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Volume 22, Number 47 Thursday, November 30, 2006

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Yuletide in Many Lands at Barker Mansionby Laurie Wink

The Netherland’s SinterKlaas and Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) stand togetherin full holiday regalia in the morning room.

Four elves have been busily decking the halls– and three floors of rooms – at Michigan City’slandmark Barker Mansion since Nov. 1. ExecutiveDirector Cecilia Zubler and staff members werein the midst of holiday preparations when TheBeacher came to preview “Yuletide in ManyLands.” The Dec. 2 through Dec. 17 Open Housecelebrates traditional decorations and holidayfoods from a dozen ethnic groups throughout thehouse museum, located at 631 WashingtonStreet.

The first thing visitors will see is the grandfoyer display of a patriotic Civil War Christmas.A star-spangled Santa Claus, a Union soldierand holiday garlands with 34-star flags areamong the decorative elements. Zubler researchedthe war-time holiday traditions and has enthu-siastically recreated them for the first time atBarker Mansion.

“Every year, we try to have something a lit-tle different for a theme,” Zubler said. “We liketo make things up and play with what wehave.” For Zubler and staff members AnnJankowski, BJ Parmley and Mary Kintzele,that means using the Mansion’s large selec-tion of ornaments, garlands, mannequins andChristmas trees to create imaginative holidayvignettes in the various rooms.

“Everybody has free rein, pretty much, butwe know that it will all be coordinated,” Zublersaid. “We won’t go off on a tangent with plas-tic pink flamingoes.”

Artfully dressed mannequins bring the hol-iday spirit alive as they embody seasonal tra-ditions of other cultures. In the second floor morn-ing room, the Netherland’s SinterKlaas andZwarte Piet (Black Pete) stand together in fullholiday regalia. As Zubler explains, SinterKlaasappears on Dec. 6 with Zwarte Piet, who bringsgifts for good boys and girls and a switch for thosewho’ve been bad.

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Barker Mansion Continued from Page 1

The Barker Mansion, a Michigan City landmarkincluded in the National Register of Historic Places,

will host a holiday Open House Dec. 2-17.

Civil War bunting adorns one of the silver torchierresin the grand foyer.

A table has been set with Delft dishes and Dutch sweets, includ-ing the traditional family initials made out of chocolate. Wooden shoesand ice skates adorn the fireplace hearth.

In a guest room next door, a young girl in a long white dress witha crown of green leaves and lit candles depicts Santa Lucia. She isbringing a tray of cakes to her just awakening parents. The ceremonyof Saint Lucy is enacted in Sweden on Dec. 13 to mark the beginningof the Christmas season.

In the servants’ quarters at the back of the house, a young Polishmaid stands next to a simple tree decorated with paper chains,gnomes and other ornaments. On her bed is a babushka she will wearto Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

Staff membersAnn Jankowski,below, and BJParmley havebeen busy decking theBarker Mansionhalls. Not pictured is staffmember MaryKintzele.

Wooden shoesand ice skates

adorn the hearthin the Dutch-

themed morningroom.

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Barker Mansion Continued on Page 4

In the second floor master bedroom, the lady of thehouse combs her hair in front of a dresser mirror, afterfinishing a traditional English high tea. She is elegantlyattired in an embroidered white blouse and longblack skirt in preparation for the evening’s Christmascelebration.

Cecilia Zuber makes a last minute adjustment to Santa Lucia’s elaborate headpiece.

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The master bathroom is decorated in a Japanesetheme, with a low table prepared for a tea ceremonyand colorful origami birds on a small tree.

French themes are carried out in two adjacentrooms on the second floor. The bedroom features aParisian street mime and a tree hung with miniatureEiffel Towers and Fleur-de-lis, representing Frenchroyalty. The twin beds and bedspreads are original tothe Barker house. Above the beds are framed imagesof Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. In the children’splayroom, the Monuments of Paris wallpaper adds tothe ambience of the Provence countryside room.Catherine Barker’s blond porcelain doll has beenlovingly restored and displayed in a showcase.

The third floor was a work in progress at the timeof our visit. Zubler said it will feature multiple holi-day traditions. One is the celebration of the African-American Kwanzaa, meaning “first fruits of the har-vest,” represented by a seven-branched candleholder.Kwanzaa is based on seven guiding principles, one foreach day of the Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 observance. The JewishHanukkah, or Festival of Lights, is celebrated with

a menorah, a nine-candle holder. Onecandle is lit for eachof the eight nights ofHanukkah and theninth candle is usedto light the other can-dles.

One of the mostprized items in theBarker Mansion hol-iday collection – anoriginal Germanfeather tree from thelate 1800s – will bepart of the third floordisplay. Made of realgoose feathers, thefeather trees aremeant to resembleGermany’s pineforests.

The German theme continues in the first floorlibrary. Prince Albert, husband to England’s QueenVictoria, stands in medaled regalia near the intricatelycarved fireplace. The library Christmas tree is festoonedwith red and silver ornaments and silver tinsel. Onthe large library table sits a gingerbread house anda plate of the traditional “Swetschgermännla,” orPrune Men.

Traditional Italian items are on display in thedrawing room. The Christmas tree is decorated withcrosses and Madonna images. Two children aredressed as a shepherd and an angel for a re-enactmentof the Nativity scene at their local church. The chil-dren are decorating the Ceppo, a three-tiered tree madeof wood, with a Nativity scene on the bottom, fruitsand nuts in the middle and presents on the upper level.The Ceppo, often lit with candles on the outside of eachshelf, is referred to as the “Tree of Light.” Carefulobservers of the drawing room will notice the mostrecently completed Barker Mansion project, theScalamandre reproduction of the original wool damaskwall coverings, as well asthe image of John Barkercarved into the fireplace.

The Barker ’s diningroom is decked out in aRussian motif of silverand snow. A Russianbaroness in a sleek, deepblue sequined dress standswaiting for guests to arrive.On the dining room tableis Father Frost, the fabledKing of Winter from aRussian folktale. Largesilver pine cones andsnowflakes decorate theholiday tree. Shelves ofcolorful nutcrackers add tothe ambience.

Prince Albert welcomes guests to theGerman-themed library.

A French street mime awaits visitors in a second floor guest bedroom.

A Russian baroness awaits herdinner guests.

Children dressed as a shepherd and angel prepare to re-enact theNativity scene.


The adjoining butler’s pantry is decorated withred peppers and poinsettia, a piñata, a sombrero andguitar symbolizing Mexico. A mamacita in a crisp whiteapron is about to prepare a holiday meal of rice withvegetables and Bizcochos, Mexican holiday cookies.

Executive Director Zubler, a former history teacher,researches holiday traditions as diligently as shedoes the Barker Mansion and family, in order to pro-vide visitors with an authentic experience. Part of theBarker Mansion mission is to educate visitors, includ-ing the hordes the K-6 school children who tour thehouse every year.

Railroad industrialist John H. Barker built theMansion in stages from 1857 to 1905. Sadly, theBarkers only lived in the completed house for five yearsbefore they both died in 1910, within six months ofeach other. Their daughter Catherine became anorphan at the age of 14.

Catherine Barker gave the property, now on theNational Register of Historic Places, to MichiganCity. Renovations are partially supported by the non-profit Friends of Barker Mansion and the BarkerMansion Guild.

Community volunteers help with the year-round toursand other tasks. Each year, the Michigan City HighSchool Honor Society members put up and take downthe Mansion’s supply of 15 holiday trees. Volunteersoperate the Gift Nook, where visitors can purchasean array of Victorian tea items, tree ornaments, RedHat Society specialties and other unique gifts. The GiftNook is open weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. andweekends from 12 to 3 p.m.

