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Volume 18, Number 40 Thursday, October 10, 2002
Where Cool Was Born: Visit There or Be Square
by Paula McHugh
As we inched our way into tiny Fairmount, Indiana during the last weekend of September, I wondered what James Dean might have been thinking were he alive to watch his former town invaded by visitors. Or the Cool one may have truly been watching from the other side, most likely with a bemused smile. Cars and motorcycles were stacked up bumper to bumper from the fourway stop at route 26 a few miles west of “the town where cool was born.” Fans of every generation were gathering to pay homage to Fairmount’s most famous occupant.
A classic Mercury, similar to one Dean drove in Rebel Without a Cause, sits outside the Fairmount Historical Museum. Inside, four rooms are dedicated to the late actor’s possessions.
A cardboard likeness of Dean standing on the porch of the Historical Museum seems to be saying, “Get a load of that! A parade in my honor.”
The annual Fairmount Museum Days draws thousands of people from around the globe to celebrate the late actor and to recognize the town’s other distinguished sons—namely Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis and CBS Sunday Morning journalist Phil Jones. But Dean’s memory is the top draw for the weekend festival whose date was chosen to correspond with the actor’s death on September 30, 1955. The star of Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant lost his life when his Porsche crashed on his way to a racing competition near Cholame, California. We arrived in Fairmount at midafternoon Saturday, hoping to see some contemporary James Dean lookalikes walking around town. The profusion of motorcycles both parked and crawling along made us hopeful. One of the many activities of the weekend is a lookalike contest. But having no official timetable of events, we just happened to bumble our way over to East Washington Street as the big parade was getting under way. Screaming fire engine sirens, girls and grown women in poodle skirts, motorcycles, boys and men in leather and Brylcreem-dabbed hair, classic cars, politicians, more motorcycles, more classic cars, lots and lots of Fairmount
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Fairmount Continued from Page 1 Tootsie Rolls thrown from cars and floats passed us. Those not watching the parade were either at Playacres Park, ogling the hundreds of classic cars driven to town for the weekend, or else disregarding their fat gram and cholesterol levels along Main Street’s festival midway. More were cruising up Sand Pike north of town to get a look at the Winslow farm where Dean grew up under the care of his aunt and uncle. Others were paying homage to the late, great “King of Cool” at his graveside in Park Cemetery.
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His good looks and exceptional acting ability landed Dean a place in cinema history. He only made three major motion pictures before he died in a car crash when he was just 24 years old. Fairmount Historical Museum photo)
Women in poodle skirts and ponytails relive the fabulous fifties when James Dean was at the top of his celebrity.
Let’s not forget Garfield. The rascally cat’s creator, Jim Davis, hails from Fairmount too. A silver Porsche Spyder, a replica of the one Dean owned and lost his life driving, was part of the parade lineup.
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James Dean and Garfield have put Fairmount, Indiana on the map. Thousands of people invade the town the last weekend in September for the annual Museum Days/Remembering James Dean celebration. (Fairmount Historical Museum photo).
Fairmount Continued from Page 4 We never made it farther than Main Street. Dumb luck deposited us one house away from the Fairmount Historical Museum as the parade started. The crowd dispersed at the end of the parade, and the museum, a former residence now on the National Register of Historic Sites, was uncrowded when we entered. Dean’s artifacts take over four rooms. Jim Davis and Garfield get just one tiny room. Other distinguished Fairmount history makers’ memorabilia are upstairs, and we did not make it up there. The sparse number of museum visitors multiplied exponentially after we walked into the first exhibit room. Soon we were elbow to elbow vying for a view of the actor’s conga drums, letters, racing trophies, miniature busts of famous composers and old movie scripts. People kept squeezing in. Such is the charisma that still oozes from this down home Hoosier celebrity 47 years after his passing. Gone, yes, but far from forgotten. The folks in this little town of 1,000 welcome the throngs of Deaners (as they are called) each September. In February, a smaller swarm comes to town to celebrate the late star’s birthday.
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One of the first items visitors see when they visit the museum is one of the two motorcycles Dean owned. (Fairmount Historical Museum photo)
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Dean’s physical appearance was and is eye-candy by anyone’s standards. And yet, a look at some of the museum’s candid snapshots of a teenage Dean reveals a nerdy-looking guy, not at all the hunky heartthrob worshipped by teens back in the 1950’s. The young man who had a passion for fast cars and a real fear of flying could barely see without his big horn-rimmed glasses, according to museum literature. And yet the stage and cinema phenomenon possessed an aura that continues to permeate Fairmount and those who make a pilgrimage to the town to remember him. Bob Dylan made a quiet midnight visit to Fairmount’s museum in 1988, when the museum first opened Frank Sinatra and Renata Tebaldi were Dean’s favorite singers, but had Dylan played in the early fifties, no doubt the two would have shared a soul-brother spirit. Fairmount dubs itself “the town where cool was born,” but Dean was born several miles north, in Marion, in 1931. If alive today, he would be 71. He was only 24 years old when he met his demise pushing his Porsche Spyder to the limit and crashing head on into the path of an oncoming car. For tourists who like to avoid crowds, the end of September is an unwise time to visit this east central Indiana town. But it’s worth a visit even if your image of Dean has something to do with breakfast sausages and country music, mixing up Jimmy for James. The old Fairmount High School, where the young James graduated in 1949 was closed in 1986. The Romanesque Revival building at Jefferson and Vine is currently on the Indiana Historic Landmarks Foundation’s list of top ten endangered historic buildings, but locals are working to raise funds to save the crumbling building. Downtown on Main Street, the Legend Café, and around the corner on Washington Street, the Giant Bar & Grill salute their famous former resident. A mural of Dean is painted on a building on the corner of Main and East Washington, across from the picturesque Citizens Bank Building with its onion dome. For a town of 1,000, the historical museum is impressive. Another favorite spot for tourists is the James Dean Gallery on Main Street, with its collection of old yearbooks and enough photos of the young star to keep any fan happy. Fairmount can be reached by taking US 31 south through Kokomo to State Road 26 east. To learn more about the town and its famous progeny, visit the Fairmount Historical Museum’s website at jamesdeanartifacts.com.
Dean graduated from Fairmount High School in 1949. The Romanesque Revival building, now vacant, is on the list of ten most endangered historic buildings by the Indiana Landmarks Foundation.
This is an old photo of James Dean walking along East Washington Avenue near Main Street. Behind him is the Citizen’s Bank Building with its onion dome. (Fairmount Historical Museum photo)
This sculptured head of James Dean was presented to Fairmount High School, Dean’s alma mater, seven months after the actor’s passing. A prototype was also bronzed and originally placed at Dean’s gravesite, but it was taken. Dean commissioned the sculpture before his death and never saw the completed work. (Fairmount Historical Museum photo)
Thousands make a pilgrimage to James Dean’s graveside on the anniversary of his death, September 30. The last weekend of September celebrates the town’s famous former resident. (Fairmount Historical Museum photo)
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October 10, 2002
Juan Munoz Exhibit Brings Art Back to Life by Barbara Stodola
Juan Munoz, Many Times, (2000) is an installation of 50 figures with identical faces and uniforms, engaged in conversation on the second floor of the Chicago Art Institute’s grand staircase. (Collection of the artist.)
The extraordinary Juan Munoz sculpture exhibit, currently at the Art Institute of Chicago, is a peoplefriendly show. You can’t help but smile back at these nearly-life-sized figures with broad smiles frozen on their identical faces. There are 50 of these resin figures, all with Asian facial features, dressed in grey coats and pants, and arranged in casual conversational groupings. The installation is a tour de force — these silent but evidently funny conversations are taking place on the Art Institute’s grand staircase, and many of the sculptural figures are peering down at the visitors.
Juan Munoz, Five Seated Figures, (1996) shows five male figures uncomfortably seated together in a room where a mirror reflects their discomfort. (Collection of Camille O. Hoffman.)
Juan Munoz, The Wasteland, (1986) is named after T.S. Eliot’s famous poem. The installation features a dizzying tile floor, with a ventriloquist’s dummy seated alone on a small bench. (Collection of Marvin and Elayne Mordes, Baltimore.)
Not all of Munoz’ figures are having so much fun. A ventriloquist’s dummy sits alone on a corner bench, in a large room tiled in a dizzying pattern. The piece is entitled The Wasteland,and evokes a sense of despair and isolation similar to the famous poem by T.S. Eliot. Five Seated Figures appear uncomfortable in their chairs and disinterested in one another, as if they were strangers, all waiting in a doctor’s office for bad news.
