Take Me out to a Vintage Ball Game

Volume 18, Number 32 Thursday, August 15, 2002

The vintage base ballers are introduced before the game begins. On home turf, The Deep River Grinders and…

Take Me Out to a Vintage Ball Game By Paula McHugh If you want to be taken out to the old ball game, con- yourselves down along a shady stretch of treeline sider a Sunday afternoon at Deep River County Park that borders the Deep River Grinders’ field. And get in Hobart. ready for a peek into the past, before the National There is no admission charge and you won’t find a Pastime grew to be what it is today. The Deep River stadium. Nor will you find the players spitting, Grinders Base Ball Club Nine is a living history scratching, or stretching their cheeks with wads of tobac- reminder of a kinder, gentler game. co. No dugouts, no glittery scoreboards, no batting cages. On an early August Sunday with a heat index No cursing, no sliding, no leading off bases, no steal- threatening extreme discomfort, a dozen or so Grinders ing. No radios, no announcers, no commercials, no mil- await the arrival of the Mackville Mudcats. Rich lion-dollar salaries. The Boys of Summer at Deep “Rookie” Twardy of Dyer is one of the first to arrive. River Park play, as volunteers, by the old rules, the He’s been told that his team will have to ask permission 1858 rules. of umpire Don Good to roll up their billowy shirtsleeves. Bring your own peanuts and Crackerjack, if you The Grinders’ wear blousey cotton tops in baby blue. must. Bring your own chairs (or blanket) and plunk Ball Game Continued on Page 2

…the visiting team The Mackerville Mudcats. Page 2 August 15, 2002

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Ball Game Continued from Page 1 Thankfully polyester had close to a century before being introduced into wardrobes. The Mudcats have the disadvantage of dark uniforms and black wool caps and a long morning’s ride from Atwood, Illinois to face the Grinders under a 90-degree sun. The cranks (spectators) sit on the sidelines waiting for the game to begin. Neither heat nor humidity nor the seduction of an air-conditioned living room and television keeps vintage base ball cranks such as Don and Kay Granzow away from the game. They’ve come to support their son-in-law, Grinder hurler Dave “The Tacker” Stutler. First-time base ball cranks Nick and Delaurentis and Ron and Anne Brennan relax in anticipation of witnessing a different ball game. A gentlemanly game. Seven-year Grinder veteran Richard Grey II does more than tip his cap and greet a crank writer with a “good afternoon, ‘mam.” With the utmost in manners, he overlooks this writer’s gaffe during a conversation about his father. (He figured it would be impo- lite to correct me when I identified his Post-Tribune columnist father as a photographer). And while the Mudcats are waiting for three more of their players to arrive, Richard takes time to A gentleman might enjoy a stogie before explain vintage base ball rules and cus- the game. Bob “Pudge” Szrom holds up the soft, hand-sewn leather ball toms to a trio of youngsters and their used in the vintage games. parents. The ballers, as they are called, play bare-handed with hand-stitched, leather-covered balls. Grinder veteran Larry “Iron Man” Modglin hand-turns his teams’ bats when he has extra time, and the Grinders also use the services of the Hoosier Bat Company of Valparaiso to assure an adequate supply for each game. But Spectators at a vintage base ball game are known the day’s game is delayed while the Mudcats as “cranks.” Looking anything but cranky are four appeal for three players loaned from the home- Larry “Iron Man” Modglin has first-timers, from left: Ron and Anne Brennan provided the Grinders with his and Brenda and Nick Delaurentis. team’s roster. hand-turned bats.

Grinder veteran Richard Grey II explains the vintage game rules to a family of cranks. The Grinders have a new logo, shown here stamped on one of the bats. August 15, 2002 Page 3

“We have 24 players total for the Grinders,” tallykeeper Joanna Shearer said. Joanna, whose day job Open ‘til 6 p.m. is Historical Programmer for Lake County Parks at Evenings Deep River, can be credited with originating the vintage base ball phenomenon in Northwest Indiana. Joanna said that her interest was sparked after she and several local players were invited to an exhibition involving many teams in Columbus, Ohio. www.littlehousefashions.comElegant Apparel for the [email protected] Conscious Woman Women’s Apparel

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Ball Game Continued from Page 3 Sandy are wearing ankle-length calico dresses and roll The Mudcats’ tallykeeper Sandy Fiala has joined up their long sleeves just short of the elbow. But, they’re Joanna at the table for the afternoon game. Sandy, sitting in the shade and it’s comfortable enough. whose husband Rick and sister-in-law Kari are Mudcats, explains that this is basically her family’s summer vacation, going from town to town participating in vintage base ball. The Fiala’s discovered the game by accident while they were hiking at a state park near Decatur, Illinois. “The trail we were hiking lead out of the woods onto the base ball field where the Decatur Ground Squirrels were playing,” she said. They watched the old-time game and were hooked.

Grinder rookie Steve “Goose” Modglin tips his cap and shouts out his name as each member introduces himself to the cranks who have come to watch the game.

Three members of the Fiala family strike a 19th-century pose for the camera. From left, Kari “Small Behind” Fiala, Tallykeeper Sandy, and Mudcat Captain Rick Fiala. In vintage base ball parlance, the catcher is the “behind.” Does that help explain Kari’s team nickname? During a normal game—normal meaning when moderate temperatures prevail, the umpire will be wearing his top hat and tails, usually carrying a fancy walking stick and commanding the respectful attention of ballers and cranks. But safety and common sense pre- Mudcats Captain Rick Fiala expresses his team’s “great pleasure vail during summer’s dog days. Umpire Don Good dress- to travel to Grinder Field.” It’s all part of vintage base ball’s es in shorts and suspenders and puts aside authen- code of gentlemanly conduct. ticity for the afternoon. The ballers are allowed to roll An ice-filled bucket brimming with bottles of sar- up their sleeves. The tallykeepers, however, must saparilla, the “beverage of choice” for the Grinders, th maintain mid-19 century modesty. Joanna and sits in the shade. Three home team members agree to fill out the short Mudcat roster so that the game can proceed. Umpire Don Good introduces each baller on the two teams and Mudcats’ captain Rick Fiala announces his teams “great pleasure to travel to the Grinders’ field this fine afternoon.” The Grinders win the coin toss, score six aces at the top of the first inning, and cheer one another on. Rookie Steve “Goose” Modglin runs an ace despite a recent rib injury. His Grinder teammates, gentlemen all, show concern for the rookie’s condition. “Goose” is winded, but pleased. At the bottom of the first, the Mudcats face two outs with a baller on third. Grinder hurler (pitcher) Dave Stutler throws his customary underhand (1858 rules) and the Mudcats’ striker (batter) bats a slippery ground ball that rolls far into the outfield. The Umpire Don Good explains the rules of the game to the cranks before the teams are introduced. In cooler weather, the umpire dresses in traditional Mudcats exhort their runner to “leg it” as he makes top hat and tails. But today, it’s too hot for the costumed formality, ‘mam. it to home. But wait. Grinder Larry “Iron Man” August 15, 2002 Page 5

Dave “The Tacker” Stutler, the Grinders’ hurler, uses an underhand pitch that was used in 1858 play. Near the end of the century, hurlers were using an overhand pitch, according to Umpire Don Good keeps an eye on a Grinder striker (batter), as Kari Dan. Fiala, the Mudcats’ behind (catcher) returns the ball to the hurler (pitcher). The vintage vocabulary is easy to learn and follow.

