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Volume 17, Number 16 Thursday, May 3, 2001 Devon Rose’s Bird’s Eye View Museum Mastering a Mini-Universe by Paula McHugh Bird’s Eye Continued on Page 2 After you’ve visited the Bird’s Eye View Museum in Wakarusa, you’ll never look at a Popsicle stick the same way again. Museum founder Devon Rose, a former drafts- man, has transformed the basement of his home into a showcase of his hand-built miniatures. Visiting Devon’s little-known museum guarantees you at least two hours’ worth of delight and wonder. You can feel like a hawk, an eagle, or the Jolly Green Giant as you examine the extraordinarily-detailed buildings, barns, factories, bridges, churches and so much more built to a scale of one inch to five feet. Each of Devon’s works of art is made of cast-offs. “I don’t throw anything away,” Devon said. The sharply observant artisan finds a use for everything you and I would normally overlook so that he can cre- ate a scale replica of a structure. Take, for instance, the underside of the plastic wrapping for a Pepsi 6-pack. Devon found use for the crosshatch patterns found on the wrapping by turn- ing them into lattice or decorated glass panels. Toothpicks, both round and flat, and Popsicle sticks become construction materials for windows, panes, “iron” bridges, and so much more. Sandpaper is Devon’s for- mula for creating Indiana limestone; sawdust glued to cardboard backing works wonders to create a stuc- co effect. A visitor to Devon’s museum might feel like he is sitting on a puffy cloud, staring down at a miniature model of the little town of Wakarusa, or the Bag Factory in Goshen, or, more familiar to Beacher readers, the Michigan City Lighthouse Museum. But more on that, later. First, an explana- tion of how he got started is necessary. Forty years ago, when Devon’s sons were ele- mentary school age and typical model-rail- road enthusiasts, the artisan set out to build some “toys’ for their electric train. The first pro- ject turned out to be a replica of the local feed mill. No ordinary project, this. Seven different roof lines, silos, outbuildings, electricity poles and wires make up the extraordinary model, painted silver and rusted in the right places, to match the corrugated steel real thing. Lead pencil box linings, something you just don’t find any longer, constituted Devon’s raw materials If “art is in the details,” Devon Rose has achieved perfection.
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Volume 17, Number 16 Thursday, May 3, 2001
Devon Rose’s Bird’s Eye View Museum Mastering a Mini-Universeby Paula McHugh
Bird’s Eye Continued on Page 2
After you’ve visited the Bird’s Eye View Museumin Wakarusa, you’ll never look at a Popsicle stickthe same way again.
Museum founder Devon Rose, a former drafts-man, has transformed the basement of his home intoa showcase of his hand-built miniatures. VisitingDevon’s little-known museum guarantees you atleast two hours’ worth of delight and wonder. You canfeel like a hawk, an eagle, or the Jolly Green Giantas you examine the extraordinarily-detailed buildings,barns, factories, bridges, churches and so much morebuilt to a scale of one inch to five feet. Each of Devon’sworks of art is made of cast-offs.
“I don’t throw anything away,” Devon said. Thesharply observant artisan finds a use for everythingyou and I would normally overlook so that he can cre-ate a scale replica of a structure.
Take, for instance, the underside of the plasticwrapping for a Pepsi 6-pack. Devon found use for thecrosshatch patterns found on the wrapping by turn-ing them into lattice or decorated glass panels.Toothpicks, both round and flat, and Popsicle sticksbecome construction materials for windows, panes, “iron”bridges, and so much more. Sandpaper is Devon’s for-
mula for creating Indiana limestone; sawdust gluedto cardboard backing works wonders to create a stuc-co effect.
A visitor to Devon’s museum might feel like he issitting on a puffy cloud, staring down at a miniature
model of the little town of Wakarusa, or the BagFactory in Goshen, or, more familiar to Beacherreaders, the Michigan City Lighthouse Museum.But more on that, later. First, an explana-tion of how he got started is necessary.
Forty years ago, when Devon’s sons were ele-mentary school age and typical model-rail-road enthusiasts, the artisan set out to buildsome “toys’ for their electric train. The first pro-ject turned out to be a replica of the local feedmill. No ordinary project, this. Seven differentroof lines, silos, outbuildings, electricity polesand wires make up the extraordinary model,painted silver and rusted in the right places,to match the corrugated steel real thing. Leadpencil box linings, something you just don’t findany longer, constituted Devon’s raw materials
If “art is in the details,” Devon Rose has achieved perfection.
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for the corrugated siding. The feed mill model,the humble artisan tells me later, won theMechanics Illustrated Golden Hammer Awardfor a model project. A cabinet full of awardssits way out of view of the museum’s mainroom, near Devon’s workshop area. Humble,this extraordinary artisan is.
Visitors to the museum receive a person-alized account of how each of Devon’s build-ings came to be. Starting with a mock-up model,the craftsman will show you how he usesdiscarded fruit crates for his foundationstructure, how he crafts his cardboard “bricks”with a woodburning tool and paint, and howhe matches the bricks’ colors to historicalaccuracy. Devon is not only a measuring wiz-ard; his observations for the tiniest details arekeen, indeed. For example, he has figured outthe exact paint formula to create the 1860’sera orange brick. Roof styles? Devon hasperfected his use of recycled materials to create tileroofs, roll roofing, fish scales, asbestos shingles, tileroofs, cedar shingles—you name it. His constructionmaterials include old cereal box cardboard, con-struction paper, and, for cedar shingles, a specialthin cigar wrapper with cardboard laid on for strength.
Bird’ s Eye Continued from Page 1
Devon’s first project, the feed mill miniature that won him a Mechanics Illustrated Golden Hammer Award.
“I have spent forty to fifty hours on one roof,” he admit-ted. No visitor to his display would be surprised bythat statement. Sharp eyes and a steady hand, cre-ative use of discards, and an inventive mind arebehind the genius of this outstanding artisan.
Devon said that he used to burn up discardedautomobile tires to extract the wire in order to fash-ion his miniature tree trunks and branches. He canno longer do that since tire burning is outlawed, buthe still uses steel wool, which he stretches and formsand paints a deep green, for his tree foliage. Coloredcellophane fruit wrappers work well for his stainedglass, found in the many model churches, one of eachlocal denomination.
Two local churches with their “stained glass” windows fashioned from bits of colored cellophane wrappers.
A closer view of the detail of Devon’s work. The tree is fine steel wool, painted green.
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Devon said that after he created his first project,the feed mill, he just kept going. Now his collectionincludes major architectural structures scatteredthroughout Elkhart County. His Bonneville Mill inBristol includes a pond with live fish—White Cloudsfrom China, he said
Devon pulled out an old sketchbook and ledgerand rattled off the type and amount of constructionmaterials he used to create the Bonneville Mill:
“On the south side, 97 pieces of toothpicks; theEast Side, 66 pieces; on the north, 84 pieces, and onthe west side, 36 pieces. Also, 372 pieces of card-board; 16 pieces of lead boxes, 43 pieces of crateboxes, and 380 Popsicle sticks. That doesn’t includethe materials used on his iron bridge near the fish-pond. Whew!
By the way, Devon said that he prefers regular usedPopsicle sticks to the store-bought craft sticks. He hasmany friends around town who give him items, know-ing that he will recycle the materials creatively.
The Bonneville Mill (Bristol) and fishpond.
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Bird’ s Eye Continued from Page 3
Preservationists should treasure the works that Devonhas crafted, and small towns everywhere would be lucky,indeed, to have a Devon Rose as a resident. That’sbecause the now 70-year old former draftsman andhobbyist has, through his miniature models, frozena town’s architectural history for posterity. Wakarusais the lucky recipient of Devon’s peek back in time.Some of the buildings in his collection are in realitylong gone, destroyed by bulldozers to make way forthe modern. And as the longtime town resident giveshis tour of his miniature town, he includes snippetsof humor-laced information about the owners of eachbuilding.
When Devon first embarked on his mission to con-struct his community, building by building, he tooka sketchbook and wrote in the details of each struc-tural element. Later, he found that a camera and pho-tographs were an easier way to accomplish his goal.Having completed the many structures targeted formodels from Elkhart County, this extraordinaryarchitect of miniatures has begun a new goal: todepict at least one outstanding architectural build-ing in each county within Indiana. And he already hascompleted at least a dozen.
Two views of the old Michigan City Lighthouse. In color, you would find that Devon’s paint job matches exactly.
Imagine yourself an eagle, or sitting on a soft, puffy cloud, viewing downtown Wakarusa as it looked in the late ‘60’s.
Valparaiso’s Old Jail Museum.
Imagine the hours of work Devon put in to create each brick, and all the other details in this downtown Wakarusa building.
The stoplight is fashioned from colored sequins.
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“I made two models of (former Vice-President) DanQuayle’s Library in Huntington, and presented oneto him,” Devon said, showing a letter and photo-graph of himself and Quayle in a framed display.“He was very appreciative, complimentary, and down-to-earth.” Besides a beautiful model of MichiganCity’s Lighthouse Museum (complete with working light),Devon has finished models of a Parke County CoveredBridge, a round barn, the first state capitol at Corydon,Ernie Pyle’s birth home in Dana, Decatur’s CountyCourthouse (with the tree growing out of its roof), theValparaiso Old Jail Museum, and many more.
Wakarusa is just a little over an hour’s drive fromMichigan City. Follow U.S. 20/2 to South Bend andtake the bypass (20/31) around the city until youreach the State Road 19 exit (South toward Nappanee).When you get to the stoplight at Wakarusa, turnright and go to the next stoplight, downtown. Turn leftonto South Elkhart Street. Keep driving south beyonda 4-way stop and look for the Bird’s Eye Museum signon your left (325 S. Elkhart St.) The museum is openfrom 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m.-noonon Saturday. We advise you call ahead to let Devonknow that you want to visit (219) 862-2367.
Admission to the museum is $4/adults, $2/ children.
Plastic wrapping from Pepsi 6-packs serves nicely for crosshatched windows. Devon uses Plexiglas scraps for window material.
Below the “do not touch” sign, a sprawling model ofGoshen’s Bag Factory building.
