Contents
Contributors
Contents
16 Heating with Wood ~ by Bob Gustin
25 25 Years of OBC
~ by Cindy Steele 26 Dr. Laura Hammack
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh 30-31 Photos ~ by Jeff Danielson * 32-33 Calendar of Events
34 Artist Bill Bateman
~ by Ryan Stacy 37 Poems ~ by Eric Rensberger 38 BC Community Band
~ by Julia Pearson 44 A Pastor’ s Life
~ by Jeff Tryon 48 Winter Neighbors
~ by Jim Eagleman 50 A Midwinter Night’ s Tale ~ by Mark Blackwell
54 BC Ukulele Festival 56-57 Brown County Info Pages
58 Good Intentions ~ by Gunther Flumm
Cover: Dr. Laura Hammack
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
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 editorial cartoonist for the Bloomington Herald Times, a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and a veteran circus performer.
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.
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 Danielson spent most of his childhood in Wales, Britain, and Scotland after his family moved there from Philadelphia. He attended IU in Bloomington then owned and operated the Runcible Spoon Café for 25 years until he sold it in 2001. He has since become immersed in nature photography. He and his wife D’ Arcy live on the Brown County / Monroe County line.
Contributors
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 Franciscan magazine for ten years and served as its human interest editor. She and husband Bruce now reside in Lake Woebegone Country for life’ s continuing adventures. 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 >.
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.
Special thanks to Kara Barnard, Gunther Flumm, and Eric Rensberger for their contributions this issue.
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
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