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CPD aims to make hiring more efficient without compromising integrity of the process

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com The Carmel Police Dept. has been on a hiring boom of late, welcoming 17 new officers this year with plans CITY NEWS to add a similar number in 2022. During most years, CPD adds two to five new officers to account for retirements and resignations, as well as the growing size of the force, according to Lt. Tim Byrne.

The recent growth of the department is due in large part to Carmel Clay Schools’ efforts to place a school resource officer at every campus, but CPD officials are also expecting five to 10 officers to retire in 2022, increasing the need to find new recruits.

This all comes at a time when it’s becoming more difficult to find qualified police officers, as only 93 percent of available police officer positions are being filled nationwide, according to the Police Executive Research Forum, which also found that the hiring of new officers has been unable to keep pace with increases in resignations and retirements in 2020-21 compared to the previous year.

And, to further complicate matters, the hiring process to become a CPD officer is lengthy and “intensive,” Byrne said.

“It takes quite a while to get through the entire hiring process, but that’s one of the areas we’ve been trying to improve so that we don’t have people waiting, sometimes up to a year, from the time they start the process to the time they’re getting hired,” Byrne said. “We’re really trying to speed that process up without compromising the integrity of the process.”

That process includes filling out an application, written and physical tests, interviews, a polygraph, psychological and medical evaluations and an in-depth background investigation that involves interviews with former employers, friends, neighbors, coworkers, a credit check and a review of social media accounts.

If the officer is working at another department the background investigation requires a CPD officer to go on a ride along with the officer during the applicant’s shift.

The applicant also completes a ride along in Carmel to see if the city might be a good fit.

If all goes well, the candidate goes before the state pension board and the Carmel Police Merit Board for a final review. Then an employment offer can be made. Most candidates don’t make it that far.

The hiring process is the same for all officer candidates — whether they live locally or want to join CPD from a department out of state, which can make the process pricey as well as time consuming.

“That becomes a pretty expensive venture for us, but we really look at it as we’re investing in that officer,” Byrne said. “We want to make sure we’re getting the best quality person we can get. That’s part of our system. We don’t change the system based upon where the person is located, their race, their sex or their sexual orientation. That’s what we follow every time, and we find it provides really good results.”

Byrne said CPD has received increased interest from out-of-state officers looking to transfer to work in a community that generally values law enforcement.

“Knowing that you’re supported goes a very long way in officer morale and their desire to want to come into work, because everybody wants to feel appreciated for what they do,” Byrne said. “Police officers have a very difficult job, and to not be supported in addition to having to do that difficult job is very hard on people. That’s one of the many great things about working at the Carmel Police Dept. is the support we receive.”

AS CPD grows its police force, it’s aiming to make it more representative of the community it serves. To that end, officers have expanded recruiting efforts of minorities and women, including through a recent presence at the Indy Women’s Half Marathon. CPD has joined the 30x30 project, a

MINIMUM FOR POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATES Those interested in becoming a Carmel Police Dept. officer must meet several criteria to be considered for the first phase of the vetting process. Applicants: • Must be a high school graduate.

• Shall be at least 21 years of age and under the age of 36 or be a veteran who has at least 20 years of service in the armed forces and be no older than 40 years and six months.

• Shall be drug-free and have no convictions for driving under the influence of drugs.

• Shall have no more than two alcoholrelated violations as a minor (18-21 years of age).

• Shall have no felony convictions.

• Shall not have received other than an honorable discharge from the military, or other discharge with honorable conditions.

See a full list of requirements at carmel.in.gov/department-services/ police/career-opportunities.

Source: CPD national initiative that promotes the goal of a department’s police force being at least 30 percent female by 2030.

Nationally, only 12 percent of all police officers are female. In Carmel, women make up 11 percent of the police force.

Byrne said CPD won’t alter its hiring practices to diversify or meet its 30x30 goal.

“What we’re trying to do is target females to get them interested in law enforcement at the Carmel Police Dept. but also make changes around the police department and how we do things to make the CPD more appealing to female officers,” Byrne said.

“The hiring process does not change, because it works and it’s very important we’re bringing in the right people.”

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At the conclusion of the hearing, the The Carmel City Council was set to review council would vote on whether to remove a proposed ordinance at its Oct. 18 meeting the councilor in question. Two-thirds of the that Council Prescouncil must vote for removal for it CITY NEWS ident Sue Finkam to occur. said she hopes Councilors began exploring the will never have to be used. possibility of establishing a policy The ordinance, sponsored by to remove a council member after it Finkam and Councilor Laura Campbecame unclear whether City Counbell, outlines steps for removing a cilor Bruce Kimball would be able councilor from office. to continue in his official capacity.

Finkam “We are introducing it so we have Kimball, 68, suffered a series of a process for removal in place should we ministrokes in December 2020 and has been get a bad actor or someone who is physical- absent from the council since then. ly or mentally unable to serve and won’t or “I’ve said all along that (Kimball) rightfully can’t resign,” Finkam said. “I do not plan on won two elections and should be allowed apenacting it while I’m president.” propriate time to heal,” said Finkam, whose The proposed ordinance states the term as president expires at the end of 2021. council has the authority to expel any of “We are coming up on a year post-recovery. its members for violation of official duty or I believe it’s only right that we have these declare the seat vacant if a council member discussions about this process in case his is unable to perform the duties of the office. absence gets extended into 2022.”

The process would begin with a resoluKimball did not respond to requests for tion directing the city’s corporation counsel comment as of press time. to write a bill of impeachment outlining the Kimball, 68, joined the council in 2016 and nature of the charges and facts supporting won reelection in 2019. There are still more them. The council member at risk of expulthan two years left in his term that runs sion has 15 days to respond to the impeachthrough 2023. ment in writing.

If Kimball resigns or the council votes to The next step is for the council to call vacate his seat, the Hamilton County Repuba special meeting to conduct a hearing to lican Party will hold a caucus to select his receive evidence for and against removal of replacement. the councilor. Some aspects of the hearing For coverage of the Oct. 18 council meetmay take place in executive session, meaning, visit currentincarmel.com.

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Carmel police are continuing to investigate an Oct. 8 motor vehicle accident that left one person dead and CITY NEWS multiple others injured.

The accident occurred at 5:32 p.m. near 96th Street and Copley Drive. According to the Carmel Police Dept., a preliminary investigation indicates that a Mercedes heading westbound on 96th Street struck another westbound vehicle that was stopped in traffic. The impact sent the Mercedes into oncoming eastbound traffic, where it struck a Lexus sedan.

A passenger in the Lexus, 79-year-old Stephen Zimmerman of Indianapolis, was pronounced dead after being transported to Ascension St. Vincent hospital in Indianapolis. The driver of the Lexus was transported to the hospital with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening. CPD did not immediately release the names of the other drivers or victims.

Two other victims were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and another was treated and released at the scene.

Police said they do not believe drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident.

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Carmel Clay Schools highlights efforts during Safe Schools Week

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel Clay Schools’ Safe Schools Week started Oct. 18, but the fundamentals of school EDUCATION safety are always on David Woodward’s mind.

Woodward, the director of student services at CCS, said his mission is to conWoodward tinue to promote the positive culture and safety culture that exists in Carmel schools.

“In our presentations, we talk about the empowerment of staff, students and parents. Students are extremely important when we’re talking about safety because no one person can own safety,” he said. “Our schools are safe because our parents talk to our kids about the fundamentals, getting to school on time, looking both ways when they come (to school), watching their behavior online and reporting issues.”

Woodward said the schools are asked to reinforce something different every day during Safe Schools Week.

“They can talk about access control, not propping open doors, fire safety, anonymous reporting systems, our own drills as far as lockdowns and things like that,” Woodward said. “Our staff keeps our schools safe because of all the work they do every day.”

The school resource officers also work to create a safe environment.

“They are 100 percent thinking safety all day every day,” Woodward said.

Sgt. D.J. Schoeff, who supervises the SRO unit, said by the 2022-23 school year the plan is to have at least one SRO in every school.

Schoeff said the police officers must have the right personality and experience to be selected as a school resource officer.

Currently, there are four SROs at the high school — one at each of the three middle schools and six SROs for the 11 elementary schools.

“We have one supervisor now, and we plan to add one more supervisor next summer,” Schoeff said. “Our goal is 11 elementary SROs, three middle school SROs, four high school SROs, two sergeants and one lieutenant by next school year.”

In addition, Woodward said there are so-

cial workers in every building.

“We’ve contracted with Ascension St. Vincent to eliminate obstacles to mental health services throughout the corporation,” he said.

CCS has a parent resource center, which includes information on vaping, severe weather, best practices and transportation safety.

Woodward said the students do an amazing job in Schoeff keeping the schools safe.

“The key is and everyone says this, ‘See something, say something.’ Then we do something,” Woodward said. “When we get those reports, we take them seriously and respond to them very quickly.”

Woodward said human perception and eyes are better than any technology, such as metal detectors.

“When you think about our high school, there are 6,000 kids and 12,000 eyes looking and reporting if there is an issue,” Woodward said. “We want to know about these things before it ever gets to our school.

That’s what the anonymous reporting does.”

Woodward said CCS received a $100,000 grant from the Dept. of Homeland Security and has implemented camera improvements corporation-wide. Another addition to improve safety was the installation of secure vestibules at school entrances.

Schoeff said students, whose brains aren’t fully developed, often make decisions based on their feelings, which can sometimes lead to unintended consequences.

