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Council takes aim at speed humps

Safest cities – Protection1 Security Solutions recently conducted a study to determine the safest cities in Indiana. The rankings were based on the FBI uniform crime reports from 2014. Carmel ranked fourth in the state with only 9.5 violent or property crimes per 1,000 residents.

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com The Carmel City Council passed a new rule Aug. 1 requiring residents to pay for removal of a speed hump if they are the ones that requested it to be installed. transportation The council decided to address the topic after residents requested a new speed hump on Windy Knoll Lane between Millbrae Drive and Cardinal Way, which was also on the meeting agenda. While the council wanted to comply with the request, some felt it was a good time to address issues surrounding speed humps, which are often made of pavement and used to slow traffic to approximately 15 miles per hour in residential or pedestrian-heavy areas.

The council approved a speed hump for Windy Knoll Lane.

Officials said residents often file a petition with the city for the addition of a speed hump only to regret the suggestion, asking for it to be removed soon after it is installed.

“It’s kind of, ‘Be careful what you wish for,’” Councilor Bruce Kimball said.

Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard said sometimes residents think a speed hump is the best option to protect children playing from negligent motorists exceeding the speed limit, but he said police can enforce the laws and other methods can be used to curtail dangerous drivers. He said speed humps cause wear and tear on vehicles and reduce response times for emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks and police cars.

City Councilor Kevin “Woody” Rider pointed out that they are trouble for snow plows.

“How well do our snow plows go over that?”

Rider asked at the Aug. 1 meeting.

“Poorly,” Brainard said.

In order to get a speed hump installed, residents have to get 75 percent of the neighborhood to express in writing that they support the speed hump, the city engineer has to approve the speed hump, and the council has to also approve it.

There are six residential speed humps approved in Carmel: Medalist Parkway between 122nd Street and 126th Street; Emerson Road between York Drive and Sherman Drive; Emerson Road between Lantern Lane and Guilford Road; Sherman Drive between Emerson Road and Main Street; Milano Drive between LaBlanca Bend and Olivia Lake Drive; and now Windy Knoll Drive between

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Drive Sober campaign – The 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign has begun and will run through Sept. 5. Local law enforcement will work overtime to conduct sobriety patrols and checkpoints around the clock.

Hamilton County joins thousands of law enforcement agencies across the nation in this campaign.

A speed hump along Medalist Parkway in Carmel.

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Millbrae Drive and Cardinal Way. “Generally, they are not a good thing,” Brainard said. “There are some exceptions where they make sense. We wanted to make the bar somewhat high.”

Brainard pointed out that the Wilson Village neighborhood asked for a speed hump to be removed about two years after it was installed.

In other cases, such as roads behind the 96th Street car dealerships, the speed humps have made sense because some car buyers have tested out vehicles they might want to purchase in these neighborhoods, and sometimes they exceed the speed limit, Brainard said.

The changes to the existing law state that “if the neighborhood that initially requests the installation of the speed humps later requests their removal, that neighborhood shall bear the costs of removal. Removal of speed humps shall be performed by the city.”

The cost is usually less than $1,000. The law provides a five-year window, so after five years, residents wouldn’t have to pay for removal.

“With that short amount of time, they might wait it out and take it out at our expense,” Worrell suggested.

Brainard said he was OK with the five-year window, because by that time, most people are used to the speed humps and wouldn’t ask for their removal in most cases. The council decided to suspend the rules and vote on these changes on first reading to unanimously pass the ordinance.

Native tree sale – The Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District is holding its annual native tree sale. Trees are $25 and will be approximately 3- to 5-feet tall at delivery. Orders are due Sept. 3. Trees can be picked up Sept. 9 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds llama barn.

Online ordering and payment is available at hamiltonswcd.org.

New area code – Beginning Oct. 17, all new phone numbers assigned within the 317 area code will receive the new 463 area code. This will not affect existing phone numbers. Tendigit dialing will continue to be necessary for local calls to be completed.

Pup Running registration – Carmel Pup Running cross country registration closes Aug. 17. Pup Running is open to all CCS fourth and fifth graders. The season runs from Aug. 21 to Sept. 27. Cost is $8 to register or $15 for registration and an optional team T-shirt. To register, visit puprunning.org.

Breakfast Club – The Hamilton County GOP Breakfast Club will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 18 at Market District, 11505 N. Illinois St., Carmel. Republican nominee for lieutenant governor Suzanne Crouch will be the guest speaker. Cost is $20 at the door. For more information, visit HamiltonCountyGOP.org.

Family-friendly city – Carmel has ranked fifth in a national study to determine the best small cities for families. Rankings were based on home value, affordability, median annual income, growth, school quality, crime and other factors.

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Youth council plans dog event

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com

The cancellation was because of a scheduled remodel of the pool and because of new rules Ryan Woock, a senior at Carmel High School regarding dogs in public pools.

All of the proceeds from Bow Wow Bash and president of the Carmel Mayor’s Youth will benefit the Humane Society for Council, said his team was pets thinking about planning Hamilton County, which was a beneficiary of Barktemeber. a dog festival for August.

“Not only is it going to be a great When they reached out to Carmel atmosphere, but the ability to have an Clay Parks and Recreation, they found impact on something truly local is a a perfect partner also looking for a tremendously rewarding experience,” canine event.

Woock said.

“As it turned out, CCPR had canWoock Carmel Clay Parks Director Mark celed its Barktember event, so this Westermeier said the Carmel Mayor’s Youth acted as the perfect substitute,” Woock said.

Council is in charge of the event and that the “From that point, they were able to transfer parks department is happy to help but doesn’t contacts they had from Barktember and inwant to step in. fuse them with the council’s vision for Bow “The students in the Carmel Mayor’s Youth Wow Bash. It couldn’t be a better partnership.”

Council have always been impressive,” WesterBow Wow Bash is scheduled for 11 a.m. to meier said. “They’d be impressive as adults.”

2 p.m. Aug. 27 at West Park. It will include a Woock said planning this event has been a 1-mile run/walk, vendor booths, food trucks great learning experience and has taught him and a festival atmosphere. The event is free about taking initiative, staying organized and but donations will be accepted.

Dogs must be leashed at all times and own- working as a team.

“There’s a lot more that goes into an event ers must sign waivers and be responsible for than what meets the eye, and the ability to picking up after their dogs. meticulously think through every detail is a Carmel Clay Parks canceled its 2016 Barkskill that can only be acquired through tantember event, where dogs were allowed in gible experience,” Woock said. the pool at the Monon Community Center.

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Officials say ducks and geese are causing problems on public property, including leaving behind feathers and droppings that can be expensive to clean up. (Submitted photo)

Council to consider banning feeding of ducks on city property

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com The Carmel City Council is considering an ordinance to outlaw the feeding of waterfowl on city property. That means if someone is caught tossing bread to city news ducks and geese in the Carmel Veteran’s Memorial reflecting pool, a fine could be imposed.

City Councilors Sue Finkam and Jeff Worrell are sponsoring the proposal, which was on the agenda to be introduced at the Aug. 15 council meeting. Visit currentincarmel.com for coverage of the meeting.

Finkam said the ordinance is in response to damage done by geese and ducks at the reflecting pool. Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has previously said that the waterfowl have cost the city tens of thousands of dollars in waste removal on the sidewalks and in pools. Finkam said she has photos of the pool being filled with waste and feathers and the city can’t keep up with cleaning it.

“I don’t like additional regulation any more than the next guy, and I’m trying to balance that with the additional cost to maintain the pool and with appropriately honoring our veterans at the same time,” she said. “It’s

disrespectful to our veterans to have it in bad shape.”

Brainard said he’s hired companies to try to relocate the waterfowl so they will nest elsewhere, but they are still in the pool. He said no waterfowl were euthanized or harmed. He said that encouraging them to nest elsewhere is fiscally conservative because of the cost of cleanup and because duck and geese waste can be toxic.

Finkam said it’s possible the ordinance could be tweaked in committee to exclude certain sites but she couldn’t say where. Waterfowl have also been known to congregate at the Japanese garden and koi pond near Carmel City Hall. She said the amount of the fines could be up for debate, as well.

In other news, Finkam said the council had a long discussion in committee about new rules surrounding golf cart usage in Carmel.

She said many changes were made and some are suggesting that the city do nothing. She also said a proposal to require indoor longterm bicycle storage for employees at new buildings being constructed will likely go from mandatory to an encouragement. Those businesses could be able to reduce their car parking spaces by providing bicycle parking.

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The Hamilton County Soil and Water ConDavis has designed and executed several servation District has hired Ginger Davis conservation plans on local agriculas its new Achievement Conservation tural properties, along with designing urban stormwater runoff following Administrator.

Natural Resources Conservation SerDavis replaces John South, who vice, Indiana Dept. of Environmental retired in June after 38 years of serManagement and EPA guidelines. vice, and brings with her extensive As watershed coordinator for Lost master’s training in civil engineering River in southern Indiana, she worked and hydrology, vast work experience Davis on designing sinkhole treatment syswith various soil and water conservatems to abate and control nutrient and sedition districts around the state, a great deal ment runoff from adjacent feedlots and row of training through the Natural Resources cropping fields in limestone areas.

Conservation Service and varied leadership She has modeled using the Soil and Water experience.

Assessment Tool to look at the impact that Among her accomplishments, Davis is land management practices have on water, an Indiana Watershed Leadership Academy sediment and agricultural chemical yields with graduate, an Earth Science Adjunct Professor a variety of soils, land use and land-manageat Ivy Tech and a past watershed coordinament variations. tor for the Lost River Watershed Project in “I’m excited to meet and assist the public Orange County, Ind. Her previous position was and county on general conservation techas a hydrogeologist with the Indiana Dept. niques,” Davis said. “It will be great to work of Natural Resources, where she researched with the staff here to further the soil and wagroundwater resources. Davis also is a certiter conservation goals for the county.” fied floodplain manager as well as a licensed Davis began her position July 25. professional geologist.

