Volume 19, Number 12 Thursday, March 27, 2003 A promise the earth brings, no matter our fears — a trust in renewal, eternal each year. A Shadow of Green by Maggie Beyer If you look closely into their hearts, the dry woods of winter foretell a new start; Filtered through brown twigs, a soft haze comes through — a shadow of green breaking into your view; It could just be longing to have winter gone; a welcoming Spring after days dark and long; But if you believe in moments of grace, a gift may await you in deep, secret place. . .
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Volume 19, Number 12 Thursday, March 27, 2003
A promise the earth brings,no matter our fears —a trust in renewal,eternal each year.
A Shadow of Greenby Maggie Beyer
If you look closelyinto their hearts,the dry woods of winterforetell a new start;
Filtered through brown twigs,a soft haze comes through —a shadow of greenbreaking into your view;
It could just be longingto have winter gone;a welcoming Springafter days dark and long;
But if you believein moments of grace,a gift may await youin deep, secret place. . .
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2003 Garden SymposiumThe LaPorte County Master Gardeners are spon-
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Guest SpeakersSpecial guests will include Scott Kunst, owner of
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Chuck Gleaves, Director of Kingwood Center andformer Director of Horticulture at the gardens of theIndianapolis Museum of Art will be talking about“Getting the Most From Your Perennial Garden.”Mr. Gleaves has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree inBotany and over twenty-five years experience in thegardening business.
Kris Medic, who will be talking about “The NewAmerican Backyard: Saving Time, Money, and theEnvironment,” is a grounds management consultantproviding corporate and institutional properties withtools for environmental and financial sustainability.She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture fromPurdue University and a Master of Science degee inPublic Horticulture from the University of Delaware.Kris has worked at Callaway Gardens, LongwoodGardens, The Morris Arboretum, and eight years asColumbus Indiana’s horticulturist and city arborist.She has lectured at the Chicago Botanical Gardens,and in many Elderhostel and Master Gardener pro-grams. She is also a writer and photographer, withcontributions to Horticulture Magazine, The PublicGarden and to Rodale’s New Encyclopedia of OrganicGardening. Her latest book, The New AmericanBackyard, focuses on sustainable landscape practices.
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The Potpourri of Literature has been a fixture onthe PNC campus since 1989. Students in theCommunication 240 class, Introduction to OralInterpretation, will present a variety of readingsand music based on the central theme. The event promis-es to be entertaining, informative and thought-pro-voking. Based on the traditions of Reader’s Theatre,the program is presented in a different venue thana theatre production in that as a “readers” activity thereis always the presence of the “book” or script. The selec-tions are performed in a presentational style in an envi-ronment that does not pretend to be anything otherthan a performance space. Performers assume a vari-ety of personas depending on the demands of each selec-tion. There will be some musical presentations as well.
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The Community Theatre Guild at Chicago StreetTheatre will present “The Dining Room” from April4-19, at the Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W. ChicagoSt. in Valparaiso.
The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assem-bled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any andall special occasions. The action is comprised of amosaic of interrelated scenes--some funny, sometouching, some rueful--which, taken together, cre-ate an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP.
The actors change roles, personalities and ageswith virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety ofcharacters, from little boys to stern grandfathers,and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids.
Each vignette introduces a new set of people andevents: a father lectures his son on grammar and pol-itics; a boy returns from boarding school to discoverhis mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’trecognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daugh-ter, her marriage in shambles, pleads futilely toreturn home, etc.
Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenescoalesce, ultimately into a theatrical experience of excep-tional range, compassionate humor and abundanthumanity.
The production is directed by Dona Henry andJan Rees; assistant directors are Kelly Hite and JoelHenry.
Performances are Fri. & Sat., April 4-5, 11-12, 18,19 at 8 p.m.; Thurs., April 17 at 8 p.m.; Sun., April 13at 2:30 p.m.
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The auditions will take place on Mon., April 7,7:30 p.m. The cast requirement is for 16 men and 8women.
Directed by Traci Brant and Jonni Pera, this Wilsonplay is one of the milestones of the dynamic off-offBroadway movement. It is a vivid and powerful playthat illuminates the bleak and terrifying world of youngAmerican exiles and outcasts in New York’s upperBroadway area. At an all-night coffee shop, the big city’sriff-raff, bums, lost and desperate transform into a surg-ing, poignant and funny kaleidoscope of humanity asthey search for the true meaning of life in Americaagainst a backdrop of urban decay.
New officers of the Service League are shown withPast President Pat Westergren.
The Duneland Beach Inn was the scene of theMichigan City Service Leagues’ annual installationof officers luncheon on March 11th.
Installed as officers for the coming year werePresident Claire Williams, Vice President HazelSchlicker, Secretary Barbara Holdcraft and TreasurerDonna Hennard. Past President Phyllis Schultz wasthe installing officer.
