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While most high school students are fast asleep during the morning hours of summer break, there’s a group of teens whose vacation is over by mid-July. This isn’t the football team running plays or AP students getting a jump on physics or algebra by hitting the books with a tutor. They are the 130 members of the Eastern High School Band—the Marching Eagles— located in Middletown. Summer break is the perfect time for the band to start preparing for their fall season. From August, when school begins, until the first weekend in November, they participate

in football game halftime shows and travel to band competitions both locally and to other states. In order to have a seamless show, they start working in July on their program at a two-week band camp. The first week they alternate days, either attending from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Week two is ‘hell week.’ They work Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m with a break for lunch, and then a dinner break, where the band’s hospitality crew provides food for them.

They’re learning blocking, dance moves, music. The guard learns how to twirl, toss and manipulate colorful flags much bigger than they are. They need to know how to hit their mark when the music plays. Fourteen instructors are used during camp, teaching everything from fundamentals to music pieces. At the end of their two weeks, the entire corps presents a showcase for family and friends. It’s just in the beginning stages, it isn’t perfect, but it’s definitely an exciting start to their season.

The summer days are hot. The musicians and color guard members are tired and sweaty. Their bodies ache and their feet are sore. But they push through the day, becoming better with each passing hour.

One member who’s experienced band camp for five years is Drum Major Matthew Pridemore, a senior from Jeffersontown. He began as an 8th grader and has continued on through the years, not letting the

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long days and hot weather discourage him from rehearsing. He’s a versatile musician, playing trombone, bassoon, baritone and euphonium. In 2017 he became one of two field commanders/ drum majors and continues on this year for the 2018 marching season. Pridemore loves being a part of the band. “I like the family environment we have,” he says. “I enjoy the friendships that come as a part of it. It’s also challenging and I like a good challenge.” “Band is an amazing thing for young people,” says Matthew’s mother, Karen Pridemore. “It is a great way to help them be involved in a school activity during and after school. Music is a way for young people to express how they feel.” The band had a stellar year in 2017. They were presented with five Grand Championship awards out of the six competitions they attended. This is the best they’ve done since their band director, Mike Arthur, was hired 19 years ago. Their Winter Guard program was awarded Tri-State Champions this year as well. Arthur is very proud of his students and their impressive accomplishments. He says, “Oh, it’s so much fun. It’s always so much fun when you see your students work hard, achieve their goals and be happy with the product they’ve produced.” For his leadership during the 2017-18 year, Arthur was presented with a proclamation from the Mayor of Middletown, and May 20, 2018, was declared “Mike Arthur Day.” It takes several people to create the band’s program. Show designer, Michael Gray, from South Carolina, is responsible for creating the flow and the idea behind the show, ensuring it all goes together smoothly. If he feels a band can bring his story to life, he will design for them. He’s designed Eastern’s shows for the past two years: “Apotheosis” in 2016 and “The Memory Palace” in 2017. This year’s show “Divination: The Future is Now,” was also created by Gray. Besides hiring a show designer,

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the band uses drill writer Matt James. It’s the responsibility of the drill writer to create the ideas for the movement on the field. Music arrangement comes next, with the band using Evan Van Doren, from Cedar Park, Texas. “The basic premise of “Divination” is trying to find out what the future is going to be — looking at the stars or trying to see what’s in the cards,“ Arthur explains. “As the show progresses, the story turns towards the students — ourselves — we are the future. There aren’t stars you can look to or cards you can turn. You decide your future and the track you’re going on. It’s ultimately up to you.” The band will compete in a variety of different circuits during their marching season. “We compete at KMEA (Kentucky Music Educator Association) competitions,” Arthur says. “We compete at mid-states competitions, at Bands of America and at US Bands. It all depends on the season what we do. This year we’re going to a Bands of America regional, which we haven’t done for two years. We went to Toledo in 2016, and this year we’re going to Miami University of Ohio. We’re also doing US Bands in Chattanooga.” He says he selects competitions based on the judging panel they have. “If I feel they are strong educators and give me and our students and staff the feedback that we need to continue to improve what we’re doing, then I’ll go to competitions where the judging panel can help us hone our craft and make us better,” Arthur says.

