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Marshall County Brew Club Brings the Community Together

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LET’S TOAST

MARSHALL COUNTY BREW CLUB BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER Writer / Matt Keating Photography Provided

a great opportunity to bring different organizations together for a common cause.

Members of the Marshall County Brew Club believe there is nothing better than a cold brew with friends. They say it’s also a positive way to relax and get to know people with similar interests.

“We decided to become a nonprofit so that we could partner with various organizations in the region,” Lushbaugh says. “It has also helped us to build relationships with several local organizations.”

Just ask Michael Lushbaugh, the new president of the Marshall County Brew Club, Indiana’s only brew club that is also a nonprofit organization. He says it’s been

Those relationships have paid off with positive word of mouth in the community.

Lushbaugh says they plan on using their nonprofit status to sponsor events in the area.

“We are also considering a future event with the Marshall County Humane Society,” Lushbaugh says.

Lushbaugh notes that the club is for Marshall County’s home brewers, fermenters and distillers, but their reach extends beyond just brew enthusiasts.

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He says their focus is on bringing the community together through their organization, and the community response has been great.

“We get overwhelmingly positive feedback from people who sample our beers at the events we go to,” he says. “We are planning to sponsor our own events very soon, possibly in coordination with the Michigan

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Lushbaugh says. “Recently we sampled an off-flavor kit to help sharpen our palates to the unwanted mistakes that sometimes occur, how they occur and how to avoid them. In January we gathered to brew lagers in our annual lager day.”

Club members have thoroughly enjoyed their many creations.

“Every member has produced several, if not more, excellent brews,” Lushbaugh says. “Our sour brews are top-shelf. One member brews a blueberry sour known as Big Grimace. Others brew krieks and goses.

We cobbled together on a barrel stout, and a barrel-aged Scotch ale.”

Extract and Grain Association, another home brew club.”

The Marshall County Brew Club includes home brewers who encourage each other to experiment with their craft and share their

creations.

The club also has plans to work together to brew a barrel-aged red ale.

“We gather at least once a month to sample our creations, provide honest and constructive feedback, discuss the brewing process and troubleshoot issues,”

“We have also dabbled in meads, gruits and other niche offerings,” Lushbaugh says.

“Currently my favorite beer to brew is an old ale, which has been competitive in the

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Lushbaugh says there are different ways to get involved in the club.

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“Potential members or people who want to get involved can engage with us on Facebook, or chat us up at one of the several events we pour our brews at in the region during the year,” he says.

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They enjoy exchanging brewing tips and ideas.

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“I love the fact that not only are we club members, but we are very close friends,” Lushbaugh says. “It’s a chill and relaxed environment where we can get feedback about our beverages, and help give back to the community at charity events. We look forward to continuing our mission to produce and share some of the finest brews in the area.”

For more information on the Marshall County Brew Club, visit facebook.com/marshallcountybrewclub.

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gather information to update the direction of the school corporation.”

Angela Miller, curriculum director for Caston School Corporation, says there are exciting days ahead for the schools.

The four strategic priorities are curriculum, instruction, and assessment; culture; communication and marketing; and campus.

“During the spring semester of 2021, the Caston School Corporation held meetings to update the vision, mission, beliefs and strategic plan for the school corporation,” Miller says. “During this time a community steering committee made up of staff, students, parents, administrators, school board members and community stakeholders met to look at surveys, and

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Under the culture priority, the strategic plan is to nurture a respectful and positive school community to recruit and retain students and staff. The plan also involves strengthening positive student interventions and support during the 2021-2022 year and monitoring these initiatives yearly, and also creating a monitored teacher recruitment and retention plan during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Under the communication and marketing priority, the plan is to increase effective communication and marketing.

Corporation leaders plan to do this by developing an external and internal communications plan during the 20212022 academic year with yearly progress monitoring, and also coordinating and aligning the district’s marketing plan during the 2021-2022 academic year with similar monitoring.

“As a small rural school, there is always a feeling that students who attend small schools miss out on activities and opportunities that bigger schools offer,” The school district’s tagline is “Big enough to do great things, but small enough to care.” Miller says. “At Caston schools, we pride ourselves in finding a way to meet student

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Miller says the small setting provides a school community unlike many others in the state.

