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A t 10 p.m. on Friday, June 21, we met Cadre John at the Sample Gates on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. Cadre John, aka “Big Daddy,”

is the real deal, an active-duty recon Marine for 25 years still brimming with vigor, toughness, and a palpable joy for getting hard things done. GORUCK defines “cadre” as “a key group of military personnel able to establish and train a new unit,” and on this night, we were that new unit. Cadre John and this band of 15 people—some friends, some acquaintances, most strangers—were to be my companions for the next 14 hours.

The GORUCK Challenge began as a way to test the GORUCK brand of bags, to put them through the trial of rigorous, real-world conditions and heavy weight. With the bricks and my drinking water, my ruck weighed in around 35 pounds, and between us, we had a 25-pound team weight to pass from person to person. At the head of our rank the whole way, we carried a United States flag that was to never touch the ground. Beyond those parameters, every challenge is different—each individual cadre is the architect of his or her team’s mission.

Over the course of 23 miles, Cadre John lead the Guinness GORUCK team #663 (a custom fundraiser for the Green Beret Foundation) on foot from Dunn Meadow to IU Memorial Stadium to Griffy Lake to Lower Cascades to the Van Buren Fire Department by the Monroe County Airport and back to Dunn Meadow. We hauled logs, rocks, water jugs and sometimes each other. (See the map on pages 6 and 7 for more details and more stories.)

My ego may want me to say that I was a beast throughout and never wanted to quit, but in some ways, that would be missing the point. The GORUCK Challenge is an event that has the real potential—even the intent—to find your breaking point and push you beyond it.

That moment hit me on very last leg of our journey, the trek back to Dunn Meadow sometime around 10:30 a.m. after 12 hours of logs, rocks, and rucking. Walking in the hot morning sun on Third Street, feet blistered and worse, shoulders aching under my own weighted ruck on my back and the second strapped to my front, I helped set the pace with our navigator, Danny, beside me carrying the flag. Behind us, the rest of the team moved silently, resolutely forward, carrying “casualties” (those teammates Cadre John declared injured), their rucks and our collected gear. I closed my eyes and just breathed through the pain; we were all in pain. “Mindfulness,” Cadre John said. “Don’t go to your happy place.” Rather, the GORUCK philosophy is “Embrace the suck,” accept that it’s awful and embrace it.

Throughout the night, Cadre John shared stories from his own military career and told

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us of the Hoosier veterans who had fought and died in service; the bravery and sacrifice of military men and women was kept fresh in our minds. I also thought of my oldest brother, who lived with and eventually succumbed to terminal illness, who fought a battle of a different sort and experienced pain not of his choosing. This challenge allowed me the opportunity to lay a symbolic offering of my own physical pain and sacrifice at the feet of the honorable people who have left this world before me.

While from the outside, after 12 hours and 20 miles, it might have seemed easy (and even logical) to say, “This is silly; our casualties aren’t really injured, we’re not in combat; I’m going to Cresent Donut to wait for a cab,” I couldn’t do that. Because I felt I owed it to all those people and to team #663.

In the end, what kept me going on those last long miles on painfully blistered feet was Justin uttering the occasional “you’re good, keep going,” it was Kevin, Nolan and Ken team-carrying Josh, and Becky hugging a casualty’s second ruck to her chest as we hiked. It was the very individual respect I had for the 15 people out there on the road with me.

Our missions were fabricated—the

team was not.Later that day, enjoying the excellent

afternoon breakfast that Scott and Becky provided, we talked and laughed over the night’s events—some of us pressing bags of frozen peas to bruises, cuts bandaged, and everyone shuffling around on sore muscles like zombies. In this case, victory was laughter and a chocolate muffin.

But the GORUCK Challenge is an event that stays with you long after the aching muscles and bruises fade. It’s an event that can change the way you see yourself. It can change the way you interact with others and approach adversity.

As Cadre John said, “All it takes is all you’ve got.”

Through the course of the GORUCK Challenge, I lost a bit of skin off one toe—and gained a great deal more. Standing in the noon sun in Dunn Meadow, Cadre John handed me my GORUCK Tough patch and asked me, “Did you earn this?”

“Absolutely, sir.”

Bloomington team #663 at the end of the challenge. See the video by downloading the free HTlivepage app. Then, aim your smartphone or tablet camera at the photo above.

