Contents
Contributors
Contents
12 Note from the Editor 16 Doug Harden’ s Dream
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh 20 Nashville Spices it Up
~ by Paige Langenderfer 24 Patrick Haulter’ s Nature
~ by Ryan Stacy 30 Village Green Building ~ by Jeff Tryon 34 Gnaw Bone Trading Post
~ by Bob Gustin 38-39 Photos ~ by Tom Preston * 40-42 Calendar of Events
46 Back Roads Studio Tour ~ by Bob Gustin
50 Hall of Fame / Uncle Pen Fest ~ by Mark Blackwell
56 Elkinsville
~ by Julia Pearson 60 Brown Bike 68 The Sugar Maple
~ by Jim Eagleman 72-73 Services Directory
74 Sugar Creek BBQ Co.
Cover: Main Street in Nashville ~ by Cindy Steele
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
Jim Eagleman, recently retired DNR naturalist, and his wife Kay, enjoy hiking the many natural areas, preserves, and land trust sites in Brown and neighboring counties. His FIELD NOTES have appeared in this publication for several years. Contact Jim with comments and inquiries at < jpeagleman @ gmail. com >.
Jeff Tryon is a former news editor of The Brown County Democrat, a former region reporter for The Republic, and a former bureau chief for The Huntsville Times. Born and raised in Brown County, he currently lives with his wife, Sue, in a log cabin on the edge of Brown County State Park. He is a Baptist minister.
Contributors
Bob Gustin worked as a reporter, photographer, managing editor, and editor for daily newspapers in Colorado, Nebraska, and Indiana before retiring in 2011. He and his wife, Chris, operate Homestead Weaving Studio. She does the weaving while he gives studio tours, builds small looms, and expands his book and record collections.
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 Dada and Surealism for Beginners, and Music Theory for Beginners. He is an awardwinning editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer.
Cindy Steele is the publisher and editor of this magazine. She sells and designs ads, sometimes writes, takes photos, and creates the layout. For fun, she likes to play the guitar or banjo and sing. Her new hobby is making mosaics.
Paige Langenderfer is a freelance writer and communications consultant. She writes for numerous publications. 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 daughters. Contact her at < langenderferpaige @ gmail. com >.
Ryan Stacy is a content writer at Monroe County Public Library, and also enjoys writing about Brown County. He and his wife live in Bloomington, where they can often be found chasing movies, good food, and cultural events. His other interests include reading, photography, and music.
Julia Pearson wrote for a secular Franciscan magazine for ten years and served as its human interest editor. She and her husband Bruce have made Lake Woebegone Country their new homebase for life’ s continuing adventures. Julie, Bruce, and four-footed Suki are adjusting well. Julia enjoys traveling and visiting museums of all types and sizes, with her children and grandchildren.
Mark Blackwell no longer makes his home in Brown County where“ the roadway is rough and the slopes are seamed with ravines and present a meatless, barren, backbone effect.” He now resides within sight of the sixth green of an undisclosed golf course. He was born in the middle of the last century and still spends considerable time there.
Chrissy Alspaugh is a freelance writer and owner of Christina Alspaugh Photography. She lives in Bartholomew County with her husband, Matt and three boys. She can be reached at < christina _ alspaugh @ yahoo. com >. View her work at
< ChristinaAlspaughPhotography. com >.
* Tom Preston’ s enthusiasm for photography began in middle school, under the tutelage of his father’ s best friend. Tom helped setup the dark room at Lawrence North High School and gained experience as the newspaper photographer. His front-page photo in the Indianapolis Star of a star player cutting down the nets after a sectional victory was a moment when he realized his passion would persist long after graduation. He moved to Brown County in 2012 and now captures the area’ s landscape and tranquility. His goal is to portray the natural beauty that others walk by without even noticing. His images are most easily seen on his two Instagram pages: color images @ tompreston7771 _ ud and black and white: @ tompreston _ bnw as well as on Facebook.
10 Our Brown County • Sept./ Oct. 2018