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EDUCATION WITHOUT WALLS Expanded Teacher-in-Residence program brings new experiences for Fishers second and fifth graders / P15

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Some members of the public disagreed, saying that the subject matter of the books in the library was relevant in the discussion.

The July 28 Hamilton Southeastern They attempted to interject discussion of Schools board meeting turned contentious particular books into their public comments. when an agenda When the second public speaker, EDUCATION item about an Shannon Fields, tried to bring up appointment a concern about a particular book, to the library board led to heated Pritchard interrupted her and said public comments about the approFields’ comments needed to stay priateness of books in the library, a on the topic of the appointee to the 20-minute recess and suspension of library board. public comments when the meeting Two speakers later, Barbara Shaw Pritchett resumed. walked up to the podium with a Brian Meyer, the current HSE appointment book in hand. to the library board, has served in that caThe book, “When Aidan Became a Brother,” pacity for 12 years and is nearing the end is about a child born a girl who didn’t feel of his term, although he is open to serving like a girl and transitioned with her parents’ another. support to become a boy. Shaw, who found After Meyer addressed the board, the the book objectionable, had checked the school board opened the floor for public book out from the Hamilton East Public comment. Board President Janet Pritchett Library. had previously said that comments should Shaw said her concern was the approprifocus exclusively on the qualifications of an ateness of books available to children in the appointee to the library board and not adlibrary. Pritchard said that particular books dress specific books, movies or periodicals were not up for discussion. in the library.

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Golden weekend for golden retrievers — White River Golden Retriever Club will hold its annual specialty shows and obedience trials from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 14 and 15 in Centennial Hall at the Boone County Fairgrounds, in Lebanon. Admission is free. Only dogs previously entered are allowed. Vendors and food on site.

Meet owners and breeders and learn about the local club’s educational programs, events and activities. For more, visit wrgc.org.

Registration open for Youth and Government academies — Registration is open for a couple city government programs.

The Mayor’s Youth Academy is open to High School juniors and seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0. The City Government

book?” Shaw said in response to applause from the crowd.

Shaw continued to argue her point as Pritchard tried to restore order and as the crowd’s support for Shaw grew louder.

Shaw ignored Pritchard’s requests to stop speaking and started reading from the book, even after her microphone was cut off. The crowd became more agitated, which led to most of the school board members responding by leaving for a recess, as audience members chanted, “We pay you.”

When the meeting resumed 20 minutes later, public comment was suspended for the rest of the night.

The board did not make an appointment to the library board during the meeting.

Nominations were open until Aug. 7, and are now closed. Pritchard will select the appointee.

The meeting was conducted two days after a contentious Carmel Clay Schools board meeting that included several people reading sexually explicit excerpts from books they said are available to students in Carmel schools.

Academy is a nine week course that gives citizens a behind the scenes look of how their local government functions. The deadline for both is Sept. 3. For more, visit thisisfishers.com/ citizen-academies.

Blues Fest Lineup Announced — The lineup for the ninth annual Fishers Blues Fest is set. The Labor Day weekend event is free and will be held at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater. On Sept. 3 at 5:20 p.m., Agents of Redemption will perform, followed at 6:50 p.m. by Lil’ Red & The Rooster, 8:15 p.m. Bobby Rush. The Sept. 4 lineup begins at 3 p.m. with Doug Henthorn, followed at 4 p.m. by Mr. Kinetik, 5:45 p.m. by Joanna Connor, 7:15 p.m. by Bernard Allison and 8:45 p.m. by Brandon “Taz” Niederauer.

Pope graduates summa cum laude at Hanover — Justin C Pope, a 2017 graduate of Fishers High School, graduated summa cum laude in May 2021 from Hanover College with a major in biochemistry and a minor in mathematics. He will be attending the IU School of Medicine in August.

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FISHERS POLICE DEPT. WELCOME COMMUNITY INTO “THEIR” POLICE STATION

Along one of the entry walls inside the police station is a collection of model police cars belonging to retired FPD Lt. Dave Dunbar.

