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Singing Southern Indiana’s song
Music doesn’t get any more organic than Elephant Micah. That’s the stage name for Pekin native Joseph O’Connell, who is a folklorist by day at Traditional Arts Indiana and barebones musician by night. His work — “Where in Our Woods” was released in January — has Jason Thomas, Editor gained serious attention, including from music publications Pitchfork, Stereogum and Paste Magazine, Elizabeth Beilman writes in today’s cover story. O’Connell has become somewhat of a National Public Radio darling and is getting regular play on Louisville’s WFPK. Growing up in rural Washington County has informed O’Connell’s lyrics as well as his earthy
approach to songwriting. The 33-year-old wrote a song about daylight saving time with buzzards as the central characters — how’s that for post-folk? O’Connell is much more than a musician, however. His work for Traditional Arts Indiana, a partnership between the Indiana Arts Commission and Indiana University, involves documenting traditional arts and culture in Floyd and Washington counties among others, Beilman writes. He’s documented such unique events as a banjo player from Pekin and the generations-old recipes featured in the annual Sausage Supper at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Jeffersonville. You won’t fine stories like O’Connell’s anywhere else but right here in SoIn. Time to break out the pump organ. — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason. thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.
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opening reception; exhibit runs through April 26 When: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 13 Where: Gadabout Gallery and Artisan Shoppe, 249 Spring St.,FOCUSED. JeffersonCOMMUNITY COMMUNITY MINDED. ville Info: GadaboutGallery. com
‘Imaginal’ exhibit opens at Gadabout Mathias Davey’s first solo exhibition, titled “Imaginal,” features a collection of abstract, whimsical paintings on freeform wood panels that are the result of an intuitive creative process. The exhibition will begin with an opening reception on Friday, March 13, at Gadabout Gallery in Jeffersonville, according to a news release from Gadabout.
WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2013? SPORTS, PAGE B1
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Employee injured in Jeff liquor store shooting Red Carpet Liquors employee gives account BY GARY POPP
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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
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. SEE SHOOTING, PAGE A6
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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.
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Help when it’s needed most JFD gets relief to hurricane survivors Three firefighters spent two weeks in New York
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.
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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 efforts for the city of more
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Below, Blair Kaelin enjoyed some time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink Monday afternoon.
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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. SEE FIREFIGHTERS, PAGE A6
40 firearms, 5 pounds of pot found in home SWAT Team deployed in New Albany incident
cers suspected the home was occupied, said Jason Jones, Floyd County Sheriff’s Department officer and assistant SWAT commander. Jones, who acted as the incident commander, said officers spent the next several hours receiving information from the boy’s aunt and attempted to make contact to the occupants in the home. He said authorities were not sure if the boy was in the home or if the accusations were valid. Jones said at one point during the investigation, the home’s land phone line was disconnect by a resident. The aunt told officers that Ross kept a large firearm arsenal in the home. The SWAT unit arrived at the home about 6:15 a.m. and Ross and the boy exited the
The Flying Marsupial, Mathias Davey. | SUBMITTED PHOTO BY GARY POPP
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The beginning of each piece A busy 2013 is unplanned and begins “as a pool of potential, with numerous pathways for shapes and color schemes,” Davey said in the release. “I get the sense that these pieces come from a similar place as dreams or myths. An imaginal realm where dormant sources of unconscious information and imagination lay waiting to be tapped.” Davey, 24, is a graduate of ■ FLOYD COUNTY
BY DANIEL SUDDEATH
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NEW ALBANY — New Albany and Floyd County will celebrate milestones, launch separate parks departments and break ground on new facilities this year. While there will be memorable events such as the celebration of the city’s 200th anniversary, there will also be challenges for local governments including funding two murder trials and attempting to mend somewhat disjoined relationships between New Albany and Floyd County.
Here are some issues, events and stories to keep an eye on in 2013.
CAMM, GIBSON MURDER TRIALS
NEW ALBANY — Floyd County Metro SWAT Team was called out early Sunday morning to assist in extracting a man from his home. James Ross, 56, of 3770 Gap Hollow Road, was suspected of assaulting his 14-year-old grandson and keeping him in the home against his will, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department said. The child used Facebook to contact his aunt, who alerted authorities about midnight. Officers first responded to the home about 1:30 a.m., officials said. No one would come to the door, even though offi-
Several items to keep Jeffersonville High School. an eye on this year Together with his family, Davey has helped create several pieces of public art in the downtown Jeffersonville area including a utility box mini mural on the northeast corner of Court Avenue and Spring Street, a Creative Crosswalk design at Spring and Chestnut streets, and a Sculptural Bike Rack near Olive Leaf Bistro on Riverside Drive.
