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Eastern High School Track & Cross Country Teams Continue Fundraising Efforts for New Track Facility installed in 1996, but there were problems with it from the get-go.
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A new school year always means new changes — not only for the students but often for the school itself. Such is the case with Eastern High School. For years, the track area has been in disrepair with cracks and potholes that have grown larger with each passing season. This has caused the track and cross country teams to move away from their home turf and either train or compete elsewhere in Louisville. But thanks to a contingency of hard-working parents, coaches, athletes, businesses and supporters, the school will finally have a pristine new track. The Eastern track and cross country teams aren’t the only ones who use the facility. Other athletic programs at Eastern use the track for conditioning and training. Area elementary and middle schools also use it for the same purposes. Head track coach Mike Horan is an Eastern alumnus who was part of the track team in the 90s and graduated in 1998. He explains that the school had a rubberized track
“The track was not affixed to the asphalt beneath it, so when you’d run on it, it sounded hollow,” Horan says. “When you stepped on the rubber it would fall down to the asphalt below. After each passing week, the holes were getting bigger. Eventually, giant chunks were coming out. It wasn’t particularly safe for athletes to train on.” There were other issues, too. “In the 1970’s, tracks were being converted from the imperial measurement system to the metric system but ours never had that conversion,” he explains. “Our track was an old 440 track that had converted measurements, and for a sprinter, the marks are confusing.” In addition to having the wrong distance markings, the track encountered more problems when the stadium was renovated in the early 2000s causing the home stretch and finish line to be in front of the visitors’ stands instead of the home stands and press box.
With this laundry list of issues beleaguering the track, the team wasn’t able to plan anything at the school. “Our program takes pride in hosting great events,” Horan says. “We host the biggest track meet in Kentucky, the Eastern Relays. We’ll draw in teams from seven or eight states, bringing in 150 schools, but we haven’t been able to host this at Eastern since 2003. We’ve been partnering with the University of Louisville to host it there, and they’ve been great, but it was born at Eastern and we’d love to bring it back to our campus.” Something needed to be done. Instead of waiting for the next influx of parents to come in to find a solution, three years ago two ‘track dads’, David Emery and Jeff Richardson, took the bull by the horns and began planning how they, and others, could work to bring the Eastern track program back to the high school. “It started with a lot of planning,” Horan says. “We’ve held three pretty significant fundraising dinners. We invited anyone involved with the track program to them. This includes alumni, parents of the team
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and future runners. We’ve gotten a lot of support from other programs in the building — basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, because they all use that facility as a part of their training as well.” Another large fundraiser they do is in conjunction with Custom Fundraising Solutions. Even before they began earning money for the track three years ago, the program had been working with CFS to hold mattress sales. Twenty-two mattresses are brought into the gym and set up like a showroom, then customers can come in to try them out. Orders are taken, and mattress will be delivered to the homes for free. This sale is generally held in early March. They have also received a great deal of backing from the community and area businesses. “Building a track takes a lot of gravel,” Horan says. “The Rogers Group is donating the gravel that we need. This donation is worth 3 to $4,000.” Besides fundraisers and community help, the parents and students have provided some of the sweat equity in order to save money. The contractor for the project suggested that if the team was able to take the rubber off it would save them close to $4,000. They brought in three dumpsters and everyone joined in to pull the track off by hand. Thankfully, there was a dad with a John Deer tractor who helped take off the majority of the track. “You’ve never seen so much joy in labor,” Horan says. “The athletes know there’s going to be something pretty special that they’ve all been waiting for and working for. This isn’t something that’s being given to us by anyone else. This isn’t something that just the moms and dads have done. This has been a collaborative effort between amazing parents, amazing athletes and a great group of coaches. And it’s taken a while to do it. The price we’ve paid has ended in satisfaction.” Fundraising efforts have brought in more than $170,000, but the track atMiddletown.com / DECEMBER 2018 / MIDDLETOWN MAGAZINE / 7
construction and the equipment needed to run track meets is going to cost close to $400,000 in total. “In addition, we have families involved in our program who stepped up in other ways,” Horan says. “Our booster club is not allowed to take on debt, so our parents are backing the loan. What a pretty unique group we have to take that on.” Finding a competitive location in town for track is difficult, which is another reason Eastern is working to upgrade their track and facilities. “You think about other sports like basketball, baseball, volleyball, lacrosse, softball, and you can find competitive facilities at schools, parks, churches or at for-profit businesses,” Horan says. “But really, all tracks in the city are at schools, and there aren’t many of those, even. There aren’t many opportunities for youth
