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Illinois Street Franciscan Health has petitioned for the rezoning of land at 111th and Illinois streets for an orthopedic specialty hospital. (Submitted rendering)

Franciscan, Carmel council at a stalemate over taxes

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com The City of Carmel and Franciscan Health remain at a stalemate over plans to build a specialty hospital at the DEVELOPMENT southeast quadrant of Illinois and 111th streets.

Franciscan has proposed the $110 million Franciscan Health Orthopedic Center of Excellence on 18 acres near the Meridian Corridor, but unless the hospital agrees to pay taxes in perpetuity, several city councilors indicated at a Jan. 16 committee meeting that they would not support the project. Most hospitals, including Franciscan, operate as nonprofits and are exempt from paying property taxes.

Franciscan is asking for a rezoning of the northern 6 acres of the property from residential to Meridian Corridor, which would match the southern 12 acres.

Franciscan has proposed paying taxes on the property for 25 years, and hospital officials said Jan. 16 that they would consider extending the timeframe on the northern 6 acres.

“Inasmuch as the 12 acres don’t need to be rezoned and isn’t part of this petition, we don’t think it’s appropriate to subject it to longer than a 25-year commitment,” said Robert Hicks, an attorney representing Franciscan. “It’s not ideal, but we could look at doing the project on the 12 acres.”

Meridian Development Services, a for-profit business, owns the property, and it expects to lease space to Franciscan. Under this scenario, the entire site would be required to pay taxes. But city officials said they are concerned that Franciscan could purchase the property and take it off the tax rolls in one of the most desirable corridors in town.

“This is an extremely valuable piece of prop-

erty,” said city councilor Kevin Rider, who is not on the committee but attended the meeting. “City Center, Midtown and this (corridor) are the most expensive portions of our city, and for us to take a chance to give that longterm revenue away, it’s not happening.”

Councilor Ron Carter, who attended the meeting but is not on the committee, mentioned IU Health’s campus in Avon as an example of what Carmel is trying to avoid.

He said the hospital in Avon opened as a for-profit — thus taxable — entity, but that it transitioned to a nonprofit two years later, leaving the Town of Avon out $250,000 a year in property tax revenue.

“That isn’t going to happen to us,” Carter said.

The committee will revisit the topic at a meeting proposed for 5 p.m. Jan. 30. The city council will have final voting authority.

OFFERS FOR HOMES ON HOLD Marty Rosenberg of Meridian Development Services, who also is CEO of Methodist Sports Medicine, said Jan. 16 that negotiations with the 31 homeowners in the Meridian Suburban neighborhood, which is just east of the proposed development, are on hold pending the rezone. The neighborhood is not part of the proposed campus, but if the hospital is built it will be surrounded by U.S. 31 and commercial development. Franciscan has offered to purchase the homes. As long as the homes are standing, Franciscan has committed to not build taller than two stories.

“We’d be happy to continue those conversations (with the homeowners) when and if we are able to get the rest of the project approved,” Rosenberg said.

The Carmel Plan Commission held its first meeting of 2019 on Jan. 15 to appoint officers, make changes to TIF allocation areas and discuss a dual-branded hotel.

What happened: The commission appointed officers for 2019.

What it means: Brad Grabow will remain the CPC president, Alan Potasnik will be vice president, Grabow will be the CPC’s representative on the Board of Zoning Appeals, Laura Campbell will serve as the representative on the Hamilton County Plan Commission and Sue Westermeier will serve as the member-at-large.

What’s next: The appointments will last through 2019.

What happened: The commission voted 7-1 to approve plans for a dualbranded hotel at 10101 N. Meridian St. What it means: The Aloft & Element hotel will be on 5.35 acres near the intersection of I-465 and U.S. 31 on the site of a former Cadillac dealership. Potasnik voted against the proposal.

What happened: The commission approved changes to two economic development areas, zones that use tax increment financing to support infrastructure growth.

What it means: The North Illinois Street Economic Development area has expanded to include a parcel on the southwest corner of 106th and Illinois streets that is the site of a future three-story office building. A parcel on the west side of Range Line Road north of Executive Drive was removed from the 126th Street Corridor TIF area and designated as the South Range Line Allocation Area. The site is proposed to have a mixed-use development, so TIF collected from the newly created area will be used to support that project.

What’s next: The Carmel City Council will vote on the changes.

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County will use $500,000-plus in grants to combat opioid abuse

By Sadie Hunter • sadie@youarecurrent.com The Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs has added more than a half-million dollars to its pool FUNDING of resources after it was awarded three grants. The collective $590,343 will primarily be used for the planning, implementation and operation of quick-response teams to fight opioid abuse countywide.

The largest grant, $490,342, is from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, an arm of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. The other grants, $50,000 each, are from the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction.

The DMHA grants are intended for planning. The Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs has key players on board, including representatives from law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, fire Greer departments, treatment centers, communications and 911 dispatch, data collection and agencies. Monica Greer, executive director of the Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, said ap-

proximately 45 members from the agencies are involved with the new initiative.

Efforts stemming from the DMHA grants will begin in Noblesville. Greer said the quick-response teams should be up and running before the end of the month or early February.

The federal grant will encompass the entire county. The quick-response teams will be introduced in Noblesville, Fishers and the county’s smaller communities like Sheridan, Atlanta, Arcadia and Cicero. Carmel and Westfield already have similar programs, and Greer said her council plans to build off of those. “(The DHMA grants) will give us time to develop and operate a small-scale run of what we’ll be doing, and (the federal grant) will give us the pieces we need to make this work county wide,” Greer said. “Probably within the next couple of months, we’ll start integrating those other communities.”

Greer said, quick-response teams will allow the county to provide resources at a level it hasn’t seen before.

“Right now, we don’t have any follow up for a person we interact with, so that’s the main change and addition,” Greer said.

“With these grants, the target population

is somebody who overdoses and is revived

by Narcan (or naloxone, an opioid-overdose antidote) and survives. They go to the hospital, and once they’re released from the hospital, our coordinator will call them and say, ‘We’ve got this program, and we’d like to talk to you about it. Would you be willing to meet with our team?’”

If the person who overdoses is arrested, treatment programs are offered through the jail or referred by the court system. Greer said her council’s teams and programs that are changing as a direct result of the grants are for those who have slipped through the cracks or were not arrested for drug crimes, which happens when there is no evidence of drugs or paraphernalia.

“When our team meets with them, we’ll say, ‘Are you interested in treatment? What do you need to make that happen (insurance, transportation, etc.)?’” Greer said.

“We’ll really get into all of their barriers to see what resources we can provide to help them get into treatment. That’s the ultimate goal.”

Once the changes are in place, Greer said a quick-response team will visit homes within 48 to 72 hours after the incident to check on the individual and provide support.

BY THE NUMBERS 300+: More than 300 doses of Narcan were administered by Hamilton County first responders in 2017. Numbers for 2018 are still being gathered.

36: In 2017, there were 36 opioid poisoning deaths in Hamilton County. Experts say the number is likely higher because overdose deaths are often reported as the actual cause of death. For example, someone who overdoses can die of a heart attack or stroke, making it difficult to keep data on the real number of deaths.

3x: Deaths from opioid overdoses in Hamilton County rose 300 percent in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 from the six years prior. From 2008 to 2013, there were less than five opioid-overdose deaths each year. In 2014, there were 18.

There were 21 in 2015; 26 in 2016; and 36 in 2017.

52%: Hamilton County saw an increase of approximately 52 percent in non-fatal emergency department visits due to opioid overdoses from 2011 to 2015.

Source: Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs

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Proposal includes Indy Eleven stadium CONSTRUCTION • Range Line Road has reopened to two-way traffic.

It had been limited to oneway traffic between Eighth Street to just south of Clay Terrace for installation of a stormwater collection system and pedestrian connectivity. The city expects to finish the project in the spring.

• Lane restrictions are under way near Keystone Parkway and 96th Street, where a new roundabout interchange will be built. Construction is expected to last through 2019.

• Construction on a new access ramp from Lowes Way to Keystone Parkway is ongoing. It is expected to be complete in June.

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel resident Ersal Ozdemir’s mission to have a stadium for his Indy Eleven soccer team has taken a new form.

DEVELOPMENT Ozdemir, CEO of Keystone Realty Group, recently revealed plans for Eleven Park, which is described as a transformational neighborhood development in Indianapolis. It would include a public plaza, office building, retail, apartments and hotel anchored by a 20,000-seat multipurpose soccer stadium. An exact site hasn’t been determined.

