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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 is a point of pride for Michelle Crowe, who is pretty sure no place on earth can compare with the sincerity of southern Indiana. A bookworm from birth, it’s fitting that her current place of employment is a library. When she is not writing for Homes & Lifestyles, you might find her over-photographing her children’s activities, teaching Sunday school at Arlington United Methodist Church or, of course, with her nose happily stuck in a book.

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.

A California kid for his childhood years, Jeremy Hogan came to Indiana in 1997 after a series of newspaper internships that spanned the country. He first picked up a camera as a boy to snap pictures of his friends, which led to a journalism career and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Jeremy shoots photos and videos for The HeraldTimes and produces his own documentary films.

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.

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.

Joel Pierson has been a resident of Bloomington for almost two decades 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 seven books, all published locally. In his rare free moments, he enjoys relaxing with wife and fellow journalist Dana and their three lovely hounds.

When not designing the pages of Homes & Lifestyles, Dennis Laffoon is the creative director for Clearbrook Creative.

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.

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 selfdescribed 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.

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 recently retired from working as the photography manager at The HeraldTimes. He shares a log home with his wife and three children and can often be found camping and canoeing.

Megan Garner-Ballard of Jane Daniels Photography contributed photos of the featured home on page 40. Kathy Jonas also contributed to this issue.

Our thanks to Gina Rogers for photographs of the Bhaskar home and to the Indiana University Press for book photos.

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From the Editor Comments Thanks so much, Jackie, for the wonderful article. I really love the layout and text.

Julia Livingston Editor’s note: In our April issue, we featured Julia’s “100 Cups – One Artist’s Journey.”

I want to thank you for publishing the wonderful article Mrs. Lynch wrote about our house in Hyde Park. She did a great job describing our place and the nice pictures chosen speak for themselves. We are very happy that our beautiful home was featured in your magazine. Blessings.

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I’m breathless. I’m speechless. I’m honored. I don’t have adjectives enough to thank you for the beautiful article about my home.

What a pleasure working with you. I can’t thank you enough.

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y Dad was an old-time fiddle player from Kentucky. He could play any stringed instrument and was a performer at Renfro Valley, among other places. The last few years of his life, Dad lived with me because he had several strokes and many medical problems.

Living with me was a good arrangement, Dad said, but he let everyone know right away that he would never be a Hoosier. Dad and his Kentucky kin joked about his new home and his Hoosier label.

When I first moved to Indiana from Massachusetts, I tried to uncover where the name “Hoosiers” started and why. All I found were a bunch of tales — most of them discounted as false — that said the name has been around since the 1800s. One story I did like.

True or not, it is fun. The story goes that the term started as a greeting. When approaching a home in early frontier days, a visitor would shout from afar, “Hello the cabin” to avoid being shot. The residents would shout back, “Who’s yer (who’s there)?” Over time, the words got slurred together to the smoother “Hoosiers.”

Of course, it is also the famed mascot for Indiana University and is the title of one of the most popular sports movies, “Hoosiers.”

Regardless, Dad could handle living in Indiana but he made sure that his final resting place would be in his beloved homeland. Before he came to live with me, Dad bought a grave site in Danville, Kentucky, and that is where he went when he left this world.

I remembered Dad’s friendly jokes about Hoosiers when I received a message from Judy Schroeder about an excellent story our writer Joel Pierson did in the April issue.

Joel’s beautifully written article spotlighted the magical work of local artist Cheryl Gregg Duckworth. As Joel wrote, Cheryl blends nature with whimsy in her lovely creations.

During the 1990s, Judy says, she was editor of the Indiana Alumni magazine and had commissioned Cheryl to create a cover on “What’s a Hoosier?”

“Cheryl came up with a colorful, imaginative work of art bordered by quilt patterns and featuring a soulful cow,” Judy says. “She spelled out ‘Hoosier’ with a picket fence, bicycle, race cars, corn stalk, pumpkin, and church, and her question mark pointedly included a basketball.”

The poster was sold at the Bloomington Visitors Center at 2855 North Walnut Street. I called and the poster is still sold there.

“The cover was immensely popular with our readers,” Judy says.

Judy sent me a photocopy of the cover/poster. I think I need to buy one of the posters and put it near my office desk, along with the photo of my Dad and his long-ago country music band. I don’t think Dad would mind.

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Standing Strong

Historic Ellettsville home survived fires, tornadoes and more

By Michelle Ann Crowe Photos by Jeremy Hogan

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o imagine our Indiana small towns in 2167 stretches the imagination. After all, residents here 150 years ago would never recognize the places we zoom through now on two-lane highways. But Charles Bontrager thinks he knows what will be on one block in one town.

He stands comfortably in his 1875 home on Ellettsville’s Vine Street, speaking with confidence and pride when he estimates, “It will last another 150 years at least.”

While some historic residences survive by becoming museums or retail properties, the George Washington Fletcher House has found another path. Through three fires, three tornadoes and a stint as a boarding house, this 1,800-square-foot structure has managed to stand strong, symbolizing endurance and perseverance to its current owners.

That is not exactly what Charles and his wife Marilyn were looking for in 2008. It was well-past time for their next project and the couple wanted a challenge.

“We knew zero about his place and nothing about Ellettsville,” says Marilyn.

But the Vine Street house was over 100 years old, had original hardwood floors, had potential for woodsupplied heating and was priced for total rehabilitation — all requirements the two had agreed on. And, for this tight-knit family, it didn’t hurt that daughter Meagan was

studying at nearby Indiana University.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and part of the Ellettsville Downtown Historic District, the two-story folk Victorian home made no attempt to hide its many issues. The front door was covered in a sprawling poison ivy vine that protected nests of various stinging insects. The bathroom plumbing just ran into the ground and daylight could be seen peeking through the dining room wall. Still, Charles was not intimidated.

“After I looked at the house, I could see me doing everything it needed,” Charles remembers. So for the next three years, other than a new furnace and upgrading the electricity to 200-amp service, that is just what he did.

The project proved the level of perseverance for both Charles and Marilyn.

“Living in the dirt and getting up in the morning and starting again, well, after a while it gets really tough,” he says. Marilyn adds, “It was one of the hardest things we ever did, living here while we did the work.”

Taking breaks at the local library and visiting McCormick’s Creek State Park helped, as did getting their first tastes of international travel. Marilyn marvels that since purchasing their house, they have helped their children in a trans-Atlantic move, visited Spain and China, celebrated two marriages and welcomed the births of five grandchildren.

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In Ellettsville, however, the celebrations were different. For example, Charles remains very enthusiastic about the 17-foot logs he discovered holding up parts of the first floor.

“They still have bark on them,” he reports.

Or the day he found two living descendants of the May family — women who grew up in the house in the mid-1900s. It turns out he and Marilyn are just the fourth owners.

“I’ve discovered a lot of things about Charles I didn’t know before,” Marilyn says, “and one of them is how much he likes history.”

Indeed, once his primary work on the home was complete, Charles embarked on a different kind of reconstruction as he sought out the history of the families who built, maintained and modified his home. Some of the story, however, is best told by the house itself.

“There are clearly three different building periods,” Charles says, pointing to a visible shift on the exterior corner trim. “You can see the framing is completely different on the second floor.”

He is also certain that while the official date of the home is 1875, people were living there as early as 10 years prior.

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Balance and Beauty

The front of the house is a study of symmetry. Most striking is the covered upper balcony, balanced perfectly above its paired porch. The dentil molding marks the home as historic but much is actually new construction. Charles had to painstakingly create each piece using a small sample that was somehow missed when a previous renovator chiseled off the decoration.

The Eastlake-style front door has a pleasant rattle, a clattering crank doorbell and is likely original. Its Victorian welcome delivers guests to a somewhat pie-shaped entry with a pegged keystone floor designed

by Charles.

“I couldn’t save the flooring from upstairs, so I put in a strip of it right here,” he says, pointing out a row of lighter wood.

It’s a perfect example of the Bontregers’ philosophy. From unbricking the fireplace to raising the ceilings back to original height, maintaining historical integrity is both necessary and inspiring to the couple. Even the charred wood Charles uncovered in the family room is part of the story.

“It’s a miracle this house did not burn,” he says.

In just one major area did they intentionally deviate from their commitment.

“We have to make it work for our family,” Marilyn explains when asked about the openings Charles created between the cozy family room and adjacent dining room.

Charles is still a bit unsure.

“It was a struggle for me because it takes away from the original. It was tough to change something that had been there for so many years,” he says.

But doors leading out of the dining room are clearly old batten-board construction.

They might not open in the wrong kind of weather, but are handmade relics not to be removed. Just like the quilts Marilyn has hanging upstairs, made by her Amish grandmother. Or the many pieces of heirloom furniture found throughout the house, saved by Charles from his childhood home.

All these items have persevered, and so have Charles and Marilyn. Reflecting on the last decade living in the Fletcher House and her upcoming 40th year wedding anniversary, Marilyn concludes, “We have endured all kinds of things. This house has been symbolic of our marriage and it has been very rewarding.”

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Color and Light

Impressionist painter finds a home in Brown County

By Joel Pierson Photos by Jeremy Hogan

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n the woods of Brown County sits a log home on a gravel road. Inside is the living and working space of Patricia Rhoden Bartels, one of the region’s most prolific painters. In the comfort of that space, she describes life as an impressionist painter and her ongoing battle with her toughest critic.