runners. The sport of running has been growing tremendously here, and some of the schools around Eastern like Hite, Crosby, Stopher, and Tully is where a lot of that growth is taking place. They don’t have their own place at school to hold meets. The state of our facility was really limiting what we could do and offer to the community.” Though the track program is working diligently towards raising the money to complete the
project, Horan says they are always open to any donations or help from anyone. “It’s a beautiful sport that has very few barriers to participate,” Horan says. “We want to be the hub for track and field in Middletown, in Louisville and really in this part of the country.” If you would like more information on how you can help the Eastern High School track team, email Mike Horan at Michael. Horan@jefferson.kyschools.us.
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STRONGER THAN EVER Former Actor & Radio Personality Ron Chilton Reflects on His Career, Talks Par ticipating in Senior Olympics Writer / Tyrel Kessinger
Ron Chilton has led a life many of us would be envious of. He’s been a radio man, a singer, a musician, an actor and a several times over Senior Olympics gold medalist. He’s a pioneer of Louisville radio, appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, stood nose to nose with Elizabeth Taylor and learned first hand that Steven Seagal is not the most congenial of human beings. From the army to his days as a legendary DJ to an actor, it all began in Danville, Ky, Chilton says, the place he considers his hometown. But after high school, when most of his friends began attending Centre College, Chilton felt the pull of the larger world beckoning. “Right away I had been drawn to the theater,” he says. To pursue this calling Chilton first enrolled
at Transylvania, later transferring to the University of Miami before finished his bachelor’s at the University of Kentucky where he starred in several plays and operas. “But my acting career actually took off at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville,” Chilton says. “Along the way, I was in a play with some up and comers of the time. I was in a play with Lee Majors called Seven Husbands. Soon thereafter he was the Six-Million Dollar Man. I was in another play there with a young actor named John Travolta. Obviously, he became a major star.” Indeed, Chilton continued to chase his dream doggedly. “I always wanted to be an actor and I remember telling my parents that I wanted to be a movie star,” he says. “My dad said, ‘Listen, Ron, you don’t want to say that because that sounds pretentious, tell them DECEMBER 2018
you want to be an actor.’” Chilton laughs heartily at the memory. In one story he recalls his first Hollywood role, in 1956, in the MGM produced film “Raintree County” starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, which was filmed in Danville. “I was selected to be Montgomery Clift’s stand-in and I got to meet Elizabeth Taylor,” he says. “They put an X on your toes as a stand-in showing you exactly where to stand and her double was up against me. They tapped her on the shoulder and she moved out and then Elizabeth Taylor moved in and I was standing nose-to-nose with her, the most gorgeous creature I’d ever seen in my life. That was the most exciting time that I ever had.” His mainstream movie appearances didn’t end there. Over the years, Chilton has landed small roles in 13 major motion
pictures filmed in various regions of Kentucky. Armed with an agent he’d secured from his time in radio and television, Chilton has appeared in the films 8 Men Out, Fire Down Below, Stripes, Seabiscuit and Elizabethtown, to name a few. But, just in case you don’t believe him, Chilton has proof. “I always try and get my picture with the stars of the movie so I can prove I met them,” he says. “My parts didn’t always allow me to be up front. I remember asking Bill Murray if he’d take a picture with me and he said ‘sure, c’mon.’ We kind of put our arms around each other and right before the picture was taken he put me in a headlock and gave me a noogie and said ‘there’s your picture!’ The toughest was Steven Seagal. They said, ‘don’t mess with that guy, don’t even make eye contact.’ But I caught him off guard. I sidled up to him and had a friend take a picture real quick.” But acting has always been only one of the many hats Chilton has worn. It’s always been his voice, he says, that got him to where he wanted to go. Radio was one of the first places his voice found a home. He started his radio career in Danville, fresh from his stint in the military, in 1960. He’d spend the next four decades involved in radio to one degree or another, moving from Danville to Lexington to Louisville’s WAKY station by the early 70s. One of the major highlights of Chilton’s time in the radio industry was his time at the University of Louisville’s WUOL station, created in1976. “And you know, there were 350 people trying out for that one job and I got it,” he says. “As an announcer and first manager of WUOL. And I still can’t believe that it happened to me. I look back and I think, ‘how in the hell did I just fall into that?’ I stayed there from 1976 to 1978 but left to get back into commercial radio where I spent the last 20 years of my career.”
