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THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 About the Cover e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] For our Easter edition cover, we asked talented http://www.thebeacher.com/ local photographer Amanda Tonagel to produce

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T T A S A THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS is absolutely charming. The young girl in the picture? None other than her daughter, Greta. Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is Thanks to Amanda for sharing her wonderful also delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. talent with us! Spirit of Radio by Andrew Tallackson A few years back, John Landeck- er was promoting his book Records Truly Is My Middle Name with a live broadcast at Galveston Steak- house. Playing a few tunes, signing copies of the book, he’d invited his Chicago publisher, along with a few others in the radio industry, to at- tend. The freedom the legendary radio personality had, to say and play whatever he desired, fl oored his pals “They could not believe it,” Lan- decker recalled. “They said, ‘You play whatever you want from your computer? You have 10 minutes with one of your sponsors? I said, ‘Welcome to Michigan City.’ They couldn’t believe it. They thought it was fantastic. “It is so far away from what is allowed in Chicago. Anywhere, in fact. It’s hard to fi nd another radio station that would allow us to do what we do. In Chicago, it was like having your arms tied behind your back. Here, how long you get to talk, the music you play: whatever you want.” John Landecker. In 1977, Bill- board’s Radio Personality of the Year. In 2017, a double whammy: National Radio Hall of Fame in- ductee and recipient of Indiana’s highest distinction: the Sagamore of the Wabash. Truly, a storied career as a Top 40 disc jockey: part of the radio bible for anyone who reveres Chicago greats like Landecker, Dick Biondi and the late Larry Lujack. Before the COVID-19 pandemic John Landecker does a live broadcast before receiving the Sagamore of the Wabash during a hit, Landecker was tapped to add 2017 ceremony at Barker Mansion. Beacher fi le photo by Paul Kemiel another distinction to his 50-year THE April 9, 2020 Page 3 broadcast career: induction into the National Asso- ciation of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame. The 2020 NAB Show was slated for April 20 at En- %HDFK2IÀFH 0DLQ2IÀFH core At Wynn Las Vegas. That event was postponed, 1026 N. Karwick Road 4121 Franklin St. and while nothing is set in stone, Landecker says it (219) 871-0001 (219) 874-2121 is his understanding the ceremony may now be in October in Nashville. $320,000 Plans were in the works at The Beacher to sit down for a nice chat with Landecker at about this time. But even before COVID-19 escalated to where it is today, the challenge was, what could we write that hasn’t already been published. The guy is an open book. In fact, he published a memoir, Records Truly is My Middle Name, that contained so many insights, memories, anecdotes and stories, it was a must-have for fans.

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DESIRABLE LOT! John Landecker and Mike Dempsey, photographed during a live remote broadcast at Brandt’s Old Fashion Emporium. Provided photo What hasn’t been explored is the latest chapter Situated in a in his life, that of extending his celebrated legacy country-like area into Michigan City, specifi cally over the past fi ve of well-built years with pal Michael Dempsey through their self- produced “Tropical Oldies Radio” show on WEFM. homes. Just That became the starting point for this interview, an hour from conducted by phone two days after Landecker’s Chicago, 30 73rd birthday. Asked how he celebrated, it was clear minutes from COVID-19 had not dulled his sense of humor. South Bend, “I watched TV in one room, I went into another room and watched more TV,” he said, laughing. with access by How and when did LaPorte County fi rst arrive on interstate and Landecker’s radar? That is a story he spins in typi- commuter train, cally lavish detail. and minutes to It was around 2002. Landecker and his wife at Lake Michigan. the time lived in a townhouse in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood with two dogs. One was Zeke, an 100 x 129 ft. Australian Cattle Dog. The other, Stella, a rescue For sale by owner pit bull from Chicago Police Department. Austra- $23,500 lian Cattle Dogs are high energy by nature, requir- ing plenty of exercise. As for the pit bull, Landecker 107 Mayfield Drive, Michigan City, IN says he could tell people were not happy with him taking