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Famed IU professor Ik-Hwan Bae dies BY CARMEN HEREDIA RODRIGUEZ caheredi@indiana.edu
Ik-Hwan Bae, professor of music in the string department at IU Jacobs School of Music, died Thursday. Born in Korea, Bae’s career as a violinist began at the age of 12 when he performed with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. During that time, Bae crossed paths with violinist Chin Kim and began a lifelong friendship. “We both prodded each other on to become a better violinist,” Kim said. Bae went on to attend the Juilliard School where performed in venues around the world. Kim, also a Juilliard graduate, remembers Bae’s skill for Korean cuisine and their camaraderie in exploring music. “We would play for each other, share musical tastes and we would play together,” Kim said. Bae also achieved competitive success, winning awards at several European competitions and becoming a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, according to the music school. “I have to say his artistry was transcendent,” said Stephen Wyrczynski, chair of the string department in the music school. “He was a poet on the violin.” Jeffery Solow, professor of cello at Temple University, was inspired by the way Bae interacted with others as a violinist and as a person. “I was always impressed by his total integrity as a person, a musician and as a violinist,” Solow said in an email. “When he played in an ensemble, he either led or followed as the occasion required, and he always brought a high level of energy, not
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Taybre Conare pats her pig as she waits in line to show him at the 4-H Swine Show Friday.
Kids take on county fair COURTESY PHOTO
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Ik-Hwan Bae
only to the performance, but to the rehearsals as well.” Bae joined the music school as a faculty member in August 1999. Although a violinist, Wyrczynski said Bae worked with student musicians from a variety of backgrounds. “He was in contact with a large swath of the school — more than the average faculty,” Wyrczynski said. In later years, Bae served as the concertmaster of the Hwaum Chamber Orchestra in Korea. He also taught at several schools across the nation, according to the music school. Despite the professional acclaim he received, Bae will be remembered for his willingness to give. “His generosity, his home was always open for overnight guests,” Kim said. “His ears were always open to hear about good and bad things. His musicianship was as high as it can go, but the foremost word is his generosity.”
Before they opened the gates, pigs panted, teens flirted in their cowboy boots and county fair queen Lindsey VanDeventer fanned herself with her hog’s contestant number. Ten-year-old Buck Dishman prepared to show his very own pigs, Star and Midnight, two spot barrel pigs, each one year old. Many kinds of livestock were unloaded Saturday at the Monroe County fairgrounds, where kids got a chance to show their command of their animals. Dishman knew Star and Midnight when they were piglets. Now he knelt down to give them a little water before the show. He waited. Without warning, more than 20 pigs tumbled out of the gates, and their preteen owners scrambled to follow, patting them with show whips and spraying them with water. Pigs collided. Parents took pictures. Boys in plaid, button-down shirts and girls in braids hurriedly attempted to wipe feces off their pigs’ rears before it was their turn to show. Dishman was third to enter the showing area, and the last in the first round of kids to get his pig into the holding cell after walking it
around. More command of your pig will come with maturity, the show officiator said. Dishman’s father patted his back. “Its enough of a challenge to know where your pig is at,” he said. The Monroe County 4-H club offered swine shows, sheep shows, poultry shows and horse shows at the county fairgrounds. Helicopter rides and tractor pulls were offered throughout the day. Outside the barn next to the swine show, 11-year-old James Cain washed his goat, Satan, with a hose. Satan earned his name from being a mischievous kid, but he’s calmed down as he’s grown. Cain was preparing to show him Sunday. Inside the barn, 15-year-old Sam Baker let three baby goats crawl on him as his friends watched. “You just put a lead on them and walk them like a dog,” he said. The fair runs from July 26 to Aug. 2 and also features recreational activities such as the mechanical bull ride and the zip line as well as musical acts such as country artist Jake Dodds. LIST OF COUNTY FAIR EVENTS, PAGE 7
BRICKYARD 400
Gordon wins record fifth Brickyard 400 BY SAM BEISHUIZEN sbeishui@indiana.edu
Rick Hendrick just had a feeling about his driver, Jeff Gordon. A confident Hendrick walked up to Gordon Sunday morning and told him, “You’re going to win the race today.” 20 years after winning the inaugural Brickyard 400, Gordon proved Hendrick’s premonition. In his teenage years, Gordon moved from Vallejo, Calif., to Pittsboro, Ind., so he could start racing United States Auto Club sprint cars on Indiana’s rural short tracks. Sunday, the 42-year-old won the 21st Brickyard 400 for a record fifth time in his soon-to-be Hall of Fame career. “Every time I come here to Indianapolis I feel like we have a shot at winning,” Gordon said. “The first couple of laps that I felt this racecar, I knew we had a racecar that was capable of winning this race. It just had the feel.” A late race caution prompted a restart with 17 laps remaining that put Gordon on the outside of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne. It was far from the ideal situation for Gordon, who admitted he has struggled with race restarts since NASCAR implemented double-file restarts in 2009. On the first restart of the day, he spun his tires. The second time, he was bogged down in tires. The third, PHOTOS BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS | IDS the car didn’t stick. Simply put, GorJeff Gordon celebrates his Brickyard 400 win Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway moments after kissing the bricks. don said he is terrible at restarts. But when he most needed a won’t be forgetting soon. better than the rest of the field. quick start, Gordon nailed it. “Just to see everybody standing The win tied Gordon with Mi“I didn’t think I wanted to see the restart, and, out of nowhere, I had chael Schumacher for the most wins and cheering, that’s awesome,” Gorat Indianapolis Motor Speedway, at don said. “That sends a chill up your the restart of my life,” he said. Gordon quickly went up the five. When asked why Gordon has spine as a racecar driver in a race gearbox, pushing his No. 24 Chev- had so much success at Indianapo- that’s so important to you.” Before the season had begun, rolet’s nose alongside Kahne’s lis, Denny Hamlin pointed out two there were reports that Gordon was quarterpanel as he was shifting into things. “Really fast cars, really, really fast considering retirement. But after his fourth gear. Gordon’s presence loosened up Kahne’s car, allowing for cars,” Hamlin said before pausing. Brickyard win, he currently sits atop the points standings and is prov“And he’s pretty good, too.” Gordon to get a run. Gordon’s win at Indianapolis ing to be a threat to capture his fifth Gordon’s advantage was just enough to allow him to power to the was a popular one among Hoosier championship. “It’s certainly going to be a huge outside of Kahne going through the racing fans, many of whom watched first turn. He quickly spaced himself as Gordon cut his teeth racing confidence boost for this team,” from the field, building a nearly one- sprint cars as a teenager across the Gordon said. “It’s so hard to gain confidence in this series, but a second lead on the first lap after the Midwest. As he drove around turn 4 to take Brickyard 400 win? It just doesn’t get restart. From there, Gordon drove away. the checkered flag, Gordon said he any better.” His car was dominant, leading 40 snuck a look into the stands where laps and being able to navigate he saw a crowd full of fans standing MORE BRICKYARD COVERAGE, through the dirty air in traffic much and cheering. It was an image he PAGE 5 Jeff Gordon, driving the Axalta Chevrolet No. 24 car, crosses the bricks Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.