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Staff to speak at Indiana Parks and Rec Association annual conference

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com

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“I’m speaking on not only making sure (community members) know what’s happening, but Fishers Parks and Recreation will be able to engaging them during events to make showcase its uniqueness at the Jan. 20 Insure they share photos and to learn what diana Parks and Recrethey like and have them provide feededucation ation Association annual back,” Cawthon said. “Boo Bash is a great conference. Three Fishexample.” ers staff members will lead educational This will be the first time Fishers has panels and speak at the event. participated in the IPRA conference.

Parks Director Tony Elliot, Community “We are definitely more of a collaboraEngagement and Volunteer Coordinator Elliot tive city government structure than I’ve Dan Domsic and past Marketing and Public ever seen,” Elliot said. “I think a good exRelations Manager Casey Cawthon will ample in the case of the educational seseach speak on what makes Fishers parks sion is Dan and I are related to communisuccessful. ty engagement. A community engagement “I think the reason behind (us speaking), division within parks and recreation is a in my opinion, is that Fishers parks really very rare thing within the state of Indiis kind of a unique breed in a lot of ways,” ana. We used that initiative within parks Elliot said. “We serve our community in a Domsic and recreation as a chance to enhance way that’s very tailored and specific to the the department through volunteers and needs of the community and the needs of engagement in local business, and also the city as a whole. As a result of that, I as an opportunity to serve almost as a PR think we have spearheaded new initiatives capacity to be a point of contact for the that I think are unique within parks and community, for the city and be a great dot recreation and within city government as connector among different groups.” well.”

“We get to tell other agencies about The conference spans a few days, and what we do for parks and recreation so the team had to apply to speak. Domsic Cawthon they get other ideas,” Domsic said. and Elliot will speak on how the departFor more, visit ipra.org. ment conducts business. Cawthon will speak on engagement during her “Getting Social Outside”

Legacy Fund leader to step down

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During Anker’s tenure, Legacy Fund began working alongside the Youth Assistance Program, which After serving five years as president of Legacy works to create a better community by providing Fund of Hamilton County, Terry Anker has anaid to families in need, such as tutoring, parenting nounced he will step down at the end of March. classes and more.

“I feel incredibly blessed philanthropy to have had the Anker helped take it from a “pilot program” in Westfield to an active oropportunity to be ganization in every school corporation here during this period,” Anker said. “Now, throughout Hamilton County. Prior to it’s going to be my honor to hand the Legacy Fund’s involvement with the Youth baton to the next person who will be able Assistance Program, the rate of juvenile to go from a much taller platform than incarcerations in Hamilton County was even I came on and build the organization on an upward trend. Since Legacy Fund further.” stepped in, a significant drop has ocA search committee headed by Ann M. Anker curred, with the juvenile center only at 10 O’Hara, incoming board chair for Legacy to 15 percent capacity.

Fund, will work to find a replacement before Anker “I’ve really been able to accomplish most of the steps down. objectives that I hoped to do: elevating the profile, Legacy Fund has been assisting donors in finding increasing the endowment, helping the organizatheir “philanthropic mission” and helping organization realize its goals and missions and serving the tions advance their causes in the community for 25 community,” Anker said. Anker plans to continue years. Since Anker began his term as president, the with The Anker Consulting Group. organization has collected more than $28 million and

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Dispatches New resources available at free events – The Neurological Reorganization Practitioners Association is offering two free events for families struggling with learning, behavior, spectrum and brain injury disorders. A free introductory lecture will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Trinity East, 11724 Olio Rd. Participants will be able to sign up for free screenings the following day, Jan. 13. For more, visit NeuroSolutions.org.

Fishers highly ranked – A new data analysis from NerdWallet has identified the best cities in the U.S. for first-time homebuyers, and out of 448 places, Fishers ranked second. For this report, NerdWallet analyzed the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, online data provider NeighborhoodScout and Down Payment Resource.

Source: NerdWallet.com Facility gets high marks – Allisonville Meadows Assisted Living was found to have no deficiencies during an inspection by the Indiana State Board of Health. This is the third consecutive perfect survey earned by Allisonville Meadows AL and is a rare achievement among senior living communities. The state inspects licensed facilities to assess compliance with state standards of care, such as adequacy of staffing, quality of care and cleanliness of facilities.

Hagerman selected for boards – Jeff Hagerman, chairman of The Hagerman Group, has been selected to serve on three new boards beginning in 2017: The Children’s Museum, Conner Prairie and Early Learning Indiana. Hagerman will continue to serve on the boards of the Indiana State Hagerman Chamber, Indiana Construction Roundtable and AGC of Indiana.

Firefighter applicants sought – Applications are now being accepted for the full-time position of firefighter for the City of Fishers. The firefighter application process is a joint hiring process conducted by departments from five different municipalities: Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Westfield and Cicero. For a full job description and application visit, agency.governmentjobs.com/carmelin/ default.cfm.

