
Victorian Society of America course in Newport,
Rhode Island, taught by Prof. Richard Guy Wilson.
I was surprised to find that Richard knew all about
Michigan City. He was easily persuaded to come here
to give a talk about John Lloyd Wright, and he suggested that I invite Carter Manny, who had given him
a Graham Foundation grant. The reception was hosted by Liv and David Markle, in their Wright home in
Duneland Beach. Richard is now familiar to TV audiences for his appearances on the show “America’s
Castles.” And I learned my first lesson about namedropping. From that point on, if I was calling up a
Chicago architectural firm, I just mentioned the
name “Carter Manny” and I was put right through to
the top person. Always the top person.
The Albert Jubell
portrait of Carter
Hugh Manny, Sr.,
hung in the family home at 502 E.
Eighth Street.
The famed artist
Grant Wood suggested that it be
cut down, to
waist-level, and
so it was.
On his first tour of Europe, a bicycling trip with
classmates, Carter was photographed at Anne
Hathaway’s cottage in England. He was a 16year-old student at the time.
In his retirement, Carter enjoys
visiting masterpieces of architecture, such as the Milwaukee
Museum of Art, designed by
Santiago Calatrava.
The Jacob
Bloom monument in
Greenwood
Cemetery
marks the
resting place of
Carter’s greatgreat-grandparents, who came
to the Michigan
City area from
Canada, after
the revolution
of the 1830s.
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posters
Size is
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Donation is
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Proceeds go towards purchase of fire department equipment.
Call 219-861-2729 or
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At the Southern Shore Art Association
“Fun with Pencils and Ink” will be offered every
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. This is a class for anyone who
would like to learn to draw with pencils, colored pencils, pastel or pen and ink. Photos provided or bring
a photo of something you would like to draw.
$3/members and $4/non-members. Phone John
Fanson at 219/872-4634 for questions or a suggested list of materials.
Open Studio is ongoing throughout the summer
on Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m. All media is welcome.
Painting Workshop taught by Connie Kassal on
Aug. 15 & Sept. 15 from 9 a.m.-noon. Cost of both workshops is $40 paid in advance. Reserve space and
receive material list at 219/879-6741.
Inaugural Opening of the Upstairs Gallery will
present a two-man show featuring artists Robert
Stanley and Jimmy Duke Johnston on Aug. 20-21 and
27-28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Stop in for coffee and cookies while
also browsing the Clubroom’s selection of art.
Monthly Critique of paintings will resume in
September. Open to anyone who paints or draws and
would like helpful feedback on their work from two
selected critique guests each month. Cost is $3/members and $4/non-members.
Southern Shore Art Association is located upstairs
at 722 Franklin St, Michigan City.
PNC Golf “Fore” Beginners Class
The Purdue University North Central Office of
Continuing Education will offer a Beginning Golf
class, taught by golf pro Don Butler.
Golf “Fore” Beginners will meet at The Clubhouse
in Michigan City. Students may sign up for Tuesday
night sessions, Aug. 23-Sept. 27, from 6-7 p.m. or
7:15-8:15 p.m.; or Thursday sessions Aug. 25-Sept. 29,
from 6-7 p.m. or 7:15-8:15 p.m. This course will get
students started with basic golf techniques such as
how to swing woods and irons, how to avoid slicing
and hooking and how to use proper stance.
The course fee is $134 with an Early Bird special
of $119 for those who register more than two weeks
in advance. Clubs and balls are provided, or you may
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foodstuff by carolyn m connell
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Food for Thought or Thoughts of Hot Weather Food
Who in the world wants to cook and eat a big meal in this 90 degree weather? Not I. So I pull out an old
old cookbook (probably the first I ever owned) and go back to ancient favorites that have served me well in
past torrid weather. The book is the Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook, published in 1963. Back
then, recipes were decidedly shorter than today’s and quick and easy to prepare. The first one below is my
number-one-favorite, has satisfied me during every hot spell all these years.
GAZPACHO
1 can condensed tomato soup
1 soup can water
1 cup thinly sliced cucumber (1 small cucumber)
1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper
1/4 cup minced onion
1/2 cup olive oil
2 T wine vinegar
1 small clove garlic, pressed
dash Tabasco
dash salt
dash black pepper
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Cover
and place in refrigerator for at least four hours
(longer if possible). Stir gently. Serve in well
chilled bowls, or in bowls set in containers of
crushed ice. Garnish with a lemon or lime slice.
VICHYSSOISE OF YEARS AGO
1 can frozen condensed cream of potato soup
(now ordinary soup shelf can)
1/2 soup can chicken broth
1/2 soup can light cream
In a saucepan, heat the soup, broth and cream
over low heat. Beat until smooth with an electric
blender or rotary beater. Place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Serve in chilled bowls. If
you like extra seasoning, stir in a dash of nutmeg,
thyme or Tabasco. For a special garnish, used
chopped chives, shredded vegetables, sliced olives,
parsley or shredded cheese.
PINK SOUP
2 cups tomato juice
2 cups beet soup (homemade or canned)
2 T lemon juice
dash black pepper
1-1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup cream
2 scallions, sliced fine
2 T chopped chives
chopped celery, chopped cucumber
Mix together all the ingredients except the
celery and cucumber, and let stand in the refrigerator at least 24 hours. The longer it stands, the
better. When ready to use, add finely chopped celery and finely chopped cucumber in whatever
quantity you want. To this base you can then
add, in whatever quantity, chopped cooked shrimp
and hard-boiled egg slices; chopped cooked chicken, flaked fish and egg slices or crabmeat and egg
slices.
Wishing you a pleasant and comfortable foodstuff
summer.
SHRIMP DIP
1 can frozen condensed cream of shrimp soup
(again, check regular shelf soups)
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 small clove garlic, pressed
Combine soup with the other ingredients, beat
until smooth with an electric mixer or rotary
beater. Chill. Serve as a dip for crackers, chips,
etc. Note: This may also be used as a salad dressing by thinning with a little milk.
LOBSTER SALAD (serves four)
Lobster salad is greatly improved by the addition of pieces of ripe melon or some white
grapes. The combination of flavors is interesting.
1 pound cook lobster, cut in pieces
1 cup diced ripe melon (cantaloupe or honeydew)
or 1 cup white seedless grapes
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
Mix together the mayo and sour cream. Toss
together the lobster and fruit and mix with the
mayo and cream. Chill well before serving.
Spreads for hot weather sandwiches:
SALMON SPREAD: to 1 cup flaked cooked or
canned salmon, add 1/4 cup each finely chopped
celery, green pepper and lettuce. Moisten with
French dressing and season to taste.
EGG AND ANCHOVY: chop together 6 hardcooked eggs, 3 celery stalks and 8 anchovy fillets.
Add mayo to bind, paprika and pepper to taste.
TUNA AND NUT: combine 1 cup flaked tuna,
1/2 cup chopped celery, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
or pecans, 1/2 cup mayo.
COLD AVOCADO SOUP
3 cups chicken broth
1 large ripe avocado, peeled and cut in small
pieces
1 tsp salt
pepper
1/2 cup cream
sherry
Put everything except the sherry and cream in
a blender. Cover and turn the blender on for one
minute. Put in a container and keep in the refrigerator to chill thoroughly. In each cup of soup put
1 teaspoon sherry and stir well. Put 1 tablespoon
fresh cream on top.
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“Farm Girl. . .Taking Back Your Innocence”. The
title of the article in the Sunday Trib caught my eye.
It was my time spent as a girl on my uncle’s farm that
brought me home to Indiana, though as I remember
it, the farm scene wasn’t all that innocent. Not with
all those kittens, calves and piglets being born, chickens and roosters doing their foreplay in the henyard.
Farms are earthy places. Now, the article said, there
is a woman in Idaho who has become the Martha
Stewart of the farmgirl pack. She has turned her five
acre homestead into a line of 60 organic foods, a mail
order catalog and magazine, B&B, a farm school for
students plus a million plus book deal. It’s the
MaryJane (Butters) move, a trend toward women
returning to the land, farm chicks becoming chic.
