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Volume 37, Number 33 Thursday, August 26, 2021 Rising “Star” by Kim Nowatzke Karen Eigenmann or duets. Sixty-fi ve sing- spends her days teach- ers auditioned this year, ing students about with the number about math, but her love of evenly divided between singing may add up to the two age categories. scoring the title of 2021 Eigenmann had a little Hoosier Star winner. company amid the audi- The Krueger Middle tion process. Her mother, School math teacher is Karla Wilczewski, tried one of 10 fi nalists – fi ve out as well. She sang in the adult division, Burt Bacharach’s “What fi ve in the youth division the World Needs Now.” – who will perform with “She (Karen) talked LaPorte County Sym- me into it,” Wilczewski phony Orchestra during said with a laugh. its annual Hoosier Star Because of the CO- fundraiser-competition VID-19 pandemic, last Saturday, Sept. 11, at year’s Hoosier Star was LaPorte Civic Auditori- held virtually with a um, 1001 Ridge St. small band of LCSO mu- What makes this op- sicians. portunity special for the “We are returning 33-year-old Eigenmann with the LaPorte Coun- is, she’s wanted to try ty Symphony Orchestra out in the past, but only this year at the Civic Au- recently moved back to ditorium,” Executive Di- the area. She grew up Krueger Middle School math teacher Karen Eigenmann is rector Tim King told The in LaPorte, but over the one of fi ve adult fi nalists for the 2021 Hoosier Star title. Beacher. “We are asking years lived in Kansas and Illinois. Her uncle, John audience members to mask up, as we are doing the Bello of LaPorte, was a Hoosier Star fi nalist. Her same with the musicians.” cousin, Nick Bello, also of LaPorte, has auditioned Hoosier Star began in 2006 as a way to raise in the past. This year, a student she coached in bas- funds for LCSO, which didn’t have a signature fun- ketball mentioned she planned to try out, which re- draiser at the time, King explained. Prizes include minded her of the auditions. $1,000 for each fi rst-place winner in the adult and “Last year,” she said, “because of the confusion youth divisions. Second place-winners take home with COVID, I missed it.” $500. This year’s judges at the auditions were Di- Eigenmann sang “Still Hurting” from the musi- ane Perigo, a voice and piano instructor at Music cal “The Last Five Years” at Hoosier Star auditions of Oz Studios in Crown Point and a 2016 Hoosier March 20 at LaPorte’s Bethany Lutheran Church. Star fi nalist; Jenevieve Milo, a Crichfi eld Elemen- Tryouts were open to amateur singers from Indiana tary School music teacher and LCSO member; and and Berrien County, Mich., who could perform solos Continued on Page 2 THE Page 2 August 26, 2021