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Conner Prairie Alliance raises record amount

By Chris Bavender • news@currentinfishers.com In only nine weeks, a group of nearly 100 volunteers raised fundraiser $100,000 to support Conner Prairie. Members of the all-volunteer women’s group, the Conner Prairie Alliance, hit the record amount through Apple Store sales at the interactive history park.

“That is just from selling five varieties of hand-dipped Milligan caramel apples, plain apples, cider slushies, apple pies, popcorn, candy, specialty treats and dog treats,” 2016 Alliance President Barbie Milligan said. “We did all that on under $10 items. It’s crazy.”

The Alliance was founded in 1982 and raises money to support projects at Conner Prairie.

In 2015, the group raised $85,000 from the Apple Store to support the construction of the new nature experience, Treetop Outpost that opened in July, and the museum’s agriculture

and textile programs. The Alliance has raised more than $1 million to date.

“It started out as a little fundraiser doing little things the museum asked us to do, and then in 1985 we decided we wantThe Apple Store’s 2015 funds ed to open a went toward the construclittle apple store, tion of the Treetop Outpost. which was just (File photo) a stand at that time, then expanded into the pole barn we are in now,” Milligan said. “For a while there, we supported projects and programs we felt they needed, but as it grew, we started to work with the very creative people there who develop the new programs and exhibits, and they tell us some of the things they would like

to do in the following year, and we choose what we wish to support.”

This year’s proceeds are dedicated to reroofing the Animal Encounters barn, enhancing guest capacity for the annual Headless Horseman Fall Festival, supporting the livestock and agricultural operations, sustaining and enhancing material supplies for the Treetop Outpost and enhancing the museum’s theater program.

“I can’t speak highly enough of the women of this organization who dedicate September and October, and a lot of August, to getting ready to open and to making it such a success,” Milligan said. “We had at least 26 changes to processes in the store this year that helped make our job easier. It’s hard enough to adapt to one change, but we dumped 26 on our worker bees, and they rose to the occasion, and I know it helped make our year better.”

To learn more about becoming a member of the Alliance, visit connerprairie.org/support/ volunteer/alliance/alliance-form.

Teacher of the Month contest returns news@currentinfishers.com Current Publishing is re-launching the Teacher of the Month program contest for students in grades kindergarten through 12, beginning this month in partnership with Edge Guys Heating and Cooling.

Students in all schools are encouraged to send a 100-word essay nominating their favorite teacher. EsWilliams says should be emailed to Teacher@youarecurrent.com by Jan. 30.

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winning teacher will receive a gift certificate to Edge Guys, and the winning student will win a pizza party for his/her class, sponsored by Papa John’s.

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provided heating and cooling comfort to the homes of central Indiana families for more than 50 years, and the owners have raised their children in central Indiana and have seen firsthand the importance of a quality education and how kids blossom with a great teacher.

“I truly feel education is the gateway to success, and the teacher is the first step on the ladder to achieving that success,” Edge Guys owner Jim Williams stated. “Teachers who think outside the box and approach teaching from a number of different angles inspire kids to aim higher than they ever dreamed possible.

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Young student chosen as Vectren winner

By Renee Larr • news@currentinfishers.com Each year, Vectren, an energy and natural gas delivery corporation education in Indiana, takes its safety message into elementary schools with the Energy Safe Kids Program.

“Vectren's ESKP is in its ninth year. Our partnership with the National Energy Foundation allows us to get into these fourth grade classrooms and spend about an hour there with them, educating the students on natural gas safety as well as our Call Before You Dig message,” said Tracey Bryant, manager for Damage Prevention and Public Awareness. “(It’s) so the kids can understand what all the different flags and paint around the neighborhood mean when they see them. It gives them a better understanding when they do see those things.”

Participating students were given a report card, of sorts.

“A big piece of this is a report card. It's kind of like an energy report card. They send it home with the students, and it’s a piece they cover with their parents at home,” Bryant said.

“The take-home piece will ask them questions like, do they use natural gas in their home?

Jacob Hoghess and Kelli Martin, a public awareness specialist from Vectren. Hoghess was chosen to receive a Kindle.

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We the People team wins state

Are they making sure their furnace doesn't have clutter or toys around it? Is the gas meter free of debris? Just general safety concepts.”

Vectren takes all the returned energy report cards and chooses eight random winners, who each receive a Kindle. Jacob Hoghess of New Britton Elementary was one of the statewide winners.

“He was really surprised. He didn't know he was the winner. His teacher and parents were in on it. We came in and talked about the Energy Safe Kids program and asked if they remembered what happened if you returned the form, and they were all really excited,” Public Awareness Specialist Kelli Martin said. “We announced the winner as Jacob. He thought he was in trouble because his parents were there, which was pretty cute. He was really excited and thankful.”

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Swimming excellence continues for Fishers club

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One more layer and it all falls apart...

