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A roundabout interchange at 141st Street was originally planned for the Ind. 37 project, but Hamilton County Commissioners are considering changing the interchange to a right-in, right-out. (Submitted rendering)

County commissioners express concern about Ind. 37 project budget

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Street, 146th Street and the drainage lines that will allow gravity to drain the interchanges — have totaled Rising construction costs nation$73,759,185, about half of the $124 milwide and a specialty drainage project lion budget. Specialty work needed to at 146th Street bore drainage lines underground cost CONSTRUCTION and 141st Street more than originally estimated, but has the HamilDavis said the cost is in line with what ton County Commissioners concerned that sort of work usually costs. that the Ind. 37 project cost The 131st Street roundabout may exceed its budget. interchange and the 135th The commissioners disStreet right-in, right-out will cussed their concerns at a be combined for letting this highway meeting in January. fall, and when those bids are They considered changing the received, the county will furplan for the 141st Street interther explore the last letting section from a roundabout at 141st Street and will deterHeirbrandt interchange to a right-in, mine if a right-in, right-out is right-out interchange as a solution. needed rather than a full roundabout “There was some discussion in interchange. regard to, ‘Hey, if this goes way out “We are not used to having projects of budget, what’s our contingency that go over budget, so obviously, plan? What are we going to do?’” com- when they do, that causes some missioner Mark Heirbrandt said. “141st concern,” Heirbrandt said. “We always Street is the last interchange going want to look for any other options. to bid.”

Can it be redesigned? Are there Heirbrandt said competitive concost-effective things we might be struction bids were received for the able to look at to reduce the cost out project’s largest interchanges at 126th there without compromising the trafStreet and 146th Street. An email from fic impact?”

Hamilton County Highway Department By making the 141st Street a rightDirector Brad Davis stated the three in, right-out intersection, similar to contracts awarded thus far – 126th the plans for the 135th Street inter-

section, the project could save several million dollars, according to county officials.

“What people don’t realize is there is a lot of utility costs that are involved in 141st Street that drives that cost up as well as real estate along the (Ind.) 37 corridor that’s expensive,” Heirbrandt said. “It is escalating our pricing, along with the increase in construction prices, and that is concerning to us. If this was a perfect world, we are going to continue to do what we are going to do and build the project the way we intended it to be. We are very conservative with our dollars.”

Despite budget concerns, Heirbrandt said he is pleased with how well the bids for 146th and 126th streets went. He also is pleased by the communication from the City of Fishers and Hamilton County.

“I’m encouraged by the communication we have put out, not only the City of Fishers but Hamilton County is having regular meetings with the public,” Heirbrandt said. “We have had well over 70 meetings with businesses and homeowners and public meetings to get the word out and let people know what’s going on there during construction.”

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DISPATCHES Correction – Dr. Debra Rusk’s last name was misspelled in the Feb. 11 cover story for Current in Fishers.

Fishers student travels to D.C. – The Indiana Connections Academy recently took five students to Washington, D.C. to participate in the 2020 LEAD (Leadership Experience and Development) Conference. Among those was Humza Akhtar of Fishers, a ninth-grade student and National Junior Honor Society vice president of the Indiana Connections Academy chapter. The annual conference is a time for students participating in the National Honor Society to meet students from across the nation, attend workshops and brainstorm student leadership ideas.

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Options Schools will have staff at the HYCA campus in Knightstown so students can remain on track for a high school diploma. (Submitted photo)

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on the HYCA campus in Knightstown.

Classes are taught by Options staff.

“One of the buildings is set aside A new partnership between Opfor student education, so students tions Schools and the Indiana Nacome there,” Gustin said. “After they tional Guard Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe get done with their morning routine Academy is with the folks at HYCA, they’ll EDUCATION designed to march them over in the mornsteer ating when they would normally risk students toward a path go to school, and we will take of achieving a high school over and provide education diploma. like a normal educational day.”

The organizations recently When a student graduates announced a partnership in from HYCA, Options works Gustin which Options staff will teach with either the public school cadets at HYCA to keep them on track the student came from or finds a for a high school diploma instead of charter school to continue the stua GED. dent’s education. The students also HYCA enrolls students ages 16 to can continue education with Options, 18 in a 22-week residential program which has locations in Noblesville and that mirrors military-style training.

Carmel. A new building is under conThe cadets are identified as students struction in Westfield. struggling within their community, In addition, Options works with and the academy has philosophies to kids with autism at a Fishers location. help them navigate adult life.

Options also has an online presence.

“During that 22-week program at “We anticipate a percentage of HYCA prior to our partnership, every those students being transitioned student enrolled was being enrolled back to traditional public school, in the high school equivalency prowhich is our hope, that once they gram to achieve a GED,” Options CEO get through HYCA, we can continue and President Mike Gustin said. “So, to keep them on track and transition they were struggling because this is them back,” Gustin said. “We are a Dept. of Defense program, and a lot going to educate between 80 and of the outcomes they were achiev100 kids per semester, and in a full ing with those students were not in year, that’s 160 to 200 kids we get to alignment with the Dept. of Defense redirect back into a diploma-earning expectations.” track, which is huge for us.

