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y family and I moved to Newburgh in 2000. Before we started looking at houses in the area, I got to choose what high school I wanted to attend. I’m so glad I chose Castle High School. It was hard to start a new school as a junior, but the hospitality is something I will never forget. The school and neighbors know how to make new students feel welcome.

I graduated from Castle in 2002. After that, I graduated from the University of Southern Indiana where I earned a degree in graphic design. I have been creating art since grade school and enjoy it with all of my heart. I am proud of my creativity, and love to use it in my current job at the Newburgh Magazine.

Working with all of the staff on the Newburgh Magazine is fun, and we hope you are entertained by the many local stories.

Creating the ads, getting out in the community, and taking photos are very gratifying. For this issue, I took photos at Rhythm Salon & Spa. Jenny was so friendly and welcoming. Pizza Chef was also fun; Cary is a hard working and enthusiastic new owner and he cares about Castle and Newburgh. I also got to go to Kroger Greenhouse and Gardens. Ted was very knowledgeable about herbs and gardening. The April/May issue has a major focus on spring, and if the weather cooperates, that would be wonderful.

I think it’s a great idea to show off the Newburgh magazine when you travel. My husband, Sean, and I took the magazine on our honeymoon to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic! Our next issue is going to feature travel and we would love to hear from you.

Share your photos with us and let us know where you love to travel to. On page 7, we’ve added a feature, On the Road. Take the magazine on vacation and send your photos to be featured in future editions. We would love to show off your photos, so please e-mail them to advertising@warricknews.com.

Sean and I love to walk on the Rivertown Trail and eat at the local restaurants. The Rivertown Trail is where I trained for two half marathons. I am a member of Crossroads Christian Church and Elite Fitness is like a second home. This is where I teach a fitness class and workout. There are so many reasons to love Newburgh: It is a great place to go to school, shop, eat, exercise, be creative and appreciate community.

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Documenting history

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New faces, same place

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hile saxophonist Grayson Adams meticulously adjusts an amp, lead guitarist Thomas Dupont tunes his Stratocaster, loosening and tightening the chords, and vocalist Lauren Terry tests her microphone. Lead vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Jenkins flashes a smile at the crowd introducing the band.

This is The Commoners. Playing their unique style of urban folk music, they perform every Wednesday at Schaum’s Pizzeria (formerly Greek’s Pizzeria).

“Urban folk music is kind of its own thing because it can be whatever you want it to be. For instance, African folk music and mountain folk music are completely different from each other,” says Jenkins.

“Whenever I thought about the term folk music, it’s whatever you find in that area. We bring the influences from the region and the city. We play whatever music is indigenous to wherever we’re playing, so we can play whatever genre we want. And it’s still urban folk for the people who live in that area.”

The dream of a band started when Dupont, after moving from Bastrop, La., to Newburgh, met Jenkins through a mutual church friend. Moving from band to band, the two began jamming out in Ben’s garage, creatively calling the musical pair Ben & Thomas. From the two, the band grew to seven members, including Adams and a Russian trio.

“It was this seven-man-band experience,” says Jenkins, laughing. “We had a group of Russians, who were pretty good friends at the time, but they mostly spoke Russian to each other.”

The seven-man-band dissipated, but Jenkins and Dupont continued making music. The two broke away from their original label and learned how to do sound design from Jenkins’ room. With the help of an investor, the duo released an album in August called Breaking the Cage, featuring nine original songs such as “Behind Those Eyes” and “Fly Away.”

Local artist Eva Houseman designed the album cover and copies are still being sold.

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Then opportunity knocked in the summer of 2014. Jenkins met Lauren Terry through the Warrick County summer musical “Parade,” and with her background in musical theater and classical training as a soprano, Terry made a perfect addition to the bands vocals.

“They said it was a bad idea to get a girl involved in the band,” says Jenkins, as Dupont and Adams object. “But I told them to trust me.”

“They’re very okay with it now,” Terry assures me.

Now for four months, The Commoners strive to make music for and be a voice to the “common” people.

They spend time writing music and performing at various venues across the tri-state. Recently the band played at the ARC of Evansville’s Really Big Show and for University of Evansville’s radio station, WUEV 91.5. The musical group plans to record for a five song EP (extended play) this upcoming summer to release The Commoners music to the public.

“We’re talking to a couple labels right now and hope to sign with one by the end of the summer,” Jenkins says. “We can get away with not releasing an album but still releasing music. An album’s a full scale production, and it takes a lot to get into that. Releasing a five song EP still gets your music out there.”

As for the future, the 18-year-old band members plan to stay in Evansville for the next couple of years and hope to start a music scene and reputation in Evansville before they move on to another city.

“Anywhere can have a music scene as much as you want it to,” Jenkins says. “It’s sad when you have talented musicians in an area, but they think there’s no music scene. And they decide to leave. That’s why there are dry areas in terms of music in certain places. It’s important for us to be involved in the community. Evansville has huge potential if they would only realize and do more to bolster that.”

[For more information about The Commoners, visit thecommonersband12.wix.com/contact or facebook. com/TheCommonersUrbanFolkBand.]

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was excited for weeks, waiting for our trip to the Hollywood Hills. My son invited us out for a couple of days. It was a long time coming and a short time staying, so I was going to make the best of it.

When we arrived at the airport, the police were chasing cars away from the waiting area, unless the person they were picking up was right there. When I saw my youngest son, Eric, I went running to stop him. As I turned around to make sure my husband, Gordon, was behind me, I didn’t notice the big bulge in the cement and I suddenly found myself nearly face-first on the pavement as my cell phone went flying.

I got up and saw that my knee was gushing blood. However, I was not going to let it change one thing about my trip to the place I love more than any other.

We got to Mike’s house and he had dinner waiting for us and bags of ice for my knee, which was twice the size of the other. But I wasn’t going to let a bloody knee deter us from seeing everything we wanted to see. We went to the Whisky A Go Go on the Sunset Strip, where the Doors and Guns ‘N Roses were house bands before they became famous. We drove by the “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” house and the house where “Nightmare on Elm Street” was filmed. My husband found Gloria Swanson’s handprint at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre for our friend Patricia, who loves the movie “Sunset Boulevard.”

