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Antique Emporium owner loses home, dog to fire

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com It was a usual Saturday on Oct. 28 for Peg Durrer, 75, owner of the Antique Emporium in Camel. news She had concluded a busy day at her business in the Monon Place Plaza. She cooked dinner and went to bed around midnight with the plan of working the next day. Her dog, Ivy, a black Lab-mix she rescued with her husband 12 years Durrer ago, slept under her bed.

“It was a very normal day,” she said. “But when you go to bed at night you truly don’t know what your next day is going to be like.”

She awoke at approximately 5:30 a.m.

Oct. 29 to the smell of smoke and the sounds of beeping smoke detectors. She went downstairs — barefoot and in her pajamas — to find large flames rising in the two-story Carmel house she has lived in since 1965 near Carmel High School.

“I thought, ‘Focus, focus. Do what you’ve got to do,’’’ she said.

She said she knew Ivy followed her

Peg Durrer lost her home to a fire Oct. 28. (Photo

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downstairs but then Durrer couldn’t find her.

“I went back into the house as far as I could get, three times, to get her,” she said.

“But I had to (leave).”

When it was all over, she was left with a charred remainder of a home she won’t be able to inhabit again without extensive work.

FINDING IVY Firefighters went into the blazing home to try to find Durrer’s dog. They found her

in the dining room. Unfortunately, Ivy didn’t make it. “(Firefighters) brought (Ivy) to the garage and covered her up and said they’d help bury her the next day,” Durrer said.

She opted to take Ivy to Carter Animal Hospital, whose owner, Dr. David Carter, interned with Durrer’s late husband, John.

The hospital was to have cremated Ivy and memorialized her.

John Durrer, who died in March 2014, was the first veterinarian in Carmel when the Durrers moved to the area in the mid-1960s.

They had plenty of pets, but Ivy was their first rescue dog.

“She just bonded to my husband right away,” Durrer said.

When John Durrer died, Peg clung to the dog as a reminder of her late husband. Ivy would go to the Antique Emporium every day with Durrer and greet customers.

“That will be one of the hard parts,” she said. “People will ask me where she is if they don’t know.”

WHAT’S NEXT? Alan Potasnik, a member of the Carmel Plan Commission and former Carmel city councilor, helped reach out to identify people who might be able to help Durrer with

her immediate needs.

Many people know Durrer through her longtime activism with the Republican Party in Carmel and in Hamilton County. Potasnik said Durrer helped his family when they went through hard times, and he called her a gem of the community.

“It’s just marvelous that the community has stepped up to help her in her time of need,” Potasnik said. More than 100 people reached out to him the first day.

Firefighters believe the cause of the fire was electrical. Durrer doesn’t know if the house will be declared a total loss, but it appears that some of the structural parts can be saved. That means she might try to rebuild, which could take months. She’ll try to find temporary housing until then.

Wherever she ends up, she knows she’ll survive the tragedy as a result of the help of the people of Carmel.

“I’m just overwhelmed by the support,” she said.

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ness,” Brainard said. “If he charges for events it is clearly operating as a business. If he isn’t charging, it is no differThere’s been quite an uproar in recent ent than opening one’s home for a dinner months about the parties being held at party.”

Lucas Estate.

Dozens of neighbors comupdate In September, plained about noise from Carmel’s Board of events. Lucas wanted a variance Zoning Appeals denied a varito allow for semi-public events ance for Lucas Oil Products Inc. that could include anniverowners Forrest and Charlotte Lusary parties, birthdays, political cas to hold semi-public events fundraisers, weddings and more. such as weddings, receptions, Lucas Timothy Ochs, a partner at Ice fundraisers, recognition ceremoMiller LLP who represented the Lucases, nies and more at their party barn venue. declined to comment. He previously told Despite the ruling, the Lucas family has indicated the parties may continue at the the media it would be a waste if the estate wasn’t shared with the community. venue, 1143 W. 116th St. “I have no comment at this time,” he Part of the debate between the Luwrote in an email. “To the extent Mr. Lucas family and the BZA is the nature of cas or anyone employed by him wish to the parties. During the BZA process, the speak with you, they will contact you Lucases said the event space is for the directly.” family’s philanthropic initiatives. Carmel Forrest Lucas told a local media outlet Mayor Jim Brainard said that use would that the criticisms were “all lies” and be fine. But he said Lucas Estate was that he doesn’t believe he’s breaking any looking to charge for event rentals such as weddings, which would put it in direct laws.

The City of Carmel said the issue competition with local businesses such might come down to whether Lucas Esas Ritz Charles. tate makes money off the events. If Lucas Estate is zoned residential and the Lucases don’t charge rental fees, subject to property tax caps that don’t that could help keep the parties going, apply to commercial properties. As a realthough if the Lucas family is regularly sult, the Lucases — whose name adorns running its own catering business on the stadium where the Indianapolis the property — instead of using outside Colts play — would save money on taxes caterers — that could become an issue through a variance rather than requestsince Lucas Estate is not zoned as a ing a commercial rezone. commercial property.

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Dispatches Family friendly city — Carmel has been named America’s number one small city in which to raise a family. SmartAsset analyzed data on income, childcare costs, high school graduation rates, violent and property crime rates, housing costs, family poverty rates and more.

Source: SmartAsset Carmel Dads’ Club hire — Carmel Dads’ Club has hired Juergen Sommer as director of soccer operations for Carmel FC Soccer. He will be responsible for programming and play a major role in consulting in CDC recreation soccer programs.

Sommer and played in the European professional league, MLS and on the U.S. men’s naSommer tional team with appearances in the 1994 and 1998 World Cup. He also served as an assistant coach for the men’s national team and was named director of soccer and head coach of Indy Eleven.

Investor charged — Carmel financial advisor Thomas J. Buck has been charged with securities fraud. The criminal charges allege Buck defrauded clients by charging excessive commissions, intentionally failing to advise them of cheaper pricing options and allegedly placing trades without authorization. Clients are estimated to have lost a total of $2 million through the fraud. Buck has agreed to plead guilty and could face 25 years in prison if convicted.

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a decision to allow Carmel’s annexation of Home Place. Matt Milam, city news leader of the group Concerned Citizens for Home Place, said neighbors will meet soon to decide whether to appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court.

“It is what it is,” he said. “We’ve been at this for 15 years, and I somewhat suspect there’s a bias to rule in favor of cities and towns. This is truly a David versus Goliath fight.”

For more than a decade, the City of Carmel has attempted to annex the tiny Clay Township area, which is surrounded by Carmel proper. There are about 2,200 homes in Home Place.

Home Place is 1,017 square acres centered at 106th Street and College Avenue.

Milam said most people living in Home Place don’t want to be annexed because they disagree with the City of Carmel’s spending decisions and don’t want to pay higher taxes as a result. In past interviews, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard said it makes sense to annex Home Place because it’s a burden on police, fire and others to not have the area in the city limits. In addition, he said there could be reinvestment in the area when annexation is complete.

Brainard declined to comment on the decision from the Court of Appeals because the litigation is still “pending” until the judgment is final.

Part of Carmel’s legal argument is that the city pays for fire protection for Home Place and as a result can annex the area. Home

Place residents disagreed with that assessment, but the court ruled for Carmel.

“The township did not take an active role in the administration of the fire-protection services,” the Court of Appeals decision reads.

“Other than the five vehicles that it owned that were part of the fire department’s fleet, and the money it paid for the fire-protection services, the township did not contribute any other resources to the fire departments such as personnel, training, or additional equipment. Therefore, we find that … Carmel was the ‘provider’ that ‘furnished’ fire-protection services to Home Place. The trial court did not err in using a straight-forward factual analysis in making its determination and it correctly found that the landowners failed to prove that fire protection was being adequately furnished by a provider other than Carmel.”

