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Town hall covers proposed parking prohibitions near schools, increase in fraud reports

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Carmel City Councilor Jeff Worrell held a town hall meeting primarily for residents of the southern half of CITY NEWS the city on Oct. 21 at the Monon Community Center.

Attendees heard updates from city and county officials and had the opportunity to ask questions.

PARKING COULD BE PROHIBITED NEAR SCHOOLS Worrell, who holds one of three at-large seats on the council, asked for feedback on an ordinance he plans to introduce at the Nov. 1 Carmel City Council meeting that would allow residents within a 2,500-foot radius of a Carmel Clay Schools campus to determine whether they’d like to prohibit parking on their street between 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on school days.

Worrell said he is proposing the ordinance because of problems arising with an increased number of parents driving their children to and from school this year.

Because of a bus driver shortage, CCS stopped providing bus service for most students who live within a mile of their campus, leading to increased traffic near schools at the beginning and end of the school day.

Worrell said some parents are choosing to park near schools to pick up their students rather than go through the designated carpool line. He said he has visited CCS campuses to witness the problem firsthand.

“It is a zoo. It’s chaos,” he said, adding that some campuses are experiencing worse problems than others. “There are cars going the wrong direction. There are people parking in driveways. Because of the non-neighborhood parkers, it is every man and woman for themselves.”

The ordinance also would address Carmel High School students who park in neighborhoods surrounding the school rather than in the school’s designated parking area.

Currently, areas near CHS prohibit parking between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m., but with block scheduling and other changes since the rule was put into place, it has become somewhat obsolete.

Worrell said exceptions to the prohibition on parking will be made for service vehicles and that residents on affected streets

Carmel City Councilor Jeff Worrell speaks to attendees at an Oct. 21 town hall meeting at the Monon Community Center. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

could provide permit stickers for approved visitors. A permit process also could be developed for other scenarios.

Worrell said CCS administrators have expressed support for the proposed ordinance.

FRAUD REPORTS ON THE RISE Carmel Police Dept. Chief Jim Barlow presented crime statistics for the year so far.

Although most types of police calls are on trend with previous years, the department is seeing an increase in reported fraud. CPD responded to 246 reports of fraud from Jan. 1 to Oct. 7. Carmel police received 324 fraud reports in 2020 and 243 reports in 2019.

Barlow said much of the fraud is happening over the phone, with unsuspecting victims receiving calls from someone with accurate personal information about the victim, such as a birth date or names of family members.

Much of this information is available online through a Google search or other methods, Barlow said.

“Just because they have accurate information does not make them legitimate,”

Barlow said.

CPD has responded to the increase in fraud by assigning a detective to specialize in handling these reports. Barlow said CPD has recovered more than $1 million for those who have reported fraud.

The police chief also urged residents to lock their vehicles, as CPD has received many reports of items stolen from unlocked vehicles in driveways and parking lots.

SANTA TOURS TO RETURN Worrell announced that Santa Tours will return this holiday season, featuring Santa riding on a decorated city vehicle along various routes throughout Carmel to greet residents young and old.

The city debuted the event in 2020 as a way to celebrate the holiday season in a socially distanced manner amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it may become a tradition that’s here to stay. “(Last year) the kids were lining the streets, and it was the most joyous Hallmark thing I can think of,” Worrell said. “It was so heartwarming.”

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City seeks more feedback on comprehensive plan draft

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com The City of Carmel is updating its comprehensive plan, and officials are asking for additional feedback from CITY NEWS the community as they continue the process.

Refreshed approximately every decade, the comprehensive plan provides guidelines for development or redevelopment throughout the city. The comprehensive plan was last updated in 2009.

The new draft was introduced to the Carmel Plan Commission at its Oct. 19 meeting, and several residents provided thoughts on the plan during a public hearing. Their comments ranged from urging more residents to become involved in the process to asking for less density in certain areas of the city to asking for clarification of terms.

The city is partnering with Indianapolis-based real estate and consulting firm Greenstreet and Cincinnati-based urban growth firm YARD & Company to update the plan. The team has already gathered feedback in a variety of settings, including stakeholder meetings, virtual presentations and online.

Mark O’Neall, a senior associate with Greenstreet, identified a couple of themes that have developed during the process, including that Carmel has made a name for itself nationally and globally since the last update to the plan.

“Carmel can leverage its own gravity and be picky about what we build and how we develop and think about how to best use our land, since really there isn’t room for annexation,” O’Neal said.

O’Neal also said that future growth is likely to focus on redevelopment in the city’s core, as there are few green fields left for new development.

The commission’s committee of the whole expects to hold several public meetings in the coming weeks to thoroughly discuss different aspects of the proposed updates.

The first meeting is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 2 and will cover policy goals and objectives, covered in pages 11-23 of the plan. Another meeting is likely to occur Nov. 30, with others expected to be scheduled soon.

Kevin “Woody” Rider, a city councilor who also serves on the plan commission, urged Carmel residents to provide feedback on the plan early and often.

“Don’t wait until the end, because we need those comments and those thoughts throughout the process,” he said.

The updated draft can be viewed at CarmelComprehensivePlan.com, where readers can leave feedback.

After the committee meetings, the plan commission will hold another public hearing before taking a vote on the updated plan.

The draft will go to the city council for final approval, and residents also will have opportunities to provide feedback at that stage of the process.

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CCS CELEBRATES OPENING OF 2 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

CCS and Clay Center officials and students prepare to cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the school. (Photo courtesy of Carmel Clay Schools)

Carmel Clay Schools recently celebrated the opening of its two new elementary buildings with ribbon-cutting ceremonies. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Clay Center Elementary was held Oct. 20, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Carmel Elementary held Oct. 21. Both schools opened at the beginning of the 202122 school year.

Carmel Elementary Principal Megan Klinginsmith is surrounded by students and other officials as she cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the new campus. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

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SERT celebrates 25 years

By Chris Bavender news@currentincarmel.com The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Special Emergency Response Team is marking its 25th year as the PUBLIC SAFETY Hamilton County jail’s frontline defense against unruly and dangerous inmates.

“SERT serves as an added safety measure inside the jail, just as SWAT operates for law enforcement,” said Matt Hyde, SERT comHyde mander. “In corrections, we are not immune to the dangers humans can do to others, the exposure to harmful drugs, handmade weapons, fights and hostage taking. It is not uncommon for a facility to Carey have a tactical response team to handle such unusual occurrences.”

SERT started primarily as a cell extraction team, according to Jail Capt. Josh Carey.

“Over time, the team began taking on cell block shakedowns once a month, which involves the team searching every inch of a single cell block, including each cell,” Carey said. “We search for weapons, drugs, intel, gang affiliations as well as any security risk or maintenance issue. The team then expanded to high-risk, high-profile inmate transports, transporting very high-risk inmates to prison or court.

“High-risk, high-profile inmates can include high-ranking gang members, inmates who are escape risks, inmates with a lot of media coverage, etc.”

That led to the team taking on high-risk,

high-profile courtroom security. The team also trains in custody/hostage rescue. In 2020, Hamilton County Sheriff Dennis Quakenbush tasked SERT with starting and leading the Sheriff’s Office’s first Mobile Field Force Team, which is tasked with handling large crowds and riot operations within the county.

A selection process is conducted once a year. To be invited, candidates must have worked one year from their Field Training sign-off date and received a letter of recommendation. The selection process includes a basic physical training assessment, a written test and a formal interview with team leadership.

All SERT members work regular 12-hour shifts. The team of 15 is split into two smaller teams. Each team has a team leader and one commander and is on call throughout the year to ensure quick response time.

“SERT trains four hours every month, covering hand-to-hand combat, legal considerations, riot operations, less lethal application, cell extractions, high-risk, high-profile transports, courthouse operations, lethal application, hostage rescue, and anything we find is necessary to train,” Hyde said.

SERT also trains other jail officers. It conducted its first academy in 2005. Since the first class, hundreds of jail officers have been trained by Hamilton County SERT. “Some of the officers were on established teams, and a few others were working on starting a team,” Carey said. “The course is open to patrol and corrections officers, even if they are not a team. We have trained with teams from Madison, Tipton, Hendricks, Morgan and Johnson counties. It is common for facilities to have some sort of tactical team within the facility due to the dangers.”

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Council considers increasing amount of Proscenium TIF bond

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com The price tag for the Proscenium mixeduse development is coming in higher than originally projected, and CITY NEWS the Carmel City Council is considering increasing the principal amount of an economic development revenue bond by $4.5 million to help fund some of the increase.

The council did not vote on the proposal at its Oct. 18 meeting but instead decided to send the matter to its Land Use & Special Studies committee for further review. A meeting Birkla date was not announced as of press time, but it is expected to occur before the council’s next regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 1.

If approved, the ordinance would allow the principal amount of the bond to increase from $12.5 million to $17 million.

The bond, to be repaid through tax increment financing, funds the development’s parking garage and other infrastructure improvements.

Tony Birkla, owner of Proscenium developer Birkla Investment Group, told the council the change is needed primarily because of the increase in construction costs since the project was approved in 2015. The project experienced a significant delay as developers worked with Duke Energy to relocate a transmission line that ran through the property.

“It took us a while to get things moving, but we’ve upgraded many of the items across the entirety of the site,” Birkla said.

In 2015 the council approved $8 million in bonds for the project with developers receiving 75 percent of TIF funds, but in 2017 the council voted to give developers 100 percent of TIF funds and increase the bond to $12 million.

The $85 million project on the northwest corner of Range Line Road and Carmel Drive officially broke ground in August 2017, but construction didn’t begin until approximately a year later. Originally estimated as a $60 million project, the Proscenium includes retail and office space and residential units.

Construction was initially projected to last 18 to 24 months, but that timeline also has been slowed, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other factors increasing the cost of the project are modifications to the parking garage, such as adding cameras, and planting more expensive trees to give the Proscenium a “more mature look from day one,” Birkla said.

The 25-year bond is expected to be issued in the next few months. TIF captures tax revenues generated as a result of improvements in a particular area to pay down debt acquired for those improvements. The Proscenium bond is backed by the developer, which means if tax revenues fall short of the amount needed to make debt payments, the developer is required to Mestetsky cover the difference.

Raising the bond principal amount would not impact taxpayers or tax rates, according to Carmel Redevelopment Commission Director Henry Mestetsky. However, City Councilor Tim Hannon said he’d like to ensure the council fully reviews the matter before approving it because of the high dollar amount involved.

Councilor Kevin “Woody” Rider said it makes sense to raise the principal amount because the increase in tax revenue — which also is expected to be higher than originally projected — wouldn’t exist without the developer taking the initiative and risk to improve the site in the first place.

