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In 1972, Plainview Farms, an historical 630-acre estate on Hurstbourne Lane, was selected as the site for a $100 million multi-purpose development. The area, to be known as Plainview, would provide residential and multi-family housing for 6,000 inhabitants, as well as office and retail centers, schools and a community club. The intent of the newly planned development was “to provide a community different in environment from any existing in Louisville or its surroundings.” It was designed to be “a pleasant, purposeful way of life for Louisvillians,” with a “village effect,” where trees, lakes and pastureland would blend with recreational areas and quiet living.
The former owner of Plainview Farms, Robert Chester Tway, Sr. (1882-1964), would no doubt have been quite happy with the result. Being both a businessman and a successful horse breeder, Tway would have appreciated the peaceful, pastoral, yet business-like atmosphere that created a new living space for thousands of residents. R.C. Tway was descended from pioneer settler Jacob Gaar, who came to Kentucky in 1832 in “a little two-horse wagon.” He purchased a 300-acre tract in eastern Jefferson County, brought his family out from Virginia, and began building a prosperous farm. By 1852, Gaar owned four tracts of land throughout the county, and according to contemporary tax records, he was by far the wealthiest man in his vicinity.
Another noted ancestor of R.C. Tway was Benjamin Head, who built the old stone house (now known as Head House Antiques & Uniques) on Main Street in Middletown. Head’s daughter, Amelia, married into the Gaar family (which by then had changed the spelling of their name to “Garr”) and was the maternal grandmother of R.C. Tway. Robert C. Tway married Estelle S. Bennett, and they were the parents of William T., Robert Chester, Jr and Helen Harriet. In 1923, R.C. Tway, Sr had a gorgeous two-and-a-half story brick Georgian Revival-style home built for his family by the outstanding local architectural firm, Nevin, Morgan, and Wischmeyer. The countryside surrounding the house would
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become known as Plainview Farms Dairy, founded by Tway in 1929. It was there that he earned the reputation for being an amazingly successful livestock and show horse breeder. In addition to the Dairy, Tway operated three other businesses — the R.C. Tway Coal Company and the Tway Building Materials Company, both established in 1912, and the Kentucky Manufacturing Company, a trailer firm founded in 1939. Plainview Farms Dairy was advertised as the “Home of Jersey Creamline Milk,” and Tway won numerous accolades for the breed, including awards for the best Jersey cows bred and owned by an exhibitor at the Kentucky State Fair. Products sold by the dairy were of high quality and included milk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, and ice cream. Tway’s barns and plants were the most up-to-date around, and Plainview Farms was considered a “modern country estate” and a “model establishment.” Tway allowed school children, clubs and organizations from all over Jefferson County to come to Plainview Farms for tours to see how an actual dairy farm worked. Horses were another passion of R.C. Tway, and during the 1950s and 1960s, Plainview Farms was known for breeding award-winning horses and mares. Plainview’s Julia was a 2-time world champion five-gaited horse, but Tway had plenty of other awardwinning horses as well, earning him the reputation as one of the state’s finest horse-breeders. In December 1971, just a few years after R.C. Tway’s death, his heirs sold the property to Plainview Ventures, a partnership comprised of J.D. Nichols, Dick Thurman, Dave Carney, George Bush and Sam Miller. These men had a vision to create a nature-oriented community, complete with homes, businesses, retail centers and recreational areas all contained within a lovely and peaceful country setting. In November 1972, the City of Jeffersontown took
action to annex the new development, swelling the city’s size by about 33 percent, and its population by about 50 percent at the time. The area was designed to be a self-contained city, although it would, of course, receive the same amenities as other Jeffersontown neighborhoods. In 1973, plans were underway to create a new Plainview Swim and Tennis Club,
centering on the old Tway home, which was then Plainview’s corporate headquarters. Plainview’s general manager, Tom Sturgeon, intended to renovate the old mansion into a clubhouse, construct four swimming pools (for adult use, wading, diving and an Olympic-sized competition pool), a bath house, a teen club structure, nine tennis courts, a basketball court and a landscaped parking lot.
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By 1974, 110 homes in Plainview were occupied, and 344 apartments were under construction, with another 344 to be built in the future. Plans were also underway for 720 condominium units and a retail shopping center. Of course, with growth comes traffic headaches, and residents were already showing concern over the need for traffic lights on Hurstbourne Lane and Shelbyville Road that required action from the State Highway Department. Plainview’s Racquet and Swim Club opened on May 24, 1974, with a Grand Master’s tournament. Brad Lovell was hired as the tennis professional at the new club, which offered memberships only to Plainview residents for an annual fee of $120, plus $10 monthly. Outsiders could not join, simply because the club would not be able to accommodate them once the rest of Plainview was developed. Plainview was a huge success, although by the 1990s, the Racquet and Swim Club was in some financial trouble. In 1996, then-Mayor Daniel Ruckriegel announced that the City of Jeffersontown intended to purchase the Plainview Racquet and Swim Club. The deal included the Tway house and nine acres of ground comprising the swimming pools and tennis courts. The city wanted to have a second community center in Jeffersontown, as well as a municipal swimming pool for its residents.
