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Carmel celebrates substantial completion of 96th, Keystone project

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The final major piece of the Keystone Parkway interchange project is now in place.

Carmel Mayor DEVELOPMENT Jim Brainard, city officials and contractors celebrated the substantial completion of the 96th Street and Keystone Parkway interchange with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 30 at Tom Wood Ford, 3130 E. 96th St. It had opened two days prior.

Brainard said it is one of the busiest intersections in Indiana and previously was one of the most dangerous.

“It will tremendously speed up traffic in this area,” Brainard said.

“Having this corridor flow better without a series of stop lights is going to be a huge improvement for people coming into Carmel for the day as well as for people going north to south.”

In 2016, Carmel embarked on a $28.7 million project to improve the safety and mobility at the previously signalized intersection. Preconstruction and utility relocations began in 2018, with most of the construction happening in 2019.

In the spring, crews will return to finish the final layer of asphalt, permanent pavement markings, landscape features and painting of the bridge structure.

“What has been created here today is a great thing for workforce, a great thing for residents and a great opportunity in regards to infrastructure,” OneZone Chief Operating Officer Jack Russell said.

Despite losing part of its land and dealing with construction nearby, Tom Wood Ford General Manager Mark Hume said Tom Wood officials knew the project would be best for the city.

“Traveling east to west and west to east is so much better now,” Hume said.

CHA Consulting was the lead designer.

The Keystone project started in

From left, Carmel City Engineer Jeremy Kashman, Tom Wood Ford General Manager Mark Hume, OneZone Chief Operating Officer Jack Russell, former city councilor Ron Carter, city councilor Jeff Worrell, city councilor Kevin Rider, Mayor Jim Brainard, city councilor Bruce Kimball and Hamilton County Commissioner Christine Altman cut the ribbon celebrating the completion of the 96th Street and Keystone Parkway project.

(Photos by Mark Ambrogi)

The interchange at 96th Street and Keystone Parkway is now open in all directions. Final work will be completed in the spring. (Submitted photo)

2007 with roundabout interchanges at 126th and 106th streets completed first.

“It was extremely dangerous because of the mix of stopped and slow traffic and high-speed traffic,” Brainard said of Keystone. “But it took a long time to go east to west.”

As Carmel’s population grew, Brainard said the state of Indiana wanted to widen the road and add another lane in each direction.

“That would have brought up to

eight lanes in some areas and in other areas six (lanes),” Brainard said.

“We knew that would not be good for residential neighborhoods around (there). We proposed something different that was based on the idea that there are two ways to handle congestion. One is to add more lanes.

My theory is that it is just adding additional parking spaces to get to the green light. If we improve ways to get to the intersection quickly, we don’t have to add lanes. We needed to make the intersections work better and more safely.”

Brainard said the city proposed ramp controlled roundabouts, but he said the Indiana Dept. of Transportation rejected the idea several times.

Then-Gov. Mitch Daniels liked the idea, however, and told INDOT to proceed with it.

Carmel received $80 million from the state to deed over the roadway.

The state later gave an additional $10 million to help with the project.

“The number of serious crashes has gone down,” Brainard said. “I don’t think we’ve had a fatality at the intersections since the project started.

Traffic no longer sits. That’s better for our environment. We no longer have the pollution. There is a free flow of traffic.”

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Qaddoura seeks Senate seat

By Sadie Hunter Sadie@youarecurrent.com

“Indiana has the potential to lead the nation in several policy areas if we collectively work as one state, For the past 15 years, Fady Qaddoufocus on the issues and think systemra has been a public servant. atically about solutions,” Qaddoura First starting said. “My education, deep unPOLITICS as an Indiana derstanding of public policy, Senate and expertise in municipal and House intern, Qaddoura, 39, state budgeting and finance, had a career focused on health care, higher education finance and now is as an and ability to build consenadjunct faculty member at sus between Republicans IUPUI. Most notably, Qaddoura and Democrats qualify me to Qaddoura served as financial controller serve effectively. I helped the and chief financial officer for the City City of Indianapolis balance the annuof Indianapolis and Marion County, al budget of $1.2 billion for three contasked with balancing the annual secutive years without a tax increase, budget. upgraded the city’s credit ratings, Now, Qaddoura, a Democrat, is paid down debt and saved taxpayseeking the District 30 State Senate ers over $60 million in smart-sizing seat in the May primary election. initiatives.”

District 30 encompasses a majority of Qaddoura said his platform focuses Carmel and Fishers’ southern halves on reevaluating the funding formula as well as a chunk of north central for public schools, health care costs, Indianapolis. The seat is held by Reinfrastructure, economic development publican John Ruckleshaus, who is and school safety. seeking reelection.

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servant leadership work,” he said.

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Carmel High School Principal Tom It’s just what we do. We hope to creHarmas has been named the Indiana ate an environment where our kids High and staff can be successful, ACHIEVEMENT School where our parents and comPrincipal munities can feel good about of the Year by the Indiana Asour school.” sociation of School Principals.

