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Fred Jury, owner of Karem’s Bait & Beverage, waits outside his shop in anticipation of an early morning bait delivery. The store, located on the corner of Taylorsville Road and Watterson Trail, has served anglers since the 1960s. In this month’s feature, writer Eric George explores Karem’s and takes us back for a look at the region’s sport fishing history. See story, page 4.

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Tony “Butch” Fessel has been delivering bait to Karem’s Bait & Beverage for about 50 years. He says his route includes fewer bait shops than in past decades.

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hortly after 8 a.m. on a bright and cool Wednesday morning in May, Tony “Butch” Fessel backs his van up to the garage-style front doors of Karem’s Bait & Beverage, the venerable watering hole and fishing supply shop that looks out on the intersection of Taylorsville Road and Watterson Trail in the heart of Jeffersontown. Fessel has driven from his family-owned business, Wholesale Bait Co. Inc., in Hamilton, Ohio, and is making the first of 14 stops before returning home. Fessel could probably drive the route with his eyes closed. For the last 56 years he’s been delivering live worms and minnows to Louisville’s bait and tackle stores. He made the first bait delivery to Karem’s in the early 1960s, when then owner Karem Deeb tore down his ice-house, put up a new building and converted the business to a bait-and-beer format.

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Today, the shop’s current owner, Fred Jury, sits behind the checkout counter as the genial Fessel methodically counts the inventory of night crawlers, red wrigglers, wax worms and meal worms in a nearby cooler. Jury struck the line off his bucket list that read “own a bait and tackle shop” when he bought Karem’s in 1999, six years after he retired. He sums up his little kingdom like this: “No air conditioning, no heat in winter, and, in the back, a one-holer.” Little else seems to have changed since then, except for a few retailing upgrades and the addition of four television screens. “I think that qualifies us as a sports bar,” Jury quips. Outside, a sign proclaims “Fish, Cold Beer & Liars Club – All Here.” Inside, Karem’s feels like a boy’s club in a man-cave, although Jury protests that about a half-dozen women are among his 50-odd regulars. Placards with folksy sayings compete for attention with stuffed fish, deer heads, photos of men holding prey, memorabilia, cases of beer, and buckets of colorful bobbers, spinners and hooks. Indeed, tradition lingers in Karem’s like a needle stuck in the groove of an old LP. The little corner lot, which clings to the ridge that shaped the city’s original grid, has not changed in over 200 years. The property’s first owner held three tavern licenses. The second owner, who operated a wheelwright shop on the site, also had a tavern license. In those days, taverns were information hubs where officials posted new laws and townsfolk gathered to talk politics. Lawyers and politicians are still among the regulars at Karem’s, and politics and rumors out of Frankfort continue to be favorite subjects between sips of beer. “What goes on in Karem’s stays in Karem’s,” Jury deadpans. Chatter around the two large tables competes with the scratchy eeks of caged crickets and the constant hum of a compressor cooling two minnow tanks.

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Regardless of the noise, regulars still pack in on U of L and UK game days. And during Jeffersontown’s annual Gaslight Festival, crowds gather outside every evening. “It’s like homecoming,” Jury explains. “Everybody knows Karem’s and they meet here before moving on.” With the parking lot fenced off, Jury creates a stand-up beer garden and says he’ll easily serve 3,000 people before the festivities end. Jury says he isn’t worried about competition from Cabela’s, the recently opened outdoors megastore, even though Karem’s – with its 800 square feet of worn-smooth concrete floor – could fit inside Cabela’s 110 times. “We have different business models,” he says. “It’ll be good for us. Bait still turns the wheel. The more people fish, the more business we get.” Business is indeed good: sport fishing today is a $40 billion-plus industry. And, as with leisure-time pleasures such as horse racing and bourbon sipping, Louisville and environs have played a pivotal role in angling’s growth. No more than a two-hour drive from Karem’s, Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region gave birth to modern bass fishing when, in 1810, George Snyder, a Paris, Ky., watchmaker, built the first baitcasting reel. In the years that followed, a tight-knit group of watchmakers centered in the Frankfort area improved upon what became known as the “Kentucky reel.” The Meek, Milam and Gayle families operated the longest-lived and the most prolific of these firms. Built using bench-top lathes and cutting tools, their baitcasters had the precision of time-pieces, featuring multiplying gears, German silver, and jewel bearings. Only the wealthy could afford their price tag, about $1,000 in today’s currency. Louisville became home to the most innovative reel maker in 1882, when, after 30 years of watchmaking in Frankfort, B.F. Meek moved to Louisville at the age of 65 and resumed reel-making with a revolutionary gear design. How good were the Images: courtesy, Matt Wickham Meek reels? “To this The B.F. Meek & Sons’ baitcasting day, you can still find reels are now collectors’ items. competitors in long-distance casting contests using a Meek reel,” says Louisville reel expert Matt Wickham. “Nothing compares to the bench-made Kentucky reels.” B.F. Meek and Sons was sold in 1916, but the Meek trademark was used for two more decades. Clarence Gayle’s death in the late 1940s brought the tradition of bench-made reels to an end, but by then the “Kentucky reel” had entered every angler’s lexicon and Louisville had taken the lead as sport fishing’s powerhouse. “Louisville has a hugely rich fishing tackle history which is ignored and misunderstood,” says Dr. Todd E.A. Larson, a fishing historian and the publisher of Cincinnati’s Whitefish Press. “It was as important as Frankfort in some ways. Almost no one would know of the Kentucky reel makers except for the Louisville connection.” That connection primarily came through Belknap Hardware and its West Main Street rival, Stratton & Terstegge. The two companies sold mass-produced fishing tackle – listed alongside a cornucopia of hard goods in table-sagging catalogs – to large and small retailers scattered across Dixie, the Midwest and points beyond. Orders for bench-made Kentucky reels came from as far away as Europe.

