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This has been a great year for the Newburgh Magazine. Thanks to the wonderful support we’ve received from the public and our advertisers, we were able to print six editions instead of the four we had printed the two years before that.

This year we also started another brand new publication, Tri-State Outdoors. It is a quarterly publication that caters to those who love all things outdoors — from fishing and hunting to biking and homesteading. This is on top of our weekly newspaper, The Standard. It’s been a whirlwind of a year!

It’s also been fun. I posted on Facebook not too long ago that I basically get paid to be nosy and make things pretty. There’s a little more that goes into it, but that’s the jist. I can say with absolute certainty that this is not where I ever thought I’d be.

I didn’t graduate college. I feel like it’s my dirty little secret. After high school, I got married. I started a string of jobs I hated, but that paid the bills for the most part. After my second daughter was born, I up and quit my job. I was managing a dry cleaners at the time and hated every second of it. I had no plan, two little mouths to feed and a furious husband, but I couldn’t do it any longer. I had started going to school to be a nurse, but it wasn’t for me. I had straight A’s, though.

A chance encounter with an editor at Warrick Publishing turned into an interview. That interview turned into the most entry-level job you can find in a newsroom. I got hired as the part-time typesetter. I was told that I would always be part-time. I wouldn’t write stories, I wouldn’t take photos. But, I was in a newsroom, something I’d always loved.

I worked quietly in a little nook for several months, but before the year was out, I was promoted to full-time. I was writing stories, taking photos and typesetting. Those first few stories came back to me with more red than white on them.

Now, I’m somehow the editor of two magazines. I’m thankful that Gary Neal, the publisher, and Tim Young, the managing editor, had enough faith in me to give me an idea and let me run with it.

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armers markets and fruit stands are common things in the Newburgh area, but what’s not so common is finding one inside the city. Engelbrecht’s Homegrown Goodness, located near the intersection of S.R. 261 and the Lloyd Expressway in Newburgh, is one of those uncommon treasures.

“What we want to do is bring farm-fresh, in-season produce and fruit to the Newburgh community,” Tim Schulz, managing partner of Engelbrecht’s, said. “We focus on locally-sourced, locally-grown goods.”

Schulz, Kristi, his wife, and Bill Engelbrecht, the third generation to own and operate the store, have been working together to accomplish this goal. But their number one priority is to remind the Newburgh community that Engelbrecht’s, which has been operating since 1919, is still here and still good.

Although you can’t see the trees behind the store anymore, they’re still there, planted by Bill’s son, Joe Engelbrecht, in the Fourth Generation Orchard just off

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“We really want to re-establish the connection with Newburgh,” Schulz said. “We’re seeing some swing in the dynamic, at least from June and July until now, where it’s not just seniors, but we’re starting to get some younger families in.”

Engelbrecht’s supports about a dozen other local businesses and farms in Newburgh by selling everything from pickles and jams to popcorn. They are becoming “quasi-famous,” as Tim puts it, for their mini apple pies, which are prepared by Apple Hill Orchard just off Highway 41. If you’ve never had an apple cider slushie, you can get one at Engelbrecht’s.

They also grow peaches, pears, cherries, plums and nectarines; and customers can taste the difference.

“It’s all about picking time,” Bill, who has 64 years of experience, explained. “You try to pick a peach that’s firm, but that’ll be soft in a day or two. Peaches in the grocery store are picked 10 days pre-harvest. So they’re sitting in a truck or a warehouse, and they dry out from the inside out.”

As far as pricing goes, Engelbrecht’s offers cheaper produce than the big box stores just down the road, where a pound of potatoes sells for $1 or $2 more. Processed foods, like apple cider and pickles, are more expensive at Engelbrecht’s than at those box stores. For some, the price paid for locally-grown food is worth every penny.

In the coming months, Engelbrecht’s will be operating its bakery at “full speed” and keeping the tradition of offering custom-made Christmas baskets. They’re open seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Fans and curious people can keep up with Engelbrecht’s on Facebook, where the trio often posts the latest products and events.

“People come in daily,” Kristi said, “and say, ‘Oh, I didn’t know you guys were still here.’”

“We’re still here,” Tim said.

“We’re four years away from being 100 years [old],” Bill said. “And hopefully it goes on for another 30 years.”

----Chelsea Modglin is a freelance journalist for Newburgh Magazine and the Evansville Courier & Press. Contact her at chelmodglin@hotmail.com.

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veryone has their special holiday traditions. For Doug Collins and his two sons, it’s selling Christmas trees with Boy Scout Troop 315 in Newburgh. For years, the lot outside Priceless Foods near S.R. 261 has served as a tradition not only for the Collins, but for families all across Newburgh.

“We have a lot of repeat customers,” said Collins, who serves as the troop’s committee chairman.

“The same families come back and you get to know them.”

The lot is attracting new business, too. After selling a record 135 trees last year, Collins decided to order 165 trees this season. Collins attributes the spike in business to the grassroots advertising efforts troop leader Greg Seibert and others have made in the community. It also helps having a great product to sell, too.

The lot opens on the Saturday before Thanksgiving each year to give early birds a head start on decorating. The trees are grown on a farm in Michigan, where they are cut the day before they arrive in Newburgh.

“They’re about as fresh as fresh can get,” Seibert said.

The lot offers three varieties of tree — Scotch pine, Frasier fir and Black Hills spruce. An average tree costs $40 to $60 and can range in height from four or five feet tall to 12 feet tall. The lot also sells large Christmas wreaths, complete with red bows.

