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Chris Clark’s Blue

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Artist Sara 36 Watercolor Steffey McQueen

44 Artist Gallery to Peace in 46 War 1945 Germany

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Contributors Jackie Sheckler Finch became a Hoosier more than 25 years ago when she moved to Indiana from Massachusetts for a newspaper job. She covered city government and other areas for The Herald-Times until leaving to become a full-time freelance writer. Editor of Homes & Lifestyles since its inception in 2004, Jackie is also an award-winning travel writer and author of 20 travel books. She was named the Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year a record six times. Jackie enjoys finding the fascinating people and places that wait over the hill and around the next bend.

Growing up in Spencer taught Michelle Crowe to love John Mellencamp, the joys of driving country roads and the value of looking past any exterior to see what character lies underneath. She is married to her high school sweetheart and has three children. Michelle is also an independent marketing consultant who enjoys writing for Homes & Lifestyles because it gives her a reason to look inside interesting houses and the people who make them a home.

Pete DiPrimio is a Bloomington transplant who was born near Pittsburgh. His favorite part about writing for Homes & Lifestyles is meeting the various homeowners and personalities. He’s an award-winning sports columnist who has written three books on IU sports, plus 21 children’s books on topics that include Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Ancient Rome, Ancient Sparta and more. In 2016 he was inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, which he says reflects the fact that he covered his first sporting event shortly after Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden.

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Chris Howell has been a full time senior photojournalist for Hoosier Times publications since 1998. Born and raised in Bloomfield, Chris’ passion is documenting the everyday lives of people in local communities and wherever his travels take him. Away from work, Chris enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing softball and grilling in the summertime.

When not designing the pages of Homes & Lifestyles, Dennis Laffoon is the creative services manager for Hoosier Times.

He is also an ordained minister and pastor at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and winner of the City of Bloomington’s 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award. Dennis is married, with three children who bring him and his wife Rochelle much joy.

Alexandra M. Lynch thoroughly enjoys writing for Homes & Lifestyles because she gets to meet wonderful people and see fascinating homes.

Alexandra has been a writer most of her career, mostly newsletters and magazines. Now, in retirement, she finds the H&L gig suits her fine. In her leisure time, she likes to travel and take photos.

Brooke McCluskey is the content and layout coordinator for Homes & Lifestyles. She assists the editor, develops layouts and guides the production process — and does the same for several other magazines published by Hoosier Times.

In her free time, she is renovating a fixerupper home in rural Bloomington with her husband. They have two children, a dog, a cat, a snake and many woodland friends.

A lifelong Hoosier, Shaylan Owen grew up near rural Delphi. He has a background in fine arts, photography and graphic design and is the marketing director for Hoosier Times. Shaylan is a self-described food nerd who has created and photographed dozens of recipes for Homes & Lifestyles since April 2009. When not working, he enjoys cooking, reading, running, traveling and the outdoors.

Joel Pierson has been a resident of Bloomington for more than a decade and is still finding things to love about the area. In addition to writing for H&L, he is a regular contributor to The Herald-Times. His interests include theater, writing, editing and audio production. He is the author of two books, both published locally. In his rare free moments, he enjoys relaxing with wife and fellow journalist Dana and their three lovely hounds.

David Snodgress was born and raised in Bloomington. He has journalism and political science degrees from Indiana University and a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio University. He is the photography manager at The Herald-Times. He shares a log home with his wife and three children and can often be found camping and canoeing.

Kathy Truss and Jeremy Hogan also

contributed photos to this issue.

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Comments Please accept our sincere thanks for the wonderful article ... We enjoyed it very much, as did our friends and family. It was very tastefully arranged with a great story line and very tasteful photos. Michelle and David did a fantastic job.

We were so honored to be part of your quality publication.

-Debby and Dan Toth Editor’s note: Debby and Dan Toth’s collectible-filled home was featured in our April issue.

Loved the article [about Dan Toth’s cuckoo clocks]. I have a cuckoo clock passed down to me from my great grandparents. He got it while stationed in Germany during WW2. It is in excellent condition but I am unable to get it to work. Any way to get in contact with this gentleman to see what he would suggest? Or possibly send him a few pictures so maybe he could give me a background on it? Any and all help is appreciated!

-Erik Millick Editor’s note: If you have a cuckoo question, email our content coordinator, Brooke McCluskey, at bmccluskey@ hoosiertimes.com and she will help you reach Dan Toth.

Congratulations to Pete DiPrimio on his great award. I always enjoy reading his H&L articles and often chuckle at his sense of humor.

Looking forward to more wonderful stories from Pete.

-Alan Carter Editor’s note: We are quite proud of our writer Pete DiPrimio, who was recently inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. For another chuckle, read the letter below from Pete.

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issue. And if it leads to a movie role — word is Hollywood is looking to make The Revenant 2 and needs someone to get eaten by a bear!!! I will share in the profits.

-Pete DiPrimio

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henever we have a Homes & Lifestyles editorial meeting, I’m always eager to hear what Shaylan Owen plans to cook up for our next issue. It’s a good thing we have lunch at this meeting because Shaylan’s recipes always make me hungry.

H&L’s marketing manager, Shaylan also is a food blogger and talented photographer. Shaylan not only creates H&L’s wonderful recipes, he also takes the tempting photos for whatever he has prepared. For an answer to a question from an H&L reader, I turned to the culinary source himself.

“I have been wondering,” Lucy Newsom wrote, “how you choose the recipes to run in the magazine.

Some of them are quite unusual and challenging to prepare. I have only been brave enough to try a few. But they always look delicious.”

Many of his recipes develop, Shaylan answers, because they’re seasonally appropriate or use ingredients when they’re in season locally.

“I love exploring flavor pairings, textures and cooking methods, which is why the recipes are often complex,” Shaylan says. ‘I encourage creativity — and bravery — in the kitchen, even if that means you edit my recipes.”

Born in Lafayette, Indiana, and growing up in Delphi, Indiana, Shaylan recalls always being drawn to the kitchen.

“I cooked some with my mother, who’s an excellent cook, but I mostly remember helping her can and freeze from our gardens,” he says. “I remember making beef and cheese nachos with my brother, but I don’t think those were very impressive. One of my earliest ‘creative’ dishes was pesto-stuffed chicken breasts.”

Shaylan attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville, where he studied chemistry for over half his college career before changing majors to photography. “I found my way to Bloomington doing graphic design,” he says.

Shaylan began sharing his culinary expertise with H&L in April 2009 and recently surpassed 50 recipes.

“It started rather by chance when the magazine staff enjoyed cooking I’d been sharing around the office,” he says. “One of my first recipes — a seasoned turkey burger with sprouts, avocado, grated Parmesan, and seasoned mayonnaise — was snarkily called the ‘Pretentious Burger.’ That name still makes me smile.”

To create his special dishes, Shaylan usually starts with existing recipes as reference points or idea sparkers. When his work day ends, Shaylan often heads home to prepare his evening meal.

“I cook more often than I don’t, but it’s definitely not always as elaborate as my typical H&L recipe,” he says. “I make a mean baked potato and killer roasted broccoli — sometimes simple is just as delicious.”

Shaylan also shares something that H&L readers may not realize.

“I’ve been a vegetarian — technically, an occasional pescatarian — for most of the years I’ve been cooking for H&L, but I don’t think anyone ever noticed that I just stopped sharing recipes with poultry, pork, and beef. Many of my recipes are vegetarian twists on traditionally carnivorous dishes — meat could certainly be added to some of what I create.”

Preparing food is a great way to relax, he says.

“I like, most of all, sharing something I’ve made with people I care about. I like seeing empty plates and satisfied faces, and if I can help expand palates in the process, it’s that much better.”

You’ll find Shaylan’s latest creation on page 67 of this issue.

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Best Formal Wear and Best Men’s Apparel— Andrew Davis 101 W. Kirkwood Ave., Suite 119 in Bloomington Locally-owned and a downtown Bloomington fixture, Andrew Davis won the top spot for both formal wear and men’s apparel. Readers appreciate Andrew Davis’ in-home, in-office and after-hours appointments, made-to-measure suits and specialty services for cleaning, refurbishing and maintaining quality clothing.

Best Women’s Apparel— Piace 120 E. Kirkwood Ave. in Bloomington Piace was established by two sisters-in-law in 2010 and offers unique, hand-selected fashions in Bloomington and online. The boutique is known for bonding with its customers via email, Facebook and Instagram

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— and for keeping up with indie trends from around the world. H&L readers gave it top billing for women’s apparel.

Best Shoes— Smith’s Shoe Center 1917 S. Walnut St. in Bloomington Since 1952, Smith’s Shoe Center has been a family-owned business and a local favorite that relies on the loyalty of the community.

Never a business to rest on its laurels, Smith’s Shoe Center has moved and expanded several times over the years. They offer a huge selection and a popular customer loyalty club, and were voted number one in shoes by H&L readers.

Best Men’s Hair, Best Women’s Hair, Best Makeup— Hair International Day Spa & Salon 608 W. Kirkwood Ave. in Bloomington

Hair International Day Spa & Salon’s name reflects the array of services it offers — everything from basic haircuts to specialty skin treatments. Since its inception in 1984, the salon’s experts have accompanied clients through birthdays, proms, weddings, anniversaries and many other life events.

Customer loyalty is evident in its top H&L honors in three categories: men’s hair, women’s hair and makeup.

Best Skin Care and Best Hair Removal— Tranquil Vibe 1128 S. College Mall Rd. in Bloomington Tranquil Vibe invites customers to “step inside our ever-so-inviting spa and breathe”—and when you do, you understand why. Every aspect of the spa brings a sense of tranquility and healing. H&L readers called it the best place for skin care and hair removal.