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Belknap’s 1955 catalogue devoted 243 pages to fishing tackle, either made in-house or distributed from others. Stratton & Terstegge’s hard goods catalogs also featured a full line of fishing tackle, including the nation’s best-selling tackle boxes and minnow buckets. Its “Falls City” brand was as well-known as Belknap’s “BlueStratton & Terstegge’s catalog from the grass” line, and both 1950s featured tackle boxes, minnow became synonymous buckets and other fishing gear. with Louisville to anglers around the country. Wickham says that for decades Louisville was the nation’s largest distributor of fishing tackle. But in time the need for middlemen declined. Belknap held on until 1986. What remained of Stratton & Terstegge was rolled into Do It Best Corporation of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Specialty big box stores now operate their own warehouses. On the second day of Cabela’s grand opening at Old Brownsboro Crossing in April, cars idled in a half-mile line of traffic while parking was diverted to adjacent lots. The staff of 200, dressed in uniforms resembling those of park rangers, were tired but cheerful after stocking the store’s 88,000 square feet. Mother Nature might be flattered that so much merchandise is being sold in her honor were it not for the gestalt of consumerism that hangs amid the racks of clothing and outdoor paraphernalia. Domesticating nature’s chaos seems to be the goal, with open water treated like a stadium by at least two bass-fishing organizations holding weekly tourneys across the country. Professionals in logo-laden clothing race speed boats to likely bass hangouts and are awarded points, NASCAR-style, for the heaviest catch. Seasons end in televised “super bowl” bass fishing finales. Even the University of Louisville now has a competitive bass fishing club. Back at Karem’s, it is midmorning. Fessel is off to the next stop on his route – which includes fewer bait shops and more convenience stores than in the past – and Jury has sold bait to a handful of fishermen. He calls each one “Bud.” When asked if he has any old baitcasting reels, Jury hops off his chair and clears a thicket of fishing rods away from a closet door, saying with wonder, “People buy these at yard sales and bring them in.” He emerges from the closet with a box of odds and ends. “I might have a baitcaster in here,” he says, poking about but finding none. Karem’s is not the kind of place that stocks everything. But it is the kind of place where many boys had their first taste of fishing, and later, as fathers, take their sons to renew the tradition of bonding while putting worms on hooks and staring at floating bobbers. If our virtual culture of more, bigger, faster can still find room for “gone fishing” days, and if the exurban development that pesters the countryside can leave some space for the restorative power of the natural world, then the little bait-and-beverage shop that clings to the ridge might hold on for a few more decades. R The author, who works too hard and finds little time for fishing, operates the Tiny Bookshop in YesterNook at 1031 Goss Ave. Contact him at tangocat@iglou.com. To adver tise, call (502) 454-323 4

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kept at KMAC for firing, and parents will be notified 1-2 weeks following camp when pieces are ready for pickup. For more information, call Assistant Director of Education Julie Yoder at (502) 589-0102 ext. 209 or visit www.kmacmuseum.org. (Downtown) ROOTS DAY CAMP IN CHEROKEE PARK Cherokee Park, July 8-12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Free. Earth Path Education in Partnership with Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Shine Louisville presents “Roots Day Camp.” This summer, join the Nature Connection in the wilds of Cherokee Park. Campers will tune into the bio-region by remembering ways to communicate with what is around us: birds and other animals, plants and trees, and the human ecology. Campers will also explore ways to deepen their relationship with our living web. For more information, call (502) 396-6408 or visit www.earthpatheducation.com. (Highlands) NATURE CAMP AT HISTORIC LOCUST GROVE Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, July 8–12, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Ages 7-12, $195. Travel back

in time more than 200 years to discover nature and people through Locust Grove in collaboration with Jefferson County Memorial Forest. Track native wild animals, experience Native American hunting and survival techniques, and discover what life was like in the 18th century for the first European settlers and Native Americans. This hands-on nature camp will take kids where they’ve never been before! To register, call the Jefferson County Memorial Forest Welcome Center at (502) 368-5404. (Blankenbaker)

Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Free. The monthly meetings of Women Who Write offer women writers the opportunity to meet, read and critique, share ideas and create new work. For more information, call (502) 632-2241. (Highlands) THURSDAY, JULY 11

BOURBON BY THE BOOK Marriott Louisville East, 1903 Embassy Square Blvd., 5:30 p.m., $60. Four Roses and bourbon-themed hotel Marriott Louisville East are bringing THE LORAX together bourbon experts from Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 all walks of life for “Bourbon by Amphitheater Road, 8:30 p.m., the Book,” a bourbon/cocktail Free. This animated adventure book showcase and signing. follows the journey of a boy The book signing and cocktail as he searches for the one reception will be followed by thing that will enable him to a unique bourbon tasting and win the affection of the girl of four-course dinner hosted by his dreams. To find it, he must Four Roses Master Distiller Jim discover the story of the Lorax, a grumpy yet charming creature Rutledge at the hotel’s Charr’d who fights to protect his world. Bourbon Kitchen & Lounge. Guests will have the opportunity For more information, visit www.iroquoisamphitheater.com. to meet and chat with Rutledge as well as esteemed bourbon (Iroquois) industry authors. A myriad of books about bourbon will be available for sale. The evening WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 will also feature door prizes and WOMEN WHO WRITE giveaways, with music provided by Mark “Big Poppa” Stampley. Highlands/Shelby Park Branch

