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Book shares expert tips, tricks and the history of Indiana caves

A big-cat phenomenon in Hoosier forests

Canoe company offers trips along Indiana’s ‘natural gem’

Indiana BOW event teaches outdoor survival skills

New French Lick laser tag range blasts off for all-ages fun

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DEEP Book shares expert tips, tricks and the history of Indiana caves

By Jackie Sheckler Finch

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In 2005, my boss asked if I would think about writing a book about caves and I gullibly said, ‘Oh, sure.’”

— Samuel Frushour

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hen Samuel Frushour was a student at Thomas Carr Howe High School in Indianapolis, one of his math teachers invited students on a cave tour.

That simple invitation set the course for Frushour’s life. Developing a deep affinity for caves, the Bloomington man has spent almost half a century exploring caves and working to protect them and to help others understand this precious natural resource.

The retired head of the Field Services Section of the Indiana Geological Survey, Frushour also is the author of a new book published by Indiana University Press. A Guide to Caves and Karst of Indiana is an excellent field guide for rookies and experts alike.

“In 2005, my boss asked if I would think about writing a book about caves and I gullibly said, ‘Oh, sure,’” Frushour recalled. “I’m a very busy guy, so it was written off and on for years ... Then IU Press decided to publish it.”

The result is 142 pages of valuable information

and photos, including a glossary of cave, karst and geology terms, along with a listing of cave-oriented organizations.

At $22, the paperback book is a compact practical guidebook.

The book is especially valuable for its information on obtaining permission to visit Indiana caves since the majority of caves are on private property or require visitation permission from county, state or federal agencies.

“Many people don’t understand that many caves are located on private property,” Frushour said. “Many caves on private property are no longer open for access because people didn’t bother to get permission to go into the caves and they didn’t respect private property.

Above all, cave visitors must remember that they are guests and should respect the property and wishes of the cave owners.”

Written in conjunction with the Indiana Geological Survey, the book contains practical information on safety and cave etiquette, as well as caving equipment. The guide also contains descriptions of Indiana caves and their unique history.

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them for a variety of purposes,” Frushour said. “Aboriginal peoples used caves as shelter and as a resource of raw materials. Early settlers found the fresh water issuing from spring caves to be an important source of drinking water and a source of power for grist mills making corn meal and flour.”

In more recent years, geologists, biologists and hydrologists have studied caves as natural laboratories. The book explains how caves are created, the different geological features seen in them and the types of animals that inhabit them. A chapter in the book on “The Cave Fauna of Indiana” was contributed by Julian J. Lewis and Salisa L. Lewis.

For those who would like to learn more about cave exploration, Frushour offers tips on how and where to get started. “A good place to start is to go into one of the tour caves so you can get an idea of what a cave is like,” he said. “Of course, a tour cave is not like being in a cave where you are crawling around with the only lights being what is on your head and other people’s heads.”

Getting involved in cave organizations or with experienced cavers is another way to learn about caving. “It takes a long time to get really experienced,” he said. “Much of learning to be a caver is just by doing and associating with people who know how to cave and how to treat caves.”

One of the most important rules, Frushour added, is to never go caving alone. “That is never a good thing,” he said. “You also have to be in pretty good shape to be a caver or it will put you in pretty good shape. It is demanding on you physically because it is a very strenuous undertaking.”

After all these years, Frushour said he still gets a thrill stepping into a cave. “I have a strange affliction. I am totally color blind,” he said. “So getting in a place that is dark is better for me because I am light sensitive. And being in a place with limited coloration like a cave is a comfortable feeling for me.”

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A big-cat phenomenon in Hoosier forests

By Michael Newton

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hen hunters shot Indiana’s last cougar in 1851, Hoosier farmers were relieved; their children and livestock were safe. As it happens, though, reports of the cat’s extinction were greatly exaggerated. Regular sightings continued: 81 recorded by the Eastern Puma Research Network between 1950 and 2005. DNR spokesmen insisted that all were cases of mistaken identity or pets released by negligent owners, but eight of those sightings included adults seen with cubs.