Call vintage base ball a re-enactment of sorts. But the friendships and fun are genuine. Cranks enjoy a civilized sport, shady seats, and perhaps a sarsa- parilla to quench a thirst. No beer. No brawls. No bleach- er bums. The next Grinders’ home game is scheduled for Sunday, August 25 at 2 p.m., when they play the White River Base Ball Club. On Sunday, September 8, the Grinders will meet the Door Village Prairie Dogs Huzzah, huzz-ah! Steve “Goose” Modglin, scoring an ace for the Grinders, registers his triumph by sounding the bell. at Door Village at 1:30 p.m. For more information about directions to Deep River County Park, the Grinders, Modglin catches a teammate’s throw on the chin. or vintage base ball, call 219-947-1958 or 1-800- Someone yells, “Stop. He’s hurt.” Iron Man says it noth- GRISTMILL. ing, but the gentlemanly rules of the game say that the Mudcat must return to third base. There will be no ace for the Mudcats this inning. In the mid-1900’s, it was customary for the teams to join in a celebration at a local tavern or public house after a game. The Grinders and Mudcats will break bread after the game by sharing a potluck in the cool shade of the postcard-pretty park.

The Deep River Grinders are featured in this South Shore series poster. The poster and banner welcome cranks (spectators) to Grinder Field on game days.

Joanna Shearer and Kathy Fiala watch as the Grinders leave the outfield after scoring six aces in the first inning. Page 6 August 15, 2002 Victorian Tea at Friendship Gardens

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presented by Looking Over Red Desert Karl Appel 1973 Page 8 August 15, 2002 Help Sought For Sept. 11 Issue 17th Annual Juried Art Exhibition The Beacher is planning a commemoration of the The jury has met and has selected approximately Sept. 11 World Trade Center tragedy. If any of our read- 60 works for the 17th Annual Juried Art Exhibition ers experienced personal or professional losses that at the John G. Blank Center for the Arts. This year’s you would like to share, please write to us at: The jurors were: Beacher Newspaper, 911 Franklin St., Michigan City, Suzanne Cohan-Lange, a sculptor, designer and art IN 46360, or stop in the office in person. You can also educator, currently Chair of the Master’s Program in e-mail [email protected] Interdisciplinary Arts at Columbia College in Chicago. We are interested in photos you may have taken at Gregg Hertzlieb, Director and Curator of the Brauer the site, or in disruptions of your normal life, due to Museum of Art at Valparaiso University. the disaster that profoundly affected all Americans. Robert Stanley, award-winning printmaker, painter, The deadline for this information is Fri., Aug. 30. digital artist and teacher at Oakton Community College in Illinois. Works were selected from applicants living within a 175-mile radius of Michigan City, and included Panhellenic Scholarships artists from Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. The show will display work in a large variety of media and Members of Dunes Area Panhellenic will award a styles, including watercolor, digital photos, paint- scholarship of $750 to a college junior or senior stu- ings, sculpture, pencil, charcoal and mixed media. dent active in a national sorority and whose perma- The public is invited to join artists and their friends nent home is in the Dunes area, defined by a Michigan for the opening reception and awards ceremony on Sat., City, LaPorte County, Chesterton or New Buffalo Aug. 24, 7-9 p.m. First prize is $750. Other prizes, includ- address, or a student who attended high school in one ing a number of purchase awards, will also be of these cities. announced. Each applicant must tell what she has contributed The show will continue until Sept. 27. Gallery to her sorority and what her sorority means to her. hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday, For an application, contact Stephanie Thomas at 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Blank Center for the Arts is locat- 879-4785, or Sue Dziak at 872-1697. Applications ed at 312 East 8th St., Michigan City; phone 874-4900. will need to be returned to Panhellenic by Sept. 1. Visit their website at www.blankartcenter.org August 15, 2002 Page 9

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A bit of Long Beach history perished and a bit of acter of the building. Just days before the conflagration, art survived, when flames struck the 106-year-old feed he and his mother had their loan application approved, store in Michigan City. to make necessary repairs to the structure. Firme was Kevin Firme, who owned the building at Ninth converting the building into a studio, where he fab- and Pine, was able to rescue one piece of his sculp- ricated his large-scale steel sculptures and showed them ture from the rubble. Luckily, several other pieces were to art patrons on such occasions as the annual “Heart safely installed in an exhibit just up the street, at the of Art” studio tours. John G. Blank Center for the Arts. Although the building was a landmark in downtown Michigan City, few people are aware of its significance to Long Beach: the old feed store was the original head- quarters of Orphie W. Gotto, one of the first developers of the Town of Long Beach. You may have heard that the upscale lakefront community was developed by sharp real estate speculators from Chicago, looking to establish a golfers’ paradise. Not so. Long Beach was the brainchild of Orrin Glidden, who owned a bakery on Franklin Street, and Orphie W. Gotto, who sold wood, baled hay, straw and feed for farm animals. The feed store is listed in the 1896 city directory, with Clemens J. Gotto as owner. Evidently he and his wife Minnie lived upstairs with their son, Orphie, and a female family member, Lula Gotto. Clemens Gotto also owned two farms, one in Center Township Currently on view at the John G. Blank Center for the Arts, at Eighth and and another in Springfield Township, where he raised Spring Streets, several of Firme’s sculptures escaped the studio fire. corn and oats. By 1902 he had retired and put his son in charge of the business. The Long Beach connection came as a surprise to Firme, even though he appreciated the historic char-

As the exterior wall collapsed, you could see the second floor of the A “stairway to the stars” was all that remained of the dream studio the building — which once was used by set-designers for local theatres, morning after the building at Ninth and Pine Streets was struck by flames. and before that as living quarters for the Gotto family.

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Orphie W. Gotto was a go-getter. He added coal and atrical performances. Sally Montgomery, editor/pub- building materials to the inventory. Shortly after his lisher of The Beacher, recalled nostalgically how marriage, he and wife Belva moved up the street to sets had been built there for the Dunes Arts Foundation 6th and Pine, and by 1910 they had new-fangled Children’s Theatre and for her previous enterprise, telephones installed in both places. In 1919 Gotto went the Montgomery School of Dance. into the real estate business with Orrin Glidden. He Dream Continued on Page 18 continued expanding the feed store, taking in Clarence Mathias as a partner and advertising the business as “The White House.” Presumably the two-story brick building was painted white at this time.