“This is more than a stadium,” Ozdemir stated. “It is the opportunity to create a vibrant community that will attract individuals and families from near and far to live, work and play. We believe that the Eleven Park development will improve quality of place in Indianapolis by creating an entirely new neighborhood that will help attract and retain quality workers and families.”

The project includes approximately 150,000 square feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of retail, 600 apartment units and a 200-room boutique hotel.

State Sen. Jack Sandlin (R-Indianapolis) introduced a bill to create a sports development

A 20,000-seat soccer stadium is proposed to anchor a mixed-use development. (Submitted rendering)

area to help finance the planned soccer stadium. The proposal would allow the area to capture up to $11 million per year in tax increment financing to pay off bonds for the $150 million stadium plan.

“Eleven Park is not asking for a penny in appropriations from the city or state governments, and instead we would work to create this stadium as a community asset using a public/private partnership,” Ozdemir said.

Eleven Park spokesman Tim Phelps said the proposal is in the initial development stage.

“There are multiple steps that will need to be taken in order to make the vision a reality,”

Phelps said. “If the Indiana General Assembly passes enabling legislation and the project is subsequently approved by the City of Indianapolis, it is anticipated that the stadium portion of the development would open in time for the 2022 Indy Eleven season.”

One published report had the former home of Broad Ripple High School considered as a site.

“We are evaluating multiple sites in Indianapolis and have no further comment on any site that has previously been or is currently under consideration for Eleven Park,” Phelps said.

Major League Soccer has made it clear that a professional soccer-specific stadium is a requirement for a MLS bid, Phelps said.

“Indy Eleven is proud to play in the United Soccer League but has been transparent about its desire to play at the highest level of professional soccer in the United States,” Phelps said.

“There are no guarantees, but the unveiling of a multi-purpose soccer stadium as part of Eleven Park combined with the subsequent announcement that top North American sports executive Greg Stemlaw would join the team as CEO sends a strong signal that Indianapolis remains on that path.”

Average attendance in 2018 at Lucas Oil Stadium was just more than 10,000 fans. The team previously played at IUPUI’s soccer stadium.

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Swenson running for judge

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Swenson owns Swenson & Associates, a firm on Carmel Drive that primarily handles family law. Before law school she served for eight years in the Army Reserves as a miliSince moving to Carmel a decade ago, tary police officer.

Angela Swenson has embraced the commu“I still have a very special connity as a business nection with all my guys there,” she ELECTION owner, Girl Scout said.

Troop leader and Originally from Kentucky, Swenpast president of the Carmel Lions son moved to Carmel approximately Club. a decade ago when her husband’s Next, she hopes to add an elected company expanded to Indiana. position to the list.

The family had been living in JackSwenson will face incumbent Swenson sonville, Fla., with their newborn Brian Poindexter in the May 7 Redaughter at the time, and she moved into a publican primary for Carmel city judge. She home in the Brookshire neighborhood withsaid she was inspired to run after speaking out having a chance to see it first. with other attorneys and residents about Swenson said she is looking forward to their experiences in city court. serving her community in a new way.

“A lot of (attorneys), when they’re getting “I am entrenched with Carmel. There’s not to city court they’re immediately moving a thing in Carmel I haven’t done and experitheir cases out of city court. An attorney enced. I love everything about it,” she said. should feel comfortable keeping their case “I just want to keep Carmel and its citizens in city court,” she said. “I want to see the respected and treated in the manner they court become better than it currently is. I should be.” think I can help.”

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Minott to run in west district

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people in the west district, but she expects that public safety, infrastructure and spending tax dollars responsibly will be important topics.

While canvassing Hamilton County for a Now retired, Minott worked as a lawyer pro-life organization during the 2018 elecfor several health care companies tion cycle, and served as the state personnel CITY COUNCIL Debra Minott director under former Gov. Mitch realized she Daniels and was secretary of the could see herself knocking on doors Indiana Family and Social Service as a candidate for the Carmel City Administration under then-Gov. Mike Council.

Pence.

The Village of WestClay resident She volunteers for several orgafiled Jan. 11 to run for the council’s Minott nizations and serves on the board west district. Councilor Tony Green of the Trinity Free Clinic and Village of currently represents the area, but a redisWestClay Homeowners Association. She is a tricting plan that added an additional dispro-life advocate who has worked with the trict left the new west district without an Susan B. Anthony List and chaired the 40 incumbent councilor. The new districts will Days for Life campaign in Indianapolis. go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.

Minott grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., “I’m hardworking, I like to do things pracand attended the University of Michigan for tically and I don’t like to do things for the an undergraduate degree and law school. wrong reasons,” Minott said. “Tony Green has done a fine job, but with this new redis- She is married and has two children, a 31-year-old daughter and 28-year-old son. tricting we were without a representative, She is currently unopposed in the May 7 so I felt this was the opportunity for me to primary, but candidates have until Feb. 8 to step in and make a difference.” file for the election. Democrat Miles Nelson Minott, a Republican who has lived in also has filed for the seat.

Carmel for 13 years, said she will refine her campaign platform after speaking with

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Candidates file for 2019 election news@currentincarmel.com As of press time, the following candidates have filed for the May 7 primary election in Carmel: Mayor • James Brainard (Republican) Carmel City Clerk • Sue Wolfgang (Republican) Carmel City Judge • Brian G Poindexter (Republican) • Angela (Angie) Swenson (Republican) Carmel City Council, Central District (District 1) • Bruce Kimball (Republican) Carmel City Council, Northeast District (District 2) • Sue Finkam (Republican)

Carmel City Council, Southeast District (District 3) • Adam Aasen (Republican) Carmel City Council, North District (District 4) • Laura D. Campbell (Republican) Carmel City Council, Southwest District (District 5) • Matt Milam (Republican) Carmel City Council, West District (District 6) • Debra Minott (Republican) • Miles Nelson (Democrat) Carmel City Council, At Large (vote for 3) • Ron Carter (Republican) • Kevin Woody Rider (Republican) • Jeff Worrell (Republican)

Florida man faces federal charge for threatening Trent family

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Trent’s Facebook page. The Julie Homan profile made posts threatening to kill Trent’s mother and “make headlines” at Trent’s funeral, which was Jan. 8 at College Park A Florida man has been charged with Church in Indianapolis. making threats against the family of Tyler Investigators worked with FaceTrent, a Carmel resibook and other technology providUPDATE dent who died Jan. 1 ers to trace the posts to Pinkham. after a battle with On Jan. 7, the day before Trent’s bone cancer. funeral, they detained and quesJohn Matthew Pinkham, 39, of tioned Pinkham, who blamed his Deltona, Fla., is facing a federal significant other for creating the charge for allegedly using a fake fake Facebook account and posting Facebook account to make threats Pinkham the threats, the affidavit states. against the Trent family. If conPinkham has been ordered to be moved victed, Pinkham could face up to five years to Indianapolis and is expected to appear in in prison and a $250,000 fine. court soon after his arrival. The court date According to an affidavit, Pinkham is achas not yet been set. cused of using the Facebook name Julie Homan to post several threats Jan. 3 on

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Mohawk Trails fourth-grader Ryan Northrop donated more than 6,000 Pokemon cards to children in need GIVING BACK during the recent holiday season.

During the course of eight months, Northrop’s enthusiasm led his friends at after-school care and summer camp to help as well. They collected Pokemon cards in a large box that he decorated with pictures of Pikachu and a Pokemon ball.

“Pokemon helped me learn math, and it’s really fun. I wanted other kids to have fun with Pokemon cards, too,” Northrop said.

Northrop said he and his family had participated in the Children’s Bureau’s Hope For The Holidays for the past several years, so he knew that they could help get the Pokemon cards to kids who would enjoy them.

The Children’s Bureau annually serves more than 43,000 children, providing food, shelter, clothing and toys. Each year, the Children’s Bureau collects toys from the community through its Hope For The Holidays program. This year, more than 800 kids were directly sponsored through the program.

Additional children in the Children’s Bureau network also received gifts that were

Ryan Northrop, center, and his friends at Mohawk Trails Elementary recently donated more than 6,000 cards to the Children’s Bureau. (Submitted photo)

personally selected for them by bureau caseworkers. Northrop’s Pokemon cards were set to be distributed to kids in Indiana.

“I helped a caseworker shop for a 9-yearold boy, and we pulled several packs (of Pokemon cards) out for him. I am sure he will be delighted,” said Joli Heavin, director of development for the Children’s Bureau. “We are very grateful for Ryan’s giving spirit.”