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Today, Plainview’s Swim & Tennis Center is still going strong, with its six clay and two hard tennis courts, plus its four pools. The beautiful Tway house itself is available for rentals, and more information on the site can be found at jeffersontownky.gov. In the few generations between Jacob Gaar and the heirs of his grandson, R.C. Tway, Plainview grew from a pioneer farm into an entire city in its own right — albeit one that proudly has its roots in Jeffersontown. Just as Plainview Farms prospered so well under the ownership of R.C. Tway, the community of Plainview continues to flourish and remains a shining jewel amongst the neighborhoods of Jefferson County. 8 / JEFFERSONTOWN MAGAZINE / MARCH 2018 / JeffersontownMag.com
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“We’re really excited about the direction the facility is going,” Redman says.
Since opening in February 2017, athletes of all ages and abilities have flocked to the The 16,000 square foot facility features a Baptist Health Performance Training facility full weight room, large turf field, locker in the East End. rooms and showers. Full-service training programs, available from youth to adult NFL and former University of Louisville and amateur to professional levels, are led football greats Deion Branch, Breno by experienced athletic trainers, coaches Giacomini, Chris Redman and Eric Wood and physical therapists. worked alongside Baptist Health to develop the facility and continue to remain involved. Training programs are tailored to each participant’s abilities and continue to build “We were excited to partner with Baptist as the athlete progresses. Health, and the facility has come a long way in a short period of time,” says Redman, a At the elementary school level, the program product of Louisville Male High School focuses on sport skills through fun fitness who was named Mr. Football USA in 1994. activities. Coaches focus on balance, coordination and kinesthetic awareness. Redman went on to play football at the From there, athletes move on to sport University of Louisville, where he still foundation at the middle school level, holds a number of single game, single with an emphasis on injury prevention, season and career records. The quarterback foundational movement training, was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, foundational strength and power training followed by stints with the New England and life skills development. Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and most recently, the Atlanta Falcons. High school participants continue to focus
on injury prevention, while moving on to more advanced mobility and stability training, movement training development, strength and power development and energy system development. “I love working with kids,” Redman says. “I’ve had an opportunity to work with a lot of different high school quarterbacks in Louisville. To give some knowledge back to these guys and put them in the right direction not only on the field but off the field as well has been really beneficial to me as a person.” The founders also frequently participate in camp sessions when they are in town to work with local school-aged athletes. “I think it’s important for kids around town to have good role models and to be training around good people,” Redman says. “The entire staff here is awesome, and we provide a great structure where kids can learn the proper techniques to maximize their athletic ability.”
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Adults interested in training opportunities can choose to participate in an athlete or strength track. Adult athlete is composed of high intensity, sweat-dripping, heartpumping workouts utilizing circuit training that combines kettlebells, dumbbells, sleds, bodyweight and other modalities. The aim of the program is to produce the best, healthiest version of yourself. In the adult strength track, participants focus on developing real functional strength. The program helps build the confidence and strength needed to power through life. Redman and his colleagues are believers in the program because they have seen the benefits first hand. “I get over there as much as possible,” says Redman, who noted his partners also train at the facility when they’re back in town. “Our strength coach Eric Hammer does an incredible job catering to your needs and goals for whatever level you’re at.” Most of the staff at the facility have a master’s degree and hold industryrecognized certifications such as Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist to ensure athletes are in the best hands possible. Low athlete-totrainer ratios ensure the personalized attention necessary to help athletes achieve their performance goals. Staying in shape and finding the motivation to workout can be a challenge even for current and former athletes, and Redman has enjoyed having such a quality training facility so close to his home. “After playing football for such a long time, I’ve been used to someone leading me through workouts and keeping me in shape,” says Redman, who last played professionally in 2012. “When that was over, it was hard to train myself. Baptist Health Performance Training helps me
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Mark Sachs, Restoring Vision founder
ORGANIZATION HAS CLEAR FOCUS ON PROVIDING VISION IMPAIRMENT RELIEF IN IMPOVERISHED COUNTRIES Writer / Shannon Siders
Vision problems do not always need drastic solutions such as surgery to positively change the life of the person afflicted. Often a simple pair of reading glasses can make all the difference for someone suffering from sight problems. In the United States, reading glasses can be bought for just a few dollars, but citizens of impoverished countries do not have the same access to this life-changing resource.
eyeglasses, reading glasses and sunglasses to those in need. Sachs joined a group headed to Mexico in what turned out to be a life-changing trip. “I didn’t have the technical training to perform the exams, so I would look at the prescription they were given to find a pair of used glasses that most closely matched what the person needed,” Sachs says. He was eager to find the right match for each patient but quickly noticed his station of prescription eyeglasses was being bypassed by throngs of other patients.
