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Throw down with Thunder this year

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nd here we are again, it’s Thunder Over between Spring Street and the Clark Memorial Louisville time. Has it really been a year Bridge, Elizabeth Beilman explains. already?

Also new to Jeffersonville this year is FisherThe weather gods look to be smiling on us for man’s Wharf, the newly renovated marina next this year’s version: clear skies, 75 degrees and to the RiverStage. Boat slips were auctioned an unlimited ceiling are perfect ingredients for a off through the city, so they won’t be open to successful air show and fireworks blowout. the public. But there’s plenty of open space for Jeffersonville is pulling out all the stops. people to camp out for the day.

JASON THOMAS For the first time the city is hosting a nationalIt’s no secret Clarksville’s Ashland Park ofSoIn Editor caliber performing artist at RiverStage. Thunder fers the best views of Louisville’s skyline. Be Throwdown — don’t you love that name? — sure to visit newsandtribune.com for comprewill feature up-and-coming act Chris Lane, along with hensive coverage of related road closures traffic informaWildwood and the Shane Dawson Band, in a free concert. tion.

You can find the details in today’s cover story.

Then sit back and enjoy all Thunder has to offer.

You can also expect to find the usual array of vendors to offer their fares to the roughly 70,000 visitors expected — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by at the riverfront. Vendors, selling fair-style food, pizza phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandand ice cream, will set up shop on Riverside Drive tribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

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• WHAT: IUS Orchestra concert • WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24 • WHERE: Stem Concert Hall, Ogle Center, Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany • TICKETS: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students • INFO: Tickets are available by calling 812-941-2525, or online at oglecenter.com

Zoë Blackwell. | PHOTO PROVIDED NEW ALBANY — The Music Department at Indiana University Southeast will present the IU Southeast Orchestra in its annual Spring Concert on Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m. at the Ogle Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany.

Under the direction of Dr. Joanna Goldstein, the orchestra will perform the “Adagio” from Spartacus and Phrygia by Aram Khachaturian, the first movement of the Concerto for Flute, also by Khachaturian, featuring

senior music student, Zoë Blackwell, “Entry of the Nobles” from Mlada by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner, and “Danse Bacchanale” from Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Soloist Zoë Blackwell is a 2013 graduate of Kokomo High School and is now a senior at IUS studying sound engineering, music composition, and flute performance. She is a member of the IU Southeast Concert Band, IU Southeast Orchestra,

and the IU Southeast Jazz Combo, Coldfront. She is the recipient of the IU Southeast Chancellor’s Medallion Scholarship, the James A. Poteet Music Scholarship, the Wil Greckel Scholarship, the Rasmussen Music Award and the Sherri Stiefler Music Scholarship.

Zoë won the 2013 Kokomo High School John Phillip Sousa Band Award, among others. In addition, she was the recipient of a scholarship for the Anderson University Orangehaus Music Business Camp.

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Where to go and be seen in Southern Indiana

NO CRYING IN BASE BALL • WHAT: ‘Base Ball in a River Town: New Albany’

• WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 • WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art &

History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany Justin Endres will present the program titled: “Base Ball in a River Town: New Albany.” New Albany celebrates 150 years of baseball this year (18662016). Come find out how it all began and who threw the first pitch.

Meet some of the players from New Albany’s first teams. See how the history of baseball in New Albany is intertwined with the history of New Albany itself.

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POLISH A GLEAMING CITY

OVER THE MOON

• WHAT: Spring Cleaning • WHEN: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23 • WHERE: Scribner Drive to Vincennes Street • INFO: Email Courtney Lewis at CLewis@cityof-

newalbany.com with the subject line “Neighborhood Cleanup.”

With winter subsiding and spring arriving, it’s time for some Spring Cleaning in New Albany. The cleanup will focus on the areas from Scribner Drive to Vincennes Street and Billy Herman Ballpark to the Ohio River. Residents are encouraged to join the fun by creating teams to assist in the neighborhood cleanup. All registered teams will be provided with a T-shirt and gear; bring gardening/work gloves.

• WHAT: Full moon hike • WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, April 22 • WHERE: Charlestown State Park, 12500 Ind. 62, Charlestown

• INFO: Park admission, $7 for Indiana residents,

$9 for out-of-state.

Enjoy the great outdoors under a full moon and stars along Trail 4. In addition to wearing good hiking shoes and warm clothing, bring a walking stick and a red lens flashlight.

For more info, visit facebook.com/charlestownsp. Charlestown State Park is a wonderful place for visitors to view the Ohio River, enjoy a picnic, camp, walk along wooded and paved trails, and even experience the historical Rose Island exhibit.

GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

OOOOHHH....

....AAAAAHHH Behold your guide to Thunder Over Louisville events

By ELIZABETH BEILMAN elizabeth.beilman@newsandtribune.com

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OUTHERN INDIANA — For the 27th time, the nation’s largest annual display of pyrotechnics will burst over the Ohio River.

Thunder Over Louisville isn’t just for Kentuckians — Southern Indiana will be ready to host tens of thousands of people Saturday to watch the fireworks and air show and otherwise just have a good time.

Whether it’s reserving a seat at one of Jeffersonville’s riverfront restaurants, enjoying a country music performance at the RiverStage or enjoying the expected sunny afternoon at Ashland Park in Clarksville, there’s no shortage of things to do in Southern Indiana.

JEFFERSONVILLE

Expecting somewhere between 50,000 to 70,000 visitors, several blocks of riverfront streets will be blocked off as an event space Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m.

Vendors, selling fair-style food, pizza and ice cream, will set up shop on Riverside Drive between Spring Street and the Clark Memorial Bridge. Food won’t be sold in front of homes or businesses but will cluster at intersections, in open areas and under the Interstate 65 bridges.

Vendors will open for business at 11 a.m. and stay open until the fireworks show at 10 p.m. is over.

This year, up-and-coming act Chris Lane, along with Wildwood and the Shane Dawson Band, will perform a free concert at the RiverStage.

It’s called the Thunder Throwdown, and it’s hosted by Q103.1’s Jess Tyler and Summit Media. Gates open at noon and the show begins at 5 p.m.

Sara Simpson, director of the RiverStage and special events for the parks department, said RiverStage hosted a local band a few years ago before Thunder Over Louisville. This year is the first that a national act will perform.

“We have a great partnership with Summit Media and 103.1, and they had presented the opportunity to us,” Simpson said. “And we decided it was something we’d like to try and if it works out well this year, make it an annual event.”

She expects at least 5,000 to congregate on the lawn for the show.

“I think it’s definitely going to attract people just to the concert,” she said. “We’ve had great response to it on social media, and the radio station has been promoting it pretty hard.”

This year is also the debut of Fisherman’s Wharf, the marina in downtown Jeffersonville.

Boat slips were auctioned off through the city, so they won’t be open to the public. But there’s plenty of open space for people to camp out for the day.

“It’s a nice, new greenspace, and I think that people will use that for Thunder viewing,” Simpson said.

Planning for Thunder Over Louisville is pretty standard for Jeffersonville officials now. Simpson said the police and fire departments play a large role.

“They’re ready for a great event for sure,” she said.

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26th annual Thunder Over y portion of the flooded stairs the River Stage in Jeffersonville e Big Four Bridge radiate in its FILE PHOTOS

TOP: Fireworks explode over the Big Four Bridge as attendees of the 26th annual Thunder Over Louisville enjoy the view from the recently completed Big Four Station in Jeffersonville last year.

LEFT: The Hughley family stopped to watch the fireworks near the Spring Street flood wall before continuing down into the crowd on Riverside Drive in Jeffersonville during the 26th annual Thunder Over Louisville last year.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Haley Shields and John Sheckler do a short jam inside the festival area last year. | PHOTO PROVIDED

Spin yarn at Fiber Festival The Indiana Fiber and Music Festival being held in Clarksville on April 30 and May 1 offers the best of both worlds for lovers of the fiber arts and music, a festival news release stated.

Attendees can take a relaxed approach by wandering the vendor area to see the many styles of fabric art available, or be an active participant in workshops and demonstrations led by talented fiber artists.

Music lovers have the same choice to make. They can enjoy a long list of regionally popular musicians who are scheduled to perform, or they can bring their own instruments and spend the day in the musical jam area.

The fiber workshops offer choices as wide as the musical styles played in the Jam Tent. Peggy Taylor will offer workshops on Kumihimo Weaving, Eco-friendly Weaving and Felting, Solar and Crockpot Dyeing. Pam Manthei will teach Making Buttons Using Fish Leather, and Buffalo Trace Rug Hookers teach a rug hooking workshop.

The good news for music lovers at this year’s Indiana festival is that a Jam Tent will join the

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• WHEN: April 30-May 1 • WHERE: Tri-County Shrine Club, 701 Potters Lane, Clarksville • INFO: indianafiberfest. com

Conserving quality art in New Albany SOIN THE KNOW

talented musicians performing at the event.

The tent starts both days and 10:30 a.m. and continues throughout the day. Jam leader John Sheckler of Madison, has led large jam areas for the past six years at the RiverRoots Music and Folk Arts Festival in Madison, and at the Ferdinand Folk Festival.