Monday through Saturday. FAST is the feeder program for the Fishers High School varsity swim teams. There also is a master swimming For the fourth straight year, the Fishers program for adults.

Area Swimming Accomplishment Tigers have been “We start with our wonderful swim lesson program that progresses their awarded abilities to our beginning level of the a Silver medal ranking in the USA team. To become an Olympic Trial Swimming Club Excellence program. level athlete demands a lot of work In its 16th year, the Club Excellence and dedication. FAST was represented program identifies clubs that “execute at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials by strong, well-rounded programs to three of our athletes,” said Chuck produce elite 18-and-under athletes.”

Gillespie, FAST board member. “HowThe top 20 clubs earn Gold level ever, our program takes into account ranking, while those rated 21-100 are Chambers all levels of swimmers interested in designated as Silver honorees. competing. Our main goal is to advance swim“There are over 2,800 swim teams in the mers through our program to allow them to be United States. To be considered 51st is a feat highly competitive nationally, in high school, that our swimmers, coaches and parents are proud and honored to be ranked so high,” FAST and we have a number of swimmers who continue to swim at the collegiate level.”

Head Coach Jay Chambers said. “This achieveThree of FAST’s coaches have been named ment is reached because of the dedication Indiana Swimming Coach of the Year recipiof our 18-and-under athletes, their coaches ents: Jay Chambers (1998), Alec Haley (2013) and parents. It’s truly a ‘team’ effort for us to help every young athlete in our program reach and Steve Sanchez (2014). The FAST coaching staff includes Garland Wilson, Chas Grimm, their highest potential.”

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Lt. Mike Janes’ police car is equipped with all the materials necessary for a police officer, diver and paramedic. (Photos by Anna Skinner)

Lt. Mike Janes only police paramedic in state with vehicle equipped with EKG, medical supplies

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com With regard to public safety, Fishers Police Dept. Lt. Mike Janes has done it all. He originally atcover story tended college to become a police officer, a path that took him to his destination. He has served on FPD since 2003. But along the way, Janes also has been a volunteer firefighter, an emergency medical technician and a civilian paramedic.

Now, Janes is the only paramedic police officer in the state of Indiana with a fully equipped vehicle.

“I went to college with the intent of becoming a police officer, and I studied criminology at (Indiana State University),” he said.

“One of my fraternity brothers was a volunteer firefighter, and he took an EMT class through the university and showed me the book and said, ‘This might help get you hired on (as a police officer).’

Janes then decided to take an EMT class, where the instructor asked him to join the volunteer fire department in west Terre Haute. He went through fire training to become a firefighter and got a job with an ambulance service when he discovered that paramedics earn nearly twice what a new police officer makes. So when he graduated from ISU in 1994, he attended paramedic school for a year and a half and was hired as a firefighter for the Terre Haute City Fire Dept.

1990

Lt. Mike Janes has a vehicle fully equipped with paramedic supplies.

Janes began working as a civilian paramedic for the Fishers Fire Dept. in 2003, when now-FPD Public Information Officer Tom Weger recruited Janes to join the police department.

“It was really a great working relationship between our two agencies to outfit my vehicle and allow it to be out on the streets,” Janes said. “Our administration was pretty forwardthinking and made it happen.”

To equip Janes’ police vehicle with paramedic materieals, such as a Lifepak monitor, an EKG monitor and defibrillators, cost about $15,000. FFD provided all medication for his vehicle.

• Graduated college with criminology degree

• Became a firefighter with the Terre Haute City Fire Dept.

1994

1999

• Became an EMT • Completed fire training • Volunteer firefighter with the Sugar Creek Fire Dept.

1996

• Became a paramedic

Although Janes cannot transport patients to the hospital in his police vehicle, if he were to arrive first on scene, he would initiate paramedic care. In extreme cases, Janes said he can park his vehicle and ride in the back of the ambulance transport with the patient.

“I typically work night shift, so there are times I’m out and about when a call comes in, and if I’m close, I arrive prior to the fire department,” he said. “It all depends on circumstances. A lot of times, I’m just another helping hand. They really do have great people over there (at the fire department) and great paramedics. There’re places where fire and police are like oil and water, but we truly have a great working relationship between the two agencies.”

Besides being a paramedic, Janes is on the dive team and serves as boat patrol coordinator. As a paramedic, he can administer flu or other vaccines at the police department, as well as draw blood for those suspected of driving under the influence.

“If (a department) has someone who has knowledge, skills and the abilities of a paramedic working for your agency, and you have the financial ability to provide them with that equipment, then in those cases, you’re just putting one more asset to your community out there,” Janes said.

Janes’ public safety timeline • Became a civilian paramedic for the Fishers Fire Dept.

• Joined the Fishers Police Dept.

2003 2000

• Served with Vigo County Sheriff’s Dept.

