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Library on track for fall reopening

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com It’s hard for those passing by the Carmel Clay Public Library to miss the major exterior renovations taking place, RENOVATIONS but what’s less obvious from Main Street are the massive changes taking place inside as well.

The library remains on track to reopen its main campus at Main Street and Richland Avenue this fall after completing $40 million in renovations that include a new parking garage, expanded program space, relocating the Digital Media Lab to the building and many other improvements.

CCPL Director Bob Swanay presented an update on the project to the Carmel City Council on Feb. 7.

“We’re touching every aspect of the library,” Swanay said. “We’re making every single area of the library a better version than what it was, and that’s the goal in a project like this.”

When the library reopens, visitors will notice interior changes as soon as they step inside. A large staircase has been added near the main entrance, making it easier for patrons to quickly access collections on the first or second floor. It will also provide a quick connection between the first floor and a new entry on the second level that connects to the parking garage.

The lobby and atrium will be expanded to provide a more “open feel” and natural lighting, Swanay said.

“It’s going to feel like a completely different building,” he said.

On the first floor near Main Street will be a Java House coffee shop and the Digital Media Lab, which will relocate from its current space at 23 E. Main Street.

The first floor will also house the youth services area, which will remain in its previous location but include updated signage, a mural by artist Bryan Ballinger and new play stations.

The teen area will be five to six times larger than its previous space, Swanay said, and will have dedicated study rooms and places to gather and a mural designed by a local teen.

The second floor will be home to much of

The main lobby will be greatly expanded and allow for more natural light. (Rendering courtesy of the Carmel Clay Public Library)

the library’s book and audiobook collections.

It will include a reading area on the northwest corner with expansive views of the surrounding area, along with a rooftop garden.

Other additions will be a drive-up book return and holds pickup lockers that can be accessed outside of normal library hours.

New outdoor signage is also planned.

The library has been operating out of a temporary location since September 2020 at 2140 E 116th St. Learn more at carmelclaylibrary.org/ main-library-project.

WHY CLOSE WEST BRANCH? While the Carmel Clay Public Library’s main campus remains open for in-person visits at its temporary location in Merchants’ Square, the Joyce Winner West Branch has been closed for in-person visits since early January amid the omicron COVID-19 surge.

CCPR Communications Director Christy Walker said the smaller footprint of the west branch makes social distancing more difficult than at the main branch, which is why the west branch closes when the county’s COVID-19 advisory level is at its highest.

With COVID-19 cases rapidly declining, Walker said she expects the west branch will reopen for in-person visits soon.

During the closure, curbside holds pickup remains available at the west branch from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.

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DISPATCHES Lenten fish dinners – Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 14598 Oak Ridge Rd., will offer lenten fish dinners from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on March 4, 11 and 18.

Fried fish, baked fish or pizza will be available on a drive-thru only basis. Fish dinner price is $12 for adults and children 13 and up, $7.50 for children 6-12, and children 5 and younger eat free. Credit cards are accepted.

Beekeepers club meeting – The North Central Beekeepers Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Cool Creek Nature Center in Westfield. Meetings are free to attend by all levels of beekeepers located centrally north of Indianapolis. Those interested in becoming beekeepers are welcome.

The next meeting is set for Feb. 16.

Rookie Run registration – Registration is open for the 500 Festival’s 2022 Salesforce & JPMorgan Chase 500 Festival Rookie Run, which will take place from noon to 4 p.m. May 15 in downtown Indianapolis. The noncompetitive run for kids ages 3 to 10 ranges from two blocks to 1/3 mile. Pre-register for $10 through May 11 at IndyMini.com/RookieRun to receive a commemorative shirt and finisher medal. Registration at the event is $5 and only includes the medal.

Summer Food Service Program – The Indiana Dept. of Education encourages schools and qualified community organizations to participate in the 2022 Summer Food Service Program. The program reimburses local sponsors that serve healthy free meals and snacks to children 18 years old and younger. The application deadline for new sponsors is April 15. Learn more at in.gov/doe/nutrition/ summer-food-service-program/.

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Filing concludes for May 3 primary news@currentincarmel.com Candidate filing has closed for the May 3 primary election. The following is a list of candidates who have filed to run in districts that include Carmel: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE • 5th District Victoria Spartz — R Matthew L. Hall — D Jeanine Lee Lake — D STATEWIDE OFFICES

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County for the great communities built by Republicans, but they bring Democratic ideas with them. He said the Republican For Mario Massillamany, becoming chair Party needs to do a better job of communiof the Hamilton County Republican Party cating its successes and goals, especially to is a longtime dream a younger demographic, and steer POLITICS come true. away from negativity.

A caucus met Jan. Besides improving communi29 to select Massillamany, who was cation, Massillamany wants to unopposed, as the party’s new leadincrease the party’s focus on eduer. He replaced Laura Campbell, a cation. Although school board elecmember of the Carmel City Council, tions are not partisan on the ballot, who stepped down Jan. 19 from the he plans to run a program this Massillamany role she held for six years to devote summer for Republicans interested more time to her family. in running for school board to help them Massillamany, who immigrated at age 7 understand the process and how to camwith his family to the U.S. from Sri Lanka to paign. The party has generally steered clear flee a civil war, said he’s been interested in of school board races in the past, he said. politics for as long as he can remember. He More interest in school board races is began working as a page for former State expected nationwide this year, as many Rep. Brian Bosma in 1986, and his interest in groups have organized to oppose mask government grew from there. mandates, diversity initiatives and other His memories and knowledge of life in Sri matters. He said he understands many of Lanka nudged him toward the Republican the concerns raised by parents who have party. expressed frustration at school board meet“I’ve always believed that Republican ings in recent months, but he believes there principles and values help promote the is a better way to bring about change.

