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Volume 24, Number 1 Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Students Join Effort to Solve Shipwreck Mysteryby William F. Keefe
Part 2(NOTE: In Part 1, the Briggs Project efforts to solve the “Ogden Dunes Shipwreck Mystery” occupied cen-
ter stage in The Beacher on December 6, 2007. In Part 2 below, newspaper reports provide evidence that the wreck may have been the yacht Chiquita, which sank in a violent Lake Michigan storm in 1899. Research continues on both theories.)
A panoramic view of the Lake Michigan beach at Ogden Dunes shows clearly how the nineteenth century shipwreck currently appears -- with part under water and part buried in sand. The wreck has become the focal point of extensive research designed to ascertain the ill-fated vessel’s identity and history. (Image reproduced photographically from original watercolor by Chicago artist Jack Simmerling).
Lori McGunn almost rubbed her eyes in disbe-lief.
Taking her fi rst 2007 look at the shipwreck re-mains on the Lake Michigan beach at Ogden Dunes, Indiana, she was amazed. The timbers projecting from the waves and the beach sands were both rev-elation and invitation.
“We’ve been renting out here for three years now,” said the Chicago resident, referring to her husband and two children. “And before this past spring there were at most little snippets of the wreck visible. And now look.”
Never one to ignore something so historically tan-talizing, Lori began to look for answers to natural
questions. She wondered who had owned the ship, where it had come from, where it was heading, and how it had sailed to a probably tragic end in the sandy solitude of a nameless beach.
She wanted to fi nd the wreck’s name and the identity of its captain. She hoped to fi nd out wheth-er it had a crew, passengers, cargo, masts – all the details, nothing left out.
Lori’s startup researches via the Internet and other sources turned up a substantial collection of newspaper reports on a wreck that appeared in the “Maritime History of Great Lakes Shipwrecks.” That clue joined others indicating that the yacht
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Chiquita had foundered about “three miles east of Miller’s Station, Indiana” on November 2, 1899. The three persons on board had died in the violent storm that closed the Chiquita’s log.
The wreck’s location east of Miller seemed to dovetail with the Ogden Dunes site of the wreck remnants that had astonished Lori McGunn.
Could the desolate ruins of a once-proud ship yield up its secrets? Searching, looking for addi-tional help with the research – including, possibly, technical assistance – Lori and her husband Ed pledged a research stipend to the Indiana Universi-ty/Northwest History Club. They thus ensured that the club’s members would join the hunt.
That research goes on. Acting as “mentor” and guide in the project is Dr. Jerry B. Pierce, Indiana U instructor in ancient history. “Four or fi ve” of his students, including History Club president Julie Mendez, are devoting time to the project as oppor-tunity and time allow.
“The latter part of November and early December were pretty well spoken for insofar as research is concerned,” Pierce said. “Our class was fully occu-pied with the end-of-semester testing, writing pa-pers, fi nishing work already started. We hope De-cember will give us a chance to get more involved.
“We will be looking at all kinds of information. We want to fi nd out if the newspaper accounts are ac-curate. We may assume at the start that the name Chiquita is correct, and try to verify that also.
“These things are fascinating for all of us because the shipwreck is real and it hides a mystery. We have to – and do – keep asking what evidence we can fi nd, what we can tie together.”
His students will try to contact the Briggs Project people, Dr. Pierce said. “We don’t want to leave any possibility untried. We’ll also be talking to an un-derwater archeologist, maybe other technicians.”
A Cumulative EffectWithout quite closing the loop of proof that the
Ogden Dunes wreck was once a seaworthy craft named Chiquita, the research amassed thus far has had a cumlative effect. News reports of the ship’s loss have turned up in publications as distant as Port Huron, Michigan and Waterloo, Iowa. Some in-troduce grim details.
The headlines from the various newspapers en-
capsulize the story of the ship’s loss. “Yacht Is Wrecked Off Shore Near Site of Ogden Dunes,” writes the Valparaiso, Indiana Vidette-Messenger in a retrospective piece published on September 17, 1900. The piece specifi es that the yacht foundered in November, 1899. Reporting on November 4, 1899 the Waterloo, Iowa Daily Reporter notes that “Yacht and Party Go Down.” The article cites November 2, 1899 as the date of loss.
“First Snow of the Season” headlined the New-port, Rhode Island Daily News on November 3. In a subhead the paper added, “Many Vessels on the Lakes in Distress in Northwest Storm.” The article mentioned the Chiquita as one of the vessels in dis-tress.
Other publications had similar coverage. As prob-ably the largest and nearest big-city paper, the Chi-cago Tribune devoted more space to the lake tragedy than several of the more distant journals combined. Tribune articles appeared on three separate days, starting November 3, as research uncovered more details on the ship’s career and fi nal hours.
The Tribune article of November 3, the fateful day after the killer storm, provided the essential day-after coverage.
“The schooner rigged yacht Chiquita, with a
With Lake Michigan raging in the background, Bill Keefe Jr. examines some of the square nails that still hold parts of the Ogden Dunes ship-wreck in one piece. The nails are said to be characteristic of nineteenth
century ship construction methods. (Bill Keefe Sr. photo)
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Shipwreck Continued on Page 4
The nameplate stolen from a ship wrecked on an Indiana lakeshore adorns a fi shing boat as it rests on a nearby beach. Researchers trying to identify the “Ogden Dunes shipwreck” believe the name board came from
the ship whose identity they are seeking. (Chicago Tribune sketch)
dead man, supposed to be…the owner and captain, lashed to the rigging, went ashore in the gale early yesterday morning three miles east of Miller’s Sta-tion, Ind. It is believed that all the crew and pas-sengers have perished. Garments found in the cabin indicated that at least one woman was among the unfortunate party on the yacht.
“Where the vessel belonged was not ascertained last night, but it was thought it was from some Michigan port.”
A description of the only wreck victim found on November 2 followed, as did the notation that “There was nothing in his pockets to identify him… It was believed that his name was D. S. Way, that signature being found on a number of papers and effects in the cabin. The name ‘D. S. Way’ was found also on the silverware.”
Suggesting that the ship was on a photographic mission, “In the cabin there was a fully equipped amateur photographer’s outfi t, and among other things a large number of pictures. The supplies had all been bought in Charlevoix, Michigan.”
