Carmel MONTHLY - September 2017

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22 COVER STORY Seema Verma

With the healthcare debate currently raging in America, we are especially proud to feature on the cover this month Seema Verma, who serves as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In that position this remarkable Carmel resident is in charge of not only Medicare and Medicaid, but also the Affordable Care Act for the entire United States. We had the privilege of talking with Verma about the challenges of taking on this important position in Washington and also maintaining her home and family in Carmel. We want to send a special thank you to Verma and her staff for giving Carmel Monthly the opportunity to share her story with our readers.

Cover story Writer // Janelle Morrison Cover Photo // JJ Kaplan

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6 Let’s All Wine and Dine with the Authors 12 What’s Brewing in Whitestown 17 Let the Season of Festivals Begin 20 A Life Lesson: John Stehr Shares What He Learned

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From a Life Threatening Condition

26 The Story Behind the Steel 30 IRC: Still Serving After All These Years 32 Special Section: Early Education 42 The Center Celebrates the Songbook 46 Arts Calendar

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If you love books, authors, food and wine, then you have to purchase tickets for this year’s Writers at the Pavilion and the 13th Annual Guilded Leaf Book and Author luncheon next month at the Ritz Charles in Carmel. The events are presented by the Guild and the Young Professionals Committee of the Carmel Clay Public Library (CCPL) and are the primary fundraising events that support the programs offered by the library.

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he annual Writers at the Pavilion will be held the evening before the luncheon and offers an opportunity for attendees to network and engage in conversation with the authors and other attendees in a more casual environment.

The authors will also be available for book signings at the evening event at the luncheon the following day. The Guilded Leaf Book and Author Luncheon is a popular and engaging event that features six nationally known bestselling authors who share their stories about life, writing and books.

The CCPL’s Young Professionals Committee has been diligently planning and organizing the evening event, the Writers at the Pavilion, since officially

forming the group earlier this year. The committee’s founder and president, Hadley Moore, shared the committee’s goals and what guests can expect at this year’s event.

“What’s been the most fun about planning this event is that we are learning

how to work together,” Moore said. “The fact that we get to work on an established event gives us a solid foundation and direction in which to go. The ladies who originally organized this event did a fantastic job, so we don’t want to reject anything that’s been done that has worked. We just want to put our own stamp on it.

“One of the biggest pieces of feedback that the event has received was that attendees were wanting more food selections and opportunities to socialize, so this year, we are adding a taco bar and other things that appeal to a savvy socializer. We are ensuring that while the authors speak about their books, the evening won’t be structured as a lecture but as a social event. The Guild always does a wonderful job choosing an array of authors from diverse backgrounds and genres, and I really think that there is something for everyone in this particular lineup. We are excited to share this experience with our neighbors and peers and show them a good time. It is one of the main goals of the YP committee to create more activities that appeal to a younger demographic.”

The following day, guests of the 13th Annual Guilded Leaf Book and Author Luncheon will be introduced to this year’s luncheon moderator, Lori Borgman, a popular columnist, author and speaker.

Borgman’s column touches on a wide array of topics, ranging from the myth

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that women nag to the hazards of upper arm flab. She is distributed to more than 400 newspapers and media outlets throughout the U.S. and Canada. Borgman offers wit and insight on family and culture and has been described as “Mark Twain without the cigar.”

Borgman is the author of six books including her most recent, “My Memory is Shot; All I Retain Now is Water.” She is also the author of “The Death of Common Sense,” an essay that has gone viral, having been published in 11 countries and translated into seven languages.

A frequent speaker for lecture series, libraries, corporate groups and church groups, Borgman counts two of her greatest privileges to include addressing a Spouses of Congress event at the

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Capitol and delivering the commencement address to college graduates at the Indiana Women’s Prison.

“Meeting new authors is always fun, and it’s actually a privilege,” Borgman stated. “Some of these authors are extremely successful, and just doing the research on them to introduce them has been fun. It’s always interesting to me as a writer to know some of the methods or requirements that other people have for writing. I’ve taken the opportunity to get in touch with some of the authors to see if I can find out things about them, such as do they have a dog curled at their feet? Do they have to be by a window, or can they write while in an airport? I like these kinds of details. I had fun reading extensively on who this year’s guest authors are.” Borgman mentioned a couple of the authors and some interesting points about them. “One of this year’s authors, Laura Martin, who wrote ‘Edge of Extinction #2: Code Name Flood,’ describes herself as a ‘mom by day and a writer by night.’ One of her rituals is

that she turns her cell phone over to her husband, and I thought, ‘How brilliant!’

Why do I write with my cell phone right next to my laptop? It’s such a distraction.

Another author, Amy Stewart, is also a fascinating woman and is a botanist. She and her husband own a vintage bookstore, and it’s just interesting to see how all of the pieces come together and what fuels some writers.”

Attendees of these two events will enjoy hearing from all six authors and learning about their individual writing habits, processes and the journeys that led them to their published works.

talks and book signings by the Guilded Leaf authors.

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Doors open at 9:30 a.m. with the luncheon and program starting at 11:15 a.m.

Individual tickets are $70. Corporate tables are also available. Call 317-814-3984 to reserve your spot.

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If you love craft beers, then you won’t want to miss out on the 3rd Annual Whitestown Brew Fest, on Saturday, September 16. The Whitestown Parks & Recreation Department and IndianaOnTap.com are excited to host on the expanded site of the Whitestown Municipal Complex.

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The founder and president of Indiana On Tap, Justin Knepp, is the architect

behind the home brewer competition that takes place at this festival.

