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Volume 18, Number 3 Thursday, January 24, 2002
“Precious Americans Remembered”
September 11, 2001......
A Rose for Peace from
Margaret Sullivan
by Maggie Beyer
The rose is a design that Margaret Sullivan, a
Long Beach native, often uses in her original hand-
painted creations, designs that have been making their
mark in high fashion boutiques for several years
now. In the heart-wrenching moments of the nation’s Margaret Sullivan and her “Rose for Peace” scarf.
New York disaster, Margaret was touched, along
with millions of others, by the American flag that waved And therein lies a story of people and the connec-
atop the rubble just hours after the planes hit, by the tions they can make with one another. This one
flags that came out everywhere, and by the majestic even reaches to our nation’s White House. After
words of poet Maya Angelou. She turned to her own Margaret put her heart into creating a design encom-
art to search for a source of tribute. She found it in passing some of the emotion she felt after the disas-
creating a Rose for Peace unfolding in the stars and ter on September 11th, she placed a few scarves
stripes of the nation’s flag, a shimmering scarf of with the Rose for Peace design in Emli’s, a Chicago
red, white and blue silk carrying the words “Precious Rush Street boutique that carries her line. They
Americans Remembered.” were an immediate sell-out. In a chat with her child-
hood friend from Long Beach school days, Carolyn
Phillips, she told her about the response. Carolyn told
her mother, Marlene Phillips, wife of Dr. John Phillips,
well-known and loved local physician, about the
reception the design was receiving, and Marlene
Margaret Sullivan promptly ordered some as gifts. The gifts reached
in the Long Beach sources closely connected to the Chicago based Aon
home of her Corporation as well as Maggie Daley. The connections
mother, Alyce
Sullivan with the kept rolling on. Then came an order that surprised
Rose for Peace Margaret Sullivan and her studio staff.
scarf designed by Among the thousands who died as the New York
Margaret as a
tribute to those towers crashed, over 170 people, employees of the Aon
who died in the Corporation in its New York office, many of them
disaster of Chicagoans, were victims in the destruction of the sec-
September 11th.
Alyce wears the ond tower. Shirley Ryan and her husband, Patrick,
oblong style; Aon’s CEO, wanted the families of each employee who
Margaret holds died there, to receive one of Margaret Sullivan’s
the square scarf.
memorial tribute scarves. Could Margaret send 200
by December 10th, if possible, the three-month
anniversary of the disaster? Margaret would certainly
try.
Rose Continued on Page 2
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Rose Continued from Page 1 but she has a letter from Joyce Rumsfeld saying the
“I was overwhelmed by the response,” Margaret scarf with its beautiful patriotic colors and design was
said. “It seemed that people just wanted to keep a luncheon conversation highlight. “I am overwhelmed
the spirit engendered by wearing or displaying the flag by the response of feeling about my scarf design,”
flowing. The bonding was just beautiful and you Margaret said. “It’s been an incredible experience. I
felt that people wanted to keep it alive. I feel so am grateful to everyone who believes in what my design
touched and honored to be a part of it. We will be donat- of a Rose for Peace was all about. I have had many
ing 10% of all sales from the scarves to the National blessings in my life, as many of us have, the great-
Disaster Search Dog Foundation in California and pos- est one I believe, was being born a free American.”
sibly some other smaller disaster aid groups.” There’s more.
The connections and story do not end here. Now During my years of writing for The Beacher, peo-
we head for Washington D.C. When Margaret learned ple often ask, “Just where do you get your stories?”
from Chicago sources that Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of Well, serendipity helps sometimes, and this one start-
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, was going to receive ed at the Carroll Avenue South Shore Station on a
a Rose for Peace scarf as a gift, she asked that one be Sunday morning in December. Alyce Sullivan and I
given to First Lady Laura Bush on her behalf. A call were waiting for the 11:20 train to Chicago. Standing
then came from Joyce Rumsfeld to Margaret gra- around we chit-chatted as people do, recalling the story
ciously explaining that sending the scarf to the First I had done on Margaret’s work some years ago when
Lady might be a security problem. However, she she still had a studio on Avondale in Long Beach. I
was going to be at a luncheon where Mrs. Bush would was off to the Perlman concert at Symphony Center.
be present, and she might be able to make the pre- Alyce was off to give Margaret and her staff a hand
sentation there. Margaret doesn’t know the details packing and shipping those 200 scarves. The story
just unrolled as we waited, and waited, and waited
for the train, now delayed almost an hour. (The
South Shore owes me the Mozart Sonata I missed hear-
ing. They did give us a complimentary train ride ticket.)
Artist Margaret Sullivan at work on the scarves at her studio in Chicago.
January 24, 2002 Page 3
A story for The Beacher was there in what Alyce relat-
ed, and I told her I would call Margaret for more details. Open ‘til 7 p.m.
