Homes & Lifestyles June 2018

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away into nirvana at 6 Floating new Serenus Center

12 Abby Gitlitz Sports Stories in 16 Greatest Monroe County

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STORY: 20 COVER Modern Meets Eclectic Meets Rustic

28 Steve Swihart 34 Artist Gallery 37 Schroeder Home

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44 The Great Escape 50 Travel: Harley-Davidson Museum 58 Recipe: Springtime Gnocchi

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ON OUR COVER: Laurie Welken home in Bloomington, Indiana.

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WRITERS Jackie Sheckler Finch, Pete DiPrimio, Alexandra M. Lynch, Brooke McCluskey, Joel Pierson, Michelle Crowe

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PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Howell, Jeremy Hogan, Rich Janzaruk

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Contact Laurie Ragle at (812) 331-4291 Contact Jackie Sheckler Finch at JackieSFinch@gmail.com

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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.

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.

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

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.

Kathryn Biek is a proud Hoosier raised in South Bend. She graduated from Ball State University with a degree in Journalism Graphics. She has been a Graphic Designer for Schurz Communications since 2003. She does the design and layout for Home & Lifestyles.

Brooke McCluskey is a freelance writer for Homes & Lifestyles. In her free time, she is renovating a fixer-upper home in rural Bloomington with her husband. They have two children, a dog, a cat, a snake and many woodland friends.

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.

Growing up in Spencer, Indiana, 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, its fitting that her current places of employment is a library. When she is not working, or 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.

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 Homes & Lifestyles, he is a regular contributor to The HeraldTimes. His interests include theater, writing, editing and audio production. He is the author of seven books, all published locally.

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From the Editor Comments On behalf of the Monroe County Bicentennial Planning Team, I want to thank you and Homes & Lifestyles magazine for featuring the Monroe County Bicentennial this year.

I was particularly struck by your comments in the February 2018 edition where you relay your grandchildren’s comments about a birthday celebration needing cake, and I shared your comments with our planning team.

In case you aren’t already aware, we also have a website and a Facebook page devoted to the Monroe County Bicentennial. The addresses for both are below in my signature. We have many other events and activities in mind to plan and execute. https://www.visitbloomington.com/ bicentennial-2018/ https://www.facebook.com/ monroecountybicentennial/ — Danielle Bachant-Bell Editor’s note: Thank you, Danielle. During 2018, H&L is celebrating the Bicentennial with a story in each issue. Look for Pete DiPrimio’s article about great Monroe County sports stories in this issue. _______________________________________ I especially enjoyed your Bike City article in the April issue. I note that it included an uncredited full page picture of Phi Kappa Psi team member Dave Blase on page 17. I don't know if you are aware of what an outstanding rider Dave was. Dave Blase not only led Phi Kappa Psi to a Little 500 victory, he did it by riding 139 of the 200 laps himself. He was the inspiration of the leading character in the movie Breaking Away.

If you'd like to know more about Dave, here's his Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Blase — Jim Pell Editor’s note: Thanks for your note, Jim. We’re running that photo again so readers can see the man himself. In the April 2009 issue of H&L, we ran a cover story about the Little 500 and the film. I interviewed Dave Blase, a very gracious man who described his time on the 1962 winning Little 500 team as “a real epiphany of self-discovery for me.”

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f I were in charge of honoring talented people for their work, I would present awards to the names and faces you see on Page 4 in this issue as Homes & Lifestyles Contributors.

As our magazine approaches its 15th birthday, these are the writers, photographers and graphic artists who are the heartbeat of our publication. When I was editing the proof for this issue, I thought what a great job they have done and continue to do so I wanted to offer a big thank-you to them.

When we sat down to plan the new Homes & Lifestyles magazine in that summer 14 years ago, Pete DiPrimio was there and he is still with the magazine today. Pete can write any assignment that comes his way but I particularly value his sports expertise. An award-winning sports columnist and book author, Pete has a treasure trove of sports information filed away neatly in his head and knows how to share it in such an entertaining fashion with readers.

Also a longtime Homes & Lifestyles writer, Joel Pierson is willing to take on diverse assignments and make them sing.

In this issue, Joel “volunteers” to float at the new Serenus Center and to try to find his way out of the Great Escape. Readers also won’t know this but Joel is an editor’s dream because he turns in his well-written stories long before deadline.

Now a freelance writer, Brooke McCluskey was the former content and layout coordinator for Homes and Lifestyles. She knows how the process works from the ground up and her expertise is invaluable. Not only does Brooke create excellent stories, she also writes her own headlines and subheads for her articles. That’s a much-appreciated bonus.

In the grocery store one time, a reader told me that she is collecting the recipes and photos that Shaylan Owen does for Homes & Lifestyles. I know what she means. I’ve often told Shaylan that he should compile a cookbook of all the delicious dishes he has shared in our pages. I’ve also told Shaylan that editing

his recipes and seeing his photos always make me hungry. He is triple talented – Shaylan creates and cooks the recipes plus he takes the photos for them.

Whenever Michelle Crowe turns in an assignment, I know it will be a pleasure to read. She has such a way with words and can paint mental pictures of the people and places she is describing. It’s obvious that Michelle makes the people she interviews feel at ease because she gets the most interesting quotes. Not always easy to do and Michelle makes it look so simple.

Alexandra “Sandy” Lynch has a wonderful way of finding stories she wants to write and suggesting them for Homes & Lifestyles. Just out of the blue, Sandy will say she has met some person or seen some home or visited some place that she thinks would be a welcome addition to our pages. And she is always right.

Our talented photographers – Chris Howell and Jeremy Hogan - make the pages of our magazine come alive.

Readers have told me that they often skim the magazine and look at the photos first, then they read the stories. I know what they mean. I love to look at the photos, too, and never fail to be amazed at our photographers' skills. No matter how busy they are – and I know they are swamped with assignments – Chris and Jeremy always find time to take the many glorious photos that fill our pages.

Our newest team member is Kathryn Biek who did the design and layout for this issue. Don’t know how she does it but Kathryn takes a bunch of stories and photos and arranges them in such a beautiful way. She also chooses possible cover photos and makes any last-minute changes to the magazine content. And she does it all so calmly. A most welcome addition to our group.

So, there you have it – our awardwinning team. You are each top notch and very much appreciated.

Thank you!

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Maybe it’s a comment about a home or a recipe. Whatever you’d like to share, we want to hear, so drop us a line!

