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Mayor says pool fire illustrates reason for short-term rental cap PAGE 4

Grand Beach Village Council discusses speed bumps PAGE 5

Village of Grand Beach cuts the ribbon on Grand Beach Nature Preserve PAGE 6 New Buffalo school board approves employment of new band director PAGE 10 Dr. Kray Van Kirk declared winner of 2022 The Acorn Singer/ Songwriter Competition PAGES 12-13

Huge scrap metal fire lights up the sky PAGE 23

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State primary coming next week

BY FRANCESCA SAGALA

he Michigan state primary will be held Tuesday, Aug. 2, during which voters will determine who will be on the Nov. 8 state general election ballot.

Running for Michigan state governor is incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), Tudor M. Dixon (R) Ryan D. Kelley (R) Ralph Rebandt (R), Kevin Rinke (R) and Garrett Soldano (R).

Running for United States Representative in Michigan’s Fifth District are Bart Goldberg (D), Sherry O’Donnell (R) and Tim Walberg (R).

Running for state representative seat in the 37th District is Naomi Ludman (D), incumbent Brad Paquette (R) and JD Haughey (R).

Running for state representative seat in the 38th District are Joey Andrews (D), Annie Brown (D), George Steven Lucas (R), Troy Rolling (R) and Kevin Whiteford (R).

Running for state senator seat in the 17th District is Scott Rex Starr (D), Kim LaSata (R) and Jonathan Lindsey (R).

Running for county commissioner in the Ninth District is Michelle Hannon (D), Michael Davidson (R) and Alex R. Ott (R).

Running for county commissioner in the 10th District is Mac Elliott (R).

Residents of New Buffalo Township will be asked to vote on the following Park and Recreational Millage Proposal: •S hall the tax limitation on all taxable property within the Township of New Buffalo, Berrien County, Michigan, be increased and the Township be authorized to levy annually an amount not to exceed .37 mill ($0.37 on each $1,000 of taxable value), of which .2311 mill is a renewal of a previously authorizedmillage that expired in 2021 and .1389 mill is a new additional millage, for ten (10) years, 2022 to 2031 inclusive, to provide funds for all

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park and recreational uses permitted by law, including but not limited to maintaining, improving, purchasing, constructing or acquiring property, property interests, trails, pathways and facilities for park and recreational purposes? The estimate of the revenue the Township will collect if the millage is approved and levied in the 2022 calendar year (the first year of levy) is approximately $244,000. A portion of the revenue collected will be required to be distributed to the New Buffalo Township Corridor Improvement Authority.

Residents of Chikaming Township will be asked to vote on the following Operating Millage Proposal: • S hall the previously allocated township millage rate of 1 mills ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), reduced to 0.367 mills ($0.367 per $1,000 of taxable value) by the required Headlee millage rollbacks, be restored to 1 mills by an increase of 0.633 mills ($0.633 per $1,000 of taxable value) to recover that reduction and be levied by Chikaming Township for eight (8) years, 2022 through 2029 inclusive, for general township operating purposes, raising an estimated $452,435.73 in the first year the millage is levied.

Residents of Three Oaks Township will be asked to vote on the following Road Millage Proposal: • S hall the Township of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan be granted the authority to levy .3750 mills ($.3750 per $1,000 taxable value) upon all taxable real and personal property for a period of Four (4) years from 2022 through 2025, inclusive, for the purpose of maintenance and improvement of the Roads and Bridges in Three Oaks Township. This is a new millage levy that will produce an estimated $41,099.00 in the first calendar year the millage is levied.

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CITY OF NEW BUFFALO JOHN HUMPHREY, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL LOU O’DONNELL, IV. MARK ROBERTSON, JOHN HUMPHREY, ROGER LIJESKI, BRIAN FLANAGAN City Council meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30PM CITY OF NEW BUFFALO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS to be determined NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP BOARD PETE RAHM, MICHELLE HEIT, JUDY H. ZABICKI, PATTY IAZZETTO, JACK ROGERS Board meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7PM NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30PM NEW BUFFALO AREA SCHOOLS BOARD CHUCK HEIT, PRESIDENT HEATHER BLACK, VICE PRESIDENT JOHN HASKINS, TREASURER LISA WERNER, SECRETARY JOYCE LANTZ, TRUSTEE FRANK MARGRO, TRUSTEE PATRICIA NEWSTON, TRUSTEE CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP BOARD DAVID BUNTE, PAULA DUDIAK, LIZ RETTIG, RICHARD SULLIVAN, BILL MARSKE Chikaming Board meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30PM CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30PM

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Mayor says pool fire illustrates reason for short-term rental cap

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Beck said water from a garden hose ew Buffalo Mayor John Humphrey said a recent sprayed at the can also didn’t put out swimming pool fire at the flames, according to police. a short-term rental is The fire in the can was put out when another example of why a police officer arriving first used an a cap was placed recently on vacation extinguisher from his patrol vehicle. homes in residential neighborhoods.

Last November, the city council According to New Buffalo Police, voted not to allow more shortfirefighters on the night of July 8 term rental homes in residential responded to 112 W. Clay Street on a neighborhoods. report of a pool on fire.

Regulations governing the use of Casey Beck, 34, said short-term rentals were a gas can was found also adopted.

According to the in the garage of the report, Beck told The decision was vacation home while investigators the fuel partially in response struggling to start a was being poured to a growing number fire in the back yard on what he and the of complaints about other guests wanted fire pit, according to loud noise and other to burn when “a the police report. disruption at short term spark came up and According to the rentals in residential caught the gas can report, Beck told neighborhoods, officials on fire.” investigators the fuel said. was being poured on However, opponents what he and the other guests wanted of the cap disputed claims such to burn when “a spark came up and activity at vacation homes had become caught the gas can on fire.” a problem.

Beck said he didn’t know what to do and, fearing the gas can would umphrey said the fire explode, he threw the container into again illustrates that the pool. short term rentals don’t The gas can in the pool kept belong in residential burning, though, after hitting the neighborhoods and need water. to be regulated as commercial lodging.

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“Lodging requires the highest standards of public safety and no matter how good of a host you think you are, you cannot control the actions of other people,” he said.

