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Berrien County spent third week in high transmission PAGE 3 New Buffalo Shoreline Alliance seeks more participation in Army Corps of Engineers lawsuit at special meeting PAGE 4

Staff, parents, and students celebrate New Buffalo Elementary School’s 2020 National Blue Ribbon PAGES 6-7 Whimsical art enthusiasts celebrate 25 years of outsider art PAGES 10-11 Draw bridge repairs clear final hurdle PAGE 19

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Mask mandate for unvaccinated city employees

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BY STAN MADDUX

“We felt it was imperative that we nvaccinated city employees address this with our staff,” she said. in LaPorte must now wear Mayor Tom Dermody said revising masks on the job because the policy began after three police of rising COVID-19 cases. officers and three firefighters recently Employees not contracted the virus. vaccinated must also be tested once One of the infected firefighters is a week for the virus and have daily vaccinated with symptoms not nearly as temperature checks. serious as the other firefighters battling The requirements are COVID-19, said LaPorte contained in a measure Workers are Fire Chief Andy Snyder. adopted by the LaPorte allowed to remain Dermody said it’s Board of Public Works unvaccinated possible some employees and Safety Tuesday, Aug. for medical could quit over the 31. and religious mandate in effect until Masks are mandated purposes as long the surge eases up. for unvaccinated they show proof However, he said the employees inside city to substantiate top priority is keeping owned buildings and their request for everyone safe and the city vehicles. an exemption, functioning properly by Workers are allowed said Human keeping infection rates to remain unvaccinated and Community among workers as low for medical and Relations Director as possible especially in religious purposes as Jen Noll. areas like public safety. long they show proof to “So far there hasn’t substantiate their request been much issue,” he said. for an exemption, said Human and Noll said at least one worker has since Community Relations Director Jen Noll. received a dose of the vaccine.

Noll cited a continued rise in cases She said less than one-half of the city’s and hospitalizations almost entirely 245 full-time and part-time employees from the unvaccinated locally and were vaccinated. statewide for updating the city’s “We have some work to do,” Noll said.

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BERRIEN COUNTY SPENT THIRD WEEK IN HIGH TRANSMISSION

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or the third week in a row, Berrien County has remained in the high transmission category, as the Berrien County Health Department has reported COVID-19 cases continuing to increase throughout last week.

Over a seven-day period from Aug. 23-30, the county had about 240 new COVID-19 cases.

According to the MDHHS MI Safe Start Map, for the week of Aug. 27 through Sept. 2, the county’s sevenday average test positivity rate was 13.1 percent.

The Berrien County Health Department reported Friday, Sept. 3, that, in the first four days of last week (Monday-Thursday), there were 26 confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst students and staff, which resulted in 83 people being quarantined.

For the entire month of September 2020, there was a total of 19 student and staff cases.

There were also two schoolrelated outbreaks - one amongst high-school football team and another related to a staff meeting at an elementary school.

Last month, the Berrien County Health Department issued a public health order requiring the use of face masks by individuals in pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 indoor educational settings, regardless of vaccination status to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The order, which went into effect Monday, Sept. 6, will remain in effect until community transmission is categorized as “low” or “moderate” for a period of 21 days and no increase has been observed in hospitalizations and deaths during that same period.

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Local Government Meetings New Buffalo Times

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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 VILLAGE OF GRAND BEACH COUNCIL Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7PM MICHIANA VILLAGE OF MICHIANA COUNCIL Meets on the 2nd Friday of each month at 1PM

New Buffalo Shoreline Alliance seeks more participation in Army Corps of Engineers lawsuit at special meeting

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embers of the New Buffalo Shoreline Alliance (NBSA) implored more lakefront property owners in the Village of Grand Beach to join in their fight against the Army Corps of Engineers at a meeting at Village Hall Thursday, Sept. 2.

A 501-C3 nonprofit corporation, NBSA is planning to file a lawsuit in federal court against the United States of America, alleging that the United States government, through the Army Corps of Engineers, designed and built a recreational harbor in New Buffalo “causing substantial harm to lakefront property owners south of the harbor for approximately threeplus miles, from the harbor through Grand Beach,” according to a statement that was handed out at the meeting. Damages include loss of beach, loss of property value and the cost of adding shoreline protection.

Ted Grzywacz NBSA president, said that they formed the organization after a 2014 Halloween storm to find a “nonlitigious” solution; however, after more than three years of working with the Army Corps and government agencies, NBSA decided to pursue litigation.

The lawsuit is a takings claim that is based on the Fifth Amendment (“a person may not be deprived of property by the government without due process of law and fair compensation”).

Only shoreline property owners

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have the right and standing to sue for the “takings claim;” however, the statement said that “all lakefront property owners from the harbor south through Grand Beach suffered losses in property value when their beaches eroded” and needed to add expensive shoreline revetments.

