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HOSPARUS HEALTH
Writer / Gavin LaPaille
Tori Edwardson sees it as a privilege to work with individuals in their last stage of life. As a certified social worker for Hosparus Health, Edwardson knows the situation requires a lot of trust and wants to be there both for patients and families anyway she can.
“One of the things that people think about us is that we’re really for the last few weeks or days of someone’s life, but it’s beneficial for us to start with families as early as possible,” Edwardson says. “If we start with services early, it allows the patient and their families to build trust with the team. We just try to make one of the most difficult parts of anyone’s journey much easier and more accessible. We can offer a lot of different things that can take some burden off patients and families at this stage of life.”
Hosparus Health has provided hospice and serious illness care to tens of thousands of patients and their families in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. A fully accredited nonprofit, Hosparus Health works with patients of all ages and backgrounds, delivering care through a team-oriented approach that is tailored to each person’s needs and wishes.
Translators are also available to communicate with patients with significant hearing loss or who cannot speak or understand the English language. Volunteers can be enlisted to help families with many everyday needs.
“When we come in, we give a very comprehensive overview of the services we offer,” Edwardson says. “People will say they had no idea how many things we can do. A lot of people have no idea what to expect and what that process looks like at this stage. We really try to meet people where they are and see what services they are needing. It’s just seeing what their priorities are and offering that holistic approach on how we can get through this.”
“Patients have the same team consistently throughout their services,” Edwardson adds. “A nurse, physician, social worker and chaplain come to see patients in the home. We all work together as part of a unit. We meet every couple of weeks to discuss the patients and their needs. We try to have a very holistic approach to end of life care and the grief that comes along with that.”
In addition to hospice and serious illness care, Hosparus Health provides grief counseling, respite care and medication management.
Edwardson primarily serves individuals in the St. Matthews area, and has come to appreciate its uniqueness. Recently, Hosparus Health broke ground on a new end-of-life care center that will open its doors in 2027 on Ephraim McDowell Drive, next to the Harshaw Family Grief Counseling Center.
“The area is just so full of characters,” Edwardson says. “The people are lovely and very proud to be from St. Matthews. I love hearing their stories of how they came to be here. I’m very grateful to the people in this area for trusting us with their care.”
For more information on Hosparus Health, call 502-456-6200 or visit them online at hosparushealth.org.
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Social worker Tori Edwardson meets with Casey Guilfoyle, clinical manager of Kourageous Kids.
Tricia Cobler, senior director of clinical excellence, visits a patient.
The local nonprofit recently broke ground on a new Hospice Care Center, set to open in 2027 near Bowman Field.
WILDCAT DREAM
ST. MATTHEWS NATIVE JOSIE GILVIN JOINS
UK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER
Writer / Julie Yates
Photography / UK Athletics & WKU Athletics
November marks the start of the University of Kentucky (UK) 2025-26 women’s basketball season, and St. Matthews own Josie Gilvin will be on the team roster. For Gilvin, donning the legendary blue and white marks the fruition of a longstanding goal.
Last spring, after three successful years playing for Western Kentucky University, Gilvin entered the women’s basketball transfer portal. UK head coach Kenny Brooks quickly extended the invitation for her to become a Wildcat.
The transfer portal is a database of college athletes who have told their current school that they intend to transfer. Coaches seeking seasoned players able to make an immediate impact view statistics and contact the athlete. Gilvin, along with family members on her father’s side who live in Lexington, have always been avid UK fans. She entered the portal with the hope of transferring to UK.
“I’ve always had a dream to be a Wildcat,” she says. “I grew up being a UK fan, so when I entered the portal, it was my main choice. There was no point in leaving Western Kentucky for anywhere else.”
Growing up in a sports-loving family, Gilvin participated on a variety of teams. Her father played several high school sports, and her mother, Danya McGrath Gilvin, is a former University of Louisville basketball player. Living behind Our Lady of Lourdes gave her the perfect opportunity to try nearly every sport.
“I played just about every sport,” she says. “I swam, played tennis, participated
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in club soccer, and later did volleyball, cross-country and track. Having my mom as a coach at Our Lady of Lourdes made a big impact on me. Her experience and knowledge of the sport helped a lot.”
During high school, Gilvin ran track and cross-country in addition to being a standout on Sacred Heart Academy’s women’s basketball team. As a junior, she recorded 27 steals during the state tournament, setting a Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) tournament record. Both her junior and senior years, she was named to the AllState First Team. During her senior season, she was also designated the 7th Region Player of the Year and was a Kentucky Miss Basketball nominee.
“There could never be a better experience than when I played basketball at Sacred Heart Academy,” Gilvin says. "I had the best teammates, and we really bonded. Head coach Donna Moir and the other coaches, Matthew Carson, Mackenzie Moir and Amy Siegel, were great. While I was there, we won two state championships.”
After her time at Sacred Heart, she played for Western Kentucky University. Each year, she worked hard, set goals, and continued to improve. Last season, as a junior, she set career highs in almost every category. She started all 32 games and averaged 13.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.6 steals per game. Coming off a stellar junior year, she took the plunge and entered the transfer portal.
Now a senior at UK, Gilvin is the only native Kentuckian on the 12-member Wildcat roster. With 20 hours of practice per week, she is going full speed while adjusting to Lexington and the new campus experience. She admits the atmosphere feels different.