In the 1980s, the Spanish-born Munoz was vaulted to international prominence, partly because he reintroduced the figure into an art world that was dominated by Minimalist and Conceptual Art. He drew upon a wide range of sources in literature, music, theatre and film, and reasserted the importance of narrative in contemporary art. Some of his installations and drawings are devoid of figures, but still they assert a human presence. In his black-and-white Raincoat Drawings, Munoz depicts oddly-angled rooms in ordinary households — eerie rooms, with plush furniture but no people. Several wall-hung sculptures suggest human activity, because they imply passage from one locus to another — spiral stairways, balconies, hand-railings that curve, even though in a most unhelpful way.
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Juan Munoz, Raincoat Drawing, (1992) is one of a series of black-and-white drawings, chalk and mixed media, on a fabric that is used in Spain for making raincoats. Domestic interiors are depicted. (Colecciones I.C.O., Madrid)
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Juan Munoz, Spiral Staircase, (1984) is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. It is a Fractional Gift of the Neisser family, Judith Neisser, David Neisser and Kate Neisser, and Stephen Burns in memory of Edward Neisser.
A faintly mysterious aura pervades the exhibit, and the theme of “passages” is nicely carried out by having Munoz’ work dispersed throughout the museum. Visitors must walk through the Chinese collection to arrive at the most stunning and most provocative piece: Hanging Figure. Much is made of the fact that Munoz adapted this figure from a famous Degas’ painting of an aerial performer, Miss LaLa at the Cirque Fernando. I loved this entire exhibit, and I was drawn up the tall, winding staircase to see whether the Hanging Figure was actually smiling, as were his cohorts on the grand staircase. Yes, he too was smiling, but exactly nothing is amusing about his pose. This figure is literally hanging on by his teeth, which makes a person rethink the entire message of the show. This is the first major exhibit of Munoz’ work to tour the United States, and it premiered at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., before coming to Chicago. Assistant Curator Stephanie D’Alessandro worked with the artist for three years, and made
plans for him to give a lec- Juan Munoz, Hanging Figure, (1997) ture at the Art Institute. communicates a grim message, in Unfortunately, he died what might have seemed a happy art exhibit. (Collection of Dean unexpectedly last year, Valentine and Amy Adelson, Los Angeles.) at the age of 48. Munoz was a gifted writer, art curator and critic, and the events scheduled around this exhibit give evidence of his broad influence on poets, dramatists and even dancers. On October 15, at 6 p.m., Clare Kunny will give a lecture on Juan Munoz and “Art As Theatre.” On October 19, a writers’ workshop will be conducted by Mark Strand, poet, and a free poetry reading will be given at 2 p.m., entitled “Speak for the Silence.” On November 5, at 5 p.m., a performance will be given by Joseph Houseal, choreographer. There are also gallery tours, family workshops, storytelling and drawing sessions in the galleries, focusing on the human form. Most unusual of the special events is a radio play, which will be broadcast three times on WBEZ (91.5FM): at 8 p.m. on Sundays, October 13, November 10 and December 15. The play is entitled A Registered Patent, and will be read by actor John Malkovich, with music by Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias. The text was written by Juan Munoz, who had previously collaborated with other authors and composers. The Juan Munoz exhibit will continue at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 5. For program information, please contact the Department of Museum Education at 312-443-3680.
Juan Munoz, Hotel Declercq series (1986) and Double Balcony (1986), installation recreated for the Chicago Art Institute exhibit, shows how the human presence can be evoked, even though no figures are included. (Various Collections)
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Footlight Players Receive Nominations Footlight Players of Michigan City is proud to announce having received 8 nominations for theatre awards. The final awards will be announced at this year’s 10th annual “Casey Awards” ceremony presented by the Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation. This year’s event will be held for the first time at the Civic Auditorium in LaPorte on Sun., Oct. 27th. Footlight’s honorees are: Jay Williams and Glenn Harris competing for Best Principal Actor in a Play (“I’m Not Rapport”); Linda Wilczynski for Best Featured Actress in a Play (“The Odd Couple”); Kelly Moser also for Best Featured Actress in a Play (“Farndale...Christmas Carol”); Jayma Kay Emerson for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (“The Singing Cowboy”); Jacqueline Verdeyen for Best Principal Actress in a Play (“Close Ties”); and, Steven Becker for Best Principal Actor in a Musical and Larry Payne for Best Choreographer (both for “Pippin”).
Homecoming Concert John Schreckengost, adjunct instructor in music, will perform a horn solo at the Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra homecoming concert on Sat., Oct. 12, in the Chapel of the Resurrection on campus. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a reception to follow in the Center for the Arts lobby. Dr. Dennis Friesen-Carper, Reddel professor of music, will be the conductor. The program will include works by Mozart, Strauss, Ravel and Sibelius. Tickets are $10 for the general public or $5 for senior citizens and non-VU students. Tickets are $5 for alumni if purchased in advance. For more information, phone the VU Box Office at 219/464-5162.
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“Tenors Three” at Mainstreet Theatre The Festival Players Guild and Michiana Artists’ Group will present “Tenors Three,” a concert featuring selections from opera, operetta, and Broadway, on Fri. & Sat., Oct. 11 & 12, 7:30 p.m. The performances will be held at Michigan City’s Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin St. Among the selections and works featured in the program by tenors Robert Dure, Bruce Johnson and Matthew Daniel will be seven trios as well as duos and solos. Robert Dure received his graduate degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. After making his debut with the Baltimore Opera Company, he sang with opera companies in Washington, D.C., as well as many states. He has sung over fifty opera roles and has appeared with numerous leading orchestras throughout the states. A LaPorte resident, Dure has been on the faculty of IUSB and Prairie State College in Illinois. He has sung with such international stars as Samuel Ramey, Brigit Nilsson, Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills and Placido Domingo.
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Enjoy yourself on a picturesque self-directed tour through LaPorte County discovering “The Heart of Art.” Discover the talent of area artists as they showcase their works both completed and in progress. For more information, phone 800/572-3359 or log onto www.arborealarts.com/thoa/thoa.htm Dates for this event are Sat. & Sun., Oct. 19 & 20, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tour locations are as follows: 1. LaPorte County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1503 S. Meer Rd., Michigan City. 2. Arboreal Arts, 113 Fir St., Michigan City. 3. Bill Allen Photos at Jeselskis Potteries, 619 Eastwood Road, Michigan City. 4. D.C. Langley Watercolors, 2019 Somerset, Long Beach. 5. Higdon Studios, 2815 Lake Shore Drive, Long Beach. 6. Izwin Studio & Gallery, 1021 Cooper St., Michigan City. 7. Jeff Ham Studio on display at Izwin Studio, 1021 Cooper St. 8. Jeselskis Potteries, 619 Eastwood Road, Michigan City. 9. John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St., Michigan City. 10. Jon Hook Woodfired Pottery, 0756 W 900 North, LaPorte. 11. Kassal Studio, 2501 Oriole Trail, Long Beach. 12. Kevin Firme on display at the Blank Center, 312 E. 8th St., Michigan City. 13. Lee Rardin Arts on display at Creekwood Inn, 5727 N 600 W, Michigan City. 14. Leonard Gridley Studio on display at Arbor Hill Inn, 263 Johnson Road, LaPorte. 15. Neil Kienitz Studio & Gallery, 423 E. 10th St., Michigan City. 16. Peach Studio, 5473 N. US 35, LaPorte. 17. Picture Perfect on display at Arbor Hill Inn, 263 Johnson Road, Michigan City. 18. Susan Krauth Studio, 3153 W 925 N, Michigan City. 19. Weigel Studios on display at Jeselskis Potteries, 619 Eastwood Road, Michigan City.
Play n’ Learn Chess Play n’ Learn Chess will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Mon., Oct. 14, at LaPorte County Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave., LaPorte. It will be held on the second Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m. during the school year. It is open to all ages and to beginners as well as those who want to brush up on their skills. The instructor is Tony Yovino. For more information, phone 219/362-7128. To request signing for the hearing impaired, phone 219/362-6156, two days in advance .
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Long Beach Family Hails a World Champion
by Maggie Beyer
Kate raises her arms in victory as her eight-woman rowing team wins the World Championship in Seville, Spain.
