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11th Annual LMC Steven C. Silcox Spring Training 5K/10K Run/Walk slated for April 18

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ENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Lake Michigan College is hosting its 11th annual Steven C. Silcox Spring Training 5K/10K Run and 5K Walk on Saturday, April 18.

The race takes place on the LMC Napier Avenue Campus and combines open road and trail racing. The race is open to the public.

Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. at the flagpole plaza in front of the administration building. The race begins at 9 a.m.

Participants will be divided into age categories using five-year age brackets. All participants in the race will receive a T-shirt and the top finisher in each age group will receive a medal. The overall male and

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female winners will receive a trophy and a gift certificate to a local restaurant.

Groups of five or more walkers or runners may also compete as a team. All team members must participate in the same distance.

Those participating in the team competition will still appear in the regular overall results and are eligible for age group prizes.

The winning team will receive a trophy.

The fee for all participants is $20 if paid before April 5, and $25 after April 5 and on race day.

Registration forms can be picked up at several local businesses, including South Shore Health and Racquet Club, and YMCA locations in St. Joseph and Niles. The registration form can also be found at lakemichigancollege.edu/ race<http://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/race>.

For more race information, or to have a registration form mailed to you, contact Andrew Cowan, at (269) 927-1000 ext. 5101 or by e-mail at cowan@ lakemichigancollege. edu<mailto:cowan@lakemichigancollege.edu>.

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This boat is an example of a Seagull, which were Robinson’s flagship product. Seagulls were sleek motorboats that combined elegant fittings and high-powered motors. Their exterior appearance, with varnished mahogany hulls and leather tops, was likened to that of a limousine.

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T. JOSEPH, Mich. — With boating season just around the corner, the Heritage Museum in St. Joseph is planning a nautical history treat to offer visitors.

At 6:30 p.m. April 9 at the Heritage Museum and Cultural Center will host a program by Frederick S. Upton fellow David Kohrman. Kohrman will present the history of the boat building industry in Benton Harbor as experiSheriff L. Paul Bailey

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Celebrate National Wine Month

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Savor Michigan Wine Month in the Round Barn tasting rooms

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ARODA, Mich. — Leaders at Round Barn Winery believe April is a wonderful time of year to explore the beautiful Lake Michigan shore wine trail and take in the exquisite tastes of Pure Michigan wine.

For Michigan Wine Month, Round Barn staff members say they are thrilled to offer guests a look into their rich history and passion for wine making by offering tastings with pairing, discounts on wine and more.

Round Barn invites wine enthusiasts to come and share in their passion by sampling extensive offerings and to hear more about the winery’s rich history and passion for wine making. Guests who come to taste the delectable wines will be offered an extra 10 percent off Round Barn’s “Reserve” series of hand-crafted wines made with 100 percent grapes from their rolling vineyards. (Reserve series includes Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon LMS).

A vertical tasting at Public House Brewery During the month of April, Round Barn’s Public House will be offering a vertical tasting of Free Run Cellar’s Dry Riesling which includes 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 vintages and is served with a light meat and cheese pairing.

Online savings Use the code “SAVE15ONLINE” at checkout and receive an extra 15 percent off during the month of April.

Online orders only and no minimum purchase. Not valid on gift certificates or the Winemaking Experience. www.RoundBarnWinery.com About The Round Barn Round Barn Winery, located in Baroda, 95 miles from Chicago, has it all: wine, beer, vodka, rum and bourbon. Situated in a quaint area of mostly farmland-and, surprisingly, a whole lot of grape vines-Round Barn is the ideal day-trip from the Chicago, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Detroit.

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Author! Author! offers Haiku workshop, contest, reading and reception

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ARBERT, Mich.

— The fourth annual Author!

Author! event at Center of the World Woodshop is offering a Haiku Workshop & Contest, readings, and a reception that will offer opportunities to meet and mingle with area authors.

The one-hour Haiku Workshop will be led by poet S.M. Kozubek.

Preregistration is recommended, with a suggested donation of $10. Workshop participants and other visitors will be invited to write a haiku and enter it in the contest. The author of the winning entry will receive a book of poetry from Mr. Kozubek.

During the second portion of the event, Kozubek will read from the Journal of Modern Poetry (JOMP), v. 15, an anthology of poetry written predominantly

by Chicago and other Midwest writers, and the Spring 2014 issue of ICON, a magazine for literature and art published annually at Kent State University.

Kozubek’s poetry has also appeared in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, A Hundred Gourds, Prunejuice, Bottle Rockets, and other publications.

When not writing poetry, Kozubek is an attorney and teacher.

A second reading will be presented by the awardwinning children’s author, Cheri L. Hallwood. She will read from her most recent book, “Frogwilla, a Treefrog’s Story,” which is targeted to young juveniles (ages 7-12).