Whoever thought that when I was picking blackberries on that North Judson farm, picking those eggs,
slopping those hogs, that one day women would pay
$3,000 a week to become students of the farmgirl craft.
One local woman, Susan Atwell, found MaryJane’s
book in the Merchandise Mart, and found her way back
to LaPorte and a 7-acre farm. She calls it FatQuarter
Quilt Farm, where according to the article, she’s
been quilting, picking wild blackberries and starting
up the LaPorte chapter of the MaryJanesFarm
Farmgirls, one of 85 up and about the country. And
I loved this USDA stat: women are the fastest-growing group buying small farms producing 27.2 of agricultural products in 2002, doubled since 1997. Go, Girl!
I would meander your way if I could and become at
least an honorary member.
Blackberries are my
recherche to farm memories
much like Proust’s favorite
cookie: the pies with flaky
lard crusts that my Aunt
Blanche would turn out by
the dozen; the jams and
jellies simmering in the
summer kitchen on August
heat-drenched days; but,
most of all, the picnic days
to the blackberry patch in
the woods. Big galvanized milk pails for the aunts;
smaller lard tins for the cousins, overalls and shirts
borrowed from the men to cover arms and legs from
the thorny thickets hiding the plump berries, juicy and
ripe. Our hands and mouths were colored purple-red
from the berries for weeks to come. The blackberry
patch was a thicket deep and dense with little trails
carved out by pickings over the years, the plumpest,
ripest berries always hidden deepest in the bramble
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of thorns. The biggest were always the most hidden,
some the size of a thumb and the race would be on to
find the biggest. Before headsets covered the ears of
kids drowning out the sounds of the world, we tuned
in and picked to the hum of bees, buzzing warnings
at the intrusion to their private feast. Would this blackberry memoir get extra credit at Farm Girl School do
you think?
Googling around to add some botany to that credit course, I found lots of leads to tell me more about
the ubiquitious wireless cell phone, the Blackberry,
along with info on the wild organic Goji berry found
in the Himalayas of Tibet and touted to be a most powerful anti-oxident surpassing prunes and spinach. As
usual, the web holds more than I really want to
know, but I was informed that what we call the blackberry is called the Bramble Berry in the UK. An old
wives tale warns against eating them after September
15; scientific lore backs this up because as weather
gets colder, a toxic mold can infect the berries. This
is good planning on nature’s part; during summer the
children are out of school to help pick. I jest. We follow Mother Nature’s calendar, not vice versa. And of
course, as in all our interpretations of science when
one thing can mean another, Rubus fruiticosus, the
common blackberry, doesn’t produce a berry at all. What
we call a berry is an aggregate of fruity druplelets.
Somehow Drupelet Pie doesn’t make it.
Blackberry brambles can last up to 25 years or more
and the ones I knew as a girl are probably long gone.
So is the farm as I remembered it. Here are some lines
from a poem I wrote is called “The Homestead”.
The memory lives on.
See the oak still standing
by the spring,
and there, a pear tree
gray and bent, where
once an orchard bloomed.
Here, a house once stood,
a sheltering nest
where children laughed
and women cried,
and loved and died.
Children grew,
plowed fields left untilled
in moves to town;
One stayed, watching
the roll of springs;
then only tumbled stones
remained.
. . .and bees humming
in tangled blackberry vines
still ripe with fruit.
And so it is.
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Harbert Gallery Presents Play from
Chicago on August 13
by Charles McKelvy
Harbert’s Judith Racht Gallery will be home to live
theatre in a tent on Saturday, August 13 when
Chicago’s Pegasus Players present “Stories from An
Unobstructed View” at 7:30 p.m. EDT.
Written by renowned author Alex Kotlowitz and
Chicago Public Radio producer and editor Amy Dorn,
the 90-minute, one-act play is an anthology of true
Chicago stories that were first heard on Chicago
Public Radio. The stories tell of individuals who have
lost something and are trying to find their way back,
some more successfully than others.
According to gallery owner Judith Racht, the play’s
guide is an artist who paints murals in the apartments
of public housing, and he introduces the audience to
the cast of characters, which includes a commodity
trader who turns to robbing banks, a priest, and a nun
who find a different kind of calling, and a Cicero
man who learns he can go home again.
Judith Racht explained that: “We’ve been adding
cultural activities to our summer exhibition schedule.
So when the opportunity came to bring “An Unobstructed
View” to the gallery it was the perfect compliment to
our August exhibit, “Faces and Places”. Both the
exhibit and the play offer intimate glimpses of individuals’ lives. And with Alex Kotlowitz’s recent New
York Times article about (Cafe Gulistan owner)
Ibrahim Parlak, I think there is an extra to Harbor
Country. We’re very excited about this special event.”
The production is directed by Jeff Ginsberg and Susan
Padveen and features: Sara Clark, James Eldrenkamp,
Daniel Hoppe, Jamie Parker, Lisa Joy Rafferty, Steve
Ratcliff, Jenn SavaRyan, Sandra Watson, and Alfred
Wilson.
The gallery’s business manager, Johanna Humbert,
credited co-director Susan Padveen for bringing the
play to Harbert from its successful premiere in
Chicago. “Susan is a resident of Chicago and Union
Pier, and she comes to the gallery. She directed an interactive play here in 2003 that was set inside a gallery
and required the audience to follow along after the actors.
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Harbert’s Judith Racht Gallery will present “Stories from An Unobstructed
View” on August 13 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15 per person.
“They had a lot of fun doing that, so when Susan
came here in the beginning of the summer and said,
‘we’ve just done this great piece in Chicago and you
should have it here.’ And Judith said ‘yes, that’s what
I want to do.”
Humbert said the play perfectly complements the
“Faces and Places” exhibit which features work in various media by artists Anderson Kenny, Martin Pollock,
Ben Tinsley, Scott Wolniak, and Bill Zuehlke.
“Judith has shown all of them before, and she
realized that each of them has a distinctive interpretation
of people’s faces and of locations. She thought it
would be interesting to put them all together in a show
called “Faces and Places” where you can see all these
different media,” Humbert said.
She added that “the play is also about faces if you
think of faces as the way people express themselves.
Each of the characters in the play is a face with a different way of interpreting things. The play is ten
different people telling their stories, and the exhibit is the view of faces and places by five different artists.”
“Stories from An Unobstructed View” will be presented without intermission on Saturday, August 13,
at 7:30 p.m. EDT in a tent at Judith Racht Gallery,
13707 Prairie Road, Harbert, Michigan.
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Long Beach resident Amy Kanyer is a sophomore at Michigan City High School and a member of
the tennis team. She organized a run/walk fund raiser beginning here at the Community Center last
month to help with medical expenses for her team mate
Stacy Brown of Michigan City who was diagnosed with
Leukemia and has recently received a bone marrow
transplant. Amy’s goal was an optimistic $500, however, her efforts combined with community fellowship
brought in a surprising $3,700. Congratulations Amy
on a job well done. We wish Stacy a speedy recovery
and all the best.
Our blue velvet curtain on the stage has been
in disrepair for some time now and is literally held
together by safety pins. Mending and sewing these days
seems to be a bit of a lost art but we are hopeful that
someone will read this and come to our rescue. Any
advise or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
as well. It is our understanding that replacing the curtain would be quite expensive. If you can help out or
have any ideas, please phone 219-879-3845.
Employees “Dish Up” a Cookbook
The Employee Association at Dwyer Instruments,
Inc., located at 102 IN Hwy. 212, Michigan City, have
put together a cookbook with over 138 pages of delicious recipes from their employees located through the
world. The cookbook is a hardbound three ring binder
with removable easel to use as a holder and are
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PNC Computer Class for Beginners
The Office of Continuing Education at Purdue
University North Central will offer a beginning computer course to introduce the basics of using a computer and get individuals started on the path to computer literacy. Classes will meet at the PNC Westville
campus.
