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MARCH / APRIL <strong>2024</strong><br />
7 | FLASHBACK<br />
A Place of Worship, Lanesville, IN, 1940<br />
8 | A WALK IN THE GARDEN<br />
Quiet No Longer<br />
11 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS<br />
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Flashback Photo<br />
A Place of Worship<br />
Lanesville, <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
ca. 1940<br />
// Photo courtesy of the Frederick Porter Griffin Center, Harrison County Public Library<br />
According to library records, construction began on St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lanesville in 1856, and construction<br />
was completed in 1864. The interior, shown above, was renovated in 1940 to include gold leaf detailing and electric<br />
lights. In July of 1948, building’s interior was destroyed by a fire caused by lightening, but the church was rebuilt using<br />
the remaining exterior walls.<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong> • Mar/Apr <strong>2024</strong> • 7
A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill<br />
Quiet Sites No Longer<br />
My initial meeting with<br />
what became the Port of<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> — Jeffersonville<br />
came with very mixed<br />
results. Beginning in 1975 I had<br />
been driving past the then-rural site<br />
along Utica Pike between Jeffersonville<br />
and Utica for 10 years.<br />
The property was farm fields,<br />
a farmhouse and an old wooden<br />
barn, with the Ohio River and Six<br />
Mile Island over there somewhere.<br />
Sure, there were newspaper stories<br />
that indicated <strong>Indiana</strong> was going to<br />
build a port here, but it just sounded<br />
more like Jacksonville, Florida,<br />
than Jeffersonville, <strong>Indiana</strong>. A port<br />
in a pasture? No way.<br />
That was in my gotta-havemore-old-barn-boards<br />
phase of<br />
life. I was building a wooden barn<br />
myself. Figuring the port property<br />
was abandoned, and eager for the<br />
barn boards, I parked my pickup<br />
truck on the site, grabbed a hammer<br />
and clawed away, about filling<br />
my truck. I wasn’t home more than<br />
15 minutes when the actual barn<br />
owner showed up and nicely suggested<br />
I return his wood, which I<br />
did. If I didn’t know better I would<br />
have thought he had been watching<br />
me the whole time. He never even<br />
thanked me for my work.<br />
So, fast-forward to 1985 and<br />
the Port of <strong>Indiana</strong> — Jeffersonville<br />
was open on 1,000 acres — maybe<br />
75% of it still farm fields. And it<br />
grew. And grew. Those driving past<br />
on Utica Pike noticed more buildings,<br />
more railroad tracks and,<br />
yeah, more traffic. All of it from the<br />
same distance. Over there by the<br />
river. A little mysterious. Lit up at<br />
night like a starship hanger. Trespassers<br />
not welcome.<br />
Every once in a while I would<br />
take a chance and drive back in<br />
there, take in the increasing piles<br />
of scrap steel, mounds of salt to<br />
treat the winter roads, immense<br />
piles of shelled corn, barges tied<br />
up to shore, dozens of railroad cars<br />
spread out along the river.<br />
More tracks came. Miles of<br />
tracks. It was interesting to watch<br />
as it seemed like one guy with some<br />
electronic gizmo was controlling<br />
the train engines from the ground.<br />
Nobody up in the cab. Hand-flipping<br />
the switches to guide the engines<br />
from one track to another.<br />
For all that progress the port<br />
and all its goings-on still seemed<br />
so hidden. A good buddy owned a<br />
boat, so we would cruise the Ohio<br />
River, checking out the port from<br />
the Six Mile Island side.<br />
From there we could see the<br />
big protective riverside building,<br />
the places where the barges were<br />
tied up as all sorts of material and<br />
grain was loaded. The barges then<br />
headed down to the Mississippi<br />
to the Gulf of Mexico, or maybe<br />
north toward Minnesota. Or maybe<br />
across the Atlantic Ocean to ports<br />
in Europe. From right here. Just off<br />
Utica Pike.<br />
And that’s not counting the<br />
hundreds of semi-trucks that went<br />
in and out every day. And the delivery<br />
trucks. Have never seen a helicopter<br />
yet, but surely it’s happened.<br />
There was more. Some of the<br />
visible, twice-a-year port entertainment<br />
were the hundreds of grain<br />
trucks that brought in shelled corn<br />
in the fall. It was piled in enormous,<br />
60-foot mounds for weeks at a time,<br />
with tarps for protection. Then all of<br />
it was removed in a massive show<br />
of backhoes and trucks in late winter<br />
to be shipped out. It’s especially<br />
fun to watch the process at night,<br />
the trucks and dumpsters outlined<br />
in tall lights, the grain dust flying in<br />
the air.<br />
Curious about what really<br />
goes on, I checked out the port’s<br />
website. It mentioned in about the<br />
38 years since the port opened —<br />
and maybe 45 years since a guy got<br />
caught stealing some barn boards<br />
— it now hosts 27 companies, including<br />
15 steel-related businesses,<br />
roll-forming steel, galvanizing and<br />
otherwise. It can hold 350 rail cars<br />
near the dock.<br />
Its total annual traffic averages<br />
835 barges a year, 350,000 semitrucks<br />
and 11,000 railroad cars. The<br />
major cargo includes corn, wire<br />
rods, fertilizer, salt, soybeans, steel,<br />
pig iron and liquid asphalt.<br />
The business figures, and some<br />
of these always sound like economists<br />
throwing darts at a Ouija<br />
board, are listed as a $1.8 billion total<br />
economic impact, $96 million in<br />
tax revenue and 12,137 jobs created<br />
with an average salary of $45,000.<br />
Just over there off Utica Pike.<br />
But there was even more in<br />
the neighborhood. Just a few miles<br />
away, and well connected to the<br />
port, is the River Ridge Commerce<br />
Center. Its growth has been a little<br />
more public — and with no old<br />
barns left to tear down since the<br />
government booted the farmers<br />
off the land to build a black powder<br />
and rocket propellant plant in<br />
about 1940.<br />
The government, and well<br />
Sure, there were newspaper stories that indicated<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> was going to build a port here, but it just<br />
sounded more like Jacksonville, Florida, than<br />
Jeffersonville, <strong>Indiana</strong>. A port in a pasture? No way.<br />
ahead of our entry into World War<br />
II, first purchased about 5,000 acres<br />
with 60 families booted off the land.<br />
It purchased another 4,800 acres<br />
stretching southward into Utica<br />
Township, with 50 farmhouses and<br />
35 summer cottages along the Ohio<br />
River seized. One more purchase<br />
would include the old Rose Island<br />
Amusement Park.<br />
Call it the <strong>Indiana</strong> Army Ammunition<br />
Plant. Its history rings<br />
loudly, thanks to the 27,500 people<br />
who once worked there as the Depression<br />
ended, and another 20,000<br />
who built the facility. Again, the<br />
dutiful Ohio River was a reason for<br />
the site, the water needed to create<br />
the powder and fuel for World War<br />
II, Korea and Vietnam.<br />
Then all went silent. For almost<br />
30 years, until River Ridge<br />
opened in 1998. Several of us got<br />
a tour of the old Army facility before<br />
that. The huge buildings were<br />
ghost-like, filled with old, rusted<br />
assembly lines, dangling pipes and<br />
steel closets. We peeked into one of<br />
the huge, 176 ammunition “igloos,”<br />
the massive soil and concrete bun-<br />
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kers built to hold the powder. We<br />
toured some of the solid, old houses<br />
built along the ridge over the Ohio<br />
where supervisors lived, all later allowed<br />
to rot into decay. We stared<br />
across the huge empty fields, wondering<br />
what would become of it.<br />
The answers were wonderfully<br />
