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A Walk in the woods during troubled times 

14 | WILSTEM RANCH 

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Southern Indiana Living 

MAY / JUNE 2020 

In Every Issue 

7 | FLASHBACK PHOTO 

Confectionary & Bakery, New Albany, Indiana, 1909 

8 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS 

In pursuit of happiness 

10 | A WALK IN THE GARDEN WITH BOB HILL 

One phone call can lead you home 

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20 | REAL LIFE NUTRITION 

Pizza Night 

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Leadership Southern Indiana, Impact 100 Southern 

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Grandparenting during a crisis 

30 | EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 

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We are committed to providing support for nonprofit 

organizations that are serving our community during this 

tine of crisis. 

We live and work here, too. 

The health and safety of our friends and families and 

Harrison County residents, the stability of our nonprofit 

organizations and the economic well-being of our 

community is important to us. We are committing resources 

to meet the short-term and long-term needs. 

Here’s what you can do. 

Donate to the new relief fund if you want to help others. 

Every dollar we receive will be used to provide assistance. 

This is for immediate use rather than a permanent 

endowment. We are committing money to this fund as well. 

Harrison Couny Community 

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The HCCF COVID-19 Relief Fund will provide flexible 

resources to our nonprofit organizations serving Harrison 

County as they address immediate and long-term needs. We 

will serve as a partner in the effort. 

If you would like to join us in helping meet the need, you are 

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Gifts may be made online at hccfindiana.org or by 

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// Photo courtesy of Stuart B. Wrege Indiana History Room, New Albany-Floyd County Public Library 

This flashback photo from the Floyd County Public library captures a 

family standing in front of the E. M. Grantz Confectionary and Bakery. 

The bakery was located at 1259 Vincennes Street in New Albany, 

Indiana. According to library records, Edward Michael Grantz, the 

proprietor, is pictured here with his wife, Catherine Weinmann Grantz, 

and children, Earl and Lula Mae Grantz. The Grantz Confectionary was 

at this address from 1909 to 1923. It later became Robert Pope’s barber 

shop. 


A Note to Baby Boomers 

In Pursuit of Happiness 

Iran into a friend not long ago, and 

I asked how she was doing. 

I already knew. 

More well-meaning than 

smooth, I asked anyway. Terrible was 

her first answer. Other words followed, 

sad, sadder and saddest. 

Time might help her, but I did 

not. I offered instead a ‘hang in there’ 

as if she had misplaced her keys. 

What actually is missing is her husband. 

He had died a few weeks earlier. 

Like was he, she is one of nicest 

people I know. She is also among the 

wealthiest. She could own the store 

into which we bumped. 

At no store, however, is true happiness 

on the rack. Amazon Prime 

cannot rush everything after all. This 

chance encounter only reminded me 

what most matters. 

Must I need a reminder? 

Studies find that older people 

are happiest. Without diapers to 

change or mortgages to pay off or 

jerky bosses to tolerate, we seniors 

do lead a simpler life. Simple suits us 

like do early bird specials. 

We retired from being busy, 

right. 

True, new retirees always get the 

talk: Do not just hang in there. Act as if 

the couch has bedbugs. Turn off Jerry 

Springer – you know the plot. Volunteer. 

Visit old friends and make new 

ones. Get healthy or healthier. Check 

out the world or at least the next over 

county seat. Read. Learn how the cell 

phone actually works. 

Help Dale Moss clean out his garage. 

Well, I do take pride at least in 

gathering less dust than the kids’ senior 

pictures. Occasionally on purpose, 

I actually wear myself out. 

Then I nap through a few old sitcoms. 

Deaths make us unhappy, of 

course. Rich people grieve like do 

poor people, of course. We more often 

stumble than glide through the 

ups and downs of life, of course. 

Life’s hassles tend to be harder to get 

rid of than are stinkbugs. 

So we may lose sleep or drink 

too much. We may treat loved ones 

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like garbage. We pile up regrets like 

my mother piled up Green Stamps 

and twisty ties. 

Happiness is harder to master 

than is the cable remote. I am happy 

with family and friends. Yet, I also am 

happy alone. I am happy as a tourist. 

Yet, I also am happy to get back 

home. I am happy to write. 

Yet, I also am happy to press 

send and forget the difference between 

adverbs and adjectives. 

I should be happier, as luck 

would have it. My health is more 

good than bad. So is my bank account. 

My wife puts up with me, especially 

when we are in different rooms. The 

kids finally have given up on old dad 

coming up with new puns. 