American dream,” he said. “Coming from a “Elections have consequences. If you Third-World country where the government didn’t participate in these school board runs everything and the government is supelections four years ago, you allowed for posed to take care of your health care, your the people who are running your school education and all of your needs, I see how board,” he said. “You need to get active and it’s failed.” involved and replace them or take ownerMassillamany enters the new role as the ship and run (for office) if you think they’re political environment in the county is shiftdoing a bad job. Yelling and screaming is ing, with Democrats weakening longtime only going to hurt your cause for anybody Republican strongholds to earn seats on else to want to join or support.” the Carmel and Fishers city councils in 2019 Massillamany’s educational background and then-Sen. Joe Biden winning Carmel and includes graduating from Cathedral High Fishers on his way to the presidency during School, Wabash College and the University the 2020 election. of Denver College of Law. He worked for Massillamany said in some ways the prosecutor’s offices in Hamilton and Marchange is good for Republicans, as it should ion counties before becoming a defense help them be more focused, intentional and attorney. In 2015, he helped launch the united in their attempts to win voters.

Fishers-based law firm Massillamany Jeter “The Hamilton County Republican Par& Carson. ty has been used to us always winning A recovering alcoholic, Massillamany, who elections,” he said. “When I first came (to has been sober for nearly a decade, said his Hamilton County) 25 years ago, you could experience with battling alcohol addiction put an ‘R’ by your name and you were going has helped him connect clients in similar to win, 70-30. Those numbers are changing situations with resources and services. because of all the great things Republicans “I love that aspect of what I do. I get paid have done.” to help people,” he said. “A lot of people that Massillamany said the county has seen come in to see me, they’re not evil people, tremendous growth fueled in part by peothey just might have an addiction issue or ple relocating from left-leaning cities. He an underlying issue that brought about the said many new residents move to Hamilton criminal issues they have.”

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Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: CONSTRUCTION Work will resume in mid-March with construction of a roundabout at Medical Drive followed by construction of a roundabout at 116th Street beginning in June.

Expected completion: Summer Project: Transmission and water utility work Location: Veterans Way between The Cat Theatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures will occur but access to all addresses will be maintained.

Expected completion: The four-phase project, which will later impact other areas, is expected to be complete by May. Project: New roundabout Location: E. Main Street and Richland Avenue.

Start date: On or after May 26 Expected completion: Fall Project: New roundabout Location: E. Main Street and Lexington Boulevard.

Start date: On or after May 26 Expected completion: Fall Project: Widening of the Monon Greenway Location: Between City Center Drive and Carmel Drive Expected completion: November Project: Widening and improvements along Smoky Row Road Location: Between the Monon Greenway and U.S. 31. The road will be fully closed during the project. The Monon Greenway will be closed on or after June 1 for 30 days for a bridge replacement.

Start date: Late May Expected completion: Late summer Project: Installation of a slip lane Location: Smoky Row Road and Keystone Parkway Start date: On or after May 26 Expected completion: July Project: New roundabout Location: College Avenue and 106th Street.

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Council OKs CRC land purchase Compiled by Ann Marie Shambaugh • AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com The Carmel City Council met Feb. 7 to review a rezone request for the site of The GOAT, approve a land purchase and more. Read the full story at youarecurrent.com/?p=211582.

What happened: The council voted to allow the CRC to purchase the building at 611 3rd Ave. SW for $4.8 million.

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What it means: According to Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard, the city is eyeing the land as a potential site for the Great American Songbook museum. Even if that does not occur, CRC Director Henry Mestetsky said it makes sense for the city to purchase the land as it continues to redevelop the area. The site is currently home to Laser Flash and Magnetic Concepts.

What happened: The council sent a petition to rezone the site of The GOAT from residential to business to the land use and special studies committee for discussion.

What it means: The GOAT, a tavern that opened at 220 2nd St. SW in summer 2020, has been closed since April 2021 after the board of zoning appeals denied a use variance for it to operate in a residentially zoned area. After a judge vacated the BZA’s ruling, the tavern’s owner decided to pursue a rezone instead.

What’s next: The committee is expected to vote on whether to recommend the council approve the rezone.

The city council will have the final vote on the matter.

What happened: The council approved dates for suspension of the short-term residential rental ordinance.

What it means: In 2022, dates homeowners don’t need city permission to use their property as a short-term rental are March 2-6, March 9-13, March 17-19, April 8-9, May 27-29 and July 16-23, which correspond to the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments, the NCAA basketball tournament, the Indianapolis 500 and the Songbook Academy.

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Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is considering legal action against Republic Services for failing to pick up trash and CITY NEWS recycling in the city on Feb. 4.

According to a press release issued by the City of Carmel, the city had street department employees work overnight into the morning of Feb. 4 to ensure all streets were plowed after city officials were told

by Republic that service would resume that day.

On Feb. 4, however, the city learned that Republic did not plan to pick up trash and recycling until the following week. Residents who did not have their trash and recycling picked up Feb. 3 and 4 had it picked up Feb. 10 and 11, respectively.

The press release stated that Republic “blamed the lack of drivers and the condition of the roads outside of Carmel” for its decision.

“I pointed out (to Republic on Feb. 4) that

all of Carmel’s roughly 500 miles of roads, as of 8 a.m. today, were plowed and open as a result of our 92-vehicle, snow-removal fleet and staff working all last night,” Brainard stated. “This snowstorm was not a surprise and had been forecast for many days. Republic knew they might need to make arrangements to secure drivers who live outside the city.”

Republic Services issued a statement about its decision to cancel services Feb. 3 and 4.

“The Republic Services team cares about the communities we serve, and the safety of employees and residents is our top priority,” it stated. “Due to the severe winter storm that has been affecting many areas across the country, we made an initial decision to suspend service on (Feb. 3). We continued to monitor conditions and the forecast and determined that it would not be safe to operate on (Feb. 4). We are proud to serve the Carmel community and look forward to resuming service as soon as it is safe to do so.”

