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DITCH THE DIET: CULTIVATE YOUR PLATE FOUNDER KATE BOSTON OFFERS NUTRITION COACHING & EDUCATION ON HEALTHY EATING

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CANCER SURVIVOR OPENS UPSCALE WIGS BOUTIQUE TO SUPPORT OTHER PATIENTS & SURVIVORS Writer / Tyrel Kessinger . Photographers / Christine Mueller & Hollie Colwick

Heidi Fuller is a positive person. So much so so that she’s even found a way to put an uplifting spin on cancer. Because, well, that’s just who she is. In 2015, Fuller was diagnosed with Stage 3 uterine cancer. She did her best to brace herself against the “storm,” as she calls her war with cancer, but she found she had no idea what to truly expect. After making it out on the other side, having learned what she learned through the school of hard knocks, she knew she wanted to help others through their own storms, those that, like her, were initially unprepared as to what to expect.

So, in 2016, Fuller opened Awakenings Boutique, an online store selling wigs (as well as other cancer-treatment related items such as lotions and nausea candies) to help meet the same needs that had plagued her during her own bouts of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. She recalls that she herself did not have the most pleasant experience when she went to get her own wig — a time that is already rife with unpleasantries. The less than desirable interaction left Fuller wanting to make the experience of others going through the hell of cancer as fun and enjoyable as possible. Her plan was a success. Fuller, soon after, opened a physical store in August of 2018 (also called Awakenings) which is located in Middletown.

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“For myself, losing my hair was more traumatic for me than the cancer diagnosis,” Fuller says. “And this is common for probably 95 percent of women who are diagnosed with cancer. It’s the ultimate insult of cancer, you know, taking your hair. It was just very traumatic to lose my hair and have to wear a wig. But I truly found my strength when I decided to take my own hair. I cut it short, I shaved it. In that moment of shaving my head, I just became very fierce, determined. I promised cancer that I would be its forever worst nightmare.”

Fuller was born in Troy, Ohio but has lived in Louisville since 2000. She’s been married for 15 years, has twostepdaughters (ages 18 and 21) and an adopted four-year-old daughter. She had been working with Starbucks’ business development department for 10 years negotiating franchise contracts. Needless to say, she had (and still has) a lot on her plate when cancer came calling. She realizes that many people aren’t as fortunate as she was, that many don’t have the same level of support that she did.

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“Life still goes on even though you’re sick and it has to for a lot of people,” she says. “But there’s no reason anyone should have to do it alone, especially something that can be as disheartening as losing your hair and having to wear a wig.

“By the time they get to me they’ve usually gone through so much,” she adds. “And now they have to come in and pick out a wig and no one is looking forward to that. So I make that experience the most comfortable and fun as possible.

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As far as comfort goes, I shave my own head now which is kind of ironic because it was so traumatic for me to lose my hair, so I shave my head and wear the wigs myself so they come in here and they see that I don’t have any hair and that I wear the wigs. Immediately it just provides a level of comfort for them. It gives them confidence. They see me with no hair and they think ‘Okay, I can do this, she doesn’t have hair, maybe it’s not so bad.’ Or ‘Oh my gosh, she’s wearing a wig, I had no idea it was a wig.’ That’s probably one of the biggest things I do to support these people.”

Through her fight against cancer, one thing made itself apparent to Fuller — most people don’t know what to say or do for people who have been diagnosed with it. Particularly those who have never had any close friends or family to face down their own “storm.” So Fuller offers some advice to those who are wondering the best and most appropriate way to talk to people with cancer or facing chemo treatments and things you can do and get for them that serve a more practical and useful purpose.

“When you’re going through this you get all kinds of things,” she says. “People are sending you all kinds of stuff and really wanting to support you, but what you find is you get a lot of items you can’t use.

Flowers is a big one. Everyone wants to send flowers. You can’t even really have flowers around you, you can’t take them to the hospital, you can’t take them to chemo. They just sit there. There’s no use for them. Sympathy cards, like ‘I’m so sorry you’re sick.’ You just want to laugh. You kind of want to forget that you’re sick for a while. So you should really find out what they’re basic needs are. If they have children, maybe providing transportation to soccer practice or go to school or proving meals so the caregivers don’t have to cook.

Forming a group of people that can just jump in and help out. If you’re out of town just find items that will help them, like the skin care or nausea candy or the snarky cards. Blankets, sockets, hats, beanies, scarves, you know, comfort products.”

Fuller also stresses that the caregivers shouldn’t be overlooked. The obvious focus is on the individual fighting cancer, but the people taking care of them need help and support, too.

“My mom and my husband were my caregivers, and they just struggled to keep up with my medicines and my surgeries and they kind of got overlooked through the cancer storm,” Fuller says. “They needed people to talk to and items as well to help me, like a cancer planner or books or something to help them be caregivers to me.”

Fuller may be in a better, happier place today but there will always be those whose dark times have yet to come or whose silver linings might not be so silvery. She’s prepared though, and Fuller and her store are ready to offer respite from any gathering storm, no matter its severity.

“When they’re in here, at Awakenings, I feel there’s light through the darkness,” she says.

Awakenings Boutique is located at 12121 Shelbyville Road in Louisville. You can visit them online at awakenshop.com or give them a call at 502-382-4400 for more information.

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THE GIFT OF WINTER READING Writer / Dan H. Jones, M.F., Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of The Parklands

In our temperate deciduous forest, when winter strikes, we tend to turn our attention away from nature and wait until spring returns to venture back out into The Parklands. However, there’s a lot happening outdoors in the winter, and there are a

number of books that can help you explore, whether from the trail or the armchair.

If your interest is in getting out on the trail in winter or early spring, here are a few suggestions: • The most unusual winter field guide I know of is Lauren Brown’s Weeds in Winter. It’s a masterful book, with nice sketches, of JANUARY 2019

the most common weeds and flowering plants and their winter remnants. Many plants survive as hardy skeletons, with very distinctive and beautiful forms in their deceased flower heads and seed pods, until the following spring’s growth pushes them aside. While the book is out of print, there are many used, affordable copies available on Amazon.

• Mary Wharton and Roger Barbour’s Trees and Shrubs of Kentucky is the best book you can buy if you want to improve your knowledge of trees, and they include images of both leaves and twigs, making it a great book for Field ID in any season, including winter. They also provide great information on species range in Kentucky (a real help with ID), and useful natural history overviews. Winter botany is challenging, but if you focus on bark, twigs and leaves left on the ground, it is a really fun way to learn trees, and the structure of a forest (the differing sizes, ages and growth forms of trees) is much more visible in winter, providing insightful study of the natural and cultural history of a given site. I’ve had this book for 35 years, and I still use it every year.

• My gift to myself this year is Donald and Lillian Stokes’ The Stokes Guide to Nature in Winter, with a goal of peeking beyond my own limited knowledge of The Parklands in winter. It’s out of print, but there are plenty of copies on Amazon.

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• Finally, if you are a hold-out for early spring, and want to be ready when it arrives, Randy Seymour’s Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park and Thomas G. Barnes and S. Francis Wilson’s Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky are the best books for wildflowers and both cover the flowers found in our area. Both are organized by season and flower color, making it very easy to identify species and also providing a great preparatory glimpse — in the section on spring flowers — of what awaits you when the sun finally climbs back across the Celestial Equator during the Spring Equinox and fires up our spring ephemerals, one of nature’s great shows.

For the armchair winter naturalist: • If your preference is the armchair approach to winter nature, go no further than Bernd Heinrich’s A Year in the Maine Woods, or David George Haskell’s The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. Heinrich spent years living in the woods of Maine and is the closest thing we have to a living Thoreau, as well as a wide-ranging and innovative ecologist. Haskell is a professor at Sewanee and presents the forest through a tiny patch of ground, showing that you can find something to see at any time and at any scale. Both walk you through the full year’s cycle, with great sections on the ecology of New England and Southern Appalachian Forests in the winter. By placing winter in context, you understand better the fact that life has not vanished, it’s simply gone to ground.

