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A good summer for short-term rentals PAGE 4 Grand Beach Village Council approves easement regarding New Buffalo Township’s maintenance of Marquette Greenway PAGE 6

New Buffalo Area Schools students, staff welcome two new principals for 2022-2023 year PAGE 7 Red Arrow Raiders suffer loss against Bridgman Bees PAGE 8

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Celebrating 26 years of outsider art at ‘Outsiders Outside Art Fair’ PAGE 10 Officer credited with saving life in fiery crash PAGE 16

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Memory of eight former Prisoners of War to be honored at New Buffalo Railroad Museum

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he New Buffalo Railroad Museum will pay tribute to the memory of eight brave New Buffalo area men who fought in World War II, were captured and interned as Prisoners of War at a tribute ceremony at noon Friday, Sept. 16, on the rail car platform.

A flag flown over the USS BATAAN in remembrance of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Bataan will be presented to the museum and will be flown the day of the tribute ceremony. This tribute ceremony is an extension of the museum’s dedication to telling the story of the community’s veterans through its permanent Veterans Exhibit, which opened to the public in 2021.

The event will be hosted by Jim Smitchger, master chief petty officer, U.S Navy (retired), a 30-year military veteran and the curator of the museum’s Veterans Exhibit. Family members of the (now deceased) POWs will be in attendance. They will be the recipients of special recognition from the State of Michigan, the U. S. Senate and the Department of Defense.

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Shaw is active in the Navy League of the United States, Association of the United States Navy, Reserve Officer’s Association, Commanders Club of Michigan and the American Legion.

He currently chairs the Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee.

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he National Anthem will be performed by Abby Douglass, a voice student at School of American Music in Three Oaks. She has performed in “Lion King Jr.,” “The Addams Family” and “Frozen Kids” with Children’s Music Workshop and in the Bridgman Public Schools’ production of “Once Upon a Mattress.”

Peter Ross Dickow, former WZZM (Grand Rapids) reporter and anchor, will represent U.S. Sen. Gary Peters’ office.

Local government officials from the City of New Buffalo, New Buffalo Township and Chikaming Township will be in attendance as well as representatives of the local non-profits who help support the museum through financial grants.

The New Buffalo Railroad Museum is located at 530 S. Whittaker Street in New Buffalo. — STAFF REPORTS

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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

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A good summer for short-term rentals

t appears demand for short-term rentals in the Michigan City and New Buffalo areas remained strong during the summer despite recently imposed restrictions.

Figures on vacation home use this season from both sides of the IndianaMichigan border won’t be available for several months, officials said.

However, La Porte County Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Jack Arnett estimated the number of shortterm rentals to meet demand especially near Lake Michigan went up again like it has in each of the past several years.

“There’s no doubt it’s on the uptick. It has been for quite a while,” he said Arnett said a good indicator of the current market is vacation homes being created in the upper floors of buildings on Franklin Street in downtown Michigan City.

He said some of that space has already been transformed into higher end lodging but more is on the way.

“There’s quite a bit of that,” he said.

Another sign of continued market growth is Michigan City having the third most beds in the state from vacation homes and other Airbnb rentals, he said.

New Buffalo Mayor John Humphrey said the number of vacation homes registered with the city went down noticeably after restrictions were adopted last year.

The number started going back up, though, and equal the previous amount of 150 registered owners, he said.

The restrictions in New Buffalo include no additional short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.

Despite the cap, Humphrey said

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demand is still there judging by the number of new short-term rentals created recently in the city’s marina and commercial districts, where no limits were imposed.

“There’s just as many permits as there were. They’ve just relocated which was always the goal,” he said.

Humphrey also said a record was set this summer for attendance at the public beach while restaurant owners reported similar customer totals.

Those numbers might not be an accurate gauge for short-term rental demand since a majority of visitors come here to spend just a day or evening, he said.

Humphrey said it was important to point out the figures, though, because opponents of the vacation home restrictions feared they would send the wrong message and drive people away.

“I think there is demand for shortterm rentals here and you’ll continue to see that,” he said.

Short-term rental owners in Michigan City are also required now to register their properties with the city.

The action taken last year in both communities was in response to

complaints about things like noise from large gatherings.

A registered short-term rental allows a city to quickly look up the name and contact information of the property owner to try and resolve complaints sooner.

The restrictions in New Buffalo were given birth for similar reasons.

Humphrey said gasoline igniting inside a can tossed into a swimming pool at a vacation home in July is an example of why the requirements were needed.

According to police, one of the guests was pouring gasoline from the can he found in the garage to help a struggling fire in a backyard pit when an ember ignited the inside of the container.

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fter hitting the water, the can kept burning and firefighters came out to put out the flames, police said.

Rising short-term rental numbers in both communities were gradual before exploding when the pandemic hit in March of 2020.

Arnett said people felt they were more protected against COVID-19 in a vacation home than a hotel with rooms on multiple floors.

If anything, Arnett said he believes short-term rental demand at the very least has kept pace with the spike of the two previous summers.