Collins said he thinks the troop will sell out by mid-December this year.

The Christmas tree lot is Troop 315’s biggest annual fundraiser.

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On a good year, the profits cover the group’s operational costs and make scouting more affordable for the families. Before the season begins, the troop holds a tree lot training meeting for the boys. It runs through different selling scenarios they might encounter and teaches them how to help and interact with customers.

The 15 boys in the troop each volunteer for at least four shifts a season to work with a parent.

“Some of our most fun family times are going up there and just hanging out,” Collins said. “If it snows, go out and play in the snow and just help people get Christmas trees.”

It’s hard not to get in the Christmas spirit during a visit to the lot. Friends and acquaintences catch up with one another, while children play hide-and-go-seek behind the tall spruces and pines. Boy Scouts take turns standing on the corner with signs, waving to potential customers and passersby.

“The people who come are in a great mood because it’s not like going to the mall and having to hunt for the perfect gift,” Seibert said. “They come to the lot knowing what they want to buy and we just help them pick out the perfect tree.”

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“Of course my biggest fear was my children growing up without me,” said Willett, a Newburgh resident. “I also feared that the medicines they were treating my conditions wouldn’t work, that I would need a defibrillator or I would need a heart transplant.”

Although there is a chance this could still come up in the future, she thanks God that her medicines are working. It all started when she came very close to death on the morning of Sept. 23, 2011.

“I woke up gasping for air that morning, a very frightening experience,” Willett explained.

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“My blood pressure was at stroke level and it was a miracle that I did not have one,” Willett said.

She went on to say that when she was a child while riding in the car with her father, she was thinking how she wished she could do all the things her older siblings were able to do.

“I told my father I was older and his reply was, ‘Don’t wish your life away.’’’

That always stuck with Darlene, especially since her dad passed away at age 50 from complications from a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. Because she was just 20 when her dad passed away, she was a little afraid of dying. After she had kids, death was even more frightening because she knew how important it was for children to have a mom’s guidance growing up.

Because she has fibromyalgia, some of her symptoms of heart failure were blamed because of it.

“In 2008, I began gaining weight for no reason, sweating all the time, regardless of activity, having trouble sleeping, my legs and ankles were swelling, my heart rate was that of someone running and I was short of breath with very little exertion,” Willett said. “I would walk down the hall to use the bathroom and my heart rate would be racing, like I just ran a marathon. I’m no longer in congestive heart failure, but I will always have cardiomyopathy. It is under control with medications.”

As a result, she has learned to become a much more laid-back person.

“Avoiding stress is very important with heart disease,” Willett said. “It’s not always easy with two kids, but I try. I think a lot of people take unimportant things way too seriously. I try to be positive and always find the best in situations, especially if I have no control over it. I also feel like God gave me this body and these challenges for a reason, and I’m going to do my best with what He gave me. My body has definitely made me slow down and appreciate the little things. It has also made me more empathetic and aware of other people’s disabilities and struggles. My children have had to learn that at a young age, and I hope it makes them better people because of it.”

When asked if her touch with death makes her less afraid of what comes next, Willett said: “I would be lying if I said death wasn’t a little scary to me. I do believe there is a Heaven and there is a place for me there.”

Her older brother, former Evansville Mayoral candidate Rick Davis, who had previously been the editor of the Newburgh Register, died in 2014 from complications from Crohn’s Disease.

“My brother passed away last year and I am less afraid of death now, because he has gone before me,” Willett said. “I know I’ll see him again in Heaven, so that makes death not so scary anymore.”

----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.

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ne of the most familiar sights and sounds of the holiday season is the Salvation Army’s red kettles and bell ringers. Adorned with their red aprons and the soft ring of bells, these devoted volunteers stand faithfully outside local establishments asking for spare change to raise money for the Salvation Army’s yearly programs. A true sign that Christmas is near.

“Our annual Red Kettle Campaign is an extremely vital fundraiser for the Salvation Army,” said Captain Scott E. Strissel of Evansville. “It makes up nearly 80 percent of our annual income for services to our community.”

The Red Kettle Christmas Campaign will run through Dec. 31. Volunteerism is a vital part of the Red Kettle Campaign.

The money raised by the Red Kettle Campaign helps fund local families in need, not just during the holidays, but throughout the entire year. Almost one third of the funds the Salvation Army needs for programs is raised during the annual Red Kettle Christmas Campaign. The Salvation Army hopes to reach a national goal of $4 million this year.

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to help with this communityenriching campaign. Those wishing to volunteer need to be at least 18 years of age, present a valid driver’s license or state ID and have a Social Security Card. Volunteers select a minimum of four consecutive hours at a kettle.

This can best be done as a team, group or family so that members can take turns relieving each other in shifts or enjoy their shift together. Some groups even enjoy singing Christmas carols for those passing by.

A Salvation Army representative will meet volunteers on location with the bell, apron and kettle at the beginning of a shift. The representative will also relieve the ringer in order to collect the kettle and other materials. Those who wish to volunteer can call directly at 812-425-1375 to schedule times to ring or sign up via the Salvation Army’s website.

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to volunteering. There are more than 36 locations through the Evansville, Newburgh and Boonville area.

Jerry Tuprin of Evansville has volunteered his time, along with his children, for the last five years.