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All pushups throughout the challenge were to the shouted phrases, “Attention to detail, teamwork breeds success.”

Only three members of Team #663 (including Kathryn) were first timers. Everyone else had completed a GORUCK Challenge before.

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7Cresent Donut ShopNear here, Cadre John found us a second log to carry—and bought us some doughnut

holes. He and Nolan (our team leader for this leg) passed them out while we were on the move. I imagine it’s the only time I’ll eat a doughnut with one hand while carrying a log with the other.

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8Van Buren Fire Department (Approx. 10 a.m.)After hours hauling the logs, we hustled the last several hundred feet to make it by our deadline

and deliver the logs to the fire fighters. Our reward was more pushups and a few exercises under the spray of a fire hose—which felt fantastic. The mud from Griffy Lake pooled on the pavement. Another break for food and the folks at the Van Buren Fire Department kindly had cold water waiting for us. Nothing had ever tasted better. Cadre John had been planning this stop with the fire fighters for weeks.

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Passing drivers honked their support. Over 12 hours in and a lot of us were struggling. The Bloomington fire fighters met our unplanned stop at station #2 with a bowl of ice and anything else we needed. Many of our team members were fire fighters and first responders.

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6Lower Cascades (Approx. 5 a.m.)First food break of the night and a few minutes rest on the playground. We

refilled water as needed before throwing on our rucks again and running off to “confirm the existence” of the waterfall (and grab a photo op). Then, it was back on the road with our log. The rocks could stay behind.

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1Jordan Creek (Approx. 10:30 p.m.)The Jordan Creek was the home of our “welcome party,” a GORUCK

tradition that gives participants a quick dose of reality, namely in the form of dirt, water and pushups. Cadre John made sure we immediately lost the comfort of dry socks.

2Dunn MeadowScott and Becky Miller celebrated their 22nd

wedding anniversary during this GORUCK Challenge. After leading us through some formation drills, Cadre John celebrated by inviting four “volunteers” to enjoy some cake. Nothing like a bunch of sugar right after intensive calisthenics in a creek—just what the body wants.

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3IU Memorial StadiumPolice vehicles idled by, cheering on (okay,

maybe heckling, too) the law enforcement officers on our team. Here we did pushups and Scott and I were challenged to remember everyone’s names—and had to do more pushups if we failed.

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(mainly, a very cold, muddy creek) and claimed the log we’d carry for the next several hours. We also saw a copperhead snake—after we were out of the water.

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5More weightOur log was heavier at one end than the other, making it difficult to carry

in the fabric litter. Responding to these complaints, Cadre John paused here and sent pairs to gather large rocks to place in the lighter end.

10 Kirkwood AvenueTeam leader

Eric pushed it until the end. Timing our way around Sunday brunch pedestrians, we ran in pairs from the back of the formation to the front behind the flag all the way back to Sample Gates.

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pushups. Then, finally, at long last, we did our very last pushups, shouting “GORUCK Tough,” and Cadre John gave each of us our GORUCK Tough patch. I gratefully accepted my patch—and then figured out why my toe hurt so much.

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for some people, relaxing might mean grabbing a book, watching a movie or even taking a nap.

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For Kilar, a 23-year-old exercise science student at Indiana University, a stress-busting afternoon means tearing up the trails on his mountain bike as he flies over roots, rocks and ridges. And much of the time, that means returning to the place where he first cut his mountain-biking teeth more than a decade ago: Wapehani Mountain Bike Park in Bloomington.

“For me, it’s an escape from real-ity,” he says. “It’s a hobby. It’s my gym. It’s an escape. When I go out there, it’s nothing but me and my bike.”

With roughly five miles of trails on a mostly wooded 46-acre property off of Weimer Road, Wapehani boasts ample room for mountain bikers like

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Kilar to blow off steam, says Steve Cotter, natural resources manager for the city of Bloomington. But the trails also have plenty to offer novice cyclists, families looking to get some exercise or even people just wanting to explore the beauty of the park’s woods and lake.

“There are trails that are marked at different levels of difficulty,” Cotter says. “The easiest being a beginner’s loop around the lake, (then) intermediate trails that go into the forest that are narrower and more technical than the beginner’s loop, and lastly there are some skill features that are even more difficult than that.”

