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Outsiders Outside Art Fair to return this Labor Day weekend PAGE 3 City of New Buffalo Planning Commission makes marijuana zoning recommendations to city council PAGE 4 Tudor Dixon to face off against Gov. Whitmer in November PAGE 5

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Outsiders Outside Art Fair to return this Labor Day weekend

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he Outsiders Art Fair will return for 2022 to southwest Michigan this Labor Day weekend.

Located at the Judith Racht Gallery at 13689 S Prairie Road in Harbert, Michigan, the art fair will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept 2, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4.

The event will be held outdoors in tents and will run rain or shine.

“Our artists are so talented, but they have not been formally trained as artists and that is what makes them outsider artists,” said Judith Racht.

The art will include paintings, woodcuts, sculptures, and fiber art. The artists use many non-traditional materials to make their art and that is what adds to the whimsical nature of the art.

“Many of the artists have exhibited here

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Now in its 26th year, the event is often called the “best show of the season.” The show appeals to serious art collectors, people who are just looking and people who love going to events - especially outdoors in the summer.

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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 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

City of New Buffalo Planning Commission makes marijuana zoning recommendations to city council

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BY FRANCESCA SAGALA

embers of the New Buffalo City Planning Commission recommended to the city council that they approve the retail sale of marijuana in the city under certain conditions at a special meeting Tuesday, July 26.

In a 4-1 vote (planner Mark Joseph voted “nay”), the planners recommended the retail sale of marijuana along with the following conditions: “That the zoning ordinance, Section 11-2 be amended to insert as number 43 under General and Specialty Retail and Personal Services “The Retail Sale of Marijuana” as a Special Land Use. With the further provisions that it is not located within 1,000 feet of a school or church, does not directly adjoin an R-1, R-2 or R-3 residential district and not be within 1,000 feet of the Central Business District.”

Planning Commission Chair Paul Billingslea said that he’s in favor of having control over the matter through zoning.

“We do that through zoning - we make it a special use and then we define where it can be located within the city, what are the locations,” he said.

Joseph said that while everyone says it’s not a “gateway drug” he’s seen a lot of people “who went farther than marijuana,” adding that he’s not concerned with the funds the sale of it may generate for the city.

Planner Debra Schmidt said that “personally I do not use it, don’t want it anywhere near me, but I also don’t want to tell everybody else what they can do.”

She said it was “scary” to drive around at night on weekends with the amount of drinking happening in town and all the weekend traffic, adding that marijuana usage might exacerbate these issues.

In talking with people, Schmidt said that while everyone’s in favor of the sale of medical marijuana, they’re against recreational.

In February, Billingslea said that the results of a survey that was sent out to

residents revealed that 60% are in favor of having some type of marijuana business in the city (some were in favor of medical but not recreational) and 40% were opposed.

“My opinion tonight is that we should say where we want it in the zoning so that we know where we would put it if it’s allowed and then we decide then if we’re going to recommend it to be available,” Schmidt said.

Planner Roxanne Rau cited concerns for traffic, which is already an issue in the city, when looking at where the dispensaries should be located. She said that zoning is her biggest concern and that whether dispensaries end up here or “in the township right on the line, it’s here – it’s already approved within the state, it’s legal.”

“I think there’s more questions that need to be answered, especially about zoning,” Rau said, adding that that’s the “most critical part.”

Planner Bill McCollum said that, when seeing a dispensary in another town, he said it was the “busiest place I’ve ever been in my life, it looked like McDonald’s” and the traffic that a dispensary will generate is “going to be huge.”

He added that the city should allow for them on the outskirts of town if it is allowed.

Billingslea said that not allowing the dispensaries to be within 1,000 feet of schools or churches or central business district “keeps it out of our highest traffic areas, it keeps it on the edges of town.”

He added that they should avoid controlling the matter through the number of licenses because most of the lawsuits that are in place “revolve around the number of permits issued” in municipalities that have allowed dispensaries.

