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Dear Mr. Berry, Thank you. I’m not sure you knew how nervous Calle was going into this school year. She had heard things about you and she was pretty convinced the two of you wouldn’t mesh well. I’m not sure you knew that this was a pivitol year for her. Last year wasn’t a good one for her. Her teacher was in his last year and not excited about teaching. She felt slighted in her education. There was so little instruction that she actually failed ISTEP, something that is still baffling to me. Another apathetic teacher would have destroyed her will. Before the school year started, I almost went to the principal and asked for Calle to be switched to a different class. I’m not a helicopter mom, but I knew how important this year would be for her. I didn’t want to risk her falling through the cracks again. It didn’t take long for you to change her mind. You know Calle, so I’m sure you know how hard-headed she is. She fought it for weeks. She didn’t want to like you. She started coming home and telling us “Mr. Berry stories.” While most were silly things you’d say in class, some of the things she’d tell us really got our attention. You were pulling for her. You wanted her to succeed. You helped her. You joked with her and picked on her. You cared. Calle has always been the on the quieter side in school. She’s shy and doesn’t like to make a scene. She wants to kind of fly under the radar. This year, I’ve seen her blossom into a more independent young lady. She’s more confident in her academic career. She’s excited to go to school every day. In short, she’s inspired. I’m sure you’ve gathered at this point that Calle is nervous again. Part of it is going to a different school with more responsibility, but most of it centers around you. I’m not sure why you chose to be a teacher, but I can assume at least part of the reason was to help children. You will see probably thousands of faces pass through your classrooms in your career. Some of those kids will walk out of your classroom and never think about it again. My daughter is not one of those kids. She is terrified that you’ll forget her as soon as she leaves your classroom for the last time. She’s asked if she could email you next year and if she could go back and visit. Don’t worry, I told her that she’s way too awesome to forget. I know the teachers who truly had an impact on my life still remember me, so I’m pretty sure I’m right on that one. But please don’t forget her and make a liar out of me. I truly believe that it takes a village to raise a child. You have given Calle tools that her dad and I can’t. You believed in her when you didn’t have to. You didn’t give up on her even though you could. You pushed her to be a better version of herself even though you it wasn’t part of your job description. She’s now happily planning her future career as a teacher. I am quite certain that she will credit you as her inspiration. You’ve left your mark on the world. You have changed the life of at least one child. I am grateful beyond words that it was my daughter’s. To all the teachers out there, enjoy your break. You’ve definitely earned it.
Emily May Editor
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t’s finally summer. Tomatoes are ripening, zucchinis are growing and the corn should be “knee-high by the 4th of July.” In Warrick County, that also means the start to the farmer’s market season. The two markets — the Warrick County Farmer’s Market in Boonville and the Newburgh Farmer’s Market along the riverfront — each offer a diverse selection of local goods from vendors throughout the region.
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The Warrick County Farmer’s Market in Boonville is enjoying its first year in its new home. Well, kind of. Last year, the market moved from the Boonville-Warrick County Public Library parking lot to a vacant lot at the corner of Main and N. Second streets. Boonville Now added the Harold Gunn Pavilion last fall, which will house the Warrick County Farmer’s Market this summer. Purdue Extension Educator Amanda Mosiman said that market volunteers and the local Purdue Extension office worked with Boonville Now and now look forward to strengthening that relationship. “We’ve been working with Boonville Now since they put up that pavilion,” Mosiman said. “We have a very strong relationship with them. We’re actually working on strengthening that even more. What else can we do together? Maybe we can get some signage and stuff.” Jointly, the two local markets were awarded a USDA Farmer’s Market Promotion Grant, which will allow them to both promote the markets and promote agritourism and marketing. That grant has allowed the Warrick County Farmer’s Market to add in a paid market master position and will hopefully lead to the acceptance of WIC and additional staff. They have recently designed a new logo and launched a new website.
Newburgh on the Ohio Magazine | April/May 2016 Mosiman said this helps the large-scale vegetable growers who cannot afford to do it on their own. “A lot of our guys are not wholesalers,” she said. “They’re not putting their stuff in the stores because they’re not big enough. This gives them an additional market. “Is local food just Warrick County or is local food southwest Indiana region? If you look at the region as a whole, we have a lot more variety of produce than just corn and soybeans. It brings in people from several counties. It gives people supplemental income — large gardeners. It’s a small business. It’s a supplemental small business... It is access to local food. That’s what we want to do.” The Warrick County market in Boonville started around 2009. Mosiman said that Purdue follows the trends and has seen the local food movement steadily gain momentum. “But, to have the diversity that we do at these farmer’s markets and all these vendors with all these different skills and produce, it’s been really eye-opening as to the diversity of what we have here in Warrick,” she said. “I wasn’t aware that we had all those little nichetype people.” Mosiman said she wasn’t sure how well a farmer’s market would be received in the community. “I didn’t know how well it was going to fit within our community,” she said. “It fit very well. I think it’s going to continue to get stronger. We’ve got individuals going from farm to school. Now with the new Regional Cities Initiative, there are more opportunities to link regionally with those sorts of things. You look at the Franklin Street one, they’re even getting to the point where they’re starting to do online sales for their market.” Mosiman said that is a too cost-prohibitive to do on the smaller scale, but it’s exciting to think what could be just a little down the road. “When you look at Indianapolis and they have food hubs that take that extra produce from the farmer’s market and distributes it back to food banks, that’s a pretty big deal,” she said. “Legislation has to catch up, too. Just because you have a farmer’s market, there’s somethings you can do and some things you can’t. When people realize the sort of business that we’re doing, it makes a difference.”