SPOTLIGHT: THE FORECASTLE FESTIVAL The Forecastle Festival returns to Waterfront Park from Friday, July 12 to Sunday, July 14. Founded in 2002 by Louisville native JK McKnight, Forecastle has grown from a community event to one of the country’s most anticipated summer festivals, now drawing tens of thousands of fans from around the world. The 2013 lineup includes The Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, and Robert Plant with the Sensational Space Shifters. Kentuckiana bands Houndmouth and Freakwater are also on the bill. Weekend festival passes range from $165-$475. Single day tickets are $75-$200. For more inforPHOTO: Courtesy, Forecastle mation, visit www.forecastle. Alabama Shakes and others take to the stage on Saturday. com. (Downtown) There will be a bourbon barrelhead laser demonstration as well as a cigar expert hand rolling cigars on site. Reservations can be made by calling (502) 318-1717. (Hurstbourne) FRIDAY, JULY 12 PEACE ED GOLF SCRAMBLE Shawnee Golf Course, 12:30 p.m. Sign up today for Peace Ed’s 5th Annual Golf Scramble. The scramble begins with lunch at 12:30 p.m., followed by a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Don’t miss out on the great prizes and goody bags! For 30 years, Peace Education Program has been teaching youths and educators how to prevent bullying, solve conflicts nonviolently, talk out problems, work as a team and respect diversity. These skills help youths stay in school and are also what every employer wants from a new hire. Peace Ed works with a network of trained adults in 88 schools and 67 community sites. They work directly with 3,000 youths annually and impact another 20,000. Proceeds from the golf scramble support the work

of the program. To find out more, or to register, visit www. peaceeducationprogram.org. (Shawnee) SATURDAY, JULY 13 BRAILLE FOR THE SIGHTED: WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE The Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Ave., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Free. Museum of American Printing House for the Blind offers free summer workshops for ages 8-14: Braille for the Sighted classes take place on July 13 and August 10. Young people will be inspired by the story of Louis Braille, who was only 12 years old when he began work on the writing system that changed the lives of blind people all over the world. They’ll learn the basics of Louis’ alphabet and practice writing on a braille slate and a braillewriter. Advanced students will learn more about braille contractions and whole word signs, as well as how to write music and do math with braille. Participants may attend one or

both sessions. Admission is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Call (502) 899-2213 or email kcarpenter@ aph.org two days prior to the event. (Clifton) BEGINNING FLAMENCO DANCE FOR ADULTS/TEENS Flamenco Louisville, 2031 Frankfort Ave., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $15 a class. This six-week session is designed for absolute beginners in flamenco. It takes place on Saturdays through August 17. The classes will cover the basics of footwork (zapateado), braceo (arms/ upper body), compas (rhythms) and structure. If you’ve always wanted to dance but never had the chance, or if you’ve danced before and want to come back, this is the class for you. You can count on individual attention and thoughtful pacing to provide a strong foundation for your success! For more information, contact the instructor Diana Dinicola at didodi67@ yahoo.com or visit www.FlamencoLouisvile.org. (Crescent Hill) SKYFALL Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, 8:30 p.m.,

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Free. In “Skyfall,” James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. For more information, visit www.iroquoisamphitheater.com. (Iroquois) SUNDAY, JULY 14 SCHNITZELBURG POTLUCK St. Elizabeth Cafeteria, 1016 E. Burnett Ave., Noon, Free. Neighbors gather and share potluck lunch dishes. Everyone is welcome. For more information, visit sacc@insightbb.com. (Germantown/Schnitzelburg) RIVERSIDE ICE CREAM SOCIAL The Farnsley-Moremen Landing, 7410 Moorman Road, 1 p.m.- 5 p.m., Free. Bring out the entire family on this Sunday afternoon for some relaxing fun on the banks of the Ohio River! Enjoy great ice cream concessions, live music, children’s activities, an archaeology dig, tours of the historic home, an ice cream eating contest and more. Admission is free, but some activities require the purchase of a ticket. For more information, contact info@riverside-landing.org or call (502) 935-6809. (Riverside) BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION! Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 4 p.m., Free. Pianist and Artistic Director Nada Loutfi presents the Classical Hour, this month featuring all French music by composers Roussel, Ravel,

Faure, Saint-Saens and Berlioz. Guest artists include tenor Kenji Tashiro as well as Louisville Orchestra musicians Ernie Gross on clarinet, Clinton Grosz on violin and Kathy Karr on flute. A reception will follow the performance. For more information, call (502) 896-0315 or visit www.nadaloutfi.com.

A controversial outsider (Gene Hackman), hired to teach and coach, bewilders the townspeople, changes lives and challenges youngsters to pursue their dreams. For more information, visit www.iroquoisamphitheater. com. (Iroquois)

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YOUNG HEARTS AUDITIONS Middletown Christian Church, 500 N. Watterson Trace, 1 p.m., Free. Women and men ages 60 and over are invited to audition for Young Hearts Theatre’s upcoming fall production of “All Around Broadway, A Musical Revue.” The audition calls for cold readings from script, and 16 bars of music must also be prepared; an accompanist and CD player will be available. Rehearsals are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call (502) 228-8204. (Blankenbaker)

CRAFT CAMP AT HISTORIC LOCUST GROVE Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, July 15-16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., for ages 9-13, $85 per student/$75 for HLG members. Make your own book! In this two-day workshop, learn the art and technique of making books, paper making, printing, binding, stamping, paper marbling and more. Students will create journals, albums and other projects to take home, and learn about the methods and supplies needed to keep on making books at home. All materials are included; wear clothes you can get messy in, and bring a bag lunch. To register, call (502)897-9845, or email Mary Beth Williams at mwilliams@locustgrove.org. (Blankenbaker) HOOSIERS Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, 8:30 p.m., Free. Hickory, Ind., is a small remote farm community where the train seldom stops, strangers are suspect and most of the excitement is provided by high school basketball frenzy.

