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RINITY ROCKS COACH LOOKS BACK ON 2019 KHSAA T BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Earlier this year, on Sunday, March 10th the Trinity High School Rocks and the Scott County Cardinals opposed one another on the Rupp Arena court, shooting on their defender’s hoop while obstructing the opposite from shooting in their hoop. During the entire season, Rock Nation supported and proudly cheered on the Trinity Basketball Rocks’ solid team. Mostly Trinity students, 11,967 fans watched as their peers won the 2019 KHSAA Sweet 16 Boys Basketball State Championship.

7 City of St. Matthews 8 Trinity Rocks Coach Looks Back

19 Family Time Around the Harvest Table

On 2019 KHSAA Basketball State Championship

20 Manners Matter: The Three-Second

14 Biztown: Junior Achievement’s

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As 2019 nears its end, the City of St. Matthews Mayor and City Council would like to thank our residents for the opportunity to serve each of them this year. Whether it has been though our city services, our police, public works or administration teams, it is our hope that we have continued to make the City of St. Matthews a place that you are proud to call home. To assist in showing support for our unique city, and encouraging others to visit here, a free oval “STM – St. Matthews, KY” vehicle sticker is available at our city administration office. Pick up one today and show your hometown spirit.

LIGHT UP ST. MATTHEWS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH | 3:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.

This FREE event is held at Brown Park, located on Kresge Way, right next to Baptist Health Hospital. This family friendly event kicks off the holiday season by lighting up the park with holiday figures that shine each night through December. The event includes fun activities for the whole family, such as train rides, ice skating, photos inside a giant snow globe, crafts, and games. Naturally, the event would not be complete without a photo and visit with Santa and Mrs. Clause, followed by some complementary hot chocolate and delicious cookies.

There will be an opportunity for everyone to write a letter to Santa and mail it off to the North Pole directly from Brown Park. The lighting of the Park concludes the event promptly at 6 p.m. Free parking at the Baptist Health offices, directly across from the hospital. For more information call 899-2523 or visit the city website at stmatthewsky.gov.

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TRINITY ROCKS COACH LOOKS BACK ON 2019 KHSAA BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Writer / Kelsey Schneider Photographer / Scott Scinta

Earlier this year, on Sunday, March 10th the Trinity High School Rocks and the Scott County Cardinals opposed one another on the Rupp Arena court, shooting on their defender’s hoop while obstructing the opposite from shooting in their hoop.

During the entire season, Rock Nation supported and proudly cheered on the

Trinity Basketball Rocks’ solid team. Mostly Trinity students, 11,967 fans watched as their peers won the 2019 KHSAA Sweet 16 Boys Basketball State Championship.

At Trinity High School, Head Coach Mike Szabo’s basketball team was on a path to greatness.

Trinity’s athletics program provides challenges, confidence and strength for the

Basketball Rocks. The basketball program was established in 1954 and in 2004, the team won its first regional basketball title after beating Male.

“The team was an absolute joy to play with and be around,” says Mike Szabo. “I had a lot of fun with them.”

Versus traditionally strong programs, the Basketball Rocks faced a challenging

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schedule at the beginning of their season.

Accompanied by three returning starters and players with lots of inexperience, the Rocks were scheduled to play against teams like Fern Creek, Scott County, Male, Lexington Catholic, Bullitt East and Henry Clay, to name a few. Trinity would once again be a participant in two of the finest holiday basketball tournaments in the nation, the King of the Bluegrass, a tournament held in Kentucky that the Rocks won twice before. Trinity won the King of the Bluegrass once in 2009 and again in 2016. The team finished as runner-ups last season. The Arby’s Classic, held in Bristol, Tennessee a top regional tournament won in 2016. The season’s goals were to compete for a Seventh Region Championship and get a trip to Rupp Arena for the KHSAA State Championship.

Trinity lost 29-4 in the previous year and, according to their coach, the team was hungry to get back.

Starting in November, fans can watch Trinity Basketball and any of its new players play from the beginning. In the spring, fans can watch their team play in the Louisville International Tournament (LIT). The tournament attributes the top teams within metro Louisville. By tournament time, the team has formed and will have a major impact on the postseason success of the team. Once the postseason begins, players

compete for a regional crown and a trip to the KHSAA Sweet 16.

Standing at 6-foot-5, point guard and Senior David Johnson, started the team off greatly with his attitude.