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It’s a one-stop-shop for everything local. In Newburgh, the weekly Historic Newburgh Farmer’s Market is more than just a market, it’s a happening. Located in Edgewater Grille’s parking lot at the corner of State and Water streets in downtown Newburgh, the farmer’s market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon through Sept. 24. “Since being with Historic Newburgh, we’ve kind of created events within the event,” said Market Master Amber Kelly. “I really felt like there wasn’t a lot of events for families. It was really focused on the older crowd. You can’t really bring your kids to the Wine Fest.” Kelly said she’s excited about the new Power of Produce (POP) Club. Kids sign a Passport to Health and then participate in the free activities each week. “After they complete five activities, they get a $2 token to spend at the market,” she said. “So, they grab one of those little green shopping carts (that Schnuck’s donated) and they can go around and make a healthy choice on their own. This program is teaching kids about where their food comes from, making healthy choices and then empowering them to make healthy choices on their own.” Kelly said they’re also utilizing a new program offered by the Purdue Extension Office called FoodLink. Each produce vendor will have cards with QR codes that correspond to that day’s produce selection. Patrons who scan the code will be taken to a link that has recipes utilizing that fruit or vegetable and other helpful information. Knowing what to do with the food from the market is something Kelly is passionate about. Kelly is a classically-trained chef. She studied at Le Cordon Bleu and went on to work in restaurants in Los Angeles, New York and London. She came back to her hometown of Newburgh, but had trouble finding a job because she was “overqualified.” So, she decided to go back to school to become a doctor, but a friend’s husband talked her out of it. She was working as a personal chef at the time, but decided to start baking for the farmers market. “I was making vegan and gluten-free baked goods,” she said. “At the end of the market, the person
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who was doing the market asked me if I wanted to do it. I said, ‘You know what? I do.’ I really love food, I love local food, I love our farmers. I have my own garden. I’m just totally in to local food and healthy eating and also just helping people figure out what to do with their food.” Keeping with that theme, this year’s market will also feature cooking demonstrations. “What he’s going to do is go out into the market and find what he wants — what’s fresh, what’s good to him,” Kelly said. “He’s going to cook and show people what they can use those recipes for. I think that’s really cool. Everything will be from our farmers market that he prepares.” It’s her love of food and the love of the town that keep her going. “I love Newburgh,” she said. “It’s my hometown. I didn’t live there for a long time. My husband is from England and he loves it. He doesn’t want to move back to England. All of my family is in Newburgh, so we really love it there. We love our town... But for me, really, it’s food. Even a lot of the vendors didn’t realize I was a chef. So, the local food really is what drives me to keep making it better each year.” ----Emily May is the editor of Tri-State Outdoors and Newburgh magazines. She can be reached at emay@warricknews.com or 812-897-2330.
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ost people who have pets consider them part of their family. So much has been learned about GMOs and unhealthy chemicals added to our food that Tina Wheeler said animals deserved the same consideration. “The difference between everyday treats and the Welcome Waggin treats are no preservatives, no salts, no sugars and all organic ingredients,” said Jeff Wheeler, Tina’s husband. Tina started the Welcome Waggin in November of 2014 as an online and social media-based operation, which she then grew into different farmers markets and non-for-profit organization events, he said. “Her treats have health benefits due to fruits and veggies that are used in her recipes on top of food omega fats,” Jeff said. “She makes each treat by hand and they are oven baked with the best ingredients that are available.” The Welcome Waggin pet bakery, located in Downtown Newburgh, also sells cat treats. Tina uses three different recipes. “I want our furbabies to have safe and delicious treats that they love,” Tina said. “I care about everyone’s furbabies as I do my own.”
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Dog Gone Good Time Ice Cream Social will be held July 16 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the store. This event is in partnership with Animalpalooza. The Let Freedom Bark Pet Parade will be held July 2 from 10 a.m. to noon along French Island Trail. Prizes will be awarded for Best Costume, Most Patriotic, Best Trick and Best Wag/Wiggle. There is a $10 entry fee. Judging will take place at the Old Lock and Dam. Friendly pets of any breed are welcome.
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They have always been animal lovers. The Wheelers have two dogs and a cat. Ben, who is 8 1/2, is a blue heeler/corgi mix. “We picked him out at three weeks old and got to take him home finally at six weeks,” Tina said. “Then we have Coco. She is four and a full-blooded Pembroke Welsh corgi. She is a fireball and kind of one of the reasons the bakery exists.” “We went through a horrible failed adoption of a baby and Coco came to us when Tina was at the lowest point in her life and Coco saved her,” Jeff said. They do not have human children because Jeff is a cancer survivor. “We are unable to have them, so we have our furkids,” Tina said. The fact that Newburgh has an organic store strictly for animals shows how progressive our town really is. If you look at the back of dog food and treats packages, you can definitely see the additives and products you wouldn’t want to be part of your animal’s diet. If you go into Welcome Waggin, it’s like going into a health food store for people. As more and more natural food stores open up, people are less exposed to carciogenics and other harmful materials. Tina Wheeler decided to open a store which offers the same type of healthy choices to four-legged members of our families. ----Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, who writes for the Evansville Courier & Press. Contact Julie at gordjulie@wowway. com. Photographer Emily May is the editor of Newburgh Magazine and Tri-State Outdoors. She can be contacted at emay@warricknews.com or 812-897-2330.