There are two other stages at the festival where people can hear popular artists such as Mike Karman, Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Louisville Fats and the Rhythm Cats, Haley Shields, Sabrina Bays, Kevin Rees, Drew Alexander, John Gage, Bomar and Ritter, Guernsey and Burke, Whisky Ginger, Los Ludies, and David Dwyer.

• WHAT: Morrison Gallery opening

• WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 30

• WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany • INFO: carnegiecenter.org

NEW ALBANY — From 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, the Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany, invites the public to visit the Center’s new Morrison Gallery. This new gallery for temporary exhibits will occupy part of the same space that housed the Yenawine Dioramas, now on display at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library. April 30 is also the last day of the New AlbanyFloyd County Secondary Schools Art Show and Competition, which will be on view in the Carnegie Center’s main galleries beginning Saturday, April 16, according to a Carnegie news release.

The inspiration for the Morrison Gallery is the 14 paintings by George W. Morrison that were transferred

George W. Morrison painting of General Alexander Shields Burnett. | PHOTO PROVIDED from the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library to the Carnegie Center (a department of the library).

Many of the Morrison paintings are in need of conservation and plans are underway to conserve them to museum quality standards. Because of space limitations and varying degrees of condition, not all of the Morrison paintings will be on public view at the Carnegie Center at the same time.

Although the majority of the painting collection transferred from the

New Albany-Floyd County Public Library consists of works by Morrison, there are also works included from other significant Southern Indiana painters. James L. Russell and Paul Plaschke, two artists associated with the “Wonderland Way” school that congregated around Russell’s New Albany studio, are represented in this collection. A large oil on canvas portrait of the poet James Whitcomb Riley by fellow Wonderland Way artist Ferdinand Graham Walker is also included.

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LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S

• WHAT: Live on State • WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany

Friday, April 22: Aquila Boch; Saturday, April 23: Wax Factory; Friday, April 29: 3 Chords and Truth, Dogville; Saturday, April 30: Juicebox Heroes

BANK STREET BREWHOUSE

• WHAT: Live music • WHERE: Bank Street Brewhouse, 415 Bank St., New Albany • WHEN/WHO: All shows 7 to 9 p.m.: Friday, April 22: Win-

ston on Wheels; Saturday, April 23: Madeline Lobeck; Friday, April 29: Leigh Ann Yost and Christian Johnson; Saturday, April 30: Nashville recording artist Jeff Miller.

7 p.m. every Tuesday: Tuesday Night Talent Review

CORYDON LIVE

• WHAT: Live country music • WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon • INFO: Admission, adults $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6,

free. For tickets call 812-734-6288.

Saturday, April 23: Linda Smith, Gerald Shelton; Friday, April 29: Tribute Show: The King, The Killer, and The Man In Black featuring: Brad McCrady, Rockin’ Terry Lee Ridley and Frank Hamilton; Saturday April 30: Megan Stout, Ricky Howsare, Sarah Patrick.

A MAGICAL HIKE

• WHAT: ‘Into the Woods’ • WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21 • WHERE: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 321 E. Market St.,

Jeffersonville The Jeffersonville High School Theatre and Choral Departments present a preview concert of their production of “Into the Woods” as part of the 2016 St Paul’s Presents ... benefit concert series at 7 p.m. April 21, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 321 E. Market St., Jeffersonville. Since this will be the week before the play debuts at the high school, they are excited to be able to bring a portion of the show to St. Paul’s for a concert that allows students the opportunity to perform before a live audience.

AT HOME ON THE RANGE

• WHAT: Indiana Frontier Experience • WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30-May 1 • WHERE: Historic Tunnel Mill, 3709 Tunnel Mill Road,

Charlestown The Indiana Frontier Experience will take place at Historic Tunnel Mill in Charlestown from April 30-May 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, plus a special educational day for homeschoolers on Friday, April 29 from noon to 4 p.m. Featuring immersive and interactive Indiana-based history from the period 180016, the event will bring to life the days of pre-statehood in the Indiana Territory. Visitors will encounter the pioneers and

settlers that carved homes out of the wilderness, the NativeAmericans who lived there, the tradesmen who brought their skills, plus surveyors, farmers, politicians and river-men of the period.

ALL PETS GO TO HEAVEN

• WHAT: Blessing of the animals • WHEN: 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday, April 24 • WHERE: Edwardsville United Methodist Church, 4830 Ind.

62, Georgetown Church services are at 9 and 11 a.m. and all creatures are welcome inside the sanctuary. At 10 a.m. the blessing of the animals will begin in the church yard. All pets will be given treats and a certificate.

