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Map Exhibits Open Doors to Old, New Worldsby William F. Keefe

In the subdued light of the connecting exhibit rooms the ghosts of mapmakers past have gathered in convention. They have come to take a silent part in the Chicago mapmania of late 2007 and early 2008.

You can’t hear them because, as c a r t o g r a p h e r s ’ wraiths, they speak an extinct tongue called randmacnallyan. For the fascinated visitors the Babel of their discussions comes through as whispers.

Together, they offer proof that there’s nothing like an exhibit in-cluding ancient maps to tickle your vocabulary, spark your imagination, and awaken your already insatiable interest in history.

Ponder for a moment a frag-mented map of Rome, one of more than 165 maps of varying ages, stages of preservation, and weights currently on display at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History and Chicago’s Newberry Library. A blurb extolling the Rome map indicates that it dates from about 210 of the Christian Era.

“Imagine standing before a wall, clad in marble (the wall, not you), 40 feet high and 60 feet long,” reads the blurb. “Now picture the city of Rome, all of it, its streets and structures, engraved into the marble.

“These fragments are the remains of such a map,” adds the caption. In the same glassed-over case you

can eyeball the remains: some 10 pieces of white stone, each about three inches thick.

Move on through this entrancing Field Muse-um gallery of maps. Each project a mapmaker’s concept(s) of some portion of the Earth’s - or the

heavens’ - or the seabed’s - or some literary fairy-land’s topography and characteris-tics. Each tells a story beyond what maps are sup-posed to do - an-swer three ques-tions:

• Where am I?• Where do I

want to go?• How do I get

there?What, then, is

the backstory on the 100-plus maps in the museum exhibit? These historic maps, charts, and geo-graphic diagrams serve, in their ag-

gregate, to throw light on the motif, “Finding Our Place in the World.”

The 65-plus maps on display in the Smith and East galleries of the Newberry Library have their own thesis: “Mapping Manifest Destiny: Chicago and the American West.” As various texts explain, these maps open geographical and historical doors on the American West. They document Western ter-rain, fi x its boundaries, examine the exploitation of natural resources that took place, and demonstrate how land development became commonplace.

Maps Continued on Page 2

The north facade of the Field Museum is appropriately identifi ed as the site of the epoch-making map exhibit that began on November 2nd. (Keefe photo)

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Maps Continued from Page 1

A World of DiversityThe historic maps in both exhibits range across

so many expanses of novelty and artistic invention that it’s easy to lose oneself in hyperbole. Some ex-amples of how the maps differ:

• They represent virtually every era and epoch back to a few hundred years before the Christian Era. No one has found the crude fi nger map that Fred Flintstone drew to show where the fi sh were biting. But one ink-on-papyrus map dates from the Egypt of the pharaohs. In this example, an unknown mapmaker drew the outlines of the Egyptian Lake of Fayum in about 330 B.C.E.

•The materials on which maps were drawn or in-scribed included just about everything but old in-ner-tubes. Cartographic drawings have come down to us not only on papyrus but also on parchment, ceramic plate, eucalyptus bark, plaster, brass, oak wood, stone, clay, and of course marble.

Not to leave out any map-bearing or indicating materials, “A 1940s navigational chart from the Marshall Islands was made of wood and twine,” ac-cording to a Field Museum notation. A 19th cen-tury map found among the Luba, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, came from the workshop of an unidentifi ed mapmaker. The artisan in this in-stance used wood and beads to fashion his map.

Embroidering on cloth, a pair of British ladies, apparently sisters, in 1588 completed a map of Eng-land using - what else? - thread. The sisters were Mary Ann and Elizabeth Saunders.

• Clearly, some inquisitive minds will stop at nothing to create a map. Given the immense variety existing among historic maps as regards materials used and dates of appearance, it would naturally follow that the subjects chosen for mapping would extend forever. The expectation here is the reality.

Small size was no barrier in the olden days to vaulting ambition. In 1581 one Michael Merca-tor created a medal marking Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world. Made of silver, the medal measured about three inches in diameter. What images were engraved on the two sides?

One side shows one-half of the terrestrial ball on which we spend most of our days. The other side of the medal bears a likeness of the other half of our world. The medal is a small part of the Field Mu-seum exhibit.

There are, of course, maps that cover expanses of walls. Most, however, are smaller than your garden-variety tourist map of Washington D.C.

Among them all, at both the Newberry and the Field Museum, one may outrank all the others. In fact, the book titled Geography or The Geogra-phy by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria, Egypt has earned respect bordering on glorifi cation. According to Jim Akerman, director of the Newberry’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartogra-phy, Ptolemy’s work “Without question is the most infl uential geographical work of all time.”

What’s in the book? “Most of the major principles of modern cartography hail from Ptolemy’s work,” notes Akerman, “from the concepts of latitude and longitude to the idea that maps should be drawn ac-cording to a uniform scale.” Remarkably, from a his-torical perspective, Ptolemy compiled his fi ndings and theories in the second century of the Christian Era.

Scholars still study Ptolemy’s work, its 26 color maps, and its antiquated map of the world. Some of the fi rst printed editions of the work are included in the Newberry exhibit while specifi c maps appear in the Field Museum show.

A Catalogue of Famous NamesThe Chicago celebrations of maps and mapmak-

ing showcase almost as many historically eminent

A hurricane developing over the Atlantic Ocean? No, not at all. It’s a map of Amsterdam in The Netherlands that dates from the 1540s. (Field

Museum Exhibit Collection).

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A young map afi cionado studies a 1677 road map of England and Wales. The inscription announces that the map covers “All England with the most

important distances, Adapted for the use of Travelers.” (Keefe photo)

names and borderline-famous references as a Hol-lywood Academy Awards presentation. The name Mercator, already mentioned, provides one example. A Flemish cartographer whose fi rst name is given elsewhere as Gerardus, Mercator was the leading mapmaker of the 1500s. As a lasting claim to fame, he drew a world map in 1569 that introduced a new way of showing the roughly globe-shaped earth on a fl at surface.

What has come down to us as “Mercator projec-tion” shows the “meridian” (lines of longitude) and the ”parallels” (lines of latitude) as straight lines that cross at right angles. “The straight lines, plus a compass, help navigators plot accurate routes,” notes one authority. Mercator was also the fi rst to identify a collection of maps as an “atlas”.

Where Mercator projection enjoys universal use in large area maps, the same is hardly true of one en-try of Leonardo da Vinci. Not that Leonardo minds. His “Sketches for the Street Plan of Imola, Italy” still shows the touch of the master. Dated 1502, the Sketches are portions of a manuscript made with ink on paper and are included as part of the Field Museum exhibit.

Others by Leonardo that are viewable at the Field include the artist-scientist’s map titled “Central It-aly” and another resembling an engineer’s designs and described as a “Plan to Regulate the Arno River in Florence.” Both are listed as manuscripts; the former was done using chalk and pigment on paper while the latter utilizes ink and pigment on paper.

Inevitably, the age of Columbus and other explor-ers established a need for maps and charts of many different kinds showing many different places. An-swering the need with their own sometimes sketchy maps were Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquista-dor who in 1524 drew a chart of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan; French explorer Samuel de Cham-plain, creator in 1607 of the “Description of the Coasts, Ports, Roads, (and) Islands of New France;” and Englishman John Smith, author in 1612 of “A Map of Virginia” that proved to be exceptionally ac-curate.

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Other greats whose maps have assumed stature as historical documents include:

• Thomas Jefferson, who in 1770 used ink, pencil, and paper to complete a “Survey of the Elk Hill Es-tate near Richmond, Virginia.”

• Abraham Lincoln, whose 1836 ink-and-paper “Survey Plat of Huron, Illinois” is also part of the Field Museum exhibit.

• Lyman Frank Baum, American author who in 1914 included a map of the fi ctional Land of Oz in his book Tik-Tok of Oz.

• William Faulkner, author, whose map of the imaginary literary region called Yoknopatawpha County appeared in map form in Faulkner’s 1936 book, Absalom, Absalom!

• Benjamin Franklin and David Hartley, who about 1783 developed a printed map of the Gulf Stream.

• George Washington, who drew up a “Survey of Mt Vernon” in 1760.

• Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War mapmaker who fi rst surveyed and later put on paper a “Sketch Map by a Union Topographer” of a portion of the Lynch-burg Road. The date was August 11, 1863.

How Would We Live?The exhibits at the Newberry and the Field Mu-

seum are both unique and hugely thought-provok-ing. They make us wonder how we would live with-out maps. Seen from one perspective, they suggest clearly that maps, charts, and their ilk are essential-ly historical in that they provide evidence of earthly phenomena that once interested people - or decided the fates of families or nations, or that guided seek-ers to urgently sought destinations.

The Chicago maps are microcosms. They offer views of imaginary or real scenes or worlds. They contribute to our knowledge or the “Wheres” in our universe - and also to many of the “Whys.” They are adjuncts to study and keys - even if sometimes crude - to geographic riddles.