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There are approximately 200 seeds on each strawberry. Just eight strawberries contain 140 percent of the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C for kids. Those eight strawberries can also improve heart health, lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation, reduce the risk of cancers and even improve cognitive function. Strawberries are a member of the rose family and are the only fruit with their seeds on the outside. Read more fun strawberry facts at temeculavalleystrawberryfarms.com.
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right’s Berry Farm is a family-owned and operated business that has been serving the people of Newburgh and the surrounding areas for more than 30 years. It sells many kinds of produce, from pumpkins to corn, but it specializes in strawberries and blueberries, which it grows on three acres off of Anderson Road. The farm got its start when the main owner and operator, Warren Wright, decided to deviate from the family custom of grain farming and try something different. In 1987, the first strawberries were planted on just a quarter of an acre. “It’s just kind of something that’s been in his blood,” his daughter, Julie, said. “It’s a family thing.” With the help of his wife, Teena, his daughter, Julie, and his son, Jeff, Warren grew the family farm into what it is today. “We did everything by family,” Julie said. “We had to go out there and pick the blooms off. Now it’s a completely different process. I remember when I was little, I didn’t really like working on the farm. But the older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve appreciated what farmers do. I like watching the kids go out there and enjoy the strawberries and blueberries.” Apparently, the parents enjoy them, too. At last count, the Wright’s Berry Farm Facebook page had 2,671 likes and 4.8 stars from 76 reviews.
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“Our favorite place for local strawberries and blueberries,” Cristina Melvin wrote. “We always look forward to the season.” Another customer, Carrie Lazich, wrote, “Best local farm! Great produce and friendly people.” “Anybody that has had our strawberries won’t go anywhere else,” Julie said. “We’ve got some pretty religious customers; they’re constant every year.” The Wrights have employed the same workers for 15 years, who they say “are like family.” They have their own routine way of getting things done, but Julie said that any day can be “completely different” from the last. “Every day is just whatever needs to be done.” And there’s a lot that needs doing. “A lot of people think that it’s just we plant them and they grow,” Julie said. “We plant in the fall right before winter starts. We cover them and they sit all winter. When the very first day of warm weather (comes), when it won’t frost, we uncover them.” But if a frost does come, all three acres of the farm has to be covered again, or the entire crop will fail. “A lot of people don’t understand the hardships that farmers do have,” Julie said, but Warren Wright does his part to educate the public. Students from Chandler Elementary visit at the beginning of each strawberry season to learn how the fruit grows, and Julie often spends her time answering customers’ questions. “I love talking to the kids and the parents about how we do things,” Julie said. “I think a little thing goes a long way with a lot of people. Our society doesn’t do a lot of that, but we just try to stay humble, be who we are and provide for this community.” ----Chelsea Modglin is a freelance journalist for Newburgh Magazine and the Evansville Courier & Press. Contact her at chelmodglin@hotmail.com.
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The other 358 days
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he purpose of Warrick County 4-H is to provide positive youth development experiences to meet the needs of our young people through opportunities tied to Purdue University’s land grant institution knowledge base. 4-H began more than 100 years ago and has since grown into the largest youth development program in the nation. 4-H prepares young people to be leaders in our community and around the world through hands-on experiences alongside their peers and caring adults. Backed by a network of more than 6 million youth, 540,000 adult volunteers, 3,500 professionals and more than 60 million alumni; you can find 4-H making positive impacts in your community every day. Community clubs, after school programs, school enrichment, camps/workshops and special interest programs are all ways youth across Warrick County can be involved with the 4-H program. 4-H encompasses five main tenets known as the 5 Cs: competence, confidence, connection, character and caring. When youth are able to exercise the 5 Cs, they are able to see themselves as positive contributors to their communities. The various types of involvement in 4-H allow all youth to discover their potential. “Why 4-H,” you might ask when there are other youth development programs available? Because 4-H makes a measurable difference. Recently, a National 4-H Council news release announced the final results of an eight year study from Tufts University. The research
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was about 4-H and positive youth development for over 7,000 young people from different backgrounds in 42 states. In a report called The Positive Development of Youth: Comprehensive Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, researchers and scholars, found that 4-H members are: •Four times more likely to make contributions to their communities (grades 7 through 12). •Two times more likely to be civically active (grades 8 through 12). •Two times more likely to make healthier choices (grade 7). •Two times more likely to participate in science, engineering and computer technology programs during out-ofschool time (grades 10 through 12). •Female 4-H participants are two times more likely (grade 10) and nearly three times more likely (grade 12) to take part in science programs compared to girls in other out-of-school time activities. This study is just one of its kind in showing a link between 4-H and positive youth development. The study showed that 4-H youth make healthier choices when it comes to delaying sexual intercourse, misuse of drugs and are more likely to be physically active. The report also shows that 4-H’ers excel in school by receiving better grades, being engaged in their school and expect to graduate from college. According to the research 4-H’ers surveyed in 11th grade are 3.3 times more likely to actively contribute to their communities than youth who do not participate in 4-H. Do you know a community leader whose life was shaped partly by 4-H? During April, May and June, join Indiana 4-H as we shout out true leaders growing in 4-H every day. On your social media page use the hashtags, #Indiana4H and #TrueLeaders to tell the world about a true leader in our community. True leaders are our siblings, children, grandchildren and friends. Create a post celebrating the good they are doing for themselves and others! To learn more about the Shout Out campaign and watch our Grow True Leaders you tube video visit the website https://extension.purdue.edu/4h In conclusion, Warrick County 4-H works with our youth 52 weeks a year and we would love to see you during our Warrick County 4-H fair to celebrate our yearly successes. Mark your calendars and join us July 18 through 23. For a full Indiana map with all county fairs dates to maximize your summer fun learning experiences, please visit our website https://extension.purdue.edu/4h. ----Amanda Bailey-Mosiman is the Extension Educator-Ag and Natural Resources for Purdue Extension of Warrick County. She can be reached at bailey1@purdue.edu or 812-897-6100.
