Volume 19, Number 10 Thursday, March 13, 2003

A Bit of the Little Bit by George A. Bowie There was this woman on the phone to a talkshow host and her voice was turned up so as to be heard miles away and the chap with the microphone told her not to be so angry and she said to him, “I’m not angry, I’m Irish.” The Irish, such as herself, seem to have ways of being different from other people in the world for whatever their reason. For certain they are able to support such distinction in this about them, that Ireland is the only place in the whole world, to my knowing, where it is said there are leprechauns. I had no intention at all to be thinking about leprechauns when I went to Ireland a few years back on a writing assignment. It was the afternoon of a day during which I had spent most of the time interviewing people and the doing of a pub in the Sandymount section of Dublin, a nice place which I had visited on previous trips and was glad to be back there. Shortly after seating myself at a small table, with my back to the wall from where I could survey the scene of it all, there came through the far door and the near door a collection of jolly folk. These were young men and young women who were evidently regu- lar patrons, as possible to assume since they made for a certain portion of the bar, and greeted the counterman as a close acquaintance. Continued on Page 2 Page 2 March 13, 2003

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Having exchanged the news of It sounded very much like the first leprechaun their day and being served their was involved with the first rainbow and I said so. I customary quenchers they quieted also said that made it sound sort of biblical. It also for the space of a first sip during meant that Noah had been the first human to see a which one of the girls noticed leprechaun. me. “Right enough,” Frank said. “You will remember there “You’re a Yank,” she said. I admitted to that and the was something about a couple of the old fella’s boys word went around among them. getting him a few gargles which may have had some- “Mind if we come over?” she said. thing to do with it.” No need for me to answer. They were enroute while the question was being asked. Drinks in hand they dragged stools from other tables and sat around. There were introductions and talk about America and some venturing into politics on both sides of the There were other responses from other folks in water. A change of course in the conversation seemed other places. appropriate so I asked about the current play at the “There were the first settlers who came here and Oscar Theatre, not far from where we were. I had seen the second settlers came after them.” McCarthy, the “Peg ‘O My Heart” there the last time I had been across. academic, had the floor. “The first settlers were stub- No more live shows at the Oscar they told me. by little folk and the peaceful enough. So, when the Not since the one that had a nude girl starting things next lot showed up, with their bad tempers and being off by coming in front of the curtain to say, “Ladies taller and all that goes with it, those who had been and Gentlemen, may I have your attention?” here before took to getting themselves out of the way “Imagine that, in Dublin of all places?” said one. by going underground. Ever since then, in Ireland, there “It was a howl of a show,” said another. “But the lep- have been people on top of the ground and people under rechauns closed it down.” They were agreed about that. it.” Later, back at my accommodation, houseman, So it went, wherever I did, including Limerick Paddy, got the bathwater running with the help of a where there was no end of home-made intelligence from raw potato which he jammed on the top of the drain the geniuses gathered in Liam’s place, with himself opening from which he had removed the sleeve. directing the flow of traffic. “I’ll leave the spud in case you need it,” he said. “It’s The off-duty policeman advised that I talk to the one of them leprechaun tricks.” English because they talked to leprechauns all the time, a habit of theirs which had profound side effects.... Nuldoon had sold me a shillelagh that after- Why leprechauns in Ireland? No one seemed to think noon at his shop with the it was odd that I asked. assurance there was nothing “Well, we do have an abundance of rain now, don’t like a tap on the head for water we? It’s what keeps Ireland green, doesn’t it?” Frank on the brain. “Leprechauns now, wasn’t really posing questions so there was no need is it? You’ll do better askin’ the lep- to interrupt his thought with answers. rechauns to explain the Irish rather “So, we have a great supply of rainbows.” Frank than the other way around.” squirmed back to a comfortable sag in his chair. It was worth a try and Des was “What do you do with rainbows all over the place and just the lad to try it on. He is an no use for them whatever?” March 13, 2003 Page 3

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Winds of change are blowing over the bucolic premises of the Ox-Bow summer art school. Among the changes, the Saugatuck, Michigan institution is opening its campus to greatly broadened learning opportunities. In part, the changes envisioned for Ox-Bow are already in place. In part they are items on a timeline that may extend five or more years into the future. The prospect is that the time-hallowed school, now known formally as A Summer School of the Arts and Artists’ Residency, will become even more arts-friend- ly.

A memorial to one of the Ox-Bowís 10-week summer art programs of classes merits close inspection from Ms. Bowman. Similar memorials dot the Ox-Bow campus.