Accused serial killer William Clyde Gibson is WILLIAM CLYDE set to stand trial GIBSON for three murders Accused of three beginning in July. murders Gibson, of New Albany, has been charged with the murders of 75year-old Christine Whitis, 35-year-
old Stephanie Kirk and 45-year-old Karen Hodella. Unless another continuance is granted, Gibson will first stand trial for the murder of Whitis this summer. Whitis was found strangled in Gibson’s home in the 800 block of Woodbourne Drive in New Albany last year. Hodella’s body was found in Clark County in 2003, and according to authorities, Gibson implicated himself in her murder while being questioned in the death of Whitis. SEE 2013, PAGE A6
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Writing on the wall What: Southern Indiana Writer’s Symposium: “Writing for Stage and Screen”
When: Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 Where: New Albany, various locations Writer’s workshop is March 13-15 Info: Cost is $75/advance; $90/ door; for tickets: stpaulna.org Nationally recognized authors will be presenting workshops on master story-telling and the art of crafting believable characters and dialogue. Richard Krevolin holds a master’s degree in screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Cinema-Television, and a master’s degree in playwriting and Fiction from USC. Edith Weiss is a playwright, director, actor and stand-up comic living in Denver.
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What: AquaVenture, a water-based exhibit When: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 (opening reception) Where: Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 820 East Market St., New Albany Info: artscouncilsi.org; 812-949-4238. The Kentucky Watercolor Society is sponsoring AquaVenture 2015, a juried exhibition of regional art featuring water-based media. The exhibit will run through April 18. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday noon to 4 p.m.
IUS chamber music
What: Ceruti Chamber Players When: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15 Where: Richard K. Stem Concert Hall of the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany Cost: Free Info: oglecenter.com The Music Department at Indiana University Southeast will present the Ceruti Chamber Players. This is the Ceruti Chamber Players’ 29th season. The Louisville-based ensemble was one of two United States ensembles selected to participate in the First Osaka (Japan) International Chamber Music Festa.
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Pekin musician brings sense of place to new album
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By ELIZABETH BEILMAN elizabeth.beilman@newsandtribune.com he year that Indiana became the 48th state to adopt daylight saving time, Joseph O’Connell watched a flock of migrating vultures from his parents’ farm in Washington County. It later became the inspiration for O’Connell’s song “Slow Time Vultures” that explores the changing time differences between Louisville and Southern Indiana: “Vultures on our old barn roof/Say they want their time zone back/We can’t compete with the cities for meat,” the song begins. “This song is not a direct description of that experience,” O’Connell said of his personal observation of the flock. “It’s more taking that experience and using that as a jumping off point for this fantasy for what kind of message [these birds] would have.” That’s how O’Connell — musically known as Elephant Micah — writes most of his songs on his 12th and newest album, “Where in Our Woods” released this January. “ ... Some of the songs are portraits of people,” O’Connell said. “Some of the songs are sets of vignettes from personal experience or from stories that I’ve heard secondhand.” The 33-year-old Pekin native, who works as a folklorist
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O’Connell said the name “Elephant Micah” comes from his younger brother’s friend who adopted it as his alter ego as a kid. “It was just kind of an unexplained, eccentric decision. And it kind of became an inside joke in the family. It was kind of a tribute to him and the way that he re-invented himself.”
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• To listen to Elephant Micah, visit elephantmicah.com. Find him on Twitter: @elephantmicah. • More information on Traditional Arts Indiana can be found at traditionalartsindiana.org. for Traditional Arts Indiana by day, has been slowly garnering attention over the last 14 years as Elephant Micah. O’Connell was featured on National Public Radio a few years ago and most recently received nods from music publications including Pitchfork, Stereogum and Paste Magazine — all for his post-folk songs that are rooted in a sense of place in Southern Indiana. “I do feel like a lot of my songs have to do with the relationship between people and their environments and
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way that we imagine places and experience places,” Connell said of “Where in Our Woods.” One song, called “Albino Animals,” is a three-part lling inspired by stories he read in his hometown wspaper in Pekin.