“Our goal is to get money for what the government has unjustifiably taken from us by bad engineering when they built the harbor,” Grzywacz said.

NBSA has partnered O’Hagan Meyer out of Chicago, a law firm that’s familiar with a similar case out of Stevensville, the Banks Case, and arrived at a fixed fee arrangement that caps entire legal costs at $400,000.

If the lawsuit is won, proceeds will go into a Trust Fund that will be administered by the representatives/communities impacted. Funds will only be used for the purpose of sand nourishment and breakwaters.

According to the statement, the “cost to implement our solution,” which includes the sand nourishment and the offshore breakwaters that will restore the beaches and shoreline, is large – which is why the majority of the lakefront property owners must join as plaintiffs to “maximize the award amount.”

Grzywacz said they’d like to go in with the lawsuit at $100 million, knowing they “probably have a chance to settle for $60 million” - which is a “guess estimate.”

“If that came to fruition, we could build a pretty good lakefront,” he said.

Grzywacz said that they hope to meet with engineers in January to find more details on the plan.

NBSA was going to file the lawsuit earlier; however, it was advised by their counsel that more participation is sought by Grand Beach property owners.

Grzywacz said the current plans calls for it to be filed by at least Thanksgiving “if not by the end of the year.”

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ll Homeowners Associations (HOA) from New Buffalo to Grand Beach are “onboard” with joining the lawsuit as plaintiffs, Grzywacz said. On Sept. 2, he said about 35 percent of Grand Beach property owners are onboard.

In February, the Grand Beach Village Council approved the village joining in the lawsuit as a plaintiff, as well as contributing $5,000, which would go toward legal fees. (Grzywacz said the Village of Michiana “dropped out” as a plaintiff. NBSA is requesting the lakefront property owners donate an amount of $4,000. It’s requested that property owners with deeded beach rights (but aren’t plaintiffs) make a $2,000 donation. Donations are tax deductible.

Ron Watson, NBSA secretary, said the strong data that the NBSA has collected played a role in why O’Hagan Meyer took the case for a $400,000 limit.

Grzywacz said the Corps testified in open court with depositions that said they “needed to nourish the beach for 50 years.”

“They said the harbor was going to reach equilibrium five years after it was built - as of 2020, the harbor hasn’t reached equilibrium,” he said.

A 2009 engineering study (of which Grand Beach was a big part) said that equilibrium would be reached in 2020.

Grzywacz said it’s anticipated the lawsuit will take two to three years.

Watson added that if no action is taken, there will likely be a lot more damage done.

“I think this is the solution for at least 50 years, it’s been done in a lot of different places, and it’s worked quite well,” he said.

Grzywacz concurred that not acting now could spell trouble for the future of lakefront properties.

“We’ve all put in these revetments and spent a bunch of money...The bottom line is in a couple years if we don’t do something, we’re all going to spend it again because the bottom is steepening, the toe stones are going to let loose, the rip-rap is going to come down and we’re going to have to put in new toe stones and build it back up,” he said.

For more information or to donate to NBSA, visit https:// newbuffaloshorelinealliance. org or contact newbuffaloshorelinealliance@ gmail.com.

Great success doesn’t come in short periods of time. — J.B. Pritzker

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would like to thank all those who supported the New Buffalo Summer Day Camp this year. It was under difficult circumstances and uncertainties that several of us decided to try to resurrect the day camp after Covid had forced its cancellation for 2020.

Because of the following and the support of parents and others, New Buffalo Summer Day Camp was able to safely operate and provide full-time care and enrichment activities to 70 New Buffalo and River Valley children and employ many young adults to run the program: The Pokagon Fund, who generously funded the entire program and whose Board members supported my staff and me wholeheartedly. This camp would not have been possible without them.

New Buffalo Township Clerk Judith Zabicki, our Day Camp Organizational Representative, the other Township Board members, and the staff at New Buffalo Township who assisted me with all aspects of our state camp licensing requirements, all the purchasing for camp, payroll, and other necessary business functions. Also, to the Township Park staff

who helped us with our afternoon trips to Memorial Park and splash pad.

St. John United Church of Christ, New Buffalo, who made their Frohne Hall available for us to use as our site.

River Valley Food Service Director, Jenny Jones, who was so willing and provided our campers with lunch and a snack every day of camp. She went above and beyond for our kids and coordinated everything even though we were located outside of her school district.

First Student Bus Company, in particular our drivers Bob Little and Jerry.

They were so dependable and provided daily transportation to the park and splash pad and our special Friday field trips.

The City of New Buffalo, especially Chief Rich Killips and his staff, who helped us with any situation as it arose and we felt very secure knowing they were right next door as needed.

The New Buffalo Township Fire Department who set up such a fun demonstration for the kids with their fire equipment and lessons in fire safety.

Also, a little bit of fun with the hoses on a hot summer day.

The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Troup who also did a great demonstration on safety for the campers

and brought a car and equipment for all the kids to interact with.