Monroe County produces its share of cougar sightings. Picnickers at Griffy Lake saw one of the cats in May 2005. Five years later, a motion-activated trail camera confirmed the presence of a cougar in neighboring Greene County, though DNR spokesmen still hedged on whether it was wild or a fugitive pet. Lawrence County Sheriff Sam Craig issued a cougar warning in September 2010, after one of his officers saw the cat eating a deer near Bedford. October 2010 brought another rash of sightings from both Greene and Lawrence Counties.

If Hoosier cougars are making a comeback, they aren’t alone.

Since World War II, police statewide have logged reports of other big cats prowling Indiana woods and highways—species that have no business living in North America at all, outside of zoos.

Those strange stories date from 1948, when a maned cat resembling an African lion made appearances from Wayne County down to Lawrence, mauling livestock in company with a black panther, leaving five-inch paw prints behind. And speaking of “panthers”—a generic name applied to black leopards and jaguars—they’ve been cropping up in Indiana ever since that odd couple vanished. The

Eastern Puma Research Network logged 27 black-cat sightings between 1950 and 2005, with reports continuing to the present.

As with cougars, black panthers aren’t shy about visiting Monroe County and environs. Drivers spotted one along Tapp Road in May 2005. Sherry Rodman of Whitehall in Owen County lost several piglets to a night-prowling panther on January 31, 2006.

Monroe County produced more sightings in March and June 2006, while December took the action back to Owen County. A reprise of panther visits to Monroe in June and July 2007 left four-inchwide paw prints as proof of something on the prowl.

How may those sightings be explained? Center Point’s renowned Exotic Feline Rescue Center has several black leopards among its present population of 225 cats saved from abusive captivity, but none has ever escaped.

It’s possible that unknown private owners have released exotic pets that grew too large or vicious to control, but other theories suggest alternative explanations.

Some think Indiana’s “panthers” are black cougars, but no such specimens have yet been documented. Others postulate that slave traders once brought black leopards to the United States from Africa and set them free to breed—again, unproven.

Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman offers the most unique theory: survival of prehistoric cave lions, whose females might display black coats. His theory explains the odd pairing reported from 1948, but paleontologists reject the possibility of ancient cats surviving to the present day.

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Starting this year, Canoe Country is at a new location, 6660 S. County Rd. 900 W., and is on the other end of the bridge from its prior location. Now owned by Robbie Mixell, Canoe Country has been family-owned and operated by the Mixells for 27 years.

Kevin Hannan, 23, canoed the White River often as a kid and his family knew the Mixells well. He started working summers to help pay for college at Indiana University, and is now the chief operations officer.

“I know plenty of ways to sleep in a canoe,” he jokes.

Canoe Country traveled to South Carolina this year to buy new canoes to pair with their new location. They now have 110 canoes and kayaks.

Under an old iron bridge is the launch site for the 5-mile trip. It begins at a deep 15-feet underwater depth that shallows out at roughly 3 feet for the rest of the trip.

Hannan says the riverbanks are how the White River got its name despite other myths. As the sun hit the banks, they appeared all white from the insides of the pearly mussel shells. For this and other reasons, some people call the river Indiana’s “gem.”

“With each flood, the river changes its course a bit,” Hannan says, explaining how the river’s path has shifted more to the right.

With the river changing geographically, it is also changing environmentally.

Canoe Country’s staff performs weekly checks of the river to monitor log jams and dry spots to prevent any danger.

Hannan says the farmland runoff no longer affects the river water, life and natural algae as it did in the past. He also says Canoe Country intends to keep the river “natural.”

Although the White River is close to the nearby highways and interstates, surrounding farmland and wooded areas seem to seclude the river. However, old junk and waste has in the past washed into the river from flooded areas and Canoe Country discourages people from leaving trash behind.