The public is invited to meander through the man-sion during the holiday Open House, scheduled dailyfrom Dec. 2 through Dec. 17. Monday through Fridayhours are 12 to 3 p.m. and weekend hours are 12 to4 p.m. A special event with Mrs. Santa Claus read-ing Christmas stories will be held on Saturday, Dec.9 at 10:30 a.m. A family guided tour is scheduled forSunday, Dec. 17 at 4:30 p.m. Reservations are requiredfor both events; phone 219-873-1520.

Dec. 18 through Jan. 15, the Mansion will be openonly for guided tours.

A Mexican mamacita prepares a holiday meal in the butler’s pantry.

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Christmas on the FarmBuckley Homestead, part of the Lake County Parks

Department, will hold a nostalgic look back atChristmas of yesteryear on Sat., Dec. 2 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.),and Sun., Dec. 3 (noon-4 p.m.). Admission is $3 perperson with children 7 years and younger free.

Remember to dress for the weather conditions andfor the walk along the trail. Tours of Christmas Pastwill depart from the barnyard every 30 minutes.

You’ll experience what it was like in the mid-1850sto the 1900s. Start in the Carriage House whereyou’ll make an ornament to take home. Then learnabout Christmas legends in the Upper Barn while youwait for your tour to begin. There may even be timeto hear a Christmas story or take a picture to sendto your family.

Weather permitting, you may enjoy a horse drawnwagon ride to the cabin where the settlers will sharea bit of news from family back east. Stop by the1750s Native American village if weather allows. Inthe one-room schoolhouse, you will get to see youngstudents as they prepare for their Christmas pageant.Make a wish as you stir the plum pudding at the hiredhands house, then sample as old family recipe ofmolasses cookies, hot from the wood burning stove.

Don’t forget to tell St. Nicholas what you would likefor Christmas. He’ll likely be in the parlor of the his-toric Buckley museum.

To get to Buckley Homestead, take I-94 west fromMichigan City to I-65 south. Exit at the Lowell exitwest, go to Hendricks, turn left and proceed to Buckley.

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Sunday Evening Forum willconclude on Dec. 3rd whenVince Papale speaks on being“Invinceable.” Vince Papale’srise from a 30 year-old seasonticket holder to PhiladelphiaEagles football player andteam captain is the stuff thatdreams are made of. You willhear this inspiring personalstory of determination and“heart” from this formerPhiladelphia Eagles walk-on

legend. His amazing story is the subject of a new book,Invincible, due to be published this fall and is the basisfor a major motion picture starring Mark Wahlbergand Greg Kinnear.

The Sinai programs is a season ticket holder series;if seats are available, they will be sold at the door. Theprogram will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Elston School,317 Detroit St., Michigan City.

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Fernwood’s holiday festival, “The Lights BeforeChristmas,” returns for its 13th season this December.In response to visitor demand, the schedule has beenchanged so that the event is open more nights closeto Christmas. Dates are December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17,20, 21, 22, and 23.

Hours are 6-9 p.m. MI time, with the last admit-tance at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $2 for Fernwoodmembers and $6 for nonmembers. All children age 5and under are admitted free.

The festival is well known for its colorful outdoorlight displays, newly designed each year by Fernwood’sstaff and volunteers. Visitors stroll the garden paths,discovering something fun around every turn.

A new attraction this year is an ice sculpture com-petition during regular daytime hours on Friday andSaturday, Dec. 15 & 16. The public is invited towatch. Judging takes place on that Saturday nightat 6:30 p.m. Visitors can also vote for their favorite.The winner will be announced on Sat., Dec. 23 (theclosing night of Lights). The event is sponsored by City’sPure Ice, Inc. of LaPorte, Indiana.

Indoors, visitors can enjoy live music in the ClarkGallery and visit Santa in the Nature Center, and whilethere, warm up with a cup of hot cocoa. Explore theGift Shop for a variety of holiday merchandise.

And don’t miss the family-friendly food in theVisitors Center, available each night from 6-8 p.m. Themenu includes beef chili, corn chowder, hot dogs,desserts, and beverages.

Visit Fernwood at: www.fernwoodbotanical.org orphone (269) 695-6491.

Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve13988 Range Line Road, Niles, MI 49120. Take US

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Fernwood is a non-profit organization that receivesno direct government support. Its mission is toenrich the lives of all people by stimulating appreci-ation of nature, exemplifying harmony between peo-ple, plants, gardens, and wildlife, and using the dis-tinctive natural and cultivated habitats known asFernwood.


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literature starting on Fri., Dec. 1, with Betsey Meansstarring in “Adventures of a Desert Queen,” a play aboutIraq, followed by a question and answer session. OnSat., Dec. 2, WGN radio host and Chicago Tribune writerRick Kogan will appear with guests and will read fromhis new book, followed on Sunday by Chicago authorBob Katzman reading from his original work.

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This film has not been released to theaters yet, soit is a very special honor for the Lubeznik Center forthe Arts to be selected as a screening location. The filmwill be presented on Fri., Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. and on Sun.,Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Lubeznik Center, located at101 W. 2nd St. in Michigan City, Indiana. Call 219/874-4900 or visit www.lubeznikcenter.org for directions andinformation. Doors open 1⁄2 hour before screening, sobe sure to get your seat early. Admission donation is$5, Lubeznik Center members free.

“Heavens Fall” is being shown in conjunction withthe “Art That Matters: When Politics Get Personal”exhibit, now in display through Dec. 10 at the LubeznikCenter. This exhibition has the generous support ofThe Framing Station and an Anonymous Friend.

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Snite Announces Winter Exhibitsby William F. Keefe

A collection of innovative silkscreen posters createdin the California Institute of the Arts will launchthe winter schedule of new exhibits at the SniteMuseum of Art, Notre Dame University.

The poster collection, including 20 works, will openFriday, December 1, 2006 in the Entrance Atrium Galleryof the museum. The exhibit’s closing date will beSunday, February 11, 2007.

Under the title, “Hyperflux: CalArts SilkscreenPoster Show 1999-2004,” the collection will show-case a series whose theme is globalization. All the sam-ples chosen for the exhibit were created at CalArtsbetween the fall of 1999 and the spring of 2004.

North American exhibit” at Snite. With the title,“Selections from the Native North American ArtCollection,” the exhibit will run from Sunday, December3 through Sunday, March 4, 2007. The Snite venuewill be the Milly and Fritz Kaiser Mestrovic StudioGallery.

As an extension of an earlier exhibit, the new“Selections” will include “several small exhibits cre-ated by the students of the Native American ArtHistory course at the University of Notre Dame andof Joanne Mack, curator of Native North AmericanArt at the Snite Museum.

“The show will include objects from several regionsof North America, including pottery, textiles, clothing,and other items made of wood or stone. The goal ofthe exhibits,” said a museum announcement, “will beto illustrate the diversity of art traditions by NativeNorth American peoples.”

The exhibit will “also provide an opportunity to pre-sent some objects from the collection which have notrecently been displayed.”

“These colorful, highly textured posters suggest asearch for new hybrids of older forms,” said JenniferMcKnight, curator and assistant professor at theUniversity of Missouri-St. Louis, “the more chal-lenging the better. We’ve discovered that growing toembrace globalization means embracing the weird, theuncomfortable, the unknown.”

“It is surprising, and a hallmark of growth, whenwe come to see these odd new forms as beautiful. Theposters…chronicle LA’s search for inclusive answers.”

Essentially, said Professor McKnight, the postersreveal “a driven pursuit of the uneasy, sometimes love-ly juxtapositions that offer new roads to meaning.”

Professor McKnight refers to the CalArts style as“compositional fusion design,” or “Hyperflux.” In con-nection with the poster exhibit, the professor willpresent a lecture at the Snite on the evening ofThursday, February 8, 2007.