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By Desiree Williams news@currentincarmel.com The Indianapolis Propylaeum will host a dinner to present the May Wright Sewall Leaderleadership ship Award to Carmel residents Jamia Jasper Case Jacobsen and Glenda Ritz at 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 14 at the Propylaeum, 1410 N. Delaware St., IndiaJacobsen napolis. The award is presented to women leaders in the community in memory of May Wright Sewall, a suffragette, who created the first Girls Classical School in Indiana and founded multiple women’s councils.

Ritz impacted the city and state through her tenure as the superintendent of public instruction from 2013 to 2017. She revised the accountability system, formed an outreach system to support school districts and created an online library for families and schools. She founded Advancing Public Schools in March, which will focus on advocacy and literacy within public schools.

“It’s special to follow in the May Wright

Sewall footsteps, so to speak, being recognized for community service,” she said.

Jacobsen said this is special for her because she will be added to the same list as the successful, well-known female award winners from the past 12 years.

Jacobsen earned multiple degrees from Indiana University and graduated with a doctorate in psychology from the University of Newport in 1996.

Ritz She founded the Central Indiana Family Support Center and was appointed to the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect by President Ronald Reagan. She is the principal manager at American Behavioral Counseling. “(May Wright Sewall’s) goals were community service, education, outreach and promotion,” Jacobsen said. “Those are wonderful if we can keep establishing that in the younger generation.”

The award dinner is open to the public.

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Media lab a success in first year

By Heather Collins news@currentincarmel.com In only one year, Carmel Clay Public Library’s Digital Media Lab has become a public hot spot. library Patrons of the library can utilize the lab’s services that include 3-D printing and modeling, photo editing, video editing, music recording and workshops.

“Libraries are increasingly becoming spaces where content is not just consumed but also created,” said Peter Konshak, IT manager. “We believe that we can play a unique role in helping foster and shape digital creativity in the community by offering services like the Digital Media Lab.” Konshak said more than 30 people visit the lab each day to work on a multitude of digital projects.

“The Digital Media Lab has attracted a very wide audience of all ages and abilities and we continue to attract new visitors on a daily basis,” Konshak said.

In the past year, the Digital Media Lab has been used to troubleshoot and print 3-D objects for the Carmel TechHounds Robotics competition (including parts for an

Digital Media Specialist Lorena Lane helps artist Kay Bae design a website at the Digital Media Lab. (Submitted photo)

electric car), as a recording studio for local artist Michelle Quereshi and to create a 1977 Carmel boys basketball state championship commemorative video that was shown at Flix Brewhouse.

Because of high demand, the Digital Media Lab added a second 3-D printer. The library is undergoing a space study to examine future plans for the growth.

“We’re extremely pleased with the success in our first year,” Konshak said. “The community response has been outstanding, and we hope to continue to grow.”

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On Nov. 11, HAND will ask for $75 per perProceeds will support HAND’s housing son or $150 per household for fundraising development, home repair and community — from home. building programs.

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Boys race to another title

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com When the Carmel High School boys cross country team captured the Indiana High School Athletic cross country Association state championship two years ago, it was led by state individual champion Ben Veatch.

This year, the No. 1 ranked Greyhounds won with runners with a pack mentality.

Of teams competing, Carmel placed four runners between 10th and 19th. Carmel finished with 94 points, registering a comfortable victory over second-place Fishers with 152 at the Oct. 28 state meet. The Greyhounds own the record with 15 boys cross country state titles.

“Finding their teammates and running together has been a point of emphasis for us,” Greyhounds coach Colin Altevogt said.

“We had six runners with state meet experience coming into this season, and that was crucial in molding this team.”

Carmel senior Keelan Grant finished 10th, 14th overall among all runners. Senior Colin Murphy placed 13th (18th overall), sophomore Ben Myers was 18th (33rd) and junior Calvin Bates was 19th (34th). Senior Ben

Carmel’s boys state champion cross country team. (Submitted photo)

Miller placed 34th (57th).

The No. 4 Greyhounds girls cross country team, which had captured the previous seven state titles in a row, placed third with 169 points. Carmel sophomore Phoebe Bates place second among individuals.

“I am very proud of this group of girls, especially with the tremendous pressure on them all season long to carry on the streak of consecutive state championships,” Carmel first-year girls coach Andy Dalton said. “This year there were four great girls teams that all had a real chance to win. We are confident that with five of our top six returning next year, we will be ready to bring the trophy back to Carmel.”

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Guerin makes memorable run

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Needing a break, Claire Gavin sat out her junior soccer season at Guerin Catholic High School. soccer “I wanted to come back because I loved the high school environment,” the Zionsville resident said.

Gavin is certainly glad she returned for her final go-around.

The senior goalkeeper, in her first varsity season, helped the No. 4 Golden Eagles reach the Class 3A state championship match before falling to No. 1 Penn 2-0 Oct. 27 at the Butler University campus in Indianapolis. Guerin had 15 shutouts, including 11 in a row, before the streak ended with a 4-1 victory over Columbus North in the semistate. This was the first year for three classes in soccer. Penn won the Class 2A title in 2016 and was runner-up in 2015.

“We were super-excited to play such a great team, and we were ready for the challenge,” said Gavin, who will play for Marian University next season.

Although the Noblesville school would be a Class 2A team based on enrollment, it petitioned the Indiana High School Athletic Association to play in the 3A class with

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Head coach Jonathan McClure said excellent leadership was the key to the 16-2-1 record for the team.

“We have 10 fantastic seniors that set the tone for the season early,” McClure said.

McClure, who was Guerin's coach from 2008 to 2013, returned as the Golden Eagles head coach before the 2016 season. Only four girls had varsity experience prior to the 2016 season.

Senior Elle Vuotto, who will play at RoseHulman next season, had a team-high 16 goals followed by freshman Quincy McMahon with 11 and senior Cassidy Lindley, a Florida commit from Carmel, with 10.

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The Carmel High School Marching Band won its third regional championship of the season Oct. 28 at the Bands of America Southern California Regional Championship.

Students spent each morning rehearsing and enjoyed free time at Universal Studios, Disneyland and Manhattan Beach. During rehearsal, the band was filmed for a documentary titled, “Marching Beyond Halftime.” The band will perform in the preliminary competition of the Bands of America Grand National Championship Nov. 9 at Lucas Oil Stadium. (Submitted photos)

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a reporter in Wisconsin, an editor for the Associated Press in Chicago, communications manager for IBM, public relations director for General Mills and a consultant in PR, crisis Bill Shaffer has appointed himself the communications and speechwriting. He official non-mayor of Carmel, a title he retired at 65 but went back to work often invokes when profile writing letters to the to head up speechwriting activities for the American Medical Association editor that appear until 2010. in Current in Carmel and on its His prime motive penning letwebsite. ters to the editor is to “provide an The youthful 82-year-old (who antidote to the usual fist-in-the-air, jokes he recently had his résumé angry letters some feel compelled returned by Chippendale’s “unShaffer to write.” opened”) is a retired writer who In the end, he hopes his letters will stir a has a passion for using humor to comment little patriotism in others. on important issues in his new home town.