Kristy Good, the New Buffalo Township Library Youth Services Director, who organized a fantastic book club and story time for our camp every week.

Dr. Gene Hwang and Medic One who assisted with our medical policies and state requirements.

And last, but not certainly not least, my terrific, energetic, and superb staff: Elliot Bourne, Olivia Bourne, Ryan Burian, Maegen Fatter, Jennifer Fiero, Erick Gaeta, Taylor Gibson, Keri Haskins, Lillian Haskins, Wade Haskins, Megan Honda, Emily Keller, Lauren Keller, Serenity Livengood, Karen Moreno, Madelyn Oman, Kaitlyn Rainwater, Jetzibeth Rodriguez, Brianna Schrader, Heather Sommers, Andrew Thomas, Dawn Trusha, Annekah Witter, and Jayden Witter. These individuals truly stepped up in a time where employees are hard to find and were dependable and energetic and who truly made this camp a success.

Also, many thanks to all the day campers and their families for entrusting us and our program with your children and we look forward to 2022!

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Landmark Michigan City discount store closing

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hey were like the stars on the popular TV show “American Pickers” years before the junk turned into treasure program hit the screens.

Kathy Kniola and her Dozens of Deals store on U.S. 20 near Johnson Road in Michigan City is going out of business.

Kniola said she has no other choice since her husband and partner in the landmark family run operation, Stan, passed away in November.

“I hate to leave. I got a lot of good customers. They’re not happy about it either but it is what it is,” she said.

The Kniola’s operated the store offering a wide variety of garage sale type items for nearly 40 years.

Everything from used tools, bicycles, home furnishings, children’s toys, golf clubs, lawn mowers along with washers and dryers were purchased from estate sales and storage warehouses.

Hand me down merchandise as simple as a metal bucket also came from garage sales and individuals cleaning house.

Kniola said the items were brought back and repaired or cleaned up, if necessary, before given a price tag.

A fresh coat of paint was often all it took to catch a customer’s eye.

Other things like fresh farm eggs and live fishing bait were also found at the store.

Kniola said the biggest seller over the years were new containers of chlorine kept in stock for swimming pools.

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She said the death of her 64-year-old husband forced her decision to shut the doors.

“It hurts. It really hurts,” she said.

Kniola said all of the merchandise has to be out of the store by the end of the year.

All items are being organized and marked down in price for a going out of business sale in late September and early October.

n auction is planned for what’s left.

Occasionally, Kniola said she and her husband came across odd things while looking for treasure in other peoples’ junk.

She said the most unusual and unexpected find, perhaps, were three safes containing foreign coins.

The safes were among the contents of a storage unit they purchased without knowing what was inside.

“It was worth some money that we were able to sell online. You don’t come across stuff like that very often,” she said.

The couple practically raised their children at the store and later visits came from grandchildren.

Her extended family are customers drawn by her friendly, down home personality calling her “mom” or “grandma.”

Kniola is not sure what her future holds but still healthy and with plenty of energy she plans to seek employment.

“I just want to thank all of my customers for being here and being faithful to us. Without them I wouldn’t be here and what I am today,” she said.

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Staff, parents, and students celebrate New Buffalo Elementary School’s 2020 National Blue Ribbon

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t takes a village to run a Blue Ribbon School.

A village – of teachers and students, of parents, a school resource officer, a cafeteria staff, a technology department, and much more.

This was what was revealed to a crowd of teachers, students, parents, and other members of the community during a special assembly that was held Tuesday, Aug. 31, that recognized New Buffalo Elementary School being named a 2020 National Blue Ribbon Exemplary High Performing School.

“Last year, we were not able to celebrate this milestone in person and we feel it’s important to do so,” Adam Bowen, principal at New Buffalo Elementary School, said.

Bowen said the school was one out of 367 schools in the nation to receive the award last year, with only 15 schools from Michigan being recognized for the accomplishment.

“If put this into perspective, there are about 130,000 K-12 schools in the United States and 3,350 of those schools are in the state of Michigan, so the chance of receiving this award is less than one half of a percent,” he said.

It’s an accomplishment, Bowen said, that “involves a lot of people who deeply care about kids -especially our teaching staff.”

Superintendent Dr. Jeff Leslie speaks to parents, students and teachers

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the safety of everyone who enters the “Also, it has taken several years building. of initiatives, implementation with The cafeteria staff fuels students’ fidelity, hard work, stress, professional minds for learning by feeding them development, changes in our approach breakfast and lunch every day. of teaching, focusing on student Students are provided with topengagement and there wanting to be the notch technology from the technology best that there is,” Bowen added. department for Bus drivers in “all their learning the morning set needs.” a positive tone The secretarial for the day by staff also attentive greeting students to students’ as they get off the needs before, bus. during and after The custodial school. Children and maintenance “continue to staff put in a “lot be safe” after of time, effort school lets out and pride to in the school’s make NBES the award-winning best learning Bison Afterschool environment for Enrichment children to learn (BASE) program. in,” Bowen said.

