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Sharing the Road 

Corydon, IN 

1931 

// Photo courtesy of the Frederick Porter Griffin Center, Harrison County Public Library 

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bygone era when horses were still frequently used for transpotation, but 

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a sign reminding visitors that auto parking was not allowed during the 

busiest time between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturdays. 


A Walk in the Garden with Bob Hill 

The bright orange crocosmia – 

roughly 3,700 miles from its 

original home – was hidden 

behind a pile of wood chips 

in the back field, barely peeking over 

the edge as if looking for some salvation, 

a helping hand. 

Mission accomplished. I feared 

I had lost them all, refugees from a 

trip to Ireland about 10 years ago, 

smuggled home in a plastic bag. Such 

thievery is, of course, wrong, illegal 

and possibly horticulturally unhealthy. 

On the other hand, the crocosmia 

were taken from the edges of a 

crumbing stone house above the Atlantic 

Ocean near Waterford – the 

very house in which my Irish family 

lived hundreds of years ago before 

immigrating to the United States in 

the 1880s. 

The. Home. Place. 

So, I plead guilty to plant thievery, 

your honor, but I was very careful 

to wash the roots, and minimize any 

possible disease damage. What better 

living memory to have in our Indiana 

garden than some flowers from my 

great-grandma’s Irish garden? And 

we left a few billion crocosmia behind 

in the homeland, scattered like orange 

weeds across the country from 

County Cork to County Donegal. 

And truth be told those crocosmia 

– once labeled montbretia – were 

originally native to South Africa, 

about 6,000 miles south of Dublin. 

They proved to be a perfect match for 

the Irish climate, and I was only helping 

the going eradication program. 

The larger picture being every 

garden needs some keepsake plants, 

mementoes brought home from foreign 

lands, or reminders of friends 

both here and gone. 

We have many. Our larger 

keepsakes include a crab-apple tree 

given to us almost 40 years ago by 

Janet Hill’s Uncle Elmer, a raggedy 

little seedling that has since become 

a raggedy old thing, but mostly still 

safe from the chain saw. On the other 

hand, it’s in way too much shade now 

and nostalgia has its limits. 

Closer to the house are day lilies 

and rain lilies given to us by Elmer’s 

wife, the Legendary Aunt Helen, a 

quiet, fearsome gardener of whom 

it was said could grow tomatoes in 

asphalt. We have a now 40-foot and 

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Irish Refugees 

glorious oak tree given to us as a 10- 

foot, balled-and-burlapped gift by a 

member of the famed Monarchs band 

after I did a story about the group. I 

start humming their fabled hit, “Look 

Homeward Angel,” when I look at it. 

We have another huge oak leaf 

tree that, when as a transplanted 

seedling, was run over by my father 

while backing up his car. The tree reminds 

us of that moment every year 

by hurling hundreds of acorns down 

every fall in retribution. 

We have a Kentucky coffee tree 

as a gift from a nursery friend, ferns 

in the shade and iris in the sunshine, 

succulents in the plant room and native 

azaleas in the woods, all the latter 

gifts with names attached, including 

another garden legend, Fred Wiche. 

The plant that kicks up the most 

seasonal memories for us is the agapanthus, 

which we first saw in New 

Zealand and happily blooms in the 

summers in Southern Indiana. Agapanthus, 

like our crocosmia, is also 

native to South Africa, so consider 

that mileage to Indiana. 

New Zealand really stirs up 

memories because the trip was just 

a spur-of-the-moment idea. We’d 

heard and read about it. Great plants 

and gardens and it’s warm way down 

there when cold up here. Our companions 

were two old friends from 

Minnesota who really wanted to get 

out of the cold. 

So, there we were in Christchurch 

walking the town’s botanic 

garden, headed south along the Pacific 

Ocean, west to a boat ride from 

Milford Sound, looking south to the 

Tasmanian Sea and Antarctica. 

The food was wonderful, the 

people fun and easy going, the whole 

country like a big sports bar with 

wineries and sheep farms and majestic 

mountains. It all fell in place in 

Auckland where we watched locals 

and tourists alike bungee jump off its 

iconic Sky Tower. As we returned to 

our car and left the parking garage, 

the crossbar lifted high to allow us 

out – a Viagra commercial written 

across its side. 

OK, that’s a lot to load on an agapanthus 

plant blooming in our yard, 

especially since we are roughly 8,300 

miles north by northeast from New 

Zealand as very lost crow flies. 

But it does bring all those memories 

back: the crocosmia from my ancestorial 

home; the agapanthus from 

the wonderful folks of Kiwi-land. 

Walking our gardens is a little like 

old home week without the costs and 

baggage handling issues. 

And let the record show, your 

honor, I did not dig up any agapanthus 

in New Zealand and haul them 

home in my suitcase, although several 

billion of them exist there, too. We 

bought some later as memory makers 

and planted them in old metal baskets 

from Eastern Europe, this connecting 

three far-flung countries in 

one Hoosier backyard. 

We move that basket indoors in 

the winter, but if you are interested 

there are hardy agapanthus – those 

brave souls that will survive our 

winters if mulched or just dug up, allowed 

to dry and stored indoors. It’s 

a beautiful, underused plant easily 

available online. 

Beyond that, it’s just interesting 

to think about the country-to-country 

journeys plants take to get to our gardens. 