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DAUGHN GIBSON, THE DELOREANS WITH JONATHAN WOOD & LOWE SUTHERLAND Zanzabar, 2100 S. Preston St., 8 p.m., $6 in advance/$8 day of show. Daughn Gibson entered the daydreams and fantasies of the general public in the spring of last year with his critically-acclaimed debut album “All Hell.” Gibson shook the ghosts out of scratchy Christian folk records and baptized them as fierce Americana with his booming baritone voice. His songs are as frequently tender as they are prurient, as hopeful as they are brimming with despair. The Deloreans are one of Louisville’s most accomplished groups, with two albums to their credit, “Love Outrageous” and “American Craze.” The duo of Jonathan Wood & Lowe Sutherland is well known to connoisseurs of Louisville music, primarily for their main musical vehicles, Old Baby and Sapat, respectively. For more information, call (502) 635-9227 or visit www. zanzabarlouisville.com/. (Germantown/Schnitzelburg)

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SPOTLIGHT: WIRE

UPS PLANE PULL Atlantic Aviation at Standiford Field, 600 Terminal Dr., Noon and 5 p.m., Teams raise at least $1,000 ($50 per team member). The UPS Plane Pull rolls back out on the tarmac! Get your team of 20 together to test your strength in a game of tug-owar with a UPS Boeing 757 cargo plane weighing 140,000 lbs. Teams can be made up of co-workers, family, friends, neighbors or organization members – anybody who wants to have a great time while supporting the athletes of Special Olympics Kentucky. The team that pulls the plane 12 feet in the fastest time wins, with champions crowned in men’s, women’s and coed divisions. Prizes will also be awarded for top individual and top team fundraisers, plus best team spirit and best team T-shirt. For more information, call (502) 3265002. (Louisville International Airport)

The seminal English band Wire is coming to the Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., on Thursday, July 18. From their 1977 debut album “Pink Flag” to the band’s most recent album, 2013’s “Change Becomes Us,” Wire has created a unique body of work. Subverting genres, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey and Matthew Simms regularly confound expectations. The Louisville stop will be the band’s first time playing anywhere in Kentucky. Admission is $15 in advance and $20 day of show. Tickets can be purchased at Astro Black Records, 930 Baxter Ave., or online at www.ticketfly. com. For more information, (502) 896-8480 or visit www. cliftoncenter.org. (Clifton)

FRIDAY, JULY 19 BLUES & BARBECUE FESTIVAL Louisville Water Tower, 3005 River Road, Friday, 5 p.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday, 4 p.m.-11:30 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m.; $10/Free for children ages 10 and under. Live blues bands, authentic barbecue, kids’ entertainment, free parking. No food, drink or pets allowed. More info at (502) 583-0333 or www. louisvillebluesandbbqfestival. com. (Crescent Hill) SATURDAY, JULY 20 UPPER HIGHLANDS YARD SALE Upper Highlands neighborhood, area bounded by Bardstown Road, Watterson Expressway, Newburg Road, and Dundee/ Emerson; Times vary. Plan to attend the Upper Highlands Neighborhood Association community-wide yard sales. The

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event includes 60+ participating homes and occurs every two years. A large variety of items will be available. Each resident sets their own hours. Sale location maps will be distributed on site. Residents may participate by calling (502) 458-0475. BRIGHTSIDE- COCA-COLA VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Baxter Jack’s, 427 Baxter Ave., and Seneca Park, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $30 a player. Divisions for all levels of volleyball play and forms of competition on sand and grass surfaces take place Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21 at Baxter Jack’s and in Seneca Park. For more information or to enter a team, call Heather at (502) 582-3530 or visit www.baxterjacks.com. (Various)

OHIO RIVER SWEEP Falls of The Ohio State Park & Interpretive Center, 201 W. Riverside Dr., 9 a.m.-Noon, Free. Join the Falls of the Ohio State Park & Interpretive Center and bring along some friends! Scouts, schools and civic organizations are welcome to volunteer and help clean up the riverbank at four different sites. This multi-state program provides free T-shirts for all participants. The event is sponsored by the Ohio River Sanitation Commission and the Town of Clarksville. More info at (812) 280-9970 or www.fallsoftheohio.org. (Clarksville) JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $12. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE *

FREE! ENJOY A FILM–TAKE A CLASS–BE INSPIRED! Explore how Hollywood deals with blindness.

BRIGHT VICTORY (1951) July 20, 12:30 p.m. Adjusting to life at home presents many challenges for a young veteran blinded in World War II. Starring Arthur Kennedy and Peggy Dow. Best for adults and older children. Make reservations by noon, July 19: (502) 899-2213. Coming August 17: A PATCH OF BLUE (1962) Movies feature audio description

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Learn the basics of the braille alphabet, music and math.

Braille for the Sighted: Workshops for Young People July 13, 10:30 a.m. August 10, 10:30 a.m. Best for children ages 8-14. Admission is free, but space is limited. Registration is required by July12: (502) 899-2213.

Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind 1839 Frankfort Avenue

Self-guided visits and guided tours of Factory & Museum are available. For hours: www.aph.org/museum

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SPOTLIGHT: NEW CUT/SOUTHERN PARKWAY TROLLEY HOP With the arrival of the summer season, the New Cut Trolley Hop is being expanded. Organizers are adding another route that will travel northward from the Iroquois Park boarding stop and proceed along Southern Parkway, through the Beechmont and Wilder Park neighborhoods, the Central Station shopping area, then on to Churchill Downs, ending at The Derby Museum. With the increase in coverage comes the opportunity to highlight a significant area within Louisville’s south central core. Sightseers can board the trolley at any location along the route and ride free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 20. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ PHOTO: Courtesy, TARC NewCutCorridorTrolleyHopComing. (Various) $50. Are you prepared to utilize your iPad effectively on the first Celebrate the 200th Anniverday of school? Using an iPad for sary of “Pride & Prejudice” at gaming is not the same as using the 6th Annual Jane Austen it for educational purposes. Get Festival. The event includes a a jump start and enhance your Regency Emporium, Regency technological skills and abilities. Style Show, workshops, music, There will be two sessions each demonstrations, a four-course day from Monday, July 22 to afternoon tea, a Grand Ball Wednesday, July 24. For more and an original play. For more information, call (502) 368-6519 information, call (502) 897-9845 or visit www.desaleshighschool. or visit www.jasnalouisville.com. com/FutureColts_Pages/Technol(Blankenbaker) ogyBasics.html. (Kenwood) * CONT. FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

BARDS AND STORYTELLERS: APH FILM FEST Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Ave., 12:30 p.m., Free. Join the American Printing House for the Blind this summer to explore how blindness has been depicted in Hollywood in the first APH Museum Film Fest. Each month’s film features a major character who is blind, and movies are presented with an audio description for the blind. The film fest is part of “Bards and Storytellers,” the popular arts, folklore and performance summer series. Registration is required. The first film, “Bright Victory” (1951), is about a veteran adjusting to life at home after being blinded in World War II. The film stars Arthur Kennedy and Peggy Dow. For more information, or to register, call (502) 899-2213, email kcarpenter@aph.org or visit www.aph.org/museum/ index.html. (Clifton) TWILIGHT TOUR OF CAVE HILL Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter Ave., 5:30 p.m., $35. Enjoy a twilight tour on a tractor-driven wagon. Learn about the history of the cemetery, famous persons, notable monuments and more. For more information, call (502) 451-5630 or visit cavehillheritagefoundation.org. (Highlands) MONDAY, JULY 22 DESALES TECHNOLOGY CAMP DeSales High School, 425 Kenwood Dr., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,

LOUISVILLE LEOPARD PERCUSSIONISTS SUMMER CAMP 741 S. Third St., 9 a.m.-Noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m., $135 ($35 due day of registration). The Louisville Leopard Percussionists, a nationally-recognized children’s percussion ensemble, is offering a week-long percussion camp for children entering grades 2-5 in the fall of 2013. Children will take daily classes in drum set, hand drumming, percussion rudiments, and mallet percussion ensemble, with a “Show and Tell” for parents on the last day. For more information, visit louisvilleleopardpercussionists. com. (Downtown) BLACKACRE ART WEEK FOR GRADES 6-8 Blackacre State Nature Preserve, 3200 Tucker Station Road, 9:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m., $160/$136 for members. Middle school students have the opportunity to work with professional artists to complete four different projects over the course of this week-long camp, which takes place at beautiful Blackacre Nature Conservancy. Classes include: Personal Totem Stone Carving with Al and Penny Nelson; Outdoor Nest Assemblages with Tara Remington; Sculptural Landscape Paintings with Carly Elaine Swartz; and Sand and Plaster Casting with Joe Autry. For more information, call Julie Yoder, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft assistant director of education, at (502) 589-0102 ext. 209 or visit www.kmacmuseum.org. (Black Acre Nature Preserve)

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TUESDAY, JULY 23 OPEN HANDS WELLNESS CLINIC Grace Immanuel United Church of Christ, 1612 Story Ave., 10 a.m.-Noon, Free. Empty Vessels Healing Ministries presents the Open Hands Wellness Clinic on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Services include acupuncture, massage therapy, zero balancing and cranial sacral therapy, all provided by licensed and certified therapists. For more info, contact Rev. Karen Barth at (502) 641-6169 or emptyvessels1@gmail.com. (Butchertown) FOOD TRUCK TUESDAY Sixth and Jefferson sts., 11 a.m.2 p.m., Free. Food Truck Tuesday is Louisville’s original gathering of food trucks, bringing delicious and fun food to the streets of downtown. Numerous trucks line Jefferson and Sixth at lunch every fourth Tuesday of the month. For more information, call (502) 635-2550 or visit www.LouisvilleFoodTruckAssociation.com. (Downtown) FRIDAY, JULY 26 F. A.T. FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP Frankfort Avenue between Mellwood and Story avenues, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Free. Businesses in the Crescent Hill and Clifton neighborhoods open their doors at the end of each month for the F. A.T. Friday Trolley Hop. Ride the trolley to see art exhibits, sales and entertainment. For more information, visit www.fatfridayhop.org. (Clifton/Crescent Hill) SATURDAY, JULY 27 FREE GUIDED HIKE Jefferson Memorial Forest, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Free. The Orange Trail – 2.0 miles – is moderate to strenuous. Meet at the Horine Reservation parking lot. For more information, (502) 368-5404 or www.memorialforest.com. (Jefferson Memorial Forest)