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Floating allows for deep introspection, giving the floater the ability to create varying perspectives and beliefs about the mental strategies we discussed, ultimately giving them ownership of them.

-Joseph Gerbofsky

Floating away into nirvana at new Serenus Center

By Joel Pierson

Photos by Chris Howell

A floatation therapy pool is available.

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ave you ever treated yourself to a float? No, we’re not talking about a root beer beverage. Not a dip in the pool or a soak in the tub.

A float is an hour-long session in a therapeutic float tank, and thanks to the recently opened Serenus Float & Wellness Center on South Landmark Avenue, Bloomington has a place to float as well. Serenus (which rhymes with “Venus”) opened in late December 2017, courtesy of its owner, Joseph Gerbofsky.

Joseph was a therapist at Bloomington Meadows Hospital, and as he explains it, “I used to think, what are some ways I can help my clients utilize the mental strategies that we talked about in our talk therapy, outside of my office? Because I can’t hold their hand when they leave.

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Floating allows for deep introspection, giving the floater the ability to create varying perspectives and beliefs about the mental strategies we discussed, ultimately giving them ownership of them.”

About five years ago, he learned about sensory-deprivation tanks, as they are sometimes called, and began discovering all the benefits. Before acting on this information, he waited to read the results of studies that were conducted on the health benefits of this therapy.

“I didn’t want a trendy thing,” he says. “I wanted something people could benefit from the day we opened, and years on down the road.”

The float pods, as they are now known, each contain 160 gallons of water, heated to 93.5 degrees. Also in the tank is between 800 and 1,000 pounds of Epsom salts, offering buoyancy as well as therapeutic properties for the body. Perhaps what’s most distinctive is that the client has the option to close the lid of the pod, shutting out all light and all sound from the outside—hence the earlier label of “sensory-deprivation tank.” Those who prefer to can keep a dim light on in the pod, listen to soothing music while they float, or even leave the lid open.

The sound of silence

Before entering the pods, clients take a shower and, if they so desire, insert earplugs to keep the salt water out. From there, it’s straight to the pod. Though it’s not mandatory, floating is best experienced with no clothing or swimwear—nothing to distract from the desired sensations.

When the lid closes, the world goes away. With the lights out, the pod

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is in total darkness. The only sound is the sound of your body in the water.

You still have the sensation of touch, and you can feel the warmth of the water around you as you lie on your back.

Soon you become aware of another sound, one that’s always with you but seldom earns your attention: your own breathing. A float session can be an excellent opportunity to get in touch with your breath and feel how it sustains you. Concentrate harder, and you become aware of an even deeper sound—the beating of your heart. It can be a deeply personal, even spiritual experience to reacquaint yourself with the vital functions that we all so constantly disregard.

There are no clocks, no watches, and time loses its hold on you.

Minutes pass in peace and tranquility. You may find yourself drifting off to sleep periodically; this is good too. It’s restful, and there’s no danger of rolling over into a troublesome position. You just feel peaceful, as the Epsom salts reduce inflammation and ease joint and back pain. Reducing your sensory stimuli allows your mind to drift into places of calm and happiness.

As the hour draws to a close, gentle jets of water turn on within the pod, along with soft music, signaling that’s it’s time to return to the sensory-packed world. But first there’s time for a leisurely shower, complete with supplied body wash, shampoo, and conditioner.

Clients dry off at their own pace and are then welcome to use the center’s zero-gravity massage chair before heading out. The chair elevates the feet above the heart to reduce blood pressure and induce a more

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Derrick Ball, manager, left, Joseph Gerbofsky, owner, center, and Celine Thompson, float specialist, at Serenus Float and Wellness.

relaxed state, and they are free of charge for clients who buy a service at the Center.

Between each session is a thorough cleaning cycle for the pods, as Joseph explains. “We allow 30 minutes between sessions, to allow for the water to go through the filtration system. That allows for three to four turnovers of the total solution. We use hydrogen peroxide as our oxidizer and UV light as our sanitizer. The combination of the two create hydroxyl radicals, which eat up microscopic organisms and organic materials. We dose it in the morning and the evening.”

Despite the enclosed nature of the pods, claustrophobia hasn’t been an issue for Serenus’ clients. Joseph says, “Since we’ve opened, we’ve had only a few people who had claustrophobia. By us educating them on the process, they usually choose the pod, but they tend to leave the lid open to start with in their first float. Once they’re in total darkness, they forget they’re enclosed.”

Serenus also has an open float pool, unenclosed, for those who desire more space.

And of course, no one is trapped. If a client isn’t enjoying the experience, he or she can open the pod and exit at any time.

In addition to the pods and pool, Serenus has two two-person infrared saunas. Rather than using wet heat, as in a traditional sauna, they use infrared light to work on heating deep tissues, while keeping the ambient air temperature comfortable.

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Open to all ages

Serenus’ services are open to all ages, but those 12 and younger require parental supervision. Joseph notes that floating is a good tool for kids with ADHD. “It’s intriguing,” he says, “and they’re likely to be enthusiastic. It also definitely helps with autistic kids.”

For safety, it’s important that clients of all ages need to be able to follow directions.

For those considering a float session but unsure if they’re ready to try it, Joseph has one piece of advice: “Learn to face your fears. Unless you’re prepared to face your fears, how many good things are going to pass you by? The whole point here is to let go of control. Everybody’s float is different, because everybody’s thought patterns are different. One person might improve their problem-solving. Another might experience lucid dreaming. Someone else might improve their clarity of thought.”

The Center’s website has an FAQ page with helpful information.

Visitors can get a tour of the facility before committing to a session.

As Joseph says, “I love educating people. We’re proud to have a very laid-back, calm atmosphere. Unlike the hustle-and-bustle gym or spa, we like to create relationships with our clients.” _______________________________________________ For more information, visit https://serenusfloat.com/

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Abby Gitlitz

Artist inspired to make creative glass

By Alexandra M. Lynch Photos by Chris Howell

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bby Gitlitz is inspiring. She took the road less traveled by to become a glass artist and teacher of glass blowing. She started her glass career in high school in Bloomington, where she learned to make stained glass. She continued at Oberlin College, with a few commissions.

Abby began an odyssey to learn glass art. She first learned glassblowing in 1997, and continued to learn from master glass makers around the country. She spent seven years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Glass Lab where she made glass art, taught glass blowing classes and helped with workshops for middle and high school students.

