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Featured Stories<br />
16 | BREAD & BREAKFAST<br />
Former marine open bakery cafe using local ingredients<br />
22 | LANESVILLE HERITAGE WEEKEND<br />
Local festival celebrates farming heritage for 40 years<br />
29 | MAKING A DIFFERENCE<br />
Harrison County Lifelong Learning<br />
16<br />
32 | FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS<br />
New veterinary practice brings expertise back home<br />
35 | CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF TEAMWORK<br />
Behind the scenes with the VolleyFeds volleyball team<br />
36 | NEW MISSION: HELPING OTHERS<br />
Local veteran helps others adjusting to civilian life<br />
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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER <strong>2015</strong><br />
In Every Issue<br />
7 | FLASHBACK PHOTO<br />
Moorseville Covered Bridge, 1820-1913<br />
8 | TOP TEN<br />
Ways to spend an Autumn afternoon<br />
32<br />
13 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS<br />
Surviving the Trip<br />
14 | A WALK IN THE GARDEN WITH BOB HILL<br />
Parking Lot Planting<br />
20 | YOUR COMMUNITY<br />
Spotlight on the Salvation Army’s shredding fundraiser<br />
Faithpoint United Methodist’s gift of Christmas retreat,<br />
and more!<br />
40 | HEALTH NOTES<br />
Food Fables<br />
36<br />
42 | EVERYDAY ADVENTURES<br />
Apple of Your Eye<br />
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This bridge was built on Paoli Pike in Floyds Knobs, <strong>Indiana</strong>, then called Mooresville. According<br />
to New Albany in Vintage Postcards by David C. Barksdale and Robyn Davis Sekula,<br />
this was built in 1820 and demolished in 1913.<br />
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TOP 10<br />
TOP TEN:<br />
Ways to spend an autumn afternoon in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Photo of Brown County’s Bean Blossom Bridge, built in 1880 (Kenneth Keifer / Shutterstock.com)<br />
“Te leaves fal, te wind blos, and te farm contry soly changes<br />
fo te sumer cotos into is winter wols.”<br />
- Henry Besto<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 8
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a hike.<br />
Enjoy the crisp fall air and the sound of leaves crunching under your feet with a hike when the leaves are at their peak! For<br />
a short hike, try the Hemlock Clifs Trail in English. For a longer hike with waterfalls, head over to the trails at Clifty Falls<br />
State Park in Madison.<br />
apples at a local orchard.<br />
Homegrown apples make the best apple dumplings. Spend a relaxing day picking apples in the country and celebrate with<br />
a homemade dessert perfect for autumn. Huber’s Orchard & Winery in Starlight and Applacres in Bedford ofer many<br />
varieties of apples perfect for your favorite treat.<br />
a few friends and try a corn maze.<br />
You’ll fnd plenty of corn in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>, and some of the best corn mazes. Deere Farms in Lanesville has one of<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s largest corn mazes, this year ofering 3 mazes covering 12 acres with over 5 miles of paths. This advanced<br />
maze is so complex, they will provide you with maze orientation, a map, and even a cell phone number for the<br />
directionally challenged. Find all the checkpoints, and you can enter the annual maze giveaway. Nightime adventures<br />
are available by appointment only, but don’t forget your fashlight! Don’t worry, though. Families with kids can choose a<br />
simpler intermediate level or a beginner’s level maze.<br />
a Sunday afternoon drive.<br />
Leisurely Sunday drives are almost forgoten in our fast-paced world, but autumn is the perfect season to slow down and<br />
take a break. You will fnd no shortage of beautiful drives right here in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>. Take a drive through Brown<br />
County across the 135 year-old Beanblossom Covered Bridge, or enjoy the beautiful river views on the Ohio River Scenic<br />
Byway between Madison and Leavenworth.<br />
a pumpkin pie late.<br />
A steaming hot cup of cofee is the perfect respite during the busy fall season. Head over to KentJava Bar in Corydon and<br />
treat yourself to a delicious pumpkin pie late or, if you’re in the mood for something diferent, try their s’mores late. If<br />
cofee isn’t your thing, check out the seasonal caramel apple cider at New Albany’s Cofee Crossings.<br />
a fall festival.<br />
Spend an afternoon exploring the booths and activities at a local fall festival. Eat an old-fashioned pancake breakfast at<br />
the Fall Fun Fest in Orleans, watch the Purdue pumpkin chunking contest at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany, try<br />
the homemade sorghum at the Sorghum Festival in Marengo, or check out the unique arts & crafts from local artists at the<br />
Madison Chautauqua Festival of Art.<br />
on a hayride.<br />
Hop on a tractor-pulled hayride at the Cornucopia Farm in Scotsburg, or enjoy a hayride amid the old-fashioned fun at<br />
Knepp’s Fun Fest in Washington. Don’t forget to pick up a few pumpkins to carve before Halloween.<br />
a high school football game.<br />
Grab a blanket for the cool evenings and head out to watch your favorite local football team this Friday night. Cheer on<br />
the New Albany Bulldogs, Jefersonville Red Devils, Crawford County Wolf Pack, Floyd Central Highlanders, or one of<br />
the many other amazing <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> teams. Don’t forget to grab some popcorn and bring along a few friends for the<br />
cheering section.<br />
by a local cafe for a sweet treat.<br />
Try the award-winning dutch apple caramel pie at the Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen in New Albany, or the apple<br />
spice cake at Christie’s on the Square in Salem. For a beautiful view of the Ohio River in the fall, stop by the Overlook<br />
Restaurant in Leavenworth.<br />
local at a farmers’ market.<br />
Skip the grocery store, grab your pooch, and wander through the fresh produce and festivities of the local farmers’<br />
market to fnd this week’s groceries. Amid lively music from local entertainers, you’ll fnd kale, fresh-picked apples,<br />
the last of the season’s tomatoes, local honey, and mums to decorate your porch for fall.<br />
There’s no shortage of amazing farmers’ markets in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>. The Bloomington Community Farmer’s Market<br />
on Morton Street is open through November. The Jefersonville Farmers Market at the base of the big four bridge is<br />
open through October, and the New Albany Farmers Market on Market Street is open through October.<br />
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Thanks to a challenge match from the<br />
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Millions of older adults are isolated by one of two<br />
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keeping food down make every meal a nightmare.<br />
The second — an inability to control bladder or<br />
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The experts at GSI have a solution. Since both<br />
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to identify the best treatment, from a change in<br />
medications to surgery.<br />
If it makes sense, we recommend neurostimulation.<br />
In a brief outpatient procedure, we implant a device<br />
like a tiny pacemaker in the upper hip to restore the<br />
muscle control that’s missing. No other practice<br />
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So if you’re not talking about one of these problems<br />
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Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 12
Calling All Baby Boomers<br />
Surviving the Trip<br />
Looking back on thirty years of parenting<br />
Do not judge yourself as a parent<br />
until your children reach 30.<br />
That is what I was told.<br />
That is what I eagerly believed,<br />
since my two kids were then teenagers.<br />
They still had time to make me look<br />
good.<br />
Or I still had time to make excuses.<br />
Well, they fnally are 30, give or take.<br />
Sam and Allison Moss are adults with<br />
responsibilities of their own. They pay<br />
taxes, wash dishes and patiently explain<br />
to me what I watch on HBO. Sam<br />
and Allison can, and usually do, fend<br />
for themselves. They are fguring out<br />
life, less and less the hard way.<br />
Best of all, they also have people<br />
who love them besides old Mom and<br />
Dad.<br />
So how did this dad do? Are Sam<br />
and Allison’s successes because of me<br />
or despite me? Do they setle into adulthood<br />
in my refection? Should I blindly<br />
declare victory and return to spoiling<br />
my frst grandchild?<br />
I know I am immensely proud<br />
and grateful. Sam and Allison work<br />
hard, and neither routinely hits up the<br />