In January, the Rocks would play their rivals St. Xavier at Bellarmine University with a win of 46-43.

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The Trinity Basketball Rocks had an incredible season. Trinity played Scott County in the 2019 KHSAA Sweet 16 Boys Basketball State Championship and won with an ending score of 50-40. The Rocks finished the season as state champions with a record of 29-8.

Coach Szabo says the team had a great start.

Coach Szabo’s best player, David Johnson then hurt his knee against Collins in the semifinals of the King of the Bluegrass and wasn’t able to play in the second half of the game. Johnson was out during the toughest time of the season and missed five games.

Johnson has signed to be one of the lead guards for the Louisville Cardinals this season.

“David was an absolute joy to play with and be around,” Szabo says. “I had a lot of fun and really enjoy what I do. Every guy was a great guy with a great attitude, the parents as well. They were supportive of me and the staff and were all about our team and basketball.”

During the season, Waggener basketball beat Trinity for the 27th District Tournament title during their game at Atherton High School. The Waggener Wildcats had won eleven straight games in a row when they badly beat Trinity. Both teams were still able to advance to the Seventh Region tournament.

started his teaching career at Washington College Academy in Limestone, Tennessee, a small private boarding school. At the school, he was the Director of Athletics, head coach for the baseball team and the basketball team. Szabo was studying basketball at the University of Tennessee under head coach Kevin O’Neill who’s currently the men’s basketball head coach at the University of Southern California.

Szabo then went on to take the job as head basketball coach at the Fort Worth Country Day School.

“David was so coachable and always open After 18 years at Trinity, coach Szabo has to what was best for our team,” Szabo says.

“He’s got the best career of anyone at Trinity completed his second state championship (the first in 2012). His trip to Rupp Arena I’ve coached. Tremendous talent, great person, great teammate. I think he’s going to marks his sixth time during his tenure that do great things at the Uof L program and get Trinity has captured the 7th Region crown and advanced to the KHSAA Sweet 16. them to National Championships.”

Coach Szabo explains how he should’ve Once a baseball pitcher, Coach Szabo called a timeout during his state championship victory but seconded himself.

He says other coaches in Kentucky are so competitive and that’s what made the season so fun.

“The Regional Tournament was great,” Szabo says. “It was a great win at Male. We played the most talented teams in our Region.”

Trinity advanced to the 7th Region semifinals with a 57-47 win over Male at Male.

“We had a task in front of us to beat Scott County. Scott County’s coach is an incredible coach, one of Kentucky’s best ever,” Szabo says.

David Johnson won MVP honors.

“I don’t have to beat myself up for the next six months,” he says. “I was really proud, it was a gratifying feeling with no negative thoughts. The ending of the season was really bittersweet. Walking into the gym the following weekend I wished we were still practicing.”

Trinity Basketball Rocks were not just lucky, but beyond blessed. Their coach says they became champions by being consistent, helping everyone on the team and being dedicated to being the very best.

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Thanksgiving is such a great time to be with family, watch some football and stuff your face full of some of the best comfort food out there. But cooking a Thanksgiving Feast can be daunting, unless you do it year after year.

It takes strategic planning, off the charts time management skills and the energy of a 6-year old — which is probably why most people leave it to their in-laws or friends.

Those who take on this beast of a feast year after year after year really revel in the chaos and strategy of it. It’s a full day in the kitchen, staying up late the night before and getting up early to get that turkey started on the big day. And it’s always helpful to have tried and true recipes to round out the menu! “Vintage” recipes tend to be some of the best. I mean who doesn’t love their great grandma’s green bean casserole or their aunt’s secret recipe pecan pie? But a good mix of old and new is sure to satisfy most of your guests. If you are ready to try something different, here is a stuffing recipe sure to please. It typically entices wanting seconds from non-stuffing lovers and is sure to satisfy your tastes.

DRIED CHERRY & SAUSAGE STUFFING: Ingredients -½ cup butter (1 stick) -6 celery stalks, finely diced -2 medium onions, finely diced -1 loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes and toasted (10 cups) -1 cup dried cherries -¾ pound Italian sausage, casings removed, cooked, and crumbled -¾ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped -1 teaspoon kosher salt -1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper -2 14.5oz cans of chicken broth

Directions (1) Melt the butter in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and onions and cook until they are translucent, about 5-7 minutes.

