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Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 4


Featured Stories<br />

16 | BREAD & BREAKFAST<br />

Former marine open bakery cafe using local ingredients<br />

22 | LANESVILLE HERITAGE WEEKEND<br />

Local festival celebrates farming heritage for 40 years<br />

29 | MAKING A DIFFERENCE<br />

Harrison County Lifelong Learning<br />

16<br />

32 | FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS<br />

New veterinary practice brings expertise back home<br />

35 | CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF TEAMWORK<br />

Behind the scenes with the VolleyFeds volleyball team<br />

36 | NEW MISSION: HELPING OTHERS<br />

Local veteran helps others adjusting to civilian life<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Living</strong><br />

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER <strong>2015</strong><br />

In Every Issue<br />

7 | FLASHBACK PHOTO<br />

Moorseville Covered Bridge, 1820-1913<br />

8 | TOP TEN<br />

Ways to spend an Autumn afternoon<br />

32<br />

13 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS<br />

Surviving the Trip<br />

14 | A WALK IN THE GARDEN WITH BOB HILL<br />

Parking Lot Planting<br />

20 | YOUR COMMUNITY<br />

Spotlight on the Salvation Army’s shredding fundraiser<br />

Faithpoint United Methodist’s gift of Christmas retreat,<br />

and more!<br />

40 | HEALTH NOTES<br />

Food Fables<br />

36<br />

42 | EVERYDAY ADVENTURES<br />

Apple of Your Eye<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 5


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This bridge was built on Paoli Pike in Floyds Knobs, <strong>Indiana</strong>, then called Mooresville. According<br />

to New Albany in Vintage Postcards by David C. Barksdale and Robyn Davis Sekula,<br />

this was built in 1820 and demolished in 1913.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 7


TOP 10<br />

TOP TEN:<br />

Ways to spend an autumn afternoon in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />

Photo of Brown County’s Bean Blossom Bridge, built in 1880 (Kenneth Keifer / Shutterstock.com)<br />

“Te leaves fal, te wind blos, and te farm contry soly changes<br />

fo te sumer cotos into is winter wols.”<br />

- Henry Besto<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 8


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a hike.<br />

Enjoy the crisp fall air and the sound of leaves crunching under your feet with a hike when the leaves are at their peak! For<br />

a short hike, try the Hemlock Clifs Trail in English. For a longer hike with waterfalls, head over to the trails at Clifty Falls<br />

State Park in Madison.<br />

apples at a local orchard.<br />

Homegrown apples make the best apple dumplings. Spend a relaxing day picking apples in the country and celebrate with<br />

a homemade dessert perfect for autumn. Huber’s Orchard & Winery in Starlight and Applacres in Bedford ofer many<br />

varieties of apples perfect for your favorite treat.<br />

a few friends and try a corn maze.<br />

You’ll fnd plenty of corn in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>, and some of the best corn mazes. Deere Farms in Lanesville has one of<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s largest corn mazes, this year ofering 3 mazes covering 12 acres with over 5 miles of paths. This advanced<br />

maze is so complex, they will provide you with maze orientation, a map, and even a cell phone number for the<br />

directionally challenged. Find all the checkpoints, and you can enter the annual maze giveaway. Nightime adventures<br />

are available by appointment only, but don’t forget your fashlight! Don’t worry, though. Families with kids can choose a<br />

simpler intermediate level or a beginner’s level maze.<br />

a Sunday afternoon drive.<br />

Leisurely Sunday drives are almost forgoten in our fast-paced world, but autumn is the perfect season to slow down and<br />

take a break. You will fnd no shortage of beautiful drives right here in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>. Take a drive through Brown<br />

County across the 135 year-old Beanblossom Covered Bridge, or enjoy the beautiful river views on the Ohio River Scenic<br />

Byway between Madison and Leavenworth.<br />

a pumpkin pie late.<br />

A steaming hot cup of cofee is the perfect respite during the busy fall season. Head over to KentJava Bar in Corydon and<br />

treat yourself to a delicious pumpkin pie late or, if you’re in the mood for something diferent, try their s’mores late. If<br />

cofee isn’t your thing, check out the seasonal caramel apple cider at New Albany’s Cofee Crossings.<br />

a fall festival.<br />

Spend an afternoon exploring the booths and activities at a local fall festival. Eat an old-fashioned pancake breakfast at<br />

the Fall Fun Fest in Orleans, watch the Purdue pumpkin chunking contest at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany, try<br />

the homemade sorghum at the Sorghum Festival in Marengo, or check out the unique arts & crafts from local artists at the<br />

Madison Chautauqua Festival of Art.<br />

on a hayride.<br />

Hop on a tractor-pulled hayride at the Cornucopia Farm in Scotsburg, or enjoy a hayride amid the old-fashioned fun at<br />

Knepp’s Fun Fest in Washington. Don’t forget to pick up a few pumpkins to carve before Halloween.<br />

a high school football game.<br />

Grab a blanket for the cool evenings and head out to watch your favorite local football team this Friday night. Cheer on<br />

the New Albany Bulldogs, Jefersonville Red Devils, Crawford County Wolf Pack, Floyd Central Highlanders, or one of<br />

the many other amazing <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> teams. Don’t forget to grab some popcorn and bring along a few friends for the<br />

cheering section.<br />

by a local cafe for a sweet treat.<br />

Try the award-winning dutch apple caramel pie at the Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen in New Albany, or the apple<br />

spice cake at Christie’s on the Square in Salem. For a beautiful view of the Ohio River in the fall, stop by the Overlook<br />

Restaurant in Leavenworth.<br />

local at a farmers’ market.<br />

Skip the grocery store, grab your pooch, and wander through the fresh produce and festivities of the local farmers’<br />

market to fnd this week’s groceries. Amid lively music from local entertainers, you’ll fnd kale, fresh-picked apples,<br />

the last of the season’s tomatoes, local honey, and mums to decorate your porch for fall.<br />

There’s no shortage of amazing farmers’ markets in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>. The Bloomington Community Farmer’s Market<br />

on Morton Street is open through November. The Jefersonville Farmers Market at the base of the big four bridge is<br />

open through October, and the New Albany Farmers Market on Market Street is open through October.<br />

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Millions of older adults are isolated by one of two<br />

conditions. The frst — diffculty swallowing and<br />

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The second — an inability to control bladder or<br />

bowel movements. To make matters worse, those<br />

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The experts at GSI have a solution. Since both<br />

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use a simple, painless procedure called manometry<br />

to check muscle pressure and see what’s causing the<br />

problem. Then we work with your family physician<br />

to identify the best treatment, from a change in<br />

medications to surgery.<br />

If it makes sense, we recommend neurostimulation.<br />

In a brief outpatient procedure, we implant a device<br />

like a tiny pacemaker in the upper hip to restore the<br />

muscle control that’s missing. No other practice<br />

in the region offers so many advanced solutions to<br />

these life-altering disorders.<br />

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Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 12