“There are anywhere from 500 million to a billion people in the world who need reading glasses,” says Mark Sachs, founder of the nonprofit RestoringVision. “And most of “Many people didn’t even stop where I was, them are in developing countries.” they went past me to where the reading glasses were,” Sachs says. “I noticed that and Sachs participated in a social responsibility it made a big impression on me.” program through LensCrafters more than 20 years ago while working for an optical Fast forward to 2003, when Sachs was company. A team of optometrists and looking for an opportunity to help others. other professionals in the eye care industry He remembered the experience in Mexico would travel to developing countries from nearly a decade before and contacted to perform eye exams and distribute LensCrafters. JEFFERSONTOWN/MIDDLETOWN MAGAZINE / MARCH 2018
There was a need for Sachs to source reading glasses for the social responsibility program that had made such an impact on him, and he quickly got to work contacting reading glasses distributors to see if they had extra inventory. Many of the distributors did have extra inventory, but Sachs was disappointed to find out the surplus glasses were usually destroyed. Distributors did not want to hurt their brand by selling extras on the secondary market. Sachs had another plan in mind. “I asked them, ‘If I could guarantee you they’d go out of the country, would you be willing to donate?’” Sachs said. “And they said yes.” The distributors began to donate large quantities of glasses, and Sachs connected organizations already distributing glasses to developing countries with the donated reading glasses so they could be distributed along with prescription glasses.
As supply increased, Sachs made a pivot that to do the work they need to do or the work shaped RestoringVision into what it is today. they love.” “I got to the point where I had more reading glasses than the optical organizations needed,” he says. “I started to find groups that were going to developing countries for any reason.”
Even simple tasks such as threading a needle can become difficult, or even impossible, with eyesight issues, prohibiting a seamstress or tailor from completing their work.
Sachs knew there were groups going to developing countries to provide dentistry services, build schools and other social outreach on a regular basis. He moved carefully at first, afraid demand for the reading glasses would outstrip the supply, but a commitment to donate every year from Foster Grant, the largest manufacturer of reading glasses in the world, took off some of the pressure.
A University of Michigan study showed that vision correction (not necessarily reading glasses) leads to a 35 percent increase in productivity and a 20 percent increase in wages. For someone earning just $5 per day,
Christian Church for the conference, which brings together those who do mission work to learn about best practices and get connected with more resources for their organizations. Sachs made some great connections and found even more groups to help further the mission of RestoringVision. “RestoringVision could not be successful if it wasn’t for the groups that agree to take the glasses, set up the clinics and dispense the glasses,” Sachs says. “We’re a facilitator.
Since then, RestoringVision has supported more than 1,500 groups that have gone on over 5,000 mission trips. Permanent clinics have also started to pop up in some of the developing countries, with the support of the donated glasses. “We grew very dramatically when Foster Grant said they would support us,” Sachs says. “They’ve been very generous, and it’s been great to grow so quickly.” RestoringVision also receives support from other reading glasses manufacturers and warehouse space from Walmart. The program has really taken off because of the simplicity of it. “We get groups to take reading glasses with them because it’s easy to do and makes a dramatic impact,” Sachs says. Patients are typically able to “self-prescribe” reading glasses because they can tell which power is right for them. The reading glasses provide an instant benefit to the person receiving them, and can truly change the lives of those affected. “Everyone eventually needs reading glasses because the muscle in the eye weakens when older,” Sachs says. “People all of a sudden can’t see up close anymore and are out of luck. These people have skills and families who need them, yet they are unable
that is an additional $250 of income per year. Reading glasses can help people reap some of these benefits, by carrying out their daily tasks, working and leading productive lives again. Sachs and his team at RestoringVision are always looking for groups who are traveling to or have clinics in developing countries to help distribute reading glasses. This work brought him to Jeffersontown last November for the 2017 Global Missions Health Conference.
We try to make whatever mission they’re going on more successful, so they can be more beneficial to the people they’re serving.” To date, RestoringVision has donated more than nine million pairs of reading glasses to those in need, with a goal to distribute 20 million pairs of glasses by the end of 2020.