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Project: Ind. 37 ImAccess to Fishers provement Project Elementary will Location: ConstrucCONSTRUCTION be available from tion began at 126th 106th Street. LanStreet in August and tern Road is currently closed will be followed by 146th, 131st to through traffic, beginning south and 135th streets, ending with 141st of 116th Street to Fishers Pointe Street Boulevard.

Expected completion: 2022 Expected completion: Closure is Detour: Ind. 37 will remain open expected to last approximately two during all phases of construction, weeks. The entire project is expected with two northbound and two to be complete in the fall. southbound lanes open during each Detour: Lantern Road access open phase. There will be closures on side from the north for local traffic and roads with alternate routes always Fishers Elementary School but will accessible, which will be announced be closed between 116th Street and at the time of the closure.

Fishers Pointe Boulevard. Use FishProject: Utility relocation for future ers Pointe Boulevard for detour.

96th Street expansion Location: 96th Street between Lantern and Cumberland roads Expected completion: 96th Street expansion to begin this year, utility work expected for the next several months Project: Downtown infrastructure improvement Location: The intersection of Mor-

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Helen Flowers pauses next to a dollhouse she built in her room at Prairie Lakes Health Campus. (Photo by Sadie Hunter)

Longtime Fishers resident to turn 100

By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com Helen Flowers said turning 100 doesn’t feel any different than when she turned 80 or 90.

A longtime Fishers resident who will celebrate her MILESTONE 100th birthday March 9, Flowers is a first-generation American. Both of her parents’ families emigrated from Denmark. Her father, John Jergen, a carpenter, moved to the U.S. at age 19. He met Flowers’ mother, Alma, a seamstress, in a Danish-settled neighborhood on the south side of Indianapolis, where Flowers grew up before moving to West 36th Street near Crown Hill Cemetery.

She later moved to the Hamilton Hills neighborhood at 96th Street and Allisonville Road in Fishers in 1959.

She lived there with her husband, Jack, who died 12 years ago.

“He took me to a party and didn’t pay any attention to me the whole time, so I thought to heck with him.

I mean, I didn’t like him at all at first,” Flowers said. “About a year later, he asked me to another party and things started. I remember the date we got engaged, Dec. 23, 1939, and he asked me right in the barber shop where I worked. Then, we went out and got drunk.”

They married in July 1940.

“My husband was in the service during World War II. He was a tail gunner on a B-17 (bomber) and did 30-some missions across Europe,” she said. “We were lucky he came home, but when he did, we picked up our life just where it was, and we had four kids.”

For several years, Flowers was a manicurist inside a barbershop at The Hotel Antlers at Ninth and Meridian streets in Indianapolis, which closed in 1969. Flowers said after she had kids, she left the job but continued doing hair and nails off and on.

Flowers’ children are Karen, 78, Rick, 75, Diane, 74, and Tina, 64.

She has 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Three years ago, Flowers moved to Prairie Lakes Health Campus. Her room is filled with her own works of art, from dollhouses to knitting and needlepoint projects to paintings on the walls. Each week, she and her Prairie Lakes friends go on outings. They’ve gone sledding and recently toured a chocolate factory in Zionsville.

“I like martinis,” she said, “but I’d love to be able to run.”

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Dance marathon to return

SENIORS PARTICIPATE IN GOOD CITIZENS COMPETITION

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com A year after raising $114,578.64, Fishers High School FUNDRAISER students once again will aim to raise money to help Indiana children.

FHS, 13000 Promise Rd., will present a dance marathon March 20 to support Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, which provides medical care to children regardless of a family’s ability to pay, a service provided in part by donations.

The dance marathon is a multi-hour event that includes dancing, games, crafts and food for FHS students and teachers. Students will be on their feet for the duration of the marathon, showing they stand for the kids at Riley.

Leading up to the event, FHS students will solicit donations for Riley.

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Fishers High School students will take part in a dance marathon to benefit Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. (Submitted photo)

thon, has a personal connection with the event.

“For me, it’s really impactful because one of my friends was actually a Riley kid,” Kim said. “And she goes up every year and talks about how much Riley has affected her. She had cancer and they really helped her. Now, she’s 100 percent cancer-free, which is amazing because our sophomore year she went months not being able to go to school.”

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Seniors from area high schools recently participated in the Daughters of the American Revolution Horseshoe Prairie Chapter’s Good Citizens Competition. The winner was Marissa Ryan of Carmel High School. From left, Price Knowles of Hamilton Heights High School, Nicholas Roberts of Sheridan High School, Ana Gaston of Fishers High School, Marissa Ryan of Carmel High School, Abigail McCain of Tipton High School, Brianna Baker of Hamilton Southeastern High School and Brynna Eaton of Noblesville High School. Not pictured: Aiden Arnold of Tri-Central High School and Chloe Owens of Westfield High School. (Submitted photo)

Nation seeks at-large seat

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highest potential. Since I’ve retired, I’ve continued to work with different agencies, but it became evident to me Having retired in 2018 from a 40that I could have a bigger impact and year law career with Hamilton County, help bring together those different former county organizations to help the citiPOLITICS prosecutor and zens of Hamilton County.”

Superior Court Nation, a Noblesville resiJudge Steve Nation has filed dent, was first elected Hamilto run for the Hamilton Counton County prosecutor in 1979. ty Council.