organizations interested in holding meetings, retreats, or brainstorming sessions in the atmosphere of a traditional art school,” said Ms. Bowman. For many years Ox-Bow has offered a community- based program, Art on the Meadow. This program includes condensed art workshops for adults, teens, and youngsters of school age. Classes are offered during the week or on weekends during the summer art school period. Most classes take place in the after- Sun and shadow create a striking collage as a backdrop for June noon or evening. Bowman, Ox-Bowís new executive director. Lake Michigan lies just beyond the horizon to Ms. Bowmanís right. “Area residents will be the main beneficiaries of this The architect of the innovations is June M. Bowman, ‘Art on the Meadow’ program,” noted Ms. Bowman. former speech therapist, fund-raiser, and instructor “The classes and workshops are scheduled over three in the University of Missouri’s Department of to five days during the week or, alternatively, for Communication Disorders. As executive director of Ox- one or two days on weekends. Subjects range from the Bow since mid-2001, Ms. Bowman brings some five Summer Science Sampler for kids 6 to 10 to Moving years of experience as director of development at the Murals and papermaking for older kids and adults. Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. “There’s a definite community connection in the Art In addition to managing Ox-Bow 12 months a year, Ms. Bowman acts as a liaison between Ox-Bow and its affiliate, the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. High on the roster of “projects begun” is Ox-Bow’s program of late-summer noncredit workshops. Enrolling in the two-week program that began in August, 2002, workshop students were able to choose among two- and three-day work sessions in seven subject areas: nature painting and drawing; papermaking and book structures; glass casting; the Graal, or “twice-blown,” glass workshop; nature photography; Chinese brush painting, and prose writing. A first for the Ox-Bow, the “artist retreat” series began a week after the close of the regular 10-week summer art school schedule. “We foresee great growth possi- bilities in the late-summer program, especially since it appeals not only to individuals but also to groups A visitor to the Ox-Bow campus questions Executive Director Bowman on representing associations, corporations, and other the art schoolís new late-summer noncredit art and craft courses. March 13, 2003 Page 13 on the Meadow program. As one example, this past summer the participants in the Moving Murals work- shop marched in Saugatuck’s Fourth of July parade.” Evolved over many years, the 10-week summer art school remains the core offering in the Ox-Bow’s annual catalogue. The summer program today includes one-and two-week courses in ceramics, foundry, glass- blowing, jewelry, metals, painting and drawing, paper- making, printmaking, and site-specific sculpture. Nearly 400 students attended these classes in 2002. Even here some expansion is in the concept stage. “We are considering adding more studio courses,” says Ms. Bowman. “Two that are on our wish-list are photography and design. We would like to length- en the summer schedule, but are pretty much wed- ded to it. Presently, none of our facilities is heated. Also, It ís time for a rest at the spot on the Ox-Bow campus where students in summer art and craft classes have built evening campfires. many of our instructors teach at colleges and universities, The log segments serve as chairs. and by about mid-August they have to think of get- ting back to their campuses.” tures.” Foremost among the plans is the expansion and complete renovation of the Ox-Bow Inn, perennial res- idence for many of the summer art school students who have not arranged for other accommodations in neigh- boring Saugatuck, Douglas, or other communities. The 19th century Inn provides a simple and rus- tic hub for much of the Ox-Bow activity, reads the Ox- Bow’s 2002 catalogue. The Inn is the location of Ox- Bow’s dining facilities, housing, and the Ox-Bow student services office. The first floor is where you will find the large dining hall, a lecture room, gallery, and a large screened-in porch. . . “In renovating the Inn we plan to retain its unique character,” said Ms. Bowman. “As much as possible, that applies also to the upgrades we plan to make on some of the 22 cottages on the grounds and on sev- eral of the eight studios that provide space for spe- cialized instruction.” The summer art school class of 2001 left as its memorial to a successful program a hexagonal cement platform on which rests a tiny metal Some upgrades are already in place. Built during sculpture. Admiring is Carol Keefe. the early months of 2002, an addition to the Keeler Burke Glass Studio was ready for use when 2002 sum- mer session classes began on June 9. The 750-square foot extension provided space to accommodate 25 percent more students per day. Ox Bow Continued on Page 14

“The early years” of the Ox-Bow summer school of painting are memori- alized in an inscription on a stone base. The school was founded in 1910. Various physical changes, planned or already start- ed, are building enthusiasm among the Ox-Bow staff, directors, and faculty. “The changes include coats of paint, housekeeping improvements, and even addi- A short strip of beach invites Ox-Bow summer students to go for a dip. tions to some of our more than 30 campus struc- The raft belongs to the school. Page 14 March 13, 2003