He began volunteering for the Salvation Army’s Toy Town, then began as a bell ringer. He said he is happy to support an organization that helps those less fortunate in the community. He hopes that sharing these experiences with his children will teach them to help others throughout their lives. Turpin recommends that groups, clubs and churches band together and create teams to volunteer for this amazing program. He has seen first hand how the Salvation Army helps the community with programs that feed the hungry, house the homeless and donate clothing to those in need. He is looking forward to another season volunteering with his son, Quintin.

The Salvation Army is located at 1040 N. Fulton Avenue and 1931 S. Weinbach Avenue in Evansville.

To volunteer, contact the local office at 812-425-1375 or register online at www.registertoring.com. Organizations can start a virtual kettle to fill at www.onlineredkettle.org.

----Bobbi Hammonds is a freelance journalist for the Newburgh Magazine and the vice president and media manager for JoElle Elise Design. She can be reached at BobbiHammonds@gmail.com.

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It breaks my heart when there are so many dogs and cats waiting to die at pounds and other disposal places.

Because people do not spay or neuter, there are puppies and kittens left in fields, many near highways. There seems to be something about a pedigreed animal that costs hundreds of dollars that makes people feel important.

If you want a pet, there are so many shelters and special breed rescue places where you can find pets of all sizes and breeds. A rescue animal is a blessing. And from everybody I know, rescued pets are the most wonderful of all. A woman named Patricia Tichenor used to only buy full-bred dogs. She had some beautiful Rottweilers and Chihuahuas. After her last Chihuahua died, she rescued two Chihuahua-Terrier mixes.

There might be something else in the mix, but she doesn’t know what. She told me that these two dogs, Bijou and Kiki, are the smartest dogs she’s ever owned. Whenever Patricia does a dishwash, Kiki always runs into the kitchen to help. She doesn’t realize that jumping inside the dishwasher isn’t the way to do it.

Her sister, Bijou, although a very small dog, has a bark comparable to Cujo.

My brother, Warren Eckstein, who you can find on the ‘Net, is a renowned dog trainer who hosts his own TV and radio show and has written several books. He told me that many of these so-called rescue places are really horrific.

Coming home from a Four Tops concert where we used to live, we found a cat lying in the street with cars whizzing by. My husband went to look for what he feared was a dead cat. To his amazement, the cat was perfectly fine, just taking a nap. At the time, we had my now-deceased rescue dog, Maxi. We decided if Maxi approved, the new cat would stay. Maxi loved the new cat immediately and I named him Fogerty, after singer-guitarist John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

When I moved back to Newburgh in 2007, we had Maxi and Fogerty. I took home a couple of strays, but we were always able to find their owners. One of the strays that remains in my heart the most was a Dalmation named Lightfoot, which I named after another singer, Gordon Lightfoot. She felt so at home that she jumped into bed between myself and my husband the first night. The next night, however, Maxi was going to have no part of that and jumped into bed before anybody, Lightfoot included. When Lightfoot’s owner came to claim her, part of me was so upset. But when I saw tears in the man’s eyes, I was sure I did the right thing.

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Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt with Spencer, a rescued German Shephard/Australian Shephard mix. Photo courtesy of Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt.

While this is by no means a comprehensive list, some local rescues and animal shelters include: •Warrick County Animal Control, 599 Roth Road in Boonville, 812-897-6107; •Warrick Humane Society, 5722 S Vann Road in Newburgh, 812-858-1132; •Gibson County Animal Services, 3840 S. County Road 175 East in Princeton, 812-386-8079; •TLC, Pals for Paws, www.tlcpals4paaws.com; •Spencer County Animal Control, 824 E. County Road 800 North in Chrisney, 812-362-8558; •Vanderburgh Humane Society, 400 Millner Industrial Drive in Evansville, 812-426-2563; •Evansville Animal Care and Control, 815 E. Uhlhorn Street in Evansville, 812-435-6015; •PAAWS, www.paaws.org, 812-490-1039; •It Takes A Village, 1417 N. Stockwell Road in Evansville, 812-250-9247; •Another Chance For Animals, www.acaevansville.com; •Mended Hearts, evansville.mendedheartsrescue.org; •Lucky Lab, www.luckylabrescue.com; •PC Pound Puppies, www.facebook.com/pcpoundpuppies; •Posey Humane Society, 6500 Leonard Road North in Mt Vernon, 812-838-3211.

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house, who said one of his dogs had been stolen.

J.J. Budde, the sheriff I rode along with, told me not to get upset if he had to taser a dog. When we went to the house, it was pit bull and nobody was sure about his disposition. However, when we entered, the dog licked me, wagged his tail and acted like he knew me forever. As Veterinarian Jordan Baker says, “There are no bad breeds, only bad owners.”

Three years ago, Tonya McGuire, Newburgh’s own dog whisperer, sent me a Facebook picture of a dog that she had rescued and said, “Julie, this dog was meant to be with you.” I dragged my husband to see the large dog, who was in a cage.

Not knowing him at all, I walked over to the cage and started kissing him. He responded with his own little licks. We took him for a walk and both of us and Maxi knew he would be part of our family.

We couldn’t take him that day because we were going to see the Beach Boys in Cincinnati. But we told Tonya we were coming back to pick up our child in a few days. The dog is part German and part Australian Shepherd. My father had always been fascinated by Australia. So here’s the ridiculous full name of our dog: Spencer Chase Matilda Urban Ledger Simon Maurice. Spencer is for Jesse Spencer, who was the Australian doctor on the TV show, “House,” and for Dr. Spencer Reid, the brilliant one on “Criminal Minds.” Chase is the name of Jesse Spencer’s character in “House.” Matilda is for “Waltzing Matilda,” Australia’s unofficial national anthem. Urban is for strikingly good-looking Australian singer Keith Urban. Ledger is for the late Australian actor Heath Ledger. Simon is for Simon Baker of “The Mentalist.” Maurice is for the late Bee Gees singer, Maurice Gibb.