Nick and Sara Walz were bubbling with pride at the last meeting of our Beachside Players. Niece Kate Johnson was one of eight United States women to win the World Championship in rowing in Seville, Spain, on September 22. If you happened to see the Sunday, September 29th edition of The New York Times, there were Kate and teammates on a full four-column spread with quotes by Kate leading the story. Many beachers know Kate Johnson as a frequent visitor when she is at the Sheridan Beach home of Sara and Nick Walz, along with her parents, Paul and Linda Johnson of Portland, Oregon, where Kate began rowing in high school. She came to the Midwest in 1997 on a scholarship to the University of Michigan when the school was just beginning its varsity women’s rowing program which until then had been a club sport. Kate was an All American at Michigan and graduated in 2001 when Michigan won the Big Ten rowing championship and finished 2nd in the NCAA championship. Kate had a dream before the championship race. She had seen her arms raised into the air as her boat skimmed across the finish line. Though she told no one of the dream, it foretold the winning race when Kate, from her bow position at the rear of the boat could see every woman’s back heaving before her. She knew the other boats had run out of time. “Those last 15 strokes,” she said, “That’s when every rower sells her soul.” A picture that traveled the worldwide web shows Kate with her hands raised high as she knew her team had won. As Sophia Hollander told it in the New York Times story: “She looked left and right and then glanced down as the finish line passed under her boat. She flung her arms in the air and felt a chill as she saw her dream of being a world champion splayed across the jumbo screen before her.” The story went on to say: “A week ago, the last day of competition at the 2002 FISA World Rowing Championships in Seville, Spain, Johnson and the United States women’s eight boat won its first world championship since 1995. The United States boat finished the 2,000 meter race in 6 minutes 4.25 seconds, .85 seconds ahead of the defending champion Australia, and .94 seconds ahead of Germany.
“As Johnson crossed the finish line, all the uncertainties and stresses of the previous year spent training began to fade. Coach Tom Terhaar had tinkered with combinations throughout the summer, before finally selecting 8 rowers 210 days before the team flew to Spain.. . .The first race at the world championships was also the first time the rowers competed in a race together.” Kate Johnson at the beach while visiting her aunt and uncle, Sara and Nick Walz.
Kate with cousin Beth Walz Carmody and Beth’s daughter Bridget on a recent visit here.
For the last year, Kate has been rowing at the Olympic training center in Princeton, New York. After the race she traveled to London to row in some races in Hyde Park. The US men’s boat which finished third in their race in Spain has asked Kate to row bow in their boat just for fun in one of the London races. In the article Kate said that the future of women’s rowing is in really good hands right now. “There’s a really strong future with Title IX and women’s rowing becoming so big,” she stated. Many schools like Michigan have recently established varsity women’s programs; the University of Notre Dame began its program in 1998. “We are at the start of something big,” she said. The focus of the US team now turns to the world championship next summer in Milan, Italy and beyond that to the Greek Olympics in 2004. Sara and Nick invite everyone to join them in a family cheering section from Michigan City for both events.
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The Purple Giraffe Gallery is shimmering in fall colors with new watercolor landscapes by Lynn Carden, pastels by Susan Naylor, lithographs by April Foster, mixed media constructions by Claudette Graumlich, pottery by Larry Watson, monotypes by Eugenie Goggin and oil landscapes by Joyce Howe, now through November. New to the gallery is potter Michele Corazzo who “Sunflower”, watercolor, ink, works in rich earthby Lynn Carden tone glazes and tactile textures. A series of five Fall Sunday Seminars will begin on Oct. 20 at the gallery. Other dates are Nov. 3 & 17, Dec. 8 and Jan. 5, all held from 1-3:30 p.m. (MI time). The first seminar, “Women’s Issues in Literature,” will be facilitated by Marge Graham, teacher and former owner of A Women’s Place in New Buffalo. The short stories of women authors—Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Colette, Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf— promises lively discussion. You can come to one class or the series. For registration, class fee and other information, phone 269/4695876 or email [email protected] The Purple Giraffe is located at 13584 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, MI. Gallery hours are Wed.-Sun., noon-5 p.m., and by appointment.
LaPorte County Antique Show The LaPorte County Antique Show’s final show of the season will take place on Sun., Oct. 13, from 7 a.m.4 p.m., at the LaPorte County fairgrounds. Admission to the show is $4 and children under 12 are admitted free. Billed as the largest antique show in Northern Indiana, it will feature four buildings and outside dealers selling everything from toys, military items, pottery and books to linens, furniture, glass, lamps, primitives and dolls and more. Homestyle cooking will be available inside and an an outdoor concession area with sandwiches and hot and cold drinks will be open. The show goes on, rain or shine. There is ample free parking as well as handicap parking near the front gate. For more information, phone 219/778-2892 or log onto www.olddoodads.com
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The Tower Organization, a local not-for-profit organization best known for its Oktoberfest event and Tower Educational Support Grant, has set up a matching fund to benefit the Washington Park Zoological Society. Tower will match every dollar donated to this special fund, up to $5,000, beginning Oct. 1 and ending Sept. 30, 2003. “Supporting the animals is supporting the kids in our community,” says Arnold Bos, Tower spokesman. “The benefits of having a local zoo is a great educational opportunity for the kids in Michigan City and the surrounding area.” Money raised goes directly to the animals, primarily for veterinary care, medicines, supplements and other special needs. It also provides resources for the Zoological Society to be able to acquire additional animals. Special Twice as Nice collection boxes will be placed in local businesses as well as at the Zoo, each with a specific theme: 1. Dr. Doolittle Day (each animal gets regular checkups including shots, medicines, etc.) Donations will be collected at local doctors, dentists, hospitals, etc. 2. Washington Park “Animal Day Spa” (treat each animal to a full course of personal treatments, including bathing, grooming, special treatments for skin, hair, hooves, teeth, etc.) Donations will be collected at local salons, spas, nail salons, massage therapists, etc. 3. Fitness for the Lion King (each animal gets a special “workout regime” to help keep them in shape) Donations will be collected at local gyms, fitness centers, tennis and golf clubs, sporting events, personal trainers, etc. 4. Get Smart with the Animals (each animal exhibit gets new educational signage and includes graphics and pertinent details about the animal, its origin, its natural habitat, mating habits, eating habits, etc.) Donations will be collected at local schools, colleges, vocational centers, day care centers and learning facilities. “If we could get 1000 people to donate $5, we’d reach our goal of a combined $10,000,” says Cory Rogin, Marketing Director, Washington Park Zoological Society. Contact him at 873-1406, ext. 379 for more information.
PNC Alumni Football Trip The Purdue North Central Alumni Association is offering a bus trip to the Purdue versus Michigan football game on Oct. 19. Tickets are $81 and includes a ticket to the game, round-trip bus transportation and a reception following the game at the home of PNC Chancellor James B. Dworkin in West Lafayette. Reservations may be made by phoning 872-0527, ext. 5697 or at [email protected]
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This past Easter Sunday, March 31st, St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Church of the Dunes consolidated to form St. Luke United Lutheran Church. Traditions from each of the former congregations are being continued by the new church, in order to enhance their combined experiences. This year’s Ethnic Dinner, a meal served by the former Lutheran Church of the Dunes, will be bigger and better because the resources and culinary talents of the new congregation are coming together to make this annual tradition even tastier. The dinner will take place on Fri., Oct. 25, 4:30-7 p.m., 2000 E. Coolspring Ave. The menu will consist of Sauerbraten with Red Cabbage and Spaetzle, Polish Sausage and Sauerkraut, Au Gratin Carrot Casserole, Salad Bar, Bread & Butter, Coffee, Tea, Lemonade and Punch. Cost is $8/adults and $4/children 12 and under; Dessert Bar is 50 cents per serving. To purchase tickets in advance, phone 879-9415.