We drove through the hills and saw the Wonderland House, where four people were murdered in 1981. We saw Houdini’s house, but nothing excited me as much as Jim Morrison’s Hollywood bungalow, immortalized in the Doors’ song, “L.A. Woman.” It is right next to the Laurel Canyon Country Store, where the “creatures meet” in their song, “Love Street.” The Laurel Canyon Country Store houses memories no other place can duplicate. Mama Cass Elliott once lived in the basement. So many rock stars from the late 1960s and early 70s hung out there, from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Three Dog Night and countless others. Joni Mitchell named her third album, “Ladies

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of the Canyon,” after Laurel Canyon. Graham Nash wrote “Our House” about his idyllic existence there with Mitchell for a short period of time. I have read books about the area and am amazed by its history.

My favorite road in the Canyon is Lookout Mountain. I read that is the street where Robby Krieger, the Doors’ guitarist who wrote “Light My Fire,” still lives. Visiting Krieger, Jim Morrison once walked along Lookout Mountain and its eclectic homes and people, serving as inspiration for his mega-hit, “People Are Strange.” I also had Michael drive us past the Alta Cienga Motel in West Hollywood were Jim once stayed in Room 32. There is graffiti all over the walls, paying homage to the “Lizard King.”

We had breakfast at the little joint where locals meet, with photos of famous actors adorning the walls. I was so proud to see my child’s picture up there. It was so nice to eat at a place that made up breakfasts just to order. Avacados, egg whites, anything you can think of, could be on your plate. While we are on the subject of eating, we ate at the studio commissary where my son shares an office and that was so cool. I wondered why my veggie burger was so red and was surprised that it was made up of mostly beets. They are one of my favorite vegetables, but I had never heard of a beet veggie burger.

Of course, when I read that “Golden Girls” was filmed on the soundstage under the offices, I had to use the ladies room, where I knew Bea Arthur had once been. Crazy? Perhaps, but that is just me.

We went to a Japanese restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, where you cook your own food at the table. It was fun and delicious and an experience. Right below was the wax museum. It was expensive and I told my son it was dumb. We went anyway and I am so glad we did. I swear I was hugging Brad Pitt and making vitamins with Lucy. Kathleen, an editor I worked with a couple of years ago, has always been crazy about Denzel Washington. There was a statue that looked so much like him it was eerie. We took a picture of me with Denzel and texted it to Kathleen. Her return message said, “Be still my beating heart.”

I know that in another time and life I lived in Laurel Canyon. The people drinking coffee outside the Canyon store were all ages, from 18 to 80 and they all were dressed in colorful clothes. I fit right in with my long hippie dress and my no-strangers attitude.

We all laughed and I felt a big hit of deja vu.

We played fun games and watched movies at Mike’s house. We watched the New York Rangers and when goalie Henrik Lundqvist got hurt, I was so excited when Mike texted him and he texted back a picture of his injury. Speaking of sports, my husband was thrilled as the Green Bay Packers were beating the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game. With about six minutes left, however, my kid said it was in the bag and no way Green Bay would lose. That was a kneina hura, a Jewish word that means jinx. I yelled “You gave them a ‘kneina hura’’’ and the Packers lost the game. Now I will always call my son, “ The Kneina Hura Kid.” Spending time with my sons, Michael and Eric, was so bittersweet. In my heart I knew it was for such a short time, yet seeing their faces every day was heaven for a mom. Memories flooded back of Sharon School and the junior high and Castle High.

Memories of the hockey rink where I froze every weekend and tears when time for college came. I selfishly long for the little boy days, however, they are living their lives and I in mine.

However, I hope one day in the not-too-distant future, I will again be singing, “California Here I Come.”

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Story by Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt. Photos courtesy of Randy Wheeler, Emily May and Cindy Lewis.

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lthough Randy Wheeler may consider himself semi-retired from his life as the local area’s most prominent radio news voice of the last few decades, anyone who knows him always knew he was never going to stop working.

He has interviewed just about every president from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama to U.S. Senators to Indiana governors to Evansville mayors to Newburgh Town Council members. In 2013, Wheeler reduced his work week to “normal” hours. A year later, he trimmed it back to 20.

“It’s a beautiful thing — absolutely liberating,” said Wheeler, a long-time downtown Newburgh resident.

As he downsized his workload, Wheeler has devoted a sizable amount of energy to what a tiny cottage industry he calls the Legacy Videos Project.

“I’ve been sitting down with couples and individuals to ‘prompt’ them on video and audio to discuss such things as what life was like growing up, how they met their mate, what went into raising their family, what they learned as guidelines to the next generations and what they consider their legacy,” Wheeler said. “We’re not talking about a material legacy — such as who will get the rusting Buick, the out-of-date jewelry or the house in which they live. We’re talking about the non-material legacy — what really matters to their adult offspring and grandkids.”

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Greatest Generation” is lost, and their stories, told or untold, disappear with them, Wheeler said we’re all confronted with a sobering thought.

“As one friend of mine put it on losing his mother, after having lost his dad, ‘I suddenly realized I’m on the top shelf,’’’ Wheeler said.

He said it would be a travesty for the sons and daughters and grandchildren not to hear how his generation worked to improve the world in their own ways, “from its institutions, to its governments to its family culture. Interviewing people — getting inside their heads — is my gift.”

In his semi-retirement, Wheeler has sat down with friends and neighbors and helped them discover and share their legacy with their adult children and grandkids.

“Their life story is encapsulated on a DVD, Blu-Ray disc or in social media viewable only by those they choose,” he said. “It’s a gift to their sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters.”

He describes himself as a hired gun of sorts.

“Have video camera, have mics, will travel,” Wheeler said with a laugh. “I visit their homes or any other place of their choice and we talk, on mic and on camera. We discover together what’s really important.”

Wheeler referred to the words of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, who said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

What Socrates meant is there is personal value in thinking about who you are, where you’ve been and where you want to go, Wheeler said.

“There is also a social value,” he added. “I strongly believe that a life examined should be shared with the most important people in that life: the daughters, the sons and the grandchildren.”

There is much more happening with Wheeler’s story and new endeavor, however, it would take a book. Randy, along with his wife, Penny, have led a life more than worth living. For years, he will go on teaching us lessons. We will have Randy Wheeler for years to come, always in new and different incarnations.