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500 Festival events set to return

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for their return in 2022.

“It’s hard to know how the public is going to respond,” 500 Festival President and CEO With Hamilton County buried in snow Bob Bryant said. “In early forecasting, we from an early February storm, it seems thought we’d be at 70 percent of 2019 (numappropriate to bers), but a lot won’t play out until NONPROFIT daydream about March and April, until we really see May at the Indiawhat the response is.” napolis Motor Speedway. The roar The 500 Festival has 18 full-time of cars turning laps at 230 mph in employees who organize nearly 50 a kaleidoscope of color in front of events and programs throughout hundreds of thousands of fans is the month of May, impacting more only months away, even if the frothan 500,000 people annually. BryBryant zen landscape indicates otherwise. ant, a Carmel resident, said that The traditions of the month include much approximately 1 million Hoosiers have run more than the automobile race, of course. the Mini-Marathon at least once in its 45Central Indiana residents and the visitors year history. who flock here each year recognize a cerThe 500 Festival has three goals, actain cadence to May — the Mini-Marathon, cording to Bryant: to positively impact the Qualifying Day, “Carb Day,” the parade and, community, enrich lives and celebrate the finally, the race — now run in less time Indianapolis 500. than it takes to watch an Indianapolis Colts “That’s kind of the mother ship,” Brygame. ant said of the world’s most famous auto Because of the pandemic, it’s been nearly race. “The success of the 500 is tied to our two years since many of the events have success.” taken place, but leaders of the 500 FestiLearn more at 500Festival.com. Read the val, a nonprofit that organizes community full story at youarecurrent.com. events in anticipation of the race, are ready

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ZCHS swimmer focuses on improving after college commitment

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Zionsville Community High School junior swimmer Will Modglin has been able to concentrate on his training most of this high school season.

That’s because Modglin made a verbal commitment in November to sign with the University of Texas for the 2023-24 school year.

“A big thing was how I felt around the team and the team culture when I went on my official visit,” Modglin said of his decision. “I loved the campus and everything that went along with it. It was really a perfect fit. Texas has had lasting success with multiple swimmers over multiple years.

“I was able to put my trust in the program and trust in coaches that they are going to be able to get me wherever I need to be.”

Modglin took all five of his official college visits in the fall of 2021, so the process was time consuming.

“It had taken a lot of time out of the water, so I was looking to get back into training,” Modglin said. “I was looking forward to

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“After I knew Texas was the place, it was nice to be done with it and move on.”

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Zionsville Community High School junior swimmer Will Modglin is a two-time defending IHSAA state champion. (Photo courtesy of Will Modglin)

Modglin’s other visits were to the University of California/Berkley, Stanford, University of Virginia and North Carolina State. His brothers, Sanders and Coleman, both swim collegiately. Sanders is a senior at Saginaw Valley State and Coleman is a sophomore at

Purdue.

“It was me comparing to them, not as far as achievements, but timewise and how fast we were compared to each other,” Modglin said. “It was more like, ‘I see your time and I want to go faster than that time.’”

Modglin is looking to go plenty fast at the IHSAA boys swimming state finals, which are set for Feb. 25-26 at the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI. Modglin won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke at last year’s state finals. He also was on two relays that finished second at the state meet.

Heading into the Feb. 17-19 sectionals, Modglin, 17, is ranked No. 1 in the state in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke.

Modglin said he has made the most improvement on his endurance and his underwater technique.

“My underwater kick has gotten a lot better,” Modglin said.

Carmel, which has won the last seven boys team state championships, is ranked No. 1 in team poll and is Zionsville No. 2. The Eagles finished third in the state last year and Fishers was second.

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Friends of Hamilton County Parks names new director

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community recognition, provide marketing strategy and forge new partnerships for several key FHCPI fundraisers.

The Friends of Hamilton County Parks “My primary objective is to build relationInc., has named April Williams as its new ships with those who have an understandexecutive diing and appreciation for the value NONPROFIT rector. She was of our parks,” Williams said. “I will formerly with assist the board in educating, bringTrilogy Health Care Services and the ing more visibility to FHCPI as well Columbus Park Foundation. as contribute to the success of our “Most of my career has been in events.” philanthropy, and I have a great Williams plans to use her devellove for our parks. Having formerly opment experience, leadership and Williams led the Columbus Park Foundation creativity to attract donors and in Columbus (Ind.), and highly respecting bring the organization’s vision to fruition.

Hamilton County Parks, I felt a mutual fit,” “I look forward to meeting our donors Williams said. “I commend the foresight who have made past projects possible, and of Friends of Hamilton County Parks for I look forward to also gaining new friends establishing a foundation that would allow to grow and preserve our park amenities,” the public to contribute to the growth and she said. preservation of their green spaces and park Upcoming fundraisers include the First amenities.”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Sofia-Alexandra Colon started skating when she was 6 years old and found an instant attraction.

ACHIEVEMENT “I took learn-toskate lessons at Carmel Ice Skadium and realized I was serious about it and told my mom I wanted to continue,” Colon said. “At age 8, I joined the Ice Skating Club of Indianapolis and took private lessons from my coach, Marie Víchová Millikan. I’ve been skating ever since.”

The 2019 Carmel High School graduate is now skating for Adrian (Mich.) College and helped lead the varsity open collegiate synchro team to the Midwest Sectional title for synchronized skating Jan. 29 at Kalamazoo, Mich. The occasion was the third time Adrian College won the Midwest Sectional title for synchronized skating.

Colon was on the winning team as a freshman at Adrian in 2020. The competition was not held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It was special to me because last year there were the constant phone calls that the competitions were canceled,” Colon said. “Being able to compete this year and being able to win sectionals after such a break and such a loss of hope, it was amazing to have that feeling again and to have my teammates all smile that we could do it again.”

Colon also is on the figure skating team at Adrian. She said both skating teams compete throughout the school year.

