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Simon donates $30M estate to Songbook foundation

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com The Great American Songbook Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with the Center for the Performing Arts that focuses donation on preserving and celebrating the work of legendary songwriters, received a huge gift Jan. 4.

Bren Simon, widow of Mel Simon, who owned the Indiana Pacers and founded the nation’s largest shopping mall group, has donated her 107-acre Asherwood Estate to the foundation. The property is valued at $30 million and could be used to house and archive the foundation’s collection of more than 100,000 artifacts and items. There’s also the possibility the residential property could be used to showcase the collection to the public in a museum setting. The property, which has two golf courses, a pool, a furnished 50,000-square-foot main house, an 8,000-square-foot clubhouse and a 6,000-square-foot guesthouse, could also be used to host parties and fundraisers to support the foundation and The Center.

“I’d say ‘overwhelming’ is a good word,” said Chris Lewis, executive director of the Great American Songbook Foundation. “Really, the possibilities are endless.”

Many questions are left to be answered. Will neighbors object to the use adjacent to their homes? Will the home function as a museum?

What are the costs associated with maintaining the property?

Jeff McDermott, CEO of both the Center

Jeff McDermott is the CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Soungbook Foundation.

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and the foundation, said a thorough exploration will take place and that the gift was too generous to pass up. There are no conditions attached to the gift.

“We don’t know all of the answers yet,” he said. “While the conversations started years ago, this really came together in the last few months. There will be a lot of planning that will take place.”

The deal came together after Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard introduced Bren Simon to Michael Feinstein, the renowned singer who also serves as artistic director for the Center.

“It has been a pleasure to introduce Bren to Michael so that they could learn how their resources could work toward the goal of preserving part of our American heritage of music and culture,” Brainard said.

Brainard previously said he’d like to see a songbook museum in Carmel and suggested it could be housed in a free-standing building next to the Monon Trail near The Palladium.

It is unknown how the announcement could alter or dissolve those plans.

dispatches First baby of the new year born — A few hours after the ball dropped on Times Square, IU Health North Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2018. The first bundle of joy—a baby boy— was delivered at 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. Erica Baechle and Ryan Kelb of Westfield met their child, Weston James Kelb, after a quick delivery. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 21 inches in length.

Civil War Roundtable — The Hamilton County Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Carmel Clay Public Library. Dr. Brian Dirck will present Lincoln and the Constitution.

Recycle holiday lights – From now through Jan. 11, The Carmel Clay Schools Green Teams, along with Carmel Utilities, Tech Recyclers and White’s Ace Hardware are working together to offer a holiday light recycling drive for Carmel residents. Residents may recycle used holiday lights at White’s Ace Hardware, 731 S. Range Line Rd. Town Hall meeting – State legislators Tony Cook (R-Cicero), Donna Schaibley (R-Carmel) and Victoria Spartz (R-Noblesville) will host a town hall meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 13 at Westfield City Hall, 130 Penn St.

Islamic Life Center proposed near 141st Street

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com The Al Salam Foundation has filed a zoning variance request to build an Islamic Life Center at 141st Street and development Shelborne Road.

A zoning hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Monon Community Center, meeting room B.

“The foundation mission is to serve those who are underserved and work to build a stronger community through integration with all faith communities,” said Ashhar Madni, vice president for the board of trustees of the Al Salam Foundation.

Besides worship services, Madni said the foundation has undertaken several community projects throughout the years, including back-

pack drives for schools in high poverty areas in Indianapolis, fundraisers for Gleaners Food Bank and connecting with other faith institutions as part of the Carmel Interfaith Alliance.

The Al Salam Foundation is hosting a “Neighbor’s Meeting” at 3 p.m. Jan. 14 at Carmel Christian Church, 463 E. Main St. in Carmel. At the meeting, people can ask questions and have concerns addressed.

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Bicycle admin decision tabled

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com

Heck said the new position, which would pay up to $69,000 a year, including benefits, would promote cycling in Carmel and The Carmel City Council had a heated dediffer from the role of David Littlejohn, the bate Jan. 5 about hiring a full-time bicycle city’s alternative transportation administrator for coordinator. city news the city ultimately City councilor Jeff Worrell asked tabled the matter why the position needed to be addfor another meeting. ed. Supporters of the new role said Advocating for the position at the it’s because a particularly qualified finance committee meeting were applicant has become available. The city councilors Ron Carter and Bruce individual doesn’t work for the City Kimball and several members of Carter of Carmel but doesn’t want to be Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard’s team, including Nancy Heck, director of community named because of current employment.

“Is this biking position the most imporrelations and economic development. tant need for the city at this time?” Worrell The other five city councilors expressed asked. “I ask that because we’re being skepticism and asked a variety of quesasked to approve something that isn’t the tions. This prompted Carter to say he felt most already had their minds up when they budget.”

Finkam questioned whether there might entered the meeting room. be other funding priorities, especially con“I don’t even know why we have these sidering the Carmel Fire Dept. wants to add meetings,” Carter said. another fire engine with a ladder but needs Council President Sue Finkam said that to hire additional employees. comment frustrated her because she said Councilor Kevin “Woody” Rider questioned she came in with an open mind and did why this job couldn’t be done by a consultant. hours of research.

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The City of Carmel is considering new laws to regulate short-term rentals that officials hope will preempt city news future action by state legislators regarding the issue.

Toward the end of 2016, the City of Carmel began to publicly address how it would deal with shortterm rentals in residential properties, such as users Worrell of the website Airbnb.

Carmel officials said they would crack down on Airbnb hosts operating within city limits, claiming the homes were zoned for residential use and that businesses should not be operated out of a home without being properly zoned or applying for a variance.

Around the same time, members of the Indiana General Assembly filed legislation to prohibit municipalities from restricting Airbnb hosts, which never received a vote.

Now, the City of Carmel is considering new laws to regulate short-term rentals.

“I fully support Carmel locking this down

as tight as we have to,” city councilor Jeff Worrell said.

The Carmel Plan Commission is considering amendments to the city’s unified development ordinance that would require approval for most short-term rentals.

The amendments include: • Creation of a special exemption that would allow homeowners to pay a $100 application fee and undergo a review from a Board of Zoning Appeals hearing officer.

• Some short-term rentals would be allowed in business districts but could only be a special exemption in residential districts. Houses in Midtown or the Carmel Arts & Design District would likely be allowed to operate as an Airbnb more easily than those in a residential subdivision.