In the 1927-28 Michigan City Directory, an ad for Gotto-Mathias Co. indi- cated their place of business as the “White House” at 9th and Pine Sts. The Long Beach Company was incorporated by Glidden and Gotto, but before long Glidden sold his interest and Mathias became Gotto’s new partner, in the real estate venture as well as the feed store. Mathias and his wife Anna lived on Michigan Blvd. Although the business remained in operation for many years, Firme’s sculpting was not the first time the old feed store had served the purposes of art. The large spaces on the second floor lent themselves to other The charred “PURINA CHOWS” sign was the last reminder of the artistic pursuits, such as the fabrication of sets for the- Michigan City feed store that dated back to 1896.

On the lower level, grapevines shade the patio where Firme worked on sculpture. Up above, scorched brick and blown-out windows tell After the fire, the feed store was reduced to a pile of bricks and the story that led to the wrecking ball. charred lumber. Photo Courtesy Pauline Segal

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Dream Continued from Page 17 Very little of this history was known to Firme, who saw the spacious building as an ideal location for his own activities and extensive collections: drawings from his student days at Bard College and from graduate school at the U. of Notre Dame; paintings he had exchanged with Konrad Juestel and other artists and friends; materials he had accumulated for fash- ioning new sculpture; photographs and slides he had taken of sculptural installations throughout the United States, as well as Germany and France. It all went up in smoke.

Kevin inspects his damaged welder, which was pulled from the wreckage.

The two-story feed store was a landmark building in downtown Michigan City. For 106 years, it stood at the corner of Ninth and Pine Streets. Photo Courtesy Pauline Segal

Kevin Firme, popular local sculptor, is pictured at his Beverly Shores Kevin sorts through a pile of rubble that was deposited at his home, home with the one sculpture that survived the fire. hoping to find some usable materials.

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219.874.1180 Licensed IN/MI T 132 888.500.0492 V/P Page 24 August 15, 2002 First Wedding at the Old School Community Center July 27th was the date of the first wedding to take the heartbeat of the Dunes Summer Theatre. Everyone place at the Old School Community Center when got a front seat to her most memorable performance. Nancy Saxon and Michael Papp exchanged vows in The gymnasium was transformed for the reception the center court yard. A big thank you was given to into a magical wonderland with the help of General the Long Beach Street Department crew and Jim Rental, a fabulous caterer, beautiful flowers, and a few Clevenger who gave the extra effort needed to reclaim lighting props borrowed from the theatre. Nancy and the garden-like setting from years of over-growth. The Michael danced into the night and into the hearts and large windows surrounding the courtyard created a minds of all who attended. Congratulations and best spectacular showcase for the special event which wishes to the happy couple. seemed rather appropriate since Nancy and family are

The wedding party.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Papp.

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Clown Class to Begin Sept. 10 Michiana Clowns is offering a Clown School to be held on ten Tuesdays, Sept. 10 through Nov. 12, from 7-8 p.m. The cost is $85. A $25 deposit must be enclosed with the registration. The fee includes a small amount of basic make-up and skit book. Topics for the classes will include professional make-up and costuming, balloon sculpture, magic and skit performance, creative use of props and how to do walk-arounds. The classes will be held at the First United Methodist Church, corner of 7th and Pine, Michigan City. Mail check along with name, address and phone number to: Michiana Clown, P.O. Box 8635, Michigan City, IN 46360. For more information, phone Chee-Girl at 219/785- 4246 or Petunia at 879-8438, or Orky at 872-1597.

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Model open Friday through Monday at 190B Lake Shore Drive. ONLY 2 UNITS REMAINING! (219) 874-4156 www.dunescape.com T Page 30 August 15, 2002 Midsummer Night Celebration On Sat., Aug. 17, from 6:30-10:30 p.m., Gaia Gallery Jewish National Fund in the Gordon Beach Inn, will host a Midsummer Night Annual Michiana Fund Raiser Celebration. This fete will feature Renaissance music by harpist Meg Rogers, decadent chocolate desserts To Benefit and a wine bar to enhance the revelry. Israel’s Water Resources On exhibit will be Donna Meyer’s dreamlike water- With color/photography creations reflecting exotic images of Vietnam and the magic of Arizona captured in Merchandise Bazaar brilliant use of color and imagery. and It wouldn’t be a festival without fashion and cos- Refreshments tume with Deirdre Skillhorn’s magical tie-dyed scarves altered by Lindee Reed Paris into tied creations to trans- Grand Prize form the wearer. The evening will continue with artist JoAnne Carlton’s poetic painted hat collection, Airfare to Israel a recent addition to Gaia’s wearable art collection. Drawing, Sunday, August 18, 2002 Gaia Gallery at Gordon Beach Inn is located at 16220 Lakeshore Road, Union Pier, MI. Phone 269/460-7039. 10:00 AM Chicago time Michiana Community Center For tickets call Pine Needle Basketry (616) 469-3304 Learn how to make a pine needle basket with or Eileen Stewart on Sat., Aug. 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the International Friendship Gardens. It is suggested (616) 469-3723 that participants bring a lunch with them. The cost is $20 and includes all supplies. Class size is limited; reservations are required by phoning 219/861-9885. ASPHALT MAINTENANCE CO. “Your Full Service Asphalt & Paving Contractor” FREE ESTIMATES ➣“Restore and Protect Your Investment” COMMERCIAL ➣Crack Repair and Patching ➣Parking Lot Striping & layout SEALCOATING RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST ➣Residential and Commercial ➣All work is 100% Guaranteed 878-0700 ➣Insured & Bonded TOLL FREE 1-888-332-2189 u a w t August 15, 2002 Page 31

