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It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand.” That’s the old slogan Chryslerused to roll out when advertising their Jeeps, especially Wranglers, the sporty“off-road” convertibles that are now more ubiquitous sitting in city traffic than

they are mudding in the backwoods. The television ads would show the four -wheel drive Wranglers clambering up a seemingly unsur mountable perch, jarringthrough a treacherous, craggy terrain, or (intentionally) busting through a murky pud-dle getting caked in mud – all things most sensible automobile owners would neverdo to something they paid good money for. But that was the point of the slogan. Whydo these reckless drivers put undo wear and tear on their expensive vehicles? W ell,it’s hard to explain. It’s a Jeep thing.

The advertising campaign was very effective, and for a long time you would seeWrangler drivers out on the road sporting the slogan on bumper stickers or licenseplate frames or, worse, on t-shirts. It was cliquish, and it was exclusive, which are

both exceptionally persuasive marketing devices.It was also embarrassing, at least it was to mewhen I first got my Wrangler.

I’ve been a proud owner of a W rangler forover 13 years, the same red Wrangler, and somewould say that it shows. It’s the only vehicle I’veever owned or driven, aside from two cars inhigh school: my dad’s first generation MazdaMiata (which I totaled when I wrapped it arounda telephone pole) and a white Saturn SL2 (whichan elderly driver totaled when he ran a red lightand t-boned me). My folks got it for me, new,when I went off to college, and I’ve turned overevery mile on it, over 115,000 miles – that’s halfway to the moon. Along the way, I’ve become afierce proponent of W ranglers, no matter theirsuperfluousness in ordinary, day-to-day driving

around town, but I’m not sure if this fondness is a reflection of the actual vehiclemake or, more likely, an endearing affinity I’ve developed with my own Jeep, whichhas always served as a reliable conveyance, as well as a bed and shelter for nearlyall of my personal belongings on more than one occasion.

Now, I might love Wranglers, but I’ve never been a part of the “it’s a Jeep thing”crowd. I’ve never tricked out my ride with obscene, gar gantuan wheels or wenchesor any other sort of armament, and I was relieved when the “Jeep thing” motto beganto fade as the newer W ranglers became more luxurious than dexterous. But there’sstill some residual fellowship between Wrangler drivers on the road today, the JeepWave. If you own a W rangler, you are automatically initiated into an unintentionalfraternity, and etiquette dictates that you wave to other Wrangler drivers as you passon the road. The ritual is absolutely ridiculous, but it’s har mless, and you can gaugeother drivers’ keenness for the practice by the enthusiasm of their wave – instead ofbeing an outright jerk and snubbing people, I usually give a lukewar m, four-finger“steering wheel wave,” a term that has worked its way into the Jeep lexicon.

When you drive a Wrangler, the seasons, especially summer and winter, are veryevident as you drive around. In the warmer months, the top is down, and you knowwhy you have a Jeep. When it’s cold, and only a soft canvass top separates you andyour vehicle’s interior from the elements, you wonder why you still have a Jeep. Buteven as I sit and shiver down the road in January and February, I couldn’t imaginebeing comfortable in another car.

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Ashland Park becomesLexington’s newest historicdistrictLexington’s Urban County Council voted to clas-sify the Ashland Park neighborhood as a H-1zone, a historic district.

In a special meeting in January to discuss andvote on the issue, which lasted nearly five hoursand heard from a number of supporters for themeasure as well as opponents, the council voted11-1 to approve the measure. CouncilmemberJennifer Scutchfield was the only “no” vote. Councilmember Bill Farmer, Jr., who representsthe 5th District, where the neighborhood islocated, recused himself from the vote since heowns property in the affected area.

An H-1 overlay is designed to protect and pre-serve structures and sites of historic, cultural andarchitectural importance in Lexington andFayette County. As part this zoning, propertyowners must seek approval from the Board ofArchitectural Review before making certain alter-ations to the exterior of their homes.

The majority of the homes in Ashland Park werebuilt in the early 20th century, and the neighbor-hood was named after the estate of SenatorHenry Clay, whose descendants sold off part ofthe land for residential development. The neigh-borhood is listed on the National Register ofHistoric Places.

The new H-1 zone is bounded by properties onSouth Hanover Avenue and Desha Road on thenorthwest and southeast and Richmond Roadand Fontaine Road on the northeast and south-west. This section of Ashland Park is the city’s15th historic district.

“This is one of the most historic areas in the city ,perhaps the most historic,” Tony Chamblin, for-mer president of the Ashland Park NeighborhoodAssociation and a current board member, said inan interview before the vote. “…(Approval)seems logical to me – a slam dunk for anyoneinterested in maintaining the historic legacy ofthat neighborhood.”

Opponents to the measure cited onerous restric-tions to do what they wanted with their homeand property, as well as the potential for evencostlier repairs to homes’ exteriors.

Bourbon ‘n Toulouse planFat Tuesday partyBourbon ‘n Toulouse’s annual and anticipatedFat Tuesday party will begin at 11 a.m. Feb. 12.

This will be the ninth year the cajun restaur anthas hosted the fete.

For the festivities, revelers can relish a specialbatch of alligator etouffee, slices of king cakeand 700 pounds of crawfish, delivered live fromLouisiana the morning of the celebration. Thecrawfish boil begins at 6:30 p.m. For entertain-ment, The Mojo Tones will play at 6 p.m., fol-lowed by The Tall Boys at 9 p.m.

The Chevy Chase Inn and Beer Trappe, bothlocated in close proximity to Bourbon n’Toulouse, will also open at 11 a.m. and will beavailable to diners for additional places to sit,and revel.

Following the party, Bourbon ‘n Toulouse will beclosed until Feb. 16. “We do over two weeksworth of business in 12 hours and our staff willconsume 12-months worth of booze that day,”said co-owner Kevin Heathcoat. “We need a fewextra days to sober up and clean this place up .”

For those not wanting to brave the crowd, therestaurant will be selling food by the quart andgallon, but pre-orders must be made by Feb. 11.

Gallery Hop coming toChevy Chase in FebruaryLexArts’ Gallery Hop, a seasonal open-house fordowntown art galleries and businesses, willinclude two stops in the Chevy Chase areabeginning with the February installment, whichoccurs 5 - 8 p.m. Feb. 15.

New Editions Gallery (807 E. Euclid Ave.) andThe Collective (314 S. Ashland Ave.) will both byhosting events and exhibits during the FebruaryGallery Hop. New Editions Gallery will be show-casing new works by a number of artists , andThe Collective, which will be at its new addressin time for the Gallery Hop, will be exhibiting thework of its participating artists.

There will be a special Lextran Colt Trolley avail-able that evening which will shuttle GalleryHoppers from downtown to the Chevy Chaselocations and vice versa.

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Grants are available for a wide range of projectsincluding rain gardens, green roofs, communitygardens, streamside restoration, recycling pro-grams, beautification projects (outside only), rainbarrel projects, the cleanup and restoration ofillegal dumpsites, litter projects, planting streettrees and other projects that are determined toimprove the environmental health of the com-munity and meet the principles of sustainability.

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Smiley Pete publishersreceive prestigious community award Smiley Pete Publishing founders and owners,Chris Eddie and Chuck Creacy, received the pres-tigious 2013 Spirit Award, presented by theLexington Forum at the organization’s annualState of the Merged Government Address, aluncheon that provides the city’s sitting mayor anopportunity to address a broad spectrum of localleaders. Smiley Pete Publishing is the parentcompany of this magazine. Each year the Lexington Forum recognizes an

individual or group that has made a meaningfulchange in the Bluegrass by giving back to thecommunity through volunteerism. The criteria ofthis award are based solely on the nominee’scaring contributions to the community.

In citing Eddie, Creacy and their company, theForum said: “Smiley Pete Publishing has servedas a consistent, ardent and significant supporterof the Lexington community in general and itsarts scene, in particular. Over the years since itslaunch in 1997, this local, independent publisherof Business Lexington, Chevy Chaser andSouthsider magazines, as well as the new arts &entertainment website tadoo.com, has enlight-ened readers about a broad range of communityissues, key events and local personalities.”

Previous recipients of the Lexington Forum SpiritAward include: Alan Stein, 2012; Cornelia“Neal” Vaughn, 2011; Ginny Ramsey, 2010; Dr.David Stephens, 2009; and Isabelle Yates, 2008.

In other Smiley Pete Publishing news: The com-pany’s 2012 Good Giving Guide Challenge, anonline charitable campaign conducted in a part-nership with the Blue Grass CommunityFoundation, raised over $586,000 on behalf of68 local and regional nonprofit organizations.The goal for the challenge, which ran from Nov.1 to Dec. 31, 2012, was $400,000.

This was the second year for the project. In itsfirst year, the Good Giving challenge raisedapproximately $204,000 in donations to partici-pating nonprofits.

West Sixth Brewing tobegin canning second brewBrewers at West Sixth Brewing Company haveannounced plans to begin canning a secondbeer in February. Deliberation Amber, an amberale, will join the downtown brewery’s IPA beerson shelves and in coolers. West Sixth is the onlybrewery in Kentucky to can its beers.

“This beer has been available on draft inLexington for a few months, and the responsehas been tremendous. We’re excited to be ableto offer it to our fans in a can, ” said co-founderBrady Barlow.

The can design, which was designed by local artistBrian Turner of Cricket Press, resembles the lookof the IPA can with a different color scheme, andthe use of grains instead of hops in the design.

The West Sixth amber is available immediatelyon draft throughout central Kentucky and willsoon be available in cans at stores throughoutKentucky. It will be distributed through ClarkDistributing in central and southern Kentucky.

“Lexington’s response to our IPA has been fan-tastic – we’re selling our beer as fast as we canmake it,” so co-founder Joe Kuosman. “We can’twait to introduce our amber to a larger market.”



PHOTOS BY ROBBIE CLARK

The former First African Baptist Church was originally built in 1856 by its congr ega-tion of slaves in the Lexington area.

BY NATALIE VOSSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

According to W illiam Thomas, astep into the building at the cor-ner of Short and Deweese streets

is a step back into history. The buildingthere was originally built in 1856 by itscongregation of slaves and named theFirst African Baptist Church.

Thomas describes the building, withits glorious columns and gothic archedwindows and interior, as a beacon for theenslaved at the time of its foundation. Itscongregation at one point included 2,000people – almost a quarter of the city’spopulation in the late 1800s. He recallsfinding evidence that slaves at theWaveland plantation, in southern FayetteCounty, used to walk all the way todowntown to attend church. For many,the Sunday service was their only oppor-tunity to reunite with parents, siblingsand spouses who may have been sold toother families in the area.