“The benefit of our role is we have the opportunity to dig into each individual, learn the why behind them and follow up with them, whether it be school-related consequence or last resort if we have to take any legal action,” he said.

Schoeff said the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has put the students in challenging situations by restricting social interactions, “This school year they are more around each other a little more frequently,” Schoeff said. “Sporting events are attended more.

What you see is kids that missed out on a year’s worth of social action are spurred to do things as a result of that. This year we’ve seen too much of the social media trends that encourage behavior that ultimately is negative for our kids.”

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Sept. 20 and be in effect Project: Transmission and for 116th Street between River Road water utility work and Eller Road. One lane of traffic in each Location: Veterans Way between The Cat direction will be maintained at all times Theatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures throughout construction. will occur but access to all addresses will Expected completion: Nov. 9 be maintained.

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HAMILTON COUNTY CELEBRATES IMPROVEMENTS ON WEST 146TH STREET

From left, Hamilton County Councilor Ken Alexander, Commissioner Steve Dillinger, Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt, Commissioner Christine Altman, Councilor Sue Maki and Councilor Steve Schwartz cut the ribbon. Hamilton County officials celebrate the completion of Phase 3 and 4 of the West 146th Street corridor improvements with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 11 near the border of Hamilton and Boone counties. Phase 3 and 4 stretch from Towne Road to the western border of the county. Hamilton County began to expand 146th Street from a two-lane roadway to a four-lane roadway with a center median in 1998. For the past 23 years, this expansion has been continuing improvements both to the east to I-69 and now to the west. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

Shredding, recycling event — The Carmel Shred It and electronics recycling event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 23 in the parking lot of Creekside Middle School, 3525 W. 126th St. The professional shredding is sponsored by Shred-it to benefit Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana. A donation of $5 per banker-box size container or equivalent is requested.

Uniformed police officers will be on site to collect expired or unused medications for proper disposal. Bulky trash items may dropped off for disposal free of charge for Carmel Utilities customers.

OBITUARIES Irma Jean Wiley, 94, of Carmel passed away October 10, 2021. She was born November 15, 1926, in Indianapolis, the daughter of the late Frank and Elinor (Helphinstine) Leslie. She married George L. Wiley, who preceded her in passing on September 26, 2011.

A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Jean graduated from Arsenal Technical High School. After graduating, she worked as a secretary at Stout Field, where she met her husband George. They were married in 1949. During their marriage of over 50 years, they had three sons. Jean was able to stay at home for 15 years, nurturing and caring for their sons. Always one to value education, she wanted to give their sons an opportunity to go to college. Jean worked as a secretary at Traders Point Christian Church then at Pike Township Schools where she loved her

job and worked 26 years in the school system before retiring in 1992. For her dedication to her job, she was named an Honorary Alumnus in 2008. Jean and George were active members of Traders Point Christian Church for 37 years and later members of Hazel Dell Christian Church. Jean was also active in Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority, bowling leagues and cub scouts. A loving wife and mother, faithful to God, and a hard worker is how Jean would like to be best remembered.

She is survived by her three sons, Mark (Debbie) Wiley, Michael L. (Sylvia) Wiley, Tim L. (Amy) Wiley; 9 grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren.

Private services will be held at a future date.

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“This process will provide us with data to Hamilton County has hired KPMG to make better decisions and provide our deconduct efficiency studies of each Hampartments with valuable information to plan ilton County for our future” Alexander said. “The GOVERNMENT governmental final report will provide detailed office and recommendations and specific acdepartment. The effort is being led tion steps to ensure a sustainable by county councilors Ken Alexanfuture for county government.” der, Amy Massillamany, and Fred The first departments to be reGlynn, as well as Mark Heirbrandt, viewed will be the Hamilton County president of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Community CorrecAlexander Commissioners. tion, and Probation. Sheriff Dennis “We’re looking at efficiencies within the Quakenbush has a Masters of Business county at a department level,” Glynn stated.

Administration and volunteered his depart“Do we have enough space? How efficient ment to go first. are our operations? How can we better KPMG will look at each department’s support our departments and be the best operations and finances, specifically its stewards of the taxpayers’ money?” organizational chart, staffing assignments, The Hamilton County Council, the county’s attrition and overtime as well as technolfiscal body, is responsible for adopting the ogy, dispatch and fleet maintenance. A fiannual budget each year. Alexander said nancial review will also evaluate the office’s a deeper dive into the efficiencies of each budget, expenditures and revenue streams. department will help it better determine A final report is expected late this month.

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Heroes Run set for Oct. 30

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com For Hamilton County Sheriff Dennis Quakenbush, the inaugural Heroes Run will meet the mission EVENT of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Community Foundation.

“The goal of the community foundation is to connect with the community, Quakenbush help those that are less fortunate and to support the men and women here in the sheriff’s office,” Quakenbush said. “It’s about building relationships in the community. This is a great way for us to be able to do that. (Lt.) Jon Robison came up with the idea and he is working on planning and getting this thing up and running for our first big event.”

The Oct. 30 Heroes Run will include events for people of all ages and abilities at Strawtown Koteewi Park, 11800 Koteewi Drive, Noblesville. Participants can sign up for a 1-mile walk, 5K run/walk, 10K run or a virtual challenge. The first race starts at 9

a.m., with the 10K on the trail that travels along the White River.

Robison, a purchasing agent for the sheriff’s office, said he runs in a lot of races.

“It seems everybody is having a good time,” he said. “People are running, people are walking, bringing their kids and bringing dogs, but some (running events) are pretty lame. You show up and you run, and you are done.

I like the ones that have Robison events with periphery stuff going on like food trucks and vendors. There will be things for kids like face painting.”

Robison said some events can be a logistical nightmare when spread out.

“But Koteewi Park is all contained, so you won’t be running on the road,” Robison said.

“We won’t have to close any roads or maintain traffic or anything. It’s such a beautiful park. The trails are wide enough and they accommodate strollers and dogs.”

Robison said the race organizer plans to have music and food trucks.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com In Makenna Maloy’s view, there are several key factors in the Noblesville High School girls soccer team’s success the past three seasons.

“One being friendship, everyone on the team is so close and genuinely enjoys each other’s company, so we do everything for each other. We want to win for each other,” said Maloy, an NHS senior. “Another being grit, and in my opinion this is the biggest one. We’ve lost players to concussions, (anterior cruciate ligament injuries) and many more injuries, but this team’s grit didn’t let that affect us. Players stepped up when we needed them to, and even if we aren’t playing our best game or are down, I’ve never seen anyone on this team give up.

So, ultimately, I think it’s our grit that makes us so successful as a team.”

Noblesville won the past two Class 3A state championships. The 3A No. 1 Millers saw their 55-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 Homestead Oct. 13 in the regional semifinals at Homestead. Noblesville finished 16-1-1. The

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these past four years.” Brady said. “She’s always going to do what is asked of her if it helps the team. She has played a variety of roles for us this year, and with each challenge, she has been up to it.”

Maloy, who will play soccer and major in veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago, finished second on the Millers with 13 goals this season.

“She’s gifted with technical skill and can hit a dead ball (free kick) as well as any player in the state, but it’s her determination and drive that makes her the player that she is. Through this she elevates her teammates,” Brady said. “She’s always been a gifted player, but she’s really grown into a leadership role over the years. She puts the team before her own individual accomplishments. She loves to go to battle with her team and they with her.”

Maloy said she knew her leadership would be crucial this season.

“It is my senior year, so I knew I needed to step up, especially since we lost so many seniors from last year,” she said.

Maloy said she has made the most improvements technically and physically.

“I used to be a player who was on the ground just as much as I was on my feet, so I worked on gaining muscle and strength and am not on the ground nearly as much,” she said. “I feel like I’ve improved technically because I am so much more comfortable on the ball. I’m not afraid to have the ball at my feet or take players on, so I feel like I’ve improved in that aspect of my game a lot, too.”

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DISPATCHES Grant to fund “Meat the Need” — Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry has received a $5,000 grant from the Hamilton County Community Foundation, a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate, to support its “Meat” the Need initiative. Funds will be used to pay processing fees on donated livestock and deer, with the meat being given to agencies serving food-insecure residents within Hamilton County.

Fruit tree planting — Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation was named a 2021 Fruit Tree Orchard Grant recipient. This opportunity is made possible by the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation and One Tree Planted. With the grant, CCPR is receiving 100 native fruit and nut trees to be planted in a food forest where, once the trees mature, the public will have access to the fruit, and CCPR will provide education on responsible foraging in the parks. The community is invited to help plant the trees at CCPR’s United Nations Day Tree Planting. The volunteer event will be hosted at Founders Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23. Lunch will be provided by Lou Malnati’s. Register for the tree planting at carmelclayparks.app.neoncrm.com/np/ clients/carmelclayparks/projectList.jsp.

Local DAR chapter sponsors essay contests — The Horseshoe Prairie Chapter of the National Association of the Daughters of the American Revolution is sponsoring two American History Essay Contests. The deadline is to submit essays is Nov. 5. Students in grades 5 through 12 in Hamilton County are eligible. For essay contest rules and submission details, contact the DAR American History chairperson at horseshoeprairiedar@gmail.com.

Christkind essay contest — The Carmel Christkindlmarkt is holding an essay contest to select the Christkind for the holiday festival. The contest is open to female high school and college students who must submit a minimum 500-word essay, two to three photos and commit to making, at minimum, 20 two-hour appearances at the festival between Nov. 20 and Dec. 24. See contest details at carmelchristkindlmarkt. com/christkind-contest.

