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Featured Stories 

11 | SPECIAL SECTION 

Holiday Events & Happenings 

22 | CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR ROUND 

Santa Claus, Indiana 

26 | ONCE UPON A TIME 

Santa’s Candy Castle celebrates decade of memories 

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29 | TEA, THEATRE, & A GOOD BOOK 

Spotlight on Corydon resident Carrie Cooke Ketterman 

43 | TOE TO TOE FOR LIFE 

Rock Steady Boxing Classes offer hope for Parkinson’s 

Southern Indiana Living 

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019 

Southern Indiana in Pictures 

34 | WINTER WONDERLAND 

Floyds Knobs, IN 

41 | PCS SAMARITAN AWARDS DINNER 

August 15, 2019 at Huber’s Orchard & Winery 

21 

45 | IMPACT 100 SOUTHERN INDIANA 

Home of the Innocents earns $106,000 grant 

In Every Issue 

7 | FLASHBACK PHOTO 

Sweet Celebrations, 1930 

8 | A WALK IN THE GARDEN WITH BOB HILL 

A Tale of Two Chickens 

10 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS 

Change comes for us all 

36 | COMMUNITY PAGES 

Leadership Southern Indiana’s Alumni bash, the ninth 

annual walking tour at Fairview Cemetary, and more! 

42 | REAL LIFE NUTRITION 

Snacking Mindfully 

46 | EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 

Wrapping Up Christmas 

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// Photo courtesy of the Candy Castle in Santa Claus, Indiana 

The Candy Castle was originally sponsored by the Curtiss Candy Company, which 

at the time was one of the largest candy companies in the world. The castle was 

originally built to be the first building in the “Candyland” section of “Santa Claus 

Town”. The other planned buildings were never completed, but the Candy Castle 

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A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill 

In the end it came down to a pair of 

ornamental tin chickens for our Hoosier 

yard, both apparently created in 

a distant and dangerous land soon to 

be confronting more tariffs — or less. So it 

goes in the modern yard-art department 

where, at some political point, everything 

seems fair game or fowl. 

A Tale of Two Chickens 

Here’s the deal: Even though Hidden 

Hill is pretty much closed and not 

selling plants, a guy can never pass up a 

pair of tin chickens. Envy is no small part 

of that, mostly because every botanical 

garden and arboretum in the world is now 

overrun with the very expensive multicolored 

Chihuly glass and such. Closer to 

home you just have to settle for tin. 

There is some fabled history here. 

I started collecting garden art with very 

modest goals. Time and water provided 

limestone fossils from the Devonian era; 

anything that had been around more than 

400 million years seemed like a worthwhile 

investment in my time and tennis 

shoes. 

Once the fossil-rock-as-yard-art 

phase passed, driftwood became fair 

game. It floated in from Pittsburgh and beyond, 

its bark washed smooth, its stunted 

limbs offering a polished ballet with previous 

performances upriver in Madison, 

Indiana, and Cincinnati. 

Yeah, sure, blocky, limestone fossils 

and well-worn dead trees lining a raisedbed 

garden. That old stuff. It could make a 

guy interested in tin chickens. 

I then went through the usual rustic, 

garden art phases. Church bells. Shovels 

shaped like angry birds. Cut class bottles. 

Wheelbarrows filled with rainbows of caladiums. 

An ox yoke. Plow shares. Old 

horse-drawn plows. Painted wooden 

signs that read, “Beets me.” And, yes, God 

help me, rubber tires painted pink and 

planted in purple petunias and hung from 

trees, but only to mock Chihuly and his 

ilk. 

Promise. 

Gradually my tastes changed, some 

might say even improved. My secret was 

to befriend local artists who had taste, talent 

and, as with many artists, preferred to 

see their work in our meadow rather than 

stuffed behind the lawnmower in their 

garages. 

I paid a lot more attention to genuine 

uppercase Folk Art and artists; people 

who can create stuff just because they can. 

You can’t teach it. You can’t imitate it. 

They just see something where others see 

nothing and do it. 

The results include our “Wizard of 

Oz”-like “Watering Can Man” and our 

“Federal Offense” mailbox. 

Certainly, our tin chickens do not 

roost in that territory. With them I envision 

about 500 people sitting in unheated 

tin buildings in foreign lands cutting up 

pieces of salvaged metal and making 

chickens for about $12 a day. The man or 

woman painting them in their bright colors 

might get $14 — subject to tariffs. 

My specific reason for the tin chickens 

was that we already had the empty 

chicken coop. Our earlier attempt at raising 

genuine, yellow-yoked farm-grown 

eggs had gone south. Our coop needed 

some low-maintenance presence. 

It had been a $1,000 investment, not 

counting another roughly $1.6 million 

spent on treated lumber, chicken wire, 

lights, heaters, feeders and bales of straw. 

A good MIT accountant would have estimated 

our costs per dozen useable eggs at 

about $15,000 a carton. 

But here’s the deal. If part of your 

reason for living is to mock certain art, 

pretentiousness and Chihuly, what better 

way to do it then placing a couple of tin 

chickens next to your chicken coop. 

Even though Hidden Hill is pretty much 

closed and not selling plants, a guy can 

never pass up a pair of tin chickens. 

The opportunity presented itself at 

a mammoth, corporate-looking glassedin 

Northern Illinois nursery that offered 

at least one of every tree, shrub, flower, 

fertilizer type, porcelain pot, shovel, hose, 

watering can and green-lawn push mower 

in horticultural history. 

Its knowledgeable employees sort 

of wandered the place in a rosy glow, surrounded 

by all that was good and holy, 

seemingly willing to die there in the back 

room potting up perennials if it came to 

that. 

And there, near that back room and 

another quarter-acre of garden stuff, were 

two tin chickens. What seemed to be a 

rooster about 4 feet tall and a smaller guy 

with tinny pretensions. On sale. And us 

only about 400 miles from home and a 

pickup truck already full of trees, shrubs 

and flowers I couldn’t live without. 

No problem. The chickens got safe 

harbor in a relative’s garage until we got 

back up to Northern Illinois. They got a 

ride home in the back of our late, great 

Honda Odyssey — our dearly departed 

170,000-mile baby — along with more 

much needed plants. 

We cleaned out the chicken coop and 

its run of extraneous chicken droppings, 

placed the two tin chickens near the end 

facing our nursery, and stood back in awe 

and appreciation. 

After a couple of months of that, we 

moved them out in the yard in full view of 

all who came to see us. They deserved the 

sunshine. Chihuly has gotta be worried. • 

Bob Hill owns Hidden Hill 

Nursery and can be 

reached at farmerbob@ 

hiddenhillnursery.com. 

For more information, 

including nursery hours 

and event information, go 

to www.hiddenhillnursery. 

com 


About the Author

A Note to Baby Boomers 

Change Comes for Us All 

Southern Indiana 


Imay be cremated. 

So may many of you. Cremation 

seems as hot, excuse me, as mango 

milk or whatever else elbows pork 

rinds from the grocery shelves. 

Will I rest in peace in an Amazon-ordered 

urn? Or might that be me, sprinkled 

atop the hellacious crabgrass in the backyard? 

Should I be OK not to lay for eternity 

in an overpriced box, a good blue suit not 

left instead to Goodwill? 

