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Angler's ParadiseWolf Lake helps make Michigan a fishing destination

Submitted photo/JOSH HAAS

Hatchery interpreter Shana Ramsey and a

young visitor to Wolf Lake show off a nice catch.

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MA T T A W A N —Michigan’s repu-tation as a great

state for fishing is no big secret.

Whether they are drawn to the state’s extensive net-work of inland rivers and lakes or to one of the Great Lakes, residents and out-of-state anglers flock to Michigan’s waters year-round.

In fact, according to Dr. Daniel O’Keefe, Southwest District Extension educator at the Michigan Sea Grant, “Michigan is ranked num-ber one in the Great Lakes for the economic impact of fishing on its economy, and it is number two in the country for expenditures made by out-of-state anglers.”

With all of that fishing going on here, have you ever wondered how the fish manage to keep up?

While some natural reproduction does occur, the State of Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources has been help-ing the fish keep their pop-ulation numbers up for decades.

According to the DNR’s website, Michigan’s six state fish hatcheries pro-duce “13 million trout and salmon and 30 million walleye, muskies and stur-geon annually.”

While those state fish hatcheries are spread throughout both peninsulas of the state, one of them—Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery—is just a short drive from southwest Michigan, and a visit to the Mattawan facility is not only educational and fun, but it is also free.

Open seven days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day, Wolf Lake offers both indoor and outdoor activities that both adults and children will enjoy. The summer hours are 10 a.m. to

6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

“Definitely, the high-light of visiting Wolf Lake is going on a tour of the hatchery, and all ages enjoy the tour,” said Shana Ramsey, a hatchery inter-preter who has worked at Wolf Lake for 11 years. “It takes about half an hour to go through the hatchery, and you learn all about the different stages in the life cycle of the fish.”

As the DNR’s website notes, “Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery produces a wide range of fish species for both inland and Great Lakes waters.”

Those species include steelhead trout, chinook salmon, walleye, northern pike, channel catfish, north-ern muskellunge and lake sturgeon. In fact, Wolf Lake is the only state hatchery where lake sturgeon is raised, and lucky visitors might catch a glimpse of those enormous fish in the

hatchery’s show pond. In any case, they will definite-ly see plenty of steelhead.

“Feeding the fish on our show pond is a must,” Ramsey said. “Everybody loves it, and everybody gets a free token to feed the fish a handful of fish food. They are also welcome to buy tokens and feed them more if they want to.”

The hatchery also has a network of nature trails for visitors to use year-round from dawn to dusk. The trails wind around 11 earth-en ponds, which range in size from two to 25 acres. Birds and other wildlife can be seen from the trails, and there is even a bird-viewing platform and benches for visitors to use.

In addition to the out-door activities at Wolf Lake, the hatchery also has a Visitors Center, which was built in 1983. A six-year renovation process was completed in 2008.

Angler's Paradise

Submitted photos/JOSH HAAS and DAVID KENYON

TOp: Feeding the fish in the show pond at the Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery is just one highlight of a visit to that facility. MIDDLE: Shana Ramsey teaches visitors about the “critters” at Wolf Lake. BOTTOM LEFT: Nature trails allow visitors to view a variety of wild-life species on the grounds of the hatchery. BOTTOM RIgHT: Inside the hatchery, visitors can learn about the life cycle of the fish that are raised there. See WOLF LAKE page 3

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BU C H A N A N —Opening on June 20 at the Tin Shop Theatre,

“Love Letters” promises to provide audiences with an in-depth look into the evolv-ing relationship between two characters: Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III.

As an epistolary play—one that tells its story through letters written by the two main characters—“Love Letters” takes an approach to storytelling that is not usually seen on stage.

In fact, the play was originally written by A.R. Gurney as a short story that he submitted to “The New Yorker.” However, as the author explains on his web-site, the magazine turned the story down, stating that they didn’t publish plays.

That misconception over the manuscript led to a trial staging of “Love Letters” at the New York Public Library in 1988, with Gurney playing oppo-site Holland Taylor. Since then, the play has become quite popular, even having been named a finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Now, audiences in southwest Michigan have the opportunity to view the play, which has starred such well-known actors as Christopher Reeves, Christopher Walken, Lynne Redgrave and Swoozi Kurtz in past per-formances.

In the Tin Shop produc-tion, playing Melissa will be Kris Behr, who has

acted in a number of Tin Shop performances since she first began doing com-munity theater in 1998.

“It’s a really well-writ-ten show,” Behr said. “When I first heard about the play, I didn’t think I’d like it, but if people come with an open mind, I think pretty much anybody would enjoy it.”

Playing opposite Chuck Shore in the role of Andrew,

Behr noted that their long friendship offstage adds a great deal to the perfor-mance.

“We’ve known each other for so long, so we have great chemistry. We just know each other so well,” Behr said.

That type of chemistry onstage is critical for the

performance of a play that relies so heavily on the actors, rather than physical action or an elaborate set.

“In this production, Melissa is seated on the right side of the stage, and Andrew is on the left. They get up and pace occasion-ally,” explained Martha Branson-Banks, who is assisting with the produc-tion of the play. “The play doesn’t take a lot of stag-

ing, but it relies a lot on the actors, and in this case, they’re wonderful.”

The story follows the relationship between the two characters from child-hood into middle-age.

“They start out in sec-ond grade with this letter writing, and it continues all the way through 50-plus

years,” Behr explained. “It becomes clear that Melissa and Andrew are closer to each other as friends than they are to their spouses.”

Both Branson-Banks and Behr noted that the play deals with adult themes and is therefore not an appropriate show for children to attend.

“The last time it was done in Buchanan, nine years ago, there were some complaints about the bad language, so we’ve cleaned it up some,” Behr noted. “The female character is a little rough around the edges.”

Despite the changes in the original wording, as Branson-Banks pointed out, “It’s fairly much an adult play. There is the inference in the play that the charac-ters had an affair at one time, but it is never dis-cussed explicitly.”

That being said, orga-nizers feel that adults in the audience will enjoy the critically-acclaimed play, which is being directed by Kelly Carlin.

“It’s a beautiful love story,” Branson-Banks said. “It has joyous moments, tragic moments, and funny moments.”

“Love Letters” will be performed at the Tin Shop Theatre, located at 121 S. Oak St., on June 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Thursday, Friday and Saturday eve-ning performances will begin at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinees will begin at 2:00 p.m., and Sunday matinees will begin at 4:00 p.m.

More information is available from the box office at (269) 695-6464 or from the website at www.tinshoptheatre.org.

There, one can learn about the history of Michigan fishing and fish planting in addition to learn-ing about the various spe-cies of fish that make Michigan their home. Short, educational films are shown throughout the day as well.

