>> WELCOME TO "LOUISVILLE LIFE" COMING TO YOU FROM OUR MAIN STREET STUDIO.

I'M YOUR HOST CANDYCE CLIFFT.

IMAGINE IF YOU HAD GUESTS VISITING THE CITY WHO LIKED IT SO MUCH THEY DECIDE MOVE HERE.

IN HEY BASIC WAY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BUSINESS CAFE PRESS WHICH IN BE 2012 MOVED IT HEADQUARTERS FROM CALIFORNIA TO LOUISVILLE.

SHIFT MEANT MORE LOCAL JOBS, AN A CORPORATE PARTNER WHO IS EXCITED ABOUT THE COMPANY'S NEW KENTUCKY HOME.

>> THANKS, EVERYBODY, VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO THIS RECEPTION.

>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE MAYOR'S PHOTO CONTEST PROVIDED PLENTY OF PHOT OPPORTUNITIES, AND AMID THE POM OF THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, ONE OF TH STACY NEWEST CORPORATE CITIZENS >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.

>> BOB MARNINO IS THE C.E.O.

OF CAFE PRESS WHICH PRINTED CANVASSES OF THE WINNING WORK, AND THAT'S NOT ALL AS HE EXPLAINED WHILE SHARING HIS SATISFACTION.

>> IT WAS PRETTY PROUD MOMENT FOR US TO BE THAT AND BE SURROUNDED BY ALL THAT CREATIVITY AND KNOW THAT THIS I THE TYPE OF FOLKS THAT CAFE PRESS IS SET UP FIRST AND FOREMOST TO SERVE, AND SO WE MADE SURE THAT FOR ALL OF THOSE YOUNG ARTISTS THAN WANTED TO, W WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM A FREE SHOP ON CAFE PRESS SO THEY CAN REACHA LARGER AUDIENCE AND PERHAPS EVEN MAKE SOME MONEY.

>> PRINTING ON CANVAS LIKE THIS WOULD SEEM TO BE ONE OF CAFE PRESS' SIMPLER JOBS.

ASKING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING CHRIS FREEMAN IF YOU CAN PRINT ON SOMETHING, ANYTHING, WILL GENERALLY ELICIT A ONE-WORD ANSWER.

>> THE ANSWER IS YES.

WE CAN PRINT ON IT.

THE QUESTION SITUATED OFF-SHORE AT WHAT EXPENSE, HOW QUICKLY, WHICH CAN WE BE READY FOR IT.

I MEAN, WE CAN PRINT ON ANYTHING.

THE JOKE IS WE CAN POINT WATER.

I JUST HAVE TO FREEZE IT AS I GO.

PRINT ON WATER.

>> DID THING THAT CHRIS CAN'T FREEZE IS TIME.

THE OFTEN RAPID TURN AROUND IN CAFE PRESS' JOBS REQUIRES INGENUITY AND SOMETIMES INVENTION.

>> FIGURING OUT WHAT NEW PRODUC WE CAN MAKE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO MAKE, MAKING EQUIPMENT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

MOST OF THE THINGS WE CAN'T BUY OFF THE SHELF SO WE HAVE TO DO THEM INTERNALLY AND SO SOMETIME YOU'RE GOING TO THEY CONCEPTUAL PHASE TO THE ACTUAL LIVE AND PRODUCTION PHASE IN A FEW DAYS.

>> THAT MEANS A QUICK TURN ON SLOW QUARTERBACKS FLIP-FLOPS, EVEN UNDERPANTS, BUT WHO ARE THEY PRINTING FOR?

>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PAR NECESSARY ARE IN FACT DESIGNERS ARTISTS.

MOST OF OUR SALES COME SIMPLY FROM US MARKETING THEIR REALLY COOL AND CLEVER DESIGNS.

AND AN EMERGING BUSINESS FOR US OVER THE LAST THEE YEARS IS THI PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER MAJOR E-COMMERCE PLAYERS AND INDEED EVEN MEDIA COMPANIES.

>> MEDIA COMPANIES LIKE THE PEOPLE BEHIND "THE HUNGER GAMES."

BUT YOU AREN'T LIMITED MANY THRILLED ITEMS TO THE BLOCKBUSTER YOU SEE ON THEIR SITE.

YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN VERSIONS.