Crocosmia and agapanthus are 

considered lovable pests in Ireland 

and New Zealand. We just consider 

them lovable. • 

About the Author 

Former Courier-Journal 

columnist Bob Hill enjoys 

gardening, good fun, good 

friends and the life he and 

his wife, Janet.

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A Note to Baby Boomers 

One way to feel younger is to 

hang out with people older. 

Hey, I’ll take it. 

Older people need 

someone who will listen about their 

sore knees, their cable bills, their hearing 

aid batteries, grandkids who text 

instead of call and lifelong friends 

whose funerals were last week. 

I listened for a living. I can listen 

with the best of them. If only I was as 

good at stopping the toilet from running. 

I settle into a stage in which 

young feels a fading memory but old 

still seems more foe than friend. So 

when not fighting, I nod. I sympathize. 

My day comes, I realize, when 

still more of me wears out. Already I 

polish my own collection of stop-thepresses 

grievances should some sap a 

generation behind me be up, yes, to 

hearing about it. 

Not only is the future a four-letter 

word. Today can boggle, as well. 

I will plug in my next car alongside 

the toaster? Do I get that channel? Do 

I want to? 

Did I really pay $80 for a steak? 

Is peeing every other hour normal? 

Listening? 

Grab hold of aging, we hear. 

Stare it down. Stay active, keep moving. 

Remain informed, be useful. 

Don’t act our ages. Don’t die before 

death. All fair and all easier said than 

done. 

Every week or two this past 

spring, the wind blew like Southern 

Indiana is a barrier island. Biggerthan-big 

limbs fell at our place. My 

house is among this area’s oldest. 

No surprise, then, so are too 

many of the trees. Like writers and 

the elderly company they keep, trees 

do not live forever, storms or no 

storms. I cannot expect otherwise. 

Like there is no point in wishing 

my father, or his father, or someone 

else near and dear had taught me 

how to cope with trees that, with a 

whoosh, go horizontal. Handiness 

swims nowhere near the Moss gene 

pool. 

In other words, I could today 

buy a chainsaw. Then tomorrow I 

could buy a prosthetic hand. 

Instead, a friend heeded my plea 

and, without so much as a sweat, 

sawed big pieces into ones little 

enough for the street department to 

haul away. Such is heroism as I define 

it these days. 

No action in Washington, or Indianapolis, 

matters more than common 

courtesies we can give and receive 

and occasionally actually do. So 

if listening to whines and whims of 

people a decade or two my senior is 

all it takes, I’m game. 

Just keep your politics to yourself. 

Our local public library needs 

board-of-directors members, like do a 

nearby cemetery and a park. I can do 

stuff like that – more than decently – 

so I do stuff like that. 

Requiring only one bottle of 

shampoo per year is not my only 

strength. 

A neighbor shares his vegetable 

garden with us. That, too, is good, in 

more ways than one. A childhood pal 

occasionally has the old gang over 

for grilled goodies and strolls down 

memory lane. I enjoy not only every 

bite but every story. 

It’s funny, though, those gettogethers. 

We end up talking about 

what’s ahead. We prove that fun is 

not finite; more is there for the taking. 

One guy, whom I never would have 

guessed would leave our hometown, 

just returned from Portugal. 

Tell me more about these group 

tours you take, my host asked me. 

Time’s a wasting. 

Before we know it, I reply, we 

will be old as in too old. So go. Do. I 

know some terrific dog watchers. You 

don’t even need to bring me back a 

T-shirt. 

Actually, I’m more into coffee 

mugs. 

Food sticks between my teeth. 

Why? Teeth spread out over time. 

Losing weight is more difficult, staying 

awake is more difficult, seeing 

and hearing and digesting and remembering 

all ran out of warranty. 

No action in Washington, or Indianapolis, 

matters more than common courtesies we can 

give and receive and occasionally actually do. 

So if listening to whines and whims of people a 

decade or two my senior is all it takes, I’m game. 

Will my toenails stop growing 

when I no longer can reach them? 

Don’t answer that. 

That inevitable litany aside, 

though, I increasingly convince myself 

to appreciate what remains to 

appreciate. I finally get the hang of 

retirement. I do not necessarily need 

to know what day of the week it is. I 

can run errands on my schedule, not 

on my employer’s. 

I can count on one finger the 

number of times I have worn a necktie 

this year. 

Plus, health-care costs are, well, 

less unaffordable. Whoever came up 

with Medicare is right up there with 

Willie Mays. 

I improve at facing facts, easier 

to see with the reading glasses scattered 

at my place. My Giants are winning 

without me on the mound. A 

not-all-that-young woman at the gym 

calls me “sir.” My local high school 

supposedly came up all-but-empty in 

its search for a new basketball coach. 

Yet I was not asked to come to 

the sidelines rescue. And to think 

I know a couple of dandy out-ofbounds 

plays. 

I feel more good than bad. I can 

climb stairs and distinguish a noun 

from a verb. I haven’t vomited in like 

20 years and that’s got to count for 

something, right? 

If listening to older people hate 

on getting older is my lot in life, I 

welcome the opportunity. Maybe I 

will learn something or teach something.• 

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.moss@twc.com 


New Albany is home to a 

great number of architectural 

wonders that have 

graced this riverfront town 

for decades – even centuries. 

One landmark that residents 

take great pride in is the historic Second 

Baptist Church, known to many 

as the Town Clock Church. Not only 

is the building recognized for its 

beauty, but the church and its founding 

members also played a significant 

role in the history of our country. 

