Southern Indiana Living NovDec 2014

Keith Kaiser: Spreading cheer all year! 

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November/December 2014 

Living 

TOP TEN: 

Unique Local Gifts 

HISTORICAL SPOTLIGHT: 

Silver Hills 

A STORY IN PICTURES: 

Nov/Dec 2014 • 1 

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Nov/Dec 2014 • 4

Featured Stories 

16 | THE HISTORY OF SILVER HILLS 

A look back in time at a historic neighborhood 

28 | A STORY IN PICTURES 

Monastery Immaculate Conception 

32 | BRINGING THE JOLLY BACK 

Keith Kaiser and family bring holiday cheer 

16 

39 HOSPARUS 

Dancing with the Stars 

CONTENTS 

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2014 

In Every Issue 

7 | FLASHBACK PHOTO 

Building a snowman in January 1968 

8 | TOP TEN 

Unique, local holiday gifts 

28 

11 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS 

My gift that keeps on giving 

14 | A WALK IN THE GARDEN 

WITH BOB HILL 

Choosing and planting a live tree 

22 | YOUR COMMUNITY 

Spotlight on the Growing Healthy Lives Initiative, 

Hope Southern Indiana’s Giants of Faith, and 

more! 

37 | RECIPES 

Peppermint Galore: Hot Chocolate and Pound 

Cake 

32 

40 | HEALTH NOTES 

Health tips including tips for surviving the 

holiday table, and holiday health for women. 

42 | EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 

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Thirty-nine years and counting... 

My gift that keeps on giving 

Darlene Love will carol like no 

one else can on the “Late Show 

with David Leterman.” 

My wife and I actually 

may stay awake through Midnight Mass. 

We will give mostly right gifts and 

will worry more that the kids spent too 

much on us. 

And by dusk on Christmas Day we 

will crash after begging spring to be in a 

hurry. 

Christmas season begins for us when 

the frst radio station goes all holiday and 

we roll -- yes, it is on wheels -- our tree 

from a closet. We decorate our home less 

than I would like but plenty for my wife, 

who long ago ran out of storage reachable 

by tiptoe. She is the family’s CEO of space 

management like she is boss of most everything 

else that maters. 

I empty the dishwasher when I remember. 

The union of Jean Crone and Dale 

Moss was the most lopsided deal since 

Manhatan supposedly sold for $24 in 

trinkets. She got a man who would persuade 

her to follow the San Francisco Giants, 

who would expect her to leave her 

hometown of New Albany, who would 

make the bed less often than their alma 

mater -- Indiana University -- wins football 

games. She got a man obviously with 

time to muse about marriage -- while 

watching “Leave It to Beaver” -- as she 

teaches a roomful of frst-graders with no 

“of” switches. 

I got a woman who earned three college 

degrees, who mastered two careers, 

who mothered two children to admirable 

adulthoods and who, day by day, continues 

to add her classy touches to my family’s 

century-and-a-half-old homestead. In 

every room, in every direction, her impact 

on my heritage adds fair and comfort, 

and I could not be more grateful or beholden. 

So I appreciate Thanksgiving right 

up there with Christmas. I only hope you 

have as much about which to be thankful. 

My list is freshly revised to include granddaughter 

Harper, our foray into that indeed-grand 

world. Bless her peanut-sized 

heart, she has yet to cringe after one of my 

hopelessly corny lines. 

Harper makes that face just because 

she’s hungry, right? 

Harper’s father, and his hoot of a 

sister, both seem fulflled and successful 

on their paths. When the kids are happy, 

‘I thank God that I am the 

Dale of Jean and Dale 

and it looks like I will be for 

every holiday up ahead.’ 

I am happiest. Thanks a million for that, 

as well. 

Thanks most of all that Jean lost her 

mind and said yes to me in 1975 and that 

she ignores relentless reasons since to 

return to her senses. I take too litle seriously, 

wishing she would stop taking too 

much seriously. Her blood pressure races, 

but I swear, I am not trying to kill her. 

Like I could survive until this Christmas 

-- much less the next one -- without 

her. 

Shame on me for even trying to 

change her. Jean is my greatest blessing, 

my jackpot win, my shoulder on which to 

lean through health challenges and technology 

stumpers and indecision on where 

to go for pizza. She loves me enough to 

manage me, to lead us through algae in 

the pool and bats in the chimney. Jean is 

everything I am not and, only for instances, 

I am not patient or handy with any tool 

beyond a botle opener. 

Which is why I do not carve the turkey. 

I should ofer a lot more than paying 

bills and knowing the diference between 

an adverb and an adjective. I should keep 

the bushes trimmed and the liter box 

cleaned. I may be most thankful Jean does 

not insist morning, noon and night that 

she deserves beter. 

She and I are to celebrate 40 years 

of marriage next summer. I know people 

who have been together much longer, just 

as I know a few who split decades after 

uniting. I thank God that I am the Dale of 

Jean and Dale, and it looks like I will be for 

every holiday up ahead. 

I am the man with whom she listens 

to Darlene Love, atends Midnight Mass, 

opens Christmas gifts and collapses a litle 

later. I cannot imagine it having worked 

out any other way. May I give her beter. 

May she give me more of the same. 

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry 

Christmas to all.• 

After 25 years, Dale 

Moss retired as Indiana 

columnist for The 

Courier-Journal. He now 

writes weekly for the 

News and Tribune. Dale 

and his wife Jean live in 

Jeffersonville in a house 

that has been in his family 

since the Civil War. 

Dale’s e-mail is dale. 

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A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill 

Oh, 

Christmas 

Tree 

Choosing and 

planting a live tree 

that can be enjoyed 

for many generations 


Before we dig too deeply into the 

process of buying and planting 

a living Christmas tree – a 

movement that is growing each 

year – some overall Christmas tree history 

is in order. 