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“We want to make sure the groups we partner with are reputable and ethical,” Sachs says. “We don’t want them selling the glasses to people who can’t afford them.” Sachs has gone on several more trips since founding RestoringVision and hopes to go on more in the future. “It is amazing because there’s such a need out there, and the impact is so immediate that you will see people crying with joy,” Sachs says. “They can’t believe it in many cases. Everyone returns with such a profound sense of accomplishment.” Individuals, groups or companies who are interested in learning more about RestoringVision, donating to the cause, or taking reading glasses on an upcoming trip can visit restoringvision.org for more information. “We are trying to make a difference in the world, but we could not do it without the support of our partners,” Sachs says.
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“The City of Middletown Kentucky is committed to being an open and accessible city, providing an exemplary environment in which to live, learn, work and play.” According to the city’s website, these are vital tenets of the bustling, lively community of Middletown, KY — living, learning, working and playing. Little do some residents know, they can do all of these things at one unique property right under their noses. Blind Squirrel and King Louie’s Sports Complex, both located on N English Station Rd., are two local venues committed to serving the community of Middletown in these ways.
Many residents may not know the properties are related, both owned by Matt Rumpke, well-known in the Louisville community for his hand in Rumpke Waste & Recycling. Rumpke has been developing these sites for the past five years, and they have been thriving under the care of his business partners. Rumpke attributes much of his success to his partners — Eric Hillard of Blind Squirrel and Mike Havill of King Louie’s. The quirky name, Blind Squirrel, comes from a phrase Rumpke’s friends teased him with when he married his wife, Kathy— “even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.” Little did Rumpke know, the phrase would become the moniker for one of his
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greatest business ventures. Blind Squirrel boasts upscale pub food with gourmet burgers and a huge selection of appetizers to attract individuals from King Louie’s and the surrounding community. They have something for everyone, from patrons of sports teams to parents who love live music. Their sports bar includes two 15 x 11 ft. TVs and 23 other large TVs scattered around the facility. “We want people to feel like they’re on vacation with the restaurant, from our beautiful patio and beach vibe with three beach volleyball courts to our warm fire pit,” Hillard says. “When weather allows,
we put one of our many musicians on the patio for everyone to enjoy.” As a hub for entertainment on the east side of Louisville, Blind Squirrel hosts leagues on their three volleyball courts almost every night, even offering a heated tent for winter leagues. Rumpke, a Middletown native, is proud that it has become local hangout for people of Middletown, saying its party room is used by many locals to celebrate big occasions. The party room has two levels with its own bar, private restrooms and balcony. “We’ve become the place for live music on the east side of town, and for sports as well. We’re the only ones doing that on this side of town,” Rumpke says. The development of this property began with King Louie’s Sports Complex when Rumpke saw a lack of sports facilities on the east side of town. With children of his
own interested in sports, he wanted to build a sports facility to fill that need. As the complex developed and he spoke with more parents and patrons of King Louie’s, he noticed there was no live music locally, either, and thought Middletown residents shouldn’t have to travel into the Highlands to see great live music.
Thus, Blind Squirrel became a great compliment to King Louie’s. Rumpke, Hillard and Havill say they have been amazed with the overlap of patrons between the properties. Many parents drop their kids off at King Louie’s to play sports while they enjoy some food and games at the Blind Squirrel until it’s time for pick-up. It’s the
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“We want to be the home for lacrosse and field hockey, especially,” Havill says.
According to Havill, King Louie’s Sports Complex offers a myriad of options, including one-on-one coaching, small group training and different competitive leagues. King Louie’s is trying to be everything someone could possibly be looking for to develop their skills and seize opportunities.
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A beautiful, young singer has been taken captive by a sadistic songwriter somewhere in the city. When a group of friends find a ransom note for the woman, they become immersed in the sinister plot of a lyrical psychopath. With only an hour to earn their freedom, the group races against the clock to break free and save the singer. While this may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, it’s actually the scenario of one of the games at Countdown Louisville, Jeffersontown’s only local escape room. “Ransom was the first game we created,” says Countdown Louisville Owner Greg Butler, of the game described above. “I lived in Nashville for many years and based the idea of the game off the songwriters and record label people I met there.” A Kentucky native, Butler moved to
Louisville a few years ago with his wife, Dana, who is originally from the area. The couple tried an escape room in the fall of 2015, and Butler was hooked. By December he had a lease on a building, and Countdown Louisville opened its doors on June 1, 2016.
Electrovault was the second game to open at Countdown Louisville. Groups in this game are surrounded by historical items with ties to Nikola Tesla, and are challenged to escape from a penthouse birthday party after discovering the party host’s dark secret.
