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16 | A NATURAL OPTION 

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18 | GROUNDED BY ROOTS 

Local Musician, Remington Maxwell, follows her dream 

23 | FACES OF SOUTHERN INDIANA 

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Perfect Peonies 

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Floyd County sold its hospital last year 

and bought a controversy. What should 

it do with all that money? 

Save it? Spend it? 

It always is nice to have choices, though; 

in this instance, leaders squabbled and talked of 

taking one another to court. The windfall, $70 

million, finally wound up in the responsible care 

of the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana. 

The sum was invested, its interest to be an 

annual cherry on top of the county coffers. 

The principal is not to be touched this year, 

next year, if ever. 

Floyd took a prudent approach. The hospital 

sale should end up helping residents not yet 

born, ones unaware that Baptist Health Floyd 

was long called something 

else. 

Leaders deserve praise 

for being a lot like my parents. 

Or like yours, I’d guess. 

Mom and Dad put off 

buying cars, couches and 

pretty much everything else 

until they absolutely could 

afford it. The lawn mower, 

the toaster, the kitchen cabinets 

— whatever was not totally shot somehow 

stayed on the job. 

My parents believed debt is a weakness if 

not a sin. They saved for rainy days that neither 

saw. Trips were not taken. They could have lived 

it up, at least a little more, and still paid the bills. 

But they devotedly braced for tomorrows, too 

many of which they were robbed. 

And thanks to my parents, I too enjoy the 

comfort of a few bucks in the bank. I am blessed 

to have that option. 

Then again, I understand those in charge in 

Floyd who wanted to earmark at least some hospital-sale 

cash to fix lingering problems. Leaders 

have had to say no to one worthy plea after another. 

Now they could say yes. Today matters as 

much as does as any other day, doesn’t it? 

We all know people who live in the moment. 

I think of friends who do not wait to replace 

their dining room suite or check out Europe. 

Their houses are bigger. Their cars are 

newer. They buy clothes that aren’t on sale and 

groceries without coupons. 

They seem to believe they can take care of 

later, well, later. They have fun while they can. 

Is that really so crazy? 

I remember when both Roman Catholic 

parishes in my town received large, identical 

The lawn mower, the 

toaster, the kitchen 

cabinets — whatever was 

not totally shot somehow 

stayed on the job. 

inheritances. One church responded like Floyd 

did. It salted away proceeds and still receives interest 

checks. 

The other spent a sizable chunk of its principal 

to meet legitimate needs. That church could 

now use ongoing relief, but it fends without. 

I applaud how one parish opted for caution 

and bowed to the big picture. However, that 

church sometimes struggles to raise donations 

from parishioners. Members are well aware of 

the relative windfall that’s being sat on. They are 

not necessarily keen on donating to an institution 

already fairly flush. 

Blessings still can be curses, all right, which 

brings to mind my children, my wonderful, 

grown-up kids. 

They know I fall on the 

saver side of the spectrum. 

They might actually describe 

me as “tick tight.” But here I 

am, otherwise retired, presiding 

over the Bank of Dad. 

This bank is there for the 

kids, open nights and weekends 

to cover this and that, here 

and there. 

But is it heroic to come to 

the fiscal rescue? Or is it enabling? Would I be 

better off had I not myself had a handy Bank of 

Dad? 

I wish I had more answers than questions. 

Some of these are dilemmas too: When is Social 

Security best to claim? Are term life insurance 

premiums still worth paying? Is long-term care 

insurance nice, or necessary? 

And is spending — at least a little more 

spending — really the devil’s handiwork? 

The last time I played the lottery I actually 

won a few hundred, my share of an offce pool. 

My group came once-in-a-lifetime close to the 

big prize. What would I do with Floyd-hospital 

type riches? 

Probably save it like Floyd did and secondguess 

myself about 19 times a day. 

The future looked a lot easier back when I 

had more of it. • 

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. 

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A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill 

Perfect Peonies 

These prolific plants deserve a place in your garden 


If you were to ask your average Hoosier 

to name our state flower, the answer 

would probably be(pick one): 

A – Basketball Begonia 

B – Cornflower 

C – Purple Meadow Thistle 

D – Blue Collar Cauliflower 

Nope. None of the above. It’s the peony, 

which is actually our fourth offcial 

state flower. It follows the carnation, the 

tulip tree flower and, of course, the Middle 

American zinnia. What Hoosiers lack 

in imagination, they can always overcome 

with staying power. 

Politics, of course, reared its hoary 

head in all of this. The carnation was 

picked as our flower in 1913, resulting in 

some protest because it is not a native. In 

1923, the General Assembly named the tulip 

poplar flower, an excellent choice, except 

once the trees get a little age on them 

these flowers are 20 feet off the ground. 

The zinnia was selected in 1931, with 

some reports that some state representative 

in the flower business pushed that. 

Thus came the peony in 1957, again promoted 

by a state politician, this one – go 

figure – in the peony business. The only 

flower missing in all of those political 

choices was the blushing violet. 

If it’s any consolation – and it’s not 

– the tulip poplar is now the state tree of 

Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, forming 

a straight line of arrested tree-namingdevelopment 

right down the center of the 

country. 

But the peony is an excellent choice 

for any state flower. It’s one of the most 

stunning, diverse and interesting plants 

going, and even as you read, someone 

is out there somewhere creating more of 

them. At last count, there were about 250 

varieties and more than 5,000 named cultivars. 

They are, in the plant world anyway, 

“God’s Children.” 

The peony is also an excellent predictor 

of heavy, wind-ravaging thunderstorms. 