Ox Bow Continued from Page 13 “Funds contributed by one of our great benefactors, Helen Keeler “Dilly” Burke, a vice-president on the Ox-Bow board of directors, helped make the addition possible,” said Ms. Bowman. “Now we have topnotch studio equipment in that building as well as a struc- ture that blends with the landscape.” New residencies, scholarships, and grants have further brightened the 2003 picture for an Ox-Bow Stone memorials administration intent on expanding the Ox-Bow’s inscribed with dates and names of sum- appeal and potential. mer art school stu- Under a new residency program, up to eight pro- dents form a path fessional artists will receive room and board privileges, leading to the Ox- Bow Lagoon. The along with the use of small private studios, during the stone in the fore- two-week noncredit workshops starting in late August, ground reads, 2003. Two “work scholarships” will also be available, “HERE LIES 1949.” permitting artists to contribute services in part pay- ment of their scholarship costs. Ox-Bow’s community outreach efforts as a non- profit organization received a special boost in 2002 with announcement of a $4,000 grant from the Holland, Michigan Area Arts Council, a branch of the Michigan Council for Arts and Letters. “This award will help us to keep the ‘Art on the Meadow’ classes inexpen- sive,” Ms. Bowman said. “One of our goals is to keep this program accessible to students of all ages at --The “Temple.” An open forest glade in a deep reasonable rates. topographic depression, The Temple has the charac- “The grant also enabled us to hold the first public ter of hallowed ground because, according to Ox- exhibition of work by Art on the Meadow students. That Bow legend, the ashes of some of the outstanding fig- event took place during the August 2, 2002 Friday Night ures from the school’s historic past are interred here. Open Studio and the Family Fish Fry on August 3.” --The three structures on the Ox-Bow premises A tradition at Ox-Bow, the Open Studio evenings that are listed in the Michigan State Register of take place each Friday during the summer season. “This Historic Places: The Inn; The White, one of the stu- is a salon-style art show, open free to the public, at dio buildings, and a maintenance shed that once which students display the works completed during served as a residence. the week. Scheduled from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m., the As its transformation into a “virtual university” of evenings draw an average of 125 persons,” com- the arts and crafts proceeds, the Ox-Bow staff head- mented Ms. Bowman. ed by Ms. Bowman keeps its attention focused on the The Ox-Bow campus is also open to the public by school’s mission: “To sustain a haven for nurture of the creative process through instruction, example, and appointment for group tours. By contrast, the Visitor community.” Center adjacent to the campus is open to individuals or groups of visitors seven days a week. “The Center has pictorial, wall text, and other material summa- rizing Ox-Bow’s history since the school’s inception in 1910 to the present. “The chronology provides a com- prehensive glimpse into the Ox-Bow’s traditions, the curriculum, and the lives of some of the artists who have lived and worked here.” Of special interest to history buffs are several tra- dition-bound physical sites on the Ox-Bow campus. Exhibit No. 1 is The Inn, one of three Ox-Bow struc- tures that are listed in the Michigan State Register of Historic Places. Other sites, both natural and man-made, that attract students of history and art: ---The Tallmadge Cottage. Built some 75 years ago by noted architect and artist Thomas Eddy Tallmadge, the cottage exemplifies the Prairie Style With the Ox-Bow Inn as backdrop, Executive Director Bowman completes of architecture. a tour of the schoolís campus. March 13, 2003 Page 15 Collecting Your Memories or Need Extra Copies to Share?

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During lunch at the Palmer House, Ellie said, “we caused quite a stir.” Jan Duffy, Pat Kelley and Fran Lysaught at the first gathering of the People murmured, too, while a few dozen of the group Ladies of the Lake chapter of the Red Hat Society. dined at Benny’s one evening. “They thought we adults. Her daughter, Ellen Parcels, is an architect were millionaire’s wives,” Ellie said. in Minneapolis, and her son, Tom, lives in Sharing When a group of women all wear red hats, people Meadows in Rolling Prairie. Fran teaches juniors are just naturally inquisitive, Tamara said. “Three or and seniors English at Carver Military Academy on more hats, it always attracts an inquiry as to what’s the south side of Chicago. She subscribes to the Lyric the occasion.” Tamara Mullins, the Duchess of Hysterian (similar to historian), is with the The summer and winter Queen Mothers are, respectively, Princess of Royal Crown Jewels, Carol Teshima. Marci Meyer and Ellie Parkerson. Opera, the Chicago Symphony, the Shakespeare Theater and is a member of the Chicago Humanities Ellen began giving