Sept/Oct 2013 OUR BROWN COUNTY magazine

Sept –Oct. 2013

The Magazine of Fun and Fact FREE

Entertainer

Cari Ray

Salt Creek Trail Comes to Life this Fall An Introduction to the

State Park

Bean Blossom

Farmers’ Market

And: 4th Sister & Olde Magnolia House Inn The New Railroad Museum Alien Invaders Trends Fall Events

MAPS • CALENDAR • ARTICLES • PHOTOGRAPHS

WEED PATCH MUSIC COMPANY

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MORGANTOWN TRAFALGAR Sheep Street Fibers Appleworks Sweetwater Antiques Co-op House of Clocks Home in the Country Lake Jeepers Miniatures Antiques Show Grandpa Jeff’s Trail Rides

Indianapolis

Bob Allen Rd.

Homestead Weaving Studio Salem’s Good Nature Farm Elizabeth O’Rear Studio

HONEYSUCKLE LANE

JEFFERSON STREET

OLD HICKORY LANE

Hoosier Artist

The Candy Dish Smashing Designs The Harvest Preserve A Dreamer’s Gallery

Brown Co Art Guild

Hobnob Corner

ST SR 135 N

Village Green

Head Over Heels

Nashville Candy Store Sports Etc.

Heritage Mall

Spears Pottery

Pathway Books

House of Jerky

Gallery North Nashville

Main Street Shops

Foxfire

Redbud Terrace

McGinley Insurance

Health for U Career Resource Center

First Merchants Office Bank

County Offices

Brown Co Public Library

Gold &Old

Townhouse Touch of Silver Gifts

Broomcorn Johnny’s Glass Planet Gifts Old McDurbin Gold & Gifts Brown Co Craft Gallery

Weed Patch Music Co.

Log Jail

Pioneer Village Museum

MAIN STREET Brown Co Nashville Winery House Reliable That Vintage Sandwich Place

Courthouse

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Copperhead Creek Gem Mine

Downtown Cottages & Suites Ice Cream Cottage

Iris Garden Complex

LOCUST LANE

Ferrer Miller’s Gallery Ice Cream

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VISITORS CENTER

Pit Bull Leather Bedazzled Jewelry J Bob’s

Brown County History Center

GOULD STREET Trolly’s Brown Co. Rock & Fossil Shop

Norma Reigle Palm & Tarot

MOUND STREET

Hidden Valley Inn

ROBERT “BUCK” STOGSDILL WAY

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Hesitation Point Honeysuckle Bike and Hideaway Backcountry

Granny’s Christmas Shop Mercantile Store The Wild Olive

MOLLY’S LANE Big Woods Village

The Silver Fern Beads and Gifts

Men’s Toy Shop Main Street Images

Colonial Bldg.

Carmel Corn Cottage

TO BEAN BLOSSOM & MORGANTOWN

Harvest Moon Pizzeria

Bright & Williamson Insurance

Hills O’Brown Realty

Muddy Boots Cafe

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Michael’s Massage

Brown Co. Massage

Melchior Marionettes

Brown Co Playhouse Jack & Jill Nut Shop

58 South Apparel

JEFFERSON STREET

New Leaf Amy Greely

Nashville BP

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Hoosier Buddy

Thrift Shop-Community Closet

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Olde Magnolia House Inn 4th Sister Vintage Store

Artists Colony

Cathy’s Corner

Nashville Express

Male Instinct

Rhonda Kay’s

Out of the Ordinary

Papertrix

Ole House

Primitive Spirit

Coachlight Sq

Brown County IGA Brown Co Inn Harvest Dining Room Bear Hardware • Comfort Inn Corn Crib Lounge Willow Manor Apartments Brown Co Community YMCA

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Doodles by Kara Barnard

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Casa Del Sol

Cornerstone Inn

WASHINGTON STREET Appetit Camelot Shoppes Bone Bakery

Nashville Fudge Kitchen

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Artists Colony Inn B3 Brown Co.Clocks Gallery & Collectibles Carol’s Crafts Toy Chest Sweetwater Grasshopper Gallery Schwab’s Crystal Flats Wishful Fudge Source Jaipur Designs Thinking

Life is Good JB Goods Calvin Place

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Through the Looking Glass Wooden Wonders Nashville Image Old Time Photos For Bare Feet, Cabin Scents Brown Co. Furniture, All About Dogs Brown Co Weavery & Roots Paint Box Gallery, The Clay Purl The Menagerie, Four Bare Paws K. Bellum Leather Peaceful Valley Arts & Crafts Gallery Brown Co. Pottery Ferguson House

Antique Alley

OLD SCHOOL WAY

ANTIQUES

Antiques Co-op.............................52 Art, Antiques, & Garden Show...61 Brown Co Antique Mall................26 Cathy’s Corner...............................19 Elegant Options............................33 Home in the Country Show........55 Nashville General Store...............39 Plum Creek Antiques...................68 Townhouse Gifts...........................33

ART, ART SUPPLIES, ART INSTRUCTION

Antique Alley Shops.....................48 Antiques Co-op.............................52 B3 Gallery.......................................24 Back Roads Studio Tour...............45 Bear Hardware..............................53 Brown Co Antique Mall................26 Brown Co Art Gallery...................29 Brown Co Art Guild.......................29 Brown Co Craft Gallery................63 Brown Co Winter Art&Craft Fair 45 Cathy’s Corner...............................19 Elegant Options............................33 Ferrer Gallery............................ 3, 24 Gallery North.................................24 Hoosier Artist................................61 Peaceful Valley Arts & Crafts.......27 Rosey Bolte-Uncommon Gourd.25 Rhoden Art Gallery at eXplore Brown County................22

BOOKS

IU Press...........................................60 Pathway Books..............................57

CLOTHING

58 South Apparel..........................28 Antique Alley Shops.....................48 Bear Hardware..............................65 Thrift Shop-Community Closet..38 Glass Planet Gifts..........................65 Head Over Heels...........................54 Hesitation Point Bike and Backcountry...................................18 House of Thunder.........................37 Jaipur Designs...............................31 J.B. Goods/ Life is Good...............15 Male Instinct..................................63 Men’s Toy Shop..............................55 Mercantile Store...........................59 Pit Bull Leather Co........................53 Sports Etc.......................................54

Our Brown County

CRAFTS, POTTERY, GIFTS

4th Sister Vintage Store...............19 Antique Alley Shops.....................48 Antiques Co-op.............................52 Appleworks....................................48 B3 Gallery.......................................24 Back Roads Studio Tour...............45 Bone Appetit Bakery....................46 Broomcorn Johnny’s....................24 Brown Co Clocks & Collectibles..49 Brown Co Craft Gallery................63 Brown Co Pottery..........................30 Brown Co Rock & Fossil Shop.....54 Brown Co Visitors Center.............18 Brown Co Winter Art&Craft Fair 45 Carol’s Crafts..................................49 Cathy’s Corner...............................19 Country Mouse Weaving.............25 The Crystal Source........................56 A Dreamer’s Gallery.......................3 Elegant Options............................33 The Ferguson House....................13 Ferrer Gallery............................. 3,24 Foxfire.............................................13 Gallery North.................................24 Glass Planet Gifts..........................65 Granny’s Christmas Shop............59 Head Over Heels...........................54 Homestead Weaving Studio.......25 Hoosier Artist................................61 House of Clocks.............................52 House of Thunder.........................37 Jaipur Designs...............................31 J Bob’s Trading Co.........................14 Jeepers Miniatures.......................52 K. Bellum Leather.........................24 Main Street Images......................14 Male Instinct..................................63 Men’s Toy Shop..............................55 Mercantile Store...........................59 Nashville General Store...............39 New Leaf.........................................29 Oak Grove Pottery........................25 Ole House.......................................37 Papertrix.........................................37 Peaceful Valley Arts & Crafts.......27 Pit Bull Leather Co........................53 Primitive Spirit..............................30 Rhonda Kay’s.................................28 Rosey Bolte-Uncommon Gourd.25 Sheep Street Fibers......................52 Silver Fern Beads & Gifts.............30

Spears Gallery and Spears Pottery...............................25 Sports Etc.......................................54 Sweetwater Gallery......................15 Townhouse Gifts...........................33 The Toy Chest................................49 Wishful Thinking...........................30

ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC

Brown County Playhouse...... 67,70 Copperhead Creek Gem Mine....54 Hotel Nashville Gazebo Parties..45 kidscommons................................33 Melchior Marionettes..................30 Monroe Music Park: Uncle Pen Days..............................4 Muddy Boots Cafe........................39 Nashville Express..........................47 Pine Room Tavern.........................38 Porthole Inn...................................55 Rawhide Ranch.............................53

FOOD & BEVERAGE

Abe Martin Lodge.........................58 Appleworks....................................48 Artists Colony Inn.........................49 Bloomingfoods.............................48 Brown Co IGA................................67 Brown Co Inn.......................... 51, 60 Brown Co Winery..........................22 Brownie’s Bean Blossom Rest.....39 The Candy Dish...............................3 Carmel Corn Cottage...................33 Casa Del Sol...................................33 Chateau Thomas Winery.............26 Darlene’s at Hotel Nashville........71 Doot Family of Dressings............55 Farmhouse Cafe............................14 Harvest Moon Pizzeria.................59 The Harvest Preserve.....................3 Hobnob Corner Restaurant........47 Hoosier Buddy Liquors................53 Hotel Nashville..............................67 House of Jerky...............................46 Ice Cream Cottage........................57 J Bob’s Trading Co.........................14 Jack n Jill Nut Shop.......................62 McDonald’s....................................62 Miller’s Ice Cream............................3 Muddy Boots Cafe........................39 Nashville BP...................................37 Nashville Candy Store..................54 Nashville Fudge Kitchen..............72 Nashville General Store...............39

