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Ice Fest returns to St. Joseph

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Magical Ice Fest returns to St. Joe Tons of activities planned for entire weekend

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T. JOSEPH, Mich. — St. Joseph Michigan is renowned as a fourseason 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 couples.

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 midnight, 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;

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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. ladies get in free before 9 p.m.

The fun continues Saturday with certified 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, participants are asked to register by Jan. 31. For more information about this chip-timed event and a complete list of sponsors, visit

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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 carving 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 skating 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 sponsors 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 membership-based organization dedicated to producing, developing and promoting events and businesses in St. Joseph, Mich. and its surrounding communities.

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Memorial concert to feature German Requiem

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ERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich. — The Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra along with guest artists Sarah Gartshore, Jonathan Beyer, and local choruses will come together to create a powerful musical experience.

Local groups Southwestern Michigan College Concert Choir, The Citadel Symphony Chorus and Lakeshore High School Combined Chorus join the SMSO and guest artists to perform the renowned German Requiem by Brahms for a Margaret Beckley Upton Memorial Concert.

The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 at the Howard Performing Arts Center.

“The German Requiem of Johannes Brahms is universally recognized as one of mankind’s preeminent artistic achievements,” said. Music Director Robin Fountain. “A work that affirms the beauty of life even as it contemplates the reality of death.”

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outh bend, Ind. — The Irish Figure Skating Club is opening its doors to the public throughout the month of February to help teach people of all ages to ice skate.

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.

“We offer the courses at 5:30 on Friday nights in order to bring out families that are looking for something fun to do that is a little different than say, dinner and a movie.”

There is a wide-range of courses that are split up not only by age, but ability, as well. Little ones, as young

as two years old, can lace up their skates and participate in the “My Tot and Me” course. Skaters four and five years old can participate in the Snow Plow Sam children’s skating course. Snow Plow Sam is a national mascot for youth skating in America.

For preteens and teenagers, there are eight different courses that vary in difficulty. Skaters can choose from Basic 1 to Basic 8 depending on how comfortable they feel on the ice.

For adults, there is a range of four different courses that vary in difficulty. Prices vary but usually break down to around $10 a session.

“We run these events, basically, all year long,” said Riccio-Mensik, “There are usually sevento eight-week courses that are divided by age and ability, so there is definitely a course to fit all skating levels.”

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A healthy, creamy creation

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ream soups are one someone make roux to of those foods we cream a soup and it changed COLUMNIST love to hate and hate my world! to love. They are rich and This fateful night also filling on a cold day, the got me going on making kind of meal that sticks to my own vegetable stock. your bones, warms you to Martha talked the audience your core. Then you realize through making homewhat’s in a traditional made chicken stock, but cream of broccoli or mushKhaylen was talking over room soup and that selfher on the phone, telling deprecating guilt sets in, me how to make vegetable the kind one only feels stock instead by saving the when blowing their diet. ends of all my veggies. For Cream and oil and cheese my quick and easy vegetacertainly aren’t going to ble stock recipe, please Kat Barry help you stay svelte under visit katshotcakes.com or Kat's Hot Talk your sweater, and thinking pick up a copy of “The about that fat and cholesNew Chicago Diner terol, your stomach turns.

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As I grew into my 20s I became Anyway, the result of Khaylen and me increasingly conscious of how what I ate watching Martha together via a long-disaffected my body, both on the inside and tance call was actually a whole series of out. I was getting more and more into fit- cream soups, the first of which was the ness while having lots of digestive prob- cream of broccoli. lems. I’d given up cream soups long I’ve changed it a bit over the years, even before I became vegan, thinking a nice adding some fresh serranos the last time. creamy bowl of broccoli cheese soup an You may even try tossing on some coconut indulgence of the past. bacon bits on top.

Then one evening, maybe like a year or The best part about this soup is that it’s so after I became vegan, I was sitting on my easy to pack in your lunch in a mason jar couch watching TV and my friend Khaylen and simply heat up in the microwave for a called to tell me about Martha Stewart wholesome meal at your desk. making cream of broccoli soup with roux rather than cream. In the segment, Martha Kat Barry, a St. Joseph, Michigan native, used chicken stock, but the process is what is owner of Kat’s Hot Cakes vegan catering I picked up. I had never really watched and co author of “The New Chicago Diner Cookbook: Meat Free Recipes from America’s Veggie Diner.” She also develops recipes for eHow.com, where you can find over 30 of her vegan instructional cooking videos. She is also a certified yoga instructor and currently resides in Chicago.

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Buchanan Art Center to host Saturday ‘Make a Valentine for our Troops’ Workshop

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n Saturday, Jan. 31, the plied, and refreshments will be Buchanan Art Center served. For more information, will host a “Make a contact the Buchanan Art Center Valentine for Our Troops” at (269) 697-4005 or email: buchaworkshop from 10-4 p.m. nanartcenter@att.net Generously sponsored each The Buchanan Art Center is year by the family of Al and located at 117 West Front St. in Mary Ruth White, the workshop Buchanan, Michigan. The Center is free and open to the public. features three galleries with rotatAll ages are welcome to stop in ing exhibits of regional artists’ during downtown Buchanan’s works, a program of educational Thrill on the Hill festivities to art classes for all ages, and a gift warm-up and make a handcraftshop offering works of local arted valentine to lift the morale of ists. Current hours are Monday – our military veterans. mailed to specific military personnel Thursday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Friday 10 Valentines made will be mailed to if an address is furnished. All valen- a.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. area veteran hospitals; but can be tine-making materials will be sup- – 4 p.m. Closed Sundays.

Wine delivery laws changing?

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ine 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 significantly when enacted and winery owners are excited it could disappear.