“To place that dangerous liability on your neighbors who expected the r expect the normal standards of quality a of life that come with a residential W neighborhood is reckless and only goes to show that additional work t must be done,” he said. c Humphrey said achieving a balance “ between tourism and how it intersects with residential life and commercial s M activity is also one of the biggest M challenges faced statewide. f He said it’s also not fair for municipalities to have to provide the h level of public safety demanded from a tourism without the ability to generate t the additional revenue needed to cover a the increased expense. r Humphrey said the solution would n h be state lawmakers in Lansing allowing a local tax to be levied to pay a t for such costs.

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“The current model is unsustainable – and local residents shouldn’t have to w live with the fear of the unknown of e who is living next to them,” he said.

THREE OAKS THREE OAKS TOWNSHIP BOARD Meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7PM VILLAGE OF THREE OAKS BOARD Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7PM GRAND BEACH Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7PM MARY ROBERTSON, CLERK DEBORAH LINDLEY, BLAKE O’HALLORAN, JAMES BRACEWELL, PETER DOERR, PAUL LEONARD, JR. MICHIANA VILLAGE OF MICHIANA COUNCIL Meets on the 2nd Friday of each month at 1PM

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Grand Beach Village Council discusses speed bumps APPROVES ASKING MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE FOR SUPPORT IN PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LAWSUIT ouncilmembers approved putting speed bumps in at two locations on Robin Lane, with the residents paying for them, after residents expressed concerns for safety at the Grand Beach Village Council’s Wednesday, July 20, meeting.

Councilmembers approved the request in a 3-1 vote, with councilmember Deborah Lindley voting “nay.”

Council president James Bracewell said the council received letters from Michael Barton Jr., Bill Callaghan Jr., Michael Moore and Lance Rezny asking for speed bumps in their neighborhood.

Barton said there are currently seven houses being built in that area and the amount of pedestrian and vehicular traffic has increased “exponentially,” as well as the number of short-term rentals and truckers going by in the neighborhood. He added that there have also been “habitual offenders,” and Callahan had witnessed a truck that went through a stop sign.

“This is in the interest of public safety – I’ve seen three events in the last six weeks and God knows how many other events have been missed,” he said.

Councilmember Deborah Lindley said that the council gets requests for speed bumps regularly. Just last month, they had to turn one down for one on Station Road.

She added that, when they approved the two speed bumps on Perkins Boulevard by the park last summer, she was concerned that they don’t become “speed bump city.”

Councilmember Pete Doerr said that he was worried that, if they approved their request, they’d get calls for speed bumps by other residents every month.

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big thing” and the letters that were written indicates “something’s clearly going on.”

Police chief Ryan Layman, who said that he was unable to find a safe spot for the speed bumps on Station Road, said that he liked the idea of having them on Robin Lane and that it’s hard for police officers to camp out there and stop others from speeding.

Like the two speed bumps by the park on Perkins Boulevard, the bumps will be removed after Labor Day. Councilmembers approved signing a resolution to request assistance from the Michigan Municipal League Defense Fund in the village’s involvement in its lawsuit with New Buffalo Township over its Public Safety Special Assessment District.

The village, along with the Village of Michiana, is appealing the decision made in the Berrien County Trial Court with regards to their lawsuit over the special assessment.

At the New Buffalo Township Board’s Monday, June 20, meeting, New Buffalo Township Supervisor Michelle Heit said that Berrien County Trial Court Judge Donna Howard ruled in the township’s favor and that she stated that the “language in Act 33 does not limit a special assessment to properties outside of a village and does not contain an exemption for properties within the village.”

Bracewell said that the 20-year special assessment, which just completed its first year, involves a “huge amount of money for onethird of the service that we’re already paying.”

He added that while Grand Beach needs fire protection and ambulance, it already has police coverage.

“Why should we have to pay double

- that’s the question mark and why would the township not pursue a millage with the people who have a vote?” he said.

Councilmembers approved signing the Joint Prosecution Agreement and Retention Agreement to be a part of the lawsuit filed by New Buffalo Shoreline Alliance The lawsuit filed by the New Buffalo Shoreline Alliance (NBSA) against the United States government claims the construction of the New Buffalo Harbor by the Army Corps of Engineers caused considerable erosion to the southern shoreline of Lake Michigan resulting in significant damages and an unjust taking of the landowner’s property.

The landowners seek compensation for the lost property and intend to use proceeds of the lawsuit to nourish and restore beaches and protect against further erosion to the Lake Michigan Shoreline.

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racewell said councilmember Paul Leonard, who has been involved with the NBSA, said he feels the village will be protected if the suit is successful.

Council members agreed that the Planning Commission should move forward with soliciting proposals for bids with regards to updating the Master Plan, with parks and beaches commissioner Pete Doerr said he can investigate grants for the Master Plan.

Councilmembers approved three documents regarding beach accesses.

One was what Parks and Beaches Commissioner Peter Doerr described as being a “benign” letter that will go out to all property owners who are adjacent to beach access explaining what is and isn’t allowed, if they happen to have

encroachments now or in the future.

Councilmember Blake O’Halloran suggested that it be made clear in the letter that they’d have to sign a license agreement. Another was the license agreement, which states that the property owners must indemnify the village against any claims made on something that happens on the owner’s encroachment into the village’s property.

Councilmembers also approved a beach access release and hold harmless agreement that will go to contractors who use the village access points for projects and to charge a $100 fee.

There’s also a letter that will be attached to the building permit packets letting people know that the village would like to have the sand left over from a construction project donated to them.

Councilmembers agreed with the village contribution of 6.72% of payroll to the MERS pension plan, which will begin Nov. 1, 2023.

Bracewell said that, with regards to the village’s pension payments, it’s at 105% funded. The village has already submitted $11,500 and has another $11,500 payment scheduled, which should put the village up around 110% to 111%.

Councilmembers approved the lowest bid of $69,410 from Merritt Engineering and Paul Oselka from Pay Jay Construction, Inc., with regards to the Wildwood/Ely water line relocation, with a completion date of Aug. 1, 2023, or sooner.

Lindley said the planned completion date is due to supply issues, as the contractors are saying its 44 weeks out before they can get the pipes and other materials.

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Owen (front) and Hudson Boehm and Olivia Polzin pose by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources sign at the preserve’s entrance

Cutting the ribbon on the preserve are Rita and Sidney Mathias, James Bracewell, Pete Doerr, Kimberlee Wendt, Deborah Lindley, Frank Giglio, Blake O’Halloran, and Ellen, Stephanie and Jaime Frankle

Village of Grand Beach cuts the ribbon on Grand Beach Nature Preserve A BRIGHT, SUNNY GRAND BEACH DAY

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hile the long, “arduous” journey of the Village of Grand Beach acquiring the 45.88 acres that’s now Grand Beach Nature Preserve has ended, Deborah Lindley, a member and former president of the Grand Beach Village Council, said the journey to reaping the benefits of owning the land has just begun.