“With K-12 under one roof, we have many opportunities to share valuable resources,” Miller says. “Our high school students get to volunteer in elementary classrooms, and our elementary students get the benefit of positive older role models. It’s a win-win.

Since the school is not in a large town, the school is the center of the small farming community. There is a lot of pride in the school and the graduates it produces.”

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“With little industry, most families work away from the area,” Miller says. “School events bring everyone in the community together. One of our beliefs is that students should learn to serve the community.

It is through these volunteer activities that Comets give back. These volunteer opportunities start in elementary school and then culminate into a senior project that all seniors must complete to graduate from

Caston High School. These senior projects get our students out into the community, and we have met many community needs over the years.”

far this year we have exceeded that goal by 50 students. Growth means adding staff to support additional programs, and continued updates to the facilities so that students’ instructional needs are met. We will keep focused on our strategic priorities, and update them as needed to meet student and community needs.”

Miller says the future looks bright for Caston students.

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Bell lived in Mentone from April 5, 1894, his birthday, until 1907 when his parents moved to California. He was 13 years old and the youngest of 10 children. His father worked in a sawmill and his mother was a schoolteacher who had moved to Mentone from Ohio.

While the museum preserves these relics of American entrepreneurial spirit and hard work, it also provides a way for students to learn more about their history, museum board members say.

For older people and military veterans, it is also a place to reminisce and reflect.

Whetstone tells the story of a veteran who, after seeing the Huey on display, which figured in the Korean and Vietnam wars, remarked that he wouldn’t be alive if it hadn’t been for the Huey.

The museum hosts the annual Rotors Over Mentone event on the second weekend in September. This year marks the 13th year for the event, which draws pilots and helicopters from long distances to converge in Mentone. It is set for September 10. A program with a speaker is planned for 11 a.m., and helicopter rides will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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From selling hamburgers outside their apartment’s back door in Indianapolis while in college, to becoming the owners of a restaurant in Rochester, the culinary journey of cousins Alex and Enrique Martinez is a boon for local foodies.

Primos Bar and Grill opened one year ago in a restaurant space previously occupied

by the parents of one of the cousin’s best friends. The name of the business was a natural for them - “primo” means “cousin” in Spanish.

Enrique gained experience in food service while working his way through college in Indianapolis. He started as a busser and became a sous-chef.

Alex studied business and management. His “We had the idea of opening a restaurant in parents ran a restaurant and his father is self- 2016,” Alex says. “We wanted to do our own thing.” employed. He says he knew he wanted to work for himself because of that.

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What these 26-year-old cousins have created is a fresh take on the flavors of their heritage, mixed with traditional menu items like wedge salads, burgers and margaritas. The difference is the flavor profiles that elevate classic foods with a modern twist.

During the first few months of operation, the menu was simple. Alex and Enrique say

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and smash burgers is ground on-site. Sauces that flavor various dishes are made from scratch. Even the lime juice in the cocktails is squeezed fresh.

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He is also a fan of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” hosted by Guy Fieri.

Enrique would not mind if Fieri came through the door to feature Primos on his show, he says. The vibe of modernizing classic dishes is exactly the kind of vibe Alex and Enrique envision for Primos.

Earlier this year the menu doubled in size.

Primos added two salad options, a couple more appetizers, more sandwich and burger selections, as well as tacos and soups. The restaurant also offers gluten-free options for many menu items - about 80% according to Enrique.

country. It is stewed meat cooked in a sauce that gives it a reddish hue. Served with a crispy shell and a flavorful sauce, it is very popular and trendy. The Primos version is made with braised chuck, Chihuahua cheese, onions, cilantro and a consommé.

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Smash burgers are popular enough to have their own section on the menu. Primos

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The smash burger is simply ground meat that is rolled into a ball and then smashed on a flat-iron grill. It creates a crispy texture on the meat patty, and reminds diners of the old-fashioned hamburgers served at hamburger joints of the 1950s.

Primos is designed to be a family-friendly place that has a fun atmosphere. It’s laid back but still has high energy.

“We are just guys who want to serve good food,” Alex says.

Owning their own restaurant has checked boxes for the Martinez cousins. They enjoy what they do, but are also aware that it takes time to manage a business. It is their passion for this work that comes through in the drinks and dishes they place before their restaurant guests, and the service their staff provides.