Pups & Pints — Clay Terrace is hosting the fifth annual Pups & Pints series from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of each month through October at the shopping center’s dog park, 14395 Clay Terrace Blvd. Participants can socialize with other dog owners at the free event.

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Paws and Think aims to further its mission to improve lives through the power of the human and dog FUNDRAISER connection through its annual gala, to be held virtually this year at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21.

Guests at the Dogs are Magic gala will include Pet Pals TV host Patty Spitler, award-winning journalist Sarah Jones and a magician. The nonprofit, which will soon celebrate its 20th anniversary, aims to raise $55,000 through the event. The gala theme this year is Pups and Pixie Dust and will include Peter Pan-themed activities.

Paws and Think is a volunteer-centric, community-based organization that partners with schools, detention centers, youth agencies and more by bringing in dogs to visit. The organization serves between 50,000 to 55,000 people per year through its pet therapy and other programs.

For example, Paws and Think Executive Director Kelsey Burton said the Paws to Read Program allows kids to virtually read to a therapy dog, helping them build their reading skills. The organization is partnering with 10 schools this year, and soon the program will return to the classroom.

“As much as we love virtual, there is nothing like being able to sit next to a dog and touch the dog. All these amazing things happen,” Burton said.

Burton said dogs can make connections with humans that others can’t. “(It) boils down to the dogs, that they are non-threatening, they are non-judgemental, they are just a comforting presence. It doesn’t matter what is going on that day, they will want to snuggle with you, and you are their world,” Burton said.

Learn more and register for the gala at pawsandthink.org/register-for-dogs-aremagic. Registration for the gala is free.

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chalk and crayons — these kids have nothing,’” she said. “That is a basic thing, but that does not help teenagers who are probA Fishers woman is making sure Afghan ably going to go straight to high school, so I refugees at Camp Atterbury in southern thought, ‘What can I do for all age groups?’”

Indiana have the Thanawala, vice president for GIVING BACK tools they need Black Data Processing Associates for success in Indianapolis, originally wanted to their new nation and has organized get 50 to 100 used laptops and a donation campaign to set up a iPads. But Hoosiers stepped up to computer lab on site. help.

Rupal Thanawala, president of “I am so blessed so many people the Carmel-based Asian American are coming forward. It shows the Thanawala Alliance, said 47 percent of the refugenerosity of all our Hoosiers,” she gees are under the age of 18, and she wants said. to ensure their education isn’t left behind.

So many donations have poured in from “For us, one of the things we really focus individuals and corporations that Thanawaon is ‘classroom to boardroom,’ and we la is now expanding the original plan, and want to support diverse people, and this through Homeland Security, she will be able fits into our ideology,” Thanawala said. “And to provide laptops and iPads to all the U.S. we wanted to do what we could to help bases housing Afghan evacuees. these young kids from a different country Thanawala is also collecting gently used who may be going through mental and emo- clothing for Afghan women who prefer not tional trauma.” to wear Western clothing.

The idea started with a request for simple To donate a used laptop or iPad, make items — sidewalk chalk and crayons. sure the device has been wiped. Donations “Someone I was in touch with at Homecan be coordinated through Thanawala at land Security said ‘Can you get sidewalk rthanawala@yahoo.com.

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The pantry, operated out of the Al Huda Foundation at 12201 Lantern Rd. in Fishers, is open every second and fourth Saturday of the month, operating from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

No sign up is required to receive a donation. Those who are in need of food or basic goods can drive up and receive donations. A volunteer approaches the car and the recipient is asked to fill out a basic form asking how many people are in the household and what type of goods they need.

Each box is customized based on the needs of that person or family. The pantry has dried goods such as rice and pasta, canned fruits and vegetables and also is able to provide dairy and meats, based on need.

The pantry also offers personal care items.

“Much of our food comes from donations.

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The food pantry served 28 families in August and 34 in September. As word continues to spread about the pantry, the organizers are hoping for continuous growth and to be able to feed more families in need.

Through volunteers of all ages, the pantry is able to make donation events happen every other week.

With the new Masjid, the Al Huda Foundation was able to have a designated space to operate its food pantry.

“It’s a part of our religion to feed our neighbor,” Yasin Kassab said. “I’m so proud of the fact that our community is so generous and the kids are so happy to help, too.”

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HALLOWEEN EVENTS Trick or treating hours — Official hours of trick or treating hours in Carmel from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Homes welcoming trick or treaters should turn on their porch lights. Those that do not wish to receive trick or treaters or have run out of candy should turn off porch lights. While there are many neighborhoods and other organizations that hold their own Halloween events and celebrations, the City of Carmel encourages those who want to trick or treat door-to-door to use the City's official hours to do so.

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Sensory-friendly trick-or-treat — Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation will host a sensory friendly trick-or-treat walk from 1 to 3 p.m., Oct. 23 along the Central Park East trails.

Sensory friendly events are structured for individuals with sensory needs, who might become overwhelmed or overstimulated by their senses, including sight, sound and touch. During sensory friendly events, the environment is changed so that those with sensory needs are comfortable, can participate fully and enjoy time with family and friends. During the trick-or-treat walk there will be no loud music, scary decorations or people dressed in masks or full-body cos-

Library Halloween celebration — Families with kids of all ages are invited to visit the Merchants' Square Main Library in costume for a walk-through Halloween celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28. Families also have the option of stopping by the library’s west branch to pick up a take-home goodie bag.

Ghosts & Goblins — The 13th annual Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K runs will start at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 23 at Carmel High School, 520 E. Main St. The event is organized by the Carmel Education Foundation, and funds raised will support Carmel Clay Schools teachers and students. A panel of judges will determine the three school winners of the Golden Pumpkin Spirit Awards. Learn more and register at ghostsandgoblinsrun.com.

Trunk or Treat — Indiana Wellness College, 10585 N. Meridian St., will host its inaugural Trunk or Treat from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 30 to raise money for Riley Children’s Hospital.

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Family’s frightening display continues to grow

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We have a couple of motion-activated animatronics we put out on Halloween night if the weather is nice, as well.”

Taylor said the family creates elaborate yard displays at Christmas, too. She said her son, Miller Temple, and husband, Doug Temple, are involved in the effort.

“We decorate for Christmas as much as we do Halloween,” Taylor said. “Our son’s birthday is around Christmas, so he would tell you our favorite holiday is his birthday.”

Taylor said she hopes the trick or treaters enjoy the display.

“We usually have the windows open around this time, and my favorite thing is to hear kids outside talking and pointing at all the different decorations,” Taylor said.

“It’s a lot to take in, and you can hear their excitement as they find different things and point them out to each other. We have met a lot of neighbors because of our Halloween decorations, and our house intersects at three different connected neighborhoods, so we always have a lot of people walking by to see what we have done and what’s new and different.”

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“We started when our son was in kindergarten with one outdoor blow-up, but it’s snowballed from there,” said Taylor, whose son is now in fifth grade.

“Last year was our biggest year for decorating. We went a little overboard trying to bring fun to the holiday and neighborhood after a tough year.”

One of the main attractions at their Springmill Crossing home is a creepy doll collection.

“We have 12 plastic doll heads in the tree,” Taylor said. “We have about 10 Victorian porcelain dolls on wooden stakes. We started the doll heads two years ago. It was a spontaneous idea to run to Goodwill to see if we could find them. We hit the jackpot in finding the plastic baby dolls and porcelain dolls. We did buy three dolls from Spirit Halloween. The girl on the swing, the little girl in our window above the door and the zombie baby in the bassinet by our front door.

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Myers played prominent roles in launching 11 Following graduation from Vincennes Uni- publications. versity, Myers received his Bachelor of SciMyers was a member of the Kiwanis ence degree in journalism with an emphasis Club of Avon, Rotary Club of Greenwood in photography from Ball State University and Knights of Columbus St. Malachy Counand a Master of Science degree in youth cil 12540. He was named Range Line Pioneer development from Kansas State University.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greg and Chandler Dykstra found the perfect father-daughter activity when they took their love for hiking to the next level.

It all started after Chandler, a 2016 Carmel High School graduate who had recently overcome debilitating health issues, was finally ready to compete for Purdue University’s track team.

“Then when COVID-19 came around, it canceled the 2020 season,” Greg said. “She was in really good shape but had no (outlet) to participate in anything. We had previously gone to the Smoky Mountains, but when COVID came out in the summer of 2020 we started doing these 14,000 feet peaks in Colorado. During COVID you needed to participate in something you had personal control over because the group activities were canceled.”

They reached the ultimate goal of reaching the top of California’s Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S. at 14,495 feet, in August.

“Setting a goal and being able to achieve it is a huge thing for both of us,” Chandler said. “It’s been fun to do that together and to climb together. I’m aware it’s a unique experience my dad and I have together. I know not everyone has that relationship with their dad or is able to do that with their dad, so it’s something I appreciate.

Then with my health issues there was a point in my life when I was told I’d never be able to run again and to start rethinking my goals and dreams. It’s been absolutely amazing to be able to conquer all of that.

Hiking the highest peak is just a great achievement after having been through everything I’ve been through.”

Chandler got a virus in high school and developed dysautonomia, a condition in which the autonomic nervous system is damaged. The condition, also causes postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which affects blood flow. Symptoms include fainting, lightheadedness and uncomfortable rapid heartbeat.

“She had been an awesome athlete, but when she got this even climbing one flight of stairs would send her heart rate into overdrive,” Greg said.