Mestetsky said the Proscenium has been developed as a public/private partnership from the start and that the city should do its part to continue supporting the project.

“If we enter into an agreement in 2015 for 100 percent TIF (for the developer) and the development gets delayed for years thanks to the Duke transmission line and deals with all sorts of cost increases and delivers a project this entire city can be proud of, I think it’s important for the city to back their word and deliver on the 100 percent TIF project, even when the developer is asking for a bump in that ultimate amount,” he said.

Mestetsky said a financial firm is working on updated tax revenue projections for the project. He said he does not know if the financial model will show TIF revenues in excess of $17 million, but he’s comfortable with raising the bond principal amount because taxpayers will not be responsible for covering a shortfall if it occurs.

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2 county departments relocate news@currentincarmel.com The Hamilton County coroner and the Hamilton County Parks & Recreation Dept. recently relocated their FACILITIES offices. They are now sharing quarters in a newly renovated office building at 400 Lafayette Rd. in Noblesville.

The coroner’s office outgrew the space it originally shared with the Hamilton County Health Dept. at 18030 Foundation Dr. “Our caseload has increased dramatically, and we’ll soon be adding more staff,” Coroner John Chalfin said. “Plus, this new location is much closer to the morgue at Riverview Health. The time we save just driving back and forth has already helped our productivity.”

The Parks & Recreation Dept. moved from an aging home on the property of Cool Creek Park on 146th Street. Although the new space has a smaller footprint, it offers new amenities, like meeting rooms and parking, that were missing at the former location.

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DISPATCHES The GOAT rezone tabled — The Carmel Plan Commission tabled a vote on a proposed rezone of The GOAT tavern from residential to business zoning to the Nov. 16 meeting.

City of Carmel Planning Administrator Rachel Keesling told the commission at an Oct. 19 meeting that owners of The GOAT are still seeking B2 zoning and have agreed to submit a development plan for the site. Keesling also said that the petitioners have hired Studio M Architecture to better enclose the space and add bathrooms.

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The Hamilton County coroner’s office and parks department has relocated to a building at 400 Lafayette Rd. in Noblesville. (Photo courtesy of Hamilton County)

said Chris Stice, the county’s parks & recreation director. “And while we’re still waiting on some new furniture, the layout of this new space is so much more functional. It really lends itself to better camaraderie among our team.”

Although in the same building, the two offices are separated by locked doors.

Hamilton County’s buildings and grounds team made necessary renovations to the building during the past six months. The parks department office is in Suite 400. The coroner’s office is in Suite 402.

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Bike donation event — The City of Carmel and Bike Carmel will join Freewheelin’ Community Bikes in hosting a donation event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Carmel City Hall parking lot at 1 Civic Square. Bicycles and bicycle components may be donated to help Freewheelin’ Community Bikes fulfill its mission to provide safe, reliable and affordable transportation.

Safest midsize city — Carmel has been ranked the No. 1 Safest Midsize City in America by online business research and reporting site AdvisorSmith, a New York based financial services company, which established its ranking on a variety of factors using federal crime data. The study was based upon data provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Reporting Data Set. Carmel earned the number one spot because of its low incidence of violent and property crimes – only 2.1 per thousand people for violent crimes and 5.9 per thousand for property crimes per year of publication.

Invasive species trade-in program — The Hamilton County Invasives Partnership and Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District are offering an invasive species trade-in program. For a limited time and as supplies last, property owners can show proof of removal of an invasive species on their Hamilton County property and receive

Neighborhood network meeting — The Carmel Neighborhood Association Network will hold its quarterly meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at City Hall, 1 Civic Square. Carmel homeowner’s association presidents and board members are invited to attend. For more information, contact Kelli Prader at kprader@carmel.in.gov.

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Senior shows her versatility leading Carmel girls soccer team

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School senior Emily Roper has saved her best soccer season for last.

“I’ve made a lot of improvements with my leadership,” said Roper, calling 2021 her best season. “This year I’ve had a lot of composure up front being able to finish balls in the attacking third (opponent’s goal area). I think that one of the things I’ve improved most is getting my goals up as well as being diverse and being able to switch positions.”

Prior to the Oct. 23 Class 3A semistate against Bloomington South, Roper had 18 goals and nine assists for the Greyhounds (17-2-2).

Roper, who has committed to play soccer for Ball State University, had seven goals as a junior in 12 games. She had to sit out a few games because of having close contact to a student who tested positive for COVID-19.

Roper had six goals as a sophomore and seven as a freshman.”

Before the sectional, Roper moved from center forward to center back because the starting center back, Claire Simmons, suf-

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“I’ve had a lot of help from the other center backs on our team, telling me where to go,” Roper said. “The center back is more defensive and never goes forward. A center forward is all the time attacking. You never go back.”

Carmel coach Frank Dixon said Roper’s athletic skills were needed to defend.

Emily Roper leads Carmel with 18 goals. (Photo courtesy of Frank Dixon)

“We had a backup center back, but she is young,” Dixon said. “I wanted someone with experience to go back there, and Emily is a great athlete. So, I asked her to do it and she said she would. I think when she goes to Ball State, they may play her as a forward, but they could play her anywhere on the field.

She could play center back for them if they wanted her to.”

With Roper moving to defense, Dixon said the Greyhounds have struggled to score goals but did not give up a goal in three sectional and two regional games.

“I think we’re not giving up any goals because she is there and we’re finding enough (goals) to find our way through,” Dixon said.

Simmons returned to practice before the semistate.

Roper is one of the three team captains.

“It’s been a really good group,” Roper said.

“Everyone has bonded well. Even the people that have been brought up from the JV to be on the tournament team, they’ve motivated us to score.”

The Greyhounds were eliminated by Westfield in a shootout in last year’s sectional opener.

“So, I feel like this is our redemption year, and just making it this far, I’m super proud of how far we’ve made it,” Roper said.

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Roper also plays basketball for the Greyhounds. A post player, she averaged 4.7 points and 7.3 rebounds last season.

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Kelvin Lee, MD, became director of the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center in February.

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Someone botched the mailing. “The fact that I am a physician,” Lee said, “was a complete accident.”

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Project: Rehabilitation of 116th Street bridge over the White River Location: Lane closures are in effect for 116th Street between River Road and Eller Road. One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained at all times throughout construction.

Expected completion: Nov. 15 Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: Between City Center Drive and Elm Street. Alternate routes during construction include Keystone Parkway, Main Street, City Center Drive and 3rd Avenue SW. Expected completion: Late October Project: Transmission and water utility work Location: Veterans Way between The Cat Theatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures will occur but access to all addresses will be maintained.

Expected completion: The four-phase project, which will later impact other areas, is expected to be complete by May 2022.

Project: Burial of overhead lines Location: Guilford Road between Grand Boulevard and Main Street Expected completion: End of 2021 Project: New roundabout Location: 111th Street and College Avenue.

Alternate routes include Pennsylvania Street and Keystone Parkway as well as 116th Street and 106th Street.

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approximately 60 days. The construction began Sept. 7.

Estimated completion: November Project: Jersey Street Location: From Union Street to Mill Street Expected completion: Jersey Street will be closed for the remainder of the Grand Junction Plaza construction.

Project: Grand Junction Plaza Location: The parking lot west of Union Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking lot on the east end of Park Street is permanently closed as the Grand Junction Plaza is moving into the construction phase. Parking is available on the west end of Park Street.

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The Courtyards of Carmel is an age-restricted community. No less than eighty percent of homes within the community must have at least one permanent occupant fifty-five years of age or older. Although all floorplans, features, illustrations, and specifications of the homes and communities are believed correct at the time of publication, the right is reserved to make changes, without notice or obligation. Windows, doors, ceilings, layout, colors, finishes and room sizes may vary depending on the options and elevations selected. This information is for illustrative purposes only and not part of a legal contract.

Project: Wheeler Road traffic signals Location: Construction started on Wheeler Road at the intersections of both Ind. 32 and Tournament Trail. The project will add a traffic signal at Wheeler Road and Tournament Trail, complete the connection on Tournament Trail from Wheeler Road to Oak Ridge Road and add a second left turn lane on Wheeler Road at Ind. 32. There will not be any closures.

Expected completion: Before the end of the year.

Project: New roundabout construction Location: The intersection of 151st Street and Ditch Road will be closed for approximately 60 days. The construction began Sept. 20.

Estimated completion: End of November Project: New roundabout construction Location: The intersection of 169th Street and Spring Mill Road will be closed for

FISHERS Project: Roundabout construction on 146th street.

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

Expected completion: May 2022.

Project: Roundabout construction on 131st street.

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

Expected completion: July 2022.

ZIONSVILLE Project: Oak Street sewer/low pressure force main Location: The sewer will be on the north side of Oak Street and extend west of Cooper Road, traveling east to just west of Irish Hill. All residents along the side streets of Oak Street who are in the direct location of the sewer project are being considered for sewer, including residents as far west as 800 E. and as far east as 950 E. As a first step, the Wastewater Department assessed interest, asking residents in the area to complete a survey. The Town needs greater than 50 percent buy-in from the neighbors to run sewer down a street and all neighbors will be asked to contribute in the cost.

However, residents will not be forced to connect.

Expected completion: For the Oak Street sewer system, expected completion is this summer, though a more specific timeframe hasn’t been announced. The project is currently under construction.

For the low pressure force main system, construction will begin in 2022. Expected completion is summer 2022.

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Carmel High School boys tennis team celebrates state championship. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

CHS boys tennis teammates make history with title win

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Carmel High School boys tennis team had already clinched its record sixth consecutive IHSAA ACHIEVEMENT state championship by winning four of the first five matches in 63 minutes or less. And even though Broc Fletcher was cramping badly and had already been eliminated from the singles tournament with a previous postseason loss, there was no way the Carmel senior was going to retire in the Oct. 16 team state final against Zionsville.

Despite the leg cramps, Fletcher defeated Zionsville’s Cole Chappell 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1 singles to give the top-ranked Greyhounds a 5-0 victory against No. 5 Zionsville on CHS’s home courts.

“I basically told myself that if I end up in a hospital, it’s worth it,” Fletcher said.

“I have to fight for every point. This team has meant so much to me. It’s my last high school match and it was just an unbelievable moment for me.”

Carmel coach Bryan Hanan told Fletcher the match was clinched, and he could retire if the cramping was too bad. Fletcher insisted he wanted to finish, even though the Greyhounds had already won enough matches to secure the team win.

“That’s the kid he always is,” said Hanan, whose team completed a 24-0 season.

“He’s got no quit in him. I can always count on him. For him to go out with a win is amazing.”

