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Volume 26, Number 2 Thursday, January 21, 2010 THE Weekly Newspaper 911 Franklin Street Michigan City, IN 46360 TM Ernest Hemingway learned how to hunt and fish in northern Michigan. That is also where he learned about girls – girls who evidently enjoyed more free- dom than the suburban types his mother would have preferred, back home in Oak Park, Illinois. Those topics – hunting, fishing, and freedom- loving girls – occupy such an important place in Hemingway’s writing that literary critics have had a good time of it, trying to determine where fact ends and fiction begins. In the vicinity of Little Traverse Bay, where the famous author came of age, the search for Heming- way haunts continues to this day. Books are pub- lished, tourists are guided, conventions are orga- nized. The Michigan Hemingway Society has met annually for 20 years and, in 2012, will host the International Hemingway Society. But, says MHS president Mike Federspiel, “We try not to take ourselves too se- riously.” Hemingway Adventures in Michigan by Barbara Stodola The famous author caught huge marlin for the filming of his Nobel Prize-winning book, The Old Man And The Sea. He complained that the fish “never got hooked at the right hour for the Technicolor cameras.” As a little boy, Ernest fished Walloon Lake in northern Michigan, c. 1903. Mid-life sport, medium-sized fish. Hemingway sites constitute a major tourist at- traction in the picturesque town of Petoskey, a one-time lumbering community situated near Lake Michigan. The former train depot now houses the Little Traverse Historical Museum and its nice col- lection of Hemingway photos and artifacts. The original family cottage, which they built in 1899, is a short distance away, on Walloon Lake; and Mrs. Potter’s rooming house looks much as it did in the winter of 1919-1920, when a grown-up Ernest rent- ed an upstairs room and courted Marjorie Bump, a popular local girl. Hemingway Continued on Page 2

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  • Volume 26, Number 2 Thursday, January 21, 2010

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    Weekly Newspaper 911 Franklin StreetMichigan City, IN 46360

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    Ernest Hemingway learned how to hunt and fi sh in northern Michigan. That is also where he learned about girls girls who evidently enjoyed more free-dom than the suburban types his mother would have preferred, back home in Oak Park, Illinois.

    Those topics hunting, fi shing, and freedom-loving girls occupy such an important place in Hemingways writing that literary critics have had a good time of it, trying to determine where fact ends and fi ction begins.

    In the vicinity of Little Traverse Bay, where the famous author came of age, the search for Heming-way haunts continues to this day. Books are pub-lished, tourists are guided, conventions are orga-nized. The Michigan Hemingway Society has met annually for 20 years and, in 2012, will host the International Hemingway Society. But, says MHS president Mike Federspiel, We try not to take ourselves too se-riously.

    Hemingway Adventures in Michiganby Barbara Stodola

    The famous author caught huge marlin for the fi lming of his Nobel Prize-winning book, The Old Man And The Sea. He complained that the fi sh never got hooked at the right hour for the Technicolor cameras.

    As a little boy, Ernest fi shed Walloon Lake in northern Michigan, c. 1903.

    Mid-life sport, medium-sized fi sh.

    Hemingway sites constitute a major tourist at-traction in the picturesque town of Petoskey, a one-time lumbering community situated near Lake Michigan. The former train depot now houses the Little Traverse Historical Museum and its nice col-lection of Hemingway photos and artifacts. The original family cottage, which they built in 1899, is a short distance away, on Walloon Lake; and Mrs. Potters rooming house looks much as it did in the winter of 1919-1920, when a grown-up Ernest rent-ed an upstairs room and courted Marjorie Bump, a popular local girl.

    Hemingway Continued on Page 2

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    Hemingway Continued from Page 1

    Petoskeys cool summer breezes and outdoor life-style appealed to Ernests parents, Dr. Clarence Hemingway, an obstetrician and avid sportsman, and his wife Grace Hall Hemingway, who had given up a promising opera career in favor of motherhood. They spent every summer at Windemere, their Wal-loon Lake cottage, with their growing family four daughters and Ernest, the only boy until Leices-ter came along sixteen years later. Dr. Hemingway taught the children to swim. He spent much time fi shing and hunting with Ernest, cautioning the boy not to shoot anything he did not intend to eat. Dr. Hemingway fi gures prominently in the early short stories.

    After high school graduation, Ernest went to work as a reporter for the Kansas City Star. He did not at-tend college. Eager for adventure, he volunteered as a Red Cross ambulance driver during World War I, but was seriously injured on the battlefi eld. He spent six months at a hospital in Milan, Italy, then returned to Michigan, to recuperate. Though these experiences provided rich material for stories, Hemingways fi rst attempts at fi ction met with re-jection, and he continued to eke out a living with journalistic assignments.

    During the summer of 1921, while working in Chicago, Hemingway became engaged to Hadley Richardson, a young woman from St. Louis. The

    The family vacationed together every summer, but a teen-aged Ernest soon showed a spirit of indepencence and adventure.

    The Hemingway family cottage, with front porch now enclosed, was built on Walloon Lake in 1899, the summer of Ernests birth.

    All six children piled into the Hemingway rowboat for this snapshot, c. 1916: Ernest, his four sisters, and little brother Leicester.

    Potters Rooming House, a white frame house, looks much as it did in 1919-20, when Ernest returned to Petoskey to recover from war wounds.