I inherited cemetery plots in my 

parents’ will. Mom and Dad assumed I 

would wind up alongside them. I figured 

likewise. 

Now I refigure. 

I never figured to spend more time 

refiguring — about stuff both profound 

and mundane — than I do flossing. Not 

that I ever will be on the same planet as 

trendy. I dropped out of disco dance class. 

Yoga ended up little better. Sneaky prisoners 

probably place more cell phone calls. It 

wouldn’t bother me if drive-through windows 

had not been invented. 

Change and I get along about as well 

as change and many of you get along. I 

would swap my new car’s camera for a 

compact disc player in a second. I almost 

bought a particular model simply because 

it played CDs. 

I had these thoughts about getting 

older and retiring. I was way off. Decisions 

just keep coming. Change does not 

give seniors a discount. Being buried was 

but one choice I had penciled in before I 

knew better. 

Or before I finally gave it thought. 

None of us get to choose to be old, 

suicide aside. All of us get to choose how 

to be old. Some seniors do make it look 

easy. For them, every question has an answer. 

These aren’t the “why” types. They 

are the “why not” types. Getting old never 

seems to get old for them. Do they head 

off to Australia or Africa or both? What 

gets replaced first, the knees or the hips? 

Do they eat dinner at 4:30 or go crazy and 

wait ’til 5? 

When do they downsize? Not if. 

Meanwhile, I am in a my third year 

of deciding if I should pull the plug on 

my pricey life insurance. I put off visits to 

the outlet mall, much less to the outback. 

“Same” is not a four-letter word. “Different” 

is. 

I try to take hope when I can get it. 

A man recently came to the house and removed 

the wobbly, worn-out basketball 

goal from the driveway. Plucked it right 

up and out like it was a baby tooth. My 

kids and I had shot a whole lot of balls 

at that hoop. Sam and Allison got better 

and better at it. Their dad got worse and 

worse. If I ever pretended to lose at h-o-rs-e, 

those days were long gone. 

Nonetheless, it was sad to say goodbye. 

How do you, some of you, part with 

all the stuff on memory lane? How do 

you gear up to gear down? 

I am not nearly trainable enough. 

But, hey, I now follow the IU women’s 

basketball team more closely than the 

men’s. That’s change. I eat less red meat. 

I make coffee by the cup. I enjoy the call 

of doves more than I do most TV shows. 

That’s change. 

I confront aging by exercising up a 

storm. I reconcile aging by at least glancing 

at all those ads for hearing aids and 

walk-in tubs. I confront aging by continuing 

to write here and there. I reconcile aging 

by making sure I have days with absolutely 

nothing on the schedule — except 

maybe lunch with friends. 

I am a lunch all-American. 

I do draw lines. I never expect to 

own a gun. I believe my loved ones and I 

are safer that way. Perhaps even safe. You 

may believe otherwise, of course. You 

have a gun. I do not. Who knows who is 

Change and I get along about as well as change 

and many of you get along. I would swap my 

new car’s camera for a compact disc player in 

a second. I almost bought a particular model 

simply because it played CDs. 

right? 

I also do draw silly lines. I often park 

in a different ZIP code from the store or 

ballpark or wherever. If not walking a bit 

extra is that crucial, be my guest. And I 

stockpile underwear and shampoo and 

ballpoint pens and grape jelly, even those 

doodads that stop bleeding when my razor 

attacks. None of it are on an endangered 

species list, I confess. All of it makes 

me somehow feel better, though, ready for 

anything. 

Thank God Southern Indiana Living 

does not insist that its columnists be sane. 

Give me the occasional German 

week at Aldi and I am happy. Give me the 

early-season reruns of most any classic sitcom 

and I am happy. 

I am never all that happy to make 

decisions I did not expect. That is central 

to getting old, though, I have learned. 

Travel, health care, downsizing, simplifying, 

all of it and more awaits. It’s the same 

ultimately with death itself. So burial? 

Maybe. Cremation? Maybe. 

I could flip a coin. Remember 

coins?• 

After 25 years, Dale Moss 

retired as Indiana columnist for 

The Courier-Journal. He now 

writes weekly for the News and 

Tribune. Dale and his wife Jean 

live in Jeffersonville in a house 

that has been in his family 

since the Civil War. Dale’s e- 

mail is dale.moss@twc.com 


Saturday, November 30 

Historic Downtown Corydon 

10 am – 8 pm 

Celebrate an old-fashioned Christmas with 

carriage rides, holiday shopping, music, 

festive lights and a parade. 

Let Us Take the Stress Out of the Holidays 

More Holiday Events in Harrison County 

The Overlook is positioned uniquely on a bluff in 

Leavenworth, Indiana the Overlook Restaurant offers 

a 20 mile panoramic vista of the Ohio River. As you 

enjoy your meal, watch barges churning up and down 

the river or the sun setting behind the wooded hills 

of Indiana. 

Call 812-739-4264 today to make your Thanksgiving 

reservations. No group is too large or small. 

With the Holidays fast approaching, call us to reserve 

your spot for your Company, Corporate and Family 

Holiday Parties. 

Hours: Sun. - Thursday 11 am-7 pm • Fri. & Sat. 11 am-8 pm 

Call us today to reserve your next 

Party, Corporate Gathering, or Holiday Celebration. 

Corydon Christmas 

Extravaganza 

November 30 

Harrison County Fairgrounds 

Holiday Wine Tasting 


Red, White & Blush 

A Merry Country 

Christmas 

November 29 – December 14 

Fridays and Saturdays 

Hayswood Nature Reserve 

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” 

December 5 – 15 

Thursdays – Sundays 

Hayswood Theatre 

Santa in the Cave 

December 7 and 14 

Squire Boone Caverns 

Caroling in the Cave 

December 8 

Marengo Cave 

Winter Wine Walk 


Downtown Corydon 

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Holiday Road 

A Christmas Devotional 

From SIL columnist, Jason Byerly! 

Holiday Road 

A Christmas Devotional 

JASON BYERLY 

** Excerpt for preview only ** 

Available 

in paperback and e-book 

at Amazon! 

www.jasonbyerly.com 

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This holiday season... 

TRIPLE 

YOUR CHARITABLE GIVING 

WITH A MATCH 

The Community Foundation of Southern 

Indiana partners with individuals and 

businesses to create charitable funds that 

provide for our community’s current and 

future needs. If you’re working on your yearend 

planning, or want to make a gift that 

helps your local community, call us. We can 

establish your personalized fund so that it 

supports the charitable causes important to 

you. Or, you can support our Community 

Impact Fund to maximize your impact on the 

greatest needs of our community. 

Because of a matching grant, you can start 

a new endowment fund for your favorite 

charitable causes and receive a $1 match 

for every $2 contributed. 

Or, you can support the Foundation’s local 

grantmaking, helping us do more in SoIN, 

and for every $1 donated to the Community 

Impact Fund the matching grant will add 

$2 more - TRIPLING your charitable gift. 

SCHOLARSHIPS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS, 

FAMILY FUNDS, WILLS AND BEQUESTS 

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Escape 

the Hustle... 

Embrace 

the Season! 

Free Holiday Event! 