Roscoe (left), a pit bull mix, was adopted through Another Chance for Animals, who hosts adoption events at PetSmart in Evansville each weekend.

Maggie May (right), a pit bull, was adopted through Warrick County Animal Control. Photo courtesy of Emily May.

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This is crazy, but how would this dog ever fit in my family if he wasn’t crazy? When we lost our beloved Maxi two years ago at age 13, it was heart-wrenching. But there is so much of Maxi’s personality in Spencer. Every single day, he picks a time to lay in the spot in the kitchen where Maxi died. Every single day.

Just because he’s a rescue dog, his life isn’t that of an orphan.

Spencer does not let my husband or myself leave the house in workout clothes without having a fit because he knows that means he wouldn’t be coming for his almost-daily walk. When I do leave the house dressed in regular clothes for work or interviews or dinner, he has a place behind the coffee table, which is his depressed spot. And crazy me, there have been a couple of occasions I actually turned around and drove back home because I felt so guilty for leaving him.

Please, if you’re thinking about adding a furry family member to your household, go to a rescue like Another Chance for Animals, It Takes a Village Canine Rescue or the Humane Society, among others. There are hundreds of sweet, furry children waiting for a forever home. You never know what you’re saving an animal from, especially if you find one. My brother described the facility that found Spencer in California as the “Auschwitz of Rescue Places.” As a matter of fact, he believes it has since been closed down.

If you go on the ‘Net and look up Hugs & Kisses Animal Fund, you can see all the work my brother has done. He even has an advice column, where you can ask questions and get immediate answers.

When you are rescuing an animal, you are also rescuing your own heart.

----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.

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r. Sid Hall is on the faculty at the University of Southern Indiana. That is not his most important job, though. That job is being the primary caregiver and daddy to 9-yearold Colette. Hall does not consider parenting a responsibility but rather a wonderful privilege.

Dads with most of the custody of a little girl are rare.

Getting Colette ready for school in the morning was a joy for Hall, but he says, “She has become so self-sufficient that she needs me less and less for those things.�

Although Hall misses helping her, he is still proud and happy that she has become so mature. Hall perfectly understands that Colette does not have friends stay overnight at their house because most adults are leery about a man in charge of caring for their little girls.

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from the child.

One of the things they enjoy most is their yearly visit to Maine, where Hall was born and raised. She visits her grandmother, as well as her aunt Cindy, cousin Annie and uncle Ray. She lost her grandfather, Sid Sr., who she enjoyed playing with, a couple of years ago.

Every Christmas, as well as Colette’s birthdays, the packages from Maine come rolling in to Newburgh.

Hall was amazed by the way Colette, who turns 10 in May, handled a science project totally by herself. Amazed might be too strong a word because he knows his daughter is quite an able little girl. She went through all the steps to find what material was suitable to make paper airplanes. Hall explained that when he told his college class all the different procedures Colette had to go through, many of them didn’t understand the directions. But Colette obviously had no problems figuring that out.

Being the parent with whom Colette lives is a pure joy for Hall, who spends every possible minute he can with her. He takes her to Sharon Elementary every morning and picks her up every afternoon.

He also takes her to and watches her compete in all of her sporting events. When she is home with him, he doesn’t even watch professional sports, which he enjoys, because that would mean time devoted to something other than Colette.

Their Newburgh home is similar to many two-parent dwellings, with a toy room and two pet cats. Colette says her favorite thing to do with dad is practice soccer.

“I like when he cooks me pudding pie,” she said. “When we go to DQ we have a lot of fun.”

Hall has been told by many people, including a taxi driver, that they had never seen such a well-behaved little girl. She is very independent and although her dad gives her so much time and energy, she is anything but spoiled. She participates in many activities. Hall was surprised when a soccer game was ending and Colette hit the ball with her head to the other side. You see boys hit a “header,” but rarely do little girls.

It doesn’t bother Hall that right now, he basically has no social life.

“Having primary custody of my child is the focus of my life and besides me teaching psychology, that is really all I have the time or really the desire to do,” he said.

The sex of the primary caregiver to a child is not important. It is the love, attention and foundation a parent gives that makes all the difference in life.

----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.

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hen people think of their local fire department, they might not realize it also includes water rescue. At the Newburgh Volunteer Fire Department, it’s all part of the job.

Water rescue calls are not uncommon in Warrick County, an area populated by lakes and rivers, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Foreman. Most water rescues involve boats in distress or swimmers overcome by fatigue.

All the firefighters participate in these calls, but only four are certified to take part in dive rescues and recoveries, Foreman said.

The dive team rescues and recovers vehicles and victims from the water. Most dive missions involve recovering a subject’s body, but Foreman said the outcome isn’t always bleak.

“We can run a rescue operation up to an hour after the incident happens,” Foreman said. “So if the information is right and we process it quickly enough, there’s a chance a rescue can be made.”

Firefighters must complete 90 hours of certification and training to join the dive team. The time is split between two

classes — a general scuba diving class and a more specific course to prepare them for real-life situations.