Calling All Baby Boomers<br />

Surviving the Trip<br />

Looking back on thirty years of parenting<br />

Do not judge yourself as a parent<br />

until your children reach 30.<br />

That is what I was told.<br />

That is what I eagerly believed,<br />

since my two kids were then teenagers.<br />

They still had time to make me look<br />

good.<br />

Or I still had time to make excuses.<br />

Well, they fnally are 30, give or take.<br />

Sam and Allison Moss are adults with<br />

responsibilities of their own. They pay<br />

taxes, wash dishes and patiently explain<br />

to me what I watch on HBO. Sam<br />

and Allison can, and usually do, fend<br />

for themselves. They are fguring out<br />

life, less and less the hard way.<br />

Best of all, they also have people<br />

who love them besides old Mom and<br />

Dad.<br />

So how did this dad do? Are Sam<br />

and Allison’s successes because of me<br />

or despite me? Do they setle into adulthood<br />

in my refection? Should I blindly<br />

declare victory and return to spoiling<br />

my frst grandchild?<br />

I know I am immensely proud<br />

and grateful. Sam and Allison work<br />

hard, and neither routinely hits up the<br />

Bank of Mom and Dad. Each child loves<br />

dogs, and I feel sure my wife and I can<br />

claim that one. Neither kid hates anybody.<br />

I take that as a win as well.<br />

Both live nearby. We are in this together,<br />

with or without text messaging.<br />

Circumstances play a part, no doubt. I<br />

still ask questions - still check in - more<br />

than they do. They do ask, though. They<br />

actually initiate conversation. They only<br />

occasionally misread concern as criticism.<br />

Somewhere along the way, I started being<br />

something of a wise elder and stopped being<br />

a big pain.<br />

And that’s with relying more on life<br />

lessons than on Google.<br />

Oh, and Sam and Allison likewise<br />

enjoy this region that I will not trade for<br />

any. Another score, I suppose. <strong>Southern</strong><br />

<strong>Indiana</strong>, you are welcome.<br />

Parenting was and sometimes still<br />

is as impossible as smart people insist. I<br />

pushed too hard, expected too much, listened<br />

too litle. I could have given more<br />

credit and less second-guessing. My<br />

hopes and wants tended to overshadow<br />

Sam and Allison’s. If only they had realized<br />

why.<br />

No, if only I had backed of more<br />

often.<br />

Fatherhood has gone fast, all right,<br />

the laughs and the confrontations, the accomplishments<br />

and the stumbles. Firsts<br />

I felt certain never to forget now tend to<br />

blur. What was Sam’s frst word? When<br />

was Allison’s frst step? Who wrecked<br />

a car quicker after being licensed? Both<br />

made a bunch of honor rolls, but which<br />

Photo by Sherri R. Camp / shutterstock.com<br />

Fatherhood has gone fast, all right,<br />

the laughs and the confrontations, the<br />

accomplishments and the stumbles<br />

one made more? Who deserves more<br />

blame for me losing my hair or my visits<br />

to the heart doctor?<br />

Do not test me, please.<br />

Maybe parents should not judge<br />

themselves until they reach 60. But does<br />

the duty end there, end ever? Sam is a police<br />

ofcer, out there with insane people<br />

and evil ones who do not like or trust police<br />

ofcers. How can I not worry?<br />

Allison remains a college student,<br />

belatedly gaining traction toward a career<br />

to refect her abundant creativity.<br />

She is as bright as anyone I know. Higher<br />

education and she have not always goten<br />

along, however. In the meantime, Allison<br />

masters jobs without futures.<br />

Until/unless she fnishes school, I<br />

will fret.<br />

Sam the policeman takes his profession<br />

quite seriously. He is college-educated,<br />

well-trained and could not care less<br />

about doughnuts. He recognizes how<br />

most people in trouble are worth trying<br />

to save. I like that Sam can shoot a bad<br />

guy from halfway across town.<br />

I love how much he hopes it never<br />

comes to that.<br />

Allison the student/bartender/<br />

art gallery overseer runs with her two<br />

dogs each morning. She enjoys a good<br />

book, devotes money she barely has to<br />

the proper care of those pooches plus<br />

assorted cats she’s taken in. I like that<br />

Allison votes each election and sticks to<br />

her meat-free diet.<br />

I love her determination to conquer,<br />

for her, the brutal challenge of<br />

college.<br />

Sam and Allison are stuck with<br />

me and my worrying. They know better<br />

than to imagine anything else. They<br />

mock my quirks and cringe at my bad<br />

jokes. I remain their father, while I become<br />

more their friend. They keep coming<br />

around. They welcome my company<br />

or my perspective or both. They are<br />

grownups leaning on an elder.<br />

Being that elder is one of my<br />

greatest joys.<br />

Their eyes surely roll at the thought,<br />

but my kids still need me. As I still need<br />

them. I love them with all my heart. Plus<br />

now I like them as much as I love them.<br />

Thank God they fnally arrived at 30.<br />

Thank God I survived their trip. •<br />

After 25 years, Dale Moss retired<br />

as <strong>Indiana</strong> columnist for<br />

The Courier-Journal. He now<br />

writes weekly for the News<br />

and Tribune. Dale and his<br />

wife Jean live in Jeffersonville<br />

in a house that has been in<br />

his family since the Civil War.<br />

Dale’s e-mail is dale.moss@twc.com.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 13


A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill<br />

Parking Lot Planting<br />

Above: A snapshot of the parking lot garden at Hidden Hill Nursery, including the metal fowers, yucca, lantana, and sedum plants.<br />

Converting a hot, dry, rocky area into a beautiful garden<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 14