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    Hemingway Continued on Page 4

    In the summer of 1921, Ernest and Hadley were married in Horton Bay, Michigan. The couple posed with his mother and little brother.

    Hadleys parents were both deceased. With her small trust fund, and Hemingways income as a for-eign correspondent for the Toronto Star, the couple managed to spend a few idyllic years in Paris. They used their tiny Paris apartment as a jumping-off point for excursions to bullfi ghts in Spain and ski-ing trips to Austria. They became acquainted with

    couple went up to Michigan for their wedding, which took place Sept. 3 at the Methodist Church in Horton Bay. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of friends, the Dilworths, and the couple honeymooned at Windemere. We both had colds, Hadley later recalled, but When we got over our colds, we went into Petoskey. Ernest took me from house to house introducing me to all of his old girls.

    Horton Creek, where Hemingway loved to fi sh for trout, is mentioned in at least fi ve of his short stories.

    Horton Bay General Store, where the post offi ce was

    housed, is supposedly the place where Hemingway

    received the kiss-off letter from the nurse he had fallen for

    in Italy.

    other expatriates in France, and moved in literary circles with such notables as Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hemingway, however, resented authors who came from more privileged backgrounds Harvard-edu-cated, wealthy, or married to wealthy women. He began to paint unfl attering portraits of them in his fi ction.

    While in Paris, Hemingway also wrote stories set in the Michigan background of his youth: shooting squirrels and an occasional heron, hiding out from the game warden, dallying in the woods with chum-my girls, riding the rails, meeting bizarre charac-ters like grossly obese prostitutes and a crazed ex-prize-fi ghter. It took years for some of these stories to appear in print. Hemingway had trouble fi nding a publisher. A further complication ensued when Hadleys suitcase, containing all his manuscripts, was stolen from a train station in Paris. Up in Mich-igan, a story Gertrude Stein had not approved of, was the only early story to survive, because it was left in the apartment.

    The Perry Hotel, built in 1899, is the last of Petoskeys original resort hotels. Hemingway stayed here with a friend,

    in 1916, after a camping trip.

    Jespersons Restaurant, still serving home-style cooking, was said to be a favorite hangout of Hemingways in Petoskey.

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    Hemingway Continued frpm Page 3

    In 1924, as two books of short fi ction were coming out, Hemingway wrote to his old friend Bill Smith that almost everything worth a damn had been what he wrote about Michigan. Bill appears in some of these stories. So does Nick Adams, the alter-ego Hemingway invented. With Bills encouragement, Nick breaks up with Marjorie in The End of Some-thing, telling her It isnt fun anymore. Not any of it. The names of his Michigan friends, as well as author friends, are altered too slightly to leave much doubt about their true identities.

    In Cross-Country Snow, Nick laments his upcom-ing trip to the States, due to his wifes pregnancy. George, his ski buddy, says, Maybe well never go skiing again, Nick, to which Nick responds, Weve got toIt isnt worth while if you cant.

    Hemingways wife did indeed have a baby. After-ward, they returned to Paris; but Bumby, as they nicknamed the little boy, proved to be a distraction to Hemingways writing, and also to the couples so-cial life. In 1926 The Sun Also Rises, his novel about Parisian expatriates and Spanish bullfi ghts, was published, to great acclaim. It established Heming-way as a fi rst-rate author and in fact a celebrity. But fame and fortune could not save the marriage. Hemingway was already enamored with another member of their Paris circle Pauline Pfeiffer, a wealthy woman from Arkansas, who was a corre-spondent for Vogue Magazine. He married her on May 10, 1927, fi ve weeks after fi nalization of the divorce.

    Hemingways memoir of Paris, A Moveable Feast, was reissued in 2009, with an introduction by his grandson, Sean Hemingway. The book is a fond reminiscence of those magical years when youthful adventurers from Americas heartland played out their dreams and ambitions on a European stage, between two great wars. The Paris years estab-lished a pattern in Hemingways personal life: with each of his four wives, he moved to a new locale. Af-

    Sean Hemingway, grandson of Ernest and Pauline Hemingway, spoke at the recent conference, where he also signed copies of the reissued book, A Moveable Feast.

    Pinehurst, the Dilworths cottage at Horton Bay, hosted the wedding breakfast for Ernest Hemingway and his bride, Hadley.

    Wherever he was, books mattered to Hemingway as much as his sporting life.

    ter leaving Paris, he never again lived in a big city.During the twelve years of his marriage to Pau-

    line, Hemingway wrote two of his most famous nov-els A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, both war stories, both made into Hollywood movies. His love of sporting adventures expanded famously, with African safaris, deep-sea fi shing in the Caribbean, and novels based on his worldwide experiences. Though he stayed in touch with old friends from Michigan, Hemingway had no inten-tion of living there again because, he said, its too civilized now.

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    The Ly-co-ki-wi trail on U.S 20 just west of Kemil Road in Furnessville is one of the most popular cross country ski trails in the national park. The various trail loops offer opportunities for a short or long ski experience. The loops can be as short as 1.2 miles or as long as 6.5 miles depending on how you choose to ski. A warming hut is open on Saturdays and Sun-days from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. as long as there is enough snow base to ski. You can park your car at either the Ly-co-ki-wi trail head or at the parking lot on Kemil Road and Hwy 12 in Beverly Shores-- both lots allow access to the Ly-co-ki-wi trail.