The church’s congregation wasfounded in 1790 by slave Peter Durrett,who came west as a scout for a travelingchurch of early Baptists fleeing religiouspersecution in V irginia. Ultimately, hefell into the ownership of the family ofJohn Maxwell, one of the city’s firstfounders. Due to Durrett’s experiencewith the Baptists and respect within thecommunity among blacks and whites,Maxwell allowed him to build a cabin onhis property that originally housed thecongregation.

After Durrett, London Ferrill tookover the church’s leadership, and helpedpull together the funds to purchase andresell several properties that generatedenough profit for the church’s construc-tion.

Ferrill garnered enormous respectfrom the community when he risked hislife to minister to blacks and whites whofell ill during the city’s cholera epidemicin the 1830s.

“The history of the city is just woventhrough this project,” Thomas notes.“You hear as a youngster about all thishistory around you, and it doesn’t meanmuch to you at all. I really didn’t have asense for how African Americans werepart of this community. In school, whenwe were taught Kentucky history, it wasall Daniel Boone and Geor ge RogersClark, and that was about it.”

These days, he feels a little different-ly about it.

Upon his retirement, Thomasreturned to his hometown of Lexingtonfrom Boston and was distressed to hearthat the building where he had attendedchurch as a young man was in danger ofbeing sold to developers later this year, atwhich point it will be tor n down. Thebuilding, which is on the NationalRegister of Historic Places and part of theBlue Grass T rust for HistoricPreservation, currently houses the day-care program of Central ChristianChurch. The First African Baptist Churchcongregatoin has since moved on to anew building on Price Road.

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Formerly a cellist and conductor ,Thomas dreamed in 2008 of restoring thebuilding and converting it to a museumand cultural center showcasing AfricanAmerican art. He formed the First AfricanFoundation to try to raise money to pur-chase the building and give life to hisvision. “It just makes me so excited I canhardly sit still,” he exclaims.

Together with architect GregFitzsimons of Fitzsimps Architecture, thefoundation has drawn up plans that willpreserve as much of the original structureas possible, while including a moder naddition that will connect to the currentbuilding in order to house the art gal-leries. Among the plans for the additionis an equestrian gallery that would fea-ture African Americans who playedprominent roles in the state’s signatureThorough-bred industry. Many of themwere jockeys, and some became highlysuccessful, such as Derby winners JimmyWinkfield, Oliver Lewis and IsaacMurphy (who won the race three times).

The façade of the church will appear

no different, according to Thomas. Insidethe sanctuary, some of the original win-dows that have been bricked over will berecovered, and the balcony will be adjust-ed to form more of a U-shape to betteraccommodate music per formances. Thispart of the plan has particular significanceto Thomas, as he grew up in First Africanplaying his cello for the congregation longbefore it ultimately became his career.

Thomas reports that CentralChristian has given the foundation untilSeptember to raise the $800,000 neededto purchase the building. Currently, thegroup has raised $80,000, and has amatching grant promised up to $100,000.Thomas and the foundation’s board esti-mate that the total project – purchase,renovation and construction – will costaround $4 million.

“The fundraising has been challeng-ing,” he admits.

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(From left) Architect Greg Fitzsimons; Phaon Patton, First African Baptist Churchexecutive director and First African Foundation board member; and William Thomas,First African Foundation president.

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BY BILL FARMER, JR.5TH DISTRICT COUNCIL

Ihope you had wonder ful holidays andare now enjoying the stretch leading toValentine’s Day. I am never one to wish

the year away but if you squint a little,March Madness is out there withKeeneland on the horizon. W armth is outthere too, waiting for us to get there.

Chaser CongratulationsFirst up are my sincere congratulations

to Chuck Creacy and Chris Eddie, the brainsand brawn behind the beginning of theChevy Chaser and Southsider magazines aswell as Business Lexington. These enterpris-ing gents received the Lexington ForumSpirit Award presented just before theMayor’s State of the Mer ged Governmentaddress. The annual award recognizes peo-ple and groups in our community that makea difference. This year’s award spotlightsthis duo’s “say yes” attitude and their con-tinuing commitment to the arts and artscommunity here in Lexington. W ell donegentlemen, and well deserved indeed.

Council UpdateSince our last visit here, the 12 district

council members elected in Novemberwere sworn in. Our mee ting schedule isstill winding up, but I am pleased to tellyou that I have once again been confirmedby my colleagues as chair of the Planningand Public Works Committee. For me thisis a special post and service that I alwaystake pride in. For this term, newly returnedcouncilmember Jennifer Mossotti hasagreed to serve as the committee vicechair. I am most pleased to be serving withher again.

We are of f to a good start and willquickly turn to budget-related issues afterseveral confirmation hearings for posts inthe Gray Administration. For mer CAORichard Moloney will become Commis-sioner of Environmental Quality and PublicWorks. Lexington will have its first femaleCAO as the current Commissioner ofGeneral Services Sally Hamilton will takethat spot. Former mayoral aide Geof f Reedwill return to service as the new GeneralServices Commissioner. With all that is aboutto be done, the mayor still needs to field

replacements for the directors of both TrafficEngineering and Purchasing.

PensionsWith what I would call the historic

announcement of a “pension consensus”also comes the budget work to get it done.Since the 30-year agreement calls for consis-tent $20-million-per-year contributions, theproposing of the 2014 budget will mostlikely have an increased impact on each ofus. I can’t tell you what form that will take,but since we currently only contribute $9million per year , something has to give.While the unfunded pension liability will becut by 45 percent and the necessity ofbonding in the current year’s budget will beobviated, we should all follow this discus-sion and relevant budget decisions closely.

LamentationsI sometimes like to comment on

changes less notable but still with impact onour daily perception of life here inLexington. Over the course of the multipleupgrades and changes at Christ the KingCathedral, the most recent has been theaddition of a fence around the remainingopen space on that block. This is the fieldbounded by Cochran, Romany andProvidence. While the fence looks fine, itdoes signal – for me at least – a less openand welcoming nature. I understand the rel-evant security needs, since an elementaryschool is present. I understand that eventswithin our society today make the additionof the fence both wise and prudent, but Ilament the loss of openness and a certainfeeling of neighborhood for us all.

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BY MIKE TUTTLE | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

We buy 400 cases of strawberries, almost a semi-truck full. W e have alarge cooler that we fill from floor to ceiling, plus a couple of side cool-ers. Every single square inch is filled with strawberries, and we do

nothing but dip strawberries for three days – all day long, for three days.”This is how Ruth Hunt Candies owner Larry Kezele and the folks at Ruth Hunt

Candies jump into the Valentine’s Day rush: dipping 22,000 strawberries into choco-late for their famous Long Stem Strawberries.

“It’s harder, in some ways, than Christmas. Christmas, you know, people showup and you’re busy from Thanksgiving on. Some people give early gifts; some peo-ple give late gifts. Y ou build up to the really busy days before Christmas. Still, thebusiest day of the year is always right on V alentine’s Day. That’s when everybodygets the gift,” Kezele continued.

Ruth Hunt Candies is a long-established name in Lexington, as well as in Mt.Sterling where their factory is located. You can tour the factory and see the large cop-per kettles and marble slabs that Ruth Hunt herself used in her business that started92 years ago this year.

And now, Kezele has brought Ruth Hunt Candies back to downtown Lexingtonwith a new store on Walton Avenue.

“Years and years ago, Ruth Hunt herself had a store on the cor ner of Main andLimestone. Some time later, we had a store in Chevy Chase. It was a very small spacethere that did quite well, but the building owners decided to tear that whole buildingdown and rebuild. I always wanted to get back to downtown Lexington, but down-town wasn’t nearly as resurgent as it is now,” Kezele said. “W e went to Woodhill for10 years, but I am a fir m believer in owning our own building. When the sign wentup for this building I called immediately. We got it in November. We flat-out ran to getthings going in time for Christmas, which is our absolute make-or -break season.”

Getting a Ruth Hunt store in on W alton Avenue is like a plan come full circle forKezele, who has wanted to own a building in downtown Lexington for a long time.

“When we moved in at Woodhill, this building was for sale and I looked at it. Atthe time it was just out of our reach. Sonitrol bought the building and renovated it.

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Now, 10 years later, it has all new electric, all new plumbing, a new roof. There isplenty of parking. It worked out really well. And we are so excited to be back indowntown Lexington and involved in the things going on downtown,” he said.

While the Walton Avenue store has its share of other gift items that have provento be very popular over the years – Kentucky cookbooks and collectibles, plush toys,and even a postal mailing counter for sending gifts and candy – 85 to 90 percent ofthe Ruth Hunt business is still candy. From those famous chocolate-dipped straw-berries and filled heart-shaped boxes of V alentine’s Day to Woodford Reserve bour-bon balls, the Ruth Hunt crew does what they know best.

Since this is a candy store, there was one question Larry Kezele would be veryqualified to answer: What is “a kid in a candy store” really like?

“Oh, we’ve had whole shelves knocked over,” he laughed. “But usually we haveparents and grandparents who bring in the most well-behaved children. W e had onelittle girl who would come in regularly with her grandmother with her $2 for the week.She is so thoughtful, taking her time until she finds her thing for the week. It is herbonding with her grandmother. And she’ll remember that for the rest of her life.”

Kezele has amassed a collection of letters and emails from people who had afamily tradition of stopping by one of the Ruth Hunt locations with a parent or grand-parent and are now passing that along to their own children. There are touching sto-ries of some very fond memories that people have of visits to the store or of gettingone of Ruth Hunt’s famous Blue Monday candy bars at a drugstore.

“One fellow wrote us who used to come from Louisville to Lexington to visit hisgrandmother on the weekends. She would take him to McAdams & Mor ford down-town and they would have an olive nut sandwich and a Blue Monday,” Kezele said.“As she got older, she ended up in a nursing home. He would come to visit her, stop-ping by McAdams & Mor ford to pick up Blue Mondays, which just delighted her .Eventually his grandmother passed away. And on his way to the funeral he stoppedby and bought every Blue Monday they had and put it in the cof fin with her. Thiswas 40 or 50 years ago, and that man is still a customer today.”

Kezele and store manager Rwonda Crutcher are bracing for Valentine’s Day now.Over 20 thousand strawberries are destined for the Ruth Hunt factory in the nearfuture, and their job is cut out for them.

