Extol Magazine

APR-MAY 2015

Extol Magazine Celebrating Southern Indiana is a local publication that covers stories about businesses people places or events throughout the cities of New Albany Jeffersonville Clarksville Sellersburg and Louisville KY

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WE KNEW LAUNCHING EXTOL MAGAZINE would be quite the undertaking. We had no idea it would involve a St. Bernard named Jake. Te Extol team unveiled our inaugural issue at a launch party presented by Your Community Bank at Te Exchange Pub + Kitchen in New Albany on March 18. Te attendance far exceeded our expectations. So has the response to our publication. We appreciate all of the encouraging words, story suggestions, feedback and requests from businesses to carry Extol. We also are grateful to the advertisers, organizations, contributors, staf members and individuals who were a part of our frst issue. One of those was Elizabeth Starck with Southern Indiana Animal Rescue (SIAR). On a whim, my husband, Jason Applegate (Extol's managing partner and director of advertising & sales) and I decided to say hello to Elizabeth one Saturday afternoon when she and her fellow SIAR volunteers were holding an adoption day for animals in need of homes at PetSmart in Clarksville. Tat's where we met Jake, a 150 pound St. Bernard. Jake's previous owner had left him tied outside for much of his life and neglected the big guy so much, he only weighed 100 pounds and was heartworm positive when SIAR rescued him. Tanks to Paul Kiger of New Albany, who paid for Jake's heartworm treatment, and the love and care his SIAR fosters Lynn Schwenning and Joe Doering provided, after several months, Jake was ready to fnd his forever home. Te moment we saw him, we hoped that would be with us, and soon it was. I share this tale because we learned what SIAR is doing in our community and wanted to see them in action – which is how we wound up with Jake – through an article in our own publication. Our hope is that with each issue, you, too, will discover the people, places and organizations who make Southern Indiana a region to be celebrated. We also hope our publication compels you to get to know, experience, visit, eat at, shop in and volunteer for the subjects of our stories. And if you have one to share, I'd love to hear from you. Truly, Angie Angie Fenton Editor in Chief angie@extolmag.com 502.551.2698 ex • tol /ik'stol/ To praise enthusiastically. synonyms: enthuse about, acclaim, celebrate. Photograph by Tony Bennett FROM THE EDITOR 9 LEARN MORE AND FIND OTHER COMPANIES THAT CELEBRATE AN OPEN ECONOMY AT OPENFORSERVICE.ORGA Extol Magazine is open to everyone and celebrates the diversity of Southern Indiana.

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