Primos is located at 721 Main Street in Rochester. Online ordering is available at primosbarandgrill.com. Find them on social media @primosonmain. For more information, call 574-223-3514.

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shop. He says he started the store because he wanted to make sure his neighbors and community had a place nearby to order and obtain guns, ammunition and other supplies. He purchased inventory from

another business and set up shop in an unused space behind his house between Nappanee and Wakarusa.

The shop is open in the evenings, after Yutzy gets home from his daytime job. His family is nearby, and he can help his neighbors who come by.

“I had guns as a kid and started getting more when I got married,” Yutzy says. “I always liked to shoot and calibrate guns. It was a pastime. I learned how to do more after I got the shop.”

Yutzy stocks the store with a selection of gun-related supplies such as clay pigeons for skeet shooting, cleaning supplies, batteries, flashlights and knives. He carries ammunition, rifles, pellet guns and scopes.

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The answer Yutzy gave to the customer looking to keep pests away from his Martin houses was to procure a pellet gun and scope. Pellet guns are appropriate for hunting small game and birds, and for target shooting.

“They are extra accurate,” Yutzy explains, “They are less expensive and quiet.”

Pellet guns can also be considered air guns.

Instead of using gun powder to fire a bullet, compressed air fires small metal pellets.

Although this is similar to a BB gun, the difference is mostly found in the shape of the projectiles. In the case of a pellet gun, the projectiles are metal and resemble a shuttlecock.

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Other shooters will add a scope to improve what distance they expect to be shooting. accuracy. It takes a little effort to sight the This information helps him narrow down choices so the customer walks away with the scope, but once it is set, it remains in place. appropriate gun for their needs.

Riflescopes use the same technology found in telescopes, to magnify targets in the “Depending on what they want the gun distance. A series of lenses work together to do will determine what kind of gun is to bring a target into focus. Scopes can needed,” Yutzy says. vary in size, style, construction and price.

Because of the variations and options, Different guns have different uses, depending on whether the guns will be used having someone like Yutzy on hand to help for short-range or long-range shooting. The make these decisions is an advantage his customers appreciate. experience of the shooter is also a factor.

Some guns can be used in different ways.

“I like being able to give people good deals,” he says. “I try to save people money. I try to “If you use your gun for hunting, you can sell for less.” use it for sport shooting too,” he says.

Another important factor to ensure accuracy is the scope.

“That is probably the most important,” Yutzy says. “Not all guns need a scope.”

Some guns come with sights on the barrel.

Yutzy’s Ammo and Optics is located at 30863 County Road 46, between Nappanee to the south and Wakarusa to the north.

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the spices together with the pestle. He was doing great, and after we stirred it into the soup and added fresh basil, and then he decided to toss the pestle on the ground.

Thankfully it did not break, and he did not get hurt, and we had a quick lesson on how not to throw things. I picked it up and had him hold it in his hand, asking him, ‘Is this heavy?’ and he answered, ‘Yes auntie’, and I asked him if this would feel good if it fell on his foot or mine when he tossed it, he answered, ‘no auntie.’ I wanted him to understand why we can’t throw things, especially in the kitchen and then we finished up our dinner. In hindsight, I should have gotten him a bamboo mortar and pestle to mimic my movements, but the granite pestle held up and provided a nice lesson.

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“Our parents started the business on January 1, 1970,” Hoffman says. “My brother Greg and myself took the business over on January 1, 2002.”

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“We really do our best to educate the customer on the features and benefits of the equipment we sell,” Hoffman says. “We do a significant amount of training to keep up on this.”

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the need for local Chautauquas peaked in the 1920s and began to decline.

Mark Knecht with Chautauqua-Wawasee says the well-known community events organization has a rich history.

Through the years the programs offered by Chautauqua organizations evolved to focus on four pillars - arts, education, faith and recreation.

The goals of Chautauqua-Wawasee, a Syracuse-based nonprofit dedicated to bringing the community together through unique and engaging programming, have remained the same through the years.

“Chautauqua was a religious and cultural movement begun in the late 1890s that brought culture and entertainment to small and mid-size communities,” Knecht says.

“At its peak there were literally thousands of Chautauquas.”

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“Today there are 19 Chautauqua organizations in North America,” Knecht says. “These have survived based on their heritage as a summer church camp. All operate independently as stand-alone organizations, each with similar but different programs, but all focusing on the four Chautauqua pillars.”