• Special exemptions would only apply for permanent residents of a house to prevent someone from buying a house for it to be solely used for Airbnb or other short-term rental sites.

• The mayor would have authority to suspend the provisions for up to 30 days a year for big events when hotel rooms might be full.

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Program links basketball, faith

By Rick Morwick • rick@youarecurrent.com Throughout a career that spans decades, Tom Abernethy has built a basketball resume few Hoosiers can match.

The Carmel resident has been sports an Indiana All-Star, an NCAA champion, an NBA player, an Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer and has owned the popular Indiana Basketball Academy in Indianapolis since 1996.

Yet despite those credentials, basketball is not the center of Abernethy’s life. His Christian faith is. And through his new youth program, Bigger Vision BBall, the former Indiana University star has created a way to combine basketball instruction with Bible teaching.

“Over the last three or four years, I’ve been wanting to be a little more purposeful in developing a program for those who might want to have, every week, a basketball side and a Bible lesson or some spiritual teaching,” Abernethy said. “The concept that I’ve been thinking about for many years is how to provide excellent basketball teaching to kids and a program that will emphasize fundamentals and skills to go hand-in-hand with excellent Bible teaching.”

Launched in October 2017, Bigger Vision

Tom Abernethy, right, gives a high-five to Owen Howe during a Bigger Vision BBall event. (Submitted photo)

BBall is designed for boys and girls ages 5 to 13. It combines basketball instruction and Bible teaching with a goal of helping kids become the best players they can be while forging strong Christian character.

Offered through the Indiana Basketball Academy, Bigger Vision BBall is conducted at Traders Point Christian Church in Whitestown.

The debut fall session, which included 170 kids, concluded Dec. 16. Registration is under way for the winter session, which runs Jan. 16 through March 10. More than 125 kids have already signed up, and Abernethy expects to exceed the 170 who participated in the fall.

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obituaries as her husband of 30 years, Dale. She Bonnie Lou Coates Kiefer, 56, of also is survived by her parents Fishers, died Dec. 30 surroundBarbara and Whitey Coates; ed by her family. siblings Laurie Lou Helke (Mark), Born March 6, 1961 in ChilliLinda Lou Kight (Dave), Becky cothe, Ohio, to parents Barbara Lou McKeever (Greg), and Terry Lou Coates (nee Jackson) and Duane Coates (Tammy); parentC. D. “Whitey” Coates, Bonnie in-laws Carol (nee Jones) and lived fully and loved deeply.

Charlie Kiefer; brother-in-law She leaves behind two grown Kiefer Steve Kiefer (Theresa); and children, Adam John Kiefer and many nieces and nephews.

Nathan Smith Kiefer (Hannah) as well survived by a large family, including Barbara June Tobey (Justus) died son Stephen (Sandi) Tobey, Dec. 24. She was born May daughter Anna (Doug) White31, 1932, in Spearfish, S.D. and man, son Nathan (Ellen) Tobey, grew up in southwestern Mongrandchildren Joshua, Mark, tana. Raised by her parents, Grant, Jacquelin, Caitlin and Loyd and Catherine Justus, Justine, and 14 great-grandBarbara was the second of children with more on the way. seven children.

She also leaves behind brother Barbara was valedictorian Tobey Lane (Bea) Justus, sister Jacof her high school class in Bozeman, Mont., and went on to earn a queline (Richard) Wonner, sister Sanbachelor’s degree in nursing from Mon- dra (Keith) Eggert, sister Janet (John) Rockom, sister Melinda Anderson and tana State University. sister Cathy Sue (Kevin) Newins and Her parents, Catherine and Loyd numerous nieces and nephews.

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GOP to move headquarters

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Campbell said the move will help increase the Republican Party’s presence across the county while adding much needed space.

The Republican Party of Hamilton County “We needed more options and really will move its headquarters to Westfield needed the space,” Campbell said. with an opening county expected as early as “The new location will have room for meetings and much larger gaththis month. erings. This is great for us, and I The previous space was off could not be more excited.”

116th Street and Allisonville Road The offices were in the county in Fishers. The lease on that space seat of Noblesville until 2007, when has expired, prompting the GOP to they moved to Fishers. search for a new office.

Campbell “We were just trying to find the In a deal between Westfield resiright space,” Campbell said. “I had mentioned dent Birch Dalton’s EdgeRock Development something to (2018 Hamilton County) sheriff LLC and the Republican Party of Hamilton candidate Bill Clifford, who introduced me County, the new headquarters will be in to Birch Dalton, who is a great salesman for office spaces west of U.S. 31 and south of Westfield, and he sold me on it.”

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Campbell said she expects to be moved Laura Campbell, chair of the Hamilton into the Westfield office by mid-January County Republican Party and a Carmel city with an open house still to be determined. council member since 2016, has overseen For more, visit hamiltoncountygop.org. the transition.

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Grant inspires give-back event

By Renee Larr • mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School senior Danielle Rothchild recently received a Disney Be Inspired Grant, which is dePhilanthropy signed to encourage kids to make a difference in their communities by completing service work.

Rothchild is the driving force behind Danielle Cares for Chairs, a nonprofit dedicated to collecting bread tags and using funds collected by recycling them to provide wheelchairs to those in need.

“Disney partners with Youth Service of America. They pick kids who have an exceptional amount of service,” Rothchild said. “They really liked my Danielle Cares for Chairs idea. I was contacted by them a month ago and they gave me $500.”

Disney’s guidelines on spending the money require that she host an event to promote giving back in the community. She will do just that from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Carmel High School cafeteria.

“I will be giving out a power car adapted to a 4-year-old girl who has spinal muscular atrophy,” Rothchild said.

Rothchild is working in conjunction with

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Danielle Rothchild displays a few of the more than 1.8 million bread tags she has collected.

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the Pike High School Robotics Club.

“They adapted this power chair to this little girl’s needs. I’m also going to be showering her with presents because it’s after the holidays,” Rothchild said.

Rothchild has collected more than 1.8 million bread tags since August 2016.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Grant helps launch Questers

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By Renee Larr • mark@youarecurrent.com Duke Energy recently gave the Carmel Clay Public Library a $5,000 grant, enabling it to create Questers for library children ages 8 to 12. The self-guided program allows kids to participate in activities focusing on science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. It’s based on a program at the Muncie Public Library.