The new Ruth Hunt Candies location at 213 Walton Ave.is open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Mon. – Sat. (1 – 5 p.m. Sun.).

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Even with other trinkets in stock, candy is still the top seller at Ruth Hunt Candies stor es.


The New Fabricof the Neighborhood

BY NATALIE VOSS | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rag Peddler, a 16-year resident of 1125 South Broadway, recently relocatedover the holidays to a new location at 250 W alton Ave. While owner JaneBuckner says the new space will be slightly smaller , the new facility, nestled

among a batch of new businesses along the street, is more upscale and better -equipped to display the shop’s variety of fabrics.

The new facility was recently refurbished by W alker Properties, and Bucknersays that organization’s emphasis on “reinventing” the area of W alton Avenue andNational Avenue was a major impetus for her move.

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The Rag Peddler’s fabrics and custom pieces have been used in a variety of areabusinesses, including Merrick Inn, Giuseppe’s, Portofino’s, the Thoroughbred Club,Wines on Vine, Cheapside Bar and Grill, Dudley’s and Rose Bud, among others.

Buckner believes the new location is better -suited to her clients’ needs. A lar gepercentage of her business comesfrom residents of the 40502 zipcode, and many of The RagPeddler’s customers also shop atneighboring stores.

“I think all of our businessescompliment each other,” she said.“We have a lot of mutual cus-tomers, and do a lot of businesswith each other.”

Opened in 1993, The RagPeddler was Buckner’s escape froma career in social work that hadturned out to be a poor fit for her .

“I just thought I’d try it to seeif it’d work,” she said. “I didn’t startwith very much money; 19 yearslater I’m still doing it.”

At the time it opened, theshop was the city’s only fabricstore, and is still one of the largest.In addition to selling home fabrics,the shop makes custom pieces,mostly draperies, for its clients.

“I have a little bit of every-thing, although Lexington’s fairlytraditional. We have unique pat-terns, so we’re told, that otherstores might not carry, but we tryto cater to everybody’s tastes,”she said.

The Rag Peddler will alsoreupholster small pieces of fur ni-ture, and works with a number ofreupholstering professionals in thecity for larger pieces.

The shop’s most commonlyreupholstered pieces are diningroom chairs, which don’t usuallyrequire much fabric and are sim-ple, relatively inexpensive jobs.

Another of the store’s mostpopular purchases is its customcornhole boards and bags. TheRag Peddler uses heavier fabricand stronger stitching, which tendto make the bags hold up longerthan mass-manufactured varieties.According to Laura Cox, who hasbeen an employee for the pasteight years, the shop is one of thelargest purchasers of locally growncorn from Souther n States inLexington. They purchase around400 pounds of the ker nels amonth, or around 5,000 poundsper year, to keep up with thedemand for the popular tailgatinggame.

For Buckner, the move back to the area is a way of coming home. “I grew upin the area all my life, and I kind of wanted to go back there,” she said. “It’s a lot oflocal businesses, and I know a lot of those business owners. W e all support eachother and compliment each other.”

And, of course, The Rag Peddler’s resident terriers, Biscuit, Gravy and Tank, havemade the move and will be greeting customers at the new location.

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Yards upon yards of fabric fills the space of TheRag Peddler’s new location. Buckner started thebusiness 19 years ago.

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Matthew Wilson (left) started George Bear Wear. Mark and Virginia Zoller are minorityowners of the business. Here the three show off some of the company’s jackets.

BY DAN DICKSON | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there are 146,000 apparel manufac-turing employees in the U.S. Yes, those folks producing “Made in the USA” gar-ments of all kinds. In some places, it’s trendy to wear clothing with such a

patriotic label.Now, a couple of 20-something Chevy Chase residents are helping to keep

Kentucky clothing quite busy.The clothing brand is called George Bear. It just hit the marketplace last fall with

a much bigger rollout planned for 2013.“They are technical outer wear (for technically demanding sports or other out-

door activities).We make 12 types of men’s and women’s jackets,” explained founderMatthew Wilson, 27. The brand name, Geor ge Bear, comes from the names ofWilson’s two dogs.

As for the Made in the USA claim: “W e manufacture completely 100 percent inthe United States. We’re the only brand (technical outdoor wear) that can say that,”Wilson stressed. “We purchase our fabric from Polar T ech, the same company thatThe North Face and Patagonia buy from. Our products are just the same, but we’rethe only outdoor brand manufactured in the U.S.”

Wilson adds that the logos, zippers and ancillary items on the clothing are alsoAmerican-made.

Until recently, the clothing was assembled at Phar Shar Manufacturing inLeitchfield, Ky., about 75 miles southwest of Louisville. But now the line of George BearWear is assembled at SEKRI (South Eastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries), a com-pany which has an emphasis on employing disabled workers and wounded veterans.

Wilson says he and his friends have always enjoyed hiking and kayaking, whichspurred his interest in starting his own outer wear company, his first business ven-ture. Wilson’s step-father, Jim Hampton Plemmons, owner of Old Frankfort Stud inWoodford County, was instrumental in helping Wilson develop his business plan andlaunch George Bear.

During his late high school and early University of Kentucky years, W ilson wasa ski technician at the for mer Phillip Gall’s Outdoor and Ski Store, now BenchmarkOutdoor Outfitters, in Lexington. “We’re familiar with the industry and products, notjust because we like them, but because we use them,” he said.

George Bear clothing became available last November online (geor gebear-wear.com) and at J&H Lanmark – The Outdoors Store.

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Wilson’s cousin, Virginia, is a business advisor, and both are minority owners of theline. Zoller, a mechanical engineer, does data based analysis for George Bear.

“I told Matthew I don’t know much about fashion, but I can help with market-ing and crunching numbers about the demographics of the customers he’s trying toreach, and in quantifiable metrics,” said Zoller, 29. He also helps track the company’sstock of materials, orders and sales.

“2013 is hopefully going to be the break out year . We’re in the midst of market-ing to brick and mortar wholesale stores and local shops trying to get the name estab-lished. We’ll be hitting on all cylinders for fall and winter and the holidays,” he pre-dicted.

Zoller says the target market for George Bear is young, at least initially. They’reseeking 18- to 24-year-old college students. The business model calls for penetratingcollege towns, specifically in the Southeastern Conference.

“We’ll market wholesale products into local shops only and will sell to just oneshop in each town to create a demand. We’re not going immediately to the big boys(such as Orvis, REI and Dick’s Sporting Goods). We’re going to start low, grassroots,basement level and establish the name that way,” Zoller advised.

Zoller and Wilson say they know their tar get market and describe them as cus-tomers who want things small and organic. “We want to get directly into small shopsthat support their local communities,” Zoller said.

Wilson adds: “We are trying to set a new standard for how products are manu-factured, shipped, carried and used.”

Although sales have begun, an important target month will be March when retailclothing buyers typically make their selections for the coming fall, holiday and win-ter seasons. That’s the timeframe Geor ge Bear wants to be ready for . “That’s whatwe’re pushing toward. Depending on who wants to pick us up, it will be into storesand on racks in October , along with the other brands that come out then, too,”Wilson said.

New for George Bear this fall will be different clothing patterns like a vest, a cou-ple of jackets with hoods attached to them, some new ski gear and hiking/trekkinggear. There will also be a line of t-shirts. One day, there might be children’s clothing,but not right away, says Wilson.

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BY ESTHER MARRCONTRIBUTING WRITER

An actor portraying an illness iscommonplace on television and inmovies that aim to provide a real-

istic view of the emotions and physicalpain that patients endure. But what manymay not realize is how valuable actorscan be to aspiring medical professionalsin real life.

The Standardized Patient Program, anational program that was introduced tothe University of Kentucky’s College ofMedicine in the mid 1990s, has become avital way to train and assess medical stu-dents on how they communicate withpatients.

“We primarily focus on communica-tion skills – how to talk and get infor ma-tion from a patient, and how to improvetheir listening skills by not interrupting orbeing judgmental,” explained Joe Gatton,who has served as coordinator of thestandardized patient, or “SP” program, fornearly seven years.

Gatton, who has a background inshow business, served as a SP himself fornearly a decade before taking on the roleof coordinator. His responsibilitiesinclude training the SPs to portray variousillnesses in order to evaluate the skills ofthe students in all of UK’s major healthcolleges, including phar macy, nursing,dentistry and the physician’s assistantprograms.

The SP program begins during amedical student’s first year at UK, withthe scenarios the SPs portray and the skilllevels progressing as the student showsadvancement.

Medical students are aware the SPsthat assess their skills are actors. The goalis to give them a way to practice theircraft before venturing out into real-life sit-uations.

“For first- and second-year students,we’re teaching them how to assess apatient’s ailments based on how they ver-bally describe what’s going on,” Gattonsaid. “(The student) learns how to ask theright kinds of questions in the right kindof way. Sometimes even silence drawsmore information out – just being patient

enough to listen instead of going to thenext question, and lear ning how torespond.”

Besides UK medical students, the SPprogram also occasionally works of fsitewith interns, pharmacists and other med-ical professionals within competencytraining workshops.

UK’s SP staff is made up of about 35to 40 people, ages 20 to 75, that evaluatemedical students based on a specificchecklist of skills. The position is consid-ered part-time and temporary, althoughGatton said he knows people that haveworked as SPs for more than 10 years.

When hiring SPs, Gatton said com-munication skills and a teaching back-ground are a plus, but not required. Over

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the years, he has employed many retiredteachers, actors and other individualsinvolved in the communications field.

One of Gatton’s goals through the SPprogram is to teach medical students“how to have a conversation and askquestions that don’t treat someone likethey’re a germ underneath a microscope.

“Because we’re in this great age oftechnology, we think it’s going to saveus,” he explained. “But if you ask theright kind of questions, you’ll know thecorrect technology to use may be lessexpensive. If (the patient) doesn’t needan MRI, don’t give an MRI. Sometimes thetendency is, ‘W ell, we’ll just do sometests,’ as opposed to ‘does this patientreally need this?’”

Gatton explained how some of thescenarios SPs act out are straightforward,while others may take some investigatingon the part of the student in order to dis-cover the root of the problem. Regardlessof the situation, the student must keepthe SP comfortable and stay sensitive tohis or her needs – especially if it involvesa sexual issue or a battle with addiction.

“A patient may come in presentingone thing, but the case is basically train-ing these students to listen and realizethat what’s on the chart isn’t actually theirissue,” Gatton said.

For example, a SP may present acase where the actor simply wants get aprescription refill, when in fact it tur nsout she is a victim of domestic violence

and needs more medication because herpartner stole it.

