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TERRE HA UTE LIVING • APRIL 2014CONTENTS

INBUSINESSFAMILY ON THEGREENMark’s Par 3 is a golfcourse meant to beenjoyed by everyone.By Dorothy Jersse

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FOODYOU GONNA EATTHAT? 8

CALENDAREVENTS ANDHAPPENINGS 54

PHOTOSFACES AND PLACES 58

UP FRONTTHIS & THAT 6

LAST THOUGHTSTHE RIOT ACT 62

INBUSINESSFARM FRESHFAMILYRoyer Farms has a nackfor quality, fresh food.By Katie Shane

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INBUSINESSBLOOMIN’BUSINESSThe Apple House haslong been the first placeto go when spring starts.By Katie Shane

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INBUSINESSREPEAT BOUTIQUEA high-fashion, low-cost store that hassomething foreveryone.By Dorothy Jerse

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IN BUSINESSPICTURE PERFECTPetit Photographycaptures thousands ofsmiles everyschoolyear.By Katie Shane

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FEATUREGEARS, GRIME ANDGIRLSErin’s Pit Stop makeswomen (and men!)more comfortable.By Katie Shane

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FEATURERAIDERS OF THELOST ARTA local artist is bringingart to people in a funand interactive way.By Stacey Muncie

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FEATURENATIONAL POETRYMONTHA newly publish bookfrom a local author anda few poems from areapoets.By Steve Kash

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COMMUNITYA GOOD HABITATHabitat for Humanitybuilds more than housesBy Dorothy Jerse

46COMMUNITYIF THE SHOE BUS FITSThe Annual Art & Wineevent is the right fit.By Katie Shane

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Each year The Wabash Valley Women of Influence event iden-tifies and recognizes top women leaders in the Wabash Valleyfor their positive influence.

This will be the third year for the program, which honorswomen who have demonstrated leadership, served as role modelsand made a positive difference in their communities.

The past two years, funds raised by Wabash Valley Women of In-fluence have gone to Success by 6, a United Way program designedto provide every child with the opportunity to develop basic read-ing skills.

Each year, about 400 people attend a breakfast at which theWomen of Influence are honored.This event is being held again onApril 10, 2014 at 7:30. The backdrop for the event is Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, the nation's oldest Catholic Liberal Arts Col-lege for women in the United States. This inaugural breakfast willfeature keynote speaker Kristie West, Growth Playbook Leader atGE Aviation.

Vigo county voters will have multiple days and 18 locationsto choose from this year for the midterm primary election.The county is the first one in the state to implement the

new system that aims to make it easy and convenient to makeyour voice heard.

Over the years voter turnout has been disappointing, espe-cially for the midterm elections which still have major races onthe ballot, including congressional, statehouse and courthouse.The new system hopes to increase turnout by giving as many op-portunities to vote as possible.

Each of the 18 centers, which replace the old system ofprecinct polling places, will be equipped with electronic, touch-screen voting equipment. What’s more, registered voters can goto any of the 18 centers to cast votes. The system that’s been in-stalled in Vigo County will track voters who cast ballots, eliminat-ing the chance of fraud by anyone trying to vote more than once.

Beginning April 8th you can cast your vote at the Vigo CountyCourthouse. Starting April 28th you can choose from 9 conve-niently located voting centers that include grocery stores, com-munity centers and churches. Now you can pick up some milk andbread and exorcise your right to vote!

Here is the full list of voting centers and their times:

2014 HONOREESJudy BengocheaCoral CochranDeborah Elliot KeslerMarla FlowersLaurice NewlinTrudy Rupska

Sally StewartKathleen StienstraBeth TevlinDenise WilkinsonDonna WilsonMary Yelton

Women of Influence EventScheduled for April 10

18 New Voting CentersMake it Easy to castyour ballot

Monday through Saturday beginning Tuesday, April 8thand ending noon Monday, May 5th. Opens at 8:00 a.m. andcloses at 4:00 p.m.:• Vigo County Courthouse - 33 S 3rd St, Terre Haute, IN

Monday through Saturday beginning Monday, April 21stthrough Saturday, May 3rd 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Mon-day, May 5th from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Election Day, Tuesday,May 6th, 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.:• Vigo County Annex - 127 Oak St

Monday through Saturday beginning Monday, April 28ththrough Saturday, May 3rd 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Mon-day, May 5th from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Election Day, Tuesday,May 6th, 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.:• Baesler’s Grocery Store - 2900 Poplar • Old State Police Post - 7751 S US Hwy 41• Valley Grill - 2170 N 3rd St • Booker T. Washington Center - 1101 S 13th St • New Life Fellowship Church - 7849 Wabash Ave • West Vigo Community Center - 127 W Johnson Ave • Kroger North - 2140 Ft. Harrison Road

Open Tuesday, Election Day, May 6th from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. :• Methodist Church - 3720 W Kennett Dr. Prairieton• New Goshen Firehouse - 9113 US Hwy 150 West Terre Haute• Wabash Valley Fair Grounds - 3901 S US Hwy 41 Terre Haute• Riley Fire Department - 6633 Indiana 159 Terre Haute• Lawton Byrum VFW Post 972 - 1111 Veteran Sq Terre Haute • Sandcut Firehouse - 5970 E Rio Grand Ave Terre Haute• Pierson Township (Blackhawk) Firehouse - 7610 Firehouse

Dr. Pimento • Pimento Firehouse - 2389 E Cottom Dr Terre Haute• National Guard Armory - 3614 Maple Ave Terre Haute• Vigo County Public Library - One Library Sq Terre Haute

UP FRONT


New bookfrom UnitedWay exploreslocal careers

Whether it’s a career as a veterinarian, website designer or meteorolo-gist, the book titled, “One Day I Could Be …: Careers in the WabashValley” tells kids that “one day you can be whatever you want.”

Written by a first-time children’s book author and local resident, AnnRyan, the colorful, interactive, read-aloud children’s book describes 14 careerchoices in the Wabash Valley, featuring area professionals.

Each career is described in a two-page spread and includes a photo of theprofessional while doing an activity in their line of work and a short story ofwhat they like about that career. After each story, the book offers suggestionsfor other careers similar to the one described.

The target audience includes children in kindergarten and first grade.The book — designed by Denise Turner with photography by Brendan R.

Kearns — was the brainchild of Marla Flowers, a former United Way campaignchairwoman and longtime volunteer.

Proceeds from the book, published on Jan. 27, will go to the United Way ofthe Wabash Valley, particularly its “Success by 6” program, which promoteschild literacy.

Each book costs $15 and is available for purchase online at www.uwwv.orgor at the United Way office, 2901 Ohio Blvd.


WORDS: STACEY MUNCIE

THE SPICE OF LIFE

ROOTING FORGINGER

ark sesame oil is one of my favorite ad-ditions to everything from salad dress-ing t o stir fry . It’s not just

Asian-inspired dishes that benefit from the oil’snutty goodness, either. I’ve been known t o in-clude it in all sorts of culinary concoctions be-cause it just adds a delicious depth of flavor.

For sure, though, dark sesame oil is espe-cially at home when accompanied by someGolden Mountain Seasoning Sauce, a Thai ver-sion of soy sauce that is (in my opinion anyway)not as harsh tasting as standard soy sauce. Theonly thing that could possibly make this pairingany better is the addition of ginger root, and Ilove to combine them when I’ve got a particularhankering for Asian flavors.

You can really swit ch up the meat and veg-gies however you lik e, or use t ofu if that’s yourthing, but this recipe is a good starting point formaking the most of these fla vors. Dark sesameoil, Golden M ountain Seasoning Sauce andfresh ginger are all available at the Asian Marketat 673 Wabash Avenue.

Awhile back, I pick ed up a container of green t ea powder, akamatcha, at the Asian Mark et downtown. It’s kind of expen-sive, but I ha ve long loved the fla vor. And it’s one of those

things that’s supposed to be super good for you. I don’t necessarilywant to live to be 400 years old, but it helps me justify the green teaice cream, frappes and lat tes I lik e. Please don’t writ e to me andburst my bubble on this--if those things aren’t healthy by virtue ofmatcha, I don’t want to know.

When I bought it, Mrs . Ly asked me what I was planning t o dowith it, and she perk ed up when I t old her I wanted to try my handat green tea ice cream. If it turned out good, she said, she’d lik e tohave the recipe. W ell, it actually did turn out t o be pret ty darnedtasty, especially since I included some coconut milk and ginger. Thisrecipe is not quite as rich as it would be if made with cream, so feelfree to replace some of the half and half with hea vy cream if youwant the high calorie version.

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GINGER SESAME BEEF & VEGGIES (SERVES 4)D1 pound round steak1/4 cup Golden M ountain sauce (soyregular soy sauce, if you have to)1/4 cup sugar1/4+ cup rice vinegar1/4 cup dark sesame oil2 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 Tbs cornstarch1 bunch broccoli, cut into florets 1/2 bunch of asparagus, cut into bite-sizepieces1 Tbs ginger sliced paper thin1 Tbs sesame seeds1/4 cup vegetable oil

Combine soy sauce, sugar, vinegar,sesame oil and garlic in a small bowl.Cut steak into bite-size pieces and addto soy sauce mixture. Set aside whileprepping veggies. Wash and trim broc-coli and asparagus, set aside. In a smallpan, toast sesame seeds lightly, and setaside. Sprinkle cornstarch over meatmixture and stir to combine. Heat veg-etable oil in a large skillet over medium-

high heat. Add meat mixture and stirfry until meat is cooked through. Re-move meat from pan and add in asplash of rice vinegar, stirring to scrapebits from the bottom. Add vegetablesand ginger, cooking until tender crispand bright green. Return meat to panand sprinkle with sesame seeds, stir toincorporate. Serve over rice.

COCONUT, GREEN TEA & GINGER ICE CREAM (SERVES 4)

2 cups half and half2 Tbs matcha powder1 cup coconut milk1/2 cup sugarPinch salt

(1) 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger root1/4 cup crystalliz ed ginger , finelychopped, plus more for garnish4 large egg yolks, beaten

In a small bowl, whisk t ogether 1 cuphalf & half and mat cha powder . Setaside.

In a medium saucepan, heat coconutmilk, remaining half & half, sugar , saltand peeled ginger root until scalding .Slowly pour half of the hot mixture intothe egg mixture while whisking briskly .Add egg and milk mixture back t o panwith remaining milk mixture using the

same method. Cook, whisking con-stantly, until thickened, about 8-10 min-utes. Strain t o remove any lumps andginger. Add to matcha mixture, whiskingto combine. Cover and place in the re-frigerator for at least 2 hours—it mustbe well chilled.

