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4 EDITOR’S DESK 32 WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE

You are reading an award-winning GOING CAMPING
magazine Some tips for beginners and pros
By Natalie Reidford Courtesy of Metro News
Service
7 YEAH, I’M A BOOMER,
BUT ... 34 BOOMER HEALTH
The power of song to evoke nostalgia ‘After spending $7,000, I still suffered
By Bernie Schmitt
8
with severe headaches’
By Dr. Neil Sweigart
8 JOHN DeCOURSEY
Photo by Bernie Schmitt Former math teacher now a 36 CALENDAR
watercolor artist Rendezvous, Three Forts Day, Sieur
By Bernie Schmitt de Vincennes statue dedication
ceremony
12 THE GREEN DOOR
Nancy Ford’s art studio fosters 37 THE BOOMER 1040
creativity, fellowship How to protect against tax-related
By Bernie Schmitt identity theft
By Shana Strange
14 THE WILD LIFE
38 BBQ MY WAY
18 The making of Ouabache Trails Park
By Rama Sobhani
Break in your grill with brats
By Dave Lobeck
Photo by Joy Neighbors
18 DAY TRIPPER
The southern Indiana beer trail 40 THE DIRT ON GARDENING
Size important in plant competitions
By Joy Neighbors
By Tom Yoder
20 FINANCIAL WISDOM
Six steps to creating a healthy 41 TECH TALK
relationship with your money 10 ways to boost leads on websites
By Pat Carter By Mike Gingerich
22 THE SONIC BOOMER 42 TONY CLOYD: 40 YEARS OF
42 The simple beauty of food trucks
By Todd Lancaster
VINCENNES NEWS
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Photo by Bernie Schmitt enjoys his job
22 BOOMER TOYS, TRAPPINGS By Bernie Schmitt
& TRIVIA
Who were the real good guys in
“Hogan’s Heroes?”
By Todd Lancaster

24 DAVID CRASKE’S VICTORY

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28 THE BOOMER CONNOISSEUR
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30 GET READY TO RENDEZVOUS
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yeah, I’m a
boomer, but...
The power of song to
evoke nostalgia
There’s a lot of news these days about the
Watergate scandal of the early 1970s, news that was splayed
across the front pages of the nation’s newspapers nearly every
day back then. By Bernie Schmitt
I WAS A paper boy in a small Indiana
town, one of several boys revved up each
morning on adrenaline and Dr. Pepper. My
bluejean-clad butt warmed the cold concrete
in front of Max’s Snack Bar, where I read the
morning headlines, and some of the stories,
before rolling the papers into the solid
missiles we’d hurl toward our customers’
front porches.
Just as my dour mood was
about to consume me, a
tidal wave of nostalgia
swept through the truck cab
when the sounds of Shelley
Fabares singing “Johnny
Angel” came swirling out of
the radio’s speakers.
I got my education from those newspaper
pages. I learned about Watergate, the Nixon
administration, Vietnam, and a lot of other
things. I can’t say that delivering newspapers
at 5 a.m. led me to a career in journalism. But
it did open the world to me, in a sense, and it
seemed to be more real than the things I saw
on television.
Since that time we’ve gotten used to
scandal, or at least we’re not as shocked by it
as we were back then, when our culture was
still winding its way out of its 1960s turmoil,
and trying to ease itself into a laid-back,
selfish restlessness that defined the ‘70s.
Fast-forward to 2018. (Do we have to?)
Mark Zuckerberg. Congress. Privacy?
Confusion.
and assassinations began in November of
1963. A seismic shift in culture occurred
just 80 days later, when some mop-headed
guys from Britain blew everyone away with
their performance on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”
We were determined to stop communism
in Vietnam, but we didn’t know how. Racial
strife stained the fabric of American freedom.
Only five years separated songs like
“Johnny Angel,” by Fabares, and “Purple
Haze,” by Jimi Hendrix. The changes were
swift, dramatic and lasting.
Fake news (what’s that?). Change, though, is endemic and should
Tweets in the wee hours. be expected. One wonders whether today’s
Russians here, Russians there. Russians changes are the growing pains of a more
everywhere. enlightened culture, or signs of an impending
I’m riding with the windows down, crisis.
on one of the few, warm, sunlit days this It could merely be an old curmudgeon’s
April, listening to news reports about how armchair musings.
the measles, the bane of my childhood, are I’m not the first to have felt so strongly
making a comeback because people don’t the winds of change whipping through our
believe scientific proof that vaccinations days. In 1983, Canadian singer Anne Murray
hoped for “A Little Good News Today,”
work. Health experts are warning us against
lamenting ongoing actions, in-actions, and
the overuse of antibiotics, too, but few seem
transformations in our world.
to be listening.
I dare you to listen to “Johnny Angel”
Reports of missiles fired. President to
speak.
without feeling how much change we’ve
endured, and how much more we are likely to
What’s next?
Just as my dour mood was about to
see and experience in this world.
That is what makes us human.
consume me, a tidal wave of nostalgia swept
through the truck cab when the sounds of A freelance writer and photographer,
Shelley Fabares singing “Johnny Angel” came Bernie Schmitt also is an assistant professor
swirling out of the radio’s speakers.
of English at Vincennes University. He
Talk about a golden oldie.
lives with his wife, Nancy, and family in
Oh, the innocence of an earlier time. I
found myself thinking about how things were Vincennes.
in the early 1960s when Fabares sang that
song. The Russian threat was more concrete
then, and the first U.S. president born in the
20th Century seemed to handle such matters
with grace and ease.
When “Johnny Angel” hit the airwaves
in that ingenuous time, Americans were
still living with the residual effects of the
Fabulous Fifties. No one had nose rings and
people who sported tattoos were a minority.
My parents were young. I was a child.
Such wistful reflections are but visions of
nostalgic grandeur.
But things were different then. The tumult
that defined the 1960s was still a storm
brewing on the horizon.
The real “Sixties,” those years of unsettled
anguish, of riots and war, of political strife
BOOMER z MAY 2018 | 7

John DeCoursey, current president of the Northwest Territory Art Guild, picked up watercolor painting in the 1990s, and has been
Former math teacher now
creating ever since. He is retired from Vincennes University, where he spent 30 years teaching math. | Photos by Bernie Schmitt
a watercolor artist
By Bernie Schmitt
JOHN DeCOURSEY HASN’T always
painted pretty flowers.
The Knox County native has spent many
years growing flowers rather than painting
them. After all, he’s had a 40-year career as
a math educator and during those years also
8 | MAY 2018 z BOOMER
John
DeCoursey
raised a family. But he appreciates learning
new things.
“I had been to Michael’s (an arts and
crafts store) in Evansville and had seen
demonstrations of people doing watercolors,”
he said. “I thought, ‘I’d like to try that.’”
So he did.
DeCoursey got his first watercolor lesson
from Gloria Baker at Michael’s, and has since
been to a number of lessons and workshops
in a variety of locations. He attended a
workshop with artist Jerry Baum at the
former Executive Inn some years ago, and has
had lessons from retired VU art professor
Bill Updegraff at Nancy Ford’s local art
studio. He once studied at a workshop
given in Indianapolis by nationally-known
and award-winning watercolor artist Birgit
O’Connor.
“It’s just fun,” DeCoursey said. “I always
thought it was something I could enjoy when
I retired, and I am. It’s fun to go places and
learn new things, so I’m always interested in
lessons and workshops at different places.”

Learning from others

DeCoursey took up painting in the mid-
1990s, and he continues to learn. Currently
he’s experimenting with china painting,
taking weekly lessons from Shirley Wilkes,
who has a studio, Shirley & Company, at the
former Tresslar’s building at 226 Main St.
in Vincennes. He also tries to make it every
Tuesday to Nancy Ford’s art studio, The

“It’s fun to go places DeCoursey is learning how to China paint, taking lessons weekly from Shirley Wilkes.

and learn new things, so Green Door, to paint and mingle with other was natural to paint flowers.

I’m always interested in

artists. “I’ve always been a flower person, but they
“Being around people who do the same usually are only around for a season and then
thing helps,” he said. “We learn from each they’re gone,” he said. “It’s fun to paint them

lessons and workshops at other, whether it’s a discussion on color or

composition.”
and in a way have them last longer.”
He’s painted other thing, too. There are

different places.”
He never studied art in high school or landscapes, and people — grandchildren and
college, but he’s always done some kind of friends — and all of it is challenging. But

— John DeCoursey
craft. He loves flowers and enjoys having a loving what he does makes all the difference.
garden, something he’s done for years. So it “It’s fun,” he said. 444

BOOMER z MAY 2018 | 9

 His dream is to take his watercolors
to France, and set up his easel to paint in
the garden of 19th-Century impressionist
painter Claude Monet.
“It would be great to be able to spend a
week in that garden and just paint every day,”
DeCoursey said.
In the meantime, the artist who lives
outside of Oaktown serves as president of

For more information,

see the John DeCoursey
Original Art page
on Facebook, or the
Northwest Territory Art
Guild’s page on Facebook.

the Old Northwest Territory Art Guild, a

not-for-profit arts organization that features
original art.
“Currently there are 50 members of the
Guild,” he said. “They are allowed to sell their
work in the Gallery (located at 316B Main
St). The Guild gets a 20 percent commission,
but it’s a way for local artists to be seen and a
way for them to sell their work.”
Each September, the Guild has a juried
art show for its members, and $1,500 in cash
prizes are awarded to individual artists for
work in several categories.
“When I first felt like I was an artist, I
Spring tulips, as well as a variety of other flowers, are often the subjects of DeCoursey’s joined the Art Guild,” DeCoursey said.
paintings. First Friday Art Walks, along with spring

10 | MAY 2018 z BOOMER

and autumn events along Main Street
has helped increase the Guild’s visibility.
The existence of other galleries on Main
Street, the Open Gallery at 329 Main,
and Art Space at 521 Main, has helped
to draw visitors downtown, and also to
the Art Guild.
“We’ve even had people come in
from New York City,” he said. “A guy
bought $200 worth of art work from the
Guild last summer. We get artists and
visitors from Evansville, Olney, and from
throughout the area. You never know
who might come in.”
The Guild, which is more than 50
years old, always is looking for volunteers
to help keep its doors open for visitors.
Even volunteering a couple of hours per
week helps, he said.
Summer is coming, so it may be hard
for DeCoursey to paint as much as he
sometimes does in the winter (which
is sometimes every day). He’ll be busy
tending his flower gardens and involving
himself with work at the Art Guild.
One can still find him visiting other
artists, though, at Ford’s Green Door art
studio every Tuesday.
“It’s just fun,” he said with a smile.
“Lots of fun.”