I had seen Sue Spitler wearing the scarf at the Evenings
September meeting of our Beachside Players, knew
how beautiful it was, and that Sue, who hosts parties
of Margaret Sullivan designs each year, would let me
take photos as needed. By now, we were hitting too
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tomorrow?” They did, and that’s when she found out Plus an additional
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New Exhibit at the Blank Center
Skip’s Other Place A new exhibition of work by African-American
artists from the Chicago area opens Feb. 1st at the
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Obaji Nyambi and Allen Stringfellow. Although all six
Dine with us in January or artists represented in the exhibition have ties to
African culture, each has a unique approach to art.
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Millie Samuelson Relates Family Life in China
by Paula McHugh
does she see her writing project as a way to affirm the
blessings of faith in God; Millie’s weaving of family
history is a legacy she happily passes to her children
and relatives.
“I can hardly keep away from the work,” she added.
“I work with words like its soft clay, and I’m constantly
scribbling notes.”
Millie is currently on the lookout for a publisher for
her trilogy. The writer says that she attends as many
writer’s conferences as possible in order to network,
and for the opportunity to have her work critiqued.
She is spurred on by positive comments such as the
agent who told her that Hungry River is a “stroke of
genius.” Locally, Millie has received encouragement
from noted writers Harry Mark Petrakis and Betty
Shoup.
“Six or eight of us from the memoirs class contin-
Millie Samuelson is accustomed to writing. For ue to get together as a writing group,” she said. The
20 years, the Chesterton resident has written reams author also reads several books a week, appreciating
of academic documents, press releases, feature arti- other writers’ works of fiction, history, and biography.
cles and college classroom lectures. Millie is a member of several area book clubs, too, and
Millie’s days as a Communications professor at she says that she is thrilled that this area has so many
Central College in McPherson, Kansas are behind her fine outlets for writers and book discussion groups.
now, but her writing has taken a new twist since
her retirement.
“I always wanted to write fiction,” she said. And
thanks to the feedback she received from members of
her Writing Your Memoirs class sponsored by the
Westchester Public Library, the new author is busy
creating her “heirloom story-quilts,” as she calls
them.
The stories woven of her family’s extraordinary life
in China has evolved into a trilogy of historical nov-
els, which Millie began writing in earnest in late
1999. The following summer, she attended her first
writing conference in Wheaton. By that time, the
wordsmith had switched from memoir writing to
short stories, and she brought along a draft of Hungry
River.
“When I showed my work, I was told that I should
write a trilogy,” she said. One year later, at the
Midwest Writers Workshop at Ball State, Millie
walked away with the 2001 Manny Award for the Best
Long Fiction in Progress.
The China-born writer’s trilogy tells the story of her
family’s experiences—both joyful and tragic— as
“White Chinese.” Using her own memories and those
from her parents’ and grandparents’ journals tucked
away in her “China boxes”, Millie relates the adven-
tures and dangers of four generations of her family. China-born Millie Samuelson speaks fluent Chinese and her
Chesterton home reflects her Asian homeland’s culture.
In addition to Hungry River, which spans the peri-
od between the late 1800’s to 1931, the author has Samuelson said that completing her trilogy will take
sketched the outlines for Dragon Wall (1933 to 1958) about five years, but she is not in any particular
and Jade Cross (1967 to 2008). hurry.
“I wouldn’t have done this if I was not a senior,” she For more information about Millie’s trilogy or to learn
said, adding that she is “making a whole century of about Writing Your Memoirs at the Chesterton library,
family history interesting and worthwhile.” Not only contact Millie at 926-8848.
January 24, 2002 Page 11
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Adventures in Attica
by Paula McHugh
We crossed the swollen Wabash River at the Paul
Dresser Bridge, passed the McDonald’s, and took a
left onto Perry Street. We easily found parking in down-
town Attica, for the street was nearly deserted.
My friend Miff and I were on one of our annual adven-
tures. We had planned a road trip and overnight
camping stay only a week before. Our final destina-
tion was Parke County, but our two-lane road, off the
beaten path dispositions told us to stop at this town
along the banks of the famous Hoosier river. The 3-
story brick buildings along Perry Street are at least
a century old in this architecturally colorful river
town.
Beth Varnell watches Bob Wilson as he repairs the barber pole in front of
his building. Bob gave us a brief history lesson about his hometown.