Northrop and his family hope that others will be inspired by his generosity and will want to help children in need. For information about volunteering or donating new and gently used items to the Children’s Bureau, visit childrensbureau.org.

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Parks director appointed — The Carmel Clay Board of Parks and Recreation has appointed Michael W. Klitzing as director of Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation. Klitzing has served as the chief operating officer for CCPR since 2004 and assumed the role of director immediately. He replaces Mark Klitzing Westermeier, who retired at the end of 2018. Read more at youarecurrent.com/?p=173024.

Town hall meeting — State Senators Jim Buck (R-Kokomo), J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis), John Ruckelshaus (R-Indianapolis) and Victoria Spartz (R-Noblesville) and State Reps.

Tony Cook (R-Cicero), Chuck Goodrich (RNoblesville) and Donna Schaibley (R-Carmel) will hold a joint legislative town hall at 10 a.m. Jan. 26 at the Noblesville County Court-

house, 1 N. Eighth St. The event will be facilitated by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz.

Chaucie’s Place rebrands — Chaucie’s Place, a Carmel-based nonprofit specializing in the prevention of youth abuse and suicide, announced a name change to the Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide. A comprehensive rebranding effort includes a new logo and enhanced website at indianaprevention.org.

Kindergarten registration — Carmel Clay Schools is accepting kindergarten registration for the 2019-20 school year. The online registration form is at forms.ccs.k12.in.us/ ParentPortal/pages/login.aspx. Students must be at least 5 years old by Aug. 1 to start kindergarten in August. Parents are encouraged to have students enrolled by March 8.

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City’s oldest resident turns 107

By Maria Cook • news@currentincarmel.com

Jennie Zawada of Carmel recently celebrated her birthday surrounded by family, friends and some unusual guests MILESTONE — members of the local media. Zawada’s birthday has made her something of a local celebrity, since she is the oldest person in Carmel at 107 years old.

But Zawada, who was born Jan. 9, 1912, doesn’t see what all the fuss is about.

“There’s nothing special about it. I’m just a year older, that’s all,” she said.

Zawada was born in South Milwaukee, Wis. As a young woman, she worked in an apartment building owned by her parents.

“I was the maid of all work. I did everything that was needed,” Zawada said. “I changed beds, I washed floors, I cleaned the hallways. In general, I took care of the whole apartment building.”

She later married her husband, Stanley.

The couple was able to enjoy an early retirement to Florida in their 50s, thanks in part to money that Zawada’s parents gifted them after the sale of their apartment building.

Zawada continued living in Florida after her husband died. She mowed her own lawn and

Jennie Zawada celebrates her 107th birthday with a bowl of ice cream. (Submitted photo)

even drove on her own until she was 104.

About two years ago, Zawada moved to Carmel to be closer to family, such as her niece, Nancy Dwyer. She now resides at the Magnolia Springs senior living community, which she said she “loves very much,” adding that “the food is excellent and the menu changes daily.”

Although Zawada doesn’t believe there is a secret to her longevity, Dwyer thinks the key is her aunt’s focus on the simple things in life.

“Slow and steady kind of got her where she is,” Dwyer said. “She was always very neat, very clean and took an interest in the small things.”

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By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com

National Seed Swap Day is Jan. 26, and Hamilton County Master EVENT Gardeners are gearing up for another year of seed swapping.

The first-ever Central Indiana Seed Swap was in January 2018. The event is organized by the Hamilton County Master Gardeners’ SEEDS Committee. The event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville, and will welcome a variety of speakers, including: • Curtis Jackson, owner of Heirloom Tomato Seeds & Pictures, speaking on micro dwarf tomatoes.

• Karen Golden, owner of Michigan Heirlooms, speaking on indoor-seed starting.

• Remy Orlowski, owner of The Sample Seed Shop, speaking on heirloom vegetables.

• John Coykendall, master gardener at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tenn., speaking on preserving the farm heritage.

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The seed swap is open to the public and free to attend. Visitors may bring their own seeds to exchange or simply stop by and learn more about saving seeds. In addition to guest speakers, the event will include a kids corner, vendors and door prizes. Free swag bags will be given to the first 150 guests.

Fruit, vegetable, herb, flower and native plant seeds will be available for sale or swapping.

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He is survived by his wife, Glenda, and three children, Ken (Nancy), Greg (Marsha), and Jill (Jason) Reese. He was a grandfather to nine surviving grandchildren, Merrin, Britton, and Laurel Pilcher, Noah, Karis and Eva Pilcher and Anja, Kellen, and Riley Reese. He also leaves behind many cousins, in-laws, 32 nieces and nephews, 26 great nieces and nephews, and 10 great-great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his older brother Larry and sister-in-law Sara, brothers-in-law Bob Lael, Thomas Lael, Ed Lael, and Dale Bricken and great-nephew Derek Langhammer.

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Eugene M. Busche died Jan. 12 in Carmel at age 92 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. Eugene was born July 2, 1926, in Decatur to Louis Martin Busche and Ruby Edith Smith Busche.

He graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1944 and from the Indiana University School of BusiBusche ness in 1950.

Eugene was deeply committed to his family, including his wife of 64 years, Barbara Sherow Busche, whom he married Aug. 1, 1954. He is survived by his son David (Tina, deceased 1998); grandchildren, Caleb, Patience and Taber Busche; great-grandson, Kendren Busche; daughter Sara Cobb (David); and grandchildren Caroline, Melissa and Lewis Cobb. He also is survived by his twin sister, Rogene Busche Borden (Tom, deceased 2009) of Fort Collins, Colo., and Roger M. Busche (Edna) of Wichita Falls, Texas, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Eugene also was a longtime member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, which he and his family joined in 1959. He served as chairman and was on the Pastor Parish Relations Committee, was a lay leader and was active in various financial campaigns. Eugene served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 as a yeoman second class and later as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

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By Viktoria Nasteva news@currentincarmel.com Always crafting and sharing fairy tales, Lynde Leatherwood had dreamed of writing a book about her fantasy life BOOKS since fourth grade.

It wasn’t until she stitched a medieval-style dress in a Carmel High School sewing class that the author within her awoke. She loved the dress so much she was inspired to develop a screenplay Leatherwood around it. She set the scene in Iyuandil, a kingdom she and her brothers imagined. The plot thickened rapidly, and before she knew it, she was in the midst of her first novel, “The Lost Queen.”

“It’s a great story about these characters trying to stay true to themselves and figure out their place in the world,” said Leatherwood, who graduated and self-published the book in 2018.

Inspired by “Narnia” and “Norse Mythology,” “The Lost Queen” is the first in a trilogy. Iyuandil is one of seven realms within the universe. Leatherwood writes out of

order, she said, often drafting a beginning and an end, then composing chapters in between.

She developed a setting for the sequel, “The Blood Key,” while working on the original.

Although the concept came naturally “The Lost Queen” is and publication was Lynde Leatherwood’s easier than she exdebut novel. (Submitpected, she had some ted photo) self-doubt. Leatherwood couldn’t seem to stop editing and worried nobody would read her book. However, “The Lost Queen” ranked as high as No. 3 on Amazon’s eBook new releases in the “Children’s Coming of Age Fantasy” genre.

Leatherwood urges aspiring young authors to pursue their passion.

“Just tell the story that you’re trying to tell, and if it’s not perfect the first time around, that’s completely fine,” she said.

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I went over on weekends and we It offers nonviolent female ofwere painting it until they got ready fenders with preschool-aged and moved in.” children a second chance for rehaRedmon said women are referred bilitation through family therapy, Redmon to the Craine House through an substance-abuse counseling and agreement with a judge, prosecutor and vocational programs. public defender.

“It’s a great cause. It’s helping people get “They have to get a job, and they pay on their feet and teaching them responsibility,” said Redmon, a Carmel resident. “I learned rent to the Craine House,” Redmon said. “We have local businesses in food and manuabout it through our church (St. Paul Episfacturing that we partner with to get them copal Church in Indianapolis), but it’s about jobs.” giving women a second chance and hope and There will be a big prize raffle. The theme how do we break the cycle. It’s about how is tailgating because it is held the day bedo we give them job training and teach them fore the Super Bowl. skills to live on their own, give their kids a Tickets are $50, which includes bingo, good education and go from there.” dinner and two drink tickets for those age Redmon, as a Craine House board mem21 and older. ber, is helping with the sixth annual Bingo For more, visit crainehouse.org/events.

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Carmel aims to ice reputation as destination city year-round

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

Carmel long has been known for its highprofile events, with festivals like CarmelFest, the Carmel InterCOVER STORY national Arts Festival and Porchfest drawing huge crowds from the city and beyond.

