by April Allman | Mar 17, 2017 | Survival Skills
By Megan S. Willman In 1935, the Shapira family opened a small distillery called “Old Heavenhill Springs.” Known today as Heaven Hill Brands, the 82-year-old business has become the nation’s sixth largest distilled spirits supplier. Three generations of Shapira family...
by April Allman | Feb 2, 2017 | Survival Skills
By Megan S. Willman When I walked into DBS Interactive, a Louisville company specializing in web design and programming, to meet with CEO and Founder Cyndi Masters, I was greeted by both Cyndi Masters and her dog Super Cooper Masters. This warm welcome set the tone...
by April Allman | Dec 19, 2016 | Survival Skills
By Marie BradbyThe walls inside of Paula’s office were painted using her chalk paint. Most of us shirk away from change, but not Paula Blankenship, an entrepreneur whose paint business headquartered in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, is gathering world-wide...
by April Allman | Nov 12, 2016 | Survival Skills
By Marie BradbySergeant Brittney Garrett, a nine-year veteran officer with the Jeffersontown Police Department, had seen enough — the rising number of drug overdoses and overdose deaths in Jefferson County, the climbing rates of crime, and the overwhelming number of...
by April Allman | Oct 14, 2016 | Survival Skills
By Marie Bradby Every day, Dr. Donna Wilcock and her team of researchers at the University of Kentucky (UK) move by milliliters toward the fundamental understanding of and treatment for one of the world’s most debilitating conditions — Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). It’s a...
by April Allman | Sep 27, 2016 | Survival Skills
By Marie BradbyMy friends and I attended several weddings across the country this summer. It was the stuff of dreams: misty-eyed fathers proudly ushering brides in confectionery gowns down the aisle; grooms playfully wearing Star Wars cufflinks; and sharply dressed...