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am blessed to have a close relationship with both of my parents. I’m sure it wasn’t easy for my dad to bond with his teenage daughter. But, we managed to find something to bring us together — college basketball. I’m fully aware that I live in Indiana. But, I bleed blue. My dad comes from a long line of IU fans, but somehow beat the odds and became a UK fan. He passed that love on to me. We watched them win big — including the national championship in 1996 and 1998 — and lose bigger. We watched “THE” game — the Final Four game against Duke in 1992. I still hate Christian Laetner. One night, Kentucky was down by 31 to LSU at halftime, so he made me go to bed. Guess who ended up winning the game? I’m not sure how I slept through that one, as I know his history of yelling at the TV. Several years ago, I decided to take him to a game. Neither of us had ever been. It was time. The smile on his face when he saw the court was worth every penny and every minute of driving. We were in the nosebleeds, but we were there. He had two bad knees (both of which have been replaced since) and was definitely in pain by the time we got to our seats, but he never stopped smiling. It’s one of my greatest memories and I’m so happy that I share it with my dad. The love of the Wildcats has permeated throughout our family. My mom is a Kentucky fan. My husband is a Kentucky fan. Both my girls are Kentucky “fans” — meaning they wear the shirts and tell people they’re fans. I’ve even converted my best friend’s daughter, who repayed me by taking me to my second game at Rupp Arena. After every big Kentucky win, I’ll get a text that simply says, “Go Cats!” Although, sometimes I have a feeling that it’s my mom texting from my dad’s phone. Especially when it’s accompanied by, “Coach K may be the greatest coach ever.” I don’t remember all the random items I’ve gifted my parents over the years. I remember everything about the trip to Rupp Arena. The “things” in life don’t really matter. People and the memories you make with them do.
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he Marine Corps does not just protect our country, it also makes sure the needy children in America they reach have a real Christmas. They also want them to know that Santa does remember them. In 1947, Major Bill Hendrick’s wife asked him to find a suitable charity to donate the hand-made “Raggedy Anne” doll she had sewn. After trying in vain to find the kind of charity he was looking for, Major Hendrick asked some of his Marine friends in the Los Angeles area to help him collect, repair and distribute toys to needy children in their neighborhood. That Christmas, those Marines distributed more than 5,000 toys. When the Commandant of the Marine Corps heard about this, he decreed that every Marine Reserve unit would hold a Toys for Tots campaign every year thereafter. The United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program helped children across the country for the next 30 years. As the Vietnam War wound down and the strength of the Marine Corps was being cut, the new Commandant opened Toys for Tots to civilian participation. Groups such as the River Cities Detachment 1090 of the Marine Corps League in Evansville were granted authority to conduct Toys for Tots (TFT) campaigns. Today, there are about 800 campaigns — 150 Marine-led and 650 civilian-led. Local Marine Bob Reutter has been the coordinator of the Southwestern Indiana TFT campaign for the past five years. “Evansville has had a Toys for Tots program for about 60 years,” Reutter said. “Organized and led by Marines of the Marine Corps League for the past 15 years or so, our Southern Indiana (Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties) TFT campaign collected or purchased and distributed over 17,500 toys to more than 5,200 children in 2015.” Since its inception in 1947, Toys for Tots
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Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, dog, Spencer, and cat, Fogerty.