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    Remember a few years ago when MySpace was all the rage? Currently, Facebook is the social net-work at the top of the pack. I found a former ac-quaintance while tapping into the Facebook pipe-line, only to discover that I would have to sign up for my own Facebook account to get any additional in-formation. After my brief encounter with Twitter, I will wait before deciding to register on another pop-network. So far, no luck fi nding this acquaintances contact information on Google or WhoWhere. The Facebook people are probably gloating. In light of the Haiti earthquake, many people have been using Twitter and Facebook for tracking lost relatives and friends. Ill attempt to capture more information on the helpfulness of those sites in time for next weeks column.

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    Arounder (www.arounder.com). Found while wandering some architecture sites. A treat if you like those 360 virtual tours. This site has the po-tential to be a decent tourist reference (if you hate Google Earth, for example). Trouble is, there are only a handful of places around the world that have been captured here. But, youll always have Paris. And Rome, Florence, Savannah, Georgia and a few other choices.

    Design Home Tours (www.designintuit.com). If you like paging through Architectural Digest but are too cheap to subscribe to it, this website might fulfi ll your cravings. My time spent at this site was totally escapist. Use it to shut out the world or to gather ideas for your own home. Your choice.

    New York Social Diary (http://newyorksocialdiary.com). I would like to think that I am too above ever coming home from the supermarket with a National Enquirer. I can fool myself and others by glomming onto the content of the online New York Social Diary instead. Here, you can get your gos-sip and still feel like you are above the hoi polloi. Actually, if you read the doings of the Big Apples social elite regularly, you might be able to scoop the tabloids. The doings of celebrities and those well-bred socialites will be good fodder for conversation at your next social gathering.

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    Sound Sleeping (www.soundsleeping.com). I guess you could consider this an app. All you will fi nd is a set of sound volume adjusters and a choice of vibes, rain, thunder, ocean, chimes, songbirds and seagulls. Make your own sound mix, then lay back and snooze thanks to the soothing sounds.

    This app would be perfect to pull up from your book-mark menu during those times at the offi ce when the stress is driving you nuts.

    The Holiday Spot (www.theholidayspot.com). I am mentioning this site earlier than I intended. In a few weeks, we will be celebrating Groundhog Day, Valentines Day and Chinese New Year. The Year of the Tiger celebration coincides with the big red hearts, roses, and gooey candy day. Ironic that this is the Year of the Tiger. The Holiday Spot is fi lled with informative stuff, including popular Chinese New Year recipes. Plan ahead.

    Its a Creole Evening at MainstreetThe Festival Players Guild will present an early

    Mardi Gras celebration when Dennis Stroughmatt and et lEsprit Creole comes to Michigan Citys Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin St., on Sat., Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14/adults, $13/senior citi-zens (62+) and $7/students high school age and be-low. An optional pre-show Mardi Gras dinner at 6 p.m. also is available as a package which includes theatre ticket and dinner for $28.00. Reserve at 874-4269.

    The dinner preceding the concert will be offered at Traditions Heritage Room adjoining the theatre and will include such Mardi Gras musts as gumbo, Cajun rice and beans, jambalya and other Cajun and Creole favorites along with Mardi Gras party favors. The dinner package is by advance reserva-tion with reservations due by 5 p.m. Wed., Jan. 27.

    Dennis Stroughmatt is an Illinois native who was fi rst introduced to American French culture as a teenager near Old Mines, Missouri. It was there that he spent two and a half intensive years record-ing, observing, and learning many of the Creole French traditions still alive in Upper Louisiana. The knowledge that he gained there included a cen-turies old French Creole fi ddling style and a wealth of stories and songs from story tellers and singers which have been handed down generation to gener-ation in Missouri and Illinois for nearly 300 years.

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    Matt Turino is the newest and youngest member of the band. Already a good musician, he grew up with music in his household being the son of Cham-paign, IL musician Tom Turino.

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    Phone the Coolspring Branch at 879-3272 to reg-ister by January 25th. There is no charge. Phone 219/362-6156 to request signing for the hearing im-paired 48 hours in advance.

    ECMC Offers WorkshopsThe Entrepreneur Center of Michigan City is of-

    fering the folowing workshops:Social Media Boot CampWed., Jan. 27, 8 a.m.-noonCost $60 ($50 MC & LP Chamber members)This session will give you an explanation of social

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    QuickBooks Ala CarteThurs., Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-noonCost $59 ($49 for MC & LP Chamber Members)A variety of specialized QuickBooks Topics, de-

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    Valparaiso University Recital SeriesSun., Jan. 24 Violinist Dr. Gregory Maytan, as-

    sistant professor of music, and pianist Dr. Joseph Bognar, associate professor of music, will perform violin sonatas by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Dr. Maytan is a featured prize winner in the International Chamber Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, and his recent album Scandinavia was selected by The Strad magazine as the top recital CD of April 2009.

    All recitals take place at 3 p.m. at the Valpo Cen-ter for the Arts on campus. The recitals are free and open to the public.

    More information about Valpos Department of Music, including upcoming concerts and recitals, is online at http://www.valpo.edu/muisc or by phoning (219) 464-5162.

    Astronomy Event at Conway ObservatoryCalumet Astronomy Society (C.A.S.) volunteers

    will host a special public event at Conway Obser-vatory on Wednesday through Saturday, Jan. 27-30 from 7-9 p.m. The event coincides with the January opposition of Mars.