Chandler and Greg Dykstra after reaching top of Torreys Peak in Colorado earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of Greg Dykstra)

Chandler said her body lost the ability to autonomically control heart rate and blood pressure.

“I went from running at the national high school indoor championships in March of my senior year of high school to in a month not really being able to get out of bed and can’t even walk up the stairs,” said Chandler, who ran track at cross country at CHS. “I went from the highest point of my life getting ready to run at a D-I school with great academics to bedridden.”

While she was still trying to run at Purdue when she could, Chandler visited several specialists. It was finally recommended that she have two heart surgeries for cardiac ablations her sophomore year at Purdue to help control her heartbeat.

“The sad reality is I never did get to compete for Purdue,” she said.

Chandler would have qualified for another year of eligibility but decided against it because of the uncertainty with COVID-19.

She started her first year at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Marian University this fall. She graduated from Purdue in 2020 with a degree in brain and behavioral sciences and then took a year off.

“We kind of got into the hiking scene my junior year at Purdue while I was still get-

ting back into shape,” Chandler said.

After hiking the trails in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina, Chandler said she and her father decided to take it up a notch.

“I wanted to push my boundaries, and we went to Colorado to start doing the 14,000 feet peaks,” she said.

They did five Colorado hikes in the summer of 2020 and four more in the state before climbing Mt. Whitney. The Colorado hikes usually take four to eight hours.

“I like the individualism of it,” Greg said “You select the mountain you think you want to climb. I find it interesting, being on your own, setting a goal and executing it.”

Greg, 53, ran cross country and track at CHS and cross country at the University of Tennessee. Greg, who was injured often in college, has competed in marathons and triathlons.

Getting to the start of the trail can often be difficult.

“I tell people climbing the mountain is the easy part, the hardest part is everything else,” said Greg, who said he and his daughter consider themselves one-day endurance hikers.

Chandler said it’s best to summit a mountain by noon so there is time to get back down because Colorado often has afternoon thunderstorms around 2 or 3 p.m.

“You don’t want to get caught at the top of the peak when it’s windy, storming or lightning,” Chandler said.

Chandler said it takes months of planning and research to climb Mt. Whitney and that a permit is required by applying online. Af-

For an interactive map of the mountains the Dykstras have summited, visit youarecurrent.com. ter missing out in March and April, they got lucky and got through in the final round for 2021.

“As soon as it hit time to register on May 1, I instantly clicked on the first date, Aug. 5, and we got it for that date,” Chandler said.

“We were super lucky. I learned it takes some people years just to get a permit.”

They started out for the 22 1/2-mile hike at 2 a.m. and reached the top at 8:50 a.m.

“We started out conservatively because we knew it was going to be a long day,” Chandler said. “We stayed there for about 45 minutes and got back down around 3 p.m. Mt. Whitney is like the Olympics of day hiking. It’s seen as the most challenging day hike you can do in the United States.”

ON THE COVER: Chandler Dykstra and her father Greg reach the top of Mt. Whitney in August. (Photo courtesy of Chandler Dykstra)

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I don’t have many friends Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Commentary by Terry Anker “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”

So penned English playwright William Shakespeare in the 1599 comedy “As You Like It.” But the notion that social order is structured like a theatrical performance is much older. Likewise, the concept that we humans follow a tight pattern of progress from infancy to aged decline is seen in art and literature long before being reinforced by this play.

Of course, on the most specific level, we are all individual thinkers, liberated by our own free will to live as we see fit. Still, a child of 5 is unlikely to paint a masterwork, teach a graduate class or lead a platoon into battle. She is held to the constraints of the parts available to her as dictated by her then position.

Once past, she may not return to reprise the roles again. A childhood squandered cannot be regained without regard to the number of toys that we might, as later adults, gather around us. And in our advancing years, we move from expressions of the passion of middle life to the wisdom earned in twilight times.

Some resist this natural progression, while others embrace it.

Even if we aspire to take a lead, can we hope to escape our assigned parts, be it understudy or bit player? Disguising our features behind a Kabuki mask, would the audience accept us against type? Even more, if all the world is a stage, are we better as its actors or as its patrons, simply paying to observe as others perform? Could we be destined to contribute in each role and position on the stage and in the audience?

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

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I don’t have many friends. I know that sounds sad, but honestly, outside of family and my co-workers, I don’t have the time or energy to hang with people long enough to develop a close relationship. And that’s why when I get together with one of my few best gal pals, it generally doesn’t matter that we haven’t seen each other for months or even years. We have such a wealth of shared experiences that we can fall right back in to wherever we were when we last met.

Take for instance two women I’ve known since high school. Though we live in different cities now and usually meet only for Christmas coffee, I consider them “best friends.” We grew up together, navigating first boyfriends, rebellious stints and the inevitable drama that runs rampant among teenage girls. It’s easy to be with them now because we understand how and why we became the people we are today.

For me, that’s how I build a friendship, through long-term shared experiences. Like my old neighbor. We lived across from one another for 10 years and basically raised our children in a commune. We dealt with first-time home ownership issues, organized kindergarten carpools and watched our husbands fire golf balls at rooftops after every cul-de-sac chili party. We talk every so often, but I still consider her a close friend.

The point is, I don’t need many friends in my life because I have three really good ones plus great coworkers and family. And frankly, I don’t have time to make new ones. So I’m okay with sounding sad, because I’m actually quite happy.

Peace out.

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

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Nature versus nurture Editor, Children learn from the shared experiences they have with caring adults in their lives.

The role of “nature vs. nurture” has been a longstanding debate about how a child develops. This theory is credited to psychologist Sir Francis Galton in 1869. Are we more influenced by our DNA or by the life journey we experience? I would argue - some of each.

It is obvious there are parents not only in Carmel, but other communities who are upset about a whole host of items. The problem for me centers on the public behavior of adults. Dr. Michael Beresford, CCS Superintendent said, “It’s just extremely sad that a group of adults would behave in this kind of manner. We had student journalists in the back of the room videotaping adults behaving in a way we would never allow in school. One of the policies on the docket today was (regarding) civility and decorum.

Boy, did we ever prove that we need that policy.” (Carmel Current 9/27/21). Adults who don’t seem to have vetted their ideas by talking with those in charge rather than

hearing things second-hand leads to the spread of misinformation. It further shows disregard for the hard work of our administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, guardians, and students throughout this pandemic. I retired in Illinois after nine years teaching, three years supervising student interns and 27 years as a building principal. When my husband and I moved to Carmel in 2016, I wanted to continue to work as an educator. I had three criteria: work close to home, feel like I am giving back and work less hours per day. Subbing for the Carmel schools fit the bill perfectly.

I have worked in almost every one of our schools and can attest to the amazing things going on to welcome students every day and engage them in learning. We need parent support. Our young people need us to nurture them by dispelling hateful speech and rude behavior. We can disagree and debate. Let’s just do it in a civil manner that identifies our community as one where we value both nature and nurture.

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known to disappear when placed in a confined environment under 40 degrees.

Do you have a tough time finding things I often require marital help for this search in your refrigerator? I am mostly talking to and seizure. Last night, I hollered upstairs the men reading here. Of course, we have to my wife: no trouble finding the refrigerator, do we?

“Mary Ellen, where’s the mustard?”

Here’s some stuff I couldn’t find this “In the refrigerator.” week: Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s “Gee, thanks, that really cuts down the Cheesecake and Aunt Jemima’s syrup. What amount of time I’d have spent looking in the do these women have against me? Why are washer and dryer.” they avoiding me?

The inevitable I did find a tube sigh wafted down Here’s some stuff I couldn’t find this of anchovy paste from the living room week: Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s behind the vegeand cut through table bin, which Cheesecake and Aunt Jemima’s syrup. me like a dull knife expired in 2014, but What do these women have against me? slicing a squishy I believe the differtomato.

Why are they avoiding me? ence between fresh “Keep looking, – DICK WOLFSIE anchovy paste and Dick. It’s there.” stale anchovy paste “It’s not here, is pretty academic, so I put it back where I dear. Are you sure we have mustard?” found it.

“Yes, I’m sure. Look behind the pickles.”

I know these other things are in there “Are you sure we have pickles? I don’t see somewhere, and my wife hides the good any pickles.” stuff from me. I’m convinced that when I’m Mustard should be the easiest thing to sleeping, Mary Ellen sneaks downstairs and find, but even when it’s right in front of me, rearranges everything in our second fridge.

I always think we are out of it, so I keep She shoves the jar of horseradish behind buying more. That’s why there are three the milk carton, buries the tartar sauce half-full containers on the lower shelves under the bag of spinach and conceals the and five more full ones poking out their lettuce in the lettuce bin (Never underesticrusty heads from inside the door. mate how tricky she is).

I can never find anything. I can’t even It annoys me that companies like Amana, find a funny way to end this column. I think Frigidaire and Maytag label parts of the I’ll just relax, maybe go in the kitchen and fridge. Who are they to tell me where to put make myself lunch. A hot dog with mustard my food? I want to jam everything onto the and relish sounds good. top shelf so I don’t have to bend down to Okay, maybe just a hot dog. eat directly out of the appliance.

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Vaccine encouraged before, during pregnancy

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com IU Health Indianapolis Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rocky Singh recently offered updates on the state of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC pandemic and IU Health’s response.

Vaccine during pregnancy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent health advisory Sept. 29 urging those who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

“Evidence about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy has been growing,” a statement from the CDC said. “These data suggest that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy.”

Singh said research shows the vaccines are safe and effective, including during pregnancy.