Freeze according t o the specific in-structions for your ice cream mak er.Serve with ginger garnish.

See what’s cooking in my kitchen—check out myPinterest food board at

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“ONE FAMILY ALWAYSSINGS ONE SONG.”

This old Estonian proverb fits the LaGrange familyto a tee. Their song is “GOLF” accompanied by 50years of love and very hard work.

Mark LaGrange, at the time he was bask etball andgolf coach at the former Schulte High School, and hiswife, Pat, were looking for a source of summer in-come. Pat, also a t eacher, recalled, “Traveling withthe golf team, Mark came up with the idea of buildinga golf course as close to Terre Haute as we could get.We purchased 26 acres between T erre Haut e and

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Saturday, April 2611 a.m.-3 p.m. (EDT) at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN

All are invited to a day of local foods and wares, education and entertain-ment.

Solly Burton and Brent McPike perform on mandolin and guitar, Native American performances, children’s area, Silly Safaris presentation, bake sale by the Sisters of Providence, Take Flight! Wildlife Education presenta-tion, Vigo County Public Library children’s book give-away, lunch items by local restaurants, vendors selling their eco-friendly or handmade wares, and spinning and weaving demonstrations.

Free-will donation at the gates.

From I-70 (traveling E or W), take Exit 3: Darwin Road. Proceed north on Darwin Road to National Ave. Turn right on National Ave. and proceed to U.S. 150 in West Terre Haute. Turn north (left) on U.S. 150 (at a stop light) and go two miles to St. Mary’s Road and the sign for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College/Sisters of Providence. Turn left on St. Mary’s Road. Proceed to main entrance (second gate) and turn right.

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Fifty years ago the course opened;the official opening date was May15, 1964. Pat remembered the fee

was $1 to play nine holes; ten seasonpasses were sold at $10 each that firstyear.

Their five children, Connie, Candy,Neil, Terry and Louis, all had parts toplay in the business through the years.From 1967 to 1982 the family owned and operated a lighted drivingrange. More land was purchased for the back nine holes in 1992. The18-hole course now occupies 65 acres. It still conforms to Mark'swords: short enough for beginners, long enough for experiencedgolfers.

Candy LaGrange McCord, operations manager, said, “We startedout with a little old building, now used for storage. It holds manymemories for those who learned to play here years ago. They bringchildren and grandchildren back to play.

“Our golfers come from all over the Wabash Valley, both Illinoisand Indiana. This includes individuals attending meetings in thearea and students at Rose-Hulman and ISU. At times someone trav-eling through on Interstate 70 will Google us and come out to play.

“We do not schedule tee times. Golfers may want to call first (812-877-1467) to check on availability. We have five different golfleagues and occasional outings playing our course.”

Mark's Par 3 offers 18 holes of rolling hills and challenging waterhazards over a pond and several creeks. More than 400 golfers havehad the thrill of making a hole-in-one--approximately 10 each year.

Closed completely in January and February, the season begins inMarch as soon as the freezing and thawing stop. It ends when thesnow flies in December.

“We have a great niche here, not like the bigger courses,” Candy

explained. “The fact we have shorter holesfits the current trend across the countrywhich is 'put the tees up closer.' Manywomen don't want to play long holes andsenior men don't want them as long asthey once did. Also working people like tofit in nine holes after their workday. We fitinto their busy schedules; they can playnine holes in 1 1/2 hours.”

Reasonable fees are based on nine holes, 18 holes, walking and withriding carts. Reduced sunset rates are popular--all-you-can-playfrom 6 p.m. until sunset every day of the week. There are specialrates for juniors, 14 years and under, and they play free on Mondaysafter 6 p.m. when accompanied by an adult golfer. Season passes areavailable and credit cards are accepted.

Neil LaGrange, course director of golf and USGTF Certified, offersgolf lessons by the hour. Simple refreshments, such as hot dogs,snacks and soda, are available at the clubhouse which was built in2000.

“We don't have a large staff, the golf course is our way of life,”Candy commented. “Kenny Walsh, one of three full-time people,has been the course superintendent for almost 20 years. We addthree to four part-time staff during the season. This includes familymembers; even Mom fills in once in awhile.

“As for the effects of the economy, our income has stayed OK, butour expenses have soared--fertilizer products, insurance, and gasfor the mowers and riding carts.

“Keep quality golf affordable for all was the goal set by my fatherwho died in 2008. We have made it, as a family, for 50 years, and forthat we are thankful. We just take one year at a time.”For more information visit www.markspar3.com

Mark’s Par 3 offers 18 holes ofrolling hills and challengingwater hazards over a pond

and several creeks.


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t’s Saturday morning and asmost families are just beginningtheir day or just rolling out ofbed, the Royer family has beenup for hours.

Saturday and Sunday isusually thought of as a time torelax, but for the Royer’s it’s the

exact opposite. Each weekend Scott and Nikki Royer, the

co-owners and operators of Royer Farm justoutside Clinton in Vermillion County, taketheir business on the road as vendors atthree different Indiana farmer’s markets,traveling as far as the Northside of Indi-anapolis.

“They are the hardest days,” Nikki saysof Saturdays. “We leave at about four in themorning… you get what you give… and thenyou get home and you have 500 chickens totake care for.”

If in the late 1990s you would have askedNikki if farming was in her future she proba-bly would have said no. Although she grewup watching her parents Knic and DianneOverpeck run the family farm, becoming a5th generation farmer was not in her plan.

Sadly, Nikki’s father unexpectedlypassed away in 2000.

“The next day the cows didn’t care, theywanted to be fed,” Nikki says matter-of-factly. “At that time we were living in Illi-nois and we came back to help and neverleft.”

Leaving successful jobs, Nikki in phar-maceutical sales and her husband Scott a re-searcher at Pfizer, the family relocated totheir hometown to help continue the fam-ily’s long farming tradition.

“Obviously it didn’t happen the way wewould have liked with Nikki’s dad passingaway, but it’s a real privilege to work hereand continue the tradition of the family,”

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Scott says. “There are a lot of people notgiven that chance.”

Nikki’s great great grandparents, Perryand Susan Overpeck purchased the farm,just off State Road 63, in 1874.

“The first three generations were whatyou would think of as the old time farm;milk cows, pigs, sheep and crops,” Nikki ex-plains. “But as most farms found, thatmodel didn’t work in the 60s and 70s to befinancially viable.”

It was Knic and Dianne who began tochange the operations of the farm by im-porting livestock from Europe. The familyinvested in Simmental cattle, a breed origi-nating in Switzerland. With a new bloodlinethe Overpeck’s quickly increased theirbreeding and cattle sales.

But as the industry began to change Nikkistarted looking into other ways for the farmto be successful.

“We had a commitment,” she says. “Scottand I were like, how are we going to makethis farm sustainable with our skill set?”At the same time Nikki was pondering thefuture the local food movement was begin-ning around the country. Farmer’s marketsand direct farm to consumer buying was be-coming popular, giving Nikki an idea for anew branch of the business.

“You couldn’t find lamb in the grocerystore but when we would go to sell ourlambs on the hoof it was a money losing ele-ment,” Nikki says of selling lambs and otherlivestock at auction.

With a background in sales Nikki beganto explore the option of farmer’s markets, aventure they began in 2003.

“It’s difficult, but it works well,” Scottsays. “It’s one day, we can do significant vol-ume, it works out nice.”

One of the best aspects of the farmer’smarket according to Nikki is the direct inter-action with customers. Starting out with asmall selection of products it was consumerdemand that inevitably expanded the farm.

“People started asking for bacon, well wedon’t have pigs,” she explains. “But theywere asking for it, so we thought we might asmake that worthwhile.”

The farm added pigs and then chickens.“They started asking for eggs to go with

their bacon,” Nikki says with a laugh.The farm spans 300 acres in Southern

Vermillion County. Sharing that land and the Royer’s atten-

tion is around 70 beef cattle, 60 sheep(some of which are pregnant and due thisspring!), around 80 pigs, 500 meat birds and100 egg laying hens.

All of the Royer’s animals graze in a pas-ture, which means healthier and better tast-ing products.

“In today’s world we are small in relationto other farms but we are so diverse,” Scottsays. “We have multiple species.”

It’s that diversity that makes Royer Farmso popular.

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During a busy season Scott andNikki say they sell a ton of meat,literally, as in 2,000 pounds.

In addition to Saturday’s at thefarmer’s market the family alsobrings in business through thesmall store they run out of thefarm’s 100 year old farmhouse.The store specializes in trailersales along with promoting thefarm’s products. Inside the storelarge deep freezers line the wallstocked with everything fromNew York Strip steaks to porkchops.

“I feel good about our meat be-cause actually when it’s cut it’sfrozen,” Nikki says. “People like tobuy what they would call fresh butwhat I like about our meat is thatwe are not going to waste the meatand it will be good for a longtime.”

The meats are dry aged, andthen taken to a packing house just two miles from the Royer’s farmwhere they are wrapped and loaded into a freezer at negative 20 de-grees.

Once ready to be sold the Royer’s pack up their product and headout.

Scott and Nikki attend markets in Broadripple and Fishers, Di-anne represents the family at the Downtown Terre Haute Farmer’sMarket.

While it’s difficult, Nikki says it’s fulfilling.

“What we do is hard work andmentally challenging, so it’s re-warding and much needed forus,” she says of the market. “Wehave a small footprint, we aregood for the economy and we feelreally positive for what we areable to do.”

It’s the positivity and strongwork ethic the Royer’s are pass-ing down to their children; 9 yearold twins Knic and Cale.

Their future as 6th generationfarmers is still unknown, butthey are already taking an inter-est. The boys just completedtheir first year in 4-H. Knic raisedsheep and chickens, Cale raisedhogs and chickens.

“My hope for them is to dowhatever their passion is,” Scottsays. “I want them to see how werun the business and how we doour daily work. I want them to

learn to enjoy what you do, even if it’s hard.”Adds Nikki with a laugh, “We want them to follow their own pas-

sion and at nine it’s kind of hard to know what that is.”Having two parents with a strong passion for what they do, the

boys have a great example for the future, in whatever they chose.And if it’s farming, their weekends will never be the same; some-

thing Nikki says is alright by her.“When I had an off farm job I was living for the weekend,” Nikki

says. “When I get up now I am excited about what I do – everyday.”