Brayden Angerneier, 19, is one of two firefighters currently training to join the dive team. A sophomore criminal justice major at Indiana State University, Angermeier began volunteering at the Newburgh Fire Department when he was still in high school. He said he thinks becoming a diver will help him stand out in his future public service career.

Angermeier completed the first class with fellow trainee Joshua Long over the summer. Angermeier said it was a great learning experience.

“On the surface, all our scuba gear weighs about 200 pounds, but once you get in the water, it all becomes weightless,” he said. “It was a pretty neat feeling.”

During the second half of their training later this year, Angermeier and Young will be diving in “black water,” or water with little to no visibility. Unlike the swimming pool they trained in at Castle High School, lake and river water is often so murky, it is difficult for divers to see more than a foot in front of them.

“It’s a scary thought,” Angermeier said.

The divers will be trained to stay calm and regulate their breathing while swimming in black water. They will also be trained to recognize their gear by touch and problem solve how to fix it if it malfunctions under water, Angermeier said.

Angermeier said joining the dive team may seem intimidating at times, but he doesn’t regret his decision.

“I love the feeling that I could help my community by doing this,” he said. “I’ve always thought that was the best part about being a firefighter.”

----Rachel Christian is freelance journalist for the Newburgh Magazine.

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“It was a hard year,” Abbott said. “I fell back on what I knew and started my ‘Raven Lunatic’ column.”

Although she is multi-faceted, her true love seems to be with the written word. “Raven Lunatic” ran in several Indiana papers and online. Her latest book, “Whitley County Kid,” about her upbringing in rural northeastern Indiana, was published on Sept. 25.

“As I said in ‘Whitley County Kid,’ nothing is ever as simple as a 23-minute sitcom,” said the Newburgh resident. “There are some topics that I steer away from, that are better left in the past. But I’m not shy about writing about sad topics. One of the essays in ‘Whitley County Kid’ is about a day in June 1971 when a local boy drowned. The day haunts me now, because it was just an ordinary summer day. Now as an adult and as a parent, I think about what the parents of that young boy went through and what he missed in life.”

While it’s nice to sell books, Abbott considers it an avocation.

“I see myself primarily as a storyteller and essay is my genre of choice,” she said.

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magazine, “Salon.’’ She met writers seemingly from everywhere and from every genre.

“We support each other and work with each other,” Abbott said. “I met my book cover designer, Diana Stokely, who is from Texas, at ‘Open Salon.’’’

For several years, Abbott participated in a Newburgh Writers group and enjoyed the camaraderie and support of local writers Barbara Stahura, Lynda Heines, Cindy Nord, Mary Ellen Ziliak, Christine Wissner and Carole Shaeffer. This is a remarkable group of women, each with a different specialty.

Abbott grew up in what she considered a much simpler time for children, the 1960s and 70s. She said Whitley County shares many commonalities with Warrick County.

“Whitley County Kid” is divided into four sections — school days, family, community and farm life. She recalled the Old Oaken Bucket football game between Indiana University and Purdue in 1968. While Abbott did not recall specific details about the game, she found the ticket in a scrapbook and offered it to her brother, a Purdue graduate. Abbott shares her struggles with learning how to play the piano, her endless and unsuccessful attempts at making successful 4-H food, clothing projects and roller-skating to the “Hanky Panky” with fellow Girl Scouts.

One of her role models is Hester Little Adams, one of Indiana’s first female publishers and a philanthropist. A photograph of Adams in “Whitley County Kid” depicts Adams standing on a table, taking a picture of Lyndon Johnson on his presidential campaign.

“You don’t see LBJ in the photo, but the diminutive Adams is getting the picture with her oversized, old-fashioned Rolleiflex camera,” she said.

Abbott, who considers herself fortunate to have worked for Adams as a journalism student at Ball State University, owes much to Adams and her influence. Abbott moved to the Tri-State in 1988 when her husband took a job at the University of Evansville, where he is still employed in the library. Their son, Alex, is a 2008 Castle High School graduate.

Losing her job in 2009 to downsizing, Abbott fell back on her original career, reporting and writing. She worked as a freelancer until 2014, when she returned to healthcare. Abbott is the Director of Business Development at Brentwood Meadows Hospital in Newburgh and writes in her free time.

In addition to “Whitley County Kid,” Abbott has written three other essay collections: “The Luxury of Daydreams,” “A Piece of Her Heart,’’ and “A Piece of Her Mind.” Amy has published three books of travel photographs in the “No Words” series.

Her next project, yet unnamed, features family history treasures from 1837 to 1937.

Abbott has fulfilled many of her dreams. Now we can all sit back and wait for her next installment.

----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.

Carrying on the

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ecember is right around the corner and that means temperatures will be falling down and holiday decorations will be going up. Holiday decorations always have a way of magically enhancing the festive atmosphere of all your holiday traditions. But do you ever stop to think about how holiday decorations came to be and what they mean? This column will provide some history and information on some traditional holiday plants that brighten your home for the winter season.

First and foremost is the Christmas tree. Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition in the 16th century when Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles if wood was scarce. The Christmas tree tradition was adopted slowly in early American history, but by the 1890s Christmas ornaments were arriving from Europe and Christmas tree popularity was on the rise. It was noted that Europeans used small trees about four feet in height, while Americans liked their Christmas trees to reach from floor to ceiling.