Rentals for less than 30 days are not allowed in Long Beach and Beverly Shores. Short rental owners in Michiana Shores must have a permit and be granted a zoning variance to operate.

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The emergence of economic constraints during the pandemic and how supply considerations have returned to center stage

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BY MARK ANDERSON

he annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming symposium of prominent central bankers marked its 45th year Aug. 25-27. It involved exploring “the emergence of economic constraints during the pandemic and how supply considerations have returned to center stage,” a press released noted.

Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the nominally publicized event is the world’s largest gathering of central bankers. There were 127 attendees from the U.S., the UK, Europe and elsewhere. Notable speakers included Agustín Carstens, who manages the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS)—the rather obscure “central bank of the central banks.” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was also among the 19 presenters.

Powell talked about former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s actions in the early 1980s to “tame the high inflation” coming out of the 1970s, a period being compared to the current inflationary trends.

“The successful Volcker disinflation in the early 1980s,” Powell told his fellow bankers in Wyoming, “followed multiple failed attempts to lower inflation over the previous 15 years. A lengthy period of very restrictive monetary policy was ultimately needed to stem the high inflation and start the process of getting inflation down to the low and stable levels that were the norm until the spring of last year. Our goal is to avoid that outcome by acting with resolve now.”

However, retired Heritage College (Washington state) macroeconomics instructor Dick Eastman took strong issue with Powell’s remarks.

“As Fed chairman in the 1980s, Volcker tamed the inflation he himself caused earlier when he was president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s open-market operations. There, he started the late1970s Carter-era inflation to deregulate banking and profitably undermine the savings and loan industry for

the big players in finance.”

He added: “The inflation that he caused created a crisis for the Savings & Loans (S & Ls), which had home loans at 6% and paid their depositors 3%.

That was killing them when the real interest rates climbed to double digits. S & Ls, in this crisis, turned to Congress [and obtained] junk bonds with a higher return, which was suicidal but kept them alive a little longer. Congress deregulated banking and enabled the giants to gobble up the small banks. Yet Powell portrays it as Volcker heroically stepping in.”

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s for “the need for restrictive monetary policy” pushed by Powell, “Social Credit Economics” (socred.org) author Dr. Oliver Heydorn noted in a recent article that the whole idea of tightening credit by raising interest rates to “fight inflation,” an almost religious belief among bankers and economists, is flawed, since, in “cost-push” inflation—which, contrary to popular belief, is the most common form of price inflation, instead of “printing too much money that’s chasing too few goods”—higher production costs are typically pushed to the end consumer. Thus, the increased cost of credit for producers and retailers, brought on by interest rate hikes, is simply another cost of doing business that morphs into higher purchase prices.

Amid the often-intense disunity in our society, it’d be especially helpful to come together and cure our economic infirmities. If the economy could actually use more money in circulation (and if more money is not a major cause of price inflation) then perhaps it’s only a matter of the government constitutionally printing U.S. notes interest-free, like Abe Lincoln did during the waning days of the Civil War and the American colonists did before the Revolution—instead of perpetually borrowing at interest from the private banking system.

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“If These Walls Could Talk: Researching Your Old House” will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at Heritage Hall, 8 E. Linden Street, in Three Oaks Saturday, Sept.

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Every house has a story to tell. In this workshop, Robert Myers, education director for the Historical Society of Michigan, will guide you on how you can: uncover the history of houses, including who built them and when; identify their architectural styles; and discover stories of the people who have lived there before.

Co-hosted by The Region of Three Oaks Museum, admission is free thanks to a grant from the Upton Foundation. Walk-ins are welcome; however, registration is encouraged as space is limited. Register by email at myers@hsmichigan.org or call the Historical Society of Michigan at 517-324-1828. — STAFF REPORTS

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Grand Beach Village Council approves easement regarding New Buffalo Township’s maintenance of Marquette Greenway

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embers of the Grand Beach Village spending township money on this pathway - they own Council approved the village deeding it, the village owns it, why are we maintaining it?’ They a permanent easement to New could say, ‘We’re not going to spend funds on village Buffalo Township for the Marquette land anymore’, and you’d be stuck with it,” Senica said.

Greenway, a proposed 60-mile Senica said that she believes that a future township nonmotorized trail from Chicago to may be able to pull out of the MOU New Buffalo, at a special Wednesday, agreement if it doesn’t “have an At their last meeting, Aug. 31, meeting. insurable interest in the property” and councilmembers At their last meeting, approved construction that, even if the agreement were to go councilmembers approved on forever, a future township board may of the Marquette construction of the Marquette still not take care of it “at the level” the Greenway moving Greenway moving forward on village village believes it should. forward on village right of way on Grand Beach Road right of way on Grand She said that the village would then and that it will be determined later Beach Road and that be “stuck” taking care of it and would be whether there be a Memorandum it will be determined liable if someone gets hurt because it’s of Understanding (MOU) or later whether there their property and “all you have with the be a Memorandum easement with regards to New township is a maintenance agreement.” of Understanding Buffalo Township taking over the “The benefit of an easement is that (MOU) or easement maintenance of the trail. they have an insurable interest, so you with regards to New Village attorney Sara Senica will would give them an easement for a Buffalo Township write the easement with the township certain amount of property, they’d be taking over the attorney before it’s submitted to both able to come in and build to the specs maintenance of the the council and township board for and then they’d have to take care of it trail. approval. and they’d have an insurable interest She said the village could look in the easement because it is a more at an MOU as a “maintenance agreement where the permanent interest…You’d still own the land, but township says it’s going to come in and build this they’d insure it,” Senica said. pathway and they’re going to maintain it.”