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Page 28 Film critics almost universally acclaim Citizen Kane as one of the world’s greatest movies, most often the greatest. When top-ten and top-hundred lists appear, the Orson Welles movie from 1941 invariably ranks as number one. But everyone has their own favorite—or favorites. In my mind, Casablanca, released a year later, tops Kane. But make up your own mind. Those two great films and ninety-eight others are re-reviewed in a recent book by film critic (and Michiana resident) Roger Ebert titled, The Great Movies. My sister-in-law Marion, herself a film buff, presented me with a copy for my birthday this summer. Ebert’s book offers individual essays on one hundred “great” films, and although he does not rank them in order of preference (preferring an alphabetical distribution), I suspect Roger might line up with his fellow critics and put Citizen Kane in the top spot. But has there ever than been a better love triangle than Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid? Roger himself admits “no better cast of supporting actors could have been assembled on the Warner (Brothers) lot than Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Claude Rains and Dooley Wilson.” The combination of love, action and humor in an exotic locale touches all the keys on the keyboard. And speaking of that keyboard: How can anyone who has seen Casablanca forget Wilson (as Sam) playing, “You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss….” Young people whose grandparents saw the picture when it first appeared in theatres can quote all the best lines, including, “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she (Bergman) walks into mine.” I vote Casablanca the best film of all time—although I might change my mind when I see Citizen Kane again in another year or so. And that is what my wife Rose and I have in mind. With a copy of The Great Movies by our sides, we are viewing the one hundred films appearing in Roger Ebert’s book. Our early viewing has been mostly of videos borrowed from the Michigan City public library, including All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard. Others were borrowed from Rose’s sister’s collection, including The Apartment and Some Like It Hot. We found Chinatown recently on the shelf at East Coast Video in New Buffalo. On one occasion so far, we saw one of the films in a theatre. The General, starring Buster Keaton, was featured at the Sounds of Silent Film Festival at the Vickers Theatre in Three Oaks, Michigan this summer. Do we expect to agree with Roger? We haven’t entirely agreed so far. While Catherine Deneuve
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Roger and Me On the Trail of the One Hundred “Great Movies” by Hal Higdon
in Belle de Jour demonstrated why she was one of the world’s most beautiful women, Rose considered the film confusing. She also dissed The Big Sleep for the same reason. I probably would not include Nashville on my hundred-best list, and I felt My Darling Clementine failed to live up to expectations, although it is one of Sister-in-Law Marion’s all-time favorites. And while Rose and I agree that Mr. Hulot’s Holiday is the funniest movie ever made, where was another of my all-time comic favorites, What’s Up Doc? starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neil? The Hustler. The Train. The Last Picture Show. Where are they, Roger? Will Roger Ebert be offended that we fail to agree with all his choices? I suspect not. He probably would be pleased that someone would take the effort not merely to read the one hundred essays in his book, but try to see each film. That may be difficult, because the library has gaps in its collection. We’re moving through Roger’s list somewhat alphabetically, but I have not yet spotted The Apu Trilogy on the library shelves. Sometimes when I fail to find a film, it reappears later after another viewer has returned it, but the library no longer has a list of videos in its collection. “It became too difficult to keep up ? t film with new films we s e eb s th acquired and old ones that disnk a a r ane appeared,” one librarian explained to nK itize C s e me. Do I have not yet begun to systematically scour the shelves of local video stores either here in Michiana
or in Florida, our winter home. The Blockbuster store in Ponte Vedra Beach has a wide-ranging assortment, including many hard-to-find foreign films, but I notice their collection of DVD films has begun to outstrip that for VCR. We have served notice on our family that acquiring a DVD player stands atop of our Christmas wish list. I’m waiting for its acquisition, whether packaged in pretty paper and ribbons or not, before we watch several movies that earn their greatness for visual elements, most notably 2001: A Space Odyssey and Lawrence of Arabia. That raises an important point in our quest to see all one hundred of Roger Ebert’s Great Movies. The former is one of my all-time favorite movies, viewed numerous times, and I saw a wide-screen version of the latter at a Chicago theatre a
dozen years ago. I estimate that I’ve seen close to three-fourths of the films in Roger’s book, some of them when I was still a teenager. But that doesn’t count. All of the films need to be seen again before we check them off our list. One has to have standards. Two exceptions: Just before obtaining the book, I saw two of the hundred films. One was Apocalypse Now, the Francis Ford Coppola dissection of the Vietnam War, which he rereleased recently in a “director ’s cut” version retitled Apocalypse Now Redux. I felt Coppola merely made the movie longer, not better, and Roger has
mixed emotions on the new footage too. The other film recently viewed was Star Wars, John Lucas’s epic space series that strangely began with Part IV, followed by Parts V and VI, then back to the future for Parts I and II. When that last film appeared in the theatres this winter, we decided to watch all five existing parts in numerical order, not in the order they were released. The original Part IV from 1977 remains the most successful despite its more limited budget for special effects, while Part I makes no sense at all if you failed to see the films that both preceded and followed it. Although is there any regular film-goer out there who has failed to see at least one Star Wars movie, even if only out of curiosity? (The Michigan City public library also has in its video collection the twelve-part Buck Rogers serial starring Buster Crabbe that I first viewed back in the 1940s as a gradeschool student. Watch the introduction to each serialized chapter roll, and it becomes obvious where Lucas got the idea for the rolling Star Wars introductions.) If I seem obsessive in wanting to view every film designated as “Great” by Roger Ebert, that may simply be my personality. At various stages in my running career, I have run six marathons in six weeks to celebrate my sixtieth birthday and seven marathons in seven months to celebrate my seventieth birthday. After writing a magazine article for ast. the Be Runner ’s World on John d n a uty
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Great Movies Continued from Page 29 Romita, Jr. (current artist of The Amazing Spider-Man), I decided to collect every comic book he had drawn over a career spanning several decades. That introduced me to his work on Daredevil, so I acquired every issue of that comic book too. Each hunt occupied me several years. I have no idea what impulse pushed me to this collective excess, since I already have begun to consider offering both collections for sale on eBay. In another example of bizarre behavior not entirely unrelated to my current film-viewing scheme, I participated in a 1996 study on sleep patterns at the University of Georgia. The study required that I go twenty-eight hours without sleep in a tiny room with only a bed and TV screen. I could watch videos, but not TV, since that would provide unwanted clues as to time of day. On a whim, I asked my colleague to find videos of every Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie available. Fred and Ginger made ten films together; he found five. I can tell you unequivocally that the best is Top Hat, although Roger favors Swing Time. I have no desire to possess video copies of the one hundred Great Films; I want to collect them visually rather than actually. While viewing them, I have been jotting comments in the book’s margin, in effect reviewing Roger’s review. (See sidebar: “Reviewing Roger Ebert”) As I write this article, Rose and I have viewed twenty of the hundred, most recently Battleship Battleship Potemkin still looks good after 77 years.
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Potemkin. This silent film from 1925 by Sergei Eisenstein possesses the distinction of having been banned at various times both in the United States and in the Soviet Union for its revolutionary message. (Once Stalin was in power, he didn’t always like the idea that regimes might be overthrown.) The video available at the Michigan City library has a musical score by Dmitri Shostakovich, but neither the video box nor Roger’s book explains whether the Russian composer wrote the music for a sound version of the film, or whether those re-releasing the film adapted the music from Shostakovich’s symphonic work. When Roger viewed Battleship Potemkin at the Sound of Silents Film Festival at the Vickers Theatre, a rock group (Concrete) provided background music. “Under the stars on a balmy sunny night, far from film festivals and cinematheques” writes Roger, “Eisenstein’s 1925 revolutionary call generated some of its legendary rabble-rousing power.” How you view a film certainly effects your enjoyment of it. Because of its sweeping desert landscapes, Lawrence
October 10, 2002 of Arabia does need to be seen widescreen. (It is playing at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago as I write this.) But for a movie like The Apartment featuring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, watching at home with a bowl of popcorn between you and your wife works just as well, maybe even better. The film succeeds because of a funny yet poignant script and the interaction between two stars rather than because of cinematography. Yet the print of The Bicycle Thief available from the library in Michigan City was so murky it restricted my enjoyment. One of the first films we viewed was Beauty and the Beast, not the Disney animated version from 1991, but the Jean Cocteau black-and-white version from 1946. “Some movies a half century old don’t seem old,” I wrote in the margin of Roger’s book. “This one did.” Most recently a re-mastered version of the Cocteau classic appeared in theatres, earning obligatory four-star ratings from all the critics. I’m hopeful Jon Vickers books the film into his theatre later this fall. With my movie-viewing odyssey only begun, Casablanca, remains my all-time favorite. Can Citizen Kane displace it? Maybe I’ll make the Orson Welles movie the one hundredth of the one hundred Great Films I watch before deciding which film deserves being ranked at the top of my list. In the meantime: Here’s looking at all those movies, kid.
Coppola recently re-released Apocalypse Now and did himself no favors.
Long Beach resident Hal Higdon’s home/studio can be visited as part of The Heart of Art Tour on October 19-20. For details, visit his web site: www.halhigdon.com.
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A murky library video limited enjoyment of The Bicycle Thief.
Reviewing the Reviewer While viewing the films in Roger Ebert’s book, The Great Movies, Hal Higdon is making marginal notes, thus reviewing the reviewer. Here are Hal’s comments on some of the films he and his wife Rose have seen so far: All About Eve (1950): A brilliantly written (Oscarwinning) script by Joseph Mankiewicz. The lines hum. Cameo appearance by Marilyn Monroe shows she was more than a poster girl. Sunset Boulevard (1950): This was a movie filmed exactly at the right time. If done a generation later, we wouldn’t have had several former silent stars (Buster Keaton as well as Gloria Swanson) playing themselves. The Night of the Hunter (1955): What was Roger thinking when he included this creepy film on his list? Would I have liked it better if in Swedish with Ingmar Bergman the director? The Apartment (1960): Was this the harbinger of a decade of sexual excess, or was (director) Billy Wilder merely mirroring what he saw? Bonnie and Clyde (1967): A couple of losers who rob banks for fun and in the process kill people. Not fun to see following the bank robbery in The Pines where a woman got killed. Nashville (1975): This is a movie about the 70s: Did we really dress like that? Act like that? How embarrassing! Network (1976): I had forgotten just how good Network was, not merely as a film but in predicting the future of television. One of my college classmates served as Script Supervisor on this movie. The Shawshank Redemption (1994): I viewed this movie expecting to complain afterwards that Roger should have chosen Cool Hand Luke as a better prison movie—but I realize now, maybe he got it right.
