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4/484March 2016 Boomer

The summer following my high school graduation was my first encounterwith a homeless person. A woman, elderly, frail and raggedly looking waspushing a grocery cart on the streets of our nations capital. In the cart, she

had most likely everything she owned, plus the paper bags she was collecting withleftover fast food.

I can recall how our teachers/sponsors on the triptold us to keep an eye out for homeless people. Teyknew it would be a new experience, and scenes thata group of farm girls from Indiana would know verylittle about. And, I have never forgotten the scenesfrom the streets in Washington, D.C., where our clubwas touring that summer.

In the years that have followed, I have walked by,mostly in downtown Indianapolis and some in othercities, several other homeless individuals mostlymen. Ive seen the jars or cans where beggars areasking for loose change. Sometimes Ive thrown in a

dollar, but mostly Ive just kept walking. Sometimes Ive even picked up my pace,because the sooner I get past the problem, the sooner I can forget it, and back intomy own comfort zone onto wherever it is that I am going.

And, in all those years of walking or driving on as quickly as possible, Ican truthfully say I had never had a personal encounter with someone who washomeless...until I met David earlier this year. I had never been face to face and

talked with someone who had so very little hope, was so depressed, and who had solittle reason to wake up the next morning. He was that someone who was not sureif they would get something to eat the next day, or if it got too cold how they weregoing to keep warm.

Te night we met David was not a comfortable night for me. I was far, faraway from my comfort zone. I would have been just fine walking briskly by, andgoing back up to my nice, warm hotel room. It was already really late, and I wastired.

Tankfully, a teenager in our group had the fearlessness to ask us, theadult chaperones, if it was okay to share the pizza we were about to order withDavid. David was one of about eight men holed up with their blankets on thesidewalk just down from our hotel in downtown Atlanta. It was pretty cold outside.And, although it was southern Georgia, we were bundled in our winter coats andgloves. Despite the blustery wind, the other seven homeless men were already

sleeping soundly wrapped in their blankets. Te young lady in our group askedDavid if hed like some pizza.

Tere was a corner market nearby, and we had become the owners routinelate-night pizza customers all weekend because we had lots of hungry teenagers.

In a soft, but clear voice David told her that he would love some pizza. But hesaid what he really needed was some clean pants, because his were soiled.

Suddenly, we were compelled. We rolled our 15-passenger van out onto theexpressway, Googled on our smartphones for nearby superstores, and found Davidnot only some pants, but a thermal undershirt, boxers, some gloves, and a fewpersonal hygiene items, plus a backpack to put it all in.

When we arrived back, David was appreciative. He said his son and sisterhad both died unexpectedly, and that was part of the situation which led to hishomelessness. A big tear slowly rolled down his cheek.

Back up in my warm room, my heart was heavy. Te need was so great, andwe had really only made an insignificant contribution to a really big problem not just in downtown Atlanta, but all over the country and even here in our owncommunity.

When I looked across the street the next morning, David and all his friendswho were sleeping nearby had moved on. Maybe just for the day, or maybe forgood.

Now when checking the local weather on my phone, I look to see if spring hasarrived yet in Atlanta, and hope that David is keeping warm.

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CONTENTS March 2016 Vol. 8, Issu

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4 Editors DeskA homeless man named DavidBYMELODYBRUNSON

7 Financial WisdomBipartisan Budget Act changing SocialSecurityBYCLIFFORDYORK

8 The Stars Have Lined Up JustRightDave LeDunes journey to the WabashValley Musicians Hall of FameBYBILLRICHARDSON

12 The Sonic BoomerThe plight of aging rock starsBYTODDLANCASTER

13 Boomer Toys, Trappings and

TriviaBeardless Billy GibbonsBYTODDLANCASTER

14 Someone You Should KnowCindy Spillman, regional director for theNational Wild Turkey FederationBYJOYNEIGHBORS

18 Day TripperStrike black gold at the Oblong OilField Museum

BYJOYNEIGHBORS

20 An Idealistic VisionRFK brings campaign to Vincennesin 1968

BYBERNIESCHMITT

24 Kennedy Connection Helps inFulflling Islanders Wish

Man who helped rescue JFK able tofulll long-held wish

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26 Yeah, Im a Boomer, But ...Eagles tribute to Glenn Frey was roughon band and audience

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27 CalendarAg Day, Drum Enchanted Evening, KnoxCounty Chamber Bandwagon

28 There Was No Way We

Could Lose1981 Alices state championship felt likea sure thing

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33 The Boomer 1040Working: The new retirement

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34 Spangles Our TimesVignettes of Vincennes history in singlevolume

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38 Boomer ConnoisseurDoes wine glass shape really matter?

BYJOYNEIGHBORS

40 Tickets Now On Sale for Aliof Old Vincennes

Musical opens Memorial Day weekeBYBERNIESCHMITT

42 Sieur de VincennesHeritage group wants statue to honocitys founderBYBERNIESCHMITT

46 Boomer FitnessNot too late for resolutionsBYKAILASTEVENS

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starter, paraded around the oor on tshoulders of his teammates after winthe Arthur L. Trester Award.

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By Clifford York

Last November, the Bipar-tisan Budget Act of 2015

was signed into law avert-ing a United States default and

deferringfurtherdiscussionof U.S.debt andspendinglevels untilafter 2016spresiden-

tial and congressional elections.While the new law simplifiessome issues for our nationsleaders, it may complicate othersbecause the BBA includes provi-sions that affect Social Securityretirement benefits.

Social Security rules arechanging again

When the Senior CitizensFreedom to Work Act of 2000(SCFWA) was signed into law,it eliminated the Social Securityearnings test for Americans whoreach full retirement age and

want to continue to work. (Fullretirement age for people bornafter 1943 is about 66. For thoseborn after 1960, full retirement

age is 67.3) Te earnings test,which remains in place for SocialSecurity beneficiaries who areyounger than full retirementage, causes $1 of benefits to be

withheld for every $2 in earningsabove the annual earnings limit.

While the SCFWA wasa welcome change for many

Americans of retirement age, itchanged the way taxpayers ap-proached Social Security benefits.Prior to the SCFWA, many peo-

ple thought, as the Social SecurityAdministration suggested, theywould receive approximately thesame amount of benefits whetherthey retired early, at full retire-ment age, or later. Early retireesreceived lower benefit paymentsthan people who retired at fullretirement age or later, and lateretirees received higher paymentsthan people who retired at fullretirement age or earlier.

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While that may have been true at onetime, rapidly increasing longevity causedsome experts to reach a different conclusion.Laurence Kotlikoff, a professor of Econom-ics at Boston University, wrote:

For a high-earning, 60-year-old couple ...if they wait until 70 to collect their retirementbenefits, they will still be up $350,000 com-

pared to taking their retirement benefits at 62.Tats the power of being able to wait to collecta 76 percent greater check every month fromage 70 through 100 if you live that long.

One of the unexpected consequencesof the SCFWA was it created loopholes inthe Social Security system. By employingspecific claiming strategies, taxpayers couldincrease the amount of lifetime benefits theyreceived from Social Security.

Receiving higher benefits helped SocialSecurity recipients; however, paying higherbenefits had the potential to put additional

stress on an already taxed Social Securitysystem. CNBC reported a paper publishedby Te Center for Retirement Research atBoston College estimated these strategiescould cost roughly $10 billion each year.

Tat claim has been disputed by otherexperts in the field who argue few newretirees are able to delay taking benefits longenough to truly maximize their incomefrom Social Security. Te Decision to DelaySocial Security Benefits, a 2012 paper writ-ten by John Shoven, director of the StanfordInstitute for Economic Policy Research, and

economist Sita Nataraj Slavov, reported:We have shown that delaying Social

Security is actuarially advantageous for alarge subset of the population ... However,

we find little empirical evidence that actualclaiming behavior is related to the actuarialadvantage of delay. Indeed, most individualsappear to claim shortly after reaching age 62or stopping work. Labor supply appears tobe the primary determinant of the claimingdecision. We do find a consistent relation-ship between education levels and delayedclaiming, possibly because education may be

associated with financial literacy or a longerlife expectancy.

While there is a clear monetary advantageto delaying Social Security benefits, few peopleactually chose to delay, so the cost to the sys-tem may not have been as high as projected.

BBA changes claiming rules

Regardless of analysis suggesting thecost of claiming strategies could be muchlower than believed, the BBAs new ruleseliminate two claiming strategies Claim

and Suspend and Claim Now, ClaimMore Later rather abruptly.