“Another scenario may involve anelderly person coming to have theirblood pressure medicine adjusted and thestudent has to figure out that it actuallydoesn’t need to be adjusted; (the patient)hasn’t been taking it correctly,” Gattonsaid. “If (the student) takes the cue cor-rectly, they realize they may be dealingwith a case of early dementia and need todo some other types of tests.”

For Gatton, he believes communica-tion skills are just as important as the sci-ences involved in a medical profession.

“Just because something’s on a chart,don’t come in with your mind made up,”he said. “Start out with an open-ended

A patient may come inpresenting one thing,but the case is basical-ly training these stu-dents to listen andrealize that what’s onthe chart isn’t actuallytheir issue.”

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he sees many benefits in the process. “Sometimes you get cynical and think nobody cares, but then you see someone

(communicating with patients) the right way and is still passionate about it – to seehow great it is when it works, it’s inspiring,” Gatton said.

Kenda Wright, who has worked as a SP for more than six years, said she enjoysher career because it combines her love of acting with her interest in education. Shealso feels she is helping to make a dif ference in the medical field.

“I believe the Standardized Patient Program allows the students to become bet-ter health-care professionals,” said Wright, who minored in theatre in college and hasheld past jobs as a banker and a high school business teacher .

“(The students) are able to practice interviewing and counseling skills in a safeenvironment that allows them opportunities for constructive feedback and chancesto improve their communication skills through repeated simulations,” sheadded. “In turn, the increased opportunities help them develop better relationshipswith their patients.”

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So, you made a resolution to workout, to lose weight, to be healthier . Goodfor you. Now, how do you keep it? As a rule, I don’t like resolutions. Theyset most of us up for failure. What I do like is a plan – a plan that has time

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Plans for better health and fitness can be made at the beginning of the year,but they are different than resolutions. So, have you made a plan? If you are real-izing that you have not made a plan, but just a resolution, then this is time tochange it.

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Next you have to identify where you are. Again, be realistic and truthful. Ifyou hate exercise and love French fries, be honest. Put all your vices out thereon the table and then you can make a plan to attack them one at a time. Thereis no pile of obstacles too big to overcome, but a plan to do this is crucial. If youlook at the changes you have to make as a big pile that must be dealt with as awhole, you will be overwhelmed and quit before you start.

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will include exercise and dietary changes, as well as a few lifestyle changes. Ialways like to start with exercise (imagine that). I think incorporating exerciseinto your life’s routine is the best base to move forward with other changes. Thefeelings of success that come with exercise are the best way to empower you tomake more changes in your life.

Dietary changes can be tough. There are many choices here and they aresomewhat individual. However, there is some common ground. Anyone lookingto make dietary changes needs to increase their awareness of nutritional infor-mation. If you eat out, then you have to know calories and nutritional content ofthe foods at your favorite places. The web is great for this. If you cook at home,then you have to analyze what you like to cook and see if it can be tweaked tobe healthier that it is currently. Many home cooked meals can be helped withless starch (potatoes and rice) and more veggies (especially dark greens).

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A FIT NEIGHBORHOODA collection of fitness-oriented businesses find critical mass in National Avenue area

BY DAN DICKSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

While we see more Kentuckianswalking, running and generallyexercising, statistics show,

unfortunately, that we, as a state, are sim-ply getting fatter by the year.

But a group of small business own-ers in one emer ging Lexington neigh-borhood is doing its part to give us moreexercise options in a one-stop location— and hoping we’ll take advantage ofthem.

Greg Walker, along with his fatherand brother, operates Walker Properties,a Lexington development company.They are working with tenants and per-spective tenants to design and build cus-tomized business spaces that fit theirneeds. One target area of Lexington forhis company is along National A venue,Walton Avenue and North AshlandAvenue, close to Lexington’s Kenwickand Mentelle neighborhoods.

“We are trying to listen to whateveryone tells us they want from a busi-

ness point of view, but also what theneighborhoods say,” explained W alker.“We want it to benefit them, us and thetenants as a community.”

In that area, a group of six fitness-related businesses have opened or areabout to open:

• CrossFit Maximus, a personalworkout center, offers fitness andstrength training, a high-intensity bootcamp, massage and, maybe not surpris-ing, chiropractic care. The new locationis its second in Lexington, with its firstcenter located on Palumbo Drive.

• Fitness Plus is a personal fitnesscenter “plus” more — namely, wellnesscare. The business recently moved tothis larger space.

• Personal Best is another fitnessbusiness, providing personal and grouptraining. It recently moved into whatWalker calls “a customized fit-up.”

• Swim Bike Run of Kentucky isjust what it says — all three activities —and more. They work to give clients thetraining and mental strength to accom-plish their athletic goals.

• Hybrid Martial Arts is in a cus-tomized renovation space and of fersmany of the disciplines in the martialarts for both children and adults.

• And finally, there is Elle Fitness.Among other things, it promises to helpnew mothers “get their body back” witha program called BarreAmped BabyShake Off.

“It is by design that we are trying todevelop a community of businesses thatwork together,” explained Walker. “But Idon’t think we intentionally went out torecruit fitness-oriented businesses. Theyjust seem to be around each other .”

Four of the six fitness businessesshare the same building; three share thesame street frontage and parking area.Three of the businesses are owned bywomen, and all of the businesses aretrying to network together for the bet-terment of all.

There are several other types ofbusinesses in the area. An eatery is com-ing soon, and Walker predicts others willfollow.

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he said. “There are a number of creativeartists who lease from us. W e have amixed use of some types of retail.”

Walker said he and his family havegained a level of control in the neighbor-hood with the acquisition of two cityblocks of properties over the years.

“We purchase buildings that haveseen better days and try to reinventthem,” he said.

In this neighbor hood, the W alkersprefer not to rent to businesses with anindustrial bent.

CrossFit Maximus, which celebratedits second anniversary in September , has7,000 square feet of space on NorthAshland, with eight full-time and 12 part-time employees. Owner Matt Sharpbelieves people are growing tired of “big-box national fitness models like UrbanActive and L.A Fitness.” Instead, saidSharp, people are switching to local, morespecialized experiences with trainers whoare more vested in the community ratherthan in a “chain gym,” as he calls them.

In certain parts of Lexington, such asthe Jefferson Street area, there are explo-sions of new, local businesses, such asrestaurants. Sharp thinks the fitness indus-try that’s blooming on National, Midlandand North Ashland avenues is a naturalextension of that.

“Our philosophy is to change lives

for the better,” he said. “Our model is tobuild a community of like-minded peo-ple. We invest in our people. Each mem-ber is very important. We want to changethat member’s life so then they’ll tell afriend and bring them in.”

Sharp praised his clients, saying theyare special types who “are ready to dig inand make some real, lasting changes intheir lives.”

Three-time world champion and two-time hall-of-fame inductee Sean Stefanicowns Hybrid Martial Arts on NationalAvenue.

“I like the fact that there are a lot ofother fitness providers in this area. Mytheme seems to go along with the rest ofthem,” Stefanic said. “A lar ge part of myclientele is children. I have many adultstoo. It’s easy for [parents] to drop off chil-dren with us if it coincides with their ownworkout nearby.”

Stefanic’s goal for 2013 is to have 100students in his classes, which include amixed martial arts style called Jeon sa musul, which translated means “the way ofthe ultimate warrior .” It encompassesTaekwondo, Hapkido, kickboxing, box-ing, Kali and grappling.

Of his “get fit” neighbor hood envi-ronment, Walker concludes that it is “agrassroots development; they all desire tobe down here.”


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Shane Burry said worry about gettingin trouble for helping friends andacquaintances get in shape drove

him to look for a personal training certifi-cation program.

Looking through a slew of personaltraining programs, from short onlinecourses to four -year degrees, he foundthe Lexington Healing Arts Academy’saccredited Personal Fitness T rainingCertification Program and dove right in.

“I’ve loved it,” said Burry, who pre-viously worked professionally as a musi-cian and was in the military. “It’s beentough, they really push you here. It’s notan easy school, but the benefits and therewards are well worth the time.”

He has never missed a day of class,and with only two months left, theMinnesota native said he already has ajob lined up locally when he graduates

from the program. Attending class every day, the acade-

my’s personal trainers go through rigor-ous scientific courses that cover nutritionand fitness, professional developmentand lab work. It was this multi-faceted,thorough curriculum that attracted Burry,and it is what Lexington Healing ArtsAcademy Executive Director Bill Bookerexpects out of the program.

The three-year-old initiative nowrounds out the other instructional of fer-ings at the Lexington Healing ArtsAcademy’s facilities on Southland Drive,which include yoga and massage trainingprograms.

After having bad experiences withpersonal trainers at gyms, and seeing therising popularity of personal training forthe middle class, Booker , who receivedhis master’s degree in business fromGeorge Washington University, decided itwas time to enlist the help of some sea-soned personal trainers and gym owners

to start the accredited program. “I didn’t know any better,” he reflect-

ed. “I went to the gym and I figured they(personal trainers) were very qualifiedpeople.”

It turns out, there is no statewide ornationwide standard to become a person-al trainer.

“There are a lot of dif ferent ways tobecome a certified personal trainer, all theway from going to school for six years, tostudying on your own on the weekendand paying for a certificate,” explainedLaura Coombs, the faculty head for thepersonal training program. Coombs has abachelor’s degree from Stony BrookUniversity in athletic training and a mas-ter’s degree from Queens College in exer-cise science. “W e are at an aggressivelevel and it is accredited, which meansthat to take the test you have to haveproper identification and have a testingcenter.

“And the faculty standards are the

most tough,” she added. “We are all edu-cated, experienced and have worked inthe field so we hold the standard veryhigh.”

She said experienced personal train-ers like her would rather have qualifiedprofessionals following in the footsteps oftheir field to hold a higher standard.

Booker added that he has seen per-sonal training “certifications” that allowjust about anyone to label themselves as“personal trainers” with only a few hoursof study and an online test.

This is disheartening for the true pro-fessionals, but most important for theconsumer, Booker added. He said gymsin Kentucky are beginning to demandtrainers with higher levels of training, andthat a large percentage of their graduateswalk into jobs almost immediately.

Coombs, who moved to Lexingtonsix years ago to help rehabilitate injuredassembly line workers at T oyota, saidhelping students build and enhance their


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professionalism is also a special com-ponent of the program. “Unlike the sci-entific curriculum, we really add a lot ofprofessional development,” she said.“How to sell yourself, how to poundthe pavement.”