“The country, to me, is too valuable to “When I have written, it was because give up on. Here folks care, participate, the folks I listen to in Carmel really care argue, cuss and discuss. I love it,” Shafabout various issues, whether it’s a mayorfer said. “If I can scribble a line or two to go-round, the Guinness Book of Records remind folks of their duty, responsibility, number of roundabouts or the ways in honorable calling as American citizens which government confiscates the money – hooray!” of people to spend on non-governmental functions and activities,” Shaffer said. read more Shaffer and his wife, Judy, moved to Carmel six years ago from Illinois. His backRead Bill Shaffer’s most recent Letter to ground is in writing. His first paying job was the Editor on Page 15. Past letters can as the editor for his college weekly publicabe read at currentincarmel.com tion, and he hasn’t stopped since. He’s been

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Former Army paratrooper, 82, keeps City Hall clean

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Hughie Cooper pushes a cart of cleaning supplies across the City Hall lobby.

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Eighty-two-year-old Hughie Cooper is a man of routine.

Every day when he goes to work at Carmel City Hall, he likes to wear his 82nd Airborne Division cap with American flag pins attached.

Every day, he stops by the American cover story Legion Post 155 in Carmel. He has a cup of coffee and puts a quarter in the drawing.

Every day, he inspects all of the flags at the Carmel Clay Veterans Memorial. He always looks down to see the brick with his name on it just outside of the reflecting pool.

“I come by there every day,” he said. “I maintain the flags and make sure they aren’t frayed. People complain if you see a fray. That flag means everything to me. It means we live in the greatest country in the world.”

STAYING BUSY

Cooper stays busy keeping Carmel City Hall clean. He vacuums, cleans bathrooms and empties the trash, often staying late at night — even past 10 p.m. for occasional late city council or plan commission meetings.

“Oh, I don’t mind,” he said. “It don’t bother me none.”

Cooper tried retiring at age 66 after more than two decades as a tool and die maker in Carmel, but he got bored. He couldn’t sit at home so he went back to work. He worked as a gas station attendant first, but then joined Carmel City Hall, where he’s worked for 13 years.

“I’ll be 83 on Nov. 28, and I couldn’t handle sitting around,” he said. “I wouldn’t have lasted if I stayed retired.”

Cooper likes to chat with city employees as he empties the trash, but he never talks about his military background. Many don’t realize he was a paratrooper. He jumped out of an airplane more than 100 times.

“I have a certain respect for him because he’s a veteran and my father was a vetHughie Cooper was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army and jumped out of an airplane more than 100 times.

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eran,” said Kelli Prader, a community relations specialist for the city. “Just having him in the building and the history that comes with that makes you want to know him. He’s a hard worker and he’s always nice to talk to and he’s just a pleasure to be around.”

MILITARY MAN

Cooper was born and raised in Virginia. His father worked in a coal mine and moved to Noblesville when Firestone began recruiting employees following the Korean War. Cooper, the oldest of six children, graduated from Sheridan High School in 1953 and enlisted shortly after.

He went to jump school in North Carolina and then went to Germany. He worked in operations and intelligence and made his last jump in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1959. He said they didn’t know why they were sent to Beirut but found out later it was because of a religious conflict.

“We never fired one bullet, but we heard some,” he said.

Cooper was in charge of scheduling the jumps and keeping records. Back then, paratroopers were paid $55 per jump but had to jump at least every three months to get the money.

“I put myself on every manifest every time,” he said. “I loved it.”

Cooper’s four younger brothers all entered the military as well. One of his brothers served in the Vietnam War, and because of exposure to Agent Orange, family members believe, he developed ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

STILL WORKING

Cooper’s wife Joann, 77, is retired. She ran her own day care business and helped raise their four children. Cooper, on the other hand, said he plans to work until he no longer can.

Cooper’s job can be physical. He’s always moving and cleaning, although daytime crews often make his job easier. Either way, he has no problem keeping up.

“I just like to stay busy,” he said. “I don’t like to sit around. I have a big yard I like to take care of.”

Cooper has lived in Carmel since 1968, and he’s seen a lot of changes during that time. He said he’s happy to call Carmel home.

“Oh, mercy, yes, I love what they’ve done,” he said. “I love it here in Carmel. We have the best water and utilities. Our fire department and police department are without a doubt the best. They respect their veterans here. It’s a great place to live.”

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Managing parenthood

o b s e r v ation Zombie inoculation Commentary by Terry Anker

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

The notion of a zombie apocalypse has become common parlance to indicate the end of the world. Dozens of television series, movies, songs and even band names are dedicated to the dystopian notion that the human race will end not with seven horsemen or a nuclear-enabled eastern dictator but, instead, with a virus gone awry.

Generations of us have come of age in a time when disease and contagion rank among our utmost fears. AIDS, Ebola, flesh eating bacteria and Zika are part of our common lexicon – and are the vague anxiety producers in our lives. Are they going to affect us directly? If we care for ourselves carefully, they probably will not. But they may change our dating, travel or outdoor habits for good. We dread that a single, casual social interaction could lead to an irreversible life-changing, or life-ending, instance.

So, we’ve figured out that the world is dangerous. But didn’t we know this when Og first bumped into a saber-toothed tiger and didn’t make it back to the cave? Most humans understand that a bit of caution can lead to an extended lifespan. So, we have come to hide out in the cave. Our social interactions move in bits and bytes through smartphones and social networks.

We meet in cyber chat rooms and travel through virtual reality tanning beds. Yet, are there zombies lurking on Facebook? Do the brain-eaters lie in wait behind a silly, cat-themed meme? Can they grab us with clever or salacious headlines, infect our minds with hate and cause us to do the same to others? If, as some argue, there is a disease affecting our society – one that makes us blind to the perspectives and beliefs of others – is there any hope for inoculation?

The other day I heard myself saying, “Parenting never ends,” and in the same moment, thinking, but it sure gets humor a lot easier! A coworker was regaling me with the woes of potty-training his 2-year-old while I was sharing a logistical nightmare of having to simultaneously pick up my teenagers at three different locales. Winner of the award for Most Challenging Parenting Task? The toddler! Hands-down.

Doo and I have certainly come a long way. At our darkest hour, we had four children younger than 7 and were providing full-time day care for our infant nephew. I say “we” to sound democratic, but in reality it was just I. God bless the YMCA, which provided two hours of free child-watching, hot showers and an exceptionally clean facility where harried moms like myself could congregate and pretend to look cool while attempting Turbo Kick.

I do not miss those days. To be sure, parenting still is daunting. I often lie awake wondering if we’ll end up dealing with a teen pregnancy or a stint in rehab. What if the twins don’t pass their driving tests (gulp)? What if they do? But I’m able to compartmentalize the concerns and then soothe my heartburn with an episode of “Stranger Things.”

But when your children are little, there is no escape from reality. You can’t just run to your happy place when you’re stuck in traffic with an un-diapered kid screaming “pee pee is coming!” At that point, parenting is about survival. And you must be fully, exhaustingly, present. Always.

So maybe parenting doesn’t actually get any easier, but it certainly becomes more manageable. And much less gross. Peace out.

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

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READERS ’ V I EWS Beacon Bloom sculpture not a good fit Editor, I’m writing in response to the recent article about Beacon Bloom, the new sculpture in the roundabout at Range Line Road and 96th Street.

The article quotes Mayor Brainard, “People have been calling our offices saying they love it.” My humble opinion isn’t at all favorable. I have no problem with the sculpture itself but think it’s entirely too

tall. The fact that it’s such a shiny metal, with the addition of colored lights after dark, doesn’t strike me as tasteful.

I would’ve kept my opinions limited to my friends and family until I saw the expense of Beacon Bloom at $353,000! I’ve been told that it was installed as a safety precaution. Wouldn’t a well-lit, full-grown tree have accomplished the same goal?

