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JUNE 23, 2016 — Issue 119
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Three-year-old Tatum Nelson, LaGrange, Ky., and sister Gracie, 4, look at the doorway of a replica of George Rogers Clark’s home site during George Rogers Clark Days at Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville in this file photo. | FILE PHOTO
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’m a bit biased because I’m a history buff, stage the event. but I’m stoked about this week’s cover story At the event last year I was blown away by on Clark Days at the George Rogers Clark the re-enactments of pioneer life, as well as actors in period costumes — I rubbed elbows Home Site in Clarksville. with Meriwether Lewis — and the quality of the It really is a unique event, educational as well hand-made goods for sale. as inspirational. Who doesn’t get goosebumps Tomahawk throwing is expected to draw a standing at the replica of Clark’s cabin high on a crowd along with the always-popular atlatl exbluff overlooking the Ohio River and imagining JASON THOMAS hibit. The atlatl predates the bow and arrow and the spirit of discovery that fueled expeditions SoIn Editor was one of humans’ first mechanical inventions, west in 1804? Esarey writes. The two-day long event features re-enactors, Maybe it’s Clark Days’ location, where you can gaze at guest speakers, cabin tours, pioneer activities, vendors the Louisville skyline in one direction and open river in selling period products and food, and demonstrations of another, but it certainly inspires awe. early American crafts and skills, Jenna Esarey writes in Time, sometimes, does stand still. today’s centerpiece. The Falls of the Ohio State Park is partnering with — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by the Center for Cultural Resources at Indiana University phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas. Southeast and Louisville’s Frazier History Museum to
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Oooh and ahhh in Southern Indiana New Albany’s Riverfront Independence Day Celebration will be on Sunday, July 3, at the Riverfront Amphitheater, according to a news release from the city. The event begins at 6 p.m. This year’s lineup includes the local country music act Wildwood and the Louisville Crashers. So grab a lawn chair or a blanket and enjoy a wonderful night of family fun along the Ohio River. In addition to the live music, the event will host tons of children’s inflatables to bounce around on, the famous Bubble Machine, local food vendors, a beer garden area, an Independence Day Recognition Ceremony, and to top it all off — a beautiful fireworks display at dark, the release stated.
JEFFERSONVILLE Jeffersonville July Fourth Parade is 11 a.m., Monday, July 4, on Spring Street from the riverfront to Warder Park. Following the parade, a patriotic
ceremony and parade awards will be held in Warder Park at Spring Street and Court Avenue.
SELLERSBURG The Wilbur M. Ruby Post 204 of the American Legion, 412 N. New Albany St., Sellersburg, will be the center of activities for the Town of Sellersburg’s July Fourth celebration. The town’s annual parade will start at 2 p.m. at Haas Cabinets, 625 W. Utica St., Sellersburg, and finish at the American Legion Post. Start-
ing at noon, food will be served in the large room on the main floor of the post. Fried chicken and pork chops with all the fixings, $8 per person. The Post has a shelter house with large picnic tables and a small children’s playground with swings. Fireworks, sponsored by the Legion, will start just after dark and can been seen from the post parking lot area. The event is open to the public. For more information call 812-2464064.
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PUT YOUR FURRY FRIENDS TO WORK • WHAT: Take Your Pet to Work Day • WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 24 • WHERE: Parking lot next to the News and
Tribune building, 221 Spring St., Jeffersonville
• INFO: Call 812-206-2131
The News and Tribune is hosting the inaugural Take Your Pet to Work Day adoption event, where attendees can meet pets from local shelters. The event features a $5 cash only photo booth, where owners can have their pet’s photo taken. All proceeds will go back to the local shelters. Donations, including pet food, toys and more, can be dropped off at the News and Tribune booth. Pet-related businesses will also be on hand to provide information.
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GET ON YOUR BIKE & RIDE
• WHAT: Charlestown Founder’s Day Festival • WHEN: June 23-25 • WHERE: Charlestown Family Activities
• WHAT: Bike New Albany and Block Party • WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25 • WHERE: Silver Street Park, 2043 Silver St., New
• COST: Free • INFO: For more information call 812 256-3422
• COST: Free to ride; $10 for T-shirt
Park,1000 Park St., Charlestown
Celebrating its roots each June, Charlestown’s Founder’s Day Festival includes live music, a 5K walk/run, a parade, arts and crafts booths, and fireworks. Country Music Award-winning Little Texas Band will also perform. The celebration opens on Thursday evening, June 23, continues on Friday afternoon and Friday evening and continues all day on Saturday.