My sports teams win more than 

they lose and, as of this writing, I 

have not had to scoop one shovelful 

of snow. 

Trouble is, red traffic lights made 

me grumble more than green ones 

make me smile. I notice when gas 

prices go up more than when they go 

down. I am among the least worthy 

candidates for the Optimist Club. 

Little wonder I fumbled through 

my talk with the wiped-out widow. 

Another friend is divorcing. Like 

me, he was married forever. Then 

his wife told him she has hated him 

since, well, pretty much forever. 

Hang in there? 

Yet another friend wears out his 

Medicare card with problems from 

head to toe. He has lost much of his 

mobility, a lot of his sight, his ability 

to drive. 


Other friends need new knees or 

hips or cope with migraine headaches 

and achy backs. Others want to retire 

but cannot afford it. Others have kids 

or grandkids hooked on drugs. 


I enjoyed my column-writing 

newspaper career. I happened upon 

something I could do and I did it well. 

At least that’s my story. Like were my 

co-workers, I was evaluated annually. 

My performance had to be 

summed up in one word. Short of 

winning a Pulitzer – still waiting – I 

was not going to receive a check next 

to ‘Exemplary.’ Or I’d be due a nice 

raise. 

Instead, I invariably was rated 

At no store, however, is true happiness 

on the rack. Amazon Prime cannot rush 

everything after all. This chance encounter 

only reminded me what most matters. 

‘Improving.’ This continued long after 

I well may have stopped improving. 

Nonetheless, praise made me 

happy. 

I intend somehow to keep improving 

even in retirement, no matter 

if getting out of the car gets only 

harder. I will still accept challenges, 

invited or otherwise. I well may 

someday be as sad as my friend is 

now. Heartbreak tends to pick on 

all of us. When sorrow has its day, 

though, will it have its way? As I age, 

I can get better at being happy. I can 

remind myself to live until I die. 

And I too can hang in there until 

I can do better. • 

After 25 years, Dale Moss 

retired as Indiana columnist for 

The Courier-Journal. He now 

writes weekly for the News and 

Tribune. Dale and his wife Jean 

live in Jeffersonville in a house 

that has been in his family 

since the Civil War. Dale’s e- 

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A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill 

One Phone Call Can Lead You Home 


The phone call wasn’t for us — but 

it would forever change our lives. 

We were in a realtor’s office in Jeffersonville 

looking to buy an old 

farmhouse and a small piece of land when 

the call came. As the realtor apologized 

and took the call, my wife, Janet, began 

looking through a multi-listing book on 

the table. 

This was 1975. I had just taken a job 

with the late, great Louisville Times. Being 

from blue collar Northern Illinois farm 

country, we had some classic old school 

wishes: maybe 6 acres. Close in. Fixable 

farmhouse. Affordable. 

The land part was important. As a 

kid, Janet had lived on farms. I had worked 

on them. We both understood sweat and 

equity. We had two young children, Robb 

and Jennifer. Janet wanted a big vegetable 

garden. I was just getting interested in 

ornamental plants, maybe a grape arbor, 

some fruit trees. We both liked country. We 

both needed country. Maybe 6 acres. Close 

in. Fixable farmhouse. Affordable. 

We had first searched for all of above 

on the Kentucky side of Louisville. The 

problem quickly became apparent. We 

couldn’t afford anything east of town and 

south would require a long daily commute 

through more city traffic than my psyche, 

patience or pocketbook would allow. 

“I would suggest,” our Louisville realtor 

told us once that became all too apparent, 

“you try Southern Indiana.” 

We did. We were barely in the realtor’s 

office when her phone rang. As she 

picked it up Janet began going through 

that multi-listing book. There wasn’t much, 

but one listing did catch her eye — an old 

farmhouse on 6 acres of land. 

The photos had been taken in the winter: 

bare trees, forlorn landscape, weathered 

old house. Ugly. Janet read the details 

and cringed at the photos but liked the size 

of its rooms — big, wide farmhouse rooms 

that resonated with her previous life. 

The realtor finished her call. She 

wasn’t pushing what Janet had found. She 

never did. We didn’t look that desperate. 

Yet we piled into her car and headed out to 

look at the place just outside Utica, about 8 

miles from the Kennedy Bridge. Check the 

box on close in. 

Fixable farmhouse took a little longer 

to ascertain. The property was so overgrown 

that the house wasn’t visible from 

the road. The apple trees in the front yard 

were 25-foot mounds of marauding honeysuckle. 