Claim and Suspend (a/k/a file andsuspend strategy). Te strategy allowindividuals to claim and then voluntsuspend their Social Security benefitSince they suspend the benefits, theyaccrue delayed retirement credits. Wa working person claims and suspenbenefits, his or her spouse can claimspousal benefits, allowing a couple toceive benefits today, and receive benenhanced by delayed retirement credin the future if the working spouseclaims benefits after full retirement a

Te new rules established by the BBwill make Claim and Suspend strateunavailable beginning May 1, 2016a result Americans who are at (or pafull retirement can take advantage oopportunity, but they must claim asuspend before April 30, 2016.

Claim Now, Claim More Later (a/k

restricted application strategy). Tisstrategy allows married individualsto claim spousal benefits from Sociacurity while not claiming their persbenefits. Delaying personal benefitsmeans they are able to earn delayedretirement credits. When they reachfull retirement age, they can choosetween receiving their personal beneor receiving their spousal benefits.

Te new rules eliminate this strategthe end of the year. Americans who reacage 62 in 2016 may be able to employ it

but younger Americans will not have thopportunity.

If you are currently employing thesstrategies, you may be grandfathered. Minformation will be available when theSocial Security Administration offers itsinterpretation of the new rules, and thatshould happen before the end of this yea

If either of these strategies is a part oyour current retirement plan, and you arnot at an age where you can execute thestrategy, you may want to work with a ficial professional to redesign your plan.

Te opinions voiced in this material are for general information oand are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendatioany individual. Tis material was prepared by Peak Advisor AlliPeak Advisor Alliance is not affiliated with the named broker/dea

Clifford York is an associate wealth advisor fCarson Wealth Vincennes and brings twodecades of financial services experience to th

firm. Clifford resides in Vincennes with his Angie, and their three children. His hobbiesinclude golf, working out, coaching his childvarious youth sports teams and he has a pass

for deer hunting. One can contact Clifford [email protected].

Bipartisan Budget Act changing Social Security



By Bill Richardson

Dave LeDune says there areworse habits he could havepicked up along the way, other

than making music.Te 63-year-old Carlisle man, a tele-

communications specialist for A& outof Vincennes by trade, has spent the bet-ter part of his lifetime playing a variety ofstringed instruments and singing.

Its all led to LeDune being inductedinto the Wabash Valley Musicians Hallof Fame, in a noon ceremony on March

13 in erre Haute.o me, it means that even though

I didnt go on the road, and didnt go toNashville, Im still being recognized in mycommunity and the Wabash Valley forbeing a good musician and a good singer,said LeDune, It really means a lot to me.You dont think about something like thatever happening. You just play.

Play LeDune has done, almost sincehe was a toddler, growing up in the Indi-an Prairie community in Sullivan Coun-ty, a few miles east of Carlisle. LeDuneattended elementary school in Pleasant-

ville, then graduated from Dugger UHigh School in 1970, before making way to Vincennes University.

LeDune grew up in a musical hohold. His father, Cyrus, played the baand the mandolin, both by ear, and

aunt played the piano. He says Cyrushis biggest inspiration.I still have that banjo. Te man-

dolin, too, LeDune said. Hed bougthem from a pawn shop in erre Hau

Cyrus taught Dave to play on boinstruments, then bought his son a ulele. ogether, theyd play gospel song

We got to the point where wed some ragtime and a little bit of Dixiestuff, Dave said. Tis went on fromabout the time I was 8 years old until

ncluded in Dave LeDune's collection of instruments is this banjo, made in 1982. The banjo was given to LeDune by tate Bill Stedman, a Vincennes dentist, upon Stedman's retirement. Stedman and LeDune became close friends throughthe years, and often traveled to bluegrass festivals together when they weren't making music. LeDune had the banjorestored to good enough condition that it can be played.

Photos by Bill Rich

Dave LeDunes journey from Indian Prairie tothe Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame

have lined upJUST RIGHT

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was about 12.Ten in the 1960s, a lot in America

was changing, especially the music.It wasnt really cool to play a man-

dolin or a four-string ragtime banjo, hesaid. So I laid it aside.

It stayed aside until the early 1970s,after hed married his wife of 43 years, Beth,a nurse at Union Hospital in erre Haute.

As LeDune recalls, the Harvey

brothers Randy, Dick and om were going to perform for a homecomingevent at the Indian Prairie Church.

Tey asked if Id play banjo. Butthey didnt want me to play that oldfour-string banjo. Tey wanted me toplay a five-string banjo, he said.

LeDune told the Harveys he didntknow how, but they wouldnt take no foran answer.

Tey said I had six months tolearn, he said.

So LeDune bought the five-string

banjo, and played it for the first timein public at the homecoming. It led toregular performances at area churches,as a group called the Bluegrass GospelBrothers for a couple of years.

It was the start of what LeDune callsa lifestyle. Since then hes continuallybeen a member of one band or another.

Ive been fortunate to play every-thing from gospel to classic rock and roll,to rock, to country, Americana to old-stylemountain music, he said. Tats why Ihave so many different instruments. AndIve enjoyed every minute of it.

One of the most successful groupsLeDune has been involved with was TeScrubby Pine Boys, in the early 1980s. Teoriginal lineup included LeDune, Rich-

ard Yates, im Ridgeway and Ron Lucas.Ridgeway dropped out after a little over ayear, and was replaced by Kevin Doyle.

A highlight was the recording a blue-grass record entitled Back to Indiana.Te record featured LeDune on banjoand lead vocal, Lucas on guitar and vo-cals, Doyle on mandolin, tenor and leadvocal and Yates, on bass and singing thebass parts. Te record featured 10 songs,of which three were original.

Te group first played informally atone of the Beanblossom festivals, hosted

by the legendary Bill Monroe, known asthe Father of Bluegrass.

LeDune said the four traveled to thefestival together and parked underneathan ugly old pine tree thats still there.

Te men would play at night, anddrew a crowd to their jam sessions.

Finally, somebody said



Whats the name of your band?, LeDunesaid. We said Were not a band, just fourfriends who get together and play. Butwed talked about how ugly that pine treewas, and finally Richard Yates looked upand said Were the Scrubby Pine Boys.'

It wasnt long after that the groupcame across a young singer namedAllison Krauss, who has risen to stardom

in the world of bluegrass and countrymusic. Krauss entered the music industryat an early age, and recorded for the firsttime at age 14.

She was classically trained as a

child, but she really liked bluegrass,LeDune said. Tat, and Led Zeppeli

One thing led to another, and thKrauss camp approached the ScrubbyPine Boys about going on the road wKrauss.

Her dad asked if we were interestebecoming Union Station, LeDune said

It was hard to turn down the offe

but the Indiana band did.At the time we all had jobs, wive

kids and insurance plans, said LeDuwho emphasizes that none of the banmembers have any regrets. It would

Gary Ready and Dave LeDune are the Fabulous Antiquities, playing still toda



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have been a pretty chancy thing for us todo, just give up everything wed workedfor to that point in our lives.

LeDune is currently performingwith his old friend, Gary Ready, as a duo Te Fabulous Antiquities. Tey playmostly what would be described as softrock with Ready working the guitar andLeDune playing the bass and the fiddle.Both sing, but Ready has vocals on thebetter part of the numbers.

We play small roadhouses, or wher-ever we can, LeDune said. Weve gotsome things were trying to get lined up.We both really enjoy it.

Te Fabulous Antiquities hope toget something worked out with anotherfriend, narrator Ricky Lamb, a nativeHoosier who now lives in Lincoln, Ill.

Lamb is an expert on music history.Te idea is to have Lamb talk about aparticular song, then have the duo playit. Ideally, LeDune says, it would lead to

a two-hour show. Performing it at theRed Skelton Center on the VincennesUniversity campus would be a dream,according to LeDune.

LeDune says the stars have lined upust right for him to be inducted intothe Wabash Valley Musicians Hall ofFame.

While hes a good musician, he

stresses that there are a lot who are better,

and those are the ones he likes to playwith.If there was a secret or a reason for

a person to get to where I am right now,its that Ive always been fortunate to bearound good musicians, he said. Youalways want to pay attention to whattheyre doing. If you surround yourselfwith people who are better than you, then

you have a goal, a goal to be that good

Te road from Indian Prairie to tWabash Valley Musicians Hall of Famhas been long and interesting. But itsnearly over. Most musicians play untithe day they die, and LeDune figuresthats the way it will be with him.