During public comments, Scott Callahan said he’s concerned about the “money that’s behind all this,” adding that he doesn’t believe that “we should have a conglomerate come in here and decide how we should do it and profit from it.”

“I think if you’re going to be local, be local,” he said.

Mary Robertson said she’s “100% against establishments in New Buffalo,” and said the city “should not become known as the first town over the state line where you can buy marijuana.”

She added that it’s “home to many children who should not be influenced and think that it’s okay to smoke pot because it can be legally purchased in New Buffalo where they live.”

“There are many people who are very interested in marijuana businesses in New Buffalo because they are interested in only one thing: their own financial gain…. They don’t live here, and they don’t really care what New Buffalo looks like or what it’s known for,” she said.

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oger Barbour said traffic can be controlled by zoning and dispensaries could only be allowed in general commercial district at the edge of the city.

He added that there could be 20 to 25 “well-paying, year-round jobs in the city per dispensary licensed.” This year, he said each municipality share of the 10% excise tax collected on recreational marijuana will be over $56,000 per dispensary, which is double previous years.

Scott Dianda, a former state representative from the Upper Peninsula who started working with recreational cannabis company Tranquility Fields and advises municipalities on the retail sale of recreational marijuana, said that zoning is the best way to maintain control and that he’s seen communities across the state that have “unlimited licenses and it’s a free for all.”

“In Bay City, it turns into being 50 to 60 licenses out there; now, they’re having a lot of people selling those businesses because they can’t make it,” he said.

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he following unofficial election results were reported from the Michigan state primary that was held Tuesday, Aug. 3, during which voters determined who will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

For more detailed results, visit www. michigan.gov and www.berriencounty. org.

Michigan state governor: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) 910,316; Tudor M. Dixon (R) 426,331; Ryan D. Kelley (R) 162,238; Ralph Rebandt (R) 44,023; Kevin Rinke (R) 230,966 and Garrett Soldano (R) 186,107.

United States Representative, Fifth District: Bart Goldberg (D) 38,454; Sherry O’Donnell (R) 31,977 and Tim Walberg (R) 65,306.

State representative, 37th District: Naomi Ludman (D) 4,203; Brad Paquette (R) 8,734 and JD Haughey (R) 1,513.

State representative, 38th District: Joey Andrews (D) 5,334; Annie Brown (D) 4,480; George Steven Lucas (R) 4,051; Troy Rolling (R) 2,425 and Kevin Whiteford (R) 4,240.

State senator, 17th District: Scott Rex Starr (D) 11,696; Kim LaSata (R) 13,628 and Jonathan Lindsey (R) 21,714.

County commissioner, Ninth District: Michelle Hannon (D) 1,316; Michael Davidson (R) 857 and Alex R. Ott (R) 1,046.

County commissioner, 10th District: Mac Elliott (R) 1,420. Write-ins: 13.

The following are results from the New Buffalo Township Park and Recreational Millage Proposal: Shall the tax limitation on all taxable property within the Township of New Buffalo, Berrien County, Michigan,

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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 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. Yes: 270 No: 246 The following are results from the Chikaming Township Operating Millage Proposal: Shall 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. Yes: 499 No: 369.

The following are the results from the Three Oaks Township Road Millage Proposal:

Shall 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.

Yes: 300 No: 160 The following results are from the Weesaw Township Ambulance Millage:

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n order to fund ambulance service within Weesaw Township, shall the Township levy thirty-five hundredths of a mill (.35 mills) which is equal to thirty-five cents (35 cents) for each $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) of taxable value of real and personal property subject to taxation.

Said millage will be used to pay for ambulance service in Weesaw Township. Said millage, if approved by the electors of the Weesaw Township, will be levied for a period of four (4) years, starting in 2022 and ending in 2025. It is estimated that the levy will generate $33,757.43 in the first year.

Yes: 320 No: 97 The following results are from the Weesaw Township Fire Protection Rewewal: Shall the expired previous voted millage increase in the tax limitations imposed under Article IX, Section 6, of the Michigan Constitution in Weesaw Township, of 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), be renewed at the

original voted 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for four years, 2023 through 2026 inclusive, for providing fire protection services, including but not limited to, the maintenance, operation, housing and purchase of apparatus and equipment, raising an estimated $96,449.81, in the first year the millage is levied?