It is a downtown such as Attica’s that gets my
imagination going. The curve of Perry Street, paral-
leling the curve in the river, reminded me of my
adopted hometown in Galena. And the vacant old
buildings reminded me of the same Galena of the late
1970’s, before the tourist town “took off” and became
Downtown Attica was nearly deserted on a recent Wednesday afternoon.
a major tourist destination. I could see the potential
Attica is an old town, incorporated in 1849. The here in Attica. All it needs, I was thinking, are a
Wabash & Erie Canal opened two years earlier, help- dozen artists and some imaginative boutique owners
ing the town to boom. A decade later, the Wabash & to add a vibrant economic presence. They have Paul
Western Railroad ran through town, eventually mak- Dresser, famous in his own right but also brother of
ing the canal obsolete. The town’s commercial begin- famed Hoosier writer Theodore Dreiser (don’t ask
nings, starting with a woolen mill, blacksmith shop, about the name deviance, please).
tannery and cabinet shop evolved to wagon, carriage,
and buggy shops, a pork packing company, drain tile
plant, and the Attica (flour) Mills Company. A steel
castings company is Attica’s largest employer in 2001.
Attica native and downtown businessman Bob
Wilson was perched on a ladder, attempting to fix an
old barber pole in front of his place, just at the spot
Miff decided to park the camper van. Bob proceeded
to tell us a little about his hometown of 3,000, begin-
ning with “On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away.”
Paul Dresser, namesake of the bridge we had just
crossed, wrote that song, he told us.
Being Wednesday, the barbershop was closed. Bob
said that Wednesdays didn’t bring much traffic down-
town. Miff and I noticed that the paucity of com-
mercial shops along the street would naturally ward
off a normal shopper. Except for a sprinkling of
antiques and thrift shops, the buildings were vacant. A full view of Bob Wilson’s building.
January 24, 2002 Page 15
Bob Wilson said that he’s a third generation bar-
ber here, and that he wouldn’t care to live anywhere
else. Bob owns the building at 119 Perry, where his
“Hair Care Plus Quality Appearance Services” shop
is located. Except for Beth Varnell, manager of the
women’s beauty services, there were no other customers
in the shop.
“I’ve traveled all around the world, and I wouldn’t
want to live anywhere but Attica,” he said. Pointing
to the square, three-story stucco on the corner, Bob
related its history while showing us a book of vintage
photos of the town.
A handpainted sign marks the area of the former Wabash & Erie Canal.
Bob also alerted us to some other attractions to see
down on the banks along Water Street at Ouibache
Park. Despite too much water, as in overflowing,
Miff and I made our way down to the little park
where the townsfolk celebrate their Potawatomie
Festival each year. We found the historical marker for
the Wabash-Erie Canal that Bob described just min-
utes before tornado sirens started blaring.
Warm sunshine disappeared. We turned on the
This once-thriving hotel once had fancy grillwork balconies on radio to hear crackly reports warning Porter and
each level until a cyclone came through town in the late LaPorte County residents of a possible tornado. In Attica,
1800’s, according to Bob Wilson. no one seemed to know what the sirens were all
“The Perry Hotel used to have balconies on each floor, about. Unfazed, we climbed back into the van and drove
but a cyclone that came through in the late 1800’s took up residential Brady Street. Soon, the pounding rain
them all off,” he said. Bob also told us that another made it impossible to see the lovely old homes and we
town attraction of yesteryear was the Mudlavia Hotel. were forced to pull over and wait out the worst of the
“People came from all over to take mud baths.” downpour. An eclectic mix of architectural styles dat-
ing from well before the turn of the century makes Attica
an interesting stop along the highway.
But Miff and I had many more miles to go before
setting up camp for the night, and it was time for us
to move on.
The commercial buildings
along Perry Street are
architecturally interesting to
look at, but many of them are
in need of tenants. We ran
into this building’s owner,
Drew Findlay of nearby
Lafayette, who declined the
invitation to have his photo
taken and to become
famous.
This historical marker in
Ouibache Park explains a
water fight. Interestingly, just
after this photo was taken,
the tornado sirens in town
went off, followed by heavy
rains. Apparently, Attica is no
stranger to rainstorms.
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Harbor Nights Enrichment Series
Peace begins within. The Harbor Nights Enrichment Series will present
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Find it. Now. (MI time). The program will be “Eavesdropping on Life.”
Syd is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, an
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Yoga at major storytelling festivals across the country. In
2002, he will be part of a PBS storytelling special.
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Syd holds an A.B. from Harvard College and a M.A.T.
Pre from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He
was given the prestigious Golden Apple Award for
Super Excellence in Teaching. In 2000, the National
Storytelling Network gave him the Circle of Excellence
Bowl award for his work as a storyteller.
Syd has written several children’s books and has
For over 30 years, Brunch worked extensively with the Smithsonian Institute
Rodini’s has been carefully
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the finest ingredients. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. about fighter pilots of WWI for the National Air and
Space Museum. The resulting audio tape, “The
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Roast Pork School and above, and are available at St. Mary of the
Baked Ham Lake School, New Buffalo Savings Bank, and at the
Roast Chicken door. The Performing Arts Center is located in the new
Shrimp Middle and High School, 1112 E. Clay St., New
Boston White Fish Buffalo. For more information, phone 616/469-2222
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Rice Proceeds will benefit the cultural enrichment of stu-
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Fabulous Dessert Table The story in last week’s Beacher about the Dale E.