Such rains are guaranteed to hit 

the very day your peony bursts into full 

bloom – and it’s only another 50 weeks 

until it blooms again. I love them for that 

very reason. Their incredible beauty and 

fragrance is intoxicating, yet so fleeting, I 

never fail to appreciate ours, or take them 

for granted, as they kick into late spring 

bloom. 

It’s also become the traditional 12th 

wedding anniversary flower, and who 

knows which U.S. senator pushed that. 

The kicker is if the modern marriage can 

last that long: She gets the house, car and 

the kids, I get the peonies. 

Peonies have a special history. They 

date to at least 1000 B.C., a mere 3,017 

years ago. They were named for Paeon, 

the physician to the gods, who got to hang 

up his shingle on Mount Olympus and 

was one of history’s first herbalist doctors. 

Their use in healing illness and injury 

even predates Medicare, with their roots 

quite literally spread across Asia and Europe. 

It’s one of the most 

stunning, diverse and 

interesting plants going, 

and even as you read, 

someone is out there 

somewhere creating more 

of them. 

Peonies come with a reputation of 

being diffcult to plant, grow and have 

bloom, which, in a word, is ridiculous. 

The trick is to do it right the first time, and 

they will be in happy bloom for most of 

your lifetime. While it can take a year or 

two to get those first blooms, they’re more 

than worth the time and investment. 

The range of sizes, colors and flowers 

is absolutely overwhelming, so keep it 

simple. Pick a red one, a white one, a pink 

one and a more fragrant one. You can pick 

online – just Google some Top Ten list – 

or find them at certain select nurseries in 

Utica, Ind. The key is to just get started. 

You can get overwhelmed later. 

Peonies must have good, welldrained 

soil and strong sunlight. Dig your 

hole at 12 to 18 inches deep and a couple 

feet across. Add a shovel full of compost, 

some all-purpose 10-10-10 granular fertilizer, 

and a little more compost. You cannot 

apply too much early love to peonies. 

Here’s the tricky part. Those “eyes” 

or growth nodes on the base of the old 

stem cannot ... repeat cannot … be planted 

more than 2 inches below the soil. If so, 

you may get the prettiest green leaves 

in the neighborhood but no flowers. If 

your previously planted peony has never 

bloomed, that is your problem. Dig it up 

and start over. 

Here’s the other thing: Peonies will 

rarely bloom heavily the first year. It takes 

them a few years to really get up to task, 

but then how long did it take you to fully 

master your job? Because you must wait 

until fall to prune back your peonies, you 

might want to keep them near the back of 

the border, or in an area away from the 

other brightly blooming beds. The foliage 

is needed to generate better flowers the 

next year. You might consider wire “cages” 

for your peonies to keep the foliage in 

line, or at least upright. 

Here is your reward for reading this 

far. Two of the neatest peonies going are 

the “tree” variety, which actually bloom 

on woody stems that must be pruned 

with care, if at all, and the newer “Itoh” 

or intersectional peonies. Tree peonies 

will add size and scope to the garden. The 

“Itoh” are a cross between regular bush 

peonies and tree peonies, with shorter, 

more rounded shapes less prone to peony 

flopping. Both types are more pricey, but 

worth it. 

Bottom line: Any peony is worth it. • 

About the Author 

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 


Our Town 

Our Town: 

Fourth Street in Huntingburg, Indiana, is on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Huntingburg, Indiana 


Story by Sara Combs 

Photos provided by Dubois County Visitors Center

The 25th anniversary of “A 

League of Their Own” is set to 

be celebrated this summer in 

Huntingburg. The movie, which 

stars Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna 

and Rosie O’Donnell, was filmed at 

Huntingburg League Stadium in 1992. 

The anniversary celebration is set for 

June 15 to 17 and will include a themed 

cocktail event, a women’s Peaches vs. 

Belles game, a Dubois County Bombers 

game and a number of other familyfriendly 

happenings. 

“A League of Their Own” is just 

one of the films that led to Huntingburg 

being called the “Hollywood of the Midwest.” 

The movie “Hard Rain,” starring 

the 1800s and early 1900s, and the area is 

listed on the National Register of Historic 

Places. 

The Huntingburg Town Hall, an 

1887 Italianate structure that once served 

as a jail and fire station and later housed 

political and social events, is also listed on 

the national register. The structure is now 

a senior center. 

Behind the Town Hall building, 

Market Street Park is home to multiple 

festivals throughout the year including 

the Garden Gate Jazz, Art, Wine and Craft 

Beer Festival and the Kiwanis Car Show. 

These events attract visitors and 

promote the sense of community that is 

part of Huntingburg’s charm, says Jacob 

The city, tucked in Southwest Indiana’s 

Dubois County, is a growing community 

rich in history with more than two dozen 

locally owned antique and specialty shops 

as well as a variety of unique eateries in its 

picturesque downtown. 

Christian Slater and Morgan Freeman, 

was filmed there, along with the HBO 

film “Soul of the Game.” And Huntingburg’s 

Hollywood connection is just one 

of its claims to fame. The city, tucked in 

Southwest Indiana’s Dubois County, is a 

growing community rich in history with 

more than two dozen locally owned antique 

and specialty shops, as well as a variety 

of unique eateries in its picturesque 

downtown. 

Huntingburg, which has a motto of 

“A City Like No Other,” was founded in 

1837 by Col. Jacob Geiger and likely got 

its name because the site was a popular 

hunting ground. The Huntingburg 

Museum on historic Fourth Street features 

Geiger’s personal belongings as well as 

other documents, pictures and artifacts 

that offer a glimpse into the area’s history. 