Fletcher lost to North Central’s Alex An-

tonopolous in a three-setter Oct. 15 as the Greyhounds topped North Central in the quarterfinals. Then in the Oct. 16 morning semifinals, he rallied to beat Columbus North’s Nathan Lin 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in Carmel’s 5-0 victory over the No. 2 Bull Dogs. Fletcher was the last Carmel player to finish, and the championship started two hours later.

“I never used an underhanded serve before,” said Fletcher, who had a 26-3 record.

“But the moment came where I couldn’t push off my real serve on my legs. I just decided if I want to keep playing, I’ve got to do this.”

Greyhounds senior Eli Mercer said he knew Fletcher would pull it out.

“I’m so proud of him,” said Mercer, who finished with a 27-3 mark at No. 2 singles.

Carmel’s six consecutive state titles broke the record the Greyhounds had shared with arch-rival North Central, whose run was from 1982 to 1986.

“I’m so glad to be part of something this special and to be fortunate to be graduating in that sixth year,” Mercer said. “Everyone on this team deserves this. I love everyone on this team.”

Other winners in the semifinals and championship for the Greyhounds were freshman Rocky Li, No. 3 singles; junior Jack Jentz and senior Srisanth Malpeddi, No. 1 doubles; and sophomore Braedon McIntyre and senior Adrien Qi, No. 2 doubles. Jentz and Malpeddi were unbeaten heading into the state doubles quarterfinals, which were set to begin Oct. 22. Li finished 27-1 and the No. 2 doubles team was 19-0.

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Carmel girls win Rugby Indiana Fall 7s state title

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Carmel High School girls rugby team has come a long way in a hurry.

“I would say 80 perACHIEVEMENT cent of my team never saw a rugby ball before the spring season,” Carmel coach Kelly Romano said. “This season for 7s, I would say 60 percent had never seen a rugby ball before the season.”

The Carmel girls beat Fort Wayne Carroll 24-22 in the Rugby Indiana Fall 7s state championship Oct. 10 in Elkhart. Seven players are on each side during the game compared to 15 players on each side in the spring season.

“I’m excited about the turnout and the enthusiasm for rugby,” Romano said. “Carmel is the only city in the state that has action for second-grade girls through 12th-grade girls to have access to rugby.”

Romano had coached second- to fourthgrade coed flag rugby and a fifth- and sixthgrade coed tackle team in the Carmel Dads’ Club. For seventh and eighth grade, the club has separate boys and girls teams. In 2019, Carmel started an all-girls team for seventh-

From left, Celia Watson, Emma Wells, Sophie Bonnici, Lauren Reddington, Chloe de Leon and Lisa Venckus celebrate the state title. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Romano)

and eighth-graders, and Romano served as coach. Romano has a daughter, Giabella, who is on the eighth-grade team, and her son, Paolo, is a sophomore on the boys high school team.

In the spring, Romano coached both the Carmel seventh- and eighth-grade girls and the high school team. Both teams got second place in the Rugby Indiana state tournament for 15 players. The high school 15s team, which included Westfield players, lost to Fort Wayne Carroll in the championship.

CREEKSIDE FINISHES UNDEFEATED SEASON WITH CHAMPIONSHIP

The Creekside Middle School football team won the Hamilton County eighth-grade championship Oct. 12 with a 49-14 win against Westfield Middle School. The team finished undefeated and outscored its opponents 338-78. Team members are Chase Jarred, Anthony Coellner, Parker Stewart, Daniel Reffeitt, Cam Kelley, Kane Hare, Jacob Behm, Greysen George, David Charters, Levell Stewart, Aaron Fedorccha, Parker Maiers, William Hohlt, Ben Spence, Mike Galli, Lucas Rydell, Caden Teetzel, Ben Stranko, Omar Abushanab, Gurkamal Sahota and J.T. Todd. The team is coached by head coach Nick Blomeke and assistants Shelby Goldblatt, Chad Coellner and Brandi Meyers. (Photo courtesy of Shelby Goldblatt)

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Life-size ghosts light up the Vrtis family’s yard during October. (Photos courtesy of the Vrtis family)

Life-size ‘ghosts’ mark kids’ growth through the years

By Chris Bavender news@currentincarmel.com Halloween is just around the corner, and things are getting spooky at a house on Desert Wind Court in HALLOWEEN Carmel. Life-size ghosts have popped up in the yard. It’s an annual tradition the Vrtis family started in 2014 when they moved into the house.

Matt Vrtis found instructions online for making life-size “ghosts” and decided to try the technique on his then 9-year-old daughter, Amelia, and then 7-year-old son, Franklin.

“The process involves first wrapping the kids in clear plastic shrink wrap from the neck down,” Kelly Vrtis said. “This keeps the box tape from sticking to their clothing.

Long sleeves are best. Then he covers the plastic wrap with a couple layers of clear box tape and carefully cuts the finished form with medical scissors so the kids can be ‘freed.’”

LED strip lights are added to the cavity, then the edges are taped shut to make the form whole again. Plastic mannequin heads are used to form the heads of the ghosts, and when completed, Matt hangs them around the front of the house.

“Each year, he and the kids spend an hour or so making a ghost,” Kelly said. “The kids have tried different poses over the years.

It’s always fun to see what they come up with. We hang the ghosts in pairs and have just about run out of room in the front yard after seven years of making ghosts.

“I think this year’s may have to go to the backyard.”

Franklin Vrtis is wrapped in plastic shrink wrap and box tape to form a ghost shape.

The ghosts are usually out by October and stored in the attic and the backyard shed after Halloween. Because they take up a lot of room, Kelly said the family will probably only make the ghosts for a few more years, perhaps when the kids have both graduated from Carmel High School. Amelia is a junior at CHS, and Franklin is in eighth grade at Carmel Middle School.

Franklin said creating the ghosts is the highlight of his Halloween season.

“Although it’s a little uncomfortable to stay in the same position after a while, it’s super fun to see the outcome of the pose when it’s all finished,” Franklin said. “These ghosts have been a huge hit with everyone else. People who aren’t even close to our neighborhood have come just to see them.”

Kelly said it’s been fun to see a physical representation of how much the kids have grown through the years.

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HALLOWEEN EVENTS Carmel trick-or-treating hours — Official trick-or-treating hours in Carmel are from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Homes welcoming trick-ortreaters 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. Although 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.

Carmel 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.

Boone Village Halloween Party — From 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at Boone Village, families and residents can participate in safe trickor-treating with the merchants and service groups in Boone Village. Special guests include the Zionsville Fire Dept., Zionsville Police Dept. and Boone County Sheriff’s Office. A costume contest will take place at 6 p.m. Trophies are awarded for first-, secondand third-place costumes by age groups.

Banktober Fest — State Bank, on the southwest corner of Gray Road and 126th Street, will host Banktober Fest from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 30. The festivities will include trick-or-treat stations, food and drink options, live music by ‘90s alternative band Full Flannel Jacket, pumpkin painting and prizes for children and pets in costume.

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Boo Bash in Fishers — The City of Fishers annual Boo Bash will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 30 in front of City Hall, 1 Municipal Dr. Fifty-five vendors will pass out candy or toys. The event also includes a selfie station, a DJ, an inflatable corn maze and food trucks. All participating vendors are encour-

aged to decorate their booths, and attendees are encouraged to wear a costume. For more, visit playfishers. com/174/Boo-Bash.

Halloween Dog Walk — From 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 30 at Zion Nature Sanctuary, a 10-acre property west of Eagle Elementary School. Participants are invited to dress themselves and their dog in costume for a group dog walk. The walk also counts as a group walk for Tails on the Trails. Treats for people and dogs will be provided after the hike.

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 Hospital for Children. The event will include treats, games, face painting, chair and hand massages and skin analysis by IWC students.

Wright’s Gymnastics to conduct trunk-ortreat – Wright’s Noblesville, 1708 Pleasant St., will conduct a trunk-or-treat from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30. The event is $2 per child.

To register, visit bit.ly/3E5M0fI. Church to hold free trunk-or-treat – The First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville will hold a free trunk-or-treat event in the church’s parking lot at 1207 Conner St. from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30. There will be treats, crafts, music, a movie and a hotdog dinner.

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we just didn’t have any money,” she said.

“I can remember one Christmas we had nothing to open, and the week after we The Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton were back in school, we got home and there County’s eighth annual Festival of Trees is were gifts on the couch and suddenly we set for 6 p.m. had Christmas. I don’t want GIVING Nov. 20 at the kids waking up without any Renaissance InChristmas. That was the dianapolis North Hotel, 11925 worst thing ever.”

N. Meridian St., Carmel. The For the first time, Festival evening includes dinner, a of Trees will have a sponsor. keynote speaker and a silent The sponsor is Spencer Farm and live auction including and Spencer Farm Winery. custom-themed Christmas Silent and live auctions trees, wreaths and table will feature a variety of centerpieces, each hand decitems, but the themed trees orated by local designers. decorated by area designers Event coordinator Kim are the showcases of the Harden started the event event. The trees average for Good Samaritan after 5 feet to 7 1/2 feet tall and conducting a similar event in are delivered to the buyer’s Anderson. Proceeds benefit home. holiday assistance for those Harden is among the in need, providing items featured designers. Her such as clothing, food and previous themes included a gifts for children. fireplace mantel with stock“I thought we needed ings, polar bears, Colts and to start this in Hamilton a snowman family. Each deAn example of a past Festival County, and I have known signer names their tree. of Trees decorated tree. (PhoNancy (Chance, Good Samar“This year my theme is to courtesy of Kim Harden) itan executive director) for ‘Land that I love,’” she said. years and loved what she did,” Harden said.

“It’s an all red, white and blue theme.”

“We tried it and it worked. We made about Harden said the event is an ideal way to $7,000 that first year, so we said let’s keep help those in need in the community. doing it. We raised a little over $70,000 in “All the funds stay here,” she said. “You 2019.” are helping families we are living with The event is personal for Harden. She and doing life with. Plus, who doesn’t like knows what it’s like to wake up Christmas Christmas?” morning without gifts under the tree.

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Employees give time, donations

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Steve Dauby had a clear reason why he wanted his Carmel accounting firm, Dauby O’Connor and Zaleski, to create the DOZ Charitable PHILANTHROPY Foundation.

“We wanted to establish a culture for our organization whereby employees at all levels could foster and advocate a vision of caring and giving back to the community and others,” Dauby said. “We emphasized that a contribution of their time through participation was equally important as a monetary contribution. The continued success of the foundation is attributable to the employees of DOZ having control. Through board member participation and/or the employee-only donation request for foundation support, it was established that the mission and future of the foundation would be through the voice of our employees.”