Patricia was raised in Toledo, Ohio, and came to Brown County in 1981.

“I knew I belonged in the woods,” she relates. “I knew I did not belong in the city.”

She studied art at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, in a beautiful area much like the one she now calls home.

“I loved it,” she says. “Now, Brown County not only feeds into the landscape of where I want to live, but it’s also got the art, the heritage; it just seemed like the perfect place.”

Impressionism, Patricia’s chosen style, does not aim for photo-realistic visions of the world. Instead,

as Patricia explains, “It’s based on the theory that as you look at the world around you, you see it at a quick glance—an impression.”

The focus is on color and light. She considers herself a colorist.

“Before I begin a canvas, I’m thinking about colors and how they’re going to affect each other.

Certain colors vibrate off each other; certain colors harmonize. What is going to be the effect of color?

For me, that’s a big deal.”

Throughout her years as a painter, there’s been one critic who’s hounded her relentlessly, making her doubt her own success — Patricia herself.

She says, “I would like to be a painter who reaches down inside myself and really pulls out what’s deep inside of me, but I’m not sure I do that as profoundly as I’d like. I’m not always the painter I want to be. I am a very intuitive painter, and I get lost in my paintings; it’s almost like a religious act.”

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Letting Go

Patricia’s self-doubt is certainly not born of inexperience. At age eight, she was chosen for the gifted-and-talented program at the Toledo Museum. She continued with art in high school and then got her MA and MFA in studio. She next taught art for 37 years. So, whence the uncertainty?

Patricia answers, “There’s a real letting go. It’s like undressing in front of somebody.

You’re really revealing yourself, and I don’t know why I can’t be what I want to be.”

For her, it’s not even about success.

“I see each painting as a learning process.

I flounder against some new problem and try to beat my way through it.”

The result is a love/hate relationship with the art.

“When I don’t feel like I’ve ever done a better painting, I’m on cloud 9, and when I have a lousy day, then you don’t want to get near me. It makes or breaks the day.”

World travel has inspired quite a bit of Patricia’s art. Of all the places she’s been, her favorite is India.

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“People are mostly surprised when I say that, because there’s so much poverty. But at the same time, it’s so colorful and there’s history there. I’d go back there in a minute.

I like Thailand a lot. I enjoy Hawaii, but more for nature, not so much for the art. I keep going back to Mexico. Coming from a background as a teacher, traveling around and seeing all the different artisans and all the media that they work in was wonderful.”

The artist has done several series of paintings dealing with political and emotional issues. After her father died, she did a series on the dignity of dying. Other series were anti-war, representatives of which hang in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute — seven paintings and a poem to go with each. Patricia also has two paintings in the Indiana State Museum and in the Fort Wayne Museum, in Bloomington at the Venue, and at Brown County Art Gallery. She’s been at the Guild for more than 20 years.

Over the years, she’s received a number of honors and awards for her paintings, but she cautions artists not to let such things

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“I’ve got awards, but I think more than anything, you have to feel good about what you’ve done.”

Speaking about the goal of her art, she says, “I would like my paintings to tell you more about me. I would like them to be something that people come up to, and they are moved, and they understand me by looking at the painting. In the deathand-dying series, I had this figure that was hooked up to all these machines, as my father had been hooked up. It was threedimensional; I had all these wires. I entered it in the state fair, and the woman who had manned that area came up and said, ‘I have to tell you—I really don’t like this painting. It upsets me, but I have to say that I saw more people stop and look at your painting than anything else here.’ To me, that’s the sign of a good painting. You don’t have to love it, but it’s telling a story, and hopefully it’s an important story, one that moves you.”

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Why Not Us?

IU’s new basketball coach sees a clear path to success

By Pete DiPrimio Photos by Chris Howell

Archie Miller concedes nothing.

Indiana’s basketball stakes demand it.

The 29th Hoosier coach faces the take-noprisoners reality of big-time college basketball — deliver Final Fours and national titles, or else — with steely resolve.

He is 38 going on 48, and in the coaching profession, that is a good thing. He is an ultracompetitive, all-business guy who embraces challenges that would break lesser men.

“I don’t think you come to Indiana if you don’t want to live in that neighborhood,” he says. “I’m very confident that what we do works. I know what the job is. That didn’t waver me. This is what you want if you love the game.”

Miller isn’t at Indiana — for a cool $3.35 million a year — to just build for a better tomorrow. He wants to win now, win as big as the talent allows, bigger if it works out, which puts him on par with the forever feisty Hoosier Nation, which can’t wait to return to the superpower form that has produced five national championships — but none since 1987, when real men wore mullets.

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“I think he should start winning right away,” says Bill Harkins, a Bloomington resident who works for Indiana Finance Authority in Indianapolis. “I give the program a year. In the second year, that’s long enough to show yourself.”

You can call him Archie because everybody does even though his mom hates it. Why? Miller’s real name is Ryan, but he grew up feisty in the manner of Archie Bunker from the 1970s TV hit “All in the Family,” and the new name stuck even while he became a sharp-shooting point guard at North Carolina State. He still ranks among the school’s best ever in free-throw (84.6 percent) and threepoint shooting (42.9 percent).

Miller doesn’t bring guarantees, but nobody does. It’s all about producing and Miller seems fully prepared to do that. He won big in six years at Dayton, with 139 wins, four NCAA tourney appearances, two Atlantic 10 titles and one NCAA tourney Elite Eight berth. He’s coached at some of the nation’s top programs — Ohio State, Arizona.

His father, John, was a record-setting high school coach in Pennsylvania, with 657 victories in 35 years. His older brother, Sean, is the successful coach at powerhouse Arizona, with 340 career wins.

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Miller very well could be the basketball equivalent of Urban Meyer, who went from Bowling Green football success to deliver national titles at Florida and Ohio State.

“He’s a basketball guy,” Kentucky coach John Calipari says. “He’s not afraid. He’s got a fight in him. He’s got a will and the kids are going to love playing for him. I think he’ll do a great job.”

Even Bob Knight has endorsed Miller, something the Hall of Fame coach didn’t do with Mike Davis, Kelvin Sampson or Tom Crean.

“I’m very confident,” IU athletic director Fred Glass says, “that Archie is the right coach to lead us to our very high expectations.”

Miller sees national champ North Carolina and thinks, why not Indiana?

Why not blend a foundation of standout in-state players with outside-the-state difference-makers? Why not develop players, and hope that they stay three to four years, because even in this one-and-done era — think Kentucky — experience matters?

Why not thrive with guys who love wearing candy-striped pants and who have bled cream and crimson since they first learned to walk?

Guys like do-it-all Collin Hartman, an Indianapolis native who will return for a fifth and final season.

“He brings leadership and intangibles that can do nothing but help us achieve our goals,” Miller says.

For Miller, you start by investing time in the current players, getting to know them as people as much as athletes because that leads to great productivity, and then hire a powerhouse staff and hit the recruiting road.

In other words, know what you have before worrying about what you need.

Settling In

Miller spent the first month or so on the job as a bachelor while wife Morgan and 11-year-old daughter Leah were in Dayton.

His days ran 14 hours and more. It wasn’t quite a bread-and-water existence — mostly it was pizza and water, with one Starbucks coffee — but it fueled him for what needed to be done.

He went 3-for-3 in retaining Crean recruits Justin Smith, a four-star forward, Clifton Moore, a three-star forward, and Al Durham, a three-star guard. It’s not the nation’s top-rated class — that honor goes to Kentucky — and it doesn’t crack the nation’s top-35, but it fills needs, and that’s realistically all you can ask for when you’re new to the job.

His staff of Bruiser Flint, Ed Schilling and Tom Ostrom is strong on experience, player development and recruiting. Schilling,

in particular, has wide-spread in-state recruiting connections that could put the Hoosiers in position to land New Albany’s Romeo Langford, considered the nation’s No. 3 prospect in the Class of 2018, and Fort Wayne’s Keion Brooks, a top player in the Class of 2019.

Miller also brought in a nationally renowned strength coach, Clif Marshall, who has worked with numerous professional athletes in nearly every sport, and who worked with Miller in Dayton.

Miller won’t recruit for home runs. Well, he will, but the top priority will always be in-state, and if that leads to homers, all the better.

He won’t pass on one-and-done guys if they’re the right fit — meaning those who buy into a team-first, let’s-win-together approach.

Miller’s offensive style emphasizes efficiency, unselfishness and limited turnovers. The Hoosiers will run and move the ball and play with great space. They will attack the rim, play inside-out and try to get a ton of free throws. Defensively, they will get after you, frustrate you, out-tough you.

In theory, it adds up to big-time winning.

In reality, the stakes demand nothing less.

“The expectations are set high, and they’re achievable,” Miller says. “I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t believe that.”

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Clyde is a Hoosier baseball fan.

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Hoosier Hounds New book features dogs in IU homes and hearts

By Kathy Jonas Photos courtesy Indiana University Press

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I am Yogi. Guess who I was named after?

ilan Kundera once wrote, “To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden. Where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.”

That reminds me of my college days sitting in the sun at Dunn Meadow and watching my sister’s dog — Muttsy — running around wearing one of those ubiquitous navy blue bandanas marking her as a proud Bloomington dog. It was the seventies, after all. She might have been chasing a Frisbee. Everyone was happy, life was simple and we knew this moment wouldn’t last.

When I got the assignment to write about IU Press’s new book “Campus Canines: The Dogs of Indiana University,” I thought about writing about my own pup, Stevie, who is on page 100 standing proudly at Showalter Fountain sans water.

