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The Great Wings Rush
By Josh Dzieza | June 1, 2021, 10:00am EDT
Photo illustrations by Alex Castro, Amelia Holowaty Krales, Grayson Blackmon
It was March 2020, and restaurants across the country were shutting down, setting up takeout windows, or doing whatever they could to absorb the shock of COVID. But it was Chuck E. Cheese, of all places, that had the foresight and steely clarity to see not just what the new era required, but what it permitted. With much of America suddenly interacting with restaurants through delivery apps, the food industry had been transformed into e-commerce, and the arcade better known for its ball pits than its food was free to invent a new identity: “Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings.”
Anita King was the toast of the town in 1915 when she became the first woman to drive an automobile across the United States alone.
It was the courageous spirit of King, a Michigan City-born silent film star, that captured the attention of Kayla Vasilko, a 22-year-old Purdue University Northwest senior.
Vasilko, who two years ago began researching the life of a woman born nearly 137 years ago, called the journey of Anita King the definition of the American dream. Anita herself is a symbol of courage, determination and feminine strength, Vasilko said.
The Crown Point woman credits Purdue University Northwest Professor Jerry Holt with providing her the first glimpse into the life of Anita Hill at an annual event called Starwalk.