Harmas spent 14 years as In the spring of 2018, Harprincipal at Creekside Middle mas said he learned he had School and joined CHS three been nominated by his peers years ago. Before his time Harmas for Region 5, which covers with Carmel Clay Schools, Boone, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, he was a high school social studies Miami and Tipton counties. By collectteacher at Indian Creek High School in ing letters of recommendation and Trafalgar. He transitioned to adminisdetailing his 35-year education career tration in the early ’90s as the assisin a lengthy application process, Hartant principal of Tipton High School mas was recognized as the Region before becoming assistant principal 5 Principal of the Year. In October, at Avon High School and principal of at the annual IASP banquet, he was Mt. Vernon Middle School. named the IASP Principal of the Year.

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New sign ordinance restricts placement

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com

“What’s happened with all the elections is there’s a lot of confusion in regard to what people can do in The Hamilton County Commissioncity limits and outside of city limits ers recently amended the county’s because each city had a different sign sign ordinance to elimordinance,” Commissioner Mark HeirCOUNTY inate confusion across brandt said. “When we met with all city lines. the mayors, everybody concluded we The amendment unanimously need a sign ordinance that’s consispassed Dec. 19, 2019. It tent and clear to everybody prohibits the placement of about what you can do and all nonpublic safety signs what you can’t do.” within public rights of way “We continue to get a lot of in unincorporated areas of complaints about people just Hamilton County, along roads randomly (putting up) signs, and bridges maintained by cluttering areas and never Hamilton County and on land coming to pick them up. They Heribrandt owned by the county. just leave them there,” HeirHamilton County streets are debrandt said. “We have to pick them fined in the new ordinance as all up, and we have to dispose of them, public streets within unincorporated and there’s a cost to that.” areas of Hamilton County, 146th Street Heirbrandt said the commissioners east from the Boone County line to passed the new ordinance after the Marilyn Road, Campus Parkway east general election in November for a from Marilyn Road to the I-69 bridge, reason.

Olio Road from 96th Street north to, “We didn’t want others to feel like and including, the roundabout at Cam- it was done for a political purpose or pus Parkway and any bridge of more why it was done in the way it was,” than 20 feet in length within Hamilton he said.

County other than bridges crossing Signs still can be placed on private I-69, U.S. 31, Ind. 37 and Keystone property with the consent of the Parkway. property owner.

Hamilton County municipalities Illegally placed signs will be taken except Carmel are expected to amend to the Hamilton County Highway Dept. their sign ordinances at upcoming Signs can be retrieved for $3 per sign if council meetings and adopt the counit is less than 6 square feet and $15 per ty’s version so the ordinances are the sign if it is larger than 6 square feet. same. Carmel’s ordinance is already If signs aren’t collected before June similar to the county’s.

30 or Dec. 31 of each year, they may The new ordinance, with outlined be destroyed. penalties, goes into effect Feb. 1.

DISPATCHES Clarification — In the Dec. 31 edition of Current in Carmel, a story listing the candidates for Indiana’s 5th District did not include Republican Matthew Hook, an attorney and accountant from Carmel.

Vandals charged — Three juveniles from Westfield have been charged with vandalizing the Carmel Christ-

kindlmarkt on Dec. 8, 2019. With the public’s help, Carmel Police Dept. detectives quickly identified the three suspects. Per policy, CPD does not routinely release identifying information in matters relating to juveniles.

After a full investigation, the three suspects face charges including criminal mischief and theft.

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Grocer to fill O’Malia space

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of March, Benge said.

Benge said the plan was to get a grocer to anchor the east Carmel center.

“It needs it,” Benge said. “It is a perfect fit. I think as a developer we have a responsibility to have something that not only has to make financial sense but also has to make social sense.”

Benge said the existing businesses plan to stay open. Needler’s will occupy 85 percent of the former O’Malia space. KennMar plans to lease the remaining space.

Jeff Worrell, who recently became an at-large Carmel City Council member but previously served the southeast district where the center is, said several deals fell through with different developers before KennMar’s deal.

“Needler’s was the target grocery on the deal that fell through at the 11th hour before this developer,” he said. “I’m relieved that we have a path forward now. We’re not at the finish line yet but we’re very, very close.”

Needler’s Fresh Market is expected to open late summer or early fall in the Brookshire Village GROCERY Shoppes in Carmel.

Needler’s will be in the space last occupied by O’Malia’s Food Market, 4762 E. 126th St. The grocer was purchased by Marsh in 2001 and closed in 2017.

Developer KennMar brought the shopping center in September 2019 for $6.4 million.

“They’re taking between 27,000 and 28,000 square feet,” KennMar President and CEO Brent Benge said of Needler’s. “They’re going to put a lot of money inside, and we’re going to put (in) a lot of money dividing it up and redeveloping the exterior as well.”

Benge estimated Needler’s and KennMar will spend $5 million to $6 million to update the space.

