PHOTO ALBUM: April 18, 2005, LaPorte, Indiana
I Would Have Posted Them Sooner If I Had A Digital CameraI'm not sure if all the messages are still there, but when I was in LaPorte, you didn't have to go far to find well-wishes for Jeff Ake:
(click any for full-size)
This was the first hotel on U.S. 35, well north of downtown.
Other businesses displayed the sign created by the Greater LaPorte Chamber Of Commerce:
I don't like this sign because it addresses Jeff, as if he had any power to "come home safe." I think my version was more to the point.
Other homemade banners seemed to be more on-target:
But the best tributes didn't have words:
The latter was at a house just a few blocks away from the Ake family home, which has since been sold.
posted by Marsh @ 5:48 AM
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