Albany
Get on your bicycle and ride at this family-friendly event. The fun begins and ends and Silver Street Park with food vendors. The event features an organized short ride (six miles) through the city of New Albany, including downtown and its renovated park system. For more information call 812-949-5448. Sign up for the event online at cityofnewalbany.com/residents/parks-arecreation.
GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com
Ronald Bowers, Palmyra, cleans out the barrel of his swivel gun, used from the 1600s to the Civil War, after blasting off a demonstration during Clark Days at George Rogers Clark’s home site at Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville in this file photo. | FILE PHOTOS
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PIONEER PRIDE
• WHAT: Clark Days • WHERE: George Rogers Clark Home Site, 1102 W. Harrison Ave., Clarksville
• WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• COST: Admission: $2 • INFO: Visit fallsoftheohio.org or the Falls of the Ohio Facebook page.
Upcoming Events at the Falls of the Ohio State Park, 201 W. Riverside Drive, Clarksville • Centennial Hike at the Falls: From the Devonian to the Falls Today: A Walk Through Indiana’s Deep Time When: Aug. 3, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Admission: Free About: A special guided tour of the exhibit gallery followed by a walk on the fossil beds. • Falls Fossil Symposium When: Aug. 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 14, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission: $20 About: For serious fossil collectors, amateur paleontologists and paleontology students. Learn from experts during a full day of speakers on Saturday and a Sunday field trip. • Digging the Past! A Celebration of Archeology and Fossils When: Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: $2 About: Hands-on activities and learning opportunities for adults and children. vendor,” she added. “They will have items like Indian fry bread, homemade sodas, lemonade, teas, a fry bread taco and fry bread burger.” The food will be provided by Cheyenne Trading Co., new to Clark Days this year. “They’ll also be operating a mercantile,” Logsdon said. Jessica Diemer-Eaton with Woodland Indian Educational Programs will be on hand with her Native-American exhibit talking about types of foods the local tribes
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Left to Right: Bob Hopps, Louisville, and granddaughter, Audrey Scott, 9, talk with Mark Eaton, a Woodland Indian educational instructor, about the various dried and dehydrated foods that were foraged throughout Southern Indiana during Clark Days at Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville in this file photo.
Soaring Raven plays a Native American flute for attendees of Clark Days at George Rogers Clark’s home site at Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville in this file photo.
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ENTERTAINMENT
MOVIES: JUNE 24 “Independence Day: Resurgence” “Free State of Jones”
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This week's entertainment releases
T.V. PREMIERES: JUNE 28
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“Dead of Summer” (Freeform)
BOOKS: JUNE 28 é “Crisis of Character” by Gary J. Byrne “First Comes Love” by Emily Giffin
Jacob Resch, Hoosier to play in August SOIN THE KNOW
• WHAT: Jacob Resch, Hoosier
concert WHEN: 7 p.m. Aug. 13 WHERE: Headliners Music Hall, Louisville INFO: Tickets can be purchased online at headlinerslouisville. com or jacobreschmusic.com.
Southern Indiana musician Jacob Resch is keeping busy these days. On Aug. 13, Resch will again play at Headliners Music Hall. The concert will be headlined by both Jacob Resch and Southern Indiana band Hoosier. The show will be opened by Jimmy and the Two Toned Leg Benders, a band stocked with fellow Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School grads, according to a news release from Resch. Last year Resch and Hoosier played at Headliners Music Hall and the turnout was nearly 400 people. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online at headlinerslouisville.com or jacobreschmusic.com. Tickets can also be purchased via email at jacobreschmusic@gmail. com or at the door. Tickets are $10
Jacob Resch. | SUBMITTED PHOTO and the show is ages 14 and over. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the concert starting at 8 p.m.
SHORT FILM In April, Resch released his third official music video which was also his first short film. The film was written and produced by Resch and filmed, directed, edited, and produced by Jerry McIlvoy and Chris Cooper. The 10-minute short film is based off of Jacob’s 2015 release “Cali Girl.” In this short film Resch, a less than interested college student,
enters a dream world where he meets his “Cali Girl.” This film features Vine star Brennan Tracy as well as local artist/musician Ryan Bradley. The film was shot in Bloomington and New Albany. The short film has been entered in several different film contests and is pending approval at the moment. The film can be viewed on Resch’s YouTube account at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QFqpsF0dFyc and the song can be heard and purchased online at any online retailer or stream service such as iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud.
