Bitner sat down with  Steve Edwards, host of the Eight Forty-Eight show on Chicago's WBEZ, to talk about LaPorte, Indiana.  Download an MP3 of the program, "Images of LaPorte," Indiana, here !

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[Dot and Jim Lofton]

JASON
YOUR BOOK IS A BLAST FROM THE PAST FOR ME AS I WAS BORN IN La PORTE, IN. 1936.

YOUR COVER,OF PARTIAL PICTURES, REALLY FLOORED ME AS I INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED THE LOWER RIGHT PHOTO.

IT WAS ED BROEKER, 1953 LPHS GRAD AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, DICK BROEKER, WHO WERE BOTH GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE. ED HAS PASSED AWAY BUT BROTHER DICK LIVES IN KOKOMO, IN. AND IS MARRIED TO ANOTHER LPHS, 1955 GRAD, BEVERLY BARDSLEY. SHE IS ALSO ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS EVER!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTUITION ON THIS BOOK AND OUR 1956 LPHS CLASS REUNION STAFF WAS CHECKING OUT THE PICTURES FOR OUR 50TH. CLASS REUNION, JULY, 28TH.-29TH. 2006.

AS A KID CLOSE TO THE PEASES HOME AT 712 LAWRENCE ST, & E. MAPLE AV. IN La PORTE, THEY HAD A HANDMADE FERRIS WHEEL IN THE BACKYARD, WITH STEEL, ORANGE TRACTOR SEATS. WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CARE WHO PLAYED ON IT.
THAT WAS BUT ONE OF THE MANY CHILDHOOD STORIES AS I REMEMBER THEM.I REALLY LOVED La PORTE AND MY FAMILY AND GOOD NEIGHBORS AND HAD A EXCELLENT CHILDHOOD.MY CUP TRULY RUNNETH OVER.

DOT AND I HAVE LIVED IN FT. COLLINS, CO. SINCE 06/84, THAT WAS WHEN I RETIRED WITH 20YRS. OF SERVICE WITH THE La PORTE POLICE DEPT. I STILL HAVE MY KIDS & MANY FRIENDS & RETIRED POLICE & FIRE BUDDIES IN La PORTE, AN GOOD MEMORIES TO LAST ANOTHER LIFETIME.

THANKS AGAIN,
DOT & JIM LOFTON