MISHAWAKA — Smokestack Brew co-owner Kevin James didn’t expect to make a “windfall” from carryout orders after Gov Eric Holcomb ordered Indiana’s restaurants to cease dine-service March 16 in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19 But after a section of bricks fell the night of March 19 from the historic smokestack that gives his business in the 100 Center its name even that revenue stream has disappeared for him and his employees “At least we would have had carryout and delivery,” James said Monday and added that Smokestack Brew also was involved with Larry Powell’s Michiana Bar Aid music-based online fundraiser for area servers and bartenders and it’s transitioned into people playing from their houses.” He said he and co-owner Troy Kirts plan to re-open Smokestack Brew as soon as they can and that they will then move ahead with a benefit for their employees James didn’t have any information about what caused the bricks to fall the extent of the damage or when repairs would begin The hole is 12 or 13 bricks across at its widest based on counting the row below the damage although the smokestack appears to taper outward in the area effected so it’s possible it’s missing a few more bricks at its widest point “It looks massive from the ground,” James said about hole at the top of the smokestack “… I’ve been joking around that it’s big enough to drive a truck through.” Barricades have been in place since Friday to cordon off the area around the smokestack and Smokestack Brew a restaurant and night club that opened under different ownership in March 2015 a smattering of bricks and other debris remained on the pavement Monday As far as he could tell when he visited the site Friday “Nothing has fallen from the walls or the ceiling that I could see,” he said “… The inside of the smokestack is where the majority of the damage is.” The building’s owner did not respond to multiple messages left for him Monday and Tuesday (James and a former owner of Smokestack Brew said Joseph Grabill owns the building Joseph County Assessor’s property card lists the owner as Wennigsen LLC) But Mishawaka Building Commissioner Bo Hunt did praise the building’s owner Monday for taking immediate action after the damage was discovered Friday morning who viewed the damage after it was reported said he believed a contractor was scheduled to inspect the smokestack Monday “It had some deteriorating blocks from lack of maintenance over the years,” he said “and that maintenance was going to be taken care of as soon as they could get a contractor on site.” The smokestack is one of the oldest commercial structures in Mishawaka Margaret Fosmoe wrote that John Wagner began operating a brewery in 1853 at the site of what is now the 100 Center Adolph Kamm and Clemens Dick purchased it in 1870 Dick sold his interest to Kamm and Kamm’s brother-in-law where Smokestack Brew is located adjacent to the smokestack The stallion licensing season is about to start and the Hanoverian breed society is the first to licence its newest crop of stallion prospects No less than 70 were pre-selected and 62 have been entered for the 2023 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden Dynamic Dream is the best represented sire with  With the Hanoverian licensing scheduled in the autumn (on 2 - 4 November 2023) the colts presented there will have had the least time to grow develop and mature of the crop getting licensed in Germany The Oldenburg verband has its licensing 2.5 months later in January the KWPN society holds its licensing at the start of February and in Denmark Danish warmblood licenses its colts at the start of March The 2019 Westfalian Licensing champion Dynamic Dream (by Dream Boy x Sir Donnerhall) is the best represented sire with no less than seven of his sons pre-selected for Verden Moritz) closely follows with 6 sons pre-selected A striking trend is to be noticed that only 1 colt from the E-line got pre-selected and just 4 from the previously very dominant F-line The Hanoverian verband held its pre-selection on 1 - 6 October 2023 where the following colts got selected: Photo © Christina Beuke Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot