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MONTEZUMA, IN It’s taken a lifetime of work and dedication, but Rita Samuelson has finally reached her goal. She has successfully completed the creation of a small yet substantial mountain after starting with a mere molehill.
It all began when she was 22. At that time, it was a hobby. The project began in the field behind her home. Building a mountain was Samuelson’s spare time activity—just a few hours a week as she held a job as Montezuma’s favorite beautician while raising her three children.
For the first 43 years, Samuelson looked forward to her retirement, so she could devote more of her time to her project. And upon retirement, she got right to work.
This week, just days before her 74th birthday, Samuelson finished her project. After 52 years of bringing in dirt and clay—52 years of climbing her ever-growing hill with a huge bucket of clay, only to climb back down and start the process again—Samuelson can officially say that her hill is now a mountain. Only days ago, Mount Samuelson reached regulation mountain size.
Residents of Montezuma—and of the entire Midwest—are flocking to admire Samuelson’s completed work. It’s hard to believe that what was once a simple cornfield is now the most extraordinary tourist attraction in Indiana, just recently passing up the Avoca State Fish Hatchery.
Samuelson’s friends and neighbors are proud of her accomplishment. Said cousin Robert Silverman, “Rita definitely worked really hard at creating this mountain out of a molehill. We’re all so very pleased with her dedication.”
As Samuelson’s son, Richard, told visitors to the attraction yesterday, “Mom puts her heart and soul into everything she does. And when she decides to make a mountain out of a molehill, she really does it right.”
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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