“There is no evidence currently to support the vaccines will harm pregnant women or their infants,” Singh said. “Because the delta virus is so highly contagious, the low vaccination rate among pregnant women has increased the risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications related to COVID-19 infection.”

COVID-19 cases declining Singh is “cautiously optimistic” that the surge of cases caused by the delta variant is dissipating. Cases in Indiana have decreased in the last month, falling from a seven-day moving average of 4,125 cases Sept. 14 to 2,334 cases Oct. 6, according to the Indiana State Dept. of Health.

“We are seeing a little bit of a downward trend in both the State of Indiana and IU

Health in our hospitalizations,” Singh said Oct. 7. “IU Health, as of this morning, we had 309 patients in the system who were COVID positive. Good news was we discharged about 46 COVID positive patients from our hospitals in the last 24 hours. Unfortunately, we also had six COVID deaths in the last 24 hours.”

A majority of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in IU Health’s hospitals are unvaccinated, IU Health officials said.

‘Get the flu shot’ IU Health officials are encouraging Hoosiers to get a flu shot to help ease the burden at local hospitals.

“I’d encourage people to get the flu shot,” Singh said. “The reason is even though the (COVID-19) numbers are less, our health care facilities are stretched and our key members are tired. We are helping save lives and people in need, so they are encouraged by that, but, obviously, it has taken a strain on health care workers all across the country.”

“Flu shots are extremely important this year to make sure we are not having to take care of COVID positive on top of flu positive patients in the hospitals.”

Booster shots available Booster shots are now available to people who have received two doses of the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine at least six months prior and who meet the CDC’s eligibility criteria. For more about the criteria, visit bit. ly/3DIHF1w.

Hamilton County will hold a booster shot clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 6 at the Carmel Winter Farmers Market, 510 3rd Ave. SW. Pfizer/BioNTech booster shots and first and second doses will be offered. For more, contact Caitlin Vendely at 317-439-6774 or cvendely@iuhealth.org.

DISPATCHES New CFO at Riverview Health — Riverview Health announced that Jayna Friend has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Riverview Health. Friend is responsible for the oversight of all financial reporting, accounting, budgeting/ Friend forecasting, revenue cycle, case management and health information.

Friend joined Riverview Health in 2008 as

a staff accountant and was promoted to director of finance in 2015. Friend and her family live in Anderson.

Feed the Frontlines reinstated — The City of Carmel is gearing back up its Feed the Frontlines initiative to help provide hot meals to frontline workers at IU Health North and Ascension St. Vincent Carmel hospitals. Through the program, meals from locally owned restaurants will be delivered to health care workers.

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GrowIN’s showroom displays living decor and walls at Indiana Design Center in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of Indiana Design Center)

Great GrowINs moves to IDC

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com For Stephanie Carlson Miller, her new Indiana Design Center showroom in Carmel gives proper space to display NEW BIZ the work of her company.

Great GrowINs’ showroom features a working design space along with a retail storefront that sells living walls, plants and containers.

“We started our business in 2016 with the idea we were going to build vertical gardens and teach people how to farm their own food and just bring greenery into spaces that were smaller because we have so many apartments in Carmel,” Miller said.

“It kind of evolved into learning more about biophilic design, which has been a trend in the last 10 years of adding more greenery to workspaces, homes, schools and hospitals.

It’s a way to make places more pleasing for people and healthier environments.”

A 1983 Carmel High School graduate, Miller lived in Carmel most of her life before moving to Westfield four years ago for more space to create.

“One of the reasons is we need more space because we were building these huge moss walls,” Miller said. “We were building

them in our kitchen and said, ‘We can’t do this any more.’ We moved to Westfield, and we have seven acres, so we build all our large pieces in our workshop there.”

Miller said biologist E.O. Wilson’s biophilia hypothesis study showed that since people spend 95 percent of their time indoors at work, bringing nature inside allowed those people to be healthier and more productive.

“Plants give oxygen, we give carbon dioxide and so it’s a win-win for both,” Miller said. “Plants love our toxins, and we love their oxygen. It keeps us happier, healthier and more productive.”

Miller said her business is probably the first biophilic design firm that totally focuses on bringing nature into indoor spaces.

Great GrowINs previously had a smaller space in Carmel but needed to move after a dumpster fire burned all of the storage area.

“When we had to rebuild, we couldn’t have customers in, so we moved to the Indiana Design Center,” Miller said. “We’ll most likely stay because we have so much more room now. We can display so much more of our living wall, mobile privacy units, moss walls, planters and plants.”

The space in the IDC is approximately 1,000 square feet.

For more, visit greatgrowins.com.

DISPATCHES Real estate stats — Carmel’s residential real estate market was fast moving in September, with homes leaving the market quickly and prices increasing. According to F.C. Tucker Company, Carmel homes sold 44.4 percent, or 12 days, faster than September 2020. The average sale price for a home in Carmel increased compared to this time last year, up 6.9 percent to an average price of $498,901, and the average price per square foot also increased 15.6 percent to $183.80.

OneZone hires — OneZone has hired Leah Bare as special events and programs coordinator, Mary Noble as director of member

engagement and Anna Skinner as marketing and communications manager.

Vaccination clinics at businesses — The Hamilton County Health Dept. is offering on-site COVID-19 vaccination clinics to Hamilton County businesses. Businesses should consider hosting a workplace vaccination program only if they have enough space to stand up a clinic while maintaining social distancing through the entire process, from screening to post-vaccination observation.

Businesses interested in setting up an on-site clinic can contact Chris Walker at Christian.walker@hamiltoncounty.in.gov or by calling 317-776-8500.

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com As a child, Renada Harris loved swimming so much that she thought of herself as a “little mermaid.”

NEW BIZ But the joy she felt in the water was tarnished when she noticed how it damaged her hair, and using a swim cap only made matters worse because of the teasing it inspired. Soon, she didn’t even want to go near the pool.

“As I grew older, I had a mandatory swimming class, and I would try at all costs to avoid that,” Harris said.

Harris knew she wasn’t alone in her predicament, and that gave her an idea.

She got to work developing a product that combines a traditional swim cap with a wig, thus allowing users to enjoy spending time in the water without worrying about its impact on their natural hair.

Swim Hair formed as a company in 2017 and its patented product became available in July. Customers can select a swim cap that matches their skin tone and select from a variety of hairstyles and colors to customize their product. Each wig is made

From left, Swim Hair CFOO and co-owner Kiahna Davis and founder and CEO Renada Harris. (Photo courtesy of Renada Harris)

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Harris, an Indianapolis resident, said Swim Hair is ideal for anyone who doesn’t want to get their hair wet, including those with dyed hair or perms, or for people who

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“It’s a revolutionary way to help protect your hair from getting wet or damaged during aquatic activities while looking fabulous at the same time,” Harris said.

Swim Hair is co-owned by Kiahna Davis, who met Harris in 2017. Harris pitched Swim Hair to Davis, and although she liked the idea, she was unable to become involved with the product at the time.

Approximately two years later the women reconnected when Davis, a Carmel resident who founded and owns an accounting firm, was a customer at the bank where Harris worked. They decided to meet again to discuss Swim Hair, and this time Davis jumped on board, becoming the company’s chief financial and operating officer.

“I appreciate (Harris’) positive outlook, and that’s what I think it takes to be an entrepreneur. You’ve got to believe in yourself and the thing you’re selling, and she really embodies that,” Davis said. “As for the product itself, who would’ve thought? It seems simple: you put a wig with a swim cap. Both of those things exist individually, but to

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Harris said she hopes Swim Hair will encourage more people -- especially in the Black community -- to embrace the water and learn to swim. Drowning rates of Black children age 5 through 18 are “significantly higher” than white or Hispanic children, according to a 2014 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A 2017 study

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When China Forbes’ former Harvard University classmate Thomas Lauderdale contacted her about being CONCERT a vocalist in a band in 1994, she had no idea what would eventually transpire.

“I didn’t even think we would make an album,” Forbes said. “It was just this fun band he put together to play at political fundraisers and events in Portland. They were playing all covers, not originals. It was just a fun party band with a cocktail flair.”

Twenty-seven years later, that band, Pink Martini, is still going strong. Pink Martini will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Forbes said Lauderdale, a pianist, had an idea to sing songs in their original languages. The music is a multilingual mix of jazz, classical and old-school pop music.

“There was a spirit of inclusion always,” she said. “Thomas saw beyond Portland.”

Forbes, who has made Portland her home, has sung songs in more than 25 languages.

“I grew up with a French grandfather, and my father always wanted to speak French with me,” Forbes said. “I studied French from seventh grade on, but I never became fluent because I never got to live there. I studied Italian in high school because I wanted to sing opera. I lived in Rome as a mother’s helper.”

Forbes was an actress and a singer-songwriter in New York when Lauderdale first called her. She went back and forth between Portland and New York the first few years. Forbes had been in a drag queen film.

“It was an over-the-top film, but we went to Cannes Film Festival for the movie,” Forbes said. “I got asked to sing a song at a party, and Thomas asked if he could come as my accompanist. We thought we should bring Pink Martini here to play, because so much of our music came from films in the early days.”

The band’s first big hit “Sympathique”

FEINSTEIN’S Feinstein’s in Carmel’s Hotel Carmichael will feature Edmund Bagnell of Well Strung at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22. The Phelps Connection will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Phantom” through Nov. 21. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

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Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes, will perform Oct. 23 at the Palladium in Carmel. (Photos courtesy of Pink Martini)

China Forbes is the lead vocalist for Pink Martini, which performs Oct. 23 at the Palladium.