Caroling 

in the 

● Local Musicians 

● Visit with Santa 

● Silent Auction 

● Cookies & Punch 

Cave 

Sunday 


3pm @ Marengo Cave 

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Lodging 

Attractions Dining 

Festivals 

* Snow added to put you in that holiday mood! 

Campgrounds Hike 

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Visit French Lick 

West Baden Upcoming Events 

Dash for the Glass 5K 

Patoka Lake Winery 

November 16 West Baden Springs Hotel Tree Lighting 

West Baden Springs Hotel 

November 16- 50 Days of Lights 

Jan 6 French Lick Resort 

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Nov. - Dec. 

Christmas Treasures 

Abbeydell Hall 

November 22 French Lick Springs Hotel Tree Lighting 

French Lick Springs Hotel 

November 22 Bourbon and Bites 

West Baden Springs Hotel Atrium 

November 23 Gaither Vocal Band & Holiday Homecoming 

French Lick Resort 

November Holiday Market 

23 -24 Orange County Community Center, Paoli 

November 28 Thanksgiving Dinner 

West Baden Springs Hotel 

November 29- Historic Holidays 

December 31 French Lick West Baden Museum 




Christmas on the Square 

Orleans Town Square 

New Years Eve 

French Lick Resort 

New Years Eve 

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Shop our trio 

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We are looking forward to Christmas 

and have something different 

planned this year. . . 

all we can say 

for now is . . . 

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Free Holiday Event! 

Caroling 

Cave 

in the 

Sunday 


3pm @ Marengo Cave 

● Local Musicians 

● Visit with Santa 

● Silent Auction 

● Cookies & Punch 

Please bring a canned 

good to donate to local 

food pantries! 

MarengoCave.com 812-365-2705 

Discover the Past, Enjoy the Present 

...in historic Washington County 

“Crossroads; 

Change in Rural America” 

Tuesday-Sunday Now through 

December 6th 

1:00PM-5:00PM • 

Fridays 1:00PM-9:00PM 

The Depot 

206 S. College Avenue, Salem 

A Museum on Mainstreet exhibition 

by the Smithsonian Institution 

Traveling Exhibition Service. 

Cookie Walk around the 

Courthouse Square 

December 7th • 1:00PM-4:00PM 

Courthouse Square, Salem 

Purchase a bag for $5 then stroll the 

shops on the Square and get your bag 

filled with delicious cookies, and get 

some Christmas shopping done too! 

Stick around for the annual Christmas 

Parade around the Square that 

evening and visit with Santa to tell 

him all your Christmas wishes! 

Contact us at: 

www.washingtoncountytourism.com 

or call 812-883-4303 to plan your trip! 


Holidays In SoIN 

Christmas All Year Round 

Christmas cheer abounds in Santa Claus, Indiana 

Story by Jason Byerly 

Photos by Spencer County Visitors Bureau 

If you’re having trouble getting into 

the Christmas spirit, there’s only one 

place you need to go: Santa Claus, Indiana. 

During the first three weekends 

in December, the town hosts its annual 

Christmas Celebration Weekends, proving 

why it is indeed America’s Christmas 

Hometown. 

After spending a few days exploring 

Spencer County’s winter wonderland, 

my family was overflowing with yuletide 

cheer. Who cares that it happened to be 

70 degrees the weekend we visited? The 

town of Santa Claus made it feel like we 

were dashing through the snow. 

We arrived just after dinner on a 

Friday, checking into a Christmas cabin 

at the Lake Rudolph Campground and 

RV Resort. As we pulled up to the campground 

office, we were greeted by cheerful 

Christmas lights, depicting a nativity 

scene, and we could see hints of the Santa 

Claus Land of Lights display in the woods 

beyond. 

The Christmas cabins were tucked 

away in the back of the campground, sheltered 

from the traffic and noise of those 

visiting the Land of Lights. The cabins 

looked magical in the glow of Christmas 

trees that adorned the decks, and my kids 

were thrilled that we had our very own 

evergreen. Once we were inside the cabin, 

they made a beeline for the loft that overlooks 

the cozy living room below, while 

my wife and I opted for downstairs bedroom, 

hoping to get a good night’s sleep 

for all the fun we had in store. 

We started our Saturday with 

Christmas crafts and a continental breakfast 

at the golf cart building near the front 

gate. Throughout warmer months, Lake 

Rudolph rents golf carts to help campers 

navigate their sprawling campground, 

and they transform the empty golf car 

garage into a staging ground for holiday 

activities. We got to decorate stockings, 

make felt Christmas ornaments and even 

grab a picture with the big guy himself, 

jolly old St. Nick. 

From there, we moved on to the 

Santa Claus Museum and Village, which 

is a destination in and of itself. The village 

consists of the original 1856 Santa Claus 

post office, a historic church from 1880 

and a 1935 concrete Santa Claus statue that 

towers over the grounds at a whopping 22 

feet tall. At the post office, we wrote a letter 

to Santa, whose elves replied with their 

own letter the very next week. 

During the Christmas Celebration 

Weekends, the church plays host to the 

Story of Santa, which is a lively retelling of 

the origins of St. Nicholas, Clement Clark 

Moore’s classic poem “ ‘Twas the Night 

Before Christmas” and the legend of how 

the town of Santa Claus got its name. The 

Lauren Ellis, bride, 

with assistant Allison Hoffer 

Historic 1935 statue at the Santa Claus Museum 

During the Christmas Celebration Weekends, the 

church plays host to the Story of Santa, which 

is a lively retelling of the origins of St. Nicholas, 

Clement Clark Moore’s classic poem “ ‘Twas the 

Night Before Christmas” and the legend of how 

the town of Santa Claus got its name. 


storyteller was phenomenal. Using props, 

costumes and plenty of humor, she involved 

the entire crowd, bringing up kids 

and adults to play the various parts. 

Next, we explored the museum, 

which is loaded with memorabilia from 

the history of the town and the early days 

of Santa Claus Land, 

the park that became 

Holiday World and 

Splashin’ Safari. The 

most impressive exhibit 

was the Jim Yellig 

display. Yellig served 

as the theme park’s 

Santa Claus for 38 

years, and is the Santa that several generations 

of us remember visiting as a child. 

If you were one of the children who had 

your picture taken with Yellig, this exhibit 

is sure to bring back wonderful memories. 

After our visit to the museum, we 

made our way to the massive Santa Claus 

Christmas Store, where you can browse 

their collection of thousands of ornaments 

and have another opportunity to get your 

picture taken with Santa The store also offers 

a selection of fudge and other holiday 

treats and personalizes ornaments while 

you wait. 

While visiting the Christmas Store, 

you’ll want to take a few minutes to grab a 

couple of selfies with the Santa Claus statues 

outside. The town boasts at least 22 

statues of the jolly old elf, and you could 

spend hours on a holiday scavenger hunt 

tracking them all down. 

After a fantastic afternoon discovering 

all that Santa Claus had to offer, we 

wrapped up our day 

back at Lake Rudolph 

for the Santa Claus 

Land of Lights adventure. 

This light show 

tells the story of Rudolph 

the Red-Nosed 

Reindeer using more 

than 1.2 miles of lights 

and over 300 light display pieces, including 

11 giantic Rudolph story scenes, some 

30 feet tall and over 100 feet wide, and 

three light tunnels. It was well worth the 

drive and brought out the kid in all of us. 