friends red hats along with the painted and hats found at the Goodwill and Salvation Festival. She also plays golf and bridge. poem. Wearing red hats, and purple outfits, they Army stores. The idea of being in a society that had To Fran, the Red Hat Society’s lack of agenda is a met for tea. Women spread the word and other groups fun as its sole purpose caught on. About 100 women plus. “I’ve never been with a group of women whose met to have fun while donning red and purple. joined the Ladies of the Lake Chapter. The chapter sole purpose was to enjoy each other’s company,” she Thousands of chapters have formed across the United is closed to membership now, but Ellie said that said. The low-key meetings, she said, bring out other States, New Zealand, Australia and Mexico. forming a club is nearly as easy as clicking onto dimensions in people. The Ladies of the Lake chapter formed last www.redhatsociety.com. Ellie, too, feels that is an advantage. She has September when Marci Meyer sent out invitations to Being the Queen Mother (organizations might call taught at Notre Dame School so long that she has taught women, asking them to wear red hats and purple attire it president or founder) is a simple task, too. As win- the children of her former pupils. She enjoys seeing to a brunch at her home. Long Beach was abuzz, ter Queen Mother, Ellie has few duties. (Marci is people in a role other than as parents. “It’s refresh- with women asking each other what the Red Hat Society the summer Queen Mother.) When someone comes up ing for me to see them in another light,” she said. was. Few could resist the fun. “We only had two peo- with an idea for an outing, members are e-mailed. Those Tamara is the mother of Sarajane, a busy freshman ple who said, ‘I’m not old enough to be in that club,’ who show up go on the outing. at Michigan City High School. She gets to put away ” Ellie said. The relaxed nature of the society is a draw for its her chauffeur’s role while with members of the Red Enjoying a red-hat day are Mary Rose Berger, Lyn Jacox, The women came to the party on Marci’s veranda members. Fran’s life has been a full one, and she is Hat Society. “I like the socializing. I like getting Sue Luegers and Adele O’Donnell. in antique hats, straw hats that had been spray- ready for some down time. She is the mother of two dressed up in the purple and wearing a red hat,” The Red Hat Society is a group for women over 50 she said. years old. The international organization has neither bylaws nor rules. It does, though, strongly suggest that members wear red hats and clashing purple outfits at meetings. As one might guess, the organization is strictly for fun. By the time a woman is 50 years Now, it seems, the only problem is old, she has spent perhaps decades taking care of fam- where to put those ily members and people in the community. She may summer and winter Cheryl Barnick have been on several school or civic organizations and red hats. wears a Scottish red hat at a meet- taken part in numerous fund drives. By 50, she ing of the Red should be able to put on a red hat, purple outfit and Donning red hats Hat Society with relax. are Betty Duggan, Fran Lysaught, Terry Deming and That is what founder Ellen Cooper of California Seanne Heffernan, Dorie Mertz and Peggy Mentone. thought. The Red Hat Society had an informal begin- Bonnie Reese. ning. 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SHIRLEY A. KMIECIK E C.R.S., G.R.I. OF LAPORTE COUNTY FRIDAY, MARCH 14 BROKER OWNER INC. 6:15-7:30 p.m. WINTER’S END. Even though March has aged 14 days, the sun still hasn’t left winter’s T domain. Join a ranger on this evening stroll to listen P.O. BOX 565 for the sights and sounds of the end of winter. You will MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA 46361 be looking at the waxing moon and sky as well as lis- RES. 219-879-3123 FAX: 219-878-0464 tening and looking for signs on the earth. Meet at LAKE PROPERTIES Bailly/Chellberg Visitor Center. INVESTMENTS • LOTS AND LAND COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL SATURDAY, MARCH 15 10 a.m.-noon. FISH’N THE DUNES. Join a ranger and members of the Northwest Indiana Steelheaders Association for this introduction to Dune Country’s “fish’n holes.” Learn about the hot spots in the area as well as the different fish species found in these waters. Meet at Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center. “With 10 years of experience in SUNDAY, MARCH 16 mortgage lending, it is my goal to 1:30-3 p.m. FOWL WEATHER. Spring transients exceed your expectations in obtaining a mortgage. Give me a call anytime and lingering winter residents make March a promis- at 1-800-520-2808 or 219-877-0424.” ing month to see waterfowl. Visit the ponds and marshes in Miller Woods and, if time permits, hike Mary Vrska all the way to Lake Michigan. Bring binoculars and Mortgage Consultant meet at Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education. BANKING • INSURANCE • INVESTMENTS • TRUST For more information, phone 926-7561, ext. 225. Member FDIC