ENJOY PHOTOS OF NATURE

• WHAT: ‘Amazing Nature’ • WHEN: Through June 3 • WHERE: Jeffersonville Township Public Library, 211 E.

Court Ave., Jeffersonville.

• INFO: visit jefflibrary.org; or call 812-285-8599.

The photography exhibit “Amazing Nature” by Christine Hayden will be on display through Friday, June 3, at the Jeffersonville Township Public Library, 211 E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville.

GET MOONED AT PARK

• WHAT: Full Moon Hikes • WHEN: April 22 • WHERE: Charlestown State Park, 12500 Ind. 62, Charles-

town Full Moon Hike, Charlestown State Park, 12500 Ind., 62, Charlestown, 8 p.m., 10 p.m., April 22, on Trail 4. In addition to wearing good hiking shoes and warm clothing, bring a walking stick and a red lens flashlight.

Park admission, $7 for Indiana residents, $9 for out-of-state.

DOST THOU LOVE THEE?

• WHAT: Shakespeare in the Park: ‘Romeo & Juliet’ • WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 29 • WHERE: Big Four Station park, Jeffersonville

Kentucky’s Shakespeare in the Park returns to downtown Jeffersonville. A seven-actor group will perform “Romeo & Juliet” in Big Four Station Park, Jeffersonville, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, April 29. Admission is free.

HANDMADE MARKET AND VINTAGE, TOO

• WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14 • WHERE: Preservation Station, 100 Preservation Place,

Jeffersonville Handmade Market and Vintage, Too offers a variety of handmade delights and vintage treasures at Preservation Station.

Additional Handmade Markets and Vintage, Too will take place on May 14, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, and Oct. 8. The market provides an opportunity for artists, makers, and vintage sellers to offer a variety of goods to the public on a regular basis right in the heart of bustling downtown Jeffersonville just half a block from the Big Four Walking Bridge.

The pack moves along the first stretch of the 141st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville last year. | FILE PHOTO

Everyone loves a parade LOUISVILLE – The lineup is set for the 2016 Republic Bank Pegasus Parade. “Fun for the Arts” will be the theme for the Derby Festival’s oldest event, which will feature approximately 100 units marching down Broadway on Thursday, May 5, according to a Derby Festival news release.

The floats and inflatables compete for various awards based on originality, eye appeal, theme representation, animation, attention to detail and enthusiasm. Marching bands use the theme to help with musical selection and it is the basis of costume and concept design for the other marching units. The annual spectacle marches west on Broadway from Campbell to Ninth Street.

Spectators will have an opportunity to preview each float at the Republic Bank Derby Festival Parade Preview Party on Tuesday, May 3, at the Kentucky Exposition Center, in South Wing C. Character balloons, equestrian units and assorted VIPs will join the floats on display for the indoor tour “inside” a parade. Admission is a 2016 Pegasus Pin. Tickets for the Parade are on sale now online at kdf.org or by calling the Derby Festival Hotline at 502-584-FEST. Ticket prices are $10 for bleacher seats, $12 chair seating and $30 review

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• WHAT: Pegasus Parade • WHEN: Thursday, May 5 • WHERE: Downtown Louisville

• INFO: kdf.org stand seats.

FLOATS Belle of Louisville CenterStage/J Arts & Ideas at the JCC City of St. Matthews Grand Lodge of Kentucky Hwang’s Martial Arts Kentuckiana Pride Festival Kosair Shriners/Kosair Charities Metro Parks & Recreation Norton Healthcare Second Chance @ Life The Fillies, Inc. Inflatable Balloon Characters: AAA East Central “Otto the Auto” Horseshoe Southern Indiana “Horseshoe” LG&E “Louie the Lightning Bug” Republic Bank “Peggy Bank” RiverLink “Giant Sun” StageOne Family Theatre “Dragon” Zaxby’s “Coca-Cola Bear” ZirMed, Inc. “ScoobyDoo”

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Thunder on the Ground You can do a lot more at Thunder Over Louisville this year than simply look to the sky. Thunder on the Ground activities in Louisville will offer numerous ways to entertain friends and family members as well, according to a Kentucky Derby Festival news release. From the Thunder FoodFest to the Interactive Display Area to the Kid’s Play Areas on the Great Lawn, there’s refreshments and entertainment galore to be found all over the venue. Some attractions require a 2016 Pegasus Pin admission, but some activities are free. Most are open from 11 a.m. until the fireworks show at 9:30 p.m.

Activities include: • Thunder on the North Great Lawn: 2016 Pegasus Pin admission.