Opposite page from top: Penny and Randy Wheeler; Newburgh resident Harry Lukens with President Ford; Lukens serving in Germany during the Korean War; Bob and Caren Whitehouse with Senator Richard Lugar; Bob Whitehouse with President Ford; and Randy Wheeler, who said his daughter talked him into taking a photo paying homage to the family’s love of boating.

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eing a CASA isn’t an easy job.

These Court Appointed Special Advocates become the voice for children who are mired down in the court system. They hear the good, the bad and the absolutely gut-wrenching stories. They delve into details that are sometimes hard to take. But, they’re all making a difference in the life of a child.

CASA began on a national level in 1977. It came to Warrick County in 2008. Judge David Kelley, who retired at the end of 2014, appointed Monica Freimiller as the director of the program. They had a handfull of volunteers serving all the children in the Warrick County court system.

Slowly but surely, the program grew. Last year, 39 volunteers served 127 children. These volunteer advocates donated 5,096 hours, saving the county at least $254,800.

As with every year, a few left and a few joined. This year, the program started with 36 advocates.

“It’s a big commitment,” Freimiller said. “It’s not one to take lightly.”

Training to become an advocate takes 30 hours. After that, the committment is approximately five hours a month.

The idea behind CASA workers is that they’re a permenant fixture in a somewhat uncertain time in a child’s life. She said she’s seen some cases last as long as 36 to 40 months.

“We’re the only piece that doesn’t change... When foster homes change and therapists change and teachers change and doctors change and judges change and caseworkers change, everybody changes except their CASA volunteer,” she said. “That’s success.”

CASA volunteers are the voice of children in need of services (CHINS) in the courtroom. The state has an attorney to speak for them. The parents have an attorney to speak for them. CASAs advocate for the best interest of the child.

The stories advocates hear can be gut-wrenching.

“We ask them to go places they wouldn’t normally go to on behalf of a child,” she said. “If they can go there, we can go there.”

It can wear thin after time. Freimiller has been with the program since it came to Warrick County and has even helped Spencer County starts its own CASA program. She took a sabatical at the beginning of the year. Dealing with such heavy subjects, she said she can’t often go home and say that she had a fantastic day at work. The people she works with on a daily basis is what keeps her coming back.

“I know the rhythm,” she said. “I know the dance. There’s no inter-office drama with these ladies. It is what it is and we’re on the front lines of battle for these kids and families every single day.”

It’s not just the office workers that warm her heart, though.

“Thirty nine volunteers in this community give themselves selflessly.”

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. As they’ve done in years’ past, CASA will again be teaming up with the Department of Child Services for the Unify Event, which will be held April 14 at Studio Bee. “There is a whole group of people in this community who are there to brace these people up to keep them out of our court system,” she said.

Currently, there are 30 kids on CASA’s waiting list.

Meet the judge When Judge David Kelley announced his retirement, Monica Freimiller wasn’t surprised. She knew it was coming, but it didn’t stop her from being a bit nervous to meet his successor, Judge Greg Granger.

Granger earned a bachelor of arts in forensic studies from Indiana University. After graduating law school, he practiced in Indianapolis for three years before accepting a position at Bowers Harrison LLP in Evansville. He served as attorney for the Warrick County Council from 2001 until he took office.

Granger said he knew about the CASA program before taking office, but is excited to be able to serve the community.

“I think it’s a great chance for expansion and I think it’s a great opportunity that the citizens of Warrick County have, to have a program such as this,” he said.

“He understands the work that we’re doing,” Freimiller said. “He understands that there are a lot of moving pieces and he values what we’re doing in here.”

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I am a CASA because children are our future. They deserve loving, happy, healthy homes and when they don’t have a voice, we become the voice for them.

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CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates) explain why they love what they do.

CASA is my way of giving back something that God has already given to me.

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I care about children, especially children from hard places and circumstances. When you see parents commit to change and follow through and become the heroes their children desire and deserve, it makes it worthwhile. Similarly, when parents refuse to change or cannot because of various circumstances, it is a blessing to see children find a new loving and safe home of their own.

-Don Brown Being a CASA is one of the most rewarding acts of service that I can participate in within our community. To serve for no other purpose or reason beyond demonstrating ones genuine care in the life of another provides tremendous euphoria and affirmation of who we are at our very core. James Barrie said, ‘Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.’ It’s no coincidence that serving others brings one great joy. It’s how the Lord designed us.

I am thankful for this simple opportunity to serve.

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Freimiller said she’d like to train 20 new advocates to help wipe it out. Out of the 36 current advocates, only five are men. She said she’d really like to recruit more men. The next training session starts in June.

“We are not the ones offering them services,” she said. “We just care about them, which can make all the difference in the world when they feel all alone.”

For more information on becoming a CASA advocate, call the CASA office at 812-305-5878.

Story by Emily May. Photos by Emily May and Warrick County CASA.

Supporting CASA

CASA is partially supported by the Friends of CASA, a non-profit entity developed to be the fundraising arm of the program. Freimiller describes the program as a non-funded mandate. The biggest fundraiser of the year is the Girlfriend Gala, set for June 11 at Rolling Hills Country Club. It’s a fun event that sells out every year. For more information or tickets, call Pam Lene at 812-453-7536.

A golf scramble benefitting CASA will be held in September.

For more information or to get involved, call Amy Adams at 812-454-4919.

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alking into Pizza Chef, now owned by Cary Beckner, was like taking a walk back into the late 1980s. Beckner kept previous owner Charlie Willett’s sports motif, with a plaque celebrating Castle High School’s 1994 state football championship prominently on display. Like Willett, Beckner still delivers pizzas to several local schools and gives them a significant price break.

Willett was glad to see that Beckner made his restaurant a family affair. His daughters, Elishia, 32, and Jennah, 23, and son, Jonathan, 21, all work for him.

“Charlie is a very family-oriented person,” Beckner said.

Castle sophomores Will Titzer and Seth Dietsch were glad to see Pizza Chef back in business.

“I think it’s really good,” Titzer said. “I kind of grew up with it. I live in the neighborhood.”