Fishers Police Dept. Chief Ed Gebhart addresses residents who gathered for the department’s open house as part of National Night Out. “This year is very important to us because after last year with all its events we couldn’t meet the community like this. So, this year we wanted to open our doors and let everyone into the police house, their police house,” Gebhart said. (Photos

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National Night Out allowed Fishers residents, like Omar Alhijji to see tools — such as this virtual-reality unit — that police use for training. “It allows us to simulate complex environments and still get a fully immersive training at a reasonable dollar amount,” LPD officer Jared Sheets said.

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Prevail, a Noblesville-based nonprofit that serves victims of crime and abuse, has announced the resignation COUNTY of Executive Director Susan Ferguson’s resignation. Her last day was July 15.

A new executive director has yet to be named, but a press release from Prevail said the search would begin immediately.

“It has been a pleasure Ferguson to serve as Prevail’s Executive Director for the past eight years. This experience has provided endless opportunities for professional and personal development. I have enjoyed working for the agency and appreciate the support provided to me during my tenure,” Ferguson stated.

The press release stated that Ferguson left the organization to “enjoy personal time and explore opportunities.”

Prevail Board Chair Liz Tate applauded Ferguson’s commitment to Prevail.

“This is a highly demanding job and her commitment to Prevail for eight years is extraordinary,” Tate stated. “Additionally, we are coming out of a trying time for all nonprofits, and we are so fortunate that Susan’s work has positioned us for a healthy future. We wish her continued success.”

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in deaths associated with domestic violence. In Hamilton County in 2020, eight deaths were associated with domestic violence compared to none the previous year. Prevail served 3,783 people in 2020, of which 80 percent were female.

Prevail and Hamilton County recently formed a partnership to construct a 20,000-square-foot family shelter in Hamilton County for victims of violence.

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how STEM education is taught in the U.S. “It’s really remarkable. I’ll get to draft legislation and I will be a consultant,” Miller Holly Miller, a sixth-grade science teachsaid in a video played during a recent Hamer who teaches STEM classes at Riverside ilton Southeastern School Board meeting.

Intermediate “It will really be hard for me to be EDUCATION School in Fishers, out of the classroom because I love won’t spend the kids and I love the job and I love 2021-22 school year in the classthe stuff that we get to do, so I room. Instead, she will be in Washthink being around adults all day ington, D.C., helping write legislawill be really weird. tion promoting STEM education.

“But I’m hopeful that I’ll be able Miller was one of 19 K-12 teachto enact some legislation that reMiller ers from across the nation selected ally can have some impact and a as a 2021-22 Albert Einstein Distinguished long-lasting effect on kids.”

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Miller is one of two teachers from Hamilof Education, the 11-month fellowship is ton County to be named an Einstein Fellow in its 31st year. Fellowship recipients are for 2021-22. The other is Kelly Day from placed in either a government agency or Westfield Middle School.

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Guerin golfer Pfefferkorn seeks fourth state appearance

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Guerin Catholic High School girls golf coach Mark Mathews expects senior Christina Pfefferkorn to have a successful senior season. But he wants her to enjoy herself along the way.

“Christina continues to improve her game. Her driver and second shots are a strong part of her game. (Her) short game and putting are also a strong part of her overall game,” Guerin coach Mark Mathews said of Pfefferkorn. “Christina is self-motivated and a fierce competitor, and the fact that her sister (Angelica) is such a great player gives her extra motivation and inspiration to follow in her steps. My expectations for Christina’s senior year are to enjoy every minute with her team and play to the best of her ability. She can control both of those things and that will result in a great senior year.”

Pfefferkorn, a Westfield resident, was the medalist and helped the Golden Eagles to victory in the first high school tournament of the year Aug. 3 with a 77 at Maple Creek Country Club in Indianapolis.

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Christina Pfefferkorn holds the trophy after winning the Golf Week Junior Tour at Lexington, Ky. in March with a score of 74-80. (Photo courtesy of Pfefferkorn family).

“I struggled a little bit, but I brought it back together,” she said.

