Beach Coast Rides Photo Contest Entries
Gentlemen and ladies, start your agents! It’s time to vote for your favorite Beach Coast ride. Scroll down and check out some of the cool photos submitted by our readers. We thank them for their submissions and invite you to vote for your favorite. You have almost the entire month of May and may vote as often as you wish (just be sure the refresh your browser each time you vote).
Scroll down and click on the link to register your vote. Remember, you may vote every day until May 25th at 3:00 pm, when voting will close. The winner will be announced in the June issue of TheBeachCoast.com. Good luck to all and may the best car win!
1) Rod Hoeppner; 1968 Pontiac GTO
2) Dick Anderson; 1970 MBG, Mark II
3) Mary Anderson; 2004 MC40 Mini Cooper S
4) Dick Carter; 1932 Ford Roadster Candyapple Red (Street Rod). Photo taken by the Ludington Lighthouse
5) Lacy Davis; 1965 Mustang. Photo by Sandy Davis
6) Brett Maniscalco
7) Bill and Mary Hedge; 1961 Cadillac Series 75 factory limousine.
8) Susan Jackson; 1981 Mercedes convertible.
Click here to vote for your favorite ride!
Designers’ Guild of Southwest Michigan Kicks off Boys & Girls Club Campaign
On March 26th, a cocktail reception was held at the Union Pier home of interior designers Cary Frank and John Cannon who, along with Suellen Long, are co-chairs of the Designers’ Garage Sale, which will be held May 28-29 in New Buffalo. The evening was underwritten by George Jewell Catering and the grand benefactor of the event is Whirlpool Corporation. The kick-off reception was an enormously successful fundraiser attended by more than 200 supporters.
1) Committee members Mary Frey and Suzanne Frazier
2) Cindy Ehrenberg of the Boys & Girls Club of Benton
Harbor and Julia Gourley, Executive Director of the Krasl Art Center in St.
Joseph
3) Co-Chairs pose in front of
the Garage Sale poster: John Cannon, Cary Frank, and Suellen Long
Marquette Catholic Holds Annual Marian Tea
Senior girls and their mothers gathered for the annual Marian Tea, which was held at the Barker Mansion in Michigan City on April 14th. Guest speaker was alumna Dr. Linda Rooney-Dutlinger (’66).
1) Meghan and Anne Robson
2) Olivia and Andrea Haas
3) Christine and Meghan Roder
4) Joanne and Julia Thorne
5) Kelly Coyle-Shikany and Erin Shikany
Taste of La Lumiere
On March 8th more than 600 family members, students, and people from the area gathered for the 20th annual Taste of La Lumiere held at the school’s campus in La Porte. Foods from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas were prepared by La Lumiere students, parents, and volunteers and those attending had the opportunity to choose from 142 dishes from 42 countries. This event was started 20 years ago by faculty member, Dr. Miriam Nasidi, and a very small group of students.
1) Jingxin Xu (China), Sarah Kovach (New
Carlisle), Alexa Hicks (La Porte), and Neathie Patel(Chesterton)
2) Shubhra Murarka (La Porte) and Neathie Patel
(Chesterton) cooked the food of India.
3) Michael Spaeth (La Porte), Matt Jelenik
(Flossmoor, IL), Emet and David Murillo (La Porte) presented the food of
the Philippines.
4) Conor and Haley Luck (La Porte) became French
chefs for the event
5) Hundreds gathered for the Taste of La Lumiere.
6) Tony and Danny Le Giancaspro of Union Pier
presented the food of Viet Nam.
7) Mrs. Robles and Cesar Robles (Cicero, IL),
Emma Ohlund (La Porte), Sidney McBride (New Carlisle), Maguel Carrillo (El
Paso, TX), and Pascal Arteaga
Michigan City Area Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual Meeting
Nearly 200 Michigan City Area Chamber of Commerce members and guests attended the annual membership meeting at historic Barker Hall on April 16th. The theme was “Reflecting on our Past, Creating our Future.” Actors portraying key figures in our city’s past (Isaac C. Elston, John H. Barker, Martin Krueger, and Harriet Colfax) mingled with the crowd and shared stories of their lives in Michigan City.
1) Deanna French, Cindy Scheuchner, and Jerome Eastman
2) Joe Mellon, guest and auctioneer extraordinaire, and John H.
Barker
3) Nora Akin, Doug Waters, Carolyn Saxton, and Sophie
Koss
Send us your photos!
We would love to share photos from your social events (parties, openings, benefits, etc.) in our Splash section. When sending photos to info@thebeachcoast.com, we ask that you provide:
• High resolution images (.jpg format)
• The name of the event with a brief description
• Date and location
• First and last names of people in the photo (we
cannot check spelling, so we ask that you take special care when providing
names) and clearly link the name to the person’s location in the photo (i.e. left
to right)
• Hometown of each person in the photo, if known
