Putting Northwest Indiana on the 1822 Map by Paula Mchugh

Volume 17, Number 39 Thursday, October 4, 2001 Putting Northwest Indiana on the 1822 Map by Paula McHugh

Joseph Bailly was just a toddler in Quebec when the United States was born. When his father left the family penniless, the young French Canadian moved to where opportunity beckoned and began his career as a successful businessman at Mackinac Island. As a The 2 1/2-story home had a timber frame covered with narrow weatherboards. It was licensed fur trader, Bailly made his way down restored to how it appeared in 1917. The home was still in construction at the time of to the Little Calumet River to establish a Joseph’s death, according to granddaughter Frances Howe. trading post where the North Sauk and Potawatomi trails converged. The well- respected fur trader established another trading post in Baton Rouge, but he built his homestead near the shores of Lake Michigan. The year was 1822. Bailly is said to be the first white man to settle in northwest Indiana. And his home- stead remains now a part of the Dunes National Lakeshore. Bailly thought he was choosing a spot that was in the state of Michigan. Most Beacher readers, we assume, have visited the Bailly Homestead off Mineral Springs Road, and have attended at least a few of the festivals held there during the year. In issues past, the Beacher has covered the Maple Sugar festival, Midsommer, and the Harvest Festival events. But a person does not have to wait for a special event to visit this Bailly Continued on Page 2 Page 2 October 4, 2001

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Bailly Continued from Page 1 dining room, since the Christian home was considered sufficiently sacred. woodsy, serene setting, because it is open year ‘round. The Bailly’s first dwelling was a log cabin located Meander the trails and the homestead grounds at a between two streams, but while Joseph was away on quieter time, when you can listen quietly to the one of his trips, the river flooded and the family was ghosts and whispers of woodland life. forced to move to higher ground. Two of the family ser- Honore Gratien Joseph Bailly de Messein—oh, so vants moved the cabin, log by log, to a new location French, was born into a wealthy and noble family, and on the knoll of a hill. The construction of the 2 1/2 story the fur trader brought his proper upbringing along main house started just a few months before Joseph into the wilderness. No backwoodsman, he. In her died in 1835. account of her grandparents’ life on the homestead, Frances Rose Howe provides glimpses of a cultured lifestyle, yet not a haughty one. In her book, Story of a French Homestead in the Old Northwest, Howe shows that the Bailly’s and the native Indians enjoyed a neighborly coexistence in this duneland territory. Joseph Bailly allegedly had several wives before meet- ing Madame Marie LeFevre de la Vigne, the “Lily of the Lakes.” Marie, too, had been married previous- ly, and she followed the dictates of the Ottawa nation by providing a dowry to divorce herself from De La Vigne, a husband chosen for her and whom she regarded as a devotee of the Dark Serpent. Marie and Joseph, both with French roots and as devoted Christians, were delighted to have found each other. Life at their new homestead included devotion to their Catholic ideals and would become a station for missionaries. When the Bailly’s first erected their home- stead, they had no chapel, although daughter Rose had one built many years later, in 1869. It was considered The two-story cabin was built from remnants of an old tool shed and dairy. “imprudent” to erect a chapel in what Howe described as a “pagan wilderness.” Mass was celebrated in the

Joseph Bailly set up his fur trading post beside an Indian trail. He is Bailly, a well-respected businessman, located his homestead and trading regarded as the first white man to settle in a swampy northwest Indiana. post near the convergence of two Indian trails by to the Calumet River. October 4, 2001 Page 3

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west of the homestead (on what is now U.S. 12) in order to maintain a sense of serenity at the homestead. His vision of a harbor never materialized during his life- time. And his fur trade took a turn for the worse as overhunting had depleted supply. The Bailly history is rich in details, and since we live in close proximity to the first recorded white settler in northwest Indiana, we owe it to ourselves to explore the homestead and its history. Howe’s book can be difficult to follow in reference to lineage and chronology, but those weaknesses should not stop anyone interested in reading a first-person account originally published in 1904. Frances died in 1918, after overseeing the restoration of the main house. Hike from the homestead through the woods and imagine walking along the same path that the Potawatomie, Menomonee, Winnebagoes, Fox, Sioux and Sauk walked on their way to meetings in Detroit Beaver pelts were in demand for beaver felt hats in fashion on the East and beyond. Frances relates the description of an Coast and in Europe. ongoing procession related to her by her mother, Bailly Continued from Page 3 Rose Bye Bailly. The path wends its way north, where you will cross Oak Hill Road and continue another 1/4 the Mississippi, and Howe records that his Louisiana mile to the Bailly cemetery. post was more lucrative. Bailly sold his pelts to Jacob Devout Catholic as he was, Joseph nevertheless sum- Astor’s American Pelt Company. moned a Methodist minister named Beck to prepare After awhile, Joseph got tired of the mail rider for his burial, to the consternation of Marie. And intruding on his property, so he built a hostelry north- Joseph gave orders that the family was to stay away at the time of his burial. Joseph explained that he want- ed them to be “on the safe side” as not to become an obstacle to their standing within the Church. Joseph Bailly had erected an oak cross on the ground where he buried one of his sons. According to Frances’ account, Bailly’s daughter Esther is buried at the foot of the cross.

A narrow trail from the homestead leads to the family cemetery. As you walk along, you can imagine traversing the same path that the Potawatamie and other clans used on their journeys in the region.

The Bailly family cemetery, platted before 1835. The wall was added many years later. October 4, 2001 Page 5

The trail to the cemetery leads to a knoll, which is centerpieced with a large oak cross. Joseph and Marie, as well as Francis Howe and Rose Bailly have stone markers set in a high wall topped with balustrades. Joseph originally built the cemetery when his sick- ly son (name unclear to this writer) died at a young age. Joseph and Marie’s daughter, Esther Bailly Whistler, is also interred here, according to Howe, who states in her book that her aunt was buried at the foot of the wooden cross. There is no marker.

A view of the Chellberg farmhouse, built in 1872, from inside the barn.

You can follow an alternate trail from the cemetery through a shady ravine to the Chellberg Farm. The trail from the cemetery allows you a choice of backtracking to the homestead or taking an alternate scenic trail that leads to the Anders and Johanna A group of schoolchildren visits the farm. Chellberg farm. The Swedish immigrants purchased to have a steeple. Walk around the building and a total of 80 acres between 1872 and 1874. The prop- you’ll notice that a separate structure rises above the erty was bought by the National Park Service in roofline of the church. Peek in the windows. You’ll see 1972 and continues to draw busloads of schoolchild- rows of vintage school desks along with a pulpit at the ren who come to tour the grounds. front of the room. At least one park staff at Around the corner from Bailly/Chellberg, a lesser- Bailey/Chellberg was unaware of the tiny church/school known landmark sits along Oak Hill Road just north- just down the road. It’s worth a look the next time you west of Howe Road. Called Indiana’s smallest church, visit this historical spot in duneland. Bergstrom Chapel, or Augsburg Swensk Skola, is The Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm are just 14 1/2 feet wide by 20 1/2 feet long. Built as a tool located between U.S. 12 & 20 on Mineral Springs Road. shed, the building was donated to the Augsburg Svenska Skola sign. Swedish Lutheran Congregation in 1880 by Frederick Bergstrom. It was used as a school until 1930 when it reverted to a church. The structure was renovat- ed in 1970, and from the road, the building appears