Bank of Mom and Dad. Each child loves<br />
dogs, and I feel sure my wife and I can<br />
claim that one. Neither kid hates anybody.<br />
I take that as a win as well.<br />
Both live nearby. We are in this together,<br />
with or without text messaging.<br />
Circumstances play a part, no doubt. I<br />
still ask questions - still check in - more<br />
than they do. They do ask, though. They<br />
actually initiate conversation. They only<br />
occasionally misread concern as criticism.<br />
Somewhere along the way, I started being<br />
something of a wise elder and stopped being<br />
a big pain.<br />
And that’s with relying more on life<br />
lessons than on Google.<br />
Oh, and Sam and Allison likewise<br />
enjoy this region that I will not trade for<br />
any. Another score, I suppose. <strong>Southern</strong><br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>, you are welcome.<br />
Parenting was and sometimes still<br />
is as impossible as smart people insist. I<br />
pushed too hard, expected too much, listened<br />
too litle. I could have given more<br />
credit and less second-guessing. My<br />
hopes and wants tended to overshadow<br />
Sam and Allison’s. If only they had realized<br />
why.<br />
No, if only I had backed of more<br />
often.<br />
Fatherhood has gone fast, all right,<br />
the laughs and the confrontations, the accomplishments<br />
and the stumbles. Firsts<br />
I felt certain never to forget now tend to<br />
blur. What was Sam’s frst word? When<br />
was Allison’s frst step? Who wrecked<br />
a car quicker after being licensed? Both<br />
made a bunch of honor rolls, but which<br />
Photo by Sherri R. Camp / shutterstock.com<br />
Fatherhood has gone fast, all right,<br />
the laughs and the confrontations, the<br />
accomplishments and the stumbles<br />
one made more? Who deserves more<br />
blame for me losing my hair or my visits<br />
to the heart doctor?<br />
Do not test me, please.<br />
Maybe parents should not judge<br />
themselves until they reach 60. But does<br />
the duty end there, end ever? Sam is a police<br />
ofcer, out there with insane people<br />
and evil ones who do not like or trust police<br />
ofcers. How can I not worry?<br />
Allison remains a college student,<br />
belatedly gaining traction toward a career<br />
to refect her abundant creativity.<br />
She is as bright as anyone I know. Higher<br />
education and she have not always goten<br />
along, however. In the meantime, Allison<br />
masters jobs without futures.<br />
Until/unless she fnishes school, I<br />
will fret.<br />
Sam the policeman takes his profession<br />
quite seriously. He is college-educated,<br />
well-trained and could not care less<br />
about doughnuts. He recognizes how<br />
most people in trouble are worth trying<br />
to save. I like that Sam can shoot a bad<br />
guy from halfway across town.<br />
I love how much he hopes it never<br />
comes to that.<br />
Allison the student/bartender/<br />
art gallery overseer runs with her two<br />
dogs each morning. She enjoys a good<br />
book, devotes money she barely has to<br />
the proper care of those pooches plus<br />
assorted cats she’s taken in. I like that<br />
Allison votes each election and sticks to<br />
her meat-free diet.<br />
I love her determination to conquer,<br />
for her, the brutal challenge of<br />
college.<br />
Sam and Allison are stuck with<br />
me and my worrying. They know better<br />
than to imagine anything else. They<br />
mock my quirks and cringe at my bad<br />
jokes. I remain their father, while I become<br />
more their friend. They keep coming<br />
around. They welcome my company<br />
or my perspective or both. They are<br />
grownups leaning on an elder.<br />
Being that elder is one of my<br />
greatest joys.<br />
Their eyes surely roll at the thought,<br />
but my kids still need me. As I still need<br />
them. I love them with all my heart. Plus<br />
now I like them as much as I love them.<br />
Thank God they fnally arrived at 30.<br />
Thank God I survived their trip. •<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.<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 13
A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill<br />
Parking Lot Planting<br />
Above: A snapshot of the parking lot garden at Hidden Hill Nursery, including the metal fowers, yucca, lantana, and sedum plants.<br />
Converting a hot, dry, rocky area into a beautiful garden<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 14
W<br />
hen planning the sun-baked,<br />
graveled parking lot for<br />
our Hidden Hill Nursery &<br />
Sculpture Garden 15 years<br />
ago, the most sensible border at the time<br />
seemed to be a row of drought-tolerant<br />
juniper.<br />
Not exactly a horticultural wonder –<br />
but what other plants could possibly survive<br />
there?<br />
And our juniper did survive – sort<br />
of. But this spring the reluctant capitalist<br />
in me thought about a more colorful entrance,<br />
something visitor-friendly to differentiate<br />
between the asphalt road and<br />
the graveled lot.<br />
Such an entrance could also serve<br />
as a demonstration garden for all gardeners<br />
with hot, dry, windswept and generally<br />
worthless areas of their yards – those<br />
practical folk who had abandoned all<br />
hope for all plants that entered there.<br />
There was some dirt in our parking<br />
lot area, but the gravel had spilled over<br />
into it, and the rocky remnants of an old<br />
stone wall lurked just below the surface.<br />
My frst thoughts for plants in such<br />
desolation were cactus, lantana, sedum,<br />
yucca and euphorbia. Then I thought it<br />
would be fun to add some old, paintedmetal<br />
fowers to add some height – and<br />
those dudes would never need watering.<br />
Guess what? It worked. It’s never<br />
too late to teach an old cactus gardener<br />
new schticks.<br />
So yeah, do not give up on that really<br />
tough spot. You might want to make it a<br />
raised bed to add some sort of beter dirt<br />
and nutrients, but it can actually become<br />
an asset in your yard – and will rarely<br />
need watering.<br />
So let’s take this Parking Lot Planting<br />
Stuf one tough plant at a time.<br />
CACTUS<br />
There’s more to cactus than John<br />
Wayne movies. For your purposes seek<br />
out the Opuntia, or the fat-leafed prickly<br />
pear, which are hardy to 25 degrees below<br />
zero. They come in a wide range of<br />
shapes, sizes and fower colors – red, pink<br />
and yellow – and some are actually native<br />
to the Eastern United States into Canada.<br />
Once established – and about all I<br />
ever do to propagate them is carefully cut<br />
of a prickly leaf and toss it on the tough,<br />
rocky ground – they grow to amazing<br />
proportions.<br />
Come by Hidden Hill next spring<br />
and I’ll give you all the Opuntia cactus<br />
starts you want. We have the gloves.<br />
LANTANA<br />
Only in recent years has this incredibly<br />
tough, diverse and forgiving plant<br />
goten its due. It’s nicely fragrant, will<br />
grow from 1 to 3 feet tall and wide, and<br />
comes in all sizes and vivid yellow and<br />
orange colors. It does require some watering<br />
the frst few weeks after planting, but<br />
once setled in is very drought-tolerant<br />
and only gets beter through the summer.<br />
It thrives on benign neglect. Keep it<br />
cut back and it will bloom into fall. It’s not<br />
winter hardy – a zoned 8- to 11-type plant<br />
– but well worth the investment.<br />
SEDUM<br />
There’s no limit to the sedums you<br />
can grow in a well-drained parking lot –<br />
or in a container or hot spot in your yard.<br />
There’s the old-fashioned favorite<br />
such as “Autumn Joy” – which gets big,<br />
bold with russet-red foliage and a need to<br />
be divided every few years.<br />
If you want to go small, go with<br />
sempervivum or “Hens and Chicks.” If<br />
you want some yellow groundcover, go<br />
with sedum rupestre “Angelina.” Maybe<br />
the coolest plants for hot places are the delosperma<br />
or “Ice Plant” with their incredible<br />
pink and yellow colors. Good drainage<br />
is mandatory.<br />
YUCCA<br />
Do not give up on that really<br />
tough spot.<br />
There are those who believe yucca<br />
in the garden is best spelled “yuk.” I am<br />
not one of them. Yes, its well-earned nicknames<br />
include “Spanish Dagger,” “Spanish<br />
Bayonet” and “Adam’s Needle,” but I<br />
love its toughness, sharply spiked leaves<br />
and tower of white fowers that will pop<br />
up seasonally.<br />
It requires very litle watering and<br />
adds a litle atitude with altitude in any<br />
parking lot garden. Those prety yellowgreen<br />
leaves help, too.<br />
EUPHORBIA<br />
This is admitedly a late entry in the<br />
parking lot garden feld, but one euphorbia<br />
in particular – “Ascot Rainbow” has<br />
foated my garden boat for years.<br />
Its reputation is “borderline hardy,”<br />
but ours have hung around for years,<br />