“It is quick and easy and at a good price,” Dietsch added.

Charlie and Judy Willett owned Pizza Chef from 1982 until closing it last November. Beckner reopened the Newburgh landmark on Dec. 22.

Beckner and his brother, Clay, owned Hoosier Land, a pizza place in Chrisney for several years.

“He then had an opportunity for another location in Lincoln City,” Beckner said. “He continued with the Hoosier Land name with his kids and wife at that location. I was given the information on Pizza Chef and chose to do this with my kids.”

Beckner and Willett met behind closed doors.

“I brought two of my kids and Charlie was thrilled to see family was involved,” Beckner said. “The Newburgh people know me. I would never treat anyone different than I would treat myself. I want everybody to know that family is involved. My goal is to serve a quality product in a family environment.”

In fact, Willett still comes to the restaurant and occasionally works with Beckner.

“People see Charlie here with me working side by side,” Beckner said. “We treat everybody like family.”

Charlie’s niece, Kelle Lukasik, and his granddaughter, Aimee Huffstedler, work for Beckner at Pizza Chef.

Originally from Chrisney, Beckner had known about Pizza Chef for several years and brought his children when they attended Castle. He bought the restaurant and all of the equipment from Willett.

“I kept all the decorations,” Beckner said. “To this day, we’re still great friends. We talk every other day.”

Beckner has plenty of experience in the food business, working part-time for Domino’s for 21 years and was a meat-cutter at Schnucks for 18 years. He worked at the Domino’s in Newburgh for eight years and brought former Domino’s manager Chris Doty to Pizza Chef. Beckner kept most of the ingredients the same, but made the sauce a little bit thicker to give his product a little more pizzazz.

“All I did was try to make it a little better,” he said.

Now that Pizza Chef is back in full swing again, Newburgh is more like home again.

Story by Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt. Photos by Amanda Redenbaugh.

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here’s one event in Newburgh that has become one of the town’s most well-known draws — the Historic Newburgh, Inc. Wine, Art and Jazz Festival.

Each year, thousands of people come to the town’s scenic riverfront to smell, taste and hear culture.

Thirteen wineries and one brewery are the featured guests for this year’s event, which takes place on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. Tickets are $50 for Friday and $15 for Saturday.

Friday offers an all-inclusive experience, with Grapes on the Grass Soiree. This evening includes hors d’oeuvres from numerous local establishments, wine judging, wine and beer sampling, live music and a live artist showcase.

Saturday will allow visitors to enjoy wine and beer sampling, nonstop jazz music and a wine education class, with limited seating. In addition, several arts and craft vendors will have their works on display for people to purchase.

Tickets for this year’s Wine, Art and Jazz Festival are on sale now at the HNI office in Newburgh or online at http://tinyurl.com/k4pmb6u. Those interested should call 812-853-2815.

The Wine, Art and Jazz Festival is one of HNI’s biggest fundraisers. All proceeds go to the organization as a means to promote and celebrate the Town of Newburgh.

With 13 wineries and one brewery, there’s plenty of options for wine aficionados, as well as those new to the vino culture, to find something that they can enjoy.

Mystique Winery & Vineyard Located in Lynnville, Mystique Winery & Vineyard began as a dream in 2008, with the first planting of grape vines occurring in 2009. The winery is located on the Knobs of Lynnville and is Warrick County’s first winery. Mystique is a family affair, made up of generations of the Clutter family.

Mystique is part of the Hoosier Wine Trail.

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Cedar Creek can also accommodate weddings and receptions or any other event.

Location: 3820 Leonard Road, Martinsville Contact: 765-342-9000 Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday; noon to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Harmony Winery One of the stops on the Cardinal Flight Wine Trail, Harmony Winery offers an array of wines for visitors to taste and purchase. In addition, visitors can even get a chance to make their own batch of wine. Harmony plays host to any special occasion, including weddings, birthdays, reunions and more.

Location: 7350 Village Square Lane, Fishers Contact: 317-585-9463 Hours: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday

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Pepper’s Ridge Winery Pepper’s Ridge Winery in Rockport includes an extensive list of various wines for purchase. A stop on the Hoosier Wine Trail, Pepper’s Ridge offers complimentary wine tasting in a relaxed setting. In addition to the various wines, the location is available for private parties, bridal showers or rehearsal dinners.

Location: 4304 N. County Road 200 W, Rockport Contact: 812-649-9463 Hours: noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Blue Heron Vineyard & Winery Specializing in American and French-American grapes, Blue Heron Vineyard and Winery is the product of the Dauby Family. In addition to the dry, medium dry and sweet wines, Blue Heron offers a bed and breakfast, as well as tasting room.

Location: 5330 Blue Heron Lane, Cannelton Contact: 812-547-7518 Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday

Best Vineyard What began as an experiment by the Best family has turned into an award-winning winery.

Best Vineyard offers an extensive list of wines, with favors ranging from spiced apple to maple syrup. Best Vineyards also holds free tasting.

Location: 8373 Morgans Lane SE, Elizabeth Contact: 812-969-9463 Hours: noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday

Quibble Hill Winery Quibble Hill Winery opened in 2014 and currently offers seven wines and two sangrias.

Jamie and Steve Kraft decided to create their own winery after visiting several other wineries in southern Indiana and northern Kentucky.

Location: 338 Gowers Lane NW Depauw Contact: 502-424-9559 Hours: noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday

Holtkamp Winery Located in Dearborn County, Holtkamp Winery brings more than 40 years of combined grape growing and wine making experience to patrons. The winery opened in 2013 and combines the Holtkamp family and Jeff McCannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive wine knowledge. Wines are made using six different grape varieties from California, as well as those that are locally grown.

Location: 10868 Woliung Road, New Alsace Contact: 513-602-5580 Hours: By appointment only

Easley Winery Easley Winery is the dream of Jack and Joan Easley. Located in downtown Indianapolis, Easley Winery has remained a family tradition. Easley offers more than 20 wines and champagnes.

Location: 205 N. College Ave, Indianapolis Contact: 317-636-4516 Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday

Monkey Hollow Winery Family-owned and operated, Monkey Hollow is nestled in the rolling hills of southern Indiana. Monkey Hollow provides patrons with an assortment of award winning wines and arts and crafts. The vineyard includes 10 varieties of French, American and French hybrid grapes.