Although it is not part of Bailly/Chellberg, the Augsburg Svenska Skola is another his- torical site just down the road. It served as a school for Swedish settlers in the 1840’s, and later reverted to a church. Page 6 October 4, 2001 Fine Arts Series at Presbyterian Church Jessica Tampas Photography, Ltd. The A Cappella Choir and Brass Ensemble of Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, North Carolina) will be the next program in the Fine Arts Series pre- sented by the Presbyterian Church of LaPorte on Sat., Oct. 5, 7 p.m. The church is located at U.S. 35 and Kingsbury Ave. in LaPorte. The choir’s performance takes place the evening before their participation in the installation service of the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago. Their LaPorte concert will feature music from the installation liturgy, including anthems and hymns with congregational participa- tion. Included will be works by Gigout, Schutz, Rutter, Prouix and Mendelssohn. The director, Rev. Dr. Paul Weber, is also the Director of the Sacred Music Program at Lenoir- Rhyne College, a comprehensive program to train future pastors and church musicians in the rich tradition of sacred music. Appearing with the choir will be the Brass Portraits Ensemble and members of the Percussion Ensemble. Child care will be provided and the church is hand- Chicago, Illinois Michigan icapped accessible. There will be a free-will offering 312.942.1905 616.469.7337 and a reception after the concert to meet the performers. www.jessicatampas.com The next program will feature Hans Martin Werner, [email protected] Artistic Whistler, Music from Bach to Broadway on Nov. 11th. For information, phone 219/362-6219. October 4, 2001 Page 7 6

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Off the Book Shelf by Sally Carpenter

My book recommendation for this week is Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo. The year is 1916: it is still the “age of innocence,” Wilson is in the White House, and the war raging in Europe seemed a million miles away. Americans were enjoying new inventions, new leisure time, and the newest fashion was “the bathing suit.” The summer of 1916 was very hot and people flocked to the seaside along the Atlantic shore in droves. Close to Shore tells the real story of a great white shark which took the lives of three men and a boy that summer along the New Jersey coast and became the influence for Peter Benchley in his 1975 best-seller Jaws, and the subsequent movie of the same name. When I first started reading this book, I thought I was rather late in the year to be reviewing it, but then when I thought about the subject, shark attacks, I figured that sitting down on the beach was probably not the best place to be reading it! On July 3, 1916, Charles Vansant became the first documented case in American history of a man killed by a shark. “ ‘The young man was bathing in only three and a half feet of water,’ remembered W.K. Barklie, a Philadelphia businessman on the beach that day. ‘We thought he was joking until we saw the blood red- den the water.’” Experts of the day dismissed the notion of a “man-eating shark” saying that the young man must have been killed by some other denizen of the deep: a killer whale, perhaps. But, as two more men and finally a young boy was taken by the shark, a fear gripped the entire east coast line and sharks were seen everywhere, vigilantes took to their boats killing anything that looked like a shark, bathers stayed out of the water, and resorts suffered a great loss of busi- ness. Michael Capuzzo should win an award for this book simply on the basis of the tremendous amount of research that went into it. The book does start out slow: Capuzzo takes his time setting the stage, giv- ing the reader an intense look into the way of life in early 20th century America, from the social stratas and politics of the day to the lay of the land, before getting to the first shark attack. But stick with him, folks, it’s well worth the wait. Alternating chapters follow the possible and plau- sible movements of the great white shark. I learned a lot about these “apex predators” from this book and Capuzzo’s easy style of writing makes the pages fly by. Author Capuzzo is a four time Pulitzer Prize nom- inee and is a National Magazine Award finalist. He has been a feature writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Miami Herald and has written articles for Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Life and Reader’s Digest. He lives with his wife and two children in New Jersey. Till next time, happy reading! October 4, 2001 Page 9

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HOOSIER BAT CO. Page 16 October 4, 2001 Unity Foundation Awards Community Grants for 20001 and Embarks on $2.1 Million Matching Challenge by Jan Van Ausdal

On Tuesday after- In keeping with the theme, “Sharing the Community noon, September 18th, Fund Pie,” a variety of pies were served with punch at the John G. Blank and coffee in another room at the Blank Center. Center for the Arts, Kristy Moeller who received a grant for the LaPorte the Unity Foundation Family YMCA Community Childcare Center, found awarded community the choice of pies overwhelming. Dr. Vidya Kora, on grants to over thirty the Board of Directors, enjoyed eating his pie while LaPorte County char- talking with Tammy Steinhagen, a member of the Unity itable organizations Foundation administrative staff. totaling almost $70,000. Later on in the afternoon, an excit- ing $2.1 Million Matching Challenge Unity Foundation Co-chairman Ed Volk addresses those at the meeting. was announced with an ending date of December 31, 2002. Ed L. Volk, Co-Chairman of the LaPorte Unity Foundation, said, “After the difficult week that we’ve all experienced, today we look forward to the future and to the good times ahead. We have a bounty to share that will only increase in years to come. We’re a ser- vice to the community and we make philanthropy easy.” He introduced other Board members who were pre- sent and mentioned the names of those who were unable to attend. He also named the administrative office staff members who were at the meeting. Kristy Moeller tries to choose a piece of pie.

Maggi Spartz explains the “pie” chart. Maggi Spartz, President of the LaPorte Unity Dr. Kora speaks with Tammy Steinhagen. Foundation, spoke on its history. She said that the year- ly earnings of its Community Fund are used for com- Patty Keating, Program Manager, also spoke munity grants. This fund was created in 1994 with briefly to say that seventy grant applications request- donors raising the $1 million needed for a $500,000 ing $190,000 were received, with about half of the match by the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment, requests receiving their grants in the amount of Inc. The Community Fund has provided more than $69,313. Then she talked with Michigan City YMCA $300,000 in grants to LaPorte County organization Director, Bruce Zahn and his daughter, Veronica. since then. Maggi explained the current grants shown The grant awarded to our local Y was for two oxygen on a large chart depicting pie-shaped portions of a cir- units and training in their use, so the oxygen safety cle, with awards being made to organizations with- equipment there can be updated. in these groups: Health, Art & Culture, Human Next came the official awarding of the grants to the Services, Environment, Education, and Youth organizational representatives present. Nancy Bracken Development. received a grant to the First Presbyterian Church to October 4, 2001 Page 17

another and also to look at the current exhibit at the John G. Blank Center for the Arts. The Blank Center is the recipient of an arts enrichment component of the MCASS Safe Harbor Program.

Bruce Zahn, his daughter, Veronica, and Patty Keating chat.