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Kendall a Community Pillar

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dad honored with the award. “(It’s special) not only because it acknowledged all the love, time and Carmel’s 2019 Pillar of the Commuenergy he has put into Carmel over nity Award was presented last month the years, but because it meant so to the late much to him,” Dawson said.

CITY NEWS Tom Kendall.

“He was so honored and The award proud to be chosen. He talked was created in 2014 to honor about it frequently. He invited an individual who made “exfriends from around the countraordinary contributions” to try and we even planned our the city’s business, civic, soholidays around it. I am very cial, educational and cultural proud of my dad.”

Kendall communities.

Brainard said when he first Kendall, who died Nov. 26, 2019, became mayor, Kendall didn’t always served on the Carmel City Council agree on issues. from 1992 to 1995 and was a Republi“But over time and to his credit, can Precinct Committeeman. he studied the plan and asked a lot “Tom Kendall loved his community of questions. He understood what I during the 34 years he lived here,” was trying to accomplish and evenCarmel Mayor Jim Brainard said. “He tually became a very important voice served in so many ways, representing in advocating for the future of our the City of Carmel. With a servant’s city,” Brainard said. “Every time I saw heart, he invested his time and enerTom, he had a smile on his face that gy in people.” was contagious. He was a wonderful Kendall’s daughter, Lauren Dawson, example of everything a true Pillar of said it “meant the world” to have her the Community can be.”

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Resolve to protect your data Commentary by Feras Mash So, here we are in a new decade.

Many of us have resolutions to keep and a new quality of life to TECH create, so in keeping with the theme, here are some thoughts on the new year’s tech resolutions: • Be mindful of what you click.

We’re all tempted to click on those links on websites or within emails, articles and especially search results, but how can you be assured those links are not malicious and end up causing serious problems such as identity theft and data breaches? If you’re not sure about that link, don’t click on it. If you’re on a web page or in a Google search results listing, always hover your mouse over the link before you click on it to see if the URL matches what the search result shows so you’ll be directed to the correct site. I also recom-

mend always accessing secure sites that start with HTTPS. Those guarantee the user proper access to valid websites.

• Password maintenance is key.

We always recommend changing critical passwords on a regular basis, every 90 days or so, using complex words that are not easily guessed, such as using upper and lowercase letters, numbers and special characters. These include passwords for banking, email, credit cards, shopping sites, education and any personal sites that you deem important to you. We also highly recommend turning on two-factor authentication if the sites allow it will not easily be hacked.

Feras Mash is the owner of Computer Troubleshooters of Carmel and a contributing columnist to Current Publishing. For more, write him at fmash@comptroub.com.

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Holiday lights recycling – Carmel Clay Schools Green Teams, City of Carmel Utilities, Tech Recyclers and White’s Ace Hardware are working together to offer a Holiday Light Recycling Drive. Used holiday lights may be recycled through Jan. 20 at White’s Ace Hardware, 731 S. Range Line Road, or at Carmel schools through Jan. 10.

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South Bend family’s missing cat found in Carmel

By Emma Uber news@currentincarmel.com Some might consider encountering a black cat on Halloween a sign of bad luck, but last year the PETS Anderson family of South Bend wanted nothing more than that.

It all began in February when an oven malfunction resulted in a house fire that left their South Bend home uninhabitable and their cats unconscious.

“Thanks to the awesome fire department, our three cats – Michelle, Richard and Moondog – were found unconscious in our basement but were saved by mini-oxygen masks that had been donated by an animal lover to the South Bend Fire Dept.,” Mary Anderson said.

The cats recovered completely while staying at the Anderson’s rental house. The family stayed in Granger for eight months until moving back to South Bend on Oct. 31.

scouring the streets for Michelle.

“The girls and I went from house to house passing out fliers and asking everyone to be on the lookout for our cat. We were even more worried because we had heard that missing cats return to their last home, but we were no longer living in the rental,” Mary Anderson said. “Every night, we would drive out and look for Michelle.”

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received good news.

“Michelle had been found in the warehouse where the rental truck was stored,” Mary Anderson said.

“I could not believe this wonderful news. We believe that Michelle ran out of the rental house on that rainy Halloween and right into the nice, dry truck. We were all thrilled to have our cat returned to us. It was truly a miracle for our family.”

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Meet Tina Jesson Commentary by Shelly Gattlieb Tina Jesson’s love of authentic British food quickly evolved into one of the most well-known establishments in the Carmel Arts CHARACTERS & Design District.

When her OF CARMEL husband was transferred to the Indianapolis division of Rolls-Royce in 2008, Jesson found it difficult to find the traditional recipes of her native Great Jesson Britain. She began selling scones at farmers markets and pop-up shops before opening Tina’s Traditional Tea Room on Range Line Road in 2014.

Within three months, the space doubled in size, and now the kitchen produces thousands of scones each month, served with jams made from Jesson’s grandmother’s recipes.

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princess parties or events related to British literature and the royal family.

She also organizes guided trips to England and Scotland.