“Moontown Brewing Company, who is opening up their brewery in Whitestown, was the first year’s home brewer competition winner,” Knepp explained. “After winning that competition, they decided to go professional and open a brewery in town. One of the reasons that the town approached us was to help them do an event that would draw attention to the area. I must credit the town of Whitestown who is impressive to work with.

“The festival was the brainchild of Nathan Messer [director of Parks and Recreation for the town of Whitestown]. He and I started talking about a year before the

first festival, and he sold me on the idea that it was a great destination for a huge craft beer festival. He wanted to bring Indiana On Tap on as a partner because of our reputation for managing, organizing and marketing craft beer events, small or large. We marketed the event aggressively that first year and got a lot of interest as a result.”

Messer is pleased with the growth of the brew festival over the last couple of years and was excited to share what is new for this year’s event, including a brand-new event hosted at the same location the night before.

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for these events, and they are paying for the stage and Duke Tumatoe who will be performing at this year’s brew festival,” Messer said. “We wanted to bring more entertainment to the event and to step it up. From spring through fall, there is a brew fest somewhere every weekend.

We wanted to find a way to make ours stand out even more. New this year is the first annual Boone Flavor Fest that will happen the Friday night before the brew festival. The featured band will be The Flying Toasters who are sponsored

by Tom Wood Toyota who is opening behind the Cracker Barrel, and the event is geared for people of all ages and is family-friendly. Mike with Noble Order in Zionsville will be set up, selling beer and wine on Friday night.”

Some of the area’s favorite breweries will return or debut at the Whitestown Brew Fest later this month. Upland Brewery, Union Brewery and Danny Boy Beer Works from Carmel will be returning, and Deviate Brewery from Carmel will exhibit for the first time.

Noble Order from Zionsville is a returning exhibitor, and Moontown Brewing Company will give people a sneak preview of what they will be offering at their brand-new brewery coming to Whitestown in a few months.

“I can guarantee that our beers will be something that deviates from the norm,” enthused Greg Ortwein, co-owner of Deviate. “We are a small-scale brewery and tasting room purpose-built to allow brewing flexibility with a dedication to deviation as well as offering eight constantly rotating taps of deviating hand-crafted beer. Our sales focus will be on pint, growler and special bottle release sales through an onsite tasting room to support our goal to be small, intimate and local. We support BYOF (Bring Your Own Food). We want to concentrate on making high-quality craft beers and leave food options to the customer. We support local restaurants that deliver to us or customers can bring their favorite food from their house.”

Their name reflects their fundamental brewing and business philosophy which revolves around the concept of deviating from the norm. Plus, their beer is just plain good on the palate and fun to consume. A local favorite in Boone County, Noble Order will feature some of their latest brews for the season. Co-owner Mike Miller shared, “We are making a harvest vint beer. When we go through crush in our vineyard, we are taking the traminette juice and blending it with a Belgian wit beer. What will make this unique is that we are working with Earlham College’s Biochem department to extract yeast off the grape and grow it up and use for the fermentation. This will make for a true harvest beer.” The first

year’s home brewer winner and soonto-be latest brewery on the map of brew tours is Moontown Brewing Company.

“This year is particularly special in that we are on track to be selling beer out of our tap room by January 1,” expressed Robert Mattingly, owner. “We expect to open in three phases ... Phase One will be our event space that will open up around October 15. Phase Two will be our taproom/bar with a small food menu around January 1. We’re extremely excited to bring people in. Phase Three will be our grand opening around March/April of 2018 that will include a full kitchen, 21+ bar area, family dining area and outside patio. We hope to be ambassadors for the Whitestown Beer Fest in coming years and host breweries/vendors for pre/postbeer fest festivities. For the brew fest, we should have four to five beers to sample. That will include our Oktoberfest, Breakfast Stout, Cream Ale, Red IPA and Citra Hopped Pale Ale. It should be a great time.” For tickets and information on the Whitestown Brew Fest, visit whitestownbrewfest.com.

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The mission of the CarmelXiangyang Sister City Committee is to foster international cooperation and understanding within and between the cities of Carmel and Xiangyang and to promote Chinese culture, education and business exchange in the greater Carmel area. Enjoy music, dancing and mooncakes.

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There is no doubt we are entering the season of festivals with increasingly cooler nights and the visible signs of the changing season. The city of Carmel is steeped in culture and the arts, and that is reflected in the variety of festivals that take place in the heart of the city. This month’s featured festivals are all free to the public.

Saturday, September 9 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Carmel PorchFest

A family-friendly event, Carmel PorchFest will feature a variety of musical acts ranging from acoustic and electric to solo and ensemble from a wide variety of musical genres performing live on neighborhood porches. All participants, including bands, homeowners and organizers, are comprised of volunteers from Carmel and the surrounding areas.

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Sunday, September 17, 1-5:30 p.m.

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Oktoberfest at Carmel City Center

The popular party band Polkaboy comes to Carmel City Center to celebrate Oktoberfest, an annual celebratory fall event for Carmel residents. It is open to all ages.

Guests are encouraged to enjoy food, entertainment and fall fun with the Palladium and the Center Green serving as a scenic background.

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Friday, September 22 6 p.m.

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Let the Season of Festivals Begin!

The 20th Annual Carmel International Arts Festival

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the CIAF features over 130 juried artists exhibiting in watercolor, oil, 2D, jewelry, photography, 3D, wood, sculpture, pottery and more. Meet the artists personally, listen to diverse music on two stages and enjoy dining at one of the Carmel Arts and Design District’s many restaurants.