    The planet Mars holds a lot of fascination for the public, so we hope people attend despite the prob-able cold temperature, says Chris Brownewell, who will be giving a presentation about the Mars Opposition in a sheltered area each night. He says that Mars will reach a respectable 14 arc seconds in size. Not as large as the 2003 opposition when Mars reached 20 arc seconds in size, but large enough to see considerable detail on the planet surface. Dur-ing January the north pole of Mars will be tilted towards Earth and, although it is turning spring in the northern hemisphere of Mars, we may get a view of the northern polar hood.

    NEW THIS YEAR CAS has established a ho-tline telephone number for information on their events - 773-639-5491. This provides updated in-formation about CAS events and weather cancella-tions on short notice.

    The event is open to everyone. Families and school groups are especially welcome. Please do not use standard fl ashlights in the observing area. Exposure to white light, even briefl y, will seriously impair night vision making observing diffi cult. Red fi ltered fl ashlights can provide illumination with-out affecting night vision. You can easily make a red light by cutting the end off a red balloon and putting it over a standard fl ashlight.

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    Resolve to be More Arty in 2010!Did you know that creating art can reduce stress

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    Lubeznik Center is proud to offer a wide range of creative learning opportunities, from tried and true favorites such as Neil Kienitzs very popular Water-color class and Connie Kassals Acrylic Painting, to innovative, new classes, such as The Write Word with LaPorte Countys Poet Laureate, Susan Block and Working with Mandalas, an exotic approach to integrating art-making and self-investigation. For kids, Alison Jaksas Young Artists Studio will continue with brand new projects and Edwin Shel-ton will be teaching Paper Mach Magic.

    Youll fi nd something of interest for every mem-ber of the family among our Spring offerings, but dont wait until the last minute to sign up! Classes fi ll fast.

    Acrylic Painting, all levelsAdults & Teens. Instructor: Connie Kassal.

    Wednesdays, March 3 May 5, 2:30 5:00 p.m.Adult Drawing-Adults & Teens. Instructor: Neil Kienitz. Mondays, Feb. 15 May

    3, 7:00 9:00 p.m.Adult ImprovisationInstructor: Peyton Daley. Mondays, Feb. 15

    March 22, 6:30 8:00 p.m.Adult Watercolor, BeginnersInstructor: Neil Kienitz. Tuesdays, Feb. 16 May

    4, 7:00 9:00 p.m.Adult Watercolor, IntermediateInstructor: Neil Kienitz. Tuesdays, March 16

    May 4, 7:00 9:00 p.m.Creative Dramatics-Ages 8 12. Instructor: Peyton Daley. Mondays, Feb. 15

    March 26, 5:30 6:30 p.m.Drawing for Young People II-Ages 11 16.Instructor: Neil Kienitz. Saturdays, Feb. 20

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    Teens. Instructor: Linda Sorkin Eisenberg. Satur-days, April 10 & 17, 1:00 4:00 p.m.

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    Teens. Instructor: Amanda Heise. Thursdays, Feb-ruary 4 March 4, 6:30 8:30 p.m.

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    NEW! Working with Mandalas-Adults & Teens. Wednesdays, May 5, 12 & 19, 6:30 8:30 p.m.

    NEW! Scrapbooking for Beginners-Adults and Teens. Instructor: Lee Ann Killingbeck. Thurs-days, March 11- April 1, 6:30 8:00 p.m.

    Teen Acting and Improvisation-Ages 13-20.Instructor: Peyton Daley. Sundays, February 21

    March 28, 5:00 6:30 p.m.NEW! The Write Word-Adults. Instructor: Susan Block. Wednesdays, Feb. 3

    24, 7:00 8:30 p.m.Young Artists Studio-Ages 7 12. Instructor: Alison Jaksa. Tuesdays, Feb. 16

    April 27, 3:30 5:30 p.m.Download the entire catalog at lubeznikcenter.

    orgThe Lubeznik Center is located at 101 W. 2nd St.,

    at the lakefront in Michigan City, IN. Gallery Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Galler-ies are closed on Mondays. For more information, please visit www.lubeznikcenter.org or phone 219-874-4900.

    Legos at the LibraryLegos at the Library will be held from 11:00 a.m.

    to 1:00 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 23 in the large meeting room at La Porte County Public Library, 904 Indi-ana Ave., downtown LaPorte. Families with chil-dren ages 7-12 are invited to listen to a few stories centered around the theme, Robots, at 11 a.m., or just drop in any time to build your own Lego robot.

    There is no charge or registration. Phone 219/362-7128 for more information and 219/362-6156 to requst signing for the hearing impaired 48 hrs. in advance of the program.

    Wordfest at Valparaiso UniversityAn Indiana author of nonfi ction, Susan Neville,

    will present and discuss her work Jan. 25 at Val-paraiso University as part of Wordfest, an annual celebration of literature, poetry and the written word on campus.

    The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in Brauer Mu-seum of Art at Valpos Center for the Arts and is free and open to the public.

    Neville is the author of four works of creative nonfi ction and a prize-winning collections of short fi ction.

    Neville lives in Indianapolis with her husband and two children and teaches writing at Butler Uni-versity.