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The Alloy Orchestra: (l-r) Ken Winokur, Roger C. Miller, Terry Donahue. Here is the scheduled film line-up: Friday, August 16: 6:30 p.m. “Heart of the World.” 6:45 p.m. “The Man With the Movie Camera.” 1929-Russian. Focused on your total satisfaction. 9:30 p.m. “The General.” 1927 Buster Keaton film Serving Michiana for over with original score performed by Blue Dahlia. This 49 years with fine home film will be shown outdoors at Dewey Cannon Park; furnishings from: rain site New Buffalo Performing Arts Center. Saturday, August 17: Stickley • Henredon 1 p.m. “The Lost World.” Restored version of the 1925 Baker • Hickory Chair classic. Shown at New Buffalo Performing Arts Center. Lexington Children $5 for this show. And more! We also offer FREE design Beachside Gardens & Gift Center services and consultation. FOR ALL YOUR GARDENING NEEDS NOW IN BLOOM: Nikko Blue Graffis Furniture, Inc. Hydrangeas, Lace Cap 5517 U.S. 31 South Hydrangeas, Oriental Lily, South Bend, Indiana 46614-5299 Daylilies, Tall Garden Phlox, Horticultural Consultation Desgin/construction Shasta Daisy, Rhudbeckia, 574-291-1660 Landscape Maintenance Echinacia,Climbing Roses Hours: NEW Mosquito Magnet Monday & Wednesday: Come see how it works Annuals (home grown) Enjoy the outdoors again 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. Perennials Galore Tuesday, Thursday, Moss lined Hanging Baskets Friday & Saturday: Mulches, Soils, 3725 E. US Hwy. 12 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Mushroom compost Michigan City, IN Espoma Natural Fertilizers 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 212 Shrubs, Trees, Evergreens Daily 9:00-5:30 • Sunday. 10-4 On U.S. 31, just Italian Clay Pottery one mile south of ★ the U.S. 20 Bypass. 879-8878 Visit us at: www.beachsidegardens.com August 15, 2002 Page 33

3:30 p.m. “The Adventures of Prince Achmed.” 1926-first full length animated film. Shown at New Buffalo Performing Arts Center. Children $5 for this show.

A scene from “Speedy” starring Harold Lloyd featuring live accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra. 6:30 p.m. “Speedy.” 1928 Harold Lloyd classic. Shown at New Buffalo Performing Arts Center. 9:30 p.m. “Faust.” 1926-German. Shown outdoors at Dewey Cannon Park; rain site, New Buffalo Performing Arts Center. Sunday, August 18: 2 p.m. “Heart of the World.” 2:15 p.m. “Poor Little Rich Girl.” 1917-Mary Pickford film. 5 p.m. “Improvisational Montage of Silent Films.” The group Squirm create and perform their score while hundreds of silent movie clips are ran on screen. Vacuum Cleaner Center carries the latest in state-of- Films are shown at Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., the-art purifiers.The air purifiers will make your home Three Oaks, unless otherwise stated above. For more a healthier place to live. By using just one air purifier, information, phone 616/756-3522 or log onto www.vick- you can clean up to 3,000 square feet of living space. erstheatre.com The system is portable and costs just pennies a day to operate.

Removes: smoke, mold, mildew, bacteria, odors, A Retail Cookware Store also offering Classes chemical gases, pollens, dust & animal dander Sat., Aug. 24 FRESH SHRIMP RAVIOLI WITH SEAFOOD SAUCE According to the EPA, indoor air pollution is our nation’s Tender hand rolled pasta, stuffed with shrimp finished biggest pollution problem. Why? Because modern with a richly falovored seafood sauce. homes and buildings are constructed so tightly that they 10:00 a.m. - Noon block out nature’s air cleaning Mon., Aug. 26 THE ART OF TEMPURA! Learn this Asian technique agents and trap pollution inside for battering and deep frying 6:30-8:00 p.m. with you. Stop in today to see what we’re talking about! Sat., Sept. 7 HOMEMADE FRENCH BAGUETTES Learn how to work with yeast. 10:00 a.m. - Noon All Classes $35.00 See us at thecookerystore.com 810 Lincolnway LaPorte, IN 46350 Ph: (219) 325-3663 1406 Franklin St. • Michigan City • 879-8248 Mon-Fri 9:30-5:30 • Sat. 9:30-3:00 Family owned and operated since 1962 Page 34 August 15, 2002 August 15, 2002 Page 35 23rd Annual LaPorte Triathlon The weather was perfect on Sat., Aug. 10th as men, women and teenagers lined up at 9 a.m. to begin the first leg of this popular event. The day included a 1/4 mile swim, a 12.4 mile bike and a 3.3 mile run. Approximately 418 people took part, many coming from Illinois and Michigan as well as Indiana. The triathlon was sponsored by the LaPorte YMCA and Howmet Castings. Page 36 August 15, 2002 RetroCafé FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 10:30 a.m. WILDFLOWER MEANDER. Join guest nat- uralist Pat Tabor on this easy walk to discover what’s “The place for breakfast in blooming in the late summer season. This program will begin at the Nature Center butterfly garden and New Buffalo, with Homemade is geared for the casual walker. Muffins and specialities such as 7 p.m. INSPIRATIONS FROM NATURE. This poet- Cinnamon Bun French Toast.” ry reading and art show will be held in the Nature Center. The state park is inviting anyone who has writ- Midwest Living/Michigan Travel Ideas ten poetry inspired by the dune area to share their work with the public. Artists who would like to dis- Daily 9-3 • Closed Monday & Tuesday 801 W. Buffalo St. New Buffalo, (Across from Dairy Queen) play their nature inspired works are also invited. 616-469-1800 Advance registration is required, call 926-1390. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 1:30 p.m. STORYTELLER ART WILLING. Master storyteller Art Willing will tell a wide variety of stories sure to please audiences of all ages. Sometimes known as “The Little Old Storytelling Cabinet Maker,” Willing will share stories woven around fact, fiction and fun. During the program Willing will also demon- strate hand-made toys he has created as well. For more information, phone 926-1390 or 926-1952.

Country/Western Dance Amarillo Star’s monthly country/western dance will be held on Sat., Aug. 17th, at the Michigan City Skwiat American Legion Post from 7-10:30 p.m. Admission for Amarillo Star members is $3 and $5 for non-members. There will be a chapter meeting before the dance at 6:30 p.m. For additional information regarding the dance or lessons (line or couple), contact Kathy Hampton Inn of South Haven and HawksHead at 872-0516. Championship Golf Course team together to bring you an incredible hotel/golf package. Overnight accommodations for two include the next day’s greens fees and cart rental for only $159! (Single round $139.) Promotion valid Sunday, Monday Peace begins within. and Tuesday nights during the 2002 golf season. This is an exclusive offer and must be reserved Find it. Now. directly with our hotel staff 616/639-8550. Call us for more details on this great get-away golf package! Yoga Dancing Feet Yoga & Massage www.dancingfeetyoga.com 4299 Cecilia Dr. • South Haven, MI 49090 Get the info. Call now. 219•872•9611 616.639.8550 August 15, 2002 Page 37 you und” r wa e ... s “F y hom E-mail: [email protected] Let u You can be on your way to your new 879-3845 home or your new vacation home. Call Jan or Gina today! 2501 Oriole Trail, Long Beach