“So You’ve Never Touched a Computer” will meet
at the Westville campus, Mondays, Aug. 22-Sept. 12,
from 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays, Oct. 1-15, from 10 a.m.noon.
Registration fee is $84 with an Early Bird fee of $69
if you register more than two weeks in advance. A recommended book is available for $25.
This course will cover topics such as using the
mouse, browsing the internet, how to use email and
the basics of computer hardware and software.
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Hours for the festival: Fri., 6 p.m.-midnight; Sat.,
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Sounds
It’s a happy coincidence that my surfing research
this past week just happens to coincide with the timing of the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival. But
the websites I’m mentioning don’t all have to do with
music; they are just a sampling of some audio sites
that you may want to know or are already familiar
with.
Serenity (www.iserenity.com). This is the site
that got me to searching for more of the same, but without much luck. If you don’t want to listen to cd tracks
or streaming radio while working on your computer,
consider this option. I-Serenity offers sounds to soothe
your stressed-out soul, and its menu goes beyond
the surf, or rainfall, or white noise that you may
already be listening to from your specialized clock radio.
Would the sound of an old manual typewriter soothe
your soul? How about muffled sounds within a library?
A pencil scribbling across a page? The lull or train tracks,
or my favorite of the 31-flavor selection, wind chimes,
are yours for the listening. You can watch a flash animation with the sound or you can browse the Internet
with these background sounds. Or, if you prefer crickets, that’s okay too. You’ll feel like you’re outdoors, even
if you are inside with the air conditioning blasting.
Radio Locator (www.radio-locator.com) This is nothing more than a huge search engine/index of radio stations—ten-thousand strong—that broadcast (stream
live) over the ‘net. I tuned in to a station in Hawaii
and got the same music that plays locally. But, many
stations have ethnic offerings, and if you want Cajun
Zydeco, head over to the listings in Louisiana. Search
by city, call sign, state, or internationally by country.
Movie Sounds (www.moviesounds.com) I was
expecting music or sound effects. Instead, I found dialogue—memorable lines from dozens and dozens of
movies. I also encountered lots and lots of annoying
ads.
Sound Files and Sound Effects (www.web
places.com/html/sounds.htm and www.wavecentral.com). This is probably where some radio jocks go
to grab sounds to add to their gab sessions. You can
find hundreds of choices, from television, sound
effects, commercials and movies.
Classical Music (www.classicalarchive.com). You
can make five downloads a day here free for your MP3
collection and for Ipods. Log in is required, but there
is no fee. The list of offerings is extensive. For example, under Chopin, you can choose his piano works only,
his chamber music, solos only, and can read his biography. The same is true for most of the composers here.
And, you won’t find those annoying ads like you find
on the pop music sites.
Nature Songs (www.naturesongs.com). I was
delighted to find this noncommercial site because it
originates from Central Arizona, an area very familiar to me. A guy named Doug is one of many digital
recording hobbyists who spend much time out in
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nature recording bird, animal, insect, and some miscellaneous sounds. I’ve hiked the area where he
records in Clarkdale, Arizona—around Tuzigoot and
Tavasci Marsh. When I listened to his recordings of
a Western Rattler, I froze. I’ve heard that while hiking with my son and thought at the time it was bird
chatter. Anyway, this site is loaded with stuff that birders and naturalists will love. Listen to coyotes chasing game, a calf calling to its mother, and the Verde
River when it’s roaring. After bringing you a story about
Lolomai Springs back in April, where I described a
swollen Oak Creek lulling me to sleep, it was like reliving the experience.
Space Sounds (www.spacesounds.com). Mark
this as a must-visit website! It lets you navigate the
solar system, learn about planets, pulsars, black
holes and more, AND allows you to listen to the “celebration of the cosmos.” Sputnik sounds like a lion’s
roar; cosmic debris (radio, TV, cell phone signals)
sound like muffled wind chimes. This is a really cool
site and I’m surprised the mainstream web reviewers have not yet found it.
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Lakeside Gallery to Feature Scott Covert
The Lakeside Gallery will be opening a new exhibit, “The Dead Supreme,” by local painter Scott Covert.
Scott started exhibiting his artwork in 1979 at
Club 57 in New York curated by the now deceased
famous New York artist Keith Haring. This element
of Scott’s bibliography is curiously apropos with the
work he’s now doing: “Grave Rubbings.” Working on
large canvas sheets, Scott starts out doing single
rubbings, but the work quickly evolves into what he
thinks of as cocktail parties for the dead (more or less),
in which he puts together the guest list. As with any
good party, the original list often gets blurred, with
names added and deleted on the spur of the moment.
In Scott’s work, one person sometimes gets layered
over another, reflecting not only the randomness of
life and death, but of memory and history. Lives get
covered over, perhaps forgotten.
They are portraits, in a sense, and they reveal the
intensely personal connection Scott makes with his
“subjects” while on his knees, on their graves, rubbing
away and meditating on their lives. Certainly there
is a Dr. Frankenstein element here as well, almost a
sense of reanimation through the hand of the artist,
and in the combinations of different elements with the
various personalities.
The public is invited to join the reception and libations (catered by Collins Caviar) and meet the artist
on Sat., Aug. 13, 5-8 p.m. (MI time). Lakeside Gallery
is located at 15486 Red Arrow Hwy, Lakeside, MI. The
exhibit will continue through September. Visit the gallery
website at www.lakesidegalleries.com
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Garden Party Guest Day at LBCC
Guest Day started with the traditional Monday night
cocktail party at the beautiful home of Lynn and
Steve Jacox. The next morning, golfers lined up their
carts, and after finishing 18 holes of the two best-ball
event, they gathered in the club dining room for
lunch and awards.
Luncheon tables adorned with white cloths and featuring pink overlays and matching napkins were the
perfect setting for the beautiful array of graceful
summer flowers that sat on straw bonnets trimmed
in pink. Jane and Jonas Zimmerman of Flowers with
Jazz (located inside the Hacienda Building) made
the floral arrangements. Gift bags popping with col-
orful shades of tissue were at each place setting and
contained a golf glove for the member’s guest.
A sumptuous luncheon began with a plate of fruits
and berries and a three-tier assortment of delectable
breads. The next course featured a crab salad in a puff
pastry, a shrimp salad in a carved tomato and chicken salad over a carved pineapple boat and all surrounded
an edible live orchid. The stunning finish to the luncheon was gourmet strawberry ice cream with bing
cherries and fresh mint.
Kathy and Lynn thanked their volunteers for the
day: Mugs Schreiber, Jan Duffy, Tami Mullins, Betty
Duggan, Mariana Bruce and Marge Cullen. A special
Guest Day C-Chairs Kathy Brennan and Lynn Jacox.
PGA Professional Brian Godfrey congratulates guest Pat Reardon
on her Hole-in-One on #5.
Christine Rosenkrantz, sister-in-law of Ann Nicolosi, won the
longest drive for a guest on both holes #1 and #17.
Closet to the Pin winners on Par 3’s were guests Pat Reardon,
Nancy Prior, Christine Seltz and Kris Lowes.
The “Most Fun” award goes to Jo Vine, Maureen McDonald,
Barb Beardslee and Judy Curtin.
Winners LaVerne Brzowski for the Straightest Drive contest;
Barb Rooney for the Longest Putt and Mary Ann Hoey
for Closet to the Pin in two on #12.
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18 Hole Golf League (Part II)
thanks was given to PGA golf professional Brian
Godfrey and the pro shop staff for running the tournament and awarding prizes. General Manager,
Steve McHale, and Chef Jim Galligan and their
entire team, along with grounds superintendent
Brian Ray and his crew, received accolades for their
superb service.
Both knowing the meaning of attention to detail and
presentation, Kathy and Lynn took their love of
nature and flowers, combined it with their elegance,
and made the 2005 18-hole Guest Day a true success
from start to finish.
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Johanna Brown, Joan Geoghegan, Joey Eastman and Linda Wilson
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Friday, August 12 • 5:30-9:00 pm
Saturday, August 13 • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Sound of Silents Film Festival
The Harbor Country Sound of Silents Film Festival
has set a new standard for viewing classical silent films
of the early 1900s-- fresh, new musical scores. The objective from the start of the festival seven years ago has
been to marry the vision of film industry pioneers with
the musical talent and newer vision of local and
regional composers and performers.