Butler had support from a designer out of Toronto, Canada, to assist with the development and structure of Ransom, before going on to create two more rooms, Electrovault and Survival, on his own. Each of the three rooms provide interactive, realworld adventures filled with exciting clues to solve complex, thrilling puzzles.
Around 25 percent of groups have successfully broken out of the Electrovault game in under an hour, and groups participating in Ransom have had a 35 percent success rate.
The games are set up like movie sets, scenically designed to immerse the players in the room’s theme, with the goal of exiting the room by solving its puzzles in under an hour. Each game has a distinct feel and storyline, and many guests end up coming back to try out another room after their first visit. JEFFERSONTOWN/MIDDLETOWN MAGAZINE / MARCH 2018
The advanced level Survival challenges a group of four to 10 guests to help hackers intercept a meteorite that is about to destroy the earth. The group is divided into two separate rooms at the start, and must break down the wall between them to combine their resources for a shot at winning the game. “Survival is by far our most challenging game,” says Butler, noting that 10 percent of
groups have successfully broken out of the room in under an hour. Countdown Louisville is completely locally owned, not part of a franchise and Butler is proud of the company’s Louisville roots. “Everything we’ve created was produced here, and our entire staff is enrolled in local universities,” he says. Butler and his team have worked together to provide a unique experience for guests, and have been able to attract quite a few repeat customers. “All of our games have multiple rooms,” Butler says. “That’s a big deal to players. At a lot of other games, you’ll go into a single room and spend the whole hour there.” While the games provide a spooky setting and can lead to some tense moments as teams race to beat the clock, there are no attempts to startle or scare guests in any way like at a haunted house. Team members are welcome to leave the room at any time if they feel uncomfortable, and all “locked” doors can be easily opened without outside assistance. The most rewarding part for Butler has been how well-received the games are, even by skeptics. “We get a lot of people who are dragged to the escape rooms, usually one person is a catalyst and another person isn’t as interested” Butler says. “I can see the look on their face when they arrive that they aren’t into it, but they come out of the game and have truly, genuinely loved the experience. It’s rewarding to see how well it is received. People love it.” Teams often get so wrapped up in the experience that they leave their hesitations at the door. “I have never had someone not enjoy the game, even if they didn’t want to do it originally,” Butler says. “The games are a
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“I spent almost 20 years in the pharmaceuticals industry in sales, training and leadership,” Butler says. “The most rewarding part of that was in training and development. Whenever we had new hires into the industry, I would train them.” Countdown Louisville can even provide audio visual support, prepare meeting materials and provide post-game leadership feedback for team building
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“We try to do things a little differently,” says owner and founder Josh Keeling. “We take a more private, hands-on approach to everything.”
“I decided I wanted to offer Jefferson County a different option when it came to cheerleading gyms,” Keeling says. “They’ve had the same style of cheerleading, the same way of doing things, and I wanted to do something in the other direction more closely to what I was brought up with.”
So hands on, in fact, that when you visit the Kentucky Cheerleading Center, Keeling is likely the first face you will see managing the front desk. The company’s humble beginnings included a loaned floor from a local school and not much space. Keeling expanded in 2013 and A native of Mayfield, Kentucky, Keeling moved the Kentucky Cheerleading Center was part of the national championship to its current location at 2701 Grassland cheerleading squad at Graves County Drive in the Bluegrass Industrial Park. High School in 2006, his senior year. He went on to cheer at the University of The 12,000 square foot facility provides a Kentucky, where he studied marketing and private, air-conditioned space that serves was involved with two collegiate national more than 400 athletes each year. championships as a Wildcat. Keeling moved to Jeffersontown in 2008, working full time for Louisville-based cheerleading events company The Jam
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and used that base to build a thriving AllStars program. The Kentucky Pride All-Stars offer teams for ages 3-23 and are split by level to allow even the most beginner students an opportunity to compete. The beginning tumbling provides a crash course for those with little to no experience, while intermediate and advanced tumbling is perfect for athletes who already have tumbling experience and want to continue honing their skills. There are also options for half-season (December through March) and full-year ( June through March) All-Star programs which both include competitions. Another former University of Kentucky cheerleader, Alex Hull, runs the Kentucky Pride All-Stars. Hull and Dexter James, who is the Classes Director, were both members of the world-famous Stingray All-Stars out of Atlanta, Georgia. James was a cheerleader at the University of Louisville and helped get the Kentucky Cheer Center off the ground when it first opened.
