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Volume 17, Number 32 Thursday, August 16, 2001

You’ll Find Caves, an Astronaut, and Pioneers at Spring Millby Paula McHugh

Here are ten good reasons to visitSpring Mill State Park if you are plan-ning to head toward the southern partof the state:

One, a restored pioneer village; two,caves to explore by foot or by boat;three, horseback riding, and four, hik-ing through miles of trails. Five, wind-ing through virgin forest; six, picnick-ing in a choice of groves; seven, campingwith modern conveniences; eight, vis-iting the Grissom Memorial; nine,swimming and splashing in an Olympic-sized pool; and ten, rocking away alazy summer afternoon at the Inn.

There is also reason # 11 that you’resure to like: the $3 gate admission forall of the above. Make that $5 for out-of-staters. Call it icing on the cakewhen you visit this fun family-oriented destinationnear Mitchell, about 40 minutes south of Bloomington.

For starters, there’s the Virgil I. Grissom Memorial,located near the entrance gate. But if you are just inter-ested in the astronaut’s history, you don’t have to paygate admission, because there is an access road that

The 3-story gristmill for which Spring Mill is named. The state park has restored a pioneer villagethat was founded here in the early 1800’s, before Indiana was granted statehood.

leads only to this site. It’s free because the state des-ignated, after his tragic death, that a memorial to theMitchell astronaut be constructed. More about GusGrissom can be found in another Beacher article.

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At the entrance to the popular Pioneer Village area, visitors are asked toimagine being back in an earlier era.

Some of the hand-hewn log structures in the village are original to thesite, while others were transported here from nearby locales.

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Okay. We’ve handed over our three bucks andare headed first to Spring Mill’s Pioneer Village,undeniably the park’s most popular attraction. Ithappens to be a hot morning. The humidity is ris-ing. Thankfully, the sun is clouded over. Crowdsare few, but costumed village folk already have beguntheir day’s “chores” in many of the 22 hewn log build-ings on site. The early1800’s structures, someoriginal to the site and restored, others moved herefrom nearby locations, surround the park’s focalpoint for which it is named. The 3-story gristmilland wooden flume dominate the landscape.

The village’s original gristmill, much smaller,gave the little community its start in 1814. Threeyears and another owner later, the 3-story mill wasconstructed. The imposing 60-feet long, 50 feet highand 43 feet wide structure was restored in 1927.The mill’s history relates how its ownershipchanged hands several times. Two owners, theBullitts and then the Montgomery’s, added a milloffice, residences, tavern, distillery, saw mill, postoffice, general store and apothecary. The Hamer

family owned the village next, retaining deed 50 years,and sold it to its final owner, Jonathon Turley. Turley start-ed a lime burning business and commercial brandy andapplejack distillery, but died a few years after acquiringthe village. The Lehigh Cement Company bought the prop-erty from Turley in 1892, but they were only interestedin the water supply. The village was abandoned at thatpoint.

The flume carries water from the Hamer’s Cave area to the mill. In the 1890’s,Lehigh Cement bought the property for use of the springs. They were not inter-

ested in the village, and it was abandoned soon after Lehigh’s purchase.

The water wheel not only ground corn, it provided the means to run the adjacent sawmill.

This Inn and Tavern is original to the village. The proprietors’ name was Montgomery.

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Harold Deckard serves as vol-unteer miller, grinding corn onthe hour in the gristmill. Bags

are sold for $1.00.

The ground corn meal wassold at one time in cloth bags.

Now you get your corn inpaper bags.

The springhouse, below,served the pioneers as refrig-erators serve us, except thatthey couldn’t make ice cubes!

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In the early 1930’s, the Civilian ConservationCorps was put to work restoring the abandoned build-ings. The state park came into being after acquiringvarious tracts of land—from Indiana University andLawrence County, from Lehigh Cement, and from ElizaTurley—to make up its expanse of more than 540 acres.

One of the park’s volunteers, Harold Deckard, is milleron duty this morning, grinding corn hourly with thefive-foot grindstone set within gears. Bags of thefreshly ground cornmeal sell for $1, and that’s aboutas commercial as it gets in the village. Across the mill-race, Phyllis Becraft is in the Munson House and LeatherShop describing the leather worker’s trade. Cobbler,we learn, is a derogatory description for a shoemak-er, one that more precisely means screw-up. Phyllissays that the pioneers’ shoes had no designated leftor right foot. Instead, they made it a habit to alter-nate the shoes on the opposite foot so that the leatherwould wear longer.

Pioneer Village offers an exceptional educationalopportunity for all ages. Day campers are taking inthe information this particular day. For example,during their visit to the apothecary, they groan whenthey read about bloodletting practices of an earlier age.On the upper two floors of the gristmill, displaysshow life when outhouses were the norm, school-houses were one-room, and clothes were hand-made.Unfortunately, the steep stairs in the gristmill and step-ups in some of the other log buildings make it inac-cessible for wheelchairs.

One of the highlights of the park is the guidedboat tour into Twin Caves. The steady, year ‘round 52degrees is a welcome relief from the steamy summerday. For $3, the park guide steers a group of eight at

In the apothecary shop, assorted dried herbs are sealed in jars. Castoroil, cod liver oil, and vegetation found in the area served pioneers’ ail-

ments. Most people in the village died young, averaging 39 years.

The upper floors of the mill contain historic displays of pioneer life atSpring Mill. From the 3rd floor, a view of the village owner’s former resi-

dence. The southern-style front porches were unique for that time period.

Phyllis Becraft explains the work of the village leather worker in arestored shop and residence brought in from another locale.

Describing the process of distilling spirits would take a book. An old copper still sits in the foreground; in the background, a

wooden barrel used in fermentation.

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a time into the dark mouth of what becomes dark andnarrow limestone walls. Below, rare white blind fishand crayfish, orange salamanders, and a sleepy brownbat or two reluctantly reveal themselves in the glowof a flashlight. Our guide, Shannon, points out the sodastraw and drapery formations created by the drippingwater. Drops of liquid fall on riders’ heads, whileShannon assures us that those “cave kisses” mean goodluck. Some fifty feet into the cave, she tells us toturn off our flashlights.

“Have you ever experienced TOTAL darkness?”No one answers.

“Promise me that you won’t scream. If you arereally uncomfortable, let me know and I’ll turn theboat lights back on right away.”

Out go our flashlights. So this is TOTAL dark-ness. Can’t remember ever “seeing” this before. Theexperience is worth the $3, believe me.

These muddy looking formations are called “draperies.” (A fellow riderquestioned my taking photos in the dark. I figured I would try it. Now I

wish I would have taken photos of the white blindfish and white crayfishwe saw swimming near the boat.)

The light at the end of the tunnel. A few minutes earlier, far from the cave’s mouth, weturned off all lights to experience TOTAL darkness.

Tour a cave by foot or by boat. At Twin Caves, a boat waits to take adventurers into the cool underground passage.

Shannon, our guide, uses her gloved hands to guide our boat into the dark cave.

“See if you can find any salamanders or bats on thewalls, folks.” The boat goes just 500 feet into the cave,

although passage further is possible.

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Park visitors can forgo the boat experience and optfor exploring one of several other caves within the park.Remember, this is limestone country, so caves are ascommon in these parts as sand dunes are in ours.Walking down the many layers of steps to Donaldson’sCave is easy enough. The reward on a hellishly hotday is the cool blast of air at the bottom of the steps,still 1/8 mile from the cave’s open jaws. The tricklingstream’s volume gears up a notch the closer we getto the black hole. Soon a stream of water rushing overa smooth slab of rock reveals the black hole justahead. Walk inside, and if you dare, climb further in.Take a flashlight. Take two. In fact, guides recommendthree per person. And take someone with you. Or waitfor a scheduled tour with a park guide.

Plan to spend a full day or longer here. There’s muchto see and do. Stay overnight at the park camp-ground or at the charming Spring Mill Inn. There arealso several motels nearby just outside the park.

Spring Mill State Park is located east of SR 37 onroute 60, on the southern edge of Mitchell. Phone (812)849-4129 for more information.

There is much to see and do at Spring Mill. The Inn offers comfortablelodging and its restaurant is open to all. The park also provides

a modern campground.

As hikersapproach the

mouth ofDonaldson’s

Cave, a blackhole awaits them.

