When Santa Claus Comes

Volume 16, Number 47 Thursday, November 30, 2000

When Santa Claus Comes A good time is coming, I wish it were here, The very best time in the whole of the year; I’m counting each day on my fingers and thumbs– the weeks that must pass before Santa Claus comes.

Then when the first snowflakes begin to come down, And the wind whistles sharp and the branches are brown, I’ll not mind the cold, though my fingers it numbs, For it brings the time nearer when Santa Clause comes.

Author Unknown Page 2 November 30, 2000

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unable to get to Indianapolis, but he could fly to Chicago in a plane belonging to the firm which had No Small Plans booked him for the Friday appearance. The plane was by George A. Bowie being sent to Chicago to pick up a company executive. Could we get to Chicago? He would stay at the Ambassador East Hotel. Any postcard or letter which comes to us from rel- Very good. atives in Ireland and tells us of some plan or inten- We canceled the arrangement in Indianapolis, tion the writer has in mind will contain the capital called the Drake Hotel in Chicago, our usual, the letters “D.V.” following such news. These are the therefore familiar place to stay, and it had the Cape first letters of two Latin words which mean “God Cod Room to which we would bring Joe for dinner. Willing”. The South Shore Railroad was operating and we For example: had a neighbor who owned a Jeep. Chicago, here we A postcard from cousin Sheila Bourke of Kilkenny come! informs that come next month she hopes to visit But when I called Joe to tell him of our plans for Margaret and Tony Hall in England, D.V. dinner, he said we three had been invited to occupy What is to be understood from the “D.V.” is that Sheila Booth No. 1 in the Pump Room of the Ambassador East is aware of the possibility that her proposed visit and the dinner would be “on the house”. with her sister and brother-in-law might not happen for some reason and she is prepared to accept the outcome. We should have added “D.V.” to our invitations extended to actor Joe E. Brown that evening in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Jane and I had finished our dinner there and were on our way out of the place when Joe waved to us from the booth where he and wife Kathryn were dining with their guest, actress Frances Farmer. The conversation included news that Joe E. would be coming to Indiana in about a month for a Friday appearance at a corporate pre-Christmas party not far from Indianapolis. He would have the weekend free, so we were quick to suggest he spend it with us in our Michiana Shores home. Joe accepted and we planned accordingly. On the Saturday, we would drive to the town where he would have performed on Friday and bring him home with us. On Monday, we would take him to the air- port at South Bend from where he could fly to his next engagement. That particular Saturday, snow fell on Indiana. There would be no way for a round trip by car. Maybe we could make it to Indianapolis and if Joe could get there, we would visit in that city. We called Joe E. with the plan and he thought it was possible to do, so we arranged for the use of a two- bedroom plus parlor suite at one of the hotels. Before we had packed our luggage, Joe called with information that due to the snow there, he would be November 30, 2000 Page 3

