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A new art gallery is adding somepizzazz to Michigan City’s WashingtonPark and audience reviews so far havebeen positive.

Brightly colored art work nowadorns the otherwise ordinary sur-faces of the J.C. Stage pavilion andthe storage garage. The idea wasto “dress up” the park said KenWoss, Summer Festival board mem-ber and chairperson of the art pro-ject.

City Councilman and SummerFestival Chairperson Joe Doyle saidthe art gallery is intended to be anongoing project to give visibility toartists in the community who oth-erwise might not be recognized.

“It’s a way of showcasing local tal-ent,” Doyle said. “It (art) will be upuntil the bad weather comes, thengo into storage and return nextyear.”

New Art Gallery Adds Pizzazz to Washington Parkby Laurie Wink

Summer Festival Board members Bill Green, Ken Woss and Joe Doyle gather to talk

about the art gallery concept.A painting of the lakefront pier by artist Jane Cowley.

A view of Trail Creek in the International Friendship Gardens inspired artist Cilla Griffith-Yazel.

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During a meeting of the Summer Festival Board,Doyle suggested having murals painted on the newlypower washed and painted storage garage, both to stim-ulate community pride and to help camouflage the build-ing. Woss recommended the art be done on removablepanels that could be put up and taken down, providinga way to preserve the art if and when the storage garageis torn down.

Woss sent letters and personally contacted area highschools and organizations in January to announce theart gallery project and solicit colorful depictions of pop-ular local scenes. “We wanted to find local artists whowere interested in coming up with something to paintwithin Michigan City,” he said. “We supplied them with4 x 4 foot and 4 x 8 foot treated plywood panels thatare good for outdoor signage.”

Dennis Schultz of Meyer Glass & Mirror donatedmaterials to protect and preserve the wood panels.During a visit to Washington Park on Aug. 25, the artwork remained intact, while dozens of trees had beendamaged by a major storm that hit two days earlier.

Art has been contributed by artists ranging in agefrom elementary school children to senior citizens. Thefirst to arrive this spring were two 4 x 8 panels fromMarquette High School art students, taught by ShirleyWhite. One was a creative painting of Washington Park

Joe Doyle, chairperson of Summer Festival, is pleased to provide a showcase for local talent.

The park’s storage garage looks good with paintings by the Michigan CityBoys & Girls Club (top) and by art students at Marquette High School

(two below).

Zoo done by three South Korean exchange students.The other was a painting of the Michigan City pierand lighthouse at sunset, created by student artistsElizabeth Bar, Faye Stokes and Katherine Miller.

Elementary students from the Michigan City Boysand Girls Club have created an inviting image ofWashington Park beach on a sunny day, with a bevyof sailboats offshore. Michigan City Senior Center artistsMary Ann Johnson, Bill Manning and Pat Buren, work-ing with instructor Martee Pawlik, submitted threepanels depicting the Washington Park gazebo, the recent-ly refurbished Observation Tower and the pier and light-house as viewed from the dunes. Art from MichiganCity High School and the Salvation Army is expect-ed to be completed soon.

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Three art panels were contributed by artistsfrom the Michigan City Senior Center.

Mary Ann Johnson

Bill Manning

Pat Buren


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Several individual artists and a photographer havegotten involved. Jane Cowley, Michiana, painted a scenewith walkers on the pier. Paul Dunne, DunelandBeach, contributed photographs of winter and sum-mer scenes of the Indiana dunes. Cilla Griffith-Yazel,Michigan City, created an enchanting image of aTrail Creek scene in the International FriendshipGardens.

Plenty of room is available to display art around theoutside and inside of the J.C. Stage pavilion, as wellas in the so-called “bumper car” building south of theJ.C. Stage. For more information, interested organi-zations and artists are encouraged to contact Ken Wossat 219-872-1101.

Ken Woss,chair of theWashingtonPark art galleryproject, pausesto appreciatethe results.

Photographer Paul Dunne donated twoseasonal scenes of the Indiana dunes.

Washington Park art viewed from the J.C. Stage Pavilion.


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The Festival Players Guild opens its 2006-07Winter Arts Series with a concert by the SpecialConsensus Bluegrass Band on Fri., Sept. 8, at 7:30p.m. at the Guild’s Mainstreet Theatre, 807 FranklinSt., in Michigan City.

The Special Consensus is a four person acoustic blue-grass band that began performing in the Midwest inthe spring of 1975. The first band album was releasedin 1979 when the band began touring on a nationalbasis.

In 2000, Pinecastle Records released the first bandperformance video, filmed for Iowa Public Television’s“Old Time Country Music” show, and The SpecialConsensus 25th Anniversary recording to mark thismilestone year for the band. In November 2003, theSpecial Consensus received a standing ovation afterthe first band performance on the Grand Ole Opry atNashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. Internationaltours have brought The Special Consensus to theUnited Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Ireland and SouthAmerica.

The group’s leader, Greg Cahill, plays banjo andsings baritone and tenor vocals. Chicago born and bred,Greg has been playing bluegrass banjo since theearly 1970s. He has composed many banjo instru-mentals and released three albums featuring hisunique style: Lone Star (1980) with guests Jethro Burnsand Byron Berline, Blue Skies (1992) with fellowChicagoan Don Stiernberg, and Night Skies (1998) withDon and guests Sam Bush, Glen Duncan and Tom Boyd.He has appeared on all of The Special Consensus record-ings, on numerous recordings by other artists, and onmany national television and radio commercials as thebanjo player of choice on Chicago's busy jingle musicscene. Greg has also recorded with the ChowDogs(Slavek Hanzlik, Dallas Wayne, and Ollie O'Shea) andperiodically tours European countries with that band.

Other members of the band include Ron Spears,Justin Carbone and David Thomas.

All seats for the performance are reserved. Ticketsare $15/adults, $14/Senior Citizens and $7.50/Studentshigh school age and below. Reservations may bemade at 219/874-4269.


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by William F. Keefe

“Back to school” hassles hold no terrors for MollyTrafas. With seven years of volunteer tutoring behindher, and with a 2006 summer of regular tutoringsessions in her rear-view mirror, the New Buffalo res-ident has merely to adjust her “class” schedule.

The twice-a-week morning sessions with a nine-year-old Michigan City girl have become twice-a-weekafternoon meetings. Each half-hour session continuesto focus on Basic Reading skills.

Like most others taking part in the Michigan CityPublic Library Literacy Program, Molly Trafas holdsher sessions in the Public Library. She uses materi-als supplied by the Literacy Program headed by thelibrary’s Marilyn Sirugo.

minimal reading skills, it breaks the reading processdown into such areas as “the short vowels,” “the longvowels,” and “sight words.” The latter are English-lan-guage words that obey few or no rules of pronuncia-tion. Among these are words like though, tough, any,would, and could--all of which require memoriza-tion.

“We are taught to discourage guessing,” Mollysays. “We stress repetition, and we do work on sightwords separately because of their basic uniqueness.I have a starter list of these words.

“We use stories, very simple ones, that may run threeor four large-type pages. One has a title that reallyidentifies it as a ‘short vowel’ story--Red Ants.”

Critically, as a tutor Molly keeps in mind that sheis helping a student to “decode” the English lan-guage. Reading well is the goal. Comprehension,speed of reading, and punctuation will come later.

“Loves to Read”Again like others who work with the Michigan

City reading instruction program, Molly joined the vol-unteers because she “loves to read” and wanted to helpothers learn the skill. In the spring of 1999 she tookthe required training offered by the Literacy Program.

“We had two sessions of about four hours each,” sherecalls. “That included the Basic and IntermediateReading Tutor Training programs.”

With the training over, she was matched with herfirst “pupil,” a boy. She has tutored three other boysand is currently tutoring her first girl.

The time she spends in traveling to and from hersessions and in conducting them is rewarding in dif-

The August 18 start of the new academic year inthe Michigan City elementary schools made hardlya blip in Molly’s program. “In some ways the afternoonsessions, taking place after school, are more produc-tive,” she says. “It may be because the student’s dayin school is more structured. It carries over into ourmeetings.”

The Basic Reading program that Molly is cur-rently teaching utilizes both sight recognition and mem-orization skills. Geared for non-readers or persons with

Reporting to the Michigan City Public Library, Molly Trafas signs hername to the register maintained for tutors. (Photo courtesy Don Varda)

A few minutes of preparation and the tutoring session can begin. Thematerials are provided by the library’s Literacy Program.

(Photo courtesy Don Varda)


The Michigan City Public Library offers the ideal venue in which to learn to read. Inside the library are cubicles that enable tutors and students to work without distraction. (Keefe photo)

The half-hour sessions with young people are scheduled in the after-noons on school days. (Photo courtesy Don Varda)

ferent ways. Primarily, she believes, it’s rewarding tosee a young person make progress. When the progressbecomes obvious to others, there’s a special sense ofaccomplishment.

“One of the boys I worked with had been in a spe-cial education class. He made such progress thatthey moved him into a regular class.” Nearly always,she adds, the “pupil’s” family sees progress and com-ments on it.

Tutor support offered by the Literacy Program iscompletely adequate, Molly feels. It ranges from thetwo “refresher” or review sessions that she has takensince she started--each lasting an hour or two--tothe basic tutor manual, flash-cards, and readinglists, among other items.

Tutors WantedThe Michigan City Public Library at 100 Fourth St.

has a special area set aside for tutors and their stu-dents. “Our most recent count shows that we have 55tutors matched with 65 students,” notes Ms. Sirugo.“About half the students are adults and half children.”

There are many more would-be students on theLiteracy Program’s waiting list than there are tutors.“We generally have 40 to 60 students on the waitinglist at any one time--and most are children.”

An applicant for a tutor position needs at least ahigh school diploma or a General EducationalDevelopment (GED) certificate. Tutors can serve var-ious types of students--beginning adult readers, newlyarrived foreign residents who want to learn English,children who are beginning readers, and basic mathstudents.

Tutors may also work with persons desirous ofearning a GED.