DATE AND TIME Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24, Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. / Sunday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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The loyal viewers of WTHR’s Eyewitness News have probably seen updates on the 22-year veteran co-anchor, John Stehr, regarding his recovery from heart surgery this past July. Stehr was diagnosed with a slight aneurysm in his aorta nearly a decade ago. His doctors kept a close eye on it over the years until it was time to take preventative action.

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he multiple Emmy award-winning anchor joined the WTHR news team of the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts in July 1995. He came to WTHR from CBS News in New York where he was a network correspondent. He reported on business and personal finance for “CBS This Morning” and “CBS Morning News”; he was also an anchor for the latter. What many might not know about Stehr is that he was a founding anchor of CNBC and anchored business news for CNBC’s “The Money Wheel.” He began his broadcasting career while attending Gannon University at WJET-AM Radio and WJET-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Stehr and his wife, Amy, live on the northwest side and have three sons (two surviving) and three daughters. We sat

down with Stehr at his home where he openly discussed his road to recovery and the lessons that this forced pause in his life has taught him.

“I’ve learned a lot about patience,” he said. “My wife will say that I’m very much a Type A personality, and patience isn’t something that always comes naturally to me. They gave the recovery plan to follow after leaving the hospital, and it says to walk for five minutes three times a day.

Prior to, I’ve been walking seven to eight miles a day, getting up early in the morning to walk the trails and the town.

“Originally, I thought, ‘Five minutes?

That’s nothing,’ but when I got back home, just walking the length of my driveway was really hard. Then after a couple of days, I could make it to my neighbor’s driveway and then the next driveway, and

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I eventually worked my way up to going all the way to the corner after a couple of weeks. That was a big day. Having the patience to work through that process has not come easily to me. So far, I’ve been able to have that patience, but it hasn’t been without a lot of work.”

Stehr first discovered his aneurysm several years ago when Amy was being treated for a different heart issue. Their cardiologist, Dr. Rich Fogel, became friendly after Stehr accompanied his wife to her appointments. He mentioned to Dr. Fogel that he had a stress test done a few years earlier at which point Dr. Fogel asked if he could review Stehr’s results. Appreciative of the gesture, Stehr submitted his results to the doctor who informed Stehr that he had seen something on the EKG that he wanted to investigate further.

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“He said maybe we’ll have you come in for a heart scan and maybe an ultrasound, and that led to a CT Scan,” Stehr recalled.

“He noticed a slight aneurysm in my aorta. He said it could just be the way I am, or it could be something that will grow and we should watch it. We started a schedule where I would come in every year, get a CT Scan and check on the status of the aneurysm. The first couple of years, there was no change. But five years in, it started to grow a little bit, and the next year it had grown a little bit more. In the last few years, it had accelerated its growth, so instead of checking it yearly, we were on a six-month schedule. It then reached a point that it became clear that something was going to have to be done, and it became a question of when.”

So how does one schedule something like heart surgery into a busy life and work schedule? We tend to keep calendars booked and put the demands of our personal and professional lives before our health. Sometimes, it is the very same drive that has earned us our success in life that causes us to ignore subtle signs that something is “off” and doesn’t feel quite right. Stehr was lucky to have caught his aneurysm early, and that undoubtedly saved his life. Not everyone is as fortunate.

Stehr is over a month into his recovery and has been spending a lot of quality time at home with his family and his best pal, Cash, the family Goldendoodle who sits at his owner’s side in a loving and watchful manner.

We asked Stehr what kind of impact the operation and recovery have had on him and on his thoughts of getting back to his normal routine. Would this redefine his definition of the “norm”?

“We’ll have to wait and see how much that ‘norm’ has changed,” he replied.

“What I’ve been focused on is sticking with the plan that I’ve been given, taking the medication, taking the short walks and not lifting anything over five lbs. I’ve been taking naps during the day and find myself getting really fatigued a couple of times a day. I don’t have a choice but to rest, so we’ll see when I go back to work how I view it [my routine] differently.

Hopefully, some of the patience that I’ve gained in the last month or so will carry over, and I’ll be more patient with people and more patient with the process.

“Clearly, I’ve been given a second chance, and I am grateful and blessed to have that second chance. I’ve thought a lot about how much I appreciate the life that I have and the wife and children that I have.”

Stehr would like the message to be that he didn’t wait and let his condition become an emergency situation. “We’ve been on top of this for a long time,” he stressed.

“Part of the lesson here is that preventative medicine is the best medicine. If you know that you have something like this, you need to address it and stay on top of it. If an aneurysm breaks loose, it doesn’t matter how well your heart is pumping if there is nowhere for the blood to go. What I’ve been told is if that happens and you’re

not actually in the hospital at the time, your odds of surviving are not very good.”

Amy mentioned that while her husband displayed no symptoms of his condition, there are times that you just have a sixth sense that something isn’t right, and you should trust your instinct and have it checked out, even if nothing is ever found.

There is the peace of mind in knowing one way or the other.

“I just think that there’s this intuition that plays into it sometimes because [John] had zero symptoms, and it was just by chance that they found it,” she said.

“There is just no symptom that goes along with it. In some cases, people are afraid of what it is that they are going to hear from their doctor, so they don’t go. That’s not going to help them or their family.”

“I’ve heard a lot of heartbreaking stories of people who lost their spouse at the age of 40, for instance,” Stehr said. “How they were there one day and gone the next. I’m hearing stories now from people who were measured with a 4.5 aneurysm a few years ago but haven’t gone back to their doctor. My response is go back to your doctor and get that checked. You need to stay on top of this. You can’t let it go. You have to take the advice that the medical professionals are giving you very seriously. I understand what it’s like to be traveling down the highway, and all of a sudden, you hit a stop sign. That can be very jarring. Eventually, you will get back up to speed, get back on the ramp and join the flow of traffic again.”

