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Christmas Tree Farms | Supporting Nonprofits | Shopping Local 2020 GUIDE CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS | SUPPORTING NONPROFITS | SHOPPING LOCAL 2020 | HOLIDAY GUIDE 1 from all of us at Johnson-Witkemper Local and family owned, Johnson-Witkemper Insurance wants to invite you to call us for the best in service and competitive insurance programs. Whether it be for Auto, Home, Business, Life or Health Insurance, we promise to do our best for you. 33rd Anniversary 49th Anniversary at Johnson-Witkemper, Inc. at Marvin Johnson & Associates, Inc. 305 Washington Street, Columbus, Indiana IN-35058556 (812) 372-7829 www.jwinsurance.com 12 Months No GE® 30” GE® 30” Free Standing Slide In Electric Interest/Same As Electric Range Convection Range Cash. 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IN-35058534 2020 | HOLIDAY GUIDE 3 table of contents 5 Christmas tree farms 12 Supporting nonprofits 16 Shopping locally 22 Give adventure 24 Winter squash recipes Let us know what you would like to see in next year’s issue. Comments can be sent to Anna Perlich, The Republic, 2980 N. National Road, Suite A, Columbus, IN 47201 or call 812- 379-5639 or email [email protected] Advertising information: 812-379-5652 © 2020 by AIM Media Indiana. All rights reserved. Reproduction of stories or photographs and advertisements without permission is prohibited. IN-35058558 4 HOLIDAY GUIDE | 2020 CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS stORY BY TOM« JEKEL PHOTOS BY ALI KIEL Thousands of southern Indiana families each year embrace a tradition of having fresh-cut Christmas trees to celebrate the season. Memories are made and cherished when family members pick out and put up a real tree, then are able to enjoy the evergreen aroma that fills a room. Such sensory experiences are possible thanks to local tree farms, including two that are owned and operated by families themselves. Tower Family Christmas Tree Farm will open AGE-OLD for its 29th year west of Columbus. Between Columbus and Seymour, Wynn’s Christmas Tree TRADITION Farm will open for its At family-owned tree farms, 10th year. At each of these farms, several generations work together generations work during holiday season together as part of their own family traditions. Ed Tower at Tower Family Christmas Tree Farm. 2020 | HOLIDAY GUIDE 5 Tower Family Christmas Tree Farm Tower Family Christmas Tree pre-cut trees — mostly the highly desirable Cathy Tower also retired that year after Farm Fraser fir — will be trucked in from Wiscon- teaching middle school math and English as Teacher Ed Tower began planting trees in sin and available to local buyers. a second language in Bartholomew, Brown 1984 as a hobby that his whole family could Trees range from 6 to 11 feet tall. Since and Johnson counties. During tree-selling be involved with. Eight years later, the first they grow about a foot each year, evergreens season, the Towers are joined by their adult seedlings were ready for harvest, and the that are ready for harvest this year are at least children and grandchildren. Son Jason Tower Tower Family Christmas Tree Farm opened 7 or 8 years old. brings his family up from Dubois. Daughter for business. While observing the state’s stay-at-home Jeanette Dunlap makes the trip from Goshen, Ed and Cathy Tower today tend to 5,000 order during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ed Kentucky. Christmas trees that grow on their 5-acre Tower began a new hobby of chainsaw carv- Most of the Towers’ customers are from farm west of Columbus off Lowell Road. ing. Items available for sale for the first time Bartholomew County, but the farm also Their first year, the Towers sold fewer than include carved Christmas trees, bears, eagles, draws from places such as Louisville and In- 100 trees the entire holiday season. Last year, owls and alligators, with proceeds going to dianapolis, Nashville, Madison and Carmel. they sold more than 400 trees on a single Love Chapel. About 80 to 90 percent of them return each day – the Friday after Thanksgiving. By the But as always, the biggest attraction will year, Ed Tower said. second weekend in December, all of the trees be the majestic trees. “The most important Shoppers may spend anywhere from 10 available for sale typically sell out. thing we offer on the Christmas tree