Keeling hopes to keep expanding the AllStars program, which currently has 65 athletes and also has ambitions to open a larger facility and branch out into other parts of the state. For now, the Jeffersontown resident is content with the facility, and enjoys the small-town feel of J-Town that reminds him of where he’s from. Keeling has enjoyed seeing the triumphs of the athletes at his gym and has seen a lot of success from both individual athletes and the school teams he works with. “The most rewarding part is seeing the kids that come in on day one who don’t really know about the sport, weren’t totally sold on it, couldn’t do much and then seeing them go all the way up to hit the peak of collegiate cheer,” says Keeling, who noted some Kentucky Cheerleading Center athletes have gone on to compete at the University of Kentucky, Western Kentucky University and Austin Peay State University, among others. “I enjoy seeing those kids take a love of the sport and put in the hard work to get to the next level,” he says. “Watching them trying to discover their own and grow as a person is probably my favorite part.” Keeling and his colleagues have also helped transform school teams that were traditionally not as competitive into annual contenders at the regional level. Overall, competitive cheerleading in Kentucky, especially Louisville, has seen a shift. “We’ve pushed all the other gyms in the area to take a step back and put more of a focus on their school teams, which has made Jefferson County as a whole a lot better,” Keeling says. “There are a lot more teams placing better at the state and national level than there were before we opened.” The Kentucky Cheerleading Center is open from noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, including All-Stars participation and class times, visit kycheercenter.com or call 502-491-1440. MARCH 2018 / JEFFERSONTOWN/MIDDLETOWN MAGAZINE
Writer / Marilou Jacob
A very unique quilt show will be held in Jeffersontown this summer. The special surprise is that all of the exhibitors will be younger than 18 years old. These youngsters, both girls and boys, will show a quilt that they have made. The rules are very simple - the quilt must be finished. That’s it. Every child is welcome to show her quilt (or two) and may have all the help she needs to learn how to make it. The style, color scheme, size, shape and every other feature is open for the sewist to decide. He might follow a published quilt pattern or she might make it up as she sews. It might
be scrappy multicolored or made with new material. It can be big or small, quilted or tied, square or any other geometric shape. Quilting is one of the most basic of arts with humble beginnings lost in time. Ancients used quilting as a way to create warm garments and bedding by layering many pieces of fabric and holding them together by running thread through the layers. It was not decorative nor beautiful but it was warm. Quilted garments also served as very early ‘bullet proof vests’ and padding for armor. The term ‘quilting’ refers to the sewing together of the layers - a top, a back and a layer in between. Today, the term ‘to quilt’ JEFFERSONTOWN/MIDDLETOWN MAGAZINE / MARCH 2018
is used to include any part of the process including sewing pieces of fabric to create the pattern on the top as well as sewing the layers together. Decoration is a basic need for humans and so decoration began to be used very early on. Sewing the quilting with a contrasting color made a simple but attractive addition. If the fabric was gray then the sewist might have chosen to use thread she had dyed with green plants. Decoration became more and more elaborate until, in the present day, decoration is the main feature of a quilt. Quilts are increasingly being recognized as an art form. They are made strictly to be hung as art and can command prices into
the many thousands of dollars, but quilting is still not on a par with painting and drawing as to value. Perhaps that will come as the younger generations find there is less need for hand made warm covers and the artistic joy increases. The artistic palate is fabric and thread and they are available now in unlimited style, color, texture and size. Sewing machines are cheap and available so most anyone can afford one. Children have always been involved in the quilting process. At the early American quilting bees the children of the home were given the task of threading needles to be ready for the quilters so they didn’t have to interrupt their work for more thread. The children were taught how to sew pieces of fabric into designs and to follow verbal instruction. Very seldom was there a fully written pattern, although quilters did share drawings of shapes to be used as templates. As the girls’ skills increased they made more of the household bed quilts or stocked their hope chests for the future.
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In most of the colder parts of the country, having many quilts was vital for survival. In affluent homes the beds that children slept in were hung with drapes to block the winter cold and then several quilts were piled on the bed. These quilts usually had only a thin layer of fabric in the middle, so several were needed to create the warmth. On the frontier, children usually slept together in one bed with quilts piled on top. The children would huddle together to share body heat and the quilts held in the warmth. Another advantage of the children sleeping in one bed was space. Only one bed to take up room in a very small cabin was a space saver. Today, making a quilt is a great way to learn to sew. The seams are usually straight and short, the work is satisfying and the children feel a great deal of pride in their accomplishment. There are other lessons to be learned as they sew, math, handling an iron safely, geometry and color sense to name a few. · The math lessons are painless as they begin to see the use for the Times Tables and fractions. Reading a ruler is now a useful skill, cutting shapes the right size and learning what ‘square’ means are lifetime skills. · Using an iron is a very necessary part of quilting. If the youngster presses each seam as it is sewn the individual pieces fit together more accurately. A hot iron can be dangerous and should be used with respect, but it should be used in quilting. · Quilting is all about Geometry. Squares, rectangles, triangles are basic shapes for quilt designs. Other shapes like circles, stars, lines and points just broaden the possibilities. Here, school classes come to life. · In a time when art classes in school are considered to be ‘fluff ’, quilting introduces the color wheel, shades, contrast like light, medium and dark and how one color can influence another. Pride in a job well done is also important
to a child’s preparation for the adult world and a chance to show her work to any who will come to see it is vital. The Childrens’ Quilt Show is designed to do just that. Each exhibitor will receive a ribbon of participation.
