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Valpo premiere of 'Shifting Sands' documentary Monday

Times Staff

VALPARAISO — The locally produced documentary "Shifting Sands on the Path to Sustainability" will have its Porter County premiere at 7 p.m. Monday at the Porter County Administration Center.

The documentary was filmed all along the south shore of Lake Michigan, an area known as the birthplace of ecological science in North America. It describes the 90-year history of the Indiana Dunes State Park as well as the controversy around the designation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 50 years ago.

It also focuses on the emerging partnerships between government, business and environmentalist on restoring the dunes and making it sustainable for future generations.

The viewing is free.

A reception and question and answer program will be held following the premiere, at 8 p.m., at Greek's Pizza.

The event is sponsored by the Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Group. For more information, call Walter Breitinger at (219) 462-5821.

[Groucho]

The key issue is in the title, "shifting sands" the lake level is constantly changing and it has an effect on the environment. I have seen the lake level incredibly low and also at very high levels. There are those who come elsewhere and want to build on the beach and have no idea what a real bad storm can do. Sea Walls are expensive and don't hold up as well as people think.

The beach and dunes move and should be allowed to do so, as this is the natural state of things.