W<br />

hen planning the sun-baked,<br />

graveled parking lot for<br />

our Hidden Hill Nursery &<br />

Sculpture Garden 15 years<br />

ago, the most sensible border at the time<br />

seemed to be a row of drought-tolerant<br />

juniper.<br />

Not exactly a horticultural wonder –<br />

but what other plants could possibly survive<br />

there?<br />

And our juniper did survive – sort<br />

of. But this spring the reluctant capitalist<br />

in me thought about a more colorful entrance,<br />

something visitor-friendly to differentiate<br />

between the asphalt road and<br />

the graveled lot.<br />

Such an entrance could also serve<br />

as a demonstration garden for all gardeners<br />

with hot, dry, windswept and generally<br />

worthless areas of their yards – those<br />

practical folk who had abandoned all<br />

hope for all plants that entered there.<br />

There was some dirt in our parking<br />

lot area, but the gravel had spilled over<br />

into it, and the rocky remnants of an old<br />

stone wall lurked just below the surface.<br />

My frst thoughts for plants in such<br />

desolation were cactus, lantana, sedum,<br />

yucca and euphorbia. Then I thought it<br />

would be fun to add some old, paintedmetal<br />

fowers to add some height – and<br />

those dudes would never need watering.<br />

Guess what? It worked. It’s never<br />

too late to teach an old cactus gardener<br />

new schticks.<br />

So yeah, do not give up on that really<br />

tough spot. You might want to make it a<br />

raised bed to add some sort of beter dirt<br />

and nutrients, but it can actually become<br />

an asset in your yard – and will rarely<br />

need watering.<br />

So let’s take this Parking Lot Planting<br />

Stuf one tough plant at a time.<br />

CACTUS<br />

There’s more to cactus than John<br />

Wayne movies. For your purposes seek<br />

out the Opuntia, or the fat-leafed prickly<br />

pear, which are hardy to 25 degrees below<br />

zero. They come in a wide range of<br />

shapes, sizes and fower colors – red, pink<br />

and yellow – and some are actually native<br />

to the Eastern United States into Canada.<br />

Once established – and about all I<br />

ever do to propagate them is carefully cut<br />

of a prickly leaf and toss it on the tough,<br />

rocky ground – they grow to amazing<br />

proportions.<br />

Come by Hidden Hill next spring<br />

and I’ll give you all the Opuntia cactus<br />

starts you want. We have the gloves.<br />

LANTANA<br />

Only in recent years has this incredibly<br />

tough, diverse and forgiving plant<br />

goten its due. It’s nicely fragrant, will<br />

grow from 1 to 3 feet tall and wide, and<br />

comes in all sizes and vivid yellow and<br />

orange colors. It does require some watering<br />

the frst few weeks after planting, but<br />

once setled in is very drought-tolerant<br />

and only gets beter through the summer.<br />

It thrives on benign neglect. Keep it<br />

cut back and it will bloom into fall. It’s not<br />

winter hardy – a zoned 8- to 11-type plant<br />

– but well worth the investment.<br />

SEDUM<br />

There’s no limit to the sedums you<br />

can grow in a well-drained parking lot –<br />

or in a container or hot spot in your yard.<br />

There’s the old-fashioned favorite<br />

such as “Autumn Joy” – which gets big,<br />

bold with russet-red foliage and a need to<br />

be divided every few years.<br />

If you want to go small, go with<br />

sempervivum or “Hens and Chicks.” If<br />

you want some yellow groundcover, go<br />

with sedum rupestre “Angelina.” Maybe<br />

the coolest plants for hot places are the delosperma<br />

or “Ice Plant” with their incredible<br />

pink and yellow colors. Good drainage<br />

is mandatory.<br />

YUCCA<br />

Do not give up on that really<br />

tough spot.<br />

There are those who believe yucca<br />

in the garden is best spelled “yuk.” I am<br />

not one of them. Yes, its well-earned nicknames<br />

include “Spanish Dagger,” “Spanish<br />

Bayonet” and “Adam’s Needle,” but I<br />

love its toughness, sharply spiked leaves<br />

and tower of white fowers that will pop<br />

up seasonally.<br />

It requires very litle watering and<br />

adds a litle atitude with altitude in any<br />

parking lot garden. Those prety yellowgreen<br />

leaves help, too.<br />

EUPHORBIA<br />

This is admitedly a late entry in the<br />

parking lot garden feld, but one euphorbia<br />

in particular – “Ascot Rainbow” has<br />

foated my garden boat for years.<br />

Its reputation is “borderline hardy,”<br />

but ours have hung around for years,<br />

albeit losing some zing and vigor in late<br />

summer to fall.<br />

But it is such a neat plant with pink,<br />

red and orange foliage with vibrant green<br />

fowers. Even if you don’t want to stick it<br />

in a parking lot, it deserves a sunny site<br />

in your garden. A great mixer at garden<br />

parties.<br />

PAINTED FLOWERS<br />

My painted fower collection came<br />

from a wonderful blacksmith in Central<br />

Kentucky who re-assembled a bunch of<br />

old brake drums, gears, iron pieces and<br />

tail pipe material into tall, rangy fowers<br />

that never need watering.<br />

What beter place than a parking lot<br />

for all that? Those of you with tough-spot<br />

gardens closer to the house might want to<br />

go with kitchen or bathroom fxtures.<br />

Let your imagination run wild here;<br />

your plants deserve it. •<br />

Bob Hill owns<br />

Hidden Hill<br />

Nursery and can<br />

be reached at<br />

farmerbob@hiddenhillnursery.<br />

com.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 15


Special Feature<br />

Bread & Breakfast<br />

Above: Laura Buckingham, in her new location at the Underground Station<br />

on Bank Street in New Albany. She plans to open the new location in October.<br />

Former marine opens bakery cafe using locally sourced ingredients<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 16<br />

Story by Jenna Esarey<br />

Photos by Michelle Hockman


Laura Buckingham had never<br />

baked a loaf of bread in her life<br />

when she moved to New Albany<br />

in 2009. Who would have guessed<br />

that just a few years later she would be<br />

running a successful bakery.<br />

The retired Marine had more experience<br />

fghting modern-day pirates than<br />

running a business when she opened<br />

Bread and Breakfast at 157 E. Main St. in<br />

late 2013.<br />

The tiny store quickly became a popular<br />

destination for diners seeking not just<br />

freshly baked bread, but also tasty breakfasts<br />

or lunches from a menu that changes<br />

seasonally.<br />

“I really hadn’t planned on being a<br />

restaurant,” Buckingham said. “It kind of<br />

evolved. It’s still evolving!”<br />

So successful has the small store<br />

become that Buckingham is relocating<br />

across the street to larger digs. Her new<br />

location, at Underground Station, 37 Bank<br />

St., flls a renovated 1830s carriage house.<br />

The new space can seat up to 60, and<br />

includes courtyard seating and a small<br />

outdoor stage for live music when the<br />

weather permits. She expects to open in<br />

the new spot in October.<br />

“The new setup is so awesome,” she<br />

said. “We’ve got a window facing Bank<br />

Street so people can walk by and watch<br />

me bake. There’s also a big window in<br />

the dining room so people can watch from<br />

there.”<br />

After the move, Buckingham plans<br />

to move into the wholesale bakery market<br />

and perhaps look into ofering catering.<br />

Originally from Northern California,<br />

Buckingham served in the Marines<br />

for eight years, spending time in a combat<br />

zone in Iraq, on humanitarian campaigns,<br />

and, yes, fghting pirates of the coast of<br />

Somalia.<br />

She setled in New Albany after<br />

leaving the military to spend time with<br />

her mother, Debra Ward, who had moved<br />

to the area with her husband, Brutus.<br />

“My mom was fghting cancer<br />

at the time,” she said. “I had the U-Haul<br />

ready to head back to California and I just<br />

never left.”<br />

She enrolled at the University of<br />

Louisville and wondered what to do with<br />

herself. “I did everything I could to pinch<br />

pennies,” she said. “I made my own laundry<br />

soap and didn’t use the dryer. I was a<br />

horrible cook. Everything I did was from<br />

a box.”<br />

To save money, she took a stab at<br />

baking a loaf of bread from a recipe in a<br />

magazine her grandmother had given her.<br />

“It said to proof the yeast. I had no idea<br />

what that meant,” she said.<br />

The recipe made two loaves. “I gifted<br />

the frst one and they insisted on giving<br />

me $5,” she said. “I thought, ‘”Let’s see if<br />

I can get lucky again.’”<br />

She did. Again and again she did,<br />

and the demand kept growing. She set<br />

up a roadside stand along Highway 150,<br />

then started selling at a farmers market. “I<br />

couldn’t bake enough,” she said.<br />

While studying local food as part of<br />

her anthropology studies, she found herself<br />

writing about local farmers and how<br />

they survive on farmers markets, pickup<br />

points, and other ventures. “I was inspired<br />

to source as much of my ingredients<br />

locally as possible,” she said. “Technically<br />

I, in a sense, went native.”<br />

Almost every day shoppers can fnd<br />

Amish white, sweet swirl, ten grain, jalapeno<br />

cheddar, sourdough, french and<br />

challah loaves at Bread and Breakfast<br />

along with cinnamon rolls and bacon cinnamon<br />

rolls. Every Tuesday the shop offers<br />

a gluten-free loaf.<br />

A crusty European-style bread recently<br />

introduced to the menu sells out in<br />

Pictured: (below) Te original storefront on Main Street.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 17


about 30 minutes whenever she ofers it.<br />

The New Albany Farmers Market, on<br />

the same block as her bakery, still sees her<br />

seting up shop every Saturday. She also<br />

checks in at farmers markets at Floyd Memorial<br />

Hospital and U of L in season.<br />

“I would love to set up another roadside<br />

stand on (Highway) 150,” she said. “I<br />

miss it.”<br />

“I’m really thankful for all the help I’ve<br />

had from regulars,” she said. “My stepdad<br />

helps with the bakery unselfshly. He was a<br />

baker in the Navy. And every single one of<br />

my close friends at some point has walked<br />

in to eat and ended up in the kitchen helping<br />

slice bread or something.” •<br />

“<br />

Bryton has always been ‘Mama’s big<br />

helper’. He’s always patient when<br />

I’m with a customer. Growing up in<br />

a bakery is a tad off the norm but<br />

I think he’s building a strong set<br />

of character traits at a young age<br />

because of it.<br />

- Laura Buckingham<br />

”<br />

Pictured: (this page and bottom of next page) SIL spent a day in the kitchen<br />

with Laura and her son, Bryton.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 18


Pictured: (above) Each day you can fnd several varieties of fresh baked bread, including Amish white,<br />

sweet swirl, ten grain, jalapeno cheddar, sourdough, french and challah loaves, along with cinnamon rolls<br />

and bacon cinnamon rolls. Every Tuesday the shop ofers a gluten-free loaf.<br />

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Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 19


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Latimer Animal Hospital<br />

Opening is a family affair<br />

The entire Latimer family gathered to celebrate the open house for the<br />

new Latimer Animal Hospital at 2831 Charlestown Road in New Albany<br />

this summer. Dr. Mat Latimer and Dr. Emily Latimer, center, founding<br />

veterinarians, were joined by, from left to right, Mat’s father, Dr. Steve<br />

Latimer, a retired New Albany dentist, and his mother, Marcia Latimer,<br />

both of Corydon; his sisters, Amanda Dreher of Arvada, Colo., and Abbie<br />

Abbot of Orlando, Fla.; and Mat’s grandmother, Mary Latimer, of New<br />

Albany.<br />

Touring the Latimer Animal Hospital’s X-ray room were Amanda<br />

Mansfeld, left, veterinary assistant; Ryan, Evie, and Jenny Brown; Cathy<br />

Scrivner, Robbie Wrege, and Steve Yeager. Steve, who praised the practice<br />

for its exceptional compassion and expertise, served as a subcontractor for<br />

the new facility that focuses on small animals and their owners in Clark,<br />

Floyd, and Harrison counties.<br />

Bridging the States<br />

Food, Fellowship, Festivity<br />

Alumni of Leadership <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong> and Leadership Louisville enjoyed<br />

an annual gathering this summer at the foot of the walking bridge<br />

in Jefersonville. Tifany Cole Hall, Lisa Botorf, Wayne Estopinal, and<br />

Vern Eswine selected from the bufet prior to Wayne’s presentation about<br />

the new park there, designed by his frm, TEG Architects. Other diners<br />

were Jef Shireman, Renee Brooking, Angie Rose, Susan Miller, and Kim<br />

Calabro. Basking in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s pride of the scenic new park that<br />

welcomes walkers from both sides of the river were Bekki Jo Schneider,<br />

Pam Bennet Martin, and Brent Martin.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 20<br />

