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When Rene Hernandez Cortez was 16 years old, he began working at a Mexican restaurant in Danville, Kentucky. Though it started out as a simple way to earn a few bucks, it didn’t take long for Rene to recognize that he felt a calling in the restaurant industry.

“I was helping out my older brother when he was a dishwasher,” recalls Rene, who soaked in the atmosphere of restaurant life.

Being a part of the hustle and bustle, as well as inhaling all of the delicious aromas that filled the kitchen as the chefs cooked, Rene found himself looking forward to going to work.

A fire was lit within him, and at home Rene experimented in the kitchen, testing out different flavors and concoctions, whipping up impromptu meals and snacks for family and friends. His passion for cooking was something that every recipient’s taste buds greatly appreciated. Time and again, he received compliments from all who sampled his dishes. They all told him that the meals he served were perfect and flavorful. After a while, Rene began to dream of one day

opening a restaurant where daily he could delight his patrons with his masterful culinary skills.

Fifteen years later, his dream became a reality when Rene opened the Mayan Latin Cuisine in LaGrange, Kentucky. In April 2019, he moved the restaurant to Louisville and changed the name to Las Margaritas Mexican Cuisine.

“It was then when I started to develop an interest in the restaurant industry and began to want to learn more,” he says.

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“I just love seeing people enjoy my authentic recipes and reading all the wonderful reviews they give us,” Rene says. “Honestly, just having a smile on my customers’ faces at the end of the day is what satisfies me the most.”

Any restaurant owner will attest that working in the industry is incredibly difficult and that it takes a motivated, determined, energetic individual to make it work, but Rene is consistently up for any challenge that is thrown his way.

“I think there isn’t a challenge that I’m not willing to take on and resolve myself,” he says. “There is always a solution to each problem we overcome every day.”

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Restaurants can only thrive if the food and original recipes from Mexico such as Pipian beverages are consistently top-notch, such is con Pollo, tamales, steaks and vegetarian the case at Las Margaritas. dishes, using fresh, quality ingredients imported from Mexico.

Rene says that diners appreciate the real authentic Mexican flavors as well as the “Also, as an exclusive selection, we fact that Las Margaritas is more of a highhave created three different house lime end restaurant that offers fresh, exotic, margaritas — Tequila, Mezcal and bourbon unique recipes. margarita,” Rene says.

“The food is really good,” says one loyal diner. When he reflects back on his early teenage “Well above average for this style of cuisine.” days in the kitchen, Rene smiles at the thought of how far he has come. And he Rene thinks one thing that attracts still feels as if he could pinch himself that customers is the noticeable taste difference his boyhood dream blossomed into a between Las Margaritas and other successful reality.

Mexican restaurants.

“I remember one day perfectly in my mind when I was at my previous restaurant, The “We offer real authentic food which you Mayan,” says Rene, noting that he had can’t find in many places,” Rene says. “A lot waited on a lovely older couple during of people come in for our Mole Poblano, their first time to the establishment.

Cochinita Pibil, Carnitas, Tlayollos, and They ordered the Salmon Maya, and after lastly, our specialty — seafood.” finishing up, the woman approached Rene Las Margaritas Mexican Cuisine also offers with tears in her eyes.

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“Everything was wonderful,” she said. “I felt like I had a party in my mouth with all of the deliciousness!”

When Rene asked why she was crying, she said it was from the excitement. It seems delicious food and a welcoming atmosphere triggered her in an emotionally positive way.

“It was absolutely fulfilling to hear and see that from someone whom I don’t even know,” Rene says. “It was even more satisfying knowing it was my food that made her react that way.”

Rene, 33, is a single father of two children: Alejandro (12), who lives in Mexico, and Samantha (6), who lives in Louisville. In his free time, he likes to go out for drinks and dancing with friends.

“I love to dance to Latín music,” Rene says.

“I also like to play the guitar.”

Rene hopes to continue serving the

Louisville area and making his customers salivate in the same glorious way he did for his friends all those years ago.

“I give thanks for this great opportunity that life has given me,” Rene adds. “I am also thankful for all of my loyal friends and family who have supported me on this journey. I want to ask and invite everyone out to taste our authentic food and recipes

and to give us a chance. You won’t regret it.”