“We were able to see the Muncie Public Library’s Digital Climbers Program about a year ago,” said Elizabeth Essink, CCPL children and youth services manager. “We are a pilot library for that program. We have made it our own. As part of that, because we knew we were going to be including activities and challenges that weren’t just digital, we called our program Questers.”

During their first visit, children create their own avatar and are given a tour of the lab.

“When the kids come in for the first time they take their avatar on an avatar quest,” Essink said. “They do stop-motion animation to familiarize themselves with the lab.

Once they have their avatar and account,

Student-created avatars in the Questers lab advance on the wall to show student skill levels.

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then there is a rhythm going forward.”

Children must complete tasks in four categories. After they complete all activities in one level they move up to the next. They move their avatar up a wall of skill.

Activities were designed with children’s busy schedules in mind. Each one takes about 30 minutes to complete.

“Children learn when they have fun, and this encourages kids to explore, play and experiment while acquiring new skills they will use in the future,” Mark LaBarr, community relations manager for Duke Energy in Hamilton County, stated in a press release.

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and they will get things started. It’s things as small as putting up coat racks to putting lights up. There is work to make the sanctuary look like Congregation Beth Shalom has a we want it to look.” new home for the new year.

The temple is expected to The temple has Faith moved its services hold an open house when the changes are complete. and activities to Friedman said the initial 849 W. 96th St., Indianapolis. lease, which was effective “We wanted everything Jan. 1, is for one year. The under one roof,” said Karen temple held services in the Friedman, president of the new space as a trial run in Beth Shalom board. “We had Friedman September. been having our worship ser“Everybody loved it,” Friedman vices at University High School. We said. had held our Sunday school classes Friedman said there are 85 houseat what was our multi-purpose buildholds in the congregation and nearly ing (in Zionsville) and held our board all of the families are from Carmel, meetings there, but we outgrew it.” most on the southwest side of town.

Friedman, a Carmel resident, said “God willing, the time will come the new space will need some work and we’ll grow, and we will be buildfor services and activities. ing in the Carmel area (in the future),” “The attorney who owns the buildFriedman said. “We are intentionally ing said we have use of the whole building if we want it,” Friedman said. keeping our Carmel mailing address.

This building is 15 feet from the (Ham“We have ample square footage for ilton) county line.” our needs and space to grow, but we For more, visit bethshalomindy.org. need to make changes for our uses.

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Dispatches Governor appointments — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb has announced the appointments and reappointments of several Hoosiers to various state boards and commissions. Carmel resident Cathleen Nine-Altevogt was appointed to the Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants & Toddlers with Disabilities.

David Spradley, also of Carmel, was appointed to the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Commission.

Stolen credit card — On Nov. 17, 2017, a credit card was stolen from a residence in the 1700 block of Beaufain Street. The black male pictured attempted to use the stolen card at a store in Indianapolis.

Anyone with information on the suspect should call the Carmel Police Department at 317-5712500 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 (TIPS).

Addiction support group — Parents of Addicted Loved Ones is a support group for parents who have children dealing with drug addiction. Meetings are on Monday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Carmel Christian Church, 463 E. Main St. The meetings are for those over the age of 18. No exceptions will be made for anyone younger than 18. There is no charge to attend.

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Ritwik Bag of Carmel is a 2018 Riley Champion. (Photo by Riley Children’s Foundation)

Carmel teens serve as hospital ambassadors as 2018 Riley Champions

By Desiree Williams news@currentincarmel.com Everyday life isn’t as simple for Lizzi Burke as it is for most 13-year-olds.

Diagnosed with cyscover story tic fibrosis when she was a week old, the Carmel resident’s daily routine includes two, 45-minute treatments to limit the impact of the progressive disease. But she hasn’t let it slow her down, and others are taking notice.

“She told me that (her diagnosis) makes her feel like that’s who God wants her to be, to have it to maybe help other people and be a witness,” said Belinda Burke, Lizzi’s mother.

Lizzi will get that chance as a 2018 Riley Champion. The program, presented by Kroger, honors patients from Riley Hospital for Children who inspire others and give back to the community while going through their own treatment. They serve as advocates for Riley by sharing their story and raising awareness and funds for the hospital at events throughout the year.

Day to day

Cystic fibrosis causes mucus buildup in the lungs, pancreas and liver. It can lead to lung infections, malnutrition and liver disease. Although there is no cure, there are multiple treatments and medicines to increase the life span of those with the condition.

For Lizzi, those treatments include taking Creon, a pancreatic enzyme, before she eats to help with digestion. She also does 45-minute treatments twice a day wearing a vibrating vest to loosen mucus while using a nebulizer.

“I live like any other kid, just with treatments,” Lizzi said. “When I do my treatments, I get to watch a movie with my brother, so it makes it fun.”

Lizzi also follows the Accelerated Christian Education homeschool curriculum. She said since she began homeschooling about five years ago, she has made fewer trips to the hospital and can better keep up with her work.

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(Above) From left, Lizzi Burke pauses with Kelly Parker, a child life specialist at Riley Hospital.

(Photo by Riley Children’s Foundation) (Right) During treatments, Lizzi wears a vest to break up mucus in her lungs while using a nebulizer.

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Becoming a champ

In addition to home treatments, Lizzi visits Riley once every three months for regular appointments. Belinda said they often end up at the hospital during holidays and spent Lizzi’s 13th birthday there with cake and decorations provided by staff.

“It’s my second home, and I get to see all my nurses and all the people there help my stay (be) so much better,” Lizzi said. “It helps me get better and back to my everyday life.”

Belinda said Lizzi always has a smile during treatment and wants to check on everyone else in the room, a quality hospital staff noticed as well, which led to her nomination for the Riley Champion program.

“Lizzi Burke was nominated by several hospital staff members who’ve gotten to know her throughout her treatment at Riley,” said Kate Burnett, senior communications officer for the foundation. “Lizzi was selected because of her positive attitude and her desire to help inspire other kids

who are facing similar medical challenges.”

Lizzi said she wants to show children with CF and other health problems that they are not alone and can work through it.

“She’s definitely made me a stronger person,” Belinda said. “She’s my hero.”

The next Riley Champion event has not been scheduled, but Burnett said the group plans to attend an Indiana Pacers game. For more, visit rileykids.org/champions.

Ritwik Bag, a junior at Carmel High School, also was selected to be a 2018 Riley Champion.

Bag was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease before his freshman year and has been working with Riley gastroenterologists ever since. Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease caused by inflammation of the digestive tract.

