Contents
Contributors
Contents
16 Melissa Etheridge ~ by Ryan Stacy
25 25 Years of OBC
~ by Cindy Steele 26 Andi Rogers Bartels ~ by Bob Gustin
32 Maddison Miller
~ by Paige Langenderfer 34-35 Photos ~ by Tom Preston * 36-37 Calendar of Events
38 Women’ s Right to Vote ~ by Julia Pearson 42 Brown Co. Wildflowers
~ by Jeff Tron 48 Forest Stewards
~ by Jim Eagleman 52 Brown Co. Character
~ by Mark Blackwell 54 America’ s First Leprechaun ~ by Gunther Flumm
58 Kara Barnard Cartoon 60-62 INFO PAGES
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 >.
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.
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 >.
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.
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.
Cover: Andi Rogers Bartels ~ by Bob Gustin
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.
* Tom Preston’ s love of photography began in middle school. He helped setup the dark room at Lawrence North High School and gained experience as the newspaper photographer. He moved to Brown County in 2012 and captures the area’ s landscape and tranquility. He portrays the natural beauty that others might miss. See his images on Instagram— color images: @ tompreston7771 _ ud and black and white: @ tompreston _ bnw— and on Facebook.
Special thanks to Kara Barnard and Gunther Flumm for their contributions this issue.
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen!
10 Our Brown County • March / April 2020
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