THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 28, Number 13 Thursday, April 5, 2012 Oh, That Clever Bunny! Does he sit behind the scene, That wildly multi-colored one, Watching as we madly preen? by Maggie Beyer Of course was done by second son -- Scurrying for Easter things, This one is sprinkled sugary, And the goodies Bunnies bring. In globs, but then…she’s only three. Does he chuckle, watching us, Those fragile, wispy, paper transfers, Making such an Easter fuss? Are ones you need some second hands for -- All that secret basket hiding, And for the joker who dyes double, Laughing, ‘til he splits his sides in. A weird disaster for his trouble. Eggs we’ve colored carefully, The eggs that crack in vinegar bath, Must make him chortle gleefully -- Just give the Bunny another laugh -- Here’s one for Dad, a little blurry, ‘Cause magic happens during the night, A crayon slipped in too Come morning, they’ll be much hurry). shining bright. Here’s one of oddly Like emeralds, rubies, colored hues, colors glow, Mom’s careful mixing Easter’s wonder makes turned out puce! them so -- The artist in our family tree, As hope reawakens, gifts reappear; Needs more instruction, The miracle happens, we agree. year after year! THE Page 2 April 5, 2012 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 delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. Easter Candy--A Tasty Subject by Sally Carpenter It’s that time of the year again--the stores are preted as the cross that Christ died on. It is said stocked full of all the Easter candies you could ruin that a monk, Father Thomas Rockcliffe, started a your teeth with. They are packaged in bright, pastel tradition in the 14th century of giving Hot Cross colors that make you think anything packaged that Buns to the poor people of St. Albans on Good Fri- beautifully couldn’t possibly have all those nasty day. calories in them!? Easter Eggs It may not surprise you to know that Easter has Long consid- become the second largest candy selling holiday in ered a symbol America, just behind Halloween. of fertility and Personally, I like the Cadbury eggs, absolutely rebirth, eggs scrumptious.…but a lot of my friends think Peeps have become an Chicks and Bunnies are the top of the heap. I dis- integral part of covered a lot of interesting facts about these little the Christian marshmallow treats on their website, like: Easter whether Peeps have made as choco- been around for late candy eggs, 59 years now or hard-boiled, and they are so colored and popular that they decorated with designs that range from fl owers to have become the Ninja Turtles and put in pretty baskets. best selling non- While we Americans like our Easter eggs varied chocolate Easter and colorful, other cultures have adopted differ- candy for the last ten years. They are made by the ent traditions: Greek and Slavic cultures dye their Just Born Co. in Bethlehem, PA. eggs red as a symbol of the blood of Christ, while Can you name the fi ve colors they come in? Yellow Germans paint their eggs green and eat them on (the most popular), pink, lavender, blue and white. Maundy Thursday. Eastern Europeans have given Besides the offi cial Peeps website there are over us the Pysanky eggs, beautifully patterned and 200 unoffi cial sites--apparently, true Peeps fans are multi-colored delights which require time and pa- quite loyal! And, it has been reported that these tience to make, but are same fans eat their Peeps not only fresh, but frozen, well worth it. stale and even on pizzas. Yuk. Then again, there are Historical Easter “Sweets” the beautiful jewelled and If you want to go back enameled eggs of Faberge in the annals of time, I (non-edible, of course) that suppose that Hot Cross were made specifi cally for Buns are among the old- the Russian czars, and est Easter “sweets” the only a czar could afford world has known. Go- them. That’s my kind of ing back to pagan times egg! Around 1885, Faberge when it was thought started making one special the bun represented the egg a year for Czar Alexan- moon and the crossed ic- der III to give to his wife. ing the moon’s four quar- When the last czar, Nicholas II was in power, Fa- ters, the buns were later berge made two eggs each year, one for the czar’s adopted by Christians wife and one for his mother. Wouldn’t you like to and the icing re-inter- fi nd one of these eggs in your basket? THE April 5, 2012 Page 3 Easter Lambs The Eas- ter connec- tion here is easy--Christ has always been known as “The Good Shepherd.” Have you ever bought an Easter lamb cake from one of the local 6((1,17+,63+272,67+(5($',1*5220 6/((3,1*$5($RQWKHVHFRQGOHYHORI bakeries? 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By the way, a 63(&,$/³*(50$1,&*(7$:$<´21$:22'(' /27EHGURRPVEDWKV¿UHSODFHLQPDVWHU recent poll found that most EHGURRPDQGOLYLQJURRP&XVWRPEXLOW people eat the ears fi rst, while ZLWKHDFKSDUWKDQGFKRVHQRUKDQGPDGH eating the tail fi rst came in &HPHQWURRIIRUORQJZHDUUHDOVKXWWHUV VWXFFRZDOOVFRYHUFHPHQWEORFNVPLOH second. WR/DNH0LFKLJDQEHDFK And a newer tradition, the 6HHPRUHGHWDLOVDWUHPD[KFFRP pastel colored M & M’s are a surefi re hit with everyone. harbor country So whatever your taste, Eas- O: 269.469.5635 Ext. 302 ter provides a time to indulge in your favorite treats C: 269.612.0503 Dan Coffey E: [email protected] and ignore those calories for a day or two…well, W: www.DanCoffey.com maybe a week. THE Page 4 April 5, 2012 PNC Theatre to Stage Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1” PNC Theatre play to its core. and the PNC Play- Song, dance, ag- ers of Purdue Uni- gressive gender versity North Cen- cross-casting, rock tral will present a and roll, and the production of Wil- clash of authentic liam Shakespeare’s longswords ensure “Henry IV, Part 1.” the PNC produc- The public is in- tion takes the most vited to the perfor- entertaining, most mances at the Main- provocative compo- street Theatre, 807 nents of this play Franklin St., Michi- as far as possible. A gan City, on opening cast of 19 fi ll Main- night Sat. April 14, street’s intimate at 8 p.m.; Sunday theater space with April 15, at 3 p.m.; youthful energy. Friday April 20 at 8 The PNC Players p.m. and Saturday (l-r): Teresa West, Ryan Leonard, Brittany Nowatzke, Jeremy Harris (kneeling), are Aram Arden, La April 21 at 8 p.m. Holly Trott, Aaron Collings, Alyssa Moskwa, Suzie Bartholomew, Cassandra Heric, Porte; Karen Arden, Olga Pecanac, Assen Kokalov, Hilary Jordan, Justin Sech, Aram Arden, Jason Curtis, Tickets are $10 Karen Arden. La Porte; Suzanne for general admis- Bartholomew, sion and $5 for students presenting a valid student Michigan City; Aaron Collings, La Porte; Jason ID. Curtis, Valparaiso; Jeremy Harris, Michigan City; The production is directed by Dr. Paul Hecht, Cassandra Heric, Michigan City; Hilary Jordan, PNC assistant professor of English. On Sunday, Valparaiso; Assen Kokalov, Chicago; Ryan Leonard, April 15, Hecht will present a pre-show talk in the New Buffalo; Alyssa Moskwa, Valparaiso; Brittany theatre upper lobby at 2 p.m. to give an overview of Nowatzke, La Porte; Olga Pecanac, Westville; Diane the play and to discuss Shakespeare and his writ- Rich, La Porte; Justin Sech, Kouts; Tara Sibo, La ing.