The grass was so tall a machete 

might be required. Invasive trees had suckered 

up in front and back fields. We drove 

right past the driveway the first time, unable 

to recognize it as a path to actual living 

quarters. 

Those living quarters proved to be an

1860s farmhouse with a leaky tin roof, sagging 

gutters, faded shutters, stained clapboard 

siding, cracked sidewalks, fallen 

fence, 1940s wiring, outdated bathrooms, 

a medieval kitchen with wood burning 

stove, a wheezy furnace with no air conditioning 

and no insulation in the walls. 

Suddenly “fixable” was in the discussion 

with “affordable.” 

Perfect. We instantly fell in love with 

the place — or at least its possibilities. It 

just felt right. It had a presence. It wanted 

us. All boxes checked: 6 acres close in. Fixable. 

Affordable. County. 

We cleaned up the place, made right 

what was wrong, planted a big vegetable 

garden and orchard, built a barn, raised 

some beef, got to know the neighbors. We 

grew our two kids, sent them off to college, 

the world. We added a couple more 

acres, covered it all in horticultural glory, 

created our Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture 

Garden — recently closed. We loved 

the nursery but don’t miss it. We now get 

to sit quietly on the back porch, write, 

quilt, travel and yet still play some in the 

dirt. 

So let’s go back to that 1975 phone 

call. What if we had arrived at the realtor’s 

two minutes later? What if Janet had not 

picked up that multi-listing book while 

the realtor was on that call? What if — and 

this was our first stop in the Southern Indiana 

search — the realtor had pushed us 

I often think about that — and other events 

and happenings just like it. The “what ifs?” of 

life are adding up. What if the realtor’s phone 

didn’t ring? What if Janet picked up another 

book of listings? How many such phone 

calls have been in your lives, how much has 

serendipity made a difference for you? 

toward a better place not coated in honeysuckle? 

I often think about that — and other 

events and happenings just like it. The 

“what ifs?” of life are adding up. What if 

the realtor’s phone didn’t ring? What if 

Janet picked up another book of listings? 

How many such phone calls have been 

in your lives, how much has serendipity 

made a difference for you? 

What if, what if? 

Let me count our ways. Once in Utica 

our kids went to the old grade school 

where Janet became PTA president and 

volunteered for a time as a teacher’s aide, 

which led to a full-time aide job in another 

school and then 4H leader. 

Utica is where Robb walked the 

nearby fields and streams with his buddies, 

and first developed his lifelong 

appreciation of nature, music and photography, 

now his life’s work. It’s where 

Jennifer found the right sports activities, 

classes and teachers at Jeffersonville High 

School to help take her to an Ivy League 

education and her environmental preservation 

career. 

Without that phone call, there would 

have been no Hidden Hill Nursery & 

Sculpture Garden, no connections with 

plant people that took Janet and me to 

botanic gardens and nurseries around the 

world. 

We never would have hosted our 

bluegrass events, weddings and birthday 

parties, given garden tours and made 

friends with gardeners from across the 

country. Without that phone call we never 

would have found the peace and serenity 

that comes with being by ourselves on the 

back porch looking over the oasis we created. 

Sure, you might argue, another 

farmhouse and land might have created 

the same magic. We don’t believe that. 

The circumstances were perfect here. 

They allowed us to learn so much about 

the land, flowers and ourselves. They led 

us to so many good times along the way; 

the friends we still visit, travel with and 

treasure. It’s been 45 years. It’s home. It’s 

us. One phone call. • 

About the Author 

Bob Hill owns Hidden Hill 

Nursery and can be 

reached at farmerbob@ 

hiddenhillnursery.com. 

For more information, 

including nursery hours 

and event information, go 

to www.hiddenhillnursery. 

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Learning to Cope 

A walk in the woods during troubled times 

Bloomington, Indiana // Photo Credit: Kim Lewis Photography / shutterstock.com 


Story by Sara Combs

As I head over the hill behind my 

house, I am thankful for my 

daily walk. I am always grateful 

for this time, but as our country 

faces its current health and economic crisis, 

I am even more so. I put one foot in 

front of the other and move on. There is a 

great deal of comfort in this — the moving 

on. 

A deer dashes across my path. Squirrels 

scamper up and down the trees. Fields 

seem alive with rabbits hopping here and 

there. Birds are singing. Hillsides are covered 

with daffodils, jonquils and forsythia 

bushes. Fruit trees are in full bloom. Tiny 

green buds are appearing. As I take this 

in, all the noise and all the uncertainty our 

country is experiencing as we deal with 

the coronavirus pandemic begins to fade. 