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Going For The Gold When Chilton retired 20 years ago he, as so many retirees do, found himself with an abundance of free time. Seeing as how he was not one to “sit idly on the front porch and rust out,” Chilton needed something slightly more challenging than your average post-retirement gigs. Never an orthodox man to begin with, he found his answer in an unorthodox place — the Senior Olympics. “I’d heard about the Senior Olympics and that’s when I started participating in them, in 1998,” Chilton says. “I do the 50, the 100, the 200, the 400, all sprints. In the field, I do the discus, shot put, javelin, hammer throw, long jump, triple jump. I do 10 events in my category of 80-84. I compete against those who are my age.” The events take place yearly in Kentucky and bi-annually on the national level.
Chilton, whose won countless gold medals in his categories, works hard to stay competitive. At 82, he’s more active now than many people a fourth his age. “I run a mile every morning,” he adds. “I go to the gym and workout with weights every morning. I have a trainer. Some people look at me and when I tell them I’m 82-years-old they say, ‘no way, you can’t be!’ And I say ‘yeah!’ As long as I have good health, I feel good, my joints are in good shape, I’m going to continue as long as I can. I know there might be a time when I won’t be able, but hell, I’ve seen some people in their 90s approaching 100 that are still out there. I say, keep going till you can’t.” Indeed, Chilton is constantly approached by others who wonder what his secret is. “I was talking to a guy the other day and he said, ‘how the hell do you do it? I’m 61 and I can hardly do anything,’” Chilton says. “And I said, ‘well, there’s two things. Make sure
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bring his acting skills to the table when needed. Chilton says there are things about his life, in retrospect, that he found the most extraordinary. Even from a very young age, he knew exactly what he was going to do with this life and what he was going to use to get there. But to live the kind of life Chilton has you almost have to realize what metal you’re working with early on so that you can have the proper amount of time to temper it into the shape you want.
“I was 12 when I realized my voice had changed,” he says. “It was getting lower and lower. I knew right away that my voice was going to be my career. I just knew it. Whether I was going to be an actor, radio announcer, on television or a commentator, I knew it. You know, it’s strange when you look back, as a 12-yearold boy that I knew exactly what was going to be my livelihood. Some guys want to be a doctor, a firefighter, a lawyer, whatever but I knew I was going to be in radio or an actor. By golly, I went out, I had that confidence, and I knew.”
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You’ve probably heard it said, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” While Theodore Roosevelt wasn’t speaking about himself when he said this, the sentiment is the epitome of the life of Marcos Lorenzo, owner of Louisville’s Havana Rumba. When Lorenzo came to the United States from his homeland of Cuba, the restaurant industry was one of the few doors that opened up for him. Starting from scratch with no credit history and speaking limited English, his background in civil engineering didn’t translate to America.
With a family to support, going back to school was not an option, either. The restaurant industry was a way to support his family, and what started as a foot in the door quickly became his passion.
the first month of the business that one year later we opened a place next door,” Lorenzo says. “This time, it was a full-sized restaurant with a bar, waiting area and much more seating.”