Yes: 349 No: 70 The following are the results from the Weesaw Township Road Millage Renewal Proposition: Shall the Township of Weesaw, Berrien County, Michigan, levy 1.0 (one) mill, which is equal to $1.00 for each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation of real and personal property subject to taxation? Said millage will be renewal of the 2020-2021 millage to be used for the maintenance, upkeep and construction of roads within Weesaw Township, so designated by the Township Board. Said millage, if approved by the electors of Weesaw Township, will be levied for a period of two years, beginning with the year 2022 and ending with the levy in the year 2023. Based on current valuation, it is estimated that the levy will generate approximately $96,449.81 in the first year of the levy. Yes: 280 No: 137 The turnout rate for Berrien County voters was reported as 22.87%. There were 30,445 voters out of 133,142 registered voters.

New Buffalo Township reported the highest turnout at 30.23% while Chikaming Township came in a close second at 30.9%. Weesaw Township was 25.38%, Three Oaks Township was 22.07%, and the City of New Buffalo was 20.9%.

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American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox, The Milk Carton Kids coming to The Acorn this month

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inger-songwriter Crystal Bowersox, the runner-up on the ninth season of American Idol, will be at The Acorn Friday, Aug. 26, and indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids will make their Acorn debut Saturday, Aug. 27.

Dead set on a career in music, Bowersox moved to Chicago as a teenager, where she spent her days performing underground on subway platforms in between working odd jobs.

While in the big city, she broadened her musical horizons and shared her talents with a variety of venues, ultimately auditioning for the ninth season of American Idol. Bowersox’s time on the show proved to be well spent, as she immediately left the soundstage for the recording studio. Since her introduction to the world through television, she has released two LPs, two EPs, and several singles. Additionally, she has used her talents to benefit several causes close to

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her heart, and has become an advocate and inspiration for people living with Type 1 Diabetes.

The accomplished singer-songwriter is set to release a new project – a live album, recorded at the Kitchen Sink Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, cleverly titled “Alive.” Not only is the title a play on words, representing the rawness of the tracks, but it pertains to the place where Bowersox currently is in her life.

That place is one of joy, fulfillment, and stability for her and her 8-year-old son, Tony.

General admission tickets are $40 and reserved seating tickets are available at $65.

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of The Milk Carton Kids began making music together in early 2011 and have recorded and released six albums, including their newest release “The Only Ones,” the group’s new record (out now on the band’s own Milk Carton

Records imprint in partnership with Thirty Tigers), which finds Ryan and Pattengale performing a stripped-down acoustic set without a backing band.

Ryan and Pattengale also recently hosted the 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards for the second year in a row, while the group has been nominated for three Grammy Awards: Best Folk Album in 2013 (“The Ash & Clay”); Best American Roots Performance in 2015 (“The City of Our Lady”); and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, in 2018 (“All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do”).

Over the past few years, life has changed dramatically for The Milk Carton Kids. Pattengale has moved to Nashville, where he is also producing records; Ryan is now the father of two children and works as a producer on Live from Here with Chris Thile. A break from years of non-stop touring,

Ryan says, has yielded “space outside of the band that gives us perspective on what the band is.”

Opening the show will be Vikesh Kapoor. Kapoor’s songs have been highlighted by The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Interview Magazine and The Guardian. His debut album, “The Ballad of Willy Robbins,” was released to critical acclaim in 2013. From 20132019, Vikesh performed across the United States and Europe, selling out concerts in New York, London and Rome.

General admission tickets are $45 and reserved seating tickets are available at $70.

Both shows will take place at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at acornlive.org. The Acorn is located at 107 Generations Drive in Three Oaks. — STAFF REPORTS

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‘GREAT MICHIGAN TRAIN ROBBERY’ PRESENTATION SET FOR AUG. 11

he Friends of the New Buffalo Library and the New Buffalo Railroad Museum will be cosponsoring a presentation on “The Great Michigan Train Robbery” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11.

