The Highlander Neighborhood Monthly December 2013 Issue

DECEMBER 2013 Volume 8, Number 12

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Serving Neighborhoods Across Louisville Highlands • Germantown • Iroquois • Old Louisville • Clifton • Crescent Hill • Phoenix Hill • Downtown • Buechel • Hikes Point • Beechmont • Schnitzelburg • Audubon • Parkway Village • Shelby Park • Smoketown

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From left, students Amna DaFalla, 18, of Sudan, Srijana Pradham, 16, of Bhutan, Selena Ortega, 17, of Mexico, and Benshi Muhoza, 17, of Congo, walk to the lunchroom with their science class at Jefferson County Public School’s ESL Newcomer Academy at Shawnee High School. See “Teaching the World,” page 4.

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The Long Road to Desegregation

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Feature: Teaching the World

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n this, our 85th issue, we mark the seventh anniversary of The Highlander Neighborhood Monthly. We’ve come a long way since publishing that first issue back in December 2006, and I have more than a few people to thank.

Dorothy Taylor, our associate editor, has been with The Highlander from the start. With an unmatched eye for detail and quality, Dorothy adds perspective to almost anything – be it in work or in life. She has been a great support in editing over the years and is a true friend.

Cindy Lamb, a contributing writer, called me upon seeing the first issue and offered to help in any way she could. Since that time, Cindy has written countless feature stories and now writes a regular monthly column. She also lends her special touch to our website links and Facebook posts. Cindy is our biggest promoter, often appearing at public events handing out Highlanders and spreading good will.

Brian Bohannon began photographing for The Highlander in October 2007. A professional editorial photographer, Brian accepts assignments from the Associated Press as well as corporate PR firms.

We are lucky to have Brian on board, and I am proud to call him my love.

Michael Jones began writing for The Highlander in 2007. An award-winning writer and author, Michael brings fresh community stories to our pages, helping to improve our overall quality and readership. We can always count on Michael for a good story!

Eve Lee, our business writer, delivers the goods each month, writing lively profiles on local businesses, uncovering interesting facts and informing our readers. Eve has been writing for us since September 2009. Prior to Eve, Laura Scheuer Sutton paved the way when she started the Down to Business section in November 2007.

Mack Dryden, a nationally known writer and comedian, contacted us about writing after moving here from L.A. in 2010. A professional entertainer, Mack keeps us chuckling with his dry wit and finesse with words. His monthly column first appeared in February 2011.

Other more recent contributors include Eric George, who writes the book column and an occasional feature story, and Jackie Hollenkamp Bentley, a recent addition to our mix of feature writers.

Tom Sfura, our advertising sales manager, started with us in early 2007. Tom’s middle name might well be “Customer Service” since he is tireless in his efforts to keep our advertisers happy.

The writers, photographers and editors are the backbone of The Highlander, but it is the advertisers who give us our nourishment, enabling us to print and distribute a quality publication each month.

We have a wonderful group of local businesses who advertise, and some have been with us since day one.

Finally, it is our loyal fans who complete the picture, many of whom tell us they read The Highlander faithfully from cover to cover.

There isn’t enough room here to recognize all who have helped over the past seven years, but I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in helping The Highlander move forward.

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The Long Road to Desegregation

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ow that Louisville’s periodic bouts of internecine conflict over student busing have again gone into remission, a new book considers our multi-generational effort to desegregate and maintain racial balance in the Jefferson County Public Schools.

In “From Brown to Meredith: The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007,” Dr. Tracy E. K’Meyer, current chair of the History Department at the University of Louisville, has compiled an oral history that, she writes, “seeks to dislodge the story of school desegregation from the narrative of resistance and defeat by highlighting the voices of people working for and experiencing change within the schools.”

Interviews for the book were taken from five oral history projects conducted between 1973 and 2011, and are organized around the major reviCourtesy, Tracy K’Meyer sions to student assignment plans. Interviews with Dr. Tracy E. K’Meyer teachers, students, parents and civil rights activists present a lively and, at times, complex portrait of our community.

“What really struck me is the large, broad-based community support for diversity in our schools,” says K’Meyer. “Louisville has worked far longer than anyone else in the South to maintain desgregated schools.”

Louisville was, in fact, the first southern city to embrace the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown ruling to desegregate public education. But by 1975, conflict followed a court order that required busing to achieve desegregation in the newly merged city and county school systems.

Accounts from African-Americans who experienced violence from white opponents of busing during that time are sobering. But perhaps less well-known was the support for school desegregation from many whites, which K’Meyer uncovered. When challenges to reduce diversity were mounted in 1984 and 1991, K’Meyer found changed attitudes and community-wide efforts to maintain hard-fought racial gains. “The public memory of those years is inadequate,” she says, “and these interviews fill in a historical gap.”

Also considered are African-American efforts to maintain Central High School’s historic role as a black institution, and the school district’s proactive response to the Supreme Court’s Meredith decision in 2007 that undermined racially balanced schools. By then, a survey found that more than 90 percent of parents supported racial diversity in the schools. While those who believe long-distance busing has been a failure have their say, some African-Americans speak with mixed emotions about the loss of neighborhood schools.

Although the intent of the book is not to weigh statistical measures of gains and losses, K’Meyer cites court evidence presented in 2007 that found social benefits from racially diverse schools. “The summary of 20 years of social research shows that outcomes are better in multi-racial schools,” she says. “Neighborhood schools are a disaster.”

K’Meyer, who grew up in New Jersey and earned advanced degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has put the interviews in a historical context that meets the needs of scholarship while creating an engaging narrative for general readers. Overall, she says, “If you change structural barriers (such as segregated schools), you change culture. School desgregation is better than any other alternative.”