She shot 70 to lead Guerin to the All-Catholic title at Pebble Brook in Noblesville.

Pfefferkorn placed 10th in the IHSAA State Finals at Carmel Prairie View Golf Club in October 2020. She also competed in the state meet the previous two years, but 10th was her highest finish.

“My overall goal for the season is to place really well and make it to state,” she said.

“Staying consistent with my swing will help me play really well.”

Pfefferkorn tied for 33rd in the state tournament in 2019 and tied for 37th in 2018.

Guerin was fifth as a team that year.

“Since last season, I think I made the most improvement in my short game,” Pfefferkorn said.

Pfefferkorn had some solid showings since the end of the 2020 high season. She said she is most proud about winning the IGA Indiana Jr. Age Championship 17 division title July 1-2 at Golf Club at Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth. She shot rounds of 71-73.

Her sister Angelica Pfefferkorn is a 2020 Guerin Catholic graduate who is a sophomore golfer at Oklahoma State University.

Angelica was eighth in the state in 2019.

The sisters learned to play at the same time when Angelica was 6 and Christina was 4.

“We’ve always pushed each other to practice more and play harder against each other,” Christina said. “I played a lot of sports when I was younger, but as I grew up, I focused more of my time on golf.”

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Construction on 116th Street finishes ahead of schedule

By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com Although the project was expected to take two months, construction on 116th Street over the Nickel Plate Trail ROADS was completed in 46 days. The original projection was 60 days.

“There were a lot of good people, like our general contractor Meyer Najem, just making it happen,” Fishers Director of Engineering Jason Taylor said. “Even though the weather didn’t really cooperate, we laid out a very efficient schedule that we were able to adjust to keep the project moving forward whether it was raining or not.”

Taylor said planning for the project began in 2018 when the contracts were initiated by the design teams. Taylor also credited quick work moving utility lines — no less than 10 under 116th Street — for completing the project ahead of schedule.

“A lot of times on our projects the utility companies can drive the schedule, because in order for us to do our road infrastructure,

Aerial view of the completed 116th street with tunnel construction continuing underneath.

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we need them to be relocated out of the way so we can get going,” Taylor said.

The good news for motorists is, 116th Steet is open with no detours. The tunnel being constructed beneath the street is on schedule to be completed by spring of 2022.

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FISHERS Project: Admirals Pointe Drive closed Location: CONSTRUCTION Between E 86th Street and Old Stone Road.

Expected completion: Work will last through mid-summer 2021 as crews replace a timber bridge over Geist and the north fork of Dry Branch.

GEIST Project: Maple Lane, Zoeller Ave and Wellington Drive Water Main Replacement Location: There will be lane restrictions on each of the three roads, the details of where the lane closures will be are not yet available.

Expected completion: Project continue until September NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH Project: Small structure replacement Location: 191st Street between Cyntheanne Road and Prairie Baptist Road will be closed to all thru traffic.

Expected completion: Dec. 1.

CARMEL Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: Between City Center Drive and Elm Street. The project will include construction of a new roundabout at Walnut Street (6th Street) and Range Line Road.

Alternate routes during construction include Keystone Parkway, Main Street, City Center Drive and 3rd Avenue SW. Expected completion: Work on the roundabout is under way, with a full closure of the intersection expected for approximately 60 days.

Project: Westfield Boulevard culvert Location: Between 106th and 116th streets Expected completion: Mid-August Project: 1st St. NW Reconstruction, including repairing the roadway and adding curbs and a sidewalk.

Expected completion: Before Sept. 1 Project: Westfield Boulevard culvert Location: Between 106th and 116th streets Expected completion: Mid-August Project: Transmission and water utility work Location: Veterans Way between The Cat Theatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures will occur but access to all addresses will be maintained.

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

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Hamilton Town Center adds dog park for shoppers

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Hamilton Town Center shopping center has gone to the dogs, at least in the way of a dog park.

PETS The Noblesville park, 13901 Town Center Blvd., was designed by Gyms for Dogs.