it out for walks, which he says, in true Lan- Call (219) 877-8081 Continued on Page 4 THE Page 4 April 9, 2020 ager/partner at WIMS, Landecker came on board, Spirit of Radio Continued from Page 3 taking a stab at Michigan City radio. Now, anyone who knows Federighi would agree, the man is a decker fashion, “really pissed me off. That was pit force of a nature. An individual whose energy level bull prejudice.” may be unsurpassed in all of LaPorte County. So, in a roundabout way, Landecker found a home “He was just the most energetic, upbeat person in the Michigan City area, on County Road 500 West I had ever met in my whole life,” Landecker said of between country roads 900 North and 1000 North, Federighi. one with 10 acres. It wasn’t lakefront or high-end property, but it was precisely what he wanted. He Down the road, however, Landecker admits doing bought the home in one day. The dogs subsequently shows with WIMS during the week, and air time in were happy campers. Chicago, zapped the life out of him. He couldn’t do Landecker also realized he and his wife could both. His last Chicago broadcast was July 31, 2015. save money if they sold the Chicago townhome and Enter Mike Dempsey. commuted back and forth to work. However, his wife He had hosted the local “Tropical Oldies Radio” wanted to stay close to work, so they purchased a show, but once he became Access LaPorte County’s condo in Chicago and kept the home here. Then, life director of operations in 2012, the show went to the tossed him a few curveballs. His radio contract at wayside. But in 2015, he approached Landecker the time in Chicago was not renewed, and his mar- about resurrecting it. Landecker was reluctant at riage ended in divorce. However, he decided he liked fi rst, unsure if he wanted to revisit an “oldies” for- the area: the people, the cost of living. He stayed, mat. But what he quickly discovered was, he and eventually moving to Pottawattomie Park. Dempsey made for one strong on-air duo. As Landecker eased into Michigan City life, which “I call Mike my brother from another mother,” also factored into the equation his continued work Landecker says. “He’s just a great guy, and we hit it in Chicago radio, he became introduced to Michigan off, and have so for years. He’s sort of a force of na- City radio. Warm memories fl ooded back. He was ture. We have a rhythm, it’s what makes the show reminded of his earliest days in radio, when he was fun to do every week. I would never want to do it a high school student working at a station in Ann alone, I can tell you that.” Arbor, Mich. He also discovered Uncle Lou Weber’s Dempsey agrees. “Fun in Michiana Show” at WEFM. “When I was in grade school, I used to hate it, “I thought, this is cool. They talk about their ad- those parent-teacher conferences,” he said. “The vertisers. That’s sort of genius in a way: If you have teacher always said I was trying to be the class a show where that’s the whole content, then play a clown. song every few minutes,” he said. “When you look at John, we’re kind of similar in Later, after Ric Federighi became general man- that respect. We crack each other up, usually on air

John Landecker and Mike Dempsey broadcast live from Landecker’s 2017 ceremony in which he received the Sagamore of the Wabash. Beacher fi le photo by Paul Kemiel THE April 9, 2020 Page 5 in Landecker’s words, “a feeling, not a format.” Essentially, he said, it is “brokered programming,” a mutually benefi cial relationship with WEFM where Landecker and Dempsey do the show and WEFM airs it. The program is backed by supporters that include Bosak Honda in Michigan City and Bosak Nissan in Burns Harbor, Current Electric, Galveston Steakhouse, Brandt’s Old Fashion Emporium, L&R Body Co. Inc. and MC Interiors. Does Landecker have any plans to call it quits? Absolutely not. He recognizes that he and Dempsey have a good thing going. And local listeners are thankful for it. “It comes naturally,” he said, describ- John calls Mike his “brother from another mother.” ing the on-air chemistry between him and and off. We also agree morally, politically, stuff like Dempsey. “That’s what you’re looking for when you that. We both love the same era of music. He’s the get into this. Way, way back when I was at WLS, one, in fact, who came up with the label.” that’s what we had. I got along really well with ev- What Dempsey means by that is the incorporated eryone. I had really good friends with people on oth- business that now produces “Tropical Oldies.” Feel- er shows, the engineers. That made it fun.” ing Not a Format Inc. The theme for their show, With Dempsey, he continued, “it turned out to be Dempsey says, is, “we can play whatever we feel