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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com An organization seeking to open a charter school in Carmel filed a lawsuit April 8 asking a Hamilton County EDUCATION judge to decide whether Carmel Clay Schools followed state law in determining future plans for the former Orchard Park Elementary site, which is set to become a park amenity.

The complaint, filed by attorney and Republican Indiana State Rep. Chris Jeter on behalf of Indiana Classical Schools Corp., is asking the court to determine whether the CCS school board’s June 2018 vote to approve a recommendation to close the elementary building should have triggered a requirement in state law to essentially make former school buildings available to charter schools for $1 before selling the property or committing it to a use not related to education.

The law states that school districts must notify the Indiana Dept. of Education — which then notifies organizations that authorize charter schools — “no later than 10 days after passing a resolution or taking other official action to close, no longer use or no longer occupy a building that was previously used for classroom instruction.”

CCS has not notified IDOE about the availability of the building because it is still being used by the district for meeting space, professional development, staging and safety drills. The Indiana attorney general’s office confirmed in December 2021 the building is still in use by CCS. CCS issued a statement April 11 in response to the lawsuit.

“The Orchard Park property is an important asset to the neighborhood, and we remain pleased to partner with Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation for the property’s future use to benefit our entire community,” the statement reads. “We are aware of the lawsuit initiated by Indiana State Rep. Christopher Jeter on behalf of the Indiana

Flags fly March 30 in front of the building that previously housed Orchard Park Elementary. (Photo

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Classical Schools Corporation. The response to a complaint with the Indiana Attorney General’s office confirmed we have been fully compliant with the law regarding the use of our property. CCS will now efficiently address the matter through the judicial process as needed.”

The CCS school board approved a resolution in June 2021 outlining its intentions to lease the site to CCPR to develop a new park. The school board vote occurred less than a week before a change in state law that would require school districts to receive confirmation from the Indiana attorney general that the district has complied with laws requiring vacant school buildings to be offered to charter schools before they can approve resolutions to sell, exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operation or dispose of a school building.

Indiana Classical Schools Corp. is seeking to open Valor Classical Academy, part of Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative, in the former Orchard Park building beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

“Orchard Park is owned by the taxpayers

and is no longer being used for classroom instruction. We’d like to restore this facility back to a productive use by opening a classical school that supports parents, students and educators and adds new opportunities and value to this vibrant community,” stated Holly Wilson, founder of Valor Classical school.

According to a press release, Valor’s mission is “to educate the minds of students to seek truth, beauty, and goodness as they pursue academic excellence through a rigorous, content-rich curriculum that develops moral character and civic virtue.”

As a BCSI school, Valor is set to receive free curriculum and other nonfinancial support from Hillsdale College, a small Christian liberal arts college in Michigan with ties to several conservative organizations and politicians.

The Grace School Charter Authority, which is affiliated with Grace College in Winona Lake, is set to authorize Valor, meaning it would hold the new school accountable to fulfill its charter.

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Daughter set to testify against mother in poisoned oatmeal case

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

According to the plea deal, which is set to go before a judge at an April 21 sentencing hearing, Runyon has agreed to 26 years in prison with A woman facing charges related to the Januanother six years suspended. The sentence is ary 2021 poisoning and strangulation death of a contingent on her testifying against Littlefield Carmel man and Walker.

PLEA DEAL has signed a According to a probable plea agreecause affidavit, Walker told ment that drops a murder Carmel police that Runyon and charge in exchange for testiLittlefield told him they drugged mony against her mother and Kelley’s oatmeal with fentanyl. then-boyfriend.

When they later found him unLogan Marie Runyon, 23, responsive, Walker said LittleRunyon Littlefield is charged with murder and field used Kelley’s favorite tie to conspiracy to commit murder for her strangle him and that she pounded his alleged role in the death of Francis head against the floor.

Kelley, who is believed to have eaten An autopsy revealed that Kelley died oatmeal laced with fentanyl before beof asphyxia due to manual strangulaing strangled with his favorite necktie. tion/neck compression. He had blunt Runyon’s mother and Kelley’s ex-girlforce trauma to the head and injuries on friend, Heidi Marie Littlefield, 42, is fachis hand, elbow and knees. Toxicology Walker ing a murder charge and two counts of results revealed high levels of fentanyl, conspiracy to commit murder, and Runa synthetic opioid, in his system. yon’s ex-boyfriend, Robert Walker, 30, has been Littlefield’s trial is set for Aug. 15. Walker’s charged with conspiracy to commit murder. trial is scheduled for Sept. 12.

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Artificial turf coming to Midtown Plaza — The City of Carmel will install new artificial turf at Midtown Plaza and along Elm Street, just east of the Monon Greenway. The new turf will be durable, drainable and easy to clean.

Construction began March 21 so it can be set and ready to use for the busy summer months at the plaza.

Midtown Plaza opened in May 2019, and attempts to foster the growth of natural grass have not been successful. The new turf, once installed, will have a natural grass appearance, be

cushioned for delicate joints and will greatly reduce labor and maintenance costs versus the expense of actual grass. In addition to placing turf in the plaza area, contractors will also replace the gravel in the areas along West Elm Street.

River Heritage Park closed — River Heritage Park has closed for planned improvements as part of Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation’s Reimagining Parks initiative. Upgrades include wheelchair-accessible playground features, sensory-friendly interpretive signage, ADA-accessible trails and boardwalks with overlooks on the White River and more. The park is anticipated to reopen after construction is completed in the winter of 2022.

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Infant surrendered in Baby Box

By Taylor Dixon news@currentincarmel.com Carmel Fire Dept. Station 45 firefighters were able to put a weekly practice to the test April 5 when an alarm alertCFD ed them that an infant had been placed in the station’s Safe Haven Baby Box. The boy was the first baby to be placed in the box, which provides a place for parents or guardians who can’t care for a newborn to safely surrender the child, since its installation in December 2018.

Although Dave Haboush, CFD fire chief, was not on duty when the baby was placed in the box, he is ecstatic that the system worked and that everyone is safe. He said the station runs weekly tests to ensure firefighters are prepared for the situation.

“We’ve trained for it and all of our firefighters did a wonderful job with the baby,” Haboush said.

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Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Officer Doug Sanford of Sheridan died March 29 at age IN MEMORIAM 48 after battling an illness. Sanford was the HCSO animal control officer since 2015.

“He has been a staple in this community since his swearing in and has done a fantastic job working with the citizens of this county, several animal organizations, assisting other law enforcement agencies and educating the public on animal laws and ordinances,” a press release from HCSO stated.

Humane Society for Hamilton County Executive Director Rebecca Stevens often worked closely with Sanford and said she was heartbroken to hear of his death. She recalled a fond memory when he brought in a neglected dog in 2018.

“The photos show how seriously Doug took his job in advocating for the animals who need us the most,” said Stevens, who took photos of the dog. “He was a master of animal law and fiercely dedicated to ensuring that not only animals were treated humanely, but also that irresponsible and neglectful pet owners were held accountable.”

During the 2018 incident, she watched Sanford exit his truck with a frail dog who was “skin and bones.”

Doug Sanford comforts a dog after rescuing her from a neglectful situation in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Stevens)

“He held her so lovingly and gently,” Stevens said. “I remember thinking she looked at him like he was wearing a superhero cape. After all, he had saved her. He certainly wore a cape in my eyes and for so many other animal welfare advocates.”

Sanford was born in Grand Rapids, Mich.

He is survived by his wife Heather; his two children, Holdan and Brittney; his mother, Sharon; his sister, Jan; his best friend, Jon Stollings; and his hunting dog, Deke.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Community Foundation, 18100 Cumberland Rd., Noblesville. Donate online at hcsocommunityfoundation.com/donate.

County commissioners seek proposals for affordable housing

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Hamilton County Commissioners released a request for proposals April 7 seeking qualified agenGOVERNMENT cies for Community Development Block Grant funding.

CDBG funding is allocated to provide affordable housing to low- or moderate-income residents in Hamilton County. More than $1 million will be made available for one or more affordable housing projects meeting qualifying criteria. Proposals will be accepted through April 28.

Activities eligible for funds include acquisition or rehab of existing housing units for ownership or rent, new construction of

rental or homeownership units or homeownership assistance. The activities must be performed within Hamilton County, and funds must be used by May 1, 2023. Noblesville Housing Authority is the agency responsible for the county’s CDBG program.

Qualified agencies include public agencies and nonprofit organizations. Applicants may partner with other organizations to provide the necessary expertise for their proposed affordable housing project. The county is not accepting applications from individuals in need of personal housing or other financial assistance as part of this process.

To apply, visit hamiltoncounty.in.gov/1364/ Community-Development-Block-Grants. All applications must be emailed to cdbg@ gonha.org.

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Lung transplant recipient makes 5K comeback Business | Wealth Management | Personal

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Mike Kaster understands how fortunate he is to be alive, much less running.