Opens at 9 a.m., featuring food, Beer Garden and Thunder Sound.

(The rest of Waterfront Park will also open at 9 a.m. on Thunder Day) • Family Fun Zone on the West Belvedere: 2016 Pegasus Pin admission. Opens at 11 a.m., featuring kids activities, face painting, food, Beer Garden and Thunder Sound.

• Thunder Chow Wagon: 2016 Pegasus Pin admission. Opens at 11 a.m., featuring food, a Beer Garden and Thunder Sound.

• Lyndsey and Olivia Henken will perform on the Miller Lite Music Stage inside the Thunder Chow Wagon. Lyndsey takes the stage at 3 p.m. and Olivia at 7 p.m.

• Abraham Lincoln Bridge Replica: Fans can have their photos taken with a replica of the new Lincoln Bridge sponsored by RiverLink (the new electronic tolling system). The bridge is set up just inside the entrance of the Thunder Chow Wagon.

• The Interactive Display Area on the South Great Lawn opens at 11 a.m. Attractions include: Ford Xperience Tour; Great Big Idaho Potato; U.S. Marines Chin-up Challenge; U.S. Air Force Flight Simulator; U.S. Army Display featuring a Blackhawk helicopter; U.S. Navy; U.S. Air Force Flight Simulator; Kentucky National Guard and more.

• Kid’s Play Areas: The interactive attractions on the South Great Lawn include Merry Go Round, Moon Bounce Obstacle Course, Rock Wall, Super Slide, Ali-Baba Magic Carpet and more.

• The Thunder FoodFest will offer a wide variety of tasty treats from more than 100 food vendors from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Chow Wagon, Great Lawn, West Belvedere, and along Witherspoon Street and East River Road.

• Beer Gardens, with Pegasus Pin admission, will be open at the Chow Wagon, Meijer Family Fun Zone on the West Belvedere, North Great Lawn and East River Road near the Big Four Pedestrian Bridge.

Patrons move through a crowded Riverside Drive, lined with food, merchants and games as the air show entertains overhead near Ashland Park in Clarksville last year. | FILE PHOTO

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Red Carpet Liquors employee gives account

BY GARY POPP

Gary.Popp@newsandtribune.com

JEFFERSONVILLE — An employee of Red Carpet Liquors in Jeffersonville was shot during an attempted robbery Saturday night.

Jeffersonville police reported Patel Kamleshkumar, 41, of Jeffersonville, was shot multiple times about 8 p.m.

Kamleshkumar was shot by the

masked gunman, said another employee, Loretta Banister, of Clarksville, who witnessed the incident.

Banister said she and Kamleshkumar were both working when the gunman entered the business on Crestview Court and 8th Street.

She said she was in the back of the business retrieving several bottles to stock when she heard the doorbell that rings when the front

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Employee injured in Jeff liquor store shooting

Right, David Mull, of Sellersburg, holds hands with his son Jack, 5, as he tries ice skating for the first time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink. The rink will be open seven days a week through Jan. 6, then remain open only on weekends through Jan. 27.

For specific times visit www.jeffmainstreet.org.

STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER

Below, Blair Kaelin enjoyed some time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink Monday afternoon.

STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM

door is opened.

As she came from the storage area to the front of the business she saw the gunman with his arms stretched over the counter pointing a firearm at Kamleshkumar.

“I ducked down so he didn’t see that I was there,” Banister said.

She said she never got a good look at the suspect during the incident, but she could see from her crouched position his arms holding a gun pointed at her co-worker.

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Jeffersonville firefighters Mark McCutcheon, Rick VanGilder and Travis Sharp recently spent two weeks in the city of Long Beach in New York aiding in Hurricane Sandy relief.

STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM

Help when it’s needed most JFD gets relief to hurricane survivors Three firefighters spent two weeks in New York

BY GARY POPP

Gary.Popp@newsandtribune.com

JEFFERSONVILLE — A group of Jeffersonville firefighters have returned from helping out with Hurricane Sandy recovery and said help there is ongoing.

Jeffersonville Fire Department Maj. Michael McCutcheon, Maj. Travis Sharp and Capt. Rick VanGilder spent nearly two weeks in Long Beach, N.Y., organizing relief ef-

than 30,000 people following the October hurricane.

The work was more paper-filing than pulling people from homes, but their services were greatly needed as the entire four-mile long island had been covered by water during the surging storm.

JFD Chief Eric Hedrick said the need for relief services — after initial crews conduct search and rescue efforts — are often underestimated.

“After immediate response to save lives, there are still efforts needed for months and months,” Hedrick said.