If your family likes to go shopping for the perfect fresh tree, there are several species to choose from: mainly varieties of pine, spruce and fir. Each species comes with its own pros and cons. Scotch and white pines are two of the more popular Christmas trees in Indiana. Pines are known for their soft needles and excellent needle retention. However, in recent years, fir species have become the more popular. Fraser and Canaan firs are among the most common and are both known for their needle retention and fragrance. Both of these species also boast large, soft, waxy branches with short needles, which make them easy to decorate. In our southern portion of the state, where it’s much harder to grow some of the true fir species, spruce tends to be more popular, after Scotch and white pine. Traditionally, spruce trees don’t hold their needles well, but if the tree is grown locally and cut fresh, consumers can help them retain their needles for three weeks or more by keeping them well-watered and away from heat.

Boughs of holly, evergreen garlands and dangling mistletoe all have a strong presence in holiday tradition. The origins of bringing evergreens indoors date back to the Greeks and Romans who believed evergreens had supernatural powers because they remained green all year round. Evergreens also symbolized the promise of spring to return. The Victorian era lavishly expanded this indoor practice with elaborate arrangements for mantelpieces and tables using boughs, ivy, laurel, yew and hemlock. In the 1800s, evergreens were used to honor and remember lost loved ones. Evergreen boughs and other greens were woven into wreaths, crosses and stars and placed on graves in cemeteries. Around holiday time, they were brought home to use as indoor decorations. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe comes from Scandinavian mythology, which tells the story of Balder, the son of Frigga, the Norse goddess of love. He was struck dead by an arrow made of mistletoe. As his mother wept, her tears fell onto the mistletoe and turned into small, white berries. She declared that mistletoe should no longer be used to kill, but to encourage love. Holly and ivy are often used together in holiday decorations, a tradition that stems from

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a Middle Ages belief that holly was thought to have protective powers while ivy stood for love.

Another popular holiday plant is the beautiful poinsettia. The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima ) was introduced into the United States in the late 1820s from its native Mexico by our first ambassador to that country, Joel Robert Poinsett.

The plant was first known and probably is still best known for the bright red leaves or bracts that surround the small, yellow, true flowers. Poinsettias may be purchased in colors ranging from white and cream through the various shades of pink and red. In spite of the poinsettia’s long, tainted reputation of being a deadly house plant, it has been shown that animals do not suffer any long term ill effects when ingesting any part of the poinsettia. However, some people have shown to have a skin irritation to the plant’s milky sap. Poinsettias make a beautiful addition to home décor during the bleak winter months. They can be tricky to care for, so I have included a few tips to follow for home care.

•When you are choosing plants to buy, look for plants with bright green foliage along the stem. Poinsettias need healthy root systems to survive in the not so ideal conditions of any home.

•Poinsettias do best in temperatures of 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit with relative high humidity and maximum sunlight. Avoid drafty windows or heat outlets, as temperature fluctuations are not handled well.

•Water a poinsettia when the soil is dry to the touch or lighter in color. Remember to water thoroughly, so the water will drain from the hole in the bottom of the pot.

Hope everyone has a warm and beautifully decorated holiday season!

----Amanda Mosiman is the Purdue Extension Educator for Warrick County. She can be reached at bailey1@purdue.edu or 812-897-6100.

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There is an organization in Evansville called Uncharted International. Its compassion and initiative reaches as far away as Southeast Asia, yet it was all begun by one member of Bethel Church with a burden to help an orphanage in Myanmar (Burma). Since then, that one act of kindness in 1997 has led to assisting 11 other orphanages and the need to help the poor get out — and remain out — of poverty.

Uncharted’s mission to serve is based on their firm belief that the impoverished lack only the opportunity for a better life. To provide this opportunity, Uncharted works within itself and with foreign governments to provide sanitation, education and apprenticeship, medical services and government advocacy.

“As… the orphans have gotten older, we’ve wanted to figure out a way that they could be self-sustaining,” Marketing Director Betsy Hopkins said. “They graduate from high school at 16, and you can’t really just throw them out and say, ‘Okay, great, have at it.’ So we created the Loom House.”

If you ever visit Uncharted’s headquarters on Green River Road, you’ll find yourself walking into a store with products meant for more than profit. There are soft blankets, exotic jewelry, clothes and handbags of all sizes and colors, all hand-made in the Loom House by adult orphans. A small portion of each sale goes to keep the lights on at headquarters, but 90 percent of the profit goes back to the person who made the product, an impressive percentage among other Fair Trade organizations.

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Uncharted also provides the Evansville area with an opportunity to get involved and, in so doing, touch the life of someone half a world away. Individuals or groups can donate clothes or other items, help fund loans, sponsor an orphan or invest in housing. Or, if you’re more the hands-on type, you can go on a trip to Myanmar and personally make a difference in the life of a Burmese orphan.

Each volunteer takes only one large suitcase — stuffed with hygienic products, vitamins and clothes for the orphans in Myanmar — and one carry-on, which is for their own belongings. On the return trip, the suitcases will come back loaded with Loom House products for the store in Evansville.

“We are called to look beyond ourselves. When you look outside your own world, you are changed. Ultimately, [Uncharted’s mission] is about transforming not only your own personal self, but you’re able to transform lives as a result of that somewhere else. It’s giving people an opportunity to be changed. People are always saying, ‘Why don’t you help people in Evansville?’ We are helping people in Evansville; the people that come back from the trips are different. They look at their world differently.”

----Chelsea Modglin is a freelance journalist for Newburgh Magazine and the Evansville Courier & Press. Contact her at chelmodglin@hotmail.com.