The Visitors Center also has a small gift shop as well as number of live ani-mals that folks can see when they visit, and if they come at the right time, visi-tors can watch their daily feedings.

“Our ‘Feeding Frenzy’ program takes place on

weekdays at 12:30 p.m. during the summer. It takes about 10 to 15 min-utes, and that’s when we feed all our critters, like our turtles and salaman-ders and so forth,” Ramsey said. “It’s great for young-er kids who might not be able to handle the whole hatchery tour or for folks who just want to stop by for a few minutes.”

Beyond the activities that the fish hatchery offers on a daily basis, they also offer free instructional pro-grams each week.

The first is the kids’ fishing program, “Hook, Line and Sinker.” Taking place on Fridays from 5 to

7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m., the pro-gram offers kids ages 3 to 16 a great opportunity to learn the basics of catch and release fishing. They can then try out their new skills at the hatchery.

“We supply all of the equipment, and no sign-up is required,” Ramsey noted.

The hatchery also offers a free archery program called “Arrows Away” on Thursdays, beginning at 4 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m.

“We offer a one-and-one-half-hour archery pro-gram for ages 5 and up, and we get everything from novices to advanced archers,” Ramsey said.

“It’s mainly for kids, but we also get a few adults.”

As with the fishing pro-gram, all equipment for the archery program is provided, and no sign-up is required.

If you are looking for a fun, educational outdoor experience that is not too far from home, you may want to consider joining the nearly 30,000 visitors who make their way to Wolf Lake each year.

Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery is located at 34270 County Road 652 in Mattawan, and they can be reached at (269)668-2876. More information can also be found at www.michigan.gov/wolflakevc.

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Chuck Shore and Kris Behr star as Andrew Ladd and Melissa gardner in the Tin Shop’s production of “Love Letters.”


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ST. JOSEPH—Do you love trying out the recipes fea-tured in “Off the Water”

columnist Kat Barry’s weekly column, “Kat’s Hot Talk?”

If so, then you’ll definitely want to make your way to Forever Books, located at 312 State St., in St. Joseph this weekend.

From 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Kat will be signing copies of “The New Chicago Diner Cookbook,” which she co-authored with Chef Jo A. Kaucher and The Chicago Diner Crew.

Kat became involved with The Chicago Diner—a vegetari-an staple in the Chicago cuisine scene for more than 30 years—when co-owners Mickey Hornick and Jo Kaucher decided to open a second location in 2012.

Although Kaucher had pub-lished the first “Chicago Diner Cookbook” in 2002, it had been a longtime dream of Kat’s to assemble a cookbook, so they collaborated with the diner’s staff to create a new collection of more than 100 vegan and vege-tarian recipes.

“I acted as the product man-ager on the book,” Kat explained. “We sat around and talked about what we wanted the book to be, and we compiled a list of our favorite dishes from the diner over the years. Then, we added other favorite recipes that we really wanted to include.”

After determining which reci-pes they would use, Jo, Kat, and the Chicago Diner crew enlisted the help of friends and other staff members to taste-test the recipes.

Then, Kat had to take recipes that were written to feed masses of people and scale them down to

a size that would be more appro-priate to a home kitchen.

“We had to scale them down to feed four to six people, rather than a diner full of people,” Kat explained. “You’d think it just involved a mathematical equa-tion, but it can be a tricky thing to do. Luckily, scaling down recipes just seems to be a random skill

that I have.”Along with the recipes,

the cookbook includes numerous full-color pho-tographs by Del Nakamura.

It also presents other helpful information as well. For example, the introduction outlines the

pantry essentials and tools of the trade that everyone should have in their kitchens.

“The book includes time- and money-saving tips on preparing parts of recipes in advance,” Kat said. “Restaurants do this to save money, and you can do it, too.”

In addition, many of the reci-pes include the same elements, such as mashed sweet potatoes, various tofu preparations, and a chimichurri sauce.

While all of the recipes are meatless, Kat recommends that omnivores give the recipes a try as well.

“A lot of people feel like vegan recipes won’t fill them up or that their husbands won’t like them,” Kat said. “I’m trying to

make vegan food more accessi-ble and show readers that they can make meals that their whole family will love. There’s some-thing for everyone.”

One way that Kat plans to dem-onstrate that is by bringing along a selection of baked goods for visi-tors to sample at the book signing.

“I’m a local, so I’m excited to see some friendly faces,” Kat said. “The book-signing event will be kind of a ‘meet and greet.’ I’m really looking forward to it!”

If you can’t make it to the book signing, “The New Chicago Diner Cookbook” can be pur-chased at Forever Books, as well as from the restaurant’s website, www.veggiediner.com, and from Amazon.com.

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Fans of Kat Barry can have her sign a copy of “The New Chicago Diner Cookbook,” at Forever Books in St. Joseph on June 21.

DOWAGIAC — Applications for craft, community and business vendor booth space for Dowagiac’s

oldest and largest summertime event, Summer in the City, are now available by contacting the Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce at (269) 782.8212.

Headquartered in the central business district, Summer in the City features a new and roomier format for the expanded even, July 24-27.

According to Vickie Phillipson, Chamber of Commerce & DDA program director, rather than three days of side-walk sales, there will be just two with the festival opening Thursday evening with special entertainment.

“Sidewalk sales, featuring the booths of commercial, non-profit and food ven-dors, along with our expanded line-up of

festival events, runs Friday and Saturday. Also new this year, on Sunday, ACTION will present a community worship service and picnic.”

The Chamber’s oldest and largest summertime festival is truly a family-oriented event featuring 50 hours of entertainment and action sports, such as BMX demos and Steve’s Run.

Registration is being taken for commer-cial, non-profit and food vendor booth space, which measures approximately 10-feet. Phillipson said this is a great oppor-tunity for businesses and community organi-zations to take center stage, as they network with the community they serve. Booth space is $40 for the two-day sidewalk sale.

Applications are available by calling (269) 782.8212 or by e-mail at [email protected]

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ST. JOSEPH—The next time you find yourself pressed for time and looking for a fast lunch in

southtown St. Joe, why not step out of the fast-food franchise rut and give Ramona Bells Pizzeria a try?

Offering take-out and deliv-ery service for sandwiches, salads and pasta along with pizza, Ramona Bells pro-vides restaurant patrons with a whole new option for both lunch and dinner.

“Our sandwiches cost about the same as the fast food restau-rants out there, we make them just as fast, and I would have to say that they taste better,” said Brad Hurlbutt, owner of the new restaurant.