The lecture on “Cultural Fusion: The Making ofCalArts Posters 1999-2004” will be open to the pub-lic.

A second exhibit scheduled for a December open-ing represents “an extension of the permanent Native

Works on PaperWelcoming the New Year, the Snite will introduce

the exhibit, “Works on Paper by African-AmericanArtists,” on Sunday, January 14. To be displayed inthe Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery, the showwill continue until Sunday, February 25.

Museum officials noted that “The Snite…cele-brates African-American artists with a selection of art-works” by such practitioners as Faith Ringgold.Others who will be represented include RichardHunt, Debra Muirhead, Martin Puryear, LomaSimpson, and Vincent Smith.

The specific works to be shown as part of the exhib-it include “Under the Blood-Red Sky,” a year 2000 lith-ograph by Ms. Ringgold.

An ornate earthen pot will be among the artifacts to be included in theexhibit titled “Selections from the Native North American Art Collection.”

The exhibit will open at the Snite Museum of Art on Sunday, December 3.(Images courtesy Snite Museum)

The silkscreenposter titled“Five” will bepart of theSniteMuseum’sexhibit ofposters createdby theCaliforniaInstitute of theArts. The cre-ators of “Five”were RileySwift and DavidNason.


“Requiem,” the fourth exhibit on the Snite sched-ule for the winter months, is a collection of pho-tographs by “photographers from all sides of theVietnam conflict.” The exhibit will open in the Snite’sO’Shaughnessy Galleries on Sunday, January 14 andclose on Sunday, March 4, 2007.

“Between the height of the French Indochina Warin the fifties and the fall of Phnom Penh and Saigonin 1975,” according to the Snite’s explanatory notes,“135 photographers from all sides of the conflict wererecorded as missing or dead. This exhibition is amemorial to those men and women. In many cases itincludes the last photographs they took.”

The war photograph,“Untitled,” is the

work of combat pho-tographer Robert J.Ellison. The photog-rapher took the pic-ture of the unidenti-

fied American at KheSanh, Vietnam.

“Horst Faas and Tim Page, two photographerswho worked and were wounded in Vietnam, havegathered many thousands of pictures by those whowere killed. The resulting sequences of photographsfollows the course of the war and the transformationof the serene landscapes of Cambodia and Vietnaminto scenes of nightmarish devastation.”

“Viewing the moment of intense battle, one isreminded not only of the courage of the photographersbut of their compassion amid the brutality of war.”

In sum, the notes add, “Requiem not only honorsthe photographers who died, but also the men andwomen who fought in this undeclared war. It is a com-pelling look at an important part of history.”

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Michigan City Snowflake ParadeThe Michigan City Mainstreet Association announces

the annual Snowflake Parade will be Sun., Dec. 3rdat 4 p.m. CST. The parade will begin at 10th andFranklin Streets and proceed north to LibraryPlaza. Following the parade at approximately 5 p.m.,the traditional Tree Lighting Ceremony will takeplace at Library Plaza. Join in the caroling, have acup of hot chocolate, cookies and family fun.

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Annual Candy Cane Express at HesstonFor the first two weekends in December, you can

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Directed by Kelly Hite and Jan Rees, this adaptationof Frank Capra’s beloved holiday tale invites us to shareGeorge Bailey’s Christmas Eve journey of discoverywith Clarence the guardian angel. Along the way, we’rehappily reminded that no man is a failure as long ashe has friends.

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New Orleans: Post-Katrina, is New Orleans still the Land of Dreams? by Hal HigdonDriving through rural Indiana, headed south to NewOrleans, we listened to a jazz record featuring the syrupyvoice of Jack Teagarden: “Won’t you come along withme, ‘long the Mississippi?” The fabled trombone play-er and once member of the Louis Armstrong Band wassinging the Basin Street Blues: “We’ll take a boat tothe Land of Dreams, steam down the river, down toNew Orleans....”

But was New Orleans still the Land of Dreams inthe wake of Hurricane Katrina? At 5:00 on the morn-ing of August 29, 2005, Katrina made landfall atGrand Isle, Louisiana and pummeled New Orleanswith winds up to 140 mph and rainfall accumulationof 8 to 10 inches. It was not the winds or rain, how-ever, that devastated New Orleans, but rather an accom-panying 30-foot storm surge that breached leveesalong Lake Ponchartrain, flooding the city with 5 to10 feet of water.

Can you relate to those numbers? Probably not if,like most people, you only experienced the floodwatching CNN. After arriving in New Orleans, my wifeRose and I took a tour of Katrina-wrought destruc-tion and passed a shopping center with its Wal-Martstore, still abandoned after 14 months. “The water,”our tour guide John Iennusa explained, “came towithin a foot or two of the Wal-Mart sign over theentranceway.”

Rose and I had decided to visit New Orleans afterreading an article in the Chicago Tribune suggestingthat tourists were avoiding that storm-devastated city,leaving once fashionable restaurants and balconiedhotels begging for customers. Yet the French Quarterhad suffered minimal damage, advised the Tribune,and hotels had cut prices drastically to attract tourists.Intrigued, I went online and booked a room at the three-star Chateau LeMoyne, one block from BourbonStreet, for only $77 a night. I also reserved a table fortwo at the venerable Antoine’s Restaurant, 166 yearsin business. While single, Rose had visited NewOrleans and had been turned away at Antoine’s,being told she should have reserved two months ear-lier!

The Chateau leMoyne hotel

jazz group circulating from table to table. I request-ed they play St. James Infirmary, another tune sungfrequently by Jack Teagarden: “Let her go, let her go,God bless her. Wherever she may be....”

The shirt I wore sporting a Chicago Marathon logoidentified me as a runner. The jazz group stayed tochat after their song; the trumpet player admittinghe once ran, but now walked. The bass player boast-ed to having run marathons. What ever happened tothe image of jazz musicians who drowned in booze anddied early, Teagarden’s fate?

Later that evening, we wandered down BourbonStreet, stopping first at the Tropical Isle, whose spe-cialty was hand grenades, not those that explodebut exotic drinks that come in foot-high plastic con-tainers that might make your stomach explode ifyou had too many. A two-piece band played passablemusic of no particular style, but the guy at the tablecrammed next to ours seemed to have had one handgrenade too many. We decided to leave.

Departing Tropical Isle, we strolled down BourbonStreet: too crowded, too noisy and too strewn withgarbage for our tastes, plus if someone had carded us,we would have been revealed as Over-Age. Most of themusic bellowing from the bars seemed not of ourgeneration, until we wandered into the MaisonBourbon. Good music by a group fronted by trumpetplayer Jamil Sharif. After one set, we left to look forPreservation Hall, a famed center for Dixielandmusic. One year at the Boston Marathon, I hadattended a concert at Boston Symphony Hall by thePreservation Hall Jazz Band, its musicians in their70s and 80s. Unfortunately, we found the Hall shut-tered Sunday night and throughout our stay. Wehoped it was bad timing on our part, rather than theHall being a victim of Katrina.

The next morning, we walked down to the river andthe Cafe du Monde for another New Orleans tradi-tion: Beignets, a dough-based pastry smothered withpowdered sugar. Our tour guide John later said thatan easy way to tell the tourists was that their clothesusually were covered by powdered sugar. On Rose’sfirst visit, she had sampled the famed beignets onlyto discover they were almost identical to “cudaches,”an Italo-Albanian treat her mother used to make,although without the powdered sugar. Sadly, after hermother’s passing, nobody in our family has evermade cudaches quite as tasty, but the beignets we gotat Cafe du Monde came close.