At the bottom of the steps leading to Donaldson’s Cave, hikersget a blast of cool, subterranean air. This square of

limestone appears to be a foundation for an old springhouse,but I was not able to verify that information.

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Visitors are able to get a very close look at the Molly Brown, which orbited for almost five hours and prepared the way for the later moon flight.

Indiana’s Gus Grissom Memorialized in Mitchellby Paula McHugh

The first attraction visitors encounter when theyenter Spring Mill State Park is the Virgil I. GrissomMemorial.

The memorial is a tribute to the second U.S. astro-naut to go into space as one of the first seven pioneerpilots known as the Gemini 7. In his first suborbitalflight in the Liberty Bell 7, Grissom’s capsule was lostin the Atlantic after splashdown. But Grissom stillreceived a hero’s welcome and NASAlearned more aboutcapsule landings. Four years later in 1965, the nativeHoosier commanded the first manned space flight inthe capsule he named Molly Brown—after the effectof his earlier splashdown. The Molly Brown, along withGrissom’s astronaut gear, are two of the highlights ondisplay in the memorial.

NASA was not thrilled with Grissom’s name sub-mission of Molly Brown, but perhaps the astronautknew they might reject it. He submitted a second name,“Titanic.” Some say his ploy earned the capsule’s

first title submission, although NASA would have pre-ferred something different. Anyway, after the successful4 hour 58 minute space voyage, Grissom was treat-ed to ticker tape parades in New York and Chicago.

In 1967, Grissom, along with Edward White andRoger Chaffee, perished in a fire during training forthe Apollo I moon flight. The nation grieved duringa formal procession in Washington, DC and Grissomwas buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

The state of Indiana declared that a memorial tothe Mitchell space pioneer be built and its formal ded-ication at Spring Mill was held in July 1971. Inside,visitors can view the Molly Brown space capsule andview Grissom’s white astronaut suit and other mem-orabilia. A 20-minute film reviews the history of theearly space program, and is shown on the hour.

In the town of Mitchell, another monument standsin honor of the town’s famous resident, who wasmore popularly known as Gus. At 6th and Vine, nextto the City Hall, a limestone replica of a redstone rock-et memorializes the astronaut. It is situated on theformer grounds of Riley School, which Grissom hadattended, and brick fencing behind the monument iscomprised of bricks from the former school, which burneddown. One block away, the Grissom family home isbeing turned into a museum as a retrospective ofthe pioneer space voyager’s life and career.

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Outside the town hall in Mitchell, another memorial is dedicated to the hometownastronaut.

This limestone replica of a redstone rocket sits on thesite of Grissom’s former elementary school. A detailedhistory of the astronaut’s career can be found on each

of the rocket’s fins.

The Virgil (Gus) Grissom Memorial at Spring Mill State Park does not require entry fees.Grissom’s Molly Brown space capsule and his astronaut suit are on exhibit here.

Grissom was among the first seven persons chosen byNASA to fly on space missions. Grissom was slated for

the first moon flight, but died in a tragic fire duringpreparations for the later flight.

Grissom, according to a brochure from Spring Mill, earned a degreein Mechanical Engineering from Purdue and had an IQ of 145. Heserved as an Air Force pilot in over 100 missions during the KoreanWar and later was assigned to the prestigious Test Pilot Programat Wright-Patterson and Edwards AFB. His performance earnedhim, at age 33, one of the seven original spots in the NASA program.

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has announced its 2001-2002 season of exhibitions.“Robert Henri and His Influence”, on loan from the

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Gardenat the University of Nebraska, opens Sept. 7 with agallery talk by Gregg Hertzlieb, VU museum direc-tor. The exhibition, which includes more than threedozen works by nine artists, runs through Nov. 3.

Also, during that time, “William Glackens Workson Paper” will be shown in Gallery 1212. Glackens,a friend of Henri, was also an urban realist. TheGlackens exhibit is on loan from the Snite Museumof Art at Notre Dame University.

A Konrad Juestel retrospective exhibition willopen Nov. 15 and run through Jan. 6. Juestel, a 40-year resident of Valparaiso who was born in Austria,is a respected artist whose work brings the colorfulexpressionism of early 20th century Europe to the land-scapes of Indiana. The exhibition will include anopening reception and gallery talk, a teacher work-shop and a guided tour. On Nov. 18, Juestel will hostan open house at his studio. The events will be opento the public.

The Charles Gick multi-media installation andBill Viola video work will be the first exhibition of 2002.It will run Jan. 18 through March 10 and will incor-porate video, sculpture, photography and sound. Gickwill present several pieces that reflect his thoughtson Indiana and the regional landscape. Viola, a videoartist, was the subject recently of a major exhibitionat the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Puzzles; Thomas the Train or Brio Train sets;Children’s dress up clothes; Large adult character cos-tumes; Puppets; Children’s books; Parenting books;Small book shelves; CD/cassette player; Childrenmusic CDs/cassettes; Play cash register; Stop watch-es; Arts & crafts materials; Staplers; Clip boards;Paper cutter; Printer; Electronic camera; Fax machine;Bulletin boards; Easel; Flip chart with easel; Punchbowl with ladle; Winter holiday decorations; Halloweendecorations; Adult Halloween costumes; Vacuumcleaner.

It’s the 20th Lakefront Art FestivalThe 20th Annual Lakefront Art Festival, spon-

sored by the John G. Blank Center For The Arts is beingheld August 18th & 19th at Washington Park inMichigan City. Over 120 artists will be exhibiting.

There will be jazz music filling the park through-out the weekend and children will be entertained aswell. During the festival there is a children’s craft boothand the featured entertainment for children is sched-uled for Sunday afternoon with Windy the SailorClown.

A variety of food and beverages will also be avail-able on the Festival grounds.

The John G. Blank Center will be kicking off the“Ride the Wave of New Membership” campaign at theFestival. The Festival is the major fund raising eventof the year for the Art Center.

There is a parking fee at the park and an admis-sion fee for the Festival.

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“Welcome to the cabaret,” sings the Master ofCeremonies of the Kit Kat Club as the people ofBerlin join him on New Year’s Eve, 1929.

“Cabaret” is both an engaging plot musical and spec-tacular cabaret entertainment of a kind you might haveseen in Berlin just before Germany turned to Nazism.

On the surface it appears bawdy and frivolous,titillating, raucous, glittering and frenzied. In the cabaretsequences, it is all that and more. But the storyscenes show us a contrasting vision -- the destructionof personal lives and values by the growing menaceof Nazi power.

The story of decadent Berlin on the cusp of the 1930s,and in particular, the ever-mesmerizing characterof Sally Bowles, has never failed to capture critics andaudience alike.

“Cabaret” was first produced on Broadway in 1966by Harold Prince, and that dazzling production won8 Tony awards and ran for 1,166 performances.

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The film version starring Liza Minnelli and direct-ed by Bob Fosse won 8 Oscars.

The latest version of “Cabaret” is presently runningin New York at the old Studio 54 and stars BrookeShields as Sally Bowles.

The Dunes’ version of “Cabaret” stars Chris Uzelacas Master of Ceremonies (recently seen as Herod in“Jesus Christ Superstar”), Julia Boody as SallyBowles, Noel Carlson as Cliff, Mayre Williams asFraulein Schneider, Rod Roderick as Herr Schultz,Bill Bodnar as Ernst Ludwig, and Kristen Clarkas Fraulin Kost.

The Kit Kat Boys: Buzz Burns, Dan Cobbler, KyleMcKanna, Dave Milcarek AND the spectacular KitKat Girls: Carolyn Rae, Erika Schmidt, LaurieShover-Schmidt, and Erin Steen.

“Cabaret” will continue with performances onAugust 17-19, 24-26 at 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays,7 pm Sundays.

Tickets are $12 ($10 for seniors). Basil’s Restaurantwill serve cocktails at each performance. All times areIndiana time, cdt.

The Dunes Summer Theatre is located in MichianaShores, Indiana. Take Hwy 12 to the Michiana Shoressign and turn toward lake and over railroad tracksonto Old Grand Beach Road and follow signs to the-atre, located at the corner of Shady Oak and OakdaleTrails.

The Box Office is open Tuesdays-Sundays at 1 pm.Reservations recommended. Phone 219-879-7509.