According to the folks at the History 

Channel, long before the advent 

of Christianity some ancient cultures 

would decorate their primitive homes 

with evergreen boughs to keep away 

witches, ghosts, evil spirits and illness. 

In the Northern Hemisphere, with 

the shortest days and longest nights of 

the year coming around Dec. 21, the ancients 

believed the sun was a god who 

always got sick late in the year causing 

the daylight to diminish – perhaps even 

with fu-like symptoms. 

The evergreen boughs were to remind 

the sun god that his health and the 

green plants would return as the days 

got longer – and, go fgure, it always 

seemed to work. 

The early Romans, who also knew 

a thing or two about the calendar, 

marked the winter solstice with evergreen 

boughs and a feast called Saturnalia 

in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture. 

Even the ultra-ferce Vikings 

would cover their solstice bets by hanging 

out evergreens in honor of their sun 

god, Balder. 

Fast-forward to the 1500s when 

devout Christians in Germany began to 

display decorated trees in their homes, 

or at least built wooden pyramids decorated 

in green boughs and candles – the 

later perhaps pre-dating fre departments. 

Actually, it’s widely believed that 

Protestant reformer Martin Luther may 

have led this movement when he saw 

stars twinkling in the evergreens on a 

walk home one night and recaptured the 

scene by wiring candles to a tree in the 

main room of his home. 

In 19th-century America – long, 

long before there were box-store parking 

lots flled with felled pine and spruce 

trees and a National Association of 

Christmas Tree Growers – most Americans 

thought hauling dead trees into 

their homes to be an oddity. 

History Channel Christmas tree 

experts said the frst recorded instances 

of such trees being on display in homes 

were among German setlers in Pennsylvania 

in the 1830s – possible religious 

descendants of Martin Luther – although 

there were community displays of trees 

outside. 

Before that, the no-nonsense Puritans 

refused to deal in such “pagan 

mockery.’’ In fact, in 1659 the General 

Court of Massachusets enacted a law 

making any observance of Dec. 25 other 

than a church service a penal ofense; 

miscreants were actually fned for hanging 

decorations. 

Credit the immensely popular 

Queen Victoria and her German Prince, 

Albert, with moving the whole Christmas 

tree thing forward in the United 

States. She was shown in the London 

News with her children standing around 

a tree in 1846, our fashion-conscious East 

‘The memories created 

will only triple 

when your kids 

bring their kids 

home for Christmas.’ 

Coast took note, and the Christmas tree 

moved indoors to stay. 

By the 1890s Christmas ornaments 

began to make their way into America 

from Europe, and American capitalists 

took note – although most of our trees 

were still decorated with homemade 

items: apples, nuts and popcorn dyed 

bright colored and interlaced with berries, 

nuts and even cookies. 

Thomas Edison and electric lights 

took care of the rest, and soon our trees, 

indoors and out, were alive with bright 

colors, thousands of varieties of ornaments 

manufactured and homemade, 

and topped with stars of every description 

– a newborn-old-fashioned American 

tradition that now sees 70 million to 

80 million trees cut down and sold every 

holiday season. 

Which brings us back to planting 

a live Christmas tree. It will take a litle 

thought, work and commitment – but it 

fts in nicely with the green movement. 

There are mail-order places that sell 

living trees and there are local nurseries 

that will have them in containers or 

balled and burlapped. 

You do not want a big tree. Anything 

larger than 3 or 4 feet is asking for 

transplant trouble, and it’s the thought 

that counts. 

Keep your tree – which should 

be dormant – outdoors in a sheltered 

area until just before Christmas. Keep it 

moist, haul it inside for just a few days 

around Dec. 24, stick a few ornaments 

on it and sing a song, maybe “Green 

Christmas.” 

If the kids insist on a bigger cut 

tree indoors, just place your living tree 

outside the window and sing louder. 

Pick out the spot where you want to 

plant your tree and dig a hole before 

the ground freezes – twice as wide and 

just as deep as the root ball. Keep the old 

dirt in a bucket in a warmer place until 

needed to fll the hole. Keep the tree well 

watered the whole frst year. 

The memories created will only 

triple when your kids bring their kids 

home for Christmas. • 

Bob Hill owns 

Hidden Hill 

Nursery and can 

be reached at 

farmerbob@hiddenhillnursery. 

com. 


Business 

Special Feature 

The History of 

SILVER HILLS 

A look back in time at one of New Albany’s oldest neighborhoods 

Story and photos by Darian Eswine 

Historical photos courtesy of the Silver Hills Historical Society 

The Highland Hills Country Club 

In the hills of New Albany sits a neighborhood 

that is home to a diverse 

group of residents and a unique set 

of homes. 

Setlers named the area “Caney 

Knob” due to the wild cane that grew on 

the side of the hill, but Native Americans 

called it Silver Hills. Today, Silver Hills is 

home to approximately 280 residents. 

Kelly Carnighan, past resident of 

Silver Hills, recently decided to begin 

preserving and sharing the history of 

the neighborhood in an efort to connect 

the residents with the hill’s history. Carnighan 

organized the Silver Hills Historical 

Society and serves as director. The society 

consists of about 100 members. 


He said over the years the Alpha 

Club in the neighborhood, which was 

founded in 1855, has tried to compile a 

historic account of the area. 

“For the basis of my research, I start 

with that and then start to research individual 

parts,” he said. 

Carnighan began his endeavor two 

years ago and since then has been trying 

to gather stories and accounts about the 

neighborhood. 

“There are a lot of oral stories from 

my dad or older members,” he said. “I’ve 

tried to validate stories and fnd support 

for the history.” 

Carnighan’s father, Harry Carnighan, 

is the oldest living resident in Silver 

Hills at 86 years old. 