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This should have read “to a high school student
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cific activity that fits their schedule. Within the next
week we will set up a “work room” and begin to take
a look at everything we have. Once the initial inves-
tigation and sorting has been completed, we will
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remembering when is quite romantic and you may
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Rock & Roll Rollerblading is growing. This is a super-
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that sounds Children and adults are encouraged to bring down their
blades or scooters, a friend, CDs, and money for the
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ishing the gym floor and may need to postpone this
event. Children are expected to be accompanied by an
adult when in the building unless they are on their
way to a specific supervised activity.
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foodstuff by carolyn m connell c Kitchen Tactics, Kitchen Moves
Your iced tea always seems watery. You have guests sight place behind a chair or something and leave it
coming for lunch and you want to impress them. there. Then, when you or the butler are going to iron
Well, here’s what to do. You make the iced tea, sun- and watch TV at the same time, set up the iron board
shine or winter-wise, far enough in advance that you
have time to make ice cubes out of the tea itself. Put
anywhere; or the vacuum cleaner — if more than one
room is involved, no plugging, unplugging, replugging.
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those in pretty glasses, add tea and yes, even you will
be impressed with such tasty, undiluted iced tea.
Try it. You’ll like it.
Do you like good olive oil? Do you like olives? Fill
REALTY
Salad spinners are not only overpriced, they don’t a clean jar half full of olives (I use a mixture chosen
ondom
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really do a perfect job of drying those lovely greens from Al’s Alessi cart), then cover with an average
in
fro
in such a small space. Here’s what I’ve done for years extra-virgin olive oil. The olives flavor the oil, giving
and it works every time. Save those big mesh bags it a truer flavor, and the oil in turn preserves the olives, e iu
oranges and grapefruit come in. Wash the greens which can be scooped out as needed to serve as an appe- k
m
La
(I’m downright brutal about that), then put them tizer or for pizza, pasta, etc. The treated oil is great
s
gently in the mesh bags, take them out on the front used in a vinaigrette. My oil preference? Jewel’s pri-
stoop and swing them over your head, around and vate brand President’s Choice extra virgin olive oil –
around, until they’ve stopped watering the shrubbery it’s reasonably priced and it’s good.
O fferi n g T
and the passersby. Put them in plastic and, voila Chopping onions and
ie w s!
again, they’re perfect. weeping while you’re
You need one cup of diced celery for that casserole. at it? Buy some under-
What will you do with the rest of that pretty fresh cel- water goggles, big ones,
ery before it turns limp and brownish? Why, once washed to wear during this
e V
and dried, you’ll wrap it snugly in a double layer of chore. Your family/room-
foil and put it in the refrigerator vegetable drawer. mate will enjoy seeing
Voila. It’ll keep for a couple weeks or longer. (Another you goggled and you’ll
ak
suggestion to keep celery crisp – cut off entire stalk never cry again over
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end, then stack upright in a tall glass in a couple inch- onions.
es of ice water.) ly e d
Got a headache? A hangover? Need an ice bag?
Oh, you don’t know what an ice bag is? It’s for plac-
The Beacher Roasted Onions
Un
o bstr uct
2 large sweet Spanish onions, peeled and
ing across your forehead or eyes when your head
hurts. Just grab a bag of frozen green beans out of your
trimmed All condos enjoy totally
2 tsp oil (see above, oil and olives flavoring
freezer – no watery leaks. Get well quick and you can unobstructed lake views, private
each other)
have the green beans, still sanitized, for dinner. balconies & barrier free access. Each
salt/pepper to taste
If you keep that roll of plastic wrap in the refrig-
one-quarter tsp dried sage or one fresh leaf 2 to 3 bedroom condo has indoor
erator, it’ll unwind and cover whatever needs cover-
Crumb topping:
ing with ease – when chilled, no sticking, no rip-
Three-quarter cup coarse fresh breadcrumbs
parking & storage. Only at
ping. Dunescape Towers will you enjoy an
2 tsp oil
Need only a couple tablespoons tomato paste for that
1 small garlic clove, crushed on-site maintenance & security staff,
spaghetti sauce? Don’t throw the rest away. Just
one-half tsp minced fresh sage (or pinch, dried)
remove it, tablespoon by tablespoon and scoop each
Preheat oven to 350º. Put on goggles. Cut 2 elevators and private boardwalk.