“It’s not only larger, but the enthusiasm for sports is a bigger vibe,” she says. “People have been welcoming. They’ve come up to me and said how excited they are for the season to start.”
When asked what advice she would give aspiring college athletes, Gilvin says, “Know what you want. Find something you love
or else you won’t enjoy it. My dad always wanted me to play soccer, and I liked track. I could have been happy doing either, but basketball has a different vibe. It’s a long season, and you spend a lot of time with your teammates. A good team develops connections and chemistry. If you put a certain amount of work in, you see it pay off. You begin to love it and have fun. It’s not hard work anymore.”
Gilvin plans to make the most of her senior year. Her dedication and hard work have paid off, earning her a spot on the Wildcat roster. She knows she will have plenty of support in the stands since her grandmother, uncles, aunts and cousins are local. Most of all, she hopes she can bring something to the team. Her ultimate wish is for the team to qualify for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and make a run for the championship.
To view the UK 2025-26 women’s basketball schedule, visit ukathletics.com/ sports/wbball/schedule/. Home games are played at the historic Memorial Coliseum, Avenue of Champions in Lexington.
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DERBY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
LOUISVILLE-BASED GROUP SUPPORTS
WRITERS OF ALL LEVELS
Writer / Julie Yates
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? With so many versions — thrillers, romance suspense or detective fiction — there’s a type to appeal to everyone. Likewise, writers of mystery novels gravitate to the sub-genre that excites and inspires them.
Regardless of whether an author is published or just beginning to think about the possibility of writing, it is helpful to be part of a community that encourages and shares resources. Derby Rotten Scoundrels, a group based in the Louisville area, offers support to authors no matter where they are in their writing journey.
meetings per year, they are encouraged to join. Membership is $15. Some members are from Northern Kentucky and Lexington, but the core live in the Louisville area. Men are welcome to join, but all individuals must also be members of Sisters in Crime.
According to copresident Elaine Munsch, the Louisville chapter of Sisters in Crime began in 1992
As the Ohio River Valley chapter of the national organization Sisters in Crime, Derby Rotten Scoundrels is for anyone who likes to write mysteries. It’s a community of diverse people who meet once a month in person at the Middletown Library.
Members also have the option to participate via Zoom, and some meetings are Zoom-only depending on a featured speaker’s location. Speakers include authors who share their expertise or specialists in fields such as airplane tragedy investigations or autopsies.
Meetings are open to the public, but if someone finds the group is a good fit and they want to attend more than three
with the mission to promote the mystery genre and ensure both women and men authors were equally represented. Initially, the group was primarily a book club discussing mystery works, but two years later it took the name Ohio River Valley Chapter and became a resource for writers. Programs were presented to develop skills needed to become published, as well as increasing knowledge of the crime world. In addition, funds were raised for causes such as supplying books to women’s prisons and donating to a women’s shelter.
“Our first short story anthology was published by Silver Dagger Press in 2004,” says co-president Beverle Graves Myers. “The publisher was pressing us for a catchy title. I happened to be browsing a shop that handled only Kentucky products and noticed some towels and napkins that made a play on the word ‘derby’ and ‘dirty.’ ‘Talk Derby to Me,’ for instance. I was inspired to make a list of all the common
Carol Preflatish, Patience Martin, Elaine Munsch, Susan Bell (kneeling), Lynn Slaughter, Gloria Casale, Jeanette Pope, Lynda Rees at Group Retreat
phrases that contained the word ‘dirty’ and substituted ‘derby.’ At our next meeting, the group went over the list and thought ‘Derby Rotten Scoundrels’ was the winner. A few years later the group was intent on renaming the chapter and decided that the original anthology title would be perfect.”
To help aspiring writers in the membership transition to being published, the group has published three anthologies — collections of short stories. After the success of the first one, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the second one followed two years later. Like its predecessor, Low Down and Derby features tales of murder and crime centered around the Kentucky Derby. The third anthology, Mystery with a Splash of Bourbon, published in 2020, has outsold the first two. It was marketed to distilleries and is available through booksellers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart. Besides the opportunity to have their work showcased, members benefit from other facets of the group.
“During meetings there has always been a section for critique and discussion of writing, so six members decided to form a feedback group,” says Lynn Slaughter, past president and current secretary. “They submit their work ahead of time so members of the subgroup can read it before
meeting twice a month. It turned out to be very successful. I find we learned as much or more from reading others’ work and critiquing it as getting feedback on our own work. Everyone got published and now a second group is starting.
“Another successful subgroup is called Guppies and is for pre-published authors,” Slaughter adds. “The founders of that group went on to be published but have stayed on to offer guidance. We never say ‘unpublished’ but instead say ‘prepublished.’ When a member gets published, it is announced on our Facebook and the Members’ News Page on our website.”
The group also enjoys contributing to the community. Members are available to speak at libraries or bookstores. Slaughter shares that they are delighted when asked to come to meetings, especially when book clubs reach out.
“In the 30-plus years it has existed, the chapter has been blossoming,” Munsch says. “Many of its members have gone on to publish their own books. Our group continues to help pre-published writers attain their goal.”
For more information, visit Derby Rotten Scoundrels on Facebook or at derbyrottenscoundrels.com.
Lynn Slaughter and Elaine Munsch at Group Retreat
Susan Bell, Elaine Munsch, Milton Toby at Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Margie B. Lung Cancer, 2019
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