A weekend in Santa Claus is a great 

way to kick off the holiday season and 

make some memories you will treasure 

for a lifetime. Whether you have an afternoon 

or a couple of days, there is plenty in 

this charming town to make your season 

merry and bright. • 

For more information, go to santaclausind. 

org. 

Things to Do & See 

• Visit the Santa Claus Land of 

Lights Family Christmas Light 

Adventure, –Thanksgiving 

night and Fridays, Saturdays 

and Sundays Nov. 29-Dec. 8, 

and nightly Dec. 13-29 (closed 

Christmas Eve and Christmas 

Day) 

• Get your Christmas cards postmarked 

with the official Santa 

Claus, IN postmark Dec 1-24. 

• Experience the Story of Santa at 

the Santa Claus Museum and 

Village, 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 

7, and 10:30-11:30 a.m. Dec. 21 

• Watch the Santa Claus Christmas 

Parade, 1 p.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 21 

• Enjoy chestnuts roasting over 

an open fire at Santa’s Candy 

Castle, 6-8 p.m. Dec. 7, 14 and 

21 

(All times are Central Standard Time) 

The village consists 

of the original 1856 

Santa Claus post 

office, a historic church 

from 1880 and a 1935 

concrete Santa Claus 

statue that towers 

over the grounds at a 

whopping 22 feet tall. At 

the post office, we wrote 

a letter to Santa, whose 

elves replied with their 

own letter the very next 

week. 

Pictured: (this page, top) a historic church from 1880; (this page, bottom) At the Santa Claus Museum, children 

can visit the original Santa Claus Post Office. While there, they can write and mail a letter to Santa Claus. Santa’s 

elves will write back in December, if you include your full address; (right hand page, from top) the hand-drawn 

postmark used in the Post Office; Santa Claus waves to the crowd at the annual Christmas Parade. 


Cover Story 

flooded with over a million pieces of mail. 

The town would never be the same again. 

Once Upon a Time in a Place Called Santa Claus... 

So begins the real-life fairy tale of 

Santa’s Candy Castle, located in the 

picturesque town of Santa Claus, 

Indiana. It is the story of how this 

magical place was created, became loved 

by thousands, then closed and was all but 

forgotten. It is a story whose heroes are 

ordinary people making extraordinary efforts 

to restore and preserve a special part 

of American history. To tell this story – 

the whole story – requires us to go back to 

the time before the town was called Santa 

Claus. And so our story begins, over 200 

years ago... 

Naming Santa Claus, Indiana 

In the early 1800’s, pioneers settled 

a small town in the gently rolling hills of 

Southern Indiana, originally naming it 

Santa Fee. In the 1850’s the town’s application 

for a post office was denied, because 

another town with the same name 

already had a post office. Legend has it 

that on Christmas Eve, as services concluded 

in the small log church, the townspeople 

decided to stay and hold their final 

town meeting of the year. The only order 

of business, selecting a new name for the 

town, was not going very well. Suddenly 

a gust of wind blew open the door to the 

church, and sleigh bells were heard in the 

distance. “Santa Claus!” exclaimed the 

excited children, providing the inspiration 

for the town’s new name. On May 21, 

1856, the U.S. Post Office Department approved 

a post office in the newly-renamed 

town of Santa Claus, Indiana. 

A Famous Post Office 

Story and Photos submitted by Santa’s Candy Castle 

The town’s unique name went largely 

unnoticed until the early 1900’s. Upon 

becoming Postmaster in 1914, James Martin 

was disappointed to discover that a 

growing number of children’s letters to 

Santa Claus were ending up in the dead 

letter office due to insufficient postage 

or improper address. Martin organized a 

group of volunteers who donated time, 

materials and funds to make sure that every 

single letter addressed to Santa would 

receive a proper reply. A growing volume 

of holiday mail began to flow through 

the otherwise tiny post office each year, 

ultimately becoming so substantial that 

it caught the attention of Robert Ripley. 

In 1930, Ripley featured the town’s post 

office in his nationally-syndicated “Believe 

It or Not” newspaper cartoon. The 

feature thrust Santa Claus, Indiana into 

the national spotlight and the following 

Christmas season its little post office was 

Creating Santa Claus Town 

Ripley’s feature not only flooded the 

town with more letters than ever before, 

visitors began to flock to the tiny town 

with the magical name. When they arrived, 

they were disappointed to find little 

more than the town’s post office. The town 

was once again faced with the prospect of 

disappointing children – this time face-toface. 

Once again, Postmaster James Martin 

rose to the occasion. Martin teamed 

with Vincennes attorney Milton Harris to 

create the vision for a themed attraction 

called “Santa Claus Town”. No one was 

exactly sure what these men had in mind 

though, since places like Knott’s Berry 

Farm’s Ghost Town (1940), Santa Claus 

Land (1946), and Walt Disney’s Disneyland 

(1955) were still many years away. 

But their vision was clear: Santa Claus 

Town would be a magical place where 

Santa would live and work year-round, 

and where guests could enjoy a magical 

Christmas morning experience every day 

of the year. There would be no admission 

charged and nothing would be for sale. 

Leases were secured on most of the land 

in the town of Santa Claus, and sponsorships 

were struck with major American 

toy and candy manufacturers. 

The Nation’s First Themed Attraction 

The first building in Santa Claus 

Town was Santa’s Candy Castle, a red 

brick building with all the elements of a 

real castle that looked as though it was 

lifted from the pages of a fairytale. It 

was sponsored by The Curtiss Candy 

Company, the creators of the Baby Ruth 

and Butterfinger candy bars, who were 

famous for their larger-than-life advertising 

campaigns. Santa’s Candy Castle 

was dedicated amidst tremendous fanfare 

on the cold, snowy day of December 22, 

1935. With broadcast television still years 

away, the formal dedication ceremony 

was broadcast live by radio station WGBF 

of Evansville. Thousands attended the 

dedication including national business 

leaders, politicians, and most importantly, 

many very excited young children. The 

grand affair marked the opening of Santa 

Claus, Indiana’s first tourist attraction and 

the first themed attraction in the United 

States. 

Santa’s Workshop and Toy Village 

Santa Claus Town expanded in 1936 

with the addition of Santa’s Workshop 

and the Toy Village. In Santa’s Workshop, 

children could experience the magic 

of watching Santa Claus make toys in a 

fully functional wood shop. The Toy Village 

featured miniature fairytale buildings 

sponsored by America’s leading 

toy manufacturers including Daisy (air 

rifles), Lionel (electric trains), Buddy L 

(steel trucks), Wyandotte (pop guns), and 

Strombecker (doll furniture). No admission 

was charged to enter these buildings 

and nothing was for sale. Children could 

simply play and have fun with all the popular 

toys of the day. As America struggled 

through the Great Depression and many 

families did without, the Toy Village offered 

thousands of children the Christmas 

morning they otherwise wouldn’t have 

had. 

All But Lost and Forgotten 

But just before Christmas in 1941, 

everything changed as the attack on Pearl 

Harbor brought America into World War 

II. Sponsors were lost as companies shifted 

from production of toys to war goods. 