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Harlan H Cummins opened a small pro-duce stand in front of his house near 2ndStreet and Poplar.

It was during the Great Depression;money was tight and fresh produce washard to find.

With slim pickings Har-lan sold whatever he could,mainly apples brought infrom Michigan.

“Someone came in look-ing for bananas, but he didn’thave any,” explains Harlan’sgrandson Tom Cummins.“They said ‘This isn’t a pro-duce stand, this is all anapple house.’ My grandfa-ther liked that and the nextday he went out and had asign painted.”

And that was the begin-ning of The Apple House.

Now 75 years later thebusiness is bigger than ever,although they don’t sell ap-ples… or bananas.

“The business haschanged a number of timesover the years; we have madegood decisions and bad deci-sions,” Tom says, who cur-rently owns and operates thebusiness with his brotherRyan. “But we are still a suc-cessful business and there’sa sense of pride to say thatyou have done that.”

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the Cummins family. As his produce stand

became more popularand additional locationswere added, Harlan en-listed the help of his son,Hugh.

After Hugh returnedfrom war in 1943, the twoofficially joined forces,adding Christmas treesto their product list.

The first permanentApple House locationcame in 1952 in the 12Points area, at 1165Lafayette Avenue.

Started first as a tent op-eration and then an ac-tual building, the storemorphed into more thanjust produce.

“We decided to build abuilding,” Hugh explainsone afternoon while sit-ting at his kitchen table.“We started adding on tothe things (being sold)and had more to sell andfinally we became a gro-cery store.”

Setting their sights forthe south side of town,the Cummins purchasedland on South ThirdStreet.

“I bought the place onSouth Third Street with the idea of putting agrocery store there but I couldn’t get it donebecause of the property so I started a fruitstand,” Hugh explains. “In the 1960s I was afull time grocery store and in the 70s Iwasn’t doing any good so I had to give upthe grocery store. I started selling flowerson South Third Street and gradually we dida fruit stand and garden center.”

As the business began to change, so didthe faces running it.

In the early-1980s two of Hugh and hiswife Tracy’s six children came back to townto lend a hand.

After attending Indiana University andserving in the military, Ryan decided to starthis life in his hometown.

“When I was 18 I wanted to leave TerreHaute in the worst way,” he says. “I lived allover the United State and the world, indoing that I realized that Terre Haute andWestern Indiana is a good place and has alot of potential. I had the opportunity towork with my dad and brother. This area is apretty good one, I don’t know if we havereached our full potential but it’s there andthat’s what brought me back.”

Tom, also a graduate of Indiana Univer-sity, needed a change.

“For me, I had enough of the corporate

world,” Tom says. “To prepare for a meet-ing, to go to a meeting to blame someoneelse, I wasn’t interested.”

But for Hugh, it was simpler than hisson’s explanations.

“I didn’t like Tom and Ryan so I gavethem the business,” he says laughing. “It’sjust the way things worked out.”

In 1985 the family began construction attheir South Third Street location, the samebuilding that stands today.

“We had enough capital to build thisbuilding, we tore down the old place andbuilt the greenhouse,” Tom explains.“When we made that move it was a dra-matic change for us in the volume of busi-ness that we were doing and the type ofbusiness we were doing.”

Over the years the business changedfrom produce to groceries to a home andgarden center.

With no formal training in horticulture,the Cummins family made learning part oftheir job.

“We don’t have a formal education inthis business; it’s all self-taught and self-done,” Tom says.

Adds Ryan, “We have a lot of training,like the Indiana Master Gardeners Pro-gram.”

Not only did the brothers learn all they


could, but they added gardening and land-scaping experts to their staff.

The Apple House employs around 20staffers during the year and another 20 sea-sonal employees during the spring busyseason. The Apple House is closed for twomonths during the winter.

“If you are going to sell something youneed to know about it,” Tom says of thebusiness. “We are blessed to have a lot ofemployees that really know what they aredoing.”

With a new season in full bloom thebrothers are busy and excited to start a newyear.

Ryan says one of the most rewarding as-pects of the business is helping customersachieve their growing and landscapinggoals, no matter how big or small.

“It’s neat to go out to a business to fol-low up and see the tree that was plantedthree, five or ten years ago, to see what it’sdone for their property,” he says. “It’sheartening to see the successes. We are inthe business to make people’s lives a bitnicer.”

And a bit more convenient. As Tom and Ryan aka “The Blooms

Brothers” help the people of the WabashValley with beautiful landscaping they also

want customers to get theirmoney’s worth in an easyway.

In addition to the threeacres The Apple House sitson the city’s south side, thebrothers also offer a smalllocation on the east side atthe Meadows ShoppingCenter.

The 20,000 square footoperation has been openseasonally for eight years.

“That was actually a con-cept I drew up in 1983,” Tomsays. “I would sit up at nightand work on things, but wewere so darn busy when webuilt the new store that itwasn’t a necessary a thing tofocus on, but we felt it wasneeded… it’s been a greatsuccess. I think the peopleon the east side of town theyreally appreciate it, we havethe complete selection.”

“It’s a temporary loca-tion but stocked like andstaffed like a really nice gar-den center,” Ryan adds. “Wehave a good quality and peo-ple to ask questions and itdoesn’t look like a plasticcave.”

Quality products andgood pricing is somethingHugh taught his sons early.While the products may

have changed over the years the family’sgoal of good customer service has only got-ten stronger.

“I think the number one thing my dademphasized was to have quality product tosell. Back in the grocery business one of thedriving forces is quality of the merchan-dise,” Tom says of his dad. “Now, whetherit’s a rose bush or four foot annual we haveworked very hard to have good suppliersand they know what we need.”

“We have been to the grower and it’s thathands on perspective that differentiates usfrom the large box stores that have similarproducts to ours,” Ryan says.

What many of the national chains don’thave is a long family tradition.

But whether that continues with thenext generation is still a small seed of anidea.

While Tom says he doesn’t see his sonjoining the business, the possibility is stillthere for Ryan.

“That remains to be seen,” he says. “I goback to when I was out of college, I had nointention to come back to Terre Haute Indi-ana but you never know things change.”

The future for The Blooms Brothers ismuch like the plants they sell; you neverknow what may bloom.


e are not a thrift shop,” sheemphasized. “We are verypicky. Our quality consign-ments are second to none.”

Repeat Boutique,founded by Marty Hillenbrand in1986, is located at 1703 N. 13thStreet, its fourth location afterSouth Seventh Street, Ellis Plazaand North Third Street. The cur-rent building, the former home ofCut-Rate China & Glass and vacantfor a long time, required a great dealof renovation. However at 11,400square feet, it also offered more

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space. This allowed the addition of homedecor, accessories and furniture with a grandopening celebrated on January 2, 2013.

Quality, gently used clothing has been themain line of merchandise since the begin-ning--items for women, men and children.Sizes range from 0 petite to 5X plus. A selec-tion of fashionable jewelry is also available.Repeat Boutique Inc. on Facebook featuresphotos, updates and specials.

“We reach out to all income levels and allwalks of life--from people walking in off thestreet to those arriving in luxury cars lookingfor good quality at a good price,” Lauranoted. “They come from as far north as WestLafayette and south beyond Vincennes and southern Illinois.”

“August brings back-to-school sales, but our busiest time is Sep-tember and October. The kids are in school and Mom gets to go outfor some new clothes.”

Quality merchandise consignments are brought in by people livingin all parts of the Wabash Valley. Some 12,400 consignors are regis-tered; a few of the very first on the list are still doing business withthe shop after 28 years.

Spring and summer items are accepted from January through July,and fall and winter items from August through December. Con-signors may drop off their items at any time., but if an individualprefers to come by appointment, one may be scheduled by calling(812) 232-5944.

Who are these people? “Some people just like to change theirwardrobe each season. Others have changed sizes through weightgain or weight loss, sometimes by gastric bypass surgery,” Laurasaid.

“The merchandise is displayed on the floorfor 60 days. If still unsold, most consignorswill allow us to donate the items to the NextStep Foundation, a charity which benefitswomen recovering from substance abuse is-sues. Items are also given to Gary's Place,Bethany House and Light House Mission. Re-ceipts for tax purposes are written.”

The staff includes four part-time employ-ees, including Laura's son, Tyler, a student atIndiana State University. They are friendlyand trained to help people buy the items theyneed at the prices they can afford. Hours areMonday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.,and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cash,

checks, travelers' checks and charge cards are accepted.Laura had worked at the shop for 12 years before she became the

owner in 2009 when Marty retired. She recalled, “I grew up in Bed-ford, came to Terre Haute to attend ISU to earn my degree in crimi-nology, and I never left. Instead of helping people getting their livesback together in the field of criminology, I help people sell theclothes they no longer need and assist them with their wardrobesfor their workplaces and special events.

“The Wabash Valley is a good place for this business. Just lookaround; there aren't many quality resale shops in the area. We dobest when the economy is good and people are working. However,the weather affects us more. The 2013-2014 winter was unbelievablybad for business.

“As for the future, it is something the community needs, and I canprovide that service. I can see myself doing this for a very longtime...quality consignment shops will always be in demand.”

“August brings back-to-school sales, but our

busiest time is Septemberand October.”- Laura Gage


PICTUREperfectPetit Photographyknows how to get thatperfect school picture.

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Randy, Caleb and Evan Pettit sit around a conference table inthe new Pettit & Associates Photography store front office onHoney Creek Drive.

The room is stark and somewhat bare, other than the table in onecorner and a photography backdrop set up in the middle of theroom. Behind the conference table are stacks and stacks of schoolyearbooks.

Even though the room is nearly empty the three guy’s laughterand loud voices fill the room.

Caleb stops at one point, smiles as he drops his head and says,“I’m so sorry.”

Caleb has just interrupted his dad, Randy.For the last five minutes Randy has been explaining the photog-

raphy business, without so much as a breath of air in between sto-ries.

“Dad, she doesn’t need to know how the first camera was made,she asked about your history,” Evan says as he and Caleb begin tolaugh.

The friendly mocking between the three is not normal in a typicalworkplace, but this is obviously not typical.

Pettit & Associates have been snapping yearly yearbook photosfor school age kids in the Wabash Valley for nearly a decade.