“Our organization strives to address the void still evident in Syracuse and the northern Indiana region of Chautauquatype programs - arts, education, faith and recreation,” Knecht says. “Our goal is to fill these voids with programs that make the region a better place to visit, work, live and raise a family.”

Chautauqua-Wawasee’s mission is to provide valuable and life-enriching experiences.

“Our program team seeks to identify programs and experiences that are otherwise unavailable locally,” Knecht says. “By providing unique events, we are Chautauqua-Wawasee emerged from able to serve the Syracuse area, and attract Oakwood Park, the site of United Methodist audiences from larger nearby communities summer church camp. such as Fort Wayne, South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen, Plymouth and even Indianapolis THE LAKES MAGAZINE / APRIL 2022 / TownePost.com

for some programs.”

Chautauqua-Wawasee also engages the public in arts, education, faith and recreation, by greatly enhancing the experiences offered.

“For example, in August of 2019 we organized four individual programs

celebrating the women’s suffrage centennial, because we saw a regional void not filled by larger nearby communities,” Knecht says.

“In 2018 we started a three-day series of Native American history programs that is now in its fourth year. These programs have leveraged local historians as well as expert speakers from Notre Dame.”

In 2021 the organization created Patriot’s Day, which takes place around July 4.

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Chautauqua-Wawasee also has a Bible reading in the chapel, as well as familyoriented activities such as sleigh rides, Santa appearances, caroling, live reindeer and roaming popular characters for pictures.

“For the second year this Memorial Day, we are organizing an event we call ‘Taps Across the Water at Dusk,’” Knecht says.

“In conjunction with American Legion Post 223, we recruit as many buglers as possible. We had 23 in 2021. We position them strategically around lakes in Syracuse, Wawasee and Papakeechie. “

Respect for America’s heritage is an important element of their programs,

Through the Mail-Journal newspaper and social media, Chautauqua-Wawasee asks for one minute of silence at 9:08 p.m., which is followed at 9:09 with a playing of “Taps” by all buglers.

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“That’s on May 29 this year. On Patriot’s Day, June 26, we are bringing a renowned actor to perform ‘An Encounter with Thomas Jefferson,’ which is followed by the annual Fort Wayne Philharmonic Patriotic pops concert at Oakwood Resort.”

Because 99% of their programs are free to attend through grants, many people take

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donations from many of our individual patrons,” Knecht says. “We would not exist without the support of all of these who provide our funding.”

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Saturday, April 16 will mark the third year Bikes For Kids will distribute bikes to children from Marshall and surrounding counties whose families receive county and state assistance, such as EBT, SNAP, TANF, WIC and Hoosier Works cards. The event, held in Centennial Park at the Hoosier Old Wheels pavilion and the Freyman Shelter,

and the idea of Bikes For Kids was born.

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either biking or childhood fitness. Besides the Sages, the board includes: Chip Dean, owner of Integrity Academy of Martial Arts and Dean’s Auto Detail Shop; Joe Barnes, prior owner of RideonBikes and Rentals; Dan Brashere-Atkinson, avid bicycle rider and race competitor; Norma BrashereAtkinson, certified cycling instructor;

David Abair, active member of Hoosier Old Wheels; and Mirna Dault, who has served on boards and written grants for other nonprofits.

“We can always use more helpers,” Mark Sage says. “This year is different because we haven’t been able to purchase as many

new bikes as in the past, so we are filling in with refurbished bikes. We need people to pick up bikes and transport them to the barn where they are stored. The barn has a heated basement and bike storage overhead.

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Although the organization came up short on funding this year, Sage feels that enough used bikes can be rebuilt in time. Several places to drop off bikes are listed on the organization’s website. Those wishing to donate a bike and who need someone to pick it up can call 574-221-5688.

“We are looking for bikes that don’t need a lot of work,” Sage says. “Kids deserve a bike that’s like new. We are hoping to have 330 bikes to give away this year and we like to match a helmet with each child. We didn’t have the capital to buy both new bikes and helmets, so we will buy helmets with the money we have.”

The organization’s website has a Store page where donations are accepted. For just $10, a new helmet can be “purchased” to ensure the safety of a happy bike rider. Those providing funds can see photos of bikes priced at $100 for a larger size, down to $25, in an effort to cover kids from age 3 up to high schoolers who do not drive yet.