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Events

The Woolery Market, a quarterly event hosted by The Herald-Times and Homes & Lifestyles magazine, features vendors selling art, antiques, clothing, furniture, food, jewelry and more. The February and May events attracted more than 3,000 people and the next market is Aug. 13. Learn more at woolerymarket.com.

Friends and fans of the IU Auditorium gathered April 9 to celebrate the venue’s 75th birthday. Guests gathered on the stage for a dinner prepared by David Tallent while jazz trumpeter Chris Botti serenaded the crowd. Homes & Lifestyles congratulates IU Auditorium on 75 wonderful years. Photos by Shaylan Owen.

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Jayne relaxes in one of her favorite spots — her blue couch — with Persian cats Wallace and Rocco. Photos by Chris Howell.

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Cozy Charm

Collectible-filled home is a retirement oasis

By Alexandra M. Lynch

I

t’s always enjoyable to go to Jayne Spencer’s house.

You always see something you’ve never noticed before … like a nook displaying thin porcelain sake glasses with shadowy cameos of geishas’ faces in the bottoms. How do they do that?

You’ll find many wonders in this home. Built in 1928, Jayne’s house in Bloomington’s Elm Heights has been her home since 1982 when she was raising her two children, Patrick and Emily. Elm Heights is a great family neighborhood and at the time, there were lots of other kids in the neighborhood, the streets weren’t busy, there was — and still is — an annual caroling party.

Halloween is a major neighborhood event here.

Jayne remembers Mrs. Yellen, wife of poet Samuel Yellen.

“She would take in Patrick and Emily after school, give them gingersnaps and play gin rummy with them. They loved it.” Patrick and Emily’s rooms are waiting for them when they return to visit Jayne from their homes in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The brick house is considered a Tudor Revival style home, meaning it evokes a medieval cottage with its half-timbered look and steeply pitched roof. Its first owners were Chloe and Tuiza Mitchell, who took in occasional boarders. The next owner was Harry Day, biochemist at Indiana University. He owned the house for 40 years and planted what is now a huge tulip poplar tree in the back yard. Jayne bought the house from Harry.

Before acquiring her Tudor Revival, Jayne and family lived in a cottage-like house near Atwater and Jordan avenues, close to the Elm Heights neighborhood.

“It was very cute,” Jayne remembers. “It was yellow brick on the outside, stucco inside, with Moorish arches.”

But the family outgrew the small two-bedroom

cottage and Jayne heard that Harry was planning to move to Meadowood Retirement Center. A deal was struck.

Jayne was happy with the house because of its space, the many windows letting in light and the gardening areas in the front and back yards. Gardening is Jayne’s retirement occupation. She retired from Indiana University as editor of the IU Home Pages newspaper in 2011.

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Jayne’s kitchen windows overlook her beloved back yard.

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Neighborhood Charm

She loves the Elm Heights neighborhood “because of the variety of older homes, the cozy feel about it, and the range of interesting eccentrics living here.”

The neighborhood throws parties and celebrates holidays. There is even an online listserv where announcements and comments can be shared among neighbors.

Jayne’s home has two entrances—the main entrance on the original front porch, and the entrance through the sunroom to its left. The sunroom was originally a garage.

In 1993 she upgraded it with skylights, beautiful French doors, comfy furniture and art. Two steps go up to the kitchen, and squeezed under the main staircase is a tiny necessary room.

Entering the main front door, visitors see the living room on the right, the staircase on the left and the kitchen straight ahead. You will likely be greeted by Jayne’s Persian cats, Wallace and Rocco.

In the living room is a large brick fireplace with a very comfortable blue sectional sofa in front of it. All around, on most surfaces, are objects — some Asian, some European, and some American, mostly

vintage or antique.

On the mantel is a dramatic art nouveau compote in white with gold trim. Many other porcelain characters fill up the shelf.

The walls are covered with original art. Large windows face the street.

“One of my favorite places in the house is right here on the sofa, looking out at the street. I watch my favorite dogs and their dog walkers go by and look over at my neighbor Charlie’s lovely home,” says Jayne, showing the proper way to stretch out on the sofa.

The adjacent dining room is also window-filled, with antique furniture surrounding the dining room table and chairs. Jayne points out that the table was made by the Showers Furniture Factory in Bloomington. Quite remarkable for Showers furniture, Jayne’s dining table features massive, heavily carved legs. The set

expands to seat 12 people.

Jayne walks over to a window and stands by her grandfather’s dental cabinet, a stately wood piece with shallow long drawers for instruments.

“When you open a door of the cabinet it still smells like a dentist’s office inside,” says Jayne, demonstrating and sharing a definite whiff of dentist’s office. Jayne stripped the cabinet of its white paint and revealed a beautifully grained wood underneath.

“I have a photograph of my dad and grandfather with the white cabinet in his office,” Jayne says. Her father, Dr. J.W. Hammer, was a family physician in Middletown, Ind., for many years before becoming a Bloomington radiologist for 20 years. He died in 2008, after 25 years of retirement. Jayne’s mother, Jean, lives in a retirement community nearby.

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Favorite Spaces

A glass door in the dining room leads to the roofed back porch. Four rattan chairs with floral cushions welcome visitors to relax. There, in the fenced-in back yard, is the giant tulip poplar. Other decorative trees border the yard, along with ample planting beds for perennials such as hollyhock, hydrangea and moonflowers.

No matter the season, the wildlife of the back yard provides great entertainment. Jayne has trained the squirrels to come up on the porch for peanuts. Snappy-looking blackand-white downy woodpeckers are frequent visitors to the suet feeder. Deer come through — apparently jumping the fence to enjoy Jayne’s back yard paradise. A Cooper’s Hawk has been hanging around, too. The back porch is one of Jayne’s favorite spots, even in winter.

The kitchen is decked out with many little objects on every surface. It has an old-fashioned look, but the glass front cabinets were added recently. A butcher’s block table anchors the floor — a beautiful, narrow poplar revealed by stripping off old brown linoleum. Windows look out to Jayne’s beloved back yard.

Upstairs, Patrick’s bedroom features a huge map of China, in Chinese, given to him by a professor at IU before he left to study and then work in Beijing. Jayne updated the wall color in a deep green, which suits the treetop view out the windows.

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Emily’s room was painted blue with clouds long ago, but it’s as fresh as ever. It too overlooks the back yard and has a glass door leading to the room’s “porch,” which is actually the rooftop of the porch below.

From top to bottom, Jayne’s home is an adventure. With treasures sprinkled throughout and stories evident in every room, it can take many visits just to begin to take it all in. So stretch out on the comfortable sofa and just start looking around.

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Blue and Green Realtor turns a run-down house into an Earth-friendly office

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Photo by David Snodgress.

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Chris Clark, at top, examines hardware that could be used in the renovated building. Photo by David Snodgress.

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hris Clark sees what many cannot. Let’s get to that right from the start. He turns home disasters into livable places, money pits into sound investments, a house that looks suited for a Stephen King horror novel into an enchanting business office.

“Some things that would turn most people away, I take on,” the veteran Bloomington real estate agent/broker says with a laugh.

Take, for instance, Chris’ new South Walnut B-town Real Estate office. It’s a 90-year-oldplus house that about 10 months ago seemed destined for a wrecking ball. If it wasn’t the worst project Chris had ever undertaken during his 15 years in the business, it was in the top two.

“It was in really bad shape,” he says, “but I knew what I was getting into.”

Now the house has a blue-and-white exterior island theme — “A little bright to get some attention” — to complement the interior color theory, which should not be confused with the big-bang theory, which is about turning nothing into something, although that is sort of what Chris has done.

“We take bad properties and make them really nice,” he says.

That sounds good — until reality messes it up. Bad can sometimes become impossible.

Chris refuses to see it that way.

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“There are always some surprises, but there isn’t a ‘too bad’ for me. As long as someone has the money to do it and the structure is still good, I believe in saving the home. No reason to tear it down and put up a vinyl box. I wanted a good location with good visibility.”

Chris laughs again. He is business casual on this sun-splashed day with flannel shirt and sunglasses perched atop his head. Doing it right, it seems, doesn’t have to mean being stuffy and pretentious. It does mean, in this case, using recycled materials and spending more than the house is worth.

“I try to do something differently,” he says.

And so bedrooms become offices. A pantry turns into a supply closet. Projects are ongoing — juggling a real estate office with a maintenance and remodeling business requires coordination and care — and the challenges are invigorating.

How challenging was this project?

Consider that when Chris bought the house in July of 2015, the back left side had sunk nearly three inches and seemed poised to topple as the Leaning Tower of Pisa has not.

“We had had to lift up two-thirds of the house and set a new structure under it,” Chris says. “Most people would freak out over that.

I’ve done enough of that, so it doesn’t freak me out. Now it’s more solid than it ever was. It’s level in all directions.”

All successful business people need a theme, an approach, something that separates them from the rest. For Chris, call it the peaceand-be-kind-to-Earth method. When real estate clients come to his office, he strives to take the edge off.

“It can be high stress for a lot of sellers and buyers. I try to make it easygoing and relaxed for them.”

Green Theme

Chris pushes a green design to reflect his environmental science background. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in public environmental affairs, and the house showcases that.

“It’s why there are so many green aspects to it,” he says.

For instance, recycled blue jean insulation is used and it’s just what it sounds like — turning blue jean material into insulation.

“It’s super soft to the touch. It’s recycled and reclaimed,” he says. “It’s also sound-deadening.”