The Tribune account digresses briefl y to note that a fi sherman named Albert Sabinske had seen the doomed ship as it appeared to tack toward the Michigan shore. The boat disappeared in the storm, however, and it was not until the following morn-ing that Sabinske noticed the wreckage lying on the sand near the present-day Ogden Dunes.
In Sabinske’s memory the ship viewed off the In-diana shore “was having a hard time,” but seemed able to “make the breakwater at Michigan City.”
Discovering the wreck on the morning of Novem-ber 3, Sabinske “notifi ed the South Chicago life-sav-ing station.” Joseph Delton, a Coast Guardsman, had visited the wreck the night before after receiv-ing from an unknown beach visitor notifi cation that a ship had been lost.
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Shipwreck Continued from Page 3
The Later CoverageAlone among the various newspapers reporting
the November 2, 1899 disappearance of the ship assumed to be the Chiquita, the Tribune pursued the story in subsequent issues with consistent dili-gence.
The paper’s November 3 article contains evidence that would support the Chiquita theory and might also raise an evidentiary roadblock. “The Chiq-uita was forty-fi ve feet overall,” the text runs. “It had a centerboard. The cabin was twenty feet long and well-fi tted. There was a large locker of books aboard…”
Was the specifi cation of “forty-fi ve feet overall” a typographical error? That possibility exists, but hasn’t sent the McGunns or the History Club on a detour – or a search for another ship, one with a longer profi le.
The reality is that the Briggs Project researchers have measured the Ogden Dunes wreck at 90 feet overall, give or take a few inches. That’s twice the Tribune’s fi gure by any calculations.
The Briggs Project also measured the Ogden Dunes wreck’s beam, or width, coming up with a fi gure of 25 feet. Clearly, a 45-foot craft with a beam of 25 feet might resemble a gravy-boat more than a
The opening paragraph sets the stage. “When the sloop yacht Fox of Chicago drove through the breakers on to the beach near Miller, Ind., a few days ago, it shipwrecked its owners and their guests on a shore that is richer in mystery and in ghostly legend than any other section of the border of Lake Michigan.
“Within a stone’s toss of the spot where the he-roic efforts of rescuers brought the yachtsmen to the shore lie the bones of a score or more persons who have been washed up by the waves, and no farther distant are the battered remnants of the ill-fated yacht Chiquita and a number of other craft…”
That counterfeiters, thieves, and “outlaws of all types” should choose such surroundings as their home turf is to be expected, writes the Tribune reporter. Among the “strange” ones is the earlier-
watercraft – an argument that the 45-foot fi gure for the ship’s length was actually a misprint or typo.
Later Tribune articles painted the Indiana shore as both a riparian Paradise and a law-less, hard-luck wilderness. True, the writers provided endless detail about the Chiquita’s life on the Lakes – built in Ohio, passed from one owner to others, based in Charlevoix, Michigan, junketing to Florida by wa-ter when it ended its career on an Indiana beach.
Carrying the story further, the reports indicated that three persons were aboard the ship when it ran aground: the captain/owner Daniel S. Way, his wife, whose body was later found buried under beach sand; and a passenger, young Rollin Frazine (else-where identifi ed as James Frazier), whose body was never recovered.
Of dominant interest is the Tribune’s character-ization of the beach area where the wreck currently lies. In a roundup story printed on July 29, 1900 this halcyon setting is introduced by a headline reading, “Indiana Dunes, Strewn with Bones and Wreckage.” A subhead reads: “Scene of Mysteries and Tragedies.”
Bright sun and deep shadow produce a dramatic effect as they settle over the Ogden Dunes shipwreck. (Lori McGunn photo)
Fishermen work on their nets on a beach near present-day Ogden Dunes, Indiana. The newspaper sketch describes the fi gures as “Dwellers
on the bleak shore.” (Chicago Tribune sketch)
A pile of debris on a beach near Ogden Dunes was both a funeral pyre and a pulpit, according to the caption on the sketch. The dunes bordering Lake Michigan add a note of desolation to the scene. (Chicago Tribune
sketch)
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Even the younger generation fi nds fascinating the shipwreck that lies on the beach at Ogden Dunes. (Bill Keefe photo)
Among the dozens of visitors who have stopped at Ogden Dunes to view the beached shipwreck remains were brothers Spencer (left) and Victor
Gloy of Michigan City. The day was cold! (Janet Baines photo)
mentioned Mr. Sabinske. “When a wreck comes ashore he obtains from it what salvage he can. The gilded tatters cut from the Chiquita’s stern he has already fastened to his own fi shing craft. The ‘tat-ters’ included the ship’s nameplate. A fi shing boat became the Chiquita.”
In appropriating the Chiquita’s name, Sabinske was not only violating then-unwritten laws of mari-time behavior. He was also treading on a mariner’s superstition in a way that would be considered “a formal invitation to sudden death.”
Unknowingly or consciously, he was also making it diffi cult to impossible for later antiquarians and preservationists to identify a fascinating piece of Great Lakes lore.
The mystery of the Ogden Dunes wreck remains, in consequence, unsolved, a story without ending, an elusive puzzle whose answer may never see the light of day.
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The symposium opens Jan. 17 with a lecture by Bach scholar James A. Brokaw and performance of Brandenburg Concerto 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Uni-versity’s Center for the Arts. Brokaw, a widely pub-lished Bach scholar who has won research grants from the American Bach Society, will present “A Gracious Prince Who Both Knew and Loved Music: J.S. Bach at Cöthen, 1717-1723.” A chamber quartet that includes violinist Gregory Maytan, assistant professor of music, and oboist Jennet Ingle, adjunct instructor in music, will perform the concerto.
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• A concert featuring Bach’s Brandenburg Con-certo 3, “Geist und Seele wird verwirret,” and So-nata in A performed by Valparaiso’s Symphony Orchestra and violinist Gregory Maytan, assistant professor of music; noon, Center for the Arts;
• A concert featuring Brandenburg Concerto 1 and “Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe,” performed by Ars Antigua and Valparaiso’s Bach Choir; 7:30 p.m., Chapel of the Resurrection.
The Bach Institute was founded in 2003 with a gift from Valparaiso alumni Richard and Phyllis Duesenberg and is dedicated to the study and per-formance of Bach and his music. Dr. Christopher Cock, Duesenberg professor of Lutheran church music, serves as director of the Bach Institute.