Officially open for business on May 30, the restaurant celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 16. Wishing Hurlbutt success in his new venture were St. Joseph Mayor Michael Garey, as well as Dubelsa Mata, Margaret Adams and Patricia Flourry of the Women’s Business Center (WBC) at Cornerstone Alliance.

“When Brad came to visit us at Cornerstone, he was like, ‘I’m ready. I have most of the equipment, and I want to do this now. Let’s expedite this process,’” said Dubelsa Mata, business developer at WBC. “So, we got him onto the State of Michigan

website and helped him research it. He was like, ‘Next day, next day, next day,’ and he really surprised us. He made it happen!”

Naming the restaurant after his daughter, Ramona Bell, who will be 4 years old this month,

Hurlbutt was anxious to get the res-taurant going as quickly as possible.

“I know, for sure, he’s been work-ing hard,” Mata said.

In order to jump-start his busi-ness, Hurlbutt is offering several dif-ferent specials. For example, patrons can carry out a large, one-topping pizza for just $5.75. Another special includes four large, two-topping piz-zas for $24.95.

Hurlbutt also takes a lot of pride in the freshness of the ingredients he uses to make his pizzas.

“We never use frozen cheese,” Hurlbutt said. “When cheese is fro-zen, it loses moisture, and then when it cooks, it tends to get a little chewi-er.”

In addition, Ramona Bells makes their own pizza dough daily.

“We do a traditional, hand-pressed crust,” Hurlbutt said. “Our pizza dough is made fresh every day.”

Hurlbutt is so clear on what he wants for his own pizzeria

because he has worked for other pizzerias in the past, including Saylor’s Pizzeria and Pizza Hut.

“This isn’t my first rodeo,” Hurlbutt said, “but this is my first rodeo by myself.”

Beyond his 13 years of experience in the pizza busi-

ness, Hurlbutt has another ele-ment working in his favor: a con-

venient location at 2809 Niles Ave.As Mayor Garey noted, the for-

mer site of Capozio’s Pizza is “a historic location for great pizza.”

So far, the reception for Ramona Bells has been positive.

“We’ve been looking at reviews, and everybody has nothing but nice things to say about Brad,” Mata said.

Ramona Bells Pizzeria can be reached at (269) 982-7777, and their menu is available on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ramona-bellspizzeria. They are open Mondays through Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. They are closed Sundays.

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Owner Brad Hurlbutt was joined by Mayor Michael garey and Dubelsa Mata for the grand opening of Ramona Bells pizzeria.


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ST. JOSEPH—Beginning Friday, the Box Factory for the Arts will be exhibiting the

entries for the Michiana Annual Arts Competition, or the “MAAC Show” as it is fondly known.

A reception will be held on that evening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and at 6 p.m., awards will be presented to the win-ning artists. The event is free and open to the public.

“This is the twelfth year for this show, and every year it’s different,” said Ali Hansen, executive director of the Box Factory for the Arts. “Something must have happened over the winter because 50 percent of the entries came from people who are not regular faces. It makes it an exciting show!”

Hansen was thrilled to see the influx of new creative forces this spring as artists sub-mitted their entries for the jurying process.

“We have new people, new styles, and new works of art. New pieces of sculpture, new executions, new eyes,” Hansen said. “We really have a new way of seeing things with this show.”

The entries were judged by Norwood Viviano, who judged glass, sculp-ture and ceramics; Kathie Johnson, who judged water-color and drawing/pastels; Rob Gartzka, who judged painting and miscellanea; and Cat Crotchett, who judged pho-tography.

One particu-larly interesting

entry included several major pieces of a chess set created with a 3-D printer.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Hansen said. “You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it.”

Another piece that impressed Hansen was Kari Friestad’s painting, “Cell Phone Illumination.” That piece by the Berrien Springs-based painter won the award for Best Painting.

“The light for the painting comes from a cell phone,” Hansen explained. “It’s rather reminiscent of Caravaggio. It’s a fascinating, modern reinterpretation of the master’s work. Tradition was broken with this show!”

Mary Amador of Goshen, IN won the Best of Show Award for her piece entitled “By His Wounds.” She will receive a $1,000 award donated by the Berrien Community Foundation.

Winners in the other categories will receive $200 each, including Steven Hansen of Berrien Springs, MI, who took first prize in Ceramics with “Yellow Wonder Man.”

Debra Eiswald, of Constantine, MI, won Best Drawing/Pastel with “Marion May, Savannah, GA,” and Lauren Strach, of St. Joseph, MI won Best Miscellanea with “Hopscotch.”

Richard Hellyer, of Sawyer, MI won Best Photograph with “Simply Known as ‘The Tree,’” and Marcia Sindone, of La Porte, IN, won Best Sculpture with “Bachelor.” Barbara Balis, of Michigan City, IN took home first prize in Watercolor with” A Soul’s Journey.”

Finally, Benjamin Frank of Cassopolis, MI won the Young Artist Award with his

piece, “Godzilla.”Honorable Mention Awards will go to

Joseph Chomyn, Mary Amador, Cindy LaFerle, Harry Ahn, Darci Young, Sean Hottois and Joan Spohrer.

Curated by Cara Garnett, the show will remain on display in all three of the Box Factory’s galleries through Aug. 2, and nearly all of the pieces are for sale.

“It’s a great opportunity for a new col-lector to purchase an original piece of art,” Hansen said.

More information on this event is avail-able by calling (269) 983-3688 or by visit-ing www.boxfactoryforthearts.org/exhibits.

Located at 1101 Broad St., the Box Factory’s galleries are open to the public on Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m.

Old show, new facesMAAC features fresh artists for annual competition

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Winners of the MAAC Awards include Richard Hellyer’s “Simply Known as ‘The Tree,’” for photography (TOp), Debra Eiswald’s “Marion May, Savannah, gA,” for drawing/pastel (ABOVE LEFT), Mary Amador’s “By His Wounds” for Best of Show (ABOVE RIgHT), and Steven Hansen’s “Yellow Wonder Man,” for Ceramics (LOWER LEFT).


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NEW BUFFALO—New Buffalo’s annual arts festival,

Artigras, will be returning for its third year on the weekend of June 28-29, but visitors will be treated to an event that has a much more local flavor this year.

“This is our third annual art festival, and one of the things we’d seen in the first two years was that we want-ed to focus more on our local and regional artists,” said Cathi Rogers, the recently-appointed executive director of the New Buffalo Business Association.

“Since April, we’ve been looking at what we could do to promote local artisans,” Rogers said. “Since we have such a large local art scene, we wanted to see 80 to 90 per-cent of the artists come from within a 30- to 40-mile radius of here.”

With that goal in mind, organizers put out a call to local artists.