“The Children teachers, Title 1, are greeted by counselor, and paraprofessionals paraprofessionals and a guidance are the most counselor when dedicated they step off professionals the bus. School and servants to Resource Officer children – each Deputy Micheal one of these Troupe is also Kristi Pinette speaks professionals present to ensure during the ceremony

Teachers listen to Adam Bowen, principal (left) speak during the awards ceremony

Principal Adam Bowen thanks staff members, parents and students

knows the exact information a child needs in order to advance their learning whether it’s for intervention or enrichment purposes,” Bowen said.

Bowen also credited the schools’ art, P.E., and Spanish programs, which further enrich students’ learning experience outside of the classroom.

The well-balanced pre-K program focuses not only on academic needs but “social skills as well.”

“Five years ago, when I took over the position of principal, Dr. Leslie really pushed us to focus on student growth – this was a shift from focusing on student achievement. Using NWEA assessment data, we’re able to meet the needs of all learners like none before,” he said.

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owen thanked the PTO for planning fun events and the board of education and business office for showing support.

Bowen said to parents that the school is very lucky “to have you behind us to push your child to be the best.”

He added that the teaching staff puts in “countless hours to provide the highest quality education to our students.”

“If it wasn’t for the teachers, we wouldn’t be standing here tonight talking about a Blue Ribbon ceremony,” he said.

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An audience of parents and students gathered in the school’s gymnasium

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huck Heit, president of the New Buffalo Area Schools Board of Education, said that his father, Robert Heit, who was principal at the elementary school for 30 years, would’ve been “very proud of what happens here at the school - and it doesn’t happen by just one person.”

“I’m glad the National Blue Ribbon Committee recognized something we’ve known for a long time: We have an excellent elementary school here at New Buffalo Area Schools.”

Second grade teacher and New Buffalo Area Schools Association Representative Kristi Pinette said the schools’ success

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 can be owed to the “school community.”

She doesn’t know many schools where teachers are the grandparents of the students and teachers and administrators supervise students on the playground where they once played.

“From the enthusiastic greetings given to each student as they arrive in the morning to teachers who quietly volunteer to stay after school and help students in need of extra support, to custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, office personnel and our school resource officer that work to know the names and interests of each student so that meaningful connections are made – this is what makes us successful and changes lives for the better,” she said.

A former teacher at Lake Michigan Catholic, Michigan State Sen. Kim LaSata (R-St. Joseph) said she was impressed by the programs that were being used and how the students were working hard when she visited the school with Lieutenant Gov. Garlin Gilchrist in 2019.

“Kids, you’re our future and this is your time, and you deserve every opportunity to be successful and I know this is the place you’re going to be successful,” she said.

In 2019, New Buffalo High School was named a Blue Ribbon School.

Representatives from the United States Department of Education said that “a bunch of metrics” are looked at

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in deciding on which schools receive a Blue Ribbon – which Superintendent Dr. Jeff Leslie said was “code word” for test scores.

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t made Leslie ponder about the “phenomenal things” going on at the elementary school as well.

“I like coming over here just kind of roaming around the classrooms and I’m kind of jealous of the education the kids are getting here because it’s just much better than what I ever got growing up – you do a phenomenal job, from the teachers to the support staff to everybody…I’m just jealous of what our kids are able to get,” he said.

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Red Arrow Raiders suffer loss against Bridgman football opener

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BY STAN MADDUX

he Red Arrow Raiders easily slicing his way through were stung by a and around defenders on a talented Bridgman quarterback keeper. team in their high Bridgman scored again early in school football opener the second quarter when running at New Buffalo. back Nate Necas took a handoff The first-year team consisting and zig zagged his way for a 52 of high school players from New yard touchdown.

Buffalo and River The Raiders scored Valley lost to the Bees Haskins scored the first touchdown their first points on a 55-14 Thursday, Sept. safety set up by a sack on a 36 yard 2. quarterback keeperof Haskins by David Bridgman then after another Fairchild. quarterback Reid long rushing gain Haskins then Haskins and other on Bridgman’s fumbled after taking weapons on offense next possession for the Bees proved completed an 11 the snap and the ball too much for the yard touchdown was recovered by Ben Coffeen. pass to Jayce Raiders down 35-2 at Warren at the The Bridgman halftime. corner of the end quarterback on the Haskins scored the zone. next play dropped first touchdown on a back and rolled out then was 36 yard quarterback keeper then after another long rushing gain tackled in the end zone with three on Bridgman’s next possession minutes until halftime. completed an 11 yard touchdown pass to Jayce Warren at the he Bees on defense corner of the end zone. were also impressive in stopping Raiders A 20 yard gain by Eli Thomas quarterback Michael put the Raiders on their next Bombin. possession in scoring position.