“It’s the end of the acquisitional journey and the continued journey of enjoyment and preservation,” she said during a ribbon-cutting held at the path trailhead at Rohde Field, off of Golfview Avenue just past the intersection of Perkins Boulevard, Friday, July 22.

Council president James Bracewell said

that, as former president, Lindley had been front and center to the many twists and turns of the acquisitional journey.

“I’d much rather you all hear it from Debbie, who was in the front lines helping raise the money working on the tremendous grant we received from the state of Michigan,” he said.

In 2014, a group of residents approached the council about purchasing a parcel of land on Whitewood in Grand Beach; however, due to the cost and time restraints with the sellers, this never came to fruition.

Councilmember Blake O’Halloran attended a grant writing seminar and found out about the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant program. To

Grand Beach Village Council President James Bracewell addresses the crowd

Members of the public view the ceremony while standing and on golf carts

obtain the grant, the village went through the process with McKenna Engineering to write a parks and recreation master plan, which included surveys, public input and “hard work” for the Parks and Recreation Committee.

acres.

“She was familiar with the Michigan Trust Fund grant,” Lindley said, adding that, over the years, GBLD had leased the property to the village for $1 “to use for the enjoyment of nature trails” as well as

the driving range.

With the parks and recreation master plan done, the village could concentrate on the grant-writing process with McKenna.

Lindley said achieving the grant was very competitive and based on a point system. Due to the village’s first-time application and the land’s unusual east coast marsh plain environment (with plants that breed mostly in east coast marshes) and it being home to numerous types of flora and fauna, the village received value points.

They also received points because of the Friends of Grand Beach Nature Preserve, which “started the ball rolling” in terms of raising funds.

Councilmember and former council president Deborah Lindley addresses the crowd

One of the naature trails on the property

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t was around that time that Ellen Frankle, on behalf of the Grand Beach Land Development (GBLD), approached the village with the opportunity to purchase the 45.88

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hikaming Open Lands GBLD President Sidney Mathias offered the $20,000 said the organization began when his donation in fees for their father, Ernest, and Erich Hamburger services in managing the formed it 63 years ago. natural resources for the next “It was their goal to develop a large 20 years and contributed to the points. parcel of Grand Beach so that not only “This and other points earned gave would they be proud of what they did us a 75% grant ($2.4 million) from the but all members that are living, all the state,” Lindley said. homeowners that are living here and The village then had to raise the village council would be proud of the other 25% (or also,” he said. $800,000) of the After Earnest passed property’s $3.2 million away in 1973 and asking price.

Hamburger in 1991, “So, Grand Beach a new group, which Land Development had included relatives of offered the 10% match the original one, was – that match grew formed. When member to 12.6% in the end,” Lawrence Frankle Lindley said, adding passed away in 2009, that “that left the rest Ellen, his wife, jumped for us to raise.” onboard “to make Since the Friends of sure Larry’s dream Grand Beach Nature also came true for this Grand Beach Land Preserve had already property.”

Development President raised pledges, the Sidney said he Sidney Mathias addresses village was able to apply the crowd believes the first large for – and be awarded – parcel the corporation a $58,000 grant from took on was the Grand The Pokagon Fund.

Beach Marsh, which it donated to the When the funding drive had village. “stalled,” Lindley said an anonymous donor offered to match up to $60,000, ext was the Grand Beach with many families doing a second Nature Preserve. donation so the village could meet its “I’m so proud of what monetary goal. we’ve accomplished for Grand Beach, but I Lindley said the first appraisals were low, as there were very few parcels think our biggest drive is in these 45like the property that were being sold; plus acres and I think all the people however, the market values soon went involved from the beginning...Their up and bigger comparable parcels were dreams have come true,” Sidney said. being sold. GBLD agreed to pay for an Lindley said one of the main goals of extra appraisal with an appraiser who acquiring the property was to ensure worked with the state and was able to that future generations could enjoy it. get an “agreeable value.”

Olivia Polzin, the young “Many times, in the process things granddaughter of Dorothy and Jim about came to an end - but the Polzin, said she found out about the perseverance of our villagers and property while the village was trying to donators, the council and Grand Beach save it.

Land Development won out,” Lindley “I just immediately thought about said. how many animals would have lost Lindley said village clerk Mary their homes and would’ve died if Robertson was the main “coordinator, they changed this into homes or collaborator and record keeper” apartments…It’s so beautiful and it’s throughout the process and she something that everybody can enjoy,” “continues to wrap up final details.” she said.

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LITTLE FREE LIBRARY VANDALIZED AGAIN...

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hat kind of people live in New Buffalo?

Friends of New Buffalo Library installed the first Little Free Library in New Buffalo City March 2020 to encourage people to read and share books they have read and enjoyed. Of course, through COVID, it was taken down.

After it was re-installed, it took a while for people to learn where it was and how to use it. There is a sign prominently placed on it that reads “TAKE BOOKS”, “SHARE BOOKS”, “GIVE BOOKS”.

At first, we were getting some religious, controversial and even pornographic books and literature. That eventually

stopped. This spring and early summer, every book Friends of the Library put in the box was removed immediately.

We even tried putting in things like 1996 Rival Crockpot instructions. Everything was removed right away. That eventually slowed down and the library was again being used properly most of the time. Once it was pushed over just slightly. Maybe not vandalism.

On Monday, July 25, the Friends of the Library steward put six good books in it. On Tuesday, July 26, the books were thrown in the street and shredded.

I repeat. What kind of people live in New Buffalo?

Little Free Libraries are a community resource for everyone to share and enjoy.

— KATE MELL, MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF NEW BUFFALO LIBRARY

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SCHOLASTICS

New Buffalo school board approves employment of new band director

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embers of the New Buffalo Area Schools Board of Education approved the hiring of Ayrielle Hoyt in the position of high school band director at their Monday, July 28, meeting.

Hoyt will be replacing former director Christina Baumann, who resigned in June after accepting a position at the Lakeshore School District.

“She has big shoes to fill but I think she’s up to the task – she has a great background,” New Buffalo Area Schools Superintendent Dr. Jeff Leslie said, adding that there were nine applicants.