LIBRARY CORNER YOUR AMAZING BRAIN Main Library, 301 York St., 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Free. This interactive and informative exhibit explores the body’s most important organ – the brain. The exhibit is on display in the Main Library’s Bernheim Gallery through Saturday, July 27. Designed with kids and adults in mind, Your Amazing Brain combines informative panels, images and models, with hands-on games and puzzles plus mind-boggling optical illusions and brain teasers. Your Amazing Brain is in association with the Library’s Children’s Summer Reading Program, presented by the Library Foundation. (Downtown) Photos: courtesy, LFPL

HAROLD MITCHELL – JUNK GENIUS ROBOT CHALLENGE Shively Branch Library, 3920 Dixie Highway, 1 p.m., Free. The Shively Branch Library presents “Harold Mitchell – Junk Genius Robot Challenge” on Saturday, July 6. Participants compete in rounds of competition using 20 junk robots to see who can stay champion the longest. Ages 5 and up. Space is limited, so call (502) 574-1730 to register. (Shively) ZIPPO THE CLOWN Southwest Branch Library, 10375 Dixie Highway, 2 p.m., Free. Zippo the Clown will provide some family fun for all ages at the Southwest Branch Library on Tuesday, July 9. His crazy clown antics will surely make you chuckle. For more information, call (502) 933-0029. (Valley Station) SWING STREET BIG BAND AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL Bon Air Branch Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, 7 p.m., Free. Join the Swing Street Big Band for some fun on Monday, July 22. Get ready to do some toe tapping, hand clapping and swing dancing to music from this 17-piece traditional big band. Sponsored by Bon Air Friends of the Library, this event is for all ages. For more information, (502) 5741795. (Bon Air) 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.

MONDAY, JULY 29 THE 34TH DAINTY CONTEST Hauck’s Handy Store, 1000 Goss Ave., 5:45 p.m., Free. The 34th Historical Dainty Contest is a fundraiser for the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Dainty consists of a 3-foot stick, tapered on one end, and a 5-inch stick, tapered on both ends. The object of the game is to place one hand behind your back and tip the 5-inch stick to make it airborne. Whoever hits the longest distance wins a giant trophy and bragging rights for a year. Participants must be age 45 or older. The evening will feature live music, refreshments and door prizes. For more information, call Gary Allen at (502) 551-2403

or visit www.neighborhoodlink. com/Schnitzelburg_Area_Council_-_LINC. (Germantown/ Schnitzelburg)

ext. 209, or visit www.kmacmuseum.org. (Downtown)

KMAC KIDART CAMP FOR GRADES 3-5 Kentucky Museum for Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $85-$200. Children will get the chance to explore their creativity during this week-long camp with a different art medium each day, including painting, fiber, mixed media and more. Campers can opt for morning, afternoon or all-day sessions. Children staying all day can enjoy lunch and games outside. For more information, call Julie Yoder, KMAC assistant director of education, at (502) 589-0102,

WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY Big Four Lawn, Waterfront Park, 6 p.m., Free. The WFPK Waterfront Wednesday Concert Series showcases local and emerging national recording artists. The free monthly concerts attract audiences who mingle, dance and enjoy the river in a family-friendly park atmosphere. A cash bar and upscale festival fare are available. The concerts take place on the last Wednesday of each month. For more information, call (502) 814-6500. (Downtown)

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hen my wife and I describe to out-of-state friends the many wonders of our new hometown of Louisville, the first two things I mention are the free concerts and the biannual junk pickup. Since this column is read by many unfortunate souls who don’t reside in the Urban Services District, an explanation is in order: Twice a year – usually in May and November – the city announces Junk Set-Out Dates. After 4 p.m. on a Friday, you can start hauling out your mildewed mattresses, icky sofas, broken refrigerators (doors off for safety), bald tires (limit four), huge plastic toys your children stopped playing with long before they left for college, and pretty much anything else that won’t blow up or bite you. This means that at 4:01 p.m. on that day, 9,000 pickup trucks start prowling every street and alley in the USD, hauling off everything of value – an extremely subjective call: Obviously one man’s trash is another man’s treasured two-legged table or macramé masterpiece circa 1978. This leaves only a few stinky settees, kinked garden hoses, fractured toilets, rotted fencing, plastic hose reels, and enough filthy, beige wallto-wall Saxony to carpet New Jersey. Any semi-valuable items still left on the street Monday morning could fit into a city station wagon. Is that brilliant or what? The city announces it’s going to pick up everybody’s junk, and hordes of bargain-hunters race in and haul it all off at no cost! Not only that, but these dedicated recyclers have to buy gas, snacks and meals while they’re collecting, then cool off with some adult beverages to celebrate their haul! Just by putting the word out, we jettison our superfluous tonnage – for free – AND stimulate the local economy! Genius! There are rules, of course – no car batteries, corpses, computers, engine blocks, accordion players, bricks, in-laws, pool chemicals, etc. Of course, most of the rules are broken, but almost everything gets scooped up anyway. Two exceptions are the kinked garden hoses and plastic hose-reels, which nobody wants to touch because they aren’t disposed of as much as they’re exorcised. Satan obviously uses them to goad even the most pious homeowner into a spitting fit of burning rage: “Forgive me, Father, for I have blasphemed a deep double-blue streak while chopping up that $#@!&%! garden hose that got stuck in that cheap #$@!&%! hose reel for the fiftieth #!&%$@! time. Sorry.” “I empathize, my son. The one at the rectory is driving me &%$#@! insane. Sorry. Go untangle it for me, say five Hail Mary’s and we’ll call it even.” Just another reason I love living in The Highlands: Biannual Catharsis. R