DeCoursey shows off another

example of his china painting, above.
He has been fortunate in that he has
sold some of his work, locally and
in other locales, such as Gainesville,
Florida. “It’s not enough to support
myself, but it’s nice to be able to sell
some,” he said.

BOOMER z MAY 2018 | 11

 THE
GREEN
DOOR
Nancy Ford’s art studio
Artist Nancy Ford is the owner of once was called “The Green Door,” but is commonly referred to these days as “Nancy’s Place,” or “The
Studio.” | Photos by Bernie Schmitt
fosters creativity, fellowship
By Bernie Schmitt
MOST OF THE artists refer to it as
“Nancy’s,” or the “Studio,” where they go to
exercise their artistic talents, to learn, and to
socialize with like-minded people.
The group meets most every Tuesday, any-
where from late morning to early afternoon,
though owner Nancy Ford says she’s there
most of the day.
“Sometimes there are over 20 people here,”
Ford said.
On a sunny April day, there were five or
six artists at work, painting landscapes, flow-
ers, and other things. Framed paintings from
a variety of artists adorn the walls of the long,
rectangular room. Rows of banquet tables
provide lots of room for artists to work.
Patrons are friends, too, so a sense of
12 | MAY 2018 z BOOMER
camaraderie and goodwill prevails.
“There are no egos here,” says Denise
Dayson-Bristol of Vincennes.
“Yes, there is never a cross word,” said
Janet Vayhinger of Lawrenceville, Illinois.
“We don’t permit it,” Ford said.
The “Studio” which sits atop a hill near the
Apple Hill Orchard just north of Vincennes, is
a relatively new building — less than 10 years
— but it is the site of Ford’s original studio. For
many years she’s had a studio in an old building
where her present studio is located. She then
had a studio above Dot’s and the former St.
Louis Soda Shop along First Street.
“But some people had a hard time with
stairs and we decided to build this building
when we sold the building downtown,” Ford
said. to which she was taking her son years ago.
Her original studio had a green door, and
thus it was named “The Green Door,” but
hardly anyone, including Ford, refers to the
“Studio,” as that. The studio downtown had a
green door, too.
“I grew up in the ‘50s and there was a
song about the green door (“Green Door”
recorded by Jim Lowe in 1956), Ford said. “It
said something about wondering what was
behind the green door. So, we called it that.”
Art teachers and professors used to teach
at her studio, and she’s hosted a variety of
painting and art-related workshops over the
years. She doesn’t teach anymore, preferring
not to have the commitment. Instead, she
enjoys the fellowship of other artists, all of
whom — including herself — learn from one
another.
“We have a good group,” she said. “It is
interesting to see how people work and how
they have learned and developed their art. I’m
happy with the progress they have made.”
Ford studied art at Vincennes University
for a year, after deciding to attend art classes
Artists of all types are welcome at Ford’s studio, where fellow artists share knowledge, work on projects, and enjoy the creative
fellowship. At right, Jeannette Carson of Bruceville displays one of her paintings.

She’s learned from others, as the artists who
frequent her studio do.
“I’ll tell you, none of us would be here or do-
ing this if not for Nancy,” said Steve Tevebaugh,
a retired high school government teacher.
John DeCoursey, president of the
Northwest Territory Art Guild, and a
“regular” at the Studio, echoes Tevebaugh’s
sentiments.
“She has been so nurturing,” DeCoursey
said. “She provides a wonderful place for us,
and she always has materials or gets things
we can try. We are very fortunate to have her.”
In fact, Ford’s support of art — especially
painting — is recognized with the “John and
Nancy Ford Gallery,” at the Northwest Territory
Art Guild. The Fords had helped with a gift to
the Guild when the organization moved into,
and was remodeling, its present location.
“I guess you could say this is my hobby,”
Ford said. “I have enjoyed being able to do it.”

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 the wild life

The making of Ouabache a 250-acre piece of property being sold by the

now-defunct energy company, Power Service
Indiana. The department had already been

Trails Park
granted hundreds of thousands of dollars by
the federal government for the Smalls Creek
Project, but it could only be used for that.
The new decade would bring new conver-
In the fall of 1981, the roughly decade-old Knox County Parks sations and explorations about how to keep
and Recreation Department finally put to bed the long-running the money and momentum that the parks
plan to develop a recreational lake in the county. By Rama Sobhani and recreation board and department had
built in the quest to build the Smalls Creek
EFFORTS TO BUILD a 750-acre lake by economic conditions made it unfeasible to lake. The gear shift played out successfully,
damming Smalls Creek had been mired spend any more time and money on it. and Knox County’s largest park would be
in opposition from the beginning despite That’s when the parks and recreation built and come to be known as Ouabache
having received federal money to study and board voted to shift gears to a totally new Trails.
eventually build a lake, the parks and recre- project that would still fulfill the board’s
ation board gave the idea up. Landowners long-standing desire to see some kind of
The fall of the Smalls Creek
who would have had to give up portions of recreational facility come to fruition in the project
their property and others who just didn’t county. The death of the Smalls Creek lake
like the idea put up a fight that eventually It was originally dubbed the Knox County project was a slow one. For about 10 years,
delayed the project so long that financial and Park Project and hinged on the acquisition of the parks and recreation board had struggled

The view going into the lower part of Ouabache Trails prior
to development. | Photos courtesy of Knox County Parks archives

14 | MAY 2018 z BOOMER


Hikers use the trails at Ouabache Trails in the park’s early days.
with what those who were involved with
the project still call a vocal minority. The
reasons for the opposition included doubts
about the quality of the water that would fill
the lake (the tailwater of the lake was to be
the former Enoco Mine site, which suffered
from an acid mine drainage problem), to
landowners refusing to give up farm ground
to be flooded.
Vernon Houchins, who was one of the
first park board members and a supporter of
the Smalls Creek Project, said that most of
the opposition was without much merit and
that beyond the local level, the project had
strong support for a while, especially from the
federal government.
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good thing, we’re going to lose land, there’s
going to be a gob pile here,’ before knowing all
the details … even though most of the people
against it were a minority.”
But eventually, in October, 1981, the board
had had enough and voted to abandon the
Smalls Creek Project altogether. Just three
years before, however, the parks and recreation
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department was approved for a Land and
Water Conservation Fund grant from the
federal government for the lake project and
if it wanted to keep the money and put it to
good use, a new project would have to be put
together and the change approved by the state
so the funds could be applied to it.
A new direction
In late October, then-superintendent,
Mike Ginger, wrote to the DNR’s grants divi-
sion asking to approve changing the funding
over to the new “Knox County Park” project
and received the blessing to do so.
Then, in June 1982, the parks and
recreation board voted to approve beginning
Mike Ginger in 1983 atop a hill overlooking Phase I of the road construction at
Ouabache Trails Park.
16 | MAY 2018 z BOOMER
proceedings to buy a parcel of land that pow-
er company PSI was considering selling. As
the lore goes, PSI had originally planned to
put a power station along the Wabash River
there but for whatever reason, abandoned
those plans, leaving the site undeveloped for
quite some time.
“The (parks and recreation) board was
all for it,” Houchins said of developing a
new park at the PSI property. “I don’t know
anyone on the board who wasn’t.”
That was a change from the contentious
Smalls Creek Project discussions. There
were some park board members who were
opposed to building a lake and threw up
roadblocks along with local landowners. But
the board was a united body when the PSI
property was put on the table.
As the PSI property sat unused in any
official capacity, local residents began using
it for their own recreational needs. In a way,
the land that would become Ouabache Trails
was a park before it officially was. Stories
from locals include using the property to
hunt, ride dirt bikes, camp and fish. There are
even tales of Bigfoot sightings.
As of summer, 1981, however, the interest
from the parks and recreation board in mak-
ing it an official public property was real, so
they put in an application to reassign federal
funds originally given for the Smalls Creek
Project to a new one. That application, which
survives as a large binder full of documents,
includes very detailed plans for the new park.
In the program narrative the original vision
for Ouabache Trails called for either a 26- or
54-acre lake, depending on which site proved
more feasible for its construction, picnicking
facilities, hiking trails, primitive camping,
playgrounds, a softball field, tennis courts,
a basketball court, along with the support
facilities needed to run the park. Houchins
also said there were discussions about adding
horse trails.
Some of those things came to pass and
others didn’t. Most notably, the lake idea nev-
er panned out. Houchins said that was due
mostly to, again, opposition from neighboring
landowners, who he said were worried that
their privacy would be impacted by activities
at the lake, which likely would have directly
bordered several tracts of private land. He is
still somewhat disappointed that part of the
plan never came to pass.
“People come and go,” he said of the idea
that future landowners would accept a lake in
their back yard. “I don’t know if that would