Maggi Spartz talks with guests. Then Maggi Spartz spoke again, this time making the exciting announcement of the upcoming $2.1 Million Matching Challenge. “Our challenge from the Lilly Endowment’s GIFT (Give Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) Initiative Phase V offers two types of grant support. First are matching funds to add up to $2 million to the unrestricted endowment, such as the Unity Foundation Community Fund. Second would be general operating support.” She continued, “If we raise $2 million, they’ll give us $2 million. They’ll match whatever we raise, which has to go into the Community Fund. And our dead- line is December 31, 2002. For the second part of the Nancy Bracken receives the First Presbyterian Church grant. program, we can receive up to $100,000 to be used for help with a Homeless Men’s Emergency Overnight general operations, being subject to a $2 for $1 match- Shelter for the winter months. The Wanatah Historical ing requirement.” Society received a grant for the completion of the Donors are able to start their own Community binding of the Wanatah Mirrors after filming at the Fund in their family’s name with a minimum of Indiana Historical Society for preservation. Ed Volk $5,000. Those who donate operating support to the Unity posed for a photo with Ellen Volk and June Goodwin, Foundation are board members, individuals, and representatives of the Wanatah Historical Society. business organizations. For more information about the Unity Foundation and how you can leave a per- manent legacy while possibly saving taxes, contact Maggi Spartz, President, at (219) 879-0327.

Ed Volk with Ellen Volk and Jane Goodwin . Recipients of grants, Unity Foundation represen- tatives, and other guests had time to speak with one This new grant program will be great for LaPorte County! Page 18 October 4, 2001 Smurlo Exhibit at Purple Giraffe

“Taos Thunderheads.” Acrylic, 10” x 10” by Frank Smurlo. The Purple Giraffe Gallery, 13584 Red Arrow Highway, Harbert, Michigan, presents an exhibition of recent work by Frank E. Smurlo, Jr. of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, entitled “Favorite Places to Paint in New Mexico, New England and the Bahamas.” The exhibit will run from October 3-28 with an opening reception to meet the artist on Sun., Oct. 7, 2-4 p.m. (MI time). Mr. Smurlo was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. He is primarily a plein air painter and has exhibit- ed extensively in solo and group shows where his paint- ings have won numerous awards. His paintings are in private collections in the U.S., the Bahamas, Canada and Europe. For further information, phone 616/469-5876 or email [email protected]

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by Charles McKelvy

“You’ve been an embittered Cubs fan most of my adult life.” —Natalie McKelvy, my wife of 24 years

My wife Natalie, who can take baseball or leave it, pitched well all year, and we’ve gotten our hits when doesn’t understand why I remain loyal to the Chicago we can and they count most of the time.” Cubs after all these years of bitter frustration and dis- It was a wonderful moment. appointment. And then the Cubs went west to lose three straight I don’t know either. to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and came home to Well, I do. actually split a double-header with the slumbering It all goes back to my childhood. Milwaukee Brewers. Come on — everything starts there, right? It just tore my heart out listening to former Cubs And my lifelong fascination with September frus- great Ron Santo try to contain his frustration as he tration began in 1954 when I was all of four years old helped Pat Hughes broadcast those games on WGN and was taken to see a Cubs game in the friendly con- Radio. And it just made me remember how Santo and fines of Wrigley Field. his teammates had allowed the upstart New York Mets For the record, I was born on the near north side to slip by them in the waning days of the 1969 sea- of Chicago and raised on the far south side. By rights, son. I should have been a hard-core White Sox fan, and I And, of course, I could not help but recall with would have been had I not had that date with destiny deep bitterness the battle the Cubs lost to the San Diego in 1954. Padres in 1984 for the National League Pennant. It was such a stunning experience, that I just Yes, new Cubs fans, they were actually up two games know that it will be the only marble I’ll have left in to zero in a best of five contest, and they actually lost my bag when I’m at the end of my decline and some the next three straight. young thing comes up to me at the nursing home and But don’t worry, I’m not even going to mention says: “What do you remember most about your child- the Cubs at the World Series, because their last out- hood, Mr. McKelvy?” ing to the big show was in 1945 when they lost to the And I’ll wipe the drool off my chin, gaze fondly at Tigers. That was five years before I was born, and the ivy covered outfield wall hovering in the mist of Natalie was just wondering if the Cubs would ever be my memory and say, “That day in 1954 when they took in the World Series during our lifetime. me to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.” Let’s see — we’re both 51 now and in good health. I was simply enchanted by the friendly confines, which, I learned just this sorry season, were built on Say we both hang on into our late 80s or early 90s the site of a seminary. In other words, I was tricked or even go for 100. by the devil into a life-time love of losing teams by their Could the Cubs actually go to the World Series by beguiling stadium which was built on holy ground. then? Or, as comedian Flip Wilson used to say, “The devil Excuse me for a moment while I flip through my made me do it.” memory bank. That’s the only rational explanation for my stub- The only answer that’s coming to mind is the late born insistence on following the Cubs from one bit- Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse saying: “Hey, hey, ter upset to another. it’s going, it’s going, it could be, it is — caught in shal- And please don’t get me started on the season in low left.” hand, because it’s just making me crazy all over again. I mean, I was all set on Thursday, August 16 to write a column about how this was the Cubs’ year. How they were going to take the National League pennant and then go on to the World Series and clobber whatev- er miserable excuse for a team the American League put up against them. That was when the Cubs managed to take two out of three from the Astros in Houston and reclaim a one-and-a-half game lead in the Central Division. Remember? Oh, I certainly do. Coach Don Baylor was quoted as saying of his team’s comeback: “That’s how we got here. We’ve October 4, 2001 Page 21

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Quilts and classic cars will team up for a unique show at the Door Prairie Auto Museum this weekend. A one of a kind quilt show will be hosted by the Door Prairie Auto Museum, in conjunction with a show of classic and antique cars on Sat. & Sun. in LaPorte. Hours for the show are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Sat., and noon-4:30 p.m. on Sun. Selected quilt artists from Indiana will show tra- ditional and contemporary art quilts and a lovely collection of wearable art will also be shown. Several ➣NEW GUTTER AND winners of international, national and state quilt shows will be exhibiting and will be in attendance to SCREEN INSTALLATION discuss their work. A selection of the exhibit will be for sale. Antique quilts from around the area will be paired with cars of the same vintage. Participants from the area include Ellen Anne ➣MAINTENANCE AND Eddy, Dorothy Sparks, Carol Novak, Marlene Woodfield and Jeanette Woodke. Admission to the exhibit is $5/adults, $4/seniors (60+) CLEANING OF GUTTERS and $3/youths (10-18 yrs.). The museum is located 1 mile south of LaPorte on U.S. 35. For more information, phone 219/326-1337, fax 219/326-1437 or email dpau- ➣15% SENIOR CITIZENS [email protected] DISCOUNT

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Taking advantage of the beautiful day last Saturday, All the people supervising were more than ready to my sister and I took our nephews to City Hall for talk about the equipment and what they were used for, Family Day. I had seen a press release on it and as I and to lend a hand to smaller hands who wanted to see read through the list of items I thought my nephews and touch. The two hours we had were not enough as would love the fire truck and the police car. I didn’t think far as the boys were concerned; they could have played the rest sounded all that interesting - especially the all day. There was a free raffle, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos compost compactor truck, which looked suspiciously and pop on sale for a very reasonable price. Also, like a garbage truck and tire derimmer. I was wrong. many of the stands had baskets of candy you could help Every stop on the list was a source of enjoyment to the yourself to; not to mention all sorts of pencils, badges, boys, horns were blown, lights flashed, equipment and booklets to carry home. I would encourage every- tried on for size and then to top it all, a friendly street one to take advantage of the event next year, it is fun department worker started up the dump truck and for young and old alike. allowed each boy to raise the ‘bed!’ Now, let the pictures tell the story! Raising the bed of the street department dump truck. In winter these trucks, with the addition of a snowplow, clear the streets.