A sampling of the materials used by Devon’s creative mind to insure realistic effects in siding, roofing, etc.
Beacher readers may remember reading about Ruthmere in Elkhart.Devon has created his own beautiful model of the mansion.
Retired draftsman Devon Rose in his workshop.
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Acting Theatre of Michigan City’s Theatre-in-a-Suitcase tours to area elementary schools duringMay with “Cinderumbrella”....a play designed to letkids be instant actors with the help of the adult cast.
The ATMC ensemble {Jeanoma Babcock, KenBrelsfoard, Kevin Firme, Diana Hirsch and JudithJoseph) have been touring interactive theatre forchildren for the past five years with the assistance ofThe Unity Foundation of LaPorte County.
Each season’s play retells a familiar fairy tale witha twist; “Cinderumbrella” lives in the city of Umbrewhere everyone carries an umbrella in case of rain.Roles are given children in grades 1 through 5 on thespot, plus cameos for audience members; the stage isdefined in the school’s gymnasium with ladders,props and the ever-present suitcases.
“We arrive in a van and a car just before showtime,unload and set up while the kids are coming into thegym—just like the old medicine shows or a gypsy car-avan,” explains Brelsfoard who creates the shows. “Wehave to stay loose even with scripts because the castand environment changes with each performance.Rehearsals back in The Acting Theatre are a real testof concentration for the ATMC cast because half thecast—the kids—aren’t there until showtime.”
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Those and other questions will receive answersduring a series of talks by shipwreck experts and his-torians, all to be given at different venues in the St.Joseph-Benton Harbor area this year and sponsoredby the Berrien County Historical Association.
The “Lost in the Lakes” series will begin at 2 p.m.,Sun., May 27, with “Michigan’s Underwater Preserves”by John Halsey, Michigan state archeologist. Thelecture will be given at in the Cook Nuclear Plant VisitorCenter, Bridgman, Michigan.
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Board announces prize-winning entries in their 8thBiennial Juried Fine Arts Competition. For the 2001show, 64 artists from 18 cities in northern Indiana andsouthern Michigan submitted art works, with 79pieces selected for display by the show juror, GreggHertzlieb, Director and Curator of The Brauer Museumof Art at Valparaiso University.
The $350 Best of Show award went to Jan Sullivanof Valparaiso for her oil, “Sunflower Explosion.” FirstPrize of $200 was awarded to Ruth Sinclair ofMishawaka for her “Celtic Cross Book II” of handmadepapers, acrylic and leather. David Harmon of Osceolareceived the $175 Second Prize for his pastel onpaper, “The Door.” The $150 Third Prize went toVirginia Phillips of Valparaiso for her oil, “Out OurFront Door.” The Fine Arts Board $750 PurchaseAward was made for “Light of the World SpiritualChurch,” a Polaroid transfer/pastel by JacquelineDickey of South Bend. This work will be added to thechurch’s art collection.
An opening reception was held last Sunday forthe award recipients and all works will be on displaydaily 1-4 p.m. (including weekends) through May11.
The Fine Arts Board’s upcoming 2001-2002 seasonwill include the following:
The Royal Renaissance Recorders on Sept. 9, 2001;Artistic Whistler Martin Werner on November 11, 2001;Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir on Feb. 17,2001; The Winners’Art Show, April 28-May 10, 2002.
New Display at Military MuseumThe Great Lakes Museum of Military History will
open a new atomic warfare display in the lobby on Sat.,May 5, at 10 a.m. Presiding at the opening will be Col.Tom Sherman USAF Ret. Sherman has extensiveexperience with atomic weapons both as a StrategicAir Command bomber pilot and as Deputy Directorof the Defense Nuclear Agency. He will give a pre-sentation about the display at 11 a.m.
The display will cover atomic warfare from itsbeginning in WWII to the present. Illustrative of thepresent is a training version of a modern atomicbomb, the B61, which is a centerpiece of the museum’sdisplay. Also included will be a simple explanation ofhow these weapons work (the physics), pictures of var-ious weapons, their delivery systems (bombers, mis-siles, guns) and their effects. A large-scale map ofMichigan City will show the destructive radius of var-ious weapons.
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The selections for the month of May are: fiction, Wordof Honor by Nelson DeMille, and non-fiction, TheDiving Bell & the Butterfly by Jean-Dominque Bauby.
Other selections for the coming months include:June: fiction, Plainsong by Kent HarufJuly: fiction, Gone Fishin by Walter MosleyAugust: fiction, A Mind to Murder by P. D. James
Art Exhibit at V ickers Theatre
The Vickers Theatre in Three Oaks, Michigan,announces their May exhibit featuring watercolors byartist David Knoebber. A special artist’s receptionwill be held at the theatre on Sat., May 12, from 2-5p.m. (Chicago time).
David has received numerous awards for his workand his teachings. He is an advisor to ElmhurstCollege and the Museum Education Department ofthe Art Institute of Chicago.
He serves as judge and coordinator for the ChicagoInternational Film Festival and recently co-produceda live action film, “Crossing Jordon.” This film will beshown during Mr. Knoebber’s reception on May 12.
He teaches Cartoon Drawing and is ExecutiveDirector of Animation at Columbia College, Chicago.
Watercolor by David Knoebber.
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A New Face at Hesston
There were wide grins on the faces of all the vol-unteers at the Hesston Steam Museum with the suc-cessful arrival this past Saturday (April 21) of a“brand new” steam engine to be added to the muse-um collection.
The locomotive was built in 1923 at the H.K. PorterLocomotive Company in Pittsburgh, PA for the UnitedFruit Company. It was shipped to Tiquisate, Guatemalawhere it faithfully hauled carloads of bananas for manyyears before being removed from service.
In late 1965, the Gilmore Classic Car Museumpurchased the engine, and spent many times thepurchase price to have it shipped from Guatemala toMichigan. Once there, it was completely restored.The staff had thoughts of building a three gaugerailroad on their 99 acre site, but the plans never mate-rialized and the “Porter” stood on static display for thenext thirty-five years.
Reasoning that a steam locomotive should be at asteam museum, rather than a car museum, a groupof Hesston “steam buffs” made a trip last fall toHickory Corners, Michigan, and made an offer topurchase “Old Number 17.” After a short time, theGilmore Museum Board of Directors agreed with theHesston group....the steam engine should be on an activerailroad to be better enjoyed by the public.
The next problem was moving the locomotive andtender from Hickory Corners to Hesston. A contractwas struck with Days Heavy Machinery Movers ofElkhart, Indiana. In the meantime, crews of volun-teers from the Hesston Steam Museum workedthrough the winter freeing up bearings, levers, valves,pistons and other parts which had not moved in overthirty-five years.
The locomotive and tender were removed from theGilmore Museum building late last Friday afternoon(April 20) to begin their slow journey to Hesston.With spring thunderstorms threatening to delay theproceedings, the sky finally cleared Saturday to a sunny
and very windy day. Backing the flatbed truck con-taining the engine and tender toward the track anda waiting crane, a crew of able-bodied museum vol-unteers made the proper connections of guy wires tothe crane and the engine and tender were removedfrom the truck and placed on the tracks. That soundsvery simple, but, believe me, it was quite an amaz-ing operation to see such large equipment beingpicked up and moved using what seemed, from adistance, to be very thin ropes and wires.The enginewill now be placed in the engine shed for more workbefore being “fired” for the first time on the Hesstongrounds. Museum officials hope to have the engine inrunning condition and hauling its first group of happypassengers by mid-to-late summer.
If you haven’t been there, the Hesston SteamMuseum can be reached from the beach area by tak-ing U.S. 12 up to County Road 1000 North to the muse-um grounds. (You will cross U.S. 39—the museum isapproximately four miles from that point). The muse-um will open for the season on Memorial Day week-end and steam train rides are offered from noon-5 p.m.
Getting ready to attach the guy wires for lift off.
Arrival at the steam grounds.
Backed into place and ready to be lifted onto the tracks.
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Overhaul For an Old FavoriteAfter a winter overhaul, the 1939 Czechoslovakian
built 0-4-0 tank engine will make its way back to thetwo foot gauge rails next to the Hesston Depot.
A popular favorite with the children, the 1939 Czechoslovakian tankengine closely resembles the famous “Thomas” tank engine featured on
public television.
Up and away!
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At the Michigan City Public LibraryThe Michigan City Public Library Youth Services
Department will celebrate Mom with a special Mother’sDay Craft Program on Tues., May 8th, 3:45 p.m.Children in kindergarten through 5th grade are invit-ed to share in activities to show Mom how special shereally is! For more information, or to register, phone873-3045, or visit the web site www.mclib.org
May Exhibits at 18 ArtistsJack HagmanThe most recent works of artist Jack Hagman will
be exhibited through the month of May with an open-ing reception on Sat., May 5, 1-4 p.m.
Hagman’s forty plus years experience in art start-ed with attending The Institute of Design in Chicago,followed by work in graphics designing and joining Studio22 Printmaker’s Workshop. He opened the ChicagoPrintmaker’s Workshop and later joined the facultyat Columbia College of Chicago. He is a master of lith-ography, etching, relief printing, drawing and paint-ing. Recently he has done theatre set design for theCommunity Theatre Guild in Valparaiso.
Dawn Fetty The paintings of Valparaiso artist Dawn Fetty will
be exhibited at 18 Artists Studio and Gallery throughthe month of May. An opening reception for the artistwill be held on Sat., May 19, from 1-4 p.m.
As the daughter of an artistic expressionist and anAir Force test pilot, Dawn was exposed to many dif-ferent environments and a love for the arts at an earlyage. Her adult life has seen her as a Docent for theDixon Gallery and Museum in Tennessee, a FineArts student at the University of Memphis, and aninvolved member of local art leagues and organiza-tions.
18 Artists Studio and Gallery is located in theShoppes of Indian Oaks, at 540 Indian BoundaryRoad in Chesterton. For more information, phone926-6306.