Like Las Margaritas Mexican Cuisine on Facebook @ Las Margaritas Mexican Cuisine and follow them on Instagram @ las_margaritas_mexican. Las Margaritas Mexican Cuisine is located at 12220 Shelbyville Rd in Louisville. For more information, call 502-963-5503 or visit them online at lasmargaritasmx.com.

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After Paula Miller was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in January 2017, she and her husband, Roger, began to brainstorm ways to raise funds to help researchers find the cause of the devastating disease.

“Very few dollars donated to breast cancer research goes toward metastatic patients,” Miller says. “And there is no cure at this point for metastatic breast cancer.”

Within months, Miller adopted the slogan, “If they can treat it I can beat it!” and designed t-shirts sporting the phrase. In just a little over two years, she’s distributed more than 1,000 of the shirts, providing hope and encouragement for others in similar situations.

Then, in February 2018, Miller met Caroline Johnson at the annual Twisted Pink Masquerade ball. Johnson founded Twisted Pink, a local nonprofit with a mission of extending the lives and improving the quality of life for late stage breast cancer patients by funding metastatic breast cancer research, after her own stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis. Twisted Pink has partnered with esteemed national programs like Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, as well as the James Graham Brown Cancer Center locally.

The masquerade ball inspired Miller to create a fundraising event of her own, with the aim of designing a low-cost experience that would be accessible to more members of the community than a pricier, ticketed event may be.

The 2019 Beat It Music Festival is poised to be even bigger and better.

“We’re anticipating even more people this year, and I’m really excited,” Miller says.

With that, Beat It Music Festival was born.

The festival takes place Saturday, September 28, from 3 pm - 8 pm at Highlands “I wanted to do something totally different, Latin School in Middletown (10901 that would still make money,” Miller says.

Shelbyville Road). The free, family-friendly “We decided to do a free concert day, and event features kid-friendly games and all of the music, the location and the food entertainment, including performances by are donated.” five musical acts.

The inaugural event had a great turnout last fall, with more than $6,000 raised to donate toward metastatic breast cancer research.

Dusty Bo (country) kicks things off with a 3 pm performance, followed by Andy Burch (American, folk, indie) at 4

pm. Clair Morgan’s Little Big Band, an eight-piece band that plays favorites from vintage rock, jazz, dixieland, dance and listening music genres, takes the stage at 5 pm.

“Last year Clair Morgan’s Little Big Band appealed to a wide range of people, and we’re excited to have them back,” Miller adds.

Douglas Hills’ own Kinsey Rose, who is now a singer and songwriter in Nashville, takes the stage at 6 pm, followed by local dance band No Expectations to round out the evening with a 7 pm performance.

Throughout the evening there will be

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opportunities to donate to Twisted Pink.

The organization’s collaborations and advocacy for matching dollars has resulted in more than $1.8M to metastatic breast cancer research since 2014.

For Miller, the opportunity to make an impact in the research of a disease that has made such an impact on her life is truly meaningful.

“The fact that I can be a part of an organization right here in my hometown is a

lot different than writing a check, putting it in Miller and her husband to feel like they’re the mail and hoping the funds end up going taking back some of the sense of control that toward what you want them to,” she says. cancer often steals from a patient.

Until a cure is found, Miller is stuck in a constant cycle of three-month intervals where she gets tested for cancer, never knowing what the results will show. One clean PET scan will move the patient into remission. Then, three months later at their next scan, a new spot may be present.

Taking a proactive approach has allowed

“If you met me, you’d never think I have cancer,” Miller says. “I’m very fortunate to have the energy to go out and raise funds and to be a part of something wonderful like Twisted Pink.”

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Their office also has extensive experience working with individuals with Asperger syndrome and other emotional, mental, learning, or physical barriers to employment. They can even help qualified individuals navigate state and federal government assistance, so there is not out of pocket cost, and they offer a sliding scale of payment across the board. Shultz believes career counseling services should be accessible to everyone.

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ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY’S 16TH ANNUAL EVENT RETURNS SEPTEMBER 28 Writer / Anna Kate Goshko

Louisville’s Seneca Park has gone to the dogs! The Animal Care Society invites the Louisville community to its 16th annual Bark in the Park fundraiser, a celebration of all things canine.

This year’s event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 28. Registration is at 7 a.m. with the 5K race beginning at 8 a.m. This event is family-friendly and open to the entire Louisville community.

During the event, attendees learn more about the shelter, how they can help displaced animals and get to know other animal rescue organizations and animalfriendly businesses nearby.