I say a prayer for those who have contracted 

the virus, for people whose livelihood 

is threatened, health-care workers, homeless 

people seeking shelter and officials 

who are in charge of policies, and then I 

leave it in God’s hands. 

I breathe in the fresh air. Spring has 

arrived, and although the temperature remains 

a bit chilly, signs of the season are 

everywhere. Life is renewing. 

I have always been a fan of taking 

walks, but never have they been so meaningful. 

I am free to walk — or even run (if 

it were not for arthritic knees and rough 

terrain) while maintaining social distancing. 

I am fortunate to have 20 acres, mostly 

wooded, to wander about as I please. I 

am thankful for this and much else. 

I walk to my spring and see water 

gushing over the hillside. I am thankful 

for the abundance of clear, clean water it 

provides. I am thankful for people smart 

enough to get the water from the middle 

of the woods to my kitchen sink. 

As I take this in, all 

the noise and all 

the uncertainty our 

country is experiencing 

as we deal with the 

coronavirus pandemic 

begins to fade. 

I walk on up to the top of the hill to sit 

for a bit on “The Thinking Rock,” a boulder 

so named by one of my granddaughters, 

who went there when she was a little 

girl and needed to think things through. 

In the years since, she has grown up and 

I have borrowed it from her for a place to 

pray, to figure things out and make decisions 

and plans, and I am thankful for 

this quiet place. I am thankful for granddaughters, 

grandsons and all of my lovely 

family. 

I enjoy being with people, but sometimes 

I want to walk alone. I like music, 

but when I walk, I only want the sounds 

of the outdoors. At a distance I hear children 

calling to one another. Close by, I hear 

animals moving through the trees and the 

rumble of trains passing on the nearby 

tracks. The rhythmic hum of chainsaws 

means people are cutting wood not too far 

away. Sometimes, there is the droning of 

an airplane overhead. A few vehicles pass 

by. Signs of life. Today, the airplane sound 

is missing. There are fewer cars and no 

school bus. Everything seems quieter. 

I wander on down the other side 

of the wooded hill to the gravel road on 

which my land lies. I travel the 3-mile circle 

back toward my house. I am thankful 

for this peaceful, safe street. I am thankful 

for the people whose homes I pass. 

I spot a young boy walking probably 

10 feet in front of me. He looks to be about 

8 or 9 years old. And I am glad to see a 

person. I miss people. He turns around 

and waves. I wave back. 

“Are we more than 6 feet apart?” he 

shouts. 

“Yes, we are,” I assure him in a loud 

voice. 

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It’s Friday night, you’re tired and your 

kids are yelling “I’m hungry.” You 

could pick up the phone and order a 

cheesy, crowd-pleasing pizza. While 

you’re at it, why not take the chance to 

simply enjoy your kids’ company and 

make a homemade pizza? No kids? Got 

fur babies or a special someone? Use this 

time to pour a glass of wine and have an 

impromptu date night. Making food a tradition, 

such as a Friday pizza night, can 

add intangible health benefits to these 

special, social connections. 

I can already hear the silent chants 

of the big “C” words. “Pizza has carbohydrates 

and calories, don’t you know!” 

Fortunately, your body needs both carbohydrates 

and calories to function properly. 

Complete elimination and/or extreme 

restriction of nutrients is rarely a good 

idea. This practice often leads to a constant 

inner voice saying, “I want this food, 

but I can’t have it.” This is also known as 

psychological deprivation, and it tends to 

lead to an unsustainable mindset. Lucky 

for you, I’m a registered dietitian who, 

yes, believes in pizza! What follows are 

some fun, healthy ways to incorporate 

pizza into your lifestyle. 

Making pizza doesn’t always require 

meal planning or advanced culinary 

skills. Let’s get real —most of us aren’t 

going to make the dough and toss it into 

the air. For a base, try whole-grain tortillas, 

English muffins, premade dough, 

flatbreads or swanky cauliflower crust. 

Whole grains fuel the body with fiber, 

which keeps you full and regular. 

A fun challenge is to open your cabinets 

and refrigerator, where ingredients 

are ready to be thrown on top of your 

latest creation. A jar of spaghetti sauce, a 

can of pineapple, chopped deli ham and 

shredded cheese, and tada, you’re a regular 

Iron Chef! Not to mention you checked 

off several food groups: grains, vegetables, 

fruits, protein and dairy. 


Real Life Nutrition 

Pizza Night 

Starting a fun and healthy family tradition 

The sky is the limit for toppings. 