Harry Carnighan quipped, “It’s nice 

to be called the oldest old man on Silver 

Hills.” 

He said he strongly encourages Kelly 

and his eforts to preserve history. 

“He has taken a lot of personal visits…he’s 

really reinvigorated a lot of the 

people on the hill,” the elder Carnighan 

said. 

One of the biggest pieces of the history 

is the trolley car line that used to 

run through the neighborhood. The lines 

opened in 1891 and were not connected to 

the city lines. They closed in 1932. Kelly 

has, with the help of volunteers, cleared a 

large portion of the trail where the trolley

car track used to be. 

For residents who know of its existence, 

it provides a beautiful walking 

path located next to the entrance to the 

neighborhood. 

“We, as kids, knew where it was 

and we’d hunt for spikes and such,” Kelly 

said. 

Kelly formed the idea for the historical 

society after he began his research 

on the trolley car line. 

“I decided it was time for someone 

to do extensive research on the line and 

write a book about it eventually,” he said. 

“It was a domino efect. It all connected 

to all this other history and it snowballed 

from there.” 

The trolley car line was built to 

serve as transportation to Silver Heights 

Camp, which held large religious gatherings 

each year. The large crowds kept the 

trolley in business. 

Kelly said, after this research he 

realized how extensive the history was 

and decided the neighborhood needed 

to take ownership of that history. The 

Indiana Room at the New Albany Public 

Library assisted Kelly in his research. 

The Silver Hills Historical Society is 

a non-proft 501c3 with the goal of conducting 

research and illustrating history. 

Kelly runs the organization with the aid 

of a board of directors. 

Kelly said his long-term goal is 

to establish a small museum. Over the 

years, he’s collected a lot of artifacts and 

would like to eventually display them in 

exhibits. 

“I want people to feel more connected 

to the hill and have a place where 

they can have access to that history,” he 

said. 

The society has collected several 

artifacts, which are in storage at the moment, 

but they do make appearances at 

events. 

In the past year, the trolley trail was 

opened once to the public and display 

boxes were set up along the trail for people 

to learn more. Even fve of the original 

railroad ties with spikes still intact 

were found and placed along the trail. 

Also, in May, Silver Hills Historical 

Society held a reenactment of the 

grand opening of the Highland Country 

Club, which originally opened in 1907. 

The building is now home to resident 

Nick Stein, who opened his home for the 

event. It included music, refreshments, 

and a short presentation on the original 

country club. 

Kelly also gives two historical presentations 

each year and posts essays 

and historical documents to the society 

website, along with sending out a newsleter 

twice a year. The website was just 

Above: Silver Hills staton 

Above: Silver Hills street car on the tressel bridge. 

Above: Scenic Park Trolley 


ecently built and Kelly plans on adding 

more information as he conducts more research. 

Silver Hills is a candidate for the National 

Historic Registry. 

“The history is being lost. There are 

few people who can really remember Silver 

Hills, and some of those stories are 

disappearing” Kelly said. “I’m trying to recapture 

that through the society. I think it’s 

worth preserving.” • 

Essays, history, photos and ways to get involved 

can be found on the Silver Hills Historical Society 

website at silverhillshistoricalsociety.org. 

Photos (this page, from top): The view 

through the trees along the road entering 

the neighborhood; Kelly Carnighan, director 

of the Silver Hills Historical Society, walks the 

trail where the old trolley car track used to 

run; the historical landmark sign marking the 

trolley car line trail. 

Photos (on right, from top): Living room 

from Nick Stein’s home, the former Highland 

Country Club; dining room from Stein’s 

home; one of the many historic murals Nick 

Stein found when he purchased his home, 

the former country club; bedroom from 

Stein’s home. 


Remembering the 

Highland Country Club 

Along with the recent development 

of the Silver Hills Historical 

Society, an event was 

held in the home of Nick Stein 

to reminisce about the country club that 

once occupied the home. Stein’s home 

was once Highland Country Club. 

Over 107 years after its grand opening, 

Stein and the Silver Hills Historical 

Society reenacted the ostentatious occasion. 

“Kelly Carnighan was out taking 

pictures one evening…last fall,” Stein 

said. “I know Kelly and he mentioned 

the idea to me so I signed on with it.” 

Stein said he agreed to the event because 

of his connection to the neighborhood. 

“Well I grew up here and I’ve been 

back up here for 14 years,” he said. “I 

have seven siblings up here and their 

families and my mother grew up here.” 

Guests enjoyed refreshments and a 

silent auction. A quartet also played jazz 

music in the living room. 

“There were several exhibits placed 

out in the TV room, copies of old newspaper 

articles and pictures and stories of 

the country club,” Stein said. 

Carnighan gave a 15-minute presentation 

about the club and its history. 

“Everything was wonderful, people 

had a great time,” Stein said. 

Stein’s home will also be a part of 

the Develop New Albany Home Tour 

this September. 

“I like Silver Hills…the homes up 

here are not cookie cuter homes,” he 

said. “People take pride in their homes.” 

Stein sponsors some the Silver Hills 

Historical Society events and atends 

them when he can. 

“I thought the trolley car track presentation 

about a year ago was really a 

lot of fun. I used to hike in those woods 

as a kid,” he said. “It was cool to see the 

actual track and ties.” 

Stein hopes the grand to-do inspired 

a sense of pride for their neighborhood 

and its history. 

“Additionally the interest it’s created 

has helped the neighborhood get together 

more often,” Stein said. “A neighborhood 

is great when the neighbors 

spend time together and get along.”• 


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ON THE MOVE, CLARK COUNTY... 