Educational components were a part of
the Knox County Parks and Recreation
Department’s programming since the
earliest days of Ouabache Trails. Here,
some children explore what the park
had to offer sometime in the early 1980s.
gain sound backing again now or not.”
Support from the community
Word of the new project started to
spread in the community and in 1982 the
department started receiving several letters of
support for it. All of those letters specifically
mention a need for more recreational facilities
in Knox County. One of those letters came
from a person whose name has a familiar
ring to Vincennes residents today, Duane
Chattin, a current member of the Vincennes
city council.
Chattin said that he still recalls the
general atmosphere in the local economy
at that time, during which a recession was
happening. Chattin, who was a realtor then
and president of the Knox County Board
of Realtors in 1982, urged county council
president Robert Lane to give his support to
the purchase of the PSI property.
“Everyone was hurting due to a bad
recession. That was particularly true of
realtors since government policy pushed
interest rates sky high. This environment
made it very challenging for local government
to invest in a new park. My view is that such
investments are even more important at
such times, as a strategy to help stabilize and
improve quality-of-life issues. Fear at the time
was that people would move away due to job
layoffs and declining wages — compounded
by high inflation,” Chattin said.
“While a new park was challenging at
such a time, I’m proud that Knox County
rose to make the investment.”
Chattin also later served on an ad hoc
committee that gathered and returned
input to the parks board on the new park’s
operating procedures and proposed features.
The right name
In 1982, the purchase of land from PSI
was completed and with its future as a park
solidified, a name had to be settled upon.
Houchins said that because of its proximity
to the Wabash River and to the history of
the area, with the Fort Knox II site right next
door, the members of the parks board at the
time decided early on in their discussions
that the name should include the word
Wabash in some capacity. A committee was
formed to come up with several possibilities
with preference given to iterations involving
the word Wabash, or Ouabache, which is the
French spelling. Eventually, Ouabache Trails
was chosen and later documentation in the
Land and Water Conservation Fund applica-
tion use it, while preliminary documents refer
to it as the Knox County Park project.
In a way, the land that would
become Ouabache Trails was a park
before it officially was. Stories from
locals include using the property
to hunt, ride dirt bikes, camp and
fish. There are even tales of Bigfoot
sightings.
While the original vision for Ouabache
Trails differed somewhat from what
eventually materialized, its reception by the
public was overwhelmingly positive. Apart
from landowners who didn’t want to give
anything up to support the Smalls Creek
Lake Project, there seemed to be strong
support for more recreational facilities in
the county. At the time, the county parks
and recreation department only operated a
few small facilities — the Dicksburg Hills
rest stop area, Hillcrest Park, Emison Mill
Park and Pyramid Mound. There were only
scarce opportunities for camping, and hiking
locally. With the creation of Ouabache
Trails, the parks and recreation board finally
had the large park that it had been trying to
give the people of Knox County for more
than 10 years.
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 day tripper
Quaffing a brew along the southern
Indiana beer trail
The history of beer spans more than two centuries in the Hoosier
state. By Joy Neighbors
IN FACT, WE’VE been brewing since
Indiana became a state. Early settlers crafted
their own beer since, many times, it was
considered to be safer to drink than water.
Made from local ingredients, and seeds from
grains brought over from the old country,
Hoosier pioneers were simply continuing a
family tradition.
There were two breweries already in
operation when Indiana became a state in
1816. The first was located in New Harmony,
which was established in 1814 by Rappites as
a utopian community. Located appropriately
on Brewery Street, the beer was made by
George Bentel, a German brewer who focused
on Bavarian style brews.
Another brewery began in 1816 in
Richmond and was located on the National
Road. Brewer Ezra Boswell, a Quaker from
England continued to craft beers on “the Main
Street of America” until his death in 1831.
Almost a decade later, back in New
More than 20 beers are available at Basket Case Brewery in Jasper, Indiana. |
Neighbors
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Harmony, the Rappites had sold their commu-
nity to Robert Owen for yet another communal
experiment. Owenite Hew Ainslie, a Scottish
brewer, took over the beer crafting duties during
the two years the community existed. When it
failed, Ainslie moved to New Albany where he
continued to make beer. In all, more than 500
breweries have operated in the state since 1816.
Vincennes was also once home to several
breweries. The Eagle Brewery operated
here from 1875 to 1918. Hack and Simon
Brewery was open from 1918 to 1933, and
the Old Vincennes Brewery was in business
for one year, from 1933 to 1934. Today a
brewery can once again call the town home
— the Vincennes Brewing Company touts
more than a dozen Hoosier beers available
on draft.
Tin Man Brewing Company
Tin Man Brewing Company was founded
in 2012 and is located in a 19th-Century
Photo by Joy
tavern. This microbrewery takes sustainabil-
ity seriously with earth-friendly brewing to
minimize waste. Tin Man beer is canned, not
bottled. This increases recyclability and also
keeps sunlight and oxygen from affecting the
beer, resulting in a fresher flavor. Canning
beer reduces costs while promoting sustain-
ability. Tin Man was one of the first small
craft breweries in the country to use a mash
filter, and the first American brewery to use a
High Efficiency Brewing System.
Tin Man offers more than a dozen beers
with six year-round brews available including
Circuit, an award-winning Bohemian Pilsner,
Rivet Irish Red Ale, Overlord Imperial IPA,
Damascene an award-winning apricot sour ale,
Dry Cell Irish Dry Stout, and Ingot India-
style pale lager. Tin Man now has another
taproom in Kokomo.
Turoni’s Main Street Brewery
Turoni’s Main Street Brewery and Pizzery
has been crafting brews and serving up one-of-
a-kind pizzas for more than 30 years. The craft
microbrewery features year-round brews like
Honey Blond Ale, Thunder-Bolt Red Ale and
Rowdy Hall American Wheat Ale.
Turoni’s also offers several rotating drafts
including several dark beers and more than a
half dozen seasonal brews. For summer you’ll
find Cascade Black and Vinny’s Dark Lager
in the dark beer category, and Summer Lovin’
a classic Belgian Wit brew. And what goes
better with beer than pizza? Turoni’s has
15 gourmet pizzas on their menu in several
assorted sizes.
Carson’s Brewery
Located in an industrial section of the
city, founder and owner Jason Carson started
Carson’s Brewery in 2012. Complete with
a 20-barrel batch size brewing system, the
brewery offers six core beers — including
a sweet deal with Larry the Cable Man to
craft his exclusive Git-R-Done Cream Ale.
Other core beers include EVILLE Wheat
IPA, Harlot Honey Blond Ale, Red Dawn
Amber Wheat Ale, Brown Cow Brown Ale
and Demonik Double IPA — all available
on draft or in cans. Plus, Carson’s produces a
variety of specialty and seasonal brews.
Tours of the brewing facility are offered
along with light snacks, and the tasting room
features three flat screen TVs for big game
viewing.
Saint Benedict’s Brew Works
With the motto of “Pray – Work – Brew”
it comes as no surprise that this Hoosier
brewery is located on the grounds of the Sisters
of St. Benedict in Ferdinand, Indiana. Saint
Benedict’s Brew Works opened in January 2015
and focuses on the region’s German heritage,
and centuries of monastic brewing. When
Southern Indiana natives Vince Luecke and
Andy Hedinger approached the Sisters of St.
Benedict with the idea, the nuns were receptive.
The brewery carried on an 1867 tradition when
the founding monastery crafted and sold beer to
locals. The brewery is the only one owned by a
women’s monastery in the U.S.
Today the brewery produces an array of beers
with catchy names like The Witty Nun, PAX
Pale Ale and Brown Habit IPA. Beer is sold in
pints and growlers. The tasting room is located
in the Sisters’ former art studio where visitors can
enjoy light snacks and heavenly brews.
Basket Case Brewing Company
Basket Case Brewing Company is a
nanobrewery located in the basement of the
The Mill House Restaurant. Ben Nowotarski
and Zack Lichlyter began brewing from kits
back in 2007. One thing led to another, and
they decided to partner with BJoe Aull of The
Mill House Restaurant. Basket Case opened
in December 2012 and serves only 1.5 barrels
of beer at a time.
The brewery has more than 20 beers on its
“Greatest Hits Set List” including Maneater
Blond Ale, Scarecrow Wheat American
Wheat Ale, Revolution English Pale Ale,
Hoppy By Nature IPA, Busta Nut Brown Ale,
and Stout Bottomed Girls Milk Stout. Grab a
pint or a growler, and enjoy with a meal. The
Mill House serves everything from sandwiches
and wraps to burgers, ribs, steaks and seafood.
Schnitz Brewery and Pub
Schnitz Brewery and Pub is housed in
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the old Jasper Country Club surrounded by
pristine lawns and a lake. Started in 2015
by the Hanselman family (owners of the
Schnitzelbank Restaurant), the microbrewery
uses a seven-barrel, six fermenter, two-tank
system. The brews include two that are crafted
entirely from Indiana ingredients — Indiana
Pale Ale and Schnitz Blond, which won a gold
medal in the Indiana Brewer’s Cup, and is the
company’s number one seller. Both brews are
available year-round along with Schnitz Gold
and Schnitz IPA. Another half dozen beers
round out the seasonal menu. (Check out the
Schnitz Clockout Ale — perfect for spring
and early summer.)
Beside beer, the Pub features burgers,
pizzas, salads and wraps – the perfect food
to pair with craft brews. Beers are available
on draft, and some are also house-canned.
Visitors can view the bottling line in action
through a large window near the bar area. Be
sure to check out the actual bar, it’s the original
from the country club.
And the Legacy Continues
Craft brews are popular around the coun-
try. With more than 150 breweries in Indiana,
they are creating an economic impact of more
than $1 billion per year. And at least a dozen
breweries are located in Southern Indiana.
Plan a day trip or make it a weekend outing,
but schedule time this summer to quaff a few
cold ones and delve into the interesting stories,
and new tastes of Indiana craft beers. Quaff
some suds and you’ll understand why those
pioneers preferred beer to water.
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 financial
wisdom
Six steps to creating a healthy
relationship with your money
Some of us have an unhealthy relationship with
our money. By Pat Carter
WHEN YOU HEAR the word “sale,” do you
go and buy things just because you think it’s
a good deal? How many clothes have you
bought just because they were 50 percent off,
but then never even taken the tags off? How
many pairs of uncomfortable shoes do you
own, just because they were cheaper than
normal? All of these are proof you have an
unhealthy relationship with your money.
In relationships, you often have to use a
bit of “tough-love,” in addition to a nurturing
attitude. You work hard for your money, and
use “tough-love” when you save instead of
spend. But, every now and then, it is good to
indulge. With the steps to creating a healthy
relationship with your money, I believe that
you will start your journey down the road to
a better relationship.
1. Expect the best — prepare for
the worst.
We go through many tough experiences in
life, most of which are not our fault: job loss,
unforeseen illness, accidents, etc. Unfortunate
circumstances happen — be prepared
for them and your survival rate increases
exponentially.
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2. Create beliefs about your money
that will serve your household
budget as well as support your
lifestyle and goals.
This will help you to identify the limiting
behaviors you have developed with your
money. Recognize and evaluate any unhealthy
patterns you might have with your money.
3. Live within your means.
Don’t spend more than you make. Limit
debt and start to view credit cards as a means
to be used when needed, and then pay it back
immediately. Buy things you can afford, and
if you can’t, save up for it! It will feel much
better when you know it was a financially
sound purchase.
4. Save!
I look at saving money as an item in
my monthly budget. Aim for allocating at
least 10 percent of your earnings to savings.
However, if you can’t start at 10 percent, start
lower and increase it on a regular basis to
prepare for what’s next in life.
5. Know where your money goes.
Don’t ignore it, but learn to appreciate it.
Track your inflows and outflows. This habit
alone will build your confidence with your
money. But, it can also help when building a
steady, strong and healthy relationship with
its role in your life.
6. Give!
Last but not least, allow giving to be a
healthy way of living. Choose to be generous
and this will help break your desire for more
material possessions. Having more money
doesn’t make you happy. If you are not at a
point where giving financially is an option,
choose to be generous with your time. Do
random acts of kindness, volunteer to help
those in need, or simply listen to someone.
Be open to having a life of abundance —
it’s a healthy human instinct. It’s okay to long
for a better life. Be aware of your feelings
about money, and if they are negative, you can
train yourself to change the way you think.
Having a healthy relationship with your
money can do wonders in avoiding a disaster
that could unexpectedly occur.
Pat Carter is a member of the Wealth
Enhancement Group for Carson Wealth-
Vincennes. Pat comes to Carson Wealth
with more than 40 years of experience as
a certified public accountant. Pat lives in
Vincennes and enjoys hiking in Northern
California and the Arizona areas.
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 the sonic
boomer
THE SIMPLE BEAUTY OF FOOD TRUCKS
I am not youthful, wired in,
mobile or hip. By Todd Lancaster
I DESPISE VIDEO games. I
still text in full paragraphs (with
punctuation), and I throw away
jeans when they have holes in
them, not purchase them that
way.
I think the lifespan of a tele-
vision set should be decades, not
months, and one should watch
every episode of “Gunsmoke”
the way God intended, once a
week for 22 years.
However, the one thing those
bearded, slacker hipsters in
skinny jeans have gotten right is
food trucks.
The whole world seems to
have figured out that it is a lot
cheaper and smarter (and just
more fun) to drive to where the
customers are, rather than just
kind of hope they find you. And
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once you find a group of hungry
hipsters, you just pull up and
serve them great food.
It’s really very democratic;
they come halfway to you and
you go halfway to them.
On any city block (and more
and more small towns) at lunch
or dinner, one can find BBQ,
Thai, Mexican, pizza, mac and
cheese, or vegan treats, all ready
to sample and with a minimum
of overhead.
When the rush ends, the
truck heads off for the next
group of hungry diners, who are
willing to stand in line for fast,
gourmet fare.
Food trucks are not the old
canteen trucks that pulled up
in front of factory gates where
cigarettes, coffee and tuna-salad
sandwiches could be purchased,
along with a racing form and
perhaps the occasional para-mu-
tual wager could be procured
from a blue-collar guy named
Charlie, Mick or Ralphie.
There is nothing blue collar
about getting a fresh crepe filled
with pulled smoked duck in
a blood orange sauce, except
the $7.99 price. ($9.99 with the
side of raspberry vinaigrette over
spring greens) — and I doubt it
comes with a racing forum.   not working as a side dish, put
It really is a great way for
someone who wants to try food
service, without the enormous
cost of buying and remodeling a
restaurant.
A friend of mine had a great
concept for a Chicago-style
Italian beef restaurant on a
major college campus. The food
was great, but it was on a one-
way street that was impossible
to find parking on. Although
he had a cult following, he
realized had he been around the
corner and 75 feet closer to the
main drag, he would have been
successful.
Today, in the spot he wished
he had, there is a food truck
that pulls up when bars start to
empty out and leave when the
last student stumbles away.
It’s also a great way for
the culinarily creative to try
different plates and instantly
know whether it will be a
success or not. If Mango slaw is
it in a waffle cone with pulled
pork and and you have “walking
BBQ.”
The whole concept is catch-
ing on not only for business
people and college kids, but
people are bringing in several
trucks to cater proms, weddings
and sporting events.
Another friend recently
started a BBQ truck and invited
several friends over to help him
perfect a BBQ pizza recipe. We
all tried different combinations
at different times and tempera-
tures, and when we were done,
I felt like it was a good product.
But the key was that it was a
low-stress affair, which I think
sums up the entire food truck
experience — low stress.
Really, I think food trucks
are in most everyone’s DNA.
It is just the grown-up version
of the Mr. Softee truck coming
to your neighborhood. You had
your money in hand, and like
Pavlov’s dog, every time the bell
sounded, people came running.
The good news is the person on
the truck is probably a passion-
ate chef, not a sketchy hippie
almost assuredly with bodies
buried in his crawl space.
Although recently on a self-im-
posed social media sabbatical,
Todd Lancaster is back. Follow
him on Twitter @blasterdog.
Boomer Toys,
Trappings & Trivia By Todd Lancaster