“We invite and encourage all of the local animal rescue organizations to participate, so they can spread the word about their mission and hopefully find loving homes for their adoptable animals,” says Bunny Zeller, executive director of the Animal Care Society.

“Our goal is to raise as much money as we can so we can continue our mission,” Zeller says.

For the event, 100% of proceeds benefit the cats and dogs at Louisville’s first no-kill animal shelter.

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5K run, cool off in the kiddie pools, run the Lure Courses by Lucky Dogs Adventures, and chow down on pizza and hotdogs.

The fun starts with the traditional Bark in the Park staple: The Woof Walk/Run. Participants can at animalcaresociety.org/ bark-in-the-park-woof-walk-registration.

Each walker/runner will receive a Wag Bag full of coupons, goodies and an official 2019 Bark in the Park T-Shirt. Participants with the best time and with the most money raised will receive prizes.

The fun doesn’t stop after the races. The remainder of the event will be full of activities for adults, kids and dogs of all ages, including contests, silent auctions, raffles and vendor booths.

Enter the Halloween Contest with your pooch, participate in the Kissing Contest for the pooch with the best smooch, and the owner Look-A-Like Contest will all take place again this year. Catch a puppy performance by canines Lilly and Daisy, as well as LMPD K-9 Unit.

Additionally, there will be several vendors in attendance to spread the word about their missions and services to the community.

From Veterinary offices to rescue organizations, there are a number of vendors and sponsors at Bark in the Park. Each sponsor receives a free vendor space. If you would like to be a vendor or sponsor at Bark in the Park this year, please reach out to events@ animalcaresociety.org.

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“With these funds, we can continue to spread the word about the importance of pet ownership and lifetime commitment to animals,” Zeller says. “We also provide a reasonable cost to microchipping their pet and the need to spay and neuter. Bark in the Park also gives fostering rescue organizations a chance to share their mission and to find homes for the animals in their care.”

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“I’ve been a storyteller all my life. I suppose because I grew up on the front porch of my grandmother’s country grocery store,” says Bob Thompson or Colonel Bob as he’s known. “Front porch in the summertime around the pot-belly stove in the wintertime” is where Bob’s grandfather told stories.

“I was always pretty good at public speaking,” he says.

Thompson got an engineering degree at the University of Kentucky and immediately went to work explaining engineering and speaking at big corporations. Thompson, author, storyteller and arts producer, spins stories from the front porches of Americana on 91.1 FM Radio and online for Louisville Saturday Mornings at 8 A.M.

In 1985, Thompson and his wife moved here to Louisville. Lee Pennington was one of the professors at Jefferson Community College, Lee still lives in Middletown.

According to Thompson, Pennington was involved in the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in the beginning. “Lee wanted a storytelling festival in Louisville and started it the next year,” Thompson says.

Pennington and his wife, Joy started the International Order of E.A.R.S. in 1984.

The International Order of E.A.R.S., Incorporated referred to as EARS, was a membership organization. It started “around the time the mini-series ROOTS had come out,” says Bob, it was “resurgence in interest in the spoken word, oral history.”

“The first year there were 215 storytellers and about eight to 10 listeners” Thompson says.

“We had it at the Water Tower. The ghost stories started getting big. It was a two-day event, big tents, 10 or 12 storytellers. We also had it at Tom Sawyer Park.”

The purpose of EARS, according to the by-laws written by Lee and Joy, “shall be to support and encourage the preservation and perpetuation of the ageold art of storytelling, to provide for the preservation and perpetuation of stories, tall tales, legends and yarns that might otherwise fall into oblivion, to provide an opportunity for the storyteller and the storytelling enthusiast to gather together for the purposes as deemed necessary and appropriate.”

Thompson became involved in the organization after Lee and Joy recruited him through Jefferson Community College.

In 2002 or 2003 Lee and Joy had done the Corn Island Storytelling Festival for 20 years and decided they wanted to give it up for retirement.

They both thought Thompson could be the technical director since he was an engineer.

He was on the board of directors.

The Corn Island StoryTelling Festival started at the downtown campus, then the southwest campus.

According to Thompson, the concept was the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough.

The Corn Island Storytelling Festival runs both Friday and Saturday. About 1,000 school kids would be bused in on Fridays.