After CARMEL MARATHON contracting COVID-19, the 60-year-old Carmel resident had a double-lung transplant and bypass surgery on Sept. 7, 2021. Kaster went to an Indianapolis hospital July 18 and spent a little less than four weeks there before being transported to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where he was in its hospital facility for 77 days, making a total of 101 days in the hospitals. He went on life support Aug. 6, on his 38th wedding anniversary.

On April 9, Kaster successfully completed the 5K run in 46 minutes and 56 seconds as part of the Carmel Marathon. It marked a big step in a long journey.

“It all came as quite a shock, because before getting COVID I was never sick and always healthy,” said Kaster, a 1980 Carmel High School graduate. “To learn that COVID did irreversible damage to my lungs and that it also spurred the coronary blockage was doubly surprising. The biggest thing that I feel fortunate about is that an organ donor unfortunately lost their life and donated their lungs so I could continue my life. Words cannot express how fortunate I feel for this gift.”

Dr. Matthew Henn, a cardiac surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, said approximately 2,500 lung transplants are performed per year in the U.S. “Our center performed 73 last year, making us the sixth-busiest lung transplant center in the country,” Henn said. “Lung transplants for COVID-19 are rare and there have been roughly 200 total since the start of the pandemic. What is even more rare, and perhaps the only case ever, was Mr. Kaster undergoing the combination of coronary artery bypass at the same time as a double-lung transplant for COVID-19.”

During recovery, Kaster’s goals have been short term.

“In November, I could barely walk to the end of our driveway, so my goal was to walk a mile by the end of November,” he said. “Then it was to go 2 miles. Then my goal shifted to getting back to running, which I started doing in February. Then I set my sights on doing my first 5K since getting

Mike Kaster, right, finishes his first 5K since undergoing a double-lung transplant in September 2021. (Photo courtesy of Mike Kaster)

COVID last July. The Carmel Marathon’s 5K was good from a timing perspective and gave me something to shoot for.”

Kaster’s wife, Joan, and one of their daughters also contracted COVID-19 at the same time but had mild symptoms. Joan is a cancer survivor.

“Our reason for not yet being vaccinated last July is that we were waiting for Joan to be cleared to receive the vaccine by her oncologist,” Kaster said.

“We were scheduled for her to see her doctor a week or so after we returned from our vacation last July, at which time we were both planning to start the vaccination process.”

MARATHON RECORD SET Steve Froeschle, from Davenport, Iowa, broke the Carmel Marathon men’s record by one minute by finishing with a time of 2:20:48.

“I probably didn’t adjust my plan as much as I should have with the weather,” Froeschle stated. “I wanted to hit 2:18 for an Olympic Trial qualifier.

It worked out the first half but I had to just put my head down and get through the second half.”

Despite the windy conditions, Peighton Meske, Knoxville, Tenn., took nearly 20 minutes off her previous personalbest time to win the women’s full marathon in 2:39:48.

Carmel Half Marathon winners were Raymond Magut, 1:04:22 in the men’s race and Mary Munanu, 1:12:42, in the women’s race. For more results, visit CarmelMarathon.com.

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CARMEL Project: Range Line Road reconstruction CONSTRUCTION Location: 116th Street to Carmel Drive. A roundabout is under construction at Medical Drive, which will be followed by construction of a roundabout at 116th Street beginning in June.

Expected completion: Summer Project: Burial of transmission lines in the Arts & Design District Location: 1st Ave. NW from Main Street to 1st Street NW. Access to the Sophia Square parking garage will be maintained.

Expected completion: Work to bury transmission lines in the area will continue until 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 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: Widening of the Monon Greenway Location: Between City Center Drive and Carmel Drive Start date: Jan. 17 Expected completion: November 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.

Start date: On or after June 1 Expected completion: Aug. 1 Project: Reconstruction of College Avenue Location: Between 96th and 106th streets Start date: On or after July 1 Expected completion: April 2023 Project: Pathway along Gray Road Location: Between 106th and 116th streets Start date: TBD Expected completion: 90 days after start date

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Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and 146th Street. Best detour is bypassing 146th street by taking 141st street.

Expected completion: May Project: Roundabout construction on 131st street.

Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and 131st Street. Best detour is to avoid 131st street by taking 126th street.

Expected completion: July Project: Bridge deck patching Location: On or after April 18, 106th Street east of Allisonville Road will be under lane closures in both directions, one at a time.

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Project: Wheeler Road and Tournament Trail traffic signal Location: Intersection at Wheeler Road and Tournament Trail Expected completion: Construction is only in the preparation phase at this time.

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Project: Chad Hittle Drive roundabout Location: A section of 191st Street from Tomlinson Road to U.S. 31 will be converted into a boulevard with a roundabout at Chad Hittle Drive. 191st Street from the east leg of the Tomlinson Road roundabout to Chad Hittle Drive is closed.

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Tim Phares has been selected as the next principal of Carmel High School.

Currently the princiEDUCATION pal at Creekside Middle School in Carmel, Phares will replace Tom Harmas, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Harmas, who became CHS principal in 2017, also stepped into the role after serving as Creekside principal.

Phares Phares will begin his new role July 1, pending approval by the school board.

“Dr. Phares rose to the top of a very competitive pool of applicants,” CCS Supt. Michal Beresford Harmas stated. “We are fortunate to have an administrator of his talent, experience, heart and character as the next principal of Carmel High School. In every step along his leadership journey, he has continued the tradition of excellence in the schools he has served and worked collaboratively to continually find ways to get better.”

Phares said he is “honored and humbled” to become the next principal of CHS. “Throughout my 22 years in Carmel Clay Schools, I have been fortunate to work alongside outstanding educators, supportive families, and most importantly, extremely talented and hardworking students,” he stated. “I am so appreciative of the lasting relationships I have built over the years and am eager to create new ones with the staff and students at Carmel High School.”

Phares began his career in CCS as a kindergarten teacher at Orchard Park Elementary before becoming assistant principal at Prairie Trace Elementary. He served as principal at Orchard Park and Towne Meadow before moving to Creekside.

A longtime Carmel resident and father of four CCS students, Phares was named the District 5 Middle School Principal of the Year in 2021 by the Indiana Association of School Principals.

He has a B.S. in Education from Indiana Wesleyan University, an M.S. in Education from Ball State University and Ed.S. and Ed.D. degrees from Ball State University.

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Mt. Vernon senior guard achieves dream of being Indiana All-Star

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Since he was little, Amhad Jarrard wanted to be an Indiana All-Star.

“It was a dream come true for me,” Amhad said of being named to the Indiana Boys All-Star team. “It was a goal throughout high school.”

Indiana will play Kentucky in the annual series June 10 at Owensboro, Ky., and June 11 at Southport High School in Indianapolis.

Amhad averaged 14.6 points on 63 percent shooting, 4.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals last season. His twin brother, Armon, averaged a team-high 16.3 points on 57 percent shooting, including 49 percent from 3-point range. Amhad typically plays shooting guard and 6-foot-3 Armon plays point guard. The brothers, who were threeyear starters, are headed to play together at IUPUI. “The biggest improvement I made was getting my teammates involved and being more of a leader and being able to score when I had for the team,” Amhad said.

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Amhad made 71 percent of his two-point shots.

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It’s hard to quantify all the things he’s done for us over the last three years. He always could have scored more points, but I’d say this about he and his brother, they really wanted to win.

“They’re kind of a coach’s dream in that they are calm. You almost want them to

have a little more fire at times.”

Mt. Vernon finished 22-3 this season, winning its second consecutive sectional title.

“We played together as a team and came together to get big wins in a lot of close games,” Amhad said.

Rhoades said the Marauders wouldn’t have won 39 games the past two seasons without the brothers’ contributions.

“They’re so versatile you can use them anywhere you want to,” Rhoades said.

“They’re a problem for other teams guarding (them).”

Amhad said he and his brother support each other.

“We push each other a lot,” Amhad said.

“When I see he’s not doing good in games, I say, ‘You got to get something going.’”

Amhad said they were prepared to play at different colleges.

“We thought we were going to go separate ways,” Amhad said.

But when IUPUI offered scholarships to both, they decided to continue playing together.

“I want to improve my catch-and-shoot, my pull-up jump shot and make it more efficient,” Amhad said.

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Shredding, recycling event returns April 23 at Creekside news@currentincarmel.com The Carmel Shred-it event, which also includes electronics recycling and prescription drug disposal, ENVIRONMENT will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 in the parking lot of Creekside Middle School, 3525 W. 126th St. A $5 donation is requested per banker-box size container or equivalent. Donations will benefit Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana. Recommended documents to shred include any with a signature, account number, social security number, medical or legal information.

The recycling drop-off will be managed by Technology Recyclers. There will be a $20 charge per computer monitor or TV. Cash and credit cards will be accepted.

The following items will be accepted: • Computers, servers, peripherals, wiring, cable, battery backups, monitors, TVs • Electronics (phones, stereos, headsets,

DVD players, any small appliance, IT equipment including hubs, switches, servers, routers, racks, etc.)