This district was destroyed by fire 

in 1889 but it was restored to a charming 

Victorian downtown. Most of the twostory 

Italianate and late Victorian 

commercial buildings were constructed in 

Meukam, an owner of Game Knight, a 

popular Fourth Street shop that offers 

games and comic books. Meukam 

says Huntingburg’s close proximity to 

Indianapolis, Bloomington and Louisville 

is also a plus for the city. “A lot of people 

come for the special events. And we get 

participants for our tournaments and 

other events from these places,” he said. 

The Huntingburg League Stadium, 

with a grandstand built by Columbia 

Pictures for “A League of Their Own,” is 

a chief attraction. Home of the Rockford 

Peaches in the movie, the Dubois County 

Bombers play baseball there in June and 

July while dressed in vintage-inspired 

uniforms. The local Peaches women’s 

team wears the skirted outfits depicted in 

the movie, says Whitney Hall, of the Dubois 

County Visitors Center. 

“Every night is throwback night at 

Bombers’ games,” Hall said. 

While Huntingburg is a city that 

treasures its history, it is also an up-andcoming 

community with thriving busi- 


Pictured: (top) League Stadium is home to the Dubois County 

Bombers, a collegiate wooden-bat team; (right) Decked out in 

vintage inspired uniforms, the Peaches handle game-day operations, 

including ticket taking and greeting visitors; (bottom) The 2017 

Debois County Bombers season kicks off June 1, 2017 with playoffs 

in late July. 


ness and industry. The city was awarded the Stellar Communities 

Designation in 2014. That funding allows for 

community development to help ensure that Huntington 

remains “A City Like No Other” for many years to come. • 

Information for this article was provided by Whitney Hall, 

Dubois County Visitors Center. For more information, contact 

the Dubois County Visitors Center at (800) 968-4578 or VisitDuboisCounty.com. 

The 6th Annual Garden Gate Jazz, Art, Wine, & Craft Beer Festival takes place on Saturday, 

April 22, 2017. 

Pictured: (top) A couple enjoys a craft beer from one of the eight breweries featured at the 

festival. (left) Food vendors offer an array of options. Here, Pizza Revolution serves up hot 

pizza to waiting customers; (bottom) The Art Market showcases handcrafted items from 

local artists. 


Women’s Health 

A Natural Option 

Jeffersonville practice offers midwives’ services and individualized care 

Story by Jenna Esarey 

Photos by Allen Howie, Idealogy 


Offering a variety of approaches 

to women’s health, Woman- 

Care has been providing gynecological 

and obstetric services 

in Jeffersonville for over a decade. 

The medical practice combines up– 

to-the-minute techniques and technology 

with the human touch, making sure 

patients are seen at their appointed times 

and taking the time to answer questions 

and address concerns. 

WomanCare offers a wide array of 

women’s health services that include preconception 

and family planning, infertility 

evaluations, prenatal care, childbirth 

and menopause treatment. 

Along with doctors Ron Wright, 

Christopher Grady and Amanda Davenport, 

and nurse practitioner Chelsae Nugent, 

WomanCare also offers the services 

of three certified nurse midwives. 

Elizabeth Bary, Alison Reid and 

Nichole Sichting are three of only eight 

certified nurse midwives in the Louisville 

metro area. 

WomanCare delivers babies in the 

Clark Memorial Hospital Family Birth 

Place regardless of the type of delivery 

chosen. “Clark does about 1,400 deliveries 

a year, and in 2015, we had 800 or 900 

of those, so we do the majority of their 

births,” Wright said. 

That year, WomanCare midwives 

delivered 448 of the practice’s babies with 

an epidural rate of 39 percent and a Caesarean-section 

rate of only 7 percent. 

According to the practice’s website, 

the number of births overseen by certified 

nurse midwives will soon reach 10 percent 

in the United States, up from just 3 

percent 10 years ago. 

“I just love midwifery,” Sichting

said. “It’s all about trusting a process that 

was created to work. It’s a miracle and it 

does what it’s supposed to do.” 

“We are a little less medicalized,” 

Reid added. “We pride ourselves on offering 

both high tech and low tech.” 

A certified nurse midwife is a registered 

nurse who graduated from a nursemidwifery 

program and passed a national 

certification exam. Midwives at Woman- 

the baby.” 

- Ron Wright, MD 

Care handle much more than childbirth, 

providing family planning and birth control 

counseling, physical and breast exams, 

Pap smears and preventive health 

screenings. 

While the midwives are qualified to 

administer drugs and perform medical 

procedures, they generally do not unless a 

mother requests them. And WomanCare’s 

doctors also take a natural approach to 

childbirth. 

“We want to do what’s best for Mom 

and the baby,” Wright said. “There is a 

general idea out there that you have to 

have an epidural. That’s not something 

that we’re telling patients they are going 

to do.” 

Davenport recently joined the practice, 

partly because of its approach to patient 

care. “I liked that there was a midwife 

component here,” she said. “Clark 

(Memorial Hospital) is very supportive 

of natural, low-intervention deliveries. 

I’ve worked at about every hospital in the 

area. This is the most supportive of not 

just natural delivery, but of supporting 

the mother’s wishes.” 

Some patients come into the practice 

knowing they want to work with a midwife. 

“Not every person wants that,” Reid 

said. “It’s all about trying to individualize 

care. We let the patient decide. We never 

push natural childbirth on anyone. We 

talk about all the options.” 

“It’s kind of like a practice within a 

practice with the midwives,” Wright said. 