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Donations are $5/cars and $7/vans and SUVs.Proceeds from this car wash will go to purchasewarm ups for the girls.

Afternoon Tea at Friendship GardensOn Sun., Aug. 19th, 2 p.m., Michigan City’s

International Friendship Gardens will host anAfternoon Tea which will feature a one-woman showentitled “Love is Eternal, Mrs. Lincoln.”

Donna McCreary will portray Mary Todd Lincoln.She is an actress and former teacher and has portrayedMrs. Lincoln at the Lincoln Home Historic Site inSpringfield, Illinois. Donna belongs to the Associationof Lincoln Presenters and has won their OutstandingMary Lincoln Award in 1997 and again in 2000.

Mary Todd Lincoln has been described as a lovingwife, a manipulating First Lady, and an unstablerecluse. Seen through the prism of history, her life revealsthe tumultuous politics of the Civil War and women’sroles in 19th century society. Mary talks about 19thcentury customs, and the importance of education.

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People interested in adopting must complete an adop-tion application and then be interviewed by anIndependent Cat Society adoption counselor. Uponapproval, the adopter is required to sign an adoptioncontract.

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Booth space is free to artists who demonstrate tothe public throughout the weekend program. Forthose selling items without demonstrating, the fee is$30 for a 12x12 space. There are some indoor locationsavailable.

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Acting Class at Chicago Street TheatreA new acting workshop is beginning at the Chicago

Street Theatre in Valparaiso. Led by Donna Blanchard,an actress who has won awards for her portrayal ofcomedic roles in “Romeo and Juliet” and “BeyondTherapy”, this class will focus on comedy—specificallythe comedic monologue; working to develop an under-standing of why we laugh, then put that knowledgeto work on stage.

This class will be in session for eight weeks, imme-diately followed by a workshop on dramatic monologues.There’s been a debate among actors on whether com-edy or drama is more difficult; in tandem, theseclasses promise to reveal that there’s very little dif-ference at all. Giving an audience permission tolaugh or cry is a matter of technique.

The cost for each eight-week session is $120 plusa $10 membership fee for non-CTG members. Classis in session on Mondays from 6-7:30 p.m., beginningAug. 27 and ending on Oct. 22 (there will be no classon Labor Day, Sept. 3). To register, or for more infor-mation, phone Donna at 219/980-4880 or the CTG BoxOffice at 219/464-1636.

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Courtney’s Top Ten Beacher Articles(As complied by the home office

in Long Beach, IN)Number 1: C.S. Lewis - To Whom I Owe Much

First published February 6, 1997

I chose an article about C.S. Lewis as myfavorite, not because of what I said about him asauthor and thinker, but because of what he saidabout himself and about all of us. Lewis was, inhis own words, “[T]he product of long corridors,empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences,attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gur-gling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of windunder the tiles. Also, of endless books.” As I lookback, over my years as a columnist, I find thatmy articles have been the product of libraryshelves, out-of-the-way used book stores, computerrooms, long drives, lessons learned, and friend-ly suggestions.

So, I wanted to end my column as I did everyweek – with a challenge. Of what are you aproduct? What has influenced you, whether forbetter or for worse? And how have these influ-ences caused you to act, for better or for worse?We cannot all create worlds beyond our own orengage in scholarly debate as a career. But wecan, if we allow ourselves, add just a touch of whowe are to this world of ours and, by doing so, bemore than a mere product and serve as an influ-ence.

Each week we look at a book or movie or other work.We critique and comment or just sit and listen to thestory or advice put forth by its author. But whenwas the last time that we just discussed an author?

Like it or not, an author and his work cannot be sep-arated, and to study one is to know the other. We usethe expression: “She wears her emotions on hersleeve.” Writers wear theirs on paper. Think about howyou hated to have other people read what you wrotefor your high school English class. You were a littlethreatened. At least I was; because whether I want-ed to admit it or not, what I wrote was a little bit ofwho I was. Think about this: when you get a hand-written card, don’t you feel more loved than when youreceive a card that has been bought and only signed?Humans have an innate need to communicate. We needto talk and be talked to. We need to hear what otherpeople are thinking and know what other peoplebelieve. Therefore, we must be grateful to those whoare not afraid to let their thoughts be known.

I am grateful to a man by the name of C.S. Lewis,who led me into the land of Narnia through an end-less wardrobe. Lewis wrote The Lion, the Witch andthe Wardrobe and the six other books that make up“The Chronicles of Narnia.” All of the books tell of mag-

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This week marks the end of Courtney Robertson’scolumn “Look What I Found at the Library.”

Courtney’s seven year association with The Beacherhas run right alongside her years of college and grad-uation from law school. She is engaged to be marriedlater this year and is in the process of moving toWheeling, West Virginia to continue her career.

We hope you will join all of us in wishing Courtneyall of life’s finest.

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A Fond Adieu to Courtney

ical lands where animals talk, children become princesand princesses, and good and evil fight with magicbeyond our imagination.

Michael Coren’s biography of C. S. Lewis, TheMan Who Created Narnia, gives a quick and yetcomplete look at the life of the man who dreamed ofNarnia daily until it came to life. Lewis was knownto his friends as Plain Jack Lewis, his lifestyle stand-ing in stark contrast to the fantastic voyages madein and out of the realm of Narnia. But who can knowthe workings of the mind? As a teacher at Oxford, Lewiswas famous for beginning his lectures before heentered the classroom and then being swarmed by mes-merized students when he exited.

For Lewis, writing was a part of who he was. A greatdebater at Oxford, he took his arguments to the page.If he found a subject with which he struggled, he workedit out on paper and then gave it to the world, so thatwe may read and learn. From such struggles came TheScrewtape Letters, The Problem of Pain, The GreatDivorce, Mere Christianity, The Four Loves, Surprisedby Joy, and many other works.

In Surprised by Joy, Lewis writes: “I am the prod-uct of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoorsilences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises ofgurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind underthe tiles. Also, of endless books.”

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Chesterton’s 43rd Art Fair Is a Great Success!by Jan Van Ausdal

The Chesterton Art Center’s 43rd Art Fair, held onAugust 4th and 5th, at Hawthorne Park, Porter, wasindeed a great success! There were 133 booths set upand the 2001 Art Fair Jurors were Cheryl Kaczmarekof Hammond; Doris Myers of Wheatfield, Illinois;and Connie Kassel of Michigan City.

I visited the fair on Saturday, but did not get an earlystart as planned. Since it was lunchtime when Iarrived, I first visited the food booths and chatted withsome of the workers there before eating.

Jeanne Nugnis, a worker at the St. Pat’s Churchbooth, explained how they make their marvelousturkey salad. “We use ten to twelve pound size turkeybreasts which we poach on slow power for two hours.To the cut-up turkey, we add mayonnaise and a lit-tle sour cream. Other ingredients are chopped celery,pineapple chunks, and grapes.”

Additional food available at the St. Pat’s boothincluded hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, watermelon,and $1.00 desserts. Co-chairs of the St. Pat’s booth wereAnnette Dybas and Vickie Crocket who posed for a pho-tograph. They said, “The Art Fair used to be held atSt. Pat’s grounds, but it’s been here probably thirtyyears.”

The Chesterton Montessori School booth soldspanakopita (spinach-cheese pie), strawberry cheeseblintzes, and couscous salad (like rice). Laura Swaintold me, “We probably have at least 500 blintzes andprobably fewer spanakopita. Our blintz and spanako-pita makers include: Kathleen Hull, Teri Petrocelli,Jeannette Thomas, Margo Winey, Laura Jeske, andKim Kintsel. We used to serve food at the Wizard ofOz Fest, but now it’s only at the Chesterton Art Fair.I’m trying to convince our group that next year we shouldserve blueberry blintzes because blueberries are in sea-son at the time of the fair.”

The photo of the strawberry blintz should make yourmouth water! Recipes for the blintzes and the spanako-pita are available in the Come Eat With Us 1992 cook-book published by the Chesterton Montessori School.

Taking a lunch break, I tried a spanakopita, andsome turkey salad, (both very good). My dessert wasthe melt-in-your-mouth strawberry blintz. Trulyexcellent choices!