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Lee Meyer, the Michigan City Community Chorus pianist and conductor for 27 years, the Monday Mu- sicale program chairman for many years and con- siderable musical involvement in the area, including community theater. “After 16 years, it is incredible to me that we are still fi nding new and wonderful talent,” King said. “We have now offered the opportunity to solo with the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra to over 150 people. All of the past fi nalists will tell you that, while the prize money is nice, the real prize is get- ting to solo with an orchestra. There is nothing like it.” A childhood fi lled with music infl uenced Eigen- mann’s decision to try out for Hoosier Star. “My mom originally was a singing major in college, and she would just walk around the house singing, and I picked up the same habit as a kid,” Eigenmann said. “My grandmother — her mother — sang all around the house, too, but also played Karen Eigenmann recently began learning to play the ukulele. the accordion. At school, I would always be hum- She decided to get a ukulele right before her 32nd ming a song. I started choir at my small school in birthday, mostly because she has small hands. kindergarten and was in choir up to the end of col- “I actually have tried to learn the piano unsuc- lege through school. I was in church choir from high cessfully for years,” she said. “I can just pluck out a school through only recently when COVID stopped tune. During quarantine, I practiced that every day it. I also took voice lessons in high school and college and only got a little better. The ukulele has been on a small music scholarship.” much better because I can play and sing at the same Wilczewski, who these days is a Head Start nurse, time.” said her daughter was always singing as a child. Wilczewski’s impact on her daughter not only “She had a lot of opportunities to sing at St. John’s spanned music. As a kindergarten teacher, her pro- Lutheran School (in LaPorte),” she said. “She sang fession infl uenced her daughter to become a teach- a lot for the chapel and for school programs.” er. Karen also was a student in her mother’s kinder- Eigenmann recalled playing the part of Marmee garten class. in “Little Women” during her college days, as well “I liked working with her students and helping as Sister Robert Anne in “The Nutcracker.” her do things for school,” she explained. “I was somewhat shy in high school and didn’t do Eigenmann has a bachelor’s degree in elementary a lot of musicals,” she revealed. “I’m not the great- education, with a specialty in middle school math- est actor.” ematics, from Concordia University of Chicago. After her initial Hoosier Star audition, Eigen- “I have taught almost every subject when I mann sang more songs to possibly use in the fi nal worked at a small school before,” she said. “I’ve competition. On Sept. 11, she will perform “Cherry mostly taught math and science, but I’ve also taught Wine” by Hozier. She fi rst learned it on the ukulele. language arts, social studies, religion, art, computer “I like musical theater songs for performing. I science, Spanish and PE.” also enjoy lyrical songs I can play on the ukulele,” In addition to Hoosier Star, Eigenmann was ex- she said. “I haven’t been playing long and can only cited about singing The National Anthem at an learn easy songs.” MCAS district-wide back-to-school event for teach- THE August 26, 2021 Page 3

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“Coda” is a Good Movie With its Heart in the Right Place by Andrew Tallackson

Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) auditions for a music school, with the help of her teacher (Eugenio Derbez), in “Coda,” now streaming on Apple TV+.