• Office equipment, including fax machines, copiers, phone systems As part of the city’s trash program with Republic Services, drop-off of bulky items will be available free of charge to Carmel Utilities trash customers (an ID or utility bill is required). No electronic waste or appliances containing Freon will be accepted in bulk item disposal. Paints, light bulbs, tires, landscape waste, sharps and ammunition will not be accepted.

Items that may be dropped off include: • Lawn equipment • Carpet • Furniture • Grills (no propane tanks) • Water heaters • Swing sets • Mattresses Police officers will be on site collecting unused and expired pharmaceuticals for proper disposal.

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Davis, director of training and communications for the Fishers-based nonprofit, said the fundraising goal is $100,000.

The 14th annual fundraiser will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. May 5 at Embassy Suites in Noblesville. The 2020 event was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Last year, Wine, Wags & Whiskers was an in-person event with record attendance (of 550),” Davis said of the July event at Embassy Suites. “We hope to set another record this year.”

This year, the bourbon pull, silent auction and tastings from Four Day Ray and Tito’s Handmade Vodka will return. There will be wine tastings from Vine & Table. Davis said new this year is Mexican- and American-themed hors d’oeuvres, because the event falls on Cinco de Mayo, along with additional liquor tastings from Brown-Forman.

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The 2021 Wine, Wags & Whiskers set an attendance record with 550 guests. (Photo courtesy of Humane Society for Hamilton County)

The event also is tagged as Cinco de Meow because it falls on May 5. “Meowmaritas” will be served with Tito’s vodka.

There also will be “bundtinis” from Nothing Bundt Cakes, adoptable pets and coffee from Noble Coffee.

The silent auction features jewelry from Hupp Jewelers in Fishers and a pet photography package from Furtography Studio.

There also will be a raffle.

The largest fundraiser is Tinsel & Tails, set for Nov. 17 at 502 East Event Centre in Carmel.

For more, visit hamiltonhumane.com/ programs/events/wine-wags-whiskers.

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DISPATCHES Correction — A story in the April 12 edition of Current in Carmel incorrectly stated the height for taking the measurement of trees in the City of Carmel’s Big Tree Contest.

Measurements should be taken 4 feet 6 inches from the ground. ​ O’Connor House donation — Shepherd Insurance, Indiana’s largest independent insurance provider, recently announced a donation, in partnership with West Bend Mutual Insurance, to support The O’Connor House. Representatives from Shepherd and West Bend presented a $10,000 grant to the Carmel-based nonprofit organization that provides a Christian home to help single, pregnant, homeless women improve life for themselves and their children.

500 Festival seeks volunteers — The 500 Festival is seeking thousands of volunteers to fill positions as part of the 2022 500 Festival Volunteer Program. Volunteer roles include handing out participant packets at the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon Expo, ushering at the parade and hosting fourth grade class study trips at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Volunteers receive a T-shirt, an invitation to Volunteer Appreciation Day, two tickets to Indianapolis 500 qualifications, a virtual goodie bag and more. Learn more and sign up at 500Festival.com/ Volunteer.

Author, columnist Borgman to speak — Syndicated columnist and author Lori Borgman will speak at a tea sponsored by Orchard Park Presbyterian Women at 3 p.m. May 1. Borgman’s column is distributed to more than 400 newspapers and media outlets throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Borgman event is open to the public and will take place at Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, 1605 E. 106th St. RSVP at bit. ly/pwctea.

Breakfast at the Brickyard — Former IndyCar driver and current IndyCar analyst for NBC Sports James Hinchcliffe will be the featured guest at the 2022 500 Festival Breakfast at the Brickyard, to be held at 9:30 a.m. May 21 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Individual tickets cost $85. Learn more and purchase tickets at 500Festival. com/Breakfast.

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are directly linked to better health. Regularly doing activities that create a positive It isn’t easy to find joy in our lives when emotion is better for you than taking a we are feeling stressed by the news of the nosedive into feeling sorry for yourself. world and the violence We probably all agree that doing somePLAIN TALK around us. It helps to limit thing for someone else brings joy and a watching the news to one sense of fulfillment. Sometimes, it’s as time a day, perhaps after you’ve had a mosimple as a bright smile or a friendly, “Hello, ment that has brought you happiness. how are you?”

I like to think of my happiness in three Feelings of gloom and doom should be reparts: The little placed with feelings happy moments of hope and happiPositive emotions are directly like a sunny day, ness for a healthier, linked to better health. seeing spring flowhappy long life. ers blooming or a Make a list of – LORENE BURKHART picture of my new your happy mogreat-grandson. Medium happy moments ments. Take a walk and soak up the wonare when my team wins, my answers are ders of nature or call someone special and correct in the crossword puzzle or a dinner share some good news. You might be surtastes delicious. The big happy moments prised about how different you feel when are enjoying my beautiful home, hearing you adjust your happiness level. from my family and attending an inspiring concert.

Taking a walk surrounded by the wonLorene Burkhart resides at The ders of an awakening springtime brings a Stratford in West Clay. She is feeling of pleasure that can’t be replaced by the author of seven books. any movie, book or television show.

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Summer service program — The Kiwanis Club of Carmel is presenting a summer service program for kids in kindergarten through 12th grade to have a meaningful impact in the community. The program runs from June 5 to Aug. 7 and includes activities designed to be completed at home. Service themes include food insecurity and nutrition, elder care, and animals and nature. Cost is $40 with a T-shirt, $30 without a T-shirt. Scholarships are available. Learn more at carmelkiwanis.org/ summerservice.

Weed Wrangles clear invasive species — The organizations of the Hamilton County Invasives Partnership are inviting volunteers to help clear local parks of invasive species by participating in Weed Wrangles. During

the Weed Wrangle, teams of volunteers, supervised by guides, will locate and uproot unwelcome plants such as bush honeysuckle, garlic mustard, autumn olive, English ivy and winter creeper. Learn more and sign up to volunteer at hcinvasives.org.

Intercollegiate band selection — Manchester University student Mason Kniola of Carmel participated in the 2022 College Band Director’s National Association Intercollegiate Band from April 7 to 9 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Kniola is a vocal performance major who played the tuba in the band event.

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Students in Germany compete in the Kahoot Cup. (Photo courtesy of Steven Auslander)

Kahoot Cup unites students on a global scale through trivia

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my home on Tuesday morning at 6 a.m.,” Auslander said. “Then, I run it live from a fifth-grade class in my school at 9 a.m. and A global game of trivia called Kahoot is a final time at 1:40 p.m. with a second-grade connecting students around the world. The class. This range in time slots allows game focuses many countries of the world to EDUCATION on pop culture participate.” because of its In the past five years, Canada has unifying nature. won once, and Ireland and the U.S. “All kids are familiar with Minehave won twice. This year, a high craft, En Canto, Baby Shark, etc.,” school student from Los Angeles said Steven Auslander, founder of scored the highest and won the the Kahoot Cup. “Kids are kids. As Kahoot Cup for the U.S. Auslander a whole, they love Disney, video After two years of COVID-19 regames, popular music, etc. In the Kahoot, strictions, Auslander said the Kahoot Cup they realize how much they all have in comwas a much-needed event. mon, and I think that’s important.”

“The Kahoot Cup is just so much fun. I Auslander, who teaches technology to love seeing photos and watching and hearstudents at Allisonville Elementary in Indiing the videos of classes from all over the anapolis, started the Kahoot Cup five years world cheering and enjoying my event,” he ago. He’s always enjoyed connecting his said. “I especially love hearing the students students with “engaging learning expericheering for their classmates. After all of ences with peers and experts from all over the COVID stress, kids and teachers deserve the world.” to have this fun time and also this import“I was a Skype Master Teacher and a Miant lesson.” crosoft Global Learning Mentor,” the Carmel It’s a lesson that focuses on how much resident said. “The first Kahoot Cup had 10 kids around the world are alike, despite classes from 10 countries, and it was amazdifferent cultures and customs. ing. It’s grown bigger each year.”

“I think with the many negative world This year, more than 3,200 student events in the news today, this is a very players participated, and teachers from important lesson. The kids represent their 52 countries registered for the event. The country. Their country name is in their Kagame is played on Zoom four times across hoot nickname,” Auslander said. “They wear four time slots. country colors and hold their nation’s flags “I start the game at 9 p.m. on Monday and they wave and cheer for each other. night in my house and that takes care of Again, it’s a fun and unifying event and it the many countries in the Far East. I wake shows kids around the world we are more up early and run the game again from alike than different.”

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Club president Rick Towle, left, and club treasurer Brian Crosley. (Photos by Rachel Greenberg)

Blatchley Nature Study Club celebrates 100 years

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For the past 100 years, Blatchley Nature Study Club has perhaps been one of the best-kept secrets in NoOUTDOORS blesville. At least, that’s the opinion of club president Rick Towle.

Blatchley Nature Study Club was started in 1922 by Dr. Earl Brooks as a social club with nature components and has since grown to more than 100 members, who meet at a clubhouse nestled off a winding road in northern Noblesville, where a 15-acre private nature sanctuary is an oasis of calm in a city that’s quickly growing.