Some statistics underscore the existential needfor more tutors for the Michigan City program. As abrochure issued by the Literacy Program notes: “Onein every five residents of the Michigan City areacannot read, write, or speak English well enough to:

-- Support their families;-- Successfully compete for jobs;-- Achieve personal or work-related goals,-- Manage every-day tasks such as filling out forms,

reading labels and signs, using the bank, post office,or medical facilities.”

Training for tutoring children in reading will be offeredSeptember 12 and 14 from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. in thelibrary’s meeting room, Ms. Sirugo said. Trainingfor tutoring adults will be offered September 28 and29 from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., also in the meeting room.

As part of its overall policy, the Literacy Programkeeps student names confidential.


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Sara Scherberg lives in Union Pier, MI, as the ownerof Acorn Gallery there. She has degrees from artschools in San Francisco and Chicago. While work-ing at the Field Museum in Chicago, she becameentranced by their collection of botanical drawings.She respected the skill and accuracy of these draw-ings and this fascination has carried through in thework in this exhibit. The drawings are not copies inany sense, but imaginative and colorful realizationswith several layers of meaning and detail not foundin ordinary illustration. To look closely at thesePrismacolor drawings, is to be rewarded by surpriseby the delicious secondary detail she has incorporated.“Things may not be quite what they seem to be.”

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The festival began seventeen years ago for thepurpose of keeping the community together afterDoor Village lost its much loved school. The effort hasbeen a success as over 150 community members joinin each year and volunteer their services to keep thefestival going.

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Entertainment: 9 a.m. Trilly Welch and his 5-stringbanjo; 10:30 a.m. Windy City Harmonica Trio, and atnoon, the Hymn-Tymers.

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The Michigan City Public Library’s Writing Out Loud:22nd Edition program begins Sat., Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m.at the library. Chicago native and author StaceyBallis will be interviewed and read from her work.Stacey has degrees from Brandeis and DePaulUniversities and has a full-time day job as Directorof Education and Community Programs at TheGoodman Theatre in Chicago.

Her first two books, Inappropriate Men and SleepingOver, were published by Red Dress Ink. Her latestnovel, Room for Improvement was picked up by thePenguin Group. She is busy writing her fourth, TheSpinster Sisters, scheduled to be out in March, 2007.

The interviewer for the program is author LauraCaldwell. The Friends of the Library will host areception following the program and the Bookstore atLighthouse Place will host a book-signing. Thelibrary is located at 100 E. Fourth St.

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Pieces to be performedare: Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Lohengrin - Prelude,Act III; Johannes Brahms(1833-1897) Violin Concerto,Op. 77, D major; JudithIngolfsson, violin; SergeiProkofiev (1891–1953)excerpts from Cinderella;Henry Fogel, narrator.

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Music and Comedy at The Acorn TheaterThe Acorn Theater will feature acoustic music on

Wed., Sept. 6, an organ concert on Fri., Sept. 8, a blue-grass comedy trio on Sat., Sept. 9, and Irish singer onSun., Sept. 10.

String instrumentalist Carl Payne will host anoth-er Acoustic Music Night featuring Venitia Sekema onguitar and vocals on Sept. 6. The show starts at 8 p.m.EDT and tickets are $10.

A native of Hebron, IN, Venitia Sekema began herprofessional performing career in 1990 at an EarthDay Music Festival in Michigan City, IN. By 2000 shehad developed a regional name and had become a reg-ular performer at the Ship and Shore Festival inNew Buffalo, MI, the Fernwood Music Festival, GrapeJam Music Festival, the largely popular VenetianFestival in St. Joseph, MI, and a variety of coffee hous-es, clubs and art venues throughout the Michiana area.

On Sept. 8, organist Wyn Wade will present a con-cert on The Acorn’s Barton theater pipe organ. Duringhis undergraduate years at the University of Michigan,he was organist at the Michigan Theatre in AnnArbor and received lessons from theatre-organ legendGeorge Wright. He has been staff organist at Pipe OrganPlace in Elkhart, IN, and associate organist, along withhis renowned colleague Rob Richards, at TweedyBrown’s Magical Music Showplace in South Bend. Theshow starts at 8 p.m. EDT and tickets are $10.

Hilarious bluegrass songs and redneck repartee willbe the order of the evening on Sept. 9, when theFamous Brothers, who hail from Monkey’s Crevice,West Virginia, perform. Ricky, Willie B. and DarrenBilly Bob (Darren 2B) Famous have built their rep-utation for classic three-part bluegrass harmonywith an original comic twist. Whether singing, yodel-ing, fighting or drinking, the Brothers always showeveryone a real good time.

The Famous Brothers are played by three Chicago-area performers: singer-guitarist Rick Vamos, actorand improviser Darren Stephens and Will Clinger, long-time host of WTTW’s Wild Chicago. The show startsat 8 p.m. EDT and tickets are $15.

On Sunday, at 7 p.m. EDT, singer-songwriter BillO’Dwyer will entertain with his mellow voice to hisarrangements that are beautifully simple and excel-lent lyrics.

Based in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, O’Dwyerpossesses a pronounced Irish brogue that is whollyabsorbing. He proves to be a good storyteller, is a wordpainter and his uncomplicated yet catchy melodies serveas a solid vehicle for his lyrics.

Tickets can be reserved by phoning the theater at269/756-3879 or purchased at the door. The AcornTheater is located in the historic Featherbone Factoryat 107 Generations Dr., behind the Three Oaks PostOffice on N. Elm Street. For maps, directions and otherupcoming programs at The Acorn Theater, visitwww.acorntheater.com.


Michigan City’s 27th Boat Show Weathers the Storm in 2006!by Jan Van Ausdal

On Wednesday, August 24th, all preparations werewell under way for the 27th Michigan City In-WaterBoat Show to be held in Lake Michigan and WashingtonPark. However, a treacherous storm with 106 mile perhour winds, rain, and hail came to Trail Creek about6 P.M. that evening.

As members of the boat show staff, Barbara Burke,Jessica Simkins, Carla Varos and Norman Schultz him-self, the Boat Show Director, all said, “It was scaryhere!” Things were indeed “very hectic” and when adecision had to be made as to whether to have theplanned ribbon cutting on Thursday, it was decidedthat getting the boat show back together and readyto go on through Sunday, August 27th, was definite-ly what took priority over the ribbon cutting.

Norm said, “There were leaves all over the place.It looked worse than a hurricane, like a tornado.The hail was about 5+ inches deep, it was raining hard,and the wind was blowing very hard. When we lookeddown the center to where the sailboats had been,they were no longer there! The winds tore the sailboatpier loose from the dock, carrying about 40 sailboatsout into the Trail Creek channel. Several men wereaboard the floating dock. The sailboat dock thenfloated downstream, ran into the brokerage boatdock, wrapped around the No. 5 pier and went downthe creek about 100 yards. Someone was smartenough to tie it up and the boats eventually held.”

By dark Wednesday evening, workers had freed mostof the sailboats from the floating dock and moved themto places along Millennium Plaza on the north sideof the channel and to the Dept. of Natural Resourcesdocks on the other side, The storm had knocked outthe power and work had to be suspended for a while.

Instead of going to the Boat Show on Thursday, Iwent there on Friday. I met Norm Schultz at thetrailer by the entrance to the show, and he wentalong to explain things to me and to Jessica Simkins,the newest employee of the boat show who started atthe beginning of August, 2006. She likes her newjob very much, and it has certainly not been boring!

In the center are the sailboats, which blew away during the storm.

The famous Party Boat where those aboard are always having a party.Jessica Simkins with Norm Schultz by a PADI tent that

blew down and was put back up.

As we started out on our walk through the Boat Show,Norm mentioned that there are probably about 300to 400 exhibitors. He added that there are boats fromseven nations in this year’s show. Norm and Jessicastopped by the small PADI tent (from Niles, Michigan)where I photographed the pair together. Norm saidthat that particular tent had been blown into the larg-er tent to the right during the storm. However, theywere able to put it back up and everything backtogether. He added, “Yesterday was Michigan City Dayand everyone from here got in to the show free. Butwe decided to let everyone in free because of thestorm. We had a fairly good crowd come in Thursday.”He mentioned that a lot of Michigan City peoplepitched in and helped put things back together, andthat Norm did not even know all the people whohelped with the gigantic task. Norm said, “ We havea lot of out-of-town people who come to the MichiganCity Boat Show—people from Kalamazoo and GrandRapids, Michigan, for example, and from Indianapolisand from other parts of Indiana and, of course, fromIllinois. We could not disappoint the people whowanted to see the show, so we had to get everythingback together and ready to go as soon as possible onThursday! It wasn’t easy, but with all the extra help,we made it!!!”

A floating pavilion (Pier 5) featuring beverages, enter-tainment and fun was located in the center of the showsurrounded by boats. This is the popular “Party Boat”which is the perfect spot to meet and catch up withboating buddies over an ice-cold beverage.


Norm pointed out the Maritime ’52, an Australianboat, at the show and mentioned that it is the firsttime that boat has been seen by anybody on theGreat Lakes. On deck were Captains Dick Sisson &Kurt Hartlieb of Lakeside Marine. This boat hasthree bedrooms, three bathrooms, is air conditioned,and would sell for about $2.6 million. We three board-ed this boat and looked around at the spacious andluxurious furnishings. The wood is very highly pol-ished Australian myrtle. Norm sat behind the wheelof this boat, and I photographed some of the boats inthe show which could be seen from the inside of theMaritime ’52.

Some of the multicolored shoes (Crocs) available from B & E Marine, Michigan City.

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As we left the inside of the Maritime ’52, we sawa sign, which read, “It’s Boarding by Appointment Only.”This sign was posted on one of the Marquis yachts.

At the B & E Marine display, there were many, manyshoes (Crocs) of various bright colors such as red, orange,navy blue, and lavender. Quite a number of people werelooking for some of these shoes in their desired colorand size.

View of some of the boats at the show taken from inside the Maritime ’52.

On the Marquis Yachts—it’s “Boarding by Appointment Only!”

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Next, I went to see the show by Capt’n Willie, TheGreat Lakes Pirate, who was a new attraction atthe Michigan City Boat Show this year. Jack andWill Anderson, (4 & 6 years old), were with theirDad, Scott, to see this show, while their Mom, Shelly,had returned to the car with younger brothers,Edward (2) and Christopher (6 months). The Andersonsare from Evanston, Illinois. They’ve come here everyyear for the last three years and were sorry that thezoo was closed on Friday, as they usually visit itwhile they are in town.