Not a single thing happens in “Coda” that I couldn’t predict nor see coming 10 minutes or so before it hap- ★ ★ ★ pened...but that’s OK. The cast sold me on it. “Coda” There was some discussion within The Beacher Running time: 111 minutes. Apple TV+. Rated PG-13 among those of us who saw “Coda” that it resembles for strong sexual content and language, and drug use. a Hallmark TV movie. Not the unwatchable Christ- mas goop with half the cast from “Full House,” but deaf adults. She helps out her father, Frank (Troy those Sunday night movies that dominated the ’70s, Kotsur), and brother, Leo (Daniel Durant), not just ’80s and ’90s. Period-piece message movies dealing with the fi shing itself, but in serving as their in- with matters of race, prejudice, disability and the terpreter. Her mother, Jackie (Oscar-winner Marlee like. Important issues neatly resolved in succinct Matlin), helps out with the business. two-hour running times. Our increasingly cynical Ruby loves singing, and she’s interested in trying nature put these movies out to pasture, but there is out for the school choir. Nervous, afraid of being bul- something comforting about “Coda,” the way it not lied, she races out of her audition, but returns soon only delivers sorely needed representation for the after, appealing to the music teacher, Mr. V (Eugen- deaf community, but also in its gentle optimism. io Derbez, from 2013’s great sobfest “Instructions The movie, which set a Sundance Film Festival Not Included”), to let her try again. record by fetching $25 million by Apple TV+ for the You can see where this is headed. Ruby has a distribution rights, is a remake of the 2014 French great voice, but is plagued by guilt at wanting a fi lm “La Famille Bélier,” which in turn was inspired life beyond her family. Can she achieve her dreams, by the 1996 German fi lm “Beyond Silence.” yet not alienate her family? And will Miles (Ferdia In the seaside fi shing community of Gloucester, Walsh-Peelo, “Sing Street”), the cute boy at school, Mass., Ruby Rossi (English actress Emilia Jones) take a liking to her so they can perform a duet at is the only hearing member of her family. That’s the big concert? where the title comes in: CODA stands for child of Gosh, darn it, I don’t know if I can handle all the THE August 26, 2021 Page 21 suspense. But “Coda,” written and directed by Sian Heder, isn’t so much about the end result, but the journey there. The movie, surprisingly, comes down hard on the family for intentionally isolating itself from the community, for using Ruby as a crutch to avoid interacting with others. Jackie, at one point, re- fuses to volunteer, refers to the other women as “those hearing bitches.” The parents, in fact, are depicted as rather selfi sh, with Jackie chiding Ruby for pursuing music because it is something they, as people who cannot hear, can’t appreciate. Ruby’s family includes her brother (Daniel Durant), mother (Marlee Matlin) And at the pivotal concert when and father (Troy Kotsur), all of whom are deaf. Ruby and Miles sing at school, Heder eliminates all smart, sexy work. sound. The quiet allows us to feel what the family Derbez gradually settles into the role, initially feels: watching everyone sway to the music, shed treating it as a fl amboyant stereotype before invest- tears at the beauty of it. The family is part of some- ing it with a convincing love of music. And there is thing they cannot fully be part of. something a tad patronizing about how the movie We appreciate that, in Jones and Peelo, Heder cast treats Frank and Jackie as deaf parents with a performers who look like actual teens. They feel like healthy sex life. It’s as if the movie assumes we are real people. Movies these days tend to cast 30-year- so naive, we will react by thinking, “Of course, ev- olds as characters half their ages. But Jones and eryone enjoys good sex.” Peelo bring a genuine honesty to the fi lm. Jones, in “Coda” follows last year’s Oscar-winning “Sound particular, is wonderful. There is not one false note of Metal,” and even the “Quiet Place” series, in de- in this performance. Smart, intense, yearning for fying perceptions of the deaf community. “Sound of something better. Metal” is bold, heartbreaking and unexpected. One And in Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”), we of the best fi lms of the past 10 years. realize how much we’ve missed this actress on “Coda,” by comparison, is a good movie with its screen. At 56, she looks great. Beautiful and alive in heart in the right place. And for me, that’s good ways most Hollywood actresses past a certain age enough. look plastic. But more to the point, there is a natu- Contact Andrew Tallackson at drew@thebeacher. ral presence to her. You never catch her acting. It’s com