2004

• Police vehicle equipped for paramedic use

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Lambs are never silent

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A lesson in ‘weird’ On the whole, we have it pretty darned good in our community. Compare our environs to, say, Portland, Ore., which one of us visited for a family wedding during New Year’s weekend, and there is, well, no comparison. Portland seems to thrive on being, uh, different. That’s all well and good, but when one sees “Keep Portland Weird” plastered everywhere in the Rose City, it creates an opportunity for pause. Portland is doing just swell in that regard. From municipal values to social tenets, we certainly weren’t in “Kansas” anymore. Next time you think about complaining about road construction here, consider that the gem of Oregon seems to want you to, for starters, prefer dodging potholes and not notice bridge abutments crumbling. The recycling protocol there is off the hook, and we are all for recycling … if the matter truly ends up being recycled. Trying to figure out where to put what is more difficult than solving a Rubik’s Cube. Socially, the fine folks out there could learn a thing or three from Hoosier hospitality. On a walk through the Pearl District, one in our party said, half jokingly, “Are we just going to walk through Portland all day?” That prompted a local to comment: “Get out of my city.” Your intrepid writer here took up the cause and told the gent that he should thank his lucky stars for our tourism dollars (among other perhaps less-pleasant suggestions). There are great eateries and quirky, fun shops, though, and lots of gray skies this time of year. It was just, as they tout, weird, and it’s good to be back home and in our element.

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

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Never awesome-less Commentary by Terry Anker The cold, gray winter days are laid out ahead of us. Snow, frost and bluster are on the agenda. But like all things, this will pass. Soon, the chill will give way to warmer evenings and emerging flora. As life seems to pass more quickly with each new year, the winters are fleeting. We’ve barely found a matching pair of gloves when it is time to return them to storage for balmy summer days.

Even if we know that a better day will come, we can, at times, roil in the discomfort of the day’s unpleasantness. Perhaps this kind of short-sighted critique is uniquely human. We endure failings and peccadillos in our own lives and then imagine that they have set in as permanent fixtures rather than brief moments. We eat or spend a bit too much during the holiday break and then proclaim that we “always do that!” We indulge in a round of self-loathing, claiming that we are deeply and permanently flawed

and incapable of restraint.

There are times when we are less than awesome, no doubt. However, there is never a time when we are completely and entirely awesome-less. We all struggle with it at times – a lagging confidence or belief in our own contributory worth to those around us.

Some days it is difficult to understand how we add value. It took the angel Clarence to prove to George Bailey that his despair was only temporary and, indeed, that he had a wonderful life.

Wouldn’t it be a better and more productive use of our energy to plan a road to improvement rather than claim a constant excuse? As easily as we make wrong choices, cannot we make right ones? If we hold out for the rain to end, surely the sun will shine.

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

Q U O TE O F THE W EEK Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

– Ronald Reagan

One of my favorite movies is “Silence of the Lambs.” If you haven’t seen it, I recommend you stop reading immehumor diately and get to the nearest pirated-movie website. I want you to fully appreciate my masterful references and make the vow never to help strange men move furniture into unmarked vans. Now, watch me work this 1991-thriller into an entire column on working-mom guilt!

When I stayed at home with kids, wallowing in the minutia of diapers, potty-training, cut-up hot dogs, sippy cups, lost pacifiers, training wheels, naps, Playhouse Disney and the god-awful bedtime routine, I never thought twice about enjoying moments by myself. If I somehow stumbled upon a child-free hour or, miracle of all miracles, an overnight, I relished completely forgetting about my parental responsibilities, usually with a nice Chianti. In other words, once they were out of my sight, I no longer heard the lambs crying.

But ever since going back to work, quality time away from my children is frequented by anxiety and overwhelming mom-guilt. Take this past week. I spent two days in Kentucky, no kids, no husband, but I constantly worried about who would take Corinne lunch during guard practice, get Andrew to tae kwon do and feed Maddie. It’s like the trauma of being sent to live with my uncle on the sheep farm who won’t let me live my life. Or, more befitting me personally, the constant “on-call” feeling of parenting refuses to dissipate, even when I’m technically not on duty.

To alleviate the worry, I usually put the family under full SWAT-team surveillance in my absence, but then the guilt sets in. I hear my precious starlings cry: “Why aren’t you spending time with us, mom?” “Why aren’t you here taking us bowling?” “Why aren’t you teaching us to make clothes out of human skin?” Enough! I just want those little “baahs” to be silent!

But perhaps no mother ever experiences a true silence of her lambs. All we can do is continue to rub the balance lotion on our stressed-out skins (zinger!). Peace out.

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Inspiration, Part II Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Part II about all the things that sparked ideas for my columns in 2016.

THANKS to Costco for offerhumor ing a plump, perfectly cooked rotisserie chicken for five bucks.

While in the store to purchase one for dinner, I picked up a new iPad, some printer ink and two cases of imported beer. “How can they afford to sell an entire cooked chicken for only $4.95?” I asked the lady at the check-out.

“Got me,” she said. “Your total is $352. Enjoy your dinner.”