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Building a Brighter Future Humane Society for Hamilton County asks public for help reaching donation goal

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Humane Society for Hamilton County Executive Director Rebecca Stevens can’t count the COVER STORY number of times she’s been at an HSHC fundraising event and a Carmel or Westfield resident has approached her and asked if she worked at “the Humane Society on Michigan Road (in Indianapolis).”

“Having been in Noblesville since 1984 when we were Stevens founded, I’ve found that many people who live in Carmel or on the west side of Westfield are often unaware that we exist or that we serve the entire Hamilton County community,” Stevens said. “We are the only Humane Society that serves our county’s residents, such as taking in lost pets and ensuring they get lifesaving care if they’re injured until they can be reunited with their family.

Reinforcing that, it includes the entire county. It’s all of Hamilton County. We are the ones serving you.”

The Humane Society for Hamilton County is targeting a March groundbreaking for its new facility, the culmination of a yearlong $14 millionfundraising campaign called Building a Brighter Future. HSHC recently concluded a capital campaign targeting private donors to net 80 percent of costs for the new building, and now it’s asking the public to help raise the remaining 20 percent.

Stevens, a Fishers resident, said the goal is for the Humane Society to move into the new facility at 106th Street and Hague Road in Fishers by the first quarter of 2021. HSHC is currently at 1721 Pleasant St., Noblesville.

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The Steven J. Cage Foundation Animal Wellness Center. (Submitted rendering)

the Steven J. Cage Foundation Animal Wellness Center. Cage, a Fishers entrepreneur who founded Product Action and Stratosphere Quality, made the largest donation during the organization’s capital campaign. The

amount is confidential.

“The Humane Society for Hamilton County is an extraordinary group of people,” Cage said. “I’m honored to work with them to make this facility come to life. Animals bring out the

MORE THAN RE-HOMING PETS Although the new facility will have more kennels for pets to rehome, Humane Society for Hamilton County Executive Director Rebecca Stevens said the new facility isn’t about just increasing space for more adoptable pets.

“We are not only an adoption center. Yes, we re-home dogs and cats and save a lot of animal lives, but we are unique and different in the fact we believe animals pose the ability to hear the heart and mind, connecting with people in ways that inspire hope and purpose,” Stevens said. “We not only do pet adoptions, but we offer programs that connect people and pets to offer that healing

power they provide in our lives. It’s about more than just adding cages and kennels and saving more animals. It’s much more than that.”

Some of the programs HSHC offers — and will be able to expand — with the new facility include connecting pets with veterans, community outreach in local schools and more. In addition to the expanded programs, the new facility also will include 40,000 square feet of space.

The current facility has only 8,000 square feet. The increased space will allow for a medical room, a separate intake area for cats, educational outreach programs and more.

best in us, and I’m sure Rebecca and her team will provide happiness and health to as many animals as possible.”

An image of Cage’s black cat, Stanley, will be on the building’s exterior. The HSHC plans to hand out black cat stuffed Cage animals at the point of adoption to raise awareness about adopting black cats.

“I love how much he loves his cat,” Stevens said.

HSHC’s goals are to raise $12 million for its construction budget and another $2 million for an operating endowment.

“We don’t currently have an endowment, so we are trying to raise money to build this and have that money in place for our future,” Stevens said.

Other naming opportunities are available for donors. For more or to donate, visit hamiltonhumane.com/ new-facility-building-brighter-future.

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Bolt for the Heart continues to grow

Commentary by Terry Anker So-called self-help gurus have asked us if we really know ourselves since the “me” generation.

One can assume the question is more existential than tangible.

With the exception of infirmity or infancy, we recognize enough about ourselves to provide our given name, city of domicile and perhaps a few important numbers – namely Social Security and birthdate. From the youngest age, we humans find it important to label ourselves (or at least to recognize those labels applied to us).

Eventually, some of us resist. We don’t like our names. We don’t like our families. We don’t like our addresses. Whatever the genesis, we march out into the world hopeful to create a new identity unmarked by that provided at baptism or afforded by our progenitors. From the start, we are branded with an official birth certificate. We believe its veracity because we have no way of personally knowing if it is accurate or not. Besides, could we “be” without it? And as we age, it becomes more important, at least to get along in our social order, to be one, consistent person. At 16, we get a state-issued driver’s license.

By adulthood, we have mortgages, wills and all sorts of legal documentation. But what if we lose it? How do we “prove” our identity? Could we? Are we our own construction or God’s -- a simple accumulation of settled assumptions or a bureaucrat-stamped license to exist?