Finally, I highly recommend winter hiking. The cold embraces you and wakes you up, and nature highlights many of its secrets in the starkness of a winter landscape — from topography and morphology to weeds and seeds — that lie hidden through our lush summers. The light is beautiful and revealing, and you will learn another season of The Parklands’ magical landscapes.

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ommitting to following a healthy, well-balanced diet may seem like an insurmountable change for some, but Kate Boston of Cultivate Your Plate has dedicated her career to helping people in their quest to lead healthier lives.

“Cultivate Your Plate is founded on attainable and sustainable wellness,” says Boston, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

“I help my clients focus on behavioral changes with slow and steady nutrition, activity and lifestyle improvements that transform health goals into healthy habits.”

Boston’s approach results in long-term wellness that promotes health and

nourishment rather than obsessing over a goal weight.

“A lot of people focus on the number on the scale, but that number doesn’t always mean health,” she says. “Achieving a goal weight doesn’t make us healthy if we aren’t eating balanced meals with foods rich in nutritional value.”

Quick-fix fad diets frequently result in substantial weight loss but are hard to maintain and end up with rebound weight gain that can be even more than the person lost in the first place.

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countless benefits of a balanced meal plan, which has plenty of room for everyone’s favorite foods,” she says.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Boston was inspired to study nutrition and dietetics at West Chester University after seeing first-hand how diet can affect someone’s life — for better or worse. Her grandfather had kidney disease and passed away when Boston was in second grade, her grandmother passed away due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, and her younger brother, Kevin was born with spina bifida. As Boston began to learn about the connections between diet and preventing or delaying disease, she knew she had found her career.

“I’ve seen a lot of death and disease, and I want to help prevent that as much as I can,” she says.

Whether it’s adding a few more years to someone’s life or helping someone with prediabetes reverse the damage they’ve done to their bodies so they don’t eventually suffer from diabetes, Boston finds true meaning in her work.

Some of her own experience with weight management also inspired her work.

“I struggled during adolescence with yo-yo dieting,” Boston says. “I started studying nutrition in college to help manage my weight, and quickly learned how nutrition can boost energy and mood, prevent disease and, in some cases reverse disease, among many other aspects of life it truly benefits.”

The shift of focus was transformational for her.

“I began to focus less on the number on the scale and more on my quality of life and the joy food brings to the table,” she says. “This revitalized my relationship with food, and I want to share that with others.”

Instead of focusing solely on calories and bad foods versus good foods, Boston works to educate her clients overall on what is healthy eating.

and sometimes foods. My life would be amiss without dark chocolate and burritos.”

fit in airplane seats for cross-country flights to visit grandkids.”

Boston has 10 years of professional experience in dietetics and nutrition, across several disciplines. She completed an internship in Phoenix with the Paradise Valley Unified School District before landing a full-time role as a Clinical Inpatient Dietitian at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. At Sinai, she worked with various floors at the hospital for two years before being assigned to the 3,000-plus patient Bariatric department, focusing solely on weight loss surgery patients.

Seeing the life-changing transformations of these patients and the emotional relief and excitement that came with losing so much excess weight was quite inspiring for Boston, and she enjoyed experiencing it first-hand.

“Working with bariatric patients was one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done,” she says. “Grown men and women cried “I don’t teach people that there are good and tears of joy to me when they could finally bad foods,” she says. “There are always foods bend over to tie their own shoes again and

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Following a move to San Francisco for her husband Corey’s job, Boston took a position at an inpatient eating disorder clinic working with patients who suffered from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders.

“Working with patients struggling with eating disorders was also very rewarding,” she says. “An eating disorder is often a coping method for something deeper like

stress, depression or anxiety in life. Being able to debunk some of the nutrition beliefs my patients had and help them get back to eating normally was awesome.”

Another move, this time to San Antonio, brought Boston the opportunity to work with dialysis patients at DaVita Dialysis, helping patients who suffered from kidney disease. Things came full circle for her at this point, as she was helping patients who were in a similar position that her grandfather had been in before he passed away from the disease.

family (which now includes daughters Charlee and Bailey) made the move to Louisville to be closer to Corey’s family.