“The last year has been a little bit tough, especially this school year just from the standpoint that I’m a junior now,” he said. “They always say that increased stress or not as much sleep are triggers for almost anything.”

Bag said he has learned to cope with the disease, so most days he has it under control. He takes medicine and follows a strict diet to decrease the frequency of episodes.

As a Riley Champion, Bag will fill a similar role to one he had last year as the 2017 Honored Hero for the local chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He said he was elated to hear he’d been named a Riley Champion so he could share his story on a larger platform.

“I think the Riley Champion (program) was a lot more competitive and a lot more diverse as we’re not just looking to treat Crohn’s disease, but we’re looking to treat Riley kids in general and make everyone feel better, which I think is an extremely noble cause,” Bag said.

Read more about Bag’s journey in a previous Current in Carmel cover story at youarecurrent.com/?p=78101.

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Commentary by Terry Anker For several years, a Mexican brewer has employed Boston-born actor Jonathon Goldsmith as the “most interesting man in the world” to promote its products. In the ads, the bearded, middle-aged gentleman takes note of his improbable life while sipping the trademark beer. A bit tongue-in-cheek, the commercials have become a part of our common lexicon. Whenever someone takes themselves a bit too seriously, yet still seems to be in on the joke, they might be compared to Goldsmith.

Still, they are effective in that the look and posture of the ads invite critique. Each element of the promotion is engineered to take full advantage of our nature as humans. But in allowing for humor, the viewer is invited to criticize the supposition.

Following the lead of a local mayor’s call for No-Shave November to raise awareness for men’s health issues, many of us passed on the daily ritual for a month. Along with many important discussions, more encouragements that men take care to prevent, identify and treat a variety of genderspecific cancers, the beard has invited countless unexpected opinions. Friends, family and acquaintances feel free to comment ad hominem. They demand, “You look terrible – shave it promptly.” Others claim it to be “the bomb.” Thought-provoking or not, is there something incumbent to facial hair that eliminates social barrier to comment?

It’s the most interesting, man.

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

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Side effects of rock-bottom management fees Commentary by Eric McKinney Homeowner boards love to feel like they’re getting a good deal – who doesn’t? But negohomeowners tiating the lowest possible management fee with your management company could end up costing your community more for yearly maintenance and capital improvement projects than what’s saved on the management fee.

When a property management company agrees to manage communities for ‘rock-bottom’ fees, it requires that they manage additional properties to remain profitable, which translates to their community managers having less time to devote to each of their communities.

Community managers understand the need to keep board members happy and, therefore, focus on tangible objectives that, if not properly performed, carry immediate repercussions from their boards.

This means items that are not easy for

board members to gauge performance and value suffer and do not get the attention they deserve. Unfortunately for association boards, these intangible items have everything to do with their community’s yearly maintenance and capital improvement projects.

Community managers having too many properties to oversee don’t have adequate time to properly assemble comprehensive requests for proposals, nor negotiate best pricing with qualified vendors.

This is rather substantial and can be quite costly to a community given that an association board will invest 50 to 60 percent of annually collected homeowner dues on yearly maintenance and capital improvement needs for their community.

Eric McKinney is a Carmel resident and 28-year veteran of the HOA/COA industry, managing partner of Cambri Management. Contact Eric at ericm@cambri.com.

Occasionally, I need a break from “momming.” I thought I’d orchestrated just such an opportunity when I planned humor a short trip to Kentucky and neither my kids nor Doo could make it. Unfortunately, I came down with a mild stomach bug the first night and missed out on most of the fun. But my couch confinement did allow me to catch some truly horrible programming, including Netflix’s “The 100” (seriously, it’s so terrible, it’s good, even with a low-grade fever and gut rot).

I assumed in my absence the house would fall apart, but I also hoped that my lovely children would take pity on their pukey mom and pull it together by the time I got home. Maybe do some dishes, perhaps make a bed. Amateur thinking, to be sure. I walked in to a Chernobyl-like first floor and was greeted not with “How are you feeling?” but rather “What’s for dinner?” and “When are you going to Meijer?”

I clearly wasn’t sick enough to garner any sympathy, for my family thought nothing of calling for my immediate return to parenting.

Even Doo made mention of a task he wanted me to handle. Apparently, if I am not actively projectile vomiting, I can still go for milk and call on an insurance claim.

It’s a true indication of how blech I felt that I was able to suppress the screams of frustration and disappointment. I simply ignored my precious little selfish angels, made space amidst the unmatched socks and discarded Capri Suns and downed three more awful but oddly compelling episodes of “The 100.” Fend for yourselves, peeps. I’m still on my mommy break.

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist.

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Congestion takes the form of greater traffic density, parking shortages, greater competition for services and resources, longer wait times, more crime, coyotes roaming residential neighborhoods and just too many people. Roundabouts may better handle traffic, but they also attract more of it, thereby

causing more, not less, congestion. Highdensity housing increases congestion. More businesses increase congestion.

Congestion is the consequence of the mayor’s misdirected growth-at-any-cost policies. It steals our time; it steals our money; it increases aggressive tendencies; it increases the likelihood of altercations; it just makes life more difficult and thereby reduces its quality.

Anyone who has lived in Carmel for more than a couple of years has noticed the significant increase in congestion. If the mayor continues to get his way with his congestion-causing initiatives, it may not be an overstatement to say that Carmel may, be seeing its best days, soon to be followed by worse. Carmel’s citizens are like the proverbial frog being slowly boiled.

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Editor, As the official non-mayor of Carmel, I shared your glee recently and became one of 202 Carmelaks to watch that near-viral YouTube extravaganza: “Carmel: A City to Experience.”

Billed as the State of the City 2017, it opens with: “During the past two decades, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has taken a collar suburb of 30,000 people and transformed it into a vibrant and thriving city of more than 90,000.”

Wowser! The Great Transformer has done all that and more. All by his lone-self.

Scenes of civic life dissolve (a cinematic term) to scenes of school life as the film notes the quality of schools (which the mayor can’t transform), scores of vibrant, thriving school children disembarking school buses, shots of the high school girls swim team and the band, etc.

Just think of the logistics. All those permission slips from all those parents.

The modeling fees for all those swimmers, bandsmen, etc. The mind boggles.