On August 25, 1895, just a couple

of hours after Chicago & West Michigan express train #3 rolled through New Buffalo, it was held up and robbed just north of Fennville.

This proved to be the biggest train robbery in the Lower Peninsula, and it led to the murder of the first Grand

Rapids policeman to die in the line of duty.

This who-done-it presentation will cover the crime and the stories of the people involved, as told by Paul Trap, a retired teacher and longtime railroad historian from Holland.

The program is free and open to all. The New Buffalo Township Library is located at 33 N. Thompson Street in downtown New Buffalo. In accordance with CDC guidelines, masks are optional at this event.

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SPORTS From the Bleachers

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COLUMN BY KURT MARGGRAF IN CHICAGO

hings are starting to heat up in Major League Baseball.

The trade deadline is Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. and presumably the Cubs and White Sox will be participating. The Cubs want to unload their few remaining good players so they can reduce their payroll to almost nothing, and make sure they don’t win many more games so they get a really good draft choice. The White Sox could use a good starting pitcher to finally break out of the doldrums they’ve been in all season. The Sox still seem to be the best team in their division, but every time they seem to be ready to go on a win streak, something happens or someone gets hurt and they can’t get over the hump. Today, their record is 51-50, and they are in third place - only one game out of second, two games out of first and two and a half games behind in the wild card race. A small tweak to their team may be all it takes to finally move to the top of their division. The Cubs record today is 41-60. They also are in 3rd place, but they are 12 and a half games out of second, 15 and a half games out of first and 13 and a half games from the wild card.

As I write this column tonight, I’m hoping against hope that I get a bulletin about a trade. It’s so hard to believe that in only six short years, the World Series winning Cubs have morphed into one of the worst teams in baseball. When the trade deadline passes, it’s probable

that pitcher Kyle Hendricks will be the only player remaining from the championship team. If that isn’t the worst case of mismanagement in sports, I wonder what is.

NFL training camps opened this week, and players on the Bears are singing the praises of the new coaching staff.

It also seems unbelievable that Cody Parkey’s “double doink” field goal miss in the playoffs happened at the end of the 2018 season. At that moment, coach Matt Nagy was the coach of the year and my favorite Bears coach ever.

After that, the arrow pointed straight down. Nagy and his staff didn’t seem to be able to do anything right, and he was mercifully fired at the conclusion of last season. The new coaching staff, which is being led by head coach Matt Eberflus, is being praised by the players and the press for holding the players responsible and making everyone work as hard as they can on every play. One of the coaches said they want to lead the world in hustle, and the players seem to be buying in. This season will emphasize the development of quarterback Justin Fields and if everything goes well, the Bears could be playoff bound by next year.

Babe Ruth said, “It’s hard to beat a person that never gives up.”

Be careful out there. Talk to you next week. Peace, love, and happiness.

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BY FRANCESCA SAGALA

t was 11 years ago when Gail Lowrie, a past member and president of the Michiana Humane Society (MHS) Board of Directors, asked Will Schauble and Jason Spohn if they wouldn’t mind hosting a “little cocktail party” at their sweeping grand cottage on Marquette Drive in New Buffalo.

“Many years ago, the shelter went through a rough time – Gail was on the board and recognized we needed to do something to keep the doors and kennels open,” Allison Goldberg, who’s the current president of the board, said to guests at MHS’ 11th annual Cocktails at the Grand Cottage Saturday, July 29.

That “little cocktail party” has come a long way: For that first party, there were roughly 75 people, and roughly $35,000.

Standing there that evening 11 years later, Goldberg said the event has raised $1 million over the years for the shelter.

“That’s a lot of second chances,” Goldberg said, adding that this year, over 550 tickets had been sold.

This year, the overall net amount after expenses was $270,000.

The Fund-A-Paws portion, during which guests could make a direct donation to the shelter, came in at $23,500. Sponsorships were over $100,000, as was the live auction.