albeit losing some zing and vigor in late<br />
summer to fall.<br />
But it is such a neat plant with pink,<br />
red and orange foliage with vibrant green<br />
fowers. Even if you don’t want to stick it<br />
in a parking lot, it deserves a sunny site<br />
in your garden. A great mixer at garden<br />
parties.<br />
PAINTED FLOWERS<br />
My painted fower collection came<br />
from a wonderful blacksmith in Central<br />
Kentucky who re-assembled a bunch of<br />
old brake drums, gears, iron pieces and<br />
tail pipe material into tall, rangy fowers<br />
that never need watering.<br />
What beter place than a parking lot<br />
for all that? Those of you with tough-spot<br />
gardens closer to the house might want to<br />
go with kitchen or bathroom fxtures.<br />
Let your imagination run wild here;<br />
your plants deserve it. •<br />
Bob Hill owns<br />
Hidden Hill<br />
Nursery and can<br />
be reached at<br />
farmerbob@hiddenhillnursery.<br />
com.<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 15
Special Feature<br />
Bread & Breakfast<br />
Above: Laura Buckingham, in her new location at the Underground Station<br />
on Bank Street in New Albany. She plans to open the new location in October.<br />
Former marine opens bakery cafe using locally sourced ingredients<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 16<br />
Story by Jenna Esarey<br />
Photos by Michelle Hockman
Laura Buckingham had never<br />
baked a loaf of bread in her life<br />
when she moved to New Albany<br />
in 2009. Who would have guessed<br />
that just a few years later she would be<br />
running a successful bakery.<br />
The retired Marine had more experience<br />
fghting modern-day pirates than<br />
running a business when she opened<br />
Bread and Breakfast at 157 E. Main St. in<br />
late 2013.<br />
The tiny store quickly became a popular<br />
destination for diners seeking not just<br />
freshly baked bread, but also tasty breakfasts<br />
or lunches from a menu that changes<br />
seasonally.<br />
“I really hadn’t planned on being a<br />
restaurant,” Buckingham said. “It kind of<br />
evolved. It’s still evolving!”<br />
So successful has the small store<br />
become that Buckingham is relocating<br />
across the street to larger digs. Her new<br />
location, at Underground Station, 37 Bank<br />
St., flls a renovated 1830s carriage house.<br />
The new space can seat up to 60, and<br />
includes courtyard seating and a small<br />
outdoor stage for live music when the<br />
weather permits. She expects to open in<br />
the new spot in October.<br />
“The new setup is so awesome,” she<br />
said. “We’ve got a window facing Bank<br />
Street so people can walk by and watch<br />
me bake. There’s also a big window in<br />
the dining room so people can watch from<br />
there.”<br />
After the move, Buckingham plans<br />
to move into the wholesale bakery market<br />
and perhaps look into ofering catering.<br />
Originally from Northern California,<br />
Buckingham served in the Marines<br />
for eight years, spending time in a combat<br />
zone in Iraq, on humanitarian campaigns,<br />
and, yes, fghting pirates of the coast of<br />
Somalia.<br />
She setled in New Albany after<br />
leaving the military to spend time with<br />
her mother, Debra Ward, who had moved<br />
to the area with her husband, Brutus.<br />
“My mom was fghting cancer<br />
at the time,” she said. “I had the U-Haul<br />
ready to head back to California and I just<br />
never left.”<br />
She enrolled at the University of<br />
Louisville and wondered what to do with<br />
herself. “I did everything I could to pinch<br />
pennies,” she said. “I made my own laundry<br />
soap and didn’t use the dryer. I was a<br />
horrible cook. Everything I did was from<br />
a box.”<br />
To save money, she took a stab at<br />
baking a loaf of bread from a recipe in a<br />
magazine her grandmother had given her.<br />
“It said to proof the yeast. I had no idea<br />
what that meant,” she said.<br />
The recipe made two loaves. “I gifted<br />
the frst one and they insisted on giving<br />
me $5,” she said. “I thought, ‘”Let’s see if<br />
I can get lucky again.’”<br />
She did. Again and again she did,<br />
and the demand kept growing. She set<br />
up a roadside stand along Highway 150,<br />
then started selling at a farmers market. “I<br />
couldn’t bake enough,” she said.<br />
While studying local food as part of<br />
her anthropology studies, she found herself<br />
writing about local farmers and how<br />
they survive on farmers markets, pickup<br />
points, and other ventures. “I was inspired<br />
to source as much of my ingredients<br />
locally as possible,” she said. “Technically<br />
I, in a sense, went native.”<br />
Almost every day shoppers can fnd<br />
Amish white, sweet swirl, ten grain, jalapeno<br />
cheddar, sourdough, french and<br />
challah loaves at Bread and Breakfast<br />
along with cinnamon rolls and bacon cinnamon<br />
rolls. Every Tuesday the shop offers<br />
a gluten-free loaf.<br />
A crusty European-style bread recently<br />
introduced to the menu sells out in<br />
Pictured: (below) Te original storefront on Main Street.<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 17
about 30 minutes whenever she ofers it.<br />
The New Albany Farmers Market, on<br />
the same block as her bakery, still sees her<br />
seting up shop every Saturday. She also<br />
checks in at farmers markets at Floyd Memorial<br />
Hospital and U of L in season.<br />
“I would love to set up another roadside<br />
stand on (Highway) 150,” she said. “I<br />
miss it.”<br />
“I’m really thankful for all the help I’ve<br />
had from regulars,” she said. “My stepdad<br />
helps with the bakery unselfshly. He was a<br />
baker in the Navy. And every single one of<br />
my close friends at some point has walked<br />
in to eat and ended up in the kitchen helping<br />
slice bread or something.” •<br />
“<br />
Bryton has always been ‘Mama’s big<br />
helper’. He’s always patient when<br />
I’m with a customer. Growing up in<br />
a bakery is a tad off the norm but<br />
I think he’s building a strong set<br />
of character traits at a young age<br />
because of it.<br />
- Laura Buckingham<br />
”<br />
Pictured: (this page and bottom of next page) SIL spent a day in the kitchen<br />
with Laura and her son, Bryton.<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 18
Pictured: (above) Each day you can fnd several varieties of fresh baked bread, including Amish white,<br />
sweet swirl, ten grain, jalapeno cheddar, sourdough, french and challah loaves, along with cinnamon rolls<br />
and bacon cinnamon rolls. Every Tuesday the shop ofers a gluten-free loaf.<br />
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New Albany, IN 47150<br />
New Location<br />
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New Albany, IN 47150<br />
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Tues - Sat: 8 - 3:30<br />
Sun: 9:30 - 2:30<br />
• Look for the Bread & Breakfast booth at the New Albany Farmers Market, and seasonally at the Floyd Memorial and U of L farmers markets. •<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 19
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Latimer Animal Hospital<br />
Opening is a family affair<br />
The entire Latimer family gathered to celebrate the open house for the<br />
new Latimer Animal Hospital at 2831 Charlestown Road in New Albany<br />
this summer. Dr. Mat Latimer and Dr. Emily Latimer, center, founding<br />
veterinarians, were joined by, from left to right, Mat’s father, Dr. Steve<br />
Latimer, a retired New Albany dentist, and his mother, Marcia Latimer,<br />
both of Corydon; his sisters, Amanda Dreher of Arvada, Colo., and Abbie<br />
Abbot of Orlando, Fla.; and Mat’s grandmother, Mary Latimer, of New<br />
Albany.<br />
Touring the Latimer Animal Hospital’s X-ray room were Amanda<br />
Mansfeld, left, veterinary assistant; Ryan, Evie, and Jenny Brown; Cathy<br />
Scrivner, Robbie Wrege, and Steve Yeager. Steve, who praised the practice<br />
for its exceptional compassion and expertise, served as a subcontractor for<br />
the new facility that focuses on small animals and their owners in Clark,<br />
Floyd, and Harrison counties.<br />
Bridging the States<br />
Food, Fellowship, Festivity<br />
Alumni of Leadership <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> and Leadership Louisville enjoyed<br />
an annual gathering this summer at the foot of the walking bridge<br />
in Jefersonville. Tifany Cole Hall, Lisa Botorf, Wayne Estopinal, and<br />
Vern Eswine selected from the bufet prior to Wayne’s presentation about<br />
the new park there, designed by his frm, TEG Architects. Other diners<br />
were Jef Shireman, Renee Brooking, Angie Rose, Susan Miller, and Kim<br />
Calabro. Basking in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s pride of the scenic new park that<br />
welcomes walkers from both sides of the river were Bekki Jo Schneider,<br />
