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ere’s what our Shore Facebook fans (2,100+) learned about during the last five days: We celebrated National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day; folks out there are learning to live with Parkinson’s disease; the Senate race in Indiana is closer than it’s been in decades; Sawyer Garden Center is already stocking good-looking produce and great ideas for gardeners; the Jackson brothers’ reunion tour is coming to the Star Plaza in Merrillville; a half-price deal on salon and spa services; how to motivate a hero to fly with a military flight team; a pig adventure at Fair Oaks; customer service-inspired jewelry design; already blooming and prize-winning gardens; traffic updates; awards, donations and anniversaries of hard-working charities and community foundations—and a groundbreaking at the Tolleston Boys and Girls’ Club project, near and dear to my heart; expansion at local airports around the Lake Michigan area; cheers and jeers on the Cubs and Sox opening weeks of the baseball season—and you might have answered one of the questions you have to pause and ask yourself every so often like, “Have you ever seen a perfect game thrown?” Ten years from now, you can just look back at your timeline . . . or the Shore magazine timeline, to find out fast.
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The fact of the matter is you don’t miss much if you are online with Shore or any of the Times digital brands and platforms. Our Times Media Company site, nwi.com, set another record 8.5 million page views last month, and almost 500,000 of those were accessed on mobile devices. I saw recently that the Orange County Register deployed seventy staffers to cover the Los Angeles Angels Opening Day. While we don’t have quite that many coming out to the Senior PGA Tournament and the Shore-sponsored Fashion on the Shore event on Saturday, May 26th, at the Heritage Center, we will have all hands on deck in St. Joe and Benton Harbor that weekend. The summer is already bigger and better than it’s ever been along the lakeshore, and we share the feeling that the 2012 Senior PGA in Michigan will be a game-changer for our favorite playground. Julie and I love taking pictures on our phones and blasting out to our family and friends. But don’t be surprised if there is a time lag on our albums and live feeds. As much as I like being connected (and always in the loop), I still prefer being live in the moment and being out there. Whether it’s at the Senior PGA this year, fishing along the St. Joe River, or at the many events coming up this summer at Silver Beach, Harbor Shores and Weko Beach, I’ll look forward to seeing you around. Bill Masterson, Jr.
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