They take us on a journey, as the Chicago Mari-time Society bulletin says, “through landscapes of time and space, science and imagination.”

One map, not to be missed, is a history lesson in lines of varying thickness. Drawn by French map-maker Charles Joseph Minard, the printed map has the punchy title “The Loss of Men during Hannibal’s March to Italy, 218 B.C. (top) and Napoleon’s March to Moscow, 1812-13 (bottom).” A half-inch thick line representing Hannibal’s march grows only fraction-ally thinner as the army heads east through the Alps. Lesson: Hannibal lost very few troops.

Starting at about the same width from France, the line representing Napoleon’s force loses about half its thickness as the line (Napoleon’s army) nears Moscow. The line showing the return march dwindles virtually to the width of a thread. A caption explains that the French conqueror left France with 422,000 troops and returned with some 10,000.

As for the nitty-gritty, the exhibit at the Field Museum began on November 2 and will continue until January 27, 2008. The Field Museum is lo-cated at 1400 Lake Shore Drive. The museum can be reached at 312/922-9410 or on the web at www.fi eldmuseum.org

The Newberry Library is located at 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago. Its exhibit of some 65 maps began on November 4 and will continue until February 16, 2008. The phone number is 312/255-3700. The web address is www.newberry.org

If you have problems fi nding either site, your best bet is to consult a map.

As do we all at one time or another, Jennifer Forrester of Michigan City consults a street map before climbing into her car. Street maps become

more useful as gas prices rise. (Keefe photo)

“Napoleon’s March to Moscow” 1812-13 shows the number of soldiers going to Moscow (thick line), and the number of men on the return march (thin line). Drawn by French mapmaker

Charles Joseph Minard. (Photo from Internet).


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by Dawn Komasinski

Chesterton High School is located at 2125 South 11th Street, just outside of downtown Chesterton, Indiana.

The Duneland Performing Arts Series, which be-gan this September, has since welcomed musical group, Smooth Country; improv comedians from The Second City; and most notably, the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra (NISO), to Chester-ton High School’s grand auditorium. In the coming months, this stage will embrace the likes of jazz sextet, the Mike Frost Project; vocalist, Loralee Songer; dance company, Hubbard Street 2; pianist, Chris Wagoner; and once again NISO in and of itself and also with two other fractions of this acclaimed symphony, the Brass Quintet and the Woodwind Quintet. As you see, the productions span differ-ent genres, some classical and others avant-garde. While each is quite different in their particular ar-tistic form, all have impressive resumes in the per-forming arts and are bringing remarkable talent to our area.

Chesterton High School Music and Performing Arts Director, Christopher Brush, who has just begun his second year of tenure at Chesterton High School, conceptually designed the Duneland Performing Arts Series. I took the opportu-nity to speak to Brush about the implementation of this performance series and this season’s featured artists just days before the NISO’s sold-out performance took to the stage.

It was during a show choir competition held at Pike High School in Indianapolis last year that Brush, along side colleague, Tom Schnable, was prompted

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Although the Duneland area is in close proximity to Chicago, Brush has learned that few locals actu-ally get the opportunity to see acclaimed performing artists on stage and those that do, do so infrequent-ly or only after spending a great deal of money. The Duneland Performing Arts Series brings an array of interesting and diverse performers to the stage in a convenient setting at reasonable rates. As Brush states, “We have made it so that the performances are affordable and accessible to the people of this and surrounding areas. The performances are most-ly mid-week, which allows us to secure such well-known performers as The Second City and Hubbard Street 2, who perform at larger venues for several thousands on the weekends.”

Worth noting is that this month’s NISO perfor-mance featured twelve Chesterton High School music students, who were given the opportunity to sing the Mozart’s Requiem along side the symphony chorus under the direction of Nancy Menk of St. Mary’s College. “Such an experience is unique for high schoolers,” Brush explains, “to sing not only with a professional orchestra led by a professional conductor, but to do so on their own stage is a great opportunity.”

Chesterton High School’s attractive auditorium offers a comfortable seating capacity for 1020 peo-ple and this season of the Duneland Performing Arts Series has thus far has been a success. The No-vember 16th event showcasing NISO was sold-out and The Second City performance in October was at 90% capacity. As far as upcoming productions go, the February NISO event and April’s Hubbard Street 2 shows have greatly exceeded the advance ticket sales goals. As Brush puts it, “Finding that we’re fi nancially solvent in just the beginning of our fi rst season is a thrill…we are defi nitely looking for-ward to next year.”

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Brush, a recipient of a Master’s Degree in Mu-sic from Ball State University, is a gifted performer himself and has graced many stages throughout his life. As a native of Fort Wayne, Brush has been involved in musicals, stage productions and a va-riety of ensembles throughout high school and col-lege, and hopes to encourage the same love for the performing arts to the students of Chesterton High School as he has. While Brush had only minimal practical experience when he fi rst arrived at Ches-terton High School, he has certainly proved himself to be benefi cial to the ever-evolving artistic nature of the Duneland area and will be appreciated for his contribution to our community for years to come.

For more information about the Duneland Per-forming Arts Series, look to future editions of The Beacher for pre-opening news releases of the ongo-ing season. To purchase advance tickets, contact Chesterton High School’s box offi ce by telephone at 219-983-3730 ext. 7286 or by e-mail at chsboxoffi [email protected]. Chesterton High School is located at 2125 South 11th Street, Chesterton, In-diana, 46304.

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“Jingle, Jangle and Toot!” Jingles, jangles and toots are among the “Sounds

of the Season” audiences will experience at the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert Dec. 8th, 7:30 p.m. MI time on Lake Michi-gan College’s Mendel Mainstage, Napier Ave., Ben-ton Harbor, MI.

Audiences will fi nd themselves feeling festive as the SMSO performs several traditional holiday classics. “The Autumn and Winter Concertos from the Four Seasons” by Vivaldi will also evoke a sea-sonal mood.

In addition, some very unusual instruments will be performed during “The Seasonings”, a work by Peter Schickele’s fi ctitious 18th century “alter ego” PDQ Bach. Unusual and humorous noises will be heard as kazoos, slide whistles, a shower hose and an instrument called a Tromboon are played during the piece. A vocal quartet including SMSO trombone player Gary Cooper, SMSO trumpet player Steve Orejudos, Soprano Lisa Faletto, and Alto Lisa Kris-tina will join in the merriment and perform solos within “The Seasonings”.

The Symphony Chorus, conducted by Julie Lind-say Grenon and the Lake Michigan College Chorus, conducted by Dan Hendrickson plan to perform a mix of holiday favorites.

Maestro Robin Fountain will host a Pre-Concert Conversation beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Mendel Center’s South Training Room. These Pre-Concert Conversations are free and open to all ticket hold-ers. They provide an insight into the music to be performed as well as why the music was selected for the evening’s program.

In addition, you will be able to give the gift of mu-sic with SMSO Christmas gifts in the form of gift certifi cates and Flex Passes in custom gift wrap, for everyone on your holiday gift list. The gift ideas will be located in the lobby before and after the concert.

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The Lubeznik Center’s Gallery Shop The Lubeznik Center for the Arts Gallery Shop is

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Women in Engineering and TechnologyPurdue University North Central Women in En-

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Bryan Lubeck at the Box FactoryNationally recognized guitarist Bryan Lubeck

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Bryan will perform many of his most popular Christmas numbers from the critically acclaimed CD “We Three Strings.” He will also preview cuts from his new studio CD “Vineyard Romance.”

“We Three Strings” was one of the top 10 holi-day CD’s on radio stations nationwide and sold over 20,000 copies in 2006. Bryan’s Box Factory ap-pearance is jointly sponsored by Tabor Hill Winery, COSY 98.3 and the Box Factory.

Bryan combines the romance of Spanish guitar with the hip groove of contemporary rhythm and blues for a show that is both exciting and fun. For-merly a St. Joseph resident, he has shared the stage with top acts in the country including Richard El-liot, Brian Culbertson, Mindi Abair and a number of Grammy nominated artists.

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Lions, Tigers and Magic, Oh My!A special presentation, “Mystical Magic of the En-

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Brought to you by a non-profi t foundation, this show teaches children as well as adults the dangers of drinking and driving, saying no to drugs, the im-portance of staying in school, and how to help save our environment also teaches about endangered animals and their environments, al while using breath-taking magical illusions. Baby lions and ti-gers are used in the show.

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13th Annual Holiday at the Pops La Porte Hospital Foundation will present the

13th annual “Holiday at the Pops” concert on Dec. 8, at the La Porte Civic Auditorium. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. CST. The public is invited to attend this evening of beautiful symphonic music provided by the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra. Adult balcony seats are $10 and children (12 and under) balcony seats are $5. They highly recommend advance purchase for bal-cony seats, as last year the concert was a sellout. In the event of a sellout, tickets will not be available at the door. For tickets, phone the La Porte Hospital Foundation at (219) 326-2471 or toll free (877) 265-4539 or visit www.laportehealth.org/foundation and click on special events.

