Contents
Contributors
Contents
13 WHERE IS IT? 15 25 Years – SUBSCRIBE 16 Chrissy Alspaugh 26 Chris & Bob Gustin 28 Ryan Stacy
30-31 Photos by Mike Briner * 32 Rescheduled Events 34 Paige Langenderfer 38 Julia Pearson 44 The Sampler 48 Mark Blackwell 50 Jim Eagleman 51 Kara’ s Cartoon
52-54 INFO PAGES
Cover: Wes, Kase, and Dane Alspaugh at the Park
~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
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Chris Gustin retired from the newspaper business in 1999, after decades of balancing careers as both a weaver and a journalist. She operates Homestead Weaving Studio where she specializes in rugs and clothing while offering equipment, supplies, and lessons to other weavers. She worked as a photographer, copy editor, and Lifestyles editor for Colorado, Nebraska, and Indiana newspapers.
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
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.
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.
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 >.
* Mike Briner is a Columbus, Indiana native that became interested in photography as a high school yearbook photographer. With a love of travel and the great outdoors and inspired by the natural beauty of nature, Mike’ s photography quickly moved from the school to the out of doors. In 1998 he founded Mike Briner Photography and started his professional career as a travel and nature photographer. Mike now has well over 55,000 film as well as over 30,000 digital images in his library.
Thanks, Mom, for making it happen! 10 Our Brown County • May / June 2020
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