For 35 years Randy worked as a salesman and photographer for anational company, but broke away nine years ago in order to start hisown photography business.

A few years after opening Pettit Photography he added the “Asso-ciates”, sons Caleb and Evan.

“Sometimes we are Pettit and sometimes we are Associates,”Evan jokes.

Regardless of their job titles, Caleb and Evan have jumped intothe business; garnering new clients and new business practices,adding to their dad’s already established success.

“Our growth is at a staggering rate, it’s almost too good to betrue,” Randy says smiling. “It’s pretty impressive to what we havedone over the last five years and it’s the boys; they go out and do allthe work.”

The work is much more than showing up at a school and snap-ping a few photos, Caleb explains.

Each of the men travel an estimated 20,000 miles a year; visitingschools for traditional fall and spring photos, retakes, candids,sports and club photos and more.

“Fall pictures, that’s the bear,” Caleb says. “Every day for a fewmonths we are somewhere taking pictures.”

As a local company the Pettit’s have an impressive client list. The Wabash Valley roster includes school corporations like

South Vermillion, North Clay and Shakamak but the territorystretches as far north as Indianapolis and west into Illinois. In totalthe Pettit’s work in 21 counties across the two states.

That equals 100 schools that rely on Pettit each year.“We rarely lose an account,” Randy says, “We have extremely

loyal customers.”Adds Caleb, “We make it personal.”“We treat our customers as friends,” Evan continues.“These are the same guys that we go to ball games with and we

see them all the time,” Randy says.Making their business personal is what sets Pettit apart from the

national school photography companies and one of the reasons cus-tomers keep inviting them back year after year.

Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Superintendent MikeMogan has been working with Randy for more than 30 years.

“I started in 1974 as a principal; the first guy I met was Randy Pet-tit,” Mogan says beginning to laugh. “He came in to take school pho-


tos, and I thought; who is this guy?”Jokes aside, Mogan says he wouldn’t trust his school’s photos to

anyone but Randy, Caleb and Evan.“Randy gets the kids to smile, he calls the boys superman and the

girls wonder woman,” Mogan says. “He strikes a chord with the kidsand once he has them he has them. They all three enjoy their jobsand their personalities are contagious to the kids.”

Mogan also credit’s Pettit’s community involvement and dedica-tion to each of the schools they serve.

In addition to a golf outing at the end of the school year the Pet-tit’s host for superintendents and principals, they also give back toeach school, donating a percentage of all photo sales.

“We really like to help as much as possible,” Evan explains. “Itputs a smile on our face to give back to the schools.”

“We give a lot back to the schools, it’s not part of it but we want todo it,” Caleb continues. “School pictures are sometimes all they’vegot.”

Regardless of big donations or small gestures, Mogan says thePettit’s sincere investment in his school corporation is appreciated.

“Those are just special things that the Pettit’s do,” Mogan says.“Not only does it help their business but it keeps their business.”

Keeping the business running behind the scenes is Gail Pettit,Randy’s wife and Caleb and Evan’s mom (sister Ashley works out ofstate in digital media).

Staying out of the “boys club” at the store front, Gail works fromhome, serving as the business’ human resources department, callcenter and jack of all trades.

“I find it hard to believe there is anyone better at customer serv-ice than my mom,” Evan says.

Maybe not better, but Caleb and Evan have obviously learnedfrom the best when it comes to customer service and running a busi-ness, making it easier for Randy and Gail to turn things over to themin the future.

Evan explains plans for the future that includes expanding thebusiness into other photography markets including portraits, familyphotos and weddings.

“It’s nerve racking but exciting,” Evan says. “We think we are pre-pared enough to handle it.”

But that doesn’t mean the trio plans to leave school photographyanytime soon.

When asked about their funniest moments over the years thethree look at each other and smile.

“I would say the funniest isn’t even from a school,” Evan says.“We have to test (the cameras and lighting) and we test on eachother, we don’t take anything seriously, but good luck finding any ofthose photos.”

For Caleb, the funny moments come thanks to their youngestclients.

“I don’t know, I just think the funniest thing is that we work withkids all day,” he says. “It’s just hilarious.”

Known as “The Picture Guy” to many of the students, all threesay their enjoyment comes from working with kids and watchingthem grow up over the years.

“It’s surprising when you take a photo in the fall and then you goback to school in the spring and see how the kids have changed,”Randy says.

The same could be said for his own sons, who Randy says he’swatched grow from young boys into his co-workers and businesspartners.

“I am more proud of what they have done than what I have done,”Randy says. “I couldn’t be happier.”


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THIS MOTHER-DAUGHTERDUO IS CHANGING THE FACEOF CAR MECHANICS…WHILE CHANGING YOUR OIL

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alking through thedoor of Erin’s Pit Stopit only takes a minuteto realize this is not anormal car mainte-nance shop.

The interiorlooks more like a salon

than a place to get your car repaired. Thewaiting room has a pristine black and whitecheckered floor and a black couch with hotpink accent pillows. In the corner of theroom sits a gourmet coffee bar and minifridge filled with water and Diet Coke.Across from the drink station is a neat pile ofkid’s toys and a bean bag chair. Sitting on azebra print chair a woman relaxes, reading amagazine.

The door to the garage swings open andout bounces a petite girl, her blonde hairflowing behind her. She smiles and thrustsher hand forward for a handshake. As she in-troduces herself as Erin Picklesimer, thebusiness’ namesake, she smiles and apolo-gizes for her grease stained hand.

This pretty girl isn’t just any shop em-ployee, she’s the main mechanic. “Peoplesay all the time, what are you just the face ofthis place or do you really know what you’retalking about,” Erin says with a laugh.

Not only does she know what she’s talk-ing about, but she can rival any man when itcomes to shop talk.

“I think it does take people by surprise,”Erin says of her knowledge and expertise.“To be able to talk to people about their ve-hicles… they don’t expect it for me.”

If seeing one woman at the shop sur-prises customers they’ll get a real shockwhen they find out it’s a woman who ownsand runs this shop too.

Owner Angie Picklesimer opened Erin’sPit Stop on May 13, 2013.

A realtor for REMAX, Angie says sheopened the business with her husband Kento allow their daughter to follow her dreamof having a car maintenance shop geared to-wards women.

Angie and Ken have since divorced, butstill co-own the shop.

Clueless when it comes to cars, Angiesays her involvement in the shop stops atthe garage door.

“I’m the entrepreneur,” she says begin-ning to laugh. “I built the place and barelyknow how to pop the hood of my car.”

Mom leaves the hood popping to herdaughter, whose love for cars started at ayoung age.

“As a child I played with Matchbox cars,my sister was American Girl Dolls and I wasinto cars,” Erin says. “I have always had afascination… it was very intriguing to me.”

Learning about cars from friends in herteen years Erin quickly developed a knowl-edge and passion.

She graduated from Ivy Tech with a de-gree in Auto Mechanics. But landing a jobafter graduation proved to be a tougher thanshe expected.

“I tried to get a job, but no one called meback,” she says with frustration. “I assume itwas because I’m a girl, I don’t know if thatwas the case?”

Erin says for years she dreamt aboutworking at an automotive maintenanceshop with other female employees. The fa-cility would be clean, fun and femalefriendly. After talking about the possibilityfor years the family decided they had a goodidea on their hands and started to make thedream a reality.

As a businesswoman Angie reached outto resources in the area, including the WestCentral Indiana Small Business Develop-ment Center at Indiana State University.

“One of the ingredients for a successfulstartup is having a passion for what you aretrying to do and believe in it with a passion,”says ISBDC Business Advisor Richard Pit-telkow. “When you talk to either Erin orAngie they have a passion for what they aretrying to do.”

With that passion Angie and Erin workedtirelessly to open their business and to makeit comfortable and trustworthy.

“We’ve both been screwed,” Erin says ofother auto businesses.

She still thinks about her MercuryCougar when it comes to customer service.After getting her oil changed by another me-chanic she realized he didn’t tighten the oilcap, allowing oil to leak and ultimately ruin-ing the car.

“It totally changed my mind on peoplethat work on cars,” she says. “To have some-one do that to you, it’s horrible. I double andtriple check my work, I know how it feels tohave your car ruined and I don’t want that tohappen to anyone else.”

Vowing never to let that happen at their

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facility, the ladies pride themselves onbeing, “Friendly, Honest & Affordable”, amotto plastered on the shop’s large pink andwhite sign.

“I am a horrible liar,” Erin says with alaugh. “Being honest is way easier. When itcomes to someone’s vehicle I want to givethem the information they need; this iswhat’s going on, this is how to fix it and thisis about how much it’s going to cost.”

Adds Angie, “We talk to people, we askthem about their lives… we just don’t taketheir money and run.”

The ladies also take time with their cus-tomers.

Working with an elderly lady, Angie sitsdown with her to explain the difference be-tween synthetic and conventional motor oil.During the conversation she outlines pric-ing, oil performance and expectations allwhile speaking in terms the customer canunderstand.

“When a man instructs you to somethingwith a car it is different than what I am goingto tell a woman,” Erin says. “If it’s some-thing I can show them; like a leak, I’m goingto show them where it’s coming from andexplain how it can be fixed.”

But honesty and affordability isn’t theonly perk ladies (and men) can expect whencoming to Erin’s Pit Stop.

“We have a baby changing station, a placefor kids, there is a clean bathroom, Wi-Fi,magazines for women, a coffee bar and theyget a Hershey bar when they leave,” Angiesays with a smile.

It’s those personal touches that havegained the business loyal customers likeJennifer Higginbotham.

“I go there and feel comfortable with(Erin) as a woman,” Higginbotham says. “Aswomen we could go into a shop and totallyget taken advantage of… I value the serviceshe provides because there is a level of com-fort.”

Higginbotham says she’s visited other oilchange locations, but says she’s not inter-ested in sitting on a grease stained chair in awaiting room filled with men.

And as a woman Higginbotham enjoyssupporting other women.

“At other places they treat you like awoman,” she says. “Here they treat you likea woman, but a woman in good terms.”

Or they treat a man, like a man. While the shop’s business plan has a

woman in mind that doesn’t mean that theother sex is excluded.

“We’ve had a few guys come in and whenwe ask how they heard about us they lowertheir heads and say, my wife told me to comein here,” Angie says smiling,

Erin’s Pit Stop doesn’t exclude male em-ployees either; the facility has three malemechanics on staff.

With the business’ one year anniversaryjust around the corner the ladies have highhopes for the future of their business.

