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I N PROGRESS: NEW MIDDLETOWN POLICE CHIEF ED BLASER IS BUILDING THE FORCE FROM THE GROUND UP
As Middletown City Officials decided to form a police department in January, one of the first orders of business was to hire a Chief of Police who would be up to the task of building a new force.
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NEW MIDDLETOWN POLICE CHIEF ED BL ASER IS BUILDING THE FORCE FROM THE GROUND UP Writer / Shannon Siders
As Middletown City Officials decided to form a police department in January, one of the first orders of business was to hire a Chief of Police who would be up to the task of building a new force. Middletown Mayor Byron Chapman interviewed the top three candidates and said retired LMPD officer Ed Blaser stood out for several reasons.
Racecourse in Lexington just months before is retired as a teacher in the Louisville Catholic Schools district. applying for the Middletown job. “I was around the house for a short period of time, and partly out of boredom and part my wife saying I needed something to do, I interviewed for the job,” Blaser says. “I thought this would be an exciting challenge to get the department started and on the right path.”
Born and raised in Louisville, Blaser was a 1973 graduate of St. Xavier High “Ed is very personable, friendly, and he has a School, where he played football. He went lot of experience, so he knows who to contact on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Police if he needs additional help,” Chapman says. Administration from the University of “He knows how it is to work with people and Louisville in 1984, completing school while to be a team with our residents.” balancing family responsibilities. Blaser, who had moved to the private sector after a 26-year career with LMPD, had retired as Security Director at Keeneland
Blaser and his wife, Karen, have been married for 41 years, and have four children who are now adults out on their own. Karen
“About eight years ago, my kids were all in college at the same time, which was hard,” Blaser says. Despite the hefty tuition payments, Blaser’s love and pride for his children are evident. His face lights up as he explains that two of his children — daughter Laura and his son Mark — are attorneys, his son Danny teaches at St. X and Bellarmine University, and his daughter Emily has a Doctorate of English and lives in London. While it can be hard to see his children regularly — especially Mark and Emily who live out of town — Blaser makes time for phone calls nearly every day and gets great joy out of spending time with his grandchildren.
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“The best thing for me right now is spending time with my grandkids,” says Blaser, a proud grandpa to three with more on the way. Family has always been important to the Blasers, and the role of family played a major part in shaping Blaser’s career. “My intention originally was to go to law school, but I had four young children and was working all of the time, so it wasn’t really an option,” he says. Blaser knew some Louisville police officers growing up who he had a lot of respect for and decided to pursue that route instead. “I enjoy law enforcement and truly enjoyed being a Louisville police officer,” Blaser says. “I had a career, and I felt blessed.”
his academy class and was the first officer in his class to be promoted to sergeant, taking command of the newly-formed Traffic Alcohol Program Unit (TAP).
“Police played a major part in addressing the drunk driving problems in the US, specifically in Louisville, and that was important to me,” Blaser says. “There is a Blaser was hired by the Louisville Division of Police in 1977 and was marked as a leader big difference statistically when you look at from the get-go. He was named president of the number of alcohol-involved accidents
before and after TAP and MADD.” From there he was promoted to Lieutenant and selected as Deputy Commander of the newly-formed Metro Narcotics Unit in 1990. “That was one of the biggest moments in my career because that narcotics unit even today is one of the strongest investigative units in the state, not just Louisville,” says Blaser, who oversaw 54 officers.
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His final promotion was to LT Colonel where he served as the Operations Commander over all uniform officers in the Division of Police. “Being the operations commander for four years was an opportunity most people don’t get,” Blaser says. “You can affect so many things when you’re in charge of all the districts and units. It was nice to be involved with so many officers’ lives and careers.” Blaser retired as the Associate Chief of Police after 26 years of service and says he has nothing but good memories from his time with LMPD. Shortly after retiring, he transitioned into the private sector as the Director of Security of Churchill Downs, then worked over 10 years as Security Director at Keeneland. At 63 years old, Blaser is not sure how many working years he has ahead of him but strives to make a difference in his time leading the Middletown Police Department. “This is just a new road on my journey,” he says. “This is a completely different challenge for me, and no one has tried to start a new police department in Kentucky in a long time.”
While the Middletown department currently acts as a supplemental force to the LMPD eighth division that already patrols the area, Blaser wants to ensure his officers are ready to help in any situation that arises. “I don’t want to have an issue because we have failed to address the best training available to us,” he says. “We may be the first responder in emergency situations, and if you’re the first responder your actions really matter.”