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“Everyone in the community has been supportive and there has been nothing but positives in this effort to get kids off of the couch and off of video games,” Sage says. “Two or three radio stations have gotten the word out. The bike giveaway is really an effort. There’s a lot more than meets the eye. In the future we hope to grow and expand by setting up satellite locations in other communities such as Knox or Rochester.

We’d love to reach the level of giving away 1,000 bikes in Marshall County.”

The Bikes For Kids Third Annual Bike Giveaway will be held at noon on Saturday, April 16 in Centennial Park, at 1660 North Michigan Street in Plymouth.

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K

im Ols, co-owner of Big Green Barn Metal Worx, says it was a metal fish that inspired her to start her metal art business.

The Chickadees Gift Shop gave her a great place to showcase her work, and it led her to start her own business.

“It all started because of a metal fish I saw that I really wanted,” Ols says. “My husband Kevin, who co-owns the business, said we would need a plasma cutter for it.

We bought one and I cut pieces by hand for about seven years before we built our plasma table. We have used the table for two years now.”

“We take the time to make your idea for a custom metal piece to be exactly what you want,” Ols says.

Big Green Barn Metal Worx offers oneIt was something she just had to have, so she of-a-kind metal art, and Ols says she has a decided to take a creative route to catch her passion for creating art for projects that are near and dear to her customers’ hearts. fish.

The business grew from that special project.

“We officially opened the storefront for Big Green Barn Metal Worx on October 27, 2021, but we sold our art out of the Chickadees Gift Shop for nine years before that,” Ols says.

The business offers large garden metal silhouettes, and also makes special custom orders.

“We get requests for custom items all of the time,” Ols says. “We have done memorials for a three-legged dog, customized farm signs and garden trellises. We also get a lot of requests for older vehicle silhouettes made into custom signs.”

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customers who compliment her work.

“We have very loyal customers,” Ols says.

“Their response to the storefront has been overwhelmingly positive. They have shared our pieces with their friends and family on a weekly basis. We also love seeing new faces.”

Ols goes out of her way to make the business stand out. She says her customers can also make a statement with her large garden metal silhouettes.

Big Green Barn Metal Worx also offers new, colorful pieces as a nice contrast to the cold, dark winter months. Ols also tries to stand out among competitors.

“We try to create unique pieces that other metal artists are not making,” Ols says.

“There is something new coming into the shop if you come in here on a weekly basis.

I like to make freestanding 3D pieces with a lot of color.”

Powder coating is also available.

“We offer powder coating for all of our custom pieces,” Ols says.

Ols is continually inspired by many items around her.

“I tend to look at discarded items and see something new and useful,” she says. “I like to create with old and new pieces together.

I cut mostly animals and kid silhouettes before we went to plasma CNC. Now I have the ability to combine my love of shapes

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with words. I like being able to take someone’s idea into a workable design, and then to a finished product. I did newspaper layout design when it was all cut-and-paste graphics, which has helped me be able to design now.”

Ols is also inspired by the people of Lakeville. They remind her of her childhood days.

“I grew up in Bristol, Indiana,” she says. “We have been in Lakeville for about 25 years now. It has the same smalltown feel and is very community oriented.”

Big Green Barn Metal Worx is located at 12135 U.S. Highway 6 in Plymouth. For more info, call 574-780-1022 or visit biggreenbarnmetalworx.com.

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August “Leo” Wennerström, superintendent of buildings and grounds at Culver Military Academy, annually recounted in harrowing detail his escape from that ship, and eventually his journey to become one of the only survivors of its sinking to relocate to Indiana.

While on the Titanic, August Edvard Andersson, a young Swedish journalist and publisher traveling under the pseudonym “Wennerström,” had met several other Swedes who were emigrating or returning to the U.S. including Alma Pålsson and her four children, who were on their way to Chicago to rejoin their husband and father, Nils.

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Wennerström would later recall floating for some time and awakening on top of three bodies floating in the water. He made it to a collapsible boat, later noting that all feeling had left his legs in the frigid cold, and that occasionally the bodies of those who had died were cast off the boat to lighten its weight.