The tour we took of Katrina damage provided themost memorable moments of our visit. When weasked the woman at the desk in our hotel about sign-ing up for a Katrina tour, she winced visibly. “It’s sosad to offer such a tour,” she confessed, then perkedup, “but you do need to see the damage.”

Although the Gray Line Tour had been recom-mended by others, we booked with Tours by Isabelle,

Looking upriver from the Cafe du Monde

After marriage, Rose and I visited New Orleans soI could run the Mardi Gras Marathon. This was in theera before runners could earn prize money or appear-ance fees. Race organizers lured me to town with apromise of Southern Hospitality. During our firstfew days in town, they treated us like Kings andQueens, escorting us to parades and formal balls. Theyeven rented a tuxedo for me. We stayed in the homeof a runner in suburban Metairie, who had a beer kegin his basement.

I placed third in the marathon, but life turnedugly during a boat cruise on the Mississippi. Toomuch drinking on the part of our until then gracioushosts caused the veneer of Southern Hospitality to grad-ually peel away. Suddenly we were “Yankees,” blamedfor changes then being forced on the South. A sad end-ing to an otherwise happy visit.

Still, we could hardly blame an entire city for thebehavior of a few. Several later trips to New Orleansproved pleasanter, including one during a book pro-motion tour when we had dinner with a distantcousin at Brennan’s Restaurant, another famed NewOrleans eating establishment. Earlier, Rose and I hadwritten a book titled Falconara, tracing her family his-tory from Chicago to Italy to Albania in the 15thCentury. We learned from the cousin that some of theearliest New Orleans jazz bands in the era beforeArmstrong and Teagarden featured Italo-Albanians,preferred because they were White, not Black.

Now, en route on our latest visit, driving south throughIndiana, then Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri andMississippi, and finally into Louisiana, the music ofJack Teagarden and other jazz greats made us antic-ipate a kinder and gentler city, although one humbledby the hurricane.

Arriving Sunday noon after a day-and-a-half drive,we checked into the Chateau LeMoyne only to learnthat our room would not be ready for several hours.We walked down the block looking for a place to eatlunch and found Arnaud’s Restaurant on Bienville Streetby chance. The restaurant was packed with peopledressed as though they had come straight from thenearest Baptist Church. Tuxedo-clad waiters bus-tled between tables, serving drinks and directingdiners to an overflowing buffet table. The Maitre D’showed no hesitation at seating us, however, even thoughwe still were wearing our 1,028-mile jeans.

A pair of Mimosas (a champagne-based drink) putus in the right mood, that plus a three-person Dixieland Power lines make access hazardous

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a relatively small company that offered a stretchvan driven by John Iennusa, retired from a previousjob but obviously delighted in guiding people throughhis city, even though it meant showing New Orleansin its worst post-Katrina moments. After a brief tourof the French Quarter, we drove toward the Ninth Ward,and John began to offer some of the details related toKatrina, a Category I storm crossing the tip of Floridaon August 25, but increasing to Category IV as it soakedup moisture crossing the Gulf of Mexico with windspeaking near 150 mph by the time the hurricanereached New Orleans four days later. “It was not somuch the levees that failed,” John explained, “but thestorm walls behind them. Sheet metal pilings had beensunk to 16 feet, but that wasn’t enough. The stormsurge undermined them, and they collapsed, floodingthe neighborhoods.” (He explained that the stormwalls now being rebuilt would feature pilings goingdown 60 feet.)

Eighty percent of New Orleans was flooded, the dev-astation zone covering 144 square miles, seven timeslarger than the island of Manhattan.

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Given warning of Katrina’s approach, many resi-dents fled; others could not. The old, the poor and manyhoping to protect their property stayed, many ofthem flocking eventually to public shelter at theConvention Center and Superdome. Nobody whowatched television during the days immediately afterKatrina will forget the images of people huddledtogether at the Superdome, others on roofs of their homesawaiting rescue.

The extent of New Orleans’ ruin cannot be seen ifyou stay on the expressways. When we had firstapproached New Orleans from the North on I-55,crossing the bayous, fewer trees seemed downed thanin the tornado that had struck Michigan City’sWashington Park this summer. Turning onto I-10, theeast-west route, we saw a few roofs covered by bluetarpaulins, a sign of damage yet repaired, but fewerthan we had seen in Southern Florida after hurricanesthe previous year. Only when you leave the 70-mphexpressway environment and drive into the neigh-borhoods do you realize that the seemingly undam-aged homes seen from a distance remain unoccu-pied, doors and windows gone, ripped open, debrislittering the floors. Some houses sported boats and carson their crushed roofs, as well as Marsh Grass. Threehundred thousand cars were destroyed, John toldus. “The water here rose 10 feet high.” he explainedas we drove through the 9th Ward. “And it sat for 14to 21 days!” A tour of another neighborhood, St.Bernard’s Parish, demonstrated destruction equallybad. John provided the chilling statistic. “Ninety-five percent of the businesses and homes here weredestroyed.”

New Orleans had a population of 475,000 beforeKatrina. “Only 180,000 have come back,” Johninformed us. The city’s economic base--unless youcount the sale of beignets in the French Quarter--hasbeen destroyed. Jobs abound for construction work-ers, but not for those cooking hamburgers at McDonald’s,because too few people remain to visit fast food joints.For many who might return, there remains littleaffordable housing other than trailers supplied by FEMA,

the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Manyof those at the bottom of the economic ladder may seeno reason to return. If you’re going to be poor, you canjust as easily be poor in Baton Rouge or Houston oreven Chicago. On Bourbon Street the night before, wepassed a shop selling T-shirts, one of them: “FEMADisaster Plan: Run, Bitch, Run!”

That same night we visited Antoine’s. We hardlyhad needed our reservation made on the Internetweeks before. On a Monday night, only a handful ofpeople occupied the restaurant. After a tasty meal, ourwaiter provided us with a tour of the restaurant,including the wine cellar (actually on ground floor),stretching 176 feet to the next street. “We lost 25,000bottles of wine,” explained the waiter. It was not theflooding, but the power loss because of the flooding.

At least Antoine’s got a $2.5 million insurance set-tlement for that and other damage. Memories can bereplaced less easily. Rose and I now carry with us thehaunting memory of walking into one house, open tothe winds and rain, its floor a garbage heap. We sawone moldering cardboard box stuffed with pictureframes, shreds of photographs scattered among thedebris nearby. Many, if not most, of these abandonedhomes will be torn down. If your home is less than 50percent damaged, you are allowed to rebuild; more than50 percent, and you cannot. But who determines thenumbers? Some homes already have been rebuilt byoptimistic owners, raised onto pilings 5 feet above theground, but still below the level of surroundingwaters. How much higher might those waters rise indecades to come, and will future storms prove morefurious than Katrina in an era of global warming?

I could not help recalling the warnings in Al Gore’sbook and film, An Inconvenient Truth. Gore predictsthat if the ice in Greenland and Antarctica melted intothe oceans--a likely possibility unless we reverse thetrend of greenhouse gases being released into the atmos-phere--those oceans could rise 20 feet. Global warm-ing also has been suggested as a major cause of hur-ricanes, both more of them and more severe ones. IsNew Orleans being rebuilt only to be destroyed again?Should New Orleans even be rebuilt?

Construction continues on new levees Not quite a Long Beach Fixer-Upper


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me, down the Mississippi?” It might take years, evendecades, but, yes, we were certain that New Orleanswould rise from its sodden ashes to once more becomethe Land of Dreams.