Advertiser Index Nashville House............................60 Ole House.......................................37 Pine Room Tavern.........................38 Pizza King.......................................56 Porthole Inn...................................55 Schwab’s Fudge.............................38 Seasons...........................................60 St. David’s Farmer’s Market.........29 Sweetea’s Tea Shop......................38 That Sandwich Place....................63 Trolly’s.............................................59 The Wild Olive...............................23

FURNITURE

The Ferguson House....................13 Plum Creek Antiques...................68

HARDWARE

Bear Hardware..............................53

HATS

Head Over Heels...........................54 K. Bellum Leather.........................24

JEWELRY

Antique Alley Shops.....................48 B3 Gallery.......................................24 Brown Co Antique Mall................26 Brown Co Winter Art&Craft Fair 45 Cathy’s Corner...............................19 The Crystal Source........................56 Ferguson House............................13 Ferrer Gallery............................ 3, 24 Foxfire.............................................13 Glass Planet Gifts..........................65 Grasshopper Flats.........................15 Hoosier Artist................................61 J Bob’s Trading Co.........................14 Main Street Images......................14 New Leaf.........................................29 Old McDurbin Gold & Gifts.........63 Ole House.......................................37 Rhonda Kay’s.................................28 Silver Fern Beads & Gifts.............30 Touch of Silver Gold & Old..........24 Woman’s Way Gallery-Carrie Foley, Janet Cullen...................................25

LODGING/APARTMENTS/ CAMPING

Abe Martin Lodge.........................58 Artists Colony Inn.........................49 The Brick Lodge............................71 Brown Co Inn.......................... 51, 60 Comfort Inn...................................12 Cornerstone Inn............................32 Downtown Cottages & Suites....54

eXplore Brown County................22 Forest Hills Apartments...............19 Green Valley Lodge......................28 Hampton Inn.................................12 Hidden Valley Inn.........................48 Hills o’ Brown Vacation Rentals..61 Hilton Garden Inn.........................12 Holiday Inn Express......................12 Honeysuckle Hideaway...............27 Hotel Nashville..............................71 Lodge on the Mountain...............63 McGinley Vacation Cabins..........68 Mike Nickel’s Vacation Cabins....14 The North House...........................71 Olde Magnolia House..................19 Rawhide Ranch.............................53 Salt Creek Inn................................39 Seasons...........................................60 Willow Manor Apartments..........28

Brown Co Community YMCA Brown Co Tire & Auto Career Resource Center Farmers Insurance—McGinley First Merchants Bank Flower and Herb Barn Gaia’s Touch Gnaw Bone Antiques/Uniques Helmsburg Laundry Helmsburg Sawmill Hills o’ Brown Realty Knight’s Trash Removal Kritzer’s Feed Store McGinley Vacation Cabins Mike Nickels Log Homes Norma Reigle-Palm and Tarot Plum Creek Antiques

Bill Monroe Museum......................4 Pioneer Village Museum.............39

SPECIALTY SHOPS

MUSEUMS

PET SERVICES/PRODUCTS

Bone Appetit Bakery....................46

PHOTOS

B3 Gallery.......................................24 Glass Planet Gifts..........................65 Main Street Images......................14 Spears Gallery and Spears Pottery...............................25

RECREATION

eXplore Brown County................22 Grandpa Jeff’s Trail Rides............19 Rawhide Ranch.............................53

SERVICES (see also SERVICES DIRECTORY)

Dr. Lisa Baker, DDS.......................51 Brown Co Health & Living...........61 Brown Co Massage.......................47 Brown Co Visitors Center.............18 Career Resource Center...............59 Ethereal Day Spa and Salon........50 Hesitation Point Bike and Backcountry...................................18 Michael’s Massage Therapy........15 Nashville BP...................................37

SERVICES DIRECTORY 68-69

Al’s Paint & Body-Garage Robert Adair-Woodworking Baldwin Tree Service Bean Blossom Antiques Bright & Williamson Insurance

SHOES

Head Over Heels...........................54 K. Bellum Leather.........................24 Bone Appetit Bakery....................46 Brown Co Clocks & Collectibles..49 Carol’s Crafts..................................49 Fireplace Center............................33 Granny’s Christmas Shop............59 Hesitation Point Bike and Backcountry...................................18 House of Clocks.............................52 House of Thunder.........................37 K. Bellum Leather.........................24 Male Instinct..................................63 Men’s Toy Shop..............................55 Pit Bull Leather Co........................53 Primitive Spirit..............................30 Sheep Street Fibers......................52 Sports Etc.......................................54 The Toy Chest................................49 Weed Patch Music Company........2 Whispering Pines Alpacas...........30 Wishful Thinking...........................30

STAINED GLASS

Ferrer Gallery...................................3 Hoosier Artist................................61 Sweetwater Gallery......................15

WEDDINGS

Artists Colony Inn.........................49 eXplore Brown County................22 Hotel Nashville..............................71

OTHER

Lamb Lake Homes........................18 Flower & Herb Barn......................68 Whispering Pines Alpacas...........30

Cover photo by Braedon Jones

Braedon is a student at Brown County Junior High School. He took this photo last fall during a BETA Teen Center after school activity.

16 Entertainer Cari Ray

~by Lee Edgren 20 Celebrating Salt Creek Trail

~by Karen E. Farley 26 Bean Blossom Farmers’ Market

34 34 36 44

~by Lee Edgren

Abe Martin Picnic and NASHCAR Race Back Roads Studio Tour The Sampler at Brown County Inn Alien Invaders

~by Jim Eagleman

46 An Introduction to the Park ~by Julia Pearson

56 Something New in Something Old ~by Karen E. Farley

62 Trends in Our Population

~by Henry Swain

~by Jeff Tryon

64 Brown County Railroad Museum 65 Sycamore Land Trust Deal for Brown Co. 10-11 11 13 35 40-42 43

Contributors 11 Subscribe Where Is It? Contest Note from the Editor Photos by Eugene Spiegel Calendar of Entertainment/Events Coloring Contest

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Cindy Steele, publisher P.O. Box 157 Helmsburg, IN 47435

812-988-8807 www.ourbrowncounty.com ourbrown@bluemarble.net copyright 2013 Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!

contributors

Cindy Steele is the publisher and editor of this magazine. She works out of her home in Helmsburg, producing most of the ads and layout herself. She started a second publication in 2004 called INto Art that focuses on fine arts and crafts in this region. She consults with her son Evan Markley on photo choices and ad designs. Her friend Otis hosts a jam session every Thursday where she pretends to play the banjo or guitar and sings.

Joe Lee is an illustrator and writer. He is the author of The History of Clowns for Beginners and Dante for Beginners and illustrator of six other titles, including the forthcoming Dada and Surealism for Beginners in the ongoing “for Beginners” series. He is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer. Joe lives with his wife Bess, son Brandon, George the cat, and his dogs, Jack and Max. Julia Pearson is the Museum Director for the Brown County Historical Society. She and her husband, Bruce, reside in Bloomington. Julia is human interest editor and writer for a Secular Franciscan magazine, and is currently writing a column entitled “Leaves of Brown” for the Brown County Democrat.

She loves traveling and visiting museums of all types and sizes worldwide, especially with her children and grandchildren.

Jeff Tryon is a fifth-generation BrownCountian who has worked as a newspaper reporter, a carpenter, a cook, a factory droid, and a poet performing with a rock band. He lives with his wife, Sue, in a log cabin on a piece of property on the edge Brown County State Park. He attended his first Bean Blossom Bluegrass festival by going over the back fence from the cemetery. It is for people like him that “Hippy Hill” was named.

Kyle Spears studied photography at Indiana University in Bloomington and participated in an overseas study program in France. He travels to juried shows across the Midwest and his work has been exhibited at galleries in Bloomington, Indianapolis, and Florence, AL. His works can be purchased at Spears Pottery in downtown Nashville and at Spears Gallery near Story. Visit his website at <www.kylespears.com> .

Henry “Hank” Swain moved to Brown County with his bride Mardi in 1947. He supported a family of five daughters by building homes. Hank’s books Leaves for the Raking, and Why Now? are bi-products of writing for Our Brown County. He has served the Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville United Methodist Green Room class, the Bloomington Society of Friends, League of Women Voters, and WRAPS (Writers, Readers and Poets Society). You will sometimes find him relaxing in his kayak on Salt Creek.

Karen E. Farley and her husband Ken recently moved to Nashville from Columbus. She is mother of three, stepmom of four, grandmother of twelve and great grandmother of one. Karen’s passion for writing began in her twenties writing poems to her daughters. Married for 25 years, she contributes to several local, national, and international magazines.

Jim Eagleman is a 38 year veteran of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as an interpretive naturalist, first working at Turkey Run State Park for three years and for the last 34 at Brown County. He and his wife Kay have three sons, all graduates of Brown County High School. Kay and Jim enjoy all outdoor activities, especially kayaking. Jim is currently working on his memoirs.

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Lee Edgren, writing since kindergarten, attended journalism school at the University of Michigan. Her career includes writing for a newspaper, for a government agency, and for UM Medical Center. She became seriously interested in yoga during the late 1980s and traveled widely. Lee has a master’s degree in Wellness Management from Ball State University. She lives in both in Brown County and in northern Michigan and owns River Light Yoga studio.

featured photographs

Eugene Spiegel travels the roads of Brown County ever alert for a new vision. He still uses film as well as digital to capture images for his gallery, Reliable Vintage. Many photographs of the forests and local destinations are offered in his business located on 49 East Main Street in Nashville, sharing the building with the Brown County Winery on Old School House Way. Stop by with your camera and he will be happy to take a group photo of you and yours.

Win $20 (812)988-8807 Be the first person to call and get the prize money.

Leave a message with the specific location of the Mystery Photo, your name, and phone number.

LAST ISSUE’S CONTEST WINNERS:

• The Where Is It? The photo was of the sun on the new Casa Del Sol building in Nashville. Deyonna Baker guessed first.

• Alyse Franklin from Carmel, IN won the Coloring Contest.