She said the easement would have provisions in it Senica added that while the upside to an MOU is the that would require the township to maintain it and it village gets to keep the land, the downside is the village would require them to insure it under their township is liable for it. insurance policy, “so you are free of that liability.”

While she said she has “no doubt” that the current township board will follow through on maintenance, ouncilmember Paul Leonard said that she said that different leadership eight or 20 years the village will benefit from the pathway down the road may not see maintaining it as a top because it will get cyclists, as well as priority. resident pedestrians who are walking up and down Grand Beach from the arches to “So, you’re hiring the township essentially to come the railroad tracks, “out of harm’s way.” in and take care of it but you’re not paying them “We get a bike path, it doesn’t cost us a dime to do anything, they’re doing it out of township funds but it and with an easement, we shift the liability to New if you get a board in the future that says, ‘Why are we

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Buffalo Township, and we get the benefit of their insurance coverage that they’re paying for,” he said.

Councilmembers approved the payment of $60,000 to the Farewell family in exchange for a perpetual easement of 14 feet that will overly the existing waterline in the Wildwood/Ely Water Loop.

Councilmembers had accepted the lowest bid of $69,410 from Merritt Engineering and Paul Oselka from Pay Jay Construction, Inc., with regards to the water line relocation, although no contract has been signed yet.

Joe Farewell said that other costs may incur from a relocation from moving a telephone pole and several trees. Costs may also increase over time due to inflation, as work can’t be completed until the supplies arrive approximately 44 weeks from now.

In a letter addressed to Leonard, clerk Mary Robertson and superintendent Bob Dabbs, he stated that, overall, the family believes the “cost would be closer to $75,000.”

Farewell said the approximately 14-foot easement would be “from the right of way to right of way” on Wildwood and Ely. The village would have authority to go on the property to replace, fix or maintain the line, which would all be in the easement agreement.

Councilmembers approved Donkersloot and Sons using the Lake Avenue access point as a staging area for materials for the Carter Eckert Revetment Repair Project (which is slated to last through Thanksgiving) as opposed to Robin Lane access point, which they previously authorized.

Saying that she’ll have more details at the village’s next meeting, Senica said that she was just informed that the Michigan Municipal League is going to file an amicus brief in the villages of Grand Beach and Michiana’s lawsuit against New Buffalo Township with regards to the township’s Public Safety Special Assessment District.

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SCHOLASTICS

New Buffalo Area Schools students, staff welcome two new principals for 2022-2023 year

wo new principals – one new to the district and one returning – greeted students at New Buffalo Area Schools on the first day of the 20222023 school year Tuesday, Sept. 6.

For Tracy Ripley, being the principal at New Buffalo High School feels like a true homecoming.

She received her bachelor’s degree in public administration from Central Michigan University, her master’s in liberal studies from Valparaiso University and her post-secondary certification in educational leadership from Central Michigan University.

She began her teaching career in Michigan City, where she taught middle school social studies. After one year there, she went on to teach in the social studies department at New Buffalo High School for 17 years.

Ripley then served as principal in the building that housed sixth through 12 graders at Eau Claire Public Schools for two years before being awarded the district level position as the director of teaching and learning.

Now, she’s returned to New Buffalo – this time, as an administrator.

“I don’t have many nerves, just this sort of warm feeling of welcome by everyone I meet…I’m just excited to see faces I’ve known for a long time and I’m excited to serve the community in this role,” she said.

Ripley also counts herself as a Bison alumnus, having attended the district from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Ripley said her goal for the year is to “listen and to learn in order to support all our teachers, our students and our parents.”

“My job as an administrator is to

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highly intelligent...We support the teaching don’t give them enough staff – they’re on the front lines, they’re the ones who credit sometimes,” she are educating our kids said. every day and so my role is As principal at New to be a good listener and to Buffalo Middle School, learn and to step back and Dan Caudle will be observe what’s going on in leading a middle school New Buffalo,” she said. that has a relatively Ripley added that this smaller number of may be the most “typical” students than his previous school year a lot of one; however, he doesn’t New Buffalo High School students may experience feel that it’ll be much of Principal Tracy Ripley in nearly two years after an adjustment. the coronavirus pandemic.