“We designed a nice little park and installed it in late June,” said John Sarver, director of design for Gyms for Dogs. “It’s an off-leash dog park. It’s going to be really popular because people like bringing their dogs shopping. The stores there are dog-friendly, for the most part. They bring their dog to the mall and also have a park for the dog to play.”

The park is 4,500 square feet.

“I think it’s one of the best off-leash parks on the north side of town,” said Sarver, referring to the Indianapolis area.

Gyms for Dogs, a nationwide supplier headquartered in Indianapolis, has several parks in central Indiana, including apartment complexes and municipal parks.

The parks include Clay Terrace and one in Carmel on 116th Street.

“Our equipment is designed for the dogs to have something to play on and exercise,” Sarver said. “A lot of our products have shade underneath them so they can play on them. It also increases the interaction with the dog and their owner. The dog is off the leash, so the dog feels a little bit of freedom.”

Sarver said Hamilton Town Center has a dog water fountain.

“We did something unique at that one with small fenced-in solo dog areas,” Sarver said. “Each area has a bench and one play piece.”

Sarver said that allows people to bring a dog to the park that might either be afraid of other dogs or too aggressive with other dogs.

“Their dog can still have dog park experience,” Sarver said.

Leigh Reinert, area director of marketing and business development for shopping centers, including Hamilton Town Center, said the center is thrilled to have the dog park as a new amenity for shoppers and the local community.

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Local residents celebrate Hindu festival Rath Yatra

By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com Two major Hindu festivals were celebrated last month at the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana, 3350 N. German RELIGION Church Rd., Indianapolis. Rath Yatra was celebrated on July 10 and Bahuda Yatra on July 18.

The celebrations were the first for the Jagannath Association of Indiana in two years.

The 2020 celebrations canceled because of

Participants pull a decorated chariot that contains three Hindu deities during the July 10 Rath Yatra. (Photo courtesy Shriya Una)

the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It was a great event for the Indian diaspora (in Indiana) with approximately 400 people attending,” Aswini Kumar Behera, a Fishers resident, stated in an email.

Rath Yatra means “chariot festival.” It is a nine-day event that, according to congregation member Shriya Una, “celebrates the annual journey of three Hindu deities, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Goddess Subhadra, to their aunt’s place in grand chariots.”

Rath Yatra has been celebrated for nearly 5,000 years and originated in Puri, a coastal city in the Indian state of Odisha, 309 miles southwest of Kolkata.

The festival showcases the three deities outside of the temple, adorned in bright clothes, on brightly colored chariots that are paraded around by the congregation. In Puri, the deities travel to a different temple, Gundicha Temple, for nine days before returning to their original home.

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Picnic supports Coxhall Gardens

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Posh Picnic was created in 2018 as a fundraiser to support Carmel’s Coxhall Mansion and grounds.

FUNDRAISER Guests provide their own favorite culinary delights, refreshments and table settings.

The Posh Picnic is set for 6:30 to 11 p.m. Aug. 21 in a tented Cripe Pavilion in the Coxhall Gardens, 11677 Towne Rd., on the southeast corner of the Coxhall Estate. Carmel residents Mary Robinson and Audrey Nelson serve as co-chairs of the event, which is sponsored by the Coxhall Guild and Friends of Hamilton County Parks.

This will be the third Posh Picnic. There was no Posh Picnic in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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An Indianapolis man is dead after drowning on Aug. 1 in Geist Reservoir.

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Expanded Teacher-in-Residence program brings new experiences for Fishers second and fifth graders Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com The classroom will look different on certain days for some Fishers elementary students this year. For some, it will have a pastoral feel as they explore an active farm, while for others it will be in a workshop with a 3-D printer that can turn imaginative designs into reality.

Through an extended partnership with the City of Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern School District’s Teacher-in-Residence program is expanding for the 2021-22 school year. The program places a teacher in a nontraditional classroom setting, allowing students to rotate through and learn in a new environment.

For example, this year, all second graders in Fishers will cycle through Fishers AgriPark, where they will learn about farming, plant and animal adaptation, weather and erosion.