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“Respect” Takes a Bruising Look at the early life of Aretha Franklin by Andrew Tallackson

Jennifer Hudson, as Aretha Franklin, gives the movie her all.

“Respect” requires some adjustment, on the view- 1/2 er’s behalf, because we keep waiting for Jennifer ★ ★ ★ Hudson to be, well, Jennifer Hudson. “Respect” She is, after all, playing Aretha Franklin. The Running time: 145 minutes. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic Queen of Soul. A woman who could arrive on stage content, strong language including racial epithets, violence, and own it. And we know what Hudson, the “Dream- suggestive material and smoking girls” Oscar winner, is capable of in a movie. A voice that can belt a song into the stratosphere. A screen presence that’s like a human tsunami. altogether complex life. Young woman grows up in But what we realize in “Respect” is that we’re see- the church, defi es strict father, marries abusive ing the late performer before she became “Aretha.” lout, achieves stardom, hits rock bottom, rises from And for all the movie’s clichés – fame, fortune, the ashes. It’s “A Star is Born” meets “What’s Love abuse, alcohol – this is the fi rst truly feminist movie Got to Do With It?” Hollywood loves to remind us in some time. What we witness is a woman who can- that the celebrities we place on golden pedestals are not defi ne who she is as a woman, what she wants human, too, that behind the veneer of success is an out of life, until she breaks free from controlling existence sculpted by suffering. We are meant to be men. Where she isn’t defi ned, and limited by, the inspired amid the sadness. men in her life. But “Respect” does not tread lightly over the “Respect,” which marks the fi lm debut of South bumps in Aretha’s trajectory to super stardom. She’s African-American director Liesel Tommy, doesn’t try sexually assaulted by a young friend, which leaves to encapsulate Aretha’s entire life into its 2 hour-25 her pregnant at 12. Her father, charismatic pas- minute length. Instead, it starts in childhood and tor C.L. Franklin (Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker), concludes at the 1972 live gospel recording that fu- believes he’s groomed her to defy what the white eled the remarkable documentary “Amazing Grace.” mainstream expects of her, insisting she cover more If you consider the general arc of “Respect,” then traditional material. Her husband and manager, yes, it’s standard Hollywood storytelling of a bruised, Ted White (Marlon Wayans), is six degrees shy of THE August 26, 2021 Page 23 Ike Turner. He wants Aretha to succeed, but on his terms. And he isn’t afraid of using his fi sts to teach her a lesson or two. These two domineering male fi gures, each wrestling with his own insecurities, carving psychological scars that leave Aretha trapped in subservience and turning to booze as an emo- tional salve. We’ve been down this road before, particularly in the searing Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” But what is interesting about “Respect” is how it balances the monstrous men in Aretha’s life with equally strong women who, step by step, inch her toward empowerment. We have Aretha’s mother, Barbara, who leaves C.L. because of his infi delities, but re- mains active in her children’s Dinah Washington (Mary J. Blige, right) encourages Aretha Franklin (Jennifer Hudson) to create lives before dying unexpect- her own hits, not perform hits written by others. edly from a heart attack. She’s played by the great Audra McDonald, who offers a emotions. We are reminded of why this woman has textbook lesson in how to make a grand entrance an Oscar. and exit in a movie. Does “Respect” break the mold in retelling Aretha’s story? No. Doubtful, in fact, that the birth That’s true as well of Mary J. Blige as singer/fam- of the title song originates from simply standing in ily friend Dinah Washington. I found Blige’s Oscar- front of a piano and the music fl owing out of her. nominated turn in “Mudbound” a tad overrated, but But as a feminist battle cry, the movie shows how here, she’s in-your-face fearless, especially when for Aretha to earn the respect she sings about, she Dinah interrupts one of Aretha’s shows, then re- had to respect everything that was good, decent and minds her she’ll only have a hit if she creates her brave inside her. own music. And we have Aretha’s sisters, Carolyn And we are invigorated by that journey. (Hailey Kilgore) and Erma (Saycon Sengbloh), who Contact Andrew Tallackson at drew@thebeacher. not only serve as her backup singers, but stick by com her through thick and thin. Particularly moving is the fi rst time Aretha performs “Freedom,” an anthem that takes on greater meaning after her divorce from Ted. 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“Free Guy” is Sweet, Often Good-Natured Fun by Andrew Tallackson

Ryan Reynolds (left) and Lil Rel Howery star as friends unaware they exist in a video game in “Free Guy.” “Free Guy” marks the return of fun. Sweet, simple 1/2 fun. A modern paraphrase of Disney’s “Tron,” with a ★ ★ ★ dash of “Pleasantville” thrown in for good measure. “Free Guy” It’s not laugh-out-loud hilarious – Ryan Reynolds, Running time: 115 minutes. Rated PG-13 for strong fantasy the star, requires an R rating to fully unleash his violence throughout, language and crude/suggestive references inner man-child – but it makes you smile. A lot. The story enters the arena of open world gam- its “high concept.” Guy is a non-playing character ing: a virtual landscape where players explore as within the video game: an extraneous character. they wish without being tethered to start-to-fi nish The woman, Molotov Girl, is the avatar for Millie gameplay. The co-writer, Zak Penn, knows his stuff, who, along with Walter (“Stranger Things” star having co-written Steven Spielberg’s 2018 adapta- Joe Keery), designed “Free City,” but saw production of the geektastic “Ready Player One,” which er Antwan (Taika Waititi, of “Jojo Rabbit” fame, in was about how we’ve lost ourselves in false worlds full kook mode), steal their ideas. Millie was sub- to avoid existing in the real one. sequently shut out of the company and Walter re- “Free City” is a gaming world with a city per- duced to a subservient. Millie believes her avatar petually under siege – bank robbers, fi ghter jets – can enter the game and retrieve evidence to prove but the residents go about their lives as if it’s just she and Walter are the game’s rightful creators. another day at the offi ce. That is certainly true of That’s where the “Tron” element of “Free Guy” Guy (Reynolds), the kindly bank teller who begins comes in, and the movie, directed with reliable zip each day cheerfully waving to his goldfi sh. His best by Shawn Levy (Netfl ix’s “Stranger Things,” the friend, Buddy (Lil Rel Howery), is the bank’s secu- “Night at the Museum” series), reminds us just rity guard. Part of the fi lm’s comic inspiration is in how far we’ve come from the rudimentary lines and the way Guy and Buddy treat each daily bank rob- colors of that 1982 Disney movie. “Free City” is an bery with ho-hum acceptance. It’s as commonplace immersive, three-dimensional world that crackles as someone making a deposit. Amid it all, Guy and with life...and humor. Levy not only includes cam- Buddy chat about their hopes and dreams. eos by real gamers, but also from the late “Jeopar- A beautiful woman (Jodie Comer), however, taps dy” host Alex Trebek, Chris Evans, Tina Fey, Hugh into something unexpected with Guy. And it is here Jackman, Dwayne Johnson, John Krachinski and, “Free Guy” introduces what in movie lingo is called in the most inspired bit, Channing Tatum as a sexu- THE August 26, 2021 Page 25 4% * $