He added that Hoyt has worked for smaller school districts such as New Buffalo as well as bigger ones, like in South Bend.

Hoyt said she taught band at Riley High School in South Bend for eight years and taught band for grades sixth through 12 down near Carbondale, Illinois, for four years before that. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in music education from Illinois State University in Bloomington, Illinois.

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Per the handbook, under “I’m really excited to be here – I got to meet a lot of kids certain circumstances, today for pre band camp, so I the students can sign a was really excited to just jump “probation contract” and right in and get started,” Hoyt then they can play once they said.

Board members approved the 2022-2023 Athletic Handbook.

Board member Heather Black alluded to a discussion they’d had at the June meeting about the minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA. The following is stated in the handbook: Superintendent Dr. Jeff Leslie welcomes Ayrielle Hoyt to the district “Students must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and have come here “while working passed four of five classes in toward obtaining the GPA the previous trimester in order requirement; however, at to begin competition at the beginning of their sport season. all times, a student must maintain the minimum set by If a student does not have a 2.0 the MHSAA, which is 66% of or better GPA, he/she will be courses enrolled.” ineligible for competition until The handbook also states the the mid-term grade check.” following: “Beginning at the Students with less than a three-week mark, if a student2.0 GPA can appeal his/her athlete is failing a course, he/ eligibility status to the athletic she will be referred to the director, the principal, and the student advocate.” superintendent.

“They’ll have the support we got between small classes, homework club, the technology, our teachers, we got awesome teachers - so they’re able to bring their grades up,” Leslie said.

In a statement after the meeting, Leslie said that students that move in from other districts may come in with a lower GPA.

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e added that he didn’t feel it was fair to “punish” students from other districts, who he said may not have been in that position of struggling with their grades if they’d been starting at New Buffalo from the “get go.”

Leslie added that once the students arrive at New Buffalo and “get here with everything that we’ve got,” they’ll be able to raise their grades.

Leslie added that grades will be checked every week, something that Morgan

Motycka, assistant to the athletic director, shouldn’t have a problem doing.

Board members accepted the resignation letter from Melissa Ashdown, who worked in the custodial department. Leslie said she has a “great attitude” and is a “hard worker” and that it’s unfortunate she must relocate from the area.

Board members approved the employment of both Madeline Selby and Julie Wamser in the position of a paraprofessional.

Board members approved hiring the following band camp 2022 employees, pending background approval: Samuel Loomis, woodwind and Chase Ehlert, brass (Leslie said that they worked at band camp previously).

Board members approved the resolution of the four-year lease of computer equipment from Apple, Inc. Leslie said Apple requires them to do this annually and that it’s already been budgeted for in the 20222023 fiscal year budget.

The following lunch prices for 2022-2023 were approved: elementary, $2.75; middle/ high school, $3 and adult lunch price to be determined.

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In some way, it fulfils a fantasy. It is so new and unique, you want to buy it. — Bernard Arnault

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BARGAINS TO BENEFIT MUSEUM AT U.S. 12 SALE

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he Region of Three Oaks Museum (TROTOM) will once again host its huge “Highway U.S. 12 Sale” in the heart of Three Oaks Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Aug. 12-14, with proceeds going to support the TROTOM’s programs and activities.

Some 25 to 30 vendors will have booths set up in Carver Park and on the grounds of Three Oaks Elementary School, and the museum will also offer items for sale in the park pavilion, as well. It’s all part of the US-12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale, which stretches across Michigan along U.S. 12.

The museum’s site will offer bargain-hunting and browsing in a pleasant, shaded green space, and there will be food for sale, as well— sloppy joes, pulled pork, sausages, hot dogs and walking tacos, as well as drinks and chips.

Again, proceeds from food sales will benefit the museum, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the area, located at 5 Featherbone Avenue in Three Oaks.

Anyone with items they’d like to donate for the museum to sell is encouraged to bring them to Carver Park on Thursday, Aug. 11, between 5-9 p.m. Anyone wanting to reserve a vendor’s space should email Julie Sittig at trotommuseum@gmail.com. — STAFF REPORTS

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he U.S. 12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale, or “Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale,” is set to take place Friday through Sunday, Aug. 12-14, along U.S. Highway 12.

Every year, individuals clean out their attics and stake out their front yards along the U.S. 12 corridor stretching over 200 miles from New Buffalo to Detroit. Shoppers and bargain seekers will find antiques, collectibles, furniture, dishware, fresh garden produce, homemade jams and jellies, live entertainment and much more. The sales can be found along the highway at homes, farms, businesses, parking lots and fields. Some areas will have large numbers of vendors, while others may be scattered. Perhaps even more interesting than the “treasures” are the people others meet along the way. As they drive the country roads on their quest, shoppers will be privy to incredible stories related to the individuals and the items they sell and see a plethora of items that only their grandmother could love.

The nation’s second oldest highway, U.S. 12 is an old Native American trail from Detroit to New Buffalo on the state’s southwest coast. It is one of 16 Michigan State Scenic Byways, designated by the state Legislature to preserve the state’s historic highways. Since the sale started in 2003, it has taken place during the second weekend of every August.

Anyone who is interested in hosting a garage sale is encouraged to register his or her sale for free on the new U.S. 12 Heritage Trail website. Those who register will have their sale online be a part of the list of sales included in the interactive online map and a page listing all the sales, which can be viewed and printed prior to the sale.

Items of all shapes and sizes are sold along the route.

There is no cost to register a sale on the map.

Rentable locations are also available throughout the U.S. 12 Corridor Sale route. Visit the website to contact folks who offer spaces for rent. Another way to find a spot is to keep an eye out for signs advertising vendor spaces while driving along the route. Those who want to list their location as a space to rent a garage sale should register their sale on the website for free today.

Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale continues to grow in popularity with people in Michigan and the surrounding states. Visitors and people who are hosting sales are encouraged to upload stories to the U.S. 12 Heritage Trail website about their experiences.

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s an outdoor event, there should be more than enough space to allow for social distancing outdoors at the U.S. 12 Garage Sale. With the help of all participants, this event will go on while protecting the safety and health of everyone. For the safety of all participants, it is the public’s responsibility to follow state and local guidelines that are in place Aug. 12 -14.

Everyone is asked to please drive safely and to slow down while traveling U.S. 12. Please pay special attention to pedestrians while driving, parking, exiting a vehicle and visiting the sales during the weekend.