“To my knowledge, I’m the only skater, at least in the last decade, that Marie has taught that has gone to college to continue

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skating,” Colon said.

Colon said most of the other students stopped skating competitively after high school.

“I decided I loved skating so much (that) I decided I would love to go to a school where I could continue that,” Colon said.

“That was most of the reason why I went to Adrian.”

Colon had never competed in synchronized skating before going to Adrian.

“That was really challenging for me at first,” said Colon, who also remains a member of the Ice Skating Club of Indianapolis.

“I wasn’t used to being surrounded by girls skating alongside me, but I turned out to love it. It’s improved my skills, my strength.”

Colon has one more year to compete at Adrian and finish her degree in exercise science. Colon, who wants to become an occupational therapist, is applying to graduate schools and said the opportunity to skate will be part of her consideration.

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By Jillian Kurtz news@currentincarmel.com IUPUI freshman Renuka Bajpai was inspired by the plight of one of her high school teachers to start Veterans22, a nonprofit that helps bring awareness to the challenges that veterans face with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Bajpai, a 2021 Carmel High School graduate, created Veterans22 her sophomore year of high school. After having Army veteran Gary Wetzel as a Bajpai teacher her freshman year at Riverside High School in Indianapolis, Bajpai was moved hearing about his military service and learning about the challenges veterans face when they return home.

Wetzel So, she decided to launch an organization to support them, with Wetzel serving in an advisory and mentorship role as it launched. She selected the group’s name after doing additional research and discovered that 22 veterans commit suicide every day.

“Twenty-two veterans, that’s a lot, especially for our heroes who are going and sacrificing their own lives for our country,” Bajpai said.

Wetzel, 36, had noticed Bajpai’s energy and enthusiasm for helping people. After the Parkland High School shooting in 2018, Bajpai, alongside other classmates, helped organize a rally for gun-control laws and education. Wetzel said that was when he truly noticed that Bajpai had a strong interest in philanthropic work and helping others.

“Renuka was an activist pretty quickly,” Wetzel said. “She always had strong opinions and was always very social with everyone. She wanted to be a leader and a part of an organization that did good work.”

Wetzel, an Indianapolis native, joined the Army Reserve as a 17-year-old in 2002. While pursuing his bachelor’s degree in social studies education at Ball State University, he was an active-duty member of the Army.

It took Wetzel six years to graduate after taking breaks in his education to complete deployments.

Military veteran and president/CEO at HVAF of Indiana Brian Copes accepts a check from Ranuka Bajpai, founder of Veterans22, at a fundraising event at Carmel High School in 2019.

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“(Bajpai) was always very curious and would ask me about my pictures from around the world and want to hear about my stories from traveling,” Wetzel said.

At the 22 Walkathon, the first fundraiser Bajpai coordinated for Veterans22, participants walked 22 laps around the Carmel

High School soccer stadium in remembrance of the 22 veterans who commit suicide each day.

The money Bajpai raised from that event and other events all benefited the Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation.

“With that money, (HVAF) can build homes

According to 2021 report from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, veterans commit suicide at higher rates than the general population. View the entire report at bit.ly/3LozZX7. (Chart courtesy of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs)

for veterans,” Bajpai said. “Sometimes, veterans come back, and it can be hard for them to readjust into society.”

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bajpai couldn’t host a fundraising event for Vets22 in 2021, but she wants to connect with Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and put on a larger, citywide veteran’s PTSD awareness event this year at one of the veteran parks in downtown Indianapolis.

Bajpai, who is unsure if she will pursue full-time nonprofit work after college, is in her second semester at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and can apply what she’s learning in school directly to her organization in real-time.

“Going into my senior year of high school, I heard that IUPUI had a philanthropy program, so even before I got into IUPUI, I took a couple of their philanthropy courses,” Bajpai said. “I took my Veterans22 passion and was motivated to start furthering my education in that field.”

Bajpai has recently enjoyed learning about the difference between for-profit and nonprofit organizations and has already presented to her classmates and written essays with Veterans22 as her main focus.

To learn more about Veterans22, visit veterans22.org ON THE COVER: 2021 Carmel High School graduate Renuka Bajpai founded Veterans22 as a sophomore to raise awareness of the challenges many veterans face after returning home from deployment. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)

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Even adults aren’t immune Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Commentary by Terry Anker It is a challenge to find a news commentator, comedian or person in line next to us waiting to get a cup of coffee who doesn’t have something to say about how much the world has changed in these past many months. We have discovered e-learning, mask wearing and vaccine cards. We have mastered how to order online, stand 6 feet apart and mercilessly judge anyone who doesn’t agree with us. Still, is revolution something new? Had we been steady until 2020 and then suddenly slipped into a new world order? Or, has disruption been with us, a part of the human condition, all along?

For decades, Americans would stay in their cars to fill with fuel and park them to go inside when it was time to eat. Gas station attendants would check the oil, wash the windows and top off the tank — all as we’d sit idly reading a print newspaper that we’d picked up from the driveway before beginning the daily commute. If we needed coffee, we pulled into the diner, parked, went inside, ordered, waited for someone to make it and deliver the beverage, and then we drank it from stoneware mugs at a table while finishing that morning paper. In so few years, we’ve reversed it all.

Now, we get out of our cars to get gas and stay inside them to eat. Is selfserve cheaper, faster or better for the environment? Is a drive-thru the key to weight loss, better human interaction or improved personal freedom?

Before sliding into some nostalgic coma, self-assured that before was better than after, we might consider critically our choices. Same the other way. Is after any better than before? As we reorder the nature of our lives, are we really finding improvement?

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

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Those of you with young-adult children will know all about senioritis, a dastardly disease that, in its mildest form, merely drains its victims of scholastic enthusiasm but, at its worst, renders infected 12th-graders completely incapable of fulfilling their graduation destinies. Alas, our youngest, despite receiving both doses and a booster of the High Expectations vaccine, has finally succumbed to a moderate case, just like her siblings before her (we think she may have had it in October 2021, but we never had her tested).