Then I got the advance copy of the book and discovered that, while cute, she was not the cutest pictured and did not have the most interesting story. Yes, she is an unusual breed — petite basset griffon verdeen — and we get a lot of comments at the Bloomington Farmers Market, but the storyteller in me could not in good conscience neglect to tell you more about Allie and Stella.

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Raja loves her visits to the Indiana University campus.

Hades’ sunglasses say it all.

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Allie, the cover model for the book, was found chained to a dumpster in Indianapolis five years ago.

“I was meeting friends for dinner in Indy in a shopping center. It was packed and when I drove around back I thought I saw something moving,” says Dave Hulsey, associate director at IU Press.

He went into the business, but the thought of something back there kept nagging at him. When he went back to look further, he found a little dog in a cat collar with her leash wrapped so tightly she was unable to sit. It was eight degrees outside.

A lab and shepherd mix, Allie is quite athletic, Dave says, yet never needs to be leashed, possibly because she is so grateful to share a life with him. She is leery of stairs, which leads him to believe she was abused.

But he says she was a perfect cover model for the book, sitting quietly and patiently for just the right shot.

Dave says the idea for the crowd-sourced book came about when four staff members were talking about how dogs have become such a huge part of our lives.

“We need a dog book,” one of them said.

Enter Michelle Sybert, marketing manager and publicity coordinator, who set up the website and the social media aspect of the endeavor. The final product contains 156 photos of dogs of all shapes and sizes, from huskies to poodles to boxers. Some of them are sitting, standing or relaxing at the Sample Gates, Showalter Fountain, or on Kirkwood Avenue; others are watching Ernie Pyle type, cozying up next to Herman B Wells or playing treble with Hoagy.

Others, like Biscuit, Rok Star and Zeller, patiently don IU apparel while their humans take photos. Fan favorites from a vote on social media resulted in 18,400 visits and 5,000 votes, Seibert says. The fan favorites were Kilroy, Yogi and Burney.

“It was so much fun looking at all the submissions,” says Michelle, although she adds that it was a daunting task. Her cat, Steve, is depicted on the last page wearing a red bow tie with the comment “Hey, where’s my book?”

Stella

Stella is a rescue pit bull who was picked up by the Fort Wayne Pit Bull Coalition after being dumped in a field. At an adoption event, Marika Hamilton Meeks knew that she was “the one” after the dog immediately wanted a belly rub.

Marika and her husband, Brian — who attended IU — moved to Scottsdale, Ariz. while Marika underwent treatment for cancer.

“I was so self-absorbed from fear and anxiety,” she says. “Stella shifted my emotional state. She took the focus off of

me and we’ve been going along as a team.”

She’s become a service dog, visiting nurses, doctors and patients in hospitals and brings a smile to the faces of residents of drug rehab centers. In an effort to spread her charm and educate others about the breed, Marika set up Facebook and Instagram pages for her — @incredibullstella — and has 13,000 followers. She even has a coloring book coming out this spring. She’s shown on pages 32 and 33 of the IU Press book.

“Stella just brings people together,” says Marika. “She is such a beautiful soul.”

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Are You Yard Smart?

5 unusual outdoor landscaping terms

A foodscape is a landscape where everything — or almost everything — can be eaten. These edible landscapes allow gardeners to grow food without giving up a beautiful view.

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This term refers to a structure or landscaping that emphasizes a major focal point of the yard.

It can be a gazebo, walkway, arch or piece of art showing a remarkable view beyond it.

Shade sails are large fabric shapes, often triangular, suspended with ropes above outdoor spaces.

They come in a wide range of fabrics and colors. Unlike awnings, they are usually not anchored along one side and appear to float in the sky.

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Foodscaping

Often associated with sandy landscapes, xeriscaping refers to any yard plan focused on conserving water. Plants are selected for drought tolerance. Stones and rocks often replace large expanses of grass.

A moon garden is at its best during the evening and night hours. These landscapes often shimmer with white and nightblooming flowers. Subtle outdoor lighting and water features can extend enjoyment of these gardens late into the night.

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Nobody knows construction better! The Wininger family of Monroe County has been in the business of construction for nearly a century, beginning with Henry Wininger, grandfather of Tom Wininger. In 1994, Tom Wininger founded Wininger Construction Inc, and continues the family legacy of building value in Monroe and surrounding counties in Indiana. We specialize in new home construction, commercial construction and remodels. Wininger Construction Inc currently features beautiful new single-family homes at Highland Park Estates in the mid-$200k to low-$300k range near Ellettsville. These low-maintenance homes have energyefficient features, great floor plans and curb appeal. Our SPEC homes have granite kitchen countertops, stainless steel appliances, beautiful tile and laminate floorings, with optional three car garages available on some lots.

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Al is a mechanical engineering graduate from South Dakota State University and has lived in Bloomington with his wife, Cindy, since 1979. In 1997, Al founded Al Vlasman Construction, Inc.

Projects:

The company has built more than 30 custom homes and has completed numerous major home remodeling projects.

Although the focus is on residential construction, the company works on commercial properties too.

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Associations and Awards:

Al is a member of the National Association of Home Builders, the Building Association of South Central Indiana and is a Certified Green Professional. In 2008 and 2005, the company won Parade of Homes awards for Best Master Suite and Best Use of Space, respectively.

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Tom Fuller

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Builder Specialties:

Tom Fuller has 33 years of experience in new home construction with 18 years of the 33 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: The T.A. Fuller Homes philosophy is simple: To build your dreams into a new home. The company promises to give a quality home at a fair price with utmost attention focused on the 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 18 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, Mexico and Barbados.

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“One of my favorite things is to start painting when it is overcast, then wait for the clouds to break and smack the painting with sunlight.”

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Outside In Award-winning painter has always

been obsessed with the visual world

By Jackie Sheckler Finch Photos by Jeremy Hogan

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lthough his earliest childhood dreams were to become a firefighter or an astronaut, Bloomington artist Mark Ratzlaff grew up to become an award-winning painter. He admits to being obsessed with the visual world. It began as a natural curiosity as a youngster, a curiosity nurtured by his family and loved ones.

“My mom used to give me five bucks to draw her a duck or a horse, or whatever, something she could frame and hang on the wall,” he recalls. “She still has a lot of those old drawings hanging in her house. It’s embarrassing for me to go home and see how bad my old paintings were.”

Today, Mark is known for his urban and rural landscapes and was named Outstanding New Exhibitor at the Hoosier Salon. A member of the Brown County Art Guild, Mark’s painting “Bloomington Diary #2” won the Director’s Purchase Award at the 2016 annual Indiana Heritage Arts exhibition. The 39th annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition will be held at the Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville from June 10 to July 1.

The organization showcases Indiana’s traditional and representational paintings and chooses one painting each year to add to its permanent collection. Although most paintings chosen for the Director’s Purchase Award depict rural scenes looking as though they might have been painted a century ago, Mark’s painting was decidedly different.

“It was a scene of cars in a parking lot,” he says. His award winner was modern-day realistic with telephone wires strung across the sky, graffiti decorating a building and trash cans lining the alley.

Born in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, Mark has always been an outdoors kid, so painting what he sees outside seems natural to him.

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“I was always interested in art,” he says.

“I remember drawing in church. There was always paper and pencil around. I don’t remember what age I was but I started taking lessons at the art museum. I kind of grew up in art class.”

Mark also would watch entranced when artist Bob Ross would host “The Joy of Painting” on television. “I’d get chills up the back of my neck from the sound of his brushes scrubbing against the canvas.

I always knew I would do something artrelated.”

After graduating from high school, Mark went to Missouri State University to study art from 1994 to 1999. Then he went to what he thought would be art heaven — New York Studio School in New York City.

New York was not what he had hoped for.

“The other students didn’t seem to share my intensity and I quickly ran out of

money,” he recalls. “I knew it was time to leave after moving to Jersey City to save on rent, exhausted from the daily commute, two morphine addicts for roommates, and seeing my paintings were only getting worse.”

A stint in Italy helped put him back on track. At the urging of friends who were studying at Indiana University, Mark relocated to Bloomington in 2001 and began concentrating on his art anew.

“It’s definitely a place that supports artists,” he says. And Mark is a familiar sight on Bloomington’s byways. “All of my paintings are done outside. I paint outside all year round, pop-up tent in the back of my car in case it rains, ratchet straps and cinder blocks for the wind. That car is my studio.”

Asked what makes him decide to paint a particular scene, Mark pauses, “I honestly don’t know. I just start painting and see

where it’s going. I wouldn’t paint something if it didn’t affect me on some level. I try to build a composition and capture the light, you know. To experience the space and let the viewer experience the space.”

Sometimes, he adds, the process of translating what is before him to a canvas doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

“Sometimes I might work on a painting for a day or two and see it is just not going to work. I am confident that I have destroyed more of my paintings than I have completed.”

Natural light is a very important aspect of any oil painting and Mark likes to experiment trying to capture it.

“One of my favorite things is to start painting when it is overcast, then wait for the clouds to break and smack the painting with sunlight.”

The longest he has painted outside at one time is 11 hours, Mark says.

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“Sometimes I will just come back the next day and work on a painting. I don’t usually finish one in one day. Some of these, I work on for two or three years.”

Over the years, Mark says he has seen his paintings change.

