Contents
Contributors
Contents
13 COLORING CONTEST 14 HISTORY MYSTERY 15 SUBSCRIBE
16 Woodworking Club ~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
24 Second Story Studio ~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
32 Hats Off to Brown County ~ by Mark Blackwell
38-39 Photos by Michele Wedel * 40-44 CALENDAR- HOLIDAY EVENTS
48 Tramp Starr ~ by Julia Pearson
54 Needmore Commune ~ by Boris Ladwig
60 A Forest Legacy ~ by Jim Eagleman
64 Music at the Winery ~ by Jeff Tryon
68 Amplify Nashville ~ by Mandi Rainwater
72-74 INFO PAGES
Cover: Brown County Woodworking Club ~ by Chrissy Alspaugh
Jeff Tryon is a former news editor of The Brown County Democrat, and a former regional reporter for The Republic. 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.
Joe Lee is an illustrator and writer. He is the author of Forgiveness: The Eva Kor Story, The History of Clowns for Beginners, and Dante 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.
Jim Eagleman is a 40-year veteran naturalist with the IN DNR. In retirement, he is now a consultant. His program“ Nature Ramblings” can be heard on WFHB radio, the Brown County Hour. He serves on the Sycamore Land Trust board. He enjoys reading, hiking, music, and birding.
Contributors
Chrissy Alspaugh is a freelance writer and photographer. View her work at < ChristinaAlspaughPhotography. com >. She lives in Bartholomew County with her husband Matt and three boys.
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.
Mark Blackwell no longer makes his home in Brown County where“ the roadway is rough and the slopes are seamed with ravines.” 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.
Boris Ladwig is a Columbusbased journalist who has worked in print, online and TV media in Indiana and Kentucky and has won awards for features, news, business, non-deadline news, First Amendment / community affairs and investigative reporting.
Julia Pearson loves learning and writing about local history, faith communities, and the radically ordinary lives of people. She continues the work and association of her late husband, Bruce L. Pearson, with the Wyandotte and Delaware tribes, and visits museums of all types and sizes.
Paige Langenderfer is a freelance writer and consultant. 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.
Mandi Rainwater is a freelance travel / lifestyle writer, and also runs Rainwater Studios with her husband Kenan. She promotes local musicians and supports the Southern Indiana music scene. She lives in Nashville with her husband, children, and cats.
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* Michele Wedel is a photographer and visual imaging artist in Nashville. She is the house photographer for the Brown County Music Center. She finds inspiration for her art in the natural beauty of Brown County and in the variety of amazing people that live here. You can view more of her work on Facebook at Michele Wedel Photography.
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