free. Refreshments will be served. How can your boy or girl participate? Complete the registration form below and mail to the address on the form. Please register as early as possible to help the committee with their planning. You can register first and then make your quilt. Deadline for the quilts to be delivered to the fire department is Sunday, July 22.
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On December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, the Leake brothers from Raywick, Kentucky walked to Lebanon and enlisted to defend their country and fight for freedom. The three were separated but survived to return home and, like many, began a life-long career of factory work. But surviving to return home does not mean that life returns back to normal. In 1980, after a life-long struggle with PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Joseph Leake eventually committed suicide, leaving behind a family who loved him. His grandson, Troy Yocum, always felt there must have been some way his grandfather could have been helped. After his own tours of duty in Iraq, Troy made it his personal mission to help veterans and reduce veteran suicide. The charity, Active Heroes, started as a single fundraising hike across America. Lasting 17 months, covering 7,800 miles and 37 states, the “Hike for Heroes” raised $1.3 million for military
families and brought national attention to veteran suicide. Yocum was awarded the Citizen Honors Medal by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Since 2011, he has served as the president of Active Heroes and grown the mission to serve veterans in every state. Their mission is to end veteran suicide, and they are succeeding with a brilliant commitment to the communities they serve. In the Greater Louisville Area they have created free events and seminars, a Military Family Retreat Center located in Shepherdsville, KY and now a Military Family Community Center located in Jeffersontown, KY. I first became aware of Active Heroes when a friend (who was a disabled veteran) shared with me the story of how Active Heroes helped outfit his home when the government would not. Intrigued, I researched them online and found that more than 80 percent of the money donated goes right to the veterans who need it most. Immediately, I knew this was an exceptional organization and as the granddaughter, daughter and sister of combat veterans, I felt compelled to contribute to the JEFFERSONTOWN/MIDDLETOWN MAGAZINE / MARCH 2018
effort to reduce these numbers. I started participating in fundraising events and encouraging others to do the same. One of the first things we completed was a ruckmarch called, “Carry the Fallen.” It was an emotional experience, and I will never forget as we bowed our heads in prayer for our fallen countrymen in Cave Hill Cemetery. Since then, our work with Active Heroes has only grown. According to the US Department of Veteran Affairs, PTSD is defined as a mental health issue that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a lifethreatening event, such as combat, an assault, an injury or natural disaster. One of the most common types of trauma that causes PTSD is combat. Symptoms can include hopelessness, depression, anxiety, addiction, chronic pain, unemployment, homelessness and the inability to sustain lasting, healthy relationships. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation reports that if left untreated, PTSD can also last for the remainder of one’s life. The most recent reports state that the veteran suicide rate is still twice that of
civilians. For Active Heroes, even one veteran suicide is one too many. There is a great amount of hope and many who are committed to helping our young men and women coming home with PTSD.
more we keep our bodies active, the greater chance we will have at keeping our minds sharp and healthy. Active Heroes knows this and uses activity to inspire, motivate and connect veterans.
“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do,” says Donna Salib, mother of an American soldier and Active Heroes volunteer. Donna got connected with Active Heroes while her son was deployed and has been a passionate supporter ever since.
Several years ago, we began partnering with them for the annual “Pound Challenge.” Those who participated attempted to lift a total of 22 million pounds in order to inspire others to donate to the cause. Why lift weight for inspiration? The weight is intended to represent not just the physical burdens our soldiers have but the emotional ones as well. The significance of the number 22 is that at Active Heroes inception the Department of Veterans Affairs was reporting a veteran suicide rate of 22 veterans per day. Since then, Active Heroes has played an integral part in reducing that number to 20 per day.
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We are grateful to have the resources to offer these families in our community a chance to connect and get healthier together. After 20 years in the health and wellness industry, I’ve come to discover that all of us are hoping for the same thing in life. We all just want to live our best life possible, but that is not always easy. We need the support and confidence of others to lift us up when we get beaten down.