K’Meyer considers “From Brown to Meredith” a companion to her history “Civil Rights in the Gateway to the South: Louisville, Kentucky, 1945-1980.” Both books are available from Carmichael’s Bookstore or online booksellers. R

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FEATURE STORY

During an open house for parents at Jefferson County Public School’s ESL Newcomer Academy, science teacher Eric Bookstrom, left, waits as academy interpreter Mukhtar Ahmed, center, translates Bookstrom’s words into Swahili for Arena Nyandebwa, the parent of one of his students. Nyandebwa has three children at the academy: Shaka, 12, Bose, 15, and Benshi, 17 (shown in the cover photo). Her children’s last name is Muhoza.

Teaching the World

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cience teacher Eric Bookstrom showed off his toys during an open house at the ESL Newcomer Academy in early November. Sitting across the desk from Bookstrom was Arena Nyandebwa, the mother of one of his students. Bookstrom explained how he uses props to teach physics to non-English-speaking children. As he talked, academy interpreter Mukhtar Ahmed translated Bookstrom’s words into Swahili so Nyandebwa, a Congo native who has been in America only about five months, could understand. Minutes later, Ahmed provided the same service in Somalian for Aminagi Fahiye and Benedicto Ndayauroywa, two Somali parents who took turns talking with the instructor.

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There are more than 30 languages represented at the ESL (English as a Second Language) Newcomer Academy, located on the third floor of Shawnee High School at 4018 W. Market St. The school classifies its students by language rather than country of origin because some nations contain several ethnic groups with different cultures and languages. Burma, for example, has eight major national ethnic groups: Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Bamar, Rakhine and Shan. This can make teaching complicated scientific concepts an adventure for Bookstrom.

The Jefferson County Public School system gives all new foreign-born students an English assessment test at its ESL Intake Center, located in Hazelwood Elementary, 1325 Bluegrass Ave. Middle- and high-school Gwen Snow, center, associate principal at the academy, and teacher Alex Alexander age students who receive low scores on greet parents in the computer science classroom during the open house. the assessment test are referred to the ESL Newcomer Academy, which is an optional dents are coming from places like Congo, Burma and Nepal. program. Upon entering the academy, the students complete The list of languages represented at the newcomer academy another English language assessment that helps place them includes: Farsi, Nepali, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Gujarati, in the proper class level within the school. The school uses Kachin, Kinyarwanda and Karen. Associate Principal Gwen a cohort system so that students at similar levels of English Snow says she won’t be spend their whole day together. This system also allows surprised to see some teachers in different subject areas to work together to address “Teaching the World” Syrians in the near future. the specific needs of the cohorts they teach. The curriculum is the final installment Because of the work done includes math, science, language arts, computer skills and in our three-part series

by Catholic Charities and social studies.

“The United Nations of Kentucky Refugee Minis “I let the students play, and then we talk about the intertries to resettle refugees Louisville .” action,” Bookstrom explains. “I slowly try to bring scientific and immigrants in the terms like ‘velocity’ into the conversation. I’m using science as Go to this story on our Bluegrass, Louisville’s a way to build up their English vocabulary. … The diversity of website for links to the foreign-born population our student body actually works in my favor as a teacher. If I other two stories. is more diverse than alhad just Spanish speakers, it would be natural for them to fall most anywhere else in the into their native language. Here, I can group together students nation. Foreign-born residents currently make up 6.5 percent who speak Spanish, Swahili, Somalian and Arabic. Then of the city’s population, which makes what the academy does English becomes the only common way for them to commueven more important. nicate.”

“All of our instructors are highly qualified in English as a The ESL Newcomer Academy adds new students throughsecond language and their content area,” Snow says. “They out the year, and their country of origin changes with world are teaching algebra or social studies, but they are also teachevents. Ten years ago, the school received a lot of Bosnians, ing English at the same time. They might build concepts into but very few of them are arriving in the city now. Today, stutheir lesson like past tense or new vocabulary. They are kind of doing two things at one time. Actually, they are doing three things at one time because they are also helping students acclimate to a new culture.”

Snow says the length of a child’s stay at her school ranges from weeks to two years, depending on their history. The academy began the current school year with 180 kids, but she expects there to be at least 450 by the year’s end due to the influx of new arrivals.

According to the Metro Office of Globalization, from 2010 to 2012, about 30 percent of new residents to Greater Louisville came from outside the United States. The academy’s students have a wide variety of experiences with formal education. In some cases, the ESL Newcomer Academy is a family’s first experience with a traditional school.

Photos: brianbohannon.com “Some of our students have awesome Srijana Pradham, 16, left, of Bhutan, and Amna DaFalla, 18, of Sudan, work on a lesson together in science class. Students with different native languages are seated next to backgrounds,” Snow says. “They just need each other to encourage the use of English.

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time to learn to acclimate and learn the language, but they have all the basics. Some come with a limited educational background.

They might speak a language that doesn’t have a written alphabet.

Those students usually stay longer.”

The ESL Newcomer Academy has a staff of about 20, with the school’s personnel constantly changing to match the needs of the latest influx of students.

Instructors need to have a special ESL certification to teach there, and other staff members, like interpreter Ahmed, must have at least a high school diploma and pass an education test. Snow says many of the students need more PHOTO: BRIANBOHANNON.COM than just classroom instruction.

DaFalla and other students work through a lesson on tablet computers in science class. Although New students receive school supshe has only attended the academy for four months, DaFalla’s language skills are good, and she plies and they are also referred to hopes to become a doctor. the Clothing Assistance Program Bookstrom, who has worked at the ESL Newcomer Acadif there is a perceived need for clothing. Other social service emy for five years, teaches science at a slower pace than he agencies use the school as a way to reach immigrant and would in a mainstream classroom, but he says the goals are refugee families that need other services, such as therapy in different. “In a regular classroom at Shawnee, the challenge dealing with the experiences that made it necessary for them is always to convince the students that what you are teaching to leave their home countries. has value,” Bookstrom says. “That is not a problem at the After leaving the academy, most students are transitioned ESL Newcomer Academy. In my class, we are using science to mainstream schools with ESL programs in accordance with as a way to get to the English. The students know they need their home address. Students who have reached the age limit to learn the language. My challenge is assessing how well the allowed for JCPS enrollment – age 21 – are referred to a GED students are learning the concepts when they don’t speak program. Since classes are based on education level and not English.” age, older students can find themselves doing the same work Luckily, some things about education are universal. as people who are much younger.