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Seema Verma A Carmel Resident in Charge of American Healthcare Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photos Submitted

Perhaps some of you recognize her as someone you have passed in a grocery store aisle or out with her family enjoying one of the area restaurants. You may have engaged her and her family in conversation at the Carmel Farmers Market on a Saturday morning. What you may not know about Seema Verma is the work that she does during the week and how it affects every single American throughout the nation.

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erma, a Carmel resident, is an American health policy consultant and the current administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), serving under the Trump administration.

On November 29, 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump nominated Verma to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the health department agency that oversees the Obamacare insurance markets, Medicare and Medicaid. On March 13, 2017, the U.S. Senate confirmed her

nomination in a 55-43 vote, and she was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on March 14, 2017. Verma reports directly to Dr. Tom Price, the Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is a member of the Cabinet and reports directly to President Trump.

Emerging from the private sector into her current role was a natural transition as Verma was an established conservative healthcare policy reformer under Governor Mitch Daniels and continued to serve under former Governor Mike Pence during his administration. Her

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experience and practical knowledge of healthcare policy were what led to her appointment to the role that would put her at the helm of the nation’s healthcare reformation and redevelopment.

Prior to her appointment in Washington, D.C., Verma has been pioneering new ways to approach Medicaid since authoring the Healthy Indiana Plan in 2007.

Verma was the architect of this health insurance pilot program and would also work along with the aforementioned governors on creating “Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0.”

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Verma being sworn in by Vice- President Pence with her family in attendance.

In addition to her daunting responsibilities in D.C., she is a wife, mother of two and a proud resident of Carmel.

Verma and her family moved to Carmel from the Indianapolis area in 2005. Her husband, Dr. Sanjay Mishra, is a child psychiatrist and runs a medical practice through the Indiana Health Group in Carmel. The couple has a son and a daughter.

Verma is the founder and former CEO of SVC Inc., a health policy consulting firm that is based in Indianapolis.

In an exclusive interview with Verma, she spoke about her appreciation for her home city of Carmel, her journey to her current role in D.C. and about the support and sacrifices that her entire family has made so that she could realize her goals and dreams and serve her country.

“I was born in Virginia, but growing up, we lived in a lot of different places,” Verma shared. “We lived in Joplin, Missouri, which is a small town, and we lived right outside of Washington, D.C., when I was in high school, so I’ve lived in both large and small communities. We also lived overseas in Taiwan for about five years, so we’ve been in a lot of different places throughout my life. Living in the greater Indianapolis area is the longest that I’ve lived in any one place.

At first, I thought that I would focus on medicine, but with public health and policy, there’s a lot that goes on outside the actual delivery of healthcare that influences our health. And I thought that I could make a larger difference in the lives of people being more policy focused.”

We absolutely love the community, and I certainly love the roundabouts. It makes traffic easier to navigate.”

In general, Verma said it was the amenities that the city of Carmel offers and the blend of a “small town and an upand-coming modern city” that she finds attractive about living here.

“It’s like a small town when you go to the farmers market on a Saturday morning, or if you are at the library or grocery store, you always run into people that you know. We have a lot of great restaurants and shopping and great schools. It’s also great that we are close to Indianapolis and can easily travel downtown to get to a Pacers or Colts game.”

When asked why she chose this career path, she replied, “I’ve always been attracted to government and politics.

With my undergraduate work in public health, I just liked the idea of focusing on helping people. At first, I thought

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that I would focus on medicine, but with public health and policy, there’s a lot that goes on outside the actual delivery of healthcare that influences our health.

And I thought that I could make a larger difference in the lives of people being more policy focused.”

Verma explained that she started her company, SVC, Inc., because she was a working mom and felt like it would provide her the flexibility that she needed with a young family. She didn’t really go into it thinking about developing a small business. Her focus was on creating flexibility for her family and to make sure that she could pick them up from school and attend their school events. Over time, her business grew to where she was consulting not only in Indiana but for several other states.

“It gave me the opportunity to gain a national perspective on healthcare issues that went beyond Indiana,” Verma stated.

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Verma with the Secretary Of Health and Human Services, Dr. Thomas E. Price.

“I think that our company did a lot of cutting edge work, and we became the company that folks would look to when they were thinking about doing something innovative in their healthcare programs. In terms of accepting my current job, I couldn’t do both. It was a new phase of my life, and I was happy to move on to

the CMS position. We had a great team at SVC, and I am sure that they’re working to support the states and their customers and are trying to continue to be creative and innovative.”

Verma emphasized she counts on the experiences she had in Indiana and with working with other states to guide her

day-to-day work. “The president was very clear that he didn’t want to just rely on the traditional D.C. folks and wanted to bring people from outside of the beltway that have more practical experience, more private-sector experience. My work in Indiana has given me a better sense of how policy is actually implemented on a day-to-day basis and how it’s going to impact someone’s life or how it’s going to impact a medical practice or hospital. I think that my experience is unique.”

With both of her children in high school, Verma and her family decided that this was the right decision and the right time for Verma to accept the position and work from D.C. during the week. She explained that it was a family decision and that they look at this as their public service to their country.