Boston continued in the dialysis field as a Renal Dietitian at American Kidney Center for three and a half years before opening Cultivate Your Plate in January 2018.

Being able to help patients lead a longer, healthier life was very fulfilling, as she wished she had more time with her own grandfather. She also enjoyed the strong rapport that was developed with clients and their families because patients visited the facility three days a week for several hours at “I loved working with dialysis patients, but instead of teaching people what they can’t a time to receive treatment. eat (dialysis patients must follow strict In the summer of 2014, the growing Boston diets), I want to work in disease preventative

care,” she says. “A lot of people suffer from illness and health concerns but may not think much about their nutrition and how it is related. A little bit of improved eating here and there can make a difference on quality of life.”

Creating a successful nutrition and diet plan requires a lot of personalization and is not a one-size fits all experience.

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Boston believes in meeting her clients where they are in their nutrition journey, so instead of making a lot of drastic changes from the get-go, she works with clients to slowly implement changes to their diet and lifestyle. A client who hates vegetables, for example, may be challenged to add just one veggie a week to their diet, in the beginning, to get used to the change.

should incorporate more of those foods into our meals,” Boston adds. “Look up the health benefits of beets, for example, and you’ll see what I mean. Knowing the why is often great encouragement and motivation for change.”

She works with clients to make sure they understand her recommendations and how the changes she suggests will have an overall effect on their health.

Some of the reasons include weight management, increasing energy and endurance, managing moods, adding years of life and more. Boston likes to reference the famous Hippocrates quote, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

“Healthline.com is a great resource that provides information on the health benefits of various foods and why we

After the first consultation, Boston offers several packages to find the fit that best suits each client. She can schedule regular

follow-ups for someone who needs the extra motivation to stay on track, which can help cut down on yo-yo weight loss and gain, leading to real results.

Clients can reach out anytime via a secure online platform with questions that arise in between meetings, and Boston can even review photo food logs to offer instant insight into what you’re eating. As she put it, “It’s like having a dietitian in your pocket.”

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While Boston has years of experience working with clients who are struggling with serious diseases or weight issues and need drastic changes to their diets, she also has had a lot of success working with clients who see a big difference in their overall health with just a few small tweaks to their diet.

“I enjoy teaching clients how to balance their portions throughout the day, which can help prevent poor metabolism, sugar cravings, extra-large portions and skipped meals,” says Boston, who noted that skipping meals often has the opposite effect and leads to binges and cravings later on.

As for her top tips, Boston aims to keep it manageable so clients can more successfully implement the changes and even come up with solutions their whole family will enjoy. At the top of her list are drinking lots of water and natural, unsweetened beverages, choosing whole grains, adding in more veggies and fruit, having a lot of variety and including plant protein, seafood and lean meat to help you feel full.

“By definition, diet first meant the type of food we typically eat,” she says. “I want to reclaim the word diet in that sense, so it is not seen as this idea of not eating or having lots of restriction and limitation.

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World War II Vet & Roppel Industries Co-Founder, Virgil Roppel, Reflects On a Storied Life Writer / Shannon Siders

At 94 years old, Virgil Roppel has had quite a storied life. He served in the Navy during World War II, launched a successful business with his brother that continues to thrive today, raised six children, was the President of the Model A Club and seemingly never met a stranger.

Until recently, the Jeffersontown resident would drive himself to the American Legion G.I. Joe Post 244 every day to enjoy an Early Times and Diet Coke and spend time with his friends. A nasty fall at home last spring has left him mostly homebound, but he still makes it out to visit the Legion when he can, where he is the oldest living WWII veteran member.

Despite some health issues and the disappointment of not getting out of the house as much, Virgil has maintained his sense of humor. Asked if his friends at the Legion miss his daily visits, he quickly

responded with a laugh, “They miss my money!”

All jokes aside, Virgil has truly made a name for himself through his business, as a longtime Jeffersontown resident, and through his membership at the Legion. He even has a designated parking spot.