Nyandebwa, the mother from Congo, has three children at Amna DaFalla admits that she was uncomfortable the first the academy. She smiled knowingly when told that one of her few weeks she was at the academy. The 18-year-old moved sons picks up concepts well, but is a slacker when it comes to to the United States from Sudan nine months ago. She has homework. Nyandebwa promised to check the homework evattended the academy for four months. Although DaFalla ery night before he goes to sleep. She also voiced her concern speaks excellent English, she is working on composition to one of the language arts teachers about her son sitting next and grammar. She will be an 11th grader when she leaves to a friend who also speaks Swahili, afraid they are talking the academy, and she hopes to be able to go to Central High among themselves and ignoring the teachers. Nyandebwa School. DaFalla says at first she was embarrassed to be on the laughed aloud when told her son did indeed get in trouble for same level as people younger than herself. talking in class. The upside was, he was talking in English. R “When I first came here, I didn’t like it, but I like school very nice now,” she says. “It fits me better. I want to become a Contact the writer at blueshound2000@gmail.com. doctor and I think being here helps me.”

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Holiday Dinner Show. For details and tickets, visit www.christmasatthegalthouse.com or call (502) 589-5200. (Downtown) TUESDAY, DEC. 3

SUNDAY, DEC. 1 CHRISTMAS AT THE GALT HOUSE HOTEL 140 N. Fourth St., 10 a.m.-8 p.m., $14.99-$48.95 (children ages 12 and under Free for many events). Holiday spirit is in full force at the Galt House Hotel, from the larger-than-life KaLightoscope luminaries to

the Snow Fairy and her castle in the Christmas Village to the Candy Cane Forest with 100 animated characters, a talking tree and the Peppermint Express train ride! The event, which runs through Jan. 1, features restored figures from old department store holiday windows, a new green screen game for guests, and the Colors of the Season

CLOTH DIAPERS 101 Rainbow Blossom, 3046 Bardstown Road, 10:30 a.m.Noon, Free. Interested in cloth diapering but overwhelmed by the amount of information out there? Learn about the different systems of cloth diapering. For more information, visit www. rainbowblossom.com or call (502) 498-2470. (Highlands)

SPOTLIGHT: 2013 BARDSTOWN ROAD AGLOW On Saturday, Dec. 7 from dusk until 10 p.m., people from all walks of life will come together to celebrate Bardstown Road Aglow’s 28 years in the Highlands. Each year, the Highland Commerce Guild “elves” encourage boutiques, eateries and businesses along Bardstown Road, Baxter Avenue, Barret Avenue and Douglass Loop to stay open late on the first Saturday in December and offer holiday merriment with live entertainment, food, drink and discounts. This year’s title sponsor, Four Roses Bourbon, will host the 4th Annual Holiday Cocktail Contest in area restaurants and bars. Two trolleys with holiday musicians will offer free rides, and there will be a decorating contest for every kind of business, from car garage to eatery to doctor’s office. The 3rd Annual Lighting of the Holiday Tree takes place at 5:45 p.m. on the corner of Bardstown Road and Grinstead Drive. Santa and his elves will cycle from the tree-lighting to Bearno’s, arriving in time for the PHOTO: BRIANBOHANNON.COM Park Community Credit Union Winter Sidewalk strollers pause in front of brightly lit Wonderland at 6 p.m. All Santa picture windows at a recent Bardstown Road Aglow. proceeds will benefit Gilda’s Club of Louisville, and $5 will be donated for every official Aglow T-shirt purchase. For more information, visit www.bardstownroadaglow.com or call (502) 721-8636. (Highlands)

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TEEN MINDFULNESS YOGA Rainbow Blossom, 3046 Bardstown Road, Dec. 3 and 10, 4:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m., $6 per class/$10 for two people.

Instructor Sarajean (SJ) Zocklein will show teens how to practice yoga and meditation, and ways to slow down during the week and rest better at night; she will also discuss healthy methods to manage stress and navigate conflict. Zocklein is a Louisville native who has returned after three years mentoring teens and young adults at Yale University.

Participants should wear loose clothing and bring a mat. For more information, visit www. rainbowblossom.com or call (502) 498-2470. (Highlands) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 DINING OUT FOR LIFE Dine at one of the Dining Out for Life participating restaurants on Dec. 4 and a generous portion of your bill (25 percent or more) will be donated to House of Ruth, whose mission is to provide housing and social services to those with or affected by HIV/AIDS. If you can’t join Dining Out for Life but would like to support local individuals living with HIV/AIDS, you can donate via the House of Ruth website. Donors will be entered in a drawing for a seven-night stay in an oceanfront Puerto Vallarta condo, including roundtrip air fare from Louisville.

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SPOTLIGHT: OLD LOUISVILLE HOLIDAY HOME TOUR Come and explore homes from the country’s most extensive collection of Victorian mansions at the 37th Annual Old Louisville Holiday Home Tour, Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8, Noon-6 p.m. In keeping with the rich tradition of Southern hospitality, homeowners invite visitors inside their charming residences to get a unique glimpse of life from a bygone era – when elegant women rushed about in bustles and corsets, and dapper gentlemen donned tails and ties for dinner. Good cheer and tidings of the season abound as visitors to this one-of-a-kind national historic preservation district have the chance to tour nine neighborhood dwellings, lovingly decked in oldworld finery and festive holiday decor. A Holiday Gift Boutique will offer unique gift items along with a holding area for packages. Free shuttles will run continuously to all stops on the tour for those wishing to ride instead of walk. Tickets are $30 ($25 if purchased Courtesy, Old Lou. Neighborhood council before Friday, The tour features nine homes in Old Dec. 6), or free Louisville, decorated for the holidays. to volunteers who agree to work a three-hour shift. Will-call tickets are available at The Woman’s Club, 1320 S. Fourth St. For more information, to purchase tickets or to volunteer, visit www.oldlouisvilleholidayhometour.org or call (502) 6355244. (Old Louisville)

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houseofruth.net or (502) 5875080. (Various) LOUISVILLE DULCIMER SOCIETY Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, 1 p.m., $5 ($3 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove). This annual concert by the Louisville Dulcimer Society will help kick off the holiday season. Arrive early to get a good seat! For more information, visit www. locustgrove.org. (Blankenbaker) BILL FRISELL’S BIG SUR QUINTET Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., $24-$32.