off into a little freezer bag, in separate corners. Next
time, don’t open a new can, just use a couple from the
onions in half crosswise and trim pointed ends so Why settle for less than the best at
they will sit evenly. Arrange in square baking dish Dunescape Beach Club.
bag.
just large enough to hold them so their widest part
When you’re browning a chop or a steak in a fry pan
faces up. Remove goggles. DUNESCAPE TOWER CONDOS!
and it isn’t quite cooked through to your taste, you can
Top each onion with one-half tsp oil, salt, pep-
wrap that plastic pan handle snugly in two layers of
foil, then stick the pan in a 350º oven to finish it off.
per and piece of sage leaf. Cover tightly with foil Sales and Rentals
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Works every time, and thanks to the foil, that han-
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
7 p.m. WHO GIVES A HOOT? Take a closer look
into the world of owls during the indoor portion of this
program and then venture out into the crisp night air
for a hike to try to call these elusive predators. Dress
for the weather and meet at the Nature Center.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26
11 a.m. SURVIVAL! In this 60-minute video, sur-
vival experts will demonstrate primitive life-saving
skills that a great many humans have forgotten.
Discover 17 ways to start a fire without a match; learn
wear
how to make a world class survival kit; recognize the
seven enemies that threaten your life and know how
to direct your wilderness survival skills against them.
Meet in the Nature Center Auditorium.
omen’s
2 p.m. SNOWFLAKE AND SNOW FUN. Meet at
the Nature Center and take a closer look into the world
of snow. This fun-filled program will be great for
families and individuals of all ages.
contemporary w
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27
Resort Wear is here 11 a.m. THE PRAIRIE CLUB...A HISTORY OF THE
EARLY YEARS. Discover how these hearty, fun-lov-
ing outdoorsmen and women enjoyed the dunes and
learn how their early history was entwined with the
Winter Hours January-March development of the State Park. Meet in the Nature
Center Auditorium for this 52-minute video.
2 p.m. HIKE THROUGH THE GREEN SCENE.
Friday 11-6, Saturday 11-6 Sometimes January seems awfully brown and gray.
Evergreens can really spruce things up! Meet at the
Nature Center entrance to begin a short hike in
search of the park’s evergreens—dress warmly.
Sunday 11-5 For more information, phone 926-1390 or 926-1952.
La
rande
Thursday Night Classes
6:30-8:00 p.m. • $35.00 per class
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2002 LaPorte Winterfest
January 26-February 3
Sat., Jan. 26—-Breakfast with the Birds, Luhr Park,
8:30-11 a.m. Info 219/326-6808, ext. 223.
Coed Snow Softball Tournament, Lion’s Field, 9 a.m.-
? Double elimination tournament $125 per team.
Register at 219/326-9600.
Snowman Contest, judging at noon. Register at
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Chili Dinner (11 a.m.-1 p.m.) and Bingo (1-3 p.m.)
$5 ea. Cummings Lodge, Sponsored by Swanson
Activity Center and Brentwood. Phone Phyllis 219/326-
5354.
Sun., Jan. 27—-Pancake Breakfast, 7 a.m.-noon.
Civic Auditorium Banquet Room. $4/adults,
$3.50/seniors, $3/kids 10 and under.
Ice Fishing Tournament on Pine Lake. Info: phone
Donna 219/362-7913.
3 on 3 Youth Basketball Tournament, noon-?
Sponsored by LaPorte YMCA $30 per team. Boys &
Girls Divisions 10-13 and 14-18. Phone 219/326-
9600.
Sat., Feb. 2—-Free sleigh rides through the parks,
noon-4 p.m. Rides start at Park Office through Soldiers
Memorial Park. Info 219/326-9600.
AUTHENTIC MARDI GRAS
Kids Nature Arts & Crafts, Luhr Park (1-2:30 p.m.
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Moonlight Ski, 6-8 p.m. Luhr Park. Info 219/326- parade on over for a wonderful night of
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Sun., Feb. 3—-Coed Snow Volleyball, Cummings
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Continuing Ed Courses at PNC
High
Here are a few continuing education (non-credit)
courses offered at Purdue North Central. For more infor-
mation, or to find out about other classes, phone
872-0527, ext. 5343, or visit www.purduenc.edu
Beginning Computer Class--Tuesdays, April 9-
Energy 30, 6-9 p.m. Fee $199.
Intro. to Windows ‘98--Sat., Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Fee $99; textbook included.
Intro. to MS Excel 2000--Tuesdays, Feb. 5-26, 6-
Marketing 9 p.m. Fee is $199; textbook included.
Intro. to Access 2000--Thursdays, Feb. 7-March
7, 6-9 p.m. Fee is $239; textbook included.
Real Estate Licensing-Salesperson--Tuesdays
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prepare you to take the Indiana Real Estate Licensing
Examination. Fee is $369; textbook included.