The day was too hot and humid to do justice to thewide selection of art available, but I tried to obtainan overview of the event with photographs of someof the artists and those who were brave enough to attend,in spite of the unfavorable weather.

Marsha Demkovich, an art teacher at the ChestertonArt Center, showed off the student painted furni-ture for sale to help the student scholarship fund. Bluesand greens were favored colors; some of the items hadalready been sold. Marsha used to teach at the OldSchool Community Center in Long Beach.

Smiling faces welcomed hungry people to the PorterMethodist Church booth. Some of their specialties werePolish sausage, sloppy joes, and veggie pasta. TheChesterton Art Center offered ice cream, pop, and bot-tled water for sale. A young boy in a stroller, with ayellow umbrella for shade, waited patiently for acool drink.

The children’s art booth offered young artists achance to paint, create designs, or make plastermolds. Many children took advantage of this oppor-tunity.

Shirley and Don Bowman looked at Carol Lahy’sglass pieces, while other people browsed in booths con-taining pottery, clay bowls and wall art, variegatedglass vases and bowls, oil paintings, watercolors,photography, the ever-popular jewelry, fiber & wear-able art, clay and raku, sculpture, and mixed media.Art in all shapes and sizes!

Art Fair Continued on Page 34

Chesterton Montessori School food booth. Smiling faces at Porter Methodist Church booth. Young artists at work. Making a design.

Jeanne Nugnis, a volunteer at St. Pat’s Church booth.

The incredible strawberry blintz.

Marsha Demkovich shows student-painted furniture.

Shirley and Don Bowman look at Carol Lahy’s glass.

Bowls and animal wall art.

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Artist Carol Rabenau and her husband, Richard,relaxed on chairs while visitors admired her oil paint-ings. Women were captivated by jewelry and glass pieces,while men enjoyed woven baskets and large animalwall hangings.

Two women wore umbrella hats to keep their headscool. A man relaxed, leaning against a straw baleunder a tree. Other people sat on straw bales underanother tree, for a break from the heat.

Art Fair Chairman Liz Fitch spoke to me about thesuccess of the Chesterton event. “The total atten-dance was close to 10,000 people. We did really well.About 80% of the evaluation sheets (which asked anumber of questions of the artists) were turned in. Ingeneral, the artists were happy. They’re always happywith the fair, but they were not happy with theweather. Their sales, for the most part, were very goodand they were positive about the whole thing.”

She continued, “We feel we had a positive responsefrom the artists; we have a high percentage of artistswho return every year. This is the first year we trieda purchase award program and we were able to dis-tribute $6,000 of purchase awards. We hope to do bet-ter next year. We would like to increase the amountawarded, as well as the number of people and com-panies who participate.”

Liz summed up the Chesterton Art Fair by saying,“Our whole staff of volunteers were just great! They’rethe backbone of the event!”

Plan to attend the 44th Chesterton Art Fair inearly August, 2002 to see the wide selection of art andeat the marvelous food!

Art Fair Continued from

Taking a break under a tree.

Umbrella hats are cool.

Carol & Richard Rabenau relaxed on chairs outside her booth.

Glass for all seasons.

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More August Indiana FestivalsAugust 16-18. Elwood Glass Festival (Elwood,

Indiana). Callaway Park. Art glass factory tours,crafts, flea market, carnival, quilt show, parade, carshow, food. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. No adm. chg. Info 765/552-0180.

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August 17-19. Community Potato Fest(Medaryville, Indiana). Serving up spuds with allimaginable toppings and other potato creations. Craftbooths, parade, auto show, tractor pull and enter-tainment. No adm. chg. Info 219/843-3371.

August 17-19. Kentland Days Summer Festival(Kentland, Indiana). Courthouse Square. Music, car-nival rides, quilt show, antique tractor show, kiddietractor pull, weed wacker pull, horseshoe contest,flea markets, dance, games, contests, parade, basketball,softball. Fri 5-10 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. No adm. chg. Info 219/474-6050.

August 17-19. Coal City Festival (Coal City,Indiana). Downtown. A quaint street fair featuring aparade, flea markets, Jonah fish fry, antique tractorrodeo and display, outdoor entertainment. Fri. 8-11p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. No adm.chg. Info 812/859-4553.

August 18. Wabash Herb Festival (Wabash,Indiana). Paradise Spring Historical Park. Driedand fresh herbs, herb-related garden supplies, plants,crafts, food tent. No adm. chg. Info 219/563-5153.

August 18-19. 7th Annual Hamlet Festival &Rendezvous (Hamlet, Indiana). 4-H Fairgrounds. Ahistorical reenactment with tomahawk throw, blan-ket traders, ladies’ rol-ling pin toss. Farmer’s market,early American crafts, iron kettle lunch. 9 a.m.-5p.m. No adm. chg. Info 219/586-2105.

August 18-19. Midwest Corvette & Chevy Show,Swap & Auction (Valparaiso, Indiana). PorterCounty Expo & Fairgrounds. Big swap meet, collec-tor car auction, 40 class car show, downtown cruise,beer garden, food fest. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Adm. chg. Info219/464-9918.

August 18-19. Gene Stratton Porter ChautauquaDays (Rome City, Indiana). A birthday celebrationfor naturalist Gene Stratton Porter. Enjoy tea atGene’s gardens; also parade and festival. No adm. chg.

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Eir-com, a telecommunications company in Ireland,pledged 15 million pounds to create an “urban test bed”which would implement new information technologiesin one lucky town. Their objective was to see what wouldhappen when an entire town became wired. The com-pany’s hopes were to saturate a town with 21st cen-tury communications technology and to see how peo-ple reacted to it. Several towns fitting the populationrequirements entered the competition, which requiredan application that asked for information such as anoutline of how the community would be using the newtechnology to benefit all residents.

The town of Ennis successfully beat the other com-petitors in the 1997 contest and garnered the high-ly sought-after title of “Ireland’s Information AgeTown.” Since then, groups worldwide have visitedEnnis, in County Clare, to see how the town hasbeen impacted by the new technology. CNN News hasbeen a visitor, too.

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I was marveling about how nice e-mail is. A normaltelephone call to request the same would have cost about$13 a minute. What really hit home was reading allabout Ennis’ selection as Ireland’s Information AgeTown after I had sent my e-mail. How nice thateveryone in the Irish town is interested in learningto use computers, and those households that for-merly did not have phone service now do.

But computer hookups are not available in theOld Ground’s hotel rooms—at least not yet. I receivedan abbreviated phone call from Ennis that lastedjust long enough for me to be told to log onto the site’swebcam between 4:00 and 4:30 p.m., which in Ireland,is 10:00 to 10:30 p.m. I did, and there was my son look-ing up at the camera, waving hello. I was treated toa repeat performance the following afternoon.

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These photos were taken at the recent openingreception for the newest exhibit at the HarbartGallery at the Old School Community Center in LongBeach.

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The Incredible Lightness of Being with the Lighthalls of Harbertby Charles McKelvy

Avisit with Fred and Maureen Lighthallin their light-filled house in Harbert is theclosest one can get to Renaissance Italywithout a time machine.

In fact, the incredibly active and inquis-itive couple are planning a trip to Italy inSeptember to put all those Italian lessonsthey’ve been taking at Casa Italiana inChicago to good use.

Maureen, who happily admits to beingsomewhere near 60, plans to take alongher sketchbook and water colors and cap-ture the Italian countryside and villagesfor later development back at her homestudio in Harbert.

Fred, who is one of the fastest 70-some-thing runners in Harbert, will take alonghis laptop so he can continue writing hisbook called Fatal Dance about the humanfailures that contributed to the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster of January 28,1986 that claimed the lives of seven, including schoolteacher Christa McCauliff.

Oh, and before they head off to Italy, the writer andthe artist will sail around Lake Superior on a 38-footsailboat as part of their on-going effort to become cer-tified as “bare boat” sailors.

Or, as Fred explained during a recent visit to thehouse he helped design, “our goal is to become certi-fied to charter boats without pilots so we can sail aroundthe Caribbean or wherever we like.”

Maureen fondly recalled the time when they solo-sailed a 30-foot craft around the Ionian Islands of Greece.

Fred and Maureen Lighthall live, write, and paint in a light-filled house in Harbert.

“We were part of a fleet and were in radio contact withthe other boats, but basically it was just the two ofus sailing around the Aegean (Sea). It was our firstEuropean vacation together, and we had the time ofour lives.”