I cant imagine it any other whe said. Id hate to think of what lifewould be like if I wasnt playing.

Among the instruments Dave LeDune can play are, from left, a ve-stringbanjo, two acoustic-electric guitars, a ddle, a 1972 custom Telecaster, afender Stratocaster and a Fender Precision.



By Todd Lancaster

If the obituary page is thefirst thing you open up toin Rolling Stone magazine

now, thenyou are

officiallya BabyBoomer.

Itseems likeevery dayanother

iconic rock star from thelate 60s or early 70s, whoare now in their late 60sand early 70s, have left the

building permanently.When I was young, rockstars only died in their 20s,leaving us with unfinishedsymphonies, empty JackDaniels bottles and corpseswith needles stuck in theirarms.

For years we waxedpoetic about the tragic lossof artists like Jim Morrison,Jimi Hendrix and Janis

Joplin, Keith Moon or JohnBonham back in the 1970s.And again, in more moderntimes, tragic troubadourslike Kurt Cobain, ShannonHoon and Amy Winehousefollowed them down thesame path of destruction.ruthfully, most of these art-ists lived lives of excess andself-indulgence and paid the

ultimate price. Teir deathswere not so much unexpect-ed as they were war storiesfor a generation.

Maybe it was actorJames Dean, who at the verydawn of the rock-and-rollera planted the first warn-ing sign along the road toexcess. It said, oo fast tolive, too young to die. Tat

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was a warning ignored by some, but wasessentially well-heeded by the majorityof rockers who ended up with AARPmemberships.

Over the last 50 years, some rockstars became musicians as they gotolder. Tose who didnt became mail-

men, with really good stories. Tose whostayed in the music business, learnedabout marketing, production and how toturn fleeting stardom into a vocation thatpaid bills and fattened up IRAs, as tastesin music changed.

For them, the mantra of Never trustanyone over 30 has long been replacedby ... Will be performing two shows anight in Branson.

In all honesty, the recent loss of Da-vid Bowie, Paul Kantner or Glenn Freyshould not have been a great surprise, thefact that they were still relevant (and insome cases thriving) is what should havebeen surprising.

We never really knew what an oldrock star was supposed to look or actlike because they didnt have a road map.

Were they supposed to be like old ath-letes whose careers are over at 35? Werethey more like actors who tried to playthe same character way too long (the

very thought of a 55-year old omCruise with a 21-year-old love interestin a movie becomes just flat-out creepy).

Were they supposed to just adapt andkeep producing new material that no onereally wanted to hear? Its hard to say.

Ultimately, ones music is part of thezeitgeist of their time. If one hears akeit Easy or Hotel California they arerarely transported back to last uesday

when they heard it while sitting in traffic.However, there is a pretty good chance

the memory of a drive on a country roadon a summer evening, with a six pack ofPabst in a 73 Charger is what was reallycoming out of the radio.

Recently, Gary Richrath, the long-time guitarist with the original REOSpeedwagon passed away at around 65.Im sure he was an older man who liveda great, full life. However in my mindseye, he was the guy our local Hunting-ton, Indiana, music store owner paid

$500 to play in the store for two houback in 1978 I was 14 and he was

We really are going to have to coto terms with the death of these geneational icons. Most of them long agostopped seeing themselves as rock staand began seeing themselves as gardeers, grandfathers or neighbors. If theystop looking at themselves as Te Prof Darkness, maybe so should we.

A lot of those older bands have njoined the nostalgia circuit where onetwo original members get together wipeople half their age to stage a comeback tour.

Rick Nelson figured that out in 1when he wrote the song Garden Parafter being booed off the stage in a roand-roll revival show at Madison SquGarden. People only wanted him to phis hits from the 1950s and when hetried to play his newer stuff, things go

ugly. He knew at 31 that he was a habeen, just a symbol for a different timand place. He didnt belong to himselhe belonged to other peoples memor

So the bad news is the sound youheard of the casket lid closing on theformer bass player from Gerry and thPacemakers or drummer from VanillaFudge, isnt really closing on them, it

closing on all hopes and dreams of yoyouth.Te good news is at 74, Keith Ri

ards is still going strong I guess hejust a testament to good clean living.

Todd has recently began investing monein his own upcoming musical career. Hbought a Maserati and started to datesupermodels. You can see him doing twshows a night in Branson or email him [email protected].

The plight of aging rock stars

Most of them long a

stopped seeing themselv

as rock stars and beg

seeing themselves

gardeners, grandfathe

or neighbors. If they stlooking at themselves

The Prince of Darkness

maybe so should we.



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Most people need some

cheap sunglasses and

a beard for a disguise;

however, thats the

only way anyone would

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of ZZ Top. So what does

Billy look like unshaven?

Just like this.

Most people think Bob

Dylan spent his youth

riding the rails like Woody

Guthrie, seeing America

and telling stories.

However, when he wasnt

riding the rails, he was just

Bob Zimmerman, fraternitypledge at the University of

Minnesota.

The queen of punk rock in the

1970s was Debbie Harry of

Blondie. However, in the late1960s, she was hopping around

the New York Playboy Club

as a bunny. FYI, it is rumored

that Blondie was named after

Hitlers dog Blondi.



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By Joy Neighbors

Cindy Spillman isa dynamo in theNational Wild Tur-key Federations Women inthe Outdoors program. Shemanages 32 counties in Illi-nois, coordinates numerousclasses, sets up special events,and conducts fundraisingbanquets around the state.

Spillman began workingwith the Women in the Out-door organization back in2002 as a regional coordina-tor for a part of Illinois andhalf of southern Indiana. In

2008, she became a regionaldirector for the NWTF with

a turf that now encompasses countiesfrom Kankakee to the north, Greenvito the west, Carmi to the south, andwending up along the Wabash River the east.

A typical week can find Spillmantraveling throughout the state planninevents with different county chaptersputting the final touches on banquetsand overseeing daylong classes forWITO.

But Spillman wasnt always such outdoorsy kind of girl. She went on hfirst turkey hunt in 1998 after realizinthat if she wanted to see her husbandduring hunting season, shed have to bin the woods.

She took her first hunting-related

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not intimidating or difficult. Everyonewas taught at an easy-going pace, andshe found it fun to learn about sportshunting with other women who offeredsupport and camaraderie.

Spillman has become an advocateof responsible wildlife management andfinding ways to preserve our nationshunting heritage. She is well versed onenvironmental conservation issues and

what is needed to save and enhance over112,000 acres of Illinois natural habitat.

We are losing our places to huntdue to development and fewer privateland owners. Our local forests are chang-

ing and were loosing hardwood treeslike never before. Its scary to wonderwhat these woods will look like to futuregenerations, Spillman said.

Te NWF has launched a cam-

paign called Save the Habitat. Save tHunt as a way to help improve publhunting access throughout the statewhile increasing educational opportuties for hunters.

People dont necessarily understthe role hunters play in conservation,Spillman said. Te NWF educatespeople about conservation and how tcan assist in the preservation of our hing heritage.

One of her goals is to get morewomen involved in the WIO handsclasses. Te hunting-related programsinclude archery, game calling, bow huing, fishing, target shooting, and wildgame tracking, along with learning hoto hunt deer, elk and turkey. No expeence is necessary, and ammo, equipmand training are provided.

But one can learn more than huning skills. Spillman is quick to point othat the basket-making class is a big h

with women. So are the classes aboutaromatherapy, pioneer/heritage skills,woodworking, outdoor cooking, canoing and kayaking, photography, pet fiaid, scrapbooking, and trailer backing

And who would expect sessions ointerior design (bringing the outdoorinside), green living, herbal sauces anvinegars, ai Chi and yoga; even winemaking? Tis is definitely not yourmothers foray into the woods!

We offer almost 200 differentclasses for women, its not just about

hunt, its about getting outdoors, andlearning a new skill; something youllenjoy learning and doing, Spillman s

Besides WIO, the NWF also fers programs for children and teenag

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Te JAKES program (Juniors AcquiringKnowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship)is for youth under the age of 13. It allowschildren to explore clay target shootingand shotgunning in a safe environmentwhile teaching wild life conservation andstewardship of the land.

Xtreme JAKES is aimed at teens 13to 17, providing more advanced huntingopportunities in line with their abilities.

and includes fishing, plant and animalidentification classes, and camping op-portunities.