Blaser is tasked with building the department from the ground up, including the development of standard operating procedures, procurement of vehicles and equipment, training protocols, hiring more officers and more. “We recognize our deficiencies, recognize our strengths, and we have requested direction and support from the right people,” Blaser says. “My desire is for this department to be a complete success, doing whatever I can do to give them the right kind of foundation and hire the right kind of people who are going to represent the community’s needs.” As of early June, the department had just one other officer, Rob Herman, who also serves as training coordinator. The department’s officers will receive specialized training in use of force and less lethal methods and ALICE active shooter training.
The department operates out of city hall, with limited patrol hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays only, but residents can reach out with any problems they have at 502-3651900. During their first full month of patrol in May, Blaser and Herman combined for 26 reports and backed up LMPD in other cases. “The other departments around have been extremely supportive,” says Blaser, noting the Jeffersontown Police Department has been an especially big help. “They understand our numbers are small and we are taking baby steps.” It’s also a learning process for the department. The officers issued several parking citations before realizing the tickets did not include information necessary to pay for the violation. But all in all, the future is bright for the
new force. “I’ve been very pleased with Ed, what a compliment to the city to have a police chief who really cares,” Chapman says. “He wants to do the right thing and help people out.” Blaser, Chapman and the City Council plan to see how things go with the department this year, including the addition of more officers, before committing to long-term goals. “With our city’s growth and expansion, we can afford to grow the department, and we don’t want to get behind on the curve,” Chapman says. In the meantime, Blaser looks forward to continuing to grow relationships with the residents of Middletown and assembling a staff of qualified officers who buy into the department’s mission and values. “We’re here for the community service, and that’s why in the long run people are going to recognize there are so many things this department can do for them,” Blaser says. “I really do appreciate the people of Middletown. With all the problems in the world and all the problems law enforcement is having, when the community appreciates what you’re doing it makes you feel good and makes you realize there are a lot of people who are supportive.”
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To understand what Jeffersontown resident Tim Cherry does now in his consulting work for the military, you have to know his background. The human capital he brings to his job at S2 Engineering took years of military service and training to hone and develop. Tim’s military story begins with his father, Richard, who was a fighter pilot in the Air Force. As a result of his dad’s service, Tim and his family moved around, living in Massachusetts, New Mexico and Germany, where Tim graduated from Stuttgart
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He began his military career at Fort Bliss, Texas for officer school and then went to Fort Polk, Louisiana for his first assignment. From there he went to Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Tim’s second assignment took him to Germany, where he really hit his stride and began receiving promotions. “At that time, I knew I would stay in [for the long haul],” he says. By 1985, Tim attended the Armor School at Fort Knox, Kentucky and in 1986 he returned to Fort Bliss, where he served as a cavalry troop commander. It was also where
he met his wife, Heidi, who also served in the Army. As a troop commander of 100 men, Tim was fine-tuning his knowledge of tanks and Bradleys by training others. Over the next decade, Tim would proceed to Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, become a Major in cavalry and work as a trainer at Fort Irwin, California at the National Training Center. Eventually, he was selected for Battalion Command and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in Germany where he lead 900 troops. After the Bosnian war, he served as part of a NATO peacekeeping force there in 1996. The most challenging aspect of this assignment was knowing he and his troops were in close proximity to a giant minefield. “You were scared you were going to run over a mine,” he says.
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Prior to the Joint Battle Command Platform ( JBC-P), commanders in tanks could communicate with their soldiers via voice radio and see thermal “hot spots” on a gunners’ display screen. Unfortunately, “you just know there is something out there. You don’t know if it’s enemy or friend,” Tim says.
on the enemy now,” he says.
He says commanders spent almost 80 percent of their time simply communicating locations of the vehicles and soldiers under their command, which left less time for strategizing. He says commanders used paper maps and marker pens to keep track of where their vehicles were. Today, JBC-P is a friendly-force tracking system that allows commanders to know exactly where their units are on a screen and has minimized the confusion and noise inside tanks and Bradleys.
“Every day of the march to Baghdad, we could see where they were and how they moved,” he says.
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In 2002-2003, Tim was in Kuwait helping field and train the units that were getting the early Blue Force Tracking (BFT) systems installed in their tanks, Bradleys, and other armored vehicles before heading for Baghdad, Iraq.