“We would love to have a southside loca-tion,” Angie says. “We have a lot of north en-ders and those customers are very loyal, butwe would like to have another location toserve the other side of town.”

The ISBDC’s Richard Pittelkow says thebusiness has a promising future and anotherlocation is certainly feasible.

“I think that is a good goal because for anoil change facility customers are not goingto drive too far for an oil change,” Pittelkowsays. “I think it will make sense for them tohave a second facility.”

And if a second shop is as successful asthe first, business will be booming.

During her first year in business, Angie


was awarded an ISBDC Growth and Entre-preneurship (EDGE) Award.

The honor is given to 20 emerging or es-tablished businesses across Indiana whowork with the ISBDC.

Erin’s Pit Stop was recognized as one ofthe emerging businesses.

Angie is humble when talking about theaward, simply saying, “I don’t think wewould have made it if we were just anotheroil change place.”

Continuing to stand apart from tradi-tional auto maintenance facilities, Angieand Erin say they also plan to add educationto their list of services.

Later this year the garage will host aclinic for women, teaching everything fromhow to change a tire to how to check thecar’s oil.

Angie says it’s important for women tohave a basic understanding of their vehicles.

Beginning to laugh, Erin points out thather mom should be one of the first to enrollin the clinic.

Angie agrees, “I don’t know how to doanything with a car. I don’t want to getdirty.”

Luckily, her daughter, as pretty as she is,doesn’t mind the grime.

“This pretty face likes to eat oil everyonce and a while,” Erin says pausing as shebegins to giggle. “Not by choice, of course!”

“We’re not just a pretty face” adds Angie.“We do more.”

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The project’s first miniature sculptureis a replica of a detail from the IndianaTheater’s lobby ceiling.

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tiny nude figure reclines in BeckyHochhalter’s hand. “I probably

spent about 8 hours on this one,”she says before launching int o a

story about accidentally knock-ing a chunk off the sculpture’s

delicate arm while trying torefine its face. The artist admits that shesometimes can’t leave well enough alonewhen it comes to perfecting the intricatedetails of a piece of artwork.

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Hochhalter is most known in the areafor her painting, like the custompieces she did for Louise’s Down-

town Café, the car she painted for the‘Cruisin’ Around Terre Haute’ mini car dis-play, and her digital renditions of local land-marks the Kaufman Building and IndianaTheater. She’s also responsible for the large-scale photo installation of scenic Indianaand Illinois parklands at the new UAPClinic.

But the multi-talented artist doesn’t haveany sculpture in her portfolio, unless youcount the elaborate sand sculptures shedoes while on vacation, and that’s a prob-lem. While she’d like to work in sculpture,it’s extremely difficult to get sculpting workwithout experience, and difficult to get ex-perience without the work.

“Sometimes the hardest part is creatingjust to be creating when you have otherwork to do,” says Hochhalter, who is also afreelance graphic designer.

There’s also the cost of materials. Clayfor a large piece can be expensive—don’teven think about casting a sculpture inbronze or another metal just for the fun of it.The casting process alone for a life-sizesculpture runs in the tens of thousands ofdollars.

So, Hochhalter has devised a unique wayto hone her skills with a project that is partart, part education, and part treasure hunt.

“I recently did a lot of historical researchwhen I put in a proposal for the Paul Dressersculpture,” she explains. “I didn’t get thecommission, but some of the things I foundwhile researching that idea were very inter-esting,”

Inspired by her research, Hochhalter de-cided to launch ‘Raiders of the Lost Art.’ Forthis project, she will create 12 tiny sculp-tures representing different pieces of areahistory, using homemade corn starch-basedmodeling clay. The miniature sculptures willbe hidden, one per week beginning the weekof April 7. Clues to their location, which willalso have historical significance, will beposted on online.

“It’s a fun way to get people in VigoCounty not only involved with art, butlearning more about the history of VigoCounty. And to make art more accessible topeople who might not otherwise be able toafford it,” she adds.

Hochhalter says she recognizes that peo-ple are sometimes intimidated by the idea ofvisiting a gallery or art museum. She con-fides that artists often feel pressured to pro-vide high-falutin’ explanations of theirartwork when applying for juried exhibi-tions and gallery placement.

“I think artists have been made to feellike they have to come up with a bunch ofnonsense in order to have their art taken se-riously.” And, she believes that it keepssome people from ever setting foot into atraditional art gallery.

With Raiders of the Lost Art, she plans tobring the art to the people in a fun, interac-tive way. No fussy descriptions, just littlesculptures that help tell the story of area his-tory—and a community-wide treasure hunt.

The project, she explains, “is a nod to theother pieces that I’ve done that involvesearching for things, or being educatedabout the subject matter in a fun way. I havedone a number of things that are educa-

tional, where there’s more to it than meetsthe eye.”

Hochhalter delights in seeing folks reallyengage with her artwork. ‘Wish You WereHere,’ the car she painted for 2010’s‘Cruisin’ Around Terre Haute’ included sev-eral objects ‘hidden’ within the rainforestdesign. Located near the Morgan StanleySmith Barney offices at 4th and Wabash (thefirm commissioned the car as well as‘Greenback,’ Hochhalter’s contribution tothe 2007 ‘Horsing Around in Terre Haute’art display) the car still draws attentionfrom folks who enjoy seeking out the hiddenimages in its design.

“From the youngest to the oldest—oncepeople knew there were things hidden in thepainting they were all over it,” she recalls.

This time she hopes to capture that sameenthusiasm with miniature sculptures oflocal icons, as she fine tunes her sculptingability.

“While I’ve worked in many other medi-ums, this one is fairly new to me. Just theprocess of having to do one every week willforce me to continuously create sculpture,”Hochhalter says.

For her, it’s a win-win-win situation. “I’mgiving people art and educating people whilehoning my skills to further my career. I wantpeople to be excited about the artwork andthe thrill of the hunt and to try to make a col-lection of these pieces.”

Becky Hochhalter’s Raiders of the LostArt project kicks off the week of April 7and runs through the end of June. Watchfor details and clues atbeckyhochhalter.com or follow her onFacebook, Twitter or Instagram.


n the 1990s when she was a graduate studentworking on her Mast er of Fine Arts at IndianaState, Terre Haute area poet and W est Vigo HighSchool graduate Darla Crist became fascinated bythe genius of William Blak e, the English artist,poet, and controversial mystic visionary whosevarious artworks and poetry completed in the late1700s and early 1800s are among the world's mostrenowned cultural treasures.

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ILocal author Darla Crist publishesa new book that explores a mostunlikely love story

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Jon VaughnCPA

Joel MartinCPA

Sifting through Blake's history, she became aware of his wife,Catherine Boucher, a physically attractive illiterate with par-ents who were unsuccessful market gardeners. Blake met her

in the farm village of Battersea across the Thames from London. Crist soon was imagining and researching into what it must have

been like for an uneducated young woman to become the life part-ner of a brilliant human force of nature like Blake. The eventual out-come of Crist's intrigue is the narrative-in-verse, Catherine Sophia'sElbow, a love story, which is slated for national release on April 15during National Poetry Month by Folded Word, an independent lit-erary press in New Hampshire. Crist has already given a public read-ing of select passages of her work at the Swope Museum as part of aSwope exhibition currently exploring the cross-pollination of artand literature.

“Blake was a young man on the rebound at the time, he metCatherine Sophia,” said Crist, “Accounts of what happened say shewas so taken with the sight of him that she fainted.”

On August 18, 1772, William and Catherine Sophia married. Theirrelationship is not as farfetched as it might seem because he was notfrom a much higher class family background than Catherine, andshe had managed to touch his heart by expressing compassion to-ward him for his recently lost love. At the time the couple beganwedded life, Blake was a copy engraver, but he had received formaltraining in art and was recognized for his talent. They stayed to-gether for forty-five years until he died, but they never had children.Catherine Sophia was always his staunch supporter and helper, evenwhile he was being tried for treason. He appreciated his wife, and ac-cording to at least one story, when Blake was on his deathbed hedrew a picture of Catherine as his last work. Although many peoplein high places were aware of Blake's talent, he never became wealthyin his lifetime, so Catherine Sophia's household management, plusher assistance with his printing business was always helpful in keep-ing their family afloat financially.

Under Blake's influence, she developed many new personal skills,perhaps learning some reading and writing; however, the one letterof Catherine Sophia's that has survived was written in Blake's handthough its signature was in hers. Eventually, she composed somepoetry and artwork. One of her sketches has survived through theyears. Another gift that Blake is said to have shared with her was thecapability to experience spiritual visions or apparitions, which heclaimed to have been having since he was four when he saw a “treefilled with angels.”

In Catherine Sophia's Elbow, Crist's verse touches on Blake's well-known trial for sedition, which occurred as a consequence of thecouple moving into a cottage in Felphan, a suburb of London, to get

away from the city's foul living conditions. One day an English sol-dier entered onto their property and urinated, which was legal inthat era for an English soldier to do. Accounts vary as to whetherCatherine Sophia or Blake reacted to the soldier first, but eventuallyBlake grabbed the soldier by his collar and took him to a nearbytown. The punishment at the time for behavior like Blake's washanging, but due to having friends in high places, he avoided prisonor the noose.

Between the time Crist began developing her graduate student'sinterest in Blake's art, poetry, and life, and 2009 when she com-menced in earnest on her two-year's writing project about the manyphases of Catherine Sophia's relationship with Blake, she had al-ready completed several successful writing projects, such as havingher collection of haiku poems, The God of Small Losses, publishednationally by Finishing Line Press. Meanwhile, Crist became an as-sociate professor of English at Ivy Tech Community College, whereshe also serves as Writing Center Director.

In Catherine Sophia's Elbow she has succeeded in guiding herreaders on an exquisite language tour through a mosaic word templeventilated by the blank white spaces of her pages. The temple's ar-chitecture invites the visitor to linger a while in each room, mar-veling at its tiles instead of rushing to get to the end of the tour.Much of the writing is so superb that readers will want to go backinto the temple again to better appreciate the way Crist has texturedher literary mosaic. In this way she first introduces to her readers toyouthful Catherine Sophia:

Herfoot wanders

outof a green dream

touchingcloudstied downwith bay leafclothespins

until her foot meets the map of terra firm,where doors have faces that open and shut …where roofs recline like jutting hips …

Crist's usage of the 18th and 19th centuries' language patternsgives readers a feel for the times, but she craftily updates the word-ing just enough to make her story easily readable for a 21st centuryaudience. The pathway to Catherine Sophia's early married lifeopens via these verse tiles:


MAPPING HER DESIREwas like a form of falconry,

a way to pinpoint a path,unfolding,

the hem of a roadnearly turnedand awake,orchards blooming as exclamations,

arteriesdisguising themselves

in blue

as if traveling through a foreign land. who among us, she wondered, can tether desire?