Wapehani, the first desig-nated mountain bike park in Indiana, was developed by the city in 1990, Cotter says.

A mountain bike park, “was an identi-

fied need. There are a lot of cyclists in Bloomington and a lot of good places to ride mountain bikes outside of town, but there wasn’t a good place to ride in town.”

Since 2009, officials have been work-ing on improving the park by adding trail miles and rerouting paths that have become overly steep or damaged by ero-sion, says Kevin Marzahl, staff assistant in the city’s natural resources depart-ment.

Kilar first started visiting Wapehani as a 10-year-old out for a family biking excursion, he says. Nowadays, despite a heavy work and school schedule, he’s out there at least once a week.

Nothing, he says, beats the rush of flying over roots, rocks and even small jumps on his mountain bike. Of course, flying across trails isn’t without risks, especially for a guy who describes his

biking style as “aggressive.” In July, Kilar “George of the Jungle-d” a tree while do-ing about 20 miles per hour on his bike at Brown County State Park, he says.

still, Kilar—who is, unsurprisingly, a strong advocate for helmets—encourages everyone to give mountain biking a try. It’s a full-

body workout, he says, but it’s also “some-thing fun to do with the family, no matter if you’re an expert or a little kid starting out. You can go out there, try it out, push it if you need to, go slow if you need to.”

“It keeps you in touch with the environ-ment,” he adds. “It’s humbling to go out there and be surrounded by nature. It’s just very peaceful and serene. You go out there and get some exercise, but you’re not really thinking about the exercise because you’re so caught up in how much fun you’re having.”

Adam, friend John Paynter and other mountain bikers hit the trails at Wapehani

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One of the joys of youth duck hunting is the opportunity for parents and children to spend time together.

The sport has plenty to make it fun for kids, according to Bert Whitley of Madison, Ind., who hunts with his sons, Jacob, 13, and Daniel, 5.

“You’ve got water and mud,” Whit-ley said. “You sit in the duck blind. You blow on calls. You’ve got your waders and decoys. You can’t find a better sport for a kid. And I’m just a big kid.”

“It’s very, very fun,” echoed Jacob. “I like messing around the decoys, shooting and seeing lots of ducks. I saw 2,000 ducks at Lake Monroe one day. It’s real fun.”

Fortunately for families with young duck-hunting enthusiasts, there are lots of opportunities in Indiana to get started in the sport and

keep learning about it.

One annual event of particular note is the Monroe Lake Youth Duck Hunt, held every year in October or early November. This year’s duck hunt-ing season begins Oct. 26 in central Indiana and Nov. 2 in the southern counties.

Another upcoming event at Monroe Lake is Camouflage the Duck Blinds on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9 a.m. Youths and adults interested in water-fowl hunting and waterfowl observa-tion are invited to help clean, repair, and camouflage the waterfowl hunt-ing blinds in the Stillwater-Northfork Waterfowl area. The day will include a short training session on waterfowl blinds and a waterfowl management program with lunch provided.

Indiana has an ongoing series of hunter education programs available for youths. Indiana also has statewide classes for beginning waterfowl hunt-

ers that include an introduction to waterfowl hunting, different styles of waterfowl hunting, what to wear and how to stay warm, and tools used in waterfowl hunting.

Jacob Waldon, a 12-year-old hunter from Ellettsville, enjoys duck hunt-ing with his father, Chad, who in turn got started hunting as a boy

with his father.“I like going out with my dad,” said

Jacob, a seventh grader at Edgewood Junior High. “I like shooting the ducks. I like seeing them fall from the sky. I just like hunting, really.”

Chad was pleased to see his son’s interest in duck hunting in part be-cause it got him outside.

“Why not, rather than stay inside with a video game?” Chad said. “I’d much rather be with him outside do-ing this.”

Jacob Waldon, 11, and his father Chad wait in a hunting blind at the Stillwater Waterfowl refuge on the north fork of Lake Monroe, and Jacob Whitley, 13, poses with his catch at the Stillwater Waterfowl Refuge during the 2012 duck hunting season

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THE RUNNING

DEAD

Fans of American Movie Channel’s The Walking Dead know that the show keeps viewers hooked by posing teasing questions about the rules of engagement in a post-apocalyptic world where zombies are part of the general scene. There is one question, though, to which every fan knows the answer: If a zombie chases you, what do you do? The answer: Run for your life!