(2) In a large bowl or pan, combine the celery and onions with the bread, cherries, sausage, parsley, salt, and pepper. Add the broth and stir until well combined.

(3) If you want some inside your turkey, use a spoon to loosely stuff the mixture into the turkey just before roasting.

-2 tsp cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling: -2 cups powdered sugar -8 oz cream cheese -¼ cup butter -½ tsp vanilla Sponge Cake: (1) Sift flour, spices, and baking powder in a large bowl. Add eggs and pumpkin. Mix until combined.

(2) Pour and smooth evenly into a cookie sheet you have lined with parchment paper.

(4) If not, pour the rest of the into a baking dish, cover and bake in a 325° oven for one hour; uncover and bake for another 15 minutes. Serve warm.

(3)Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.

Here’s what you’ll need: -3 eggs -1 cup sugar -⅔ cup pumpkin -¾ cup flour -1 tsp baking powder -1 tsp ginger -½ tsp cloves -½ tsp salt

And now that you’ve eaten your way through the table a few times, splurged on desserts and shared all the things you are grateful for, it’s about time for bed. Being around friends and family makes for some great memories, but all that turkey will probably have you ready to hit the pillow.

May your day be filled with joy and laughter, and the best stuffing and pumpkin rolls you’ve ever had!

(4) While the cake is still warm, sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar, invert onto a clean tea towel and roll up. Let cool until room temperature or in the refrigerator.

After you’ve had your fill ( I hope you wore your stretchy pants), watched your team win, *You’ll want to roll while still warm to and then napped for a bit, it’s time for dessert. reduce cracks. And use powdered sugar on the towel to prevent sticking!

Holiday desserts are seriously the best.

There’s just something special that makes (5) Once cooled, unroll and spread evenly a pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving taste way with cream cheese filling. Gently roll back up. better than one on any other normal day.

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Learn to lease a car. Create a newspaper by selling ads and writing editorials. Maybe even get a ticket from the police? All in a day for students at Junior Achievement’s BizTown, a 7,000 square foot mini-city with 16 shops, “built for kids and run by kids,” says Louisville Executive Vice President Debbie Dalton.

Junior Achievement is 100 years old nationally this year. The organization works in more than 100 communities nationwide, reaching almost 5 million students, and is worldwide in about 100 countries as well, with 10 million participants.

Louisville’s chapter is 60 years old, founded

by James W. Robinson in 1949. Robinson and his father J.D. Robinson owned

Robinson Nugent, a Southern Indiana electronics company. Robinson and his wife, Phyllis, gave $1M in 2005 to name the building where BizTown, as well as JA Finance Park, are now located, at 1401 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd, The James W. Robinson Center for Freedom of Enterprise.

The program focuses on three “pillars of success” – financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship.

“We decided about 15 years ago to focus on these touchpoints with students, and we offer training and how to present,” Dalton says.

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and Southern Indiana and including surrounding counties such as Bullitt, Spencer and Oldham. JA is in every JCPS public school and works with private and parochial schools and with home school organizations as well.

Describing the program as “having an idea of what you want to be, and have a plan B,” Dalton uses the examples of sports – if you can’t be a player, you could be an agent or a physical therapist, or if not an actor, then director at a nonprofit.

“Find what you’re good at, like working with your hands, or working with groups,” she says.

JA Inspire is a career fair for eighthninth graders held at Kentucky Fair and Expo Center. More than 90 businesses participate, including EMS, police,

Metro Services, non-profits and educational organizations. There are 100 career stations and mentors to offer advice. Students can ask questions such as if a degree is needed to be a firefighter or what jobs are available in IT, not just video games but also preventing identify theft, for example.

“Again, have a plan, but have a plan B,” Dalton says.

Costs are about $500 to get Junior Achievement programs in classrooms, at no charge to schools.

Donations come from companies and individuals and from events like bowling, pop a shot and cornhole tournaments. There’s also an annual 5K race in downtown Elizabethtown to benefit JA programs in Hardin County, honoring the late educator Pat French.

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This past March was JA’s annual Kentuckiana Business Hall of Fame induction dinner at the Kentucky International Convention Center, to honor leadership in economic development in Greater Louisville.

This year’s honorees include Dr. Wayne Mortensen of Mortensen Dental, Phoebe Wood of Companies Wood and developer William Weyland of Weyland Ventures.

Volunteers help keep costs down and are an important part of the program. JA has about 2000 volunteers each year.