Considered by many to be the greatest guitarist in jazz, Bill Frisell will perform with his all-star quintet a suite of works commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival. Frisell’s work has kept him at the forefront with a hybrid style and folk-like vernacular drawing on country, hymns, jazz and blues. For tickets, visit www.cliftoncenter.org or Carmichael’s Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave. (Clifton) THURSDAY, DEC. 5 HCM EASTERN STAR HOLIDAY BAZAAR Highland United Methodist

Church, 1140 Cherokee Road, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Free. The Highlands Community Ministries Eastern Star Holiday Bazaar will feature multiple vendors including Stella & Dot, Thirty-One Gifts, Lil Bee Designs, Scentsy, and Origami Owl. Gift basket raffles will include a Spa Basket and a Night-On-The-Town Basket, and a silent auction will include classroom artwork. The event will benefit the HCM Eastern Star Computers for Kids Campaign. For more information, visit www.hcmlouisville.org.

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old time music and Southern rock, with undertones of samba and Afrobeat. Their first album, “Gold Rush Goddess,” was included on many critics’ lists of the best Americana recordings of 2012. Information and ticket sales at, www.cliftoncenter.org, or Carmichael’s Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave., (502) 896-6950. (Clifton) FRIDAY, DEC. 6

MARTINIS AND MISTLETOE Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 5 p.m.-8 p.m., $20, (Free for KMAC museum members). Join in the fun at this festive annual event sponsored by Finlandia Vodka.

Shop for the holidays at the KMAC Boutique, enjoy special music, give-aways, martinis and hors d’oeuvres. For more information, visit www.kmacmuseum.org or call (502) 589-0102.

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FIRST FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP Downtown Art Zone, Main and Market streets between Campbell and 10th, and along Fourth Street between Main and Broadway, 5 p.m.-11 p.m., Free.

The Republic Bank First Friday Trolley Hop takes place on the first Friday of each month, rain or shine. The hop is free and open to the public; trolleys may be boarded at any stop along the route. Most galleries close around 9 p.m., but restaurants, clubs and shops stay open later.

For more information, visit www.firstfridaytrolleyhop.com.

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MELODY WALKER AND JACOB GROOPMAN Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 7:30 p.m., $10. Walker and Groopman make music that brings together folk and pop,

AUTHORS WHO WRITE FOR TEENS Carmichael’s Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave., 7 p.m., Free.

Katie McGarry, author of the popular “Pushing the Limits”

and “Dare You To,” returns to sign “Crash Into You,” an explosive new tale. Aimee Carter is the author of the popular “Goddess Test” series for teens.

Her new highly anticipated novel, “Pawn,” is the first in a new series called “The Blackcoat Rebellion.” Colette Ballard’s debut novel “Running on Empty,” is already receiving glowing reviews. Julie Kagawa, the internationally bestselling author of the Iron Fey series, will be signing “The Iron Traitor,” her sixth full-length novel in the series. For more information, visit www.carmichaelsbookstore. com. (Crescent Hill) URINETOWN THE MUSICAL Youth Performing Arts School, MainStage Theatre, 1517 S. Second St., Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., $9-$12 (senior and student discounts available). A tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution: Urinetown is set in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. Citizens must pay to use the public amenities with prices set by one overreaching company (the Urine Good Company) until a young man decides he has had enough, and leads a revolution to give everyone the “freedom to pee.” Urinetown takes a satirical look at issues that affect us every day, using an outrageous perspective and modern wit. Appropriate for ages 10 and up. For more information, visit www.ypas.org.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 7 GO SANTA GO 5K FUNDRAISER Louisville Waterfront, 129 E. River Road, $45 before Dec. 6/$50 day of event, Free to individuals who volunteer during part of the event. No Kill Louisville will host a festive 5K run to raise money for a variety of No Kill Louisville programs and services, which include pet fostering/adoptions, a Pet Food Bank for low-income members of the community, low-cost

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SPOTLIGHT: MACK DRYDEN Mack Dryden will perform at Comedy Caravan, 1250 Bardstown Road, Thursday, Dec. 12 through Sunday, Dec. 15. Dryden is a writer/comedian/actor who has appeared on The Tonight Show with both Johnny and Jay, acted in such shows as The Guardian and JAG, is a former staff writer for ABC’s Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, and is the only living comedian who has been kicked in the backside by karate champion Chuck Norris. He has survived everything from the sharks of showbiz to a stay in an African prison – and lived to tell inspiring, motivating and hilarious stories. From humble beginnings as “the funniest paper mill employee in Mississippi,” Dryden earned a black belt in karate while simultaneously earning a Masters in Creative Writing. In addition to all that, Dryden is a regular columnist for The Highlander! Tickets for Thursday or Sunday are $11 in advance/$12 at the door; Friday or Saturday, $16.50 in advance/$17.50 at the door. Performances are at 7:45 PHOTO: BRIANBOHANNON.COM p.m. each night, with an additional performance on Saturday at 10 p.m.

Reservations are suggested. Visit www.comedycaravan.com or call (502) 459-0022. (Highlands) spay/neuter vouchers and more.

