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Article: Culver, a small Indiana town with big-city sophistication.(Going Places)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 24, 2005
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Byline: Mike Michaelson
When darkness overtakes the tiny community of Culver in northern Indiana, visitors might be surprised to discover that Culver Pro Hardware on Main Street continues displaying its wares on the sidewalk. Ready for purchase are hanging baskets of bright geraniums and flats of colorful double marigolds and begonias.
The store doesn't keep late hours. It simply trusts that the stock will still be there when it reopens the next morning.
Usually, it is. Such is the trusting nature of life in a small town and the trustworthiness of its citizens and visitors - even in these uncertain times.
Culver, though, is an anomaly ...