In addition to their popularity, the events typically share an advantage: warm weather. Several years ago, city leaders realized they weren’t providing many opportunities for residents to connect during the colder months of the year, and they decided to change that.

In 2017, the city helped launch the Carmel Christkindlmarkt, a German-inspired holiday market in the Center Green. The Ice at Center Green opened at the same time and remains open through March as the site of several special events. The city considers both to be huge success stories.

“We’re trying to get people to battle against that wintertime depression, get outside, hang out with your neighbors, try some ice skating or come to one of these events, like the ice festival,” said Dan McFeely, a spokesman for the City of Carmel. “Not everyone is like the snowbirds who fly off to Florida for the wintertime.

A lot of people stay here, and they want to participate. The ice rink was really the drive behind the decision to start taking a fresh look at some events we can do in the wintertime.”

MARKET ATTENDANCE JUMPS

Attendance at the second Carmel Christkindlmarkt more than doubled from its first year, with an estimated 328,000 people attending the Christmas market during its five-week run. In 2017, the collective crowd was estimated at 150,000.

Organizers made several changes this year to accommodate crowds, including an expanded layout, seven additional huts and increased product orders.

In its first year, organizers were overwhelmed by larger-than-expected crowds that led to long lines and shortages of popular items, such as boot-shaped Glühwein mugs. In the second year, they planned for bigger crowds.

Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard said the market drew visitors from well beyond the city.

“Carmel’s a great place to visit,” he said.

“We have people visiting from all over the

The Ice at Center Green will host several events in the coming weeks. They include: Sensory-friendly free skate • Jan. 28 – 2 to 6 p.m.

Valentines Skate • Feb. 14 – 4 to 9 p.m. Two-for-one admission Carmel Winter Games • Feb. 21 – 6 to 8 p.m. Skate with the Indy Fuel and mascot, Nitro • Feb. 22 – 6 to 8 p.m. Hometown Herolympics • Feb. 23 – Noon to 5 p.m. Competitive group games featuring teams from local businesses (a kids play area and live DJ also will be available) Sensory-friendly free skate • Feb. 25 – 2 to 6 p.m.

Learn more, reserve skate times and view a full schedule at theiceatcentergreen.com.

(Above) The Carmel Christkindlmarkt surrounds the Ice at Center Green. (Submitted photo) (Right) Michael Stoddart of Kentucky-based Lexington Ice Sculptures participates in Carmel’s Jan. 11 Festival of Ice on Main Street in Carmel. Artists could be seen working on ice sculptures throughout the Arts & Design District during the evening. Visit facebook.com/currentincarmel for a video. (Photo by Sara Baldwin Schatz)

country, and the Christkindlmarkt proved that. We had thousands of visitors from other places.”

He said a geofence captured area codes from across the nation, and he encountered visitors from several different states while visiting the market.

Catey Etner, a resident of Winona Lake in northern Indiana, has visited the Christkindlmarkt both years. She previously lived in Paris and was excited to experience a taste of Europe a little closer to home.

“Even though we live two hours away, we do hope to make this an annual tradition,” the mother of seven said. “Carmel has such a charming atmosphere, and the market actually felt very similar to a festival we went to in Brugge, Belgium, in 2005. We will definitely be back.”

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The Ice at Center Green also has been a popular destination in its second season, with 23,170 skaters between opening day Nov. 19 and Dec. 31, 2018. It will remain open through March 10.

The rink, located where the Carmel Farmers’ Market sets up shop each summer, has played host to a variety of community events, including the recent Festival of Ice, which expanded to three days this year and brought crowds to Carmel despite a cold,

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snowy weekend.

Upcoming events at the ice rink include two sensory-friendly skates, a Valentine’s Day event and the inaugural Carmel Winter Games, set for Feb. 21 to 23. The games will kick off Feb. 21 with a skate night with the Indy Fuel hockey team. The following evening, representatives from the Carmel Police Dept. and Carmel Fire Dept. will compete in the Hometown Herolympics, featuring human curling, an ice-trike relay and human hungry, hungry hippos. Teams from local businesses will compete in the same events the following day.

“Big kids playing with toys on the ice is a good way to put it,” McFeely said.

Teams interested in signing up for the games may contact Valery DeLong at vdelong@carmel.in.gov for more information.

STAYING LOCAL

Carmel’s efforts to become a winter destination have made an impact on local

businesses, according to Hamilton County Tourism CEO and President Brenda Myers.

“The growth in quality holiday and winter offerings in Carmel and Hamilton County has created more demand for winter visitation than ever before and has reshaped how we promote the county as a year-round destination,” she said. “We no longer think of our travel season as just late spring through fall.”

Hamilton County Tourism provided research that shows hotel traffic in the county increased 3 percent from 2017 to 2018 on the weekend nights between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Weekend room demand increased six of the eight weekend nights between Dec. 1 to 23, 2018, with two-thirds of the additional rooms sold in the Carmel/ Westfield U.S. 31 corridor.

McFeely said the addition of the winter events have been beneficial to nearby businesses by bringing in additional customers and providing a desirable place for employees to live.

“The real reason we do this is it’s one more quality-of-life element that helps us attract companies and people who can help fill those jobs in those companies,” McFeely said, adding that many young workers could choose to live anywhere. “We want to come up with these kinds of events that will get them to appreciate where they live.”

January 22, 2019

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LETTER Disturbed by violent cartoon

Commentary by Terry Anker Quietly, perhaps too quietly, the state of Alabama, through its government employee pension fund, recently became the sole owner of one of America’s largest local newspaper groups. Owning 13 such products in our own fine state, it seems that your friendly local publication (this one) is now competing directly with the $44 billion governmentsponsored juggernaut.

To be fair, free markets are a good thing, regardless of the size of the gorilla with which we may find ourselves confronted. And, Retirement Systems of Alabama, the behemoth that made this recent purchase, has been in the business of buying assets beyond the typical stocks and bonds portfolio for some time. Still, can we expect government to be a direct investor in companies designed to stand against government corruption?

The current political climate reflects accusations of media bias.

Certainly, contributors and editors from all points of view bring their own perspectives. Likewise, shareholders, readers, employees and owners can lean into a news gatherer’s general take. So, should we simply let government put its thumb on the scale? Or, can we imagine that a southern governor, with a firmly rooted and appointed board of loyalists, will be tempted to urge “his” newspapers to run stories friendly to his campaign — or to suppress stories of his corruption? How will these journalists challenge, public employee unions without considering their year-end bonus?

The notion of a separation between church and state is firmly rooted in our national discourse.

Should the same apply to a separation between our government and the Fourth Estate?

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

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Editor, I usually enjoy the satirical humor of Tim Campbell’s cartoons published in Current. I was surprised and disappointed in the Jan. 8 edition. This substitute cartoon showing the president of the United States having smashed in the head of Gen. McChrystal is disturbing. I realize growing up not playing hours of video games shooting and stabbing people/zombies may have not desensitized me enough to appreciate this. Perhaps your editorial staff should consider cartoon works that include something humorous rather than violent.

Erich Borden, Carmel

A dozen years of drama Commentary by Danielle Wilson I have kept an electronic copy of every Current article I’ve ever written. After almost 12 years, once a week, I’m fast HUMOR approaching 600. Six hundred!

And occasionally, when I can’t think of anything about which to muse, I read a few as a reminder of what I was doing in winters past.

I spent each of the last five Januarys, for example, recounting the first delicious dancemom adventure of the season, sordid tales of dressing-room drama and tarted-up toddlers.

Februarys generally cough up a lot of bitterness phlegm, particularly those between 2011 and 2015 when Doo would abandon me with four not-yet-driving tweens and teens during potential Snowpocalypse season and head to the ski slopes with his buddies. And columns from the first half of 2010 and 2016 revolved around house issues, detailing first a drawnout move that included, but was not limited to, a three-month stint with the in-laws and

a busted water heater a day after closing. I wrote extensively about my inability to cope with the stress, including an impressive breakdown at Meijer and accidentally voting Republican. Always entertaining.

But, alas, times have changed. My tiny dancer has hung up her competition shoes, I actually look forward to Doo’s boy-cations (a girl needs a break!), and today I’m happy to report that home ownership and I are in a good place.

I do feel a pang of sadness at missing Dancemakers this weekend (remember when I got stuck in the parking garage?

Hilarious), but it’s fun to think of 2019 as a new chapter. Who knows what the next 600 columns will bring?