He served four terms before Among a candidate pool of becoming Superior Court 2 seven other Republicans, Najudge in 1995. He served four Nation tion wants to fill one of three six-year terms. at-large seats held by Republicans As a judge, Nation was instrumenJeff Hern, Rick McKinney and Brad tal in starting the Hamilton County Beaver, who are all running for reelec- Youth Assistance Program. In early tion. Sue Maki, Lyneen Burrow, Tony 2019, he received the Hamilton CounScott and John Ditslear also are vying ty Continental Award – the county’s for the seats. highest honor – for his service. He “I think the biggest reason I want also is the namesake of the future to run is I want to continue to serve,” Steven R. Nation Nature Trail in northNation said. “In my career, I’ve alern Hamilton County. ways tried to bring everyone to their At the top of his priority list is crehighest potential, and by doing that, ating a comprehensive mental health I think that brings the county to its plan.

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INCLUSION FOR ALL Fishers celebrates Disability Awareness Month for fourth year, showcases new events

This year’s Disability Awareness Month theme is FOCUS. (Submitted image)

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focus on caregivers.

“For our quarterly meeting, we are focusing on stress and how to be more Disability Awareness Month means a mindful, how to relieve stress techlot to Fishers City niques to help with that,” Coble said.

COVER STORY Council President “We are providing an opportunity for Cecilia Coble. She free passes at the YMCA. We partnered is co-chair of the Fishers Advisory with the Fishers YMCA to provide careCommittee on Disability. Her daughter, givers and families with a free monthly Crysta, has autism. pass in the month of March.”

During the past three years, Coble The committee has partnered with has worked with the Fishers Advisory area restaurants and businesses to Committee on Disability to conduct offer discounts to celebrate the month.

Disability Awareness Month events Promotions will be each Tuesday throughout Fishers. March is Disability in March. Participating businesses Awareness Month. include BoomBozz Craft Pizza & TaThis year’s theme is FOCUS, phouse, Carpenter Realtors, which stands for fun events, Chicago’s Pizza, Citizens State opportunity, caregivers, unite Bank, Foxgardin Family Kitchand successes. en, Greek’s Pizzeria, LouVino, “This will be the fourth year Pearl Street Pizzeria & Pub, that the Fishers Advisory ComPure Eatery, Roman & Leo and mittee on Disability and the Schoolhouse 7 Café. Patrons City of Fishers host a monthmust show a flier from fishers.

Coble long celebration of events to in.us/disabilityawareness to bring awareness to what life is like for redeem the coupon. those with physical and intellectual “We really want to share how we disabilities,” Coble said. “This year is an can come together as a community,” important month because this year is Coble said. “Some of the new things the 30th anniversary of the (passing of we are doing, we are doing a lot as it the) ADA (Americans with Disabilities relates to the arts.”

Act), so we are going to be highlighting A Fishers Art Trail will feature a cityour theme for this year on the past, wide exhibition of art by local artists present and future of disability incluwith disabilities. The artwork will be sion in Fishers.” displayed at local businesses, includThe kickoff was March 2. Events ing Air-Tan, Carpenter Realtor, Citizens continue throughout the month. AcState Bank, Cynthia’s Hallmark, Fishers tivities include art, an adaptive sports YMCA, Geist Coffee, Hamilton East Pubshowcase, movie screenings and lic Library, LouVino, MashCraft Brewing, conversations on employment, among Meyer Najem, Pearl Street Pizzeria & other activities.

Pub, Purdue Manufacturing Extension “We have a lot to be proud of, so Partnership, Pure Eatery, Roman & Leo, we want to share how so many great Schoolhouse 7 Café, Superior Van & strides have happened in the last 30 Mobility and The Goddard School. years as it relates to disabilities,” CoAn art reception at Conner Prairie is ble said. “We still have a way to go, but new this year, and Heartland Film and Fishers is one of the cities that’s comIndiana Filmmakers Network will show mitted to creating a life without limits two documentaries, “Grateful: The Jenfor everybody.” ni Berebitsky Story” and “1500 Miles.”

This year, there will be an increased For more, visit fishers.in.us/

disabilityawareness.

SCHEDULED EVENTS Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability Quarterly Meeting: Presentations on Caregiver Support & Stress Relief: From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

March 3 at Fishers City Hall, 1 Municipal Dr. Free and no registration required.

A Celebration of Inclusion Through Art: From 6 to 9 p.m. March 6 at Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Rd. Free and no registration required.

Coffee Talk: Looking at Employment Differently: From 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 12 at Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Rd. Free, registration required at eventbrite.com/e/ coffee-talk-looking-at-employment-differently-tickets-93979191291.

2020 Hamilton County Transition Fair: A Resource Fair of Life’s Transitions: From 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 19 at Carmel High School, 520 E. Main St. Free, registration required by contacting Kellie Freeman at kfreeman@ccs.k12.in.us.

HSE Schools Exceptional Learners Performance and Adaptive Sports Showcase: A Celebration of Athletic Achievement and Talent: From 2 to 6

p.m. March 21 at Fishers High School, 13000 Promise Rd. Free and no registration required.