NO THANKS to my 100-bucks-an-hour tech nerd, Kevin, who has on more than one occasion simply put the cord back in the outlet. I was frustrated recently because the power button wouldn’t turn off the computer, so I told Kevin on the phone I was just going to yank out the plug. “Good,” he said. “I can use the money.”

THANKS to the investigators who went back in the scientific literature to determine the real benefits of exercise. In 1906, scientists divided people into two groups to compare their relative health. Half the people exercised daily. They are all dead now. So, there you go.

THANKS to Whole Foods, where I bought a bar of organic green soap wrapped in clear shrink wrap. When I got out of the shower the next morning, I told my wife I didn’t think it lathered very well. “Is it because it’s organic?”

I asked Mary Ellen.

“No, it’s because you just washed yourself with a wedge of cheese.”

THANKS to archeologists for uncovering the world’s first musical instrument. It looked like a kazoo and was found next to a 500,000-year-old skeleton. His body was isolated many miles from the rest of his tribe.

Scientists are not sure why this man was left alone to die. I have a pretty good idea.

NO THANKS to my wife for visiting her friend in Florida without teaching me how to use all the remotes. We have one for Apple TV, one for the DVR, one for the Blu-ray and one for regular TV. “Could you change the channels?” Mary Ellen asked when she called.

“No, but I opened and closed the garage door 11 times.”

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Is bariatric medicine right for you?

Commentary by Dr. Dimitrios Stefanidis There are many options, surgical as well as non-surgical, that can help you reverse obesity and restore your weightloss health.

Of course, nutrition and exercise are key to optimum fitness, but it can be a real struggle to lose weight — and keep it off — when you’re significantly overweight. Very few people can accomplish that kind of weight loss on their own.

Surgical treatment.

Obesity is a chronic life-threatening disease that causes many serious health conditions, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, metabolic syndrome and sleep apnea.

Bariatric surgery is an effective weight loss treatment, which, in turn, helps reverse other medical problems.

If you have a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more, or of 35 with a serious health condition,

you may be a candidate for bariatric surgery.

The surgery itself is very low risk and performed laparoscopically (with small incisions), resulting in a faster recovery.

Non-surgical treatment.

However, surgery isn’t for everyone. Not all insurance plans cover it, and not all overweight patients qualify for it. IU Health offers comprehensive non-surgical weight loss treatment plans, supervised by health care professionals.

We begin by conducting a complete physical exam, including blood tests and an electrocardiogram. In addition to ongoing medical monitoring, treatment may consist of fitness, nutritional and behavioral counseling; medication; support groups; and cooking classes.

Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, specializes in bariatric surgery. He is a guest columnist and located at IU Health North Hospital, 11725 N. Illinois Street, Suite 350, in Carmel. He can be reached by calling the office at 317.688.2647.

Dispatches No more UTI’s — Here are the best ways for women and men to avoid these common infections: 1. Visit the bathroom frequently. Holding urine can distend and irritate the bladder.

2. Drink lots of water to flush bacteria from the intestinal tract.

3. Eat yogurt. The good bacteria can improve the overall health of the digestive system.

4. Drink cranberry juice. Be sure to drink real juice, not the flavored cranberry cocktail.

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Smell a grapefruit — Breathing in certain aromas can help reduce stress. In a study at James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, researchers tested the effect of pleasantsmelling essential oils by diffusing them in the central nurses station. Oncology nurses, who frequently suffer from work-related stress, compassion fatigue and burnout, reported significant improvements in tension, worry and demands over the course of the study.

One of the essential oils tested was grapefruit, which is refreshing and revitalizing and helped boost the body’s feelings of energy and happiness.

Source: WisdomPills.co Thieves oil uses — Thieves oil takes its name from a blend of essential oils that was used by those robbing the victims of the bubonic plague.

Studies confirm that the blend has many useful properties. Some uses for the oil include: spray on plants as a pesticide, dilute with water and

use to sanitize surfaces, blend with a carrier oil and use as an acne treatment, apply to insect bites and stings, apply to cold sores or infected gums, use one drop diluted in water as a mouthwash, massage into temples for headache relief.

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Tummy ache relief — When your child gets a tummy ache, it can be upsetting. Here are several natural ways to help relieve the pain. Chamomile tea has anti-inflammatory and sedative properties. Ginger, in the form of ginger ale or fresh ginger tea, is an antioxidant and can decrease nausea. Peppermint can also help settle the stomach, whether in tea or a peppermint candy.

Yogurt can help ease cramping and diarrhea. Also, reflexology of the foot can help. Rubbing the arch of the left foot can cause the abdominal area to relax and feel calmer.

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Free health and fitness classes — Witham Health Services will offer several free health and fitness classes during the coming months. Classes include: Breastfeeding Education, Diabetes Management, Rock Steady Boxing, Silver Sneakers, Tai Chi and more. For times and locations, visit witham.org or call 765-485-8120.