Tourism stopped due to limited gasoline 

supplies and the rationing of tires. Santa 

Claus Town became a shadow of what it 

once was. After the war, Santa Claus Town 

creator Milton Harris began working to 

try to return the attraction to its original 

glory. Sadly however, Harris passed away 

unexpectedly in 1950; his dream never fully 

realized. Several new owners attempted 

to carry on variations of Harris’ vision, 

but the magic had been lost. In the 1970’s, 

Santa Claus Town closed to the public and 

the attraction became vacant and sat in 

disrepair. The magical fantasyland that 

had once been loved by thousands was 

seemingly lost and forgotten. 

Recapturing the Magic 

As the years passed, it appeared un- 

Chestnut Roasting Event 

likely that the story of Santa Claus Town 

would end “Happily Ever After”. But in 

early 2005, newspapers reported that a 

family had purchased the properties that 

comprised the original attraction, and had 

begun a restoration effort. The stories described 

an average family, whose love for 

history, tradition and the spirit of Christmas 

was anything but average. Those 

traveling down Candy Castle Road in 

Santa Claus, Indiana began to see steady 

progress being made on the property. A 

Santa sighting at the castle in late 2005 led 

many to believe that the magic was gradually 

returning to this special place. 

Happily Ever After 

In July 2006, “Happily Ever After” 

began to come true for Santa Claus Town. 

Santa’s Candy Castle re-opened its doors 

to the public for the first time in over three 

decades. A re-dedication ceremony featured 

speeches by those who were part 

of the castle’s golden age, some of whom 

were at the original dedication ceremony 

in 1935. Long-time local residents delighted 

in rekindled memories of a magical 

place once thought to be lost forever, 

and a whole new generation began to experience 

the magic for the first time, themselves. 

But the final chapter is far from 

over. Restoration continues on Santa’s 

Workshop and the Toy Village, offering 

the promise of many exciting new experiences 

when those properties re-open in 

the future. • 

Chestnut roasting is scheduled for Saturdays 

between 6-8 CST from November 30 to December 

21. For more information about Santa’s 

Candy Castle, visit website www.Santas- 

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“Some people dream of being a 

singer, an actor, an entrepreneur, 

an artist or an author. They might 

attain one or two of these goals, 

but Corydon resident Carrie Cooke 

Ketterman has been able to achieve all of 

them, and much more. She’s definitely a 

“Jill of all trades.” 

Ketterman grew up in the St. Matthews 

area of Louisville and attended 

Bellarmine University, majoring in art 

and minoring in theater. After college, 

she worked for Actors Theatre and the 

Kentucky Science Center in their development 

departments, but she had bigger 

goals. “I’ve always loved the arts and theater 

and I realized I wanted to pursue performing,” 

she said. 

She met her husband, Jeff, while 

they were acting together, and the couple’s 

love for entertaining blossomed, inspiring 

them to create two bands, a 1920s 

group called The Tin Pan Alley Cats and 

a 1950s-era band named Rosie and the 

Rockabillies. Ketterman also began to 

concentrate on expanding her Etsy shop, 

offering paintings and murals and doing 

freelance artwork for clients. 

Five years ago, the couple took their 

talents to another level, and on Mother’s 

Day 2014, the Kettermans opened their 

own business, the Old Capitol Tearoom, in 

their 114-year-old Corydon house. “With 

this, I could combine my love of entertaining 

and hosting these vintage and themed 

parties and events with our theater friends 

and being able to decorate and use my artistic 

eye to assemble the pieces together,” 

Ketterman said. The couple moves their 

furniture around so the teas can take place 

in their dining and living rooms. “At first, 

we thought we were going to be open every 

Saturday and Sunday, but changed 

our minds. We do themed teas a couple of 

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Carrie Cooke Ketterman, local artist and author of book about long-lost local amusement 

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Ketterman’s book, 

which took three 

years of research and 

editing, covers five 

amusement parks that 

were quite popular 

in their day: Rose 

Island, in Charlestown; 

Glenwood Park, 

between New Albany 

and Jeffersonville; 

and Fontaine Ferry 

Park, White City and 

Kiddieland on the 

Louisville side of the 

river. 

times a month, plus host private parties 

like bridal showers, baby showers, and 

book clubs and church groups.” 

The Kettermans’ themed teas are 

based upon their personal interests and 

their love for book, TV and film characters. 

“We do a Mary Poppins and Bert tea, 

a ‘Hocus Pocus’ tea, a Jane Austen tea, an 

‘Alice in Wonderland’ tea and an ‘I Love 

Lucy’ themed tea,” Ketterman said. “I’m 

a Lucy impersonator and Jeff’s a Desi impersonator. 

We sing and do our vaudeville 

skits for that tea.” She loves her adopted 

city and though she thought she’d never 

leave Louisville, she’s happy to be in 

Corydon. “It’s such a cute town and we 

would have never been able to do the tearoom 

there like we can here.” 

Ketterman’s love for all things vintage 

and her interest in history made its 

way onto the written page this year when 

she became a published author. She wrote 

the book “Lost Amusement Parks of Kentuckiana,” 

which is part of the popular 

“Images of America” series produced by 

Arcadia Publishing. 

The inspiration for writing the book 

was sparked by Ketterman’s childhood 

memories. “I’ve always been fascinated 

with amusement parks. It started with Coney 

Island,” she said. “Every summer, my 

family and I would go to New York and 

my dad and I would catch the subway to 

Coney Island. My interest in Coney Island 

made me think that I needed to research 

the amusement parks that were once in 

my own backyard.” 

The first park to capture Ketterman’s 

interest was Fontaine Ferry Park. “If you 

talk to any old-timers and mention Fontaine 

Ferry Park, chances are they will tell 

you a couple of stories about going there 

when they were kids,” she said. Another 

park, Rose Island, first known as Fern 

Grove, became another point of interest. 

“Three years ago, my mom told us about 

Rose Island,” Ketterman said. “It was an 

amusement park in the 1920s but was 

taken over by Charlestown State Park. 

They’d reopened the grounds, allowing 

you to go in to see what they’d done to 

preserve the history of the park. She took 

me and my brother and my aunt there and 

we went hiking through Rose Island to see 

what was left of this vintage amusement 

park.” 

Ketterman’s book, which took three 

years of researching and editing, covers 

five amusement parks that were quite 

popular in their day: Rose Island, in 

Charlestown; Glenwood Park, between 

New Albany and Jeffersonville; and Fon- 

“With this, I could combine my love of 

entertaining and hosting these vintage 

and themed parties and events with 

our theater friends and being able to 

decorate and use my artistic eye to 

assemble the pieces together.” 

- Carrie Cooke Ketterman, 

Owner of Old Capital Tearoom 

Pictured: (this page) A crowd gathers for “Storytime with The Grinch and Martha May.” Carrie reads “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” while Jeff aka The Grinch acts it 

out, with help from tea room guests who play the rolls of Max the dog and Cindy Lou Who; (right hand page, from top) tea trays served during afternoon tea parties; Jeff 

and Carrie as Lucy and Desi. They perform a vaudeville Lucy and Desi act locally at campgrounds when travelling in their “long, long trailer.” 

taine Ferry Park, White City and Kiddieland 

on the Louisville side of the river. 