>> WE ARE ALLOWED BY THESE MEDI PROPERTIES TO USE THE MARKS OF THE STUDIO AND ALLOW THEIR FANS TO CREATE THEIR OWN FAN WEAR.

THIS IS NOT THE STUDIO ART WORK THIS IS THE FAN-INSPIRED DESIGNS.

AND WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY OUT THERE GLOBALLY THAT'S BEING PERMITTED TO DO THIS.

>> AS POPULAR AS CATNESS AND COMPANY ARE, CAFE PRESS' BREAD AND BUT ARE MAY BE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES WITH LUCK NECESSITY KENTUCKY CREATIVE IDEAS OR JUST MOMS AND POPS COMING IN TO GET THEIR KIDS' SOCCER T-SHIRTS PRINTED.

THIS IS THE CAFE PRESS STORE I THE MALL ST.

MATTHEWS.

IT'S A ONE OF A KIND.

ALL OTHER COMMERCE TAKES PLACE ONLINE.

>> ITS MAIN MISSION IS TO BE AN R&D CENTER.

WHEN WE LAUNCH A NEW PRODUCT OR A NEW FEATURE ON THE WEBSITE WE DON'T GET TO SEE PEOPLE USING THEM.

I CAN SIT AT THE MALL.

I CAN ENJOY AN ICE CREAM CONE AND WATCH HEMA USING THOSE NEW FEATURES AND SEE MAYBE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES THAT WE UNINTENTIONALLY PUT IN THEIR PATH, AND IT HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR US TO THEN TAKE THAT LEARNING BACK TO THE WEBSITE, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

IT'S ALSO WHERE WE TEST THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW PRODUCTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPEAL THAT WE THINK THEY DO.

>> AT THE STORE YOU CAN GET HEL CRAFTING WHATEVER IT IS YOU WAN TO PRINT ON WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO PRINT IT ON.

P ON YOU CAN GET SIMILAR SERVICE FRO THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CALL CENTER.

>> SO FAR -- >> AT THE LOUISVILLE PRODUCTION FACILITY YOU WILL SEE THAT VARIETY IS MORE THAN SPICE HERE IT'S THE MAIN INGREDIENT TO A BUSINESS THAT'S FAR MORE THAN A T-SHIRT MANUFACTURER.

>> I GUESS I DON'T MIND THAT PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT T-SHIRTS AND US IN THE SAME THOUGHT.

THAT'S FINE.

IT IS 50% OF WHAT WE DO.

BUT THERE'S 650 OTHER ITEMS THA WE DO THAT ARE NOT T-SHIRTS THA RANGE FROM ELECTRONICS TO THING FOR YOUR HOME, EVEN A CUSTOM SHOWER CURTAIN, AND SO I THINK THEY'RE ALWAYS SURPRISED BY THE DEPTH OF PRODUCTS THAT CAFE PRESS OFFERS, AND AS WE'VE ADDE THOSE PRODUCTS, WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE MORE REASON TO COME BACK AND SHOP WITH US OR.

OUR REPEAT RATE IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE ADDITION OF NEW PRODUCTS.

>> CAFE PRESS EMPLOYS 850 PEOP GLOBAL WEB ARNT 450 HERE IN LOUISVILLE YEAR ROUND.

AT CHRISTMAS THEY ADD ABOUT 800 TO THAT NUMBER, AND THE CHOICE TO HEADQUARTER HERE?

BOB SAYS IT STARTS WITH WHEN HE CALLS PRIVILEGED GEOGRAPHY.

OUR PROXIMITY TO THE REST OF TH COUNTRY BY AIR.

BUT IT DOESN'T END THERE.

>> IT HAS SO MUCH GOING FOR IT.

IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU GET SO MUCH FOR THE PRICE HERE IN LOUISVILLE.

IT'S THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH ARE ACTUALLY VERY PLEASED TO CALL A NEIGHBOR.

THIS IS A VERY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.

>> SO THIS BROOKLYN BOY HAS FOUND A KENTUCKY HOME AND A LOCALLY BORN ENGINEER CAN REMAI HERE.

BETTER EMPLOYMENT MEETS THE BOO E-COMMERCE WITH A CREATIVE BUZZ >> AND SO AS YOU WALK THROUGH THERE, YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU YOURSELF WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF.