For more information about Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale and other attractions visit the U.S. 12 Heritage Trail website at www.us12heritagetrail.org and like us on Facebook @ US 12 Heritage Trail. — STAFF REPORTS

Lakeside Association’s Ice Cream Social to raise money for scholarships

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The public is invited to come join the fun at an annual community tradition, the Lakeside Association’s Ice Cream Social, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Lakeside Park Gazebo on Lakeside Road and Red Arrow Highway.

Meet, mix and mingle with

neighbors, friends and family while enjoying homemade bake goods and ice cream from Scoops in Bridgman.

This year, the Rotary Club of Harbor Country will again join the Lakeside Association in partnership to raise money for local high school scholarships.

A $5 ticket gets guests ice cream, homemade cake and cookies and more. There will also be live music

by The State Street Five featuring summertime melodies and sing-along

favorites for young and old. Kids can try their luck at the Fish Pond and win a prize. And of course, there will be the traditional cake auction, where Harbor Country’s best bakers contribute delectable items that are sold to the highest bidder.

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The event is sponsored by The Lakeside Association of Harbor Country. All proceeds will

go to the Scholarship Fund benefiting high school seniors in the River Valley School District.

The Lakeside Association is a longstanding organization that invites residents to participate in their community through holiday parades, the Ice Cream Social, Garden Walk and History Walk. Volunteers from the association also help maintain the Lakeside Park, a restful green space in the village center. — STAFF REPORTS

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Acorn Singer and Songwriter Competition winner Kray Van Kirk takes the stage

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Dr. Kray Van Kirk declared winner of 2022 The Acorn Singer/Songwriter Competition

o matter who you are, Dr. Kray Van Kirk – aka “the doctor” - said, everyone’s traveling the same life’s journey.

“I write a lot of songs about heroes and myth because I think these are the shouted poetry of dawn and whether you think it or not, each one of you, regardless of your gender or your identity or your ethnic origin, each one of you is on the hero’s journey,” he said.

Van Kirk went on quite the journey himself – from California

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– to make it to The Acorn to not only compete in the 10 annual singer/songwriter competition, but to also be declared its 2022 winner.

A fine finger-style guitarist with a precise baritone, Kray Van Kirk has a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska.

Donnie Biggins, one of that evening’s judges, noted the “confidence” Van Kirk brought to the stage – a trait that was only buoyed by the fact that he came from a “different part the country in general and made it all way here

Emma Hamel, the 2018 winner, makes an appearance

to perform this one song here for us right now.”

Being a believer of myths, Van Kirk told the audience one before launching into a performance of his song, “O My Fathers”: “Rejecting his inheritance of wealth and power that was given by virtue only of his birth, tradition says St. Francis of Assisi stripped naked in front of the bishop and his father and walked naked out of the church and into the world.”

Similarly, he said American singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie

Winner Kray Van Kirk shakes Nich Lampson’s hand while Abbie Thomas looks on

said: “It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort the disturbed and to disturb comfortable people.”

Judges chose three singers/ songwriters from the first round to perform in the second one: Van Kirk, Nich Lampson and Abbie Thomas. The decision then laid solely in the audience members’ hands, as they voted on their phones at The Acorn’s website - and paper ballots, when the internet briefly stopped working – for their favorite.

The 1,000 cash prize went to Van Kirk. The second place $300

Scott Hildebrand, 2021 winner, makes a guest appearance

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cash prize went to Thomas and the third place $200 prize was awarded to Lampson.

performances by singer/ songwriter competition alumni: Emma Hamel, 2018 winner and Scott Hildebrand, 2021 winner.

The night was emceed by Acorn n independent singer songwriter, favorite, Peter Carey.

Thomas’ life as This year’s Judges Panel of late has been was Anne Harris, a singer/ a classic story songwriter of six indie records about “making lemonade out of and has collaborated with artists lemons.” including Otis Taylor, Guy Davis She started playing music full and Markus James; Donnie time in 2021 after losing her fullBiggins, a singer/songwriter time corporate job during covid who serves as talent buyer for shutdowns – right when she was The Acorn and is a member of pregnant. On top of Chicago’s The Shams that, her wedding Band and owner/ got cancelled. operator of Chicago Thomas said it music venue, Golden was “the best thing Dagger and Jon that ever happened” Goldman, a member to her, though. of the Board of the “I love music so Acorn Center for much and I’ve had Performing Arts, a lot of fun trying programming to get a career,” she committee chair said, adding that and host of “Jonny’s she’s currently been Secret Stash,” a playing at breweries radio show/podcast Second place winner Abbie and wineries in featuring local Thomas takes the stage southwest Michigan. musicians and those Thomas’ first song coming through of the night was town.

“Lucky Penny” (her daughter’s Celebrating its 10th name is Penny). anniversary, Nikki Gauthier, While he’s originally from manager of marketing and Columbus, Ohio, Lampson now programs, said she’d be remiss resides in South Bend, Indiana. if she didn’t thank the one who Having lived in the Midwest for started it all: Sandra Thompson, former executive director, who so long, Lampson said his song, was there that evening.

“18,” was a “coming of age story” “Sandra was the person who about growing up in this part of started this program all those the country. years ago and kept it strong, Other contestants were kept it going and then, when Jack Cunningham, a singer/ she decided to fly away from songwriter from northwest The Acorn and relocate Sandra Indian; Daniel Deitrich, a singeroffered me the chance to take songwriter born and raised in over her beautiful program - and Southwest Michigan and now it was the eastiest task I was ever based in South Bend, Indiana given,” she said. and Tim Stop, a Midwest singer/ For more on The Acorn, visit songwriter. www.acornlive.com.

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OBITUARIES Betty Elaine Drier

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etty Elaine Drier, of Sawyer, Michigan, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

She was born in Three Oaks, Michigan on September 18, 1946, to Phillip and Lottie (nee Rymarz) Dziepak. She married Theodore G. Drier, Jr. of Three Oaks, Michigan, on October 11, 1969. Following their marriage, Betty and Ted worked and lived in the Chicago area. She was a successful businesswoman, serving as controller of a publishing business in the floral industry.

