This Jeffersonville confectionery is celebrating 130 years of candy making Share Updated: 5:58 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021 Share Updated: 5:58 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript CELEBRATE 130 YEARS OF BUSINESS SHIMS IS TAKING THE PRICE OF THEIR FAMOUS CINNAMON RED HOTS BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL 1891 PRICE OF T CENTS PER QUARTER POUND WAS A DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MASS PRODUCED STUFF IS. I DON’T KNOW BUT IT JUST HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH AND SEE CANDY MADE HARD CANDY. THE CHOCOLATES WARREN CHIMP IS A FOURTH GENERATION OWNER OF SHEMPS CONFECTIONERY. HE’S ALSO KNOWN AS THE CANDYMAN SHOW PEOPLE HOW 90 IS MADE IN YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GIVE THEM A TASTE OF IT AND THEY SAY WOW THAT’S GOOD. THE SHOP IS CONSIDERED AN ANCHOR OF DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONVILLE AS IT CELEBRATING 130 YEARS SO MANY HAPPY TIMES AND RED HOTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS BUILDING, BUT IT’S ALSO SURVIVED A LOT. IT’S ALREADY GONE THROUGH ONE PANDEMIC AND NOW HERE’S ANOTHER ONE BUT FLOODS AND RECESSIONS AND DEPRESSIONS PHOTOS OF THE 1937 FLOOD. HANG ON THE WALLS. WARREN SAYS THE STORE SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS WHEN YOU THINK OF THE EFFECT OF SOMETHING ON THE BUSINESS COVID DOESN’T EVEN BEGIN TO IN FACT FINANCIALLY THE BUSINESS LIKE THE 1937 THE DELIS TAKEOUT BUSINESS KEPT SCHIMPS OPEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WARREN SAYS IT’S BECAUSE OF THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. THEY’RE STILL ABLE TO PUSH FORWARD. I KEEP SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. YOU CAN HAVE A BUSINESS HERE AND IF PEOPLE DON’T COME AND SUPPORT YOU YOU DON’T SURVIVE JILL AND WARREN ARE BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN AND TRANSITION FIFTH GENERATION FAMILY MEMBERS INTO LEADERSHIP IN HOPES THIS SWEET SPOT. KICKS AROUND FOR ANOTHER 130 YEARS VERY FEW BUSINESSES GO PAST THE SECOND THIRD GENERATION. WE’RE FORTH AND HOPING IT WILL GO TO THE F
Senate Bill 5 in Indiana aims to restrict local health departments' ability to issue mandates Share Updated: 11:15 PM EDT Apr 2, 2021 Share Updated: 11:15 PM EDT Apr 2, 2021
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Show Transcript COUNTY LEGISLATORS. SENATE BILL 5 AIMS TO RESTRICT LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS’ ABILITY TO ISSUE MANDATES. IT COMES AS INDIANA IS ENDING ITS STATEWIDE RESTRICTIONS DUE TO COVID-19 AND LEAVING IT UP TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DECIDE ON ANY MANDATES. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS A CHECKS AND BALANCES PROCESS GETTING BACK TO BASIC CIVICS. REPORTER: CLARK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S DR. ERIC YAZEL SAYS HE WORKED ON THE EARLY VERSION OF THE BILL WITH ONE OF ITS AUTHORS, CHARLESTOWN SENATOR CHRIS GARTEN. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS GET APPROVAL FROM A COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY BEFORE ISSUING MANDATES. >> I THINK WE HAVE TO EXERT CAUTION ON WHO WILL BE REVIEWING THAT PROCESS. I AM NOT SURE IT IS FAIR TO DUMP THOSE DECISIONS IN THE LAP OF SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A BACKGROUND IN HEALTH CARE. REPORTER: THIS COMES AS NEXT WEEK, GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB WILL LIFT STATEWIDE RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING THE MASK MANDATE. SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE HERE AND OPEN IN JEFFERSONVILLE SAY THEY ARE NOT REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO WEAR A MASK DO RECOMMEND IT. THAT INCLUDES WARREN AND JILL SCHIMPFF WHO OWN SCHIMPFF’S CONFECTIONERY ON SPRING STREET. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO FORCE ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING BUT WE RECOMMEND IT AND WE WILL OPEN UP OUR SEATING SO WE ARE BACK TO SEATING BEFORE -- SEATING THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. REPORTER: FOR A STAPLE IN THE JEFFERSONVILLE COMMUNTIY THAT WILL BE CELEBRATING NEARLY 130 YEARS OF BUSINESS, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE LOWS OF 2020. >> WE SURVIVED. WE GOT OUR PPP THAT CAME ALONG QUICKLY. REPORTER: BUT THEY OWE IT TO THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS, THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS SO THESE DOORS CAN REMAIN OPEN. >> MOST PEOPLE WERE SAYING WHATEVER YOU TELL ME TO DO I WILL DO, SO
For 130 years, a historic Clark County candy maker has become a destination for just about anyone in America with a sweet tooth. Schimpff's Confectionery is the oldest retail business in Jeffersonvill