Also new this year, fifth-grade students will rotate through the Fishers Maker Playground inside Hub & Spoke, where students can put STEM skills into practice.

Students in second and fifth grades will visit the off-site classrooms for a full school day, one or two classes at a time, during the first semester. Second-graders will spend at least a day at Fishers AgriPark, while fifth-graders will spend back-to-back days at the Fishers Maker Playground.

Jennifer Suskovich, who has been teaching in HSE schools since 2001, joins Brooke Daniel, who is starting her sixth year in HSE schools, as the two new teachers-in-residence. Both are employed by the school district. The teachers’ classrooms are at the Fishers Maker Playground and AgriPark, respectively. They will spend one day a week in the school district’s offices or visiting schools, while the rest of the time will be spent on-site.

For Daniel, being able to teach children in an agricultural setting without classroom walls once seemed impossible.

“I’m going to get emotional because it’s really a dream,” said Daniel, a Kokomo native who lives in Fishers.

Daniel and her husband grew up in farming families.

“I’m so excited to watch the kids just light up and be excited and learn something new and get to go home and share with their families, then come back and feel

Jennifer Suskovich inside her new classroom, the Maker Playground, where she’s looking forward to seeing fifth-grade students put STEM learning to tangible use.

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ownership in (the AgriPark) because they’ve invested their time and their energy here,” Daniel said. “It’s going to be a really beautiful thing.”

For Daniel, who spent the first 12 years of her career teaching first grade, the AgriPark will allow students to get their hands dirty and learn that produce isn’t just purchased at the supermarket but is grown. Students also will get to interact with farm animals.

“It’s going to be so amazing for students to get out here. We live in this suburban area where a lot of the kids don’t know much about farming, or they have this image in their head about farming,” Daniel said. “In fact, when I was asking my first graders what they thought about farming, they all mentioned the animals (but not the produce). I think a lot of our kids just think farming is just animals, so it’ll be interesting seeing their impression of farming shift after they have been out here.”

Unlike the Fishers Maker Playground site, which is indoors, the AgriPark’s schedule needs to be flexible because of weather.

Daniel said there may be times she needs to bring the farm-based lessons into the classroom.

Brooke Daniel watches her son, John Carl, play with Spirit, one of the horses that calls the AgriPark home.

For Suskovich, the new position as a teacher-in-resident is a natural transition.

“I’ve always been, in my classroom, very STEM oriented,” said Suskovich, who was the district’s Teacher of the Year in 2014.

“I’ve always wanted to find real-world solutions to problems and have the kids be interested in it, too.”

Suskovich said her class was the group that conducted a solar panel study for HSE schools. They were trying to power their own classroom, but the initiative grew and was picked up by the entire school corporation, eventually leading to a farm of 4,800 solar panels.

“When I saw this position, I thought it would be perfect because it was creating a place where I could have students come and look around,” Suskovich said. “There’s so many great places and spaces inside and outside of this building. This would be a great place for them to problem-solve.”

ON THE COVER: Brooke Daniel looks at some of the products at the Fishers AgriPark and looks forward to teaching second-grade students about all aspects of farming. (Photo by Jonathan Matthes)

TEACHER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM The Teacher-in-Residence program began in 2016 when the City of Fishers and the school district partnered to launch “Nature First,” where firstgrade students visit Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve. It expanded in 2018 with a second teacher-in-residence at Conner Prairie. That branch focused on fourth graders during their Indiana history unit, which allows them to tangibly see Hoosier history.

Both programs are still active, and the first two teachers-in-residence were city employees. With the expansion of the program, students in first, second, fourth and fifth grades will have a unique tactile experience at least once a year.

Expanding the program for kindergarten and third-grade students has not been decided.

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Speaking out

Gambling it all goes well

Commentary by Terry Anker “To be or not to be,” or so said the bard. In his circa-1600 work “Hamlet,” William Shakespeare addressed the duality of suicide. The young prince is overwhelmed by the many challenges of the “modern” life yet was held back from his strong desire to flee it by an even stronger concern that the alternative might not be much better. Do we settle for the painful present or roll the dice hoping that we might find an improved, if unknown, future? Do we accept that well enough is well enough or do we risk the known downside for the hopeful upside?