    Wordfest, an annual series of readings by distin-guished authors and poets, panel discussions and student writing contests, is sponsored by Valpos Department of English and Cultural Arts Commit-tee. For more information, phone (219) 464-5278 or visit www.valpo.edu/english

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    American Red Cross Blood Drives When: Fri., Jan. 22, from 7 a.m.-noon Where: LaPorte Hospital, 1007 W. Lincolnway,

    LaPorte. All presenting donors will receive a free pocket calendar. Phone 219/326-1234 to schedule your blood donation appointment.

    When: Mon., Jan. 25, from 1-6 p.m. Where: St. John Kanty in the Fellowship Hall,

    600 E. & 700 N. in Rolling Prairie. This blood drive is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Phone 219/778-4017 for additional information.

    When: Tues., Jan. 26, from 1-6 p.m. Where: Bethany Lutheran Church, 102 G St.,

    LaPorte. Individuals who are 17 years of age, meet weight

    and height requirements (110 pounds or more, de-pending on their height) and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. Bring your Red Cross blood donor card or other form of ID.

    Center for History Films on LincolnA series of fi lms on Abraham Lincoln is being

    shown at the Center for History, 808 W. Washing-ton St., South Bend, at 2:30 p.m. each Friday in conjunction with the exhibit, Lincoln: The Man You Didnt Know. Tickets are free with the purchase of a museum admission, which is $8/adults; $6.50/se-niors; $5/youth 6-17 or college; and free/members. The fi lms are part of the Lincoln Lecture, Film and Theatre Series.

    On January 22 and 29, The Prisoner of Shark Island will be shown. This fascinating drama is based on the true story of a physician accused of participating in the conspiracy to assassinate Abra-ham Lincoln in 1865.

    Young Mr. Lincoln will be shown on Feb. 5 & 12. Few historical fi gures are as revered as Abra-ham Lincoln, and few director-star pairings embody classic American cinema as perfectly as that of John Ford and Henry Fonda. Fonda gives one of the fi n-est performances of his career, as the young pres-ident-to-be, struggling with an incendiary murder case as a novice lawyer.

    In Abraham Lincoln, which will be shown on Feb. 19 & 26, silent fi lm master D.W. Griffi ths of-fers a detailed biographical sketch of the 16th presi-dent. Depicted in the fi lmGriffi ths fi rst talkie--is Abraham Lincolns birth in a log cabin, the tragic death of his fi rst love, Ann Rutledge, his debates with Douglas, his accepting of the presidency, the terrible toll of the Civil War, and fi nally the tragic assassination at Fords Theatre.

    Lincoln: The Man You Didnt Know explores Lin-colns boyhood in Indiana, his connections to Indiana as an adult, and Indianas reactions to his years as President. Visitors can also learn about the conspir-acy concerning the assassination. For more, phone (574) 235-9664 or visit www.centerforhistory.org

    Art For All Time Multimedia ShowA new planetarium show all about art will be

    featured in Merrillville at the Pierce Middle School Planetarium, 199 E. 70th Place, Merrillville, IN, in January. The show is called Art for All Time and tells the history of art in a multimedia show on the dome of the planetarium.

    This show will be a public show on Fri., January 22, 29 and Sat., Jan. 23 & 30. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.

    A member of Southern Shore Art Association (Michigan City) wrote, directed and developed this show. Tickets at the door are only $3.00. Phone the school at 219/650-5308 for more information.

    Woodstock 40th Anniversary Concert Audiences will enjoy a step back in time with the

    band Mockingbird on Sat., Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. MI time at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI, for a concert celebrating the 40th an-niversary of Woodstock. The concert will feature songs performed at this pivotal music and cultural event which took place in August of 1969. Mock-ingbird will include songs originally performed at Woodstock by The Who, Crosby, Still and Nash, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Richie Havens and others. Audience members are invited to come dressed up like a hippie and join in the fun.

    Formed in the spring of 2009, Mockingbird is made up of Paul and Pat Hanks and John Tolhui-zen.

    Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors over 60. Children under 12 are free accom-panied by a parent. More at 269-983-3688 or check online at www.boxfactoryforthearts.org

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    Writers RendezvousWriters Rendezvous at the Michigan City Public

    Library is looking for a new volunteer coordinator. If youre interested, phone 873-3049 for more infor-mation. No meetings are scheduled at this time.

    Dunebrook PlaygroupA Dunebrook Playgroup will be held at 6:30 p.m.,

    CST, on Mon., Jan. 25 at La Porte County Public Li-brary, 904 Indiana Ave., downtown LaPorte. Birth-to-fi ve-year-olds and their caregivers are invited. There will be songs, a storytime, and activities. Baby Talk preliteracy skills will be incorporated as well.

    There is no fee. Registration, by phoning 1-800-897-0007, is requested so that a free book can be provided by Dunebrook for each family in atten-dance. For more information, phone 219/362-7138. or to request signing for the hearing impaired 48 hours in advance.

    Michigan City Ice Skating Rink Hours The Michigan City Parks & Recreation Depart-

    ment announces its winter ice skating rink sched-ules as follows:

    Washington Park Ice Skating Rink (85 x 125)Lighting: 5:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.Warming Barrel, fi rewood and bleachers are on

    site. No skate rental available so bring your own gear. FREE. Ice conditions are contingent on weath-er; skate at your own risk.