Chop up leftover veggies for use as a 

healthy topping. Reduce waste by using 

those half onions or peppers that usually 

end up in the trash. An assortment of 

proteins can make your pizza more filling. 

Did you know that adding protein 

slows the digestion of carbohydrates? 

This keeps you fuller longer and prevents 

blood sugar spikes that can make you feel 

drowsy later. Try shredded chicken, lean 

ground or deli meats, meat alternatives, 

eggs and even beans for healthier options. 

Seasoning proteins with a variety of spices 

can also add a punch of flavor. 

Get creative with cheese. Mozzarella 

doesn’t have to be the main event. 

Sprinkle on goat cheese, blue cheese or 

even Pepper Jack cheese. An abundance 

Base Sauce Cheese Veggies Protein 

• English muffin 

• Tortilla 

• Premade crust 

• Flatbread 

• Naan 

• Cauliflower crust 

• Canned biscuits 

• Homemade dough 

* Remember to try 

and use whole-grain 

choices for extra fiber 

• Spaghetti 

sauce 

• Alfredo 

• Barbecue 

• Olive Oil 

• Gravy 

* Don’t forget 

ideas for drizzle 

such as hot 

sauce, reduced 

balsalmic vinegar, 

or salsa 

• Mozzarella 

• Cheddar 

• Pepper Jack 

• Blue cheese 

• Goat cheese 

• American 

• Gouda 

• Feta 

• Colby Jack 

• Parmesan 

• Onion 

• Peppers 

• Sauteed greens 

• Mushrooms 

• Tomatoes 

• Chopped lettuce 

• Pineapple 

• Olives 

• Any leftovers 

• Ground turkey or 

chicken 

• Shredded meat 

• Eggs 

• Refried beans 

• Tofu 

• Deli meat 

• Turkey Pepperoni 

of cheese is not a requirement for good 

pizza. Lightly sprinkling the cheese can 

give you the taste and texture you desire 

without all of the extra calories. A little really 

does go a long way! 

If you don’t have a recipe or premade 

crust with directions, 350 degrees 

for 10 minutes is a good place to start with 

baking. Remember you can always add 

time, but you cannot take away time. You 

may want to test one pizza before going 

rogue. 

Pizza night can be a fun, healthy tradition 

for you and your family. It’s also 

a great way to be more resourceful and 

exercise your creative side. So open those 

cupboards, push up your sleeves, put on a 

smile and have a slice! • 

About the Author 

Caitlin Tennyson, RD, 

CD, is a clinical dietitian 

at Baptist Health Floyd 

in New Albany. She 

graduated from Western 

Kentucky University 

and completed her 

internship in Sarasota, 

Florida. Although she 

has practiced in a 

variety of settings in 

the past eight years, 

she finds the most joy in clinical nutrition, applying 

evidence-based practices to improve 

patient care. In her spare time, she loves being 

creative in the kitchen and trying new foods at 

local restaurants. 

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YOUR COMMUNITY 

New Albany Floyd County Education Foundation 

GALA SUPPORTS STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS 

More than 600 people attended the ninth annual “Education Celebration!” gala, which netted $180,000 for projects for NA-FC 

Schools’ students. This exceeded last year’s proceeds by $40,000, according to Executive Director Tyler Bliss. Funded projects include 

Blessings in a Backpack, which sends food home with 1,200 needy children each week; classroom projects; Imagination Library of 

free books each month for 3,700 young students; First-Year Teacher gifts to set up classrooms; JA experience for all fifth and seventh 

graders; scholarships; Great ARTS projects in partnership with the Fund for the Arts; and annual educational tours (cultural and 

historical) for all elementary students. 

(Top) Jim Kanning and Alan Muncy bought strings of beads sold by New Albany cheerleaders Grace Swarens and Hailey 

Barker and Floyd Central cheerleaders Emma Shackleford and Regann Ballard to raise extra funds. (Right) Mandy 

Bennett, Elizabeth Hilbrich, and Laura Muncy perused silent auction items. 

Phillip and Deborah Wesley, Amy Letke, and Chuck Antonini prepared to enjoy the 

evening’s buffet. 


Sara Main, Superintendent Dr. Brad Snyder, and Dr. Rex and Marcia Bickers posed with 

an oversized auction item.