Happily, most of us don’t find ourselves as Danish princes lamenting the murder of our fathers and the rather unconventional replacement that mom had in mind for dad. Still, most of us, anyway, do carry our own share of unpleasantness. We endure, toil and hold our tongues. We tolerate that which delivers sometimes considerable sorrow knowing that a disruption of those challenges may bring us to an even worse place.

Do we speak our minds, telling those who are hurting us because of their transgression? Or do we turn the other cheek? Again? And again? If we cry out, can we take it back? Is it really all that bad? Should we just keep our mouths shut and expect that it isn’t as difficult as we fear it might be? Even if we get our way, we cannot be entirely sure that getting what we want is going to improve our lives much, if at all.

We humans have evolved to understand the value of our instincts. Fear helps to keep us safe. But if we never speak out, are we protecting ourselves from one threat only to expose ourselves to a more horrible, if longer-term, exposure?

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

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We are terrible parents. Not in the cosmic sense, of course. I actually believe that my husband Doo and I have done a decent job of raising responsible kids. Sure, they’ll need therapy — I neither hug nor express emotion — but on balance, they should be good to go.

No, I’m talking about the fact that while one of our twins will be heading to France to study abroad, Doo and I will be on the other side of the U.S. Frolicking in Vegas. On The Strip. Our poor neglected child will literally have to see himself off, from Chicago O’Hare, mind you, with two giant checked bags and a student visa, while we gamble and drink and take in the majesty that is Cirque du Soleil.

I know. The If he succeeds, we’ve guilt has been done our job. If not, gnawing at well, we’ll always have me for weeks spinning acrobats now. Doo is and blackjack. attending a conference – DANIELLE WILLSON that was rescheduled from last year, and back in early summer I decided to join him since we’ve never been to Sin City. Our Frenchie hadn’t yet learned his leave date and we didn’t realize the conflict when we booked his flight. So, we have to say our goodbyes days before and trust that he can get to the airport three hours away and then negotiate international travel on his own. During a global pandemic. Did I mention he’ll be gone a whole year? “Best of luck, son. The penny slots are calling. Adieu until June!”

I suppose one could argue this will be a test of our parenting prowess. If he succeeds, we’ve done our job. If not, well, we’ll always have spinning acrobats and blackjack. Let it ride!

Peace out.

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

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A new chapter in forgetting every book I’ve read Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

I’m drawn mostly to nonfiction so I can try to sound smart when I am out with my For my 74th birthday, almost everybody in snooty friends. But since I don’t recall most my family gave me a book. Altogether (I did of what I’ve read, what’s the point? I recentthe math), I was given more ly finished a fascinating book by astrophysiHUMOR than 3,000 pages to read. cist Neil deGrasse Tyson called “Cosmic QueThere are hundreds of books ries.” I learned how they first determined in our home. I’ve read about half of them the speed of light. But now if someone asks cover to cover and skimmed about a fourth me how they figured it was 186,000 miles of them. That leaves many per second, I’d have to that I have never even say, “I knew that once, Years ago, I read a book looked at. Where did they for about 20 minutes last called “A Short History of come from? Did I buy week. Not anymore.”

Nearly Everything” by Bill them? Were they gifts?

Years ago, I read a book Who have I insulted by not Bryson. By the time I got to the called “A Short History of reading them?

Nearly Everything” by Bill last page, I remembered the My friend Bob gave me Bryson. By the time I got history of nearly nothing. the monstrous “William to the last page, I remem– DICK WOLFSIE Tecumseh Sherman, In the bered the history of nearly Service of My Country: A nothing.

