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Hi, and welcome to another fantastic issue of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
<strong>Living</strong>!<br />
Before we get into the nity-grity about this issue, let<br />
me introduce myself. I am Jenna Esarey and I am thrilled<br />
to be the new editor of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong> magazine!<br />
Many of you will recognize my name as a freelance journalist with<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong> as well as local newspapers.<br />
I grew up in <strong>Indiana</strong> – aside from two ghastly years in Daytona Beach<br />
in sixth and seventh grade that are best forgoten. Born in Brazil, <strong>Indiana</strong>, I lived in Terre Haute<br />
and the tiny town of Riley just outside of it before my family moved to Jefersonville in 1983.<br />
I graduated from Jefersonville High School, atended <strong>Indiana</strong> University Southeast for<br />
two years and <strong>Indiana</strong> University – Bloomington for two years earning a degree in… you<br />
probably guessed wrong – political science. I’m one class short of a double major with journalism,<br />
though, and I have a minor in history as well.<br />
After college graduation I married my high school sweetheart, Jef. We have two children.<br />
Curtis just recently married his high school sweetheart and is fnishing up a degree in<br />
secondary education at IUS. Rachel is fnishing her freshman year at IUS where she plans to<br />
major in music business. She still lives with me, Jef, our two dogs and two cats in our Jefersonville<br />
home.<br />
But, enough about me; let’s talk about <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong>:<br />
• <strong>Indiana</strong> celebrates her Bicentennial this year, and what beter way to start our new<br />
“Our Town” series than with a look at our frst state capital - Corydon. In future<br />
issues look for stories about Georgetown, Sellersburg, and more.<br />
• On our cover you’ll see we got a special sneak peek at the new Patoka Lake Winery<br />
in Birdseye. Unique in the state, visitors can actually stay in one of fve suites in the<br />
winery itself, turning their wine tasting into a mini vacation.<br />
• Don’t miss our special insert “Summer Fun in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>” where we talk<br />
about our state parks, local caves and more.<br />
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So, welcome to <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong>. Come on in and look around. I’m sure you’ll<br />
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May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 7
A Note to Baby Boomers<br />
A Mother’s Bond<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 8<br />
I<br />
worked with a guy who wished he<br />
could be pregnant. He actually resented<br />
going through life without<br />
morning sickness and such joys only<br />
mothers know best.<br />
Then again, this was the same man<br />
whose heart broke if you gave him Coke<br />
instead of Pepsi. Imagine the grief I took<br />
when I only could ofer Big K.<br />
I do not fnd the soft drink batle<br />
worth fghting. And I never shared his<br />
envy when my wife ballooned to the size<br />
of our refrigerator. But the price she paid<br />
-- all mothers pay -- to get into the parent<br />
game pays of like Horseshoe cannot.<br />
However cool and crucial it is to be<br />
a dad, moms mater more. They just do.<br />
They just should. The bond is not only<br />
longer, it is deeper. I gave up trying to be<br />
the more important parent about 78 seconds<br />
into being one. I could not match up.<br />
Going on 33 years later, I still do not.<br />
It’s not even close.<br />
Seen that TV commercial of a bunch<br />
of bad guys frantically chasing a good guy<br />
onto a high-rise rooftop? It is his mom<br />
who interrupts the tension, who calls just<br />
to call. That’s a mom. My mom’s timing<br />
was no beter. And she called a lot.<br />
Lord, if only she still did. In this season<br />
of Mother’s Day, I miss mine more<br />
than I miss my youth, my health, my hair,<br />
absolutely anything.<br />
Our last conversation, 18 years ago,<br />
consisted almost entirely of Mom worrying<br />
about me. There she was, hours from<br />
death -- neither of us knew it -- asking<br />
about my blood pressure, if I’d paid the<br />
car insurance. To the end, she was the<br />
boss, the conscience. She was not being a<br />
cancer patient with lungs calling it quits.<br />
She was doing what she did best. She was<br />
being my mom.<br />
Were she alive today, she would<br />
have a feld day. She could fuss about<br />
stuf going on with me that truly is worrisome.<br />
No mater how old, how successful,<br />
a child needs a mother. I suspect the pope<br />
and the president miss their moms, need<br />
their moms, as much as I do. My wife, the<br />
kids, no one keeps me on the up-and-up<br />
as Mom did.<br />
No one believed in me more than<br />
Mom did.<br />
I hope you still have a mother and<br />
must answer to her. If not, I hope you had<br />
a mother you simply had to please. Maybe<br />
the expectations carry over, the bar remains<br />
high.<br />
And maybe, like me, you get a helpful<br />
heaping of mothering from surrogates.<br />
The best teachers and preachers are motherly,<br />
the best friends and neighbors likewise.<br />
The best spouses certainly and routinely<br />
mother. Though if I ever slip up and<br />
In this season of Mother’s Day,<br />
I miss mine more than I miss<br />
my youth, my health, my hair,<br />
absolutely anything.<br />
call my wife “mother,’’ she will knock me<br />
into next Tuesday.<br />
Mothers, even fll-ins, are the people<br />
I most hate to disappoint. My list is<br />
topped by my wife’s aunt, Audrey Capper.<br />
She is the family’s fnal matriarch. I<br />
know many great people, I know no one<br />
beter than Aud. She is on my side and<br />
I am in her thoughts, no mater what.<br />
That’s motherly.<br />
Karen Hanger, who publishes this<br />
magazine, qualifes. She came to me,<br />
asked if I would join her efort right when<br />
I needed something good to join. She<br />
reached out. She trusts me with a space<br />
that is one of her babies. That’s motherly.<br />
Judy Martin is on my list. She taught<br />
me speech in college more than 40 years<br />
ago. She has kept up ever since. She encourages<br />
me without anything in it for<br />
her. That’s motherly.<br />
“Once a mother, always a mother,”<br />
Martin, a mother of two grown-ups, told<br />
me recently. Martin’s mother died more<br />
than a decade ago, but Martin thinks of<br />
her, in some way, each day.<br />
Accomplished in many senses, Martin<br />
likes being called “Mom.” She likes<br />
hearing from her children. She yearns for<br />
every next opportunity to be one. Martin<br />
and I agree that the best moms inspire<br />
more by how they act than what they<br />
say. Martin enjoys when her children refect<br />
their upbringing. Traditions and values<br />
worth enduring need not be insisted<br />
upon.<br />
Martin’s son loves to write, for instance.<br />
Mom likewise loves his love.<br />
Martin recalls how determined her<br />
mother was that Martin atend college.<br />
Such strength stands out fondly. Martin<br />
believes she built on such lessons, that she<br />
became an even beter mom. And when<br />
the mother isn’t there any longer, “there’s<br />
a hole, for sure.”<br />
As I tend to repeat, my late father<br />
was my hero. An educator, he changed<br />
lives. Our community is beter of to this<br />
day. Mom’s impact was less broad, I suppose,<br />
but arguably more profound.<br />
Mom was contented caring for me,<br />
caring for Dad, caring for our home and<br />
our dog. She too went to college, but her<br />
career was raising me and pointing me in<br />
right directions. She signed me up for typing,<br />
though I threatened to run away from<br />
home. An English major, she reminded<br />
me how nobody dies from writing.<br />
I still am alive, all right. I will never<br />
be a mother, of course, much less pregnant.<br />
But I can be more motherly. Can<br />
you? •<br />
Photo of Jean Moss provided by Dale Moss.<br />
After 25 years, Dale Moss retired<br />
as <strong>Indiana</strong> columnist for<br />
The Courier-Journal. He now<br />
writes weekly for the News<br />
and Tribune. Dale and his<br />
wife Jean live in Jeffersonville<br />
in a house that has been in<br />
his family since the Civil War.<br />
Dale’s e-mail is dale.moss@twc.com
A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill<br />
Twists and Curls<br />
The delightul shrub, Harry Lauder’s Walking Stck, provides sprawling diversity<br />
There lives and twists and curls<br />
just outside our Hoosier Hidden<br />
Hill kitchen window roughly<br />
365 days a year a delightfully<br />
tall shrub called Harry Lauder’s Walking<br />
Stick – a fun, all-encompassing plant with<br />
a European background, American history<br />
and universal appeal.<br />
And, oh yeah, it also provides necessary<br />
shelter for some of the more timid<br />
birds that hover about our bird feeder. Its<br />
twisty limbs make for great indoor appeal<br />
when snipped of and placed in a vase,<br />
and its dangling “catkins” in early spring<br />
are so welcome and appealing when frst<br />
opening.<br />
All gardens need such sprawling diversity,<br />
and so much of it is available in<br />
weeping redbuds, curly willows and the<br />
twisting quince bushes that also welcome<br />
spring.<br />
There’s very little in the<br />
natural plant world that’s<br />
purely linear so why should<br />
your garden be a series of<br />
boxes and straight lines.<br />
Think about that when you plant.<br />
There’s very litle in the natural plant<br />
world that’s purely linear so why should<br />
your garden be a series of boxes and<br />
straight lines. Seek out some weeping<br />
plants; some shrubs that like to dance; perennials<br />
with minds of their own. Let the<br />
mind and the eye fow; mix your visual<br />
metaphors; think about where to place a<br />
bench for both solitude and eye appeal.<br />
The Harry Lauder is so distinctive<br />
in so many ways, and with a history to<br />
match, that it’s worth having around just<br />
for that conversation.<br />
First the nomenclature. Its common<br />
name is the European Filbert, or corylus<br />
avellana, a plant often prized for its nut<br />
production. By contrast, the American flbert,<br />
or corylus Americana, is more of a<br />
wild, understory plant.<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 9
The Harry Lauder – to keep this on<br />
a personal level – has the Latin name contorta,<br />
as in contorted. It was frst discovered<br />
in the mid-1800s growing as a sport<br />
in an English hedgerow, where its nuts<br />
were long consumed as a crunchy delicacy.<br />
Its appeal was instant; those sprawling,<br />
gnarly but somehow graceful branches<br />