What is the allure of glass?

Abby is quick to explain. “Glass has a quality that no other material has.

It has luminosity, transparency and a richness of color.” She mentioned the stunning St. Chapelle in Paris, a jewel box of breathtaking stained glass windows.

In 2006 Abby attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, to earn a Masters of Fine Arts in glass. She was showing her art widely, and teaching glass techniques at the university. She also organized the popular event The Southern Glass Works Pumpkin Patch, modeled after the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch at MIT.

Learning art around the world

In case you think Abby had a one-track mind, she did make an escape – to Turkey -before attending Southern Illinois University. In Cappadocia, she sold carpets (really!) while learning the language. She also spent three summers assisting at a glass blowing school outside of Istanbul.

Abby lived in New Orleans, teaching glass blowing at Conti Glass and managing the studio, until Katrina struck and Abby had to vacate her house.

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Top Oval, A glass blown piece called The Grand Duchess Sophie.

Right, Abby cuts glass into smaller pieces to place in a glass casting mold.

About Glass

First evidence of glass objects appeared in excavations in a second millennium B.C site. Small bottles and tubes were found dumped in the Old City of Jerusalem in 4 B.C. Roman glassmaking began in the first century A.D. Glass blowing reached Greece by first century A.D., and Egypt in the third century A.D. Glass blowing has remained largely the same over the centuries. A blob of molten glass is picked up on a long blowpipe so that air can be introduced into the glass. A property called inflation enables air to expand the glass and for the glass to be shaped.

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She moved to Whidbey Island in Puget Sound where she studied with glass artists and assisted many of the masters in the field.

After she graduated from graduate school Bloomington, Abby’s birthplace and hometown, was calling. Abby was ready to settle in and work towards creating a glass blowing community here, including a space in which to teach glass blowing.

At present, Abby and her students trek up to Indianapolis to a facility for all the glass blowing classes. Almost immediately upon arrival she recreated the successful Great Glass Pumpkin Patch to raise awareness of glass arts opportunities, and pay the rent. The first year she made all 198 pumpkins for the show. The Pumpkin Patch, now in its ninth year, features glass pumpkins in an array of colors and designs, displayed in the Fall on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn.

Now, members of the BCGC apprenticeship program help make the glass pumpkins year-round. The proceeds benefit the Bloomington Creative Glass Center (BCGC) and its public glass blowing classes.

Abby did not create BCGC alone. In 2011, she met Jean Haley at the Limestone Symposium and found a kindred spirit. Jean encouraged Abby to apply for non-profit status, and to put together a board of directors for the Bloomington Creative Glass Center.

Dale Chihuly influence

For many of us, the glass artist we know is Dale Chihuly. He is known for large glass objects. He was one of the first glass artists to believe that glass art is something you want, and something you will pay money for.

Abby describes him as a master salesman and brilliant businessman, a

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macho man who believes in “blowing big.” Chihuly did raise our awareness of glass art in this country.

Much of Abby’s glass work is whimsical. Imaginary and colorful beings occupy her world. “I like it if the piece makes me laugh,” says Abby. “The colors come from my experiences in Central America and Mexico where the motto is ‘never too much color.’” You will also see humor and color in the art in her bungalow home.

Down the road, Abby has a big dream: to create a center for the visual arts in Bloomington. Of course, it would include glass art, but it would be a place for all the visual arts. It would include display space and classrooms, resources for artists, a place to meet other artists. A big dream.

Another dream she has is building a glass and steel stegosaurus somewhere in Bloomington. She’s seeking a steel worker to work on the project.

“Making art is fun. But teaching is my true passion,” concludes Abby.

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Indiana coach Bob Knight, left, and team members Scott May, center, and Quinn Buckner, right, celebrate with the trophy after winning the NCAA Championship in Philadelphia on March 29, 1976.

Major Moments in Monroe County Sports Look back in time at some of Bloomington's most iconic sports stars

Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles celebrating Monroe County’s bicentennial. Look for more articles delving into the 200 years of Monroe County’s history throughout every 2018 issue of Homes & Lifestyles.

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He brought California cool amid Hoosier heat.

There were other stories, of course, and we’ll get to some of them.

First, though, consider Spitz not only won seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, he set world records every time.

His biggest fuel was failure.

Spitz blasted away the Mexico City Olympics embarrassment from 1968, when he was favored to win six gold medals, four in individual events and won just one – in a relay. The worst moment came when he finished last in the 200-meter butterfly.

Spitz’s comeback began when he enrolled at IU in the winter of 1968 and became a superstar under coach Doc Counsilman. He was twice named World Swimmer of the Year and helped the Hoosiers win six straight national championships from 1968 to 1973.

As for 1972 glory, Spitz set a world record in his first event – the 200-meter butterfly – in a time of 2:00.71. That was nearly 13 seconds faster than his disastrous Mexico City race.

Six races later, all gold medals, all world records, elevated Spitz to most-famous-athletein-the-world status. But he couldn’t enjoy it.

A few hours after the last swimming event, tragedy struck when Palestinian terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team and the aftermath left 18 dead.

Spitz, a Jew, was quickly sent home.

Tragedy trumped triumph, but nearly half a century later, the memory of what Spitz did remains.

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Mark Spitz wins his sixth gold medal.

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ark Spitz was a legend, a failure, a hero.

In other words, he was the ultimate sports superstar and very much a part of Monroe County’s rich sports heritage.

As we celebrate Monroe County’s 200th birthday, sports remain a vibrant element.

But then, in so many ways, it always has been.

Here are some examples:

Let’s start with Spitz, an Olympic swimming giant from the early 1970s who was Michael Phelps before there was Michael Phelps. He was young, fast and Hollywood handsome.

His story is among the 25 told in the book, “The 25 Greatest Sports Stories in the History of Indiana,” and the fact he has a strong Monroe County connection is no surprise given his Indiana University pedigree.

Other memories resonate.

For instance: IU’s 1976 unbeaten national championship team.

The Hoosiers had nearly won it all the previous season, and almost certain would have if All-American forward Scott May hadn’t broken his arm in late February, creating a vulnerability that Kentucky eventually exploited in the Elite Eight, 92-90.

IU finished 31-1 with broken Hoosier hearts from the Michigan border in the north to the Ohio River in the south.

But that vulnerability was gone in 1976, and if those Hoosiers didn’t dominate the opposition the way the ’75 team did, no one bleeding Cream ‘n Crimson complained.