mixed. The northern 5,100 acres<br />
of the ammunition plant became<br />
the serene Charlestown State Park,<br />
with trails up ridges and along the<br />
river and only 20 minutes from our<br />
house. Another 6,000 acres became<br />
the River Ridge Commerce Center,<br />
now hosting more than 70 companies,<br />
including aerospace, automotive,<br />
food and beverage with names<br />
like Medline, Amazon, Bose and<br />
Kroger, with 18,000 total jobs and<br />
$2.7 billion economic output.<br />
Monster, even million-squarefoot<br />
buildings are now sprawled<br />
across those open fields like something<br />
from a science fiction movie.<br />
For better or for worse, the surrounding<br />
area is booming with<br />
apartments and subdivisions, and<br />
more coming.<br />
Most recently Meta — think<br />
Facebook — promised to build an<br />
$800 million, 700,000-square-foot<br />
data center with 100 jobs. This,<br />
close on the business heels of Canadian<br />
Solar promising an $800 million<br />
production facility with 1,200<br />
jobs and Cheesecake Factory with a<br />
$74 million bakery and 200 jobs.<br />
So it goes in the once-quiet<br />
places along the Ohio River in<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>. No more wooden<br />
barns allowed. •<br />
About the Author<br />
Former Courier-Journal<br />
columnist Bob Hill enjoys<br />
gardening, good fun, good<br />
friends and the life he and<br />
his wife, Janet.<br />
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H<br />
ow am I doing?<br />
Teachers no longer<br />
grade me; my last report<br />
card was way, way last<br />
century. Bosses quit evaluating me<br />
once I quit being bossed.<br />
My wife still hopes I improve,<br />
but absolutely knows better.<br />
Like Popeye, I am what I am<br />
and that’s all that I am. OK, that’s<br />
not entirely true. I resolve for <strong>2024</strong><br />
to stream or at least to learn how.<br />
After that, maybe I will check<br />
out one of those — what are they<br />
called — podcasts?<br />
While the world expands,<br />
mine narrows. Goes with aging, I<br />
figure, to care about less no matter<br />
how much more deserves care. My<br />
energy to help change the world<br />
fades like my energy to stay awake<br />
for the 10 o’clock TV news. I took<br />
my turn as a good citizen, tried<br />
hard to make some difference. Now<br />
it’s up to others.<br />
Swallow that, OK.<br />
I grow old where I grew from<br />
the beginning — <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>.<br />
I spend my 71st year in the same<br />
house in which I spent my first,<br />
much less in the same community.<br />
I believe <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> not only<br />
to be good enough for me and my<br />
family but good enough for anyone.<br />
Swallow that as well.<br />
How is <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> doing?<br />
I love its people and places as<br />
much as always. But is it changing<br />
too much? Changing too little?<br />
Is progress necessarily happening<br />
for us or to us?<br />
I asked questions like these for<br />
a living; I was a newspaperman. I<br />
reported on leaders counted on to<br />
know what is best for <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>.<br />
Did they?<br />
Do they? In retirement I am<br />
left to debate mostly with our dog,<br />
like he deserves a say.<br />
The mutt won’t so much as<br />
chip in on his vet bill.<br />
I have written perhaps 12,000<br />
columns or articles. Topics came<br />
and went. Other topics came and<br />
stayed. For instance, <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
decided it simply needed another,<br />
better way to and from Louisville.<br />
Build a bridge, build a bridge,<br />
build a bridge — to be a loyal<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> type was to be in<br />
Room for Improvement?<br />
A Note to Baby Boomers<br />
on the chant. For years and then for<br />
decades, bridge talk was not bridge<br />
action.<br />
We Hoosiers mostly suffered<br />
and, of course, Kentuckians tend<br />
not to get overly worked up about<br />
suffering Hoosiers. Yet Kentucky<br />
finally recognized the value of convenient<br />
commutes. Its people could<br />
benefit when they crave fried chicken<br />
at Joe Huber’s. They, too, might<br />
find a job at that amazing River<br />
Ridge place springing up at the old<br />
Army ammunition plant.<br />
Shamelessly late to the party,<br />
Kentucky agreed to be allies if two<br />
new bridges, not one, were to link<br />
their South to our Midwest.<br />
And oh yeah, they must be toll<br />
bridges. Even some of my favorite<br />
friends insisted there was no other<br />
way.<br />
So, I pay tolls and boil because<br />
toll-free bridges go up and stay up<br />
pretty much everywhere else. A<br />
win for <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>, bridges<br />
nonetheless were. A bigger win,<br />
though, they should be.<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> also needed<br />
a casino if not casinos, some locals<br />
believed. Some didn’t. Clark and<br />
Floyd counties initially passed on<br />
the prospect. Harrison County<br />
gambled on gambling.<br />
The casino there settles in as a<br />
key employer and sugar daddy for<br />
road remakes and college scholarships<br />
and much else that otherwise<br />
might go without.<br />
Negatives persist, invariably,<br />
overwhelmed by positives. No<br />
wonder Orange County joined the<br />
casino craze as soon as it could.<br />
Local governments long ran<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s hospitals because,<br />
well, somebody had to.<br />
One need not be a reporter, however,<br />
to realize how, though never<br />
simple, health care becomes dizzyingly<br />
more complex. Our hospitals<br />
proved attractive to big-buck<br />
operators and, in most cases, deals<br />
were offered that our leaders could<br />
not refuse.<br />
Or maybe they could have refused<br />
and just did not. Either way,<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> is less in control<br />
of its health care. Good thing?<br />
My experience is not overly<br />
convincing. I doubt I am the exception.<br />
I watched communities welcome<br />
Walmarts to town while mom<br />
and pop competitors struggled to<br />
respond. My hometown, Jeffersonville,<br />
just cut the ribbon on its 28th<br />
fancy car wash.<br />
OK, I exaggerate. No doubt,<br />
though, dear old Jeffersonville has<br />
no excuse for dirty cars.<br />
Clarksville is on its third primetime<br />
commercial stretch since<br />
the 1960s and New Albany somehow<br />
squeezes business after business<br />
along a stone’s throw stretch<br />
of State Street.<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> adds stores<br />
and restaurants, a crowd of commerce,<br />
familiar and handy, reason<br />
after reason not to need so much<br />
those new bridges to Louisville.<br />
New housing likewise keeps<br />
developers hustling and traffic sitting.<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> turns more<br />
into North Louisville and less like<br />
Mayberry. People in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
long told me they appreciate<br />
being near Louisville but not in it.<br />
The borders blur ever steadily.<br />
Or perhaps I am just overdue<br />
for cataract surgery.<br />
IU Southeast and Ivy Tech remain<br />
vital assets that have matured<br />
smartly. If they could be better they<br />
mostly could be busier. <strong>Southern</strong><br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> benefits when more of its<br />
residents take to heart the unrivaled<br />
upside of education.<br />
That challenge sadly lingers.<br />
Then again, <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
makes ever-increasing use of its<br />
geographic edge — its perch along<br />
the Ohio River. It also finds occasional<br />
ways to work regionally.<br />
The massive redevelopment<br />
of River Ridge stands out in this<br />
regard. I wish for a long list of examples.<br />