It was a stop on the historic Underground 

Railroad, which was a network 

of routes, places and individuals 

that helped enslaved people in the 

south escape to the north. 

The church dates to the 19th century. 

It was first owned by the Second 

Presbyterian Church, with construction 

beginning in 1849 and completing 

in 1852, just nine years before the 

American Civil War. 

The church’s exterior is made of 

brick and is constructed in the Greek 

Revival style of architecture, which is 

inspired by the symmetry, proportion 

and simplicity of the ancient Greek 

temples of the 5th century B.C. The 

architect for the project was Isaac P. 

Smith, a church member and a master 

builder who designed many buildings 

in New Albany. Smith is known 

for such structures as the Joshua 

Bragdon House, the Montgomery- 

Cannon House and his own residence, 

the Isaac P. Smith House. 

When owned by the Presbyterians, 

the church was one of a handful 

that opened its doors to a mixed-race 

congregation, yet not everyone was 

on board with the idea. On Dec. 10, 

1889, an African American congregation 

purchased the building from the 

Second Presbyterian Church, and it 

became the Second Baptist Church. 

It’s no surprise that this building 

has endured its fair share of structural 

troubles during its 170-year existence. 

The original church steeple was 

struck by lightning several times, but 

the biggest blow occurred on June 28, 

1915, when a lightning strike split the 

steeple in two. The structure was removed 

two weeks later, and the clock 

tower was capped and replaced with 

a cupola. 

The church also suffered damage 

in the Great Flood of 1937. The 

undercroft, where freedom seekers 

found shelter from bounty hunters, 

was submerged, leaving behind a 

layer of mud and silt once the water 

had receded. The remnants of the silt 


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and dirt still remain in the lower portion. 

There were many times when the 

church faced being condemned, but 

thanks to the current leaders of the 

church, the Rev. LeRoy V. Marshall 

and his wife and church administrator, 

the Rev. Joyce Marshall, the building 

has been given a new life. During 

A Church Full of History 

Town Clock Church was a stop on the Underground Railroad 

Story by Julie Engelhardt 

Photos by Michelle Hockman (except where noted) 

the past 10 years, the Marshalls have 

done a great deal to ensure that this 

iconic site could be restored and revitalized. 

The Marshalls are from Bullitt 

County, Kentucky, and for years their 

home church was Ebenezer Missionary 

Baptist Church in Louisville. They 

were comfortable with their church

and never dreamed of moving away 

from their friends and congregation. 

They became an integral part of the 

Second Baptist Church when LeRoy 

was offered the position of pastor in 

2009. But this wasn’t something he 

pursued. 

“We received a call to come 

over,” Joyce said, “and LeRoy was 

like, ‘Well, I don’t know… .’ We were 

doing what we thought that God 

would have us to do, but we didn’t 

realize or understand that it was only 

a season, that he had other things for 

us to do.” 

Joyce says that they prayed and 

prayed, trying to understand what 

they needed to do. LeRoy visited the 

church a few times, and finally accepted 

the new position. 

“We came over with not really 

knowing what he was going to face,” 

she said. “There were so many different 

things that needed attention, 

so that’s how I became the church 

administrator, to help him and the 

congregation to pull everything back 

together.” 

Renovation on the church began 

in 2012. One of their first projects 

was to clean out the belfry. Hundreds 

of birds had made their home in the 

structure, leaving behind 4 to 5 inches 

of dung. The cost for the clean out 

process was estimated to be $12,000. 

The church dates to the 19th century. It was first 

owned by the Second Presbyterian Church, with 

construction beginning in 1849 and completing in 

1852, just nine years before the American Civil War. 

Pictured: (opposite) The clock tower rises about the church; (this page, from top) the Underground Railroad Garden includes many beautiful statues and structures, including a gazebo 

housing the 100-year-old cupola that once set on top of the clock tower; the sanctuary of the church houses a replica of the original chadelier // Photos on this page submitted by Friends 

of the Town Clock Church. 


Jerry Finn, who at the time was the 

president of the Caesars Foundation 

of Floyd County, and Irv Stumler, 

who was running for mayor, came on 

board to help the Marshalls and the 

church. Finn was the director of the 

501(c)(3) foundation for the church, 

and Stumler took on the role of project 

manager for the renovation. 

The church has come a long way 

in the past decade. What was once a 

building in disrepair is now a shining 

beacon. 

When you enter the church, you 

walk through double wooden doors, 

one noticeable feature is that the seats 

are divided. 

“This partition is a sign of the 

times. Men sat on one side and women 

sat on the other,” LeRoy said. 

Ornate tables and chairs grace 

the upper room as well, along with a 

magnificent organ that was also part 

of the original church. Unfortunately, 

the organ is not functional. 

“It could be functional for about 

$230,000,” LeRoy said. 

Heading outside to the back 

of the church, visitors will discover 

the beautiful Underground Railroad 

Heading outside to the back of the church, visitors will 

discover the beautiful Underground Railroad garden 

area. Many outstanding statues and structures adorn 

the garden, such as the gazebo that showcases the 

100-year-old cupola that once sat atop the church 

after the original steeple was destroyed. 


replicas of the original front doors. 