He explains that the students become great musicians in the band room and on the stage and that teaching them to be musicians is the most important part of their education. “We make sure they can play their instruments sitting down long before they can play their instruments standing up,” he says.

After nearly four months of practice and performing, the marching season concludes in early November. Yet, that doesn’t mean their work is done. Although they no longer spend long days and weekends rehearsing and traveling, they are preparing for their concert season.

The winter and spring season consists of the Concert Band, the Symphonic Band, a jazz band and two pep bands. The All-State program begins in February, plus solo and ensemble performances, and in March they have their concert festival preview concert, the concert band festival and then a full spring concert in May at the school.

We’re preparing for all-county and all-state auditions which happen after marching band is over,” Arthur says. “We can’t ignore the concert portion of their playing.”

The year winds up with a pops concert at Wetherby Park in Middletown that’s open to the public. This past year the pops con-

cert included pieces from Disney movies, including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Incredibles,” and “The Lion King.” The band has an impressive resume which includes performances in the Pacific, the north and the south. They appeared in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2007, at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in 2010, at Carnegie Hall in 2015 and at Walt Disney World in 2016. During spring break of 2019, they will be heading to San Antonio, Texas to participate in a concert band festival with other schools from the southern states. “I teach music not to make better musicians but to make better human beings,” Arthur says. “Winning is not about a score or placement, it’s about the feeling you have when you leave that field or stage. It’s about changing lives one performance at a time.”

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Wall to Wall Transition JCPS Academies of Louisville Offer Real-World Learning Experiences JCPS began implementing The Academies of Louisville. The Academies of Louisville prepare, inspire and empower students by offering meaningful and relevant learning experiences that directly relate to our world today. The academies consist of small learning communities catered towards specific industries that are relevant to our communities and connect to our students. Dr. Polio, JCPS’s Superintendent, would love for the academies to be integrated in as many high schools in JCPS as possible.

field trips students take throughout school, but it is focused on the industry of their career preference - whether that’s touring a healthcare facility and observing nurses, visiting an Iron yard and interviewing employees or attending a studio where graphic design is being completed.

“Our superintendent is fully vested and supportive of the Academies,” says Christy Those were the days. And those days have Rogers, The Director of College and since changed. The school system doesn’t Career Services of The Academies. “He has work like that anymore. Especially Jefferson done a great job speaking throughout the County Public Schools. More people are community to advocate on behalf of the relocating to Louisville, Kentucky and more Academies and the importance of them students are enrolling in our school systems. within each of our schools.” With JCPS educating 100,900 children and young adults, ranking as the 28th In the 2017-2018 school year, 11 JCPS largest school system in the nation, they high schools implemented The Academies must ensure they’re evolving and providing which affects 13,000 students. The what every student needs to be successful. Academies consists of four phases over Furthermore, schools are constantly trying a four-year time frame. All 11 of these to differentiate themselves from each schools are in Phase 1, which is designing other: higher test scores, more Advanced and creating a Freshman Academy. One Placement classes offered, dual credit of the goals hoping to be achieved by the opportunities, magnet programs career end of Phase 1, is for every student to go paths. The list goes on and on. on an industry field trip. This is similar to

The second phase consists of the students selecting their career pathways and enrolling in classes that are catered towards that career by offering industry professionals to speak in the class and businesses to partner within the school. The goal is to have a full-blown academy, “wall-to-wall” impacting all students within the walls of the school.

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At 2:20 the bell rings and the wooden doors fly open with students gushing out, fleeing to their friends in the other classes, giving them the heads up of the pop quiz and trying to get the last math question completed on the homework assignment so they don’t have to take any books home tonight. They all ride the same school bus home together and they all play for the local baseball team. They’ve been going to the same school since kindergarten and were in all the same classes.

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“Presenting students with the opportunity to witness in action career pathways gives them the chance to visualize their future,” Rogers says.

With each Academy, there is a designated Academy coach for each school. Jeffersontown High School welcomed The Academy with open arms and fully embraced the change for their school. Ashley Drager, the Academy Coach for JHS has witnessed firsthand the impact The Academies have had on the school, students and faculty.