Runners, joggers and walkers with leashed dogs are invited to participate. For safety reasons, strollers are not permitted.

All participants will receive a holiday-themed long-sleeved shirt. Costumes are encouraged; awards will be given for best group and best individual Santa costumes. For more information or to register, visit www. nrroadracing.com and click on Go Santa Go. (Downtown) HOLLY AND IVY Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $25 (members $20) to make a wreath, $20 (members $15) to make a swag or table decoration. Enjoy hot chocolate and snacks while making personalized holiday wreaths, swags

and table decorations. Ribbons, gloves and wire cutters will be provided, although participants are welcome to bring their own tools. Proceeds go toward helping the Louisville Nature Center continue its mission of providing education and encouraging stewardship in our urban forest.

Visit www.louisvillenaturecenter.org or call (502) 458-1328.

(Newburg) SHAMROCK’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOPPE American Legion Highland Post, 2919 Bardstown Road, Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Free. If you’re looking for a holiday bargain, want to talk to an animal communicator, adopt a dog or cat, or have your child’s or pet’s picture

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taken with the Grinch, look no further than Puss & Boots Old Time Holiday Shoppe, benefiting The Shamrock Foundation.

The event features themed gift baskets, artwork, jewelry, sports memorabilia, crafts, holiday decorations and hundreds of animal-related gifts. A wide variety of food will also be available for on-site consumption or carryout.

All proceeds go directly to the animals’ care. For more information, visit www.shamrockpets. com. (Highlands) HOLIDAY CARD FACTORY American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Ave., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Free, but registration is required. Learn about ways in which people who are blind or visually impaired “see” with their fingers through tactile illustrations.

Then make your own tactile holiday card and add a message in Braille. Call (502) 899-2213 to register. For more information, visit www.aph.org. (Clifton) WINTER HOLIDAY ART CAMP Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 11 a.m.-4 p.m., for ages 5-12, $55 ($45 for KMAC members).

During this one-day camp, kids can make gifts for family and friends and have an awesome

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Meanwhile, you’ll get a chance to do some shopping, catch up around the house, or just relax! For more information, visit www.kentuckyarts.org/ educaton-camps, call (502) 5890102 or email Julie@KMACmuseum.org. (Downtown)

SPOTLIGHT: PIANIST NADA MARIE LOUTFI PERFORMS FREE CONCERT

Pianist Nada Marie Loutfi will perform all 12 “Transcendental Etudes,” by Franz Liszt on Sunday, Dec. 15, 4 p.m.-5 p.m., at Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St. The concert is part of The Classical Hour, a series of free Sunday afternoon concerts hosted by Loutfi. A reception will follow. Loutfi, a native of Beirut, began her early piano training amid the unrelenting GREEN GIFT FAIR Rainbow Blossom, 3738 Lexing- civil war and terrorism, which took ton Road, Noon-4 p.m. Free. The her mother’s life in a mortar exploeighth annual Holiday Green sion. After seven years of playing Gift Fair features local artisans, the piano, Loutfi was admitted to businesses and nonprofits offering a unique mix of handmade, the Paris Conservatory. In Paris, she was the first woman from the fair-trade or locally inspired PHOTO: JOHN NATION gifts in a relaxed, stress-free Middle East to take first prize in the atmosphere. Shoppers can find International Piano Competition. Loutfi pursued advanced studies at Indiana University and something unique for everyone the Banff Center for the Arts. Her performances have taken her from Europe and the Middle on their list and feel good about East to Canada, Australia and the U.S. Loutfi founded Purely Piano Inc., a Louisville nontheir purchases. For more information, visit www.rainbowblos- profit organization that sponsors recitals by piano soloists in intimate settings as well as in som.com or call (502) 498-2340. schools. For more information, visit www.nadaloutfi.com or call (502) 896-0315. (Clifton) (St. Matthews)

ST. NICHOLAS ACADEMY FEAST St. Nicholas Academy, 5501 New Cut Road, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., $12 adults, $6 per child. The annual SNA Feast is a fun-filled family event with a great chili dinner along with hot dogs, grilled cheese, a dessert table, live music by Remedy, a photo booth, children’s craft corner, storytelling by “Mrs. Claus,” and chances on many great

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11 a.m.-4 p.m., Free. Shop for unique holiday gifts at the 2nd Annual Shamrock Greyhound Holiday Bazaar. There will be canine items and foods, jewelry, pottery, wood gifts, soaps and oils, a bake sale, raffles and more. For more information, visit www.greyhoundsofshamrock. org or email Lindsay.frost@twc. com or jwatkings67@bellsouth. net. (Hurstbourne)

COOKIES WITH SANTA Baptist Health Eastpoint, 2400 Eastpoint Pkwy., 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Free. Santa Claus will be listening to Christmas lists and sharing cookies with all the good little boys and girls. This community event will include free photos with Santa, choir performances by Anchorage School and Stopher Elementary, kid-friendly crafts and activities,

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(East End) THURSDAY, DEC. 12 DIGESTIVE SECRETS FOR WEIGHT LOSS & ENERGY Rainbow Blossom, 3046 Bardstown Road, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Free. Learn simple lifestyle habits you can practice to heal your digestive system, tips to reduce bloating, superfoods to heal your gut, and how to eat for energy. Instructor Wendy Mendoza is a certified holistic health coach and certified yoga instructor. She is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has been trained as a hormone-balancing coach. For more information, visit www. rainbowblossom.com or call (502) 498-2470. (Highlands) FRIDAY, DEC. 13 CHRISTMASTIDE AT LOCUST GROVE Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, Friday, Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 14, 4 p.m.-9 p.m., $6 adults; $3 children or $18 maximum per family (limit two adults and up to four children under age 18).