Dauby, O’Connor and Zaleski has more than 230 employees, including more than 200 in the Carmel office. Chad Pirowski, secretary of the DOZ Charitable Foundation, said all employees are encouraged to volunteer their time, talent or treasure. Employees are allowed up to 24 hours a year during normal work days to volunteer.

“A central feature of the DOZ Charitable Foundation is that it is funded by employee contributions, and employees are encouraged to request donations for charities about which they are passionate,” Pirowski said.

Brittany Ross, president of the DOZ Foundation, said one organization that has greatly benefited from the foundation’s donations is the Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky chapter of Make A Wish.

“Since 2008, Dauby O’Connor and Zaleski

From left, Wendy Ketterman, Chad Pirowski, Nicole Wright and Chloe Holmes at the Deep Fry Dash for Damar at the Indiana State Fair in August. (Photo courtesy of DOZ Charitable Foundation)

and the DOZ Charitable Foundation have donated over $100,000 to Make A Wish and received their Chris Greicius Award this past summer,” Ross said. “Make A Wish was one of our initial donations, and we have continued to support a wish a year for the last several years.”

Among other charities to benefit are the Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana and Pink Ribbon Connection.

The foundation has donated $680,000 in the last six years.

“We are just a small board completely supported from within the firm trying to make an impact in our employees’ communities,” Ross said. “We wouldn’t be able to have this impact without the support of the DOZ leaders over the years and the contribution of time and monetary donations from all of the employees.”

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MASH, county aim to help vets

By Chris Bavender news@currentincarmel.com When Westfield resident and U.S. Army veteran Paul Phelps came back from Iraq, he began having flashbacks.

MILITARY “It scared me. I thought for sure I was going to hurt someone, and I would rather take my own life than to hurt someone else,” Phelps said.

“At the time, I thought I was alone and had no other choice but to take my life. Then someone dropped everything to sit and talk with me. That little bit of kindness changed everything in my life.”

Now, Phelps wants to spread that same kindness and help veterans in need. In 2013, he founded MASH Ministries. It became a nonprofit in 2015 in Wisconsin where he lived at the time.

“There are a lot of veterans that need help, and a little thing like a support group that is willing to show you’re not alone can mean a lot,” he said. “We now have five support groups with many more that will be started in the next couple of months. These groups allow people to meet with others that live near them and build a support system with people they can go get coffee and talk with anytime during the week.”

Renee Applegate, a health educator at the Hamilton County Health Dept. and a Noblesville resident, also is working to help

Paul Phelps is a veteran who was deployed to Iraq. He founded MASH Ministries in 2013. (Photo courtesy of Paul Phelps)

veterans.

Applegate said she hopes through support groups and links to services, veterans can move forward and create a new way to thrive and succeed.

“These men and women have served us, the U.S.,” she said. “The very least we can do is see that their most basic needs for health and well-being are met.”

“We may not understand what they have been through but someone in one of our support groups may understand,” Phelps said.

To get involved to help start a support group or participate in a support group, email Phelps at TheMashUnit4077@gmail. com. For more on MASH, visit Mashministries.org.

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Kathryn Emily Flores (Rosensteele) passed away on July 21, 2021, after being diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2020. Katie spent more than 19 years of her life dedicated to helping countless school children as a teacher, planner and coach.

She was the loving wife of James Flores (12 years of marriage), and the adoring mother of sons Elliot (10) and Emmett (3). Katie brought constant joy to her family and her many friends, all of whom came to admire her determination, courage, energy and her empathy for the struggles of others.

Katie graduated from Carmel (IN) High School in 2003 and went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Studies from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from National-Louis University (Chicago, IL).

Katie taught Kindergarten in Chicago Public Schools for eight years before moving to the University of Chicago’s STEM Education

team, where she coached elementary school math teachers across the country.

Katie was a leader in her adopted community of Chicago, devoting countless hours to improving McKinley Park. Working with Neighbor Space, she was also fundamental in creating the McKinley Community Play Garden as a nature space now enjoyed by area residents of all ages.

We will always remember her wonderful laugh, the playful costumes she devised (RBG, Squid Pro Quo, fly/frog), her bourbon slushes, and the limitless love she gave everyone she met.

Katie is also survived by: parents Jim and Rita Rosensteele, brother Matt Rosensteele and his wife Ann Marie Titsworth, sisterin-law Christina Peterson and her husband Drew, and nephews Jonas, Daniel, Dylan and Cameron.

She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

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3 local women behind anonymous podcast go public

By Chris Bavender news@currentincarmel.com For two years, three Hoosier women hosted a podcast using fake names hoping to help others by telling ADDICTION their stories of spouses battling addiction, support groups and friendship that eased the burden of keeping their secret from others.

The women met in 2015 when Fishers resident Katie McHone-Jones and Westfield resident Jessica Miller-Bock’s husbands were admitted to Fairbanks, an Indianapolis provider of addiction treatment services.

At a weekly family support group, McHoneJones asked Miller-Bock if she wanted to grab dinner. At a meeting a few weeks later, they met Shannon Sullivan, of Indianapolis, and invited her to dinner, too.

“The initial dinner led to multiple meals together chatting about our lives, the decisions we were trying to make and helping each other move through them,” McHoneJones said. “One day at one of these meetups during lunch, we realized how lucky we were to have a group of people who understood what it was like to be in a re-

but in looking back, Miller-Bock said starting the podcast and doing it anonymously gave her the space to process the things she’d experienced in a different way.

“It was the ultimate ‘letting go.’ I just put these truths out into the public, and they served a larger purpose, which took some of the weight of them off my heart,” she said.

Miller-Bock met her husband, Casey, in 2012. They’d attended the same high school and reconnected a few years later after he returned from Iraq after serving in the military. The first night they hung out, he told her he was in a drug recovery program at the VA for a pill addiction he developed after returning from deployment.

“One of his best friends from the military committed suicide. Shortly after this, I noticed he was acting weird,” she said. “This led to finding out that he was using again.

He went to the VA for treatment, and we postponed our wedding. There was a period of sobriety and we got married. Shortly after that, I found out about him using again.

And this cycle of using for a few weeks and me finding out, followed by a longer period of sobriety, continued for a couple of years.”

From left, Shannon Sullivan, Katie McHone-Jones and Jessica Miller-Bock met in 2015 and began a podcast using fake names in hopes of helping others whose loved ones were battling addiction. (Photo courtesy of Aubrey Smith Creative)

lationship with someone in recovery. This realization encouraged us to bring a microphone to these conversations and share them with anyone who needed to listen.”

So, the women created a podcast. Now, the podcast is called “Boy Problems” and is part of the Recovering Too website. The podcast initially was created to help others,

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When Sullivan started dating her partner, Jay, he wasn’t using drugs at the time and was honest about his past struggles. She admitted she was “pretty naïve” about addiction, and she assumed it was all in the past.

“Eventually, Jay started using again,” she said. “I did not learn about it for nearly eight months. During this time, things felt off, but I couldn’t put my finger on why. There always seemed to be an explanation for the weird things that were happening. When things started unravelling, Jay confessed what had been going on and was ready to get help.”

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This year’s Boston Marathon was more than simply a 26.2-mile race for Carmel resident J.R. Sandadi. Rather, the Oct. 11 event was an opportunity to run in memory of his parents, who both died in the last nine months.

Sandadi’s mother died in November 2020 from breast cancer, and his father died in August from brain cancer after being diagnosed in early June. Both parents lived in India.

“To lose both parents in the span of nine months was a huge shock to my emotional system,” Sandadi said. “I was so blessed to spend so much valuable time with Mom and Dad when they were the most vulnerable and when they needed (me) the most.

COVID-19 did not stop me from making trips to India.”

Sandadi was in India in July and August and had little time to train for the Boston Marathon. But he never considered not running the race — training hard for six weeks after returning from India Aug. 30.

“Losing both Mom and Dad has been a huge emotional blow, and I wasn’t sure how I would react come (race day). After races I would call them and they would always say, ‘Man, you are crazy!’ And my mom would always ask, ‘Do you really get joy out of running?’” Sandadi said. “So, I was processing all of that and wishing they were there to share my experience and my joy, and I wanted to make sure I ran my hardest possible and completed it in their memory.”

Sandadi completed the marathon — in 5 hours and 35 minutes. His wife, Madhuri, and children, Nitya and Shrithan, and extended family and friends were there to encourage him along the route.

“The best part of this whole weekend was having them there because even though I have been running eight years, they’ve not seen me finish a marathon because the races are usually out of town,” he said. “It made this a special place to have them there cheering me on as I got closer and closer to the finish line.”

Sandadi, 53, who quit his corporate job four years ago to focus on his volunteer efforts, reached his fundraising goal of $8,000 to benefit Project Hope Boston, an organization that works with women and families in

ON THE COVER: J.R. Sandadi celebrates after finishing the Boston Marathon in 5 hours and 35 minutes. (Photo courtesy of J.R. Sandadi)

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J.R. Sandadi, second from right, is joined by, from left, his daughter, Nitya Sandadi; wife, Madhuri Meda; and son, Shrithan Sandadi, at the Boston Marathon. (Photos courtesy of J.R. Sandadi)

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the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston to move out of poverty.

Sandadi received a guaranteed entry to compete in the Boston Marathon through John Hancock Financial, which annually recruits runners to participate in the race and fundraise for a nonprofit at the same time.

Sandadi was one of 14 runners on Project Hope Boston’s team, which aimed to raise $150,000.

Sandadi connected with Project Hope because of its similarities to Family Promise, which works with local religious congregations to provide shelter for the homeless.

Last year, Sandadi raised more than $10,000 for Project Hope Boston, but he didn’t get to run when the race was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I was bummed when the race was canceled, but at least that money was put to good use in COVID times,” he said.

Project Hope Executive Director Christine Dixon said the organization is extremely grateful to Sandadi and the other runners who competed to benefit the nonprofit.

“Not only was this team training for a tough race, they raised over $160,000 for the women and families of Project Hope,” Dixon said. “Of course, all the funds raised allow us to partner with more families and support them on their journeys up and out of poverty, but there’s so much more than that. It’s about our community, near and far, showing up and reminding us that we don’t have to do this work alone, that together, we can move our mission forward.”

J.R. Sandadi’s father inspired his service to others. His father quit his civil servant job around the age of 50 and dedicated the next 31 years of his life to social causes in Hyderabad, India.

“He felt there were better things that could be done, and he wanted to give time to society,” Sandadi said.

“We were not wealthy, but he did not go off the wealth-making side of the coin. That was one of my first inspirations. My wife and I always talked that at a certain point in my career, I did not want to work as a corporate slave anymore, and when I could, I would quit my job and give back.”