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

Miracle of Christmas survival Commentary by Danielle Wilson

keep our lives on the rails and the new phone will stop the kids complaining about me never getting their Friends, congratulations. We have made it to the other side. The holidays text requests for cash. I also received a milk frother, which I had specifically are behind us and, at HUMOR least in my six-pack, the requested back in October, and a new hallway light fixture whose hyperlink Wilsons came through I had emailed to both my youngest relatively unscathed. Did we have daughter and mother-in-law. Again, some tears? Sure. Did I flip off my not jaw-dropping moments. But in an husband Doo behind his back? On extremely thoughtful multiple occasions. gesture, Doo bought But the tree did not See, I learned long a single-cup fall, no one required ago to be crystal clear me Keurig because he ER services, and with my gift list, remembered me perhaps the miracle saying months ago of all miracles, I got how nice it would be to enjoy a cup of everything I asked for, and more. coffee at school. I know! He does lisSee, I learned long ago to be crysten! It almost made me feel bad about tal clear with my gift list, often just giving him the bird. Almost. purchasing and wrapping said items Congratulations again on surviving myself to ensure marital harmony. the holidays. Next up, dance competiBut this year was a whirlwind (I tion season! blame a very late Thanksgiving), Peace out. and I barely had enough time to buy everyone else’s presents, let alone my own (bless you, Amazon Prime).

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We wanted to make sure we had the proper structure to do that more easily,” Benbow said. “You think For Brad Benbow, it was time for about our emergence into growth JDA Worldwide, his Carmel-based adcapital as an example. Typically, ad vertising and agencies do not invest into PROLIFIC communicatheir clients. We certainly do tions agency, and intend to do more so.” to expand its services.

Benbow said services So, a new brand and firm such as data analytics, called Prolific was launched growth capital, distribution Dec. 3, 2019, and became systems, mergers and acthe parent company of JDA quisitions are outside the Benbow Worldwide. The new firm proboundaries of most commuvides strategic growth planning and nications agencies. management consulting services.

In addition to the Carmel headBenbow, who lives in Carmel and quarters and Traverse City, there Traverse City, Mich., will serve as CEO are offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, of both companies. JDA Worldwide Orlando, Colorado Springs, Colo., St. has an office in Traverse City.

Simons Island, Ga., Columbia, S.C. and Benbow said JDA Worldwide has Charleston, S.C. been a hybrid between an adverBenbow co-founded JDA Worldwide tising agency and management in 2003. consultancy.

Dave Neff has been named chief “We wanted to emerge more agrevenue officer for Prolific. He most gressively into the things outside a recently served as president and CEO typical ad agency brand proposition. of Edge Mentoring.

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Live Nation has reached an agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Justice to answer concerns MUSIC the concert promotion company violated a 2010 antitrust settlement that allowed it to merge with Ticketmaster.

The original agreement called for the companies to merge, but they had to agree to conditions to help preserve competition in the live events industry.

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Renny Harrison, owner of Fanfare Tickets in Carmel, said the agreement has little impact on his secondary ticket business.

“We always hope for a free and open exchange of all tickets, which allows our business to exist,” Harrison said. “Anything that restricts us is not good for us.”

A Billboard report stated the DOJ identified five discrete violations of the consent decree in which Live Nation threatened to withhold tours from venues if they did not renew their deals with Ticketmaster.

The proposed amendments to the agreement recently filed in federal court extend the decree through the end of 2025, according to a published report in Pitchfork. It was set to expire in July 2020. Live Nation also will be responsible for reimbursing the government for any costs incurred in enforcing the regulations.

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By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com A popular breakfast and lunch spot with locations in north InFOOD dianapolis and Fishers will soon open in Carmel.

Rize restaurant is expected to open sometime this summer. The restaurant’s parent company, Cunningham Restaurant Group, already operates a Bru Burger near the same location where Rize is slated for construction at 12955 Old Meridian St. “Cunningham Restaurant Group has experienced great success with the Rize concept, and with breakfast and lunch locations becoming so popular, it makes sense to add a Rize to our location where Bru (Burger) Carmel is already operating,” said Carissa Newton, director of marketing for CRG. “The Rize concept is unique in that we take our chef-driven philosophy and apply it to a menu filled with fresh and local products that make up the menu of breakfast and lunch specialties.”

Open seven days a week, menu items will include breakfast bowls and brunch items, including a chia seed pudding bowl, farmhouse waffles, traditional Eggs Benedict and breakfast cocktails. The lunch menu will feature salads, sandwiches, smoothies and

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more. Newton said freshly made pastries and breads from CRG’s bakery, Croute Baking Co., will supply Rize, as will its local greenhouse for fresh herbs and microgreens.

The new Rize will be 4,190 square feet with an estimated seating capacity of more than 100 inside and more than 50 on an outdoor patio. Newton said guests can expect the Carmel Rize to look similar to the Rize locations at Ironworks Hotel in Indianapolis and in the Fishers District. The first Rize opened at Ironworks in the fall of 2017 and in Fishers in spring 2019.

Other tenants of Gateway Plaza, in addition to Rize and Bru Burger, are Burn Boot Camp, Halo Salon, Team Rehab and A Cut Above Catering. As of press time, one neighboring suite remains for lease.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts seems the perfect fit for Steve Lippia.

CONCERT “I inhabit the world of the Great American Songbook,” Lippia said.

The Center for the Performing Arts is home to the Great American Songbook Foundation.

Lippia will appear with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra for his Sinatra & Friends show at 8 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts. Lippia previously performed with the CSO in 2009.