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SPOTLIGHT: 34TH ANNUAL BOAR’S HEAD AND YULE LOG FESTIVAL St. Paul United Methodist Church, at Bardstown Road and Douglass Boulevard, presents the 34th Annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival, Dec. 29-31. The pageant celebrates the spirit of Christmas in a medieval setting with 130 elaborately costumed characters and festive music. The Chancel Choir will perform, accompanied by an organist and professional solo and brass musicians.

The festival also offers an elegant candlelight dinner – including hot wassail – in the Social Hall. Admission is free, but tickets are required.

Performances are Sunday, Dec. 29 and Monday, Dec. 30 at 5 p.m.

PHOTO: COURTESY, JIM RITTENHOUSE and 8 p.m.; and St. Paul’s youth singers/dancers will perform at the three-day festival.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 6:30 p.m. Dinner tickets are $20 (dinner served Dec. 29 and 30 at 6:30 p.m.; and Dec. 31 at 5 p.m.) Call (502) 459-1595 for pageant tickets or dinner reservations. For more information, visit www.stpaulchurch.net/Boar’s-Head-Festival.html.

Santa Claus at Margaret’s Consignment from Noon-3 p.m. Free the Clark and Croghan families horse-and-carriage and trolley invite you into their home to rides along Frankfort Avenue visit and partake of holiday will be available from Noon-5 cheer. In the great parlor, live p.m. For more information, visit music and dancing await guests, www.frankfortave.com. (Clifton/ intermingled with concerts by Crescent Hill/St. Matthews) a talented neighbor. Out in the hearth kitchen, recently RESEARCHING YOUR OLD harvested foods are prepared HOUSE over an open fire and refreshPreservation Louisville, Inc., 631 ments are offered to guests. In S. Fifth St., 1 p.m.-4 p.m., $30 the Visitors’ Center, enjoy music, ($20 for members of Preserrefreshments, storytelling and vation Louisville). Learn how dancing, plus a craft time from to research the history of your 6 p.m.-8 p.m. for children ages home. Preservation Louisville’s 3 and older. For more informaeducational lecture series tion, visit www.locustgrove.org. “Hands on History” is designed (Blankenbaker) to give participants an in-depth look at various preservation VOICES OF KENTUCKIANA 2013 issues and methods of mainWINTER CONCERT taining and preserving historic Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., buildings. Throughout the series, 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13, and Sun- participants learn practical, day, Dec. 15, $15 in advance; at hands-on techniques for workdoor, $20 adults, $15 students ing with original materials and and seniors. VOICES of Kentuck- finishes to maintain, restore and iana presents their winter conpreserve historic elements such cert “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” as plaster, woodwork, gutters, Reprisals of classic carols, new roofing and masonry. Adapting favorites, and joyful songs from “green” concepts for historic around the world are sure to structures and historically apdelight every member of your propriate landscaping are also family. For more information or explored. For more information advance ticket purchase, visit and to register, visit www. www.voicesky.org. (Clifton) preservationlouisville.org, or call (502) 540-5146 or email SATURDAY, DEC. 14 * CONT. FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

OLDE TYME CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION ON FRANKFORT Frankfort Avenue from Mellwood to Stiltz avenues, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Free. The 18th Annual Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration on Frankfort Avenue will include the festive Dog Walk, retail sales, live music, refreshments, and photos with

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director@preservationlouisville. org. (Downtown) HISTORIAN STEVE WISER TO SIGN NEW BOOK Carmichael’s Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave., 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Free. Architect and historian Steve Wiser will sign copies of his new book “Historic Houses of Louisville.” With beautiful photography by Dan Madryga, the book profiles 45 historic homes representing over 200 years of Louisville’s architectural heritage. For more information, visit www.carmichaelsbookstore.com (Crescent Hill) SIMON JOYNER PLAYS INTIMATE LIVING ROOM SHOW AT GREENHAUS Greenhaus, 2227 S. Preston St., doors open at 7 p.m., music starts at 8 p.m., $15. No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets must be purchased in advance at www.undertowtickets.com.

Love and death: these are the only themes, or so it’s been said. In Simon Joyner’s 20 years of making records, from his 1992 “Umbilical Chords” cassette to the most recent double LP “Ghosts,” Joyner’ s music gathers acolytes rather than casual fans, contributing to his “songwriter’s songwriter” sta-

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The Greater Louisville Jane Austen Society meets monthly at Historic Locust Grove for a lecture and afternoon tea.

This month, Dr. Ken Keffer will present “The Art of Walking.” For more information, visit www.jasnalouisville.com.

(Blankenbaker) THURSDAY, DEC. 19 THIRD ANNUAL GIVE-A-JAM TO END HOMELESSNESS Clifton Center Reception Hall, 2117 Payne St., 6 p.m.-10 p.m., $20 admission includes $12 food/drink vouchers; $10 for admission only. The Coalition for the Homeless’ Third Annual Give-A-Jam to End Homelessness will feature short performances by some of Louisville’s most beloved musicians and artists. In addition, Louisville chefs will provide soups and stews to be sold to raise funds for the coalition’s Rx: Housing Project, which strives to house the most vulnerable homeless persons on the streets of Louisville.

Tickets are available at www. cliftoncenter.org or Carmichael’s Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave. (Clifton) FRIDAY, DEC. 27 FAT FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP River Road and Story Avenue to Cannon’s Lane along the Frankfort Avenue corridor, 6 p.m.-10 p.m., Free. Held year-round on the final Friday of every month, this event draws thousands of people to enjoy free trolley rides to participating shops, restaurants and galleries. Many businesses host live music and entertainment, complimentary refreshments and special sales on trolley hop nights. For more information, visit www.fatfridayhop.org. (Clifton, Crescent Hill, Butchertown) TUESDAY, DEC. 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE German-American Club, 1840 Lincoln Ave., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., $20 ($18 for members), reservations required. Ring in the New Year at the German-American Club, with entertainment by the Rheingold Band. Party favors are included. A light breakfast will be served after midnight. For more information, visit www. german-americanclub.com. To make reservations, call (502) 454-9702. (Poplar Level)

LIBRARY CORNER BESTSELLING AUTHOR SISTER HELEN PREJEAN Main Library, 301 York St., Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Free, but tickets are required. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Sister Helen Prejean’s book, “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States.” In 1982, Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, a convicted killer sentenced to die in the electric chair at Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier’s death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know the convicted man, the families of his victims, and the men whose job it was to execute him. Out of Prejean’s experiences came a No. 1 national bestseller.