Leadership Southern Indiana 

BREAKFAST SERIES: WAKE UP EMPOWERED 

In its 38th year, Leadership Southern Indiana launched its 2020 lineup of programs and people with its popular Breakfast Series for a 

packed house in the Hoosier Room at IU Southeast. Topics were “From Coopers to League Champions” with guest speaker Brad Estes, 

President of Louisville City FC; and “Vision and Legacy” with panelists Mike Mountjoy, Chairman Emeritus of MCM CPAs and 

Advisors, and Dr. Mark Lynn of Dr. Bizer’s VisionWorld/Dr. Mark Lynn & Associates. The non-profit’s motto is “Building Beyond 

to engage, develop, and mobilize regional leaders who will serve and transform communities.” For a complete list of programs for 

teens and adults, log onto the website at LeadershipSI.org. 

(Top) Seated: Leadership SI alumni Kerry Stemler, president of KM Stemler, and Larry Lynn with RH Clarkson Insurance 

Group. Standing: NextGen participants Olivia Licerio (New Albany), Reagan Sprouls (Silver Creek), Aubree 

Anderson (Jeffersonville), Quin Murphy (St. Xavier), Elizabeth Hoffman (Borden), and Kaelan Davis (Atherton). 

(Right) Leadership SI alumna Dani Cummins, Executive Director of The Estopinal Foundation; guest speaker Brad 

Estes, President of Louisville City FC; Leadership SI alumnus Marc Tawfik, attorney and chair of the breakfast 

series; and Mark Eddy, President/CEO of Leadership SI. 

Impact 100 Southern Indiana 

BOARD ELECTS NEW MEMBERS, OFFICERS 

In the past three years, Impact 100 Southern Indiana has gifted three local non-profits with a total of $256,000 in grants. That momentum 

continues fullspeed as members donate to the 2020 grant season. 

Board members hope to exceed last year’s total as women in the community are invited to renew or begin their membership by 

donating $1,000 or share a membership with someone for $500 each. Watch the print and social media for details about joining and 

about applying for the grant, the total of which will be announced this later this year. 

Impact 100 Southern Indiana, a fund of the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, is part of a national movement that enables 

women to make significant differences in their communities by uniting in their giving. The local chapter focuses on Clark, Floyd, and 

Harrison counties. For more information, log onto the website at www.impact100si.org. 

(Left) Newly elected 

members of the board 

are Marilyn Faulkenburg, 

Amy Wheatley, Erica 

Sharp, Maggie Moore, 

and Leaha McCrite. 

(Right) Leading Impact 

100’s Advisory Board are 

Michelle Jadczak, president; 

Marcia Bickers, vice 

president; Lori Forbes, 

secretary; and Julie Claypool, 

treasurer. 


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We can help you establish a fund that gives 

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and so is passing on the value of 

GIVING BACK. 

Your family’s traditions and passions are 

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find important and they are what makes 

your family special. 

The Community Foundation of Southern 

Indiana partners with individuals and 

families who want to pass on their passions 

and values so that future generations of family 

members learn the importance of giving back 

and helping their community. Your individual 

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nonprofit, church or alma mater - whatever is 

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Discover What Makes Washington County a 

Great Destination! 

Lake Salinda 

Enjoy fishing, kayaking and hiking 

Veterans Trail. Take a bike ride on the 

new bike path around the lake! 

Lake John Hay 

Come out for boating, fishing, kayaking 

and bird watching. 

Knobstone Trail 

Hike part of Indiana’s longest hiking 

trail going through Washington County 

Delany Creek Park: Enjoy swimming, 

boating, fishing, modern and primitive 

camping, cabin and lodge rentals and 

much more! www.delanypark.com 

Contact us at: 

www.washingtoncountytourism.com 

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

Visit us on at Washington County Indiana’s Tourism Commission 


Welcome 

Dr. Hill! 

Josh Hill, DPM 

Podiatry/Podiatric Surgery 

HCH Physician’s Group 

Harrison County Hospital welcomes Podiatrist Dr. Josh Hill to the HCH Physician’s Group! 

Dr. Hill is Board-Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Medicine with a Certificate of 

Additional Qualification in Diabetic Wound Care, Limb Salvage, and Amputation Prevention. 

Dr. Hill is now available to see patients full-time in the HCH Medical Pavilion on the Hospital 

Campus. Appointments with Dr. Hill may be scheduled by calling 812-734-3800. 

To learn more about Dr. Hill, including a list of specialized services, visit hchin.org/DrHill. 

Josh Hill, DPM 

1263 Hospital Drive NW 

Suite 105 . Corydon, IN 

hchin.org 


Grandparenting During a Crisis 

Grand in Grandparenting 

While watching two child 

monitors showing our 

sleeping grandsons, I 

contemplate words of 

wisdom to pass along to our Southern 

Indiana grandparents. I feel inadequate. 