Turf wars get <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
nowhere.<br />
How am I doing? How is<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> doing? We both<br />
mean well.<br />
Like my bosses liked to repeat,<br />
there always is potential.•<br />
After 25 years, Dale Moss<br />
retired as <strong>Indiana</strong> columnist<br />
for The Courier-Journal. He<br />
now writes weekly for the<br />
News and Tribune. Dale and<br />
his wife Jean live in Jeffersonville<br />
in a house that has been<br />
in his family since the Civil War. Dale’s e-mail<br />
is dale.moss@twc.com<br />
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Cover Story<br />
Downtown New Albany<br />
— with its revitalized,<br />
walkable blocks of topnotch<br />
eateries, eclectic<br />
boutiques, and unique shops — is<br />
the place where <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
muralist Carrie Johns can often be<br />
found these days. She recently relocated<br />
her studio to a downtown<br />
basement that can be entered from<br />
a staircase in front of the Elsby<br />
East building on Pearl Street, and<br />
she has made her home on Spring<br />
Street.<br />
“I am elated being downtown<br />
where there is so much creative energy,”<br />
Johns said. “I know many of<br />
the shop owners. The food is amazing,<br />
and I can walk within a threeblock<br />
radius of my studio and pass<br />
by five of my murals.”<br />
The basement where Johns<br />
has her studio has been given new<br />
life since she moved in. She spraypainted<br />
one entire wall, creating a<br />
bright, colorful mural. “The place is<br />
still a work in progress,” Johns said.<br />
“It’s great to have this place to store<br />
all of my supplies. I use it for prep<br />
work, sketching, thinking about<br />
ideas and doing research.”<br />
There is a tremendous amount<br />
of thought and research that goes<br />
into each of Johns’s murals. Her<br />
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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s Muralist<br />
Artist Carrie Johns designs and paints intricate murals unique to each town<br />
largest mural, covering 3,700 square<br />
feet, is located on the Elsby East<br />
building just outside of her studio.<br />
“This building, built in 1866, began<br />
as the New Albany Opera House,”<br />
Johns explained. “For 40 years, it<br />
hosted some of the best actors and<br />
actresses of the 19th century.”<br />
Johns designed the mural as<br />
a tribute to this once-grand place.<br />
Depicted on the mural is a redhaired<br />
opera singer, whose voice is<br />
symbolized by stars that shoot from<br />
her mouth across a wide expanse,<br />
pointing to the grandeur of the<br />
building’s past as one of the finest<br />
theaters in the Midwest. The building,<br />
as it was then (known from old<br />
photographs that Johns found) is<br />
also drawn as part of the mural’s<br />
background.<br />
Johns explained the style of<br />
the painting: “The style is Art Nouveau,<br />
which was popular during<br />
the years when the Opera House<br />
was flourishing.” She also added<br />
flowers and butterflies to the mural<br />
to hint at the growth and evolution<br />
of New Albany over time.<br />
Once Johns has developed her<br />
idea for a mural, she executes it in<br />
steps. She hand-sketches the image<br />
on paper, then blocks it out in<br />
squares. She photographs the wall<br />
Story by Judy Cato<br />
Photos by Lorraine Hughes<br />
or surface where the mural will<br />
be painted, then using a software<br />
program, she superimposes her<br />
blocked image onto the photograph<br />
to get the placement right.<br />
When she is painting an image<br />
on the actual wall — whether in<br />
Milltown, New Albany or Corydon<br />
— she often draws a crowd who<br />
come to watch her and to marvel.<br />
She created her “Welcome to Milltown”<br />
mural on the side of Maxine’s<br />
Market during Milltown’s annual<br />
Paddle Festival.<br />
“The amazing people of Milltown<br />
made me feel so welcome,”<br />
Johns said. “They would drive by<br />
and honk; they brought me drinks.<br />
It was a heartwarming experience<br />
— one I will never forget.”<br />
That mural depicts some of the<br />
main attractions of the town: canoeing<br />
on Blue River, the local vegetation<br />
and wildlife, a rendering of the<br />
old Mill, and the legendary “shoe<br />
tree,” a tree in Milltown where, for<br />
generations, people have tossed<br />
shoes for good luck.<br />
The Milltown Economic Development<br />
Committee commissioned<br />
Johns to create a second mural<br />
in Milltown in 2023. This one is<br />
on the side of the Riverside Liquors<br />
Building, and features two muscle
cars and classic signage, including<br />
E.K. Roggenkamp, a car dealership<br />
that played a big role in Milltown’s<br />
history.<br />
“<strong>Indiana</strong> car shows are big<br />
events here and serve as a way to<br />
bring the community together,”<br />
Johns said. “I love these stories behind<br />
the murals I do. It is one of the<br />
great pleasures of my life to bring<br />
people together through art.”<br />
Johns has completed over a<br />
dozen murals in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>,<br />
and another seven in Louisville. All<br />
of them are designed for a specific<br />
location and purpose. In 2020, she<br />
was commissioned by MESA, A<br />
Collaborative Kitchen to paint<br />
a mural that would get “MESA<br />
Kids” excited about cooking.<br />
Just a block from her studio,<br />
on the back of MESA, she created<br />
her Chef’s Mural, which features<br />
portraits of six famous chefs: Julia<br />
Child, Nancy Silverton, Emeril Lagasse,<br />
Anthony Bourdain, Jamie Oliver<br />
and Mashama Bailey. The faces<br />
and unique expressions of each chef<br />
are captured with affection.<br />
In 2021, the City of New Albany<br />
commissioned her to paint<br />
a mural on the side of Mickey’s<br />
Coffee Shop on Vincennes Street<br />
to promote growth in that area of<br />
town. For the background, Johns<br />
chose black and white paint to depict<br />
some of the landmarks of that<br />
area: New Albany High School, the<br />
building where Mickey’s is located<br />
and a rendering of the old Monon<br />
train station. In the foreground —<br />
in bright blues, oranges, and yellows<br />
— she painted a pair of hands<br />
letting go of a kaleidoscope of butterflies.<br />
The main inspiration for all of<br />
this joyful and playful art is Johns’s<br />
children. “They keep me happy,”<br />
she said. Johns also had a happy<br />
childhood growing up in Georgetown,<br />
where her father was an amateur<br />
artist.<br />
“I would sit for hours watching<br />
him paint, and learning,” she<br />
said. She expected to follow in his<br />
footsteps and become an artist.<br />
“I remember once in elementary<br />
school a teacher singled out my<br />
picture to put on the board as an example<br />
of good work,” Johns said. “I<br />
never gave it a second thought because<br />
I already knew that I would<br />
be an artist, and that people would<br />
pay for my art.”<br />
And people did pay for her<br />
work. While still in high school, her<br />
Depicted on the mural is a red-haired opera<br />
singer, whose voice is symbolized by stars<br />
that shoot from her mouth across a wide<br />
expanse, pointing to the grandeur of the<br />
building’s past as one of the finest theaters<br />
in the Midwest. The building, as it was then is<br />
also drawn as part of the mural’s background.<br />
Pictured: (left page) Johns’ mural on the Elsby East building in New Albany; (this page, from top) Carey Johns in her<br />
studio; one of two murals created by Carrie Johns in Milltown.<br />
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aunt allowed her to paint a mural<br />
in her nursery. After that, people<br />
began calling her.<br />
She also started doing Etch A<br />
Sketch drawings as a child. “We<br />
did not have endless supplies, so<br />
that was a tool I could erase and use<br />
again,” she said.<br />