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

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rom Wednesday, September 18 through Saturday, September 21, 2013 bluegrass fans from all over the country will gather to enjoy the 39th Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Uncle Pen Days Festival at the Bill Monroe Music Park in Bean Blossom. The September festival features bluegrass legends Dr. Ralph Stanley, Bobby Osborne, Doyle Lawson, Jesse McReynolds, Paul Williams, Melvin Goins, and Larry Sparks along with the popular sounds of American Drive and Karl Shifflett— totaling more than 30 bands.

The fall festival celebrates Bill Monroe’s uncle and musical mentor Pendleton Vandiver. Monroe wrote and recorded the song “Uncle Pen” in his honor: Late in the evening, about sundown High on the hill, an’ above the town Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing Uncle Pen made a difference in Bill’s life, and then Bill passed his influence to followers of an entire genre of music.

I attended my first Monroe festival back in the 1970s and shortly after bought my first banjo. My fondness for bluegrass has deepened over the years.

To reserve your space at the festival contact the music park and campground at (800) 414-4677 or visit <www.beanblossom.us>.

—Cindy Steele

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est. 1972

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Entertainer

Cari Ray ~by Lee Edgren

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er father’s family was musical.

Whenever the family gathered, the instruments came out.

She started singing when she was three and always knew that music was what she was here to do. She’s a Roots/Americana performer, with strong strands of bluegrass, gospel, and country winding through her songs. She’s been flown to Wyoming to perform for Reba McIntyre, and written songs with Travis Howard. The first line in her on-line bio proclaims: “If her songs sound authentic, it’s because they are.”

But singer-songwriter Cari Ray will trade her iconic cowboy boots for white go-go boots, slippers, and character shoes this September, as she steps into the role of Ruby Lee in Platinum Girls at the Brown County Playhouse.

Platinum Girls is a revival of the original show written by Russell Moss and successfully presented in seasons past at Nashville’s Palace Theatre.

It’s about three women who once had a hit record. They long to trade being headliners at Brad’s Bowl & Roll for a return to their glory days. Will they be able to plan that comeback performance, or will their divergent personalities keep them in the alley?

Ray co-stars with Brown County native Toni Ham Tolliver and Julie Powers.

“I’m really having a ball playing the role of Ruby Lee. I did a lot of theater

in college, and haven’t done it since. It seems to be coming back, kind of like riding a bike. Ruby Lee has a very different personality than mine—She’s soft and simple, so it’s really fun. Part of the joy in doing theater is becoming somebody else. Fans will get to see me in a way they’ve never seen me before.”

At the end of September, fans again will be able to see Ray and hear her performing her own songs as well as covers that interest her.

She will return to the stage at Out of the Ordinary Restaurant and Hickory Sports Bar, accompanied

by Chuck Wills on lead guitar, Dionne Ward doing harmony vocals and percussion, and maybe a bass player, depending on the night. She’ll be performing every other Saturday, starting Saturday, October 5.

She’s also working on songs for her third CD. Songs usually present themselves to her in the early morning, between waking

”For me, performing is a collaborative experience, whatever room I’m in….” and sleeping—a few words, a bit of a melody at a time. But one new song was consciously written for a tribute album featuring various artists with ties to the Wabash, in honor of Paul Dresser the composer of “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away,” Indiana’s official state song. Ray is excited by the more collaborative way of working evidenced in the song, “Wade On In,” with Wills and Ward taking a more active part in working out guitar lines and harmony than is usual for Ray. “The inspiration is really the easy part, the challenge is the discipline to spend the time to work the craft and take the time not to settle for just a good song.

When I had the opportunity to work with Travis Howard, a mover and shaker in the country world, I paid attention to what he said to me, because he has written

number one songs. His caution to me was this: ‘You have this killer voice and people would buy a CD of you singing the phone book. As a songwriter, you will need not to settle for good enough.’ I’ve tried to take that to heart.”

Authenticity, simplicity, and universality are things she insists on in her music. “My songs are about revealing my own human experience. Songs have to be simple and relatable. It’s important that it is an authentic sharing of a personal experience, but I also need to file off the personal pointy edges so that anyone listening can put themselves in the songs.

“Revealing and telling don’t come easy to me. The music has been a place where I can do that.

I would rather perform before 500 people than five in somebody’s living room, although that’s changing a little.

“For me, performing is a collaborative experience, whatever room I’m in, whatever the audience is like, we’re all having a shared experience. For me, music isn’t what you hear, it’s what you feel when you hear it. There are all kinds of levels going on. Everybody in the room is a participant, I get to bring the gift that I have. I look at it like love. You don’t have to love me back for me to love you.” 

• Cari will be appearing in Platinum Girls at the Brown County Playhouse September 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 7:30 p.m. with tickets available at <www.browncountyplayhouse.org>.

• She is at Chateau Thomas Winery September 6.

• Her CDs “Always On” and “Modern Relic” are available at <www.cariray.com>.

• She will perform at the Out of the Ordinary Restaurant October 5 and 19 with Chuck Wills and Dionne Ward.

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Celebrating

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his fall Nashville will celebrate the opening of the first paved trail in Brown County. On October 31, Phase I of the new Salt Creek Trail will be open to the public.

“People are really excited about getting this first phase finished,” says Tom Tuley, vice-chairman of the Salt Creek Trail Steering Committee. “It will be a 12-feet wide, asphalt, and handicapaccessible trail.”

The idea of a paved trail in Brown County came from several members in the community, with the late John Rudd attending a presentation in Bloomington on building trails in communities. He

came back determined to build one in Nashville. Rudd was a community leader and supporter of many organizations. At the time, he was chairman of Parks and Recreation and asked Tuley to help raise the funds for the trail project.

Tuley, who retired to Brown County after 38 years in the newspaper business, had previous experience in fundraising. He was also an avid runner. Tuley served as chairman for the YMCA Capital Campaign and agreed to serve on the Salt Creek Trail Steering Committee. He serves with Bob Kirlin, chairman of the committee.

“The multi-modal (walking, running, biking, etc.) trail will be

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developed in four phases,” he explains. “The first, from CVS in the village to the Brown County YMCA, is funded with a $1 million grant we received from the Indiana Department of Transportation.”

The Salt Creek trail’s first phase will begin in front of CVS and will run under Highway 46 near the traffic light along the north bank of Salt Creek, behind the Brown County Inn and the Brown County Law Enforcement building, to the YMCA. It will stop at the at the YMCA parking lot.

“The trailhead at the YMCA will have a plaque that reads Howard F. Hughes Memorial Trailhead,” Tuley adds. “An avid hiker, both long and

Phase I Comes to Life after a Decade Phase III will be funded with a $900,000 grant from Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Although it is considered Phase III, they may begin construction before Phase II. When asked how the trail will benefit the community, Tuley has done his research and can think of several.

“There are a lot of benefits to both residents and tourists,” he says. “The trail will allow tourists to get from the state park and the three hotels, Salt Creek Inn, Brown County Inn and the Comfort Inn to town without having to cross 46. It will also cut down traffic during tourist season.”

Besides the health benefits of a trail, there have been studies done on the economic impact of trails in communities.

“I have done research on the economic benefits and I have found that trails drive up property values and economic development short distance, Howard supported the Salt Creek Trail project from along the trail,” he says. “There are 22 its inception. He would have been proud to see the completion of businesses on the Monon Trail in Indianapolis that are there only because of the trail.” this accessible trail in his beloved Brown County.”

When the trail opens in October, the Phase II runs from the YMCA, along Salt Creek into the school committee hopes that the community will corporation’s athletic fields and ending at the northwest corner see the impact and will consider being a part of Eagle Park. The timetable for this phase is unknown and will of the project. The committee will start the depend on availability of funds.

Phase III will extend to the Brown County State Park, with a new fundraising for the next phase as soon as the trail opens. bridge near the current state park swimming pool parking lot.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Phase I Construction timetable is also unknown and will depend on the will be held on Friday, November 8, 2013 bridge permit. which also coincides with the Community The final phase of the trail project will be a short section Resource/Celebration Fair at the YMCA. There running from Brown County High School under Highway 46 and will be entertainment and informational the along Greasy Creek where it will connect with the main trail. booths from social services to alternative “This will allow athletes and other students to get from the high health providers. The event is free and open school to the athletic fields at Eagle Park on foot or bike without to public from 4 to 7 p.m. having to cross Highway 46,” Tuley explains.

For more information on the trail contact When the committee began its fundraising process, they Tom Tuley at <twtuley@att.net>. To make submitted grant applications to the Indiana Department of a donation, contact the Brown County Transportation (INDOT). They raised over $250,000 from private Community Foundation at donors, a requirement for INDOT funding for Phase I. <www.bccfin.org.>, or call (812) 988-4882.

“When we sent in our final grant application to INDOT, we A separate fund is set up for the trail.  included over 200 letters of support from community members,” Tuley says. “They told us that was the most support letters that they have ever received.”

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Browse and taste our broad selection of single varietal and flavorinfused oils and vinegars on your own or ask one of our friendly consultants to assist you with pairings, recipes and the like. We are passionate about our offerings and love to talk shop!

We bottle and seal your selections right in our store, so what you taste is what you take home. If you don’t want to wait until you are home to savor your selections (we wouldn’t), grab a gourmet pantry item or two for an impromptu romantic or family picnic!

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Paintings • Pottery • Jewelry Fiber • Glass • Mixed Media Wood • and more

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Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design Silver, Gold, Copper, Fine Gemstones, Fossils

At the Brown County Cra Gallery (Main Street next to the Courthouse) Visit us on the Back Roads Tour in October

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Bean Blossom Farmers’ Market ~by Lee Edgren

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he St. David’s Bean Blossom Farmers’ Market is ripening rapidly in its very first season. Brown County residents have been asking for it for years.

And now the folks at St. David’s Episcopal Church have created a market on the church property at the corner of SRs 135 and 45 that has become an immediate hit with shoppers and producers alike.

Stop in on a Friday afternoon between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. from now until the end of October.