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From left, Hollyn, Steele, Jill, Bill and Race Johnson in Rio. (Submitted photos)

Olympian’s parents reflect on silver medal

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

Steele Johnson recently made local history by becoming the first Olympian to have grown up in Carmel. On Aug. 8 Achievement he added to his young legacy by winning a silver medal in the men’s 10-meter platform synchronized diving event with partner David Boudia, who grew up in Noblesville.

Steele’s parents, who still reside in Carmel, and siblings watched from the stands in Rio de Janeiro. The next day, Bill and Jill Johnson said their son becoming a silver medalist still hadn’t sunk in.

“It still feels very surreal,” they stated in an email. “We are very excited for Steele and David, because they have worked very hard for this accomplishment.”

Steele, 20, and Boudia, 27, will both compete in the men’s individual 10-meter diving event, scheduled for Aug. 19 to 21. Bill and Jill Johnson and their daughter, Hollyn, a senior at Carmel High School, plan to stay in Rio through Steele’s next event. Steele’s brother,

Steele Johnson’s Olympic silver medal.

Race, a football player at Purdue University, had to catch a flight back home after the synchronized diving event to rejoin his teammates for practice.

Bill and Jill said they are planning the rest of their trip around their son’s schedule but hope to do some sightseeing.

“Hopefully, we get a chance to see some of the local sights, such as Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain,” they stated. “Today we were able to go to Copacabana Beach and Ipanema Beach.”

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Where’s Amy attends the Unconference in Carmel Where’s Amy attended the Social Media Dames Unconference hosted by Amy Stark (Carmel), Toshika Helm (Fishers) and Beth Ann Fried (Zionsville) Aug. 3. Professional businesswomen and entrepreneurs from all over Indiana attended, spoke and shared valuable tips on how they use social media as a marketing tool. The luncheon was catered by Jonathan Byrd’s at the 502 East Center in Carmel.

It was a fun and amazing event for women to connect and support one another. Pictured, Caroline Hoy (Carmel), Therese Kopiwoda (Carmel), Nicki Reddington (Carmel) with Social Media Dames Founder Amy Stark (Carmel). (Photos by Amy Pauszek)

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Grant to support teachers at UHS

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part of the grant money to pay for conference attendance or travel to other schools that they want to see.”

University High School in Carmel is using In the third phase, teachers will present a $50,000 grant from the Edward E. Ford what they’ve learned, Crockett-Lohr Foundation to education support teacher added.

The school is required to raise an development. additional $50,000 to match the grant The school, which serves more to receive funds. than 300 students from Carmel, Zi“We mostly have an individual onsville and surrounding areas, has donor pool, but if there is one thing designed a three-part approach for our families love, it’s our teachers,” utilizing grant funds. The first phase Crockett-Lohr Crockett-Lohr said. “We’re excited will begin this fall. to hopefully raise a little bit of money that “It’s going to allow us to bring in some national speakers on education – people who are directly benefits a program that our teachers get to work on.” specifically interested in one certain aspect of The New York-based Edward E. Ford Founeducation, like assessment, curriculum develdation is dedicated to improving and supportopment or alternate scheduling,” said Ashley ing secondary school independent education.

Crockett-Lohr, UHS director of communicaCrockett-Lohr said UHS officials spent a year tions. “The second phase of the project will going through the grant application process, ask teachers to think about which topics they which included meeting with the foundation’s are most interested in and want to explore more in-depth. The teachers will then apply for executive director and submitting a proposal.

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Dewey project installed at CHS

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com To some, a library visit may conjure mental images of dusty shelves and a boring assignment. However, Carmel High School art librarian Terri Ramos and artist Carolyn Martens worked to make visiting the CHS library colorful and inviting.

Ramos and Martens came up with ideas to represent the 10 areas of the Dewey Decimal System through art. Martens sketched out each idea and then painted 12 panels to be hung across available space in the library.

“We have this great big space that’s kind of blank, and we wanted something that would pull students in and help them understand Dewey and the different areas they can explore in nonfiction,” Ramos said. “I approached Carolyn, who had done some work for the elementary and middle schools, and I thought she would be perfect to bring to life what I had in my head.”

Ramos and Martens met in October of last year, and they came up with the panel ideas

by November and December. Multiple concepts per each nonfiction area are displayed on the 5-by-4-foot panels. Each panel took approximately two weeks to paint, and they were installed the first week of August. Approxi-

An example of the Dewey Decimal System project created by Carolyn Martens. (Submitted photo)

mately 70 concepts are painted on the panels.

“This project has been fun for me because it combines my passion for education and Carmel schools, and also I’m a big reader and I love libraries, and of course I love art,” said Martens, whose children attend Carmel Clay Schools.

The project will be officially unveiled at 10 a.m. Aug. 16. The event will also include refreshments and an opportunity to meet the artist.

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People, places, animals, even vehicles provide inspiration for Alison Czarcinski’s wood art creations. profile “Actions, beliefs, feelings – these are all forms of art. These are where my ideas originate from,” Czarcinski said. “Every design I have made, I have formed some sort of meaningful connection with.”

The Carmel resident has worked on her wood transfer art since last September. At the time, she was pursuing a passion for photography. She decided to devote the majority of her time to wood art for two reasons: the gratification of the positive feedback and her curiosity to view the finished product.

“I have found that photography and my wood art have a symbiotic relationship because photography has provided a foundation for my wood art collection, and my wood art enhances the photographs beautifully,” she said.

She watched online videos and followed tutorials to teach herself how to create wood art.

“Once I found something that caught my eye, I would meticulously follow the tutorials step-by-step in order to achieve identical results,” she said. “Once I finished, I would alter the designs and add additional effects that would enhance the images overall.”

The wood art pieces are made using Photoshop. Depending on what a client wants, Czarcinski will either transfer the design to a piece of wood or place the images in a picture frame. Creating pieces can take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour or more.

One of Alison Czarcinski’s wood pieces, the face of Vincent Van Gogh. (Submitted photo)

“Sometimes I will work on a piece for an hour, step back, stare at it and be totally disgusted by it,” Czarcinski said. “I’ll redo the entire piece until I am satisfied with the end result.”

Czarcinski’s wood art is available through her website, getyourshutteron.com, or Facebook facebook,com/getyourshutteron.

Harding-Van Hoorde engagement Jessica Harding of Nineveh will marry Stephen Van Hoorde of Carmel Sept. 10 in Nashville, Ind. An outdoor ceremony will take place in Brown County State Park.

The parents of the bride are Debbie and Rich Harding of Nineveh, and the groom’s parents are Maeve and Mark Van Hoorde of Carmel.

The bride is a 2009 graduate of Brown County High School and a 2015 graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University. She is a registered nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis.

The groom is a 2008 graduate of Carmel High School and a 2014 graduate of Ball State University. He is a health and wellness teacher at Creekside Middle School in Carmel.

The couple will reside on the west side of Indianapolis.

Jessica Harding and Stephen Van Hoorde. (Submitted photo)

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com Prevail of Hamilton County will host its 2015 Signature Gala Aug. 27 at the Renaissance Hotel in Carmel. fundraiser The nonprofit organization exists to educate and engage county residents about domestic abuse and helps to restore the lives of those affected and their families.

The funds from the event will assist clients, and a fundraising goal has been set at $150,000. In 2015, the gala raised $147,000 for Prevail’s programs that served more than 2,500 victims of crime and abuse.

“Prevail is unique in that we offer services to all victims of violent crime and abuse, including men, women, teens and children,” said Natasha Robinson, Prevail public relations coordinator. “Intimate partner violence, also known as domestic violence, is a large portion of what we see, but we also work with a growing number of sexual assault victims, identity theft, bank robbery, human trafficking, elderly abuse, secondary victims of murder and more.”

Prevail offers guided support groups so clients can work with other victims who have been through the same situations to learn

The Bishops perform at the 2015 Prevail gala.

The band will perform at the 2016 gala as well.

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what their triggers are, how to deal with those triggers in a healthy way, and how to take care of themselves.

The gala is presented by Hare Chevrolet. A cocktail hour supported by Sun King Brewery, and a silent auction will kick off the event from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Seating for dinner begins at 7:15 p.m., and the program and live auction will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by celebration and dancing to The Bishops from 8:30 to 11 p.m.

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“Always through my writing, books it’s been a lust, a thing that I had to get it out, something I was driven to do,” Bittinger said. “I would write into the weekends. Even on Christmas Day, the kids would be playing with their presents and I would be back in there writing, because I loved it so much.”

Bittinger, 75, has authored more than 250 math textbooks.

“Some of that is padded because with a textbook you revise it every four years,” said Bittinger, who has lived in Carmel with his wife, Elaine, for more than 40 years. “I’ve probably written 50 (before revisions), and I’ve had co-authors. I took a lot of pride in the accuracy of the books.”

Bittinger retired three years ago from writing.

“I just ran out of gas, I guess,” Bittinger said.

But he hasn’t ruled out writing again if something interests him.

Since receiving his doctorate in math education at Purdue in 1968, Bittinger began

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By Lauren Boughner • news@currentincarmel.com Author Sydney Scrogham moved to Carmel “for an adventure,” she said.

In June she packed her bags, left her home state of Virginia, and ended up in books downtown Carmel.

One of her first impressions was that the city is full of opportunities.

“I’ve been staring in awe at all the events going on,” she said.

Already, Scrogham has connected with a local writers’ group that meets weekly and found a passion for Indy Reads.

“I love giving back to younger kids,” she said.