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The pep rally before first game of the 1967 Indiana football season, against Kentucky on September 23, 1967, in Bloomington, IN.

Bobby Wilkerson leading the way, top-ranked Indiana fulfilled coach Bob Knight’s preseason goal of basketball perfection – 31-0 while facing a grueling postseason lineup of powerhouse teams, including No. 2 Marquette in the Regional finals and defending champion UCLA in the Final Four semifinals.

May led with a 23.5-point scoring average.

Benson was next at 17.3. Tom Abernathy was the only other double-figure scorer at 10.0.

The Hoosiers thrived with motion offense and man-to-man defense. They were ranked No. 1 from beginning to end, and were at their best in the second half of the national title game against Michigan. Trailing 35-29 at halftime, they scored 57 points in the final 20 minutes, still the most points ever scored in the second half of the championship game. They won 86-68.

IU finished 31-0. It remains the last major college unbeaten season.

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The catalyst was not a player, but a coach, a man whose ferocity and brilliance dominated the college landscape for more than a generation.

Bob Knight was a force of basketball nature.

From a Buckeye to a Hoosier He was Ohio born, Hoosier ready. He elevated Cream ‘n Crimson basketball to championship heights. He delivered three national titles and 11 Big Ten crowns.

Knight beat out far more established coaching stars in Norm Sloan at North Carolina State and Bobby Leonard with the Indiana Pacers for the Hoosier job. IU benefited from Wisconsin’s mistake, when Knight was set to take over the Badger program until school officials leaked the news early.

Knight’s temper was already so widely known, his nickname while coaching at Army was “Bobby T,” for his knack of drawing technical fouls.

He was 30 years old when he got the Indiana job in 1971, and quickly changed the culture.

He demanded defense. Heck, he demanded everything, and it paid off. In one four-year

stretch IU went 112-8 with four Big Ten titles, two 18-0 conference runs and that 1976 national title.

In 29 years at Indiana, Knight won a schoolrecord 662 games. For his career, it was a thenrecord 902.

In six years at Army he won 102 games and led the Cadets to four NIT appearances. In just over six years at Texas Tech after getting fired at IU in 2000, he won 138 games with one NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.

Beyond that, Knight ran clean programs and graduated his players.

Knight’s success wasn’t a surprise. But Indiana’s 1967 Rose Bowl appearance certainly was.

1967 Rose Bowl surprise IU had gone 2-8 and 1-8-1 in the two previous seasons under coach John Pont, who arrived in Bloomington talking Big Ten titles and Rose Bowl appearance, even though the perennially struggling Hoosiers had never been to any bowl, let along the “Granddaddy of them all.”

But in 1967, thanks to a collection of

sophomore standouts in John Isenbarger, Harry Gonso and Jade Butcher, mixed with standout veterans in Ken Kaczmarek and Doug Crusan, success came fast Pont built a leaner, faster team that had a knack for winning close games. IU won its first eight games and then lost at Minnesota.

It needed to beat rival Purdue in the regular season finale to earn a Big Ten co-championship and a Rose Bowl bid, and these Hoosiers delivered a 19-14 victory.

They would face powerhouse USC in the Rose Bowl. The Trojans were led by tailback sensation O.J. Simpson.

IU lost 14-3 to finish 9-2 and No. 4 in the country.

It remains the greatest football season in program history, a Monroe County highlight that will resonate as long as sports are played.

If you don’t believe it, check out the “25 Greatest Sports Stories in the History of Indiana” for proof.

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Modern Meets Eclectic Meets Rustic

Freshly-built Bloomington home is a careful blend of old and new

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Mantel made from trees from property the Welkens previously owned.

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aurie and Wayne Welken’s previous home never felt quite right. They had too many rooms they didn’t use. The floor plan wasn’t open enough for entertaining. And Laurie dreamed of a big patio where she could visit with friends and family.

“Our old house was nice,” says Laurie, “but we needed something much more functional for the way we live.”

After looking at new-home floor plans, they selected a large-footprint contemporary ranch layout from Gentry Homes.

“We just liked it. It felt right,” Laurie says.

“We’re empty nesters, so it made sense that the floor plan had two bedrooms you’d barely even know were there.”

Laurie and Wayne’s adult children, Alison and Tyler, can use the bedrooms when they come by for a visit. But in general, the home’s bedrooms are tucked away and don’t interfere with a floor plan that is wide open, centered on the kitchen and living space.

Building the Nest

The Welkens’ Bloomington home is the result of careful thought and planning, plus some on-the-fly decisions that came together perfectly. Design-wise, the couple believes in a harmonious blend of old and new, rough and soft, dark and light.

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Laurie enjoys following trends and gathering ideas on Pinterest, but she’s always on the lookout for ways to put her own spin on things.

The home’s exterior, for example, flips the traditional notion of having a white house with black trim.

“Right now everybody is doing white homes, but we wanted brick,” Laurie explains. “We couldn’t find white brick but saw some very dark-colored brick. We thought, ‘What if we did black brick with white accents? Why not switch it up?’”

The choice is stunning, and makes the home seem sleek and modern.

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This is a home where we’re able to be with people and socialize.

-Laurie Welken

“We might just be the first house in Bloomington with exterior black brick,” Laurie chuckles. “I sure haven’t seen it anywhere else.”

Inside, the feel is also modern, but with eclectic and rustic touches. Laurie has taken great care to preserve a modern contemporary feel by balancing dark and light tones. Just like on the outside, she’s not afraid to make unexpected interior decorating choices.

“My fixtures, like the chandeliers, are glass globes,” Laurie says. “They’re old and new, modern and rustic.”

In spots where some people would choose a light color, she went darker. In the kitchen

she chose white upper cupboards with black lowers. The overall effect is warm and inviting.

“Too much white can be cold. I wanted to prevent it from feeling that way.”

Laurie also points out a unique buffet table that was custom-designed by placing two IU desks side-by-side and joining them together.

“Again, it’s that mix of old with new.”

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The Welkens’ old-meets-new aesthetic is most evident in their handmade wood

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Hand made dinning room table from wood from previous property.

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furniture. Wayne, who works in software sales professionally, is also a talented woodworker.

He built their dining room table and fireplace mantel from timber found on their previous property. Both pieces have rough, live edges that make you want to run your fingers along them.

There’s a simple stump for an end table - something Alison and Tyler made - and an outdoor bench Wayne handcrafted from recycled framing timber. These loving wood touches make the Welkens’ new home feel instantly lived-in and comfortable.