The nature area features 2 miles of trails, wildlife like fox, owls, salamanders and pileated woodpeckers, more than 40 species of wildflowers and more than 25 species of trees.

“I think with the 100-year scenario, that puts us in a class by ourselves in terms of a nature organization,” Towle said. “As far as I know, there’s nothing else like it.”

When the club was founded, it was called the Hamilton County Nature Study Club.

Members met twice a month. The first meeting involved a nature-related presentation and the second meeting was for social reasons and often was held at people’s homes.

The clubhouse was built in 1965.

One hundred years after its start, the club has combined the presentation and social components into one monthly meeting.

There are various special events, such as hiking, wildflower walks and membership drives.

“We have some of the best wildflower diversity in the state of Indiana,” Towle said.

“They’re all slowly starting to pop.”

Presentations have been given by staff from the Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources and organizations equipped in rehabbing wildlife, among others. Hamilton County Supt. of Natural Resources and Education Amanda Smith recently presented on facts and myths about nature.

“It tackled some of the more widely known or thought of myths about nature,” she said.

“Like owls can turn their heads all the way around or baby birds will be abandoned if you touch them because the parents smell you on them, those types of myths.”

Smith said the club does an excellent job of preserving collections by important figures in nature, such as Brooks and Willis Blatchley, whom the club is named for. Blatchley was a renowned Indiana naturalist.

Notable members have included Eli Lilly, the grandson of the founder of Eli Lilly & Co.; Indiana State Forester Charles Deam; American landscape painter Frank V. Dudley; and conservationist Richard Lieber, founder of the Indiana state parks system. Most current members reside in Hamilton County but membership is spread across the state.

Club meetings are at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at the clubhouse, 125 Boulder Dr. Annual membership dues are $35. The fee includes full use of the private grounds, which aren’t open to the public.

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For more, visit the Blatchley Nature Study Club on Facebook.

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Carmel-based nonprofit helps make dreams come true for children battling cancer

By Chris Bavender news@currentincarmel.com Twelve years ago, Liz Niemiec watched as her fifth-grade teacher’s son, Max, battled childhood cancer. Diagnosed at age 3, Max passed away when he was 7.

“It was eye-opening to me, and I felt it was just extremely unfair that he went through what he did at such a young age,” said Niemiec, who was 16 when Niemiec Max died.

At Max’s wake, she saw a photo hanging above his casket of him holding onto his beloved puppy, “Chewy,” a gift from his parents.

“It made me realize just how special and meaningful a gift can mean for a child going through cancer,” she said. “For Max, his puppy meant so much. He was a friend, a moment of joy, a distraction, happiness.

I wanted to bring that kind of ‘little’ gift to other kids going through cancer, one that would also bring comfort, hope and joy.”

That sparked the idea for the Little Wish Foundation. The premise is simple: To grant wishes to children fighting cancer. The wishes cost between $300 to $800, with $1,000 being available for a “Max” gift if a child wishes for a dog.

Niemiec started small, granting wishes at South Bend Children’s Memorial (now known as Beacon Children’s Hospital), where Max had received treatment. Today, Carmel-based Little Wish is granting wishes monthly to 14 children’s hospitals across seven states, from California to New York, including Indiana.

Little Wish has granted more than 3,000 wishes to date.

“Our vision from Day 1 has been, ‘Every child, everywhere, deserves their Little Wish,’” said Niemiec, a Noblesville resident.

Ashlynn Eldridge received one of those wishes. The 11-year-old was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November 2021 and is receiving treatment at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital.

“We heard about Little Wish from her doctor, and she applied on her own,” said Ashley Eldridge, Ashlynn’s mom. “She told me she wanted to pick a shopping spree.

miec said. “That true moment of happiness and hope is the sole reason I want to keep doing this 12 years later. It’s pure joy.”

ON THE COVER: Ashlynn Eldridge, 11, who is battling ovarian cancer, received several gift cards from Little Wish to go on a shopping spree. (Photo courtesy of Ashley Eldridge)

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The Little Wish Foundation was inspired by Max Olson, who received a puppy named Chewy as a gift from his parents as he battled cancer. (Photo courtesy of Liz Niemiec)

Ashlynn Eldridge, 11, who is battling ovarian cancer, wears an orange hat she bought as part of a shopping spree provided through gift cards from Little Wish. (Photo courtesy of Ashley Eldridge)

She loves to shop, so she picked the stores she loves to buy from. She picked Amazon, Hollister, Aeropostale, Finish Line and Victoria’s Secret. As a parent, it was great to see her wish come true and see her smile.”

The Indian Creek Elementary fifth-grader’s wish meant the world to her.

“She thinks it’s great to have Little Wish to keep kids’ hope alive and well,” Ashley said. “She said they need things to help them not think about what they are going through.”

And both agree Niemiec is “great” for what she does.

“Kids are in need of comfort and compassion when dealing with such a big thing as cancer, they need love,” Ashley said. “This shows love and effort on Liz’s part, that she cares for others to go out of her way to do this.”

Wish requests run the gamut, with electronics being the most common. “iPads, tablets, phones, laptops, gaming systems, etc. These are things that kids can bring with them to the hospitals and can be a source of entertainment for them,” Niemiec said. “We also get a lot of requests for

shopping sprees. The wish requests really do vary, though.”

And there are always a handful of puppy requests.

“Always the most exciting, for sure,” Niemiec said.

Little Wish had plans to expand before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Niemiec said there has always been a great demand for the nonprofit’s services.

“As you can imagine, we were majorly affected by all the ways COVID had entered our lives, so we really had no choice but to pause our plans while navigating how to operate and fundraise throughout the pandemic,” she said. “It was incredibly difficult, and still is, adjusting to how Little Wish operates now. However, we’re excited to say that we are currently discussing picking up those plans again to open up our wish granting to a few more hospitals this year.”

Niemiec used to frequently be on-site at hospitals when wishes was granted, but COVID has also changed that.

“We have been shipping wishes directly to the kids’ homes mostly now, and it’s all been very virtual. It’s a sad change for us all, but we are hopeful that we will be able to have our ‘Little Wish delivery’ experience again one day, hopefully soon,” Niemiec said.

It’s the smiles that mean so much to Niemiec.

“Seeing a child’s face light up when receiving their Little Wish is immeasurable, and the smiles speak for themselves,” Nie-

Little Wish Foundation has two full-time employees and one parttime employee as well as a board of directors. It also has a philanthropic women’s group, Ladies of Little Wish, that helps with fundraising, awareness and volunteer activities.

Like most nonprofits, donations for Little Wish come in various ways. The organization hosts live fundraisers, its largest being the Golden Dandelion Gala, held each year in the Indianapolis area.

Little Wish will host its Black and White fundraiser from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. May 13 in Carmel at the Indiana Design Center. Tickets are available at one.bidpal.net/bw/welcome.

Little Wish also has campaign initiatives, usually during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, and near the holidays and other specified times. A donation option is always accessible on the website.

Copies of Niemiec’s children’s book, “Lizzy Girl and the Big Little Wish!”, are available on the website as well as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart online — with 100 percent of proceeds going to the Little Wish Foundation.

Corporate sponsors are also a significant part of helping fund wishes throughout the year, with companies hosting fundraisers on the organization’s behalf or matching donations.

“The fundraising efforts vary slightly each year, but there are a lot of wonderful people out there who truly just want to help in any way they can.”

Learn more at LittleWishFoundation.org.

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Pandemic’s fault?

Not sure I had fun

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“Children as young as 8 should be screened for anxiety,” so says the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Claiming that the pandemic has exacerbated an already expanding problem among young people, the Wall Street Journal, reporting on the development, draws several connections to COVID-19 restrictions, and intuition may suggest that there is a correlation. But the data is still being accumulated to fully explain the increases in mental debilitation among youngsters, including significant increases in suicides. The Task Force cited 78 studies but still held insufficient evidence to draw broader conclusions or warnings for younger children.

To be sure, the pandemic has caried with it any number of long-term effects on our nation. The financial impact of our actions and those of our government are only now playing out. Isolation and restricted movement likewise are still being measured. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 44 percent of high school students now experience persistent feelings of “sadness or hopelessness” and relates the high numbers to family deaths or loss of routine during the lockdowns.

Still, if we are considering the whole child, shouldn’t our assessment look at the larger social context of these changes? Do we consider what the 8-year-old hears from the back seat when we call our ex (their daddy or mommy) a loser, their schoolteacher some “ist,” police officers evil, our nation’s founders toxic and God dead? For most adults, such speech would generate anxiety and despair. Is it possible that our lack of general civil constraint has proven itself to be more virulent to our children than this recent disease?

Greetings, readers. I’ve just returned from a spring break trip that I’m not exactly sure was worth it. There were definite moments of relaxation, but there were also times when I wanted to shout profanities at unsuspecting elderly women. Let’s assess.

