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Local Organizations Benefit
from 24th Annual Rotary Toast
The Rotary Club of New Albany recognized
Jerrol “Jerry” and Alice Miles, community leaders
and devoted philanthropists, as its honorees
for the 24th Annual Rotary Community Toast
and Benefit Banquet on Nov. 3, 2017, at Huber’s
Orchard, Winery and Vineyards’ Plantation Hall.
Each year the Rotary Club of New Albany
chooses an individual from the community who
has made important contributions to the local
area and exemplifies the true spirit of the Rotary
motto, “Service Above Self.” This is the first time
since the event began in 1994 that the club has
selected a couple for its highest level of recognition.
As customary, each year a portion of the
proceeds from the Rotary Toast are distributed
to a nonprofit or charity as selected by that year’s
honoree(s). The Miles selected to have this
portion of the proceeds split evenly to benefit
two important causes in our community, the
Center for Women and Families New Albany and
Brandon’s House New Albany.
The Miles recently joined the Rotary Club of
New Albany to announce the donation amounts
and to distribute the funds to their selected
organizations. During the meeting, members of
the Rotary Club of New Albany joined Jerrol and
Alice Miles in presenting checks, each totaling
nearly $7,000, to Kara Brown
from the Center for Women
and Families and Kathleen
Randelia from Brandon’s
House New Albany.
This year’s Rotary Toast
Committee Chairperson,
Marsha Abel was pleased
with the community support
for this year’s honorees. “We
had tremendous support
from the people in our
community to make this
Limeberry Lumber and Home Center
Earns Exclusive National Recognition
A growing entrepreneurial success story has
earned Southern Indiana-based Limeberry
Lumber and Home Center exclusive national
recognition within the independent lumber and
building materials industry.
LBM Journal, the leading magazine for the
lumber/building material distribution channel,
named owners Scott and Heather Limeberry its
2018 Entrepreneurs of the Year in the category
of “Under $10 Million in Sales.” The award
honors company leaders who epitomize the
entrepreneurial spirit by excelling at satisfying
customers, embracing company improvements
and successfully seeking out new business
opportunities.The Limeberrys are one of only
three business owners nationwide to be recognized
as Entrepreneur of the Year for 2018.
“Recognition like this is both a big surprise
and an incredible honor,” said Scott Limeberry.
“Of course, none of it would be possible without
the work and dedication of our entire team, as
well as the continued support of our customers
and community.”
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Scott and his wife, Heather, purchased the
business from his father in 2016. They immediately
began a significant update and overhaul of its
Corydon location, building on its past as a
traditional lumberyard while expanding it into
a full-service home center. Re-opened in late 2016,
the new Limeberry Lumber and Home Center
features a beautiful, welcoming new entrance
and state-of-the-art showroom to more effectively
showcase their impressive expansion of products
and service available.
At the same time, the Limeberrys were finishing
their acquisition of a hardware store in Floyds
Knobs. They updated the location into a full-service
hardware store and rebranded it as Limeberry
Home and Hardware.
Limeberry Lumber and Home Center is backed
by the strength of its status as a member-owner of
Do it Best Corp., a U.S.-based hardware, lumber
and building materials co-op with thousands of
independently owned locations in the United
States and more than 50 other countries.
event successful,” said Abel. “Alice and Jerrol Miles
have consistently exhibited our Rotary Motto,
‘Service Above Self’ throughout their lives and
during their careers working in this community.
The Rotary Club of New Albany was honored to
recognize such an outstanding couple who has
made our community a much better place through
their service and compassion.”