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    Basket Weaving Class at LibrarySat., January 30, 9:15 a.m.Margie Warner teaches this single-session class

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    Caribbean Music on Steel DrumSun., Jan. 24, 2 p.m., Michigan City Public Li-

    brary.Kent Arnsbarger is an award-winning percus-

    sionist teacher at LaPorte High School. Thats his day job. But his heart and soul go into his perfor-mances on the steel drum. Step out of the cold and enjoy music to transport you to a sunny and warm place in your mind. This program is free and open to the public.

    Book Signing at Historical Soc. MuseumLa Porte author, Catherine Lanigan, will be hav-

    ing a book signing at the La Porte County Historical Society Museum on Sat., Jan. 23. The book signing will take place from 1-2:30 p.m. The public is in-vited to bring their own books from home or may purchase copies of her Angel Watch series of books at the museum, that day only. Regular museum ad-mission will apply.

    Catherine Lanigan is the best-selling author of over twenty-six published titles in both fi ction and non-fi ction, including the novelizations of Romanc-ing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile. She has also written over a half-dozen anthologies, includ-ing Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dream and Chocolate for a Womans Heart. Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her novel The Christ-mas Star won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine for 2002. Recently, Allworth Press released Lanigans how-to book on writing: Writing the Great American Romance Novel. Ms. Lanigan is a frequent speaker at liter-ary functions and inspires audiences with her real stories of angelic intervention from her Angel Watch series of books.

    The La Porte County Historical Society Museum is located at 2405 Indiana Ave., La Porte, and is open Tues.Sat., 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. Phone ahead for admission prices at 219-324-6767, or visit www.la-portecountyhistory.org. The facility is accessible to those with disabilities.

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    Melissa Kraus is offering piano lessons and el-ementary age tutoring by appointment. Piano les-sons are child centered and children can start as early as age 3. Tutoring can reinforce academic skills being taught at school. Sessions are $10/1/2 hour and offered through the week. Melissa has an undergraduate degree in Music Therapy and a Mas-ters in Education. More information: 219.221.6560.

    Morning Out Boot Camp Exercise Class has added a new Saturday 8 a.m. class to the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30 a.m. line up at a cost of only $5 per class. Instructor Amy Shinn reported 18 women attended her last Wednesday morning class. Phone Amy at 219-210-9385 to RSVP for class. Baby sitting available for Mon., Wed., Fri., classes only.

    Long Beach Fitness Center and Cardio Aero-bic Class instructor Donna Knoll invites new par-ticipants to attend their fi rst class for free! Bands, balls, weights and steps are used for a well rounded workout. Class is held Mon., Wed., & Fri., 8-9 a.m. for $5/per class. More information at 219-879-1395.

    Professional Dance Instructor and award winning chorographer Larry Payne is offering Tap Dance Classes on Thursday at 7 p.m. with a new Jazz Dance Class beginning in Feb. 219-707-7391 to register for either class. Tuition by the month.

    We welcome Yoga Instructor Lauralee Silkor-ski back to the Midwest after her week long medi-tation and Integrative Restoration Technology Cer-tifi cation. Class schedule includes Beginner fl ow Yoga on Wed. & Fri., 10-11:15 a.m., and Gentle In-termediate Flow on Tues., 6:15-7:30 p.m. RSVP to 219-861-7394 and for information on possible class changes. Drop in rate to participate is $12 with dis-count 10 and 25 class pass available. Also available by appointment only is Yoga Deep, a personal one on one restorative yoga experience.

    Licensed Massage Therapist Julie Sosa and Chakra Bliss Studio invite you to Start January off with restoring your health, get a massage. For an informative consultation and to schedule an ap-pointment, phone Julie at 219-561-3522.

    Lake Shore Group closed AA meeting is held on Monday evenings. There is an open meeting ev-ery 4th Mon. Our Side of the Beach Al-Anon Fam-ily Group meeting is held every Wed. evening. Both groups meet at 7 p.m. in room #10 and use the Fit-ness Center entrance.

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    Travels with Charley:

    In the Wake of Marquette and Joliet to the Chicago Riverwalkby Charles McKelvy

    The Beachers erudite man of maritime affairs, one William Bill Keefe, chanced to be my seatmate recently on a Chicago-bound South Shore train, and he asked me what my plans were for my day in the city.

    I said I was going to dine at the Rhapsody Restau-rant at noon with my friend David Ley who would then join me for the Chicago Symphony Orchestras concert at 1:30 p.m.

    Noting that our train was due to arrive at Ran-dolph Street at 10:25, Mr. Keefe said that gave me ample time with which to explore the great city at the mouth of the Chicago River.

    I supposed I might wander north across the river and poke about the Magnifi cent Mile, and Mr. Keefe thought that sounded like a plan, given the days serving of soggy weather. Bill Keefe was heading in to see a maritime editor for whom he writes, and so he bid me fair winds and following seas at the Van Buren station.

    I had in mind, as I detrained a moment later at Randolph, something on the order of the seminal expedition in 1673 by Jesuit missionary Father Jacques Marquette and Quebec explorer Louis Jo-liet. You may recall that they went in search of a great river leading to the west. I knew all about their journey from my careful reading of Chicago history, particularly of Finis Farrs appropriately titled, Chicago (Arlington House, 1973).