The market is open “rain, shine, or snow.” You’ll find wonderful Indiana-grown or made foods (most from Brown County) as well as crafts, conversation, and friendly marketers. You’ll have the satisfaction of supporting local growers, and have the opportunity to buy both organic and conventionally grown foods fresh from the field or tree. And since St. David’s is known for music, you’ll hear live music by local artists as well.

Market Manager Rich Hill and Eli Rodriguez, Market Master, are excited about the market’s immediate success, the friendliness of the sellers and buyers, and its prospects for the future. “We love what we’re doing,” Rich states. They, along with Carol Bell, Jan Holloway, and Donna Niednagel, formed the market team that

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brought the market into being. “Tourists who stop in on their way to Nashville or to the Brown County State Park, will get to know real Brown County people. And they’ll be greeted with smiles. We love the comfortable, inviting quality of the market,” Eli adds.

You’ll find fruits, vegetables, dried and fresh herbs and spices, plants, flowers, honey, eggs, cookies, cakes, fruit pies, cupcakes, fresh-baked yeast breads, and candies, such as caramels, chocolates, fudge, peanut brittle and chocolate covered nuts.

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The market is pet friendly—to friendly pets on a leash. And you can sip a seasonally-appropriate beverage as you shop. St. David’s is selling lemon shakeups during the warm season, and will be switching to cider and hot chocolate on cool days in the fall. In October, there will be a “punkin’ patch,” and a special kids event near Halloween.

The committee began organizing in earnest in April, after the Earth Day event at the Brown County YMCA confirmed that there was indeed a market for the market. “When we first had the idea, we heard of so many instances when it didn’t work out,” Rich says “but after a little initial discouragement, we finally decided to go for it. The church came together and got behind it.”

With thriving farmers’ markets in both Bloomington and Columbus, there was concern that growers might not support a smaller local market. Both men laugh as they tell the story of Carol Bell driving the county’s back roads looking for “pretty gardens,” and knocking on doors to raise interest among potential marketers.

The market opened this year on July 12 and now has 21 regular vendors, with room for about nine more. It will close the last Friday in October.

A unique feature of the Bean Blossom Farmers’ Market is that all those selling at the market have to be “producers,” meaning that they are selling food or goods that they have grown or made. These can be supplemented by purchased items, but the two must be clearly labeled. Everything sold must be grown or made in Indiana. In addition, there is a requirement for strict adherence to Brown County Health Department rules and regulations.

Anyone can obtain an application, which contains the market rules, by either contacting St. David’s church or by talking to either Rich or Eli at the market.

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Located in Antique Alley 75 S. Jefferson, Nashville

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Our market fresh product selections are the result of your requests for the items you like best. This season we display Tervis Tumblers, Demdaco’s finest, Swan Creek, Melissa & Doug, Spartina 446, Sanuks, TOMS and our favorite handcrafted jewelry.

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Our accessories, hats, and scarves complete the outfit or add new Located in downtown Nashville fresh looks to your next to the Brown County Playhouse existing wardrobe.

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The Marie Goth Collection and Regional Works by our Award-Winning Member Artists Fine Artisan Shop Open Tues.–Sat. 11 to 5, Sun. 12 to 5 48 South Van Buren Street in the historic Minor House PO Box 324 • Nashville, IN 47448 • (812) 988-6185 visit www.BrownCountyArtGuild.org

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visit us at our new location on the corner of VanBuren Street (135 N) and Molly’s Lane 60 N VanBuren Street Nashville, IN 812.988.6450

Melchior Marionette Theatre “Comedy Cabaret on Strings” Sat. Sept. 14, 21

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“Slightly Haunted Puppet Theatre” Sept. 28-Oct. 27 All Sat. and Sun. plus shows on Fri. Oct. 11, Fri. Oct. 18, Thurs. Oct. 24, Fri. Oct. 25

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A ten-by-ten booth space costs only $25 for the entire season. And with spaces still available, producers can rent for one market day at a time for $10.

“We have a nice agreement with McDonald’s IGA about parking. And we’re happy to know that people who are shopping at our market are also shopping there, too,” Eli notes. “Really, we’re hearing nothing negative. People are simply overjoyed that we’re here.”

“This is a great opportunity for people to get to know us and our church and to see what the church offers, like our gathering place, which is open to everyone, and our kitchen.” Eli notes. “Our people love to interact with other people. Everybody is welcoming.”

While information about the market can be found on the church website this year <http://www. stdavidsbb.indydio.org/>, the market will have its own website next year. The committee is also planning on bringing in a flat-bed truck for use as a sound stage, more special events for the future, and greater use of the beautiful ground behind the church. As Rich concludes, “We think we’re here to stay.” 

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Abe Martin Picnic and NASHCAR Outhouse Race

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adies and Gents start your outhouse,” is the sound you will experience on Saturday, September 14 in Nashville, Indiana on West Main Street while attending the 9th Annual Abe Martin World Championship NASHCAR Outhouse Race.

Starting Friday evening, September 13 at 6:30 pm, children 3–8 years of age open the weekend festivities with “Younguns, start your Big Wheels.” This event is sponsored

by Bear Hardware and We Care Gang features an obstacle course and time trial races. Awards include trophies and surprises.

On Saturday, September 14 activities all on West Main includes the following: 10:00 a.m.—NASHCAR Parade of Outhouses 11:30 a.m.—Abe Martin Pig Roast Picnic 12:30 p.m.—Corn Hole Competition with Pit Crews 1:30 p.m.—Plunger Toss Competition with Pit Crews 2:00 p.m.—Public Outhouse Rides 3:00 p.m.—Outhouse Race officiated by BOOMER of the Indiana Pacers 5:00 p.m.—Presentation of Brown Blazers/Trophies For more information contact Bob Kirlin at (812) 720-0222, e-mail <bob.kirlin@sbcglobal.net>, or visit <www.wecaregang.org>.

The We Care Gang is a local organization comprised of community members and supporters dedicated in providing short-term assistance to less fortunate individuals residing in Brown County. Support includes shelter, rent, food, health requirements, and basic living necessities.

Come enjoy a community event where visitors and locals spend the day together sampling good food, games, fun, and many laughs while contributing to less fortunate families. 

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October 1–31, 2013

rown County is a place for arts, nature and adventure.

During October, you can combine all three on the Back Roads of Brown County Studio Tour.

Every day in October, thirteen studios will be open to the public. The studios, tucked into the woods on winding back roads, offer visitors a chance to watch artists work, view a selection of new artwork, and buy one-of-a-kind items directly from those who made them, just in time for Holiday shopping.

Eighteen local artists and craftspeople will show work, and the variety is impressive.

Rosey Bolte and Martha Sechler are both painters and gourd artists. Amanda Mathis also paints, known for her distinctive primitive style.

Three studios specialize in clay. Adam and Barbie Egenolf, new to the tour this year, create crystalline-glazed ceramics.

Larry Spears makes traditionally crafted stoneware, porcelain and raku pottery, finished with his signature glazes. Judy and Tom Prichard focus on functional and decorative stoneware, and create unique sawdust-fired pottery as well.

At Cox Creek Mill, Bradley Cox recycles metal into artwork for garden and home.

Two weavers demonstrate weaving on a loom. Joan Haab weaves chenille into garments and accessories.

Chris Gustin creates wearable woven art, and also recycles industrial “scrap” fibers into rugs and other items.

Carrie Foley makes fine handwrought jewelry, including semi-precious stones and copper work. At Faerie Hollow Studio, Dallas Platter creates lampwork glass beads, and then his wife, Cheri, combines the beads with precious metal clay into jewelry. Cheri also hand dyes silk scarves.

Peggy Henderson also makes jewelry and hand-dyes fabrics. Her husband Joe is a woodworker who makes clocks, bowls, and other items.

Michele Heather Pollock creates artwork by stitching into paper, building 3-dimensional paper sculptures in shadow boxes, and hand binding journals and other books.

Monique Cagle is an artist who creates work in multiple mediums, including painting, fiber art, jewelry and handpainted glassware.

New for 2013, members of Indiana Plein Air Painters will be painting on the T.C. Steele Historic Site grounds from 1–3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

This self-guided driving tour is free to the public. All you need is a map, which can be downloaded from the website or picked up at the Visitor Center in Nashville. Studio hours vary, so it is important to check the map for details.

Visit<www.BrownCountyStudioTour.com> for more info. 

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Madison Clifford

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resh off of winning the 2013 coveted Our Brown County Silver Sampler Award as the “Best of” Taste of Brown County, The Harvest at Brown County Inn is making a bid to become Nashville’s premiere destination restaurant.

The restaurant located within the vacation hotel at the intersection of State roads 46 and 135 is shaking off its institutional indolence and reinventing itself, bringing in a talented new sous chef and instituting a complete menu makeover.

Rumors had been churning in local dining circles, and the jungle drums indicated that further investigation was in order. Accordingly, I squired my kitchen companion down to the aforementioned Harvest to sample their wares.

Chef Jay comes to Brown County by way of top dining destinations in Louisville and Atlanta, where he was the sous chef over a chain of five successful restaurants.

The main question now is, can he handle the rural pace of “Peaceful Valley” after all the hustle and bustle of “Hot ‘Lanta”?

We settled into a cozy table near the salad bar with a good

view of the ample Harvest dining room, gazing out the windows to the laughing alfresco diners out on the porch of the Corn Crib lounge, where I perused the new menu to see what kind of magic Chef Jay might have wrought.

I was not disappointed.

Chef Jay brings in his bag of tricks J’s Nachos, “a colossal plate of house-made tortilla chips topped with melted cheese, shredded lettuce and sour cream,” and J’s Wings, “ten of the biggest wings allowed by law,” along with such tantalizing concepts as a Lobster Grilled Cheese Sandwich with New England lobster claw meat, melted Swiss cheese, and herbed cream cheese on Texas toast, and J’s Gourmet Meatloaf, “a special re-imagining of an American classic”—spinach and mozzarellastuffed meatloaf served on gourmet mashed potatoes and surmounted by mushroom and shallot gravy.