Children’s Theatre Classes
CTG’s Chicago Street Theatre will be registering
for the Spring Session of Children’s Theatre Works
classes from Jan. 21-26: Mon.-Thurs., 6-8 p.m. and Sat.,
noon-4 p.m., at the Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W.
Chicago St., Valparaiso.
101 W. Second Street, Michigan City, IN 46360 All classes are $125 per session of approximately
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CTG’s CTW program offers students from kinder-
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nity to learn about: creative dramatics, stage play, wee-
act, scene works, play makers, and acting through
improv. For more information, phone 219/464-1636.
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Books and Coffee Series at VU
Valparaiso University is once again offering its
Books and Coffee series sponsored by the Department
of English. The discussion group meets Thursdays at
4 p.m. in the Union Great Hall, except for Feb. 7 &
21, which will be held in the Mueller Hall Refectory.
The sessions are free and open to the public.
Jan. 24: The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas
in America by Louis Menand, reviewed by Dr. Sandra
Visser, associate professor of philosophy.
Jan. 31: In Search of Lake Webegon by Garrison
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Activities to Explore
In the Local Area:
January 24 — VU Books and Coffee Series: The
Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America by Louis
Menand reviewed by Dr. Sandra Visser. 4 pm.
Valparaiso University Union Great Hall. Free and open
to the public.
January 24 — St. Mary of the Lake School High
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of the Harbor Grand Hotel, New Buffalo. Info stations
manned by area high school reps. Light refreshments
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January 26 — Free Throw Competition. 1 pm.
School Student Center, 306 W. 10th St., MC. Boys &
girls 10-14. Register with Robt. Nazareth 219/878-1351.
See story this issue.
January 26 — LaPorte Winterfest Activities:
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Michigan City • Snow Softball Tournament (starts 9 am) at Lion’s Field;
219-879-0089 • Snowman Contest (judging noon; Chili Dinner and Bingo
(11 am-3 pm) Cummings Lodge. See story this issue.
More info at 219/326-9600.
January 26 — ABC Children’s Museum Winter
Olympic competition. Opening ceremony 11 am.
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Firewood • Snowplowing • Gift Certificates Mall, Michigan City. See story this issue. Info 874-8222.
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January 30 — “Me & My Shadow.” 10:30 am.
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ABC Children’s Museum. Marquette Mall. Wed-Fri
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Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan City.
Shipping Guided tours on Mon-Fri, 10 am, 11:30 am. Adm.
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Solutions Beverly Shores Historic South Shore Line Passenger
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New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker
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John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St.,
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Travels with Charley:
Another Grand Day in Grand Rapids, Michigan
by Charles McKelvy
“Grand Rapids, Michigan?!? lanes of I-94 and thence on the northbound lanes of
“You went all the way to Grand Rapids, Michigan I-196 for an hour-plus dash up to the Queen City of
just for fun?!? Kent County.
“Are you nuts, or what?!?” As I turned the wipers on their fastest setting,
Yeah, I can hear you saying all of the above, but I Natalie turned to me and said: “I thought there
am fully prepared to defend the decision my good wife were just supposed to be a few isolated showers today
Natalie and I made recently to motor on up to Gerry with . . .”
Ford’s old hometown for the sheer delight of just “. . . clearing by mid-morning? Yeah, that’s what
going there for the day. I heard on the radio, but . . .”
Sure, it’s a good 100 miles one-way from our ham- “. . . what state was the station in?”
let in Harbert, and surely no one will ever mistake “Uh, Indiana, but . . .”
Grand Rapids for Miami or Honolulu, but we’ve been “. . . it looks like we’d better have a back-up plan
mighty partial to Michigan’s unsung city ever since when we get there. It might be kind of wet for walk-
we took a chance on a get-a-way weekend there way ing around the zoo.”
back in the fall of 1987 shortly after we moved to the By zoo, of course, she meant the John Ball Zoo which
Wolverine State from Chicago. is perched artfully on a wooded hillside literally just
That’s right — we actually spent an entire week- below the clearly marked “zoo exit” on I-196. As
end in Grand Rapids, and we actually enjoyed it so
much we’ve been going back at least two or three times
a year ever since.
Granted, our subsequent trips have mostly been
just for the day, but those are always delightful days,
because, believe it or not, Grand Rapids packs a lot
of cosmopolitan punch for a mid-sized, Midwest city
in the middle of an old rest-belt state like Michigan.
In other words, a day spent in Grand Rapids is a
delightful departure from whatever’s got you down,
and we’ve all had plenty to be down about since
September 11, so give a thought to getting away to
old G.R. some gray day in the coming weeks or
months.
And here to help whet your appetite is my report
of our recent day-trip to the grand city by the rapid-
Natalie McKelvy comes nose to nose with a penguin at the
ly flowing river: Living Shores Aquarium in Grand Rapids.