“That’s maybe a typical example of how some of the songs might start out,” he said. “And oftentimes, they’re rooted in everyday situations and kind of extrapolated or reimagined somehow in the songs.” The most direct Southern Indiana influence on his music, he said, is from the people he’s played music with — from his Providence High School friend David whom he recorded tapes with, to his father who’s in a band called the Luddites that were regular performers at the Blue River Café in Milltown. “I would say that the social context is definitely something that continues to have an effect on the way that I approach music,” O’Connell said. Elephant Micah spans several genres, landing somewhere in between folk and singer-songwriter music but not quite either. O’Connell said its sound is born largely from the recording process. “ ... it’s not just about the songs and solo performances but it’s also about trying to create interesting textures and arrangements,” O’Connell said. “Where In Our Woods” features a portable folding pump organ that doubles as a drum. “It’s also hopefully a little bit more experimental at the same time,” he said. Elephant Micah can be heard on the airwaves locally, frequently featured on 91.9 WFPK Radio Louisville. SEE O’CONNELL, PAGE 8
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wonderful food, simply but lovingly prepared. After marrying her husband Larry, a southern Indiana attorney, she taught English for several years before having three children and going back to school to work on a PhD in Renaissance Literature. At the University of Louisville she was both fiction and general editor of the Louisville Review. In 1977 the family moved to a hill farm just north of Louisville. Judy is now cheesemaker/owner of Capriole Farms in Southern Indiana and has been making cheese for 30 years.
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Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville When: Friday and Saturday Friday, March 13: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, March 14: Kelsey and Rachel; Friday, March 20: Katie and Kaela; Saturday, March 21: Drew Alexander; Friday, March 27: The Strays; Saturday, March 28: Eric and Kenny [bigfourburgers.com]
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LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky Derby Festival’s 59th Annual They’re Off! Luncheon is sure to be a slam dunk with ESPN’S Jay Bilas as the featured speaker, according to a release from the festival. Bilas, an acclaimed broadcaster, attorney, author and athlete, will address approximately 1,500 Derby Festival supporters and patrons in attendance at the Festival’s annual kick-off luncheon. “This is our Game Day and we couldn’t think of a better person
to help kick it off than working more than 40 one of basketball’s strongames per season and gest voices,” said Mike co-hosting the popular Berry, KDF President ESPN show, College and CEO. “Even though GameDay. he is a Blue Devil, we He also regulook forward to hearing larly contributes to his thoughts on the tourSportsCenter, ESPN. nament run this year.” com and ESPNEWS, jay Since 1995, Jay Bilas where he provides bilas has been a college commentary on coverbasketball analyst for ESPN/ age of the NBA Draft and NCAA ABC and today serves as a game Final Four. and studio analyst and expert Bilas was twice named Best courtside color commentator, Game Analyst by Sports Illus-
trated and has received several Emmy nominations for Best Studio Analyst. He was awarded “Best Column of the Year” by the US Basketball Writers Association and the “Distinguished Young Alumni Award” from Duke Law School, where he earned his degree in 1992. Jay currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina where he has been a litigation attorney at the firm Moore & Van Allen, PLLC since 1992.
O'CONNELL: Musician came back to Indiana to work with Traditional Arts
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 Kyle Meredith, music director at WFPK and host of “The Weekly Feed,” said listeners are enjoying “Where in Our Woods.” “ ... We love it. The whole record paints such a stark image of lonely winters and hopeful springs,” Meredith said. O’Connell’s interest in Indiana extends beyond his music. His work for Traditional Arts Indiana, a partnership between the Indiana Arts Commission and Indiana University headed by director Jon Kay, involves documenting traditional arts and culture in Floyd and
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Washington counties among others. “In each of these areas, I met artists and interviewed them, took photographs of their work,” he said. “And that was across a spectrum of a lot of different kinds of cultural practices.” O’Connell, a graduate of Eastern High School in Washington County, returned to his roots after receiving his degree from the University of Oregon. “I actually moved back to Indiana partly out of an interest in working with Traditional Arts Indiana and doing projects in the part of the state that I was most familiar with,” he said. O’Connell has researched the music
of a banjo player from Pekin and the generations-old recipes featured in the annual Sausage Supper at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Jeffersonville. Findings are presented in exhibits and public programs that invites the artists to speak about their work to audiences. “So it’s a great way to recognize and support a lot of artistic and cultural practices that don’t always receive the attention they deserve,” he said. As to whether he’s a part of the collection yet? “Maybe when I’m around for a few more decades, people will see me as more traditional.”