So…off we went in a cab to Joe E.’s hotel and Open ‘til 7 p.m. caused people to wonder who we were, to be dining Evenings with him. Come now to the letter with its very good excuse for getting ourselves to New York City while Joe would be there. He was pleased to learn we would both be coming. He would be busy on the Saturday we chose for our arrival, but would provide tickets to a Broadway wwwElegant.littlehousef Apparelashions.com for the show for that date. Sunday was available for dinner [email protected] Conscious Woman Women’s Apparel and he would be our guest at this certain restaurant we had in mind. We would be his guests on Monday evening for the Godfrey “Talent Scout” show. However, Christmas Savings Sale when we contacted Joe after arriving in New York, he told us that Sherman Billingsley had arranged that our Sunday dinner be served in the step-up Cub Room at his Stork Club with seating at the Number 1 table in view of all customers entering an exiting the main dining area. Once again, we were a source of mystery, not only to the comers and goers passing the arch which framed our table, but also to other occupants of the Cub Room, including Broadway’s King of Siam and Hollywood’s Queen of the ice rink. Billingsley joined us for dinner, suggesting we order the lamb stew, with boiled radishes in it instead of turnips. It was delicious. Host Billingsley gave Jane a gold container of per- fume and I received a pair of red suspenders with “Stork Club” branded into the leather at the back. Most of our talk had to do with answering Billingsley’s question as to how it happened we were acquainted with Joe E. Our first connection had been almost ten years earlier, we told him. In 1943, Joe had granted a favor to the outfit in which I was about to ship out and since I knew nothing at all about loading cargo, I was designated as the per- Koret son to handle the battalion side of the arrangement, Graff including the “thank you” note. Alfred Dunner After the war, when Joe was touring in “Harvey”, 20% off Philippe Marques I caught the show in Chicago and went backstage after- Select Items ward to fill him in as to where we had taken the gear City Girl he had provided for us. We talked also of the loss of Separates his son, Joe Jr., and Joe E. gave me a copy of his book, Your Kids and Mine, dedicated to the memory of his Velour Warm-Ups son. He charged me a dollar for the book, which money would go to the charitable cause the sale of the book supported. Also Storewide Sale 15% off When Joe brought “Harvey” to my then hometown excluding Vera Bradley of Akron, Ohio, I was included among those locals who lunched with him. That evening, I had another look Meet Us For Lunch And A Style Show at “Harvey” and afterward Joe and I shared a late sup- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 - RODINI’S, MICHIGAN CITY per in the “Terrace Room” of his hotel. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 - ROSKOE’S, LA PORTE Our next contact was that which took place in 409 Alexander Street LaPorte, IN 326-8602 Beverly Hills at the Polo Lounge and planned to do On Hwy 35 - 5 Blocks South of Lincolnway what “D” didn’t “V” at all. Turn Right on Alexander Monday - Friday 9:30 to 7 Saturday 9:30 to 5 Thank goodness! Page 4 November 30, 2000 “The Last Dance-A Time to Remember” Tours of the new Middle School/High School under construction on Clay Street in New Buffalo, have been added to the many activities planned for The Last Dance, scheduled for Sat., Dec. 2, from 5 p.m.-12:30 a.m., at the Old Middle School/High School, 222 S. Whittaker St. This event is being held in honor of the old school, which has served the community since 1930. Tours of the new school, slated to open in 2001, will be given on the half-hour from 5-8:30 p.m. Bus transportation from the old school will be provided. Betty Turner, co-chair of the event, said, “It’s going to be a wonderful evening of sharing memories with old friends and a time for all to see memorabilia and souvenirs representing the years the school was open.” The Last Dance will feature the live, big band sounds of The Moonlighters from 6-9 p.m., and D.J.s Unlimited from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. In addition, “Decade Rooms,” decorated for the period, will give alumni a place to gather and meet with old classmates and friends. Persons with souvenirs from their school days can drop them off at the Superintendent’s office, or Mail Boxes Etc. Any items marked with the owners name, address and phone number will be returned and the “Decades Room” will be hosted throughout the evening. Other festivities include recognition for the oldest graduate attending and prizes for anyone who comes in an original prom dress, cheerleader outfit or sports DICKENSIAN DINNERS uniform. Members of the All Star Graduates Team will Dance down to our Dell to enjoy an olde-fashioned be announced as well as recognition for prom couples English holiday menu designed in the Dickens that are still partners and there will be recognition tradition. Try Tiny Tim’s Tremendous Turkey Leg for other noteworthy accomplishments. weighing in at 11/2 pounds or Pickwick’s proper The Last Dance is an offshoot of the New Buffalo Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, Mashed Fine Arts Council that was formed to oversee an Parsnips and Savory Scones. There’s Fezziwig’s Fish endowment fund anonymously donated to New Buffalo and Chips as well as Holiwell’s Halibut with Celery Area Schools to support artistic and cultural activi- Root Brandade. And of course, a bowl of Peggotty’s ties for the schools and community in the Performing Potato Soup for starters. Even Ebenezer would Arts Center at the new Middle School/High School. love the package price of $9.95 for your choice of entree and a cup of Soup. Tickets are now available. Minimum donations are $7 for a single ticket and $12 for a couple. The dona- Join your friends over a pint or a “bowl” of tion includes light hors d’oeuvres, and food will be avail- Smoking Bishop. Our warm and beautiful holiday able for purchase. Net proceeds will go to the New ambiance will add to your seasonal dining delight. Buffalo Fine Arts Council. Tickets can be picked up at the Superintendent’s DICKENSIAN DINNERS office, 222 S. Whittaker St., Country Mates, 120 W. Buffalo St., and Mail Boxes Etc., 530 S. Whittaker St. $9.95 Sponsors of The Last Dance include Alliance Bank, Served On Sundays from 2:00 P.M. New Buffalo Savings Bank and Fifth Third Bank. and On Mondays Starting at 5:00 P.M. 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The journey better known as Odyssey 2001 at The maquette exhibit, “From Concept to Reality: Purdue North Central continues to take wing with a Five Sculptors Face the Art” allows folks on campus flock of stimulating events scheduled through July of (and that includes visitors) to ponder the forces of cre- next year. ativity. Once a person learns the artist’s idea and con- On the heels of the opening of the large outdoor sculp- cepts behind their sculptural piece, how does this new ture exhibit, a month-long exhibit of the sculptors’ mod- knowledge affect the person’s viewing of the larger work? els, or maquettes, formally opened on October 20th. This and other questions are currently being solicit- The small models and accompanying comments by five ed from campus and visiting viewers. sculptors are on display in the study lounge within Those and other questions do more than invite the Tech building. attention, they demand it from the sculptural works, Surrounded by the miniatures of the larger sculp- asserts Judi Jacobi. Judi, instrumental in helping get tures that have been placed strategically around the the Odyssey 2001 project from concept to reality, attractive PUNC campus, students and staff are told us that the artists’ concepts are not only delight- enjoying the latest aesthetic additions to their aca- ful in themselves, but they nicely generate conversation. demic environment. And Judi expressed her hope that all of the Odyssey “It’s nice to have the art, especially since there is 2001 events planned over the current school year will so much science here (on campus),” senior Bethany increase dialogue about creative processes. Watson said. “They’re beautiful, and they make me Education, Judi points out, is not something that want to create.” Bethany added that she hopes the exhib- toes a straight line. Learning involves a combination it will inspire the administration to offer a sculpting of disciplines, and fine art is a part of that journey of class. “I’d take it,” the Liberal Arts/Business major ideas, too. And learning more about the individual sculp- said. tors’ process opens the “student” to issues he or she might not even consider. As an example, Judi point- ed out how Tom Scarff’s Church Street project shows a person what an artist does to sell an idea. Tom’s presentation project, a sculpture to enhance a parking garage, illustrates the often hidden, or behind the scenes type of work, an artist must complete in order to see his project through to completion. The other sculptors represented in the study lounge conversation-generator include John Adduci, Tim Curtis, Michelle Goldstrom, and Mike Young. “The artists feel at home here (at PUNC), and they have commented that they have been treated better here than at any other college campus,” Judi said. On December 1st, Purdue unveils its new Valparaiso Education Center located on Wall Street. Campus lumi- naries from Lafayette will be on hand for the opening, and an art exhibit is planned to open at the new facility during the inaugural month. Michelle Goldstrom’s maquette of “Here and There.”