The Bach Institute regularly sponsors perfor-mances of Bach’s masterpieces, including the St. John Passion and Mass in B Minor.
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In the corridor of my hotel, the well-known carol, “Let It Snow” is playing. It is December, after all. Yet, there will be no snow. Sure, there are artifi cial evergreens, brightly decorated. But here, we can dream of a green Christmas. And blue. And the pale beige of Caribbean sands. This is December in Ja-maica.
Temperatures are hovering near eighty-fi ve degrees Fahrenheit on a daily basis and the weather is pleasantly sunny.
A local woman assures me that it does, in fact, get cold in Jamaica. She says that some-times, during the winter season, the tempera-ture will drop to seventy - maybe even sixty-nine degrees.
Those of us living in the Great Lakes region may almost pride ourselves on our heartiness to the winter cold as temperatures will inev-itably dip well below zero - and even colder, once the wind chill is factored. Yet, we’ll also quietly, dreamily envy the weather of those living near the Tropic of Cancer.
I am staying in the northern island city of Ocho Rios, or “eight rivers.” One of them is Dunn’s River, one of the most famous tourist attractions of the country.
The river empties directly into the ocean
A Warm Christmas in Jamaicaby Elizabeth Lane Grote
through a gently cascading, 600-foot waterfall which winds and turns in a series of drops, interspersed with small, collected pools. The water is placid in some areas and invigoratingly rushing through oth-ers. The tourists who climb inevitably stop along the way to take pictures amid this beautiful backdrop.
Dunn’s River Falls is so popular, in fact, that the limb is slow, as several large tour groups attempt to pass through, simultaneously. Yet, this pace also
allows more time to appreciate the scenery. Tourists are instructed to climb hand-in-hand, either with friends or strangers, in order to assist one another.
We move directly in the water, uphill, against the current, gripping slippery rocks with our shoes. Naturally, some climbers are more agile or better
balanced than others. Some seem to benefi t greatly from the assistance while others, such as myself, would have felt more comfortable with more auton-omy and use of our own hands. Instead, we act with strangers as one body, one long chain of intercon-nected hands, reaching and pulling. Our caterpillar structure passes other caterpillar structures, alter-
A view of the town of Ocho Rios, Jamaica from above.
Tourists prepare to climb Dunn’s River Falls, which spans some600 feet near Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Yours truly, climbing Dunn’s River Falls.
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nately pressing forward and pausing as the cool wa-ter rushes past us, ranging from a trickle against the soles of our shoes to waist-deep wading. Midway in our ascent, we contort and limbo under a bridge.
Later, I see a local group of entertainers awe a crowd of tourists with their own limbo. The Real Deal Dancers, a group of brightly clad women, per-form alongside a male soloist, JoJo, at a beachside tiki party. They fi rst catch our attention with tradi-tional folk dancing, the ladies in full, red skirts.
An announcer calls to the audience, encouraging our enthusiasm, heralding Jamaica’s pride in reg-gae music. The contemporary reggae of their per-formance has evolved in a direction which bears far more resemblance to hip hop than to the seemingly ubiquitous musical hero, Bob Marley. The dancers show their moves, which are just as sharp and ener-getic as the music.
An acrobatic duo, The Kool Boys, follows, per-forming a series of seemingly gravity-defying stunts to the audience’s applause.
Then, Mr. Chin, a daring performer, dazzles the audience with a fast, almost chaotic dance, fi re in his hands, a visual of bright streaks against the night sky.
The fi nale is a classic limbo routine. But these performers take it a step further than most would ever dare. The bar is dropped so low; it cannot be more than a foot off the ground. Then, it is lit on fi re.
With barely enough room for a thigh to squeeze underneath, we are treated to the amazing image of a man doing a backbend which reaches so low that he is fl at against the ground. He inches his way underneath the fl ames with the smooth crawl of a snake and the lithe agility of a cat.
Music - and the dance it inspires - are inherent to Jamaican culture. It is an island which enjoys its prevailing attitude of happiness and creativity.
Acrobatic duo, The Kool Boys, entertain at a beachside tiki party.
The Real Deal Dancers entertain at a beachside tiki party.
- JoJo and The Real Deal Dancers get daring by lowering the limbo bar and lighting it on fi re.
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JoJo and The Real Deal Dancers entertain at a beachside tiki party.
- JoJo and The Real Deal Dancers entertain with a tiki party limbo.
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Jamaica Continued From Page 11
I venture into the local craft market, a cramped conglomeration of tents behind a fence on the street. The sellers aggressively display their goods, driving a bargain before I’ve even decided whether I might consider buying them. They want to catch me in a negotiation before I’ve had time to think of my purchase logically. But I already have particular ideas on what I hope to fi nd.
My eyes are set on a hand-carved, wooden bongo drum. I tell the seller that I am a dancer and an American, that I hope to drum natural rhythms of my own to inspire dance. Her eyes light warmly and she smiles. I want her drum, not just as a tourist sou-venir, but to use creatively, musical-ly, physically.
I talk to quite a few locals in pass-ing, comparing cultural observa-tions. Although I primarily stay in locales attractive to tourists, I want to hear what the locals can tell me about Jamaican culture, for better and worse, and as it compares to
American culture, for better and worse.For instance, I exchange two American dollars -
which, as of December of 2007, lag humbly behind the British pound in value - and receive a Jamaican hundred dollar bill... with change.
Yet, there is a prevalent attitude of carefree friendliness which makes it hard not to smile and relax. There is an attitude of reverence for mu-sic and jubilant creativity which those of us in the arts cannot help but appreciate. There is great ap-preciation and love for the beauti-ful landscape which these people are lucky enough to call home. It may be a green Christmas, but that isn’t necessarily such a bad thing, despite the sentiment of that well-known Irving Berlin song. Year-round warmth and vibrant colors certainly have their appeal.
With a smile, they say, “Irie, mon,” with a long-sounding “i” as in “island.” It means that all is well.
I purchased this hand-carved, wooden drum at the local craft market in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
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Mardi Gras Gala at St. Mary of the LakeSt. Mary of the Lake School is hosting its 2nd An-
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Digital Photography for Beginners will be held at the Entrepreneur Center Michigan City located at 422 Franklin St. This three session class, will be held from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 15th, 22nd and 29th and will be taught by George Kassal from Lightning Communication Systems. The cost for this course is $125 which includes your book and all other course materials. Don’t forget to bring your camera! To register, phone Heather Melnyk at 219.809.4200 ext. 300.