arching 10 to 12 feet on a shrub that<br />
could stand alone as a specimen, or be<br />
melded together into a long row with entertaining<br />
implications.<br />
Enter a man named Harry Lauder,<br />
an early 1900s Scotish music hall, vaudeville<br />
singer and comedian who toured the<br />
world and parlayed all that into a sizable<br />
fortune and large land holdings.<br />
Or, as the ever-popular Wikipedia<br />
explained: “He was perhaps best known<br />
for his long standing hit “I Love a Lassie.”<br />
He was described by Sir Winston<br />
Churchill as “Scotland’s greatest ever<br />
ambassador. By 1911 he had become the<br />
highest-paid performer in the world – receiving<br />
as much as $1,000 a night in his<br />
American tours when few earned that<br />
much in a year –and was the frst Scotish<br />
artist to sell a million records. He raised<br />
vast amounts of money for the war efort<br />
during World War I, for which he was<br />
knighted.”<br />
So, you are now asking, what’s all<br />
this got to do with a gnarly bush?<br />
Simple. Sir Harry’s trademark was<br />
his bent, twisted and ever-present walking<br />
stick. So naming a shrub with a similar<br />
bent after him was an absolute natural.<br />
Once on your property, Harry Lauder<br />
is equally appealing. The show begins<br />
in March with those dangling, three-tofve-inch<br />
tan-green catkins that begin with<br />
bright red buds; the word “catkin” itself<br />
derived from the old Dutch word “katteken”<br />
for its resemblance to a kiten’s tail.<br />
The leaves come on dark green, their<br />
appearance slow and somewhat theatrical,<br />
but thick enough that they, almost<br />
unfortunately, hide some of that glorious<br />
twisting shape. We solved that problem<br />
with some delicate pruning that exposes<br />
the limbs all spring, summer and into fall.<br />
But as previously mentioned, that<br />
delicate pruning has its benefts; those<br />
limbs will last for years in a vase, or other<br />
decorating opportunities where dancing<br />
branches are required.<br />
This naming plants for famous people<br />
phenomena, of course, has continued<br />
to modern day; the Cary Grant, Judy Garland<br />
and Queen Elizabeth roses are a few<br />
more commercial examples.<br />
Going further back we have the<br />
“Mister Lincoln Rose” named for one of<br />
the great, albeit temporary Hoosiers of<br />
all time, although Kentucky continues to<br />
latch on to his very early years and Illinois<br />
also claims him as their own.<br />
But Harry Lauder is easy to grow;<br />
all that is required is well-drained soil<br />
in either full sun or light shade. The site<br />
is particular important; place Harry in a<br />
spot where he can be watched, like outside<br />
the kitchen window or along the<br />
drive. In many ways – and our timid birds<br />
will agree with this – his performance is<br />
more interesting in the winter when all<br />
his twisting features are on full display.<br />
Just make him feel welcome.•<br />
About the Author<br />
Bob Hill owns Hidden Hill<br />
Nursery and can be<br />
reached at farmerbob@<br />
hiddenhillnursery.com.<br />
For more information,<br />
including nursery hours<br />
and event information, go<br />
to www.hiddenhillnursery.<br />
com<br />
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Cover Story<br />
One of a Kind<br />
Behind the scenes at Patoka Lake Winery<br />
Story by Jenna Esarey<br />
Photos by Michelle Hockman, except where noted<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 12<br />
Pictured:: Stephen Bartels and Heather Setser, VP of Operations for Patoka Lake Marina & Lodging.<br />
Not pictured: Other partners Martin Dixon, Steve Shirk and Harvey Edwards.
With shiny steel vats on one<br />
side of the workroom and<br />
handcrafted oaken barrels<br />
on the other, Patoka Lake<br />
Winery is painstakingly crafting it’s frstever<br />
batch of nine wines for the facility<br />
that is scheduled to open in May.<br />
Located in Birdseye, the winery is<br />
part of the Patoka Lake Marina & Lodging<br />
empire that leases cabins, houseboats,<br />
foating cabins, fshing and recreational<br />
boats as the concessionaire for the stateowned<br />
Patoka Lake.<br />
“We wanted a winter business,”<br />
said Stephen Bartels, CEO of Patoka<br />
Lake Marina and vintner for the winery.<br />
“We’ve got enough summer business.”<br />
He said he fell into the role of chief<br />
winemaker naturally. “I have a strong<br />
German heritage,” he said.<br />
The winery has an 8,500-gallon capacity,<br />
and Bartels has<br />
just under 6,000 gallons<br />
in production. Orders<br />
for 17,000 empty botles<br />
and 20,000 corks went<br />
out in March.<br />
The fve Patoka<br />
Lake Marina partners<br />
are Bartels, Heather<br />
Setser, Vice President<br />
of Operations, Martin<br />
Dixon, President, Stephen<br />
Shirk, Head of Legal<br />
and Vice President<br />
of Research and Development,<br />
and Harvey Edwards, Vice President<br />
of Sales and Marketing.<br />
The group planned and designed<br />
the winery together and broke ground on<br />
June 8, 2015. The frst batch of grapes and<br />
juices arrived in October 2015.<br />
Some of the oaken barrels hold a<br />
merlot, which will only pass through<br />
briefy, while others hold a vintage that<br />
will sit for over a year. In the vats sit favors<br />
such as peach, apple, cherry, moscato,<br />
and blackberry.<br />
The wines will be sold as the<br />
Classic Label. Wines will be priced from<br />
around $12 each to upwards of $27 or so.<br />
Bartels has been making wine at<br />
home for years, but for this endeavor he<br />
reached out to some of his peers – Wilbur<br />
Best of Best Vineyards in Elizabeth, and<br />
Jim Pfeifer of Turtle Run Winery in Corydon.<br />
“These two guys have been more<br />
than helpful,” he said. “We don’t see them<br />
as competitors.”<br />
The wines are just part of the $1.3<br />
million project which is slated to open in<br />
May. The winery building resembles a<br />
barn, complete with weather vanes and<br />
shiny metal silos.<br />
Even the wine labels have a rustic<br />
feel, resembling well-worn paper labels.<br />
A sepia-toned image of the winery graces<br />
the label for the chardonnay. The back<br />
label contains a sweetness meter, ranking<br />
the wine as dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet, or<br />
sweet. Food pairings and serving tips can<br />
be found there as well.<br />
Inside the winery, the tasting<br />
room will include a freplace and comfy<br />
seating. “Usually when you go to a tasting<br />
there’s nowhere to sit,” Bartels said.<br />
“Eventually there will be an outdoor patio.”<br />
The winery will serve meats and<br />
cheeses, homemade desserts, and chocolates<br />
from Chocolate Bliss in Jasper. “It<br />
won’t be a restaurant,” Bartels said. “It<br />
will be just enough so you can come drink<br />
some wine and have some food.”<br />
“We recognize the industry is getting<br />
away from free tastings,” Setser said.<br />
The Winery plans to charge $5 to $6 for a<br />
tasting, but the fee will<br />
include a wine glass to<br />
keep and wooden nickels<br />
to spend on other<br />
items.<br />
The Barrel Room<br />
will hold up to 36<br />
people and can be rented<br />
out for meetings,<br />
group tastings, birthday<br />
and anniversary<br />
parties, and more.<br />
The silos are<br />
what really set Patoka<br />
Lake Winery apart,<br />
serving as lounge and meeting space on<br />
the ground foor and housing two-story<br />
suites above.<br />
The ground foor silo spaces are,<br />
obviously, round. Finished with vertical<br />
lathes, it gives visitors the feeling of being<br />
inside a wine barrel.<br />
Five suites will allow guests to stay<br />
the night at the winery running from $198<br />
to $268 per night with a two-night minimum.<br />
All suites include a king bed, full<br />
bath, whirlpool tub, freplace, fat screen<br />
TV/DVD and a kitchenete.<br />
The two silo suites are two-story,<br />
circular structures, with the bedroom on<br />
the upper foor. Wooden ceilings with the<br />
fre suppression system metal pipes exposed<br />
add to the suite’s industrial/rustic<br />
feel.<br />
Following the barn theme, sliding<br />
‘horse stall’ doors lead to the bedrooms in<br />
the three winery suites. “I think we’ll be<br />
the frst winery in the state to have lodging<br />
in the actual winery,” said Setser.<br />
Expansion plans are already in place.<br />
In 2017 or so an events center holding up<br />
to 299 will open adjacent to the winery, expanding<br />
the party capacity.<br />
“Everyone keeps telling us we’re<br />
going to get slammed,” Setser said. “We’re<br />
The wines are just<br />
part of the $1.3 million<br />
project which is slated<br />
to open in May.<br />
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worried we won’t have enough!”<br />
Bartels agrees that this frst<br />
season will be an interesting challenge,<br />
saying, “We don’t have any idea what<br />
to expect.” •<br />
For more information:<br />
Patoka Lake Winery<br />
2900 North Dillard Road, Birdseye<br />
Patokalakewinery.com<br />
Facebook.com/patokalakewinery<br />
812-685-2203<br />
Pictured: (above) Stephen Bartels, standing in entry to the Barrel Room<br />
meeting space on the frst foor of one of the silos.<br />
Pictured: (top, right) A sample of one of the nine wines currently<br />
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Business Spotlight<br />
A Home Cooked Meal<br />
Story by Sara Combs<br />
Photos by Michelle Hockman<br />
Pictured: Connie Eckert Campbell and Karen Eckert Smith<br />
From homemade sausage and gravy to grandma’s chicken and dumplings,<br />
Two Sisters Café offers something for everyone<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 16<br />
Story by Jenna Esarey<br />
Photos by Michelle Hockman
Gearing up for its fourth summer<br />
season, Two Sisters Café<br />
in Birdseye ofers home cooked<br />
meals in a cozy environment.<br />
The eponymous Two Sisters are Connie<br />
Eckert Campbell and Karen Eckert Smith.<br />
“We just always talked about having<br />
a restaurant,” said Karen. “Our mom and<br />
her sister talked about opening one and<br />
never did and they regreted it.” “Now<br />
we’re living the dream,” said Connie.<br />
Both sisters live in nearby Eckerty.<br />
“This is where we grew up,” Karen said.<br />
“This is our home.” They live near their<br />
parents, Gordon and Patsy Eckert, married<br />
for 58 years. Their brother, Mat<br />
Eckert, is president and CEO of Holiday<br />
World & Splashin’ Safari.<br />
Two Sisters Café ofers daily lunch<br />
specials and Friday and Saturday dinner<br />
specials. Friday’s special usually alternates<br />
between lasagna and spagheti and<br />
meatballs.<br />
“We’re famous for our hotcakes,”<br />
said Karen. “People take pictures and<br />
post them online. They hang over the<br />
edge of the plate.”<br />
“Nobody can eat two,” Connie<br />