Can you imagine a

Thanksgiving dinner with
Detective Munch and
Fonzie? If you were part
of the Winkler or Belzer
families, you could. TV
star/comedian Richard
Belzer and “Happy Days”
icon Henry Winkler are
first cousins.

America’s favorite Nazis, Sgt. Schultz and Col. Klink of

And speaking of Fonzie, when “Happy Days” producers
decided an alien might spice up the storylines, their first
choice to play “ Mork from Ork “ was Dom Deliuse. When
he had to turn it down, Robin Williams was chosen just
three days before shooting began. Williams was so good,
they decided to spin it off only hours after it was shot.
“Hogan’s Heroes,” were actually very patriotic. John
Banner (Schultz) was born in Austria, was a decorated
American Army Air Corps member during World War
II, while Werner Klemperer (Klink), a talented violinist,
was in the Army Special Services. Robert Clary (Cpl.
LeBeau, the French chef) was actually a French
Jew who was sent to the infamous Buchenwald
concentration camp during the war. The most famous
and All-American member of the cast, Bob Crane
(Col. Hogan), spent most of his adult life involved in
a twisted sex ring where he and his partner spent
thousands of hours videotaping sex with strangers.

BOOMER z MAY 2018 | 23

David Craske’s
VICTORY
LAP
Lawrenceville native and IndyCar series
digital media director is ‘living the dream’
David Craske has been webmaster and digital media director for the IndyCar series since 2012. His office is just across the street from
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. | Photo by Chris Owens/IMS photo
By Bill Richardson
WHEN THE GREEN flag falls for the
102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 on
May 27, David Craske will be sitting in what
he terms the “best seat in the house.”
A native of Lawrenceville, Illinois, Craske
has since 2012 been the webmaster/digital
media director for the series, the premier
level of open-wheel racing in North America.
He holds the same duties for the other
IndyCar series, the Indy lights, the Pro
Mazda Championship and the Cooper Tires
USF2000.
“Basically I’m in control of the look,
feel and functionality of Indycar.com,
and I’m also in charge of our fan website,
Indycarnation.com,” said Craske, who follows
the series from city to city during the racing
season, but most of the time works out
of an office just across the street from the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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With such status, Craske’s “best seat in
the house” is a seat on the second floor of
the control tower at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway’s start-finish line on race day. He
says there’s not a better place to see the 11
rows of three cars each begin their quest to
be the first to complete 200 laps.
Lawrenceville native
Craske was reared in Lawrenceville, where
he played high school golf, was a member of
the Indians’ last team to capture a baseball
regional championship in 1990 and excelled
as a member of the school’s choral and
theatrical departments. He graduated from
Lawrenceville High School in 1991.
His parents, Linda and David, were both
teachers in Lawrenceville at the time. His
mother eventually worked her way into
administration, and retired a few years ago
as a superintendent of schools. His father, a
former Lawrence County Coroner, wound up
in the real estate business.
There’s almost no limit to the 44-year-old
Craske’s responsibilities within IndyCar.
He maintains the websites, assists the series
public relations staff in a variety of ways,
assists the marketing department with the
distribution of emails to almost 300,000
club members, and supports and confirms
streaming information and connectivity
between timing and scoring and the IndyCar
mobile app. He’s constantly updating driver
biographies and race-specific pages for all of
the IndyCar series, serves as a liaison between
timing and scoring and the site’s historical
database, and is the digital coordinator of
advertisements for the series on behalf of the
IndyCar partners.
The May 27th 500 will be the 24th for
Craske. He first attended when Al Unser
Jr. famously outlasted Emerson Fittipaldi
in 1994, when he bought tickets from a
friend — over a meal at Bobe’s Pizza. He
missed the race the following year when his
Illinois College golf team was playing in the
conference tournament, but bought his own
500 tickets for the first time in 1996, and
hasn’t missed a race since. Even though he
works for IndyCar, he still buys tickets to
each race in Turn 3, and often provides them
to friends who are witnessing the Greatest
Spectacle in Racing for the first time.
‘Sheer whim’
How Craske wound up working for
IndyCar is a story in itself. He landed
there after earning a bachelor of science in
Computer Science from Illinois College
and master’s degrees from the University
of Illinois-Springfield and Indiana-Purdue
Indianapolis. Prior to his employment
with IndyCar, he worked for the Illinois
Department of Transportation, then spent a
dozen years as an employee of Caterpillar, in
both Peoria and Lafayette, Indiana.
On a “sheer whim” Craske developed a
Above, David Craske in the mid-1980s with his sister Kerry in front of A.J. Foyt’s winning
timing and scoring system for the IndyCar
car. Left, a 2011 photo of Craske and his golden retriever, Camber. | Craske family photos
series, specific to Apple iPhones.
The project was presented to IndyCar series officials, who liked it. Almost a full year protest and appeals process, the penalty was
passed, but it led to an interview and finally, in rescinded, and Unser was reinstated the
March 2012, a full-time job. Less than three victory on Oct 9, 1981.
weeks later, Craske worked his first race. Craske says he “vividly remembers”
Craske can remember the specific day he watching the action at his family’s home on
found his passion for the sport. It was May Lexington Avenue. His first actual visit to the
24, 1981. That’s the night that, along with his speedway came the following spring, when
father, he watched a late-night replay of the he attended “Bump Day” as the field for the
most controversial Indianapolis 500 ever. 1982 race was officially set.
The legendary Bobby Unser took the His father was working for Lawrenceville
checkered flag that day, but was subsequently radio station WAKO at the time, which was
penalized for illegally passing cars. When the part of the speedway’s radio network.
results were posted as official the next morn- “I came home (from the speedway) with
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 David Craske, a native of Lawrenceville, Illinois, is the webmaster/digital
media director for the Verizon IndyCar Series. He will witness his 24th
Indianapolis 500 on May 27. Here are his top 10 moments among the races
he’s seen.
2005: The start of
“Danicamania.” I remember
watching Danica Patrick’s qual-
ification attempt from the Turn
1 penthouse when she almost
spun on her first lap. When she
kept on the gas and kept going
without fear, that was when she
caught America’s attention. She
drove a great race, had a few
mistakes as all drivers do, got
fortunate her race didn’t end
with a spin during a yellow, and
then lady luck wasn’t on her
side at the end, and a young Brit
by the name of Dan Wheldon
won the race.
2011: Heartbreak for
J.R. Hildebrand on the final
turn, and Wheldon wins
again. It was a race of fuel
savings and everyone was doing
it. Coming into Turn 4, Charlie
Kimball was slowing down after
running out of fuel. I think had
J.R. knew how large of a lead
he had, he would have backed
off a little bit, followed Charlie
through 4, let him pull off and
then pass him. Instead, he went
high around him through 4 and
got in the marbles. From our
angle in Turn 2, he stopped in
our line-of-sight, and you could
tell the disappointment he had
as he waved to the crowd.
2016: The 100th Running.
A sold-out grandstand. A sold
out infield. Pretty much a
sold out everything. As I was
watching the last 40 laps with
our Timing and Scoring crew,
we were all looking at telemetry
data, and we knew Alexander
Rossi was going to have to make
a big number. With five to go, we
calculated he would run out on
the backstretch of the last lap,
and he would get passed on the
front stretch. Sure enough Rossi
stretched it out and crawled
across the line to win as a rookie.
He completed his last lap with
an average 179 mph, and from
Turn 4 to the checkered flag, he
26 | MAY 2018 z BOOMER
averaged 156 mph, so he really
had to work for that win.
1994: My first race. I
remember it was really hot that
day, and Emerson Fittipaldi was
the class of field. I was really
thinking he was going to go
back-to-back. However, just
when he was about to lap his
teammate Al Unser Jr. (who was
in second at the time, if that tells
you how dominating Fittipaldi
was), he hit the marbles and
slid into Turn 4 wall. He came to
a stop right in front of us on the
front stretch. Al Unser Jr. went
on to win his second and final
Indy 500, but there was a rookie
who finished second that year
and I told my dad he’s going to
make waves one day — Jacques
Villeneuve. Of course, Villeneuve
won the next year.
2006: The Andretti Curse
Continues. When Marco
Andretti passed his dad — HIS
DAD — entering Turn 1 with
three laps to go, the crowd
erupted. I mean, WOW. And
then to see Sam Hornish Jr.
battle so much adversity over
the race, and then to see him
visibly closing on Marco the last
two laps, and then pass on the
front stretch to win it — it was
such a cool moment, but also
so much heartbreak there too.
Here’s to hoping Marco Andretti
does, in fact, end that curse
one day.
2013: Tony Kanaan —
the fan-friendly Brazilian.
Already an Indy car champion,
led so many laps at IMS, and
he finally wins his elusive Indy
500. I’m not sure the smile has
left him since, and as he likes to
say, with the size of his nose, the
Borg-Warner Trophy has a third
handle.
2000: A young, hot-shot
Colombian, Juan Montoya,
comes to Indianapolis during
“the split” and absolutely
dominates the Indy 500. He was
cocky, he was brash, but man,
little did we know just how
good he really was. He still is
one of the best universal drivers
we’ve seen in modern motor-
sports. I don’t think his years in
NASCAR really showcased how
good he really is.
2004: I remember this
race, not for the race itself,
but the many rain stoppages in
the race, and then the severe
thunderstorm that rolled in
afterwards. Buddy Rice won
the race, David Letterman got
to drink milk, and we dodged a
tornado near the airport on the
way out of town.
2017: In 2012, Takuma
Sato went for it in Turn 1, and
ended up in the fence, giving
the win to Dario Franchitti. He
kept saying his mantra: “No
Attack, No Chance.” In 2017, he
won the race that slipped from
his fingers in a fantastic race.
Of course, having Fernando
Alonso in the field, and
genuinely happy about being at
Indianapolis instead of Monaco,
that was special. There is little
doubt in my mind he will race
again in the Indy 500.
2014: The duel. I know
in years past, many recall the
duels between Andretti-Unser,
Andretti-Foyt, Foyt-Unser,
perhaps even Rodger Ward and
Parnelli Jones, where the lead
would swap back and forth,
neither driver backing down.
We got to see that in 2014
with Ryan Hunter-Reay and
Helio Castroneves. Castroneves
was going for his fourth win.
Hunter-Reay, emerged after
years and years and years of
struggling for a solid car, and
being out of the series for a
time. Two likeable stories, and
a dive-bomb move by Ryan
entering Turn 3 with three or
four laps to go, that’s what Indy
is all about. A dream come true
for Hunter-Reay.

David Craske has filled the upstairs section
of his house with racing memorabilia.
Above, a 2016 Indy 500 program signed by
the entire field prior to the race. The large
autograph in blue is Alexander Rossi, who
won the race as a rookie. Below, a tire rim
signed by Alex Tagliani. | Craske family photos
hooked.”
Away from the track, Craske stays busy by
running road races, playing golf, taking care of
his golden retriever, Camber — named after
the tire angle settings on Indy cars — and
collecting Indianapolis 500 memorabilia. He’s
also an avid follower of the Chicago Cubs and
the University of Illinois athletic teams.
Craske is a frequent participant in 5K
runs, and on May 5 was scheduled to run the
Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
— which takes runners from downtown
Indianapolis to the speedway for a lap around
the track — for the 10th time.
A three-time letter winner for the golf
team at Illinois College in Jacksonville,
Craske still enjoys that sport, as well. He
sometimes plays the prestigious Brickyard
Crossing course, located right across the
street from his office, where he once carded a
5-over-par 77.
Over the years, Craske has amassed an
extensive collection of IndyCar and other rac-
ing memorabilia. It fills not just a bedroom,
but pretty much the entire upstairs section of
his house. He doesn’t have a “favorite piece,”
but says the full-field autographed program
from the 100th running of the race in 2016
holds a special place.
“(I have) everything from paintings and
posters, to autographs and used Indy car
parts,” he said.
He’s also got a lot of Indiana state
quarters, which since 2002, have featured
an Indy Car on the back. In fact, Craske has
never spent one.
“I think I have about $100 worth of
Indiana quarters stashed in one of my
memorabilia totes,” he said.
Craske doesn’t have a “true favorite” among
today’s Indy car drivers, but admits that he
enjoys watching Scott Dixon. A native of
New Zealand, Dixon has won the series
championship four times, and claimed the
2008 running of the 500 from the pole.
Dixon has had a lot of success in other forms
of racing, as well.
“He can walk the streets of Indianapolis
or Chicago and nobody will recognize him,”
said Craske. “But at the end of the day, when
he retires, he’s going to go down as one of the
greatest drivers ever, maybe in the history of
all motor sports.”
Craske’s family enjoys the series as well.
His parents travel to several races each year,
along with sisters Kerry and Emily and their
spouses and children.
There was a “family reunion” last summer
when the IndyCar series made its return to
Gateway Motorsports Park, near St. Louis.
Family members have also traveled to races
in Michigan, Florida, Iowa and Alabama.
Generally, there’s an annual get-together in
Indianapolis, too.
His sisters have gone so far as to pur-
chase Craske a unique Christmas gift — a
high-speed trip in the IndyCar “two-seater,”
which is usually piloted by Andretti. Craske
is uncertain as to when he may take the ride,
but he’s looking forward to it.
He’s looking forward to the IndyCar
season, too, especially the month of May,
leading up to the 500.
“I really am living the dream,” Craske said.
“Basically, it’s everything I could have asked
for. Not bad for a kid from southeastern
Illinois.”
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movie. A few great choices include Bottle
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Every bottle of wine has a story to tell — so
plan to pop a cork or two on May 25 and
get your vino vibe on. Cheers!
Joy Neighbors is an area writer whose first
book, The Family Tree Cemetery Field
Guide, is available at Barnes and Noble,
and Books-a-Million stores around the
country. It may also be purchased online
at Amazon.com and ShopFamilyTree.com.
Neighbors continues to write her weekly
blogs, A Grave Interest and Joy’s Joy of Wine,
and is also working on a full-length play
about Kentucky pioneer heroine Jane Todd
Crawford, to be released later in 2018.