On the plus side, the vacation was super cheap. I escorted two nieces to Florida, so their mom paid for my airline ticket — and I stayed free with my amazing in-laws in their snowbird condo. Also on a positive note was my selection of reading and viewing material. I finished “Bridgerton,” the first novel, before plunging right into Season 2 of the show, making for excellent poolside entertainment, and then filled my evenings with Netflix’s “Formula 1 Drive to Survive,” with which I am inexplicably obsessed (box, box, box!)

But for much of my week I was parenting, despite not having any of my four children along. Our youngest daughter, who was in Mexico, suffered a mild concussion, and I endured several sleepless nights imagining her slipping into a coma, dying amid tropical strangers (worst-case scenarios are very real at 3 a.m.). Additionally, the journey home was absolutely horrendous, exorcising most of my newly restored energy.

Literal tornados in Tampa delayed my flight five hours, causing me to miss every possible Midwest connection in Charlotte and rage at old biddies trying to cut the customer service line. My sister-in-law, who had rented a car as soon as the first sirens sounded, ended up detouring from her Interstate 75 North route to grab me. We spent the whole of the next day driving back, utterly exhausted.

Was it worth it? I simply don’t know.

Peace out.

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

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Support Griffin for county council Editor, As we approach the May 3 primary, I would like to say a few words about a candidate, Tim Griffin, who is running for Hamilton County Council. Tim and his beautiful family moved in across the street from my husband, Pat (now deceased), and I nearly 14 years ago. We became instant friends that soon turned into “family.”

Over these years Tim, has always been kind, helpful, compassionate and cheerful whenever a situation or gathering occurred.

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He has a “doesn’t know a stranger” kind of personality and is willing to help all in need.

Being a firefighter was his intention from a young age and he has exemplified the essence of a selfless protector. He was a source of comfort to me when my husband was sick and would come to help at any hour of the day or night. This is a man who shines in every way possible and will hugely benefit our community when he gets elected!

Please get out there and vote!

Rosa O’Connor, Carmel

Watch for wildlife on roads Editor, Spring is here, plants are emerging and animals are on the move. With that in mind, please keep an eye out for wildlife.

The new Marysville Road extension going north from the roundabout cuts right through a woodland area. Unfortunately, this woodland is prime amphibian habitat.

The road divides temporary breeding pools

for frogs and toads. Three species have been recorded crossing the road. As these amphibians are migrating to their destination, many are lost due to vehicle traffic.

Keep in mind that on rainy warm nights, these frogs and toads will be moving across this particular roadway. Please take it a little slower and watch out for these denizens.

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New Tomorrow leader ‘likes to fight’ Editor, Thank you for the updates on Unify Carmel and its rebranded name of New Tomorrow. The information provided by Current would not be known by most Carmel residents if it weren’t for your reporting.

Your article prompted me to explore “The Worthy House” website run by New Tomorrow’s chairperson, Charles Haywood.

In addition to the information provided by Current, I also noted Mr. Haywood’s bio says “he desires comity but realizes, despite being a practicing and believing Christian, that ultimately no final question can be solved without conflict, usually involving violence.

Thus, his style tends to be megalomania-

cal and apocalyptic. He likes to fight.” His quotes, not mine.

I love the passion, Mr. Haywood, but it looks like we are in for another round of grandstanding, self-promotion and personal indulgence, just like with Unify Carmel.

Don’t let the squeaky wheel get the grease, folks. And in this case, don’t let the mob with the pitchforks and rifles run over the rest of us putting in the hard work to improve our community through civil means.

What’s the matter, Mr. Haywood, have we become too modern, cultured and progressive for your violent tendencies?

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Editor, With all the proposed and passing legislation that target LGBTQ+ children and the backlash against DEI work, I am repeatedly reminded that we as adults are becoming responsible for closing the doors to two core parts of childhood: connection and curiosity.

These two elements are essential, if not imperative, for children to thrive and become healthy adults. But it seems our sense of needing to control a narrative or society means we are taking charge of closing doors or setting up barriers for our children to exclude and silence. This is tragic.

I feel for the children who have questions

and desire to have connections. As a parent, I hope to raise my child with an open curiosity about this world, with a safety to know, as his mom, he can feel safe to ask questions. But more than anything, I want him to know and feel connection to others.

Because without that, it’s a big, lonely, often scary, world.

Worse, I’m beginning to see just how bitter we become when loss of connection occurs. My hope is we can instead show our children what it means to ask questions, be curious and foster connection with one another.

Breanna Sweeney, Carmel

Devastated by loss of animals, trees Editor, I must comment on the travesty of losing more trees to development. After reading the story in (an Indianapolis newspaper) about a development in Westfield at 161st and Union, my heart broke.

When I saw the for-sale signs posted a few years ago, I knew this forest was doomed. The forest was surely filled with wildlife. What was their fate? To be buried or crushed by the heavy equipment or chopped in the mulchers or chased into the busy streets? What will it take for voices to be heard and changes made? Why has it come to this, not just in Hamilton County, but around the entire state? Is it politics and money?

Shame on the developers of Lantern Commons. Shame on the Westfield City Council for approving the rezoning. I applaud Councilman Joe Edwards who voted against the rezoning, but it was not enough to save the 60 acres of trees and countless animals from absolute destruction.

For the developers to say some of the trees were saved around the perimeter is trite. The homeowners in the area must find this statement to be shallow and unrepentant. Indiana’s cities need to have legal and binding ordinances that will hold developers accountable. I live in Carmel but will avoid driving north to the 161st Street exit. I don’t think I can drive and sob at the same time.

Nancy Tatum, Carmel

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Otterbein and want to go to the local high school, you’ll be in Benton County. If you While at a recent speaking engagement then cross Meadow Street, which runs in Lafayette, I chatted with a man from north and south, you can enter the Tippenearby Otterbein, a dot on the canoe County Courthouse. But remember, HUMOR map in northwest Indiana, you’ll still be in Otterbein. Nuts. I said I’d with a population around make this simple. Let’s try this. You’re in 1,200. I wasn’t familiar with the town, deOtterbein and want to go to the… spite my having visited much of the state • Grocery store: It’s in Tippecanoe several years ago for a book I was writing, County. called “Indiana Curiosities.”

• Ice Cream store: Benton County, baby.

“What county is Otterbein in?” I asked • Gas station: Fill ’er up in Tippecanoe Town Administrator Ron Shoup.

County.

“Otterbein is in Benton County … and • Hospital: Get well in Tippecanoe Tippecanoe County,” Ron said.

County.

That reminded me of a story I wrote • Drugstore: Off to Benton County you about the town of College Corner, which is go. in eastern Union County and is geograph• Nite Owl Pub: After about an hour, you ically split by the Indiana-Ohio state line. won’t care which county you’re in.

There are two distinct city governments, Remember, you are still in tiny Otterbein. and in what has to be one of the most biHere’s a warning for those with a lead zarre examples of multistate commerce, the foot: Don’t try speeding through Otterbein. trustees of West College Be prepared to get a Corner, Ind., and College ticket from either the OtHere’s a warning for those terbein Police, the TippeCorner, Ohio, decided 50 years ago to build a high with a lead foot: Don’t try canoe County Police, or school overlapping the speeding through Otterbein. the Benton County Police. border.

There could be Indiana – DICK WOLFSIE State Troopers watching And it gets weirder.

Not only was the high for speeders, too. I’m not school split in half, but the gymnasium is sure why I’m telling you this. It’s not like half in one state, half in the other — which you’ll have a choice who pulls you over. meant that when players traveled down the I asked Ron if the Otterbein Town Council basketball court, they were running from had to be made up of a certain number of one state to another and, during daylight folks from each county. “Heck no, they’ll saving time, the clock used to change by take anybody,” he said. “They took me, an hour after every score because at one didn’t they?” time Indiana did not recognize DST. In recent years, the high school became an elementary school, ending the traditional basketball Dick Wolfsie is an author, rivalries, but the gymnasium remains an columnist and speaker. Contact oddity and attracts visitors from all over. him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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Similar to automobile tires, eyeglasses neither are made nor perform VISION the same way. Sure, you can put four round blobs of rubber on the rims of your car and go. But if it’s raining at night, do you really trust the cheap “doughnut tires” or would you feel more comfortable having invested in a 50,000-mile, all-weather, super-tread tire for your family’s well-being?

Just like tires, there are hundreds of variables and thousands of options to choose from with respect to eyeglass lenses. So, where do you begin?

There are two basic ways to fabricate prescription glasses: digitally surfacing or hand grinding. Most glasses are handground quickly, efficiently and economically.

There is nothing wrong with this method of lens production, and more than 90 percent of all lenses are made this way. It allows the consumer to have glasses “in about an hour” and/or to have significantly reduced pricing because they are mass produced.

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much longer to produce because they are customized to the individual patient’s needs, and the lenses are laser etched.

Cost, of course, goes up with customized products, but for those who want the clearest and crispest vision, this is the only way to “see the world.” It’s simple math. With hand-shaved lenses you can only produce lenses with .25 accuracy. With digital lenses, you can achieve clarity and precision down to 0.01 accuracy.