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Why would some 12,000 Boy Scouts from 108 nations gather in the mountains of northern Idaho from July 31 to Aug. 9, 1967? Why, “for friendship,” of course. Life With And we who attended the 12th World Scout Jam- boree at Farragut State Park were all for friend- Charley ship. Or, as I told the German troop I hosted, Wir Charles McKelvy versammeln uns hier zur Freundschaft. I told you last time about how my host corps troop reached the campsite via Great Northern Railway’s veyed the course and heard what the record was, he legendary Empire Builder. Now, let me tell you of announced that his troop would do better. the enduring friendships forged. And they did. By several minutes, as I recall. Trust For starters, there were those aforementioned me when I say that was no easy obstacle course. Scouts from the Federal Republic of Germany, or So there was that humbling experience, then West Germany. I was to be their host for the jambo- an even greater one when we Yanks of Host Corps ree, so I welcomed them as they arrived at Farragut Troop 57 challenged our neighboring troop, a bunch State Park with a hearty greeting or, as I said, “mit of Limeys from London, to a spot of that game they einem herzlichen Gruss.” Their bilingual Scoutmas- insisted on calling football. We knew it simply as ter told me to continue with the German because soccer, and we knew we were so ﬁ t from real Ameri- not a one of his Scouts spoke English. So I relied can football, baseball and basketball, we could eas- heavily on that most useful of all ily cream them at their own game. German sentences: Wie sagst du das Not so. auf Deutsch? Not by a long shot. The Brits were In other words, how do you say soon handily demolishing us on the that in German? They were always pitch, passing the ball past us with happy to tell me, and thus I left nimble feet. Realizing we were about Idaho in 1967 calling the eagle, der to start another American Revolu- Adler, and jelly donuts, Berliners. tion, they suggested we continue the I was so immersed in German by game with blended teams: half-Brit- Aug. 9, 1967, that I completed en- ish and half-American. That worked tire dreams in German. And, yes, I to heal our wounded egos, and we still occasionally dream in German. had a rollicking good time playing And I dream now of that moment — all right, I’ll say it — football. when my new friends from Germa- And, as a post-jamboree bonus, ny broke the existing record for the my family hosted a British Scout obstacle course. from a town southeast of London It was one tough obstacle course, called Swanley. His name was Paul let me tell you. I know our troop Hills. We took him to a Cubs game, struggled mightily to pull ourselves and although he feigned polite in- up a steel embankment with a rope terest, he said baseball was no sub- and such like. Not for wimps, but One of my few remaining mementoes stitute for cricket. Still, one of my when the German Scoutmaster sur- of an amazing experience in 1967 high-school friends fell madly in