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Refreshments will be served. Guests welcome. Questions, contact Sue at 219-322-6505.
“The Enchanted Castle”This production of the Memorial Opera House
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Laugh and sing along as Prince Roberto and his trusty sidekick, Jolly Jack help free Princess Leona from Pete, the dragon who can’t carry a tune! This original show is fi lled with songs and laughter for the entire family.
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Meltdown the Winter Blues!The Michigan City Parks & Recreation Depart-
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A buffet dinner will be served from 5-8 p.m. fea-turing home-cooked chicken, kielbasa, and all the fi xin’s. Point ‘n Fingers will provide entertainment from 8-11 p.m.
Tickets are $15/per person or 2/$25 and includes dinner & entertainment. Tickets for entertainment only are available for $5. Tickets are available at the Park Offi ce, the Michigan City Senior Center, Virk’s BP Amoco (formerly Greene’s BP Amoco), any Summer Festival Board Member, or at the door. For more information, contact the Summer Festival Committee at 219-874-3630.
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Calendar Maker (www.mycalendarmaker.com). I forgot to purchase a desk calendar as we began the new year, so I decided to make a few weekly calendar sheets in the interim. I looked around at various free calendar makers on the ‘net, and this one is the easiest: no strings, simple to make, and no registering. You can choose from weekly, monthly or yearly versions, and can start at any date you wish. Your personal calendar is transformed into a .pdf fi le, and you can print from there.
Earth Hour (www.earthhour.org). Speaking of calendars, mark March 29 on yours now. At 8 pm that evening, folks around the globe will turn off their lights for an hour as a way to create “a positive tipping point” in the race to slow down global warm-ing. This concept is a global attempt to replicate what the city of Melbourne, Australia started last year. At the Earth Hour website, individuals from businesses, town and city governments, and anyone else can pledge to get an awareness campaign start-ed. You can watch a short video and see Melbourne go dark, as well as listen to appeals. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Birding Pal (www.birdingpal.org). Birders who travel can connect with local bird guides in a host of communities globally, thanks to this website. I noticed that Michigan had dozens of willing bird guides throughout the state, while Indiana’s num-bers were lower. Maybe Hoosier birders have yet to discover this website, which also lists lodging op-tions for birders all over the world. The site has great links, too. Read on for more.
What Bird? (www.whatbird.com). The trees are bare, so birders have an easier time spotting their feathered friends this time of year. If you are like me, you can spot them, listen to their birdsong, and still not know what you are seeing. Then comes a website like this to help us clueless observers. This is a wonderful reference source for all ages. To en-gage the interest of the younger set, there is an in-teractive game, “The Call of the Wild,” that lets you attempt to identify various birds from three differ-ent ecosystems: mountains, marshes and uplands. Plus, there are three levels of play, from easy to
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Bird Feeder Cam (www.wbu.com/feedercam_home.htm). Live from Ithaca, New York, the Cor-nell Ornithology Lab has set up a webcam for us to watch what’s happening in a garden fi lled with bird feeders. If you’ve passed the quizzes at Call of the Wild, then you’ll have no trouble identifying the birds fl ying in and out of view. By the way, I plan to mention a different webcam location each week this year. I’m amazed at how many are available to Internet surfers.
Election 2008 Astrology (www.thestrange-house.com). Seems that all eyes have been on Iowa and New Hampshire lately. What is really interest-ing about this website is that it offers a daily horo-scope for all the presidential candidates, as well as their horoscopes for Election Day. If you have the time and energy and inclination, you could check your favorite candidate’s horoscope and see how it matches up to what is being written up in the news as the countdown toward November approaches.
Student Theatre Workshop The Festival Players Guild will hold audition and
registration for its 2008 Student Theatre Workshop Fri., Jan. 11, at 6:30 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. This year’s production is the musical “Seus-sical, Jr.” and performances are scheduled for Fri., Sat. and Sun., March 7, 8 and 9.
Enrollment will be limited to approximately 20 students and the workshop auditions are open to students in elementary through high school. There will be no registration fee, however, there may be some costs involved in helping with costuming.
Based on the popular Dr. Seuss books, the musi-cal contains the familiar characters of Horton, The Cat in the Hat, the Grinch, Jo-Jo and the citizens of Whoville along with many other characters.
According to Jerry Peters, workshop coordinator, the main requirement for participation is a willing-ness to commit to the rehearsal and performance schedules. Rehearsal will begin in mid-January and continue on a regular basis until the performance dates . Specifi c rehearsal schedules will be covered at the audition sessions and all rehearsals will be held at Michigan City‘s Mainstreet Theatre.
During the workshop, students will receive in-struction in music, dance, acting and technical aspects of presenting a show. Instructors for the workshop are Brant Beckett, Ruth Radke, Stepha-nie Radke and Jerry Peters. Additional production assistance will be provided by Sue Vail and Duane Thompson.
More information at 219-874-4269. The workshop is presented with support from the South Shore Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Barker Welfare Foundation.
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was selected by the Michigan Humanities Council as the book for this year’s Great Michigan Read. The entire month of January, 2008, will be devoted to programs at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI, supporting the one book-one state project. (Phone: 269/983-3688.)
Programs at the Box Factory will include a trav-eling exhibit, nature writing workshop and writing competition, art workshops and competitions, show-ing of documentaries and Hemingway fi lms, gallery exhibits, a fl y tying demonstration, dramatic read-ing of a “Nick Adams” story, and other events re-lated to Hemingway and his love of Michigan.
Groups, clubs and all Hemingway afi cionadoes are invited to attend the January events as a group. Special arrangements can be made by phoning the Box Offi ce, 269-983-3688, during the hours of 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mon.-Sat. or Sun., 1-4 p.m.
Throughout the month, artists and writers are invited to participate in competitions for prizes re-lated to work which refl ects Hemingway’s love of na-ture, particularly Michigan’s nature in their work.
All artwork entered in the competition will be on exhibit in the Heartha Whitlow Gallery from Feb. 1-10. Awards will be presented at the artists’ recep-tion on Feb. 1 at 5:30 p.m.