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announced no later than October 1, 2013, and the winner will be made public at the InKY reading event on October 11. All finalists will be invited to the event to be publicly recognized for their achievement. The winning author must be present at the October InKY and ready to share a 10-minute excerpt from the winning piece in order to be eligible to receive the prize. Writers may submit entries at Louisville Literary Arts website’s Submittable page. A $5 reading fee will be charged for each submission. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. Questions regarding the contest should be sent to: llawritersblock@gmail.com with the word “Contest” in the subject heading. Contest details can be found at www.louisvilleliteraryarts.org.

and will be juried by Henry Horenstein of the Rhode Island School of Design. Five awards will be given including Best Register now for the The Business of of Show, Second Place and three merit Writing International Summit, to be held at Indiana Wesleyan University’s Louisville awards. Selected images from the competition will comprise The 2013 LVAA Photo Conference Center, 1500 Alliant Ave., Exhibit, on display October 4-26 at LVAA’s on Friday and Saturday, August 2-3. On Thursday, August 1, a pre-summit self-pub- gallery, PUBLIC, 131 W. Main St. The deadline for entries is August 1, lishing workshop will be given by Peggy 2013. Accepted entries will be announced DeKay, book coach and author of “Self August 22. The exhibition will open Publishing for Virgins.” October 4 and run through October 26 The summit will feature award-winning with an awards ceremony October 10. authors and technical gurus from across The entry fee is $30 for up to three subthe U.S., who will teach writers and aspirmissions, ages 31 or older, and $20 for up ing authors how to grow book sales and to three submissions, ages 30 or younger. build an author platform. A variety of sessions with topics geared toward authors Applications may be submitted online or wanting to grow their business will be pre- via mail. Details can be found at www.louisvillevisualart.org/2013LVAAPhotoCompesented. The Clifton Center, a historic facility on tition.htm. New York Times best-selling, self-pubFrankfort Avenue that serves as a comlished author Victorine Lieske will be the munity gathering place for art, culture summit’s keynote speaker. “I will try to and ideas, has announced the launch of inspire those attending with my story, and a fundraising campaign aimed at raising show how they can do it too,” Lieske says. $150,000 by the end of 2013. The camAdditional speakers will include Peggy Louisville Literary Arts has announced paign, titled “Setting the Stage,” is intended DeKay, Hope Clark, Rik Feeney, Dustin the inaugural Writer’s Block Fiction Award to address the center’s short-term needs Hartzler, Stephen Zimmer, Dave Mattingly, to be presented to one outstanding writer while setting the stage for major improveDaniel J. Lewis, Sheri Wright and Sheila on October 11, 2013, at the InKY Reading ments that the center hopes to undertake English. Series. Authors are encouraged to submit in several years. For registration information and details, their original work of 5,000 words or less The funds will be used for facility visit www.businessofwritingsummit.com. to be judged by a notable fiction author. improvements, including new lighting, carShort stories and novel excerpts will both peting and paint in the Reception Hall and be considered. Clifton Room, renovations to the stage and The winner will receive a 10-minute infrastructure of the Eifler Theater, and the spotlight reading at the October edition of purchase of equipment and furnishings. The Louisville Visual Art Association, the The InKY Reading Series, a monthly The goal is to raise $75,000 by August 1, Kentucky’s oldest arts organization, music and literature event held on the sec- and the remaining $75,000 by the year’s has announced The 2013 LVAA Photo ond Friday of the month at the The Bard’s end. Currently, more than $39,850 has Competition. The contest is open to all Town, 1801 Bardstown Road. The winning been committed. photographers, video and film artists resid- work will also be published in a noted In 2010, the Clifton Center’s board of ing in Kentucky or any of its seven border- regional magazine. directors adopted a new vision for the ing states. The exhibition is presented as Submissions will be accepted until organization and began pursuing a course part of the 2013 Louisville Photo Biennial September 1, 2013. Five finalists will be that would position the center to become

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Storm Drain Marking The Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District and Beargrass Creek Alliance are offering free environmental education programs this summer and fall for groups in Jefferson County. Storm Drain Marking events are designed to edu-

cate the public and encourage best management practices to benefit our community’s water quality. The storm drain sign markers indicate “no dumping” into drains leading to Beargrass Creek. Participants in the events will each receive a kit to mark the drains, educational resources, a rain gauge, a reminder magnet to limit water use during or after a storm, and native plant seeds. Volunteers from the JCSWCD and BCA will conduct a short program, then assist groups in locating and marking their neighborhood storm drains. The program duration is about two hours. At least 10 people per event are

required. Combined groups – such as scout troops, church groups, neighborhood associations, businesses and other organizations – are encouraged to participate. Beargrass Creek Alliance is working to preserve Louisville’s greatest natural resource through community involvement. Their mission is to raise awareness about Beargrass Creek and to make it clean, safe and accessible for everyone. For more information, or to sign up for the storm drain marking event, contact Tessa Edelen at tessa@kwalliance.org or (502) 589-8008, or visit www.beargrasscreek.org. R