And, there’s also some interesting stuff in the menu not named after Chef Jay, such as the Chicken Portabella caps stuffed with baked chicken and fontina cheese and toasted to perfection; the grilled Taegu pork skewers with a pound of Asian-marinated pork in a spicy soy glaze; salmon

almandine, maple-and-almondencrusted Norwegian salmon over tropical rice; or even Jerked Tilapia, which as the name implies, is Tilapia seasoned with Jamaican “jerk” spices.

Mrs. Sampler, bless her heart, is a sucker for the baby back ribs; grilled and brushed with a tangy house sauce (also available: pineapple or blueberry-flavored sauces), so I pretty much figured she was going for the ribs.

I thought about the pork chop—stuffed with spinach and fontina cheese, or the spicy orange fish—Atlantic cod with a spicy glaze and served on rice with sautéed peppers and onions. But in the final analysis, I felt I should really have something named after Chef Jay: Chef Jay’s Stuffed Chicken Breast, a huge juicy hunk of white meat engulfing a savory core of Swiss and provolone cheeses, Black Forest ham and mushrooms, topped with a citrus dill Bearnaise sauce.

We had a small salad while we awaited our order and we studied the sandwich menu which, frankly, demands a visit of its own.

In addition to the I-must-haveone lobster grilled cheese, there’s a Miami Steak Sandwich—shaved beef on a toasted loaf with buttery garlic-grilled peppers and onions and melted Havarti cheese; the “One Pound Reuben” on threequarter-inch marbled Rye, and “The Itaewan”, a chicken breast marinated in the chef’s own secret blend of seasonings and spices, grilled to perfection, topped with Continued on 38

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SAMPLER continued from 36 melted Cheddar and provolone cheeses and grilled mushrooms and served on a pretzel bun.

The sandwiches are served with fries or these huge, gorgeous, onion rings which looked delectable as they sailed past our table towards other destinations, tempting enough to ditch your diet for.

Our meals arrived and we settled in for a much anticipated feast.

The chicken was a mountain of succulent goodness, stuffed with ham and cheese, bedded on a hefty mound of creamy smooth mashed potatoes, the Bearnaise dripping down the sides like an overflowing volcano, accompanied by perfectly-rendered whole green beans.

The ribs were hefty, tasty, and plentiful—a platter full of meaty goodness my generous mate was bound to share, no way she could eat all those ribs by herself in one sitting.

Even the macaroni and cheese was surprisingly good! Not technically macaroni, actually penne pasta in a rich creamy sauce made with actual cheese, not the artificial orange stuff they feed to children.

As we dined contentedly, I couldn’t help thinking about Nashville’s newest cook, whether he was going to be able to make the transition from the hectic urban chase to the more laid-back approach out here in the sticks. Luckily, October is the craziest time of the year around here. That should cheer him up.

Our attentive and helpful waitress offered us dessert —a nice tiramisu, perhaps? But it was to no avail. Chef Jay had accomplished his objective—we were satiated, serene, and profoundly satisfied. 

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Sat. , Sun., Holidays Open 1 – 4:30 pm

Gift Baskets filled with Jams, Jellies, Fried Biscuits with Apple Butter Shagbark Hickory Syrup

Pioneer Cabin Blacksmith Shop Log Jail Loom Room Doctor’s Office

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Calendar

The schedule can change. Please check before making a trip.

Brown County Playhouse Performing Arts Center Seriously Sinatra Fri. Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 Platinum Girls Sat. Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 at 7:30 The Indiana Boys: CD Release Party Sun. Sept. 15 at 3:00 Big Woods Big Lebowski Night Fri. Nov. 15 at 8:00 The Golden Age of Jazz, Music & Dance presented by Ball State University Sat. Nov. 16 at 7:30 Christmas Music Sing-a-Long Sun. Dec. 15 at 7:30 PLAYS BY TWO PIGS PRODUCTIONS: Grace and Glorie Wed.-Sat. Oct. 2-5, 9-12, 16-19 at 7:30 Shipwrecked Wed.-Sat. Oct. 23-26, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, Nov. 6-9 at 7:30 It’s a Wonderful Life Fri. & Sat. Nov. 29, 30 Thur.-Sun. Dec. 5-8, 12-15 at 7:30 and Sun. Matinees at 2:00 MOVIES - THE LATEST RELEASES Schedule online 70 S. Van Buren St. in Nashville 812-988-6555 www.BrownCountyPlayhouse.org

Melchior Marionettes “Comedy Cabaret on Strings” Sat. Sept. 14, 21 “Slightly Haunted Puppet Theatre” Sept. 28-Oct. 27 Every Sat. and Sun. at 1:00 and 3:00 plus shows on: Fri. Oct. 11, Fri. Oct. 18, Thurs. Oct. 24, Fri. Oct. 25 Free Popcorn! Tickets $5 Westside of S. Van Buren St., Nashville

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Most times at 7:00, other times indidated Sept. 1 Joe Porter, noon

Americana Showcase, 5:00 Sept. 2 TBA

Sept. 3 All Star Jam Sept. 4 Jonathan Hutchison Sept. 5 Kara Barnard & Chuck Wills Sept. 6 Steven Thomas Band Sept. 7 Steven & the Savey Sept. 8 Jason Lopez, 5:00 Sept. 9&10 TBA Sept. 11 Don Ford Sept. 12 Robbie Bowden Sept. 13 Biscuits & Gravy Sept. 14 Robbie Bowden, 12:30 Sept. 15 Jessie McClain, 5:00 Sept. 16 Pat Fiddle Sept. 17 TBA Sept. 18 TBA Sept. 19 John Williams-Merriwether Sept. 20&21 TBA Sept. 22 Dave Sisson, 5:00 Sept. 23 Richard Groner Sept. 24 Robbie Bowden Sept. 25 Trish Rieki Sept. 26 TBA Sept. 27 Mayan Miscalculation Sept. 28 Robbie Bowden, 12:30

Chuck Wills & Friends, 7:00 Sept. 29&30 TBA Oct. 1 All Star Jam Oct. 2 Jonathan Hutchison Oct. 3 Kara Barnard & Chuck Wills Oct. 4 Robbie Bowden Oct. 5 Steven Thomas Oct. 6 Americana Showcase, 5:00 Oct. 7 Pat Fiddle Oct. 8 TBA Oct. 9 Don Ford Oct. 10 Megan Maudlin Oct. 11 Biscuits & Gravy Oct. 12 Robbie Bowden, 12:30

Chuck Wills & Friends, 7:00 Oct. 13 Don Ford Oct. 14 Joe Sanford Oct. 15 TBA Oct. 16 Richard Groner Oct. 17 TBA Oct. 18 Mayan Miscalculation Oct. 19 Chuck Wills, 12:30

Joy Mills, 7:00 Oct. 20 TBA Oct. 21 Indiana Boys Oct. 22&23 TBA Oct. 24 Robbie Bowden

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Oct. 25 Larry Eaton Oct. 26 Robbie Bowden, 12:30 Oct. 27 Dave Sisson, 5:00 Oct. 28 Biscuits & Gravy Oct. 29 TBA Oct. 30 Trish Rieki Oct. 31 Pat Fiddle 812-988-6911 www. muddybootscafe.com

Pine Room Tavern Sept. 1 Biscuits & Gravy, 7:00 Sept. 5 Indiana Comedy Festival After

Party, 9:00 Sept. 6 Craig Brenner, 7:00 Sept. 7 Stella & Friends, 9:00 Sept. 8 The Huffer Blues Band, 7:00 Sept. 13 Bill Monroe Birthday Party, 7:00 Sept. 14 Barbara McGuire, 9:00 Sept. 15 The Amazed Band, 7:00 Sept. 20 Joe Sanford, 7:00 Sept. 21 Krista Detor, 9:00 Sept. 22 Jonathan Hutchison, 7:00 Sept. 27 Jeff Foster, 7:00 Sept. 28 Biscuits & Gravy, 9:00 Sept. 29 Pat Fiddle, 7:00 Oct. 4 Steven Thomas, 7:00 Oct. 5 Stella & Friends, 9:00 Oct. 6 TBA Oct. 11 Dick & Kenan, 7:00

Jason Wilber, 9:00 Oct. 12 Pat Fiddle, 7:00

Barbara McGuire, 9:00 Oct. 13 Biscuits & Gravy, 6:00 Oct. 18 350 West, 7:00

Indiana Boys, 9:00 Oct. 19 Whipstitch Sallies, 9:00 Oct. 20 Mizfits, 7:00 Oct. 25 Kade Puckett, 7:00

White Lightning Boys, 9:00 Oct. 26 Pat Fiddle, 9:00 Oct. 27 Biscuits & Gravy, 7:00 (behind Salt Creek Inn) 812-988-0236 www. pineroomtavern.net

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Cari Ray Paul Bertsch Band Foster Jones Barry Johnson Marvin Parrish

Sept. 21 Johnny Nevada Sept. 27 Robbie Bowden Sept. 28 Barbara McGuire Oct. 4 Two For the Show Oct. 5 Paul Bertsch Band Oct. 11 Stella & Friends Oct. 12 Barry Johnson Oct. 18 Dave Miller Oct. 19 Gary Applegate Oct. 25 Marvin Parrish Oct. 26 Robbie Bowden Music 7:00-10:00 Fri. and Sat. 812-988-8500 www.ChateauThomas.com

Hotel Nashville Gazebo Sept. 1 Scott Strange, 5:00-9:00 Sept. 13 Marvin, 5:00-9:00 Sept. 27 Dave Miller, 6:00-10:00 812-988-8400

Abe Martin Lodge Music Saturdays Dave Miller 6:00-8:00 812-988-4418

Seasons Lodge Music Fridays and Saturdays 9:00

Brown County Inn Corn Crib Music Fridays, Saturdays 9:00

Mike’s Music & Dance Barn Mondays Dance Lessons (not Labor Day) Mike’s Smooth Country Band Sept. 7, Oct. 5, 19, 26 Special Events: Sept. 13 Ballroom Dance Sept. 14 TBA Sept. 21 Lloyd Wood Show Sept. 28 Concert for the Great Shootout Oct. 4 Homecoming Dance Oct. 11 Terry Lee Rock-a-boogie Oct. 12 Lloyd Wood Show 812-988-8636 mikesmusicbarn.com

Salt Creek 19th Hole Bar Live Music Fridays and Saturdays 812-988-4323 www.saltcreekgolf.com

Big Woods Pizza Music Fridays, Saturdays + more 812-988-6004 bigwoodspizza.com

SPECIAL EVENTS: Village Art Walk Second Saturdays-Free self-guided walking tour of downtown Nashville art galleries,original local and regional art

Abe Martin’s County Picnic & NASHCAR Outhouse Race

Sept. 13 & 14, W. Main St. in Nashville Fri. 6:00-8:00 pm Sat. 10:00 am-5:00 pm Fri. evening Big Wheel Race and obstacle Farmers’ Market St. David’s Course for kids, trophies and surprises.

