Community Garden – End of the 2009 Season
Letter to the Editor from the September 24, 2009 Culver Citizen
Thank you Barb and Connie for your community service. Easterday Construction Co., Inc. was glad to help. On a personal note, it was fun to drive by each day and see the changes as well as to see who I might recognize out there helping. Congratulations to all involved for the successful effort.
Constitution Day
Today is Constitution Day! The United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787 by thirty-nine brave men. Constitution Day is not something you hear about too much, but if you’re interested, there is information here and here.
Did you hear anything about it today? I guess it’s not too surprising that Constitution Day is not something celebrated. The Constitution seems to be largely ignored lately, most obviously by representatives of the three branches of the Federal Government. It’s not an overly large document. It’s about 19 pages long in this PDF here. Take a moment to read it. It’s really quite elegant. What do you think? Should we all mail a copy to those representing us in the government? If they took the time to read it, they might be shocked at the limits of their power.
Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival
This past Labor Day Weekend was the 2nd annual Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival. I understand that this was the brain child of Dan Bickel, owner of the Lakeside Cinema and Edgewater Grille. Dan tells a little about his vision for the Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival here. He got a group together to put this on as a charitable event. Carol & John Zeglis are involved, so our “Record” became a “Reel of Film” to welcome attendees. The plan was to roll out the red carpet and make the Film Reel an arch for attendees to walk through.
If you want to read more about the Film Festival, there were pictures in the Pilot News here and an article in the Culver Citizen here as well as the Pilot News front page picture below.
Carol Zeglis commissioned this display piece and we designed it to be durable and reusable. It is made of a solid expanded foam interior encased in plywood. It disassembles into two half circle pieces and it has two separate base pieces to stabilize it. When assembled, the individual pieces are pinned together. It has a recessed edge on one face for the installation of rope lighting. We provided a ground fault interrupt circuit cord for use with the lights. Unfortunately, the display is rather heavy and assembly requires several individuals working together. It has been a hit in its two recent incarnations despite setbacks with installations.
Picture from front page of Pilot News 9-11-09
Culver Garden Court Annexation
Pilot News Article on the South Main Street properties
Culver is moving ahead with annexation of the property on South Main Street where we hope to build a Garden Court next year. (Previously discussed here and here.) Annexation is not necessary for the Garden Court, but it will facilitate the installation of water and sewer lines that will serve the new Garden Court as well as open the surrounding area to further development. This is a positive step forward for the Culver community! I sincerely hope that Mr. Roberts reconsiders his position and joins the petition for annexation.
Antiquarian Entrance II
As discussed in a previous entry here, we have been working on enhancements to the Culver Antiquarian & Historical Museum in the basement of the Culver Union Township Public Library. We have been assisted by Angela Ridenour of Imagine Studios, LLC on the photography and she installed the train picture on the doors this week completing this project. We struggled some with this image as it was taken from a post card, requiring it to be scaled up by a factor of approximately 15. This has caused the pixelation of the original picture to show up, giving a somewhat gauzy effect. The picture, as well as the train entrance, should be effective in drawing patrons down the hall from the library lower lobby into the museum foyer.
We’ve been asked several times about the design of the entrance. Per the Museum Designer, Ted Swigon, it is a representation of the pavilions at the Town Park which were formerly loading and unloading shelters for the train depot. While some of the detail has been removed from the pickets at the top, the post adjacent to the door is a scribed replica of the posts currently in use. The colors were chosen from old photographs which show that the upper portion of the shelter was either left unfinished or just lightly varnished, leaving the natural wood to show.
We are pleased that we have had the opportunity to work with the Antiquarian & Historical Society on this project and look forward to helping them complete their other projects at the museum.