Bombin, an elusive runner However, quarterback Michael racking up big yardage often Bombin after rolling out was from long gains last year, seemed stripped of the ball by Warren. close to breaking several plays Warren recovered the ball and until Bridgman defenders quickly ran 75 yards for a touchdown closed the holes. with just over four minutes left in The Raiders take on Tri-Unity the first quarter.

Christian Saturday at 11 a.m. at The quarter ended with a 52 yard touchdown by Haskins River Valley High School.

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From the Bleachers COLUMN BY KURT MARGGRAF IN CHICAGO

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abor Day weekend is my birthday weekend and my favorite team decided to gift me a six game winning streak.

The Cubs are shocking themselves and their fans by playing winning baseball. When this week started, I didn’t think the Cubs would win six more games the rest of the season, let alone in one week.

On the other side of town, the White Sox are struggling a bit for basically the first time all season. but they’re going to win their division by plenty. Momentum plays a big part in baseball, so it’s probably a good thing for the Sox to get this bad streak out of the way so they can start being awesome again when the playoffs begin.

As a Cub fan, I’m very used to saying wait until next year, and the off season should be fascinating as the team begins to rebuild. They may be in a hurry if the White Sox win the World Series and some baseball fans begin to change bandwagons. Win or lose, baseball never fails to entertain.

After I finish writing this column, I will get back to studying for my fantasy football league draft.

Our draft will take place Wednesday night, the day before the regular season begins. There are 12 teams in our league, and I drew the short straw, so I don’t get a pick until number 12. Draft night is my favorite night of the year as twelve friends try to outwit each other and assemble a team that will give them

bragging rights.

Wish me luck, as my wits aren’t what they used to be.

The real fun begins next Sunday night for Bears fans.

The regular season begins with a nationally televised game against the Los Angeles Rams. Many fans would be even more excited if rookie quarterback Justin Fields were starting, but the Bears don’t want to rush the young man.

Hopefully, Andy Dalton will play well and the Bears will get off on the right foot. The Bears season could go either way. If Dalton, or Fields, play really well, and the defense returns to the great defense it was a couple of years ago, the team could win a lot of games and be a force in the playoffs.

On the other hand, if there are injuries to either the offensive line or defensive backfield, or the quarterbacks don’t play well, it could be a long season.

If the team isn’t at least trending upward by the end of the season, general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy will be in danger of losing their jobs. As always, I’m really looking forward to the beginning of the season.

George Washington Carver said, “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in your life you will have been all of these.”

Refuse hate. Talk to you next week.

Peace, love, and happiness.

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness. — Tom Brady

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Whimsical art enthusiasts celebrate 25 years of outsider art

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BY FRANCESCA SAGALA

hose who are on the hunt for something different – for something of the whimsical variety – need look no further than the Outsiders Outside Art Fair, which is held every Labor Day weekend at the barn-turned-art-gallery, Judith Racht Gallery, in Harbert.

It’s a type of artwork that owner Racht prefers above all other ones.

“It has to be kind of wacky, something off kilter about it - which I like,” she said.

Off-kilter art wasn’t in short supply at this 25th annual fair, which took place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 3-5, in tents behind the gallery as well as inside of it.

This year, Racht said that there were 32 booths of artwork underneath the tents, with some of those booth containing dealers representing the artists.

No matter her unique they are from each other, one common thread runs through the pieces of art that were displayed at the fair: They were all created by artists who had no formal training.

“Nobody ever said (to the artists) you have to stay in the lines, and you have to make the sky blue and the stars yellow -they sort of march to the tune of their own drummer,” Racht said.

Having worked for John Wilson, founder of the first United States international art exposition in Navy Pier, Racht said she would often uncover items at auctions that she knew that someone “just made from their hearts.”

When she first started her gallery in Lakeside, visitors would often want to peek upstairs at the “funky” items in her children’s bedrooms – and wanted to buy it.

Once someone conceived a name for it: outsider art.

“They said, ‘You know, that outsider art that you do,’ and I said, ‘Oh - is that what you call?’”

Vasso Kolias was selling a digital reprint of her silk screens from the late 1960s and 1970s.

She was cleaning up her house and had sold most of her silk screens when she

decided it was “time to reprint them – people love them.”

“It’s the same color and same idea - just a smaller size,” she said.

Kolias said she discovered the fair after visiting the gallery during a recent art show for a friend.

Art lovers unite underneath the tents

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Vasso Kolias displays her digital reprints of her silk screens

Matt Swenson of Michigan City stands by one of his unique paintings

ulie Schwarz of Blacksmith Photography in Sawyer was displaying her hand-altered Polaroid pictures.

“This is the new film for the old Polaroid cameras - what you see is what comes out of the camera, so each one is an original, and what I do with my collages is I take multiple pictures of an object like a clarinet or album cover and I CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

Visitors browse the Judith Racht Gallery

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trim off that Polaroid border and I puzzle them together and create a one of a kind collage,” she said, adding her husband handmakes the rustic wood frames.