THEY'RE VERY CLEVER, SOMETIMES VERY POIGNANT.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE JUST A DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POLITICAL VIEW ABOUT IT REAL MAKES MAKES YOU THINK, AND SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ENTERTAINING TO WORK IN THIS FACILITY BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT REALLY THE REST OF THE WORLD IS THINKING.

AND THEY MUST REALLY BELIEVE IT IF THEY'RE ABOUT TO WEAR A SHIR THAT SAYS IT.

>> AS BOB MENTIONED, CAFE PRES PRODUCTION AND WEBSITE, INDICATORS OF BE TRENDS, AND A HOT ONE THESE DAYS IS OUR COLD WEATHER.

AMONG NEW ITEMS ON THE CAFE PRESS WEBSITE, I SURVIVED THE POLAR VORTEX BLANKET WRAP.

A NEW AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OFFERS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLER THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT KENTUCKY'S SIGNATURE INDUSTRY.

THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM TO TORCH THEM WERE HORSES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FIELD TRIPS, AND TO TRAIN THEM FOR POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT IN THE EQUINE INDUSTRY.

JOIN THE KIDS AS THEY LEARN ALL ABOUT HORSES.

>> ALL ABOUT HORSES IS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE LOUISVILLE METRO PARKS AND KENTUCKY HORSE COUNCIL, KENTUCK EQUINE EDUCATION PROJECT AND CHURCHILL DOWNS ALONG WITH MY COMPANY, EQUESTRIAN RESOURCES.

THE PROGRAM IS BEING HELD AT TH SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER ON TAYLOR BOULEVARD, LITERARY ONE OR TWO BLOCKS ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHURCHIL DOWNS.

AMAZING HOW THIS LOCATION CAME TO US AND WAS AVAILABLE TO US AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHE AND HAVE THE TWIN SPIRES IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT'S PRETTY NICE.

>> ALL OF OUR HORSES HAVE SEVERAL TASK OF WE'RE OFFERING WE MEET ONCE A MONTH DURING THE WEEK AFTER SCHOOL.

THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE MORE EDUCATIONAL BASED.

>> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HORSES AND HISTORY TONIGHT.

THAT IS THE VERY EARLIEST ANCESTOR OF THE HORSE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROO AS WELL, SO ONE SATURDAY A MONT WE'LL TAKE A FIELD TRIP, WHETHE IT TO BE CHURCHILL DOWNS OR TO RIDING FACILITY OR TO THE BACK SIDE.

IT'S YOUR TOUR OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HOWEVER, IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE.

THEY JUST HAVE TO CONTACT THE PARKS PROGRAM IF THEY WOULD LIK TO PARTICIPATE.

>> WE ALSO GO TO SEE THE MOUNTE POLICE.

THEY ARE BASED AT IROQUOIS PARK AND THEY HAVE EIGHT WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL BIG HORSES, AND THEY HAVE OFFERED THOSE HORSES TO US FOR ANY KIND OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

>> DO YOU LIKE ALL ABOUT HORSES >> AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND IN PROTECTING US AND THEN WE GO VISIT THEM AND TAKE THEM MAYBE SOME CARROTS AND APPLES OR GET TO PET THEM AND SEE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND GET TO BE UP CLOS WITH THEM.

>> THIS IS GOOD.

J.R.

>> HI, J.R.

>> SO OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE CA INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT HORSES OR BE AROUND HORSES.

RIGHT HERE IN THE HORSE CAPACIT WORLD THERE ARE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE -- CAPITA OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHO FEEDS HORSES, HOW HORSES AR MANAGED, WHAT A FERRIER IS.

WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEMPT AND THEM GROTE IN KNOWLEDGE OF KENTUCKY'S -- GROW IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF KENTUCKY'S SIGNATURE INDUSTRY.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I THINK WE CAN TAKE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE DISCUSSED GETTING INROADS WITH LEXINGTON BECAUSE WOULD THINK LOUISVILLE, LEXINGTON WITNESS THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HORSES, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE I THINK PEOPLE GET USED TO IT, THEY SEE IT, BUT THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT, SO MY NEXT HOP IS THAT WE GROW THIS PROGRAM AN THEN IN THE FUTURE I SEE LEXINGTON, POSSIBLY BOWLING GREEN, SOME OF THE BIGGER CITIE WHERE THEY'VE GOT WELL-ESTABLISHED PARK AND REC PROGRAMS, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN FACILITIES WHERE WE CAN HOST THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION.