“One of the first shows I brought to the pops market was a show called ‘Simply Sinatra’ because of the amazing name recognition, the popularity and the great music he’s known for,” Lippa said. “That’s usually the first show (promoters) will pick.”

If he returns to the same venue, Lippia does a show featuring songs

by Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Vic Damone and Nat King Cole.

“This show will have some of those elements,” Lippia said. “I’ve not seen the Palladium, so this will be a great introduction to what is supposed to be an amazing facility.”

Lippia said there are usually 18 to 20 songs in his set.

“I always bring a little extra music, and if we are running ahead of schedule, we include those songs,” he said. “I really like the big ballads.

I think they are more interesting.

The arrangements are a little more inspiring with the ballads. I like the up-tempo and medium-tempo songs a lot, but there is something about those ballads that intrigue people.

Those are the ones that give the lyricists time to shine.

Steve Lippia will perform at the Palladium. (Submitted photo)

“When you think of the music of Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn and Cole Porter, all the greats showed their best stuff particularly with ballads.”

Lippia said audiences always like Sinatra’s blockbuster hits.

He worked for a long time with a former Sinatra conductor, Vincent Falcone Jr. “He told me Sinatra was so tired of singing ‘Strangers in the Night’ and was happy when ‘New York, New York’ came along,” Lippia said.

“So, he was able to ignore ‘Strangers in the Night,’ or he asked his arrangers to put together a shorter version of it.”

In addition to “New York, New York,” Lippia said the two most requested songs are “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Summer Wind.”

“I get an informal survey when I

meet people after the show,” Lippia said. “It’s an audience-driven show.

I want to make sure they hear most of the songs they expect to hear, but I also want to sneak in a song or two they might not expect me to perform.”

Although the Las Vegas resident has had long-term engagements in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, Lippia prefers to tour, traveling all across the U.S. and internationally.

“Residency engagements are a great thing financially, but it can get a little tiresome,” Lippia said. “Just when you think everything is going great and attendance is super, then there is some merger or acquisition, or some kind of change at the top.

They’ll say, ‘Wow, you are doing great, now get out.’”

Lippia worked with Janna Hymes in Williamsburg (Va.) when she was music director of the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra. Hymes became CSO music director in 2017. She stepped down as Williamsburg’s music director in May 2019.

“It was one of my favorite pop shows I ever did, and I’ve done hundreds of them,” Hymes said. “Some of them are the original Nelson Riddle arrangements. They are just incredible. When we did them, the audience was so excited because he has the same inflection as Sinatra.

What’s great about Steve is his Rat Pack rhythm. He’s a terrific singer, great entertainer and he tells good stories.”

In addition to the concert, the Rat Pack Party, a ‘50s-era cocktail party, is set for 6:45 p.m. The Palladium party will feature period cocktails, finger food and Sinatra-style music.

Period attire is optional. Admission is $20.

For more, visit carmelsymphony. org.

Foundation adds Saturday hours editorial@youarecurrent.com The Great American Songbook Foundation will host a monthly Saturday open house at its Songbook Exhibit Gallery this year to make a timely new exhibit available to more visitors.

Coinciding with the 2020 national election cycle, “Of Thee I Sing: Politics on Stage” features images, audio, artifacts and activities exploring political and patriotic themes in the worlds of musical theater and popular music. Musicals highlighted in the exhibit include “Of Thee I Sing” (1931), “Camelot” (1960), “1776” (1969), “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” (1976) and the recent smash “Hamilton: An American Musical” (2015). Admission is free to the gallery at the Palladium, accessible via the West Lobby elevator near the Box Office.

The new weekend events will be from noon to 4 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month, beginning Jan. 11 and continuing through Oct. 10.

Carmel — Writers at the Winery is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at Sugar Creek Winery, 1111 W. Main St. Carmel — Dance Discovery Class: Broadway is set for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Carmel — Meet Me on Main, held the second Saturday each month, features live music, face painting and caricatures. It is set for 5 to 9 p.m.

Jan. 12 in the Carmel Arts & District.

Westfield — Uncorked with Stay Tuned, featuring pop and folk music, is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at Urban Vines Winery & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com As Ben Vareen’s stage, film and TV career has spanned 50-plus years, the triple threat PERFORMANCE actor/singer/ dancer is identified for different roles by various generations.

“I get tickled. I still get people saying I grew up to you on ‘Zoobilee Zoo,’ or I saw you on ‘The Muppet Show’ or ‘The Mike Douglas Show,’” said Vareen, laughing.

Nothing, however, is quite like performing in his own show.

“That’s gold. That’s the reward,” Vareen said of being on stage. “My show is my gratitude performance to my audience. They’ll see singing and dancing from the shows I’ve done and shows that I’ve wished I’ve done. I pay tribute to artists, my friends. It’s an evening of celebration of life. If I do my job, I hope to inspire somebody.

“What is a blessing for me is I get to spread the word of love and unity.”