S Leslie Wellington displays her Terese Disney painting

Julie Schwarz stands in front of a display of her hand altered polaroid pictures

chwarz said she also does limited edition prints of Polaroid pictures that she “smooshes around by hand before they dry,” which are available at The Local Color Gallery in Union Pier.

Dr. Jennifer N. Fish, who’s a professor and chairs the Women’s Studies Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, had brought narrative quilts depicting life during the coronavirus pandemic that were made by women in Cape Town, South Africa, in The Heartworks Stitching Club, “Women’s Lives in Lockdown: The Heartworks Stories Project.”

The approximately 20 women who are a part of the cooperative are all self-trained. The pandemic’s devastating effect in South Africa put a stop to the artwork being sold under the cooperative there.

Instead, Fish brought them to the United States.

“Originally I brought over 40 panels thinking that I could get friends and supporters to offer sustainable income under the pandemic and then the interest just grew so I’m here today to see how it’s work with a more public audience,” Fish said.

More information can be found at www.jennifernataliefish.com.

Judith Racht Gallery is located at 13689 Prairie Rd. in Harbert.

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Steam-powered fun at Hesston’s ‘Steam and Power Show’

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ll machines big and small came roaring to life during the 65th annual Steam and Power Show, which was held at Hesston Steam Museum Friday through Monday, Sept. 3-6.

At one corner of the museum’s grounds, the 1900-era sawmill was cutting logs into lumber with its 60-inch blade. Nearby, guests could view the Electric Light Plant, which was the first power plant to provide power to

LaPorte County Courthouse (it produces 60KW of DC current).

In the afternoon, visitors could watch the “Parade of Power,” during which John Deeres, Farmall tractors and other engines made their way down the museum’s main drag.

Afterwards, the threshing machine was harvesting wheat for the upcoming harvest by separating the inedible part of the plant – the chaff – from the oat with the help of the steam traction engine. Ted Rita,

Several John Deeres partook in Sunday’s Parade of Power

A McCormick Farmall tractor pulls up in the Parade of Power

Trains pull up to Hesston Junction

The vintage Kiddieland Limited Steam Train takes off on the Vintage Amusement Railroad

Volunteers work during the threshing demonstation

The sawmill is in operation

Sawing logs into lumber at the 1900s era sawmill

Maria Hopper serves popcorn to Annabel Richard and Eleanor Hopper

The threshing machine harvests wheat for the winter

The Minneapolis rides in the Parade of Power

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A Rumley Oil Pull Tractor participates in the Parade of Power

General Manager Ted Rita shows children how to separate the oats from the stems

Volunteers shovel hay after the threshing demonstration

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isitors could hop aboard any of the three livesteam railroads, including the 67-ton 1929 Shay logging locomotive, that were operating all 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 www.hesston.org.

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

You might feel a bit discouraged at work or overwhelmed with your daily routines.

Luckily, you will have a tremendous amount of creative energy. If you properly channel it now, by focusing in on the details, and working on each aspect, before you throw it together, you will succeed.

LEO JULY 23—AUGUST 22

Creating things of value or things that will last may seem hard to accomplish but follow through with changes and embrace the new routines you have set out for yourself.

Even if your actions feel counterproductive, press on. Rather than externalizing your feelings, become more self-aware.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22—DECEMBER 21

TAURUS APRIL 20—MAY 20

This is a great week to explore. Being out with people and in the public eye will make you feel good. It’s when you connect to bigger issues or get connected to an outside force, that you feel a sense of value and enrichment.

Take charge of situations for those who cannot do it themselves.

You will be extra sensitive to how others react and it may influence some of your decisions that don’t necessarily apply to them. Be sure you are not overextending yourself or taking on too much of people’s drama. Rather than let other people influence you, make your own decisions.

VIRGO AUGUST 23—SEPTEMBER 22

It is your season to shine, Virgo. Embrace this vibrant energetic time by getting out of the house and mingling with others. You will find some nice opportunities to get your home life in order and the help you need to complete any remodeling or decorating projects.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22—JANUARY 19

GEMINI MAY 21—JUNE 21

Get your home life in order. Go through the closets, cupboards and drawers. Get rid of items that no longer fit, work, or are to your liking. The same goes in the relationship department. Clear out people who are unsupportive or overly competitive. Saying goodbye can feel good.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23—OCTOBER 22 Your connections with friends will take you out on the town this week. You’ll be spending more time visiting and helping friends than you will at home. Getting more connected and talking with others will help you get in touch with some of your own mental blocks and you will get past them.

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CANCER JUNE 22—JULY 22

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23—NOVEMBER 21

PISCES FEBRUARY 19—MARCH 20

Don’t concern yourself with other people’s issues or lose sight of yourself. Spend time overhauling your daily routines and make the most out of your time and efforts.