Growing Healthy Lives Wraps Up 

Three-Year Initiative 

Looking over photos of projects supported by the Center for 

Disease Control-funded Growing Healthy Lives initiative were 

GHL task force members Teresa Stengel, Mike Meyer, Kim Calabro, 

Cile Blau, Joe LaRocca, and Dennis Enix. Cile hosted the 

group recently to mark the culmination of its three-year task to 

increase public awareness and opportunities for healthy choices 

in Clark County. Others who served were Bobby Campbell, Teresa 

Campbell, Randa Deaton, Mark Eddy, Laleta Fitpatrick, 

Jennifer Harris, Lori Harris, Cindy Kanning, Bryan Loy, Larry 

Lynn, and Martin Padget. 

Among the $42,000 in grants awarded by the Growing Healthy 

Lives initiative last spring was $15,000 to the City of Jefersonville 

to provide bike racks and repair stations throughout 

the city, in addition to $5,000 from GHL in 2013 to support its 

bicycle and pedestrian master plan. Jefersonville High School 

welding student Anthony DiPrimo and Greater Clark art teacher 

Cathy Gruninger proudly show the progress on one creative 

bicycle rack with a buterfy motif. Some of the grants were in 

partnership with the Greater North Clark Healthcare Foundation 

and the Jefersonville Urban Enterprise Association. 

STILL GROWING AND SERVING... 

Happy 20th Birthday, PSSM! 

Sister Barbara Ann Zeller, SP, the CEO of Providence Self Sufciency Ministries 

(PSSM) and Guerin, Inc., hosted the community this fall for a festive open 

house at the Guerin Senior Center in Georgetown, Ind. The occasion marked 

the ministry’s 20th birthday and announced “Home is Where the Heart Is,” 

Guerin’s $2 million capital campaign. Standing with her in back are Bob Shine, 

honorary campaign chair, and Gary Libs, campaign chair. In front are commitee 

members Brenda Masden and Phyllis Garmon with Jo Russell, Guerin 

board member. The campaign will provide funds to construct two more Villas 

of Guerin Woods on the campus there, one of which will be designed for persons 

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Hope Southern Indiana Luncheon 

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More than 450 people gathered at Plantation Hall for the eighth 

annual “Giants in the Faith” community celebration and luncheon 

sponsored by Hope Southern Indiana. Among the 38 Giants 

submited by the public were, seated, Helen and Tim Bohannon, 

Carol and Auggie Hinz, and Trudy and Milt Wehrenberg. 

Standing were Tonye Rutherford, Ron and Donna Schad, Diane 

Fischer, Kathy Anderson and Frit McCauley, and Tim Crocket. 

Christians loomed tall in the hills of Starlight recently as Hope 

Southern Indiana’s “Giants in the Faith” celebrated those who 

have had an impact on other people’s Christian faith. Honorees 

included, seated, Eloise Carlisle, Ruth Heideman, Dr. Bill Hockman, 

Brenda Masden, Alice Schleicher, and Juanita Schmit. 

Standing were Michael Grant, Holly Braden, Sandy Sorrells, 

Mark Seabrook, Tom Yost, and Bill Smith. The event, which began 

in 2007, focuses on giving God the glory through those who 

have allowed Him to reach others in His name. 

Fellowship, feasting, and a spirit of camaraderie enveloped the 

eighth annual “Giants in the Faith” luncheon. Among the honorees 

were, seated, DeVonne Whiting, Jeannie Duley, Marjorie 

Finney, Jaci Owen, Bety Prince, and Terri Ann Sumner. Standing 

were Kenny and Ruth Ann Bandy, Debbie and Tom Ogden, Debbie 

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FULL CIRCLE 

The story behind a local 

restaurant created to give back 

to a loving community 

When Austin Lucket became 

a server at Christie’s on the 

Square, he brought the business 

bearing his mother’s 

name full circle, said Carmelita Jean, who 

with her husband, Burl, is current owner 

of the popular Salem, Indiana restaurant. 

Christie Lucket opened the restaurant 

in April 2001, several months after 

Austin completed a year’s chemotherapy 

treatments for a childhood cancer, diagnosed 

when he was 4-years-old. 

“Everyone had been so good to us,” 

said Christie. “I wanted to do something 

to give back to the community, something 

local. We had received so much 

support while Austin was fghting 

cancer,” she said. Austin’s illness required 

weekly chemotherapy treatments. 

Ironically, it was Carmelita 

and her family who brought the family’s 

dinner every Thursday night after 

Austin’s treatment, she said. “There were 

just so many things from so many people 

that meant so much.” 

It was on Christmas Eve, 1999, that 

Christie noticed an unusual swelling as 

she was drying her son after his bath. “We 

took him to the doctor and I think they 

knew it was cancer then but they told us 

to come back the day after Christmas.” Although 

she appreciated their withholding 

the information until after the holiday, not 

knowing made an anxious time. 

“Austin’s cancer was in Stage 1,” she 

said. “We caught it early and we are so 

thankful.” Although he had to undergo 

a lengthy surgery, numerous treatments 

and follow-up doctors’ visits, Austin bears 

few scars and, for the most part, came out 

unhindered. “But it has helped shape him 

into the thoughtful, caring person he is,” 

said Christie. Now 19 and a freshman at 

DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, 

Austin is majoring in biochemistry. 

His long-term goal is to become a pediatric 

surgeon, helping kids who have serious 

illnesses as he did. 

When Austin’s treatments were 

completed in December 2000, Christie 

began looking for a way to fll a need in 

the community. “There was no place in 

Salem for a sit-down dinner, nowhere to 

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take guests for a nice meal, and I always 

loved to cook,” said Christie. “I thought 

that would be a good way to serve the 

community.” 

The restaurant was always a family 

undertaking she said. Even when Austin 

was litle, he tried to help with the dish 

washing. “My husband, Glenn, was the 

unofcial lunch hour host and daughter, 

Courtney, waited tables. My mother did 

the baking—making fve pies and three 

cakes daily. I got my love of cooking from 

her.” 