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“People wanted ghost stories,” Thompson says. “My own theory is most people haven’t seen a ghost but if they ever want to they want to hear someone who has seen a ghost so they know how to conduct themselves.” Typically on Friday and Saturday about 500 to 600 people (outside of the 1,000 school kids) would come to hear stories and about three to 5,000 people would come for the ghost stories, “the most we ever had was about 8,000” at Long Run Par, Thompson adds.

“We found Long Run Cemetery,” Thompson says.

Long Run Cemetery is where Abraham Lincoln’s grandfather was buried.

“It was overgrown, nobody knew it was there,” he adds. Lee figured out the history.”

Over two back to back Saturdays the organization got around 50 volunteers out there and cleaned a lot of it up.

the vibe,” he says. “It’s a universal thing.

Storytelling at its best is a few people getting together, sharing their stories, any steps you take away from that, putting someone on the “We cleaned it all out and got permission to stage, putting lights on them, putting lights have our ghost stories out there,” Thompson on the audience, it detracts from that. Having says. “We had the place packed, traffic was 5,000 people becomes more of a Woodstock out Long Run Road.” atmosphere than interpersonal storytelling.”

The storytelling festival was out there for In the 2008 to 2010 era, Thompson still two to three years according to Thompson. wrote grants for Jefferson County Schools because he had a heart for storytelling in “It got to be so popular we started having an schools, especially for kids in schools who environmental impact so we started having might not have the resources or alternative issues having the show there,” he says. programming.

The storytelling festival went over to Long “We went to Boys and Girls Haven, St. Run Park and had it there for 5-7 years.

Joseph’s and put storytellers in there,” he says.

About that time, John Gage with the radio “One year we had it at Locust Grove in the show Kentucky Homefront 91.1 Saturday beginning,” Thompson says. mornings at 8 o’clock had taken a similar break. Thompson and Gage had been When the festival first started, the third friends for a long time. Gage had about a or fourth weekend in September and 10-year run and three or four years that he October were the driest months in didn’t do shows. He was coming back and Kentucky, so Thompson thought that Thompson and Gage decided to merge would be a good time. the organizations and the two entities would be under the International Order of “Other people started figuring it out too.

E.A.R.S. and Gage would produce the show.

The Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival came Thompson would be the storyteller. along, and we started having too much competition,” he says.

“It’s an hour format, local musicians the first 30 minutes,” Thompson says. “I got to be That’s when Thompson says he decided to a professional storyteller. I do storytelling take a break and thought that the festival festivals around the region, Mississippi, this was starting to get away from the roots of area, Illinois, Western Kentucky.” storytelling.

“Storytelling is looking at each other in Thompson increasingly became a writer and the eyes, getting the body movements and would tell his stories on the radio show,

“That’s been going on for 15 years now, long time on WFPK,” he adds.

The University of Louisville’s Marketing Director had gone to the Corn Island Storytelling Festival as a kid and he said he’d like to do something like that again on U of L’s campus.

“That was when I was waiting to get a sponsor,” Thompson says. “I was looking for a partner and U of L came along. We had a couple of rainouts in 2007-2008, we used to say we went 20-25 years without a single rainout. The next year 911 happened and the crowd had gone down and the cash flow didn’t cover the cost of the festival for a couple of years.”

That was one reason Thompson decided not to continue to do the festival. One year after the call from U of L Bob got a call from Blackacre Conservancy’s Executive Director, Dale Josey to have Corn Island StoryTelling out there.

That’s when Thompson and Josey got together to expand to Blackacre.

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“I’ve had three grandchildren and written two books,” Thompson says. “Both books have been published by the University Press of Kentucky (UPK), a scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I did so well I was asked to do another book and it will be out in the fall. I’ve also backlogged a couple hundred original stories.”

“It’s amazing the people that Bob has attracted,” Josey says.

Storytellers Bobby Norfolk, Roberta Brown, Bob Thompson, Them Calloway’s, and Jamie Eller will all be at the Corn Island Storytelling Festival this year. Bobby is an internationally known story performer and teaching artist, three-time Emmy Award winner, one of the most popular and dynamic story-educators in America today.

Roberta, The Queen of Cold-Blooded Tales, has been a part of Corn Island Storytelling for more than 30 years. Thompson is the Chairman of the International Order of EARS and the producing director for its

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audience.’ That’s how I reached out and I found Bob. It’s been a great partnership.”