“Volunteers are our secret sauce, they make JA possible,” Dalton says. “They explain lessons and give real-world experience, go into classrooms, stay for lunch with kids.

Kids can ask questions, things they might not ask a parent or teacher.

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Sam Swope Auto is a lead sponsor of Louisville’s JA BizTown since 2004.

There are 16 business sponsors, including Stockyards Bank, WDRB, Papa John’s and UPS. JA Finance Park is sponsored by Chase Bank and also by Texas Roadhouse, AT&T, Delta Dental, GE Appliance.

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In BizTown, kids get a scenario and follow it, from learning to pay business loans to having a job. Each business has a CEO and CPA. Students get a salary and paychecks, learn how to manage money, buy products and pay rent. There are jobs like meter reader, UPS delivery, or radio DJ. “We meet people years later who tell us they were mayor of BizTown,” Dalton says.

Other businesses include Ford, Courier Journal, Kentucky Society of CPAs, Alpha Media, Kroger and Marshall Realty. BBC makes sure businesses are in compliance.

Louisville Community Foundation teaches corporate philanthropy. Police even issue tickets (for stepping on the grass). WDRB films the activities.

There are even entry-level jobs, starting at delivering pizza, or middle manager jobs at GE Appliance, designing a dishwasher. A CEO may have kids in their scenario, to learn to plan to budget for daycare. Texas Roadhouse teaches about costs to go out to eat, Actors Theatre about entertainment on a budget, AT&T with unlimited text, University of Louisville about continuing education. Kentucky One Health teaches wellness and Swope about having a car or using the bus.

“It’s fun,” Dalton says. “We go in, look at products, they do sales presentations, it’s fun to see how their minds work.”

There was even a camp extension of BizTown this past summer. Kids ran the city for two days, giving handson experience for ages 9-12, learning entrepreneurship, job interviews, marketing, customer service and working in teams.

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Gathering. Community. Something we all need more of during the holiday, and the family table is the best place to do such a thing. This is where the ancestry storytelling happens.

When grandpa shares about growing up in his family home, or how he met grandma. It is like connecting the dots for the younger generations. It is when family recipes are served in great grandmother’s china, and the announcement of a new baby is often made.

Gathering. It is an intuitive thing we do to share stories and break bread, and I for one think it should be celebrated with a great table setting to match the sumptuous meal and special memories.

Setting a beautiful table for a meal is something of an art. Emily Post’s 14th Edition of Etiquette, devotes more than 17 pages to the art of table settings.

Clearly, I am old fashioned, but I just can’t help it. I love traditions. Traditions keep us grounded in these hectic times. They are something you can count on, and longstanding traditions bring rhythm and comfort to life. Don’t you think? I remember our youngest son saying when he was little, “Mom, we can’t go on vacation over Thanksgiving. We have to wake up to

the smell of turkey in the morning!” I could not agree more.

Thursday morning. It helps keep the crystal goblets sparkling.

Work ahead! Preparing for such special gatherings does not have to make us fret.

Do a little at a time and keeping great lists and notes helps. I have a special journal where I keep notes from the previous Thanksgivings. They help direct me away from the terrible Yam recipe of 2004 and note never to put walnuts in the stuffing again, particularly when Uncle Bill is in the house. He’s allergic!

Use the heirlooms. They always help tell a story. Start with your dishes. The color and type will set the theme. I have a white bone china with a gold edge that was our wedding pattern. The gold helps me select the centerpiece colors. Stickily harvest tones. Pine cones, gourds and fragrant oranges pierced with fresh clove arranged in an antique wooden bowl, placed in the center of the table on a bed of fresh, green lemon leaves. I always use something botanical and from the garden. The candle sticks are placed on each side, but never use fragrant candles, it will interfere with the food aromas. Make sure you leave some negative space on the table to avoid a ‘junkie’ look. I always set the table on Monday, after I have cleaned the house and dusted the chandelier. I then cover the entire setting with a clean sheet until

Post-it note the platters. I serve everything from the long hutch in the kitchen, buffet style. I select all my serving pieces and platters ahead of time and place a sticky note to label each. Also, build a menu timeline for what goes into the oven and when. It helps organize oven and refrigerator space so that everything is served piping hot.

Emily Post suggests that the key to a formal table is geometry and that everything is equally spaced and placed. She always suggests place cards. I love place cards. It keeps my left-handed brother from bumping into my right-handed son. And you can help direct good conversation by where you place your guests.