Previously, he was “So, we’re being very principal at Chesterton aware and conscientious Middle School, which was that we have opportunities attended by seventh and for all students and to feel eighth graders and was belonging somewhere, comprised of about 1,000 whether that’s in a club, students. an organization or a sport - we’re just trying to open tudent up opportunities with population classes, clubs and sports notwithstanding, Caudle said it so that every student New Buffalo Middle School was like New that comes through our Principal Dan Caudle Buffalo with regards to doors, they feel connected the “amount of special somehow to try to get education and the free us back to what we are and reduced population.” hoping is this feeling of building a “So now it’s sixth, seventh and eighth community at New Buffalo High School and we’re about 140 students so it’s a and that we’re all part of this New fraction of the size but it’s the same type Buffalo High School Bison community,” she said. of student, so I feel really comfortable Having spent 17 years of her teaching helping teachers - going in classrooms, career in high school, Ripley said she watching their instruction and their has an affinity for that age group. engagement practices and being able to “They’re old enough to joke with have good conversations with them and you, they’re old enough to have then have a little bit in my experience a conversation with you and you to show them, ‘Hey, he did this too,” he find common interests with them – said. probably as much as they’re learning I’m Originally from Dyer, Indiana, Caudle learning from them, too because they’re played baseball at South Suburban

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College before transferring to Indiana State University, where he obtained a secondary social studies degree and became licensed in sixth through 12 grades for all geography, history and government.

He spent two years teaching seventh and eighth grade at Pierce Middle School in Merrillville, Indiana, before marrying and then moving to La Porte, where he taught for seventh and eighth grade social studies for seven years at Chesterton Middle School. He then was assistant principal at South Bend Adams High School in South Bend for year before becoming principal at Barker Middle School in Michigan City, For the past four years, he’s been assistant principal at Chesterton High School.

He said that middle school students are at a “very moldable age still.”

“A high percentage of them are not yet stuck in their ways or jaded from early life, school and all of that - and I feel confident that I’m able to build relationships with this age of student so that I can really help them get through this tough time at times and prepare them for the high school, when its more cutthroat,” he said, adding that that’s when their GPAs will start to matter in terms of their lives after school.

Caudle hopes to be “very present” for the students.

“You can flip to where you don’t want to be here real quick so I want to be an advocate for our kids so they know they’re coming to a building where their principal cares about them as people…I try to get to know as many of them as I can so I can say ‘hi’ and I can have something to spring up a conversation just to make them feel comfortable and safe here,” he said.

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Red Arrow Raiders suffer loss against Bridgman Bees

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he Red Arrow Raiders are hoping for a better outcome Friday after starting the high school football season with losses against tough competition.

The Raiders lost at Bridgman 60-12 Thursday, Sept. 1.

Cadden Krieger scored both touchdowns for the Raiders on pass completions.

The game went strikingly similar to the previous week’s match against Fennville, which won 68-28.

A lot of touchdowns on big yardage plays were given up by the Raiders in each of the contests.

Head Coach Matt Johnson said many of the big plays from Bridgman resulted from mistakes by some of his players on defense.

Johnson said he likes the level of talent on his squad but five of his starters haven’t competed in football in recent years or they’re new to the program and still in the process of learning his system.

He hopes fewer mistakes are made as players become more experienced.

“I attribute it to growing pains.

That’s one thing we’re working through. How do we get these kids who haven’t played football in a while to get up to speed a little bit quicker,” he said.

Johnson said the lack of experience also hurt from starting

the season against two high quality teams with dynamic quarterbacks, who easily turn miscues into huge gains of yardage.

The Raiders after receiving the opening game kick off marched in for a touchdown on a 12 play drive.

Krieger on a slant play caught a short pass from Ethan Lijewski and broke some tackles to take the ball the rest of the way into the end zone.

Krieger, who had over a half dozen receptions, also caught a long pass in the second half for a 67 yard touchdown.

Other spectacular moments for the Raiders included quarterback Eli Thomas completing a pass to Ryder Wolnik for an over 50 yard gain.

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he Raiders consisting of players from New Buffalo and River Valley high schools play Friday, Sept. 9, at Wyoming-Lee. Johnson likes his team’s chances against Wyoming Lee, which has lost by similar margins in their first two games of the season.

“I think it’s less at this point what the other team has and more about our ability to gel and execute,” he said.

The Bees responded with a touchdown.

“We have to clean up a lot of those mental mistakes we’re making,” he said.

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COLUMN BY KURT MARGGRAF IN CHICAGO

ummer, along with the baseball season, is rapidly coming to an end.

The baseball season went as anticipated for the Chicago Cubs. Currently, they are 23 games behind the first place Cardinals with 28 games remaining in their season. I’m forced to utter the phrase that has become a regular September occurrence for me, “wait until next year.”

Being an eternal optimist, I believe the Cubs will be greatly improved next season.

Hopefully, they can put together a season of excellence for their fans, particularly the older ones.

The White Sox, on the other hand, have had an extremely disappointing season.

After finishing with a record of 93-69 and a playoff berth last season, the Sox record has fallen to 67-67 this season. With only 28 games remaining they are in real danger of falling short of the playoffs, and woefully short of meeting their fans expectations.

The team that was a World Series contender last season looks very average right now. Hopefully they’ll get hot and overtake Cleveland and Minnesota in their last 28 games and salvage the season.