Simply put, you can watch the same movie on VHS or in hi-definition on Blu-Ray. Same movie, but the experience is completely different. Do you prefer pictures taken with an iPhone 13 or an original 1.1-megapixel flip phone? We all understand how technology can make things clearer, but most aren’t aware that the technology exists in glasses. How do you want to see the world? Tell your optometrist.

Dr. Jeremy A. Ciano, an international lecturer and published author, is a Current Publishing columnist. For more information or to ask a question, he may be emailed at DrCiano@ Revolution-EYES.com.

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Carmel doctors launch fund to help reduce medical bills

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com As OB-GYNs, Drs. Jeffrey Meltzer and his wife, Leigh, saw firsthand how the rising cost of GIVING BACK medical care in the U.S. can be devastating to people battling an injury or illness.

So, the Carmel residents decided to do something Jeffrey Meltzer about it. In 2020, they organized the Indiana Health Fund, a nonprofit that aims to prevent medical bills from financially draining Hoosiers. The organization primarily targets individuals or families whose income is 200 to 400 percent above the federal poverty line, as they are ineligible for many forms of assistance but may not have the resources to cover a large medical bill.

“There’s really nobody doing this in this space,” Jeffrey Meltzer said. “We’re trying to help patients and families before the debt causes all kinds of damage to them. The goal isn’t to help somebody who’s had this $10,000 debt that’s really destroyed their credit rating for five years. The goal is to help people as (medical bills) are happening.

If you have this huge amount of debt and you’re not paying it off, it literally can ruin your whole life.”

IHF awarded its first grants in January, totaling more than $16,000 in reduced medical bills for three families and one individual. Recipients included a father of two who had emergency surgery to remove his gall bladder early in the COVID-19 pandemic. He was forced to make repeated trips to the emergency room because his doctor’s office was closed at the time. The pandemic also led to him being laid off from his job.

Another recipient was a couple who racked up more than $15,000 in bills related to surgery and cancer treatments. IHF representatives were able to use their knowledge of the health care system to negotiate down the cost and help cover it.

IHF wants to at least double the number of individuals it helps this year and “grow dramatically” in the future, according to Jeffrey Meltzer.

Community Health Network referred the first set of grant recipients, but IHF is looking to expand its reach in the future.

Individuals can contact IHF directly to apply for assistance.

Besides eliminating debt, IHF aims to inform patients about financial resources and programs available and help them better understand the billing process.

“We’ve done some very quick, two-minute videos on how to interpret a medical bill, how to know if you need to call your insurance before you go to the emergency Leigh Meltzer room,” Leigh Meltzer said.

The organization recently grew with the appointment of Colleen Rusnak as interim executive director. Rusnak, a Carmel resident, has previously held positions at Neurosurgical Atlas and the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She said she is thankful for the volunteer and donor support that help the nonprofit function.

“We appreciate the community’s support as we tackle this important issue in assisting those with access to affordable healthcare,” Rusnak said.

Jeffrey Meltzer, who serves as president of IHF, became increasingly interested in the financial side of his industry approximately 15 years ago and returned to school to earn an MBA in health care management. What he learned convinced the Meltzers to give back to the community beyond delivering babies.

“Even in our own practices, we saw the cost of health care was becoming oppressive to people, so we came up with this idea to create a nonprofit to help people better manage the cost of health care to their family,” Jeffrey Meltzer said. “That’s how it all started.”

In addition to leading IHF, Jeffrey Meltzer is the medical director of reproductive health for Natera, which provides cell-free DNA testing, and he previously worked for IU Health. He has a BA in religious studies and an MD from Emory University.

Leigh Meltzer, an OBGYN who practices at IU Health North, graduated from North Central High School and has a bachelor’s and medical degree from Indiana University.

She trained at the University of Maryland Medical Systems, which is where she met her husband.

The Meltzers have three adult daughters.

Learn more about IHF, including how to donate, at IndianaHealthFund.org.

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know and we would love to have you,” Hendrickson said. “As of right now, we have locally made accessories, clothes and home The inaugural Made in Carmel Market goods. We would love a food vendor to hosted by Bask on Main spa and boutique attend.” is under way Hendrickson said Bask on Main’s SHOP LOCAL and will continue location at 336 W. Main St. makes it from 10 a.m. to an ideal place to host the market.

3 p.m. the first Saturday of every “We absolutely love our location, month through October. right on the roundabout in the Arts “One of the main goals for Bask & Design District, and we have so on Main has always been to support much space,” she said. “The first other local businesses in any way floor is our retail area and where Hendrickson that we can. We started with the we do the Botox and fillers. The amazing Clutch & Kindle products when we second floor is our event space that we first opened and then from there it took rent out. It holds about 45 people and is so off,” said Marissa Hendrickson, marketing gorgeous looking over the fountain with a coordinator for Bask on Main. “It’s truly a balcony and large windows and doors. The win to be able to help local businesses that third floor is used by our medical esthehave an amazing story and be able to featician, massage therapist and permanent ture their items.” makeup artist.

The Made in Carmel Market has five ven“We also have the gorgeous outdoor dors but is looking to add more. area where we highly encourage people to “If you have a local business that you hang out and bask with us when it’s nice want to feature at Bask on Main, let us outside.”

When the weather “cooperates,” Hendrickson said the market will also utilize Bask’s outdoor space.

A goal of the Made in Carmel Market is to encourage guests to “shop small” and support area small businesses.

“Small businesses make a big impact, not only on our economy but also in being able to support the dreams of your neighbors and friends,” Hendrickson said. “We were so incredibly blown away by the support we all received over the holidays by how many people were supporting shopping small and buying their holiday gifts and gift cards here.”

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The shop will also feature the Indiana debut of the Stoney Clover Lane line. Hey Little Diddle, a baby and child boutique, will add a second location focusing on baby gifts and accessories at 736 Hanover Pl., Suite 100F.

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101 Beer Kitchen set to open at Proscenium this summer

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com If everything stays on track, Hamilton County’s second 101 Beer Kitchen is slated to open at the ProsceRESTAURANT nium in Carmel this summer.

“We are targeting July 2022, pending, of course, any delays due to staffing or buildout supply shortages,” co-owner Jessica Kittrell said. “The space is fully under construction and completely framed, so fingers crossed for a smooth project.”

Kittrell and her husband, Thad Kittrell, are the co-founders and creators of the 101 Beer Kitchen concept. The Fishers restaurant opened in 2019.

The Kittrells opened their first 101 Beer Kitchen in Dublin, Ohio, in October 2012, followed by two more in Columbus, Ohio, suburbs: Gahanna in 2015 and Westerville in 2016. The couple lives in Dublin.

‘We decided to open stores in the Indianapolis market because my husband is from Muncie, so we have connections and familiarity with the general area,” Jessica said. “It also has many similarities to the Columbus market and felt comfortable to us. All of our locations are owned by us.

Thad is a chef and is over all operations.

101 Beer Kitchen will have indoor and outdoor space when it opens at the Proscenium this summer. (Rendering courtesy of Jessica Kittrell)

We are a very food-focused brand, changing our menu four times per year with the seasons, which requires a lot of training and oversight. My role is over the business of the business (such as) branding, marketing, company systems, finance, etc.”

Jessica said the Proscenium, a mixed-use development at the corner of Range Line Road and Carmel Drive, is a good fit.

“We love the corner location and all the windows,” Jessica said. “It made designing the space a little tricky. However, we think guests will love the light and extensive patio space.”

The space is approximately 4,800 square feet inside with an additional 1,000 square feet of patio space.

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com ClusterTruck has closed its Carmel location only weeks after reopening in the city in late January.

FOOD In an email to customers, CEO Chris Baggott stated that he didn’t feel the team had met its goal to provide the “highest quality prepared food delivery” and that an increasingly competitive labor market has presented challenges.

“During this closure we are going to be investing in our team, we’re looking at things like pay and training,” Baggett stated in the email. “It’s no secret that Carmel is a competitive labor market. When we lost our lease five months ago, starting folks at $15-$16 was a top wage that recruited the

top people. Like all other things, that pay rate is no longer good enough to recruit the best. As far as I’m concerned, if we’re not going to be the best, there is no point even showing up.”

ClusterTruck, a delivery-only restaurant with a street food-inspired menu made fresh just minutes before it is delivered, ceased operations in Carmel for four months after losing its lease in the Hamilton Crossing retail center, which is being redeveloped as the headquarters and training facility for Republic Airways. It opened a new kitchen Jan. 31 in the Kroger on Range Line Road.

Baggott stated in the email that he expects ClusterTruck will reopen in Carmel in a few weeks. ClusterTruck officials did not respond to a request for comment as of press time.

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“A pastor, a professor and two businessmen came together,” said Lee, who lives in Westfield.

“They had similar but different visions about how to inspire people to take Lee the burdens they have and passions they have and work on them through whatever their profession is.”

Nexus launched in January 2020. Coworking spaces aren’t new, but the impact center just south of 96th Street on the Carmel border offers something different than most.

“We are a nonprofit social enterprise,” Lee said. “So, social enterprise is a traditional, for-profit business and offers a product or service to sell in the world to make money.