According to LeRoy, these doors cost 

$15,000 and were graciously donated 

by Pat Harris, a realtor who lives in 

the area. A small set of stairs takes 

you through the front hallway, where 

you will find identical rooms on either 

side. The room to the right is the 

reverend’s office, and the room to the 

left has been renovated into a fully 

functioning kitchen. They were originally 

used as reading rooms. “The 

Presbyterians were big on reading 

about Presbyterian life,” LeRoy said. 

Heading down the hallway, 

you enter the lecture room, one of 

two sanctuaries in the church. Large, 

white, iron pillars are found throughout 

the room, and a wooden lectern, 

circa 1852, is centered on the pulpit. 

Another sanctuary is located on 

the second floor, this one more ornate 

than the bottom-floor room. Visitors 

enter this room through one of two 

doors that showcase stained glass inserts. 

The 1852 glass windows were 

once part of the lower floor of the 

church. In the center of the sanctuary 

hangs a replica of the chandelier that 

once hung in the church. The original 

was a triple chandelier, but the one 

currently in the building is a single 

chandelier. According to LeRoy, it 

would have cost $65,000 to hang one 

as large as the original. 

The pews in the upper sanctuary 

are also original to the building, but 

garden area. Many outstanding statues 

and structures adorn the garden, 

such as the gazebo that showcases the 

100-year-old cupola that once sat atop 

the church after the original steeple 

was destroyed. 

Next to the gazebo is a mosaic art 

piece honoring the enslaved people, 

which was constructed by the class of 

2016 of New Albany High School. According 

to an article in the News and 

Tribune in 2018, the mosaic is based 

upon the artwork of Jacob Lawrence, 

an artist whose work depicted the 

Harlem Renaissance and Black history. 

The piece incorporates chains, 

the North Star and Harriet Tubman. 

The church is open for regular 

services on Sundays, plus the community 

and school groups are welcome 

to book tours. The church is 

also seeking volunteers to help with 

various programs and to become docent 

guides. • 

More information and history about the 

church can be found at townclockchurch. 

org or their Facebook page, Friends of the 

Town Clock Church. 

Pictured: (top) one of the statues in the Underground 

Railroad Garden; (bottom) a mosaic piece honoring the 

enslaved people, created by the New Albany High School 

class of 2016 and based on the artwork of Jacob Lawrence, 

an artist whose work depicted the Harlem Renaissance and 

Black history. The piece encorporates chains, the North 

Star, and Harreit Tubman.

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sleeping so comfortably on his 

shoulder and thinks back to the 

day he met her, then on their 

wedding day three years later. 

He remembers how the two of 

them stood side by side from 

when they met during college to 

when she transitioned from 

young professional to retiree; as 

they became parents, then 

became grandparents. 


The fire, emitting less heat than 

just moments before, is still 

sending embers out from its 

core. He smiles as he watches 

tiny moments of his past become 

miniature comets, momentarily 

becoming the center of his 

attention before disappearing 

from view, or burning out just 

before disappearing into the 

indistinguishable grey curtain 

made up of fog and the serenity 

of the waveless lake. 

His wife wakes up and sees her 

husband lost in thought. She 

decides not to interrupt his 

moment. Beyond the comfort of 

her husband’s shoulder, the fire 

pops and she notices an ember of 

flame and ash disappear into the 

water. She smiles. Here is a 

perfect moment, one of many, 

now written in the story of their 

lives. 

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Artist Spotlight 

Man’s Best Friend 

Local artist, Elaine Leidolf-Davis, paints unique hand-crafted pet portraits 

Story by Darian Decker 

Photos submitted by Elaine Leidolf-Davis 

There are few gifts more personal 

than a unique, hand-crafted 

portrait of your favorite best 

friend, and Elaine Leidolf-Davis 

Paintings truly delivers. 

Leidolf-Davis originally started 

pursuing art in high school and graduated 

from Ivy Tech with a degree in 

graphic design. 

“I knew I wanted to do something 

where I could be creative in my 

job,” she said. “I’ve worked for the 

past 38 years doing graphic design, 

marketing, advertising and social 

media.” 

Three years ago, after the passing 

of her father, a series of events led 

to Leidolf-Davis taking a few years 

off work. In the midst of Covid, she 

switched her focus to painting. 

Although she started in acrylic 

paints, Leidolf-Davis began taking 

classes and working in oil on canvas 

to have more blending ability. 

“It’s a whole different medium 


— you have to use mineral spirits 

and other mediums,” she said. “I really 

liked that fact that I could paint 

and if I wanted to change it later I still 

could because it was wet enough. It 

gives me a little more control.” 

She had originally painted horses, 

but after having a woman ask to 

paint a dog of hers, she found there 

was a real niche for pet portraiture. 

“Ever since people saw that pet 

painting, it just blossomed,” she said. 

“I had finally found my niche.” 

Since then, she’s developed her 

website and Facebook page and solidified 

her reputation as a pet portrait 

artist. 

“In 2021, when everything 

opened up a bit, I thought, you know, 

I’m semi-retired, I’m just going to go 

to an art show and see what happens 

because I had quite a few paintings 

at that point,” she said. “I ended up 

selling about seven of them at one 

of these shows and I was so excited 

about it because I’d never done that 

before.” 

Now, Leidolf-Davis attends 

about four big shows a year, including 

Big Four Bridge, Corydon Extravaganza, 

MountFest and the Belknap 

Neighborhood Art Show. The Big 

Four Arts Festival is taking place on 

Sept. 10 and 11 on the Louisville side 

of the Big Four Bridge. 