The rest was tickets, raffle and general donations (received before the event).

While Lowrie passed away this past February, one could say her spirit was alive and well at that night’s event.

“Gail was this tiny, soft spoken fire brand of a woman: She either sold you a house or she sold your house or she hit you up for a donation to the shelter or she cornered you at a party and she ferreted out every last detail about you - which she never forgot…

Gail was a friend to everyone, and she was a Harbor Country icon,” Goldberg said.

Goldberg added that the annual fundraiser was Lowrie’s “vision.”

“So tonight, we’d would like to dedicate this event to Gail Lowrie,” Goldberg said before leading everyone in toasting her.

Goldberg also thanked Schauble and Spohn for opening their home to animal lovers for the past 11 years.

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oldberg paid homage to other members of the MHS community who passed away last year: Bonnie Benson, also a past board president, who “left a legacy for our shelter like you just can’t believe” and Tim Scott, who started “Feeding Hope,” a program where MHS collects pet food and supplies and distributes it back to food pantries in Michigan City “so no family has to make a decision about whether to feed families or pets and hopefully be able to keep those pets in their homes for longer.”

MHS Executive Director Johanna Humbert said that 2022 has been a rough year for the shelter.

Lots of animals who’ve ended up at the shelter have also ended up needing veterinary care.

Thomas Whitener, Kalamazoo County treasurer, with Meg Whitener

Marguerite Juliusson with David Montagano

Mixing and mingling at the Grand Cottage

Karen (left) and Mike Lamble with Mari Craven

Guests mix and mingle at the Grand Cottage

Displaying a quilt by Kathy Sorenson, one of the live auction items

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T Guests raise their numbers during the live auction

MHS Board President Allison Goldberg welcomes guests

Brian and Lisa Dodge with Colleen Thomas

Toni and Rick Canada with Bob and Margaret Oberts

Volunteer Bob Kasarada makes friends with one of the cats at the Grand Cottage

Jenni Agramonte, Jason Sutton, Shawn and Ryan Nofziger and Trent Kuprewicz

here’s Onyx, a nice black cat who has entropion in both his eyes (where the eyelashes turn backwards and scratch the corneas). He had a “little tuck-up” last week and got his eyelids fixed, so “he can live a comfortable, happy life.”

There was Blue, the rusty red Pitbull puppy who got sick and needed to be taken to the veterinarian earlier this year. The veterinarian said that Blue had parvovirus and a less than 50% chance for survival and therefore needed to be euthanized; however, the staff at MHS was able to give him a prescription for Tamiflu (like humans would get), and put him on an IV drip to keep him hydrated.

“It took five days, but Blue pulled around and he’s now adopted and he’s living a great life,” Humbert said.

Humbert said that while the shelter does receive several animals that are healthy and become adopted in a quick fashion, the shelter has sent a lot to the veterinarian this year.

“How much is a lot? In the first six months of this year, we spent a full 12 months’ budget for veterinary care,” she said.

Humbert added that MHS is “pulling from every other bucket right now” – which was why she

was imploring guests to donate during Fund-a-Paws.

“That’s why we’re going to ask you right now in our Fund-a-Paws auction to bid as much as you can to help us get some vet care for the animals that are going to come in over the next six months - we’ll take care of them, we just need the money to help pay for the vet care,” she said.

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uests could enjoy an open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres from Classic Catering. A live auction included items like a week’s vacation in Mexico, Key Largo or Telluride, Colorado; a dinner and wine pairings for 10 at Terrace Room in New Buffalo; a Cubs tickets package with dinner; a lobster roll catered lunch for 12 or a handmade quilt by local Maker Kathy Sorensen.

The raffle item was a Champagne and Caviar Picnic basket for six.

The Michiana Humane Society cares for 1,000 or so animals each year, with over 98% of the animals coming through its doors going to homes. The 501(c)3 not-forprofit organization relies solely on private donations; they receive no tax funds to help with their work.

More information can be found at www.michianapets.org.