>> I WANT TO EXPAND IN THE WAY OF PREPARATION, EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION TOWARDS SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO JOBS.

THAT'S MY ULTIMATE GOAL WITH THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO DEVELOP THAT AND GET THAT REALL SOLID, BUT ANYWAY WE CAN CREATE THE SKILL SETS THAT WILL THEN GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY TO A TRAINER OR TO A FARM MANAGER OR TO A VETERINARY CLINIC, I WORKED PASS A VOLUNTEER, I PARTICIPATED IN TH LOUISVILLE METRO EQUESTRIAN PROGRAM FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AND AM COMPLETELY COMPETENT IN HANDLING HORSES AND CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT I HAVE THOSE SKILLS, AND WE MAPE EVEN PROVID THEM WITH A LETTER OR CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE REAL GOAL OF THE PROGRAM, IS TO NOT ONLY ENABLE KIDS WITH FUN AND LEASH AND RECREATIONAL -- LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH HORSES BUT ALSO TOWARD JOBS, AN HOPEFULLY HERE IN KENTUCKY.

ALL OF A SUDDEN WHATEVER THE LIKE BORING OR WORRISOME OR BOTHERSOME IN LIFE DISAPPEARS WHEN YOU'RE AROUND HORSES.

THEY ARE A TRANSFORMATIVE VEHICLE TO GETTING TO THE INSIDES OF PEOPLE AND RELEASING WONDER AND JOY AND HAPPINESS AN INTEREST.

AND THE KIDS JUST AGAIN, THEY LIGHT UP AND THEY FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THAT IT'S A REAL TRANSFORMATIVE VEHICLE, AND EVERYTHING AROUND THE HORSE THA I'M TEACHING THEM IS JUST SO AGAIN THEY BECOME COMFORTABLE AND FAMILIAR WITH IT SO THAT WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO GET TO THE HORSES AND TART GROOMING OR EVENTUALLY START RIDING OR HANDLING THEM MORE AND MORE, THAT THEY WILL BE FULLY PREPARED.

>> I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOT FROM THE KIDS, THE EXCITEMENT, WANTING TO DO MORE EACH TIME WE HAVE A PROGRAM, WE HAD MORE KIDS ATTEND, TO ME THAT'S JUST THE ICING ON THE CAKE, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE KIDS THAT EXCITED AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT.

WORKING WITHOVERS DAY, WE UNDERSTAND THE -- WITH HORSES EVERY DAY, WE UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND HORSES AND GETTING TO SEE THAT REACTION WITH THE KIDS REALLY MAKES IT WELL WORTH WHILE WHILE >> OTHER FIELD TRIPS PLANNED INCLUDE VISITS TO KEENELAND RACECOURSE AND THE THE KENTUCKY HORSE PARK IN LEXINGTON.

ALL ABOUT HORSES RUNS THROUGH MAY.

A PROM THE NENT LOUISVILLEAN KE CLAY HAS HELD HIGH PROFILE POST AT THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE.

KEN IS ALSO COAUTHOR OF TWO SCHAEFERS BLACK LOUISVILLE, AND HE BEEN JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND HIS "LOUISVILLE LIFE."

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> FIRST OF ALL, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUN AND YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE IN LOUISVILLE.

>> WELL, I AM ONE OF THE FEW NATIVE LOUISVILLEANS WHO DECIDE REMAIN HERE AND PURSUE MY LIFE AND MY CAN CAREER, AND I'VE BEE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS ACTIVITY AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY.

MY WORK AT THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST -- THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE, AND I WA THERE WHEN IT OPENED UP, I STAYED FOR 23 YEARS, AND NOW I DO CONSULTING WORK AND PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING FOR OTHER ENTITIES AROUND TOWN.

>> TALK ABOUT THE GENESIS OF THIS BOOK, INCLUDING YOUR COAUTHORS.

>> WELL, THE BOOK KIND OF GOT ITS IDEA BACK IN 2005, AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY PUBLISHED IN 2011, SO IT TOOK US ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO PUT THIS BOOK TOGETHER -AMERICAN AUB SPIN IS ONE OF TH COAUTHORS, THE LATE DR.