So, that’s what Sandadi did. After working with Unisys Corp. for 23 years (his last role was public sector program director for the northeast region), he left the company at the end of 2017.

“At present, I dedicate my time to various volunteering organizations locally as well as nationally,” he said.

Organizations Sandadi volunteers with include the Indianapolis chapter of Sewa International USA; Hindu Education Foundation; Center for Interfaith Cooperation; and School on Wheels.

“I could be in my own cocoon with my wife and kids and making money, and there is nothing wrong with that. I did that for 20 to 25 years, but then thought this is no way to live a life,” he said. “It goes back to who I am basically as a practicing Hindu.

You don’t give by putting yourself on a pedestal and saying, ‘I am this rich guy and want to give to you, poor man.’ When you are given an opportunity to serve, you give with humility.”

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They are polite, petite prevarications.

Well, maybe we should call them fibs.

The passing remarks that we make as we open conversations. “You look great.

Have you lost weight?” Sure, it makes us feel good, even as we know that the scale shows roughly the same number as it did a year ago. Perhaps it has creeped up a little. Could it be that we appear more attractive these days than previously? Could it be that the last time we looked terrible, depositing a lasting impression of disarray?

Compliments reinforce communal groups. You are our friend, and we want for you to feel good. Feeling good makes you like us. We like that you like us, it makes us feel good. It is a silly little circle but one that may be required to keep the social fabric intact. Yet, for the most cynical of us, each passing remark of praise is met with resistance, even suspicion. How could we look better now when we do not believe that we do? How can we be called thinner when we know we are not? Are we being manipulated to some nefarious end?

Still, denying the seemingly gratuitous remark isn’t the solution. We only injure the well-intentioned well-wisher to claim some abject moral superiority.

Isn’t our truth better than theirs? So, we accept it with a banal “thank you.”

Or we deflect, “No, I’ve not lost weight, instead I’ve decided to grow taller. It seemed easier.” Regardless, we manage to keep the discourse moving.

Aren’t we better when we are better connected? What’s the harm in accepting a tribute, even if a might superfluous, that benefits both the sender and receiver? Would it be easier to simply say, “I like you. Do you like me, too?”

Are you superstitious? I am. I truly believe that the only way the Louisville basketball team can win a game is if I wear my Cards T-shirt with a pair of Express jeans and avoid caffeine and pickles for the entire day. And that hearing Rod Stewart’s “Forever Young” in full means a family member is pregnant. I also never take chances with sidewalk cracks, tails-up pennies, spilled salt, or black cats, and will under no circumstances commune with the dead using a Ouija board. I prefer to chat with my Nanny directly, not through some unmonitored portal to the beyond, for obvious reasons.

Part of my superstitious nature I blame on genetics. I am a ginger twin and have supposedly inherited special sensory connections to my sister, although it’s really only worked one time, and that was on her end. Furthermore, by all accounts, my maternal grandmother was “born under the veil” and therefore had “the sight” (I can’t explain what any of that means but it sounds cool). And my mom is extremely intuitive; always knew when I was “with child,” even before me or Rod Stewart.

So, I’ve grown up with both an appreciation for trusting my instincts and the belief that “signs” foretelling the future do exist for those who choose to read them.

Anyway, I bring this entire topic up because the most superstitious (and awesome-est) holiday of the year, Halloween, is upon us. Weird things can and will happen, especially if you’re not prepared. So, grab a rabbit’s foot, wear some garlic and take care around mirrors. And if you hear “Forever Young,” congratulations! Peace out.

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

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Unsubscribing is apparently not a word, or so says Microsoft Word when it places squiggly red lines under the term when I use it.

I understood when I began purging spammers that my chances of total success were unquestionably small. Initially, I was unfamiliar with exactly how to do it and was unaware that my address might be sold to other unreputable businesses.

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The page says, “We are sorry to see you go!” which makes me feel guilty. Have I unwittingly hurt their feelings? I am not an unsympathetic person.

There’s a checklist letting them know why you no longer want their mailings. If you don’t check off a box, you can’t unsubscribe. It’s unavoidable, if you want to be removed from their database. They ask you to indicate which statement(s) apply to your decision to unsubscribe. I have posted them here, and added a few sarcastic comments, which is not unlike me. I hope I don’t appear

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Check! (yes, that’s the reason I am unsubscribing).

2. ___I get too many emails from you.

Check, again! (yes, and they seem to be unstoppable).

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That’s why I am Unsubscribing).

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Check! (yes, it is totally unrelevant. Which Microsoft just told me also is not a word).

You do have the opportunity to un-unsubscribe right after you have just unsubscribed — for people who have unsubscriber’s remorse. I have felt this at times.

The pressure to un-unsubscribe can be unbearable.

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P.S.: I know this was a very bizarre column I sent to your newspaper. Now, I wish I could unsend it.

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Carmel school board not interested in parents’ concerns Editor, It has become apparent to me that the Carmel Clay school board has no intention to, nor do they care about, listening to parents’ concerns. How did I deduce this? After the debacle that closed the meetings down to citizens, they could have very simply gone the route of stating something to the following: “We appreciate all parent input and welcome it. We will now be instituting

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a program where we will have Carmel police officers at every meeting. Any parent, student or other concerned citizen that gets unruly, hurls insults or otherwise acts in a nonprofessional manner will be escorted from the meeting.” As simple as that.

Instead, they opted to go the closed-door route, which just makes parents more suspect of their true intentions.

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A year of duplicity, disingenuousness Editor, Recently, I was asked to compare the words “duplicitous” and “disingenuous.” The dictionary describes the first as deceitful or “intentionally hiding one’s own feelings, intentionally misleading people.”

The second word is described as “acting in different ways at different times” or “pre-

tending one knows less about something than one really knows.” The more I think about these two words, the more I apply them to what has transpired in our country in the past year. Persons who saw and lived the truth last winter are telling untruths as another winter approaches.

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GOP supports person rather than policies Editor, I chuckled at the whimsical notion propounded by John Fitzgerald’s “Readers’ Views” letter. It curiously and fantastically opined, “A recent submission outlined a Democrat Party platform while stating Republicans have published none. This is an error as the Republican Party platform is widely published: It is called the Bill of Rights.” That, sir, is ridiculous and quite untrue.

The Bill of Rights is an elegant document, whereas the Republican Party platform of 2020 is a vile, venomous “document” of hate. Every four years — since 1840 for the Democrats, 1856 for the Republicans — each of the two major parties has issued a platform setting out its positions on the issues of the day. Before the 2020 Republican Convention began, the RNC issued a one-page resolution saying it will not adopt a platform until 2024. The resolution includes a single phrase relating to policy: “RESOLVED, That the Republican party has and will continue to enthusiastically support the President’s America-first agenda.”

As a guide to what, specifically, that agenda might include, the RNC appended a copy of

its 2016 platform, which, combined with the president’s agenda, became the de facto 2020 platform.

That position — embodying a party in a person rather than in policies — is unique in U.S. presidential politics but is not unique globally. Among the major powers it shows strong parallels with current practices in Russia and China.

Although the RNC resolution says the party will not adopt another platform “until” the 2024 convention, it doesn’t promise it will adopt one. Whether the Republican Party continues as America’s first platform-free major party remains to be seen. Republicans nationwide bemoaned the regurgitation and reuse of the dated, hateful 2016 platform, itself unpopular at the time.

Tempered only by whatever Trump decided to throw against the wall during his rallies, the official Republican platform became whatever Trump wanted, based on old evangelical Christian doctrine. This is why it was never “published.” It never really existed. It bounces around in history now. They can just call it the Trumpian agenda. Look for it to come around again in 2024.

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Brees retired as the New Orleans Saints quarterback after the 2020 season and now works as an analyst for NBC. “All three of us have remained great friends since we left Purdue, and since Drew is now done playing football, things just fell into place,” said Smith, who lives in Fishers. “Jason heard about Stretch Zone and brought it to Drew and I. After we experienced it firsthand, it was a no-brainer for us that this was the right opportunity for us. This is really something that promotes longevity when talking about health and fitness. All of us are at the age now where it is not as easy to get out of bed in the morning, and proper stretching can reduce those aches and pains.”

The partners are opening their fourth Stretch Zone in Carmel City Center on Nov. 1. They previously opened a Stretch Zone in Zionsville, at 10725 N. Michigan Rd., Suite 130, this summer.

The grand opening for two Stretch Zone studios in New Orleans was Oct. 11. Lorezel and Brees live in New Orleans.

“We plan to expand pretty quickly in Indianapolis and surrounding areas,” Smith said.

Smith wants to add locations in Fishers and Westfield by the end of the year or early next year.

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DISPATCHES Manelé Café now open — Manelé Café is now open at 703 Veterans Way on the interior plaza of Carmel City Center, near Hotel Carmichael.

The Hawaiian-inspired counter service restaurant features a 75-seat dining room along with patio space for guests to enjoy a health-forward menu of breakfast items, salads and rice bowls, sandwiches and wraps. A wide variety of iced and hot coffee drinks and frozen drinks are on the menu. Hours beginning Oct. 25 are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays.

New City Center studio — 317Home, a furniture restoration and workshop studio, was set to open at 10 a.m. Oct. 26 at Carmel City Center on the southwest corner of Range Line Road and City Center Drive. Owned

by Indiana native, Rebecca Null, 317Home brings the Annie Sloan brand to Carmel as an exclusive stockist and art studio.

317Home will be open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Sortifyd app helps families organize busy lives

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Goel said. “As a life and family organizer, Sortifyd allows you to organize your family’s schedule, important paperwork, records, Manish Goel knew he needed to simplify passwords, create lists and assign to-dos his busy life. to anyone you add to your account.

Goel has dedicated the We like to think of it as an app that TECH last few years of his life helps you live a more organized, to make that happen by simplified and Sortifyd — our way developing Sortifyd, a life and family of saying all-sorted — life. As your organizer app that launched in May family’s command center, we 2020 for iOS and Android. wanted Sortifyd to be a complete “Sortifyd was born of a personal solution.”

Goel need to keep our home and family Goel said he wanted the app to life more organized,” said Goel, a Carmel res- be simple for everyone, not just those with ident. “What I realized was there is a lack of a technical background. It’s designed to be a complete and reliable solution to manage easily accessible by the whole family and a home life today. While all of us cobble toplatform they can always trust. gether systems for our homes that seem to “We’ve adopted a freemium subscription work, there are a few key challenges that model that works for all types of houseexist in almost all of our systems. We are holds, from single users all the way to large trying to help families be better sorted and families,” Goel said. “The App is a free downbe in more control of their life so they can load with in-app purchases of subscription focus on things that really matter.” plans priced between $2.99 a month to For starters, Goel said information is gen- $7.49 a month.” erally fragmented and scattered all over the Goel said he has more than 20 years place, across paper, email, cloud, apps and of corporate and management consulting individuals. As a result, people often don’t experience across global markets with have access to their information when they McKinsey & Co., Applied Materials and, most need it. recently, with Cummins.