“My son has just started high school, and my daughter is a senior who is preparing for college, so there is a level of independence that they have at this phase that makes me being away a little easier,” Verma said. “No matter how busy I am, it’s a priority that we touch base every single

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day. The good thing about being in D.C. is that I am ultra laser-focused on my work when I am there. I am incredibly lucky to have a supportive spouse. My husband has been terrific and supportive of my dreams and goals. He is the real hero in all of this. He changed his working hours to make sure that he is home with the kids after school, coordinates their schedules and drives them to where they need to go and is happy to do it.

“We look at our situation as public service. It’s our contribution as a family to the country. There are a lot of sacrifices that we make and a lot of vacations that I haven’t been able to attend, and I do miss out on some of the activities at school, but we really do look at it as public service. As a family, we are inspired by military families that go through something like this all the time and to an even greater degree.

“I am fortunate to make it home every weekend, but that gives me inspiration, looking at the sacrifices made by our military families. I look at this as a pleasure and honor to serve. I want to make sure that I am making a valuable contribution to the American healthcare system. There is always this great sense of responsibility and wanting to make sure that I’m doing not just a good job but truly an excellent job that addresses the core issues in our healthcare system and moves us forward.”

In addition to her family’s support, Verma praised her neighbors and friends for their support and assistance while she is away.

“We get a lot of support, and I really appreciate coming home because I look at it like a reality check. Sometimes when you’re in D.C., you’re in a bubble. Every single time I drive home, I get a sense of what real life is and what real people are going through. I’ve got an incredibly supportive neighborhood that is always willing to help out, whether it’s my neighbor Michelle who drops off a plate of cookies or our other neighbors who offer our kids rides when necessary. I am very appreciative of our Carmel community.”

Verma concluded by sharing her thoughts on her work and the legacy that she hopes to leave after her time in D.C.

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“We take our healthcare delivery system for granted,” she emphasized. “If you’re not using it, you don’t really think about it. But when there’s an emergency or something goes wrong with your family and you need the healthcare system, you want to know that it’s there, that it’s providing high-quality care to all Americans and that people have access to that care.

“At CMS, we’re doing so many things.

We’re not only running the Medicaid

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program and Medicare program; we also run Obamacare and implement large pieces of the Obamacare program. We are also responsible for the safety and quality of nursing health facilities and for hospitals and laboratories. We have so many different pieces that we are looking at, and so when I look back at this, I want to make sure that we have continued to ensure that Americans have access to the best healthcare system in the world.”

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The Story Behind the Steel

Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Shaunmniles.com

Perhaps you have seen his brilliant steel artwork promoting local brands and brews in various area restaurants and breweries. Gavin Goode’s artistic mark can be found throughout Carmel and the surrounding areas in places that may not always be so obvious but are evidence of the current art movement that continues to develop within the Carmel Arts and Design District.

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rowing up in Shively, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, Goode knew that there was more beyond the horizon awaiting him. He graduated early and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps where he served overseas in Albania in 1995. Goode was meritoriously promoted three times, including once as a noncommissioned officer. Goode used his GI Bills to attend the International Academy of Design &

Technology in Tampa, Florida. While he realized his passion for art, he decided he didn’t want to get into “commercials and cartoons.” While he was seeking out his purpose, fate took a random turn in Goode’s life that completely changed his trajectory and set him a rather unique course. “I happened to get a very random chance to double as Orlando Bloom and Jed Rees in the movie ‘Elizabethtown,’” Goode said. “The movie was filmed in

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Louisville, and I was back in town painting life size horses for a project. I was a body, stunt and photo double for these guys in the Brown Hotel scenes. The film crew were super cool people and offered me the opportunity to do more movies if I was willing to head down to the next project with them.”

Without a second thought, Goode followed the crew to Memphis, Tennessee, and filmed “Walk the Line” starring Joa-

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LEFT Goode hand painting a truck bed during a live exhibition.

quin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.

His resume also includes films such as “Syriana” starring George Clooney and Matt Damon; “xXx: State of the Union” starring Ice Cube and Samuel L. Jackson; and “Rocky Balboa” starring Sylvester Stallone.

“I played a ringside photojournalist in ‘Rocky Balboa,’ and I remember inserting a memory card into the camera that I used as one of my props. I wasn’t going to miss that opportunity to take 1,000 pictures of everyone, up close and personal,” he admitted. “I was also in ‘Wild Hogs’ that was filmed in Los Angeles. I played one of the Del Fuegos, a ‘bad’ motorcycle gang.”

Goode shared about his experience working with some of Hollywood’s superstars. “Samuel L. Jackson smiled a lot but kept to himself while we were on set,” he recalled. “Sometimes we would wait up to 15 hours and then film for three hours straight. Then you wouldn’t see anybody for an entire day. Ice Cube was cool but was also a quiet guy. Orlando was another quiet guy, but they were all really cool. Clooney was the coolest cat

by far. He is super down to earth, and we talked about Kentucky football and why they still weren’t any good.” At that point, Goode thought that he had found his path and was going to be a successful actor, but the realities of that life soon became apparent. Without representation and financial resources to cover the expenses of traveling on location and daily living, Goode found himself reevaluating his dream of acting full-time and setting the world on fire.

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“L.A. sent me back to the Midwest with my tail between my legs,” Goode said. “I knew that I wanted to station myself back in the Midwest and be close to Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville. I came to Carmel with Justin Escue who is the drummer for the band PictureYes who tours with Saving Abel.

After I moved to Carmel, I did a few independent films like ‘Open Mic’rs’ that Justin and I worked on in 2006, but it never went anywhere, so I start-

ed a little painting company in Carmel, Semper Fly Studios, doing interiors and exteriors. I began doing faux finishes and murals soon after.”