Project: Experience Music Camp is offering three Jan Biernacki-Ormsby Gina Gierke-Siwietz “Guitar Shop” Workshops for adults and children Loan Officer Loan Officer led by instructor Bruce Hastel. The three-hour ses- 219-871-2251 219-871-2252 sions focus on the mechanics of acoustic and electric guitars and will teach you everything you need to know about your instrument to keep it in top notch condition. Workshops are available on Aug. 14, 1-4 p.m., and Aug. 21 or 28 from 6-9 p.m.at a cost of $40 per session. Instruction and studio time to record a 2-4 song demo HOME MORTGAGE CD for individuals or groups may be reserved during CORPORATION the month of August. This Garage Band Workshop is hosted by Steve Ball and scheduled upon request. He will teach participants the basics of the recording process and musicians will leave with a professional finished product. You may phone the Community dinary Jewelry Center at 879-3845 to register for these workshops, Or St or for more details. o or Artist Open Studio, held in the Community N CreativeCreative HandsHands e Room on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon-3 p.m., Since 1987 is an opportunity to work on whatever inspires you and in the company of other artists. Being creative is contagious. This activity is sponsored by the Town of Long Beach and is free to the community. Summer Sale We are looking for instructors to teach classes at the Community Center this fall. There are students willing to participate in a Color Theory and Art History class. Is there anyone qualified to offer instruction on these topics? If so, please contact us ASAP August Hand so that we can begin coordinating the activity. As always, we are open to all suggestions and will do whatever we can to facilitate your requests. 15-21 Painted •• COMMUNITY = COMMUNICATION IN UNITY Boxes 20% Off www.hotornotcajun.com •• •• HOT or NOT All Vases 2782 Willowdale Road •• 5 pm Thursday-Saturday Silver Chef prepared American, Cajun, Creole Cuisines Frames “Worth the trip.” - Chicago Tribune Jewelry UPCOMING MUSIC •• •• Saturday, August 17 The Good Times Band w/Brad Berk on the Harp Watch for Next Week’s Sale Chicago Jazz Festival Thursday, August 22 Featuring former Tonight Show Trumpeter 1722 Franklin St., Michigan City Guy Fricano & his Sextet (219) 879-6100 “Jump - Swing - Dixie” Layaways & all major credit cards accepted Info-Directions-Reservations Call 219-762-1984 Mon. 12-5, Tues.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. 10-2 Page 38 August 15, 2002 Digging in the Earth THE STUDIO/ with Maggie Beyer GALLERY OF There I was with beaucoup bucks invested in nurs- AMERICAN ery stock watching the weather reports from Arizona. IMPRESSIONIST Was it raining yet in the Chicago area? I prayed. I invoked the tribal gods in the Arizona mountains. STEVE Weather in the beach area was in the 90’s, same as Prescott. Then came the report of thunder over RUBINKAM Chicago. Ten days later when I arrived back in Michiana Shores, my plants were hale and hearty; the You will be greeted by bright, happy, colorful gods that watch over gardeners had been in their heav- impressionist paintings on canvas & French watercolor paper. ens, beating their tom-toms and making rain, saving Other featured artisans include: the sedum and filling my new pond almost to the halfway • European photography mounted in antique mark. and old frames by Atlantan Dan Albright Sedum. That’s where I left off in the story of my gar- • Large beach & shore photography by den, my guru and me. The guru of my garden is James Richmond Bryan Manuele, and the sedum was his idea. “I’d like to see some Autumn Joy packed full as an undercover • Bas relief wall hangings by Venezuelan beneath the Oak Leaf Hydrangea,” he said. Okay. There Mauro Possobon were clumps of Autumn Joy growing along the front •Pottery with an abstract flair by Doug Brown entrance to my cottage. The money-saving motif of our • Jeff Lebson’s JAZZ art new landscape plan is to use whatever I had, when- 425 S.Whittaker Street, ever possible. Now to find some more. I found a dozen New Buffalo, MI 49117 more at a sale price and dug the whole batch in. 616.469.1620 Bryan came, saw and shook his head. Not full enough. Ft. Lauderdale 954.527.9256 WebSite: rubinkam.com More, more sedum was needed. More were found and planted, not at a sale price this time, and I was learning more about sedum than I really needed or wanted to know. Where else can you find a great gift ... or become one? 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Volunteers: INSURANCE Michigan City, IN 46360 Beverly Battle and Margaret Haviland ® Fax: (219) 874-5430 August 15, 2002 Page 39 they like sand and do well in poor, dry soil, which makes them very useful in beachside gardens. There is a variety that can run rampant as a ground cover that Children’s Portraits often gets out of control. It is light green and has yel- low flowers. I must have received a sprig along with in a memory plant from one of my friends when I had my home in Long Beach. That little sprig somehow Watercolor grew into a solid mat of plants that covered a strip along the driveway that was rocky and sandy and where nothing else would grow. There is another variety that has a curly top and dark red color. You often see it climbing walls in rock gardens, creeping its way into nooks Painted from and crevices including asphalt and gravel driveways. your favorite However, the sedum I sought was the Sedum spectabile, the Showy Stonecrop Autumn Joy that grows photograph to two feet tall, has a grayish cast with lavender or flower heads during the summer that open to a pink- from a photo ish red in the fall. They look wonderful massed in a I would take soft wave of color against the dark green of evergreen yews. . .and under my Oak Leaf Hydrangea bush. It’s August now and they will look great through October, die back during the winter and come up fresh and ready to take over in Spring. Now we had the basic stuff. The hosta and yews were transplants from other places on my property, so danadesign were astilble that formed a feathery frame along the 219-871-1590 pond. Daylilies were going to go beneath the old hon- eysuckles that lined the side lot line. Some would come Email: [email protected] from Judy Kroczek’s Daylily Farm, the best ones, beautiful hybrids I had selected at her recent benefit sale; others would come from the hundreds of orange ditch lilies that grow everywhere in Michiana Shores including my property. I could dig up clumps The Duneland Beach and next year there would be more. That’s one of the wonders of perennials that grow naturally in the area. Dig them up and they come back for more. Of Inn & Restaurant course, when Bryan came to have a look at what we were wrothing, he said, more, more more. I am beginning to learn that mantra. Now open for Lunch and Dinner I have been off to buy my pond necessities to pump and filter. When it is hooked up and operating with Lunch: Wed.-Sat. 11am-2pm • Dinner: Wed.-Sat. 5-9pm perhaps a water lily floating beneath the waterfall, Sunday Brunch: 9am-1pm • Sunday Dinner: 5-9pm I will light the incense and beat the drum to invoke the garden sprites of the universe to come and play. Now, what to do with the wasteland that we have stripped of yews and hosta to pack the water garden, full, full, full. Now that I have the swing of it all, I have some ideas. And I’m sure that Bryan will, too. Next week, we hook up the water for the pond.