“I think my work has gotten more confident. I’m taking more chances, not afraid to make a mess. The paint handling has become more free, often wild.”

If he knows he won’t be in one painting spot for too long, Mark might bring his 10-year-old beagle Lucy to accompany him.

“She will sit there patiently while I paint,” he says. “But I don’t want her to have to sit too long, to look at me and wonder why I’m not paying any attention to her.”

As for his future, Mark says he is happy to be in the present.

“I am doing what I love. When I am painting, especially when I’m painting hard, I feel like I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing.”

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Editor’s note: Nicki Lan, Tim Ballard and Don Griffin, of Griffin Realty, toured this home and Nicki shared her impressions with us in the following story.

A Secret Hideaway in Bloomington

By Nicki Lan Photos by Megan Garner-Ballard of Jane Daniels Photography

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uzanne Young drove by this wooded property more than 30 years ago and fell in love with it. It wasn’t until it came on the market in 2004 that she decidedly and promptly became the proud owner of this 1.9-acre oasis — a peaceful place with its own creek and bridge, right in the middle of Bloomington.

Over the years, she remodeled the home extensively, gutting out the main and second level, creating elegant and open entryways, rewiring, adding insulation, updating the plumbing and designing a master suite with a walk-in laundry room and abundant built-in storage. Suzanne also extended the kitchen with a long, beautiful marble island top and Bosch built-in stove. The open-plan kitchen was upgraded with new kitchen appliances as well as two built-in dishwashers, hidden in matching drawers.

Looking at pictures of the house taken in April 2001, it’s hard to imagine the amount of love and hours of labor poured into the transformation of this home. Suzanne, a Bloomington native, has been involved in building homes in Hyde Park and South Sare Road. She talks fondly of the spaces she has created for her grandchildren, Cade and Holten. The latter — who is five — has enjoyed fun and games in the house, as has Cade, who is now an adult.

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Touring the property, Suzanne points out landscaping features and the inviting pool and pool house. Her gardening work has created a calming and restful yard that beckons curious wildlife visitors.

Hidden behind the trees, this home is not only a delightful hideout for grown-ups but also for kids. You can’t help but wonder how much fun any child would have playing hide-and-seek in this space.

Walking into the main master bedroom, the light seeps through from the blinds on three walls. Suzanne explains that the bedroom was designed by the son of the man who built The MAC (Musical Arts Center) at the IU Jacobs School of Music. It’s tempting to lift up the blinds of this high-ceilinged room and let the warm spring sun in for a view of the woods.

As we part with this home, we thank Suzanne for the stories and wander to the creek and bridge before heading back to our office at 3 p.m., our stomachs gently growling. We say our goodbyes and are thankful for gems like this in the city.

To learn more about this home, contact Griffin Realty at 812-323-7232 or visit leanong.com.

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Above, Franklin Hall is pictured in 1907, just before construction was completed. Below is how the building looks today.

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Shared Space

Renovated Franklin Hall gives IU departments common ground

By Alexandra M. Lynch Photos courtesy the IU Office of University Archives and Records Management and by Jeremy Hogan

Above, the new atrium is a bright and light-filled space. Below, the Office of the Bursar and student services areas are shown in the early 1970s.

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s a high school student in 1967, I was taking classes at Indiana University and worked at the IU library in what is now Franklin Hall. I worked in Documents and Periodicals, including government documents and a large collection of international publications. I spent a lot of time in the library for my studies and became familiar with the old stacks. The floors were thick frosted glass so the lights could shine up through the floor to the lower shelves and down upon the upper shelves. Very ingenious. Still, the glass made it a little creepy when someone walked above you.

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Franklin Hall is a gateway building to the Indiana University campus. Located by the Sample Gates and Indiana Avenue, it now houses The Media School in a dramatically rebuilt interior.

The limestone face of Franklin Hall today is much as it appeared when it was built in 1907. The 1905 design for the library was by Patton and Miller Architects in Chicago.

At that time, the building was simply called the Library Building, housing the IU library collections. The library subsequently had two major additions — an east wing of the building in 1925, with an elevator added in the 1940s, and seven floors of stacks added on the north in 1955.

It remained the university library until a fire caused by arson in 1969 gave impetus to build a new library building on the corner of Jordan and 10th streets, now called the Wells Library.

The Library Building, renovated in 1970 after the fire, became the Student Services building, housing the registrar, the bursar and other administrators. The building was renamed Franklin Hall in 1988 after alumnus and former university treasurer and vice president Joseph A. Franklin.

In 2009, the University approved a new master plan for the Bloomington campus. The master plan called for renovating and repurposing these buildings to add more vitality and student life to the original historic part of campus. Franklin Hall is a perfect example, transformed from Student Services to the high-tech Media School.

The building’s architect was VPS Architecture of Evansville and the design architect was Gund Associates of Cambridge, Mass. The construction was by Weddle Bros.

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Seeing the Light

Visiting the building, our tour guides were none other than Bob Richardson, university architect, Scott Myrick, assistant director of facilities and technology for the media school and David Ellis, the media school’s director of administration and strategic initiatives. The media school brought together the departments of telecommunications, journalism, and communication and culture into one school.

Bob explains, “The building was designed to bring the students, faculty and staff of these three groups together, to provide a central atrium or orientation center to a very large existing building, to bring light into the building and share the light with all the occupants, and to use topflight technology in the classrooms, labs, and studios.” Bob managed the Franklin Hall renovation.

So we start in the atrium, a multi-floor open space topped by glass roof. At each level around this common space are comfortable, colorful modern armchairs, tables for small groups and places for study.

Crowning the atrium is a vast 12-by-24-foot video screen, which can be divided into 12 screens. Using an app on their phones, students can select a screen of Above, top two photos, views from the 1970s are compared to new spaces, bottom two photos.

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interest and view it. The atrium buzzes with activity, just as intended. It’s the common ground for the school.

Conference rooms and meeting rooms are shared by all.

In the area for faculty offices — in the former 1955 addition of stacks for the library — offices were randomly assigned so that neighbors might be from other departments.

On the main level, behind glass, is a professional video studio called the Beckley Studio. Used for student work, for media school publicity and other productions, the studio has a set for interviews and features a contemporary design. A large control room is nearby.

We walk by numerous classrooms with computer screens at each desk, as well as the big screen used by the instructor. The screens in the computer labs appear to be 30 inches wide. There are numerous editing suites for editing video. Students can check out audio and video equipment for projects.

We enter the video game area — no, not an arcade, but a place where video games are designed and tested. Along the way is a screening room with 20 seats for viewing movies and shows.

The new Franklin Hall and the Media School have worked magic. People are coming together, enjoying their new environment and adding life to the gateway to Indiana University. Just as planned.

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Christina Knipstine “Ode to Odilon” 20” x 24” Glass mosaic, created with stained glass and smalti “Ode to Odilon” was inspired by a painting by Odilon Redon and is a celebration of the flowers of summer.

Commissioned work in stained glass and smalti glass. Currently accepting commissions for home or office.

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Marilyn Greenwood Eudialite, garnet and pearl earrings in sterling silver.

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Dorothy Thompson Photo Folk “Glacier Falls National Park, Montana” 16” x 20” Photographic image on canvas Using original photos and software to mimic a painting. Stream is framed by boulders in a vintage handmade frame from Florence, Italy.

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Martina Celerin “View from the Cabin” 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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Jim Grabski Watercolor impressions “Miles Away” 14” x 18” Miles Davis, from my legendary jazz series.

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His father’s name adorns Indiana’s indoor football facility and his ties to the Hoosiers’ program run deep.

But Hud Mellencamp’s allegiance in the Pinstripe Bowl is clear.

He’ll be on Duke’s sideline, wearing his No. 17 jersey in the final game of a college football career that he didn’t necessarily see coming.

“It’s been a wild ride,” he said.

Indeed it has for the former Golden Gloves boxer and Bloomington native who MELLENCAMP d i d n’ t h ave much at all in the way of formal football experience when he walked on to the Blue Devils’ program in 2012.

Four years later, Mellencamp is preparing for a dream matchup against his hometown school.

This is a game he and his friends — including a few on IU’s team — have been talking about for years. Mellencamp, who is close with former Indiana walk-on Ty Smith and backup quarterback Zander Diamont, says the matchup has allowed for a spirited back-and-forth during the weeks leading into Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Yankee Stadium.

It’s a conversation that will be settled on the field in New York.

“We’ve always talked about the Duke-IU matchup and how it’s been a fantasy for us,” Mellencamp said. “It’s going to be really fun.”

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Indiana forward Troy Williams (5) drives around Kennesaw State’s Aubrey Williams during Tuesday night’s game at Assembly Hall. Williams had 20 points, six assists and four rebounds in the Hoosiers’ 99-72 win.

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These late-December games have a way of testing a team’s focus, and in the final tune-up of the non-conference season, Indiana resembled a team simply playing out the preseason schedule.

On the way to a 99-72 victory ove r Ke n nesaw State on Tuesday at Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers matched brilliant offensive moments with more of the same empty defensive possessions that have haunted the first two months of their season. From here, the margin for error shrinks, just as the spotlight grows on Indiana’s concerning defensive approach.

The Hoosiers did little to build off Saturday’s signature win over Notre Dame, entering the weeklong layoff afforded by ChristSEE HOOSIERS | PAGE B4 Indiana coach Tom Crean watches his team Tuesday.