The couple, who were married on January 2, 1976,have been finding of late that the best time for real-ly living is after retirement.

Fred took an early retirement in 1997 from theUniversity of Chicago where he was on the faculty inthe Department of Education and Psychology, andMaureen took the plunge in 1999 when she con-

cluded a 29-year career as an Englishteacher for a large suburban school dis-trict near Chicago.

“When I was teaching,” Maureen said,“I could never picture myself not teach-ing. Now, I cannot picture myself teach-ing.”

Indeed, the Lighthalls have done andare doing so much since their respectiveretirements that it would literally take abook to list all their accomplishments.

Suffice it to say, they have been busyand productive particularly since January2000 when they moved full-time fromsuburban Chicago to their weekend andsummer sanctuary in Harbert.

“We built this house back in 1994 to beyear-round, and we’d come out here for longweekends throughout the year and for thesummer. But as time went on, it gotharder and harder to go back to work inChicago,” Maureen said.Fred Lighthall at work on his book on the Challenger Disaster.


Fred pointed to several features of the single-levelhouse that make it hard to leave any time of theyear, including an outdoor deck positioned to capturesunlight throughout the day and a gas-powered fire-place in the master bedroom with a remote control.

“When you go to sleep you turn off the fire,” Fredsaid. “It’s quite cozy. And you can start the fireagain in the morning without getting out of bed.”

The Lighthalls were quick to point out that thereis a real fireplace in the living room, and a visitor totheir home is immediately struck by the vibrantwatercolors by Maureen that adorn the walls.

Many of them are exuberant impressions of the flow-ers and plants that Maureen cultivates inside and out-side the house, and the most striking are two facinga haunting color photograph of a water lily. Maureenexplained that the photograph was taken by her sonDavid in 1990 before his death in 1994.

“Those paintings grew out of my grief,” Maureensaid.

The grieving mother sought solace in art andturned in 1995 to Nifodora Krumrie at her ScarletMacaw studio in Sawyer for what she called art ther-apy. “Nifodora showed me how to use art to expressmy grief and anger. She really got me going.”

Her proud husband said she should be going to localgalleries to promote her work, but Maureen said sheis happy to have been included in a recent show at theBox Factory in St. Joseph by the Berrien CountyArtist’s Guild. She also showed her sketches duringa recent trip to France with a class from the ArtInstitute in Chicago.

Alain Gavin, from whom she takes weekly lessonsin Evanston, Ill., has favorably compared her workto such early modernists as Kandisky and Picasso.

Pointing to a recent abstract work by his wife

hanging in the living room, Fred quipped, “She’s a fem-inist neo-cubist.”

Maureen said she did not want to put any labelson her work or herself.

“I just let my paintings evolve. I don’t plan them.But I am learning to be more painterly from Alain(Gavin),” she said.

And, if Maureen’s mother is any indication, she willhave a long and productive career as an artist.

“My 88-year-old mother Ruth, and my 90-year-oldfather Arthur live near Chicago, and they’re still outthere selling my mother’s art at art fairs all overthe Midwest. She’s not actively painting any more,but she created more than enough work over theyears to keep them busy for quite some time, and they’renot showing any signs of wearing out,” Maureensaid.

Fred said that’s no surprise given the fact thathis wife’s German-Jewish parents used their wits toescape from Nazi Germany at “the 11th hour in 1939just before Germany invaded Poland.”

Using elaborate ingenuity and pluck, the young cou-ple arrived separately in Glasgow, Scotland where theywere the first refugee couple to be married in 1939.The British government then gave them the choiceof going to Canada or of Maureen’s father serving inthe British military.

Maureen said he chose the latter and served withdistinction as a member of the largely Jewish PioneerCorps that provided support for combat troops inEurope after the Normandy Invasion in June 1944.

Little wonder then that Maureen Lighthall showssuch determination in her later-in-life manifesta-tion as an artist.

And she said there is little doubt but that her hus-band will successfully finish his book on the ChallengerDisaster within a year, find a supportive publisher andsee his book on the New York Times Bestseller List.

“After all,” she said, “he’s from good New Englandstock. He is the direct descendant of at least two peo-ple who came over on the Mayflower. Plus, he playedthe field drum in the Invermisch Gaelic Pipe Band whenwe lived in Chicago.”

And yes, Maureen said, Fred does indeed lookgood in a kilt.

Maureen at work--”I just let my paintings evolve.”

Harbert artist Maureen Lighthall at work in her studio.


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The drawing will be held on Sept. 3rd at noon atthe Michigan City Oktoberfest.

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Travels with Charley:An Anxious Arrival and Discreet Departure from Midway Airport

by Charles McKelvy

The first time I ever flew was from Chicago’sMidway Airport.

My first flight, I believe, occurred during the sum-mer of 1951, and I was a babe in arms at the time.Our destination was Philadelphia where I was to bebaptized at my parents’ church. I was later told thatI behaved as well as could be expected considering wewere flying in a rather noisy DC-3 airliner.

As I grew up on the south side of Chicago, wereturned many times to visit the relatives inPhiladelphia, and when we didn’t take the train or drive,we flew from Midway.

Flying from Midway was a grand adventure inthe 1950s and early 1960s before the advent of jetliners.The airport was easy to get to in those days, and thereseemed to be plenty of parking right at the terminalswhere a friend of the family usually dropped us off.Then there was always a gleaming four-engine “prop”waiting out there on the tarmac for us to board viaan outdoor portable ramp that was wheeled rightup to the plane.

I remember with particular fondness those wonderfulTWA Constellations, or “Connies,” with their fourpropeller engines and striking tri-part tails. Theywere painted in white with red trim and markings andtruly looked like graceful birds.

Sure, they were a bit on the loud side once you wereup and away, but the take-off in a Connie was a trueadventure. And, in those days, they’d always invitekids up to the cockpit to talk to the captain and hiscrew as they flew the big bird. Plus, they’d give youa set of honorary pilot’s wings to pin to your shirt.

Flying from Midway was such a big deal in thosedays, that my parents always made us dress in coatsand ties for our flights.

Can you imagine?I certainly had a difficult time doing so on a swel-

tering summer day not so long ago when my wife Natalieand I accompanied my brother Donald to Midway wherehe was going to return the car he had rented inWisconsin and catch a Southwest Airlines flight toAlbany, New York.

We had gathered at my mother ’s house in theBeverly neighborhood for a brief family reunion, andNatalie and I had volunteered to see my brother offfrom Midway and then head downtown on the CTA’sOrange Line for a day of fun and games in the city.

Donald and I had no trouble finding Midway,because the route from Beverly was etched in our mem-ory banks. But we were certainly struck by all the earlymorning traffic as we motored north along CiceroAvenue, and we couldn’t help but gawk at all the newbusinesses that had sprung up along that thorough-fare since the days of our youth.

The McKelvy brothers at Midway Airport where Donald (r) was seen off by Charles.

Natalie McKelvy (in hat) watches her brother-in-law prepare to engage in curb-side check-in.

Donald McKelvy returns his rental car at Midway.


And when we got to Midway itself we were amazedby the airport’s exponential growth. The only thingthat seemed to be the same was the heart-stoppingway in which arriving planes nearly scraped their land-ing gear on the tops of cars stopped at the light at 63rdand Cicero.

I told Natalie and Donald about the time I went toMidway in 1971 on behalf of Illinois Bell TelephoneCompany to collect the coin boxes from all the pay phonesat the airport and had found almost all of themempty.

“In those days, we used to joke about going toMidway and watching the plane land,” I said. “But that’scertainly not the case anymore.”

Hardly.If you’ve been to the “New Midway” lately, I don’t

have to tell you that the place is hopping, especiallywith the recent opening of the cavernous new TerminalBuilding.

All the three of us could do was gawk, and then gawksome more as we tried to figure out the directions torental car returns. My sharp-eyed wife spotted themand guided us to what we thought was the appropriateplace to return a car from National Rental.

But when we got there, a woman from another com-pany said National had moved. She rapid-fired somedirections at us, and we headed off to find National’snew location.

We missed it by at least a mile and ended up rightwhere we had started. We asked another guy, and hemumbled something to us that we didn’t quite under-stand, and we again made a complete circle of the park-ing garage and surrounding ramps, roads, clover-leaves, and general airport mayhem.