Ever since participating in the 

art shows, her business has taken 

off. While she does general work and 

brings those pieces to shows, she is 

mostly focused on her large intake of 

commissions. At shows, she brings a 

variety and paints pets on location. 

“When people see me paint on 

location, they stop in their tracks. 

There’s a lot of pet people out there,” 

Leidolf-Davis said. “And I love to do 

it; it just comes easy to me. I do believe 

that God is guiding me in this.” 

When working on a commission, 

all Leidolf-Davis needs is a clear

image of the pet and then she takes 

care of getting the sketch done and 

painting the final product. 

At project end, the customer 

receives a text with the image proof 

and then the canvas itself, ready to be 

framed or hung. 

“When I send clients a text with 

the image of their pet, and they say ‘I 

love it’ or it brought them to tears … 

I’m thrilled. They are keepsakes,” Leidolf-Davis 

said. “I feel the paintings 

are a blessing for people to keep.” 

She said she learns more and 

more with each painting in terms of 

finding tricks and techniques that 

work better than others. 

“That’s the only way you’re going 

to learn, really,” Leidolf-Davis 

said. “I’ve never had formal training; 

I just paint what I see.” 

You can catch Leidolf-Davis at 

one of her many fall art shows or on 

her business website – elaineleidolfdavis.com. 

You can also find her on 

Facebook under “Elaine Leidolf-Davis 

Paintings.” 

Leidolf-Davis said now is the 

time to place orders for the Christmas 

season. She does not attend shows 

later than October to make sure she 

gets all orders produced for Christmas 

gifts. 

“It’s one of a kind and it means a 

lot to people, especially if you’ve lost 

a pet,” she said. “All I need is a clear 

color image of a pet and I take it from 

there.” 

To place an order, call Leidolf-Davis at 

502-648-1556. 

“When people see me paint on location, they stop in 

their tracks. There’s a lot of pet people out there. 

And I love to do it; it just comes easy to me. I do 

believe that God is guiding me in this.” 

- Elaine Leidolf-Davis, 

Local Artist 

Pictured: (opposite) A few of the commisioned pet portraits painted by Leidolf-Davis; (this page, top) Leidorf Davis poses with a few of her pet portraits displayed behind her; (this page, 

bottom) examples of general pieces sold by Elaine at her art shows. 


Business Spotlight 

Building Generations 

Local family-owned cabin business keeps growing 

When Linda and Randy 

Gilmore built their first 

cabin in 1986, they never 

dreamed that their 14 

acres would expand into a 200-acre 

spread with more than 120 cabins 

tucked into its scenic woodland. And 

they had no idea that 36 years later it 

would evolve into a thriving business 

run by their son, Dale, and his wife, 

Billie. 

The enterprise began almost by 

accident, Randy said. 

It all started when a friend, the 

late Lovell Wilkes, urged Randy to 

look at Wilkes’ cabin. 

“He had asked me a couple of 

times,” Randy said. “And finally, he 

insisted, ‘Get your wife and come 

look.’” They looked. An idea was 

born, and soon their first cabin was 

started at the rural Wickliffe site, near 

Patoka Lake. 

That was the beginning of Patoka 

Lake Cabin Sales and Gilmore 

Log Homes, which became a fourgeneration 

endeavor. “Our son, Josh, 

has been with us since he was little 

and is a big part of all we do,” Billie 

said. When needed, their daughters, 

daughter-in-law, son-in-law and even 


young grandchildren pitch in, she 

said. “So, you can see it is truly a family 

business. Skills have been passed 

down.” 

Randy and Linda built that first 

cabin while working full-time jobs. 

“We worked weekends and until 10 

some nights to get it built,” Linda 

said. 

It almost ended there. 

“It took a year for that first cabin 

to sell,” Randy said. “I vowed if that 

ever sold, I would never build another 

one.” 

However, he didn’t stay true 

to those words. The cabin sold on a 

Saturday morning, and by that afternoon 

the next cabin was underway. 

The Gilmores have continued 

to add acreage, clearing, developing, 

surveying and dividing the land into 

acre and half-acre lots. They have 

built 120 cabins, mostly on Gilmore 

property, with 15 or so built in Brown, 

Spencer, Dubois, Perry, Pike and Orange 

counties. 

Much has changed since the 

first few cabins went up, Linda said. 

Instead of the up-to-date equipment 

used now, she recalls using a cake 

decorating bag to chink in between 

Story by Sara Combs 

Photos submitted by Gilmore Log Homes 

the logs. “I used a pencil and graph 

paper to design those first cabins,” 

she said. 

“Now,” said Billie, “we use computer-aided 

design programs to help 

in the planning.” 

Every person has different wants 

and needs, she said. “They tell me 

what their budget is, what size they 

want and how many people they 

want to accommodate. 

“Some want to entertain family 

and friends; some like to keep it more 

intimate. With the lake nearby, some 

want to take advantage of that for 

swimming, fishing and water sports. 

Some are just looking for a quiet place 

to relax. We do our best to guide them 

to build the dream home getaway 

they want.” 

One thing that hasn’t changed 

is the personal service the Gilmores 

provide. “When clients who have 

spent time here return home and start 

to wonder if they have turned off 

the water or the stove, all they have 

to do is call and we have checked it 

for them and take care of whatever is 

needed.” 

