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WESTWARD HO!
WESTWARD HO!
Gavel Gamut by Jim RedwineÂ
www.jamesmredwine.com
Peg is a born Yankee from New York and northern Indiana. Her family, on both sides of both sides, came to America from Ireland. I am pretty sure Peg’s ancestors brought every piece of furniture they owned with them across the ocean because she and I are now moving a lot of that stuff to Oklahoma. I can relate to those Irish husbands who were ordered by their wives to pack everything from giant kettles to pipe organs into and on top of the ships that headed west from Ireland a hundred and seventy-five years or so ago. With Peg it was a huge antique bed, several sets of family china and, of course, a very heavy piano, just to mention a few of the items we are dragging further west from Indiana to Osage County, Oklahoma.
After Peg and I got an estimate of $18,000 to move our things from Indiana to the Tallgrass Prairie, I suggested we just leave everything we owned but our toothbrushes in our Indiana home and leave the doors unlocked. My thought was that 90% of our stuff had never been unpacked from when we moved 12 years ago so why worry about it. Peg demurred as we say in the law.
“Jim, if you are moving me across the Mississippi River into the Wild West I am taking some semblance of civilization with me. For all I know there isn’t even a Walmart within 20 miles of that cabin.â€
It turns out she is right. However, just as mushrooms appear magically after a spring rain, there is a Dollar General store about every square mile from Indiana to Oklahoma. Peg was not assuaged by this observation.
Peg and I are married and as most couples do we discuss and pretend to negotiate major issues such as moving. Our so-called negotiation has gone somewhat as follows. “Peg, let’s accept that we cannot cram the contents of a 4,000 square foot modified barn into a 2,000 square foot log cabin.â€
“Fine, Jim, we’ll take my half of our things and you can just leave your silly toys such as your tractor, zero-turn mower, golf cart, guns and stupid books behind. That should give us enough room.â€
“Well, can we at least take only one sample of each thing?â€
“I suppose so. I really could wear the same clothes every day and we can just take two plates and two forks. No one will find us out there anyway so why have extras for guests.â€
“Now, don’t get all out of sorts. I meant can’t we pare down a little? Do we really need to plan for all your relatives to come by making sure we have preserved every bit of Irish paraphernalia that was shipped across the Atlantic and is now being dragged halfway across America?â€
That was probably a tactical error on my part as it gave Peg this opening – “That’s easy for you to say, most people out there are related to you!â€
I sensed all of our faux-negotiation was over and acquiesced to fate. On the other hand, I really didn’t want to spend $18,000 to move. It turns out that would have been a bargain. And I am sure our friends we recruited to help would agree. I would name them and thank them publicly, but I do not wish to make any future lawsuits against us for back injuries automatic losers. Maybe if I don’t admit responsibility in print some future judge won’t put judgement liens on everything we own. But surely our friends will forgive us for having them lift items that weigh more than a buffalo.
Another problem is we not only have to load everything Peg wants moved, we have to unload it all too. That means calling on new-found Oklahoma friends for help. I notice these new friends are getting harder to find. And you may recall we had that little problem of stuffing 4,000 square feet of stuff into 2,000 square feet. I suggested we simply drive it to Goodwill and dump it all. Wrong again! What Peg demanded was that we build a bunkhouse to handle the overflow. That $18,000 quickly disappeared in the rearview mirror. By the way, we just completed our eighth trip with a loaded trailer hauled by a loaded pickup and followed by a loaded car. On the other hand, we probably have only about five more loads to go!
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INDOT Offers Scholarships, Jobs To Engineers in Training
The Indiana Department of Transportation is offering civil engineering students scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester, and paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation.
Students must be accepted or enrolled full time in one of Indiana’s certified civil engineering schools and apply using the form at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2020-2021 school year must be submitted by Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
INDOT’s scholarship program uses federal funds to offer $3,125 per semester or $2,083 per trimester for up to five years of post-secondary civil engineering education. Scholarship funds can be applied to educational expenses, fees and books. In return, recipients will work for INDOT in full-time, paid positions during their summer breaks and upon graduation.
Students must be accepted or enrolled full-time in one of Indiana’s Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) certified civil engineering programs. Eligible programs include Purdue University Fort Wayne, Purdue University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Trine University, Purdue University Northwest, University of Evansville, University of Notre Dame, and Valparaiso University.
Learn more about the INDOT Engineer Scholarship program the application process at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2020-2021 school year must be submitted by Tuesday, December 31st.
Students or parents with questions may contact Talent Development Manager Adam Beasley at ABeasley2@indot.in.gov or 317-234-7930.
Helfrich Park Teacher Receives October Cause for Applause
Helfrich Park STEM Academy Teacher Chris Combs is the October recipient of the EVSC’s Cause for Applause award. The award seeks to recognize individuals who go above and beyond their normal job responsibilities.
Combs was nominated by a parent of a new sixth grade student who was nervous about the transition to middle school. Over the summer, the parent had shared her concerns with Combs who took it upon himself to help ease the transition.
“Mr. Combs contacted me right before the beginning of the school year and offered to give my son a personal one-on-one tour of Helfrich Park, walk his schedule and answer any questions we may have while the building was still quiet,†wrote his nominator. The nominator goes on to say that Combs also has stayed after school to help her son with school work.
“I am blown away that someone would take time out of their personal schedule to help my son and our family. Mr. Combs’ selflessness, helpfulness and understanding speaks volumes to his character and what a great asset he is to not only Helfrich Park, but to the EVSC as a whole.â€
Anyone can nominate an employee of the EVSC for the award. Deadline for nominations is the third Friday of each month. To nominate an EVSC employee, go to www.evscschools.com and click on About Us and see Cause for Applause under Community. Paper forms are available at the schools for those without access to the Internet.