Christie closed the restaurant fve 

years later when balancing the demands 

of a business and keeping up with other 

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It was 24/7 commitment, she said. “And 

you have to be there yourself to run a 

successful business. It is especially challenging 

to start a business where none 

existed before. But we have many good 

memories of our time in the restaurant. I 

had a great staf and feel good about the 

waitresses I trained. We hired girls without 

experience so we could teach them 

our way from the start. I think this gave 

some teens a good start in life. And we 

are all people-persons and loved talking 

to our customers.” Shortly afterward, the 

Jeans took over the restaurant, making 

use of Carmelita’s cooking expertise and 

the couple’s business experience. 

It was during his high school 

years that Austin went to work as a 

server at Christie’s on the Square, a job 

he held until leaving for college in July 

of this year, bringing the business full 

circle. “He liked being out front and talking 

with customers,” said Christie. “People 

tell me they miss him serving them.” 

The circle is still not quite complete; Christie 

is working on a cookbook of original 

recipes for Carmelita. • 

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Bringing the Jolly Back 

Above: Keith surrounded by Keegan, Riley, Madison, Shannon, and Isaac. 

Keith Kaiser and family specialize in spreading cheer all year, 

especially at Christmas 


Story and Photos by Abby Laub

Louisville’s WDRB feature reporter 

and Corydon native Keith 

Kaiser’s larger than life on-screen 

personality is not just an act. It’s 

innate, but when he talks about the holiday 

traditions that he celebrates with his 

family every year, it’s obvious that his 

very silly side (think “performing” in a 

leotard with Olympic gymnastics champion 

Nastia Liukin) is balanced with a 

healthy dose of love, compassion and 

holding close to his family and the community. 

“I think I still have nerve damage,” 

said Kaiser with a wide-eyed look as his 

wife of 12 years, Shannon, rolls her eyes 

and chuckles. 

Though she is the self-proclaimed 

“planner” of the two and the one who 

carefully facilitates the family’s Christmas 

traditions, Shannon can also have 

fun, as is evidenced by her atire for this 

interview. The duo and their two youngest 

children, Keegan, 10 and Isaac, 8, 

hang out in the family’s comfortable living 

room in exceedingly ugly Christmas 

sweaters, downing sugar cookies and 

reminiscing about Christmases past. 

Shannon, a native of Madison, and 

Keith met in the television business. In 

fact, he even proposed to her on air when 

the pair both worked at Wave 3. She said 

her husband has always been goofy, but 

can defnitely be serious about the right 

things. 

“We also see the grumpy side,” she 

noted. “Everyone else gets the fun crazy 

Keith.” 

With two young children and his 

two teenagers, Riley, 19, and Madison, 17, 

Kaiser has a full plate and like any human 

being — especially a working parent of 

four — he admits he has some hard days. 

Kaiser works from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m. every 

day, comes home and has a couple of 

hours to get stuf done around the house 

before he picks up the kids from school, 

gets them started on homework and then 

greets his wife who comes home from her 

job as a marketing director at PC Home 

Stores in New Albany. It’s a full day, to 

say the least, and includes some very 

heavy lifting in the TV world — nearly 20 

minutes a day of on camera time. That’s 

after he has researched, prepped and traveled 

to all of his shoot locations. However, 

the grind is worth it to Kaiser. He loves to 

be on television. 

“You might think I like the “celebrity” 

of it — ‘Oh, I’m going to be on TV so 

everyone is going to know who I am,’ but 

I like creating those moments for people,” 

he said. “I’m on two-and-a-half or three 

minutes at a time and I like creating moments 

in that time. To capture things live, 

where everyone can see it happening and 

unfolding — that’s the thrill I get.” 

When Kaiser was fresh out of high 

school, he knew he loved to perform, so 

he started a theater track in college. 

“Then I decided maybe I don’t want 

to starve, so let me get something a litle 

more stable,” he joked. “So then I decided 

on broadcast communication degree. I 

went in the back door before geting on 

camera, but all the while doing community 

and college theater.” 

That knack for performance comes 

in handy for Kaiser. He said nearly 80 percent 

of what he does on air is not planned. 

“I’ll have a framework in my head 

that my interviewees don’t necessarily 

know about,” he said. “So we get the 

business out of the way, why we’re there, 

Above: Handmade ornaments are a family 

traditon. 

who we’re with, but maybe a litle payof 

at the end of the segment is this direction 

that they don’t see that I’m going to take 

it.” 

The payof might be questionable. 

“One of Shannon’s rules when I 

got the job and she started seeing my 

path progress was that I wasn’t allowed 

to wear spandex on the air,” he smirked. 

This rule is among many Keith has broken. 

“I’ve had to incorporate new rules,” 

she laughed. He has broken most of them. 

He laughed that he’s been in spandex 

on a regular basis and once did a 

wrestling bit with other men in spandex, 

demonstrating mixed martial arts. 

“There’s nothing like waking up in 

the morning and your husband’s in spandex 

on all fours,” Shannon laughed. 

“Hey, we were demonstrating 

mixed martial arts, a very manly sport,” 

her husband said defensively. 

“And he’s not allowed to dance 

from any more poles,” Shannon added, 

to which Kaiser quipped, “It was pole ftness. 

Using a pole to get a workout.” 

Thankfully for his family and viewers, 

not all of Kaiser’s TV spots involve 

questionable atire. One of his original 

ideas, a mascot football game, is a popular 

hit every year leading up to the Super 

Bowl. Kaiser invited 14 area mascots, like 

the Frisch’s Big Boy, a Chick Fil-A cow, 

Buddy the Bat and several others to play a 

game of football that he described as “utter 

chaos.” 