Blake's most mysterious gift to his wife was teaching her how toexperience her own spiritual visions. Crist used her imagination toreport on Catherine Sophie's premiere occasion:

MY FIRST APPARITIONWas of harpsichord sirens, who whispered their bodies

Over seasons of sand to sing in the room with the rest of the shades.

I saw them plainly, their bellies made glyphs, lines as crypticAs their wavering hair, which covered them modestly here and there.

As fine as any moth-spun lace

Their lips could milk a poor man's breast before rocking him to sleep;They proclaimed their home was neither east nor west, north or south,

And their god bore no resemblance to Mother Mary or Father Time.

They spoke of yearning for minnows and rain, and their loneliness spilledIn spinet progression, lush with wind chimes, watchtowers, centuries—

Their allegiance was only to the color of emerald, blackberry ink, & isinglass.

After finishing her sixty-page manuscript of Catherine Sophia'sElbow, Crist became aware of Folded Word while researching for apublisher for her book in the classified ads of Poets and Writer's magazine.

“I love novels-in-verse,” said Folded Word's Editor in Chief, J.S.Graustein. “Darla's voice is so imaginative, intricate, and full of im-agery—very poetic while still being a clear narrative. After I'd readten pages, I knew I wanted her story to inaugurate our Mosaic line ofnovels-in-verse in April of 2014. Mosaic art uses small tiles to createlarge images.”

Folded Word has been publishing two to five books a year for fiveyears. Graustein is hopeful that the writing quality of CatherineSophia's Elbow will give Crist's story a long press run.

People interested in ordering Crist's book from Folded Word canorder online at: bit.ly/darlacristPrint and eBook editions will be available globally through most book-sellers by 15 April, 2014.Advanced orders by April 15, 2014 will be $20 plus $2 reduced ship-ping. Advanced copies will be signed by the author. After April 15, thehardcover book will be $24 US. + $4 shipping.


Zann Carter is a poet and fiber artist in Terre Haute, IN. Twice a Grand Prize winner in the Max EhrmannPoetry Competition, she co-hosts a monthly open reading for both prose and poetry every third Thurs-day at Tater & Joe's Coffee Grounds. Email: [email protected]

Phillip Rodenbeck is a former Terre Haute resident and Rose-Hulmanalumnus. He will self-publish his first book-length collection of poems,Redevolver, this April. You can listen to some of his poems on theYouTube channel, “Phillip Rodenbeck Reads.”

Presence

Consider the iterations of the sun, its light:

how sunlight insinuates how sunlight glazes how sunlight veils how sunlight bronzes how sunlight warms gilds

limns blinds

and how like water it can be: how sunlight nourishes how sunlight seeps how sunlight bubbles dances

washes scours

and how you, having found your way utterly into this moment are the burning star of the universe, radiating light,

pouring out connecting.

connecting.

why want

why want what doesn’t want you? see what always moves away from you and turn from it.

see what wants you - what shy, devoted light follows you and turn toward it.

Now run.

Stone Story

To this day, the bay of the seagull sleeps in my brainlike a smooth weight. I was a boy standing on the beach.It was dusk. I wanted to see what I could do (all boys do).

The seagull sat on a wave where the water turned dark.I held a rock. I crushed it at the feat, grinning ear to earin admiration of my force; I watched it make the water talk.

I could not bear to watch and turned away. What I had made:flying an impossible feat, the aurora bone shrieks. Insectsunsavored swarm in the sunblown sky (and all is unflown).

Days slip under water, the lungs breathe lake, but the gutfloats like a bobber. Carp coil in the mill-ebb, nearly six feetin length, one will hear the bone-jut beating and investigate.

I hid my face from luck because I knew it to be death.The bragging pest leaned silent in the west; light toucheda tangent with the waves. In the terrible, vociferous calm

I had married them together with a stone.

Headphones

A doctor or perhaps your fatherwill sever the blood cord to your motherwhen you are born. For some it dies,for some it lives on like a phantomvein between two hearts, either one beingtoo weak to beat without the other’s blood,that is until one dies or the other, if a woman,braids out a cord of self across the blindnessto embrace a seed of life that came from loveor just a night but either way will supersede the mother.And life comes like this in circlesof things needing to be tethered, set free,fed, led, pulled toward or pulled away –for every circle, a chord: dog leash, baby leash,hair braid, graduation, church bell tower,the stems that keep the blue hydrangeasblooming in the hand of earth, a little girl and her balloon,umbilical, and let us not forget my headphonecord in the weight room, wrapped abouta jut of oiled steel when I was focusedon the weight I had imposed upon myself.What a surprise to find your ears tied to a bench,your ascent jerked back with all the muscle given,treated by chance as a farmhand treats the veered oxcutting new paths in the plow lines – intolerantof any reinterpretation. The canon abides no cubist.The choice may seem obvious.But to leave the cord squiggled therein a dish of sweat on the rubber floor would be to abandonthe birth of music. A soloist can be a fine muse for a time,but every living thing on this Earth eventually yearns for symphony:so many chords together, shaking,for love or anger or the invincibility of living.

I awake feeling

ALL CAPS & BOLD

I write myself in a new font with unexpected sp a Cing,

little joys italicized

fat robin dust in sun the crack in the blue

plate.

PHILLIP RODENBECK

ZANN CARTER

POETRY

Crow Shakedown

What do the crows do?

They scatter like:

Connect the dots strewn across a table-those plastic coins that topple from their holding cellsPeppercorns being tossed from a hand

Like some sort of Etch-a-Sketch gone liveViral and free formDancing like a crunchy granola girl at a dirty discoMoving as gracefully as a gay man’s fabulous hand, while he is leaning over and thwacking the words, “Oh, honey!” from his mouth.

The crows slip in during the evening, setting up on the desolate field stage that’sSurrounded by curtains of curvaceous CottonwoodsOn my way home they spray across my visionDriving is not important anymore-I stop. There’s no need for a ticket to see this show.

I know that every Monday evening I have a seat and a good view.


Sarah Long is a poet with a love for poetry since learn-ing Haiku at age eight. She has an English literature andcreative writing degree with a career focus on mentalhealth. Avid plant lady, cat lady, and lover of words.

John Davidson is an entrepreneur with a life longinvolvement in the arts as an artist, art dealer andorganizer, and occasionally, as a creative writer.

Amend

a May day spent pushing wind trudging sand acres in crystal sun

looking to see in countless bits of flint a fine found one

then jutting slate staring out of time there a half and half gone

when a stone’s throw it is there

the other half

an eon coming together

Paint me a stain

It's November and I'm gonna need youmore than everrely on you to make sense of meI weigh on youwhen the frost pinches the grasswhich has no escape.

Yes, winter can seem that unfair.

It tears through me, really.

It's a need of words that I propose-A treasure of rhyme or a simple scene thatcould paint mediocrity asmiracle.

Give me words that are impenetrable, that create goosebumpsDespite my freckly shell singed by autumn's love for bonfires.

Words that taste like warm cider.

Grab the dried kernels of summerand squeeze them onto spiced skin.

Give me the words that feel like a gift:of temperatureof colorof scentof touch.

Smile and agree that the Birch saplingsthat streamline the subdivisionare only there to serve as slinky leg warmers to the Poplar treeswhile the robust, barrel-chested Sycamoresplace imprints onto the pinks ofa Pantone-smeared sky.

SARAH LONG

JOHN DAVIDSON


COMMUNITY


WANTED...qualified partner families who need de-cent affordable housing, have to abilityto pay the low monthly mortgage pay-ments and are willing to partner withHabitat for Humanity.

Wabash Valley Habitat for Humanity isa non-profit, ecumenical Christian hous-ing ministry. Its mission is to eliminatepoverty housing and homelessness fromthe Wabash Valley and the world makingdecent shelter a matter of conscienceand action.

The local affiliate was organized in1989. Since that time, 59 homes havebeen constructed in Terre Haute and thesurrounding area, the last one at 930Gilbert Avenue. Zero percent interestmortgage loans keep the homes afford-able. The payments are recycled into the"Fund for Humanity" to purchase mate-rials for the next Habitat house. The av-erage appraised value of a new Habitathome in this area is $83,000.

A GOODHABITAT

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JERSEPHOTOS:

JIMAVELIS


Annette Houchin, local Habitat executive director for sevenyears, said, "Our 2014-2015 goal is to complete two homes fullyfunded, and we would like at least one to be a Veterans Buildwith the active military involved. Many veterans do not earnenough to purchase a median-priced home. These householdsmeet the income standards, and we know the need."

Dale Johnson, head of the family selection committee, listedthese minimum requirements for Habitat home ownership. (1) Be a Vigo County resident for at least six months. (2) Earnan income of 30-60 percent of the median income of VigoCounty ($16,000 - $32,000 for a family of four) and be payingmore than one-third of their income for rent. (3) Have a goodincome to debt ratio.

"Our program is not a handout. The partner must invest 'sweatequity'--250 hours for a single parent or 500 hours for two par-ents," she explained. "If we can't select a family, we sometimes

can help them become more stable by teaching income manage-ment. It has to be food, housing, utilities first and then every-thing else."

"You won't know if you qualify unless you apply," Houchinadded. "We invite families to learn more about Habitat andhome ownership through checking our [email protected] or Facebook, calling our office (812) 235-5914, or stopping by at 2313 Tippecanoe Street. Dee Reel is ourbusiness manager and Pearleen Stewart our volunteer coordina-tor."

Volunteerism is basic to the Habitat organization. It is led by avolunteer board of directors headed by Chuck Federle and thesefour teams-- fundraiser, finance, family support and construc-tion. Family Support helps families transition from renters toresponsible home owners. The Construction Team is headed byPat Brown, construction manager. His team is made up The


Grumpies, a dedicated group of mostly retired men, currentand future homeowners (partners) and their families andfriends, and volunteers from businesses and institutions whosponsor homes.

"Brown also is the manager of our ReStore located in a formerfire station at 1831 Wabash Avenue since 2004." Houchin noted.