A mom pulls the chord to blow the horn Car tire derimmer. I was nearly run over while sitting with her son in the by the rim taking this, much to the ‘garbage truck.’ amusement of those around me.

Both boys love motorbikes so we had to stop and inspect this one. It turned out not to be one of the features of the day as right after we Getting pencils and Michigan City Junior Police Badges to add to Victor tries on a set of antlers. checked it out a policeman came and rode away. the bag of goodies already collected.

Eric, the zoo teacher, shows Spencer and Victor Gloy a chinchilla.

Captain Mark Harris shows Spencer one of the newly acquired aguamasks used with the Hitching a ride on the compost truck. I might scuba equipment. add by the scent there was no doubt what After the lesson in fire safety, the kids were given their choice of emergency exit Aunt Joyce gives Victor a boost up into this truck held! and Spencer chose the ladder off the balcony. the cab of the loader. Riding high. Family Day Continued on Page 28 Page 28 October 4, 2001

Family Day Continued from Page 27

Checking out the fire truck.

Inside the “Edith House “ Captain Greis of the MCFD talks to the kids about fire safety.

Spencer watches a TV picture relayed by a ‘pig’ traveling through a pipe in this truck used to inspect pipes and sewers. Victor gets to feel the weight of a SWAT team vest.

Checking out the remote control ‘pig’ equipped with a camera for inspecting the pipes. October 4, 2001 Page 29 4th Annual Day in the Country Workshop Traffic, sprawl, conservation, and neighborhood redevelopment are fast becoming priorities of the 21st century. On Fri., Oct. 5, builders, architects, engineers, environmentalists and public officials TERRACETERRACE from Illinois, Indiana and Michigan will meet to learn and exchange ideas about smart growth at Tryon Farm’s 4th annual “Day in the Country” work- shop. The event begins at 10 a.m. at Tryon Farm, 1500 Tyron Road, Michigan City. CAFECAFE Program director of the Michigan Land Use Institute and New York Times contributor Keith Schneider will be the keynote speaker, discussing the “Politics of Smart Growth.” Following his talk, there will be a response from a panel of experts including Mary Sue Barrett, president of the Metropolitan Planning Council, Lori F. Kaplan, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and former president of the Indiana Home Builders’ Association, Bob Coolman. Registration and coffee begin at 10 a.m. A box lunch will be served at noon. The Institute’s annual Living Greens Awards, which recognize individuals or groups who inform, inspire and change public pol- icy and private practices to make our cities and coun- tryside greener places, will be presented at 12:30 AATT THE HARBOR GRAND p.m. At 1:30 p.m., there will be guided tours of the farm- open every night from 5PM serving innovative casual food and drinks land preservation, restored habitats and the com- on the harbor, New Buffalo www.harborgrand.com 616-469-7700 pleted Farmstead houses and the new Woods Settlement at Tyron Farm. The day concludes at 3 p.m. The cost for the morning talk, tours and box lunch is $30 per person in advance or $40 on Oct. 5. “Day in the Country” is sponsored by the Chicago Campaign for Sensible Growth, CAPA, Michigan City Economic Fall is Finally Here! Development Corporation, NiSource, Edward Noonan and Associations, Noonan-Russo Communications and Newmark Realty Advisors. NEW FALL HOURS: To make a reservation, phone 1-800/779-6433. M-F 10-6 ¥ Sat 10-5 Sunday 10-4

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foodstuff by carolyn mcconnell Autumn Harvest, all around us…… Williams Orchard, 9456 N. 500E, LaPorte, IN I’d heard so much about Williams Orchard and about their won- derful peaches, apples, and homemade cider. So I drove out there, a goodly distance from Michigan City for one who lacks a sense of direction and gets lost easily. For those of you better than me at finding your way, they’re located at 9456 N. 500E — their brochure tells us they are four miles south of Three Oaks, Michigan, or five miles north of Rolling Prairie, Indiana. It is indeed a beautiful drive among greenery and pretty homes, lost or not. Williams orchard has been in operation since 1906. The pre- sent Williams’ owner and manager is Ken, a remarkably active 80-some-year-old who took over from his father back in the 40s. You may be interested to know that over the years Ken never got rid of a single pickup truck – he keeps fixing them (see pho- tos) and once they finally give up, after years of activity, he parks them on his property and continues to admire and appreciate them like good old friends. Note the photo of the topless one — vandals broke into that truck a long time ago, so Ken had the entire top shorn off and was later delighted to discover that that way, the truck moves comfortably and efficiently among the low- branched trees in the orchards. Amazing.

Ken’s topless pickup truck glides through the orchards. For Williams Orchard, business starts with peach season in July after their migrant workers have arrived and carefully pre- pared the vast orchards for the season. The same guys return season after season, and are highly regarded by the rest of the Williams’ staff. The orchards are open until the end of November, allowing time for many schools to schedule field trips there, much to the enjoyment of the children and those who accompany them. Along with each season of delectable peaches, Williams offers shelves of jams, maple and fruit syrups, honeys, salsas, mus- tards, even some packaged chips. After the much enjoyed peach season, it’s time for apples. Williams’ peak apple season is Ken’s philosophy is keep ‘em running and keep ‘em for life. upon us, the end of September/beginning of October, when the October 4, 2001 Page 33