The Walking Dead is part of a larger zombie craze that has recently opened up avenues for clever marketing and novel ways to have fun. Indiana joined the trend on June 22, 2013, when a Run for Your Lives 5K was held at

Boondocks Farms in Knightstown. According to media spokesperson Lauren Gambler, Maryland natives Ryan Hogan and Derrick Smith started RFYL in 2011 to promote Hogan’s gear line, Warware. Its mission is “to test your speed, strength, and endurance through miles of man-made and natural obstacles—all while being chased by hungry, merciless zombies.”

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runner. Those who choose to be run-ners are given a belt to which three flags are attached that indicate the runner’s “health.” If a runner reaches the finish line with at least one flag intact, he or she has survived the zombie onslaught.

Those who sign up to be part of the zombie hoard are ushered into tents in order to be made up gruesomely, divided into fast zombies (“chasers”) and slow ones (“stumblers”), and instructed in the proper way to carry out a zombie attack. A zombie may not tackle a runner. The goal is to grab the flag, and of course, frighten and thrill.

Also, RFYL is an obstacle course. Andrew Miller of Bloomington, Ind., participated in the June 22 race and describes the course as consisting of “open fields, woods, and a creek or small river. We had to crawl through tunnels and mud; scramble over two-by-fours laid over water in a monkey-bar fashion; slog through water up to our waist; and go through this structure I think of as the ‘shock house.’ It was 30 feet long, pitch black inside, with electrified wires.”

Participants often walked between obstacles. “There actually wasn’t a lot of running,” Miller said.

Miller did, however, witness something like flying. He describes the taking of his last flag as “really impressive.” The zombie was “a 13-year-old kid” who ran at Miller and then dove, “went vertical” in the diving, and grabbed the flag “while air born.” The ambitious zombie then “rolled into the woods,” apparently unhurt by the effort.

F or those who missed RFYL on June 22, there are more opportunities to participate in a fun themed run. Gambler

says, “A lot of small town organiza-tions put on zombie-themed races like [RFYL].” And if Miller’s philosophical take on zombies is not uncommon, they will be well attended. Speaking of his longtime attraction to media featuring the walking dead, he said, “Our world is so fragile that some-thing could happen to change every-thing. A zombie outbreak is not likely, but nuclear war or an asteroid could actually shatter modern civilization. It’s fascinating to think about what would happen afterwards.”

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M ark became the gen-eral manager of the Twin Lakes Recreation Center in 2009. It is at the TLRC

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The BYB season begins in Septem-ber and runs through mid-March, with four separate offerings: The first sea-

son of youth basketball is an instruc-tional program for ages 5-14. Season II is a traditional offering of practices and games with a tournament at the conclusion. Season III is identical to season II. Lastly, there is an instruc-tional “Future Stars” program that is designed for preschool-aged children.

“The popularity of Bloomington Youth Basketball is not isolated to

Monroe County,” according to Mark. “We see a number of children from Greene, Brown and Lawrence County ... Interest in the program seems to increase each year.” In fact, with a total capacity of 600 participants per ses-sion, some children had to be turned away last year.

Mark says he “has a passion for the game and enjoys working with all age categories in teaching the game. In BYB, we coach to a broad spectrum of skill levels, which makes it very impor-tant to coach to the group as a whole. The better coaches in our program understand this concept. The best part

is watching the child who really has no experience with the game progress and accomplish skills at the end of the season they could not perform at the beginning.”

One of Mark’s challenges is that of keeping the programs and facility running, while keeping the registration costs affordable. League sponsorships help to defray some of the expenses

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E ach season requires between 60 and 70 volunteer coaches, described by Mark as “the life blood of our basketball

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achel Skirvin and her oldest horse Belle have been working together on the sport of eventing every day for much of their lives.

Belle, 21 years old now, has been Rachel’s horse for the past 17 years. She’s in semi-retirement from competi-tion these days. The up and comer at Skirvin’s farm is Lyric, a 5-year-old who has success and smarts in his genes. Belle is his mother.