The Corn Island Storytelling Festival is behind Blackacre’s Log Barn.

Corn Island Storytelling Festival. Barbara Calloway coordinated and guided the Spirits of LaGrange Ghost Tours and founded Ghost Stories on the Square in LaGrange, KY where she served as the Chair of the Historical Districts Commission.

”If you can imagine an old barn, stories, that’s an oral tradition we wanted at Blackacre,” Josey says. “We’re looking for novel ways of getting different generations together.”

Early in the evening, there will be family stories and later the stories get creepier and creepier.

Corn Island Storytelling Festival was a national event. Newsletters went out worldwide. Last year, there were almost 400 people who attended.

Robert Calloway is a retired art teacher who sponsored “The Tale Tell Knights of Castle Heights” in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he coached students in preparation for the National Youth Storytelling Olympics.

Jamie, a native of New Albany, and veteran re-enactor with a wide variety of 1800’s characters will be the emcee.

Blackacre State Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead is a 200-year old property and the Log Barn was built in 1795.

“We were looking for a way to raise our visibility. People bring us ideas on what they want to do.” Josey says. “We thought, ‘what about an American Tradition that no one else is doing but we want to bring to a modern

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Blackacre will pull up its wagon and have hay bails around it. Under the tent, kids will be on the hay bails and Blackacre encourages adults to bring their own chairs or squat on the hill. This is a twoday event, JCPS schools, Title 1 schools on Friday and open to the public on Saturday morning. This year on Friday the 18th, Blackacre will have kids go tent through tent and hear stories from folks who lived in the revolutionary period and discover an 18th-century village. The

lighting will be provided by the Corn Island Storytelling Festival and there will be music playing as the audience walks in.

Thompson explains what people like about storytelling is, “It’s the interpersonal relationships. They like to sit and listen to someone and look at their eyes, and they form an opinion if this is a true story or not. I wouldn’t say whether if the story is any good or not, whether that story has a moral or not, they take something non-verbal away. Storytelling at its best both a verbal and non-verbal experience. That’s the root of storytelling as far as I’m concerned.”

The Corn Island Storytelling Festival at Blackacre starts at 7:30 pm, lasts about an hour before intermission, where kids can buy popcorn, peanuts and more. When the audience comes back, the stories get a little scarier and the festival will shut down around 10:00 pm.

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“It turns out Regina was also from Louisville So when he left, he vowed to never come and actually grew up not far from me,” Blake back. Well, it’s funny the way things work says. “When we got engaged, we didn’t want because years later, life’s winding path to raise kids out west, plus our families were ultimately led him straight back home. still in Louisville, so we moved back home to St. Matthews.”

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“I’m likely the only person in the world who has that title because I completely made it up, but it really does showcase what I do,” he says, insisting that they are more than just bourbon at Moonshine U. “We are all things spirits beyond production, including ancillary things like root-to-market and brand marketing.”

Blake says. “We’ve become a hub not only as a place where people learn how to run a distillery but also where people send their staff to learn the industry overall.”

In addition to the six-day course, they also offer two and three-day workshops in a variety of topics, including gin, whiskey, root-to-market, agave spirits, nosing for faults and barrel aging classes.

Blake heads up all of the university’s programming, working with industry experts to develop classes and workshops.

Blake teaches many of the lower-level introductory courses and is the primary Around the time Moonshine University instructor for the Stave and Thief Society, opened was the beginning of the craft a bourbon certification program that boom. They started with a six-day flagship launched in 2015 and is backed by the distiller course that invites more than 30 presenters to come in over the course of that Kentucky Distillers Association. week who are all experts in their field.

“A stave is what the sides of a barrel is made of, and a whiskey thief is the historic “We’ve had people come from 39 different way to pull a sample out of a barrel so we countries and 48 states, and we’ve helped tried to develop it very much with the open 160 distilleries around the world,”

feeling of a secret society,” explains Blake, noting that they had planned to offer the Stave and Thief Society twice a year for local bartenders as a way to help the local community learn about spirits education.

But right out of the gates, it exploded in popularity. When they saw that the second class consisted of 80% enthusiasts, they knew they had something on their hands.

And it’s just kept growing.

“Last year we added more people in the first six months than the previous two or three years combined,” Blake says.

Now they have more than 5,000 members from all over the world.

Offering two different levels, people can either study at home or, if they seek a higher level of learning, they can come to Louisville and spend a day doing hands-on bourbon making in the distillery.