The La Porte County Symphony Orchestra, un-der the direction of Maestro Philip Bauman, will be joined by the Michigan City High School Chorale directed by Dennis Kienitz, a community children’s choir directed by Matthew Nelson, dancers from DanceTech directed by Kelley King-Cole, and vocal soloists Brandon Williams, Kathy Spiegel, Gabby Gootee, Juna Johnson and Haynen Johnson - Hoo-sier Star Finalists.

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Toboggan Time Trials at Pokagon SPBundle up, get a team, and head to Pokagon State

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The special event, which features the state’s only twin-track, refrigerated toboggan run, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Teams will compete against a radar gun and time clock. Prizes will be awarded for the fastest in each division.

There will be four team divisions: (1) men’s team, up to four people, (2) women’s team, up to four people, and (3) family team (immediate family members, up to four people). (4) Prizes will also be awarded to the best, most creatively dressed team. This can be a team of up to four people of any gender or relation.

As with all tobogganing on the Pokagon run, all participants must use the state park’s toboggans. Toboggan fees are $10 per hour, per toboggan. A driver’s license is required for renting up to four to-boggans. Each toboggan holds up to four people.

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Valparaiso’s Bach Choir, Bach Orchestra and guest soloists will perform two Baroque works that are among the most popular sacred works of the Ad-vent season at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of the Resurrec-tion on campus. Following the concert is a holiday dinner and recital featuring Jan Vogler, one of the world’s most acclaimed young cellists.

Tickets to the afternoon concert are $15/adults and $10/senior citizens and students; phone (219) 464-5162 for tickets or visit the Valpo ArtsMedia Web site at valpo.edu/vuca/valpoartsmedia.

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Bach’s “Magnifi cat” is the song of Mary, mother of Jesus, as recounted in the Gospel of Luke, while Vivaldi’s “Gloria” begins with the announcement of the birth of Jesus to the shepherds.

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p.m. in Valparaiso’s Center for the Arts. Reserva-tions are required for the dinner, which will include hand-carved roast pork with roasted Fuji apples and

a cider sauce or vegetarian lasagna. Cost of the din-ner is $20, and reservations may be made by calling the VU Box Offi ce (the Box Offi ce will be closed Nov. 21-25).

Vogler will perform a recital of unaccompanied Bach Suites at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. The recital is free and open to the public.

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Next time you have to wait for a South Shore Freight train to pass, please consider that those hard-working railroaders have been relieving high-way congestion since 1916.

Yes, and as I was recently privileged to discover, the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad is so serious about serving their freight customers along the southern rim of Lake Michigan that they made nearly $9.5 million in capital improvements in 2006. The largest purchase, according to the rail-road, was 100 covered coil cars acquired in June 2006 to enhance the company’s freight service to its steel customers.

And, as I saw when I went out on the line, South Shore Freight serves such major steel customers as Mittal Steel (formerly Bethlehem Steel), U.S. Steel, Primary Steel-Chicago, and Roll Coater Inc.

South Shore Freight, which is based right here in Michigan City, is truly good for business and good for Northwest Indiana.

So it was only natural that those community-minded railroaders would invite The Beacher to send one of our correspondents along with a sea-soned South Shore Freight crew for a working day on one of America’s hardest working short-haul rail-roads.

The Beacher’s Tom Montgomery and the South Shore’s Lance Werner decided that I would be the best correspondent for the job since I keep a full set of work clothes in my closet, and so, on the morn-ing of Halloween 2007, I found myself at the Car-roll Avenue Shops staring at a pair of idling orange locomotives and awaiting further instruction from James C. Thompson, the South Shore’s able Vice President of Operations.

Engineer Frank Milcarek guides Extra 2002 West out onto the Shore Shore main.

South Shore Freight Extra 2002 West waits at Bailly for a coal train to “shove” into Mittal Steel.

Conductor David Kist tends to the paper-work aboard South Shore Freight’s Extra 2002 West.

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The bane of a brake-man’s existence – throw-ing switches. Chuck Stantz says he has lost count of all the switches he has thrown in his 10 years with South Shore Freight.

Train 2002 crosses the fi nal bridge on the way to

the CN main at Kensington.

Jim Thompson began with a thorough safety briefi ng that emphasized that one should always look both ways before crossing any tracks, one should never leave a moving train, and that “any time is train time.” Then he happily informed me that I would ride the South Shore Freight all the way from milepost 32 at Shops west to milepost 75 at Kensington in Chicago and then over the Canadi-an National (formerly Illinois Central) main to the Belt Railway Company of Chicago in the shadow of the Skyway Bridge at 95th Street to deliver and pick up cars, and then back to the South Shore’s Burnham Yard just east of the passenger station at Hegewisch.

“You’re going to see the railroad from one end to the other,” Jim Thompson promised.

And then he delivered me to the good care of South Shore Freight President Henry Lampe who wished me a safe and productive day on the rail-road and graciously consented to an interview for a future issue of The Beacher. And, yes, Mr. Lampe, I most defi nitely want to accept your kind offer, and I am thinking that one of the fi rst issues of 2008 would be the appropriate place in which to publish your thoughts on how the South Shore is “connect-ing industry and delivering value.”

Once Mr. Lampe was satisfi ed I was good to go out on the property, I was entrusted to the care of Engineer Frank Milcarek, Conductor David Kist, and Brakeman Chuck Stantz and invited to climb aboard the lead unit in a pair of GP38-2 locomotives that were part of an order of ten built in 1981 for the South Shore by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in LaGrange, Illinois.

And, yes, all ten are running strong and proving to be incredibly reliable haulers of freight. And, you fellow choo-choo cuckoos will be happy to know, the

GP38-2 is powered by a 2,000 hp, 10-cubic inch, two-cycle diesel engine with DC motors over four axles. Three of those mighty orange locomotives can haul 17,000 tons of freight over the railroad, so when the folks at the South Shore say they have been reliev-ing highway congestion since 1916, they mean it.

And my South Shore hosts meant what they said when they promised a great day of railroading with Frank Milcarek, David Kist, and Chuck Stantz, all three of whom hail from the La Porte area. Of the three, David Kist was the most senior with more than 33 years of service and less than two years un-til retirement. Frank Milcarek is a 15-year veteran, and Chuck Stantz, who is also a Qualifi ed Engineer, has been aboard for ten years.

Conductor Kist bid me take the seat of honor on the port bow (sorry, once a sailor, always a sailor), and Engineer Milcarek then piloted us back a ways on the South Harbor Branch where Brakeman Stantz “lashed” seven cars from Kingsbury to the trailing engine.

Looking up from his ever-present pile of paper-work, Conductor Kist explained that we were run-ning as “Extra 2002 West” and that we would pro-ceed to Bailly where we would pick up an additional 18 cars.

“We’ll end up with about a 3,000-ton load,” Con-ductor Kist said.

And so we did. And so I soon learned that our maximum speed for the day would be a vigorous 35 mph and that “light engines”-- or those who no trail-ing cars -- may go as fast as 55 mph.

And I discovered at 11th and Franklin that loco-motives trip a circuit there that activates three stop-lights at a time along 11th Street. And, yes, those signs along the right-of-way with a big “W” on them do mean “whistle,” and they do mean for the engi-

neer to sound the whistle, or horn, in the following se-quence before ev-ery crossing: two longs, a short, and a long.

Continued on Page 26


And, yes, all three members of my host crew ear-nestly hope that you will make the following early New Year’s Resolution and start sticking to it now: Look both ways before crossing any and all tracks, and when the crossing lights are red, stop and re-main stopped until the crossing is free.

Watching cars dodge the gates ahead of us was not fun, and I cannot imagine what it must be like for veterans like David Kist, Frank Milcarek, and Chuck Stantz.

I do know that the three of them worked a pro-ductive 10-hour shift on Halloween. They dutifully

delivered every car to its proper destination before parking their locomotives at Burnham Yard for the next shift and catching an eastbound passenger train for home.

What impressed me most was how focused and friendly the three of them were throughout a long, and sometimes trying day. They had a serious mis-sion – moving tons upon tons of vital freight – and they accomplished it with a sense of purpose that other professions would do well to imitate.

So next time the gates go down and the lights be-gin to fl ash, do not hesitate to salute South Shore Freight for their vital service to our region.

Continued from Page 25

A hardworking crew at day’s end at Burnham Yard: (left to right) Conduc-tor David Kist, Engineer Frank Milcarek, and Brakeman Chuck Stantz.

A hardworking crew at day’s end at Burnham Yard: (left to right) Conduc-tor David Kist, Engineer Frank Milcarek, and Brakeman Chuck Stantz.

Keeping track at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago yard near the Skyway Bridge.

David Kist proves that conductors do more than paperwork and talk on the radio.


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This is the year Bistro on the Boulevard turns ten years old. This fi ne restaurant’s grand celebration occurred just days before our Bridge club headed there for lunch and a table. So very sorry we missed the celebration – our partner Betty Jo tells us it was outstanding. She and her husband have attended for a number of years and recently introduced us card partners to the fi ne restaurant. Situated in a fi ne hotel in downtown St. Joseph MI, it’s a mere forty-fi ve minute drive from Michigan City.