Pam Bennet Martin, and Brent Martin.<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 20<br />
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Teens and stafers in the Salvation Army of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s day camp posed<br />
with A+ Shredding professionals in front of the massive Pulverizer that reduced<br />
the community’s 6,500 pounds (3 1/4 tons) of discarded items to ashes. The project<br />
neted $1,500 in donations to support services to families and individuals in Clark,<br />
Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scot, and Washington counties.<br />
First to bring items to be pulverized and monetary donations were members of<br />
Centenary United Methodist Church in New Albany. From left to right are Darrell<br />
Bensing, Jon and Bety Mathes, Madonna Bensing, Roxanne Haley of the Salvation<br />
Army, Marie Vass, Michael Smith as a clown who greeted vehicles, and Dakota<br />
Lear.<br />
Teens in the Salvation Army’s summer day camp, like Tamara Bell, left, and Amanda<br />
Phillips, shared the load and managed the on-site shredding project.<br />
10 Times a Perfect “10”<br />
Members of the New Albany Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa philanthropic sorority<br />
feted Ruth Hancock recently for turning 100. They made a donation in her<br />
name to the state Tri Kappa Philanthropy Fund and also recognized the 81-year<br />
member for her for perfect atendance at monthly meetings this year.<br />
Free Retreat for the Public<br />
The gift of Christmas<br />
Catching the spirit for the sixth annual “Gift of Christmas” ladies’ day retreat at<br />
Faithpoint United Methodist Church are planners Stacy Zielke and Sue Crater in<br />
front and chair Julie Aemmer and Shannon Driskell in back. The program of praise,<br />
music, camaraderie, lunch, and breakout sessions of creative and practical Christmas<br />
preparations is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the church, 6694<br />
Hwy. 150 at Navilleton Road in Floyds Knobs.<br />
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Special Feature<br />
Lanesville<br />
Heritage<br />
Weekend<br />
Local festival<br />
celebrates<br />
farming heritage<br />
for 40 years<br />
Pictured: (top) Parade foats are crowd pleasers; (center) A balloon glow will be a Friday<br />
night, Sept. 11, highlight; (bottom) Runners take advantage of one of three walk/runs<br />
Story by Sara Combs<br />
Photos Courtesy of Doug Meredith and Paul Shellenberger<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 22
It began in 1976 as a dream of Lanesville<br />
High School’s Future Homemakers<br />
of America and was expected<br />
to be a one-time event celebrating<br />
America’s 200th birthday. Instead, the<br />
Lanesville Heritage Weekend is observing<br />
its 40th year Sept. 11-13, with as many as<br />
80,000 atendees expected over the threeday<br />
celebration.<br />
Communities across America were<br />
being encouraged to host activities commemorating<br />
the bicentennial. And the<br />
Lanesville FHA chapter was looking for<br />
a project to assist its eforts to become<br />
an Honor Chapter, said Evelyn McPherson,<br />
of Corydon, Ind., who was 1975-76<br />
chapter president. As ideas exploded, the<br />
young women and their sponsor, Linda<br />
Steder, realized they would need help and<br />
enlisted the Student Council, its sponsor<br />
John Richert, along with teacher Bruce<br />
Green, and other community leaders.<br />
Local churches and organizations<br />
were invited to participate. Richert was<br />
elected commitee chair (and served in<br />
that capacity until his death in 1990). Two<br />
$500 federal grants were obtained to assist<br />
in fnancing, and it was determined that<br />
the festival celebrate Lanesville’s heritage<br />
as a farming community.<br />
The frst event was so successful<br />
it was made an annual festival. The frst<br />
two years it was held in May. However, a<br />
confict with another county event caused<br />
it to be moved to September, which, since<br />
that is harvest time, ties in well with the<br />
agricultural theme, sponsors said. And,<br />
chances of good weather are beter, they<br />
added. In the beginning it was confned to<br />
the Lanesville school grounds and Franklin<br />
Township’s Athletic Club. Now, activities<br />
are spread over 36 acres.<br />
“It has become a tremendous community<br />
efort,” said Doug Meredith, ofcial<br />
photographer for the festival. “Many<br />
organizations, churches and individuals<br />
come together to make this happen. It<br />
takes a lot of time and money to put on an<br />
event of this size.”<br />
Meredith has been working with the<br />
festival commitee for the last 12 years.<br />
“My wife, Vicki, brought me into it,” he<br />
said. “She is in charge of traditional demonstrations<br />
and crafts and has been involved<br />
for years.” These include broommaking,<br />
beekeeping, old-time spinning,<br />
basket-making, and much more. “We<br />
have a lot of unique talents. There is family<br />
who carve chains out of a single piece<br />
of wood and an artist who paints on turkey<br />
feathers.”<br />
“Because the festival is observing<br />
its 40th anniversary, special things are<br />
planned,” said Meredith. “That includes<br />
a free concert by the Thoroughbred Chorus,<br />
of Louisville, who performed at the<br />
frst festival.” They are the only group<br />
active who were on the frst roster, which<br />
included Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass<br />
Boys, he added.<br />
The opening ceremony will feature<br />
Ladies for Liberty, well-known YouTube<br />
and concert group, reminiscent of the<br />
1940s’ Andrews Sisters, Meredith said.<br />
Their selections will include the National<br />
Anthem and “Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy.”<br />
The Monarchs will perform at a free concert<br />
on the fnal day of the festival.<br />
Other events include a display of antique<br />
motors; an old sawmill demonstration;<br />
plowing using old techniques such<br />
as oxen; a show of antique farm equipment;<br />
demonstrations of early ways to<br />
make apple buter and sorghum; truck<br />
and tractor pull; live bluegrass music;<br />
a parade; Queen and Princess contests;<br />
Historic Landmark Restored<br />
eight- and two-mile runs; a fve-mile<br />
walk; food booths; carnival rides; a hotair<br />
balloon glow and race and helicopter<br />
rides. An Abraham Lincoln lookalike is on<br />
hand to play checkers with children and<br />
answer questions on historical maters.<br />
Food oferings include everything<br />
from homemade chicken ‘n dumplings,<br />
fried chicken dinners, bean soup made<br />
over an open fre, to traditional festival<br />
treats, said Meredith.<br />
He also encourages atendees to visit<br />
the antique machinery feld, overseen by<br />
Maynard Lambertus. “This is the bestkept<br />
secret of the event,” Meredith said.<br />
“There is everything from antique tractors<br />
to a corn and grain planter, a cornshucking<br />
glove, a 1864 hay rake, a horsepowered<br />
1902 hay press and a lot more.”<br />
Kenny Acton, general chairman,<br />
said, “It takes a lot of time to rebuild and<br />
maintain these old tractors. Many of<br />
those who bring the tractors to the festival<br />
inherited their passion for vintage tractors<br />
from their fathers and grandfathers.”<br />
One of these is Glenn Schneider<br />
who will be displaying a 1961 570 super<br />
Cockshut (Cockshut and Co-op are the<br />
featured tractors this year), Acton said.<br />
Schneider’s tractor belongs to his father,<br />
Paul, 95, a founding member of the Heritage<br />
Festival. The Schneiders have displayed<br />
tractors from the festival’s beginning.<br />
Wayne Wiseman, of Corydon, sees<br />
participating in the tractor events as a way<br />
to honor his dad and his farming heritage.<br />
He restored two tractors once owned by<br />
his dad, the late Owen Wiseman, of Leavenworth,<br />
Ind. It took about a year to restore<br />
each, he said.<br />
“Dad always loved Lanesville Heritage<br />
Weekend,” Wiseman said. “I start-<br />
Afocal point of the Lanesville<br />
Heritage Weekend is the historical<br />
Mail Pouch Tobacco<br />
Barn, on the east end of town.<br />
The barn and surrounding land was acquired<br />
by the Lanesville Heritage Commitee<br />
in 1989 from Bob Shellenberger. In<br />
1993 the commitee decided on a major<br />
repainting project and enlisted the help<br />
of Harley Warrick, of Belmont County,<br />
Ohio, who had painted most of the tobacco<br />
advertising on barns throughout<br />
the country since World War II. Although<br />
Warrick had recently recovered<br />
from a major batle with cancer, he came<br />
to Lanesville to lead the project.<br />
In 2009, the commitee decided a<br />
major renovation was needed, and, with<br />
a grant from Harrison County Community<br />
Foundation, and other contributors,<br />