    Mr. Farr notes on page 12 that Marquette and Jo-liet entered the upper Mississippi on June 17, 1673 and claimed the stupendous discovery for France. But, Farr adds, it was on their return journey when the famous pair entered the Des Plaines, and talk-ed with Indians who guided them through the Chi-cago River portage to the lake.

    They immediately recognized the signifi cance of the Chicago portage, and Joliet wrote in his report that the cutting of one canal through half a league of prairie at this place would allow boats to pass on a continental waterway reaching from the St. Law-rence to the Gulf of Mexico.

    Well, imagine my astonishment as I sloshed north through the drizzle to Wabash and the river and discovered a park of some sort right along the waters edge.

    The noble spirits of Marquette and Joliet bid me explore farther, and so I descended the steps and found myself standing in a lovingly groomed memo-rial to Chicagoans who had given their lives in Viet-nam. Having known one such soldier from our alma mater, Morgan Park High School, I went to the wall and found his name and respectfully rubbed my fi n-ger across it and removed my hat in silent tribute.

    A memorial to Chicagoans who made the ultimate sacrifi ce in Vietnam. You will fi nd it on the south bank of the Chicago River between

    State and Wabash.

    And then I turned and realized that the park be-tween State and Wabash on the south bank of the river actually headed east toward the lake on what a conveniently placed sign said was the Chicago Riverwalk, which provides a continuous walkway (from State Street) along the Main Branch of the Chicago River to Lake Michigan. The existing dock wall (under the Wabash Bridge) was extended into the Chicago River by welding new steel piles and pouring concrete, creating a new strip of usable land. This extended space underneath each bridge (Wabash, Michigan, Columbus, and Lake Shore Drive) now allows a pathway where none existed before. Enjoy this unique urban view (while) walk-ing along the rivers edge.

    Oh, did I enjoy it, and, as I walked eastward to-ward the mouth of the mighty Chicago River, I re-called how the late Mayor Richard J. Daley had dreamed of folks catching fi sh along the banks of a river that is as much a part of Chicago geography as is Lake Michigan.

    The view from under the Columbus Drive Bridge. Is this cool, or what?

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    Richard the First would be most pleased with what his son, Richard the Second, has done here, I said to myself as I walked under Wabash Avenue on the new strip of usable land.

    And looking up at that pair of Chicago icons, the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower, I could only wonder what Father Marquette and Louis Joliet would make of the view. But then they had had a grand vision for the mouth of the Chicago River.

    A view of the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower that Marquette and Joliet would really appreciate.

    I walked all the way east to Lake Shore Drive and was told by a city bridge inspector who was out inspecting the recent painting of the Columbus Drive Bridge that the Riverwalk joins the famous lakefront path just east of Lake Shore Drive. And, he said, the city intends to extend the Riverwalk west to where the river splits, and then run it south along the South Branch to the south end of the cen-tral business district.

    The bridge inspector was pleased with the paint job, and I told him I was even more pleased with the newest jewel in Chicagos crown: the Chicago Riverwalk.

    Portal to adventure at Wabash and the

    Chicago River.

    Then I made my way back to Wabash from whence I came, noting all the way that there was much to explore on future visits, particularly the Bridgehouse Museum which is nestled inside the southwest tower of the Michigan Avenue Bridge. It is open seasonally between March 15 and October 31, so count on some spring training to see how the museum reveals the story of how the Chicago River changed with the growth of Chicago.

    Lovely landscaping at the foot of the Michigan Avenue Bridge along the Chicago Riverwalk.

    I was also pleased to see a sign of summer in a notice from a local vendor hawking bicycles for rent. What better way to explore river and lake?

    And though I made my discov-ery off season, I was pleased to see a vessel from the Metropoli-tan Sanitary District plying the placid river of my childhood.

    The Chicago Riverwalk awaits your explorations next time you

    have free time in Chicago. And you can prepare for your expedition by visiting the City of Chicagos website at: CityofChicago.org and clicking on the Chicago Riverwalk, and the Bridgehouse Museum site at: www.bridgehousemuseum.org.

    Marquette and Joliet will be with you all the way, and Bill Keefe will be pleased as well.

    Heading west along the Chicago Riverwalk toward the Wabash Avenue Bridge.

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    Activities to ExploreIn the Local Area:January 21 -- NATIONAL HUGGING DAYJanuary 21, 28 -- Chess Club at the MC Public

    Library. 3:30 pm with instructor Roy Quiriconi. For all ages and all skill levels. Free. 873-3045.

    Beginning January 15 -- Puppet Parlor The-atre pesents The Snow Queen at Marquette Mall, MC. Performances Wed/11 am & 4:30 pm; Fri/4:30 pm; Sat/11 am, 2 pm & 4:30 pm; Sun/2 pm. Adm. $5. Info: Ralph Kipniss, director, 219/210-3428.

    January 21 -- Swimming With Piranha with local adventurer Michael Drayton. 6 pm at the La-Porte County Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave., La-Porte. Free, open to the public. 219/362-6156.

    January 21 -- Flying Carpet Travelogue series: Steamboat Passage to Alaska. 7 pm at Elston Per-forming Arts, Detroit & Spring streets, MC. Tix $5 at the door.

    January 21, 22 -- Bookmarks at 2 pm.Valpo his-tory professor Buzz Berg will review Nothing to Fear: FDRs Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America by Adam Cohen. Thurs-day at Westchester Twp. History Museum, 700 W. Porter Ave., Chesterton and Friday at the Michigan City Public Library. Free, open to the public.