Every year, Canoe Country organizes a river clean-up in September alongside the White River Watchers restoration organization and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Summer is the peak season for outdoor river recreation, but Hannan says the longest wait is only a half hour and it is rare that they run out of boats. Snacks and drinks can be purchased from their store in the meantime. The store also sells sunscreen, waterproof bags, hats, shirts, jackets and water shoes.

“It’s good family fun,” Hannan says.

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WILD WOMEN Indiana BOW event teaches outdoor survival skills

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ive years ago, Danielle Floyd signed up for a program called Becoming an Outdoors Woman. Danielle not only had a wonderful time at the three-day camp but she also credits the experience with changing her life.

“It was such a great adventure. It helped me decide my future,” Danielle said.

Now the Mooresville woman is the program coordinator for the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement in Outdoor Education. When the 18th annual Indiana BOW camp was held this year on May 4-6, Danielle was there to help other participants enjoy it as much as she did.

“I had never shot a gun until I went to that camp,” Danielle recalled.

“I had never gone hunting. That is something I never thought I would do. My father wasn’t a hunter. Nobody in my family was a hunter. I might never have gotten to hunt if I hadn’t gone to the BOW program.”

That is one of the main goals of Indiana BOW, Danielle said—To offer women the opportunity to experience outdoor activities in a lowpressure environment.

“If you didn’t grow up with it, you might never have gone fishing or hunting, learned how to shoot a gun or how to tie a fishing fly or how to use a rod and reel,” Danielle said. “You might be surprised at how many women have never gotten to do those things.”

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to shoot clay targets, paddle a canoe, catch Camp fee is $185 and includes class in- very active. They want to do it all,” Danielle a trophy bass, cook a campfire meal, make a struction, materials, accommodations and said. “Some of these women were from the fur hat, spot rare wild birds, track a deer and food. The number of participants this year generation where boys went out and did outmuch more. Each woman designs her own was 123. “We like to keep the numbers down door activities with their dads but girls were outdoor experience to match her interests. because we don’t want it to get too crowd- supposed to stay home with Mom ... Every“The program is for women who have ed,” Danielle said. one should have a chance to learn about and never stepped foot in the woods or forProtecting sea- Indiana’s The Land, minimum ageWildlife. to attend BOW is 18, enjoy the great outdoors.”

Waters, and soned outdoors enthusiasts,” Danielle said. but there is no maximum age. “We have For more information: Contact www.Indi“There is something for everyone.” women upV1 in their 80s who go and they are anaBOW.com.

Participants arrive on a Friday at about 3 p.m., check in and take their first session.

Saturday is a full day, beginning with a 7 a.m. breakfast, two more sessions and a grand Olympics program. On Sunday, women gather for breakfast, one more session and lunch before departure. Participants can bring their own camping equipment or sleep in the bunkhouse. The event is held at Ross Camp By simply choosing the blue in West Lafayette.

Environmental License Plate, Program choices include backpacking, you have a direct impact on backyard wildlife, basic archery, basic canoeprotecting Indiana’s land, ing, basket weaving, firearms safety (a prereqwaters, and wildlife. Through uisite for anyone taking a shooting class), fish the Indiana Heritage Trust, and game cleaning, fly fishing, turkey huntfunds from the plate translate ing, wood carving, muzzle loading, outdoor into more opportunities to cooking, outdoor photography, survival 101, enjoy the natural beauty that trapping and fur craft, tree identification, our state has to offer – from wildlife tracking and identifying wild edibles. hiking, fishing, camping and “On Saturday night, we have an Olympics boating, to visiting one of our where groups get to do fun activities. It’s not fabulous State Parks. a competition, it’s just a chance to try some of the things you’ve learned—like fire buildWe have one environment – ing or putting up a tent,” Danielle said. “Then help us protect it. If that’s not the groups get medals for completing their superhero material, we’re not tasks.” sure what is…

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By Jackie Sheckler Finch

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o test the truck they use in truck pulling competitions, Justin and Lana Blackwell decided to buy a weighted apparatus called a “sled.” When they used the sled and truck in the pasture in front of their Heltonville home, the action drew quite a bit of attention.