She added that they educate theirtrainers to work with a lar ge range ofpeople – from regular gym goers toseverely overweight first-timers – with asafety-first mentality, and then by mak-ing it enjoyable for the client. They alsofocus on helping the trainer educateclients on how to maintain fitness andhealth outside of the gym environment.

Booker said he was a good exam-ple of someone in need of a qualifiedtrainer.

“How I worked out as I agedchanged, and I didn’t really know howto work out,” he said. “I kept injuringmyself and was a weekend warrior. Youreally need an educated, certified,trained person to help you.”

To help prevent injuries for otherpeople, Coombs teaches her students inanatomy, exercise physiology, kinesiol-ogy, nutrition and more. The studentswork out often while practicing movesand get a lot of coaching from theinstructors. Class sizes are small, withan average of about 10 students, andtaught by a five-member faculty – mostof whom are both trainers and businessowners.

Coombs said the program’s stu-dents come from all walks of life. Shesaid she has one student with a bache-lor’s degree in agricultural economics,another with a master’s degree in inter-national leadership, a rock and rollmusician, a retired police of ficer andmany other unusual paths. They rangein age from 18 to 60 years old.

“Everyone is very passionate,everyone wants to help,” Coombs said.“A lot of them have personal stories,they’ve seen people struggle.”

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Bill Booker is the executive director of the Lexington Healing Arts Academy. His wife, Debra,is the outreach coordinator and the director of the facility’s yoga center.

As graduates, some have started their own gyms and others integrate nicely intoexisting health facilities. Students are encouraged to maintain gym membershipswhile in the program and stay as fit as possible.

“They need to know how it feels to be pushed and to look the part,” Coombssaid.

At the Lexington Healing Arts Academy, educators are also looking at how tobest stay on top of fitness trends. Today, the biggest trend is small group fitness train-ing, Coombs said.

“It’s not group exercise, it’s tar geted and customized for those three or fourclients, and it makes it more af fordable for them and leverages the trainer’s time toget more clients in,” she said. “It also brings the community and social aspect and isless intimidating.”

Booker added that more and more doctors are prescribing exercise to heal phys-ical ailments and the demand for qualified personal trainers will continue to grow.

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We’ve all heard the term “muscle confusion.” It will supposedly solve ourworkout slump woes. Running for a year and not losing weight?Consider muscle confusion. Lifting weights alone not getting it done for

you? Consider muscle confusion. But what exactly is muscle confusion? Amié Bur nham at Lexington Athletic

Club joked that “muscles do not have brains,” and aren’t left “guessing” what todo next when you change up a workout. Burnham sees a lot of people who havehit a slump in their workout and need a dose of so-called muscle confusion tohelp get them fired up again.

Though she sees the necessity for muscle confusion (constantly changing upworkouts so you are not doing the same thing over and over), she thinks the phraseis misunderstood. And while acknowledging that “variety is the spice of life,” shesees also a lot of value in repetition in workouts for the sake of proper form, devel-oping speed, increasing resistance and improving overall per formance in an activi-ty. On the flip side, if you don’t challenge yourself in a particular workout, you prob-ably need to think about intensifying a certain aspect of your regimen.

I’ve been struggling with this in particular lately since my time at the gym isextremely limited these days. I’ve had to force myself to actually jog with the jog-ging stroller rather than power walk. And I have made a conscious ef fort toincrease the weight of my dumbbells when doing my bicep curls. Instead of think-ing about “confusing” my muscles, I am trying to think about doing similar groupsand patterns of exercises — and just doing them in a more challenging way.

“You want your body to become efficient, because we squat 100 times a dayin everyday life,” Bur nham explained. “So our body needs to lear n how tobecome efficient in that movement patter n, so it is important to train and repeatmovement patterns and learn correct technique and become efficient. But what somany people don’t do is progression and improvement.”

Ways to challenge yourself, she said, include changing up the tempo andtweaking the amount of repetitions and weight.

Aside from laziness or lack of infor mation, gender stereotypes also play ahuge role in adding variety (a.k.a. confusion) to workouts. “I find women are tooafraid to lift weights, they don’t want to move past that 10 pound dumbbell forwhatever reason,” she said, stressing that for basic health and the sake of weightloss and looking good, women need to step up their game in resistance training.

Men, on the other hand, need to back off on the resistance training and stopneglecting their cardiovascular training, Bur nham said, generally speaking. “Andthey really don’t want to lift with their legs,” she added.

Also, there is a group out there that works out too much and doesn’t build inenough rest and recovery time to allow their bodies to work more ef ficiently.

On the opposite spectrum, most people do not do enough. Burnham said thatto maintain overall health and general fitness, the American College of SportsMedicine recommends that everyone get at least two to three days of resistancetraining with eight to 10 exercises, and at the very least 30 minutes most days aweek of intense cardio training.

My guess is that most of us need to strive to reach the bare minimum, nevermind trying to train to get stronger , faster and fitter. I know that needs to be mygoal at the moment as I yearn for the days of freedom to workout six days a week.I think my muscles don’t need “confusion” as much as they need a good consis-tent butt-kicking on a regular basis.


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Written declarations of love havebeen on this Earth as long as humanshave had stones and cave walls.Especially in the early days of a rela-tionship, it’s typically in our nature toshare feelings with the one thatmakes us swoon. But over time, shar-ing feelings tend to become less fre-quent and can actually becomedownright quite awkward for somecouples. Time constraints and stresscompound the issue and before yourealize it, that flickering flame of ado-ration and romance has gone out.

There is something so timelessand sentimental about a soldier writ-ing a loved one back home, isn’tthere? They understand the impor-tance and fragility of each day. Theyface life and death with each hourand they know the power of thewords they express will remain for-ever. I vividly remember reading“The Bridges of Madison County” forthe first time many years ago andfeeling that lump rise in my throat asRobert James W aller described thebox of letters hidden under the bedand discovered years later , writtenbetween two star -crossed lovers.Lately, it’s hard to make it throughthe day without hearing the words“Downton Abbey.” Matthew’s lettersto Mary have made millions of heartsmelt worldwide.

So how does one go about craft-ing the perfect love letter? My answer:Make time. Time is really the onlyessential element to sharing yourthoughts with the one you love. Someare born with the gift of expressionand an ability and desire to sharedeep feelings. Others are not. Butwhether the words are eloquent orelementary, quoted or original, funnyor deep, it really doesn’t matter . Inthis case, it really is the thought thatcounts.

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Write about experiences you’veshared together. Talk about a favorite memory or a last-ing impression. Let them know howimportant that time was to you andhow you look forward to creating mem-ories together for a lifetime.

Remind them of the dreamsand hopes you’ve shared.Write the details and ideas of howyou’d like to make that happen withthem and how much you love sharingthese dreams with them.

Write about their characteris-tics and the traits that havedrawn you to them over time.Express to them how much you appreci-ate what they bring to your life each day.

Don’t just tell them how muchyou love them. Tell them why you love them and howyour life has been enriched havingthem in it.

Take initiative by asking themon a date (even if you’ve beenmarried for 35 years). Think of what they love to do and sug-gest you do that together soon.

Be thoughtful. Nothing goodwill happen from a thoughtless,forced letter. Get some alone time, spend a few min-utes gathering your thoughts and shareyour heart with the one you love.

A Facebook wall post, Tweet ora text doesn’t count.Although these forms of communica-tion are always welcomed additionsthroughout the week, they are not loveletters.

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BY ANN BOWE | LANDSCAPES COLUMNIST

Boxwood are everywhere in the Lexington landscape. Nonetheless, I’ll bet youhaven’t been properly introduced. What do you really know about this famil-iar neighbor?

First off, you might not have your neighbor’s name quite right. Boxwood refersto both a singular shrub or a bunch of them. There is no such word as “boxwoods,”though I, and probably you, have been known to add that pluralization. They are sonamed because the young stems of some species of boxwood are four-sided and thusare square in cross-section, like a box.

As traditional as these plants have become, they actually originated from otherparts of the world, such as Japan, southern Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.Fossilized boxwood plants date back more than 22 million years. In the first centuryB.C., wealthy Greeks and Romans landscaped their villas with boxwood topiaries andused the wood for utensils, tablets and or naments. Nathaniel Sylvester, the earliestEuropean settler of Shelter Island, N.Y., planted the first boxwood in the U.S. on hisplantation in about 1653.

Now, before you invite them to your home, you might want to know more abouttheir dietary preferences. Boxwood do not like compacted or poorly drained soil.They will grow in a wide variety of soil types as long as the pH is alkaline or slight-ly acidic, say 6.5 to 7.2.

Boxwood will take full sun to partial shade and are quite drought tolerant onceestablished. However, they have very shallow roots and so mulching is important,both to protect the roots and to maintain soil moisture. Don’t mulch too deeply, justan inch or two is fine, and keep the mulch away from the stems.

While boxwood, treated properly, can be a tough shrub, overwatering and overfertilizing stresses them, as can improper pruning. Too much stress will weaken anyplant, making it vulnerable to insects and disease. Boxwood are prone to leaf min-ers, mites and psyllids, and to various fungal diseases.

Most boxwood in the home landscape are pruned both to maintain size and tokeep that roundish shape that many of us are used to and therefore find attractive.To reduce size and attain that visually pleasing for m, you’re pretty much stuck withusing garden shears. But shearing promotes compact, twiggy growth and also cutsthe leaves, making them unsightly. Every time you shear, one branch becomes manybranches, eventually making the shrub so dense that light cannot penetrate and aircannot circulate. This results in the ideal environment to promote disease.

To increase air circulation and let light penetrate into the interior of the shrub,boxwood need to be thinned on a regular basis. This thinning goes a long way torepairing shearing damage. To thin boxwoods, simply reach into the plant and snip

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out stems, removing them evenly throughout the entire body of the plant. On a smallboxwood, you might remove stems 2 to 4 inches long. On a boxwood 1 or 2 feetwide, pull stems about 6 inches long. Larger shrubs will usually look fine with stemsup to 8 inches long pulled. Refrain from cutting the stem back beyond its last set ofleaves. Typically you should aim to remove about 10 percent of the branches. Aftercompletion the shrub will have small holes all around its outer surface, and you’ll beable to see the interior twigs when you peek through them. The surface of the shrubwill look and feel looser and it will also look somewhat irregular and more natural.At the same time, check out the interior of the plant and remove any dead wood.