Achieving honorary member status for twenty-five years’ service was Margaret Novak.
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The cast and crew of “Sleeping Beauty” are in thefinal home stretch, “working very hard and prayingtoo!” as the curtain will open in just one week. Markyour calendars for a performance during the firsttwo weekends in April. Show time is 7 p.m. for all per-formances.
Greg Kent of Raven Lutherie, featured on the frontcover of last week’s Beacher, has volunteered to hostthe Long Beach Open Mic Night scheduled tobegin in April here at the Community Center. A littlebit of a buzz about this latest endeavor is beginningto circulate and we have received a very favorableresponse.
Fast Food Art Classes are taking shape. Wehave a rather diverse group of artists interested in shar-ing their passion for pastels, mosaics, candle making,ceramics, and jewelry design. The 6-week series willbe held on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:30 p.m.beginning April 23rd. The cost is $60 and no previ-ous experience is necessary. Phone 879-3845 andleave a message to register.
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The Spring Arts and Crafts Sale will be held inthe gym on Saturday, May 3rd from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Vendors may reserve a 6 ft. space with a table for $20or just a space for $15. We are looking for an individualor a group that would be interested in providing andselling concessions for the day. It’s a great opportu-nity to raise funds for your organization.
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“The Secret Garden,” the musical based on one ofthe most beloved books ever written, opens Fri.,March 28, at Michigan City’s Mainstreet Theatre, 807Franklin St. This production is one of the offeringsin the Festival Players Guild’s Winter Arts Series andis presented in cooperation with Head Fine Arts.
Based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, “TheSecret Garden” tells the story of Mary Lennox (AlexPote) who is sent to live with her Uncle Archibald (KevinKeane) following the death of her parents. Archibaldstill grieves over the death of his wife, Lily (HeidiBuonomo), and over the condition of his bedridden son,Colin (Ann Thompson). Mary discovers a secret gar-den that had once belonged to Lily and, by nursingthe garden back to life, Mary restores life to heruncle and his son.
Composer Lucy Simon and lyricist Marsha Normanadapted the novel into a Tony award-winning musi-cal which opened in New York on April 25, 1991, andran for 708 performances.
Director of the production is Joel Thompson andMusical Director is Doug Pishkur. Additional cast mem-bers include Kathy Splitgerber, Brant R. Beckett,Kelly Carlin, Tom Osborn, Mark Thostesen, MichelePhillips, Sarah Willis, Tracy Huddlestun, KristenClark, Matt Spart, Lindsey Edson, Barb Riley andKamara Bailey.
Performances are March 28, April 4 & 5 at 8 p.m.and March 29 and April 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets are$11/adults, $10/senior citizens and $5.50/studentshigh school age and below.
All seats are reserved; phone the box office at 874-4269, by fax, 879-6377 or online at www.festi-valplayersguild.org
The programs of the Festival Players Guild are pre-sented with support from the Northern Indiana Arts
Association, the Indiana Arts Commission, the NationalEndowment for the Arts, the Michigan City EnrichmentCorporation and the Barker Welfare Foundation.
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Heidi Buonomo and Alex Pote rehearse “The Secret Garden.”
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Sculptor Joe Hunt Finds Steel “Forgiving”
by Paula McHugh
Some day, as you are reading Architectural Digest,you may notice a sculptured steel occasional tabledesigned by Joe Hunt. Joe’s table, along with manyother of his functional sculptures, are created righthere in Michigan City.
Joe, who until a few years ago worked as a bike mes-senger in the Loop, taught himself everything heneeded to pursue his current business of supplyinghis contemporary steel sculptures to home furnish-ings stores locally and in Chicago. He learned CADprogramming, which is what makes his CNC appa-ratus “cut” his unique designs. He learned, throughexperimentation, how lacquer applications revealsurprising—and exciting designs on his brushed orridged surfaces. Experimenting and applying hismechanical abilities have been key in producing Joe’sline of utilitarian art.
Joe started his 17 Studios Design in Chicago afterone-too-many bumped, bruised and broken bonesresulted from pedaling the Loop’s traffic hazards.The name of his business was derived from his mes-senger bag number. During his off hours, Joe said hewould spend his free time wandering around theMerchandise Mart inspecting the latest avant gardefurnishings on display. Of the rather limited amountof metal furniture pieces that the emerging artist saw,Joe said he knew he could match—or even surpass—the offerings currently being marketed.
“I’ve always been interested in art. As a boy, Ienjoyed visits to the Art Institute,” he said, adding thathe never had any thoughts about pursuing formal arttraining. But his love of contemporary design onlyincreased after visits to SOFA and the Chicago DesignShow.