BLAINE HUDSON AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE IS LIKEWISE ONE OF THE COAUTHORS.

SO WE WORKED DILIGENTLY ON PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER, AN IT BECAME A WORK OF LOVE, AND S WERE SO PLEASED WHEN IT CAME OUT.

WE CELEBRATED IMMENSELY, AND WE'RE STILL CELEBRATING.

>> YOU LIVED SOME OF THE HISTOR THAT IS DETAILED IN YOUR BOOK.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN HAS YOU RESEARCHED FOR THE PUBLICATION?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS AWARE OF MANY, MANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK, AND I LEARNED HEY LOT ABOUT THE -- A LOT ABOUT THE STRENGTH THE POWER THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAD, PARTICULARLY BAC IN THE OLDER DAYS, YOU KNOW, TH FREE BLACK COMMUNITY IN LOUISVILLE WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUALITY AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE IN POWER.

THAT WAS ALWAYS INTERESTING.

THE WHOLE STREET PERIOD FASCINATED ME.

I LIVED THROUGH IT.

AND I REMEMBER THE CLUBS, THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE ACTIVITY ON WANDA STREET.

BUT I ALSO REMEMBER THAT WANDA STREET WAS MORE THAN THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.

IT WAS REALLY THE NUCLEUS, THE SOUL, THE PULSE OF LOUISVILLE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

>> THIS BOOK IS SUB TITLED "A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY."

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN TELLING THIS HISTORY?

>> THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IMMENSEL VALUABLE.

THERE ARE OVER 420 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS BOOK, AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INDIVIDUALS, THE EVENTS, THE PEOPLE, THE ACTIVITIES THAT TOO PLACE BACK IN THE DAYS OVER THE PERIOD, THEN YOU GET A MORE -- YOU GET A REAL SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE LIVING 50, 60, 100 YEARS AGO SO THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE INCLUDE STARTED THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLE SERIES AT THE KENTUCKY CENTER.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND ASSEMBLE A SUPER GROUP MADE UP OF LOUISVILLE CONNECTED ARTISTS WHO WOULD YOU PUT TOGETHER?

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

I DID THAT JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

YEAH, I WOULD THINK -- I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND PICK PEOPLE LIKE PREACHER STEVENS, A GUY WH PLAYED SPOONS AROUND TOWN.

A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF GORCOCK WHO WAS -- GORCOCK WHO WAS A TREMENDOUS -- JOE COOKIE TREMENDOUS VOCALIST, MARY ANN FISHER.

I WOULD HAVE TO LIKEWISE PICK A GUY THAT PLACE PIANO, RAY JOHNSON WHO PLAYS AROUND TOWN.

SO THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT I WOULD SELECT, AND THERE WOULD BE SO MANY I COULDN'T PUT THEM ON ONE SHOW.

IF WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP SEVERA SHOWS TO PRESENT ALL OF WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, TALENTED PEOPLE FROM LOUISVILLE.

>> YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ONE OF YOUR COAUTHORS,ING BLAINE HUDSO WHO PASSED PADS AWAY LAST YEAR.

THIS MONTH U OF L IS GOING TO HONOR HIM POSTHUMOUSLY, INDUCT HIM INTO THE HALL OF HONOR.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT BLAINE HUDSON AS YOUR FRIEND AND YOUR COLLEAGUE?

>> BLAINE WAS A VERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

HIS LOSS TO THIS COMMUNITY IS INDESCRIBABLE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE LOSS IS.

HE CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THIS BOO AND CERTAINLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND HIS WORK, HIS LIFE IS REPRESENTED IN THE PAGE OF THIS BOOK LEEK WISE.

HE IS HERE -- LIKEWISE.

HE IS HERE AS THE TWO OF US ARE >> WHAT DO YOU AND YOUR COAUTHORS HOME HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THIS BOOK.

>> >> WELL, I WANT THEM TO TAKE AWAY A REALIZATION OF THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE MADE TO GE US FROM WHERE WE WERE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND ALSO I WANT IT TO BE USED A AN INSPIRATION FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHO NEED TO HAVE SOM KIND OF GUIDANCE AND WHO NEED T KNOW FROM WHENCE THEY CAME.