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Teens and stafers in the Salvation Army of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>’s day camp posed<br />

with A+ Shredding professionals in front of the massive Pulverizer that reduced<br />

the community’s 6,500 pounds (3 1/4 tons) of discarded items to ashes. The project<br />

neted $1,500 in donations to support services to families and individuals in Clark,<br />

Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scot, and Washington counties.<br />

First to bring items to be pulverized and monetary donations were members of<br />

Centenary United Methodist Church in New Albany. From left to right are Darrell<br />

Bensing, Jon and Bety Mathes, Madonna Bensing, Roxanne Haley of the Salvation<br />

Army, Marie Vass, Michael Smith as a clown who greeted vehicles, and Dakota<br />

Lear.<br />

Teens in the Salvation Army’s summer day camp, like Tamara Bell, left, and Amanda<br />

Phillips, shared the load and managed the on-site shredding project.<br />

10 Times a Perfect “10”<br />

Members of the New Albany Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa philanthropic sorority<br />

feted Ruth Hancock recently for turning 100. They made a donation in her<br />

name to the state Tri Kappa Philanthropy Fund and also recognized the 81-year<br />

member for her for perfect atendance at monthly meetings this year.<br />

Free Retreat for the Public<br />

The gift of Christmas<br />

Catching the spirit for the sixth annual “Gift of Christmas” ladies’ day retreat at<br />

Faithpoint United Methodist Church are planners Stacy Zielke and Sue Crater in<br />

front and chair Julie Aemmer and Shannon Driskell in back. The program of praise,<br />

music, camaraderie, lunch, and breakout sessions of creative and practical Christmas<br />

preparations is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the church, 6694<br />

Hwy. 150 at Navilleton Road in Floyds Knobs.<br />

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Special Feature<br />

Lanesville<br />

Heritage<br />

Weekend<br />

Local festival<br />

celebrates<br />

farming heritage<br />

for 40 years<br />

Pictured: (top) Parade foats are crowd pleasers; (center) A balloon glow will be a Friday<br />

night, Sept. 11, highlight; (bottom) Runners take advantage of one of three walk/runs<br />

Story by Sara Combs<br />

Photos Courtesy of Doug Meredith and Paul Shellenberger<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 22