Scrogham has published two books: “Chase” through Koehler Books and “Ariel: the First Guardian,” which is self-published.

She focuses on writing fantasy and romance novels in the new adult genre, which targets college-aged adults. She is working on a prequel to “Chase,” and she has plans for further books in the series.

“My goal is to get at least five books out,” she said.

When she isn’t writing, Scrogham works as a receptionist and takes care of her horse, Snowdy, who is still in Virginia recovering

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from an injury. Her horses inspire and appear in her books, as she features magical creatures called “alicorns,” a combination of a Pegasus and unicorn. Scrogham said she cannot wait for the day Snowdy can be moved to Carmel, but at the same time, she said she is excited about her new life here.

“My brain was really bored, and I knew if I was going to inspire my creativity I needed to do something really different. So I moved,” she said.

Scrogham said she is toying with the idea of having one of her books take place in Indianapolis, a setting not often used, she said.

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Codelicious offers coding classes in the Microsoft store at Keystone at the Crossing, and now the organization technology is branching into Carmel and Fishers. Beginning in September, 10-week coding classes will be offered for ages 8 to 18.

“A big element of our company is there’s really a need in the marketplace. Some schools are teaching code at some level, but there’s not really a lot of school offerings,” Codelicious Chief Marketing Officer Jenni Burton said. “There’s some commercial offerings, but in our classes you have a project you work on throughout the 10 weeks and develop skills throughout different classes. We are super youth-focused in regards of, ‘Is it safe for kids, and is it the right thing for kids?’”

Classes are offered up to twice a week and last two hours. Classes begin Sept. 12, but Burton said students can register through Sept. 20. The 10-week course is $500. There are two course offerings for the fall, both geared toward ages 8 to 14.

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“We really are kid first. One of the other things we are focused on is building confidence in kids, like if a student has never coded before, we want them in that first class thinking, ‘I can create this,’” Burton said. “It’s something they can really get passionate about and do. They can come, we can teach them, and they have that interaction with an instructor. Coding and knowing technology is so important for students these days.”

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He is survived by his lifelong friend and Donald Marc Sentir, 61, a lifelong resident of wife of 35 years, Jeryl Sentir; brother Bob Indianapolis/Carmel, passed away on July 30 Sentir and family; brother-in-law Mike after a nearly year-long battle with Blankenship and family; two children, pancreatic cancer. He was born on Alena Sentir and Philip Sentir; son-inApril 20, 1955, to Gerald D. Sentir and law Jonathan Lance; daughter-in-law Majorie Sher, who preceded him in Elizabeth Cotton; two granddaughdeath, along with his brother Dale S. ters, Johana Sentir and Della Lance; Sentir (d. 1954), whom he never met. many cousins; and numerous friends.

Don attended North Central High In lieu of flowers, donations can be School, was a residential real estate Sentir made to Purple Stride team “Fishin’ for a appraiser and the owner of Sentir PanCure.” Details at: arnmortuary.com in the online Appraisal Services. Don was a huge fan of Inobituaries. A celebration of life party will take place dyCar and attended more than 40 Indianapolis at 4 p.m. Aug. 27 at the White River Yacht Club.

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ObituarY: John Frederick “Fred” Williams (Bob) Luhrs, Troy (Michelle) Williams, and Tara John Frederick “Fred” Williams, 73, of Carmel, (Brendan) Fahey; 18 grandchildren, passed away peacefully on June 28 one great-grandchild, and his two at his home, surrounded by his loving sisters, Wendy Neidel and Debby family. He was born Sept. 23, 1942, in (Jerry) Barnes.

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Carmel ballerina among Brown Girls Do Ballet’s ‘5 to Watch’ in 2016

By Amanda Foust • news@currentincarmel.com It’s not hard to find ballet classes or programs for kids interested in learning the art of dance.

What’s more rare, however, are cover story ballerinas from minority groups, which is why TaKiyah Wallace and Brittani Marie created Brown Girls Do Ballet, a website that provides resources, networking, scholarships and more to girls of African, Hispanic, Asian, Indian and Native American ancestry.

Earlier this year, the website named Alexandra Manuel of Carmel as one of the ‘5 to Watch in 2016,’ a list that highlights the talents and efforts of top young ballerinas from across the nation.

“Alexandra was chosen for this year’s ‘5 to Watch’ list based on her passion, dedication, and advanced skill level at such a young age,” said Wallace, founder and CEO of Brown Girls Do Ballet. “She is also a great student and a positive role model for the young dancers that come behind her, which is very important to us as an organization that pushes mentorship. All of these qualities will take her far as principal dancer of a major professional ballet company in the future.”

Alexandra, 12, was thrilled to receive the honor.

“I am so excited,” she said. “I really love dance, and I dance with a lot of really good dancers.”

Alexandra trains at the Indiana Ballet Conservatory in Carmel and has been a part of its programs under Artistic Director Alyona Yakovleva-Randall since she was eight.

She studies technique, pointe, character, contemporary, modern, jazz and repertoire and is in her first year of IBC’s Professional Training Program.

“Indiana Ballet Conservatory inspires me to do my best every day,” she said.

Alexandra comes from a family committed to building the local arts community. Her father, Rob Manuel, is president of the University of Indianapolis and is dedicated to the school’s tradition of making the arts a priority.

“We love to see people round out their own view of the world through more than one medium,” Rob said.

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she pursues her professional dance training full-time. With 20 hours a week of practice, Alexandra is pursuing her dream of being a professional dancer with full force.

“We are proud to be a part of this community, and we love the arts,” Wilmara said.

Although well-versed in the arts, both mother and daughter admit there was a learning curve when it came to finding costumes and practice outfits that would complement Alexandra’s skin tone. Wilmara said she found valuable support from the Brown Girls Do Ballet website.

“We see now that there are lots of dancers of color out there, and (Brown Girls Do Ballet) was a good forum to find resources, inspiration and support,” Wilmara said.

Not only has the website offered support, but Alexandra’s teachers and fellow dancers have also challenged and encouraged her along the way.

“There are at least five faculty teachers who have been on the world stage at one point and are now dedicated to teaching the next generation of professionals,” Rob said.

Wilmara agrees that IBC has been crucial to her daughter’s success.

“The dedication of the entire team is what makes this work,” she said.

Alexandra continued her pursuit of becoming a professional dancer this summer by participating in a five-week intensive at IBC before heading to The School of American Ballet California Workshop for Young Dancers, conducted at the studios of Maple Conservatory of Dance in Irvine, Calif. She also spent a week training in Monaco after receiving a scholarship for the Princess Grace Academy of Dance at the Youth America Grand Prix 2016 New York Finals.

accomplishments • Hope Award (March 2016) — Youth America Grand Prix Indianapolis Regionals • 3rd Place Classical, Top 12 Contemporary (February 2016) — Youth America Grand Prix Chicago Regionals • 1st Place Classical, 2nd Place Contemporary (January 2016) — World Ballet Art Competition Toronto, Canada • 3rd Place Contemporary, Top 12 Classical (January 2015) — Youth America Grand Prix Chicago Regionals • Named 2016/2017 Gaynor Girl representing the Gaynor Minden Pointe shoe company.

about alexandra Favorite food: Popcorn Favorite type of music: Anything ballet, Beyonce and pop music Inspiration: “My ballet girls, coach Miss Alyona, Svetlana Evengnia, prima ballerina at Bolshoi Ballet, Svetlana Zakharova, and principal dancer at Bolshoi Ballet.”

Interesting Fact: Speaks French fluently Danced with World Stage Dancers: Franco deVita, Gillian Murphy, Guillaume Cote, Darci Kistler and Amanda McKerrow Dream for the future: Training at Bolshoi Academy and dancing with the Bolshoi Ballet Company

Alexandra Manuel at the Indianapolis City Ballet’s Indianapolis International Ballet Competition in 2015. (Photo by Gene Sciavano)

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Tania Castroverde Moskalenko at The Palladium in Carmel. (File photo by Amy Pauszek)

Good luck, Tania When Tania Castroverde Moskalenko was whispered to be the new chief executive officer of the Center for the Performing Arts nearly five years ago, we were excited about the future of the campus. Her proven leadership and fiscal expertise, as well as prowess with respect to bookings and staff and funding development in suburban Memphis, were exactly what the Center required.

Now that she is headed to Roosevelt University in a similar position at the fabled Chicago Auditorium, we believe the Center is in a terrific position to be taken farther down the trails she blazed.

Chicago’s gain is our loss, certainly, but we’re grateful for her accomplishments, and we know the auditorium is in excellent hands.

Whoever is tapped to replace Tania will have some rather large boots to fill. Hers has been a job very well done, and although we are sorry to see her go, we’re confident interim CEO Jeff McDermott and the search committee will find a candidate to carry on what she launched.

Good luck, Tania, and knock ‘em dead!

Brian Kelly, publisher, and Steve Greenberg, general manager, are co-owners of Current Publishing, LLC. Write them at info@youarecurrent.com.

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The Babbling Brood Commentary by Terry Anker The famed Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once mused that, “To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.”

Much like his music, Mozart makes the point here in a concise and eloquent matter.

Like many artists, he has keen insight into the human condition. We tend to be a talkative lot. From the very youngest age, we learn that our ability to communicate enables us to gain control of the world around us. Mom, dad and big brother will help us fulfill our desires if we can only convince them to do so. It is like having control over a platoon of giants!

As we grow a bit older, and taller, we find that nuanced language can be a powerful tool to achieve even greater influence over, to paraphrase theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, the hearts and minds of men. We come to know the authority that is found in an effective turn of phrase. To be sure, folks

can only be influenced if they generally have a predilection to follow a belief. But some of us have become trained experts hired to affect public opinion. For a fee, we are willing to craft messages designed to carefully manipulate what is thought about a person, place, or thing – think political candidates, Carmel roundabouts, or school funding referendum.