“It makes me feel so proud that he has so many friends,” says his daughter Maureen.

“They take care of him and watch after him and are such great people. They honor his WWII service and are always congratulating him for that.”

Virgil lives with Maureen in the home the family moved to in 1950 on Pelham Court, which, at the time, was a gravel road.

“Taylorsville Road was a two-lane road, and it was long distance to call Louisville from the house,” says Virgil’s youngest son, Tom. “It was a rural community at the time but such a wonderful place to grow up.”

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Virgil grew up in the St. Matthews area and joined the Navy when he was just 17 years old. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor and was in charge of the catapult crew on the aircraft carrier USS Marcus Island that shot off planes in the Pacific Ocean.

After returning from war, Virgil and his brother, John, opened a small service station business that evolved into a radiator shop. Founded in 1947, Roppel Industries has grown to become the Midwest’s largest distributor of automotive, industrial, heavy duty and agricultural engine cooling and air conditioning products.

The men taught themselves everything they needed to know about the business and threw themselves completely into the work.

They even lived in apartments above the shop on Baxter Avenue with their families for a short while.

“My mom loved it because she was from

the city and could hear all the noise of the city,” says Maureen of Virgil’s late wife Peggy.

Virgil met Peggy, who was from Philadelphia, while he was in the Navy.

Peggy struggled some when the family moved to J-Town, as it was much more country. A neighbor at the end of the street had cows, and she had never seen cows in person before.

But the family quickly got to know everyone from the chief of police to the mayor, and their house became a favorite hangout spot for their neighbors and friends of their children.

The Roppel’s put a pool in the backyard when Tom was in high school and loved having people over. Their New Year’s Eve parties would draw hundreds of attendees, and the family welcomed others into their home who needed a place to stay with open arms.

“He never met a stranger,” Tom says.

“He’s just always been one of the most generous people, him and my mom. They were always there for us, their friends and people we didn’t even know.”

Their hospitality even extended into the family business.

“I remember a customer from out of town had a broke down car during Derby week,” Tom says. “He needed to stay in town overnight to wait for parts that had been ordered and dad invited him out to stay with him. That’s how my family is.”

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“We have a lot of employees who have been with us well over 30 years, and a few have even been with us more than 40 years now,” Tom says. “It’s so neat to know we’ve been around almost 71 years now.”

After Virgil’s retirement, Corey made a plaque for him with all the tools required to make a radiator, and his employees gave him a heartfelt plaque commemorating 50 years of service. He was even recognized by the National Automotive Radiator Service Association in 1996 with their Lifetime Achievement award.

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These days, cars are more of a hobby than a job for Virgil. A large detached garage at his home is filled with old cars, including a yellow 1939 Buick Convertible. He and a few friends started a local Model A Club many years ago, and his son Vince is in the club now.

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now,” Hager says. “There was a lot of trial and error.”

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Hager and his team had to get fully trained on the workings of the TB 900, and it took a while to work out the kinks.

The investment of both time and money seems to be worth it, though, as Tree Care Inc. is the leading firewood provider for Jefferson County.

Hager and his team aim to provide quality work at reasonable pricing with premium results across all of their projects.

“We’re family owned and oriented, and some of my employees have been with me since the beginning,” Hager says. “We treat our customers like family, too. New and old customers have told us how friendly and laid back we are to work with.”

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LOCAL COUPLE LEADS ANTI-BULLYING & SAFETY CLASSES Writer / Beth Beckwith

Earlier this year tension arose in the local community concerning child abduction attempts near Norton Commons and Saratoga Woods. Many concerned humanitarians began to spread word of this through social media in an attempt to raise “Stranger Danger” awareness. One local couple, Scott and Donna Smith, decided to take physical action to help prevent further harm.