It began in 1976 as a dream of Lanesville<br />

High School’s Future Homemakers<br />

of America and was expected<br />

to be a one-time event celebrating<br />

America’s 200th birthday. Instead, the<br />

Lanesville Heritage Weekend is observing<br />

its 40th year Sept. 11-13, with as many as<br />

80,000 atendees expected over the threeday<br />

celebration.<br />

Communities across America were<br />

being encouraged to host activities commemorating<br />

the bicentennial. And the<br />

Lanesville FHA chapter was looking for<br />

a project to assist its eforts to become<br />

an Honor Chapter, said Evelyn McPherson,<br />

of Corydon, Ind., who was 1975-76<br />

chapter president. As ideas exploded, the<br />

young women and their sponsor, Linda<br />

Steder, realized they would need help and<br />

enlisted the Student Council, its sponsor<br />

John Richert, along with teacher Bruce<br />

Green, and other community leaders.<br />

Local churches and organizations<br />

were invited to participate. Richert was<br />

elected commitee chair (and served in<br />

that capacity until his death in 1990). Two<br />

$500 federal grants were obtained to assist<br />

in fnancing, and it was determined that<br />

the festival celebrate Lanesville’s heritage<br />

as a farming community.<br />

The frst event was so successful<br />

it was made an annual festival. The frst<br />

two years it was held in May. However, a<br />

confict with another county event caused<br />

it to be moved to September, which, since<br />

that is harvest time, ties in well with the<br />

agricultural theme, sponsors said. And,<br />

chances of good weather are beter, they<br />

added. In the beginning it was confned to<br />

the Lanesville school grounds and Franklin<br />

Township’s Athletic Club. Now, activities<br />

are spread over 36 acres.<br />

“It has become a tremendous community<br />

efort,” said Doug Meredith, ofcial<br />

photographer for the festival. “Many<br />

organizations, churches and individuals<br />

come together to make this happen. It<br />

takes a lot of time and money to put on an<br />

event of this size.”<br />

Meredith has been working with the<br />

festival commitee for the last 12 years.<br />

“My wife, Vicki, brought me into it,” he<br />

said. “She is in charge of traditional demonstrations<br />

and crafts and has been involved<br />

for years.” These include broommaking,<br />

beekeeping, old-time spinning,<br />

basket-making, and much more. “We<br />

have a lot of unique talents. There is family<br />

who carve chains out of a single piece<br />

of wood and an artist who paints on turkey<br />

feathers.”<br />

“Because the festival is observing<br />

its 40th anniversary, special things are<br />

planned,” said Meredith. “That includes<br />

a free concert by the Thoroughbred Chorus,<br />

of Louisville, who performed at the<br />

frst festival.” They are the only group<br />

active who were on the frst roster, which<br />

included Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass<br />

Boys, he added.<br />

The opening ceremony will feature<br />

Ladies for Liberty, well-known YouTube<br />

and concert group, reminiscent of the<br />

1940s’ Andrews Sisters, Meredith said.<br />

Their selections will include the National<br />

Anthem and “Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy.”<br />

The Monarchs will perform at a free concert<br />

on the fnal day of the festival.<br />

Other events include a display of antique<br />

motors; an old sawmill demonstration;<br />

plowing using old techniques such<br />

as oxen; a show of antique farm equipment;<br />

demonstrations of early ways to<br />

make apple buter and sorghum; truck<br />

and tractor pull; live bluegrass music;<br />

a parade; Queen and Princess contests;<br />

Historic Landmark Restored<br />

eight- and two-mile runs; a fve-mile<br />

walk; food booths; carnival rides; a hotair<br />

balloon glow and race and helicopter<br />

rides. An Abraham Lincoln lookalike is on<br />

hand to play checkers with children and<br />

answer questions on historical maters.<br />

Food oferings include everything<br />

from homemade chicken ‘n dumplings,<br />

fried chicken dinners, bean soup made<br />

over an open fre, to traditional festival<br />

treats, said Meredith.<br />

He also encourages atendees to visit<br />

the antique machinery feld, overseen by<br />

Maynard Lambertus. “This is the bestkept<br />

secret of the event,” Meredith said.<br />

“There is everything from antique tractors<br />

to a corn and grain planter, a cornshucking<br />

glove, a 1864 hay rake, a horsepowered<br />

1902 hay press and a lot more.”<br />

Kenny Acton, general chairman,<br />

said, “It takes a lot of time to rebuild and<br />

maintain these old tractors. Many of<br />

those who bring the tractors to the festival<br />

inherited their passion for vintage tractors<br />

from their fathers and grandfathers.”<br />

One of these is Glenn Schneider<br />

who will be displaying a 1961 570 super<br />

Cockshut (Cockshut and Co-op are the<br />

featured tractors this year), Acton said.<br />

Schneider’s tractor belongs to his father,<br />

Paul, 95, a founding member of the Heritage<br />

Festival. The Schneiders have displayed<br />

tractors from the festival’s beginning.<br />

Wayne Wiseman, of Corydon, sees<br />

participating in the tractor events as a way<br />

to honor his dad and his farming heritage.<br />

He restored two tractors once owned by<br />

his dad, the late Owen Wiseman, of Leavenworth,<br />

Ind. It took about a year to restore<br />

each, he said.<br />

“Dad always loved Lanesville Heritage<br />

Weekend,” Wiseman said. “I start-<br />

Afocal point of the Lanesville<br />

Heritage Weekend is the historical<br />

Mail Pouch Tobacco<br />

Barn, on the east end of town.<br />

The barn and surrounding land was acquired<br />

by the Lanesville Heritage Commitee<br />

in 1989 from Bob Shellenberger. In<br />

1993 the commitee decided on a major<br />

repainting project and enlisted the help<br />

of Harley Warrick, of Belmont County,<br />

Ohio, who had painted most of the tobacco<br />

advertising on barns throughout<br />

the country since World War II. Although<br />

Warrick had recently recovered<br />

from a major batle with cancer, he came<br />

to Lanesville to lead the project.<br />

In 2009, the commitee decided a<br />

major renovation was needed, and, with<br />

a grant from Harrison County Community<br />

Foundation, and other contributors,<br />

support beams and sills were repaired<br />

or replaced and the barn siding was replaced<br />

with red cedar lumber from California.<br />

Many coats of primer and special<br />

paint were used and with instruction<br />

from video tapes by Warrick during the<br />

earlier project, the barn restorer (<strong>Indiana</strong><br />

Log Crafters) was able to bring the refurbished<br />

barn back to its original paint<br />

scheme.<br />

A Mail Pouch Barn is a barn with<br />

one or more sides painted from 1890 to<br />

1992 with an advertisement for the West<br />

Virginia Mail Pouch chewing tobacco<br />

company (Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co.)<br />

based in W. Virginia. At the height of the<br />

program – in the early 1960s – there were<br />

about 20,000 spread across 22 states. Initially,<br />

barn owners were paid $1 and $2<br />

annually, as well as receiving a new coat<br />

of paint every few years.<br />

The owner of Mail Pouch Tobacco<br />

at the time, Swisher International Group,<br />

decided to suspend the use of barn advertisements<br />

when Warrick retired in<br />

1992.<br />

The barns were deemed historic<br />

landmarks thereby escaping the Highway<br />

Beautifcation Program of the mid-<br />

1960s, restricting advertisements along<br />

the highway. The Lanesville barn is registered<br />

on the Ohio River Scenic Byway.•<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 23


ed atending with him in the ‘70s. He had a 1928<br />

McCormick Deering and a 1950 Ferguson that he<br />

wanted to take, but didn’t have the equipment to<br />

get them there. The Lanesville event is a good way<br />

to remember him and preserve history of how farmers<br />

used to do things.”<br />

Former Future Homemakers President<br />

McPherson said, “It is phenomenal how this event<br />

has grown. We had fewer than 20 booths and there<br />

were 44 parade entries.” This year 35 food booths<br />

and 215 craft and information booths are scheduled<br />

and there are 175 entries for the Saturday, Sept. 12,<br />

parade, which starts at 1 p.m.<br />

“I am proud of our FHA chapter for geting<br />

this started and of how successful this weekend<br />

has become,” said McPherson. “And, yes, we did<br />

achieve our goal of becoming an Honor Chapter.” •<br />

Lanesville is on Hwy. 62. From I-64, take Exit 118 or Exit<br />

113. For a schedule and other information, go to www.<br />

lanesvilleheritageweekend.org, or visit on Facebook.<br />

Pictured: (top) Participants enjoy the annual log sawing contest; (center) some<br />

of the 36-acre antique farm machinery display; (bottom) Quilting has been a<br />

part of the celebration since its beginning when ofcers in the local FHA chapter<br />

committed to a quilt to symbolize the Bicentennial. Quilters at St. Joseph<br />

Catholic Church continue the tradition.<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 24


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Special Feature<br />

Pictured: Shari Lasher, Program Administrator, and Doug Robson, Director, in front of the learning center in Corydon.<br />

Making a Diference<br />

Harrison County Lifelong Learning provides access to education and training<br />

Story by Shari Lasher<br />

Photo by Peyton Schmidt<br />

F<br />

all is a busy time of year at Harrison<br />

County Lifelong Learning.<br />

The learning center, located<br />

on Highway 62 in downtown<br />

Corydon, has already served more than<br />

500 students this year and is projected to<br />

meet 800 by the end of the year.<br />

“Our mission is to provide access to<br />

a wide variety of education and training<br />

opportunities for the residents of the Harrison<br />

County area,” says Doug Robson,<br />

director. That means programming often<br />

varies depending on the needs of the community.<br />

Since its formation in 2001, the<br />

center has formed partnerships to provide<br />

a variety of classes and initiatives.<br />

Through a successful partnership<br />

with the Region 10 Adult Education Consortium<br />

and the Scot County Economic<br />

Development Corp., Lifelong Learning<br />

has a licensed teacher on site four days a<br />

week to help students improve their basic<br />

skills. These students often work toward a<br />

high school diploma, but many also enter<br />

the workforce or apply to college degree<br />

programs.<br />

Students enrolling in the program<br />

are asked to make an atendance commitment<br />

and spend their frst hours completing<br />

the Test of Adult Basic Education.<br />

After determining their corresponding<br />

grade level, a customized curriculum is<br />

developed to help students master language<br />

arts, science, social studies and<br />

mathematic skills. “Many of our students<br />

‘Last year we helped over<br />

400 students earn an <strong>Indiana</strong><br />

high school diploma.’<br />

juggle work and family responsibilities,<br />

so the online learning tools have been a<br />

tremendous help,” says Robson.<br />

Harrison County Lifelong Learning<br />

is also the regional test center for the<br />

High School Equivalency. “We serve Harrison,<br />

Crawford, Clark, Floyd, Scot and<br />

Washington counties,” says Shari Lasher,<br />

program administrator at the center. “Last<br />

year we helped over 400 students earn an<br />

<strong>Indiana</strong> high school diploma.” Lifelong<br />

Learning, with the help of registrars in<br />

Clark and Floyd counties, has 11 addendum<br />

sites, including fve prisons, where<br />

students are tested on a regular basis.<br />

“We’ve tried to make registration<br />

and the test locations as convenient as we<br />

can for such a large geographical area,”<br />

says Lasher. “Obtaining a high school<br />

equivalency is just the frst step for students,<br />

and such a boost to their confdence.<br />

They see, often for the frst time,<br />

how education can open doors in their<br />

lives.”<br />

Currently, Lifelong Learning ofers<br />

the High School Equivalency in pencil/paper<br />

format but will have two sites for computer-based<br />

testing by the end of the year.<br />

“The scoring and administration will be<br />

much quicker,” says Robson. “For whatever<br />

reason, they’ve goten of track since<br />

high school, and obtaining their diploma<br />

allows them to explore all the possibilities<br />

that await them.”<br />

One of the possibilities that Adult<br />

Education students have available after<br />

obtaining their diploma is taking workforce<br />

development classes. The WorkINdiana<br />

career certifcation program,<br />

in conjunction with the Department of<br />

Workforce Development, gives students<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 29


short-term occupational training, which<br />

results in industry-recognized certifcations.<br />

Currently more than a dozen programs<br />

are available to students, including<br />

pharmacy technician, dental assistant,<br />

computer support specialist and automotive<br />

service technician.<br />

“It’s our hope that the partnership<br />

with WorkOne prepares students to enter<br />

a career certifcation program or postsecondary<br />

education. We want them to be<br />

successful and get jobs,” says Robson.<br />

Harrison County Lifelong Learning<br />

also partners with area colleges, including<br />

Ivy Tech Community College, to ofer<br />

postsecondary classes in Corydon. Faceto-face<br />

classes and distance-education<br />

classes at the center ofer fexibility and<br />

convenience.<br />

“We are proud to have brought college<br />

classes to Harrison County,” says<br />

Robson. In fact, Lifelong Learning recently<br />

began talks with <strong>Indiana</strong> University<br />

Southeast to conduct classes one night a<br />

week. Students at Ivy Tech, Vincennes<br />

University and <strong>Indiana</strong> University can<br />

also complete the Accuplacer placement<br />

exam at the learning center in Corydon.<br />

And for those students who are enrolled<br />

at schools outside of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong>,<br />