If Mozart is on to something, can we talk too much? Can we brow-beat our fellow humans into disagreement simply by demanding their compliance with too great a fervor? And in the noisy world of nearly universal Internet access and social media, do we ensure that the messages carried are increasingly shrill? Since the babbling brood of “experts” is unlikely to shut up, is it best simply to tune out?

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

Q U O T E O F T HE WEEK “Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.”

– Christopher Morley

One of the things my family teases me about, besides my love of well-done steak, is my almost freakish commithumor ment to eight hours of sleep.

I frequently pass on oncein-a-lifetime experiences in favor of crawling into bed at 9 p.m. If that’s not nerdy enough, I also occasionally put on my math teacher hat and calculate my probability of getting a good night’s sleep. My POGNS. I’ve found that knowing ahead of time my chances of sleeping eliminates anxiety and ensures remedial measures (PM pills or AM coffee) are in place. Here are a few of the factors that come into play: Kids/pets: In our house, the likelihood of a child or an animal coming into our bedroom is high. Nightmares, storms, the cat’s strange desire to lick my hair . . . you name it. So my chances of a restful eight hours based purely on the kid/pet factor is 6/7.

Husband: Doo radiates heats like a, well, a radiator. And he snores. Usually a pillow wall will do the trick, but sometimes there is no protection. POGNS: 4/5.

Me: Illness, anxiety, hunger and my mad hearing skills keep me awake about three times a month. POGNS: 9/10.

Lady parts: On certain days, fluctuating hormones can result in the sleep quality of a heroin addict in detox. POGNS: 5/6 Miscellaneous: Raccoons in the attic, teenagers’ kitchen rummagings, Tooth Fairy shenanigans . . . I never know what fun nocturnal surprises lie in wait. POGNS: 72/73. (I know this seems like a random fraction, but trust me on this. I’m a math teacher!)

Let’s say we only have decaf and I’m wondering if I need to make a grocery run at 8:30 p.m. I calculate the POGNS for all applicable categories and determine that the likelihood of my getting a good night’s sleep is 67.6 percent. Not bad enough for a Benadryl, but not good enough to risk a caffeine-free morning. To Meijer I go. Potential disaster averted. See? So yes, I may be nerdy and prefer charred beef, but at least I’m using my powers for good. Peace out.

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REA D ERS ’ V I EWS Better bus route needed Editor, I am a senior at Carmel High School.

I am hoping they manage the bus routes better this year. My freshman year they had the buses park nearest the Senior Hallway. This was the easiest route for the buses to enter the school and allowed the students quick access to the building. But my sophomore and junior years they changed the route to go down 136th and enter the back of the school. The roundabout at 136th and Range Line is very busy with the students trying to get to the stadium. Traffic becomes very backed up. The roundabout is very small and it is hard for the buses to drive around it. It seems like it would be safer if the buses went back to entering the school at the front of the school, allowing just the student traffic on 136th.

Alex Zieba, CHS Class of 2017

Council shouldn’t dictate trash collection Editor, I read with interest the (letter to the editor) in the July 26 Current in Carmel by Sonya Wendel concerning the garbage collection debate as to the Carmel City Council possibly dictating using the services of Ray’s Trash or Republic. I couldn’t agree more with Sonya – the city council surely has more to do than to tell us what trash collector we must use. Is this a free country and do we have to have the government dictating to us in this area also?

Ray’s does a fine job and they are there on every holiday except Christmas Day. You can count on them.

Nancy Thomas, Carmel

Research all sides

Readers, Anyone interested in science knows to study (review, if you will) the results of research on all sides of an issue if the subject is of special interest or it’s being used to make political points.

If you are interested in the facts behind climate change, you will want to go to the journal NATURE (www. nature.com). NATURE is not only the most respected scholarly research publication, it is the most highly cited interdisciplinary publication. If you have an open mind, it is imperative to check out this reference. At least you will learn there is no such thing as “settled science” in climate research – certainly not “scientific consensus,” as the biased, partisan Sierra Club claimed in USA TODAY’s lead story August 4, 2016.

It is my own conclusion that the climate has been changing for 4 1/2 billion years. Mankind has not caused it and will not change it. Certainly costly, obnoxious, noisy, bird-killing wind generators will do more damage than natural generation.

If left alone by the government, we will, in time, evolve to safe, clean nuclear and solar generation for economic and environmental reasons.

Please, in the meanwhile, government, let us become energy independent.

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I have steadfastly accepted as fact anything preceded by the words “They say….” They say breakfast is the humor most important meal of the day; they say you should drink seven glasses of water daily; they say you should wait 30 minutes after eating to go swimming.

Luckily, all of these directives have proven false. But I am most delighted by this latest debunking: No proof that daily flossing prevents cavities and gum disease.

Flossing has never been very popular. Here are some common excuses people give for not flossing.

I am not coordinated enough: I get that.

When I first started flossing, I made the mistake of doing it while looking in the mirror. I was punching myself in the nose three or four times a week.

I am pregnant: This is a feeble excuse, especially since 35 percent of the people saying it were men.

I have perfect teeth, no food ever gets stuck in my teeth, my teeth are amazing: Well, he’s not my choice for the next president, but I do think this guy has a good set of choppers.

Consumers spend two billion dollars a year on dental floss, about a half-million yards of the stuff, or enough to go around the earth 20 times. But remember that a lot of that halfmillion yards was used as emergency shoelaces, fishing line and picture hangers.

There’s actually a blog called 1,001 ways to use dental floss. It includes lots of clever ideas, but strangling someone or using it for a prison break do not speak to my personal needs.

Dental floss was invented by Levi Spear Parmly in the early 1800s. His wife thought his idea needed some tweaking. “Look, Levi, instead of your invention, how about making tiny, pointy wooden sticks that you can pick your teeth with? You could call them Spear Picks. Clever, huh?”

“Better let me do the thinking, dear. And that other idea of yours, making pants out of denim and calling them Levi’s? I don’t think that will fly, either.”

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By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Ashley and Nick Spanenberg went through every new parent’s worst nightmare.

The Jasper couple’s giving back daughter, Athena Rosemary, was born with hydrops fetalis, a condition where abnormal fluids build up in two or more body areas of a fetus or newborn. Her condition worsened after she got an infection and died two days later on Nov. 25, 2015, at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. She was just 12 days old. Ashley had been transported from Evansville to Indianapolis to have the baby because of complications.

“The first time I held her was right before she died,” Ashley said. “We took the tube out of her and two minutes later, she passed away.”

On top of their sorrow, Ashley said they weren’t prepared financially for the funeral and burial costs.

“You never really think that is going to happen,” said Ashley, who has four healthy daughters. “We used her life insurance policy (as part of her husband’s health insurance plan) in funeral, burial and transportation services.”

Ashley, a 2003 Lebanon High School graduate, and Nick, a 2003 Carmel High School graduate, have set up a Memory Eternal Fund, a non-

From left, Nick Spanenberg, Ashley Spanenberg and Athena Rosemary Spanenberg. (Submitted photo)

profit that provides transportation, burial fees, funerals and monuments for children of any age who die in a Riley facility around the state, including Riley Hospital at IU Health North in Carmel. Ashley’s doctor said it would be a good addition for Riley Children’s Foundation.

The average funeral cost is $9,000.

“That’s generally if you are centrally located,” Ashley said. “In our situation, we would have had to pay $3,000 to get her from Indianapolis to Bloomington, where we ended up burying her, so it wasn’t even all the way home. I didn’t know how we were going to pay for it, but

people stepped in to help. I didn’t want anyone to think like that when their child died. I want (parents) to take them home. No parent should have to go through that.”

The Spanenbergs have committed themselves to seek donations for the fund so they can help other families.

“When you lose a child you feel really alone and feel like it’s your fault, but it’s not your fault, obviously,” Ashley said.

To save expenses, Nick dug the grave for his daughter with two other fathers who had buried children.

“At first, I thought, ‘No way. I can’t bring myself to do that,’” Nick said. “But it kind of felt like I was tucking her in for the last time.”

Nick has since helped other families dig graves for parents who have lost children.

“I’ve made myself available for anyone who needs that assistance,” Nick said.

Information on the Memory Eternal Fund is available through Facebook.

While Ashley is a stay at-home mom for the four daughters, Nick said he understands financial pressure other fathers in his situation experience.

“I want to lift that burden,” said Nick, who works in the purchasing department for MasterBrand Cabinets.

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Dispatches Physician joins practice – Riverview Health Physicians welcomed Joseph Hui, MD, who will provide services at Westfield Orthopedics & Sports Medicine and Hazel Dell Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. To schedule a new patient appointment with Dr. Hui, call 317-565-0595.

Free health workshops – Franciscan St. Francis Health-Carmel presents the Stethoscope Series. These free sessions provide conversations with doctors, surgeons and other specialists. The Mystery of Low Back Pain and Sciatica will be conducted from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Carmel Clay Public Library. Registration is required by visiting FranciscanStFrancis.org/Carmel.

Smoking cessation for pregnant women – Several agencies have partnered to offer Baby & Me Tobacco Free, a program to assist pregnant women with smoking cessation.

Classes are the first Tuesday and third Tuesdays of the month in Noblesville and Westfield. For more, call 765-659-6063.

Parkinson’s support group – The Climb, an exercise program of the Indiana Parkinson Foundation, holds a monthly support group to provide information on various topics for those with Parkinson’s or Parkinsonisms as well as their caregivers/families/friends. For dates and times, visit IndianaParkinson.org.

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The big, blue bison was hand-painted by local artists and is now on display at the Indiana State Fair. ​(Submitted photo)

Bison now on display at State Fair Where’s Amy was super excited to sit next to her favorite superhero friends Kimberly and Randy Sorrell (Carmel) at the actionpacked summer blockbuster film “Suicide Squad.”