The house also feels intimately tied to the outdoors, with both a front porch and large back patio. Laurie’s dream of being able to step right outside onto the patio has come true. It’s now the perfect spot to entertain or have a quiet moment alone.

Laurie’s most treasured place is by the fireplace, with its wide wood mantel and large windows on either side. She designed the fireplace to have an indoor firebox and to be appreciated as a feature wall.

“It’s a cozy spot to sit, and you can see outside because of the two windows. It’s my favorite place to be,” she says.

Warm Welcomes

When guests visit Laurie and Wayne, they’re always charmed by the home’s instant-classic look. Because of the careful design and decorating, it certainly doesn’t seem like the house is less than a year old.

Thinking back on their years in an ill-fitting house, the Welkens now realize how much they’ve gained by creating a space that suits their friendly, welcoming lifestyle.

“We had a Super Bowl party here and New Year’s Eve,” Laurie says. “This is a home where we’re able to be with people and socialize.”

Hand made table by her husband.

A stump for a side table.

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Some Assembly Required Steve Swihart shapes natural elements into enchanting scenes

By Brooke McCluskey Photos by Jeremy Hogan

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et’s start with “Cow Pie,” because it’s a great example of Steve Swihart’s work. In this charming little sculpture, leggy metal mushrooms perch atop a lumpy brown disc.

One mushroom is larger than the rest, floating jauntily above with a bright yellow cap.

The title of the piece brings a chuckle, and its scene seems plucked right from the ground.

That’s Steve’s work in a nutshell: sculpture from nature, with a dash of positive spirit.

Steve is the creative mind behind swiART, a Bloomington studio that produces sculptural art using wood, rock, metal and other earthy materials. But don’t be too quick to label Steve an artist.

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“I would describe myself not as an artist, but a creative and imaginative assembler of nature,” he says on his website. In person, he explains that this nature-focused mindset came from childhood experience.

“I came of age in northern Ontario, in the bush,” Steve says. “There weren’t a whole lot of people around. The nearby town had all of 1,100 people in it, and I lived far out from there.

So you had to be inventive. You had to connect with nature.”

A love of nature blossomed into knack for collecting interesting woodland specimens.

“What I’m doing now is impressionistic reassembly of what I grew up with,” Steve says.

“Your imagination is your friend when you don’t have a lot.”

Handcrafted Vignettes

Art piece titled: Decollment

Art piece titled: The Bogg

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Steve blends the elements of rock, water, sky and spirit using an expert eye for detail. His professional background is in biological and physical science.

“I was a geologist for many years,” he says.

“I was a cytologist and did microscopic cancer diagnostics in the Pathology department at Bloomington Hospital. One of my degrees is in biology.”

These scientific credentials, plus his background in the backwoods, give him a zest for finding small objects that can become the stars of sculpture. Some of the rocks he uses are among the oldest in the world - almost 3 billion years old - but get a fresh look in Steve’s works.

“I have one called ‘Meta-Daisy’ that’s just a rock with a metal daisy coming up out of it. It’s the beauty of simplicity,” he says.

In his piece “Sailing Rock,” a rock is tethered to a cloud, ready to lift off. In “Krummholz Fossil,” a tubular fossil rests on a rocky outcrop, near a tiny tornado of sediment that seems about to blow it away. A trip to the dictionary reveals that “krummholz” is a German word for windblown trees.

“Those old, twisted trees you see on rocky cliffs - that’s a krummholz,” Steve explains. “What I use are pieces of wood from deteriorating pine trees that are decaying, and they look just like krummholz. I didn’t carve them; nature carved them. I reassembled them.”

In the Studio

Steve’s workshop is inside his home near New Unionville. He and his wife, Theresa Wiegand-Swihart, renovated the log home from a somewhat dilapidated state.

“There was snow inside when we first saw it,” Steve chuckles.

Still, the sturdy logs reminded him of his beloved Canadian North Woods, and he knew he and Theresa could make it a perfect, peaceful space. The home is now filled with artifacts of Steve’s other passion, woodworking.

“Twenty years ago, I started making furniture as a hobby,” Steve says. “The equipment translated into what I do now.”

Today he works from his garage studio in warmer months and from his kitchen table when it’s chilly outside. As inspiration strikes, he becomes “a bit of an overachiever.”

“When I get a vision of what I want to create, I may get up at 2:30 in the morning and work until 9:30 at night,” he says. “My favorite time of the day is from 3 to 6 a.m.”

Perhaps the hours don’t bother him because he also worked for years in another field with

I would describe myself not as an artist, but a creative and imaginative assembler of nature.

-Steve Swihart

Art piece titled: Enoki Strata

Art piece titled: Mushroom Swamp

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long hours - the restaurant industry. That’s right: Steve’s a biologist, cytologist, geologist and gastronomist.

He recently retired, but many locals know Steve as the former director of the Bloomington Independent Restaurant Association. As easily as he can describe the layers in ancient sedimentary rocks, he can tell you about all the wonderful eateries in Bloomington.

Future Nature

Art piece titled: Meta Room

Experimentation will always be a part of Steve’s art. As new ideas come to mind, he goes straight to hands-on work. He’s currently tinkering with how to recreate the waves of Aurora borealis - the northern lights - using acrylic medium. He’s also studying monofilament line to see how it behaves under various conditions.

“How does it bend and move with heat?

With solvents? In a microwave? It’s part of my scientific background,” he says. “I always think, ‘How can I experiment to make this work?’”

See more of Steve’s work and learn about upcoming art shows at swiartstudio.com.

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manda and Joe Schroeder of East Lansing had given themselves a week to hunt for a home in Bloomington. Then what may be considered a stroke of good luck happened.

“We were going to some friends’ home for dinner and were driving through this neighborhood when Joe yelled, ‘Stop!’” Amanda says. “I didn’t know what was going on, if there was an emergency or what.”

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at the house. “I already knew I wanted it unless there was something really wrong with it inside,” Amanda says.

The Schroeders looked. They liked. They made an offer. “And within three hours we had the house,” Joe says. “It had just gone on the market. We were the second people to look at it and didn’t want to take a chance on losing it.

Houses don’t go up for sale very often in this neighborhood.”

That was five years ago.

If it seems as though some things are “meant to be” in the Schroeder’s life, consider this – Joe grew up in Bloomington, Amanda in Lafayette. They met when both were accounting students at Ball State.