The house has a high efficiency furnace with a thermostat Chris controls remotely using an app on his cell phone. He tries to use

locally-sourced labor and materials as much as possible, which is why all the hardwood flooring is done with wood “grown and milled in southern Indiana.”

The interior is where Chris puts color theory to the test. The theory states that colors can affect behavior — red can stimulate, a purple-gray combination can calm, gray can make a space seem larger “so you don’t feel confined,” Chris says.

He went with what he calls “spa colors” for the interior rooms to create a relaxing mood.

The front room, which includes a limestone fireplace and mantel, is purple-gray. This is a livingroom-as-conference-room, and the reason, Chris says, is, “I don’t want people to come in here and feel like they’re at a business office. I want them to feel like it’s a home.”

Outside, you’ll see blue-painted cedar siding with pure white trim, producing a beach house effect. Chris had the idea for galvanized exterior accents such as gutters and end caps.

Chris plans to install a rain garden full of native and wetland plants on the house’s narrow north side. Gutters have been installed to direct all the rainwater to the garden, so that the water will be “dealt with by native plants” on site.

The house doesn’t have solar heating now, but it almost certainly will in the future.

“It’s out of the budget for the short term,” Chris says. “Active panels do okay for now. They pay for themselves, but they don’t do more than that because our winters are so gray. But the technology is getting better, and the cost will come down.”

The idea is to use the house as an office for now, but be able to quickly convert it into a rental property if the need should arrive.

“At some point in time,” Chris says, “it could be leased as a residence without having to do any changes.”

“Everything we’ve done, we try to do it the way the city says is the way it should be done.”

Above, the building’s color scheme is shown in paint dabbed on the wall to the left. Photo by David Snodgress. Below, Chris Clark explains the impact of blue jean insulation in this photo from January 2016. Photo by Jeremy Hogan.

‘What in the World?’

Chris wasn’t born for this kind of work, but close.

He grew up with an engineer for a father, who had friends with a knack for construction projects. Many weekends were spent on projects such as building decks, remodeling houses and more.

“I got into it and never stopped,” he says. “It’s all about figuring out the projects and fixing problems.

I love that. I find solutions for issues. That’s the fun part. I do the design for everything. That is my enjoyment.”

Not everyone understands that enjoyment at first.

“Every painter who ever works for me thinks ‘What in the world?’ when I suggest something.

When it’s done, they’re like, ‘Man, I really like it.’”

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Imprinting

Childhood talent becomes life’s work for Morgan County artist

By Jackie Sheckler Finch

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Photos by David Snodgress.

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hen Mark Burkett was helping his mother downsize the family home last year, he found a box of childhood drawings under her bed.

Carefully preserved for more than half a century, the childish artwork was created by Mark and his younger brother Brent.

“I didn’t know she had saved them all those years,” Mark says. “She had stacks of old pastel drawings that we had done. It seemed strange to look at them and see the work of a nine year old. My mother must have saved them because they were important to her.”

In fact, Mark says, the encouragement of both his mother and his father are among the main reasons that both brothers are now artists. His brother Brent is a professional artist in Oregon.

Today, Mark is a well-known Hoosier artist whose work is included in the collection of Rose-Hulman Institute, Columbia Club of Indianapolis, Indiana State Museum and Cleveland Clinic. His work is also in the museum where he worked as an Indiana State University student — the Sheldon Swope Art Museum.

Among other organizations, Mark is a member of the Brown County Art Guild and has had his work shown at the annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition and Sale. The 38th Annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition and Sale will be held June 11 to July 2 at the Brown County Art Gallery at the corner of Main and Artist Drive in Nashville.

Somehow, Mark says, his parents found the money to pay for art lessons for the two boys and the time to take them to Bridgeport every Saturday morning for those lessons. Mark’s father was an engineer with General Motors in Indianapolis. His mother was a homemaker.

“I know my parents went to a lot of trouble to find art lessons for me and my younger brother but they always did it,” Mark says. “When you are young, you don’t know what all is involved in doing something like that. But I know now and I really appreciate it.”

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Passion for Prints

Born in 1951 in Martinsville, Mark grew up in Monrovia.

“I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an artist or when I wasn’t interested in art,” Mark says. “My mother always made sure that we had art materials, probably so we could entertain ourselves.”

In Monrovia High School, Mark took the only art class available.

“It was more like a crafts class but it was all they offered,” he says.

After graduating with an academic scholarship, Mark headed to Indiana State University in Terre Haute to major in fine arts. It was there he discovered his true artistic passion — printmaking — and where he was fortunate to get a part-time job at a prestigious art museum where he learned valuable lessons for an aspiring artist.

“Neither one of my parents had gone to college and they couldn’t afford to pay all my tuition so I worked every summer,” Mark recalls. “You couldn’t do it today with the high cost of tuition but I could earn

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enough money in the summer to go to college for another year.”

Most of his summer jobs were in landscaping. He also worked part time during college at Sheldon Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute. Opened in 1942, the museum is known nationally and internationally for containing works by artists such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield, Zoltan Sepeshy and Edward Hopper.

“It is a really nice collection for a town as small as Terre Haute,” Mark says. “It was wonderful to be able to work among all those paintings and to help set up exhibits and meet artists when they came to town for a show. Being able to work there taught me so much. It was a big part of my education.”

It was also at ISU that Mark was introduced to printmaking.

“I had a drawing instructor who was head of the printmaking department and I think he needed students,” Mark says. “I was kind of flattered that he suggested that I do printmaking. I did it for three years in college and found out how much I enjoyed it.”

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After earning a B.S. in fine arts at ISU, Mark did commercial work for several years.

“I would illustrate interiors or do renderings of what furniture would look like in a room,” he says. “It was not the most creative thing in the world but I learned a lot from it about perspective and having to do things on a deadline.”

About 25 years ago, Mark created a pen and ink drawing of the old Monrovia High School he had attended.

“Someone saw it and asked if I would make some prints of it,” he recalls. “I went into a framing shop in Monrovia to get some prints made.”

And that is where Mark met the woman who would play an important part in his life.

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We’ve been together ever since.”

An artist and framer, Jeanne has her own framing shop known as Color Works in Mooresville. The shop and art studio are in a historic building that also is the home of Jeanne and Mark. A building behind their home is where Mark has his printmaking press.

“I like to paint and make prints both,” he says. “When the weather is good, I like to be outside painting.”

Living in south-central Indiana, Mark finds plenty of artistic inspiration surrounding him.

“Few other places in the U.S. have the art reputation that Brown County, Indiana, does,” Mark says. “The arts have been an attraction that has brought people to Brown County for the last 100 years and the scenery is just as beautiful today as it was a century ago.”

His advice for other aspiring artists?

“It helps if you have parents or people who encourage what you are doing.

But, if you don’t, do it anyway,” he says.

“Learn as much as you can about what you want to do and don’t expect it to be easy, because if you want to succeed you will really have to work hard.”

As for himself, Mark says, “I feel very fortunate in that I get to make art and make a living. Not everybody can say that they like what they do so I know that I am lucky to get to do the things I enjoy most.”

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Each of these vodka bottles — from the very first batch produced by the distillery — has a tag with the name of an original investor who can drink from their bottle for free whenever they visit.

The bar is made from local Indiana limestone that’s more than 300 million years old. A seam runs through it where the limestone was produced at different times, giving each piece a slightly different hue.

This red metal Indiana-shaped sign is given to distributors and restaurants that use Cardinal sprits. You can also buy one at the distillery.

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Free Hopscotch coffee is a perk for employees.

Songbird coffee liqueur is made with freshly-roasted Hopscotch coffee from a store just down the street. Bramble black raspberry liqueur uses locally-sourced berries. Quirk hopes to organize a customer event to forage for raspberries to use in the next batch. “Black raspberries are incredible because they’re one of the few Midwest-native fruits.”

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These canvas prints advertise various distillery products.

The red and white sign in the middle proclaims Cardinal Spirits’ place as “Bloomington’s Distillery.”

The distillery’s event decorator displays this paddle in honor of their latest release, Lakehouse Spiced Rum. Different types of drinks call for different glasses in order to be fully appreciated, so Adam keeps a variety close at hand.

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CEO and co-founder, Cardinal Spirits Operating from a refurbished sheet metal factory, Cardinal Spirits has produced high quality whiskey, gin, vodka, rum and liqueurs since 2015. The distillery — the only one in Bloomington — uses locally-sourced ingredients whenever possible and Quirk is a big believer in partnerships with other small businesses. “We’re very happy to be part of the resurgence of manufacturing in Indiana.”

A 1940s statue of a cardinal by an unknown southwestern artist is the basis for the Cardinal Spirits logo. “It’s the hardiest songbird. It sticks around.”

A tiki mug symbolizes the weekly Tiki Tuesday event at the distillery. Cardinal bartenders combine fresh fruits and house spirits into tropical delights.

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Biography of a Home

Teacher’s cottage is a tribute to travel, art and animals

By Michelle Ann Crowe

T

he question is not whether walls can talk.

More importantly — do they have anything interesting to say?

On Bloomington’s south side is a home with the heart of a master storyteller. Crunching up the dappled gravel driveway, the setting starts with unrestrained wildflowers and sounds of livestock. Standing framed by his weathered red smokehouse, owner Bill Hays completes the illustration of welcome.

“This is the first very important house that I ever lived in,” he says of his 38-year relationship with the property. “It’s my best friend. It’s my history. It’s my autobiography.”

The 1849 structure is not organized by chapter, and forget about a table of contents to find your way. The interior is a room-by-room connection of additions made by Bill and the Sylvester family through the years. Their original one-room cabin remains at its center, where a friendly Franklin stove holds a place of honor. These walls, still lathe and plaster, are as covered with books, art and memories as any other in the house.