The Bears open their season this Sunday at home against the San Francisco 49ers.

While the experts are predicting a dismal season for the Bears, I believe they will be very competitive and finish with a record close to .500. The coaching staff looks like they are instilling discipline and hustle into the team, and the players are being put into positions to succeed, a complete turnaround from last season.

They may be a little short in the skill department, but if they are smarter, hustle more, and are more disciplined than their opponents, the Bears should win their share. In any event, individual player improvement, particularly with quarterback Justin Fields, will the key to the season. If Fields can turn into a great quarterback, most of the teams shortcomings will be solved.

Chicago has a world class athlete that doesn’t get near the attention that she deserves. Candace Parker has led her team, the Chicago Sky, back to the semifinals of the WNBA for the second straight year. The 36 year old Parker led the Sky to the championship last year and has her team hot on the championship trail again this year. They lead the Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1 and only need one more win over the Sun to reach the finals again.

Parker leads the team with her hustle and her ability and if you ever get an opportunity to see her play, you should take advantage of it.

Notre Dame took the field to battle Ohio State as a 17-point underdog, but battled the Buckeyes evenly before finally succumbing 21-10 in a hard fought game in Ohio. Either Ohio State isn’t as good as usual or, more likely, Notre Dame is better than people thought. This season may turn out to be a special one.

The Dalai Lama said, “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

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

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Bison loses hard-fought match against Lake Michigan Catholic in volleyball match

he New Buffalo High School volleyball team lost a hard-fought match at Lake Michigan Catholic Wednesday, Aug. 31.

The Lady Bison (7-5-2) won the first two games 25-16 and 25-19.

However, LMC claimed victory by winning the next three games of the match 25-21, 25-23 and 15-9.

BY STAN MADDUX

The loss could be viewed as a letdown after the Lady Bison in spectacular fashion at times defeated White Pigeon in three sets.

Head coach Bruce Malineaux said LMC was a tougher opponent but it was a match his team should have won.

“We’re not as quick as I’d like use to be and we made some mistakes there

at the end,” he said.

Jane Funk and Ava Johnson led the team on offense.

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unk had 23 kills while Johnson racked up 27 assists.

Amanda Jones led all defenders with 19 digs while Funk added 12 digs and Liz Schmock

contributed nine digs.

Hard striking Benita Puskinigus led all Lady Bison servers with nine aces.

Malineaux said the team needs to improve mostly with getting to the ball quicker on defense to return difficult to reach balls.

“Our offense is pretty good. We’re working on our defense mostly. That seems to be our Achilles,” he said.

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Celebrating 26 years of outsider art at ‘Outsiders Outside Art Fair’

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or the 26th year, those who were on the hunt for art that is different – art that is of the whimsical variety – converged outside of the Judith Racht Art Gallery at 13689 Prairie Road in Harbert for the annual Outsiders Outside Art Fair, which took place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 2-4.

Artwork included paintings, woodcuts, sculptures, and fiber art, created by artists who use many non-traditional materials to make their art.

No matter how much one piece of art differed from another artists’ work, though, there was one common thread that ran through all the work that was on display throughout the Labor Day weekend show: It was all created by artists who have not been formally trained – hence the term “outsider artist.”

It’s the rawness that emanated from each piece that is what draws Judith to that type of art, she said.

“I always bought one of kind things when I go to the auctions - I liked it because it was made by somebody’s hands,” she said.

She drew attention to the paintings in her gallery, which were made from clay and pennies that were mixed and then house paint.

Judith added that she attributes her love of artwork made by hand, such as quilts, to her upbringing in the south.

When she landed up north, she opened a gallery in Lakeside (in the building next to the church).

Even in the gallery’s living quarters, whimsical items abounded. In her children’s bedrooms upstairs, quilts were draped over their beds.

“People would say, ‘I want to see your upstairs’ and I would say, ‘That’s just where my family stays,’” she said.

Soon, she gave in and started letting her guests wander upstairs.

“They’d say, ‘I want that chair and painting and I want that quilt’ and other things before I just gave in and said, ‘Okay,’” Judith said.

Amy Lansburg’s mixed media pieces of driftwood and repurposed items

Pete Maloy stands by his photography featuring a mix of wallpaper and images of bombers

Sumaya Seccurro with her eclectic wood artwork from Kokomo, Indiana

Matt Swenson poses by one of his paintings, Piggy

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s for the art show, Judith said that artists and dealers come from near and far.

“As long as dealers are doing well, I’m happy…Some of them come from a long way - Texas and New York and Virginia so it’s a long drive,” she said, noting the rising gas prices.

“Everybody seems pretty happy so if they’re happy, I’m happy.”

In four more years, the building that houses the gallery will be 100 years old (an emblem on the building states “AD 1926)).

“I’d like to hold onto it to celebrate its 100th year,” Judith said.

Visitors view artwork from Creative Onward, which supports creative growth of visual artists with mental and developmental disabilities

A view of the Judith Racht Gallery (the building was built in 1926)

Jeff Matejovsky at work during the show

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Replica of country’s first steam locomotive debuts at Hesston during Steam and Power Show

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hanks to Rick Weber’s hours of research, engineering, design and construction, Hesston Steam Museum now has a replica of the first steam locomotive in the United States.