Terri Vandiver, Carmel

Thoughts on Carmel’s metal marvels Editor, As the official non-mayor of Carmel, I was thrilled and amazed when instructed by a city brochure that “Carmel must add elements that will continue to attract residents and visitors to its central core if it is to remain on a successful path.”

Assuming the path to be more than just the Monon, I sought roundabout art and betook myself to 96th and Westfield to behold Beacon Bloom (BB).

Up close, I gasped. A metal marvel. What, I mused, a precious use of $352,900 of your hard-earned money.

Drawing closer, I found a badly wounded caterpillar. His little jaw was broken

and tiny teeth marks still dented a metallic BB stem. Beavers required emergency surgery at a nearby orthodontic clinic. A half-dozen, nectar-seeking bumblebees lay dead on the ground. Electrocuted.

I next fled 5.2 miles north to 136th Street and Range Line Road to see what $80,000 in tax funds confiscated from the innocent would buy. Another gasp.

Another miracle of the welding art I dubbed “A Collision of Unicycles.”

As the squirrels of 96th Street would say: “Art produces no nuts. And, vice versa.”

Bill Shaffer, Carmel

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READERS ’ V I EWS Roundabouts aren’t always a wise idea

Editor, It is now obvious that roundabouts are not appropriate at some intersections.

Many are important aids to improved traffic flow and public life-saving reducers of serious accidents. The early ones along Keystone are wonderful and will provide decades of public benefits and a great investment of finances. Unfortunately, many others are ridiculous wastes of money and

create worse traffic flow than previously existed.

An example are those on West Main Street that have resulted in dangerous and slower moving traffic that are confusing and seem more like stretches of mini race tracks testing drivers’ accident-avoidance skills.

It is not always proper spending of public funds just because you have it.

Pat Lovett, Carmel

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Editor, I wanted to alert you to a sign-on letter (goo.gl/fc629S) asking banks not to offer payday loans. The interest rates are usually more than 128 percent APR! Our veterans, reservists, and National Guard members are subject to these loans, and so is the public.

The same day that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau released its new payday rule, the interim Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (a separate federal regulator) retracted a four-year-old guidance that had prohibited banks from making payday

loans. Now, the midwestern U.S. Bank has already openly considered the option, and Wells Fargo could follow suit. These “deposit advance loans” could allow a payday loan product that wouldn’t be covered by state interest rate caps.

This letter will be delivered to the OCC and to the banks to continue to make sure that any products banks offer are positive alternatives to payday loans and not a mirror of the same product.

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My favorite veggie tale Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Following my knee operation, my doctor informed me I’d developed borderline anemia. I don’t even know how humor that’s possible. Since the new administration took over, I’m afraid to cross any borders.

My physician suggested I focus on a healthy, high-protein diet, heavy on foods like spinach, hearty cuts of beef and a bowl of Raisin Bran every day. Fortunately, these are already some of my food faves—including the spinach, which I even liked when I was a kid. I remember being skeptical of the television marketing for that vegetable, though. They tried to convince me that eating spinach would help me attract the opposite sex. I was not in the market for anyone who looked like Olive Oyl. When I was growing up, my grandmother always stressed that carrots were good for our eyes, and her proof was that we never saw dead rabbits on the road. But opossum corpses were strewn everywhere.

“Opossums hate carrots,” my grandmother informed me. That was a pretty good piece of propaganda! I still like carrots and have never been hit by a car. Thanks, Grandma.

Cauliflower: I hated cauliflower. It looked like somebody’s bleached brain. Nowadays, I don’t see cauliflower being served as a side dish much. It’s usually part of a medley.

Broccoli: Apparently, I ate a lot of broccoli when I was young but didn’t know it till I was 18. I knew there was something hidden under that wonderful cheesey sauce, but I was afraid to look until I graduated from high school.

Peas: We never had fresh peas at home.

Just canned. I’m not sure anyone in my family knew that peas came from a pod.

They looked like ammunition from my BB gun, and there was no way I could get them on my fork. The best technique to tackle the issue was to roll up the peas in my mashed potatoes.

Would you like to hear what I thought of Brussels sprouts and okra?

Did you say “No, thank you”?

You took the words right out of my mouth.

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Dispatches Listeria recall – Meijer, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Walmart are among retailers recalling several prepackaged produce items because of a possible listeria contamination. The products have “best if used by” dates of Oct. 11 to 20 and would have been purchased between Sept. 27 to Oct. 20. Consumers who have purchased the products are urged to not consume them and discard them or return them to the place of purchase for a refund. Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and potentially fatal infections in young children, people with a weakened immune system and the elderly. For information, visit fda.gov/safety/recalls.

Home values increasing – Sellers in Carmel are seeing their home values increase but sit on the market longer.

According to F.C. Tucker, the average sale price for homes sold in Carmel in September 2017 was $396,712, the highest in the area. This sale price represented a 9.5 percent increase from September 2016. However, homes in the city sold in 67 days, 13 days longer than this time last year.

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his business in an industry experiencing rapid change as computerized trading and digital currencies such as Bitcoin are increasingly used to drive the market. ETF John Sarson has his wife to thank for recently launched a Blockchain Momentum, Carmel being selected as the new home of L.P. hedge fund, which is designed his investment investments firm. to increase safety and reduce the volatility associated with investing Allison in cryptocurrencies and companies (DiPaola) Sarson is a 1999 graduate working with blockchain technology. of Carmel High School, and her parSarson said the rapidly growing ents still live in town. The couple field of digital finance can feel like met as students on the first day of the “wild west” for novice invesclasses at Notre Dame, and after Sarson tors. The Blockchain Momentum, living near New York City to work L.P. hedge fund has received a great deal of on Wall Street for 12 years it made sense to interest since it became available Oct. 10. return to her roots in 2015.

“A lot of really bright people have staked “(Carmel) is just as nice as I knew it their future on these digital currencies, would be,” Sarson said. “It’s a good place to which has convinced other bright people start a business.” there is something more there they want Sarson launched ETF Momentum Investto understand,” Sarson said. ing in Carmel approximately one year ago, This year returns for Bitcoin have exand after moving it to Indianapolis he’s ceeded 700 percent. Those numbers may be planning to give it a permanent home on enticing, but — as with most investments Pro-Med Lane in Carmel in January.

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While stretching is often paired with exercise, it’s important to know when stretching during physical fitness activity is most beneficial.

Post-workout stretching relieves tension, allowing the muscles to relax. Because the body is already warm from exercise, stretching after physical activity also lengthens muscle tissue.

Follow these tips: • Concentrate on large muscle groups, which benefit the most from stretching. Target shoulders and neck, legs, hips and the lower back.

• Be sure to stretch evenly on both sides.

• Avoid bouncing while stretching. This can lead to injuries.

• Keep breathing while you stretch, exhaling as you move into the stretch.

• Don’t over-stretch. To improve flexibility, you must stretch and hold a muscle beyond its normal point; however, be sure to stop stretching if you feel pain. Stretch muscles to a comfortable point and hold for 15 to 30 seconds.

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• Make stretching a part of your daily routine. In addition to stretching first thing in the morning, overhead-arm stretches and even squats can be beneficial during the day, especially if you spend a lot of time sitting.

Although stretching and exercise improve physical fitness and health, it’s important to talk with your primary care doctor before starting an exercise program.

Dr. Kimbre Zahn specializes in family medicine and is a guest columnist at IU Health Physicians Family Practice – Artistry. She can be reached at 317-963-2610. For more, subscribe to Strength in You at iuhealth.org/StrengthInYou.