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Harmony House of LaPorte County is offering an opportunity to participate in an event where even your best friend may not recognize you. It is the 3rd annual costume ball held this year on the evening of Sat., Oct. 19th at Pine Grove Banquet Hall at 4293 North Hwy. 35 in LaPorte. The evening begins at 7 p.m. and includes appetizers, a cash bar, and music by Rock Doctors. The cost is $25 per person and tickets will be available at the door. There will be costume judging by Judge Robert Boklund, Judge Robert Gilmore, Jr. and Magistrate Sally Ankony. Prizes will be given for the most original, scariest, funniest, and best couple. A raffle will be held for a limo ride to and from Chicago, a dinner at Rosebud on Rush and a carriage ride. Raffle tickets may be purchased ($5 each or 5/$20) at Harmony House now and the winner need not be present to win. The Costume Ball is a fundraiser for Harmony House of LaPorte County, a joint venture of the CASA program and Swanson Center. Harmony House provides supervised visitation and monitored exchanges for families where the parents have had a history of hostile or violent arguments during the pickup and return of their children, or the visiting parent has a history of substance abuse or mental health problems, etc. For more information, costume ball tickets or raffle tickets, phone 219/362-0312. Tickets may be purchased at Harmony House, 1005 Michigan Ave., LaPorte, or at Bethany Bible Baptist Church, 4th and Pine streets, Michigan City.
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Harvest Arts Festival Held at Shaker Cottage Complex by Jan Van Ausdal
On the beautiful, sunny afternoon of September 28th, a very successful Harvest Arts Festival was held at Shaker Cottage Complex (two miles southwest of downtown New Buffalo) from noon to 5 p.m. There was a steady flow of visitors, who seemed to really enjoy the events and activities. When I arrived in the early afternoon, parking was at a premium. I hurried off to see what was happening because I didn’t want to miss a single thing! First catching my eye was a very colorful display from the Harbert Market & Garden Center (on Red Arrow Highway, Harbert). I met owner Paula Adelman, who was very enthusiastic about the business she and her husband, Kal, operate. “It’s been almost two years now since we’ve taken over,” she said. “The March planting workshops went over very well. This time of the year, we’re doing about 40% of our business in landscaping and also debris removal. The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Benton Harbor and the Girl Scouts from Bridgman have participated.” Continuing, Paula added, “The caramel apples which Karen (the former owner) started made us famous. We have a lot of people coming in just for these apples!” Paula explained to a customer that Baby Tears is a plant for low light and needs very little water, but can be outside when the weather permits. In this Harbert Garden Center display were driftwood, mums, gourds, herbs, and fall vegetables. Paula and her helpers Lisa, Josh, and Darrell posed behind a portion of their very colorful items.
Down a slope, jewelry artists from Gaia Gallery were showing their artistic creations to potential customers, under a white tent.
(l. to r.) Darrell, Paula Adelman (owner), Josh, & Lisa of Harbert Garden Center behind the Pumpkin Patch and assorted flowers & plants.
(l. to r.) Claire Leslie, Megan Rowan, Kelly Van Boldrick, & Tara Leslie watch DenielleEngwert weave at her loom.
(on left) Gaia Gallery jewelry artisans & (on right) customers, under the tent.
Outside the Shaker Complex, weaver Danielle Engwert, (of Fiber Designs and Administrative Director of Gaia Gallery), was working at her loom, to the delight of Claire & Tara Leslie, Megan Rowan, and Kelly Van Boldrick. Hanging above them were Danielle’s multi-colored mittens with fleece linings. The girls thought it was “fun and cool” to watch the weaver at work. Danielle told me, “I was recently weaving orange and brown; a potential customer asked for blue and green to look like a river. I usually weave about seven yards in a piece; when these seven yards are finished, either the customer will buy some of this or I’ll make some pillows and other items from it.”
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At a table nearby, Linda and Leslie Dant, mom and daughter from Michiana, were doing face and arm tattoos and helping children with rock painting. Abigail Schmidt was there from New Buffalo with her mom and brother; Cheyenne Schmidt had come with her grandmother. The two Schmidt girls were not related to one another.
Chef Sam Luna of Jenny’s Restaurant ladles up some roasted squash soup.
(in rear) Daughter Leslie & Mom Linda Dant with (l.) Abigail Schmidt & (r.) Cheyenne Schmidt at the Tatoo & Rock Painting Booth.
Down the slope once again, I photographed the live bluegrass band, The Art Gomperz Band, playing “Caledonia,” under the trees. I would find out more about the band when they took a break. Interested listeners sat at tables, tapping their feet and clapping for the music.
Beside Panozzo’s Pantry was The Harbor Muse with their books, CDs, and unique cards and games. Ed Joyce of Grand Beach was making a purchase from Dee Sawyer. Ed remarked, “This festival has been wonderful! Unique is the best word for it!” Then Dee Sawyer, owner of The Harbor Muse, posed with her assistant & salesman, Phillip Vanlear, behind the counter. Festival Continued on Page 36
Ed Joyce makes a purchase from Dee Sawyer of The Muse
The Art Gomperz Band entertains under the trees.
Then back inside to Panozzo’s Pantry for the 1 p.m. cooking demonstration by Chef Sam Luna from Jenny’s Restaurant on Red Arrow Highway! A crowd had gathered for the demonstration and tasting. Chef Sam said, “ It’s very important to start with the best ingredients possible, when making a recipe.” He prepared both Roasted Squash Soup with Whipped Mascarpone and Herbed Walnuts and Michigan Tomato Salad with Fresh Mozarella, Shaved Red Onion & Balsamic Mustard Viniagrette. The squash soup was delicious; a woman said about the salad, “These tomatoes are to die for!”
Behind the register: Dee Sawyer, owner of The Muse, & her assistant, Phillip Vanlear.
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Festival Continued from Page 35 In the front part of the building was The Climbing Monkey, owned by Lisa Miller of New Buffalo. Customers browsed (and bought), selecting from the very colorful items that were on sale here. Molly Kinsley, the store manager, said “ We’ve been up front about two years now; it’s nice to have the girls in the back.” She sold some things to the Grach family of Chicago, including a broom for their broom collection. Shelley, Mark, & Stephannie Grach were visiting the festival with friend, Masten Meisels. They said, “We went apple picking and did rock painting.”
Chef Javier Cardenas of Casey’s Bar & Grill with Patty Panozzo, owner of Panozzo’s Pantry.
Molly Kinsley of Climbing Monkey with customers: Stephannie, Shelley & Mark Grach & friend, Masten Meisels.
Shoppers look for something special amid the wares at The Climbing Monkey.
Time for the 2 p.m. food demonstration given by Chef Javier Cardenas of Casey’s Bar & Grill, New Buffalo! Owner Patty Panozzo of Panozzo’s Pantry was behind the counter with Chef Javier; then he set to work. His Margarita Marinated Snapper with black beans, chips and guacamole was super! Note: a woman from Illinois who had bought one loaf of Panozzo’s special herb bread, took a taste, and elected to buy FOUR MORE LOAVES to take home with her!
The Art Gomperz Band was taking a break, so I spoke briefly with them. Members of the band are: Willie T. Rose, piano & vocal; Bev Hahn, vocal & guitar, Dan Geib, guitar; Mark Albers (“Art”), upright bass; and Ricky Willey, fiddle & mandolin. The core group consisted of Rick, Dan & Art who have played together about 20 to 25 years. They are more like a group than a band; the present combination of people has been together for a few years now. They are from St. Joe, Benton Harbor, and Kalamazoo and play mostly in that area. Natalie Hellenga, who was visiting the festival partly because her daughters are jewelry artists at Gaia Gallery and were there for the afternoon, told me, “I love to watch the band because they really get into their music!” The Gaia Gallery director, JoAnne Carton, told me, “We have about twenty-five artists represented here, including dawning (art the gift) and the Blue Coast artists. The great thing is that today we’ve sold some artists that we don’t usually sell inside Gaia Gallery. Maybe being in the fresh air and outdoors have something to do with that. Being outside and having a bluegrass band makes it something special. It’s really been a live event, and it’s such a beautiful day!” I photographed visitors looking at the paintings hung on the plastic fence and browsing inside the tents. Also, I shot a close-up of some of the bright paintings of fish, and flowers for sale. Then, after a great, relaxing afternoon, I caught visitors Carolyn Saxton and Bill Gregory of Ogden Dunes who were adding condiments to their brats. Next event planned at Panozzo’s Pantry will be New Thoughts on Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 9th and Sunday, November 10th, at 2 p.m. (Michigan time), when new and traditional recipes will be explored. This will be a part of Purdue University North Central’s Odyssey Cultural Arts and Events Series. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, November 23rd and 24th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. will be a Christmas Open House at Panozzo’s for shopping in a relaxed, country setting.