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hen tragedy struck, members of the James family reacted differently. The youngest member said she wanted chickens. Noah James was a Boonville High School graduate who swam on the high school’s swim team. As a sophomore, James developed pneumonia and couldn’t seem to kick it. After stays at multiple hospitals, he was diagnosed with bronchoilitis obliterans, a lung disease that causes the smallest branches of the lungs to collapse. He was only able to get about 40 percent of the air he needed and retained 300 percent
of the air he didn’t. The only cure was a double lung transplant, which he received in 2012, just two years before graduation. Noah recovered and went on to compete in swimming and track and field at Boonville for the rest of his high school career. His new lungs not only allowed him to be active in sports, but to do well. He won the 2013 Brady Comeback Award and the IHSAA Spirit of Sport Award. However, not long after graduation, his issues with his new lungs sent him back to St. Louis Children’s
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Hospital. In 2015, his battled ended. A few months later, his younger sister, Abigail, told his mother, Amy, that she wanted to get chickens. “We had never had chickens before,” Amy said. But Amy and her husband, Robby, agreed and got her chickens. Abigail, a fifth grader, and their brother Eli, now a senior at Boonville High School, tend to the chickens and sell the eggs. Their company, NEA Eggs — named after siblings Noah, Eli and Abigail, now has 80 chickens that the two feed and care for while they sell the eggs for profit. This year, those profits are going into the Noah James Fund. Amy said the Keep Swimmin’ Noah James Family Fund was created from the support of the community throughout Noah’s illness. She said after Noah passed, the family wanted to take what was left over and give back to the community that supported them. “The fund was created in his memory because the community had given so much money to help our family with expenses throughout his illness,” she said. “We wanted to do something with that money to give back in his memory.” The family set up a donor-advised fund with the Community Foundation of Warrick County, so the family can choose where the money should go each year. “We want to do things that would make him happy,” she said. Last year, as the fund was still being processed and set up, the family gave money out of their own pocket in Noah’s name to Boonville’s Unified Track and Field team to buy uniforms. “Noah was a part of the team,” Amy said. “We knew he would have been so excited as a team member to see the team have uniforms.” Now, in the first year that the fund has money to give, the fund is giving back to the Boonville High School Swim Team. However, the fund’s investments fell short of the family’s $1,000 goal. To make up the difference, Abigail and Eli gave up the profits of NEA Eggs. “They feel the need to give back,” Amy said. “[They] realize a lot of people stepped up to make things happen. People came alongside our family and helped.” Amy said Abigail and Eli want to join the family in giving back to the community. “It’s a way for all of us to focus our energy on something good,” she said. Amy said the Boonville swim team also gives back to the fund. This year’s Noah Night for the swim team will be Dec. 15 against Castle. In addition to the proceeds of the meet, there will be a silent auction and T-shirts and arm bands for sale. Amy said anyone interested in supporting the fund can purchase eggs from NEA Eggs or can donate to the community foundation and write Noah’s Fund in the memo. -----
Wyatt Squires is a staff writer at Warrick Publishing. He can be reached at jsquires@warricknews.com.
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“We have established relationships with most of the local credit unions and several national auto lenders as well that enable us to approve almost anyone on the spot,” Komar said. “We do everything in-house and make the transaction as simple as possible by offering our clients multiple financing scenarios, rates and terms, so that they have the power to choose the best option for them.” Ryan Ramsey, the financing manager at the Evansville location, said being approved for a vehicle is quick and painless. “We can typically pull credit and have an approval in under 15 minutes on a wide range of credit scores,” Ramsey said. “The most important thing is making sure we get you into the vehicle that fits your needs and at the right payment.” -----
Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, dog, Spencer, and cat, Fogerty.
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hiny, mahogany gems piled high in mounds at the grocery produce aisles, decorative tins of puree and jars of whole, peeled kernels line the shelves and dominate seasonal displays. The Nat King Cole Christmas tune chimes in my head, “chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” and I go gaga over these holiday delights. Here’s a little chestnut primer to help you get the best out of these scrumptious nuggets while they’re still good and plenty.
Caveman Candy
Chestnuts are possibly one of the oldest food sources, dating back to the Flintstone era. Biologically known as the Castanea sativa, the chestnut tree originally came to Europe from Greece. European immigrants then imported the tree to America, while today, Spartan groves exist in California and the Pacific Northwest after the chestnut population was devastated by a blight at the turn of the last century. Most chestnuts are imported from Japan, China, Spain, Italy and France where the latter call these precious jewels marrons.
The Shell Game
Chestnut flowers form into spiny burrs with a shiny brown shell encapsulating usually a pair or trio of creamy white soft kernels. When buying chestnuts, the outer spiky husk is shed, leaving the tough thinskinned brownish covering--a stubborn shell
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that is difficult to remove from the starchy nut. You will need a sharp pointed knife to score the flat side of the nut with an “X” or a horizontal cut. Place nuts in cold water, bring to a boil and simmer for three minutes. Keep them immersed in the hot water, peeling one at a time. Your chestnuts will then be recipe-ready. One word of chestnut warning: Do not eat raw or even partially cooked, as the high tannic acid will likely cause digestive problems. So boil or roast completely before indulging.
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Fresh chestnuts reach their prime in December. Make sure they are glossy and glabrous without nicks, cuts, soft spots or blemishes. Feel their heft and choose solid, heavy ones that are not cracked or shriveled. Shake them, and if you hear a rattling sound, or feel it rock ‘n rolling, discard it. To keep them moist, store in a cool, dry place for up to one week or in a storage bag in the fridge for one month.