Wayne A. Dolson Dolson Insurance Agency Inc. 219.879.4524 WOOD CHIP SALES THE August 26, 2021 Page 27 love with him, and Paul Shabbat I witnessed at did introduce my family the Israeli campsite on a to the preparation and sublime Friday evening. serving of proper tea. Mind you, the World At tea time, or 4 p.m., Scout Jamboree occurred of course. And no, there just weeks after the so- was absolutely no place called Six Day War in in a civilized home for which Israel defended it- what he dismissed as self from coordinated at- “cold tea.” Hey, what tacks on three fronts. were we thinking when As a result of Israel’s we served a proper Eng- victory, the Arab nations lishman iced tea? boycotted the jamboree. As an added bonus, But Israel mustered Paul invited me to visit one troop, consisting him in Swanley, Eng- entirely of veterans of land, should fortune and that desperate struggle fair winds ever send me This neckerchief is still ready for wear. for survival. They were that way. A friend and I close to us in age, but so, did, in 1971, and Paul and his parents showed us so far beyond in worldly experience. You could see their lovely village. They told us of the London blitz it in their eyes the moment you saw them standing during World War II, and the grim fate that await- under that fl apping blue-on-white fl ag in the Idaho ed downed German airmen, if the enraged citizenry sunset. got to them before the army or police. We had prop- They were hosting Shabbat for the surrounding er tea every day at 4, and the Hills even took us into Jewish community. The faithful were arriving by London on the train to see “the cinema.” And what the busload from points near and far. better movie to see in London than the 1969 classic, The assistant Scoutmaster, who invited me to at- “Anne of a Thousand Days?” The fi lm stars Genev- tend with him, smiled and said, “The Bible is still iève Bujold in the title role and Richard Burton as being written.” Henry VIII of England. Spoiler alert: Anne Boleyn He said that with authority because, after all, doesn’t keep her head about her. he was a Catholic priest. No sooner had he said So, my trip to England to visit the Hills family, as that than an older woman alighted from a bus and a direct result of the jamboree, was, as we used to stopped in her tracks at the sight of those lions of say, all too beautiful. Judah from Israel standing under the fl ag of Israel. I also visited a Japanese friend from the jamboree Tears streamed down her face and, little wonder, at his home in Kyoto in 1969. His father, an offi cer she bore a tattooed number on her forearm. Yes, in the Imperial Army, showed us his samurai sword that marked her as a survivor of the Holocaust. before hosting us for an unforgettable evening at a “Remember this,” the assistant Scoutmaster/ geisha house. Trust me, it was all family fare, but I priest whispered. did learn to respect that warm rice wine known the “Yes, Father, I will,” I whispered. world over as saké. Live and learn, right? And I have. So, yes, the 12th World Scout Jamboree was clear- All because I suited up and showed up at the 12th ly a gift that has kept on giving. My fondest memory World Scout Jamboree in Farragut State Park in of those golden days in Idaho in 1967 was of the Idaho in the golden summer of 1967.

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Matt Payovich, an artist now on display at Box Factory for the Arts, will demonstrate his technique from noon-2 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 28. Located in the Williams Gallery, the presentation is free and open to the public. The Box Factory is located at 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Mich. Visit www.boxfactoryforthearts.org or call (269) 983-3688 for more details.

Harbor Country Hikers Harbor Country Hikers will head to Burns Prai- rie Preserve in Galien, Mich., at 10 a.m. EDT Sat- urday, Aug. 28. The 38-acre nature preserve includes a planted prairie, wetlands and woodlands. It boasts native prairie grasses, such as big bluestem and Indian grass, as well as summer-blooming wildﬂ owers, including black-eyed Susans and butterﬂ y weed. A seasonal wetland also was established in a drainage area bisecting the land. The preserve may not be a remnant of the original prairies that bison once roamed, but it is being actively restored to resemble such an ecosystem. In Michigan, mesic prairies occurred historically in the southwestern counties and are extremely rare these days. Burns Prairie Preserve is on Mount Zion Road, about 3/4 of a mile southeast of U.S. 12. Recom- mended attire includes long, tucked-in pants, a sun hat, sturdy shoes, insect repellent and water. The group observes federal and state guidelines; face masks are optional. Visit www.harborcountryhikers.com for information on membership, volunteering and events.