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Judi announced that a Stanley Kubrick Film Festival is in the works, planned for January 20th. Adduci concept The films chosen do not include “Space Odyssey” nor “A Clockwork Orange,” she said, but filmgoers will have a chance to view other Kubrick works of film art including “Full Metal Jacket” and “Paths of Glory.” Although film festival attendees will not be hearing the familiar strains of Thus Sprache Zarathrusta, they will have a chance to offer their opinions during a planned discussion about the enigmatic monolith in “2001-A Space Odyssey.” In June, Chancellor and Mrs. Dworkin are hosting a tour of Eastern Europe for Purdue alumni and friends, and it is not too early to inquire about reservations (ext. 5332). The 8-day tour will include visits to Budapest, Prague, and Vienna. There’s more—much more planned over the forthcoming months as part of PUNC’s Odyssey 2001. For your own personal roadmap, a complete schedule of events is available online at www.purduenc.edu, and from Chancellor Dworkin’s office.

John Adduci’s “Odysseus” model.

Tom Scarff’s Church Street Project presentation model. Tom’s model, a sculpture to enhance a parking garage, illustrates the often hidden, or behind the scenes type of work an artist must complete in order to see his project through to completion.

Scarff concept

PUNC senior Bethany Watson, interviewed in the study lounge, said that it’s nice to have the art, “especially since there is so much science here (on campus).”

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Oh Papa come look! Oh Mama can you see? The “Christmas Ship Concert,” one of many the gui- We’ve been waiting so long for this to come to be! tar artist has presented over the past few years, Oh Papa come look! Oh Mama can’t you see? takes its name from the true story of the schooner, the Here comes the Christmas Ship with our Christmas “Rouse Simmons”, that brought Christmas trees to tree! Chicago for years before sinking in a Lake Michigan From “The Christmas Ship,” Lee Murdock gale in November, 1912. Despite the tragedy, the song ends on a note of renew- al, recounting how the captain’s widow assumed the responsibility for bringing trees to Chicago by boat. The song, “The Christmas Ship,” has become the centerpiece of Murdock’s featured post-Thanksgiving concert, which he first performed in 1992. Murdock, who gives more than 200 performances annually in the Great Lakes region, first read the story of the “Rouse Simmons” in the mid-1980s. The singer believes the song’s appeal lies in a number of aspects, among them the theme of the “strong woman carry- ing on,” the reality that Chicago in the early 1900s was one of the major seaports in the entire United States, and the mysterious lure of the shipwreck. Although Murdock includes in the concert some Christmas music, the performance will focus on songs of the Great Lakes, celebrating and commemorating the men and women who sailed the inland seas. In other performances, Murdock will appear in the Southwestern Michigan College Museum in Dowagiac at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 6, and in the Muskegon Museum of Art Auditorium, Muskegon, Michigan, at 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 8. Information on the Indiana Dunes concert may be obtained by calling 219/926-1390. Information on the two later performances is available at 616/782- 1335 (Dowagiac), and 231/720-2570 (Muskegon).