Weber said he put 2,300 hours into the fully operational, steam powered scale replica of Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb.

Visitors could see the replica, which was made to operate on the museum’s 3-foot gauge railroad, during the museum’s 66th annual Steam and Power Show, which took place Friday through Monday, Sept. 2-5.

Weber said Cooper was the industrialist who had the Tom Thumb built.

“It was kind of a proof-ofconcept engine – it wasn’t built to actually do any work, just to show that this new-fangled steam engine could actually replace horses that were pulling wagons at the time on the rails,” he said.

Weber said his replica was built as a little bigger than half scale model, adding that it’s “basically the first time a truly authentic version of this

engine was built.”

The original Tom Thumb was built in 1830 to run on the Baltimore and Ohio horse drawn wagon railway.

“The industrialist that conceived the idea proved that this was better than horses and from this point on, people actually had some idea of what a steam locomotive was,” Weber said, adding that people “started building locomotives and railroads in this country like gangbusters.”

As for Weber, he started building the replica 15 months ago.

“That was due to Covid…

I’m immune compromised, so I didn’t have any place to go, and I went out in my machine shop and started building,” he said.

The process involved making wood patterns of the iron castings and machining those castings as well as several other parts.

Rick Weber stands next to his replica of Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb

The Electric Power Plant in action at Hesston

The Porter No. 2 carries passengers

The Shay locomotive returns to Hesston

Guests flock to the flea market

John Deeres ride down the main drag of Hesston

The double header of the Shay No. 7 and Porter No. 2

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ater in the five eight scale model goes into a boiler, where a fire at the bottom heats it up and turns up the steam, The steam runs the engines and “it goes back and forth,” Weber said.

Liam James Eggert anad Mason Roberts check out one of the models at Hesston

Visitors check out the different models and replicas at the museum

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B Riley Seifert and Mya Adams hang out inside one of the displays at Hesston

John Deeres were aplenty at Hesston

Elwin Bender with his model 1915 Case one-third scale

The threshing demonstration has begun on The Minneapolis

Drivers of all ages rode the John Deeres during the Parade of Power

A 1917 Russell makes an appearance during the Parade of Power

The Minneapolis was a part of the afternoon threshing demonstration

Guests check out the different models and replicas at the museum

CJ Robbins and Amonni Lawson hang out on the John Deere Tractor Binder

oth Weber and his wife are degreed engineers, with Weber having sold his engineering publication company in 2008. He and his wife then became involved in philanthropy work, which led them to Hesston.

“There isn’t a museum in the world if they had a printing press in the basement to print enough money to keep them going, so we wanted to see if there were some things we could do to help them out,” Weber said.

Ted Rita, Hesston’s general manager, said that he’s always wanted a Tom Thumb like the replica – and Weber was “intrigued by the idea.”

“This is the first time it’s been running for the public, so I’ve kind of just been watching it and seeing some changes I might want to make, improvements, debug it a little bit,” he said, adding that he’s “run it back and forth about two dozen times” that day.

Adding that the museum was “just thrilled” to have the replica, Rita said the Tom Thumb “really was some of the first steam powered equipment on this continent.”

“Up until the day of the Tom Thumb, we only used animals to transport things, there was never a machine to transport things,” he said.

Rita said there was some steam equipment that moved that was used during the Revolutionary War; however, it was unsuccessful and was used in England.

Visitors could also get a sneak peek at The Steamworks, a new museum gallery, throughout the weekend.

Rita said The Steamworks will be expanded as the museum gets grant funds.

“It’ll give us a little more indoor room and give us an opportunity to do smaller exhibits that we always wanted to do instead of living history exhibits,” Rita said.

Rita said the museum isn’t “typical” of other ones because it includes moving exhibits that guests can even take for a ride.

“We try to give experiences - we don’t want to just talk to people with glass cases so even Steamworks would be a very hands-on, very experiential type of museum gallery,” he said.

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isitors could also celebrate the return of the 67-ton, 1929 Shay Logging Locomotive after a threeyear hiatus, with the Shay No. 7 and Porter No. 2 double heading throughout the weekend.

The Hesston Steam and Power Show is presented by the LaPorte County Historical Society, a nonprofit organization/501C3 corporation. Hesston Steam Museum is located at 1201 E. 1000 North in Hesston, Indiana.

The next event is the Hesston Ghost Train, which takes place the last three weekends in October. For upcoming events, visit hesston.org.

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Officer credited with saving life in fiery crash

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house in LaPorte was heavily damaged by a motor vehicle and fire in a suspected alcohol related crash.

A police officer is credited with saving the life of the driver trapped in the vehicle by fallen debris.

Evin Eakins, 25, is charged with Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.

According to LaPorte Police, the Valparaiso man crashed into the front of a single-story house at 3111 Monroe Street late in the night Sept. 1.

The vehicle went completely through the front exterior wall before crashing into the living room and kitchen.