Life” last year for Christmas, so I felt I had My wife is into fiction, which gets her a to plow through it or I’d appear ungrateful. lot of free passes. She’ll say to a friend, “I I couldn’t claim I had no time to read it bejust finished a great story, ‘Where the Crawcause it was in the middle of COVID-19 and, dads Sing,’” and the most probing question quite frankly, I had nothing else to do. she’ll hear is, “Did you like it?” Occasionally, So, I endured it … all 784 pages. A couple someone will ask what it’s about, and all of weeks later I was on a Zoom meeting she has to say is, “I don’t want to ruin it for with my church book club. I got pretty you.” That’s the end of the conversation. puffed up about my recent accomplishment I’ve written several books. You may have and dropped the name of that 4-pound opus one of them sitting around your house that I had completed. you have never looked at. Don’t worry: If we “Wow, Dick,” said a friend, “that’s quite ever run into each other, I won’t question a hefty read. I’m impressed. Was he the you about it. Honestly, I don’t even rememCivil War general who had six wives and 13 ber what I wrote. children?”

Was he? How could I not remember? Why did I even bother reading that biography?

Dick Wolfsie is an author, Next time Bob burdens me with an obligacolumnist and speaker. Contact tion like that, whenever he drops by, I’ll just him at wolfsie@aol.com. keep moving the bookmark forward. He’ll never know the difference.

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Talent initiative seeks to bring prospects home

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Welcome, Holly Storm, DO Riverview Health Physicians OB/GYN is pleased to welcome Dr. Holly Storm to the team. Dr. Storm believes the best patient care for women is achieved when they are empowered and are able to advocate for themselves. Dr. Storm strives to build a genuine relationship with each of her patients through education, collaboration and listening to their needs.

Dr. Storm treats every patient as an individual, and it is her goal for them to feel confident in their plan of care.

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Thibideau said interested employers can An innovative talent attraction initiative reach out to him or TMap to get connected. of the Hamilton County Economic Develop“Getting a profile set up is simple, and ment Corp. and Invest employers only pay when sucJOBS Hamilton County has been cessful placements are made at met with an encouraging a fraction of the cost for normal response. headhunting or recruiter services,” The initiative will connect these Thibideau said. “For many employers individuals to interested employers throughout the county, identifying throughout Hamilton County. talent is currently a challenge. We The HCEDC signed a partnership have a pool of 5,000 qualified leads Thibideau agreement with TMap in 2020 with who are interested in working here. funds granted by the Hamilton County This is an invaluable resource for anyone Board of Commissioners and Hamilton Coun- looking for high-skill talent.” ty Council. TMap uses big data and targeted The fields of software engineering, enmarketing to recruit talent for the state of gineering, sales, operations, data and anaIndiana. lytics, finance and information technology The initial partnership identified individgenerated hundreds of positive responses. uals who graduated from Hamilton County Thibideau said the HCEDC will create high schools and used the TMap platform connections for individuals relocating to the to find information regarding where those county with housing, community programgraduates live and their profession, along ming, events and opportunities for commuwith gauging their interest in returning nity engagement through local nonprofits to the county. The publicly available data and social networks. helped identify more than 21,000 local grad“We are building a slate of programs that uates. TMap also works with universities promotes the excellence of our ecosystem throughout the state to bring graduates for potential and current residents,” Thibideback to Indiana. au said. “Our goal is that when an employer Mike Thibideau, HCEDC vice president of signs on with this initiative, they and the workforce strategy, said 5,000 individuals potential employee have everything they expressed interest in being connected to a need to realize life in Hamilton County at its local employer and potentially relocating to fullest potential.”

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Mike Rutz, executive vice president of “We are actively marketing to help bring TMap, said Hamilton County is leading the these individuals back to Hamilton County,” way in community recruitment.

Thibideau said. “Some of these are from Interested employers can contact Mike the pool of 21,000 but also within this are Rutz of TMap at mike@tmap.com or Thibideindividuals who graduated from one of Inau at mthibideau@investhamiltoncounty. diana’s universities, and/or individuals who com.

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By Jarred Meeks jarred@yoaurecurrent.com State health officials warned July 30 that new research indicates the COVID-19 delta variant spreads as easily PANDEMIC as chickenpox and measles and can be spread by vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

Since May, the delta variant has become the predominant strain in Indiana, accounting for more than 90 percent of samples sequenced in July, according to state health officials. Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said new data shows infected people, regardless of vaccination status, can spread the variant, making it approximately as contagious as chickenpox, which she said is of significant concern because more than half of Indiana’s population is unvaccinated against COVID-19.