Such statutes used to be fairly common across the country but are now disappearing. 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,

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Howard Hewitt Grape Sense 9-0. But Jim Butler, who often is involved on behalf of Indiana wineries on governance 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 beverage 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 percent of our shipping business and have never really regained it. This bill will be a great help to our customers as well as us as a business.”

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Jim Butler (left) and Ted Huber (right) are among those pushing for less strict wine shopping laws in Indiana.

So any Hoosier who supports free commerce should support the bill.

You need to encourage those ‘pro-business legislators’ 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 complicated,” he said. “It is hard for Huber’s to track Indiana customers among the other visitors that we have traveling 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 understandable, 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 conveniently?

You can bet the underage-drinking crowd will chime in with their hysterics. Such organizations do an important and great job educating young people about alcohol. That argument gets most of us who support direct shipping deregulation the most riled up. There is no documented 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 newspapers. Read his wine blog at: www.howardhewitt.net Reach him at: hewitthoward@gmail.com

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The dress drive will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Centennial Place Shopping Center parking lot to collect gently used fashions for their upcoming Glamour Event in February.

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This dress drive will do more than support jobtraining programs and help area fashionistas gain valuable closet space. The “Goodwill Gives” initiative was developed to support local charities. For this event, Hello Gorgeous has been chosen to receive $1,000 from Goodwill as they join efforts to help Stuff-A-Truck.

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Jan. 29 Southwest Michigan Landlords Assn. meeting. 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) announces the first mainstage production of the new year, the enduring classic Little Women adapted by Marisha Chamberlain from the novel

by Louisa May Alcott, directed by Candace Myers. Performance dates are Jan. 30, 31, Feb. 1, 6, 7 and 8, 2015. Tickets 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.

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the Sweetness of Harbor Country! This spectacular event includes a chocolate fountain, ice sculptures, and delicious appetizers. Taste and vote for your favorite entry in the Chocolate Classic Bake-off! This menagerie of chocolate goodies showcases some of the best chefs and chocolate bakers in the area. If that’s not sweet enough, several Harbor Country businesses will be on hand to share their creations and services. Gather with other chocolate lovers, 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. Unlimited runs for $3! We provide your sledding tube! Contact City Hall at 269-695-3844 for more details. Or click the picture 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.

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crafts, books and more.

The Community Center also features the Homeroom Resale Store, which offers resale furniture, housewares and books. Admission is free.

Lunch available. Proceeds benefit the Community Center.

Jan. 31

Beginning at 10 a.m.

Saturday Jan. 31, at Flaherty Park in Watervliet, Michigan, Essential Discs and Flaherty 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 families per month on average 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 Market returns Jan. 31 to the New Troy Community Center, 13372 California Rd, New Troy. Past flea markets included tools, housewares, antiques, photography, jewelry,

for their upcoming Glamour Event in February.

For more information contact Sue Peterson at Sue@petersonmedia. com.

Feb. 1

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

The South Bend Museum 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. Admissions is free.

Get ready to participate in some mid-winter laughs when Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy come to the Lake Michigan College Mendel 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 Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221 or visiting www.lmcmainstage. 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 mnadolski@lakemichigancollege.edu.

Experience Winter fun at Dr. T.K. Lawless Park on Saturday nights with a bonfire, downhill tubing and three miles of crosscountry skiing, all on lit trails. Also, tractor-pulled Feb. 3 hay rides and refreshments. It’s a great time to get outdoors and enjoy your county parks.

AMA Michiana is hosting a midwinter social for all local marketing gurus, friends, and fun-lovers.

Go on a guided Ski Tour Join us from 5 - 7 p.m., of Sarett Nature Cen- Tuesday, February 3, for ter on January 31 at a Midwinter Marketing 2:00 p.m. The fee is $5. Mixer at Chicory Cafe, Please call (269) 927- located in downtown South Bend, Indiana.

4832 to register Feb. 4 Goodwill and U93 will host a “Goodwill Gives” Dress Drive on Saturday, January 31st to benefit Hello Gorgeous at Flourish Boutique in Granger.

The Dress Drive will be held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Centennial Place Shopping Center parking lot to collect gently used fashions

The Four Flags Snowmobile 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 members and/or volunteers are always welcome

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Feb. 6

Lubeznik Center for the Arts will hold an opening reception for the Steamroller Printmaking Project and Work Local: Art Meets Industry during the February First Friday art walk. Meet artists from both exhibitions,

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Warm up a southwest Michigan winter weekend with Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys when they perform 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

The Twin City Players will hold auditions for its Spring mainstage 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 269-4290400 or visit us at twincityplayers.org.

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Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS), a self-directed ensemble of five professional British actors, will present William Shakespeare’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 office, by phone at (574) 631-2800, or online at shakespeare.nd.edu.

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Trinity Episcopal RAIN: A Tribute to the BeaChurch, located at Nature 9 S. tles,Holiday returns to the Lake Nature Holiday Camping Summer is Michigan College Mendel Fourth St., in Niles, hosting a pancake and Center Mainstage at 7 p.m. sausage supper from 5 Tickets for Rain: A Tribute to to 7 p.m. Feb. 17. the Beatles start at $48 and Parting Shots Family Shots Family Donations willPartingbe are available by calling the accepted at the door. $ $ For more information, LMC Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221 or viscall (269) 683-6060. iting www.lmcmainstage.org. $

Feb 9

Ever thought about trying yoga?

The Elkhart Environmental Center hosts a monthly yoga class led by Kristen Smith-Myers, RYT 500. Class is the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m.

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For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or mnadolski@lakemichigancollege.edu.

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, tractor-pulled hay rides and refreshments. It’s a great time to get outdoors and enjoy your county parks.

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OLOMA 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 onhand 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 director 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.

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“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 structured 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 northberrienhistory.org.

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