22nd Annual “T ootsie Roll Drive”This weekend, Sat., May 5, and Sun., May 6, will
be the 22nd annual fund drive for mentally retard-ed and handicapped children conducted by the Knightsof Columbus. Members will be situated outside of localstores asking for donations and giving out their sig-nature Tootsie Rolls in exchange.
Last year’s drive saw a total intake of $13,192.59which was distributed to the Therapy Center, MichianaResources, Inc., Share Foundation, Inc., MCAS SpecialEducation, PAF and the Social & Learning Institutefor the Handicapped and Special Olympics.
The local Knights of Columbus, Michiana Council,has consistently placed in either first, second or thirdplace in the state for the past nine years.
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tured in a concert by the Valparaiso UniversitySymphony Orchestra on Sat., May 5, at 7:30 p.m., inthe Chapel of the Resurrection on campus.
Dr. Dennis Friesen-Carper, associate professor ofmusic, will be the conductor.
Admission is $9/adults, $5/senior citizens and stu-dents. Tickets are available at the Center for theArts box office, phone 219/464-5165.
The concert features senior violinist AndrewStrietelmeier of Valparaiso in Symphonie Espagnol;flutist Kimberly Vater, a sophomore from Elk GroveVillage, Illinois, in Flute Concerto; and mezzo-sopra-no Angela Young, a senior from Ellis Grove, Illinois,and baritone Brian Von Rueden, a senior from Mosinee,Wisconsin, in Dunque io son.
The full symphony will perform Four Dance Episodesfrom Aaron Copland’s “Rodeo.”
Lincoln Living History FestivalThis event will take place May 5 & 6 at the Northern
Indiana Center for History, 808 West WashingtonSt., South Bend. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sat., and11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sun. Admission is free.
Michael Krebs and Debra Miller will portrayAbraham and Mary Lincoln, and there will be a CivilWar encampment, pancake breakfast, petting zoo, musi-cal entertainment and food vendors.
The pancake breakfast will take place on Saturdayfrom 9 a.m.-noon; $5/adults, $3/kids 6 and older;under 5 years free. On Sunday at 1 p.m., Sandra Hansenwill offer a living history performance based onexcerpts from the diaries and autobiographies of fivewomen who lived during the Civil War. A similarprogram for children will take place at 2 p.m. JillBrummett will perform songs of the Civil War era.
This event is in conjunction with the center’s cur-rent exhibit: Picturing Lincoln: The Changing Imageof America’s 16th President. Admission to this is$5/adults, $4.50/sen.cit. and $3/students. The exhib-it will close on May 31.
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Slide Rock Offers Slick Slidingby Paula McHugh
Located about nine miles from the hub of downtownSedona, Slide Rock State Park is the site of a former43-acre apple farm that was homesteaded by FrankPendley. Pendley established an irrigation system inthe early 1900’s that made his apple orchards a suc-cessful venture in Oak Creek Canyon. And as the nar-row roads developed through the steep and breath-taking canyon, Pendley expanded his business senseby building rustic cabins for tourists who startedflocking to this magical place.
Tourists are still flocking to Sedona and Oak CreekCanyon. Bumper-to-bumper neck stretching is not atall uncommon along the 27-mile scenic route toFlagstaff. Luck was on our side when we motored intothe mouth of the steep red rock cliffs, because fewertourists were around. But then, to really enjoy the sur-rounding beauty, the ride alongside Oak Creek callsfor meandering. Slowly. If you need to get to Flagstaffin a hurry, take the Interstate instead.
Slide Rock became an official State Park in 1987and was placed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces in 1991. Pendley’s homestead house, built in
With summer growing ever closer on the horizon,we beachers look forward to beating the heat byheading for the lakeshore. In Red Rock Country,Arizona, beating the heat means heading for Slide RockState Park.
Having logged 900 miles on my rental car duringa week’s visit to Sedona and the Verde Valley, SlideRock was on my list for a stop and look-see.Temperatures were mild, even cool by late April stan-dards in the high desert, but a handful of rock bathersand “sliders” were splashing around in the icy moun-tain stream.
The historic Pendley homestead remains on the property.
Frank Pendley established an irrigation system in the early 1900’s thatmade his apple orchards a successful venture in Oak Creek Canyon.
Pendley’s apple packing shed.
Antique farm instruments line the walkway leading to the slide pool.
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1927, remains on the property,as does the old apple packingbarn and an original “heritage”apple tree. A small experi-mental orchard is maintainedby Park Staff, and alongside therows of fruit trees, a display ofantique farm implements usedduring Pendley’s era sit in a rowfor visitors to inspect.
But the big draw to the parkis the stretch of slippery creekbottom where rocks form a nat-ural water chute. Despite tem-peratures in the high 60’s, andthat is the air, not the watertemperature, hearty souls slidand splashed their way downMother Nature’s wet and slip-pery chute. Perhaps the waterparks we are so familiar withtoday got their cue from SlideRock. Downstream from thesplishy splashy current, sun-bathers soaked up the desertsun on the hard rocks. Wewished a little soft sand for
Electricity generator. Brian stands next to Pendley’s water wheel. One view of Slide Rock State Park as seen
through Pendley’s water wheel.
them, but the scenery surrounding is difficult for Midwesternersto compete with, surely. We were told that an off-season visitsuch as ours was best, because the in-season crowds that flockthere can become a human logjam.
Although we did not take another trail in the park thatleads to the ruins of a concrete gatehouse, we were happy to siton the slickrock and watch the brave swimmers as they whoopedand hollered coming down the current. And by the way, slick-rock is not slippery. Slippery Rock is in Pennsylvania and that’sanother story. That’s why the name of this place is Slide Rock.
Slide Rock Continued on Page 24
Slip slidin’ down the current at Slide Rock
The chute deposits its sliders into a calm pool, where sun worshippers hang out.
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Slide Rock Continued from Page 23
Pendley’s old tourist cabins are still on-site, although nolonger in any condition for human habitation. More comfortableand modern lodgings are sprinkled along the stretch of Oak CreekCanyon, with a few private residences, too. A few miles closerto Sedona, a historical plaque marks the homesite of the firstsettler in Oak Creek Canyon in what is known as IndianGardens. The settler, Jim Thompson, built a log cabin in 1877where the Indians had grown corn and squash. Across theroad, a tourist can shop at the rustic Indian Gardens store, stareat the stunning scenery, or drop in to the Oak Creek Visitors Center.
New to Sedona locals and visitors alike is a Forest Service pass,which must be purchased in order to park along popular areatrailheads. And yet, there are still plenty of one-car red dirt andwell worn spaces for a car to pull off the road and park. Evenlocals are grumbling about the new passes, we were told.
But we found plenty of adventures and scenic spots thatdidn’t require a special pass. You’ll read about them in a futurestory or two.
A view of the steep Oak Creek Canyon cliffs from Slide Rock.
A steel bridge crosses the deep gorge along Oak Creek Canyon.The first settler in Oak Creek Canyon built a log cabin in 1876
or 1877, according to this historical marker.
Pendley constructedseveral tourist
cabins when herealized that the
canyon road would bring in many people.
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Film Festival at the LibraryThe Michigan City Public Library, in collabora-
tion with Purdue North Central and the Irving LevinJewish Cultural Fund, will host a film festival,“Opening Day: Two Lives in Baseball,” on Sat., May5, and Sun., May 6, at the library.
“Bang the Drum Slowly” will be shown on Saturdayat 4 p.m. Robert DeNiro and Michael Moriarty starin this superbly crafted film about the unlikely friend-ship between two baseball players. Called “the ulti-mate baseball movie” by film critic Roger Ebert, it wasdirected by LaPorte County native, John Hancock, whowill participate in the post-film panel discussion.
“The Life and Times of Hank Greenburg” will beshown on Sunday at 2 p.m. This warm and fascinatingaward-winning documentary tells the story of thelife, career and social impact of the fabled 1930sDetroit Tigers’ slugger who combated bigotry bybecoming baseball’s first prominent Jewish star.Produced, directed and written by Aviva Kempner ofthe Ciesla Foundation.
Joining John Hancock in film discussion will be News-Dispatch entertainment editor, Andrew Tallackson,Post Tribune film critic Jim Gordon and PNC ChancellorJim Dworkin.
The films are free and open to the public with noreservations required. Refreshments will be served.
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How Does YOUR Garden Grow? by Carolyn McConnell
Remember the treasured old book The SecretGarden? Well, there’s now a real secret garden overon Eastwood Road (becomes Moore Road, north sideof Route 12).
Clarks Secret Garden is owned by Kristi and CareyClark, who moved in about four years ago. Kristiwas a part of Michigan City’s farmers’ market last sum-mer (at present, husband Carey commutes to thecorporate world in Chicago, but eagerly looks for-ward to full-time local life with plants in the future).This year they are beginning their own farmers’ mar-ket, featuring their gardens, at their stunning 20acre property at 504 Eastwood. That property is per-fect for growing a wide variety of plants – not only isthere a high rising sand dune at the back boundary,but low wet areas also abound. There is a pond withan ever-running waterfall (there will be more pondsas they continue to develop their land). Their abodeis a lovely caramel-colored building, made of what’scalled barnsiding, which in this case is vertical tongueand groove.
This residence, once an addition has been added,will become a retail shop for garden supplies, fish andplants. Surrounding the residence now are poly-cov-ered starter greenhouses, a huge barn as well as a per-gola, a patio, deck and parterre. Large greenhouseswill be erected at the end of the season to grow morevarieties of the Clarks’ favorite plants. When theretail shop is completed, they will also have built anew home back near their very own sand dune.Currently the retail shop is a small attached green-house offering pond supplies.
One of the many welcoming features of the prop-erty is a series of trellises, topped by a beautiful oldwinding grape vine, a lovely resting place for visitingbirds. And next to that, a Knot Garden. Knot Garden,you ask, what’s that? It’s a pre-Victorian type of gar-den, somewhat like a labyrinth or maze, made in ageometric design, but called “knot” because if plant-ed according to the old timey instructions, the plantsweave among themselves, almost like an embroi-dered cloth of timeless beauty. Kristi’s knot garden isa huge 30’ diamond shape and will become more andmore lovely as it matures.