orchard will be humming with “you pick-ers” for their wide variety of apples – McIntosh, Jonathan, Red and Golden Delicious and Cortlands. They even offer bags of “seconds” — for applesauce, homemade apple butter, etc. Unlike peaches and other fruits, apples can be kept refrig- erated (take that, fruit flies!), so you can stock up for near-future preparations. Nice. While there, I not only enjoyed the orchard’s history, the fresh fruit aromas, the splendid colors, but Barbara Zinn, employee (and present- ly manager) for 23 years, seems to have solved an overwhelming prob- lem of mine – that of fruit flies hovering over my fruit bowl this time of year. I despise those damn bugs. I ask everyone I meet, in the food industry, how to cope with them. No luck. No, scattered bay leaves don’t do the job. But Barbara Zinn knows. “Now, Carolyn, when you get home, wash these peaches (and nectarines – oh, Williams’ nectarines are the juiciest fruits I’ve ever encountered – I didn’t even know nectarines were grown in the Midwest!) with a soft brush. That gets rid of the fruit fly eggs that are on the fruit. Then, to keep the critters away, fill a cereal bowl with vinegar (any kind – white, cider, etc.) and place it nearby.” Goodbye, you little nuisance brats. I know it will work. Barbara seems to be the perfect Answer Lady. They don’t care about fruit flies at Williams. But they have to con- tend with hoards of bees who thrive on the fragrance of fruits. So do you Barbara Zinn, “The Answer Lady.” know what to do about a fresh bee sting? Barbara, of course, has the answer. Keep a paste of baking soda and water at hand, and smother your fresh sting. It will mend imme- diately. I asked Barbara Zinn if anything funny ever happens at Williams’. She grinned and said, “Well, at our busiest times when we’re all running around at 60 mph, get- ting in each other’s path, almost knocking each other down, spilling apples, banging into things, our cus- tomers ask ‘what in the world is going on?’ Ken’s reply is always: ‘Oh, never mind, this is how we make apple- sauce.’ And they believe it!” There are other sites of autumn harvest in our area. Check it out with the LaPorte County Tourist Center, Good old friends watching the 2001 autumn harvest. a pretty property right off Route 20 at Meer Road. It’s a lovely autumn for blueberries, apples and, soon, Williams’ official address? 9456 N. 500E, LaPorte, pumpkins, at the end of the peaches and the mar- IN 46352 Phone 219-778-2839. velous nectarines. Juicy life indeed. Aren’t we the lucky ones? Hurry out to Williams. You’ll love it, whether it’s Caramelized Apple Slices (6 servings) your first visit or your eighteenth! Fantastic place. 1 T freshly squeezed lemon juice Fantastic fruit. 3 Golden Delicious apples 2 T unsalted butter 2 T sugar Add the lemon juice to a bowl of water. Peel, core, and halve the apples. Cut each half into 6 slices and keep in lemon water until ready to sauté. In a heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat, heat the butter and sugar until sugar begins to melt. Drain the apple slices, reserving one-half cup lemon water, then add them to the pan. Lower heat to moderate and cook until slices are soft and gold- en, about 8 minutes. If apples seem to be stick- ing to the pan or caramelizing too quickly, add reserved lemon water as necessary. Widely admired, whether on pork chops or chick- en breasts or ice cream! Bushels of apples packed up and ready to go. Page 34 October 4, 2001 Benefit Bowl-a-Thon A community wide benefit Bowl-a-Thon will take Close to Shore place in October, sponsored by the Fraternal Order by Michael Capuzzo of Police (Dunes Lodge 75 and LaPorte Lodge 54), International Association of Firefighters (Michigan City $ 24.95 hardback Local 475 and LaPorte Local 363) and the Michigan 711 WABASH MICHIGAN CITY 219/879-3993 City and LaPorte Bowling Associations. Sign up know at one of these four area bowling lanes that have scheduled different dates for the benefit in order to accommodate availability to bowlers: Hours: 10:30 to 6 616/469-6151 Sat., Oct. 6--1 p.m. City Lanes, phone 872-9930. The Sat., Oct. 13--1 p.m., Suburban Lanes, phone 879- 9445. Sat., Oct. 20--3 p.m., Thunderbird Lanes, LaPorte, Villager phone 219/362-3555. GIFTS • ACCESSORIES Sat., Oct. 27--2 p.m., Quick Lanes, LaPorte, phone 219/362-1571. 100 N. Whittaker Street New Buffalo, MI The ticket fee for the benefit Bowl-a-Thon is $15 per bowler. The winner will receive $5 from each ticket sold. “The remaining $10 per ticket sold will be HANDPAINTED RESORT WEAR - BATIKS sent to the family survivors of the New York City police

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by Charles McKelvy

What is it in men in their 50s that calls them to insane adventure? I know my wife Natalie certainly would like to know, and she especially wanted to know the answer to that timeless question when my 50-something friend Jim Thomas finally prevailed on me, a fellow 50-something male, to go trail biking with him at a treasured trail spot somewhere in darkest south- west Michigan or northwest Indiana. Jim had been after me for some time to go trail bik- ing with him at this secret place, and I had always had legitimate excuses: the foremost being that I do not own a trail bike. But Jim dismissed the latter cop- out, saying that he happened to have an extra that would fit me just fine. “And if it doesn’t, we’ll adjust the seat so it does,” he said. Okay. Jim pumps up at the trail head before heading out. Then there was the fact that I had never really gone I’m afraid that’s all I’m at liberty to say about the trail riding. Sure, I’d practically been born on a bicy- actual location of this mecca of maniac bike riding, cle and been balancing on two wheels most of my life, because Jim said he would have to throw me off a cliff but I’ve always been the road type rider out pedaling if I divulged the true coordinates of his “spot.” where the pavement is smooth and, if not flat, at least Trail bikers are that way, I guess, and now that I well maintained. am one of them, I can understand their passion for But now this endorphine-junkie of a friend of mine preserving their private trails. was telling me that I would not go peacefully to the nursing home if I did not have at least one rough and ready trail riding notch on my belt. So, lo and behold, I was free when an absolutely gor- geous afternoon presented itself recently, and Jim and I met at a prearranged rendezvous spot where I hopped aboard his white, panel van bearing two trail bikes, and off we roared for this secret trail riding spot somewhere in the Midwest.

The ride starts and ends in this innocent looking meadow. So off we went on a pleasant drive to this ultra-secret place, and, in no time flat, Jim was pumping up the tires on our bikes, adjusting my seat, and bidding me follow him through a meadow and into the deepest, darkest woods and ravines I’ve been in for a long, long time. Only I was mounted on this insane thing called a mountain bike, or a trail bike or an off-road bike, or — I don’t know what to call that wild contraption that Jim Thomas heads for his secret trail riding bounced me all over the back 40 of God’s green earth spot somewhere in the Midwest. that late afternoon and evening. October 4, 2001 Page 39

I only know that I saw the sun only sporadically and as through a glass darkly, or more specifically through my sweat- stained sunglasses darkly. And I only know that I was always behind Jim in the jungle and that I only heard parts of what he was trying to tell me before each new adventure. Such as: “Now, Charley, be real careful on this hill because there’s a —- at the bottom, so be sure and go —-” He’d be way ahead of me in the gloaming, so I had no idea which way he had gone, and so I would have no choice but to make the wrong choice and go flying off into the underbrush, which I noted on more than a few occasions was thick with poison ivy to which I am extremely allergic, and . . . Oh, you don’t want to hear some old geezer gas on about how he had his heart in his throat for a full hour. The sun sets on our secret trail riding spot somewhere in the Midwest. You don’t want to hear some 50-something male tell So, suffice it to say, when we were finally free of the you how his first stab at trail riding was more excit- deep, dark woods and ravines and back in the gold- ing than riding that new roller coaster at Indiana Beach. en light of the setting sun, I heartily agreed with my Do you? buddy Jim when he said, “That was kind of like Of course not. being little kids again, wasn’t it?” “Oh yeah.” And, oh yeah, did we ever do some serious chowing down at this Chinese restaurant we went to after our grand adventure. But, being 50-something males, we were careful to tell the waitress to go easy on the MSG and salt. These red arrows more or And, for the record, I did not less guided us through the come home with a poison ivy dark forest. rash, and, yes, I am planning to hit those trails again with Jim before the snow flies. After all, he said they’re even more spectacular when those deep dark woods sport their fall colors. “It’ll be a colorful adventure,” he said. Even a mountain man has to dismount once in a while. “Oh yeah!”