St. Vincent Safety Officer Jeanine Forner checks in on Waukeshia Lee, who works in environmental services at the hospital and portrayed a patient with a sprained ankle. St. Vincent employees and local emergency responders conducted a mock disaster drill Oct. 31 at St. Vincent Hospitals in Carmel, Fishers and Indianapolis. The drill aimed to test the preparedness and response of hospital medical staff and local responders should a real crisis occur. The event was staged by St. Vincent’s Emergency Management Sub-Committee in partnership with Indiana Hospital District 5 Preparedness Committee. See more photos at currentincarmel. com. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

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To the casual observer, the stars of any stage production are, well, the stars.

But to the trained eye, the production stars are never on stage. They are, in fact, completely out of sight — a point Carmel’s Actors Theatre of Indiana wants to drive home with an innovative program designed for teens who are interested in theater careers.

In January, ATI will launch “Theatre Immersion Experience 2018,” a series of job-shadowing workshops that encompass all facets of production, from stage management to directing to set, lighting and costume design.

Open to ages 14 to 18, each “immersion” consists of 12 students who follow an ATI main stage production literally from start to finish -- all under the leadership of ATI’s director of education MaryJayne Waddell, an accomplished professional with 37 years of stage experience. “(Students will) have direct access to the directors, the actors, the designers,” said WadWaddell dell, who joined ATI in August. “They’re going to see the first day of rehearsal. They’re going to see the technical rehearsal. They’ll see final dress. They’ll shadow backstage crew and the stage manager. They’ll be there opening night and the opening night party.”

In short, they’ll get a big picture, nuanced look at a major production, the goal of which is to help aspiring professionals find their theater niche. For some, that might be performing on stage. For others, it might be doing the essential work off it.

Immersions are designed to be illuminating, enlightning and career-guiding.

“They’re really going to see the collaborative effort that it

In each immersion, students will:

John Collins (as Anthony) and Elizabeth Hudson (as Johanna) from “Sweeney Todd.”

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takes to bring a show to life and really help them appreciate all of the different departments that go into producing the stage show,” said Waddell, who has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, cruise ships, national tours and has appeared in TV and feature films. “We really do want to take the kids to the next level.”

Because of the focus on job shadowing and close interaction, each immersion program is limited to 12 students. In addition to following an ATI production, each experience includes 40 hours of customized instruction from Broadway and theater professionals.

Cost is $600 per student. For more or to register, visit atistage.org and click the Education tab.

“The real goal of this immersion is to help them to appreciate and actually teach them life skills on how to work together to recognize that everyone has talent, whether it’s on stage or behind the scenes,” Waddell said. “It’s not just on stage. There are lots of jobs behind the scenes.This is for kids that are really serious and curious and ready to grow.”

Immersion dates

• Follow an ATI main stage production from first rehearsal through opening night.

• Immersion No. 1: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Jan. 6 - Feb. 17, 2018

• Receive six sessions totaling 40 hours of customized classes taught by Broadway and theater professionals to help identify, improve and develop their talents.

• Immersion No. 2: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” March 31 - May 12, 2018

• Star in a final showcase that they have written, directed, choreographed and designed, preformed for an audience of theater professionals, community leaders and college theater representatives.

• Immersion Nos. 3 and 4 (two sessions): “Million Dollar Quartet,” May 19 - June 16, 2018.

‘Annie’ sets Civic Theatre box office records for season opener editorial@youarecurrent.com Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s production of “Annie” became the most successful season opener at the box office in the theater’s 103-year history.

“Thanks to everyone who saw ‘Annie’ and spread the word about it throughout the community,” Civic Chairman of the Board of Directors Donald E. Knebel said in a press release. “Our cast and crew thrive on full houses and you rewarded them immensely.”

“Annie” featured national tour sets that were assembled by the Civic’s professional technical staff.

Anne Nicole Beck provided the choreography for the show, which concluded its run Oct. 28.

Civic will present “Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Dec. 15 to Jan 7, 2018 at the Tarkington in Carmel.

For more, visit civictheatre.org.

Carmel — The Indiana Wind Symphony will perform “Echoes Over Five Centuries: The Reformation” at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at The Palladium. For more, visit indianawindsymphony.org.

Westfield — Sip and Paint will occur at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Urban Vines, 303 E. 161st St. The topic is “Fields of Gray.” Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at goo. gl/ZVkQhy. Zionsville — The Zionsville Community High School Veterans Day assembly will take place at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center. The program is free and open to the public.

Fishers — The City of Fishers’ Veterans Day celebration is at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 in the City Hall Auditorium. The event will be hosted by Ed Ahlwardt, with remarks from Mayor Scott Fadness and music from the Fishers Junior High School Choirs. During the program, there will be time set aside for veterans to briefly share their stories.

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Petersen to play with CSO Nov. 11

By Zach Dunkin editorial@youarecurrent.com

the Carmel Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at The Palladium. As the winner of the competition, Petersen will serve as artist-in-residence at the University of InWhile scores of young musicians asdianapolis for the next two years. pire to one day play Carnegie Hall, pianist “(UIndy) is a really warm comDrew Petersen did that music before entering first munity full of excited and energetic students and faculty,” said Pegrade. Sure, it wasn’t tersen, who resides in Oradell, N.J., the Big Hall, but Petersen recalls a suburb of NYC. “I am really imthat day in Manhattan when at age pressed by the variety of repertoire 5, he performed at Carnegie’s Weill I had heard over the course of the Recital Hall. week ... not just Bach, Beethoven, “I remember feeling really excited Petersen Chopin, though I heard plenty of to get on stage at a beautiful piano beautiful performances of their works as to share my several short pieces with the well.” audience,” Petersen said. “I had even memSpeaking of Chopin, that’s what Petersen orized all of them and wasn’t worried at all will play with the CSO. Chopin’s “Piano Conabout forgetting the notes. certo No. 1” will be the finale of the four“I remember my piano teacher teaching piece program. me how to walk on stage, how to bow, “It’s such an elegant concerto that emand - this seemed to be the most important bodies the purity and vigor of youth, and part for him - to never turn my back to the yet because it’s Chopin, you can feel his audience when I moved to sit at the piano.” depth of feeling and special sense of drama Petersen certainly will practice his that pierces the heart,” he said. teacher’s instructions when he makes his Tickets can be purchased by visiting Carcentral Indiana concerto debut as the winmelSymphony.org or by calling the Center’s ner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards box office at 317.843.3800. and Christel DeHaan Fellowship of the American Pianists Association as he joins

Donatello’s to host wine dinner editorial@youarecurrent.com Donatello’s Italian Restaurant, 9 W. Main St., Carmel, is hosting a six-course wine dinner to benefit fundraiser Chaucie’s Place, a local nonprofit that focuses on preventing child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

This is the second year Donatello’s has hosted a winter wine dinner to raise funds for Chaucie’s Place. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Tickets are $120, which includes food, wine and a donation to Chaucie’s Place. There also will be a silent auction featuring items such as Indiana University basketball tickets, VIP passes to Top Golf, theater tickets, gift cards and more.

Adam Aasen, co-owner of Donatello’s with his parents Beth and Pat, recently traveled to Italy on his honeymoon and so the theme for this year is a “Trip Around Italy,” with each course focusing on a different region of Italy.

Melissa Peregrin, director of operations and communications for Chaucie’s Place, said events like these are important for the nonprofit child advocacy organization.