Joe has exhibited his work at the Lakefront Art Fair,the Heart of Art event, and at the Schoolhouse Shop’sCelebration of the Arts. From contacts made at thefairs, and from additional marketing efforts by DarleneSmeltzer, Joe’s commissioned work has expanded
Joe’s rented work space, which sitsalongside the railroad tracks near theCarroll Avenue South Shore station, hasenough room to park at least half a dozencars. But what stands out in Joe’sworkshop, in addition to several of hisfunctional pieces, is his CNC (com-puter numerical control) apparatus.From a distance, it looks something likean oversized barrel halved and hol-lowed out. In the middle of the 8-footlong barrel like structure, a computer-controlled plasma cutter cuts sheets ofsteel according to Joe’s specifications.Joe built this tool of his trade fromplans he found on the Internet.
Joe built his CNC machine by reading books and researching the process via the Internet. He uses a laptop with a CAD program to direct the plasma
cutter to make his created design.
“Steel is forgiving, but the finishing work is extremelylabor-intensive,” Joe Hunt said about his
functional steel sculpture business.
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greatly. Several of his pieces can be found in home fur-nishing stores including the Climbing Monkey and Spikeand Buddy’s locally, and Cambrium in Chicago. Andsoon, the artist will be tackling a huge job in Chicago,where he will be installing his 17 Studios designedisland kitchens in some 45 newly-built condominiums.
Joe also can assist restaurant, bar and pub ownerswith barstools, tables and chairs to complement a busi-ness’ contemporary design.
“Steel is very forgiving,” Joe said. “But (the) finishing(work) is extremely labor-intensive.” The artist saidthat he doesn’t keep a large inventory, because every-thing he makes “goes out the door.” He added that he’ssorry that he did not keep a photo portfolio of his fin-ished pieces, some of which have made their way tonew homes as far as California.
Darlene Smeltzer serves as 17 Studio Design’s busi-ness and marketing manager. She loads the car withone or two of Joe’s smaller pieces to show potentialbuyers.
“That way, they can see and feel the pieces ratherthan rely on a photo,” she said. Joe reported that soonafter he and Darlene left behind one of his tables ata store in Chicago, they noticed that the store ownerreplaced his window display with Joe’s piece.
For more information, visit Joe’s website atwww.17studios.com.
The legs of this stool were designed on Joe’s laptop, and then cut on hisplasma cutter.
A floor lamp that Joe designed for his own use. Darlene Smeltzer serves as 17 Studio’s business partner, and assists
Joe in finding new clients for his contemporary-style metalwork.
Joe started his 17 Studios Design in Chicago after one-too-manybumped, bruised and broken bones resulted from pedaling the Loop’s
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Gathering of Quilters on March 29The 13th annual Gathering of Quilters will be
held on Sat., March 29, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., atthe LaPorte Civic Auditorium in LaPorte. TheGathering will include guest speaker Ellen AnneEddy. Ellen is a fiber artist who has spent most of herlife teaching and working with fabric, and writes fornumerous quilting publications including Quilting Arts,American Quilter and Quilter’s Newsletter.
Other highlights will include a large vendor mall,quilt show, fashion show, demonstrations, door prizesand contests. For more information and admission fee,phone 219/325-0843.
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Art Center Guild members, Nancy Zygmuntowski (l) and Sonjia Bencke (r), prepare for the Lubeznik Museum Shop Sale.
On Sat., March 29, Art Center Guild memberswill participate in the Treasure and Trash Sale at theMichigan City Senior Center, Washington Park, from8 a.m.-noon. The inventory sale will feature mer-chandise from the Lubeznik (formerly Blank) Centerfor the Arts.
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Genealogy Bus TripThe LaPorte County Genealogical Society and the
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The library collection will be available in open stacksat their temporary location in the Lincoln Museumbuilding. Anyone wishing to go to the Lincoln Museuminstead of the Allen County Public Library are wel-come to join the group.
Prepaid reservations of $20 per person, indicating loca-tion of boarding bus, are due and payable no later thanApril 9. Checks should be made out to LaPorte CountyGenealogical Society and sent to Patricia Harris, 504Greenwood Ave., Michigan City. Phone 872-3273.
PNC Offers Student Athletic AidPurdue University North Central student athletes will
be eligible to receive athletic aid for the 2003-04 scholas-tic year. Both new recruits and returning student ath-letes will be eligible to receive athletic awards, whichwill go to deserving recipients as recommended by eachsport’s head coach. A committee, composed of PNC’sathletic director, coaches, dean of students, and finan-cial aid director, will oversee the disbursement of awards.Each sport will receive an equal amount of money forits student athletes.
PNC fields teams in baseball, softball and basketball.The men’s baseball and basketball teams are membersof the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics,the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, andthe Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Thewomen’s softball team competes in the United StatesCollegiate Athletic Association.
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Ringling Circus Showman Creates Sarasota Museumby Barbara Stodola
Great art collections often reveal as much about thecollector as they do about the art. Such is the casewith the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida,which at first blush seems an unlikely place to har-bor paintings by Rubens and other masters of theEuropean Baroque.