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Panthers too quick for Bloomfield, 69-43

By Andy Graham 812-331-4215 | agraham@heraldt.com

The smaller school had the taller team.

But the bigger school with the smaller team kept scoring at the rim.

Bloomington South’s host Panthers drove to the bucket throughout Tuesday night’s 69-43 win over previously unbeaten Bloomfield, unofficially getting 19 of their 29 baskets right at the rim.

Superior quickness was the key.

“They’re so athletic, compared to what we’re used to playing against,” Cardinal coach Matt Britton said. “And not only are they great athletes, but they shoot

and pass the ball really well. “... At the (offensive) end of the floor, their quickness freed them up for a lot of easy drives to the basket.”

South quickness was a definite factor at the other end, too.

Bloomfield came out ready to go and scored the game’s first seven points in the opening 1:40.

But it scored just two more baskets the rest of the first half as the swarming Panther man-to-man held sway. Brandon Van Sant’s break bucket with 4:50 left in the JEREMY HOGAN | HERALD-TIMES half marked Bloomfield’s final points of the half and only tally Bloomington South’s Josh Hall (31) cruises in for two of the second quarter. of his 10 points in the Panthers’ 69-43 win over BloomSEE PANTHERS | PAGE B2 field Tuesday night at South.

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Kennesaw State wasn’t any good to begin with.

There was no doubt whatsoever about that.

Indiana Jeremy knew the Owls were bad? Of Price course it did. H-T SPORTS WRITER Maybe not as bad as Alcorn State or McNeese State, but most certainly not very good.

And with apologies to Charles Dickens, not the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future nor even Hoosier Past, Present and Future could redeem the quality of Tuesday’s game.

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BLOOMINGTON NORTH 6-0, senior, guard 15.4 ppg Cougar scoring leader each of the past two seasons … always ready to take and make the big shot, including the game-winner in overtime at the regional final his sophomore season … shot .513 from the field (including a robust .441 from 3-point range, at 26-of-59) and .811 from the free throw line as a senior … is considering scholarship offers to play at Wabash College, Anderson and Franklin College.

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“He’s been a heck of a scorer for us these last few games.

He’s been tough. Not just shooting 3s, but getting to the free throw line … he’s been hard to handle for the other teams.”

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Bloomington North coach Andy Bloomington North coach Hodson keeps a photo of Malik Laffoon Andy Hodson keeps a photo of kissing twine.

Malik kissing twine.

Not withLaffoon a jump shot, though LafNot withknown a jump foon is certainly forshot, that. though But actuallyissmooching piece of for Laffoon certainlya known net cut down amid the Cougar celebrathat. tion following the 2014 Seymour regionBut actually smooching a al championship game. netovertime cut down amid the Itpiece was a of 46-45 thriller Cougar following against New celebration Albany, decided by then-the sophomore Laffoon’s deathdefying 2014 Seymour regional champi3-pointer thatgame. was in the air as the final onship buzzer sounded.

It was a 46-45 overtime thriller Ever since that day, Hodson has against New Albany, decided by known his Cougars could count on then-sophomore Laffoon’s deathLaffoon, especially in the clutch. This defying 3-pointer that the season has borne that out, too,was mostinrecently 47-46 win buzzer Dec. 22 at Evansairinasa the final sounded. ville North.

Ever since that day, Hodson With 10 seconds left and could the has under known his Cougars Cougars down a point, Riley Crean count and on got Laffoon, rebounded the ballespecially to Musa Jal-in Thislead season borne low, the whoclutch. sent a long pass has upcourt that out, most recently in a to Laffoon, whotoo, knifed right through at least47-46 three Husky defenders the rim win Dec. 22 attoEvansville for the winning layup — and the last North. two of a career-high 30-point performance.

“We just really needed to win,” Laffoon recalled Wednesday. “I was on the right side (of the court). The ball got in my hands, and I just had to finish. I had to create and make a shot.”

Laffoon certainly wouldn’t mind doing something similar tonight, when Bloomington South comes calling for a 7:30 tip at the Cougar gym in the annual regular-season of the city series.

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TWITTER playing theUPDATES: Panthers.@htograham “It really brings out the best in you, because you want to beat them really bad, to have bragging With under 10 seconds left and rights. always been a goodRiley team. the“They’ve Cougars down a point, They runrebounded their stuff really Crean andwell. gotThey theget open looks.

They’re really goodsent at drivball to Musa Jallow, who a ing and kicking. Even though they don’t longalead pass Laffoon, have lot of size,upcourt they getto a lot of ofwho knifed through at least fensive boardsright just from positioning.

They’re just a good team.” to the rim three Husky defenders enters 4-6 the but forBloomington the winningNorth layup — and has the makings of a good team, espelast two of a career-high 30-point cially since Laffoon has recovered from performance. an ankle injury that hampered him through the firstSEE couple of weeks this COUGARS | PAGE B2 season. He’s averaged over 20 points per game since then, bringing his season average to 17.3.

“In our first four games, he was at 13 or 15 percent (shooting) from 3,” Hodson said. “Since then, he’s up in the 40s (at .444 on 12-of-27 behind the arc, part of an overall field goal percentage of .527).

“He’s been a heck of a scorer for us these last few games. He’s been tough.

Not just shooting 3s, but getting to the • free throw aline … he’s been hard to Buried pull-up 3 from the handle for the other teams.” leftKeeping wing toLaffoon beat the third-quarter off the free throw

Blackwell taking charge on court for Panthers

Noblesville’s Corby Mertens drilled a deep 3-pointer with 2:35 left in the third quarter Saturday to tie the host Millers with Bloomington South’s Panthers, 37-37.

The game had featured five lead changes and three ties in the first quarter alone, and looked like it might well go right down to the wire.

South senior Tucker Blackwell, the Panther scoring leader entering the game, was scoreless at that juncture.

But it was time.

So Bloomington South ran a set that allowed the 6-foot-2 Blackwell to post-up a smaller guard and score inside.

And South would never trail again. Because Blackwell then: • Hit a pull-up jumper.

• Took a charge on the defensive end of the court from Noblesville star John Kizer.

buzzer, sending South into the fourth quarter with a 44-38 lead.

• Swished another 3-pointer, this time from the right wing, for South’s first points of the fourth quarter.

• Sank another 3, from about the same spot, to make it 50-41 with 4:57 to play.

• Stole a Miller pass to set up a pair of Panther free throws at the 2:18 mark, with South’s lead down to 52-45.

line is a good idea for Cougar foes. He’s hit 47 of 56 so far this season for an .839 percentage.

South coach J.R. Holmes is well aware.

“Laffoon gets 17 or 18 points a game, but gets 10 or 12 free throws every game,” Holmes said, “so we have to make sure we don’t commit stupid fouls with him. He really ducks his head and goes into you.”

Evansville North saw some of that.

And it’s not just 3-pointers and free throws. Laffoon is a expert practioner of what is a lost art at most levels of basketball — the pull-up, mid-range jumper.

“He’s got a great one-dribble or twodribble pull-up game,” Hodson said.

Laffoon will try to deploy all his skillset tonight as a senior leader for what is still, overall, a young Cougar squad facing a very formidable 8-4 foe. Results are never guaranteed, but Hodson knows Laffoon won’t shrink from taking the challenge head-on.

“He had enough moxie to rise up as a sophomore and take a (decisive) 3 in a regional championship game,” Hodson said. “… It was a great run as a sophomore. And I think he built on it as a junior. A little slow start to his senior year (with an ankle injury), but now he’s averaging 17 a game. He’s definitely a capable scorer for us. And we’ve asked him to do a lot more this year.

“He’s been the guy who could go plant himself in that corner and wait for the ball swung around to him. Now he’s the marked guy. South will have somebody on him, grabbing and holding him and running around with him all night.

Hopefully, as a senior, he’s been in that moment, has seen it a bit, and will be able to handle himself well.”

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North’s Malik Laffoon (2) squeezes by Whiteland’s Michael Valle (30) as he defends Will Higdon during their Jan. 2 game at North.

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No. 5 Buckeyes bury IU in 2nd half, 97-70

By Mike Miller

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Despite a five-point halftime deficit, Indiana succumbed to the scoring power of No. 5 Ohio State in the second half of a 97-70 loss Thursday.

The Buckeyes (11-3, 3-0 Big Ten) went on an 8-0 run to close out the third quarter with a 12-point lead. Kelsey Mitchell, who had eight points at halftime, scored 15 in that period.

“They came out ready to play right off the jump,” OSU’s Shayla Cooper said of IU. “We had to match their intensity, and once we matched it, we took it to another level.”

OSU went on a 13-3 run to start the fourth quarter. In the final 10 minutes, the Buckeyes outscored IU (9-6, 1-2 Big Ten) by a 30-15 margin.

earned in front of the members of arguably college basketball’s greatest team.

Now the Hoosiers are looking to keep their momentum

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Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell (3) goes up for a shot against Indiana’s Jess Walter during the first half Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio.

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successful we need a better CEO, I want to spend my time encouraging women entrepreneurs,” Posner said, recalling the way trade show attendees would default to talking to O’Donnell. “I would really like to find a way to be a mentor for other women. I think they shouldn’t be afraid. If you have an idea, just do it.”

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Posner continued to travel and wound up owning Falafels in Bloomington, working with her husband, Victor Varela, Falafels’ general manager and director of operations for Mami’s Gelato. It was there where she revived her interest in making gelato and recruited her family to work in the business. Whereas many other gelato mix businesses stem from dairy product manufacturers, and are therefore a liquid dairy mix, Posner created a dry mix that was easier for her to store.