She became an expert. She<br />
now draws detailed portraits and<br />
copies of famous paintings — including<br />
the Mona Lisa — on this<br />
children’s tool. She is one of the top<br />
five people in the world who can do<br />
this.<br />
She was recently offered a<br />
group show in Las Vegas to exhibit<br />
her Etch A Sketch drawings. People<br />
also buy them to hang as shadow<br />
boxes. It is another outlet for her<br />
creative energy.<br />
She has also been taking workshops<br />
in plein-air painting for a few<br />
years, with plans to make this a priority<br />
in the future. But for now, she<br />
has four or five murals lined up.<br />
The next one will be on the Floyd<br />
County Token Club Building, just<br />
down the street from her studio. •<br />
Pictured: A mural created by Johns in Milltown depicts<br />
some of the main attractions of the town: canoeing on<br />
Blue River, the local vegetation and wildlife, the old Mill,<br />
and the shoe tree<br />
“The amazing people of Milltown made me feel<br />
so welcome. They would drive by and honk;<br />
they brought me drinks. It was a heartwarming<br />
experience — one I will never forget.”<br />
- Carrie Johns<br />
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Pitching Hope<br />
People of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
Softball Player’s Inspiring Story Makes It to the Big Screen<br />
Story by Michele Hardman<br />
Photos submitted by Katelyn Pavey Rockwood<br />
When Katelyn Pavey was<br />
born twenty-five years<br />
ago, her life was off to<br />
a rocky start from the<br />
very beginning. Her birth was unexpected<br />
- the result of an affair.<br />
When she was born, her left arm<br />
wasn’t fully developed. For many<br />
years, her parents struggled with<br />
the thought that their daughter had<br />
been born this way because of their<br />
own personal mistakes. From the<br />
time she was an infant, Katelyn had<br />
no choice but to learn to adapt her<br />
everyday life to work around her<br />
physical limitations. But since this<br />
was all she had known from birth,<br />
she didn’t think that much about it.<br />
Her dad, Eric, played baseball<br />
in his younger years and introduced<br />
Katelyn to softball. She almost<br />
immediately fell in love with<br />
it. Why? “It made me feel confident<br />
in myself,” she said. “Like I wasn’t<br />
that different than anybody else.”<br />
Eric coached this sport for 27 years,<br />
and he and Katelyn spent countless<br />
hours in their backyard practicing<br />
and playing, helping her to hone<br />
her skills.<br />
At the age of 10, she decided<br />
she wanted to play softball at the<br />
college level. She had her work<br />
cut out for her, but she had an unmatched<br />
determination.<br />
Katelyn said, “Lots of mornings<br />
I’d wake up at 5 a.m. — even<br />
in the freezing cold of winter — and<br />
go outside to hit. I sacrificed birthday<br />
parties, time with my friends, a<br />
LOT of weekends … a lot of time in<br />
general … to get to where I wanted<br />
to be in this sport.”<br />
And it paid off. She was able to<br />
get on a good travel team, was getting<br />
to start the games, and thought<br />
she was doing well, but one day she<br />
was asked to leave the team. The<br />
coach told her that it was causing<br />
too much drama from other players,<br />
coaches and parents, who were<br />
complaining that a girl with only<br />
one arm was starting the games instead<br />
of other girls with both fully<br />
functioning arms. Even though this<br />
hurt her deeply at first, she chose<br />
to use the initial sting of it to act as<br />
fuel to drive her even more to prove<br />
that she WAS good enough at the<br />
game and deserved to be out on the<br />
field. She eventually rose above all<br />
of the opposition and became the<br />
first one-armed All-American softball<br />
player.<br />
She and her family attend First<br />
Capital Christian Church in Corydon,<br />
with Pastor Tyler Sansom. Ever<br />
since he was a little boy, Tyler had<br />
wanted to make movies. Since the<br />
church’s motto is “to help others<br />
find and follow Jesus,” he figured<br />
what better way to do this than<br />
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Softball has given a lot to her in numerous ways, so she wants to give<br />
back to the game and be able to reach more people with her testimony.<br />
by making movies about his own<br />
congregation. The pastor knew the<br />
story of Katelyn and her family,<br />
and approached Eric first about allowing<br />
him to film a movie about<br />
Katelyn and her journey. At first,<br />
Eric said no. He wasn’t comfortable<br />
with having his mistakes portrayed<br />
on the big screen for all the world<br />
to see. Then they asked Katelyn<br />
about it. She turned them down not<br />
once, not twice, but three times.<br />
She didn’t feel like she particularly<br />
had a story to share.<br />
She said, “I have red hair and<br />
one arm — so what? I play softball. I<br />
felt like there were others that needed<br />
to share their story more than<br />
me and I really didn’t want to be in<br />
that spotlight.” But Pastor Sansom<br />
felt in his heart that this would be<br />
a great story of redemption to inspire<br />
and encourage others, and<br />
that if it brought even one soul to<br />
Christ, that it would be worth it.<br />
When he put it that way, the Paveys<br />
decided they needed to do it. The<br />
movie, titled “I Can,” has been a hit,<br />
initially being shown in select theaters.<br />
It can now be viewed through<br />
streaming on Amazon Prime.<br />
Katelyn started college at Cincinnati<br />
Christian University, then<br />
went to Midway University in Kentucky<br />
and graduated from Kentucky<br />
Christian University with a<br />
master’s degree in Christian Leadership.<br />
She is currently working at<br />
the National Fastpitch Coaches Association<br />
in Louisville and hopes to<br />
stay in the sport of softball in some<br />
capacity — maybe coaching somewhere<br />
or opening her own indoor<br />
facility.<br />
Softball has given a lot to her<br />
in numerous ways, so she wants to<br />
give back to the game and be able<br />
to reach more people with her testimony.<br />
She travels quite a bit doing<br />
motivational speaking, and she also<br />
got married last September.<br />
The movie and all of Katelyn’s<br />
success has been a collective effort<br />
and supported by her parents, Eric<br />
and Salena, and two siblings, Sydney<br />
and Mackenzie. Author and<br />
Christian speaker Joyce Meyer frequently<br />
says, “Let your mess become<br />
your message,” and this family<br />
has done a great job of that.•<br />
Pictured: (top) Katelyn and her dad, Eric; (bottom)<br />
Katelyn batting; (previous page) Katelyn speaking<br />
about I Can, the movie based on her life.<br />
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“Lots of mornings<br />
I’d wake up at 5<br />
a.m. — even in<br />
the freezing cold<br />
of winter — and<br />
go outside to hit. I<br />
sacrificed birthday<br />
parties, time with<br />
my friends, a lot of<br />
weekends … a lot<br />
of time in general<br />
… to get to where<br />
I wanted to be in<br />
this sport.”<br />
- Katelyn Pavey<br />
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So, what do you get when you<br />
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years ago, and they quickly fell<br />
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Michael had a 30-year career in the<br />
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working for some of the big guys<br />
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60 miles on a single charge. What<br />
better way to enjoy nature than<br />
cruising leisurely along on one of<br />
these cool machines? Or maybe a<br />
FatBear Scooter is more your style.<br />
As soon as you walk in the front<br />
door of the store, you’re greeted<br />
by a cute skeleton couple, both<br />
perched on one of these machines,<br />
and dressed in some of the store’s<br />
comfy outdoor-geared clothing to<br />