Hosted by Jon and Jennifer Vickers, owners of the
namesake fine art movie house (Vickers Theatre) in
downtown Three Oaks, the film festival attracts
lovers of the art form from throughout the region. The
Vickers are always trying to keep the weekend screenings fresh and exciting.
A star-studded program awaits filmgoers from
Aug. 11-15. This year the festival has added Thursday
and Friday showings of “Safety Last” directed by
Sam Taylor and featuring well-known silent screen
star Harold Lloyd. Even those unfamiliar with the genre
might recall the image of a man in a straw hat clinging perilously to the hands of a large clock dangling
stories above a busy downtown street. This is one of
the few silent films that comes with its own musical
soundtrack. Shows are at 6:30 and 9 p.m. both days
(MI time).
The focus, however, of the Sound of Silents is the
combination of film and musical talent. That starts
on Fri., Aug. 12, 9 p.m. when the first of two outdoor
screenings will take place at Dewey Cannon Park (just
behind Vickers Theatre). The 1928 film “Beggars of
Life” will feature an original score and live performance
by the Kalamazoo-based group Blue Dahlia. The
group includes Levi Strickland, Carolyn Koebel,
Leslie Boughton, and Derek Menchinger. In some
form or another they have been part of the Sound of
Silents since the beginning.
On Sat., Aug. 13, 3 p.m. David Drazin will provide
piano accompaniment for 1914 film “The Patchwork
Girl of Oz” by author L. Frank Baum.The lead role
of the Patchwork Girl is played by Patrick Couderc
dressed in drag. He’ll go on to play the Tin Man in a
future Baum production. The film features Mildred
Harris, the wife of Charlie Chaplin, as Dorothy. There
is also a brief appearance of Harold Lloyd as an
extra. This screening is inside the Vickers Theatre.
The venue will move back outside Saturday night
at 9 p.m., when Harold Lloyd returns to the screen
in his comedic glory in the 1923 film “Girl Shy.”
David Drazin will once again accompany the film. Drazin
is a music and motion picture archivist who has
acquired a national reputation for his piano improvisations accompanying silent films. He has been
the staff accompanist for the Gene Siskel Film Center
of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1985.
He is noted for his use of 1920’s era jazz and blues rather
than the classic ragtime often heard with silent films.
“Girl Shy” will be one of those movies where you
will never have laughed so much in all your cinematic
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reflections. In this film, Lloyd is a shy tailor’s apprentice who writes a book on how to conquer women. The
scenes in the book are played out on the screen. Costar Jobyna Ralston is a very beautiful talented
actress.
Sunday afternoon, Aug. 14, takes the festival to a
different venue—the Acorn Theater just around the
corner on Generations Drive. The move allows the use
of the huge vintage pipe organ at the Acorn, aptly played
by Dennis Scott as he accompanies Fritz Lang’s 1922
epic “Mabuse the Gambler” shown in two parts. Scott
is the President of the Silent Film Society of Chicago
and was the house organist at the Tivoli Theatre in
Downers Grove, IL.
Both parts of “Mabuse the Gambler” combine for
over four hours of film entertainment. Part I will be
shown at 1 p.m.; Part II will be shown at 4 p.m.
Each is a separate admission.
Back at the Vickers Theatre on Sun., Aug. 14, 8 p.m.
the group Squirm will accompany the 1964 Stan
Brakhage film “Dog Star Man.” A departure from
the classic silent films, “Dog Star Man” expresses a
mythic conception of the struggle and fall of man.
Admission for Safety Last, The Patchwork Girl of
Oz, and Dog Star Man is $8 adults; $6 students and
seniors; children under 12 free. Admission for Girl Shy,
Beggars of Life, and Mabuse the Gambler (each part)
is $10.
The Vickers Theatre is located at 6 N. Elm Street
in Three Oaks, MI. Visitors should be advised that Elm
Street is under construction and they should follow
the parking signs posted at strategic locations on
U.S. 12 and north Elm Street. They will guide them
to convenient parking within a half block of any of the
venues. For more information call 269-756-3544 or visit
www.vickerstheatre.com. All show times are Michigan
time.
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The Three Oaks Township Library Museum will be
featuring a display of area antique quilts and a quilting demonstration by members of the Berrien Town
and Country Quilter's Guild during the Third Saturday
Three Oaks. Aug. 20, 6-9 p.m. (MI time).
One of the demonstrators will be Sylvia Burck, a
member of the museum Artifacts Committee. Sylvia
enjoys quilting with her granddaughter, and is a resident of Harbor Country. The museum is fortunate to
have local quilters and quilt historians for this one
evening event.
There is no charge for this demonstration and
quilt exhibit, and all are welcome to attend. The
event will take place on the second floor of the historic Three Oaks Township Library.
Scootin’ 4 School Ride
Sons of Thunder #385 of the Christian Motorcyclists
Association will be holding their annual Scootin’ 4 School
Ride on Aug. 13. The group works in conjunction
with area Wal-Mart stores to raise money to take underprivileged kids from NW Indiana school clothes shopping. The ride begins and ends at LaPorte Wal-Mart.
The registration fee of $15 single rider or $20 for
couple covers the ride, lunch, ride year rockers and
musical entertainment. First bike out 9:30 a.m., last
one out 11:30 a.m. More info: Missy, 219/406-1103, or
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year to appraise one item per person. Tickets are $20
per person and are available at the circulation desk
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Sat., Aug. 20. Anne Austensen will be telling about
three authors and an artist, then showing a film
“From the Land of the Vikings.” The 7 p.m. program
follows a carry-in supper at 6 p.m. Visitors are welcome to the gathering at Westchester Library Center,
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the program there will be a telescope pointed toward
one of the visible planets. Bring a blanket/chair to make
your viewing easier during this stationary program.
Meet at West Beach parking lot.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
7:45-9 p.m. BEFORE THE WRIGHT STUFF. History
states that on Dec. 17, 1903, two bicycle-making
brothers from Dayton, Ohio were “first in flight.”
But were they? In celebration of National Aviation Week,
join a ranger as he glides into earlier human flight
and learn the truth behind the man, Octave Chanute,
who taught the “right stuff” to the Wright Brothers.
Meet at Dunewood Campground amphitheater.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14
1-4 p.m. POTAWATOMI POTLUCK: FROM THE
GARDEN AND THE FOREST TO THE POT. Corn,
beans and squash from the Three Sisters’ Garden, along
with the bounty of the woods, will be cooking over the
fire along the Bailly/Chellberg Trail. Join volunteer
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On Fri., Aug. 12, at dusk (approx. 8:15 p.m.), the
film “Racing Stripes” will be shown in Michigan
City’s Washington Park. This program is made possible by the Michigan City Public Library and the City
of Michigan City. The film will be shown on the
Jaycee stage at the park, bring chairs or blankets if
you wish.
Beginning at 7:45 p.m. there will be trivia games
and fun facts about zebras and a chance to win free
tickets to the zoo. The movie is free, but cars are
subject to regular parking fees.
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The Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and
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Redar Park (just north of US 30 on Austin in
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In case of rain, the event will move indoors to the
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Vendors to Volunteers Needed
The Scarlet Macaw Community Art Center is currently seeking co-sponsors, vendors and volunteers for
the 5th annual Sawyer Fest to be held Sat., Sept. 3rd
in downtown Sawyer. The final deadline for event funding, co-sponsorship, entertainment and program
underwriting, participation commitment, vendor,
entertainer and volunteer registration is Sun., Aug.
14th.
The Scarlet Macaw is located at 5888 Sawyer Road
in downtown Sawyer. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tues.-Sat., and noon-5 p.m. on Sun. (MI time). For more
information, phone Niffee Krumrie at the Scarlet
Macaw during regular business hours: 269/426-8226
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Harbor Country Book Club
The next meeting of the Harbor Country Book
Club is Tues., Aug. 30th, 7:30 p.m. (MI time), at the
Harbor Grand Hotel, New Buffalo. The public is
invited to attend. You do not have to have read the
books. There is always a brief biography of the author
and a book review before the book discussion.