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 GET
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Members of the Northwest Territorial Alliance, below, prepare for the opening ceremony during a previous Spirit of Vincennes
Rendezvous. | Photos by Bernie Schmitt

42nd Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous taking place May 26-27 the Sieur de Vincennes and being saluted by
the Tippecanoe Ancient Fife and Drum Corp
By Lindsay Owens Mark Hill, marketing director, said the and the Marines who will accompany him,”
THE FRENCH COMMONS will be the first battle of four battles will feature a special said Hill, adding advance buttons, good for
place to be Memorial Day weekend when the guest this year. both days, are available for purchase at area
42nd Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous takes “We will have activity on our battlefield financial institutions for $9.
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on the battlefield, he and his followers will
head to the Riverwalk where the Sieur
de Vincennes statue will be unveiled at 2
p.m. The statue, created by Bill Wolfe, was
made possible by the work of Joy Biggs and
“Friends of Vincennes Heritage” committee.
Biggs and the other committee members first
unveiled the statue in 2015.
Other battles will take place at 4 p.m.
Saturday and noon and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
More than 100 merchants, including
blacksmiths, silver smiths, weavers, and more,
dressed in period clothing will also be selling
their wares and demonstrating their craft.
If it’s food you’re heading to the
Rendezvous for, Hill said many traditional
favorites including buffalo burgers, pork
chops, turkey legs, creek fried potatoes and Jim Luking shouts out the virtues of a grilled turkey leg at a previous Spirit of Vincennes
desserts, will be available and there will be a Rendezvous.
new addition too.
a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature more than 40 and Antiquarian Society will also sponsor
“We have a new food booth by the Knox
vendors. Located at Second and Busseron its annual photo contest. Photos, which
County Democrats,” said Hill.
The Democrat booth will be selling streets, market vendors will be selling in-sea- are often used on brochures and other
“donkey ears,” a type of fried bread. son produce, baked goods, crafts and more. promotional materials, should be taken
“We will have a re-enactor portraying The festivities don’t stop Saturday when during this year’s Rendezvous and must
Martha Washington which will give us both the grounds close at 6 p.m., either. Those depict event happenings. Prizes will be
the General (George Washington) and his wanting to take in a little more history can awarded in several categories. Contest
wife gracing our grounds along with Mr. and head to Grouseland, Governor William registration begins May 21 at the historic
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin,” Hill said. Henry Harrison’s mansion, and the Indiana park, with the contest beginning May 25
Activities aren’t just taking place at the State Historic Sites for candlelight tours. and closing with the evening colors on May
French Commons. The Vincennes Historic The George Rogers Clark National 26. For more information on the contest,
Farmers Market will open Saturday from 8 Historic Park and the Vincennes Historical call 812-882-1776.