JAKES ake Aim is a spin off ofJAKES and offers youth 17 and youngera chance to bone up on target shootingat a fully equipped indoor or outdoor airgun range.

Spillman smiled and said her favoritepart of being involved with WIO is,seeing the ladies succeed.

Teyve had an exciting experiencewhen they leave a class; theyve learned

to do something they didnt think theycould do. Teyre happy. Teyre confi-dent. Its so revitalizing!

Shes working to form a WIOchapter for ladies in the Mt. Carmel(Wabash County), Illinois area, alongwith seeking volunteers and committeemembers throughout the state to help

with the organization of classes andspecial events.

Upcoming events include the IllinoisStatewide WIO event on April 29 atCamp Ondessonk in Ozark, Illinois.And the Lawrence County Longbeards

chapter of WIO will host a daylongevent on June 4 at Red Hill State ParSumner. All women are invited to attFor information on either event, contCindy Spillman at (618) 586-5191 oemail her at [email protected].

Woodworking is a skill taught by Women in the Outdoors. Cindy Spillman iworking to form a WITO chapter for ladies in Wabash County.

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By Joy Neighbors

Oblong, Illinois was asleepy little hamletuntil one day inMarch 1906 when DeWitte .Finley, Alexander McCandless

and another friend discoveredoil in Crawford County.Te legend goes that the

three Pennsylvania men wereridingthrough thecounty in abuckboard,drinking

whiskey.Tey agreedthat when

the bottle was empty, someone

would throw it over his shoul-der and they would drill for oilwherever it landed.

Te men were crossingthe John Shire farm, about 2miles south of Stoy, Illinois,

when the bottle was hurled andlanded in a field. Te results ofthat pitch were thrilling. Teyhad struck black gold!

Te Shire No. 1 well wasdrilled to a depth of about1,000 feet that spring, pro-

ducing about 2,500 barrels ofoil per day. Once word of theShire pool spread, hundreds ofrigs went up throughout thearea. Some were gushers just

like Shire No. 1.Individuals and companies rapidly

began leasing ground throughout Craw-ford County, paying premiums to locallandowners to drill on their property. Tetowns of Oblong and Robinson, along

with Martin and Prairie townships were

the best locations for a strike with themain gushers located in the Shire Districtnear the original well.

Te oil boom put Crawford Countyon the map and made wealthy oilmenof many residents. Its little wonder thatthe county was happy to have a place tohonor its liquid roots.

Local resident Enos Bloom helpedset up the first oil museum at the Oblongpark in 1961. urnout was good and themuseum was active for about five yearsbefore people seemed to lose interest.

In 1989, the idea was revived. A groupgot together and decided that the muse-um was a viable idea; it just needed morefunding, and a different location. Te stateawarded a $100,000 grant to the IllinoisOil Field Museum Foundation makingconstruction of the new building possible.

Te Oblong Oil Field Museumopened its doors in 2003 on the westernedge of the Only Oblong a fittingchoice since the first well was struck just afew miles to the southeast of the town.

Museum vice president, John Larra-bee, an active oilman in the area, gave atour of the museum. According to Larra-bee, Crawford County is still a function-ing producer in the Illinois oil industry

with more than 3,000 wells currently operation. (Most local wells run about850 to 900 feet deep.) Te entire stateproduces more than 26,000 barrels of

DAY

TRIPPER Strike black gold at the Oblong Oil Field Museum

Shire No. 1 was a gusher, and soomany neighboring rigs followed.

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each day.Te Illinois Basins rich oil heritage ison display at the museum with artifactsand exhibits that showcase CrawfordCountys, and Illinois role in oil specu-lation, drilling and production. Many ofthe artifacts go back to the first oil welldiscovery in 1906, including the originalMahutsak Oil Companys sign. Mahutsak,according to legend, was an Indian wordthat meant more money.

Larrabee makes for an interestingguide with stories of what life was like

at the turn of the 20th Century, alongwith vivid descriptions of the well drillingprocess. One story told how oil wells wereoriginally sunk using a torpedo filled withnitrogen oxide dropped in a small holeand hit with a Joe dog a rod of sorts resulting in a huge crater.

Larrabee explained that work in theoil fields was hard and dirty, but extreme-ly desired. Men would stand in a group

behind the working crew waiting forsomeone to have to take a rest. Once aman left his post, the waiting men would

jostle forward and another man wouldstep out and take over the abandonedposition for pay.

Several scale models of oil productionsites and treatment stations can be foundin the museum including a scale model ofthe local Marathon Refinery in Robinson.

Other buildings located on the 6-acremuseum site include a replica of theBradford Supply Store where visitors can

get a closer look at oil artifacts. Larrabeesaid item descriptions are being written sothat visitors can better understand whatthe item is and how it was used in the oilproducing process.

Te museum welcomes school toursfrom around the tri-state area. Larrabeesaid he enjoys watching the kids take itall in while giving demos and answeringtheir questions.

Te museum also has a research roomfilled with oil history and oil production

books along with a theatre where oil-relat-ed movies are shown.Te not-for-profit museum holds

two annual fundraising events each year.In April there will be the museums SoupSupper, and the last Saturday in Septem-ber is their long-anticipated BBQ.

According to Larrabee, Te museumgives us a chance to preserve the county,and the states oil history, and to honorthose men and women who have workedin the industry.

Oblong Oil Field Museum

10570 North 150th Street(Route 33)

Oblong, IL

Free admission

Personally guided tours are avail-

able from Memorial Day weekend

through October, Wednesdays

Sundays, 1 p.m. 5 p.m. CST

Group tours or appointments can

be made by calling (618) 562-4664.

Museum vice president and active oilman John Larrabee next to a mural.Photo by Joy Neighbors



By Bernie Schmitt

Fifty years ago Robert F. Kennedy, theidealistic Democratic presidentialcandidate of the late 1960s, arrivedin Vincennes to tour local historic sitesand to speak to local businessmen. TeIndiana primary election was in May andKennedy visited in late April.

Kennedy was the younger brother ofslain President John F. Kennedy, though

his politics and demeanor were much dif-ferent than his brothers. Yet he, too, wasthe victim of an assassins bullet less thantwo months after his Vincennes visit.

Tough the speech at the VincennesRamada Inn fell flat (it wasnt what Ken-nedy really wanted to discuss), the rest ofthe visit turned out hundreds of people(many of them young people), and itincluded prominent local Democrats whowere not Kennedy supporters.

We called the local Democraticbigwigs and invited them to meet thesenator, said Jim Osborne of Vincennes,who along with om Ernst, were in chargeof the local Kennedy campaign. Te bestI can recall, we got a flat turn down fromall of them. But about 30 to 40 minutesbefore he was to arrive, all of them linedup to shake his hand.

Osborne and Ernst were young teach-ers at Vincennes Lincoln High Schoolthat spring of 1968. Teir names weresuggested to the Kennedy campaign by

Gerald Minderman, who as Postmaste

was a Democratic presidential appointNeither had experience with a local prdential campaign, but Kennedys messresonated with them.

He was very much into civil rightrying to eliminate poverty, getting ouof Vietnam, and he wanted to get youpeople involved, Ernst said. Tat wavery appealing to me.

Ernst was a liberal Democrat in 1His father had served on the VincenneCity Council as a Democrat and hefollowed.

JFK was an icon, a hero to me,Ernst said. I believe in what Robert wasaying when he was running for presideHis people came to town to talk to JimOsborne and me about setting up his cpaign headquarters for Knox County, awithout hesitation we said we would do

Kennedys visit to Vincennes wasan effort to court voters in small townand rural counties in Indiana, ratherthan visits to college campuses and inn

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy with Gus Stevens of Vincennes nearthe Francis Vigo statue along the Wabash River. Stevens was asked to give Kennedy a tour ofVincennes historic sites when the candidate visited the city in late April 1968.

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city neighborhoods. Campaign aid JohnBartlow Martin wanted Kennedy tochange the tone of the campaign to reachmore conservative Democrats, accordingto Turston Clarkes 2008 book Te LastCampaign: Robert Kennedy and 82 DaysTat Inspired America.

Kennedy didnt like what his cam-paign handlers recommended, but hecomplied.

Upon landing at the airport nearLawrenceville he said, I have comebecause I believe that the seeds of nationalgreatness lie in the greatness of the past.o meet our responsibilities we will needthe courage of George Rogers Clark, theresourcefulness of William Henry Har-rison, and the humility and wisdom andsheer humanity of Abraham Lincoln.