Winds and water slammed a bus against a barrier

Rose and I had pondered that question before vis-iting New Orleans, but John offered reasons whythe city at the end of the Mississippi River needs tobe rebuilt. For one, it is the most important port onour southern seaboard, the only deepwater port withsix Class 1 railroads. New Orleans is the number oneimporter of coffee, natural rubber, plywood, steel andcopper. The city is first in the production of offshorecrude oil and second in production of offshore naturalgas. The port provides 107,000 jobs and $2 billion inearnings and offers the world’s largest wharf: two mileslong, capable of accomodating 15 vessels at one time.Eighty percent of the grain exports from the US gothrough the Port of New Orleans. Add to that NewOrleans having midwifed the Birth of the Blues, itsjazz heritage including everyone from Jelly RollMorton to Louis Armstrong to Jack Teagarden to, mostrecently, Wynton Marsalis. Wynton's brother, BranfordMarsalis, teaming with Harry Connick, Jr., hasraised money to construct new Habitat for Humanityhomes for area jazz musicians. John showed us thosebrightly-colored homes during our tour of the city, andthey stand as symbols of New Orleans rebirth.

As we drove out of town, we heard again JackTeagarden singing: “Aren’t you glad you came with

In ravished houses, there remains no privacy

Standing water still remains in some areas a year later

Silt fills a homeowner's back yard

Breathing became difficult because of pollution in the air


New Orleans by Hal Higdon

Sidebar: The Towns Time ForgotImagine, if you can, an evil wind or wave roaring

in from Lake Michigan and crushing every struc-ture from Lake Shore Drive to US 12 between NewBuffalo and Michigan City, including Blue ChipCasino. That gives you an idea of the destructionKatrina wrought on the spit of land between Gulfportand Biloxi, Mississippi. (Ironically, an ocean villagejust west of Gulfport is named Long Beach.)

But while ample publicity has been given to thedestruction of New Orleans, fewer people know aboutdamage done to Gulfport and Biloxi. These are the TownsThat Time Forgot.

Traveling east on US-10 from New Orleans to ourwinter home outside Jacksonville, Florida, my wifeRose and I detoured to Route 90, a more local road besidethe Gulf of Mexico. We encountered beautiful beach-es, but with nobody occupying the white sand. Inlandfrom the beach: nothing. Devastation for blocks andblocks looking north and for miles and miles east andwest along the water, all the way from Gulfport to Biloxi,a distance of about two dozen miles. Yes, about the dis-tance from New Buffalo to Michigan City.

Destroyed. Gone. The houses don’t exist anymore,although many of the tall oak trees that once surroundedthose houses remain as silent sentinels. The combi-nation of wind and storm reducing the houses topiles of debris, an unintended land fill.

Millions, certainly, have been paid the formerhomeowners by insurance companies, but few havebegun to rebuild, perhaps because construction work-ers are in short supply, or maybe they don’t want torebuild in the face of the next hurricane, and becausemany hope that one of the casinos will offer them anoutrageous price for their property--and that is hap-pening. Rose and I speculated that the best use forthe land would be to convert it into a NationalSeashore. Don’t count on it.

What are being rebuilt are the casinos, several ofthem already open to people for whom day or nightdoesn’t exist. And that is the saddest part of theTowns That Time Forgot. No homes being rebuilt, onlycasinos. Imagine, if you can, the evil wind having crushedevery structure from Lake Shore Drive to US 12between New Buffalo and Michigan City, and theonly building being rebuilt was Blue Chip Casino.

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Last week’s Beacher sort of sketched our first fewdays in Tuscany. Now its time to write about thefood part of the trip. Our hotel Vittoria Grand serveddelicacies like meat ravioli with butter and sage,roasted veal shoulder, baked sea bass fillet. All great,but my favorite meal was at a ristorante namedLaCascina a few blocks from the hotel. Delightful mealserved by a pleasant waiter named Giovanni (didyou know all waiters in Italy are handsome?) -- Ihad veal entrecote in a black truffle sauce; Jane,seabass fillet with sliced potatoes in fresh basil sauce.Those plates were difficult to choose, as everythingon their menu looked entrancing. Next day our groupvisited Siena where Jane and I then enjoyed a Tuscan

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Butterflies in Your Stomach (www.sixflags.com/parks/magicmountain). If you have a fast internet con-nection and happen to like roller coasters, you can expe-rience a virtual ride on the Tatsu located in Six Flagsamusement park in California. Yes, you really can getbutterflies in your stomach while taking this virtu-al tour. It’s a great opportunity for chickens like mewho refuse to ride the real ones.

Geography Test (www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf). Can you locate all 48 (mainland)states on a map? Sure, you can. Can you locate themquickly while being timed? Well, it depends on howfast you can move your mouse. I flunked the testtwice because I was too slow. Plus, I found things get-ting dicey when trying to correctly identify thoseAtlantic seaboard states. My best score was 40 out of48. See if you can beat that!

Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle (www.msichicago.org/exhibit/fairy-castle/). Maybe this is a girlthing—all the boys were busy riding down under inthe coal mine or were exploring the submarine.Imagine getting to see all the rooms of the miniaturecastle in detail without being bumped by all theother kids lined up for a look. Browse at your leisureat this Museum of Science & Industry webpage.

Make Paper Toys (http://papertoys.com). Theseare not just any paper toys. These projects requirepatience. You can print, cut and glue the patterns tomake Wrigley Field, the Brooklyn Bridge, GlobeTheater, and many, many more models. Last year atthis time, I made a paper cr?che from crechema-nia.com. It was a Byzantine model, one of many to choosefrom. Since I’m left-handed and not good at scissors,it turned out looking like a six-year-old did it. Evenso, it was a fun project. Do a Google search and you’llfind lots of free paper projects to dive into.

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Snowflakes (www.snowcrystals.com). Get outyour magnifier and traipse through the snowy coldto examine snowflakes up close. Well, that is the rec-ommendation of this website author. He has writtenA Field Guide to Snowflakes for hardy souls whomay find collecting the crystals a thrill. What’s niceabout this site is the photos of snowflakes, whichyou can download for personal use. Or, you can learnabout the 35 categories of snowflake shapes and howthey grow, and you can watch a video of their “birth,”if that is something that might interest you. Me—well,I just enjoy looking at the pretty photomicroscopic pic-tures. Someone else can go out in the cold and collectthe snowflakes, thank you.

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Placement Exam at MarquetteMarquette Catholic High School will be conducting

their Placement Exam for all incoming freshmen,for the 2007-2008 school year, on Sat., Dec. 2nd, andSat., Dec. 9th, from 8:45 a.m.-noon in the library ofthe Richard & Louise Scholl Student Center on theMarquette campus.

Preregistration is recommended as seats are lim-ited. A test fee of $20 is required prior to the exam.For more information, contact Eric Brauer, EnrollmentDirector, 873-1325, ext. 231.

Children’s Choir and Violin EnsembleThe Michigan City Children’s Choir under the

direction of Sunny Gardner-Orbovich, and the MichiganCity Violin Ensemble under the direction of NicOrbovich, will perform Sat., Dec. 9th, 10 a.m., at theMichigan City Public Library.

The Children’s Choir was formed in September2005 and is open to any child. The student violinensemble was formed in June 2006 and is open to vio-lin students of Mr. Orbovich.

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At-the-door tickets, for $15 each, will be availableat Bethany Lutheran Church, 102 G Street, duringtour hours only. For more information, phone TimothyStabosz at 219/324-5087 or Pam Ruminski at 219/362-5712, e-mail [email protected], or the websiteat: www.peplaporte.org

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attend the monthly meeting of the Lake County ParkDepartment’s Gardening Club on Tues., Dec. 12, at10 a.m., in the Visitor Center meeting room at DeepRiver County Park.

Led by the Department’s Horticulturist, BryanMcKay, members learn how to solve their gardeningproblems, learn about flowers, shrubs, trees, veg-etables and just about everything that grows in ourarea. Members receive a monthly newsletter andrefreshments are available at the meetings. There areno dues.