Scott runs Gracie Jiu-Jitsu of Kentucky, a martial arts and fitness academy for children and adults of all ages located off of Blankenbaker Access in Jeffersontown, not far from Middletown. They have been hosting Bully Me Not programs for several years now to equip parents and kids with the proper tools to detect and avoid bullying. These hands-on seminars engage participants by discussing various scenarios where bullying may take place. The primary focus is on verbal diffusion from these types of situations. The secondary focus is on

they won’t get in trouble if they decide to stand up for themselves or ask for help.”

This year Scott and Donna started a new program called Kids Safe. Their first Kids Safe event, held in August, focused on “When we did our first Bully Me Not spatial awareness and what to do in the case program, there were 50-60 kids flooding of an abduction attempt. Police officers in the doors,” Scott says. “We educate the kids and their parents too. If a child is being from the Jeffersontown Police Department joined in to help put the program together picked on, parents need to know what and talk to participants. Batman, played by signs to look for. I’ve even had bullies in Zach Schuller, even made an appearance my classes in the past. You see their faces to raise crowd morale. Zach personally and the story each person tries to tell you through their hurting and need for someone custom-made his costume to look legitimate and draw kids’ attention in hopes of raising to listen to them.” awareness and consideration for the delicate topic at hand.

He went on to discuss how parents expect that the school systems will help but, in Scott and other staff members taught truth, they can’t be there around the clock. techniques for how to avoid kidnapping.

As a result, Scott incorporated a series of The most important technique was protocols that children should adhere to to remain aware of the space between when being bullied. yourself and others. They orchestrated a “Learning to defend themselves is good for “what if ” scenario where attendees had to decide who was the likely abductor in them but your kid doesn’t want to get in a unique display. One student, Anthony trouble by you, the parent or their school,” Menendez, was asked to put on a hoodie Scott says. “They need to understand that techniques that help individuals understand how they can empower themselves and that they don’t have to feel like victims.

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and act tough on one side of the gym.

On the other side, two other female students stood and were asked to appear approachable and friendly.

understanding of what should be done.”

“You’ll attract more flies with sugar than vinegar,” Scott says. “One of the things happening around town was that females were trying to lure kids into their vehicles.”

“We always want our children to be educated, to eat well, behave well, but you also want to build that confidence in your child where they can defend and take care of themselves,” Scott says. “I have kids who come in and out of the gate who are just studs and others, it takes years of years of training because the more you train, the better you get. There are kids in the program who have been here for over 10 years. I have kids who can win against trained grown men. That’s what jiu-jitsu can do.”

Many families decided to bring their children in for more self-defense courses and sign up themselves once they saw how effective the workshops were. Scott and The crowd was asked who they thought Donna have received thanks in the past would abduct them and every hand raised for helping children learn anti-bullying when Scott pointed at Anthony. Scott strategies and to build a better sense of informed them that it was actually the two self-confidence. These skills have helped women who were to be mistrusted. Police many children feel able to stand up for officers went into detail about the recent abduction attempts and why this was the case. themselves since training at the academy.

The class moved forward to discuss how abductors would not be menacing but rather kind when they are trying to take a child. From this lesson, students were taught to know how far to stay away from someone if they felt the need to evade. The rest of the course taught them what to do if they were being abducted. They practiced certain maneuvers focusing on how to make their body feel heavy, break away and call out for help.

“We as parents want our kids to be polite to everyone,” Scott says. “Unfortunately nowadays kids need to be taught something different. They need to be comfortable enough to tell an adult no. It’s an educational thing that kids need to start hearing. It doesn’t always happen in the first or second program we do, but if we can reach out to kids then they can get a base

Courses for children range at the academy and are sectioned based on age range.

The initial program, for ages 4-6, is called “The Spider Monkey In Me.” In this starter program, parents serve as their child’s partner. Jiu-jitsu moves are similar to play time wrestling for kids. Scott mentioned that skill base plays a significant role in these courses as well as age. At one point he even evaluated and included a 3-year old in this class before due to the child’s adaptability and cognition.

Ages 7-9 are the “minions.” These students begin to learn submission, groundwork and all of the basics of jiu-jitsu. The next age group is the “juniors,” consisting of preteens and teenagers. From that point on, students have the chance to migrate into the adult classes.