"ReStore is a very important ongoing fundraiser for us; its in-come helps cover our overhead expenses. Volunteersaccept building materials, tools and home furnishings whichare then sold to customers who need them at low prices. Hoursare Wed., Thurs., and Sat. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Friday, 9a.m. to 6 p.m. Pickups may be scheduled. Donors receive in-come donation receipts."

The City of Terre Haute Department of Redevelopment do-nates most of the land and grant money through HUD HOMEfunds and NCST (National Community Stabilization Trust).

Wells Fargo and Bank of America donate foreclosed propertieswhich can be sold on the open market. The Indiana ChemicalTrust and Wabash Valley Community Foundation also providefunds.

Contributions from the community are very important andrewarded. For every donation $100 up to $25,000, the donormay receive a tax credit of 50 percent of the donated amount.The Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) Tax Credit Pro-

gram reduces the amount of the donor's State of Indiana's in-come tax.

Back to "WANTED..." Terre Haute Living magazine readersare asked to spread the word to persons who may qualify for aHabitat home. Give them the opportunity to become home-owners. The 2014-2015 goals are to complete two homes--atleast one of them a Veterans Build.


COMMUNITY


If theshoe bus fits...The Terre Haute Women’s Clubhosts An Evening of Art andWine to benefit The Shoe BusImagine walking a mile in someone else’s shoes.

Maybe those shoes are too big, making it hard towalk. Or maybe too small, causing your feet to bepinched with every step. Or maybe they have holes,covered up only by some duct tape.

While the scenario may sound far-fetched formany, it’s a sad reality for hundreds of kids in VigoCounty.

Thankfully for decades the Terre Haute Women’sClub has been doing something to help.

It’s called The Shoe Bus.

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We give shoes to the students who need them,” says clubmember and organization Historian Imogene Roberts.“We get to the school and take two students into the ve-

hicle at a time, we measure their feet, let them pick out a pair ofshoes and they also get two pairs of new socks.”

Started in 1971, The Terre Haute Women’s Club has been work-ing with the Vigo County School Corporation to give new shoesand socks to school children, free of charge.

Roberts says club members visit area schools once a week.

School health assistants, secretaries and principals send the namesof eligible students, once club members have a list of names theymap out a route and hop into The Shoe Bus.

Newly renovated for the club’s needs, The Shoe Bus is literally abus packed with new shoes of all sizes and colors ready to be givento a deserving child.

“(The students) will come out to the bus; they look at all theshoes and get really excited. They leave bouncing out of there withthe new shoes,” Roberts says. “I think it’s a really unusual project. I

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don’t know any other place that does thisis this way.” The approach may be un-usual, but necessary, says Shoe Bus ChairKara Anderson.

The club works with students inkindergarten through high school, somestudents more in need than others, butall worthy of a new pair of shoes.

Anderson recalls one especiallytouching experience with a little boy lastfall.

“All this little boy had was a pair ofwomen’s size 8 1/2 rubber rain boots,that’s all he had to attend school,” Ander-son explains. “It was September and hotand he is wearing these rubber boots, hehad blisters on his feet from the boots.”

Anderson says after receiving a callabout the boy she made a special trip tothe school in The Shoe Bus.

“We got him fixed up and gave himnew socks. When I gave him the new shoes he almost cried. He saidto me, ‘These feel so good, now my feet won’t hurt anymore.’ He wasso tickled to have these shoes.”

In 2013 the club made 144 trips to local schools; giving out 1,200pairs of shoes and 2,400 pairs of socks. Each pair is given to studentsfree of charge thanks to a partnership with Shoe Carnival andthrough fundraising efforts by the club.

Anderson says $32,000 is spent yearly on shoes. That amountdoes not include money for socks (each child is given two pairs) oron maintenance, gas and insurance for the bus.

With such a large budget and even larger need in the communitythe club relies heavily on its yearly fundraiser, “An Evening of Art

and Wine”. The 42nd annual event isscheduled for April 12, 2014 beginning at7:30pm at The Hulman Center.“One ticket will buy one pair of shoes for

one child,” Anderson says. “That moneyis going to go right onto a child’s feet and(guests) are going to get an entireevening’s worth of entertainment.”Described as a “classy” event club mem-

bers work throughout the year to create aone of a kind experience.Ten artists from around the country will

display artwork in various mediums; wa-tercolor, wood, pottery, glass, jewelry andmore. A portion of artwork sales are do-nated to the club. A ticket also buys guests the chance to

sample wines from 7th and 70 and tastehors d'oeuvres from local restaurants. “To get all that and to know that you are

helping a child; it’s a win win all the wayaround,” Anderson says with a laugh.

For club members the real “win” comes after the event, whenthey continue the efforts of The Shoe Bus.

“You know what; I would be lying if I said those kids get more outof it than I do… it warms your heart,” Anderson says. “So many of ustake a pair of shoes for granted, but there are so many children thatthey just don’t have that; it’s not a luxury it’s an essential. We arejust trying to provide this to them.”

Wonderful worksfrom area artists include Wood piecesfrom Tim Kennedyand Pottery fromKristy Jo Beber

Tickets for “An Evening of Art and Wine” are$35 each or $40 at the door. To purchase ticketscontact any club member or call (812) 243-4325or via email - [email protected].

APRIL 6, 2014Spring Fever Craft Bazaar9AM - 4PM4950 East Wabash Ave, Terre Haute, IN 47803Central Christian Church4950 East Wabash Ave, Terre Haute, IN 47803Free812-877-9959Email:[email protected]

APRIL 8, 2014Taizé Prayer7PMChurch of the Immaculate Conception, Sistersof Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN Sisters of ProvidenceFreeEach service occurs on the second Tuesday ofevery month and begins at 7 p.m.Taizé Prayer takes place in the Church of theImmaculate Conception, is open to persons ofall faith traditions, and is free to attend.

This hour-long service includes prayers, sim-ple, beautiful music, a time for silence, spokenand silent prayers. The prayer is quiet and re-flective, deeply peaceful and joyful and is litprimarily by candlelight. Songs are sung manytimes over as a prayer of the heart. The 2014focus of Taizé is “Prayer for the Life of theWorld.” We will use Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 to helpfocus our prayer – ”To everything there is aseason, and a time for every purpose underheaven.”Free-will offeringFor more information, call 812-535-2952 oremail [email protected].

APRIL 11-13, 2014 "Come and See" Weekend1 Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876Free (lodging and meal included)Are you looking for a way to serve God, growin your faith and “break boundaries, createhope?” If you are a single Catholic woman,ages 18-42, and are interested in learning moreabout becoming a Sister of Providence, April11-13 is for you! We know you have a lot of

questions and we’ll do whatever we can tohelp you take the next step on your faith jour-ney, whatever that may be.You’ll get to know the Sisters of Providenceand our foundress, Saint Mother TheodoreGuerin. You’ll have time to talk with otherwomen who are also thinking about religiouslife, as well as the women in formation withthe SPs. There will also be time for personaland group reflection, prayer, Mass and more.The weekend is free (lodging and meals are in-cluded).Contact Sister Editha Ben, vocation director,at 812-535-2895, or via email [email protected]

APRIL 12, 20144th Annual Operation: Wabashiki9AM -1 PMWabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area located onHighway 40 in West Terre Haute, INFreeJoin the Sustainability Club at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for their annual Wabashikiclean up. Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area iscomposed of 2600 acres of wetlands resting


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along the Wabash River. As a community, let'sall get together to preserve the wetlands thatmany call home.We do have gloves to share. Safety glasses andother protective ware are suggested. Pleasewear appropriate working shoes! It might bemuddy!!Coffee and snacks will be provided in themorning for the early birds.Look for our posters around town. Bring yoursisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles! Let'smake this the best clean-up Wabashiki hasseen!

APRIL 12, 201412 NOON - 7PMAllen Chapel Annual BBQ dinner3rd & Crawford Sts., Terre Haute, IN, 47807Full menu including dinners, sandwiches,sides, and desserts, barbecued slabs, ribs,chicken, fish, pulled pork, baked beans, potatosalad, green beans, cole slaw, peach, straw-berry, sweet potato, chess pies. Handicappedaccessible.Contact Name Char MinnetteContact Email [email protected]

APRIL 15, 2014PE 101 Fun Run 5K3PMEast Wabash Ave, Terre Haute, INMemorialStadium$5 entry feeDoor prizes! Awards for top finishers! In col-laboration with the Center for Community En-gagement and SGA. Proceeds go to RyvesYouth Center.Contact Name Jeremiah VaughanContact Phone 513-646-2554

APRIL 26, 2014Earth Day Celebration 11AM - 3PMSaint Mary-of-the-WoodsWhite Violet Center for Eco-Justice, SaintMary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876Free will donationWest Central Indiana’s largest and longest-running Earth Day celebration continues onSaturday, April 26, 2014 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, near Terre Haute.The 16th annual celebration is from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. (EDT) and is hosted by White Violet Cen-ter for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters ofProvidence. Dozens of educational exhibitswill be on display, food offered by local ven-dors, live music and children’s activities. Funand educational for the entire family!Admission is free. There are free-will offeringopportunities at entrance gates to help withthe cost of the event. For more information,contact Robyn Morton [email protected] or at 812-535-2932. Theschedule and more information can be foundat our website (www.WhiteViolet.org) as theevent gets closer.