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Indiana Limestone CEO speaks at conference

Tom Quigley, chief executive officer of the Indiana Limestone Co., recently gave a talk at the first annual Growth Conference held by Lincoln International, a middle-market investment banking firm based in Chicago.

The talk covered Indiana Limestone Co.’s history, the firm’s recovery and growth over the last two-and-a-half years and an analysis of the company’s practices. Quigley joined 45 other presenters in addressing around 300 audience members representing private equity funds, venture capital funds and other investment organizations.

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ManyThe of the company’s customersis don’t “I just had this natural knack for entrepreneurship,” ice cream. story’s beginning Posner said, and she has about five business ideas she license the Mami’s name, and sell the product as their own.characteristic of Posner, according to can’t stop thinking about. “What I can’t help doing is her daughter Though Mami’s first and clientthe wasbrand’s the BroadphotograRipple Ice starting and running Cream Station (BRICS)Komoda. in Indianapolis, theaproduct businesses.” pher, Natasha She’s probis now featured across the nation. It’s at Stew LeonPosner continued to travel and wound up owning lem solver, Komoda said, and once ard’s supermarkets in Connecticut and New York; it’s Falafels in Bloomington, working with her husband, COURTESY PHOTOS Posner solution, driven to at the finds famed a vegan Valhallashe’s Bakery’s Valkyrie Victor Varela, Falafels’ general manager and director of featured operations for O’Donnell Mami’s shareshop it. in Florida; and it’s locally available TOP: Nate and Naomi Posner scoop Doughnuts in pints at and Lucky’s Gelato. It was there where she revived her interest in “IBloomingfoods just had thisWest natural knackMarket. for gelato in 2014. making gelato and recruited her family to work in the Posner even claims the Kardashians frequently eat at entrepreneurship,” Posner and a BuddhaBerry frozen yogurt shop in thesaid, Hamptons business.

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“It’s just winning time. You have to win,” Laffoon said. “Players make plays, and I had to make a play.”

Off of a miss by Justice Dixon at the free throw line, Bloomington North’s Riley Crean took the rebound and put it in Musa Jallow’s hands. Jallow pushed it up court to Laffoon, who dribbled left past one defender, blew past a trailing Dixon, then flew into and over 6-foot-6 forward Jadan Manion to give Bloomington North a go-ahead lay-in and a 47-46 win at Evansville North.

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Before construction on the Graduate Hotel even starts in the next few months, developers have already considered how they’ll fit into the makeup of East Kirkwood Avenue — not just in stature and aesthetic, but in alcohol services as well.

In 2015, public comments surrounding Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners’ six-story, 150room hotel centered on its height, parking and its likely inability to serve alcohol under a decadesold state law. City officials granted the 70-foot-tall project at 210 E. Kirkwood Ave. a height waiver over the area’s maximum 40-foot height limit and hoped the developers would collaborate with neighbors on parking, but a law impeding the hotel’s ability to have an alcohol permit within 200 feet of a church put libations at the business in limbo.

Graduate Hotel President Tim Franzen maintains the building itself hasn’t changed much, but after talking with his future neighbors, the hotel’s quest to offer alcohol services has.

“In terms of a liquor license — or any kind of alcohol license or permit — that is something we will not be seeking,” Franzen said in a phone interview, noting

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The seniors in Edgewood High kids fell in love with it at once. But in “It’s kind of surreal,” said Mitchell More School’s Music Warehouse show the fall, when the students returned, Hupp, a senior and one of the choir’s online choir have been looking forward to ready to tackle their new show, they leaders this year. Since Paulsen Find this year’s program for a long time found that Paulsen had moved up to first played the show for him as more — five years, to be precise. direct the high school’s show choir. a seventh-grader, Hupp has been When this year’s senior stuAnd while they loved their new unable to get the music — specifi- news about area dents were in the seventh grade director and the performance she cally, the Frank Sinatra hit “Fly Me to teachers and at Edgewood Junior High School, put together, many of the students the Moon,” written by Bart Howard students at director Brian Paulsen unveiled a remembered Paulsen’s show as the — out of his head. This year, when HeraldTimes space-themed show choir routine one that got away. Until this fall, Paulsen introduced the show choir Online.com/ SEE IN SCHOOL | PAGE A4 news/schools. just before summer vacation. The when he dusted it off again.

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812-331-4243 | bhowell@heraldt.com The seniors in Edgewood High School’s Music Warehouse show choir have been looking forward to this year’s program for a long time -- five years, to be precise.

When this year’s senior students were in the seventh grade at Edgewood Junior High School, director Brian Paulsen unveiled a space-themed show choir routine just before summer vacation. The kids fell in love with it at once. But in the fall, when the students returned, ready to tackle their new show, they found that Paulsen had moved up to direct the high school’s show choir.

And while they loved their new director and the performance she put together, many of the students remembered Paulsen’s show as the one that got away. Until this fall, when he dusted it off again.

“It’s kind of surreal,” said Mitchell Hupp, a senior and one of the choir’s leaders this year.

Since Paulsen first played the show for him as a seventh-grader, Hupp has been unable to get the music -- specifically, the Frank Sinatra hit “Fly Me to the Moon,” written by Bart Howard -- out of his head. This year, when Paulsen introduced the show choir music, he was thrilled to recognize a familiar tune.

“I was like, ‘Whoa, hold up, I know this show!’ And it was really cool. I’ve been wanting to do it,” Hupp said.

Amber Vecrumba, another senior and leader this year, grew up loving anything related to space, from rockets to the popular Disney Channel movie “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century.” In middle school, the music threw her

back into her younger years; five years later, the nostalgia has only increased.

“Coming in our senior year and being able to be with Paulsen again, and having our show that we were all looking forward to, it is kind of surreal,” Vecrumba said, echoing Hupp’s words. For the students who thought they would be ending their middle school show choir careers with a show that is now closing out their final year of high school, it’s like coming full circle.

What’s in a theme

Paulsen, who has been involved in show choir on some level since he was 14, said that if he wants his choirs to put on a good show, he has to come up with a good theme: a unifying idea or concept running through all of the songs in the show.

“I’ve found that our kids here at Edgewood really cling to doing theme-based shows,” he said.

When he tries to write a more abstract show, the kids “aren’t as jazzed about it.”

This year’s show for the mixed varsity choir, Music Warehouse, is called “The Final Frontier.” Wearing costumes echoing Star Trek uniforms, the 44 students sing and dance their way through Panic! at the Disco’s “Victorious,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and Van Morrison’s “Moondance,” with ‘N Sync’s “Space Cowboy” and one or two more to round out the show.

The point is not to bend over backward trying to force songs to fit the theme, but to create a musically cohesive show with a little something for everyone.

“If you want to score and place well, and give the audience a lot of things to really enjoy and reach out to a wide variety of folks who might be buying their tickets, you want to provide them with a good variety of music,” Paulsen said.

Paulsen writes the shows for all three of Edgewood’s high school choirs: Music Ware-

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A local group continues to advocate “But get through it. It’s part of show for you using reusable bags in Bloomington The response despite a state law that stops localalways comchoir.munities It’s something we look forward from regulating plastic bag use. is overwhelmingly positive.”

house, the upper-level mixed choir; Sophisticated Ladies, the women’s choir, whose show is called “Weird People” this year; and New to,” Vecrumba said.

Bring Your Bag Bloomington is host- LIBBY GWYNN, a co-founder of Bring Your ing a workshop next week at the Kroger Bag Bloomington, talking about the group’s Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County CEOchoir, Kerry Thomson sheds a tear 2012 as she talks Music Edition, the junior varsity which isinperWarehouse has been part efforts of Edgeon College Mall Road in which people can education and its distribution of free about the work that went into a new home built during the Habitat for Humanity Women’s Build.

T-shirts into bags. forming a show titled “Break Free.” The two woodconvert Higholdfor about 40 years.reusable The choir shopping bags has a It’s the latest outreach program for varsity choirs have 44 members and the junior proud history of thesuccessful group that formedcompetitions. The in 2014down to work toward in 2014, Gwynn said. varsity has 34. The concert choir, Edgewood trophydown case front the school is nearly But after a couple of years, the group a local ordinance to to at the toof the had 30-40has activewon, members of all ages reduce or eliminate Singers, has 38 students, making choir the big- overflowing with awards the choir earth local proliferation of and backgrounds. The group met every month, working on their concept for a and the case in plastic the bags. choir room -- multi-tiered gest extracurricular activity in the school.

That effort proposal, talking with city council memfailed after passed and reaching nearly toa bill the ceiling -- is packed by the Indiana Legisla- bers and eventually drafting an ordinance and physicist Babak Seradjeh, will take a basedthree on others that have been impleCompetition Local nonprofiseason t’s longtime ture in 2016 prohibited governments with trophies fromlocal just the past years. sabbatical and work with a university in mented in communities around the U.S. from enacting such regulations. andEdgewood her family willshow be choirs Allleader three are in the either Munich or Dresden.