Bill’s plan for the cottage was clear from the beginning. The tale it now tells is exactly what he intended.

“I had a vision. This is what I want it to look like, and I want it right now. What it has taught me was the great joy of doing it,” he declares.

The glass-walled sunroom, for example, was an added screened-in porch that evolved into more.

It’s a nod to his California past and has Hollywood stories to tell. As the grandson of Will H. Hays, the first president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America, Bill shares his family history with framed letters from luminaries such as the Kennedy family and Katharine Hepburn. Another room has a framed copy of the 1926 September issue of Time magazine with grandfather Hays on its cover. Much more of Bill’s family history can be found at Indiana University’s Lilly Library.

“Nothing here is simply decorative,” Bill explains.

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Sentimental Journey

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In fact, everything in every room is a kind of dedication. The dining room, for example, features a large seascape Bill bought directly from artist Anne Packard herself. He remembers falling in love with the too-expensive painting in her gallery in Provincetown, Mass., and visiting it daily.

While studying it a final time on his way out of town, he felt an arm slip through his own.

“It was Anne Packard herself. She said, ‘It’s meant to be yours. I am the artist, and I will sell you that painting on time,’” he recalls.

The Packard painting faces a room filled with art and antiques. Ten other paintings, four plates and a covered fireplace mantle fill just this one wall. In fact, Bill’s strategy is to use every available surface to document his memories. Windows, bookcases and furniture are all pressed into gallery service.

Much space is dedicated to display of dishware. For example, Bill has mounted many items owned by his maternal and paternal grandmothers. When reflecting on their importance, he says, “I am a sentimentalist and they are a great reminder of sitting at my maternal

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grandmother’s oilcloth-covered table and eating fried chicken.”

Those chicken-dinner meals took place in one of the many rural influences in Bill’s childhood. While primarily living in Beverly Hills, Calif., his parents also owned a 400acre homestead outside of Crawfordville, Ind. Every summer he spent a month at his grandparents’ farm in Illinois.

“That had an awful lot to do with how I ended up here,” Bill says. In particular, those Illinois summers featured the freedom of riding a horse named Rex. Stopping at a photo of his father and grandfather posed ready to ride, memories compel Bill to stop and share.

“A horse broke Dad’s back, but it didn’t keep him from riding.”

There is a saddle in Bill’s bedroom and two horses — Magic and Max — enjoy his 22-acre property.

“It’s another kind of fantasy,” Bill confesses when describing the many animals surrounding him. In addition to the horses, visitors will meet nine cats, 10 dogs, pigeons and a rasp of guinea hens. Several dozen chickens provide hundreds of eggs to Bloomington’s Community Kitchen.

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Bill was honored in 2014 with an Everyday Heroes Award from The Herald-Times for his animal rescue efforts. Bill has adopted 29 dogs over the last 30 years. He keeps a record of each one and has a policy of bringing home only older dogs from local shelters.

His daily dog walks, averaging up to an hour, take him past a 300-year old oak tree and fulfill another childhood wish.

“I had a dream as a child that I would walk out in the country surrounded by dogs off-leash,” he shares.

The oak tree, and Bill’s lifelong love of nature, inspired him to set up a conservation easement with southern Indiana’s Sycamore Land Trust. In fact, he has willed his property to the trust, preserving the tree forever.

There is another remarkable feature future generations will enjoy. In 1977, Bill began planting daffodil bulbs at the rate of 500 to 800 each fall. The result is a springtime miracle of a half-million persistent perennials bursting into bloom.

During the many autumns of hillside planting, Bill was also beginning the school year as a popular English teacher at Bloomington High School North. Last August was his first without school bells and buses.

“Teaching has given me a great love of young people and their vitality,” Bill observes.

Starting with a month-long cruise immediately after turning the page to retirement, he looks forward to continued travel with life-long friends from around the globe. Bill has lived in Spain, traveled extensively through Europe, enjoys an annual summer rental in Michigan, recently returned from Greece, and has 20 years of spring break memories at St. Simons Island, Ga. Journey may write his next chapters, but Bill’s Bloomington home will always be his biographical base.

“I could tell you the history of every single piece here,” he says. “One day I sat on this bench and thought, ‘If I visited here I would think, ‘I wish I lived someplace like this.’ I take nothing for granted. I have such wonderful, wonderful memories.”

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Living in Watercolor Sara Steffey McQueen lets her art speak for her

By Joel Pierson

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ara Steffey McQueen owns a room as soon as she enters it. She’s not boisterous or ostentatious; she simply has an energy about her that flows freely and enlivens anyone who meets her. The newly-retired schoolteacher and lifelong artist is filled with a love of life that spills over into the many artistic forms she embraces.

Sara was born in Searcy, Ark., where she lived for the first three years of her life. Her father and his brother then moved the family to northern Indiana as they took factory jobs. Sara grew up in South Bend and went to Washington High School, Indiana University South Bend and IU Regional.

She moved to Bloomington in 1969, where she’s lived ever since.

“I love Bloomington,” she says with her trademark exuberance. “I raised my son here. I think the thing I love most is the woodland hills. I live on 300 acres, and nature is one of my biggest inspirations.”

Her son is an adult now, and he lives only four miles away from his parents — a family Sara describes as very close-knit.

After a 30-year career teaching art in public schools, Sara retired last May, freeing up time to pursue artistic endeavors she’s enjoyed for many years.

“I trained in college as a printmaker,” she explains. “I love etching and lithography.

Printmaking and drawing was my college major, and I took a lot of photography courses.”

Back then, it was all about darkrooms and film, but as the years passed and technology blossomed, Sara embraced digital photography as well. In her time at IU, Sara studied under legendary fine-art photographer and teacher Henry Holmes Smith. She refers to him as “the granddaddy of photography at IU,” under whom “the Fine Arts Department was the best in the country.”

Years after obtaining her bachelor’s degree, Sara earned a master’s in art and continued taking classes, right up to a couple of years ago.

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Dipping into Watercolor

Along with the photography and printmaking, Sara found another medium that captured her heart: watercolor painting.

“When I got out of college,” she says, “it was the ’70s. I lived pretty primitively, and watercolors were a wonderful way to have something you could carry very easily.”

She describes herself as a lifelong learner, so after graduation, she knew she could study whatever she wanted.

“Watercolors are my reflection of nature — my most natural art form.”

Sara started showing her watercolors at the Uptown Café years ago, when the restaurant first moved to Kirkwood Avenue, and later at the By Hand Gallery, a longtime supporter of her art. She also ran a little shop in town where she sold her wares. Her work is now in collections of two universities, and she has won national recognition. She is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of Indiana and the Bloomington Watercolor Society.

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In addition to her other creations, Sara has found great happiness in creating mandalas for interested individuals. The mandala is a Hindu and Buddhist graphic symbol, often used to aid with meditation.

Sara was introduced to them in the 1970s, when she took an interest in Tibetan Buddhist art and later taught it to her students.

As she describes it, a mandala is “a visual representation of symbols and thought processes that has a center. There’s a central image, picture, word, or concept.

They don’t have to be circular or square, but they’re concentrically designed.”

Sara started by making them for herself and then realized there were many people who were not artistically inclined but who would want such a representation of something personal to them.

To create a mandala for someone else, Sara interviews the person, making the process a collaboration, a co-creation.

She asks of them, “Who are you, and how would you like to be represented?

What’s important to you?” The resulting images are one of a kind, beautiful, and very personal. The talent is fueled by her knowledge of such metaphysical teachings as astrology and tarot.

Also in Sara’s repertoire are collages. As a youth of the 1960s, she studied the work of pop artist Robert Rauschenberg and strove to emulate that style.

“It’s just fun. Because I love paper, I make paper, and I appreciate paper. It’s very important to me. Collaging makes sense, and I do it very therapeutically.

Gathering materials that you’re interested in and then figuring out the technique of the binding.”

In fact, her art studio — in her cottage workshop at home — has a table dedicated just to collages.

“My collages are inner landscapes, coming from an idea,” she reflects. “Being an art teacher, I always felt freedom. You’re promoting history and culture. I wanted to be a teacher since I was in first grade, and it was natural to choose to be an art teacher. I loved my career and enjoyed the creativity of teaching and the many amazing young people I met over my career. You reach kids who are or aren’t academically inclined but need that emotional expression. You’re nurturing their creativity. Bloomington values art and music, and I was in a very abundant, very supportive community.”

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With so many artistic creations spanning several decades, it’s difficult for Sara to choose one work of which she’s proudest. Upon reflection, she pulls out a series of watercolors of small stones found on the shore of Lake Superior.

“One summer I was painting at the beach and having a great struggle. Am I good enough? Why am I doing this? I had an epiphany with the rocks. I was really unhappy. I was going to quit painting, but something happened with one of the rocks, and I realized I was having a lot of fun painting rocks. There was a technical breakthrough. I think these paintings helped me get juried into the Watercolor Society of Indiana and the Bloomington Watercolor Society. It was like doing portraits of these rocks, only they won’t have their feelings hurt.”

Some people treat retirement as a time to slow down and do a lot of nothing, but that’s not Sara’s style.

She’s using her retirement as a time of freedom, to be who she wants to be.

“For the last couple of years, I was out looking for art to inspire me. I found a painting I really enjoyed and printed it for myself. This artist and her approach to working from intuition has inspired me into a new direction with acrylics.

I’m responding to something I’m seeing that seems to integrate the inner and the outer worlds. I just had a show in New Harmony in August. Before, I was a teacher. Now I’m moving toward facilitating. I’m excited about that.”

Sara shows no signs of slowing down.

“There are so many good artists.