Do not prune in August through October . Pruning encourages new growth, soif you prune too close to winter weather, that fragile new growth might be damagedand look unattractive. If boxwood need pruning in the spring, I wait until after thatfirst flush of spring growth since the shrubs will then maintain that desired for m forlonger. The ideal time to prune and thin is in the winter when the shrub is dor mant.

Of course, not pruning to reduce size or to maintain a rounded for m is perfect-ly fine, so long as you have selected a boxwood with an ultimate size that fits thespace and if you enjoy that natural form. It is likely that minimal pruning and shear-ing is better for the shrub. However, thinning is always advisable.

There are about 30 species of boxwood. American or common boxwood (buxussempervirens) and littleleaf boxwood ( buxus microphylla) and their many cultivarsare the primary species used for ornamentals. How to choose the right ones for yourgarden? Know your site then do some research. I recommend the book “BoxwoodHandbook: A Practical Guide” by L ynn R. Batdorf, the curator of the boxwood col-lection at the United States National Arboretum.

So the introductions are done. It’s always nice to get to know your neighbors.

Ann Boweoffers creative landscape design and installation, with a deep

interest in beautiful native plants. She can be reached at(859) 278-0069, or by email at [email protected].

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Author Janet Holloway begins her story in a speck of a town in W est Virginiathat is so small it doesn’t show up on any map. Despite the tiny stage SarahAnn, W.V., presented to her, the events that took place there, beginning in the

early 1940s, set the course of her life. W riting of memories as best as Holloway canremember, she reveals her life in its colorful and sometimes torn detail, and her skill-ful use of words takes us to a time – and to circumstances – that compile her heartwrenching history.

In a series of stories we meet Holloway’s mother who ventured as far from a nur-turing parental figure as can be imagined – but the innocent eyes of a young childdidn’t recognize that reality. It was the strong and caringpresence of her grandmother , Granny Bill, that of feredHolloway what security she had, though an outwardly ten-der heart her grandmother was not. W rites Holloway ofher efforts to support the many siblings and extended rel-atives who relied upon Granny Bill for their existence:“Although Granny completed only the third grade, shewas as smart and cunning a business person as LeonaHelmsley or Donald Trump, and she was used to gettingwhat she wanted. Some of the things she wanted requiredskimming the law – paying off sheriffs and judges, buyingand hauling votes, selling whiskey under the counter toknown customers, and shuttling moonshine from the hillsup to Chicago’s speakeasies...being madam of a housewith a few working girls when times were really hard.”

Despite the questionable nature of Holloway’supbringing and the “industry” the mountains surroundedher with, it was the mountains that brought her the mostjoy. “Magical” was the term she used as she describes thecolors, smells and textures that she freely explored. It was a time of relative peaceand though the chores and responsibilities given to her at an early age were rugged– she recalls the time with af fection.

But her life changed when her father packed her and her brother up and tookthem to Florida as young teenegers. Her mother , off on yet another lark, was againnot present and life in a city presented a challenge that taught Holloway the invalu-able ability to adapt, pretend and ultimately survive. When her mother did eventual-ly present herself, the recurring issues of her self absorption and selfishness ledHolloway to realize, “I had begun to hate her .”

Jump ahead 30 years and Holloway is living in Lexington, running a successfulbusiness and publishing numerous pieces of her writing. The phone rings, and hermother’s name shines from the caller ID. “W ords of concern wrapped in emotionaldaggers meant to punish me for the thousands of ways I’ve failed her ,” Hollowaywrites. “That’s why I’d rather be the one to initiate the call; I can do it when I feelstrong enough.” What follows is a new version of her old story.

In an unapologetic and starkly honest telling, the author recounts the days of herearly life and, later, the circumstances that led her to mother’s last days. Amazing forthe storytelling and the endurance that it demonstrates, “A Willful Child” offers anoth-er lesson as well. It is never possible to discern what a life has seen, how it has copedand how it has survived. Many in Holloway’s stories did not fare well and many didnot survive intact. But some do survive – and go on to serve their communities andneighbors – and do it well.

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Barely into his mid-30s and boasting somewhere close to 100 releases underhis belt, songwriter James Jackson T oth’s declaration that he considers him-self to have been “a late bloomer” as far as songwriting is considered might

surprise you. He didn’t learn how to “play a D7 chord” or start writing songs until he was a

freshman in college, he explains, adding, with his signature blend of humor , humili-ty and existentialism, that it “may have even been too early. Who knows?”

Toth, a Lexington transplant via New Y ork and Tennessee, is best known asWooden Wand, the moniker under which he started recording music about a decadeago, and is verifiably better known outside of Lexington than he is here. His mostrecent album, “Blood Oaths of the New Blues,” was released in January via FireRecords, a London-based independent label whose roster also includes indie giants


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With a decade-plus musical career that has essentially carved its own uniqueclass out of a pasticcio of influences (lo-fi indie rock, free jazz, Americana), “BloodOaths” has been called, by at least one reviewer, his most accessible album. Toth hap-pens to disagree (the opening song is nearly 12 minutes long, for one example), butseems pleased with how his latest ef fort came out: a haunting, intimate and visceralsoundtrack to a life marked by equal parts love, fear and resolve. One of the mostlyrically mature albums I’ve heard in years, “Blood Oaths” was recorded in the sameAlabama studio where T oth recorded his last LP , 2010’s “Briarwood,” a decidedlymore raucous, outlaw country-esque ef fort that employed the same backing band,and Toth praised both his band’s versatility and their willingness to let him knowwhich songs needed to be let go.

“I’m fortunate to have a band who will tell me when I’m wrong,” he said. “I prob-ably could have done ‘Briarwood’ with any rock band, but I couldn’t have done‘Blood Oaths’ without these particular individuals.”

Though he wouldn’t necessarily say he grew up in a musical household, T othcredits his family with encouraging him to pursue his creative outlets from an earlyage. Even though he didn’t start writing songs (or mastering inter mediate guitarchords) until after high school, he was always known for being the writer in his fam-ily, and started playing bass and exploring dif ferent types of music as a kid.

“My dad was always really encouraging – he signed me up for Little League, andthe same week he bought me some records,” T oth recalled, adding that he “playedthe records to death and ran the bases backward, so it was pretty clear early on.”

He credits much of his initial musical interest, however , to his late cousin, PeterSteele, whose underground metal band, Type O Negative, garnered a significant inter-national following.

“Peter was someone I looked to at a young age, and was like, ‘Oh, he can makerecords, so it’s possible,’” Toth said. “Before that, it was like, David Lee Roth and Ozzy– these guys were demigods. Meeting them seemed about as plausible as going to Mars.”

Soon after he started writing songs, T oth bought a T ascam 424 four-track andstarted making what he now calls “horrible recordings.”

“It wasn’t as much about my own identity as it was just taking from five or sixdifferent things I was into,” he says of his early recordings, adding quickly that “it wasstill a cool rite of passage.”

He put out his first “release” in 1996 under the name Golden Calves; a few yearsafter that, Golden Calves put out a split LP with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore (“NewYork stuff; six degrees of separation,” he explains nonchalantly). T oth finds the factthat that album was recently reissued by the record label W oodsist both “cool andembarrassing.”

“I can’t listen to it, but it’s cool that it exists,” he said. “Most of the time all youhear are concessions and compromises and mistakes – you’re always your own worstcritic.”

Regardless, Toth doesn’t spend too much time fretting about the past or harpingon his current releases. As he explains it, songs are continually building in his headand he’s always looking toward the next release.

“Making a record to me is like cleaning out a hard drive,” he said. “Songs needto come out so I can write more.”

Toth is planning an extensive tour in support of “Blood Oaths” in the comingmonths; visit www.woodenwand.org for more information.


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Live Music Picks

About Pete’s ListPete’s List is a monthly listing of local arts , nature, performance and other community events pub-lished each month. Due to time and space constraints, we can only publish a portion of the eventsfeatured on our online community calendar each month. Please visit www.chevychaser.com formore community events, including a weekly update of live music listings .

ART & EXHIBITSThe Sister Cities Young Artists Competition.Through Feb. 8. The art can be viewed on floors twoand three during regular business hours. Central Bank,300 W. Vine St. (859) 253–6346.

E. K. Huckaby. Through Feb. 9. A modern dayalchemist, this Atlanta–based artist concocts his ownpaints, pigments, and glazes. He translates subject mattergleaned from anatomy manuals and found photographsinto carefully rendered compositions imbued with mys-tery, humor and a macabre mysticism. Gallery hours are10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wed. – Sat. Institute 193, 193 N.Limestone. (859) 749–9765. www.institute193.org.

The Thirteen. Through Feb. 15. “The Thirteen” is avisual art exhibition and live music, spoken-word per-formance paying homage to 13 black women and girlswho were lynched or otherwise violently murdered inKentucky. Featuring photographs and video by AngelClark, as well as original poetry, pen and ink drawingsand resin skulls by Transylvania graduate BiancaSpriggs. On display noon – 5 p.m. Mon. – Fri. MorlanGallery, 300 N. Broadway. (859) 233–8142. www.transy.edu/morlan

Seeing the Savior: Images from the Life ofChrist. Through Feb. 17. Thirty–five insightful and col-orful interpretations of the birth, ministry, passion,ascension and return of Jesus Christ are portr ayed by

13 artists from a variety of artistic and ethnic back-grounds. Apostles Anglican Church, 200 Colony Blvd.(859) 245–1318.

NUDE: Self and Others. Through March 3.Lexington Art League has been hostingthe “NUDE” exhibition for 27 years. As the focus ofthe organization has shifted to representing contempo-rary art trends, the content of this show has alsoevolved accordingly. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tues. – Fri.; 1 –4 p.m. Sat. - Sun. Loudoun House, 209 Castlewood Dr.(859) 254-7024. www.lexingtonartleague.com.

Watercolor Paintings of Eastern KentuckyLandscapes: Dongfeng Li. Feb. 3 – 24. Morehead

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How do I get my events on the list?To submit an event to our online community calendar, visit this magazine online; click on the ‘Calendar’ tab and then‘Submit an Event.’ Once the event is approved, it will appear on the websites of all three Smiley P ete publications:Business Lexington and Chevy Chaser and Southsider Magazines. Be sure to submit your event no later than the 18thof each month for possible inclusion in the following month’ s print editions of Chevy Chaser and Southsider Magazines .

Eighth BlackbirdFeb. 28 – March 1. The Grammy–winning, classically trained contemporary music sextet will offer fans a chance at an intimate co nversation at the Downtown ArtsCenter Black Box Theater on Feb. 28 (7 p.m., 141 E. Main St.), preceding their March 1 Singletary Center performance (7:30 p .m., 405 Rose St.), in which they willperform selections by Mozart, Beethoven and Jennifer Higdon. Presented by the Lexington Philharmonic. www.lexphil.org.