“People found out about it and asked if they could come test their machines and do a little pulling competition,” Lana said. “We said, ‘That sounds like fun. Let’s do it.’ And that’s how Hillbilly Truck and Tractor Pulls got its start.”

Now the Blackwells are the happy owners of their own truck and tractor pull track. They also own three sleds and rent the sleds to local fairs and other pulling organizations.

“We decided we would give it a try,” Lana said.

“Our thought was, ‘If you build it, they will come.’

And people really have been coming. We are very happy with how it has gone.”

Located at 5003 State Road 446 on property the Blackwells own near their Heltonville home, the track opened four years ago. “It was a lot of work,” Lana said. “We built the track and the bleachers and the parking and a concession stand.

We sell hamburgers that we cook on a grill, plus cheeseburgers, corn dogs, nachos, pop and candy.”

A family affair, the Blackwell’s 19-year-old daughter Larissa runs the concession stand; 17-year-old Garrett is a track official as well as a truck pull competitor; and 14-year-old Wyatt helps around the track wherever he is needed.

“It’s good family entertainment,” Lana said.

“People will bring their lawn chairs, back their trucks up to the fence and sit there and watch the pulls for hours. You really get your money’s worth of fun.”

Opened for the season on April 7 and running until October, Hillbilly Truck and Tractor Pulls offers competitions every other Saturday. Gates open at 2 p.m., tractor pulls start at 4 p.m. and truck pulls begin at 8 p.m.

“On opening day, we had about 600 people and at least 200 took part in the pulls,” Lana said.

“That’s a really good turnout.”

On alternate Saturdays, the track is used for go-kart races. “This is Indiana. We will race anything,” Lana said with a laugh.

Truck and tractor pulls have probably been around about as long as the vehicles themselves, Lana said. As early as the 1920s, farmers began hitching their tractors to weighted sleds then roaring down a track to see who could pull it the farthest. Then they would tinker with their tractors to make them stronger and faster. It wasn’t long before county fairs across the nation began featuring tractor pulls. Folks like to see the machines that would “pull on Sunday, plow on Monday.”

“A long time ago, they would use people to add weight to make the sled heavier or lighter,” Lana said. “As the tractor would move along, more and more people would jump on the sled to add weight every so many feet of the pull. They don’t do that anymore. Too dangerous.”

Instead, a weight-exchanging sled is now used.

Created in the late 1960s, the sled is like a flatbed truck trailer with wheels at the back and a sled at the front. A moveable mass of up to 65,000 pounds can be increased as the pull moves along.

In 1969, the National Tractor Pullers Association was established to standardize the rules and various classes, as well as to emphasize safety rules for spectators and competitors.

The tractors or trucks each get a chance at the

pull individually. “It’s not like in a race where they all do it at once to see who wins,” Lana said. “One tractor or truck will line up and see how much weight it can pull for how long of a distance. Then another tractor or truck will take its turn.”

Pull offs are now big business with Super Stock Open class machines pulling out over 5,000 horsepower. National cable networks regularly televise the events and people flock to watch the action in person.

“We run 100 percent payback pulls,” Lana said.

“It costs $25 to enter a pull and the winners get all of the entry fees. We don’t keep any of that money. The admission fee is what we get for our expenses. It costs $10 to get in the gate for an adult.

Kids 8 and under are free.”

Although she didn’t grow up with the sport, Lana says she has embraced it wholeheartedly. “I’m surprised at how well our track is doing. At first we thought this is not going to go anywhere, but it gets better every year.”

To show how much she is a fan, Lana points out that for their 18th wedding anniversary last year, Justin presented her with tickets to an indoor tractor pull in Kentucky. “That was great,” she said.

“I love the tractor pulls. A perfect gift for me.”