On the third pass, my brother drove up to a manin a booth, implored him to give us good, clear direc-tions to National and said: “If I come back here again,shoot me.”

It wasn’t necessary for the man to shoot my broth-er, because we found National on the third try, andwere soon aboard a National courtesy shuttle head-ing for the Southwest gate at the new TerminalBuilding.

Donald did the curbside check-in thing, explainingto Natalie and me that we could indeed follow suit whenwe finally scraped together the funds necessary to actu-ally fly down to see him and his family in Florida.

Then we began what seemed like an all-morningtrek to the distant gate A-17 where my brother’sflight to Albany by way of Baltimore/Washington-International was fixing to board sometime soon.

Like the true country mice that we have become,Natalie and I expressed constant amazement at thebusy-ness of the new Midway Airport. Indeed, the placewas teeming with casually clad summer travelers, andwe were utterly exhausted from weaving and dodg-ing through them all by the time we finally reach gateA-17 at the farthest reach of Midway.

I told my brother that since we had walked halfway

to Albany, Southwest should deduct half from histicket price, but, being the seasoned traveler that heis, he doubted they would do so.

There were food, water, restrooms, newspapers, andtelephones near gate A-17, so we made good use of thetime between our arrival there and Donald’s depar-ture for the east.

When the boarding call came, we saw him off andthen headed back through Midway Airport to theCTA’s Orange Line terminal.

We fancied a bagel and a cup of coffee and sostopped midway through Midway to purchase thosenecessities at a food court. But when we saw theprices they were charging their captive customers, weopted to wait until we got downtown.

And, yes, the Orange Line did a fine job of gettingus downtown for a mere $1.50 each.

Granted, the CTA’s automated fare system againproved to be more than a bit confusing to us countrymice, but once a helpful CTA employee assisted us,we got our fare cards through the turnstiles andwere happily ensconced on an air-conditioned rapidtransit train bound for the Loop.

Midway Continued on Page 50

This enclosed walk-way leads to the train to the city.

Natalie follows the signs to the train.


The ride from Midway on the Orange Line is entire-ly above ground and runs either at grade level or alongelevated sections. It affords views of the city’s south-west bustling industrial corridor you’d never see oth-erwise. We were particularly fascinated by all the mas-sive freight railroad yards we passed.

The ride took all of 25 minutes, and we alighted atthe first Loop stop, a magnificent new station onVan Buren called “Library” for its proximity to the strik-ing Harold Washington Chicago Public Library.

We noshed our bagels at Jacobs Brothers BagelBakery in the nearby Monadnock Building and thenset off on all-day adventure that centered on anenriching and free visit to the Chicago CulturalCenter at 78 E. Washington Street where we viewedart from Ghana and Ireland and heard a terrific con-cert by the indie-rock group “Ancient Greeks”.

Later that same day we headed back to my moth-er’s house in Beverly on an air-conditioned Metra train,but we could just as well have headed back to Beacher-land on the South Shore from Randolph Street Station.

So take a travel tip from Natalie and Charley:consider the Orange Line next time you’re flying inor out of Midway. It runs around the Loop elevatedtracks with a convenient stop at Randolph andWabash — just a half-block from the South Shore.

Midway Continued from Two views of the Chicago skyline from an inbound Orange Line train.

The Orange Line’s first stop in the Loop is called “Library” for its proximity to the Harold Washington Public Library.

An Orange Liner glides over Van Buren Street on itsway around Chicago’s famous “Loop.”

Looking up at the Grand Army of the Republic Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center.


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Activities to ExploreIn the Local Area:August 15-18 — “Summer Stock Murder.” Canterbury

Summer Theatre production. Thurs-Fri @ 8 pm; Sat@ 6 & 9 pm, Wed matinee @ 2 pm. Mainstreet Theatre,807 Franklin St., Michigan City. Tix $11.50 & $12.50.Reservations 874-4269. Sen. cit. & student discountsavailable.

August 16 — MC Municipal band concert. 8 pm. GuyForeman Bicentennial Amphitheatre, Michigan City.Featured artist: Martha Anderson, soprano.

August 16-18 — “Peter Pan Goes to School (&Other Atrocities).” Acting Theatre of Michigan City,215 W. 10th Street, Michigan City. Reservations 872-4221. Tix $10 & $12.

August 17 — Bookmarks at Noon. MC PublicLibrary. Free. An Hour Before Daylight: Memories ofa Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter to be reviewed byMary Alice Koehler.

August 17-18 — Farmer’s Market. 10 am-4 pm. Atthe Schoolhouse Shop & Antiques, Furnessville.219/926-1551.

August 17-18 —The Sounds of Silents Film Festival.See film listing elsewhere in this issue. VickersTheatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, Michigan. 616/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com

August 17-19, 24-26 — “Cabaret, A Musical.”Presented by the Dunes Summer Theatre, MichianaShores. Reservations 879-7509. Fri & Sat @ 8pm;Sun @ 7 pm..

August 17-19 — “The Shadow Box.” FootlightPlayers production. Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm.Reservations 874-4035. 1705 Franklin St., MichiganCity. Tix $9.

August 18 — Farmer’s Market. 8:30 am. 8th &Washington Streets, Michigan City.

August 18 — 20th Orak Hog Roast. Orak Shrinegrounds, Michigan City. noon-5 pm. Food, enter-tainment, games. $7/adults, $3.50/kids to age 12.

August 18 — Amarillo Star country/western dance.7-10:30 pm. Amer. Legion Skwiat Post, MichiganCity. $3/members, $5/non-members.

August 18 — Senior Center Dance with Sam Johnsand the Bob Schilling Band. 7:30 pm. MC SeniorCenter, Washington Park. Tix $4 at front desk.

August 18-19 — 20th Annual Lakefront Art Festival.Washington Park. Parking fee & adm. fee.

August 19 — International Friendship GardensAfternoon Tea. 2 pm. Featuring a one-woman show“Love is Eternal, Mrs. Lincoln.” $20. Phone 872-0235.

August 19 — Deep River Grinders vs. Millers ofBonneyville Mill. Vintage base ball game played with1858 rules. 2 pm. Deep River County Park, off US 30bwt. Valparaiso & Merrillville. 219/947-1958.

August 22 -- Fancy Foot Clinic. MC Senior Center.873-1504 for time.

August 23-26 — Michigan City In-Water BoatShow. Lakefront. Thurs/Fri noon-8 pm; Sat 10 am-8


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Places to Visit:Alyce Bartholomew Children’s Museum. Marquette

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Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan City.Guided tours on Mon-Fri, 10 am, 11:30 am. Adm.$4/adults, $2/kids 18 and under, free/kids under 3.

Beverly Shores Historic South Shore Line PassengerDepot Museum and Art Gallery. 525 Broadway,Beverly Shores. Thurs-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. free.219/871-0832.

Door Prairie Auto Museum. 6th season. Over 50antique & classic autos, antique airplanes and toys.Tues-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm; Sun noon-4:30 pm andclosed Mon and holidays. 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte(1 mi. south of LaPorte on Hwy. 35). Phone 219/326-1337 or visit www.dpautomuseum.com

Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on theweb at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org

International Friendship Gardens, Liberty Trail,Michigan City. Open 10 am-4 pm weekends, nowthru October. Adm. chg. Info 878-9885.

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 616/469-5409.

John G. Blank 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.

Farther Afield:August 17-19 — Community Potato Fest, Medaryville,

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August 18-19 — Gene Stratton Porter ChautauquaDays. Rome City, Indiana. Birthday celebration fornaturalist Gene Stratton Porter. Tea at the gardens,parade & festival. Free. 219/854-3790 orwww.state.in.us/ism

August 14-24 — Karen Murphy Art Show & Sale.Photographer of Southerwestern Michigan.10 am-5pm. Cook Energy Information Center, Bridgman,Michigan. 1-800/548-2555 or www.cookinfo.com

Through September 2 — “Sideshow of the Absurd.”Multi-media exhibition of humorous drawings &mechanical sculptures. 1-3 pm. Wm. Bachman Galleryin the Center for Visual and Performing Arts, 1040Ridge Rd., Munster, IN. Info 219/836-1839.