Before theinitial Franklin the2015, choirs In May members of Bring Your The goal of thecompetition, group was to While Thomson said it will be difficult Bag Bloomington met with the city’s heading to Germany in August introduce a city ordinance Blooming- from middle of competition season, and havecommunity, spent the opporhad brought home 13inawards the past to leave the Habitat ton that would either ban, or make people legal department to discuss the proposed

By Jonathan tunity to spend a year raising their family ordinance. They told the group it needed the past threeStreetman weekends traveling to invitatwo weeks competition alone. pay a smallof fee for, using plastic bags at the 812-331-4353 | jstreetman@heraldt.com abroad was just too good to pass up. grocery store and other retail businesses, more research, and so the members spent tionalsAfter around the region. Last“We weekend, they Foraccording the seniors, thisa Bloomingis theirthelast chance to what 12 other are considering it a real gift to our summer learning about to Libby Gwynn, 26 years with Habitat for Humanfamily.

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Next weekend, they will said Friday showfor choir family before graduation.

Even Sustainable Living, started with just a that were about Thomson her family will be movington as well as college towns. The cities during a phone interview. Thomson spent few members.

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HeraldTimesOnline.com/weather. gative reporting classand taught by assistant See stories, pages throughout the week can be pretty grueling. get to do it in the eighth grade,” said senior The students practice once a day during their Nick Mobley. “The four-year wait was worth 50-minute class period, and then for two to it.” three hours after school several nights a week.

That doesn’t count the practice students will See the show do on their own or in small groups outside of All three of Edgewood’s high school show choirs, as well as school, reviewing their music or dance steps the junior high show choirs, will perform this Saturday at and giving each other feedback. Those indethe Contest of Champions 2017, hosted at Edgewood High pendent practices are critical to the choir’s School in Ellettsville. The public is invited to attend. success, Paulsen said.

Tickets And these practices entail a lot more than • $15 for the preliminary round, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; singing on key and throwing in a few jazz $10 for the final round. hands. Edgewood’s routines can get very ath• $18 for an all-day pass; $12 for seniors. letic -- Music Warehouse has at least one lift Show times students must pull off -- and students must hit Noon -- New Edition. all of their moves with energy and precision, 12:30 p.m. -- Center Stage. all while singing at full volume. It’s like try4 p.m. -- Mini Warehouse. ing to sing in the middle of a Zumba workout.

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Hupp says it is just as hard as, if not harder 10:15 p.m. -- Music Warehouse. than, most sports.

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“We want our guests to relax while they are here, to get away from the stresses of modern day life.”

-Owner Rick Hofstetter

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Historic Story Inn takes you back in time Story and photos by Jackie Sheckler Finch

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ollow a winding country road and turn back the hands of time to the tiny Hoosier town of Story. Population three. Plus a ghost.

Rick Hofstetter, who bought the village in 1999, lives here, as do co-owners Kate and Jacob Ebel. The heart of the community is the old Story Inn, standing solidly like a monument to another era. Built near a stream, the former general store was the center of a turn-of-the-century trading community where surrounding neighbors came to exchange goods, ideas and gossip.

Complete with potbelly stove and cracker barrel checkers game, the old store boasts a liars bench on the weathered porch, flanked by Red and Gold gas pumps — 40 cents a gallon — capped with hand-blown crowns. Split-rail fences, old wooden wagons, a hitching post and gigantic sheltering trees add to the feeling of returning to another time.

A carved limestone monument in the center of Story’s village green honors the so-called Ten O’clock Treaty signed on Sept.

30, 1809, between Gov. William Henry Harrison and the Miami Indians. The treaty opened three million acres to settlement, the boundary marked by a shadow cast at 10 a.m. each Sept. 30. The line passes right through the center of what would become the town of Story.

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This cottage was once the home of Dr. George Story and was renovated into an overnight accommodation in 2011.

Barely a dot on the map, Story was founded in 1851 as a logging community with a land grant from President Millard Fillmore to Dr. George P. Story. A post office called Story was established May 25, 1882. Story was named after the good doc.

Inside Story Inn, vivid ceiling-high stainedglass panels cast a multicolored glow across the linen-covered dining tables. Shelves of nostalgic products feature tools, bottles, medicines and other antiques.

Once a boomtown, Story was the largest settlement in the area at the turn of the century.

But acquisition of land north of Story for Brown County State Park, coupled with diminishing timber resources and the Great Depression, caused a swift decline in the small community.

Story was in its death throes when Rick discovered it. Born near Pittsburgh, Rick came to Indiana on a swimming scholarship to work with legendary Indiana University swimming coach James “Doc” Counsilman, who guided him to AAU and NCAA championships. Earning his BA and MA from IU, Rick then got his J.D. from Duke Law School and became an Indianapolis attorney and law professor. He also fell in love with Indiana’s historic landmarks and served as the first president of the Athenaeum Foundation, which saved the Athenaeum building in downtown Indy.

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Horseback riders in Brown County State Park like to stop by the Story Inn for cold drinks and grub.

Chef Eric Swanson has helped create the inn’s reputation for serving some of Indiana’s best cuisine.

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Heartsick at the thought that Story could be destroyed, Rick bought the financially-troubled town at a sheriff’s sale and started on the long path to reclaiming Story’s former glory. “Every day, I wonder what in the world I was thinking,” Rick says with a laugh, adding that his goal now is to have Story listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Today, Story consists of about a dozen buildings. The restaurant itself is known for its fine cuisine and serves locally grown produce, eggs and fruit, locally raised pork, elk, bison and Angus beef. Herbs, greens, heirloom tomatoes and garnishes are grown and harvested in the kitchen garden.

Since taking over the reins of the Story Inn’s culinary team in 2014, Chef Eric Swanson has helped create the inn’s reputation for serving some of Indiana’s best cuisine.

“We change our menus seasonally to feature the best that is fresh and available locally,” Eric says.

The inn serves a surprising selection of domestic and imported spirits, wine and beer.

For a snack or cold drink, visit the Story Still below the Inn, where a bathtub gin still was busted during prohibition.

Four rooms are available for guests over the Story Inn restaurant. Indiana’s oldest bed and breakfast, the inn rooms remain true to their historic charm. As a nod to modern conveniences, each room has a private bath and air conditioning. Or guests can choose the rustic elegance of cabins or village cottages which once served as homes and work places for Story’s early 19th century residents. The 18 accommodations include such pleasures as a horse trough bathtub, private garden balconies, Victorian-era furniture, photos and other antiques.

But don’t look for televisions, radios, phones or clocks.

“We want our guests to relax while they are here, to get away from the stresses of modern day life,” Rick says, adding that the only television is in the bar for sports events.

A horse trough makes an ideal bathtub in the Old Mill Loft room.

Ghost Story

What many guests do hope to see is the legendary Blue Lady. The first room to the left at the top of the stairs in the Inn is reported to be haunted by a woman wearing a long blue dress. Guest books dating back to the 1970s record weird happenings in the middle of the night.

“The Blue Lady makes her appearance known here quite often,” Rick says.

In the bedroom, the lady in blue has been seen standing by the bed, reflected in the window or the mirror. Guests have talked about the smell of perfume or finding their belongings moving about the room.

Tales involve a framed photograph that suddenly flies off the wall and crashes to the ground. A candle mystically slides across a table without the help of a human hand.

And wine bottles somehow have a way of being emptied during the night.

Next to the bed is a blue lamp.

“When you light it,” Rick says, “the Blue Lady is supposed to come and visit you.”

When I switched on the light, the lady did not appear. But I was awed by the blue haze that settles over the hills of Brown County as dusk turns to night. The dramatic mix of light and mists cast a soft glow to a magical country scene.

A blue lamp in the Blue Lady guest room is said to summon the Blue Lady ghost.

For more information, contact the Story Inn at 812-988-2273 or visit storyinn.com.

The Story Inn is very much off the beaten path in Indiana.

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“Our realtor called the house ‘bizarre,’ but when we walked in and saw the view we knew we would put in an offer.”

-Lori Bhaskar

56 • Homes & Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana • June 2017

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hen Sudhir and Lori Bhaskar moved to Bloomington three years ago, they knew they didn’t want a typical, cookie-cutter

house.

They got their wish.

Their home in The Stands southeast of Bloomington is anything but typical. The limestone residence built in 1987 overlooking Jackson Creek and Goat Farm City Park is unusual in a lot of ways — from its overall design to the interior angles to the limestone bridge leading into the home.

“Our realtor called the house ‘bizarre,’ but when we walked in and saw the view we knew we would put in an offer,” says Lori, an accounting professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

“We fell in love with the house because it was so unique. It didn’t look like any other houses we had seen,” says Sudhir, a marketing manager at InterContinental Hotels Group.

A major remodel of the main upstairs space resulted in a much-needed update to accommodate the needs of this young professional couple who love cooking, traveling and entertaining. The concept of “open space” is the very definition of this house, but the flow didn’t work well. The remodel involved an unusual occurrence these days — adding a wall or two — while at the same time removing others.

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Susan Yeley of Susan Yeley Interiors said the space was a challenge, but a fun one — different from the typical box design. She called the project a success on all fronts.

It’s beautiful, the team of client-designercontractor all worked well together, and the clients are very happy with the results.

“The space didn’t make sense as it was.

There was too much unused footprint, too little kitchen, and too public a transition to bath and guest quarters,” says Susan. Her firm ended up creating a model so that the couple could visualize the proposed changes. Adding masses and walls in the soaring space was hard to envision.

“The end result melded Lori and Sudhir’s somewhat diverging aesthetics: it is a mix of clean and traditional lines, a neutral background with pops of color. In terms of function, the kitchen has been opened up, and a cozy desk and reading area create the needed transition from public to private space.”