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issi Bush-Sawtelle grew up boating on the Ohio River, spending leisurely summer days enjoying the water and the wildlife. The family often would launch their boat from a scenic river spot in Leavenworth.

Today, Missi and her husband Bob Sawtelle own one of their favorite spots along the river. Redoing the old Leavenworth campground would be “a great adventure,” Missi says. “I’d never owned a campground before and it was in pretty bad shape when I saw it.”

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the transportation business, Missi thought the campground could use a major renovation. Along with being a devoted boater and outdoor adventure person, Missy also is an avid preservationist. She served two terms on Indiana Landmarks and helped save several historic buildings from destruction.

“Historic preservation is a passion of mine,” Missi says. “My husband and I are now in the process of saving the original Wyandotte Cave hotel. Bob and I like old buildings and green spaces as well. We think they go together.”

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So for three years, Missi and her husband have been redoing the campground from scratch. “It is all new infrastructure,” she says. “New water, sewer and electric.

It’s not the same campground at all.”

In fact, the original name of the rundown campground has gotten lost in time. “We knew it was there. We just didn’t know its name, if it had a name,” she says.

To christen the new facility, the new owners chose a name that reflects the campground’s lovely location—Horseshoe Bend RV Campground & Boat Ramp, located on the banks of the Ohio River at mile 664.5.

The locks and dams at Louisville and Cannelton create the “Cannelton Pool” of the Ohio River, a 130-mile long “lake.”

Included in this section is the sharpest curve on the river, known as “Horseshoe Bend.”

“In fact,” Missi says, “oncoming barges must communicate with each other and time their maneuvers precisely so they don’t pass at this sharp curve and risk collision.”

The new RV campground has 70 fullservice sites, some along the river and some on interior sites. Each site has sewer, water, 30/50-amp electric service, picnic table and fire ring. Sites are 40 foot wide and 60 foot long and designed to hold an RV, a vehicle and a recreational boat trailer. Each campsite is surfaced with packed gravel to the main campground roadways.

No tents or outside sleeping shelters are permitted.

“It is only for RVs,” Missi says. “We have no shower house or bathrooms. You have to have that in your camper ... We have sites for the season, for the week or for the night.”

Open May through October, Horseshoe Bend has a private doublewide boat ramp for easy access to the Ohio River.

Rules enforced at the gated campground include “quiet hours” from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.

“This is a very family-oriented campground,” Missi says. “The river itself is the main attraction. Whether you like to boat or fish or just enjoy watching the river or the bald eagles, there is always something to see.”

This year, Missi and Bob are busy with new campground projects, includ-

ing building a playground, adding volleyball and badminton nets, a basketball goal and horseshoe pits.

“We are also opening a store [where] we hope to sell supplies and limited food,” Missi says. “This will be housed in a small old barn that I couldn’t stand to see fall down. So, along with my Amish friends from South Boston, we raised the roof, added an old store counter and an old Coke cooler and made a really neat little store. We plan to sell hard candy, popcorn, limited emergency supplies—typical things from an old country store. We plan for it to be open

Thursday through Sunday.

For those who would like to enjoy the campground but don’t own an RV, Horseshoe Bend offers two cabins. An A-frame cabin with two bedrooms, two baths and a wrap-around deck, Horseshoe Bend Cabin is located in the campground.

“The Horseshoe Bend Cabin is a small bungalow-style house from the 1940s,” Missi says. “It was the original farmhouse that was on this property. We didn’t want to destroy it, so we repaired it to be a cabin and now it’s lovely.”

Located outside the campground, the

Ohio River Overlook Cabin sits high atop a bluff and has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, two gas fireplaces, and two wraparound decks with wonderful views of the Ohio River.

“That house is probably about 10 years old,” Missi says. “Most people would probably have torn down both houses, but I like to save houses and help them find a new life.”

For more information: Contact Horseshoe Bend RV Campground & Boat Ramp at Antiques, (812) 267-3031 or www.horseshoebendrv.

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