fit the current season. And speaking<br />
of comfy clothing, let’s talk a<br />
little about that. Although Michael<br />
and Vicki each spent most of their<br />
careers wearing the typical corporate<br />
attire every day, that’s all been<br />
traded in now for sherpa-lined<br />
jackets, flannel shirts, toboggans<br />
and “shackets” — clothes that are<br />
comfortable to live, work and play<br />
in. Think you have to travel to Florida<br />
to get a Salt Life shirt? Nope.<br />
They’re available and waiting for<br />
you in Corydon. And the Old Guys<br />
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Explore Outdoor Adventure<br />
Corydon Store Offers Many Ways to Explore the Outdoors<br />
Rule brand shirts are a hit with people<br />
who appreciate the clever sayings<br />
on them. Women love Simply<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> clothing, and you can find<br />
it here at Explore Outdoor Adventures.<br />
Since the Keenans are both<br />
from military families, they also<br />
carry shirts, sweatshirts and other<br />
products to proudly represent all<br />
branches of the military, and offer a<br />
10% discount to all active and veteran<br />
service men and women.<br />
If you’re a true outdoor<br />
enthusiast, you know that there<br />
are some things that can be a little<br />
tough to find. After all, not just everyone<br />
sells things like inflatable<br />
paddle boards, sleeping bags, tents<br />
and kayaks. Here, you can buy<br />
Brooklyn Kayaks, which offer the<br />
best warranty of any kayak company<br />
in the country (five years). And<br />
when you’re out on the water enjoying<br />
that kayak, you won’t want<br />
to ruin your day by losing your<br />
cooler overboard and having it sink<br />
to the bottom of the river like most<br />
of them do. No worries when you<br />
Story by Michele Hardman<br />
Photos submitted by Explore Outdoor Adventure<br />
purchase a Rugged Road Cooler<br />
from Explore Outdoor Adventures,<br />
since they’re made to float for easy<br />
retrieval. Skateboards from some of<br />
the top brands in the industry are in<br />
stock as well, and the store is a certified<br />
retailer for the Disc Golf Association,<br />
carrying discs that are used<br />
on the pro tour.<br />
There are so many things<br />
in this shop that have inviting textures,<br />
such as super soft ladies’<br />
ponchos, sherpa jackets and handwoven<br />
blankets that are a generous<br />
size (74-by-48 inches). Vicki<br />
has an obvious knack for interior<br />
decorating and displays, and she<br />
and Michael have done a fantastic<br />
job of combining the look and feel<br />
of the outdoors by bringing that<br />
inside their store with black pipe<br />
for shelving and clothing, wood<br />
on the floors, metal accents on the<br />
furniture and the ceiling, soft lighting<br />
and some greenery. The two of<br />
them joke about their slightly sarcastic<br />
East Coast sense of humor,<br />
and this shines through the fun say-
“We provide items for you to get outside. Turn<br />
off your computer, get away from your cellphone,<br />
get out and enjoy life again.”<br />
- Michael Keenan<br />
Co-owner of Explore Outdoor Adventure<br />
ings on various products throughout<br />
the store.<br />
They feel strongly about<br />
supporting other local businesses<br />
and artisans, so they carry some<br />
gorgeous wooden cutting boards,<br />
charcuterie boards and even a chess<br />
set — all made by Robbie Owen<br />
from Owen Woodworks in Corydon.<br />
Have someone in your family<br />
who’s a policeman or firefighter?<br />
Show them some love with a set of<br />
engraved wooden coasters. Can’t<br />
decide which item that special person<br />
in your life would want? Michael<br />
and Vicki make it easy for you<br />
by putting together gift boxes with<br />
an assortment of things that would<br />
make anyone happy. Gift certificates<br />
are yet another option.<br />
You can find home décor<br />
that fits perfectly into the outdoor<br />
lover’s theme, from things to hang<br />
on the wall to Christmas ornaments<br />
to the beautiful wreaths that Vicki<br />
makes. Merchandise in the store<br />
changes almost monthly, which<br />
is one reason why so many customers<br />
keep coming back to see<br />
what’s new. The high level of customer<br />
service is another reason.<br />
The Keenans traded in the East<br />
Coast boardwalks and the ocean for<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> rivers and lakes,<br />
and couldn’t be happier about it.<br />
In Michael’s words, “We provide<br />
items for you to get outside. Turn<br />
off your computer, get away from<br />
your cellphone, get out and enjoy<br />
life again.”<br />
Now that’s good living. •<br />
For more information, go to www.exploreoutdooradventures.com<br />
Pictured: (left hand page) Michael and Vicki Keenan; (this page) canoes and coolers available in the store.<br />
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Real Life Nutrition<br />
Nutritious Sips: A Basic Guide to Nutritional Supplement Drinks<br />
Every week in my work as a registered<br />
dietitian nutritionist, I<br />
meet a few patients who are<br />
spending a lot of money on nutritional<br />
supplement drinks that are not<br />
meeting their needs. These folks are diligently<br />
using supplements in an effort<br />
to solve a specific health issue, but they<br />
are not getting the results they seek, because<br />
they have selected a supplement<br />
that doesn’t have the right energy or<br />
macronutrient balance for their specific<br />
needs.<br />
Let’s get a few definitions straight<br />
before we go any further:<br />
Energy: In the context of nutrition,<br />
energy is measured in calories. Consuming<br />
enough total energy each day is<br />
important to adequately fuel the human<br />
body. Each person has their own unique<br />
energy need, which translates into how<br />
many calories they need to consume<br />
each day to function at their best, and<br />
to maintain a stable, functional body<br />
weight.<br />
Macronutrients: Commonly called<br />
“macros,” macronutrients are the three<br />
major nutrients that provide our bodies<br />
with the above energy we need to<br />
function. The three macros are 1) protein,<br />
2) carbohydrate and 3) fat. Each of<br />
these play essential roles in our bodies,<br />
and all are required in some amount for<br />
proper body function. The amount of<br />
each that an individual needs will vary<br />
from person to person, according to<br />
each person’s unique health needs.<br />
Nutritional supplement drinks<br />
vary widely in the amount of energy<br />
(calories) they provide, as well as in the<br />
ratios of macronutrients they provide.<br />
For example, some supplements are<br />
very high in protein, while others are<br />
more moderate or even low in protein.<br />
Others may be low in carbohydrates,<br />
while others are more carbohydrate<br />
rich. Likewise, some supplements will<br />
provide a higher amount of dietary fat,<br />
while others are fat-free. The variability<br />
between products makes it possible for<br />
people with differing health needs to<br />
find a product that may work for them.<br />
So, how do you know which supplement<br />
to choose? There are many factors<br />
to consider. Here are some recommendations<br />
for the four most common<br />
reasons my patients are utilizing nutritional<br />
supplements:<br />
Reason #1: You want to gain weight<br />
If your goal is weight gain, choose<br />
higher-energy (higher-calorie) drinks,<br />
with 250 or more calories per serving.<br />
Calories are king here! It is more important<br />
to choose a high-calorie drink for<br />
weight gain than it is to choose a highprotein<br />
drink. A common mistake I see<br />
in the hospital is this: An underweight<br />
person is drinking a high-protein, lowcalorie<br />
supplement, thinking that the<br />
high protein content will help them gain<br />
weight, but they aren’t gaining anything,<br />
despite drinking the supplements<br />
every day. This is because high protein<br />