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by Lauderdale and Forbes.

“My little drag queen music proved to be the springboard,” Forbes said. “The film ‘Franchesca’ is hard to find. I think the only place it exists it is dubbed into Italian, which makes it seem better.”

Forbes and Lauderdale began writing more songs together and collaborating with others. Forbes said Lauderdale has become a very good songwriter.

“I write all the time, but when I have

a backlog of songs that are waiting to be recorded and released, I kind of slow down because I don’t want even more of a backlog,” Forbes said. “I’m working on a solo album now and I have a lot of songs that I love.”

When Forbes had vocal cord surgery in 2011, Storm Large joined the band as a temporary replacement. She eventually began splitting time with Forbes because Forbes didn’t want to be on the road as much when her son was younger. Forbes does the majority of the concerts now.

“My son is 12 ½, and it was really amazing to have this time together when the world was in lockdown (amid the COVID-19 pandemic) and people suffering,” Forbes said. “It was such a confusing thing to be happy to be home at that moment. I had never been with my son for so long.

Since he was born, I’ve been touring periodically.”

Unlike bands who perform in support of an album, Forbes said the band keeps touring.

“We promote all of our albums. It’s nonstop touring,” Forbes said. “We’re lucky to be at this for so long and still have an amazing fan base and play such amazing (concert) halls.”

An Evening with Clint Black is set for 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Purchase tickets at thecenterpresents.org.

BELFRY THEATRE The Belfry Theatre presents its season opener, “Cheaper by the Dozen,” at Noblesville First United Methodist Church, Oct. 21 to 31. For more, visit the belfrytheatre.com.

ATI to present Blessing’s new play editorial@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana will present a reading of Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Lee Blessing’s play “The Family Line” in ATI’s Theatre Lab Series at 2 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

In Blessing’s new drama, the main character, Finn has just lost his mother suddenly to COVID-19. He is a mixed-race 15-year-old who must now be transported to his estranged father. No one dares fly, so Finn’s white grandfather, Jonah, whom he’s never met, is tasked with making the nonstop, cross-country drive. They spend 24 hours together, each getting to know a perfect stranger at the most imperfect time.

For more, visit atistage.org.

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Hancock’s ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ serves as autobiography

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Gregory Hancock pays homage to “The Wizard of Oz” and his own past in his latest production.

DANCE “There’s No Place Like Home” is an autobiographical piece.

The story follows a boy from Kansas who sets out on a journey down the Golden Path to India. Like the fictional Dorothy, Hancock is from Kansas originally.

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will perform the premiere of “There’s No Place Like Home” Oct. 28 to 30 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“It’s a very personal piece, and those are sometimes scary to do to make yourself vulnerable, but the dancers are trusting me with my vision,” said Hancock, who is the GHDT executive artistic director. “It’s my journey through life and what we’re looking for and why things happen the way they do. I’ve gone to India several times and I’ve always found a lot of enlightenment, peace and chaos, too. It’s a very spiritual place, and, hopefully, that’s infused into the piece.

Everybody can relate to it because we are all on a spiritual journey and a journey through life. I think at some point we all wonder what we’re doing here and why we’re here.”

Company dancer Thomas Mason portrays Hancock.

“It’s challenging because I want to honor his story and do the best I can do,” Mason said. “It’s also challenging physically. I’m on stage the majority of the show and dancing to the most of my ability, so it’s very tiring, and I’m still trying to build stamina for show after show.”

Hancock said technically it’s a challenging role.

“Thomas’ character is the one who remains the same through the whole piece,” dancer Abigail Lessaris said. “He doesn’t change costumes or morph into a different character. He rarely leaves the stage.”

Hancock said it is unusual to see himself portrayed on stage.

“It’s weird to watch and weird to think about sometimes,” Hancock said. “It’s weird for both of us. It’s easier to portray someone you don’t know or someone who is gone, a fictional character. We don’t often play someone we work with.”

Lessaris, who is Mason’s fiancee, por-

From left, Hannah Brown, Camden Lancaster and Olivia Payton (seated) appear in costumes created by the Kalbeliya gypsies in “There’s No Place Like Home.” (Photo by Lydia Moody)

trays several characters including Mother India, Mother Ganges, Saraswati, Buddha, and Hanuman. They all represent Hancock’s mother, Florence Marie Hancock, who died in 2014.

“Anyone who knows Gregory knows his mother was so important in his life,” Lessaris said. “These three characters he meets throughout are like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the (Cowardly) Lion equivalent. I portray all of those parts. It’s really about that person in Gregory’s life who gave him compassion, courage and all those things his mom provided for him. I dance all of those parts. I get to wear a lot of fabulous costumes.”

The characters he meets dispense knowledge, compassion and courage rather than seeking it like the characters in “The Wizard of Oz.” Lessaris, Mason and Hancock all live in Carmel.

The performance was originally scheduled for June 2020 before COVID-19 pandemic forced postponement.

“This has been waiting to be born,” Hancock said.

For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

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Comedian set for Feinstein’s

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Mamas: The Musical Times of Sophie Tucker.”

“I do a yodeling song, ‘I want to Be a Cowboy Sweetheart,’ which was written by Sharon McNight is eager to get back on Patsy Montana,” McNight said. “She was the the road. first woman to copyright a country “The last time I song in the Library of Congress.”

COMEDY worked really was McNight learned how to yodel by January 2020, except watching Roy Rogers on “The Tofor teaching a class or performing a night Show” with Johnny Carson. benefit on Zoom,” McNight said. “It’s “He tried to teach Johnny how been quiet. That’s tough on a cometo yodel, and Johnny couldn’t do dian, because you have to be funny it,” she said. “I thought ‘Gee, I McNight all the time. Your passion is to be a think I can do that,’ and the rest is screwball, so it’s been tough entertaining history.” myself. It’s odd to work all your life performMcNight has performed at some of Miing, and then have a long dry spell.” chael Feinstein’s other clubs.

McNight will perform her unique blend of “Wherever the check doesn’t bounce is comedy and music at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at where I work,” McNight said.

Feinstein’s in Hotel Carmichael in Carmel.

McNight earned a Tony Award nomination “Make you laugh and make you cry is aland a Theater World Award for her perforways my motto,” McNight said. mance as Diva in “Starmites” in 1989.

McNight, who is based in Los Angeles, McNight does many charitable perfordoes impressions of famous actresses such mances to support AIDS organizations. She as Bette Davis and Mae West. She sings was honored by having her name engraved “Everybody’s Girl” as Mae West. in the Circle of Friends on San Francisco’s McNight researched, wrote and performed National AIDS Memorial in Golden Gate Park. her one-woman show, “Last of the Red Hot For tickets, visit feinsteinshc.com.

ITA makes impact in 15th year

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Komarova said the most successful performing arts programs are the Main Stage classes that include show choir and musical The International Talent Academy recently theater at the Monon Community Center. reached a special milestone.

“We are the only program that The Carmel has a curriculum for preschool kids EDUCATION nonprofit, which with the full musical at the end,” provides performshe said. “We are the only program ing arts education for students where kids write and perform their from ages 1 to 15, marked its 15th own unique musicals and hold no anniversary in September. auditions. Everyone is welcome to “I am most proud of the number discover and develop their own talKomorova of families we have touched with ents with us.” our programs,” ITA Executive Director TatyaKomarova said the support from the na Komarova said. “More than 10,000-plus Monon Community Center, the community students and parents were involved in and Carmel Mayor Jim Brianard have been a our programs, workshops, camps, special big part of ITA’s success. events and international trips. I developed “My longest and the most successful the academy programs with the ‘well-round- program in early brain development was ed child’ philosophy in mind. In my dream, a ‘Train the Brain,’ where kids ages 3 to 5 child who would go through our programs learned reading, writing, math, logic, public will learn to read and write at the age of speaking, music performance and etiquette 4, have good language and public speaking during the three-year course,” she said. abilities by the age of 8, learn and practice “These kids are now 9-10 years old, and I am etiquette by the age of 9, develop their extremely proud of their accomplishments musical and acting abilities by the age of 10, as they are two to three years ahead of learn problem solving and decision-making their peers in their schooling.” by the age of 12, and be a fully responsible For more, visit internationaltalentacadeperson by the age of 14.” my.org.

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Coat Check Coffee

Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis What to get: Bacon bialy sandwich Price: $10 Anna’s take: I have never tried a bialy before visiting Coat Check Coffee in downtown Indianapolis. A bialy is a Polish flatbread with a depressed center, similar to a bagel. The ones sold at Coat Check Coffee have a crackly exterior and a soft interior, which is the perfect consistency for a breakfast sandwich. I ordered the bacon bialy, which comes with crispy

Order a bacon bialy sandwich at Coat Check Coffee in Indianapolis and pair it with either a pistachio, top, or orange cardamom latte, bottom. (Photo by Anna Skinner) bacon, an egg soufflé, American cheese and jalapeño jelly that was sweeter than it was spicy. I suggest pairing your bialy sandwich with either a pistachio latte (a staple at Coat Check Coffee) or one of their seasonal lattes, like the orange cardamom latte. Coat Check Coffee operates out of the Athenaeum at the corner of Michigan Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

Behind bars: Mezcal old fashioned Get it at Monterey Coastal Cuisine, Carmel Ingredients: 2 oz. Illegal Mezcal Reposado Tequila, .5 oz. simple syrup, 2 dashes chocolate bitters, 2 dashes orange bitters, orange peel Directions: Pour tequila, simple syrup and bitters into a beaker. Stir and strain into a rocks glass over two ice spheres.