(219) 872-5555 Maple Sugar Time at Deep River Park From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., March 15 & 16, the Sugar Shack, Wood’s Grist Mill and the Visitor Center Gift Shop will POSTON be bustling with activity at Deep River County Park. PLUMBING, INC. Enjoy a tasty snack, watch the movie “The Maple “When Quality Counts” Sugar Farmer” and shop for your own pure maple syrup Commercial - Residential Installation & Repair in the Visitor Center. Then visit Grist’s Mill, purchase your stoneground cornmeal and let the kids visit the Kids Corner. Walk across Deep River to the Sugar Shack 9896 W. 300 North, Bldg. C and get warm by the wood-fired evaporator, where the Jeff Poston Michigan City, IN 46360 syrup is processed. MC/VISA FAX (219) 872-5647 Also, join a group touring the sugar bush to see how trees are tapped and sap collected. For more information, phone 219/947-1958. Deep River County Park is located off Hwy. 30 between Valparaiso and Merrillville. Turn right at the stop light past Deep River Water Park and follow the signs. Quality 1st

brass & marble & Custom Decks • Pool Decks a checkerboard floor. Paver Patios • Garages Deck Maintenance & More temple news. old fashioned soda fountain. Tom 816 jefferson. laporte. 362-2676 Brown PH/FAX(219) 326-9349 Page 26 March 13, 2003 Activities to Explore “Your grass In the Local Area: March 13 -- Cartooning Class at the Chesterton Art may be brown, Center, 115 S. Fourth St., Chesterton. 4-5:30 pm for but we’re still five sessions. $75/Art Center members, $80/non- members. Info 926-4751. planning it March 13-17 — “Far From Heaven.” Starring green!” Julianne Moore & Dennis Quaid. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards. Rated PG-13. Thurs. 7 pm; Fri & In the lawn care world, the green season doesn’t end Sat 6:30 & 9:15 pm; Sun 3:45 & 6:30 pm; Mon 7 pm. when leaves fall off the trees, or when the ground is Rated R. Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, covered in snow. It actually BEGINS. MI. 269/756-3522. www.vickerstheatre.com Now is the time we start planning and measuring for March 13 — Writer’s Rendezvous. 6 pm at the the best lawn care yet for this COMING spring. Then Michigan City Public Library. Meet with published our lawn fertilization programs will start building your and aspiring writers to discuss, critique and learn about lawn for years to come. the process of writing. Call us today for a free lawn care estimate. The March 13 — The Great Chefs of Harbor Country. greenest grass starts when the season is still brown. Featuring Chef Timothy Sizer at Timothy’s Restaurant, 16220 Lake Shore Road., Union Pier, MI. 7 pm (EST). Demos and tasting of fish dishes. Reservations 127 State Hwy. 212 required: 269/469-1515. Proceeds benefit St. Mary of Michigan City the Lake School. IN 46360 March 14 -- Triviafest 2003 sponsored by Michiana (219) 879-4839 Resources, Inc. Doors open 6:30 pm, registration LANDSCAPE The People In Blue begins at 7 pm, contest at 7:30 pm. $10 to participate, MAINTENANCE $5 for observers. Cash prizes will be awarded. A cash Who Make Things INC. bar will be available. 874-4288, ext. 303 for more Green info. 4315 E.Michigan Blvd., Michigan City. March 14 — Cabin Fever fundraiser event presented by the New Buffalo Lions Club. 7 pm on. $10 per per- son. Wear tropical clothing and enter contest for Is your computer miserable? “Best Dressed.” Tix from Lion Club members or 269/469-3250. Constantly fighting March 15 — Three Oaks Business Assoc. Auction fundraiser. 9 am-11:30 am (EST). Held at the Three with the operator? Oaks Elementary School cafeteria at the corner of US Crashing? 12 & Oak St. March 15 -- Rumely Historic Day in LaPorte. Making everyone’s Activities from 9 am-4:30 pm downtown LaPorte. lives horrible? For schedule of events, phone Leigh Morris, 219/362- 4998 or email [email protected] March 15 — Regional Science Fair at PNC campus. Exhibits open to the public from 1-3:30 pm in the Does it have Internet Access? Library-Student-Faculty Building. Info 872-0527. March 15 — LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra concert. 7:30 pm at LaPorte Presbyterian Church, 307 Make you & your computer Kingsbury Ave., LaPorte. Tix available at the door are $15/adults, $12/sen. cit., $5/students. Info 219/325-0666 Happy or www.lcso.net March 15 — Sons of Norway meeting. 6 pm potluck & more efficient with supper followed by meeting and movie “The Islander.” full internet access for only New members invited. Held at the Westchester $15.00 per month Library Annex, 100 W. Indiana St., Chesterton. Info 874-7457 or 926-3737. March 15 -- Amarillo Star Country/Western dance. 7-10:30 pm at the Michigan City Skwiat Legion Post. Adm. $3/AS members & $5/non-members. Info Chris Hayes, 874-3624. 618 Franklin Square • 219 879 6600 March 15 — 6th annual Encores fundraising event March 13, 2003 Page 27 for the Community Theatre Guild, Valparaiso. Held at Strongbow Inn, Valparaiso. 6 pm cocktails, 7 pm Dimensional Stone, Inc. dinner and 8 pm entertainment- “An Evening at the Cabaret.” Tix $50 ea, table of 8 reserved seating/$400. 219/462-4006 or email [email protected] March 16 — Spring Film Series at the Michigan City Public Library. 2 pm. “Shower”, a Chinese film is Custom Granite the story about a family who owns a public bathouse in modern Beijing. Free and open to the public. Counter Tops March 17 — Meditation Group. 7 pm at the Michigan City Public Library. New members are invited to attend. March 19 — Blood Pressure Screening. 2 pm at the Michigan City Public Library. Bring your list of med- ications and your blood pressure card. March 19 — British-style debate at Valparaiso University. 7:30 pm in the Union Great Hall on cam- pus. Free & open to the public. Refreshments will fol- low the debate about whether the battle of the sexes has ended. English debaters are from King’s College, Trinity College and Downing College. VU debaters are members of Christ College, the university’s honors col- lege. March 20 — Valparaiso University Chorale concert. 7:30 pm in the Chapel of the Resurrection on campus. Tix $10/adults, $5/sen. cit. & students. 219/464-5114. Places to Visit: 7635 West 100th Place Bridgview, IL Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan City. Tel: 708.598.6695 Fax: 708.598.4515 web: www.dimensional-stone.com Guided tours on Mon-Fri, 10 am, 11:30 am. Adm. $4/adults, $2/kids 18 and under, free/kids under 3. Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360 Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on the web at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St., Overcome Michigan City. Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 10 am-4 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 874-4900. New exhibits: “African March & Oceanic Art from the Lawrence P. Kolton Collection” and “Seasons” in the Area Artists Gallery. On display Madness until March 15. LaPorte County Historical Museum, county com- with plex in downtown LaPorte, Indiana. Hours 10 am-4:30 pm, Tues-Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/326- 6808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org. New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker St., New Buffalo, MI. Open Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; FRANK’S UPHOLSTERY Sat-Sun, 10 am-3 pm (MI time). Info 269/469-5409. Old Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park, Michigan City. Open Tues-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. $2/adults, $1/kids Yes, Frank is back! grades 9-12, 50 cents/kids grades 1-8, free to preschool- ers. Group tours available, phone 872-6133. Closed Jaunary and February. 20% off All Material Farther Afield: Over 40 years of Experience Through May 11 — African Sculpture: Bamana Just call 219-879-6259 Art From Mali. At the Milwaukee Art Museum, down- town Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tix $12/adults, $10/senior for all your upholstery needs citizens & students, free to children under 12. Phone toll-free 866/MAM-1323 or log onto www.muse- For Immediate Response umtix.com. The museum is open 7 days a week, 10 a.m.- 219-861-6385 (cell) 5 p..m. and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Thursdays. Page 28 March 13, 2003 Travels with Charley: Cookies and Conversation with Michigan City’s Legendary Dora Allen by Charles McKelvy