Fishers Inclusive Reverse Job Fair: From 1 to 3 p.m. March 24 at Grace Church in Fishers, 12450 Olio Rd. Free, registration required at eventbrite.com/e/ reverse-job-fair-employer-registration-tickets-94186268665 for employers and eventbrite.com/e/ reverse-job-fair-employee-registration-tickets-94188399037 for candidates.

Focus on Talent Variety Show: At 3 and 7 p.m. March 28 at The Switch Theatre at the Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy, 10029 E. 126th St. Tickets can be purchased for $5 theswitch. simpletix.com/e/51025.

Screenings of “Grateful: The Jenni Berebitsky Story” and “1500 Miles” in partnership with Heartland Film & Indiana Filmmakers Network: From 2 to 4 p.m. March 29 at The Switch Theatre at the JiEun Lee Music Academy, 10029 E. 126th St. Tickets can be purchased for $10-$25 at theswitch.simpletix. com/e/51119.

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Medicare not welfare

Commentary by Terry Anker

Editor, I’m usually a very healthy person. In fact, except for childbirth, I’ve never been hospitalized. So, a few weeks ago, I was dismayed to discover that I was sick enough to need surgery.

The doctors and nurses at Riverview Hospital were wonderful and caring, but I cringed at every expensive test they ran. However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my Medicare Advantage plan covered everything except a few hundred dollars.

When I was working full time, my employer-provided health care would have only covered about 70 percent, leaving me to pay thousands of dollars. Without Medicare, I would be looking at soul-crushing debt.

I hope our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., reject President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to both Medicare and Social Security.

Those of us who paid into these systems for 50-plus years are indeed “entitled” to the benefits we were promised. It is not welfare.

Pamela Jackson, Noblesville

While recently walking down the street, across the way a man was expressing his frustration with, well, life in general by shouting at the sky as he meandered down the sidewalk. Good folks returning to finish the remainder of their workday spread broadly to avoid a direct encounter with our upset fellow citizen. It is unclear what motivated the outburst. Perhaps he was mentally ill. Perhaps he was simply overwhelmed by a bad day.

Perhaps he just liked to stand in the street and make other people feel unnecessarily uncomfortable and threatened. No one asked and he didn’t say.

Weeks later, the incident is vividly remembered. In fact, several such encounters have happened throught the years. Profane, inappropriate, intimidating and caustic.

Life brings us to confront others who, because of circumstance or intention, are having a rough time staying within the boundaries of behavior acceptable in modern social order. If we are in a parade shouting, we might get a pass. But a single human on a rant is far less likely to be overlooked.

And now, social media allows for the random rant to come into our homes. Flipping through pictures of our aunt’s vacation to Disney, we read the post from someone claiming the mouse to be a communist.

What? We expected some remark about the size of the ice cream cone in the photo, not a social commentary on the degradation of Walt’s brainchild.

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

Drilling down on dental fears Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Friends, I may be checking out mentally for a while, as my March calendar has rudely HUMOR informed me that I have a semiannual teeth cleaning coming up. If you see me wandering aimlessly in Meijer, “Naked and Afraid”-style, you’ll know why. My by best advice is to look away. Look away.

Allow me to provide context for my soon-to-be catatonic state. The sheer terror that I experience with every dental visit begins well in advance of the appointed hour. The anxiety of knowing what potentially awaits – scraping, drilling, cavity filling – mounts exponentially until nothing else matters. Work, family, showering ... what’s the point if it all might end at the hands of a gregarious but aggressive hygienist? I’ve begged my dentist to add a psychiatric professional to his staff, or at the very least, slide me a Valium, but he promises “I’ll be fine.”

Fine? Is scouting various escape

routes fine? Is lying about a sick kid fine? Is rescheduling three times for no reason except debilitating panic fine? I think I speak for many children of the ’70 and ’80s when I say that going to the dentist, even a gentle and compassionate one, is the stuff of nightmares because of what dentistry used to be like. I mean, did “laughing gas” really numb anything except the ability to flee? Is it any wonder I’m still traumatized? And God help me if he actually finds something. “Doo, we’ve had a good run, but Canada is calling.”

So, folks, wish me luck. And again, if you stumble across a desperate-looking redhead in dairy wearing nothing but smeared mascara, look away.

Peace out.

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Support Beckwith Editor, It has been my privilege to become friends with Micah Beckwith, a candidate for Congress from the 5th District. I am overjoyed that good people like him are willing to step into the political arena. Micah is a man of solid conservative, strict constructionist, moral values who would be an out-

standing and vocal advocate for the 5th District.

It will be an honor to vote for Micah in the primary, and I urge others who share my concern with stopping the slide into atheistic socialism to vote for Micah as well.

John Smith, Fishers

Good advice from Anker Editor, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy Terry Anker’s weekly comments, but I particularly enjoyed his last one. I think our city and our country would be so much better if

we tried putting ourselves in others’ lives and tried to understand what they potentially have experienced.

Keep up the good work.

Ted Bartley, Carmel

Coal mines still needed Editor, I just read about House Bill 1414, which concerns our Indiana coal mines and shutting them down. I understand why Rep. Ed Soliday, Rep. Alan Morrison, Rep. Matt Hostettler, Rep. Ethan Manning and Rep. Bruce Borders support this bill. It explains the transition process from coal-powered support of electricity to the alternative support. We must take our time in transitioning to the alternative and to always cover our backs,

just in case the alternative fails.