But Joe’s mother and Amanda’s aunt had been euchre playing buddies in Bloomington for years. “My aunt had known Joe ever since he was a baby,” Amanda says. “When I said, ‘Guess who I met at Ball State,’ my aunt said, ‘Joe Schroeder.’ She was right.”

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Growing up in Bloomington, Joe played tuba in the Bloomington High School South band and was an honor student. He always thought he would attend Indiana University but Ball State made him a better offer as a swimmer. And introduced him to his future wife.

Now, Joe says, their two sons – 6-year-old Max and 3-year-old Ben – will attend his old alma mater. “I don’t have anything against North,” Joe says. “But when you’ve gone to South, that’s your school.”

After Joe completed his PhD in Accounting at Michigan State University, the Schroeders were looking for new jobs and a new home.

With offers from around the country, the couple settled on Bloomington where Amanda is a CPA and works in the finance department for Cook Medical and Joe is an assistant professor of accounting at IU’s Kelley School of Business.

As for their home, it is located a mile from the Sycamore Knolls neighborhood where Joe grew up and where his mother still lives. “When I was growing up, this whole area where we live now was just a big green field,” he says.

The first time they stepped in their oneowner home, “the only thing I said I wanted to change was the laminate kitchen counter,” Amanda says.

But, as often happens, one thing led to another. That new kitchen counter was just one of the major changes the Schroeders recently made in their home – new kitchen, new flooring in the entryway and kitchen, new laundry/ mud room, new guest bathroom, new master bathroom and new fireplace surround.

For their project, the Schroeders chose Harold Hughes with CNC Construction for the remodeling work and Chris Clark from B-town Renovation & Design for design consultation.

All their cabinetry was custom made by Allen Graber at Outback Woodworking. The remodeling project started last September and was completed shortly after Thanksgiving.

In March, the final piece of new furniture, a dining room table, was put in place. “It is exactly what we wanted,” Amanda says. “We have been beyond pleased with the work and would recommend these men to anyone.”

Major home renovation a thing of beauty

For starters, there is the guest bathroom near the home entryway. “It was very plain, very basic,” Amanda says. “I knew I wanted to modernize it and have something on that main wall but I didn’t want tile or wallpaper.”

The result is an eye-catching geometric stencil on the wall. A white Corian sink and a dark blue cabinet add to the dramatic statement. The new flooring is a wood-look tile from Carpets Plus Colortile.

“We didn’t want real wood because of our two boys but this has a woodlike grain and we really like it,” Amanda says.

As the biggest project, the kitchen was gutted.

Old cherry cabinets were replaced with dark grey cabinets with hidden touches – plenty of pull-out drawers to make it handy to reach items in the back. White subway tile was added for backsplash. The old laminate kitchen counter was switched for a light quartz.

“One of the things we like the best is this extra counter,” Joe says. “They removed cabinets from this section of the wall here and put in a smaller counter that is very useful.”

Located near the refrigerator, the new counter is convenient for placing drinks, plates of snacks or dishes when hosting a pitch-in dinner. The main counter also was widened so three stools fit under it with plenty of leg room. “The boys love to sit here at the counter,” Amanda says.

The same major appliances were kept but a microwave was moved from over the stove and put on a counter top. A sleek new exhaust fan was installed over the stove for good ventilation and additional light.

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A bulky chandelier over the kitchen dining area was removed so the new dining table can be placed anywhere in the area. “Before, it had to be under that chandelier or it didn’t look right,” Amanda says.

The family room fireplace got a major facelift. The fireplace surround originally had been tile with a narrow white mantel. “You couldn’t put framed pictures up there without worrying that they would fall off,” Joe says.

The new fireplace surround looks like stacked stone in shades of white and grey. A deep grey wooden mantel is large enough to hold family photos, books and other items without fear of something toppling off. In front of the fireplace is glossy grey tile, easy to clean and luxuriant enough to reflect the dancing firelight.

Upstairs, the Schroeders had their master bath updated. The large jetted tub was kept but enclosed with a dark wood cabinet. The old standard shower with a sliding glass door was removed and replaced with tiled shower wall and a decorative tile shelf for toiletry items lining a wall. The double sink vanity is dark with a light multi-flecked quartz countertop.

Great changes in Bloomington over the years

Now, fully at home in Bloomington, the Schroeders are stakeholders in a new cocktail bar called Alchemy planned for the former Princess Theater on the Square. “It would be wonderful to see the old Princess marquee hanging out there again,” Joe says. “That’s what we hope to do – somehow.”

Growing up in Bloomington, Joe said that downtown restaurants and businesses were limited. Starting with a push from preservationists Bill and Gayle Cook, downtown Bloomington has been rejuvenated since Joe’s childhood.

At his workplace, Joe says, he and co-workers have what they call “The Wheel of Lunch” – a way to choose where they are going to eat each workday. “We have 86 local restaurants on that wheel. The restaurants can’t be chains, must be local,” Joe says. “We started the wheel in 2013 and I’m sure there are even more local restaurants today … That says a lot about Bloomington.”

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The Great Escape

By Joel Pierson

Photos by Chris Howell

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iking piña coladas and getting caught in the rain are not required for an enjoyable visit to an escape room like Locked Up Bloomington. Having half a brain—or considerably more—however, is a definite advantage, because you’re going to need all your powers of deduction for this fun excursion.

When Rupert Holmes wrote “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” in 1979, there were no such things as escape rooms, but today, these brain-teasing immersive experiences are popping up all over, and Bloomington has three of its own.

Locked Up Live is a popular recent addition to the scene, and in the interest of bringing you the full experience, your intrepid reporter brought along his brainiest companion to try to solve the puzzle in the time allotted.

Entering the facility, you might feel like you’re in a corporate meeting center. The lobby is modern, tastefully furnished, and brightly lit.

Executive director Maggie Reisdorf greets you and goes over the rules. Once you’re shown to your chosen adventure, it’s like entering a different world, filled with familiar objects but also with tricks, games, and red herrings.

Maggie explains how it works. “Escape rooms are interactive adventure games where players are locked in a themed room. Using puzzles, clues, and riddles to unlock locks and move to the next steps, players aim to finish the

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game in 60 minutes.”