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Our group of six arrived at the Leprechaun Hunt just as our friend, Marge Gipson, with grandson Billy, pulled in. My three sons, Glenn, Tom and Patrick, and their friend, Jessica, were serious about hunting. Jessica's mom, Ruth Recchia, and I were more intent on listening to Celtic music, eating and relaxing. However, we, too, would keep our eyes open for a hidden leprechaun that would net a pot of gold anywhere from $50 to $1,000. We were at the Eighth Annual Leprechaun Hunt at Sharing Meadows in Rolling Prairie, joining 2,000 others looking for ceramic leprechauns hidden among the leaves, bushes and trees. The hunt, sponsored by the Share Foundation, raises money for programs at Sharing Meadows. On the vast acreage of Sharing Meadows are two villages for the 12 mentally hand- Francis Vullmahn strolled the grounds of Sharing Meadows icapped, or "other abled" residents and a building used with her violin. both as a craft building and a camp for adults to corned beef, corn on the cob, lamb and chicken. Some come for week-long and weekend stays. of my hunters even put salad on their plates. Dessert In the past, I have hunted with a vigilant eye, but of zucchini bread topped with blueberries and whip- with sly leprechauns eluding me year after year, I have ping cream would have to wait. grown less intent on discovering the "little green With appetites satiated, we boarded one of the men." many hay wagons that disperse hunters throughout This is 13-year-old Billy's first time, though, and Sharing Meadows. Most of our group got off at the lake. he is anxious to find his pot of gold. "Grandma, I came Not Marge, who opted to continue enjoying the hay to hunt, not to eat," he said upon arrival. And off he wagon and perhaps to come across Billy, if not a lep- went while we lined up for a feast of spare ribs, rechaun.

Kristen Gonder, Julianne Debald and Anna Dabkowski served soft drinks to Maggie Healy and Kevin Henry play Irish tunes. thirsty leprechaun hunters. Irish jigs held the audience's attention. August 15, 2002 Page 41

Peter told of his discovery. "I was just walking around, and then I saw a statue of the Virgin Mary. I said, 'There's got to be one around here.' I looked up, and it was in the tree." To the sophomore at Butler University finding the leprechaun was a bonus to the day. He comes annu- ally to be part of contributing to a good cause, eat good food and spend time with his family.

Barb, John, Bob and Clare Wisthoff on the hay wagon at Sharing Meadows.

Peter LaBerge holds the leprechaun he found. Mary Hathoot, too, makes the day a family outing, except she, husband Steven Mitchell and daughters Theresa, 15, and Elizabeth, 12, spend the day volunteering. This year they dispensed pop all afternoon. Mary and Steven are fans of the work of Sharing Meadows. They have known the founder of Share Foundation, the Rev. Dennis Blaney, since their teens, when the priest was first named the pastor of Sacred Heart Church. "We've really been a part of Sharing Meadows since its inception. He made his ministry everyone's, which was wonderful," Mary explained. By volunteering, Mary said, the parents teach their daughters the importance of community service. "They know that they receive so much that they're Patrick Firme looks required to give back," she said. for a leprechaun. Our young people found sticks, poked among the weeds and even climbed a tree, hoping to snare a leprechaun. Ruth and I stood on the pier, thankful for the breezes on this day of temperatures in the mid- 90s. In the boat, we rowed around, and around and around. Periodically, Ruth would comment, "We're not getting anywhere." I always handed the oars to her then. I haven't tried to row a boat or paddle a canoe in nearly 20 years and have lost any skill I may have once had. Ruth seemed to have an idea. Sometime after we disembark from our boat, our hunters reappear, exhausted from their search. It is time to take the hay wagon back, have dessert, lis- ten to the Irish storyteller and musicians. There, my sons come upon Peter LaBerge, a former member of their Boy Scout troop. Peter had found a leprechaun Rev. Dennis Blaney and Stephen Bacztub share relaxing worth $50. moments near the end of the Leprechaun Hunt. Page 42 August 15, 2002 Harbor Country Book Club The Harbor Country Book Club will meet the last Are you ready to Tuesday of the month, August 27th, at the Harbor Grand Hotel, New Buffalo, at 7:30 p.m. (MI time). The selec- provide your child tions for August are: fiction, Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford, and non-fiction, Desert Solitaire by a Edward Abbey. Selections for September wiil be: fiction, Justine by future Lawrence Durrell, and non-fiction, Wind, Sand and education? Stars by Antoine De Saint Exup-Ery. New members are invited to attend. New tax laws offer incentives to those who plan ahead for college funding. Stop Smoking Clinic at St. Anthony Your Edward Jones investment representative can help you become St. Anthony Memorial Health Centers of Michigan prepared through a 529 Plan. City is offering a free stop smoking clinic. This 4-week A 529 college savings plan offers you: clinic will include six sessions, starting Tues., Sept. ❚ Earnings that are not taxed as they grow; 10, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the hospital. ❚ Generous contribution limits; During the first two weeks of the clinic, sessions will ❚ Control over the assets; and be held on both Tues. & Thurs. evenings (Sept. 10, 12, ❚ Tax-free withdrawals for qualified higher education expenses. 17 & 19). The final two weeks will feature Tues. only

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The friendly desk clerk told us that we were welcome to poke around and have a look. We walked down a cozy marble hallway and found our way, eventual- Siding • Roofing Windows Drywall Gutters THE ly, up to the top floor where a housekeeping aide let us peek into one of the guest rooms. Peaceful and lux- HOME IIMPROVEMENT urious are the words that came to mind. Now converted to 19 guestrooms, the former monastery provided 116 cells for its cloistered Sisters. The cells were tiny—8 feet by 9 feet—and each had a straw mattress atop wood planks for bedding. One Bonded • Insured • Licensed of the original cells on the third floor has been kept as a “museum room” so that guests can see how the Residential & Commercial Sisters spent their days here. The other cells, as Siding Windows Roofing many as five, were combined in their conversion to Room Additions Doors Gutters guestrooms. Decks Drywall Soffit-Fascia The museum room’s window looks east across the Mississippi and the I-74 Bridge that crosses it. Yet each New Construction Remodeling Tile Sister’s cell window had been kept covered with a black drape. Being cloistered in these stark cells meant no Locally Owned & Operated • All Work Guaranteed contact, not even a peek, at the outside world. The Sisters Insurance Claims bathed in their rooms using the pitcher and bowl. They did not wear shoes. A “discalced” Carmelite means, “having no shoes” in Latin. Their work, outside of prayer, CALL TODAY! was in making altar breads and sewing vestments. FREE ESTIMATES (219) 878-0707 The quiet third-floor hallway is narrow and hushed. OR y a t w Transom windows fit over the doorways and thick, rich 800-869-4026 Drywall • Gutters Siding Roofing Windows carpet covers the floor. In 1975, the shrinking Order Windows • Drywall • Gutters • Siding • Roofing • Windows • moved from this monastery to a smaller one about ten August 15, 2002 Page 45 miles away. When a Sausilito businessman bought the property and announced his intent to turn the monastery into a luxurious hotel, some locals laughed Transfer Your 403(b) at the idea. No more. Tax Free…

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The Carmelite Sisters named the monastery “Regina Coeli”—Queen of Heaven. In a small courtyard beside the Chapel, statues remain as a reminder of the building’s original use. Page 46 August 15, 2002 Chesterton Art Center Hosts Hawthorn Park in Porter was filled with visitors during the 44th annual Chesterton Art Fair the first weekend of August. The annual event is the Chesterton Art Center’s single fund-raiser of the year, providing the means to make art available via classes, exhibits

Ice cold beverages sold briskly over the steamy weekend. Former publici- ty chair and art patron Gloria Rector bought a bottle of water to stay cool.