“The goal was originally to get 40 artists, and now we are up to 61,” Rogers said. “More than 95 percent are from the area, including St. Joe, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Michigan City, and a couple artists from South Bend. Most of the artists are from here, or they have some con-nection to the Harbor Country area. A couple artists are from Chicago, but they also have homes here. The one coming from the furthest away is from Wisconsin.”

Some of the local artists who will be participating this year are Sawyer’s Fritz Olsen, specializing in sculpture; Stevensville’s Cathy Brown, specializing in jewelry; St. Joseph-based Lake Michigan Wood Works; Union Pier’s Susan Henshaw, specializ-ing in pastel drawings; and Bridgman’s Ronald Stec, a landscape painter.

Some of the participat-ing regional artists include Don Brown of Naperville, IL, who specializes in oil paintings; Barbara Balis of Michigan City, IN, who specializes in 2-D mixed media; Fire Cut Glass from Monee, IL; and Hook

Pottery Paper of La Porte, IN, specializing in ceram-ics and paper arts.

“We’ve got a nice repre-sentation of the region, which is what we wanted,” Rogers said.

While this re-focusing of the festival has lead to its being smaller in size than in years past—down from 131 artists last year—Rodgers is pleased with the outcome, and organizers have added a completely new aspect to the festival as well.

“Another caveat we had was that we wanted to pro-mote the local galleries. So, we put together a map for a gallery tour this year, pro-moting about 20 local gal-leries in Harbor Country,” Rogers explained. “After the art fair, people can use the map to tour the various galleries in the eight towns of Harbor Country.”

Continuing the focus on local businesses, organizers decided to promote local eateries during the festival rather than bringing in out-side food vendors as they have done in past years.

“We prefer to promote and

support our own local busi-nesses,” Rogers explained. “We have five restaurants and delis within a two-block radi-us of Whittaker St. We’ve talked to all of them, and they’ll be prepared for loads of people.”

With these modifica-tions, the 2014 Artigras will be more closely aligned with the mission of the New Buffalo Business Association.

“It’s been an opportunity to reenergize and reorganize the festival so that it supports and promotes the local busi-nesses and arts more,” Rogers said. “We really believe in our hearts that that’s what this business association should be about.”

The free festival will take place in downtown New Buffalo from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29. More information is available at www.newbuf-falo.org, and visitors can pick up maps for the Harbor Country gallery tour at the information booth that will be set up at the festival.

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The 2014 Artigras will focus provide visitors with the opportunity to view and purchase art from more than 60 local and regional artists.

CorrectionIn last week’s issue of Off the Water, in a story entitled “Toast the Coast at Weko Beach,” Millicent Huminsky was incorrectly quoted. It should have stated, “They will pick up and take people to and from the festival so there are no issues with drinking and driving.” We regret the error and are happy to correct it.

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ST. JOSEPH—Visitors will be given the opportunity to experience life as it existed 65 million years ago with the

new “Be The Dinosaur” Exhibit, which opened June 14 in the Lou and Warren Gast Traveling Exhibit Gallery at Curious Kids’ Discovery Zone in the Silver Beach Center.

Visitors will step into a vir-tual ecosystem that allows them to experience the world of the dinosaurs and see which plants were growing in the virtual ecosystem and what different dinosaurs ate.

“Be The Dinosaur” blends traditional exhibit elements with sophisticated computer simulation to create an experi-ence like no other. There will also be fossils of Tyrannosaurus Rex in the field station and an opportunity to take a ride in the Dino Safari Jeep.

The virtual ecosystem fea-tured in the exhibit is based on a specific fossil formation in Western North America and contains only the flora, fauna and rock formations that existed at that time. The digital dinosaurs in the exhibit actually “live” within their digital realm. They move about by virtue of digital skeletons and muscles that obey the laws of physics. Each creature has its own requirements and limitations and fits into its ecosystem in a specific way. They virtual dinosaurs even give off digital “odors” that can be detected by other creatures.

The museum admission is $6 per person

for each Curious Kids’ location or $10 for joint admission to both museums on the same day. This includes all family programs. Summer hours for Curious Kids’ Museum on the Bluff, located at 415 Lake Blvd. in St. Joseph, MI are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Saturday, and 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Members and those under the age of one year are free.

Beginning June 14th, Summer hours for Curious Kids’ Discovery Zone, located at 333 Broad Street in the Silver Beach Center in St. Joseph, MI are: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and from 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Members and those under the age of three years are admitted for free.

Curious Kids’ Museum is a nonprofit organization.

Curious Kids welcomes dinosaur exhibit


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Adoption 096ADOPT

LOVING 1st time Mom willwork with you to make aplan for your baby. Privateadoption. Expenses paid.Amy, 1-877-446-4269

General Notices 106Calling all

Vikings GraduatesClass of 1974 or older

VIKINGS 40 PLUSGATHERING

June 21, noon-8pm

Niles Riverfront ParkSixth Generation Band

6-8pmRaffles & Food Concessions

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Apartments 4122 BEDROOM

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CassopolisSTONE LAKE MANORSenior Apartments. 2months free on select units.Spacious, two bedroomlocated on beautiful StoneLake, Intercom entrybuilding, elevator, emer-gency pull cords. Seniors 62years or older. Rent starts at$631.00 (based on income).Please call Toni at 269-445-3333 or stop by today at145 Stone Lake St. for moreinformation. EHO. TDD 1-800-649-3777 AmericanPreferred 1-800-968-1792

RIVER OAK APTS1729 Oak St., Niles

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Heat, Water, Hot Water &Trash All Paid

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For Rent 418LOVELY 3 BEDROOM

completely remodeled homein the city of Niles, centralair $875/month plus se-curity deposit, excellentcredit & references, nosection 8 (269)621-4724 or(269)684-5516

Houses for Sale 5002 STORY HOUSE

3 bedroom, 2 car detachedgarage, utility basement.Call (269)683-2940

4 BEDROOM RANCHin Edwardsburg SchoolDistrict. Built in 2007. Openconcept. 2 full baths, 2 halfbaths. Full finishedbasement. 3 car garage.$299,900Matt and Tonia Petruska(269) [email protected]

Single mom looking for ahome or a 1st time buyer?