We are in the midst of a tragic virus that 

is indiscriminately taking the lives of our 

loved ones — pulling families apart, and 

in many cases, smashing them together. 

Both our son and daughter-in-law 

are considered essential employees, and 

we are helping by watching baby Case 

and 3-year-old DJ part time. Grandparents 

all over the world are unable to physically 

spend time with their grands, while 

others are spending full time with their 

cooped-up angels. Family dynamics have 

changed for everyone. 

One of our neighbors had planned 

to drive to their home in Florida just before 

the virus hit. Their daughter is in the 

health profession, and the family didn’t 

want to take the chance of infecting their 

baby girl and two young sons. Therefore, 

the children made a quick temporary 

move from Indianapolis to their grandparents’ 

house in Jeffersonville. With 

nothing more than the items they brought 

from home, long walks and a little creative 

ingenuity, they are doing well. 

Another neighbor, the Johnston 

family, has the opposite scenario. Their 

daughter, Krista, and three grandchildren 

typically live with them, but the children 

were elsewhere with their father when he 

discovered he had been near someone diagnosed 

with COVID-19. They went under 

a 14-day quarantine. Trudy Johnston 

said, “We miss being with the children, but 

the nightly video chats are really helpful.” 

(To video chat with your grandchildren, 

check out FaceTime, Skype, WhatsApp, 

Google Duo, Zoom, Facebook Messenger 

Kids, and Google Hangouts.) 

Linda, who lives near her grandchildren, 

said she continues to take walks 

with her family. They walk on opposite 

sides of the street to obey social distancing 

while talking and laughing together. At 

the end of each walk, they hug themselves 

instead of one another and blow kisses. 

And then there is the mom who accomplished 

a two-in-one project by taking 

her children over to their grandparents’ 

house and asking them to sit by their large 

window. The children then used watercolors 

to draw pictures, paint messages and 

create stained glass on outside of the window. 

During dark times, little things can 

make a big difference. Consider having 

homemade card parties with the grands 

(if not in person, via video), making cards 

of cheer for the employees of your local 

hospital. One night make cards for the 

nurses and doctors, and the next night for 

the patients, dieticians and custodians. After 

a week of card-making, mail or deliver 

the cards to the hospital. 

Walking with my grands, we have 

seen many neighborhood works of chalk 

art, filled with expressions of hope and 

love. They fill me with peace. These walks 

have turned into learning time for DJ. He 

is learning left from right by looking both 

ways before crossing a street. We search 

for specific colors, and just yesterday he 

discovered his shadow. Fascinated that 

his shadow mirrored his movements, DJ 

watched for it diligently throughout the 

journey. When he bumped his head on the 

stroller, he immediately looked over at his 

shadow and said, “I’m sorry, shadow, did 

that hurt?” 

DJ also helped by pulling weeds, 

which to my delight, he loved, but even 

better, he learned about worms and how 

not to be afraid to hold them and to gently 

place them back in the soil to continue 

helping water flow. 

I’ve been wanting to read stories to 

DJ about our faith, but until now he has 

been too fidgety. This week I was able to 

read a child’s Bible story before his nap. 

He listened to the entire story, asked a 

couple of questions, then drifted off to 

sleep. 

How are you making your connection 

with the grands during this unique 

time in their lives? Make the most of this 

isolation period, whether the connection 

is close-up or far away. Look at this time 

as a rare opportunity to slow our grandchildren 

down long enough to make a sincere 

and deep connection. We very well 

may have their somewhat undivided attention 

for several more weeks. 

Finally, there is an informative 

source on the internet from Families First 

Indiana, where you can find 50 family activities 

that don’t involve screens: https:// 

www.familiesfirstindiana.org/50-familyactivities-that-don-t-involve-screens 

Be safe, Southern Indiana. • 

Image Credit: Syda Productions / Shutterstock.com 

Carol Baker Dawson, CCDP/ 

AP, is President of EEO 

GUIDANCE, Inc. She also 

volunteers as the Communication 

Director, Center for Lay 

Ministries, and is the owner of 

Broken Hearts, Inc. – featuring 

Joni’s Heart. 


Everyday Adventures 

Brick by Brick 

Last summer Lowes put their 

bricks on sale, and it almost killed 

me. We had a cracked concrete 

patio that didn’t look so hot, but 

my wife had found a DIY site that showed 

how you could brick over it and transform 

it into a backyard paradise. It was just laying 

bricks on sand. How hard could it be? 

I did the math and according to my 

calculations I needed 1,000 bricks. I have 

an English degree so I knew that number 

was shaky at best, but I figured I’d start 

there and see what happened. 