“I love that part of it,” Kaiser said. 

“And the audience gets a kick out of it.” 

The reporter also has goten his entire 

family on air at one point or another. 

Keegan’s personality, just like her dad’s 

relished in some of the fun moments she’s 

had on air, like when she got sneezed on 

during a segment about bodily functions 

at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville. 

Shannon said once in a while the 

kids will get recognized when they’re out 

and about, which always brings a laugh. 

But for the most part they just like seeing 

what dad is up to on the television when 

they wake up in the morning. 

“What’s not pleasing is when you 

wake up and Mom’s screaming to come 

in the room and you see your dad in a 

man-tard,” Keegan deadpanned. 

Shannon joked that Olympic champion 

Liukin probably “talked to her publicist” 

after that segment, in which she 

competed against an ungraceful Kaiser in 

a leg lift and rhythmic gymnastics competition. 

Keith says he’s not graceful, but 

Shannon declared that he’s much more 

graceful and athletic in person than he 

appears on TV. 

“But that’s our litle secret,” she 

said. “He plays the part. People love it 

when he does that stupid stuf.” 

Keith calls himself very approachable 

and added, “I want the viewers to 

root for me, the audience. But of course 

I’ll have fun at the same time.” 

And he uses his charisma and star 

power to bring atention to more serous 

subjects. Kaiser has an especially soft spot 

for Down Syndrome of Louisville and 

Southern Indiana. 

Barely able to get the words out before 

tears well up in his eyes, he said, “the 

kids are just honest and pure.” 

“The kids there love him,” Shannon 

smiled. “I always say every time he goes 

of to do one of those segments that he’s 

going to come home with a new child for 

us to have.” 


Keith said he can have fun with 

the segment, but also bring a very serious 

note to it and encourage families 

that are struggling. He’ll do events 

there and also addresses serious topics 

like multiple sclerosis and will do 

things like don giant fippers or wear 

goggles to blur his vision to shed light 

on what victims of MS live with every 

day. 

During the snowy season when 

the weather situation can become 

dangerous, he’ll do things like break 

away from the hard news and build 

a snowman or throw snowballs at his 

camera crew, encouraging people to 

enjoy the snow even if it is a hassle to 

deal with. 

The snowy season brings Christmas, 

and the family has many traditions 

together. 

“Shannon has a plan and we are 

going to stick to that plan,” Kaiser 

said. 

Keegan explained that she and 

her brother wake up early and then 

try to wake up their older sisters. As 

she and Isaac run downstairs to wake 

up their parents, they have to block 

their eyes from seeing their Christmas 

presents until the whole family is together 

and ready to open them. 

“They know I’ll shut it down if they 

peek,” Shannon said, laughing. “Christmas 

will be shut down!” 

Keegan rolled her eyes and imitated 

her older sisters who want to sleep in just 

a litle bit longer on Christmas morning. 

Shannon turns on Christmas music, sets 

up the video camera and gets everything 

ready. They start with stockings and then 

Above: Keith and his wife Shannon with the family’s 

homemade ornaments. 

open one present at a time — no mad 

dashes to the gifts. 

“That was a big transition for me,” 

Keith said. “My siblings and I would pile 

up front and tear into everything.” 

Keegan’s voice got low as she slowly 

said, “Each present. Mom has to have a 

picture of each present.” 

The family eats homemade breakfast 

casserole and monkey bread and puts 

baby Jesus in the manger to remember the 

reason for the season. Also, a fake pickle 

is hidden on the tree, and whoever fnds 

it gets an extra present that “Santa” 

has placed there. 

Santa also gets homemade sugar 

cookies the night before, which 

Keegan loves to help make. They 

cut out cookies together and overall 

“just get very traditional,” Shannon 

said, admiting that her Christmas 

decorations go up immediately after 

Thanksgiving, including the very 

tall tree in the family room. 

“It’s a fake one that weighs 

about 300 pounds that I am in 

charge of dragging up here from the 

basement and puting it in its place,” 

Keith said. 

Shannon quipped, “And you 

do it every year with a smile.” 

The family also enjoys ugly 

Christmas sweater parties, ice skating 

together (Keith also can usually 

be seen ice skating on air with 

a chicken from Cluckers, Santa and 

Rudolph), singing Christmas carols 

in their informal New Albany neighborhood, 

visiting nursing homes to 

sing to the residents and making 

handmade ornaments every year. 

At some point from Thanksgiving to 

New Year, too, Keith’s unfortunate looking 

brown corduroy elastic waistband 

“eating pants” also make an appearance. 

The Kaisers also send out a Christmas 

card every year, and usually struggle 

to do so without some sort of joke on it — 

spreading Christmas cheer one Christmas 

card at a time. • 

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1 (13.5 oz) can coconut cream or milk 

1 cup sugar 

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa 

1 cup heavy whipping cream 

7 cups whole milk 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Peppermint Whipped Cream (recipe below) 

Warm coconut milk in sauce pan over medium heat. Add 

sugar and cocoa, whisking constantly. Cook until sugar is disolved. 

Add whipping cream, whole milk and vanilla. Pour 

into 4 qt slow cooker. Add whole milk, sugar, and vanilla 

extract. 

Cook on low for 3 hours, or until hot. Top each individual 

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3 T. sugar 

1/2 t. peppermint extract 

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1 1/2 cups buter 

3 cups sugar 

5 eggs 

1 teaspoon peppermint extract 

1 cup milk 

3 cups four 

1/2 teaspoon baking powder 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

5 Tablespoons cocoa 

1 cup chocolate chips 

Optional: hot fudge topping, ice cream 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 

Cream together frst two ingredients. Add eggs, slowly. Beat 

until creamy. Add peppermint extract and milk. Mix until 

combined. 