The six-course meal will feature foods from various regions of Italy. (Submitted photo)

“The money raised at this event will directly impact our ability to reach as many Hoosier children as possible with our youth sexual abuse and suicide prevention programs,” she said. “The dinner last year sold out quickly and was simply phenomenal. We would not be able to continue our mission to eradicate sexual abuse and suicide without support from our community partners.”

To purchase tickets, call 317-564-4790, or visit triparounditaly.eventbrite.com.

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Where’s Amy? Amy Pauszek is a photographer, film producer and scouting and casting associate for Talent Fusion Agency in Indianapolis. She can be reached at Amy@youarecurrent.com. To see more of her photos, visit currentnightandday.com.

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Where’s Amy attends ATI Barn Bash From left, Don Farrell (Westfield), MaryJayne Waddell (Westfield), Judy Fitzgerald (Carmel) and Cindy Collins (Carmel) at the Actors Theatre of Indiana hosted a Barn Bash fundraiser Oct. 28. Where’s Amy was there to capture the entire shindig. The party was at the beautiful Demaree Barn in Zionsville.

Guests enjoyed live music, line dancing, games, specialty drinks and a delicious hog roast with all the fixings. The money raised will help keep ATI rollin’ along, bringing you the best professional theater in town and continue the success of its new 2018 ATI Immersion Educational Program. For more, visit atistage.org. (Photos by Amy Pauszek)

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Tailgating on Thanksgiving week Commentary by Joe Drozda and Bob Bley Every year, Thanksgiving arrives during the latter days of the football season. And every year, we try to remind tailgaters that this is a good time to plan to use some of their leftovers for an epicurean tailgate experience. There’s turkey, cranberries and pumpkin pie, just to name a few of the pleasures that can be consumed at your tailgate party.

Depending on the weather, which is usually plenty cool, you might want to make a soup to warm the stomachs and the hearts of your guests. Here’s an improved turkey soup recipe from our 2015 column that will help you finish your leftovers in style.

Turkey Soup Ingredients: Turkey meat and turkey carcass, turkey drippings, skin, non-liver giblets, seasonings for stock: 1 yellow onion, chopped carrots, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, celery and pepper corns, salt and pepper, 8 medium carrots with tops, onions, 6 celery stalks with tops, seasonings for the finished soup: poultry seasoning, sage, thyme, marjoram and/or a chicken bouillon cube, 2 garlic cloves, 16 oz. wagon wheel pasta

Turkey soup uses leftovers from a Thanksgiving dinner. (Submitted photo)

For directions on how to make this Thanksgiving-inspired soup, visit currentnightandday.com for the full column.

Joe Drozda writes about sports and food. You may contact him at drozda@tailgatershandbook. com or visit www.tailgatershandbook.com.

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Dispatches Series features ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ highlights — The Peanut Butter & Jelly session will feature highlights from Actors Theatre of Indiana’s “A Year with Frog and Toad” at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at The Palladium in Carmel. ATI will present the production Nov. 25-26 at the Studio Theater. The session is designed for ages 1 through 7 and meant to encourage young children to become engaged in the performing arts. Tickets for the Peanut Butter & Jelly session are $10, including two free adult tickets with every child’s ticket.

SullivanMunce Center’s First Come, First Hung set — The First Come, First Hung exhibition call for entries will be between 10 a.m. and noon Nov. 18 at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center, 225 West Hawthorne St., Zionsville.

The exhibit allows both the amateur and the professional artist the opportunity to showcase their talent in our galleries Dec. 3 through Dec. 16. The submission is free for members and artists 17 and under and $15 for adult nonmembers. All types, styles and mediums are accepted, including oil, watercolors, photography, sculpture, graphics, ceramics, stitchery, textiles, quilts, hand-painted decorative items, etc. All work must be original. Artists must bring their own work in person.

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“Echoes Over Five Centuries: The Reformation,” The Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

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Three of country music’s top talents join together on stage for an evening of the songs that made them stars.

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With Janna Hymes conducting, the CSO performance features Drew Petersen, the 2017 APA/Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow, playing Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.”

Cost: $20 to $65 (student discounts available)

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“A Grand Night for Singing,” The Studio Theatre, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

7:30 p.m. Nov. 8-10 and 2 p.m. Nov. 12

The night pays homage to the remarkable works of Rodgers and Hammerstein. This innovative musical revue features songs such as “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,” “Honeybun,” and “Kansas City,” to name a few.

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To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the Indiana Wind Symphony performs works from the era or inspired by hymns of the era in a program that includes narration by Paul Swartz.

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Cost: $20-$35 (student discounts available)

“In the Family Way,” The Cat, Carmel 8 p.m. Nov. 9-11.

After being together for 10 years, a couple decides to adopt a child, only to find rejection by the adoption services.

They beg Andrew’s twin sister Lainie to surrogate for them, with the husband as the biological father.

Cost: $10 and $15

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“The Chronicles of Yarnia: A Rap Musical,” Theater at the Fort, Lawrence

8 p.m. Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 and 2 p.m. Nov. 12.

Q Artistry Q-munity presents a wild, hilarious parody romp of the classic children’s tale through the wardrobe, using parodies of classic hip-hop and rap tracks to guide the way through the frozen adventure.

Cost: $13-$15

More: indianawindsymphony.org

“Ghost – The Musical,” 1 and 8 p.m. Nov. 8 and 9, 8 p.m.

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Carmel’s Andrea Laxton co-stars as Molly Jensen in a musical adapted from the hit film “Ghost.” A young couple’s connection takes a turn after Sam Wheat’s untimely death, and trapped between two worlds, Sam tries to protect Molly from danger.

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Clay to present ‘Wizard of Oz’

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Clay Middle School eighth-grader Jack Binder sees acting as a way of being something he is not. theater “I love playing with people and fibbing,” Binder said.

Binder takes on the role of the Scarecrow in the school’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” set for 7 p.m. Nov. 16, 17 and 18 at the school. The Nov. 16 show is the understudy cast performance.

Binder said he wanted to be the Scarecrow when he auditioned.

“I thought it matched my personality, so that helped in me getting the part,” Binder said. “My costume is awesome.”

The cast, which includes 80 students, features all eighth-graders in the lead roles.

“I love Dorothy’s spirit because she is so positive and looks to the brighter side,” Regan Hadley said of her role. “She’s very kind. It relates to my personality because I try to be kind.”

Jack Sullivan portrays the Cowardly Lion.

“It’s way more fun than people expect to act like a bumbling guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing throughout the whole

From left, Jack Sullivan, Jack Binder, Regan Hadley and Daniel Tanner. (Submitted photo)

play,” Sullivan said. “I tend to stand up and stay tall, so it’s difficult to shrink myself down. That’s the hard part.”

Daniel Tanner has the role of the Tin Man. “I expected it to be a tin trash can, but it’s more felt,” Tanner said. “I will be fullsilver for all the scenes but about two.”

Director Miranda Susie said the biggest challenge is all the special effects the production requires.

“With the magic, that has to happen as the witches are just supposed to appear and making her melt,” Susie said.

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Ballroom owner produces film

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com Darren Cupp, owner of Darren’s Ballroom in Carmel, has worn a lot of hats. His occupations include small business movie owner, dancer, choreographer, singer, model, bracelet designer, reality TV star and more. But now Cupp is adding a new job to his resume: film producer.

Cupp is starring in and producing a new movie called “Haven.” Filming recently finished. A spring 2018 release is planned through Netflix streaming service and iTunes movie downloads. The film’s premise is that after a nuclear disaster, a father and daughter try to live simply in the woods, and when a supply run goes awry, trouble soon finds its way to their “haven.”

Cupp plays the father, Ethan, and Indianapolis actress/singer Maren Huelsman plays his teenage daughter.