Members also help the Horticultural staff plant andmaintain the gardens at Deep River Park, DeepRiver Waterpark, Stoney Run Park, Turkey Creek GolfCourse and other county-owned parks. Through thesevolunteer times, members learn how to care for manyvarieties of plants and can use that knowledge in theirown gardens and may attend workshops led by theHorticulturist.

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Activities to ExploreIn the Local Area:November 30-December 4 -- Showing at The

Vickers Theatre: “Catch a Fire.” Starring Derek Lukeand Tim Robbins. Rated PG-13. Thurs/Fri 6:30 pm;Sat/Sun 4 & 6:30 pm; Mon 6:30 pm. Also Showing:“Keeping Mum.” Starring Rowan Atkinson, KristinScott Thoma, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze.Rated R. 9 pm only. All times listed MI time. VickersTheatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, MI. 269/756-3522 or www.vickerstheatre.com

November 30 -- “Little House on the Prairie”Christmas at LaPorte County Public Library, 904Indiana Ave., downtown LaPorte. 6 pm. See how theIngalls prepared for the holiday--help with cookiedecorating, crafts, music, storytelling and trimmingthe tree. Free & open to the family. 219/362-7128.

December 1 -- Christmas Concert at St. John’sLutheran Church, Monroe & Kingsbury, LaPorte.Presented by the St. John’s Walther League Chorus,the St. John’s School’s Christus Chorus and the King’sKids. 7 pm. Free & open to the public.

December 1 -- “Adventures of a Desert Queen” star-ring Betsey Means, a play about Iraq, at The AcornTheater, 107 Generations, Dr., Three Oaks. 8 pm MItime. Tix $20/adults, $10/12-18; 269/756-3879 or pur-chase at the door.

December 1-3, 7-10 -- “It’s a Wonderful Life.”Adapted from the film by Frank Capra and present-ed by the Community Theatre Guild at ChicagoStreet Theatre, 154 W. Chicago St., Valparaiso.Curtain: Thurs/Fri 8 pm; Sat, 2:30 & 8 pm; Sun,2:30 pm. Tix $15/adults, $12/sen.cit. (62+), $10/stu-dents (21 & under). Reserve at 219/464-1636.www.ctgonline.org

December 2 -- 34th annual Advent Salad Bar atSt. Paul Lutheran Church, 8th & Franklin streets, MC.12:30 pm. Program following will feature BevMichielson, soloist from Holland, MI. Reserve at 872-4306 or 872-9629 by Nov. 30.

December 2 -- Films on DVD Series: “AnInconvenient Truth.” 2 pm at the MC Public Library.Al Gore’s lifelong commitment to the environment isshown in this documentary. Free & open to the pub-lic. Co-sponsored with the LaPorte County PublicLibrary and Purdue University North Central.

December 2 -- Chili Cook-Off at Grace Church, 2722Wabash St., MC. For a $5 donation, sample as manychilis as you like, vote for your favorite. Coffee & punchincluded in the price; desserts extra. 4:30-7 pm. Tixat the door.

December 2 -- 16th Annual Holiday of Lights inWashington Park, MC. 4 pm Chili Cook-off, followedby the lighting ceremony. Zooltide at the zoo from 5-7 pm.

December 2 -- Sing-along “Messiah” at the NewBuffalo Performing Arts Center, 1112 E. Clay St.,New Buffalo. 7 pm MI time. Tix $10 at local church-es and businesses or phone 269/469-5492 or visit

www.nbfac.orgDecember 2 -- Rick Kogan and Charles Osgood read

from their new book, Sidewalks, at The Acorn Theater,107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks. 7 pm MI time. Tix$15; reserve at 269/756-3879 or purchase at the door.

December 2-3 -- 15th Annual Prairie Pride atChristmas. 10 am-5 pm ea. day at Fawn Run Farm,Rolling Prairie, IN. Caroling at 11 am on the barn porch.Over 20 artisans displayed in themed vignettes.Refreshments will be available. 219/778-2809.

December 2-3 -- Zooltide 2006 at the WashingtonPark Zoo, MC. 5-7 pm. Visit Mr. & Mrs. Claus, listento holiday carolers, enjoy the luminaries, visit the ani-mals and have some hot cocoa. Gift Shop will beopen. Adm. $2/adults, $1/kids 3-11. Zoo members/free.

December 2-3, 9-10 -- Annual Candy Cane Expressat Hesston Steam Museum. Noon-5 pm each day.New, un-wrapped toy gets one free train ride, other-wise tix are $5/adults, $3/children. Free adm. and park-ing. Visit Santa in his red caboose, and shop in theGift Shop for train related gifts. Dir: east of US 39 onCo. Rd. 1000N. 872-5055 or www.hesston.org

December 3 -- Readings by author Bob Katzmanat The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks.4 pm MI time. Tix $10; reserve at 269/756-3879 or pur-chase at the door.

December 3 -- Michigan City Annual SnowflakeParade. Steps off at 4 pm from 10th & Franklinstreets and goes north on Franklin to the libraryplaza for tree lighting, hot chocolate and cookies,and caroling.

December 3 -- Julefest at Valparaiso University.Featuring traditional and popular songs of theChristmas season. 4 pm in the Chapel of theResurrection on campus. Free & open to the public.

December 3 -- Sinai Sunday Evening Forum:Vince Papale speaks on “Invinceable.” 7:30 pm atthe Elston School, 317 Detroit St., MC. Single admis-sion tickets sold is space allows.

December 4 -- Memoirs. 1:30 pm at the MC PublicLibrary. Open to anyone interested in or alreadywriting their memoris.

December 4 -- Family Holiday Scrapbook Program.6 pm at the MC Public Library. Bring your family pho-tos and create a page for your scrapbook. All mate-rials will be provided. Space is limited, reserve aplace at 873-3049.

December 5 -- Family Fun Night at the MC PublicLibrary. 5:30 pm. Visit with Santa and make a holi-day craft. Each child birth-3 yrs. will receive a freebook. Sponsored by the Baby TALK program.

December 9 -- 12th Annual Holiday at the Popsconcert presented by the LaPorte Hospital Foundationand featuring the LaPorte Co. Symphony Orchestra.Doors open 6 pm; concert at 7 pm. Tix $10. Children$3 (12 & under). Reserve at 219-326-2471 or toll-free 877-265-4539.

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els. John Calo, 269/469-6507 or email [email protected] to Visit:Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St., Michigan

City. Adm. $4/adults, $2/kids 18 & under, free/kids under3. Featuring “Yuletide Traditions in Many Lands.” Self-guided tours Dec. 2-17: weekdays noon-3 pm & week-ends noon-4 pm. Dec. 18-Jan 15: guided tours--week-days 10 am, 11:30 am & 1 pm; weekends noon & 2 pm.Mansion closed Dec. 23-25 & Jan. 1. 873-1520.

Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery,525 Broadway, Beverly Shores, IN. Open Fri.-Sun. 11:30am-3:30 pm thru Nov. Adm. free; donations welcome.

Great Lakes Museum of Military History, 360Dunes 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. Info872-2702 or www.militaryhistorymuseum.org

International Friendship Gardens, E. US Hwy 12,Michigan City, IN. Open weekends 10 am-4 pm.219/878-9885 or www.friendshipgardens.org

LaPorte County Historical Museum. 2405 IndianaAve., 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, 11am-4 pm. Phone 874-4900. Now showing: “Art ThatMatters: When Politics Get Personal.”

New Buffalo Railroad Museum, 530 S. WhittakerSt., New Buffalo, MI. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm, (MI time) Closed Sun. Info: 269/469-5409.