said. “The look on their face when you<br />
bring them to a new person is priceless.”<br />
“One of the things we pride ourselves<br />
on is that we do a lot of home<br />
cooked meals,” said Karen. She makes<br />
fresh fruit pies regularly, while Connie<br />
makes their grandmother’s recipe for<br />
chicken and dumplings on Sundays.<br />
“We pull our own pork barbecue<br />
and have homemade sausage gravy,”<br />
Karen said. Their steaks are sourced from<br />
a local farm, freshly cut and never frozen<br />
and their mashed potatoes are made by<br />
hand. “You’ll even fnd lumps in them.”<br />
In the summertime Connie makes<br />
blackberry dumplings from fresh foraged<br />
berries brought in by a longtime customer.<br />
“I cut up pie crust and dump it in the<br />
boiling blackberries,” she said. “It’s ooeygooey<br />
goodness.”<br />
Not everything is homemade, but<br />
the sisters take care to ensure that everything<br />
they serve is of the highest quality.<br />
In the summertime<br />
Connie makes blackberry<br />
dumplings from fresh<br />
foraged berries brought<br />
in by a longtime<br />
customer.<br />
The cafe – in a small strip center<br />
next to a Laundromat - has housed a few<br />
restaurants over the years. “I think it<br />
was a Mexican restaurant last,” Connie<br />
said. “The longest anyone was here was<br />
two years, so we beat the record,” added<br />
Karen.<br />
It sits right next door to the soon-toopen<br />
Patoka Lake Winery in a building<br />
owned by Patoka Lake Marina & Lodging.<br />
“I worked for them the frst year they<br />
opened the place (in 1998),” said Karen.<br />
“There was nothing here.”<br />
During the season the joint is jumping<br />
all week long, serving breakfast and<br />
lunch every day and dinner on Friday and<br />
Saturday. An experiment of staying open<br />
for breakfast on weekends during the ofseason<br />
last winter was a success and they<br />
plan to do it again.<br />
The restaurant can seat about 100<br />
when the patio is in use, “which is kind of<br />
a scary thing since our kitchen’s so small,”<br />
Karen said.<br />
“We have a lot of great regulars,”<br />
said Connie. The Wildridge RV Resort<br />
across the street from the restaurant, “is<br />
our bread and buter.”<br />
Breakfast hours start fairly late,<br />
at eight o’clock on weekends and nine<br />
through the week. “For the most part,<br />
people are vacationing and they don’t get<br />
up early. Our busy time starts around<br />
ten,” Connie said.<br />
Chating in the dining room recently,<br />
the two constantly talked over each<br />
other, interrupting each other and arguing<br />
good-naturedly as sisters do. To reduce<br />
friction, the two often alternate cooking<br />
duties. “It’s not always a good idea for<br />
us to be back there together,” said Karen.<br />
“It took us a while to get any kind<br />
of system going,” agreed Connie. “But<br />
when it comes down to it, she’s my best<br />
friend.” •<br />
Two Sisters Café<br />
2976 Dillard Road, Birdseye<br />
812-685-3663<br />
Facebook.com/twosisterspatokalake<br />
Hours through October 31:<br />
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
Saturday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 17
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T. C. Stallings comes ‘home’<br />
Kentuckiana gathers to benefit Christian Academy<br />
The 700 people who atended the annual gala to beneft Christian Academy<br />
Schools’ three campuses in Louisville and one in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
heard the powerful testimony and life story of T. C. Stallings, the star of<br />
the popular Christian movie, “War Room.”<br />
A former standout on the U of L football team and coach at Christian<br />
Academy, Stallings had also appeared in “Courageous,” another Christian<br />
movie produced by the noted Kendrick brothers. The guest speaker<br />
traveled from his home in California to help raise more than $225,000 for<br />
the school system. More than 100 auction items lined the lobby outside<br />
the ballroom at the Downtown Marriot in Louisville as bidders shared<br />
their generosity to support one of the country’s largest Christian school<br />
systems.<br />
Top sponsors of the event were Norton Healthcare, Meijer, Tran Orthodontics,<br />
and L&N Federal Credit Union.<br />
Pictured: (top right) T.C. Stallings autographed his book for Christian Academy<br />
of <strong>Indiana</strong> Board Member Angela Nash and her husband, Steve, as T. C.’s wife,<br />
Levete, assisted him.<br />
(middle right) Ashley Selfridge, Brenda Snyder, Judy Stallings, and Ann Kulwicki<br />
perused the vast array of silent auction items at the gala.<br />
(botom right) Christian Academy of <strong>Indiana</strong> Development Director Phyllis<br />
Wilkins, standing, greeted Andrea Smart, Susan Smart, and Mary Hampton<br />
during the dinner hour.<br />
(botom left) Enjoying the reception were Tonya and Brian Webb; State Rep. Ed<br />
Clere and his wife, Amy; and Ronye Mears.<br />
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Pictured: (top) Linda Speed took her place with executive<br />
directors through the foundation’s 25 years:<br />
Dale Orem, Mike Waiz, and John Hartstern.<br />
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The walls of the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville are lined with plaques recognizing men<br />
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Kentuckiana Business Hall of Fame inducted three more corporate giants recently at the awards event sponsored and televised<br />
by WDRB-TV. Crowe Horwath sponsored the gala dinner. Diane Fischer, president and owner of New Albany-based L&D Mail<br />
Masters, Inc., joined Charles Denny, regional president of Kentucky/Tennessee Banking PNC, and Dr. Mark Lynn, president of<br />
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stage were New Albany resident Debra<br />
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May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 19
Our Town<br />
Our Town:<br />
Corydon, <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 20<br />
Story by Nicholas Moore<br />
Photos by Michelle Hockman
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> is home to an immense<br />
amount of history, culture,<br />
and entertainment for residents<br />
and visitors of all ages. Across our<br />
rolling hills lie destinations that refresh<br />
residents and entertain visitors. Corydon<br />
- our state’s frst capital - is no exception,<br />
with quaint charm and enticing adventure.<br />
The Corydon Capitol State Historic<br />
Site on East Walnut Street tells the story of<br />
Corydon and its early role in the state. In<br />
1816, 43 delegates met in Corydon to draft<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>’s frst constitution. Much of this<br />
work was completed under the shade of<br />
a large elm tree, the “Constitutional Elm”.<br />
Visitors can visit the trunk of this<br />
historic tree today. In another nod to the<br />
town’s past, <strong>Indiana</strong>’s only Civil War battlefeld<br />
can be found on the outskirts of<br />
town, and is open from morning to dusk,<br />
featuring a restored 19th century cabin<br />
and many monuments.<br />
The town will host a number of special<br />
events this year as part of the <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Bicentennial celebration beginning on<br />
June 8th when the original Constitution<br />
of the State of <strong>Indiana</strong> returns to Corydon,<br />
where it was penned.<br />
Art at the Old Capitol, a juried fne<br />
arts and crafts festival, will follow on June<br />
18 – 19 in historic downtown Corydon.<br />
The following month you can immerse<br />
yourself into an interactive world of history<br />
during Corydon Capitol days on July<br />
9 - 10, and enjoy horse-drawn carriage<br />
rides, re-enactors, live music, side shows,<br />
high tea with Mary Lincoln, storytelling, a<br />
chuck wagon, and kids’ activities.<br />
There’s much more to historic downtown<br />
Corydon, including a lovely array of<br />
shops and restaurants. You can visit Litle<br />
Texas Consignment and Western Shop<br />
and see an array of western-style antiques<br />
and home décor. Not far away you can<br />
visit Point Blank Brewing Company and<br />
enjoy wood-fred brick oven pizza and<br />
freshly brewed beer. After dining, you<br />
can enjoy dessert at Emery’s Premium Ice<br />
Cream just a short walk away. Emery’s<br />
has a 1950’s style-fare, and does a perfect<br />
job of bringing Corydon’s small town vibe<br />
to life. Enjoy sodas from a vintage soda<br />
fountain or a malt, shake, or sundae of<br />
your own design.<br />
Make sure to also stop by But Drugs,<br />
a pharmacy and old fashioned soda fountain<br />
stop whose wity advertisements by<br />
owners and local fans alike have garnered<br />
national media atention and been featured<br />
on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.<br />
If you’re in the mood for something<br />
that will charge your adrenaline a bit<br />
more and awaken your adventurous side<br />
Corydon has you covered – covered unground<br />
that is. Corydon is home to two<br />
Pictured: (left hand page) <strong>Indiana</strong>’s frst state capitol building – dating to 1815 - still stands on the square in downtown<br />
Corydon. (this page, top left) A World War I monument on the square features a German Howitzer. (this page, top right)<br />
A statue of former <strong>Indiana</strong> Governor and Corydon native Frank O’Bannon encourages visitors to sit and visit. (this page,<br />
bottom) A historical marker for the only Civil War battle fought in <strong>Indiana</strong> also sits on the town square.<br />
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Pictured: KentJava Bar serves up a variety of hot beverages along with fresh pastries baked in-house.<br />
fantastic cave systems that ofer visitors<br />
the tours of a lifetime. Explore the <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
underworld with your family and friends<br />
and take a trip through Squire Boone<br />
and <strong>Indiana</strong> Caverns. Now, imagine for<br />
a moment, moving from the ground of<br />
the cave into the air, fying through its<br />
underground open spaces at top speeds.<br />
Between March and November, Squire<br />
Boone Zipline Adventures can make it<br />
happen.<br />
Perhaps you want to enjoy a bit more<br />
Zen and relaxation. Not to worry. In Corydon<br />
you can do it all. One of Corydon’s<br />
hidden treasures is the Hayswood Nature<br />
Reserve, which truly boasts two parks in<br />
one. The frst is 130 acres of untouched<br />
wilderness, circled by Indian Creek, which<br />
runs through the park’s center. In keeping<br />
with the wishes of the park’s donor, this<br />
area sees no lumbering, electricity, ATV’s,<br />
or the like. It contains many nature trails,<br />
birdhouses, wildlife projects, and other<br />
preserving practices. The other 181 acres<br />