The 127-page book is divided into seven 

chapters, one for each of the five parks 

plus an opening chapter titled “Life Along 

the Ohio” and a closing chapter called 

“What Remains Today.” Each chapter 

includes several dozen photographs, artwork 

or vintage advertisements. 

A good deal of Ketterman’s investigative 

work involved visiting local libraries, 

but she discovered other avenues that 

helped along the way. “I went to the New 

Albany library, the Charlestown library 

and I visited the University of Louisville 

archives,” she said. “I met a lot of wonderful 

people through Facebook groups, like 

‘Remember When in Louisville.’ People 

were showing pictures from when they 

were at Fontaine Ferry or Kiddieland. I 

would message them to see if they had 

any pictures they were willing to share for 

the book.” 

Ketterman also had a connection 

to the parks through her father. “Bill 

Matheis, my dad’s friend’s father, had 

been one of the general managers at Fontaine 

Ferry and the owner of Kiddieland,” 

she said. “The family had three photo albums 

of pictures and ads and other things 

he’d clipped out of the newspaper. I really 

lucked out there. It was such a treasure 

trove of information. One of the albums 


“I’ve always been fascinated with amusement parks. It 

started with Coney Island.Every summer, my family and 

I would go to New York and my dad and I would catch 

the subway to Coney Island. My interest in Coney 

Island made me think that I needed to research the 

amusement parks that were once in my own backyard.” 

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was his personal family album that had 

pictures of workers and staff from Fontaine 

Ferry.” 

Another person who was beneficial 

in providing information for the book was 

Jeremy Beavin, who leads the walking 

tours of Rose Island at Charlestown State 

Park. “He was fantastic,” Ketterman said. 

“I met with him several times, and he let 

me use the park’s binder of photos and information.” 

Others who were instrumental in 

helping her write the book and providing 

pictures were David Barksdale, who had 

vintage postcards from Glenwood Park; 

John Findling, author of the “Images of 

America” book about St. Matthews, who 

had vintage postcards of White City and 

Fontaine Ferry; and Barbara Montgomery, 

whose family had once owned the 

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Ketterman’s book can be found in local 

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The ninth annual walking tour of notable sites in historic Fairview Cemetery in New 

Albany drew 225 people plus a bevy of volunteers to “Stories Behind the Stones” this 

fall. Assuming the character of notable figures in the area’s history and standing at 

corresponding gravesites, guides told stories about families who had had an impact 

on forming Floyd County. This year’s event, hosted by volunteers from the sponsoring 

Friends of Fairview, commemorated Floyd County’s Bicentennial and featured the 

unveiling of a large, wall-mounted granite map of the cemetery. 

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SAMARITAN AWARDS DINNER HONORS STANDOUTS 

The sellout crowd injected a contagious, vibrant spirit into the 11th annual Norman 

Melhiser Samaritan Awards Dinner at Plantation Hall this year. PCS’s four major 

awards were presented to: State Rep. Ed Clere, the Diane Fischer Award of Excellence; 

The Honorable Maria Granger, the Alice and Richard Schleicher Individual 

Award; First Harrison Bank, the Les and Virginia Albro Non-Profit Business Award; 

and Camp Quality Kentuckiana, the Nancy and Dr. John Keck Non-Profit Award. 

In a surprise announcement, PCS presented its first and only Lifetime Achievement 

Award to Norman Melhiser for his years of service and support. He is the 

benefactor after whom the event was named years ago. Based in Clarksville, the organization’s 

mission is to create a healthier community throughout several counties 

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Pictured: (top, right) Standing: Ret. Col. Pamela Stevenson, board member; State Sen. Ron 

Grooms, who read a proclamation; and State Rep. Ed Clere, who read a proclamation from 

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Amy Clere, wife of Ed Clere. The PCS bear is sold throughout the year to provide one hour of 

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instead of eating straight from the package. 

Make your snacks count by choosing 

fruits, vegetables, whole-grains or low fat 

or fat-free dairy foods. Only snack when 

you’re hungry. If you think you may just 

be bored or stressed, try taking a walk and 

see how you feel after. 

Whether you are snacking on the go 

or at home, you can make snacks a healthy 

part of your day and diet! • 

About the Author 

Madisson Veatch, MA, 

RDN, CD is a Registered 

Dietitian with 

Baptist Health Floyd. 

She graduated from 

Purdue University with 

a Bachelor’s of Science 

in Dietetics. She 

completed her dietetic 

internship through Ball 

State University while 

completing her Master’s 

degree. She has been a Clinical Dietitian 

with Baptist Health Floyd for three years. She 

enjoys cooking and trying out new recipes with 

friends and family. 

Build Your Own Trail Mix 

Before you and your family leave for a trip, have 

a build your own trail mix bar. Provide everyone 

with an individual bag that has their name on 

the top. Everyone can build his or her perfect 

road trip snack! Below are suggestions for possible 

additions. 

Ingredients: 

Chex mix 

Unsalted pretzels 

Dried cranberries 

Peanuts 

Raisins 

Banana chips 

Mini chocolate chips 

M&M candies 

Dried cherries 

Almonds 

Toasted soybeans 

Yogurt covered raisins 

Pumpkin seeds 

Pistachios 

Butterscotch chips 

Yogurt covered pretzels 

Toasted coconut 

Dried apricots 

Directions: 

Mix together and enjoy! Serving size = 1/4 

cup of mix. 

Toe-to-Toe for Life 

Rock Steady Boxing classes help Parkinson’s patients fight back against the disease 

Snacks to.... 

A 

specialized group of boxing 

enthusiasts get together a few 

times a week in Southern Indiana 

to improve skills for their respective 

main events. They’re not seeking 

accolades, trophies or riches — as other 

pugilists might — but are on the ropes 

and toe-to-toe with their bodies in a fight 

for their very lives. 

Members of Rock Steady Boxing in 

Clarksville are in training to slow the progression 

of their adversary — Parkinson’s 

disease. Like Muhammad Ali, the threetime 

heavyweight championship boxer 

who fought the disease in the final years 

of his life, and who was born across the 

Ohio River from Clarksville in Louisville, 

these boxers are in a fight against the ravages 

of Parkinson’s. 

“It’s a progressive disease,” said 

Larry Raible, who was diagnosed with 

Story and Photos by Tom McDonald 

Keep on hand at home 

Keep at work 

Pack on the go 

Choose from a vending 

machine 

Include two food groups 

Whole fruits, washed and cut vegetables, low fat or fat-free yogurt, cottage cheese, low-fat string 

cheese, lean deli meats, hummus or salsa, whole-grain crackers, dried fruits, nut butters, nuts, yogurt 

drink 

Instant oatmeal, mini cans or pouches of water-packed tuna, dried fruit or single serve fruit cups, 

whole-wheat crackers, snack-size cereal boxes, raisins, plain microwavable popcorn, whole-grain 

granola bars 

Sunflower seeds, trail mix, air-popped popcorn, whole fruits, dried fruit, whole-what crackers and lowfat 

cheese 

Small bag of peanuts, almonds, trail mix, whole-grain granola or cereal bars, whole-wheat crackers 

with peanut butter or cheese, microwavable oatmeal 

Fruit smoothie (100% fruit juice with low or fat-free milk or yogurt) 

Apple or pear slices topped with cheese, Dried berry and nut mix 

Whole-wheat tortilla stuffed with roasted veggies or lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and low-fat dressing 

Raw veggies with hummus or Greek yogurt dip 

Fruit and yogurt drink 

the disease in 2010. The 71-year-old retiree-turned-fighter 

has been attending Rock 

Steady Boxing classes three times a week 

for two years in an effort to maintain muscular 

mobility. “The best you can hope for 

is to remain where you are.” 