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.”

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City doesn’t need more sculptures Editor, I wasn’t sure if your recent article on purchasing more J. Seward Johnson statues at a tune of $350,000 was tongue in cheek or you were actually proud of our spendthrift mayor. I find it fiscally irresponsible, in all honesty, and really unnecessary, kind of along the lines of the recent boom of apartments, as Carmel becomes the “clown car” at the circus. A hospital on every corner and we’re buying a roundabout to heaven!

Mark Janicki, Carmel

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as a Sauce on the Side customer during his travels to St. Louis inspired him to bring the concept to Indiana.

“Visiting as a customer, I just liked the total Soon, pizza won’t be the only popular atmosphere and the product that they made.

Italian dish Carmel residents can have deEverything is fresh,” Hammond said. livered to their COMING SOON homes. Sauce Hammond will operate the Carmel restaurant, along with a second in on the Side, a downtown Indianapolis, with his St. Louis-based, fast-casual restaubusiness partner, Kels Watson of rant chain specializing in calzones, Noblesville. The locations will be the will open in Carmel early this year. first Sauce on the Side restaurants The restaurant will offer dine-in, to open in Indiana. carry-out and delivery.

Hammond “I just thought that this is someSauce on the Side features a thing a little different than what’s offered menu of calzones with pre-determined fillaround here,” Hammond said. “I just thought ings, or customers can build their own with it was fun and fresh and something that a range of traditional and non-traditional we don’t have here. Anyone can have pizza fillings from pepperoni to figs. Other menu delivered, but when it comes to salads and items include salads, desserts and a wine calzones, not so much.” and beer menu. The restaurant will include Sauce on the Side will be at 12751 Penna 12-seat bar area. sylvania St. in Carmel and is set to open According to local franchisee Mike Hamsometime in mid-March. mond of Westfield, his positive experiences

DECA encourages businesses to hire those with special needs

By Maria Cook news@currentincarmel.com Students in the DECA program at Carmel High School learn professional skills, such as how to interABILITY CAMPAIGN view and manage a company, but now some of its members are going beyond the classroom to make an impact on local businesses and people with special needs.

Claire Given, a CHS senior and member of DECA, is part of a three-person team that created The Ability Campaign, which encourages Carmel businesses to hire more employees with special needs.

She said the campaign was inspired by a speech given by Shelly Henley, owner of No Label at the Table, a Carmel bakery that employs people on the autism spectrum, at a Best Buddies event. Given also is a member of Best Buddies, which pairs special needs students with student “buddies,” like Given. “(Henley) came to speak at the banquet, and it really inspired me to create this campaign,” Given said. “We already have existing relationships with local businesses, so we thought, ‘What a great idea.’”

After emailing local business owners and

From left, Claire Given, Srineeth Challa and Libby McGuire created The Ability Campaign to encourage local businesses to hire people with special needs. (Submitted photo)

speaking at a OneZone monthly luncheon, Given’s team has reached out to many local businesses, encouraging them to hire employees based on their abilities, rather than their disabilities, Given said. Several business owners agreed to help conduct mock interviews with special needs students at a DECA networking event this month to help sharpen their interview skills.

“The statistic is that 80 percent of people with intellectual disabilities are unemployed, and our idea is that we want to change that in Carmel and elsewhere,” Given said.

Handling Hand & Arm Pain Join Dr. Christy Kellams, a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon, as she describes the treatment options available for common hand and arm problems at Riverview Health.

Dr. Kellams will discuss conditions such as carpal tunnel, thumb arthritis, tennis elbow, trigger finger and more. A light dinner will be served.

When: Thursday, Feb. 7 6-7 p.m.

Location: Riverview Health 395 Westfield Rd., Noblesville, IN 46060 Krieg DeVault Conference Room (Entrance 3, Lower level of Women’s Pavilion) Registration: Visit riverview.org/classes or call 317.776.7999.

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Rosie’s Place recently celebrated the opening of its Carmel restaurant at 1111 W. Main St. with a ribbon cutting. Front, from left, Indiana Grand Ambassador Frank Thompson, Carmel Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley, Mayor Jim Brainard, Rosie’s Place owner Michael Bourgerie and his wife, Debbi Bourgerie, OneZone President Mo Merhoff, Ali Bourgerie, David Baker and back, from left, Sheri Amann, Sandra Vazquez, Carolyn Ferguson and Katie Bourgerie. (Photo by Ben Stout)

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models, for photoshoots,” Haider said.

She said Theatrical Avenue will be a helpful resource for those who work with beauty supplies and similar materials.

Theatrical Avenue, a beauty supply and “There are so many students who want theater makeup store, recently celebrated to purchase, but they don’t have something its grand opening at 858 S. NEW BIZ Range Line Rd. It features locally where they can actually purchase from, so that is one of the reasons (we items such as nail products opened the store),” Haider said. and face-painting kits.

She also said she would be willAccording to Sabeen Haider, who ing to offer a special discount for owns Theatrical Avenue with her student artists who buy supplies husband, Amir, said the store’s from Theatrical Avenue and make proximity to the Center for the sure they have all the items they Performing Arts was one of the key need. factors in selecting Carmel to open “If someone’s a makeup artist their first physical location, expandand they want a discount, I’m defiing from an online store they have Haider nitely going to offer them (one),” operated for 14 years.

Haider said she was inspired to open The- Haider said. “Let me know and I will do the best I can to provide what they need for atrical Avenue because Indiana lacked a a their photoshoots, and even if we don’t store with its selection of niche products. have (the material) at that point, we can “We’ve never had anything like this in always (order) it for them.”

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Seven Corners hits milestone

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pabilities in-house while diversifying their portfolio of products and services and remaining a privately owned company.

“When we started out, there wasn’t even Last month marked a milestone for Carmthe internet. Everything was brochureel-based Seven Corners as the international based. We thought we were pretty travel insurANNIVERSARY ance agency cool because we had a plain-paper fax machine instead of the heat-coil celebrated its thing that was common in the ‘80s,” 25th anniversary.

Tysdal said. “In the late ‘90s, we While the company has since developed an online quote-purchase grown to more than 220 employees, system and we were one of the most working out of its headquarfirst in our industry to do that, ters at 303 Congressional Blvd., Tysdal and now everything’s done online. co-founders Justin Tysdal and Jim I don’t even think we have physical broKrampen began as a team in December 1993 chures anymore.” after meeting at and leaving an industry Seven Corners moved to its Carmel home competitor. in 2006 with approximately 60 employees “Being in your 20s you think you can do after having moved and expanded around everything, so we thought, ‘Hey, we can various Indianapolis locations. do this,’” said Tysdal, the company’s CEO. “Because we had a national and inter“We thought we could figure out some way national company, we thought we had to to build a better mousetrap, so to speak, have an Indianapolis address,” Tysdal said. so that’s what we did. We borrowed some “That was our assumption for years, but money from Jim’s parents to start the business off. It didn’t quite go according to plan. we started to explore what Carmel could do, and owning our own building and all We didn’t take off as fast as our business these things started becoming appealing plan, so we worked second jobs for a while for us. We’ve loved it here. In fact, I liked it to get going.” so much that within two months of moving They began with a single international the company up here, I moved my family up travel medical insurance product, but over here from Indianapolis.” time brought more insurance company ca-

DISPATCHES City taxes decline — Carmel taxpayers will pay lower city taxes in 2019, and a new comparison report shows that the city’s tax rate is the 11th lowest in Indiana. Carmel’s city tax rate is roughly 50 percent less than the average city tax rate among all Indiana cities ($1.6093). The city tax rate in 2019 will be $0.7886 per $100 assessed valuation, which is a $0.0001 tax rate decrease.

Dine to benefit Chaucie’s Place — Donatello’s Italian Restaurant, 9 W. Main St., is hosting its third annual fundraiser for the Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse & Sucide, a Hamilton County-based nonprofit that works to prevent child sex abuse and suicide. The wine-pairing is themed “Blast from the Past” and will feature recipes from Chef Patrick Aasen’s 40 years of cooking Italian food in the Indianapolis area. The sixcourse dinner will take place at 6 p.m. Feb. 4. Tickets are $110, which includes all wine, food, gratuity and a donation to ICPYAS. Tickets can be purchased by calling 317-564-

4790 or online at blastfromthepastdonatellos.eventbrite.com.