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Susan’s team charged with helping remodel the existing main space.

“I can’t tell you how many different angles were in that house when we started,” says Leslie. “We began by trying to reign those back in and simplify the plan.

“When we first visited and started measuring existing conditions, I was almost angry at the existing layout,” Leslie adds.

“It was an open concept in all the wrong ways and there were walls in all the wrong places. In the end, I think we did a great job at giving an awkward house a much-needed renovation.”

The original kitchen is an example of a space that just didn’t work. Leslie says it was dark, dated, compact and somehow separated from the dining room by a heavy wall. The couple ended up with a complete kitchen remodel after Lori’s father, a builder, agreed it would make sense considering their love of cooking and entertaining. She and Sudhir experiment with a lot of cooking traditions, including French, Indian, Chinese, and American fare. Some of their favorite dishes are chicken curry, red-wine braised short ribs, and biscuits and gravy.

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The pre-remodel kitchen was somewhat hidden in the large space and did not allow for much interaction with those in the other part of the main room.

The new kitchen boasts a Wolf range top, additional double-sized windows over the sink, a large island replacing the former peninsula, crisp white cabinets on the exterior with blue-grey cabinets on the island, quartz countertops, eye-catching pendant lighting and a large walk-in pantry.

Builder Don Weiler of Bailey & Weiler Design/Build compares the former kitchen to the Star Trek command central.

“It was so cordoned off. If you were entertaining, there was not a lot of room, even for that huge of a house.”

Weiler and the team “fixed the 80s,” as he calls it, by creating a modern and logical flow from room to room and at the same time designing some much-needed private areas.

New lighting throughout the space highlights the incredible transformation in the Bhaskars’ home.

“It’s very peaceful,” says Lori.

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Hocking Hills is known for its scenic beauty and recreational opportunities.

Natural Charm Hocking Hills is Ohio’s outdoor paradise Story and photos by Jackie Sheckler Finch

The Paul A. Johnson pencil sharpener collection is displayed at the Hocking Hills Welcome Center. Pencil sharpeners are arranged according to subject matter.

W

hen Paul Johnson retired in 1988, his wife Charlotte gave him two pencil sharpeners shaped like little metal cars.

“She didn’t know what she was starting,” Karen Raymore says with a laugh.

Over more than two decades, the retired minister collected about 3,450 pencil sharpeners.

“And no two are alike,” adds Karen, executive director of the Hocking Hills Tourism Association.

Visitors were welcome to tour Paul’s collection which he displayed in a one-room building in his yard.

“When Paul died in 2010, his wife let us move the building and collection to our welcome center,” Karen says. “We get people from all over the world who visit. Probably the farthest away was visitors from Australia.”

Some guests even donate a pencil sharpener.

“As long as we don’t already have one like it, we welcome the donations,” Karen says.

The Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum is a gem I discovered while driving through Hocking Hills to The Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls. The museum is an easy stop with free admission and friendly folks in the visitor center to share information and brochures about popular Hocking Hills.

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The Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls is surrounded on three sides by Hocking Hills State Park.

“The layout in the museum is exactly the way Paul had it,” Karen says. Lighted shelves are organized by categories — food, animals, history, sports, holidays, transportation and many others. Sharpeners are shaped like the Eiffel Tower, Cinderella’s carriage, Santa Claus, a violin, U.S. Presidents, Batman, Remington typewriter and much more.

There is also a book in the museum that tells how to sharpen a pencil. That might come in handy for children today who seem to use computers and technology more than old-fashioned pencils and the creatively shaped sharpeners.

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After a short stop at the museum, it was off to my main destination — The Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls, my home for four days.

Located one hour southeast of Columbus, Ohio, near the small town of Logan, the drive took me about five hours from Bloomington.

Since I live in an outdoor paradise myself, I wondered what Hocking Hills would offer. It has plenty — cliffs, gorges, rock shelters, waterfalls, rivers, hollows, historic sites, museums, state parks, state forests, cabins, campgrounds and lots more.

Visitors can soar through the air at Hocking Hills Canopy Tour, take an eco-tour and rappel with High Rock Adventures, kayak with Touch the Earth Adventure, stock up on outdoor apparel at Rocky Boots — the café served a great bison burger — make a coffee mug at Nelsonville Pottery, sip 120 proof Hocking Hills Moonshine, hear a concert at Stuart’s Opera House or just sit and enjoy Mother Nature’s peaceful bounty.

The Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls is surrounded on three sides by Hocking Hills State Park, The Inn offers a rustic beauty but it also boasts surprisingly luxurious accommodations and delicious cuisine. Guests can choose from rooms at the Inn, cabins or cottages. Three upscale yurts are now being constructed for still another fun accommodation. A total of eight yurts are planned.

Country Luxury

My two-room Larkspur Cottage has a huge bed with bed linens that visitors love so much they buy sets to take home.

The cabin has a big whirlpool bathtub, gas fireplace, dining room table, easy chairs, walk-in shower and kitchenette with microwave, coffeemaker and fridge. Extras include plush robes, soap, lotions, lip balm, towel warmers and hair dryers.

Wi-Fi is free but very slow. No TV, which suits me just fine. My private porch with rocking chairs overlooks the woods. Handy parking in front of my cottage lets me pull in, walk a few steps and be in my home away from home.

Before dinner, I had a chance to chat with owners Ellen Grinsfelder and Terry Lingo. It was Ellen’s mother, Anne Castle, who opened The Inn in 1987. She died in 1991.

“It was my mother’s dream and it was a lot of hard work for her,” Ellen says.

Anne hired local contractor Terry Lingo for construction projects. That’s how Ellen and Terry met. A city girl, Ellen says Terry’s courtship was somewhat unconventional.

“He took me to the country fair to the demolition derby and said he had a surprise for me,” she recalls. “My name was sprawled out across the hood of a car.”

Ellen must have been suitably impressed because the two married and seem to have a great partnership operating The Inn. Terry is also a wonderful cook and prepared blueberry pancakes for my first breakfast. The recipe came from Ellen’s mother as do several other favorites served in the Inn’s restaurant, Kindred Spirits.

The seasonal menu is long and creative, filled with local products and difficult choices. Look at the description for the chicken and gnocchi dish — lavender gnocchi, kale, hazelnuts and honey-butter pan sauce. I had watched the gnocchi being created — guests walk through the kitchen on the way to the Kindred Spirits dining room — and Ellen was kind enough to share the recipe with me. But I don’t eat chicken if I can help it.

Instead, I ordered two small plates — braised pork belly with white cheddar grits and roasted veggies and ahi tuna with crispy rice noodles, seaweed and avocado aioli. More than I could eat.

But I did save room for dessert — mixed berry cobbler with Ohio vanilla bean ice cream. Kindred Spirits also serves wine, cocktails and beer.

After dinner, I walked across the road, up a wooden staired hill under a moon riding high in the sky and listened to nothing but peace and quiet. The Inn is a great sanctuary from an often-hectic world.

Ellen Grinsfelder and Terry Lingo are innkeepers at The Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls.

Blueberry pancakes are made from a family recipe at the Inn’s Kindred Spirits restaurant.

My two-room Larkspur Cottage offers easy private parking.

To learn more, contact the Hocking Hills Tourism Association at 800-462-5463 or explorehockinghills.com. You can also call The Inn & Spa at Cedar falls at 800-653-2557 or visit their website at innatcedarfalls.com.

Plenty of windows let in the wooded view at Larkspur Cottage.

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Hoosier Spring

A salad with the best produce Indiana springtime has to offer.

Recipe and photo by Shaylan Owen

Salad: 7 to 9 cups young greens (spinach, arugula, leaf lettuce, young pea starts) 6 asparagus spears 1 cups sugar snap peas 1 cup strawberries, quartered 3 radishes, thinly sliced 2 green onions, light green parts, chopped Dressing: 5 to 6 young rhubarb stalks, trimmed and cubed 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus extra 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 tablespoon shallot, finely minced

1 tablespoon poppy seeds 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Prepare each pea pod by removing filament along its straighter edge. Break stem end from pea, pulling along straight side to remove thread. (This step may be skipped for younger peas.) Blanch peas and asparagus in salted, boiling water for about 20 seconds, then remove them to an ice bath. Cut peas and asparagus spears into bite-size pieces and set aside.

Instructions:

Toss salad greens together and plate in desired portions. Finish with radishes, strawberries, asparagus, peas, green onions, black pepper, and a drizzle of olive oil. Top salad with slices of seared tuna for a light and fruity dish. Or try it with grilled chicken and crumbled goat cheese for a bright, savory meal. Serve with rhubarb dressing and add homemade croutons or toasted nuts for crunch.

Makes two dinner salads or four lunch salads.

Prepare dressing first. Set oven to broil, then toss rhubarb pieces in 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and roast on a baking sheet until skin begins to blister, five to seven minutes. Puree roasted rhubarb until smooth, then stir through a screen sieve into a small bowl. Reserve strained puree (about 1/3 cup) and discard extra rhubarb solids.

Combine 1/3 cup of strained rhubarb puree with other dressing ingredients — except olive oil and poppy seeds — until evenly mixed. Slowly whisk in olive oil until dressing is smooth. Taste for seasoning, sweetness, and consistency, then stir in poppy seeds and reserve until serving.

Note: For a unique presentation, sliver asparagus spears into thin strips with a vegetable peeler.

Reserve asparagus heads to toss into salad with strips.

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