Conveniently omitted from the film is a

$1.2 billion debt, downgrades by major debt rating agencies, massive roadway construction obstruction, pricey roundabout decorations and a proposed new bond issue. This last annoyance is alluded to, however: “As Carmel continues to flourish,” the mellifluous narrator narrates, “you’ll soon be able to sip drinks at the Feinstein Dinner Club at the boutique hotel at City Center.”

That’s to be funded by yet another you-know-what.

While the rest of America talks about paying down debt and building up infrastructure, our City Hall sophisticates rhapsodize about sipping at the Feinstein bistro.

Question: Why should we use money we don’t have to build a hotel we don’t need that includes a club we can’t afford so that what Google calls “a singer, pianist and musical archivist recognized as a leading expert and exponent of the American standard popular song” can knock out a few boffo tunes now and again?

Or, put another way, how much more vibrant thriving can we handle?

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I can hear my Echo

Commentary by Dick Wolfsie When I received the Echo my brother-inlaw sent me for Christmas, I was mesmerized. This gadget works like humor the computer that Captain Kirk talked to on “Star Trek.”

You can pose a question (who was the 13th president?), request a song or ask it to call someone. Your wish is her command.

Sales people always make claims like, “It’s so easy to use. Just plug it in.” This is never true, although I got my new desk lamp working in less than an hour.

You must begin your Echo commands with her name, Alexa. I thought I had mastered my new toy. I said, “Alexa, play today’s phone messages.” After she completed the task, I said, “Alexa, now play yesterday’s,” which resulted in her playing the Beatles’ 1962 hit. Then I said, “Alexie, stop the music.” “Alexie, shut up!” “Alexie, play something else.” Nothing worked. Finally, I unplugged it, realizing I would have to reset the darn thing. Unlike Paul McCartney’s, my troubles did not seem so far away.

I was saying Alexie instead of Alexa. The lady in the cylinder is very particular about this kind of thing, like when I mistakenly call my wife Shirley instead of Mary Ellen.

Mary Ellen read an article that said if the device is plugged in, it is on and always listening to what you say in your house.

Yesterday (this is true), when I plugged my smartphone into my car, I overheard two complete strangers squabbling. I can’t tell you much about the conversation because I only listened for 15 minutes.

Mary Ellen is getting jealous of Alexa.

When I wake up, I say: “Alexa, Good morning!” She reports something that happened on the same date in history. This kind of fascinating trivia is not something my wife or I expect from each other at 8 a.m.

“Mary Ellen, Good Morning!”

“Dick, on this day every week, they pick up the garbage. Get out of bed and take our can to the curb!”

My wife wants her own Echo, but she said it will be hard to tell Alexa to “shut up!”

Well, it worked effectively on me any time I tried to talk during “Downton Abbey.”

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com Rodizio Grill, a national Brazilian steakhouse chain, closed its Carmel location in December after opening in March 2017. restaurant The chain, which served unlimited table-side rotisserie-cooked meats, was in the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill space at 2375 E. 116th St. The franchisee, Clearwater Hospitality Group, closed locations in Carmel, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

“That franchisee was in violation of our franchise agreement and we were forced to terminate the franchise agreement,” Rodizio founder and President Ivan Utrera said in a statement.

Rodizio has 22 locations in 13 states.

The chain launched in 1995 and offers a gourmet salad bar, Brazilian side dishes and desserts.

This isn’t the only noticeable vacancy in the area of 116th Street just west of Keystone Parkway. Zhu Lan, an Asian buffet that was at 2293 E. 116th St., has been closed for more than a year, and a for-lease sign remains in front of the building on the south side of 116th Street.

Directly across 116th Street, Marsh Supermarkets is a noticeable vacancy after the company closed its stores in May.

Entrepreneurship workshop – The Carmel Clay Public Library will host Discovering Your Inner Entrepreneur & Downtown Carmel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29. Bruce Kimball, Carmel city councilor will be the featured speaker.

Housing market update – The housing market in Carmel remained in sellers’ favor as home values increased. According to F.C. Tucker, the average sale price for homes sold in Carmel in November 2017 was $397,293, a 10.3 percent increase from November 2016, at an average of $142.06 per square foot. Homes in the city sold just two days faster than this time last year at 71 days.

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From left, Carmel City councilor Bruce Kimball, baker Robin Osborn, owners Al Boulanger and Maureen Boulanger and city councilor Laura Campbell cut the ribbon at a recent ceremony to welcome A Dog Bakery to the OneZone Chamber of Commerce. The bakery, previously known as Izzy’s Place: A Dog Bakery, at 816 W. Main Street, recently changed ownership and its name. (Photo by Karen Kay Marlett)

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Social Security high in Hamilton County – According to research from SmartAsset, a financial technology company, Hamilton County residents are receiving among the highest annual Social Security payments in Indiana. SmartAsset looked at the total Social Security payments received, as well as taxes and cost of living to calculate an index to show where Social Security would cover the most needs. Warren County ranked first, followed by Hamilton County.

Source: SmartAsset.com DOT summer internships available — The Indiana Dept. of Transportation is accepting applications for Governor’s Summer Internships paying $11.30 per hour. Students must have completed one year of college to be eligible. Application deadline is Jan. 12. For more, visit in.gov/spd/3165.htm.

Housing permits decline — The number of permits filed for single-family homes in Indiana decreased 14 percent between the months of October and November 2017.

Despite a statistical decrease from the U.S. Census Bureau, single-family permit numbers in November of 2017 are 5 percent higher than those in November of 2016 and are up 10 percent for the first 11 months of 2017.

Source: Indiana Builders Association Potential investment fraud — Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson has released the annual list of top investor threats and reminded Hoosiers to use caution when approached with any unsolicited investment opportunities, including these with the highest potential for fraud: 1. Short-term promissory notes 2. Real estate investment seminars 3. Oil and gas investments 4. Variable annuities

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Banish the winter blues Commentary by Hannah Hall Although there are enjoyable aspects to every season, winter is the time of year when some people seasonal struggle with symptoms of depression or “the blues.”

Fewer hours of daylight, gray skies and cold weather can stimulate seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in 5 to 10 percent of the population. Symptoms of SAD may include trouble sleeping or sleeping too much, lack of interest in activities that are normally enjoyed, difficulty concentrating, increased or decreased appetite, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, low energy and feeling down or depressed.

There are simple steps you can take to help boost your mood and alleviate SAD symptoms: • When weather permits, bundle up and take daily walks outside. Being outdoors in the fresh air improves overall well-being and can increase energy.