Will and Jack were eager listeners and avid par-ticipants in the Capt’n Willie show. He told themabout boating and swimming safety. He cautioned themagainst going swimming alone, because “you don’t wantto get into any trouble.” The three performed thevarious verses of “The Hokey Pokey” and then theywent surfin’, did the backstroke and had lots of funwith these different activities. At the end, Capt’nWillie signed a hero certificate for each of the boys totake home with them. Scott Anderson mentionedthat “With four boys, at some time in the future,we’ll probably have a boat to go boating on in the sum-mer.”

And that’s what boat shows are all about! To lookat different sizes and prices of boats and decide whichones might suit your family for future summer fun!

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At one display under a tent, I photographed PatAndreatta and Jim Dunn, Salesman for Grand Marinaresort, which was offering a free boat with a purchase.Jim mentioned that these condos in New Buffalo onthe Harbor are upscale units with many recreation-al facilities available. If owners plan to be away fora period of time, the management can rent out yourunit while you are gone.

Pat Andreatta & Jim Dunn, salesman for Marina Grand Resort—get a free boat with unit purchase!

Capt’n Willie, The Great Lakes Pirate, does the Hokey-Pokeywith Jack & Will Anderson.

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Humane Society volunteers will be on hand tothank you and WEFM will be airing all morning asa tribute to donors and the good work at the shelter.

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We ask you again, does size matter? Definitely inthis art exhibition! The Thaddeus C. Gallery pre-sents “BIG ARTISTS: small works” a fine art exhibitionfeaturing works of art no larger than 12 x 12 inches.Gallery Artists have created fine art gems for this pop-ular exhibition. In addition, new artists will be con-tributing works for the first time at the gallery. Theroster of artists includes: Dawn Gerardot, SergeyCherep, Maxwell Peterson, Jeremy Castaneda, ArtWerger, Charlotte Reine, Mikio Watanabe, KarenO’Neil, Michael Aaron McAllister, and Michael Leu.

In a super-sized culture, come embrace all that issmall! Exhibition will open with a reception, Fri.,Sept. 8th, 5-8 p.m., and will continue through Oct. 1st.The Thaddeus C. Gallery is located at 703 MichiganAve., second floor, in downtown LaPorte. Galleryhours are Wed.-Fri. 11-5 p.m. and Sat. 11-4 p.m. Formore information on the Thaddeus C. Gallery, log onto www.thaddeusc.com or call 219/326-8626.

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Eileen S. Heisler began her new business inChesterton and opened it to the public just a coupleweeks ago. The name of the place is Molly Bea’sINGREDIENTS, LLC -- I’ll tell you where the namecame from in a minute. Eileen Heisler and her hus-band had lived in Evanston Illinois for many years,raised their kids there. At the same time, she was atraveling merchandiser who’d fairly recently designedand opened a factory in Shanghai. About that time,she’d also toured a large part of China. Then, folks,she got fired from that exciting job.

Months were spent deciding where to turn to. Afterconsidering a number of job avenues, she decided tolook around while they spent their summers on theMichiana beaches. That’s when she found the perfectplace for her beginning thoughts. You see, she was think-ing of a kitchen supply store. Chesterton’s brandnew mall, right next door to a large grocer – perfec-tion. Eileen uses her own cooking and baking astherapy for a busy life. That’s why she chose to designa shop full of all sorts of ingredients and supplies forthe home economist, and that’s where I visited so Icould tell you all about it. You’ll agree it’s ratheramazing.

These aresome of thethings I learned.The name MollyBea refers toEileen’s ownmother Mollyand her hus-band’s motherBea – a lovelymemorial to twofine women.Most productsare in bulkquantities, afresh amount ofeach in its ownbin – one cantake howevermuch one wants.Organic, natural, gluten-free, vegetarian and free-trade– terms used throughout the Molly Bea floor. No,she says, we are not a franchise – just locals wanti-ng to serve other locals.

The spices number about a hundred and are shippedfrom countries all around the globe. In bins, theyare beautiful – white pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, goldflax seeds, along with the more common spices.Several sea salts are offered (I bought a handful andspent 81 cents. I’ve had to pay lots more at the gro-cer for my favorite salt.) Four different dried mush-

Molly’s daughter Eileen Heisler with more Ingredients

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rooms are housed in the spice bins, excellent vanil-las from Madagascar (bottled, not binned). Thereare many soup bases: vegetable, onion, chicken, beef,bean, asparagus – all dry powder bases. And on eachof those soup bins there’s a note: “Ask us for recipe.”There are various yeasts, unflavored gelatin – yeah,bins of each. There’s a group of dried fruits likemango slices, papaya big spears and small dices,peach halves, Medjool dates.

Along another wall are granolas – and what a lotof granolas: fruit and nut, honey, blackberry, straw-berry almond, almond delicious. At that same wall,a number of pastas, trail mixes, a vast supply of allkinds of nuts, a variety of rices including unusual nameslike black Japonka and white Basmatic. Fresh andunusual coffees and teas, both bulk and packaged, areimported from the best growing regions of the world.(I came home with a mere half pound of coffee namedEthiopian Yfrazchaffe! Another yum.)


One of theirmost popular itemsis peanut butter.And its peanut but-ter you grind your-self, while at MollyBea’s. There’s abunch of low-sugar/sugarless/chocolate treats,large containers ofpuddings – choco-late, key lime,coconut, lemon. Itgoes on and on.

That’s the peanut butter grinder

PISTACHIO AND APRICOT GRANOLA2-1/2 cups oats1 cup wheat flakes1/2 cup wheat germ1 cup chopped unsalted pistachios2 tsp cinnamon1 tsp nutmeg1/2 cup vegetable oil1/3 cup honey1/4 cup orange juice1/2 cup chopped dried apricots

In large bowl combine oats, wheat flakes, wheatgerm and nuts. Mix well. In small saucepan com-bine cinnamon, nutmeg, oil, honey and orange juice.Heat just to boiling. Pour over dry ingredients. Mixwell. Spread over large baking pan with lowsides. Bake in preheated 325-degree oven 30minutes. Remove and stir in apricots. Cool. Storein airtight container. Delicious served with milkor yogurt or sprinkled over fruit or ice cream.

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Use a food processor to grinder and grind allthe ingredients. Store in an air tight container.This will last for a long time.

Eileen did her own shop decorating. Soft greens andyellow for the interior walls, a warehouse floor, love-ly ceiling lamps. Handyman tables are aisle furniturewhich supply bags, pencils and labels for the productsa customer chooses to package to take home. It’sindeed a handsome shop with truly handsome food.Chesterton is only about ten miles from us, and you’llfind Molly Bea’s INGREDIENTS off route 49 to theleft. Its facing the Jewel store, in a new mall that sur-faced about a year ago. 761 Indian Boundary Road,phone 219/983-9401. Be sure you try that wonderfulsalt, as well as collecting your own favorites.

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Chef Erik Keever, a neighbor at the mall

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The Beverly Shores Depot Art GalleryThe Beverly Shores Depot Art Gallery announces

“Dune Light”, an exhibition of paintings by ValerieTaglieri to be on display from September 8-24.

An opening reception will take place on Sun., Sept.10th, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

The Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Galleryis located at 525 Broadway, Beverly Shores, justnorth of Highway #12. Admission is free, donationsare welcome.

The Depot is now open every Friday throughSunday from 11:30-3:30, April through November.

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Academic curriculum covers basic concepts, num-bers, mathematic readiness, letters and sounds, andreading readiness. Children will be introduced tomusic concepts and creativity, activities to develop grossmotor skills and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordinationand movement education. Classes meeting on Fridayseven have swim lessons.

In addition to the offerings of the standard half-daypreschool offerings, the full day YMCA MontessoriPreschool provides children with Montessori based activ-ities and learning experiences.

The Y’s Way Preschool for 31⁄2-4 year olds meets Tues.& Thurs., 9-11:30 a.m. and costs $75/month.

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OK, ladies, a decision has been made. The FallGirlfriend Sale, your ultimate woman’s resale cloth-ing event, will be held on October 13, 14, 21 and 22.We have decided to move the dates from Novemberto October since we transition our closets from sum-mer to fall in September. We’re thinking it’s the per-fect time to clear out all those items you no longer wantor need and make room for your new Fall wardrobe.Please phone the Center at 879-3845 and reserve aspot to sell up to 30 items in the sale. We will be mak-ing appointments to accept clothing on Mondays inSeptember from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with evening hoursyet to be determined. If you would please include adate and time on your message we will return yourcall and confirm that appointment.

Mary Chandler is offering a new 6 week series ofBallroom Dance Class for all levels. A Basic Classfor those who have has 6 weeks experience begins onSept. 6th at 6 p.m. followed by an Intermediate Classfor those with 1 year experience at 7 p.m. On Thurs.,Sept. 7th, a Basic Class will be held at 7 p.m. followedby a Beginner Class for those with little or no expe-rience at 8:15 p.m. Phone Mary at 219/762-6868 formore information and to register.

The Long Beach Fitness Center is coordinatinga “Workout for St. Jude” to benefit the children’sresearch hospital on Sept. 30th. St. Jude hospital worksto find cures for cancer and other catastrophic diseases.They freely share discoveries with scientific com-munities around the world, and no family is everasked to pay for treatments not covered by insuranceor is turned away because they are not insured.Cindy Perham, manager of the Fitness Center, hasdetails on how to participate in this very worthycause and is also happy to accept your donation if youare unable to attend the event. Phone the Center at219/879-1395.

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Area Artists Garner Awards at Art Comp 2006

Area artists were happily surprised to see rib-bons marking Merit and Honorable Mentions fortheir selected entries in the Chesterton Art Center’sbiennial Art Comp.

John Uban of Valparaiso walked away with the Bestof Show award for his acrylic painting, “NovemberBlowout.” John also liked, in addition to the fancy redribbon, the accompanying $750 he earned for hiswork’s top honor.