“If they need a doctor, we’re right across 

the hall and available to do that. Patients 

don’t have to transfer to another offce if 

they become high-risk.” • 

Pictured: Nicole M. Sichting, APRN, WHNP-BC, CNM with 

(on left side) Whitney Wyatt (mom) and Nicole (baby) and 

(on right side) Jessica Arstingstall (mom) and Jack (baby). 

A New Twist 

WomanCare is concerned 

with the total body health 

of women, and is one of 

the first practices in the 

area to offer CoolSculpting under the 

direction of its aesthetic team. 

CoolSculpting is a non-invasive, 

FDA-cleared method of eliminating fat 

cells. There is no surgery and no needles 

are needed to help get rid of that 

double chin or muffn top. 

The procedure eliminates stubborn 

fat in targeted areas using controlled 

cooling. Since fat cells freeze at 

a warmer temperature than other cells 

in the body, CoolSculpting targets those 

cells, freezing and killing 20 to 25 percent 

in the area. 

The body then eliminates the dead 

fat cells naturally over the next few 

weeks, resulting in permanent fat loss. 

“Once those fat cells die, they will not 

return,” Wright said. • 

For more information on WomanCare, call 

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People of Southern Indiana 

Grounded by Roots 

Remington Maxwell 

Local musician, Remington Maxwell, follows her dream 


Story and Photos by Carol Dawson

If there is such a thing as Southern 

Indiana music royalty, 21-year-old 

Remington Maxwell would likely be 

considered our princess. 

Remington, or “Remi” to her family 

and friends, grew up around music. Her 

grandfather founded the Mom’s Music 

store, and her father, Mark Maxwell, is 

the lead singer of The Louisville Crashers 

and owner of Maxwell’s House of Music 

in Jeffersonville. “My grandad, Marvin 

Maxwell, started it all with the familyowned 

music store. To me, he is a legend,” 

Remington said. 

At a recent photo shoot, Remington 

was clearly at ease in front of the camera. 

She took time to answer a few questions 

about her career and life out west. “I am 

working to find the right place in the music 

industry by living and working in California; 

this is what I want to do and where 

I need to be,” she said. 

When Remington was a young girl 

growing up around the Mom’s Music 

store, she actually wanted to be a dentist. 

However, after watching the movie 

“Freaky Friday,” which features an allgirl 

band, she realized music might be 

a bit more in line with her personality. 

Her parents, Angie and Mark, recall 

Remington shutting herself in her room for 

a full day, wearing a headset microphone, 

singing and imitating a rock star. At age 

8, Remington transitioned from concerts 

in her bedroom to concerts all around the 

Kentuckiana area as the lead singer with 

an all-girl band called The Hi-Tops. 

After several years with the band, 

Remington realized her musical DNA 

just might be strong enough to turn into 

a career, and her vision has remained 

constant. “Quickly I knew I wanted to 

be performing on stage, relating to the 

audience and making them smile,” she 

said. 

After high school, she moved to 

Hollywood to attend the Musicians 

Institute College of Contemporary Music 

and earned an associate degree in vocals 

and the Independent Artist Program. 

During her time in college, Remington 

played both the guitar and piano, but 

she primarily focused on vocals. After 

graduation, she stayed in Los Angeles. 

It wasn’t easy for Remington’s parents 

to send her out west. “I believe Angie 

and I gave our kids wings to fly and 

they have. Why would we want to stand 

in their way?” Mark said. “I love California 

– anything and everything you can 

imagine is there. If I were 21 again, there 

would probably be no better place than 

there for me.” 

Angie describes her daughter as a 

genuine spirit. “I miss her deeply and 

sometimes even grieve her laughter 

around the house but I know she is in 

her element. LA has so much to offer her 

musically. Of course, I’d love to have her 

home, but I don’t think she would be fulfilled. 

Maybe Nashville someday. That 

would be a lot closer!” 

In Chicago in 2013, Remington tried 

out for “American Idol” and was handed a 

golden ticket to advance to the next round. 

“Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey were 

all in to hand me the ticket, but I had to 

convince Nicki Minaj. Unfortunately, I 

didn’t make it beyond the first cuts they 

made in Hollywood.” 

Remington has met several famous 

people during her time in Hollywood and 

Los Angeles and her most memorable moment 

was when she met Lady Gaga while 

waiting for her Hollywood audition for 

“American Idol.” “I told her I was auditioning 

with one of her songs, ‘Born This 

Way,’ and she asked me to sing it for her. 

I flipped out and told her I didn’t want to 

keep her, but she insisted. I was so excited 

that I began singing in the wrong key 

and she stopped me, touched my stomach 

and taught me some of her breathing exercises.” 

Lady Gaga had Remington start 

singing again and this time, she joined in. 

Remington recorded everything and treasures 

the experience with one of her idols. 

When asked about her singing style, 

Remington responded, “Shoot, this is 

Remington with her dad, Mark Maxwell, 

and her mom, Angie Maxwell. 

honestly my least favorite question. I am 

versatile in my music and in everything in 

my life — fashion, music, songwriting and 

personality. I think I am a relatable pop 

singer/songwriter with a quirky soul.” 

Currently, Remington is writing 

songs, attending church, introducing toddlers 

to their first music experience, singing 

for demos and sessions, frequenting 

coffee shops, baby-sitting and singing 

professionally every chance she gets. 

For all of the successes Remington 

has had in California and all of the brushes 

with fame, she remains a hometown 

girl with a heart for her faith and her music. 