intake alone will not drive weight gain<br />
unless the person is also eating plenty of<br />
calories! Additionally, the high protein<br />
content of the supplement is so filling,<br />
often the person ends up eating fewer<br />
calories overall because they are so full,<br />
making it impossible to gain weight.<br />
Rather than choosing the highest protein<br />
option, choose the highest calorie<br />
option.<br />
Reason #2: You want to lose weight<br />
If you are looking for a supplement<br />
to help support your nutritional<br />
goals while losing weight, choose<br />
lower-energy (lower-calorie) drinks,<br />
generally with 200 or fewer calories<br />
per serving. That said, there are a few<br />
of these products that clock in around<br />
230 to 240 calories because of their very<br />
high protein, but most drinks designed<br />
for weight loss will have 200 calories<br />
or fewer. Often, these products have a<br />
slightly larger serving size — anywhere<br />
from 10 ounces to 14 ounces per serving.<br />
This helps make them more filling,<br />
but it is also why these supplements<br />
aren’t very helpful for those who need<br />
to gain weight. Filling up on these higher-volume<br />
supplements may support<br />
eating less food overall. Typically, these<br />
products will be higher in protein, and<br />
lower in total carbohydrates.<br />
Reason #3: You want to add protein,<br />
but you don’t like “milky” options, or<br />
you need a fat-free option<br />
Do you dislike the taste or the texture<br />
of milk, or do you need a fat-free<br />
option for medical reasons? Try a clear<br />
nutritional supplement! Clear nutritional<br />
supplements are generally fruitflavored<br />
and have the appearance of<br />
fruit juice. Some of these are higher in<br />
carbohydrate, while others are lower.<br />
Generally, the higher-calorie, highercarbohydrate<br />
versions are designed for<br />
weight gain, while the lower-calorie,<br />
lower-carbohydrate versions are designed<br />
for weight loss. Consider your<br />
personal goals when making your selections.<br />
Reason #4: You need extra nutrition<br />
and have additional needs due to kidney<br />
disease<br />
Some nutritional supplements are<br />
specifically made for people with kidney<br />
concerns. Often, other supplements<br />
on the market have too much potassium<br />
and phosphorus to use routinely in kidney<br />
disease.<br />
If you’ve made it this far, you’ve<br />
probably realized that the subject of nutritional<br />
supplements is a vast one. We<br />
haven’t even scratched the surface of<br />
protein powders and bars! If you have<br />
supplement questions that extend beyond<br />
this introductory guide, consider<br />
working with a registered dietitian nutritionist<br />
to create an individual plan. •<br />
Please remember that this article is for informational<br />
purposes only, and it does not<br />
contain specific medical advice. It should<br />
not take the place of one-on-one care with<br />
a health-care professional. Always consult<br />
your registered dietitian nutritionist,<br />
physician and/or other health-care providers<br />
before making nutritional modifications.<br />
Do not disregard professional medical<br />
advice or delay seeking medical care because<br />
of anything you have read in this article.<br />
Mention of specific products in this article<br />
should not be interpreted as endorsement of<br />
any specific brand or product.<br />
About the Author<br />
Anna Hartman, RDN,<br />
LD, CD, is the Lead<br />
Clinical Dietitian at Baptist<br />
Health Floyd, and<br />
has many years of experience<br />
as a caregiver.<br />
Anna is passionate<br />
about supporting family<br />
caregivers as they navigate nutritional caregiving<br />
for their loved ones.<br />
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Welcome to<br />
“<strong>Indiana</strong>’s Dogwood Capital”<br />
and the annual<br />
Orleans Dogwood Festival<br />
<strong>April</strong> 20–27, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Sponsored by the<br />
Orleans Chamber of Commerce<br />
The Dogwood Tree is the<br />
emblem of little Orleans (Pop. 2,107).<br />
“Operation Dogwood”—launched by<br />
townspeople in the mid-1960s—has succeeded<br />
in its goal of having hundreds of trees planted<br />
along roads and in parks and yards. The annual<br />
Dogwood Festival, held in late <strong>April</strong>, celebrates<br />
Orleans as the “Dogwood Capital of <strong>Indiana</strong>”.<br />
FAMILY FUN<br />
• Arts & Crafts • Live Entertainment<br />
• Carnival Rides • Parade<br />
• Food<br />
• Dogwood Tree Viewing<br />
OrleansDogwoodFestival.com<br />
Join usf or our<br />
Eclipse Watch Party<br />
on <strong>April</strong> 8th!<br />
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SPECIAL SECTION<br />
Enjoying the Eclipse in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />
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Are you ready for this<br />
spring’s upcoming aweinspiring<br />
celestial event?<br />
On <strong>April</strong> 8, <strong>2024</strong>, a total<br />
solar eclipse will cross North<br />
America, passing over Mexico, the<br />
United States and Canada. A total<br />
solar eclipse happens when the<br />
moon passes between the sun and<br />
Earth, completely blocking the face<br />
of the sun. The sky will darken as<br />
if it were dawn or dusk; nocturnal<br />
wildlife sometimes wakes up,<br />
thinking that it is nighttime, and<br />
non-nocturnal wildlife might think<br />
it’s time to head to sleep.<br />
Although we cannot normally<br />
see the corona — the sun’s outer<br />
atmosphere — because the sun’s<br />
surface below it is so much brighter,<br />
during a total solar eclipse, the<br />
corona becomes visible, offering a<br />
unique and amazing sight.<br />
After the total solar eclipse<br />
on <strong>April</strong> 8, the next total solar<br />
eclipse that will be visible from the<br />
contiguous United States will be on<br />
Aug. 23, 2044. This rare occurrence<br />
makes it a “must see” that will be<br />
visible across much of the Midwest,<br />
so it’s time to map out your viewing<br />
location and make your plans.<br />
On Monday, <strong>April</strong> 8, and the<br />
weekend prior, many <strong>Southern</strong><br />
<strong>Indiana</strong> locations will host events<br />
that residents and visitors alike can<br />
enjoy.<br />
Hoosier National Forest<br />
If camping is your thing, Hoosier<br />
National Forest may be just the<br />
spot. The eclipse will encompass<br />
most of the Hoosier National Forest,<br />
which stresses that all developed<br />
campsites will be by reservation-only,<br />
via recreation.gov, even<br />
those campsites that were previously<br />
designated as first-come, firstserved.<br />
This includes campsites<br />
across the forest, including Saddle<br />
Lake, Indian-Celina Lake, Tipsaw<br />
Lake, German Ridge and Buzzard<br />
Roost, among others.<br />
Crawford County<br />
Camping is also available in<br />
Crawford County at various locations:<br />
Patoka Lake State Park, Sycamore<br />
Springs Park, Cave Country<br />
Canoes and Marengo Cave. The<br />
county also offers cabins and other<br />
accommodations.<br />
Leading up to Eclipse Day, Out<br />
of the Blue Coffee & Ice Cream will<br />
26 • Mar/Apr <strong>2024</strong> • <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong><br />
Special Section: Solar Eclipse Events<br />
host Flight Night on Sunday, <strong>April</strong><br />
7, featuring coffee flights, live music,<br />
and, as always, good company.<br />
The English Civic Club and<br />
the Town of English will host a<br />
Community Solar Eclipse Viewing<br />
Party, which will include ample<br />
viewing areas, as well as a square<br />
dance extravaganza and other cultural<br />
heritage activities.<br />
Cave Country Canoes will<br />
sponsor Eclipse on the River, a<br />
unique event on Blue River, where<br />
you will be able to witness the total<br />
solar eclipse from the comfort of<br />
your kayak. Campers and lodging<br />
guests with personal watercraft will<br />
be able to launch for free. Kayaks<br />