It was a dark, dreary, and relentlessly raining day
in November when we set forth, first on the eastbound
The zoo features this rare collection of capybara, or giant
Admission to the John Ball Zoo is free until March. swimming rats, from South America.
January 24, 2002 Page 31
The Giant Pacific Octopus puts in an appearance.
The Dall Sheep display.
Northwest Pacific tidal pool in action. The shy Pacific
Great Octopus even came out of hiding to put on a slith-
ery show for us, and the penguins of Patagonia sound-
ed off for us when we passed through their realistic
replica of the tip of South America.
We also became a part of the new Mokomboso
Valley exhibit along with some highly amused grad-
er schoolers who thought the troupe of chimpanzees
were an endless laugh-riot. According to notes at the
exhibit, chimps share 98 percent of the same DNA as
we humans, so we all saw something of ourselves in
their at-times embarrassing public displays.
These penguins have it pretty good in Grand Rapids.
zoos go, John Ball is smaller than most, but it has all
the flavor and fun of major, big-city zoos, and we’ve
enjoyed our every visit there, regardless of time of year.
“I was thinking we’d spend most of our time at the
zoo indoors,” I said. “You know — in the Van Andel
Living Shores exhibit and with the nocturnal animals
and in that new habitat for chimpanzees they were
building last time we were there.”
That sounded good to Natalie, and after a picnic lunch
in the car in the zoo’s free parking lot, we emerged into
the gray Grand Rapids day to discover that the rain
was letting up and that admission to the zoo that day
was free.
Not only free that day, but free weekdays in
November and March and daily in December, January,
and February. So all the more reason for you to fol-
low our tire tracks up to Grand Rapids this winter. A close encounter with a tiger.
I could and should spend the rest of my allotted col-
umn inches singing the praises of the John Ball Zoo,
but I will not simply because there is so much more We still had several hours of daylight left to us when
to see and do in Grand Rapids. we had sated our zoological urges at John Ball Zoo,
So suffice it to say that Natalie and I had a won- so we headed east a few blocks to the lively center city
derful half-day at the John Ball Zoo and particular- area, found a meter to feed and and then set off on
ly enjoyed our time in the Van Andel Living Shores foot to see what struck our fancy that particular day.
exhibit where we watched a wonderful facsimile of a Grand Rapids Continued on Page 32
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Grand Rapids Continued from Page 31
Over the years we have profited by visits to the fol-
lowing attractions: the Grand Rapids Art Museum
“where art lives,” the fully restored Frank Lloyd
Wright house that was specially built in 1908 for a promi-
nent Grand Rapids clothier of short stature named
Meyer May; the always entertaining and education-
al Van Andel Museum Center which offers carousel
rides with a commanding view of the Grand River; the
array of restaurants and diversions at the BOB which
is short for the Big Old Building; and, of course, the
Heritage Hill national, state and local historic district
which is a short stroll from downtown.
But we were cold and hungry from our hard work
at the zoo, so we repaired to the warm and friendly
Four Friends Coffeehouse just up Monroe Street
from the world-famous Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.
We’ve seen businesses come and go on Monroe Street
over the years, but Four Friends has been a con-
stant and welcome presence, and I recalled, as we sipped
our hand-crafted coffee drinks, the time I had limped
All roads lead to the Amway Grand in Grand Rapids.
into Four Friends after completing the 15-plus mile
Old Kent River Bank Run for one of the most delight-
ful carbo-reloading sessions of my life.
Then, when we realized the day was slipping away
on us, we figured we’d use the remaining hour or so
of museum time by touring the Lincoln exhibit at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum on the west
bank of the Grand River overlooking downtown.
Although the exhibit from the Illinois State Historical
Library, the Smithsonian, the National Archives,
Natalie heads into Four Friends Coffeehouse for warmth and comfort. and other collections will be at the Ford until February
18, we figured we’d better get in and see as long as
we were in town before the snows of western Michigan
began flying.
So, with an hour left until the official closing at 5
p.m. (Michigan time, of course), we shelled out $4 a
piece and immersed ourselves into the world of the
16th President of the United States.
And what a perfect time to ponder the white dress
gloves and blood-stained collar worn by President Lincoln
to Ford’s Theater on the night of April 14, 1865; the
pen he used to draft the Emancipation Proclamation;
and one of just five surviving copies — in Lincoln’s hand
— of the Gettysburg Address.
We so utterly disappeared into a “Lincoln fog,”
that the guards had to repeatedly clear their throats
to get us to leave at 5 p.m.
We were so absorbed by the 16th President, that
we didn’t even have time to consider the 38th President,
The Monroe Street Mall in downtown Grand Rapids. one Gerald R. Ford. His extraordinary presidency is
January 24, 2002 Page 33
all detailed there in his museum, and we have spent
many an afternoon relieving it, and we vowed to
return soon to do so again.