Because I’m a grandmother now, and because my little studio is such a sanctuary, I’ve had a fantasy about letting it stay as an artist retreat spot and letting it be a space where artists could come. I’m hoping to have a big retrospective soon, to allow me to pull my stuff down and show it. I have no intention of stopping.”

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Summer brings a tricky duo of skin concerns: keeping skin protected from the sun while still enjoying the feel of the sunshine on your face. And what if your skin already shows damage? If you weren’t always vigilant about using sunscreen, you may be struggling to know what your options are at age 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 … But there are many options, no matter your age.

Homes & Lifestyles checked in with Hair International Day Spa, which has been in business in Bloomington since 1984. Over time, the salon built a team of experienced specialists in deep cleansing facials, chemical peels and specialty services that can help improve the look and feel of skin.

Here are some options to explore.

Chemical peels.

Spray tanning.

Dermaplaning.

Not to be confused with microdermabrasion — a more abrasive procedure — dermaplaning is a gentle procedure for exfoliating the epidermis. It removes dead layers of skin so that moisturizers and treatments work more efficiently. Dermaplaning is suitable and safe for any skin type, including sensitive skin and skin that has been exposed to topical treatments like Retin A. It is used to rejuvenate skin, remove fine hair, bring new skin to the surface and promote regeneration of collagen. Benefits of dermaplaning include getting instant results, having no pain or down time, causing no damage to the skin and getting it done quickly — usually in just 30 minutes.

Don’t let the word “chemical” scare you off.

Kelly Harding at Hair International says it is a common misconception that chemical peels affect the deeper layers of skin or cause damage. Chemical peels done by estheticians, including those at Hair International, only affect the outer layers of the skin. Another misconception about chemical peels is that you’ll feel embarrassed about the condition of your skin immediately after the procedure, but according to Harding there is no need to go into hiding. A gentle exfoliation of the superficial layers of the skin will continue for approximately 10 days, and the benefits include improving skin texture, clearing clogged pores, removing age spots, firming skin and improving skin texture along with collagen regeneration.

Skin protection, plus.

By now, most people have gotten the message that you should use sunscreen of at least 30 SPF daily and before periods of being in the sun. But regular sunscreen isn’t your only option. Many skin care products and cosmetics now have built-in SPF. For example, Hair International offers a line of skin and cosmetic products called Glo Minerals, which contain a broad spectrum sunscreen for sun and environmental protection – plus it can be matched to your skin and provides coverage for fine lines, acne and dark spots.

While you’re protecting your skin, consider spray tanning as a healthier alternative to baking in the sun. A fine mist is sprayed over your skin, giving a glow that lasts 3 to 10 days depending on the skin and exact treatment chosen. Benefits of a salon spray tan include even coverage, realistic color and quick application by an expert – not to mention no sun damage.

Lash extensions.

Although not technically a skin treatment, lash extensions are a way to boost confidence in your overall look. A new salon treatment called Novalash offers individual lash extensions that are gentler on your natural lashes than false lashes. Novalash offers the benefit of long-term wear, because they last until your natural lash sheds, and they are waterproof, sweat-proof, oil-proof and require no mascara.

A customized mix.

Still feeling confused or overwhelmed by options? If you want to create a customized plan to handle your skin care concerns, a local salon and esthetician can help. For example, at Hair International you can arrange a series of chemical peels and dermaplaning sessions over a 12-week period, with a service every two weeks, for $450. The investment is like a summer vacation for your skin.

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James B. Campbell Sculptor/painter “Between Blades” 34” x 75” Acrylic on panels, aluminum Bloomington, Ind. 812-333-4577 campbellarts.net

Jim Grabski Watercolor impressions “Enchantment” 15” x 20”

Martina Celerin “Fresh Vegetables” Martina Celerin creates wall sculptures that fuse weaving and felting techniques using reclaimed and recycled materials to tell the story of her life.

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Marilyn Greenwood Australian boulder opal with sapphires, set in silver and 14K gold bezels and accents.

Hand-fabricated, one-of-a-kind pieces using unusual gemstones and fossils set in gold and silver.

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Original paintings will be on exhibit at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Center in Bloomington until June 18.

Opening reception is Friday, June 3, 5 to 8 p.m.

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Tom Rhea Paintings in gouache “Sample Gates” 11” x 14” Intimate portraits of family, home vacations or special events. Memorialize a moment or a treasured photograph with a reasonably priced commission for a painting, drawing or print.

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Sara Steffey McQueen “Circle of Shells” original watercolor Limited edition cards and prints available.

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Christina Knipstine Glass Moon Mosaics “Summer” 15” x 48” Mixed media mosaic Commissioned work in stained glass and smalti glass. Currently accepting commissions for home or office.

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Mark Burkett “Steam Boat Rock” 12 1/2” x 8 1/2” woodcut print Inspired by a favorite scene at Sugar Creek in Shades State Park.

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War to Peace in Photos Local photographer’s view of World War II Germany is featured in new book

By Jackie Sheckler Finch

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hen junior high student Malcolm “Mac” Fleming heard that a local camera store was offering free classes on developing and printing film, he decided to sign up.

That was more than 85 years ago and the young teen had no idea that what he would learn would change the course of his life.

“I never thought about being a photographer. I never really thought about what I wanted to do when I grew up,” Mac says with a grin. “But I learned a lot in those classes and I had fun doing it then and ever since.”

Now 97 years old, Mac has spent a lifetime as a professional photographer and educator. Sitting in his Bell Trace living room, Mac is surrounded by a mini museum of large photographs he has taken. Some are color. Some black and white. Some were taken in far flung places. Some in his own back yard. Many are landscapes but a few are of people, including a striking moment Mac captured of a solemn-eyed little girl in war-torn 1945 Germany.

“She was a Polish child eating rations from Red Cross packages,” Mac says. “Children followed us soldiers everywhere asking for food. They even wanted our leftover coffee. I think it was hardest on the displaced persons from Poland and France.

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Polish children in the Displaced Persons Camp nursery program hungrily munch an afternoon snack of rations from Red Cross packages. Photo by Malcolm Fleming.

“She was a Polish child eating rations from Red Cross packages ... Children followed us soldiers everywhere asking for food ...”

The Polish people had been brought to Germany as slave laborers to the Nazis. Even though they were no longer slave laborers, they were afraid to return to their native land for fear of the Russians. The displaced people from France were hiking home as fast as they could.”

The young girl’s photo and many more are part of a new book of Mac’s photographs released in May by Indiana University Press – “From War to Peace in 1945 Germany: A GI’s Experience.”

Equally as important, Mac says, are the captions he wrote for his photographs when he took them.

“I’ve been told that what I wrote is important for its historic value,” he says. “I was 26 years old at the time and the captions I wrote are what I saw, heard and felt when I was there.”

Developing a Talent

So how did a young man from Oregon end up in Germany?

As happened to many in his generation, Mac enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. He served until 1945.

Born in Iowa, Mac and his family moved when he was a youngster to the small town of Fairview, 13 miles outside Portland, Oregon.

Mac worked as a photographer and cinematographer for the United States Army. Courtesy photo.

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Russian tanks rolls by in Ichterhausen, Germany, on July 4, 1945. Photo by Malcolm Fleming.

“I had a box camera when I was a kid and think I was probably a nuisance with it,” he says, slowly smiling. “When I took those courses from the Eastman Kodak store, I set up a darkroom in the attic at home but I’d have to wait until after dark to work in there.”

His makeshift darkroom had three trays, plus a place to wash his film and a clothesline to dry it.

“The first tray was developer. The second was short stop, to stop the film from developing. The third tray was fixer,” he recites as though seeing the process in his mind. “Then you’d have to wash the film good and hang it up with clothespins on the clothesline.”

Casual photos were his forte, Mac says.

“I got in trouble in high school for my candid shots of teachers that were used in the yearbook.”

After high school, Mac attended Oregon State College where he earned a B.S. in applied sciences in fish and wildlife management. He married his college sweetheart, Ruth Gaily Van Patten, and started graduate work in Seattle.

“Then the war came along,” Mac says.

Mac was sent to work as a supply clerk with the Signal Corps in Seattle, then transferred to the Signal Corps Photo Center in Long Island, New York. Although he had a background in still photography, Mac was told that the army needed combat cinematographers.

“The sergeant sat me down and taught me how to load film, how to tell a story with a motion picture camera and how to write detailed captions,” Mac says.

Assigned to the European Theater to record motion pictures of significant wartime events with his Eymo motion picture camera, Mac also managed to take along his small Vollenda print camera.

“I put my tiny camera in a pouch on my belt that was intended for a first-aid kit,” Mac says. “I hoped that after I filmed my army duty for the day, that I’d have time for a quick snapshot or two. I did.”

As a combat cinematographer, Mac filmed the action from the battle for the Remagen Bridge across the Rhine to the fighting in the Hartz Mountains and on to the linkup with Russian forces at the Elbe River.

“It could be dangerous because we would go wherever the action was taking place,” Mac says. “I was as naïve as could be but I was in the company of photographers who knew what the risks were and they helped keep me safe.”

After the armistice, Mac documented how the Allied Expeditionary Force established a military government in Germany to cope with masses of POWs, established control of the country, dealt with atrocities committed by the German army and helped thousands of newly-released slave laborers return home.

“Most of the people seemed happy we were there,” Mac says.

“At the end of the war, we had thousands of prisoners, so many that we didn’t know what to do with them. Some of the prisoners seemed relieved that the war was over. But the young prisoners who had been training to be German officers were belligerent.”

Dedicated to Education In this photo from Marktleuthen, Germany, in April 1945, a fellow puffs on his pipe as he tells Mac about a brother he has in the United States. Photo by Malcolm Fleming.

