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Tons of activities planned for entire weekend

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — St. Joseph Michigan is renowned as a four-season water wonderland with Lake

Michigan, nearby rivers and inland lakes. But this time of year the city’s focus turns to frozen H2O during its 11th Annual Magical Ice Fest, Feb. 6-8.

Certified ice competitions, a stunning Fire & Ice Kickoff Display and 5K Chocolate Walk/Run are just some of the morning-‘til-night reasons to bring family and friends to this frosty-breath weekend.

Jill Stone, executive director of the event’s producer St. Joseph Today, said “If you need a cure for the winter blahs, this is it!”

She added that local hotels with pools turn it into a great mid-winter getaway for kids and other cozy lodgings make it a romantic pre-Valentine weekend for cou-ples.

The winter festivities start Friday with professional carvers creating their artistic creations from blocks of ice on downtown streets from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Visitors can also participate in the Snow Biz Scavenger Hunt (runs through Sunday). An entry form listing all of the logo sculptures and contest details is available at the St. Joseph Welcome Center, 301 State St.

Completing the hunt puts participants in the running for a St. Joseph Today gift certificate good at more than 40 locations.

Immediately following the competition on Friday, the winter night will glimmer and glow at 7:30 p.m. with an amazing tower of both Fire & Ice at State and Pleasant Streets. Then from 8 p.m. to mid-night, adults can enjoy the Fire and Ice Party at Shadowland Ballroom, 333 Broad St., below the bluff. The evening for ages 18 and up includes a cash bar, tropical martini ice luge, live music from Joshua and Jeremy Sprague and more. A highlight of the evening will be the Barefoot Hawaiian Fire Performers at 9:15 and 10:30 p.m. There is a $10 cover charge;

ladies get in free before 9 p.m.The fun continues Saturday with certi-

fied ice carving competitions from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Then at 9 a.m., runners and walkers can melt a few pounds in the Second Annual Ice Fest 5K Chocolate Walk/Run presented by the Sunset Coast Striders. Money raised will benefit Well of Grace Ministries in Stevensville, Michigan. An early registration price break runs Jan. 1-Feb. 4; to guarantee a t-shirt, partici-pants are asked to register by Jan. 31. For more information about this chip-timed event and a complete list of sponsors, visit

runsignup.com/Race/MI/StJoseph/IceFest5k.

The weekend’s ice carving competition truly heats up with the Third Annual Ice Wars from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at State and Pleasant Streets. Professional carvers will duel it out in 15-minute bouts of ice carv-ing frenzy. The crowd will determine who wins the “best sculpture” title.

Keeping with the magical theme, magician John Dudley will perform throughout the day on Saturday. Check with the Welcome Center or the website for a list of times and locations.

Silver Beach Carousel, 333 Broad St.,

will also add to the entertainment with its annual scoff-the-cold Waikiki Weekend. They will crank up the heat and turn the carousel house into a tropical paradise, Thursday through Sunday. Visitors are encouraged to wear their favorite island clothing and flip flops. Watch for more details at silverbeachcarousel.com.

Stone said downtown restaurants, pubs and wineries will serve up a variety of foods and beverages to keep festivalgoers warm as they do their ice sculpture tours. Many shops will also offer specials to entice downtown visitors indoors. Stone added that the John and Dede Howard Ice Rink, 2414 Willa Dr., will offer open skat-ing times and skate rentals throughout the weekend for more ice fun. “Of course, the natural, wintry beauty of Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph River is magical, too.”

This year’s Frost and Snow Biz spon-sors include the Boulevard Inn & Bistro, Scott Berry Promotions, Silver Beach Pizza, Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council, Mid-West Family Broadcasting, Beaudoin Electrical Construction, The Buck Burgers & Brew, Celebration Cinema, City of St. Joseph, Edgewater Resources, Great Lakes Eye Care P.C., Honor Credit Union, InCity Magazine, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, Kinexus, Lake Michigan College, Lakeland HealthCare, LeafFilter, Plank’s Tavern, Schultz Roofing Supply, Silver Beach Carousel, South Bend International Airport, United Federal Credit Union, Vail Rubber Works. Additional sponsor support can be found at MagicalIceFest.com.

For a list of hotels and updates about this and upcoming events, visit stjoetoday.com, facebook.com/stjoetoday or call 269-985-1111. St. Joseph Today is a mem-bership-based organization dedicated to producing, developing and promoting events and businesses in St. Joseph, Mich. and its surrounding communities.

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Ice carvers from all over the U.S. will fill the streets of St. Joseph with ice sculptures for the annual Magical Ice Festival.

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For five consecutive Fridays starting Feb. 6, Irish Figure Skating coach and rink director Michelle Riccio-Mensik will be on hand to help young children learn how to skate and to help adults recapture the joys of gliding across the ice.