a really good thing. We do have this rhythm, this like.” chemistry. Quite frankly, it gets better and better True to Landecker form, there is more to the story. each year.” Initially, when summer drew to a close, Landecker Contact Andrew Tallackson at drew@thebeacher. felt it was time to pack “Tropical Oldies” away. But com audience interest remained. So, the show became, THE Page 6 April 9, 2020 Lubeznik Center Keeps Creative Juices Flowing Through Internet by Andrew Tallackson When the staff at Lubeznik Center for the Arts made the decision to close their galleries amid the COVID-19 crisis, the immediate goal was getting the word out. Making sure the community knew what was postponed, rescheduled or canceled. But from there, Education Director Hannah Hammond-Hagman says, the next step became, how can the LCA fi ll that void? How does it still engage creativity within the community? Simple. Take that creative spark to the Internet. Staff at the LCA, 101 W. Second St., have begun posting fun videos on Facebook and the center’s website, everything from Hammond-Hagman show- ing how to create a Mini-Zine to local artist Dorothy Graden leading a tour of her studio. More offerings are on the way. “We needed to keep creativity going in all this un- certainty,” Hammond-Hagman said in a telephone interview with The Beacher. “It was nice for us to rally our team and our teachers to keep our students, and the Lubeznik community, making and creating and still thinking about art. “And we’re rolling out all kinds of video content.” Hammond-Hagman admits, with a hearty laugh, that the process of making the video about Zines, or small self-published works, took her outside of her comfort zone, but in the end found engaging students in a new way rather exciting. What else is planned? Dance instructor Alexis Mc- Above: Local artist Dorothy Graden. Below: Hannah Hammond-Hag- Farrin, who teaches dance through the LCA and Safe man, Lubeznik Center for the Arts education director. Harbor After-School Program, will post a series of videos. Jordan Ramos, an LCA teaching artist with Safe Harbor ties like McFarrin, will introduce a variety of instruments. Visual-arts instructors will show how to create with readily available materials, rein- forcing the notion of recycling. Hammond-Hagman especially enjoyed Graden’s tour of her studio. “I love it,” she said, “when artists show us where and how they do their magic.” Also in the works, Exhibition Director Lora Fos- berg will lead a series discussing the current exhib- it, “Round Hole/Square Peg.” Who knows, Hammond-Hagman says. LCA staff may fi nd this type of online content is something they wish to continue beyond the COVID-19 crisis. “I feel really good about it,” she said. “We are going to learn so much about how people engage with us. It’s maybe something we continue in some ca- pacity after all this.” Check it Out Several ways exist to view Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ online content. Visit the website at www. lubeznikcenter.org, or visit “Lubeznik Center for the Arts” on Facebook. All the videos are being ar- chived through the website as well. THE April 9, 2020 Page 7 ROB GOW CHRIS PFAUSER ShorelineAdvice.com

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Anya Taylor-Joy and Bill Nighy star in “Emma.”

“Emma” is a curious misfi re. Slow and stuffy, 1/2 when it should crackle with life. ★ ★ Maybe it’s that the Jane Austen classic has been “Emma” told before on screen and told better, specifi cally Running time: 124 minutes. Rated PG the 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow version. Or maybe, we for brief partial nudity forget the novelist penned works with bite, an edge movies and TV frequently soften. Possibly, it is that aiming for — eye candy for the ladies? — but there Anya Taylor-Joy is all wrong for the role. are many more odd directing choices. Like introduc- Whatever the case, this austere take is woeful- ing Bill Nighy’s Mr. Woodhouse by having him lit- ly dull for about an hour. The second act, however, erally leap into the frame. Nighy (“Love, Actually,” perks up with beautifully realized moments, thanks “Shaun of the Dead”) is one of my favorite actors, largely to a supporting cast that digs into the heart but over the course of the picture, he’s curiously mis- of the material. used. The same holds true for Josh O’Connor’s exag- “Emma” gradually began rolling out into theaters gerated creepiness as Mr. Elton. The actor, deeply in late February/early March before, like so many empathetic as Prince Charles in Season Three of movies, the COVID-19 pandemic halted its momen- “The Crown,” is a cartoonish, robotic buffoon as tum. Vickers Theatre, in