Location: 11534 E. County Road 1740 N, St. Meinrad Contact: 812-357-2272 Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday

Indian Creek Winery The 33-acre Indian Creek Winery began as a hobby, but has become much more. Indian Creek offers free wine tasting daily, as well as private parties and catered dinners. In addition, Indian Creek provides live music on occasion.

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Turtle Run Winery Turtle Run Winery’s motto is “to create exceptional quality wine that goes with food and friends.” With a focus on natural flavors and aromas, as well as an appreciation for the aging process, Turtle Run takes pride in its wine making process.

Location: 940 St. Peters Church Road, Corydon Contact: 812-952-2650 Hours: noon to 6 p.m. daily

Buck Creek Winery Buck Creek began in 1991 after Jeff and Kelly Durm purchased the land. Within the first year, the Durms had planted 1,500 vines. The winery at that time provided a great chance for family and friends to gather and celebrate, however it wasn’t until 2004 that Jeff retired, allowing him to make a dream come true by officially opening the winery in 2006. Buck Creek offers a variety of award-winning wines for patrons to taste and purchase.

Location: 11747 Indian Creek Road, Indianapolis Contact: 317-862-9463 Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

Carson’s Brewery Carson’s Brewery, located in Evansville, provides a variety of different beers for patrons to experience. The brewery was founded in 2012 and offers American ales, wheats, brown ales, IPAs and seasonals. The tap room offers a chance for patrons to sample beers and can also be rented out for special occasions.

Location: 2404 Lynch Road, Evansville Contact: 812-759-8229 Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday

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Winzerwald Winery Located north of Tell City, Winzerwald Winery, or “vintner of the forest,” is owned by Dan and Donna Adams. The 85-acre vineyard is in the Hoosier National Forest and is a celebration of the Adams’ German and Swiss heritage.

One of Winzerwald’s awards came from a blush wine that was made from grapes that was brought to American from Germany by Dan’s ancestors. Winzerwald aims to bring the old world into the modern. Along with the vineyard, Winzerwald has a tasting room in Evansville.

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ometimes kids get to go on to play the sport that they love at the next level after high school, but not all of them get to say they play in the same town that they grew up in or that they play for their dad. One of those kids is former Castle basketball player Blake Simmons, who is now a sophomore forward at the University of Evansville.

Simmonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dad, Marty Simmons, was elected Mr. Illinois basketball in 1983 at Lawrenceville High School and went on to play college basketball at Indiana University under head coach Bob Knight.

After his sophomore year, he transferred to the University of Evansville. Marty began his coaching career being a part-time assistant for the Aces from 1990 to 1996 and then took a head coaching job at a Division 3 school called Wartburg College in Iowa from 1996 to 1997.

After one season at Wartburg College, he returned to Evansville to be a full-time assistant coach for the Aces and stayed there until 2002 when he took a head coaching job at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. In 2007, Marty took the head coaching job at his alma mater, the University of Evansville, and has been coaching there since.

Story by Alex Holder. Photos courtesy of Blake Simmons and Warrick Publishing.

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Blake was born in Evansville and lived in the Evansville area, attending John H. Castle until first grade when he had to move to Edwardsville, Ill. for his dad’s job.

When he was in the sixth grade, his family moved back to Evansville, where Blake attended Castle Junior High and played for the Squires during his junior high years.

Blake attended Castle High School and played on the varsity basketball team as a freshman. Blake played all four years as a varsity player for the Knights, including being on a sectional championship team his sophomore year and a regional championship team his junior year.

Blake loved playing basketball for the Knights and head coach Brian Gibson. Blake really matured as a player during his time as a Knight and it really helped mold him into a college basketball player.

“Playing at Castle were some of the best years of my life,” Simmons said. “My teammates and coaches made Castle such a great place to grow, mature and become the basketball I am today.”

Blake enjoyed playing for Gibson and how much Gibson believed in him as a player from the start. He really thought Gibson pushed him as a player and got him ready for the next level.

“He always believed in me from day one,” Simmons said. “He pushed me in my game and to develop my skills in order to get me to the next level. He was always there for me as someone to talk to and he was just there for me whenever I needed him. Coach Gibson will always be a great friend and coach of mine.”

As for coach Gibson, he loved what Blake brought to the program, that was kids looking up to Blake and wanting to be the role model and star basketball player he was to the Castle basketball program.

“Blake is just a tremendous basketball player and a tremendous person,” Gibson said. “He set the bar high in both levels and we had a lot of kids that looked up to him and I think that his influence is still carrying on

today. All of those little kids that watched him play are trying to work on their game so they can become the next Blake Simmons and I think that’s what he brought to our program more than anything.”

One of those kids who looked up to Blake as the role model during his time at Castle was now-senior power forward for the Castle Knights Steven Pergola. Pergola was a sophomore on the varsity team when Blake was a senior for the Knights.

“Blake brought stability and wins to the Castle program,” Pergola said. “He was the best leader I’ve ever been around. Everyone followed him no matter what.

Blake was huge for me, he helped in every way possible, and guarding him every day sophomore year helped me immensely.”

Blake is now in his second season as an Evansville Purple Ace, playing for his dad and in his hometown.

This was something he’s always wanted to do.

“I love playing for my dad and in the city of Evansville,” he said. “Playing for my dad has been great. He has taught me so many things when it comes to being a great person. He tries to mold me into being a great basketball player. I wouldn’t want to play for anyone else.”

So far this season, he has played in 30 games and averages 30.2 minutes a game, along with 7.4 points per game. He was also named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar Athlete team.

Simmons wouldn’t trade playing for the Evansville Aces away for anything, getting to play in front of a hometown crowd has been an eye opening experience for the sophomore forward.

“Playing here has been a wonderful experience,” he said. “I love being able to share this experience with my friends and family that are still around. My teammates have made playing here amazing because those guys are brothers of mine and I am blessed to have such great teammates.”

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n these times of local foods, more people than ever are returning to growing their own garden vegetables.

However, with today’s lifestyle, many homeowners have limited space available for a garden compared to the more traditional sprawling country garden. As a result, garden plots are springing up in back yards and front yards, on balconies and in container-planters, as well as in rental plots in urban areas and on sites surrounding factories. This article will help you maximize your space and help you get your garden off to a good start.