Goode’s reputation for his quality of work and attention to detail soon took off, and he began doing work for large companies and painting on more challenging surfaces such as aluminum, an incredibly difficult surface on which to paint.

“I do a lot of faux finishes and glazes,” he explained. “There are still a lot of requests for murals, but I am trying to focus on the commercial work like the steel signs that I’ve been doing for local businesses, restaurants and breweries.

I also like to put art on vehicles and motorcycles. I exhibit in the local festivals like Artomobilia and the Carmel International Arts Festivals. I’ve exhibited a hand-painted, Mellow Mushroom bus on what was the Lazzara lot that is currently under development by the Monon during the festivals.”

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LEFT Goode in costume for the movie “XXX State of the Union”

Festival-goers may also recall his “Mad Max” motorcycle that he’s displayed in the past. At last month’s Artomobilia, Goode exhibited a couple motorcycles from his personal collection that he has painted as well as a signed Ducati bike that was previously owned by the late MotoGP racer, Nicky Hayden, who was killed earlier this year in a bicycle accident.

Taking advantage of the wave of opening breweries and restaurants around Indy, Goode has been fabricating with steel and painting some rather unique pieces to promote a variety of products.

He is finishing a remarkable “Buddha” steel sign resembling David Carradine from “Kung Fu” for Danny Boy Beer

Works’ distilled vodka that will debut in Carmel. With the upcoming release of their signature vodka, Goode has created a sign that will catch the eyes of the patrons and create a visual buzz while people enjoy the beverages.

Goode has access to build and create in a 100,000-square foot steel factory in Indianapolis and has every kind of tool that one could think of. All his intricate work is done by hand; no air brushing.

He burns on leather and paints on humans as well. The recent upward trend of cosplay has proven to be a revenue generator for artists like Goode, especially during the Halloween season.

When he’s not out painting the town and its people, Goode and his fiancée are all about giving back to their community.

They volunteer together for local causes, including making dog treats out of spent grain at Union Brewery in Carmel for the Hamilton County Humane Society.

Goode has also donated themed art for

the Sweep Away Cancer fundraiser, a traveling national fundraiser that is organized by people in the chimney sweeping industry to help raise funds for research and a cure for breast cancer. Last year’s pieces by Goode were auctioned off for nearly $40,000. Goode also finds a sense of purpose working with veterans and their families on special projects and helping families who are struggling while their loved one is serving overseas or dealing with illness and related hardships.

He is grateful for all the opportunities that Carmel and his clients have presented him. “Carmel has been amazing, and everybody has been super inviting and cool here,” he emphasized. “I tend to stand out and yet, I just kind of fit right in. I have the connectivity to anywhere I want to be and can get to bigger cities while enjoying the comforts of living in the Midwest, and that’s all right by me.”

Contact Gavin Goode at semperflystudios@gmail.com.

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Still Serving After All These Years IRC and its leader still going strong after 50 years Writer // Ann Craig-Cinnamon • Photography // Submitted

Ed Brune, IRC GM, Tennis Dir.

Prem Gupta, IRC Pro since 1968

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he public can be fickle when it comes to where they choose to spend their recreational time and money. As a result, entertainment and sports facilities sometimes wane in popularity and close their doors.

Most recently, Five Seasons Sports Club in Carmel announced it is closing, despite its high visibility along I-465. So, what would account for the more than 50-year run of the Indianapolis Racquet Club at 82nd and Dean Road? Could it be the man that runs it?

Ed Brune came to Indianapolis from Cincinnati in 1963 armed with a degree in Philosophy, a master’s in international relations and a law degree. With that education, he was suited for a job in the foreign service or even as a partner at a law firm, but his passion for tennis guided his career decisions. He taught at what is now Park Tudor School for a bit

and, having played Division I tennis at the University of Cincinnati, also taught tennis at the Woodstock Club.

When the Indianapolis Racquet Club opened in October 1965, Brune was the General Manager and Tennis Director and has helmed the club ever since.

Back in those days, the club was not open in the summer. There were only four courts, and just six people were enrolled in the first class. Fast forward to today, and there are 14 courts and 27 tennis pros teaching classes and running leagues for 3,000 players.

Brune, who lives in Carmel, says the IRC is the largest indoor club in the Indianapolis area and benefitted from a tennis explosion. “Along about the mid-70s as the result of the pros and amateurs competing against each other, tournaments became very marketable.

We hosted the RCA Championships here,

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so we had John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Manuel Orantes and Arthur Ashe.

They all played here,” says Brune.

The RCA Championships, considered one of the best tournaments in the world by the players themselves, moved to the Indianapolis Tennis Center downtown on the campus of IUPUI. That facility was demolished years ago after the tournament folded, but the IRC is alive and well.

“We’ve been fortunate,” says the 80-yearold Brune who adds, “We have a team approach.”

One of the most important people on that team is Prem Gupta, a tennis pro who has been working with Brune at the IRC since 1968. Gupta played tennis in India as a youth. “One of my friends said, ‘Why don’t you come play tennis?’ I didn’t know what tennis was,” he says.

He arrived in Indianapolis from New Delhi to work at a tennis camp, received a work visa and wanted to stay. Brune recalls that it took a private Congressional bill to change the quota which allowed Gupta to remain in the U.S. permanently.

He reminisces about traveling to Chicago with Gupta to stand up for him before a federal court in order to get his permanent visa. Gupta has long since become a U.S. citizen.