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a record of chat conversations, which Tim says “has revolutionized tactical communications in the Army.” In the years since, the Army has worked to put JBC-P into nearly every vehicle, and Tim says it is a constant modernization process. “Our program is one of the success stories of the Army,” he says and one that is supported by the Chief of Staff of the Army and Congress. To put the JBC-P in 100,000 vehicles takes many years and costs hundreds of millions of dollars. In 2023, Tim says the Army will begin modernizing again to ensure that soldiers have updated technology and stay ahead of adversaries. Although Tim retired from the Army in 2005, because of his vast store of tactical knowledge he has worked as a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor since then.
“I know the operational side because I was in armor and cavalry units,” he says. He generally goes into Fort Knox a couple days a week but can do much of his work from home. Should he and Heidi ever decide to move from Louisville, Tim has the flexibility of working from anywhere.
When he isn’t working, Tim is involved at Southeast Christian Church. He has gone on mission trips to Cuba four of the past five years, where he has worshiped at house churches with residents and done evangelism with local church ministers to share the Gospel message.
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Kentucky is home to many talented individuals, each contributing something special through their desire to share their joy and passion with others. One such individual, Ludmila Dimitrov, has been spreading hope and inspiration here for nearly 20 years. Ludmila is a former Pro Ice Figure Skater and Champion from Moscow, Russia. She moved to Louisville, Kentucky 20 years ago to start a family and explore her passion for design through a new career as a real estate agent. Over the course of her athletic career, she was provided with the opportunity to travel across the globe. The various cultural experiences and opportunities she gained inspired her to start a non-profit organization called Chance4Champs. This organization allowed her to give other children the same opportunities for growth she was given.
“My children inspired me to start Chance4Champs,” Dimitrov says. “I wanted them to be as proud of me as I was of them.”
has since taken up almost every waking moment she could spare and the product is a house unlike any other in Louisville.
This business endeavor also provided her children with the opportunity to grow and hone their athletic skills. Chance4Champs helps youth direct their abilities, practice their crafts and encourages healthy habits for an overall successful lifestyle. Her two children have followed in their mother’s footsteps. They both reside in Spain where the eldest is trying out for pro soccer teams and the youngest, having just played Wimbledon, is preparing for her upcoming tennis performance in the U.S. Open.
“My heart has always been with the creative aspects of the job and I am particularly fond of interior design and inspiring comfortable living spaces, which is why, for my latest project, I wanted to build a one of a kind home in Anchorage,” Dimitrov says. “My entire life I have traveled all over the world, seeing how people live, how they express themselves, collecting style and architectural ideas from across the globe. This was the influence and inspiration behind ideas which built this modern home.”
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Dimitrov has been involved in various projects over time, channeling her craftsmanship as not only a mother, athlete and real estate agent but as a designer and general contractor as well. In the real estate realm, she has tackled projects that have
various challenges — from acquiring, fixing and flipping single-family and small multifamily houses to running major apartment complexes with hundreds of units. Dimitrov discussed how, over the years here, she has met builders, developers, landscapers, managers and investors who have fueled her passion for real estate and innovative design. Her passion and drive have only since grown over time. Her one of a kind home can be found in Anchorage, just on the outskirts of surrounding neighborhoods, which require homes to fit specific standards. Dimitrov says that people in Louisville are typically very traditional with their home styling but could contemporary homes here for sale or new tell that they have good taste. She knew that, construction being built.” once they saw her vision brought to life, they However, she did find a few homes in the would appreciate the new style. area that reflected her taste and style. After returning from Spain, she did some research “I saw the demand in Louisville for on these houses and, after a closer look, modern homes and also being a real estate discovered that all of them were built by the agent, I haven’t seen very much supply same man, John Bajandas. for this segment of the real estate market,” Dimitrov reached out to John and expressed Dimitrov says. “There just aren’t too many
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her admiration for his work. Initially, she had inquired about working together and being his real estate agent but soon discovered his wife was also an agent. She later returned to ask John to come on board for her project in Anchorage. “Having the background of competitive athletics, I’m not one to give up and stop,” she says. “After the fourth architect couldn’t see
my vision, our paths crossed again with John. I didn’t even immediately realize that that was that John – John Bajandas. The rest was pure magic.” John seemed to understand her vision more than the others and, alongside another Louisville talent, Don Underwood, they came up with a detailed open floor plan for the new home. ‘This house attracts so many people,” she says. “People pass by taking pictures and videos wanting to copy its ideas to build similar houses elsewhere. It all makes me think I’m doing something right. I received so many compliments on this house which I don’t think I have ever received in my skating career. All thanks to having a great team to work with – a team capable of sustaining the positive energy and sharing the core vision of what I was trying to achieve.” Alongside Dimitrov, her boyfriend, Edward Hager, has put in plenty of time and effort