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LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGS Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@ newsandtribune.com
LIVE MUSIC AT HUBER’S
• WHERE: Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards • WHEN/WHO: Saturday, June 25: Chris Wiles 1 to 5 p.m.; Sunday, June 26: Dean Heckel, 1 to 5 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S
• WHAT: Live on State • WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany
Saturday, June 25: Billy Davis Group
BANK STREET BREWHOUSE
• WHAT: Live music • WHERE: Bank Street Brewhouse, 415 Bank St., New Albany
• WHO/WHEN: Friday, June 24: Joel Curtis, 7 to 9 p.m.;
Saturday, June 25: The Blues Redemption, 7 to 9 p.m. 7 p.m. every Tuesday: Tuesday Night Talent Review
CORYDON LIVE
• WHAT: Live country music • WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon • INFO: Admission, adults $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6,
free. For tickets call 812-734-6288. Saturday June 25: Evan Twitty, Tracy Jo Brown, Josh Ranke
RIVERSTAGE EVENTS
• WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays, 8 p.m. Saturdays • WHERE: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive,
Jeffersonville Friday, June 24: Velcro Pygmies with guest Thunderstruck; Saturday, June 25: Twilight Cinema Featuring: “The Avengers: Age of Ultron”; July 1: Featuring: The Monarchs with guest Turning Point; July 8: Featuring: Culture Night: Ark Band with guests Flew Crew and Cosa Sierra; July 15: Featuring: The Devonshires with guest Lefty and the Lunatics; July 22: RiverPops featuring: “Jesus Christ Superstar”; July 23: RiverPops featuring: “Jesus Christ Superstar”; July 24: RiverPops featuring: “Jesus Christ Superstar”; July 29: Featuring: Jefferson Tarc Bus with guest The Mad Taxpayers; Aug. 5: Featuring: Jake, Elwood and the Boys with guest Kudmani; Aug. 12 Featuring: 100% Poly with guest The Rumors; Aug. 19: Featuring: Rumours (A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac) with Radiotronic; Aug. 26: Juice Box Heroes with guest Big Steel Train
CONCERTS IN THE PARK
• WHERE: Warder Park, Spring Street and Court Avenue, Jeffersonville
• WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays
Friday, June 24: Early AutumnBig Band Swing; Friday, July 1: The Don Krekel OrchestraBig Band Swing Classics; Friday, July 8: Take Two and Company featuring June Kelley-RoySultry Ballads, Bossa Novas, Swing Tunes & Contemporary Classics
BICENTENNIAL BEATS
• WHAT: Bicentennial Park Summer Concert Series • WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays • WHERE: Bicentennial Park, Spring and Pearl streets, New
Albany Friday, June 24: Vessel; Friday, July 1 (no show); Friday, July 8: Kentuckiana Blues Roadshow
WALK WITH SOME WINE
• WHAT: Eighth annual Wine Walk & Shop • WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 15 • WHERE: Downtown Jeffersonville
The eighth Annual Wine Walk & Shop event, 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, July 15, in Historic Downtown Jeffersonville. The event is hosted by Jeffersonville Main Street Inc., a nonprofit downtown revitalization organization, and the merchants of downtown Jeffersonville. This fun-filled event features many wine tasting stations and a variety of hors d’oeuvres located within the downtown shops. There will be five live music acts on the sidewalks, and special sales at locally-owned shops. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of, and go on sale at the following shops and online soon. • Choices Boutique, 437 Spring St., 812-283-6008 • Schimpff’s Confectionery, 347 Spring St., 812-283-8367 • The Springs Salon & Spa, 234 Spring St., 812-284-1226 The Trolley Hop will also be available.
STROLL THROUGH HISTORY
• WHAT: Walking tour • WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday, June 24 • WHERE: Downtown Jeffersonville
A historic walking tour of downtown Jeffersonville will take place at 6 p.m., Friday, June 24, rain or shine. Meet at the Overlook (Spring Street at Riverside Drive) in downtown Jeffersonville, for a tour highlighting the West Riverside Drive corridor. Clark County Historian Jeanne Burke will lead the tour, sharing stories about the history of the neighborhood, and architectural and historical information about the buildings.
GRAB A BITE
• WHAT: Taste of Southern Indiana • WHEN: 6 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday • WHERE: River Valley Middle School, 2200 Veterans Parkway, Jeffersonville
• INFO: For tickets or more info call RSVP at 812-948-1815,
email at rsvp@hopesi.org, or print off a ticket order form at hopesi.org. Twenty-five establishments from Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties will provide samples of some of their most popular dishes at the eighth annual Taste of Southern Indiana. The Jamey Aebersold Quartet will provide music throughout the evening. Live auction items include a set of Adams golf clubs, a handmade quilt and a helicopter ride. Tickets are $20 per person. Proceeds benefit The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of South Central Indiana. As part of Hope Southern Indiana, RSVP provides over 1,000 volunteers to local nonprofits in addition to the in-house programs they run like building ramps for low-income seniors and Henry the Hand, which teaches young children how to prevent the spread of disease.