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radley Bath, a Newburgh resident who has a dental practice on the far East Side of Evansville, repairs people’s mouths as well as making them look better and smile more frequently. However, his extremely successful practice does not keep him from his love of motorcycles and their restoration. He said he takes a ride nearly every weekend unless there is bad weather. The first bike Bath restored was a 1972 XL250 Honda shipped from Pennsylvania, but spent most of its life in Arizona. “I fixed up a work room in my basement and will work on them there and in our garage in my spare time,” he said. Bath has probably fixed up about 30 bikes, which were made between 1965 and 1980. He finds most of them within a 200-mile radius, but has had a few shipped from Oregon, New Hampshire, Arizona, Minnesota and several places in between. “None from across the ocean yet,” he joked. “The smallest displacement is 50cc, the largest 1050cc. I also am collecting parts for these bikes.” He has met a lot of wonderful people with his hobby and has a good friend in Owensboro who does engine work for him. “There is also a shop in Fort Wayne for the more involved projects,” Bath said. “I’m also friends with a paint expert in Evansville who helps me out with the more complex paint issues.” He said he is fortunate that his wife, Julie, gives him a lot of “latitude” with his hobby. “We have both realized that, after family activities and our dental practice, this is the diversion that it took 25 years to find,” Bath said. “It completely changed my life.”
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He said he has always been patient working with things, but tinkering around with old motorcycles allows him “to blow off steam more.” It gives him time to himself and helps alleviate the stress of a pressure-filled profession. His hobby grew out of a conversation with an old friend from Southridge High School about old bikes a few years ago. “He informed me that you can get ‘all that stuff’ on Ebay,” Bath said. “I started going through Ebay, traders and stuff like Craigslist and started finding old bikes. I remembers the ‘bad a--’ dudes that I sort of idolized as a chubby kid were still available,” Bath said. “It was ‘on.’” His obsession began when he was given a new 1970 Honda CT70 Minitrail (“Honda 70”) for his 10th birthday. “For sure, it was my best birthday/birthday gift ever,” Bath said. “I have, for sure, been blessed countless more times with things much more important. But I was a 10-year-old chubby only child.” Occasionally, he rode with his dad and also helped carry his father’s tools around. One piece of advice his father gave that he heeds to this day is: “Don’t take something apart you can’t put back together.” Bath kept that Honda at his parents’ home until “we sold the home a little over 10 years ago. It hadn’t been started until then for about 30 years. Now it is an unrestored ‘survivor’ hanging above the mantle in our basement (the term survivor comes from a bike that is good enough to be kept as it came from the factory).” Upon graduation from Southridge in 1977, he purchased an 1976 XL 250 enduro with his congratulatory money. Considered a full-size bike then, it would be small by today’s standards, Bath said. He describes the period from college to approximately 2003 as the “quiet years.” He kept his ‘70 and XL250. He took the 250 to the University of Evansville each spring, but didn’t do much riding. “After dental school (at IUPUI) in approximately 1989, a high school friend asked if I still had the 250,” Bath said. “He wanted to buy a bike to kick around in the woods. I sold it for $250. I was officially out of the bike business.” But he bought that bike back “four or five years ago.” Bath’s son, Andrew, rides with him sometimes. “He acts like he’s interested to humor me,” Brad said. Nearly every weekend, Brad goes for a ride. “I ride off into the sunset - or at least until dark,” he said. While repairing people’s mouths is a vocation, restoring and repairing motorcycles is Brad Bath’s avocation. ----Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, who writes for the Evansville Courier & Press.
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n the late 1960s and early 1970s, Earl Brown was nowhere near Woodstock in upstate New York. However, the current Newburgh resident attended the tri-state’s version of Woodstock on Labor Day weekend in September 1972, which drew 200,000 people near Griffin, Ind. Officially called the Labor Day Soda Pop Festival, it is forever remembered as Bull Island, which wasn’t really even an island. It was a small peninsula in the Wabash River. Because the river changed, Bull Island was technically located in Illinois, but on the Indiana side of the river. Earl was young and free and ready for adventure. “When we pulled off to the side of the road, we looked down and young ladies were bathing naked in the river. I thought it was really cool,” said Brown, now a devout Christian. But nirvana didn’t last long. As Brown and his friends started walking down a dirt road they were stopped by a motorcycle gang. “One of the guys said, ‘Hey buddy, I want that jacket,’” Brown recalled. But luckily for him and his buddies, the leader of the motorcycle gang, said, “leave them alone.” Although Bull Island was supposed to be a music festival embracing peace and love, there was lots of mayhem as well. Two people died. The crowd was far too large to manage. Drugs were rampant. Food and water scarce. Brown and his friends basically subsisted on crackers and peanut butter. Caterers did appear, but the festival patrons were outraged by the ridiculous price-gouging. “The crowd set a truck on fire,” said Brown, 21 at the time of the festival and currently a 64-year-old host at Café Arazu. “It was a ripoff. The crowd was an unruly mob. Over half the bands didn’t show up.” Originally scheduled to be held at Chandler Raceway Park, the event had to be moved to Bull Island nearly at the last minute because of an injunction. Joe Cocker and Black Sabbath were embroiled in a dispute with the promoters. Contracted to play for a much smaller crowd, they demanded another $30,000 from the promoters and never took the stage. Rod Stewart and the Faces also failed to appear. However, Santana, the Amboy Dukes, Ravi Shankar, Canned Heat, Foghat and Black Oak Arkansas did play. Tommy Stillwell, guitarist of local blues legends, the Beat Daddys, said seeing bluesman Albert King at Bull Island changed his life. Relatively unheralded at the time, the Eagles also performed. Even Cheech and Chong were there.