Interestingly, I also seemed to have contracted senioritis this go-around, although I believe I suffer from the longhaul omega variant that is commonly found among parents of multiple kids.

Unlike the original strain, omega attacks the part of the brain that makes you enforce rules and curfews and good decisions upon your teenage offspring.

Where I used to care deeply about her grades and attendance and bedtimes, now I simply don’t give a darn. I literally can’t muster the strength to say, “No” when she asks me to call her out for first period. She’s been accepted to college and she’s worked hard. If she wants to sleep in and skip AP Lit, fine. I have those secretaries on speed dial.

See what I mean? The maternal apathy is impressive, especially given I’m a teacher. I would have never catered to the whims of my older darlings like I do with my baby. But that’s the insidiousness of senioritis. Those who thought they were immune because they’ve survived previous outbreaks are hit the hardest. Case in point: me.

Stay safe, friends. Senioritis is scary, but god willing, you can endure.

Peace out.

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

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Editor, I am writing regarding HB 1134, an Indiana House of Representatives bill under review in the State Senate. In particular, I urge the three Republican Hamilton County senators to reject this bill.

HB 1134 bans discussion of so-called “divisive concepts” regarding race, sex, ethnicity and religion and so on, and promises redress to individuals who feel harmed by discussion of these topics. Just a single complaint is enough to set in motion civil, legal and disciplinary action that could leave school district employees from teachers to superintendents fined, liable for damages, suspended from their jobs or even banned from teaching. This bill passed the Indiana House with the support of all six GOP Hamilton County representatives.

HB 1134 is bad policy. It is poorly worded and relies on large, ill-defined categories when determining what teachers can and cannot teach. Ironically, HB 1134 passed the Statehouse on Jan. 26, the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day. On Jan. 27, Gov.

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If teachers strictly interpret HB 1134 — and if it becomes law, they will have no other choice — then they cannot explain to their students the significance of the day or why Mrs. Kor was honored by the state.

Naysayers can may well pooh-pooh such a scenario. However, the example of Scott Baldwin, a Noblesville state senator with one-time links to the Oath Keepers, a far-right hate group, do not fill me with confidence. Sen. Baldwin made headlines across the globe, when he tried to insist that Indiana teachers ensure they discuss topics like Nazism and fascism impartially.

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CRT, DEI not what alt-right claims Editor, Allon Friedman’s letter (in the Feb. 1 edition of Current in Carmel) is rooted in a straw man argument. CRT is not a method by which children are taught they are oppressors, and his twisting of this concept is nothing more than a tired GOP talking point. He quotes Kimberle Crenshaw, the originator of the term “intersectionality,” and preeminent scholar in CRT, and therefore is one of our nation’s best

spokespersons on what CRT is/is not.

Honestly, if CRT would add a little math and science to its appendices, parents would hire private tutors to give their kids a leg ahead on college applications, and our community would sponsor a fun run. CRT is not the boogeyman Allon Friedman purports it to be, but a life without DEI definitely puts our students behind the global learning curve.

Lori Fulk, Carmel

Support removal of Bibles, too Editor, I read that (State) Rep. Tony J. Cook supports the bill against CRT (critical race theory) because of parental backlash against alleged “lesson plans which tell kids they’re responsible for the sins of past generations.” That being the case, Rep. Cook and these parents should be supporting a bill against CRT (critical religion theory).

Stop teaching Biblical critical religion theory/original sin theory if you are so concerned about someone teaching children

that they are responsible and guilty for the deeds of others in the past! Stop teaching in schools and churches that all humanity was stained and damned for the purported sin of mythical first parents, Adam and Eve. When you purge the 1621 Project and other books, remove Bibles as the source of such dastardly guilt indoctrination based on past sins and deeds for which current generations bore no part.

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Valentine’s Day stresses me out. I never But how do I increase my output so my know what to buy for my wife. The worst part obit could read, “Exceeded the Standard is looking for the perfect card.

Kissing Time by 3,500 minutes?” Even my HUMOR I’ve lurked on the holiday aisle harshest critics would be forced to concede at the Hallmark store, waiting that when it came to lips, I was successful until some guy about my age laughed at a at putting two and two together. particular punch line. If there was another one When I walked in the house after returnof those cards in the rack, I’d ing from a pickleball game snap it up and buy it, assumlast Wednesday, my wife Maybe now we’ll be able received the customary ing it didn’t contain a crass, to break that 20,000 juvenile double entendre or smooch. Now, if you multiply risqué joke. For our entire my average weekly number mark … as long as marriage, this has been my of YMCA visits by my prekissing up counts. annual method to make the dicted remaining lifespan, – DICK WOLFSIE total osculation could be perfect selection. One thing is sure: The cards Mary Ellen increased by 20 percent. received when we were dating were a touch Osculation, by the way, is the scientific name edgier than in recent years. for kissing. Don’t use that word during roHere’s a statistic that’s apropos for the mantic encounters. It could have a negative day for sweethearts. The average person impact on your lifetime kissing total. spends 20,000 minutes in his or her lifeMary Ellen soon caught on that I was not time kissing. Again, this is an average. Your enjoying the act as much as I was trying to smooching may vary, depending on whether run up my total time so we could surpass you attend a lot of Greek and Jewish wedthe Fettermans’ totals. dings or have more than six grandchildren.

“What was that all about?” Mary Ellen said.

Of course, this is pre-COVID-19 data, so the “What do you mean?” numbers have probably gone down.

“Your kiss. You were lingering a lot longer How did the American Dental Association than usual. It’s not even the weekend yet.” come up with this number? It took a little In order for my wife and me to someday math, but it looks like if your kissing career surpass the national average, it will require spans 75 years, you need to kiss about 47.4 her full cooperation. Last night, I told Mary seconds a day to reach this target. I’m a Ellen how beautiful she is and how great happily married guy, but to reach this numdinner was. Maybe now we’ll be able to ber would require counting my relationships break that 20,000 mark … as long as kissing with each of our three dogs as well as the up counts.