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Last year, they conducted 22 classes in three different states — Louisville, Chicago and New Orleans. This year they added New York.

“It’s a program we’re really proud of and passionate about,” Blake says. “We try to have all of the offerings here so people can get trained in whatever they want.”

The program has grown organically simply by word-of-mouth as bourbon enthusiasts hear about all of the cool stuff one does in class. For instance, once they become an executive bourbon steward, they receive a challenge coin, a lapel pin, and a 36-scent aroma training kit so they can practice.

“It’s a fun, involved program that, beyond just getting a check-mark certification, actually trains you to be better at doing sensory as well as all aspects of bourbon,” Blake adds.

Louisville years ago — and the fact that he returned to the same area and bought a house that’s 1.5 miles away from the home he lived in as a teenager.

Above all, they make sure the experience is hospitable and all-inclusive.

“I love it now,” he says. “The city has changed so much in the last 15 years. The food scene and support for the arts is just tremendous.

It’s turning into a world-class city.”

“We’re not trying to create the whiskey snobs,” Blake says. “We want it to be a fun, engaging society.”

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time. She said she is not sure why the first chapter closed.

events. According to Chapman, the Chamber had about 100 events last year.

The Middletown Chamber of Commerce’s website — middletownchamberofcommerce.com — informs the reader that the “Chamber works to create a climate of growth and success in which all Middletown companies – regardless of size or industry – can prosper together.”

Chapman says the City Commission recognized that the city was growing and needed a chamber to help the businesses.

The second chamber was established in July of 2010.

“We help our businesses connect and promote their business,” she says.

The Executive Director of the Chamber, Freda Chapman, is acquainted with climate and growth. She owned and operated a florist shop – Freda’s Fancy Flowers — for more than 40 years. Health issues prompted her to sell her business. Her interest in seeing things bloom continues through her work with the Chamber. But, instead of orchestrating floral scents, she orchestrates business sense.

This is actually Middletown’s second chamber. The first chamber was active about 30 years ago. Chapman was one of 12 people who helped start the first Chamber.

She did not work for the Chamber at that

“I had no clue the commission would ask me to help start the chamber again,” she says.

The Chamber doesn’t focus solely on events that are favorable for businesses. They also sponsor or participate in events that are fun for the community.

Chapman says the Chamber is involved with various events scheduled for this year The Chamber is managed by a staff of two, which includes Chapman and Laura Wright, including: Assistant Executive Director. Wright does - Middletown Chamber of Commerce 5K, the event planning for the Chamber.

September 5 “She wears several different hats,” Chapman says. “She has been an asset to us - 47th Annual Middletown Family Fun Festival, September 6 and 7 to help us grow.”

The chamber’s website is a valuable marketing tool for businesses to possibly gain exposure locally, regionally and nationally.

One way to create a climate of growth is to plant good seed in the community by hosting and helping with community

- Middletown’s Annual Trick or Treat Pancake Breakfast Event, October 26 Light Up Middletown (with a business expo), December 6 The Chamber sponsored an Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Vendor Village this past April.

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MIDDLETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INFORMATION The Chamber has 400 members.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. Byron Chapman (non-voting) Mayor Freda Chapman (non-voting) Executive Director Joe Schmidt President, Commonwealth Bank Dick Gladden Vice President, The Data Vault Jim Wright Treasurer, Rye, Wright & Hiegel CPA’S PLLC Andy Potts Newcomer Funeral Home Tracy Blair Haus Tracy Blair Haus Insurance Agency Dr. Jim Cobban First Baptist Church Middletown Laura Wright PartyLite Gifts Mark Church Mark Church Realty Jeanna Ashley River City Bank Allison Garrett Forest Springs Health Campus Ron Wolf AGC Cathy Robertson Safelite AutoGlass MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS • Job Placement & Recruitment • Assist new companies in finding a location • Aid in leasing your rental space • Helping our veterans in job placement • Promote member to member discounts

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Shortly after graduating, he began working his way into radio.

Tony Vanetti, a lifetime Louisvillian and popular TV and Radio personality, has been making his way through the local airwaves for the last 30 years.

“I never thought about getting involved in TV and radio,” Vanetti says. “But I did take that personality test everyone takes their senior year, and when it said radio and television, I thought, ‘Really? Radio and Television!’”