of the park are dedicated to recreation areas,<br />
half of which are wooded and half of<br />
which contain quaint recreational facilities.<br />
Visitors can enjoy a small lake with a<br />
handicap-accessible fshing pier, walking<br />
trails, playgrounds, picnic areas, a basketball<br />
court, and many open felds used for<br />
any number of group recreation activities.<br />
After visiting the reserve, keep your<br />
Zen going as you enjoy one of Corydon’s<br />
fve local wineries, sipping on whatever<br />
smooth tastes suit your style.<br />
Corydon also has many seasonal<br />
atractions for visitors and residents to<br />
enjoy, including multiple farmers markets<br />
and a corn maze and pumpkin patch<br />
that’s open from May to November. The<br />
Harrison County Fair, the longest consecutively<br />
running fair in <strong>Indiana</strong> (157<br />
years), kicks of on July 17 with the annual<br />
Fair Parade which runs through the<br />
downtown square and is followed by the<br />
crowning of the Fair Queen. Light Up Corydon<br />
is also a must downtown, occurring<br />
in late November and kicking of the holiday<br />
season with live music on the bandstand,<br />
Santa Claus, and beautiful décor<br />
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When asked why someone should<br />
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May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 29
Restaurant Feature<br />
Turning Hardship into Blessing<br />
Pictured: (above, this page) Te Schwartz Family Restaurant is located in Eckerty, <strong>Indiana</strong>. (right hand page) Edna and Joseph Schwartz<br />
The story behind one family’s journey to start a family friendly restaurant<br />
serving made from scratch meals and produce grown on the farm<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 30<br />
Story by Sara Combs<br />
Photos by John Sodrel
Mother’s Day is a happy day<br />
at Schwart Family Restaurant,<br />
near Eckerty, <strong>Indiana</strong>.<br />
Joseph and Edna Schwart,<br />
owners, say that is one of their favorite<br />
times. “It is a day we look forward to,”<br />
says Edna. “It is so much fun to see our<br />
dining room flled and people lined up for<br />
our Mother’s Day menu.”<br />
Jean Mitchell, a regular customer,<br />
says she and her family usually celebrate<br />
the day there. “The food is always good<br />
and so is the service.” Mitchell, retired<br />
administrative assistant to the dean at<br />
Vincennes University, Jasper, and Eckerty<br />
resident, says the restaurant is an asset to<br />
the community. “It is a place for people<br />
to gather as well as to have meals.” She<br />
and her husband, Gordon, eat there often.<br />
“We sit down at one of the big tables,” she<br />
says, “and it is soon flled with people we<br />
can enjoy visiting.”<br />
If only Joseph could have foreseen<br />
this as he looked over the fertile felds of<br />
his 101-acre farm a decade ago! He had<br />
learned that <strong>Indiana</strong> State Highway 37<br />
was coming through land he, his wife,<br />
Edna and their 12 children farmed.<br />
“Those were rough times for us,” Joseph<br />
remembers. “It was hard to see all<br />
our land chopped up, cut into so many little<br />
pieces. I knew I couldn’t stop it. Even<br />
the county road had to be changed. We<br />
wouldn’t be able to farm as we had. Our<br />
family had to fgure out something diferent.”<br />
The government called it collateral<br />
damage in determining compensation.<br />
The Schwart family called it a life change.<br />
“So we talked,” says Joseph.<br />
They considered several options.<br />
“Besides a restaurant, we thought about<br />
marketing our crafts, or selling fshing<br />
equipment to people going to (nearby)<br />
Patoka Lake. But we kept coming back to<br />
the restaurant idea,” Joseph says. “I told<br />
the kids, ‘if we do this, you will have to<br />
commit yourselves, be ready to make sacrifces.<br />
Your mother and I can’t do this by<br />
ourselves.’ ”<br />
They agreed, and by unanimous<br />
vote, the Schwart Family Restaurant took<br />
its frst step in becoming a reality.<br />
“The kids (whose ages range from<br />
16 to 30) have done a good job sticking to<br />
their word,” says Edna, who confesses<br />
that at frst she didn’t think the restaurant<br />
would work. “I was wrong,” she admits.<br />
The establishment observed its seventh<br />
anniversary in April.<br />
They serve an average of 1,000 meals<br />
a week and the restaurant was listed in<br />
the Top Ten Restaurants in <strong>Indiana</strong> by<br />
TripAdvisor, she says. “We are the only<br />
restaurant in the southern part of the state<br />
that was listed.”<br />
This wasn’t the frst big change for<br />
the family. Formerly Amish, they gave up<br />
the Plain life in 1990. “We just wanted to<br />
be more independent,” says Joseph. “We<br />
didn’t want to have to hire neighbors to<br />
drive us where we needed to go, or to rent<br />
modern equipment when we needed it.”<br />
Knowledge from the Plain lifestyle<br />
has served the Schwart family well, says<br />
Joseph. The restaurant features food<br />
cooked with Amish recipes and Joseph<br />
says skills learned while Amish, combined<br />
with modern tools and technology,<br />
allowed the facility to be built by family.<br />
“That helped us to cut costs drastically.<br />
If we had to pay for all the labor, we<br />
couldn’t have made it,” he says “Bankers<br />
“Opening the restaurant<br />
was a big decision for the<br />
family, but I have never<br />
regretted it.”<br />
liked this and it helped secure fnancing.<br />
Nephews and cousins pitched in to help<br />
me and my sons. We did everything but<br />
install the exhaust system.”<br />
The restaurant has about 20 employees,<br />
including seven family members.<br />
Joseph oversees the operation and<br />
often pitches in on busy Sundays. Edna<br />
does the bookwork and bakes bread and<br />
pies. “I don’t cook,” she says. That is<br />
done by daughters, Alma Riley and Meriam<br />
Kleaving. Daughters, Edna and Lena<br />
are waitresses; another daughter, Emma,<br />
covers the breakfast shift and makes icecream,<br />
a popular specialty.<br />
Although the Schwart sons don’t<br />
work in the restaurant, they are always<br />
ready to help when needed, says their<br />
mother. “They are all in construction and<br />
building trades and have added awnings,<br />
copulas, a stage and playhouse. One son<br />
is a cabinet maker and is always available<br />
to make repairs.”<br />
Growing pains<br />
The restaurant wasn’t an immediate<br />
success, Joseph says.<br />
“About the time we started the business,<br />
the economy fell of. The frst two<br />
years we couldn’t see the light at the end<br />
of the tunnel. That is where some of the<br />
sacrifcing I warned about came in; the<br />
family worked without pay until they<br />
could be paid. It was the fourth year that<br />
things picked up and we got our heads<br />
above water and knew we were going to<br />
make it.”<br />
Success factors<br />
Good food, special events, community<br />
support and location have all contributed<br />
to the restaurant’s success.<br />
Everything is cooked and baked<br />
from scratch. Seasonal fruits and vegetables<br />
are grown on the Schwart Family<br />
Farm. “We grow cabbage, tomatoes,<br />
letuce, peppers, corn – almost everything<br />
except potatoes,” says Joseph. “The kinds<br />
of potatoes that grow here don’t keep<br />
well, and besides, I would have to put<br />
the whole place in potatoes and we still<br />
wouldn’t have enough.” (They use about<br />
450 pounds a week.)<br />
“We have our own strawberries,<br />
blackberries and raspberries and I have<br />
a few apple and peach trees,” he adds.<br />
They also grow pumpkins for the annual<br />
September festival. “The festival is popular<br />
with families,” says Joseph. “They can<br />
have a great time and not spend too much<br />
money.”<br />
Edna adds that the festival has really<br />
put the restaurant on the map. They have<br />
had four three-day fall festivals and all<br />
have been very successful, she says.<br />
“We have the best entertainment,”<br />
Joseph adds. “You can’t fnd beter in<br />
Nashville. This year we had a magician/<br />
comedian who entertained for a full hour.<br />
Everybody just loved it.”<br />
Fall feld trips for area schools with<br />
lunch and a trip to the pumpkin patch to<br />
choose a jack-o-lantern are also popular.<br />
They also have successfully sponsored car<br />
shows for the last three years and a weekly<br />
music night is a major atraction.<br />
Joseph says he appreciates the restaurant’s<br />
bringing the community togeth-<br />
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er. This is evident on Thursday evenings<br />
when people from throughout the area fll<br />
the huge dining room to visit with neighbors,<br />
as well as listen to music and have<br />
dinner.<br />
“All musicians are invited,” Edna<br />
says. “A variety of groups and individuals<br />
show up. They take turns playing.”<br />
Bob McIntosh, a retired LG&E worker,<br />
who plays bass, is a weekly participant.<br />
He says he enjoys the camaraderie with<br />
other musicians and restaurant customers.<br />
“Everything is casual and everyone<br />
just has a good time. We play gospel,<br />
country, old waltes, Blue Grass and just<br />
have fun.” McIntosh, who has played in<br />
several area bands, also has taken part in a<br />
couple of the fall festivals.<br />
Joseph says many of the musicians<br />
are retirees. “They play a lot of old country<br />
music. You know, from when music<br />
had meaning…the kind that makes chills<br />
go up and down your back.”<br />
“We have received a lot of community<br />
support,” he says. “It is amazing<br />
how people root for us. A lot of them<br />
were skeptical at frst, but they didn’t tell<br />
us until they could see that we were making<br />
it. Even customers from away tell us<br />
how glad they are to see so many people<br />
coming.”<br />
Location<br />
The highway that divided the farmland<br />
has proven an asset.<br />
“We have been able to take advantage<br />
of being on a major artery from <strong>Indiana</strong>polis<br />
to <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>,” says<br />
Joseph. ‘This brings customers. We even<br />
had former Gov. Mitch Daniels stop en<br />
route to Tell City. Also, we get people going<br />
and coming to Patoka Lake, the casino<br />
at French Lick and Holiday World.”<br />
Opening the restaurant was a big decision<br />
for the family, says Joseph. “But I<br />
have never regreted it.”<br />
And about that Mother’s Day menu:<br />
Besides a generous bufet and salad bar,<br />
there is a variety of homemade desserts -<br />
mothers get one of their choice free. “And<br />
there is always fresh strawberry pie,”<br />
Edna adds, “even if we have to go to Kentucky<br />
for the berries. That is a litle early<br />