Chef Ian Barker graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York and went on to work with a number of famous chefs in New York City and in France – Chefs Jean Banchet, Jean Mo-rel, Jean-Jacques Rachou and Restaurateur Danny Meyer. Chef Barker tells us “Those were the days when fi ne dining was only French, chefs were only men, and the intensity and hierarchy of the kitchen created a competitive spirit that was all about en-durance. It was the unoffi cial ‘fi nishing school’ for what have become the rising stars of American cui-sine. My peers on the line include New York’s most infl uential chefs that have gone on to elevate the cu-linary craft into today’s food-savvy frenzy.” He now feels, having returned to Michigan, it is his turn to give back, add infl uence and convey to the next gen-eration what it means to offer a labor of love. One fi ne fi ne chef indeed.

During their ten-year anniversary, Bistro on the Boulevard offered Bistro Wednesdays – fi ne three course dinners every Wednesday for a mere $20. Our Bridge club was told the Wednesday special dinners will continue. Too, they presently offer a monthly wine tasting series – exploring regional, varietal, vertical, horizontal and even eclectic com-parisons of wines.

The Wine Spectator awarded the Bistro “for hav-ing one of the most outstanding restaurant wine lists in the world.” The list features a combination of hard to fi nd, highly allocated boutique wines as well as terrifi c values from the French countryside. We’re also told: Optimist Hours – “Glass half emp-ty? Half full? It’s half price Monday through Friday from half past four to half past seven!

Santa Claus is coming three Sundays in Decem-ber – 9, 16 and 23 at lunch time 11:30 to 1:30. Tra-ditional family Christmas favorites will then be of-fered for a special holiday buffet. And they will be offering very festive dinner specials to celebrate on New Year’s Eve.

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One week has passed since we’ve pushed off from groaning, Thanksgiving food tables all across the country. Next up are the many parties from early December through New Year’s. So here I am, talk-ing about some food related sites this week.

Free Rice (www.freerice.com). While most of us sit around with comfortably-full tummies, there are many, many people in the world who do not. This website is a humanitarian effort to help those less fortunate. Instead of just clicking on the site as some others have one do, this one offers a ben-efi t to the person who donates: a stronger vocabu-lary. Free rice is an interactive site. Whenever you guess (or know) the correct defi nition of a word, the site tallies up 10 grains of rice for each correct an-swer. Thus far I have donated approximately 2,000 grains, and my level is at 42, which I fi gure ain’t too shabby. The numbers of people logging on and play-ing this vocabulary-building game for a good cause keeps multiplying, too. The daily tallies are pres-ently around 200.000 grains. The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program. Teach-ers with computers in their classrooms will fi nd this site benefi cial for their students. So will those who might want to enter a spelling bee sometime in the future. Heck, the site is good for anyone to use. In sum, have fun while doing some good for those less fortunate.

Meals Ready to Eat (www.mreinfo.com/us/mre/). How do our soldiers in the fi eld keep hunger at bay? What are in those dehydrated packages that the military issues to its servicemen? Here is a place that will answer all those questions. In addition to providing background history about the MRE, the site has posted its 2008 menu. There are 24 differ-ent menus, and each meal provides about 1250 calo-ries. The meal contains an entrée, side dish, cracker or bread, spread, desert, candy, beverages, a spoon, matches, chewing gum, creamer, sugar, salt, and toilet paper. Also a fl ameless ration heater is packed with the MRE so that a soldier can warm his entrée, if he or she wishes. There are kosher versions of the MRE too for those who require it. The site has some reviews of the different items on a menu. Curious reading, I found it.The site also has a link to in-formation about purchasing civilian MRE’s, in case you want to stock your bomb shelter or hole up in the mountains for the remainder of your days.

Best Pics Around (http://bestpicsaround.com). Enough about food. Now we turn to photogra-phy, a favorite subject of mine. As an alternative to the popular Flickr website, Best Pics Around is far smaller and less cumbersome to fi nd your way around. You might even say that it’s tiny compared to other photo websites. That’s okay. There really

are some great pics here. Not all a great, though. I enjoyed the scenic Yellowstone photos, as well as the Apple Art, weather (particularly the Swiss ice storm shots), and pets taking baths. I am a sucker for the cute pet pix on the Web. Photographers ex-perience or not can submit their photos for possible inclusion on the site. Viewers have an opportunity to rate them, too.

Gallery of Trees at Symphony CenterThe fi nal exhibit of the year for the (LaPorte

County) Symphony Center & Gallery, located at 614 Lincolnway, downtown LaPorte, consists of a “Gal-lery of Trees.”

The concept of the traditional Christmas tree will forever be changed after viewing this exhibit. However, traditional holiday music will be played throughout the exhibit on the Saturdays of Decem-ber anytime from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Most of the music will be live performances by various members of the LaPorte County Symphony.

On Fri., Nov. 30, there will be an open house from 4-7 p.m. There is a $10 admission for hors d’oeuvres and libations. 100% of the proceeds will benefi t the LCSO and Symphony Center and Gallery. RSVP 219-362-9020. The Symphony center is located at 614 W. Lincolnway, La Porte.

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Country Christmas Parade and FOTO FestThe Friends of Three Oaks (FOTO) and the Three

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TOBA will host the annual Country Christmas Holiday Parade beginning at 11a.m. MI time – don’t be late...it will be brief, breezy and fun. If you want to be in the parade, meet at Dewey Cannon Park at 10:45 a.m.

Prior to the parade from 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m., chil-dren are invited to have breakfast with Mrs Claus and Prancer at the Featherbone Restaurant. Kids can also visit with Santa and Mrs Claus at the Three Oaks Library, directly after the parade.

Following the parade, the Friends of Three Oaks (FOTO) will host “FOTO Fest” an afternoon event for kids which will includes lunch, magic perfor-mances and an art exhibit/contest by local children. Donna Blue Lachman’s Improv Theater Workshop from La Lumiere will perform. And local children will also perform the Giving Tree. The event will be held at the Acorn Theater, from 11:30 a.m. un-til 2:30 p.m. All children are welcome. Support the Harbor Country Food Pantry by bringing a canned food item or a donation.


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Area Red Cross BloodmobilesWhen: Mon., Dec. 3, noon-6 p.m.Where: Eagles Lodge, 805 Elm St., Valparaiso.When: Tues., Dec. 4, noon-6 p.m.Where: St. John’s United Church of Christ, 101

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wide variety of affordable, one-of-a-kind art objects for sale at the Chesterton Art Center. The Artists’ Deck of Cards, created this summer by 36 member artists for a fundraiser, makes a perfect stocking-stuffer or hostess gift. Also, artists have created jew-elry, art journals, notecards, hand-painted scarves, mobiles, sculpture and more, in addition to framed paintings. You might also consider a gift certifi cate, good for merchandise or art classes.

During your visit to the Art Center, be sure to visit “Sugarplum Visions,” the 8th annual Ginger-bread House exhibit and contest. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, and 1-4 p.m. weekends. The Chesterton Art Center is located at 115 S. 4th St., one-half block south of the stoplight at Broad-way and 4th streets. Phone: 219/926-4711.

BWA SinglesBe a part of the “Better With Age Singles” fi rst

get together on Sun., Dec. 9 from 2-5 p.m. at The Blue Heron Inn in LaPorte. Singles between the age of 40 and 60 are invited to a wine tasting and infor-mational program. Along with the wine, a variety of hors d’oeuvres will be served and plenty of time to socialize.

As talk began about the need for social activities in NW Indiana for 40-60 something’s, the subject turned to the groups in Chicago for inspiration. There is hope to have an event each month to get things started. BWA, however, has a special twist. All proceeds remaining after the event will be do-nated to a designated charity. This time the group is supporting the Salvation Army and their well-es-tablished Christmas effort, but everyone who regis-ters for future events can submit the name of their favorite charity to be considered. Ideas for activities would also be accepted.

So put on your holiday attire and phone 219-939-8840 or 219-395-8626 for reservations. Tickets can also be purchased at the Blue Heron 219-324-4192. Your paid ticket of $25.00 is your only assurance of a reservation since tickets will not be available at the door. There is a 50 guest maximum this month.


AAUW December MeetingThe Michigan City Chapter of the American As-

sociation of University Women will meet at 7 p.m., Mon., Dec. 10, at the Barker Mansion, 631 Wash-ington St., Michigan City.

A musical program will be presented by Jay Wort and the barbershop quartet he belongs to.

Any person who is a baccalaureate or associate graduate of an accredited college or university is welcome to join AAUW. This group, founded nation-ally in 1881, promotes equity for women and girls, life-long education and positive societal change. AAUW supports an Educational Fund for research on girls and education, community action projects and fellowships and grants for outstanding women around the globe. The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund provides funding and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination in higher education.

Locally, AAUW supports the Reading is Funda-mental program which provides books at no charge to Michigan City elementary students. The local branch has a number of interest groups including antiques, crafts, and readers. At each meeting, top-ics of interest are presented to members.