Most of Clarks Secret Garden items, whether annu-als, perennials, herbs, grasses or aquatic plants, aregrown from seeds or via propagation; both systems makefor strong healthy plants. The Clarks are increasinglyinterested in water plants and are constantly learn-ing more about them, while enjoying the plants’movements and sounds and the fact that they attractvarious wildlife and butterflies. The Clarks are alsobig fans of ornamental grasses, particularly in ourMichigan City area, where conditions are mostly dry,sandy and sunny; grasses are perfect for our beach-like surroundings. Corporate Carey is new to this plant-ing business, but learning quickly – only recently, hemarched into their kitchen and delivered an excitedspeech to Kristi about the 70 varieties of ornamen-tal grasses that will flourish in zone 6, and how theyresist pests and disease, Kristi was left open-mouthedat his sudden lofty knowledge, gained in mere momentsfrom the internet.
Kristi and Carey Clark.
504 Eastwood Road.
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Kristi has become an avid, hard-working garden-er in the last few years and is totally enchanted withher new life among plants. She is studying the sciencesnecessary to understand plants, but follows one of thephilosophies of her favorite plant-lover, GeorgeWashington Carver: When you are in the green-house, books are not allowed. Listen to the plants andthey will tell you what they need. She believes thatplants are sentience and deserve to be regarded as such.
One of Kristi’s favorite tales is about the Foxglove(Digitalis) planted throughout the property. The flow-ers are multiple brightly colored bells on spires.According to legend, if you find perfect foxglove bellsstrewn on the ground about the plant in the morning,it is a sure sign there has been a visit by the faerieswho wear the “faerie bells” as hats as they dance andfrolic in the garden. This is the finest compliment yourgarden can receive!
The Clarks’ ultimate mission is to produce quali-
ty plants, provide a space where all gardeners can meetand mingle to exchange information and create newenvironments in a comfortable and relaxed manner.Benches will soon be provided around the grounds sothat visitors can settle to casually look around atClarks Secret Garden and picture what their own gar-dens will look like, using some of these ideas fromEastwood Road. There will be gardening books andmagazines scattered about for their clients’ perusaland reference. There will soon be a website to providean index of all their available products. There are plansto build some unusual and unique garden furnitureout of the trees that get blown down during ourspring storms. Non-stop activity, here in the modernday Secret Garden!
The grand opening for Clarks Secret Garden, at 504Eastwood, Michigan City, was Tuesday, May 1st.Mark your calendar to visit them soon. It will be a love-ly garden party!
Burgandy and light pink Glads.
A lovely view.
Hummingbird.
Picotee Primula Aricula.
Mystery Clematis.
Crosiers of Cinnamon Fern.
Little boy with turtle.
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Preservationists to MeetThe Preservationists of Michigan City will be meet-
ing at Fanning-Howey offices, 905 S. Woodland Ave.(the former Joy Mfg. property), on Thurs., May 10, 7p.m. The public is invited to attend and refresh-ments will be served.
The program for the evening will be a talk by EveJohnson of The American Heritage Home Trust, a non-for-profit based in Olympia, Washington. This grouprecently purchased and started restoration of theGary, Indiana, Wynant House, one of the few survivingexamples of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “American System-Built” houses. Built before WWI, the house expressedthe optimism of the time. Advertising praised the house’s“beauty of utility...American feeling...fresh, buoyant,vital expression of the national spirit.”
Eve Johnson is president of American HeritageHome Trust. The organization was founded to “iden-tify and rescue structures of national historic orarchitectural importance in the United States.” ThePreservationists of Michigan City is a similar orga-nization founded to preserve Michigan City’s archi-tectural heritage. Phone 872-7519 for more infor-mation.
A Message From the LB Garden Club“The Beach Garden Club, whose members have devel-
oped and cared for the gardens in the Long Beach Parkfor the past eleven years, will no longer be able to doso after this season. Another inspired group or orga-nization that loves gardening is needed to take overthe planning and maintenance of the gardens. TheGarden Club would be delighted to help others learnwhat is involved and to show them what we have doneand how we have done it. It has been one of the mostrewarding experiences in our 68 year history, and knowit would be for another group. Just a love of garden-ing and a relatively strong back area the only qual-ifications needed. Experience and the Garden Clubmembers will teach you the rest.
“If interested, phone Marge Hurley, 879-2001, orDorothy Miller at 872-0461.”
National Music W eek: May 6-13The National Federation of Music Clubs and
Monday Musicale (Michigan City’s local chapter) willobserve National Music Week with this year’s themeof “Music: A Simple Gift of Life” at a day-long programof music at Marquette Mall.
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The MOMS ClubEver feel like you’re the only mother who stays home?
You are not alone. You are invited to an Open Houseat the Michigan City Public Library on Tues., May 8,1-2:30 p.m. You can meet other at-home mothers atThe MOMS Club. The MOMS Club (Mothers OfferingMoms Support) is an international non-profit orga-nization specifically for at-home mothers everywhereand their children. The local chapter meets during theday and chapter members attend meetings, parkplay dates, group activities and a monthly MOMS NightOut.
For more information, phone Michelle at 871-1086.
Beachers Named Outstanding Faculty Five full-time faculty members and five part-time
instructors at Purdue University North Central havebeen named as Outstanding Teachers for the 2000-2001 academic year. They were recognized at theannual PNC Honors Convocation on April 20th.
Two beachers were named to this honor: ThomasBrady, Sr. of Duneland Beach, Technology/Engineering,was one of the full-time faculty selected through a com-prehensive process of student and peer evaluations,conducted by the office of the Vice Chancellor forAcademic Affairs. The other honorees included Dr.Jonathan Kuhn, Halina Miziniak, Dr. Jane E. Roseand Dr. Andrew Weiss.
Valerie Brady, Technology/Engineering, also ofDuneland Beach, was named an outstanding part-timefaculty member. Winners in this category were select-ed through a process overseen by the PNC StudentGovernment. Other winners in this area includedJohn Coggins, Dori Huber, Diane Kilkenny and BethRudnick.
VU to Offer Summer ClassesValparaiso University will offer fifteen online class-
es as well as numerous on campus classes in a vari-ety of subjects areas during two six-week summer ses-sions.
Registration for Summer Session I, from May 22-June 29, and Summer Session II, from July 2-August10, is now under way. The deadline for mail-in reg-istration is May 15; the deadline for in-person reg-istration is May 19. Classes will be offered at both under-graduate and graduate levels in four-week andsix-week blocks.
The university will offer eleven courses online dur-ing Summer Session I and four online courses dur-ing Summer Session II. Some classes can be taken com-pletely online; others require one or more sessions oncampus.
Online classes include Rhetorical Thought, AnalyticGeometry & Calculus II, Literature for Children andU.S. Healthcare Systems.
To request a schedule of classes or to register, con-tact the Registrar’s Office at 219/464-5212 or [email protected]
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Visitors are encouraged to walk through the encamp-ments of both German and Allied forces to learnmore about military equipment and military life. Aweapons and uniform demo and presentation willbe given each day.
Explore the various displays that depict what lifewas like during the 1940s, listen to music of the era,and be part of a panel discussion between German andAmerican veterans.
Buckley Homestead is part of the Lake CountyParks Department, and is located 4-1/2 miles west ofI-65 on Hendricks Road, 1/4 mile south of Rt. 2 in Lowell.For more information, phone 219/769-PARK.
Raffle For New MotorcycleTickets are still available for the Independent Cat
Society’s Harley Davidson raffle, scheduled for Sun.,June 24. Just $20 buys a raffle ticket for a 2001Harley-Davidson XL Sportster Custom and only1,000 tickets will be sold.
Tickets may be purchased from the ICS shelter, Rt.6 and the Porter/LaPorte County Line Road, Westville,on Saturdays and Sundays, or at the following loca-tions:
Harley-Davidson of Michigan City, 2968 N. US421, Michigan City; Harley-Davidson of Valparaiso,1151 W. US 30, Valparaiso; Brandt’s Old FashionFeed, Pet and Wildlife Emporium, 309 W US 12,Michigan City; Chesterton Travel, 109 E. Porter Ave.,Chesterton; or, Porter VFW, 1290 Wagner Road,Porter.
All proceeds from the raffle will go toward thecare of homeless cats and kittens of the IndependentCat Society’s no-kill shelter.
The motorcycle is provided courtesy of Harley-Davidson of Valparaiso and the ICS has receivedlicense number 200000094542 from the IndianaGaming Commission for the raffle. For more information,phone the ICS at 219/785-4936.
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Musical Duo at Chicago Street TheatreCommunity Theatre Guild’s Chicago Street Theatre
and Front Porch Music present the musical duo of Lowen& Novarro for a one night only concert on Sun., May6, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $18 at thedoor. Reservations may be made by phoning 219/464-8778. The Chicago Street Theatre is located at 154 W.Chicago St., Valparaiso.
The Spring Girlfriend Sale is this weekend anddo we have some great things! This is our big semi-annual fundraiser with racks of quality resale women’sclothing at very reasonable prices. If you have neverattended, make it a point to come by. Not only is it prof-itable for the community center, but it is lots of fun!Come by Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., andSunday, May 6 from noon-3 p.m. (everything is 1/2 priceon Sunday).
Two new shows open May 5th in the Harbart/Lake’sEdge Galleries. The Harbart Gallery will feature agroup show by the Area Artists Association. TheLake’s Edge Gallery will show work by four digital pho-tographers, GB@3 features Terry Adams, Lynn Hill,Gary Szumsky and George Kassal.
Cub Scout Pack 802 will be doing their annualspring clean-up at the Old School along with a car washon Saturday, May 5th. Have them clean your carwhile you shop for clothes and art!
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Women, tell your menfolk to listen up and listen upgood when you're talking cars and car maintenance.
I, a 51-year-old American male, make this boldstatement of a free and sound mind and in the wakeof what can only be described as a wake-up call frommy wonderful wife of 24 years, Natalie.