A Chestnut a Day
Atypical of other nuts and seeds, chestnuts have a fairly low fat content and are also low in calories, although rife with starch comparable to sweet potatoes, spuds, corn and plantains. They contain a mother lode of phytonutrients, minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber, with a particularly rich store of immune-boosting Vitamin C, folates for a
Catharine Kaufman is a nationally syndicated food columnist and devoted chef to critical teenage taste buds, and the most demanding palate, the big kid, her husband. For additional spring fever recipes email kitchenshrink@san.rr.com.
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Sweet Holiday Chestnut Puree (Serves 6)
12 ounces chestnut puree (canned) 1/2 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons Brandy, or pick your poison (Amaretto, Frangelico, Cognac) 1/4 teaspoon almond extract 1 tablespoon chestnut honey Sea salt to taste Combine ingredients in a food processor and blend until the mixture forms a smooth texture, much like a Spackle. If it is too thick for your liking, add more cream. Chill and serve in martini glasses. Garnish with shaved bittersweet chocolate and a dollop of whipped cream.
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nutritional oomph for the growing fetus during pregnancy and monounsaturated fatty acids linked to lowering total — as well as “bad” — cholesterol levels. There’s more. Chestnuts are abundant in iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium and zinc, in addition to B-complex vitamins, the latter to put the skids on stress. As a final boon, they’re gluten-free, so those suffering from glutensensitivities or Celiac disease can also enjoy this holiday treat.
From Soup to Chestnuts
Chestnuts are as divine in savory dishes as they are in sweet ones. Due to the high starch content, the kernels are used as a spud substitute, especially in European cuisines. Chestnuts go solo braised, roasted, steamed or grilled. Warm the cockles of your heart with a chestnut amaretto and toasted almond soup or a chestnut butternut squash bisque. For a riff on classic Italian dishes, try chestnut risotto or ravioli. Dress your holiday bird with a chestnut, Granny Smith apple and wild rice stuffing. Do a Middle Eastern chestnut, lamb and pomegranate stew. For some elegant sides, stuff the hollows of acorn squash with mashed chestnuts, whip up a chestnut soufflé with a brandy drizzle, or concoct a compote with chestnuts, dried prunes and apricots in a Madeira sauce. For your just desserts, how about a mouth-watering chestnut tiramisu or cheesecake, a chestnut bourbon torte or a bittersweet chocolate chestnut mousse? My personal favorite is this chestnut puree that has been savored around the world by commoners and royals alike, particularly at the century-old Gerbeaud Café in Budapest, a long-time haunt of the Habsburg royal family and the Queen of Hungary who frequently dropped by to get their fix of this blissful delicacy throughout the holiday season and beyond.
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ometimes, you realize you have the ability to help people. A woman who used to attend my exercise classes many years ago has been bugging me about helping her for more than two years. Her supplementary insurance company calls her monthly, pushing her to join a gym. She looked into it, but did not want to exercise where there were men. Being heavy, she did not want to just be working out with women trying to get into bikinis and wearing little workout outfits. Although I have other jobs, belonged to a gym and run almost daily, I thought of a way I could help her. I realized she wasn’t the only one who needed a specialized exercise class. She explained to me that women over 50 who are not employed full-time and have no children left at home often lose their social lives, especially if they are single. Going out to lunch or shopping gets old and they need a place where they relate to other
women in the same boat and a way to keep their bodies mobile. I sat down and figured out that I could find a couple of hours a week to accommodate women like her. All of a sudden, after putting out the word, a few women told me they would love a place that age, size and physical ability were not important. They loved the idea of being able to go someplace in old sweats or long sweaters and nobody would think it was odd. I found a church in Newburgh that would allow me to bring my music, my non-traditional women and give these ladies what they needed so badly. Zion Church Of Christ and the wonderful Pastor Dan Kennedy were my answer. With more than 30 years of experience as an exercise instructor and managing three health spas, I remembered my old routines and how much fun we had. I also remembered the alternative movements for people with everything from fibromyalgia to being obese. I
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always tell them go at your own pace; whatever they can do is better than nothing.The exciting part is that after a week, I saw smiles and heard jokes and this group was like a high school gym class. Not all mature women are bored and depressed and many run, work out, have jobs and are happy. However, I never knew there were so many women who were feeling down and heavy and lonely and just wanted to have the company of other women in the same boat. The original lady who kept asking me for help and felt forgotten, shows up with a big smile, gets a chair because she is not able to do oor exercises, but does alternative ones standing and she feels that she has new friends to share her situation. There are young women who are stay-at-home moms with kids in school. They do not have the time to go to a gym and pay lots of money, sign contracts or
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wish to work out in the same place as men. They find these classes perfect for their needs as well. We love an eclectic group and they do not have to be older. As our lives change and as our bodies change as well, we don’t all have what is necessary to live life to the fullest. I am not speaking of money because there are women in the group who are financially very well off. However, when you feel out of shape and uncomfortable going to a gym and you are lonely, it is a hard time in life. When you are not an old woman but not a 20-year-old anymore and it seems life has just gotten less enjoyable, there are ways to turn it all around. One day when I pulled up to the church parking lot, there was Delois Freeman, a pretty, well-shaped woman who can turn heads but needed this outlet, singing and dancing to the Temptations’ “My Girl” in her van waiting for class to start, I knew I was helping to make people happier. This is not to say that a 25-year-old would not feel right at home in this group and there are some younger people. It is just that sometimes we all need camaraderie and to move our bodies and get in better shape. Thanks to this lady who would not stop asking, we have found a way to have fun for a couple of hours a week and laugh and even get sore and still enjoy it. Never, ever, give up on yourself. Today is the youngest and prettiest you will ever be so take advantage of it. So let’s just turn on that boom box and move! Patty, who kept bugging me to conduct exercise classes again, said: “No matter what life throws at me, I always know there are a couple of hours every week that I can work on my body, laugh and look forward to. At night, while I’m in my bed with my two little chihuahuas, I find myself doing sit-ups. The dogs don’t like it, but it sure makes me feel good.”