Sarasota, like many other seaside resorts, con-jures up images of lush foliage, beach umbrellas andwispy clouds wafting above yacht basins. Then JohnRingling, the circus impresario, is added into themix, and heavy-duty art comes drifting into never-never-land.
Ringling and his beautiful wife, Mable, wereentranced by 16th century Venetian architecture andall its trappings — marble floors, coffered ceilings, giltfurniture, candelabra, tapestries, elaborate terracotta ornamentation. On their grand tours of Europe,Mable kept a portfolio of details to be incorporated intheir future home.
In the 1920’s, when Italian/ Spanish/ Mediterraneanbuildings began sprouting up in Florida, the Ringlingscommissioned New York architect Dwight JamesBaum to design a spectacular palazzo that couldhave stood on the Grand Canal. Even a gondola wasimported into Sarasota Bay, to complete the pic-ture.
The Ringling fortune brought world-class trea-sures within reach, and John devoted the same gustoto his art collection that he had applied to creating“The Greatest Show on Earth.” He purchased sculp-ture by the boat-load, and sometimes bought upentire collections. Ringling especially liked art withan upper-crust background, such as Alva VanderbiltBelmont’s collection of majolica and the Cyprioteantiquities acquired when the Metropolitan Museumof Art deaccessioned.
A museum was built in 1929, to accommodate thepaintings and decorative arts. It included two spe-cially-designed spaces for the rooms purchased fromJohn Jacob Astor’s New York mansion, just before itsdemolition. The museum opens out onto an enclosedsculpture garden and an arcade formed by 91 antiquecolumns, each different in style.
Although the sculpture garden is a classical Italiandesign, Ringling’s preference in painting leanedtoward the Baroque style that had flourished inFlanders and Germany, as well as Italy. The exuberanceof the Baroque, its intensity and drama, provided aperfect foil for the flamboyant lifestyle John Ringlingwas enjoying.
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The courtyard at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is dominated by a bronze cast of Michelangelo’s famous
16th century statue of David.
John Ringling (1866-1936) was the sixth of seven sons born to a Germanharness-maker who had moved to Wisconsin. The Ringlings’ circus
empire, founded in Baraboo, became the leading circus in the country in1907, when John and his brothers bought up Barnum & Bailey.
The complicated symbolism of this painting centers on St.Jerome, who was often shown with a tamed lion because,according to legend, he once removed a thorn from a lion’spaw. The pairs of birds and their offspring symbolize fertility
and harmony among living creatures. The many imagesappealing to John Ringling would include the deer andantlers, reminiscent of his German/ Wisconsin heritage.
An extensive collection of Chinese sculpture demonstrates John Ringling’s appreciationof beautiful horses, as well as decorative arts from exotic countries.
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The Venetian palazzo designed for John Ringling was called “Ca d’Zan”(House of John.) Towering aboveSarasota Bay, the 77-year-old mansionhas recently been restored and reopenedto the public.
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John Ringling’s personal ambitions were reflected inthis 16th century Italian painting. It depicts the
construction of a palace, and was painted by Piero di Cosimo.
It is not surprising that many of the paintingsfocus on animals and on lively genre scenes, with col-orful figures and multiple activities vying for atten-tion. Nor does a 66-acre estate seem disproportion-ate in size for the circus showman who once assembled10,000 spectators under “The Big Top” and latercame to own much of Sarasota.
The man who had entertained America with fire-eaters and sword-swallowers, midgets and clowns, lionsand bears and “The Flying Wallendas,” was determinedto transform his business success into a culturallegacy for the public to enjoy. Such ambitions couldbe realized in the years before 1929, when the bottomfell out of the American economy.
Unfortunately, the Ringlings had little time toenjoy the cultural haven they had created. Mable diedjust a few months after the museum opened. John lostmost of his fortune and creditors were about to fore-close on Ca d’Zan when he died, in 1936, leaving hisproperty to the State of Florida.
Over the years, the art collection has been expand-ed and a circus museum established on the grounds.The original buildings, however, suffered severeneglect and had to be closed for extensive renovation.Ca d’Zan was reopened this past winter. Tours areconducted daily, except major holidays, when theestate is closed.
A lavish lifestyle is suggested in this 17th century painting of a diningtable heaped high with fruits and fabulous serving pieces, presided over
by a colorful parrot. Seaside references are made by the platter of oysters, lobster and large conch shells.
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April FoolsIs it too late to play a prank on a friend or co-
worker? Do you have to wait for only one day a yearto have a little harmless fun? I’m reminded of an oldmemory of a young lawyer who dressed in a gorillacostume and rode the commuter train from the northsuburbs into the Loop. That memory comes from the1970’s, but surely somewhere in America today anoth-er “gorilla” is riding a train, or driving down theexpressway turning heads. That’s a good gag, and whosays it has to be done on April 1st?