“(Belle) has been the biggest teacher,” Skirvin said. “She put up with my mistakes when I was getting started. She went to college and high

school with me. She’s been a huge part of my life.”

skirvin got her start in event-ing through taking lessons at a stable in Greenwood, Ind. at age 7. Eventing, also

known as horse trials, is an equestrian sport that includes three phases. These include: • Dressage, which has a series of

movements inside a marked area to test the level of training of the horse and rider

• Cross country, which features a series of fixed, numbered and flagged

obstacles to demonstrate speed, endurance and jumping ability

• Show jumping, which involves a se-ries of nonfixed jumps in a roped areaThe biggest thrill of the sport, Skirvin

said, is in the cross-country phase, which has the horses running and jumping the fastest.

“When you’re going at full speed it’s a huge adrenaline rush,” she said. “It’s a lot of fun.”

Skirvin, a member of the Indiana Eventing Association, also enjoys the camaraderie of the sport.

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“There’s no money to be won and no professionals. You do it because you enjoy it.”

Skirvin not only competes, she also now gives lessons to others. She has found that being successful in horse trials requires daily work with your horse over a period of years. The trust between horse and human is a key to success, Skirvin said.

“It’s not something you can be in only partially,” she said. “It’s something you have to be in all the way to be suc-cessful.”

Skirvin has found eventing to be not only challenging and fun, but also humbling.

“Everything is awesome one week-end, and the next weekend you make one silly mistake and you’re at the bot-tom of the pack,” she said.

In July, Skirvin participated in the Leg Up Horse Trials at Hoosier Horse Park in Edinburgh, Ind. The annual event, which draws about 75 to 100 participants from Indiana and surrounding states, is a great opportunity for those who would like to check out eventing without hav-ing to pay a lot to watch.

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t didn’t take long after the nuclear war’s end for society to collapse. The catastrophic damage to the ozone layer and battle-ravaged land forced a devastated population to band together and scavenge for resources. A water tower left un-

damaged could provide the fresh water needed for survival. That is, if your team manages to get to it before the competition.

It isn’t a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie—it was the stage of Paintball Valley’s “The Wasteland,” a scenario game held last December across 80 acres in Brown County.

“Paintball appeals to the adrenaline junkie,” said Gregory Lam-mers, manager of Paintball Valley. “I have never encountered a sport that can get your blood pumping faster or your imagination working harder than one in which you’re being shot at.”

Paintball Valley hosts two scenario games a year, one in the spring and one in the fall. “The Wasteland” brought together Paintball Valley regulars and first-time players, who split into two

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teams of more than 50 players each to face a series of challenges.

t Paintball Valley, one man’s trash is another player’s shelter or obstacle. Over time, junk items like gasoline station signs

and oil drums, as well as an old school bus and crashed planes, have aged and accu-mulated on the grounds, creating a perfect setting of “post-nuclear fallout.”

“I’ve always been interested in the post-apocalyptic world shown in movies such as the ‘Book of Eli,’ or ‘Mad Max,’” Lam-mers said. “Our fields just naturally have grown into a place where players wearing car tires and license plates look like they belong.”

A fully functional water tower was also constructed for the event as one of the many challenges players faced to survive the “hostile environment.”

“Living and fighting in a post-apocalyp-tic world would focus heavily on resourc-es, or a lack thereof,” Lammers said. “So a clean water source was an easy target to make a priority for both sides.”

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“I distinctly remember a group return-ing to their base camp with huge grins on their faces after a defeat. They quickly reported to me that they had driven the other team back up the hill opposite their own, and had held them off for a really long time,” Lammers said. “Everything was going so well until a tank vehicle ar-rived, controlled by the other team, which drove them off the hill until it ran out of gas.”

aintball Valley has planned a sec-ond post-apocalyptic scenario for 2013. “The Wasteland: Rise of the Raiders,” will take place Saturday,

Sept. 14. For players without their own gear, Paintball Valley rents safety and play-ing equipment, and safety procedures are discussed before games.

“It will be, of course, bigger and better than the last one,” Lammers said. “We have a whole new set of fresh challenges for the teams based around the theme, as well as guests being brought in to com-mand the two sides.”

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Education course prepares kids for

deer seasonWORDS | Kasey Husk

PICS | Darryl Smith Afall from a tree stand may be the most common hunting injury, but when Bedford resident Nathaniel Furman—already a sea-soned hunter at 13 years old—wants to set up a spot to look for a deer this fall, he’ll know just what to do.