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www.coldwellbanker.com www.cbchicagoland.com Independently Owned and Operated by NRT, Inc. Equal Housing Opportunity Page 18 November 30, 2000 Tower Inc. Announces Grant Winners The winners have been chosen for the Tower of The Purdue North Central Excellence Student Educational Support Grants. The membership of Tower thanks all the teachers who took Alumni Association the time and effort to prepare a grant application and invites to congratulate the winners who will expend an extra effort to implement their projects in their classrooms. alumni and friends to join A total of nearly $5000 will be allocated for thirteen different projects to the following teachers: Chancellor James and Nancy Dworkin Coolspring Elementary School:Katie Haugh- for a special tour of tington/Pennie Lombard, Sue Hudson and Rich Pearson major Eastern European cities. Joy Elementary School: Meg Kanyer Marsh Elementary School: Donna Beyer Mullen Elementary School: Carol Teshima Notre Dame School: Dottie Ault Barker Middle School: Bobbi Martin Budapest, Krueger Middle School: Sharon Schuman, Debra Frederick, Leslie Samelson and Kathy Angelo Vienna & Prague Marquette High School: Janet Stefano

June 21-June 29, 2001 USABDA Hosts Christmas Dance The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers includes a cruise down the Association (USABDA) will host a Christmas Dance beautiful Danube River on Sun., Dec. 3rd. The dance will take place at the Slovak Club, 6920 Broadway, Merrillville. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and the line-up includes: Tour prices* 2-3 p.m. Latin Swing dance lesson (Merengue) by Tony Coberg of Arthur Murray. double $2,670 per person 3-5:30 p.m. Open dancing to Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Hustle, all types of Swing. single $3,415 per person Admission is $5/members, $8/non-members and triple $2,500 per person $3/students with i.d. There will be snacks, door prizes, raffles and mixers. For more information, visit the web- *additional air cost to and from Chicago $1,256, site [email protected] extensions to major European cities available All-Clad Cookware For more information, Wüsthof to reserve your place and/or to extend this tour, Give the COOK on your list the perfect gift… contact Ship and Shore Vacations. “The Cookery Gift Certificate” Sent to your home,The Cookery Gift Certificate 219-873-1100 • 1-888-972-9903 gives the food lover a chance to choose from T euset superior quality cookware, kitchen supplies, [email protected] rident Kniv gourmet foods and cooking classes. Call now 325-FOOD!

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Along the way we passed the theme parks now build- See It From... ing along a highway completed just last year, near the Badaling section thought to be named for the work- The Great Wall of China ers and slaves conscripted to build the Wall in ancient by Maggie Beyer times. When the Emperor Qin (Chin), unified China in 221 BC (the same Shi Huangdi who built the terra-cotta army to guard his tomb in Xi’an), he joined the separate walls that had been built by the Zhou Dynasty and extended them to more than 10,000 li, giving the Great Wall its original name, the 10,000-li Great Wall. The Ming Dynasty in 1368 began a major renovation that took 200 years to complete, sparked by being conquered by the Manchus when a traitor let them enter through a gate. There are famous gates along the wall, like the one called Cloud Terrace, built in 1345 which was the base of a pagoda overlooking the town. The walls inside the arched gate has charms in six languages including that of the Han, China’s majority, and its minorities of Sanskrit, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uygur, and West Xia. The Great Wall holds many Watch Towers where in ancient times, alarms were raised through smoke Upward and onward to the mountain top. signals, a heady mixture of wolf dung, sulfur and salt- peter. Shots were fired at the same time (gunpowder originated in China, first for fireworks, later by 1000 AD for grenades and other explosives). The signal could It’s true. You might have to go into space, relay an alarm over 300 hundred miles in just a few The Great Wall tops mountain peaks across China. but astronauts say that looking down at that hours. The stretch of wall that we climbed held sev- big blue marble, the Earth, the only landmark eral watch towers that spurred us along the sometimes Our day at the Great Wall ended with a visit to the to be seen is China’s Great Wall. Started in gentle, sometimes sleep slope. Some hikers could spend Ming Tombs on the outskirts of Beijing. In a beauti- the 7th century BC, it was built to hold back all day reaching mountain top crests that seemed to ful 25-acre setting of pines and peach trees, against invading hordes from the north. Today, it touch the clouds; others of us opted for a gentler a background of the Tianshou Mountains, members holds hordes of tourists, armed with cam- pace of just a few hours, winding back down toward of imperial families from the Ming Dynasty which last- eras instead of swords, who deign to bring back the tourist shops for a welcome rest and a cup of ed from AD 1368 to 1644 are buried, starting from the tee-shirt that says, “I climbed the Great tea, Jasmine of course. We could carry home our cer- the time the capital was moved from Nanjing to Wall”, or at least a picture that says, “I was tificates that said “one was not a plucky hero until one Beijing. The ancestral tombs became an important sym- there” at La Grande Muraille, Die Grosse reaches the Great Wall” and certifies that “I have bol for the Ming Dynasty. Mauer, the Great Wall of China, one of the ascended the Great Wall of China”. Wonders of the World. Great Wall Continued on Page 28