Support groups available – Witham Health Services offers a variety of support groups for those in need of the services. Groups include: Alzheimer’s Support, Cancer Support, Cancer Gentle Stretch Yoga, Cancer Support Cooking for Wellness, Diabetic Support and Grief Support. The groups are free and meet monthly. For more, visit witham.org or call 765-485-8120.

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CloudOne’s growth earns award

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for the breadth of awards we have garnered over the past few years, from the Inc. 5000 to Top 100 Best Places to Work in Indiana Jon Olson’s giving nature has been noticed. and now the Applause Business of the Year Olson received the OneZone Most ValuAward,” CloudOne CEO John McDonald said. “As able Volunteer accomplishment Award at OneZone we continue to grow, it is very meaningful to be recognized not only for our entrepreneurial Awards luncheon endeavors, but also as a communityDec. 14 at Ritz Charles in Carmel. based company where people are “I was extremely honored and excited to come to work each day. We humbled, and thoroughly surprised, are proud to be located in Hamilton to receive the (award),” Olson said. “I County and to be singled out by Oneknow there are many people deservZone among all of the other amazing ing of this award every year. I love companies doing business in Fishers our community and everything it ofand Carmel is truly an honor.” fers. I’ve never looked at volunteering McDonald Other Award winners: like work, rather a great way to make Young Professional of the Year Award (ages friends, support our community and help oth21 and 40: Jay Bangert, The Hagerman Group. ers make memories.”

Lifetime Achievement Awards: The Harold Olson moved to Carmel in 2006 and started Kaiser Lifetime Achievement Award, given to BrightStar Care of Indianapolis, a home-care an individual from Carmel: Bruce Breeden, Vice and medical-staffing agency, providing care to President of the Energy Solutions Division seniors. at Telamon. Former Fishers Police Chief and The Applause Business of the Year Award life-long Fishers resident George Kehl was for a small to medium business was presentpresented the Lifetime Achievement Award for ed to Carmel-based pi lab/ Edwin the Duck.

Fishers.

The vision at pi lab, founded in 2013, is to The Look Award for New Construction: encourage better thinkers from day one with Carmel was presented to Children’s Learning the mission to inspire children to create and Adventure, which provides brightly decorated explore through innovative technology and state-of-the art classroom design, located at lovable characters, such as Edwin the Duck.

760 East 116th Street. “(This award) is one of the most special The Look Award for New Construction: Fishawards we have received,” pi lab co-founder ers was given to Four Day Ray Brewing, easily Matt McBeth said. “We could not have done recognizable by its iconic silo on top of the this without our local community partners, and are very proud to live, work, and play right roof, located at 11671 Lantern Rd. The Look Award for Renovation: Carmel was here in central Indiana.” presented to Lakeside Green Business Center Fishers-based CloudOne was honored with at 645 West Carmel Drive, a LEED-certified the OneZone Applause Business of the Year award for a large business. CloudOne is an IoT office building in the mixed-use Lakeside Development.

(Internet of Things) solution enabler, connectThe Look Award for Renovation: Fishers ing data across businesses through a comwent to Balmoral House, a former home that bination of technology and service. The business, founded in 2010, has expanded from four was transformed into a wedding and event venue, located by Balmoral Golf Club at 10101 to 50 employees. CloudOne has been named Hamilton Hills Lane. to the Inc. 5000 for three consecutive years, Green Award: NextGear Capital for the Indianapolis Business Journal 2015 and 2016 ThinkGreen program, which combines educarankings of the fastest-growing companies in tion and involvement to enlighten and mothe Indianapolis area and Top 100 Best Places tivate its more 500 team members at their to Work in Indiana. corporate headquarters in Carmel.

"At CloudOne, we are humbled and grateful

Dispatches Income tax rate reduced – The Indiana individual income tax rate has been reduced from 3.3 percent to 3.23 percent. Also, the local income tax imposed by a county is the same for both residents and nonresidents. For more information about these changes, review Departmental Notice #42, available online at in.gov/dor/reference/ files/dn42.pdf.

Portillo’s looks to Fishers – According to various local reports, Portillo’s restaurant of Chicago is considering opening a location in Fishers. Portillo’s is an American restaurant chain specializing in Chicagostyle food, with the hot dogs, sandwiches, salads and more. As of press time, Current could not confirm with city officials the opening of the restaurant or any further details about its potential opening. For updates on this story, visit currentinfishers.com.

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Nick O’Brien (Jeff Stockberger), right, watches as Tony Whitcomb (Daniel Klingler) fills his hand with shaving cream as he prepares to give Nick a shave in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s 2017 seasonopener, “Shear Madness.” Now on stage through Jan. 29, this madcap murder mystery takes place in a not-so-typical Indianapolis hair salon – and the audience decides how it ends.