• Commit to a regular sleep/wake cycle even on days when you are not working.

• Minimize screen time in the evening.

Blue light emitted from electronic devices, including televisions, disrupts sleep patterns by suppressing melatonin, the hormone that controls sleep and wake cycles.

• Engage in regular aerobic exercise, which helps decrease stress and lifts

mood.

• Enhance light fixtures inside your home to provide more light.

Talk to your primary care provider if seasonal affective disorder becomes unmanageable and impacts your quality of life.

Your doctor may suggest light therapy, a common treatment for minor SAD symptoms.

During light therapy, people sit or work near a light box – an appliance that mimics outdoor light. Research shows this light may cause a chemical change in the brain that improves mood and provides relief from other SAD symptoms. It’s generally recommended that light boxes be used first thing in the morning for approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Placing the light box 16 to 24 inches from your face, keep your eyes open, but don’t look directly into the light. Light boxes can be purchased without a prescription, but be sure to consult your primary care doctor before using one for SAD. Other primary treatment methods for SAD are psychotherapy (counseling) and antidepressant medications. After a thorough evaluation, your doctor can recommend the best treatments for you.

Hannah Hall, MD, specializes in family medicine. She is a guest columnist located at IU Health Physicians Primary Care – Noblesville and can be reached by calling the office at 317-6782600. For more health information, subscribe to Strength in You at iuhealth.org/ StrengthInYou.

Area blood supplies ‘dangerously low’ news@currentincarmel.com Last week, the Indiana Blood Center reported its normal inventory levels were depleted. donate On one day in particular, it had less than a one-day supply on its shelves, approximately 700 units.

A normal, daily inventory level is approximately 2,000 units.

All inventories of all blood types were described as “dangerously low” in a statement from the Indiana Blood Center, and some – O positive, O negative and B negative – were back-ordered at the time of the statement.

Indiana Blood Center representatives said one cause for low inventory could be recent frigid temperatures. There are six donation centers around the state: 726 Adams St., Suite 150, Carmel; 3450 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis; 11006 Allisonville Rd., Fish-

Representatives from the Indiana Blood Center say frigid weather has impacted the number of donors visiting mobile blood drives. (Stock image)

ers; 8739 U.S. 31 S., Indianapolis/Greenwood; 2200 Elmwood Ave., Suite D16, Lafayette; and 2021 S. Third St., Terre Haute.

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Jeff McDermott discusses the 2017-18 season last May. (Submitted photo)

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com This wasn’t “Undercover Boss,” but Center for the Performing Arts President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff McDermott did make it his mission to learn others’ jobs. concert “One of the things I took it upon myself to do was I had been involved in management of my law firm for a bunch of years, so I understood management issues, (human resources) issues and budgeting, but there are some things we did at the Center I wasn’t familiar with,” McDermott said. “How our production team works with artists and artists’ crews and how a show does go on. I did some things that were both fun and informative for me. I spent a day on the production team where I helped load in an artist. I came to work in jeans and a black shirt and I helped with everything from rolling out carpeting on the stage to learning how to focus our spotlights.

“I thought that was helpful for me to understand what our production team does. I don’t know how to support people if I don’t really know what they do, so that was helpful.”

He also spent an evening as an usher, putting on a white shirt, tie and read the usher manual from cover to cover.

“They assigned me a mentor and I scanned tickets and helped seat people and really learned the usher and volunteer experience,” McDermott said. “I’m sure I just skimmed the surface. It led me to experience what areas our staff do that were new and different from anything I’ve ever experienced before.”

McDermott took on those roles when he served as interim president for nearly 13 months. He was promoted to the full-time position Aug. 30, 2017.

McDermott, who has lived in Carmel for more than 30 years,

previously had been a partner with Krieg DeVault law firm. He is now serving in a more limited role of senior counsel with the firm.

Prior to becoming interim director of the nonprofit organization, McDermott joined the Center’s board of directors in 2010 before the campus opened in 2011.

McDermott said there was a learning curve in programming as well.

“We have a great vice president of programming in Doug Tatum,” he said. “Doug was hugely helpful to me in learning what he does and how he does it and the intricacies of programming and schedules and the business side of that.”

McDermott said he has met with other performing arts centers directors and attended a national conference last year with artists and booking agents.

“Everyone brings some of their own tastes and choices to programming,” McDermott said. “One thing I felt strongly as a board member and brought with me to this position is not to tell Carmel, Indianapolis or central Indiana what they should see but bring to them what they want to see. At the same time, it’s sort of our responsibility to bring them some things that stretch the imagination and open them up to new experiences. One thing important to me is to make sure we are doing both, (also presenting) first-class acts or artists. Some of them are going to have more mass appeal than others. We have a responsibility to try to present all types.”

McDermott said country acts continue to be popular. Many rock and pop acts also have been popular.

“I think it’s more artist-specific even more than genre-specific,” McDermott said.

Cabaret to become resident company editorial@youarecurrent.com Producing partners Dustin Klein and Tom Alvarez have announced their Magic Thread Cabaret will be a resident company at The Cat, 254 SW 1st Ave, in Carmel.

The Cat, owned by Will Wood, has theater-style seats and can be configured for various capacities up to 150 seats.

“With the proximity of The Cat to the Center for the Performing Arts and home of the Great American Songbook Foundation, it just makes sense for us to attempt to draw fans of the Great American Songbook, which that organization has developed so well in the Carmel area,” Klein, the artistic director, stated in a news release.

Magic Thread Cabaret featured 2015 Songbook Ambassador Lucas DeBard in performances in November in Indianapolis.

Magic Thread Cabaret will feature Keith Potts, “Here I Am” March 2-3; Katy Gentry is “Judy Garland LIVE!” July 6-7; Corby York, “Heart & Music” Sept. 7-8; and Melissa Schottm “The Key of Me” Nov. 16-17 The artists will perform two shows each night at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets for the individual performances are $35, $25 and $15. To reserve seats, call 317-750-2484 or email willwood@thecattheatre.com.

Carmel — Country singer-songwriter Easton Corbin will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 12 at The Palladium, 1 Center Green. For more and for tickets, visit thecenterfortheperformingarts.org.

Zionsville — Enjoy coffee and birdwatching from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 13 during Coffee with the Birds at the Zion Nature Center, 690 Beech St. For more, call 317-873-8950.

Geist — The Christian Youth Theater will present “12 Angry Jurors” Jan. 19-21 and Jan. 26-28. For more, visit cytindy.org.