Placing a small gift for your guests to the left of the place card adds repetition and height to the table. I usually select a new, small Christmas ornament to give each member of the family. Something my Aunt Winnie use to do, however, she made hers. I still have all of mine today.

Each of us have a family story to tell when we gather together around the table. Start building your traditions and stories this Thanksgiving. All a part of knowing how to “Grow a Beautiful Life!”

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As you start college or job search, the three-second impression is key to potential success.

Time to start the clock and count one…two…three! Easy, well that is the time it takes to make an impression on a person you are greeting, meeting, passing in the hall or with whom you are interviewing.

Not enough time. About 95 percent of the observing party will have formed some opinion of you. A great impression, easy to keep the positive ball rolling. A bad first look, lots of time and energy to turn it around when you could have been moving forward with your conversation.

It is easy to go about life and never meet face to face. Text, computer screens and all the modern devices tend to keep us isolated. They also tend to cause stress. Without firsthand experience, that conversation, impersonal communication can be misread and the parties are not informed of the value of a potential relationship.

So let’s start from the beginning.

Look the best that you can. Dress appropriately, no slouching, no controversial t-shirts, hats or other items. In this day and age, basic is better. I call it by the anachronism BIB (Basic is Better). Do you like seeing an infant with food all over his mouth and bib? Nope, then clean up your act.

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Over-enthusiasm is a turn-off. Fist pumping and other “trending” ways of greeting are risky when making a first impression.

Look your host, or the person you are greeting, straight in the eye and respond or initiate a greeting and a thank you for the invitation. In this case, a moderate case of aggressive welcoming makes everyone feel comfortable.

Follow the host’s lead and start pleasant conversation. It is important to continue to initiate eye contact. In all cases mute, hide and do not engage a phone or other electronic device.

Listen to your host and then engage in conversation. If you do not know how to respond to a question, redirect the question back to continue the engagement. For example, your host asks you if you have lived in Miami.

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Look at the greeting, interviewing and conversation as a game of tennis and you want to make it enjoyable for all.

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MISS AMERICA SUPPORTS VETERANS IN YEARS SINCE WINNING CROWN Writer / Shannon Siders

Heather French Henry always knew she wanted to wear the Miss America crown one day, but had no idea the last impacting the feat would have in her life when she achieved her goal in 2000.

“When I was four years old, I was at a homecoming hymn sing, and a girl asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up,” French Henry says. “I said Miss America — I was always confident that would be my path. I didn’t know early on that the job would last the rest of my life.”

Growing up in northeastern Kentucky — she claims both Augusta and Maysville as hometowns — French Henry saw first-hand the struggles veterans faced upon returning to the US. Her father, a disabled Vietnam veteran, and her uncle, also a Vietnam veteran who experienced homelessness, sparked something in her that made her want to make a difference in the lives of the men and women who had sacrificed so much for our country.

After graduating from Mason County High School, French Henry attended the University of Cincinnati’s prestigious College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning focusing on fashion design. While completing her undergraduate there, she placed in the Top 10 of her first Miss America qualifier at the Miss Ohio pageant.

The following year she represented her home state in the Miss Kentucky pageant.

The pageants provided French Henry with scholarship money to continue her education and gave her a larger platform to advocate for veterans. She went on to win several titles, including Miss Lexington and Miss Jeffersontown, but the Miss Kentucky crown remained elusive.

father, Ronnie French, had become gravely ill but pushed her to continue her pursuit of the crown.

“The last words my dad said to me before he went into a coma (that he came out of), were ‘I want you to try one more time; our veterans need a Miss America,’” French Henry says.

“That really changed my entire focus.”

Entering the 1999 Miss Kentucky pageant, French Henry felt she had an edge. In what was her fifth attempt, French Henry competed as the Miss Louisville representative and was crowned Miss Kentucky.

“What was important about that year, was by the time I got to Miss Kentucky and stood on that stage, I knew what I wanted to By 1999, French Henry had become the first do with my life,” she says. “I knew I wanted to take care of our veterans and military.” in her family to graduate from college and was pursuing a master’s degree. However, Her poise and confidence impressed the it was not all smooth sailing. Between judges and French Henry recalled one of balancing her advanced coursework and them saying to her, “It was clear you didn’t handling family obligations, French Henry need the crown — but with the crown, you came close to abandoning her dream in can move mountains.” what was her last year of eligibility. Her NOVEMBER 2019

When French Henry won the Miss America title in 2000, it fulfilled a lifelong dream and made her the first and only Kentuckian to win the Miss America crown to date. She turned the victory into a platform to raise awareness around the plight of homeless veterans, remaining a steadfast advocate for one of our nation’s most vulnerable populations ever since.