According to police, the 2017 Ford Escape was sticking partially out the back wall of the home when it caught fire.

Police said Eakins was still in the driver’s seat with the car and house on fire when LaPorte County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Wells was first to arrive.

Sheriff John Boyd said Wells was not able to get to the front doors of the vehicle because of heavy debris from the crash.

He said Wells managed to clear enough debris from a back passenger’s side door to get that door open and

reach Eakins.

Wells pulled Eakins into the back seat and out the door with help from La Porte Police Officer Pat Hemphill, police said.

“It really was heroic,” he said.

LaPorte Fire Chief Andy Snyder said he believes Eakins would have perished if not for efforts of Wells because of how rapidly the flames were building with firefighters still on their way.

“By the time our crews arrived, the vehicle and the house were well involved with fire,” he said.

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ccording to police, Thomas Pajor, 22, and Taylor Hager, 21, in their bedroom at the time were not hit by the vehicle.

They suffered what was described as minor injuries from the debris.

Eakins was treated and released from the hospital before being booked at the LaPorte County Jail.

His alleged blood alcohol level was .182-percent.

According to police, Eakins said he drank a “quarter bottle” of a beverage containing 36-percent alcohol.

No information was readily available on the cause of the crash which remained under investigation, police said.

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OBITUARIES Terrence Victor Cornwell

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1942-2022

errence Victor Cornwell, 79, of Union Pier, died peacefully Friday, September 2, 2022 in the comfort of his family’s presence.

His life began September 11, 1942 in Cambridge, Ohio to Franklin and Anna Cornwell.

He married Trudy May Strauss April 12, 1969 in Three Oaks, Michigan.

Terry gave countless public service hours as a police officer for various local municipalities for over forty years. He also played a major role in security management of the Bethlehem Steel Plant in Indiana. He enjoyed collecting stamps and was well known in that community. Terry was raised in a military family which resulted in his strong

community service ethic. He served honorably in the United States Army from 1961 to 1964.

He was a kind, giving, selfless man who would help anyone in A need.

Terry will be greatly missed by family and friends. He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Trudy May t Cornwell of Union Pier; a two sons, Clayton Cornwell b e of Grand Lake, Colorado, Gary Cornwell of Niles; one T daughter, Michelle (John II) Tackitt of New Troy; three grandchildren; one step brother, Michael Veal of Valparaiso, Indiana; and extended family.

T He was preceded in death by a his parents. t a Family and friends will gather at 6:00 p.m. Friday, G September 9, 2022 for a memorial service in Wagner Family Funerals Pobocik Chapel, 106 Ash Street East, Three Oaks.

The family prefers h contributions in memory of c Terry be made to the ASPCA at f t ASPCA.org/donate. y Arrangements have been entrusted to Wagner Family C Funerals Pobocik Chapel, Three Oaks. Please share a memory or a message online at www.wagnercares.com.

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

Focus in on bad habits and things that drain your energy. Don’t brush off nagging feelings of unease. Face them head on and recognize the merry-go-round effect. The stars are aligning in a way that will facilitate breaking bad habits, eliminating negative energy and wasting time.

LEO JULY 23—AUGUST 22

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22—DECEMBER 21

Get ready to feel a boost in the financial department this week.

Be sure to keep business and pleasure separate this week, as you will be joining forces with an intense partner.

When dealing with these tough guy types, hold you own by speaking up and not being intimidated by their attitude.

It’s important to relax and refrain from the continual pushing to get things organized or controlled. Taking a more hands off approach will let people know that you are not going to be the one taking care of everything. It will show them that you prefer being part of a team.

TAURUS APRIL 20—MAY 20

There will be a nice boost of energy in your social life and you can expect to have a good time with friends and family because of it.

This is the time to get more involved and active with others. Beyond scheduling time for friends, be more spontaneous and go when the getting is good.

VIRGO AUGUST 23—SEPTEMBER 22

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22—JANUARY 19

You will feel a new and positive vibe in your relationships. This is the time to make amends and resolve past hurts or mistakes. Be aware that there is a very intuitive feel to situations and it is better to speak your mind. Rather than brush things off, take time to address grievances.

It’s time to get out there and start communicating more.

Take the initiative to talk through hard topics with family members and coworkers. Avoid being argumentative but don’t shy away from hot button topics.

Once you open up, others will relax and share concerns, as well.

GEMINI MAY 21—JUNE 21

Now is the time to be more resolute and forthright. Don’t shy away from the truth of situations. Be determined to get to the heart of grievances and don’t let anything cloud or obscure your feelings. Break free from familial and social conditioning. Be true to yourself and what life has taught you.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23—OCTOBER 22 There will be a very focused and unwavering vibe coming your way.

Put it to good use by doubling down on sticking to a good sleep/work schedule. This has the potential to be very productive week. Get ready to get in the zone and revitalize your work projects. Get in there and make it happen.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20—FEBRUARY 18

CANCER JUNE 22—JULY 22

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23—NOVEMBER 21

PISCES FEBRUARY 19—MARCH 20

The energy coming your way this week is all about traveling and experiencing situations that broaden your philosophical and ethical views. Use this energy to its fullest by digging into some of your knee jerk reactions. Put yourself in situations where you have to deal with your preconceptions.