The selection for August is The Rich Part of Life by
Jim Kokoris.
24th Annual Orak Hog Roast
The public is invited to attend the 24th Annual Orak
Hog Roast on Sat., Aug. 13th., from noon-4 p.m. The
roast takes place at the Michigan City Orak Shrine
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Donation is $7 and includes sumptuous food, entertainment and games all for the benefit of Orak Shrine.
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On August 12, 1962, for the first time in space history, the Soviet Union sent a cosmonaut into orbit while
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On August 12, 1898, a treaty ending the SpanishAmerican War was signed.
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On August 11, 1909, with its engines disabled off North
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On August 12, 1867, President Andrew Johnson
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On August 13, 1961, the city of Berlin was permanently divided as the East German built "Berlin
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western sectors.
On August 14, 1784, the first Russian colony in
Alaska was established on Kodiak Island.
On August 14, 1945, President Harry Truman
announced to the nation that Japan had surrendered, bringing World War II to an end.
On August 14, 1947, Pakistan was granted
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On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially
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Atlantic to the Pacific.
On August 15, 1918, the United States and Russia
severed diplomatic relations.
On August 15, 1935, Will Rogers, actor, comedian,
and journalist; died, along with aviator Wiley Post,
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On August 16, 1989, Amanda Blake, who played the
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to Philadelphia. The capitol has, at various times, been
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Pennsylvania; Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey;
Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland; and, finally, the
District of Columbia.
On August 17, 1807, Robert Fulton's steamboat,
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Travels with Charley:
Centering on the Sensational White Sox at the Cell
by Charles McKelvy
My good friend John Gunner Gooch and I have much
in common, especially our lifelong love of the Chicago
White Sox.
That comes from the two of us having grown up on
Chicago’s South Side where John was an outstanding athlete for the Bowen Boilermakers, and I was an
also-ran for the Morgan Park Mustangs.
And when it comes to great phone calls from John
Gunner Gooch, none can ever compare to a recent one
that began: “What are you doing next Sunday afternoon?”
I saw lots of white space on my desk calendar and
said: “An afternoon nap maybe, but beyond that I’m
wide open.”
And so John allowed as how he had purchased
ten tickets in section 100 in right-centerfield at U.S.
Cellular Field, or simply the Cell, and wondered if
Natalie and I might not like to use two of them.
I said yes; Natalie said no, but John assured me he
could find a replacement for my baseball-averse wife.
A trio of happy fans before the game: (left to right) John’s nephew Daniel
Parrigan of Coloma, Mary McPherson, and John Gunner Gooch.
The lady with the ten tickets: Mary McPherson who works in
Michigan City and lives in New Buffalo.
And so on the Sunday in question, John and his friend
Mary McPherson came to collect me in Mary’s fireengine red SUV and off we went to see the Sox and
the Sox.
Yes, as I should have explained earlier, the game
in question that day pitted the White Sox, who were
first in the Central Division, against the World
Champion Boston Red Sox, who were first in the
Eastern Division. Sportswriters had been clucking that
the White Sox were no match for the Red Sox, but John,
Mary, and I knew better.
Oh, did we know better, even though the fourgame series was 2-1 in favor of Boston.
“All the White Sox have to do today is win,” we agreed,
“and they tie the series with the World Champs.
Then they will truly be on their way to the World Series
this October.”
Yes, sports fans, you read it here first: THIS IS THE
YEAR OF THE SOX — AS IN CHICAGO WHITE SOX.
How do we know?
Old Comiskey Park’s home plate is now part of the
parking lot across from U.S. Cellular Field.
Heading to our seats in section 100.
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Because of the great show the Chi’ Sox put on
while shellacking the Bo’ Sox 6-4 on a sizzling Sunday
afternoon in high summer. So settle back in your
easy chair, and allow me to recapitulate the golden
moments of our afternoon in the sun with the boys of
summer from Chicago and Boston:
(Section 100, Row 6 Seat 10, U.S. Cellular Field,
Chicago, Ill.) . . . After linking up with John’s nephew,
mother, brother, Mary’s brother and sister-in-law,
and Southcounty Gazette editor Mira Poncin and
her husband Jerry, we made our way to our line of seats
in row six. We saw before we sat down that we had
a commanding view of the entire field, and that we
were within earshot of the centerfielder.
A Gooch family portrait at the old ballgame: (right to left) John Gunner
Gooch, his mom Alice, his nephew Daniel, and his brother Bill.
After warming up between innings in the middle
of the game, Johnny Damon tossed the practice ball
at us, and a lucky fan just in front of me caught it and
presented it to his son. Had I caught it, I would gladly have presented it to John’s nephew Daniel.
White Sox Continued on Page 66
The view from our seats.
For Boston, he happened to be the hirsute Johnny
Damon who dazzled us all by occasionally removing
his cap and shaking out his great mane. Johnny
Damon seemed to favor our particular section for
some reason — probably the blonde who kept snapping his picture — and he often turned to us and waved
when he wasn’t busy defending against White Sox batters.
Southcounty Gazette Editor Mira Poncin and her die-hard
Sox fan husband Jerry.
Old Charley
Comiskey is still
presiding over
the White Sox.
Boston’s long-haired centerfielder Johnny Damon adjusts his cap.
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White Sox Continued from Page 65
But we were all caught up in a game that started
badly for the White Sox when Boston’s David Ortiz
homered into the nearby rightfield bleachers in the
first inning. But the White Sox answered by putting
up two runs in the bottom of the first, and Chicago’s
Tadahito Iguchi set the Cell ablaze in the second
half of the second by launching a two-out, two run homer
over the rightfield fence.
The boys of summer wait for a homerun in left-center.
We were close enough to both homers to see the fans
scramble to catch them.
And thanks to the binoculars John thoughtfully provided, we could all watch Jose Contreras slowly work
his way to victory by delivering 116 well-executed pitches over 5 1/3 innings.
As Jerry Poncin noted, “This guy likes to work
slow. And he’s from Cuba, so he doesn’t mind the
heat.”
But the Boston batters sure had a hard time with
all the heat that Contreras hurled at them.
As for how we handled the heat, why we all had our
various strategies. Mira Poncin headed frequently for
the nearby “Rain Room” where hot fans could walk
under cooling sprinklers, and Mary McPherson
sprayed water on everyone, and Daniel and his grandmother aimed battery powered fans at themselves.
We all slathered on plenty of sun screen and drank
lots and lots of water which was in abundant supply
The White Sox outfield at rest during a pitching change.
August 11, 2005
John Gunner
Gooch signals
a White Sox
victory.
owing to the regular appearance of vendors hawking
bottles of the cold stuff for $3.50 a pop and Mary’s preparedness.
A retired events planner, Mary McPherson had
wisely called ahead to see if they were going to allow
bottles of water to be brought into the ballpark
because of the extreme heat. When she found out that
they were waiving their normal prohibition, she
loaded up a couple of bags with bottled water.
And, like a good events planner, she saw that
everyone drank lots of water.
And, like soon-to-be World Series champions, the
White Sox, minus rightfielder Jermaine Dye and DH
Frank Thomas, saw to it that we saw them tie their
four-game series with Boston 2-2 and send Johnny
Damon shaking his shaggy mane in disappointment
as he left the Cell.
We, on the other hand, left the Cell long after the
crowds had departed and then glided gracefully onto
the nearby Dan Ryan and were soon a flyin’ for home
with visions of a wild World Series at the Cell dancing in our heads.
The Cell at rest after a White Sox win over Boston.
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August 10 — Noon Organ Recitals at First
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August 10-13 — “Guys and Dolls.” Canterbury
Summer Theatre production by the Festival Players
Guild. Curtain Wed. 2 & 8 pm; Thurs-Fri, 8 pm; Sat,
5 & 8 pm. Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin St.,
Michigan City. Tix $12.50 & $14. Group, sen. cit.
and student disc., phone 219/874-4269.