Now, 20 years later, the Courtesy, LFPL book has been re-released with a new preface by Arch- Sister Helen Prejean bishop Desmond Tutu and a new afterword by the author along with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.

To order tickets, visit www.lfpl.org or call (502) 5741644. (Downtown) COMPUTER BASICS Western Branch Library, 604 S. 10th St., Friday, Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m., Free. Get hands-on practice with the very basics of computer use: the computer parts, mouse and keyboard. This class is best for those who are new to computers. Space is limited. This class and other computer-related classes repeat at other branches as well. For more information, visit www.lfpl.org, or call (502) 574-1779. (West Louisville) NUTCRACKER STORYTIME WITH THE LOUISVILLE BALLET Iroquois Branch Library, 601 W. Woodlawn, Thursday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m., Free. All ages are invited to join this special Nutcracker Family Storytime featuring a dancer from the Louisville Ballet plus Nutcracker-inspired activities. One lucky family will receive four tickets to the Louisville Ballet’s production of The Brown-Forman Nutcracker. For more information, call (502) 574-1720. (Iroquois) HARRY POTTER CAROLING FOR TEENS Highlands/Shelby Park Branch Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, Monday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., Free. Learn the words to a Harry Potter version of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” then spread some Christmas cheer throughout Mid City Mall. For more information, call (502) 574-1672. (Highlands) TEENS MAKE AND TAKE HOLIDAY GIFTS Southwest Branch Library, 10375 Dixie Highway, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 3:30 p.m., for ages 12-19, Free. Out of holiday gift ideas? Make homemade gifts for friends and create holiday surprises. For more information, call (502) 933-0029. (Southwest) DISCOVER eBOOKS AT THE LIBRARY St. Matthews Branch, 3940 Grandview Ave., Friday, Dec. 20, starts at 10 a.m., Free. Get help checking out library eBooks to read on iPads, iPhones, Androids, tablet computers or Smartphones. The class is held in three separate sections: For eBooks on a Kindle, there is a session at 11 a.m.; for eBooks on eReaders, there is a session at noon. Bring your library card and password to class, plus any user names/passwords associated with your device. For more information, or help in deciding which session to attend, call Nicole at (502) 574-1638. (St. Matthews) For information on these events, or any others at the Louisville Free Public Library’s 18 branches, visit www.lfpl.org or call (502) 574-1611.

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Needless to say, I’m as bewildered by her viewing habits as she is by mine. I’m a DIY kind of guy, and after I’ve mowed the lawn and cleaned the gutters, I want to get as far away from my Home and Garden as possible. I want to relax by watching a bunch of no-neck millionaires fight over a ball, and if a comely cheerleader jiggles across the screen I won’t complain. Watching a chatty woman paint a bathroom isn’t my idea of escapist fare. Been there – in fact, my fingernails are still primed.

I didn’t like house hunting when we were hunting a house. I couldn’t wait for it to be over, but apparently my wife didn’t get enough of it because now she’ll watch OTHER people hunt for a house. Will they pick the cute little fixer-upper in the ‘burbs, or the funky condo in the hip part of town? Who gives a big fat rat’s patootie? We don’t even KNOW these people! I don’t care if Bryan and Heather move to an igloo in Saskatoon.

It’s not like we’re going to stay in touch. And half the time my wife gets angry enough to talk to the TV: “Oh, for God’s sake, this woman is an IDIOT. She wants a view? Of what? There’s nothing to see in this godforsaken place. If you stood George Clooney in the backyard naked this place would still be ugly.� “Exactly,� I said. “So why do you want to spend time with IDIOTS when you could be watching Honey Boo Boo with ME?�

I asked her why she likes the remodeling shows so much, and she said, “I get ideas.�

So I walk in one day and she’s watching a brutally handsome, muscular guy in a tank top, and he’s been vigorously remodeling, so he’s moist, glistening with sweat, and there’s a long, muscular hank of hair falling over his forehead; it’s obviously his real hair, too – pretty disgusting. He’s tearing out some kitchen cabinets with a virile sledgehammer, and I’m thinking, ‘What kind of ideas are you getting, honey?’ I mean, I try to keep an open mind about things, but if I come home and there’s a glistening male model in my house doing anything at all with a sledgehammer, we’re going to have a problem.

I offered to re-grout the bathtub in my Speedo, but she just told me to hush, she was getting ideas. R Mack will be the headliner at the Comedy Caravan Dec. 12-15. Reach him at mackdryden@yahoo.com.

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Business Saturday, Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Westport Village, 1315 Herr Lane. The event will feature giveaways, prizes, music, deals and special guests.

The Schnitzelburg Area Community To enter the contest, collect receipts from Council named Don Haag as its No. 1 five LIBA member businesses between Citizen of 2013. The award was given in Nov. 20 and Jan. 6. Present your receipts November at the council’s 48th annual for review at any Highland Cleaners or dinner at St. Elizabeth’s church cafeteria, Feeders Supply location and receive a free 1016 E. Burnett Ave. “keep Louisville weird” ink pen. You may Haag is a former resident who grew also mail your entry to LIBA, Attn: SYS, up in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood.

P.O. Box 4759, Louisville, KY 40204 (no He continues to serve the community by pen available for mailed entries). Once narrating a guided history walk through receipts are verified, you’ll be entered into Schnitzelburg in the spring and fall, hosted a drawing for $1,000 to spend at any LIBA by the SACC. As Haag leads the way down member business. memory lane, he points out the historic By shopping locally, consumers help significance of various locations and tells preserve the unique community character stories about colorful past residents of the of the Metro Louisville area. Dollars spent community.