Climbing toward the Watch Tower.

And there I was, on a sunny, blue sky day, rare during our visit in Beijing with its smoggy overload, bus-riding the road from Beijing, toward a section of the Great Wall that lies north of Beijing. The Wall extends from the Mongolian plateau in the west to the mouth of the Yalu River in the east, ranging from 12 to 40 feet across and from 20 to 50 feet high. One resource says the Great Wall is 1,500 miles long, which could be the longest continuous stretch; another states its length at over 6,000 kilometers when completed, that would be about 3,700 miles long. A wall built from Los Angeles to New York would be 2800 miles long; 1500 miles might be from Chicago to Denver. Stone guards line the walkway Yes, we ascended the Great Wall: Nancy, Maggie, Jill and Marie. leading to the Ming Tombs. Animals carved 500 years ago line up before the tombs. Page 28 November 30, 2000

Great Wall Continued from Page 27 There are 13 emperors’ tombs, another 6 tombs for concubines, and one for princes along for a kitchen and butchering pavilion for sacrifices, and scenic spots, all with poetic Chinese names such as Holy Imperial Office where eunuchs lived, Hall of Horsetail Whisk, Holy Imperial Kitchen, Immortals’ Cave, Nine-Dragon Pond, and Sage Pavilion. The big Red Gate is the gateway to the Stone Memorial Arch and Sacred Way, four miles long, that runs through the necropolis. Stone figures representing guards of the court and stone animals, over 500 years old, line the route; they are the originals though some of the build- ings marking the tomb sites were reconstructed by the government in the 1950’s. The tombs were built for imperial emperors, but the stories of the women who were Ling’endian Tomb, nine rooms long, five wide, built in 1427 AD. sometimes buried with them tell a tale of Carved stone, long, the Chinese dragon, China in former centuries. History recounts feng, the phoenix, separates the stairs, leaving room for bearers to carry a sedan the stories of young girls brought to court at chair up or down. age 14, named first a royal concubine or Honourable Imperial Concubine if the Empress still lived but had produced no sons and she had, even Empress when the first Empress died; some moved on to Princess or Crown Princess; when sons or grandsons became Emperor, they in turn could honor their mothers with titles of Imperial Dowager Empress. Or they could come to court as brides to wear the crown like Empress Xia who married Emperor Wu Zong when she was just 14 and died in 1519 at the age of 26; she is buried in Kangling Tomb with her husband. There are the stories of the Emperor Chong Zhen who hanged himself from a locust tree when the rebel peasant army of Li Zicheng forced him Excavation of Dingling Tomb in May 1956 opened the Diamond Wall of the Underground Palace where over 3,000 burial objects were unearthed, from Beijing in 1644; his officials ran away, except for many of gold, silver, and jade now on display. Wang Chengen who hanged himself on a tree next to his emperor and is buried at his right side. The wife of his first son, Empress Zhang hanged herself as well.

Crown with Three Dragons and Three Phoenixes.

The Changling Tomb stands beyond the arch. Jade pot November 30, 2000 Page 29

Marriage of a different sort was going on when we visited the Summer Palace in Beijing. Twenty or more couples were celebrating their wedding day touring the palace grounds that frame the lake where the imperial court once spent summer days. Brides wore a mix of bridal fashions: trim red suits (red for the color of good fortune, joy and happiness) or long red gowns, many with white dresses and veils, grooms in sports coats as well as dark, tailored suits. Each stop was a photo op for us as well as members of the bridal group — at the palace gate, the dragon boats, Longevity Hill built for Empress Dowager CiXi to receive her birthday greetings, and especially the Marble Boat on Kunming Lake where the Dowager Empress once watched boats gliding beneath the Jade Belt Bridge. We saw the brides and grooms at the Imperial Theater, still the largest of its kind in China today, three stories high with an opening in the ceiling of the first floor where a winch lowered performers and props down to the first floor stage. Performers could appear on the three floors at the same time. (The Acting Theatre of Michigan City should try this.) The theatre was originally named the Garden of Clear Ripples. After the Summer Palace was burned by allied forces of Great Britain and France in 1860, it was reconstructed and 25 years later, its name was changed to Garden of Good Health and Harmony (I love these poetic names), and it is a model of traditional Chinese gardening as well as of imperial dynastic ways. Great Wall Continued on Page 30

Bridal parties at the Summer Palace.