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CURRENT EVENTS CLUB IS OLDEST IN JEFFERSON COUNTY Writer / Beth Wilder, Director Jeffersontown Historical Museum
In this day and age of social media and busy schedules, most people do not seem to feel the need or have the time to actually gather together – in person – to discuss what is going on in the world around them. It appears to be far easier to either sit back and ignore everything, or to anonymously
offer criticisms on every aspect of society. Things were not always like that, however, and there was a time when it was considered a luxury to gather together socially to not only discuss things of a topical nature, but to actually try to contribute to society in a beneficial way in the process. In the early 1900s, when women did not have much to keep themselves occupied
outside of home and raising a family, Mrs. Henry N. Reubelt of Jeffersontown conceived the idea of forming a literary club, which, while having all the elements of a social gathering, would also be instructive and improve the minds of its members. To accomplish this, she invited a number of ladies to her home on January 11, 1906. Snow covered the ground that day, yet Mrs.
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Reubelt’s seven friends braved the cold and made their way to her home for a spot of tea and to chat about the content of certain books or what they had read in one of the few newspapers available to them – that was about the only means of knowing what was going on in the world at the time. While sitting in front of the blazing hearth, “shivering on one side and toasting on the other,” the “Current Events Club” was formed when the ladies decided to make the event a regular affair to discuss subjects such as literature, art, science and the vital interests of the day. The club started with eight charter members – Miss Ann Bryan, Mrs. Clarence F. Bryan, Mrs. Ethel Sprowl Bryan, Mrs. Clarence W. Erdman, Mrs. Viola Buchanan Howell, Mrs. William F. Hunsinger, Mrs. H.N. Reubelt and Mrs. R.H. Snively. Officers were elected, and the club members agreed to meet semi-monthly at one another’s homes from 1:30-4:00 p.m. Meetings would be hosted from the beginning of Autumn until the end of Spring by the various club members in turn, and delightful refreshments would be served. In addition to discussing events of the time that were mentioned in periodicals and newspapers, the ladies also tended to read and study the works of great literary masters. By November of 1907, the ladies had decided to write a novel themselves, with each member contributing a chapter. In February of 1909, The Jeffersonian newspaper decided to include the story, titled “Mystery of the Manor,” as a serial in its weekly newspaper. Subscribers to the paper thoroughly enjoyed the tale, JeffersontownMag.com / MARCH 2018 / JEFFERSONTOWN MAGAZINE / 41
and the editor of the newspaper noted how nice it was to have such “high-class literary talent” in Jeffersontown, and that the men in town seemed rather jealous that the club was for women only – especially when sumptuous dinners were served. In 1910, the ladies of the Current Events Club decided that Jeffersontown needed a library. In April of that year, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions to raise funds for one, with help from the Jeffersontown Commercial Club. The town contributed liberally to the project, and on May 19, 1911, a formal opening was held for the new – free – public library in Jeffersontown, on the second floor of the Bruce building on the town square. The library was open from 2:00-9:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, staffed by volunteers. Raising funds for the library was an ongoing project of the club, and it eventually became a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. Over the years, club membership grew,
although it was limited by invitation to 20 members at a time (plus five “honorary members,” who had belonged to the club for many years, but no longer felt able to host or actively contribute research to the club). Meetings eventually were held on a monthly basis from September through June, rather than every two weeks, with a hostess and co-hostess for each event. Ladies of the Current Events Club continued throughout the decades to contribute both time and money to various civic and philanthropic organizations – in fact, it has been said that this club was the first organization to do such work in the county outside Louisville. Of special note is the fact that the Current Events Club is considered the oldest continually active club in Jefferson County. In 2012, the ladies of the Current Events Club created a quilt in tribute to the history of the City of Jeffersontown, which they presented to Mayor Bill Dieruf and donated to the Jeffersontown Historical
Museum. Club members typically have very prominent roots in Jeffersontown, many of them descended from its founding families. Tyler Taylor, a member of the club for more than 50 years, remarked in a Courier-Journal article about the ladies of the Current Events Club that, “It’s the camaraderie and the fact that you have so much shared history that makes it interesting.” Barbara Hunsinger Stephens noted at the same time that, “These early ladies were not fading flowers. They were well-educated. They were up on things and interested in things.” The intellect and curiosity of the ladies of the Current Events Club, past and present, has sustained it for more than 110 years – not a feat to be taken lightly in this day and age, when it seems hard to keep anyone’s attention for more than a few moments at a time. Jeffersontown is very fortunate and proud to be able to boast about having the county’s oldest club, which has provided a great deal of character and service to our community.
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