Herbert Helm from Berrien Springs, Claire Hoinvilleof Niles, Jim Small of Baroda and Robert R. Williamsof Stevensville.

Best of Show winner Jon Uban poses next to his acrylic painting,“November Blowout.”

The second place Award of Distinction went toMichael Dailey of Goshen. Michael won $500 for hisphotograph, “Kelderhouse Road. James Andert ofSouth Bend garnered a Merit Award for his pastel draw-ing, “Mesa.”

LaPorte County artists whose works were select-ed by judge Ron Monsma for inclusion in Art Comp2006 are: Mary Campbell, Judy Crawford, JohnFanson, Frank DiGiacomo, Julia Holmaas, LarryJensen, Merry Johnson, Pati Lansford, Rose Peterson,Judith Rein, Laura Sprague, and Georgia Swanson.Artists who reside in southwest Michigan whoseworks were chosen for inclusion are Elaine Harju, RalphHarju, and Dan Sheehan from Saint Joseph, MI;

South Bend artist James Andert said it was worth driving an hourwestward to attend the reception and to discover that he

won a Merit Award for his pastel, “Mesa.”

Mary Campbell of LaPorte got the nod for her watercolor entry, “Storm#2.” Co-chair Phyllis Gniadek announced Mary’s $100 Merit Award.

LaPorte artist Pati Lansford said she was delighted to have her watercol-or, “Mexican Market,” exhibited next to friend and mentor Rosalie

Sadenwater’s winning entry.

Julia Holmaas, among the several local artists whose works were selected for inclusion in Art Comp 2006, enjoyed the

festive opening reception at the Art Center.


Judith Rein, of LaPorte, is all smiles while learning of her HonorableMention for her watercolor, “Pierside.”

Garret Hamm of Chesterton won an Honorable Mention for his oil, “Song of the South.” Accompanying Garret is Kathryn Lantz.

Art Comp ’06 received over 200 entries, of which103 pieces were selected “based on the strengths ofsolid technique, imaginative use of materials, and theincorporation of ideas,” according to judge RonMonsma. Monsma is a professor of art at IndianaUniversity—South Bend. Cash awards were provid-ed by Datagraphic Printing, Gary Artists League,Chesterton Art Center, Allstate Insurance/TonyBianco, NIPSCO, Chesterton Tribune, Hazel HannellMemorial, Dorothy Sebert CPA, Dunes Office & ShopEquipment, Jewel-Osco, Dunes Art Media.com, theSchoolhouse Shop and Glenn L. Firme.

Winning artists’ works were announced at theopening reception, held August 27 at the ChestertonArt Center. The exhibit, co-chaired by Phyllis Gniadekand Mary Ann Pals, runs through September 30 atthe Chesterton gallery.

The nonprofit Chesterton Art Center, located at 115South Fourth Street, is open 11-4pm weekdays and1-4 pm weekends. For more information, contact theArt Center at 219.926-4711 or log on to their websiteat www.chestertonart.com.

Ralph Harju of St. Joe looks absolutely delighted at being announcedThird Place winner for his photograph, “Going to the Light.”

Marsha Demkovich and gallery director Judy Gregurich congratulateKathy Kinney on her Merit Award for “French Outlook” a collage.

Rosalie Sadenwater is presented a $200 Merit Award for her watercolor,“Splash.” Clint Rigg did the honors.


Learning Center Tutor TrainingThe Literacy Center at the Michigan City Public

Library is looking for tutors to volunteer only a fewhours a week. Training sessions for tutoring childrenin reading and math will be Wed. & Thurs., Sept. 13and 14 from 1:30-4 p.m. Sessions for tutoring adultsin reading, pre-GED studies, English-as-a-Second-Language and math will be Sept. 28 & 29 from 1:30-4 p.m. All sessions will be held in the library meet-ing room. Phone the literacy supervisor at 873-3043to pre-register.

Literary Series Opens at VUValparaiso’s University’s annual celebration of

writing will begin Sept. 13 with a reading by award-winning poet John Balaban.

Balaban, poet-in-residence and professor of Englishat North Carolina State University, will open VU’sWordfest series of events with a reading of poems fromhis most recent collection, “Path, Crooked Path,” at7:30 p.m. in the VU Center for the Arts. His readingis free and open to the public.

Balaban has written 12 books of poetry and proseand is a winner of The Academy of American Poets’Lamont prize. He is a two-time nominee for theNational Book Award and was named 2001-2004National Artist for Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.His book “Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New andSelected Poems” won the 1998 William Carlos WilliamsAward from the Poetry Society of America.

In addition to writing poetry, fiction and nonfiction,Balaban is a respected translator of Vietnamese poet-ry and a past president of the American LiteraryTranslators Association.

Other writers who will present readings of their workare fiction author Melissa Fraterrigo in October andVU student poets in December.

Wordfest, an annual series of readings by nation-ally-known writers, panel discussions and student writ-ing contests, is sponsored by VU’s Department ofEnglish. For more information, call 219/464-5278 orvisit the Web site www.valpo.edu/english/

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Art Center Guild News“The Art of Managing Money for Now and Looking

Ahead to Retirement” will be the program for theMonday morning, Sept. 11, meeting of the LubeznikCenter’s Art Center Guild meeting.

The speaker, Melinda Nagle, CFP, will talk aboutmanaging income in today’s economic climate with anemphasis on planning and managing income for a com-fortable retirement. She will point out ways to increasecurrent and future income, and offer a bit of adviceon the market: “Don’t Fear the Bear.”

Melinda Nagle is an investment representativewith Edward Jones in Michigan City. She is a MichiganCity native, Elston graduate, degree from Miami U.of Ohio. She has been a stock broker since 1994 ad aCertified Financial Planner since 1996. Edward Jonesis a full-service brokerage firm that “specializes in help-ing individuals and small businesses set financial goalsand reach them with good investments and service.”

Refreshments will be served following a short 9:30a.m. Guild meeting.

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Gas Price Checker & Random RamblingsI’m putting the residents of LaPorte County on notice

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Gas Buddy (www.gasbuddy.com). I figured that bynow, everyone has heard of this site and has been check-ing it. (I wrote about it here a few years back). Maybeyou Beacher readers do check the site but prefer notto input your gas prices. Since I live in neighboringPorter County, I usually get a better price for gas inYOUR neighborhood. But not always. Gas Buddyrecently posted the lowest area price of $1.69 on U.S.30 west of Valparaiso. Internet surfers from my homecounty must be more diligent about reporting the bestdeals, because I saw few for Michigan City and nonefor Westville. Type in your state, county, or zip codeand find out today’s best prices. You can comparewhat people are paying in other parts of the country,too. This is a helpful website—maybe the next bestthing to having a hybrid car.

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New Buffalo Performing Artist SeriesThe New Buffalo Fine Arts Council and the

Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra are proudto announce that the opening night gala of the 2006-2007 Performing Artist Series will be 6:30 p.m. MI time,Sun., Sept. 10th at the Whittaker Woods GolfCommunity. There will be a pre-concert receptionbeginning at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

This concert marks the beginning of the fifth sea-son of the New Buffalo Performing Artist Series andit is also the second annual Hattenbach Memorial con-cert. This will be a special evening featuring the con-temporary sounds of Bach to Bacharach StringQuartet led by Symphony violinist Sarah Hedlund.The Hattenbach Memorial concert is in honor ofLawrence and Mignone Hattenbach for their gener-ous support of the fine arts in New Buffalo.

Bach to Bacharach is a regional string quartetthat has been performing all over western Michigansince 1989. The quartet prides itself on its wide arrayof unique arrangements encompassing all musical peri-ods, from the baroque era to modern popular musicand show tunes, “back to back.”

Bach to Bacharach features founding membersLorri Hedlund, violin and Connie Meekhof, viola.They have played professionally for over 25 years per-forming with the Grand Rapids, Grand Traverse andWest Shore Symphonies. The other members of thequartet are Sarah Hedlund, violin and Earle Perez,cello. Both are members of the Southwest MichiganSymphony Orchestra and also play professionallywith the Kalamazoo and South Bend Symphonies respec-tively.

Tickets for this concert are $12 for adults and areavailable at the New Buffalo HS Superintendent’s office,1112 East Clay Street, New Buffalo, by phone: 269/982-4030, or online at www.smso.org. Tickets can also bepurchased at the door one hour prior to the concert.

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Sept. 11th Peace Walk at IFGTo honor the brave folks who gave so much on

September 11th and to foster peace in our world, thePeacemakers’ Sangha will lead its 5th annual peacewalk in our beautiful International FriendshipGardens at 4 PM on Monday, September 11th, gath-ering at the Wedding Canopy. All are welcome.

The Sangha has been meeting for four years at theDancing Feet Yoga Studio in Long Beach CommunityCenter on Tuesdays, 4:15-5:15 p.m. For more infor-mation, contact Kathy Zmuda at 219-872-4836.

One Book, One CommunityLaPorte County’s annual One Book, One Community

project features the book The Curious Incident ofthe Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon this year.

Special events are being planned at all publiclibraries in the county.

LaPorte County Public Library is kicking offthe project on Wed., Sept. 6. All of their locations willbe handing out free copies of the book along with refresh-ments at the following special times during the day:LaPorte main library (904 Indiana Ave.), 6-8 p.m.;Coolspring Branch (Johnson Rd. & 400N, MichiganCity), 4-7 p.m.

LaPorte will also have eleven topic tables duringtheir kick-off with information from the communityabout subjects in the book and a refreshment from thebook at each table. People who receive a free book areasked to pass the book to another person or leave itat another place for someone else in the county to read.

Book discussions will be held at the LaPorte MainLibrary, Sept. 12, noon and at Coolspring Branch, Sept.26, 7 p.m.

Michigan City Public Library is kicking off theproject on Thurs., Sept. 7, 5:30 p.m. There will be refresh-ments and special guests. Information at 873-3049.

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PNC Sets Enrollment and Credit Hour RecordsPurdue University North Central set all-time

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PNC now has 3,724 total students - an all-time highfor the campus. This represents a 5.8 percent increaseover the fall of 2005. PNC students include 2,253 full-time students, marking the fourth consecutive yearthat the campus has registered a record numbers offull-time students.