Fridays, 4:00-7:00 now until end of Oct. Sat: Abe Martin Pig Roast Picnic, cornhole St. David’s Church, Intersection of SR 135 competition, plunger toss competition, and SR 45 in Bean Blossom. Local produce, parade, time trials, and NASHCAR race live music, jams, coffee, baked goods, local 812-720-0222 meats, herbs, artisan crafts. 812-988-1038 www.wecaregang.org

11th Annual Bean Blossom Bikerfest Sept. 5-7, all day at Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground in Bean Blossom Music, bike rides, poker runs, field events 812-988-6422 www.ballsbiker.com

Indiana Comedy Festival

25th Annual Great Outdoor Art Contest & Local Tastings Sept. 14, 7:00 am-4:00 at TC Steele State Historic Site in Belmont Features artists painting on the site grounds from 7:00 to 2:00, a 1:00 outdoor concert, and 1:00-4:00 local tastings featuring local wine and desserts.

812-988-2785 www.tcsteele.org

Sept. 5, 8:00-10:00 at Seasons Lodge Hoosier Park Racing & Casino and Heroes Vodka present ten of the nation’s funniest Guild 13 comics in competition for a $5,000 prize. Sept. 14, 6:30-9:00, at the Brown Co. Art 812-988-2284 indianacomedyfestival.com Guild–annual fundraiser: live collaborative painting, autumn exhibit, meet artists, 40th Annual Cider Run music, fine wines, craft beers, silent and Custom Car Show live auction items 812-988-6185 Sept. 7, 4:00-7:00, Sept. 8, 8:00 am-noon www.browncountyartguild.org Brown County State Park See some of the nicest rods, customs, eXpedition Zip Line muscle cars, trucks, and antiques.

Night Flights!

Sept. 14 & 28, 8:30-11:00 pm Hoosier Hops & Harvest at eXplore Brown County Sept. 7, 1:00-7:00, at Story Inn Zip On! into the darkness where only the 30 craft or micro breweries from in a six- moon, stars, and red headlamp light your state area. Must be at least 21. Admission way. (Times may vary) 812-988-7750 includes a free glass and free four-ounce www.explorebrowncounty.com/zip-lines tastings. Live music, and food. No coolers.

812-988-2273 Murder Mystery www.hoosierhopsandharvest.com Dinner Theatre Sept. 14, Oct.12, 26 6:00-8:30 pm Nature Daze 2013 at Artist Colony Inn & Restaurant Sept. 7, 8:30 am-3:00 812-988-0600 www.artistscolonyinn.com at Camp Rancho Framasa Golden Ticket Productions present A Star Professionals on hand with ways to is Dead. It’s murder and mayhem as one of identify and control invasive plants, the evening’s guests is found dead and the conservation options for landowners, police arrive to solve the crime. gardening with native plants, and hunting Continued on 42 and identifying mushrooms.

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39th Annual Bill Monroe Hall of Fame & Uncle Pen Days Festival Sept. 18-21 at Bill Monroe’s Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom Four great days of bluegrass. Bring your lawn chair. Daily combo tickets available —includes music, instrument workshops, and admission to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Country Star Museum.

800-414-4677 www.beanblossom.us

Hike for Humanity Sept. 21, 10:00 am with music and food at 11:00, Nashville Christian Church Brown County Habitat for Humanity annual 1.5 mile hike around Nashville to raise money to construct next year’s house. Call 812-988-9715 for details.

Hikers are asked to obtain pledges before the walk.

BucCornEar Festival Sept. 20-21, Fri. 3:00-9:00, Sat. 8:00 am-9:00 pm at Jackson Twp Fire Dept. in Helmsburg. Annual community fire prevention and awareness festival.

Activities include a parade, motorcycle ride, bicycle tour, car show, vendors, carnival games, musical entertainment.

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The Great Brown County Shootout Sept. 28-29, at locations in Brown County Benefiting Volunteer Emergency Services Pistol & Rifle: on Camp Moneto Rd Shotgun & Muzzleloader: Pittman Field Air Rifle: Fairgrounds, Archery: Gnawbone Cowboy Action: Bear Creek Range Paintball Team: PaintBall Valley Retreat Horseback Cowboy Shooting: Fairgrounds Vendor Booths: Sept. 28 Fairgrounds and Sept. 29, 10:00-3:00, at Salt Creek Golf Course 2359 Hwy 46 E. Concert: Sept. 28, 7:00-midnight, Jeff Batson and Trainwreck Survivors Mikes Dance Barn 2277 Hwy 46 W. Golf Scramble & After Party: Sept. 29, 9:00 am till ? Salt Creek Golf

Brown County Shrine Open Car Show

Kelp’s Pumpkin Patch: Annual Farm Fest

Sept. 28, 9:00am-2:00 at Brown County High School OPEN SHOW with 50 awards. DJ will play the 50s’ and 60s’ music.

812-988-6128 www.browncountyshrineclub.com

Oct. 5 at SR 46 in Gnaw Bone There is plenty to do for everyone... games and prizes, hay rides, petting zoo, face painting, and pumpkin carving

2nd Annual Etsy Artists of Indiana Art & Craft Show

Oct. 6, 10:00am-4:00 at the Flower and Herb Barn and the Farmhouse Cafe northeast of Bean Blossom. A gathering of artisans and antique dealers with food and fun. Free

Sept. 28, 29, Sat. 10:00-5:00, Sun. 12:005:00, Brown Co. High School gyms

9th Annual Brown County Breakdown Sept. 29, all day, at Brown County State Park–Hoosier Mountain Bike Association biggest fund-raising event of the year.

It isn’t a race, it’s just a great ride in the woods with a few hundred of your closest friends! The ride begins and ends at beautiful Brown County State Park 317-413-0624 www.browncountybreakdown.com

Arts, Antiques, and Garden Treasures Show and Sale

Collector’s Showcase Oct. 12-13 at Brown County Art Gallery Treasure Hunt 2.0–Foundation’s fundraiser—by reservation on Oct. 12, Oct. 13 open to the public.

Friends of Brown County State Park Haunted Trails

Oct. 26, 5:00-10:00 Haunted trails, campsite decorating, and pumpkincarving contest!

Back Roads of Brown County Brown County State Park Office at the campground Tour of Studios Month of October. Free self-guided tour. Works for sale and artists OTHER ACTIVITIES: demonstrations.

Bucks & Does Square Dances www.BrownCountyStudioTour.com at Brown Co. YMCA, 8:00-10:30 Sept. 20, Oct. 4 Fish Fry Dinner

IPAPA Art Demonstrations and Exhibit

Oct. 5-31, reception Oct. 11, 6:00-8:00 T.C. Steele State Historic Site in Belmont Artwork by members of the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association on display.

Demonstratons on Sat. & Sun.

Indiana Raptor Center Live birds of prey, tours by appt. only.

Wed.-Sun. 11:00-5:00 Group programs 812-988-8990 indianaraptorcenter.org

Pioneer Village Museum

Hillbilly Wagon Train Jam

Open Saturdays & Sundays 1:00 to 4:30 May thru October in downtown Nashville

Oct. 3-5 at Monroe Music Park in Bean Blossom 800-414-4677 or 812-988-6422 www.beanblossom.us

Brown County Dragway

Fall Fare - Methodist Church Oct. 5, 8:00 am-3:00 Village Green Food, arts, crafts, flea market

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Racing every Sunday, Gates open at 9:00 5 miles north of Nashville, Gatesville Rd. 812-988-6103 browncountydragway.com

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Alien Invaders ~by Jim Eagleman

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am reminded of what difference a year makes when I now scan our Brown County woodlands and look at oaks, tuliptrees, and ashes. Last year at this time, many trees in our immediate forests had shriveled or dropped leaves and appeared stressed and droughtridden. The tulip scale insect attacked the tuliptree— our state tree—and a sticky liquid from the insect collected on plants underneath the tree, on road surfaces, and cars. Black stains smeared concrete pads.

Lack of rains resulted in drooping leaves and caused county residents to inquire if their “favorite oak” was dying. The Emerald Ash Borer insect made its presence known by attacking both Green and White Ash trees.

While it appears frequent rains have allowed some trees to recover and green now prevails on all hillsides, one could say we are not quite “out of the woods.”

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) continues to take its toll on ash trees. When diagnosed, the only remedy is to remove affected trees. While homeowners and landscapers experiment, little help can be guaranteed with chemical treatments that that are costly and difficult to administer in dense woodlands. Spread by relocating contaminated firewood, DNR campgrounds were among the first to show signs of EAB and diseased ash trees. During the last 2 years, campers were asked to not transport firewood or bring it with them when camping. Many ash trees have been purposely removed on DNR properties, while campers and visitors question why this is done. Usually a threat to safety with falling branches, and to check the spread, trees are removed and the wood burned on site. Notices on billboards and websites remind campers not to relocate firewood. When we hear 11% of our Indiana forested acreage is made up of both kinds of ash, we have real potential for loss.