Cupp came up with the idea over lunch with writer/director R.J. Maurer.

Cupp said they made a movie that’s part thriller, part action, part horror and part survival tale.

“It kind of has all the genres mixed into one film,” he said.

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Blueprint for Improvement: Crooked Stick whole house transformation Commentary by Larry Greene

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Background Info: This 1980s home is on a beautiful lot right on Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel. The home, however, required interior and exterior updates to better meet the needs of the owners and their family.

The goal for the exterior remodel was to create an overall more modern design while adding a more comfortable outdoor living space to the backyard. The owners wanted to make the space more functional for their family.

1. The most significant transformation came from reducing the height of the portico and creating a one-story covered porch, replacing the colonial-style pillars with something more contemporary.

2. Reducing the height of the portico allowed for the addition of three dormer windows, giving the home more height.

3. In the backyard we added a one-story covered patio with a ceiling fan, creating a shaded area for the family and their guests to stay cool on hot summer days.

4. Additional exterior changes included a stamped concrete pool deck, new windows and shutters and painting of the entire home.

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Before problems The original colonial-style exterior was dated and lacked curb appeal. The backyard had limited area for the large family to entertain guests. The existing outdoor living space lacked shaded area.

There was plenty of space on the lot but it lacked design and was underutilized.

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

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Ebla and the forgotten empire Commentary by Don Knebel Most Americans have never heard of the Eblaite Empire. But historians now believe that empire rivaled in power and achievement the contemporatravel neous empires of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

In 1964, a team of Italian archaeologists began excavating an artificial hill called Tell Mardikh about 33 miles southwest of Aleppo, Syria. In 1968, they confirmed they had located the city of Ebla, with a hilltop palace overlooking 150 acres of buildings and temples. In 1975, archaeologists uncovered more than 17,000 clay tablets near the palace, neatly arranged by subject. The tablets recorded in cuneiform script the history of Ebla at the peak of its power in the middle of the third millennium B.C., the same period in which Egyptians built the Great Pyramids. The records, written in Sumerian and a previously unknown language now called Eblaite, described a highly organized city of about 40,000 that controlled an empire occupying most of what is now Syria and parts of southern Turkey.

Ebla’s tablets revealed ideas once thought to have a much more recent origin. Citizens elected the ruler for a term of seven years, with a council of elders advising the ruler.

Women held positions of power in the government, which included 14 ministers, two serving in the city itself, and the others serving around the empire. The wife of the elected ruler controlled linen and woolen cloth making, which joined olive oil, beer and manufactured goods, as the key exports.

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Board of Public Works and Safety One Civic Square City of Carmel, Indiana 46032 Project: Shelborne Road Multi-Use Path Construction 106th Street to 116th Street Project No. 16-ENG-69 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Public Works and Safety for the City of Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana will receive sealed bids for the above described “Project” at the office of the Clerk Treasurer, One Civic Square, Carmel, Indiana (City Hall) until 9:15 EST and in the Monon Community Center, Meeting Room B between the hours of 9:15 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. EST on or before November 15, 2017, and commencing as soon as practicable thereafter on the same date such bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Monon Community Center East Building 1235 Central Park Drive East Meeting Room B Carmel, IN 46032 No late bids will be accepted.

All bids and proposals shall be properly and completely executed on the proposal forms provided with the plans and specifications, which will include the non-collusion affidavit as required by the State of Indiana. The bid envelope must be sealed and have the words “BID – Shelborne Road Multi-Use Path Construction from 106th Street to 116th Street”.

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

The Project consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following: Construction of a 10’ wide HMA multi-use path along the east side of Shelborne Road from 106th Street to 116th Street, including HMA pavement, drainage improvements, and pavement markings.

Contract Documents for the Project have been assembled into one bound project manual, which together with drawings, may be examined at the following locations: City of Carmel Department of Engineering - 1st Floor One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 571-2441 Copies of such drawings and project manuals must be obtained from Reprographix (Reprographix.com). Payments and costs of Contract Documents are non-refundable.

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

This Project will be funded by the City of Carmel.

A pre-bid conference for discussions of the Project, the bidding requirements and other important matters will be held on November 8, 2017at 10:00 a.m. in the Engineering Department conference room on the 1st Floor of City Hall (One Civic Square). All prospective bidders are invited to attend the pre-bid conference. The pre-bid conference is not mandatory.

For special accommodations needed by handicapped individuals planning to attend the pre-bid conference or public bid opening meeting, please call or notify the city of Carmel, Engineer’s Office, at (317) 571-2441 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior thereto.

No bidder may withdraw any bid or proposal within a period of thirty (30) days following the date set for receiving bids or proposals.

The Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to hold any or all bids or proposals for a period of not more than thirty (30) days and said bids or proposal shall remain in full force and effect during said period. The City of Carmel reserves the right to reject and/ or cancel any and all bids, solicitations and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitations 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 before the Carmel Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals Docket # 17090020V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 27th of November, 2016 at 5:30 pm. In Monon Community Center East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Park Drive East, Carmel IN, 46032 will hold a public hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to: Build Sign Pillars & satellite Pillars. A Variance is needed due to area being dedicated right of way.

(V) Ponds West Subdivision Sign variance. Docket No. 17090020 V ZO Chptr 25.07.02-01.E Minimum 5-ft setback required: Signs in street right of way requested. The site is located at the intersections of 146th St. &Thomas Dr. & 141st. St. & Quail Pointe Dr. It is zoned S-1/residence. Tax ID 17-09-22-00-02-001.000 & 17-09-22-00-09007.000 Shackelford Masonry Petitioners NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BAORD OF ZONING APPEALS Docket Nos. 17100010 V, 17100029 V, 17100030 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 27th day of November, 2017 at 6:00 pm in the Monon Center East (Monon Community East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Park Dr. E, Carmel Indiana 46032) will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to: Docket No. 17100010 V ZO Chptr. 25.07.01-06.k: Roof sign type prohibited, Roof signs requested.

Docket No. 17100029 V ZO Chptr. 25.07.02-04.b.4.a: One sign per frontage allowed (3 frontages exist); 4 signs requested.

Docket No. 17100030 V ZO Chptr. 25.07.02-04.e.8.a: Required location of sign on wall facing a street frontage; location on roof requested (1 sign facing south not towards a street).

With the property being known as: 457 3rd Avenue SW Carmel IN 46032 The application is identified as Docket Nos. 17100010 V, 17100029 V, 17100030 V. The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Tax ID #, 16-09-25-04-04-017.000, 16-09-25-04-05-001.000, 16-09-2505-006.001, 16-09-25-04-05-007.000.

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 Sign Group Inc. Petitioners NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA ORDINANCE Z-628-17 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, meeting on the 20th day of November, 2017 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., in the Public Meeting Room, Carmel Clay Educational Services Center, 5201 E. Main Street, Carmel, Indiana 46033, will hold a Public Hearing to consider a Rezoning Ordinance, Ordinance Z-628-17, pertaining to a parcel of real estate that is approximately 35.21 acres in size and is identified by Hamilton County Auditor Tax Parcel Identification Numbers 17-13-02-00-00-014.000 and 17-13-02-00-00-014.001 and is generally located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Street and 111th Street (the “Real Estate”).

The Real Estate is currently zoned R-1 Residential and the Application filed by Browning Investments, LLC, on behalf of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission requests approval to rezone the Real Estate to the C-2 District to permit a mixed use development on the Real Estate.

The file for this proposal is on file at the Department of Community Services, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, telephone 317-571-2417, under Docket No. 17030026 Z and may be viewed Monday Through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Copies of the proposed request are also on file for examination at the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, telephone 317-571-2414.