This is merely a sampling of regional live music optionsfor the month. Please visit our events calendar ontadoo.com for a more comprehensive list of live musicevents, updated every week.

Woodsongs: Victor Wooten. Feb. 4. Now in a newlocation, the locally produced weekly radio showWoodsongs Old Time Radio Hour will present a live per -formance and conversation with multi–award winningbass player and composer Victor Wooten, perhaps bestknown for his work with Bela Fleck. 6:30 p.m. LyricTheater, 300 E. Third St. www.woodsongs.com.

John Cowan. Feb. 8. Due to his role as bass playerand lead singer of the ‘70s and ‘80s progressive blue-grass band New Grass Revival, Cowan is often filedunder the “newgrass” music genre; his solo career as abass player and singer, however, is as much influencedby rock, soul, gospel and blues as it is bluegr ass. 8 p.m.Natasha’s Bistro, 112 Esplanade. www.beetnik.com.

The Binders. Feb. 14. Following their debut NewYear’s Eve performance, the all–female “super group”do a set of of all–women punk, rock and riot grrrll cov-ers, with a lot of love thrown in. 9 p.m. The GreenLantern, 497 W. Third St.

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. Feb. 18.Gritty blues and funk outfit from Austin, Tx., is influ-enced by James Brown, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Howlin’Wolf. Cosmic Charlie’s, 388 Woodland Ave. www.cos-mic–charlies.com.

tadoo Lounge: Three–Legged Race;Blackbird’s Dance. Feb. 21. The free monthly“happy hour” event series, tadoo Lounge features liveperformances, food trucks, pinball, billiards, beveragesand more in the office of Smiley Pete Publishing.February’s event features experimental electronic proj-ect of Robert Beatty called Three–Legged Race and adance piece by Blackbird’s Dance accompanied by anoriginal composition by Duane Lundy. 6 – 8 p.m. SmileyPete Publishing, 434 Old Vine St. www.tadoo.com.

Mountains. Feb. 24. This ambient, meditative duo,Mountains explore sonic, spiritual drones with relative-ly straightforward acoustic–based instruments: guitar,cello, piano. The result is warmer and more envelopingthan many of their ambient electronic peers. 8 p.m.Land of Tomorrow Gallery, 527 E. 3rd St. www.land-oftomorrow.org.

David Wax Museum. Feb. 25. Combining Latinrhythms, infectious melodies and call–and–responsehollering, this group fuses traditional Mexican folk withAmerican roots and indie rock to create a Mexo–Americana aesthetic. 9 p.m. Natasha’s Bistro, 112Esplanade. www.beetnik.com.

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State University professor Dongfeng Li captures thelandscapes of Eastern Kentucky for this new series ofexpressive watercolor paintings. Gallery hours are sameas library’s. Central Library Gallery, 140 East Main St.(859) 231–5559. www.lexpublib.org.

Heart of Light & Darkness. Feb. 4 – March 4.“Heart of Light & Darkness” is a photographic collabo-ration that creates personal narratives from ephemeralevidence left behind. In this body of work photogra-phers Rene M. Hales and Melissa T. Hall workedtogether using models, costumes and props set in avariety of moody locations to create a personal narr a-tive. Opening reception 5 – 8 p.m. Feb. 15. M.S. ReznyStudio Gallery, 903 Manchester St. (859) 252–4647.www.msrezny.com.

H’Artful of Fun. Feb. 9. The 23rd annual Living Arts &Science fundraiser will follow the theme of “BollywoodBash” this year, featuring an art auction; tastings fromthe area’s finest restaurants, bakers, caterers, wineriesand distilleries; live music, dancing and interactive sur-prises; and a lively, artful and elegant ambience. 7 p.m.Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, 4089 IronWorks Pkwy. (859) 252–5222. www.lasclex.org.

Sameer Reddy: Apokálypsis Now. Feb. 15 –March 9. “Apokálypsis Now” is a performance andexhibition of work by the Brooklyn–based artist SameerReddy. His exhibition will include a series of sculpturesand installations that are simultaneously props for hisperformance and stand–alone pieces that can functionindependently. Opening reception 5 – 8 p.m. Feb. 18;performances Feb. 16 – 21. Institute 193, 193 N.Limestone. (859) 749–9765. www.institute193.org.

Kentucky State Park Pastels: MariannaMcDonald. Feb. 4. – March 30. Over 30 plein air andstudio drawings featuring nine Kentucky State Parks bylocal landscape artist, Marianna McDonald. Artists'Attic, 401 W. Main St. (859) 254–5501. www.artists–attic.org

LexArts Gallery Hop. Feb. 15. Dozens of down-town galleries will be hosting special events andexhibits for this seasonal arts events. 5 – 8 p.m. Formore information, visit www.galleryhoplex.com.

Karen Spears: New Work. Feb. 15 – April 7."Karen Spears: New Work" is an exhibit of 10 largenew oil paintings, some small paintings, and drawings.The paintings depict and interpret the ever changinglight and color on trees, foliage, grass and water.Opening reception 5 – 8 p.m. Feb. 15. Ann TowerGallery, 141 East Main St. (859) 425–1188.www.anntowergallery.com.

When Art and Math Collide. Feb. 15 – April 10."When Art and Math Collide" is an exhibit where onecan experience shapes, geometry and mathematics inthese creatively calculated patterns by artists RobertCarden and Gena Mark. The Living Arts and ScienceCenter, 362 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. (859) 252–5222. www.lasclex.org.

Art in Bloom Weekend 2013. Feb. 22 – 24. Thegalleries will be in full bloom with exquisite flor alarrangements created by designers interpreting worksof art from the museum’s permanent collection and thespecial exhibit "Art and the Animal." Featuring artistdemonstrations 2 – 4 p.m. Sun. On display 10 a.m. – 5

p.m. Fri. – Sun. University of Kentucky Art Museum,405 Rose St. (859) 257–5716.

LITERATURE & FILMBig Ears Story Hour. Every Saturday morning,Morris Book Shop hosts a family–friendly event thatincludes reading stories and crafts and activities for kidsof all ages. 11 a.m. Morris Book Shop, 882 E. High St.

Kentucky Great Writers Series. The KentuckyGreat Writers Series connects Carnegie Center studentswith authors in an intimate atmosphere. February’sevent features David King, George Ella Lyon and WillLavender. The event begins with a 30–minute open micsession followed by readings from featured authors. 7p.m. Carnegie Center, 251 W. 2nd St. (859) 254–4175.

Valentine’s Day Screening of “Sabrina.” Feb.14. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart andWilliam Holden, the screening of this romantic comedyclassic will be a fundraiser for the Kentucky Theatre’srestoration campaign. Tickets will be $10 and all pro-ceeds will benefit the Friends of the Kentucky Theatre’seffort to restore Lexington’s cinematic treasure. 8 p.m.Kentucky Theater, 214 East Main St. (859) 231–6997.

HEALTH & FITNESSFree Cardio Classes. Saturdays in Feb. BodyStructure Medical Fitness Facility will offer free cardioclasses every Saturday in the month of February. Thisclass will increase heart rate and respiration whileusing large muscle groups repetitively and rhythmically

to create a great workout. 9 – 10 a.m. Body Structure,2600 Gribbin Dr. (859) 268–8190.

West Sixth Yoga. Wednesdays. West Sixth Brewingfeatures a free community yoga class each weektaught by Anne Dean Watkins. Open to all levels; bringa mat. 6 p.m. West Sixth Brewery, 500 W. Sixth St.,suite 100. www.facebook.com/WestSixthYoga.

Free Yoga. Saturdays. Every Saturday morning,Lexington’s lululemon showroom features free mixed–level community yoga. All levels are welcome; bring amat. 9 a.m. lululemon Lexington, 824 Euclid Ave., SuiteA–100. (859) 268–7863. www.lululemon.com/lexington.

UK Heart, Sole & Glove 5k Walk/Run. Feb. 9. Aportion of the proceeds from this annual event willbenefit Safe Kids Fayette County. The event is open tothe community; participants are encouraged to chal-lenge friends and family to join. 10 a.m. (parking andregistration at 8:30), Coldstream Park, 1801 NewtownPike. (859) 257–9355.

Walk for Warmth. Feb. 16. Proceeds benefit theLexington Rescue Mission’s efforts to prevent home-lessness in Lexington. Featuring prizes for individualsand teams who raise the most money through sponsor-ships. The walk starts in Triangle Park and ends at theKentucky Theatre. 9 a.m. Triangle Park, W. Vine St.(859) 381–9600, ext. 224.

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Dance hosts a social dance with live music. Instructionfrom 7 – 7:45 p.m. on a selected dance topic, followedby dancing from 8 – 10 p.m. Barbara Ann’s School ofDance, 898 E. High St. (859) 420–6780.

ACT Test Prep. Feb. 2, 7. This two–part class willfocus on the four essential ACT subject areas andreview test–taking strategies to help students preparefor the upcoming ACT Test dates. Grades 10–12. 10a.m. – 1 p.m. Feb. 2; 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7. CarnegieCenter, 251 W. 2nd St. (859) 254–4175.

Memoir Writing. Mondays, Feb. 3 – May 3.Participants will learn to focus personal life stories inliterary fashion with eight weeks of outside reading,in–class writing and discussion, and feedback onworks–in–progress. 5:30 – 7 p.m. Carnegie Center,251 W. 2nd St. (859) 254–4175.

THEATRE &PERFORMANCELexington Children’s Theatre: WhyMosquitoes Buzz. Feb. 2 – 3. This African folk taleexplores what happens when a mosquito’s loud mouthcauses a great jungle catastrophe. 2 and 7 p.m. Sat.; 2p.m. Sun. Lexington Children’s Theatre, 418 W. Short St.(859) 254–4546. www.lctonstage.org.

Actors Guild of Lexington: RED. Feb. 1 – 3. ThisTony–winning “raw and provocative” play is a portraitof master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko and theexperience surrounding his commission of a series ofmurals for New York’s famed Four Season’s Restaurant.8 p.m. Fri. and Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. Elkhorn Village Theatre,

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Broadway Live: Catch Me if You Can. Jan. 31 –Feb. 3. Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the truestory that inspired it, “Catch Me If You Can” is thehigh–flying, splashy new Broadway musical that tellsthe story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runsaway from home in search of the glamorous life . 8 p.m.Thurs. – Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. – Sun. Lexington Opera House,401 W. Short St. (859) 233–4567.