for ours, but everyone is ready for fresh<br />
berries.” •<br />
Below: Cabbage is one of the many fruits and vegetables<br />
grown on the farm.<br />
Right hand page (clockwise): Customers have a variety<br />
of home-cooked food to choose from in the bufet line;<br />
the welcoming chalkboard sign adds to the down home<br />
atmosphere; Edna, Lena, Edna, and Emma Schwartz; a few<br />
of the many made from scratch pies ofered daily.<br />
#EatLocal: Schwartz Family Restaurant<br />
ADDRESS<br />
Schwartz Family Restaurant<br />
6738 W. Governors Trace<br />
Eckerty, <strong>Indiana</strong> 47119<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 32<br />
HOURS<br />
Monday:<br />
Closed<br />
Tuesday & Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.<br />
Thursday:<br />
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
Friday & Saturday: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
Sunday:<br />
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
CONTACT<br />
812-338-9000<br />
<br />
www.schwartzrestaurant.com
Everything is cooked and baked<br />
from scratch. Seasonal fruits<br />
and vegetables are grown on the<br />
Schwartz Family Farm.<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 33
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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> in Pictures<br />
Healing Hearts Banquet<br />
Survivors of Abuse Restored<br />
February 19, <strong>2016</strong><br />
Photos provided by S.O.A.R.<br />
S.O.A.R. Ministries provides Christ-centered<br />
recovery for women who have been sexually<br />
abused. This annual banquet features dinner,<br />
live and silent auctions, rafe, music, and more.<br />
Local artists in various mediums create works<br />
of art to be auctioned of at the end of the night.<br />
Pictured: (top row) Nella Schotter and Cathy Summers; Betsy Pollack,<br />
one of the local artists at the event. (second row) one of the<br />
pieces of art available at the auction. (third row, left to right) Olivia<br />
Wise, a senior at Christian Academy, was a featured artist at the<br />
event; a plaque created by a local wood burning artist; co-founder<br />
of S.O.A.R. Ministries, Leslie Tomas with Debra Mason.<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 35
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Special Section: Home Improvement<br />
Pictured: Limeberry Lumber & Home Store shows of a Pinterest<br />
inspired project on a store end-cap. Te store is reaching out<br />
to more customers by utilizing social media such as Pinterest<br />
and Facebook.<br />
Building a New Reputation<br />
Corydon lumber store works to bring in more business with additional offerings<br />
Story and photos (except where noted) by Tara Schmelz<br />
Corydon resident Ginny Davis<br />
watched and chated as Limeberry<br />
Lumber & Home Center Store<br />
Manager Donna Whelan cut out<br />
flters to the exact size needed for Davis’<br />
two space heaters.<br />
“Where else would I have gone for<br />
this?” Davis rhetorically asked, following<br />
her purchase. “I think [Limeberry] is wonderful.<br />
We couldn’t do without it.”<br />
Limeberry Lumber, as it was, is now<br />
Limeberry Lumber & Home Center. In<br />
the past year, the facility has undergone<br />
an exterior facelift, including a new façade,<br />
and added more displays throughout<br />
the store, such as kitchen remodels,<br />
front doors, fooring samples and even an<br />
end-cap with a Pinterest inspired project,<br />
which is always changing to keep up with<br />
the latest trends.<br />
This 3rd generation family-owned<br />
store has grown a lot since its roots, which<br />
date back to 1959, when they were in a<br />
small warehouse. The store now flls an<br />
approximately 10,000 square-foot building,<br />
at 1991 Highway 337 in Corydon.<br />
“People think we are strictly a lumber<br />
store and we’re not. We have the home<br />
store with it too,” said Katlyn Whelan,<br />
marketing director for Limeberry.<br />
GRAND RE-OPENING IN MAY<br />
The store is hosting a grand reopening<br />
weekend in May to reintroduce<br />
the store to local residents and show of<br />
the new oferings. The events will kick of<br />
with a Ladies Night on Thursday, May 12,<br />
that will include wine tasting, appetizers<br />
and a DIY tutorial Pinterest project, which<br />
they will be able to complete and take<br />
home.<br />
The following Friday is Contractors’<br />
Day, with lots of vendors on hand<br />
to answer questions, give-a-ways and $2<br />
lunches. Saturday, May 14, will be Family<br />
Day. The frst 50 children will get a birdhouse<br />
to paint while at the store and take<br />
home to display. Local barbecue will also<br />
be available for purchase. Radio station<br />
97.5 FM will host a live remote from the<br />
store from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be<br />
giving away Kenny Chesney concert tickets.<br />
There will also be a Traeger Grill giveaway.<br />
The grill uses wood pellets versus<br />
the traditional charcoal or gas.<br />
Katlyn said she hopes the open<br />
house will open up everyone’s eyes.<br />
“There’s a stereotype about Limeberry<br />
that we’re a lumber store. We have a<br />
lot of things here for the Pinterest followers<br />
and DIY-ers. You can make your home<br />
a dream home,” Katlyn said.<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 37
Special Section: Home Improvement<br />
Tony Mansfeld, purchasing and<br />
sales manager, has been with Limeberry<br />
for 25 years, so he has seen the progression<br />
from the small warehouse to where<br />
Limeberry is now.<br />
“It’s changed a lot … Now, it’s a lot<br />
more inviting,” he said, referring to the<br />
remodel and various displays throughout<br />
the building. “I think it’s increased<br />
our walk-in business, being able to display<br />
fooring and cabinets. [Before,] if<br />
they didn’t see it, they assumed you<br />
couldn’t get it.”<br />
SHOPPING LOCAL<br />
Pictured: (right) Joe Smith, of Depauw,<br />
discusses his hardwood fooring options with<br />
Limeberry Lumber & Home Store employee<br />
Tony Mansfeld. Mansfeld has worked at the<br />
store for 25 years. He said the new displays<br />
throughout the store showing fooring and<br />
cabinet options have increased walk-in sales.<br />
Pictured: (above) Flooring samples on display at Limeberry // Photo provided by ProMedia Group<br />
Those displays helped DePauw<br />
resident Joe Smith pick out new hardwood<br />
fooring and talk about the details<br />
of how to install it with Mansfeld during<br />
his recent visit to the store. “It’s great.<br />
We don’t have to go all the way to the<br />
city,” said Smith, who came with his wife<br />
and two children, ages 6 and 2.<br />
Morgan Tincher came with her<br />
family to fnd parts needed to install a<br />
new dishwasher. “There’s a lot of stuf<br />
and a lot of variety and it’s a lot closer,”<br />
the Palmyra resident said. “I feel like it’s<br />
smaller [than other stores], so stuf is easier<br />
to fnd and you’re not walking up and<br />
down every aisle.”<br />
Mansfeld said he has noticed a<br />
trend of people wanting to shop local<br />
for more items. “The economy, it’s coming<br />
around now. People have evolved in<br />
what they like to see in town,” he said,<br />
adding that people want to do more<br />
shopping locally and avoid having to<br />
drive to other areas. “They see stuf on<br />
Pinterest and they want to come in and<br />
see it and talk about it. I think people like<br />
to shop locally. We just had to ofer them<br />
more [selection].”<br />
Donna said other perks of shopping<br />
locally is developing relationships<br />
between customers and employees. “We<br />
know a lot of customers by name. We all<br />
live here and we’re giving back to the<br />
community by living here,” she said, referring<br />
to also keeping profts in the com-<br />
Three<br />
Days of<br />
Celebration<br />
WHAT: Grand re-opening of Limeberry Lumber & Home Center<br />
WHEN: May 12-14<br />
WHERE: 1991 Highway 337 NW, Corydon, IN 47112<br />
DETAILS: Activities vary daily, but include give-aways, crafts, cheap meals,<br />
a live DJ and more. For more information call 812-738-2249.<br />
Limeberry Lumber & Home Center<br />
Hours: Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.- 6 p.m., Saturday: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., closed Sunday<br />
Need inspiration? Follow Limeberry at www.pinterest.com/limeberrylumber/<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 38
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 39
Our Philosophy: Build it right. Build it to last. Keep it affordable.<br />
Home Show <strong>2016</strong><br />
Photo courtesy of Michelle Hockman Photography<br />
Schmidt Cabinet Company is located in New Salisbury, IN. Family owned and operated since 1959.<br />
Visit our showroom Monday thru Friday 8 a.m.—4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, or evenings by appointment or visit our website at www.<br />
schmidtcabinet.com and see our unmatched selection of cabinets and countertops for every room of your home and ofce. Schmidt offers<br />
a variety of styles from Traditional to Contemporary, in a wide array of woods and colors.<br />
1355 Hwy 64 NE<br />
New Salisbury, IN 47161<br />
812-347-2434<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 40
Special Section: Home Improvement<br />
munity.<br />
Mansfeld said he has been on vacation<br />
in other states and even gets recognized.<br />
“I grew up in this town. This is my<br />
hometown,” Mansfeld said. “Everywhere<br />
I go, everybody recognizes me as Limeberry<br />
Lumber.”<br />
GETTING SOCIAL<br />
Limeberry is also geting social, with<br />
its own Facebook page, Pinterest board,<br />
and Instagram and Twiter accounts. Katlyn<br />
said it is a way to connect with customers<br />
as well as share home improvement<br />
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The Heart of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Pure Initiatives<br />
Educating students on making healthy decisions and relationship choices<br />
Story by Krishana Kraft<br />
Pictures by Michelle Hockman<br />
Pictured: (above, right) Volunteer instructors Sandy Sorrells and Evelyn Houser; (above, left) Students participating in demonstrations and object lessons.<br />
Evelyn Houser, a grandmother of<br />
six, steps in front of a classroom<br />
of seventh-grade students at<br />
Charlestown Middle School for<br />
the ffth and fnal day discussing healthy<br />
choices and the topic of sexual risk avoidance.<br />
Geting students to think about making<br />
healthy choices begins with dreaming<br />
about the future. “The true reason I care<br />
about your goals is because I care about<br />
you,” she tells them.<br />
Houser is one of 19 instructors<br />
across six counties in southern <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
and northern Kentucky for Pure Initiative,<br />
an organization educating middle and<br />