Rag Tops Museum of Michigan City, 209 W. MichiganBlvd., Michigan City. A collection of classic, antique& unusual vehicles & memorabilia. Open every day10 am-7 pm. Adm. $6/adults, $5/sen. cit, $4/kids,free/under 3. 878-1514.

Southern Shore Art Association Gallery, 724 FranklinSt., Mchigan City. Open Sat. 11 am-4 pm & Sun., noon-4 pm. 219-879-4980. http://southernshoreart.org.

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Presented by the Twin City Players at the Twin CityPlayhouse, 600 W. Glenlord Rd., St. Joseph, MI. 8 pm(MI time) Fri/Sat; 4 pm Sun. Tix $12/adults, $11/stu-dents & sen.cit., $5/kids under 12. All seats reserved:269/429-0400.

December 2-3 -- Christmas on the Farm at BuckleyHomestead, 3606 Belshaw Rd., Lowell, IN. Sat. 10am-4pm & Sun noon-4pm. Adm. $3. Tours of ChristmasPast depart every 30 min. from the barnyard. Dressfor the weather. Take I-65 south to Lowell exit west;go to Hendricks, turn left and follow signs. 219/945-0452.

Through January 7, 2007 -- International Treeson display at Northern Indiana Center for History, 808W. Washington St., South Bend. Celebrating the eth-nic diversity of the community. 10 am-5 pm daily; Sun,noon-5 pm EST. Tix range from $5-$12. 574/235-9664 or www.centerforhistory.org

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Chatting with the Chapmans about Their Roles in The Miracle Workerby Charles McKelvy

When word got out in Harbert that a local sister-brother acting team was about to make theater his-tory, I jumped on the story.

And this is what I came up with, after a shortjourney through the woods from our home in thePrairie Club to theirs in neighboring Birchwood:

This is Serena’s second appearance on the Twin CityPlayers stage. Her first was six years ago as thechicken in Hans Christen Anderson’s The UglyDuckling. Recently Serena performed in a musical,Journey of the Jewels, which she and two friendswrote and composed for the Brookview School BlackBox Theater in Benton Harbor. Serena is 12 and a sixthgrader at Brookview.

Caleb Chapman, who celebrated his 9th birthdayon November 18, will perform two roles in The MiracleWorker -- Percy and as the Southern accented voiceof Jimmy Sullivan. This is Caleb’s first Twin City Playersappearance, but he has been performing for his fam-ily -- sister Serena and parents Tanya and Laru -- sincehis birth. Caleb is a third grade student at BrookviewSchool, has studied classical guitar for five years , andholds a yellow belt in Karate.

The two young thespians graciously consented toan interview on a blustery afternoon in the family’sgrand home on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.Having just returned from a full day at Brookview,they gladly sipped hot chocolate as they explained whatbeing in The Miracle Worker has meant to them.

Serena, who plays the violin and enjoys ballet andjazz dance at the Citadel Dance Center in BentonHarbor, spoke first.

She said her great-uncle and Twin City Players vet-eran, Steve Sizer, was the one who encouraged her toaudition for the play. “We weren’t sure what to do atfirst, but we thought about it and decided to just tryit out.”

Serena didn’t know anyone at the audition and admit-ted it was “kind of scary. But I just did it, and it wasfun. And I like to act, so that kind of did it.”

When asked what she will be doing on stage,Serena laughed and said, “I will be on the floor a lotgoing crazy like a dog.”

Caleb (left) and Serena Chapman are both appearing in the Twin CityPlayers Production of The Miracle Worker which opens December 1.

Harbert siblings Serena and Caleb Chapman arerehearsing their roles in the Twin City Players pro-duction of William Gibson’s masterpiece, The MiracleWorker, which opens December 1 in St. Joseph andruns weekends through December 17.

Serena Chapman will play the young Helen Kellerin what director Bob Myers is calling “one of thefinest plays in modern American theater history.This compelling drama of Annie Sullivan reaching outto a blind and deaf Helen Keller has lost none of itspunch even with the passage of nearly fifty years sinceits debut.”

Serena Chapman explains the challenges of playing Helen Kellerin The Miracle Worker.

Caleb (foreground) and his sister Serena rehearse a scene from The Miracle Worker. The young Chapmans said they don’t mind

hugging in real life.


Caleb Chapman, who plays two roles in The Miracle Worker,has his moment before the tape recorder.

Caleb and Serena Chapman are into acting, full swing. (photo by Laru Chapman)

Portrait of Harbert’s theatrical Chapman family: (left to right) Tanya,Caleb, Serena, Laru and Layla the golden retriever.

Mom and Dad, of course, will have choice seats onopening night, and Tanya said ticket sales for TheMiracle Worker are as brisk as any production inTwin City Players history. She is especially lookingforward to opening night, because Serena and Calebhave not allowed her and Laru to watch rehearsals.

Again, The Miracle Worker opens Friday, December1 and runs three consecutive weekends throughDecember 17 with Sunday matinees in December 3,10, and 17.

Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $11 for studentsand senior citizens, and $5 for children under 12. Allseats are reserved. Reservations can be made bycalling the Twin City Players box office at 269/429-0400. Curtain times are 8 p.m. on Fridays andSaturdays, 4 p.m. on Sundays.

Twin City Players is located at 600 W. Glenlord Roadin St. Joseph.

And now it’s Caleb’s turn. Having sat patientlythrough his big sister’s moment before the taperecorder, Caleb said he would be “torturing AnnieSullivan with my voice of Jimmy. He was eight whenhe died, and he was Annie Sullivan’s brother. Annieis feeling so bad that he died. I just torture her withmy voice.”

As he said: “I’m Southern.”And to demonstrate his acting ability, he slipped

naturally into a cultured Southern drawl that had onewondering when they were going to serve the red beansand rice.

Caleb also appears on stage as Percy who, as he said,is quite proper.

“But it’s really difficult, because I have to keep chang-ing, because I’m playing two roles. I have to go frombeing really, really proper to being really, reallySouthern. It’s really very difficult,” Caleb said.

Both Chapmans admitted they were nervous aboutopening night, but they said their director Bob Myershas kept the cast loose and focused.

And, yes, the young actress has taken some cuesfrom the family’s energetic golden retriever, Layla.

Serena said her character is eight and that being12 has helped her gain insights into the experiencesof an eight-year-old. She also said that wearing glass-es has enabled her to empathize with the blind HelenKeller because she cannot wear her glasses on stageand thus has a strong sense of being without that pri-mary sense.

Portraying the pioneering Helen Keller has madeSerena Chapman more aware of the challenges thatall people must face and overcome. And, as she said,the story of Helen Keller’s childhood “is a little sad.But I’m glad she had Annie Sullivan to teach her allthis stuff, especially since she was blind and deaf.”


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On November 30, 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens,better known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida,Missouri. Among other works, he wrote the wellknown novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This wasfollowed by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,considered to be one of the three or four greatestworks of American literature.

On November 30, 1887, the first reported game ofsoftball, a game invented by George Hancock, was playedat Chicago’s Farragut Boat Club.

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On December 1, 1913, in Pittsburg, the Gulf RefiningCompany opened the world’s first drive-in gasoline sta-tion. Motorists, up until that time, were accustomedto buying gas in garages and livery stables.

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On December 2, 1859, French painter GeorgesSeurat, who founded a painting style called pointlism(the use of dots and dashes, rather than brush strokes),was born in Paris.

On December 2, 1942, below the football stadiumat the University of Chicago, a group of scientist,led by Enrico Fermi, for the first time demonstrateda self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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Off the Book Shelfby Sally Carpenter

The countdown is on! Twenty-five days to Christmas!For my book recommendation this week, I have cho-sen two compact and thoroughly delightful books foryourself or as a sweet stocking stuffer.