Drager grew up in Louisville and graduated from Jeffersontown High School. After college, she was hired at her alma matter to be an English Teacher. When The Academies were being discussed, Drager went to her principal and voiced a desire to become a coach. “Not that I didn’t love teaching or that I didn’t want to teach, but I felt I could make a bigger impact as a coach,” she says. Drager’s days are now spent taking students on industry field trips, collaborating with The Freshman staff and diligently working to recruit business professionals. Not only is there a designated Academy coach within The Freshman Academy, but the academy is housed in a separate wing of the school and has a dedicated principal and counselor that stays with their class all four years of high school. Drager emphasized the importance of this consistency. “The dedicated freshman faculty meets weekly to discuss progress and areas of improvement for students, where intervention might be needed and how to cross plan among the curriculums,” Drager says. “The students also know an adult they can trust.” When students can trust their teachers, a foundation is built that can help students grow. “The difference between being in a Freshmen Academy or being in another school is that the academy has more of a family feel,” says JHS freshman, Laila Randoph. “I have a closer connection to my teachers and I know the students better, so I feel more comfortable overall.” During the first year of The Academies, JCPS added 21 occupational based teachers and 20 new career pathways among the 11 schools. For the upcoming calendar year, they have SEPTEMBER 2018

three additional schools that will start phase 1, and there will be an additional 19 new Academy teaching positions posted, according to Rogers. Based on the data received in the academies, the most popular pathways selected this year have been Health Science, Manufacturing & Engineering and Information Technology. At Jeffersontown, the change in culture has been remarkable. While the freshmen class is most affected currently with The Freshman Academy implemented, other student bodies are seeing the impact as well. “This has allowed me to get more engaged in my classes and really enjoy what I learn,” says senior Luke Stout. “I have been exposed to more than a traditional student gets to because of the academies and project-based learning. Being a part of our business program has really given me an idea of what I want to do with my life. When I came into high school I didn’t really know what I wanted to do but being a part of the

business and FBLA has helped me decide what my next step is after high school.” In addition to adding more career paths, students are now also able to obtain industry certifications prior to graduation. These certifications are paid for by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Education has also encouraged businesses to offer more

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“We are building the plane while flying it at the same time,” Rogers says of the biggest obstacles and challenges. “It’s not like we’re implementing one school at a time, no, we are doing 11 this year and three next year. They have to assess each school to understand where the needs are and what gaps there are to ensure they can train and staff the school accordingly. But it’s worth it.”

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WW. Cousins has been a staple in the Louisville restaurant scene since it was founded by real-life cousins Crawford and Peyton Wells in 1983. “We knew we wanted to build a restaurant somewhere in Louisville,” Crawford says. “The old Steak and Ale had become available as we were developing the concept, so we purchased it and converted it to WW. Cousins.”

Customers have stuck around as well over the 35 years WW. Cousins has been in business. “You’d be surprised how many people tell me they’ve been coming here since the 1980s,” Johnson says. “I hear that a few times a week. We’ve built a great reputation, and I’m proud to be a part of that.” All of the praise has led to several Best of

At first, the restaurant was just known as The Cousin, but the duo changed the name to “WW. Cousins” shortly after opening, putting a more personal touch on the business. Wells operated the restaurant until his retirement in 2015 when he sold WW. Cousins to Marty Johnson and Earl Smith. Johnson had worked for a fast, casual chain of restaurants under the helm of Wells before buying that chain and operating as Nautical Restaurants. With nearly 40 years of restaurant experience under his belt, he was looking for a new opportunity. “We had been trying to get Crawford to sell us WW. Cousins for a while, so we jumped on it when he was ready to retire,” Johnson says. Despite the change in ownership, the restaurant has remained an employee-owned entity, with Johnson serving as president. “We have a lot of long-term employees who have been at the restaurant for 10 to 20 years,” Johnson says. “We’re an employee owned company and the restaurant’s success goes right back to our employees.” SEPTEMBER 2018

Louisville reader awards from Louisville Magazine, and WW. Cousins’ famous burger was even selected as Kentucky’s Best Hamburger by Food Network Magazine. “Our burgers are by far our most popular item, and I don’t think you can get a better hamburger,” Johnson adds. “We use fresh Angus beef, never frozen. You can get it cooked however you like, and we provide quick service.”