Lifelong Learning provides test proctoring<br />

services. “We’ve had schools as far<br />

away as Washington and Utah contact us<br />

because they have students enrolled who<br />

need to take a proctored exam. Our services<br />

help them ensure test integrity nationwide,”<br />

says Robson.<br />

In addition to classes, the learning<br />

center provides a free computer lab open<br />

to the public. “Our lab is used daily, often<br />

for college coursework. We have students<br />

completing online assignments, printing<br />

documents and conducting research,”<br />

says Robson.<br />

One student who knows the computer<br />

lab well is Kathy Timberlake of<br />

Central. Now enrolled as a part-time student<br />

at Ivy Tech, Timberlake has already<br />

earned a technical certifcate in business<br />

administration. She is working toward an<br />

associate’s degree in general studies. She<br />

often uses Lifelong Learning to log onto<br />

the campus network to complete her reading<br />

responses and develop her portfolio<br />

in preparation for graduation. Timberlake<br />

also uses the lab to complete scholarship<br />

applications and has atended computer<br />

education classes coordinated by the<br />

learning center.<br />

“The knowledgeable staf at Lifelong<br />

Learning is an asset to our county<br />

and to our entire area,” says Timberlake.<br />

“They’ve helped me so much over the<br />

years. The fact that they provide free Internet<br />

access has been invaluable to my<br />

success in school.”<br />

“We are always working to increase<br />

programming and bring more learning<br />

opportunities to the community,” says<br />

Robson. Computer education classes such<br />

as Microsoft Excel continue to be popula,r<br />

and workforce-development classes can<br />

be designed for specifc employer needs.<br />

“We have a talented group of instructors<br />

who can help,” says Robson. •<br />

For more information on services provided by<br />

Harrison County Lifelong Learning, call 738-<br />

7736. For additional information on the Adult<br />

Education Initiative through the Department<br />

of Workforce Development, visit www.in.gov/<br />

dwd/adulted.htm.<br />

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Special Feature<br />

For the Love of Animals<br />

New veterinary practice brings expertise back home<br />

Pictured: (Above) Matthew and Emily Latimer with their dogs, in the waiting room of the<br />

new ofce; (Below) Veterinary Assistants, Jill Howlett and Amanda Mansfeld.<br />

Story by Anne Kaye<br />

Photos by Michelle Hockman<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 32


One step into the new Latimer<br />

Animal Hospital in New Albany<br />

will make you and your<br />

furry family members feel right<br />

at home as the founding veterinarians,<br />

Drs. Mathew and Emily Latimer, focus<br />

on small animals and their owners in<br />

Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties.<br />

The husband-and-wife team, who<br />

earned their undergraduate degrees from<br />

Western Kentucky University and doctorates<br />

from the Ross School of Veterinary<br />

Medicine on the Caribbean isle of St. Kits,<br />

ofcially opened the 2,400-square-foot<br />

facility at 2831 Charlestown Road in June.<br />

What began as their design on a napkin<br />

over lunch years ago has unfolded into<br />

a state-of-the-art reality “back home” for<br />

Mathew, a New Albany native.<br />

“Returning here after 13 years<br />

was the easiest decision,” said the 2001<br />

Graceland High School (now Christian<br />

Academy of <strong>Indiana</strong>) grad. “Emily and I<br />

wanted to interact and serve in the community<br />

the way my dad did here for more<br />

than 30 years.” His father, Dr. Steven Latimer,<br />

was a well-respected, now-retired<br />

dentist whose practice was in front of the<br />

site where the new animal hospital now<br />

stands.<br />

INHERENT LOVE OF ANIMALS<br />

The Latimers reside in Corydon now<br />

with – no surprise – plenty of animals,<br />

from the cows and horses they purchased<br />

years ago when Mathew frst thought<br />

he’d specialize in large animals to a bevy<br />

of dogs and cats and miscellaneous other<br />

creatures. He fexed his interest in horses<br />

when he worked for 18 months for a<br />

trainer near Dallas, Texas, and for Tommy<br />

Sheets, local horse trainer, before becoming<br />

an agricultural business major as an<br />

undergraduate.<br />

Emily’s fervent love of animals resulted<br />

in her always having dogs and<br />

other pets while growing up in Bowling<br />

Green, Ky.<br />

“My parents couldn’t keep me away<br />

from them!” she said with a grin. Because<br />

she’d faint at the sight of broken bones<br />

and blood as a child, Emily dismissed the<br />

thought of a veterinary career. But in her<br />

sophomore year of college, she stepped<br />

away from a business focus and gave animal<br />

science a try, worked as a veterinary<br />

assistant, and fell in love with the feld.<br />

Emily and Mathew met through<br />

mutual friends at a “Passion of the Christ”<br />

movie when they were at WKU and dated<br />

almost two years before marrying in 2009.<br />

Before they both graduated from Ross in<br />

2012, they spent one year in a required<br />

clinical rotation at Texas A&M College<br />

of Veterinary Medicine. After that, the<br />

two setled in Tennessee, where Mathew<br />

If expertise is the foundation<br />

of Latimer Animal Hospital,<br />

compassion is the trademark.<br />

worked for Healthy Pet Veterinary Clinic<br />

in Spring Hill. Emily gleaned experience<br />

through her work at a bank and managing<br />

a 30-to-35-head catle and horse operation.<br />

The switch to small animals flls a<br />

need and gives them the enjoyment of<br />

working with individuals instead of large<br />

operations, Mathew and Emily said.<br />

If expertise is the foundation of<br />

Latimer Animal Hospital, compassion is<br />

the trademark. Put the paperwork aside<br />

when a pet enters and is hurting. That can<br />

be taken care of later, they say, since the<br />

immediate atention goes to addressing<br />

the condition of the animal.<br />

NATURAL PRESCRIPTION<br />

The partnership is a perfect blend<br />

of skills that pacifes and treats the furry<br />

patients and reassures their owners. It’s<br />

a God-given blend for them, they say.<br />

Mathew’s forte and experience in surgery<br />

complement Emily’s strengths in<br />

preventive care, medical treatment, and<br />

client education. Those benefts are laced<br />

with Emily’s loving and keen psychology<br />

in giving the right mix of treatment and<br />

medications and Mathew’s afability, so<br />

endearing that the practice in Tennessee<br />

nicknamed him “Dr. Chatimer.”<br />

The passion for veterinary work is<br />

never boring for Mathew, 32, and Emily,<br />

29. From the humorous and outlandish<br />

to the deeply sensitive, they have dealt<br />

with a gamut of situations. Surgically removing<br />

chew toys from a border collie’s<br />

stomach three times and extracting Teenage<br />

Mutant Ninja Turtles and socks twice<br />

still bring smiles to their faces. At the other<br />

end of the spectrum, Mathew has twice<br />

given treatment to dogs diagnosed with<br />

cancer at the same time their owners were<br />

going through the dreaded illness. He was<br />

also touched by anonymous callers who,<br />

in two cases, ofered to pay the bills for<br />

owners who could not.<br />

“That’s why we’re in this feld,”<br />

Mathew said. “It is people’s natural compassion<br />

for animals and other people.<br />

And we are excited to build a family of<br />

pets and owners here where we feel right<br />

at home.” •<br />

The Latimer Animal Hospital is located at<br />

2831 Charlestown Road in New Albany.<br />

They are open Monday through Friday, 8-5,<br />

walk-ins welcome, and Saturday, 8-noon, by<br />

appointment. For more information, call 812-<br />

920-0532.<br />

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Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 34


