Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 2002 — Page 27
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002
THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
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Where to sample the best of the Hoosier state SPEAK OUT AT THE BALLOT BOX
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By SALLY CAMPBELL GROUT Special to The Recorder The word “homemade” conjures up so many wonderful images. Fine craftsmanship. Delightful tastes. Andone-of-a-kindtreasures. You’ll find homemade, homegrown and handcrafted delights waiting to be tried, tasted and enjoyed throughout Indiana. Wonderful wood and fine fin-
ishes.
Take a drive through Northern Indiana Amish Country (800-860-5949), or Daviess County (800-449-5262) in South Central Indiana, and you’re sure to see the horse-drawn buggies and quiet farms that define an Amish community. But a tour of an Amish area offers so much more that site seeing. It’s a chance to shop for some of the most beautiful and functional furniture around. In Northern Indiana, you can take a furniture crafter’s driving tour. Along the way, you’ll see more than a dozen places to shop for finely crafted hardwood furniture and cabinets. Some stores include the shop right on the premises, so you can smell the freshly cut wood as you browse. Look for bedroom suites, dining room sets, hat racks, wooden farm toys, benches, grandfather clocks, hutches, rockers, tables, chairs, and just about anything else for your home in hardwoods such as oak, cherry and maple. Don’t forget: a bed from Amish country is great when topped by an Amish quilt. Daviess County also offers furniture stores, plus places to tend to your buggy and wheels if you’re traveling like the Amish. You can also attend a draft horse auction and a quilt auction. So many ways to say “mmm.” Every kid (or former kid) dreams of running wild in a candy factory. And while tours of the South Bend ChocolateCo. (800-3014% 1)are structured, they’re still pretty dam fun. Take the 20-minute guided basic factory tour to see how these delectable, local treats are made. Then, sample a piece of candy right off the line. The Inside Scoop tour takes you a little further behind the scenes. It lasts about 30 minutes, but the actual tour length depends on whom you meet and where you go. When the tour is over, shop at the retail store and enjoy more treats in the cafe. Call ahead to schedule tours. The perfect paper. Every advancement in electronic communications (e-mail, voice mail, the Internet) seems to raise the question of whether the workplace will become “paperless.” That’s fine for the office, but in life it would be downright sad — especially when 500 Festival Princess applications available The 2003 500 Festival Princess Program application is available online at the festival’s Web site, www.500festival.com. The festival will select 33 young women to represent their college or university and their hometown at 500 Festival evenLs and volunteer programs throughout May 2003. One of the princesses will be chosen to serve as the 500 Festival Queen. The queen announcement will be made during Opening Day ceremonies at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. “This program isone of thefestival’s great traditions,” says 500 Festival Chairman of the Board Mary Clare BroadbenL “It is a wonderful opportunity for young Hoosier women to participate in volunteer activities that impact and benefit Indiana.” ' Each princess will receive complimentary clothing to wear during various 500 Festival appearances and a tiara and custom-made jewelry from G. Thrapp Jewelers. Applicants must be between the ages of 19 and 23, single and legal residents of Indiana. Candidates must also be full-time students in a fully accredited Indiana college or university and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.7 on a 4.0
scale.
The application deadline is Dec. 31, 2002. Princess interviews, conducted by a panel of independent judges, will take place Jan. 18,2003, at the Festival House in Indianapolis. Completed applications should be mailed to 500 Festival Princess Program, P.O. Box 6, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. They can also be faxed to (317) 614-6164. For more information, visit the 500 Festival Web site or call (317) 927-3378.
you can communicate on beautiful sheets from Twinrocker Handmade Paper in Brookston (800-757-TWIN). Kathryn and Howard Clark established Twinrocker in the early 1970s. Today, they, along with their staff, make handmade papers from the finest cotton and linen rag, as paper was made centuries ago in Europe. From custom-made paper to stationery and invitations to paper specially made for watercolor artists, the papers are works of art in themselves. You can learn and see more at a private teaching session, a workshop, lecture, or group tour. Groups of two to 15 people are welcome to take a 30-40 minute tour; the people at Twinrocker will even customize the tour to your area of interest and age level of your group. Handmade papers are discounted 25 percent for the group. More in-depth tours are available for art students and advanced groups. Crafted from clay. Did you ever see a water pitcher with a personality? If not, maybe you should see some of the pitchers, bowls and other items from Clay City Pottery in Clay City (800-776-2596). For 116 years. Clay City Pottery craftspeople have been shaping, glazing and firing beautiful and useful pottery made from local clay. Each piece has its own color, shape, and design — giving every piece its own individual character. In addition, all the pottery is microwave and oven safe. And while the procedures for making the pieces may have changed a little over the years (for example, items are no longer hand turned on a wheel), the family in charge has not. The pottery is operated by the fourth generation of the Griffith family, the pottery’s
founders.
Unique music. Unlike, say, a drum set, a harp is almost a lovely to see as it is to hear. At Harps on Main in Rising Sun (812438-3032), you can shop for these beautiful instruments; plus, you can come back into the viewing booth on weekdays to watch the harps being made. A staff member will be glad to give you a tour. Some harps are for sale, but “harpers" are also welcome to custom order them. Harps on Main also carries harp
accessories, harp and Celtic music, Celtic jewelry, Irish linens, Irish foods, and harp pins designed especially for the Harps on Main gallery.
Fun folk art.
How can you be sure you’re buying a one-of-a-kind folk art piece? Watch the artist at work. At Folk Art by May in Madison (812-265-2725) you can watch artist Bruce May carving as you visit. Bruce and Dianne May’s shop features hand-carved and painted Santa Clauses, angels, cats, and other pieces. Their work has been sold in shops and galleries across the United States - and has even been sold to the Museum of American Folk Art. See what a tree can be. How does a tree go from the forest to a piece of furniture? Find out at the Forest Discovery Center in Starlight (812-923-1590). Forest Discovery Center celebrates trees, shows how the forest plays a role in our every day lives, and explains how we can preserve a forest’s beauty for the future. Experience the woodlands at an indoor forest; walk past a 1,000-square-foot mural created from small wooden inlays; and take the glassenclosed skywalk to Koetter Woodworking's rough mill, where logs become trim and molding without a speck of sawdust wasted. Think you already know a lot about trees? Test your knowledge at the interactive ‘Tree Stumpers” game exhibit. In all, eight interactive computers provide information and entertainment. Kids will enjoy the Oakie Acom play area and stepping inside a giant oak tree. You’re also welcome to view video presentations and sign a tree in support of refores-
tation efforts.
The perfect “crunch.” Any decent pickle maker can offer “dill” and “sweet.” But Sechler’s (800-332-5461) in St. Joe is no ordinary pickle maker. Owned and operated by the Sechler family for 75 years, Sechler’s offers 39 different flavors of these crunchy, tasty treats. So, where does a pickle maker offer after “dill” and “sweet”? How about apple cinnamon pickles? Candied sweet orange strip pickles? Sweet and mild Hungarian pepper relish? And while Sechler's has offered many new pickle flavors, they aren’t in any hurry to find new ways to
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