It may or may not be too late, depending on whenyou pick up your Beacher, but I wanted to alert youto some fun April Fool’s websites.
At jeannepasero.com/april.htm you’ll learn that aFrench victim of a prank is called a poisson d’avril,which means “April Fish.” It all has to do with avery old calendar change in France for New Year’s,but you can find that out for yourself. Today, Frenchchildren are given fish fashioned of chocolate on thisday. Another bit of history goes back to the ancientRomans and March 25. The Romans celebratedHilaria that day. Is this where the word “hilarious”came from?
I thought it hilarious when my uncle took a sip ofcoffee after I had exchanged salt in the sugar bowl.That is my earliest memory of an April Fool’s joke. Thenthe tables turned. A fellow student offered me somepeanuts in a can, and…that old pop-up snake gag mustsurely still be around. But I digress.
If you need some fresh ideas for April Fool’s gags,go to april-fools.us/. One particularly inventive fellowhad himself a little picnic—checkered cloth and all—in an elevator going up some 51 floors. He sat on thefloor munching as more and more people got on, butthey gave him his space. Another idea is to load a boxof ping pong balls open and upright in a kitchen cab-
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MC Senior Center “Garage Sale”The Michigan City Senior Center is having a Spring
“Trash and Treasure Sale” on Sat., March 29, from 8a.m.-noon. There will be more than twenty tables fullof crafts, gently used items, collectibles and more. Thissale is open to the public. Shopping will take place insidethe building, and donuts and coffee will be for sale.
inet before taking off for work. Or maybe you’ve donethat one already. There are plenty of other gag ideasat this site if you are interested.
At april-fools.info/ you can read about pranks thatdate back to the 1800’s. Instead of gluing a penny tothe sidewalk these days, you’ll have to come up witha bigger denomination if you want to pull off that oldgag. It may even have to be a dollar coin.
One of the funniest places to stop on your April Fool’sexcursion is at a website named “Get Committed tothe Funny Farm,” geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3456/.If you happen to be a cat owner (or owned by a cat),you’ll especially like reading “Cat Bathing as a MartialArt.” There are plenty of joke pages here to keep youentertained. In fact, if some of them seem familiar,they might be the same ones your email friends havesent you from time to time. Now that you have foundthe site, you can send jokes, too. While here, take alook at the humor archive. You can stay entertainedfor a long time.
For the youngsters, web-holidays.com/fools/ hasjokes, crafts, and recipe ideas. The recipes will not befound in Carolyn’s “foodstuffs” column anytime soon.Craft projects include making rock candy and “AprilGoo.” While you are here, take the “Fool Quiz” andsee how you rate.
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Sandcastle Update:
Christine fills the castle’s moat.
The Sandcastle that Jack Turner designed forChristina Karamasenes at Long Beach Spa (see thefull story in February 27th’s Beacher) is now delight-ing visitors to the massage therapist’s office.
“It’s more than I ever dreamed of,” Christina said.“Now, when people walk through the door, the sand-castle will put a big smile on their faces and putthem in touch with their inner child.”
Jack plans to complete a cloud-themed backdrop forhis 40-inch high creation. The sandcastle sits on a plat-form surrounded by beach sand and features a gur-gling fountain, castle window lights, and a fog machine.
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Hand Building Ceramics for AdultsThis workshop is designed for anyone who would
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Barker Civic Center GuildThe Wed., April 2 meeting of the Barker Civic
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Members and guests at the meeting will also havethe opportunity to see the personal Barker family itemson display, many for the first time, in the new show-cases in the Mansion ballroom. A guide will be on handto tell about the pieces.
Membership in the Guild is open to anyone inter-ested in the maintenance, preservation, restoration,and promotion of the historic Mansion. Meetings areheld quarterly on the first Wednesday. For informa-tion about the Guild or Mansion, phone 873-1520.
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Travels with Charley: A Super Sunday Dinner and Drive with Dear Old Mum
by Charles McKelvy
When I was growing up in the Beverly neighbor-hood of Chicago, my mother used to take my broth-er, sister, and me on Sunday drives.
This was after, of course, we had gone to church.Then we’d just head off wherever Mom’s fancy
took her.Those were great afternoons of exploration, and, as
a result, I came to know the geography of the far south-west side of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs asonly a true native can.
And it was in that spirit of fond remembrance ofSunday drives past, that I recently passed on a sug-gestion to my Dear Old Mum that I head into Chicagoafter we had both gone to our respective churches andtake her to Sunday brunch and then drive her wher-ever her current fancy took us.
She agreed, and after two attempts which were can-celed by weather and/or car problems, we found a pleas-ant Sunday afternoon in which to enjoy one another’scompany.
We switched to my mother’s sensible Honda CRV,and I drove us downtown on the “Flyin” Dan Ryan andgot us to Greektown in good order. We headed rightfor the Roditys Restaurant at 222 S. Halsted Streetbecause they have free valet parking right acrossthe street, and because we have never been disappointedby the excellent service and food there.