Garnish with an orange peel.

Gregory Hancock, Artistic Director gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org

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Blueprint for Improvement: Toast-worthy basement wet bar Commentary by Larry Greene Built in 2015, this home is in Westfield’s Preserve of Bridgewater neighborhood. The homeowners wanted to add a bar to their finished basement.

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THE BLUEPRINT • There’s plenty of seating around the new bar, featuring stacked stone along the wall and a granite countertop.

• The beautiful new space features a sink, dishwasher, ice maker, beverage refrigerator and kegerator.

• Luxury vinyl plank flooring provides a durable, water-resistant flooring option.

• The space includes lots of storage, thanks to floating wood shelves and adjustable glass shelves behind the bar, in addition to storage cabinets and shelves below.

Larry Greene is the owner of Case Design/Remodeling; email him at lgreene@caseindy.com.

Visit caseindy.com for more remodeling inspiration and advice.

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Don’t read too much into it Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I wouldn’t say I have a book problem.

It’s more like I have a time problem. You see, the pile of books on my bedside table keeps growing. The GRAMMAR GUY stack features stories and accounts I’m looking forward to reading, but I just can’t find the time. But this isn’t the entire story.

You see, I own this handheld digital rectangle called an Amazon Kindle. This rectangle holds hundreds of books on a simple black-and-white screen.

Again, I see this less as a “book” problem and more of a “time” problem. There’s a term for people like me: bibliobibuli.

Coined by author H.L. Mencken in 1956, bibliobibuli means “the type of people who read too much.”

In “Minority Report,” a compilation of Mencken’s notebooks published after he had a stroke, the author writes, “There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion.”

While I’m also fond of whiskey and religion, books have a special place for me. As a bibliophile (a person who either collects or has a great love for books), I go back and forth in a struggle between physical and digital books. I love how physical books have a place on the shelf.

The pulpy paper of their pages reveals intentionally laid out letters forming shapely paragraphs.

On the other hand, digital books have a backlit screen, which allows me to read without the aid of my bedside lamp. As I’m fond of reading late into the night, I find it more conscientious to have my lamp off so my wife can fall asleep more easily. Then there’s always a question of ownership: do I actually own a digital book? I’m not sure.

So now you understand my dilemma.

I hope I never find a cure for my need to read.

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

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Grouseland: Indiana home of William Henry Harrison Commentary by Don Knebel Grouseland, a National Historic Landmark since 1960, was William Henry Harrison’s history-making Indiana home for 12 years.

TRAVEL In 1800, President John Adams named 27-year-old Harrison, the youngest son of a prominent Virginia planter/politician, the first governor of the Indiana Territory, with its capital in Vincennes. Soon after arriving in Vincennes, founded by French traders along the Wabash River in 1732, Harrison established Jefferson Academy (now Vincennes University). In 1802, Harrison and his wife, Anna, began building a 5,000-square-foot federal-style mansion on a 300-acre riverfront site Harrison named “Grouseland” for its birds.

The 13-room house, completed in 1804 at a cost of $25,000 (about $540,000 today), incorporated 400,000 bricks fashioned from local clay. The first floor featured a council room and dining room, and the second floor, reached by a self-supporting curved staircase, contained six bedrooms.

The Harrisons imported many of the house’s furnishings from Europe. During 12 years as governor, Harrison negotiated 11 treaties with Native American tribes, five signed at Grouseland, obtaining a total of 60 million acres for the

United States. The 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne drew the anger of Tecumseh, the great Shawnee leader, who met twice with Harrison outdoors at Grouseland, demanding that he abrogate it. Harrison’s insistence on maintaining the treaty precipitated the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The Daughters of the American Revolution acquired Grouseland in 1916 and restored the house, furnishing it with period items and original items obtained from Harrison’s descendants and others. Among the many interesting items on display in the house are memorabilia from Harrison’s two presidential campaigns, a gilded plaster bust made in 1837 and two portraits of Harrison looking little alike. The grounds include the walnut grove where Harrison met with Tecumseh. A tall wooden statue memorializing Tecumseh, dedicated in 2009, is nearby. Grouseland is undergoing extensive renovations and is open by appointment at grouseland.org.

Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel.com.

You may contact him at editorial@youarecurrent.com.

William Henry Harrison home at Grouseland. (Photo by Don Knebel)

CLAY TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA NOTICE TO BIDDERS Owner: Clay Township of Hamilton County, Indiana 10701 North be available. All payments and costs of Contract Documents and related College Avenue supplemental materials are non-refundable. Bidders shall assure that Carmel, Indiana 46280-1089 they have obtained complete sets, whether hard copy or electronic, of Project: Japanese Gardens, Carmel IN the Project Manual and drawings and shall assume the risk of any errors Project No. 219-0038 or omissions in Bids prepared in reliance on incomplete sets.

Notice is hereby given that Clay Township of Hamilton County Bids must be submitted on the forms in the Project Manual, must Indiana (the “Owner”), for and on behalf of The City of Carmel (the contain the names of every person or company interested therein, and “Department”), will receive sealed bids for the above referenced shall be accompanied by: Project at the Administrative Offices of the Owner located at 10701 (1) Properly and completely executed Form 96 (revised 2013) North College Avenue, Carmel Indiana 46280 (the “Administrative prescribed by the Indiana State Board of Accounts which Offices”) on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 10:00 am local time, includes a financial statement, a statement of experience, and as soon as practicable thereafter on the same date, the Bids will a proposed plan or plans for performing the Work and the be publicly opened and read aloud in the Conference Room of the equipment the Bidder has available for the performance of the Administrative Offices. The outside of the sealed envelope in which the Work; Bid is enclosed, shall be clearly marked “BID – JAPANESE GARDENS, (2) Bid Bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total Bid CARMEL IN” and as otherwise set forth in the Bid Documents. Any amount, including any alternates, with a satisfactory corporate Bid received after the designated time will be returned to the Bidder surety or by a certified check on a solvent bank in the amount unopened. of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the Bid. The Bid Bond or A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for discussion of the certified check shall be evidence of good faith that the successful Project, the bidding requirements and other important matters will be Bidder will execute within ten (10) calendar days from the held on Thursday, October 14th, 2021 at 10:00 am local time in the acceptance of the Bid, the Agreement as included in the Project Conference Room of the Clay Township Administrative Offices and, Manual. The Bid Bond or certified check shall be made payable weather permitting, shall conclude with a visit to the location where the to Clay Township of Hamilton County, Indiana; and Work is to be performed. Prospective bidders are encouraged, but not (3) A Non-Collusion Affidavit complying with the requirements of Ind. required, to attend the pre-bid conference. For special accommodations Code §36-1-2-4. needed by individuals with disabilities planning to attend the pre- bid Owner reserves the right to hold any or all Bids for a period of not conference or public bid opening meeting, please notify Jocelyn Hinshaw more than sixty (60) days after the date on which the Bids are opened at jhinshaw@lochgroup.com at least forty-eight (48) hours prior thereto. and, for such sixty (60) day period, all such Bids shall be in full force and In general, the Work for the Project consists of Site improvements effect. Any Bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing time including: demolition, clearing, grading, concrete footers, helical for the receipt of Bids but no Bidder shall withdraw a Bid within the sixty piers, two PermaTrak boardwalks, wood pile retaining wall, (60) day period after opening of the Bids. All bid security of unsuccessful handrail, concrete sidewalks, concrete curb, benches, tables, bidders will be returned by the Owner upon selection of the successful bike racks, landscape boulders from 18 in. to 48 in. diameter, Bidder and execution of the Agreement, and provision of the required landscaping, signage, lighting, electrical, pond fountain and Performance Bond and Payment Bond. aeration, and four Add Alternatives, all as set forth in the Contract In the event that the total amount of the contract awarded to the Documents for the Project which, except for those items not included successful Contractor is $300,000 or more, the successful Contractor due to timing, size or other factors, have been assembled into a Project must be qualified under either Ind. Code § 4-13.6-4 or Ind. Code § 8-23Manual and includes the Bid Documents. The Project Manual and any 10 before doing any work on the Project. and all full-size drawings may be examined at and obtained from, the Pursuant to Ind. Code § 5-22-17-6, Owner reserves the right to office of Repro Graphix Inc. 437 N Illinois St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. specify in the contract with the successful bidder one or both of the The plan charge will be listed on the online plan room. Payment may following: be made by check, credit card, or cash. NO DEPOSITS ACCEPTED. 1. Early performance of the contract will result in increased Make checks payable to Repro Graphix Inc. An online option may also compensation;

2. Completion of the contract after the termination or designated completion date(s) will result in a deduction from the compensation.

A Performance Bond and Payment Bond with good and sufficient surety, acceptable to the Owner and Architect/Engineer, shall be required in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the Agreement. The surety of the Bonds may not be released until one (1) year after the Owner’s final settlement with the Contractor. Retainage will be as required by Ind. Code § 36-1-12 et seq.