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Healthy Lifestyles The free social club meets from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays at Luhr County Park Nature Center, 178 S. County Road 150 West, LaPorte. Programs focus on health trends, gardening, medical information and balancing active lifestyles. Call at least one week in advance to sign up (the maximum allowed is 30). The schedule is: • Sept. 1 — Fall garden cleanup and separating plants, Gee-Burns. • Oct. 6 — Pulmonary health, Patti Solona, North- west Health LaPorte. • Nov. 3 — Understanding Medicare Parts A, B, C and D, and the upcoming annual enrollment period, Megan Rogers, State Health Insurance As- sistance Program specialist.

Family Fishing Nights The free, all-ages event is from 5-7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Luhr County Park. A limited number of poles and bait will be provided. No ﬁ shing licenses are required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required.

Nature’s Tiny Tots Designed for parents and grandparents, explore nature with toddlers and preschoolers. Enjoy music, dancing, storytelling and, weather permitting, hiking. The free program is from 10-11 a.m. Sept. 13 and 20, Oct. 18 and 25, Nov. 8 and 22 and Dec. 6 and 20 at Luhr County Park. Masks are required for 3 and older. Call (219) 325-8315 at least one week in advance to register.

Easy Exercises for All Ages The free program is from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Luhr County Park. Physical therapist Diane Rich offers a head-to- toe walk through of exercises to keep muscles and joints limber. Call one week beforehand at (219) 325-8315 to register.

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Brochures Activities to Explore In the Area: Aug. 26 — The J.D. Marshall Shipwreck Hike, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Indiana Dunes State Park, 1600 N. County Road 25 East, Chesterton. Info: (219) 926-1390. Aug. 26 — “Once Upon a Thursday,” 6:30 p.m., Zoom, through Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. Second St. Registration: tinyurl.com/4k9kj44d Aug. 28 — Leapin’ Lizards Hike, 2-3 p.m., In- diana Dunes State Park, 1600 N. County Road 25 East, Chesterton. Info: (219) 926-1390. Aug. 28 — Wizard in Training, 2:30-5 p.m., Sol- diers Memorial Park, 250 Pine Lake Ave., LaPorte. Through LaPorte County Public Library. Registra- tion: www.laportelibrary.org Aug. 28 — Family Advocates’ Battle of the Badg- es Wifﬂ eball Tournament, Cummings Lodge, 350 Grangemouth Road, LaPorte. Day of ticket sales/8:30 a.m. First game/9:30 a.m., second game/11 a.m., championship game winners/2 p.m. Advance tickets: www.lpfamilyadvocates.com Aug. 29 — “Opera in the Gardens,” 3-6 p.m., Friendship Botanic Gardens, 2055 E. U.S. 12. Gen- eral admission/$45, premium/$50 tickets. Tickets: www.friendshipbotanicgardens.org, @ door. Aug. 30 — Scavenger Hunt Fun, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Indiana Dunes State Park, 1600 N. County Road 25 East, Chesterton. Info: (219) 926-1390. Aug. 31 — Readers Corner — Book Club, 6-7 p.m., LaPorte County Public Library Coolspring Branch Meeting Room, 6925 W. County Road 400 North. Info: www.laportelibrary.org Through Sept. 4 — Take-Home Craft for Kids & Teens, Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049. Through Sept. 30 — New exhibit, “Diversity” (Madeleine Schooley), The Legacy Center Gallery in Queen of All Saints Catholic Church, 1719 E. Barker Ave. Info: [email protected] Through Oct. 15 — Exhibit, “Bramson/Indiana/ Lake,” Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. Second St. Info: www.lubeznikcenter.org Saturdays — Michigan City Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Eighth and Washington streets (Uptown Arts District). Saturdays — LaPorte Farmers Market, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m., Lincolnway & Monroe (near Mucho Mas). Info: [email protected] First and Third Mondays — Singing Sands Toastmasters Club, 6:30-8 p.m., Zoom. Info: https://7269291.toastmastersclubs.org. the eacher usiness rinters Second Saturdays — Free sunset yoga w/ Lau- B B P ralee Sikorski, 1 hour before sunset (Sept. 11/6:45 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City p.m.), Long Beach Realty Stop 31 location. Limited (219) 879 0088 • Fax (219) 879 8070 parking. Updates: Long Beach Realty Facebook page. email:email: [email protected] [email protected] • • http://www.bbpnet.com/http://www.thebeacher.com In the Region Aug. 26 — Noon Time Talk Series, 12:20 p.m. THE August 26, 2021 Page 37