Interested persons appearing at the hearing for this matter shall have the right to be heard or may file written comments prior to the hearing. In addition, the hearing may be continued by the City Council as it may find necessary.

CITY OF CARMEL, CLERK-TREASURER Christine S. Pauley This notice prepared by Roger A. Kilmer, Land Use Consultant, Ice Miller LLP, One American Square, Suite 2900, Indianapolis, IN 46282, Phone: 317-236-2106

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Docket # 17100017V & 17100018V RE: King of Glory Lutheran Church 2201 E. 10th Street, Carmel, IN 46032 Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 27th day of November, 2017 at 5:00PM in the Monon Center East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Park Dr. E, Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Standards Variance application to install one new externally illuminated ground sign that is taller than the allowed 6’ in height and is located closer to the right-of-way than the required 5’ setback.

This property is located at 2201 E 106th Street, Carmel, IN 46032 – King of Glory Lutheran Church.

The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: A part of the west half of the northeast quarter of section 7, township 17 North, range 4 East in Clay township, Hamilton County, Indiana being more particularly described as follows. Beginning 685.9 feet East of the Northwest corner of the West Half, of the Northeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 17 North, Range 4 East; thence deflecting to the right 89 degrees and 38 minutes a distance of 420.0 feet to a point; thence deflecting to the left 89 degrees and 34 minutes a distance of 464.45 feet to the West Right of Way of New State Highway #431; thence deflecting to the left 94 degrees, 49 minutes, 15 seconds, a distance of 7.34 feet along said Right of Way to a point; thence deflecting to the left 5 degrees, 33 minutes, 15 seconds, a distance of 350.75 feet along said Right of way to a point; thence deflecting to the left 51 degrees, 59 minutes, a distance of 109.71 feet along said Right of way to a point; thence deflecting to the right 62 degrees, 17 minutes, 30 seconds, a distance of 17.37 feet to the North line of the West Half of the above described Quarter Section; thence deflecting to the left 90 degrees, 0 minutes, a distance of 306.82 feet to the place of beginning. Containing in all 4.05 acres more of less.

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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS – HEARING OFFICER Docket Nos. 17100019 V NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer will conduct a meeting on the 27th day of November, 2017 at 5:00 o’clock p.m., in the Monon Community Center East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Park Dr. E., Carmel, IN 46032, to hold a Public Hearing regarding the application identified by the Docket Number referenced above (the “Variance”).

The real estate made subject of the Variance is approximately 6.55 acres in size, is commonly known as 11590 North Meridian Street and is located south of and adjacent to 116th Street, east of and adjacent to Illinois Street and is identified by Hamilton County, Indiana Auditor’s Office as Tax Parcel Identification Numbers 16-13-02-00-00-002.001 (the “Real Estate”). The Real Estate is the location of the Fidelity Plaza office building.

The Applicant is seeking to place three (3) ground signs within the public right of way. The Real Estate is zoned S-2, B-6 & US 31 Overlay Zone.

The Applicant is seeking a development standards variance approval from the City of Carmel’s Zoning Ordinance, Ch. 25.07.02-04.e.2.a, which requires a ground sign to be a minimum of five (5) feet from the street right of way.

A copy of the Variance requests that are described above and the accompanying plans are on file for examination at the Department of Community Services, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, telephone 317/571-2417.

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

CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA Maggie Crediford, Secretary, City of Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals APPLICANT Fidelity Office Building II, L.P. c/o REI Real Estate Services, LLC Attn: Ryan Wells 111711 N. Pennsylvania Street, Suite 200 Carmel, IN 46032 ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT Fredric Lawrence, Attorney Nelson & Frankenberger, LLC 550 Congressional Blvd., Suite 210 Carmel, IN 46032 Phone: (317) 844-0106

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sounds snooty. So let’s learn how to use it correctly, shall we?

I have an easy way to remember when to Today I want to tackle another grammar use who or whom: Use who when you can bugaboo. It’s one of those confusing quanreplace it in a sentence with he; use whom daries I simply avoid grammar guy using because I don’t when you can replace it with him. For example: Who/Whom tried to parachute out of want to sound dumb. my private helicopter? Bad idea, dude.

I’m talking about who and whom.

Let’s try replacing who/whom with him.

Every time I’m tempted to use whom, Him tried to parachute out of my private I’m afraid of sounding like I own a fancy, helicopter. That doesn’t sound right. How private helicopter to travel to my private about he: He tried to parachute out of my island where I roll around in gold coins, private helicopter. That sounds better, so Scrooge McDuck-style. It just kind of we should use who in this NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE sentence.

CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Another example: To who/ Docket No.: 17100006V, 17100007V, 17100008V, 17100009V whom did you invite over to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals will be meeting on the 27th day of November, 2017 at your secret island bunga6:00p.m., at the Monon Center East (Monon Community Center East low this weekend? Which Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Park Dr. E. Carmel, IN 46032) sounds right: I invited he to hold a Public Hearing upon a Use Variance application over to my secret island to allow: a variance for height of structure, ground floor area allowed, front yard setback allowed, and lot coverage allowance to bungalow this weekend, or, build a three car garage over the existing parking pad with an exercise I invited him to my secret room over the second floor. There will also be a courtyard look to the island bungalow this weekmirroring three car garage, matching existing architectural features of end. Him sounds better, so masonry, cedar shake roof, and other elements at the property being known as: 1764 Burning Tree Lane, Carmel IN 46032. we should use whom in this The file for this proposal is on file at the Carmel Zoning and example.

Planning Department, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN He/him is simply a secret, 46032, telephone 317-571-2417, under Docket Numbers: 17100006V, 17100007V, 17100008V, and 17100009V, and may be viewed Monday tricky way to determine Through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the subject and object of All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above a sentence. The subject application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to is the person (or place or be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.

Tom Lazzara thing) doing the action in a Custom Living, Inc. sentence. The object is the 317-289-5990 person (or place or thing) On Behalf of Homeowners on the receiving end of the action. To whom (object) Docket No. 17100033 OA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE did Gary (subject) direct his THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION cheesy pick-up lines? Since Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Advisory Plan Commission we usually don’t think in will hold a public hearing upon a Petition To Amend the Unified Development Ordinance pursuant to the application and plans filed with terms of subject and object, the Department of Community Services as follows: I think it’s simpler to use the Amend the Unified Development Ordinance in order to add he/him trick. review and approval procedures, definitions and fees for the In my opinion, going establishment of Short Term Residential Rentals. Filed by the Department of Community Services on behalf of the Carmel around using whom propPlan Commission. erly probably makes people Designated as Docket No. 17100033 OA, the hearing will be held assume you have an entire on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at 6:00 PM in the Monon Community closet just for your polo Center East Building, Meeting Room B, 1235 Central Park Drive East, Carmel, IN 46032. ascots, but I always enjoy a The file for this proposal (Docket No. 17100033 OA) is on file at rollicking, post-brunch polo the Carmel Department of Community Services, One Civic Square, match on the beach of my Carmel, Indiana 46032, and may be viewed Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. exclusive pretend island.

Any written comments or objections to the proposal should be filed with the Secretary of the Plan Commission on or before the date of the Public Hearing. All written comments and objections will be presented to the Commission. Any oral comments concerning the proposal will be heard by the Commission at the hearing 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.

Lisa Motz, Secretary Carmel Plan Commission (317) 571-2417 FAX: (317) 571-2426 Dated: November 7, 2017

Curtis Honeycutt is a freelance humor writer.

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