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked PNC asthird among bachelor’s-degree granting colleges anduniversities in the Midwest for graduating studentswith the least amount of debt in its 2007 Edition ofAmerica's Best Colleges.

Once again, the largest number of students, 849,list Valparaiso as home, 636 are from LaPorte and 499are from Michigan City. Chesterton/Porter is home to288 students. Most of the remaining students give homeaddresses in rural LaPorte, Porter, St. Joseph, Jasper,Pulaski and Marshall counties. There are 1,541 stu-dents from LaPorte County, 1,531 students fromPorter County, 152 from Starke County and 191 fromLake County.

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VU Chorale Announces 2006-07 SeasonThe Valparaiso University Chorale will perform songs

by contemporary composers as well as a monumen-tal work by J. S. Bach during its 2006-07 season.

This season’s schedule includes a Nov. 4 joint con-cert with the VU Chamber Concert Band, theUniversity’s annual Christmas Concert Dec. 1 and 2,and a Jan. 13 performance of Bach’s St. John Passion.The Chorale also will take a two-week concert tourof Germany.

All of the Chorale’s on campus concerts will takeplace at the Chapel of the Resurrection. Tickets are$15 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and studentswith the exception of the Jan. 13 performance, whichhas ticket prices of $20 for adults and $15 for seniorcitizens and students. For more information about thisseason’s Chorale concerts or to purchase tickets,phone 219/464-5162.

Fall Film FestLaPorte County Public Library’s annual Fall Film

Fest begins on Wed., Sept. 13 with the showing of“Thank You for Smoking” at 7 p.m., in Schulze Hallat LaPorte High School. There is no charge for atten-dance and reservations are not taken. Free lightrefreshments funded by Friends of the Library areincluded.

The movie is a satirical comedy about a tobacco lob-byist who needs to promote cigarette smoking at a timewhen the health hazards of the activity are evidentand while he is also trying to provide a positive imageto his son. One of the actors is Sam Elliot, who manypeople remember seeing in LaPorte during the film-ing of “Prancer.” It is based on the book by ChristopherBuckley. The movie is 1-1/2 hours long, rated R for lan-guage and some sexual content, produced in 2005.

The movie will also be shown at the Michigan CityLibrary at 2 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 17.

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LaPorte County Antique ShowThe third show of the 11th season of the LaPorte

County Antique Show is Sun., Sept. 10th at theLaPorte County Fairgrounds in LaPorte, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission to the Antique Show is $4 and chil-dren under 12 are free. The show is held rain orshine.

Dealers from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indianaconverge on the fairgrounds to sell their wares.Featured antiques and collectibles are jewelry, furniture,toys, Victoriana, cameras, pottery, holiday items,books, linens, dolls, elegant glassware, lamps, prim-itives, vintage clothing and postcards.

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The teams will play by the rules of 1858 where thereis no sliding, no bunting, and no protective equipment(gloves or masks) used. The players conduct themselvesas gentlemen and play for recreation and for thelove of the game, just as it was from the time of theCivil War until modern rules emerged.

Watch America’s game as it was meant to be played.Enjoy an ice-cold sarsaparilla and a hot dog. Shout“Huzzah!” for good plays for both teams and encour-age players by shouting, “Leg it!” as they run forfirst base.

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Community Messiah SingThe New Buffalo Fine Arts Council invites the

community to participate in a Community MessiahSing on Sat., Dec. 2, 2006, at 7 p.m. MI time, at theNew Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center.

Anyone interested in singing with the CommunityChoir, regardless of whether you attended try-outs,is invited to attend the first rehearsal on Sat., Sept.16 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the First UnitedMethodist Church, 24 S. Whittaker Street, NewBuffalo, MI. Additional rehearsal dates are September30, October 14, October 28, and November 11, allfrom 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

For those who do not wish to sing with theCommunity Choir, but still wish to attend, tickets are$10.00 and will be soon be available through local church-es and also at the New Buffalo High School.

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Activities to ExploreIn the Local Area:September 7 -- One Book, One Community 2006.

5:30 pm at the MC Public Library. Open to the pub-lic. Refreshments and special guests. This year’sselection: The Curious Incident of the Dog in theNight-time by Mark Haddon.

September 7 — Knitting Group at LaPorte CountyPublic Library, 904 Indiana Ave., LaPorte. 6:30-8:30pm. Open to all knitters or wannabe knitters. Info:Jacque, 219/369-9453 or email [email protected]

September 7-11 — “Scoop.” Starring Woody Allen,Hugh Jackman. PG-13. Thurs/Fri 6:30 pm; Sat/Sun4 & 6:30 pm; Mon 6:30 pm. Also Showing: “OnlyHuman.” Rated R. 9 pm only. All times listed are MItime. Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks,MI. 269/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com

September 7-8 — “Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing.”Stage play by Judy Blume at Chicago Street Theatre,153W. Chicago St., Valparaiso.Thurs/Fri/Sat 7 pm; Satmatinee 2:30 pm. Tix $10/adults, $8/students &seniors. Free child tix with each adult tix purchased.219/464-1636 or www.ctgonline.org

September 8 — The African Children’s Choir inconcert. 6:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 9th& Washington streets, MC. Free & open to public.

September 8 -- Festival Players Guild WinterArt Series: Special Consensus Bluegrass Band inconcert. 7:30 pm at Mainstreet Theatre, 807 FranklinSt., Michigan City. Tix $15/adults, $14/sen.cit.,$7.50/students high school age & below. Reserve at874-4269. Story this issue.

September 8 -- Organist Wyn Wade in concert atThe Acorn Theatre, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks,MI. Tix $10 at the door or 269/756-3879.

September 8-9 — Farmer’s Market at the OldSchoolhouse Shop, 278 E1500N (north of US 20),Chesterton, IN. 10 am-4 pm.

September 8-9— Summerset Free Concert Series.5-8 pm MI time on the lawn behind the Harbor GrandHotel, New Buffalo. T-shirts and featured artist CDsavailable for purchase to benefit Make-A-Wish ofMichigan. Concert schedule at SummersetConcerts.com.

September 9 — Farmer’s Market. 8 am-noon.Corner 8th & Washington streets, Michigan City.

September 9 -- American Red Cross Bloodmobile.10 am-2 pm at Acme Lodge 83, 8700 W. Pahs Rd.,Michigan City. All donors will receive a t-shirt.Schedule an appointment at 800/448-3543.

September 9 -- Michiana Humane Society “Makea Change” day at the shelter on Indiana 212. WEFMwill broadcast, events for the whole family. Storythis issue.

September 9 — Writing Out Loud begins at theMC Public Library. Author: Stacey Ballis. 7:30 pm. Free& open to the public. Books will be for sale andauthor will sign after the program. Info: 873-3049.

September 9 -- “Dancing on the White HouseLawn.” One woman show by Donna Blue Lachman.

8 pm at the Dunes Summer Theatre, Michiana Shores.Tix $20; reserve at 879-7509.

September 9 -- Famous Brothers (bluegrass songsand redneck repartee) in concert at The Acorn Theater,107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI. 8 pm MI time.Tix $15; reserve at 269/756-3879 or purchase at thedoor.

September 10 -- “Dune Light” paintings by ValerieTaglieri. Opening reception 11:30 am-3:30 pm at theBeverly Shores Depot Art Gallery, 525 Broadway,Beverly Shores, IN. Free & open to the public.

September 10 — Jeremy Buck Band at TempleNews, 816 Jefferson, LaPorte. 4 pm. No cover charge.Info: 219/362-2676.

September 10 -- New Buffalo Performing ArtsSeries at 6:30 pm MI time at Whittaker Woods GolfCenter, New Buffalo. Featuring the SW MichiganSymphony Orchestra. Tix $12; reserve at 269/982-4030.Story this issue.

September 10 — Sunday Sinai Evening Forumreturns with Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward.7:30 pm at Elston Middle School, 317 Detroit St., MC.Series Subscriptions available at www.sinaiforum.org.Individual tix if space permits.

September 10 -- Deep River Grinders vs. St. LouisUnions in a game of 1858 rules base ball. Free & opento the public at Deep River County Park, southeastof Hobart, IN. Refreshments for sale; bring chair.219/947-1958. Story this issue.

September 10 -- Singer/songwriter Bill O’Dwyerin concert at The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Dr.,Three Oaks, MI. 7 pm MI time. Reserve tix at 269/756-3879 or purchase at the door. Story this issue.

September 11 -- Lubeznik Art Center Guild meet-ing at 9:30 am. Program: “The Art of ManagingMoney for Now and Looking Ahead to Retirement”by Melinda Nagle, CFP at 10:30 am. Public invited.Held at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, MC.

September 11 -- 5th Annual Peace Walk atInternational Friendship Gardens. 4 pm. Free &open to the public. Story this issue.

September 13 -- Preschool Storytime at CoolspringBranch of the LaPorte County Public Library, JohnsonRd. & 400N, Michigan City. 6 pm. Children will hear“Rapunzel in the Tower” and do crafts. Free. 879-3272.

September 13 -- Literary Series opens at ValparaisoUniversity. Featuring a reading by award-winning poetJohn Balaban, 7:30 pm in the VU Center for theArts. Free and open to the public. Story this issue.

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September 14 -- Flying Carpet Travelogue Series:“Bringing Home Sardinia” with Steve McCurdy. 7 pmat the Elston Performing Arts Theater, 317 DetroitSt., Michigan City. Individual tix or season tix avail-able at the door.

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Travels with Charley:

A Beneficial Bike “Tour de LaPorte”by Charles McKelvy

The assignment, which I gladly accepted, was to rideone of the routes for the 5th Annual Tour de LaPorteBike Ride to Benefit LaPorte Hospital Cancer Patientson Sunday, August 27.

The news desk at Beacher world headquarterssaid this was one story we didn’t want to miss, so Isaid yes to a two-wheeled tour of my second favoritecounty in the whole, wide world, even though I knewI would be working late the night before.

I did suggest to my better half, the often-pho-tographed Natalie McKelvy, that she just might —maybe — possibly — accompany me on said assign-ment.