The energy coming your way this week is all about being more expressive and letting the world know how you feel. This is the time to make a statement, particularly, more artistic, dramatic expressions. Anything you do now has the propensity to make a huge impact. Be wise.

Revitalize some of your financial planning ideas, now. Whether you are looking to invest, reorganize your portfolio, or just start a savings plan, get more involved in how your money and valuable items work for you. This is the time create future stability and renegotiate old contracts.

The energy coming your way will help lift your spirits and revive your belief in yourself. Let this boost to your self-esteem push you to confront any issues you have been ignoring or not wanting to face. Reach out to others and talk things through, if needed but this is the time to make changes.

I feel I’m the most creative person I know.

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Man charged in fatal knife attack in Michiana Shores

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Harbor Country area man is accused of fatally stabbing his uncle and nearly killing

his father.

Kyle Earley, 42, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with murder for the death of his uncle, Denis Earley, and attempted murder for stabbing his father, John Earley.

The stabbings happened Thursday, Sept. 1, at 316 Groveland Trail in Michiana Shores.

According to court documents, both victims were stabbed multiple times.

While the incident was taking place, the suspect’s uncle contacted his wife, Carol, on a

cell phone to let her know about the extreme violence happening inside the home, according to court documents.

She was out of state at the time, police said.

At one point, police said her husband lost physical control of his cell phone likely during a struggle but his wife stayed on the open line and could hear what was going on for close to an hour.

Her husband later succumbed to his wounds.

Long Beach Town Marshal Mark Swistek, who was the first emergency responder to arrive at the home, spotted the suspect covered in what seemed like blood and carrying a back pack in his hand leaving the

residence.

Police said the suspect also had a visible cut on his right hand and scratches on his face.

Several areas inside the home were in disarray and saturated in blood, police said.

The suspect’s father was transported to Franciscan Health then later flown to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

Police said the suspect was diagnosed with bi polar disorder and schizophrenia in the past and threatened his father and uncle before with harm.

Earley was being held in the La Porte County Jail on $1 million bond.

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PLAY BALL: BASEBALL HISTORY SUBJECT OF NEW BUFFALO LIBRARY PROGRAM

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ary Lange, founder of what he calls the “biggest little baseball museum” in Three Oaks, will present a wide-ranging program on America’s pastime at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the New Buffalo Township Library, in the library’s Pokagon Room.

Lange will cover amateur and pro teams, baseball card collecting and a brief history of African Americans in baseball.

The program, sponsored by the Friends of the New Buffalo Library, is free and all are welcome.

The New Buffalo Township Library is located at 33 N. Thompson Street in downtown New Buffalo. — STAFF REPORTS

Funeral home owner arrested

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he owner of a funeral home outside LaPorte could face time in jail.

Casmir Pulaski is charged with Class B misdemeanor

battery.

According to court documents, he allegedly made physical contact with a female funeral director on August 29 at his Lakeview Funeral Home and Crematory on Johnson Road just off U.S. 35.

The 33-year old woman told investigators she contacted him about some discounts a family of a deceased individual claimed he promised them.

Later that afternoon, the woman told police Pulaski came up a flight of stairs and put his arms out to the side so she could not go further down the stairs and verbally abused her.

The woman said he then bumped

her in the chest with his chest, pushed her slightly and smacked some papers out of her hands, according to court documents.

According to court documents, the woman claimed it wasn’t the first time she had similar encounters with the 55-year old Pulaski in her ten-years working at the funeral home.

If convicted, he could receive an up to six month jail sentence.

Pulaski had his funeral director’s license suspended by the state funeral board last year.

The license suspension was for not reporting previous crimes he had been charged with on his license renewal application.

Those unreported crimes involved drug related allegations, public intoxication and trespassing for hunting on private property.

Film group September meeting to feature Oscarwinning ‘The Lives of Others’

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Harbor Country Film Group leader Eve Moran will present “The Lives of Others,” a 2006 Oscar winner for best foreign-language film, at its Sept. 19 meeting.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the New Buffalo Township Library. Moran will introduce the film, screen it and lead a discussion afterwards.

Moran described “The Lives of Others” as “an elegant thriller, set in East Berlin during the 1980s.

This is a time when The Ministry for State Security, otherwise known as the Stasi, ruthlessly and covertly intruded into the lives of East German citizens to weed out dissent and self-expression.”

The story centers on an efficient Stasi agent assigned to spy on a respected playwright and his actress girlfriend. The agent does his job well; however, soon enough, his intense monitoring develops into something unexpected and very dangerous.

Meetings of the film group, sponsored by the Friends of the New Buffalo Library, are free and open to all. Expect this meeting to last about two-and-a-half hours.

Attendees may wish to bring a chair cushion. Free popcorn will be available. The New Buffalo Library is located at 33 N. Thompson Street in downtown New Buffalo. — STAFF

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