“In times of emergencies, families strug“I left Cummins in 2018 to follow my heart gle to pull together their critical informaand start Sortifyd,” he said. tion,” he said. “Finally, many of the methods Goel, 50, has an MBA in finance from the we rely on are not always secure or private, Wharton School at the University of Pennsuch as email or sticky notes to store sylvania and a master’s and doctorate in passwords.” electrical and computer engineering from Goel said the app is in thousands of Purdue. Goel grew up in India and has lived households, in all 50 states and in more in the United States since 1992. than 100 nations around the world.

Goel moved to Carmel from Columbus, “Sortifyd is a cloud-based, mobile life Ind., in June. His son, Kabir, is a sixth-grader organizer app that was designed to provide at Clay Middle School. one secure and private place for everything For more, visit sortifyd.com. you and your family rely on every day,”

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Java House coming to renovated library

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Java House has been selected to provide cafe service at the Carmel Clay Public Library’s main campus at 55 4th CAFE Ave. SE when it reopens in late 2022.

The Carmel-based company will serve its signature cold-brewed coffee, tea, hot chocolate and snacks out of an 1,100-square-foot space in the renovated building.

“Beginning last summer, we solicited proposals from businesses who were interested in operating the cafe at the library,” CCPL Library Director Bob Swanay stated. “Our goal is to give Carmel residents and visitors the best library experience possible, so we are excited to announce our partnership with such an outstanding local business as

Java House. Patrons and visitors will enjoy a great menu of beverages and select food items and a variety of seating both inside and outside the new space.”

Java House opened its first coffee bar in 2019 at Clay Terrace and has since added locations in Midtown Carmel and Broad Ripple, with additional expansion planned in the Indianapolis area.

CCPL is in the middle of a two-year, $40 million renovation of its main campus. Improvements include increased program and event capacity, a parking garage, on-site Digital Media Lab and enhanced outdoor space.

During construction, the library is operating out of a space in the Merchants’ Square shopping center at 2140 E. 116th St. Learn more about the library’s expansion project at carmelclaylibrary.org/ main-library-project.

Adoption agency moves to Carmel

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The Adoption Support Center is a licensed child placement agency that works with birth After 32 years in Indianapolis, a local parents, adoptive parents and adoptees. adoption agency has moved to a shared Hammond emphasized the convenience workspace in of Carmel’s location from major RELOCATION Carmel. thoroughfares compared to Broad Adoption Ripple. With clients traveling from Support Center operated out of the all across the state, they wanted to Broad Ripple area since opening in make the accessibility of the office 1986, but through the pandemic, a priority. center officials realized that they “With all the changes over the had the opportunity to downsize past few years, we kind of feel like Hammond their office space and find somewe’re out on an island,” Hammond thing that made more sense with its worksaid. “We’ve been in this old house in Broad flow. The center began operating out of Ripple, and we kind of felt like we were sitIndustrious at Carmel City Center on Oct. 18. ting here with no energy.”

“Once we got there and toured, it just Clients will come to the new office space made sense,” Adoption Support Center for in-person meetings that include adopowner Amanda Hammond said. “You can pay tive parent coaching and counseling. for the space you need when you need it.

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Vaccine protects moms, babies Commentary by Dr. Charles Harris Are you a new mom, expectant mom or someone who wants to be a mom someday?

If you have not already, PANDEMIC please consider getting a COVID-19 vaccine — for the health of both you and your baby.

In recent weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine have doubled down on their pleas for pregnant and new moms to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The reason? Pregnancy can slightly weaken the immune system, making patients more vulnerable to severe illness which may require hospitalization, intensive care, special equipment to breathe or illness that results in death.

For those trying to conceive, please take comfort in knowing that there has never been evidence that any vaccine, including the COVID-19 vaccines, has caused fertility problems in women or men.

If you conceived after receiving your first Pfizer or Moderna shot, you should get your second shot as soon as you can to provide as much protection as possible. None of

the COVID-19 vaccines contain the live virus that causes COVID-19, so the vaccine cannot make you or your unborn child sick.

And for those who are pregnant, evidence suggests that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy. In fact, you are at an increased risk of preterm birth and might be at increased risk of other adverse pregnancy outcomes if you get sick with COVID-19 and are not vaccinated. Studies show that vaccination with an mRNA vaccine during pregnancy not only builds antibodies in the mother but in umbilical cord blood, too.

Those with questions about the COVID-19 vaccine should have a conversation with their health care provider. You also can contact MotherToBaby. Their services are free and confidential. They can be reached at 866-626-6847.

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Carmel woman chooses ‘going flat’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel cancer survivor Gail Fewell knew “going flat” was the right call for her.

Fewell, 49, who BREAST CANCER had radiation complications after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1989, decided to have a double mastectomy without reconstruction surgery.

“I was a high-risk protocol the last few years at Simon Cancer Center at IU Health, which meant every six months and I had an MRI or 3-D mammogram,” she said. “At that time, I started researching options. I didn’t feel like reconstruction was what I wanted to do, personally.”

Fewell said she knew too many of the risks involved with implants.

“I had enough medical complications to know I didn’t want any of that, nor did I want to have extra surgeries, so I chose to go flat because it was one surgery and I was done and could get my life back to normal,” Fewell said.

Fewell was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, the most common form of breast cancer, in October 2019 and had a double mastectomy at IU Health in December 2019.

Fewell said radiation and having a lumpectomy weren’t options for her, because patients can’t have radiation on an area that has previously had it. Fewell said radiation treatment in 1990 used an extremely high dose, which isn’t used anymore.

“We knew even if we removed it, it would be a high risk to come back,” Fewell said.

“So, mastectomy was my best option, and for me, going flat was the best option.”

Nonetheless, Fewell said it wasn’t an easy decision.

“To have to make the decision to basically amputate your breasts is what you’re doing,” Fewell said. “It’s an aesthetic flat closure.”

Fewell said she is not anti-implants, but her goal during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October is to let women know there are options. She said many times women are only offered reconstruction.

“I want women to know aesthetic flat closure is a beautiful option, typically an easier one, because you don’t have multiple surgeries,” Fewell said. “I didn’t want mul-

Carmel cancer survivor Gail Fewell chose to have a double mastectomy without reconstruction. (Photo courtesy of Gail Fewell)

tiple surgeries. I think a lot of people think reconstruction after breast cancer is just like having breast augmentation, voluntarily increasing your breast size. Those two are very different surgeries and the outcomes are very different.”

Fewell said she has never questioned her decision.

“My husband, Kirk, supported me through all of it,” Fewell said. “He’s been amazing.

My family supported me through all of it.

Flat closure has been around for a long time, but it’s not been discussed. Unless you knew what to ask for, you wouldn’t get the option of having it done. Most of the time when a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, she goes in and talks to her breast surgeon (who says), ‘You’re young.

You’ll want breasts.’ I know 70-year-old women that have been told this. Sometimes it’s true, they do and that’s an option, but they also need to know having flat surgery does not make you less of a woman.

“I feel more confident in who I am today than before because I got to make an empowering choice. It was my decision, and it was the absolute best decision for me.”

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Farrell takes aim at portraying legendary Packers coach in ATI’s ‘Lombardi’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The more Don Farrell read about legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, the more intrigued he PLAY was.

Farrell portrays the coaching legend in the title role of “Lombardi” in Actors Theatre of Indiana’s production of the play from Oct. 29 to Nov. 21 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The play by Eric Simonson is based on David Maraniss’ book, “When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi.”

“Being a strong leader is a lot of what our nation is looking for, not just immediately, but for a while now,” Farrell said.

“It harkens back to when leaders were real leaders. It was about winning, and he had one hell of a track record. But it was instilling the mentorship. The more I learn about him, the more I’m inspired by him and intrigued by him, too. He’s not a perfect guy. There is no such thing as perfection. You can strive and try to achieve perfection, and through that you’ll achieve excellence.

“There’s a lot of lessons he applies to the game of football that you can apply to life.”

Lombardi, who died in 1970 at age 57, was coach of the Packers from 1959 to 1967. His teams won the first two Super Bowls. He also coached the Washington Redskins in 1969.

“We want to be inspired by our leaders,” said Farrell, one of ATI’s co-founders. “We want to push to greatness and surprise ourselves with being able to overcome obstacles. But, yeah, you can. It’s a mindset.”

Farrell said he loves Lombardi’s sayings, such as, “Leaders are not born, they are made.”

“He was one of the major players in bringing more integration into the league in the 1960s,” Farrell said. “It’s touched on in the play that all the players had to stay in the same hotel.”

FEINSTEIN’S Feinstein’s in Carmel’s Hotel Carmichael will feature Michele McConnell performing a tribute to Linda Ronstadt at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Corrina Sowers-Adler will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 and Sharon McNight will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

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

GREGORY HANCOCK DANCE THEATRE Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents “There’s No Place Like Home,” Hancock’s autobiographical piece, from Oct. 28 to 30. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

ACTORS THEATRE OF INDIANA Actors Theatre of Indiana’s production of “Lombardi” runs from Oct. 29 through Nov. 21. For more, visit atistage.org.

Don Farrell and Judy Fitzgerald play Vince and Marie Lombardi n Actors Theatre of Indiana’s production of “Lombardi.” (Photo by Ed Stewart)

Lombardi would not stay anywhere that didn’t allow Black players.

“His idea was, we are all a family here,” Farrell said. “He never saw his players as black or white, he saw them as Packers green. It was always about winning. It’s not about figuring out ways to divide us, it’s about bringing us together. There’s so much division out there.”

Joel Ashur portrays Packers linebacker Dave Robinson.

“It’s amazing to play a real person. I think that’s something everyone is enjoying,” Ashur said. “To represent someone that is real and still alive, there is a certain gravitas to it. I even watched his Robinson Hall of Fame speech. It’s inspiring.

I think their relationship is one of a hard coach with a player who wants to raise his game to the next level. Coach Lombardi made room for African American players on his team to be treated fairly. It’s cool to hear there was community on that team.”

Christian Condra plays running back Paul Hornung, who died at age 84 in 2020.

Condra said he knew absolutely nothing about Lombardi or Hornung when he saw

the auditions.

“I saw a video documentary (on Hornung). I felt like we had a lot of similarities, so I’ll just use that,” Condra said.