Imperial Deheyuan Theatre at the Summer Palace built for royal performances.

17-Arch Bridge and island is Lake Kunming.. The Marble Boat, a stationary cruiser. Page 30 November 30, 2000

The Imperial Corridor at the Summer Palace. . .painted scenes overhead tell a story as you walk along.

Great Wall Continued from Page 29 A long, really long, arcade leading to the lake was where the Empress once walked on her special shoes, a high sandal with its heel in the middle. The last night on our boat through the Three Gorges, the ship’s crew entertained, really entertained, with a show A portrait of Empress Dowager CiXi who ruled China from that included traditional dance, one dance performed behind a screen, sitting behind the young emperor, the last emperor of China. She is said to have had 800 cooks on the same high sandals carved of wood. Only one preparing meals of over a hundred different dishes so that dancer missed a beat as her shoe toppled. In muse- she could her preference for each meal. um cases, we saw the tiny brocade shoes that once covered the bound feet of Chinese women, but were told the Han people did not bind women’s feet, only country folk. Hmmmm. The Empress’ shoes were very, very small, just as her fingernails were very, very long in their enamel cases. We didn’t see the business street along the Rear Lake, faking the style of a market place in South China where the emperor and empress would visit, pre- tending to be common folk as eunuchs acted the part of shopkeepers, customers and hawkers. There were real hawkers a-plenty and who could resist the holiday air of Chinese tourists along with the rest of us Before one leaves China, one has to see the Peking Opera, strictly for that Sunday in the park. tourists, but fun nevertheless with high dramatic skits, tumbling acrobats, colorful costumes from an old tradition.

Trips must have an ending, as do stories. This was my China, a first taste. . . China is sooo big, moving Farewell to China, old and new. sooo fast. . .who knows, there may be more. November 30, 2000 Page 31

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Normally, we don’t like to answer the phone after dial your number and offer one, two, or three to you. 6 p.m. Aren’t you? The caller is usually one of those telemarketers try- Sure you are, but, hey, I hadn’t entered your num- ing to sell us yet another subscription to DIM BULB ber on my speed-dialer yet, so I sought out some DIGEST, or some eager young thing trying to get us other friends, and, believe it or not, I couldn’t find any to add more costs and more services to our already crowd- takers for three whole days. ed phone bill. Yeah, it’s true — there are people out there who actu- You know the drill. ally have what they consider better things to do than So, imagine our reluctance on a recent fall evening actually be part of the live audience at a national tele- when the phone rang at 6:30 or so. cast of a live, in-person Notre Dame football game at Natalie answered and was all set to recite her Notre Dame Stadium right there on the campus by usual litany of: “No!! No!!! No!! We’re perfectly happy the south bend of the St. Joseph River. with our long-distance service. Good-bye!! CLICK!!!” Sad to say, it is indeed true. But instead of going that rhetorical route, she And it is even sadder to say that my dear wife smiled and said, “Yes, Betty, I’m sure he’d be happy Natalie wanted no part of going to the game with me. to go to the Notre Dame game October 7th. In fact, She’s been there and done that, and has no use for large, he’s right here.” live-in sporting events of any kind. Even home Notre And, boy, was I ever. Dame games. Was I ever happy to talk to my summer neighbor, So she suggested I go to an impending work-party Betty Craig, who lives in South Bend the rest of the at my church and ask around. time and was in fact calling from South Bend. Betty, “Surely,” she said, “at a work party at a Catholic who is the widow of the late Professor George Craig, Church in southwest Michigan you’ll be able to find a noted entomologist at the University of Notre three friends who will gladly want to go to a Notre Dame Dame, was calling to offer me four — not one, not two, game with you for free.” not three, but four — tickets to the October 7th con- And surely she was right. test against the Stanford Cardinals. In no time flat, I found three willing takers: Dave “I know construction on our addition (to our cottage) Witter, a recent convert to the Catholic Church, and has been taking longer than expected, so I wanted to Mike and Paula Donner, proud parents of two — not make it up to you by offering you some tickets to the one, but two — Notre Dame students. game. Do you think you could . . .” Dave, Mike, and Paula were delighted to accept my “. . . take them? You bet!” offer, and so we assembled at the Donner farm south And then I proceeded to thank my part-time neigh- of Three Oaks on an unseasonably cold Saturday bor profusely and began plotting just what I would morning in early October for a truly delightful day at do with those other three tickets. the big game. Now, you’re probably wondering why I didn’t speed-

As the father of two Notre Dame students, Mike Donner knows the best Dave Witter (right) joins the author for an outing to Notre Dame. way to get to campus. November 30, 2000 Page 35

No tour of Notre Dame is complete without a visit to nearby Saint Mary’s College.