“There were five cabins early on 

and we became friends with a lot of

the people who occupied them,” Randy 

said. That has held true through 

the years. “We have some nice people 

in these homes,” said Dale, who has 

been involved since his parents built 

the first cabins. 

They have had clients from as far 

away as California and north of Chicago. 

“Word of mouth sells houses,” 

Randy said. The clients from California 

had heard about their work. They 

ordered a cabin with a phone call. 

“They just told us, ‘Build us one,’” 

Randy said. 

There have been some repeat 

buyers. Sometimes people have 

to move for their careers or family 

needs and sell their getaway home, 

then move back to the area, Billie explained. 

“Then they are ready to buy 

another.” 

Most cabins are used as retreats. 

However, there are 20 or so permanent 

residents. “Sometimes the cabins 

are retirement homes,” Dale said. 

Cabins are nestled in scenic 

woodland lots that provide privacy 

and every cabin has a good view. “It 

is always very quiet and peaceful 

here,” Billie said. 

Randy said proximity to Patoka 

Lake has been a positive for cabin 

sales. “The lake has been good to us,” 

he said, adding that some of Linda’s 

family may not have felt that way 

when it first came in. “It took some of 

their good farmland and they had to 

relocate,” he said. “But it has not only 

brought us clients but other business 

and employment to our area. I helped 

build the lake and worked for the Patoka 

Lake Regional Water and Sewer 

District.” 

The business only had one real 

bad time, Randy said. “That was during 

the recession – 2007 to 2008. That 

was hard,” he said. “There was one 

year we didn’t do any new construction.” 

But in spite of the economic 

trends and the problems brought 

about by the pandemic, they have 

persevered. 

When the business transitioned 

to the next generation in 2001, Gilmore 

Log Homes began. At first, Randy 

and Linda’s other children, Eric Gilmore 

and Annette Zehr, were involved 

but have since opted out. 

Once their youngest daughter 

graduated from Crawford County 

High School in 2021, Dale and Billie 

realized their time needed to be spent 

on growing the business. “That is 

why we chose to move from Marengo 

to the cabin area,” she said. 

“Some want to entertain family and friends; some like 

to keep it more intimate. With the lake nearby, some 

want to take advantage of that for swimming, fishing 

and water sports. Some are just looking for a quiet 

place to relax. We do our best to guide them to build 

the dream home getaway they want.” 

- Billie Gilmore 

Co-owner, Gilmore Log Homes 

Pictured: (top) the open living area and kitchen of a recently complete cabin includes vaulted ceilings; (bottom) the 

upstairs loft area, open to the living room and kitchen below, includes a bathroom with a barn door. 


Since their move, they have converted 

a two-story shop into a comfortable, 

attractive living space while 

continuing to fulfill cabin building 

commitments. Both continue to serve 

as volunteer firefighters and EMTs. 

“It was a practical move for us 

to live on-site,” said Billie. “The thing 

about being in business for yourself is 

you are always on the job. There are 

no sick days.” 

They have their own equipment, 

and with the current labor situation 

they do most of their own work. Local 

contractors are used for electrical, 

plumbing, roofing and supplies when 

possible. “We have always used local 

sawmills and build true log cabins 

using 7-by-7 pine beveled logs,” said 

Dale. 

“It is very important to us to 

support all of the local businesses,” 

Billie said. • 

For more information, see their website 

at PatokaLakeCabinSales.com, or contact 

them at Patoka Lake Cabin Sales and 

Gilmore Log Homes LLC, 812-972-3837, 

gilmoreloghomes@gmail.com, 10298 W. 

Dewitt School Road, Birdseye, IN 47513. 


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Navigating a Difficult Time 

How one survior encourages others at the beginning of their journey 

Janet Bunge was not too worried 

when she was told to go in for 

a biopsy following her yearly 

mammogram in March 2021. She 

was told the same thing before and it 

turned out to be nothing, so she was 

confident she would hear the same 

diagnosis. 

However, this time it was something. 

The biopsy confirmed she had 

breast cancer. She was quickly scheduled 

for a lumpectomy. 

“It seemed like one minute I was 

diagnosed and the next minute I was 

having surgery. I didn’t have a lot of 

time to diagnose what was happening, 

which was probably good,” she 

said. 

It was also good that Bunge never 

misses her yearly exam since both 

parents died of cancer and her sister 

is currently battling cancer. 

“Cancer is in my family so I always 

maintain things. I keep up with 

my regular exams,” she said. “I have 

always been very aware of cancer, but 

you are always surprised when you 

get that diagnoses. You don’t believe 

it is going to happen to you. I was always 

aware that it could, but I honestly 

didn’t think that it would.” 

But it happened. Now, more 

than a year later, Bunge is cancer free. 

She still goes for regular blood work 

and checkups, but she has finished 

her radiation treatment. While physically 

free from the disease, she still 

thinks about it and wonders if it will 

ever come back. 

“You always have it in the back 

of your mind,” she said. “You don’t 

worry about it but you know it’s a 

possibility. Everyone is bulletproof 

until you get it.” 

Bunge uses her experience to 

help others. As a peer navigator she 

reaches out to women who have been 

recently diagnosed and answers their 

questions along with calming their 

fears. 