Those interested in entering the writing competi-tion are allowed one submission and no entry fee is required. A chapbook of the winning entries will be published.
For more details on both competitions, call the Box Offi ce for an information sheet which lists guidelines for entering. Prize money for both com-petitions has been provided by the Heartha Whit-low Creativity Fund of the Berrien Artist Guild.
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Fri., Jan. 11 – 5:30 p.m. – Opening reception for the traveling exhibit “Up North with the Heming-ways” followed at 7:30 p.m. by the fi lm and discus-sion of “Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man”. ($5 donation for refreshments)
Sat., Jan. 12 – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Nature writ-ing workshop led by Michigan’s award-winning en-vironmentalist Alison Swan, author and editor of Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes (Michigan State Press, 2006). A fee of $30 ($25 for Berrien Artist Guild members) will be charged and pre-registration is necessary at 269/983-3688.
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Sat., Jan. 19 – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Three art work-shops focusing on Hemingway’s Michigan will be offered and include instructors Susan Schirmer – drawing; Marilyn O’Bryant - watercolor; and Susan
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All the love went into fi shing and the summer. He loved it more than anything. He had loved digging potatoes with Bill in the fall, the long trips in the car, fi shing in the Bay, reading in the hammock on hot days, swimming off the dock, playing baseball at Charlevoix and Petoskey ... the fi shing trips away from the farm, just lying around. He loved the long summer. (Ernest Hemingway, “On Writing” from the Nick Adams Stories.)
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Advent AngelsFor the month of December, Marquette students
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The collection of gifts and food items was a col-laboration of the entire school. Each homeroom was assigned a family and was given a list of what the family needed and a few wishes for each member. The classes did a great job of collecting gifts for the families and helped to make happier Christmas mornings for many kids and adults. Overall, the school collected 269 gifts for the families and 529 cans of food for Catholic Charities.
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The Christmas Meal Was Entirely Noel Appetizers
Christmas is gone – however, you might like to take note of these little hors d’oeuvre recipes, along with one soup. My family adored it all, in place of our usual Christmas dinner, then went on adoring even more when I brought out sliced pineapple for dessert. Noel yum.
CREAM OF SQUASH SOUP1 small acorn squash, cleaned and cut into eighths1 small buttercup squash, cleaned and cut into eighths1 large Bermuda onion, chopped 3 quarts chicken stock1/4 cup butter1/4 cup fl oursalt and pepper3/4 cup milkherbed croutons
Place squashes and onion in large pot with stock. Bring to a boil. Simmer until squahses are tender. Remove and reserve stock. Scoop out pulp from squashes. Puree onion and pulp in blender or processor. Melt butter in sauce-pan. Add fl our. Cook 2-3 minutes. Gradually add stock. Add puree. Stir to blend. Cook 5-10 minutes. Add milk. Cook 5 more minutes. Sea-son to taste and garnish with herbed croutons. 16 servings.
SPINACH-CHEVRE POTATO BITES12 small round red potatoes (about 1 pound)1/2 (10-oz) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drainedVegetable cooking spray1 T fi nely chopped onion1 clove garlic, minced1/8 tsp pepper2 drops hot pepper sauce1 tsp lemon juice2 oz chevre (mild fresh goat cheese)1 T skim milk
Cook potatoes in boiling water to cover 20 minutes or until tender; drain. Place thawed spinach on paper towels and squeeze until bare-ly moist. Set aside.
Coat a medium skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Add onion and garlic; saute 2 minutes or until tender. Stir in spinach, pepper and hot pepper sauce; sau-te 2 minutes. Stir in lemon juice; remove from heat. Add cheese; stir until melted. Set aside.
Cut potatoes in half. Scoop out a small por-tion of each potato half with a melon baller, leaving a 1/8” shell. Mash potato pulp with a fork; add milk, stirring well. Add to spinach mixture; stir well. Spoon 1 T into each potato shell. Cover and chill. Yield: 24 appetizers (about 23 calories each).
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Next door, we met Jill Raia’s son and grandson – living out West, that little boy had never seen a snowfl ake before!
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THIN CRUSTED PIZZA6 6” fl our tortillas12 T tomato base pasta sauce11/2 tsp oregano (or basil or thyme)12 T grated pizza cheese6 T grated Chihuahua cheese3 oz sliced pepperoni
Spread each tortilla with 2 T sauce, 1/4 tsp oreg-ano, 2 T pizza cheese, 1 T Chichuahua cheese and 8 pepperoni slices. Arrange tortillas on bak-ing sheet. Bake in preheated 450 degree oven 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are crisp.
CREAMY SPINACH AND SHRIMP DIP1/4 cup cilantro leaves2 scallions, cut into thirds1 garlic clove, minced1 jalapeno, choppedone 10-oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry1/2 cup mayo4 oz cream cheese (1/2 cup)1 T fresh lime juicesalt3/4 pound cooked shrimp, chopped
In a food processor, pulse the cilantro, scal-lions, garlic and jalapeno until fi nely chopped. Add the spinach, mayo, cream cheese, lime juice and salt to taste and process until smooth. Add the shrimp and pulse until fi nely chopped. Transfer the dip to a bowl and refrigerate until chilled before serving.
CRABMEAT DEVILED EGGS12 large eggs (boiled, then cut in half length-wise)3 T mayo1 tsp Dijon mustard (hey, I bought a large jar of Dijon mustard for each of my kids – as I recall, 16 oz. each jar! You can fi nd this at the local GFS, and at a fantastic cost.)2 T fresh lemon juice1/4 tsp salt1/4 tsp hot sauce1/2 pound lump crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage1 oz caviar or salmon roe
Remove the yolks from the whites and put in medium bowl. With the back of a fork, mash the yolks and add the mayo, mustard, lemon juice, salt and hot sauce. Mix well. Add the crabmeat and gently stir to mix. Spoor equal amounts into the egg white halves and chill for at least 2 hours before serving. Serve topped with a half spoon of caviar.