Free Ivy League online classes — If you have resolved to further your education, there are plenty of opportunities to do so without leaving home. Free college courses are abundant online, including Ivy League offerings. Here are 10 notable free classes being offered by Ivy League universities this year: “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies,” Princeton University; “Artificial Intelligence,” Columbia University; “Animation and CGI Motion,” Columbia University; “The Global Financial Crisis,” Yale University; “Crowdfunding,” University of Pennsylvania; “Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content,” University of Pennsylvania; “Moralities of Everyday Life,” Yale University; “The Ancient Greek Hero,” Harvard University; “Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity,” Harvard University; and “American Capitalism: A History,” Cornell University.

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Innovations in Joint Replacement Join Dr. Jeffrey Ginther, a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon, as he describes the cutting-edge techniques for joint replacements at Riverview Health. Dr. Ginther will discuss the advantages of using cryoneurolysis to ease post-operative pain, as well as his expertise in computer-assisted surgery for knee replacements and the direct anterior approach for hip replacements.

A light dinner will be served.

From left, Riley McGuire, the Indiana chapter of the Luekemia and Lymphoma Society’s honored hero, pauses with Emily Biltmier, a Carmel High School student striving to become the LLS Student of the Year. (Submitted photo)

dents have been inspired by McGuire’s battle through six rounds of chemotherapy, a bone marrow biopsy and 12 spinal taps.

“He is in the maintenance stage now and is a very active little boy,” Sussli said. “He’s a hockey player and bikes with his dad. It’s for our candidates who don’t have that personal connection to blood cancer. We love having those honored heroes so they can build that relationship, that this is a very real thing people face in their own communities who are facing cancer.”

Last year, nine candidates raised $380,000. Sussli said the collective goal is $500,000.

For more, visit studentsoftheyear.org/ soy-candidates/1761.

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When: Wednesday, Jan. 30 6-7 p.m.

Race length changes — The Carmel Marathon, set for March 30, is replacing its 8K race with a 10K event. Race organizers changed the course because of the growing popularity of the 10K distance, which aligns well with training plans for later spring races. The Carmel Marathon Weekend will include a marathon, half-marathon, 10K, 5K and marathon relay. Learn more at carmelmarathon.com.

Location: Riverview Health 395 Westfield Rd., Noblesville, IN 46060 Krieg DeVault Conference Room (Entrance 3, Lower level of Women’s Pavilion)

St. Vincent Carmel offers women’s seminar — St. Vincent Carmel Women’s Center, 13420 N. Meridian St., is offering a free community seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. Jan. 24 to answer questions about natural childbirth and midwives. Bethany Monte, Certified Nurse Midwife and Dr. Amy Moon, OB/Gyn,

Registration: Visit riverview.org/classes or call 317.776.7999.

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Carmel High School sophomore Emily Biltimier has no personal connection to blood cancer.

FUNDRAISER “But I have had family members diagnosed and who have died from cancer,” she said.

“Blood cancer is like a puzzle piece, because when they are trying to fight the blood cancer, it can also be a treatment for other cancers as well.”

Biltimier is one of 10 CHS students in the running for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year honor. The others are Alyssa Hoogerhuis, Lilia Mills, Graci Graves, Katelyn Wang, Joshua Bopp, Daniel and Lauren Konig, Ava Connell and Lexi Dufek. The campaign starts Jan. 24 and runs until March 16. The candidate or co-candidates that raise the most money in the Indianapolis area earn the Student of the Year title.

Biltimier is a CHS girls basketball manager.

“I can hopefully get donation buckets for (spectators) to be allowed to donate at the door,” Biltimier said. “We sent out emails and letters to have multiple contacts to have them donate to my cause and blood cancer (research).”

Biltimier said she was inspired by the story of how cancer affected the Students of the Year’s honored hero, Carmel 10-yearold Riley McGuire. The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School fourth-grader was diagnosed with B cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in October 2017.

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Yogurt myths — Yogurt is often marketed as helping digestion because of probiotics – the good bacteria that our guts need for good health. Bacteria affect our metabolism and obesity rates, among other things, so the connection seems logical. This may be true, but scientists don’t fully understand how the millions of bacteria already in our bodies work together. What we do know, though, is that most yogurts are packed with sugar, which contributes to obesity and other problems. So if you enjoy yogurt, find some that isn’t full of empty calories.

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Gleckman’s devotion to craft pays off with composing job

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com At 18, Ashton Gleckman didn’t graduate from high school and hasn’t learned to drive.

Yet, he just landed a job with his composing role MUSIC model.

Gleckman, a composer and musician, started a job this month with Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music in Santa Monica, Calif.

Gleckman left Carmel High School after his sophomore year in May of 2017.

“I didn’t get a GED or anything. I just went after my passion for music and spent full-time studying,” Gleckman said. “I started scoring short films and did a few documentaries. I just focused all the time I would have been spending on school and focused on my craft.”

Gleckman’s father, Ari Gleckman, said his son will start at $48,000 per year.

“Not bad for a high school dropout,” his father joked.

Gleckman interned for Zimmer’s film scoring company, Remote Control Productions, in July 2017 in Los Angeles. Zimmer has composed for more than 150 films, including the Academy Award- winning score for “The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Gladiator” and “The Pirates of the Caribbean” series.

Zimmer has won four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globes.

Gleckman didn’t meet Zimmer until after his internship. Gleckman drew Zimmer’s attention when he saw Gleckman’s YouTube series, “Behind the Score,” in which he examines and reconstructs film scores. Gleckman further attracted Zimmer’s attention following the release of an episode exploring Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” for which Zimmer wrote the score.

“We analyzed film scores and how composers create the music,” Gleckman said. “Randomly, he ended up seeing the ‘Inception’ episode and made contact. A few months later I did something on ‘The Dark Knight,’ and I got a message from him. From there, I got a chance to meet with him (in May 2018) and have a conversation. He was genuinely one of the nicest people I’ve met.

He made me feel at home.”

Gleckman interviewed with Bleeding Fingers in September 2018. The fact he never graduated from high school never came up during his interview with Bleeding Fingers.

“What they did ask is, ‘Can we hear your music?’” Gleckman said. “Hans and the Bleeding Fingers staff have an amazing ear for music. It’s all about, Can you write music, and can you do it pretty quickly?”

Bleeding Fingers Music was co-founded by Zimmer, his business partner Steve Kofsky and Russell Emanuel. It is a joint venture with Extreme Music, part of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

“It writes custom music for TV shows, everything from BBC shows to Netflix to shows on the History Channel,” Gleckman said. “They also score for ‘The Simpsons’ as well.”

Ashton Gleckman works for Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music company. (Submitted photo)

Gleckman will live in an apartment less than a mile from work and can walk or bike to work. His sister, Ariana, lives in Hollywood.

Gleckman attended the New York University film scoring workshop in June 2017 and spent six weeks in master classes in Vienna, Austria, in the summer of 2018.

“That, for me, was like my university experience,” Gleckman said of the master classes. “There was Conrad Pope, who is a veteran in the industry who has worked on most of the ‘Harry Potter’ films and ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘Star Wars.’ So, you’re learning directly from these people who have really made a name for themselves.”

Gleckman has written, directed and scored five films, including the award-winning short “The Soldier.” He earned Best Young Filmmaker honors at the Los Angeles Film Awards in 2018.

“I got inspired by watching ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and wanted to make something myself,” Gleckman said. “(I had) virtually no budget at all and had a few friends I tricked into helping me on the project and spent a couple of days shooting it. It was a big passion project. I wrote that, edited and wrote the music for it.”

IRT stages ‘Anne Frank’ editorial@youarecurrent.com Indiana Repertory Theatre will present the classic “The Diary of Anne Frank” Jan. 25 to Feb. 24 at the OneAmerica Stage at the Indianapolis venue.

The play, presented by Glick Philanthropies, was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and adapted by Wendy Kesselman.

It follows the true story of Frank holding on to her faith in humanity as she and her Jewish family hide from the Nazis in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. After being captured, Frank died of illness in a concentration camp.

The show runs two hours and 45 minutes with a 15-minute intermission. The first performance is at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25, followed by performances at 2 and 6 p.m. Jan. 27.

There will be a post-show discussion after the 2 p.m. performance with the cast and IRT staff.

Tickets start at $25. For more, visit irtlive. com.

Westfield — Uncorked with Kristen Bales is set from 7 to 10 p.m.

Jan. 25 at Urban Vines Winery & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St. Carmel — Hudson Vagabond Puppets, a troupe of actors and dancers with giant puppets, will present “Caps for Sale” and “Three Billy Goats Gruff” at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Noblesville — The Fourth Friday concert series will be at Logan Street Sanctuary, 1274 Logan St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 25. It will feature Gavin Cooley’s band Skincare Club and performances by Grace Willis and Alex Kosla.