farm is minutes to an entire morning or afternoon This year, more than 500 home-grown, family memories — Mom, Dad and the kids, picking out a tree. “If it’s a family event, choose-and-cut white pine, Norway spruce and possibly Grandpa and Grandma,” said Ed there’s always discussion. That’s when the and balsam trees will make their way into lo- Tower, who retired as a Columbus East High memories are made,” he said. cal homes for the holiday. Additionally, 1,000 School math and science teacher in 2003. Kip and Aleta Kiel of Columbus have a 6 HOLIDAY GUIDE | 2020 long-running, day-after-Thanksgiving tradi- tion that starts with a visit to the tree farm. Tower Family Christmas Tree Farm From there, the Kiels head to Bob Evans ADDRESS: 4416 W. Lowell Road, HOURS: Nov. 21-22, 10 a.m. to dusk; restaurant for a meal and then return home Columbus Nov. 23-25, 1 p.m. to dusk; closed to decorate their tree as a family. on Thanksgiving; Nov. 27-29, 10 “We’ve been doing that for many, many, HISTORY: 29th year many years – since the boys were little,” Kip a.m. to dusk; weekdays starting TREES: Choose from white pine, Kiel said. Sons Drew, Dusty and Gunner – all Nov. 30, 1 p.m. to dusk; weekends of them quarterbacks at Columbus East High Norway spruce and balsam trees starting Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to dusk School who also played collegiately – are now grown on the farm, with saws 31, 30 and 27, respectively. provided for customers to cut PHONE: 812-378-3505 Two years ago, Drew Kiel, a doctor of down their own trees; pre-cut physical therapy who does home health care WEBSITE: http://towerfamily in Nashville, Tennessee, picked the tree farm Fraser firs brought in from else- christmastrees.blogspot.com as the site where he would propose to Cassie where are also available for pur- Smith, a dietitian who works with girls who chase. EXTRA INFORMATION: Wreaths, swags have eating disorders, also in Nashville. and chainsaw wood carvings also Drew’s proposal that day was a surprise for TREE PRICES: $25 to $175, with available. For people’s safety, Cassie, even though they had already talked Fraser firs at the upper end of the about marriage. During those discussions, employees will be wearing masks, scale. Cassie had expressed her wish that both sets and they encourage customers to of parents be nearby when the moment ar- PAYMENT: Cash and checks only. wear them, too. Christmas Open House BLACK AND FRIDAY ARE TWO Stop By From OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS 8:00am - 8:00pm DO BLACK FRIDAY THE HARLEY WAY MANN’S HARLEY-DAVIDSON® 3250 W. MARKET PLACE DRIVE EDINBURGH, IN 46124 NOVEMBER 27TH WWW.MANNSHARLEYDAVIDSON.COM (812) 526-3485 See store for details. IN-35056467 2020 | HOLIDAY GUIDE 7 rived. During their 2018 Thanksgiving season of the Tower tree farm. “We love going every visit to the farm, Drew took Cassie into the year. Maybe someday we will be bringing our barn and asked for her hand in marriage. grandkids.” When they emerged, Cassie was on her mobile phone trying to get through to her Wynn’s Christmas Tree Farm parents, Tom and Suzan Smith, saying: “I Bruce and Susan Wynn started growing can’t believe my mom isn’t answering,” Aleta Christmas trees in 2003, planting between 700 Kiel recalled. “And then she sees them … and 800 seedlings on their property between walking up on the other side of the barn,” she Reddington and Seymour in Jackson County. said. Wynn’s Christmas Tree Farm has Canaan fir, Along with Cassie’s parents, her brother, white pine and Norway spruce among 3,500 Stephen Smith, and his wife, Courtney, had trees growing on about 6.5 acres of land just flown up from Texas and spent the previ- west of U.S. 31. ous night in Indiana, at Drew’s invitation. A The Wynn family drew from personal shocked Cassie was overcome with joy. experiences before starting their farm. In the “She put her hands on her face and started 1970s, Bruce’s father, Calvin, planted Christ- The three Kiel brothers of Columbus were pho- crying,” Aleta said. mas trees in Brown County. And when Bruce tographed with their dad Kip during one of their Drew and Cassie had planned to be mar- early visits to Tower Family Christmas Tree Farm and Susan’s children, Elizabeth and Eli, were in Columbus. Gunner, the youngest, is shown in the ried on May 16 of this year.
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