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 What to know before
GOING CAMPING
Courtesy of Metro News Service
COMEDIAN JIM GAFFIGAN
often jokes that camping is a
tradition in his wife’s family, but
he’s what people would consider
“indoorsy.” Gaffigan notes that
the idea of burning a couple of
vacation days sleeping on the
ground outside isn’t his idea of
fun. But the comic may be in the
minority.
Camping is one of the most
popular outdoor recreational
activities in North America. The
statistics resource Statistica says
the revenue of campgrounds and
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RV parks was estimated at $5.8
billion in 2015. More than $2.5
billion was relegated to camping
equipment spending. In Canada,
National Park attendance is
typically indicative of camping
stays. Parks Canada said there
was a 4 percent increase in
overall visitation between 2009
and 2014.
Camping takes many forms.
Some purists equate camping
to minimalist survival — eking
out an existence for a few days
with nothing more than a tent,
a single roll of toilet paper and
a fishing pole. Others enjoy the
creature comforts of home and
would readily consider camping
something done from their
climate controlled RV.
Camping ranges between
sleeping under the open stars and
glamping — a style of camping
with amenities and potentially
resort-style services. No matter
how one defines camping, infor-
mation is the key to becoming
the proverbial “happy camper.”
The following list is a general
starting off point for planning a
camping adventure.
• Not all campsites are equal.
When choosing a campsite,
seek an area that offers the
amenities you desire. Popular
places like lakeside spots or
those close to trails tend to
book up early. Also, consider
proximity to bathrooms, show-
ers and ingress/egress spots.
People who desire solitude will
pick different campsites than
those who want to be near the
family action.
• Choose a tent for the
weather. Supplies will
differ depending on the
temperatures when you plan
to camp. Select a tent with
a sun-protection sealant to
prolong its longevity. Opt for a
location with partial afternoon
shade to keep the campsite and
tent cool. Face the tent door
into the wind for a breeze (and
also to keep mosquitoes from
camping alongside you). Speak
with a camping supply retailer
about your camping needs.
• Bring along low-salt,
high-protein snacks.
Low-salt, high-protein snacks
will keep you fueled for day
trips along the trails without
making you thirsty. Dried
berries and high-fiber trail
mixes also can keep energy
levels up.
• Invest in an insulating pad.
A good insulating pad will
keep you comfortable when
sleeping on the ground. Such
a pad also will serve as an
extra moisture barrier and will
help keep you warm or cool.
• Use the moon. If this is your
first time camping, schedule
the night out to coincide with
a full moon. There will be
extra light at night to chase
away any fears and make
navigating a bit easier.
• Be an early bird. To see
wildlife, hit the trails as early as
possible. Early morning hours
also are cooler for working.
Remember that camping
involves getting in touch with
nature. Leave the campsite how
you found it, taking trash along
with you.
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 boomer health
‘After spending $7,000, I still
suffered with severe headaches’
“Some pain you can distance yourself from,
but a headache sits right where you live.” Mark Lawrence
By Dr. Neil Sweigart
SEVERAL YEARS AGO a patient
came to me suffering with debilitating
daily headaches punctuated by a few severe
migraines each month. They had persisted
for years and were severely affecting her
ability to work and care for her family.
After seeing several providers, including a
world-renowned headache clinic in Chicago,
and spending more than $7,000, she still
suffered unrelenting pain. Unfortunately,
this scenario is all too common.
Headaches are among the top 10 reasons
people see a doctor. One in six people suffer
from headaches and one in 20 has a headache
every day. Migraine headaches affect one in
seven adults, mostly women.
Types of headaches
While there are several different types of
headaches such as cluster, caffeine, hormonal,
sinus and allergy, the most common are ten-
sion/cervicogenic headaches and migraines.
But first, let’s clear up misconceptions about
sinus headaches.
More than 90 percent of patients who
think they suffer from sinus headaches do
not have sinus headaches. A sinus headache
only occurs with significant congestion and
blockage of sinus drainage or with an infec-
tion. Without congestion or with congestion
and drainage, there will be no pressure and
no sinus headache. Cervicogenic/tension
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headaches are most commonly mistaken for
sinus headaches.
Most headaches are caused by structural
problems in the neck and base of the skull.
They are called “cervicogenic headaches.” Peter
Rothbart, M.D., president of the World
Cervicogenic Headache Society explains a
cervicogenic headache: “The cervicogenic
headache is a headache which … arises in the
neck. The source of pain are the structures
around the neck … joints, ligaments, muscles
and cervical discs … when damaged, the nerve
endings send pain signals up the pathway from
the upper nerves in the neck to the brain.”
Muscles in the shoulder and upper
back connect to the neck and base of the
skull. When these muscles tighten due to
stress, posture or injury, they restrict their
own blood flow, thereby decreasing oxygen
to the muscles and allowing lactic acid to
accumulate. This results in trigger points
which can refer pain to the forehead and eyes,
mimicking sinus headaches. These trigger
points are associated with dysfunction of the
joints in the cervical spine and respond well
to treatments such as acupuncture, chiroprac-
tic and massage therapy. Very few of these
headaches do not respond to a combination
of trigger point therapy, spinal adjustments
and specific exercises.
Migraines
As severe as these headaches can be,
migraines are even worse. There are two
varieties — the common migraine and the
classical migraine. A common migraine is a
very severe tension/cervicogenic headache
that may inflame the occipital nerve. This
nerve exits beneath the back of the skull and
courses over the head to the forehead right
behind the eyes, causing blinding headaches.
The classical migraine, sometimes
referred to as a hormonal migraine, is often
associated with PMS and menstrual cycles in
women. They are often preceded by blurred
vision and nausea and a vague sense of an
impending severe headache, often causing
sufferers to seek solace in a dark, quiet room.
They are thought to be due to overdilation
of blood vessels in the brain and may have a
chemically or allergic mediated trigger.
When migraines occur regularly in
women premenstrually, they are most
likely due to hormone imbalance — elevated
estrogen and low progesterone. These are the
lucky patients, because their headaches can
usually be controlled or even eliminated by
the use of bioidentical progesterone. Indeed,
we’ve had many migraine sufferers experience
significant relief with this treatment. John
Lee, M.D. states in his book, What Your
Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause,
“The more dangerous pharmaceutical drugs
can be reserved for the rare case that does not
respond completely to progesterone.”
We have a saying in the chiropractic
profession that headaches aren’t caused by
aspirin deficiency. By addressing the under-
lying cause of headaches, patients can obtain
significant relief without risking the side
effects of over-the-counter medicines.
My patient? She was suffering from chronic
daily common migraines (cervicogenic) and
classical hormonal migraines. Following treat-
ment, including the use of progesterone for
the migraines, she experienced nearly complete
relief in only a few weeks. If you suffer from
headaches, I strongly recommend you see your
doctor to determine the underlying cause.
Then reserve the drugs for the rare headache
that does not respond to the natural treatment
options available.
Dr. Neil Sweigart is a native of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Indiana
University of Pennsylvania and Logan College
of Chiropractic. He practices in Vincennes with
an interest in natural methods.
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MAY 2
Knox County CEO Trade
Show
Highland Woods Community
Center, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Visit
with the students while they
showcase their individual
business.
MAY 8 THROUGH AUG. 12
”Red’s Key Destinations,”
Exhibit
Red Skelton Museum of
American Comedy, V.U.
Campus. The exhibit will
include insight on Red’s major
career breaks, his vacations
spots and keys to the city. The
display can be seen during
regular museum hours. For
more information, call the
museum at 812-888-4184.
MAY 10
“Chamber After-Hours”
Event
Knox County Courthouse, 5
p.m. - 7 p.m. In recognition
of National Tourism Week,
the Visitors & Tourism Bureau,
Knox County Chamber of
Commerce and the Vincennes/
Knox County Preservation
Foundation cordially invites the
public to a “Tour of Main Street.”
Beginning at the courthouse
at 5 p.m., attendees will be
offered guided architecture
tours: Walking tours at 5 p.m.
and 5:30 p.m. and a carriage
tour at 5:15 p.m. A reception
with music and hors d’oeuvres
will be held at the Riverwalk
at 5:30 p.m. Transportation
back to the courthouse will
be provided. The carriage tour
is sponsored by Old National
Bank.
MAY 25-27
Block Party!
McGrady Brockman Parking
Lot. The Knox County Public
Library will wrap up the “Close
the Book on Hunger” program
with a block party on the
parking lot of the McGrady
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Brockman Building. Enjoy the
party on Friday from 3 p.m. - 6
p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
and Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
MAY 26-27
“Spirit of Vincennes
Rendezvous” (Living
History Event)
The French Commons, Willow
Street & River Road. Take a step
back in time and surround
yourself with the sights, smells,
sounds and tastes of the
American Revolutionary War
period during the Spirit of
Vincennes Rendezvous held at
the French Commons (w/15+
acres of parking). Saturday hours
are 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday,
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. of Memorial
Day weekend. Enjoy authentic
food prepared over open fires