high school students on making healthy<br />
choices, especially in their relationships,<br />
using a variety of creative methods including<br />
games, videos, object lessons and<br />
class interaction.<br />
As an object lesson on how failing to<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 44<br />
plan ahead can result in hopes and dreams<br />
being lost, Houser asked students to carry<br />
a cup flled with rubber balls through a<br />
gauntlet of classmates with arms and legs<br />
out to trip them up, representing the pressures<br />
in life.<br />
Students with tape over the top of<br />
their cups, representing good planning,<br />
were able to hold onto all their rubber<br />
balls, while those without, lost many or<br />
all of theirs.<br />
“We’re trying to tell them there are<br />
pressures out there. Unhealthy choices<br />
could cause them to lose their focus; peer<br />
pressure, drugs, alcohol, and even feeling<br />
unloved or not valued which could<br />
lead to unhealthy sexual choices,” Houser<br />
says. “I know they care about their hopes<br />
and dreams as much as I did.”<br />
Raised in an abusive home with divorced<br />
parents, Houser dreamed of going<br />
to college, but at age 17 life took a turn.<br />
She started dating a 21-year-old charmer<br />
who would later show an explosive temper.<br />
“I tried to break up with him right after<br />
my high school graduation, but he told<br />
me he would kill himself,” she said. She<br />
felt trapped.<br />
That summer she became pregnant.<br />
“All of my friends were going to college<br />
the same day I got married,” she said. She<br />
shares her story with her students - how<br />
her marriage ended in divorce when she<br />
was 24, but she has been happily remarried<br />
for 37 years.<br />
A diferent message<br />
Pure Initiative follows a fve-day<br />
curriculum on sexual risk avoidance for<br />
middle and high school students. It covers<br />
topics such as puberty, self-worth,<br />
boundaries, goal-seting, STD information/consequences,<br />
sexting, media safety,
pornography, love versus infatuation,<br />
self-control, and how to plan for the future.<br />
“The lie that is taught in our culture<br />
is that we could use risk reduction<br />
to avoid a risk,” said Shari McCutcheon,<br />
director of Pure Initiative. “That doesn’t<br />
make sense. Just because you’re reducing<br />
the risk (such as unplanned pregnancy,<br />
sexually transmited infections and diseases)<br />
doesn’t mean you’re avoiding it.<br />
We share the only 100 percent way to<br />
eliminate these risks is to avoid them<br />
completely.”<br />
Pure Initiative “is an opportunity to<br />
tell these kids things they don’t hear anywhere<br />
else,” says Houser. “We usually<br />
tell them that this will be counter-cultural<br />
to what you hear in your music and what<br />
you see on television or in movies.”<br />
Parents may be surprised to learn<br />
there is a greater need to go deeper into<br />
sexual risk avoidance topics with middle<br />
schoolers. Sexting - sending sexually<br />
explicit photographs via cell phone - is<br />
a rampant middle school problem. In a<br />
seventh grade classroom “I shared how it<br />
is illegal to create, possess and distribute<br />
sexts. They were stunned. You could see<br />
them thinking through the panic,” said<br />
Sandy Sorrells, Pure Initiative development<br />
director. “I was concerned this may<br />
have already happened.”<br />
It’s Pure history<br />
McCutcheon frst recognized the<br />
need to educate teens on sexual risk<br />
avoidance when she worked for Choices<br />
for Women, a non-proft resource center<br />
in New Albany. “As I met with clients,<br />
I would talk to them about their sexual<br />
decisions and would ask if they had ever<br />
thought of saving sex until marriage,”<br />
she says. “They would say, ‘No one has<br />
ever told me that before,’ or ‘I didn’t<br />
know that was even an option.’ “<br />
Eight years later she became the<br />
sexual health director for Life Choices<br />
pregnancy resource center in Madison,<br />
to continue the prevention work being<br />
taught in the public schools. This work<br />
grew into surrounding counties and<br />
Pure Initiative became its own entity and<br />
501(c)3 organization.<br />
Recognizing that our culture is<br />
over-sexualized and young people don’t<br />
know how to handle it “is what gets me<br />
going,” McCutcheon says. “I don’t want<br />
to be responsible for our next generation<br />
not knowing, when I had the opportunity<br />
to do something and be one of many<br />
going out to speak truth.”<br />
Houser, who joined McCutcheon’s<br />
team to speak truth, fnishes her class<br />
presentation by answering anonymous<br />
questions such as ‘How does herpes affect<br />
you?’ and ‘Why do people sext?’ She<br />
responds to each question with truth and<br />
gentleness, not knowing the exact need<br />
and story behind the question.<br />
“One of the most important keys<br />
I share with students is that they are so<br />
valuable. I tell them to stand up straight<br />
and put your shoulders back and know<br />
you are valuable. You can do anything;<br />
you just have to put your mind to it, have<br />
a plan and don’t lose your focus.” •<br />
For more information about Pure Initiative<br />
and how to get involved visit connect2pure.<br />
com<br />
Pictured: (below) On the last day, these seventh grade<br />
students review the fve-day curriculum and put it all<br />
together for their plan of action including drawing boundaries<br />
for themselves, media safety and how decisions<br />
made today can efect their futures.<br />
5 Tips for<br />
Addressing<br />
Sexual Topics<br />
with your Child<br />
Both Shari McCutcheon (Director)<br />
and Sandy Sorrells<br />
(Development Director) share<br />
what they’ve learned through<br />
their experience with Pure Initiative<br />
presentations and how it has impacted<br />
conversations at home:<br />
Recognize that even your home<br />
1. might not be safe. “We used to think<br />
a child was safe in their home, but now<br />
if you have the internet and especially if<br />
your child has a phone, they are being<br />
hunted,” McCutcheon says.<br />
Start and continue the conversation.<br />
“This isn’t a one-time talk to<br />
2.<br />
check of your list,” McCutcheon says.<br />
“Once you’ve opened the door for dialogue,<br />
then they will know who to talk<br />
to when they are hit with something.”<br />
Don’t delay these conversations. “If<br />
3. you open the door for these conversations<br />
before they are in puberty then<br />
you will build trust,” Sorrells says.<br />
Empower them with truth. “At frst,<br />
4. I wanted to protect my son and<br />
keep him from knowing things.” Sorrells<br />
says. “However this is impossible<br />
in the world we live in. [Kids and teens]<br />
may get a sext or a pornographic popup.<br />
We need to empower them to know<br />
what to do next and why; to know they<br />
should get help and to talk with a trusted<br />
adult.”<br />
Give them just enough and be<br />
5. confdent in what you share. “Instead<br />
of a fre-hose approach, share just<br />
enough for where they are in life. The<br />
more comfortable you are with the information,<br />
the less embarrassed your<br />
child will be,” Sorrells says. •<br />
Sign up for the Pure Initiative e-newsleter<br />
which includes tips on starting and continuing<br />
these conversations with your children:<br />
www.connect2pure.com<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 45
The People of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Pictured: Embracing the value of all children comes easily to Dr. Stuart Eldridge, who became friends with McKenzie Smith, age 4, (center) and Gracelyn Smith, age 2, as the girls’ father,<br />
Garrett Smith, held Gavyn, age 1. Te Smiths met Eldridge at a book signing in New Albany.<br />
Passionate Parenting<br />
Book by local pediatrician, Dr. Stuart Eldridge, offers insights into healthy foundations for families<br />
Story and Photo by Anne Kaye<br />
A<br />
doctor’s examining room can<br />
be an untapped haven for enriching<br />
children’s lives well<br />
beyond addressing their physical<br />
needs. It’s the opportunity for trained<br />
healthcare professionals to observe behaviors<br />
that, when addressed, contribute<br />
to a healthier lifestyle for the entire family,<br />
according to Dr. Stuart Eldridge, a 20-year<br />
pediatrician based in Floyd County.<br />
That vantage point has given birth<br />
to his book, Passionate Parenting, which is<br />
much more than just a title. It refects his<br />
fervent desire to take his message about<br />
valuable ways to alter behaviors to healthcare<br />
professionals and counselors - those<br />
on the front lines of infuence for young<br />
people and their families.<br />
The bonus is that its tenets are valuable<br />
for parents and grandparents as well.<br />
The book’s easy-to-read guides for<br />
efective parenting of infants, toddlers,<br />
and adolescents - winning the batles of<br />
sleep and mealtime dilemmas, not overprotecting<br />
the child, untangling frenetic<br />
schedules, sibling rivalry, and “we-ism”<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 46<br />
instead of “me-ism” - had been building<br />
in his heart for years, he said.<br />
“The training of healthcare professionals<br />
has an Achilles’ heel and needs a<br />
treatment plan,” he explained. “I knew<br />
that if I could instruct others to identify<br />
and discuss with parents how to alter<br />
some behavioral issues, not just physical<br />
ailments, the entire family would be<br />
stronger.”<br />
Eldridge, whose goal is to take the<br />
book’s message nationally, feels it addresses<br />
a niche not yet flled. It has been<br />
well-received by pediatric residents and<br />
physicians with whom he has met at area<br />
hospitals, as well as with parents.<br />
“We basically have 18 years to do<br />
something right with our three children,”<br />
said Garret Smith of Sellersburg, “and Dr.<br />
Eldridge’s book prompted us to refect on<br />
specifc pitfalls we want to avoid.” He and<br />
wife Melissa heartily agree with Eldridge<br />
that maintaining discipline, leading by<br />
example, and spending quality time with<br />
each other and their children are high priorities<br />
with long-lasting infuences.<br />
Passionate Parenting resounded also<br />
with New Albany-based dermatologist<br />
Dr. Duane Banet and his wife Allison.<br />
Their family experienced a complete turnaround<br />
when they moved away from<br />
child-centered parenting to one in which<br />
they “invited the kids into the family relationship,<br />
making the husband-wife<br />
relationship the priority,” Allison Banet<br />
said. “It made for a much healthier family<br />
foundation.”<br />
Noted author, speaker, and radio<br />
hostess Joyce Oglesby, who has interviewed<br />
Eldridge and promoted his book<br />
signings on her program, praised him for<br />