For people who have Parkinson’s, 

exercise is the key to survival, said Chuck 

Dismang, owner of Full Moon Martial 

Arts Academy in Clarksville, where Larry 

and about 20 others attend Rock Steady 

Boxing classes throughout the week. In 

addition to his certification as a Rock 

Steady Boxing instructor, Dismang holds 

black belts in Kenpo and Chung Do Kwan 

and has a doctorate in martial sciences 

and philosophy. He opened his martial 

arts academy more than 20 years ago, and 

it has been in its current location on Cedar 

Street in Clarksville for more than five 

years. 

Dismang’s success in physical training 

brought him to the attention of the 

founders of Rock Steady Boxing, and he 

was encouraged by them and by a group 

of concerned local citizens to bring the 

program to Southern Indiana. 

Rock Steady Boxing, headquartered 

in Indianapolis, was co-founded in 2006 

by Scott Newman and Vince Perez. Newman, 

who at that time was the prosecuting 

attorney for Indiana’s Marion County, 

learned he had contracted the disease and 

was researching ways to slow its progression. 

Refusing to see his friend decline 

without putting up a good fight, Perez 

“turned to his experience as a Golden 

Gloves boxer to design a program that 

attacks Parkinson’s (disease) at its vulnerable 

neurological points,” according to 

the Rock Steady Boxing website. The pro- 


gram proved to be so beneficial that the 

pair decided to form Rock Steady Boxing 

as a nonprofit organization to help others 

afflicted with Parkinson’s. There are now 

Rock Steady Boxing locations in all 50 

states and in more than 15 countries. Rock 

Steady Boxing’s mission is “to empower 

people with Parkinson’s Disease to fight 

back.” 

“Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative 

movement disorder that causes deterioration 

of motor skills, balance, speech 

and sensory function,” Dismang explained. 

“In our gym, exercises are largely 

adapted from boxing drills. Boxers condition 

for optimal agility, speed, muscular 

endurance, accuracy, hand-eye coordination, 

footwork and overall strength. And 

that’s what we seek for our students.” 

“It’s made all the difference for me,” 

said April Farmer, a 42-year-old preschool 

teacher. “My doctor said told me the only 

thing that slows the progression of Parkinson’s 

is exercise. When I miss a week 

for work or vacation, I can feel the difference. 

My muscles stiffen. I lose mobility.” 

While striving to keep the classes 

interesting and fun for the participants, 

Dismang said the exercises “vary in purpose 

and form,” with the sole intention of 

extending the perceived capabilities of the 

participant. “We are learning every day 

that there are ways in which people with 

Parkinson’s disease can enhance their 

quality of life by building strength, flexibility 

and speed.” 

Parkinson’s varies from person to 

person. Early signs may be mild and progress 

undiagnosed. Usually, symptoms begin 

on one side of the body and get worse 

on that same side as the disease begins to 

affect the other side as well. 

Signs and symptoms of the disease 

may include: 

• Tremors; trembling of hands, 

arms, legs, jaw and face 

• Stiffness of the arms, legs and 

trunk 

• Slowness of movement 

• Poor balance and coordination 

• Speech difficulty 

At Rock Steady Boxing, Parkinson’s 

is the opponent,” Dismang said. “Noncontact, 

boxing-inspired classes reverse, 

reduce and even delay the symptoms of 

the disease.” 

Dismang’s desire to see others fight 

against physical disabilities comes naturally. 

The 58-year-old “warrior at heart” 

had to overcome a debilitating injury from 

a fire in his youth. His right leg was damaged 

to the point that doctors considered 

amputation. 

Multiple surgeries later, however, 

his leg was saved but Dismang, who for 

a time was forced to use a wheelchair and 

was never expected to walk normally 

again, was determined to fight and regain 

his full mobility. He began a rigorous exercise 

program that included martial arts 

training. Within a few years, he not only 

overcame his disabilities but emerged as 

a champion competitor. He progressed to 

the point that he won martial arts competitions 

throughout the country and has 

been inducted into six halls of fame in the 

martial arts world. 

“I’m just a warrior at heart,” Dismang 

said. “Born a Taurus and in the 

Year of the Ox, I guess for me fighting was 

just in my stars. I think I was born in the 

wrong time and place. I should have been 

born in a place like feudal Japan.” 

And while his fighting days are in 

the past, his ambition for physical training 

and competition is now channeled into 

helping others achieve success in their 

physical endeavors. 

“I understand body mechanics well, 

and that’s why I’m so good at what I do 

now — teaching others to fight,” Dismang 

said. 

In addition to the more than 20 

Rock Steady classes per week, Dismang’s 

Full Moon Martial Arts Academy holds 

weekly classes for kickboxing, cage fighting, 

Golden Gloves boxing, grappling and 

several martial arts venues. His two-story, 

9,100-square-foot facility contains weight 

rooms, a dojo, boxing rings and exercise 

rooms for his more than 100 students. 

Full Moon Martial Arts Academy is 

the site used by several local police and 

fire departments for specialized training 

— including defensive tactics training. It 

is also the site where he and some of his 

instructors work with troubled youth “in 

“Every day I wake up and 

realize there is a purpose 

I haven’t yet fulfilled,and 

while I don’t know exactly 

what that purpose entails, 

I sense a need to do more. 

That’s what keeps me 

going.” 

- Chuck Dismang 

Owner of Full Moon 

Martial Arts Academy 

an effort to keep them on, or when necessary, 

to help them get them back on, the 

right paths,” Dismang said. 

To add to his many achievements, 

Dismang has authored a book — “Forged 

in Fire” — which outlines his philosophy 

and provides insight into some of his 

fighting techniques. It is still in print, and 

efforts are underway to release an online 

addition shortly. 

“I don’t do any of this for the money. 

I’m not looking to get rich. I do what I do 

because I love people,” he said. “I won’t 

trade my values for money.” 

“I love this community,” Dismang 

said. “I’ve always been a hometown boy. 

At the end of the day, I’d rather say I did 

something for my community than specialize 

in making more money. 

“Every day I wake up and realize 

there is a purpose I haven’t yet fulfilled,” 

he said. “And while I don’t know exactly 

what that purpose entails, I sense a need to 

do more. That’s what keeps me going.”• 

For more information about Rock Steady Boxing 

or Full Moon Martial Arts Academy, visit 

rocksteadyboxing.org and fullmoonmartialarts.com. 

Pictured (this page): Chuck Dismang, director of the 

Southern Indiana Rock Steady Boxing program, and owner 

of Full Mood Martial Arts Academy. 