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Selfishly, this turned out really good for me because I don’t have to go to a gym anymore. This is not to say if people enjoy going to a gym or if they enjoy wearing specialized outfits, that’s their perogative. What I am saying is that many women like the comfort of old baggy clothes, only women around and feeling a part of something, now have an alternative. -----
Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, dog, Spencer, and cat, Fogerty.
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he caring, big-hearted doctor like we have seen on “Little House On The Prairie” and “Marcus Welby, M.D.” are not totally obsolete. Newburgh resident Dr. David Schultz II is like a reincarnation of not only those old-time doctors, but also the ones we see on TCM (Turner Classic Movies). With an office full of dozens of baseball treasures, this man is the antithesis of the cold, showme-your-insurance-card doctors that we see too many of. A doctor giving his cell number to a friend in case she needed him is virtually unheard of in this day and age. “Being a physician allowed me to touch other people’s lives,” Schultz said. “If I cannot make it
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better, I can make it easier.” He writes his cell number on a patient’s tongue depressor “because they don’t lose those.” However, Schultz said he is not inundated by calls from his patients. He estimates that he receives about four a day. Schultz said Dr. Ray Nicholson, his mentor, still makes home visits. “Women should go where they are most comfortable, where they have the most trust,” said Schultz, who delivered all four of his children at St. Mary’s. It all started when his wife, Kendra, was anxious before they had their first child. “She asked, ‘Can’t you just deliver it,’” Schultz said. “I said, ‘Do you want me to?’ She said, ‘Yeah.’” Their son, David, an eighth-grader at Castle North, started reading at age 2. Jonathan, age 8, has autism. He attends Harsha Autism Center in Evansville. Lucienne, 6, was named after a woman in the movie, “Flyboys.” She attends Evansville Christian School. Baby Claralene was born this past summer. Schultz became a Christian at age 7. Like Jesus, he believes in humility. “You don’t have to toot your own horn,” Schultz said. Schultz, who came out of Bosse High School, graduated from Indiana University in 1998. His father, also named David, passed away two years ago. He was formerly a professor of engineering at the University of Southern Indiana. David laughs at himself for his mistaken perception of what was going to happen playing league baseball. Growing up during the “We Are Family” era of Willie Stargell and the Pittsburgh Pirates, Schultz asked, “Where are the TV cameras?” when he stepped onto the field. A collector of baseball memorabilia, he has an autographed picture of St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial and a bat from Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Johnny Bench. As far as his job is concerned, Schultz said insur-
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ance places such a burden on physicians that it leads to burnout. “You’re often unable to make independent decisions,” he said. No matter how much time passes, this man proves that there will always be people that go into medicine for the love of people and the desire to help. We have come to a place in time where money and what kind of insurance you have determines the kind of care you get. There are those like Schultz who want to care and help. He is a throwback to the past — his priority is not how much money you can give him, but rather how much he can help you. -----
Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, dog, Spencer, and cat, Fogerty.