“My role is to pick their spirits 

up, answer their questions and 

tell them what happened to me,” 

she said. “They need support and to 

know they are doing what they need 

to do. I enjoy being there for these ladies. 

It’s something that has helped 

me as well.” 

Baptist Health Floyd Breast Cancer 

Navigator Jill Crawford, RN, said 

the program is important because 

breast cancer patients know they are 

not alone in their fight. 

“Even though they may have 

good family support, only breast cancer 

survivors know what they are and 

will be going through and can support 

them in a different way,” Crawford 

said. “It is also great for our 

survivors to be able to have a sense 

of fulfillment and to feel like they are 

able to give back.” 

Bunge did not have to go 

through chemotherapy following 

surgery, but did have several rounds 

of radiation. 

“Radiation was kind of hard on 

me,” she said. “Radiation wipes you 

out. The first day I realized I felt good 

after my radiation treatments, I was 

running around the house trying to 

find things to do. Before that it was 

how many naps do I have to take today.” 

She also said she was pleased 

with the care she received from her 

Story by Chris Morris 

Baptist Health Floyd 

“My role is to pick up their 

spirits up, answer their 

questions and tell them 

what happened to me. They 

need support and to know 

they are doing what they 

need to do. I enjoy being 

there for these ladies. It’s 

something that has helped 

me as well.” 

- Janet Bunge 

Breast Cancer Survivor 

team, which included Crawford, surgeon 

Paddy McCormick, M.D., oncologist 

Roseline Okeke, M.D., and 

radiologist John Cox, M.D. 

“They were great. I couldn’t 

have had a better group taking care 

of me,” she said. “They are still taking 

care of me. You always want the best 

and I felt like I had that.” 

Bunge also said her husband 

and family provided great support 

during her recovery and treatments. 

Now she always offers the same 

advice to women who ask her about 

her cancer journey. She starts the conversation 

with “get your yearly mammogram.” 

“Anyone I talk to I impress that 

upon them,” the 73-year-old New Albany 

resident said. “My cancer you 

could not feel. It showed up on the 

mammogram which is why they are 

so important.”• 

For more information, go to baptisthealthfloyd.com/floyd, 

Baptist Health 

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As the weather starts to get 

colder and the leaves start to 

change colors, there are many 

fruits and vegetables that are 

just beginning to hit their peak growing 

season. While we usually have access to 

these items all year-round, they will be 

the freshest and most flavorful in the fall, 

especially when purchased from a local 

grower. 

Real Life Nutrition 

1. Sweet potatoes – the orange variety 

can be just as versatile as the white 

potato but with an extra boost of Vitamin 

A. They can be baked, grilled, sautéed or 

made into chips, fries, wedges, casseroles 

and even a pie. 

2. Beets – can be eaten raw, on 

salads, sliced and baked into chips, or 

roasted and steamed whole. The natural 

red color can actually be used as a red dye 

alternative – so beware when cooking not 

to get it on clothing or other fabric! 

3. Arugula/spinach/kale – leafy 

greens are most often thought of with salads. 

Greens can also be sautéed, added to 

soups, casseroles or sandwiches. Kale specifically 

can be baked into chips. Greens 

are packed with nutrients and antioxidants. 

4. Winter squash – varieties include 

acorn, spaghetti, butternut, buttercup and 

hubbard. Great for soups and casseroles, 

they can also be baked and used as a side 

or as a meat alternative in enchiladas. 

Spaghetti squash is known to be used as a 

substitute for pasta. 

5. Pumpkin – technically pumpkins 

are also a variety of winter squash, but 

they deserve their own stage! Pumpkins 

are most popular during Halloween as 

decoration and in pie form for the holidays, 

but they can also be incorporated 

into your diet in other ways. Breads, salads, 

soups and roasted pumpkin seeds 

are a great way to get the fiber and betacarotene 

that pumpkins are packed with. 

6. Parsnips and carrots – 

these two vegetables are actually cousins! 

Parsnips differ by being white and sweet 

with a hint of spice. They are both packed 

with Vitamin C and a good dose of fiber. 

7. Cranberries – eaten 

fresh, cooked, dried, juiced or sauced, 

these tart berries are packed with vitamins 

and minerals. Branch out from the traditional 

cranberry sauce on your turkey to 

explore other great ways to use this fruit. 

8. Pears – another fruit we 

tend to forget has a season thanks to being 

available all year-round at the grocery. 

They can be eaten fresh, cooked or even 

canned. Try them grilled, in a smoothie or 

Embracing the Season 

Fall Vegetables (and fruits!) to spice up your plate 

soup. As with most fruit and vegetables, 

keep the peel on for extra fiber content! 

So, while you are out enjoying bonfires, 

football, pumpkin patches and hot 

cocoa, remember to add some of these 

fruits and vegetables to your favorite fall 

traditions. for a wide range of health outcomes, 

such as reductions in depression 

and anxiety symptoms, stress, mood disturbance, 

and BMI, as well as increases in 

quality of life, sense of community, physical 

activity levels and cognitive function,” 

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If you’re still undecided if gardening 

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with even one simple plant can give you 

an inspiring boost of confidence. Maybe 

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About the Author 

Kate Perkins, MS, RD, CD, is a clinical dietitian at Baptist Health Floyd in 

New Albany. She graduated from the University of Kentucky and completed 

her internship in Lexington, Kentucky. Although she has practiced in a variety 

of settings in the past nine years, she finds most joy in clinical nutrition applying 

evidence-based practices to improve patient care. In her spare time, she 

loves reading, staying active and trying local restaurants. 