Traditional nonprofits use grants and donations to fund their mission. A social enterprise is smack in the middle.”

A nonprofit social enterprise earns 90 percent of its revenues. Nonprofit social enterprises are businesses whose primary purpose is the common good operated within a nonprofit or as a wholly owned subsidiary of a nonprofit. Nexus Impact Center’s primary mechanism for earning is through its impact center, which has 28 offices, 3,000 square feet of coworking space, seven meeting rooms, a training room, an event room, a creative suite and other amenities in 30,000 square feet at 9511 Angola Ct., Unit 200, Indianapolis.

Businesses that rent space from Nexus Impact Center must have a social purpose and a for-profit model. Lee said businesses run the gamut. For example, one works with the opioid epidemic, one helps veterans coming into the workforce and one helps recently released inmates entering the workforce, among other causes.

“All those things are dual purpose,” Lee said. “So, yes, it’s a revenue model and everything is priced under market to help businesses launch, grow and scale and move out of Nexus. You have to be a nonprofit or a for-profit embedding impact into

In addition to coworking space, Nexus has an event room, a creative suite and more. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)

your model.”

Nexus Impact Center is home to 72 businesses, 25 of which are office tenants.

The founders are Josh Husmann, the lead pastor at Mercy Road Church Carmel; Ethan Fernhaber, founder and president of Renewing Management; Stephanie Fernhaber, a professor of entrepreneurship at Butler University; and Craig Dereka, who owns several businesses ranging from fulfillment to commercial printing to live event production.

“Out of the two businessmen, one (Dereka) started a business when he was a teenager and it had grown tremendously and he sold it off by (age) 30 for a lot of money but then felt empty and like the American dream wasn’t all it was cracked up to be,” Lee said.

“He wanted the next thing to mean something. The other businessman (Fernhaber) shifted to using his business for good. They all came together and thought, ‘We can help more people do this. We need a community of like-minded people to work together.’”

Dereka said the heart of creating Nexus originated from doing something more than chasing profits.

“It’s too easy to get caught up in building a machine only focused on generating profits,” Dereka said. “While profits are extremely important and good and extremely necessary to perform good things, it’s also important to look at a triple-bottom line that includes more than just profits.”

At Nexus Impact Center, Lee said nonprofit tenants can learn the revenue side of business from for-profit tenants. For-profit tenants can learn the impact side of business from nonprofit tenants.

“With that synergy, we can change the dynamic and landscape for Indiana and be a leader in our country,” Lee said.

For more, visit nexusimpactcenter.org.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When J.B. Scoble started acting five years ago, he went full throttle.

“I took it all in at the MUSICAL same time,” Scoble said. “I feel more comfortable now than I did then.”

The Carmel resident started acting seriously with Carmel Apprentice Theatre’s “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” five years ago.

Scoble, 41, had only acted once in his senior year in high school in Massachusetts.

Since catching the acting bug in 2017, Scoble has acted as much as he can. He now gets his shot at the lead part of El Gallo in Carmel Community Players’ production of “The Fantasticks” April 22 to May 8 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel.

Scoble has never seen the musical but knew the classic number of “Try to Remember,” which he sings at the opening and close of the show.

“When you get in the music and the character, it’s right up my alley,” Scoble said.

El Gallo is the narrator of the story about two fathers who are neighbors and pretend to feud to get their two children to fall in love. There are a lot of lines and five songs for Scoble.

“It’s a heavy lift, for sure, but it’s super fun,” Scoble said. “It’s a small, intimate show. It’s not this big, massive musical production. It’s a really great story. I’m sure a lot of people will see the messages in the show.”

Scoble said there is a little pressure because many people are familiar with the show.

Thom Johnson plays Mortimer and Duane Leatherman is cast as Henry. Both are Westfield residents.

“Our characters have been together 40 years and we’re still trying to find our niche,” Johnson said.

This is Johnson’s first time in “The Fantasticks” but he is quite familiar with it.

“I’ve seen it three times in New York,” he said. “I ran lights for the show in 1985

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‘THE FANTASTICKS’ Carmel Community Players presents “The Fantasticks” from April 22 to May 8 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

‘SPENCER DAY: BROADWAY AND BEYOND!’

From left, the cast of “The Fantasticks,” Duane Leatherman, Brook-Glen Gober, Kevin Caraher, Hannah Janowicz (standing), J.B. Scoble (seated), Kevin Shadle, Theo Curtis and Thom Johnson.

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in Hagerstown. I know most of the lines.

Most of mine, too.”

Johnson and Leatherman have been friends for years.

“We have playful banter as friends, and the banter as the characters carries over on the stage,” Johnson said.

Leatherman said his character recites Shakespeare and Jonson performs death scenes.

Leatherman was in the “The Fantasticks” at the Belfry Theatre in Noblesville in 2009. He played one of the fathers. He also was a stage manager of a production of the show when he attended Anderson University.

“I like how theatrical he is,” Leatherman said of his character. “He’s over the top.

He and Mortimer are some of the comic relief. I love this show. It’s one of my favorites.”

The show ran for 17,162 performances at Sullivan Street Playhouse from 1960 to 2002, making the it the world’s longest-running musical.

“I saw it there in 1990 and was taken by the simple beauty of the show and the intimacy of the venue, as it was only five rows deep,” said Rich Phipps, who is

directing the show for CCP. “By the early 2000s, ‘The Fantasticks’ had become established as perhaps the most performed musical in the world, having been adapted to film and produced around the globe in 67 countries by professional, community and school theaters. I believe the show’s popularity stems from the fact that it is a very simple story, yet one that operates on many levels, and contains a profound, perhaps even religious, message. People of all ages can enjoy it as just a colorful fable, with good music and funny characters.

“Certain audiences can draw much more from it, viewing from the lens of their own life experience. At various life stages, some will identify with the young lovers, others the parents, the ‘old actors’ or the storytellers.”

Phipps knows many audience members will have seen the show before, some several times.

“So as a director, the challenge has been to keep it fresh while not deviating far from the essence of what made it so popular in the first place, striking a balance between how touching it is and yet how ludicrous,” he said.

Spencer Day will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 22-23 at Feinstein’s Cabaret at the Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

ISO’s Symphony on Prairie lineup set editorial@youarecurrent.com The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has announced the 2022 season of Kroger Symphony on the Prairie, which begins June 24 at Conner Prairie. Tickets to the general public went on sale April 12. Tickets can also be purchased at central Indiana Kroger stores. Season highlights include 10 performances by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Melissa Etheridge on her One Way Out Tour Aug. 5; Three Dog Night Aug. 13; and the Spinners Aug. 12. Audience favorites are returning for the season, including Arrival from Sweden: Music of ABBA July 30; Face 2 Face: Tribute to Billy Joel & Elton John Aug. 6; and One Night of Queen performed by Gary Mullen & the Works Aug. 19.

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Guitar legend visits Palladium

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cause the pandemic has devastated the touring industry,” he said. “But we’re back on it now. I’m thrilled to be out there in Steve Hackett left Genesis more than 45 front of people. People who are sitting at years, but that classic era of the band is home watching TV or playing on computers remembered with can’t compete with how a live show CONCERT affection by many can galvanize everybody fans.

“Music is reenergizing, and I still “Some songs sprout legs and some have a passion for it. It’s the drug sprout wings over the decades,” said of choice.”

Hackett, who was inducted into the Hackett said the band he has is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, quite extraordinary. along with the other members of the “It’s wonderful to do the classic Hackett progressive rock group.

Genesis material and my solo stuff Hackett, who was the lead guitarthat has charted in recent years,” ist for Genesis from 1971 to 1977, will perform said Hackett, who opens with a set of his at 7:30 p.m. April 27 at the Palladium at the solo songs and then plays the Genesis muCenter for the Performing Arts in Carmel. sic. “The Genesis stuff has been extraordiThe Genesis Revisited concert will feature narily well-received,” he said. “I love making the entire “Seconds Out” live double album people happy.”

by Genesis. Hackett, who is on a world tour, Hackett said “The Cinema Show” and also will perform some of his solo songs.

“Dance on a Volcano” are fan favorites.

“It’s probably the favorite Genesis live Hackett said he performed the two-handalbum of all time,” the British musician said. ed tapping method of playing the guitar Hackett, 72, said audiences are starved long before Eddie Van Halen became known for live music after the COVID-19 pandemic for it. canceled so many concerts.

For more, visit thecenterpresents.org or “I’m looking forward to do it again behackettsongs.com.

ATI offers variety for new season

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Cynthia Collins said she loves the variety of the Actors Theatre of Indiana’s 2022-23 season, which was PERFORMANCE announced April 18.

“A season should have something for everyone,” said Collins, who co-founded ATI with Don Farrell and Judy Fitzgerald. “Everyone thinks differently and this season attributes to that.”

The season opens with “Nunsense” Sept.