Furman learned how to attach a rope to his rifle, climb into the tree stand and then pull the gun up after him by taking the hunter education class at the Bedford Boat and Sportsmen’s Club two years in a row. Club leaders team up with Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officers to offer the class, which focuses heavily on safety, each September in advance of deer season. This year, the class is scheduled for Sept. 20 and 21.

“I liked that they actually brought people like the DNR officers to help you—not just to show you videos, but tell you all about (hunting) and what’s right and what’s wrong,” Furman says.

The class is one of two in Bedford each year; the White River Bowhunters also work with conservation officers to offer the class each April.

Topics of study for students during the two-day class include ethics and laws, hunter responsibility, survival and wildlife man-agement, tree-stand safety and methods of hunting, including archery, says Lawrence County conservation officer Ryan Jahn.

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Safety, he and class instructor Rex Smith agree, is always at the forefront of the discussion.

Taking a hunter education class is a requirement for those born after Dec. 31, 1986 to obtain a hunting license, Jahn says. But class leaders still strive to make the class as engaging as pos-sible for their students—a majority of whom are boys and girls ages 10 to 13, though it is open to adults as well—by including some outdoor activities.

“We go outside for probably about three hours or so and they shoot bow and arrows, they do tree-stand activi-ties, safe gun handling and some blood trailing,” Jahn says, noting that instruc-tors use food color to mimic a “blood trail” for students follow.

Smith, who organized the class six years ago, says he didn’t want his young students to have to sit in a class-room and simply listen to lecture from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

“You can tell somebody something, but if you let them do it themselves it seems to absorb better,” Smith says. “Especially (with) a kid.”

An added bonus for Smith’s students, he says, is a deer-hunting contest the weekend after the class that is open

only to the children who have complet-ed the program. Students participating in the contest, which coincides with Indiana’s youth deer hunt, can bring the deer they bag to a check-in station. The children with the biggest deer that weekend win prizes, such as free processing for the meat.

The best part of teaching, Smith says, comes that weekend “when they call me on a Saturday night or a Sunday morning and tell me they got a deer.”

“And then I get to go meet them and we get to take a pictures together and weigh it, and I make every kid tell me their story,” he says. “That’s my favorite part.”

September 20 & 21Indiana Hunter EducationWhere: Bedford Boat and Sportsman Club3916 Pumphouse Rd.Bedford, Ind.Info: Instruction in the areas of safe firearm use and handling while hunting, as well as in the home, hunter ethics and responsibility, game identification, and conservation management. Free and open to the public. Registration is limited to 60 people. bedfordboatclub.com

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bandanas, socks.

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immobilized in the position in which it was found. Do not attempt to reset any broken bones and be careful not to worsen injuries with movement.

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september 13 & 14Abe Martin’s County Picnic & Outhouse Race

Where: West Main St. Nashville, Ind.Info: Free admission. Friday: Big Wheel Race and

obstacle course for kids with trophies and surprises. Saturday: Abe Martin Pig Roast Picnic, cornhole

competition, plunger toss competition, parade, time trials, and Nashcar Outhouse Race. (812) 720-0222,

www.wecaregang.org

september 14Rugged Maniac 5K

Where: Paoli Peaks2798 West County Road 25, Paoli, Ind.

Info: 5K obstacle race over walls, through mud, up and down summer ski slopes. www.ruggedmaniac.com

Color Me Rad 5KWhere: Indiana State Fairgrounds

1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, Ind.Info: Start with a clean white shirt, and throughout the run, get coated by color bombs of blue, green,

pink, purple, and yellow.colormerad.com

River Race 6K Run/Walk & 12K RunWhere: Tivoli Theatre

24 North Washington Street Spencer, Ind.

Info: mag7raceseries.com

The Grind 10K Run/Walk at Beck’s MillWhere: 4433 South Beck’s Mill Rd

Salem, Ind.Info: Out-and-back course from at Beck’s Mill. A

hill challenge out of the start, then slightly rolling, becoming flat and fast with a downhill finish.

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september 14 & 15Bowhunters Jamboree

Where: White River Bow HuntersInfo: Coon shoot at dark, 100-yard cash payback novelty shoot, 10-target money shoot, nightmare

money shoot—plus a free hog roast and free camping. whiteriverbowhunters.com

september 14 & 28eXpedition Zip Line Night Flights!