August 11 — Writer’s Rendezvous. 6 pm at the
Michigan City Public Library. New members invited.
Info: 873-3049.
August 11— Michigan City Municipal Band Concert
at the Guy Foreman Amphitheater in Washington Park,
MIchigan City. Free. 8 pm.
August 11-14 — “Bugsy Malone: A Musical.”
Presented by the Youth Theatre at Dunes Summer
Theatre, Michiana Shores, IN. Call to confirm curtain time. Tix $7/adults, $5/sen. cit. & students. 219879-7509 or www.dunessummertheatre.com.
August 11-15 — Sound of Silents Film Festival.
Various times and locations. See story this issue.
Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, MI.
269/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com
August 12 — Free Family Film: “Racing Stripes.”
Shown at the Jaycee Stage, Washington Park, MC at
dusk (8:15 pm). Cars subject to regular parking fee.
7:45 pm there will be trivia games about zebras.
August 12-13 — Farmer’s Market at the Schoolhouse
Shop, Furnessville, IN. 10 am-4 pm each day.
August 12-13 — Sweat Girls: The Life of the Party.
Comedy play. 8 pm at The Acorn Theater, 107
Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI. Tix $15; reserve at
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August 12-14 — On the Summer Art Exhibit
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MC. This week: Works from the Thomas Master
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noon-5 pm; Sun, noon-4 pm. Info: 219-879-7874.
August 12-14 — “Quagmire Summer” at Acting
Theatre of Michigan City, 215 W. 10th St., MC.
Curtain Fri 7 pm; Sat 6 pm; Sun 4 pm. Adm. $12/adults,
$8/kids 12 & under. Reservations: 219-872-4221.
August 12-14, 19-21 — “Schoolhouse Rock.” Footlight
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August 13 — Farmer’s Market. 8th & Washington
streets, Michigan City. 8 am-noon.
August 13 — 24th Annual Orak Hog Roast. Noon4 pm at MC Orak Shrine grounds, 3848 N. Frontage
Rd., MC. Donation $7 includes food, entertainment
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August 13 — Venetian Night “Yachts of Lights” starts
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August 13-14, 19-21 — “Sound of Swing.” Musical
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August 14 — Deep River Grinders vs. Downer’s Grove
Plowboys in a game of 1858 base ball. 2 pm on
Grinders Field at Deep River County Park. Free.
Refreshments for sale. 219/947-1958. Story this issue.
August 14 — Beachwalk’s Open Air Market. Local
artists & craftsmen with goods for sale, as well as vendors selling fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
Beachwalk Community in Sheridan Beach. Noon-5 pm.
August 16 — Find Provence Here! “Impressionism:
A Revolution in Technique, Style, Subject Matter
and Aesthetics.” 6:30 pm at the MC Public Library.
Art History Professor Robert Baldwin of Connecticut
College will speak.
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.
Current exhibit: “Party Dresses & Pretty Hats.”
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,
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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.
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. Open for the season on March 18. 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.
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MasterCard, Visa, Discover accepted. Call 219-873-0989.
ARCHITECT DRAWINGS OF LONG BEACH HOUSES (circa 1920) by
Paul Haagen. Numbered and signed. Call 219-879-1822.
ASHLEY CHERY DINING SET. Table w/one leaf. Six chairs-four side, two
arm, ivory upholstery. Matching hutch. Two table pads inc. Exc. cond.
Rarely used! $950 set. Call 219-879-1801.
ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY Brass/Glass Dining Table plus 6
uphol. chairs & 2 contemporary lighted cabinets. 219-872-9948 lv. msg.
14’ BARNETT SAILBOAT—Used, good condition, all parts/mechanicals/safety gear included. Great starter boat for young potential sailors!
Located in Beverly Shores. Call 219-241-2950. $550 obo
1994 FORD F-150 with cap & O.D. 6 cyl. $3450. Call 219-874-5298.
1999 Buick LeSabre custom sedan 4D. Full power, A/C.
56,000 miles. Warranty to Dec. ’06. Asking $7,500. Call 219-872-5435.
FRI., AUG. 12: 8AM-3PM, and SAT., AUG. 13: 8AM-1PM.
Folding table/chairs, outdoor furniture, fish tanks, ironing brd., bookcases,
dishes, left handed golf clubs/bag & cart, and many other awesome
items. 2327 Tinkers Way (Long Beach Cove), Michigan City.
FOR SALE: 2000 NISSAN XTERRA. 4X4. 66K miles.
Auto, alarm, CD, ABS. Very clean. Great car. Call 219-874-9976.
WANT TO BUY
NEEDING A DRIVEABLE AND DECENT CAR OR TRUCK
UNDER $500. CALL 219-872-1426.
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.
OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE FOR LEASE. 3611 E US Hwy 12. East of
Karwick Plaza. Leave msg. 219-872-7274. By appointment only.
FORMER “GLAD RAGS” (upscale women’s clothing) space for rent.
Great US RT 12 frontage, parking. Approx. 1,000 sq.ft. 312-259-4011.
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.
Avail. June-Sept. — $1,400 to $2,000 per week.
DUNESCAPE REALTY - 219/872-0588.
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
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
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.
7/1-7/31, $600/wk; 8/1-8/31, $700/wk or $1,800/mo. Negotiable.
Call Judy 1-866-400-6800 or email [email protected]
LONG BEACH EXECUTIVE HOUSE LONG TERM RENTAL.
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.
$2,050/mo. plus utilities. Call 630-337-6220.
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MICHIANA SHORES
Short walk to beach. Hilltop, rustic, very private. All amenities.
Sleeps 6. 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 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.
••5BR, 4.5BA. 200 Hilltop in Sheridan Beach. $3,500/wk. Great Lake
Michigan views.
Merrion & Associates, Realtor
219-872-4000
www.merrionrealty.com
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.
SHERIDAN BEACH SUMMER RENTALS
•3BR, 2Bath. Fully furn. On beach. $2,500/wk..
•STUDIO - 1BR, fully furn. On beach. $800/wk. 312-560-5122.
LOVELY LONG BEACH executive home for rent. Stop 29. Just one
short block from fantastic beach. Newly remodeled home is great summer
base for caring family. Cable, A/C, new appliances & beds. Leave the
family at the beach and commute to work via the South Shore RR. Treat
your family to fun, sun, sand and Lake Michigan from a great family
home. Four week minimum rental.
Call 330-668-7246 or 330-606-7059 for rates and availability.
2BR CONDO IN LONG BEACH POINTE. Water/gas/heat. $815/month
plus electric. Call Merrion & Associates Realtors at 219-872-4000.
ESCAPE TO BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACHES at this 3BR lakefront with
coach house. Sleeps 12. $3,200/wk or just main house $2,500/wk.
Call Lake Effect Vacation Rentals Realty at 269/469-9813.
LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE
3/BR. A/C. Fpl. Furn. Summer wkly. rentals avail. Also avail Sept thru
May. $750/mo + util. Call 708/424-8756, or 219/874-8428.
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August 11, 2005
LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT - Great location, very close to beach
and park. 4/BR, 2/Bath. A/C. W/D. New kitchen w/DW. Deck w/BBQ.
Cable TV. - Avail after 8/20 weekly or long term. Call 312-953-9570.
SHERIDAN BEACH RUSTIC 3BR LAKE COTTAGE. Private, wooded
setting. Weekends, weekly, seasonal or yr. round.
$135/day, $875/wk. Call 219-879-9319.
LONG BEACH WINTER RENTAL. 3BR, 2BA FURNISHED. Clean.
Nicely decorated. Lg.deck. 100 yards. to beach. W/D. A/C.
Avail. Sept. $740/mo. Call 219-874-6476.
YEARLY RENTAL. Newer 2BR, 2BA. All appliances. No pets. 3 blocks
to beach. Credit check. $750/mo. + util. Call 219-363-6818.