To learn more, phone Melinda at 872-1217.

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transfer and returning students the ease of Express Enrollment. An Express Enrollment Day will be of-fered on Wed., Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. No appoint-ments are necessary. Students may visit the PNC Westville campus or PNC - Porter County at 600 Vale Park Road, Valparaiso.

Current and prospective students may stop in at any time that day. New students will have the oppor-tunity to speak with an admission representative, complete a free application, meet with an academic advisor and register for classes. Current students or those who have been accepted for admission to Pur-due North Central, may also meet with an academic advisor and register for class. There will also be an opportunity to meet with a fi nancial aid representa-tive.

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Fall Art Videos at the Krasl Art CenterThere are two more videos left to be seen in the

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Wed., Dec. 5: Art 21: Arturo Hemera & Eliza-beth Murray. This video series profi les working artists who build our living culture with each paint-ing, sculpture, photograph or installation that they create.

Wed., Dec. 12: Comic Book Confi dential. For more than 70 years, comic books have combined storytelling and drawings to amuse, thrill, and en-lighten readers of all ages. Beginning with the very fi rst comic book, this video traces the evolution of comics from their inception in 1933 well into the 90s. Includes historical footage and interviews with 22 infl uential writers and artists.

International Trees on DisplayHoliday trees decorated with unique ornaments

celebrate the community’s rich ethnic heritage in “International Trees” at the Center for History, 808 W. Washington St., South Bend.

The festive exhibition is on view now through Jan. 6, 2008. Many of the community’s cultures share their holiday customs and traditions by dec-orating trees in this exhibition. This season, trees representing the African-American, Celtic, Ger-man, Hungarian, Italian, Mexican, Philippine, Pol-ish, Spanish and Swedish cultures can be seen.

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Peter and the Wolf & Other Musical Treats The Michigan City Public Library will host a

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“Peter and the Wolf” is a popular children’s story written in 1936 by composer Sergey Prokofi ev for his children. Each character is represented by a musical instrument or instrumental family to intro-duce children to the symphony orchestra.

Other program performers include Dan and Lexi Moser, Ralph Odle and Susan Cassler.

Come in from the cold and enjoy this family con-cert with performers of all ages for an audience of all ages. Stay afterward for the Main Street Associ-ation’s Snowfl ake Parade at 4 p.m.

5th Annual PNC Essay ContestPurdue North Central presents the fi fth annual

Essay Contest in Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students should write an essay using this year’s theme: Stepping Up.

“Faith is taking the fi rst step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

This is a quote from one of Dr. King’s speeches. In their essays, students can use this as this quote to refl ect on what it means for them today. Length and format are unrestricted. Entries should refl ect thought, originality, and connection to the theme. Teachers are encouraged to submit entries from their entire class.

The contest is open to all children living and/or being schooled in LaPorte County who fall within the set grade level parameters. First prize of a $100 savings bond and two runners-up of a $50 savings bond will be awarded in each of two divisions: ele-mentary (3rd through 5th grades) and middle school (6th through 8th grades).

Prizes will be awarded at the LaPorte County Unity Council Breakfast in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Mon., Jan. 21, 2008, at Purdue University, North Central Campus. All prize win-ners will be honored guests at the breakfast. First place winners will be asked to read their entries.

Entries should include the student’s name, con-tact information (either home address and phone number or school name and phone number and name of teacher), and student’s age and grade lev-el. It is important that this information be on each essay and not just on an outer envelope containing all entries from one class of students.

Questions or comments may be directed to Patti Castle, 219-874-4579, or [email protected]. All entries must be received on or before Fri., Dec. 14, 2007. Address entries to: MLK Essay Contest, 701 Dewey St., Michigan City, IN 46360.


High School Art Comp and ExhibitThe Southern Shore Art Association presents

the 2nd Annual LaPorte County High School Art Competition and Exhibit at the SSAA Gallery, 724 Franklin St., Michigan City. The exhibit will run Dec. 1-16, Saturdays noon-5 p.m., and Sundays, 1-5 p.m. An opening reception will take place Sat., Dec. 1, 1-4 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

Austin Lounge Lizards at The AcornThe Austin Lounge Lizards will perform at The

Acorn Theater on Fri., Nov. 30, 8 p.m. MI time. Tickets are $20; reserve at 269/756-3879. The Acorn Theater is located at 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI.

The Austin Lounge Lizards have delighted au-diences from Texas to California, from Canada to the U.K., with their inventive style of satirical folk, country and bluegrass.

Based in Austin, Texas since they formed in 1980, the fi ve-man band has honed their music into a knife-sharp art form. The Lizards’ recording of the Irving Berlin chestnut, “C-U-B-A” was featured in Michael Moore’s movie, “Sicko,” and they have re-cently been commissioned to write several advocacy songs for various consumer groups, including Con-sumers’ Union.

Trademarks of a Lizards’ song are highly literate, sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics, love, religion and the culture in general. For example, among the songs on their latest CD, “The Drugs I Need,” are the title song and four others commis-sioned by Consumers Union and other advocacy groups. The Lizards tackle the pharmaceutical in-dustry, health insurance, big media and big oil, and excessive credit card debt (a touching duet entitled “Xmas Time for Visa” with guest vocalist Tish Hino-josa). “The Drugs I Need” is the Lizards most topical album yet.

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The Youth Orchestra is open to highly accom-plished musicians by audition only. The Youth Or-chestra announces Spring Auditions for the 2007-2008 Season for Percussion, Trombone, Horn, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass. Auditions will take place Sun., Jan. 6, 2008 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Christmas at Fernwood The 14th annual “Lights Before Christmas” re-

turns with a new theme. Come celebrate Christmas around the world. Light displays along the paths created by the talented staff and volunteers at Fern-wood Botanical Gardens feature holiday customs of several other countries.

During Fernwood’s Lights Before Christmas, there will be an ice sculpture competition on Sat., Dec. 15. The public is invited to watch the compe-tition that will take place during normal daytime hours. Judging will take place that evening. Visitors can also vote for their favorite carving. This event is sponsored by City’s Pure Ice, Inc. of LaPorte. For information on participating in this competition, contact Seasonal Naturalist Jill McDonald at 269-695-6491. ext. 222.

In the Clark Gallery you can enjoy live music featuring the talents of many local musicians and vocalists. If you haven’t had dinner, hearty and holi-day fare is available from 6-8 p.m. also in the Gal-lery. Need a special gift for that special someone? A variety of artists’ work is on display in the Gallery and the Gift Shop has many unique items. The Na-ture Center warms you up with a cup of hot cocoa and seasonal displays. The evening is not complete without a visit with Santa in the Summer House. A “Fernwood” train display entertains visitors wait-ing to see Santa.

Dates for the Lights Before Christmas are Dec. 7–9, 14–16, and 19–22; hours are from 6–9 p.m. with last admissions at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $2/members and $6/non-members. All children age 5 and under are admitted free.

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On December 2, 1990, American Pulitzer prize winning composer Aaron Copland, the “dean of American music,” died at the age of 90.

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On December 3, 1833, Ohio’s Oberlin College opened, becoming the fi rst coeducational college in the United States.

On December 3, 1925, in New York’s Carnegie Hall, George Gershwin performed as a soloist, playing his Concerto in F. It was the fi rst public performance of a jazz concerto for piano in musical history.

On December 3, 1967, the 20th Century Limited, the famous luxury train that ran between New York and Chicago, completed its fi nal trip.

On December 4, 1783, George Washington retired as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

On December 4, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson sailed for France to attend a peace conference at Versailles, becoming the fi rst sitting United States president to visit Europe.

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On December 4, 1991, after being held captive for nearly seven years, Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released by Shiite Muslim cap-tors.

On December 5, 1776, 50 men at Virginia’s “Col-lege of William and Mary” organized Phi Beta Kap-pa, the fi rst scholastic fraternity in America.

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On December 5, 1848, the 1849 Gold Rush was triggered when President James Polk confi rmed that gold had been discovered in California.

On December 5, 1932, German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa that allowed him to travel in the United States.

On December 5, 1994, Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the fi rst GOP House speaker in four decades.

16th Annual Prairie Pride at ChristmasThis folk art show will be held Sat. & Sun., Dec. 1

& 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Fawn Run Farm, 3883 E 700 N, Rolling Prairie, IN.

Contemporary folk art, country and traditional crafts, and select antiques will be offered for sale. Antique cupboards, primitive cabinets, and rustic props hold the many themed vignettes and holiday displays arranged by promoter/folk artist Marcy Dailey of Sew Many Things.

Handcrafted offerings, culinary gift items, and much more will be offered as well as fresh-cut holi-day greens, wreaths and swags.

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Cookie Walk and BazaarFirst United Methodist Church, 121 E 7th St.,

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Angela and Ryan become one in marriage at Saint Agnes Church in Sawyer.

Natalie and I have known Angela Bates of Saw-yer since she was 13, so imagine our delight when Angela invited us to her wedding to Ryan Schmidt of Three Oaks on Saturday, October 6, 2007.