Carmel — John Beasley’s Monk-estra, a 15-piece big band celebrating Thelonious Monk’s centennial year, is set for 8 p.m.

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When Joel Powell took over as director of orchestra at Carmel Middle School in 2015, he set a goal of applying to music perform at the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference.

That mission was accomplished Dec. 22 when the CMS orchestra performed at the Midwest Clinic at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago.

The event is held once a year just before Christmas. Teachers from across the U.S. and the world attend the event, Powell said.

Powell applied by sending in a recording of the previous school year’s group.

“It’s a very rigorous selection process with applications from more than 40 countries,” Powell said. “In our category, there were four middle school/junior highs selected to perform. Then there are categories for high school and collegiate. We were very fortunate to be selected to perform.”

Powell said they prepared a 45-minute program, including 40 minutes of music, to perform for the event.

Powell said it was a three-day trip that included some sight-seeing Dec. 20, a dress rehearsal Dec. 21 and a performance Dec. 22.

Soo Han, former director of orchestras at Carmel High School and Midwest Clinic board of directors member, served as liaison to CMS for the event.

Han guest conducted on the CMS program.

Other guest conductors on the CMS program included two former CMS director of orchestras, Ron Nobles, Natalie Schoeff and professor Douglas Drose, Ball State director of orchestras. Powell is a Ball State graduate.

“It was a great opportunity to bring everyone together,” Powell said. “The kids got to go see other groups around the country, and I think that was eye-opening and a really special thing for them.”

This was the first group from CMS to perform at the Midwest Clinic. The Carmel High School Symphony Orchestra has performed twice, and the Creekside Middle School Wind Ensemble also has performed.

“The Carmel High School Wind Symphony, under the direction of director Michael Pote and former director Richard Saucedo, presented a wonderful informational clinic for directors as well this year,” Powell said. “Doc Severinsen, former longtime band leader of ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,’ even performed at the Midwest Clinic this year.

We were definitely in good company.”

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Where to go: Aurelio’s Pizza Where it is: 13147 Parkside Dr., Fishers When it’s open: Sunday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Mark’s take: Is there anything better than a neighborhood pizzeria that’s suitable for families, big game gatherings and get-togethers with friends? Not if that pizzeria is Aurelio’s Pizza. Aurelio’s is all of that and more: A casual dining experience that offers more than just pizza. Appetizers, sandwiches and pasta dishes are all part of the menu at Aurelio’s. Don’t forget the excellent choice of craft beers you’ll find on the menu. So, check the latest at Aurelio’s. It’s time well spent.

What to get: OK, it’s called Aurelio’s Pizza, but it’s not just about the pizza. My recommendation? The mostaccioli with meat sauce is outstanding. It has plenty of meat sauce, but an extra meatball is a

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nice supplement. It’s a generous helping, so indulge yourself. Normally, I’d go with a craft beer, but on this occasion, I went old school: Pabst’s Old Style, to be exact. There, I’ve said it.

What’s the cost: Entrees run $8-$17.

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By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Husband-and-wife couple Doug Whisman and Ji-Eun Lee have enjoyed success in their Fishers music music academy since 2004, and now one of their coaches has a new idea.

Jeannie Logan, a voice instructor, recently pitched the idea of JeanLogan nie’s Cabaret, and her first class is already full.

“It’s quite a bit outside of what our norm is,” Whisman said of the new program. “This is different because it’s really each class is only five students preparing to put on their own cabaret-style concert.”

Students attend a two-hour Saturday class for six weeks. Logan coaches them on their performance. They then perform for approximately 30 minutes by themselves during the cabaret. According to Lee, the program provides kids a chance to perform outside a school recital.

“Kids don’t really have a chance to perform more than a song or two maybe in front of their family or parents. They can participate as students in a school talent show or in a recital, but time is very limited,” Lee said. “This cabaret takes them

to the next step of being a real performer.

Jeannie will coach them on how to interact with the audience, not only parents and family, but the strangers. It will be a great step up to be a real performer.”

Jeannie’s Cabaret is seeking students for the second session in March.

Several of the five spots have already been filled.

Although singers aren’t Lee required to be a student of Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy, they do require talent. Typically, cabaret students are between 10 and 12 years old.

Cost to participate in Jeannie’s Cabaret is $265, but the family is provided with 10 tickets priced at $25.

For more or to sign up, visit fishersmusic. com.

see jeannie’s cabaret Jeannie’s Cabaret First Session Performance: 7 p.m., Feb. 24, at Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy, 10029 E 126th St. D. Jeannie’s Cabaret Second Session Performance: 7 p.m., May 5, at Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy, 10029 E 126th St. D. Tickets: $25. For more, visit fishersmusic.com/tickets.

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“Greater Tuna,” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis

8 p.m. Jan. 9, 1 p.m. Jan. 10, 8 p.m. Jan. 11-13, 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 14 and 8 p.m. Jan. 16 (continues through Jan. 28).

Eddie Curry and Jeff Stockberger play all 20 of the whacky residents in the town of Tuna, the third-smallest town in Texas. The comedy is an affectionate comment on small-town, Southern life and attitudes.

Cost: $44-$69 (includes buffet dinner).

More: beefandboards.com, 317-872-9664.

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8 p.m.

Jan. 20.

Celebrating Thelonious Monk’s centennial year, this 15-piece big band featuring pianist John Beasley captures the spirit of the great pianist and composer in fresh arrangements flavored with New Orleans spirit, hip-hop and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

Cost: $15-$75.

“A Raisin in the Sun,” the Indiana Repertory Theatre Mainstage, Indianapolis

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6:30 p.m., Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11-12,1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Jan. 13, 2 p.m. Jan. 14 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 (continues through Feb. 3).

After years in a crowded, run-down, inner-city apartment, the Younger family dreams of a better life in the green, sunny suburbs. But when opportunity comes along, will they agree on the best route to get there, and will the gates be open to them?

Cost: From $25.

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Easton Corbin, The Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

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The 35-year-old country music hitmaker is known for a traditional, guitar-based sound and a voice that draws comparisons to George Strait. His selftitled 2010 debut album sent two singles – “A Little More Country Than That” and “Roll With It” – to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, making him the first male solo artist in 17 years to debut with back-to-back No. 1 hits.

Cost: $32-$78.