When it came time to pick up the 

bricks, however, I wasn’t exactly sure how 

I was going to get them home. I had a 

2006 Honda Odyssey. How many bricks 

could I fit in the back, and how much 

weight could I even haul? 

I didn’t really think about this until 

I was sitting in the Lowe’s pick up area 

waiting for them to bring out my order. I 

did a quick search of their website to see 

how much a brick weighs. Turns out it’s 

four pounds, and I was getting 1,000. A 

quick calculation told this English major 

that’s 4,000 lbs or an even two tons. 

Hmm, that sounded kind of heavy. 

I checked my owner’s manual, and according 

to the folks at Honda I could 

haul about 1,300 pounds in the Odyssey. 

Seemed like my bricks might put me a bit 

over the limit. 

Could I push it and go for half? 

That was only 2,000 pounds, which didn’t 

sound like a whole lot more than 1,300. It 

wasn’t even double. But what would happen 

if I loaded the minivan with too much 

weight? Would I blow a tire? Snap the 

axle? I had no idea. 

Just as I was trying to Google it, a 

forklift came around the corner carrying 

my tower of bricks. Even if they were 

light as a feather, there was no way I was 

getting all those in my van. At that moment 

I knew I was way out of my league. 

I asked the guy to give me half, and 

we spent the next 45 minutes loading them 

in the back one brick at a time. With each 

brick we added, the Honda sank closer to 

the ground as my heart sank along with 

it. I had to get these things home, but this 

seemed like a bad idea. 

The second I pulled out of the parking 

lot, I could tell I was in trouble. With 

a ton of bricks in the back, the van handled 

like a totally different car, the weight 

pushing against me every time I hit the 

brakes or changed lanes. I took it slow 


and easy praying every mile of the way. 

Somehow, though, by the grace of 

God, I made it to my driveway, but as 

soon as I tried to pull in, I bottomed out. 

Our van had a trailer hitch for hauling a 

bike rack, and I could hear it screeching 

as it dug into concrete. I wasn’t going any 

farther. 

The second I pulled 

out of the parking lot, 

I could tell I was in 

trouble. With a ton 

of bricks in the back, 

the van handled like a 

totally different car. 

After unloading 500 bricks with a 

wheelbarrow, I was beat. I didn’t go back 

for the rest until the next day. This time 

I’d learned my lesson. I only got 250, took 

those home, dumped them and went back 

for the final load. 

That was about the time it occurred 

to me that Lowe’s delivers things like this, 

and for sixty bucks, I could have saved 

myself a whole lot of trouble. 

But that’s how it goes sometimes 

in life. We all carry burdens that are too 

heavy to handle on our own. Sometimes, 

it’s like my home improvement fiasco, 

when we get ourselves into trouble because 

we didn’t think something through 

on the front end. Other times, however, 

someone else is driving the forklift, and 

they dump a burden on us that hits us like 

a ton of bricks. 

Maybe your burden is a money 

thing. You’ve lost your job or you’re just 

struggling to pay your bills. You have no 

idea how you’re going to make it work, 

and the weight of the stress is crushing 

you. 

For you it could be a health burden. 

The cancer has come back or you’re waiting 

for test results or you just don’t feel 

good and you’re worried about what it 

could be. 

You may be dealing with a broken 

relationship, grieving the loss of a loved 

one or wrestling with guilt over all the 

ways you’ve blown it in life. Your burden 

could be anxiety or depression or a million 

different things. 

I don’t have easy answers for any of 

those situations, but I do know this. We 

were never meant to carry these burdens 

alone. 

Psalm 55:22 invites us to, “Give your 

burdens to the Lord, and he will take care 

of you” (NLT). Psalm 68:19 says, “Praise 

be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who 

daily bears our burdens” (NIV). And in 

Matthew 11:28 Jesus said, “Come to me, 

all of you who are weary and carry heavy 

burdens, and I will give you rest.” 

I don’t know about you, but that 

sounds like a good deal to me. I would 

have had to pay Lowe’s to deliver those 

bricks to my house, but God? He carries 

my burdens for free. He is big enough 

and strong enough to bear the weight of 

anything that encumbers us today. So 

whatever you’re straining under, lay it 

down and invite the God who loves you 

to do the heavy lifting you were never 

never meant to do on your own. • 

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can read more from 

Jason in his books Tales from the Leaf Pile and 

Holiday Road. You can catch up with Jason on 

his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com.

2020 Jeep Gladiator 

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