Where’s Amy sees ‘Suicide Squad’ at Flix Commentary by Amy Pauszek

Head Brewmaster Chris Knotts, left, (Carmel) with Founder/Director of Kammy’s Kause Music Festival Jared Hiner (Fortville) at the official count down of the “Suicide Squad” brew-tapping ceremony. (Photos by Amy Pauszek for Current Publishing LLC. Copyright 2016. All Rights Reserved.)

Where’s Amy attended the highly-anticipated superhero film “Suicide Squad” at Flix Brewhouse. Head Brewmaster Chris Knott introduced a special brew tapping for the film film while also supporting the 13th Annual “Kammy’s Kause” Music Festival in Fortville Aug. 19-20. Film Buffs enjoyed Knott’s mouthwatering brews and received a super-cool, limited edition “Suicide Squad” glass. The sold-out film was entertaining but definitely not for kids. Flix is the place to go when you want excellent customer service, delicious food and blockbuster movies! Where’s Amy can’t wait to see you at the movies.

Dispatches Carmel International Arts Festival 2016 – The 19th Annual Carmel International Arts Festival is happening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 24 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 25 this year, and will offer a variety of art, food and activities for attendees again. Tim Wright is a much-loved musician and will be performing, as well as the Hellenic Dancers of Holy Trinity. Peace Winery (located in the heart of the Carmel Arts and Design District) is donating wine for the event.

The festival has always had free parking for the festival. This year it will be even easier with the parking garage on Range Line Road (under the Indiana Design Center). Handicapped parking is available at Carmel High School, with shuttles running every few minutes and only a free will offering for the ride.

As always, admission is free. For more, visit carmelartsfestival.org.

Inaugural Israeli Film Festival gives glimpse into Israeli culture – The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis and the JCC are presenting Indianapolis’ first Israeli Film Festival to show Israel as a lively and innovative nation and spotlight its thriving film industry. The festival explores Israeli society through features, documentaries and conversations with Israeli filmmakers and stars of the films. This year’s festival presents provocative, humorous, inspiring, and controversial films. The festival runs from Aug. 21-24 and the cost is $10 per person or $35 for an all-film pass. For more, visit JCCindy. org/Israeli-film-fest.

editorial@youarecurrent.com ​Indiana State Fair fairgoers will see a new addition among the traditional sheep and cattle this year​—a big, blue, polka-dotted biART son. V​ isitors to the fair’s glass barn will see a field of bison, including a​painted fiberglass bison representing Hamilton County.

It’s part of a larger herd roaming the state with the Bison-tennial Public Art Project, celebrating Indiana’s 200th Statehood Day. The bison statue is made possible by a grant from LINK Advisory Council, the youth council of Legacy Fund, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation.

Two Hamilton County artists from Caravan Classes, a mobile art studio and classroom, painted ​the bison with 29 polka dots representing the official code used on Hamilton County license plates, in addition to iconic symbols of Hamilton County, including the courthouse in Noblesville and high school mascots. Fingerprints from residents completed the painted mammal.

LINK Advisory Council is comprised of 15 to 20 Hamilton County high school students. Its grant-​ making is supported by an annual $10,000 grant from Legacy Fund. The bison project is the product of a LINK partnership with Indiana Association of United Ways and the Indiana Bicentennial Commission.

Hamilton County’s bison statue was on display at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds last month and has now rejoined its herd at the Indiana State Fair. It will be on display until​Aug. 21.

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Teriyaki Madness to open Aug. 25

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Trevor Sweeney has spent most of his career as a boat pilot, including 11 years working as a riverboat captain at Belterra Casino in Switzerland County in restaurants Indiana.

Sweeney, a 50-yearold Navy veteran and Merchant Marine, also worked as a boat pilot for steel mills. However, he was ready for a career change and he and his wife, Janna, decided to buy a Teriyaki Madness franchise. Their fast-casual Asian grill franchise is scheduled to open Aug. 25 at 12525 Old Meridian St., Suite 140, Carmel.

It’s the second in the Indianapolis area, after another franchise owner opened one at Keystone at the Crossing in January.

“This is kind of a dream of his (to open a restaurant),” Janna said. “I was waiting until my other youngest child graduated high school (in 2015). That’s when we started the process.”

The couple, who have an 8-year-old son, John, are living in a Carmel apartment while waiting to sell their house in Vevay, Ind. “We met a franchise consultant and figured out our strengths and weaknesses, and this was one of the options,” Sweeney said. “The food is excellent. What I like about Teriyaki

From left, John, Janna and Trevor Sweeney in front of their Teriyaki Madness counter. (Photo

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Madness is it’s an alternative to so many pizza places, burger places and sub shops. It’s a good healthy alternative to all those. All our sauces are made in-house. All our produce is never frozen.

“The food is not sitting around waiting,” Sweeney said. “It’s cooked on the spot. We’re shooting for seven to eight minutes. When we get slammed it’s going to be a little more time.

It’s a very simple menu board.”

Janna, who was a dental hygienist for 26 years, is helping with the training and supervising aspects of the business.

The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

CHS students to perform in ‘Amish’

By Lauren Boughner news@currentincarmel.com This month, Carmel High School students are performing in downtown Indianapolis as part of the Indy Fringe Festival theater at the Basile Theatre, at 719 E St Clair St. CHS theater teacher Maggie Cassidy is directing the students in a play called “The Amish Project” about the shooting of Amish children in the Nickel Mines schoolhouse in Bart Township of Lancaster County, Penn. in 2006.

“When I first read the script, it was hard to read. It’s a topic that is very sad,” Cassidy added. “After I read the play a few times and thought about that aspect of forgiveness and more on the good that is in the world, I thought this is a message I want to share.”

Many of the cast members were too young to recall the events when when they happened a decade ago.

“It’ll be interesting to revisit something after 10 years,” said cast member Blaine McBroom, who plays on Amish boy.

Eight of the participating students are actors, and three are assistant directors. They all said they are excited about the opportunity

Cast members of Carmel High School’s The Amish Project stand in their opening positions.

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to put on a play outside of the school grounds.

“This is a professional theater gig, for lack of a better word. This is an experience that’s going to be with me for a long time,” said student Jake Greene, who plays the gunman.

“The Amish Project” contains some adult language and adult themes. Cassidy recommends the show for middle school students and older.

“I don’t think there’s anyone who would walk away and not take something from it,” McBroom said.

The first performance for “The Amish Project” will be Aug. 20. For more details, visit indyfringe.org.

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Carmel Farmer’s Market – Carmel Rotary Amphitheater – carmelfarmersmarket.com Aug. 20 – Matt Roush Klipsch Music Center – 12880 E. 146th St., Noblesville – noblesvilleamphitheater.com Aug. 19 – Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore and Colt Ford Aug. 21 – Counting Crows and Rob Thomas The Warehouse – 254 First Ave. S.W., Carmel – liveforthemusic.com Aug. 18 – The Black Lillies Aug. 20 – Lou Gramm Hopwood Cellars Winery – 12 E. Cedar St., Zionsville – hopwoodcellars.com Aug. 19 – Kendall/Purdy Project Aug. 20 – The Bastard Hounds Cobblestone Grill – 160 S. Main St., Zionsville – cobblestonegrill.com Aug. 17 – Doug Henthorn Aug. 18 – Will Scott Aug. 19 – Kevin Rafferty Vogue Nightclub – 6259 N. College Ave., Indianapolis – thevogue.com Aug. 18 – Master P Aug. 19 – Melvins and Helms Alee Rathskeller – 401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis – rathskeller.com Aug. 18 – Phillip Powers Duo Aug. 19 – The Doo!!; Julia Kahn *Performers are scheduled, but may change

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that I’m very lucky to have (had) the opportunity to work with it,” she said. “I’ve kept it all pop and adult contemporary, but (the songs Some may only recognize Tiffany as a pop have) had their rock flair, or more dance, and star from the ’80s, but the now 44-year-old really putting this show together, I thought it singer is going on a North American tour that would be a challenge. But it’s been stops in Carmel on Aug. music 25. really awesome to get into the studio and rework some of the songs.”

The tour will showcase Tiffany said much of the tour is Tiffany’s new album, “A Million Miles,” centered on intimacy, purposefully but the singer will perform some fachoosing smaller venues for her pervorites from the past, as well. formances. The Warehouse fits her “I’m really excited about the tour. small venue theme, but Tiffany has We are just in production now with Tiffany family in Indiana, as well, some of working on the music, and it’s rewhich will attend the show. ally going to be an intimate evening,” Tiffany “Having a smaller venue lends itself to looksaid. “It’s an acoustic evening, but we’ve got ing in people’s eyes and having an evening some tricks up our sleeve. It’s celebrating 28 together,” she said. “You lose that connection years of music, and some songs are from the a little bit sometimes. It’s a smaller room; it’s past, of course the hits, and a lot of my fans’ just amazing. You can see people and what favorites.” they’re thinking, and sometimes, that’s kind of Tiffany will stop in Carmel at 8 p.m. Aug. 25 scary. It’s like being in someone’s living room.” at the Warehouse, 254 First Ave., Carmel. VIP Kathryn Dean will open the show for tickets are $85, and general admission tickets Tiffany. are $55 to $65 dollars.

For tickets, visit liveforthemusic.com/ “I’ve done a lot of different types of styles tickets/tiffany/. of music over the years. As a songwriter, I’ve done things and I’ve worked with producers

GreekFest returns Aug. 26-28

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“The mission of the Indianapolis Greek Festival is to create a celebraculture tory, family friendly event that shares our Orthodox faith and Hellenic culture — authentic Greek foods and pastries, traditional dancing and live music with the entire Central Indiana community,” said Bagios, in her first year as co-chair/ president for the event. “This is the major fundraising event for our community, as well as a celebration of our Greek culture.”