“It’s taken dedication,” Lorenzo says. “But it’s interesting and fun. The intense hours and commitment help you see results. It’s a blessing, and I’m proud. It takes a lot of people, but every day is a new challenge that keeps you busy.”
Two years after the expansion in 2007, Lorenzo and his team opened Mojito Tapas restaurant in Holiday Manor Shopping Center. While it had a much different concept and cuisine than Havana Rumba, its wild success led to the next expansion. In 2010 Havana Rumba opened its Middletown location. Most recently, in 2013, the Bardstown Road location of Havana Rumba opened.
After Lorenzo arrived in the United States in 2000, he spent four years as a server, working his way up at different restaurants in Louisville. After four years, he opened his own restaurant, Havana Rumba, in 2004 in St. Matthews. The small restaurant boasted 16 tables and could seat 64 people. There was no bar or waiting area. “We were so successful and busy from DECEMBER 2018
“Opening a restaurant takes a lot of energy and time,” Lorenzo says. “We have found ourselves ready to open something else about every three years. It’s kind of like when you forget the difficult newborn stages of a baby and are ready for another child.”
Thankful for the opportunity to open restaurants at such a quick pace, Lorenzo credits his success to his heritage. “I believe what is making us successful is trying to bring Cuban feelings to the restaurant,” Lorenzo says. “From the colors, decorations, and presentation of the plates to the food itself. It is completely different from what others offer. It’s a lively place. We train our servers to be different and have great customer service. We aren’t just selling Cuban food, we’re selling the Cuban experience.” According to Lorenzo, when they open a restaurant his attention is needed six days per week from open to close to make sure it’s smooth. Each location offers different difficulties and adaptations. After about six months he can leave it to his team. Someone from the crew with passion and talent receives the opportunity to invest in the business and is trained very well to handle the location. Oftentimes a former chef or front manager will supervise the restaurant as an operative partner. From there, Lorenzo can supervise and advise. “Anytime there is a problem, they give me a call and I’m there,” Lorenzo says. “We have a great team, and I don’t have to be there all the time because of our good training.” Because Havana Rumba is inspired by authentic Cuban cuisine, they don’t serve complicated food. They cook classics with big portions and variety. “That’s how we eat in Cuba,” Lorenzo says.
“It’s a very simple, home-cooking cuisine. I have too many favorites: the roasted chicken, empanadas, chicken croquettes and garlic shrimp. The flan is addictive. We have a new dish on the menu that is really good called pollo con queso.” While all of the locations in Louisville require attention from Lorenzo, he feels a special connection with the Middletown location. “I feel more attached and familiar at Middletown because I don’t have an operative partner there right now,” Lorenzo says. “It’s our biggest location, and with no current partner, it’s my most challenging location. I’m grateful for our great team there because the atmosphere is unmatched.” It’s hard for Lorenzo to put a finger on what he loves most about owning and operating Havana Rumba in Louisville.
“When I go outside and everyone wants to meet me and say thank you for being in Louisville, anytime customers want to say hi, shake my hand and give me support, it inspires me to wake up every day and do my best,” Lorenzo says. “It’s very inspiring and rewarding that people are asking, ‘Who is the owner?’, and want to tell you that they love it. I love our clientele, and I love Louisville.” For Lorenzo, food isn’t just a passion. It’s a lifestyle. “I’m off on Mondays and dedicate time to family, but I love cooking,” Lorenzo says. “Every Monday I cook at home. I always explore new cuisines and read new cookbooks. I subscribe to food websites, and I love learning new food and getting creative.” Lorenzo says one of the reasons he loves Louisville is because he emigrated straight from Havana, Cuba, to Louisville.