Gus Stevens, who then worked atWAOV, was asked to escort Kennedyand his entourage to some of Vincenneshistoric sites.

We met him at George Field (nowthe Mid-American Air Center) and therewere a lot of people there, Stevens said.His wife (Ethel), three of his kids (David,Courtney, and Michael), and their dogFreckles were with them.

Tere were several people with theKennedy entourage, among

Kennedy was not scheduled to speak at Vincennes University, but when be-sieged by hundreds of students outside of Grouseland in 1968, he stopped aanswered all of their questions, according to Gus Stevens of Vincennes, wholed Kennedy on a tour of local historic sites. In the background are VUs WeAdministration Building (right) and what was then Beckes Union (at left), noGovernors Hall.

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them Richard Goodwin, who had beena speechwriter for President Lyndon B.Johnson and then was helping to writespeeches for Kennedy. (Goodwin is mar-ried to noted author and historian DorisKearns Goodwin.)

Osborne enlisted his cousin, FrankMeyer, who had a convertible, to driveKennedy. Stevens was given the okay (byKennedys bodyguard) to sit in the frontpassenger seat, while the senator and hiswife sat in the back. Meyer drove.

Te conversation from the airport toVincennes was about the upcoming elec-tion, Stevens said. He kept asking How

does it look for us? and I cant rememberhow I got out of not answering, because Iwasnt in a position to say.

Meyers brother, D.D. Meyer, wasasked to drive another car, but initially

refused because he didnt support the NewYork senator. Caught up in the excitementof Kennedys visit, he soon changed hismind, and drove another car the Meyersowned.

Upon seeing the St. Francis Xavier OldCathedral, Kennedy, who was Catholic, wassaid to have exclaimed, Beautiful! He sawthe bishops graves, and even had knowledgeof who the Rev. Simon Brute was.

What struck Stevens, though, were theecstatic screams of young people, many ofthem young women and girls, who sur-rounded Kennedy and tried to touch himoutside the church, during the walk to the

George Rogers Clark National Memorial.I think he had lost a cuff link in be-tween the Old Cathedral and the Memo-rial, Stevens said. When he got there hishair was tousled and his shirt tail out.

Kennedy was impressed with theMemorial, Stevens said, and took time study the monument and the paintingsside that describes Clarks Conquest ofWest. He and Ethel also visited Grousland. Tey were listening to guides dischistory in the basement of the Harrisonmansion when Stevens was asked to finthem so they could stay on schedule.

I went down there and opened a do

and it frightened him, Stevens said. Ill ner forget the look on his face. He was starHe had a deer-in-the-headlights look.

Outside of Grouseland, Kennedy swarmed again, this time by hundredsVincennes University students. Climbing onto the back of a truck, Kennedyanswered every question the studentshad for him. Te moment is preserveda photograph taken by LIFEMagazinphotographer Bill Epperidge, who covthe entire RFK campaign in 1968.

When Kennedy arrived for a rib-

bon-cutting ceremony at his local campaheadquarters on South Fourth Street (juoff of Main), he was greeted by hundredmany of whom were Lincoln High Schostudents on their lunch break. (A numbthem were suspended, too, for having sttoo long at the campaign rally.)

In conservative Knox County, estalished Democrats had not embraced Knedys candidacy. Some were supportinIndiana Gov. Roger Branigan, but HuHumphrey and Eugene McCarthy wethe established favorites. So Osborne wstunned when many of them showed uright before RFK arrived.

Tey all lined up to shake handswith him, Osborne said.

Robert F. Kennedy speaks to a crowd in front of his Vincennes campaignheadquarters in April of 1968. Kennedy visited to attend a ribbon cutting at hisheadquarters and to tour local historic sites.

Photo courtesy of Jim Osborne



Kennedys speech to a combinedmeeting of Vincennes Kiwanis, Rotary,and Civitan clubs was designed by hisspeechwriters to highlight private enterpriseand business issues. But it wasnt the kindof speech Kennedy typically gave. Whensomeone in the audience questioned federalfunding for rat control efforts in Americasurban areas, Kennedy became unnerved.

Do you know there are more rats in

New York than people? Kennedy asked.Te response was met with nervouschuckles, which seemed to anger thepresidential candidate. Dont laugh,he admonished his audience, and thenlaunched into a lecture on the problems ofpoverty in Americas inner cities.

Tat really struck a nerve in him,Osborne said. He was very serious.

Osborne, Stevens, and Meyer wenton to accompany the Kennedy entourageto other southern Indiana towns along theLincoln rail, ending at an Evansville rally.

At one point along the way, the car RFKwas in was hit by eggs, causing intenseconcern. However, that was the only inci-dent in an otherwise positive trip.

Kennedy invited one of his Vincennesguests to fly with them to Indianapolis thatday, but all refused. Osborne wishes nowthat he would have accepted the offer.

I thought, Oh, gee, Im supposed toteach the next morning, and decided not

to go, he said. I had the opportunity ofa lifetime and I let it drift away.

Kennedy went on to win the Indianaprimary that year, and steadily worked hisway through a number of other primaryvictories. Kennedy would have gained theDemocratic nomination, and he likelywould have won the presidency had he

not been assassinated.After a victory speech at the Amb

dor Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, aPalestinian radical who was again turndown for parole in February and remain a California prison.

Te idealistic Robert F. Kennedy dthe next day. He is buried adjacent hisbrother in Arlington National Cemete

Tom Ernst and Jim Osborne, left, in 1968 when they helped open a campaigheadquarters for Robert F. Kennedy on South Fourth Street, just behind todayOld Thyme Diner. The two posed for a photo at the same location in 2009.

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By Bernie Schmitt

Jim Osbornes connection with theRobert Kennedy campaign in 1968led to him helping Knox Countynative and avid military historian, MarkRoche, make contact with the KennedyLibrary Foundation.

Osbornes phone calls to then SenEvan Bayh, and others, led to Rochefinally fulfilling the request of an eldeSouth Pacific islander. He and Osborwere the guests of the Kennedy familin November of 2008, and took part a special tribute to John F. Kennedy aArlington National Cemetery.

Roche, who is an investment bankin Houston, exas, had the opportunity

visit the Solomon Islands earlier that yewhere he met Eroni Kumana, the islanvillager who helped rescue a young Lt. JF. Kennedy and his P-109 crew durinWorld War II. Kumana died in 2014.

Im a World War II nut and Idalways wanted to go out there, Rochsaid. My uncle was killed during thewar in the Gilbert Islands. I read PT-when I was 12 years old.

He was surprised when he learned Kumana was still living. A man namedDanny Kennedy (no relation to JFK) w

from the same island and learned thatKumana would talk with Roche.

It was like a scene out of SouthPacific, Roche said. We had to getthere in an old, wooden boat, kids wein the water swimming naked and it wabsolutely beautiful. We walked up ajungle trail to near the top of a moun

Kennedy connectionhelps in fulfillingislanders wish

Mark Roche, at far right, with members of the Kumana family in the Solomonslands in 2008. Eroni Kumana is in the middle, holding a bust of JFK. Roche isstanding next to Kumanas wife. Both Kumana and his wife have since died. Ateft is Kumanas son, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kumana.

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tain, where the old man came out of a leaf-covered hut with a towelwrapped around him.

Roches spent a couple of hours talking with Kumana, as Kuma-nas son translated. Roche said the old man broke down crying atone point, when discussing Kennedy and the story of how Kumanaand Biuku Gasa helped in saving the P-109 crew.

Kumana and Gasa risked their lives getting the message to Ameri-can rescuers in waters heavily patrolled by the enemy, after the Japanesedestroyer Amagiri collided with Kennedys P boat on June 2, 1942.

He talked about how it was his idea for Kennedy to write a noteon the coconut shell, Roche said. He talked about the whole episode.

Kumana surprised Roche when he asked him place a special gifton Kennedys grave at Arlington National Cemetery. Te gift was in-deed special. Kumanas own family members were shocked when hegave the gift to Roche, as it had been in the family for generations.

Known as custom money or shell money, a doughnut-shapedobject that was sometimes used by island people to lay on a chiefsgrave. Kumana adored JFK and considered him his chief.

Tis was a family heirloom, and had probably been in the fam-ily 200 years, Roche said. It is smooth, made of an ancient clamshell, an antiquity.

Roches tried for three or four months, trying to contact Sen.Edward Kennedys office, Arlington Cemetery officials, and the Ken-nedy Library in Boston, all to no avail. He told the story to Osbornewho offered to help.