Point in fact: There are some Indiana communities that rely on coal to heat their homes and cook from its use and we may have a climate change toward an ice age and the coal-fired support for our electricity is what we will need. And besides all of this, how are we to put a lump of coal into the Christmas stocking of a misbehaving person?

Mari Briggs, Sheridan

Alarming thoughts Editor, We recently heard from a concerned boomer about the impending doom of climate change. I, too, am a boomer, with the difference that I haven’t forgotten the countless false alarms of the last 50-plus years.

Here’s a sample, and there are many more: 1967: Dire famine forecast by 1975 1968: Overpopulation will spread worldwide 1970: Ice age by 2000 1970: World will use up all Its natural resources 1974: Ozone depletion a ‘great peril

to life’ 1976: Scientific consensus -- planet cooling, famines imminent 1989: Rising sea levels will obliterate nations If nothing done by 2000 2002: Famine in 10 Years if we don’t give up eating fish, meat and dairy 2004: Britain will be Siberia by 2024 2005: Manhattan underwater by 2015 2008: Arctic will be ice-fee by 2018 Just a thought – how about all the alarmists settle on “the sky is falling!” and be done with it?

Bob Davidson, Fishers

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A vote for Heirbrandt Editor, worked to stay educated on the I am writing to you today belatest technology in the public cause I am thrilled to see Hamilton safety sphere.

County Commissioner Mark HeirMark also is constantly working brandt will be the Republican nom- to assess our traffic needs for the inee in Novemfuture. Already, Mark also is constantly construction is beber 2020. I have no doubts that ginning on Ind. 37 working to assess he will win reto attend to traffic our traffic needs for election and will concerns. Once the future. Already, continue to lead construction is Hamilton County construction is beginning finished, the corriresponsibly, dor will become an on Ind. 37 to attend to with taxpayers economic hub and traffic concerns. Once in mind. reduce commutes.

Hamilton construction is finished, He continues to County is flourour county the corridor will become prepare ishing under for a growing popan economic hub and the leadership ulation and sucof people like cessful future. reduce commutes.

Mark. Since I will continue to becoming commissioner, he has give Mark my unwavering support always focused on the needs as he campaigns for reelection, and desires of those within the and urge you to do the same. county. He has been proactive in Ted Lobdell, Westfield enhancing training for firefighters and police officers and has always

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We returned last week from visiting Step. Kick. When I was certain I had good friends in Florida. We all remall the moves right, it looked like inisced about our last the other 65 people were doing it all CELEBRATION OF LIFE EVENT: HUMOR vacation there several wrong. And in unison. The five men in

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So, I took an Aleve for my arthritis wasn’t keeping time — but that wasn’t and we headed out for a class in line true. I knew there were 12 minutes left dancing. before this torture would finally end.

I figured it was Joy who dragged At noon, Stella excused the beginSteve along to the community center ners and welcomed the intermediate Sponsored in part by for these lessons, but Steve tells Joy class. Joy, Mary Ellen and I left, but he loves the activity. So, it turns out Steve stuck around to learn some that her husband, who is a better more advanced moves. About 10 mingolfer than I am and a better bowler, utes later, he pirouetted to the car also is a better liar. and told me that Stella said I was the There were about 60 senior women worst dancer she had ever seen. Stelin the class and a few men. I figured all la may be a professional dance inthe ladies were widows simply looking structor, but that remark was way for something to pass the time, but out out of line! in the parking lot there were dozens of cars filled with impatient husbands peering at their iPhones or fast asleep Dick Wolfsie is an author, in the driver’s seat. columnist and speaker.

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Mayor Scott Fadness from the City of Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness from the City of Fishers Dept. is taking steps to eduWalker stated that the cate health care providers and department doesn’t report on the public. Its communicable Janus provides individuals with disabilities the specific cases, or specific disopportunity to participate and contribute within the community. disease plan has been updateases, until a certain threshold ed with information about is reached as outlined by local, Walker COVID-19 and outlines basic state and federal law. That’s TTo reserve your place at the breakfast, please contact Patty Steffen at 317-773-8781, ext. 100 or psteffen@janus-inc.org response actions for the department done to help protect the identities of and recommendations for other agenthose affected. cies and the public.

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Since leaving a corporate career in technical sales and food science, Priddy, a Fishers resident, aspired to open a coffee shop that could become a home away from home for remote employees, working moms and freelancers, something she said was difficult to find in the area.

“I wanted something that was a place for families and a place for life to happen,” she said.

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ville Farmers Market and Hamilton Town Center. The demand soon grew, compelling them to purchase and renovate a second food truck.

When Priddy found the ideal building to expand the business, it was full-speed ahead on the café.

“I fell in love with a space that’s only a mile from our house, and that really influenced a lot of my designs because it’s a beautiful new building,” she said.

The café, also named Rose & Lois after her two daughters, features a meeting space with a glass garage door for privacy, a children’s play area, a drive-through and a back patio. The menu features soups, salads, charcuterie and bakery items, including allergy-sensitive and gluten-free options.