Allow me to set the stage for my epiphany:I am one of the boys of the Baby Boom who watched
as his father took the family Ford to someone else forservice. My father was one of the mechanically dis-inclined, and he passed this dubious trait along to me.I also readily inherited his habit of expressing mili-tant male certitude when it came to car problems, asthe following recreated dialogue illustrates:
Mom: "What's that funny sound coming from underthe steering wheel?"
Dad: "What noise?!? What steering wheel?!?"Never mind that there indeed was a funny sound
emanating from under the steering wheel. But dearold Dad would certainly mind Mike the mechanicnext time he took the car in for service as Mike man-fully made him aware of the sound.
Dad: "Yeah, Mike, I was gonna tell you about that.I told the wife we should have it checked, but wouldshe listen to me, and would she . . . yadda, yadda, yadda."
And so I became just like dear old Dad as I ripenedinto the full bluster of American manhood. Hence, whenour Honda Civic recently started sending alarm sig-nals up from the front, left tire, I went to that won-drous well of guy lore and told Natalie that: "It'sjust road noise from the new tires we had put on inOctober."
Never mind that I was speaking in March of two,not one, Octobers past. For I knew Natalie need notworry because a male mechanic had once told me notto worry about "road noises" emanating from (near-ly) new tires.
Me: "It's just the steel belts rotating over the roadsurface, Natalie. It's kind of a harmonious road thing.
When the noise stops, it means we need new tires. Thinkof it as a low-tech tire replacement early warning sys-tem."
Natalie: "You think of it that way, I think there'ssomething wrong with the tire, and I'm going to askJim (the service manager at Elliott-DeMick Honda inMichigan City) about it next time we take the car infor service."
Me: "That's really not necessary, because I know it'sjust regular old road noise from the new tires."
Where exactly I got that bit of specious wisdom, I'mnot exactly sure, but I do know it was from somewheredeep in that good old well of guy lore.
Anyway, the awful road noise persisted painfullyright up to the point at which we brought our car intothe dealership for her routine 30,000-mile service. Andit was number one on Natalie's list of things to dis-cuss with Jim the service manager.
She popped out her list before I could properlypark the car, and she was waving it under Jim's noseas I arrived on the scene.
I gave him a man-to-man wink and nod as if to sug-gest that the "little lady could be humored and oth-
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Natalie, to her great and exceeding credit, saidnothing during this exchange. But, when it appearedI was going to faint dead to the cold concrete floor, shefanned my fevered brow with her list. And, to her evengreater credit, she has since given me partial creditfor taking the car in and getting it fixed before my so-called "road noise" resulted in a real disaster.
So, my brothers, by all means listen to "Car Talk"on National Public Radio and other guy sources of carlore, but take it from one who has tasted of crowand by all means listen up, and listen up good when-ever your womenfolk chime in with car talk.
erwise ignored," but Jim was taking Natalie quite seri-ously, and he graciously accepted her offer of a testdrive in our car to determine if in fact the "roadnoise" was normal.
He quickly determined that it was not, and, do youknow that he furthermore realized that the so-calledroad noise was being caused by broken bearings in thefront left wheel and that that sorry condition was onthe very verge of causing us no little catastrophe.
I gulped manfully and said, "So what you're say-ing, Jim, is that the little road noise is . . ."
"Dangerous," Jim said, putting the right word inmy mouth. "We'll order a new bearing today and fixyou up just as soon as it comes in."
I nodded manfully and said, "So, I guess in the mean-time we shouldn't take any really long trips in the carlike to Florida or some such place."
Jim said: "I wouldn't even drive it on the freeway,and certainly no faster than 50 miles per hour, andtry to avoid roads with lots of curves."
"Oh," said I, "so I guess we're not going to Chicago(from Michigan) tomorrow."
"No," Jim said, "you're not going anywhere in thiscar until we fix it except out for a loaf of bread."
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Activities to ExploreIn the Local Area:May 4-5 — “2 x 5.” Musical revue. Festival Players
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May 5 — LB Cub Scout Pack 802 Car Wash. 10 am-1 pm. Old School Community Center.
May 5 — “Blue Dahlia” concert. 8 pm (MI time).Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks. Tix at thedoor. 616/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com
May 5 — Spring Dance. 7:30 pm. MC Senior Center,Washington Park. $3 adm. Refreshments will beserved.
May 5-6 — Spring Plant Sale at the InternationalFriendship Gardens. 10 am-4 pm each day. Info 878-9885.
May 5-6 — Opening Day: Two Lives in Baseball filmfestival. MC Public Library. Sat. 4 pm: Bang theDrum Slowly. Sun., 2 pm. The Life and Times ofHank Greenburg. Free and open to the public.Refreshments will be served.
May 6 — Lowen & Navarro musical concert. 7:30pm. Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W. Chicago St.,Valparaiso. Tix $15 adv., $18 at the door. 219/464-8778.
May 7 — Art on the Lake by John Jaskiewicz. 9 am-noon. $8. Oil painting for mature adults. Sign up atthe front desk, MC Senior Center.
May 7 — Friends of the Library meeting. 1 pm.Regular monthly board meeting at the MC PublicLibrary.
May 7 — Memoirs. 1:30 pm. Open to those completingany MC Public Library Writing Your Memoirs course.
May 7 — Meditation Group. 7 pm. MC PublicLibrary. New members invited to attend.
Through May 21 — Exhibits at the John G. BlankCenter for the Arts: “Return to the Figure” by FrankPishkur; “Fried or Mashed” by Robert Stanley; “Colorsof Light” by Valerie Taglieri in the Area ArtistsGallery. All exhibits run through May 21. Tues-Fri,10 am-4 pm & Sat 10 am-2 pm.
Through June 10 — “Ansel Adams, A Legacy:Masterworks from The Friends of PhotographyCollection.” Last major exhibt of the season at the BrauerMuseum located in the Center for the Arts on the cam-
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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.
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
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.
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May 4-6 — “Kiss Me Kate.” Manchester College,North Manchester, Indiana. Fri & Sat @8 pm, Sun @3 pm. Tix $15 7 $8. Phone 219/982-5246.
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On May 3, 1765, the first recognized American med-ical school was opened at the College of Philadelphia,now the University of Pennsylvania.
On May 3, 1802, the District of Columbia was incor-porated as the City of Washington, with the mayor tobe appointed by the president, and the council elect-ed by the property owners.
On May 3, 1921, West Virginia imposed the first statesales tax.
On May 3, 1923, Navy Lieutenants Oakley Kelly andJohn MacReady landed at Corona Beach, California,having completed the first transcontinental air flight.
On May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell won a PulitzerPrize for her Civil War novel, “Gone With The Wind.”
On May 4, 1626, Dutch explorer Peter Minuit land-ed on Manhattan Island, later buying it from theIndians for $24.00 worth of trinkets.
On May 4, 1855, “Women’s Hospital,” the first hos-pital designated exclusively for women, opened in NewYork City.
On May 4, 1927, the “Academy of Motion Picture Artsand Sciences” was founded.
On May 5, 1494, Christopher Columbus discoveredthe island of Jamaica.
On May 5, 1818, Karl Marx, father of Communism,and author of Das Kapital, the bible of the Communistmovement, was born in the Prussian city of Treves.
On May 5, 1847, a group of doctors, meeting inPhiladelphia, formed the American Medical Association.
On May 5, 1891, the opening night in New York’sCarnegie Hall featured a concert conducted by PeterTchaikovsky and Walter Damrosch.
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepherd became the firstAmerican in space. He made a brief suborbital flightin a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
On May 6, 1840, the world’s first postage stamp, “ThePenny Black,” was introduced in England.
On May 6, 1856, American explorer Admiral RobertE. Peary, who became famous as the discoverer of theNorth Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania.
On May 6, 1856, Austrian Sigmund Freud, the fatherof psycho-analysis, was born in Freiburg.
On May 6, 1895, “heart throb” silent movie starRudolph Valentino was born in Castelaneta, Italy.
On May 6, 1915, actor and director Orson Wellswas born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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On May 6, 1935, the WPA (Works ProgressAdministration), was established to provide workduring the Depression.
On May 6, 1937, while attempting a landing inLakehurst, New Jersey, the hydrogen-filled Germandirigible Hindenburg exploded, killing 36 of the 97 peo-ple on board.
On May 7, 1789, the first presidential inauguralball, honoring President and Mrs. George Washington,was held in New York City.
On May 7, 1812, English poet Robert Browning,who ranks with Alfred Lord Tennyson as one of thetwo giants of the “Victorian Age” of poetry, was bornin London.
On May 7, 1833, Johannes Brahms, regarded asthe foremost romantic composer of instrumentalmusic in classical form, was born in the German cityof Hamburg.
On May 7, 1840, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, world-famous Russian composer, was born in Votkinsk,Russia.
On May 7, 1962, the first Telstar CommunicationSatellite was launched.
On May 7, 1982, the space shuttle Endeavor madeits first voyage.
On May 8, 1541, at a point near the present city ofMemphis, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discoveredthe Mississippi River.
On May 8, 1828, Swiss philanthropist Jean HenriDunant, the founder of the Red Cross, was born inGeneva
On May 8, 1879, George Selden, of Rochester, NewYork, filed for the first automobile patent.
On May 8, 1884, Harry S. Truman, who wouldbecome the 33rd President of the United States, wasborn in Lamar, Missouri.
On May 8, 1886, an Atlanta pharmacist, John StythPemberton, invented a syrup for a beverage thatwas to become know as “Coca-Cola.”
On May 9, 1754, the first cartoon appeared in anAmerican newspaper. Benjamin Franklin’s PennsylvaniaGazette carried an illustration of a divided snake, eachsection symbolizing one of the colonies. The captionread, “Join or Die.”
On May 9, 1860, Scottish author Sir James Barrie,whose most famous story was Peter Pan, a fairy taleabout the boy who would not grow up, was born inKirriemuir.
On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimedMothers Day to be a public holiday.
On May 9, 1926, U.S. Navy Commander Richard Byrdand Floyd Bennett became the first people to fly overthe North Pole.