The “Steppin’ Out with Ben Vareen” tour will stop at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“I’m coming and celebrating with Michael Feinstein, who is keeping alive and preserving the Great American Songbook,” Vareen said.

Feinstein is the director of the Center and founder of the Palladium-based Great American Songbook Foundation.

“We have a mutual friend, Liza Minnelli,” Vareen said. “Michael used to come out to my house rehearsing his piano and learning the music of the Gershwins, long before he became Michael Feinstein when he was just Michael.”

Vareen, 73, received a lifetime achievement award from New York’s Gold Coast Arts Center late last year.

“It’s always humbling and takes me by surprise because I’m busy doing the work,” he said.

Vareen had a breakout role, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in

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Musical in “Pippin” in 1973. He was nominated for an Emmy for his role in the 1977 “Roots” miniseries. He recently had roles in “Bull” and “Magnum P.I.” “When a TV role comes up that’s right, we do it. I’ll go to Timbuktu if the role is right,” Vareen said.

Vareen works with an advocacy group, Americans for the Arts, which lobbies Congress and other officials to maintain public support for arts and arts education.

“I speak on the arts every chance I get,” he said. “The arts are the essence of our life. They are cutting away the arts everywhere and we have to stop them from doing that because our children are suffering.”

Vareen is working with a group called Care For the Homeless, which helps provide free medical treatment to the homeless.

“I did a movie (‘Time Out of Mind’) based on the homeless,” Vareen said.

“I learned a lot about the homeless.

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duck eggs because my parents have a small duck farm in northern Westfield and I grew up eating duck eggs.

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Garner and his band will return to Carmel to play “A Tribute to Johnny Cash” at 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at The TarkingJames Garner has been been in love ton at the Center for the Performing with Johnny Cash’s music since he Arts in Carmel. Garner previously perwas 12 years formed at The Tarkington in CONCERT old.

September 2018.

A few years “We will play some songs later, Garner met Cash after a that were not in the show the concert and describes shaklast time we were in Carmel,” ing hands with the “Man in Garner said. “Thankfully, JohnBlack” as one of the coolest ny Cash has a large catalog to experience he’s had. choose from, having recorded Garner His love led to Garner startmore than 2,000 songs over ing a tribute band that has played his career. Of course, we will play more than 500 concerts. all the hits, such as ‘Folsom Prison “I’m not really sure when we startBlues,’ ‘I Walk the Line,’ ‘Ring of Fire,’ ed if I ever thought about how long I and ‘A Boy Named Sue.’” would be doing this,” he said. “We’re Garner said the show was nearly in our 13th year of traveling the counsold out when it performed in Carmel try paying tribute to Johnny Cash and in September 2018. it’s been a real honor to do so. I would “And since that show, we’ve had like to think that we’re going to do many notes and emails about when this for another 13 years. It’s all I’ve we’re coming back to town. Our tour ever done related to music and the schedule worked perfectly to come only thing I want to do. Johnny Cash’s back to Carmel at the start of 2020,” music is a true passion of mine.”

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Benefits of performing arts Commentary by Jeff McDermott I hope you enjoyed the holidays to the hilt, but now it’s time to atone for those excesses with PALLADIUM some New Year’s resolutions.

Don’t be afraid! You can tackle a host of physical and mental health issues with — as they say on the internet — this one simple trick: Increase your intake of the performing arts.

Among many examples, an analysis by Harvard researchers found that music can “enhance human health and performance” and that attendance at cultural events has “a surprisingly powerful effect on mortality.”

“In all,” they concluded, “people who attended concerts and plays ‘rarely or never’ were 1.57 times more likely to die during the study period than people who attended frequently. Occasional concertgoers were in between.”

OK, that’s a bit dark. To state such

findings in a sunnier way, experts at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center reported that music can make us healthier by: • Reducing stress and anxiety • Decreasing pain • Improving immune functioning • Aiding memory Although the mechanisms are not E. Davis Coots James K. Wheeler Jay Curts James D. Crum Jeffrey S. Zipes Matthew L. Hinkle Daniel E. Coots entirely clear from a scientific standpoint, some of these beneficial effects E. Davis Coots James K. Wheeler Jay Curts James D. Crum Jeffrey S. Zipes Matthew L. Hinkle Daniel E. Coots could be explained by the fact that E. Davis Coots James K. Wheeler Jay Curts James D. Crum Jeffrey S. Zipes Matthew L. Hinkle Daniel E. Coots music can boost the brain’s production of the hormone dopamine.

To be clear, I’m not saying you shouldn’t quit smoking or go to the gym more often. But if you resolve to Ryan H. Cassman John V. Maurovich Alex Emerson Betsy Sommers Brandi A. Gibson experience more performing arts in Ryan H. Cassman John V. Maurovich Alex Emerson Betsy Sommers Brandi A. Gibson Attorneys for Families & Business this new year, I’d be happy to offer Attorneys for John Families &AlexBusiness Ryan H. Cassman V. Maurovich Emerson Betsy Sommers Brandi A. Gibson some suggestions.