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By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com An Indy-based theater company is working to support, create and promote new art. Fat Turtle Theatre was founded in NEW SHOW 2017, and creator Aaron Cleveland said he quickly defined its mission.

“Fat Turtle was created to explore what was missing from the Indianapolis area when it comes to live theater,” he said. “After testing theories during the first year, (we) found out that what was missing was an environment which developed and nurtured new works.”

During the next three weekends, Fat Turtle Theatre will stage “This Is Us: An Inspirational Broadway Steampunk Cabaret.” Shows are set for March 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at Switch Theatre at 10029 E. 126th St. in Fishers.

“Fat Turtle wanted to hold a different type of fundraiser to introduce ourselves to a new audience,” Cleveland said. “Our mission focuses on playwrights in the Indianapolis area, and while we like to focus on new works, sometimes new art can be a risky concept, especially to those that only have a certain amount of time and budget to seek out entertainment.

“We hope that by hosting a fun event like this that our supporters will have the chance to bring the family out and help us develop new playwrights in Indianapolis.”

Cleveland, an Indianapolis resident, is Fat Turtle’s managing director. Noblesville resident Andrea Odle will direct. Nicole Amsler, also a Noblesville resident, is the playwright.

“Theatre strives to have great costumes for any production,” Odle said. “(I) chose steampunk because

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“The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963” Upperstage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis: Through March 7.

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Back, from left, Jackson Stollings, Tessa Gibbons, Kaitlin Holden, Brad Root, Jennifer Poytner and Jenn Kaufmann. Front, from left, Jessica Hawkins, Aaron Cleveland and Richelle Lutz. (Submitted photos)

the costumes are over-the-top and elaborate, exactly what you want in a theatrical production. So many venues do a revue/cabaret, and I wanted Fat Turtle’s to stand out from the crowd.”

Shannon Lowes Rice, a Fishers resident, created the steampunk costumes and accessories for the entire cast. Audience members are encouraged to wear steampunk costumes as well.

“The audience will not only be visually stimulated by the lights, costumes and makeup, but also by the songs that are meant to tug at your heartstrings, either through endearment or laughter,” Odle said. “There are also several surprise elements, which will delight audiences.”

Besides Cleveland, cast members are Richelle Dixon Lutz, Kaitlyn Kinn, Tessa Gibbons, Jennifer Kaufman, Jennifer Poynter, Brad Root, Jackson Stollings and Jessica Hawkins. The production also has six members in the musical pit and a 10-member technical crew.

“My vision has taken off in ways I

couldn’t even begin to imagine,” Odle said. “When you work with a talented team, the show keeps exceeding expectations. The music is amazing, performed by our talented cast and arranged by our musical director, Linda Parr.”

Later this spring, Fat Turtle Theatre will present the first-ever, fulllength New Play Festival. Fat Turtle will partner with IndyFringe on Mass Ave to introduce four new plays across two weekends, May 8-17.

Learn more and purchase tickets at fatturtletheatre.com.

IF YOU GO What: “This Is Us: An Inspirational Broadway Steampunk Cabaret”

by Fat Turtle Theatre When: 8 p.m. March 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 Where: Switch Theatre, 10029 E. 126th St., Fishers Tickets: $15 advance/online, $20 at the door. Purchase at fatturtletheatre.com.

Civic Theatre, The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: Through March 5. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

Dance Discovery Class French Waltz, Civic Theatre, The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: 6:30 p.m. March 3. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

VoicePlay Palladium, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: 8 p.m., March 6. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Minotour: “Dear Hank and John” Podcast with John and Hank Green, The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: 8 p.m. March 10.

For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

“Beethoven at 250” Indiana Wind Symphony, Studio Theater, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: 7:30 p.m. March 7. For more, visit indianawindsymphony.org “Lend Me a Tenor” Carmel Community Players, The Cat, Carmel: Through March 8. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com VoicePlay started out as a group of friends who liked to sing and have fun.

MUSIC “We started because it was fun to do and we figured out we could get paid for it,” Jacobson said. “I don’t think anyone thought it would continue this long, but we feel grateful for it.”

VoicePlay, an a cappella quintet, will perform at 8 p.m. March 6 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

The group was originally known as 42Five, but changed its name in 2012.

Earl Elkins Jr., Layne Stein and Geoff Castellucci attended the same high school in Winter Park, Fla., where they formed an a cappella group.

Jacobson attended a different high school outside Orlando.

“So, we knew each other from choir competition, then I really got to know them after graduation,” Jacobson

VoicePlay members, from left, Earl Elkins, Geoff Castellucci, Eli Jacobson, Jesse Nunn and Layne Stein. (Submitted photo)

said. “I started working together in this small professional community, which was Orlando’s theme park and recording community about 15 years ago. They’ve been together 20 years.

Our newest member is Jesse Nunn, who we call J. None. He joined a few years ago.”

The group has more than 700,000 YouTube followers.

Jacobson said storytelling and a bit of comedy are part of the shows.

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Sibling authors John and Hank Green will present a live version of their “Dear Hank and PODCAST John” podcast March 10 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. All proceeds will support efforts to reduce child and maternal mortality in the African nation of Sierra Leone.

In October 2019, John launched a $25 million fundraising initiative for Partners in Health Sierra Leone for improved health care in the country, where 1 in 17 women die in childbirth.