Finally, three great deviled eggs recipes:
DEVILED EGGS WITH SMOKED SALMON AND GREEN ONIONS
1 8-to-9 oz russet potato, peeled, cut into 1/2” pieces6 large eggs1 T olive oil1 T fresh lemon juice2 Tsp Dijon mustard4 T minced smoked salmon (about 1 oz)3 T fi nely chopped green onions
Cook potato in pot of boiling salted water un-til very tender, about 10 minutes. Drain. Cool. Meanwhile, cook eggs as in recipe above. Halve eggs, reserving 3 egg yolks for another use. Com-bine remaining 3 yolks, potato, oil, lemon juice and mustard in medium bowl. Mash with fork until well blended. Stir in 2 T salmon and 1-1/2 T green onions. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Divide potato-and-yolk mixture among hard-boiled egg white halves, mounding slight-ly. Eggs can be prepared 1 day ahead (whew!). Cover with plastic wrap and refrig. Garnish eggs with 2 T salmon and 11/2 T green onions.
CHIPOTLE DEVILED EGGS12 large eggs1/3 cup plus 2 T mayo2 to 3 tsp fi nely chopped canned chipotle chilessalt and pepperfresh cilantro leaves
Cook eggs as above. Peel eggs and cut in half lengthwise. Spoon yolks into small bowl; ar-range whites on platter. Finely grate yolks on small holes of box grater into medium bowl. Mix in mayo, then 2 tsp chopped chipotle chiles. Add more, if desired, for more heat. Season with a bit of salt and pepper and crushed cilantro leaves. Enjoy.
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Pond in Winter Throughout the night deliberate steps of mam-
mals leave an impression upon the sheer sheet of pond where the Great Blue Heron once dipped its beak, where the Wood frogs jumped from the hands of the children, where, in the dead of summer,a Northern Water snake coiled on the bank, alive in the sunlight, but now lies buriedbeneath the glass. Where do the fi sh escape, the minnows, the blue gill? Angels inhabitthe willow trees where Orb Web spiders wove their evanescent graves. Above the house,a secret of smoke. The wood burns inside the grate, as it once smoldered, under leaves.From the winter forest a solitary light rises through a window in thick duskas if surfacing, again, out of water. ---Elise Paschen
Elise Paschen is co-founder and co-editor of Poetry In Motion, a nationwide program which places poet-ry posters in public venues read by over 13,000,000 people to date. She is editor of the New York Times best seller Poetry Speaks to Children.
Her poems have appeared in a variety of antholo-gies and in magazines and journals, including the New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, New Republic and The Nation. She is author of Infi delities (Story Line, 1996) and Houses: Coasts (Oxford Sycamore Press, 1985).
Elise Paschen received her D.Phil., in 1988 from Oxford University and a BA from Harvard in Amer-ican and English literature in 1982. She has taught at the School of the Art Institutes of Chicago and Antioch University as well as other venues.
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Created by local Long Beach artist Connie Kas-sal, the poster captures the bucolic setting of La Lumiere’s campus and evokes the unique charac-ter of the School community in educating students in character, scholarship and faith. The painting depicts students in a diverse community, descend-ing the stairway to success on La Lumiere’s cam-pus with Moore House and the academic campus in the distance. Hand of God, an original sculpture by Swedish artist, Carl Milles, is illustrated in an inset towering over La Lumiere’s lower campus.
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On January 10, 1863, London’s Metropolitan, the world’s fi rst underground passenger railway, opened.
On January 10, 1971, “Masterpiece Theatre” pre-miered on PBS.
On January 11, 1770, Benjamin Franklin, in Lon-don, shipped the fi rst rhubarb to America.
On January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory was created.
On January 11, 1913, patrons of the National Au-tomobile Show in New York City saw a new type of luxury car—the four-door sedan. It was a Hudson.
On January 12, 1896, Dr. H.L. Smith, a professor of astronomy at Davidson College, made the fi rst X-ray photograph in the United States.
On January 12, 1932, Arkansas’ Hattie W. Cara-way became the fi rst woman elected to the United States Senate.
On January 13, 1834, American author Horatio Alger, who wrote a series of books for boys, was born in Revere, Massachusetts. His heroes always rose from tattered poverty to riches and respectabil-ity. This “Rags to Riches” theme became an Ameri-can symbol that, without doubt, propelled many to achieve what appeared to be impossible.
On January 13, 2002, the off-Broadway musical “The Fantasticks” was performed for the last time, ending a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 shows.
On January 14, 1870, in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, the Democratic Party was represented for the fi rst time by a donkey.
On January 14, 1952, the Today show, featuring Dave Garroway as host, premiered on NBC.
On January 15, 1622, French author and dra-matist Jean Baptiste Poquelin, who took the stage name Moliere, was born in Paris. In 1673, while act-ing in his last play, a story about a hypochondriac, he took ill and died within a few hours.
On January 15, 1759, the British Museum was of-fi cially opened in London.
On January 15, 1987, Ray Bolger, best remem-bered for his role as the scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz,” died at the age of 83.
On January 16, 1874, “poet of the Yukon” Robert W. Service, who won fame with such ballads as The Cremation of Sam McGee, and The Shooting of Dan McGrew, was born in Preston, England.
On January 16, 1964, the stage show “Hello Dol-ly,” starring Carol Channing, began a run of 2,844 performances.
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Flying Carpet Takes A “South African Safari”Go wild and explore the world in one country!
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Travels with Charley:
Traveling on a Year’s Pass with Christmas Pastby Charles McKelvy
We have front-loaded the Christmas hype so far in advance of December 25 that, come high noon on Christmas Day, we’ve had enough.
No more holiday music at the stores on December 26, and it’s on to paying the credit card bills and a lingering case of the post-holiday blues.
My old Uncle Jack, God rest his soul, was in the habit of putting the Christmas tree out on the curb by sun-down Christmas Day.
“Christmas is over!” he would declare, washing his hands of the whole wretched affair.
I tried, in my youthful enthusiasm, to convince him that the Christmas season actually begins
on December 25 and that the spirit of Christmas, as stated in so many sparkling cards, should live throughout the year.
Uncle Jack had no use for such silly sentiments, but a dear neighbor did.
She was Elizabeth “Pudah” Peebles, and although she was not related, we always called her Aunt Pu-dah. Like Uncle Jack, Aunt Pudah is celebrating that eternal Christmas season up there in Heaven, but before she left us she left me with the brilliant notion that when one becomes an adult, one can cel-ebrate Christmas as long as one wants, regardless of what the keepers of commerce tell us.
Christmas in Chicago
A McKelvy family Yuletide feast at Miller’s Pub on Wabash.