fact, slated screenings in Mr. Elton. Their shenanigans are backed up by odd late March before temporarily shuttering its doors. folk songs on the soundtrack, music that plays out Now, it is available on Amazon Prime as part of its like the British equivalent of the Coen brothers’ “O “Early Access” package of movies whose theatrical Brother, Where Art Thou?” runs were cut short by the COVID crisis. Then, we have Taylor-Joy as Emma. Horror fans The story essentially is the same. Emma (Tay- know her from fi lms like “The Witch,” “Split” and lor-Joy) is a busybody who bides her time playing “Glass.” The is her fi rst big period piece. Paltrow, matchmaker — specifi cally with the younger Har- in the 1996 picture, had a playful mischievousness, riet Smith (Mia Goth, perfect), who pines for a man with somewhat softer features. Taylor-Joy, by com- unsuitable in social status —7 all while keeping at parison, is icy. Distant. Exceedingly unlikable. You bay the playful George Knightley (Johnny Flynn), don’t connect with her. who clearly has eyes for her. So there you have it: the fi rst half of a movie One of the fi rst shots in the movie is of Knightley. where you don’t care for the lead character, and Or, more to the point, his bare butt as he crawls out the fi lm takes a bizarre approach to key supporting of bed. Not sure what director Autumn de Wilde is roles. THE April 9, 2020 Page 11 The turning point arrives during a social, a dance, to be precise, in which Mr. Elton treats Harriet with caddy disregard. Goth, who up until this point lav- ishes Harriet with giddy innocence, descends into despair. She’s publicly humiliated. Knightley comes to her rescue, in- viting her dance. The moment is so delicately and lov- ingly handled, it breathes new life into the picture. EQUIPPED TO MAKE YOUR AIR And from here to the fi nale, the crux of “Emma” is PERFECT. that Austen’s hero- ine must melt her heart in the company of Knightley, and learn the error of her ways in how Mia Goth’s take on Harriet stands out as she treats others. one of the giddy delights of “Emma.” The most powerful moment is an exceedingly uncomfortable exchange between Emma and the socially clumsy Miss Bates RECEIVE UP TO (Miranda Hart, of “Call the Midwife” fame). The dawning realization of her own cruelty on Emma’s $900 face, the crushing hurt and embarrassment for Miss Bates, is so exceptionally performed, you wonder IN REBATES why the movie wasn’t functioning on this level from when you purchase the Lennox® the very start. Ultimate Comfort System* Some stories are universal. With the right elements in place, they can be told and retold whenever the mood is right. Last year’s “Little Women” $73 CHECKUP ON is a superb example. “Emma,” unfortunately, brings nothing new to AIR CONDITIONERS the table. Contact Andrew Tallackson at [email protected]

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Ode to TJ Kalin Cheers to the brilliant Valparaiso scholar who Labored for hours, while earning few dollars, to Diligently dig through documents and artifacts Attempting to sort out ﬁ ction from facts and Bring history to life for visitors today With stories of a family from an earlier day.

With unbounded curiosity, he turned many a page While learning the history of the Gilded Age that Made millionaires from merchants of common ancestry Who made timely investments in modern industries Among them the father and son named John Barker who TJ Kalin is photographed in the Barker Mansion gardens. Amassed a fortune by manufacturing freight cars. Ongoing commitment to social welfare philan- With unwavering focus, our hero explored the thropy Particular details of each of the ﬂ oors in the All this information and so much more Junior John Barker’s opulent mansion Mr. Kalin imparted during countless tours. Furnished with the latest European fashions The family travelled abroad to foreign places and With contagious enthusiasm, he served as a guide, Educated daughter Catherine in the social graces. Taking mansion visitors on a historic ride and Answering questions about details so minute that When her parents’ deaths made her the world’s Not even a Barker would be as astute richest orphan Try as we might to create ways to stump him Young Catherine found ways to share their fortune TJ knew what to say, even about cisterns. Perpetuating her father’s generous legacy through an With an amazing talent for creating new programs He helped ﬁ ll monthly calendars with novel items Scavenger hunts, History on Tap and displays were A few of the ways he endeavored to convey a Love of history that cannot be measured, and Duneland Home & Pro Hardware His prodigious contributions will long be trea- sured.