Site Selection and Preparation — Try to select a site which has at least six hours of sunshine each day. A space along a garage, house or deck can be useful. Garden sites which have had a grass or weed cover for several years should be turned the fall preceding planting to reduce spring weed growth, if possible. If not, work the area to a depth of 6 to 8 inches as early in the spring as the soil is workable. Do not turn soil when it is wet because it will remain hard and lumpy all season. Remove all sod clumps, sticks, stones and other debris and level the area with a rake. Spread a balanced analysis fertilizer such as 10-10-10 evenly over the garden area.

Use 3 to 4 pounds per 100 square feet (10 foot by 10 foot) and rake it in. For very small beds, use 3 to 4 teaspoons of fertilizer per square foot. Decide which vegetables you want in your garden. Learn how much space they will need and how many seeds or plants are necessary. You can a find a table on this (e.g onions can produce 10 pounds of product per 10 feet of row) in the Purdue Small Plot and Intensive gardening publication HO-124 available online. Then plan your garden on paper, so that when it is time to plant, you will know exactly what to do. Organic and plastic mulches will prevent weed growth and conserve soil moisture. But they also effect soil temperature. Plastic warms soil and organic mulches keep soil cooler. Use this to your advantage!

Planting Seeds and Transplants — For best production, plant vegetables at the proper time — cool season crops early and warm season crops after danger of frost is passed. Use Purdue’s Indiana Vegetable planting calendar found online to help with date ranges. Mark out rows with stakes so that they are as evenly spaced as possible. Follow directions for seeding found on most seed packets. Do not sow seeds too deeply or they may not germinate. Be sure to label the rows! Thin seed rows to their proper spacing after the plants are 1 to 2 inches tall. Thin the plants with scissors rather than pulling them so you won’t disturb the other plants. Use the thinnings for salads. Planting transplants gives those crops which require a longer growing period a head start on the season. Secure sturdy transplants of recommended cultivars from a reputable garden supplier. Plant at proper distances, and set all plants at the same level they were growing in the pot. If peat pots are used, be sure to break down the edges and bottoms of the pots to allow root development. All other pots should be removed before planting. Be sure to keep transplants well watered and protected from strong winds or bright sun until they are

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Use soaker hoses, trickle irrigation tubes, or sprinklers to soak the soil to a depth of 6 to 8 inches. Watering by hand from a hose seldom supplies a thorough watering and may damage soil structure as well. Water deeply and infrequent to make sure roots grow deep. Remove all weeds. Check vegetables daily to detect and remedy insect and disease problems promptly. Remember that certain vegetables are just naturally more vulnerable than others. Consult your local county Extension office or garden supplier for recommended control measures.

The proper time to harvest vegetables is not necessarily when they are at their largest stage. Some vegetables produce tough fibers or off-flavors as they mature. Learn the optimum harvest stage for all of the vegetables youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve planted. Proper harvesting ensures that the vegetables will be enjoyed at their best, whether they are to be eaten fresh or stored, canned, or frozen for later use.

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radishes, green onions, spinach, or lettuce between rows of cabbage, corn, and broccoli.

Intercropping â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sow a fast and a slow growing type of seed together. For example, sow radishes and carrots together. When the radishes are harvested, then the carrots will be automatically thinned.

Succession planting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As soon as one crop is finished, plant another. For example, when cool-season crops such as lettuce, spinach, radish and peas are harvested, replant with beans, beets or turnips.

Band planting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Plant crops in bands of double or triple rows instead of single rows where practical. Wide paths between rows waste valuable space.

Short row planting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plant more than you will be able to use at one time, e.g. planting a long row of lettuce or lots cabbage plants which you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possibly use at once.

Vertical training â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Many vegetables, including peas, pole beans, cucumbers, squash, melons and tomatoes, will naturally climb a support or can be trained to grow upwards, leaving more ground space for other crops.

Support structures include cages, stakes, trellises, strings, teepees, chicken wire and existing fences. Let your imagination take over!

Mini Gardening â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vegetable breeders have been emphasizing smaller plants for container and small plot gardening. Although some of the dwarf or mini plants produce smaller fruits, often a greater number of fruits are produced, yielding a good total harvest. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and peas are just a few examples from the mini ranks. Some new cultivars of vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers have compact, trailing growth habits ideal for growing in hanging baskets.

----Amanda Mosiman is Purdue Extension Warrick Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ag and Natural Resource Extension Educator.

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erbs of choice for the modern gardener should be functional as well as attractive. Today we have herbs that ware for culinary and aromatic uses, as well as the former role of herbs as medical use.

Herbs are easy to grow. They are all found in other parts of the world as weeds, and as weeds they tend to not want extra fuss with fertilizer or extra watering. They also grow in poor compacted soils. They do need well drained soils and benefit with watering during the dryer portions of the season.

Rosemary is one of the must-haves of the kitchen. Rosemary is useful in seasoning white meats like pork, fish and chicken.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rosemary can also be used in some novel ways. The woody stalks of older rosemary branches can be used as shish kabobs for grilling. Diced rosemary can also be used in soups and salads.

Chives is a must-have herb for many European and Mexican dishes. This small-leaved onion relative has the flavor of a mild onion, but with more delicate finesse.

Chop into stews and sauces, toss into salads or use as toppings and garnishes.

Thyme, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just never enough thyme. This mild-flavored herb is used in many dishes all over the world. Its delicate herbal flavor adds to many dishes of white meats like pork, fish and chicken. Stews and sauces benefit from this useful herb. There are many different flavors of thyme. Your greenhouse should always have the English Thyme most used in cooking, but there are also lemon thymes, lavender thymes and even coconut and caraway thymes.

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Ted Kroeger of Kroeger Greenhouse and Gardens supplied the information for this article. For more information about Kroeger, call 812-853-3248 or email Ted at TKroeger@vinvu.edu.

Photos on this page by Amanda Redenbaugh. Herb photos courtesy of wikipedia. org and Creative Outlet.