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The event was advertised in Rolling Stone magazine and promoted by WLS radio in Chicago. Brown remembers talking to a group of people who had traveled all the way from Bakersfield, Calif., to attend the festival at Bull Island. Like Woodstock, Bull Island was marred by rain. “We finally found an old barn and slept in the hayloft,” Brown said. Through the years, Brown has been married four times. But he has settled into a life of relative tranquility. “I am a Christian now,” he said. “I have been for 30-plus years.” Brown said seeing B.B. King perform at Roberts Stadium about 10 years ago may be his favorite concert. But he will never forget our own version of Woodstock. “I was a long-haired redneck,” he said. “Is it a good memory? With the life I was leading at the time, yes.” However, Bull Island wasn’t exactly what he envisioned. “I didn’t expect a truck to be set on fire and a lot of bands didn’t show up,” he said. There is something about being at a place like Woodstock or Bull Island that has a transforming quality. Although Brown is a totally different person than when he was hippie kid at the festival, there will always be part of that music and that era inside of him. ----Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, who writes for the Evansville Courier & Press.
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onya Addington would love to be able to say she learned fiber arts when she lived in Venezuela. In reality, she’s kicking herself for letting that opportunity slip through her fingers. Sonya opened City Stitch Yarn Shop just off the Boonville Square in October 2014. It was the culmination of a love affair with fiber going back to her youth — kind of. Living in Key West, Fla., Sonya’s mother, Judy Lutz, said she was in awe of the colors. She would make clothing from the special cloth they made in the area. When they moved to Venezuela, she wasn’t able to find what she was looking for. “From the time she was little, I’m talking 3 or 4 years old little, she’s painted,” Judy said. “I have paintings at home that she’s done. We lived in Key West and she was just in awe of everything, of all the colors. Down there, they make their own fabrics. When we lived in Venezuela, she couldn’t get the fabrics she wanted, so she took bedsheets and dyed them the colors she wanted and made clothes out of bed sheets. She’s been doing it her whole life. It’s not me because I’m not talented in that way.” Sonya said she remembers seeing the fiber arts all around, but her teenage disposition kept her from taking it all in. “I remember the lady spinning and the llamas and the sheep being at the markets and it just didn’t really catch my attention, which was a wasted opportunity,” she said. “It really was. But when I got into it, I was thinking, ‘Oh my goodness! If I’d only paid attention.’ I would have had such a head start in the fiber arts.” Eventually, she got into it. Her love for crocheting led her to spinning her own yarn, which eventually led her to her own yarn line and her own store. Her fiber room — which is basically a room full of raw fiber waiting to be spun into yarn — is the only one of its kind in the area. “There is a saying, ‘Sheep to shawl.’ It’s the process of the wool coming from the sheep, being processed into material for you to make to spin the wool and then knit it to a sweater or to a shawl or whatever is necessary,” Sonya said. “Even back in the Viking days, they didn’t just wear the hard armor. Somebody had to knit a suit under that hard armor.” The move to more hands-on projects — starting with an animal and ending with a garment or other useful item — is one that has been picking up speed quickly. Sonya said she has seen many people come in to do projects just to prove to their children to be more resourceful. “It’s a post-apocalyptic skill,” she said. “I read there was a lady saying, ‘Which e-spinner should I get?’ The majority of the comments were, ‘Why would you invest in something you would have to be an outlet away from what you’re doing? You can’t take it camping, you can’t take it anywhere. Why don’t you appreciate the manuel-ness of the spinning wheel?
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The Hoosier Wine Trail is a collection of seven wineries nestled into the rolling hills of southern Indiana. The 100 mile path traces its way along the I-64 corridor from New Albany to Lynnville. But some of these wineries have more in common than unique craft reds and whites. For two local stops – Mystique Winery in Lynnville and Pepper’s Ridge Winery in Rockport – they also share family ties.