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men’s self-defense throughout the year as well. In some of Scott’s self-defense courses for women, he places special focus on days like Black Friday, where women may be deemed more vulnerable and profitable for a criminal to harass.

“If you’re a bad person, you take advantage of the fact that every female has cash or goods on those days,” Scott adds.

The first thing students learn to do in these scenarios is to give the perpetrator what they want because, in Scott’s words, “nothing is worth dying for.” Next, they learn step-by-step techniques to use to help break away. None of the self-defense courses at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu of Kentucky focus on how to harm another individual. The main discipline rests on fundamental basic mechanics that help to avoid, deflect or break away from negative scenarios.

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Scott and Donna conduct these workshops and many similar self-defense demonstrations at no charge in order to give back to the community. Their work continues to grow and adapt based on the needs of others.

When asked what inspired Scott to start these free programs, he said, “This is my living, this is what I do 24/7. When I see a kid that’s been picked on and the look in their eye when they realize there’s an answer, they can learn, they can get help., you just have to do it. Parents may not get it at first but this is an art. It’s all about repetition.

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“We have some of the most experienced personal trainers in the area, and we require degrees and certifications that other gyms do not,” Bero adds.

Fitness 19 has several trainers who have been with the company for more than 10 The recently remodeled and expanded years and continue to push and motivate facility now spans more than 10,000 square clients to be their best. The friendly, feet and offers amenities other clubs do not. community atmosphere is apparent from the The expansion has allowed for the creation moment you step into the gym. Members of more than 30 group fitness classes a week, help one another with weight spotting and ranging from low-impact options like yoga other needs and are always quick to share and Pilates to higher intensity boot camps the benefits of the gym with prospective and Zumba. The facility also features top of members who are touring the facility. the line cardio equipment, machines and The welcoming environment has led to free weights. friendships being formed even outside the gym. Fitness19 hosts member appreciation “We can accommodate someone looking parties throughout the year to get members to do nearly any type of workout,” Bero together in more social settings. says. “Our members have different needs so we accommodate what works best for Jim and Erin Bero, who are expecting their each individual. It’s a great culture here, our third child, live just a mile from the gym and members range from athletes to seniors, appreciate all the relationships they’ve made over the years. stay-at-home moms to bodybuilders, no judgment, everyone is welcome. It’s what

“Middletown has become our home,” Bero says. “A lot of our members are friends outside of the facility as well. People keep coming back to Fitness 19 because they are happy with what we’ve done in the area.”

Memberships start at just $9 per month and are month-to-month with no longterm commitment. Packages with add-ons, including the option for onsite childcare, are also available. Fitness19 accepts Silver Sneakers and most insurance base programs, so many of their members see little to no out of pocket cost.

Fitness 19 is conveniently located in Middletown at the intersection of Shelbyville Rd and Blankenbaker Pkwy. at 109 Blankenbaker Parkway. Fitness 19 is open from 5 a.m. - 11 p.m. Monday Thursday, 5 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.

- 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Bero also opened a second Fitness 19 location off Lime Kiln Lane near Ballard High School in 2011.

BEHIND THE CASTLE DOORS WHITE CASTLE’S LARGEST FROZEN FOODS FACILITY RESIDES CLOSE TO MIDDLETOWN Writer / Tyrel Kessinger

the concept of frozen food,” he says.

hours a day. Five days a week, sometimes six.”

White Castle has been serving their unique brand of burgers since 1921, when they opened their first restaurant in Wichita, Kansas. While the fast-food dynasty has come a long way since then, their proliferation has been contained within only a portion of the United States, which left a lot of unlucky people unable to enjoy one of the chain’s infamous “sliders.” That is, until 1988, when White Castle created their own frozen foods division, ushering them into a previously untapped market and bringing their delicious product to frozen food sections the nation over.

He later served a stint at the White Castle meat plant in Orleans, Indiana, before returning to the Jeffersontown area in 1997, the year the company opened the facility in its current industrial park location. “Originally, it was for the tax incentive in Ruckriegel,” McGraw says of the company’s decision to build the plant in the Jeffersontown area. “To attract businesses whenever they were first developing the park. And this location is centrally located to all the major interstates in the country as well.”