If you’re going to spend any time with Dora Allen When a nuisance caller interrupted our conversa- at her double-brick house at 804 East Michigan tion, she took care of him or her by blowing a whis- Boulevard in Michigan City, you’re going to end up tle into the phone. eating some really terrific cookies. She laughed and said, “I can take of myself.” Nothing unusual about that, you say, except that Indeed, she still drives on a valid Indiana driver’s Dora Allen is planning to celebrate her 95th birthday license, and occasionally heads over to the nearby Blue on December 26, 2003. Chip Casino with her grandchildren and other rela- tives when they want a little excitement. “I’m not a gamer gambler, but I did win $200 once on the second try on a slot machine. Mainly, I just like to watch the other people when I go over there,” Dora said. Dora, it should be said, lives in the old Kunkle Homestead on Michigan Boulevard that she and her late husband Jesse bought in October 1945. She lives “upstairs,” and her 75-year-old son Brian Hutcherson lives downstairs in what she calls the “English garden apartment.”

Dora Allen always has a ready smile for visitors.

And those really tasty cookies she will certainly serve you are not the store-bought kind. No, the loving widow of Jesse, mother of four, step- mother of two, grandmother of seven, and great- grandmother of three will head off to the kitchen in the middle of a lively conversation in her cozy living room and return with a plate of her home-baked nut cookies. That’s what happened to me on a recent afternoon when I went a callin’ on a truly delightful nonagenarian. “When I get the blues,” she said, offering me a She has lived in this house on Michigan Boulevard for plate of the best cookies anywhere, “I go to the kitchen more than 50 years. and make something — cookies, anything.” I know I would have given anything to know how “He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, but he she had baked such delicious cookies, but all she was also in the Marines, and he was in heavy fight- said was they were made from her “mother’s old ing during the Korean War. He stays here with me recipe with pecans and raisins and whatever. I don’t most of the time, but he has friends everywhere, so use chocolate anymore because I just don’t care for it he travels around to see them. He just got back from anymore. But I eat (and cook) whatever I want.” Florida. He’s a bookworm.” Chicken is high on that list, and just about anything And so is his mother, except she says she no longer else except cigarettes and alcohol. tackles the really thick books. “Never smoked and never drank, and if you ask me “I read The Beacher every week, and I like The how I lived so long, it’s because I’ve always worked Reader’s Digest, and I like the shorter books. But I and always taken care of people.” don’t watch the television during the day. Only at night.” March 13, 2003 Page 29

One of Michigan City’s most memorable citizens: Dora Allen.

Mrs. Allen shows off some of her latest handiwork. She cared for her husband Jesse in 1958 after he caught his pants leg in the door of his Scholl’s Dairy Dora Allen is simply too busy keeping up with truck during a delivery and hit his head on the curb. family and friends and baking and cooking and The man she met in Michigan City and married in Reno, squeezing in a little needle work and crochet on the Nevada, died under her tender care. side to sit in front of the boob tube all day. As did two of her three daughters: Janet Koch who “But I do remember when the first televisions died in 1980 of cancer, and Patricia Levendowski appeared. That was really something.” who also succumbed to cancer, on December 14, 2002. She also remembers growing up on a farm in The oldest daughter, Elizabeth Stralkowski, lives in Hager’s Grove, Missouri during the Depression. in Lansing Michigan. “We did everything — had our own garden, canned While Patricia’s untimely death is still painful to and put up vegetables, slaughtered a calf and a hog Dora Allen, she bears it with dignity and just heads every fall and my mother cured the meat and we for her kitchen to do some cooking and baking when put it in a smoke house because we didn’t have any it gets to be too much. refrigeration.” Besides, she knows that she needs to replenish her Dora said the Great Depression taught her two valu- cookie jar for her faithful Letter Carrier, Dan Cortese. able life lessons: don’t throw anything away, and Dan, who was featured in the April 11, 2002 edi- always keep working and caring for people. tion of The Beacher, was the one who alerted me to the delightful Dora Allen, noting that she would make a great story. Dan, you were absolutely right. And, Dora, kindly give Dan all the fresh-baked cookies he wants the next time he brings you your mail with that customary smile on his face.

A welcoming presence in Michigan City since she moved here in 1935. Dora and her husband, Jesse, on a Mexican holiday, Dec. 26, 1939. Page 30 March 13, 2003

On March 13, 1781, English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. On March 13, 1852, a drawing by Frank Bellew, which appeared in the New York Lantern, was the first cartoon which depicted Uncle Sam as the symbol of the United States. On March 14, 1812, in an effort to buy military equipment to use in the war against England, the United States issued America’s first war bonds. On March 14, 1854, German biochemist Paul Ehrlich, who founded modern hematology by developing tech- niques for staining the various types of blood corpuscles, was born in Satrehlen. On March 15, 1820, Maine became the 23rd state to be admitted to the Union. On March 15, 1892, New York became the first state to authorize the use of voting machines. On March 15, 1956, “My Fair Lady,” starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, opened on Broadway. On March 16, 1787, German physicist George S. Ohm, who discovered the mathematical law of electric cur- rent, called “Ohm’s Law,” was born in Erlangen. On March 16, 1802, the United States Military YOU’LL BE SO PROUD Academy was founded at West Point, New York. OF THIS FURNACE, YOU MAY On March 17, 461, so tradition tells us, St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, died in the town of Saul. HAVE THE URGE TO WAX IT. Legend says that he drove all of the snakes and ven- omous creatures from Ireland by beating on a drum. It’s not just a furnace. The high- He did it so well that, even to this day, we are told that performance Dimension™ is the ultimate death occurs instantly to any such creature who heating machine. Its two-stage technology dares touch Irish soil. delivers optimum comfort. What’s more, On March 17, 1843, St. Patrick’s Day was cele- its exclusive SureLight™ ignition system is brated in Chicago for the first time. quieter and more dependable than any other On March 18, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower ignition system. To learn more about your signed the Hawaii statehood bill. Dimension™ with SureLight™ dream furnace, just call your independent On March 18, 1965, somewhere in the wild blue yon- Lennox dealer today. der, the first spacewalk took place when Soviet cos- monaut Aleksei Leonov left his capsule. He remained outside the spaceship for approximately 20 minutes.