We fi rst met Angela at Saint Agnes Church in Sawyer, where she and Ryan were planning to be married, and we really got to know her and Ryan while working together with them for Classic Cater-ing of Bridgman.

We were always thrilled when we were assigned to a job with Angela and Ryan on the crew, because we knew things would go well because those two are grace under fi re. Nothing phases them – not even falling wedding cakes or fl ustered brides.

So we defi nitely did not want Angela to be a fl us-tered bride on her big day on October 6, particularly because she had asked if we wouldn’t mind doing double duty as guests at Saint Agnes in downtown Sawyer and as part of the Classic Catering team at her reception at the family horse farm in suburban Sawyer.

Well, actually triple duty for one of us, because Angela had asked me to say grace at the reception as I had done for her sister Jennifer and her hus-band Nathan at their wedding in Sawyer just two years before.

So Natalie and I really had some suiting up and showing up to do on Saturday, October 6, 2007, which began more like Dog Day of August than a seasonably mild day in early October. We remarked to one another that Angela had specifi cally planned her wedding for October because she did not want to be a “hot bride.”

Angela had seen enough hot brides during her many years of service to Classic Catering, and so she carefully planned for an October date to ensure that she would be a cool, calm, and collected bride.

Well, we can assure you that Angela Bates was calm and collected as she became Angela Schmidt on October 6, 2007, but she did have to suffer some un-seasonable heat and humidity. But our dear friend took it all in stride, and the good times rolled right from the moment we all entered the air-conditioned comfort of our beloved Saint Agnes Church to when we rolled the catering vans out of the horse pas-ture where the big Classic Catering tent had been pitched for the reception to end all receptions.

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The Beacher news team in their catering mode at the wedding of Angela and Ryan Schmidt.

Ryan and Angela make their fi rst public appearance as Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Schmidt.


ary chaplain to the Bates family, yours truly, did all right with grace.

Well, I began by asking my boss, one Brett Boyd, if I was still on the clock.

Brett, who was sitting with his lovely wife Me-lissa at a table reserved for honored guests, said, “Yes, you’re on the clock.”

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And did Angela and Ryan and their guests ever eat some great food under the big tent on the Bates family spread in Sawyer on an October evening ev-ery bit as hot and humid as one in August.

No matter, because what mattered was that An-gela and Ryan were happy, and that is precisely why we suited up and showed up for “work” on Saturday, October 6, 2007.

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The bride and groom cut the cake. (photo by Tierney Williamson)

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Theatre: “The Darjeeling Limited.” Starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman. Fri 6:30 pm; Sat/Sun 4 & 6:30 pm; Mon 6:30 pm. MI time. Rated R. Also showing: “I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.” Starring Jeff Garlin, Sarah Sil-verman, Amy Sedaris and Bonnie Hunt. Thurs thru Mon 9 pm only. Not Rated. Vickers Theater, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, MI. 269/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com

November 30 -- Austin Lounge Lizards in con-cert at The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, MI. 8 pm MI time. Tix $20; reserve at 269/756-3879.

November 30, December 1 -- Valparaiso Uni-versity Christmas Concert.Fri 7:30 pm; Sat 5 pm in the Chapel of the Resurrection. Featuring VU’s pre-mier musical ensembles. Tix $15/adults, $10/stu-dents & sen. cit. Reserve at 219/464-5162 or www.valpo.edu/vuca

November 30, December 1-2, 7-9 -- “She Loves Me.” Footlight Players production. Curtain 8 pm; Sun. matinee 2 pm. Tix $12; reserve at 874-4035. Footlight Theatre, 1705 Franklin St., MC.

November 30, December 1-2, 7-9, 14-16- “Babes in Toyland.” Memorial Opera House, 104 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso. Fri/Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm. Tix $16/adults, $13/students & seniors; reserve at 219/548-9137. www.memorialoperahouse.com

December 1 -- 35th Annual Salad Bar Luncheon presented by St. Paul Women of the ELCA. 12:30 pm at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 9th & Franklin St., MC. Musical program included. Donation $5. Reserve at 872-9629 or 879-6052.

December 1 -- Festival of Lights at Washing-ton Park, MC. 4-7 pm. Lights will be turned on at 5 pm. Free & open to the public. Also featuring a Chili Cook-off at 4 pm. Taste for $3 & vote for your favorite.

December 1-2 -- Pioneer Land Christmas Open House at the LaPorte Co. fairgrounds. 3-8 pm daily. Free. Visit an 1800s Christmas celebration. www.pioneerland.org

December 1-2 -- Zooltide at Washington Park Zoo, MC. 5-7 pm. Visit the animals, see Santa, have a cup of cocoa and enjoy the luminaries. Adm. $2/adults, $1/kids 3-11.

December 1-2, 8-9 -- Santa’s Candy Cane Ex-press at Hesston Steam Grounds. Visit Santa in his caboose and take a ride on the train. One free ride for each new unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots campaign. 1362 E 1000 N, LaPorte. www.hesston.org

December 2 -- Snowfl ake Parade, MC, from 9th & Franklin north to the library. 4 pm. Hot chocolate at the library served by fi refi ghters, and lighting of

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Dinner 4-7 pm, right after the Snowfl ake Parade. All you can eat $6/adults, $4/kids 6-12 yrs. Corner 6th & Franklin St., MC. Tix at the door.

December 2 -- Final Sinai Forum program of the season. Speaker is Mary Cheney. 7:30 pm at Elston Middle School, 317 Detroit St., MC. Season ticketh-olders or phone 219/785-5697.

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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Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery, 525 Broadway, Beverly Shores, IN. Sat-Sun. 1-4 pm. 219/871-0832.

Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360 Dunes Plaza, Michigan City. Open 9 am-4 pm, Tues-Fri; 10 am-4 pm Sat; closed Sun & Mon. Adm. $3/adults, $2/vets & senior citizens, $1/ages 8-18, and free to under 8 and active military personnel. Info 872-2702 or www.militaryhistorymuseum.org

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

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1026 N Karwick Rd. 219-879-5722 (Mon-Sat)For Evening/Weekend Appointments, Call our New Buffalo

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

SUZANNE’S CLEANING219/326-5578.

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

#1 in Customer Satisfaction. Phone 219/872-8817.CLEANING SOLUTIONS. Home & office cleaning services,

10 yrs. exp. Insured, free estimates. Call 219-210-0580.ALDONA’S HOUSE LIKE NEW Cleaning Service.

Lithuanian lady looking for houses to clean, preferably year round. Excellent service and references. Call 219-898-6538 or 219-898-0109.

LOOKING FOR NEW HOUSES TO CLEAN.Experienced. References. Call Halina at 219-325-8680.

GET YOUR HOUSE READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS by having it expertly cleaned. One less thing on your to do list! Call Deb 219-861-0554.

FINAL TOUCH HOUSE CLEANING. Reasonable. Quality service. Ref. avail. Call Debbie at 219-879-1429.

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

Also: doors, windows, skylights, ceramic tile, drywall, decks & repairs.Small jobs welcome. Call Ed at 219/878-1791.

HANDYMAN - Antenna service. Phone & TV jacks. House wiring.Sinks. Toilets. Countertops. Carpentry. Full house rehab work.

Beach Stairway Repair & Refurbishing.DR. TOM’S SERVICE CLINIC - 219/778-4036

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Is your list of household repair & maintenance projects growing?Small jobs welcome. - Quality Work. -- Call Ed Berent

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

*Plumbing •Flooring •Drywall/Painting. Family owned 45 years. Jeffery & Scott Human, owners -- 219/861-1990.

JUNK. Will haul away anything from your home, large or small,including branches. Reasonable. Call 219-872-2695 or 219-210-5095.BILL SMART – Home Repair & Remodeling • Carpentry • Electrical

The one man for all your big jobs too small for the big contractors.Serving Harbor Country since 2001 • 269-469-4407.

JIM’S MAINTENANCE. Honey-Do List to Remodeling. No job too big or small. Licensed. Insured. Call 219-778-4784 or 708-476-8242 cell.

PAINTING-DRYWALL-WALLPAPERWISTHOFF PAINTING -- REFERENCES

Small Jobs Welcome -- Call 219/874-5279JEFFERY J. HUMAN INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING & STAINING

Custom Decorating - Custom Woodwork - Hang/Finish Drywall Wallpaper Removal – Trim Carpentry

27-Years experience. Insured. Ph. 219/861-1990.DUNIVAN PAINTING

Interior/Exterior Painting • Wallpaper Removal. Local. Exp. Insured. Reasonable Rates. Call Brian at 219-741-0481.

THE A & L PAINTING COMPANY -- INTERIOR & EXTERIOR20-YEARS EXPERIENCE. Also Power Wash, Seal & Paint Decks.

Seniors (65+) 10% off labor. References. Reasonable. Phone or fax 219/778-4145. Cell phone days 219/363-5450

LAKE SHORE PAINTING & PRESSURE CLEANING.Free estimates. Call 219-872-6424 and ask for LeRoy.