Special Feature<br />

T<br />

he VolleyFeds stepped out on the<br />

sand volleyball court at Baxter<br />

Jacks in Louisville. Our four<br />

original team members have<br />

played on these courts for 25 years and<br />

our current average age is 53. Our opponents<br />

were new in town. They were<br />

tall, lean, young, quick, strong, and goodlooking<br />

compared to our not as tall, more<br />

mature, reasonably fast, fairly strong, and<br />

well … we clean up nicely team. For purposes<br />

of this writing, I will call the other<br />

team the Young Whippersnappers.<br />

The Young Whippersnappers got<br />

the jump on us, as we started out slowly.<br />

We are a team that likes to have fun, and<br />

teasing one another is part of the game.<br />

Initially, both sides of the court felt light<br />

and friendly. After losing several consecutive<br />

points, the VolleyFeds’ competitive<br />

spirit kicked in.<br />

As the Young Whippersnappers<br />

began losing points, they became more<br />

aggressive and their playfulness quickly<br />

vanished. The VolleyFeds ultimately won<br />

the games by narrow margins.<br />

As we shook hands with the Young<br />

Whippersnappers, one of their larger and<br />

stronger male players came up to our<br />

team captain, shook his hand, and said:<br />

“Thanks for the lesson on respect. … We<br />

will know next time not to judge other<br />

teams too quickly.” We accepted the<br />

somewhat backhanded compliment.<br />

The VolleyFeds began our coed<br />

team 25 years ago when three couples<br />

bonded over volleyball. VolleyFeds became<br />

our name because four of six players<br />

were federal employees.<br />

Celebrating 25 Years of Teamwork<br />

Behind the scenes with the VolleyFeds volleyball team<br />

As one another’s strengths<br />

and weaknesses have been<br />

discovered, we have learned<br />

how to accommodate both.<br />

Story and Photo by Carol Dawson<br />

The VolleyFeds played together in<br />

year-round tournaments and leagues on<br />

sand and hard courts, and we won fairly<br />

often. We competed in weather so cold<br />

that we wore winter gloves and in heat<br />

so dreadful that a water hose was placed<br />

on the court to prevent heatstroke. One<br />

of our players remained on the court<br />

through three pregnancies, and our children<br />

grew up playing in the sand.<br />

Several years ago we lost a player to<br />

divorce and another to a painful knee injury;<br />

however, the four federal employees<br />

remain on the team.<br />

Some wonderful people have come<br />

and gone in the two open positions, but<br />

none as exciting as when the three daughters<br />

(the litle girls who used to play<br />

around us in the sand), joined our team.<br />

Two of our newest players have been with<br />

us for three years, and their humor and<br />

energy ft in nicely. (In other words, they<br />

bring our average age down.)<br />

The VolleyFeds shared life lessons<br />

learned over 25 years in the sand:<br />

Experience and longevity can be<br />

used to our advantage -- as one another’s<br />

strengths and weaknesses have been discovered,<br />

we have learned how to accommodate<br />

both.<br />

Personalities will occasionally clash<br />

no mater how well you get along. Get<br />

over it and stay in the game.<br />

Never underestimate others – maturity<br />

can bring wisdom and experience<br />

that can often override the strength and<br />

stamina of youth.<br />

When one member of the team falls<br />

down, don’t kick sand in his/her face.<br />

Let others know your intentions:<br />

Call the ball.<br />

Trust and play as a team, otherwise<br />

you have chaos.<br />

It can be more fun to be lucky than<br />

to be good.<br />

No mater the weather, competition<br />

continues. Life is not always convenient.<br />

And then there is this telling quote<br />

from Mike, our newest team member:<br />

“Mama said life is like a box of chocolates.<br />

You know what you’re gonna’ get, and it’s<br />

really full of nuts.” Hmmmm…<br />

The VolleyFeds won our league last<br />

summer; however, we don’t collect winning<br />

T-shirts like we have in the past. Although<br />

the desire to win is always a very<br />

close second, keeping friendships and<br />

having weak-kneed laughs even in the<br />

middle of a game will always be our top<br />

priority and the motivation behind why<br />

the VolleyFeds keep playing in the sandbox.<br />

•<br />

VolleyFeds pictured: (Front) Mike Absher; (Middle) Pam<br />

Costelle, Carol Dawson, and Robin Oser; (Back) Ted<br />

Roesner and Ken Crutchfeld. Original VolleyFeds included:<br />

Steve Costelle and Mary Ellen Roesner<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 35


Special Feature<br />

NEW MISSION: HELPING VETERANS<br />

27-year National Guardsman adjusting to civilian life, and helping others do the same<br />