Art fair chairman Liz Fitch discusses logistics with John Mullin, President of the Association of Artists & Craftsmen of Porter County (AACPC).

Chesterton Art Center Board members and fair volunteers Dan Bruhn Dave and Pat Dabbert, who emigrated to Florida a few years ago, and Clint Rigg chat with Jackie Gray and Judy Crawford. Judy was stayed with friends in Long Beach during their return to the one of three art fair jurors who screened the hundreds of area for the Chesterton fair. entrants who vied for a spot in this year’s event.

Chesterton Art Center director and stained glass Art fair chairman Liz Fitch and Art Center office artist Judy Gregurich stands next to her booth manager Phyllis Gniadek kept track of neighbor, award-winning oil and pastel artist Judy Gregurich has got legs! Her whimsical exhibitors’ requests at the hospitality booth. Gerri Govert. 3-legged mosaic table drew raves. August 15, 2002 Page 47 44th Annual Art Fair and special programs to all in the community and beyond. Over 130 fine artists were invited to participate in the juried fair. Despite blast-furnace temperatures, several thousand visitors showed up over the two-day event to purchase one of a kind works of art.

Paul Jeselskis brought along his friend Nicole Alexander to help him at his booth.

June Looby (Chesterton) talks with a customer while husband George helps at her booth. June’s dunes landscapes drew crowds of admirers.

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Care-free in that you’ll have the wind in your face and hopefully always at your back and no unfriendly dogs to chase you, and careful in the sense of realizing that you are operating a vehicle on the roadways and thus are subject to the same signs you obey when you’re behind the The author pauses for a sun break. wheel of your car. It’s time I spoke to you about your spokes. You know the ones I mean — the ones that support the bicycle that will gladly support you if only you will give it half the chance. And between now and when the snows fly in earnest, you will have innumerable opportunities in which to sit atop your beautiful bicycling machine and pedal around this lovely patch of God’s good, green earth. I could tell you a cautionary tale about the time I was riding the lakefront bike path in Chicago at night in winter and nearly slid right off into the lake, but I’ll leave that for another time and place. For now, allow me to assure you that bicycling is a simply marvelous way of hustling the old corpus- cles through the old blood vessels, and you can do it in the guilt-free knowledge that you’re not polluting the air, depleting non-renewable resources, contributing one iota to the imbalance of world trade, or just plain doing something socially unacceptable. Detours don’t daunt this pair of intrepid cyclists.

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And, even more importantly, careful in that you will go forth with a helmet properly secured to your noggin. You’ll also want to wear bike gloves, and dress for the weather, particularly if it is at all cool because you’re going to feel the breezes more acutely atop your bicycle than you would if you were — say, on the ground merely walking. Okay, that should be enough of a pep talk to get you and the old bike back together again for a healthful reunion. Now, settle back for a travelogue: Natalie and I knew from the moment we moved to this side of the lake in 1987 that we had arrived in bicycling paradise. To celebrate, we even bicycled all the way from Three Oaks to Traverse City, Michigan as part of the first-ever Shoreline Bicycle Tour. After Hay, what fun! six days of riding the west coast of Michigan, we realized that the scenery we had seen on the first day We looked longingly at Indiana from the corner of of riding — namely that in our own new backyard — U.S. 12 and Avery Road, and then we turned back and was the best of the best. got water at our friends’ house on Avery Road and So, we resolved then and there that whenever we watched some hogs go to market, and heard some cows wanted to go on a really world-class bicycle tour — line up for their evening milking, and saw a sparrow all we would do was get our bikes out of the “bike garage” hawk eye a sparrow with dinner in mind, and just basi- we have on the back of our house and just head on out cally had ourselves one long, leisurely and nearly from our Harbert home around the backroads of traffic-free afternoon-into-evening summer bike ride. Berrien County, Michigan and neighboring LaPorte It reminded us both of those long bike rides we had County, Indiana. each taken as kids. The ones with no particular des- To prove that our point was still sharp, we took one tination in mind. The ones that were simply built on wonderful ride from our house just the other day the delicious premise that pedaling a bicycle on a light- and very nearly made it across the state line to ly-traveled road amid natural beauty is about as LaPorte County. Except we ran out of graham crack- good as it gets in this life. er just shy of U.S. 12 near Three Oaks. Yes, graham Suffice it to say, Natalie and I returned to our lit- crackers are the perfect fuel for those home-based bicy- tle house in the woods utterly refreshed and revital- cle tours because they are light, portable and give you ized. And take it from Natalie and me: home-based just the crunchy load of carbo-goodness you really need bike riding is where it’s at this summer. and crave while cruising past the cornfields and cow We’re already rarin’ to go again. pastures. Which we’re fixin’ to do real soon, so I’ll have to leave You see, we had headed south from our house with you with this bicycling blessing as you go to tend to every intention of at least touching the state line, but your own beautiful bicycling machine: then we we got to our favorite stop on Avery Road along May the wind always be at your back, may your tires Amtrak’s high-speed line between Chicago and Detroit, be always full of air and your chain freshly oiled, and why we just were too hungry to leave a single crack- may the really mean dogs be forever oblivious to er for later. While we missed seeing any high-speed your passing. trains, we did see a low-speed tractor carefully cross the tracks after its driver looked both ways.