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4th Annual Crane Cruise You can join hundreds of birdwatching bicyclists during the 4th Annual Crane Cruise in Medaryville, Indiana, on Sat., Oct. 26. Bike riders will cruise the paved roads of rural Jasper and Pulaski counties while viewing the spectacle of sandhill cranes feeding and dancing in nearby fields. Tens of thousands of cranes amass at DNR’s JasperPulaski Fish and Wildlife Area each fall. Ride lengths vary from a family ride of 10 miles to 25 or 50 mile routes for more experienced riders. Tractor-driven hayrides are also offered for those who do not want to bike. Registration is from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Lions Club in Medaryville. Lunch will be served at the club for all participants. Route maps are available and helmets are required. Crane expert and property manager Jim Bergens will answer questions about sandhill cranes at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA viewing tower at 5 p.m. Registration is $10 per rider or $25 per family through Oct. 15. After that date, registration is $12 per rider and $30 per family. Long-sleeved Crane Cruise T-shirts are available for $15 each. The Crane Cruise is sponsored by the Medaryville Community Lions Club. For more information, phone Mick Capouch at 219/843-4491 or [email protected]. Medaryville is located on Indiana 421. The Lions Club is east of 421 on Main Street. Visit the DNR web site at http://wildlife.IN.gov
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It was Definitly “For Women Only” by Mary Fox
Barbara Sherman, of Miller Beach, had just had a bone density test and soon would have her blood sugar and cholesterol checked. Later, she could have a massage and obtain nutritional advice. None of it would cost a dime. She was at the Women's Fest at the Blue Chip Conference Center. For five hours Oct. 3, at a conference co-sponsored by LaPorte Hospital and Health Services and WEFM, women learned more about caring for themselves and their health. Barbara was impressed with the services offered. "I think it's wonderful," she said. "I think it's time that women start taking care of themselves." Barbara had done well on the bone density test, attributing her good bone density to walking. Now she was curious about her blood sugar and cholesterol. She would not have long to wait. Within five minutes of the pricking of her finger, the results were ready. The nurse giving the results told whether the readings were in a good or a high range.
Laureen James came to Women's Fest out of curiosity. She left renewed after a Healing Touch session with J u d y Kroczek, R.N., of The Massage Therapy and We l l n e s s Center. "I loved it," she said of the event. "I thought it was very informative. I learned a lot." She was Judy Kroczek applies a Healing Touch to Laureen James. grateful that she had talked to the nurses about self-examination for breast cancer. "You learn the proper technique of how to take care of yourself," she said. Brenda David was completely relaxed while Roma reflexologist Tricia Bolton massaged her feet. "It's been wonderful," she said of Women's Fest. "I liked the booth about foster parenting. I liked talking to the ladies at Purdue University North Central about going back to school.
Barbara Sherman gets her finger pricked for a free cholesterol and blood sugar screening.
Throughout Women's Fest, women went from booth to booth, listening to speakers and picking up literature aimed at their health needs. They sat down for a massage or laid down for a reflexologist to massage their feet. They spoke to representatives from Indiana University Northwest and Purdue University North Central. They found out about services offered in the community at Stepping Stone Shelter for Women and the LaPorte County Council on Aging. Some went to a quieter area where nurses talked to women about self-examination to screen for breast cancer. After that talk, the women were examined privately by a doctor or nurse practitioner.
Reflexologist Tricia Bolton massages Brenda David's feet.
Penny Shoffner found the event was as informational as she had expected. She came away from the talk,
October 10, 2002 "Natural Treatments for Menopause," with an understanding of the phases of menopause and the varied treatments of symptoms. She learned there that healthy eating habits can make a difference in menopausal symptoms.
Page 39 She spoke of the power of one good habit, illustrating the concept with the story of a family with two small children. Before the mother begins preparing dinner each night, Zonya told her audience, a platter of celery, carrots and cucumbers is placed on the table for her children to munch. "They eat so many vegetables because of that habit," Zonya said. Not one person in that family has a weight problem, Zonya said. But obesity is not the only health hazard that fiber can deter, the dietitian told the group. Vegetables care for the body.
Juanita Miller, reflexologist in training, massages Char Prieto's hand.
At the Homemade Gourmet booth, samples of bean dip enticed passersby. Melissa Webb, an independent distributor, explained that the company aims to get families back around the dinner table. "We teach classes on how to do the pre-cooking, so you're not cooking at the last minute," Melissa said. She continued, "What we do is provide the service to teach you how to plan ahead, so you're not always going out to eat."
Zonya Foco talked up the power of a good habit to hundreds of women who attended her talk.
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Hundreds of women stayed until the end of the conference to hear Zonya Foco, R.D., speak on "From Atkins to the Zone...What's a Girl to Eat?" Zonya talked down fad diets and talked up fruits, vegetables and fiber in general. "My trick is, I eat a salad first. While the pizza's in the oven, I eat the salad, and then it's easy to eat just one or two pieces."
Zonya illustrated the importance of fiber.
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Workshop at Krasl Art Center Get ready for Halloween! The Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph, MI, will teach you how to create a special face to go with your costume using make-up, face paints and other theatrical tricks. Sun., Oct. 20, from 1:15-2:15 p.m. and again from 2:153:15 p.m., Marnie Heyn will help you learn how to look like an animal, alien, princess or whatever character you choose. This workshop is open for students 6 years to adult. The class fee is $18 for individuals, $25 for a family of two and $16 for each additional person. Krasl members receive a discount on all classes. This will be great for Halloween trick-or-treaters, people interested in the theatre or just for fun. Phone the Education Department at 269/983-0271 for information or to register or visit www.krasl.org
Happy Birthday MC Public Library! The Michigan City Public Library will celebrate its 105th birthday on Wed., Oct. 9. The library opened at the corner of 8th and Spring streets on Oct. 9, 1897. (The building that now houses the John G. Blank Center for the Arts.) The library is also celebrating 25 years in their current building. Cake and apple cider will be served in the front lobby Wednesday morning beginning at 10 a.m.
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7th Annual Sunflower Festival Oct. 12 & 13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Art Barn, 695 North 400 East, Valparaiso, is making plans for a great time of family fun. Kids will paint sunflower pictures and real pumpkins. On a hayride around the farm, adults will feed the cows and visit the twenty-two newborn calves. Folk musicians and the cloggers will entertain all day long. Of course, food and treats will be available, too. Other happenings will include the Chicken Hop Game and clowns will be painting faces. Portraits will be painted by Mary Minton and sunflowers will be painted by local artists. An exhibition inside the barn, “Celebration of the Sun,” will include 140 paintings. Admission is $5/adults, $2/children under 12. The Sunflower Festival is a benefit for art scholarships for gifted students. For more information, phone Jan Sullivan at 219/462-9009; fax 219/462-8520 or email [email protected]
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Financial Seminar at Library The Michigan City Public Library will host a financial seminar on planning to save for education on Wed., Oct. 16, from 6-8 p.m. Learn how you can save for your child’s educational future in this free informational program by Jim Miller of Waddell & Reed. Topics will include state-sponsored 529 plans, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (formerly Education IRA) and other funding alternatives. Preregistration is required by phoning 873-3049.
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Travels with Charley: Casing New Buffalo with Cousin-in-Law Pat Case by Charles McKelvy
You may recall my dispatch of August 22 in which I told of how my long-lost cousin, Lonny Smith, called from Hood River, Oregon to suggest a get-together in Michigan in July. No need to recapitulate all of that except to say that Lonny’s lovely wife Pat Case called us after Lonny returned to Oregon to say that she was adding a week to her work as a “change management” consultant to Whirlpool Corporation executives at and near their corporate headquarters in Benton Harbor, Michigan. When we toured the Douglas/Saugatuck/Holland area with Lonny and Pat in July, Pat had expressed interest in seeing New Buffalo up close and personal since so many top Whirlpool executives had expressed so many strong opinions about the place.
A pair of villagers in the village.
Pat Case (l) gets the low-down from Natalie McKelvy on the beach in Harbert.
Pat just had to see the harbor town for herself, and so Natalie and I naturally volunteered to be her guides on a recent Saturday that began with rain and clouds and ended up in brilliant sunshine. In fact, the sun started shining just about the time we were hitting New Buffalo’s main drag of Whittaker Street for some serious window shopping. So that pretty much says all that can be said for our delightful late morning and early afternoon in New Buffalo.