Call Mike at(269)470-2995

EDWARDSBURG

Channel FrontBrick Ranch

Call or Text Chris Moore(269)362-5665Freedom Realty(269)687-8484

HOUSE FOR SALE

4068 King Dr., Sodus, MI.Located on quiet dead endstreet in the heart of winecountry, this home is justwaiting for you! Updatesthroughout this 3 bedroomhome. Roof, furnace,windows, well, waterheater, electrical, insu-lation, and more! But if thatis not enough sellers areincluding a 1 year homewarranty with an ac-ceptable offer to assureyour peace of mind. Allappliances also included.Enjoy quiet evenings on thelarge front porch, in thespacious backyard or takea walk to the nearby park.Minutes to the bypassmake it convenient toeverywhere! Come take atour today! MLS14029450

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Manufactured Homes

502

FAMILY HOME,$686/MO!

3 bd/2 bth, 1,456+ sq. ft.Many updates!

Central air, SkylightsBuchanan, 269-695-3119HOMES FOR SALE

IN DECATUR

3 Bed, 2 bath homes readyto be moved into. LeaseOptions at starting at $621per month (includes lot rent,insurance, water, trash) Call269-423-7024 or visitwww.phelpscommunity.comto view pictures

Mobile Homes 506SPRING SAVINGS ONAFFORDABLE HOMES•Preowned 2&3 bed homes•New 3 bed, 2 bath homes

for $34,500•Many standard features

•Modular homes availableColonial Acres

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General Mer-chandise

595

NOW OPENNILES FLEA MARKET

Wed.-Sat. 10a-5pSun. 12p-5p

111 E. Main StA few Vendor spots stillavailable. For more info

call 574-323-4187

Antiques 600ALLEGAN ANTIQUE

MARKETSunday, June 29

8am to 4pm400 ExhibitorsRain or Shine

Located at the Fairgrounds,right in Allegan, Michigan$4.00 Admission. No PetsPICKERS PARADISE

ANTIQUE MALLHuge Selection Of Treasures

2809 U.S. 33-M51 South,Niles (269)683-6644

10:00am - 5:00pm Daily

Collectibles 602HUGE JAZZ &

CLASSICAL LP/VINYLCOLLECTION

(269)782-2727

Cemetery Lots 617CEMETERY LOT

Niles, Mission Hills Me-morial Gardens. Deed toBeautiful Psalms, Lot/Vault& Setting, Bronze marker.$2900. Savings of $690.Asking Call Robbie (317)435-2017

Consignment 625Turn your Closet into

CASHKids' clothing:

newborn to teen,Baby gear & furniture,

MaternitywearAccepting Spring &

Summer wearCall for appointment.

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We are open Mon. - Sat.10am-5pm,

so you can replace thewinter clothes your kids

are outgrowing

Good Things to Eat

636

FREEZER BEEFnon GMO's, no hormones,vacuumed pack. (269)362-0993

Things to Do 637CASS DISTRICT

LIBRARYhttp://cass.lib.mi.us

(269)445-3400Check out our

online services:Freegal, Learn4Life, andmore! Call for more info.

Household Mer-chandise

642

FOR SALEWe buy, repair & clean upused appliances, refri-gerators, washers, dryers,gas & electric ranges.Geiger Refrigeration Service

841 Carberry Rd. Niles(269)687-8639 9am-5pm

HUGE SALE ATBILL'S USED APPLIANCESHours: Mon-Fri. 10a-5pm

Sat. 10a-3pmClosed Sunday

2559 S. 11th St. Niles(269) 340-5952

Merchandise for Sale

643

YOUR E-CIG EXPERTSVaporizers & e-hookahOver 50 liquid flavors.

US 31 Tobacco50552 US 31 N, South Bend

(574) 271-0333


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WHAT'S HAPPENING? iSubmit calendar events to Jill McCaughan, fea-ture writer, by email at [email protected] or [email protected] or visit the Leader Publications office at 217 N. Fourth Street, Niles.

June 19-20

The Berrien County Sher-iff’s Department will host a two-day kids’ camp is filled with fun activities including fire safety, bike safety, first aid, cyber safety as well as police, fire and ambulance demonstrations. Cost is $30 per youth for 4th and 5th graders. Snacks, lunch and a T-shirt will be provided. Registration is due by June 14.

June 20

The Brit Floyd Discovery world tour, “The world’s greatest Pink Floyd show,” will perform at the Morris Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25, $30, $35 and $40 and are on sale Fri-day, May 2, at the Morris Box Office, by phone at (574) 235-9190 or 800-537-6415, or online at www.MorrisCenter.org.

June 20-22

The 2014 Four Winds Invitational will be held at Blackthorn Golf Club in South Bend, Ind.. Proceeds from the invi-tational will be donated to Memorial Children’s Hospital. Visit www.four-windsinvitational.com for more info.

South Pacific: In Concert performs one weekend only, June 20-22 at the Bendix Theater at Centu-ry Center, 100 S. St. Jo-seph St. in South Bend. Tickets are $25. Perfor-mance times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. To purchase tickets or for more information please call the SBCT Box Office at (574) 234-1112 or on-line at sbct.org.

June 21

Fernwood’s Annual Gar-den Party. Enjoy music

and dinner, live and silent auctions, and dancing. The silent auction will of-fer one-of-a-kind planted containers, and among the quality live auction items is a trip for two to Machu Picchu, Peru. Save the date and visit www.fernwoodbotanical.org. for further details.

i

The Michiana Chapter of the Institute of Man-agement Accountants will have their annual student conference at the Waterford Estates Lodge, 52890 SR 933 North, South Bend, Ind. from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $35 for students and $50 for Profession-als. The fee includes: all conference materials, breakfast, lunch, and six educational sessions. Please remit payment by check made payable to IMA Michiana Chap-ter and mail to Brenda Engel, 1500 Echo Valley Drive, Niles, MI 49120. For more Information about the conference please contact: Brenda Engel, IMA Michiana Chapter Conference Co-ordinator (269) 845-6691 E-mail: [email protected].

The ninth Annual Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival will be from 1 to 10 p.m. at Weko Beach, I-94 Exit 16, Bridgman. Admission is $15 per person (includes a sou-venir wine tasting glass) and free for children 12 years and under. Wine tasting tickets are $1 (visitors will need 5-7 tickets per glass). Ad-vance admission tickets are available for $10 at Harding’s Friendly Mar-ket in Bridgman or at www.ticketweb.com. Get all the details at (269) 925-6301 or on the festi-val’s Facebook page.

The Lake Effect Jazz Big Band will perform at The Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad Street in St. Joseph at 7:30 p.m. The band is now in its 14th year of bringing a unique blend of traditional big band and contemporary jazz arrangements to the summer venues of Michi-gan’s beautiful south-west region. Tickets,

Garage-Yard Sales

669

3 GENERATIONESTATE SALE

June 19, 20 & 21, 2-7pm3409 N. 5th St. (M51 N.),

Niles, MISee us at estatesales.net

For questions call(269)782-5517

Cassopolis/Diamond Lake49031 - 21140 Carlton Ave.LIVING ESTATE SALE

Fri., June 20, 9-4 &Sat., June 21, 9-2

Yard & garden decor, lots oftools, many collections ofsmalls, some vintage.Questions (574)220-1585INDOOR YARD SALENew things in every week

at the oldMartin's Auction House

6525 M-139 (Old US31)Berrien Springs, MI10:00am-5:00pm

EVERYThursday, Friday & Saturday

Wanted to Buy 67210 FT.