Chicago’s Christmas tree is a focal point at Christmas.
The Art Insti-tute knows how to dress for Christmas.
Hannah McKelvy (left) enjoys holiday cheer with her son (yours truly)and daughter (Mary Wright) at Miller’s.
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She made that abundantly clear one dreary Feb-ruary afternoon when we kids went across the street to glean wisdom from her about a whole host of subjects, especially her life-long love of birds. (Yes, that’s where I learned to love bird watching.)
As we entered Aunt Pudah’s living room, we couldn’t help but notice that her Christmas tree was still standing proudly in the center of the room, re-splendent with all its decorations.
When we asked why, Aunt Pudah smiled and said: “Oh, I love Christmas so much I don’t want it to end. So I leave my tree up until at least Valen-tine’s Day.”
What a lesson, and I thank you for it, Aunt Pu-dah.
And so in your honor, I have come to leave vari-ous decorations up all year, and the annual Beacher Christmas party has become a wonderful source of year-round delights. We do this ornament exchange,
you see, but there is not suffi cient space here to ex-plain the intricate details of our merry little game.
Suffi ce it to say my fellow elves at The Beacher have furnished us with enough Christmas orna-ments (and sacred Slavonic music) over the years to keep the Yule Log burning brightly in our hearts throughout the year.
So, if you’re suffering from good dose of the post-holiday blues, unpack an ornament and put it up somewhere where you can see it all year and re-member what the season was really all about. And dust off the Christmas CDs and fi ll your ears with Christmas cheer every month of the year.
And thank my Aunt Pudah and enjoy the holi-day pictures that accompany my humble musings. I took them this Christmas Past so we can all have a year-round Christmas Pass.
Merry Christmas, everyone, not matter what the calendar says.
Christmas in Michigan
A nativity scene seen after Christmas Day at Trinity Lu-theran Church in Glendora, Michigan.
Our home in Harbert at
Christmas (and the rest
of the year because we
leave this lights up year-
round. Why not? We’re
adults and can do what we
want.)
Amtrak passengers get this Christmas greeting in Niles, Michigan.
We attended a warm and
friendly holiday gathering
at Merchant Street Cottages in New Buffalo this Christmas
Past.
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January 10 -- Writer’s Rendezvous. 6 pm at the MC Public Library. Share your writing with others. New members invited to attend. Info: 873-3049
January 12 -- 2008 Potawatomi District Klond-ike Derby at Camp Topenebee.
January 12 -- Duneland Weavers’ Guild meeting. 10 am at the Westchester Public Library Annex, 100 W. Indiana St., Chesterton. Program with refresh-ments will follow the meeting. Guests are welcome. Info: 219/322-6505.
January 12 -- “Will Rogers Now” at the Main-street Theatre, 807 Franklin St., MC. 7:30 pm. Tix $13/adults, $12/sen.cit., $6.50/students high school age & under. 874-4269.
January 12 -- Poi Dog Pondering in concert at The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI. 8 p.m. Tix $20; reserve at 269/756-3879.
January 12, 19 -- “The Enchanted Castle,” a family oriented play, at the Memorial Opera House, 104 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso. 10 am. Tix at 219/548-9137.
January 13 -- “Understanding Your Dreams” presented by Terese Fabbri. 2-4:30 pm at the MC Public Library. Free. More info: 874-3754.
January 17 -- Flying Carpet Travelogue series: “South African Safari.” 7 pm at the Elston Per-forming Arts Auditorium, 317 Detroit St., MC. Tix $5adults, $2.50/students at the door.
January 19 -- Summer Festival Meltdown at the Senior Center in Washington Park, MC. 5-8 pm Buf-fet Dinner; 8-11 pm entertainment. Tix $15/adults, or 2 for $25. Entertainment tix only $5. 873-1506.
January 26 -- Mardi Gras Gala presented by St. Mary of the Lake School at the Marina Grand Hotel, New Buffalo. Cocktail reception 5:30 pm MI time; 6:30 pm light dinner followed by dancing. Tix $65; purchase at St. Mary of the Lake School or Church offi ce, NB Savings Bank, Nadra K RE.
Every Monday -- New Buffalo Chess Club. 6 pm (MI time) at the New Buffalo Public Library, 33 N. Thompson, New Buffalo. Open to all ages and skill levels. John Calo, 269/469-6507 or email [email protected]
Places to Visit:Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan
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Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360 Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Open 9 am-4 pm,
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LaPorte County Historical Museum. 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte. Adm. $3/LaP. Co. resident; $5/out-of-county; $3/kids 12-17; free/under 12 yrs. 219/324-6767 or www.laportecountyhistory.org
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. 2nd St., Michigan City. Tues.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm; Sat-Sun, 11 am-4 pm. Closed Mon. Phone 874-4900.
New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. Whittaker St., New Buffalo, MI. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm, (MI time) Closed Sun. 269/469-5409.
Old Lighthouse Museum, Washington Park, MC. Closed for the season. Groups of 10 or more can make appointment at 872-6133 or 872-7128.
Rag Tops Museum of Michigan City, 209 W. Mich-igan Blvd., Michigan City. A collection of classic, antique & unusual vehicles & memorabilia. Open every day 10 am-7 pm. Adm. $6/adults, $5/sen. cit, $4/kids, free/under 3. 878-1514.
Southern Shore Art Association Gallery, 724 Franklin St., Michigan City. Fri., 4-7 pm; Sat., noon-5 pm; Sun., 1-5 pm. 219-861-0186. http://southern-shoreart.org
Farther Afi eld:January 11 -- Opening Reception for the trav-
eling exhibit “Up North with the Hemingways” 5:30 pm MI time, followed at 7:30 pm by the fi lm “Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man” at Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI. $5 donation for refreshments. 269/983-3688.
January 12 -- Riversong Music Society Concert featuring Robert Jones and Matt Watroba at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI. 8 pm MI time. Tix $12/adults, $10/students & seniors (60+). 269/983-3688 or www.boxfactoryfort-hearts.org
Riversong Music Society ConcertTwo of Michigan’s most outstanding musicians,
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Tickets for this Riversong Music Society concert are $12/adults, $10/students and seniors (60+), chil-dren 12 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult.
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EXCLUSIVE DUNELAND BEACH JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT HOMEAt Stop 35 is the perfect place for a summer or winter retreat.