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“Frogwilla” and “The Journal of Modern Poetry” will be featured in readings by the authors as part of Harbert’s Author! Author! event.

Three of Hallwood’s earlier picture books received Mom’s Choice Awards, with “Winter’s First Snowflake” being named Most Outstanding Children’s Book, and “One Wish for Winifred Witch” receiving a Gold Award.

Other visiting authors will be:

• Elizabeth Diaz, whose “Finding Hope” follows a young woman’s journey through love, loss and redemption; • Alexander Rassogianis, who will share his memoire, “Return to Glenlord: Memories of Michigan Summers;” and • Frank S. Seever,

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Easter eggs for vegans

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aster is upon us and if any holiday is centered around eggs then it’s certainly Easter.

Dying eggs, hunting for eggs, serving eggs at the post-church brunch are all essential to the secular element of Easter.

In honor of this holiday I thought I would share a particularly good tofu scramble I recently made for brunch. There are about

a million ways to make tofu scramble, none of which are boring. This one, however, features the sulfurous tasting black lava salt which really is the key in conveying an eggy flavor in any dish. There are different types of black salt, but I use the Hawaiian lava kind which is a form of sea salt. I use it in fried tofu eggs, tarts, tofu egg salad, and no scramble.

Eggy Tofu Scramble

It’s very strong, so you don’t need as much as you would traditional sea salt, but it’s delicious and when done right, it really makes your dish stand out, especially when serving nonvegans who are used to traditional recipes.

This particular dish is the perfect side to your breakfast pancakes or tofurkey bacon. You could also use it in a breakfast burrito, casserole, or hash. I served it with soy chorizo, flashed

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Serves: 2 3 cloves minced garlic 1 teaspoon grapeseed or vegetable oil 1 12 ounce package tofu, drained and crumbled 1 tablespoon dried onion 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon turmeric ½ teaspoon black lava salt ¼ teaspoon paprika ¼ cup nutritional yeast flakes Juice of ¼ lemon Heat oil in a medium sized non-stick skillet. Add the garlic and saute until the garlic starts to brown. Stir in the crumbled tofu then add the spices dried onion through paprika. Be sure to mix in the black salt well or it will make your scramble a weird color.

Cook 3-5 minutes on medium heat then stir in the nutritional yeast and lemon juice. Fluff a bit and cook another 2-3 minutes until the tofu is nice a cooked.

Serve with your favorite brunch dish or add to casserole.

greens, quinoa and a green smoothie, but I think it would be great with a warm biscuit slathered in fruit preserves or bacon.

The black lava salt can be hard to find, I suggest Michiana residents order it online. I don’t think I’ve seen it around other than

the gourmet section of TJ Maxx or maybe Whole Foods Mishawaka.

Kat Barry, a St. Joseph, Michigan native, is owner of Kat’s Hot Cakes vegan catering, 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. Kat currently resides in Chicago, and in her free time she enjoys practicing yoga, sampling local spirits, listening to live music, and getting outdoors. Follow @katshotcakes on twitter.

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OUTH BEND, Ind. — South Bend Civic Theatre presents the erotic comedy/drama “Venus in Fur,” April 4 to 10, 2015, in the Warner Theatre, 403 N. Main St., in South Bend.

The play centers on Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale “Venus in Fur.” Into his empty audition room walks a vulgar and equally desperate

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istory has produced some famous artists who were also avid gardeners. For instance, Impressionist painter Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) and his colleague, Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1911) tended flower and herb gardens at their famous artist colony of Argenteuil, France in the early 1870s.

At Monet’s home in Giverny, France, the artist enlisted the aid of fellow gardeners to care for his famous water lily pond which was the subject for his paintings from the early 1890s until his death in 1926. A few years ago, one of Monet’s famed water lilly oil on canvas paintings, dated 1917, sold for $24.7 million.

Imogen Cunningham and Georgia O’Keeffe of the famous early modernist art circle active in California and New York both were gardeners who brought their love of flowers and plants into their mature works of art.

For instance, Cunningham’s modernist photographs focused on native flowers, leaves, branches, etc. Her famous Magnolia Blossom: Tower of Jewels held the record for the highest price ever paid for a photograph at auction.

Georgia O’Keeffe painted desert flowers and other majestic blooms throughout her long and illustrious artistic career including cactus flowers, poppies, jack in the pulips, and various types of lilies.

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Deep orange, dark red, and gold chrysanthemums were brought from China to Marseilles, France in 1789 and were hybridized in many forms. In Asia, mums are held in high esteem and associated with long life.