“It would be a chance to ride some of those routessouth of LaPorte,” I suggested. “What do you say?”

Natalie said we were going to be up way too latethe night before working for Classic Catering, and thatshe would just roll over when I jumped out of bed themorning of the 27th after only 6 hours of sleep or less.

“That’s too much for me,” she said, “you go.”“All right, but I know what you’re going to say

when I come back and tell you what a great ride it was:‘Why didn’t you tell me to come?’ Am I right, or am Iright?”

Natalie just shrugged and said she might think aboutit.

Well, we worked late the night before the Tour deLaPorte, which henceforth shall be known as theTdL, and, before collapsing in a heap, Natalie said thatI should count her out.

I did, and I was just opening my eyes the morningof the big tour when Natalie leaned over me andlooked at the clock. And then, before I knew it, she wasup and running.

And before I knew anything more, we were present,with our bikes, at Kesling Middle School, at 0730 hoursCentral Daylight Time watching a bunch of pumped-up walkers run through a brisk jazzercize session beforehoofing off in the general direction of Luhr County Park.

Registration was a breeze thanks to the friendly volunteers who staffed the table.

The walkers get pumped up with some spirited jazzercize before hoofing off toward Luhr County Park.

Sure, it had sprinkled on our drive down fromMichigan, and, yes, the sun was still playing peek-a-boo, but there was such positive energy in the air out-side Kesling Middle School that we knew we justhad to ride the entire 38-mile route all the waythrough. Especially after a friendly volunteer namedKurt Brown adjusted my brakes, free of charge, andbid us a great ride.

And so, as we set out on A Street north toward 18thStreet, Natalie set out her three big fears for theTdL:

1. There would be too much bike traffic;2. There would be too much car traffic;3. There would not be enough nutritious food.“Well,” I said, looking about, “you can pretty much

rule out 1 and 2 because I sure don’t see a whole lotof other bikes, and there are hardly any cars, and we’restill in LaPorte. Plus, look at those beautiful gala applesyou got at the SAG stop before we started.”

Natalie conceeded the first two points, but she

Volunteer Kurt Brown adjusts the author’s brakes to ensure a safe Tour de LaPorte.


Time out in Luhr County Park to check on the fishing. They hadn’t caught anything yet.

worried that the remaining four SAG (for Service,Assistance & Guide) stops would either be out offood entirely or not have the right food to keep us hap-pily spinning along the backroads of LaPorte County.

After following our clearly marked “orange” routealong South Nursery Road, Zigler Road, Small Road,500W and 50N to the Garwood Orchard SAG stop, wefound that Tonya McGue and Breanne Dugan wereprepared to serve us all the bananas, peanut butterand jelly sandwiches, cookies, apples and assorted othergoodies that we wanted and needed.

And, yes, Carolyn, bananas with peanut butterare a total yum and they really do give a cyclist thepep he needs to stay up with his aerobic monster ofa wife.

Actually, the true aerobic monsters were this manand woman on a tandem who went blazing past us aswe headed south on 500W. We met up with them inPinola where we were held up by a rather long coaltrain, but they wasted no time in putting us farbehind.

They were friendly and so were the other cyclists,and the sun was making a serious effort to shine onthe TdL, so I said: “Are you glad you got up andcame?”

Natalie looked at me and said: “Yes. What other goodideas do you have?”

Hmmmm. Stay tuned.Meanwhile, back at the Tour de LaPorte, or TdL,

Natalie and I headed off from the Garwood OrchardSAG stop just bursting with energy and good food. Well,one of us held back while the other just helped him-self to everything served and suggested. In his defense,he did reckon that as long as Carolyn McConnellhad not yet been seen on a bicycle, someone from theBeacher had to do some serious nibbling along the way.

Tonya McGue (left) and Breanne Dugan kept everyone well fed at the Gardwood Orchard SAG.

Counting coal cars in Pinola.

Sure, we thought, this isn’t a race. It’s just a bikeride to benefit cancer patients, but, oh, how we’dlike to ride like that.

Okay, so we rode like the pair of 50-somethings thatwe are, and we had the best time possible out thereon the last Sunday of August. The rain held off, butso did the sun for the most part, and the latter wasa good thing because it would have been quite the blis-tering challenge out there in all that gorgeous, wide-open farm country with the sun beating down on us.

Tour de LaPorte Continued on Page 54

So we were grateful for the clouds and shade, justas we were grateful for all friendly folks who servedus — well some of us — even more great food at thefollowing SAG stops: Hanna Lions Park, Union MillsAmerican Legion, and Luhr County Park.

A famous foursome from Bike Stop Cycling & Fitness: Trina Gayheart and Todd Walsworth with Todd’s children Kayla and Jacob.

They made up their own 40-mile route, and Bike Stopwas an active sponsor of the event.


The soon-to-be famous mother/daughter cycling team of Regina (left) andAmanda Welch of Rolling Prairie. They are shown here departing the

Union Mills American Legion SAG stop.

Tour de LaPorte Continued from Page 53

Having never been to Hanna before, we decided itwas a delightful town, and Trisha Wroblewski and ToddMiller made us most welcome at the SAG stop there.Todd Miller and fellow members of the LaPorteAmateur Radio Club were volunteering their com-munications services because, as Todd said, “LaPorteHospital lets us put our antenna on their roof, so wewant to return the favor.”

All we knew was that we were glad to have had thefavor of Todd’s company on August 27 as we tookour very first Tour de LaPorte.

Trisha Wroblewski and Todd Miller greeted us at the SAG at Hanna Lions Park.

But, I can assure you, it won’t be the last.Why?Because we linked up with such great folks as

Regina Welch and her daughter Amanda who had trav-eled from their home in Rolling Prairie to ride the 23-mile route. We met the amazing mother/daughtercycling team in Union Mills and later got to hear Reginaattest to the worthiness of an event that both bene-fits cancer patients and promotes health and fitness.

We hope to cycle a mile or two with you next yearat the 6th Annuel Tour de LaPorte, and, yes, I will saveyou a peanut butter sandwich or two. Well, maybe one.

The sign to stop and eat again!!

Natalie got her good food and ate it too.

A feast awaited hungry

riders at ride’s end.


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Spring SALE: Canadian Hemlocks Starting @$150, Pachysandra/English Ivy $24/Flat, Concolor, Pine,

Serbian Spruce Ask!


H & D TREE SERVICE and LANDSCAPING, INC. —Full service tree and shrub care. Trimming, planting, removal.

Firewood, snowplowing, excavating. — Call 872-7290.FREE ESTIMATES

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Let Us Be Your One Stop ShopColored Mulch - Topsoil - River Rock Retaining Wall Blocks - Natural Stone

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Yard Clean-Up • Mowing• Aeration• Thatching• We also do Ext. PowerWash, Stain & Seal. Free Estimates. We Beat Any Written Price.

Call 219-879-2017 or (cell) 219-210-2249 - Leave message.��

CAPPY’S LAWN CARECOMPLETE LAWN SERVICE • FREE ESTIMATES • INSURED

219-874-3580Lawn and Tree Care – DIV. OF BIZZY “B” CORP.

All Landscaping and Lawn Care. Trim, Top and Tree Removal.Call 219-877-4979 or 219-561-4077.

AREA’S LARGESTLANDSCAPING BY SMALL’S GARDEN CENTER 219-778-2568

LandscapingPatios – Flagstone, Brick

Walls – Flagstone (cut drywall), Timber, Block, Retaining, BoulderWaterfalls & Ponds

Complete Site Work – Free EstimatesCustom Designed Installation

13 Acre Garden Center: Mulch, Soil, Decorative Stones, GravelsFlagstone, Boulders.

PAT’S TREE SERVICE. Complete tree and landscaping service.

Experts in storm damage. Licensed and insured. Free estimates.Call 219-362-5058.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESATTENTION DRIVERS willing to train to obtain CDL! NO EXPERI-ENCE NECESSARY! TMC Transportation needs drivers. Guaranteedweekly earnings. Premium equipment and benefits. Excellent earn-ing potential and still be OFF WEEKENDS! It’s not a job, it’s afuture! FOR CDL Training through Commercial Driver Institute inSouth Bend, IN. Call today. - 1-800-882-7364 AC0064

WANTED: ASSEMBLER/SHIPPERFull-Time & Part-Time Position Available, M-F 7:30-4:00 pm

Send resume to: Sammann Co., PO Box 739, Mich. City, IN 46361-0739PARTTIME BOOKKEEPER. Handling Quick Books and Excel projects.

10-15 hrs./wk. 219-801-0347 or send resume to: [email protected]

WANT TO SELLFOUNTAIN & CALLIGRAPHY PENS AT FIRME’S

(2 Stores) 11th & Franklin Streets, Michigan City - 219/874-3455Highway 12, Beverly Shores - Just West of Traffic Light.

RAINBOW TRADES – 809 FRANKLIN SQUARE – 219/874-7099ANTIQUES GALORE! Jewelry, China, Clocks, Toys, Dolls, Paintings,

African Masks, Indian Items, Vintage Clothes, Tools, Gifts, Unique Items.BALLOONS ALL WAYS – Birthday Parties, Big events. We Deliver!

COSTUME WORLD – Rentals/Sales, Makeup. Over 1,000 Costumes.Seek the Unique – www.costumeworld.net Open Mon. & Fri.

DINING ROOM SET 1930s WALNUT. 9 pieces includes buffet and sideboard. $800 obo. Call 269-756-9391.

’93 YAMAHA WAVE RUNNER 500, ’94 YAMAHA WAVE RUNNER 650.Excellent condition, recent tune-up, low miles, w/trailer. $1995 obo.3 PC. ULTRA-MODERN SOFA/CHAIRS grouping, beige/taupe suededmicrofiber, exc. cond. $675 obo. GOLDEN OAK ARMOIRE (media center) 40x60x18 deep, 3 drawers,exc. cond. $350 obo. LaPorte. Call 219-326-1219.MISSION STYLE, ALL WOOD. Full size futon with lightly used new mat-tress—ideal for cottage or apartment. $175. Unique wrought iron and

tile 3’x3’ coffee table. $100 obo. Call 219-878-8619.BAKER EXECUTIVE DESK. 36”x66”x30”h w/galleried return. 21”x44”.