Where: eXplore Brown County at Valley Branch RetreatInfo: Our popular eXplorer Tour, but beginning as

the sun sets, and going into the cover of darkness! Zip on into the darkness where only the moon, stars and red headlamp light your way. (812) 988-7750,

explorebrowncounty.com/zip-lines

september 15-20September Escapade

Where: Starts at Fairfax BeachBloomington, Ind.

Expect to ride 50-75 miles a day. Explore southeastern Indiana by visiting Brown County

State Park (two nights), Spring Mill State Park (two nights), and McCormick’s Creek State Park (one

night). Stay in the Indiana State Park inns or enjoy Indiana’s best camping season. triri.org

september 19Foolmoon Hash

Blooming Fools Hash House HarriersWhere: TBA—visit bfh3.com for directions to the

start a few days before the hash.Info: Bi-weekly, 3- to 4-mile noncompetitive trail

run/walk/amble across the worst terrain imaginable in and around Monroe County. Over 21s only, please:

It’s not called the “drinking club with a running problem” for nothing. First-timers free. For more,

visit www.bfh3.com or email jbranigin@gmail.com.

september 21Limit of Advance

Where: Panther Ridge Training Center2935 N Vandeventer Rd., Solsberry, Ind.

Info: Ruck 35 lbs. for 7 km, struggle through 3 miles of obstacles that are created in honor of historic U.S. military battles and finish off with a rifle and

pistol shoot. limitofadvance.com

september 21Planet Adventure Zombie Dash

Where: Columbus Kids Camp12454 West Youth Camp Road, Columbus, Ind.

Info: 5K run/walk with rugged terrain and brain-eating zombies. Plus, a 1K Kids’ Calamity with a tamer course and friendlier zombies, suitable for

ages 8-13. planetadventurerace.com

september 22Ghostly Undertaking Sleepover Saturday

Where: Culbertson Mansion914 East Main Street

New Albany, Ind.Info: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Candlelight dinner, mansion

ghost tour and scavenger hunt with prizes awarded to the winners. Ghost watch throughout

the night. Continental breakfast for survivors. hauntedculbertson.org

september 27 – 29Brown County Breakdown

Where: Brown County State Park, Nashville, Ind.Info: Epic mountain bike ride on beautiful trails.

Biggest fundraiser of the year for Hoosier Mountain Bike Association. www.browncountybreakdown.com

september 28Mudocalypse Mudrun

Where: Haspin Acres21208 Laurel Road, Laurel, Ind.

Info: 3-5 mile obstacle/adventure race. Decision points along the course will change your run

route. Which route will contain more obstacles? Which will spend your last ounce of energy? www.

mudocalypse.com

Mill Race MarathonWhere: The Commons

300 Washington Street Columbus, Ind.Info: Boston Marathon qualifier. Great courses—marathon, half-marathon and 5K—all will be flat,

fast and scenic. millracemarathon.com

Dog Days Of SeptemberWhere: Endwright Center

7500 W Reeves Rd. Bloomington, Ind.Info: Features the Bloomington American Kennel

Club. Agility demonstration and a puppy dog show—bring your own to participate and show

off canine skills or simply kick back and enjoy the show. Meet a variety of dog breeds and watch an

obedience demonstration while having a free lunch. Any questions call or e-mail at DougJohnson@

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september 29Mitchell Persimmon Festival 5K and

Road RallyWhere: Mitchell High School1000 West Bishop Boulevard

Mitchell, Ind.Info: Part of the Mitchell Persimmon Festival.

Motorcycle show, lip sync contest and lots of persimmon puddings and desserts.

persimmonfestival.org

McCormick Creek Trail RunWhere: McCormick’s Creek State Park Nature Center

250 McCormick’s Creek Park RoadSpencer, Ind.

Info: 4-mile trail run/walk hosted by Owen County YMCA

october 5Indiana Healthcare Bicycle Challenge

Where: Ceraland Park3989 South 525E, Columbus, Ind.

Info: A day of fun and challenge—bicycling, food, vendors all at the beautiful Ceraland Park. You can ride in as many races as you qualify for

throughout the day. Everyone can ride in the Open Class Challenge race. Funds will support providing

all Indiana pediatricians and general practice doctors with the ME3 Obesity Prevention Kit.