WAYNE’S PAINTING. From top to bottom, interior/exterior. Painting, staining, decks, pressure washing. Free est. Fully insured. 13 yrs. exp.

Save 30% on interiors Nov. through February.219-363-7877 days; 219-778-2549 evenings. Ask for Wayne.

ROBERT ALLEN & ASSOCIATES, INC. – Painting & DecoratingInterior-Exterior. Custom Painting. Wall Coverings. Drywall Repair

Insured. Competitive Rates. Reliable. Call 219-840-1581.FRESH START PAINTING • Interior/Exterior • Commercial/Residential

Insured and Bonded. Call 219-879-7819.TIM’S PAINTING

Interior & exterior painting, pressure washing and/or hand washing, gutter cleaning, exterior window washing. Free estimates.

Call Tim at 219-861-7965.WINTER INTERIOR PLASTER REPAIRS. Cracks or ceiling. New or remodeled buildings. 20 yrs. exp. Call 219-608-4218.

PETERSEN PREMIUM FINISHESInt/Ext painting, drywall finishing & repair, wallpaper removal.

Customer satisfaction priority No. 1. Also other odd jobs. 20 yrs. exp. Ref. Insured. Call 219-363-0247 or 219-369-9151.

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Full service tree and shrub care. Trimming, planting, removal.Firewood, snowplowing, excavating. -- Call 872-7290.

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Voted: BEST LANDSCAPE SUPPLY YARD IN N.W. INDIANA!15+ Types of Flagstone, 30+ Types of Stone,

Granite boulders, River Rock, Decorative gravel, Mulch, Mushroom Compost, Sand, Topsoil

Landscaping, Stonescaping, Ponds, Patios, Walls, Pavers, Bricks Complete Landscape Design & Installation!

Dunegrass, Perennials, Evergreens, Grasses, Groundcovers,Annuals all sold at below RETAIL Cost!

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Let Us Be Your One Stop ShopColored Mulch - Topsoil - River Rock Retaining Wall Blocks - Natural Stone

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Call 219-369-6392 or cell 219-448-1425.


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Free EstimatesDan Nelson • 219-561-1207

FIREWOOD. Pick-up or Delivery.Call 219-879-8554.

• SANDCASTLE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE • Fall clean up & snow plowing. Free est. Call Mick 219-878-3032.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESATTENTION DRIVERS willing to train to obtain CDL! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! TMC Transportation needs drivers. Guaranteed weekly earnings. Premium equipment and benefits. Excellent earning potential and still be OFF WEEKENDS! It’s not a job, it’s a future! FOR CDL Training through Commercial Driver Institute in South Bend, IN. Call today. - 1-800-882-7364 AC0064

BUSY MOM LOOKING for person with car to help assist with 10 yr. old and 15 yr. old’s busy schedule. Call 505-920-9294.

WANT TO SELLBEST EASELS – PENS GALORE – PAPER TOO AT FIRME’S

(2 Stores) 11th & Franklin Streets, Michigan City - 219/874-3455Hwy 12, Beverly Shores - Just West of Traffic Light - 219/874-4003BEAUTIFUL, LOVEABLE BICHON PUPPIES ready to go. Both parents

champions, puppies home raised. Call 219-879-0431 for more information.STANDARD MANCHESTER TERRIER PUPPIES.

$800/male, $1,000/female. Call 219-879-4535.COOKIE WALK & BAZAAR for St. Luke United Lutheran Church,

2000 E. Coolspring Ave., Michigan City. Dec. 8th, 9 a.m.

REAL ESTATECOMMERCIAL – RENTALS/LEASE/SELL

GARAGE AND BASEMENT OVERSTUFFED? Store your stuff with us and get a 6 month lease for a 5 month price.

GOLDEN SANDES STORE AND LOCK.4407 E. U.S. 12 (@ Hwy. 212)

Michigan City, IN. 219/879-5616.

OFFICE SUITE. 3 private offices and reception area. Expenses, except phone, paid. Well maintained, high traffic area. 2811 E. Michigan Blvd.,

Michigan City. (219) 879-9188, 879-2700.

RENTALS INDIANAHOUSE FOR RENT IN LONG BEACH

3/BR. Across from lake. Great view & beach. Call 219/874-8692.LONG BEACH COZY 4/BR HOUSE AT STOP 15 (Across from Beach)

Fireplace and Large Deck. No pets. Call 708/370-1745.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

DUNESCAPE BEACH CLUBLAKEFRONT CONDOS -- 2 and 3 bedrooms.

Avail. Oct--May -- $1,200 to $2,000 per month.DUNESCAPE REALTY - 219/872-0588.

SHERIDAN BEACH-YEAR ROUND-FULLY FURNISHED.Completely remodeled 1BR, 1BA apt. just steps away from the beach at 310 Colfax. New small kitchen appliances, furniture, TV/DVD, A/C units.

Spacious private balcony with a glimpse of lake, barbeque area.$550/mo + NIPSCO. Call 708-372-6898.

ENDLESS SUMMER – Beach living all year long. Shoreland Hills. Stop 31. Off-season rental. Sept-May. Charming rehabbed cottage. 1 blk. to beach. Sleeps 6-10. New kitchen, 2 new baths, LR, FR, huge screened

porch. $700/mo. + util. Call 847-644-4398 or 847-696-0878.LONG BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT - Great location, very close to beach

and park. 4/BR, 2/Bath. A/C. W/D, D/W. Deck w/BBQ. Avail. 8/4/07 for short/long term rental. Call 312-953-9570.

EXCLUSIVE DUNELAND BEACH JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT HOMEAt Stop 35 is the perfect place for a summer or winter retreat.

Perched atop a large wooded dune; comfortably accommodates 12 + people. A/C, fireplace, sunroom, cable TV, internet. 1 blk. to private beach

and endless sunsets. Special off-season weekend rates. Inquiries: (312) 214-5648; vrbo.com #91098.

HOUSE FOR RENT-OGDEN DUNES. Quiet semi-private beach commu-nity. 3BR, 1.5BA, sleeps 6+2. Gas BBQ, big deck, screened porch, A/C,

Satellite TV, stereo, all linens. Sat/Sun rentals $1200. Great family location. Cell 219-730-6486, H 219-763-3088.

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

Stop 20 - Newly redone - 4/BR, 2/Bath. Furnished - No Pets. Washer/dryer. 1/4 Block to beach. $750/mo + utilities.

Avail Sept’07 - June ‘08 - Call 708/717-8883.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.”LARGE 1BR APARTMENT on FRANKLIN ST. in MICHIGAN CITY. Newly renovated, high ceilings, fireplace, new appliances. No pets.

$875/mo. + util. 219-712-4185.MICHIANA SHORES, 3603 Lake Shore Dr.

Summer Rental 2008. 3BR, 2BA, W/D, full furn. $2400/wk.Call Debra at 219-874-5593 or 219-861-7564.

3BR HOUSE IN SHERIDAN BEACH. Beautifuly furnished. $900/mo. + util. Non-smokers. No pets. Call 630-886-3986.

MERRION & ASSOCIATES REALTORSSEASONAL RENTAL 3BR Shoreland Hills ranch can be rented furn.

or unfurn. for $900/mo. + util. Has 2-car garage.YEAR ROUND RENTAL 3BR, 3 full Baths. Harbor Dunes new construc-

tion is available for year-round occupancy. $1500/mo. + util.Call Ed Merrion @ 219-872-4000

CHARMING COTTAGE ON LAKE MICHIGAN. 3BR, 1.5BA. Deck. Opt. furn. and off street parking. $1200/mo. Manager nearby. 312-819-1018.LARGE 2BR APT. 1 BLK. TO LAKE MICHIGAN. Quiet bldg. and street.

Enclosed porch, living room, dining room. Off street parking. Manager nearby. $625/mo. Call 312-819-1018.

NOT A DRIVE BY. Must see. Beautifully rehabbed interior. 3BR. Walk to Lake Michigan beach. $700/monthly. Call 219-879-2195.

RENTALS MICHIGANNEW BUFFALO – Lg. 4BR, 2BA home w/oversized 2 car garage, big

fenced back yard in quiet, edge of NB location. $1100/mo. $1100 sec. dep. Qualified references req’d. Tenant to pay all utility bills. No pets.

1 yr. lease minimum. Call Nadra Kissman at Nadra K RE 269-469-2090 for info or showing appointment.

NEW BUFFALO • NEW CONSTRUCTION IN HARBOR DUNESLocated one mile from downtown and the casino • beautiful ranch model has 3BR. 3BA plus a den, dbl. sided fireplace, 10 ft. vaulted ceiling, gour-met kitchen, granite countertops & stainless appliances. Maple hardwood

floors thru-out. Motivated seller. Be home for the holidays. $329,900.Sharon Rago, Re/Max Sunset Coast 708-267-2431 or email [email protected]

NEW BUFFALO RENTALS – 2BR. Lg. fenced in yard. Attached garage. In town. Furn. or unfurn. Short term or long term.