Increase your productivity and maximize your earning potentials. Don’t hesitate to make cuts.

Take some time to strengthen your affiliations, this week.

Reconnect with organizations that are in line with your interests or talents. This is a great time to utilize your connections to further your money-making abilities. Hanging with friends doesn’t mean you can’t discuss business ideas.

You are very aware of what you are responsible for and like to follow through on promises.

That may be difficult to do this week. You will feel limited in how you can help or support family members. Understand that you cannot always take care of everything and it is okay.

You are generally very light hearted and tend not to take relationships so seriously, while others are very serious about you. Well, this week, the tables will be a bit turned on you. You will be feeling very serious about the relationship while others will be lighthearted and unattached to outcomes.

Keep work, friends and home-life separate. Don’t air your domestic issues at work and be careful what you say afterhours to others about your job.

It would be wise to use discretion with your family. Don’t get too many people involved when you don’t need to. Leave family issues at home, also.

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

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Local World War II veteran to be honored at 9/11 tribute at New Buffalo American Legion

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BY THERESE DONNELLY

he New Buffalo American Legion will honor a special guest at this year’s 9/11 tribute when Lakeside resident and World War II veteran Jane Hoyer is recognized for her service Hoyer served in the Women’s Army Corps (originally the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps) from 1942 until the end of World War II. Hoyer, then just 21, was one of thousands of women to enlist during the WAC’s first year, with more than 150,000 women serving by the end of the war. She said her personal motivation was a combination of patriotism and a desire to avenge her brother, who had his plane shot down in the South Pacific.

All three of Hoyer’s brothers served in the war and all four siblings made it home safe.

A majority of her service was spent at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where she soon became sergeant of her barrack.

With four women’s barracks being on the base, Hoyer met women from all sorts of backgrounds.

“I served with a university professor and a woman who had never worn shoes before,” Hoyer recalled.

Having only worn boots before, that recruit had to learn from fellow WACs how to tie the laced shoes issued with her uniform.

“I met all kinds of people,” Hoyer said of her time in the service. “There isn’t an educational book that can equal what I learned.”

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As part of this year’s 9/11 ceremony, the New Buffalo American Legion will present Hoyer with a plaque recognizing her years of service.

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elen Mae Heward, age 97, of Granger, Indiana, died peacefully Wednesday, September 1, 2021, in her home in the presence of her family.

Her life began October 2, 1923, in Buchanan, Michigan to Sigurd and Edith (Van Keuren) Jensen. She married Joe William Heward on July 19, 1942, in Three Oaks, Michigan. After seventy years of marriage, Joe preceded her in death on August 4, 2012.

Helen was a lifetime member of the Three Oaks United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. Additionally, she was in a pinochle group with seven other people. Helen and Joe served as surrogate grandparents in Project Cloverleaf, a Michigan Department of Education funded program for River Valley School District sixth graders without grandparents.

Helen and Joe owned the Three Oaks Dry Cleaners where she was a seamstress. She was involved with the South Bend Senior Olympics and won a Gold Medal for Checkers. She loved to read and do jigsaw puzzles.

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She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and a grandson, Justin Heward.

Family and friends will gather Saturday, September 11, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. until time of service at 2:00p.m. in Pobocik Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, 106 Ash Street East, Three Oaks.

Helen will be laid to rest with her husband in Riverside Cemetery, Chikaming Township.

The family prefers contributions in memory of Helen be made to Community In Action, a volunteer group whose mission is to help feed the hungry, honor veterans, nurture children, and support rescue animals.

Please send contributions to the care of Pobocik Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, 106 Ash Street East, Three Oaks, Michigan 49128.

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THREE OAKS – Robert Tripp, age 70, of Sawyer, died Friday, September 3, 2021.

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LUBEZNIK CENTER TO HOLD VIRTUAL ‘ARTBASH’

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ubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) is thrilled to announce its biggest annual fundraising event, Artbash: Repaint the Town, which will take place virtually from 6 to 7 p.m. CST Saturday, Sept. 25.

Artbash proceeds directly impact communities across Indiana’s northwest region. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, proceeds from this annual gala enable LCA to further its mission to provide the community access to compelling exhibitions and programs that explore contemporary ideas.

ArtBash: Repaint the Town will feature live entertainment — a reading of an original poem by Ming Washington.

Written specifically for the occasion, it celebrates Michigan City and the arts.

Ming is currently a member of the AUC Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies at Spelman College and is a published poet and arts contributor to Scalawag Magazine.

The event will also feature a painting demonstration by artist Patricia Larkin Green. Green is an international Sumi-e and oil painter who has a long list of artistic accolades and honors, including induction into the International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painters Society.

Green currently serves as its North America exhibition coordinator.