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october 6The Zombie Run

Where: White River State ParkIndianapolis, Ind.

Info: An untimed fun run where you flee from zombies—or you can register as a zombie and chase

down runners. thezombierun.com

october 128 Hours of Payne Endurance Trail Run

and Team RelayWhere: Paynetown State Recreation Area

4850 S. SR 446, Bloomington, Ind.Info: You can run solo (solo Payne), as teams of 2 (2fer Payne), or teams of 3/4 (3fer or 4fer Payne).

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october 18-20Hilly Hundred

Where: Starts at Edgewood High School601 S. Edgewood Drive,

Ellettsville, Ind.Info: This three-day event (with two days of riding approximately, 50 miles each day) is held in the scenic hills of southern Indiana. The challenging

terrain is a wonderful mix of gently rolling country roads and breathtaking hills (literally). Plus, free food and lively entertainment. hillhundred.org

october 19Creepy Crawl—Fun Run/Walk

Where: Hall School5955 W Hurt Rd.,

Monrovia, Ind.Info: Wear your costume, run a 5K and maybe win

prizes. Register online at mag7raceseries.com.

october 26ICX Bradford Woods Team J’s Bike Cross

Where: 5040 Indiana 67Martinsville, Ind.

Info: All categories require a current USA Cycling Road or MTB license. www.planetadventurerace.

com/icx-cyclocross

November 21st Annual Pumpkin Smashing Festival

Where: Deere FarmsLanesville, Ind.

Info: Pick pumpkins for $1 each and bring them to our Pumpkin Drop Crane where we take them up in the air to 60 feet and drop them for you. Bring

your pumpkins to Deere Farms regardless of where you purchased them. Pumpkin games will include:

pumpkin baseball, pumpkin bowling, Gallagher-style pumpkin smashing and many more ways to destroy

your pumpkins. deerefarms.com

Ghostly Undertaking Sleepover SaturdayWhere: Culbertson Mansion

914 East Main Street, New Albany, Ind.

Info: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Candlelight dinner, mansion ghost tour and scavenger hunt with prizes

awarded to the winners. Ghost watch throughout the night. Continental breakfast for survivors.

hauntedculbertson.org

Pumpkin PartyWhere: Exotic Feline Rescue Center

2221 E Ashboro Rd., Center Point, Ind.

Info: Have you ever seen a lion or tiger play with a pumpkin? Join a special tour to watch as each cat gets his or her own meat-filled pumpkin for lunch.

exoticfelinerescuecenter.org

November 28Annual Turkey Trots 5K

Where: Bloomington Bagel Company113 N. Dunn St., Bloomington, Ind.

Info: Free race around Indiana University campus with free BBC coffee and bagels afterward.

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AugustDaviess County Amish Quilt AuctionPhone: 812-698-1697Date: August 31stLocation: Simon J. Graber Community BuildingThis is the 25th Anniversary of this premiere event that draws thousands annually. Featured is an Amish quilt auction and craft sale, Amish bake sale and dinner.

SeptemberDaviess County Turkey Trot FestivalPhone: 812-254-0938Dates: September 5, 6, 7 & 8Location: North of Highway 50 at Ruritan Park in MontgomeryThis nationally known event features numerous turkey races, live entertain-ment, food, refreshments, crafts, bingo, greased pig contests, tractor pull and more.

White River Valley Antique ShowPhone: 812-345-0064 Date: September 5-8Location: Daviess County Fairgrounds, Hwy 57 in Elnora.

OctoberRegistered Boar Goat AuctionOctober 12thDinky’s Auction CenterCR 900E at 550N

Building Meaterial AuctionOctober 19Dinky’s Auction CenterCR 900E at 550N

Terror on Main Street Haunted HousePhone: 812-617-2004Date: Fridays and Saturdays in October 4,5,11,12,18,19, 25 & 26Location: 607 East Main

NovemberNorth Daviess Community Craft ShowPhone: 812-687-7686 or 812-259-2011Date: November 9thLocation: North Daviess High School in Odon

Gasthof Holiday BazaarNovember 1 & 2Indoor EventVariety of Vendors,Flea Markets, Tasteof Gasthof Goodies,Festive HolidayShopping at GasthofAmish Village

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