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Page 45 However, when we reached Amtrak’s high-speed rail line that intersects Whittaker Street near the harbor, Pat wondered why there was no station. We did too, but then we assured her that there was a station of sorts farther south on Whittaker Street on the other rail line that passes through New Buffalo. However, we had to add that the Amtrak service on that line was somewhat slower and only involved one train in each direction per day. Go figure.
A pair of grand dames at the Harbor Grand Hotel.
Amtrak’s high-speed line through New Buffalo. The “Travels With Charley” news team at the New Buffalo harbor
Except to add that we began the day on our own beach in Harbert and ended it back at our house where cousin Pat made a most favorable impression on our rather reserved cat, Mikita. As for Pat’s impressions of New Buffalo: She was most impressed, particularly by our leisurely luncheon at one of the town’s top restaurants and then by the assortment of items for sale at the shops along Whittaker Street.
Mikita extends a friendly paw to Pat.
Natalie and Pat solve the world’s problems over a leisurely lunch at Brewster’s Restaurant.
We did, and we did figure that New Buffalo is a pedestrian’s paradise, particularly now that the weather is getting cooler and drier. We found sidewalks everywhere we wanted to go, particularly around the harbor and harbor mouth. Pat was pleased with her day in New Buffalo and promised to give a favorable review to her hubby back in Hood River, Oregon. And, as I reported in my previous report about my long-lost cousin, the next time you read about him in these pages, he will be shown to full advantage in his native Hood River, Oregon habitat in the (hopefully) not-so-distant future.
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October 10, 2002 Bartman and Tom Jackson. At Wood’s Historic Grist Mill, Deep River County Park, off US 30, btw. Valparaiso & Merrillville. Meet the artists 11 am-4:45 pm. Info 219/947-1958. See story this issue. October 13 — LaPorte County Antique Show’s final show of the season. 7 am-4 pm at the LaPorte Co. fairgrounds. Indoor & ourdoor displays as well as food concessions. Adm. $4/adults, kids under 12 free. October 13 — Fall Film Series at the MC Public Library. “Amelie” will be shown at 2 pm. Commentary and discussion will follow. French with Eng. subtitles. Rated R. Free & open to the public. Light refreshments. October 15 — Amateur Computer Society meeting. 7 pm in Room 142 of the Michigan City High School. Info Paul Niethammer, 879-4273 or [email protected] October 16 — Blood Pressure Screening at the MC Public Library. 2 pm. Bring list of meds and blood pressure card. Free. October 16 — Financial seminar on saving for your children’s education at the MC Public Library. 6-8 pm. Speaker is Jim Miller of Waddell & Reed. Preregister at 873-3049. October 16 — LaPorte County Public Library Film Series at LaPorte High School’s Schulze Hall. Featuring “Amelie” at 7 pm. French with Eng. subtitles. rated R. Free & open to the public. Light refreshments. Places to Visit: 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 Passenger Depot Museum and Art Gallery. 525 Broadway, Beverly Shores. Sat-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. free. 219/8710832. Door Prairie Auto Museum, 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte (one mi. south of LaPorte on US 35). Open Tues-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm; Sun, noon-4:30 pm; closed Mon & holidays. Adm. chg.; phone 219/326-1337 for more info. or visit www.dpautomuseum.com Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360 Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on the web at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org LaPorte County Historical Museum, county complex in downtown LaPorte, Indiana. Hours 10 am-4:30 pm, Tues-Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/3266808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org. New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker St., 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. New exhibits: Victorian stained glass and “Contemporary Jewels: Recent Works by Area Artists”. Old Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park, Michigan City. Open Tues-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. $2/adults, $1/kids grades 9-12, 50 cents/kids grades 1-8, free to preschoolers. Group tours available, phone 872-6133. Closed January and February.
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ROBERT ALLEN PAINTING & DECORATING Interior & exterior painting & staining. Aluminum & vinyl re-coating. Deck refinishing. Wallpaper removal & installation. Texturing & drywall repair. 15Years experience. Competitive pricing. Unsurpassed quality. Call 219/840-1581 for free quote. PROFESSIONAL FINISHES PAINTING Interior/exterior, drywall repair, pressure washing, deck finishing. 20 Years experience. Insured. References avail. Free estimates. Customer satisfaction our #1 priority. BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS Call Steve at 219/326-6175, or 219/363-1812. HARVEY’S DECORATING - Interior & exterior painting. Drywall finishing & hanging - Wallpaper. - Fully insured.. 15 Years experience. - Call 219/879-0899.
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• • • • • • • DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB • • • • • • • LAKEFRONT CONDOS — 2 and 3 Bedroom Avail June-Sept. $1,250 to $2,000/wk. 1 Month minimum. DUNESCAPE REALTY — 219/872-0588 • • 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 & Summer 2002. Charming 1/BR Home in Michiana Shores for responsible, nonsmoking, person to rent/maintain. Close to park & beach. Has D/W, M/W,, great room, F/P, deck, cable, W/DR, A/C, phone. Avail now to June. No pets. $565/mo. Call 773/784-0721, or 219/872-0288. Email - [email protected]. Beautiful 2/BR Home in Michiana Shores for responsible, non-smoking, person to rent/maintain. Has D/W, M/W, F/P, deck, cable, W/DR, A/C, & phone. . Avail now to June. No pets. $660/mo. Call 773/7840721, or 219/872-0288. Email - [email protected]. DUNELAND BEACH - 4/BR Beach Home. Lake views, sunsets. Best beach. Annual lease- Call Tim at 219/872-7690 COTTAGE FOR RENT IN MICHIANA SHORES Fireplace. Loft. Deck. Big Yard. — Call 219/879-1299 LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE 3/BR. AC. FP. Furn. Avail Sept thru May. $750/mo + util. Call 708/424-8756, or 219/874-8428. ON THE BEACH - 3/BR, 2 1/2 Bath. Family room. Completely furnished. A/C. Heat. Hew appliances. Decorator’s own home. Avail Now - May. No pets — Call 773/405-9879 DUNELAND WINTER RENTAL - STOP 33 - 2 Short blocks to beach. Charming/furnished 3/BR 2/Bath. Family room. Sun room. Deck. 2Car garage. AC. Laundry. Avail Sept/Oct to May 31st. No pets. $775/mo. Call Nancy at 708/442-2333. LONG BEACHLAKE VIEW AT STOP 29 — 3/BR, 2/Bath. Avail Sept 15 thru May 15. - $1,000/mo. Call 219/873-1811. WINTER RENTAL ON LAKE - Spectacular view. 4/BR, 3/Baths. 2 Fireplaces. Laundry facilities. For more information, call 708/389-7512. FOR RENT - 615 WESTWOOD WAY - 2/BR. Furnished. W/D. $650/mo. - Possession immediately through June 15th. MICKY GALLAS PROPERTIES - Call 219/874-7070 DUNELAND WINTER RENTAL - STOP 33 - 2 Short blocks to beach. Charming/furnished 3/BR 2/Bath. Family room. Sun room. Deck. 2-Car garage. AC. Laundry. Avail Sept/Oct to May 31st. No pets. $775/mo. Call Nancy 708/442-2333. DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB LAKEFRONT CONDOS — 2 and 3 bedrooms. Available October to June — $1,250. to $1,600. per month DUNESCAPE REALTY - 219/872-0588. GRAND BEACH RENTAL - 3/BR, 2/Bath. Fully furnished. Washer/dryer. 2-Car garage. Across from Lake. AC, VCR, Cable. Includes utilities. Avail October thru May. - Call 815/436-7104. • • SHERIDAN BEACH WINTER RENTAL - ON THE BEACH• • •Studio Apt. - $500/mo. •3/BR, 2/Bath, Fireplace,$1,000/mo •6/BR, 2/Bath, Fireplace, $1,000/mo. - All fully furnished. Avail Oct thru May- 312/560-5122
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE NEWER 3/BR HOME IN MICHIANA SHORES For sale, or rent with option to buy. Asking $169,500, or rent for $900/mo. — Call 219/324-7798. HOUSE ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE AT STOP 13 — 3,600 SQ/FT. Call 219/874-7290 weekdays, or 219/879-8965 weekends. MICHIANA SHORES - Versatile, mixed-use, three unit income property in wooded setting. Within walking distance to beaches. Occupy luxury apartment while tenants help pay your mortgage, or launch your business up front while enjoying rental income year round or seasonally from apartment. Important renovation features include gable roof, complete replumbing,including water line to main, connection to city sewer, separate utilities, central air, tasteful redecoration of offices/store/fronts. The apartment features custom designed kitchen and storage, deluxe appliances, new windows w/custom treatments, two beautifully tiled baths, ceramic flooring throughout, in-unit laundryfacilities, charming dining room/sunporch leading to paver patio garden area, spacious bedroom with custom fitted closet plus private access to one of two lower levels garage spaces. Clean, heated basement with ample storage, including 28x 9 walk-in closet. Easy care professional perennial landscaping, low taxes and utilities. A complete furnishing package will be offered separately. Great for business or professional, retail, café, antique shop, book store, real estate. Call for allowed uses. A wonderful building in turnkey condition. $229,000. Offered by Broker-Owner, Cheryl Culbertson; for appointment call 219/879-0811. MICHIANA, IN AREA - 88x120 Wooded bldg. site on quiet lane. City sewer connection has been brought to site. Walking distance to beaches tennis. Perfect for log cabin. Broker-Owner. 219/879-0811. $42,000 HOME FOR SALE New Buffalo, MI - Michiana 5/BR, 3/Baths. Magnificent lake views. Built in 1982. - Mid $700’s - Call 269/469-0279. NEED INVESTOR WITH LAND 4/BR, 1 1/2 Bath House, in Porter - Move and renovation project. Big profit potential - Perfect 2nd house - Call 219/926-2383.