Wells says. “We still use chuck meat, while other hamburger restaurants use different parts of the cow. You order your burger any way you like it cooked and top it with whatever toppings you’d like.” On top of WW. Cousins’ already great prices, they offer free meals for kids on Monday and Tuesday nights with the purchase of an adult entree. Conveniently located at 900 Dupont Road just off Breckenridge Lane, both Johnson and Wells agree the East End location has been one of the biggest keys to their success, aside from the food of course.

All menu items are made from scratch and cooked to order. WW. Cousins has always baked their own buns in-house fresh every day, using a recipe originally provided by Plehn’s Bakery in St. Matthews that has evolved over time. They also bake an assortment of cookies and pies daily onsite for dessert.

member of your party,” Johnson says. “Or you can opt for a plain, juicy burger right off the grill.”

There are endless ways to customize their famous burgers, thanks to the forty-item toppings bar. Featuring an array of delicious sauces and condiments and various types of onions, pickles, lettuce, relish and more, the toppings bar is one of the things that has kept customers coming back all these years.

Whatever you order, you’re sure to come hungry and leave satisfied. WW. Cousins also has a nice selection of soft drinks, handdipped milkshakes and beer.

“We have a lot of really unique toppings and have something for even the pickiest

WW. Cousins also offers several seafood choices and chicken and even has a glutenfree bun option. If you’d prefer no bun they can serve your burger that way as well.

Restaurants come and go, but WW. Cousins has enjoyed great success at their East End location. “We are consistent with our core product,”

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MARION CARRITHERS TALKS VOLUNTEERISM & GIVING BACK Writer / Shannon Siders

Volunteers are the lifeblood of many organizations. They often work behind the scenes without much recognition but are constantly seeking out ways to support the causes and people most important to them. Marion Carrithers is one such volunteer. The Memphis, Tennessee, native moved to Louisville nearly 30 years ago and has made giving back one of her top priorities. Last April, Carrithers was honored with the 2018 Volunteer of the Year award by the Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce during their annual BOOM (Best of our Members) Awards.

For Carrithers, volunteering is a deeply personal experience that she traces back to the lessons her mother and father, Benny and Fay Ferrell, taught her.

with momma and daddy and have come to understand them more in dad’s death. I want to carry on his legacy.”

Benny worked for the same company for 33 years, working his way up from a clerk to the third highest position. No matter what role he was in, he always showed the same respect to employees across every level in The Ferrells were Carrithers’ “bonus parents,” the company. who she began to live with during college. After he retired, it seemed he was busier “I have a great relationship with my than ever lending a helping hand to friends biological parents, and I was lucky to and neighbors. get another set later in life,” Carrithers says. “I started learning these lessons of “He would run his truck up and down the volunteering and giving back when I lived driveway all day long, taking supplies to “My parents were such great examples and lessons about volunteering and being a servant came from them,” Carrithers says.

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neighbors, digging post holes for people who didn’t even know him, using our oil pit to change oil,” Carrithers says. “He was so behind the scenes. It was not for glory, it was not for attention.” His spirit of volunteerism and giving back stemmed from his idea that everybody had a skill set and you’re not supposed to keep it to yourself. “That’s what volunteers do, they’re just lending their skill set to fill in a gap,” Carrithers says. Benny’s death in January 2016 had a huge impact on Carrithers, who dedicates her own work to remembering his legacy.

humbled my dad’s legacy makes a difference and my attempt to carry his legacy makes a difference. Mom is 86 years old, and when I told her about the award she said, ‘Well good, you should be doing something!’ It was no big deal in my household.” Since moving to Louisville in 1989, Carrithers has found dozens of ways to put her skills to use and honor her dad’s legacy. As fate would have it, she met her future husband, Scott, shortly after moving to the area while he was volunteering at Southeast Christian Church. The couple has remained deeply involved with the church, and volunteer their time there each week.