The 50-something author after his first experience with trail riding. Jim stores the bikes in his van for next time. Page 40 October 4, 2001

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October 5 -- Michiana La Leche League meeting. 7 pm in the OB-GYN Suite at the Medical Group, 1225 E. Coolspring Ave., MC. Info 874-7026. 312 East Seventh Street October 5 — Fine Arts Series, Presbyterian Church Michigan City, IN 46360 of LaPorte presents the A Cappella Choir and Brass (219) 874-6209 Ensemble of Lenoir-Rhyne College of Hickory, NC. 7 pm. U.S. 35 & Kingsbury Ave., LaPorte. Free will offer- ing & reception after. Info 219/362-6219. October 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 -- “Close Ties.” Footlight Players production. Fri & Sat @ 8 pm; Sun @ 2 pm. Tix $9. Reservations 874-4035. 1705 Franklin St. October 5-8 —”Himalaya.”Not rated. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Nepali & Tibetan language with Eng. subtitles.Fri & Sat 6:30 & 9 pm; Sun 4 & 6:30 pm; Mon 7 pm. Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, Michigan. 616/756- 3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com October 6-7 — 6th Annual Sunflower Arts Festival. 10 am-6 pm. Adm. $5/adults, $2/kids. Artists paint- ing in the fields, arts & crafts, beer & wine garden, entertainment. Info 219/462-9009. 695 N 400 E, Valparaiso. Art Barn School of Art. (3 mi. east of Hwy 49 & 1 mi. south of Hwy.6). October 7 — Fundraiser to benefit the Independent Cat Society at the Schoolhouse Shop, Furnessville. 11 Aquatics 69 Perennials 69 Ornamental Grass 69 Pond Fish and Supplies am- 5pm. Info 219/785-4936. We love to talk about your garden! October 7 — “The Ruins at Ashkelon.” 2 pm. Slide presentation of the ancient ruins at Ashkelon, Israel FIREWOOD SPLIT, DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR by retired Dr. Larry Scheff. MC Public Library. Free. and STACKED WITH A SMILE! October 8 — Arts Center Guild meeting. 9:30 am. Fall is the perfect time to plant Shrubs and John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St., MC. Perennials! Large, happy selection left beginning at Members & guests welcome. 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Mall. Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm. 874-8222. Farther and Farther Afield: Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan City. October 4-6 — Amish Country Harvest Festival. Guided tours on Mon-Fri, 10 am, 11:30 am. Adm. Middlebury, Indiana. Das Dutchman Essenhaus. $4/adults, $2/kids 18 and under, free/kids under 3. Arts, crafts, antiques, demos, entertainment, food. Adm. Beverly Shores Historic South Shore Line Passenger chg. Info 219/825-7288. Depot Museum and Art Gallery. 525 Broadway, October 4-7 -- James Whitcomb Riley Festival. Beverly Shores. Thurs-Sun, 1-4 pm. Adm. free. Greenfield, Indiana (16 mi. east of Indianapolis on US 219/871-0832. 40). Celebration of the famous Hoosier children’s Door Prairie Auto Museum. 6th season. Over 50 poet. Over 450 craft vendors, flea market, enter- antique & classic autos, antique airplanes and toys. Tues-Sat, 10 am-4:30 pm; Sun noon-4:30 pm and tainment, antiques show & sale, etc. 317/462-2141. closed Mon and holidays. 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte October 6-7 — Buckley Homestead Fall Festival. (1 mi. south of LaPorte on Hwy. 35). Phone 219/326- Living History Farm, Lowell, Indiana. 10 am-5 pm. 1337 or visit www.dpautomuseum.com Hayrides, pumpkin & scarecrow contests, homemade Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360 baked goods, medicine man show, music. Adm. chg. Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Info 872-2702 or on the 219/696-8969. web at www.militaryhistorymuseum.org October 12-21 — Parke County Covered Bridge International Friendship Gardens, Liberty Trail, Festival. Over 80 events at various locations. Info Michigan City. Open 10 am-4 pm weekends, now 765/569-5226 or log onto www.coveredbridges.com thru October. Adm. chg. Info 878-9885. LaPorte County Historical Museum, county com- plex in downtown LaPorte, Indiana. Hours 10 am-4:30 pm, Tues-Sat. Adm. free; donations welcome. 219/326- 6808, ext. 276 or www.lapcohistsoc.org New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker St., New Buffalo, MI. Open Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat-Sun, 10 am-3 pm (MI time). Info 616/469-5409. John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 312 E. 8th St., Michigan City. Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 10 am-4 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 874-4900. On exhibit through Nov.10: On and Off the Wall: Expressions in Ink, Clay and Fiber. Farther Afield: October 6 — 22nd Annual Chapel Hill Arts & Craft Show. 8 am-5 pm. Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Adm. $1. Over 200 Vacuum Cleaner Center carries the latest in state-of- exhibitors. Food & bake sale. Sponsored by Chapel Hill the-art purifiers.The air purifiers will make your home United Methodist Church, Sodus, Mi. www.chapelhill- a healthier place to live. By using just one air purifier, craftshow.org you can clean up to 3,000 square feet of living space. October 6 -- Nor. Ind. Arts Assoc. screening of the The system is portable and costs just pennies a day to operate. 1999 German film “Run Lola Run.” 7 pm. Crown Removes: Point Community Art Center, 138 S. Main St., Crown smoke, mold, mildew, bacteria, odors, Point. Info 219/663-0200. Tix $4. chemical gases, pollens, dust & animal dander October 6-7 — Weaving, Fiber & Needlecraft Art Show. Also demonstrations & sale. 10 am-5 pm. According to the EPA, indoor air pollution is our nation’s Cook Energy Information Center, Bridgman, Michigan. biggest pollution problem. Why? Because modern 1-800/548-2555 or www.cookinfo.com homes and buildings are constructed so tightly that they September 30 — Quilting Bee and Apples & Tea. block out nature’s air cleaning 1-4 pm. Deep River County Park. Demos and hayrides. agents and trap pollution inside with you. Stop in today to 219/947-1958. Located off US 30 bwt. Valparaiso & see what we’re talking about! Merrillville. Through November 18 — “Rembrandt Prints: Rembrandt’s Personal Vision of the Bible.” O’Shaughnessy Gallery at the Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University campus. An exhibition of 70 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) etchings of narra- tive subjects from the Bible. Hours: Tues/Wed 10 am-4 pm; Thurs/Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 1-5 pm. Closed 1406 Franklin St. • Michigan City • 879-8248 Mondays and holidays. 219/631-5466 or www.nd.edu/~sniteart Family owned and operated since 1962 Page 44 October 4, 2001 NEW BUFFALO, MICHIGAN

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46202 ROYAL NEW BUFFALO RIC’S RESIDENTIAL SERVICES MI 49117 Ph./Fax 616-469-6616 • Cell 219-877-9125 QUALITY DECORATING PLUS Bill Conway HANDYMAN SERVICES Now Booking Interior Painting for the Holiday Season PRESSURE WASHING COMMERCIAL ¥ RESIDENTIAL ¥ INDUSTRIAL HOUSE, ROOF, SIDING, BOATS, WALKS, DECKS PLUMBING (616) 469-6939 • (219) 874-8414 CARPENTRY INSURED RICK C. SPARKS, Owner QDP“The same quality you’ve come to expect since 1979” October 4, 2001 Page 49