Dear Old Mum, as you might suspect, is not quiteas mobile as she was back in the 1950s when weheaded out after church to the Palos Forest Preservesand such areas for what often turned out to be naturedrives and walks. So a nearby parking lot figured promi-nently into our menu planning, and Roditys did notlet us down in any department.
Postcard from Chicago’s Greektown.
Travelin’ Charley with Travelin’ Mom at Roditys Restaurant.
Mom, aka Hannah McKelvy, heads out for a Sunday dinner and drive with her son from Michigan.
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In fact, we had a delightful dinner of braised lambwith dandelion greens with an egg-lemon sauce thatwould have had “foodstuff’s” famous Carolyn McConnellexclaiming “Yum!” and declaring us a pair of honorary“foodies” on the spot.
After cleaning every last spot off our plates, we pro-ceeded to take a Sunday afternoon drive that favor-ably compared to those aforementioned wanderingsof yesteryear.
And, yes, I must confess that as we set out toexplore the Loop and North Side in the comfort of mymother’s CRV, I did a really, really stupid stunt — thatis I took a photograph while I was driving. And,yes, as you can see in the photograph in question, thatvan on the left is desperately trying to avoid theidiot who was taking a photograph while he was dri-ving.
So please heed my mother’s stern warning, and DONOT DO THIS IN YOUR OWN VEHICLE.
I did heed her after my stupid stunt and refrainedfrom taking any further photographs while we weremoving.
I’ll let the photographs speak for themselves, andI must say that the traffic gods were with us that after-noon because we always seemed to be stopped for aredlight just when there was something interestingto photograph. Such as the recently renovated TreeStudios at 603-621 N. State Street and adjoiningMedinah Temple at 600 N. Wabash.
And, as always happens when yours truly gets afresh roll of film in his camera, we came upon the ulti-mate shot — the skyline as seen from a distantstretch of Lincoln Park — when yours truly had shotall his frames.
But take it from Dear Old Mum, it would have beena great photograph if only I had thought to bring morefilm.
Yes, Mother.And, yes, Mother, it was a grand afternoon and one
that will certainly be repeated many, many, many timesin the years to come.
Looking south along Des Plaines toward Old Saint Patrick’s Church.Notice the nearness of the van on the left. Oooops!!
Bloomingdale’s now occupies the historic Medinah Temple at 600 N.Wabash. It was built in 1912.
A long look at the Tree Studios along N. State St.
Looking east along Madison from Des Plaines. That’s the “Bat Column” to the left of center.
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Activities to ExploreIn the Local Area:March 26-28 — Luke: The Story of Christ.” Bruce
Kuhn, a Broadway actor, without the use of props willtell the story of Christ as an eyewitness may have toldit 2,000 years ago. 7:30 pm on March 26 & 28 in theDuesenberg Recital Hall; 7:30 pm on March 27 in Room234 of Neils Science Center on the campus of ValparaisoUniversity. Tix $5/perperson or $10/per family avail-able at the door.
March 27 — PNC’s Women’s Club History MonthTea. Noon-2 pm in the Library-Student-FacultyBuilding Lounge. Free and open to the public. SpeakerJoyce Fox, broadcast journalist.
March 27 — Travelogue series: Baja. 7:30 pm in theElston School Theatre. Tix $5 at the door.
March 27 — Archaeological Institute of America lec-ture by Jayne Reinhard, professor of Classics atCarthage College and a specialist in Roman baths andbathing. 8 pm in the Valparaiso University Union GreatHall. Free and open to the public.
March 27-31 — “Lost in La Mancha.” Starring TerryGilliam, Jean Rochefort & Johnny Depp. Rated R. Thurs.7 pm; Fri & Sat 6:30 & 9 pm; Sun 4 & 6:30 pm; Mon7 pm. Rated R. Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., ThreeOaks, MI. 269/756-3522. www.vickerstheatre.com
March 28-29 — “Wings of a Dream.” 110th anniver-sary musical celebration of the Memorial OperaHouse, 104 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso. 8 pm. Tix $15;phone 219/548-9137.
March 28-29, April 4-6 — “The Secret Garden.”Musical presented by Festival Players Guild’s WinterArts Series. At the Mainstreet Theatre, 807 FranklinSt. Tix $11/adults, $10/sen. cit., $5.50/students highschool age and below. All seats reserved: phone 874-4269. See story this issue.
March 29 — Treasure and Trash Sale. 8 am-noonat the Michigan City Senior Center, WashingtonPark.
March 29 — 13th annual Gathering of Quilters. 8:30am-4:30 pm at the LaPorte Civic Auditorium, LaPorte.Vendor mall, guest speaker, quilt show, demos, doorprizes, contests. Info and adm. fees-219/325-0843.