Woodford Theatre: Driving Miss Daisy. Feb. 1 –17. This Pulitzer–winning play follows the unlikelyfriendship between a rich, sharp–tongued 72–year–oldwidow and her chauffeur. Set in Atlanta in 1948. 8 p.m.Fri. – Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. Woodford County Theatre, 275Beasley Dr., Versailles. (859) 873–0648.

HAIR. Feb. 2 – 3. The Public Theater’s new TonyAward–winning production of the musical“HAIR” fol-lows a group of young Americans searching for peaceand love in a turbulent time. 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun.Newlin Hall at Centre College’s Norton Center for theArts, 600 W. Walnut St., Danville. (859) 236–4692.

The Black Watch & Band of Scots. Feb. 8. Anevening celebrating the music of Scotland, England,Ireland and Wales. With a history spanning nearlythree centuries, The Black Watch has served in historicconflicts going back to Waterloo. Today this celebrated40–member orchestra performs at the daily GuardMounting at Buckingham Palace while also touringthe globe. 8 p.m. EKU Center for the Arts, 521Lancaster Ave., Richmond. (859) 622–7294.www.ekucenter.com.

Balagula Theatre: The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?Feb. 11 – Feb. 20 With this tale of a married, middle–aged architect whose life crumbles when he falls in lovewith a goat, “The Goat” focuses on the limits of an osten-sibly liberal society. Through showing this family in crisis,playwright Edward Albee challenges audience members toquestion their own morality in the face of social taboos. 8p.m. Sun. – Wed. Natasha's Bistro and Bar, 112 EsplanadeAlley. (859) 259 2754. www.balagulatheatre.com.

Project SEE Theatre: Big Love. Feb. 14 – 17; 21–24. This production presents an inventive comedy thattakes contemporary sexual politics to an extreme, andthen some. From the fragments of an ancient Greektragedy, Charles L. Mee creates a Dionysian free–for–allthat pits unstoppable male force against unmovablewomen. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 – 17; 21 – 23 and 2 p.m.Feb. 24. Downtown Arts Center, 141 W. Main St. (859)225–0370.

Aquila Theatre Co.: Cyrano De Bergerac. Feb14. Written by Edmond Rostand and first staged in1897, “Cyrano De Bergerac” is one of the most famousromantic adventures in world literature. 7:30 p.m.Norton Center for the Arts, 625 West Walnut St.,Danville. www.nortoncenter.com.

Christine Brewer with the UK SymphonyOrchestra. Feb. 15. Soprano Christine Brewer com-bines her vibrant personality with an emotional honestythat distinguishes her performances in opera and con-cert. Brewer’s range, tone, power and vocal control havemade her a favorite of the stage as well as the record-ing studio. 7:30 p.m. Singletary Center for the Arts, 126Singletary Center. (859) 257–4929.

Neo–Futurists. Feb. 16. Founding director Greg Allenwill be at Transylvania for an artistic residency of twoweeks, culminating in a student–produced show basedon the principles of Neo–Futurism. Presented byTransylvania University Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Lucille C. LittleTheatre, 300 N. Broadway. (859) 281–3621.

A Chorus Line. Feb. 19. The Tony–Award winningmusical about Broadway dancers auditioning for amusical. 8 p.m. EKU Center for the Arts, 521 LancasterAve., Richmond. (859) 622–7294. www.ekucenter.com.

UK Theatre: Gross Indecency: The Three Trialsof Oscar Wilde. Feb. 21 – Mar. 2. This drama byMoises Kafman weaves selections of court transcriptsand personal documents that paint the story of a manwho is wildly considered to be one of the most creativeliterary geniuses of the 19th–century. 7:30 p.m.,Guignol Theater, 465 Rose St. (859) 257–4929.

Kentucky Ballet Theatre: The Wizard of Oz.Feb. 23 – 24. A ballet rendition of the beloved classic,featuring the Kentucky Ballet Theatre Orchestra con-ducted by Jonathan Roller. 2 p.m., and 8 p.m. Sat.Lexington Opera House, 401 W. Short St. (859) 252–5245. www.kyballet.com.

Lexington Children’s Theatre: Pinkalicious.Feb. 24, March 2 – 3. This kid–friendly musical adapta-tion of the popular book shows that eating your greenscan actually be delicious. 2 p.m. Sun.; 2 and 7 p.m. Sat.Lexington Children’s Theatre, 418 W. Short St. (859)254–4546. www.lctonstage.org.

Branford Marsalis. Feb. 26. The prolific saxophonist


has composed original music for the Tony–award win-ning Broadway play “Fences,” acted as a soloist for theNew York Philharmonic and collaborated with Sting andthe Grateful Dead. He brings his quartet to the EKUCenter for a night of innovative jazz music. 8 p.m. 521Lancaster Ave., Richmond. (859) 622–7294.

Actors Guild of Lexington: Seminar. Feb. 28– Mar. 10. “Seminar” follows four young writers: Kate,Martin, Douglas, and Izzy, and their professor, Leonard.Each student has paid Leonard $5,000 for a 10–week–long writing seminar to be held in Kate’s Upper WestSide apartment. As tensions arise and romance fallsbetween students, they clash over their writing, their rela-tions and their futures. 8 p.m. Fri., Sat. and openingnight; 2 p.m. Sun. Elkhorn Village Theatre, 4383 OldHarrodsburg Rd. (859) 309–1909. www.actors-guild.org.

NATUREAttracting Purple Martins. Feb. 9. Wild BirdsUnlimited presents a talk by Hank Yacek on attractingthe North American swallow, known for their aerial acro-batics. 1 p.m. Wild Birds Unlimited, 152 N. Locust Hill Dr.(859) 268–0114.

Founders Lecture with Steve Foltz. Feb. 14. SteveFoltz, the director of horticulture at the Cincinnati Zooand Botanical Garden, presents a lecture on regionalplant selection and recommendations. He will discusshow to educate and inspire visitors about plants , plantselection and landscaping. 7 p.m. Gluck Equine ResearchCenter, 1400 Nicholasville Rd. (859) 257–6955.

EVENTSKentucky Crafted: The Market. Mar. 2 – 3. Thisannual event features more than 200 artists, musiciansand artisanal food producers offering their finest workfor sale to the public. With a strong focus on Kentuckyproducers and a handful of handpicked regional artists.9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sat.; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun. LexingtonConvention Center, 430 W. Vine St. www.kycraft.ky.gov.

Kentucky Sport Boat & Recreation Show. Jan.31 – Feb. 3. A vendor show featuring the best in boats ,RVs, campers, motor sports and more. 1 – 9 p.m. Thurs –Fri.; 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Sat.; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun. LexingtonConvention Center, 430 W. Vine St. (859) 233–4567.

Lexington Humane Society Tails & AlesFundraiser. Feb. 8. The Lexington Humane Society’s6th annual Tails & Ales fundraiser will feature beer–tast-ing, hors d’oeuvres and live music by Kenny Owens. 7– 10 p.m. at Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa, 1720Newtown Pike. (859) 233–0044. www.adoptlove.net.

Lexington Singers Fundraiser: Le Cabaret.Feb. 23. This fundraiser for the Lexington Singers willfeature a gourmet dinner and a small ensemble from thechoir performed in a cabaret setting. 7 p.m, HiltonDowntown Lexington, 369 W. Vine St. (859) 338–9888.

Art in Bloom: A Night on the Town CocktailReception. Feb. 23. Featuring cocktails, hors d’oevresand a silent auction. Cocktail attire. 7:30 p.m. UK ArtMuseum, 405 Rose St. (859) 257–5716.

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BY HARRIETT ROSE | OBSERVATIONS COLUMNIST

After a long winter time-out, life has reawakened, bringing with it my usualschedule of activities. It seemed to me that the end of December andbeginning of January hiatus was a time of resting and just letting life drift

by. Now the drift is over and obligations are still here. My Wednesday study groupis now meeting again. We greeted each other warmly after a month apart, eagerto resume the informative discussions and the tea, fruit and cookies of the socialhalf hour again. Body Recall classes have begun again and my alar m clock isagain in use. No more sleeping until 10 o’clock in the morning and reading untiltwo at night if the book is good.

And the deadline for my monthly column is here again. Because we pro-duce two columns in an abbreviated November – one for December 1st andanother for the end of the year – my inspiration is out of order . It was a ridicu-lous last of the year, waiting for our two parties to do the work that should havebeen done at least a month before. Knowing I was being had and my hired rep-resentatives in Washington and the press were scaring us and teasing us aboutgoing over the clif f and shutting down the gover nment did not endear them tome. Rather, they earned even more of my disgust than they already had and Ididn’t think that was possible. I hated them and I hated myself for letting themget to me when I knew better .

My New Year’s resolution was more sensible than the usual one about los-ing a few pounds. This one is to pay no attention to that jazz about refusing toraise the debt limit unless the opposite bunch of clowns takes away benefits forthe poor. What I’d like to do is suspend legislators’ pay and long weekend vaca-tions until they produce and approve a budget and other activities like approv-ing appointments for judges and such functionaries. Do you suppose that wouldwork? Of course, God would have to do it – the Senate and the House wouldn’texercise such demands on themselves. My digestion will improve if I watch onlydetective stories and programs imported from Britain.

Incidentally, I love “Downton Abbey” to the degree that I watch both theSunday show and Thursday repeats and the rerunning of “Downton Abbey SeasonTwo” in spite of knowing the plot of each episode. The elegance of MasterpieceTheatre seems so civilized compared to our usual fare. I seldom leave PBS, and Isupport it, which those barbarians in Washington threaten not to do.

Because I’m such a duty-ridden person, tasks left undone and obligationsunmet eat at me and will not let up until they are done. Before Christmas, thepush was to take care of remembrances and charitable gifts on time, involvingchecking with last year’s records. Then the push became: write my new columnand start with accumulating my income tax deductions in preparation for theCPA’s work.

As I paid my fourth quarter estimated income tax, I discovered that I hadn’tsent in the first quarter . A devastating mistake to me, for it signified that the oldgray mare is not what she used to be. Now the IRS has the money and my apolo-gies, but when you are really as old as I am, indications of failing in any way arefrightening. It takes a while after I have remedied my mistake for me to remindmyself that I’m still pretty much okay and that most of my contemporaries arealready dead. So I’m still kicking – just not quite as actively as I once did. Timemarches on.

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