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Joe and Carole would be enough fodder for 10 Where do you start? How do you describe “Tiger different series. But no, we get more. We have King” to others? Words fail me. I suppose you could Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, who runs a 50-acre ani- begin by imagining yourself standing across the mal preserve in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “Doc” loves the street from a set of railroad tracks. A train derails. spotlight, at several points instructing directors You look on in horror. When it appears the disaster Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin how to do their could get no worse, the back half of the train ar- job, specifi cally which angles to fi lm him from so he rives: double-decker cars toppling over each other. looks the best. Then, from above, the Hindenburg explodes. You There also are Joe’s shell-shocked employees. are now locked in a petrifi ed state. You hate yourself Business partner/self-professed con man Jeff Lowe, for watching. But you watch nonetheless. who stages a coup by taking over the zoo. Joe’s two Repeatedly during the seven-episode “Tiger husbands, one of whom commits suicide. The mur- King,” I kept thinking, this can’t be legit. This is der-for-hire hitman. That’s right. The hitman. Re- made up. But no, these are real people, outrageous cruited to take out Carole Baskin once and for all. people, behaving in ways unthinkable to most. Not Then, in 2019, Joe’s conviction on 17 federal charges only that, admitting they engaged in such behav- of animal abuse and two counts of murder-for-hire. ior. Parading their behavior for all to see. Upload- The sentence: 22 years in federal prison. He is now ing their threats, taunts and nihilistic behavior to fi ling countersuits...and seeking a presidential par- social media. And just when you think it can’t get don from Donald Trump. worse, the show delivers another sucker punch to Got all that? the gut. The feud at the center of “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” involves Joe “Exotic” (top), who ran the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma, Your gut reaction, after fi nishing the seventh and Any review of “Tiger King” has to tread carefully. and Carole Baskin (below), chief executive offi cer of Big Cat Rescue in Florida. fi nal episode, is to take a long, scalding-hot shower The easy way out is to dismiss it as a carnival freak to purge yourself of all the elements. show, but by doing so, you run the risk of delving On the one hand, you have to give directors into classism, of appearing prejudiced against a Goode and Chaiklin their due. Their documentary particular social class. In the end, you have to chalk is sensationalism, yes, but it’s also hard-edged jour- this hot mess up to being a hypnotic study of how nalism. They do their homework. No stone is left greed, and an obsession with celebrity status, are unturned. The balance is there. One person makes like rot, where everyone and everything in its path an allegation, they go straight to the source for a decompose into tragedy. rebuttal. They get everyone to talk. They ask the The focus of “Tiger King” is a linked group of big- tough questions, and they get answers. It may not cat conservationists and collectors. The title indi- be the answers we like. The answers may shock us, vidual is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, who ran the but the fi lmmakers don’t stop until every aspect of Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Okla- the story comes to light. homa. He fancied himself a multi-hyphenate. The Was this a story we needed to know? And in this country’s most prolifi c tiger breeder. Zoo owner. depth? That is a subject for debate. The notoriety of Country music performer. Presidential and guber- “Tiger King” will fuel enough Facebook memes to natorial candidate. Gay bigamist. Gun-toting potty carry 2020 through the remainder of the COVID-19 mouth. All of it packaged in a voice that sounds like crisis. People laugh, feel morally superior to Joe and helium ingested from a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day his cohorts. But for all the icky, vulgar behavior on Parade balloon. display in “Tiger King,” the series ultimately is a (Michigan City’s Marquette Mall was a destina- sad look at a particular segment of society, where tion point for Joe’s “Mystical Magic of the Endan- greed, amid the pursuit of celebrity, leads to a shat- gered.” This very publication, in fact, published a tered landscape of devastated lives. notice for his show in the Nov. 29, 2007, edition.) I won’t forget “Tiger King.” I’d like to. I’d really Joe’s sworn enemy: Carole Baskin, chief executive like to, but that may not be humanly possible. offi cer of Big Cat Rescue in Florida. She alleged his Contact Andrew Tallackson at drew@thebeacher. breeding practices and zoo conditions were devas- com THE Page 20 April 9, 2020 A Guide to Area Restaurants Offering Carryout, Delivery Services Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, The Beacher • Hammer’s Restaurant. (219) 879-0760. looked into which restaurants in our area are still • Hokkaido Japanese Restaurant. (219) 814-4226. offering carryout. • Holly’s Restaurant. (219) 879-5124. A few restaurants also are offering delivery or • India House Restaurant. (219) 874-5700. curbside service, and that is noted as well. Please • Jimmy John’s. (219) 871-0850. call ahead to confi rm what is available. • Leeds Public House. (219) 814-4530. By no means is this list a complete guide to lo- • Lighthouse Restaurant (drive-through, curbside cal restaurants. Any businesses with changes or available). (219) 872-1900. updates, call us at (219) 879-0088 or email drew@ • Little Caesar’s Pizza. (219) 879-3211. thebeacher.com • Little Giant Pizza. (219) 874-4268. Michigan City Area • Local Option (delivery available). (219). 