March 30 — Great Books. 2 pm at the MC PublicLibrary. Rabbit Run by John Updike will be dis-cussed. Confirm reading material by phoning 873-3049or check at the Circulation Desk. New membersinvited to attend.
March 30 — “A Musical Afternoon.” Fundraiser forInternational Friendship Gardens. 2-4 pm at St.Andrews Episcopal Church, Moore Rd & US 12. Tix$12, available at the door or phone 872-0235 forreservations.
March 31 -- “Mars-Venus; Venus-Mars: The EternalStruggle.” Potpourri of Literature series program atthe PNC campus. Noon-1 pm in the Library-Student-Faculty Building Assembly Lounge. Free & open tothe public. Readings and music based on the centraltheme in the manner of Reader’s Theatre. Repeated
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Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on theweb at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St.,Michigan City. Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 10 am-4 pm;Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 874-4900. New exhibits: “African& Oceanic Art from the Lawrence P. Kolton Collection”and “Seasons” in the Area Artists Gallery. On displayuntil March 15.
LaPorte County Historical Museum, county com-plex in downtown LaPorte, Indiana. Hours 10 am-4:30pm, Tues-Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/326-6808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org.
New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. WhittakerSt., New Buffalo, MI. Open Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm;Sat-Sun, 10 am-3 pm (MI time). Info 269/469-5409.
Old Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park, MichiganCity. Open Tues-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. $2/adults, $1/kidsgrades 9-12, 50 cents/kids grades 1-8, free to preschool-ers. Group tours available, phone 872-6133. ClosedJaunary and February.
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Through May 11 — African Sculpture: BamanaArt From Mali. At the Milwaukee Art Museum, down-town Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tix $12/adults, $10/seniorcitizens & students, free to children under 12. Phonetoll-free 866/MAM-1323 or log onto www.muse-umtix.com. The museum is open 7 days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p..m. and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Thursdays.
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On March 27, 1899, Guglielmo Marconi sent the firstlong-distance radio signals across the English Channel.
On March 27, 1920, movie fans waxed ecstatic overthe wedding of Hollywood’s two most popular stars,Mary Pickford “America’s Sweetheart,” and DouglasFairbanks.
On March 28, 1797, New Hampshire’s Nathaniel Briggswas granted a patent for an agitator type washingmachine.
On March 28, 1930, the names of the Turkish citiesof Constantinople and Angora were changed, respec-tively, to Istanbul and Ankara.
On March 29, 1848, mighty Niagara Falls stoppedfalling when an ice jam on Lake Erie blocked the flowof water to the Niagara River. It was 30 hours beforethe ice broke, and the falls were once more the delightof honeymooners.
On March 29, 1932, vaudeville comedian Jack Bennymade his radio debut with these words, “Ladies andgentlemen, this is Jack Benny. There will be a slightpause while you say, `Jack who’?”
On March 30, 1791, Maryland ceded the District ofColumbia to the federal government.
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On March 30, 1853, Dutch painter Vincent vanGogh was born in Zundert.
On March 31, 1854, the United States signed its firsttreaty with Japan, opening two Japanese ports to tradewith the outside world.
On March 31, 1880, Wabash, Indiana, became thefirst town to be completely illuminated by electrici-ty.
On March 31, 1918, Daylight Savings Time went intoeffect in the United States.
On April 1, 1960, Tiros I, the first weather satellite,was launched by the United States.
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On April 2, 1792, the United States Mint was autho-rized to produce one-cent copper coins. There were fouroriginal designs struck: the chain cent, the wreathedcent, the flowing hair cent, and the liberty cent.
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by AlexanderMcCall Smith
Set aside your preconceived notions about detectivesfor a moment. Precious Ramotswe is like no other detec-tive you will ever meet in literature. She’s a crossbetween Agatha Christie and Queen Latifeh, with alittle King Solomon on the side.
First of all, she lives in the African nation ofBotswana, a country I know nothing about. I went run-ning to my trusty encyclopedia for more informa-tion: Botswana is bordered on one side by SouthAfrica and the Kalahari Desert on another. It is anextremely progressive country with modern cities, butstill very much the old Africa of nomadic tribes andmud-walled houses, too.
“Mma Ramotswe set up the No. 1 Ladies’ DetectiveAgency with the proceeds of the sale of her father’scattle. He had owned a big herd, and had no other chil-dren...” Now that’s interesting. Her father wanted herto set up a business of her own after he died, but I’msure that he didn’t envision her as a gumshoe. She usedthe money to set up an office in Gaborone, the capi-tal city of Botswana, and even hired herself a secre-tary. After all, what self-respecting business persondidn’t have office staff? The only problem was that thefirst month’s business found her paying the secretarymore in wages than she had received in fees.