Not long after that I got a call from the Kennedy Library,Roche said. Tey wanted to have a ceremony, and Caroline (Ken-nedy-Schlossberg) wanted to be part of it. We went to Washingtonand were guests of the Kennedy family for three days.

On Nov. 1, 2008, members of the Kennedy family, Roche andhis children, Caleb and Frank, Osborne, and others gathered atJFKs gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, where Roche wasable to make good on his promise to place Kumanas tribute there.

Te custom money is now on display at the Kennedy Librarywith the coconut shell Kennedy used to etch the message Kumanacarried, photographs, and a P-109 pennant. Roche saw the display

last year when he visited the Library.It was a great opportunity, Roche said.

Mark Roche (dark suit and blue tie) prepares to place atribute from Eroni Kumana at the grave site of John F. Ken-nedy in 2008. Kumana gave Roche an heirloom earlier thatyear, as he and another Solomon Islander helped rescue ayoung JFK and his PT-109 crew during World War II. Kuma-na died in 2014. Members of the Kennedy family, includingFKs sister, Eunice (in wheelchair) attended the ceremony at

Arlington National Cemetery.



By Bernie Schmitt

Icould almost see my reflectionin Jackson Brownes tears.

Watching the iconic1970s bandEagles paytribute tofallen bandmemberGlenn Frey

during theGrammy

Awards lastmonth brought on a mix of nos-talgia and bittersweet awarenessthat time is fleeting.

Some of you 70s people outthere will understand where Imcoming from.

Troughout that crazydecade, when we listened to songson the radio (unless one had aneight-track tape deck), the com-

forting, country-rock harmoniesof Te Eagles soothed our frayededges and warmed our younghearts.

Te Eagles was the quint-essential 70s band. Te Eaglesheadlined the first rock concert(July, 1974) I ever attended. Ithappened to be the only timeI would see the Eagles live. Ive

worn out vinyl albums andburned up several cassette tapeslistening to their music. Mygreatest hits CD has been playedthousands of times.

News of Glenn Freys deathearlier this year, coming a weekafter the death of glam-rock icon

YEAH,IMABOOMER,BUT... David Bowie, was devastating. Frey was a

founding member and driving force behindthe most-American of American bands.

Te remaining Eagles paid tribute toFrey with the groups first hit, the iconicake It Easy, a tune written by JacksonBrowne, and modified by Frey. Browne could

well be an honorary Eagle, having come fromthe same laid-back pool of southern Califor-nia songwriters and musicians that also gaveus J.D. Souther, the Flying Burrito Brothers,

and Linda Ronstadt.It was certainly a fitting tribute. But there

was a tinge of sadness that permeated the per-formance, even though the familiar guitar licksand soaring harmonies reminded us of why wehave loved the Eagles all these years.

Ive never heard such an upbeat songturn out to be so melancholy. We could seethat Eagles members were missing their bandmate, and while Browne gave a valiant effort(his tears were evident), it just wasnt thesame. Missing was the spirited buoyancy thatgave those lyrics life. Missing was Glenn Frey.

For me, seeing the now-older faces sing-ing an old, familiar tune brought a tinge ofbittersweet sadness to my soul. I realized thatmy music idols had aged considerably, andknowing that I, too, have aged brought on a

wave of nostalgia.Where has the time gone?Eagles were with us throughout the

duration of high school, those times whenwe didnt know what to do or where to go,and times when things seemed out of control.Eagles were there, like an old friend, and weenjoyed the soothing smooth vocal renditionsof equila Sunrise, Desperado, Best ofMy Love, and Peaceful, Easy Feeling.

As we grew into our young, but biggerselves, the bands One of Tese Nightsalbumarrived. It was the mid-1970s and there

were so many questions. I played that vinalbum over and over, and one could hearit echo from car speakers in the parking lat school. ake It to the Limit and LyEyes seemed to be played after every othsong on the radio.

But then Hotel Californiacame outthe fall of 1976, and it, too, was added tosoundtrack of our lives. I remember walkuptown on a crisp autumn evening, hanout on the square until someone picked

up to cruise, the tape deck blaring Lifthe Fast Lane. By the time I got to colleat Indiana University, we were dancing toHeartache onight and Te Greeks D

Want No Freaks during parties at WrighQuadrangle.

Eagles members flew their separate win 1980, though their music stayed with and others, for years to come. By the mid1990s, Frey joked on the bands Hell FreeOvercome-back album that they hadntbroken up, theyd had a 14-year vacationIve almost worn out that CD, too.

Somehow things always appear bettin the rear-view mirror. Te reality of thogrowing up years was not nearly as won-derful as nostalgic memories purport theto be. Its the music that brightens theserecollections, and likewise brings on thatbittersweet melancholy of reality. Like oubuddy Glenn Frey, those days are gone.

One of these days I want to stand othat corner in Winslow, Arizona, and hoI get that peaceful, easy feeling, the onealways get when I listen to Glenn Frey ancrew play those old Eagles songs.

ake it easy, indeed.A freelance writer and photographer, BernieSchmitt also is an assistant professor of Engliat Vincennes University. He lives with his wNancy, and family in Vincennes.

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Ag Day, 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m., VincennesUniversity P.E.Complex. Ticketsavailable at area banks.

MARCH 16

River Brass Band, 8p.m., Red SkeltonPerforming Arts Center.No tickets required.Free and open to thepublic.

MARCH 18

Richard Glazier, AlumniCommunity Series, 7:30p.m., Red Skelton PerformingArts Center. Call the AlumniOfce for ticket information,812-888-4354.

MARCH 23

Knox County ChamberBandwagon, noon. FortSackville Room, VincennesUniversity. Sponsored byBoomerMagazine andGrundman Shoes.

MARCH 19-20Salute to World War I,Indiana MilitaryMuseum, Vincennes

MARCH 22VU Debate, 11p.m., Red SkeltonPerforming ArtsCenter. No ticketsrequired. Free andopen to the public.

MARCH 22

VU Music FacultyRecital, 7:30 p.m., RedSkelton Performing ArtsCenter. Justin Bird, piano.No tickets required. Freeand open to the public.

MARCH 31

VU Music DepartmentDrum Enchanted Evening,7:30 p.m., Red SkeltonPerforming Arts Center.No tickets required. Freeand open to the public.

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Vincennes USBCAssociation StateSeniors Tournament,Creole Lanes,Vincennes.

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Kite Day, GeorgeRogers Clark Memo

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Parade, 4 p.m., RedSkelton PerformingArts Center. No ticketsrequired. Free and opento the public.

APRIL 3

VUs Got Talent, 4 p.m.,Red Skelton PerformingArts Center. No ticketsrequired. Free and opento the public.

APRIL 5

VUs Got Talent, 7 p.m.,Red Skelton PerformingArts Center. No ticketsrequired. Free and opento the public.

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Farce of Nature, OldTown Players Theatre,Vincennes. Comedy,rated PG-13. Ticketsneeded.

APRIL 15

Linda Eder, AlumniCommunity Series, 7:30p.m., Red Skelton PerformingArts Center. Call the AlumniOfce for ticket informationat 812-888-4354.

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Helping His HandsConcert, 3 p.m., RedSkelton Performing ArtsCenter. Featuring IvanParker. Call the box ofcefor tickets at 812-888-4039.

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VU Debates, 11 a.m.,Red Skelton PerformingArts Center. No ticketsrequired. Free and opento the public.

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An Evening of Windsand Percussion, 7:30p.m., Red SkeltonPerforming Arts Center.No tickets required. Freeand open to the public.

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Knox County ChamberBandwagon, 7 a.m.,Student Union foodcourt, VincennesUniversity. Sponsoredby Burkhart Insurance.

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Grouseland AnnualDinner, Green ActivitiesCenter, VU Campus.Call 812-882-2096 fortickets.

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Guitar Fest, 7:30p.m., Red SkeltonPerforming Arts Center.No tickets required.Free and open to thepublic.



By Bill Richardson

Had em all the way.Thirty-ve years later,thats what members ofthe Vincennes Lincoln basketball

team will tell you, and for themost part its the truth.

When it was all said and done on thenight of March 21, 1981, the scoreboardhanging above Market Square Arenain Indianapolis read: Vincennes 54,Anderson 52.

In winning Lincolns second IndianaHigh School Athletic Association statechampionship and first since 1923 the Alices never trailed. Tey were ahead

by a dozen at halftime, and although thefabled Indians cut the lead to a singledigit midway through the final quarter,Lincoln was not to be overtaken on theway to finishing with a record of 26-2.