GreekFest is set for Aug. 26 to Aug. 28 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 3500 W. 106th St., Carmel.

“We estimate our crowds at 15,000 to 20,000 people per weekend,” Bagios said of the average attendance. “Since we do not charge admission, there is no way to have an accurate count. Attendance is dependent upon the weather and other activities happening in the city that weekend.”

This is the 43rd GreekFest and eighth at the Carmel church. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church moved to Carmel from 40th Street and Pennsylvania Street in December 2008.

GreekFest’s hours will be 4 to 10 p.m. Aug.

The Senior Hellenic Dance Troupe performs at 2015 GreekFest. (Submitted photo)

26, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 27 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 28. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

GreekFest will feature imported Gaia wines, made from indigenous Greek grapes. The local craft beer list includes Quaff ON! Brewing Company, Oaken Barrel and Bier Brewery. The food court will feature many Greek favorites.

Among the performances will be students of different age groups from Hellenic Dance Program each day. The Omni Orchestra performs Aug. 26-27 and DJ Pete will perform Aug. 28. There will be puppet shows at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Aug. 27.

For more, visit IndyGreekFest.org.

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Your weekly serving of Just the Ticket

Zionsville native Elizabeth Demaree and her family are the proud owners of The Scoop, a beautiful establishment serving gourmet ice creams and offering a place to relax and be a part of the community, whether you’ve just finished a taxing bike ride and need some ice cream to cool off, or just rolled out of bed for coffee.

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Food Recommendation: Pofferjtiess and a root beer float.

The Scoop Reservations: No. Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Address: 305 S. Main St, Zionsville.

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Fill each crepe with 1/2 cup of filling; fold in half or roll up. Top with 1 tablespoon sour cream and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.

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Indie Unmasked set for Sept. 10

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Romance book authors Kate Roth and Britni Hill noticed the trend.

“It’s kind of the thing to do in books our romance book community, to have these mass signings, where readers can come in, meet with the authors and buy paperbacks,” Roth said.

The second Indie Unmasked event is set for noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 10 at The Wellington Fishers Banquet and Conference Center, 9775 N by NE Blvd., Fishers. The first Indie Unmasked event was hosted by Roth and Hill in November 2014. It’s called “Indie,” because most of the authors’ books are published independently.

There are 43 authors committed to the sessions. Roth said more than half the authors are current or former Indiana residents.

Roth, an Indianapolis resident who owns Bombshell Beauty private studio and Sola Salon Studios in Fishers, has published nine books. Hill, a Geist resident and hair stylist, co-hosts the event. Hill has written six books.

“We met in beauty school and realized we both like to write novels,” Roth said.

They have been friends ever since.

Among those in attendance will be New

Authors and event co-hosts Britni Hill (left) and Kate Roth at the inaugural Indie Unmasked in 2014. (Submitted photo)

York Times bestselling authors Aleatha Romig, Indianapolis, and Lexi Ryan, Terre Haute.

The book signing is split into two sessions so the lines are not too long. Cost is $7 per one hour and 45-minute session.

There will be a masquerade ball from 8 p.m. to midnight at The Wellington.

“The theme is Vintage Glam. It’s Old Hollywood meets ‘Great Gatsby’” Roth said.

Cost is $35, which includes light snacks and open bar. A DJ will provide music for dancing. The deadline to buy tickets for the masquerade ball is Aug. 21. For more, visit indieunmasked.weebly.com.

Huber to lead Brazil Concert Band

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Matthew Huber literally grew up musically with the Brazil Concert Band.

Huber, 63, was only 15 when music he joined the band in 1968 as a last-chair trombone player. But over time and with experience, he grew into a larger leadership role within the group: Huber has been the director/conductor of the band for the past 35 years.

He was only 29 when took over the baton, “a young guy leading older people, and now it’s the other way around,” Huber said.

On Aug. 20, Huber will lead the Brazil Concert Band Huber in a 45-minute concert at 11 a.m. at The Carmel Celebration of Bands at the Palladium. All concerts are free.

“It’s going to be our first time to play there.

It’s going to be quite a treat,” Huber said.

The band will perform music by Indiana’s March King, Fred Jewell, to celebrate Indiana’s Bicentennial.

“We’ll also do marches by a man who was a member of my band 100 years ago, and

relative of mine, John Gus Davis,” said Huber, a retired teacher who still substitutes when he’s needed.

John Gus Davis’ father, John Brock Davis, was the band’s founder, and his son, Johnnie “Scat” Davis, was a singer, actor and trumpeter who appeared in several movies.

The band will perform two other marches at “The Brazil Special” and “JCTB on Parade.”

JCTB stands for Jackson Township Community Band, another group Huber conducts. It’s a medley of Indiana tunes written by Marvin Workman, which includes fight songs for Indiana University, Purdue, and Notre Dame.

“I wrote a section for Indiana State when Larry Bird put ISU on the map, so we have ‘March On Sycamores’ in this,” he said.

Huber said one of the band’s first performances was at one of the Abraham LincolnStephen Douglas debates in 1858, the year the band was founded.

There are approximately 70 members in the band. His son, John Philip Huber, 30, plays euphonium in the Brazil Concert Band as well as in the Indiana Wind Symphony.

“We named him for John Philip Sousa, hoping he would turn out to be a musician,” Huber said.

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Band launches subscription deal

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Eric Stoff and his wife, Brooke, have played music together since they started dating seven years ago. In 2015, the Carmel couple formed The Stoffs, a band with music Steven Berghoff, Jeremy Manh and Luke Cross, and began playing mostly in Peru, Ind. and Kokomo, where the majority of band members lived.

Last month, the Stoffs released a new subscription service to provide fans with exclusive music for $5 a month.

“The idea is really exciting for us as a band with writing and recording and producing music quickly and really stretching ourselves as musicians to work fast,” Eric Stoff said. “It’s also a really unique opportunity for fans to get new music on a monthly basis when a lot of bands release music every year.

“We are trying to challenge ourselves and serve our fans well by giving them new music every month.”

Often, The Stoffs play in Kokomo and Peru, Ind., where Eric and Brooke lived before moving to Carmel. The band released its first subscription EP July 15. The second was released Aug. 15.

“I came up with the idea (of subscription

From left, Steven Berghoff, Jeremy Mang, Luke Cross, Brooke Stoff and Eric Stoff make up The Stoffs. (Submitted photo)

services),” Eric Stoff said. “I was brainstorming different ways for our band to make some regular income, and also use this giant catalog of songs I had written and didn’t know what to do with.

“It didn’t seem I had enough to make an entire album because they were songs from different genres.”

So far, Stoff said although not many fans have signed up for the subscription service, it has been enough to make it worth the work.

“There’s a lot of jazz influence and atypical progression in the outlines of our songs. It’s a little bit experimental,” he said, referring to the band’s creations as “art rock.”

For more, visit thestoffs.com/subscribe.

ITA to celebrate 10 years

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Tatyana Komarova had a personal reason for starting the International Talent Academy.

“When I was young I had the event great opportunity to go through the performing arts classes, and they were very high-level programs,” said Komarova, who grew up in Russia. “I think it helped me so much in my life in the future. Who I became right now is because of these classes I attended when I was little. When I came to the United States, I was looking around for different classes. When I had my first daughter, there were a few classes in music but no classes in theater for little kids for pre-school. I decided to start my own school for my daughter. She was my inspiration.”

ITA, a nonprofit based in Carmel, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a Children’s Festival for Arts & Education, set for 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 11 at the 502 East Event Centre.

Admission is free for the festival, which is designed for families with children ages 3-13.

Komarova’s oldest daughter, Katerina Folkin, is 12.

“My mom taught me music, dance, etiquette, theater, singing, public speaking, Russian, and

Cast and teachers from ITA’s preschool and youth musical “No Idea and the Magic of Talent,” performed in May. (Submitted photo)

much more,” Folkin said. “I was very shy at first, and now I have confidence and presentation skills that will help me in the future.”

The festival will feature different booths, music, theater, show choir and dancing.

“For parents, it’s a chance to see each class to see if they would be interested to try these classes with their kids,” Komarova said.

The talent show is open to the first 12 qualified acts, and ages 4-12 (one to five participants per act). Parent-child acts are welcome.

The deadline is Aug. 21 to register an act.

Komarova said the act can be singing, dancing, theater monologue or poetry.

For more, visit internationaltalentacademy. org/events/.

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Co-founder breaks gender roles

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Samantha Schwartz spent 14 years in male-dominated corporate America before she decided she wanted plaid agency something different.

Cue The Plaid Agency of Carmel, an integrative marketing advertising agency that Schwartz co-founded.

“We are marketing advertising without any borders. We are more customer centric than channel specific, so we came up with the plaid name,” she said. “If you think about it, a plaid pattern is just lines, and if it didn’t come together in right way, it’s just abstract. But when it does come together, everyone recognizes it as a bold, classic pattern. We want to take all those different channels and bring them together for our customers.”

Schwartz decided to branch out of the corporate technology industry when it scared her more to not accomplish her goal than to risk it.

“When I go into a certain situation, I never let it change me,” she said. “You have to have confidence in what you can deliver, confidence in your mission and confidence in the team behind you. If I had to say anything, the one word is perseverance. You get knocked

Samantha Schwartz of The Plaid Agency. (Submitted photo)

down millions of times or told no, you get the door closed and you just have to keep going on.”

Schwartz said there have been multiple occasions at meetings where someone will address a male colleague instead of her, but that fearlessness is what has led to her success.

“You just have to go back to the core and deliver,” she advised. “Just getting your foot in the door is the first step, relentless fierceness in doing what we do for the customers (has led to success). It’s not about gender, it’s about who can get it done.”