One of the best known paintings of these blooms is Edgar Degas’ Woman with Chrysanthemums from 1865 in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The Dutch were charmed by carnations and often included them in watercolor albums documenting botanSubmitted photo ical examples. The carnation signified faithful love Impressionist flower vase painting. in marriage. Dutch masters including Rembrandt painted these and other flowers Flowers often reference in wedding portraits of the bounty of plants, herbs, COLUMNIST brides and grooms. flowers, trees, nuts, and Carnations are also carved fruits that were found in the into Dutch style corner New World. Flowers were linen cupboards of hardhighlighted in embroidered woods. These cupboards and hooked rugs made in were traditional gifts to New England during the newlyweds setting up early Colonial period. housekeeping. On today’s Likewise, Baltimore album market, the old master quilts showed an abundance paintings are worth far more of plants and flowers when than the antiques Dutch the art form peaked in popucupboards. larity from 1846 to 1852.

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Antiques 600 ALLEGAN ANTIQUE MARKET Sunday, April 26 8am to 4pm 400 Exhibitors Rain or Shine Located at the Fairgrounds, right in Allegan, Michigan $4.00 Admission. No Pets

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Auctions 603 HUGE INDOOR/OUTDOOR SPECIALTY AUCTION Biggest auction yet!!

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March 29 - April 5

The Episcopal Church of the Mediator in Harbert, Michigan, will offer opportunities for worship during Holy Week as follows: Palm Sunday, March 29, Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m.; Maundy Thursday, April 2, Agape Meal 6:15 p.m., Holy Eucharist 7 p.m. with hand and foot washing, followed by a Prayer Watch 8:30 to 12 p.m.; Good Friday, April 3, Good Friday Liturgy & Communion 12:15 p.m.; Saturday Easter Eve, April 4, Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter 7:00 p.m. followed by a

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reception; Easter Sunday, April 5, Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. followed by an Easter Egg Hunt. The public is invited to all services.

The church is located at 14280 Red Arrow Highway, midway between Lakeside and Harbert, Michigan.

April 3 Brittany Lee Moffitt with special guest Bailey Williams & The Cherannes will perform at the Acorn Theatre in Three Oaks beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for general admission. Doors open at 7 p.m.

April 4

Lace up your sneakers and welcome spring at Sarett Nature Center’s

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WHAT'S HAPPENING? Spring Stampede on April 4. Information and registration link can be found at www.sarett.com.

Pokagon United 10 HALF The CLASS Methodist church is hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt this year from 1 to 2 The Elkhart County Parks p.m. at Crystal Spring will be hosting a family Camp at 3374 Crystal Easter egg coloring pro- Springs Road, Dowagiac, gram on Saturday, April 4 Michigan. Children from beginning at 9 a.m. at the preschool to 4th grade Ox Bow Haus Shelter in and their families are Ox Bow County Park. The invited. eggs and candy will be April 5 provided and they will then be hidden by the adults in attendance for the children to find. The Everyone is invited to cost for the program is $3/ enjoy Easter at Fernwood child and adults are free. with a holiday brunch preThere is a limit of 20 chil- pared by Chef Tim dren. Preregistration and Carrigan. Brunch will be payment are due by served from 10 a.m. to 3 Thursday April 2. For p.m. Seating is by resermore information or to vation only, required by register please call the Friday, April 3. Adult Elkhart County Parks admission is $16.95; Administration office at Children 6-12 $7.95; 574-535-6458.

Children 5 and under are

free. Call (269) 695-6491 to register.

April 11

April 10-26 South Bend Civic Theatre presents the erotic comedy/drama Venus in Fur, April 10-26, 2015 in the Warner Theatre, 403 N. Main Street, in South Bend. The play centers on Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale “Venus in Fur.” Reserved tickets are $21 with performances at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sundays. For tickets, call the SBCT Box Office at 574-234-1112 or online at sbct.org.

Bulldog Bite Productions brings: KASHMIR. KASHMIR seeks to recreate the experience of a 70’s Zeppelin show utilizing authentic vintage stage gear, costumes, and special effects, with great attention to detail in a nonpretentious way. Most importantly, KASHMIR does not take liberties on improving the music.

Led Zeppelin should be played as it was using only the equipment of the era. The show is at 8 p.m. on Saturday April 11, at the Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, Michigan.

For more info call the Acorn Theater at (574) 360-5929.

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PARTING SHOTS

On the hunt

Civitan Club hosts Easter tradition

Leader photo/CRAIG HAUPERT

A little cold weather did not stop children from enjoying the Berrien County Civitan Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Easter egg hunt. Hundreds of children and their families huddled up outside the roped-off areas in 20-degree weather at Riverfront Park in Niles where volunteers had placed hundreds of colorful plastic eggs. When the horn sounded promptly at noon Saturday, the children raced in to pick up as many eggs as possible. Many placed the eggs in wicker Easter baskets, while others carried them to their parents waiting outside the egg area. The eggs were gone in a matter of minutes. The event was sponsored by the Civitan Club and area merchants.