Betty will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends. She is survived by her daughter, Kristin Drier of Arlington, Virginia; a sister, Dorothy (Glenn) Palen of New Buffalo; a brother, Phillip (Connie) Dziepak of Three Oaks; a brother-in-law, Norman (Jeanne) Dudeck of Three Oaks; a sister-in-law, Barbara (Benjamin) Drier Gralla of Lake Bluff, Illinois; nephews, Michael Palen, Charles (Donna) Palen, David (Debbie) Dudeck.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Ted; her sister Jeanne Dudeck; nephew, Thomas Palen; and niece, Debra Dudeck.

Betty will be remembered by all who knew her as a lovely lady who firmly believed in treating others as she wished to be treated, and as someone who loved her country, her pets, and her family beyond measure.

The family will observe individual private remembrances at this time.

The family prefers memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, in Betty’s memory be made to the River Valley Senior Center, 13321 Red Arrow Highway, Harbert, Michigan 49115, or to Berrien County Animal Control, 1400 South

Euclid Avenue, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022, or to the Harbor Country Emergency Food Pantry, Inc., 6 South Elm Street, Three Oaks, Michigan 49128.

Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Wagner Family Funerals Pobocik Chapel, Three Oaks. Please share a memory or a message online at www.wagnercares.com.

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eidi Sommerfeld, 63, of New Buffalo, MI unexpectedly passed away Friday, July 22, 2022 at her home.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 5:00 P.M., Saturday July 30, 2022 at Starks & Menchinger Chapel and Cremation Service, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph with Pastor Damien Lake officiating. A private burial will be held at Riverview Cemetery in St. Joseph. Friends may visit from 3:30 P.M. until 5:00 P.M., Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in C/O Ralph Sommerfeld for a Scholarship Fund for his grandson Landon. Those wishing to share a memory of Heidi online may do so at www. starks-menchinger.com Heidi was born December 6, 1958 in York, Nebraska to Helmut & Hilde (Roesler) Fandrich. On May 22, 1982 Heidi married Ralph Sommerfeld in Benton Harbor, MI. She worked as a Sales Clerk for a variety of shops.

Heidi enjoyed many trips with her husband and spending time with her family especially her grandson. She was a gentle, caring, compassionate (Heidi was caretaker for her inlaws for many years) and loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and friend.

Heidi is survived by her husband of 40 years of marriage Ralph Sommerfeld; son Aaron Sommerfeld; grandson Landon Sommerfeld; mother Hilde (Don) Nigro; a brother; two sisters; and many nieces and nephews. Heidi was preceded in death by her father Helmut Fandrich.

Innovator, adventurer Kesling passes away

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e once traveled from coast to coast in his 1903 Winton, an automobile that looked more like a horse drawn buggy powered by an engine.

The LaPorte man with a vast collection of antique automobiles was also a prominent orthodontist, with more than 50 patents on orthodontic products.

Dr. Peter Kesling passed away Monday.

He was 90.

Former LaPorte Mayor Leigh Morris, who knew Kesling for several decades, called him a genius and one of a kind.

“He was an individual. He was unique. He was very talented.

He was very focused. He was no nonsense and I respected all of that,” he said.

In 2003, Kesling traveled from San Francisco to New York to duplicate the first coast to coast trip in an automobile on the 100th anniversary of the original journey by Horatio Jackson.

Jackson, a physician, also drove a 1903 Winton in his landmark voyage.

Joining him in a 1916 Winton was Charlie Wake, the greatgrandson of Alexander Winton, the manufacturer of that brand of cars.

Kesling seemed to enjoy the adventure of the trip and media coverage of his nearly six week long journey from state to state.

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Boyd said his mother and father were friends with Kesling and his wife, Charlene.

“There are so many words that can describe him. He was an innovator. He was a creator.

He was an adventurer. He was a pilot. He was very cerebral. Just a really unique individual,” he said.

Boyd said Kesling also worked on the engines of the cars in his beloved collection, which included a rare 1948 Tucker “Torpedo.”

Kesling had a majestic looking building constructed years ago on U.S. 35 on the southern edge of LaPorte to house his more than 30 antique automobiles.

The mansion like structure later become home to the LaPorte County Historical Society Museum, which has his automobile collection on display along with countless other historical pieces related to LaPorte County history.

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The still family owned maker of orthodontic technology produces more than 15,000 products in over 50 countries.

“He was a genius in so many different ways and it kind of ran in his family I think. He was genius. No question about it,” Morris said.

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PUBLIC NOTICES shall comply with the provisions herein relative to dwellings.

CITY OF NEW BUFFALO BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 255 ORDINANCE TO amend CHAPTER 23; ARTICLE I; SECTIONs 23-1, 23-50 (A) and 23-50 (C) OF the new buffalo City code of ordinances FOR RENTAL HOUSING THE CITY OF NEW BUFFALO ORDAINS: Section 1. Amendment.

Section 23-1 of the New Buffalo City Code is amended to amend the definition of “Dwelling or Dwelling Unit”, so that it reads in its entirety as indicated below. Except as expressly modified herein, the remainder of Section 23-1 is reenacted in full: DWELLING OR DWELLING UNIT A detached building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, not including accessory buildings or structures, either attached or detached. In the case of a mixed occupancy where a building is occupied in part as a dwelling the part so occupied shall be deemed a dwelling for purposes of this ordinance and

Section 2. Amendment.

Section 23-50 (A) and 23-50 (C) of the New Buffalo City Code are amended so that they read in their entirety as indicated below. Except as expressly modified herein, the remainder of Section 2350 is reenacted in full: • No later than thirty (30) days after the initial inspection, a re-inspection may be conducted, to verify that all the violations listed pursuant to Section 23-48 of this article have been corrected. If corrected, a Certificate of Rental Compliance shall be issued pursuant to Section 23-49 of this article. If not corrected, the Temporary Certificate of Rental Compliance shall be revoked, and the unit(s) must be vacated.

• The city will respond to occupant complaints of deficient structures by authorizing complaintbased inspections.

Legitimate complaints shall result in an inspection fee in an amount as established by City Council Resolution and subject to change. In the event of an unfounded complaint, the fee shall be billed to the complainant. If the complaint is legitimate, the fee shall be billed to the owner.

Section 3. Publication and Effective Date. The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance or a summary thereof to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and the ordinance

shall be effective 20 days after enactment or upon publication, whichever is later.

Approved: July 18, 2022 Published: July 28, 2022 Effective: August 17, 2022

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION – NEW BUFFALO AREA SCHOOLS WILL BE SEEKING BIDS FOR THE FOLLOWING: Milk Products - One Year (2022-2023) Deadline for MILK sealed bids: August 10, 2022 (3:00 p.m.)