“It’s a quiet city with a good pace for a family,” Lorenzo says. “It’s a healthy city. We’ve had big success here in Louisville, and it’s my home right now. We’re proud to be a part of the community.” Lorenzo sees the company continuing to expand at its established pace. “We want to keep growing the company at a slow pace,” Lorenzo says. “We’re looking into expanding opportunities and keeping our eyes open for more locations. We’re ready to open a new one, and we’re looking around at the market for the right moment and right location. It doesn’t necessarily have to be in Louisville, but we plan to continue at this pace of roughly three years between each new venture.” Eager to inspire and help others with passions like his, Lorenzo says he believes passion must drive what you’re doing in any business.
“You have to love what you’re doing,” Lorenzo says. “You’ve got to feel it or it won’t suit you. If you want to run a restaurant, you have to be a chef, be passionate and put a good team together. You don’t do it to make money. You have to feel it and engage with your employees and customers to make it succeed. Before you open one, you should work for one and get experience because it’s not easy.” At Havana Rumba and Mojito Tapas, leaving customers with a lasting impression is what matters to Lorenzo and his team. “We want to turn customers into repeat customers,” Lorenzo says. “We want to know their names. That’s our motto. Come see us.” Havana Rumba has three current locations, and Mojito Tapas has one. For more information, visit havanarumbaonline.com.
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The Parkinson Support Center of Kentuckiana offers help and hope for persons living with Parkinson Disease. The Center’s Resource Guide describes Parkinson Disease (PD) as a neurological disorder in which there is a gradual loss of brain cells that make and store dopamine. The support center is an independent organization serving more than 8,000 people diagnosed with PD in Louisville and 14,000 in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Center evolved from the original Parkinson Disease Support Group founded by Jewish Hospital in the early 1990s. The support group held a fundraiser — the Parkinson Derby Eve Gala — which funded research. The gala became an annual fundraising event. The Parkinson Support Center of Kentuckiana was established as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) in 1999 by the late
Judy Spencer and other support group members. During the first few years of fundraising, the organization donated money to the University of Louisville for research. Then the organization segued from a focus on research to a focus on resources. “Somewhere along the way the mission shifted,” says Erika Branch, Executive Director of the Center. “The mission was no longer to fund research but to provide services for people here in the community. Our slogan is living well with Parkinson Disease, and part of living well is what you do right now. Research is wonderful and it is definitely needed. But there were few resources that addressed how people lived right now with Parkinson. That is why our three key areas are education, exercise and support groups because those are all things you need as you are progressing through and adapting to a life with Parkinson.” DECEMBER 2018
The Center offers a variety of educational programs held on-site and in the community. Currently, activities are held three nights a week at the Center, including yoga, Fight Back with Fitness class and support groups. A free symposium – Living Well with Parkinson – is held each year. A complete list of events is listed on their website, parkinsoncenter.org. Branch says this is an exciting time for Parkinson Disease because there are so many treatment options. She noted that when she began working with the Center five years ago there were only one or two treatment options for PD. She said it is a matter of identifying the need. For instance, she sees a need for services for persons diagnosed with young onset PD (affecting persons from mid-30 to 50 years of age). “A lot of these people are still working and they have a different set of obstacles,”
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about the Center. Branch says they have Recently, a woman with PD and her sister great participation from the board members. experienced the genuine support of the She says good relationships are vital. Center. The woman came in to pick up information and stayed for almost two hours talking with Branch. Taking the time “In order to continue to grow and sustain you have to have good relationships,” to listen to people is important to Branch. Branch says. “If people know that what we “You look at people and you realize they are doing is genuine then they will support have no idea what is next,” she says. “Not in return. That support can be in-kind hours, donations, it can be connections with ‘what’s next, what is going to happen to me as far as Parkinson,’ but ‘what should I be businesses, but it all starts with someone doing?’ You go to your doctor. You get your knowing that you are truly here for the diagnosis. You have all of this information community.” • • • • • • • •
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Since producing the first Louisville Slugger bat in 1884, Hillerich & Bradsby Co. has continued to churn out hundreds of thousands of bats each year. Leading the way in product development for the iconic brand is Jeffersontown resident Matt Bynum. “We’re always looking into how we can differentiate ourselves from all the competitors out there,” Bynum says of H&B. “Because we have a relationship with Wilson now, we work with them to introduce new manufacturing methods, things nobody has really looked for in a wood bat.” The Louisville Slugger brand was bought by Wilson Sporting Goods in 2015, and H&B continues to own and operate the official production facility. Along with a team of coworkers, Bynum is at the forefront for all product development each season.