9 and runs through Oct. 2. It is followed by “Violet’ Oct. 28 to Nov. 20, “The Mountaintop” Feb. 3 to 19, 2023 and “Mr. Confidential” April 28 to May 21, 2023. Those shows will be at the Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“Together, I believe we have come up with a season that will appeal to everyone,” Farrell said. “‘Nunsense’ is a tried and true, irreverent musical comedy that’s been successful for decades, a hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. ‘Violet’ is a poignant and touching musical about beauty, love,

courage and what it means to be an outsider. ‘The Mountaintop’ is a fictional retelling of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his last night on Earth before his tragic assassination. ‘Mr. Confidental’ is our very first full-scale musical world premiere, a swinging, sexy musical based on real people and occurrences that happened in (the 1950s) when Bob Harrison practically invented modern celebrity journalism with his infamous Confidential magazine allowing the public a peek into the bedrooms and boardrooms of the rich, famous and powerful.”

ATI presented ‘Nunsense’ in 2010, prior to the completion of the Center for the Performing Arts.

“Mr. Confidential” was presented as an ATI LAB series reading earlier this year.

“This is the whole reason for our LAB series, to move a project to our Main Stage,” Collins said. “This show was highly developed going into the reading, so that definitely helped.”

Farrell said ATI knew it had great music and very interesting stories about real people and events.

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Day set for nights at Feinstein’s

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show is so quintessentially Broadway and something, as far as we know, (that) hasn’t been touched in a more jazz or singer-songSpencer Day enjoyed his June 2021 perfor- writer setting,” Day said. “They are two mances at Feinstein’s at Carmel’s Hotel Carsongs that I thought I could put my own michael so much stamp on.”

CONCERTS that he decided to Day finished the album in Mexico. return for another “I found myself at the beginning two-night concert. of the pandemic being unexpectedly “For being a new hotel, it conquarantined there,” said Day, who jures up memories of a lot of the has decided to remain based in cengrand hotels of yesterday,” said tral Mexico for now. “It turned out Day, a jazz/pop singer-songwriter. to be a happy accident. I was able Day “The hotel is beautiful. The town is to connect with some of the best beautiful.” string and mariachi musicians in Day will perform songs from his album, the country. Then I was a gringo in the right “Broadway by Day,” in his Broadway and place at the right time and picked up some Beyond concerts at 7:30 p.m. April 22-23 at voiceover work. I finished the record there.”

Feinstein’s.

Day also is fond of the track “I’d be Sur“Our goal was to do songs that are not prisingly Good for You,” which is from Andone in a singer-songwriting setting and drew Lloyd Webber’s “Evita.” think of inventive ways we could take The album includes “If I Loved You” from songs that are familiar and well-known but “Carousel.” haven’t been covered to death,” Day said.

“We had to get a little Rodgers and Ham“It’s my first cover record, technically.” merstein in there,” Day said. “I was happy to Day said the album starts and ends with get my friend Dave Koz, a Grammy-winning songs from “A Chorus Line.” saxophone player, to play on the record.”

“I’m really happy with that because the For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

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First seen on the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage as Brigitta, the smart, observant, book-reading 12-yearMUSICAL old in “The Sound of Music,” Grace Morgan has stepped back onto the same stage in another classic musical, “Hello, Dolly!” She plays the beautiful widow milliner, Irene Molloy.

“It’s been incredible being back,” the 2008 Fishers High School graduate said. “There are quite a few people in this show who have known me since I was young, so it’s been really wonderful getting the chance to know them as an adult and fellow cast member.”

The Beef & Boards stage was not her first.

“I did my first musical at 5 years old in Carmel and then did shows at Civic (Theatre) and then Indiana Repertory Theatre,” Morgan said. “Then I found out about Beef & Boards when I was about 12 and loved working here, too. I remember being incredibly excited when I found out I was going to work at Beef & Boards. It’s an Indiana landmark.

“I remember enjoying my relationships so much with the other kids, many of whom I still know and have continued working in the realm of theater here in Indiana and in New York.”

Growing up on local stages guided her into a career in the spotlight.

“It was always the only thing that I wanted to do, so it was a no-brainer to get my college degree in musical theater,” she said, adding she earned that degree at the University of Michigan, where she met her future husband, Daniel Berryman.

“We were both majoring in musical theater, and the first time I heard him sing, I fell in love,” she said. “We didn’t start seriously dating until a couple years later, but we have been best friends since we were 18.”

From there, they moved to New York City, where they lived for seven years and welcomed their first son, Luke, now 3.

“The city just fits us, and we really feel we thrive there,” Morgan said.

Although they moved back to Fishers to be close to family and continue to hone their skills, they plan to move back to New York City some day.

“We both spent a lot of time on the road with Broadway tours, and we wanted to be able to spend some time investing in some-

Grace Morgan, a 2008 Fishers High School graduate, performs as Irene Molloy in “Hello, Dolly!”

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thing to keep us in New York while we wait for the next gig,” Morgan said. “We’re hoping to not have to travel so much now that we have a family. My husband is now a web developer as well, and I am a cosmetologist on the side. These other skills will allow us to be pickier about the shows we choose to take and allow us to stay put more often.”

Morgan’s career has included many famous roles such as Roxie Hart in “Chicago” and Sandy in “Grease.”

But her most remarkable role to date was that of Christine Daaé in the national tour of “The Phantom of the Opera.”

“Touring with ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ was in so many ways a dream come true.

I got to play the role of Christine twice a week, and it felt amazing getting to wear those iconic costumes and sing that beautiful music,” she said, adding she performed off and on from 2013-2018. “The Phantom fans are unlike anything I’d experienced.

They are so loyal to the show, and they know every actor who’s ever played the role. Lots of them still follow along with my life and support me in all my life changes.”

Since being back in Indiana, Morgan has had another son, Jesse, now 2.

Irene Molloy and the musical “Hello, Dolly!” are new additions to Morgan’s resume, and she’s enjoyed stepping back into turnof-the-century Yonkers, N.Y She’s also finding her character, Irene Molloy, relatable.

“I feel like I have rejoined society, getting to sing and dance every night and enjoy being with my cast. I think Irene and I are both incredibly social and love celebrating life,” Morgan said.

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Words ripe for flouting Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

Duck Creek Aqueduct in Metamora. (Photos by Don Knebel)

A tour of Metamora Commentary by Don Knebel Today, we visit tiny Metamora, a historic canal town 67 miles east southeast of Indianapolis.

TRAVEL In 1836, the Indiana Legislature authorized $1.4 million ($43 million today) for a canal extending from Hagerstown to Lawrenceburg. When Indiana went bankrupt in 1839, private interests took over the canal’s construction.

Completed in 1847, the 76-mile Whitewater Canal employed 56 locks and seven dams to accommodate its large 491-foot drop. Towns sprang up along the canal route, including Metamora, platted in 1838 and named after a popular 1829 play. In 1843, a 75-foot wooden aqueduct built near Metamora carried canal water over Duck Creek, one of only 10 such structures built in the United States.

In 1856, a canal-powered grist mill was established in Metamora. The Whitewater Canal was not a success and was largely abandoned soon after it opened. Beginning in 1863, a railroad was built alongside the canal’s towpath.

Today, unincorporated Metamora (popuplation 188) lies within the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site and includes original buildings and some period structures moved from other locations. A water-powered mill in a two-story brick building, built in 1932 to replace the burned-out original mill, grinds corn and wheat into flour available for purchase. On selected days from May to October, the nonprofit Whitewater Valley Railroad offers a five-hour round trip on an antique train from Connersville to Metamora and/or a short trip within Metamora. On occasion, a horse-drawn canal

Historic Metamora Grist Mill alongside railroad tracks.

Have you ever heard someone say, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it?” Flaunt is a word that means to show off or parade something. You might GRAMMAR GUY be tempted to say “flout” instead of flaunt, since the two words sound and look almost identical to each other. Flout means to show contempt for or mock something.

Many people flout the “10 items or fewer” lane at the grocery store by bringing an entire shopping cart full of items.

Do you find it confusing when to use “rife” and when to use “ripe”? Rife connotes abundance while ripe suggests readiness. Rife is usually used with the word “with” afterward: My uncle’s Facebook updates are rife with conspiracy theories. Ripe is usually used with the word “for” after it: The pears on that tree are ripe for the picking.

Is something a sham or a scam? A sham is something that is a fraud or a pillow cover. A scam is a shady plan to take advantage of someone’s trust. Since both words involve deception of some sort,

these two are easy to confuse.

Here’s an example of two words I hear mistaken all the time: riff and rift. A “riff” is a melodic phrase that gets repeated.

The Edge from U2 is known for his catchy guitar riffs. A “rift” is a split, opening, or distance created between two things.

This can be a rift in the ground or a rift in a friendship. The band developed a rift when the percussionist insisted on playing his cowbell during every song.

Let’s tackle squash and quash. To “squash” something means to physically squeeze or press down on something.

To “quash” something means to halt or quickly bring to an end something in a nonphysical sense. You “quash” a rumor by revealing the truth about the situation in question. You squash a spider on your car’s dashboard because it makes you scream in terror during rush hour traffic.

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