support beams and sills were repaired<br />
or replaced and the barn siding was replaced<br />
with red cedar lumber from California.<br />
Many coats of primer and special<br />
paint were used and with instruction<br />
from video tapes by Warrick during the<br />
earlier project, the barn restorer (<strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Log Crafters) was able to bring the refurbished<br />
barn back to its original paint<br />
scheme.<br />
A Mail Pouch Barn is a barn with<br />
one or more sides painted from 1890 to<br />
1992 with an advertisement for the West<br />
Virginia Mail Pouch chewing tobacco<br />
company (Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co.)<br />
based in W. Virginia. At the height of the<br />
program – in the early 1960s – there were<br />
about 20,000 spread across 22 states. Initially,<br />
barn owners were paid $1 and $2<br />
annually, as well as receiving a new coat<br />
of paint every few years.<br />
The owner of Mail Pouch Tobacco<br />
at the time, Swisher International Group,<br />
decided to suspend the use of barn advertisements<br />
when Warrick retired in<br />
1992.<br />
The barns were deemed historic<br />
landmarks thereby escaping the Highway<br />
Beautifcation Program of the mid-<br />
1960s, restricting advertisements along<br />
the highway. The Lanesville barn is registered<br />
on the Ohio River Scenic Byway.•<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 23
ed atending with him in the ‘70s. He had a 1928<br />
McCormick Deering and a 1950 Ferguson that he<br />
wanted to take, but didn’t have the equipment to<br />
get them there. The Lanesville event is a good way<br />
to remember him and preserve history of how farmers<br />
used to do things.”<br />
Former Future Homemakers President<br />
McPherson said, “It is phenomenal how this event<br />
has grown. We had fewer than 20 booths and there<br />
were 44 parade entries.” This year 35 food booths<br />
and 215 craft and information booths are scheduled<br />
and there are 175 entries for the Saturday, Sept. 12,<br />
parade, which starts at 1 p.m.<br />
“I am proud of our FHA chapter for geting<br />
this started and of how successful this weekend<br />
has become,” said McPherson. “And, yes, we did<br />
achieve our goal of becoming an Honor Chapter.” •<br />
Lanesville is on Hwy. 62. From I-64, take Exit 118 or Exit<br />
113. For a schedule and other information, go to www.<br />
lanesvilleheritageweekend.org, or visit on Facebook.<br />
Pictured: (top) Participants enjoy the annual log sawing contest; (center) some<br />
of the 36-acre antique farm machinery display; (bottom) Quilting has been a<br />
part of the celebration since its beginning when ofcers in the local FHA chapter<br />
committed to a quilt to symbolize the Bicentennial. Quilters at St. Joseph<br />
Catholic Church continue the tradition.<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 24
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Special Feature<br />
Pictured: Shari Lasher, Program Administrator, and Doug Robson, Director, in front of the learning center in Corydon.<br />
Making a Diference<br />
Harrison County Lifelong Learning provides access to education and training<br />
Story by Shari Lasher<br />
Photo by Peyton Schmidt<br />
F<br />
all is a busy time of year at Harrison<br />
County Lifelong Learning.<br />
The learning center, located<br />
on Highway 62 in downtown<br />
Corydon, has already served more than<br />
500 students this year and is projected to<br />
meet 800 by the end of the year.<br />
“Our mission is to provide access to<br />
a wide variety of education and training<br />
opportunities for the residents of the Harrison<br />
County area,” says Doug Robson,<br />
director. That means programming often<br />
varies depending on the needs of the community.<br />
Since its formation in 2001, the<br />
center has formed partnerships to provide<br />
a variety of classes and initiatives.<br />
Through a successful partnership<br />
with the Region 10 Adult Education Consortium<br />
and the Scot County Economic<br />
Development Corp., Lifelong Learning<br />
has a licensed teacher on site four days a<br />
week to help students improve their basic<br />
skills. These students often work toward a<br />
high school diploma, but many also enter<br />
the workforce or apply to college degree<br />
programs.<br />
Students enrolling in the program<br />
are asked to make an atendance commitment<br />
and spend their frst hours completing<br />
the Test of Adult Basic Education.<br />
After determining their corresponding<br />
grade level, a customized curriculum is<br />
developed to help students master language<br />
arts, science, social studies and<br />
mathematic skills. “Many of our students<br />
‘Last year we helped over<br />
400 students earn an <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
high school diploma.’<br />
juggle work and family responsibilities,<br />
so the online learning tools have been a<br />
tremendous help,” says Robson.<br />
Harrison County Lifelong Learning<br />
is also the regional test center for the<br />
High School Equivalency. “We serve Harrison,<br />
Crawford, Clark, Floyd, Scot and<br />
Washington counties,” says Shari Lasher,<br />
program administrator at the center. “Last<br />
year we helped over 400 students earn an<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> high school diploma.” Lifelong<br />
Learning, with the help of registrars in<br />
Clark and Floyd counties, has 11 addendum<br />
sites, including fve prisons, where<br />
students are tested on a regular basis.<br />
“We’ve tried to make registration<br />
and the test locations as convenient as we<br />
can for such a large geographical area,”<br />
says Lasher. “Obtaining a high school<br />
equivalency is just the frst step for students,<br />
and such a boost to their confdence.<br />
They see, often for the frst time,<br />
how education can open doors in their<br />
lives.”<br />
Currently, Lifelong Learning ofers<br />
the High School Equivalency in pencil/paper<br />
format but will have two sites for computer-based<br />
testing by the end of the year.<br />
“The scoring and administration will be<br />
much quicker,” says Robson. “For whatever<br />
reason, they’ve goten of track since<br />
high school, and obtaining their diploma<br />
allows them to explore all the possibilities<br />
that await them.”<br />
One of the possibilities that Adult<br />
Education students have available after<br />
obtaining their diploma is taking workforce<br />
development classes. The WorkINdiana<br />
career certifcation program,<br />
in conjunction with the Department of<br />
Workforce Development, gives students<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 29
short-term occupational training, which<br />
results in industry-recognized certifcations.<br />
Currently more than a dozen programs<br />
are available to students, including<br />
pharmacy technician, dental assistant,<br />
computer support specialist and automotive<br />
service technician.<br />
“It’s our hope that the partnership<br />
with WorkOne prepares students to enter<br />
a career certifcation program or postsecondary<br />
education. We want them to be<br />
successful and get jobs,” says Robson.<br />
Harrison County Lifelong Learning<br />
also partners with area colleges, including<br />
Ivy Tech Community College, to ofer<br />
postsecondary classes in Corydon. Faceto-face<br />
classes and distance-education<br />
classes at the center ofer fexibility and<br />
convenience.<br />
“We are proud to have brought college<br />
classes to Harrison County,” says<br />
Robson. In fact, Lifelong Learning recently<br />
began talks with <strong>Indiana</strong> University<br />
Southeast to conduct classes one night a<br />
week. Students at Ivy Tech, Vincennes<br />
University and <strong>Indiana</strong> University can<br />
also complete the Accuplacer placement<br />
exam at the learning center in Corydon.<br />
And for those students who are enrolled<br />
at schools outside of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>,<br />
Lifelong Learning provides test proctoring<br />
services. “We’ve had schools as far<br />
away as Washington and Utah contact us<br />
because they have students enrolled who<br />
need to take a proctored exam. Our services<br />
help them ensure test integrity nationwide,”<br />
says Robson.<br />
In addition to classes, the learning<br />
center provides a free computer lab open<br />
to the public. “Our lab is used daily, often<br />
for college coursework. We have students<br />
completing online assignments, printing<br />
documents and conducting research,”<br />
says Robson.<br />
One student who knows the computer<br />
lab well is Kathy Timberlake of<br />
Central. Now enrolled as a part-time student<br />
at Ivy Tech, Timberlake has already<br />
earned a technical certifcate in business<br />
administration. She is working toward an<br />