“Right now, we’re in the middle of developing what all the wood bats are going to look like for next year’s catalog line,” Bynum says. “There’s a lot of work involved with that, so I have a lot of responsibilities right now.” Bynum has had a range of responsibilities at the company, stemming back to the coops he completed at H&B as part of his college experience with the University of
Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering. After graduating, he joined H&B full time in October 2002. Bynum topped off the month by marrying his wife, Catherine, and the couple moved into their first house in Jeffersontown. Following the Wilson acquisition, Bynum now handles all of the facility engineering projects internally for H&B, as well as for Wilson. On any given day, he’s spending
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other companies have the ability to offer that type of experience to the outside person.” In addition to the factory tour, visitors can learn more about the history of Louisville Slugger bats and get some swings in at the batting cages. The museum and factory has had its fair share of famous visitors throughout the years, and Bynum noted superstar Josh Hamilton was one of his favorites to meet. He has also enjoyed attending the annual Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory Living Legend Award ceremony, which has honored some of the greatest in the game.
When he’s not shaping the future of Louisville Slugger bats, Bynum is coaching his 12-year-old daughter Hannah’s Derby City Crush traveling softball team. Catherine also coaches their eight-year-old daughter Sophia’s team through Jeffersontown Youth Softball. With rare free moments, they visit some of their favorite local Jeffersontown establishments such as Mussel & Burger Bar, Chubby Ray’s and the movie theater. The family currently resides in the Monticello Park neighborhood and enjoy the overall central location of Jeffersontown. Keep your eye out for a Louisville Slugger bat the next time you’re at a baseball game, and know that a Jeffersontown resident had a big part in making it happen.
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Step back in time in this Edwardian style Tea Establishment. Serving lunch , brunch and High Tea Tues-Sat. 11 am to 3pm (502) 599-0585 Plainview Village Center 9816 Linn Station Rd Louisville, KY 40223
Nursery or Kids Furniture Set Expires 2/28/2019. Not valid with any other offer. Contact store associate for more details.
Not valid with any other offer.
Expires 1/31/2019
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BASIC OIL CHANGE
$19
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95 PLUS TAX
ANY SERVICE OVER $100 ANY SERVICE OVER $250 ANY SERVICE OVER $500
Oil change includes standard oil filter and up to 5 quarts of 5W30 conventional or synthetic-blend oil. Oil type is based on availability and may vary by location. Special oils and filters are available at an additional cost. Offer valid on most cars and light trucks at participating Meineke locations. Discounts apply to regular retail pricing. One offer per service per vehicle. Not valid with any other offers, special order parts, or warranty service. Additional shop supplies or disposal fees may apply. Coupons have no cash value and must be presented at time of estimate. See the center manager for any additional details. Void where prohibited. Limited time offer.
Not valid on the sale or tires, batteries, or special order parts. Offer valid on most cars and light trucks at participating Meineke locations. Discounts apply to regular retail pricing. One offer per service per vehicle. Not valid with any other offers, special order parts, or warranty service. Additional shop supplies or disposal fees may apply. Coupons have no cash value and must be presented at time of estimate. See the center manager for any additional details. Void where prohibited. Limited time offer.
EXPIRES 1/31/19.
EXPIRES 1/31/19.
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NEW ALBANY LOUISVILLE NOW OPEN 3723 Charlestown Rd. 1019 Dupont Rd. 812-913-5889 502-694-7173
CENTER HOURS: M-F 7:30AM - 6:00PM SAT 7:30AM - 5:00PM