CULTIMULCHER(269)208-9843

BUYINGrepairable scrap and un-wanted vehicles, top dollarpaid. Call or text for a freequote today. Free towing.Kevin (817)437-0450

WANTED TO BUYAQUARIUM

100-150 gallon. Ask for Ed(269)695-5818

WE WILL BUYyour junk car. We haul forfree. Paying up to $1500cash. Please call anytime269-687-8098

Home Improve-ment

700

#1 GUTTERSWe do seamless gutters.Free estimates, call(269)782-0401

FRYMAN'S SEAMLESSGUTTERS & SIDINGFRYMAN’S ROOFING

Your home exterior experts.Quality guaranteed! LocallyOwned for 50 years. (269)782-5008 (David & Terri Fryman)

HOME REPAIRS &REMODELING

Over 30 years of experience,tile work, kitchens, bath-rooms, decks & porches,windows & doors, windowwrapping, siding, fascia &soffit. Call Randy (269)782-3139 (269)208-9838

JDS HOMEIMPROVEMENT

Repairs, Replacement, NewSmall Jobs welcome.Licensed/Insured. Call John(269)445-7005

MK CONSTRUCTION

Pole barn & other garagesspecialist. Roofing Siding,Framing and more. Over 25years experience. Licensed.Contact Michael N. Knepple(269)476-9777MR. MAINTENANCE

FREE ESTIMATESRoofing, Siding & Windows,Light Hauling & SpringClean-Ups, No Inside orOutside job too big or small.Low affordable rates.(269)591-1403

Plumbing Service 706

Sewer Rodding•Drain Cleaning•

Internal Inspection-Locating•

Sewer Replacement-RepairLicensed, Bonded, Insured.

(269)228-0496

Lawn Service 721GARDENING WITH

INTEGRITY, LLC•Lawn maintenance,

•Full Landscaping Service• Spring Clean Ups

clean beds, preen, mulch,trim shrubs, edging, createnew beds & much more

Call Ellen (269)759-1012

Landscaping 724PEMBERTON

LANDSCAPINGSpring Clean up, Mowing,Fertilization, Shrub Trim-

ming, all Yard Maint.needed, Residential and

Commercial. Licensed andInsured.

Call 574-876-1127

Tree Service 725C & S MARSH

TREE SERVICETrees, brush, stump removal,high lift work, insured.(269)362-4331 or 683-1065leave msg.

DAN'S TREE SERVICEExcellent Cleanup, Insured.Free Estimates. Visa/MC.(574)361-9747

THE CUTTING EDGEPRO TREE CAREComplete Tree ServiceSAME DAY ESTIMATES

Insured, Competitive Rates.269-687-4972

Pool Service 727SWIMMING POOL

LINERS & REPAIRSAny size, great prices, allequipment, 35 years exper-ience. Robertson’s Sales &Service, Niles. Call (269)684-2669

Paving Service 739C & C CONCRETE

Flat work of all kinds,stamping, sidewalks,concrete patching, patios,driveways and pole barns.No job too small. FreeEstimates. Insured(269)228-1163

HOPPER EXCAVATING"Have Gravel Will Travel"

Driveway, stone, slag, re-cycled concrete, asphalt, topsoil, sand & fill. (269)782-1744/(269)783-1744

Recycling Service 743CA$H 4 JUNKERS

Turn that Junker in your yardto cash in your hand

801 Carberry Rd, Niles269-687-5865

Misc. Services 747A 2 Z SALVAGE &JUNK REMOVALWe do all the Loading,

Hauling & Clean upCommercial/Residential/

Industrial•Rental Clean Outs

•Storage Units, Decks•Property Cleanup

•Construction Debris•Farms/Barns

•Concrete/AsphaltRemoval

Demolition ServiceAvailable

7 days a week(269)213-1746

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BRADY CONCRETESpecializing in Flat work of alltype, seawalls, stamped con-crete & Bobcat Service. Freeestimates. Insured. Fast, de-pendable service. (269)445-3349 or (269)591-0100

CASPER MASONRYBrick/ Block/Stone. Custom& Insurance work. Insured &Bonded. (574)298-3520

COMPLETECONCRETE

From start to finish.Stamped, flat & dirt work.Insured (269)663-8091

CONCRETE SERVICESDriveways, Patios, Side-walks, and Room Additions.15 years experience. Call Jay269-635-4393.

GLEN'S HAULING &GARDEN TILLING

(269)683-8389.Cell (269)340-4233Topsoil•Stone•Etc.

GLEN'S HAULING &GARDEN TILLING

(269)683-8389.Cell (269)340-4233Topsoil•Stone•Etc.

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Electrical Contracting, No JobToo Big or Small. Free Quotes.Affordable Pricing, Licensed &Insured. (269)684-6290 or(269)470-4097.

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MIDWEST ROOFINGFamily owned since 1984.Lifetime Warranty ShinglesFlat Roofs & Gutter Covers.Call (269)684-7199

POLE BARNS &GARAGESBY NIEBOER

Quality Built (269)684-6673

POND LINERSEPDM Rubber, Any sizeLowest Prices, FREE De-livery, Huge Inventory, TRMEnterprises, South Bend.(574)246-1922(574) 329-9294

Painting Service 754

J.M. HUNTENTERPRISES, LLC

Painting & Drywall. Insured.Free Estimates. FamilyOwned & Operated for Over50 years. 269-683-4442.

Cleaning Service 757RICK'S POWER WASHING

RVs, homes, decks, farmequip. & boat docks. Smallcommercial jobs. ServingCass., Dow. & Niles. FreeEstimates, Senior Dis-counts. Will beat anycompetitors estimates.Satisfaction Guaranteed.Call 269-470-9507 or 269-470-9498

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INSURANCE RATES!Home - Auto - Health - Life

We do the shopping for you!TCU Insurance AgencyCall Deb Asmus today

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Horses-Livestock 809HORSES FOR SALE

All black 14 yr. old mare 15hand quarter horse with boldruler bloodlines $4,200. 11yr. old mare Palo. paint 14hand safe with kids $2,100.Tri color paint 8 yr. old fillyneeds to be finished out$1,800. (574)276-2197 orcan be seen day of sale.