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news@currentincarmel.com The COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville will close after Feb. 18.

“The demand for vacciPANDEMIC nations has leveled off and there are now enough additional vaccine sites to fill the need,” stated Chris Walker, emergency preparedness coordinator for the Hamilton County Health Dept.

“That means we no longer require as much Walker space or staff to accommodate those still wanting or needing the COVID-19 vaccines.”

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As a tax lawyer who spent several years living in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Siberia doing Christian ministry work, PROFILE Mark Canada had just the right skill set to launch Marketplace & Development Enterprises, a faithbased service organization that helps members run successful businesses while sharing their faith around the globe.

Canada Canada, a Carmel resident, developed the plan to launch MDE during his four years overseas with his wife, Charlene.

“It was during that period of time that we came to understand the value of business in a missional concept,” Canada said.

MDE launched in 2013 and has approximately a dozen business members, who operate around the world.

“The vision is to see thousands of Christians working in the marketplaces of unreached communities around the world sharing both the love and the message of Jesus Christ,” Canada said. “Our mission to see that vision fulfilled is to help those folks doing that to be better equipped, en-

An employee of DABU, a business member of MDE, weaves. DABU, based in India, makes home goods using age-old methods of hand dyeing and printing. (Photo courtesy of Mark Canada)

couraged and enabled to both make money and make disciples.”

More than 80 MDE volunteers, ranging from lawyers to graphic designers to faith coaches, provide resources and advice to help MDE’s business members succeed and make connections. The experts provide business, missional and personal expertise.

MDE will host its inaugural convention next month to recruit new members and volunteers and inform more people about the organization. “The Gathering” will take place March 11 to 12 at Faith Church, 9125 N. College Ave., Indianapolis.

“I think we are going to use it as a volunteer recruiting tool,” Canada said.

Registration is open through Feb. 15. Register and learn more at buildmde.com.

DISPATCHES Winter Blast returns — Clay Terrace will host the seventh annual Winter Blast from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Village Green near Hoosier Sister. The free event includes carriage and train rides, face painters, a hot chocolate trail, ice sculptures, guaranteed snow and more.

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Employer survey — The Hamilton County Council and Board of Commissioners have released a new survey for Hamilton County employers. The survey is part of a broader study and builds on the earlier State of the Workforce study completed in September 2019 prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.

This updated study will provide greater clarity on the impact of the pandemic on employers’ needs, along with the needs of students and the workforce in Hamilton County. The survey can be found at surveylegend.com/s/3wjt and will be open until Feb. 23.

Bank now open — Community First Bank of Indiana has opened its newest banking center at 93rd and Meridian streets in Indianapolis. The bank offers a full range of personal and business checking and savings accounts, commercial loans, SBA-guaranteed loan solutions and treasury management services. It offers lobby and drive-thru banking. Learn more at CFBIndiana.com.

Small business network meeting — Carmel small business owners are invited to the City of Carmel’s quarterly Carmel Small Business Network meeting set for noon March 10 at Carmel City Hall, 1 Civic Square. Mayor Jim Brainard and his staff will provide information about issues affecting small businesses, including infrastructure improvements, economic development projects and more. Lunch is provided. RSVP to Kelli Prader at kprader@carmel.in.gov by March 4.

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“There is a nautical theme throughout with the decor,” Penix said.

The event was canceled in 2021 because There will still be plenty of good food of the COVID-19 pandemic. and beverages at Taste of Carmel, which “It (was presented) in 2020 (several) days features food & before everything shut down (in FUNDRAISER drink samples March),” Penix said. from 45 area There will be food and cocktail vendors. But there will be one key tasting, an auction, entertainment difference from past versions of the and a raffle for the 21-and-older event when it is held March 3 at the event. The raffle will be for a bike 502 East Event Centre. from Pedego Electric Bikes and jewThe Carmel Education Foundaelry from Diamonds Direct.

Penix tion is hosting the event for the Penix said proceeds will help kick first time. Taste of Carmel previously was off a student grant program this fall and to sponsored by the Orchard Park Elementary increase the quantity of teacher grants.

PTO. The school was closed after the 2020-21 “It also will go to increase our scholarschool year. ship awards to seniors,” Penix said. “We “When they closed, we adopted it to bealso want to immediately give a grant to come a districtwide event,” CEF Executive each school to celebrate their community Director Jennifer Penix said. within their schools.”

In a notable change, Penix said there will The State Bank First Taste VIP Party starts be tributes to each of the 15 schools in the at 5 p.m. with reserve table entry at 6 p.m. district. and general entry at 6:30 p.m. VIP tickets are “Our role as a foundation is a partnership $100. A reserve table of 10 costs $1,000. A limwith all schools,” Penix said. ited number of VIP tickets and reserve tables The theme of Taste of Carmel is “Come remain. General entry tickets are $60.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Ten years ago, four singers were working various jobs in Los Angeles and contemplating their futures.

CONCERT “We were talking about following our own dreams,” said Daniel Tatar, one of the co-creators of The Company Men. “One conversation led to the next, and almost a year later, the group had their first performance. We were all starting families, so the stakes were high. We committed ourselves to building this group, and it’s thrilling to look back at the growth in the past decade.”

The Company Men will perform at 8 p.m.

Feb. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“As demand for performances grew, we expanded from the four of us to multiple casts,” Tatar said. “This week, you can find The Company Men here at the Palladium and on several cruise ships. There has always been at least one of the original members connected with the group. The heart of the group remains the same, but there is space for each person to infuse their own style and personality.”

The group specializes in mashups of songs from today and different eras.