“The Dear Hank and John, The Anthropocene Reviewed” show features the siblings answering questions, offering “dubious advice” and bringing all the week’s news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon as well as other secret surprises.”

“Hank and I are on tour to raise money toward stronger health care

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systems in impoverished communities, especially where maternal and child mortality are highest,” John said.

“We are really excited to perform at The Tarkington Theater so close to my hometown. As much as I enjoy traveling with Hank to perform around the world, my favorite shows are always at home.”

It will be the brothers’ third joint appearance locally.

The “Dear Hank and John” show is 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $40 and available at thecenterpresents.org/tickets-events/events/1920/rental-events/ minotour-2020/.

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Foodies unite on Facebook

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Chris Pike moved to Noblesville in August 2019 from a Boston suburb.

He was surprised when he FOOD couldn’t find any Facebook food groups for Hamilton County. So, he started one.

Hamilton County Eats and Drinks launched Dec. 22, 2019. It attracted 500 members in the first week. Now, it’s at approximately 2,000 members.

“There are 40 to 50 (Facebook groups) back home, and I was baffled there weren’t any here,” Pike said.

“People like to go out to eat and talk about their food and take pictures and put it on their own timeline, but now you have a whole group of people who can interact with foodies.”

Pike said the exposure is beneficial for restaurants. Although he’s a chef at Deer Creek Pub and Bistro in Noblesville, he doesn’t mind when group members post about other restaurants.

“I’ve found a lot of places I wouldn’t

Chris Pike is the chef at Deer Creek Pub and Bistro in Noblesville. (Submitted photo)

ever have found without this page,” Pike said. “It helps people be aware of what’s available for them.”

Restaurants frequently post their menus and food photos, and diners also post pictures and reviews.

Posts can be from areas outside of Hamilton County. Group membership is free.

Where’s Amy? Amy Pauszek is a photographer, film producer and scouting and casting associate for Talent Fusion Agency in Indianapolis. She can be reached at Amy@youarecurrent.com. To see more of her photos, visit currentnightandday.com.

Where’s Amy finds ‘Sweeney Todd’ a cut above History was made the weekend of Feb. 21-22 when Actors Theatre of Indiana partnered with 31 members of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra and a chorus of 80 singers for the production of “Sweeney Todd” at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts.

The production was amazing. The audience was captivated by the talented actors and musicians. If you missed the production, be sure to get tickets to ATI’s next musical, “Damn Yankees,” April 24 to May 17, and CSO’s “Journey into Jazz” March 14 featuring Music Director Janna Hymes and bass player Edgar Meyer. Above, Mark Amsle (Noblesville) with son Spencer Amsle (Noblesville) and wife Nicole Amsle (Noblesville) attend “Sweeney Todd”. (Photo by Amy Pauszek)

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pickled veggies, pico de gallo and baja sauce on a corn tortilla; and the Norteño, which is skirt steak, pinto beans, guacamole taquero, arbol salsa and chihuahua cheese on a flour tortilla. They were exceptional and filling, and I can’t wait to return.

Suggested pairings: Try the Cholita Margarita ($8) and order it spicy.

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Visiting historic Old Delhi Commentary by Don Knebel Old Delhi should be a must-see for anyone visiting New Delhi, India. It is one of the best places to TRAVEL experience India as India.

In 1639, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, best known for building the Taj Mahal, decided to move his capital from Agra to a new walled city 130 miles to the northwest. When completed 10 years later, the city, named Shahjahanabad (Shah Jahan’s City), featured a fortified palace now called the Red Fort. In 1650, Shah Jahan added Chandni Chowk (Moonlight Square), a massive bazaar west of the palace named for moonlight reflected by canals traversing the area.

Between 1650 and 1656, 5,000 workers constructed Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque), accommodating 25,000 worshippers, south of the Red Fort. Shahjahanabad remained the capital of the Mughal Empire until 1857, when the British formally dissolved the empire after a rebellion centered at the Red Fort. They renamed the area Old Delhi.

Today, the Red Fort and Jama Masjid have been restored, providing an opportunity to see great examples of Mughal architecture and to get a sense of the power of the Mughal Empire at its peak. For a small fee, visitors can climb the 130 narrow steps inside Jama Masjid’s southern minaret to get a view of all of Old Delhi and the most important buildings of New Delhi to the west. But the

The Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi, India.

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most important part of a visit to Old Delhi is the opportunity to experience what makes India unique. Walking around Chandni Chowk, visitors can encounter everything from sons carrying their recently deceased father to the funeral pyre to men selling chickens caged on the backs of their bicycles. Everywhere are the smells of Indian cooking, the colors of women’s saris and the horns of the ubiquitous tuk-tuks (auto rickshaws). For me, to experience Old Delhi is to experience life.

Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel.com.

You may contact him at editorial@youarecurrent.com.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON PROPOSED CUMULATIVE CAPITAL FUND FOR THE CITY OF FISHERS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana, that the Common Council of the City of Fishers will consider at City Hall One Municipal Drive Fishers, Indiana 46038 at 7:00 o’clock pm on Monday, March 23, 2020, the establishment of a Cumulative Capital Development Fund under the provisions of Indiana Code section 36-915.5 for all applicable uses stated therein.