The courses will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday nights at the Ice Box in South Bend.

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1. Heat the oil in the bottom of a large stock pot. Add the onion and cook until translucent. Next, add flour and whisk about 1 minute. Slowly add the vegetable stock, whisking thoroughly to avoid lumps. Bring to a boil and simmer about 10 minutes. 2. Stir in the broccoli stems and garlic and bring back to a boil. After about 5-7 minutes, when they start to become tender, reduce to a simmer and stir in the cauliflower florets. Cook about five more minutes and add the broccoli.3. Cook about 15 minutes before adding the chickpeas and parsley, then another 5 minutes or so before stirring in the nutritional yeast. If the florets are tender the soup is done. Thole process should take about 25-30 minutes. 4. Allow to cool a little bit, add more stock if necessary, and blend with an immer-sion blender until smooth and creamy. If you don’t have an immersion blender, let cool a bit and then transfer to a blender or food processor. Serve sprinkled with hemp seeds.


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On Saturday, Jan. 31, the Buchanan Art Center will host a “Make a

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Generously sponsored each year by the family of Al and Mary Ruth White, the workshop is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome to stop in during downtown Buchanan’s Thrill on the Hill festivities to warm-up and make a handcraft-ed valentine to lift the morale of our military veterans.

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plied, and refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the Buchanan Art Center at (269) 697-4005 or email: [email protected]

The Buchanan Art Center is located at 117 West Front St. in Buchanan, Michigan. The Center features three galleries with rotat-ing exhibits of regional artists’ works, a program of educational art classes for all ages, and a gift shop offering works of local art-ists. Current hours are Monday –

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Wine enthusiasts have read about the great wines

of Huber, Butler, Oliver, and Turtle Run wineries in southern Indiana. But what if you’re reading Grape Sense in Marion or Peru Indiana? You just can’t pick up the phone and order some wine to try these great bottles. State law prohibits it. And let’s admit, it’s a long drive.

There is seldom good news in Indiana on direct shipping laws but there is hope in the ongoing session of the Indiana legislature. Current law, in place since 2006, requires consumers to visit on site and make a face-to-face purchase before they can order online. It hurt Indiana wineries signifi-cantly when enacted and winery owners are excited it could disappear.

Such statutes used to be fairly common across the country but are now disap-pearing. Indiana Senate Bill 113, introduced by Crawfordsville Senator Phil Boots, would require customers to provide name, address, phone number and proof of age but remove the onsite restriction.

The good news is the bill passed out of the Senate Public Policy Committee,

9-0. But Jim Butler, who often is involved on behalf of Indiana wineries on gov-ernance matters, knows there is still a long way to go.

“It’s a great start, but the session is never over until the last hour of the last day, and as you know adult bev-erage legislation is always a labyrinth,” said Butler, who owns a winery near Bloomington. “Back in 2006 we lost the shipping rights that we had had for over 30 years and as a result we lost about 90 per-cent of our shipping busi-ness and have never really regained it. This bill will be a great help to our cus-tomers as well as us as a business.”

So any Hoosier who supports free commerce should support the bill. You need to encourage those ‘pro-business legisla-tors’ to support Senate Bill 113.

Besides killing profit, the 2006 change created more bureaucracy for Indiana wineries, which already are burdened with regulations and mounds of paper work.

Ted Huber, one of the

state’s biggest producers and most-visited wineries, said the current system has been a mess. “Obviously, this type of tracking is cumbersome and compli-cated,” he said. “It is hard for Huber’s to track Indiana customers among the other visitors that we have trav-eling through from other states.

“This process becomes frustrating to our Indiana guests as they often leave

our tasting room and forget to sign the affidavit.” Huber’s welcomes more than 500,000 annually.

The usual suspects have lined up against the change with tired arguments, which have never been proven to have merit. The Indiana Beverage Alliance represents retailers and wholesalers and doesn’t want to lose any business. While that’s understand-able, don’t we all support a

free marketplace?“There are lots of Pinot

Noirs on the shelf at Indiana retailers,” said Marc Carmichael on behalf of the Alliance. Sure there are lots of choices on those shelves. But Indiana wines take up a tiny portion of the inventory of most retail outlets. If you want to drink Indiana wine, shouldn’t you be able to buy it conve-niently?

You can bet the under-age-drinking crowd will chime in with their hyster-ics. Such organizations do an important and great job educating young people about alcohol. That argu-ment gets most of us who support direct shipping de-regulation the most riled up. There is no document-ed evidence this has ever happened – any where!

Today’s column is a call to action, winos! Contact your local legislator and ask them to support Senate Bill 113 and to change this terrible anti-business law.