Sept/Oct <strong>2015</strong> • 36<br />

Story by Dale Moss<br />

Photo Courtesy of Scott Ham


S<br />

cot Ham met me outside the restaurant<br />

where we were to talk. Ham<br />

shifted, started and stopped, all to<br />

make certain he stayed on my left<br />

through the doorway.<br />

It’s a military thing, Ham explained, a<br />

sign of respect.<br />

This from surely the most honorbound,<br />

dutiful and patriotic unicyclist, juggler,<br />

magician and balloon artist I know.<br />

Ham, of New Albany, retired this year<br />

from the <strong>Indiana</strong> Army National Guard.<br />

That ended a 27-year commitment in which<br />

Ham, with his one-man carnival, found<br />

himself repeatedly in harm’s way around<br />

the world.<br />

Ham left as a command sergeant major,<br />

an indeed-unusual leader of soldiers<br />

who commonly struggle with stresses far<br />

beyond the imaginations of the rest of us.<br />

And while Ham, 47, coped admirably, he<br />

also did too much and saw too much to<br />

emerge fat-out unscathed. After he exhausted<br />

his family -- barking orders to<br />

them like they were troops -- Ham fnally<br />

accepted their pleas to chill out and regroup.<br />

“It was the best defning moment I<br />

needed,” he told me.<br />

“I was aware enough to recognize<br />

that. A lot of soldiers are not.”<br />

So now Ham, while still being counseled,<br />

urges other veterans and their families<br />

to accept care. Ham’s retooled service<br />

includes advocacy for Personal Counseling<br />

Service, a not-for-proft agency in Clarksville<br />

that steps up to help when and how<br />

the Veterans Administration cannot. “The<br />

VA can’t do it all,” Doug Drake, executive<br />

director for Personal Counseling, said. “We<br />

want to do more.”<br />

Ham manages the ultrasupportive<br />

Silver Creek Water Corp., for which he has<br />

worked a quarter-century. His wife of 23<br />

years, Heidi Ham, works alongside, and<br />

they are the parents of two children, Harvest<br />

and Hickory. Instead of heading of<br />

to war, Scot Ham packs now to lead occasional<br />

mission trips on behalf of Northside<br />

Christian Church. Ham also is deep<br />

in a batch of other admirable deeds while<br />

encouraging fellow vets to be counseled.<br />

“That’s my purpose right now,” Ham said.<br />

“It’s OK to search out for help.”<br />

Ham grew up in Greenville, Ind., with<br />

family and friends in the military. He cannot<br />

recall a moment’s indecision about his<br />

own future in uniform. Ham felt patriotic.<br />

He wanted to experience more than <strong>Southern</strong><br />

<strong>Indiana</strong>. Military service made perfect<br />

sense. “It was extremely easy,” Ham said.<br />

“I wanted to build something or blow it up.<br />

“For a country boy, that was exciting.”<br />

Ham joined the Army National<br />

Guard, in New Albany, in 1984, even before<br />

graduating from Floyd Central High<br />

School.<br />

September 11, 2001, changed life intensely<br />

for those in military service. Ham<br />

previously had been deployed overseas<br />

once, to Bosnia-Herzegovina. What followed<br />

9/11 were protracted stints in Afghanistan<br />

and Iraq. From the terrorist attacks<br />

until the end of 2008, Ham was gone<br />

more than he was home.<br />

His duties ran an incredible gamut,<br />

from mortar missions to school construction<br />

and, yes, to entertaining. Picture this<br />

guy on his unicycle on those far-of dusty<br />

roads we see on the TV news. Ham said<br />

he’s cycled in 17 countries. As light as he<br />

tried to keep it, as well as he could fll the<br />

Bob Hope role, Ham was overmatched by<br />

circumstances. “Running missions constantly,<br />

staying ramped up to defend and<br />

to protect each other, it wears on all your<br />

emotions and senses,” he said.<br />

Ham returned to important assignments<br />

stateside before turning over the defense<br />

of our nation to the next generation.<br />

He felt ready, at last, to be a full-time civilian.<br />

Then came that other realization like<br />

a slap to the face. “My wife said, ‘I’m not<br />

one of your soldiers and my name is not<br />

Roger,’” Scot Ham said. “’You can’t boss<br />

your co-workers and your family around<br />

like you do your soldiers.’”<br />

Ham said he neither was diagnosed<br />

with post-traumatic stress disorder nor<br />

does he need medicine. Yet opening up and<br />

talking soothes. “It keeps me tweaked and<br />

adjusted mentally,” he said. “So we can<br />

have a calmer quality of life.”<br />

Ham also learned how impossibly<br />

swamped the VA’s behavioral health effort<br />

is. A friend and neighbor, Steven Santana,<br />

suggested Ham also lean on Personal<br />

Counseling Service. The son of a veteran<br />

and a PCS board member, Santana said of<br />

Ham: “He’s very much a can-do person.<br />

He keeps his demons inside while helping<br />

others.”<br />

Or as Drake said of Ham, “He is one<br />

of the most phenomenal people.”<br />

Ham appreciates that the military is<br />

increasingly sensitive to the mental-health<br />

needs of its people. No longer are such issues<br />

necessarily considered black marks. “I<br />

feel it is my duty to bring awareness to my<br />

fellow veterans,” Ham said. “We’re all in<br />

this together.”<br />

His Quixotic-like focus includes hoping<br />

to stop veterans’ suicides, currently 22<br />

a day on average, according to Ham. “We<br />

need to bring that to zero,” he said.<br />

Ham the showman shows up these<br />

days at conferences and birthday parties.<br />

He supports veterans and always will.<br />

While walking always on the left, Ham<br />

seems en route to being truly retired and at<br />

peace. “I’m a happy guy,” he said.•<br />

PCS:<br />

Adjusting it’s mission<br />

to ft the times<br />

Around since 1959, Personal<br />

Counseling Service<br />

adds to and adjusts it<br />

mission with the times.<br />

An enhanced devotion to the needs<br />

of veterans is but one example.<br />

“Organizations like Personal<br />

Counseling Service and others can<br />

help fll that void,” Steven Santana,<br />

a PCS board member, said.<br />

It is Santana who brought Scot<br />

Ham, a friend and neighbor, both to<br />

PCS’s door and to its advocacy. One<br />

result is that this fall’s PCS fundraising<br />

gala, an annual event, will have<br />

a veterans’ theme.<br />

The agency also sponsored a<br />

fag retirement and veterans’ appreciation<br />

ceremony this past June.<br />

The success of the PCS fundraiser,<br />

on September 25, is crucial for<br />

a faith-based operation that serves<br />

hand to mouth more often than not.<br />

Meanwhile, demand rarely if ever<br />

subsides. The agency nonetheless<br />

forges ahead not just to reach out<br />

to veterans but to provide efective,<br />

professional care.<br />

“We don’t want to put a veteran<br />

with somebody who doesn’t<br />

understand, who doesn’t have<br />

training,” Doug Drake, the agency<br />

executive director, said.<br />

Drake agrees the Veterans Administration<br />

cannot do it all, especially<br />

when the families of veterans<br />

likewise need help. “They sufer as<br />

much,” Drake said.<br />

PCS hopes to be able to aford<br />

a full-time counselor with the skills<br />

to get veterans like Ham through<br />

their transition from military service.<br />

“It’s something we want to<br />

grow,” Drake said. •<br />

Personal Counseling Service, based in<br />

Clarksville at 1205 Applegate Lane, offers<br />

counseling to individuals, couples<br />

and groups. Its clients include both<br />

children and adults. Its aid includes recovery<br />

from sexual abuse. To learn more<br />

or to atend the fundraising event, call<br />

the agency at (812) 283-8383.<br />

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Health Notes<br />

Bubble gum takes years to digest.<br />

Smoking alleviates heartburn.<br />

Swimming after eating causes<br />

cramps. These are just a few myths<br />

that have been debunked over time. Don’t<br />

let these myths come between you and a<br />

healthy digestive system. Here are four<br />

other digestive myths you shouldn’t believe.<br />

1. Nuts Cause Diverticulitis.<br />

Diverticulitis is a condition characterized<br />

by an infection or infammation<br />

in one or more small pockets in the intestine.<br />

If you or someone you know has<br />

diverticulitis, you might have been told<br />

to avoid corn, nuts and seeds. Don’t pass<br />

up that bag of popcorn at the movies just<br />

yet; this is actually a myth. Researchers<br />

fnd no connection between nut consumption<br />

and diverticulitis. In fact, those with<br />

diverticulitis should maintain a diet rich<br />

in fber, which includes nutrient-rich nuts<br />

and seeds. A low-fber diet is actually the<br />

more probable cause of diverticulitis.<br />

Food Fables<br />

Four digestive myths debunked<br />

2. Ulcers are Caused by Stress and Spicy<br />

Foods.<br />

“You’re going to give yourself an ulcer”<br />

is a warning many people have heard<br />

from a grandma or concerned parent. The<br />

truth is that you can’t really give yourself<br />

an ulcer. A more likely culprit is a bacterium<br />

found in the stomach called Helicobacter<br />

pylori, or pain medications like<br />

ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin. Another<br />

myth is that spicy foods cause ulcers. But<br />

relax, sriracha lovers; while eating spicy<br />

foods might make ulcers worse for some<br />

people, it doesn’t actually cause them.<br />

3. Drink Plenty of Water with Meals.<br />

You might have heard that drinking<br />

plenty of fuids with each meal will help<br />

with digestion. The truth is that drinking<br />

too much water during meals can interfere<br />

with necessary, natural levels of<br />

stomach acid and bile, slowing the digestive<br />

pro- cess. Drinking lots of liquids during<br />

a meal can also worsen the symptoms<br />

Dr. James C. Strobel, MD<br />

Gastroenterology of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Indiana</strong><br />

of acid refux. Optimal digestion occurs<br />

when you stay hydrated throughout the<br />

day and drink water 30 minutes before<br />

and after each meal.<br />

4. Meat Stays in Your Stomach Longer<br />

than Vegetables.<br />

A lot of people would agree that eating<br />

a steak for dinner feels a litle heavier<br />

on the stomach than a chef salad or veggie<br />

plate. Eating foods high in fat does slow<br />

the digestive process, but it actually takes<br />

the same amount of time for our stomachs<br />

to digest meat and vegetables. All foods<br />

from a meal – both meat and vegetables –<br />

complete the digestion process and leave<br />

the body at about the same time, usually<br />

within three days.<br />

Always ask your doctor if you have<br />

other digestion practices or facts you think<br />

could be myths. The best prescription is to<br />

debunk them right away for optimal digestive<br />

health. •<br />

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Everyday Adventures<br />

The Apple of Your Eye<br />

Every year when the air grows crisp<br />

and the leaves turn to fre, we<br />

head to the local orchard to pick<br />

apples. It’s one of my favorite<br />

family traditions. The road to the orchard<br />

winds through horse farms and cow pastures,<br />

and we have a contest to see who<br />

can count the most animals along the way.<br />

When we get to the orchard, we grab<br />

a wagon. It’s a good hike to the back of<br />

the property to the apple trees, and I always<br />

give my daughters a ride. It used to<br />

be no big deal, but now my back tells me<br />

otherwise. My kids are geting heavy.<br />

Unfortunately, they’re also growing<br />

tall. In the old days, when my girls were<br />

still preschoolers, they couldn’t reach<br />

the apples on their own. I’d hoist one of<br />

them up on my shoulders, and we’d wade<br />

into the branches together to fnd the best<br />

fruit. It was the together part that made<br />

it fun. They’re big enough now to reach<br />

the lower branches on their own. We’re<br />

still picking apples together, but just not<br />

as together as we used to be.<br />

As a dad, I love together. I want to<br />

be as close to my kids as possible. Orchards<br />

are fne and all, but it’s really just<br />

an excuse to spend time as a family. The<br />

drive, the wagon ride, the apple picking<br />

and, later that night, eating apple dumplings<br />

after dinner -- they’re all just props<br />

to bring to us close together.<br />

The desire for together comes from<br />

God. God loves together. This is nothing<br />

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new.<br />

In Psalm 17:8, when a king named<br />

David found himself in serious trouble,<br />

he prayed, “Keep me as the apple of<br />

your eye; hide me in the shadow of your<br />

wings” (NIV). Literally, David was asking<br />

God to protect him as someone would<br />

The drive, the wagon ride,<br />

the apple picking and, later<br />

that night, eating apple<br />

dumplings after dinner --<br />

they’re all just props to bring<br />

to us close together.<br />

protect his own eye from danger. Translators,<br />

though, use the phrase “apple of my<br />

eye” because it refers to something precious<br />

to you. It is an object refected in the<br />

pupil of your eye. Why is it refected? Because<br />

you’re close to it, and you’re looking<br />

right at it. In other words David prayed<br />

for God to draw him near and to keep His<br />

eye on him.<br />

That’s a prayer God is more than<br />

happy to answer. He’s a God who would<br />

rather hoist us on his shoulders than<br />

watch us from a distance. He would rather<br />

pull us in a wagon behind him than let<br />

us walk through life alone. He is a loving<br />

dad, and like all loving dads, God loves<br />

Photo by Nancy Kennedy / Shutterstock.com<br />

together.<br />

If you could look into the eyes of<br />

God, you’d be sure to see your refection.<br />

His face is turned to you, and He yearns<br />

to draw you near. Even if you feel roten<br />

to the core, you are still the apple of God’s<br />

eye.<br />

And you know what they say about<br />

apples, right? They never fall far from the<br />

tree. No mater how far we fall, no mater<br />

how badly we think we’ve blown it, we’re<br />

never as far from God as we think. An<br />

apple a day may keep the doctor away,<br />

but nothing can separate us from a Father<br />

who loves us and longs to do life together.<br />

So this fall, whether you make it to<br />

an orchard or prefer to pick your produce<br />

in the store, grab an apple, and let it remind<br />

you that you are precious in the eyes<br />

of God. •<br />

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and<br />

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends<br />

his way every day. You can catch up with Jason<br />

on his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com or on<br />

Twiter at www.twiter.com/jasondbyerly.


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