In a separate bowl, combine, four, baking powder, salt, and 

cocoa. Slowly add to wet ingredients and mix. Stir in chocolate 

chips 

Pour into a greased and foured 10-inch bundt pan. 

Bake at 325 degrees for 90 minutes, or until toothpick comes 

out clean.. Cool completely. Top with hot fudge and ice 

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Health Notes 

Staying healthy as the year winds 

down and the holidays approach 

can make the diference between 

enjoying this special season and 

simply enduring it. Here are six tips for 

good holiday health. 

Wash your hands. It’s no coincidence 

that the holidays are accompanied by 

cold and fu season. As you spend 

more time with family, friends and 

The holidays can be a wonderful 

time, a chance to get together 

with family and friends, revisit 

the memory of holidays past and 

make new memories for the future. But 

for women, the season can also bring a 

special level of stress. In addition to all the 

duties of your normal routine, there are 

gifts to buy and wrap. Holiday recipes to 

make. Decorations to dig out and put up. 

Cards to mail. Meals to prepare. 

And what seems like more events 

every year. 

That extra stress is signifcant 

enough all on its own. But 

for women who are also going 

through menopause (or even pre-menopause), 

you may fnd the hustle and bustle 

of the holidays much more challenging. 

You may fnd it difcult to get a 

good night’s rest, which can magnify the 

loss of energy normally associated with 

Holiday Health for Women 

Staying healthy so you can enjoy the season 

co-workers, you also come in contact 

with a lot more of the bacteria 

that can bring on a winter illness. 

Washing your hands often is your 

best defense. 

Dress for the weather. Keeping 

warm and dry during the colder 

months, especially when you’re 

spending time outdoors shopping 

and running errands, can help you avoid 

a number of health problems. Several layers 

of loose-fting, tightly woven clothing 

work best. 

Watch out for stress. It may be unfair, 

but it seems that most of the responsibility 

for buying the gifts, decorating 

the tree and preparing the holiday feast 

falls on women. And that’s on top of everything 

you’re already juggling! So do 

what you can to lighten your load. Invite 

a friend or two along for Christmas shopping. 

Get the whole family to share decorating 

chores. Remember to take a break 

‘Remember to take a break now 

and then either to relax with a 

good book or movie or to get moving 

with an activity you enjoy.’ 

Strategies for a Stressful Season 

Hormones and the Holidays 

this time of life. With a thousand details 

that need your atention, you may fnd 

it difcult to focus. Between hot fashes 

and night sweats, it’s much harder to be 

comfortable as you race from one errand 

to the next. 

You can reduce the stress of the season 

in a number of ways. If you work, 

leave it at the ofce. Change clothes as 

soon as you get home. Leave e-mails for 

‘Spend a little more time outdoors.’ 

the next work day, and try not to check 

them right before bed. Spend a litle more 

time outdoors — even a short walk in the 

cool air after lunch or before dinner can 

make a world of diference. Rest when 

you need to. Be humble enough to accept 

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now and then, either to relax with a good 

book or movie, or to get moving with an 

activity you enjoy. 

Practice food safety. Keep hands 

and food prep surfaces clean. Keep raw 

meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs (including 

their juices) away from ready-to-eat 

foods and eating surfaces. Cook foods 

to the proper temperature. Refrigerate 

promptly. Don’t leave perishable foods 

out for more than two hours. 

Stay active. Colder weather can 

make us reluctant to go outdoors or get 

the exercise we need. Put some kind of 

regular activity on the calendar 

and stay with it, whether it’s a 

ftness class with friends, a brisk 

walk with a spouse or time on the 

treadmill. 

See your doctor. In addition 

to regular check-ups, schedule an 

appointment with your physician 

if you feel something coming on. 

It’s always beter to be safe than 

sorry, and early detection means 

you can begin to fght back sooner, and 

enjoy your holidays more. 

The holiday season is a special time. 

Following these simple tips can help you 

get the most out of yours this year.• 

By Denise Orwick, RPh | Registered Pharmacist 

Precision Compounding Pharmacy 

a helping hand when it’s ofered, and ask 

for one when it isn’t. Stop and take deep 

breaths. Consider a yoga class. Go to a 

movie. 

For a longer-term option that can 

get you through the holidays and beyond, 

consider Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement 

Therapy (BHRT) to reset the hormone 

balance that’s thrown of during 

menopause. BHRT actually matches the 

hormones that are produced by 

your own body, and can be created 

by your compounding pharmacist 

in a variety of forms, including 

topical creams. Your doctor or 

compounding pharmacist can tell 

you more. 

If you’re feeling the added stress and 

disruption of menopause, take steps now 

to reduce the impact it can have on your 

holiday season. You’ll be glad you did..•

Surviving the Holiday Table 

Making smart food choices during the holidays 

By Dr. Stuart H. Coleman, MD 

Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana 

Every holiday season, we get together 

with family to celebrate. 

And inevitably, some of us will 

sufer from some kind of stomach 

upset. So here are a few tips to keep your 

digestive system healthy through the holidays. 

Select slim glassware for alcoholic 

and carbonated beverages, and set your 

glass on a fat surface for flling. People 

tend to over-pour into wide-mouth glassware, 

and into glasses that are being held 

rather than siting on a bar or table. 

Stay close to friends who eat healthy 

when you select food and drinks. Consciously 

or unconsciously, this can help 

you make beter choices. If your friends 

don’t practice healthy eating, then resolve 

to avoid items they choose; a private “opposites” 

game for just you. 

Start with small portions, and only 

eat what tastes good and is good for you. 

Entertainment, loud music, interesting 

conversation and holiday lights can distract 

us so that we keep eating without 

thinking about it. Resolve to slow down 

and taste what you’re puting into your 

mouth. Savoring favors goes a long way 

toward satisfaction. 