are also available for rent. Whether<br />
you are staying overnight to camp<br />
or just joining in for the eclipse, you<br />
can enjoy the celestial show from<br />
the water.<br />
For more information on<br />
Crawford County events, visit<br />
cometocrawford.com/plan-a-visit/eclipse.<br />
Harrison County<br />
Solar Eclipse Events Abound<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> Counties Plan Activities for <strong>April</strong><br />
View the eclipse in Harrison<br />
County during the event on<br />
the front sidewalk of the Harrison<br />
County Library, Corydon Branch,<br />
at 105 N. Capitol Ave. in Corydon.<br />
For more information about<br />
Harrison County events, visit thisisindiana.org/events.<br />
Orange County<br />
The Paoli Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Paoli Peaks will host a<br />
two-day Paoli Solar Eclipse Bash<br />
at Paoli Peaks that will feature live<br />
music, food trucks and a beer garden.<br />
This ticketed event will take<br />
place on Sunday, <strong>April</strong> 7,, and Monday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 8.<br />
Book a stay at French Lick<br />
Resorts and enjoy the eclipse in<br />
luxury, surrounded by the one-ofa-kind<br />
historic hotels with themed<br />
dinners, a private viewing area,<br />
memorabilia and souvenirs.<br />
Both the Frenck Lick Chamber<br />
of Commerce, in partnership with<br />
the downtown merchants, and the<br />
Orleans Chamber of Commerce<br />
will host eclipse viewing parties.<br />
You can enjoy live music, great dining<br />
options and more at each location.<br />
For more information about<br />
Orange County events, visit visitfrenchlickwestbaden.com/<br />
eclipse-<strong>2024</strong>.<br />
Perry County<br />
Story by Carol Ubelhor-Troesch<br />
The Perry County Convention<br />
& Visitors Bureau and Winzerwald
Winery will together host the <strong>2024</strong><br />
Total Solar Eclipse Event: Sip-In the<br />
Eclipse. Activities will begin on Friday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 5, as Winzerwald hosts<br />
Special Section: Solar Eclipse Events<br />
Pick Perry Day and kicks off the Total<br />
Solar Eclipse weekend. Saturday<br />
and Sunday will feature an Eclipse<br />
Weekend Wine Release party with<br />
free tastings of the Totality wine<br />
and regional artisans offering their<br />
art for sale.<br />
On Monday, you can watch<br />
this celestial event from atop a hill<br />
overlooking the vineyard. This ticketed<br />
event will be able to host up<br />
to 300 guests. Tickets will include<br />
parking, live music, complimentary<br />
eclipse viewing glasses and bottled<br />
water.<br />
Also available will be Sip-In<br />
the Eclipse T-shirts, the Totality<br />
special release wine in a moon-andstar=shaped<br />
bottle with a commemorative<br />
label, and lunch.<br />
Tents and seating will be available<br />
first-come, first-serve with<br />
seating planned for about 250 people.<br />
No indoor seating will be available<br />
for this event. Feel free to bring<br />
which will experience total darkness<br />
for four minutes and five seconds,<br />
the longest stretch in the state<br />
of <strong>Indiana</strong>. •<br />
After the total solar eclipse on <strong>April</strong> 8, the next total solar eclipse that will<br />
be visible from the contiguous United States will be on Aug. 23, 2044. This<br />
rare occurrence makes it a “must see” that will be visible across much of the<br />
Midwest, so it’s time to map out your viewing location and make your plans.<br />
chairs. The event will be held rain<br />
or shine, so be sure to dress accordingly.<br />
For more information about<br />
Perry County events, visit pickperry.com.<br />
Other Area Events<br />
Other <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> counties<br />
will also host eclipse events,<br />
ranging from wiffle ball and camping<br />
at the Sisters of St. Benedict<br />
and a Ride into the Darkness on<br />
the Spirit of Jasper Excursion Train<br />
in Dubois County, to live music at<br />
Lincoln Amphitheater, beer tasting,<br />
and a Run to the Eclipse 5K at the<br />
Santa Claus Brewing Co. in Spencer<br />
County, to music and comedy<br />
events in Vincennes/Knox County,<br />
For more information about events in<br />
Dubois, Spencer and Knox counties,<br />
and throughout the state, visit the following:<br />
duboiscountyeclipse.com, thedome.org/eclipse,<br />
santaclausind.org/<br />
blog/<strong>2024</strong>-solar-eclipse-sneak-peek<br />
vincenneseclipse.com, visitindiana.<br />
com/eclipse<strong>2024</strong>/best-places-in-indiana<br />
For more information on eclipses in<br />
general, check out science.nasa.gov/<br />
eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-<strong>2024</strong> or<br />
plan to attend the Solar Eclipse Discussion<br />
with NASA Ambassador Tony<br />
Bryan on Friday, <strong>March</strong> 8, at 7 p.m.<br />
Eastern in St. Gertrude Hall at Monastery<br />
Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand.<br />
Photo credit: (pg 24) kdshutterman / shutterstock.<br />
com.<br />
Fun with Flights<br />
110 E. Chestnut St<br />
Corydon, IN<br />
812-736-0032<br />
kentjavabar.square.site<br />
Mon-Fri: 7a - 5p<br />
Sat: 8a - 5p<br />
Sun: 8a - 2p<br />
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SOLAR ECLIPSE<br />
APRIL 8, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Experience the <strong>2024</strong> Solar Eclipse in in 100% ity ity in in scenic Crawford County, IN!<br />
total-<br />
IN!<br />
Where to to view the the Eclipse in in Crawford County:<br />
Patoka Lake, IN IN<br />
Visit Visit one one of of many great locations around the the lake lake including Patoka Lake Lake State Park, Park,<br />
Patoka Lake Lake Winery, Patoka Lake Lake Brewing, and and Red Red Hill Hill Fiber Mill Mill & & Alpaca Farm!<br />
English, IN IN<br />
Join Join the the English Civic Civic Club Club and and The The Town of of English for for a a weekend full full of of festivities,<br />
including line line dancing and and artisan vendors! The The Town of of English provides ample<br />
viewing area area for for the the eclipse.<br />
Milltown, IN IN<br />
Cave Cave Country Canoes invites guests to to view view the the eclipse from from the the Mill Mill Pond on on the the<br />
beautiful Blue Blue River. Witness the the total total solar solar eclipse from from the the comfort of of your your kayak<br />
on on Blue Blue River! Campers and and lodging guests with with personal watercraft launch for for free. free.<br />
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The Dubois County Museum<br />
began in Jasper in 1999. It<br />
soon outgrew its first location<br />
and moved to 2704 N.<br />
Newton Street (along U.S. 231 N)<br />
in the spacious home of a former<br />
wood factory.<br />
The Dubois County Museum<br />
calls itself one of the largest county<br />
museums in the state of <strong>Indiana</strong>,<br />
with over 50,000 square feet of display<br />
space and over 63,000 pieces<br />
in its collection (with over 10,000<br />
pieces on display).<br />
You are invited to take a step<br />
back in time by viewing the exhibits<br />
on archaeology, German heritage,<br />
schools, religion, Memorial Hospital,<br />
wood manufacturing, sports,<br />
antique agricultural machinery and<br />
model trains.<br />
The museum salutes the military<br />
in an exhibit that features the<br />
many conflicts in which U.S. soldiers<br />
have fought. You can step into<br />
a complete German Log House that<br />
was moved and reassembled inside<br />
the museum, and you can view the<br />
Wildlife Adventure Exhibit Room<br />
that displays local taxidermy animals,<br />
pictures of area wildlife enthusiasts,<br />
and many of the animals<br />
taken from North America and<br />
Africa from the collection of Frank<br />
Fromme.<br />
You can stroll Main Street<br />
Dubois County and view the 17<br />
rooms portraying life at the turn<br />
of the 19th century. Children can<br />
visit the hands-on Little Pioneers<br />
area that allows them to play in the<br />