APRIL 5-6, 2014Pictures with the Easter BunnyHere Comes Peter Cottontail!!Deming Park

Join us April 5th & 6th from 1-4pm at the Holi-day House in Deming Park to have your childspicture taken with the Easter Bunny. The costis $3 per picture and is something you will al-ways treasure.Call the Torner Center for details: 812-232-0147

APRIL 12, 2014Easter Egg Hunt (ages 2-10)Deming Park Join us at Deming Park on April 12th for our

annual Easter Egg Hunt! The Parks Depart-ment takes a lot of pride in this FREE eventand it is always a crowd pleaser!! There will beactivities beginning at 11 am. The egg hunt for2-4 year olds will begin at 1:00 pm. The egghunt for 5-10 year olds will begin at 1:30 pm.The egg hunt is divided into age categories,there will be prizes for all and several grandprizes to those lucky enough to find those spe-cial eggs! Call the Torner Center for details: 812-232-0147

APRIL 28, 2014Beauty and the BeastIISU Performing Arts SeriesTilson Auditorium7:30 p.m.Price Level 1Adults: $17Youth: $5ISU Faculty/Staff: $13ISU Students: Free with IDPrice Level 2Adults: $15Youth: $5ISU Faculty/Staff: $10ISU Students: Free with ID

Adventure. Romance. Ancient curses. Thisaward-winning musical has it all! Be trans-ported to a magical time long, long ago, asAmerican Family Theater returns with theclassic family favorite, Beauty and the Beast.All new songs, including “Imagine,” “The WolfDance” and “Start with One Small Step,” leadus on courageous Beauty’s journey, from herhome to the Beast’s castle, where she tries tosave her father and discovers the power oflove can overcome even the beastliest of ad-versities.“[American Family Theater’s] shows burstwith energy, song, and special effects… Theirspirit is contagious.”— New York Times


THEATER

April 5, 2014Lloyd Wood ShowBoot City7:00 pmPrice: $11.00

The Lloyd Wood show- a perennial favorite ofthe Boot City Opry. Wood and his band neverfail to present an exciting country westernshow with the greatest country music of alltimes. Additionally, Lloyd is an accomplishedimpersonator, mocking characters from Wal-ter Brennen to Bugs Bunny. Woods is an ex-tremely seasonal and personable entertainerthat operated his own show in Nashville, Indi-ana for many years. The Wood Show will sendyou home humming and laughing.

April 12, 2014Ray Price TributeBoot City7:00 pmPrice: $15

He was the country singer’s country singer.That was true whether Price was leaning hardinto the hardest honky-tonk there is, as he didduring the 1950s; or if he was gliding easily,then soaring madly, atop bejeweled country-pop ballads as he took to doing in the late1960s and ’70s; or if he was swinging (alwaysswinging) back and forth between those poles,often in the same number, as he did to perfec-tion in halls big and small over the past 40years.

April 26, 2014Lucky Old SonsBoot City7:00 pmPrice: $15

The Lucky Old Sons BioThe Lucky Old Sons is a four-piece band fo-cused on the piano driven rock and countrymusic of the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired by thepiano styles of Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis,Johnnie Johnson, and Ray Charles, to name afew, the group also writes and records originalmusic along the same lines.The band, which consists of members of stal-wart St. Louis bands Phat noiZ and Folkn-BluesGrass, includes Matt Davis, piano/vocals;Frank Bauer, tenor saxophone; CoreyWoodruff, drums; and Steve Bauer, electricmandolin/vocals.

CLABBER GIRL IN THE KITCHENCarribean Cuisine and CocktailsThursday, April 10, 2014 from 5:30 PM to 7:30PM (EDT)Clabber GirlTerre Haute, IN

Fun island food and drinks! Instructor: ChefAmanda Shook Jerk Chicken Tostones –Twice-cooked Plantains Steamed Whitefish inBanana leaves.

APRIL 12, 2014The Basics of Vegetable Fermentation1PM - 3PMClabber Girl, 900 Wabash Ave.$45 per personLike sauerkraut? Love kimchi? Do you long forold-fashioned sour cucumber pickles?If so, this workshop is for you!Vegetable ferments are easy and safe to make,help you preserve your garden harvests andpack a powerful nutritional punch to boot. Gethands-on opportunities and take home someof your own ferments to get started on yourown bubbly journeys.Instructor: Candace Minster (garden managerand fiber projects coordinator for White VioletCenter for Eco-Justice)

CLABBER GIRL IN THE KITCHENU.S. Regional FoodsThursday, April 24, 2014 from 5:30 PM to 7:30PM (EDT)Clabber GirlTerre Haute, INSome of the best from around the country.Instructor: Chef Amanda ShookMenu to be announced

APRIL 26, 2014Terre Haute Crop for the Cure5500 Wabash Ave Terre Haute, IN 47803Rose-Hulman Institute of Technolgy$30Day-long scrapbooking/paper crafting event.Pre-registration is required. Proceeds providefree mammograms. Information on the web-site.

April 4, 2014Winds of Change6:00 pm – 9:00 pmSwope Art MuseumMarch 5, 2014

Explore changing times at the turn of the lastcentury reflected in images from the Swope inconjunction with the Vigo County Library’sBig Read. Or enjoy the mellow sounds of theflute as you try treats from the hors d’oeuvretable or a nip from the cash bar.6:30 pmPerformance by the Indiana State UniversityFlute Choir under the direction of ProfessorJoyce Wilson.7:30 pmPresentation by Swope Executive DirectorMarianne Richter in conjunction with the VigoCounty Library’s Big Read, The MagnificentAmbersons by Booth Tarkington.


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Stacey Muncie is a freelance writer,humorist, proud Hautean and all-aroundword nerd. Her light-hearted rants abouttopics ranging from peevish to "Daang!"Stacey Muncie can be reached [email protected] her on Facebook atfacebook.com/StaceyMuncieWrites orTwitter @StaceyMuncie.

Here I sit on F at Tuesday, feeling, well,fat. Yeah, I know this is the last bighurrah before the Lent en season be-

gins—it’s not really about me and my stretchypants. But every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday whenyou are trying unsuccessfully to shave off a fewpounds.

Wait, not literally shave off a few pounds .Sure, it’s been a long, dreary winter. And yeah,I could definitely use warmer t emperatures,but I’m not depressed to the point of neglect-ing personal hygiene. Not yet anyway.

I am, however , nearing the point of roadtripping to Punxsutawney, snatching Mr. Philby the scruff of his lit tle groundhog neck andkicking his furry behind from here t o nextChristmas.

Yes, it’s been a long wint er for everyone.But you know who it’s probably been thelongest for? K evin O rpurt. P oor guy . F olksdon’t even have to make a road trip t o harassKevin. That’s what the interwebs are for, right?I don’t even know Kevin, but I can only imag-ine how his inbo x must overflow with eachnew Snowpocalyse.

“Hey K evin…stop forecasting this badweather! The kids ha ve missed so muchschool they’re going t o have to invent a timemachine and tra vel back t o 1975 make up allthese days. This is all your fault, Kevin. Everylast flak e of it, you dirty , no good son of aground rodent!”

He probably wishes that lik e the ground-hog, he could just crawl in a hole and hibernateuntil spring arrives and people st op gripingabout the winter weather. I bet you that if I didmake a road trip to Punxsutawney, when I gotthere I’d find Kevin already there, pummelingPhil the groundhog in a scene not unlik e theone in A Christmas St ory, where Ralphie fi-nally flips his lid and kicks the snot out of bullyScut Farkus. (Are you surprised t o learn thathis name isn’t ‘Scott’? Me, too.)

Kevin has one of those jobs for which I amwoefully unequipped. N ot because I’m not a

meteorologist. I mean, gee do they even go toschool or just ask the Magic 8 Ball what theweather is going t o be tomorrow? I’m pret tysure that whenever they sa y there’s a “50%chance” of something what they really meanis that the 8 Ball said, “Ask again later.”

No, it’s not because of all that high-t ech“forecasting” they do, but rather because if Ihad to be st eeped in the weather rage of themasses all the time I would lose my mind.

Likewise, I could never be ma yor for thevery same reason. I think poor D uke Bennettprobably spends 80% of his time list ening topeople gripe. A good portion of those com-plaints are likely about things like the fact thatthe curb on some obscure side street is a lowerpriority for snow removal than an emergencyroute.

You know why your street hasn’t beencleared the millisecond aft er the snow st opsfalling? Because D uke was get ting ready t ocome out and shovel it, himself, by hand, buthe couldn’t get off the phone with all thegripers.

Even when the weather is good, these guysget no rest . Kevin can’t even walk down thestreet without hearing “Hey Kevin, what’s theweather gonna be like?” or “Hey Kevin, when’sthis rain/snow /heat/cold/drought going t oend?”

Every time a train st ops for more than 5minutes in this t own, I’m sure D uke hearsabout it. What do you want him t o do, go outthere and push it out of the way? (He might, ifhe can manage to get off the phone and free uphis hands. Somebody get the ma yor a Blue-tooth headset—he’s got a train to move!)

These guys won’t complet ely escape thegriping as long as they are in their respectivejobs. But hopefully, by the time this is printed,March will be going out like a lamb and at leastall this polar vortex stuff will be a thing of thepast. If not…Hey K evin, wanna road trip t oPunxsutawney?

WORDS: STACEY MUNCIE

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minutes northwest of the Vigo County Courthouse.EventsEven s

April11-13 Seven Last Words of Christ Retreat 7 p.m. Friday to

1 p.m. Sunday (EDT), Owens Hall. This quiet, meditative retreat

uses both music and modern art to explore the content of Jesus’

Register prior to April 2 at 812-535-2952 or

[email protected].

18 Way of the Cross for Justice 10 a.m. (EDT), Owens Hall.

Free-will offering to support

justice efforts in the Wabash Valley.

20 Easter Brunch 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. (EDT), O’Shaughnessy

Dining Room. After the egg hunts are over and the treat baskets

Prices include beverages and desserts.

May8 The Living Rosary 6:45 p.m. (EDT), The Church of the

Immaculate Conception

Free-will offering.

11 Mother’s Day Brunch 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m. (EDT), O’Shaugh-

nessy Dining Room.

Prices include beverages

and desserts.

16-17 Living Nonviolently in a Violent World retreat 7 p.m.

Friday to 5 p.m., Saturday (EDT), Owens Hall.

Register prior to

May 10 at 812-535-2952 or [email protected].

Taizé Prayer 7 p.m. (EDT). The second Tuesday of every

month, The Church of the Immaculate Conception The 2014

focus is “Prayer for the Life of the World,” and will highlight

Free and open to the public.

April12 The Basics of Vegetable Fermentation 1–3 p.m. (EDT) at

Clabber Girl Kitchen (Ninth St. and Wabash Ave., Terre Haute,

Ind.).

Register by

April 4 at 812-535-2932 or [email protected].

26 Annual Earth Day Celebration 11 a.m.–3 p.m. (EDT),

animal shows, food, children’s activities, Native American perforrr

Free-will offering

May15 Farm Blessing, Feast of St. Isidore 3 p.m. (EDT),

Community Supported Agriculture garden at White Violet

Center for Eco-Justice.

Free.

17 Intermediate Weaving 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (EDT). This workshop is

designed for the person who knows how to weave, but hasn’t had

www.SistersofProvidence.org

Vegetable Fermentation classg t Earth Day Living RosaryElegant Brunch

www.ProvCenter.org

www.WhiteViolet.org

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