and browse through merchant
tents that offer goods relative to
the time period. A continuous
lineup of entertainment is
offered and varies from year
to year including battle re-
enactments, period music,
jugglers, fire eaters, story tellers,
oxen demonstrations and more.
Battles will be held Saturday at 1
p.m. and 4 p.m. and on Sunday
at noon and 3:30 p.m. For
more information, contact the
Vincennes/Knox County Visitors
and Tourism Bureau at 800-886-
6443 or email information@
spiritofvincennes.org
MAY 26
Candlelight Tours
Grouseland & Vincennes State
Historic Sites, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. As
part of the “Spirit of Vincennes
Rendezvous” celebration,
the staff of William Henry
Harrison’s mansion, Grouseland
(3 W. Scott Street) and the
Vincennes State Historic Sites
(1 W. Harrison Street) along
with volunteers will provide
tours by candlelight. For
more information, contact
Grouseland at 812-882-2096
or the Vincennes State Historic
Sites at 812-882-7422.
MAY 26
“Sieur de Vincennes”
Dedication Ceremony
Riverwalk, 2 p.m. The public is
cordially invited to attend the
dedication ceremony honoring
our city’s founder, “Sieur de
Vincennes,” Lt. Francois Marie
Bissot. The ceremony will be
held at the Riverwalk Trailhead
(near First and Main streets)
and begin at 2 p.m. during
which the sculpture portraying
Vincennes will be unveiled.
Van Go will provide free
transportation to the ceremony
from the Spirit of Vincennes
Rendezvous grounds to those
holding two-day Rendezvous
pass buttons.
JUNE 1
“Spring on Main” and “First
Friday” Art Walk
Main Street, Vincennes, 6 p.m.
- 10 p.m. Art Space Vincennes,
the Northwest Territory Art
Guild and the Open Galleries
will present exceptional works
of art available to purchase.
More activities to enjoy include
craft beer and wine tasting
(tickets available to purchase), a
classic vehicle show and cruise-
in, live music, food vendors,
kids’ activities and more. All
proceeds from the event
go to INVin’s efforts toward
downtown restoration.
JUNE 15-17
Summer Musical (TBD)
Old Town Players Theatre,
Vincennes. The Old Town
Players Theatre will present
a summer musical June 15,
16 and 17 and again on
June 22, 23 and 24. This title
of this musical is yet to be
determined.
JUNE 22-24
Summer Musical (TBD)
Old Town Players Theatre,
Vincennes. The Old Town
Players Theatre will present a
summer musical on June 22, 23
and 24. This title of this musical
is yet to be determined.
JUNE 23-24
American Legion State Golf
Tournament
Country Club of Old
Vincennes, 2715 Washington
Ave., Vincennes and Bicknell
Country Club, 5723 N. Golf
Course Road, Bicknell. The
2018 American Legion State
Golf Tournament is open to
all amateur American Legion
and Sons of the American
Legion Members. The entry
fee is $90/golfer and entry
form for this tournament
is available to download at
http://www.vincennescvb.org/
docs/2018_-_entry.pdf. Mail
entry form(s) with entry fee(s)
to: American Legion Post 73,
Attn: State Golf Tournament,
P.O. Box 823, Vincennes, IN
47591. Entry forms must be
postmarked no later than May
31, and NO REFUNDS will be
made on entry fees.
JUNE 23-24
Three Forts Day
George Rogers Clark National
Historical Park, 401 S. Second
St., 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Three Forts
Day is the first of four events
of the 2018 Junior Rangers
Series. Children of all ages will
learn of the three different
forts built inside what is now
George Rogers Clark NHP, how
the forts were constructed with
18th-Century tools and more.
Participate in one event, get a
Junior Ranger Patch; participate
in two events, get a Junior
Ranger Badge and participate
in three events, get a 2018
Junior Ranger T-Shirt. For more
information, call Ranger Jason
Collins at 812-882-1776, Ext. 4.
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Tax-related identity theft continues to be an
ever-growing national crisis. By Shana Strange
THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Office estimated that in tax year 2013,
fraudulent tax refunds misdirected to identity
thieves was about $5.8 billion and impacted
more than 2.4 million U.S. taxpayers.
Unfortunately, this fraudulent activity has
continued to rapidly expand since 2013.
All taxpayers must be diligent in further
protecting themselves from becoming identity
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and resources to help in your defense of
tax-related identity theft.
Secure private personal information
Safeguard family names and birthdates,
account numbers, passwords, and Social
Security numbers. Carefully consider all
requests to provide your Social Security
number before giving it out and don’t hesitate
to ask why your private information is being
requested. Secure your Social Security card
in a safe or safety deposit box and never in
your purse or wallet. Proactively shred all
documents that contain personal data before
disposing of them, even solicitations and “junk”
mail that may unknowingly contain account
numbers and personal information.
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and/or children’s information. Be cautious
who you communicate with online and be
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from people you do not know or recognize.
Separate what you post publicly from what
you post with your personal contacts. Do not
post personal and family data.
Secure your computer
Use current versions of antivirus, malware
protection and firewalls and update these pro-
grams frequently. Consider having this software
updated automatically, as well as using different
computers for business and finances than you
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telephone number, website, email address,
supervisor’s name and mailing address. The
IRS never initiates contact by telephone.
Beware of unsolicited emails and
current phishing scams
Don’t open attachments or electronic links
unless you know the sender. Internet sites should
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Always beware of entering sensitive data.
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Review your bank and credit card state-
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Consider electronic transmission of
financial information
No sensitive tax or personal information
should be sent via unsecured email, even
information being transmitted to CPAs,
bankers, and/or financial advisors. A secure
portal, encrypted email or physical mailing of
of sensitive information is necessary.
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 BBQ my
way
Break in your grill with brats
One of my favorite grilled dishes is a perfectly grilled bratwurst
with sautéed onion and peppers. By Dave Lobeck
HOT AND STEAMY with that delicious
“pop” of a slightly browned casing when
you bite into it. But, in the hands of grilling
novices, the bratwurst can quickly turn into
a burnt tubular piece of meat that has blown
up at one of the ends, if not both.
I have spent time in Wisconsin with
bratwurst experts and closely observed them
while they were grilling up their culinary
works of art. So, allow me to explain how I
grill a brat, having put their knowledge into
practice.
First, I think it’s important to have some
sautéed peppers and onions to top your brat.
Peel the onion, chop up the onion and green,
yellow or red peppers and saute’ with a couple
tablespoons of vegetable oil until the onion is
soft and translucent. I do this over the grill in
a cast-iron skillet.
Now, remove the onions and peppers and
set them aside in an oven at 200 degrees just
to keep it warm.
This next statement gets a lot of criticism
from brat grilling rookies. Pierce the casing
two or three times with a fork on both sides
of the bratwurst. This keeps the casing from
blowing up by allowing steam to escape as
the brat is cooking. Trust me, that technique
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allowing it to dry out. I contend that a blown-
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from Wisconsin to not lead me astray.
Fill the cast iron skillet with a can or two of
your favorite beer, place over your heat source
and place your brats in the beer once your beer
is hot. Allow to steam/cook in the beer for five
minutes or so, then turn and allow to go for
another five minutes. We are basically getting
the inside of the brat cooked, which will now
allow us to lightly brown the brat. If you do
it the other way, unless you are doing indirect
heat, you will burn your casing by the time the
inside of the brat is properly cooked.
Remove the brats from the beer and place
them directly over the coals or your gas heat
source. We aren’t cooking the brats at this
point. We are adding color and texture, the
texture being that nice “pop” when you bite
into them.
Once they hit the color and texture you
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Place foods in the slow cooker
If the stove is not an option because other
components of the meal are being baked or
Courtesy of Metro News Service meant to have crispy skins, as tenting can broiled, grilled foods can be placed in ceramic
MANY PEOPLE PREFER the flavor moisten the skin. slow cookers with lids. This can potentially keep
of grilled foods over the flavor of foods Use the warming feature on the foods warm for longer periods of time than
cooked in other ways. Grilled foods aluminum foil tents without sacrificing flavor.
certainly have distinct flavors, but that
stove
Keeping grilled foods warm until it’s time
uniqueness can be compromised when Many stoves come with warming settings to serve meals can be difficult. But grillmas-
some foods finish cooking before cooks are that keep foods warm without cooking ters can employ various strategies to ensure
ready to serve them. them. While this requires cooks to go grilled foods maintain their unique flavor
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they’re served cold or not as hot as cooks
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As foods finish cooking, move them to
a predetermined low-heat zone on the grill
where they will stay warm without over-
cooking. Monitor this area while cooking the
foods to ensure it’s warm but not hot enough
to keep cooking foods once they have been
moved.
Store cooked foods in aluminum
foil
Moving foods off the grill and tenting
them in aluminum foil is another way to keep
them warm until serving time, though this
might only work if cooks need to keep foods
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 the dirt on
gardening