Historic New Harmony Offers Free Public Events To Celebrate Atheneum’s 40th Anniversary
Historic New Harmony invites the public to attend two free events to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Atheneum, a masterpiece of modern architecture, in New Harmony, Indiana Thursday, October 10 and Friday, October 11. A town panel discussion and speaker series will highlight how the town of New Harmony and the Atheneum have been a role model for culture and architecture.
Thursday’s panel discussion, “The Future of New Harmony as a Cultural Town,†moderated by 14 News on-air host and regional broadcasting legend Mike Blake,  will begin at 6:30 p.m. and highlight local and regional “role models.â€
Panelists include:
- Dr. James Beeby, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Indiana and Professor of History
- Annette Buckland, Retail Entrepreneur and owner of The Mews in New Harmony
- Jeremy Efroymson, Efroymson Family Fund
- Fred Frayser, Board of Trustees President, Working Men’s Institute
- Docey Lewis, Artist and Cultural Entrepreneur
- Kent Parker, Investor, Philanthropist, Developer of Church Street Commons and Bicentennial House
- Dr. George Rapp, Philanthropist, New Harmony Paint-Out and Hoosier Salon
- Kent Schuette, Professor emeritus of architecture and urban design at Purdue University
- Sherrianne Standley, Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation
Friday’s speaker series event, “200 Years of New Harmony: A Role Model for the Future,â€Â brings together leaders from the world of art, preservation and architecture. The event will be held from 2- 7 p.m. at the Atheneum and is sponsored by Hafer.
Every era of New Harmony has hosted cutting-edge design thinking. Richard Meier’s Atheneum exemplifies how radical design turns into a monument of historic preservation in just 40 short years. The newly published book “Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmonyâ€Â serves as a foundation for discussing the whole cycle of patronage, commissioning, using and preserving history and the built environment. This speaker series event will reflect on the book and how New Harmony remains at the intersection of cosmopolitan, provincial and vernacular design thinking. It will propose strategies for keeping its avantgarde position into the future and sustain its exemplary role as a small-town living community.
Featured speakers include:
Dr. Karla Britton, Keynote: Professor of Art History with the School of the Arts, Humanities, and English at Diné College, the tribal college of the Navajo Nation, in Tsaile, Arizona and former Yale Lecturer in Architecture / School of Architecture, her academic work focuses on the modern architect’s engagement with tradition in twentieth-century architecture and urbanism.
Dr. Silvia Rode:  Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures and board member for the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. Her research on utopianism includes utopian concepts between WWI and WWII, theories on urbanism and 19th century communal societies. She is also the author of Franz Werfel Star of the Unborn: Utopia as Fictional Genre Discourse and Intellectual History.
Dr. Michelangelo Sabatino: Professor and Director of the PhD Program in the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology. Former Dean and Inaugural John Vinci Distinguished Research Fellow. Co-editor of Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony.
Ben Nicholson: Professor of Architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Co-editor of Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony. Has served as Buell Visiting Critic, Cornell, and the Bannister Fletcher Visiting Professor, University of London, and exhibits internationally.
Richard McCoy:Â founding director of Landmark Columbus, an organization that cares for and celebrates the world-renowned cultural heritage of Columbus, Indiana. A former Fulbright Scholar to Spain, McCoy holds a master’s degree in art history from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.
Aaron Betsky:Â President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin, former Director of Cincinnati Art Museum. Trained at Yale, Betsky has worked as a designer for Frank O. Gehry & Associates and Hodgetts + Fung, taught at SCI-Arc and served as the director of the 11th Venice International Architecture Biennale.
Completed in 1979, the Atheneum is an internationally celebrated and award-winning example of modern architecture. Notable for its light and clean spaces, the Atheneum is a three-story building with a long ramp and overlaying grids that provide beautiful views of the town, Wabash River and surrounding countryside from just about anywhere inside and on the spacious viewing deck on the roof. It was designed so that visitors can take a specific path through the building and then emerge into New Harmony itself.
Additional information about the celebration can be found at www.usi.edu/atheneum40.
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Jeep vs. Moped Crash on US 41 Claims the Life of Washington Man
Knox County – Last night at approximately 9:46, Indiana State Police responded to a crash on US 41 north of Willow Street that claimed the life of a Washington man and seriously injured a Huntingburg man.
Preliminary investigation revealed Kayla Jones, 26, of Bicknell, was driving her 2015 Jeep Cherokee and had just entered US 41 northbound from Willow Street. She traveled approximately 1,700 feet in the driving lane before colliding into the rear of a 2019 Kymco Agility moped. The passenger on the moped, Skylar Newton, 21, of Washington, died at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet. The operator of the moped, Robert Vaquero, 22, of Huntingburg, was initially taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, but he was later airlifted to St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville where he is currently being treated for serious injuries. Vaquero was also not wearing a helmet. Jones was not injured.
According to investigating troopers, Jones did not see the moped until just prior to the collision. Troopers inspected the moped and determined that the rear taillight was not illuminated at the time of the crash.
Deceased:
- Skylar Newton, 21, Washington, IN (Family has been notified)
Investigating Officer: Trooper Brock Buchanan, Indiana State Police
Assisting Officers: Sergeant Bill Gadberry, Trooper Nick Hatfield and Master Trooper Randy Huddleston
Assisting Agencies: Knox County Sheriff’s Department, Vincennes Township Fire Department and Knox County Coroner’s Office