“I am most proud of Remi’s faith in 

God and her amazing spirit and love for 

others,” Angie said. “She is truly an old 

soul with a gentle heart.” 

When she is home, Remington 

spends as much time as possible with family 

and a close-knit group of friends. “I 

love home so much — my family, friends; 

gosh, I love them so much.” 

When asked how she has kept her 

Southern Indiana roots, Remington responded, 

“My soul screams Southern 

Indiana. My love for people and the way 

I was raised is super transparent in my 

friendships and in meeting new people. I 

have grown in many different ways, but 

no matter where this leads me, Indiana 

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IU Southeast’s Hoosier Room was abuzz with people from several communities on Feb. 10 for the sixth annual Bed & Bread Gala to 

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buffet meal, silent and live auctions, and award presentations were peppered with warm fellowship as thousands of dollars were 

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light lunch. 

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Sandy Naville, fourth from the left in back, was surrounded 

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dinner, program, and silent auction to raise funds for the home that is overseen by the Center for Lay Ministries. 

The Harrison County Probation Department was honored with the Sue LaRue Award for supporting Bliss House, 

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Desaree Brown; Tiffany Hutchins, Bliss House Director; Jeff 

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Jim Stanton, Deacon at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in 

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Local Authors 

The Writing Life 

Spotlight on Southern Indiana Authors 

Story by Sara Combs 

From recording history and giving 

relationship advice to informing 

and telling stories, Southern 

Indiana writers have done it all. 

Known for its scenic beauty, rich farms 

and forests, this part of the country can 

also boast of its numerous authors. Here 

are a few of them. 

Joyce Oglesby 

“The thing I most want people to 


know about me is that I am real,” says 

Corydon resident Joyce Oglesby, author 

of several popular self-help books, a devotional, 

two children’s books and a 688- 

page novel. “I can empathize, not just 

sympathize. I grew up in a family that 

was dysfunctional in every way a family 

can be dysfunctional.” 

As a preacher’s wife (she and Pastor 

Webby Oglesby celebrated their 45th 

wedding anniversary in December), a 

court reporter for more than 40 years, a 

mother and a grandmother, “I am very 

much in touch,” she says. 

“My byline is where real life and 

family values connect and my heart’s desire 

is to preserve the legacy of families.” 

That sentiment is evident in her books, 

which include “Grandma’s Jewels and 

the Legacy Behind Them,” her only fiction 

work. That novel came about when a 

mentor required her to write a short story, 

“even though I tried to tell him that I don’t 

write fiction.” 

However, as Joyce worked with the 

characters, she saw possibilities. 

“I knew it could be turned into a 

good book,” Joyce says. “I sent proposals 

to two publishing companies; they 

said ‘Thanks but no thanks.’ I contacted 

a ghostwriter to see if it could be written 

in my voice.” When she received a sample, 

the work didn’t reflect what she was 

thinking, so she gave up on the idea. 

Then some time later, she felt God 

telling her to write it. “But I don’t write 

fiction,” she told Him. However, with 

His help, she began, and over the next 

45 nights, she completed 54 chapters. 

“Words just seemed to flow from my fingers. 

It is my favorite of the eight books I 

have written.” 

Joyce’s other books include “Keeping 

His Pants On Until He Comes Home,” 

“Turning Her On and Keeping Her Heart: 

The Missing Manual for Husbands” and 

“Getting Past the Past: Stepping Out of 

Your Emotional Prison.” 

Joyce is also a radio and television 

personality, popular public speaker, 

magazine columnist and mentor. She is 

negotiating with producers for a televi-

sion show to replace “Just Ask Joyce,” 

her popular radio show that was canceled 

when the station broadcasting it was sold. 

(Fans should watch for updates on Facebook 

and joyceoglesby.com.) 

Her books are available at Amazon. 

com. 

Beca Sue (Rebecca Pierson) 

Rebecca Pierson, who writes under 

the pen name Beca Sue, hopes to publish 

the third novel in her Ohio River Valley 

series by the end of the year. Like the first 

two, “O’er the Land of the Free” and “Just 

As I Am,” the book will deal with the Civil 

War and its aftermath in local settings. 

She also has combined her love of 

history and storytelling with her writing 

talent in “Final Destination A New Homeland,” 

set during World War II. The book 

is dedicated to Ewald Greib, of Georgetown, 

Ind., who lived through many of 

the events, and to his wife, Patricia, who 

recorded his memories. 

One of her most popular books, “One 

Train Ride to Hope,” includes many of the 

stories her grandmother told. “I wanted to 

preserve these,” she says. Another book, 

“Old Man Bean,” is a collection of stories 

told to the author and written in rhyme. 

The book is illustrated by Zachary Allen, 

who died in an automobile accident in 

2012. Proceeds from the book are donated 

to a scholarship fund in his name. 

Rebecca began writing with Vacation 

Bible School material. (Her VBS 

program called “How Does Your Garden 

Grow?” is available on Amazon.) She has 

also worked with elementary schools as a 

physical education instructor and a director 

of music and Christmas programs. 

She lives on an organic farm near 

Marengo with her husband, Mike, daughter 

and son, Abigail and Caleb, and has a 

grown son, Eli. She and her husband recently 

purchased the Crawford County 

Tractor Parts store in Marengo. She is active 

in her church, Valeene Wesleyan. 

Rebecca’s books are available at Amazon.com, 

Hometown Gift and Variety in 

Marengo and Little Texas Consignment in 

Corydon. 

Rita Ann Fleming 

Dr. Rita, as she is known, is somewhat 

of a celebrity throughout Kentuckiana. 