Size important in plant they develop are by far the best for taste.
Take as an example: pencil-size green onions

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to gardening, is bigger always
better? Maybe, maybe not. By Tom Yoder
COMPETITION IS INGRAINED in about
every gardener, but it is usually about the
numbers or prolificacy of a flower or a
vegetable. Well, not so fast. Sometimes size
does matter.
Take, for example, a flower specimen
you’ve been nurturing to produce the biggest
and best blossoms that you’d be proud to
enter in a contest for top honors. Another
our Home - General
example might be the largest zucchini,
cucumber, tomato or pumpkin. They are fun
to grow and to water and fertilize to gain the
best results to brag about, right? Everyone
does this as a means of fun and competition
in the gardening world.
I did this many years ago when I was
raising tuberous begonias. I began by exper-
imenting with various fertilizers other than
the normal granular type. Rapid Gro and
Miracle Gro in their liquid form were used
with great success, but I took it to another
level with fish emulsion and achieved even
greater success. It apparently worked because
one of my plants received the Best of Show
Award at an annual Garden Club competi-
tion. This tuberous begonia didn’t necessarily
have giant blooms, but it had many blooms,
prompting a question by one of the judges,
“Is this growth all from just one year?”
Gardeners not only grow for size but
also for prolificacy; it just depends on what
you’re trying to achieve. As for vegetables, it
is usually about the numbers because we’re
trying to get the best yield for our efforts so
we’ll have more to put on the table or to can,
freeze or store. Also, most gardeners realize
that young, tender plants and/or the fruits
ping-pong ball size or a radish that is left in
the ground too long and develops into a giant
that is pithy.
Another great example is a zucchini that is
left growing longer than it should and grows
into a giant behemoth. These giants can be
used for other purposes, such as zucchini
bread and zucchini crab cakes, but the
smaller 1½-2 inch diameter are perfect and
much more suitable for slicing and grilling or
to use in a vegetable dish. Other vegetables
that are best when picked young and tender
are cucumbers, peas, green beans, sweet corn
and eggplant.
When it comes to flowers, it is usually for
numbers -- the more prolific the blooming
is, the better they look in your garden, unless
of course you are growing for competition,
which may mean, “the bigger the blooms are,
the better they will be in judging.”
How often have you been to a county or
state fair and witnessed pumpkins or squash
that have been nurtured and babied into
super-sized behemoths? Some of these have
even been known to have been milk-fed using
a syringe injected into the stem to beef them
up into 1,000 pounds, some close to a ton, so
in this case size does matter.
Tom Yoder is a Master Gardener who resides
in Goshen, Indiana. He can be reached by
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10 ways to boost leads on websites
Moving website visitors to become customers is
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MANY FACTORS
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The customer experience is an essential part
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Tony
Cloyd:
40 years of
Vincennes
news
By Bernie Schmitt
TONY CLOYD ENJOYS covering local
news so much that he isn’t sure what he
would do if he wasn’t working.
“I’ve thought about retirement a little,” he
said. “But I don’t know what I would do with
myself.”
This summer Cloyd will celebrate 40 years
in broadcast news, both television and radio,
at Vincennes University. His is a familiar
face on VU’s public broadcast television
station WVUT, and a familiar voice on VU’s
FM radio stations WVUB and WFML.
He enjoys bicycling and traveling, but
those are mostly vacation-type pursuits.
His niche, though, is telling his viewers and
listeners the news of Vincennes and Knox
County.
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Tony Cloyd is a familiar face, and
voice, of new reporting for Vincennes
University’s radio and television stations.
| Photos by Bernie Schmitt
Never boring
“I have never been bored covering news,”
Cloyd said. “Every day is different. Knox
County is a rural community, but it generates
a lot of news, both good and bad.”
He was introduced to broadcasting at
Lafayette Jefferson High School, which had
radio and television broadcast capability.
Former broadcaster Bill Fraser was his teacher.
“The radio station was JEFF 91, like our
Blazer 91,” Cloyd said. “We played adult
contemporary music and students were as-
signed different shifts, just like a regular radio
station. We had no ads then. Our television
station also did the school announcements.”
 His parents wanted him to go to college, but they also wanted him
to get a taste of the working world. He wasn’t sure what he wanted to
study, so he decided to go to work.
“My father was a printer by trade,” Cloyd said. “I had knowledge of
printing and got a fulltime job doing printing work for Purdue. While
there, I met Johnny DeCamp, who was then voice of Purdue football
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After a year, Cloyd made his way to Vincennes, where he studied his
chosen profession. He had no prospects upon graduation, so he went
back home and worked in a farm implement company at Linden. One
day he got a call about a broadcast news job at VU.
“There were some personnel changes and they needed someone to
cover news and do an early morning newscast,” he said.
Return to newscasting
Recently, after years of doing a variety of jobs in news at VU
broadcasting, Cloyd is back, doing the morning newscasts once again.
He’s come full circle.
“The morning drive for radio is important,” he said.
He’s been a television lab assistant, he’s covered all kinds of meetings
and events, he’s worked weekends, been the host of WVUT television
shows, namely “22 Magazine,” and other things. His hard work led to
promotion of news director, where for seven years he was “hands-on,”
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a tiny chip. Cameras are much lighter, too. wanted to build a lake just north of town, but possibilities, growth downtown, and new
“We used to have these big — what we farmers were adamantly against it. There were things happening all the time.
called ‘quad’ tapes,” he said. “You then had to some long, contentious meetings then, he said. “Growth is slow at times,” he said. “But
rewind them and set by hand the starting spot.” He recalls expansion on Sixth Street in there is a lot going on right now, and it’s an
Cloyd says the focus of the VU broad- the 1980s and Hart Street expansion in exciting time.”
casting program is designed to give students the 1990s. He said now is a good time for When he’s not covering the news, or
experience in all aspects of radio and bicycling, Cloyd enjoys blues music, so when
Vincennes, with new economic development
he’s got the time, he attends blues music
festivals in the area, usually going to the W.C.
“I have never been bored covering news. Every day Handy Festival in Henderson, Kentucky.
But he’s quite content to be covering city
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from his community. Retirement isn’t coming
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television production, whether it’s on-air or Tony Cloyd began his career broadcast the morning news for VU broadcasting, and
behind the scenes. after 40 years he’s back to doing it again, noting that the “morning drive” is important
“They may not get the job they want right for newscasters and radio listeners.
after college,” he said. “But if they have the
whole spectrum of what is done, they can
decide what they want to do and go after it.”
As far as his work in covering the news,
Cloyd says he tries to do his best each day,
but sometimes reporters are misled and
sometimes they get facts wrong.
“I’ve apologized when I’ve been wrong,”
he said. “I think one is more respected if you
do that. We have to learn from our mistakes,
and I’ve made some. I still make some.”
Newsmakers
He recalls covering negotiations between
the local school teachers’ union and school
corporation, lengthy negotiations that lasted
until 4 a.m.
“I was there for the duration,” he said.
“Then I went in to do the 6 a.m. newscast.”
Another time he had to cover Knox
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