“Anytime you can make meaningful change from your radio show, sit down and really talk to people, meet people and pick their brain live on the air is awesome,” Vanetti says.

Vanetti grew up in the St. Matthews area, attending St. Albert the Great, Westport Middle School and graduating from Trinity High School in 1987.

Vanetti was discovered at age 20 while “yuckin’ it up” at a local bar on Bardstown road by a guy from WQMF. He was then invited to the station the next day where Vanetti wrote some jokes and did a couple of character voices. Vanetti was drawn to what he’d seen and eventually got his start at WQMF after continuing to show

up and hang around the station for the next couple of months, fetching coffee or driving the van.

At age 23, Vanetti became the youngest Afternoon Drive disc jockey in Louisville history. For the next 12 years, he spent time in classic rock radio at WQMF and before moving to 100.5 The Fox. “I got to meet all of the rock stars,” Vanetti says.

From Green Day to Aerosmith, to Robert Plant, to Kid Rock, Vanetti made his name in local radio.

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having kids and set out to take his next career step into sports radio working for 790 KRD, Card Radio.

“I got to cover the teams I grew up watching and loving, University of Louisville basketball and football,” Vanetti says. “It was great. Being able to sit courtside at Freedom Hall and the Yum Center, it was an amazing opportunity for me.”

After spending another 12 years in sports radio, Vanetti knew it was time to move on.

Going from “Rock Jock” to “Sports Guy”, Vanetti has reinvented himself yet again and taken a dive into a new venture.

Tony is now host of The Tony & Dwight show with partner Dwight Witten and is getting the opportunity to do something he finds more meaningful. Vanetti’s longtime listeners and fans have followed his journey, stayed along for the ride, and have grown with him into his new role in news radio.

His new show, The Tony & Dwight Show, airs on NewsRadio 840 WHAS from 6 to 8 pm. It’s a fun, upbeat show focusing on entertainment and is as Vanetti describes, “News first, fun second”.

particularly fond of the opportunities the long-form radio show affords him when it comes to making a meaningful difference in people’s lives. He specifically thinks back on hosting Mulligans Living Kidney Donors. “They’re an organization that For the past five years, Vanetti has also been finds people kidneys. We have had them a significant part of WHAS’s Great Day on the air four times and have been able Live, as a field reporter and filling in as host, to find kidney donors for two people,” becoming a Louisville media staple, especially Vanetti says. among the St. Matthews community.

Vanetti finds the impact of his new role Tony loves bouncing back and forth particularly rewarding, fulfilling and has between his roles in TV and radio but is fully embraced this new step in his career.

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A typical day for him begins at 5 am, starting with a hot breakfast with his wife of 20 years and their two children. After dropping his kids off at school, Vanetti makes his way to a live shoot or to host WHAS Great Day Live.

stories, book guests and then they go live from 6 to 8 pm.

He then spends time in the studio at iHeart sifting through potential stories to cover during his radio show.

Vanetti is also heavily involved in several local charities such as WHAS’s Crusade for Children, Blessings in a Backpack, and The Healing Place. However, outside of work and volunteering, Vanetti devotes all of his free time to his wife, his kids and getting involved in his local community.

“I sit and try to choose which stories are the most interesting to you,” he says. “Out of 50 stories a day, a good show host will choose six or seven that work for his or her audience.”

On top of all that, he still finds time to meet up with his personal clients. Being so deeply committed to the local community, Vanetti spends time helping local familyowned businesses by writing and producing commercials for them.

After meeting with his clients, Vanetti meets up with partner Dwight Witten to go over

After a long day, he heads back home just in time to help with homework.

Vanetti enjoys most the close-knit community and convenience of being able to walk just about anywhere — to the bars at night, to shop or to a restaurant for lunch.

“Our life is the kids, our life is the schools, He prides St. Matthews on having a primary our life is here in St. Matthews,” Vanetti says. focus on the high schools in the area and the camaraderie of St. Matthews residents.

Vanetti has spent his entire life in the St. Matthews area, now raising his children in “People call me Mr. St. Matthews, and one the Holy Trinity Parish neighborhood, and day I will run for Mayor,” he says. he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Vanetti recently turned 50 this past “It’s a place where you can park your car on February and when asked what other the weekends and walk to Plehn’s Bakery or bucket list accomplishments he has he walk to Target,” he says. says, ”I’m doing it.”

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