MICHIANA SHORES WINTER RENTAL - . Newly renovated 2/BR, NEW BUFFALO. Gated Nature Retreat with private Lake/Beach 1/Bath home. Washer/dryer, Dishwasher, FP, Cable, Deck w/Gas grill. offers immaculate Euro Homes, Cottages, Suites by week/weekend. Avail Sept thru May. $650/mo + util. - 773/784-0721, or 219/872-9923 Amenities plus. Ideal for an intimate escape, or the extra rooms for SEASONAL RENTALS your incoming party. See us: sans-souci.com. Call 616¥756¥3141. ¥¥ 333 Northbrook - 3/BR, 2/Bath Ranch. . $750/mo. CUTE SUMMER COTTAGE FOR RENT IN GRAND BEACH ¥¥1428 Lake Shore Drive - 3/BR, 2/Bath Lakefront - $1,200/mo. 3/BR, 1/Bath. Cable TV. . Beach. Tennis. Golf. ¥¥ 1426 Lake Shore Drive - 5/BR, 2/Bath Lakefront - $1,200/mo. Completely furnished.. $500/week + security — 773/278-9040 YEAR-ROUND GRAND BEACH/NEW BUFFALO HOME - Spacious 3/BR Ranch. ¥ ¥ 3020 Mayfield - 3/BR Cottage style - $800/mo. Fully furnished. Very clean. 2/Baths. Fireplace. W/D. Dishwasher. Call MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS. 219/872-4000 Close to beach golf course & winter sports. - NO PETS. LAKEFRONT SEASONAL RENTALS Avail Oct-June. $500/mo. or $200/wk. — Call 773/792-0073. 1410 Lake Shore Drive in Sheridan Beach: 4/BR, 1 1/2 bath home FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT IN UNION PIER avail until next summer. $800/mo + utilities. 3/BR Cottage - 500 Feet to Beach - Attractively decorated Go to www,akstephens.com for pictures. Washer/dryer. -Avail Oct 1st to May 1st - $600/mo. + utilities - Damage Call MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORS. 219/872-4000 deposit required - Great Weekend Retreat - Call 248/344-4989. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ FOR RENT: - Remarkable 1/BR unit, 1,150 sq. ft. - Skylight - Jet tub - WINTER LAKESIDE RENTAL — AVAIL SEPT. - MAY Wood floors - Fireplace - Great kitchen - Avail immediately w/year Beautiful view of 3 states - 4/BR, 3-full baths. - 2-Fireplaces. lease + security deposit. References required. Tenant pays utilities Fully furnished. — For more information: Call 773/881-4458 (gas, electricity, and water). - Call 616/469-7690, ask for Max. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ CHARMING COUNTRY HOME REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Fall/Winter Rental (2-Blocks from Stop 33). Fully furnished. 3/BR, NEW HOME. ON LAKE CLAIRE. IN LONG BEACH COVE. 2/Bath. Family Room w/Fireplace. Sun Porch. 2/Car Garage. Professionally designed & built. Large kitchen. Great room & master Patio Deck. A/C. W/D.- 708/442-2333, or 800/780-3986, Ext 3639 suite. 4/BR, 2 1/2 Bath. 2324 Tinkers Way. $349,000. DUNELAND BEACH - Furnished 3/BR. - Avail Sept 15-June 1, 2002. Call Dan at 219/874-7290 days; or 219/879-8965 wk/ends & evenings. Deposit & references req. - $500/mo. + utilities. - 219/872-5979 BEVERLY SHORES INDIANA BEACHFRONT HOME SABBATICAL HOUSE - Stop 31 -Cozy 2/BR. Fully furnished 6-Years old. Like new.. 3000 sq/ft Contemporary. All rooms have Washer/Dryer. AC. - Avail Sept. 2000 thru May. 2001 . view of Lake Michigan. Upper bracket price. Pre qualified please. Call 708/354-8960 days, - 708/482-9527 evenings. For sale by owner — Call 219/663-0400, Cell ph. 219/742-0458 SHERIDAN BEACH AREA-EDISTO GETAWAY-Perfect for ND Football BY OWNER: Lovely rehabbed 3 bdr, 3 bth Michigan home on 1 1/3 Weekends. Apple and pumpkin picking and holiday shopping! 3 woodsy acres. Fireplace. New furnace & AC. Cherry & walnut Blocks to beach-3/BR, 1/Bath, decks, W/D, DW, AC, ceiling fans, floors. Fabulous new screened sun room, decks and office. C/TV, coffeemaker, MW. Completely furnished w/towels and linens. $369,000. Year round-winter rates-700.00/wk.-2Nights/100.00per night- Call 312-822 1004. 75.00/deposit-Other rates available 219-872-8914. BEAUTIFUL 3/BR - Eat-in kitchen. Dining room, living room, fireplace, Library Events garage. 2 Blocks from beach. 102 S. Lake Ave. at corner of Washinton Park Blvd. NO smokers or pets. Prefer individual or couple. Retired Dr. Larry Scheff of Michiana presents a slide $1,000/mo. + utilities. - Leave message at 815/464-6894. Available now: 9 or 12 month contract available. program on the ruins of Ashkelon, Israel, Sunday, ¥ ¥ SHERIDAN BEACH WINTER RENTAL - ON THE BEACH¥¥ October 7 at 2:00pm. In 1990, Harvard University arche- ¥Studio Apt. - $600/mo. ¥3/BR, 2/Bath, Fireplace,$1,200/mo ologists excavating Canaanite ruins surrounding the ¥6/BR, 2/Bath, Fireplace, $1,200/mo. - All fully furnished. port city unearthed a “golden calf.” Dr. Scheff has vis- Avail Sept thru May- 312/560-5122 ited the site, has worked on archeological digs and has MICHIANA SHORES WINTER RENTAL: Furnished.. Ideal for 1 or 2. Hilltop isolation for privacy-seeker. Need 4-wheel drive in winter. a wealth of information and photographs. He and his Reasonable rent for right person. Call 219/878-0813 wife travel extensively and he is also is a docent for WINTER RENTAL - LONG BEACH AT STOP 20 - 4/BR, 2/Bath. Large the Oriental Museum in Chicago. The program is free family room. $750/mo + utilities. Avail Oct - May. 219/872-9295. and open to the public. BEVERLY SHORES,IN Cottage-Style Home For Rent. Mstr bdrm loft w/jacuzzi, guest bdrm & ba, frpl, scrnd porch, cathedral ceiling, W/D, gar- The Michigan City Public Library will offer the AARP den & priv rd, 5 blks to beach.. Prefer indvd or couple. $1300/mo + utl, 55/Alive Mature Drivers Course, Thursday and Friday, 1/yr lease. NO Smkrs. Sec dep & refs req. Call 219/241-2950. Avail now. October 11 and 12 from 9:15am to 1:00pm both days. 6-Month & Year-Round Rentals Avail, Starting At $600/Month. Call EXECUTIVE GROUP REALTY at 219/874-1122 The class is a refresher course for seniors 55 and HOUSE FOR RENT IN MICHIANA SHORES - 3/BR, Fireplace, loft & over. The class covers a variety of topics including night deck, & large yard. $700/mo + Nipsco & cable. 10 Min. from beach. driving and driving emergencies. Those completing 219/879-1299 the two-day session will receive a certificate of veri- RENTALS. MICHIGAN fication. Most insurance companies offer discounts to 6-Month & Year-Round Rentals Avail, Starting At $600/Month. those with certification. The class costs $10 for mate- Call EXECUTIVE GROUP REALTY at 219/874-1122 rials. Register by calling 873-3049.