Do YOU have a food, nutrition or cooking question you’d like answered by 

one of our experts? If so, send your query to katharine.perkins@bhsi.com. It 

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Everyday Adventures 

Iwas unlocking my front door when I 

spotted a dark object out of the corner 

of my eye. Someone had placed a new 

sign on our porch. It was black with 

only two words written in white, cursive 

script. 

It said, “Hello, pumpkin.” Uh oh, I 

thought. It has begun. 

You see, my family has a problem. 

We’re obsessed with pumpkins. Every last 

one of us. Pumpkin decorations. Pumpkin-flavored 

desserts. And, of course, the 

actual orange balls full of seeds, goop and 

wondrous, autumnal goodness. 

You know how a full moon causes a 

werewolf to go crazy and sprout fur? Fall 

has the same effect on my family. Except 

we don’t sprout fur. We sprout pumpkins! 

Here we were, barely into August, 

and the first pumpkin-related merchandise 

had now appeared on my front 

porch. It was like the firing of a starting 

pistol. The race was on. 

Typically, I’m the first one in the water, 

but it looked like this year my wife 

had beaten me to the punch. 

Here’s how it usually starts. I’m 

wandering around the grocery store, and 

I stumble onto those adorable mini pumpkins 

in the produce section. They show 

up earlier than you would expect, when 

it’s still 100 degrees out and fall is the last 

thing on your mind. Just looking at them 

conjures memories of crisp, fall evenings 

and the promise of sweet relief from the 

heat. 

Before I know what I’m doing, I’ve 

tossed a handful of tiny gourds into my 

cart, telling myself it’s for the children. 

Kids love pumpkins, right? 

You know who else loves pumpkins? 

My wife. So, she grabs some at the farmers 

market or Walmart (or both!) because 

it’s time to decorate for fall, she says. See, 

these aren’t functional pumpkins. You 

can’t carve them or make pies out of them 

or anything. They’re for ambience. 

But, of course, it doesn’t end there. 

When my daughters were little, they 

would take field trips to the pumpkin 

patch and contribute to the madness by 

bringing back pumpkins of their own. 

However, these school events do not count 

for our annual family pumpkin patch trip 

because the family didn’t do it together. 

Sure, by this point, we would already 

have plenty of pumpkins at our 

house, but the family trip is about making 

memories. It just so happens that along 

the way, we pick up four more pumpkins. 

To make matters worse, we were 

driving through the country a few years 

ago and stumbled onto the mother lode, a 

self-serve, roadside pumpkin stand. 

It was a huge wagon overflowing 

with piles of pumpkins of every shape 

Pumpkin Palooza 

and size, and they were dirt cheap. When 

you see a deal like that, you’re practically 

wasting money if you don’t buy them. 

The pumpkin wagon became another annual 

tradition. 

Oh, and don’t forget our school’s fall 

festival. Guess what they do there? Paint 

pumpkins, and lots of them. Sometimes 

there are even leftovers that the festival 

workers try to pawn off on unsuspecting 

families, so they don’t have to take them 

home themselves. And who is the first 

family to accept such an offer? 

Ours, of course, because, hey, you 

can’t pass up free pumpkins, right? 

Did I mention the fact that one of 

my daughters has a birthday in the middle 

of October? Hmm, what kind of fun 

kid activity can you do in mid-October, I 

wonder? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist 

to figure it out. 

Decorate pumpkins! 

This is totally different than the 

pumpkin painting at school, though, because 

we use glitter and sequins and other 

fancy gourd decor to bling out our birthday 

pumpkins like nobody’s business. 

See, I told you. We have a problem. 

We’re pumpkin hoarders. By the time we 

make it to Halloween, our house is buried 

in pumpkins. And we love it! 

However, once we hit November, 

pumpkins are the last thing on our minds. 

Sure, we may keep a few around for 

Thanksgiving decorations, but now it’s 

time to move on to Christmas and our autumn 

obsession fades away until the next 

year. 

I guess that’s human nature. The 

things we’re into tend to come and go 

based on our season in life. That’s one of 

the many ways we’re different from God. 

The Bible says that God has an obsession 

too, but it’s not limited to one season. 

God’s obsession is people. In Luke 15, 

Jesus told three stories about something 

that was lost: a coin, a sheep and a son. 

However, these weren’t just stories about 

lost items, animals and children. They 

were stories about the people they mattered 

to who were desperate to recover 

them and bring them home. 

Jesus’ point was that that’s how 

God feels about us. He has no desire to 

fill his yard with pumpkins, but He does 

want to fill His house with people, all 

kinds of people. It doesn’t matter where 

we’ve been or what we’ve done, God has 

a place for us with Him. So, on those days 

when you feel lonely or left out or lost, 

remember that there is a God who loves 

you, who’s pursuing you and wants you 

to know you never have to walk through 

this life alone.how old you are. • 

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Celebrate fall with “Tales from the Leaf Pile”, 

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Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can read more from 

Jason in his books Tales from the Leaf Pile and 

Holiday Road. You can catch up with Jason on 

his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com.

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— Kim Pinnick, Cancer Success Story 

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that allowed Kim to keep a regular routine. “I was able to come home after treatment, sleep in my own bed, 

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