“Paul was a very charismatic and confident guy, but he also has a lot of heart.”

Mat Leonard is cast as Packers fullback Jim Taylor.

“They were both perfectionists in their own way,” Leonard said. “Which is often the case when you have two people who really believe they know the right way to do things, they have a mutual respect for one another, but they definitely clash.”

Adam LaSalle, who plays magazine writer Michael McCormick, the only fictional character, said he was wrong in his initial assumption that the play was just about football.

“It’s far from a show just for football fans,” LaSalle said. “Michael tries to make sense of how this legend of a man does what he did How did he encourage and inspire a nation?”

ATI co-founder Judy Fitzgerald plays Lombardi’s wife, Marie, in the six-person play.

For more, visit atistage.org.

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

Krall to perform at Palladium editorial@youarecurrent.com Celebrated jazz artist Diana Krall’s upcoming national tour includes a Jan. 25, 2022, stop at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Tickets starting at $50 are available at the Palladium Box Office, online at thecenterpresents.org and by phone at 317-843-3800.

The 7:30 p.m. event is part of the Faegre Drinker Encore Series and the 2021-22 Center Presents Season sponsored by Allied Solutions.

Krall is the only vocalist to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. A native of British Columbia, she has earned two Grammy Awards and 10 Juno Awards and has had nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums.

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Chambers to make debut

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disaster that killed our culture, killed people we love, we’re finally back to communicating this incredible opera.”

Kirsten Chambers is poised to make her Chambers performed concerts during the long-awaited Indianapolis Opera debut. summer, but this will be her first live theThe wait was ater role since the pandemic began.

INDY OPERA especially long “One of the reasons I’m super because she excited to be doing ‘Don Giovanni’ is was supposed to make the debut my husband (Keith) will be conductin March 2020 when rehearsals ing the opera,” Chambers said. “We stopped a week before the “Don don’t often get to work together.

Giovanni” performances were shut While I’m prejudiced, he’s one of the down because of the COVID-19 most brilliant conductors I’ve ever Chambers pandemic. worked with.”

Chambers will appear as Donna Anna in In the opera, Donna Anna’s father was the Indianapolis Opera’s production of “Don killed by a masked man.

Giovanni” Nov. 5-7 at The Tarkington at the “Throughout the opera she is consumed Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. with grief and finding the killer of her father When the production was shut down, and avenging his death,” Chambers said.

Chambers said Indianapolis Opera General “My father died during the pandemic, so it’s Director David Starkey said he would try to going to be a much more real and meaningbring everyone back together when it was ful debut in that character for me. He had possible. been sick with something, and we really “It’s really heroic in a way that David did don’t know what it was. I wish I didn’t find a way after all this time and all we’ve know what it felt like, but certainly if you been through to bring our cast back togethexperience something.” er,” she said. “It was incredibly special after For more, visit indyopera.org.

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‘King Richard’ earns award editorial@youarecurrent.com “King Richard,” starring Will Smith, won the Heartland International Film Festival Overall Audience Choice Award, MOVIES earning the top score across this year’s entire film lineup.

HIFF also honored Smith with the Pioneering Spirit Award in celebration of Smith’s portrayal of Richard Williams, which he accepted via surprise video message before the Anniversary Gala Event screening of “King Richard” Oct. 16 at Newfields in Indianapolis. The festival concluded Oct. 17.

The festival, which began Oct. 7, showcased 143 films that included 14 event titles, 11 world premieres and eight U.S. premieres.

HIFF’s hybrid festival hosted 162 in-person screenings and streamed 11,000 films during the course of the 11-day festival. HIFF had the highest number of attendees in its 30year history.

“The Addict’s Wake” received the Indiana Spotlight Audience Choice Award. The film centers on Brown County residents’ mission to deal with the opioid epidemic. The director was Zionsville resident Michael Husain. The documentary was produced by

Geist resident Amy Pauszek and Lisa Hall, a former Fishers resident who lives in Brown County.

Besides the previously announced FIPRESCI Award (International Film Critics) for Best U.S. Narrative Directorial Debut, “Mass” (Bleecker Street) also was voted the winner of the Narrative Special Presentation Audience Choice Award and was selected by the Indiana Film Journalists Association as winner of the IFJA Award for Best Special Presentation, selected across the HIFF slate of studio event and special presentation titles.

During the festival, HIFF also honored “Mass” actress Ann Dowd with the Pioneering Spirit: Lifetime Achievement Award.

“Returning to theaters with enthusiastic audiences for our 30th anniversary was a transformative experience,” stated HIFF Artistic Director Greg Sorvig, a Carmel resident. “Prior to last year’s mostly virtual pivot, I had been able to predict the Festival’s top audience winners by listening to crowd reactions, and I had a strong feeling that ‘King Richard’ would go on to be the top winner after many rounds of applause, laughs, and tears.”

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of Madhu, said a type of collage seemed best suited for the piece.

“It’s what you would see if someone took Gregory Hancock was looking for an the different elements of India and put them authentic artwork representing India for in the form of a mural,” Mandal said. his autobiographical piece, Mandal said it was satisfying to ART which pertains to his jourdo the piece. ney to India.

“First off, I got to put together So, who better to turn to than something I was so familiar with his friend Madhuchhanda Manthe first half of my life,” she said. dal, an India native and Carmel “I have been deeply associated resident? with the different art forms. I was The original artwork of India trained as a dancer. I was involved Mandal created by Mandal has been transwith a drama company. I was doformed into the theatrical backdrop for ing the fine arts. The piece was extremely Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s “There’s fulfilling because I could incorporate a lot No Place Like Home,” which will be present- of things I’ve been a part of, and not just ed Oct. 28 to 30 at The Tarkington at the (as) a passive witness. I get to show off my Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. roots because it’s so colorful, and India is Hancock briefed Mandal on the storyline colorful in its most colorful form.” behind the production a couple of months Mandal earned her bachelor’s and masago. ter’s degrees in India.

“What triggers his interest in commission“I learned different kinds of art but deing the piece to me was the fact that I am of cided to focus in fine arts,” Mandal said. “I India origin and my roots would render some moved to New York for my graduate school authenticity,” Mandal said. “I’m quite familiar studies when I was 25 years old.” with the art forms that prevail in India.”

Mandal is a neuroscientist. She is marMandal, who is known by her nickname ried with two sons.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Concerts for a Cause founder Bruce Kidd wanted the fifth anniversary of the concert series to be special.

FUNDRAISER “When we originally planned this big event, I wanted it to be in a classic, vintage concert venue, and The Vogue was the logical choice,” said Kidd, a longtime Carmel resident. “The new owners were all in immediately to help out. We just had to wait an extra year because of COVID. It was originally planned for November of 2020.”

The fifth anniversary event is set to start at 6 p.m. with food and drinks at The Vogue in Indianapolis. Singer/songwriters Shawn Mullins, Atlanta, Pat McGee, Rhode Island and Stephen Kellogg, Connecticut, will perform on stage together from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

All revenue from ticket sales will be donated to three organizations: Flight1, which uses aviation to rebuild the confidence of kids battling illnesses; Hoosier Burn Camp, a unique summer camp for kids suffering severe burns; and Children’s TherAplay,

Singer/songwriter Shawn Mullins will perform at the Concerts for a Cause fifth anniversary event. (Photo courtesy of Concerts for a Cause)

which helps special needs kids through hippotherapy.

“Historically, we always support one small local nonprofit at each concert, but we wanted to focus on three organizations that all help kids dealing with serious medical issues, cancer and other life-threatening diseases, severe burns and neuromuscular diseases,” Kidd said.

Tickets are $100 and include all food, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages.

There also will be a cash bar for those who want other alcoholic beverages. For more, visit indyconcertsforacause.org.

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DISPATCH Krauter named Midtown’s Got Talent overall winner — Courtney Krauter was named the overall winner of Midtown’s Got Talent vocal competition in Carmel. The age category winners (first, second, third place) were: Age 11-14, John Paul Pack, Ashley Chisler, Lilian Hirschfield; age 15-18, Madison Lawson, Dani Tanner, Emmaline Colvin; age 19 and older, Courtney Krauter, Keith Rea, Kristopher Crow. The outstanding vocal performance winners were: age 11-14, Hirschfeld; age 15-18, Madison Lawson; age 19 and older, Courtney Krauter.

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Commentary by Bill Bernard Before we transformed this site, it was a pleasant, wooded, unused hillside. The final design creates a series REMODELING of terraced patios that each have a different use. At the top of the hill is a covered patio for dining, relaxing and enjoying a fireplace and television. Also at the top of the hillside is a separate covered pavilion that houses a hot tub.

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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 OF PUBLIC HEARING CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION Docket No. PZ-2021-00191 OA Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Plan Commission, at their regular meeting on November 16, 2021, 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 1 Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana 46032, will hold a public hearing upon a proposed Amendment to Ordinance Z-330-98 the WestClay Village Planned Unit Development District, as amended.

The application is identified as Docket No. PZ-2021-00191 OA The proposed amendment would delete provisions from Section 5 of Z-330-98, as amended, Permitted Principal Uses, specifically: 5.3. Peripheral Retail Area, modifying the allowed commercial uses from subsection “A” by: Deleting: (5) the sale of gasoline and other petroleum products exclusive of liquefied petroleum gas and, as an accessory use only, the polishing, greasing, washing or other cleaning, servicing or repairing of motor vehicles provided such services are rendered within a fully enclosed service bay or shielded from view from adjacent properties. Automobile body repairs are not permitted.

Amending: (6) Convenience store (with or without gas sales) to allow “without gas sales” only The application and supporting materials for this proposal are on file at the Carmel Department of Community Services, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana 46032, and may be viewed Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The materials may also be examined on the City’s website, thru Public Documents - Laserfiche Any written comments or objections to the proposal should be filed with the Secretary of the Plan Commission before 12:00 noon on the date of the Public Hearing. All written comments and objections will be presented to the Commission. Any in-person testimony concerning the proposal will be heard by the Commission according to its Rules of Procedure. In addition, the hearing may be continued from time to time by the Commission as it may find necessary.

Joe Shestak, Administrator Carmel Plan Commission (317) 571-2417 Dated: October 18, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION Docket No. PZ-2021-00169-PP Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Plan Commission meeting on the 16th day of November, 2021 at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Civic Square, Carmel IN 46032 will hold a Public Hearing upon a Primary Plat application for Bedford Falls of Carmel.

The property address is: 947 W 146th Street, Carmel, Indiana.

The application is identified as Docket No. PZ2021-00169-PP. The real estate affected by said application is described as parcel numbers: 17-09-22-00-00-005.001 17-09-22-00-00-006.001 17-09-22-00-00-007.000 17-09-22-00-00-008.000 The property address is: 947 W 146th Street, Carmel, Indiana.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.