associate’s degree in general studies. She<br />
often uses Lifelong Learning to log onto<br />
the campus network to complete her reading<br />
responses and develop her portfolio<br />
in preparation for graduation. Timberlake<br />
also uses the lab to complete scholarship<br />
applications and has atended computer<br />
education classes coordinated by the<br />
learning center.<br />
“The knowledgeable staf at Lifelong<br />
Learning is an asset to our county<br />
and to our entire area,” says Timberlake.<br />
“They’ve helped me so much over the<br />
years. The fact that they provide free Internet<br />
access has been invaluable to my<br />
success in school.”<br />
“We are always working to increase<br />
programming and bring more learning<br />
opportunities to the community,” says<br />
Robson. Computer education classes such<br />
as Microsoft Excel continue to be popula,r<br />
and workforce-development classes can<br />
be designed for specifc employer needs.<br />
“We have a talented group of instructors<br />
who can help,” says Robson. •<br />
For more information on services provided by<br />
Harrison County Lifelong Learning, call 738-<br />
7736. For additional information on the Adult<br />
Education Initiative through the Department<br />
of Workforce Development, visit www.in.gov/<br />
dwd/adulted.htm.<br />
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Special Feature<br />
For the Love of Animals<br />
New veterinary practice brings expertise back home<br />
Pictured: (Above) Matthew and Emily Latimer with their dogs, in the waiting room of the<br />
new ofce; (Below) Veterinary Assistants, Jill Howlett and Amanda Mansfeld.<br />
Story by Anne Kaye<br />
Photos by Michelle Hockman<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 32
One step into the new Latimer<br />
Animal Hospital in New Albany<br />
will make you and your<br />
furry family members feel right<br />
at home as the founding veterinarians,<br />
Drs. Mathew and Emily Latimer, focus<br />
on small animals and their owners in<br />
Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties.<br />
The husband-and-wife team, who<br />
earned their undergraduate degrees from<br />
Western Kentucky University and doctorates<br />
from the Ross School of Veterinary<br />
Medicine on the Caribbean isle of St. Kits,<br />
ofcially opened the 2,400-square-foot<br />
facility at 2831 Charlestown Road in June.<br />
What began as their design on a napkin<br />
over lunch years ago has unfolded into<br />
a state-of-the-art reality “back home” for<br />
Mathew, a New Albany native.<br />
“Returning here after 13 years<br />
was the easiest decision,” said the 2001<br />
Graceland High School (now Christian<br />
Academy of <strong>Indiana</strong>) grad. “Emily and I<br />
wanted to interact and serve in the community<br />
the way my dad did here for more<br />
than 30 years.” His father, Dr. Steven Latimer,<br />
was a well-respected, now-retired<br />
dentist whose practice was in front of the<br />
site where the new animal hospital now<br />
stands.<br />
INHERENT LOVE OF ANIMALS<br />
The Latimers reside in Corydon now<br />
with – no surprise – plenty of animals,<br />
from the cows and horses they purchased<br />
years ago when Mathew frst thought<br />
he’d specialize in large animals to a bevy<br />
of dogs and cats and miscellaneous other<br />
creatures. He fexed his interest in horses<br />
when he worked for 18 months for a<br />
trainer near Dallas, Texas, and for Tommy<br />
Sheets, local horse trainer, before becoming<br />
an agricultural business major as an<br />
undergraduate.<br />
Emily’s fervent love of animals resulted<br />
in her always having dogs and<br />
other pets while growing up in Bowling<br />
Green, Ky.<br />
“My parents couldn’t keep me away<br />
from them!” she said with a grin. Because<br />
she’d faint at the sight of broken bones<br />
and blood as a child, Emily dismissed the<br />
thought of a veterinary career. But in her<br />
sophomore year of college, she stepped<br />
away from a business focus and gave animal<br />
science a try, worked as a veterinary<br />
assistant, and fell in love with the feld.<br />
Emily and Mathew met through<br />
mutual friends at a “Passion of the Christ”<br />
movie when they were at WKU and dated<br />
almost two years before marrying in 2009.<br />
Before they both graduated from Ross in<br />
2012, they spent one year in a required<br />
clinical rotation at Texas A&M College<br />
of Veterinary Medicine. After that, the<br />
two setled in Tennessee, where Mathew<br />
If expertise is the foundation<br />
of Latimer Animal Hospital,<br />
compassion is the trademark.<br />
worked for Healthy Pet Veterinary Clinic<br />
in Spring Hill. Emily gleaned experience<br />
through her work at a bank and managing<br />
a 30-to-35-head catle and horse operation.<br />
The switch to small animals flls a<br />
need and gives them the enjoyment of<br />
working with individuals instead of large<br />
operations, Mathew and Emily said.<br />
If expertise is the foundation of<br />
Latimer Animal Hospital, compassion is<br />
the trademark. Put the paperwork aside<br />
when a pet enters and is hurting. That can<br />
be taken care of later, they say, since the<br />
immediate atention goes to addressing<br />
the condition of the animal.<br />
NATURAL PRESCRIPTION<br />
The partnership is a perfect blend<br />
of skills that pacifes and treats the furry<br />
patients and reassures their owners. It’s<br />
a God-given blend for them, they say.<br />
Mathew’s forte and experience in surgery<br />
complement Emily’s strengths in<br />
preventive care, medical treatment, and<br />
client education. Those benefts are laced<br />
with Emily’s loving and keen psychology<br />
in giving the right mix of treatment and<br />
medications and Mathew’s afability, so<br />
endearing that the practice in Tennessee<br />
nicknamed him “Dr. Chatimer.”<br />
The passion for veterinary work is<br />
never boring for Mathew, 32, and Emily,<br />
29. From the humorous and outlandish<br />
to the deeply sensitive, they have dealt<br />
with a gamut of situations. Surgically removing<br />
chew toys from a border collie’s<br />
stomach three times and extracting Teenage<br />
Mutant Ninja Turtles and socks twice<br />
still bring smiles to their faces. At the other<br />
end of the spectrum, Mathew has twice<br />
given treatment to dogs diagnosed with<br />
cancer at the same time their owners were<br />
going through the dreaded illness. He was<br />
also touched by anonymous callers who,<br />
in two cases, ofered to pay the bills for<br />
owners who could not.<br />
“That’s why we’re in this feld,”<br />
Mathew said. “It is people’s natural compassion<br />
for animals and other people.<br />
And we are excited to build a family of<br />
pets and owners here where we feel right<br />
at home.” •<br />
The Latimer Animal Hospital is located at<br />
2831 Charlestown Road in New Albany.<br />
They are open Monday through Friday, 8-5,<br />
walk-ins welcome, and Saturday, 8-noon, by<br />
appointment. For more information, call 812-<br />
920-0532.<br />
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Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 34
Special Feature<br />
T<br />
he VolleyFeds stepped out on the<br />
sand volleyball court at Baxter<br />
Jacks in Louisville. Our four<br />
original team members have<br />
played on these courts for 25 years and<br />
our current average age is 53. Our opponents<br />
were new in town. They were<br />
tall, lean, young, quick, strong, and goodlooking<br />
compared to our not as tall, more<br />
mature, reasonably fast, fairly strong, and<br />
well … we clean up nicely team. For purposes<br />
of this writing, I will call the other<br />
team the Young Whippersnappers.<br />
The Young Whippersnappers got<br />
the jump on us, as we started out slowly.<br />
We are a team that likes to have fun, and<br />
teasing one another is part of the game.<br />
Initially, both sides of the court felt light<br />
and friendly. After losing several consecutive<br />
points, the VolleyFeds’ competitive<br />
spirit kicked in.<br />
As the Young Whippersnappers<br />
began losing points, they became more<br />
aggressive and their playfulness quickly<br />
vanished. The VolleyFeds ultimately won<br />
the games by narrow margins.<br />
As we shook hands with the Young<br />
Whippersnappers, one of their larger and<br />
stronger male players came up to our<br />
team captain, shook his hand, and said:<br />
“Thanks for the lesson on respect. … We<br />
will know next time not to judge other<br />
teams too quickly.” We accepted the<br />
somewhat backhanded compliment.<br />
The VolleyFeds began our coed<br />
team 25 years ago when three couples<br />
bonded over volleyball. VolleyFeds became<br />
our name because four of six players<br />
were federal employees.<br />
Celebrating 25 Years of Teamwork<br />
Behind the scenes with the VolleyFeds volleyball team<br />
