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Cover by Paige Langenderfer Jim and John Lawrence, glass blowers
16 Lawrence Family Glass Blowers
~ by Paige Langenderfer
20 Scott Hutchinson, Art Guild Director
~ by Bill Weaver
22 Have You Seen the Sampler?
24 Daniel Harden
~ by Julia Pearson
38 3rd Annual Morel Festival
~ by Mark Blackwell
41 National Maple Syrup Festival
45 Chairs
50 Art Gallery Spring Things
~ by Lyn Letsinger-Miller
52 Yellowwood Road Project
~ by Jeff Tryon
54 Wilderness Ballads Concert
58 Park’ s Friends New Shelter
~ by Jim Eagleman
62 A Tent A Tive Start
~ by Henry Swain
10-11 Contributors 11 Subscribe 11 Where Is It? Contest 13 20 Year Anniversary 34-35 Photos by George Zajicek 36-37 Calendar of Entertainment / Events
49 Coloring Contest
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contributors
Bill Weaver is an author and radio personality currently living in Bloomington. He’ s published The College of Beer: The Story of Nick’ s English Hut, and numerous zines including ER, D’ KNOW, and The New York Squid. He writes for Our Brown County, and the Bloomington Herald-Times Homes section. He maintains a website of short stories called The Liars Bunch at < www. liarsbunch. com >. He’ s known as Gus Travers, the co-host of WFHB’ s The Dark End of the Street.
Joe Lee is an illustrator and writer. He is the author of The History of Clowns for Beginners and Dante for Beginners and illustrator of six other titles, including the forthcoming Dada and Surealism for Beginners in the ongoing“ for Beginners” series. He is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer. Joe lives with his wife Bess, son Brandon, George the cat, and his dogs, Jack and Max.
Julia Pearson wrote for a Secular Franciscan magazine for ten years and served as its human interest editor. She and her husband Bruce, reside in Bloomington. She serves on several boards, including the Association of Indiana Museums. Julia enjoys traveling and visiting museums of all types and sizes, especially with her children and grandchildren.
Paige Langenderfer is a freelance writer and communications consultant. She writes for numerous Indiana publications, and is a featured columnist in The Republic. She earned her Bachelor’ s degree in journalism from Indiana University and her Master’ s degree in public relations management from IUPUI. Paige lives in Columbus with her husband and two dogs. She can be contacted at < langenderferpaige @ gmail. com >.
Jim Eagleman is a 39 year veteran of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as an interpretive naturalist, first working at Turkey Run State Park for three years and for the last 34 at Brown County. He and his wife Kay have three sons, all graduates of Brown County High School. Kay and Jim enjoy all outdoor activities, especially kayaking. Jim is currently working on his memoirs.