EDT, Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Business Main St., Elkhart. Cost: $5, members/free. Info: (574) 293-6660. Aug. 27 — Soprano Martha Cares, “Crooning at the Courthouse,” 5:30 p.m. EDT, Berrien County Courthouse, 313 N. Cass St. Aug. 27 — Friends of New Troy (Mich.) outdoor market, 4-8 p.m. EDT, New Troy Community Cards Center, 13372 California Road. Info: (269) 426-3909, [email protected] Aug. 28 — Artist demonstration, Matt Payovich, noon-2 p.m. EDT, Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Mich. Free. Info: (269) 983- 3688. www.boxfactoryforthearts.org Aug. 29 — Documentary preview, “Then, Now and Always...The St. Joseph River Story,” 2 p.m. EDT, The Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Mich. Free. Info: www.wnit.org/celebratethestjoe Aug. 29 — Sunday concert series, 5-8 p.m. EDT, Paws for Humanity, 14671 Three Oaks Road, Three Oaks, Mich. Suggested donation: $20. Reservations: tinyurl.com/aaawu86b Aug. 31 — Adult Zoom program, author Stephanie Seferian, 6 p.m. EDT, through Bridgman (Mich.) Public Library. Zoom link: www.bridgmanlibrary.org Through Aug. 31 — 18 Artists exhibit, “Big Shot- Little Shot,” Chesterton Art Center, 115 S. Fourth St. Info: www.chestertonart.org, (219) 926-4711. Through Sept. 12 — New exhibits, Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Mich. Exhibits: “The Hidden Common Place,” “Found,” “ReShoot,” “At the River’s End.” Info: www. boxfactoryforthearts.org Through Sept. 26 — Oils by Liz Williams, The Village Gallery @ Pines Village Retirement Communities, 3303 Pines Village Circle, Valparaiso. Info: www.pinesvillage.org, (219) 465-1591. Thursdays in August — Free outdoor concert series, 4 p.m. EDT, Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph, Mich. Info: www.krasl.org, (269) 983-0271. Saturdays — Wetland Wonders, 10 a.m.-noon, The Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education/Miller Woods ponds, Lake Street north of U.S. 12, Gary’s Miller Beach neighborhood. Info: (219) 395-1882, www.nps.gov/indu Sundays — Bailly Chellberg History Hike, 1-3 p.m., Mineral Springs Road between U.S. 20/12, Porter. Info: (219) 395-1882, www.nps.gov/indu The Region of Three Oaks Museum — 5 Featherbone Ave., Three Oaks Mich. Free admission; donations accepted. Hours (Eastern): noon-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday through October. Vickers Theatre — Now showing: “Pig.” Rated R. Times: 6 p.m. Aug. 26-29, 3:15 p.m. Aug. 30. Also: the Beacher Business Printers “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” (Not Rated). Times: 2:45 p.m. Aug. 27-29, 6 p.m. Aug. 30. 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City All times Eastern. Theater address: 6 N. Elm St., (219) 879 0088 • Fax (219) 879 8070 Three Oaks, Mich. Info: (269) 756-3522, www.vick- email:email: [email protected] [email protected] • • http://www.bbpnet.com/http://www.thebeacher.com erstheatre.com THE Page 38 August 26, 2021 C Color o

On August 26, 1765, a Boston mob sacked the home of Massachusetts Gov. Thomas Hutchinson after he was accused of favoring the “British Stamp Act.” On August 26, 1883, 36,000 were killed when In- donesia’s Krakatoa volcano erupted, followed by tsunamis. Volcanic dust was visible for more than p a year, and the effect of the tsunamis was felt as far away as the U.S. Paciﬁ c Coast. On August 26, 1920, Congress adopted the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”

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