“There are so many different mashups that the setlist changes depending on the audience and length of the show,” Tatar said. “Whenever I do the show, I listen to the newest Top 40 hits and find new mashups to bring in. Actually, I’ve been working on a new one to debut at the Palladium. I’m sure everyone will recognize it.”

Tatar said many of today’s hits are heavily influenced by Motown.

“When we interweave songs, you can hear similar tempos and complementary note structures throughout,” he said. “But our mashups span various genres over the last eight decades.”

Tatar said choreography plays a major role in the concert experience.

“KINKY BOOTS” “Kinky Boots” runs through March 27 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

“THE BIG BANG” Actors Theatre of Indiana presents “The Big Bang,” a musical, through Feb. 20 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit atistage.org.

“THE 39 STEPS” Civic Theatre’s production of “The 39 Steps” runs through Feb. 19 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, civictheatre.org.

“THE BLACK DAHLIA” Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents “The Black Dahlia” through Feb. 27 at the Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, 329 Gradle Dr., Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

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The Company Men will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of The Company Men)

“It captures the essence of the original Motown hits and visually represents the mashups between styles,” Tatar said. “We are constantly moving around, switching places, passing solos. All of that has to be carefully choreographed and rehearsed to keep a clean, precise show. From the very beginning, we have been lucky to have the same choreographer who helps tell the stories of each song through movement.”

Tatar said like the mashups, there are a lot of crossover vocal parts between the four singers.

“Depending on the arrangement, I sing baritone and tenor backup parts, but my solos are in the tenor range,” he said.

“Much of it is in the pop/rock genre, like Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ or Cee Lo Green’s ‘Forget You.’ But I also get to explore the softer, soulful sounds of Sam Smith’s ‘Stay With Me’ or ‘Just My Imagination’ by The Temptations. Lots of variety.”

Tatar said with singing 70 songs in 90 minutes, every moment is enjoyable to

perform.

“A personal favorite is Michael Buble’s ‘Everything,’ where I can really connect with the audience,” he said. “That is something I really appreciate about live performances. Another song I love singing is Katy Perry’s ‘Firework.’ When my daughter was very young, she heard this song on the radio and excitedly yelled, ‘Daddy!

She’s singing your song!’ I still love that.”

The Company Men were supposed to perform for the first time at the Palladium in April 2020, but the show was rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As a Midwesterner myself, it is great to see communities with a deep appreciation for the arts,” Tatar said. “The (concert) season at the Palladium brings in some amazing and diverse performances from all over the country, and I’m very excited to connect with the audience here.”

For more, visit thecenterpresents.org and thecompanymen.com.

The Indiana Wind Symphony presents the “Winter Festival: All That Sparkles” concert at 6:30 Feb. 20 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit indianwindsymphony.org.

“OF MICE AND MEN” Main Street Productions presents “Of Mice and Men” through Feb. 20 at the Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

Civic Theatre cancels ‘Cat in Hat’ editorial@youarecurrent.com Civic Theatre has canceled its annual children’s show “The Cat in the Hat” because of COVID-19 issues. The performances had been set for Feb. 26 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

The Center for the Performing Arts has a policy requiring mask or facial coverings for anyone age 3 or older who is attending events.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Visitors to the Center for the Performing Arts will notice new signage above the box office at the Palladium SPONSORSHIP and the James Building, home to The Tarkington and Studio Theater.

The Center and Fifth Third Bank announced a partnership Feb. 7 to name it the Fifth Third Bank Box Office.

“Our box office is the first impression many people have of the Center for the Performing Arts,” Center President/CEO Jeffrey C. McDermott said.

McDermott said the box office staff is devoted to service.

“We’re equally thrilled our partner for the naming of the box office is hugely dedicated to service of not just their customers but the entire community,” he said. “That is measured by the fact that they have chosen to partner with us in such a front-facing way. We’re thrilled about that.”

The partnership is for five years. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Center for the Performing Arts holds a ribbon cutting for the Fifth Third Box Office as Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard holds the big scissors.

(Photo courtesy of Center for the Performing Arts)

The partnership includes ticket discounts for Fifth Third Bank cardholders.

“This is a world-class facility and there are very few places in the world that have something like this,” Fifth Third Bank Regional President Michael Ash said.

Ash said Fifth Third Bank wanted to create a partnership in the arts community and determined that the Center for the Performing Arts would be an ideal fit. Ash said Fifth Third was especially impressed with the educational and community outreach the Center conducts.

A ribbon cutting was conducted after the announcement.

Selecting the right artist Commentary by Randy Sorrell Recently, a spirited friend requested a commission for a realistic painting of him and Fido, the lab. After VIEWPOINT wondering if something more suggestive/modern would be appropriate (Realism is not my strength), I kindly declined. Naturally, I offered him a referral.

HOW TO COMMISSION ART Are you searching for a painting that speaks directly to you or includes a very specific subject? Commissioning a piece might be the solution. Deb Slack, a Carmel artist and one of the three owners of Art On Main, 111 West Main St. in Carmel, offers a few guidelines on how to proceed: • What’s the subject matter? Any pictures/examples?

• Size matters. Do you prefer portrait or landscape? The anticipated location of the painting will drive this.

• Do you have a color palette preferred?

Earth tones, for example, and are we trying to echo any colors in a wallpaper or fabric?

• Budget?

• Style preferred. Realism, Abstract, Modern, Impressionism, etc.

• Does it need framed, or will you manage that? Or a gallery-wrapped canvas?

Deb offers an initial consult, abbreviated rough sample, mid-painting viewing as well as delivery and installation. Randall Scott Harden and Kim Greene are the other gifted owners of the gallery. Stop in and enjoy their work.

Pam Newell, a crazy-talented artist, offers an astute observation. Verify that you dig the artist’s style and that the subject matter is in their wheelhouse. Do they paint it often and enjoy it? Makes sense to me.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fittingly, the Indiana Wind Symphony’s upcoming concert is called “Winter Festival: All That Sparkles.” The recent CONCERT winter storm was a factor in adjusting the music lineup.