Sharing her family’s story for the first time on such a large stage was both intimidating and freeing.

“When I was given the chance to share our family store, I proceeded with caution,” French Henry says. “I didn’t know how it would be taken — I did know there were millions of families struggling with what we were going through nationwide.”

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French Henry launched the nonprofit Heather French Foundation for Veterans, Inc., to provide support to community-based organizations that offer services and support to veterans in the areas of homelessness, healthcare, and housing. She saw firsthand how these organizations helped veterans turn their lives around, as her father and uncle benefited from them. The foundation also promotes greater patriotism through events and awareness campaigns that highlight the military history of our nation’s veterans.

“Having a young woman as Miss America whose dad is a disabled Vietnam veteran really opened people’s eyes to some of the harsh realities facing our veterans,” French Henry says. “When I became Miss America, my father instantly became Mr. America. Organizations would get my parents to come to events when I couldn’t make it, and it was the perfect time for that platform.”

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While some of the larger problems will require legislation and hefty funds to fix, there are a number of organizations that civilians of Kentucky can engage with to volunteer their time to make a difference, including Honor Flight and USA Cares.

Kentucky also has a Veterans Trust Fund that individuals can donate to that provides about $500,000 per year to veteran-specific programs throughout the state.

“Every single one of us owes it to our veterans to serve them in some capacity,” French Henry says. “Whether it’s shaking their hand to say thank you for your service or engaging through a civic organization, I think it’s extremely important we continue to identify the heroes among us.”

She points to a quote from George Washington to reiterate the importance of respecting our military and its impact on the future of our country: “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be

directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by our nation.”

“We have to show young people that we care about sacrifice and service because we need them to eventually stand up to the plate,” French Henry says, who noted that less than one half of one percent of Americans are currently active military. “How we choose to stand on the sidelines and support the troops makes a big difference.”

French Henry was the keynote speaker at last year’s Veterans Day ceremony unveiling the Freedom Wall at Jeffersontown’s newly renovated Veterans Memorial Park.

“It’s important to me to continue to highlight communities that go out of their way to offer these wonderful memorials,” she says. “Memorials are a place that starts a conversation with family, friends, and future generations, so kids can understand we honor the sacrifice and service of veterans.”

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Hager traveled to Turin to meet with the owner of the factory, which sits below the Alps in Italy, twice before making the decision to purchase the machine, a $600,000 investment. The machine had to be shipped over in containers and needed several cranes to assemble when it arrived in Louisville nearly two years ago. An engineer from the plant in Turin came to Louisville for a week to help with assembly and make sure the machine was in perfect operating order.

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“We’re always changing the nursery offerings and have trees coming and going as we sell what’s there and bring in new offerings,” Hager says. “Every time a customer returns, they’re surprised to see we’ve changed so much. Something changes every day.”

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MASONIC HOMES INSPIRES ART-BASED COMMUNITY AT MEADOW CAMPUS Writer / Carrie Vittitoe

If you look up the address for Masonic Homes Kentucky in the phone book, you might think it is located far away, nestled in some small, remote corner of the state with its 40041 zip code. It is, in fact, centered right in the core of St. Matthews, a town in its own right, with winding roads, mature trees and stately buildings throughout. Its campus is home not only to a corporate office but to multiple independent living communities, a skilled nursing center, a pediatric daycare for both healthy and medically fragile children and more.

Masonic Homes Kentucky is the oldest Masonic home in the world, founded in 1867. Originally, it served as a haven for the widows and children of Masons who had fought in the American Civil

War. According to Casey Adams, Vice President of Independent Living, more than 600 children lived on the campus at one time and attended school on-site as well. The property also housed a farm and a vocational school, which provided food, shoes and other necessities for the widows and children.

“It was an all-encompassing, self-sustaining little town,” Adams says.

Over time, as orphanages fell out of favor, Masonic Homes moved into caring for older adults. In 1990, Pillars, a personal care community, was built. The Infirmary, a skilled nursing center, was housed in a building that had been built in 1926.