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Dispatches Feel the Earth beer to debut Jan. 19 – Broadway in Indianapolis and Sun King Brewery have announced the creation of Feel the Earth, a seasonal beer, to celebrate the engagement of “BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical” in Indianapolis. Feel the Earth will be available at both Sun King Tap Room locations beginning Jan. 19 and will be available at Clowes Hall Jan. 30 to Feb. 4 during all eight performances. In partnership with WFYI-FM, Broadway in Indianapolis and Sun King, the “From Bar to Star” contest will be held at the Sun King Fishers Tap Room and Small Batch Brewery, 7848 E 96th St., 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 18 in conjunction with the tapping of Feel the Earth. Six singer/ songwriters will take the stage to compete to win tickets to see “BEAUTIFUL” at Clowes and have an opportunity to perform in the lobby before the opening performance and a small studio session on WFYI-FM. ‘Eva’ premiere set for April 5 – The story of Holocaust survivor and Terre Haute resident Eva Mozes Kor, called “Eva,” premieres April 5 at Clowes Hall at Butler University.

Tickets for the event are $40 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 19 through the Clowes Hall box office and at ticketmaster.com.

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From left, Sue Reinke (Carmel), David McDaniels (Carmel), Lauri Clifford-Evans (Carmel), Cliff Evans (Carmel), Nanette Foster (Carmel) and Tom Foster (Carmel) (Photos by Amy Pauszek)

Where’s Amy attends NYE Extravaganza Where’s Amy said goodbye to 2017 at the Center for the Performing Arts New Year’s Eve Extravaganza. Guests enjoyed a spectacular evening with festive party favors, mounds of delicious hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, dancing and live music venues throughout The Palladium and a synchronized countdown at each party location with beautiful fireworks viewed from the balconies. The NYE celebration was a night to remember, and it’s safe to say that everyone was fired up for a fantastic 2018.

Where’s Amy sees Michael Bolton From left, Hannah Malone (Carmel), Pam Malone (Carmel) with Tina Malone (Carmel). (Photos by Amy Pauszek)

Where’s Amy concluded the 2017 season at The Palladium with award-winning singer-songwriter Michael Bolton Dec. 27. Bolton returned to Carmel with a full band and three decades of hits. He has two Grammy Awards and is a six-time American Music Award winner. Fans were delighted by his classic hits, “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”, “To Love Somebody” and “When A Man Loves a Woman.” Love was in the air and Bolton did not disappoint his fans. Where’s Amy looks forward to seeing you in 2018 at The Palladium.

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San Miguel Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Don Knebel)

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altar screen was added in 1798. After San Miguel was damaged by an earthquake in 1872, stone buttresses were added to strengthen the exterior walls. A new bell tower was added in 1887 to replace one toppled by the quake. Today, San Miguel is owned by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, who hold Mass every Sunday in the oldest church in the United States.

Visitors to colonial New England hoping to discover the oldest church in the United States discover instead that they are more than 2,000 miles too far east. travel Soon after Christopher Columbus landed in what he mistook for India in 1492, the Spanish government began sending missionaries to what are now

Mexico and the American Southwest to convert the “Indians” Don Knebel is a local resident who works for to Christianity. In 1598. a group of Christianized Tlaxcalan Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit Indians settled in what is now Santa Fe, N.M., and built a donknebel.com. You may contact him at news@ small church over the remains of a 13th century kiva, an currentzionsville.com. underground room once used for religious rituals. In 1609, Spanish settlers joined the small community of the Tlaxcalans, who enlarged their church under the guidance of Franciscan monks. The church became known as the San Miguel (St. Michael) Mission. When Spanish soldiers arrived to protect the area, they worshipped in San Miguel along with the Tlaxcalans and the other residents.

In 1680, indigenous Pueblo people throughout what is now New Mexico E. Davis Coots James K. Wheeler Jay Curts James D. Crum Jeffrey S. Zipes Matthew L. Hinkle Daniel E. Coots Brandi A. Gibson organized and carried out an armed revolt against Spanish control. The Tlaxcalans, loyal to the Spanish, took refuge in San Miguel Mission. Flaming arrows directed at the church set fire to the wooden roof, which Jillian C. Keating Ryan H. Cassman John V. Maurovich Erika N. Sylvester Cory C. Voight Alex Emerson Betsy Sommers soon collapsed, killing the Attorneys for Families & Business Tlaxcalans. The Pueblo Revolt killed 400 Spaniards and temporarily drove the Spanish from New Mexico.

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Source: BottomLineInc. Notice of Public Hearing Before the Carmel Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals Docket Nos. 17120008 V and 17120009 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 22nd day of January. 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Monon Center East (Monon Community Center East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Pork Drive East, Carmel, Indiana 46032 ‘new meeting location’) will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to: The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approvals related to a new proposed house with attached garage.

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John McKenzie of Homes by McKenzie, Inc. PETITIONERS Notice of Public Hearing Before the Carmel Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals Docket No. 17120007 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 22th day of January, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Monon Center East (Monon Community Center East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Pork Drive East, Carmel, Indiana 46032 *new meeting location*) will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to: The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approvals related to a new proposed house with attached garage.

Docket No. 17120007 V Max. 45% lot coverage required, 54% requested.

Filed by John McKenzie of Homes by McKenzie, Inc. With the property being known as (address): 540 1st Ave NE The application is identified as Docket No. 17120007 V The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: 16-10-30-05-01-04.001 All interested person desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.

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January 9, 2018

Current in Carmel

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2018 CUSTOM HOME TOUR

SATURDAY

1

JANUARY 13

199TH ST

from noon to 5:00 p.m.

191ST ST GRAND PARK

SUNDAY

38

TOMLINSON RD

1

JANUARY 14

1048 Chatham Hills Blvd. in Westfield

32

31

MONON TRAIL

from noon to 5:00 p.m.

MONDAY

JANUARY 15

OAK RD

from noon to 5:00 p.m.

2 2

15275 Maple Ridge Dr. in Westfield

146TH ST

CAREY RD

146TH ST

3 E SMOKEY ROW RD

GRAY RD

151ST ST

3

8TH ST

14288 McCormick Cir. in Carmel

31

MERIDIAN

5

465

CARMEL DR 116TH ST

MONON TRAIL

116TH ST

4

126TH ST

5

106TH ST

99TH ST

96TH ST

GRAY RD

RANGELINE RD

CITY CENTER DR

WESTFIELD BLVD

4

SPRING MILL RD

MAIN ST

KEYSTONE AVE

28

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