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When he returned home to pick up the pieces of his civilian life, Mac went to work with the research department of Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York. It was an Eastman Kodak executive

Mac, at left, stands next to a young woman who had been in the Red Army since her family was killed or captured at Stalingrad. She is a sniper and is said to have killed 120 Germans. Courtesy photo.

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who suggested that Mac consider a career in media education.

“He said that one of the leaders in that field was at Indiana University. That’s what brought me here and there’s something about Bloomington that keeps people here.”

Mac went on to become an IU professor teaching photography and courses on learning from pictures and words. He is now Professor Emeritus of Education. He has two children, Alice and Steve. His wife Ruth died two years ago. Mac said he is now finding new homes for his photographs and has donated his negative and slide collections to IU Archives.

“I don’t sell my photographs anymore but if someone wants to bring me a check made out to their favorite charity, they can take their pick of what prints I have,” he said, gesturing to the wall of framed prints and boxes of prints in his apartment.

As for those long ago photography classes that led him on his lifelong journey, Mac says he is happy at the direction his life has taken. But there is one place he would like to see again.

“My wife and I hiked in England, Scotland, Switzerland, Israel and Palestine,” he says. “But I’ve never been back to Germany. I know what it looked like during the war and would like to see it now. I’ve been told that the country has rebuilt and most of the destruction is gone.”

As for his book, Mac says it is a recollection of a young man’s personal experiences in World War II and a salute to the rapidly dwindling number of World War II veterans.

“That’s what I said in my book dedication,” Mac concludes. “I would like to dedicate this book to all veterans of World War II, most of whose stories are left untold but are no less worthy.”

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Aleah, Aaron, Helen, Kai and Aden Sierk gather for a family photo. Photos by Jeremy Hogan.

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Family, Faith and Fitness Helen Siek lives life at top speed— and inspires others to do the same

By Pete DiPrimio

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elen Siek punches the air and the air submits.

Sometimes it’s better that way.

A kickboxing class leaves ‘em sweating in a mirrored-andbeige-padded fitness room at Monroe County YMCA. A remixed Nick Jonas sings about chains and love in the background.

Wait. It’s a remixed Fifth Harmony singing that somebody is worth it.

Wait. It’s …

Energetic.

The music is loud, the beat is fast and 10 participants — nine women and one man — push to keep up with Helen, a 5-foot-3 full-throttle instructor driven to ensure they all get their money’s worth and more.

“Yes, you got it,” she says, firing rights and lefts at a machine-gun pace. “You are beasts!”

In Helen’s world, being a beast is a good thing, by the way.

“Upper cut! Block! Upper cut! Block!” Helen shouts into the black microphone anchored off her left jaw. She bobs and weaves, fit and toned in a white T-shirt and black workout pants, her brown ponytail bouncing as an exclamation point to her every move.

Has controlled aggression ever looked so fun?

Helen’s energy is palpable, and remarkable given the intensity of her 12-hour day. She mixes teaching with personal training and her own workouts, which include upper body work with a 45-pound plate strapped to her waist.

“Hook up! Speed it up. Double time … push … keep it up!”

The punches keep coming, and participants follow. Sweat mats their hair and darkens their t-shirts. If you want a break, try a knitting class.

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“Jab!” Helen shouts. “Cross … hook … uppercut!”

Her feet tap dance furiously. Her voice never wavers.

“Hook up!” she shouts again.

A dark tattoo rings her right bicep. It is a crown of thorns with the words, “I am with you always,” a biblical quote from Mathew 28:20.

“Jab … cross … hook … uppercut!”

Helen is a mother of three, a wife, a businesswoman, an Alaska native turned Hoosier, a bodybuilding runner-up and a force of fitness-instructing, personal-training nature.

Her love of working out is superseded only by her determination to help others built on a foundation of “family-faith-fitness.”

“Dying is inevitable,” she says. “I’m not here to make life longer, but to make life better.”

No Compromise

Helen couldn’t hear. Viral meningitis at 17 months changed her world, but didn’t ruin it.

She was basically deaf, but not handicapped.

She learned sign language and moved on. At age 10 she got an implant that, with hearing aids, provided normal hearing.

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At age 13, her father, Michael, gave her a Bible and a message that resonated above all others — “How many times Jesus repeats, you’re never alone,” she says. “That hit very close for me.”

At 22 she got the bicep tattoo — dad wasn’t thrilled — so that the message was always a glance away.

Military life is seemingly in her DNA. Her father is an Air Force veteran who is now an engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska. Her husband, Aaron, is a former military intelligence officer who specialized in the Middle East. He’s now a human resource data analyst at Crane Naval Service Warfare Center.

The military life resulted in moves to Texas, Utah, Florida and Virginia before the Sieks settled in Bloomington in the summer of 2015.

Being born in Anchorage and growing up in Alaska as one of seven children was an adventure — from the spectacular scenery to the brutal cold to the long winter nights and lingering summer days.

Sports were a big part of it and Helen didn’t let gender get in the way. She played football until her high school junior year —

receiver and defensive back — and then focused on soccer and cross country. She also found time for competitive dancing in ballet, ballroom and hip-hop.

Football got her into the weight room and there she has stayed. Weight training intrigued her and for a while that led to bodybuilding.

She has three children — 15-year-old Aleah, 13-year-old Aden and 3-year-old Kai. “They were six weeks old when they were first in a gym,” she says. “They’ve grown up in an environment my husband and I love.

They’re old enough to choose and they choose to be there after school.”

She’d already had Aleah and Aden when she finished second in a 2009 Alaska bodybuilding contest. She hopes to compete in another in the near future.

Helen has learned a variety of fitness disciplines including beach body coaching, where she “coaches, assists, motivates and encourages” people beyond those she helps at the Y. She works with a number of clients — young and old, male and female, fit and striving to be.

She has a soft spot for mothers who need fitness help, and wants “women to feel

empowered and confident, worthy of caring about themselves, especially as mothers.

Mothers are famous for putting themselves last. That’s where the struggle starts. You can’t care for others if you don’t care about yourself.”

Helen practices what she preaches, juggling the demands of family, work and working out, finding compromise without compromising And something more.

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Scoliosis has cost Craig Simpson some of his balance, but none of his drive and determination.

The condition causes an abnormal curvature of the spine. For Craig, an IU Lilly Museum archivist, it resulted in myopathy, a muscular disease that left his feet numb and made walking difficult. Tripping was becoming a big problem. He struggled to lift the heavy boxes his job required.

Craig joined the Y last summer and came to Helen for help. His results are impressive.

When he started, he struggled to bench press with 15-pound dumbbells. Now he uses 45 pounders. He bench presses 105 pounds, which is basically double from where he started. His lower body strength improved

even though numbness kept him from feeling it.

“The difference in his strength and confidence is staggering,” Helen says. “Now he’ll jog around the track. He’ll shoot baskets.

He doesn’t expect or want pity.”

What Craig did want was someone to push him.

Mission accomplished, with Helen.

“I was so lucky to get her,” he says. “She’s really attuned to the specific goals you’re interested in, but also in looking at the big picture. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m not as conscious about my walking and balance.

I feel like I have more energy. She’s helped me do the things I’ve wanted to do. She’s fantastic. She’s not intimidating at all. She’s very personable, upbeat and positive.”

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BAILEY & WEILER DESIGN/BUILD

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Don Weiler and Craig Bailey

812-330-1169 www.Bailey-Weiler.com

Years of Experience: Craig Bailey and Don Weiler each have 25 years of construction, design and professional experience. The rest of their team takes the total to well over 100 years of construction expertise.

Company Philosophy: Serve the needs of our homeowners with creative design, quality craftsmanship, and lasting value—while building a legacy of positive impact within our community.

Current and Completed Projects: Bailey & Weiler has designed, built and renovated homes in many of Monroe County’s beautiful neighborhoods—including Hyde Park, Hoosier Acres, Pedigo Bay, Sterling Woods, Hardin Ridge, Harbor Hill, Renwick, Windermere, Woodcrest, The Stands, Devonshire and Belle Terre—and in many surrounding areas, including Lake Monroe, Brown County, Bedford, Martinsville and Owen County. Bailey & Weiler typically designs and builds custom homes on property owned by the homeowner, and commonly helps homeowners evaluate potential land/lots during their search process.

Builder Specialties: Bailey & Weiler designs and builds custom homes, additions and renovations for each homeowner to meet their specific goals, lifestyle needs and budget. Each design and each homeowner

is unique. Bailey & Weiler tailors their services to meet the homeowner’s individual needs.

Associations and Awards: 2016 and 2015 Home Show Builder of the Year, 2016 and 2015 Herald-Times Readers’ Choice award, Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Community Enhancement Award, Indiana Small Business Development Center Microenterprise of the Year, Certified Green Professional, Building Association of South-Central Indiana, Indiana Builders Association, National Association of Home Builders.

Community Involvement: Signature Builder with Monroe County Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington/Romp at Riddle Point, Riley Childrens Foundation Regional Leadership Committee, Camp Emma Lou/Enis Furley Foundation, Susie’s Place Child Advocacy Center, Building Association of South-Central Indiana Board of Directors.

Little Known Facts: In addition to their custom home expertise, Bailey & Weiler designs and renovates commercial spaces—with a specialty in medical and professional office environments. They also perform residential and commercial maintenance under their Red Dog Maintenance brand (www.RedDogMaintenance.com).

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603 Raven Crest Ave. Office: 812-322-0338 Fax: 812-334-1271 mcardleandcompanybuilders.com

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David McArdle started working in the construction field in 1988 as an independent carpenter. McArdle & Co. Inc. was formed in 1996 as a general contracting company specializing in home restoration.