Pictured (left hand page): (Front row, left to right) Marcie 

Wesner, Terry Castile, Roger Barth, Kitty Brady, April 

Farmer, Cindy George, Chuck Dismang; (top row, left to 

right) Larry Wesner, Charlie Kaufman, Larry Raible, Don 

Neuhauser, Craig George, Gary Pinkston, James Tyler, Julie 

Zoeller, George Johnston 

Impact 100 Southern Indiana 

Home of the Innocents Earns $106,000 Grant 

Services for Southern Indiana at-risk children and their families 

got a mega-boost Sept. 26 when Home of the Innocents won 

Impact 100 Southern Indiana’s $106,000 grant at a celebration 

dinner at Caesars Indiana. Following presentations from three 

finalist organizations and voting by Impact 100 members, the winner 

was revealed as jugglers on stilts emerged from fog machines on both 

sides of the stage to the tune of “High Hopes,” the evening’s theme. 

Other finalists from several applicants last spring were Maker 13 

and Hosparus of Southern Indiana. Their proposed projects were also 

passionate and deserving, according to Impact 100 Board President Lori 

Lewis, making the judging extremely difficult. 

Indiana has the country’s second-highest incidence of child abuse 

and neglect, according to Home of the Innocents representatives. A grant 

of this size will enable them to build services at the New Albany office 

(1218 East Oak St.) to improve lives of women and children. 

“High Hopes” was also the theme of a special presentation by 

Hope Southern Indiana, which received Impact 100’s grant of $100,000 

last year. Several teens from its Self-Esteem Boot Camp presented an expressive, 

inspirational dance, and Hope’s Executive Director Angie Graf 

recounted moving success stories from the weekend experience, which 

will continue for 150 more teen girls through next year. Impact 100’s 

first grant--$50,000--was presented to St. Elizabeth’s Teaching Kitchen 

in 2017. 

Impact 100 Southern Indiana, a fund of the Community Foundation 

of Southern Indiana, has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars 

since the non-profit’s first grant two years ago. Renewing or beginning 

memberships resulted in $70,000 in pledges toward the 2020 grant 

before the event was over. Lewis hopes the amount will grow to $150,00 

or more next year as women continue to unite to create transformational 

change in Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties. 

For more information about Impact 100 Southern Indiana, log onto www.impact100si.org. 

Pictured: (top) Home of the Innocents representatives Amanda Brookshire, Associate Director of Community-Based 

Services; Melissa Hayden, Senior Vice President/Behavioral Health; Kelly Pullen, Executive 

Vice President/Clinical Operations; Paul Robinson, President/CEO; Jenny Mullins, Director of Community- 

Based Services; Phil McCauley, Jr., former board member; and Alea Goodwin, board member; (second 

from top) Standing: Impact 100 member Beth Peterson, Dick Peterson, and Impact 100 Scholarship Chair 

Teah Williams-Hampton. Seated: Angela Ford and Impact 100 members Jo Russell and Amy Wheatley; 

(third from top) Finalist representatives (in front): Christy Riley, Director; Stephanie Alvey, Director of Programming; 

and Dr. Melissa Hayden, Senior Vice President/Behavioral Health. Impact 100 board officers (in 

back): Vice President Crystal Billingslea and President Lori Lewis; (bottom) Impact 100 Membership Chair 

Marcia Bickers, Impact 100 members Colleen Endres and Donna Reinhardt, and David Reinhardt. 



Everyday Adventures 

You can tell a lot about a person 

by the way they wrap a gift. For 

example, when my wife and I 

first got married, I always tried 

to wrap one of her Christmas presents in 

the most beautiful package I could create. 

I would try to find a gift box with an 

unusual shape or festive print and decorate 

it with elaborate ribbon, gift tags and 

maybe an ornament tied to the lid. Once 

I even hand-stamped the paper to make 

one-of-a-kind gift wrap. 

If you looked at my presents from 

those days, you could tell I was crazy 

about my wife and had way too much 

time on my hands. 

Then we had kids. Now she’s lucky 

if I use tape. Sometimes I just roll her 

present in wrapping paper, wad up the 

ends and stuff it under the tree. I’m still 

crazy about my wife. I just don’t have an 

abundance of time, and you can sure tell 

it by taking one look at the way my gifts 

are wrapped. 

On the other extreme, I’ve seen pictures 

of Christmas mornings at houses 

with hordes of children, and their gifts 

look like they came straight out of an 

HGTV Christmas special. Crisp folds, 

precise edges, ribbon curled in an extravagant 

flourish. What is up with that? 

My theory about these families is 

they either paid a professional gift-wrapper 

or this is mom therapy. This may 

be the one time each year some harried 

mother can lock herself away in a room 

where absolutely no children or husbands 

are allowed to interrupt her. Several days 

later she finally emerges with an assortment 

of beautiful gifts and her sanity restored 

for the next year. 

Other people aren’t into the traditional 

wrapping job but may prefer gift 

bags. Gift bags tell you one of three things 

about the person who uses them: 

1. They’re in a hurry. 

2. They have poor fine motor skills. 

3. They like to recycle. 

The recycling thing could be due to 

the fact that they care about the environment 

or just forgot your gift until the last 

minute and had to grab the first thing they 

found in their closet. At that point you’re 

probably lucky your present didn’t come 

in a plastic Kroger bag. 

Speaking of recycling, there’s 

a whole trend now called green gifting 

that’s all about trying to reduce the 

amount of paper and packaging we throw 

away each year. If your friends are into 

this, you will probably receive your gifts 

wrapped in fabric, a reusable cloth bag or 

perhaps some leaves or bark. 

Wrapping Up Christmas 

My favorite gifts, though, are the 

ones wrapped by kids. You can spot these 

a mile away: crumpled paper, way too 

much tape and sometimes whole parts 

of the gift exposed in plain sight. These 

presents tell you the giver wrapped them 

with lots of love and cuteness and a me-do 

it attitude that refused the help of parents 

and was proud of their work. 

Yes, you can tell a lot about someone 

by the way they wrap their gift. True today 

and true of the first Christmas long 

ago. 

In Bethlehem God gave us the gift 

of his Son, wrapped in simple cloth and 

lying in a manger, a feeding trough for 

livestock. 

Jesus could have come as a warrior 

king girded in armor and arrayed in the 

finest of royal robes. He could have come 

as Psalm 104:2 says, “dressed in a robe of 

light” (NLT). God could have wrapped 

this gift in a package that would have 

been tough to ignore. 

But he didn’t. He wrapped him 

in the trappings of the ordinary and the 

humble, so that we could know him and 

relate to him and walk with him in the circumstances 

of everyday life. Jesus’ friend 

John referred to him as the Word of God 

and said it like this, “So the Word became 

human and made his home among us” 

(John 1:14 NLT). 

What can you tell about God by the 

way he wrapped this gift? He loves us. 

He understands us and he wants to be 

close to us, no matter who we are or what 

we’ve done. Jesus came to give us access 

to God through his life and his death and 

his life again. 

Then we had kids. Now she’s lucky if I use tape. 

Sometimes I just roll her present in wrapping 

paper, wad up the ends and stuff it under the tree. 

No matter how you choose to wrap 

your presents this year, remember there 

is one gift that was wrapped just for you. 

It’s the gift of friendship with God. You 

won’t find it in a stocking or under any 

tree, but it’s waiting to be unwrapped just 

the same. • 

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can read more from 

Jason in his books Tales from the Leaf Pile and 

Holiday Road. You can catch up with Jason on 

his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com. 

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