Natural splendor greets the visitor on a walk through the campus grounds. Texas A & M and were waiting with a bunch of “Aggies” to cross U.S. 33/Business 31 North when the Saint Mary’s cross-country team bounded by. They were all breathtakingly beautiful, of course, and the all-male Aggies were moved to make appro- priately appreciative male noises. And that moved Mike Donner to say: “If you think they’re good looking, you should see the really pret- ty ones.” Mike and Paula Donner pass through a portal on the Notre Dame We all had a good chuckle over that one, and then campus with first-time visitor, Dave Witter (right). we proceeded to enjoy a fall nature walk through a Never mind that the Fighting Irish were ranked num- part of the Notre Dame campus most fans don’t see. ber 25 going into their contest against Stanford. I don’t remember the exact route, but I do know that Never mind that they had been off a week after los- we toured the cemetery where the Holy Cross priests ing a heartbreaker to Michigan State at Michigan State. and brothers are buried in simply marked graves Never mind that there was talk of rain mixing and got good glimpses of both Saint Mary’s Lake with snow during the game. and Saint Joseph’s Lake. Hey, we four were ready, especially since Paula Donner Paula Donner, who does a lot of walking, said we is a second-grade teacher at Chikaming Elementary walked a mile, but we guys immediately upped the School in Harbert and wasn’t about to let us leave her distance by a half-mile. home without warm coats, hats, AND, gloves. Whatever distance we walked, we walked it in Mike Donner, who has been to Notre Dame more good company on a splendid fall day that was cold, cloudy times than Knute Rockne himself, did all the driving, but just perfect for college football. and despite the presence of NBC Sports, hovering heli- Mike and Paula Donner then proceeded to lead Dave copters, and legions of fans from faraway places, he Witter and me on a tour of the campus that includ- just whisked us right in via the good-old back-way to ed the following: the Grotto where the faithful come a shady parking spot on a grassy lot on the campus to pray before big games and finals, the historic Log of Saint Mary’s College right across from Notre Dame. Chapel where the first priest ordained in North “It benefits the students at Saint Mary’s,” Mike said America is buried, the Knute K. Rockne Memorial where as he gave the female parking attendant a fistful of we dutifully rubbed the statue’s nose for good luck, dollars. and a pause on mid-campus for refreshments served Then he proceeded to tell us all about the time he by students from the various dormitories. and Paula had gone to a Notre Dame home game against Notre Dame Continued on Page 36 Page 36 November 30, 2000

The Log Chapel on campus is opened to the public on all home football and gradu- ation weekends and is also open for special university events during the year.

Rubbing Knute Rockne’s nose before a game is supposed to bring the Irish good luck.It certainly worked on October 7 when they beat Stanford 20-14.

Students from the various dorms on campus sell burgers, brats, and other goodies before home games.

Notre Dame Continued from Pag e35

“It’s for a good cause,” Mike Donner said, shelling out a fistful of dollars for hot-dogs grilled by a shiv- ering band of Notre Dame co-eds. We then fell in behind the Notre Dame Marching Members of the Notre Dame Marching Band gather before a big game. Band and noshed our hot dogs on the hoof as we foot on campus, was smiling too much to talk. Even wended our way to the Notre Dame Stadium. Paula and Mike Donner, who had been to Notre You probably saw the game on TV and certainly read Dame a million times before, thought it was a pret- about it on October 8, so suffice to remind you that ty special day. the Irish prevailed 20 to 14 over the Cardinals of And we made it all the more so by hiking hastily Stanford. across campus and securing some standing room for It snowed or did something wet and cold only ourselves for the post-game Mass in the beautiful- briefly during the first quarter, and for the rest of the beyond-words Basilica of the Sacred Heart. game the clouds rolled over the faithful fans in a It was there we learned the secret of Notre Dame’s majestic display of divine appreciation for all that is victory that afternoon: the celebrant was a bishop from Notre Dame football. Montana who, of course, had attended the game, At the end of the game, Dave Witter, who had and allowed as how no self-respecting Notre Dame foot- never been to a Notre Dame game before, let alone set ball team could ever lose with a bishop watching. November 30, 2000 Page 37 “Cheer, Cheer, For Old Notre Dame...”

Football fans gather at the Grotto on campus before the big game. The faithful file into Notre Dame Stadium.

The Notre Dame Marching Band keeps fans in their seats Notre Dame faced off against Standford on October 7th. during half-time.