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Catmint is used more as an aromatic or an ornamental than for culinary uses. It can be sued as a calming tea. This plant shines as an ornamental with lovely blue/ grey foliage that shimmers in the evening moonlight. It has a lovely blue flower that makes it attractive in the sun. This plant has a nice minty musk sent that is more delicate than its cousin, catnip. The best part of this plants attributes is that it is a butterfly plant for the spring azure butterflies. The larva feed on the foliage, and the adults feed on the blue flowers.

Sage is the work horse herb of any garden. It is best used for red meats that cook for long times. Sage simmers and roasts well with beef, pork, sausages and game meats. Usually the grey garden sage is the one used for cooking, but there are a host of new different sages to choose from. Ornamental sages open a whole new role for sage. Golden, purple and tri-color sages offer abilities to be used as fillers in planters, foundation planting or even bedding out planting of color in the garden.

Basil — what can you say about an herb that is used for everything? Soups, salads, dressings, vinaigrettes and many other uses — basil fills the bill.

This isn’t the old basil of your grandmother’s garden.

The new basils have different forms, leaf shapes and colors. Even new flavors. Cinnamon and holy basils are for Indian and Asian cooking. Purple basils and green basils are for European cooking. Try making basil vinegars by pouring warm basil in a jar to make your own vinaigrettes. Anything with a tomato base is made better when basil is added to it.

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I was diagnosed with leukemia as a four-year-old child in September 2001.

Of course, at the time, I had no clue what this meant — I couldn’t begin to fathom what cancer was or what its repercussions were. My biggest concern was if the Power Rangers would beat the bad guys in the Saturday morning cartoons. Although I didn’t enjoy receiving chemotherapy or other treatments (who would?), I still pushed through every difficulty and trusted the doctors and nurses selflessly. Cancer changes a person physically, mentally, emotionally and in every possible manner, and it is only through hope and faith that a person can overcome those changes. Today I am happy, healthy and strong, and I am pursuing a career in the medical field. I aim to attend medical school and later do research to try to find a cure for cancer, because I don’t want any other child to face the difficulties that I did.

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n more than 5,200 communities and 20 countries, Relay For Life events comprise the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Each Relay For Life event is special to its community, but the movement’s true power lies in the combined commitment of thousands of participants, volunteers and supporters to help the American Cancer Society save lives from cancer.

At Relay For Life events, communities across the globe come together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too much. The funds you raise truly make a difference in the fight against cancer – just ask one of the nearly 14 million cancer survivors who will celebrate another birthday this year!

Relay For Life teams camp out and take turns walking or running around the track. The Warrick County event is 12 hours long, and because cancer never sleeps, each team is asked to have at least one participant on the track at all times.

Every year, the Relay For Life movement raises more than $400 million. The American Cancer Society puts these donations to work, investing in groundbreaking research in every type of cancer and providing free information and services to cancer patients and their caregivers. We’re fighting for every birthday threatened by every cancer, in your community and everyone else’s.

The Relay For Life movement offers the unique opportunity for cancer survivors and caregivers to be recognized and supported. Each event hosts special events and activities, many throughout the year, so survivors and their caregivers can connect and know there is a strong support system available to them.

Ready to support this year’s effort?

Relay for Life of Warrick County will take place Saturday, May 9 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Boonville Middle School. Survivors, caregivers, anyone touched by cancer and the public is welcome. Relay for Life of Warrick County includes the Opening Lap, Survivor Lap, Caregiver Lap, Survivor Lunch, theme laps, Luminaria Ceremony and Closing Ceremony.

There is also an arts and craft show, activities and games, entertainment and a silent auction. For more information, visit www.relayforlife.org/warrickcountyin.

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I began to hear about Relay For Life.

I had made friends with a woman at work whose sister had breast cancer and she encouraged me to attend.

There were several others at my work who had also been through cancer, so all of a sudden there was a group of people who understood me and what I was going through. When I got to the Relay, I walked around to look at the luminaria and there was one with my name! And in purple, my favorite color!

I cried because someone cared enough for me to take the time to make one with my name and beautifully decorated it. It was the friend from work whose sister had breast cancer!

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I got involved with Relay For Life when my wife, Debbie, was approached about trying to help form a team while we were both working at Alcoa in 2000.

We both enjoyed working with Relay and decided to join the planning committee. Ever since then we have been part of Relay for Life of Warrick County by being on teams and serving on the committee. I have really enjoyed meeting and becoming friends with staff workers, committee members, caregivers, survivors and remembering those who have passed. You don’t have to look very far to find someone that has been touched by cancer. I am a 36 year survivor of cancer.

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hen the phone rang at 9:30 in the morning, it didn’t take any psychic ability to tell that “Long Island Medium” Theresa Caputo was on the

line.

The minute I found out that this woman, who was born and raised where I spent my early childhood, was coming to the Ford Center in Evansville on April 12, I had to get her story and share it.

“I first thought it was normal,” Caputo said of her gift which she first experienced at age four. “I didn’t know any different. As I got older, I had a very spiritual feeling. I thought I was crazy.”

At age 28, however, her life was transformed.

“My whole life changed for the better,” Caputo said.

“I can help so many people. It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I learned to communicate with souls in heaven.’’

Caputo, who suffered debilitating anxiety and tried managing it on her own, and with a therapist, for years, was introduced by her mother to a spiritual leader named Pat Longo.

“After one session, she told me that I was suppressing Spirit’s energy, which caused a lot of anxiety, and helped me learn to channel ‘Spirit’ through my own chakras and release it with my words,” she said.

Caputo began to heal and come into her own. She accepted her gift and decided to use it to deliver healing messages that would help people learn, grow and embrace life.

Considering Caputo started her work with a business card and word of mouth, she has to pinch herself. It’s been a crazy ride for someone who otherwise considers herself a typical Long Island mom.

Although she doesn’t always understand what she is receiving, it doesn’t mean it is bad energy. She said the energy she always receives is positive.

When asked how her life has metamorphosized into having the TLC hit television show, “Long Island Medium,” and writing various books, she acknowledged she does get recognized. With her spiked blond hairdo and long, long nails, she’s difficult to

Story by Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt. Photos courtesy of Theresa Caputo.

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“However, my fans are always respectful and really want to say, ‘Hi,’” Caputo said.