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HOR0SCOPE JULY 28-AUGUST 3, 2022

AS INTERPRETED BY SANDY “STAR” BENDT ARIES MARCH 21—APRIL 19

Reign in outer influences and create your own masterpiece.

This is your time to shine and don’t rely on other people to show you how to work your skills. Let your talents develop and mature without trying to fit them into someone else’s ideals or sense of what beauty is.

LEO JULY 23—AUGUST 22

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22—DECEMBER 21

It’s time to update your look and attitude by combining the old with the new. Look back and bring those activities or styles that used to make you feel good. Let go of the idea that everything has to be new in order to be improved. Revamp some of those things you used to do.

Take your philosophies about life and your education to the next level by enrolling in classes or vacationing to a far away island. Now is the time to bring a new and improved vibe to your attitude by incorporating some of the things you’ve learned about yourself over the past few months.

TAURUS APRIL 20—MAY 20

Take some time to rest and nurture this week.

Now is the time to reflect on where you are at and where you want your life to go over the next few months. Meditate and visualize the things you want for your life and take a break from taking on other people’s issues. Clear mind equals clear visions.

VIRGO AUGUST 23—SEPTEMBER 22

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22—JANUARY 19

There may not be a lot happening on the surface but you can be sure that the people and connections you make now will be very helpful in the future. Keep your ears open and pay attention to what other people are saying and doing. Some of it may prove very useful to you down the road.

Whether you are securing a loan or combining resources, lady luck is shining on you and you will have no problem getting all the money you need. The important thing is to make the most out of your extra resources and invest in things that will carry value into the future.

GEMINI MAY 21—JUNE 21

This is the time to get back to basics when it comes to communicating. Send clear text messages or speak directly to people for the greatest effect. You can expect some lively discussions and a lot more emotion will be communicated just by having that face-to-face meeting.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23—OCTOBER 22 Doors will be opening and your social life will be expanding, this week. Now is the time to put yourself out there and share your ideas with people. You will be surprised by how deep conversation can get but you will appreciate finding someone who vibes the same as you.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20—FEBRUARY 18

CANCER JUNE 22—JULY 22

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23—NOVEMBER 21

PISCES FEBRUARY 19—MARCH 20

You can expect a nice boost in the financial department. The key is to put that extra cash to good use by investing in the future and avoiding the spending sprees. Only purchase things if they are at an exceptional deal or if their value increases over time. Feels good being green.

For you solo Scorpios, you can expect an unconventional relationship set up, and the currently paired can expect some strange and unusual behaviors from your partner. It’s not that you will be at odds or argue, but that their actions will make you question how well the two of you are matched.

You are moving into a new and better phase in the relationship department. Being more vocal will help you uncover things you have buried or bottled up. When you actively keep conversations going, partners will be more active in collaborating or compromising.

This is the time to start a better health regime and also embrace changes at work. Any physical routines or emotional healing techniques you embark on now have the blessing from the stars, which will help you stick with it and see some solid results. At work, a more positive vibe will be attained.

Creativity takes courage. — Henri Matisse

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Community alarmed by more fatal shootings

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BY STAN MADDUX

Michigan City woman was fatally shot in what appears to be an act of road rage.

Robert Curry, 25, of Michigan City was charged July 20 with murder.

According to court documents, Curry told police he was inside a truck parked in front of a residence on the city’s east side on July 17.

He said the truck was hit by a car driven by McKee, who failed to stop, according to police.

Curry also told investigators he got out, looked at the damage then went after the fleeing car.

He said he stopped the car and, while questioning the driver about the crash, she began pulling away in the vehicle, court documents revealed.

Curry said he pulled out a gun and fired at her when he was nearly hit by the vehicle, according to court documents.

Two of the 10 rounds struck McKee, whose car soon veered off into a grassy area near Springland Avenue and Roeske Avenue, authorities said.

No arrests have been reported yet in the July 13 fatal shooting of Jimmy Brown.

The 53-year-old Michigan City man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a vehicle outside a liquor store in the 1600 block of E. Michigan Boulevard.

City Council President Angie Nelson Deuitch said the time has come for drastic measures to reverse an upswing in shootings and other crimes the past few years.

Police have already beefed up efforts to try and reduce gun violence in a community with six homicides in 2021 and eight homicides the previous year.

The number of people who

survived being shot was 24 in 2020 and 19 last year, police said.

Police said officers the past two years combined responded to nearly 800 calls of shots fired in the community.

Investigators were still looking into the cause of a July 19 fire causing heavy damage to the old Pullman Yards building on the city’s west side.

About one-third of the 100,000 square foot structure was occupied

by Mikropour, a maker of air filters for heating and cooling systems.

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ongtime property manager Ed Bohle said the mostly empty structure has been broken into and heavily vandalized in recent

months.

Bohle, a former police officer, said he helped arrest eight juveniles inside the building on two separate occasions since December.

He is helping to spearhead an effort to form Neighborhood Watch groups in the city to try and deter crime.

The council is also looking into the possibility of using part of the $16 million the city received in federal COVID-19 relief dollars to purchase things like home surveillance systems for residents and business owners.

Deuitch said she also wants video cameras at all entranceways to the city to catch and discourage people from coming here from places like Chicago if their intentions are to commit crime.

“Neighbors are scared.

Neighborhoods are suffering.

Businesses will leave if we don’t step up to get these cameras, get these lights. All of the different things that we are talking about,” she said.

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A Day in the Life

SURVIVING A BORING FOURTH

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BY LAWRENCE VON EBELER

ot to dispute the column some weeks ago about how content I have become in my old age, but I got really disturbed on the Fourth of July weekend.

I had no plans, no invitations, nor friends or family. In other words, I was feeling sorry for myself! I have long held a rule that one should never stay home on a Saturday night, especially if it’s the Fourth of July. You must be a real dork to be home on any Saturday night, or so I thought. My wife and I would go to a movie, which I seldom found worthwhile time spent (and that was just because we had no invitations or plans for a Saturday night).

We would go to a “major release,” in the Hollywood jargon, in a small, off-beat theater and load up on popcorn, Cokes and Hershey bars at the refreshment stand for $30 (I once “snuck” my own popcorn in) and then try to slip into the back seats of the theater without being seen. We’d find our distant seats in the back of the theater and proceed to nosh through all the refreshments and try to enjoy the movie begrudgingly. (I do recall that I figured out why I could not sleep after those outings: It was because of all the Coke and chocolate I had with the popcorn - brilliant.)