one-room schoolhouse, Wava Wonderlab,<br />
Lewis and Clark expedition<br />
boat, dress-up and photo op area<br />
and the log reading nook.<br />
You can enjoy seeing the<br />
model trains running and take in<br />
the 15 beautiful hand-painted murals<br />
of towns and cities in Dubois<br />
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County. You can salute the business<br />
pioneers of the county with<br />
the new Business Hall of Fame and<br />
Junior Achievement area, and you<br />
can learn about the ATHENA Leadership<br />
Award for women of the<br />
county through the exhibit created<br />
by the Jasper Rotary Club.<br />
Memberships to the museum<br />
are available. Admission is charged,<br />
but it’s free to all members with a<br />
paid yearly membership. Call 812-<br />
634-7733. Come see, discover and<br />
celebrate our heritage at the Dubois<br />
County Museum.<br />
Visit duboiscountymuseum.<br />
org and follow the museum on<br />
Facebook and X, formerly known<br />
as Twitter. The museum is funded<br />
in part by the Dubois County Visitors<br />
Center; for more information,<br />
go to visitduboiscounty.com or call<br />
800-968-4578.<br />
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<strong>April</strong> 19th and 20th<br />
Home and Garden Show<br />
Annual<br />
The City of Salem and Washington County Tourism Home and Garden Show<br />
Friday, <strong>April</strong> 19 • 5 to 8 p.m. | Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 20 • 9 a.m. to 12 noon | Approximately 30 Vendors.<br />
The Washington County Master Gardeners will have their Annual Tulip Walk on <strong>April</strong> 20 from 9 am to 3 pm. Along with the tulip<br />
scavenger hunt, there will be demonstrations along the walk. Some include; “Getting Started with Mushrooms - the Basics” and<br />
“From Table to Worms - Vermicomposting”. Kids will take home a kit. What kid doesn’t like garden worms?<br />
Another demonstration along the walk is “Planting a Pollenating Garden”. You will learn about native plants that attract<br />
Butterflies. Other demonstrations are being planned.<br />
Be sure to check visitwashingtoncounty.org<br />
for more information and other events that are planned,<br />
or call 812-883-4303 to plan your trip!<br />
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High school boys don’t always<br />
make the best decisions, especially<br />
when you put us behind<br />
the wheel of a car. Take<br />
the day of my senior awards ceremony,<br />
for instance. I was going to pick up a<br />
friend who needed a ride and thought<br />
I had plenty of time before the program<br />
started.<br />
On a normal day it would have<br />
been no problem, but I’d forgotten<br />
about the rain. We’d had a stormy<br />
week, and a little flooding. However, by<br />
Thursday it was nothing but blue skies<br />
and sunshine. Unfortunately, blue skies<br />
don’t necessarily mean dry roads.<br />
I was cruising down the highway<br />
with my stereo up and windows down<br />
when I saw the road closed sign. High<br />
water.<br />
Well, that was a problem. Fortunately,<br />
I’d just passed a county road that<br />
I figured would get me where I needed<br />
to go . . . eventually.<br />
I’d never been down any of the<br />
back roads in this area, but what else<br />
could I do? This was 1990, long before<br />
the days of cell phones and the internet<br />
so I didn’t have a lot of choices.<br />
Without a paper map in the glove<br />
compartment, my only options were to<br />
turn around and head home or go exploring.<br />
So, I backtracked to the county<br />
road and decided to go off the beaten<br />
path. I drove about a quarter of a mile<br />
through cornfields when I popped up<br />
over a hill and saw it.<br />
More high water. A flooded pond<br />
had spilled out over the road into the<br />
field on the other side. The water looked<br />
totally dead, no current, and I thought I<br />
could tell how deep it was by how high<br />
it went on the fence on each side of the<br />
road. I figured if I took it slow, I could<br />
make it.<br />
I know! I know! 52 year-old me<br />
looks back at that day and screams,<br />
“Don’t do it! Don’t be stupid!” But, like<br />
I said, I was a high school boy. We don’t<br />
always make the best decisions.<br />
I tapped the gas and eased my old<br />
Chevy Nova into the water. Once I got<br />
about halfway across, my stomach sank<br />
as I watched the water creep up on the<br />
doors higher than I’d expected. A glubglub<br />
sound emerged from the tailpipe<br />
as water began to cover it.<br />
What would I do if the car stalled<br />
halfway through? It’s not like I could<br />
call someone to come help. I had no<br />
choice but just keep going. It seemed to<br />
take forever.<br />
After a few tense moments, I made<br />
it out the other side, drove up the next<br />
hill and breathed a deep sigh of relief.<br />
In Deep Water<br />
Everyday Adventures<br />
I realized what a dumb and dangerous<br />
move that had been and was thrilled I’d<br />
somehow made it through.<br />
When I topped another hill, however,<br />
I discovered a nasty surprise. The<br />
next valley was flooded too. It looked<br />
slightly shallower, but was a longer<br />
stretch of road.<br />
It was decision time. Do I keep going<br />
or try to turn around? I wasn’t positive<br />
I could make it back through the<br />
water I’d just crossed. I’d gotten myself<br />
in so deep (in more ways than one), it<br />
seemed like there was no good choice.<br />
I pressed on. Another tense few<br />
minutes, and then I climbed out the<br />
next hill. And guess what I found on the<br />
other side? Another flooded field!<br />
By the time I crossed the third<br />
water-covered valley, my stomach was<br />
tight and hands were shaking. I was a<br />
nervous wreck. How long was this going<br />
to go on, and what if the next patch<br />
of flooded road was deeper?<br />
Thankfully, the third time was<br />
a charm, and the road wound back<br />
around to the highway. I’d never been<br />
happier to see a yellow line down the<br />
middle of a highway in my life. When<br />
I got to my friend’s house, we took the<br />
long way back to school, another road<br />
that went in a completely different direction.<br />
Hopefully you’ve never been foolish<br />
enough to try and cross high water<br />
like I did. Those stories don’t always<br />
have happy endings. However, even<br />
if you’ve never been as reckless as me,<br />
you may have discovered it doesn’t<br />
take actual water to get yourself in over<br />
your head.<br />
We human beings have an incredible<br />
knack for getting ourselves in<br />
trouble. Whether it’s through unhealthy<br />
relationships, financial choices, health<br />
choices or moral choices, it doesn’t take<br />
much before we find ourselves in a<br />
mess. You take one step, then another.<br />
Then it seems like there’s no way back.<br />
The good news, though, is no<br />
matter how deep the water seems in<br />
our lives right now, when it feels like<br />
we don’t have any good choices, there<br />
is one wise choice we can alway make:<br />
ask for help from the God who loves us.<br />
When a friend of God named David<br />
found himself in over his head, he<br />
cried out to God. Here’s how David<br />
described God’s response, “He reached<br />
down from heaven and rescued me; he<br />
drew me out of deep waters” (Psalm<br />
18:16 NLT).<br />
God’s arm is long. His heart is big,<br />
and He’s still in the business of rescuing<br />
those who cry out for help. That doesn’t<br />
mean He takes all of our troubles away,<br />
but He will always walk through the<br />
waters with us and show us the safe<br />
road home. •<br />
Photo credit: JSim2018 / shutterstock.com.<br />
Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and<br />
dad who loves the quirky surprises God<br />
sends his way every day. You can read more<br />
from Jason in his books Tales from the Leaf Pile<br />
and Holiday Road. You can catch up with Jason<br />
on his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com.<br />
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