Unique piece for home or office. $500. Call 219-878-0813.SPIRAL STAIRCASE. 5’x5’ floor space. Includes landing w/rail. Perfect

for loft or attic access. $450 obo. Call 219-878-0813.

ORIENTAL RUG. 18 ft. x 11 -1/2 ft.75 years old. $750. Call 219-363-6818.

ANTIQUE MAHOGANY DINING ROOM SETwith 8 chairs and sideboard. $800. Call 219-872-6088.

REAL ESTATECOMMERCIAL - RENTALS/LEASE/SELL

GARAGE AND BASEMENT OVERSTUFFED?Store your stuff with us and get a 6 month lease for a 5 month price.

GOLDEN SANDES STORE AND LOCK.4407 E. U.S. 12 (@ Hwy. 212)

Michigan City, IN. 219/879-5616.

FOR LEASE WITH IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCYApproximately 1,500 square feet of executive office space located at

1411 S. Woodland Ave., Michigan City, IN. Contemporary style, ampledrive up parking and energy efficient. Call 219/872-0318.

OFFICE SUITE. 3 private offices and reception area. Expenses, exceptphone, paid. Well maintained, high traffic area. 2811 E. Michigan Blvd.,

Michigan City. (219) 879-9188, 879-2700.NICE 40X28 COMMERCIAL BUILDING has compressor, lights, alarm &

fully insulated. Call for details 219-872-6400.NEW BUFFALO STORE FRONT. 1200 sq. ft. on Whittaker Street.

Great retail. $1500 + utilities. Available now. Call 219-712-4185.

RENTALS INDIANAHOUSE 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 708/370-1745.��

DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUBLAKEFRONT CONDOS — 2 and 3 bedrooms.

Avail. Sept.-June — $1,400 to $2,000 per week.DUNESCAPE REALTY - 219/872-0588.

SHERIDAN BEACH EXECUTIVE RENTAL. Beautifully furnished andfully equipped large, modern, luxury 3BR, 1-1/2BA across from beach.

$1,000/mo. Short or long term. Call 219-872-4446.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.SUMMER ESCAPE RENTAL, STOP 31, SHORELAND HILLS. 1-blk to lake. Charming rehabbed cottage. Retro décor. Sleeps 8-10. 2 Baths. A/C. Huge screen porch & yard. Family friendly.$1,200/wk. Call 847/696-0878 or 847-323-8456.

SHERIDAN BEACH - STOP 3 - 3BR, 2/Bath. Sleeps 10. Central A/C.W/D. 2-Decks. Grill. Enclosed veranda. 100 yards to beach.

Summer/Fall rental. 708-532-4927 or www.geocities.com/pafleck1950.HOUSE FOR RENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE

3/BR, 2BA. A/C. Fpl., W/D. Summer rentals avail. Also avail Sept thru May. $750/mo + util. Call 708/424-8756.DUNELAND BEACH FULLY FURNISHED. 3BR. A/C House

Avail 9/5/06 to 6/1/07. $700/mo. plus util. 219-872-5979. Leave Msg.BEACH RENTAL BY WEEK OR MONTH

overlooking Lake Michigan. Realtor owned. Call 219-874-5209.BEACH RENTAL, YEAR ROUND. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths.

2 blks. to beach. $1750 per month. Realtor owned. Call 219-874-5209.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. Call 708-784-9866.SHERIDAN BEACH-YEAR ROUND-FULLY FURNISHED.

Completely remodeled 1BR, 1BA apartment just steps away from thebeach. New small kitchen appliances, furniture, TV/DVD, A/C units.

Spacious private balcony with a glimpse of lake, barbecue area.$600/month + NIPSCO. Call 708-372-6898.

SHORELAND HILLS 10 Month Rental. 3BR, 2BA, Furnished, Wash/Dry.2 Blocks to Lake. Avail. 9/1/06 to 6/30/07.

$775 per month includes lawn care, 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.”


LONG BEACH EXECUTIVE HOUSE RENTAL-LONG TERM 10/1/06-5/31/07. Stop 29. Overlooking lake. Fantastic decks/views. 3BR, 2BA,

A/C, W/D, cable TV. NO PETS/NO SMOKING. $1095/month plus utilities. Call 630-337-6220.

LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT - Great location, very close to beachand park. 4/BR, 2/Bath. A/C. W/D, D/W. Deck w/BBQ.

Avail.10/1/06 for winter/long term rental. Call 312-953-9570.ENDLESS SUMMER – Beach Living All Year Long. Shoreland Hills –

Stop 31. Off-season rental. Sept-May. Charming rehabbed cottage. 1 blk.to beach. Sleeps 6-10. New kitchen, 2 new baths, LR, FR, huge screened

porch. $700/mo. + util. Call 847-696-0878 or 847-323-8456.WINTER RENTAL LONG BEACH. Lake Shore Dr. hillside.

Oct-June 2007. Great Lake views, big deck, 4BR, 2BA. All amenities.$750/mo. + util. and sec. dep. Call 708-349-0442 or 219-879-1475.

LG. HOUSE FOR RENT IN EDGEWOOD. Architect designed. EXCELLENT FOR ENTERTAINING OR LG. FAMILY. Surrounds

gardens. 3BR, 3.5BA, family room & den. Pets accepted. Immediate occupancy. Furn. $2600/mo. 219-879-2652.

FRANKLIN STREET LOFT, totally up to date, 2000 sq. ft. open concept,14 ft. ceilings, large master bedroom with bath plus guest bath. Stainless appliances, maple cabinets, large skylight in kitchen,

all wood blinds included. Fireplace, ceramic tile throughout. $1200 plus util. Must See! Call 219-712-4185.

SHERIDAN BEACH – Brand new private 3BR, 2BAwith spectacular lake view. Huge wrap around deck & patio.

W/D. Fireplace. Central AC/Heat. $1500/Mo. Util. incl. 219-872-4446.1BR. 1BA CONDO/50’ BOAT SLIP. $900/mo. + util.2BR, FURNISHED beach cottage, off street parking

$950/mo. + utilities. Short or long term lease.Merrion & Assoc. 219-872-4000.

OFF SEASON RENTAL. DUNELAND BEACH. 3BR, 2BA home Avail. Sept. thru May. $800/mo. + util. Garage. Gas Stove.

See vacationrentals.com #22213. Call 219-878-0452.BEAUTIFUL 6BR, 4-1/2BA HOUSE with a pool. Newly remodeled.

2 decks. Garage. Wooded 3 lots. $1100/mo. + util. Call 505-920-0190.2BR, 1BA APARTMENT IN SHERIDAN BEACH. 1/2 block to beach.

New bath and kitchen. Stainless steel dishwasher. New hardwood floors.Front and back decks. $675/mo. Call Charlie 219-861-3705.2BR APARTMENT AND SMALL OFFICE available for rent.

1450 sq. ft. $600/mo. + utilities. Call 708-431-0631.

RENTALS MICHIGANBEAUTIFUL VINTAGE MICHIANA COTTAGE FOR RENTALOne block from beautiful Lake Michigan Beach at Stop 39. Fully furnished—Charming Deco decor. Air conditioned, forty windows tocatch lake breezes. Sleeps up to eight persons. Three bedrooms.Two full baths. Two woodburning fireplaces. New kitchen. Secludedforty oak tree landscape with Adirondack chairs and hammocks.TVs with cable and movie channels. BBQ grill. Pets welcome. Prefermultiple weeks but will consider weekly.Call [773] 528-0825 or [773] 281-7100, or 773-454-2200.

MICHIGAN, New Buffalo, Village of Grand Beach. Lake front home,just 42 steps down to this private beach on Lake Michigan.

Enjoy magnificent sunsets from this lakeside deck and living room. This cozy 3BR is completely furnished. Available July and August for

$1900 per week and June or September for $1100 per week. Formore information and viewing appointment, call 708-848-1025.

2BR COTTAGE RENTAL. Newly redecorated. Walk to beach.$750/week. Inquire at On the Lounge Slipcover Studio

for viewing or call 269-469-4354.BEAUTIFUL 3BR, 2BA year round house in New Buffalo near Grand Beach. Wooded and Private, Large Kitchen,

Living Room with Fireplace and Deck. Brand new Carpet and Paint.$1100/month plus utilities and security deposit. Call 312-953-7306.MICHIGAN IS BEAUTIFUL IN FALL. Color tours, Notre Dame football,

Blue Chip Casino, Lighthouse Place, wineries, pumpkins, and long walks on the shore of Lake Michigan. New cottage with 3BR, 2BA,

fireplace and ALL the extras. Weekends or longer.Cottageatnewbuffalo.com $225.00 per night. Call 708-865-0594.

�� REAL ESTATE FOR SALE ��HOMESITE. 80 FT. X 200 FT. Easy build lot. First street off LSD.

Very close to Stop 31 beach. City sewer and water. Call 219-878-1724.SHERIDAN BEACH. Immaculately rehabbed 3 unit with spectacular lakeview across from beach. 4200 sq.ft. with 6 off street and 6 guest parking

spaces. All utility services separate. $950,000. Call 219-872-4446.

Workshops at the Box FactoryPastel artist Gerrie Govert will present a two-day

workshop at the Box Factory for the Arts on Sat., Sept.16 & Sun., Sept. 17. The Saturday workshop willfocus on Landscapes and the Sunday workshop onPortraits. Cost for each day of the workshop is $100for Berrien Artist Guild Members ($110 for non-members) or $200 for both Saturday and Sunday forBAG members ($220 for non-members).

The workshop is for all levels of artists from begin-ner through advanced and is being held in conjuctionwith an exhibit of Govert's work opening Sept. 15 inthe Heartha Whitlow Gallery at the Box Factory.

Govert will begin each session with demonstrationsusing charcoal sketches and a discussion on compo-sition and measuring.

For information on the workshops and a materialslist, phone the Box office at 269/983-3688 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mon.-Sat., or Sun., 1-4 p.m. Or you can [email protected].