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Who would have thought that a Parents’ League treasury with only $3000 in the account last March would pull off the mighty feat by November of a sparkling new playground costing close to $75,000? Call it persistence. Call in keeping the eye on the goal. Call it community spirit and a host of other glowing terms. All rightly earned. Some people might call Mary Lewis, Vice President of St. Paul’s Lutheran School’s Parent-Teacher League and chairwoman of the playground committee, a genius. “Others were surprised that we had proposed and then put up a new playground in such a short period of time,” Mary said. “For me, though, it was hard. It was like waiting for a baby being born. I finally said to myself that this (project) is going to take time,” she added. Mary said that back in May, she talked with Mark Schoonaert, who gave her Lynn Waters’ name. Lynn, of the LaPorte County Solid Waste District, told Mary about some possible matching grant options, and gave the playground chairwoman a stack of catalogs to look through. “It’s hard to believe now that just six months ago I was sitting on the floor of Lynn’s office with playground equipment catalogs spread out in front of me.” As Mary thumbed through the various options, she knew she had to find a playground that would satisfy kindergartners and 8th- graders. Students at St. Paul’s Lutheran include the first nine years of a child’s school life, after all. Mary presented her chosen design to all the necessary personnel and got the green light to proceed. The next step was to find a way to fund the $75,000 project. Mary Lewis, chairman of the playground committee, said that the project was “like waiting for a Certain grants, Mary said, were available if recyclable materials were baby to be born.” used in the equipment, which suited the playground committee just fine. Viewing the playground behind the school at 818 Franklin Square, one would hardly realize that the bright blue, yellow and red equipment was made from almost 24,000 plastic containers, 50,000 aluminum cans, and 32,000 soup cans. And the pea gravel from the old playground has been replaced with mulch, making for a safer “landing” and fewer of those inevitable scrapes. Mary said that she started gathering support letters for what is really a community playground used by not only the children at St. Mark’s, but also nearby Head Start students and children from the Boys & Girls Club. “Mayor Brillson told me about two different grant possibilities,” Mary said. Along with the help of Gerry Jones and Sarah Shriner, who helped with the grant-writing, Mary was wasting no time seeing that the playground project moved smoothly forward. Soon, the chairwoman had success- fully procured $50,000 from the Michigan City Community Enrichment Commisssion and an additional $15,000 from the Solid Waste Management District. With more funds yet needed, Mary put a sign out at August school registration thanking parents (in advance) for contributing to the play- A souper place to play. Imagine close to 32,000 A permanent sign on the playground fence attests to ground. That effort raised soup cans being recycled into playground materials. the community’s volunteer efforts. another $1700, according to November 30, 2000 Page 41

Mary. Another $8,000 came from additional contributions from parents and church members who learned about the project. And because of Mary’s savvy as a former buyer at Sullair, the chairwoman was able to achieve a sizeable discount from the playground manufacturer. The playground company spokesman later told Mary that he was amazed that the committee was able to raise the funds in such a short a span of time. The old playground was razed in late October. According to Mary, a team of ten volunteers worked five hours to take it down. She credits the work of the Michigan City Street This bump slide is one of many favorite attractions This climber whatchamacallit has the look Department for bulldozing at the shiny new playground. of modern art. the 30-year- old pieces, “crunching them up” in just 45 minutes. “The kids were without a playground for a few weeks, but we bought them soccer balls and other equipment to use during that time,” Mary said. Then, when the students were off school for a teachers’ conference, a large team of volunteers assembled from a Wednesday through Sunday to work on erect- ing the shiny new equipment. “It poured rain the first day,” Mary said. However, the volunteers’ can-do spirit prevailed, and the team assembled pieces under shelter in the school’s hall- way. By week’s end, the corps of volunteers increased. By Saturday, Mary said that “floods and floods of people turned out to help.” “We wanted to finish so that we wouldn’t have to come back Sunday. We worked until 7 p.m. Saturday using portable lights donated by Kabelin’s. With the The floods of volunteers were encouraged to sign their names for posterity on this canvas next to the playground. lights, we got three more hours (of work) out of the volunteers,” she said. Meanwhile, a “hospitality team” formed from church and school volunteers who fed the persistent but hungry workers, according to Mary. Mary said that there are so many people to thank for seeing the project completed. She also mentioned Bob Pomeroy from Central Services and Jim Elwell from the Sanitation Department as others who served in indispensible ways. The day I visited the playground, the wind was whip- ping around at a dastardly chill factor of 10 below zero. Too cold for the children, snuggled in their warm classrooms, to be outside. And also for childlike adults who looked longingly at the bump slide and decided to perhaps wait for a warmer day to play.

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