Big Easy Vibes Mystique Winery is perched atop the highest point in Warrick County, and serves a secluded getaway on its 40 acres of familyowned land. The beauty of the area inspired Patti Clutter and her husband, Steve, along with their sons, Seth and Zeb, and their wives, Heather and Jennifer, to open the winery and vineyard in 2012. “This land has been in my husband’s family for generations, and we wanted to do something special to utilize it,” Patti said. The Clutters, avid wine enthusiasts, had been home brewing for several years. After receiving positive feedback from family and friends, they decided to take a leap of faith and plant 168 grape vines on the property. They had some help along the way, especially from the Purdue Grape Wine Team, an organization that provides workshops and assistance to all the wineries in Indiana. After educating themselves on the art of winemaking, Steve and Patti, along with their two sons and their wives, set out to make their family dream a reality. They soon found out though that good planning can’t account for everything. “You can use the same ingredients, measurements, everything, but Mother Nature is going to dictate how that grape will taste at harvest time,” Patti said. This unpredictable process inspired the new winery’s name. During a family meeting, Patti and Steve’s oldest son, Seth, who also serves as the head winemaker, suggested the name Mystique, because “making wine is a mystery.” The clever name also played a role in the winery’s unusual theme. For years, Patti and Steve were faithful visitors to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where they fell in love with the city’s history and culture. When Seth suggested the name Mystique, Patti rushed upstairs to grab a special souvenir. “One of the Mardi Gras posters I had collected was called Mystique,” Patti said. “It kind of clicked with all of us, and we decided to give the winery a Mardi Gras theme.” The poster designed by Andrea Mistretta now hangs alongside several others in Mystique’s tasting room. Strands of green, gold and purple beads dangle from display cases showcasing wines with names like Carnival and Mystical White. Mystique not only shares the ascetics of the Big Easy, it also embraces its friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Behind the tasting room is a shaded porch that’s ideal for hot summer days. There is additional seating in the open patio area which is
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Backwoods Charm About 40 minutes away in Rockport is Pepper’s Ridge, the second stop on the Hoosier Wine Trail. Although the two wineries are different in many ways, they share a few similarities – and a family connection. Pepper’s Ridge is owned by Spencer County native Kevin DeWeese. His daughter, Jennifer Clutter, is one of Mystique’s six owners, and the wife of Patti and Steve’s other son, Zeb. “She’s my daughter, but things can get a little competitive sometimes,” DeWeese said. “But never anything too bad.” Being on the same wine trail helps keep things friendly, he says. The two businesses also specialize in different kinds of wines and offer different atmospheres. Pepper’s Ridge is set deep in the woods of Spencer County and offers a wide selection of fruit and grape wines. DeWeese says he keeps the operation simple and small so he can focus on quality. Visitors to the winery can enjoy nature while sitting at one of the several picnic tables located on the property. For customers who forget to pack a lunch, local Rockport business, Brick Oven Pizza, delivers to the winery. There’s also live music on the weekends all year long. DeWeese said many people thought he was crazy when he decided to open the winery in such a remote location. It took a lot of money and hard work, but DeWeese wanted to create something that would last for generations. “I wanted my grandchildren to have this when they get older,” he said. “I want them to have a livelihood if they decide to stay in the area.” This makes one of his granddaughters,
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Reegan, daughter of Jennifer and Zeb Clutter, a lucky girl. She gets to be part-owner of two different wineries when she grows up. DeWeese’s sense of family values and tradition is evident all around the operation. The winery’s name is a tribute to his father and grandfather, who often went by the nickname, Pepper. The illustration of a man and his hunting dog on the label of each wine bottle is also a nod to his father. Deweese specializes in what he calls “country wines.” The winery offers 25 varieties of fruit wine including peach, blueberry, raspberry, persimmon and rhubarb. Pineapple and citrus are his latest creations. DeWeese buys his fruit from local farms and orchards whenever he can, and he always has new flavors in the works. Mystique and Pepper’s Ridge also differ in their plans for the future. With steady business and support from the community, Patti says her family plans to expand the winery in the near future. There have been talks of building a venue for outdoor weddings, and creating a new, larger tasting room further back on the property. Pepper’s Ridge, on the other hand, intends to keep things small. DeWeese says he wants the winery to remain a hidden treasure. The local stops on the Hoosier Wine Trail are tucked away destinations that have a lot to offer. From Big Easy vibes to backwoods charm, these wineries are sure to leave patrons thirsty for more. ----Rachel Christian is freelance journalist for the Newburgh Magazine. She has also interned at Evansville Living and is currently a student at USI.
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Keeping the green By Chelsea Modglin
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hough golf may not be the most popular sport in America, it is the most popular sport with the wealthy, sophisticated and relaxed — or lazy, as some wives might prefer to say. The Scots created it in the 15th century, and in 1457 it was so popular that the Scottish parliament banned it because the loyal subjects were playing golf rather than practicing their archery. Today, professional golfers from around the world gather to compete in four major men’s championships or five major women’s championships, and, for the first time in 112 years, golf will be included in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The unspoken hero in all of this is the faithful greenskeeper, or course manager. According to the National Golf Foundation, there were 14,289 open golf courses in the U.S. alone, and each one has a head course manager. Though their role is not so prestigious as others within a country club or golf course, it is the most essential. “Greenkeepers are... addicted to the philosophy of self-help,” F.W. Hawtree writes in ‘The Golf Course.’ “For 70 years they have helped themselves and their knowledge by lectures, discussions... They also started an apprenticeship scheme, which they ran themselves for 10 years before the Golf Development took it over and renamed it the Greenkeeper Training Committee.” Brad Housin has been the course manager of Windy Hill Golf Course in Greencastle, Ind., for two years. He’s also currently enrolled in the PGA 2.0 apprenticeship program, which requires both course and hands-on work and lasts for eight years. But other course managers, he said, simply work their way up with experience and dedication. Hawtree goes on to say that the greenskeepers of the 1910s also founded the Turf Grass Symposium as another means of educating themselves and those interested in greenskeeping. Nowadays aspiring course managers can get a degree in turf management and science from institutions like Purdue University, where they will take courses in everything from “Introduction to Turfgrass Culture” to organic chemistry to applied calculus. That may sound like overkill, but there’s more to managing a golf course than make sure the turf has a certain consistency.