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Wennerström’s journey to Culver was an odd one, and his motives for being at the train station in Culver when he was were never completely clear, but his timing was fortuitous. Culver Military Academy was expecting the arrival of a new gardener named Leo, to work for the school’s grounds department, and Wennerström was assumed to be that gardener, who never showed up. So, by 1913, August Wennerström found himself with gainful employment and a nickname he would keep for the rest of his life - Leo. August and Naomi had one daughter and six sons, including one whose first name reflected the couple’s appreciation and love of their adopted community - Culver Wennerström (the Swedish punctuation was also eventually dropped from their last name, at least in print locally). All of the Wennerströms served their country in World War II. August Wennerström held the position of

head groundskeeper at the academy until his retirement in 1941. He also frequently spoke at the academy and in venues around the region and the country, particularly Swedish Methodist churches, about his experience on the Titanic.

Another Culver-area link to the Titanic developed in relation to Wennerström.

In 1946, Nils Pålsson (whose name by then had been Anglicized to Paulson) finally remarried and retired to Culver after connecting with Wennerström, who related his sad tale of attempting to save Paulson’s wife and children.

Paulson and his wife Christina lived on William Street in the town of Culver, but he owned a garden plot on Thorn Road, next to the home of Allen and Rosemary Weaver, where he tearfully planted four maple seedlings taken from trees on William Street, apparently in memory of the four children he had lost decades before.

Nils Paulson, whose wife and children Wennerström sought to save on the Titanic, and who planted trees in Culver to honor their memory.

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August Wennerström died in 1950 and Nils Paulson in 1964, and both are buried in the Culver Masonic Cemetery. Their graves, and the trees (which are still visible at roadside) remain visible testimony to one of the great tragedies of recent centuries.

(Author’s note: Allen and Rosemary Weaver’s son Dan Weaver tells the story of August Wennerström, Nils Paulson, and watching the planting of the “Titanic trees,” in the 2018 PBS documentary, “Our Town: Culver,” viewable online at facebook.com/wnitpublictv/ videos/240701283255989).

Author Jeff Kenney is museum and archives manager at Culver Academies and serves on the board of the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver.

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When a person needs to talk through the challenges and life struggles they face, there is a place that feeds that need. Recovery Café is that place.

“We are an all-pathway provider, which means we are going to support you no matter what your personal decision may be,” Coleman says. “Everyone is welcome from every background and walk of life.”

The nonprofit organization was founded in 2020 and has been open for a little more than a year. There are two paid staff members including Pat Brown, executive director, and Katie Coleman, cafe manager.

Brown and Coleman also have the assistance of seven board members and six volunteers who assist 20 members.

There are also more than nine community partnerships formed with agencies and businesses in the Rochester area. Brown and Coleman estimate that more than 100 local people are involved with their program

care is not supported in a manner equal to physical health, according to Coleman and Brown.

The Recovery Café is not a clinic. It offers peer support in guiding people towards the realization of what an individual needs to meet their life goals.

“If you had a hip replacement after years of abusing your hip, you would see a medical doctor, then a specialist or surgeon, and they would work with therapists to create a plan of care,” Brown explains. “Now if you have bipolar disorder or an addiction, none of that exists. People don’t fail rehab or treatment. The rehab and treatment systems fail people. That’s why we are here.”

There are many reasons that this type of service is needed, according to Coleman and Brown. Mental health and substanceuse issues are at high levels in many areas, and rates of arrests, consumption, incarceration, overdoses and deaths are high. Suicide prevention and mental health

Help includes assisting the person in finding treatment providers, and assessing different programs and opportunities. Homelessness, depression, anxiety, loneliness, incarceration, abuse and addiction are just some of the situations that bring people into Recovery Café.

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“Our focus is the human being and their long-term health and happiness,” Brown says.

At Recovery Café there are guiding principles that create the welcoming atmosphere that is critical to encouraging conversation and sharing. Anyone who comes in needs to feel safe and appreciated,

“Humans gather around food,” Coleman says. “We are social around food. We congregate around food. Along with music, “So many people experience stigma wherever they go,” Coleman says. “We work eating is one of the most pro-social activities anywhere. Mental health challenges, to be the antithesis of that. Acceptance, addictions, depression, anxiety and justicesupport and encouragement are our tools.” involvement all destroy social supports.

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Recovery Café opens at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The first hour is devoted to coffee, snacks and conversation.

This is followed by an hour of sharing in a group setting.