In addition, a silent auction will be available during the hour-long event and includes wonderfully unique and soughtafter items. Get a sneak peek at the auction items, or better yet, register for the auction and event at lubeznikcenter. home.qtego.net LCA ArtBash: Repaint the Town is generously sponsored by: NIPSCO/ NiSource, McDonalds of LaPorte County, Kuraray MonoSol, Bulk Equipment Corp., Michigan City Paper Box Company, General Insurance Services, Purdue University Northwest, Harbour Trust, Ahsek Innovations, Applegate & Company, Michael Jefvert @Properties, GreatNewsLife, The Times Media Company, WIMS Radio. — STAFF REPORTS

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Draw bridge repairs clear final hurdle

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epairs to the historic Franklin Street draw bridge in Michigan City will now happen after clearing a hurdle of legal concerns.

The $1.5 million project was held up for several weeks over questions about the legality of a no-bid contract for the work awarded to Marquiss Electric, Inc. of Michigan City.

LaPorte County Auditor Tim Stabosz and LaPorte County Commissioner Joe Haney maintained the project must go out for competitive bidding under state rules governing public works projects costing $150,000 or more.

LaPorte County Attorney Shaw Friedman insisted the no bid contract was legal under provisions in state law qualifying the project for the contract.

Friedman said the historic bridge above Trail Creek needs emergency repairs to avoid the risk of not coming back down because of worn parts that need replacing.

He said the bridge is also the main entranceway to the lakefront and failure of the bridge to come back down would force a little known and narrow alternative route over the dunes to be used for reaching the shoreline.

LaPorte County Commissioner Sheila Matias said bridge failure would also mean delays in reaching the shoreline during a water or medical related emergency.

“This is a public safety issue. A life and death situation,” Matias said.

Friedman said Marquiss Electric, the caretakers of the bridge for the past 40 years, can also do the work quicker and at millions of dollars less than another company with no prior experience with the 90-year-old span.

The LaPorte County Commissioners on Wednesday, Sept. 1, approved the contract after another county attorney, Doug Biege, said the no-bid contract should not bring any legal consequences.

The commissioners also decided to accept liability for any violations.

Stabosz, who feared being held liable if he paid the bill for the work, agreed to cut the check.

However, Stabosz said he will contest any future public works projects he believes don’t follow the competitive bidding requirements.

He also apologized for any hurt caused by the hold up.

“I regret any excessive contentiousness around this issue, especially any hurt caused to Marquiss Electric, a truly outstanding and upstanding county citizen,” he said.

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rozinski said he hopes the two month delay in ordering parts doesn’t stop the project from occurring this winter as originally planned.

He said the parts have to be made since there are no replacements in stock for such an old structure.

Mrozinski said late arriving parts could shut an already narrow window for completing the job before spring when the bridge has to be raised and lowered for sail boats passing underneath.

He said the bridge could fail if used another season before fixed.

“If the bridge breaks, I’m going to make sure everybody in LaPorte County knows why,” he said.

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Late Jiffy Pop Popcorn inventor honored

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e moved to a home along Lake Michigan after inventing the world famous Jiffy Pop popcorn in LaPorte.

The late Frederick C. Mennen will have his name go up on a bridge close to where his brand of popcorn used to roll off the assembly lines here.

The LaPorte County Commissioners on Wednesday, Sept. 1, approved a committee’s recommendation to have Mennen’s name on the bridge on Fail Road over the Norfolk Southern tracks north of Indiana 2.

Mennen was a resident of Long Beach when he passed away in 1991.

He was 62.

LaPorte County Historian Bruce Johnson said Mennen was an industrialist, chemist and inventor born to Russian immigrants in LaPorte.

“He played a major role in the LaPorte community from heavy metal manufacturing to the food packaging industry,” he said.

In 1958, Mennen with $6,000 in capital and help from a small number of local investors, developed a pan like metal container featuring a wire handle.

Inside the pan were kernels of

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popcorn along with cooking oil.

The pan was covered by a flimsy aluminum cover that grew into a balloon shape as the popcorn popped from the heat on the burner of a stove.

“Within one year, seven million packages of Jiffy Pop were sold.

Mennen Food Products soon had a production line of 200 workers,” Johnson said.

In 1963, Johnson said Mennen Food Products was incorporated into American Home Products, a corporation affiliated with Chef Boyardee Foods, he said.

A new and larger industrial complex was then built on Fail Road to meet growing demand for what became one of the most known well known and heavily advertised snacks for generations.

Mennen later moved to New York to operate a division of American Home Foods Corporation, then returned where he founded U.S. Packaging Corporation on Clay Street in LaPorte.

He lived the last 29 years of his life on Lakeshore Drive where his wife, Rosemary, continued to live until her passing in 2018.

Mennen had patents for other inventions, like an at home testing kit for gonorrhea.

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School of American Music (SAM) Executive Director and voice teacher Donna Mitchell, SAM music instructor Ron Spears, and HCS Producer Pat Putnam will be song leaders, and Spears will accompany the singers on guitar.

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