MHS Executive Director Johanna Humbert updates everyone on the shelter

Mary Lambert (left) sells an auction item with MHS Board President Allison Goldberg

Enjoying the sunset at the Grand Cottage

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HOR0SCOPE AUGUST 4-10, 2022

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

The energy coming your way this week could really feel like the Universe is pushing against you. Take this as a cue to pull back and get some refreshment. Retreat into your space and spend some time reflecting on where you really want to take your life. Appreciate your surroundings.

LEO JULY 23—AUGUST 22

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Sometimes you just need to stay home and actively recuperate.

Take time to pamper yourself and process the situation. Incorporate self-care into your everyday routines. It may be hard to face but the only one taking care of you, is you. Good news, Leo is pretty good at that already.

Tackle family and home issues directly, this week. Make your list and get it done. When it comes to the more emotional chores, like having a heart to heart with your mother or partner, do it with a light heart. Trust in the bonds that family creates. Surrender negative expectations.

TAURUS APRIL 20—MAY 20

Not all that glitters is gold. You may need to re-evaluate what you are pursuing because the payoff may not be worth all the stress.

Air your concerns with friends and pay attention when other people share their experiences. You will have several examples of what not to do, this week.

VIRGO AUGUST 23—SEPTEMBER 22

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22—JANUARY 19

It’s important to keep a cooperative, working together type of vibe this week. Be sure to share the vision and include all parties before making executive decisions. Keep your focus on synthesizing and harmonizing as a group.

An overly authoritarian attitude could ruin a good team.

Take pride in your creations and don’t sell yourself short. Know that sometimes people can have an attitude when they compare themselves to others, and there is nothing you can do about that. You cannot control when people put themselves down but you can be compassionate.

GEMINI MAY 21—JUNE 21

Go for a more meditative, slower approach this week.

Now is the time to be more of a spiritual warrior and use unconditional love as your weapon.

Face the darker side of yourself with compassion and use your inner light to guide yourself to places if refreshment.

Determination is quintessential now.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23—OCTOBER 22 This is the time to focus on personal goals and shut out things you cannot control. Cleanup your own health and beauty routines. Organize your home and work spaces. Avoid getting mixed up in other people’s disorganized clutter or chaotic lifestyles. Close the door on other people’s messes.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20—FEBRUARY 18

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PISCES FEBRUARY 19—MARCH 20

Be more determined and forward in your interactions this week. Become more aware of your take on the situation and let that be your point of reference. Avoid people pleasing and be upfront with your philosophies when setting up relationship boundaries and expectations.

Relying on others to share pertinent information could prove to be a mistake, this week. Assess the situation or read the paperwork for yourself because it will be easy to get off course now and make situations significantly more complicated.

Trust in your abilities to do it alone.

It may prove useful to walk away from conversations and situations when things get tense or stressed with family, this week. Start to focus on chores and your work, rather than ruminate over personal issues. Dig into projects and relieve stress by cleaning out the junk drawer.

Avoid getting into conversation that are ambiguous or in any way clandestine. This is not the time to deal with uncertainties or speculate about things that haven’t happened. Take the risk to be upfront and above board, even if others pressure you to keep things hidden.

At places like Harvard, it’s who you know and other things? The long game, however “Its how you Act and of course dress? — Dino N. Fatouros

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OBITUARIES Mark Lee Smith 1950-2022

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ark Lee Smith, 72, of Union Pier, passed away unexpectedly at Franciscan Hospital in Michigan City, Indiana on his 54th

wedding anniversary surrounded by his family. He attended the Salesian Seminary in Cedar Lake, IN, and graduated from New Buffalo High School, class of 1968, and attended Purdue University for his Associates and Bachelor degrees, as well as the University of Notre Dame for a Masters of Business Administration in 1987. He was also a proud veteran of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era. His 47-year professional life focused on computer technology at Joy Manufacturing and IBM Corporation, and he ended his career as a professor and department chair of Computer Technology and Engineering at

Purdue University for 20 years where he retired in 2017.