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If we consider the natural onslaught of insect pests that normally attack any woodland, some may wonder how trees can survive at all. Large numbers of insects like leaf hoppers, suckers, munchers, and egg layers will use leaf tissue and surfaces for homes, meals, and nurseries. Tree branches and stems are also under attack by these native insect herbivores and show their impact by summer’s end. But an extensive array of food choices and niches is available to these native invaders in all woodlots. We need to be reminded both tree and insect have most likely coexisted for eons. It’s the recent or newly-arrived insect pests that attack native vegetation causing concern. Trees haven’t adapted natural defenses to these exotic pests; nor do predators like bats, birds, and other insects necessarily reduce their numbers and keep them in check. It’s a whole new relationship that now confronts foresters and forest pest specialists.

Maybe to Brown County tree lovers it seems unfair that we experience these attacks on our beautiful wooded lands. Shouldn’t something be done? These extensive forests are what we’re known for—it’s what people come to see. Can’t we view the temporary invasions on trees as a natural set-back, like floods, fire, or severe wind damage? Isn’t recovery just around the corner? Unfortunately, the sometimes intentional introduction and advance of exotic insects, plants (i.e. garlic mustard), fish (Asian carp), and even mammals (feral hogs), pose new threats to Indiana native ecosystems. Native biodiversity, strength in numbers, and variety common to all healthy systems is now showing signs of degradation. It’s an entirely different situation scientists see evolving, and it’s the speed of change worldwide that demands our attention.

Certainly awareness and education is of paramount importance as we anticipate this change, but how can we learn about what is harmful and what belongs here?

Inventory and monitoring of personal property is everyone’s responsibility. And once we learn what isn’t native, we can monitor the advance and work to remove. But eradication of forest plant invaders like Multi-flora Rose, the honeysuckles, and Autumn Olive shrubs, for example, can become a massive undertaking. (I know: I’ve been tackling the presence of these three aggressive invaders along my road for a few years). To help in this endeavor, and to learn what local efforts are underway, the Brown County Native Woodlands Project (BCNWP) is willing to help.

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An Introduction to the Park ~by Julia Pearson

CCC Company 1561 Veterans.

Pictures taken during fall and winter of 1933–34.

Brown County Archives

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n the fall of the year, colorful trees blanket the over 15,776 acres of the Brown County State Park.

Opening in 1929, it is the largest and most visited Indiana State Park, with over 1.3 million visitors recorded in 2008. Multiple archival boxes and a photo album put together by the Civilian Conservation Corp yield a wealth of items on the history of the Brown County State Park. Here are some of the tidbits with an invitation to readers to visit the Brown County Archives for additional stories and inspiration.

Lee Bright should be remembered as making the contacts to make the case for Brown County State Park in Indianapolis. After several letters to Colonel Richard Lieber, the Director of Conservation, Bright

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made several attempts to meet with Lieber face to face. After several fruitless tries to get into Liber’s office, he stopped at the desk of the head game warden, Fred Ahlers. Ahlers had hunted in Brown County and facilitated discussion with George N. Mannfield, who was the first superintendent of the Division of Fish and Game. At that time, there was no authority for the purchase of land for parks in the state. However, it was possible the Conservation Commission might be able to be persuaded to buy the land for a game reserve. Mannfield took Lee Bright in directly to see Colonel Lieber. Bright’s hopes were realized, when a fish and game reserve was established in Brown County at the recommendation of Colonel Lieber in

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1923. The purchase of 16,000 acres was approved for acquisition, with Lee Bright appointed as agent of the State of Indiana to secure this acreage. Moneys for the purchases came from the Division of Fish and Game.

In its 10th Annual Report, it was reported that a total of 11,810.41 acres had been purchased in Brown County for a total cost of $119,310.61. Only 18 tracts of land were occupied by the owners, most of which stayed relatively close to the area. The Brown County State Game Preserve opened to the public in 1924.

During the 1927 General Assembly a bill was passed by the state legislature that allowed counties to give tracts of land to the state for state parks.

Soon after, the Brown County Commissioners were presented with a petition signed by over 200 county citizens requesting that the county acquire land with the purpose of turning over to the state for a state park. The commissioners accepted this plan and included authorization of $15,000 be used for the project. On December 3, 1928, 1,059 acres were transferred from the county to the state. The following landowners sold their land for the creation of Brown County State Park: J.M. White, Andy David, Henry Seitz, John Schwer, Thomas Wilkerson, Everett Ogle, and Alvert Hedrick.

In 1929, just over 1,000 acres of land adjacent to the Preserve was given by the Brown County Commissioners for the Brown County State Park. The lands of the game preserve were later sold to the Department of Conservation and added to the State Park making it the largest in the state with over 13,000 acres.

It’s an interesting historic note that Lieber was a guest in the Brown County cabin of Fred Heatherington years before in 1910. Gazing at the countryside, Lieber is quoted as saying: “This whole county ought to be bought up so that all the people Continued on 50

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PARK continued from 47 of Indiana could enjoy this beauty spot.”

Mr. Enos Mills, National Parks spokesman and credited with intitiating the movement to create Rocky Mountain National Park, stopped in Indianapolis in 1915. The Indianapolis News published this quote from Mills in an interview on November 17: “The state of Indiana should buy as much of Brown County as possible. It should acquire at least 1,000 acres in the wildest part of the county. The heart of Brown County is purely wild….From

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the scenic standpoint, Brown County is one of the best spots that ever existed in the great stretch between the Applachians and the Rocky Mountains.”

Lieber himself envisioned a cabin community to honor the Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard, who gave the world the Abe Martin characters through the Indianapolis News as well as 300 other newspaper outlets through the country. Hubbard died in 1930, but plans continued to name the lodge in Brown County State Park the “Abe Martin Lodge,” and the visitors’ cabins with the names of Abe’s neighbors.

By 1933, a saddle barn was an additional facility that made Brown County Park one of the most popular recreational spots for tourists. Spanning Salt Creek, the covered bridge was added to the north entrance.

Originally erected in Putnam County by Henry Wolfe just a hundred years before, the State Highway Department moved the bridge and then rebuilt this well-known landmark.

In June 1934, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Battalion #1557 began work on the park and game reserve property. Reclaiming the hillsides that were left barren by timbering and erosion, the CCC planted many of the pine, walnut, spruce, and locust trees.

Records show that the steepest areas were planted in about 1,000,000 Scotch, white and red pine and 21,450 Norway spruce. Several more plantations consisted of 200,000 locust trees, along with Japanese barberry and multiflora rose as well.

Construction of the park and game reserve’s buildings continued, using timber that was cleared from the many overlooks and vistas. Timber was also used from the cuttings during the clearing and construction of the fire roads, and roads of the main park and reserve. A stone quarry located within the

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A camp area located north of Hohen Point housed the personnel of the CCC in several small barracks and large mess hall on the site of an old village called Kelp. During its active life in the earlier part of the century, Kelp had several homes, a church, school, store with a post office, and other buildings. By the 1930s though, Kelp itself had passed into memory.

Within the park today are two lakes, Ogle Lake and Strahl Lake, which are 17 acres and 7 acres respectively in size. There are 70 miles of bridle trails and 20 miles of hiking trails, some rugged and others easy from 0.5 to 3 miles in length. Weed Patch Knob is the third highest summit in Indiana.

Besides the Abe Martin Lodge and cabins already mentioned, visitors will find multiple campsites, RV sites, and a horseman’s camp. Brown County park and surrounding area is known today as one of the best locations for mountain biking trails. It is loved

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Something New in Something Old Olde Magnolia House Inn and 4th Sister Vintage Store

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ancy Crocker, the new owner of the Olde Magnolia House Inn, is ready to welcome guests.

“I had my first guests August 2nd,” she smiles.

“They were here for a day and wanted to come back and spend more time in Nashville. They saw my ad in Our Brown County magazine and made a reservation.”

Crocker moved to Nashville from Indianapolis in April, after purchasing the historic home. But she also loved collecting things and had plans to open a vintage store.

“When I looked at the Magnolia House, it occurred to me that I could put the store up front, live in the back and have a second income from upstairs,” she explains.

The inn has three bedrooms and a sitting room filled with vintage games and books.

Guests are invited to relax on the porch after a day of shopping, or pick up a book from one of the many that are placed on tables around the house.

Each room is named after an artist that was alive during the time the house was built. The rooms have a keyless entry, which makes for easy access for guests staying at the inn. They also have smart TVs, sound machines, and coffeemakers, along with a basket of snacks.

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“My goal was to still make it feel like a 100-yearold home, but in today’s world,” she adds. “Each room has its own character.”

The Monet suite has two beds, a gas fireplace, large windows, and a private bath with a claw foot tub and shower. The Van Gogh also has a private bath with one queen bed. The Renoir room has two beds, and has access to a bathroom across the hall (bathrobes included). The entire upstairs will sleep 10 and special rates are available to reserve all three rooms.

Crocker also plans to offer special packages that will include sweets from Sydney’s Sweets, teas from Sweetea’s Tea Shop, and spa services from Ethereal Day Spa and Salon.

When Crocker purchased the home, the contents remained in the house. Some of the furniture was used to decorate the rooms, but a few pieces are upcycled-items. Some of these pieces are for sale in the shop. Crocker has been taking ordinary objects and turning them into extraordinary ones since she was ten years old.

“The first thing I ever made was from boxes that came with my two sister’s Polaroid cameras they got for Christmas,” she explains. “There were square boxes inside other square boxes and I made a dollhouse out of them.”

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Crocker grew up in Anderson, Indiana and is the youngest of four sisters. After high school she graduated from Ball State with a B.S. in Home Economics Education. She taught for a few years, married, and moved to Ohio. Crocker, now a single mom (daughter Molly, 20, and son Mitchell, 22), was a homemaker for 25 years. Her dream of opening a shop with furniture and items she collected over the last few years became a reality when she opened the doors to 4th Sister Vintage Store in June.