Tose Alices of 81 are old enougbe grandfathers now, and the buildinwhich they achieved their crowning gwas long ago demolished. But the meries from that night, and that season,live on forever.

Te best feeling came when therewere only two or three seconds left in tgame and we were ahead, said Roger Bson, an assistant coach on that team. AI knew there was no way we could lose.

Storylines abound when it comesto the 1981 champions, but most leaback to their coach, an all-time legennamed Orlando Wyman, better knowas Gunner.

A Marine Corps veteran whodserved during World War II before pling basketball at Florida State, Wymahad on three previous occasions takenteams to Indianapolis for the finals, oto fail to reach the championship gameach time.

Doug Crook gives coach Gunner Wyman a hug after the Alices defeated Anderson in 1981.Photo by Vincennes Sun Commercialarchives courtesy of Adams Coliseum M

There was no way we could lose1981 Alices state championship felt like asure thing 35 years ago

The championship ring that belongs

to Dave Hill, who was manager forthe 81 team. His dad, Robert Hill,was the athletic director at the time.

Photo by Bill Richardson



Te 55-year-old Gunner went out on top, though. Althoughhed continue to teach at the high school for nearly a decade, the1981 championship game was his last on the sidelines. His careerrecord was 526 wins and 216 losses.

Its hard to believe now, but Wyman, whod come to Vincennesin the fall of 1967, almost didnt get the chance to guide the Alicesof 81. Lincoln had failed to win sectional championships in 1976and 1977, then finished 7-17 in 1978 and 14-9 in 1979.

Some said the coach had lost his edge. Te situation becameso serious that a petition was circulated, seeking his dismissal.

One day in late March 1979, Wyman addressed the issue witha group of players whod just finished their sophomore season.In an intense, emotional meeting in his office, Wyman cut

right to the chase.He pretty much laid it on the line, says Doug Crook, star

of the 81 bunch who now owns a couple of Italian restaurantsin Indianapolis. He said hed like to stay and see us through anddo his best job to help us achieve the ultimate goal. But if wewanted him to, hed step down and go his own way.

It was a lot to process for young men who were 15 and 16years old, but the players had a quick answer.

o a man, we told him we wanted him to stay, said RandyCombs, a senior with the 81 champs who would later spend 14

years as head coach at Milan.Once Gunner had his answer, he shooed the players out the

door, because he didnt want them to see him cry. He fought forhis job, and the rest is history.

Tat was a big moment, Combs said. I think that was themoment that he became fully committed, as did we.

Te Alices finished 16-7 in 1980, and lost by a point toEvansville North in the afternoon game at the regional.

WHAT THEYRE SAYING ABOUT GUNNER

Roger Benson, assistant coach: He had a good

basketball mind, fundamentally sound. Hed had a lot of

success elsewhere and it just carried over at Vincennes.

Randy Combs, senior player: Gunner was hard.

But once he knew you were loyal, once he knew you had

his back, he had yours.

Doug Crook, senior player: He was incredible. He

was a great influence as a coach and somebody who hada lot to do with my personal development on the basket-

ball court. He was single-handedly the reason I became

the player I did.

Dave Hill, manager: Next to my father, he was

probably the most influential adult male person in my life.

I became, I believe, an effective administrator from my

dealings with him. He taught me the importance of being

organized and doing your due diligence, every day.

Karl Donovan: Hed coached for a long time, and

he really knew basketball. He taught us what we needed

to do, and we did it. You couldnt have written a better

story.

Courtney Witte: He was a one-of-a-kind, once

in a lifetime, larger than life type of person that I was

privileged to play for. More importantly he was a father

figure, a life mentor and a friend over the course of more

than 25 years.

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By then everyone knew that 1981would be the year.

Lincoln started the season by win-ning its first 15 games, and ascended toNo. 2 in the state rankings.

Te eighth of those 15 straight vic-tories came on Jan. 3, 1981, a Saturdaynight, in front of a packed house at Ad-ams Coliseum. Te opposition was No. 6Indianapolis Washington, which scored

on a dunk off the opening tip.Te Alices recovered, and went on towin, 66-59.

I think thats probably the gamethat sold us in our minds, said Crook,who scored 30 points that night. I thinkthats when we realized that maybe wecould do something special.

Tere were two hiccups along theway. Tey came back-to-back in losseerre Haute South and Barr-Reeve.

With the regular season windingdown, Wyman inserted junior im Vinto the starting lineup, in place of JeAgee. Robin albott, a sophomore, alstarted to play more.

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ROSTER

No. Name Ht. Class

10 Doug Crook 6-1 12

12 Brent Claycomb 5-9 11

14 Randy Combs 6-1 12

20 Tim Vieke 6-1 11

22 Jeff Agee 5-8 12

30 Ron Stryzinski 6-2 12

34 Mike Kimmel 6-0 1142 Bryan Spradling 6-4 11

44 Robin Talbott 6-3 10

50 Karl Donovan 6-3 12

52 Courtney Witte 6-8 12

54 Jim Martin 6-1 10

Head coach: Orlando Gunner Wyman

Assistant coaches: Roger Benson, Kim

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Te Alices won their final threegames of the regular season to finish18-2, then embarked on the memora-ble post-season run. Starting with the

sectional, and concluding with the 72-53trouncing of Shenandoah in the after-noon game at the state finals, the teamwon seven straight tournament games by

seven points or more.Tere was only one more game to

go, against Anderson, for the state chpionship.

With idle time between sessions,legend has it that Wyman who diein 2008 encountered some Andersfans who were wondering just what aAlice was.

Its anything you want it to be,said Wyman, born in ennessee, raisein Kentucky and a Hoosier legend. BIll tell you what its going to be tonigAn Alice is something thats going to Andersons ass.

Vieke remembers taking the floothat night, and noticed that MarketSquare Arena was jam-packed.

I took a look at the crowd, he sBut after that I was only concentration the game. Ill give credit to CoachWyman for that. He kept us focused,taking care of business. After

The team was welcomed home with a re truck ride.Photo courtesy of Tom Nonte

Wyman almost didnt get the chancguide the Alices of 81. Some said

coach had lost his edge. The situa

became so serious that a petition

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that I didnt even notice the crowd. Wewere focused on playing a basketballgame.

Tings went the Alices way early.Anderson made its run late in the thirdperiod, and early in the fourth. But itcould never gain the lead.

I remember getting tired, really,

really tired, said Crook, who led theteam with 25 points that night. Wewere playing our second game that day.Anderson had tremendous quickness andsome great athletes. I was like Lets getthis thing over with so we can enjoy it.

Te Alices held on; they celebrated.And then there was a cherry on top.

Karl Donovan, a senior starter, wasnamed as the Arthur L. rester Awardwinner for mental attitude and was pa-raded around the floor on the shouldersof his jubilant teammates. He was justfollowing in the footsteps of Reese Jones,an Alice who won the mental attitudeaward in 1922.

Now in maintenance at Good Sa-maritan Hospital, Donovan says he has alot of special memories from the season,but winning the rester Award isnt oneof them.

I was lucky enough to play on a teamwith a bunch of nice guys, and a bunch oftalented guys, he said. Its always nice to

win. Winning beats losing every time.Te rester wasnt a big deal.Winning the state championshi

that was No. 1, he said.Perhaps more than his teammate

Donovan has put the season in the paHe has two daughters, Alli, a

freshman at IUPUI and Jessi, a junio

Lincoln who swam on a relay team atstate swimming finals last month.

You get beyond that and life goeon, he said. Tat was important theNow, the kids are the big deal.

One of the 81 Alices, center Couney Witte, has made basketball his lifwork. After playing at Vincennes Unsity and then Indiana University for BKnight, Witte broke into professionabasketball management and worked hway up. Hes now director of scouting

the Phoenix Suns.Nothing hes seen or done compa

with what happened 35 years ago.During that time frame of three

months starting in March of 1981,coming back into Vincennes atop offire trucks to the coliseum in front ofthousands of cheering people lining SStreet as what seemed like the entire and county was there, was a truly a spcial time. People til this day remembe

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By Bernie Schmitt

Brian Spangle says he had alwaysthought about compiling hisweekly history columns into asingle volume.

Now, 17 years after he began writing

Our imes for the now defunct Cur-

rentsmagazine (a supplement to the lVincennes Sun-Commercial), his dreamhas come true.