PERHAPS THEY CAN FIND OUT THEN WHICH WAY TO GO.

>> KEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LOUISVILLE'S GERMAN HERITAGE HAS MEANT GENERATIONS HERE HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH A TASTE FOR AN OLD-FASHIONED GERMAN BAKERY.

IN THE CLIFTON NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSSMAN'S BAKERY HAS SERVED UP GERMAN STYLE PASTRIES AND DOUGHNUTS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

IT'S A SMALL BAKERY WITH A LARG SELECTION.

>> IT'S OLD TIME FLARE.

I THINK IT'S LIKE A REAL BAKERY >> THIS IS BUSSMAN'S, EVER BAKERY 1906 FRANKFORT AVENUE.

WE HAVE 33 VARIETIES OF DOUGHNUTS.

AND THE PEEDEE AND BORDER BELT, THE CHOCOLATE BE CINNAMON ARE THE FAVORITES.

WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF LONGJOHNS, CARAMEL, CHOCOLATE.

WE MAKE THE YEAST RAISED DOUGHNUT, AND THAT'S ANYTHING LIKE YOUR GLAZED, LONGJOHNS, TH PEEDEE AND BORDER BELT.

THAT'S A YEAST DOUGHNUTS.

THEN WE HAVE THE CAKE DOUGHNUTS WE HAVE A VA NILLA CAKE THAT HA DIFFERENT ICINGS AND THEN WE HAVE THE DUNKIN' STICK, A BLUEBERRY, A SOUR CREAM AND A DEVIL'S FOOD.

THE PRETZEL IS MY FAVORITE DOUGHNUT.

IT'S JUST LIKE THE GLAZED.

IT HAS CINNAMON INSIDE.

IT HAS A CRISPNESS TO IT BECAUS THE WAY IT'S SHAPED ABOUT THE GREASE CAN GET AROUND IT MORE, AND IT'S JUST SUCH A GOOD DOUGHNUT.. FRIED DOUGHNUTS, ICED DOUGHNUTS I SOMETIMES HELP WITH THE ICING OF THE CAKES.

I BAKE THE CAKES.

I BAKE DANISH.

I BAKE COOKIES AND ALL THE MAINTENANCE IN THE STORE.

>> OUR CUSTOMERS LOVE THE FEEL, THE LITTLE SMALL LOCATION, AND MY HUSBAND RECENTLY REDID THE WHOLE FRONT.

HE WANTED TO MAKE THE FEEL EVEN MORE HOMEY.

HE PUT THE TABLES IN.

HE PUT THE PICTURES UP ON THE WALL OF ALL THE CAKES AND MY FAMILY, AND JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL WELCOME.

AND WE HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT COME HERE EVERY DAY, THAT SIT HERE EVERY DAY.

I KNOW A LOT OF MY CUSTOMERS BY NAME AND I ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT BEFORE THEY EVEN WALK IN THE DOOR.

I'M NOT SURE WHEN MR.

BUSSMAN CAME OVER FROM GERMANY.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION BASED ON ORDERING STUFF.

OUR OVEN IS A PORCELAIN OVEN.

IT WAS BROUGHT HERE IN 1966.

HE TOLD ME HE OPENED HERE IN '67.

SO THAT MAKES IT 46 YEARS OLD.

AND I'VE HAD IT FOR 16 OF THAT WORKING ON THE 17th YEAR.

ORIGINALLY I WAS A CAKE DECK RARITY AND WHEN I BOUGHT THE BAKERY FROM MR.

BUSSMAN, HE TURNED ME INTO A BAKER.

I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF BANG.

I HAD NO DOUGHNUT EXPERIENCE.

EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM HIM THAT WAS DOUGHNUTS, PIES, I LEARNED HOW TO DO CAKES FROM MY MOTHER.

>> AND THE CUSTOMERS THAT I MET WHEN I CAME HERE THEY USED TO SAY, YOU GUYS HAVE THE BEST DOUGHNUTS.

AND I WOULD SAY, NO, NANCY HAS THE BEST DOUGHNUTS.

THEY SAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I SAY, I'M HER HUSBAND.

SHE WAS HERE BEFORE ME.

AND MR.

BUSSMAN'S RECIPES SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED OVER THE YEARS AND SHE HAS KEPT EVERY RECIPE FROM WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE PLACE.