Too Soon to SayGoodbye by ArtBuchwald

Only the great ArtBuchwald could takesuch a solemn thingas dying and turn itinto a fun destination—like going to DisneyWorld or something.Here’s how it all cameabout…

The doctors told Artthat his kidneys wereno good and he need-ed to continue dialysistreatment for the rest

of his life. Art decided that at age eighty-somethinghe would kindly decline the dialysis and end his dayswith dignity on his own terms; after all, he hadalready lost a leg, so how much more did he want togo through?

Art soon checked himself into a hospice in Washington,D.C., and guess what? He defied the doctor’s prognosisand started getting better…Instead of having both chron-ic and acute kidney failure, he had improved to justchronic kidney disease.

“For reasons that even the doctors can’t explain, mykidneys kept working, and what started out as athree-week deathwatch turned into five months of liv-ing, eating and laughing with my friends.”

While staying at the hospice, Art was interviewedon Diane Rehm’s radio show, and bingo! Art becamean overnight celebrity because of his anti-dialysisdecision. He found himself a media darling and wascourted by George Stephanopoulos, Jim Lehrer, TomBrokow, and others. Even Sharon Waxman wroteabout him in the New York Times (“As you know,you have never actually existed unless you have beenwritten about in The New York Times.”).

Besides holding court with visitors that rangedfrom the entertainment industry to politicians toheads of state, Art found time to plan his funeral. Heasked a priest, a rabbi and Billy Graham to attend,after all, he had to cover all bases!

“I don’t want any politicians to speak, because mymourners would think I’d sold out.”

Art Buchwald tells his story with gentle humor, andyes, even an undercurrent of reverence. He toucheson his life, years in the Marines, his beloved wife andchildren, and a lot of the famous people who have come

in and out of his life. So after six months in hospice, Art moved himself

back to Martha’s Vineyard to wait for that day he real-ly will leave us, but gosh, he sure had a lot of fun think-ing it would have been over by now!

“So dear reader, I hope you don’t feel you wereduped. The moral of this story is, never trust your kid-neys.”

This book is entertaining and inspirational at thesame time. Thank you Art for giving us another wayto look at life and death.

Santa Cruise byMary Higgins Clarkand Carol HigginsClark

The mother-daugh-ter writing team is atit again in their fourthholiday mystery thistime set on a cruiseship. The RoyalMermaid was sched-uled to leave Miamithe day afterChristmas and wouldbe a freebie for peoplewho have given oftheir time and talentsto ”make the world a better place.”

“Commodore” Weed, now in his seventies, hadmade his money and now wanted to spend his daystaking people on cruises in the Caribbean. Of course,this free cruise would, he hoped, bring lots of greatpublicity and customers for his new venture, since refur-bishing the ship had taken a considerable chunk ofmoney.

The Commodore’s nephew, Eric, was to serve as hisuncle’s right hand; but then you know what they sayabout the right hand not knowing what the left is doing?It seems Eric has agreed to smuggle two crooks off themainland for a cool million dollars each, but he can’tpossibly anticipate how many ways that could gowrong!

Among the passengers is Alvirah Meehan and herhusband. Alvirah had won the lottery and become some-thing of an amateur sleuth. She invited along her newfriends Regan Reilly (also a private detective), her hus-band Jack (head of the NYPD Major Case Squad), andRegan’s parents, Nora and Luke. The ship hadn’teven left dock before things start going wrong…TenSantas were invited on the cruise to mingle with theguests, but now there are only eight suits. And did oneof the guests actually see a ghost in the chapel?

What a hoot—Part Miss Marple, part Keystone Kops!Till next time, happy reading!


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PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE offers over 2800 sq. ft. ofADA compliant single level space, with commercial fire alarm(linked to Fire Department), in-house wet sprinkler system,intercom system & more. All brick building is serviced by citysewer & water, high efficiency furnace & central air, and situ-ated on 1 acre on Michigan City’s rapidly developing southside. $298,500

LIKE TO COOK? Jim McGah is brokering 2 local restaurants. The firstis located in downtown Michigan City and has 3 large dining rooms, barand a large banquet hall, and comes with a 3-way liquor license.$459,000The second establishment is a long-established restaurant/tavern with 3way liquor license and a building which has undergone extensive improve-ments in the last few years. $895,000

Qualified investors can call Jim @ (219) 874-5927 for full details (over lunch).

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CENTURY 21 Long Beach Realty1401 Lake Shore Drive ~ 3100 Lake Shore Drive

(219) 874-5209 ~ (219) 872-1432

www.c21longbeachrealty.comOpen 7 Days a Week

Family Owned and Operated Since 1920

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Phyllis Waters*, Owner/Broker, CRB, CRS, GRIDoug Waters*, Managing Broker, GRI 219-877-7290June Livinghouse*, Broker Associate, ABR, GRI 800-957-1248Sylvia Hook*, Broker Associate, CRS, GRI 800-518-5778Beverly Bullis*, CRS, GRI 800-518-6149Sandy Rubenstein*, Broker Associate 879-7525

Tom Cappy* 874-6396Richard Klare 872-0947Beverly Szybala 219-861-2066Patti Slayden 219-608-6012Rosemary Braun 879-9029 Don Niven 708-259-9471

Each Office Is Independently Owned and OperatedPhyllis T. Waters*CRB, CRS, GRIBroker/ Owner

Doug Waters*GRI

Managing Broker

Bill McNew 872-8254Annette Clark 219-363-3545Stephan Koethe 219-331-6275David Landau 1-773-405-7484Shawn Semla 219-898-3370

*Licensed in Michigan and Indiana

Overlook Lake Michigan from casu-ally formal redwood ranch on 180 feetof gently sloping dune. The rich pati-na of hardwood floors adds elegance.Updated kitchen has lake views as doesthe master bedroom, great room and fam-ily room. A fourth bedroom, secondfireplace, den, and door to beach are onthe lower level. Double garage.

$1,049,000

2043 LAKE SHORE DRIVE

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Why Wait for Christmas to enjoysparkling sunsets over Lake Michiganfrom just redecorated and updated twobedroom, two bath Dunescape Condo.Dedicated private beach on LakeMichigan, exercise room, pool, largedeck, great room, and master bedroomoverlook the water. Laundry room or thirdbedroom. Indoor parking, gated entry.

$395,000

100 LAKE SHORE DRIVE, UNIT 502

The Most Popular Amenity is thesandy Lake Michigan beach just outsideyour door in three smartly styled newtownhomes. Each townhome has a pri-vate deck overlooking the water. Addyour personal touches and move rightin. $689,000, $699,000, $719,000

213 CALIFORNIA AVE.

Lake Michigan Views from almostevery room of state of the art 5 bedroom,41⁄2 bath home with every amenity.Lofted ceilings, skylights, balcony, decks,screened porch, wine cellar. Main floorlaundry, fireplaces. All appliances inwonderfully planned kitchen. Formal din-ing room. Garage. Private path to beach.

$749,000

200 HILLTOP

Horse Country Ranch on almost 2acres including barn with hayloft, stalls,tack room. Three bedrooms, 11⁄2 baths.Fireplace in living room. All appliancesin kitchen. Wood burning stove. Partialbasement. Ready to move in.$199,900

0959 E 1000 NORTH, GALENA TOWNSHIP

Sunny Contemporary only 2 blocksfrom Lake Michigan beach. Fireplace inlarge living room; family sized kitchenis great for gatherings. Master bedroomhas balcony office. New ceramic tile inall 21⁄2 baths. Three spacious bedroomsand bath in lower level walkout.

$379,000

223 WASHINGTON PARK BLVD

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