Masonic Homes realized that it would need to make some renovations in order to offer older adults more living options.

The Sam Swope Care Center, a state-of-

the-art skilled nursing community, opened in 2011, and it was followed later that year by Sproutlings Pediatric Day Care & Preschool, which brought children back onto the Masonic Homes campus. The first phase of Miralea Independent Living opened in 2012, and the second followed in 2015. The most recent high-end retirement community on campus is Meadow, which opened in July 2018. Village is another independent living option on site that provides more affordable situations for residents. Adams compares Masonic Homes to General Motors, which offers options for different individuals with different tastes and finances.

As if this isn’t enough, Masonic Homes is also the site of the Care Clinic for residents, staff and employees’ children. There is also a dialysis clinic on campus as well. Inpatient and out-patient occupational and

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physical therapy is part of the Masonic Homes community, as is FirstLight, which offers companion and home care for people who want to remain independent for as long as possible.

There are around 800 residents on the Louisville campus (with more at the Shelbyville and Northern Kentucky campuses).

Meadow

When Meadow was in the conceptual phase, Masonic Homes Kentucky knew it wanted the community to look and feel very different from Miralea, which is a traditional design.

The goal was to make Meadow an art-based community that would allow residents to both create and showcase art.

Within Meadow is a 100-foot art gallery that is at the center of the community. The gallery features a Dale Chihuly-inspired signature glass piece which was made by Brook White of Flame Run Gallery. This piece is 11 feet tall and weighs around 1,200 pounds.

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“It is comprised of about 500 individual pieces of glass and is held together by a stainless steel conical frame,” Adams says. “It is incredible.”

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Tiffany Ackerman curates the art pieces that are on display in the gallery, which rotates quarterly. She selects a theme and presents it to the executive director of the Meadow.

Once approved, “Tiffany goes out into the community and meets with artists to start compiling the work,” Adams says. She also serves as a broker if someone wants to buy a piece of art, acting as a liaison between the buyer and the seller.

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Many of the pieces on exhibit in the gallery are created by residents in the Meadow’s art studio, a space with lots of natural light, where residents can do ceramics, paintings, drawings and other kinds of creative expression. The studio has a kiln and ADAcompliant pottery wheels so residents in wheelchairs or walkers can adjust the pottery wheels to fit their needs. Masonic Homes sought the advice of Kentucky Mudworks to help them outfit the studio appropriately.

While Meadow appeals to artists and those with aesthetic sensibilities, many residents discover hidden skills when taking art classes that the community offers. Teri McLaren teaches a variety of courses, including charcoal, acrylics and ceramics.

Classes come out of Masonic Homes’ budget, but residents dictate programming.

“They want more classes than I can even schedule,” Adams says.

Benefits of Art

Humans have long had an affinity for expressing themselves through art, and while we think of the art itself as being the best thing to come out of creativity, there are other notable benefits, especially for seniors in retirement communities.

The art studio offers residents a way to socialize with others, whether they are taking a class together or simply doing their own artistic pursuits near others who are also doing their own things. Adams says making art helps residents’ neurons continue making new connections, a term known as neuroplasticity, which not only makes their lives more enjoyable but keeps their brains healthy and active.

Finally, creating art gives residents a sense of purpose. What they do and make can benefit the community as a whole.

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The first-ever exhibit at Meadow combined resident art with creations made by Masonic Homes’ employees. The second exhibit was intergenerational art created by residents, their children and their grandchildren.

In late August, photographs by resident Earl Miller were on display. Another exhibit that the Meadow gallery showcased was equestrian art created by 90-year-old resident Gloria Schrader.

“She had never had an art show until we gave her one,” Adams says. “She is wildly talented and had the entire gallery to herself.”

One of the future plans for Meadow is to utilize the art studio as a means of connecting residents with the children at Sproutlings. While residents already read to

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“The interaction between Sproutlings and our older adults is a really important relationship that we foster like crazy,” Adams says.

Masonic Homes would like to make its residents’ art and gallery more open to the public, although this is a bit of a challenge because the Meadow is the residents’ homes.

“This big building is home to 150 people. You have to be very methodical if you’re going to open it up,” Adams says. “We’re trying to work through that without our residents feeling like their homes are being invaded.”

It tried its first Art Walk in September with the goal of gently introducing the public to the artistic talents of residents who reside in the Masonic Homes campus.

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