“Through my volunteering at Cafe 920 at church, I have met one of my dearest friends “My dad never focused on himself, even when who also volunteers there,” Carrithers says. “Serving at church is important to both he was dying of pancreatic cancer,” she says. of us, and we share the same value system “It was all about focusing on other people, because church is a priority.” and he was much happier because of that.” Carrithers was deeply humbled to receive the Volunteer of the Year award, in part because of the lessons she learned from her parents. “This is what was expected of us, to not keep the focus on ourselves but to share the focus with others,” she says. “I’m just

“Volunteers bring great value to organizations and one of the biggest issues organizers have are getting things done with a small unpaid or low paid staff,” Carrithers says. “When you’re a volunteer, you’re a blessing for those you show up for.”

Carrithers lives in the Highlands but has been an active member of the Jeffersontown Chamber on and off for more than 20 years. She currently works for Echelon Advisors out of Texas, specializing in captive insurance for risk management and is a member of the Of course, not all volunteering and service has a religious tie, and Carrithers has used her chamber’s Navigator Committee. talents and skills to benefit several other local During her time with the chamber, she has organizations, including the Jeffersontown also used her skills to make expertly-crafted Chamber of Commerce, Gaslight Festival, silent auction gift baskets for the Business Friends of Eastern Cemetery, Bourbon Expo, served on the board and volunteered Women and Alley Cat Advocates.

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her time for nearly every aspect of the Gaslight Festival. During the BOOM Awards, Jaracz Swain of Safety Net, the 2017 Volunteer of the Year who presented Carrithers with her award, said: “Fall brings Gaslight into full swing, and she is a fixture among the dance groups, scout troops and marching bands, helping them find their places for Thursday’s grand parade. On Festival Friday you will see her unassuming shadow, walking for hours up and down the street, work boots and ball cap on, unloading boxes for vendors or laughingly celebrating the successful wrestling of a stubborn canopy. Working the festival welcome center and helping with takedown closes out the busy week. It’s all in a day’s work for her.” Carrithers often wears her dad’s old work boots to Gaslight and other volunteer sites, another way that she feels tied to her dad. When nearly $4,000 worth of equipment

was stolen from Friends of Eastern Cemetery — a completely volunteerrun organization — last year, Carrithers donated some of her dad’s old lawn-care equipment.

Carrithers has put her passion for animal rescue to work by helping community cats who are spayed and neutered through the Alley Cat Advocates program and even has her own rescue cat Mocha at home.

“I passed along dad’s legacy to this organization with some of his tools,” Carrithers says. “I told them, ‘My dad would love what you’re doing, and this is from him.’”

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“You can hole up in your house if you want to or you can go out and help,” Carrithers says. “If you’re having a bad day or are in a bad mood, go help someone else. It is way too easy to stay in your own little cocoon, but there is always work to be done and somebody out there to help.”

Carrithers encourages people to reach out to organizations they’re interested in and ask if they need help. If something doesn’t work out, you can find a different project to support. The best experiences will be those tied to your skill set and interests, so find something that suits you.

Volunteering for a new organization can sometimes feel intimidating, but

“Try something out that you’re okay with, “You go home worn out but happy and with whatever arena that is,” Carrithers says. “You a smile on your face,” she says.

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Local chiropractor Ross Kowzan first heard about cryotherapy on a podcast last November and recognized an opportunity to introduce the service to Louisville. He told his wife Sara, a speech pathologist, about the idea, and the duo teamed up with their next-door neighbors Dane and Iris Mattingly to bring the idea to life. They registered the business by the end of the year and quickly went to work putting all of the pieces in place. “We all have our own strengths that make for a perfect partnership,” Ross says.

Iris, who works at a marketing company and owns a photography business, handles most of the marketing of the business while Sara, who has a business degree, manages the finances. Ross is the go-to on healthrelated matters, but it’s all hands on deck when it comes to day-to-day operations of the facility. The group’s connections with the former NFL players who own the Baptist Health Performance Training facility in the East End, and the dozens of potential clients who visit each day, made the building a logical place SEPTEMBER 2018

for The Cryo Club to make its debut. David Koonce, a Family Nurse Practitioner, had opened Personal Fitness & Rehabilitation inside the facility just a month before and let The Cryo Club house their cryotherapy chamber in one of their rooms. “We live in the area, and this location is the perfect match for us,” Dane says. “We wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.” Some of The Cryo Club’s first clients were runners training for the Kentucky Derby Marathon and Mini Marathon that took place at the end of April. Runners are often plagued with aches and pains due to their strenuous training schedules, and cryotherapy proved to be a much-needed relief. “I was anxious to see the results myself because we had done so much research into cryotherapy at that point,” Sara says. “I’ve been thoroughly impressed by the amount of people who do see immediate results.”