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Eddie Curry knows most audiences enjoy a good whodunit, especially one full of laughs. theater Curry will be directing the Indiana premiere of “Shear Madness,” which will run through Jan. 29 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis.

“It’s quite a complicated little piece because there is audience participation, and it’s a different show every night,” said Curry, artistic director at Beef & Boards.

“It’s the same plot but there are three or four potential suspects who can be voted at the end of the night as the murderer.

The audience helps decide each show who the murderer is. The hardest task the actors have in front of them is there are 80 potential comedic bits, but on any given

night they might only deal with eight to 10 of them.”

“Shear Madness” opened in Boston in January 1980 and is still running. It’s running at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. since 1987. It has ran in New York City since 2015 and previously had two stints in Chicago. It started when Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan acquired the rights to the script originally written by a German playwright.

“It was written to be an example of how bad eyewitness testimony can be,” Curry said. “Bruce and Marilyn saw something else in that obscure script and turned it into ‘Shear Madness.’ It’s successful in those three cities that they have completely localized everything in the show to be happening in the very area that the show is taking places.”

Curry said Abrams and Jordan finally

allowed other groups to take a stab at putting on their own production.

“To learn some of the inside secrets and shortcuts, they ask you to send the director to Washington D.C. for a few days to observe and learn from the cast of ‘Shear Madness’ and the director there,” Curry said. “That’s what I did in October, and it was a really great time. I learned a lot about ‘Shear Madness’ in those three days.”

The play is set in a hairstyling salon on Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis-based cast includes Jeff Stockberger as the cop, Daniel Klingler, salon owner, Jenny Reber, hairdresser, Suzanne Stark, socialite, Nathan Robbins, undercover cop and Michael Shelton, mystery man.

For more, visit beefandboards.com.

Dispatch Upcoming shows at Belfry Theatre — Belfry Theatre, 10690 Greenfield Ave, Noblesville, will present “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” beginning Jan. 27. Other showings are Jan. 28, Feb. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12. For more, visit thebelfrytheatre.com/2016-2017-season/ how-to-succeed-in-business-without-really-trying/.

Martina McBride presents at the Palladium — Martina McBride will stop at the Palladium during her “Love Unleashed” Tour at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 23. Her concert will feature Lauren Alaina. For more, visit thecenterfortheperformingarts.org.

The creative team of the original production, from left, David HydePierce, Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi.

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‘It Shoulda Been You’ hits ATI

By Zack Dunkin • news@currentinfishers.com Think of the musical comedy “It Shoulda Been You” like “Will & Grace,” complete with dysfunctional characters tackling controversial situPerformance ations with crazy antics – but accompanied by music. That’s close to what audiences can expect when Actors Theater of Indiana presents the Indiana premier of the new play, Jan. 27-Feb. 12, at the Studio Theater.

“What the original creative team tried to do was make this a little bit different kind of musical comedy,” said Cynthia Collins, one of the co-founders of ATI. “They made it a little more interesting in that it plays like a TV sitcom. It’s like the audience might think they are in their living rooms watching television.

“It’s fast-moving, 90 minutes non-stop, and it’s happening right there,” she added. “In fact, the original tagline for the play was ‘You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll be home by 10.’ You won’t be there three hours.”

Featuring music by Barbra Anselmi and a book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove, “It Shoulda Been You” follows a Jewish bride as she readies to marry her Catholic boyfriend. When the bride’s ex-boyfriend shows up, the wedding starts to unravel. Religions collide. Secrets are revealed. Plots are conceived.

But while the dozen characters might seem like comic-types one might find at a sitcom wedding – overbearing Jewish mother, high-strung bride, alcoholic mother of the groom – they not only deal with a chaotic wedding situation, but with the heavier issues of diversity.

“It’s a contemporary spin on the traditional wedding comedy with a message,” Collins said. “It’s about acceptance of others and acceptance of oneself.”

The musical premiered in 2011, and last year ran five months on Broadway, where Collins paid a visit to see her old friend, Anselmi, and view the show firsthand.

For more, visit centerfortheperformingarts.org.

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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.

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Where’s Amy rings in 2017 at the Palladium Carol Bennett, Marlene Blackwell, Don Blackwell, Courtney Doty and Jeremy Doty (Fishers). (Photos by Amy Pauszek)

The walls were rocking and the roof was on fire at the Palladium’s New Year’s Eve Extravaganza. Where’s Amy rang in the new year with friends and guests at the annual event, which included four marvelous parties, live music, non-stop dancing, scrumptious hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, Champagne and fireworks that topped off the festive evening with a bang. Nothing beats dancing on the Palladium stage to the beat of The Impalas while celebrating good times with friends dressed to the nines. The Palladium staff did it again by ringing in 2017 with all the glitz, glamour and razzle dazzle that the special night of celebrations deserved. Where’s Amy can’t wait to see you in the new year. It’s going to be the best one yet. Together, let’s make a difference, because we can.