to make sure her dream house meets her standards. Hager is a well-known local landscaper who you may have seen in commercials or heard about on the radio. Dimitrov commended his endeavors on the project, commenting on his thorough efforts with masonry, landscaping and tree work. Even Dimitrov’s children have had a hand in constructing the house, offering new ideas that their mother made sure to incorporate. During the construction process, several offers were made but the potential buyers wanted to change Dimitrov’s vision. Much to their dismay, this was not just a project to Dimitrov. It was, as she put, a realization of a vision and a dream. She had visualized all finishes in the house before they even started to build. She described the home in detail, explaining how it was uniquely finished throughout. The house includes black walnut countertops, real petrified wooden sinks, and custom cabinets,
doors and trim. Large windows welcome natural light into the home which, in turn, compliment wall-mounted faucets, exotic wood decking and uniquely installed exterior wood siding. Everything in the house is one of a kind, including the graciously spacious garage and an exterior made of stone and pebble rocks that pleasantly contrast with grey brick and black windows. Dimitrov is waiting for a person to reach out who sees her vision and recognizes it as their home just the way it is. “After seeing it all finally come together, I wouldn’t change a thing,” she says. “I’m really looking forward to the house setting a trend in Louisville in the direction of more contemporary style elegant homes.” For more information on this home and future innovative projects Dimitrov has in mind, you may contact her through her agency, Gant Hill and Associates, or via e-mail at gdllcrealestate@gmail.com.
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CUSTOM MULTICADES GIVES YOUR FAVORITE ARCADE MACHINES AN EXTRA LIFE Writer / Mallory F. Wright
Everyone has that one family member they go to who can fix any and everything. The person who can find the solution to any problem and solve the piece of the puzzle. The person who tinkers away at projects endlessly and comes up with a masterpiece at the end of the day. Will Robbins would Mulbe that person. Robbins grew up on a 1,400-acre farm in Madison, Indiana that had roughly 150 head of beef cattle. He knew how to drive by the age of 8 and could fix any problem on the farm. And when he finished all his farm chores, he would venture to the local bowling alley and convenient store to play arcade games.
working for Geek Squad that he realized his puzzle solving wasn’t just a fortunate attribute but a way of life. Robbins’ buddies and brothers started bringing him old arcade machines to fix — the mother board had a short, the sound was no longer working, the lights were fading the sheet wood was rotting. After fixing these machines and reminiscing on his childhood memories, Robbins got the idea to start making his own arcade machines. He wanted his company, Custom Multicades, to specialize in custom built Multicade Arcade machines to fit everyone’s imagination.
For the next two years, Robbins rented a small shop in the Old Industrial park, invested in sheet wood by the bulk, bought and installed Turbo Cad software and ordered shipments of PC screens. By It wasn’t until Robbins had left the farm, hand, he cut out the dimensions of the moved to Louisville with his dad and started traditional arcade machine frames and
started putting the pieces together. But instead of creating the traditional arcade machines, Robbins created customized Multicade Arcade machines that featured not one arcade game but featured a 60-classic game pack, and he also designed the shell of the machine to each individual’s preference. “Multicade is used to describe an arcade video multi game system, that is capable of playing multiple arcade video games in a single arcade video game cabinet,” according to the company’s website. Robbins began selling 50 Multicade Arcade machines every month, on average. Everyone wanted to have the chance to relive their childhood and play Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Centipede, Mario, Frogger and the list goes on. The more Robbins tinkered away at
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building these customized Multicade Arcade machines, the more his business grew. He invested in a CNC machine and moved into an 8,000-square foot building in the old Riot Skate Park in J-Town. With the investment of the CNC machine and the additional space the new location provided, Robbins’ business took off. He was able to produce machines more quickly and efficiently. Each machine is still built individually and put together by hand. They build the traditional uprights with options of vertical and horizontal screens with features to have two players to offer the real authentic gaming experience, cocktail tables with two screens and duel panels for a less obvious look and even barrel stands to produce a bar-top model. The more options he had, the more customization he could offer to his customers. To Robbins, his business isn’t work. He looks forward to going to work everyday. And there aren’t off days. Orders are always coming in and there are always machines
that need to be built. Most of his customers are parents — the ones who grew up without video game consoles and went to the arcades. “Everyone has their game. And a story behind it,” he says. “Galaga was at the bowling alley and Gauntlet was at the top of the hill in the convenient store. And growing up, that’s where you could find me.” In 2017, Custom Multicades, is at an all
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