    January 23 -- Book Signing at LaP. Co. Histori-cal Society Museum, 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte. 1-2:30 pm. Catherine Lanigan (author of Romanc-ing the Stone) will sign copies of her Angel Watch series. Purchase books there or bring your own books for her to sign. Regular museum admission will be charged. 219-324-6767.

    January 24 -- NATIONAL COMPLIMENT DAY

    January 24 -- Caribbean Music on Steel Drum by Kent Arnsbarger. 2 pm at MC Public Library. Free and open to the public.

    January 24 -- Valparaiso University Recital Se-ries. 3 pm at the Center for the Arts on campus. Featuring violinist Dr. Gregory Maytan, assistant professor of music, and pianist Dr. Joseph Bognar, associate professor of music. They will play music by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Free, open to public.

    January 25 -- Wordfest at Valparaiso University. 7 pm in Brauer Museum of Art on campus. Susan Neville will discuss her work. She is an award-win-ning author from Indianapolis. Free, open to the public.

    January 26 -- Harbor Country Book Club. 7:30 pm MI time at the Harbor Grand Hotel, New Buf-falo. Fun House by Alison Bechdel will be discussed. New members are welcome to attend.

    January 27 -- Luau at the Library. 6 pm at Coolspring branch library, 400N & Johnson Rd., MC. Nibble island food while listening to island folklore, then do the limbo! Free, open to the public.

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    2010 Board of Directors AnnouncedAt the December 2009 annual meeting, The Li-

    brary Friends of Three Oaks selected the 2010 Board of Directors: Ellen Block, president; Martha Franklin, secretary; Sharon Peterson Flick, trea-surer; and directors Barb Docpker, Norma Hoadley, Linda Stroehl and Faye Sittig.

    The Library Friends of Three Oaks is a volunteer community organization. The library serves both Three Oaks and Chikaming Township communities and is located at 3 North Elm St., Three Oaks, MI. Their phone number is 269/756-5621.

    January 30 -- Basket Weaving Class at MC Public Library. 9:15 am. Margie Warner teaches this class and each person will make a basket to take home. $10 non-refundable deposit reqd. See the basket and sign up at the circulation desk. 873-3049.

    January 30 -- Dennis Stroughmatt and et lEsprit Creole in an early Mardi Gras celebration concert. 8 pm at Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin St., MC. Tix $14/adult, $13/seniors (62+) & $7/students high school age and below. Reserve at 874-4269. Dinner pkg. (dinner & ticket) for $28 if reserved by Jan. 27.

    Farther Afi eld:January 23 -- Woodstock 40th Anniversary Con-

    cert presented by the band Mockingbird. 8 pm MI time at Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI. Tix $8/adults, $6/students & seniors (60+); 269-983-3688 or www.boxfactoryforthearts.org

    Through January 24 -- Appeal to Patriots: The Lincoln Highway. Center for History, 808 W. Wash-ington St., South Bend, IN. Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm. Adm. $8/adults, $6.50/seniors, $5/ages 6-17. 574/235-9664.

    January 27-29 -- Actors From the London Stage present Romeo & Juliet at Notre Dame Univer-sitys Washington Hall, South Bend, IN. 7:30 pm Eastern time. Tix $20/gen. public, $18/senior citi-zens, $12/students; 574-631-2800 or www.perform-ingarts.nd.edu

    January 27-30 -- Special Astronomy Event at Conway Observatory, Lowell, IN to coincide with the opposition of Mars. Calumet Astronomical So-ciety will host. 7-9 pm ea. nite. 773-639-5491. Take I-65 south to Rt. 2 exit west toward Lowell; south on Hendricks to the T at Belshaw; east on Belshaw to the fi rst right and south for 1 mile. Story elsewhere this issue.

    Through March 19 -- Harley-Davidson: Build-ing a Legend. Exhibit at the Studebaker National Museum, 201 S. Chapin St., South Bend, IN. View 100 years of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and his-tory of the company. Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm. Adm. $8/adults, $6.40/seniors (60+), $5/6-18 yrs. Info: 574/235-9714.

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    Corporate and Industrial Video Productions Contact: Patrick Landers at Midwest Video Communications

    219-879-8433 or [email protected] PLUS. Clothing alterations.

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    CLEANING - HOUSEKEEPINGPERSONAL TOUCH CLEANING -- Homes - Condos - Offices. Day and afternoons available. - Call Darla at 219/879-2468.

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    FINISHING TOUCH: Residential & Specialty Cleaning ServiceProfessional - Insured - Bonded - Uniformed

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    Ref. avail. Bonded & insured. Melissa 219-898-1060.Snow flakes are fallin; trees are freezin

    I still clean during any season.DEBS CLEANING SERVICE 219-861-0554

    FINAL TOUCH HOUSE CLEANING & WINDOW WASHING.Reasonable. Quality service. Ref. Avail. Call Debbie at 219-879-1429.

    HANDYMAN-HOME REPAIR-PLUMBINGQUALITY CARPENTRY: Expert remodeling of kitchens, bathrooms.

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    H & H HOME REPAIRWe specialize in: Carpentry Finished Basements New Baths Decks

    Electrical Plumbing Flooring Ceramic Tile Drywall/Painting Power Washing. Jeffery Human, owner -- 219/861-1990.

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