Arcadia — “The Cabin Fever Tour,” featuring Carmel comedian Dave Dugan and music by Disagreeable, will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Hedgehog Music Showcase, 101 W. Main St. Tickets are $15 or $25 per couple. For reservations, call 317-691-1207.

Lawrence — Christian Youth Theater will present “You Can’t Take It With You” from Jan. 25 to Feb. 3 at Theater at the Fort. For more, visit cytindy.org.

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Anthony Johnson and Laura Kuhn found the perfect vehicle to perform together.

“We’ve talked a long time THEATER about doing a show where we act opposite each other,” Johnson said. “I’m considerably older than she is, so finding the right piece that allowed us to do that was not easy.”

The friends will perform and serve as co-directors in Amalgamated Stage Productions’ running of “2 Across,” a two-person play set for six performances from Jan. 24 to Feb. 3 at The Cat Theatre, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel.

Kuhn, a Fishers resident, plays Janet, and Johnson, from Anderson, plays Josh.

“She gets to play a little older than she actually is, and I get to play a little younger than I am, but it’s just believable enough that two strangers on a train might meet and have a romantic hour-and-a-half,” Johnson said.

The only other character is the recorded voice of the train conductor announcing the stops.

“They are random train riders on an early Saturday morning with no one around,”

When Carmel High School senior Laney McNamar was in elementary school, she attended a show choir SHOW CHOIR workshop conducted

by North Central High School’s mixed show choir Counterpoints.

“It introduced me to show choir and made me want to do show choir,” McNamar said. “I had been dancing before. But I did it, and it introduced me to my love for singing, too, especially with dancing.”

CHS choir teacher Kyle Barker decided it would be a good idea to offer the first workshop for middle school students in Carmel. Barker student-taught at North Central High School, so he was familiar with its workshop. The Half Notes Show Choir Workshop is for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders and will be held Jan. 25. The Ambassadors, CHS’s mixed show choir, will help instruct the youngsters.

“It’s fun that now that I’m in show choir, I introduce it to a younger generation,” said McNamar, who is in her second year in Ambassadors.

Junior Jack Martin, who is in his second year in Ambassadors, said he loves work-

Anthony Johnson and Laura Kuhn star in “2 Across” at The Cat. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

Johnson said. “On their last stop back on the BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit, they strike up a bond over crosswords, life, jobs and family. They have a romantic few moments and make a plan to meet later or possibly not meet later. We don’t know if they are ever going to get together or not.”

Kuhn said the project has been a lot of fun.

“Everything we’ve done together has been with a large cast,” Johnson said. “This has given us a chance to really dig into our characters and do some very good acting.”

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Laney McNamar and Jack Martin are secondyear Ambassadors. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

ing with kids.

“If these kids get that experience at a younger age it could foster love for that show choir experience and make them more inclined to do it,” Martin said.

Barker is in his second year at CHS and serves as lead director for the Ambassadors.

The program begins at 4 p.m. and runs through halftime of the CHS boys basketball game. The Half Notes, the workshop attendees, will learn a show choir routine to The Jackson 5 song, “Blame it on the Boogie,” and then perform it at halftime.

For more, visit carmelchoirs.org.

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ATI presents ‘Ruthless!’

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Suzanne Stark has long wanted to perform with Actors Theatre of Indiana.

“Their THEATER shows are wonderful and the production quality is through the roof,” Stark said.

Stark is making her ATI debut in playing Lita EnStark core, the grandmother of 8-year-old Tina Denmark, in the production of “Ruthless! The Musical” from Jan. 25 to Feb. 17 at The Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Nya Beck, a 10-year-old Fishers resident, is playing Denmark, who is convinced she was born to play Pippi Longstocking and will do anything to win the part, including murder.

The musical is a spoof of musicals such as “Gypsy” and “Mame” and movies like “The Bad Seed” and “All About Eve.” “I’ve never seen it before, but the script is a lot of fun,” Stark said. “I think we’re going to have fun with it. It’s very sassy. It’s a satire.”

Stark, who lives in the Nora area of Indianapolis, has acted at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre since the 1980s. Stark said the role is a little outside her comfort zone.

“I always played the ingenues, and then I moved into the ‘Hello Dolly’ and the “Mame’ (type roles), and then I started playing more character roles,” Stark said.

“I’ve not played a role this far over the top. She’s not Beck nice. I think the audience is going to laugh at her. We’re all kind of mean and do terrible things.”

Beck said she was invited to audition.

“I practiced, auditioned and I got it,” Beck said. “This is a real good learning experience.”

She has been taking voice lessons from Tamara Totty, a Zionsville voice teacher.

The Lantern Road Elementary fourth-grader performed in Civic Theatre’s production of “Annie” in 2017, playing one of the orphans.

Beck appeared in Civic productions of “The Music Man” in 2017 and “Fiddler on the Roof” in 2017.

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“The Diary of Anne Frank,” OneAmerica Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis

7:30 p.m. Jan. 25; 2 and 6 p.m. Jan. 27

IRT relays the true story of Anne Frank’s faith in humanity while hiding with her family during Nazi Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands.

Cost: $21 to $78

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7:30 p.m. Jan. 23, 24, 25; 5 and 9 p.m. Jan. 26; 6 p.m.

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Marcus Truschinski stars in the one-man play by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe.

Cost: $21 to $78

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7:30 p.m. Jan. 25; 1 “Ruthless! the Musical,” Actors p.m. Jan. 23; 2 and Theatre of Indiana, The Studio Theater, Center for the Performing 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26; 2 p.m. Jan. 27 Arts, Carmel ATI presents this dark comedic spoof of several musicals and movies.

Cost: $20 to $45

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From left, Sonia, played by Sarah Hund, receives guidance and motivation from her voices, Lauren Morgan and AnnaLee Traeger in “They’re Playing Our Song.” (Submitted photo)

“They’re Playing Our Song,” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis

8 p.m. Jan. 22, 24, 25, 26, 29; 1 p.m. Jan. 23; 1:30 and 7 p.m. Jan. 27

Neil Simon and Marvin Hamlisch’s romantic musical is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

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

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“2 Across,” Amalgamated Stage Productions, The Cat Theatre, Carmel

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The two-person play focuses on two random train riders who bond over crossword puzzles, life and jobs and share some brief romantic moments.

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Where’s Amy attends Drew Petersen concert Mary Sears (Carmel), C.J. Wright (Carmel), Emma Wright (Carmel), Molly Wright (Carmel), Chip Wright (Carmel) and Jenna Wright (Carmel) attend pianist Drew Petersen’s Jan. 13 concert at the Palladium. Petersen is a 2017 American Pianists Award winner and recipient of the Christel Deanna Classical Fellowship. In 2018, he received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and released his debut album on the Steinway & Sons label. For upcoming shows, visit thecenterpresents.org. (Photo by Amy Pauszek)

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 14758 Greyhound Plaza, Westfield What to get: 8 oz. USDA choice sirloin Price: $12.99 Anna’s take: Typically, I stay away from chain restaurants when writing this column because I am a big proponent of local, small businesses – restaurants included.

However, Texas Roadhouse opened just off U.S. 31 north of 146th Street in Westfield in December 2018, and it’s been all the hype, so I thought I’d give it a try.

My verdict is Texas Roadhouse offers decent steak for an excellent price. The free cinnamon-butter rolls are a plus, and there’s something for everyone on the menu. To start, I tried the Cactus Blossom ($5.99), golden-fried, crunchy, onion-y goodness served with a Cajun horseradish sauce for dipping. The onion is split in a blossom shape, hence the name. This was a good price for a huge appetizer, and there’s plenty to share.

For steak, I ordered the 8 oz. USDA choice sirloin and added shrimp because I’m a fa-

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natic for anything seafood. I order my steak medium-rare. Anything more done than that takes away the flavor in my opinion, and I paired it with steak fries.

Texas Roadhouse actually sent staff from locations from across the U.S. to the Westfield location during its first few days of operation to ensure a smooth, easy opening while new staff members received training. Having worked in restaurants prior to my career in journalism, I thought this was a nice touch and showed effort on corporate’s end.

Suggested pairings: Generally, I only order margaritas when I’m eating Mexican food, but don’t skip Texas Roadhouse’s Original Margarita on the rocks. It’s served in a glass the size of a cauldron and is made with three tequilas, a housemade sweet and sour, orange juice and agave nectar.