Locked Up Live has four choices of rooms, as Maggie details. “Escape San Quentin has a prison theme, where you are a prisoner trying to escape a life sentence, Outbreak has a theme with a deadly virus, where the team of scientists is searching for the vaccine. In Fallout, you are detained in North Korea and given the task of defusing the nuclear launch, and Banner Up, where the IU men’s basketball national championship banners have been stolen, and you have to find and return them before tipoff.”

Escape rooms busting open in popularity

One of three escape room facilities in Bloomington, Locked Up has been open since August 2017. A fifth room, CSI Heist, is currently being built. Guests make reservations for a given room and time, and up to 12 guests (from the same party or several) can work together to open the locks and escape the room in the given hour.

Even if claustrophobia is an issue for you, the game is still a good, safe, enjoyable experience.

“The rooms are large, with room for groups to walk around, so it is not a tight space,” Maggie says. “At Locked Up, our doors are locked by an electromagnetic lock, so anyone can click the ‘door exit’ button and leave the room

if needed.” (Exiting in the middle of the hour does not end the game either, because hey, sometimes nature calls!)

Each room has a “game master,” who escorts the guests into the room and starts the clock. Inside the room, a large video screen counts down the time and also offers guests hints to help them. The game master can hear and see everything that transpires, so guests can ask for clues if they get stuck.

Once inside, participants search the space for the locked doors, drawers, and containers, and then find puzzles and riddles throughout the room to help them unlock each successive challenge. Some puzzles involve physical manipulation of objects, while some rely on word play and deductive reasoning.

Maggie and company designed the rooms and crafted the challenges to be engaging and difficult but not impossible to solve. The more people who team up to solve the challenge, the better the chances of success.

As she explains, “The most intriguing part about escape rooms is that any type of mind is helpful in the room. Each person’s background, skill sets, and styles of thinking can contribute to the group’s success. Our escape rates average around 30 percent, so they certainly are challenging. We will occasionally change parts of the games, but once you have tried a room, it is recommended to try a new scenario.”

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Great teambuilding exercise

Increasingly, Locked Up is finding a client base in corporate teambuilding groups. In a short and well-used span of time, coworkers have to team up to solve a common goal, while building on existing relationships.

“The puzzles all require different styles of thinking,” Maggie says.

“Whether you are skilled at riddles and word puzzles, great with observation and discovery, sharp on numbers and mathematics, quick to pick up on patterns, or simply good at group communication, there is a fit for you on the team. Everyone contributes something different, and this makes space for each person to be recognized for their skills.”

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Adults and children are welcome to participate. Starting at age seven, kids can get in on the problem-solving, though it’s recommended that they be at least 12 years old to participate without parental supervision.

The company also hosts birthday parties for children and adults.

Did Team H&L solve the puzzles in time to escape the Fallout room?

We came this close. Just two puzzles separated us from sweet freedom.

But with only two of us in the game, it was more challenging than a larger team might face.

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The Harley-Davidson Museum also contains a restaurant, a bar and a gift shop.

Harley-Davidson Museum is hog heaven for bikers and non-riders

By Jackie Sheckler Finch Photos by Jackie Sheckler Finch

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tanding beneath a large photograph of his ancestors, Bill Davidson says the business those men built is “a Cinderella story.”

“What they created is a great experience. Our look, our sound, the feel of our motorcycles is recognized around the world,” he says. “We attract people from all walks of life.”

That Davidson last name, of course, is half of the iconic product that is celebrating its 115th birthday this year. The other half of the name is Harley. Harley-Davidson.

“This was a dream by these men who started with nothing but an idea for what they wanted to create,” says Bill Davidson, great-grandson of the company’s co-founder.

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Visitors are invited to climb aboard a Harley-Davidson for a photo.

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“If they didn’t have the dream, didn’t have the vision, who knows what might have happened.”

At the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, you can almost hear the vroom of powerful motorcycle engines seeming to echo down the highways of time.

The story of those men and the legendary machines they created is told through hundreds of motorcycles and memorabilia. Opened in 2008 in the town where the famous bikes were born, the museum has become one of Milwaukee’s top attractions.

“I could spend days in here,” says Matt Phillips from Chicago. “It’s an amazing story and the museum tells it so well. The museum is the reason we came to Milwaukee, just to see it. It’s hog heaven.”

Building a Dream

The story began in the early 1900s when 21-yearold William S. Harley sketched plans for a motor-bicycle engine. He teamed up with the Davidson brothers – Arthur, Walter and William – to build a functioning motorcycle.

“They did it in a small wooden shed in the Davidson’s backyard here in Milwaukee,” says Kristen Jones, lead curator for the museum.

To show how small that shed was, the museum has an outline of the 10-by-15-foot shed traced on a floor along

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Bill Davidson stands below a 1912 photo of Harley-Davidson’s Four Founders. From left to right: Arthur Davidson, Walter Davidson, William S. Harley and William A. Davidson (Bill’s great-grandfather).

A 1907 is one of the early Harley-Davidson creations.

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Standing in its glass case, Harley-Davidson Serial No. 1 is said to be the first motorcycle created in 1903.

“King Kong” is the creation of Felix Predko who built the bike between 1949 and 1953 marrying two factory Harley-Davidson frames.

Some early HarleyDavidson motorcycles were used as delivery vehicles for mail and milk.

When you’re on a motorcycle, there’s the sense of the open road, the freedom, being close to the beauty that we have around us. It’s a true Harley-Davidson adventure.

-Bill Davidson

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This is the actual 1956 Harley-Davidson KH model that Elvis Presley bought just before the release of "Heartbreak Hotel.”

A magazine cover showcases Elvis on his motorcycle before he became “The King.”

Photo courtesy of HarleyDavidson Museum

with the oldest Harley-Davidson in the world. Standing in its glass case, Harley-Davidson Serial No. 1 is said to be the first motorcycle rolled out of that shed in 1903.

“Here we are 115 years later and that dream of my Davidson relatives and Bill Harley is still alive and going strong,” says Bill Davidson, museum vice president.

The first Harley-Davidson motorcycles were made available to the public in 1903. The business survived the Great Depression, World War I and World War II. Before long, that shed was replaced by a much larger building, which is now the present-day site of the company’s headquarters.

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Some of the earlier bikes were used to deliver anything from mail to milk. On display also are motorcycles used by police and military units.

The museum also houses the world’s largest collection of unrestored Harley-Davidsons, looking as they did the day they came off the assembly line, plus customized bikes that are more like works of art.