The tax will be levied on all taxable real and personal property within the taxing district and will not exceed $0.05 per $100 of assessed valuation. The proposed fund will be levied beginning with taxes due and payable in the year 2021. Taxpayers appearing at such hearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. The proposal for establishment of the Cumulative Capital Development Fund is subject to approval by the Department of Local Government Finance.

Within 30 days after the date of the adoption of the cumulative fund by the City of Fishers Common Council, the Common Council will publish a Notice of Adoption. Upon publication of the Notice of Adoption, fifty (50) or more taxpayers in the taxing district may file a petition with the County Auditor not later than noon 30 days after the publication of the Notice of Adoption setting forth their objections to the proposed fund.

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CITY OF FISHERS NOTICE TO BIDDERS Owner: City of Fishers, Indiana Director of Engineering One Municipal Drive Fishers, Indiana 46038 Project: Nickel Plate Trail Construction – 106th Street to 126th Street Notice is hereby given that the City of Fishers, Indiana will receive sealed bids for the Project addressed to the Director of Engineering, City of Fishers, City Hall, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana 46038 until 9:45 a.m. on or before March 17, 2020. Any Bid received after the designated time will be returned to the Bidder unopened. The Bids will be publicly opened and read by the City of Fishers at 10:00 a.m. on March 20, 2020 in the Fishers City Hall Engineering and Public Works Conference Room, located on the First Floor of Fishers City Hall. The Bid should be clearly marked “Bid – Nickel Plate Trail Construction – 106th Street to 126th Street” on the outside of the envelope, and as otherwise set forth in the Bid Documents.

In general, the Work shall be completed by INDOT and State of Indiana certified/qualified Contractors and Subcontractors for the Project and consists of: Construction of a Trail with Street Crossing Upgrades in Hamilton County, Fishers, Indiana, all as required by the Bidding Documents for the Project which have all as required by the Bidding Documents for the Project which have been assembled into a bound Project Manual, and which together with the Drawings, may be examined at City of Fishers, Department of Engineering, Fishers City Hall, (317) 595-3160 or at the office of A&F Engineering Co., LLC, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 201, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 beginning on March 3, 2020. Copies of the Project Manual and Drawings must be obtained on or after March 3, 2020 from A&F Engineering Co., LLC, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 201, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 upon the payment of $50.00 for each set. These sets may include full-size Drawings. Payment must be in the form of a check. NO CASH ACCEPTED. All payments for Bidding Documents are non-refundable. Bidders shall assure that they have obtained complete sets of Drawings and Bidding Documents and shall assume the risk of any errors or omissions in Bids prepared in reliance on incomplete sets of Drawings and Contract Documents. Bids must be submitted on the forms contained in the Project Manual, must contain the names of every person or company interested therein, and shall be accompanied by: 1. State Board of Accounts Form No. 96 (Contractor’s Bid for Public Work) (Revised 2013) as prescribed by the Indiana Board of Account and as required in the Instruction to Bidders, including a financial statement, a statement of experience, a proposed plan for performing the Work and the equipment the Bidder has available for the performance of the Work; 2. Bid Bond made payable to City of Fishers, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount, including alternates with a satisfactory corporate surety or by a certified check on a solvent bank in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the total Bid. The Bid Bond or certified check shall be evidence of good faith that the successful Bidder will execute within ten (10) calendar days or such other time specified

by Owner from the acceptance of the Bid, the Agreement and provision of the required Payment and Performance Bonds as included in the Project Manual.

Any Bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt of Bids, but no Bidder shall withdraw its Bid within sixty (60) days after the actual opening of the Bids. The Bid Bonds and certified checks of unsuccessful bidders will be returned by the Owner upon selection of the successful Bidder, execution of the Agreement, and provision of the required Performance and Payment Bonds.

Wage rates on the Project shall not be less than the prevailing wage scale as determined in accordance with Ind. Code §5-16-6 et seq. and include in the Project Manual, and the Contractor must conform to the antidiscrimination provisions of Ind. Code §5-16-6 et seq.

A Performance Bond with good and sufficient surety on the form provided in the Project Manual, shall be required of the successful Bidder in an amount equal to at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the Agreement. The surety of the Performance Bond may not be released until one (1) year after the Owner’s final settlement with the Contractor.

The Contractor shall provide a Payment Bond to the Owner, approved by Owner and for the benefit of the Owner, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. The Payment Bond is binding on the Contractor, its subcontractors, and their successors and assigns for the payment of all indebtedness to a person for labor and services performed, material furnished, or services rendered. The Payment Bond must state that it is for the benefit of the subcontractors, laborers, material suppliers, and those performing services. The surety of the Payment Bond may not be released until one (1) year after the Owner’s final settlement with the Contractor.

All out-of-state bidder corporations must have a certificate of authority to do business in the State. Application forms may be obtained by contacting the Secretary of State, State of Indiana, Statehouse, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

The Owner reserves the right to reject and/or cancel any and all Bids, solicitations and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitation when it is not in the best interests of the Owner as determined by the purchasing agency. The Owner also reserves the right to waive irregularities in any Bid, and to accept any Bid which is deemed most favorable to the Owner.

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