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MICHIGAN CITY BEACH HOUSE. STOP 31/Shoreland Hills. 5BR, 3BA. Recently updated. Huge cedar deck overlooking beautifulviews of yard and creek. Sleeps 10-14. Fully furn. Turn Key. 2.5 blks.
to beach. No smoking or pets. Call to reserve your family and friends get-away vacation! Security deposit required. $200/day. Only 1 hr. from Chicago!
Call 708-774-7196 or [email protected] LONG BEACH TWO STORY HOME
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$1.000/mo. + util. Non-smokers. No pets. Call 630-886-3986.2BR BUNGALOW. Short walk to lake. Unfurnished.
$600/mo. + util. Non-smokers. No pets. Call 630-886-3986.SHERIDAN BEACH. Huge 1BR across from the beach.
Central heat/AC, W/D. Avail. Jan. 1st. $650/mo. 219-872-4446.SHORELAND HILLS RENTAL. 3BR, 2BA, furn. W/D.
2 blks. to lake. Avail. now to 6/30/08. $800 per month includes outdoormaintenance, but not utilities. No Pets. Call Bob N. at (800) 899-2699.
Recently remodeled. “Must See to Appreciate.”CHARMING VINTAGE MICHIANA COTTAGE – ¼ blk. from lake, Stop 37. Furn., delightful décor, 3BR, 2BA, brand new beds & pillows, sleeps 8-9. C/A, frpl, screen porch off lg. kitchen, BBQ, wrap-around deck, loft end
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Yearly lease, security deposit req’d. Call 269-429-3229.
H REAL ESTATE FOR SALE HMICHIGAN CITY BEACH HOUSE/38’ CIGARETTE POWERBOAT.
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Tom 219-861-3800. www.freewebs.com/longbeachhomeMICHIANA SHORES AREA, IN, wooded bldg. sites. City sewer & water. 80 ft. x 130 ft. Walk to beaches! $129,000. Broker/owner 239-283-2437.
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$469,000. Call 219-874-4129.
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Recently, I have been going over old pa-pers left by my parents, past history of my family that absolutely no one but myself would fi nd of interest. But if you’re like me, you fi nd great pleasure in fi nding out the origin of people and things. That’s the premise of this week’s book recommenda-tion -- my fi rst of the new year…
Geraldine Brooks is one smart cookie. She is winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fic-tion for March and also author of Year of Wonders. Being a former correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, she has also written two works of non fi ction: Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence.
Geraldine’s novels are masterworks of weaving real life happenings into fi ctional stories that re-veal what might have happened, and how it might have happened. People of the Book is just such a story…
The “Book” in question here is a fi ve hundred year old haggadah, a Hebrew book read at the Pass-over dinner table. What made it so unusual were the beautiful full color illustrations. It seems back in the Middle Ages Jews took the commandment in Exodus -- “Thou shalt not make unto thee any grav-en image or likeness of any thing” -- very seriously and did not illustrate any of their books. The fi nding of this haggadah turned the world of art historians upside down.
Known as the Sarajevo Haggadah, this rare manuscript turned up in Bosnia in the early 1990s (true), rescued from the Sarajevo museum by, of all people, a Muslim (also true). He was the head of the museum library. Prior to 1894 (when the book surfaced briefl y in Vienna), the story of the Saraje-vo Haggadah and its origins are unknown. But the clues provided by history and the book itself, reveal that it undoubtedly took many people to help keep it intact from those who would destroy it.
Because the book in question is an ancient Hebrew work, you would think the title of this story should be “Book of the People.” Ms. Brooks, however, has decided, quite wisely, to take what she could learn of the haggadah and base her story on the people, people of all faiths, who have kept this beautiful book from being destroyed down through the cen-turies. How one small volume could cause so many people to want to save it is a tribute to humanity and how it can ignore race, religious and political lines when engaged in a common cause; in this case to save a piece of art that is irreplaceable. Think of it, through fi ve hundred years of book burnings and “ethnic cleansing,” Jews, Muslims, Catholics -- all decided that this book had much more than monetary value; it had esthetic and historical value
that was far beyond what it could be sold for. Books are an intrinsic part of man; perhaps, as German poet Heinrich Heine said, “There, where one burns books, one in the end burns men.”
Now, here’s a short rundown of People of the Book…
Australian Hanna Heath was a conser-vator of books and works of art whose rep-utation was world wide. In 1996, she was called to Sarajevo to examine and authen-ticate a haggadah that supposedly dated back to fi fteenth century Spain. She was honored to be picked for this assignment,
put in place by the U.N. forces in charge of war torn Bosnia. She was even more surprised to discover the book’s twentieth century journey that included being saved from the Nazis in World War II and the bombings of the Sarajevo libraries in the 1990s. As she begins the painstaking work of taking the book apart, taking photos of each page, and noting any strange markings or other oddities of the ancient pages, prior to restoring the book for exhibit, sever-al things caught her eye and imagination: an insect wing fragment, wine stain, salt crystals and a white hair. These rather ordinary things set her on a jour-ney that would take her from Bosnia to Vienna to Spain in search of clues to determine the origin of the haggadah.
As Hanna calls on friends and other experts to help her in her quest to fi nd out where the hagga-dah has spent the past fi ve hundred years, chap-ters squeezed in between Hanna’s journey take the reader to different centuries and different locations to paint a realistic picture of the haggadah’s long and strange journey. Geraldine Brooks’ ability to wisk you off from nineteenth century Vienna to fi f-teenth century Spain is as enlightening as a Rick Steves’ travelogue! The rich cultures of Morocco, Spain, Austria and Bosnia are verbally brought to life, while Ms. Brooks deftly sifts in the fascinating people of each location.
Another exciting aspect of this book is the strong female characters you fi nd in Hanna and her es-tranged mother, the esteemed neurosurgeon who thought her daughter had thrown away her life on dusting off books. Fireworks spark when the two are in the same room. Family secrets will arise in unexpected ways and Hanna will fi nally be able to lay aside some of her unresolved confl icts, but not until betrayal rears its head and causes Hanna to doubt herself and her abilities.
This book is simply amazing. Books, history, mys-tery, family ties (and knots) combine to make you sorry when you reach the last page. As a lifelong ar-dent reader, I can’t think of a greater compliment.
Till next time, happy reading!
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