Scott Schutz Less Impact Development, LLC Petitioner NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION Docket No. PZ-2021-00178 Z: Woodland Golf Club Lots 23 and 24 Rezone Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Plan Commission meeting on November 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. will hold a Public Hearing at Carmel City Hall (2nd floor Council Chambers) upon Re-Zone Application to re-zone the two Lots from R-1 to P-1.

For property being known as 35 and 37 Woodland Drive, Carmel, IN 46032 from R-1 to P-1.

The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Lot #23 17-14-06-01-04-001.000 Lot #24 17-14-06-01-04-002.000 The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laser Fiche.

It is recommended that persons wishing to view this meeting do so online via the City’s website or on Carmel TV. All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application are encouraged to submit written comments, up to 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting, via email to Joe Shestak administrative assistant: jshestak@carmel.in.gov.

(Petitioner Name(s)) Woodland Country Club, Inc. By: E. Davis Coots, attorney for Petitioner

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION Docket No.: PZ-2021-00164 DP/ADLS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Carmel Plan Commission meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2021 at 6pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Civic Square, 2nd Floor, Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon an application regarding a new daycare facility at the property located at 10216 N Michigan Road.

The application is identified as Docket No. PZ2021-00164 DP/ADLS The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: 10216 N. Michigan Road, Parcel ID: 17-1307-00-00-006.000, Situated in part of the NW 1/4 of Section 7, Town 17 North, Range 3 East, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot Numbered 3 of West Carmel Commons Secondary Plat, as shown on the plat for West Carmel Commons Secondary Plat as recorded as Instrument Number 2012044435 of the Official Records of Hamilton County, Indiana.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. The petition may also be examined at the DOCS office or electronically on Laserfiche.

Filed by Chris Horney of Murphy Real Estate Services. Mr. Chris Horney can be contacted at 312-625-1417 and chorney@murphyres.com.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION Docket No. PZ-2021-00187 Z Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Plan Commission, at their regular meeting on November 16, 2021, 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 1 Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon an application for a rezone from the B-8 Business District to the C-2 Mixed-use District.

The application is identified as Docket No. PZ-2021-00187 Z The property address is 2140 E 116th St The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Parcel Number - 16-10-31-00-00-013.001 5.07 Acres Section 31, Township 18, Range 4 The application and supporting materials for this proposal (Docket No. PZ-2021-00187 Z) are on file at the Carmel Department of Community Services, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana 46032, and may be viewed Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The materials may also be examined on the City’s website, thru Public Documents - Laserfiche Any written comments or objections to the proposal should be filed with the Secretary of the Plan Commission by 12:00 noon on the date of the Public Hearing, November 16, 2021. All written comments and objections will be presented to the Commission. Any in-person testimony concerning the proposal will be heard by the Commission according to its Rules of Procedure. In addition, the hearing may be continued from time to time by the Commission as it may find necessary.

Joe Shestak, Administrator Carmel Plan Commission (317) 571-2417 Dated: October 15, 2021

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ABCs of abecedarians Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

Walker Building on Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis. (Photos by Don Knebel

Exploring the legacy of Madam Walker Commentary by Don Knebel Madam C. J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 on a Louisiana plantation where, until just before, TRAVEL her parents were enslaved.

In about 1905, in response to her own hair problems, she invented and then sold hair care products for African American women. After marrying Charles Joseph Walker in Denver in 1906, uniformed “Walker Agents” began selling her products throughout the United States. In 1910, she moved the headquarters of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co. to 640 North West St. in Indianapolis. In 1914, during a visit to Indianapolis from her home in New York, a downtown movie theater attempted to charge her a 10-cent “Black tax.” She reportedly decided on the spot to establish her own theater and purchased a lot along Indiana Avenue, the center of African American culture. Madam Walker, famous as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and anti-lynching activist, died in 1919, America’s first selfmade female millionaire.

Walker’s daughter A’Lelia took over the company and engaged Rubish & Hunter, renowned Indianapolis architects, to design a building for the still-vacant triangular-shaped Indiana Avenue lot. When completed in 1927, the four-story brick building included a factory, offices, a drug store, the Coffee Pot Restaurant, a ballroom and a 1,500-seat Art Deco theater, featuring Egyptian sphinxes flanking the stage, an ornate

At around age 6, I began collecting baseball cards. Almost immediately, I sorted the players on the cards into each of their respective GRAMMAR GUY teams and split the teams into American and National Leagues. Among the leagues, I alphabetized the team names beginning with “Angels” and ending with “White Sox.” Within teams, I alphabetized the players by last names.

Early on, I found that combining an interest with a specific cataloging system brought me a massive amount of nerdy joy. You should see my spreadsheet for my vinyl record collection.

I hate to get all alphabetical on you today, but I recently learned a new word that I have to share with you: abecedarian (pronounced “ay-bee-cee-dair-ee-un”). This word has a handful of interesting definitions, and I intend to share them with you from least interesting to most interesting.

Starting with the slightly interesting definition, abecedarian is a noun that means “a person who is a beginner” or

“a person who is learning the alphabet.”

When my daughter was 3, she was an abecedarian. If I decided to start learning the fine art of chainsaw juggling, I’d be considered an abecedarian at chainsaw juggling. In chainsaw juggling, you don’t get any mulligans.

As an adjective, abecedarian can mean “relating to the alphabet” or “in alphabetical order.” When I started collecting baseball cards, I began to approach life with an abecedarian outlook. As an adjective, abecedarian also can mean “primary, elementary or rudimentary.”

My favorite use of abecedarian comes with abecedarian words. These words are exactly what they sound like — words that are spelled with their letters in alphabetical order. Nothing gets my geek-o-meter going like words whose letters line up alphabetically.

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

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Front of theater inside the Madam Walker Legacy Center.

lobby and colorful African-themed terra cotta. The Walker Building, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991, became the hub of African American life in Indianapolis, but went into decline, along with the rest of Indiana Avenue, in the 1950s. A recent renovation and reimagining, supported with $15.3 million from Lilly Endowment, has resulted in the renamed Madam Walker Legacy Center, including facilities for community events, a meticulously restored 849-seat theater, offices for IUPUI and a street-side Coffee Pot Lounge. One of the most culturally significant buildings in Indiana deserves your attention.

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Professional & Economical Remove tree stumps, ugly tree roots, stumps in and around chain link or wood fences. We also remove tree stumps that are protruding up onto sidewalks and around sidewalks. We grind them and/or remove. Please Call & Text at 816-778-4690 or 317-341-4905.

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PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR ROOFING GENERAL CONTRACTING ROOM ADDITIONS GARAGES | KITCHENS BATHS | DRIVEWAYS DECKS | PATIOS 317-443-8107 PO BOX 3024, Carmel In 46082 millwoodhomes@yahoo.com William H McKinley MILLWOOD HOMES Since 1961

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NOW HIRING IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR SKILLED CARPENTERS!

Looking for job security? Simpson Construction Services has so much work that it must hire five people for residential remodeling NOW. The skilled carpenters we select will have strong abilities in bathroom remodeling, but also with respect to kitchens, decks, basements, wood and tile flooring, doors and windows, interior and exterior painting, drywall, plumbing and electrical, siding and room additions. Again: Only skilled carpenters need apply. For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

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UPSCALE HOTEL AND SPA FOR DOGS IN CARMEL SEEKS ADDITIONAL STAFF: We are looking for daycare members. This job entails you to be familiar with dogs and their behaviors. We need individuals who enjoy taking care of dogs in a setting where dogs play together , that includes cleaning up after messes, playing with them, watching body behavior and make sure dogs are getting along.

Hotel Staff Members: We also need hotel staff members who can follow feeding instructions, walk dogs, and engage their minds. Keep up with simple chores: such as dishes, laundry, and suite cleaning.

Our staff works as a team and we require a team minded spirt, client driven, detail oriented. Professional and a dog loving candidates.

Full time and part time positions available. If you meet the criteria, we want to hear from you. Email your resume to : Kim@happydoghotelandspa.com

Private Property Manager This position is responsible for the cultivation and care of the landscaping and grounds. Manager will manage the care of grounds and buildings as well as facilitate projects, which may include lawncare including specialized golf greens, cultivation, fertilization, and irrigation. Flowers and bed maintenance, repairing and maintenance of buildings/structures of 30 ac private estate.

Key Responsibilities • Hire and manage temporary/seasonal employees • Perform grounds keeping and building maintenance duties.

• Lawn mowing and trim and edge around walks, flower beds, and walls.

• Landscape by planting flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes.

• Apply pesticide, fertilizer • Snow removal • Tree shrubs maintenance • Perform repairs and maintenance of equipment • Project management • Maintain expenses and contracts with outside contractors • Interact with owners and family members • Special projects: Seasonal/Holiday decorations, other Successful candidate must be a hands-on working manager, capable of managing others and projects to successful completion, have an eye for 5-star quality, demand perfection, detail and results oriented and the ability to work independently and self manage.

NOW HIRING Automotive Dealer In Westfield is Looking for person(s) to help with the cleaning of vehicle interiors.

Must have exemplary driving record, have dependable transportation, and be detail oriented. *FULL-TIME & PART TIME *EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER *$15 TO $18 TO START *$250 SIGN ON BONUS *All benefits are negotiable SEND RESUME TO: dan@dansdetail.info Hiring experienced lawn care laborers, shrub and tree trimmers, Bobcat operators immediately. Text/call Jay 574-398-2135

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED

Local Computer repair shop in need of PC and Mac techs with experience pref both PC and Macs, certification strongly desired, pleasant personality & some sales experience. Pay starting at $16/hour and up for F/T. Send resume with cover letter to jobs@ ctcarmel.com

HELP WANTED:

Looking for an entry level employee to round out my help desk. It is a perfect job for college aged students or someone looking to return to the workforce.

Primary duties would be inbound tech support calls, emails, and light office work. Mid-morning, approximately 15 hours per week. Please send resumes, work history, or questions to: mkress@theankerconsultinggroup.com

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Mail resumes to: laura.miller@heartlandfpg.com

OPERATIONS MANAGER Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell.

We are looking for an Operations Manager, who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis.

This position is responsible for the activities related to operations after the sale; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients.

Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of a project post sale until completion; day to day warehouse, inventory, and field supervision; and likes to get his hands dirty! Construction or Carpentry skills required.

To Apply: CLEVERNEST INC 240 W. Carmel Drive 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100 www.clevernest.com

CLASSIFIED AD HERE! Call Dennis O’Malia 317-370-0749

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