As one another’s strengths<br />
and weaknesses have been<br />
discovered, we have learned<br />
how to accommodate both.<br />
Story and Photo by Carol Dawson<br />
The VolleyFeds played together in<br />
year-round tournaments and leagues on<br />
sand and hard courts, and we won fairly<br />
often. We competed in weather so cold<br />
that we wore winter gloves and in heat<br />
so dreadful that a water hose was placed<br />
on the court to prevent heatstroke. One<br />
of our players remained on the court<br />
through three pregnancies, and our children<br />
grew up playing in the sand.<br />
Several years ago we lost a player to<br />
divorce and another to a painful knee injury;<br />
however, the four federal employees<br />
remain on the team.<br />
Some wonderful people have come<br />
and gone in the two open positions, but<br />
none as exciting as when the three daughters<br />
(the litle girls who used to play<br />
around us in the sand), joined our team.<br />
Two of our newest players have been with<br />
us for three years, and their humor and<br />
energy ft in nicely. (In other words, they<br />
bring our average age down.)<br />
The VolleyFeds shared life lessons<br />
learned over 25 years in the sand:<br />
Experience and longevity can be<br />
used to our advantage -- as one another’s<br />
strengths and weaknesses have been discovered,<br />
we have learned how to accommodate<br />
both.<br />
Personalities will occasionally clash<br />
no mater how well you get along. Get<br />
over it and stay in the game.<br />
Never underestimate others – maturity<br />
can bring wisdom and experience<br />
that can often override the strength and<br />
stamina of youth.<br />
When one member of the team falls<br />
down, don’t kick sand in his/her face.<br />
Let others know your intentions:<br />
Call the ball.<br />
Trust and play as a team, otherwise<br />
you have chaos.<br />
It can be more fun to be lucky than<br />
to be good.<br />
No mater the weather, competition<br />
continues. Life is not always convenient.<br />
And then there is this telling quote<br />
from Mike, our newest team member:<br />
“Mama said life is like a box of chocolates.<br />
You know what you’re gonna’ get, and it’s<br />
really full of nuts.” Hmmmm…<br />
The VolleyFeds won our league last<br />
summer; however, we don’t collect winning<br />
T-shirts like we have in the past. Although<br />
the desire to win is always a very<br />
close second, keeping friendships and<br />
having weak-kneed laughs even in the<br />
middle of a game will always be our top<br />
priority and the motivation behind why<br />
the VolleyFeds keep playing in the sandbox.<br />
•<br />
VolleyFeds pictured: (Front) Mike Absher; (Middle) Pam<br />
Costelle, Carol Dawson, and Robin Oser; (Back) Ted<br />
Roesner and Ken Crutchfeld. Original VolleyFeds included:<br />
Steve Costelle and Mary Ellen Roesner<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 35
Special Feature<br />
NEW MISSION: HELPING VETERANS<br />
27-year National Guardsman adjusting to civilian life, and helping others do the same<br />
Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 36<br />
Story by Dale Moss<br />
Photo Courtesy of Scott Ham
S<br />
cot Ham met me outside the restaurant<br />
where we were to talk. Ham<br />
shifted, started and stopped, all to<br />
make certain he stayed on my left<br />
through the doorway.<br />
It’s a military thing, Ham explained, a<br />
sign of respect.<br />
This from surely the most honorbound,<br />
dutiful and patriotic unicyclist, juggler,<br />
magician and balloon artist I know.<br />
Ham, of New Albany, retired this year<br />
from the <strong>Indiana</strong> Army National Guard.<br />
That ended a 27-year commitment in which<br />
Ham, with his one-man carnival, found<br />
himself repeatedly in harm’s way around<br />
the world.<br />
Ham left as a command sergeant major,<br />
an indeed-unusual leader of soldiers<br />
who commonly struggle with stresses far<br />
beyond the imaginations of the rest of us.<br />
And while Ham, 47, coped admirably, he<br />
also did too much and saw too much to<br />
emerge fat-out unscathed. After he exhausted<br />
his family -- barking orders to<br />
them like they were troops -- Ham fnally<br />
accepted their pleas to chill out and regroup.<br />
“It was the best defning moment I<br />
needed,” he told me.<br />
“I was aware enough to recognize<br />
that. A lot of soldiers are not.”<br />
So now Ham, while still being counseled,<br />
urges other veterans and their families<br />
to accept care. Ham’s retooled service<br />
includes advocacy for Personal Counseling<br />
Service, a not-for-proft agency in Clarksville<br />
that steps up to help when and how<br />
the Veterans Administration cannot. “The<br />
VA can’t do it all,” Doug Drake, executive<br />
director for Personal Counseling, said. “We<br />
want to do more.”<br />
Ham manages the ultrasupportive<br />
Silver Creek Water Corp., for which he has<br />
worked a quarter-century. His wife of 23<br />
years, Heidi Ham, works alongside, and<br />
they are the parents of two children, Harvest<br />
and Hickory. Instead of heading of<br />
to war, Scot Ham packs now to lead occasional<br />
mission trips on behalf of Northside<br />
Christian Church. Ham also is deep<br />
in a batch of other admirable deeds while<br />
encouraging fellow vets to be counseled.<br />
“That’s my purpose right now,” Ham said.<br />
“It’s OK to search out for help.”<br />
Ham grew up in Greenville, Ind., with<br />
family and friends in the military. He cannot<br />
recall a moment’s indecision about his<br />
own future in uniform. Ham felt patriotic.<br />
He wanted to experience more than <strong>Southern</strong><br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>. Military service made perfect<br />
sense. “It was extremely easy,” Ham said.<br />
“I wanted to build something or blow it up.<br />
“For a country boy, that was exciting.”<br />
Ham joined the Army National<br />
Guard, in New Albany, in 1984, even before<br />
graduating from Floyd Central High<br />
School.<br />
September 11, 2001, changed life intensely<br />
for those in military service. Ham<br />
previously had been deployed overseas<br />
once, to Bosnia-Herzegovina. What followed<br />
9/11 were protracted stints in Afghanistan<br />
and Iraq. From the terrorist attacks<br />
until the end of 2008, Ham was gone<br />
more than he was home.<br />
His duties ran an incredible gamut,<br />
from mortar missions to school construction<br />
and, yes, to entertaining. Picture this<br />
guy on his unicycle on those far-of dusty<br />
roads we see on the TV news. Ham said<br />
he’s cycled in 17 countries. As light as he<br />
tried to keep it, as well as he could fll the<br />
Bob Hope role, Ham was overmatched by<br />
circumstances. “Running missions constantly,<br />
staying ramped up to defend and<br />
to protect each other, it wears on all your<br />
emotions and senses,” he said.<br />
Ham returned to important assignments<br />
stateside before turning over the defense<br />
of our nation to the next generation.<br />
He felt ready, at last, to be a full-time civilian.<br />
Then came that other realization like<br />
a slap to the face. “My wife said, ‘I’m not<br />
one of your soldiers and my name is not<br />
Roger,’” Scot Ham said. “’You can’t boss<br />
your co-workers and your family around<br />
like you do your soldiers.’”<br />
Ham said he neither was diagnosed<br />
with post-traumatic stress disorder nor<br />
does he need medicine. Yet opening up and<br />
talking soothes. “It keeps me tweaked and<br />
adjusted mentally,” he said. “So we can<br />
have a calmer quality of life.”<br />
Ham also learned how impossibly<br />
swamped the VA’s behavioral health effort<br />
is. A friend and neighbor, Steven Santana,<br />
suggested Ham also lean on Personal<br />
Counseling Service. The son of a veteran<br />
and a PCS board member, Santana said of<br />
Ham: “He’s very much a can-do person.<br />
He keeps his demons inside while helping<br />
others.”<br />
Or as Drake said of Ham, “He is one<br />
of the most phenomenal people.”<br />
Ham appreciates that the military is<br />
increasingly sensitive to the mental-health<br />
needs of its people. No longer are such issues<br />
necessarily considered black marks. “I<br />
feel it is my duty to bring awareness to my<br />
fellow veterans,” Ham said. “We’re all in<br />
this together.”<br />
His Quixotic-like focus includes hoping<br />
to stop veterans’ suicides, currently 22<br />
a day on average, according to Ham. “We<br />
need to bring that to zero,” he said.<br />
Ham the showman shows up these<br />
days at conferences and birthday parties.<br />
He supports veterans and always will.<br />
While walking always on the left, Ham<br />
seems en route to being truly retired and at<br />
peace. “I’m a happy guy,” he said.•<br />
PCS:<br />
Adjusting it’s mission<br />
to ft the times<br />
Around since 1959, Personal<br />
