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THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 24, Number 6 Thursday, February 14, 2008 How Do I Love Thee? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways, I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, -- I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! -- and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. ----Elizabeth Barret Browning THE Page 2 February 14, 2008 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.thebeacher.com/ PRINTED WITH Published and Printed by TM Trademark of American Soybean Association THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also Subscription Rates delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. 1 year $38 6 months $21 3 months $13 1 month $6.50 To Valentines Everywhere by Sally Carpenter February 14, like July 4, are two holidays the fed- eral government can’t move to a Monday. I’m not crazy about Memorial Day on a Monday either, but I guess it gives us more time for cook-outs and such by stretching out the weekend. Someone probably thought that Valentine’s Day should be just that -- If ever two -- a day. After all, how much candy do you want to eat at one time? The children bring it home from were one, school, parents buy for each other and the kids, and of course, us grandparents go overboard and have to buy one of everything we see in the store. It’s all wrapped so pretty!! then surely we. Candy aside, Valentine’s Day is a time for love and isn’t that a neat idea? Of course, we should all love each other every day of the year, but The whole thing snowballed from there into the that would be a lot of holiday we now celebrate with candy, fl owers and candy and fl owers, so greeting cards. In fact, Hallmark Cards tell us that let’s just enjoy the day and Valentine’s Day is the second most popular card giv- take a look at the history and ing occasion. the facts of this most gentle holiday… Historians seem to agree that the idea of Val- entine’s Day actually started when the Christian church wanted to get people away from the ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia. It heralded the start of spring and a dedication to Faunus, the Ro- man god of agriculture which led to a pairing of young men and women for the coming year in hopes of fertility for the crops as well as the villagers. Around 498 AD, Pope Gelasius declared a St. Val- entine’s Day, but there are several saints that could have been the recipient of the honor. They were all good men who ended up martyrs in the name of their religion. One of them, having been jailed, fell in love with his jailer’s daughter and supposedly sent her a note signed “From Your Valentine.” He was buried As for the candy, the people who keep all kinds of on February 14. stats tells us that in 2005 the per capita consump- The saint’s popularity continued into the Middle tion of candy in the U.S. was 25.7 pounds! That fi g- Ages when Valentine’s Day became more closely ure is actually down from the years before that. I associated with romantic love. The 17th and 18th guess the exercise equipment industry had some- centuries saw the Brits taking to the holiday whole- thing to do with that. hardidly with exchanging of small gifts and hand- Flowers have always been a popular item to give written notes. By the middle of the 19th century (less fattening, too). 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In Sweden there is Alla hjartans dag (“All Hearts’ Day”), a more recent addition to the Swedes’ calendar. In Slovenia, Feb. 14 is recognized as the day plants and fl owers start to grow. A proverb says “St. Valentine brings the keys of roots.” The day has only BLOW-OUT recently become associated with love. The United Kingdom has regional traditions as- sociated with the day, such as Wales with their St. Dwynwen’s Day. He is the patron saint of Welsh lov- CLEARANCE ers and the day is actually celebrated on January 25. In France, the day is celebrated much as we do. SALE Other countries have days that are celebrated much like our St. Valentine’s Day, but on other days in Special SALES Each Day! other months. Tent SALE Prices Now Going On Inside! 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The Actors Studio is a membership organization What to Expect . for professional actors, theatre directors and play- This workshop will introduce the foundation prin- wrights located in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood ciples that were created, developed and explored at of Manhattan in New York City. Founded in 1947 the Actors Studio. Participants will experience the by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, exercises behind the familiar vocabulary, from the the Studio is known for its work refi ning and teach- “Inside.” The focus will be on Relaxation, Concen- ing method acting, an approach originally devel- tration, Observation (the essential difference be- oped by the Group Theatre in the 1930s based on tween looking and seeing, hearing and listening), the innovations of Constantin Stanislavski. In New and Sense Memory. York, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel and Ellen Burstyn About the Instructor . are currently Co-Presidents. Lisa M.R. Formosa-Parmigiano received her While at the Studio, actors work together to de- M.F.A. from the Actors Studio Drama School in NYC. After being selected for Life Membership to velop their skills in an experimental environment, the Actors Studio in 2000, she became a core fac- in which they can take risks as performers without ulty member within the graduate program. She has the pressure of commercial roles. Over its long his- taught privately in Chicago and New York, along tory, many famous and successful actors, directors with international workshops in England and Ven- and playwrights have come out of the Studio ezuela.