his insight and his mission.<br />
“You have the right words, you are<br />
inspiring, and I am sold out on this masterpiece!”<br />
she wrote.•<br />
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May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 48
Flashback Photo<br />
Pearl Street<br />
New Albany, <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
1930s<br />
Photo courtesy of Stuart B. Wrege <strong>Indiana</strong> History Room, New Albany-Floyd County Public Library.<br />
This photograph shows the east side of Pearl Street between Spring & Market. The businesses<br />
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May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 49
Everyday Adventures<br />
Out<br />
on a<br />
Limb<br />
Iwas on my way to bed when I noticed<br />
something didn’t look right. I<br />
couldn’t see our patio through the<br />
glass door. Even in the dark, I can<br />
typically make out the pale, concrete slab,<br />
but tonight, nothing.<br />
I fipped on the porch light and discovered<br />
a jungle, a tangle of branches and<br />
leaves crowding against the glass. The<br />
tree that had stood watch over our house<br />
for the last two decades had fallen. It flled<br />
nearly every square inch of our lawn.<br />
Thankfully the tree had missed my<br />
neighbor’s house on one side and our shed<br />
on the other, but it took a good couple of<br />
days and several friends with chainsaws<br />
before we could see grass again.<br />
The crazy thing was we hadn’t heard<br />
a sound. Crazier still, the tree had shown<br />
no sign of weakness. In fact, we’d just<br />
had friends over for a cookout a few hours<br />
before. We ate at the patio table that was<br />
now buried under branches. Our kids<br />
played around the tree with no idea it was<br />
about to come down.<br />
All it took was a cold front blowing<br />
through town with a few strong winds,<br />
and now I had a mess on my hands. That’s<br />
the way it goes with Bradford Pears.<br />
Bradford Pears are probably the<br />
most infamous tree in America. They<br />
have a tendency to grow up tall and prety<br />
and then fall down when an ant sneezes.<br />
They appear strong but just aren’t built to<br />
May/June <strong>2016</strong> • 50<br />
handle the stress.<br />
I heard that when Bradford Pears<br />
were frst introduced everyone thought<br />
they were miracle trees, but over time,<br />
people discovered that the miracle was<br />
a sham. The trees aren’t structured for<br />
strength.<br />
All it took was a cold front<br />
blowing through town with a<br />
few strong winds, and now I<br />
had a mess on my hands.<br />
You ever know anyone like that? On<br />
the outside it looks like they have it all together,<br />
but then suddenly their life blows<br />
apart. Their marriage collapses. They<br />
throw their job away. They spiral into addiction<br />
or just do something totally out of<br />
character.<br />
Or maybe you feel like that’s where<br />
you are right now. Your life looks great to<br />
everyone else, but inside you know how<br />
fragile you are. You feel like you’re one<br />
step away from disaster.<br />
If that’s you, I have good news. You<br />
don’t have to be a Bradford Pear. You<br />
don’t have to pretend like you’re big and<br />
Photo by Cat_arch_angel / Shutterstock.com<br />
strong when you’re really not. There’s a<br />
God who loves you, who knows you inside<br />
and out, and He handles the fragile<br />
with care. The Bible says, “He will not<br />
crush the weakest reed or put out a fickering<br />
candle” (Mathew 12:20 NLT).<br />
And if your life has already fallen<br />
apart, I have more good news. God makes<br />
beautiful things out of fallen trees. He replants.<br />
He restores. He renews. That’s<br />
the way it happened it for me. It was only<br />
after I’d made a mess of my life, only after<br />
I’d gone down like a house of cards, that I<br />
was fnally ready to let God help me.<br />
But you don’t have to wait for a<br />
storm. You can reach out today and invite<br />
God to help you grow in a new direction,<br />
with an inner strength that will stand the<br />
test of time. •<br />
Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and<br />
dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends<br />
his way every day. You can catch up with Jason<br />
on his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com or on<br />
Twiter at www.twiter.com/jasondbyerly.
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• Wine Tasting at one of 13 Local Wineries<br />
or Hike/Bike/Swim at Patoka Lake<br />
for More Info: 812.365.2705<br />
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SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A3
• Summer Fun Feature •<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> Caving<br />
SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A4<br />
Looking for a way to liven up your<br />
summer? Why not try spelunking?<br />
It’s an opportunity to beat the<br />
heat at a comfortable, year-round<br />
50 degrees, to celebrate nature, soak up<br />
some historical and geological information,<br />
and experience a bit of adventure.<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> is the perfect place<br />
to explore the underground with its four<br />
show caves: Marengo Cave in Crawford<br />
County; Squire Boone Caverns and <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Caverns in Harrison County and<br />
Bluespring Caverns in Lawrence County.<br />
Steve Calhoun, Marengo Cave’s<br />
general manager, points out that the <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Cave Trail which ofers special discounts<br />
for those visiting all four caves is<br />
an ideal way to experience <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
caving. Participants are advised to<br />
make it a two-day adventure and include<br />
other area experiences. For details visit<br />
indianacavetrail.com.<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> is the<br />
perfect place to explore the<br />
underground.<br />
Marcin and Kassy Lauer, of Evansville,<br />
with their children, Feliks, 4, and<br />
Kora, 3, toured Marengo Cave over<br />
Spring Break - a frst for the family. “It is<br />
perfect for a litle get-away,” said Kassy,<br />
Story by Sara Combs<br />
Photo Provided by Marengo Cave<br />
as the family browsed the gift shop. “I<br />
have two businesses – a restaurant and<br />
a retail store – and couldn’t be away too<br />
long. We looked at several options and<br />
this seemed just right, a great place for a<br />
mini-vacation. We are excited and having<br />
a great time. There are activities we can<br />
all enjoy.”<br />
Calhoun said that is what the familyfriendly<br />
facility is about. “We feature easy<br />
walking tours and adventurous crawling<br />
tours to serve guests of all ages and levels<br />
of experience,” he said. The cave has<br />
operated since 1883 and always been privately<br />
owned. “We like to think we are<br />
an anchor to the community and have a<br />
positive economic impact.”<br />
Jason Pendleton of Corydon, his
wife, Jenny, and children Eleanor, 7, and<br />
Emmet, 4, also made caving a Spring<br />
Break activity. Jason had visited Squire<br />
Boone Caverns and Marengo Cave previously.<br />
“The kids hadn’t been in a cave<br />
before. I wanted them to experience that,”<br />
he said.<br />
Marengo Cave<br />
400 East State Road 64, Marengo<br />
marengocave.com<br />
888-702-2837 or 812-365-2705<br />
More than 130 years ago, two children<br />
armed with tiny candles, lowered<br />
themselves down into a small hole and<br />
entered a large room flled with sparkling<br />
formations, the frst documented to have<br />
entered the cave. Since then it has had<br />
more than three million visitors and it has<br />
been designated a National Natural Landmark<br />
by the National Parks System.<br />
Marengo Cave ofers two walking<br />
tours. The one-mile Dripstone Trail and<br />
one-third mile Crystal Palace Trail are<br />
guided, well-lit, feature spectacular formations<br />
and are ofered year round. For<br />
the more adventurous, there is a two-hour<br />
cave exploring trip into undeveloped areas<br />
and The Crawl – a maze-like cave simulator<br />
allowing guests to wind and twist<br />
through a series of challenging wooden<br />
boxes. There is also a gift shop, gemstone<br />
mining, picnic area, hiking and camping.<br />
Squire Boone Caverns<br />
100 Squire Boone Road, Mauckport<br />
squireboonecaverns.com<br />
888-934-1804 or 812-732-4381<br />
The historic caverns were discovered<br />
in 1790 by Squire Boone and his famous<br />
frontiersman brother, Daniel. According<br />
to legend Squire found refuge in<br />
the cave while being chased by Indians<br />
and considered it holy thereafter.<br />
The caverns are flled with streams,<br />
rushing waterfalls, and fascinating formations,<br />
some estimated to be a million<br />
years old. Visitors to Squire Boone Caverns<br />
and Village can explore wonders 90<br />
miles below the earth’s surface, then soar<br />
50 feet above with its zip-line course, with<br />
a certifed safe course for children. Also<br />
featured are a rock shop, mining for gemstones,<br />
candles and lye soap made the<br />
old-time way and homemade goodies at<br />
Boone’s Kitchen.<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> Caverns<br />
1267 Green Acres Dr SW, Corydon<br />
indianacaverns.com<br />
812-734-1200<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>’s newest show cave is the<br />
state’s longest cave, ranking seventh in<br />
length in the country. Part of the Binkley<br />
Cave System, it features diverse ecosystems,<br />
ice age bones, a walking tour with<br />
boat ride, waterfall, and beautiful formations.<br />
The 80-minute tour includes a 38-<br />
foot waterfall, a boat ride and a viewing<br />
of the remains of ice age fossils and bones.<br />
Activities include a cave crawl simulator,<br />
gemstone and fossil panning, a karst<br />
interpretive trail, exhibits, picnicking and<br />
gift shop.<br />
Bluespring Caverns<br />
1459 Blue Spring Caverns Road, Bedford<br />
bluespringcaverns.com<br />
812-279-9471<br />
An hour-long boat tour through<br />
Bluespring Caverns allows visitors a<br />
taste of the thrill of early explorers. Also,<br />
guests can view one of <strong>Indiana</strong>’s largest<br />
sinkholes - covering more than 15 acres.<br />
There is also gemstone mining, a gift shop<br />
and picnic areas. •<br />
SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A5
FAMILY-SIZED FUN<br />
With America’s only launched wing coaster,<br />
the #1 wooden coaster in the nation, and the<br />
2 longest water coasters in the world, you’re<br />
going to need the whole family for this much fun.<br />
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SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A6
terry & Heather schmelz<br />
New owners<br />