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FRIDAY, MAY 47:30-9 p.m. BIRDS, BIRDS & MORE BIRDS. Comeand sit back at the National Lakeshore CampgroundAmphitheater for a multimedia show about the manybirds that visit Indiana Dunes during this month.SATURDAY, MAY 57-9 a.m. SPRING ALONG THE LITTLE CALUMET.The Little Calumet River Trail is in its prime this timeof year. Jack-in-the-pulpit, trillium, May apples, war-blers, vireos, and pileated woodpeckers are just afew of the plants and animals we might see. Bring binoc-ulars and meet at Bailly/Chellberg parking lot. Ifsightings are good, the program may be extended.9:30-11 a.m. TREKKING THE BOG. Pinhook Bog isa rare and beautiful environment. Join a ranger to dis-cover evergreens that lose their needles and plantsthat eat bugs; stroll across a trembling mat of sphag-num moss. Due to the fragility of the bog, reservationsare required. Phone 219/926-7561, ext. 225. Meet atDorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center.1:30-3 p.m. SAVANNA SPRING. Singing birds, croak-ing frogs and blooming flowers herald the coming ofspring to the oak savanna. Explore the swells and swalesof Miller Woods and experience the beauty and won-der of springtime in this rare and unique habitat. Meetat Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Educationin Miller.4-5 p.m. FEEDING TIME AT CHELLBERG FARM.Help a ranger feed the farm animals. Meet at ChellbergFarm barn. (Repeated on Sunday, same time.)SUNDAY, MAY 69-11 a.m. OF GLACIERS, SAND & STEEL. Hikealong an ancient Lake Michigan shoreline atop theTolleston Dunes. Search prairie, dune, forest andwetland to learn of the natural and manmade forcesthat created this unique landscape. Meet at InlandMarsh parking lot.1-3 p.m. HORSING AROUND: “KNEE-HIGH BYTHE 4TH OF JULY.” Watch as Farmer Jim, assist-ed by the draft horses, plants the corn and sorghumcrop (weather permitting). Learn the meaning of“knee-high by the 4th of July.” Meet at ChellbergFarm fields.For more information, phone 219/926-7561, ext. 225.
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PERSONAL SERVICESMACINTOSH REPAIR & CONSULTING
Memory & hard drive upgrades, system software upgrades & diagnostics.If you are looking for software, shareware, freeware, we can help you find
it. Want to get on the Net? We can help with that too. Looking to buy anew Mac? We can help you find the right one to fit your needs. Call
219/874-2382Mon.-Sat., 10-5, ask for Carl, or e-mail:[email protected],
Located at 408 Franklin Sq., Michigan City , Indiana.MAC SOFTWARE AND ACCESSORIES NOW IN STOCK
T.J.’s UPHOLSTERYCommercial - Residential - Furniture - Boats & R.V .’s - 219/778-2053
EXPERT ALTERATIONS - INCLUDING BRIDAL AND PROMCall Val at 219/873-0103
NEED A NERD?Need-a-Nerd provides PC repair , set-up, upgrade, virus recovery ,and Internet connection for your home or business. No job toosmall or too large. Anything for your PC. W e also do cool webdesigns using Macromedia Dreamweaver , Flash and Fireworks. Call 616/469-5088, or check us out at www.need-a-nerd.netGET FAST, CONVENIENT, ON-SITE SERVICE for your business orhome! Experienced technician is offering upgrades, new systems,complete network/internet solutions, and convenient private tutor -ing.References are available. — Call 219/926-8737.• • • LEARN THE SECRETS TO CREATING WEALTH FROM HOME • • •
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ENTERTAINMENT AVAILABLELessons for V oice -V iolin - Piano - Guitar , Etc. Call 219/872-1217.
PRE-CALCULOUS MA TH TUTOR needed for area high school stu -dent. 1 - 2 times per week - Good pay 219/874-8567 - Leave message.
CLEANING - HOUSEKEEPINGFINISHING TOUCH: Residential & Specialty Cleaning Service
Professional - Insured - Bonded - Uniformed#1 in Customer Satisfaction. Phone 219/872-8817.
ABINEY’S ADVANCED CARPET CARE, INC.Carpet cleaning - Oriental Rug cleaning - Upholstery cleaningDrapery cleaning - Hardwood floor cleaning- Ph 1-888/327-1010
When You Want Perfection — Insured & BondedJ.P.’s HOUSE, DECK & BOA T CLEANING
Commercial - Residential - Rentals - Construction CleanupOwner J.P. Foster - - 219/877-7081- Pager 219/877-0209
• • • HOUSE CLEANING • • •Good Prices — Call 219/861-0309
NON-TOXIC, EARTH-FRIENDLY CONSCIOUS CLEANINGGREEN AND CLEAN HOUSEKEEPING — Call 219/926-8290.
R&J CLEANING - W ill clean home or apartment.Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly - Call 219/874-6161.
• • • HOUSE CLEANING • • •Experienced - References - Free estimates — Call 219/873-9205
PHYSICAL FITNESS• • • PATSI GATELY MASSAGE THERAPIES • • •
Esalen-Swedish, Myofascial Release, Bioenergy Field BalancingRelieve Muscle pain & strains, stress reduction. Gift cert. - Home visits.
Call 219/879-5722. for appointmentNationally Certified in Massage & Body W ork.
HANDYMAN-HOME REPAIR-PLUMBINGQUALITY CARPENTRY: Expert remodeling of kitchens, bathrooms.
Also: doors, windows, skylights, ceramic tile, drywall, decks & repairs.Small jobs welcome. Call Ed at 616/469-3039.
HANDYMAN - Antenna service. Phone & TV jacks. House wiring.Sinks. T oilets. Countertops. Carpentry . Full house rehab work.
Beach Stairway Repair & Refurbishing.DR. TOM’S SERVICE CLINIC - 219/778-4036• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
HIRE Sue’s HUSBANDIs your list of household repair & maintenance projects growing?
Small jobs welcome. - Quality W ork. — Call Ed Berent @ 219/879-8200.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FREE PICK-UP SERVICE for usable, unwanted, household articles,garage sales, yard sales – or what have you. – Evergreens profes -sionally trimmed and shaped. 30-years experience. – Gutters and
Down Spouts cleaned and repaired. Reasonable prices. — Call 219/879-5253
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • ADNAN’S BEST SER VICE • • • • • • • • • • • • • Yard Clean-Up - Mowing - Exterior Power W ash - Free Estimates -
Senior Discount - 219/878-1563 or 219/878-9091 • Leave message.• • • SPRING IS HERE • • •
LET ME PRESSURE WASH YOUR HOUSE, DECKS, PATIO.WE ALSO SEAL WODDEN DEKS
LAWN SERVICE - CUT, TRIM, EDGE.
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CALL MEL AT 219/879-6866• • • WARREN’S PRESSURE WASHING • • •
Decks - Roofs - Sidewalks - Free estimates - Call 219/872-6424.• • • DON’T THROW AWAY -WE HAUL AWAY FREE • • •
Anything which can be used or sold to benefit those in need. We Pick Up Leftovers of Garage Sales, Etc. - Any kind of metal wanted .
Call Ed. Campion Sr . - THE FULL CIRCLE - Phone 219/879-2934• • • DECKS - R- US • • •
We Wash and Feal — Free Estimates — Call 219/873-9205
PAINTING-DRYWALL-WALLPAPERTHE A & L PAINTING COMPANY — INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
20-YEARS EXPERIENCE References. Reasonable. We also PowerWash, Seal or Paint Decks. WINTER SPECIAL - 10% discount on any
interior painting done from November 1st thru April 30th.Phone 219/363-5450 days, or 219/324-2190.
JEFFERY J. HUMAN INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING & STAININGCustom Woodwork - Hang/Finish Drywall - 25-Years experience. Insured.
Ph. 219/326-8512.
Bringing Premium Quality Into The New Millennium.WISTHOFF PAINTING — REFERENCES
Small Jobs Welcome — Call 219/874-5279WAYNE’S PAINTING — 7-YEARS EXPERIENCE.
Drywall Repair - Pressure W ashing - Decks –Interior W inter SpecialFree Estimates. Call 219/778-2549. - Days call 219/363-4332ALL BRIGHT PAINTING - Interior/exterior . Satisfaction guaranteed.Free estimates. Licensed & insured. 219/874-6618, or 219/879-7199.
R. J. KNIGHT PAINTING CONTRACTORInterior & Exterior — Free Estimates – Call 219/879-1349
• • • PAINTING SERVICES • • •References - Experienced — Call Steve at 219/879-7757
LANDSCAPE-Lawns-Clean Up. Etc.— H & D TREE SERVICE and LANDSCAPING, INC.—
Full service tree and shrub care. Trimming, planting, removal.Firewood, snowplowing, excavating. — Call 872-7290.
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LARGEST SELECTION OFNY BLUE STONE IN AREA!ALL OF YOUR LANDSCAPE NEEDS IN ONE PLACE!
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JIM’S LA WN SERVICE - CLEAN GREEN LA WNSClean ups • Mowing • W eeding • Edging • Blow off W alks, Decks &
Driveways - Free Estimates . Ph 219/874-2715, or 219/873-5078FOR ALL OF YOUR LANDSCAPING MA TERIAL NEEDS!
LET US BE YOUR ONE-STOP STORE•Mulches •T opsoil •Rocks • Boulders
You name it! - W e probably have it.Same day delivery in most cases.
We can even help with the installationH&S SERVICES - 2621 E. US HIGHWAY 12
(Across Highway from Karwick Plaza)(219)872-8946
••• SANDCASTLE •••Landscape Management
Landscape & garden contracting - Lawn maintenanceTree & shrub removal - Spring clean- -up & leaf removal.
Snow Plowing — Retaining wall work.Insured - Free estimates — Call 219/879-4558.
• • • J & J’ s LAWN SERVICE • • •Mowing. T rimming. Seeding. T illing. Fertilization. Bushes & Shrubs.Spring Clean-up. Reasonable rates. Fully insured. Free estimates.
Call 219/778-8077, or 1-888/845-0963.TRADITIONS Lawn Care & Property Maintenance
Call 219/872-9326 Dependability is (y)our #1 priority
• • • CAPPY’S LA WN CARE • • •Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance - Licensed & Insured
Call Now And Schedule Your Spring Cleanup — 219/874-1304• • • LAWN MOWING • • •
Call Steve at 219/879-7757 - Leave message.LAWN CARE — Hedge trimming - Fertilizing - Sprinkling systems.