Te book is titled Vincennes HistoYou DONT Know, and features selectpieces of local history focused on 20thCentury events. It has been approved the Indiana Bicentennial Commission2016 Bicentennial Legacy Project.

Every year I thought that some these might make a good book, Spansaid. But I was always busy with worand then another year would pass, ananother 52 columns would be written

Since he began researching andwriting the column in 1999, Spanglemore than 800 columns to choose frowhen he began compiling them for asingle volume in 2015. First appearinCurrents, the column was later re-locato the newspapers editorial page.

Spangle is the Historical CollectiAdministrator at the McGrady Brockman House, a regional history and genealogy center which is part of the KnCounty Public Library. He thanks hissupervisor, Emily Bunyan, director olibrary, for allowing him time to do it

Last spring Emily asked me if Iwould like to work on some other prects at the library, and one of them wcompiling my columns for a book, hsaid. I immediately said yes.

He also expressed appreciation fothe librarys board of directors whoapproved funding to pay for most of

cost in publishing the book. Profits frthe sales of the book go to the libraryTough the columns were already

neatly filed away per publication date, itook five months of work to bring the bto life. Spangle worked closely with autNancy Niblack Baxter, a Knox Countynative, who owns Hawthorne PublishinCarmel, Ind. Baxter has published seveworks of historical fiction, and was verinterested in the proposed project.

Te challenge was to select whic150 columns to use, Spangle said. I

just chose the subject matter I liked.Te book is organized chronologly, as the 20th Century unfolds. Spanhad thought to organize it into varioucategories, such as people, buildings, events. It was the publisher who sugged how it should be organized.

Tere are stories included that sopeople may not be familiar with, Spagle said. I like to write about nationaevents and how they affected the com-munity. For instance, there was a huge

Brian Spangle, the historical collections administrator at the Knox County

Public Library, has compiled a section of his weekly history columns into onevolume titled Vincennes History You DONT Know.

Photos by Bernie Schmitt

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SpanglesOur Times

Vignettes ofVincennes historyin single volume



The Old Main Street Bridge spanning the Wabash River in downtown Vincennes. It was replaced with the MemorialBridge in 1932.

spontaneous celebration here when it wasannounced that World War I had ended.

Spangle has also include lots offirsts in the book, including the firststop light in Vincennes (1926), the firsttalking motion picture (1929), andthe first building to be air conditioned(Pantheon Teatre, 1935). He writes offamous people who visited Vincennes,including presidents and presidentialcandidates. He even writes about howthe city streetlights were turned off in1910 to allow residents to view Halleys

Comet streak across the nighttime sky.Tree of the citys worst tragedies, fourfiremen killed in an accident on their wayto a fire, police officer Simon Carie killedin the line of duty, and citys worst-ever fire

at the Burchfield Department Store, aredocumented in the volume.

While he enjoys writing the Sundayhistory column, Spangle has toyed withthe idea of writing a more substantiallocal history book. He said that hed liketo focus on one particular year in history,and tell the story of what happenedlocally in that year.

Id probably choose 1926 becauseso many things happened in that year,he said. In addition to the citys tragedies,it also was a year of firsts. It was the year,

for instance, that Adams Coliseum, alandmark structure in Vincennes, wasbuilt.

I might get to that, he said.During the summer of 2015 Span-

gle spent considerable time alone in aupstairs room at the McGrady-Brockman House, pouring over each columselected for the book, revising some othem. He proofed the entire collectiofour or five times. Bunyan and Baxteralso helped in the selection and proofiof the work.

Vincennes History You DONT Kncame out last October, just around tifor the librarys annual Writers Festi-val, where Spangle gave a presentatioand signed copies of the book. He ha

another book signing just before Chrmas, and he was available to sign booduring the Mardi Gras celebration at Fortnightly Club in early February.

It seems to be selling well,



Spangle said. Weve sold maybe close to300 from here at the library.

Tis month marks Spangles 30thyear working for the library. He has amasters degree in history from IndianaState University and for years has over-seen the extensive genealogy collectionat the library and has helped patrons intheir research efforts.

Anyone who knows me, knows I

love history, he said.Te book is available at the Knox

County Public Library, and can be puchased online at Amazon.com, or froHawthorne Publishing, www.hawthopub.com. Barnes and Noble, one of tnations largest bookstores, will carry book, too. He will be at the Evansvillstore signing copies of the book on M7, from 2 to 4 p.m. (CS).

Lakewood Park, now a subdivision for nice homes, was once an amusemenpark, complete with a roller coaster, at top. The Burcheld Department Storre in February, 1926, above, is considered the worst re in Vincennes histo

Three people died in the re.



The Freedom Train, at left, rolled into Vincennes on July 24, 1948, carrying important U.S. historical documents, like aoriginal copy of the U.S. Constitution. An ad, at right, featuring the rst talkie the rst motion picture with sound Vincennes that was playing at the Pantheon Theatre.



By Joy Neighbors

Alot of research hasgone into the shapeof the wine glass.Some are designed to concen-

trate theflavors andaromasto betteremphasizethe grapescharacteris-tics. Others

are configured to keep thewine cold longer.

Choosing the correct wineglass is a little bit science anda little bit personal opinion. Itinvolves knowing something

about the wine youre serving,and which glass is recommend-ed to enhance that experience.

The anatomy of a wineglass

o start with, you shouldknow that the wine glass ismade up of four parts: the rim,the bowl, the stem and the base.

Te rim should be smoothand free from any chips. Lookfor a thin rim or lip because

this offers better wine intake.Te bowl of the glass mustbe large enough so you cangive the wine a swirl withoutspilling it. Swirling allows air

into the wine, which is what releases thewines aromas. Te larger the bowl, themore wine that is exposed to the air, andthat allows for more aromas to accumulatein the bowl. Tis is extremely beneficialfor red wines.

Although stemless wine glasses look

great and result in less breakage, profes-sionals and connoisseurs prefer a wineglass with a stem because it keeps yourhand off the bowl. Te heat from yourhand can actually warm up the wineand alter some aromas. Plus, if you holdthe glass by the stem, youre not gettingfinger smudges on the glass, which canaffect the view of the wine.

Te base should be as wide as thebowl for the glass to be balanced and inproportion.

Red wine glass basicsRed wines should have a larger bowl

to allow more air on the wines surface;this is how you let it breathe. When awine breathes, it lets those dense aromasmix with the air and create that interest-ing bouquet you smell when you swirl it.

Red wines should be served in a 12to 16 oz. glass and filled about 1/4 fullfor optimal swirling and aeration. Tereare two main glass shapes for red wines.

Bordeaux glass

Te Bordeaux glass is large with along bowl to allow for plenty of swirling.Te tapered sides pull the wines aromasup to the nose, and when you take a sip,the wine is focused directly to the back of

the mouth for optimal flavors. A Bordeaux glass is great for Cabernet Sauvgnon, Zinfandel and Syrah.

Burgundy glassTe Burgundy glass has a wider b

than the Bordeaux glass. Tis lets evemore air enter the wine. Te slightly gled sides create a focused bouquet, athis shape directs the wine onto the ti

the tongue for a full-flavor effect. Tithe perfect glass for Merlot, Pinot NoChianti, and of course, Burgundy win

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White wine glass basicsFor white wines, a glass with a

smaller bowl allows less air onto thewines surface, which helps to contain thearomas. But it also keeps the wine coolerfor a longer period. Te narrow glass alsodirects those aromas directly up to yournose. Te average white wine glass usual-ly holds 10 to 12 ounces of wine.

Te Chardonnay/Chablis wine glass

has a much smaller bowl than any of thered wine glasses. Tis is because whitewines do not need aeration like the reds.Te narrow rim delivers the wine directlyto the front of the tongue for tasting.

Te Sauvignon Blanc/Pinto Grisglass also has a narrow bowl, leadingthe aromas straight to the nose. But thisglass directs the wine to the sides of thetongue where the full crisp flavors ofthese wines can be better enjoyed.

Sparkling wine glass basicsFor sparkling wines and champagne

use a flute-shaped glass. Tis tall, narrowglass doesnt allow the surface of the wineto be exposed to the air too quickly, sothose bubbles just keep coming. Tenarrow shape also helps the wine retain

its coolness, and keeps those fizzy aromashighly concentrated.

Care of wine glassesIn general, wine glasses are best pre-

served by hand washing in hot water, es-pecially if they are delicate or expensive.But more and more glass

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