History of the Company:

The company was formed as a lawn and landscape service while David was a student at Indiana University. Services quickly moved toward construction as David realized his love for building and renovation. As that demand grew, McArdle & Co. focused primarily on refurbishing dilapidated housing into rental properties. This is where much of his experience was gained. Over the years, McArdle & Co. has shifted its concentrations depending on the varying market demands. When there was high demand for new apartment buildings around Bloomington in the late 1990s and early 2000s, McArdle & Co. focused primarily on multi-family housing. But residential room additions and home remodeling has always been the company’s emphasis. Today the company enjoys a steady blend of new home construction along with home remodeling projects, and strives to maintain a working schedule that concentrates on each individual project.

Company Philosophy or Motto:

To stay small and “hands on.” To always provide top quality workmanship in a clean and timely manor. Our projects are always viewed as our client’s financial investment, so long-term quality and return on investment is always the main focus. McArdle & Co. stands behind a very positive list of repeat clients.

Associations and Awards:

Voted 2012 Builder Of The Year by the Builders Association of South-Central Indiana. Member of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, The National Federation of Independent Business, Indiana Builders Association, National Association Of Homebuilders, Better Business Bureau. 50+ Men Who Care, and December 2015 Builder of the Month, 56 • Homes & Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana • June 2016

Current and Completed Projects:

Throughout the years McArdle & Co. has had the fortunate opportunity to design, build or renovate ample projects with signature craftsmanship.

Converting a 1940s utility barn into a sophisticated engineering facility and transforming a 1940s cattle barn into one of Bloomington’s most distinctive clubhouses demonstrates love and appreciation of post-and-beam design.

Many projects focus on or incorporate utilizing reclaimed timber. Each timber is hand-selected to achieve the ideal impression. In an area with rich design entrenched in its original architecture, each renovation seeks to enhance and compliment the property. The complete renovation of the 1950 estate home of Sarkes Tarzian Manor House protected its distinctive architecture, yet transformed this rambling manor into a fully functioning banquet and office facility. Each project is treated with individual attention. Whether it was a home we built in Gentry South, Gentry Honours, Deer Park Estates, Java Heights, Innisbrooke and Cedar Spring or a home on Lake Lemon, each new build and remodel is treated with distinct consideration.

Builder Specialties:

Organizing and scheduling a project so as to facilitate a timely completion.

Bringing a project in on time and on budget has been the trademark of McArdle & Co.

Community Involvement:

David has been a coach in the Bloomington Junior League Baseball Association and the Monroe County Youth Football League. The company is also a strong supporter of the Bloomington Crisis Pregnancy Center and Hannah House, the Christ Child Society of Ft. Wayne, Volunteers in Medicine, CASA, The Boys and Girls Club, and Teachers Workshop.

Little-Known Fact:

David was a history major at Indiana University. Though possessing many talents, a career as an historian never quite took off.

Tim Roberts

P.O. Box 7943 Bloomington, Indiana 47407 812-322-3675 troberts@craftconstructionllc.com

Years of Experience: Tim Roberts, of Craft Construction has 12 years of experience in the construction industry.

Company Philosophy: Craft Construction strives to deliver unsurpassed quality and a truly personal experience. Using the highest quality subcontractors and materials allows for a completely custom project.

Current and Completed Projects: The company has built custom homes, additions and remodels in Muirfield, Renwick, Hyde Park, Hoosier Acres, The Stands, Sterling Woods, Windermere, Belle Vista, Wingfield, The Pointe and throughout Monroe County and surrounding areas.

Builder Specialties: Craft Construction specializes in projects ranging from small

remodels to large custom homes. They can assist homeowners in the consulting and design of their custom project.

Associations and Awards: Craft Construction is a member of the Building Association of South Central Indiana and the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce.

Community Involvement: They are a signature builder with Monroe County Habitat for Humanity and a supporter of Monroe County Salvation Army, Youth for Christ and Monroe County Community School Corporation.

Little Known Fact: Craft Construction also specializes in custom commercial new construction and build-outs.

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Mark Sovinski and Jeffrey Gustaitis

1109 N. College Ave. Bloomington IN 812-336-3815 www.gshomes.com

History of the Company:

Associations and Awards:

G&S Homes evolved from a working relationship in the building trades between Jeffrey Gustaitis and Mark Sovinski. Jeff and Mark both moved to Bloomington in the 1970s to complete their educations at Indiana University. Jeff graduated with a degree in Fine Arts, and Mark in Philosophy. In the late’ 70s they began working on construction projects together, and early in the 1980s, they struck out on their own. Their experience as carpenters includes all phases of residential and commercial remodeling and new construction. In 1984 they developed their first of several residential communities, and since have built approximately 400 homes in Bloomington and Monroe County.

Mark and Jeff believe that this approach has resulted in their many success stories. In 1992, 1996, 2002 and 2016, the Monroe County Building Association selected G&S Homes as Builder of the Year.” In 2003, 2006, and 2016, The Herald-Times Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite Homebuilder went to G&S Homes. Through the years, G&S Homes has received numerous awards for their homes entered in the MCBA Celebration of Showcase Homes. G&S Homes is proud to be members of the MCBA, the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, the Better Business Bureau, and the Professional Warranty Service Corporation.

Jeff and Mark both selected Bloomington as their permanent home because of the rich cultural diversity, high quality of community life, the arts and education available, the sports and recreation opportunities, and the safe, small town atmosphere. They both met their wives and have raised their children in Bloomington. Jeff and Mark have made a real commitment to the Bloomington community.

Company Philosophy: The G&S Homes approach to home building is simple: People Come First.

They are committed to putting the highest emphasis on the needs of their clients. Their clients are the reason they are in business, and their continued success results from providing them with a completely rewarding and enjoyable experience. G&S Homes believes in listening and responding with professionalism, and in making custom homebuilding fun!

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Community Involvement: Jeff and Mark believe in giving back to their community. Jeff has served on the board of directors of the MCBA, as well as the Indiana Builders Association.

He has also served on the board of directors of WonderLab. Mark is a longtime board member of the MCBA, and in 2005 served as president. He has also volunteered in coaching numerous youth sports teams. G&S Homes has been a participating builder in all five Habitat for Humanity Builders Blitzes, including this year, and is an annual supporter of the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington.

G&S Homes would be thrilled to have the opportunity to help you fulfill your dreams.

Little Known Fact: Mark is an avid mountain biker and road cyclist, and has played bass guitar in numerous Bloomington bands. Jeff is a long time banjo player who also has a passion for nature, travel photography, and sailing.

Tom Fuller

812-824-3300 • www.tafullerhomes.com

Years of Experience:

Builder Specialties:

Tom Fuller has 32 years of experience in new home construction with 17 years of the 32 years in business at T.A. Fuller Homes Inc. Tom also has his certified graduate builder (CGB) and graduate master builder (GMB) professional designation from the National Association of Home Builders University of Housing.

Tom is a custom homebuilder specializing in homes built to your lifestyle.

He can design your home to your plans. Tom also does room additions and kitchen and bath remodels.

History of the Company: Tom started T.A. Fuller Homes Inc. as a design/build custom home-building company in February 1999. Tom has designed many of the homes he has built.

In 2001, Tom started doing room additions and remodeling to complement the custom home building he does.

Company Philosophy: Our philosophy is simple: “To build your dreams into a new home.” To do that, we promise to give you a quality home at a fair price with utmost attention focused on your project.

Current and Completed Projects: Tom has built homes in some of Bloomington’s most desired neighborhoods, such as Renwick, Regents Park, Kensington Park, Gentry Honours, East Wingfield, Bellavista, Saddlebrook, Shadow Creek, and he just completed a new custom home in Admiral Glen.

Associations and Awards: Tom has been a Builders Association of South-Central Indiana Builder of the Month once each year for the last 17 years; 1998 president of the MCBA; 2007 MCBA Builder of the Year; MCBA member; Indiana Builders Association member, National Association of Home Builders member; and a member of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. Tom was also voted #1 builder in Bloomington in The Herald-Times Readers’ Choice awards in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Community Involvement: Tom is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Bloomington Monroe County. Tom has also been a signature builder volunteer for Habitat for Humanity Builders Blitz in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Tom was also a builder volunteer for the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington’s Camp Rock Community Center.

Little Known Facts: Tom has a classic 1972 Mustang convertible and is a certified advanced open water scuba diver. He has dived in Hawaii; Cozumel, Mexico; and Barbados.

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Brent Thompson

812-360-8880 • abccontractorsllc@att.net A.B.C. Contractors, LLC has been in business since 1993. Brent Thompson, owner, provides personalized customer service with a hands-on approach to building. A.B.C. only uses quality products, persons, and practices. Our customers and their projects are our business. Here is what they have to say about us:

“We met Brent Thompson, A.B.C. Contractors, in 2004 when we were looking for a builder for our custom house. After meeting with several other builders, we were confident when we began a business relationship with Brent. He impressed us with his pride of workmanship and involvement with the day-today home construction.

“Brent always ensures the best for his clients, even if it means cutting his vacation short in order to deal with a house emergency. He began as our contractor and now we call him our friend.”

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“During the building process, we found Brent always communicated the progress of the project and whenever a question came up, he usually addressed it before we could even ask. ... The home-building process with Brent was a joy; enough that, we embarked on another custom spec house with Brent in 2006-07.