Discount to widows — Call 616/756-3652LANDSCAPING AND BEYOND
Spring Cleanup - Gutters Cleaned — Call 219/874-1 149QUALITY, AFFORDABLE SPRING CLEANUP - LAWN MOWINGLong Beach teenagers — Call Adam or Brian at 219/874-2029
CHUCK’S LANDSCAPING AND TREE SERVICE.Custom landscape design & installation. Tree & shrub planting.
Compete Lawn Renovation, i.e., Seed & Sod - Mulch & River Rock.Retaining Walls & Planters: Rock. Block Flagstone Timbers. Railroad
ties.Brick patios — Driveway designs
High tolerance tree and stump removal — Tree and bush removalInsured and References - Senior Discount.
ONE CALL DOES IT ALL219/874-8785
• • • LAWN CARE SERVICE — Reasonable Rates • • •Mowing - Handyman Jobs - -219/871-1 190 - References Avail.
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ends!!! For CDL Training - Call 1-800/882-7364.• • • GROWING BUSINESS NEEDS HELP • • •Work from home - Mail-order/E-Commerce.
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• • • MAKE MONEY IN YOUR SPARE TIME AT HOME • • •Logon to: www.visit.to/pjpentmakingmoney• • • GROWING BUSINESS NEEDS HELP! • • •Work from home •• Mail-order/E-Commerce
Earn $522+/week Part T ime - $1,000-$4,000/ week Full T ime.www.arrivetoyourdreams.com or call 1-888/373-8892.
WANT TO BUY OR SELLRAINBOW TRADES - 809 Franklin Sq., Phone 219/874-7099.
ANTIQUES GALORE! Jewelry, China , Furniture, Toys, Dolls, PaintingsAfrican Masks, Indian Items, Vintage Clothes, Tools, Gifts, Unique items.BALLOONS ALL WAYS - Birthdays, Parties, Big events. We Deliver!COSTUME WORLD Rentals/Sales, Makeup. Over 1000 Costumes
Seek the Unique — Our WEB Site: www.costumeworld.netEASELS FOR ART AND THE OFFICE
FIRME ART & OFFICE SUPPLIES (2 Stores)11th & Franklin Streets, Michigan City - 219/874-3455
Highway 12, Beverly Shores - Just W est of T raffic Light.Phone 219/874-4003. — FAX Service 219/874-4349.
SUNFISH SAILBOA T - With trailer - Immaculate - Red, white & bluesail. New model. Excellent condition. $2250. O.B.O.
Call 219/878-1393, or 773/848-3638.“93 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD - Graphite gray - 104,000 Miles
Good condition - No rust - $5,500 or best offer - 219/874-2291.• • • 1990 KTM DIRT BIKE — GOOD CONDITION • • •
Brand new rear tire - $800 or best offer — Call 219/874-6046BEAD SALE AND BEADING JEWELR Y WORKSHOP — Saturday ,May 5th, 11 to 3 - 2500 Roslyn T rail, Long Beach, IN. Large selectionof crystals, semi-precious copper novelties, sterling silver , designer& specialty beads. Make something yourself, buy something made,or, you design it and we’ll finish it for you. Call 219/872-3740 fordetails.DINING ROOM SET - 8-Pieces - 6 Caneback chairs. W alnut finishtable w/leaf. Custom made table pads. Buffet w/hutch. Set of china &tablecloth included - Call 219/879-8182.
REAL ESTATERENTALS/LEASE/SELL - COMMERCIAL
GOLDEN SANDES STORE AND LOCK4407 E. U.S. 12 (@ Hwy. 212) Michigan City , IN. 219/879-5616.
FOR LEASE WITH IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY — Executive OfficeSpace Located at 1401 S. W oodland Ave., - Michigan City , Indiana.Modern-Contemporary -Energy efficient. — Phone 219/872-0318.
OFFICE OR RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT IN NEW BUFFALO112 N. Whittaker Street - Approximately 12’x20’ plus loft, plus base -
ment storage. - Owners pays utilities. - Avail June 1 st .Call Janet at 616/469-3470 daytime.
RENTALS - INDIANAHOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH by W eek or Month.
3-bedrooms across from lake. Great view & beach. Call 219/874-8692.LONG BEACH COZY 4/BR HOUSE AT STOP 15 (Across from Beach)
Fireplace and Large Deck. No pets. Call 708/579-1745.• • • LAKE SHORE DRIVE - LONG BEACH • • •
Fantastic Lake Michigan views from 2-decks. 4+/BR, 3/Bath brightcontemporary home. All amenities. Avail Memorial, July 4 th,
and August 12 - 29 — $2,500/wk. — Call 219/874-4396• • • • • • • DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB • • • • • • •
LAKEFRONT CNDOS — 2 and 3 Bedroom, 2/Bath $1,300 to $16,00 per week — 2 week minimum - No pets.
DUNESCAPE REALTY — 219/872-0588DUNELAND BEACH @ ST OP 34 - Great lake views from hugeFamily Room + Master Bedroom Suite. T otally remodeled & refur -nished. 4/BR, 3/Bth. Fireplace. W/D. AC. Cable. - Special W interWeekend Rates . Avail. June; Aug. 26 -Sept. 30. - Ph. 630/766-3300Sheridan Beach to Michiana - W e have many rentals - Call ExecutiveGroup Realty @:219/874-1 122, or visit our web www.e-g-r.com.ON THE SHORES OF SHERIDAN BEACH - Rehabbed &fully fur -nished. V acation 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 • • •3/BR + Den/2BA (sleeps 10) - Newly rehabbed. A/C. W/D. Fireplace.
BBQ. Cable TV. 1/Block to beach- Call 312-953-9570.MICHIANA SHORES COTTAGE - IN WOODED AREA
A little over a block from great beach. Old wood paneled charm.2-New baths and kitchen. - Fireplace. - Air/Cond. - Dishwasher .
2 Plus Bedrooms. — Avail June through September .Call 773/935-1855 days, or 773/248-3265 evenings .
• • • LAKE FRONT RENTAL • • •** 1930 Lake Shore Dr . - Darling 4/BR, 1.5 Bath Cottage on Lake.Avail June 30 to Aug. 4. — $2,200/wk. •• 1575 B Lake Shore Drive - 4/BR, 2/Bath. Panoramic lake views from hillside home. 2 Screened porches . - $1,900/wk.
••1428 Lake Shore Dr . - 3/BR, 2/Bath contemporary with complete privacy — $2,300/wk.••1426 Lake Shore Dr . - 6/BR, 2/Bath cottage on lake -B eautiful deck — $2,300/wk.Others Available - Call Merrion & Associates For A Color BrochureOf This Seasons Nicest Rentals– 219/872-4000
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SHERIDAN BEACH SUMMER RENTAL - STOP 9 - ON THE BEACHContemporay 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
Both Fully Furnished — Call Owner at 312/560-5122• • • LAKE SHORE DRIVE RENTAL AT STOP 26 • • •
4/BR, 21/2/Bath. Front porch. Hot tub. 219/879-0615, or 773/233-6511SHERIDAN BEACH STUDIO APT - STOP 9 - ON THE BEACH
Sleeps 4 to 6- Air Cond. - Great V iews - Call Owner at 312/560-5122ENJOY PANARAMIC VIEWS From Lake Shore Drive Beach House
3-4/BR, 2/Full baths. Fully furnished - 219/861-0082• • • SIMPLY THE BEST BEACH HOUSE AVAILABLE • • •
4/BR, 4/Bath - 180 ° view of shoreline & sunsets. Gourmet kitchen .Large deck & fantastic beach. $5000/wk. - 219/872-7735.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •CHARMING KNOTTY PINE COTTAGE IN MICHIANA SHORES 2/BR. - Screened porch - Air conditioning - Fully equipped.Available weekly , June- September — Call 773/233-2039.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •SUMMER HOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH - Large 4/BR, 2/Bathrehabbed vintage Oriole T rail cottage. Screened porch. Short walk toStop 28 beach. Select July/Aug weeks avail @ 875/wk.Call 219/874-4316, or 773/871-7304.BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT - Spectacular Beach - 4/BR, 2/Bath. NewGrill. Large Deck. Game Room - $2,950/wk. — Call 219/873-1070.
MICHIANA SHORES VACATION HOME - STOP 39.4/BR, 2/Bath. Jacuzzi. Skylights. Roomy . Walk to beach Great for
kids. Dogs okay . - $1,150/wk — Call 773/327-7166DUNELAND BEACH - 3/BR FURNISHED - Private beach.
A/C. - Washer/dryer . Avail June 1st thru Labor Day - $700/wk.Call 219/872-5979 — Leave message.
1-BEDROOM GARDEN APARTMENT ON THE BEACHHeat included. Avail on an annual basis for $500/mo.
Call Mike at Sheridan Beach Realty Group — 219/873-1855BEACH RENTAL - Monthly or summer - Beautiful 2/BR ranch. 2-
Blocks to Lake Michigan, zoo, park, coffeehouse & marina. Sleeps 6.102 S. Lake Ave., Bus Stop 1, Michigan City , IN. $1,000 to $1,200/wk.
Call 815/464-6894 for details.SHERIDAN 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-
Way” W eekend, or a great guesthouse for your visitors. Close tobeaches, shopping antiques & golf. Reasonable rates
Reservations 219/872-0212 — F AX 219/872-0416 .( Kid and dog friendly - Also Continental breakfast).
• • • • BEVERLY SHORES —— SUMMER RENTAL • • • •3/BR -3 BATH; PRIVATE CONTEMPORARY - WALK T O BEACH.