THESE ARE 40-YEAR-OLD RECIPES FROM MR.

BUSSMAN.

YOU HAVE CAKE RECIPES, DOUGHNUT RECIPES, COOKIE RECIPES.

FOR THE CAKES ME THAT I CAN ALL THE ICING AND STUFF ORIGINAL.

THEY MAKE THE CHOCOLATE ICING ORIGINAL, AND THEY PUT WHATEVER MR.

BUSSMAN HAD ON THE RECIPE, AND HE HAS ON IT ALL THESE OLD WITHERED 40-YEAR-OLD SHEETS SHE MAKES THEM, AND THE THING ABOUT IT, SHE KNOWS THEM ALL IN HER HEAD NOW.

>> I LOVE TO DECORATE CAKES.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY PASSION.

I'VE DONE IT SINCE I WAS NINE YEARS OLD.

THIS IS AN ANGRY BIRD CAKE.

AND THEY WANTED IT SHAPED LIKE THE ANGRY BIRD.

SO I TAKE A SHEET CAKE AND I PU THE PATTERN ON THERE AND I CUT IT OUT SO IT WILL LOOK JUST LIK THE LITTLE ANGRY BIRD.

SO RIGHT NOW I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE SIDES PUT BACK TOGETHER THE MOST POPULAR CAKE HERE IS HELLO KITTY.

I DID FOUR HELLO KITTIES YESTERDAY.

SO SHE IS A REALLY POPULAR PILO THEN FOR THE BOYS SPIDER-MAN, BATMAN, THE USUAL.

I LOVE THIS PART OF THE BAKERY BECAUSE IT'S CREATIVE, AND I GE TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO AND I CAN MAKE ANY CAKE THE WAY I WAN TO MAKE IT.

THE BUSIEST DAY FOR US IS SATURDAY.

TODAY WE HAVE 22 CAKES, AND PLU ON TOP THAT OF WE HAD TO DO ALL THE DOUGHNUTS AND ANYTHING ELSE WE NEEDED, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG, LONG DAY.

THE KUKAS ARE A GERMAN ITEM, AN NOT A LOT OF BAKERIES MAKE THEM ANYMORE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PRONOUNCE THEM KOUKAN.

I GREW UP SAYING KUKA.

IT'S THE CHEESE AND CINNAMON LIKE A CRUM CHARACTER AND THEN THE CINNAMON HAS WITH APPLE HAS A LAYER OF CINNAMON.

>> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING OUT, THIS STANDS TALL.

THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS IN THE AREA, NORD'S, PLAIN'S, THIS.

AS OLD-SCHOOL, OLD BAKERY.

EVERYTHING HERE IS MADE BY HAND EVERYTHING.

>> I REALLY TRY TO GET TO KNOW MY CUSTOMERS, AND WHEN -- I LIK THE IDEA THAT WHEN THEY COME IN I USUALLY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE WANT, AND I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE MAKING THEM FEEL SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MAKE ME FEEL SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY COME IN HERE AND I SEE THE LOYALTY.

I LIKE THAT.

>> CAKES ARE REALLY NANCY'S SPECIALTY.

ON THE THE DAY WE WERE AT BUSSMAN'S BAKERY THERE WERE 23 ADDICTION FOR PICKUP.

AND IF YOU WHO HAVE THOSE DOUGHNUT HOLES MAKE SURE YOU GE TO BUSSMAN'S BY 10:00 A.M.

ON A SATURDAY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING YOU.

MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT CHANGES GOING ON AT THE LOUISVILLE WATE TOWER AND YOU PUMPING STATION.

NEXT TIME ON "LOUISVILLE LIFE" WE WILL GIVE A SNEAK PEEK AT TH NEW LOUISVILLE WATERWORKS MUSEUM.

THE LIST OF LOUISVILLE BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE PASSED TH CENTURY MARK IS A LIMITED ONE.

WE'LL TAKE TO YOU A LOCAL JEWELRY WHO IS CLOSING IN ON 15 YEARS.

AND WHO WOULD MAKE YOUR LIST OF 100 FASCINATING LOUISVILLE WOMEN?

WE'LL TALK YOU TO TO THE AUTHOR HAY OF NEW BOOK THAT FOCUSES ON JUST THAT.

SEE YOU THEN.