At any given time, Gupta has total responsibility for as many as 45 teams consisting of 13 to 18 people per team and works as many as 60 hours per week at IRC. Over the years, his players have won eight national championships. He proudly says that he was the first coach to put a tennis racquet in the hands of Indianapolis tennis great Todd Witsken, and he taught Carrie Meyer who attained a career high world ranking of No. 14 in her singles career.

At 72 and still teaching tennis, Gupta loves the sport. “With tennis, you can play for a couple of hours and get good exercise, and it’s good for your health,” he says. He adds that for kids, sports such as soccer are good, but tennis is better. “You can play as a kid and until you are 90 years old,” says Gupta.

Brune calls tennis a lifetime sport but says getting kids interested is a challenge.

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active in the sport. In fact, a 14-year-old granddaughter has a Midwest ranking, and Brune says he has a grandson that is so good at the age of 9 that he expects to see him playing at Wimbledon in 10 years or so.

At a very fit 80, Brune is himself a living advertisement for the sport. He still teaches, coaches and plays and, like his club, is going strong with no signs of slowing down. “I enjoy the game. I enjoy working with people and seeing them improve.”

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“What it is is there are so many choices.

Our biggest competitor right now is soccer, not another tennis club, so we try to get as many kids playing at the youngest age possible before they get too good at playing soccer,” he says, adding that tennis doesn’t attract as many good athletes as it might. “It requires a lot of training, and you’ve got to travel. It’s expensive.”

But he thinks it offers more than a sport

like soccer. “I’m a little prejudice about that. You have to be an independent thinker. It’s not a team sport. You’re out there all by yourself. You’ve got to figure out the game plan,” says Brune.

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Enrichment Opportunities for Kids in our Communities

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nother school year is upon us, and with it comes analysis of the job we, as a community, are doing in educating our children, especially at a preschool level.

Are we properly preparing them for what lies ahead in their schooling? We spoke with several experts in the field of preschool education for this special section on education.

The Goddard School The Goddard School is an early childhood education provider with more than 460 franchised schools in 36 states and hundreds of markets, including the Indianapolis area, reaching more than 65,000 students. For 30 years, the Goddard School has taught children from 6 weeks to 6 years old. Their slogan is “Learning

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for fun. Learning for life.” school. We are an incredibly Each Goddard School nurturing school that beis individually owned lieves children must be and operated. happy and safe before Megan Greek has they can learn.” owned and operatGreek says that ed her school, the teachers are their most Goddard School City important asset. “The Center in Carmel, for four Goddard School is different years. She says her catalyst from other schools in that all ABOVE Megan Greek of our Lead Teachers hold a degree for buying a Goddard School was her own three children. “My two younger in Education. Families can be assured boys still attend my school, and my that this is a career choice for our teachmeasure of every classroom is whether ers, and it lends more professionalism I would be happy with my own children and investment to the classroom,” says attending. My oldest son graduated from Greek. our Pre-K program two years ago and West Carmel Goddard Schools’ on-site has been very successful,” she says. “I owners Lynn and Joe Newkirk have believe his time at The Goddard School owned their school for four years. They, was great preparation for elementary too, say they appreciated the benefits

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“Plus, our school also offers a unique outdoor experience with the Eco Lab, Gardens and Outdoor Classroom, in addition to the age-appropriate playgrounds.”

Lynn says parents are attracted to the West Carmel Goddard School because it offers a safe, loving and nurturing environment with a wide variety of enrichment programs, including STEAM learning activities that allow children to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math. “We know The Goddard School prepares children for future success,” she says.

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Primrose Schools Established in 1982, Primrose Schools is a national system of accredited private preschools that provides early education and childcare experience for children and families. Primrose has 350 schools in 29 states, including Indiana.

Primrose Schools live by the motto, “Forging a Path That Leads to a Brighter Future for All Children.”

Leslie Brezette and Ron Habenicht have been the franchise owners at the Primrose School at Anson-Zionsville since 2010. Their school accepts children from 6 weeks to full day Kindergarten and before- and after-school care. Leslie, who has a master’s in Education and taught for eight years in the Hamilton Southeastern Schools District, says her passion for early education brought her to Primrose.

“I continue to be impressed by our exclusive balanced learning approach.

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schools? Our people, our commitment to service excellence and our exclusive Balanced Learning approach,” she says.

“Balanced Learning is a comprehensive approach that nurtures intellectual, creative, physical and social-emotional development through an inquiry-based early learning cycle that encourages discovery through questions, exploration and creative problem-solving.”

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Scott Smith and his wife, Mindy, own and operate both the Primrose School of Carmel and Primrose School at Gray Eagle. They opened Gray Eagle in 2007 and Carmel in 2010. Both Smiths have multiple degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Business. In moving from Colorado, where their son was enrolled in a Primrose School, to Indiana where there were no Primrose Schools, they eventually decided to open their own. Scott says it quickly became the most rewarding thing they had ever done.

“We were not only able to provide this great learning environment for our own children, but we were also able to partner with hundreds of families to give their children the same loving and educational experience that we wanted for our own children,” says Scott. “We operate our schools with the ‘do what’s right and the rest will follow’ mantra. The children are always our top priority.”

Scott says that early education is important. “Research consistently shows the importance of early childhood education on a child’s future success. During these years, children actually develop what we refer to as the ‘electrical wiring’

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L of their brains. The connections that get used are strengthened, and those that are not used are pruned away. At Primrose, we are continually keeping children engaged, active, curious and challenged in a way that helps them develop a strong neural network,” he says.