Music & Entertainment<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>’s Country<br />
MusIC CapItal<br />
(formerly Corydon Jamboree)<br />
Hosting lIVE country music<br />
show every saturday<br />
night 7:30 pm<br />
LIVE<br />
MusIC<br />
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ExpandIng to InCludE:<br />
• praise & Worship<br />
• gospel<br />
• Bluegrass<br />
• Classic Rock & Roll<br />
• tribute shows<br />
• theater<br />
• Comedy & More<br />
For tickets visit or call<br />
www.corydon.live<br />
812.734.6288<br />
220 Hurst lane, Corydon, In<br />
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Wines • Specialty Cheeses<br />
Gourmet Foods • Related Accessories<br />
Gifts • Gift Baskets<br />
FREE Wine Tasting<br />
Saturday, June 18th<br />
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.<br />
117 W. Walnut Street, Suite 2<br />
Corydon, IN 47112<br />
812-738-4792<br />
www. redwhiteandblushstore.com<br />
Historic Downtown Corydon, IN<br />
Like us on<br />
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HOURS:<br />
Monday: CLOSED<br />
Tuesday-Thursday: 3 p.m. - 10 p.m.<br />
Friday: 3 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.<br />
Saturday: 11 a.m. - 1:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.<br />
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2458 N Dillard Rd. • Birdseye, IN 47513<br />
812.685.2282<br />
SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A7
Make Historic Corydon & Harrison County part of your summer<br />
fun. Bring the family and explore <strong>Indiana</strong> history, see the best in<br />
classic cars or put a little tap in your toes at a summer concert.<br />
Festivals & Events<br />
June<br />
8 Welcome Parade for the <strong>Indiana</strong> Constitution<br />
10-29 Birth of a State: The <strong>Indiana</strong> Exhibit<br />
10-26 Bicentennial Play at Hayswood Theatre (weekends)<br />
18-19 Art at the Old Captiol<br />
18 Cruisin with Culvers Car Show<br />
July<br />
2 Firecracker Treasure Hunt in Downtown Corydon<br />
2-3 Independence Day Weekend, O’Bannon Woods State Park<br />
3 Kiwanis 4th of July Fireworks Display<br />
9-10 Corydon Capital Days<br />
17-23 157 th Harrison County Fair<br />
16 Cruisin with Culvers Car Show<br />
August<br />
6 1800’s Pioneer Farmstead and Haypress Demonstrations<br />
12-28 Hayswood Theatre presents “The Nerd”<br />
20 Cruisin with Culvers Car Show<br />
Ongoing Events<br />
Summer Concerts at the Wineries<br />
Corydon LIVE!<br />
Every Saturday<br />
Friday Night Summer Band Concerts<br />
June to August 19<br />
Downtown Corydon<br />
Bluegrass on the Square<br />
4th Saturday in June, July & Aug<br />
Downtown Corydon<br />
Harrison County Farmers Market<br />
May - October<br />
Every Saturday & Wednesday<br />
God’s Church Parking Lot<br />
Fred Cammack Corydon Farmers Market<br />
Every Friday<br />
124 S. Mulberry Street<br />
Go to www.thisisindiana.org for more details.<br />
SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A8
Get to know <strong>Indiana</strong>’s First State Capital.<br />
Te<br />
BOOKWORM<br />
Bookworm<br />
812-738-3720<br />
Broomcorn<br />
Johnny’s<br />
Broomcorn Johnny’s<br />
812-969-3333<br />
broomcornjohnnys.com<br />
Cave Country Canoes<br />
812-365-2705<br />
cavecountrycanoes.com<br />
Buy 3 books get 4th book of equal or lesser value free<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Hampton Inn<br />
812-738-6688<br />
15% of not valid during special events (reservations<br />
required)Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents<br />
only, Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
KentJava Bar<br />
812-736-0032<br />
facebook.com/kentjavabar<br />
Buy 1 get one half price small or medium size Late<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
10% of full size colored broom (limit 1 per person)<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Harmony &<br />
Health, Inc<br />
Harmony & Health<br />
812-738-5433<br />
harmony.mynsp.com<br />
Free Zyto Compass Scan<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Lil Rap<br />
812-738-1403<br />
lilrap.com<br />
15% of (excludes commissioned & clearence items)<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Purchase 1 canoe rental (2 people)<br />
get 2nd canoe rental (2 people) FREE<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> Caverns<br />
812-734-1200<br />
indianacaverns.com<br />
Buy 1 adult ticket at regular price get one<br />
child admission free. Only one coupon valid<br />
per family or group. Excludes Holidays.<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Little Texas<br />
Consignments<br />
Litle Texas Consignments<br />
812-225-5273<br />
10% of total purchase<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Marengo Cave<br />
888-702-2873<br />
marengocave.com<br />
Purchase 1 adult admission get 1<br />
FREE (walking tours only)<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county<br />
residents only, Valid May 1-31<br />
Do not copy.<br />
Squire Boone Caverns<br />
812-732-4381<br />
squireboonecaverns.com<br />
Red, White & Blush<br />
812-738-4792<br />
redwhiteandblushstore.com<br />
10% of one item<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
Squire Boone Zipline<br />
Adventures<br />
812-732-1200<br />
squireboonecavernsziplines.com<br />
ScoutMountain<br />
Corydon, <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Winery<br />
Scout Mountain Winery<br />
812-738-7196<br />
scoutmountainwinery.com<br />
www.scoutmount<br />
20% of any wine purchase<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
The Town<br />
Square Gallery<br />
Town Square Gallery<br />
812-738-4147<br />
Buy 1 cavern tour get a 2nd cavern tour free of<br />
equal or lesser value<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
$20 of per person on canopy tour<br />
Use promo code HTWEEK16<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
25% of any one reglar priced item<br />
(excludes Pandora & Frequent buyer cards)<br />
Valid for Harrison/Crawford county residents only,<br />
Valid May 1-31 Do not copy.<br />
thisis<strong>Indiana</strong>.org<br />
SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A9
• Summer Fun Feature •<br />
Centennial<br />
and Bicentennial<br />
Activities<br />
1916 Price Rollback<br />
On June 4-5 visit any <strong>Indiana</strong> State<br />
Park and pay the 1916 admission fee<br />
– 10 cents per person.<br />
Summer Centennial Events<br />
During the “100 Days for 100 Years”<br />
summer season, each park will host a<br />
birthday party.<br />
<strong>2016</strong> Annual Park Passes at Library<br />
One annual pass has been placed in<br />
each of <strong>Indiana</strong>’s 240 public libraries.<br />
Got a library card? Check out a pass<br />
and visit a park for free.<br />
Centennial Fitness Challenge<br />
Parks around the state are giving<br />
back—celebrating 100 years since<br />
the <strong>Indiana</strong> State Parks system<br />
was created as well as the state’s<br />
Bicentennial.<br />
“This year is a great year to get out<br />
in the parks, because we are doing so<br />
much and it’s a monumental year. This is<br />
something that doesn’t happen very often,<br />
and we are puting a lot into it and<br />
doing things at all of <strong>Indiana</strong>’s parks to<br />
celebrate,” said Jeremy Beavin, interpretative<br />
naturalist at the Falls of the Ohio State<br />
Park in Clarksville.<br />
What started in 1916 has grown over<br />
the years to include 32 state parks spread<br />
throughout the state, making sure that every<br />
resident has a park within a one-hour<br />
drive according to the <strong>Indiana</strong> Department<br />
of Natural Resources.<br />
Parks throughout <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
ofer many recreational opportunities<br />
such as bird watching, hiking, fshing,<br />
hunting, boating and more. Some even<br />
ofer a beach, water skiing, or an 18-hole<br />
disc golf course.<br />
“Each of our state parks has [a]<br />
unique feature—either natural or historical—that<br />
makes them stand out,”<br />
said Ginger Murphy, deputy director<br />
SIL Summer <strong>2016</strong> • A10<br />
One Hundred Years of Fun<br />
Celebrating the parks of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Story by Tara Schmelz<br />
for stewardship for <strong>Indiana</strong> State Parks.<br />
“Brown County has great vistas … Falls<br />
of the Ohio has 390 million-year-old fossil<br />
beds that are world-renowned. Spring<br />
Mill is in karst country—with sinkholes<br />
and caves—and the Pioneer Village, Grist<br />
and Mill … Charlestown State Park also<br />
has great hiking and Rose Island, where<br />
we interpret the story of the amusement<br />
park, and picnic grounds that were located<br />
there in the early 20th century.”<br />
At the Falls, a one-year $6 million<br />
renovation serves as a Centennial gift to<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>’s residents. “We guted this entire<br />
building to just the bare walls and<br />
concrete foors and rebuilt the exhibit<br />
gallery,” Beavin said, adding that the f-<br />
nal product is very interactive and userfriendly.<br />
Beavin said another gift is the new<br />
Rose Island Interpretive Trail at Charlestown<br />
State Park which was dedicated in<br />
March.<br />
More than the recreational aspect,<br />
Beavin said there is another reason for the<br />
parks system.<br />
“We have to understand our connection<br />
to the natural world and the value<br />
of it. Without the natural world, there’s<br />
no world for the rest of us. Our goal is to<br />
Walk, bike, paddle, or swim at least<br />
25 miles inside any state park to be<br />
entered into drawings for 2017 annual<br />
passes, camping gif cards, state<br />
park inn gif cards and more. Complete<br />
100 miles and earn an <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
State Parks commemoratve centennial<br />
coin.<br />
Free Entrance for 4th Grade Students<br />
The Natonal Park Service is turning<br />
100, too. It’s Every Kid in a Park program<br />
ofers free entrance to natonal<br />
parks for every fourth grader through<br />
August. <strong>Indiana</strong> State Parks are also<br />
acceptng those passes.<br />
To learn more about the various parks<br />
and centennial celebratons, go to<br />
INStateParks100.com.<br />
teach that value to the younger people.<br />
To help them understand we have to protect<br />
these natural wonders,” Beavin said.<br />
“… We’re protecting these unique things<br />
that make our part of the world special.<br />
There’s only one Grand Canyon. There’s<br />
only one Devonian fossil bed and we’re<br />
here to protect that and tell that story.”•<br />
Pictured: Charleston State Park. Photo provided by the<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> Department of Natural Resources.
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Sat:<br />
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Sun:<br />
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