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On August 16, 1776, Horace Walpole is reported tohave said, “This world is a comedy to those thatthink, a tragedy to those that feel.”

On August 16, 1845, Gabriel Lippman, the inventorof color photography, was born in Holleric, Luxembourg.

On August 16, 1896, following the discovery of goldin Alaska’s Bonanza Creek, the famous “KlondikeGold Rush” was on.

On August 16, 1977, at his home in Memphis, singerElvis Presley died at the age of 42.

On August 17, 1790, New York lost its role as thenation’s capitol when the federal government movedto Philadelphia. The capitol has, at various times, beenin New York, Philadelphia, York and Lancaster,Pennsylvania; Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey;Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland; and, finally, theDistrict of Columbia.

On August 17, 1939, the MGM movie, The Wizardof Oz, opened in New York at Loew’s Capitol Theater.

On August 17, 1978, three Americans, MaxieAnderson, Ben Abruzzo, and Larry Newman, becamethe first to complete a transatlantic trip by balloon.They left from Maine’s Presque Isle on August 11, trav-eled 3,120 miles, and landed at Miserey, France.

On August 17, 1990, Pearl Bailey, world famousactress and singer, who President Nixon named asAmerica’s “ambassador of love,” died at the age of 72.

On August 18, 1835, Marshall Field, founder of theChicago department store that still bears his name,was born near Conway, Massachusetts.

On August 18, 1838, the first marine expeditionsponsored by the U. S. government, whose goal wasto explore the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, set sailfrom Hampton Roads, Virginia.

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On August 20, 1785, American naval officer OliverHazard Perry, who gained fame by defeating a muchlarger British fleet on Lake Erie during the war of 1812,was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island.

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On August 20, 1929, “Hallelujah,” the first movie withan all-black cast, was released by Hollywood.

On August 20, 1940, Winston Churchill, payingtribute to the Royal Air Force, made his famousstatement before the House of Commons, “Never inthe field of human conflict was so much owed by somany to so few.”

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On August 21, 1878, in Saratoga, New York, a groupof lawyers, law professors, and judges founded theAmerican Bar Association.

On August 21, 1951, Congress authorized con-struction of the “Nautilus,” the world’s first atomic-powered submarine.

On August 21, 1959, President Eisenhower offi-cially proclaimed Hawaii to be the fiftieth state of theUnited States, and a new 50 star flag was unfurledat the White House.

On August 22, 1818, the “Savannah,” the firststeamship to cross the Atlantic, was launched atSavannah, Georgia. She left Savannah on May 22, 1819,and docked in Liverpool, England, on June 20, 1819.The ship was driven by steam for a total of between80 and 105 hours. Sails were used the rest of the time.

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• • • • • RED OLD BRICK FROM 1926 • • • • •Enough for 1 1/2 Car Garage - Best Offer - Call 708/721-7648.

SEARAY SUNDANCER, 1995, with new Aluminum Trailer. 200 hourson boat. Docked in Trail Creek. - $99,900.00 — Call 219/742-4160.Franciscan Dishware Set - NEW - 5 Piece place setting for 9 - bakingdishes, bowls. Retail value $1,009. Asking $375. Call 219/873-1914.

‘59 CORVETTE - GOOD CONDITIONRed/White - Black interior. $26,000. - Call 219/872-4240 evenings.ALL WOOD HOT TUB - 6’ x 3’ deep. Needs work - $200., or best

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RENTALS. INDIANAHOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH by Week or Month.

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Fireplace and Large Deck. No pets. Call 708/579-1745.• • • LAKE SHORE DRIVE. LONG BEACH • • •

Fantastic Lake views from 2-decks. 4+/BR, 3/Bath. All amenities.Avail August 12. 29, and full weekends — Call 219/874-4396

• • • • • • • DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB • • • • • • • LAKEFRONT CNDOS — 2 and 3 Bedroom, 2/Bath

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DUNELAND BEACH @ STOP 34. Great lake views from huge FamilyRoom + Master Bedroom Suite. Totally remodeled & refurnished.4/BR, 3/Bth. Fireplace. W/D. AC. Cable. . Special Winter WeekendRates. Available September & October.. Ph. 630/766-3300Sheridan Beach to Michiana. We have many rentals. Call ExecutiveGroup Realty @:219/874-1122, or visit our web www.e-g-r.com.ON THE SHORES OF SHERIDAN BEACH . Rehabbed &fully fur-nished. Vacation apt suites. Sleeps 4 to 18. Lake view. Decks. $800to $2,500 week. Sunsets free. Call 219/872-8250, or 219/244-7877.

• • HOUSE FOR RENT - LONG BEACH - Stop 27 - 312-953-9570. • •3/BR + Den/2BA (sleeps 10) . Newly rehabbed. A/C. W/D. FP. BBQ.Cable TV. 1/Blk to beach- Avail Fall, Winter, WkEnds, Summer 2002.

MICHIANA SHORES COTTAGE. IN WOODED AREAA little over a block from great beach. Old wood paneled charm.

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Call 773/935-1855 days, or 773/248-3265 evenings.SHERIDAN BEACH SUMMER RENTAL. STOP 9. ON THE BEACH

Contemporay 3/BR, 2/Bath. Air Cond. W/D. D/W.. $2300/week.Also, 6/BR, 2/Bath cottage. Air Cond. W/D. D/W.. $2300/week

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Sleeps 4 to 6- Air Cond.. Great Views. Call Owner at 312/560-5122SHERIDAN BEACH @ STOP 3 . 100 Yards to the beach. Newly

remodeled. 3/BR, 2/Bath. Sleeps 8. CAC. 2-Decks. Screened veran-da. Close to zoo, marina, Blue Chip Casino. Summer $1000/wk.

Rates vary other seasons. Cal 773/238-1035.• • •BENNETT’S HIDDEN INN • • •

10303 N.E. Highway 12 — Michigan City, IndianaNewly renovated, nestled on 3-acres! The perfect place for a “Get-a-

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Reservations 219/872-0212 — FAX 219/872-0416 .( Kid and dog friendly. Also Continental breakfast).

GETAWAY TO MICHIANA SHORES - 2-homes from $800/wk to$1,200/wk. AC, Gas grill, Decks to relax on. Both fully equipped.2-Blocks to beautiful Stop 37 Beach. (Also, winter rental availat $650/mo.) Call to get WEBSITE.- 773/784-0721, or 219/872-9923LAKE VIEW FROM LONG BEACH. Two story year round home. 3/BR,2 Full baths. Sleeps nine. Washer, dryer, dishwasher, gas grill, 2-decks. Across from public beach at Stop 4. Walk to park, zoo, mari-na, Yacht Club, Swingbellies, coffee shop, deli, Blue Chip is astretch. $1,100/wk. Avail 6/17, 6/24, 7/8, 7/15, 8/19. 8/26, 9/2 — Call847/286-0653.SHERIDAN BEACH LONG TERM RENTAL —Small 3/BR. Lots ofParking. Short walk to Beach. $700/mo. + util. No Pets. 219/767-2673.OGDEN DUNES GATED COMMUNITY — Huge 5/BR, 2/Bath home.Large family room- fireplace. Large living room-fireplace. Screenedporch + deck. New furniture. Washer/dryer, Dishwasher. Fullyequipped. All weeks avail. $1,500/wk, $700/WkEnd. 1-800/636-3267


SEASONAL AND YEARLY RENTALS•• SHERIDAN BEACH. Lake Terrace Condo: 1/BR + loft. Kitchen &W/D furnished.. $920/month.. Call Debbie•• LONG BEACH. 3/BR cottage style home on Mayfield Way.$800/mo.•• NORTHBROOK - 3/BR, 2/Bath Ranch. . $750/mo.••LAKE SHORE DRIVE - 3/BR, 2/Bath on Lake - $1,200/mo.•• 5/BR, 2/Bath Cottage Style on Lake - $1,200/mo.Call Ed. — MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS. 219/872-4000

SUMMER COTTAGE IN MICHIANA SHORES —3/BR-Sleeps 5-7.5-Minute walk to beach. Big yard and deck.. Call 219/879-1299

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •WINTER LAKESIDE RENTAL — AVAIL SEPT. - MAY

Beautiful view of 3 states - 4/BR, 3-full baths. - 2-Fireplaces.Fully furnished. — For more information: Call 773/881-4458

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE

3/BR. FP. Furn. Avail Sept thru May. $650/mo + util.Call 708/424-8756, or 219/874-8428

CHARMING 1/BR, with loft BR, house for rent in Ogden Dunes,across the street from the lake. Unfurnished. Prefer yearly lease.