Mark was born in South Bend, Indiana, to the late Leo and Alberta (Wilcox) Smith, Jr. On July 27th, 1968 he married his true love Barbara (Gergich) Smith. They resided in Union Pier where together they created a loving home for their three sons. Mark’s life was spent as the ultimate family man, and his joy continued as his family grew to include seven grandchildren. The path of his life was guided by his faith in God and was generous with his time and great talents.

He was a lifetime parishioner of Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church and served in many capacities in parish life as well as the leading the expansion of their school.

Mark loved his family and his many friends. He loved learning, teaching, and sharing

his time and talents. He was kind, gentle, humble, thoughtful, and always had a kind word. He had a great love for music since high school, and his great joy was playing guitar locally with his sons for 35 years in his family band, Generation Gap. After his retirement he wintered in the Florida Keys where he met great friends that he loved to play music with while camping in his Airstream. The leader of the band may be gone, but his song lives on in our hearts.

Mark is survived by his wife, Barbara, his son Jeremy (Amy) Smith of North Potomac, MD, and their children Maeve and Brennan; Jason Smith of New Buffalo, MI, and his sons Jacob and Justin; and Nathan (Angela) Smith of New Buffalo, MI and their children Alexandria, Samantha, and Jackson. He is also survived

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Visitation was held at the Sommerfield Chapel - Starks Family Funeral Home of New Buffalo on Tuesday, August 2nd, from 5-8pm with a Rosary at 7:30pm. A Catholic Mass was co-celebrated at Saint Mary of the Lake Church, 718 W. Buffalo St., New Buffalo on Wednesday, August, 3rd with Father Basker Lopez and Father James Morris at 11:00am, with burial following at Pine Grove Cemetery in New Buffalo, MI. Memorial contributions may be given to St. Mary of the Lake Parish.

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A Day in the Life

NOT DEAD YET: ATTENDING THE 1957 HILLSDALE HIGH CLASS REUNION

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BY LAWRENCE VON EBELER

don’t know what I expected, but for all my fretting about going to our 65th class reunion, it was far from gratifying.

I donned my reunion outfit, with the possibility of my special “rig” getting all wrinkled. I was so disappointed that the saddle shoes, which is what we wore in the ’50s, that I had ordered came in too small.

So, off we went in Kara’s sleek BMW hatch back at 80 miles an hour, with a detour for her hair appointment with the fancy-schmancy stylist. Arriving exactly on time, she went into the salon with me in tow, only to find out the stylist changed her appointment to the late afternoon. (Cripes, the best laid plans of mice and men.)

We did manage to get to Walgreen’s to have some photos developed that I wanted to take to the reunion. We were out of there in 20 minutes, complete with a small album to put the photos in. I got all the photos into an album and made shaky notes under them all, which looked like a 4-year-old made them with the shaking of the car; however, I felt it was great that it got done in time for the big reunion. Never mind I showed it to only one person, and she was not a classmate.

We got to the reunion restaurant in the onehorse town that was not our hometown because it had a better restaurant than Hillsdale, which was five miles away, had to offer. I guess that the food was more important than the nostalgic value of holding the reunion in the hometown.

We rolled up to the rear of the restaurant, where all arrivals were instructed to use the “front door.” I ignored that and, while Kara parked the car, I ventured in, where I was met by the class secretary. I had sent a check for $105, and I only owed $10, which required me to pay in cash.

I didn’t have any, nor did Kara, so she went to the bank across the street and got our $10.

Meanwhile, I was seated at a table with not one person looking familiar. Nor did they recognize me (if you count that not one person said “hello, goodbye or kiss my foot”). Kara came back and ordered a wine and my Coke and the arrival of our luncheon soon followed.

The food was good, the company was dull and there was no conversation at all at my table.

(Except for the lady sitting next to me who I did not know, but she at least talked to me!)

My neighbor’s husband (my classmate) never uttered a word to me. It seemed like everyone there was depressed, old and out of it. My friend John in California observes that people don’t talk like they used to. He was in a Starbucks that was packed, and no one was talking to each other. Maybe my class is another example?