IWS Music Director Charles Conrad said two rehearsals were canceled because of potential COVID-19 exposure, and then another was canceled because of the Feb. 2 winter storm. So Conrad took out a few pieces and turned the show into a concert without an intermission.

Principal flutist Carl Butler will be the featured soloist when the concert is presented at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts.

Butler will play a piece called “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso” by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saens. It will be the second piece performed.

“It’s a piece played by both violinist or flutist,” Conrad said. “It works equally well in both versions.”

The concert will open with “Fanfare for Freedom” by Harry Bulow, a music professor

IWS principal flute Carl Butler will perform as the soloist. (Photo courtesy of Indiana Wind Symphony)

at Purdue University.

The piece IWS took the concert title from is “Sparkle” by Shafer Mahoney.

“It features piano, flutes and clarinets on a really wonderful sparkling melody,” Conrad said.

The next piece is Norman Dello Joio’s ‘Caccia.” Dello Joio died in 2008.

The piece that follows is George Rosenkrans’ “The Illuminator.”

The concert concludes with “Bookmarks from Japan: Symphony No. 4” by Julie Giroux.

For more, visit indianawindsymphony.org.

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While the finish on the cabinets was outdated, the layout of the space worked well and the cabinets were still in good working order. However, there were a few other elements that needed more attention and/or replacement.

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A visit to scenic Sedona Commentary by Don Knebel Today, in my continuing series on places to go during Indiana winters, we visit Sedona, Ariz., with an average TRAVEL high March temperature of 65 degrees.

About 300 million years ago, geologic forces created unique red sandstone outcroppings in a 4,000-foot-high area, 30 miles south of Flagstaff. In 1902, the United States established a post office in the area and named it Sedona after the postmaster’s wife. For years, Sedona remained a sleepy desert town, used as a scenic backdrop for Western movies. Because of its pleasant temperatures and dramatic settings, vacationers began coming to Sedona in the 1950s. In 1956, Marguerite Staude, a sculptor who owned a ranch near Sedona, designed and supervised the building of the Roman Catholic Chapel of the Holy Cross, dramatically set into the sandstone south of the center of town. In 1980, a Sedona medium claimed that the area around Sedona includes so-called “vortexes” (not “vortices”), claimed to be spots where the earth’s magnetic forces are particularly strong, providing spiritual and physical healing.

Sedona, now with a population of about 10,000, attracts visitors from around the world. Many New Age shops cater to those visiting town to experience its spiritual energy. Multiple tours take visitors to the claimed vortexes, ranging from four to seven depending on the tour. Even people taking the tours who reject the vortex claims find relaxation among the red-orange cliffs and buttes, the colors of which change with the time of day. Sedona is a picturesque day trip from Phoenix and about 100 miles south of the Grand Canyon. Sedona visitors

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should plan on stopping at nearby Jerome, a former copper mining town that was once the fourth-largest city in Arizona. The Douglas family mansion is now a museum, chronicling the time when Jerome was the “wickedest town in the west.”

Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel. com. You may contact him at editorial@youarecurrent.com.

Notice of Public Hearing Before Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer Docket No. PZ-2022-00016 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 28th day of February, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Caucus Rooms, (1 Civic Sq, 2nd Floor, Carmel, IN 46032 will hold a public hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to: Approve 56% lot coverage where maximum lot coverage allowed is 35% per UDO section 2.12. With the property being known as 436 1st Ave SE, Carmel, IN. The application is identified as Docket No. PZ-2022-00016 V. The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Lot #2 in replat of lots 9,10 and part of lot 11 in C.Y. Foster’s Addition as per plat thereof, Recorded plat cabinet 5, slide 1172, Instrument # 2020055202 found in the office of the Recorder Hamilton County, In. The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents-Laserfiche. All interested persons 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. The petitioners are Joe and Tim Logan of Timothy Homes, LLC. PO BOX 3422 Carmel, IN 46082-3422.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HEARING OFFICER Docket No. PZ-2022-00019 V & PZ-2022-00020 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer meeting on the 28th day of February, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Caucus Rooms (1 Civic Sq., 2nd Flr, Carmel, IN 46032) will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to: Allow three building signs rather than two.

Allow a ground sign without a delineated cornice.

With the property being known as (Insert address): 55 4th Ave SE, Carmel, IN 46032.

The application is identified as Docket No. PZ2022-00019 V & PZ-2022-00020 V. The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: (Insert Legal Description OR Tax ID parcel number(s) Parcel Number: 16-1030-00-00-026.000The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laserfiche.

All interested persons 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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HEARING OFFICER Docket No. PZ-2022-0007 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer meeting on the 28th day of February, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Caucus Rooms (1 Civic Sq., 2nd Flr, Carmel, IN 46032) will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to request a 34-ft front yard building setback, when a minimum of 35 is required.

With the property being known as 111 Bennett Rd. The application is identified as Docket No. PZ-2022-0007 V. The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Village of Mt. Carmel Subdivision, Lot 49.

The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laserfiche.

All interested persons 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.

Sandra Newkirk PETITIONER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Docket No.: PZ-2022-00011 - 00012 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 28th day of February, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the Carmel City Hall, 2nd Flr Caucus Rooms, 1 Civic Sq, Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to allow: two separate variances for a new 2-story residence. One, for a 51% lot coverage, driven by a paver patio and pool. Second, to allow use of the original plat setbacks of 25’ (as compared to the UDO required 35’) on the North and East sides, and a setback for more than 25’ from the West side curb.

With the property being known as: 401 Emerson Rd, Carmel IN 46032 The application is identified as Docket No. Docket No. PZ-2022-00011 V - 00012 V The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: 16-09-25-04-03-001.000 The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laserfiche.

All interested persons 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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