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SPACIOUS LONG BEACH HOME. 7/BR, 4/Bath. Central Air. **BEACHWALK RENTALS - Great resort homes. 2-6 Bedrooms, and 1.5 Blocks to Stop 28 Beach for Summer rental . close to lake. Call 630/323-5941 or e-mail [email protected] **One to eight bedroom homes, cottages and cottages for rent in CHARMING MICHIANA SHORES COTTAGE IN WOODED AREA both Indiana and Michigan. A little over a block from great beach. Rustic charm with modern Contact Executive Group Realty at 219/874-1122, or www.e-g-r.com conveniences. 2-New baths and kitchen. Fireplace. Air/Cond. ••• HOUSE FOR RENT ON THE BEACH ••• Dishwasher. 2 + Bdrms. Avail June, July & Aug. by the week. ••• Stop 16 - Long Beach ••• Call 773/935-1855 days, or 773/248-3265 evenings. 3/BR, 2.5/Bath, A/C, W/D, BBQ, Cable, Fireplace SUMMER RENTAL - BEACHSIDE - 3/BR, 2 1/2 Bath. Family room. Private Beach ClassifiedsNew appliances. Central air. Decorator’s own home. No pets. Great Summer Dates Available - Call 630/251-3277. Call 773/405-9879 DELUXE 3/BR Loft Apartment at Beach SHERIDAN BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE All appliances. W/D. Water views. - $850 - Negotiable - 219/872-7690 3/BR, 1.5/Baths. Grill, deck, & just steps to the beach. COZY 2/BR Apartment at Beach. All appliances + washer/dryer. Month long rental — Call 773/575-3466. $650 Negotiable - Joe - 219/872-7690. MICHIANA SHORES - Unique, new cottage built by Chicago interior SUMMER HOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH designer. Large, open plan, two story living space. 2/BR, 2/Bath. Large 4/BR, 2/Bath rehabbed vintage Oriole Trail cottage. Can sleep six. Very large screened porch overlooking lovely, very Screened porch. Short walk to Stop 28 beach. Select July/Aug private terrace. Complete kitchen. Wash/dry, AC. Sat. to Sat. rental weeks avail @ 900/wk.— Call 219/874-4316, or 773/871-7304. $1,200/week. — Call 773/929-2295. SHERIDAN BEACH ANNUAL RENTALS - 3 Blocks to beach. RENTALS MICHIGAN •• Luxury 2/BR, 2/Bath upper apt w/deck and seasonal lake view. BLUE FISH VACATION RENTALS &SALES of ReMAX HARBOR COUNTRY Master suite. D/W, W/D, stove, refrigerator. - $850/mo. Credit check featuring Year Round Rentals. Book now for off-season and summer •• 3/BR,1/Bath cottage on hill. Stove, refrigerator, laundry room, 2003! Cozy up in one of our comfy cottages, or in one of our more spacious, shed. Lots of Parking. Credit check. - 219/363-6818 larger homes. 269/469-0468, or www.bluefishvacations.com/beach CHARMING 3/BR HOUSE IN MILLER BEACH - One block from BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE MICHIANA COTTAGE FOR MONTHLY (Or longer) beach. Available for weekly rental. $550/wk. — Call 630/=584-0288. RENTAL. - One block from beautiful Lake Michigan Beach at Stop 39. SHERIDAN BEACH - 409 LAKE SHORE DRIVE - Multi-family summer Fully furnished—Charming Deco decor. Air conditioned, forty win- rental. 8/BR, Sleeps 15. Large outside deck. Large rear patio. Dune dows to catch lake breezes. Sleeps up to eight persons. Three bed- top deck. - $2,000 to $3,200 week. — Call 219/874-4995. rooms. Two full baths. Two woodburning fireplaces. New kitchen. BEACHWALK - SHERIDAN BEACH: One to six bedroom homes located in Secluded forty oak tree landscape with Adirondack chairs and ham- the famous Beachwalk Resort. Very nice homes, close to Lake Michigan. mocks. TVs with cable and movie channels. BBQ grill. Available May These homes are very bright and cheerful. Visit them on the web at onward through October and selected winter holidays. Pets wel- www.e-g-r.com, or call Executive Group Realty - 219/874-1122. come. Call [773] 528-0825 or [773] 281-7100. Prefer longer tenan- cy, but willing to consider weekly rentals with excellent tenants. INDIANA AND MICHIGAN: We represent many homes in the beach areas. Visit the homes at www.e-g-r.com, or call HARBERT, MI COTTAGE ON PRIVATE LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH. EXECUTIVE GROUP REALTY -219/874-1122. Sleeps 2. Non-smokers. No pets. - Call 269/469-5654 LONG TERM RENTAL AT STOP 18, LONG BEACH: 6/BR, 3/Bath home FLORIDA RENTALS located right across the street from the beach. The home has everything, SEBRING, FLORIDA - 4th hole of 36-hole golf course. One hour to including 2 fireplaces, central air, dishwasher & washer/dryer. Plus, enjoy Disney. One hour to Tampa. 2/BR, 2/Bath. Heated pool. the sunsets from almost every room in the home. $1,500/mo plus utilities. $900/mo. - $500/2 weeks. 219/874-5337 Call EXECUTIVE GROUP REALTY - 219/874-1122. Summer Rental REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Emma’s Cottage HOUSE AT 1925 LAKE SHORE DRIVE - STOP 12 - 3,600 SQ/FT. - on the beach $385,000. Call 219/874-7290 weekdays, or 219/879-8965 weekends. 