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“My wife and I didn’t have a lot of money then and it was something fun to do on the weekends,” Petkovsek recalls. “After a few weeks, though, she said I really needed to buy something.”

The something Petkovsek settled on was a small antique milk glass bowl, the first item in his impressive collection. More than 40 years later, Petkovsek shares his passion for collecting with the many patrons who stop at the store.

Petkovsek is one of about 25 dealers at Riverside Antique Mall, a sprawling, multi-room store located on Evansville’s south side. At the mall, antique dealers and collectors can rent a “booth,” or a certain number of square feet in the shop to display their items. Riverside offers a range of options for dealers, from small display cases to 200 square feet of floor space.

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Riverside prides itself on its unique layout. Some dealers sell specific kinds of items, while others offer a wider variety. With its many rooms and endless nooks and crannies, it’s easy to spend hours exploring the mall and searching for the perfect collectable.

“The booths aren’t set up in a cookie-cutter fashion,” Petkovsek said. “The dealers arrange their booths however they want, which adds variety and makes it more interesting.”

Some unusual and rare items have come through the doors over the years. Among oddities like an Old West chuck wagon and an antique horse-drawn sleigh, the store houses everything from mid-century modern furniture to books printed at the turn of the 18th century. Just like home decor and high fashion, antiques and collectables follow trends that can vary from year to year. Sharon Turpin, another dealer at Riverside, said primitives, like sewing machines and ice boxes, are popular items right now, whereas crystal and china are making a comeback. Vintage tools and tin advertisement signs are also among consistent sellers, Turpin and Petkovsek said.

“I think what sets Riverside apart from other antique malls is we only sell antiques and collectables,” Turpin said. “A lot of other places sell new items, but we try to stay away from that.”

Riverside Antique Mall’s huge selection makes it a popular destination for collectors from all across the tri-state area. Since it is conveniently located off Highway 41, Turpin said it’s not uncommon for travelers to make a pit stop at the store on their road trip.

“The same people come back year after year,” Turpin said. “But you see so many new faces, too. It’s like the items in here — you never know who or what you’re going to see.”

----Rachel Christian is freelance journalist for the Newburgh Magazine.

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The high school students who attend WEC are young people who have different ways of learning. Some may need more personal attention. Others may have had problems that occurred in their personal life that made it difficult to be in a school situation for a time.

There are many different reasons for somebody to attend this school. It does not matter if they are college bound or looking for a career in a field such as welding. There is a program at WEC to fit the needs of each student.

“I tell people they are not bad kids,” said WEC principal Drew Gerth. “Some kids make bad decisions.”

WEC, which opened its doors in 1995, became the first educational program designed specifically to meet the needs of at-risk students in Warrick County. For some kids, there is a lot of anxiety being at a large school, such as Castle High School.

“They like this smaller environment,” Gerth said.

He said there are usually around 40 students who take part in WEC’s high school curriculum, trying to earn a general diploma.

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“The kids in pre-school are all special needs students, physical or cognitive,” Gerth said.

Throughout the school year, WEC has a referral process. It has a sister program at Loge Elementary in Boonville. Parents of high school-age kids attend meetings to determine if WEC is the right fit for their child.

Gerth said there is not a detention, as such.

“We work with all students on an individual basis,” Gerth said.

He said if a student violates due process at Castle, Boonville or Tecumseh high schools and are expelled, they end up at WEC. For the most part, students have a high success rate when they leave WEC, Gerth said.

“It’s a different way to do business for students going on to college or directly into the work force,” he said.

Gerth previously had been assistant principal at Helfrich Stem Academy and assistant principal at Plaza Park International Prep Academy, both in Evansville. For Gerth, becoming principal at WEC was a chance for the Castle High School graduate to come home and “work with kids, give them an opportunity, and make a difference. You get to really know kids here and can help give them guidance. That’s the best part of this job.”

His wife, Tracy, another Castle High School graduate, serves as a substitute teacher in Warrick County. His daughter, Hailee, is a seventh grader at Castle South, while Mollee is a third-grader at Newburgh Elementary School.

Some non-traditional students come to WEC three days a week, working to get their GED through a high school equivalency program. Gerth has had WEC students go on to become dental assistants through a program at Vincennes University’s Jasper campus and become welders through Ivy Tech, to name a couple of examples.

“The most important thing people should know about WEC is that an alternative school, doesn’t mean they are bad kids,” Gerth reiterated. “It’s a different place for kids to accomplish their goals. Ultimately they have similar goals.”

Gerth emphasized that it’s never too late to return to school.

“We had a 35-year-old student who was a handful of credits short of earning his high school diploma,” he said. “(Recently) we graduated a 24-year-old who needed one credit. It’s never too late.”

It’s obvious that an alternative school is exactly that — it gives people alternatives rather than following the paths of other students.

----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.

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Some of the stories can be unsettling, but the goal is not to evoke any trauma or to seek sympathy, it is to create an awareness to the issues that occur everyday in a number or women’s lives.

Project Reveal takes great measures to provide stories at their most raw state, in diary form. Women are given a safe haven; a place to release. They know that not all women experience all the topics covered and the stories are not meant as a comparison of struggles; every struggle or abuse story is valid no matter its severity. Project Reveal simply seeks to humanize the issues that women face by putting real faces and names with real life accounts. They share it with storytelling.

The women involved are brave and gracious enough to come forward and share their memoirs. Their struggles are real and being shared to possibly help someone else.