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Off the Book Shelf by Sally Carpenter
The Coastliners by Joanne Harris. Did you read the book, or see the movie, “Chocolat”? If you did, you will probably enjoy this latest offering from the same author. Instead of mainland France, this story takes us to an island off the western coast of that country. “I returned after ten years’ absence, on a hot day in late August, on the eve of summer’s first bad tides........it was almost as though I had never left.” The narrator of our story is Madeleine (“Mado”) Prasteur who has returned to her island home of Le Devin. She describes the island as “a cluster of sandbanks with pretensions, a rocky spine to lift it out of the Atlantic, a couple of villages, a small fish-packing factory, a single beach.” Le Devin looks like a sleeping woman, she says, with her home village of Les Salants as the head, La Goulue as her belly, and La Houssiniére as “the sheltered crook of her knees.” While La Houssiniére has flurished with tourist trade and a fine beach to show for it, Les Salants has only a rocky coastline and a small village whose inhabitants eck out a living as best as they can. “Everything returns.” That’s the recurring theme in this book. But can you really go home again? Madeleine thinks that islands have a special draw to the people who were born there, and that, no matter where you go, the pull to go back is stronger. Madeleine was a teenager when she left the island with her mother, and grew up in Paris, moving around, getting odd jobs while pursuing her art education. Her mother is now dead, and Madeleine has the urge to see her home again and the silent father left behind. The villagers of Les Salants are somewhat suspicious of her at first, but Madeleine digs in and begins to reacquaint herself with life on the island and soon the villagers accept that GrosJean’s daughter is once again a part of their lives.
There are so many characters in this book! Like Capucine, living in a pink trailer with a brood of children, privy to all the island gossip, and even a Hatfield-McCoy type feud between two major families. I must admit I had a hard time at first keep names and relations straight; perhaps it was all those French names! (I took German, you see). Then in La Houssiniére there is Claude Brismand, owner of the hotel and richest man on the island. “..a thickset Houssin with a bombastic mustache, who smelled of cologne, who wore espadrilles like a peasant, whose voice was rich and expensive as good wine.” Madeleine’s father hated him, but she really didn’t know why. “As if in defiance, my sister, Adrienne, had married his nephew.” Adrienne, four years older than Madeleine, now lived in Africa with her husband and two sons. Enter Flynn, mysterious stranger from Great Britian who seems to have become somewhat of a friend to Madeleine’s father, and whose past is as unknown as the depths of the ocean. What’s his real story? Although she tries not to, Madeleine finds herself drawn to this handsome man and soon becomes romantically involved with him. I loved this book! The smell of the ocean, the crying of the gulls, wind in your hair.....you can imagine it all with Joanne Harris’ great storytelling skills. There is much more to Le Devin than meets the eye, and when Madeleine and Flynn stir the pot, don’t be surprised what they cook up! How about an artificial reef to bring in the sand to make a beach again for Les Salants and give La Houssiniére some competition in the tourist trade? But what about the superstitions of the islanders and the many secrets hidden behind their doors? Will greed and jealousy ruin it all? This story is about coming home and finding out that what you remember may be only what your parents wanted you to know, and that nothing is ever what it looks like on the surface. Bonjour, mon ami! Till next time, happy reading!
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to find out if your favorite company will be exhibiting, call Penny Wuthrich at 219-324-3595
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872-4000 MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS, INC.
FAX (219) 872-4182 Specializing in Distinctive Properties Indiana and Michigan
707 Washington St. • Michigan City, IN 46360
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2401 MAPLE ONE OF A KIND!!! Classic Edgewood contemporary will capture your imagination! Centered on an open glass atrium with beautiful flowering plants, the entire home is built of redwood & tempered glass. Formal living & dining rooms have original redwood paneling; bright family room boasts a cork floor! Updated windows, doors, membrane roof, security & sprinkler systems. $ 179,900
435 BOYD CIRCLE NEED ROOM TO GROW? This sprawling home offers all the charm of yesteryear with the conveniences of today! Set on a half acre lot in Edgewood, 3500 sq ft of living space includes 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, formal living & dining rooms, modern family room & old-fashioned eat-in kitchen. 2400 sq ft basement for work$ shop & storage. New roof, furnace & AC. 224,500 DIRECTIONS: Franklin Street to Coolspring; east to Boyd Circle; south to home.
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1014 N. ROESKE POTTAWATTOMIE PARK This beautifully decorated & exquisitely maintained 2-story could be your ticket to settling down. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath traditional floor plan offers 3 levels of living plus an extra half lot! One-owner home features 2 fireplaces, a finished base$ ment and an underground sprinkler system for easy lawn care. 179,900 DIRECTIONS: Karwick Road south to Springland; west to Roeske (just past entrance to Pottawattmie Country Club); north to home.
352 MENKE ROAD TRAIL CREEK’S BEST KEPT SECRET! This beautiful 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath home is nestled in a lovely wooded setting overlooking two lakes. Over 2500 sq ft on the main level is supplemented by a full, finished, walk-out basement which opens onto a patio from which you can walk down for a little blue gill fishing. Deer, peace & privacy abound! $ 269,000 DIRECTIONS: Michigan Blvd east to Woodruff’s Garden Center. Go south on Menke to signs to home. LOOK FOR US ON THE INTERNET! • www.merrionandassoc.com Ed Merrion, CRS, GRI
Liv Markle, CRS, GRI Jim McGah, Broker Associate Debbie Mengel Fran Merrion, GRI
John Hayes, GRI Debbie Burke, GRI Julie Gring Bill Moldenhauer
Michele Meden Dave Walsh Jim Christensen Pat Elliott
Jim Lauglin Jerry Lambert Sharon Kienitz
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7 LONG BEACH REALTY ON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE 1920 T 1401 Lake Shore Drive 3100 Lake Shore Drive
AT THE SIGN OF THE SAILBOAT
Phyllis T. Waters
(219) 874-5209
CRB, CRS, GRI Broker/Owner
ALL OFFICES OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
(219) 872-1432
Douglas Waters GRI Managing Broker
www.longbeachrealty.net
THOSE YOU LOVE will appreciate this spacious Contemporary so near Lake Michigan the breaking waves will lull you. Recent upgrades are new windows, including lovely bay window, and central air now being installed. Vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, copper water line. 3 bedrooms, 21⁄2 baths. Huge family room. Patios, decks, screened porch. Oversized double garage. $ 409,000
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS, quiet streets, good schools, and surrounding homes that reflect pride of ownership are all positives for this lovely Old Edgewood home. Large rooms, many windows, built-ins for collections, books, etc. 4 bedrooms, 21⁄2 baths, $ fireplace. 40 foot in-ground pool. 219,000
LOCK IN YOUR RETIREMENT PLANS today with this Long Beach home on the golf course with beach privileges. Boat, golf, swim and never leave home. 3 bedrooms plus sleeping balcony, 21⁄2 baths, great room with fireplace, patios, screened $ porch, hot tub. 334,500
FIXER-UPPER Sound, well-built ranch in an area of well-kept homes near schools, drug store, shops, bus line. Two bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, large living room, wood floors, basement. Enclosed porch adds to living space. Access at rear. Motivated seller. $ 64,900
UNITED Beverly Bullis, CRS, GRI* 800-518-6149 Pam Navarro, Broker Associate 888-565-1981 WE STAND Bobbie Cavic, Broker Associate 888-565-1822
Christine Facciponti
888-354-1088
www.longbeachrealty.net
800-518-5778 Sylvia Hook, Broker Associate, CRS, GRI* June Livinghouse, Broker Associate, ABR, GRI* 800-957-1248 David Helferich 1-888-354-1184 Rob Robertson
[email protected]
Frances Lysaught Bill McNew Rosemary Braun
*Licensed in Indiana and Michigan