Motorcycles & ATV’’s

915

McDaniel'sHarley-Davidson

Stop in to check out the Dyna Low Rider & Sportster

SuperLow 1200T. 1910 Lincolnway East,

South Bend (574) 289-6650 or shop www.mcdanielsharley-

davidson.com

RVs, Campers, Trailers

921

1979 CHEVY JAYCOMOTOR HOME

22 ft., all restored, new topair, new interior, shower tub,self-contained, new paintjob, new tires & brakes, allfluids & serviced, engine400 small block. Asking$3,200 or best offer. Call(269)687-8221

Autos for Sale 945NEED A CAR NOW?

WELL WE HAVE THE ONEJUST FOR YOU!!!!New Arrivals at

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WHAT'S HAPPENING?iavailable online at www.boxfactoryforthearts.org/calendar/#lakeeffect with PayPal or at the door, are $10 adults, $8 students and seniors. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult. Beer and wine will be available for this concert.

Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael will sing “Music as Seen on TV” at the Acorn Theatre, Three Oaks, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25. In their brand new 2014 show “Music-As Seen on TV”, the award-winning duo Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael explore how the medium of television has delivered some of the most memorable musical moments right into our homes. From variety and talk shows, celebrity TV specials, American Band-stand to American Idol.

June 21- 22

The 47th Leeper Park Art Fair will be June 21-22 on the grounds of Luther Park, near the St. Jo-seph River in downtown South Bend. We will fea-ture 120 artists from all over the coutnry. Food vendors will be avail-able both days and light jazz will be presented throughout the fair. For more information, call (574) 272-8598 or visit www.leeperparkfair.org.

Join Richard Hunt, cre-ator of And You, Seas located on the St. Joseph pier and the 2009 recipi-ent of a Lifetime Achieve-ment Award in Sculpture, for an intimate studio tour. Participants will also be the first to learn the winners of the KAC’s Bi-ennial Sculpture Invita-tional’s Purchase Award and Best of Show Award. Attendees will meet at Hunt’s studio, 258 Terri-torial Road in the Benton Harbor Arts District, and tour in small groups. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at (269) 983-0271

June 22

Enjoy free comedy shows every Sunday in June at It’s Vegas Baby! from 7-9 p.m. at Blue Chip Casino,

Hotel & Spa, Michigan City, Indiana. It’s Vegas Baby! is a Vegas-themed restaurant and bar. Sun-day, June 22 features Jimmy McHugh with comic Vince Maranto. McHugh has had a 25-year comedy career, and has been seen on Com-edy Central, HBO, MTV and ESPN.

The Acorn Theatre will present “Stonewater Rapture” at 7 p.m. Tick-ets are $20.

June 23-26

At Curious Kids Muse-um’s super hero camp, campers will use their creativity to originate scenarios and super-heroes to help save the world. Children will have fun with these fictional heroes. Campers will also get a chance to ask “real” heroes what com-pelled them to live a life of service to the world as needed to save the day. Meet a policeman, firefighter, doctor and a coast guard rescue person to find out what makes them real heroes. Curiosity Camps take place each week Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Costs are $75 for members and $95 for non-members.

June 23-27

Curious Kids Museum will host a “Hooked on Fishing” week of summer camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $150 for members and $170 for non-mem-bers. Campers will learn the basics of fishing and enjoy the great outdoors while learning about fish habitats, marine biology and anatomy. This week will conclude with “fish tell-ing stories” and a fish fry on Friday for the campers. The Museum will provide life jackets for campers. ALL campers will wear a life jacket at all times when near the water.

June 24

iSouthwest Michigan Chapter 572 of the Na-tional Association of Re-tired Federal Employees will hold its monthly meet-ing at the Super Buffet,

Benton Harbor (next to Big Lots). Current and retired federal employ-ees, spouses and friends are welcome. For more info, call Jean Rowe (269) 782-2769 or email [email protected]

The garden of landscape designer Stan Beikman, will be featured at the Tuesday, June 24 meet-ing at 10:00 a.m. meeting of the River Valley Gar-den Club. Beikmann was director at Fernwood be-fore retirement and now teaches landscape design at Andrews University. His home and expansive gar-den are near Fernwood and the club will head to Fernwood for lunch follow-ing the tour. Guests are always welcome to attend.

June 26

iThe Southwest Michi-gan Landlords Associa-tion will host a meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Law Enforcement Complex, 1600 Silver-brook, in Niles. Please note that all of our meet-ing are open to anyone that would like to attend. Community members do not have to be a member to attend our meetings.

June 26-29

Berrien Springs/Eau Claire will host village-wide yard sales June 26 – 29. Listings can be found at villageofberriensprings.com and eauclairemi.com the week of the sales.

June 28

The New Town Cryers will celebrate 50 years of performance with a spe-cial Golden Jubilee Con-cert at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph on Sat-urday at 7:30 p.m. Tom Meldrim and Terry Mor-lock are instrumentalists, songwriters, and vocal-ists who were part of the original Town Cryers. Tickets are available on-line with PayPal at www.boxfactoryforthearts.org/calendar/#cryers or at the door, and are $10 for general admission; $8 for students and seniors; children 12 and under are admitted for free.

June 28-29

ARTigras: Fine art fes-tival with over 120 art-ists. A juried fair with prices ranging from $20 up. Downtown New Buf-falo, MI. Free admission. www.newbuffalo.org

June 29

Enjoy free comedy shows every Sunday in June at It’s Vegas Baby! from 7-9 p.m. at Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & Spa, Michigan City, Indi-ana. It’s Vegas Baby! is a Vegas-themed restau-rant and bar. June 29, Comedian Pat McGann, a veteran guest on Chi-cago talk and sports ra-dio and TV, appears with standup comic James Fritz. All shows are hosted by Mike Toomey, a comedy club veteran who appears daily on the WGN-TV Chicago Morning Show.

July 1-6

Independence Celebra-tion, New Buffalo, Michi-gan. Week is filled with surfing demos, sand castles, outdoor mov-ies, symphony orchestra concert and fireworks! All events are free ad-mission. www.newbuf-falo.org.

July 3

This year, the Four Flags Chamber of Commerce is planning an entire evening of family fun at the 29th Annual Fire-works Display and Open Stage Fun Fest at the Four Flags Area Apple Festival Fairgrounds, 1740 Lake St., in Niles. New activities include live music, kiddie bounce houses, more vendors, craft projects for children and games. The fun be-gins at 6 p.m. Donations are encouraged to help continue the event in the future.