The Jeffersonville obstetrician and 

author of two children’s poetry books 

has delivered more than 7,000 babies. She 

says her inspiration for her poems came 

from parenting four children and being a 

grandmother of 11. Some came to mind 

while she was waiting to deliver babies. 

“I went to med school kind of by 

default,” Dr. Rita says. She began her 

medical career as a nurse and advanced 

to nurse practitioner – a staple now, but a 

novelty then that did not quite fit. So she 

went on to be a doctor, opting for full-time 

obstetrics in 1993. “You have to do what 

you love,” she says. “I love delivering babies.” 

She is now semi-retired, working 

five 24-hour shifts a month. 

Part of her inspiration for writing 

“Does Grandma Have a Mustache?” and 

“Did Grandpa’s Dog Pass Gas?” is to provide 

a way for grandparents and grandchildren 

to connect in the computer age. 

She hopes that having grandparents read 

to grandchildren will not only form a bond 

with family members but with books. 


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Deborah Aubrey-Peyron 

Storytelling comes naturally to Deborah 

Aubrey-Peyron. “My heritage is Irish 

and Native American,” she says. “Both 

have wonderful oral traditions of passing 

down stories.” Combine that with her 

writing talent and the many remarkable 

events that have happened throughout 

her life and you have a book, or in her 

case, quite a few books. 

Deborah’s writing career was foreshadowed. 

When she was 4 years old, she 

began scribbling stories; her mother gathered 

these slips of paper and bound them 

into kid-size books. However, it wasn’t 

until she was 49 years old that she heeded 

God’s call to record for publication all of 

the miracles and supernatural experiences 

she had witnessed. 

Deborah is a certified medical assistant, 

nationally certified as a wellness consultant. 

“I was doing well in that field,” 

she says. “Then in 2008, my business was 

taken over and I was let go.” 

It was a low place. She struggled. 

“But it brought me to the point, with God’s 

urging, of writing about the extraordinary 

things that had happened in my life and 

the lives around me.” 

It was time to reach out with her testimony 

for the Lord. 

“I was born 11 weeks early,” she 

says. “I weighed 3 pounds at birth and 

was 13 inches long. My lungs collapsed. 

Doctors told my parents I would not live. 

My mother prayed and told the Lord if I 

could live she would dedicate me to Him.” 

“Obviously, I lived,” she says. It 

was the first of many miracles. Her books 

are about these extraordinary happenings 

in her and others’ lives, overcoming struggles 

and always looking to God. 

Besides her four-volume Miraculous 

Intervention series, her books include 

“Let’s Take a Walk, Dave,” a cookbook, 

and a children’s book, “Christmas Chaos!” 

She and her husband, Mark, a jeweler, 

live in Corydon. She has three grown 

sons and is a grandmother. 


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Nancy Grant 

When Nancy Roll Grant decided to 

record family history for her grandsons, 

she didn’t know she would discover a 


new love – writing. Always creative, Nancy 

had lent her talents to the art world by 

drawing and painting, which she began as 

a child. 

“I wanted my grandsons to know 

their late great-granddad and great-great 

grandmother,” she says. “So on the 12th 

anniversary of my dad’s death, I began 

writing.” 

The journey lasted three years and 

resulted in “Chicken Tracks,” a 244-page 

autobiography she calls “a view of life, 

love and the pursuit of happiness through 

the eyes of a born and raised country girl.” 

That book was also a springboard to further 

efforts, including a light-hearted biographical 

collection of short stories and 

several children’s books, which she also 

illustrated. 

Born on a dairy farm near Marengo, 

Nancy learned to love the simple life and 

never left those country roots. She and 

her husband, Alan, live on a farm not too 

many miles from the one where she was 

born. She is an avid horsewoman and 

grows showplace vegetable and flower 

gardens each summer. 

Her children’s books include “Huckleberry” 

and “The Adventures of Goldie 

and Hissy Fit” and are available at Hometown 

Gift and Variety in Marengo, Uhl’s 

Feed and Seed and Little Texas Consignment 

in Corydon and by phone at (812) 

365-2067. 

David Wilkins 

When David Wilkins published his 

“History of Ohio River Locks and Dams,” 

he didn’t expect to sell many copies. “I 

just wanted the information documented,” 

he says. He had 100 copies printed. “I 

put them on 8½-by-11-inch paper so they 

could be easily read,” and included a lot of 

photographs. “I didn’t think I would sell 

25,” he says. However, the books sold out 

quickly and he had to have more printed. 

The lock and dam played a major 

role in the history of Leavenworth, where 

David and his wife Reva are longtime 

residents. The town’s dam is part of his 

family legacy. “My aunt and uncle were 

its first employees when the dam was 

built in 1919,” he says. “My dad worked 

there later.” Tragically, David’s uncle was 

crushed to death in the lock in 1955. The 

lock and dam operated until 1973. 

David recently published “Leavenworth 

Churches, A Remembrance,” 

which chronicles churches in his hometown. 

The 256-page book also features 

numerous photographs and was extensively 

researched. “I love history and I 

strive for accuracy,” he said. That wasn’t 

always easy to come by. “Some churches 

kept complete, accurate records; others 

were pretty sketchy,” he says. 

He has never advertised his books 

and sells them from his home. “Word of 

mouth seems to be enough,” he says. 

He is a retired project engineer supervisor 

for the Indiana Department of 

Transportation. • 

Photo Credits: 

(typewritter, page 34) shutterstock.com/rangizzz; 

(Author, Beca Sue, page 35) Michelle 

Hockman Photography; All other author 

photos submitted by author. 