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As Hawtree said, “The greenkeeper, after all, may have charge of an investment worth half a million pounds which is subject to the vagaries of weather and golfers.” A good greenkeeper, Hawtree writes, will also attend the green committee monthly meeting to deliver a report, prepare an annual budget and keep players informed of general problems. In Housin’s case, running the golf course also requires working from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to do everything from giving golf lessons to selling golf products. But no matter how tired he gets, he says it’s important he does his job well. “It’s important to keep people happy,” he said. “As long as people are happy they’ll keep coming back.” But the job isn’t without its rewards. “Perhaps because they have their feet literally on the ground,” Hawtree said, “greenkeeps have retained much more of the respect for [the game] which older golfers seemed to experience.” The next time you’re putting on the green, take a moment to admire the greenkeeper’s work. He or she is probably not the most glamorous individual, but they’re the key to running a good golf course. ----Chelsea Modglin is a freelance journalist for Tri-State Outdoors, Newburgh Magazine and the Evansville Courier & Press. Contact her at chelmodglin@hotmail.com.
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riving down the road, a passenger in a moving vehicle casually tosses an apple core out of his car window. This passenger thinks nothing of tossing out the mostly eaten food and might even feel a bit of self-congratulatory pride. “It’s biodegradable, no harm done. Something will probably eat the rest of it, anyway.” Because it is biodegradable, the apple core does not have the same obvious ill-effects of some other litter items, such as a glass bottle or a candy wrapper. A bottle could break and cause injury to wild animals that walk through the dangerous shards of glass. An animal could ingest part of a candy wrapper, thinking it is food and become ill. An apple core won’t physically injure an animal, like the broken glass bottle. It won’t cause an animal to become sick, like a plastic candy wrapper. In fact, some people think it might actually help a hungry animal who is searching for a meal. The apple core is equally as dangerous as any other type of litter because it will help a hungry animal find a meal – by the side of the road. Food items thrown from cars attract wild animals to the sides of roads, and roads are not a safe place for animals to be. Wild animals do not understand the concept of cars and they often will not or cannot get out of the way quickly enough when a moving vehicle is headed their way. Imagine an opossum, late at night, snacking on the discarded apple core, when a car turns the corner and hits the opossum. The driver never sees the nocturnal creature eating on the side of the road. Imagine a hawk, perched in a tree with her eyes locked on a squirrel nibbling on the apple core in the left lane. The hawk swoops down to snatch the squirrel and is struck by a car. Each year, the Virginia Wildlife Center admits hundreds of patients – just like the opossum or hawk – that are hit by cars. Often, these animals were searching for food along the roadside when they were struck by a vehicle. Food items and food or beverage containers should never be discarded on the side of the road. They will attract wild animals to a very dangerous place and put the animals at risk of being seriously injured or killed. Please remember that no litter is “safe” litter and share the message of the apple core. ----Content provided by the Wildlife Center of Virginia. For more information, visit wildlifecenter.org.
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By Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt
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ometimes I live in a fantasy world, and you know what? It is fun as long as it does not interfere with real life. It starts with my insomnia and watching television in the wee hours of the morning. I get “I Love Lucy.” To most normal people, it is an old sitcom and the lives of the stars were not like those of the characters. I head into a world where Fred and Ethel Mertz are really husband and wife. I love their fights and always say to myself, “They will make up because they are married so long and have a history.” I know the stories about how the actors did not get along, but in my make-believe world that is not true. In that same show Ricky and Lucy live in a small apartment and even though I know that they were worth millions in life, I still like when Lucy has to sneak the purchase of a hat. You see, in the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morning, these are my stories and I can see them in my way. I always was jealous of Wally and the Beaver on “Leave It To Beaver.” As a little girl, I lived in an apartment and my daddy got mad and yelled and so did mom. Oh, but in this show, they had this beautiful big house and Ward and June never raised their voices. Problems were always worked out so peacefully. And to top it off, the kids had their own bathroom right off their bedroom. When I got to be 11, I was not in that apartment any more but I was older and so I was not so involved with the lives of the Cleaver family. However, they were real when I was a kid and I walked into that beautiful home and sat right in the middle of the ideal life. When “Hazel” comes on, I always wondered why people had another woman doing all the cooking and cleaning. I was envious, but in the middle of the night, I can live like that too. I can be like the “Brady
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Bunch” and go on fabulous trips and bring the maid along with me. No blended family can ever have that life, but in Julie’s make-believe world, it happens and I am right there with them. Although I have been called a witch, I’ve never been able to clean my house with the twitch of my nose or turn people into animals. However, remember this is my fantasy middle-of-the-night world. Fred and Ethel can be in love and maids can go on trips and nose twitching can solve any problem. Daytime comes and shows become more me and less fantasy world. My parents were not like Frank and Marie from “Everybody Loves Raymond,” however, much closer to them than Ward and June Cleaver. There was yelling and fighting and for a short time we even had plastic slipcovers on our couch. We had nice dinners every night but mom cooked it — not a maid. Like in “Seinfeld,” friends always just walked into our house. Things are more realistic in the television world now, so I cannot play make-believe. “Roseanne” come to mind. Grandmas budding in. Kids fighting. Money problems. Also in my make-believe world, I think of Archie and Edith still married and living with Gloria and Mike (“Meathead”). I go way into my fantasy world when I watch the old Turner Classic Movie Channel. I can be Bette Davis, with all the balconies in my home and all the gowns to choose from. I can fly from here to Paris on a whim and dance with Clark Gable. I see old houses, like the one where my “Nanny Minnie” lived, in New York. I can go to Rockaway Beach where I was a little girl and to Radio City Music Hall where my parents took me every Christmas to see the Rockettes. The old Woody Allen movies, like “Radio Days” is one I can really climb inside and join all the familiar things. I do have a fantasy world and it lives in film. I can laugh with the women on “The Golden Girls” or freak out with the people in “The Twilight Zone.” I can slip away from reality any time I want by one click of my remote control. People say that the past is the past, however, I can go back in time when the house is dark and turn on the TV. It is such a magical time for me. I think right now “Father Knows Best’ is on and Jim Anderson can solve all my issues. Goodnight and happy make-believing! ----Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, who writes for the Evansville Courier & Press.
