5
YEARS OF
CELEBRATING
SOUTHERN
INDIANA
Off The Page
with Extol
A RECAP OF EACH ISSUE BY OUR EDITOR
IN CHIEF ANGIE FENTON
Five years ago, Extol Magazine debuted as a
fledgling publication with a small team that had
one goal: to highlight Southern Indiana – and
beyond. Half a decade later, we’re still here and
have grown into a company that offers far more
services than the bimonthly publication that
launched us, but that remains our mainstay,
our roots. So, we asked our Editor in Chief Angie
Fenton to reflect back on each issue over the past
five years and go off the page, as she calls it. Here
are Angie’s recollections, insight and a bit of what
once was insider information.
February/March 2015
In mid-2014, my business partner and eventual husband,
Jason Applegate, and I sketched out our dream of
launching a publication celebrating Southern Indiana
while at Tucker’s in New Albany. I wish I would have
saved the napkins and notebook we first used to draw up
our business plan. This was our first issue, and we knew
we wanted to lead with a great story. WHAS11’s Chief
Meteorologist Ben Pine had an amazing one. I wrote this
feature and still love it not for my words but because of
Ben, his family and their story. How lucky are we to have
them still in our midst as SoIN residents.
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