CHARMING LONG BEACH TWO STORY HOME
Stop 20 - Newly redone - 4/BR, 2/Bath. Furnished - No Pets.
Washer/dryer. 1/4 Block to beach. $850/mo + utilities.
Avail Sept’05 - June ‘06 - Call 708/717-8883.
SHORELAND HILLS 10 MONTH RENTAL. 3BR, 2BA, furnished, W/D. 2
blks. to lake. Avail. 9/1/05 to 6/30/06. $725 per month includes lawn/leaf
maint., but not utilities. No pets. Call Bob N. at (800)899-2699 or Clare
N. at (708) 579-1193. Recently remodeled. “Must see to appreciate.”
FABULOUS SHABBY CHIC POOLHOUSE. Long Beach Stop 31.
Close to beach. 5BR, 4.5BA. Newly remodeled. A/C. Large yard and
decks. Avail. for summer rentals. Call 312-404-4457.
LAKEFRONT 2BR or 4BR HOUSE. Deck, fireplace, hardwood floors.
Furn. or unfurn. 1214 Lake Shore Drive. Call 773-559-3563.
FALL RENTAL — CHARMING COUNTRY HOME - STOP 33
Sept. thru May 31. 2 blks. from lake. Fully furnished, well decorated.
3BR, 2BA. Family room w/fireplace. Sun room. 2 car garage. A/C. W/D.
Patio & deck. No pets, no smoking. $950/mo. Call 708-784-9866.
THE PERFECT BEACH HOUSE IN SHERIDAN BEACH
3BR, 2.5BA. 1 blk. to beach. Great big eat-in kitchen. Pool table.
Fireplace, 2 decks w/gas grill. Satellite TV w/DVR, DVD, VCR. W/D. A/C.
REALLY COMFY BEDS! Sleeps 10. Rates negotiable.
Contact Stacy, 312-282-1535 or email [email protected]
for pictures and more info.
WANT YOUR OWN VACATION HOME ALL YEAR? Brand new townhouse right on shores of Pine Lake in LaPorte, IN. Unbeatable view.
2BR, 2BA, pool, boat slip. Water ski, fish, ice boating, swim.
Year long lease. $1,400/mo. 70 mins. from Chicago.
Call 219-324-5910, leave message.
HILLSIDE HOME FOR SEASONAL RENTAL!
Charming 4BR, 2BA dunetop home with great breakfast deck overlooking
the lake! Home is in pristine condition; looking for tenant who will give
TLC! $750/mo. Call Ed Merrion at 219-872-4000.
MERRION & ASSOCIATES, REALTORS
HOME IN OGDEN DUNES. Portage school system. Walking distance to
South Shore station. 3 possibly 4BR, 3BA. 2 car garage. Spacious yard.
$1500/mo. + util. Avail Sept. 1. Call 219-762-9194.
HAVE IT ALL – NEAR IT ALL. 2 lg. fully restored vacation apts. In the
Carsten Mansion, Michigan City. Walk to South Shore, Amtrack, bus,
downtown restaurants & theatre, Washington Park, lake/beach, harbor,
Yacht Club, zoo and the Lighthouse Mall. (Sailboat ride optional).
$600/wk. or $2,100/mo. thru October. Call 815-693-2625.
2 POSH APARTMENTS FOR RENT. Walk to Lake.
Long Term. Very Reasonable. Call 815-693-2625.
FIRST TIME AVAILABLE. Long Beach House for Rent.
Lake Shore Drive – Front screen porch and back deck.
Newly renovated, sleeps 8-12.
Call 219-874-0059 or 708-354-8733.
STOP 31 WINTER RENTAL. Fully furnished. 3BR, W/D, A/C, D/W. Close
to beach. Deck w/BBQ. Screened porch. No smoking or pets. Available
monthly Sept 05 to May 06. $700/mo. + util. Includes lawn and leaf
maintenance. Call Jim at 219-878-2393 or 574-247-1427.
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.
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.
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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.
BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE MICHIANA COTTAGE FOR 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. Pets welcome.
Call [773] 528-0825 or [773] 281-7100, or 773-454-2200.
BEACH HOUSE ON CREST OF DUNE. New Buffalo. 2BR, 2-1/2BA.
Terrific views of lake, Chicago skyline, sunsets. Private woods w/trails,
tennis pool, beach. Frplc, DSL, deck, balc. Summer: $1600/wk.
Off-season: $1000/mo. Call 773-947-9182 or 269-469-6579.
AUTHENTIC LOG HOMES FOR RENT. Long or short term available.
Call 269-469-1555 or email grandbeachmotel.com
“MICHIANA COTTAGES” VACATION RENTALS –Choose the Red or
Chocolate Cottage which comfortably sleep 6/10. Privately wooded,
charmingly appointed, just a short walk to the beach. Gas grill, great deck
and yard, screen porch, cable, DVD, W/D, A/C, etc at both. Pet and family
friendly. Many summer weeks still available so come for a visit!
$995 - $1,495/wk. Year round availability. 773-871-2256 or
www.michianacottages.com
FLORIDA RENTALS
BEAUTIFUL DELRAY, FL. 2BR, 2BA condo with heated pool. Avail.
Sept.-March in 3 or 6 month increments. Call 219-872-8546.
NAPLES, FLORIDA CONDO ON THE BEACH. 2BR, 2BA. Available Oct.
thru Dec. 30 day minimum. Call Sean at 312-403-9715.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL LONG BEACH POINTE CONDO - 1BR lower level with
new berber carpet & ceramic floors. All appliances stay. Private patio.
Close to beach and Notre Dame School. Community pool.
Call 219-872-0465.
NEW BUFFALO ALTERNATIVE (Rural Michigan City).
Furn. home on wooded, well landscaped 1-1/4 acres in private country
subdivision with low taxes. 9 rms. 3-4BR, 2.5BA. Frpl, maple kit. cabinets,
Jacuzzi, sun rm., rec. rm. with wet bar. Alarm system with cameras. 2.5
car finished garage. 25K generator, fenced yard with sprinkler system and
much more. A perfect second home that can almost take care of itself.
$249,500. A must see! 3.2 mi.east of exit 34B on I-94 off 400N at Sunset.
Century-21 1st Team, 2 N. Whittaker St., New Buffalo, MI.
Call 269-469-2121.
LAND FOR SALE
Beverly Shores, Indiana
3 separate buildable lots for sale.
$170,000 – 3 blks. To Lake Michigan
$250,000 – Lake Michigan glimpses
$390,000 – Spectacular Lake Michigan views
(219) 878-1724
NEW BUFFALO IS HOT!
#1 - DOWNTOWN NB BUILDING right on Whittaker St. is only 2 blks
to beach. Trendy & upscale inside & out but still offers a vintage flair.
Bottom level is currently 1,800 sq.ft. of retail w/original 10’ tin ceilings &
hardwood flrs. Top level has private entrance leading to an updated 3BR
apt. Rent for a fantastic investment or live in top, set up shop downstairs.
OR…how about adding a beautiful staircase inside connecting the top &
bottom levels for a one of a kind, fun, downtown NB home!
Comes w/parking spaces. $749,000.
#2 - SOUTH COVE BOAT HOUSE on NB’s Harbor Isle Drive.
Exceptionally placed end unit literally sits in the waters of NB’s top notch
marina. Views of harbor & Lake Michigan along w/loads of amenities.
3BR, 3BA, central air, decks, 2 car garage, patio…w/2,100 sq.ft. of living
space, the Boat House units are one of South Cove’s best kept secrets.
PLUS unit comes with 46’ boat slip just outside the kitchen AND an extra
46’ slip next door for your water toys or visiting boating friends. $559,000
Call Jan Adamec or Deb DeVos at
Nadra K Real Estate * 16678 Red Arrow Highway * New Buffalo, MI
1-888-594-7767 *** www.nadrak.com
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Off the Book Shelf
by Sally Carpenter
Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky
“I was halfway down the embankment when I saw
the red-orange flash. I dropped to the ground and covered my head with my arms. And felt a pain in my shoulder so intense I couldn’t even cry out.”