The Plaid Agency is at 580 E. Carmel Dr., Suite 200. For more, visit theplaidagency.com.

Wilks and Wilson to expand

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Wilks and Wilson began in 2012 with Greg Wilson and Zach Wilks aiming to bring a preProhibition era cocktail scene growth to the bars and restaurants of Indianapolis.

Three years later, the company has its sights on a city a little bit bigger.

“Our products are designed to allow anybody to make a superior craft cocktail with the spirit of their choice,” said Carmel resident Vince Freeman, president and CEO of Wilks and Wilson. “We think Las Vegas is going to be the home run for us.”

The company produces a line of eight elixirs, which are nonalcoholic, cocktail-flavored syrups, and three bitters, along with the company’s Bloody Mary mix.

“The big thing we came out with is just hitting the market right now. It is the ready-todrink Bloody Mary, and it is big on golf courses and big on tailgate season,” he said.

Freeman said elixirs are popular at busy bars, where drinks such as mojitos can be made quicker with the flavored syrups.

The company also plans to release next year a ready-to-drink Moscow mule.

Carmel residents Vince Freeman and Brenda Coleson work for Wilks and Wilson. (Submitted photo)

Indiana Brand Ambassador Brenda Coleson, of Carmel, is often the first to introduce Wilks and Wilson to bars and restaurants in Indiana.

“I watched as the conception became reality with Wilks and Wilson and was pleased to be involved with two of the product release parties,” she said. “From there, I knew I wanted to get involved with the company on a more permanent basis because of the solid team of people who have so much energy to bring the Wilks and Wilson products to life.”

For more, visit wilksandwilson.com.

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The Brookfield Group expands

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Despite the company’s recent growth, Abdallah said it plans to remain headquartered in Carmel.

The Brookfield Group, 12400 N. Meridian St., “My father and I both always liked Carmel’s Ste. 180, has been a staple in Carmel since plans for the city, and we have been 1987, and according to growth Chief Technical Officer big proponents for it,” he said. “We like the vision here, and we like what Daniel Abdallah, it has they’re doing, and we want to see been growing ever since.

Carmel grow and help Carmel become Earlier this year, the technology another technology city.” solutions provider expanded to St. In addition to its recent growth, Louis, Mo., and it has acquired two The Brookfield Group will back a new additional companies, moves that Abdallah 35,000-square-foot co-working space boosted the number of employees with 10,000 square feet of open seating in its from 20 to 50. building that is expected to open later this “We have our sights on a few other compayear. nies across the United States, and our goal is “We have quite a few customers across to be nationwide here in the next five years,” said Abdallah, who is the son of The Brookfield quite a few industries. We are able to see from the technology side how we can impact Group’s founder, Fadi Abdallah. “We pride ourtheir business and help them grow and give selves with being very flexible with technolthem the ability to be more efficient and efogy in general and our ability to help our cusfective in completely growing themselves,” tomers and their business grow by leveraging Abdallah said. technology and using it more effectively and For more, visit thebrookfieldgroup.com. using it in key areas for their business.”

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helps raise money for the financial executive’s research foundation. The evening is to celebrate and have people say nice things about Arnie Hanish has been a member of Finanthe inductees and what their contributions cial Executives International since 1987, and Nov. 3, he will be inducted into its hall of fame. were and have been to the financial reporting world.”

“Locally, the achievement organization FEI’s Hall of Fame was established 11 years ago. Since then, 31 members meets monthly, have been inducted. and it has speakers and lots of net“It was an extremely huge honor working and opportunities to get to for me, and I’m just very excited to be know people and exchange informarecognized. There’s nothing greater tion about issues and challenges you than to be recognized by your peers have within your organization,” HanHanish for the professional accomplishments ish said. throughout your career,” he said. “Being inHanish recently retired as vice president volved in the organization for 30 years and chief accounting officer at Eli Lilly and Comknowing some of the past recipients and indipany. In addition to his career, he also has viduals, I have a significant amount of respect served on FEI’s Committee of Cultural Reportfor (the inductees).” ing for 30 years and chaired the committee In addition to his financial executive infrom 2007 to 2010. volvement, Hanish has been a Carmel resident “(The FEI) has a hall of fame,” Hanish said. for 37 years and has served on the Indianapo“Annually, they have a function and they lis Opera Company board for 35 years. nominate people to get inducted into the hall of fame. It’s a very nice function, and it

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Bill Weghorst has wanted to expand his Broccoli Bill’s store for a long time.

Weghorst said he couldn’t growth expand because a sewer connection was too far away, but that’s no longer the case.

“They’re building the subdivision, so they had to bring the sewer line closer,” said Weghorst, whose Noblesville produce market store is at 15009 N. Gray Rd. Weghorst, who turns 65 in September, had worked at O’Malia’s for 25 years before leaving to open up Broccoli Bill’s. Weghorst worked with Nick Caplinger, owner of Caplinger’s Fresh Catch in Indianapolis, at O’Malia’s.

Caplinger’s Fresh Catch and Cuts will be part of the Broccoli Bill’s expansion and will carry meat along with its traditional seafood fare at the Noblesville site. It will now be called Gray Road Market by Broccoli Bill’s, and the expansion should be complete by early September.

“It’s going to be local Indiana beef, pork, poultry and all that good stuff,” Andrew Caplinger said.

The expansion will nearly double the size of

From left, Bill Weghorst, Mark Weghorst and Andrew Caplinger in front of the store sign. (Photo

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Broccoli Bill’s to 7,000 square feet, with Caplinger’s taking up approximately 1,500 square feet.

Natural Born Juicers, which has a popular downtown Indianapolis site, will have a small space in the store. There will also be an indoor dining area.

Weghorst’s son, Mark, of Westfield, was 15 and served as deli manager when the store first opened. Now, he will run the day-to-day operations.

“I’ve been doing this every day for 21 years, so I’m at the point where I want to do other things,” Bill Weghorst said.

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Blueprint for Improvement: 1990s kitchen update Commentary by Larry Greene

Before Background info: The owners of this ’90s home, in the River Ridge subdivision in Fishers, were looking to update their kitchen. The kitchen was original to the home and wasn’t fulfilling their needs.

The space wasn’t giving them a place to gather as a family. It wasn’t functional for entertaining.

Before problems: The kitchen was original to the home, and therefore, aesthetically, it needed an update!

Every inch of the existing cabinet and counter top space was being utilized. This called for some new, functional, organizational solutions.

After

After solutions: The goal was to create more space and function in this kitchen, while keeping this family’s needs in mind.

1. A closet in the adjacent family room was removed to allow for more functional space planning. The refrigerator and oven moved to the former closet space, which allowed for other changes.

2. The move of the larger appliances allowed for new counter space near the range. This gave the family ample prep room they were looking for.

3. To create needed storage, cabinets and built-in shelving were added to the wall housing the larger appliances. The addition of this wall resulted in saving space and providing convenient access.

4. The island in the kitchen was rotated in order to give the homeowners pull-up seating. They were able to add counter stools to have a quick breakfast or more casual meals as a family.

Larry Greene is the owner of Case Design/Remodeling. You may email him at lgreene@caseindy.com. To see more before-and-after pictures of this project, visit caseindy.com/blog.

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Meeting new friends Commentary by Lorene Burkhart

As we age, especially during the final years, it’s easy to burrow into our “comfort holes” and stop making an effort to meet new aging people. This is often the situation if we remain in our own homes instead of moving to a retirement community. I suspect that some elderly folks fear the idea of meeting new people, so they cling to their comfort zones.

When people are naturally shy and have never needed to acclimate themselves to new surroundings, the idea of strangers and strangeness is daunting. Thus the statement, “I’m staying here in my home until I die.”

Adult children can help their parents adjust to the possibility of moving by seeking counsel on how to approach the subject of moving. Helping elderly parents to think of it over time allows them to make their own decision. Everyone will be happier with the final result.

Of course, the ideal situation is when the parents conduct their own search for where they would like to live. There are plenty of opportunities to visit facilities, have lunch or dinner and spend enough time to get a feel for the kind of people who live there.

My friends and I recently had the pleasure of dining with a prospective resident from a distant state, along with her sister, who is a local resident. They had rented an apartment in our community for a few days so they could spend some time on their own exploring the facility and its amenities. What a great idea. Yes, she signed a contract, and we are looking forward to her permanent arrival.

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What if science could determine if your marriage would succeed or fail with more than 90 percent accuracy? Skepticism would be welcomed, but let science Family Counsel speak for itself.

Dr. John Gottman started his research with couples more than 40 years ago when he invited couples to visit his bed and breakfast in Seattle. Couples would enjoy a spacious, apartment-like environment complete with full kitchen, living room, TVs, etc. Upon further inspection, couples would observe three cameras bolted to the wall that recorded their interactions from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., though never in the bathrooms. The couple would wear monitors that measured heart rates, blood pressure and sweat output. Researchers also took blood and urine samples to measure different hormone levels. Oh, and a team of researchers also coded facial expressions when couples interacted with each other during the weekend.

Other than that, it was a pretty nice B&B. Gottman studied thousands of couples and, along with his wife, Dr. Julie Gottman, created the Gottman Method, a system of seven principles to make relationships work well. They include: 1. Build love maps.

2. Share fondness and admiration.

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Regardless if you have been married for 50 years or just celebrated your engagement, pursue the marriage you deserve.

Few things are better than enjoying a delicious meal and great conversation with your four-legged family member in tow. Fortunately, we have many restaurants offering ettiquette dog-friendly outdoor seating, and we want them to continue to be pet-friendly. Below are tips to ensure everyone has a doggone great time.

• Call ahead to make sure dogs are allowed at the restaurant’s outdoor tables.