She said it’s difficult to explain how she receives information because she sees, hears and feels things differently than we do in the physical world.

“It’s the first time I am coming to Evansville, Indiana,” Caputo said. “I’m excited because I have never been there before.”

Caputo explained that “Spirit” speaks to her through a sixth sense, it’s kind of a feeling and knowing. It feels like a strong intuition or recall. She went on to say that “Spirit” also uses a vocabulary of signs and symbols that show her during a reading over time.

“I translate my signs and what I feel the best I can,” Caputo said. “But it’s the client’s job to interpret how the meaning is significant. It’s like piecing together a puzzle and sometimes it sounds like guesswork. But ‘spirit’ speaks ‘another language’ at another speed and another dimension. My job is not easy.”

Of course, some are skeptical of Caputo’s abilities.

“It is what it is,” she said. “I know that the dead connect. People believe what they want to believe.”

She said “Spirit” does not come at inopportune times. It only comes when her mind is open to her surroundings.

Like myself, Caputo was raised in Hicksville, N.Y., where she currently lives with her husband, Larry, and children, Larry and Victoria.

“I have my TV show and I love using my gift,” she said. “With all the notoriety, people ask what I consider myself.

I say ‘I’m just Theresa Caputo - a medium, wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend from Hicksville, N.Y.’’ Caputo has never, and will never, try to convince anybody of the existence of spirits. However, her millions of followers, and especially the thousands she has given readings to, don’t need any convincing.

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enny Bruns dreamed of owning an Aveda hair salon since she attended Castle High School.

“My mom and I passed one on Michigan Avenue (in Chicago) and stopped in,” said Bruns, owner of Rhythm Salon and Spa in Newburgh. “I told her that’s what I wanted to do. Right out of high school I went to USI and received an associates degree in dental assisting and a bachelors degree in health services.”

She loves helping and working with people, but felt being a stylist “was really going to be my happy place.”

Bruns attended cosmetology school and was a caregiver.

“I graduated and became the owner of Rhythm Salon and Spa, an Aveda concept salon owner, years later at the age of 30,” she said.

Bruns was asked by Michael Rosenbaum to do hair and makeup for his movie, “Back In The Day,” which was shot in Newburgh and Evansville in 2013.

“I took off work for a month to be the key stylist on the set,” she said. “I did the hair of the actors/actresses and all of the crew. It was a terrifying and amazing experience. It required the most confidence that I could conjure up in myself.”

She said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life.

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“I learned all the ins and outs of making a movie and working on the set,” Bruns said. “I am forever grateful for that awesome experience and made lifelong friends along with unforgettable memories.”

Just because somebody says they are going to the hair salon, do not just assume they are going to a place where they do hair and nails. They may be going to Rhythm Salon and that is a whole different story. Rhythm, named for our own natural body rhythm, is an individually owned business — it is not a franchise. Bruns said Aveda is careful not to saturate an area.

“Much research had to be completed and many meetings were (conducted) in Chicago before they gave me the go,” Bruns said. “We are the only Aveda salon and spa in Warrick County. Aveda products are 97 percent plant derived and hair color with a green tea base. I absolutely believe that the hair, skin and body products are the best for our hair and bodies.”

She said all of her stylists continue their education each year.

“We attend hair shows as well to keep up with the latest trends,” Bruns said. “Training is extensive when a new stylist starts and prices are set, according to a stylist level.”

With each visit, a client receives a stress relieve service, such as a neck and shoulder massage, mini-facial, hand massage, chakra card reason for makeup touch-up.

“We want our guest to know how how we appreciate them and to feel relaxed and beautiful inside and out when they leave our salon and spa,” Bruns said.

She loves her job and wouldn’t change it for the world.

“I opened this salon and spa because I just wanted a place that myself and others could work or go to that made them happy,” Bruns said. “I wanted to use products that were safe for human use and helped protect our planet. Love really does make the world go around and I have plenty of that to give. I have met amazing people and continue to. We all connect on some level and when you find the right stylist/guest match, you never want to part ways.”

Jenny has made herself a second family that includes the employees and guests of her salon. That young lady who found her dream on the streets of Chicago has transported that dream to Newburgh and even got a chance to touch a piece of Hollywood in the process.

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Parents typically watch all of these festivities with a lump in their throat, because their little girl or boy appears to grow up before their eyes and they think, “Where did the time go?”

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Some parents feel they have little to worry about as long as their teens aren’t driving. In more affluent communities, parents may even rent limousines for teens to avoid alcohol-related accidents.

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To help get the conversation started, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration offers an easy online program for parents called, “Talk. They Hear You.” It even includes a practice tutorial for parents at www.samhsa.gov/underagedrinking/.

The Truth IS most teens do not drink, and Youth First’s survey found that the majority do not want to hang out with friends who drink.

The website DoSomething.org offers these tips for teens to help them make positive choices: •Stop Before It Starts — Teens can work with school administration to organize an assembly prior to events about the dangers of underage drinking.

•Tempted, Remind Yourself — Drinking is illegal for anyone under 21. Getting arrested on prom night is not the memory you want to make.

•Plain and Simple — Just say NO. No other explanation needed.

Blame the Old People — If someone tries to get you to drink, use the old standby, “My parents would kill me!”

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•Protect Yourself — Hang out with teens that don’t drink, so you have a great time making great memories instead of wondering what happened when you were drunk.

•Keep An Eye Out — If your date or friend has been drinking, help them or find someone who can. Don’t ignore the situation, or it could end tragically.

•Old News Could Save Lives — Teens have heard this over and over, but if a teen does drink, DO NOT DRIVE. Call a cab or someone sober to drive you home.

•After Parties — Avoid the “drinking because we have nothing better to do,” and attend the school sponsored After Prom Party or graduation parties where there is adult supervision.

•Be the After Party — Ask your parents to host a after party at your house and make sure no alcohol or drugs are allowed.

With positive support from their parents, these special occasions can be a fun and safe rite of passage.

----This column is contributed by Marge Gianopoulos, a Program Coordinator for Youth First, Inc., a local nonprofit dedicated to strengthening youth and families. She coordinates the Warrick County Communities That Care Coalition. To learn more, visit www. wcctcc.org or www.youthfirstinc.org.

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