You can’t accuse author Paretsky of a slow start.
This story starts with arson and murder and the
almost demise of our heroine, private investigator V.I.
Warshawski. But don’t think this is a quick read-iton-the-South-Shore-coming-back-from-Chicago kind
of book. Oh, no. This book is 402 pages of an absorbing story of life, and death, on Chicago’s south side.
And, intelligently told…what a concept.
Ms. Warshawski grew up in the ‘hood but got out
of there with a college degree obtained with a basketball
scholarship. Now living in the Lakeview area of
Chicago, she thinks she has put her past behind
her…Fat chance. She receives a phone call from her
ex-basketball coach at her old alma mater—Bertha
Palmer High. Seems the coach is sick and needs
someone to take over coaching the girls basketball team
after school several days a week. Chance of a lifetime?
I don’t think so. A poor school with poor equipment,
in an even poorer neighborhood. Not the best offer
Warshawski has received lately.
Her coach’s argument for taking the job was very
persuasive. “Victoria, basketball got you out of this
neighborhood. You owe something to the girls who’ve
come behind you to give them the chance you had.”
Yup, she took the job, telling herself that she could
coach and not have it interfere with her private
investigation work.
Two of V.I.’s players on the team were Josie Dorrado
and April Czernin. They were also best friends. Josie’s
mother (father split years ago) was the sole support
of herself, Josie, two young sons, an older daughter,
Julia and her infant son (father of this baby also
splitsville). She worked for a company called Fly the
Flag, a manufacturer of, you got it, flags. She tells her
daughter that she is worried about something at
work and wants to talk to Warshawski about it. It seems
some sabotage has been happening at the plant and
Rose is fearful for her job. Several days after visiting
Rose at the plant, V.I. finds the woman suddenly
unwilling to talk anymore. She wants Warshawski to
just go away. But then, the explosion and fire and the
death of owner Frank Zamar has the investigative nostrils twitching and V.I. is off and running.
Now for the other half of this interesting equation…
Josie has met nineteen year old Billy Bysen at
the church she attends. Problem? Billy is the heir apparent to the Bysen “By-Smart” chain of discount stores
that just happen to be the fifth largest corporation in
the country. He has gotten to know the pastor of the
church Josie belongs to and wants to help him get better working conditions and wages for the people of the
south side. Not a
lot like his family
who certainly
preach Christian
values while dealing in dubious
business practices
and substandard
wages. Does the
right hand know
what the left is
doing?
V.I. meets Billy
when he comes to
watch Josie at basketball practice.
V.I. asks him if his
family might be
willing to donate
money for the girls’
basketball program (worthwhile, good p.r., tax
deductible, etc., etc.) and Billy says he will set up an
appointment for her to talk to his grandfather, patriarch and still head of the family business although
in his eighties.
Of course he dismisses V.I. as just another “do
gooder” but Billy promises to keep trying to get
“Buffalo Bill” Bysen to relent. Meanwhile, Warshawski’s
investigation into the Fly the Flag fire is coming up
with all kinds of strange twists that seem to lead back
to the By-Smart family.
Through all this, Warshawski has been trying to
keep her relationship going with Morrell, her globetrotting journalist boyfriend now resting up from
injuries sustained in the line of duty. An old (?)
English correspondent friend named Marcena Love
shows up on Morrell’s doorstep for a little r & r, so our
heroine has one more thing to worry about—jealousy. It sure doesn’t help when your boyfriend’s “best
bud” happens to be gorgeous.
There are so many ins and outs to this story which
proves that you don’t have to be either rich or poor
to have a dysfunctional family, they come in all
income brackets. And, needs and greed make strange
bedfellows. Can’t divulge more of the storyline, you
really need to get into this one yourself and see the
fascinating way author Paratsky has woven the lives
of the people who live on both sides of the coin in an
interesting way.
It’s a roller coaster ride with leads followed by
dead ends followed by trips to the hospital (this girl
is very resilient). There is also a lot of humanity in
this story that I found refreshing and unusual in a
murder/mayhem mystery. I like V.I. Warshawski.
She’s my kind of woman!
Till next time, happy reading!
THE
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872-4000
MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS
Debbie Burke
FAX (219) 872-4182
Specializing in Distinctive
Properties
Indiana and Michigan
707 Washington Street, Michigan City, IN
Ed Merrion
Owner
Broker
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PANORAMIC VIEWS OF LAKE MICHIGAN! Watch the Chicago
skyline and beyond from your master suite, the open living area or the
deck of this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath contemporary perched high above Lake
Shore Drive in Sheridan Beach. Three levels of living encompass an open
floor plan that takes the best advantage of the Lake Michigan views. New
carpeting and fresh interior paint enhance this exquisite home.
$
Call Ed Merrion for a peek!
548,500
211 Maplewood
PERFECT RANCH IN SHORELAND HILLS! This 3 bedroom home
is situated on two lots with plenty of room for expansion. It has a full basement w/finished rec room & extra bedroom. Kitchen, family room combo
has hardwood floors & fireplace. Furnace & air are 5 yrs old, roof 8 yrs old.
$
Cute as can be inside! Come take a peek for yourself!
295,000
Directions: Duneland Beach Road to Northbrook to Maplewood Drive to
corner of Maplewood Trail.
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2118 Florimond
A HOME WITH JUDICIOUS CHARACTER! This all-brick ranch
provides justice and simple living with gorgeous hardwood floors, a beautifully updated kitchen, 4 bedrooms (including separate master suite),
2 full baths, a warm brick fireplace & a huge knotty-pine family room.
Comes with private beach rights at the Stop 21 Beach Club! Come see
$
Jim McGah and look for yourself!
429,000
Directions: Chastleton to Florimond, west on Florimond to sign.
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230 Old Mill Road
NATURE CALLING! This magnificent home in a hidden area of Trail Creek has been
remodeled and waiting for new owners! Think of lazy summer evenings sitting on the dock
watching the fish jump, the turtles swim or pull out the fishing pole and reel in a "big"
one. This home offers 4 bedrooms (5 or 6 depending how you use the space), 3.5 baths,
full finished basement, 2 fireplaces, screened porch and much much more! Come sit for
a while and enjoy the peace and quiet! Call Debbie Burke to view if you can't make the
open house.
Directions: Chapala Parkway (off Michigan Blvd/Rt 35) to Old Mill Road and follow the
signs!
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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CENTURY 21 Long Beach Realty
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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
Own Your Own Piece of the “Singing Sands” on Lake Michigan. 166 ft. of lakefront with a home designed by John T.
Heatherington. Built in 1951 in the Frank Lloyd Wright styling, this home remains timeless in its appeal. Spacious rooms
and patios surrounded by beautiful landscaping are the perfect setting for gala entertaining. A woodburning Indiana limestone fireplace compliments the Living/Dining room and a paving brick fireplace makes the Family room a cozy retreat.
The Master Suite, on the lakeside has its own private balcony along with a Dressing/Sitting room and private bath. Guests
can occupy the three other bedrooms–all with their own baths. Hardwood floors, ceiling fans, a 56’ long screened porch
on the lakeside add to the enjoyment of this one of a kind home. Property is protected by 30’ deep seawall which runs
$
the full lake frontage.
3,200,000
Three Decks, sunroom and screened porch open to Long Beach Golf Course in 5 bedroom home. Family sized kitchen
has central cabinets and work areas. Great room with fireplace. Sitting room or study area off second floor bedrooms.
$
Oversized 2 car garage.
425,900
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 219-877-7290
Debbie Chism*, Broker Associate 874-9093
Beverly Bullis*, CRS, GRI 800-518-6149
Phyllis T. Waters*
CRB, CRS, GRI
Broker/ Owner
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
Rosemary Braun 879-9029
Each Office Is Independently Owned and Operated
Don Niven 708-259-9471
Shelly Neal 879-7493
Bill McNew 872-8254
*Licensed in Michigan and Indiana
Doug Waters*
GRI
Managing Broker

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