So, this past Fourth of July I was a little upset that I had no plans, no invitations, no nothing and I was disappointed that I was going to be home alone on such a festive occasion – and on a Saturday night to boot.

Last year, I had friends in for an outside barbecue using my new barbecue for the first time at the new house. I killed that idea for inviting friends in for yet another barbecue, as I had done that already two weeks earlier.... and so, I just waited for the invitations to roll in for me to go out on the town.

I love the fireworks at the little town of Baroda, where we went in past years. They are the most outstanding fireworks in that little, tiny ’burg! Some families go there the night before and camp out on the side of the road to have a premium spot for the fireworks. A lot

of people go early to play various games in the vast parking lots. It is a real scene to behold.

None of that for me this year, I had to stay home alone! I think I felt especially deprived because when you can’t drive you are really stuck!

The fact is that I was not just bored but depressed in that I was feeling old and out of it.

It’s not easy being this age, when you still like to frolic.

But I lived through it and thank God, I was not in a shooting like that one in Highland Park, where that terrible, terrible massacre happened. They will never recover.

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nstead, I got inspired, turned up the stereo with Chris Botti and put down my new faux leopard rug under the dining table. It was not easy with the huge old table. I keep the table set for action, so I had to take off all those place setting, stemware, candles, center piece, etc. But I planned it all out and took my time (which I had plenty of) and got the rug laid after a couple of hours of careful engineering and heave-ho.

So, I had a good night, if not a good day.

Which only goes to show that I could stay home on a holiday and prove to myself that, in fact, I could be alone on a Saturday night - and live through it! If I didn’t kill myself wrestling the 500-pound dinner table - it was an engineering feat!

I am looking forward to my 65th class reunion this week. I wonder how many of us will still be attending. It’s for the Hillsdale High School Class of ‘57. It should be a rousing event. It starts at noon this time (maybe so we old geezers can get back home early for bed?). I am disappointed that my saddle shoes that I ordered just for the occasion arrived and were too small. Shucks, they were a nod to the nostalgic style of dress in the 1950s.

I’ll just have to make do with my charming personality.

OPENING RECEPTION FOR ANNIE HICKMAN ART NEXT MONTH

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nnie Hickman’s whimsical paintings of southwest Michigan will be featured at an official opening reception from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Vickers Theater, 6 N. Elm Street in Three Oaks.

The acrylic paintings depict the businesses, parks and private homes of Harbert, Three Oaks, Sawyer and beyond.

Hickman will be on hand to talk about her inspirations and techniques. Her style is unique—she developed her own techniques combining bright acrylic paint and black permanent markers.

A resident of Harbert, Hickman spent her summers here as a child, shopping at local stores and eating at the local restaurants. She was inspired by the “local color” of the communities and wanted to capture it with her art.

The exhibition will continue to be on display at the Vickers through Aug. 30, during theater hours. — STAFF REPORTS

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ebecca Dewey Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, is partnering with the Miss River Valley of Three Oaks Committee to bring together a 5k Run/Walk: “Rosie the Riveter”: Yes, We Can! The race will start and end at the Spring Creek School in Three Oaks Township at the corner of Three Oaks Road and Donner Road at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the race will support the chapter’s efforts to provide Evergreen Wreaths at Forest Lawn Cemetery for the Wreaths Across America event in December, and community classroom supplies and the Good Citizens scholarship. The other half will be given to the Miss River Valley/Three Oaks Committee to assist in providing scholarships as well as leadership and confidence boosting programs for community youth.

The sign up for the race can be found at www.runsignup. com. Contact the Rebecca Dewey Chapter at rebecca. deweyto@gmail.com. — STAFF REPORTS

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BUYER SCAM IS A FACEBOOK SELLER

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LaPorte area woman using social media to sell her computer was scammed by the buyer.

According to LaPorte County Police, she put a laptop computer for sale on Facebook Marketplace and a man agreed to pay $200 for it.

They met at a gas station along U.S. 20 near Michigan City and following the exchange the buyer quickly left the premises.

However, police said the seller while holding the cash felt something wasn’t quite right with how the supposed paper currency felt.

She had a gas station clerk use a security marker on the bills and each of the 10 slips of paper turned out to be counterfeit.

Police said officers went looking for the profile of the man on Facebook but his account was no longer available.

The suspect was described as Hispanic, about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. — STAN MADDUX

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Huge scrap metal fire lights up the sky

BY STAN MADDUX

lames from a 50-foot-tall pile of scrap metal at a Westville junk yard early Wednesday, July 27, were seen for miles away.

Firefighters from multiple agencies responded about 2:30 a.m. to Paul’s Auto Yard along Indiana 2.

It took about five hours to completely extinguish the flames once reaching more than 100 feet into the air, said Coolspring Township Assistant Fire Chief Warren Smith.

“It’s finally under control,” he said.

Smith said an aerial truck applying up to 600 gallons of water a minute was strictly used to put out the flames in the 100 foot wide scrap pile.

The fire was seen from places as far away as the Indiana Toll Road between Westville and Michigan City.

“It was quite the glow in the sky,” Smith said.

A crane was also used to bring down the scrap pile to allow water to reach hot spots at the bottom.

Firefighters from Westville, Noble Township and Cass Township assisted with the blaze.

Smith said there were no injuries.

Dennis Bom, involved in sales and purchasing at the company, said the office building was never threatened since it was about 100 yards from the burning pile of scrap.

He said there were no junk vehicles in the pile, which

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The items are brought in by customers paid based on the scrap value of their items.

Smith said the cause of the fire was not known but one possibility is an ember from a torch used to cut the metal into smaller pieces coming into contact with something flammable inside the pile.

Bom said other possible sources include the ignitor from an old propane barbecue grill becoming activated or a battery operated part to an appliance overheating.

“It could be a multitude of things,” he said. mith said scrap metal piles can burn from the plastics, foam and other flammable materials used in making the products.

He said even the paint on metal burns when the heat in a burning scrap pile reaches a certain temperature.

Bom said the charred metal will be hauled off in trucks and melted like other scrap from the yard for use in making other products.

He said scrap pile fires are not uncommon.

“It’s part of the business, I guess,” he said.

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