• Take your dog for a walk prior. This will allow him to do his business and to wear him out a bit.

• Bring distractions and necessities. Chew toys (non-squeaky) and tough-to-chew treats keep your dog distracted throughout your meal and elicit good behavior. Some restaurants provide water and/or treats for visiting pooches. Always take a travel water bowl with you to keep them hydrated and dog refuse bags.

• Make sure your pooch is well-behaved around other people and especially children.

• Leash your four-legged friend and keep him near your feet and away from other diners or employees, unless welcomed.

Make sure the leash is tucked next to you/firmly secured to your body.

• Never leave your dog unattended. If you have to use the “necessity,” leave Tucker with someone you trust to keep a watchful eye on your dog.

• No begging at the table and don’t feed your pet directly from your meal. Also, Oreo is not allowed on chairs or tables.

• If someone comes up and wants to pet your dog, assess the situation.

• If you decide to linger for dessert and coffee, excuse yourself for another quick walk.

• Praise and pet Maggie to enjoy quality time together.

• If your pet happens to have an accident, clean it up immediately and discreetly.

• Do tip your server appropriately for doggone excellent service. They have gone above and beyond to create an exceptional experience for you and your most loyal friend.

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

Logan Everett, MA, LMFTA is a marriage and family therapist associate and is level two trained in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy. He strives to educate couples all over the county to have healthy relationships. For more, contact him at (317) 572-7411 or email logan@newhopecounseling.co.

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Ma’loula, Syria, in November 2010 (Photo by Don Knebel)

The language of Jesus in Ma’loula Commentary by Don Knebel Until a few years ago, visitors to an ancient mountainside village in southwestern Syria could hear the words of Jesus in his own language. Today, those words have travel been temporarily silenced.

Ma’loula (or Maaloula) was founded in about 90 A.D. in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, 40 miles northeast of Damascus.

Christianity came early to Ma’loula, which has maintained a Christian majority for at least 1,600 years. With a population never exceeding a few thousand, Ma’loula has been home to 40 churches.

The Mar Sarkis Church, one of the oldest in the world, features a unique altar reminiscent of pagan altars, with raised edges for catching sacrificial blood. The adjoining Mar Sarkis monastery honors St. Sergius, a Roman soldier executed for following Jesus. Mar Thecla, another ancient monastery, claims the remains of St. Thecla, said to have been a follower of the apostle Paul.

Because of its geographic isolation, Ma’loula’s residents still speak Western Ara-

maic, the ancient language Jesus spoke. For centuries, priests of the Mar Sarkis Church have recited the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic for visitors from around the world.

In 2010, Ma’loula residents proudly said their motto was, “Everyone is Christian and everyone is Muslim.” Christian and Muslim women dressed the same, and both sought healing in Mar Thecla.

Tragically, in 2013 and early 2014, extremist groups, including Al-Qaeda, took over Ma’loula and severely damaged Mar Sarkis and Mar Thecla and other monasteries and churches and looted their historic contents. They demolished a statue of Mary overlooking the city. In April 2014, Syrian government forces, assisted

by Hezbollah, recaptured Ma’loula and initiated efforts to restore the damaged churches and monasteries and recover the looted items. A new statue of Mary again overlooks Ma’loula.

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

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This will be a full-time position and it is at our Carmel office.

now hiring Prime 47 Carmel is looking for a high energy kitchen manager/sous chef. Executive Chef experience preferred but not necessary. If you want to join a high energy growing team of restaurant professionals, send resume to Jeremiah.Hamman@prime47carmel.com EOE

If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to Steve Greenberg at steve@youarecurrent.com.

No phone calls. No recruiters. EOE.

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Titus Bakery and Deli in Westfield is seeking full- and part-time sales associates. Apply in person for immediate consideration.

17471 Wheeler Road, Ste 110.

ANIMAL HOSPITAL HIRING Position 1: Veterinary technician/assistant: Nearly fulltime(est. ave. 30-40 hrs/wk); Individual expected to have strong work ethic, positive outlook, be prompt/responsible/trustworthy; engage courteous client communications with accurate/objective listening skills; team oriented; animal restraint(dog/cat); patient medical care; maintain excellent personal/environment hygiene; have reliable math and handwriting skills; ability to lift 35 lbs.; and longterm interest in learning.

Position involves 4 to 5 days/wk.

Applicant should have minimum of HS diploma with 1 yr employment experience in any service industry.

Pay commensurate to workload and quality output; willing to train; position intended for longterm affiliation for quality candidate.

Position 2: Veterinary assistant/records coordinator: part-time(est. ave. 15-25 hrs/wk); responsibilities similar to above.

To Apply: Complete application in person and submit resume to Hamilton Hills Animal Hospital, 1375 S. 10th St., Noblesville, IN, 46060; application hours are M/Tu/F 9am-6pm, W/Th/Sat 9am-11am.

Hairstylist - Part-time (2/3 days) per week or Full-time 3 Months FREE Great location & Parking 317-844-8579

Noblesville Schools Food Service Department Employment Opportunity

Noblesville Schools is currently seeking part-time kitchen and cashier employees for their Food Service Department.

To apply for these positions, please visit our website at: www.noblesvilleschools.org Any questions may be directed to: Sue Dunn, Food Service Director Educational Services Center 18025 River Road Noblesville, IN 46062 (317) 773-3171, ext. 10420

Residential cleaning company in Fishers is seeking Full time and Part time housecleaners. Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm.

Needs reliable transportation, current auto insurance and a great attitude. Please call the Housekeeping Maid Easy office for more information or to apply 317-579-1988 or email lindsey@housekeepingmaideasy.com.

Noblesville Schools Custodial Employment Opportunity

Noblesville Schools is currently seeking full-time custodians at Noble Crossing Elementary School Stony Creek Elementary School To apply for these positions, please visit our website at: www.noblesvilleschools.org Any questions may be directed to: Mr. Pat Haney, Principal Noble Crossing ES 317-773-2850 Mrs. Heidi Karst, Principal Stony Creek ES 317-773-0582

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Assistant Teachers Hiring Immediately!!

International Montessori School, Inc. is in need of excellent Assistant Teachers !

The candidates we are seeking should be comfortable working with children ages 3 through 6, and be able to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM 1:00 PM or 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Resumes should be forwarded to rkd1948@sbcglobal.net

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FOR NEW RESTAURANT OPENING We are looking for Enthusiastic, Committed people to fill the following positions: Servers, Hosts, Bartenders, Guest Assts, Grill, Prep, Saute and Pantry Cooks, Dishwashers GRANTING IMMEDIATE INTERVIEWS FROM 8AM-8PM AT: Drury Plaza Hotel Carmel 9625 N Meridian, Indianapolis, IN 980-259-9766 www.firebirdsrestaurants.com

All things Carmel’s

New Store in the Art’s & Design District – Volunteer Opportunities: As a non-profit dedicated to promoting Carmel, we are currently seeking: --Volunteer Store Staff Hours are flexible and opportunities are available days and evenings, weekdays, and weekends! Email: volunteer@ AllThingsCarmel.com Store Phone: 317-564-8732

Job with Heart

Work closely with our amazing clients, enjoy flexible scheduling, and experience true job satisfaction. We are a nonmedical personal care/elder care agency seeking warm, empathetic caregivers.

Experience helpful, but not necessary — your best asset is a genuine desire to help others. Full- and part-time positions available. Contact: apply@claritycaregivers.com Part-Time Student Nutrition Team Members Needed @ Westfield Washington Schools Work while the kids are in school and be free to spend time with them during breaks, nights and weekends Flexible Hours.

Cashiers, Cooks, Food Service Workers and Sub Positions are available Apply at http://sodexo.balancetrak.com (Search: Westfield) For Questions, call 317-867- 8061

Now Hiring: Dining Room Staff

Donatello’s Italian Restaurant is looking for motivated individuals for dining room and kitchen positions, such as bus person, hostess and dishwasher. Weekends are the biggest need with occasional weeknights. Pay starts at $10 an hour.

E-mail a resume to donatellositalian@ gmail.com or stop by at 9 W. Main Street in Carmel. Must have reliable transportation and be at least 16 years old.

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SENIORS HELPING SENIORS® Non-medical Home Care for Seniors by Seniors We are looking for caregivers to assist with seniors needing help in home.

Fulfilling work...Hourly pay...

Build relationships!

Experience is not necessary, but helpful For information about how you can be a part of this rewarding experience please call 317-202-1286 today!

$15/hour starting pay for skilled painters. Training also available for those seeking new career. Walla Interior Painting. Comfortable work environment. All equipment is provided.

Full time work all year, even winter.

All local work. No work on weekends.

Pay based on skills and experience.

Call Jonathan 317-999-8124.

College not for you?

Background or Not in dance! Join the team at Fred Astaire Dance Studio Carmel, Indiana. We will train you in all aspects of the ballroom dance business.

Why Fred Astaire?

We offer a great environment, guaranteed starting salary, great training and opportunities to travel and compete. Need we say more?

Call Dan at 317-846-3237

LGC Hospitality Staffing is now looking for Bartenders, Servers, Bussers, Cooks, Prep Cooks, and Dishwashers for a major PGA golf tournament in Carmel Indiana from September 6th thru September 11th. If you are interested in any position please call 317-569-0018 for an immediate interview or please visit our office at 8200 Haverstick Road Suite 102 Indianapolis 46240.

CARPENTERS NEEDED NOW

Simpson Construction Services, LLC, a family owned general contractor, would like to hire skilled construction carpenters. Our company is growing, and we are looking for craftsmen that take pride in their work and want a future with our company.

Contact Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

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Opening Soon Westfield Location ROCKSTARS WANTED Inshop/Delivery Drivers Please submit an application at www.indyjj.com Flexible Hours Available

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