The singular thrill I had for seeing someone I wanted to see was when we were literally going out the door and I said to the person assisting us: “Does anyone know if John McElroy is here?” At that exact moment, John came over to see me before I left! I always had a great admiration for John. He was a football and basketball star, so we were more than opposites; however, he was always nice even to nonathletic me.

We had to leave early in order to make it back to Kara’s appointment with the fancy-schmancy stylist. That precluded any mixing and mingling with my classmates; however, prior to leaving, I made an extemporaneous couple of comments and Kara piped up and gave a nice little speech about how nice it was that we were still gathering after so many years.

But after 65 years, I guess that is noteworthy for all of us old curmudgeons to get together.

Never mind no one talked or commiserated while we were there. I admit we left too soon for us to go around the quiet dining room “mixing and mingling.”

We later received a note from the secretary that in two years she would send out a poll to see if we wanted to have another reunion. That would be if there’s enough of us still around.

Out of a class of 130, only 34 of us showed up for this stirring gathering.

I suspect there may not be any ground swell of support for repeating the gathering. I will be one of those to vote “yes” to it. Despite my criticisms, I still like the idea for going back to see the old Hillsdale High School Class of ’57.

FILM GROUP TO SCREEN ‘SOME LIKE IT HOT’ AT AUGUST MEETING

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illy Wilder’s classic comedy “Some Like It Hot” is the subject of the next meeting of the Harbor Country Film Group at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 15, at the New Buffalo Township Library.

“A clever script, a dynamic trio of lead actors (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe) and gifted direction by Billy Wilder all conspire to bring us the perfect summer movie,” said film group leader Eve Moran.

“Some Like It Hot” tells the story of two male musicians, on the run from gangsters in Chicago, who take cover by disguising themselves as women in order to join an all-female jazz band heading for Florida.

In 2001, when the American Film Institute ranked the 100 greatest American comedies, “Some Like It Hot” placed first

on the list. In his “Great Movies” essay from 2000, Roger Ebert called this comedy “one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft.” In 2017, BBC Culture polled 253 film critics from 52 countries to determine the funniest films ever made.

Here, too, “Some Like It Hot” was crowned number one.

Moran will introduce the film and lead a discussion after the screening. Expect the meeting to last about two-and-a-half hours. All are invited to the group’s meetings, and there is no charge to attend. Free popcorn will be served. The New Buffalo Township Library is located at 33 N. Thompson Street in downtown New Buffalo. The Film Group is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. — STAFF REPORTS

‘MUSIC OF BROADWAY SUMMER SING-ALONG’ COMING NEXT WEEK

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he Harbor Country Singers will be leading a “Give My Regards to Broadway” summer outdoor sing-along at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16.

The free event will take place on the School of American Music’s Spring Creek Stage, 14 Maple Street, in Three Oaks, behind the Arts & Education Center. In case of rain, it will be moved to the Shelter House at Carver Memorial Park, U.S. 12 and Elm Street in Three Oaks.

Music in the sing-along will include many great Broadway songs, such as “My Favorite Things,” “Old Man River,” “Always” and “Sunrise, Sunset.”

Song books with music and lyrics will be provided. Harbor

Country Sings members Sherry Kanoski, Diane Ruzevich and Pat Putnam will be leading the singing, and Ron Spears will be the guitar accompanist.

Everyone is invited to join in, and musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and play along. Please bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

For more information, contact the School of American Music at schoolofamericanmusic@gmail. com, by phone at 269-409-1191, or visit the school’s website, schoolofamericanmusic.com.

The Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund. — STAFF REPORTS

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The Backups & The Get Downs WED 8/10 7 P.M. ET

An Acorn Evening with Mark Giangreco SAT 8/13 8 P.M. ET

Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials FRI 8/19 8 P.M. ET

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Crystal Bowersox FRI 8/26 8 P.M. ET

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24 THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2022

Full Throttle

THROWDOWN

Car Show Saturday

August 13

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Show is FREE to Spectators Registration starts at 8am $20 Car Entry Fee

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