A real dazzler is Russ and Peg Townsend’s rhinestone Harley. Starting with a full-dress Electra-Glide Harley, Russ spent hours putting on red, white and blue rhinestones.

I can imagine what it must have looked like rolling down the road in the glittering sunlight.

Instead, Ikuo Yokoyama requested that the motorcycle be put on permanent display at the museum as a memorial to the tragedy that claimed more than 15,000 lives.

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Known as the “Tsunami Bike,” this 2004 Harley-Davidson Night Train floated more than 4,000 miles across the Pacific when it was washed away by a tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011.

Photo courtesy of Harley-Davidson Museum

Although Bill Davidson said it would be difficult to name his favorite bike in the museum, I had no problem picking mine – a 1956 model that 21-year-old Elvis Presley purchased brand new from a Memphis Harley-Davidson dealer shortly after he recorded “Heartbreak Hotel.”

Price $903. Payments $50 a month. On the sales application, Elvis listed his occupation as “self-employed vocalist.” The motorcycle dealership must have figured this young singer might not be the best risk. But they took a chance. Of course, this was before Elvis became known as The King and could buy almost any vehicle he wanted.

‘Tsunami Bike’ recalls 2011 tragedy

One of the most poignant stories is a rusted 2004 Harley-Davidson Night Train motorcycle with Japanese license plates. The bike was found in April 2012 by a beachcomber in Canada.

Peter Mark stumbled upon a large storage container on an isolated beach in British Columbia. Returning to collect his find three weeks later, Peter discovered that the shipping container was gone and the Harley itself was half buried in the sand, corroded by the tide’s ebb and flow.

Harley-Davidson folks were able to track down the bike’s original owner thanks to its still-intact Vehicle Identification Number. The motorcycle had amazingly survived through a more than 4,000-mile journey across the Pacific when it was washed away during the devastating tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011.

Because the container was insulated, it was buoyant and floated for more than a year on the current from Japan to the Canadian Coast. Since restoration of the bike would have meant that 99.9 percent of it would need to be replaced, the Harley-Davison company offered to give Japanese owner Ikuo Yokoyama a brand-new bike. He declined, saying he didn’t want to profit from a catastrophe that had cost him and others their loved ones and their homes.

The 20-acre site also has a restaurant, the Motor Bar & Restaurant, featuring popular items like burgers, chili, barbecue, chicken, ribs and a Wisconsin fish fry every Friday. The restaurant also offers beer, wine and cocktails, including the Easy Rider – seven different liquors with a bit of kick from Jim Beam’s Devil’s Cut Bourbon Whiskey. The Can Room offers snack food and more than 55 different local and national canned craft beers.

Before leaving the museum, most visitors pull out cameras or cellphones in the “Experience Gallery” where visitors are invited to climb aboard a Harley and imagine what it’s like to zoom down the highway.

“We realize that not everyone who comes here is a motorcycle rider. Some people have never been on one,” Bill Davidson says. “When you’re on a motorcycle, there’s the sense of the open road, the freedom, being close to the beauty that we have around us. It’s a true HarleyDavidson adventure.”

For more information: Contact the Harley-Davidson Museum at (877) 436-8738, www.harley-davidson.com

Jason arrives in style for his visit to the Harley-Davidson Museum.

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Springtime Gnocchi Sweet roasted parsnips and nutty manchego create pillowy gnocchi, a perfect foundation to support bright lemon-cream sauce, fresh asparagus, and buttery, briny tapenade.

Recipe and photo by Shaylan Owen

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Ingredients: Gnocchi: 2 pounds parsnips, peeled and cubed 1 cup grated manchego cheese 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 eggs 1 egg yolk 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper Olive oil Unsalted butter

Tapenade: 1 1/2 cups Castelvetrano olives, chopped 1/2 cup thick-sliced prosciutto, cubed small 1/3 cup dried apricots, cubed small 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon capers, drained and chopped 1 Calabrian chili, minced 1 garlic clove, minced Zest of one lemon Sea salt Black pepper

Lemon-Cream Sauce: 2 cups heavy cream 1/4 cup white wine 1 shallot, chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Zest of one lemon

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees, and simmer water in a large pot set up with a steamer basket and lid. Add the parsnips to the pot and steam for about 15 minutes, until just tender, then spread them on a baking sheet. When cooled slightly, toss the parsnips with olive oil and the salt, then roast in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until golden brown, tossing the parsnips once halfway through.

Set aside to cool. Add the cooled parsnips to the bowl of a food processor and puree until just smooth. Add the manchego, eggs, egg yolk, and black pepper, then pulse to combine. Add the flour in 1/4 cup increments, pulsing to mix between each addition. The dough should pull together into a ball as the flour is added — it will be somewhat sticky, but add extra flour if it does not pull together during mixing.

Turn out the dough on to a well floured surface and separate into three portions. Roll each smaller ball into a 1-inch wide snake of dough, then cut into 1-inch segments and transfer to a clean baking sheet dusted with flour. Repeat this process with the remaining dough and move the tray of gnocchi to the freezer for at least one hour. The gnocchi can be made in advance, bagged, and stored in the freezer for three to four weeks.

Prepare the tapenade in advance by combining all the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Cover and let rest in the refrigerator for one hour, then taste for seasoning, adjusting as needed. Set aside until plating the dish. This tapenade may also be served as an appetizer by itself.

Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Just before cooking the gnocchi, make the cream sauce. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat and add the shallots, garlic, thyme, salt, and pepper; cook for about three minutes, then add the flour, stir, and cook for another one to two minutes. Add the wine, lemon zest and juice, and cream, then whisk to combine. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook for seven to ten minutes, stirring regularly. It will thicken slightly. Taste and season as needed. Cover and set aside.

Additional Ingredients:

Boil half the gnocchi for four to six minutes; they will begin to float when cooked through. While the gnocchi are cooking, melt two tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Using a slotted spoon, drain and transfer the cooked gnocchi to the skillet and saute until the bottom sides are golden brown. Add half the asparagus to the skillet, then turn over the gnocchi and brown the other sides. Toss to coat in any remaining butter, then remove the gnocchi and asparagus, cover, and repeat for the remaining half.

1 pound fresh asparagus, c hopped to 1-inch pieces 1/3 cup marcona almonds, chopped Shards of manchego cheese

Plate four servings of the gnocchi and asparagus, then spoon over lemon cream sauce as desired. Top with tapenade and finish with marcona almonds, shards of manchego, and pepper.

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