Julie and Bryan Bowman are the owners of the Primrose Schools at WestClay, Bridgewater and West Carmel. Julie, with more than 12 years of teaching experience in Hamilton Southeastern Schools, including as principal of Sand Creek Intermediate School, and Bryan, with an engineering and business background, say that Primrose is different. “Primrose curriculum is a balanced learning approach which is research-informed. It combines renowned early learning philosophers like Montessori, Piaget, Gesell and Vygotsky and also includes some best practices in current development studies,” says Julie. “Learning should be fun and engaging for children.”

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They point out that Primrose offers Primrose Curriculum which includes eight different learning domains, plus social, emotional, physical, creative, cognitive and character development.

Primrose also has proprietary programs encompassing music, art, gardening, life skills and foreign language, which were all created exclusively for Primrose Schools.

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“Eye Level Learning Centers offer individualized math and English programs that enhance students’ critical-thinking and problem-solving skills while building confidence and self-directed learning habits.

Self-directed learning does not mean that the student learns alone.

It simply means they ‘direct’ their learning. They take charge of it,” says Reddy. “Eye Level Math and English programs are based on the philosophy that successful learning takes place at the eye level of your child. By understanding the unique learning needs of each student, our instructors are able to set appropriate goals and tailor the curriculum to help the students attain them.”

Carmel Eye Level Center Director Sath Annamalai opened that center in 2014 because of a personal need.

“I was looking for an after-school program for my kids where they look at the student level and provide the academic coaching when they need it, plus workbooks, and Eye Level came on top of my list. It is affordable and a primer program at an affordable price.”

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Ryan Gallagher, Chief Advancement Officer at Traders Point Christian Schools, says they are the only private K-12 school in the northwest corner of the greater Indianapolis area.

“Our school offers 21st-century

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He says the Traders Point programs teach and enrich even their youngest students. “Children grow by serving others.

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Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Submitted by The Center for the Performing Arts

The annual fundraising gala for the Center for the Performing Arts is approaching. Do you have your tickets? This year’s gala is presented by Krieg DeVault September 30 and will feature Michael Feinstein, artistic director at the Center and founder of the Great American Songbook Foundation, as well as tributes to this year’s Songbook Hall of Fame inductees: Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Gilbert and Mitzi Gaynor.

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he mission of the Great American Songbook Foundation, founded in 2007 by five-time GRAMMY Award nominee Feinstein, is to inspire and educate by celebrating the timeless songs of pop, jazz, Broadway and Hollywood.

Headquartered at the affiliated Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, the Foundation is committed to preserving and elevating this rich legacy by curating physical artifacts of its creators, performers and publishers; offering programs for the public and research opportunities for scholars, historians and performers; providing educational opportunities and multidisciplinary curricula for student musicians; overseeing the Songbook Hall of Fame; and operating a multimedia gallery for public exhibition of its collections.

During a recent announcement where the Great American Songbook Foundation was named a Cultural Affiliate of the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum®, Mayor Jim Brainard said the affiliation reinforces the growing regional and national reputation of a city that is regularly ranked among the best places to live in the United States.

“This is exciting news not only for Carmel but for the entire region,” Brainard said. “We’re proud to be known nationally as a community that supports and celebrates the arts. The Songbook’s mission is ensuring that current and future generations appreciate how music has helped shaped our nation and inspired many.

[The Songbook] literally tells the story of America well beyond our borders. The Songbook and its music, composers, performers and

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I am so honored to be recognized by the Great American Songbook Foundation and completely over the moon to be inducted into the Songbook Hall of Fame. As someone who has had the incredible privilege of working with several extraordinary contributors to the Great American Songbook including Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Harold Arlen, I am forever grateful to the Foundation and to Michael Feinstein for all they do to preserve, promote, inspire and educate with music” - Mitzi Gaynor musicians have created significant works that continue to define America to the rest of the world.”

During the same announcement, Feinstein expressed his appreciation for the communities continued support of the Songbook Foundation over the years.

“It is due to all of you, to all of the people in the community and all of the people who have shared this vision that this opportunity was made possible,” he emphasized. “Without the support of the city, this never would’ve happened.

It is also due to our extraordinary staff, a staff of all who work in the programs at the Palladium, Chris Lewis and the staff of the Great American Songbook Foundation. Of course, none of this would have happened without the vision of Mayor Jim Brainard.”

Emmy and Tony award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth will headline the upcoming Songbook Celebration, the annual fundraising gala for the artistic and educational programs of the Center for the Performing Arts.

Chenoweth’s career spans film, television, voiceover and stage. Among many highlights, she originated the role of Glinda the Good Witch in the Broadway production of “Wicked” and has earned acclaim for her work on TV’s “Glee,” “Pushing Daisies” and “The West Wing.”

As a vocalist, she has performed to soldout audiences around the world and won praise last year for her first album of Great American Songbook classics, “The Art of Elegance,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Current Jazz and Traditional Jazz charts and on Amazon’s Vocal

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“I was about 18 when Michael Feinstein really hit the scene with the American Songbook, and of course everything took off from there for him and deservedly so,” Chenoweth said. “Many of us learned the American Songbook because we had his CDs … so it’s a perfect example for us all to remember to teach the young what you know. Keep the circle moving forward because there is really no better lyric with melody than the composers and lyricists of that time. I tried to pay homage to this with my latest album, ‘The Art of Elegance.’”

She concluded, “Of course I love to sing songs that people know. Songs that we’ve heard before are like our DNA. We know them in our hearts. Honoring the singers who have sung this repertoire is the most

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The Songbook Celebration begins with a cocktail reception at 5 p.m. and includes dinner, a live auction, program and three after-parties. Tables for the entire evening are still available for purchase.

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