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“Steel Magnolias,” Beef 8 p.m. Jan. 7, 9, 10, 11, & Boards Dinner Theatre, 14; 1 p.m. Jan. 8; 1:30 Indianapolis and 7 p.m. Jan. 12 Set in 1987, “Steel Magnolias” is the story of six Southern women who share recipes, beauty tips and gossip in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, La. Cost: $47.50 to $72.50

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“Morning After Grace,” 7:30 p.m Jan. 14, 16, OneAmerica mainstage, 17; 6:30 p.m. Jan. Indiana Repertory Theatre, 15; 1 p.m. Jan. 18; 2 Indianapolis p.m. Jan. 19 Three neighbors in a Florida retirement village wake up one morning to find their lives tangled together.

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“Sinatra and Friends,” Carmel 8 p.m. Jan. 11 Symphony Orchestra, Palladium, (6:45 p.m., Rat Center for the Performing Arts Pack Party) Steve Lippia, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, is known for his youthful interpretations of Great American Songbook standards.

Cost: $5 to $65

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James Garner performs in a Johnny Cash tribute show at 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts. (Submitted photo)

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James Garner and band perform all the hits by Cash, such as “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire” and “I Walk the Line.” Garner and his band have performed more than 500 professional shows.

Cost: $20 to $45

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The Fishers Arts Council recently announced the opening of its new exhibit space, The Alcove. It will be home to artists for exhibits lasting three months rather than the normal one-month exhibits at The Art Gallery at City Hall.

The name The Alcove was selected after a contest where Facebook friends of Fishers Arts Council were asked to name the space. The final name was selected by the FAC Board from the list of names provided.

For the first exhibit in 2020, FAC presents the work of Gale Sturm, who enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects.

As a teacher at Lawrence Central High School, Sturm concentrated on designing and building stage sets for plays and musicals. He designed more than 150 sets for school plays and musicals, community theater and children’s theater.

FAC will have a joint reception from 6 to 8 p.m.

Jan. 10 for Strum and Jeanette Pomeroy Parssi, who will be this month’s featured artist.

For more, visit FishersArtsCouncil.org.

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Conscious of conscience Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt Are you wound up? Worked up?

Burnt out? Are you tired of being tired?

GRAMMAR GUY Only when we make an intentional effort to slow down can we achieve higher levels of consciousness — or is it conscience?

Unconscious? Let’s clear up the differences between these confusing words.

Conscience is a noun that refers to someone’s internal sense of right and wrong. The adjective version of conscience is “conscientious,” which means that someone is guided by her sense of right and wrong, careful not to make mistakes.

Conscious is an adjective that means to be aware, alert, intentional or awake. Before your alarm goes off in the morning, you’re unconscious (most people call this “sleeping”). If you make a “conscious

effort” to make eye contact and be present with people, that means you’re taking intentional steps to change your behavior for the better.

If someone is self-conscious, that means he is more aware of how he perceives others view him.

Being self-conscious can mean being “self-aware.” In negative connotations, however, being self-conscious can make someone hyper-aware of how others view himself to the point of paranoia. Be self-conscious in a good way.

The term “consciousness” is a noun that has to do with the state of being conscious. It is a deep level of thoughtfulness that helps people become more aware of themselves and others.

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Geneva’s Flower Clock Commentary by Don Knebel Geneva, Switzerland is world-famous for the skill of its many watchmakers. Until recently, it TRAVEL also was famous as the site of the world’s largest clock.

By the end of the 15th century, Geneva was home to a large number of talented goldsmiths, fashioning enameled gold jewelry pieces that were in demand throughout Europe.

All that changed in 1541, when John Calvin, the strict religious reformer, declared himself the head of the newly formed Republic of Geneva. Believing the wearing of jewelry to be a form of idolatry, Calvin outlawed both the making and wearing of gold jewelry. Geneva’s talented jewelers were suddenly unemployed. Fortunately, a group of Huguenots, Protestants fleeing France to avoid religious persecution, settled in Geneva and brought their watchmaking skills with them.

Soon, Geneva’s once-idle jewelers were making high-quality watches. By the 18th century, 600 watchmakers were exporting 600,000 watches a year from Geneva to the remainder of Europe, Asia and the American

colonies.

Geneva’s watchmaking capacity reached its peak just after World War II. In 1955, to recognize Geneva’s status as the watchmaking capital of the world, the city erected a huge clock on the western side of the English Garden, just south of Lake Geneva.

The face of the L’horloge Fleurie (Flower Clock), including the clock numerals, is created on the lawn from about 6,500 flowers and plants, redesigned and reconstructed once each season by local florists. The clock face is 16 feet in diameter and 59 feet in circumference, earning it the title of the world’s largest clock until it was surpassed in 2005 by a clock in Tehran, Iran. The Flower Clock’s 8-footlong second hand remains the longest in the world. The underground mechanism is linked to a satellite, allowing the huge hands to display the exact time, for which Geneva’s watches remain famous.

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