874- • A Slice of Heaven. (219) 380-8374. 3663. • Albano’s Villa. (219) 872-0571. • Long John Silver’s (drive-through). (219) 879- • Barker Pub. (219) 873-9306. 4193. • Bartlett’s Fish Camp. (219) 879-9544. • Memo’s House of Pancakes. (219) 871-1583. • Ben’s Soft Pretzels (delivery available). (219) 879- • Miller Pizza by the Beach. (219) 878-9480. 5557. • Mucho Mas Michigan City. (219) 221-6639. • Biggby Coffee. (219) 809-9912 • Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. (219) 879-6830 • Buffalo Wild Wings (delivery available). (219) • Panda Express. (219) 879-1079. 872-9464. • Panera Bread (drive-through available). (219) • Carlson’s (regular services). (219) 872-0331. 879-5765. • Chili’s Grill & Bar (curbside, delivery available). • Panini Panini. (219) 873-1720. (219) 872-2266. • Papa John’s Pizza. (219) 872-7227. • China One. (219) 872-7722. • Patrick’s Grille (curbside pickup). 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Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron (hardcover, den friend, Gary Pulsifer, who says he has Mike’s $27.99 retail in bookstores and online; also avail- half-breed wolf, Shadow, bleeding to death in the able as an eBook. 308 pages) back of his truck and on his way to a veterinarian. I’m no doctor, nurse or EMT on the battleground Mike took the wolf from two meth addicts he arrest- of this pandemic. I can’t do what these angels of ed three years ago. The wolf ran away from Mike’s mercy are doing to relieve suffering and save lives. home some time ago and was roaming mountainous What I can do is help you fi nd books, give you en- areas miles from there since then. Mike heard tales tertainment suggestions and a respite from what’s it also was seen with a female wolf. going on in the world, if only for a short time. The Pennacook Hospital for Animals tells Mike Books can take us wherever we that Shadow probably won’t make want to go, whenever we choose. it. The vet removed an arrow prob- We can become someone else or ably lodged in the wolf for up to live a fantasy life from the con- three days. Mike recognizes the fi nes of our favorite armchair. We make and type of the arrow, and can read to our little ones, making knows Shadow was shot with a them smile and laugh for awhile. crossbow by someone inexperi- Staying inside needn’t be boring or enced using a 16-inch arrow. Mike frustrating. It can be uplifting and knows serious bow hunters use 20- magical. inch arrows. Vacation or not, he is Let’s go to the backwoods of now committed to investigate and Maine this week — sweet moun- fi nd the shooter. tain air, backroads to discover, As if all this isn’t enough, Mike’s mysterious goings-on thrown in for girlfriend, Dani Tate, a Maine state your consideration and mystery trooper, is feeling left out of the solving skills. Interested? many loops of his life, wondering Meet Mike Bowditch, Maine where this relationship is going. I Warden Service investigator. He don’t think Mike will have much is a former game warden, but an time for socializing or making up earned promotion has him spend- to Dani for some time. ing more time indoors than he’d Patrol Warden Ronette Landry, like. That’s why this fi shing vaca- another old friend of Mike’s, takes tion, standing in ice-cold water in him up to Alcohol Mary’s place on his waders, is much needed for his physical being. the side of a mountain. That’s where Shadow was But now, just several hours later… found in back of her shed by a young man, Zane He receives a call from Aimee Cronk, Billy’s wife. Wilson, who was working for Mary. He and his girl- He is serving 7-10 years in the Maine State Prison friend, Indigo, live not far away in a yurt, close to a for manslaughter. Mike’s testimony proved helpful small settlement of Amish who had the misfortune more for the prosecution than the defense — but he to live next to Gorman Peaslee, a racist...and nasty couldn’t perjure himself. Billy was actually saving to boot. Mike’s life, but the prosecution did its job and sent Things grow more complicated as Mike races Billy to prison. Today, Aimee says Billy wants to see between the wolf-shooter investigation and Billy’s him. This is problematic, as Billy has sent Mike on problems — just what is he not telling Mike? too many wild goose chases since his incarceration. Amid all this is Doiron’s beautiful descriptions This time, Billy wants Mike to investigate a new of Maine, its landscape and inhabitants, both hu- prison guard, a woman named Dawn Ritchie. He man and animal. Mike Bowditch is a down-to-Earth won’t exactly say why. And, oh yes, do it fast be- character who deftly combines a love of the land and cause Aimee and his fi ve children may be in dan- a storyline that is exciting and will have you rooting ger. Sounds serious, but Mike fears he is on another for the wildlife as much as the humans! senseless mission. Doiron’s fi rst Mike Bowditch book, The Poacher’s Aimee calls the next day to tell Mike not to go to Son, won two awards and was nominated for three the prison, but the hospital. Billy was involved in others. This is Book 10 in the series, and each sur- a knife fi ght in which he was hurt trying to save passes the last in master storytelling and love of Dawn from two other inmates. He’s the hero of the location. No surprise Doiron is a registered Maine day! Now, Mike is really confused. Guide specializing in fl y fi shing. He lives with his Mike is still trying to fi gure out what happened wife on a trout stream in coastal Maine. at the prison when he gets another call from a war- Till next time, happy reading! THE April 9, 2020 Page 35

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