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MAGNOLIA continued from 57 When asked how she came up with the name 4th Sister for her shop, she smiles.

“I wanted something that I would never not be,” she explains “I have always been and always will be the fourth sister. It also worked with the hand me down aspect of the

business, and being the youngest, I always got things handed down to me.”

She credits her third sister, Louann, with helping clean and declutter the entire house. Her daughter, Molly, also helped and lives in a small room during the summer while on college break. Together, the three of them spent weeks getting the house ready for the opening of the store.

Her shop is filled with both vintage and upcycled items. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held June 25, but she made her first sale before the doors were open.

“My first sale was twenty dollars,” she smiles. “It’s not just a gift shop.

When people come in, they see something and say, ‘I’ve got to have that.’

Most sales are emotional sales. People see something that reminds them of someone or something.”

Crocker has been creating unique items out of ordinary ones for years. Recently, she won a blue ribbon at the Brown County 4-H Fair for her recycled furniture. She entered her Where’s Waldo desk made from a school desk she had in the shop.

“They told me kids were sitting at the desk trying to find Waldo,” she laughs.

For unique vintage items, stop by 4th Sister at 213 South Jefferson, behind the Nashville BP station. The shop is open most days from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To make reservations at the inn, call Nancy at (614) 6388849, or book online at <www.oldemagnoliahouse.com>. Room prices and availability are available on the Facebook site. 

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Brown County State Park 160 accommodations: P.O. Box 547 Nashville, IN 47448 Abe Martin Lodge and guest rooms, two-story cabins, 1-877-Lodges-1 • (812) 988-4418 the Little Gem Restaurant and historic cabins. www.indianainns.com We have the perfect setting for any event, Corporate Retreats, Weddings, Getaways and Family Reunions and More!

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Trends in Our Population

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~by Henry Swain

he Indiana Business and Research Center along with Pew Research frequently make population projections both for the state and individual counties. In the past I have found their projections to be remarkably accurate. If you wonder what the community in which you are living may be like 20—40 years from now, their projects make interesting reading.

The term “population rate” is used to reflect trends. If more people are dying in a given year relative to those being born, the population rate would be designated “negative.”

Forty-year projections for Brown County call for a 10% population drop while all counties bordering Brown show increases as follows: Johnson 40% plus, Bartholomew and Monroe 10 to 40%, Jackson and Morgan 10%.

In 2013 only one county in Indiana has a median age over 40. In 40 years 74 counties will hold that designation. Optimism following World War II led to larger families. That population bulge is working through the economy and represents the dominant age segment of our total population and the retiree portion. But, in forty years 49 of the 92 counties are projected to lose population. The generations since the World War II bulge appear to be moving closer to their opportunities for employment leaving more rural counties with declining population.

Nationally, the birth rate has also been declining and is projected to level to its lowest point in 90 years.

This anomaly presents society with a significant social problem. The smaller number of contributors to the

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Social Security Trust Fund will eventually reduce the Social Security surplus to negative and not remain viable without supplemental funding.

One encouraging aspect of the 65 and older bulge is that it represents the earliest death ratio which should moderate the financial obligation over time.

Countering that is the fact that people are living longer due to better individual health maintenance.

I am somewhat puzzled that the IBRC projects Brown County losing population by 10% while its adjacent counties prosper by significant increases.

If Brown County is viewed as being on the base of a triangle, it is in a propitious location for retirement growth being 15 miles from the two cities at the base and 40 miles from Indianapolis at the apex. As cities in the surrounding counties continue to expand, commuting to them becomes shorter and more appealing. This factor should increase the number choosing to live in Brown county.

While it is true we have no industrial base to sustain a growing population, Brown County has a significant tourism component along with being an attractive retirement destination. The retirement factor does contribute to the county’s designation as an “old county,” meaning our population is older than most other counties.

The majority of our graduating high school students leave the county for there is little economic reason to stay. This also contributes to the designation that Brown county is an “old county.” Projections indicate this trend will continue, meaning the county will become an even “older” county.

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As the county population grows, the “oldest” segment will die sooner while at the same time it is being replaced by an “old” population, not a younger one. With the national birth rate having turned negative, you might say that for the retired segment and the about-to-be-retired, is like burning the candle at both ends. Eventually then, Brown County will begin to lose population.

An aging population produces a need for what might be termed “transient housing.” Those who no longer prefer or are able to maintain a house or property seek something between home ownership and assisted living or nursing home care.

Investors have recognized this and have provided interim housing where retirees can have comfortable quarters with minimum maintenance requirements. It would seem Brown County in near term may not suffer serious negative growth. Long term, it will likely have to accept its share of the consequences of the projected decline in population nationwide. The wild card in any projection of population is the factor of in-migration or out-migration. Statistics on in- and out-migration are hard to come by for the situation is always fluid.  ALIEN INVADERS continued from 44 Dealing specifically with Brown County exotic vegetation, the BCNWP website <www.bcnwp.org> can help landowners learn about what native plants should be encouraged, the top 10 most invasive plants locally, and how to begin a plant inventory on your property. Join others in this local effort—learn what nature education events are scheduled and sign up for the newsletter to share with others.

It’s a great organization, right here in Brown County.

Do what you can to ward off nature’s alien invaders. 

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Railroad Museum A miniature train excursion. photo by Jeff Tryon

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he newly-opened Brown County Railroad Museum in Fruitdale is sure to fascinate and delight folks of all ages who love trains and steam power, especially those interested in history, antiques, and collections.

Co-owners Bob Young and Brian Goodknight combined lifelong train and steam collections to create the museum, opening this month at 18 West Three Story Hill Road at the intersection of State Road 135 North (across from the gas station).

The centerpiece of the collection is the “Iron Pony,” a fully operational small scale version of a real steam locomotive, which takes visitors on a train ride through the trees along miniature tracks which circle the museum grounds.

Young said the Pony is one of a class of miniature trains known as “park engines”—technically anything above seven-and-a-

half-inch gauge—the kind of trains which typically circle amusement parks, zoos, or museums, like the one currently operating at the Indianapolis Zoo. Several such “park engines” are awaiting or undergoing restoration at the museum, which is itself still under construction.

“When we finish the tracks, we should be able to run three different gauges of engines,” Young said.

“Two rails are seven-and-a-half-inch gauge, two are 14-inch gauge, and the first and third rail are 12-inch gauge.”

The park engine layout, which offers visitors short rides on the small-scale steam engine, is part of a model railroading mecca-in-themaking that came about when the two old railroad decided to combine their railroad collections.

“We both had big workshops, and both of us were thinking about building tracks in seven-and-half-

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inch gauge, so we thought, ‘Let’s go in together,’” Young said. “It’s so labor-intensive that you have to group together to get anything done. Of course, we’d like to make some money, but just maintaining the place is what we’re really after.”

For example, a “whole club of guys” have donated track to run a “live steam” garden railway.

“These are the guys that actually pulverize coal and run it, so we’ll have steaming bays for them when they want to come down and use the track,” he said. “We’ll also have a large garden railway track layout and a block of transformers so the kids can actually run them.”

Goodknight has a collection of Lionel-type model trains that “would rival the one at the (Indianapolis) Children’s Museum.”

Young said. “He’s got models back to 1913.”

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Photos taken at Downey Hill by Jeff Danielson

Sycamore Land Trust also offers: • Guided hikes and events • Environmental education for kids • Nature preserves for hiking

Last year Sycamore Land Trust protected The Laura Hare Nature Preserve at Downey Hill, 600 acres off Valley Branch Road in Brown County. It’s a beautiful piece of rugged woods that will now be protected forever —for wildlife, trees, and people.

Glass Planet Gifts is Proud to Support Sycamore Land Trust Sycamore Land Trust is actively protecting more land, and you can help. For a limited time, Glass Planet Gifts is selling tie-dye Sycamore shirts and giving the proceeds to the organizaton. So stop by for a shirt that helps save land! You can also go one step further and become a Sycamore Land Trust member or volunteer, providing the ongoing support that makes their work possible.

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Brian Goodknight leads a tour of the Gallery of Steam. photo by Jeff Tryon

RAILROADS continued from 64 The massive model train collection will occupy the main house, whose ample shaded decks reach out to the train boarding area and the nearby “Gallery of Steam”.

Clad appropriately in overalls, a bandanna and a striped railroad engineer’s cap, Goodknight guides visitors through the impressive collection of primitive steam engines, scale model railroad locomotives, and many other fascinating antique steam power artifacts, some of which he demonstrates during the course of the tour.

The gallery includes not only the memorabilia of model railroading and early railroading but also shows the history of steam power of the type which would have first brought mechanical power to farms, sawmills, and workshops in the frontier Midwest.

The display includes many fascinating trains and engines, including an inch-and-half scale model (which means each inch and a half on the model equals 12 inches on the real train) of an engine called the “Invicta” that ran in England in the 1820s.

The Iron Pony ride. photo by Jeff Tryon

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“We have oodles of “railroadiana” stuff, strange stuff pertaining to railroads and railroad equipment,” Young said.

In addition to the Iron Pony, they own the “Galloping Goose” a two-person electric vehicle, and other engines and cars in various degrees of restoration, including one rare treasure still in its “rough find” state Parked on a siding awaiting the attention of the two train gurus is a rusting miniature locomotive which probably holds some fond memories for some older folks around these parts.

“It’s the engine from the train at Riverside Amusement Park in Indianapolis,” Young said. “Nobody really knows we have it yet.”

The iconic Riverside Amusement Park thrilled fun-seekers from 1903 until it closed in 1970.

“It’s important because it was the first internal combustion engine made for parks and, as far as I know, it’s the only one that’s left,” he said. “It was made as a prototype off of the Southern Pacific M-10,000 which was a streamlined train.”

Young said they hope to get a grant to restore the old streamline-style engine with the bullet headlight on top.

The Brown County Railroad Museum will be open with a suggested donation of four dollars, weekends from 1 to 5 p.m. beginning in September. It will also be open on Labor Day. You can reach them at (812) 720-1229. 

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