Going through a bufet line? Make 

your frst three selections healthy ones, 

as in fruits and low-fat foods. The frst 

three foods you choose fll two-thirds of 

your plate, and you’re less likely to choose 

healthy foods toward the end of the bufet. 

(It’s also worth noting that poor choices 

are often followed by more poor choices.) 

It can be hard to make smart choices 

during the holidays. Indulging in food 

and drink that trigger heartburn, acid refux, 

GERD or bloating is a litle too easy 

this time of year. After all, where’s the fun 

in restraint? Then again, there’s nothing 

fun about that queasy, uneasy, refuxy 

feeling you can experience after eating. 

Be smart and proactive when it comes to 

your holiday health.• 

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When you think of 

the Holidays, think 

Washington County Indiana! 

Join “US” in Salem for our Annual Christmas Parade 

Saturday, November 29 th at 6pm to 8pm 

Great shops . . . great restaurants . . . great accommodations and great memories! 

The parade will begin from the parking lot at the 

American Legion Bingo Hall, travel up Main Street 

to the Public Square and disperse on Walnut Street. 

Participants are invited to come back to the square 

(on foot) to watch the Lighting of the Courthouse. 

Photo credit: Dowling Family Photography 

visit: www.CityofSalem.com for more information. 


Everyday Adventures 

This Little Light of Mine 

To be fair, we didn’t set out to almost 

blow up a trailer court. It 

just kind of happened that way. 

It was supposed to be a real 

Norman Rockwell kind of day. We’d 

gathered at church with several other couples 

to bake cookies for shut-ins and other 

folks who needed some Christmas cheer. 

The baking part went great. We fred 

up the oven and turned the church kitchen 

into Santa’s litle sweatshop, an operation 

that would have put the Keebler elves 

to shame. With four and frosting fying 

we cranked out enough cookies to feed a 

third world country. 

The place smelled like heaven. 

It took the beter part of the 

day, and by the time we’d fnished, 

we had dozens of boxes packed with 

holiday goodies. 

But the best was yet to come. 

We weren’t just going to drop 

the cookies and run. Oh no. We 

were going to treat our friends to a 

medley of good, old-fashioned Christmas 

carols . . . by candlelight. 

C’mon, caroling by candlelight? Unless 

your name happens to be Bing Crosby, 

you just can’t get more festive than 

that. 

To pull of this production, we had to 

work together like a well-oiled machine. 

Park the cars. Grab the cookies. Bust out 

the sheet music. Light the candles. Ring 

the doorbell. And let the magic begin! 

At the frst couple of houses everything 

went great. People were delighted 

and touched by the gesture. It was everything 

we were hoping for and more. 

But then we arrived at the trailer 

court. That’s where Charlie and Bertha 

lived. 


Charlie was our church custodian, a 

sweet, older gentleman who took care of 

his ailing wife, Bertha. Bertha had a number 

of health problems that had kept her 

out of church for awhile, and we couldn’t 

wait to let her know how much we loved 

her. 

So, under the cover of darkness, we 

crept up to their mobile home, fred up 

our candles, and launched into our opening 

number. 

Charlie answered the door and 

helped Bertha join us on her walker, her 

oxygen tank coming along for the ride. 

I can still remember the way their eyes 

‘You don’t have to be an 

expert to show someone they 

matter to God. 

You just have to be available.’ 

misted up as we sang songs about the 

newborn King. 

Charlie and Bertha were beautiful. 

Decades of faithful marriage. A lifetime of 

following Jesus. Hope overfowing even 

in the face of failing health. We all felt the 

power of that moment and realized they 

were blessing us way more than we could 

have blessed them. I wouldn’t trade the 

memory of them standing in that doorway 

for anything. 

But when I noticed the sign by the 

door, I knew it was time to wrap things 

up. By the soft glow of my candle, I read 

the words, “Danger! Oxygen in use. No 

smoking or open fame.” 

Hmm, I thought. I have an open 

fame. My wife has an open fame. All 

ten of us have open fames. And Bertha 

has enough oxygen to blow the whole 

trailer park to the North Pole and back. 

Sorry folks, no time for an encore. It 

was time to douse those candles and call 

it a night. 

Sometimes, in our clumsy eforts to 

share God’s love with others, we all make 

mistakes. We say the wrong thing. We 

do the wrong thing. We make fools of ourselves 

and end up in all kinds of awkward 

situations. 

And yes, from time-to-time, we may 

even almost blow up a trailer court. 

But just because we don’t love 

others perfectly, doesn’t mean we 

shouldn’t make the efort. You don’t 

have to be an expert to show someone 

they mater to God. You just have to 

be available. 

Even if everything goes wrong, 

you can’t mess it up worse than I did. 

So this Christmas take a risk. 

Reach out to the lonely, the forgoten 

and those who just need a friend. Just 

make sure you follow state fre codes. 

And, you might want to leave the candles 

at home.• 

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can catch up with Jason 

on his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com or on 

Twiter at www.twiter.com/jasondbyerly.

SALEM 800-473-5546 www.johnjonesautogroup.com 


To restore hope 

and repair lives, 

I chose Clark. 

Dr. James Van Daalen 

Thoracic and Vascular 

Surgery Center 

D 

r. Van Daalen has always loved fxing things. Whether he’s working 

on an antique car or helping his patients understand their treatment 

options, Dr. Van Daalen knows how to fnd solutions. That’s why this 

leading vascular and thoracic surgeon chose a hospital that 

is known for improving the health of its patients. 

Learn more about the 

Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Center 

by calling (812) 280-1419 or 

visiting ClarkMemorial.org. 

1220 Missouri Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN • ClarkMemorial.org

Southern Indiana Living NovDec 2014

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