LARGE MASTER SUITE. HUGE DECK SCREENED PORCHNO PETS ————773-925-2501
RENTALS - MICHIGANNEW BUFFALO - Gated N ature 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 — 773/278-9040• • • GRAND BEACH SUMMER RENTAL • • •
2/BR - On the Beach -Call: 773/871-4758, or 616/469-4557.MICHIGAN - GRAND BEACH - Lake front home, just 42 steps downto this private Lake Michigan beach. Enjoy magnificent sunsets fromthe deck of this cozy 3/BR home. Golf and tennis are within walkingdistance. Avail July & August for $1,700/week. Avail June & Sept. for$900/wk. Call 708/848-1025 for information & viewing appointment.
MICHIANA SHORES, MI - STOP 39 - 2-3/BR, 2/Bath. A/C. - 2 1/2Blocks to lake. All amenities. Avail July $800/wk, or $3000/month.
Call 219/874-6323 - Leave message
NEW BUFFALOMICHIGAN GETAWAY! Beautiful year-round vacationhome. 300 Feet from private Lake Michigan beach.2,000 sq. ft! - 7/Rooms. 3/BR, 2/Bath. Only 10 years young. CentralA/C & Heat. Dishwasher , laundry room, vaulted ceiling, hardwoodand ceramic floors. Four season patio. — MUST SEE!Call Bob Martin at 773/847-5518, or e-mail [email protected], MI - 5/BR, 5/Bath Mansion - 10/Minutes to lake. All new inte -rior . Hot tub & Jacuzzi - $1,800/wk. Call 616/469-4174
REAL ESTATE - FOR SALENEW HOME - ON LAKE CLAIRE - IN LONG BEACH COVE.8866
Professionally designed & built. Large kitchen. Great room & mastersuite. 4/BR, 2 1/2 Bath. 2324 Tinkers W ay. $355,000. Call Dan at 219/874-7290 days; or 219/879-8965 wk/ends & evenings.
• • • HOUSE FOR SALE• • •Lake Michigan, Shopping & I-94 just minutes from this 2-story , 2700
sq ft home in LaPorte Center T wp. on 4-wooded acres. FSBO$287,000.
219/326-0073, or at http://www.hn-ol.com (listing #IN 9765)SHERIDAN BEACH - 106 RUE DU LAC WEST — Great views and pri -vacy from dunetop setting. Deluxe amenities. Maple floors. 2/W aystone fireplace in two story living room. Gourmet kitchen withmaple cabinets, solid surface countertops and bar . Dining area withrear deck. Separate family room with west deck with sunset views.3/BR, 3 1/2 Baths. Jacuzzi. Beautiful tiles and fixtures throughout.Two car garage. T erraced perennial gardens. All appliances includ -ed. Low maintenance grounds and cedar exterior . Built in 1998.$309,000.MICHIANA REAL ESTATE — Phone 219/879-0811FOR SALE BY OWNER - MICHIANA, MICH. - 5/BR. 3/BA TH. 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. 219/742-0458• • •IDEAL CHESTERTON LOCATION - BIRDING PARADISE • • •
Beautiful 4,500 Sq. Ft. Home w ith Multi-Amenities.5-Minutes from I-94. - $390,000. -Call 219/926-3396.LONG BEACH POINTE - $75,000 - 2/BR CONDOLarge living room with dining L. Private balcony
Immediate occupancy - Call owner at 219/879-7228.NEW BUFFALO AREA - LAKE VIEW - Enjoy Lake Michigan BreezesFrom Your Florida Room And Deck - Three bedrooms plus Nanny’ sapartment. Fireplace. T wo Bath. Half block from Association beachin Sunset Shores - $199,000 - By owner - Call 312/399-7464.
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International FriendshipGardens
Opens the 2001 Season
with a
Spring Plant SaleSaturday , May 5th & Sunday , May 6th
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.The perfect setting to find the perfect gift for you or your mom
(Mother’s Day is the following weekend!)
All proceeds go to the restoration of the Gardens.
International Friendship Garden is south of Hwy . 12 at Liberty T rail.For more information call (219) 878-9885
Custom SlipcoversOver 60 Bolts of Fabric in stock
Hours: Wed.-Fri. 1-5, Sat. 11-5
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Specializing in Marine Art by Charles Vickery & other artists.See our fine selections of Wildlife, Florals,
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We interrupt this regularly scheduled article onAmerican hymns to bring you the following poem. (Inother words, I had a seminar paper due at 5 p.m. onFriday and didn’t have time to pull an article togeth-er. Honesty is the best policy.)
Hope you enjoy a not-so-old favorite. We will returnto popular American hymns next week.
WATCHING AN OLD BARN FALLTo its splintering knees in silent prayer to the Indiana
sky,From which a greedy sun soaked the color from its wallsJust because it could. The walls were red at one time.Mother wanted blue.
Torrential rains and blistering heat forced theshingles apart
So that they can no longer stand one another.The wind blew the hay from the rafters.It plays with the wrought iron pulleys,Like a child fingers a loose tooth.
Its eyes on the field it has watched since its birthClose with reluctance,Ever slow, ever slow.The crops here are weeds.The Farmer has gone.
The barn keeps his watch, guards his post.A tin rooster, in name only, clings to its pot metal perch,Dutifully following the course of the wind,When the wind is strong enough to dislodge the rust.There are days when the rust is as strong as the
wind.
The stalls still echo the scraping and stomping of shovels and hooves.
The laugh of the hired men hangs in the air.It too refuses to fall. The Farmer never understood the joke,But he laughed.
They removed the barn doors years ago.Someone needed the parts.They didn’t bother with the tin,Although they could have.No one had the time.
Now time and gravity lie in wait in the tall grassesthat buffer the barn
And whose hands grow upholding the old barn’ssides.
A noble endeavor.When the wind blows,The grasses worry.
by Courtney Grier Robertson© 2000
May 3, 2001 Page 43
MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS, INC.707 Washington St. • Michigan City, IN 46360
872-4000FAX (219) 872-4182
Specializing in Distinctive PropertiesIndiana and Michigan
Ed Merrion, CRS, GRIBonnie Meyer, GRILiv Markle, CRS, GRIBill StaplesJim McGah, Broker Associate
Debbie MengelFran Merrion, GRIGail Santoro, GRIJohn HayesDebbie Burke, GRI
Kelly FoleyMichele MedenRachel McLaneDave Walsh
RUN AWAY FROM HOME! Almost an acre of creekside land just a shortstroll to Lake Michigan boasts this 7 year old, 4 bedroom,3 bath home.Contemporary architecture gracefully blends warm, friendly spaces. Viewthe creek from the rear screened porch or star gaze from the rooftop deck.A perfect place to restore your soul,make memories with generations or enter-tain a crowd. A MUST SEE THAT WON’T LAST! Ask for Bonnie “B” .
$569,000
FABULOUS BEACHFRONT COMPOUND was designed for multiple uses.Your whole family can enjoy this 4-5 bedroom, 31⁄2 bath contemporaryranch, equipped with the sharpest beach level recreation room this side ofMackinaw Island. Or, reduce your mortgage liability by renting part or allof the house to summer guests by the week,by the month or by the season!Separate living areas and kitchens make it oh,so easy. Call Bonnie “B” forthe plan! $849,000
429 PinewoodMICHIAN A COTTAGE IN THE WOODS! Looking for a get-away?This 3 bedroom Michiana Shores cottage is ideal for kicking back. Large,updated kitchen,warm woodburning fireplace, full f inished basement,hugeback yard. Home is in exceptional condition and a quick walk to LakeMichigan. $124,900DIRECTIONS:Take Hwy. 12 to El Portal north to Meadow, go west to cor-ner of Pinewood.
PROXIMITY TO THE BEACH is the key to value in our “beach” areas.DUNELAND BEACH LIVING is best because of the 1⁄2 mile resident-only beach. You’ll li ve clean & comfy in this modest 3 bedroom,2 bathranch just 2 short blocks to the beach. Double lot provides a big side yardfor family football games. Call Li v Markle for a tour of this charminghome. $219,000
OPEN HOUSESUNDAY, MAY 6 • 1-3 P.M.
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SUDDENLY IT’S SUMMER! Time for cookouts on the patio,relaxing on the private deck. Put the badminton and croquet setsin the back yard. Less than 5 minute walk to Lake Michigan. Spaciousliving-dining room,eat-in kitchen. 4 bedrooms,2 baths,familyroom. Storage room. Oversized double garage. $259,000
RELIEVE THE STRESS of a busy day with a walk on LakeMichigan beach only 300 feet from this charming 2 story home.fireplace in living room. Family sized dining room. 3 bedroomsall with window seats. Family room and sun room. Work shopin basement. Garage. $350,000
LONG BEACH REAL TYON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE 1920
1401 Lake Shore Drive 3100 Lake Shore Drive(219) 874-5209 (219) 872-1432
www.longbeachrealty .netPhyllis T . Waters
CRB, CRS, GRIBroker/Owner
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AT THE SIGN OF THE SAILBOA T
Douglas Waters, GRI, Broker*Beverly Bullis, CRS, GRI* 800-518-6149Sylvia Hook, Broker Associate, CRS, GRI* 800-518-5778Janet Greenwald, Broker Associate, GRI*Marge Pecen, CRS, GRI 800-518-4159
June Livinghouse, Broker Associate, ABR, GRI* 800-957-1248Bill McNewKatie Warren 800-518-8029Rosemary BraunBobbie Cavic 888-565-1822
Pam Navarro 888-565-1981Doug Hinchman 219-861-7525Tom WeaverRob RobertsonStephanie Thomas*Licensed in Indiana and [email protected]
A DEER MAY JOIN YOU on the deck of this smartly stylednew country ranch on almost 1 acre. Tall columns separate greatroom from spacious entry. Large kitchen has window walledbreakfast area,built-in desk. Formal dining room. 3 bedrooms includemaster with tray ceilings,walk-in closets. Full poured basement,1st floor laundry room,oversized double garage. $194,500
MOTIVATED SELLER offering 1880 craftsman style home withwood floors,original woodwork, high ceilings. New furnace, hotwater heater. 3 bedrooms,11⁄2 baths. Walk to St. Anthony’s,trainstation, outlet mall. $62,000
OPEN HOUSE EVERY SUNDAY • 1 TO 3 PM
IN Hwy. 39 to 1000 N., 2 mi. to Galena Meadows