Howard W. Hewitt, Crawfordsville, Indiana, writes about wine every other week for more than 20 Midwestern newspa-pers. Read his wine blog at: www.howardhewitt .net Reach him at: [email protected]

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Jan. 29

Southwest Michigan Landlords Assn. meet-ing. Monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in renting property. Paul Barrett of The Barrett State Farm agency will be speaking on “Renters Insurance”. He will give a short talk and then take questions. For more information contact Ralph Ballard at 269.684.0972.

Jan. 30

The Twin City Junior Players (TCjP) announc-es the first mainstage production of the new year, the enduring clas-sic Little Women adapt-ed by Marisha Cham-berlain from the novel by Louisa May Alcott, di-rected by Candace My-ers. Performance dates are Jan. 30, 31, Feb. 1, 6, 7 and 8, 2015. Tick-ets will be $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for children (12 and un-der). Group rates are also available. All seats are reserved. Reserva-tions can be made by calling the TCP box of-fice at 269-429- 0400. TCP is also offering on-line ticket purchases at twincityplayers.org.

Skip’s Restaurant hosts

the Sweetness of Har-bor Country! This spec-tacular event includes a chocolate fountain, ice sculptures, and deli-cious appetizers. Taste and vote for your favor-ite entry in the Chocolate Classic Bake-off! This menagerie of choco-late goodies showcases some of the best chefs and chocolate bakers in the area. If that’s not sweet enough, several Harbor Country busi-nesses will be on hand to share their creations and services. Gather with other chocolate lov-ers, for what’s certain to be a very fun evening!

Jan. 30-31

Thrill on the Hill will start on Friday the 30th with a 5-9 p.m. run and then an adult “midnight run” from 11 p.m. to 1 p.m. Then all day Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Un-limited runs for $3! We provide your sledding tube! Contact City Hall at 269-695-3844 for more details. Or click the pic-ture above for the Thrill’s Facebook page.

Jan. 30- Feb. 1

The 2015 Michiana Boat and Sports Show will be from noon to 8 p.m. Jan. 30, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 31 and 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Feb. 1 at the Cen-tury Center in South Bend. Admission is $3 per person. Children un-der 12 are admitted for free. More information is available at http://centu-rycenter.org/event/mich-iana-boat-sports-show-1

Jan. 31

Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday Jan. 31, at Flaherty Park in Wa-tervliet, Michigan, Es-sential Discs and Fla-herty Flingers Disc Golf Club will offer Ice Bowl at Flaherty Park. Cost is $25 plus two cans of food. All donations will benefit the North Berrien Food Pantry in Coloma.The North Berrien Food Pantry feeds 200 fami-lies per month on aver-age in Northern Berrien County. Last year this event raised only $250 in cash and about 200lbs of food. This year the goal is to raise at least $1,000 in cash and and 1000 lbs in food for the Food Pantry to continue to serve our community.

The New Troy Flea Mar-ket returns Jan. 31 to the New Troy Community Center, 13372 California Rd, New Troy. Past flea markets included tools, housewares, antiques, photography, jewelry,

crafts, books and more. The Community Center also features the Home-room Resale Store, which offers resale fur-niture, housewares and books. Admission is free. Lunch available. Pro-ceeds benefit the Com-munity Center.

Experience Winter fun at Dr. T.K. Lawless Park on Saturday nights with a bonfire, downhill tubing and three miles of cross-country skiing, all on lit trails. Also, tractor-pulled hay rides and refresh-ments. It’s a great time to get outdoors and en-joy your county parks.

Go on a guided Ski Tour of Sarett Nature Cen-ter on January 31 at 2:00 p.m. The fee is $5. Please call (269) 927-4832 to register

Goodwill and U93 will host a “Goodwill Gives” Dress Drive on Saturday, January 31st to benefit Hello Gorgeous at Flour-ish Boutique in Granger. The Dress Drive will be held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Centen-nial Place Shopping Center parking lot to col-lect gently used fashions

for their upcoming Glam-our Event in February. For more information contact Sue Peterson at [email protected].

Feb. 1

The South Bend Mu-seum of Art will host a mystery event from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 1. Museum staff invite everyone to join them in the upper level studios to play with a mysterious assortment of art materials. Admis-sions is free.

Feb. 3

AMA Michiana is hosting a midwinter social for all local marketing gurus, friends, and fun-lovers. Join us from 5 - 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 3, for a Midwinter Marketing Mixer at Chicory Cafe, located in downtown South Bend, Indiana.

Feb. 4

The Four Flags Snow-mobile Club will meet on Wednesday, February 4, 7 p.m. The meeting will be at the Chamber of Commerce Building (lower level, enter from alleyway), 321 Main St., Niles. New mem-bers and/or volunteers are always welcome

and needed to keep the trails going. Contact Jon Owen at 269-697-3770, for additional informa-tion.