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Call Nancy 708/442-2333. Golf course and tennis courts nearby. Weekly rental avail June 29 through YEAR-ROUND RENTAL HOME Sept. DISCOUNTS FOR MULTIPLE WEEKLY RENTALS. For more 210 Lady Lane - 3/BR, 2/baths. Finished basement. Large fenced details, please visit www.geocities.com/grandbeachrental, or contact by yard. No pets. No smoking. $1,200/mo. - Call 219/874-7070 email - [email protected]. Phone 219/331-5276. SHERIDAN BEACH “MARINA KEY” COTTAGE, DOG WELCOME!!!. Newly GRAND BEACH RENTAL - 3/BR, 2/Bath. Fully furnished. Washer/dryer. 2-Car garage. Across from Lake. AC, VCR, Cable. remodeled, 1st season. 5/BR, 2/Baths, large yard. Weekly/ Weekends rental. Avail September thru May. - Call 815/436-7104. Sleeps 4-16. Close to beach. Email: [email protected], See Web site www.VRBO.com/vrbo/11978.htm, -$500-$1100 . REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Call 773/279-9632 NEWER 3/BR HOME IN MICHIANA SHORES LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE For sale, or rent with option to buy. 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LAKE SHORE DRIVE — STOP 26 HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER 4/BR, 2 1/2 Bath — Available August 17-31 — Call 773/233-6511. 201 Weller Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana - Within walking distance of Pine Lake Beach. Asking $71,500 - Must sell - Make an offer. WINTER RENTAL - Stop 20, Long Beach - 4/BR, 2/Baths. 2 Blocks 219/326-9095. from lake. Avail Sept. to May 15. No Pets. - Call 219/872-9295. DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUB HOME FOR RENT - BEACHWALK RESORT COMMUNITY - Sleeps 4-24. 3/BR, 2/Bath corner unit. Fully furnished — Call 219/872-7831 Great for Notre dame games or family reunion. - Call 773/298-6230. HOME FOR SALE HAS A SECOND HOME ALWAYS BEEN YOUR DREAM? New Buffalo, MI - Michiana 5/BR, 3/Baths. Magnificent lake views. Realize that dream at “The Enchanted Cottage” for only $1,100 a month! Available for annual rental for the first time completely furnished Built in 1982. - Mid $5,700’s - Call 616/469-0279. and equipped. You can rent this beautiful, serene home in the woods, HOME FOR SALE - BEACHWALK RESORT COMMUNITY - New just a short walk from the beach, for what it would normally cost you for construction. 4/BR, 3 1/2 Bath. - $455,000. - Call 773/298-6230. Page 66 August 15, 2002

Guard instead. Didn’t matter to the townsfolk. Without Off the Book Shelf skipping a beat, they passed out all the goodies any- by Sally Carpenter way. As with many great ideas that start with a mistake, Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte this one caused Rae Wilson, the sister of the commander Canteen by Bob Greene of Nebraska Company D, to write a letter to the local “Jim Whitaker, the mayor of North Platte, was newspaper after this event. She noted how high the carrying a thank-you note around town. It had just morale of the young soldiers on the train had been and arrived—almost sixty years after the fact. noted, “we should help keep this soldier morale at its “The note was from Bill Dye, a survivor from the highest peak. We can do our part.” She mentioned how aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk in the in WWI the “War Mothers” held canteens on the train Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942. Mr. Dye, who depot and why couldn’t they? She offered her own ser- had mailed the note from his home in Estes Park, vices to start and run a canteen. And that’s how it came Colorado, said he was sending the belated thanks on to be. This small Nebraska town of barely 12,000, and behalf of all the survivors from his carrier who had all the surrounding communities for many miles in been treated so kindly at the Canteen.” The Canteen Mr. Dye spoke of was on the train plat- all directions, did what many would say, was impos- form at North Platte, Nebraska, a town “in the mid- sible. dle of the middle of the country.” All during the years Impossible because, for one thing, there was no fed- of World War II, the townspeople met the troop trains eral or state funding; all money and donations came that stopped there daily while the train refilled its sup- from the heart of the people. Just imagine, at a time ply of water and coal. Literally millions of soldiers and when everything was being rationed, these caring folks sailors of the American Armed Forces (7,000 in one gladly gave up their sugar, coffee, cigarettes and record day alone) were treated to sandwiches, coffee, other precious items for the boys on the trains. Being cigarettes, magazines, apples...and bushels of kind- mostly farming communities helped; dairy products, ness, all for free. That thank you note was indicative chickens, beef, turkeys were available, but it still of how the North Platte Canteen had impacted all the must have been a stretch for these families to keep servicemen who passed through the small town. coming up day after day for five years with all they The Chicago Tribune’s Bob Greene decided to go look- gave. (The Canteen continued on until April, 1946) ing for this amazing town and find out the story Here’s a story I liked: One lady was famous for mak- behind the story before all the participants would be ing angel food cakes. Proving that necessity is the moth- gone forever. er of invention, this clever lady learned to substitute We drive along with Bob into the North Platte of the 12 chicken eggs needed for each cake with 8 2001, looking for signs of 1941. Right off, he finds out turkey eggs! Needless to say, the angel food cakes kept that the train station was torn down in 1973. The rail- coming (and, they said, tasted no differently). road doesn’t stop there with passenger trains anymore; Story after story is told of each person’s experience only freight trains fly past the town now. The main at the Canteen. One lady, whose family drove in from street is mostly deserted, the shopping center has moved nearby Shelton, told of bringing hard-boiled eggs to the outskirts of town.....sound familiar? In other and making them into egg-salad sandwiches at the words, North Platte had gone the way of most small Canteen—twenty bushel baskets of them in one day! towns in America. But the memories were still there, Magazines, Bibles, chewing gum, anything the and maybe some people who participated in the soldiers might want was there at North Platte. Soon Canteen. Bob Greene, being the investigative reporter the legend of the North Platte Canteen spread through that he is, talked to the elderly citizens of the town the Armed Forces from company to company and and searched the records for names of servicemen who men who had already been there told others of the kind- passed through North Platte. These people now ness and generosity of the people. ranged in age from mid 70s to the 90s and Bob Greene If there is a flaw in this book, it is that there are had to travel from Nebraska to other states to find them. no photographs. Bob Greene mentions some that he Then he started piecing together the memories and saw in the town, and I think it is too bad that they what he found will move you, as it did me. are not included. To begin with, the whole thing was “the offspring This book is so typical of what our great country is of a mistake.” The movement of troop trains was, nat- really about, ordinary people doing unordinary things. urally, a secret. It was some ten days after Pearl Not looking for fame or rewards, just doing what Harbor and a rumor circulated around town that a their parents had taught them to do: Follow the troop train containing the Nebraska National Guard’s Golden Rule and treat people like you would like to Company D would be coming through North Platte. be treated. This is the real America.The bad guys just Since many family members and friends would be on get all the press. board, many went to the train station that day with Like David Halberstam’s Firehouse, I think that food, cigarettes and letters to surprise their loved ones Once Upon a Town should also be required reading with. One slight hitch in the rumor: the train turned for the whole country. out to be carrying members of the Kansas National Till next time, happy reading! August 15, 2002 Page 67 872-4000 Call toll free: 866-496-1752 FAX (219) 872-4182 Specializing in Distinctive Properties MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS, INC. Indiana and Michigan 707 Washington St. • Michigan City, IN 46360 www.merrionandassoc.com

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