To learn more about Gerrie Govert, visit her onlineat www.gerriegovert.com or email [email protected]

Conservation Training Event In celebration of Coast Week 2006, Save The Dunes

Conservation Fund will sponsor an Indiana CoastalRestoration Action Team field training at WoodlandPark in Portage. Participants will help Portage Parkswith the Oak Savanna Restoration Project on Tues.,Sept. 12, from 9 a.m.-noon.

Meet at Woodland Park, 2100 Willowcreek Road inPortage. Wear sturdy shoes, long pants and bring gloves.Phone Carol Cook at 219-879-3564 to register forthis event as tools will be provided.

Coast Week runs from Sept. 9 through Sept. 16 andoffers a wide variety of events to celebrate the diver-sity and splendor of the Lake Michigan coastal region.

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Native Plant SymposiumThe Gibson Woods Wild Ones will host a Native Plant

Symposium on Sat., Sept. 30 at The Center at PurdueUniversity Calumet, 2300 173rd. St., Hammond, IN.Guest speakers will discuss native plants and why weshould grow them, types of soil for native plants,and landscaping and garden design.

Registrations will be accepted until Sept. 15. Costis $35 and includes continental breakfast and lunch.Phone 219/844-3188 for more information and appli-cation form.


Off the Book Shelfby Sally Carpenter

Mask Market by AndrewVachss

“In my world, you get even becauseyou’re nothing if you don’t, but it’snever enough. It can’t be. You can’treally get even. You can make some-one who hurt you dead, but what-ever they took from you is nevercoming back.”

Author Vachss is a man with amission. In his life he has been afederal investigator of sexuallytransmitted diseases, a social ser-vices caseworker, a labor organiz-er, and directed a maximum-secu-rity prison for “aggressive-violent”youth. It doesn’t stop there—nowhe’s a lawyer representing youngpeople exclusively.

I tell you all this up front because,if you’re like me, sometimes I won-der why an author picks a partic-ular subject, place or time for hiswork. Child abuse, child prostitution, the whole sickchild trafficking business is what makes authorVachss write his stories. So when you see where theman comes from, you can understand the passion heput into this book…

Just call him Burke. He’s not your average privateinvestigator in New York City. A one time cop who hasdone hard jail time, he runs his business under hisown code of ethics. He has a network of contacts, butonly a small “family” that is privy to his comingsand goings. He’s a “middle man” who finds people andarranges “things.” The New York City he lives in isnot described in your average travel brochure. It’s aseamy side of town that allows no weaknesses, no quar-ter given or taken, where you move fast or don’tmove at all.

Burke’s one real passion is kids that have been used—by their parents, by the system, by the sicko preda-tors that are around every corner.

One day, a meeting is arranged with a man who islooking for a young woman, reason unknown. WhenBurke tells the man he must have $20,000 up front,the man leaves a CD with Burke containing informationon the sought after person and goes out to his car toretrieve the money. Burke follows him and is witnessto his murder by two hit men who have obviously beentailing him. Now Burke has another problem—hadthe hit men seen Burke? Do they know who he is? Maybehis life is in jeopardy just by association.

“The dead man was a “financial planner” namedDaniel Parks. He was forty-four years old, an Ivy League

M.B.A. who lived on a ‘multimilliondollar’ waterfront estate in BelleHarbor with his wife and threechildren, the oldest a teenage girlwho tearfully told the reportersthat her father couldn’t have hadan enemy in the world.” Hmm.

Burke takes the CD and finds itfull of data, mostly financial, whichlinks to a woman named BerylPreston. When a photo of thewoman is retrieved, Burke’s fearsare confirmed that she is the sameperson he rescued from a pimpsome twenty years ago after she ranaway from home.

“Beryl Eunice Preston had justturned thirteen when she disap-peared from her parents’ mansionin one of Westchester’s Old Moneyenclaves. It was her father whocame to see me…”

Burke did his homework, fol-lowed his gut instincts, and found Beryl and returnedher home. Only it wasn’t the happy home that the richfacade suggested, it held a lot of secrets that maybewas the reason Beryl was “a troubled girl” as her fatherso delicately put it.

It wasn’t until much later that Burke found out thatbringing Beryl home wasn’t the best thing he couldhave done for her. Now, faced with her involvementwith the dead man, Burke felt that here was hischance to make things up to her and maybe lessen thedeep feelings of remorse he had held inside all theseyears.

The characters in this book are well defined, solidand reflect the life they all have lived on the streets.This is not a happy story with a storybook ending. Itis a dark read containing subjects many would liketo pretend do not exist. Author Vachss’ description ofprison life and prostitution are real and sometimesdisturbing.

At times it may seem he goes a bit overboard in mak-ing his point, but then again, can you softsoap the real-ity of child abuse? In Mask Market, I visited a NewYork City that I never want to visit in real life—it’sdark, dangerous and not for the faint of heart.

New York magazine said, “The New York Burke inhab-its is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers onthe page as gaudily and scarily as it does on thestreets.”

I know it sounds trite, but the only other thing Ican say is “wow.”

Till next time, happy reading!


MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS, INC.707 Washington St. • Michigan City, IN 46360

Debbie Burke, GRI, ABR Ed Merrion*, CRS, GRILiv Markle*, CRS, GRIJim McGah*, Broker AssociateFran Merrion, GRI, ABRJohn Hayes, GRI, ABR

Julie GringBill MoldenhauerMichele Meden, ABRDave Walsh

Jim LaughlinJerry LambertJeff MeyerTricia Meyer

Debbie MengelHeather MelnykJessica Storey*Licensed in Michigan

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Debbie BurkeOwner

Ed MerrionBroker

872-4000FAX (219) 872-4182Specializing in Distinctive

PropertiesIndiana and Michigan

A MICHIANA BUILDING SITE with city sewer & water hasalready been granted a building permit for a 1900 sq. ft. home with2 car garage! It is all done and ready to go, right down to the blue-prints & prices on all the materials and finishes. The lot has a streamrunning along the southern border, so let your imagination runwild designing your home’s surroundings! Call Michele forcopies of the plans! $156,900

1309 Lake Shore DriveIT’S WORTH THE CLIMB! Surround yourself with the sights & soundsof Lake Michigan from high above Lake Shore Drive. This 1920's era 3 bed-room, 2 bath cottage has preserved the original tongue-in-groove knotty-pinepaneled walls. You’ll enjoy lake breezes & views from your front deck, orpicnic on the lawn of a quiet back yard. Full basement has a large beach show-er & lots of storage for beach stuff. $578,500DIRECTIONS: Lake Shore Drive to Stop 9; just east of Beachwalk.

2015 Oriole TrailDON’T DO A THING!!! Just move right into this 2220 sq. ft. home locat-ed across the street from the playground at Stop 20. What’s new? Thevinyl siding, the front door, the stainless steel kitchen appliances, the lightfixtures, the interior door hardware, the bathroom toilets, all the carpeting.The roof was replaced in ‘98 and the furnace in ‘97. There are 4 bed-rooms & 2 baths. All that is missing is you! $349,000DIRECTIONS: Lake Shore Dr. To Stop 20 (Golden Gate); inland 2.5blocks to Oriole Trail; left to home.

2312 FlorimondTHE CLUB COTTAGE!!! Close to the beach, golf course, & LBCCclubhouse. Cuter than can be, this 4 bedroom, 2 bath bungalow in LongBeach is the classic summer cottage! A huge screen porch overlooks avery private, professionally landscaped yard with entry from the finishedwalk-out basement. Newly painted, with new furnace & central air anda 2001 roof. Call Michele or come visit on Sunday! $339,000 DIRECTIONS: Lake Shore Drive to Stop 23 (Hazeltine); inland 2blocks to Florimond; left to home.

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CENTURY 21 Long Beach Realty1401 Lake Shore Drive ~ 3100 Lake Shore Drive

(219) 874-5209 ~ (219) 872-1432

www.c21longbeachrealty.comOpen 7 Days a Week

Family Owned and Operated Since 1920

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Phyllis Waters*, Owner/Broker, CRB, CRS, GRIDoug Waters*, Managing Broker, GRI 219-877-7290June Livinghouse*, Broker Associate, ABR, GRI 800-957-1248Sylvia Hook*, Broker Associate, CRS, GRI 800-518-5778Beverly Bullis*, CRS, GRI 800-518-6149Sandy Rubenstein*, Broker Associate 879-7525

Tom Cappy* 874-6396Richard Klare 872-0947Beverly Szybala 219-861-2066Patti Slayden 219-608-6012

Each Office Is Independently Owned and OperatedPhyllis T. Waters*CRB, CRS, GRIBroker/ Owner

Doug Waters*GRI

Managing Broker

Rosemary Braun 879-9029 Don Niven 708-259-9471Bill McNew 872-8254Annette Clark 219-363-3545

*Licensed in Michigan and Indiana

Unique brick and redwood Long Beach ranch on 120 foot lotshaded by mature trees for privacy. Wide center foyer, greatroom with lofted ceilings. 4 bedrooms, 31⁄2 baths. Teak and art decoceramic floors. 2 fireplaces, walls of windows bring outside in.Oversized garage. $375,000

Cherry Fireplace Surround and cherry book shelves with spa-cious 2 story home a short walk from Edgewood and Barker Schools.Dinning room has original hand painted scenes on walls. First floorfamily room, expertly designed family kitchen. Six foot board fenceencloses beautifully landscaped play yard. Five bedrooms.

$232,500

Horse Country, Galena Township. Charming 6 room brickranch. Fireplace in great room/kitchen. 1st floor laundry room. 3generously sized bedrooms, 11⁄2 baths. Almost 2 acres includes 4stall barn. Hayloft, tack room. Basement, 2 car garage. $214,900

0959 E 1000 NORTH

Bay Window over looks picket fenced lawn in beautifully updat-ed 2 story home short walk from Lake Michigan beach. Bamboohardwood floors, new maple cabinets, fireplace, deck off master,balcony. 100 foot lot has sprinkler. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths.

$219,900

419 WASHINGTON PARK BLVD.

2740 FLORAL TRAIL 409 E. COOLSPRING

BUILD SITE 2822 Lake Shore Drive

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