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he Belle of Louisville, the oldest operating steamboat in the United States, is one of 200 landmarks nominated in VirtualTourist.com’s quest to crown the “8th Wonder of the World.” Daily voting is open through September 30 at VirtualTourist.com, a travel research website that is part of the TripAdvisor Media Group. Originally named Idlewild, the Belle of Louisville is a National Historic Landmark. When the Belle was built in 1914, the average lifespan of a steamboat was 3-5 years. Now nearing its 100th birthday, the Belle has taken nearly seven million people on cruises over the decades. In October of next year, nine riverboats will travel a combined 10,000 nautical miles – from as far away as Galveston, Texas, St. Paul, Minn., and Moline, Ill. – to celebrate the Belle’s Big 100th Birthday Bash. The five-day festival, scheduled for October 15-19, 2014, will include a number of land-based activities such as balloon glows, fireworks, concerts and hands-on exhibits. On land or river, the “birthday parade” will be a sight to see as all nine boats navigate up and down the Ohio. Votes are being collected daily until September 30, 2013. The “wonder” with the most votes will be crowned the winner and featured in a national TV segment with a massive media relations campaign from VirtualTourist. “It’s wonderful to have a nomination from every corner of the world, so we are thrilled to receive the Belle of Louisville as a nomination,” says Giampiero Ambrosi, general manager of VirtualTourist.com. According to Ambrosi, members and visitors to the site have been to almost every corner of the world, and VirtualTourist is eager to see which landmark will be crowned the 8th Wonder of the World. For more information, or to vote, visit www.virtualtourist.com. R PHOTO: brianbohannon.com

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he late Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and fellow Kentuckian John Ed Pearce may have said it best: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.â&#x20AC;? However, Parkside Bikes owner Ben Botkins did not wait to grow old before heading back to Louisville, particularly to the Highlands neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I missed the Highlands and I missed Cherokee Park,â&#x20AC;? says Botkins, a lifelong cyclist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People ask me all the time why I moved back from Breckenridge, Colo., or Park City, Utah. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived in world-class ski resorts but I just missed Cherokee Park.â&#x20AC;? So, in 2008, he packed up his cycling gear and headed home. After arriving in Louisville, Botkins opened shop at 1345 Bardstown Road. With only 600 square feet, he dealt mostly in used bicycles. But soon he found that his business model didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit with his business philosophy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be the most inviting retailer and the most accommodating retailer,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hate having to tell someone â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; so we go to great lengths to have what they

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Thanks to Parkside’s “Fix-It” stations, like the one installed downtown at the Big Four Bridge (left) and in Seneca Park, cyclists now have a convenient place to make simple repairs while out on rides. Similar stations are also planned for Cherokee and Iroquois parks. Lead mechanic Michael Altieri (below) performs a brake bleed on a customer’s bike. Behind him, used bikes line the walls. The shop offers a la carte repair services as well as tune-up packages.

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ne humid summer morning when I was 10 years old, I ignored my mother’s suggestion to wear a light shirt beneath my pretty new sweater, embroidered with colorful pom-pom flowers on long green stems. After arriving at Sunday School, the teacher pressed me to hang the sweater on my chair. My skinny, nude frame beneath the fiber blend garment broke out into beads of sweat. The Southern Baptist illustration of Jesus on the wall looked down upon me like a stern Barry Gibb. I mouthed a silent prayer, “Ohhh please, Lord ... don’t let them take my sweater.” Stubbornly, I made it through an hour of Bible scripture broiling in my own sauces, practically melting the crayons as I colored images of the cross, lost sheep and disciples. Thus began a long run of selfish, urgent, desperate prayers continuing into adulthood. So often, it’s not until the perfect storm of fear, guilt and helplessness rises up like bile that folks break the glass and go for the prayer alarm. But I now prefer it to be more of a routine. Prayer – why and how – has been on my mind. I knew something was up when I watched “Eat Pray Love” three times in one week – although, a mantra and I will never have Julia Robert’s budget for introspection. In Anne Lamott’s “Help Thanks Wow,” the author peels back the origins and rationale of prayer like a holy onion, surmising that prayer can be “stillness, motion and energy, all at the same time.” Ah, getting closer. In discovering meditative prayer and praise at the weekly Taize services at Advent Episcopal, I loved the chants, candlelight and literary sampler of poetry, scripture, philosophy and – the zinger – 10 minutes of meditation. Be still and know that I am God ... I was busted. I can’t be still. During that time, I prayed mostly that my brain would stop processing the week’s anxieties. I actually compose articles during Taize. That’s not good. I’ll pray about it. I recently joined the prayer writing team at Advent, and Fr. Tim Mitchell, probably never having chatted with any of my former editors, boldly asked me to compose “Prayers of the People” for Sunday Eucharist. It is clear that I do not talk or write like I pray, and upon hearing my prayers being read by the liturgist on those Sundays, my hands grasped the pew in front of me, melting layers of recently applied Murphy’s Oil Soap. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited in May, the most profound observation for me was PHOTO: BRIANBOHANNON.COM not relegated to the monk’s wisdom but to the gathering of faith leaders and followers that bound the city together in a spiritual stronghold of Christian, Baha’i, Islam, Judaism, Hindu and Sikh. The prayers that opened the Festival of Faiths were beautiful and moving. The banner proclaiming “One Light, Many Lamps” appealed to my soul. Hearing “The same God hears our prayers” validated my spiritual walk. My prayer is that the experience of that week in Louisville does not fade too soon. Though pettiness, hesitancy and less compassionate thoughts may seep in, my hope is that more prayers will make their way out. Namaste. God Bless. Rock on. R Cindy Lamb’s vocations of journalism, childbirth and childcare keep the lights on and the stories flowing. Contact her at LambScribe@aol.com.

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