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Ogle Center family series
The George Rogers Clark Home Site in Clarksville is pictured. | FILE PHOTO
EVENT: Clark Days to feature tomahawk throwing, atlatl exhibit CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 and settlers would have eaten and how they would have acquired it. Tomahawk throwing is expected to draw a crowd along with the always-popular atlatl exhibit. The atlatl predates the bow and arrow and was one of humans’ first mechanical inventions. It uses leverage to achieve greater velocity when throwing a spear or dart. “There’s going to be an atlatl
competition this year,” Logsdon said. “But the public is welcome to play with the tool as well.” Logsdon has been assistant property manager at the Falls for 10 years and created the event in 2007. “We do a lot of re-enactments,” she said. “I’m always fascinated by the history of it. I enjoy seeing how different people interpret history.” While all Clark Day activities will be held at the cabin, the Falls
COMMUNITY FOCUSED. COMMUNITY MINDED.
of the Ohio Interpretive Center will be operating on its normal schedule, offering tours of the fossil beds and welcoming visitors to its newly renovated exhibits. Parking is limited at the cabin, but a large field across from Lewis and Clark Park is a short walk away. “We’ll provide transportation for those with mobility issues,” Logsdon said. “We’ll get everybody there.”
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The Ogle Center at Indiana University Southeast has announced its 2016-17 Children & Family Series. The Ogle Center is dedicated to delivering arts and arts activities to the school children of our area and is able to offer every seat free of charge thanks to the generosity of the series sponsors, including the Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County, the Harrison County Community Foundation, the Ogle Foundation, and Indiana University Southeast, an Ogle news release stated. All performances are free, but advance registration is required. For groups of fewer than 10, free tickets are required. Reservations/tickets can be requested online at oglecenter.com. Reservation request forms can also be obtained from the Ogle Center by calling 812-941-2525. • “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” When: Sept. 27, 28, 29, 30, 10 a.m. and noon Recommended for grades
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Employee injured in Jeff liquor store shooting Red Carpet Liquors employee gives account BY GARY POPP
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JEFFERSONVILLE — An employee of Red Carpet Liquors in Jeffersonville was shot during an attempted robbery Saturday night. Jeffersonville police reported Patel Kamleshkumar, 41, of Jeffersonville, was shot multiple times about 8 p.m. Kamleshkumar was shot by the
masked gunman, said another employee, Loretta Banister, of Clarksville, who witnessed the incident. Banister said she and Kamleshkumar were both working when the gunman entered the business on Crestview Court and 8th Street. She said she was in the back of the business retrieving several bottles to stock when she heard the doorbell that rings when the front
NICE ICE COMMUNITY FOCUSED. COMMUNITY MINDED.
K-4 This musical, based on the classic book by Doreen Cronin teaches an important lesson in working together to resolve a conflict. • The Louisville Orchestra presents Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concerts When: Jan. 18, 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.; Jan. 19, 10 a.m. Recommended for all ages The Louisville Orchestra performs these concerts celebrating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision in music and song. • IU Southeast Theatre presents “A Mark Twain Storybook” When: Feb. 23, 2410 a.m. and noon Recommended grades 4-6 A troupe of traveling actors re-tell some of Mark Twain’s most popular stories in “The Celebrated Mark Twain Storybook and Musicale Review!” • Kentucky Shakespeare presents “Julius Caesar” When: 10 a.m. March 6, 7 Performed by six actors in 90 minutes.
Right, David Mull, of Sellersburg, holds hands with his son Jack, 5, as he tries ice skating for the first time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink. The rink will be open seven days a week through Jan. 6, then remain open only on weekends through Jan. 27. For specific times visit www.jeffmainstreet.org.
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door is opened. As she came from the storage area to the front of the business she saw the gunman with his arms stretched over the counter pointing a firearm at Kamleshkumar. “I ducked down so he didn’t see that I was there,” Banister said. She said she never got a good look at the suspect during the incident, but she could see from her crouched position his arms holding a gun pointed at her co-worker. SEE SHOOTING, PAGE A6
Jeffersonville firefighters Mark McCutcheon, Rick VanGilder and Travis Sharp recently spent two weeks in the city of Long Beach in New York aiding in Hurricane Sandy relief.
STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM
Help when it’s needed most JFD gets relief to hurricane survivors Three firefighters spent two weeks in New York BY GARY POPP
Gary.Popp@newsandtribune.com
JEFFERSONVILLE —
than 30,000 people following the October hurricane. The work was more paper-filing than pulling people from homes, but their services were greatly needed as the entire four-mile long island had been covered by water during the