3BR, 2BA, full basement. Attached garage on 3 acres. 32x35 ft. pole barn avail. Furn. or unfurn. Short term or long term. Call Mark 630-918-7373.

FLORIDA RENTALSPLAY GOLF AT TOM FAZIO DESIGNED 45-HOLE BLACK DIAMOND

RANCH near Tampa. 3BR, 2.5BA, cable TV, DVD, A/C, kitchen, dining & living room, screened lanai. Views of 2nd & 8th fairways of

“The Quarry Course,” ranked by Golf Digest as one of America’s 100 greatest courses for 18 consecutive yrs. Includes use of clubhouse, pool,

fitness room, tennis, golf and greens fees. Call Bob at (219) 874-4245 or email [email protected]

H REAL ESTATE FOR SALE HMICHIGAN CITY BEACH HOUSE/38’ CIGARETTE POWERBOAT.

Stop 31. 9 rms., 5BR, 3BA. Sleeps 10-12. Gorgeous cedar deck, extra lot. Fully furnished, turn key! 2.5 blks. to Beach! Time to relax! [email protected]. Boat additional $69,000. Beach house $379,000.

Call for info. 708-774-7196.MICHIANA SHORES AREA, IN, wooded bldg. sites. City sewer & water. 80 ft. x 130 ft. Walk to beaches! $159,000. Broker/owner 239-283-2437.LONG BEACH HOME FOR RENT OR SALE. 3/4BR. Golf course in front,

2 blks. to Lake Michigan in back, kids play area in the middle. All in the safe haven of Long Beach. $1000/mo/ $325,000 or creative financing.

Tom 219-861-3800. www.freewebs.com/longbeachhome


The Art Thief by Noah Char-ney

What a fi nd! An intelligent novel that entertains, makes you think, and teaches you a bit, too. While the subject matter may not be of interest to everyone, I found the story to be a sophisticated challenge to the art of deduction. You don’t have to be an art expert to enjoy it, just sit back, read, and be thoroughly entertained…

Three art thefts happen in three cities: A Caravaggio altarpiece is stolen from an Italian church in the middle of the night, in London a multi-million dollar piece of mod-ern art is stolen from the National Gallery of Modern Art, and in Paris, the curator of the Malevich Society discovers that one of the Society’s greatest pieces is missing. Sounds like three distinctively different thefts, doesn’t it? Maybe things aren’t always what they seem, especially in the world of art…

For the novice art lover like myself, this book taught me a lot about art theft and the world of art forgery, both of which are explored in this very styl-ish mystery. The big museums of the world, just like the big auction houses like Christie’s, go to great lengths to protect their artworks’ authenticity and have experts on hand to discover forgery and pro-tect the big dollar pieces. Obviously, a museum or gallery would not want to look the fool by purchas-ing a fake, any more than Christie’s would want to lose their credibility by auctioning off something that turned out to be a forgery…

Art theft is a whole different world from any oth-er kind of theft. “That was the real problem with art crime. It was considered high class. At the top level of the caste system, art crime was socially accept-able, even thought of as prestigious and intriguing. It was the only serious crime for which the public tended to root for the criminals.”

Now let’s get back to the story…In a small Italian church, Father Amaroso is

woken in the middle of the night to alarms going off. He fi nds nothing amiss until the next morning when he opens the church for the day and discovers the Caravaggio altarpiece is gone.

The scene then shifts to Paris where Genevieve Delacloche, the head curator of the Malevich Society, is looking over an upcoming auction at Christie’s in London purporting to have a Malevich (“Suprema-tist Composition White on White”) for sale. She says it must be a fake because she has the original there at the Malevich Society building. To satisfy herself, she goes in the basement vault and fi nds the Malev-

ich in question…missing.Elizabeth Van der Mier, as direc-

tor of the National Gallery of Modern Art, bid on the questionable Malev-ich, and purchased the painting for a cool 6.3 million British pounds. That night, locked away in the relative safety of the conservation room, the painting was stolen.

How these three different thefts are related form the basis for this un-forgettable story. Each theft seems to stand alone, until clues and the co-operation of the various law enforce-ment agencies, prove otherwise. The problem is, every lead seems to go in a circle or a dead-end.

Characters abound in this sto-ry, like the French Inspector Jean-

Jacques Bizot whose real passion was eating, and his friend, Jean-Paul Lesgourges (comrade in eat-ing), who is a consultant on Bizot’s cases. Don’t let their gluttony fool you!

Gabriel Coffi n, a renowned scholar and consul-tant to police on art theft, is called in on the Car-avaggio matter. A more smooth and sophisticated man about town you will not fi nd!

He requests that an art thief, currently in prison, be let out to help him with the case; it turns out to be a her, a very sexy her named Daniela Vallom-broso. Meanwhile in London, Professor Barrow, a white haired, red faced Englishman and art history professor with some dark deed in his past, is ab-ducted by three strange men who only want him to authenticate a painting for them. He is paid hand-somely. Very strange.

Even Scotland Yards has an Arts and Antiquities Division and send Inspector Harry Wickenden, a droppy man at best, who prefers pen and pencil to a palm pilot. Again, a man of more substance than fi rst perceived.

While all these characters and crimes may at fi rst seem confusing, the reader has but to persevere and things will fall into place but not before you feel like you’ve been put in a maze of false paths and dead ends. But, if I may quote Sir Walter Scott -- “O what a tangled web we weave, when fi rst we practice to deceive,” you will fi nd the ending of The Art Thief to be that tangled web fi lled with double-cross and deception.

Author Don Winslow calls The Art Thief “Sleek, sharp and sophisticated.” I call it the thinking per-son’s novel; a story to transport you to the intricate world of art, a world few get to know intimately, and may I say that I enjoyed the trip immensely.

Till next time, happy reading!


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209 DreamwoldGATHER AROUND THE FIREPLACE in this log sided Michiana get-away or step into the screen porch and watch family on the deck enjoying the private back yard. Finely fi n-ished 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch hosts beautiful woodwork, in-cluding oak hardwood fl oors and pecan kitchen cabinetry. Full, fi nished basement and oversized 2 car garage complete this second home package. $339,900

NEED A WINTER ESCAPE?

2817 Roslyn TrailALL THE ROOM YOU’LL NEED for entertaining, summer or winter, is here in this 3400 sq ft raised ranch in the heart of Long Beach. A stone fi replace centers the large living room, with sliding glass doors opening onto a 30' deck high above the front yard. A second, double-tiered deck is tree-top private in the back yard, with a year-round hot tub always ready for your relaxation. 5 bedroom; 2.5 bath. Call Julie Gring! $499,000

2716 Duffy LaneHE FINER THINGS IN LIFE have never been as available as in this 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath 2 story colonial with extensively landscaped frontage on the 8th fairway of the Long Beach Country Club golf course! Over 3400 sq ft of handsome liv-ing space includes a fantastic master suite, library, 2 fi replaces, formal living & dining rooms, screen porch, deck and much more. Ask Jim McGah about the 3 car garage. $499,900

107 BeachwalkG LAKE OR SMALL LAKE? You chose at the only locale which offers both! This 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath Beachwalk home is located just 1 block in from Lake Shore Drive and the walk-way down to Lake Michigan! It is also just 1.5 blocks from the amenities at Lake Kai, including sailing, fi shing, canoeing and a lakeside pool! 2 car garage has its own coach house! Call Debbie Burke for details. $679,000


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100 Lake Shore Drive #807

PANORAMIC VIEWS, and breath taking sunsets over Lake Michigan. Parking space in garage, elevators, intercom, ceiling fans, indoor pool. Gated. Only one hour from Chicago. Year around or just summer fun. $429,000

Year round apartment opposite Lake Michigan. Partially furnished. $4254 bedroom seasonal rental. Fireplace, 2 decks, screened porch. Generous parking. Overlooking Lake Michigan.

2019 Lake Shore Drive

NEWLY UPDATED duneside home offers year around lake views, two fireplaces for the cool Winter nights and spacious deck for Summer entertaining. $799,000

218 W 4th St

LET YOUR LOCATION PAY FOR YOUR ADVERTISING.This high traffic area office building offers 3 offices, reception area, conference room and break room with kitchenette. This beautiful building has low overhead and is priced below the appraised value. $189,000

121 Lindenwood

IN THE WOODS OF SHORELAND HILLS, a house that is natural as its surroundings. Stone fireplaces, knotty pine plank doors and cabinets lovingly made by builder, Mike Zebell. A large screened porch with fireplace adjoins deck overlooking the woods providing the perfect setting for Spring, Summer and Autumn entertaining. When the days become chilly, a huge stone fireplace awaits in the great room. The lower level has a 35 x 28 room with lots of windows and an extra kitchen. Beach access at Stop 31. Security system and wiring is in place for stereo system. Stenciled driveway leads to 2 car garage. Exterior is half long and stone. 2 wood burning fireplaces with gas log lighters (natural gas) Lots of exterior lighting. $535,000

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