$1,100/mo.Call Julie or Tom at 219/763-4170.

WINTER RENTAL — 3/BR, furnished, raised ranch.Close to lake. - Call 630/279-6150, or 219/874-5174.

SHERIDAN BEACH AREA - “Edisto Getaway” - 3 Short blocks tobeach - 3/BR, 1/Bath.Decks. Completely furnished w/towels & linens.W/D, DW. AC. Ceiling fans. C/TV. Golf, zoo passes available. Yearround $850/wk. - Other rates avail. $150/deposit - 219/873-1855WINTER RENTAL - LONG BEACH AT STOP 20 - 4/BR, 2/Bath. Largefamily room. $800/mo + utilities. Avail Oct - May. 219/872-9295.

RENTALS. MICHIGANNEW BUFFALO. Gated Nature Retreat with private Lake/Beachoffers immaculate Euro Homes, Cottages, Suites by week/weekend.Amenities plus. Ideal for an intimate escape, or the extra rooms foryour incoming party. See us: sans-souci.com. Call 616•756•3141.Grand Beach to Sawyer, MI. We have many rentals. Call ExecutiveGroup Realty @:616/469-6892 or visit our web www.e-g-r.com.

CUTE SUMMER COTTAGE FOR RENT IN GRAND BEACH3/BR, 1/Bath. Cable TV. . Beach. Tennis. Golf.

Completely furnished.. $500/week + security — 773/278-9040MICHIGAN. HARBERT (UNION PIER AREA)

Newly decorated. 3/BR, 2/Bath Country home. Near all area activi-ties. Privacy. Decks. Hot tub.. $1,000/wk. — Call 708/865-0594

MICHIANA’S MOST SPECTACULAR VIEWS3745 Lake Shore Drive. 2/BR, 2/Bath. Sleeps 6. No pets.

Avail August. 18th. . $1,000/wk. Call 312/527-0414.MICHIGAN. GRAND BEACH. Lake front home, just 42 steps down tothis private Lake Michigan beach. Enjoy magnificent sunsets fromthe deck. Golf and tennis are within walking distance. This cozy3/BR is completely furnished. Avail Oct1 thru April 20, 2002 for arental fee of $600/mo. For information & viewing appointment call708/848-1025

GRAND BEACH RENTAL -3/BR, 2/Bath. Fully furnished.Washer/dryer. 2/Car garage. Across from Lake. AC. VCR. Cable.$850/mo. includes util. Avail Oct. thru May - Call 815/436-7104

REAL ESTATE. FOR SALENEW HOME. ON LAKE CLAIRE. IN LONG BEACH COVE.

Professionally designed & built. Large kitchen. Great room & mastersuite. 4/BR, 2 1/2 Bath. 2324 Tinkers Way. $355,000. Call Dan at 219/874-7290 days; or 219/879-8965 wk/ends & evenings.

FOR SALE BY OWNER. MICHIANA, MICH.. 5/BR. 3/BATH. 2/FIRE-PLACE. MAGNIFICENT SUNSETS. MOVE IN CONDITION $879,900..

NO REALTORS PLEASE.. CALL 616/469-0279.BEVERLY SHORES INDIANA BEACHFRONT HOME

6-Years old. Like new.. 3000 sq/ft Contemporary. All rooms haveview of Lake Michigan. Upper bracket price. Pre qualified please.

For sale by owner — Call 219/663-0400, Cell ph. 219/742-0458COZY MICHIANA LOG

Log Cabin situate approx .32 wooded acre. Private, yet just a shorttwo blocks to Stop 37 beach. Not many available with this location.Priced to sell at $245,000. Broker Owned. In & out, so lv msg.219/872-1857

Leaseback- Beverly Shores, 915 E. Lake Front Drive. Panoramicdunetop lake views from patio and LOTS of windows, one block toCentral Beach, wooded rear drive, lots of parking. 2500 sq. ft.4BR/2BA, two glass porches, half basement, fire place. Built 1930,5.5 yrs left. By owner, $100,000 make offer 219/898-8311www.artexpressions.net/windrift.html{12}NEW BUFFALO LAKE VIEWS - Enjoy Lake Michigan breezes fromyour Florida room and deck. - Three bedrooms plus nanny’s apart-ment. Fireplace. Two baths. Two Sunset Shores Association beach-es 1-block away. By Owner. $199,000. Call 312/399-7464FOR SALE - 3-LOTS IN MICHIANA SHORES, INDIANACall 219/879-5806.

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Veterans on ParadeA brief “bio salute” to some of our area’s veterans who quietly and bravely

served our country in both peace and conflict.

Today we highlight a “Fighting Leatherneck” of WWIIwho was born and raised right here in MichiganCity. Tom Wrobleski was born in 1919 and graduat-ed from Elston High School in 1938. He went to workfor Shulman Electric when they built and enlargedthe Kingsbury Ordinance Plant just south of LaPorte.Tom worked there until Pearl Harbor was attackedand then enlisted in the Marines in Chicago.

He was sent to San Diego, California, for “boot” train-ing at the Naval Training Center there as well asamphibious and weapons familiarization.

He trained there until July, 1942, when he wasassigned to the 3rd Marine Division and shipped toSamoa Island. At Samoa, the 3rd was formed into the1st Marine Brigade and although the 1st MarineDivision made the initial landings on Guadalcanal,the 1st Marine Brigade got the ugly and terribleordeal of mopping up of a suicidal and reinforced enemyfor five months in the final third of the island.

Tom survived this initial American offensive inthe Pacific, but the Brigade suffered an awful tasteof jungle warfare.

After Guadalcanal, the 1st Marine Brigade was sentto Hawaii for some R&R (rest and recuperation). Amonth later they were dispatched to the Eniwetok Atoll,where they invaded the island of Engeli, the largestof a series of 38 smaller islands that made up the atoll.

The 1st Marine Brigade, veterans by now, securedEngeli in just six hours and although they found theisland of Eniwetok proved tougher, they secured it andanother large island of Parry on Feb. 22nd in just sixdays.

From there, they spent the next month on board shipsin reserve as Saipan and Tinion Islands were takenby the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions. However, Tomand the 1st Marine Brigade invaded Guam and,according to him personally, it was the most deadlyof all their actions. The island was secured in amonth on July 21, 1944.

After this operation, Tom, with 30 months overseasservice, was sent to Great Lakes for rehab for the next6 months. Following his rehab, he was returned toHawaii and the 1st Marine Brigade and they were loadedaboard ships and headed for the invasion of Japan itself,when the A-bombs were dropped and Japan surren-dered.

Their Brigade spent the next four months on occu-pation duty in Japan, until Tom was returned to thePhiladelphia Navy Yard and was discharged inJanuary, 1946.

Tom returned to Michigan City and went to workfor NIPSCO as a District Field Engineer at theGreenwood Avenue facility. He met his wife, Ramona,who also worked for NIPSCO, and they were marriedat St. Mary’s Church on June 24, 1950; and cele-brated their 51st wedding anniversary this year.

Tom worked for NIPSCO for 37 years and retiredin 1983. He is an avid golfer and is proud of 3 “holesin one;” one each at the Municipal North and Southcourses and one at Beacon Hills. He plays with a groupof friends daily at Beacon Hills and sure looks ingreat shape for a former fighting Marine who is 82years old and still visitsfriends at VFW Post 2536daily, where he has beena life member for 46years. He is also a mem-ber of American LegionPost 451 and the St. JoeClub.

I asked Tom if he wereever involved in our Post’sHonor Guard or been anofficer in earlier years.He answered that he had-n’t; that he figured hisfour years of war servicewas enough.

You sure did your part,Tom, and we salute you for the four years service yougave to your country and you deserve our heartfelt appre-ciation. I hope they will remember Tom and all theWWII vets who gave so much to so many. Thanks, and“hit ‘em straight” for years to come.

———submitted by Bob Fitzgerald

Tom Wrobleski, Marine 1942-46.

Veteran Tom Wrobleski today.


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