Leane & Michael’s Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival 

March 4-5, 2017 and March 11-12, 2017 

Come visit Indiana’s largest producer of pure maple syrup and have a great time! 

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Opening Friday, April 7, 2017 

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Hayswood Theatre 

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Life beyond Duct Tape 

Stains for your Kisser 

Reviewing the performance of five lip stains 

Iheard from many readers regarding 

the first Beyond Duct Tape column, 

and thank you for your great suggestions. 

This is your column. If you 

know of a new product that works or if 

there is a better way to deal with a problem, 

please let me know. 

A reader asked me to provide guidance 

regarding the new lip stains that 

claim to provide color that lasts all day, so 

I went to work to find a reliable lip stain 

for Southern Indiana residents. 

Five products were sampled, 

and I looked for stains that last 

and don’t turn your kisser into 

crust. The first two products 

were provided at no cost upon 

my request for a sample. 

All but one of the stains 

sampled had at least a twostep 

process, and here are my 

findings. 

Sense Cosmetics LipSense 

Long Lasting Liquid Lip Color 

– sensemakeup.com - $25 

(multiple shades) and Moisturizing 

Gloss - $20 - provided 

by a local seller, Lavish Lips 

with Stacie, via Facebook. 

This product claims up to 18 hours 

of color. A single coat of color lasted all 

day, though it was somewhat muted after 

the gloss wore off. The suggested fourstep 

process includes the application of 

the color three times for the longest wear 

(be sure to shake the tube), waiting a few 

seconds in between each application and 

then adding the clear gloss. The color 

was vivid but not harsh. The drawbacks 

are that you cannot purchase LipSense in 

stores and it is relatively expensive. However, 

it was the most durable of the stains 

and I have already reordered. I recommend 

trying it, but because of the cost, it 

might not be for everyday use 

Cailyn Cocoon Lip Stain – cailyncosmetics.com 

- $22 (four shades) - Clear Lip 

Gloss - $12, and 4 in 1 Lip Brush - $22 

I didn’t need the lip brush, and a 

less expensive clear gloss worked fine. 

This lip stain is a bit odd, as the product is 

peeled off after it dries (it takes six to eight 

minutes to dry, depending on whether 

or not you want to flail your hands over 

your lips to save time). Your mouth has 

to hang open during the drying process, 

which feels a bit odd. The product claims 

to last up to 10 hours, and this is accurate. 

I am a lip-biter and the color withstood a 

full day of lip-chewing. The drawbacks 

are the cost, not being able to find it in a 

store, limited colors and the time it takes 

for the stain to dry. I recommend trying 

this if you don’t have a quick daily makeup 

routine. 

CoverGirl Outlast All Day Lip Stain – 

Walmart - $7.06 (multiple shades) 

This product claims to last up to 24 

hours, but the color was gone in less than 

five. It is a one-step process, with the stain 

being dry without some sort of lip balm. 

I’ve never used a marker on my lips, but 

this feels as if you are doing just that. The 

drawbacks are that the product does not 

last as expected and lips are extremely dry 

without adding a lip balm. 

Maybelline SuperStay 24-Hour Lip Color 

– Target - $6.49 (multiple shades) 

This two-step affordable lip stain 

lasted all day. When first applied, 

it is sticky. After about 

a minute, the built-in clear lip 

balm can be added, and the 

stickiness disappears. You are 

left with a very nice – not harsh 

– color. The drawback is that 

your lips will be somewhat 

dry, so reapplying balm is necessary. 

Revlon Just Bitten Balm 

Stain – Amazon.com - $7.95 

(multiple shades) 

What makes this creamy 

lip stain one of my favorites 

is that the colors are not 

too vibrant, the stain goes on 

smoothly, it is an inexpensive one-step application, 

and it lasts more than five hours 

with normal wear and tear. I carry it in 

my purse for a quick and easy swipe of 

color. 

Try the stain you think will fit your 

lifestyle, then pucker up to kiss the one 

you love and test it for yourself. • 

Carol Dawson is a Jeffersonville 

resident and owner of 

EEO GUIDANCE, Inc. This 

column will reflect various 

products Dawson has found 

that may make our Southern 

Indiana lives a bit easier. 

Comments can be emailed to: 

Cdawson@eeoguidance.com 


Holiday Blues 


The holiday months are offcially 

behind us. Thanksgiving, Christmas, 

Hanukkah and New Year’s 

have all passed. Spring is nearly 

here (depending on whether or not the 

weather cooperates) and we turn our attention 

more to spring-cleaning and less 

to our diminishing 2017 resolutions. 

Whether you are doing great with 

your resolutions or whether you are falling 

three months behind, you can reset 

at any time. Why not focus on achieving 

goals that could permanently change your 

life for the better instead of resolutions 

that may fail or last temporarily? 

Here are some tips for creating 

and sticking to goals this spring—goals 

that will have you feeling like a new and 

healthier you. 

First, “out with the old and in with 

the new” can be experienced any time of 

the year. 

Right now is the time. We clean up 

and de-clutter our houses and our yards 

for spring. We need to de-clutter our head. 

Haven’t gone to the gym every morning? 

Haven’t quite given up caffeine? Whatever 

your “resolutions” were, give yourself 

credit, pat yourself on the back for what 

you have accomplished, and move on. 

Don’t dwell on what you said you would 

do, but didn’t. 

Second, Dream it. 

Take a couple of days and set aside 

30 minutes each day to day-dream. Envision—imagine 

what goals you want 

to achieve. What do you want to accomplish 

in the next three months…next year? 