Feb. 5

Get ready to partici-pate in some mid-winter laughs when Jim Belushi and the Board of Com-edy come to the Lake Michigan College Men-del Center Mainstage on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy start at $36 and are available by calling the LMC Men-del Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221 or visit-ing www.lmcmainstage.org. Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For informa-tion about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special ar-rangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or [email protected].

Feb. 6

Lubeznik Center for the Arts will hold an opening reception for the Steam-roller Printmaking Proj-ect and Work Local: Art Meets Industry during the February First Fri-day art walk. Meet artists from both exhibitions,


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Feb. 7

Experience Winter fun at Dr. T.K. Lawless Park on Saturday nights with a bonfire, downhill tubing and three miles of cross-country skiing, all on lit trails. Also, trac-tor-pulled hay rides and refresh-ments. It’s a great time to get outdoors and enjoy your county parks.

Boy Scout Troop 541 will serve its Forty-fifth annual Swiss Steak Supper on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 from 4-6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 132 South Oak Street, Buchanan.

Feb 9

Ever thought about trying yoga? The Elkhart Environmental Cen-ter hosts a monthly yoga class led by Kristen Smith-Myers, RYT 500. Class is the second Mon-day of each month at 5:30 p.m. The center is located at 1717 E. Lusher in Elkhart. Advance regis-tration is required. Call 574-293-

5070 to register.

Feb. 11-13

Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS), a self-directed ensem-ble of five professional British ac-tors, will present William Shake-speare’s Macbeth at the historic Washington Hall on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on Feb. 11, 12, and 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. ndividual tickets are $22, student tickets are $12, and children under 18 are free with a paid adult (limit five). Tickets may be purchased at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center ticket of-fice, by phone at (574) 631-2800, or online at shakespeare.nd.edu. For more information on Actors From The London Stage, visit af-tls.nd.edu.

Feb. 13

Warm up a southwest Michigan winter weekend with Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys when they per-form at the LMC Mendel Center on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. The show rounds out the inaugural season of the Hanson Theatre Living Room Series. For more information about the band, visit www.lindsayloumusic.com

Feb. 14

The Lake Michigan College Men-del Center Mainstage welcomes the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia as they present The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, for two shows at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets for The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites start at $14 and are available through the LMC Mendel Center Box Of-fice at (269) 927-1221 or www.lm-cmainstage.org. Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or [email protected].

Feb. 15

The Twin City Players will hold auditions for its Spring main-stage production. Auditions for the April/May production of Social Security by Andrew Bergman, directed by Dave Goodyear, will begin at 1 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 16. For more information call 269-429-0400 or visit us at twincityplay-ers.org.

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Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 9 S. Fourth St., in Niles, is hosting a pancake and sausage supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 17. Donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, call (269) 683-6060.

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RAIN: A Tribute to the Bea-tles, returns to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Mainstage at 7 p.m. Tickets for Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles start at $48 and are available by calling the LMC Mendel Center Box Of-fice at (269) 927-1221 or vis-iting www.lmcmainstage.org.

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COLOMA Mich. — The North Berrien Historical Museum will be showing

the community some love this Valentine’s Day while hosting a Victorian-themed Valentine’s Day party.

The museum displays 10,000 years of local human history, from archaeology and modern technology to ship wreaks and Valentine’s Day cards. The museum staff will be on-hand to assist visitors of all ages.

The open-house-style event will be from 1-3 p.m. on Sat. Feb. 7, at the North Berrien Historical Museum, located at 300 Coloma Ave., on Red Arrow Highway,

near I-94 and I-196.Katie Richcreek, interim direc-

tor and curator of the North Berrien Historical Museum, sees the event as a laid-back way to spend some time with family, craft Valentine’s Day card, and learn a little bit of history. There will be live music from 2-3 p.m. by The Ember Jar of South Bend.

“Everyone is going to be able to do their own thing, sort of like an open-house,” Richcreek said, “It will be a very loosely struc-tured event and a great way to spend some solid family time, while maybe learning a little about history, as well.”

This will be the ninth annual Victorian Valentine’s party and the museum encourages people to bring along family and friends to

celebrate with festive games and refreshments. The museum will have a photo booth and printing station set up where guests can choose from a selection of props to create their own ‘old timey’ photo. There will be an array of craft materials for creating your own Valentine’s card to give to your special someone.

Visitors can draw inspiration from the museum’s collection of historic valentines spanning the 20th Century, which will be on display during the party. There is a suggested donation at the door of $3 to help cover costs of craft materials. For more information or to RSVP, contact the North Berrien Historical Museum at (269) 468-3330 or go to northber-rienhistory.org.

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