Counseling Service<br />
adds to and adjusts it<br />
mission with the times.<br />
An enhanced devotion to the needs<br />
of veterans is but one example.<br />
“Organizations like Personal<br />
Counseling Service and others can<br />
help fll that void,” Steven Santana,<br />
a PCS board member, said.<br />
It is Santana who brought Scot<br />
Ham, a friend and neighbor, both to<br />
PCS’s door and to its advocacy. One<br />
result is that this fall’s PCS fundraising<br />
gala, an annual event, will have<br />
a veterans’ theme.<br />
The agency also sponsored a<br />
fag retirement and veterans’ appreciation<br />
ceremony this past June.<br />
The success of the PCS fundraiser,<br />
on September 25, is crucial for<br />
a faith-based operation that serves<br />
hand to mouth more often than not.<br />
Meanwhile, demand rarely if ever<br />
subsides. The agency nonetheless<br />
forges ahead not just to reach out<br />
to veterans but to provide efective,<br />
professional care.<br />
“We don’t want to put a veteran<br />
with somebody who doesn’t<br />
understand, who doesn’t have<br />
training,” Doug Drake, the agency<br />
executive director, said.<br />
Drake agrees the Veterans Administration<br />
cannot do it all, especially<br />
when the families of veterans<br />
likewise need help. “They sufer as<br />
much,” Drake said.<br />
PCS hopes to be able to aford<br />
a full-time counselor with the skills<br />
to get veterans like Ham through<br />
their transition from military service.<br />
“It’s something we want to<br />
grow,” Drake said. •<br />
Personal Counseling Service, based in<br />
Clarksville at 1205 Applegate Lane, offers<br />
counseling to individuals, couples<br />
and groups. Its clients include both<br />
children and adults. Its aid includes recovery<br />
from sexual abuse. To learn more<br />
or to atend the fundraising event, call<br />
the agency at (812) 283-8383.<br />
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Health Notes<br />
Bubble gum takes years to digest.<br />
Smoking alleviates heartburn.<br />
Swimming after eating causes<br />
cramps. These are just a few myths<br />
that have been debunked over time. Don’t<br />
let these myths come between you and a<br />
healthy digestive system. Here are four<br />
other digestive myths you shouldn’t believe.<br />
1. Nuts Cause Diverticulitis.<br />
Diverticulitis is a condition characterized<br />
by an infection or infammation<br />
in one or more small pockets in the intestine.<br />
If you or someone you know has<br />
diverticulitis, you might have been told<br />
to avoid corn, nuts and seeds. Don’t pass<br />
up that bag of popcorn at the movies just<br />
yet; this is actually a myth. Researchers<br />
fnd no connection between nut consumption<br />
and diverticulitis. In fact, those with<br />
diverticulitis should maintain a diet rich<br />
in fber, which includes nutrient-rich nuts<br />
and seeds. A low-fber diet is actually the<br />
more probable cause of diverticulitis.<br />
Food Fables<br />
Four digestive myths debunked<br />
2. Ulcers are Caused by Stress and Spicy<br />
Foods.<br />
“You’re going to give yourself an ulcer”<br />
is a warning many people have heard<br />
from a grandma or concerned parent. The<br />
truth is that you can’t really give yourself<br />
an ulcer. A more likely culprit is a bacterium<br />
found in the stomach called Helicobacter<br />
pylori, or pain medications like<br />
ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin. Another<br />
myth is that spicy foods cause ulcers. But<br />
relax, sriracha lovers; while eating spicy<br />
foods might make ulcers worse for some<br />
people, it doesn’t actually cause them.<br />
3. Drink Plenty of Water with Meals.<br />
You might have heard that drinking<br />
plenty of fuids with each meal will help<br />
with digestion. The truth is that drinking<br />
too much water during meals can interfere<br />
with necessary, natural levels of<br />
stomach acid and bile, slowing the digestive<br />
pro- cess. Drinking lots of liquids during<br />
a meal can also worsen the symptoms<br />
Dr. James C. Strobel, MD<br />
Gastroenterology of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
of acid refux. Optimal digestion occurs<br />
when you stay hydrated throughout the<br />
day and drink water 30 minutes before<br />
and after each meal.<br />
4. Meat Stays in Your Stomach Longer<br />
than Vegetables.<br />
A lot of people would agree that eating<br />
a steak for dinner feels a litle heavier<br />
on the stomach than a chef salad or veggie<br />
plate. Eating foods high in fat does slow<br />
the digestive process, but it actually takes<br />
the same amount of time for our stomachs<br />
to digest meat and vegetables. All foods<br />
from a meal – both meat and vegetables –<br />
complete the digestion process and leave<br />
the body at about the same time, usually<br />
within three days.<br />
Always ask your doctor if you have<br />
other digestion practices or facts you think<br />
could be myths. The best prescription is to<br />
debunk them right away for optimal digestive<br />
health. •<br />
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Everyday Adventures<br />
The Apple of Your Eye<br />
Every year when the air grows crisp<br />
and the leaves turn to fre, we<br />
head to the local orchard to pick<br />
apples. It’s one of my favorite<br />
family traditions. The road to the orchard<br />
winds through horse farms and cow pastures,<br />
and we have a contest to see who<br />
can count the most animals along the way.<br />
When we get to the orchard, we grab<br />
a wagon. It’s a good hike to the back of<br />
the property to the apple trees, and I always<br />
give my daughters a ride. It used to<br />
be no big deal, but now my back tells me<br />
otherwise. My kids are geting heavy.<br />
Unfortunately, they’re also growing<br />
tall. In the old days, when my girls were<br />
still preschoolers, they couldn’t reach<br />
the apples on their own. I’d hoist one of<br />
them up on my shoulders, and we’d wade<br />
into the branches together to fnd the best<br />
fruit. It was the together part that made<br />
it fun. They’re big enough now to reach<br />
the lower branches on their own. We’re<br />
still picking apples together, but just not<br />
as together as we used to be.<br />
As a dad, I love together. I want to<br />
be as close to my kids as possible. Orchards<br />
are fne and all, but it’s really just<br />
an excuse to spend time as a family. The<br />
drive, the wagon ride, the apple picking<br />
and, later that night, eating apple dumplings<br />
after dinner -- they’re all just props<br />
to bring to us close together.<br />
The desire for together comes from<br />
God. God loves together. This is nothing<br />
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new.<br />
In Psalm 17:8, when a king named<br />
David found himself in serious trouble,<br />
he prayed, “Keep me as the apple of<br />
your eye; hide me in the shadow of your<br />
wings” (NIV). Literally, David was asking<br />
God to protect him as someone would<br />
The drive, the wagon ride,<br />
the apple picking and, later<br />
that night, eating apple<br />
dumplings after dinner --<br />
they’re all just props to bring<br />
to us close together.<br />
protect his own eye from danger. Translators,<br />
though, use the phrase “apple of my<br />
eye” because it refers to something precious<br />
to you. It is an object refected in the<br />
pupil of your eye. Why is it refected? Because<br />
you’re close to it, and you’re looking<br />
right at it. In other words David prayed<br />
for God to draw him near and to keep His<br />
eye on him.<br />
That’s a prayer God is more than<br />
happy to answer. He’s a God who would<br />
rather hoist us on his shoulders than<br />
watch us from a distance. He would rather<br />
pull us in a wagon behind him than let<br />
us walk through life alone. He is a loving<br />
dad, and like all loving dads, God loves<br />
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together.<br />
If you could look into the eyes of<br />
God, you’d be sure to see your refection.<br />
His face is turned to you, and He yearns<br />
to draw you near. Even if you feel roten<br />
to the core, you are still the apple of God’s<br />
eye.<br />
And you know what they say about<br />
apples, right? They never fall far from the<br />
tree. No mater how far we fall, no mater<br />
how badly we think we’ve blown it, we’re<br />
never as far from God as we think. An<br />
apple a day may keep the doctor away,<br />
but nothing can separate us from a Father<br />
who loves us and longs to do life together.<br />
So this fall, whether you make it to<br />
an orchard or prefer to pick your produce<br />
in the store, grab an apple, and let it remind<br />
you that you are precious in the eyes<br />
of God. •<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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