Slowly, however, the clients began to come to heroffice for a consultation and a cup of her redbush tea.Mma Ramotswe’s common sense and knowledge ofBotswana begins to pay off. One of her first casesinvolved a woman who isn’t sure the man who has shownup on her doorstep is the long lost father he claimsto be. What to do? Demand a blood test? Backtrackthe man’s story? No, no, too complicated. Native cus-tom is that a relative cannot be turned away. With the
wisdom of Solomon, Detective Ramotswe dons anurse’s uniform and rushes to client Happy Bapetsi’shouse and tells the “father” that his daughter has hadan accident and needs blood that can only come froma relative. When pressed, the man breaks down andconfesses that he is not the father. Case closed.
That’s only the beginning of this wonderful book.Precious Ramotswe goes on to a case involving awayward husband in which the method of proving hisunfaithfulness only angers the wife who makes abig scene with lots of name calling and causes the detec-tive to remark that she may have to waive the fee inthis case.
Other cases prove more rewarding, both emotion-ally and monetarily. The case of a missing man leadsPrecious to a river and a crocodile, and a rich man whowants to know what boys his 16 year old daughter isseeing leads to a hilarious conclusion. A teacher’smissing son brings up the problem of witchcraft in Africa.Are the human bones found in the witch doctor’sbag from the boy?
There are many cases to be solved by DetectiveRamotswe. The reader will be delighted by the sheerhumanity of this read, as well as the trip to an exot-ic destination.
The Plain Dealer called No. 1 Ladies’Detective Agency“One of the best, most charming, honest, hilarious andlife-affirming books to appear in years.” I couldn’t agreemore.
Author Smith was born in what is now known asZimbabwe and taught law at the University ofBotswana. It you’re interested: Other titles in this seriesinclude Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girlsand the newly published The Kalahari Typing Schoolfor Men.
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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! This 3 bedroom, 2 bath homewith family room has tremendous possibilities! Close to shopping, great playground and “our” beautiful Lake Michigan. Don’t dawdle, this home is pricedto sell! Call Debbie Burke 872-4000 or 874-2845. $295,000
LOOKING FOR YOUR GETAWAY PLACE? Try this 2.57 acre4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home with 2 not 1 BUT 2 fishing ponds! Thishome boasts quality throughout as well as “open concept” living.This looks like a bi-level from the street but once you are insideit is not the norm!Call Jerry Lambert 872-4000. $154,900
1629 Lake Shore DriveLarge 2 story brick home with walkout basement can make the perfect 2nd
home or year round residence. This home boasts 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, park-ing for all your family and friends (all at one time)! Property has 142.5 ftof frontage and extends to Turner Ct in the rear. Call Michele or Debbie orbetter yet stop by on Sunday the 30th to say hello! $675,000Directions: Lake Shore Drive, Sheridan Beach and look for the signs!
MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS, INC.707 Washington Street, Michigan City, IN
Ed Merrion, CRS, GRILiv Markle, CRS, GRIJim McGah, Broker AssociateFran Merrion, GRI, ABRJohn Hayes, GRI, ABR
Debbie Burke, GRI, ABRJulie GringBill MoldenhauerMichele Meden, ABR
Dave WalshJim LaughlinJerry LambertSteve Solberg
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BUILDABLE LOTSEl Portal Drive - Come build your “little” getaway in the woods! Veryprivate, easy walk to stables and beach. City sewer and water available CallMichele Meden 872-4000. $29,500Sanders Drive - Quality Location! City water, city sewer, buildable lot 80x 120. Call Ed Merrion 872-4000. $55,0005370 N 400 W - 30 Acres and most of the building site work has beendone! Foundation, septic, electric, well and 2 car garage sits high on a hilloverlooking a magnificent 1+ acre lake with spectacular views of the sur-rounding land! Call Jerry Lambert 872-4000 to tour this “PinetreeForrest”. $380,000
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LONG BEACH REALTYON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE 1920
1401 Lake Shore Drive 3100 Lake Shore Drive(219) 874-5209 (219) 872-1432
HALL’S BERM HOUSE IN EDGEWOOD - Designinspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Keyes Home. Acontemporary 3-4 bedroom features floor to ceilingwindows, custom cabinetry and sculptural steel fireplace.
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WANTED - a family who needs 5 bedrooms, 21⁄2 baths andan elementary school across the road. Nestled in a quietcul-de-sac, the inviting foyer leads to bright living room,formal dining and family room with fireplace. Fantastickitchen, with ceramic floors, cabinets galore, spacious barfor after school snacks, pantry and laundry. A cheerful yearround garden room, surrounded by 3 walls of glass hasvaulted ceilings and a hot tub. Basement with greatworkshop, oversized 2 car garage. A beautifully maintained home - a joy! $325,000
LARGE rooms with ribbon windows and terrazzofloors. Interior furnishings by Marianne Willisch. Alarge wooded lot envelopes this “work of art,” provid-ing a serene, peaceful environment. $269,000
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