July 3-4

The Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra will present its two an-nual Independence Day beach concerts starting

at 8:30 p.m. July 3 at Lions Pavilion Park in New Buffalo, followed by a performance at Shadowland Pavilion in St. Joseph at 9 p.m. on July 4. Each concert will conclude with a finale including a fireworks dis-play accompanying the symphony. The July 3rd New Buffalo concert is free to the public, while tickets to the July 4th St. Joseph concert start at $15. Doors open at 6 p.m.

July 4

Lakeside Michigan has planned a new 4th of July parade for 2014. The parade starts at noon, Michigan time, at the lake end of Pier Street in Lakeside. Marchers should just show up and they will be welcomed to be a part of the parade. Parade participants can walk, pull wagons or ride bicycles, but motorized vehilces are not permit-ted.

July 4-27

Award Winning Photog-rapher Susan K. John-ston’s “Nature’s Pal-ette” will be on display at Tabula Rasa Gallery, 8918 First St., Baroda from July 4 through the 27. he artist’s recep-tion will be from 3 to 5 p.m. on July 19th. Pho-tos in this exhibit show-case Southwest Michi-gan food, flowers and the Lake. The gallery open Friday through Sunday from 12-5, or call (269) 422-2642 for appointment.

July 5

The Box Factory for the Arts will host The Duo Project with guitarists David Youngman and Derek Brown. The con-cert begins at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 general admission; $8 students and seniors; children 12 and under free.

July 6

There will be an all-you-can-eat pancake break-fast from 7 a.m. to noon at the Indian Lake Vol-unteer Fire Department,

33104 M62 West, Dow-agiac. Adults are $6 and children half-price. Carry-out will available. Volunteers will be sell-ing luminaries, and fire department equipment will be open for view-ing. Info: Carol Goodell, (269) 782-5673, or Jean Rowe, (269) 782-2769.

July 7-11

iCurious Kids Museum will host a five-day day camp entitled “Reach-ing For The Stars” for children ages 7 to 12. Campers will explore universe as they plunge into astronomy. They will spend time identify-ing these same constel-lations and their func-tions that serve people, as well as learn how to use star maps to find constellations in the planetarium sky, and ul-timately in the real night sky. Cost is $150 for members and $170 for nonmembers.

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ST. JOSEPH—June 13, 2014 – The Twin City Junior Players (TCjP)

announces the final main-stage production of the 2013-2014 season, the Tony Award winning drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller, directed by Christy Sloan and Lloyd Bolick.

The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife and a young servant girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.

With the goal of encour-aging participation in com-munity theater by local youth, the cast of each TCjP production includes stu-dents in grades 6-12. The cast of The Crucible

includes Nicholas Ferragut as Reverend Samuel Parris, Tabitha Hoskins as Tituba, Samantha Hulen as Abigail Williams, Katie Preston as SusannaWalcott, Laura Simmons as Ann Putnam, Noah Yardley as Thomas Putnam, Natalie Smiy as Betty Parris, Grace LaManna as Mercy Lewis, Julia Spiegel as Mary Warren, Sam Johnson as John Proctor, Jonah Yardley as Giles Corey, Eliza Davis as Rebecca Nurse, Bryce McNeil as Reverend John Hale, McKenna Coskie as Elizabeth Proctor, Natalie Carow as Francis Nurse, Brittany Yack as Ezekiel Cheever, Skyler Scott as George Herrick/John Willard, Lindsey Ludensas Judge John Hathorne, Kathleen Driscoll as Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, Darien Scott as Sarah Good and Farah McNeil as Hopkins.

Performance dates are July 11-13 and 18-20. The

Crucible is presented in cooperation with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. This pro-duction is sponsored by

Chemical Bank.Assisting Sloan and

Bolick are student director Carolyn Sacha, Stage

Manager Peggy Harrington, Student Stage Manager Ariel Higgins, Tech Crew Members Andrew Klem, Eric Poplawski and Nick Reitz, Properties Manager Patrick Hill, Set Design and Construction Erin Bennett, Production Manager Kraig Kirkdorfer and Costumers Melanie Green and Tammy Green.

All Seats ReservedTickets will be $15 for

adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for children (12 and under). Group rates are also available. All seats are reserved. Reservations can be made by calling the TCP box office at 269-429-0400. TCP is also offering online ticket purchases for the first time at twincityplayers.org. Performance times are 8 PM for Friday and Saturday evening performances and 4 PM for Sunday matinees. All performances take place at the Twin City Players Playhouse located at 600

West Glenlord Road in St. Joseph.

Opening Night Afterglow Reception

On opening night, join cast and crew after the show for an Afterglow reception featuring refreshments gen-erously provided by Afterglow partners, Lemon Creek Winery and Panera Bread.

About Twin City PlayersFormed in 1932, Twin

City Players is one of the oldest, continuously operat-ing community theaters in Michigan. It is a volunteer based nonprofit organiza-tion that offers quality live theatre to the communities of southwest Michigan. The TCP Playhouse is located at 600 West Glenlord Road, St. Joseph, MI. New members are always welcome. For more information about TCP, call 269-429-0400 or visit us at twincityplayers.org.

ST. JOSEPH—The New Town Cryers will cel-ebrate 50 years of per-

formance with a special Golden Jubilee Concert at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI on Saturday, June 28, at 7:30 pm.

Tom Meldrim and Terry Morlock are instrumental-ists, songwriters, and vocalists who were part of the original Town Cryers. Tickets, available online with PayPal at www.box-fac to ry for thea r t s .o rg /calendar/#cryers or at the door, are $10 general admission; $8 students and seniors; children 12 and under admitted free.

The original Town Cryers performed exten-sively in the Midwest dur-ing the folk revival of the 1960’s at many of the regional venues including the House of David in Benton Harbor, the band shell in St. Joseph, the Side Door nightclub in Kalamazoo, the Sleepy Hollow Barn Theater and Fidelman’s Resort in South Haven, Smallbone’s Resort at Sisters Lakes, Pennelwood Resort near Berrien Springs and the Potawatomi Inn at Pokagan State Park, Lake James, IN. They also appreared at regional and state fairs, festivals and music competitions.

In the intervening years, Tom and Terry have per-formed on the East Coast and regularly appear together and with other art-ists. Reaching back through the years they have recre-ated many of the folk songs they featured all those years ago just for their Box Factory concert.

During intermission, there will be a cake cutting ceremony to celebrate the folk scene in West Michigan in the 1960’s and today.

For more on this and other Box Factory events, visit the Box online at www.boxfactoryforthearts.org or be a Friend on Facebook.

Celebrating 50 years

Junior Players present 'The Crucible'

New Town Cryers take stage at Box Factory

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