The timing could not have been better. The Cryo Club’s Facebook page was soon adorned with reviews from happy customers who successfully overcame injuries and completed the race with the help of cryotherapy. Reduced pain, decreased inflammation, shortened athletic recovery time and weight loss are some of the advertised benefits of cryotherapy, and proponents of the treatment say its benefits far outweigh that of a traditional ice bath. They say the treatment is also far less painful than an ice bath and more like walking outside in the snow wearing minimal clothing.

populations and people with immune conditions are great candidates for the treatment, which can also help with brain fog and clearing certain skin conditions related to psoriasis and eczema. “You have to be at least 12 years of age with parent consent, but we get all kinds of people dealing with different issues who benefit from cryotherapy treatment,” Iris says.

Of course hearing about a cryotherapy treatment is one thing and actually experiencing it is another, so on a recent Wednesday morning, I went to The Cryo Club for my first-ever cryotherapy appointment. The weather forecast was “I was afraid it was going to be an intolerable calling for another sunny, 90-plus degree day, so the thought of hanging out in subcold, but it was totally tolerable for such a zero temperatures for a few minutes was short amount of time,” Sara says. “You get more than appealing. out feeling amazing and refreshed.” The benefits can be enjoyed by a wide range of people, not just elite athletes or those who do strenuous workouts. Geriatric

“We’ve had so many people who were very nervous going in, but they’re always amazed at how easy the process is and how good I was a mixture of nervous and excited as I sat they feel after,” Ross says. in the waiting room, but my nerves subsided as the customer ahead of me emerged smiling I filled out a liability waiver while Ross

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great after my workout that afternoon. I’ve had chronic knee pain for over 15 years, and it was lessened dramatically in the 48 or so hours after my appointment.

Cryotherapy is most effective when the cold air can touch as much bare skin as possible, so clients go in wearing just their undergarments (women should refrain from wearing a bra with metal clasps) and are provided with a pair of socks, slippers, and gloves. Clients can do a cryotherapy session immediately following a workout, but the skin and clothing worn in the chamber must be dry for safety purposes.

Clients can experience benefits from cryotherapy by doing a session just once a week, all the way up to daily sessions, depending on the severity of their pain levels.

Ross showed me how to enter the chamber and secure the door, then left me in the room to prepare. Once I had entered the chamber, I pressed a button to alert Ross that I was ready for him to come back in the room and start the treatment. He first used a lift to raise me up in the machine so my head and neck were sticking out the top.

went over the medical conditions that would preclude me from safely receiving a cryotherapy treatment (those who have had a stroke, have a history of heart disease or are pregnant should not do cryotherapy), and my blood pressure was recorded to make sure the cold would not put dangerous The session started, and liquid nitrogen levels of stress on my body. vapor began to fill the chamber and immediately cool my body. Just as Sara Safety is paramount when taking had said, the experience was not painful, part in cryotherapy, whether as the but I was shocked at how cold I felt after person receiving treatment or the one administering it, and the owners completed just a few seconds. Ross and I made small talk to keep my mind off the cold, and he a specialized training and certification encouraged me to move around as needed. process in Dallas, Texas before opening There was enough room for me to move my The Cryo Club. They each have their own arms back-and-forth and wiggle from side to jobs outside of The Cryo Club as well as their families to balance, so they brought on side, and Ross said some clients even move Hayley Piazza and Jessica Bates as recovery around in tiny circles. specialists who are also specially trained and Three minutes went by quicker than I cover about half of the hours. thought, and before I knew it Ross was leaving the room again as the chamber “You’re dealing with nitrogen, which entered a drying cycle. I exited feeling widenone of us had dealt with previously, so awake and refreshed, and could definitely there are a lot of safety precautions,” Sara sense some differences in the way my body says. “Our staff has gone through a lot of was moving. My skin’s temperature was education to handle the experience safely lowered between 30-50 degrees while in the and appropriately.” chamber, but I warmed up relatively quickly when it was done. Clients can choose between four settings for their appointment that vary in length of time and temperature range. I opted for All in all I was at The Cryo Club for only about 20 minutes and was told to expect Intermediate, which is three minutes in even shorter times at future sessions since I the chamber at -276 degrees. A Beginner would already be familiar with the process. setting is available for just two and a half I had a few areas of redness on my skin that minutes, but I figured I could handle an all disappeared within 24 hours, and I felt extra 30 seconds. Three minutes is the SEPTEMBER 2018