Block out 30 minutes a day for at least 

three days and daydream. Imagine the 

goals you want to accomplish. 

Third, Draft it. 

Write down the ideas that came to 

you in your imagining and daydreaming. 

Write a paragraph or two on what the 

next 3 months or next year looks like. 

Fourth, Date It. 

Start today…start any day and write 

it down. For each goal, write a plan of action. 

Assign a realistic deadline for each 

item. What do you need to do March 15 

to make your goal happen by June 15? Put 

your goals and deadlines on your calendar. 

Fifth, Plan it. 

What steps do you need to take 

to reach your deadline for each of your 

goals? In order to lose 10 pounds by June 

15 what do you need to do this week to 

reach your goal. How much weight do 

you need to lose each week? Do you need 

to drink more water? How will you do it 

and how will you keep your weight off? 

Apply that detailed planning to whatever 

your goal may be. 

Finally, Read it. 

Post your goals some place you can 

read them daily. It could be on your bathroom 

mirror or maybe on the wall by your 

nightstand. Remind yourself of your plan 

and your goals. Want to reach your goals? 

Set weekly meetings with yourself 10-20 

minutes long to review your goals and set 

and re-set your action plan. Make these 

goals a reality in your life. 

At this point, New Year’s promises 

and resolutions are long ago faded and 

behind us. However, our goals and action 

steps can always be jumpstarted. Think 

about what you really want to accomplish 

this year—what would make you 

feel healthier, what would declutter your 

life, what could make you a better person, 

what could aid your career or your personal 

life…whatever it is, there is plenty 

of time left in the year to set clear goals 

and really accomplish something meaningful 

and significant in your life. Start 

today, start right now.• 

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Everyday Adventures 

Plenty of Time 

When you’re seconds away 

from impending disaster, 

you have to get your priorities 

straight. For me, that 

meant going through the drive-thru at 

McDonald’s. If I was going to hunker 

down to wait out a tornado, I was not going 

to do it on an empty stomach. 

See, my house doesn’t have a basement, 

and meteorologists had been tracking 

a monster storm brewing in the west. 

They were going on and on about how it 

was the biggest thing they’d seen since the 

seventies, potentially spawning record 

tornadic activity, biblical plagues and the 

like. 

That sounded bad to me, so I thought 

I should get my family to shelter. I called 

up my buddy Dal, and he invited us over 

to ride out the storm at his house. 

But like I said, I was hungry, and 

McDonald’s was on the way. Well, not 

directly on the way. It was a short detour. 

However, I did have children to feed, and 

who knew how long we’d be in that basement. 

Besides, we had plenty of time. I’d 

been checking the weather radar on my 

phone, and the storm of the century was 

still a good fifteen minutes away, which 

should have been fine. We’re talking a 

quick stop at the drive-thru not a seven 

course meal. 

Apparently, though, my fast food 

wasn’t quite fast enough for my wife. Our 

conversation went something like this: 

WIFE: What are you doing? 

ME: I’m getting something to eat. 

WIFE: We have to get to shelter! 

DRIVE-THRU GIRL: Welcome to 

McDonald’s. How can I help 

you? 

WIFE: We have to get to shelter! 

ME: Okay, hold on. I’d like a 


WIFE: 

quarter pounder and fries 

and a large Diet Coke. What 

do you guys want? 

I want to live! 

Okay, so maybe she didn’t use those 

exact words, but you get the picture. I 

felt like she was being a bit dramatic and 

told her to stop overreacting. We still had 

plenty of time. Just as those words left 

my left my lips, though, the long mournful 

wail of a tornado siren rang out in the 

darkening sky. 

My house doesn’t have a 

basement, and meteorologists 

had been tracking a monster 

storm brewing in the west. 

I knew that siren meant only one 

thing. My impending doom was near. If 

the tornado didn’t kill me, my wife was 

definitely going to. 

All right, I have to admit. She was 

right. We didn’t have as much time as I 

thought we did, but that’s pretty much the 

way life goes. 

We all think we have more time than 

we do. That’s why we put off the most 

important things until sometimes it’s too 

late. We keep telling yourself we’ll get to 

it later. There’s plenty of time. 

But, of course, we all know there’s 

not. We’re reminded that every time we 

show up at a funeral or weep beside a 

fresh grave. There’s never as much time 

as we think. 

Yet in busyness of everyday life we 

lie to ourselves with the promise of a million 

tomorrows. Jesus’ brother James reminds 

us of how foolish that is when he 

writes, “How do you know what your life 

will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the 

morning fog—it’s here a little while, then 

it’s gone” (James 4:14 NLT). 

If your life ended today what would 

be your biggest regret? 

Is there a conversation you need to 

have? Maybe an apology you need to offer 

or someone you need to forgive? Is 

there someone you need to thank or tell 

how much they truly mean to you? 

Is there something you’ve always 

dreamed of doing but just never gotten 

around to it? Writing a book, starting a 

business, serving the homeless, learning 

to play the piano? 

Or is there a relationship that needs 

attention, your spouse, your kids or maybe 

even your relationship with God? 

Oh, you’ll get to it one of these days. 

You have plenty of time. Until, of course 

you don’t. 

The good news, though, is that right 

now you have a gift called today. No 

guarantees you’ll get another one, but today 

anything is possible. You can take a 

step, pick up the phone, make a choice. 

Today is yours. It’s all the time you 

know you have, but it’s all the time you 

need. • 

Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / John Huntington 

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can catch up with 

Jason on his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com or 

on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jasondbyerly.

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