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By Catharine Kaufman
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ummer is a fine season for grilling and chilling, and transferring the heavy-duty heat, smoke and mess outdoors. When I was growing up, Weber was king, and grilling styles and techniques were wild and reckless. My dad, the grilling meister, would douse the meats with charcoal lighter fluid as he did not bother to lift the steel grill to apply the toxic (and unappetizing) fluid directly on the coals. The food was not only as charred as the briquettes below, but had the distinct flavor of petroleum. His forearms were also nicely toasted, the hairs seared, too. Today there are new rules and tools. Here are some classic tips to knock your flip-flops off for safe, healthy and tasty barbecue entertaining throughout the glorious warm weather months.
Serenade with Marinade Liquid-based marinades usually have acidic properties using wine, vinegar or citrus juices to tenderize assorted meats and dial up flavor. These are ideal for flat cuts from skirt and flank steaks to boneless chicken breasts and salmon fillets. In addition, marvelous marinades have been found to put the skids on the formation of carcinogens like notorious heterocyclic amines (HCAs) that form during grilling. So marinade up! Griller’s Tip: Whip up two separate batches – one for marinating raw foods, the other for dipping and basting cooked foods to prevent bacterial contamination.
The Taming of the Flames When fat trickles into the coals, watch your eyebrows. These flare ups also create carcinogenic compounds that stick to food and give it a funky taste. To control flames, choose lean meats (sorry, no marbleized cuts) or trim the fat. And keep a water spray bottle on hand just in case. Of course, discard any burnt offerings, and partially cook thicker cuts, such as a tri-tip, then finish off on the
grill. As well, don’t use barbecue, honey or other sauces until the end of cooking, as they tend to promote burning.
Knock on Wood The art of planking uses natural aromatic hardwood planks as cooking surfaces to infuse fish and fowl, meat and vegetables with a woodsy, smoky flavor while keeping them moist and tender. Mild alder and cedar woods pair well with delicate fish, seafood and vegan fare; more robust-flavored chicken or pork walk on the wild side with maple, apple and pecan planks; while beef and gamey meats are a good match with mighty oak and hickory woods. The plank also has to be properly prepped to prevent burning or charring of the wood. Submerged and soaked in a pan of water, (or for exotic taste buds wine, fruit juice or a savory broth) for an hour will do the trick. And if the wood is not burned, it can be reused. Just wash and scrub the surface, dry well, and store for your next BBQ shindig.
Aye, there’s the Rub A dry rub as the name suggests blends dried herbs, spices, salt and sugar for a flavorful crust on various cuts of meat, fish and fowl, along with sealing in juices for a melt-in-your-mouth meal. The rub needs to be prepared to precise ratios — a higher salt proportion works best for beef, gamey meats and fish, while a higher sugar content is preferable for various cuts of pork. For the sweet part, use brown sugar to create a beautiful caramelized essence, while white cane sugar doesn’t burn as easily during grilling. Generally, dry rubs are recommended for chunky or large cuts of meat like briskets, and as a rule of thumb use two tablespoons of dry rub per pound of meat.
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Temperature Rising Take your fish, fowl or meat’s temperature with a good quality meat thermometer to ensure it has been cooked thoroughly and is safe to eat. If a competent veterinarian can revive it, put it back on the grill. Beef, veal and lamb should reach at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit (medium rare), 155 degrees Fahrenheit (medium), or 160 degrees Fahrenheit (medium well); same temperature for pork, but give the latter a short nap, about three minutes before serving. Poultry is safe at 165 degrees Fahrenheit, while scaled fish should be cooked internally to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Finally, bivalves like mussels and clams need to be grilled until their shells open sesame. Otherwise, discard.
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Catharine Kaufman is a nationally syndicated food columnist and devoted chef to critical teenage taste buds, and the most demand ing palate, the big kid, her husband. For additional spring fever recipes email kitchenshrink@san . rr.com.
Chimichurri Marinade 1/2 cup each of fresh flat Italian parsley and cilantro, minced 2 tablespoons fresh oregano, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 3/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil Juice from 2 Meyer lemons 1/3 cup of red wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes Kosher salt and cracked black pepper to taste In a mixing bowl, combine vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper and pepper flakes, and let sit for 5 minutes. Blend in parsley, cilantro, oregano and whisk in oil. Chill overnight in an airtight container. Stir before using.
Stainless steel or copper grill baskets are ideal for foods either too fragile or difficult to flip, or that might slip through the grill like fish, shrimps, fruit chunks or vegetables. Whip up a batch of this divine Argentinean chimichurri sauce, bursting with fresh flavors of summer for marinating and dipping. It’ll cut the mustard with all your favorite grilled fare. For additional grilling recipes email kitchenshrink@san. rr.com.
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