“Clients who have a chronic issue typically visit more in a shorter time frame,” Ross says. “Everybody is a little bit different, and some clients are just doing it for recovery purposes.” The Cryo Club offers a special rate of $40 for first-time customers interested in trying out cryotherapy and give a 25 percent discount to active military, veterans and first responders. If you try it out and are hooked, they offer memberships for unlimited monthly visits (maximum one treatment per day). The owners plan to expand The Cryo Club in the future by adding more chambers and possibly additional locations. They already work with Louisville City FC, a professional soccer club, to provide treatment for the players and hope to create other local partnerships. “We wanted to start The Cryo Club to help people, and we also want to give back to the community through different nonprofits,” Iris says. “That’s what we’re hoping to do as we continue to grow.” Going to Dallas last spring to get certified also gave them something to look forward to in terms of what demand for cryotherapy may look like as the treatment gains popularity in Louisville. “We’re the first cryotherapy center in Louisville, and it was huge for us to start the market here,” Iris says. “It was cool to see their facility in Dallas and envision what ours could eventually look like.” For more information on The Cryo Club or to book an appointment, visit thecryoclub.com.

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If you’ve ever had the opportunity to go inside of or just drive by the American Legion G.I. Joe Post 244 in Jeffersontown, then you’ve been in the presence of a truly historical site. The original building was constructed in the 1940s and dedicated in 1949. The first structure was rather rough, with dirtpacked floors, a wood-burning stove and an outhouse, remaining that way until about 1956. The idea to designate it as a ‘G.I. Joe’ post, which stands for “Government Issue Joe,” came from veterans returning from World War II. It depicted the typical G.I. Joe as created by American editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin in his popular drawings from that era. Though the Post’s membership was rather small for some time, it began to increase in the 1960s as Jeffersontown began to grow in its own right. It is currently the only service organization in Jeffersontown.

The American Legion organization will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year in 2019. It was originally chartered by Congress as a patriotic veterans’ organization, focusing on service to veterans. Today, membership is more than two million in more than 13,000 posts worldwide. One proud member of Post 244 is John Wright. Wright, a former Marine, has been a Certified Service Officer on the Executive Board for the past 23 years. This position keeps him extremely busy, working with veterans and their families and to actively assist local youth at churches, schools and with the Boy Scouts of America. Wright explains that members often attend Eagle Scout ceremonies to present them with the American Legion medal for attaining this important rank. They also train scouts to perform in color guard units where they participate in flag ceremonies during Memorial Day or Veteran’s Day programs. SEPTEMBER 2018

Earlier this year, Wright’s involvement with the Boy Scouts presented him with the opportunity to work with one young man, Eagle Scout candidate Parker Robinson. Eagle Scout candidates are required to complete a project that will in some way benefit their community. Robinson chose to install a new flag retirement drop box at the Post. Wright explains that this is something that was greatly needed at their location. “Our post does one of the largest flag retirement ceremonies in the world,” Wright says. “We retire tens of thousands of flags on June 14, Flag Day. We probably retired anywhere from 30 to 32,000 flags this past Flag Day.” Initially, people had been dropping off their old and tattered American flags daily at the post, in bags or boxes, by the front door. With the new drop box, the community is able to properly deposit them and then Wright or other members will gather