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Beer & Ballet III set for Feb. 10-11 Musician to honor Cantor Roger

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For Ballet Theatre of Indiana Artistic Director Stirling Matheson, presenting Beer & Ballet is both fun and challenging.

“People loved it the first year, so we brought it back as one of our mainstays dance the second year,” Matheson said.

“It’s always an eclectic show and fun to work on. The audience really enjoys it. Everybody gets to stretch their creative muscles a bit. We have a few of our dancers choreographing.”

Beer & Ballet III will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11 at the Basile Theatre at the Atheneum, 407 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis. Sun King Brewery will provide the featured beers.

“Every year we’ve done a variety of contemporary pieces and excerpts from classical ballet,” Matheson said. “The first year we did ‘Le Corsaire.’ Last year we did some of the first act of 'Don Quixote.' This year it’s going to be from the Wedding Scene and the Kingdom of the Shades from ‘La Bayadere.’ We’re messing with the format a bit. We’re opening with bits of ‘Bayadere’ and closing with bits of ‘Bayadere.’ In between, we’ll be doing the more contemporary pieces.”

The company of 14 women and two men will

Jewish rock musician Dan Nichols performs in more than 180 shows per year, typically in front of Jewish congregations.

His Indianapolis appearance will be to celebrate the upcoming retirement music of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Cantor Janice Roger.

“It’s an added bonus to me, personally, because when I was a child I belonged to Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, and Cantor Janice was my cantor when I was a kiddo,” Nichols said. “Her professional life had an impact on me becoming a Jewish musician and being touched by the beauty and power for Jewish communal singing.”

Nichols will appear at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 6501 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25.

“It’s a bit of a homecoming for me, not just to Indianapolis but IHC, where my Jewish story began,” said Nichols, who has performed a few times at IHC over the years.

Nichols, 47, moved from Indianapolis in the middle of eighth grade.

Nichols, who lives in Raleigh, N.C., spent 10 summers at the Goldman Union Camp Institute in Zionsville before receiving his degree

Stirling Matheson performing in the 2016 Beer & Ballet. From left in background, Cheyanne Elam and Annie Mushrush. (Submitted photo by Mark Abarca)

appear in the show.

“Because there are so many different pieces, organizing rehearsals are difficult for myself, Sabrina (Matheson), Cole (Companion) and Annie (Mushrush),” Matheson said.

Matheson's wife, Sabrina, shares the role of artistic director. Companion is the ballet master and technical director, and Mushrush is the ballet mistress.

“Kingdom of the Shades is one of the most beautiful openings and one of the most iconic moments in all of ballet,” Matheson said. “It is very difficult and will really stress all of our dancers’ endurance. I’m looking forward to setting that part, rehearsing it and making them sweat.”

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in vocal performance at the University of North Carolina.

Nichols’s repertoire includes a wide range of sounds and styles, from Dan Nichols will honor Cantor energetic Janice Roger at an event Feb. Jewish rock anthems to 25. (Submitted photo) moving interpretations of traditional Jewish liturgy.Nichols started a Jewish rock band 20 years ago. The band is called Eighteen, which is synonymous with the related Hebrew word chai (life or long life).

Nichols will perform solo at the event honoring Roger.

“Essentially, the congregation will become the band, and I sure hope that I’m going to be singing with Cantor Roger,” Nichols said.

Tickets for the concert are $18 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under and collegeaged students. Tickets for adults at the door are $20.

To purchase tickets, visit bit.do/DanNicholsIHC.

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The Hamilton Restaurant offers fine dining for all of central Indiana. Enjoy a casual and comfortable atmosphere within the traditional, community setting of downtown Noblesville that is appealing to so many residents and diners. Favorite features on the menu include delicious homemade soups and desserts.

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Mini Popcorn Balls with Chocolate ‘Fondue’ Submitted recipe and photo courtesy of Family Features and Orville Redenbacher National Popcorn Day is Jan. 19. What better way to celebrate than with a sweet spin on the classic snack?

Prep time: 25 minutes Servings: 12 Ingredients: 1 bag Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop! 94 Percent Fat-Free Butter Microwave Popcorn, nonstick cooking spray, 1/4 cup stick butter or margarine, 1 package (10 ounces) marshmallows, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 1/2 cups light chocolate syrup, colored candy sprinkles (optional).

Directions: Prepare popcorn according to package directions. Remove all un-popped kernels. Spray large bowl with nonstick spray; add popped corn.

In medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add marshmallows and vanilla.

Heat 5 minutes, or until marshmallows melt,

stirring frequently. Pour over popcorn; mix well with spoon sprayed with cooking spray.

Moisten hands with water before shaping popcorn mixture into 24 small balls, about 1/3cup popcorn mixture each.

In small saucepan, heat chocolate syrup over medium heat 5 minutes, or until warm, stirring occasionally. Transfer to small, fonduestyle pot.

Use wooden skewers or fondue forks to pick up popcorn balls and dip into chocolate and sprinkles, if desired.

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