All out-of-state entities must have a certificate of authority to do business in the State of Indiana. Application forms may be obtained by contacting the Secretary of State, State of Indiana, Statehouse, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

The Owner reserves the right to (1) cancel this solicitation pursuant to Ind. Code § 5-22-18- 2 and/or (2) reject any offers, in whole or in part as specified in the solicitation when Owner determines in accordance with applicable Indiana laws including but not limited to Ind. Code § 36-1-12-4, that such action is in the best interests of the Owner. Owner reserves the right to delay the opening of the Bids pursuant to Ind. Code § 36-1-12-4. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner reserves the right to waive any of the terms, conditions or provisions contained in this Notice to Bidders or the Bid Documents or any informality, irregularity or omission in the bid process or in any Bid which waiver is deemed in the Owner’s discretion to be to the advantage of the Owner and which does not afford any Bidder a material competitive advantage over other Bidders. Except as specifically otherwise provided herein and as allowed by applicable Indiana law, a contract for the Project shall be awarded in accordance with this Notice to Bidders, Ind. Code § 5-16-13 et seq. and Ind. Code § 36-1-12 et seq., to the lowest responsible and responsive Bidder whose bid does not exceed the funds available for the Project. The Owner shall have the right to accept any Alternates in any order or combination or accept on the basis of the Base Bids alone, unless otherwise specifically provided in the Bidding Documents and to determine the lowest responsible and responsive Bidder on the basis of the sum of the Base Bids and Alternates accepted.

Questions regarding this Project should be directed to Jocelyn Hinshaw by email only at jhinshaw@lochgroup.com Douglas Callahan, Trustee, Clay Township of Hamilton County, Indiana Publication: Carmel Current on October 12 and October 19, 2021 Noblesville Times on October 13 and October 20, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY OF CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION Docket No. PZ-2021-00176 DP Amend NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Carmel Plan Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on the 19th day of November 2021 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., at the Carmel City Hall, Council Chambers, One Civic Square, 2nd Floor, Carmel, IN 46032, regarding the application identified by Docket Number PZ-202100176 DP Amend (the “Request”). The property that is the subject of the Request is located at 4518 W. 99th Street, Carmel, IN 46032, is identified by the Hamilton County Auditor’s Office as Tax Parcel Identification Number 17-13-07-00-23-001.000, and is described as Mayflower Park Subdivision Block 3 Lot 4B (the “Real Estate”).

The Real Estate is zoned I1/Industrial and the Applicant, Artistic Composite Pallets LLC, has filed the Request seeking development plan approval (“DP”) for a parking lot expansion.

The Petition may be examined at the Carmel City Hall or via the City’s website, through Public Documents – Laser Fische.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the proposal, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place. Written comments filed with the Department of Community Services prior to or at the Public Hearing will be considered, and oral comments will be heard at the Public Hearing. The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary.

CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA Joe Shestak, Secretary, City of Carmel Plan Commission Carmel City Hall One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 Phone: (317) 571-2417 Email: jshestak@carmel.in.gov ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT ARTISTIC COMPOSITE PALLETS LLC Fredric Lawrence, Attorney 550 Congressional Blvd., Suite 210 Carmel, IN 46032 Phone: (317) 844-0106 NOTICE TO BIDDERS City of Carmel, Indiana Department Board of Public Works and Safety One Civic Square City of Carmel, Indiana 46032 Project Construction of the Carmel Data Center Notice is hereby given that the Board of Public Works and Safety for the City of Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana will receive sealed bids for the above described “Project” at the office of the Clerk of the City, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana (City Hall) until 10:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Commencing as soon as practicable thereafter on the same date, bids will be publicly opened and read aloud by the Board of Public Works and Safety in the Council Chambers of City Hall. No late bids will be accepted.

All bids and proposals shall be properly and completely executed on the proposal forms provided with the plans and specifications. The bids must be sealed and be clearly marked with the words “BID ENCLOSED – Carmel Data Center – <<bid package>>” on the outside of the envelope. The name of the specific bid package MUST be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. If you are bidding on multiple packages, a separate sealed envelope must be provided for each bid package.

A bid bond or certified check in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid must be submitted with each bid. A one hundred percent (100%) performance and payment bond will also be required of the successful bidder. Each bidder shall be prepared to enter promptly into a construction contract, furnish a performance bond, and begin work without delay in the event the award is made to him.

The project consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following bid packages: 1. Work to begin before December 1, 2021 and be completed by April 30, 2022 a. Earthwork, Site Concrete and Utilities b. Building Concrete c. Masonry d. Electrical e. Technology 2. These Bid Packages are set up for Subcontract bids only. It should be noted that each subcontractor will be responsible for their own trash removal from the site.

All questions regarding the bidding should be directed to the Construction Manager: Audie Tarpley Dillon Construction Group 214-587-8722 atarpley@dilloncg.com Bid Documents must be obtained from Eastern Engineering (www.easternengineering.com). Payments and costs of Bid Documents are non-refundable.

Bidders shall assure that they have obtained complete sets of drawings and Bid Documents and shall assume the risk of any errors or omissions in bids prepared in reliance on incomplete sets of drawings and Bid Documents.

This Project will be funded by the City of Carmel.

A Pre-Bid Conference for discussions of the Project, the bidding requirements, and other important matters will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at Carmel City Hall. All prospective bidders are invited to attend the Pre-Bid Conference. The Pre-Bid Conference is not mandatory.

Any bid or proposal may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids, but no bidder shall withdraw any bid or proposal within a period of thirty (30) days following the date set for receiving bids or proposals. The Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to hold any or all bids or proposals for a period of not more than thirty (30) days and said bids or proposals shall remain in full force and effect during said period. The City of Carmel reserves the right to reject and/or cancel any and all bids, solicitations, and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitation when it is not in the best interests of the governmental body as determined by the purchasing agency in accordance with IC 5-22-18-2.

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DISPATCHES Cast iron care — Cast-iron skillets, pots, griddles and pans are becoming popular again because, when properly seasoned, they are naturally nonstick without added chemicals. To maintain your cast iron properly, be sure to dry it thoroughly after washing and apply a light coating of vegetable oil.

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Spray the spot with a bleach and water solution (10 percent bleach), and wait a day or two. If it’s an old stain, use a mold and mildew remover from the grocery store.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS CITY OF CARMEL Notice is hereby given that the Board of Public Works and Safety, City of Carmel, Indiana, will receive sealed bids or proposals during regular business hours at the office of the Clerk - Treasurer, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana 46032 until 10:00 a.m. E.S.T. on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 for the following materials: To be purchased during the calendar year 2022: NOTE: Price quoted must be “Firm” for the entire calendar year of 2022 Rock Salt for use in water softening – 12,000 tons more or less of Coarse Southern Rock Salt.

The Rock Salt must meet American Water Works Association (AWWA) specification B200-17 and be NSF60 compliant, clean and free of dirt and debris.

Please quote price per ton. A bid bond or certified check in the amount of 10% of the contract price is required for the Rock Salt bid.

Delivery Method to Be : Semi End Dump Trailer with Slide gate and Grain Chute Bid shall include method of transportation and transportation provider All bids must be received sealed with the words “ROCK SALT BID” on the left hand corner of the envelope.

All persons with an interest in bidding shall register a contact name and address with the Utility Department to ensure that all changes or questions and answers are available for review by all interested parties.

The specifications are set forth in detailed documents on file in the Utilities Department, 30 W Main St, Suite 220, Carmel, Indiana 46032.

Questions regarding this solicitation must be via email to; lkempa@carmel.in.gov. All responses will be via email and made available with the specifications at the Department.

The submitted proposal must be compliant with IC 36-1-9-8.5.

The Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to reject and/or cancel any and all bids, solicitations and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitation when it is not in the best interests of the governmental body as determined by the purchasing agency in accordance with IC 5-22-18-2.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS CARMEL, INDIANA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION from the ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176) Ordinance D-2604-21 Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of the City of Carmel, at their regular meeting place at Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Council Chambers at 6 p.m. on the 1st day of November, 2021, will consider the following appropriation in excess of the budget for 2021: $111,786.88 from the ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176) To ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176): Line item 4110000 Full Time Regular $45,184.31 ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176): Line item 4111000 Part-Time $51,829.00 ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176): Line item 4121000 City’s Share of FICA $5,999.33 ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176): Line item 4124000 City’s Share of Medicare $1,403.07 ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176): Line item 4123002 Civilian PERF $6,416.17 ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176): Line item 4340303 Other Accounting Fees $955.00 The source of revenue for the above is the ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (#176).

Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard.

Sue Wolfgang, Clerk October 11, 2021

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Sponsored by United Way of Central Indiana United Way is proud to partner with a network of nonprofits in our community that are making a measurable impact in the fight against poverty and ensuring every person in Central Indiana can reach their full potential.

The Children's TherAplay Foundation, Inc. Children’s TherAplay is a nonprofit medical facility providing physical and occupational therapy using a horse as a treatment tool for children with special needs. The organization works with children aged 18 months to 13 years old with a wide range of diagnoses including Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, developmental delays and more. In May 2019, Children’s TherAplay received a $1,000,000 grant from the Capital Projects Fund administered by United Way of Central Indiana and made possible by the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc. to renovate their existing pole barn and riding arena and add an additional 11,652 square feet to the clinic, waiting room, administrative and event spaces. The project was completed in early 2021, and the new space is now being utilized by 190 clients each month.

In September 2021, TherAplay added speech therapy to their program offerings. They are now actively filling their speech therapy caseload!

If you are interested in learning more about speech therapy for your child, you can call the front office at 317-872-4166.

TherAplay is looking for volunteers!

TherAplay has 8-10 volunteer sidewalkers every day to assist with our hippotherapy sessions. These volunteers are an essential part of the program, and get a front row seat to the transformational outcomes that occur every day through hippotherapy. If you would like to learn more about volunteering, contact McKenzie Land, Volunteer & Development Coordinator, at mland@childrenstheraplay.org

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