them. The receptacle is just a little smaller than a mailbox, equipped with two doors: one where the flags can be deposited and a bottom area that unlocks with a key to retrieve the items. With several hundred flags being collected each week, it’s impossible for them to be kept at the Legion Post. Once gathered, the flags are taken to one member’s farm away from town. They are stored in his barns until the next year when plans are made for the upcoming flag retirement ceremony. Three or four days before the event, the old flags are piled on wooden pallets and soaked in a flammable material for several days. The actual ceremony beings at dusk, with the flags being lit on fire, and Wright says they burn through the night, with flames reaching 40 to 50 feet in height. He says that the ceremony is huge, with people coming with their campers and tents to watch the proceedings and staying through the night as the flags continue to burn. Robinson began his career in scouting at the age of six as a Tiger Scout with Cub Scout Pack 711. He diligently worked his way up through Cub Scouts, and then he crossed over to Troop 56 which is chartered through the Fern Creek United Methodist Church. Throughout his scouting career, Robinson was required to meet certain goals and earn a variety of merit badges in order to advance in rank. In order to reach the rank of Eagle, Scouts must have earned at least 21 merit badges, serve in a leadership capacity while in the troop and plan and prepare a project that will in some way benefit their community. After considering certain projects, he landed on the idea of installing a flag retirement box. “Scouts do a lot of flag retirements, but I didn’t really know where we got the flags,” Robinson explains. “I’d heard that people would bring them to the Posts, but I wasn’t exactly sure. I started looking online and found that other

Scouts had installed flag retirement drop boxes as their Eagle project, so I wanted to do the same.”

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HOUSE OF ART Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing

It started out as one little piece, as all collections do. At the time, Larry Shapin couldn’t even afford to buy it. Shapin was at an art show in 1972 when a piece called Frilly Lillies, by then-unknown artist Mary Ann Currier, caught his eye. “It cost $500, and I didn’t have that kind of money so I talked the artist into taking $40 a month until I had it paid off,” Shapin says. “Now Currier is the most famous artist in Kentucky.” He continued supporting local, emerging talent, buying mostly contemporary art. Twenty years later, Shapin, a real estate developer, met Ladonna Nicolas on a blind date orchestrated by mutual friends.

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Initially, they wondered if they shared any common interests. “I was told that Larry was an expert tennis player and skier, and I don’t do either,” Nicolas says. Then she stepped inside Shapin’s house and her mouth dropped open when she spotted a bronze sculpture of a tall nude woman reclining. “That’s me!” she said. “I’m the model who posed for this!”

Once they started dating, their art acquisition accelerated. Now their home holds 1,000 original pieces of art, representing more than 300 local artists. To fully understand the impressive collection they’ve amassed, Shapin purchased a 3,000 sq. ft. house in J-town in 1975. The pair has since added on to the original home seven times, quadrupling their space to more than 15,000 sq. ft. “Art takes up a lot of room,” Shapin says.

Turns out, Shapin, a musician, and Nicolas, a painter and illustrator, shared a passion for art.

The pair likes to not only support local contemporary art but also arts in Louisville, such as the Kentucky College of Art and Design (KyCAD), the Louisville Visual Arts Association and the Kentucky Museum of “Larry and I bumbled into each other, but Art and Craft (KMAC). They meet many our relationship grew organically based on our love of art,” she says. “It was serendipity.” up-and-coming artists at these venues.

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Rhonda Rowland, the Jeffersontown Arts Program Manager, appreciates the affection Nicolas and Shapin show the arts community. “Ladonna Nicolas and Larry Shapin have supported the Jeffersontown Arts Program [and] have also supported Louisville artists, Art Galleries, Actors Theatre, KY Opera, Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Ballet and more,” Rowland says. “Their support keeps our arts scene alive in the Metro.” The dynamic duo of the art-loving world has made so many connections to emerging and enduring artists that they’re never bored because they get invited to shows, exhibits and parties every night of the week. “We love going to events and hearing the stories behind the work,” Nicolas says. “In contemporary art, you have no idea

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“We like living with the art,” Nicolas says.

“We thought it would take 20 years to fill that gallery,” Shapin says. “It took two.” “We’re not going to ever say, ‘We hit our limit’ because the thing about contemporary art is that it’s always changing,” Nicolas says. They’re now thinking of erecting an art barn. They also may begin to put some “There’s always new artists coming in.” items in storage and rotate the collection once or twice a year. But one thing Though they’ve repeatedly expanded their home and even built a giant art gallery, they is certain. This couple will always be surrounded by art. keep filling up each new space they create.

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