Knox County Boomer Magazine

Veteran Relives Vietnam Ambush

Jody Ledgerwood — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:46 +0000

It’s been 45 years, but Garry Hall remembers clearly his military service in Vietnam, and how in the harrowing darkness after his tank was ambushed he worried about ever seeing his family again.

“That thought was so overpowering,” he said. ”It stayed with me.”

Hall received a Purple Heart for having been wounded in that fiery ambush, a situation that would have been tough for any young man. There had been other moments of anxiety while protecting U.S. convoys or patrolling narrow pathways known as roads in Vietnam, but nothing as serious as what occurred on teh night of April 25, 1968.

Story continues on page 34 of the current issue, available here.

Veteran Relives Vietnam

Jody Ledgerwood — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:23:27 +0000

It’s been 45 years, but Garry Hall remembers clearly his military service in Vietnam, and how in the harrowing darkness after his tank was ambushed he worried about never seeing his family again.

“That thought was so overpowering,” he said. ”It stayed with me.”

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Jody Ledgerwood — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:43:34 +0000

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It’s The Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoosiers!

Jody Ledgerwood — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:34:29 +0000

It’s fun to watch your team win.

It’s even more fun when one’s favorite team is the Indiana University Hoosiers, whose once-fabled basketball program suffered through a few tough seasons, and which for another week this February was the nation’s number one ranked college basketball team – again.

IU’s return to prominence began more than a year ago in December, when Indiana’s Christan Watford hit a three-point shot at the buzzer to beat the University of Kentucky WIldcats, IU fans went wild. IU’s winning ways had returned.

Where We Used To Go

Jody Ledgerwood — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:24:25 +0000

Memories are wonderful things, sometimes, especially when it comes to nostalgia.

It helps to know that memory is always selective, too, according to the experts, and those fond memories of yesteryear are often triggered by way of the human senses. Something–sights, sounds, smells–can help those memories come alive.

“It’s kind of like when you hear a song on the radio and you remember what was going on or what the times were like when you first heard that song,” says Norbert Brown, the caretaker of the “Vincennes Remember When” site on Facebook. “It’s the same with restaurants or hangouts. Seeing photos of them or talking about them brings back memories.”

Each generation has had its hangouts, or places teens and other young people would frequent. Over time changes occur in all communities, and restaurants, drive-ins, and other places come and go with the passing years. Everyone has their memories of where they used to go and what they used to do.

Alumni Basketball Sectional Slated for April 6

Jody Ledgerwood — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:15:06 +0000

Ever since the first two Knox County high school basketball teams faced each other on the hardwood, a spirit of rivalry and county bragging rights have been an important part of each encounter.

This was especially true when those contests were played under the previous single-class system. This rich tradition and nostalgia of days gone by have been revived and will be experienced again this year during the fourth annual Knox County Alumni Basketball Sectional Tourney, scheduled to take place in Adams Coliseum on Saturday, April 6, hosted by South Knox High School.

This year’s special event is patterned after last year’s activity with a similar schedule and rules. THe main requirement to be a member of the Lincoln, North Knox, Rivet or South Knox men’s squad is that each player must have graduated from one of these four Knox County schools in 2003 or before.

Any of the ladies on teh Alices, Warriors, Spartans or Patriots rosters must have graduated in 2008 or earlier.

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Jody Ledgerwood — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:24:26 +0000

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Managing the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center

boomeradmin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:50:32 +0000

DeEtta Welte was in the midst of a busy week just before Christmas. Student recitals had just been completed, equipment for John Tesh’s show was being set up, and the Steinway Tesh would play that Friday was being tuned.

Welte is manager of the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center at Vincennes University which features an 850-seat theater, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, and dressing rooms, within a block of the famed comedian’s birthplace on Lyndale Avenue.

Find out more behind the scenes at the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center on page 32 of the current issue!

Sugar Plum Ball

boomeradmin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:30:54 +0000

His legs don’t move as quickly or as gracefully as they did 44 years ago on the night of the Senior Prom. Her feet and arms on that 7-year-old body aren’t exactly keeping time with the beat of the music. But one of that matters. The only thing that matters tonight…the only thing they are thinking about right now…is that they are together. This grandfather and granddaughter are dancing the night away in the beautiful atmosphere of the Sugar Plum Ball.

The Fort Sackville Project

boomeradmin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:43:54 +0000

A former bowling alley has been transformed into a beehive of activity known as the Fort Sackville Project, a ministry of Vincennes’ Thursday Church.

On any given day there are volunteers busy doing what they call “the Lord’s work” by making money to hep others, or teaching others how to support themselves. Thursday Church is providing resources to help teach job skills to some people with its highly organized retail thrift store. Others may learn from Alex Spurgeon and Emily Obermeyer who operate the Baker’s Alley bakery.