1426 Lake Shore Drive, Michigan City Build your log cabin on this 88’x120’ wooded site! City water & sewer. on the beach (Stop 9) in Sheridan Beach Walk to Michiana beaches. $42,000 Broker/Owner219 /879-0811. 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she was expecting an engagement ring. Ouch. After Off the Book Shelf several weeks of crying around the apartment, Alex’s by Sally Carpenter best friend drags her out for an evening of clubs and drinking where she meets a younger man who turns Irish Girls About Town by Maeve Binchy, Marian out to be a fitness trainer. Instead of roses and Keyes & Cathy Kelly romance, he teaches Alex the pain and personal This week we’ll all be watching the St. Patrick’s Day rewards of jogging. What does her old boyfriend think parade, drinking green beer and maybe singing an Irish of her now? A feel good story, with a feel good ending. song or two. In between all the merrymaking don’t for- Other subjects are covered, like taking care of a crusty get to do a bit of readin’ also. My hearty recommen- old aunt who makes Norah feel like a second hand cit- dation this week is a collection of sixteen short sto- izen. Dear Auntie, however, is actually hiding secrets ries all written by Irish women authors; and not just of her own. Or there’s the two girls who take a cross- any authors. These sixteen ladies are at the top of mod- country trip across America and find they must share ern Irish storytelling. their rental car with two men. Can they get along? Now, don’t go getting the wrong impression here; Will romance blossom along the way? You’ll enjoy these stories are universal to women of all national- sharing the ride with Becky and Suze in “Thelma and ities, not just the Irish persuasion. If you can’t relate Louise and the Lurve Gods.” to at least two of these stories, then you must live in There’s also not recognizing love when it’s staring a bubble. Love, hate, misunderstanding, loneliness, you in the face and “The Ring Cycle,” the hilarious even PMS, are explored in an amusing and “yeah, I’ve story of a divorced woman who just can’t seem to get been there” mode. rid of her wedding ring, no matter how hard she Internationally popular author Marian Keyes has tries. written a story about the perfect couple that drive their All in all, sixteen tales to amuse and entertain friends “bloody” crazy. We’ve all met one of these you. couples, haven’t we? The perfect couple with the per- In the Castle of the Flynns by Michael Raleigh fect bodies, the perfect clothes, the perfect every- I can’t let you go without a short say about this won- thing. Can anything ever go wrong for them? Read derful book even though I haven’t finished reading it “Soulmates” and find out. yet. (It really pains me to say that). However, it’s about The New York Times has called Maeve Binchy “a growing up in an Irish-American Catholic family in remarkably gifted writer” and she proves it again with 1950s Chicago. This novel reads like a memoir by Danny “Carissima,” the story of Nora, a free spirit who had Dorsey whose parents are killed in an automobile acci- run off to Sicily after a married man. She has now dent. Danny is sent to live with his maternal grand- returned to Ireland and her unforgiving family decide parents, Patrick and Winifred Flynn, whose big white on a fitting return, until her friend Brenda intervenes. house looks like a castle to the 8-year old boy. His story Author Catherine Barry, a relative newcomer in Irish has all the great ethnicity that I remember growing literature, has written “The Twenty-Eighth Day.” up in a Polish American environment. In fact, the wed- This story had me almost rolling off my sofa in laugh- ding described in the book sounds like ones I remem- ter. Ladies, you have to read this—we’ve all been ber from my own childhood. there when the great PMS monster rears its ugly head. Danny tells of living in the old Riverview Park “I know all about the hormonal imbalance.....I know area, a place I remember visiting as a child. Danny that it passes and I know I can’t help the way I feel. spends his days exploring the surrounding neigh- All the same, it doesn’t stop me from wanting to borhoods, and getting to know his extended family. stick a knife in Michael’s eye.” Have you seen the movie “The Christmas Story”? If “De-Stress” by Joan O’Neill is about a girl who’s so, you will delight in reading this charming and dumped by her man in a very public restaurant when nostalgic story. I couldn’t let you go without mentioning it. One last thought: “May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that EARTH PARTNERS, INC. grow and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.” 1804 E. US Hwy. 20 • Michigan City Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and till next time, happy reading! OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONTINUES

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