“A few years back I was going to remodel my home—i.e., kitchen/dining area and eventually two bathrooms. I met with Brent from A.B.C. Contractors, who had been recommended to me by a person that knew my expectations. My expectations were simple I thought. I wanted someone that was 1) honest, 2) could provide me with extra ideas, 3) would get me an actual cost estimate, and 4) I preferred someone that would treat my home as if it were his own, [a] perfectionist! That is exactly what I found in my meeting. He was hired and did a great job. Such a great job that two years later, I had A.B.C. Contractors LLC custom our new home.”

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Take a Trip

Gigantic Tabasco bottles are a favorite photo spot in the factory tour. Photos by Jackie Sheckler Finch.

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Hot Spot

Taste the spice and history of Tabasco with a factory tour

By Jackie Sheckler Finch

B

ack in the 1860s, Edmund McIlhenny was a prosperous Louisiana banker. He also was a food lover and an avid gardener.

When he was given some pepper seeds from Mexico and North America, Edmund sowed the gift at his Avery Island property. Edmund had no idea that what would sprout would change his future — and spice up cuisine for generations to come.

What Edmund did with his peppers was invent a popular hot sauce that he named Tabasco, a Mexican Indian word meaning “land where the soil is hot and humid.” Today, Edmund’s descendants still create Tabasco on Avery Island and visitors now have even more reasons to visit the historic site. On Feb. 2, a new Tabasco visitors’ center, museum, plant tour and restaurant were unveiled to the delight of pepper sauce devotees.

“As soon as I heard about the new things, I knew I had to come,” says Melinda Anderson of Baton Rouge. “My family has used Tabasco for years and I wanted to see how it is made and to eat in the new restaurant.”

Plus, Melinda adds, “I’ve got a long list of things I’m supposed to buy from the Tabasco store to take back home.”

Standing outside the factory, Melinda and I appreciatively sniff the spicy aroma filling the air and chat about the facilities and what an inventive man Edmund McIlhenny must have been. Crushing the reddest peppers from his blooming plants, Edmund mixed them with Avery Island salt and aged the mixture for 30 days in crocks and barrels. He then blended in some French white wine vinegar and aged another 30 days.

After straining the mixture, he put it in small cast-off cologne bottles with sprinkler tops. Edmund didn’t want his special sauce poured on food. He wanted it sprinkled for maximum appreciation.

Then he corked the bottles, sealed them with green wax and gave his creation to family and friends. Back then, food was rather bland and folks were quite happy to have Edmund’s sauce to jazz it up.

After the Civil War, Edmund needed a new job in the Reconstruction South. Seeing that his capsicum peppers were thriving, he decided to sell his sauce. Ordering thousands of new cologne bottles from a New Orleans glassworks, Edmund was soon in business. To this day, the

company is still a family-owned company—now fifthgeneration—operated on the very same site.

Sharing the Flavor

The new facilities were created to share the Tabasco story and to help visitors have an enjoyable experience, said Angie Schaubert, senior manager of brand sales at McIlhenny Company.

“We wanted to show visitors and Tabasco fans how McIlhenny Company and its surrounding region in Southern Louisiana are intertwined, how Tabasco Sauce has impacted the culinary culture throughout history, and give visitors an up-close look into the production process from seed to bottle in celebration of nearly 150 years on Avery Island,” Angie says.

The Tabasco home welcomes more than 100,000 visitors a year from around the world. A good place to start a visit is the new visitors’ center with its accompanying museum featuring rare McIlhenny family artifacts and videos. Artifacts show the McIlhennys’ impressive place in America’s military history and how supportive they have always been of those who serve our nation in the armed forces.

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The museum features McIlhenny family memorabilia.

The Tabasco Country Store offers Tabasco-related items not available elsewhere.

At 1868, Cajun cuisine comes with plenty of Tabasco sauce.

Tabasco sauce is a key ingredient in every menu item at the 1868 restaurant.

The new 1868 restaurant invites tourists to stop in for specialties made with Tabasco.

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“Several McIlhenny family members served in the military, including John A. McIlhenny, who joined the Rough Riders in 1898, and Walter S. McIlhenny, who served during World War II as a Marine soldier,” Angie says. “Before the military adopted MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), Walter S. McIlhenny published the Charley Ration Cookbook and sent out thousands of copies, each wrapped around a two-ounce bottle of Tabasco Sauce in a special waterproof canister to help U.S. soldiers in Vietnam improve and liven up their meals … Tabasco Sauce is still available in MREs today.”

After the museum, take a factory tour.

Through the use of large windows and printed signs, visitors can watch Tabasco being made and bottled. Walk through the greenhouse to see peppers growing on small plants. Peek in the mixing area and barrel warehouse, where pepper mash is aged three years. A favorite photo spot is a row of huge Tabasco bottles where even tall visitors seem dwarfed.

Stop by the Country Store for all things Tabasco, including complimentary taste samples like Tabasco ice cream, which was surprisingly good.

“Many items are exclusively sold in our Country Store from fun Tabasco ties and boxer shorts to branded cookware,” Angie says.

Tabasco Treats

With all that walking and shopping, a welcome spot is the new Restaurant 1868—so named for Tabasco’s founding year. Big wooden trays on each table hold bottles of Tabasco for diners to spice to their hearts’ content. With its lengthy menu — unsurprisingly, every dish contains Tabasco — printed on signs over the serving line, 1868 offers a chance to enjoy the mouth-watering sauce we have been tracing through its history.

“We wanted to provide visitors with the flavor of Cajun cuisine by offering authentic regional Louisiana favorites, including crawfish etouffee, red beans and rice, crawfish corn maque choux, and boudin, and show visitors how to incorporate the different flavors of Tabasco Sauce into various foods,” Angie says.

Heading out of the restaurant, I heard one man say he is going to return just to eat in 1868. Sounds like a tasty plan to me. I’d like to return sometime as well.

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Homes & Lifestyles

Color Corner

Don’t Rely on Color Memory

By Laura Brzegowy, Bloomington Paint & Wallpaper

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n a perfect world, selecting paint colors would be an easy task.

Everyone would have perfect color memory and select new paint colors without needing to bring anything to the store to match. But in the real world, the accuracy of your color memory stands between you and a great color choice.

Relying on color memory is the number one cause of poor paint color decisions. While it may seem simple enough to remember the exact blue hue you wish to match, it’s not. Just ask anyone that’s stood in front of a wall of paint color chips agonizing over the 250, or more, versions of blue.

Our perception, and therefore memory, of color is affected by many things — not the least of which is the source, amount and quality of light available. Surrounding colors, personal preferences and lack of experience also play a part in the nuances we may, or may not, detect in a specific color. With all of these variables, is it any wonder that trusting our memory to select a color would be no simple task?

Take for instance the high percentage of clients that arrive at the paint store with nothing in hand to base their color decisions on.

Invariably, each offers to a select paint chip they believe matches the color of the item they left at home. Rarely are the chips the same,

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let alone similar, to the selections of their family members — and each family member rolls their eyes at the other while insisting their selection is correct. Obviously, if people living in the same home can’t agree on the color of an item they’ve possibly lived with for years, we too should be wary of making the same mistake.

At this point you may be wondering whether perfect color memory actually does exist — especially when many of our personal experiences have made it painfully obvious that it’s not something we possess. Just like perfect pitch in music, perfect color memory is something you’re either born with or not. Anyone can train their eye to notice the fine subtleties of color, but those with perfect color memory are few and far between.

How do you bridge the gap between pretty good and perfect color memory? You don’t. Instead, always bring a sampling of the colors you wish to match or coordinate with.

The moral of the story is that there are no shortcuts to selecting good paint colors, and trusting your color memory to make a decision is risky business. Even though some of us do have very good color memory, and I count myself in this category, very few perfect paint colors have ever been selected from color memory.

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Recipe

Bright Floral Bites Recipe and photo by Shaylan Owen

Fennel and orange combine to give a fresh, summer flavor to this grilled salmon salad. Add pops of color with edible flower blossoms.

Ingredients: Salmon and marinade: 4 four-ounce salmon fillets 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons honey 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Salad: 1 head green leaf lettuce, hand-torn 3 cups baby arugula leaves 2 navel oranges, supremed — see note below 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced 1 shallot, thinly sliced 1/4 cup roasted marcona almonds, chopped Edible flower blossoms (optional) Vinaigrette: 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons honey

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard Zest of one orange 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions:

In a large zip-top bag, prepare salmon marinade by combining the ginger, olive oil, honey, sea salt and black pepper. Add salmon to bag and gently massage to coat all sides. Let rest in the refrigerator for two to three hours.

In a large bowl, combine all vinaigrette ingredients — except for olive oil — until evenly mixed. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until dressing emulsifies evenly. Test for seasoning and set aside.

Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.

Remove salmon from marinade, shake gently to remove any excess, then grill each fillet five to seven minutes on each side, or until an internal temperature of 145 degrees is reached.

While salmon is grilling, toss lettuce, arugula, shallots and fennel in a large bowl. Drizzle mixture with small portions of vinaigrette, then toss until just coated evenly. Add extra vinaigrette as desired — the greens should be lightly coated, but not soaked. Plate the dressed salad as desired, then top with oranges, almonds and edible flower blossoms.

Transfer the grilled salmon fillets to each salad, add a small drizzle of vinaigrette and serve immediately. Makes four salads.

Note: “Supreming” an orange means cutting away any peel and pith from the fruit, then removing the segments from the separating membranes. This gives the orange wedges a clean and tender texture. First, slice the top and bottom from the orange. Then, with one cut side down, gently cut down the side, following the curve where the orange peel meets the inner fruit. Rotate orange and repeat until peeled and mostly free of pith. Finally, locate the membranes separating each orange segment and gently cut along the inside faces to separate the wedges. Store in a covered container until ready to plate.

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