For those of you not up to the math, that comes out to an astronomical 200,000,000 to 240,000,000 burgers a year, depending on the amount of days worked. To say that’s a lot of beef is quite the understatement, but perhaps McGraw sums it much better: “This division is very successful.”

Plant manager Tony McGraw oversees production at the facility and is the resident “HR person who keeps the peace” within the factory.

“This plant is the biggest frozen food facility that White Castle has,” McGraw informs me. While the site is deceptively unassuming from the outside, a staggering amount of work takes place here.

“We have three production lines here. We “I started on Chamberlain Lane in ‘88, have two older lines and we have one new which is where the pilot plant was at, the automated production line,” McGraw says. test plant to see if they were going to go with “We basically run 48,000 burgers an hour, 16

THE TOUR Steve Haines, the facility’s Quality Assurance officer, and my guide through the plant’s processes, prepped me for the tour. It’s obvious by the gear I was asked to wear and the hygienic procedures I underwent before stepping out on the floor that, above all, White Castle’s two main ingredients are safety and cleanliness.

Before the tour began, he asked whether I wanted the short version or the long. I opted for long, which obviously pleased the smiling Haines. “What can I say, I’m proud of what we do here,” he told me as he showed around the plant.

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It’s conveyor belt system of making White Castle burgers, powered by both hardworking human hands and robotic automation working in conjunction, was a fascinating spectacle to witness. And while Haines knows the procedures forward and backwards, he took great pleasure in giving me the in-depth rundown of how the factory operated.

“We’re very proud our reputation,” he says.

Essentially, the plant “mimics the process the restaurants use” to make the burgers, only on an industrial-sized scale. As you might have guessed, it all begins with the meat, which is shipped in daily from White Castle’s Orleans plant. Both the meat, and cheese, arrive in frozen logs that are “sawed” to the proper size, and are delivered daily in “two, sometimes even three trucks a day,” Haines says. The other main ingredient, the onions, are sent dehydrated and then rehydrated before being diced by an industrial slicer and placed on the company’s signature buns, which are made at White Castle’s own bakeries. From there, the

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burgers make their way down a conveyor belt system, seasoned in a shower of salt and pepper, and topped with cheese before meeting back up with the top half of the bun, all the while being cooked.

“A lot of people think we’re just trying to cheat them by cutting holes in the meat,” Haines explains of the burger’s tell-tale design, “but it’s actually part of a process that allows us to efficiently cook the burgers.

You know, at home, you’re flipping the burgers over, but we can’t do that here.”

temporaries. We have our own sanitation department that comes in in the evening and four or five maintenance guys that work every night,” McGraw says.

After the burgers are reunited with top bun, they’re separated into pairs, bagged, flash-frozen and boxed. Each box is marked with the location and date of where and when they were made, then loaded into larger cases, palletized and shipped out nationwide to grocery stores near you.

Like Haines, McGraw is proud of his job and his people. “We have a really good group of people here. We’re all like family,” he says.

Another great feature of the facility, and the company, is its strong diversity among its employees.

“We definitely have a very diversified workforce,” McGraw says. “Our statement policy is written in nine languages.”

For all this, the ability to enjoy a White Castle burger throughout the United States, we can thank a little-known man named Walt Anderson, as McGraw tells it. Apparently, the man was the direct While the White Castle frozen food plant may not appear to be a physically large facility, inspiration for White Castle to start its own frozen food division. it does employ a healthy number of people.

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It didn’t take long for the company to realize it was and the rest, as they say, is history.

“We started out making a pallet a day,” McGraw says, referring to the Chamberlain test plant. “Now, we make 100 to 110 pallets a day.”

So, if you’ve ever enjoyed a frozen slider there’s a good chance it originated from the east end plant.

“You can find them everywhere,” McGraw says. “Wal-Mart, Kroger, Aldi, Sav-A-Lot, the Dollar General Store, CVS, Walgreens.

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