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second chances By Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt
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ynn Bastin found a new business venture and an old love. Both are here in Newburgh. She said her business, “2nd Chances,” has its name for two reasons. The first: she makes home decor items from recycled materials — pallets, wine crates, windows, garage sale flips and road-side rescues. “Everything is one of a kind,” Bastin said. “I make signs — all handpainted. Nothing is stenciled or vinyl letters. And I do custom signs. This rustic/farmhouse/shabby chic look is really popular in decorating today.” She has a little heart painted at the bottom of all of her products — the red heart is her logo. “There are two reasons for the heart,” Bastin said. “This is my passion. And I make this hip decor affordable. It’s very ‘Pottery Barn-ish’ without the high price tag.” The second reason is her husband Mike gave her a heart locket for her 17th birthday. She is now 58, so the locket is 41 years old. “We were high school sweethearts,” Bastin said. “Mike lived across the street from me — our first date was a walk to a nearby restaurant where we barely spoke to each other. We dated throughout high school.” He gave her a little sweetheart “promise ring.” “After I graduated, we both got busy with work and drifted away,” Bastin said. “Our jobs turned into careers and we ended up moving to different cities and marrying different people. After a 30-year-marriage for me, a 23-year-marriage for Mike, we both ended up divorced.” Lynn was living in Chicago and Mike was living in Buffalo. “I kept getting signs. I’d turn on my radio and the song ‘Just You N Me’ (by Chicago) would just be starting — our song,” she said. “I’d turn on the TV and the movie ‘Michael,’ would have just started with the title screen showing. I’d get in my car again and another one of our songs would be on, ‘Your Song’ by Elton John.”
She went to the currency exchange and someone had graffitied “Mike” all over some of the advertising signs. “I get back in my car, ‘Just You N Me’ on again,” Bastin said. “I get home, the movie ‘Michael’ is on again. Wrapping a gift and the artist name on the edge of the paper Marjorlie Bastin (his last name). I feel God was hitting me upside the head with a ball bat! He must have had a few signs, too. He named his youngest daughter Jennifer Lynn — after me.” Lynn moved back to St. Louis, her hometown. Mike had moved to Newburgh about eight years earlier. “We started talking more on Facebook and got flirty,” she said. “We kept making plans to meet up just for dinner as old friends and those plans kept getting foiled. So, one Sunday afternoon, I decided to take a huge chance and drive over to Newburgh.” She had no idea where the heck Newburgh was, but GPS took her on a threehour drive with her heart up in her throat. “I ended up in Old Town — recognized it from some pictures Mike posted a month or so before,” Bastin said. “I texted him and said, ‘I am in Newburgh, under a big tree by this place called the Edgewater Grille. I will stay for one hour. If you want to see me, great. If not, I will go home — no harm, no foul.’’’
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Newburgh on the Ohio Magazine She got a text back, saying “Stay there.” It had been 38 years since they had seen each other. Lynn was afraid she would look old to Mike. “Ten minutes (later), he was there,” she said. “It was like we never lost touch. We had a glass of wine at Edgewater and then we walked all over the riverfront and talked and talked — and then I drove home. The rest is history.” Mike would text her love songs and she saved every one, even making a sign out of them. “We spent little time apart,” Lynn said. “He was blown away when I pulled out my locket and my little sweetheart ring that I had saved after all those years.” She moved to Newburgh a year and a half later and they got married. “I took a chance and drove to Newburgh that Sunday afternoon,” Bastin said. “I figured I had nothing to lose. We only have one life to live. It’s up to each of us to make that life happy and worthwhile. I took some chances and it changed my life.” She said her art gives her second chances to things that were tossed aside. “There is beauty in everything,” Bastin said. “All you have to do is open your eyes, your imagination and your heart.” Not only does Lynn have the love of her life in human form, but the love of her life in canine form as well. She went in to buy a bird and saw a precious little dog and now Gilbert Lee is a intregral part of their life. Every night, you see the three of them strolling along lovingly. -----
Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt is a staff writer for the Newburgh Magazine. She is the mother of two grown sons and lives in Newburgh with her husband, Gordon, dog, Spencer, and cat, Fogerty.
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INDEX
ACCESS STORAGE..............................................27
LNB INVESTMENT SERVICES................................13
BENNY’S FLOORING ...........................................39
MEUTH CARPET .................................................11
CALIBER HOME LOANS........................................19
MIDWEST FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY........................2
ENJOLE INTERIORS..............................................37 MILLER’S GARAGE..............................................33 FAITH MUSIC CHRISTMAS.......................................7 NEWBURGH MAGAZINE..........................................8 HORTON TEAM...................................................40
PETS 1ST..........................................................29
KIM’S CONSIGNED DESIGNS..................................31 TOWN OF NEWBURGH............................................6 KRUCKEMEYER & COHN......................................15
TRU EVENT RENTAL, INC...................................35
LARRY’S AUTOMOTIVE..........................................23 YMCA.............................................................21