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This week we would like to put our spotlight on a (Major in the Army) they tried to get actress Margaret Navy Chaplain of World War II. George A. Bowie Sullivan and the play she was starring in “Voice of was born in Dublin, Ireland, on April 1, 1912. His father, Trouble” to do a tour for them, but the Navy felt that Peter Bowie, came from Scotland to Dublin to work the play was too “riske”. Nowadays it would be noth- and met and married an Irish lass, Florence Carroll. ing! The family immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1915 and set- George did, with Evans help, get some big time orches- tled with relatives in Davenport, Iowa. tras like Dick Jurgens, Claude Thornhill, Count In 1917, George’s father, Basie, to do shows over there. He also got Boris still not an American citizen, Karloff and Jack Holiday to entertain with their found work as a steamfitter skits. in a munitions factory in In 1945 Chaplain Bowie was transferred to the 34th Niagara Falls, New York, so Special Naval Construction Battalion which was George was raised there and ordered back to the U.S. testing missiles at the Naval after World War I was over, Ordnance base in Shumaker, Arkansas. He remained the family were all made there till the war ended and he was discharged in Dec. American citizens. George 1945 as Lt. Sr. Grade. George went to Gulfport, graduated from high school in Mississippi where he had made friends who gave 1930 at Niagara, then attend- him an opportunity to write in nearby Biloxie. He did ed college in Wooster, Ohio, articles for the Shrimp Boat fishing industry in mag- graduating with a major in azines and eventually had an agent (Ben Franklin) journalism in 1935. He was who booked George on a national pro lecture tour to then called to God and attend- Lt. George A. Bowie, 1945. Associated Clubs speaking on current affairs and ed Princeton Seminary until graduating as a topics with a touch of humor. He also had a contract Presbyterian minister in 1938. From then until Pearl with Firestone, speaking to their different conventions Harbor was bombed in Dec. 1941, he became the of suppliers. Rev. George A. Bowie, Chaplain of the Cleveland During his travels, George met his wife, Jane, in Drays (a Civil Defense organization) from World War Washington, D.C., and they married on Aug. 27, I. 1949. Jane traveled with him on his tour and they pur- In early 1942, George enlisted in the Navy and was chased a summer house in Michiana Shores in 1950. sent to Chaplain’s School for all denominations at He quit the lecture tour in 1964 and taught journal- Williamsburg, Virginia for six weeks training. After ism at Elston High School while moving in and passing tests of a Review Board, he was made an offi- remodeling the home in Michiana. He also filled in cial Presbyterian Chaplain and dispatched to Gulfport, for Dr. Robert Hall at the Congressional Church Mississippi for amphibious training. From there located at 6th and Washington streets in Michigan City. George was assigned to be a Navy Chaplain of a CB When Dr. Hall died in 1968 George was named Pastor (Construction Battalion) and at Camp Huenema near and remained there for 26 years until his retirement Oxford, California, the Battalion was formed, named in 1994. ACORN 17 and shipped via a C-2 cargo ship to He now writes occasional- Hawaii. George and his CB Battalion were then ly for The Beacher. shipped to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands to construct At 89 years old his mind is an air strip when the island was secured. But the inva- as sharp as ever and his mem- sion by the Marines of “Bloody” Tarawa took over three ory is great. Jane and George days to secure as the fanatical and well dug in sure are a wonderful couple Japanese inflicted over 3300 casualties (over 1000 killed). and they both attend Notre Even after their CB Battalion began work carving an Dame Church every Saturday airstrip out of the jungle and using ground up coral evening for mass, as Jane is for the runway base, Chaplain Bowie was kept busy still a practicing Catholic. as the Japanese bombed the island daily from their George, we salute you for bases in the Marshall Islands. your fine service to your God, After Tarawa was built up in Nov. 1943, George was your country and your com- returned to Pearl Harbor and was transferred to a munity, and your 52 years of Veteran George Bowie, today. Special Service outfit, working to provide actors and wedded bliss. May God bless actresses for shows to entertain troops in the South you and keep you for years to come. Pacific area. Together with playwright Maurice Evans ——submitted by Bob Fitzgerald October 4, 2001 Page 51

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NO-ONE MAKES FRIENDS like the new owner of a summer home! Now DON’T MISS IT! Don’t miss this fantastic home overlooking Lake you can accommodate your new friends with this fabulous beachfront home. Over Michigan in the village of Michiana! Multi-level contemporary home has 2000 sq ft on the beach level holds an open-air kitchen, 1.5 baths, guest room & 4-5 bedrooms, 3 full baths and striking lake views from almost every room. enough space for pool, ping-pong, work-out equipment and any size entertain- Superior construction includes 2x6 exterior walls with extra insulation, 200 ment center you can imagine! Upstairs, two distinctively decorated 2-bedroom amp electrical in conduit, oak tongue-in-groove walls, brick walkways, 2 stone apartments share glorious views from a huge deck. $849,000 fireplaces and much more. Call Ed Merrion today! $795,000 LOOK FOR US ON THE INTERNET! • www.merrionandassoc.com Ed Merrion, CRS, GRI Bonnie Meyer, GRI Fran Merrion, GRI Michele Meden Liv Markle, CRS, GRI John Hayes, GRI Dave Walsh Bill Staples Debbie Burke, GRI Jim Christensen Jim McGah, Broker Associate Kelly Foley Pat Elliott Debbie Mengel Page 52 October 4, 2001 7 LONG BEACH REALTY ON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE 1920 T 1401 Lake Shore Drive 3100 Lake Shore Drive (219) 874-5209 (219) 872-1432 Phyllis T. Waters CRB, CRS, GRI Broker/Owner www.longbeachrealty.net AT THE SIGN OF THE SAILBOAT

411 El Portal Drive ¥ Michiana Shores SLEEPER IN THE SHORES. Breathtaking cedar-sided ranch with loft family room, vaulted ceilings, skylights and Italian stone flooring. New in 1999. Walk to beach. Spectacular two-way fieldstone fireplace warms the living and dining rooms. Three bedrooms include spacious master with large bath, Jacuzzi tub and 8 x 7 walk-in closet. Two car garage and full poured basement. 2 wooded lots. $243,500

3210 Sal Court ¥ Michigan City 218 Meadowlark ¥ Trail Creek JUST STEPS from Joy School in quiet, well-kept neighborhood, 1997 GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD for structurally sound 1956 ranch with bi-level with large family room, master suite with Jacuzzi plus 2 addi- almost 1200 square feet of living area. Foyer entry to living-dining 1 room. Kitchen with eat-in area. Deck opens to large fenced yard. Full tional bedrooms, 2 ⁄2 baths. 18 foot dining room. Deck. Central air, 2 car basement, vinyl siding. 3 bedrooms. Needs TLC. $82,500 garage. Buyer must be pre-approved for loan. $119,900

2954 N. 525 W. ¥ LaPorte 5427 E. Miami Trail ¥ Rolling Prairie BEAUTIFUL VIEWS through large expanse of glass at both front & rear add NORTHWEST INDIANA’S other lake, Saugany, with crystal clear water, a relaxed atmosphere to this well kept raised ranch. Glass enclosed atrium off sandy beach, and no motor boats. Enjoy this 3 bedroom ranch and deck the dining room expands living area. Large kitchen with breakfast area. 3 bed- surrounded by 8 lots,only 1 block from water. Escape to the peace and 1 $ rooms on living floor, 4th bedroom & den in basement. 2 ⁄2 baths. Cathedral ceil- quiet of the country. 99,000 ings, fireplace in living room, deck, garage. LaPorte Schools. $149,900

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