That’s the thing with Grand Rapids: there is so much
to do and see, that a day-trip simply doesn’t do it jus-
tice.
So we started thinking about that first trip to
Grand Rapids when we rode Amtrak’s Pere Marquette
up from New Buffalo on a Friday evening for a two-
night stay at the Amway Grand and a return to New
Buffalo on Sunday morning. That delightful trip
gave us a whole Saturday to explore Grand Rapids
on foot, and I recall that we easily wore out plenty of
shoe leather in the pursuit of a grand adventure in
Grand Rapids. As a reminder to myself, that Amtrak
number to call is: 1-800-872-7245, and reservations
at the Amway Grand can be made by calling: 1-
616/774-2000.
And for the latest on what’s hot and now in Grand The Grand Rapids skyline as seen from the Ford Presidential Museum.
Rapids, contact the Grand Rapids/Kent Convention
& Visitors Bureau at 1-800-678-9859 or on-line at:
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No experience necessary. Earn $700+ per week, plus benefits. ON THE SHORES OF SHERIDAN BEACH . Rehabbed &fully fur-
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Off the Book Shelf
by Sally Carpenter
If you only read one book this year (and that demise.
thought really makes me shudder...) you must pick A visit with the not-too-grieving widow, an ex-
up Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen (pronounced hiya- chorine turned professional wrestler, and now,
sun). The author is a columnist for the Miami Herald Madonna wannabe, provides little information. A
where his investigative reporting led to the expo- story in another newspaper the next day has the
sure of corruption and drug smuggling in south widow, Cleo Rio, giving a different slant to her hus-
Florida. He has written eight other novels, one of which, band’s supposed scuba diving accident, and now Jack
Strip Tease, was made into a movie starring Demi Moore. is certain that he is on the trail of a big story.
In Basket Case, we meet Jack Tagger, ace reporter Basket Case is full of unforgettable characters
on the obituary beat. Huh? Well, that’s not where he and unforgettable lines. There is Janet Thrush,
started out. Seems Jack was once a really good Jimmy’s sister, whose job is hosting a 900 number video
reporter, but was demoted to writing obituaries after soft porn show, whose opinion of Jimmy’s widow is less
ridiculing the new owner of the newspaper in front than zero; there’s Jack’s best friend, Juan, a hunky
of a stockholder’s meeting. sportswriter at the same newspaper; Carla Candilla,
This job is really getting Jack down. At 46, he finds a definitely 21st century young woman and daugh-
himself saddled with an editor, who not only is a ter of Jack’s former roommate, Anne. “Carla keeps track
woman, but is only 27 years old. “Emma is young and of all local and visiting celebs. At 17 she is a wily vet-
owns a grinding ambition to ascend the newspaper’s eran of the club scene.........my only reliable link to mod-
management ladder. She hopes for an office with a win- ern youth culture.” She affectionately calls Jack,
dow, a position of genuine authority and stock options.” “Black Jack” since his demotion.
He also finds himself obsessed with death; ironi- The story progresses with a variety of events:
cally, this turns out to be one of many hilarious There’s the lack of stitches on the deceased’s body even
aspects of this book. Mention an age and Jack will tell though there was supposed to have been an autopsy,
you who died. One month away from his 47th birth- the followup death of another member of Jimmy’s band,
day, he keeps remembering that 46 is the year that break-ins at Janet’s house and Jack’s apartment (he
Elvis and JFK checked out. “It’s an occupational haz- fends off the would-be assailant with a frozen lizard)
ard for obituary writers memorizing the ages at and several side-line stories thrown in for good mea-
which famous people have expired, and compulsive- sure. The climax comes in the middle of a giant
ly employing such trivia to track the arc of one’s own swamp with the requisite kidnapped victim being
life.” traded for.......sorry, you’re going to have to read the
One day an obit comes across the wire for an ex- book for that important piece of information!
rock and roll artist, Jimmy Stomarti, once the lead I like this story being told in the first person; fol-
singer of Jimmy Stoma and the Slut Puppies, one of lowing the writer, walking in his shoes, seeing what
their hit singles being a song called “Basket Case”: he sees is like a tiny moving picture going on in your
My baby is a basket case, a bipolar mama in leather head. Also, Carl Hiaasen gives us a lot of insight
and lace! Not exactly lyrics to rock your world, but his into the newspaper business and Florida, two subjects
group had enjoyed a modicum of success in the 80s he knows so very well.
and his checking out at age 39 was noteworthy. With This book is a keeper!
his investigative nose twitching out a possible story, Till next time, happy reading!
Jack decides to go after the details of Jimmy Stomarti’s
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