The meal begins at 7 p.m. and starts with five minutes of shared silence. Brown says this requirement is sometimes awkward for some, but it results in relaxation and calm.

The last hour is a time for learning skills or being inspired by others.

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On Saturdays, Recovery Café opens at 9 a.m. and children are welcome. The first half-hour is a social time. The cereal bar opens at 9:30 a.m. with a variety of offerings. At 11 a.m., adults gather for social time, and the final hour is devoted to sharing and discussing challenges in a support-group setting, without children.

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“The people who come to the cafe have an awareness of their problems, and sometimes a fear of their problems,” Brown says. “We have had members moved to tears simply because they were treated with kindness, included in conversations and encouraged by others.”

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Recovery Café is located at 715 Main Street in Rochester. For more information on the organization, visit recoverycafefultoncounty. org or find them on Facebook.

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Kyle Elliott, building trades program instructor for Culver Community Schools Corporation, has seen firsthand the caliber of junior and senior high school students and has been impressed by their work ethic.

“There are young kids out there who want to do things right and want to work hard to do it,” Elliott says. “It’s amazing what you can do when kids are working hard and they’re working together.”

In the last 43 years that the high school has offered this program, hundreds of young people have learned the basics of

construction, and by extension, teamwork, by building a house in the Culver area.

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Every year since 1979, high school juniors and seniors from Culver, Knox and North Judson come to Culver High School to learn how to build a quality house. Many of these The Culver building trades program has

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Before someone can get on the waiting list, they must first own land. When it’s the landowner’s year, Elliott will help develop and finalize a building design. Each is unique, and that keeps it exciting for Elliott and all the students, especially those who are returning to the program for their senior year.

“Last year was a single-story ranch style, and this year is a two story,” Elliott says. “We get a mix of homes. It varies year to year.”

Although the home is made by students who are putting their all into doing a quality job, and who are supervised by people who have done this many times and have a reputation for doing it right, the house comes at a discount to the homeowner. In fact, the school charges the homeowner only 20% above material cost for all the labor that the students put in. From that, $1,000 is given as a scholarship to a graduating senior. The rest goes directly back into the program for equipment, supplies and other costs.

From the first week of school, teaching the students how to do the job excellently, safely and according to code is of the utmost importance. “The kids are in-house here at the school,” Elliott says. “We cover job-site safety and things of that nature. Then after that, we’re basically at the house about every day. We try to do everything we can. We’re actually starting the frame the first week that we’re out at the house.”

Every year the students do most if not all of the exterior work - the framework, windows, doors and roofing. In the interior, the students also do all of the electrical work and drywall installation, as well as trimming and cabinetry. The rest of the work depends on the size of the home. Some aspects of the building are, by necessity, left to those who are certified, like the foundation, masonry, plumbing, heating and drywall finishing.

Nonetheless, Elliott will often assign a student to help the professional if there’s interest in that field.

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August 6: Concert in the Park August 6: Dash N’ Splash by Marshall County Humane Society August 6: Antiquarian and Historical Society Fundraiser: Fleur Seule LIVE in Culver from NYC! August 12: Outdoor movie at the Damore Amphitheater August 20: Radically Plain, Plainly Radical: The Amish, Mennonites & Hutterites by AHS September 3: “Gift of Warmth” Film Festival September 23-25: Plein Air Weekend - Culver Paint Out! October 8: Culver Fall Fest and Moonlight Paddle October 9: Lions Club Pancake Breakfast October 22: Spook-Tacular Celebration at the Beach Lodge October 29: Lions Club Children’s Halloween Party October 31: Trick or Treating Around Town November 12: By the Lake Holiday Bazaar November 24: Turkey Trot December 2: Christmas Tree Lighting December 3: Holiday Hop - Dining and Shopping Event December 10: Children’s Christmas Party at the Culver Library December 24: Jingle Bell Jaunt - Run/Walk CULVER FARMER’S MARKET Location: West Pavillion - Town Park May 7 - October 15: Saturdays 9AM-1PM Memorial Day-Labor Day: Tuesdays 5-7 PM

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Anyone who is interested in being put on the waiting list is welcome to send Elliott a letter of interest, complete with personal contact information. His email address is elliott@culver. k12.in.us.

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The public is welcome to come out and see the house that the program’s students made this year. The open house will be on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. For more information, watch the school’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ culvercommunityschools.

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