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When Queen Elizabeth, age 92, delivered her Christmas message recently, she mentioned that she SENIOR LIVING hoped she had shown wisdom. The dictionary description of wisdom is experience and knowledge together with the power of applying them. That certainly applies to the queen, but what does it say for us?

In an article by Chip Conly in the Saturday Evening Post, he writes, “If you keep your wisdom to yourself, it dies with you. But if you can lend your gifts of age to the next generation, that wisdom will never grow old.”

Another quote from the article is an African proverb, “When an elder dies, it’s like a library has burned down.” Sharing our wisdom with the younger generation can be a challenge. I can tell when they are bored with my “wisdom” and they begin squirming and trying to reach their mobile devices. I don’t know how they react when they read it on email. They probably just hit delete!

When we were an agriculture society, young men couldn’t avoid listening to their elders as they worked in the fields and

tended livestock. The young women experienced much of the same while assisting in the kitchen and with other chores.

Much of my wisdom has been gained by listening to conversations of younger and older folk. The best listening times were when I asked questions and filed the information in my memory bank. Remember how your youngsters nearly drove you crazy with their constant, “Why?” They were using us as teachers, until somewhere around puberty that changed.

In Conly’s book, “Wisdom @Work: The Making of a Modern Elder,” he offers the following advice: Strive for using good judgment. He quotes Will Rogers, “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”

Use unvarnished insight. Experience gives you a good view.

Read the full column at currentincarmel. com.

Lorene Burkhart resides at The Stratford in West Clay. She is the author of seven books.

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Progress threatens an iconic view Commentary by Don Knebel London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral has avoided the fiery fate of its many predecessors, but progTRAVEL ress threatens its iconic status.

In 604, a cathedral dedicated to St. Paul was built on Ludgate Hill, the highest point in London. That cathedral burned. Its replacement was burned by the Vikings in 962 and its replacement also was destroyed by fire in 1087. The Normans soon began building a replacement, but its construction was interrupted by fire. In 1240, what became known as “Old St. Paul’s” was finally completed and was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Today’s St. Paul’s, completed in 1710, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who is buried in the crypt below. During World War II, a German bomb that would have destroyed St. Paul’s was defused.

St. Paul’s most famous feature is its dome, the second largest in Europe, rising 366 feet above the street. The top of the dome and a magnificent view of London can be reached by 560 steps. About halfway up, visitors can stop at the Whispering Gallery, just inside the dome. Because of the

You only have to look as far as your social media feed to realize people disagree over GRAMMAR GUY just about everything in our current climate.

In an effort to help us see eye to eye on something, let’s discuss subject-verb agreement. Making mistakes on your subject-verb agreement is the quickest way to come across as a grammar amateur. A singular noun needs a singular verb to accompany it, and a plural noun takes a plural verb.

One of the easiest ways to get our subject and verb agreement crisscrossed is when other words or phrases come between them. Most of the time, this comes in the form of prepositional phrases. This collection of presidential toenail clippings belongs in the Smithsonian. In this sen-

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St. Paul’s Cathedral from the London Eye. (Photo by Don Knebel)

dome’s interior geometry, a whisper can be heard clearly on the other side, more than 100 feet away.

Until 1956, a law precluded London buildings higher than St. Paul’s, and its famous dome could be seen from throughout the city. That law was repealed in 1956, and St. Paul’s lost its claim as London’s tallest building to the BT Tower in 1962. Today, more than 60 London buildings are taller than St. Paul’s. Eight visual corridors leading to unobstructed views of St. Paul’s

dome are legally protected, but there is pressure to eliminate them in the name of architectural progress. The time may well come when the best view of St. Paul’s dome is from atop the London Eye. Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel.com. You may contact him at news@ currentzionsville.com.

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tence, “collection” is the subject and “belongs” is the verb. Collection is singular, as is belongs. Don’t be tempted to change the verb “belongs” to “belong” because of “toenail clippings.”

When it comes to subjects that are indefinite pronouns which include someone, nobody, anything, each and either these words are all singular nouns. You can treat any of these indefinite pronouns just like you would he, she and it. For example, each of my pet porcupines hates broccoli. The subject “each” is singular, so it takes the singular verb “hates.”

Finally, you’ve got to know what to do with all-too-common sneaky verbs like “have,” “do” and “be.” Use “has” if your subject is a singular noun or a third-person singular pronoun: He has 19 potatoes. If your subject is plural or is the pronoun I, you, they or we, use have: I have only one potato; they have several.

In the same way, use “does” if your subject is a singular noun or a thirdperson singular pronoun: She does goat yoga. If your subject is plural or is the pronoun I, you, they or we, use “do.”

The verb “be” takes three different irregular forms in the present tense: is, are and am. “Is” is singular; “are” is plural. Only use “am” with the pronoun “I.” I think we can all agree that subject-verb agreement is complicated, but, if we all learn these grammar rules, we can all have something in common.

Curtis Honeycutt is a national awardwinning, syndicated humor writer. Connect with him on Twitter (@ curtishoneycutt) or at curtishoneycutt.com.

Ordinance Z-640-18 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS CARMEL, INDIANA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE Z-640-18 Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Carmel and Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of the City of Carmel will meet at their regular meeting place, Council Chambers, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, at 6:00 p.m. on Monday the 4th day of February, 2019, to consider the following: Petition to amend the Unified Development Ordinance in order to (A) amend the standards for Fences, Bufferyards, Parking, Bicycle Parking, General Yard Standards and Waivers of Development Standards; (B) amend Article 9: Processes and Article 11: Definitions; and (C) correct a variety of errors and omissions from the conversion to the Unified Development Ordinance format. Filed by the Department of Community Services on behalf of the Carmel Plan Commission and identified as Docket 18100007 OA. Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have the right to be heard.

Christine Pauley, Clerk-Treasurer NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA ORDINANCE No. Z-639-18 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, meeting on the 4th day of February, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., at their regular meeting place in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana 46032, will hold a Public Hearing to consider a request for approval of the “2724 E 136th St. PUD Ordinance Number Z-639-18”.

The real estate is located at the northeast intersection of Keystone Parkway and 136th Street (the “Real Estate”). The Real Estate is currently zoned R-1 Residential and is within the Keystone Parkway Overlay Zone.

The “2724 E 136th St. PUD Ordinance Number Z-639-18” seeks to approve the request to rezone approximately 59 acres from R-1 Residential to PUD/Planned Unit Development in order to develop a residential community that contains approximately 100 single family dwellings and 100 condominium//townhomes.

The proposal details are on file at the Department of Community Services, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, telephone 317/571-2417, under Docket No. 18070015 Z and may be viewed Monday Through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Copies of the proposed request are also on file for examination at the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, telephone 317/571-2414.

Interested persons appearing at the hearing for this matter shall have the right to be heard or may file written comments prior to the hearing. In addition, the hearing may be continued by the City Council as it may find necessary.

CITY OF CARMEL, CLERK-TREASURER Christine S. Pauley This notice prepared by Justin Moffett, 1132 S Rangeline Rd Ste 200, Carmel, IN 46032 Phone: (317) 816-3151

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The ideal candidate would possess the ability to multi-task, maintain written records, have computer skills with flexibility in scheduling. This is a physically active position that requires lifting and animal handling. Position includes a 3 month paid training period.

Please either fax resume to Administrator at 317-867-2374, email to info@westfieldvetcare.com, or fill out application in person at: Westfield Veterinary Care 17735 Sun Park Drive Westfield To learn more about us, visit our website at www.westfieldvetcare.com

PART-TIME OFFICE ADMIN

Busy, professional investment firm is seeking another part-time individual to work 2-3 days a week. This position requires someone with a keen eye to detail including document tracking, follow-up and the ability to remember details and preferences. The individual must have strong organizational skills and be proficient on the computer (Microsoft Office), as we do everything electronically. The office admin must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, exercise good judgment, be able to work independently and exhibit a professional demeanor.

Competitive pay and positive working environment. Interested candidates should submit a resume by January 31 to indyaic.hr@gmail.com.

START THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW HEALTHCARE CAREER Legacy CNA Training is proud to offer an accelerated Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) day class. The class will be Mon-Fri for 3 weeks, starting January 21 at the Carmel classroom. Becoming a CNA opens a door to endless high-demand possibilities in the healthcare industry. Students who attend benefit from: • 3 week program • 100% Pass Rate • Tuition reimbursement opportunities • Industry Experienced Instructors • Scheduled testing dates • Many healthcare employment opportunities

No experience required! Must have a desire to make a difference in someone’s life! Visit us at legacycnatraining.com for more information.

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