The annual dinner was attended by dignitaries and public officials who preLegal Aid Launches sented Haag with several plaques and Free Program: citations. In attendance were the Hon. Romano Mazzoli, Sen. Morgan McGarvey, Wills For Warriors Rep. Jim Wayne, Jefferson County Property The Legal Aid Society has Valuation Administrator Tony Lindauer, announced the launch of Wills Metro Council President Jim King and for Warriors, a free service for Mayor Greg Fischer. low-income veterans in need For more information about SACC, of life-planning documents. The visit their Facebook page or email program pairs volunteer attorneys with veterans to help prepare schnitzelburg@yahoo.com.

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Neighborhood Institute Accepting Registrations The Center For Neighborhoods is now accepting registrations for the Neighborhood Institute Spring 2014 program. The 12-week series runs from Jan. 28 through April 15, 2014, every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at New Directions Housing Corp., 1000 E. Liberty St. Dinner is provided.

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s the days shorten and the calendar winds down, our minds and hearts turn to others: some nearby, others far across the globe. At one Frankfort Avenue shop, however, this consciousness is quietly present every day of the year, from every chocolate tasted to the hand-painted platters on which they’re served.

Joan Frisz is always thinking about people in other parts of the world. As executive director of Just Creations, she presides over the store, educating the community about the people behind the artwork, home decor, jewelry, food and books that adorn the shelves, the walls and even the ceiling.

“I think most people come in because they see a product that’s unique and handmade,” says Frisz, who has been with the not-for-profit organization since 1993, three years after the store opened. “There are also some people who want to support a fair-trade store. But the majority start from the idea that ‘I need a gift, wouldn’t it be nice if it were unique.’”

What is most striking upon entering Just Creations is not that the gifts are handmade by Third World villagers, but that the organization distributes its gains to workers in approximately 50 countries, primarily from regions of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. “I think it starts with [interest in] the merchandise and small, locally run businesses, and then we have the opportunity to share the fair-trade story,” says Frisz.

That story is both omnipresent and understated in discreetly placed signs on shelves and merchandise for shoppers to notice. “We do this a lot to make the connection with people they will never meet, people who made these items and who are able to live a better life because of it,” says Frisz, who recently traveled to Nepal, India and Bangladesh to see for herself the artisans at work and their particular circumstances. “We hope we’re fulfilling our commitment as a destination.”

Many of the products certainly are beautiful, and their often-humble origins are not to be discounted. A set of criteria and principles set forth by the Free Trade Federation, of which Just Creations is a member, promises that the

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Shoppers Carolyn Halvarson, left, and Dianne DeVore share a smile over a whimsical child’s cap made in Nepal; behind them are shelves filled with pillows and other decorative home goods from various countries.

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Although some trades, such as stone carving, tend to be male-dominated, other craft fields are 90 percent female.

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Ultimately, the discoveries made by the gift-giving public at Just Creations befit the store’s name. “That’s part of the history of our name – that sense of justice and fairness we’re striving for in the world.” And a sense of wonder in realizing that talent can be found in the most unlikely of places.

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I love a good bell tower! And I love bells. Louisville is somewhat of a metropolitan music box, maintaining over 80 active towers.

Bells are cast iron and brass messengers cradled in wood and steel. They convey hope, lament, victories, or just the time of day. They’ve sent many a tardy parishioner scurrying up the steps, and countless couples through waves of rice and well-wishers on their way down.

The sound of the bells is not to be outdone by the clamor of traffic and piercing sirens below. And though soul stirring to many, they may annoy a few.

As a kid, I had this image of a short, round, brown-robed monk being hoisted by a rope tied to a swinging bell, his sandals coming off the ground with each gong.

That’s not so much the case these days. With the technology of electromagnetic strikes, bell controllers and swing motors, no one has to do a thing but listen.

My church, Advent Episcopal, has a single bell in its 1887 belfry, pulled by a rope for Sunday morning services. Recent weddings had the newly betrothed taking a turn on the bell pull, and the bell rang in the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech along with national congregations.

Before telegraphs, phones, and certainly pre-dating Twitter, the iron clapper was the instrument of mass communication for centuries. In the late 19th century, bell foundries thrived as an industry and Louisville was a key player.

The Kaye foundry, located at Second and Water streets, was started by William Kaye in 1841. Kaye was Louisville’s mayor from 1863-1865. He and his son, Samuel, cast bells for churches, courthouses, plantations, steamboats and other enterprises until the company closed in1895. Kaye’s obituary stated, “There are few cities in the United States where the Kaye bell is not known.”

Remember Kaye when you hear the ringing atop the Cathedral of the Assumption – his name is on that bell, as well as the 2,000-pound bell at the Broadway entrance to Cave Hill Cemetery where Kaye is buried.

The bells of the St. James tower sealed the deal when renting my Highlands apartment. The tower of glowing, butterscotch bricks greets me every morning, as do its comforting bells on the Sabbath. December 21 marks the 100th anniversary of the church, and the bell has been keeping time for that long as well.

This time of year, bells are the instrument PHOTO: COURTESY, ST. JAMES CHURCH of choice; and it’s the only time of year we acknowledge “Jingle Bells.”

Per the Gospels, there were no bells for Mary and Joseph; the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem summoned only a drummer – although a lowing cow may have had a bell.

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” If young Zuzu in “It’s a Wonderful Life” was right, there are more angels than we realize up there. Jimmy Stewart, who played Zuzu’s dad, Clarence, is in good company ... company we all miss as the end-ofyear rituals are celebrated.

The bell tolls. And for whom? All of us. If you can hear it, the message is yours. R Cindy Lamb’s vocations of journalism, child birth and child care keep the lights on and the stories flowing. Contact her at LambScribe@aol.com.

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