Project Reveal also seeks to empower women. Their Embrace Your Body campaign displays real women in untouched photos. These beautiful images are displayed at their annual fall fundraiser in an eye catching gallery with the intention to let women “embrace” their bodies. Stacey was inspired to create this movement after giving birth to triplets.

She found herself having body image issues and didn’t like the way she felt about her refection in the mirror, as most women do, especially after child birth.

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n just three years, Mark and Deanna Rhoades have made a name for themselves on a national stage.

Four years ago, Mark was facing health issues. The doctor prescribed a slower pace of life. So, the couple quit their trucking business and started Pinup Baggers, a motorcycle repair and fabrication shop in Newburgh.

“Motorcycles and street rods were my passion,” Mark said. “It’s what I did in my spare time.”

The shop opened in September 2012. Since then, their custom bikes have graced the covers of several national magazines and have garnered major awards. This year, they won the Master’s Show at the Sturgis Bike Rally in Sturgis, S.D. “(That) was huge for us... It came down to me and Eddie Trotta’s bike,” Mark said. “They picked my bike over his.”

This year, Mark Rhoades and his son, Drew, went on the Hot Bike Tour, sponsored by Hot Bike Magazine. While they weren’t participating in the bike build-off, they did receive some recognition for their participation in the event.

The tour took bikers on a 1,000 mile drive from Spirit Lake, Iowa, to Billings, Mont. People voted on the bikes at each stop. About 70 miles out from the final destination, John Shope had a malfunction in his back wheel, rendering his bike unridable. Drew stepped in and offered his wheel.

“John ended up winning the entire thing,” Deanna said. “They couldn’t believe it, that a 24 year old kid would be so willing to give up (his ride).”

Earlier this year, Drew was able leave his job at Flander’s Electric and join the family business, something his father sees as an even bigger responsiblity.

“He wanted to be here before then, but I was like, ‘You have a good job, you have benefits, don’t leave.’ It’s still stressful knowing he left a good job,” Mark said.

As with any business, Deanna said they’ve seen their ups and downs.

“We’ve had highs and lows in business,” she said. “Starting this one three years ago, it’s been an up and down thing. But, he’s really done good. We’ve gotten a lot of exposure over the last two and a half, three years.”

Pinup Baggers has bikes in Ohio, northern Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Iowa, Arizona and some a bit more local. Mark said their best advertising is the big bike rallies. Their clientele is less than 50 percent local — though they also do motorcycle repairs and maintenance, as well as sell Cross Trailers. But, the bike that won the Master’s Show at the Sturgis Rally is actually a local bike that belongs to a man in Owensboro, Ky. “He doesn’t ride it a ton, but he rode to Billings, Mont., with me and my son,” Mark said.

Deanna said that this isn’t exactly the life she pictured for herself when her and Mark got married 28 years ago.

In fact, she had never driven a motorcycle 20 years ago. Mark came home one day and told her she was driving to a party. He followed behind in a minivan with the children.

“He grew up on them, me not so much,” she said. “We had little dirt bikes and such we’d take down to the lake.

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He talked me into riding just out of the blue one day.”

After that, the couple spent a lot of time riding. Their daughter rode behind Mark and their son rode behind Deanna. She said she still looks forward to the days she can just ride for awhile.

“I love it,” she said. “It is the biggest stress reliever.

You can take off on a bike and be in your own world and it’s just you. I’m spoiled now.”

The fabrication and motorcycle shop has opened an avenue for Deanna to explore. She started selling clothing out of a popup canopy at a rally. That quickly grew into a large vendor trailer.

“I’ve always been into the ‘biker’ fashion,” she said.

“There’s a lot of girls, when I started carrying all of this, I did well with it.”

If the bikes and accessories don’t draw attention, the girls do. True to the name, the group has real, live pinups with them at the different rallies.

“It’s like playing dress up every day,” Deanna said.

The name Pinup Baggers came from the pinups of the 1930s and 1940s. Deanna said Mark had always loved the old bomber girl look, so they paired it with “bagger,” which is the style of motorcycle they love.

“We’ve met the best people,” Deanna said. “We’ve met people from all over traveling... You will meet the nicest people on a bike.”

Motorcycle fabrication has gained notoriety over the past decade or so. Mark said he’s friends with all the players in the industry, but doesn’t see his career following the same path.

“Sure, everybody dreams about it,” he said. “Do I feel like it’s a reality? Probably not. We tease all the time that if they did a TV show here it would be a drama, a comedy and a mystery. My wife is going to end up killing me one of these days.”

Deanna said that even with the positive image portrayed, there is still a stigma attached to bikers. It doesn’t necessarily bother her, though.

“If the world was all the same, it’d be boring,” she said. “He walks in a place and he’s all tattooed and earrings and bald head and goatee, some people look at him like, ‘Oh my god...’ The biking community raises more money for charity around here than Quaker has oats. If there’s someone in need, we’re going to rally around them.”

Pinup Baggers is located at 5033 New York Street in Newburgh. It is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. It is closed on Sundays. For more information, visit pinupbaggers.com or visit them on Facebook.

----Emily May is the editor of Tri-State Outdoor Magazine and the Newburgh Magazine and is senior reporter at The Standard, a weekly newspaper in Warrick County. She can be reached at emay@warricknews. com. To see past issues of Tri-State Outdoors Magazine or Newburgh Magazine, visit warricknews.com.

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