On July 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance, calling for all people 2 and older to wear face coverings in areas of substantial or

high transmission of COVID-19, which includes all of central Indiana, regardless of vaccination status.

Because of the new research, the CDC recommends all people who have close contacts get tested for COVID-19 three to five days after exposure. Box said the definition of a close contact has not changed with the CDC’s new guidance.

All K-12 institutions are required to report all positive cases to the ISDH and local health departments. The ISDH recommends all school districts follow CDC guidelines that recommend all students, teachers and staff wear face masks in school. The department stopped short of mandating masks because of a “philosophical” belief that local officials, who were elected by their constituents, are the best people to determine whether a district should require masks, Box said.

As of July 30, the state had not discussed imposing capacity limits on businesses or gathering restrictions on residents, Box said. She also said a vaccine mandate has not been considered.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Geist resident Sam Mirpoorian is only 28, but he’s already received three regional Emmys and many othFILMMAKER er awards for his work.

Now, he is breaking into the world of feature films with his debut “Greener Pastures,” which is finishing up production.

The Lawrence Central High School graduate started producing documentary shorts in 2017 with his undergraduate capstone project, “Little Warriors.” The short played at 10 festivals across the nation and was the grand prize winner at the 2017 Heartland Film Festival.

In 2018, Mirpoorian was the editor and producer of “Destination Park,” a documentary short by Andrew Cohn, Mirpoorian’s longtime mentor and friend.

In spring 2018, Mirpoorian wanted to dive into feature-length films, so he began working on “Greener Pastures,” a film inspired by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case study that showed farmers and agriculture workers have the highest rate of suicide among any profession in the United States. The idea has thrust Mirpoorian into a three-year project with “Greener Pastures,” which recently finished filming.

“My mentor (Cohn) compelled me and pushed me to elevate my career to get out of the shorts space and work on features.

That’s what expedites your career path, so for the next six to seven months I was doing discovery trying to find farmers open enough to talk about these vulnerable details of their lives,” Mirpoorian said.

While shooting “Greener Pastures,” Mirpoorian also started shooting “Sonnie,” which he calls his most successful project to date. “Sonnie” is a documentary short about a single father raising his son. It has been playing at festivals for a year and a half. Since it began screening, it’s played at more than 40 festivals and has won more than 10 awards, including three regional Emmys.

“I want to make that public in the next month or two,” said Mirpoorian, who

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FEINSTEIN’S Mark William will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13-14 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The Live at the Center series will feature Crescent Ulmer and the Tall Boys at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Admission is $5 for in-person. To register for the free livestream, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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Sam Mirpoorian, 28, is a filmmaker from Geist. (Photo courtesy of Sam Mirpoorian)

filmed “Sonnie” in 2019. “When I wasn’t on the road shooting for ‘Greener Pastures,’ I was shooting ‘Sonnie.’ I also was teaching and finishing up my masters.”

Mirpoorian has a degree in media arts science from the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing. Outside of making films, he likes to run and exercise outdoors, although he said he often works 18 hours a day on his films.

Mirpoorian said he has many long-term goals, some as ambitious as returning to school for his doctorate and possibly run-

ning for political office.

“I think the coolest thing about film and storytelling is making relationships with people from different walks of life, and it’s a testament to the experience of what life is all about,” he said. “My main goal is I would love to continue to be healthy and have the opportunity to work on projects, and if I don’t ever reach a certain level of prominence where my work is being revered but maybe one person sees it and is inspired, that’s all that really matters.”

For more, visit workofmiro.com.

The second of four 2021 Concerts for a Cause will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 27 at the University Green common area in the Village of WestClay in Carmel. The outdoor summer concert will feature Indiana artist Eric Pedigo as the opening act and national recording artist Chris Trapper as the headliner.

Concerts for a Cause co-founder Bruce Kidd said Trapper was the front man for the popular pop/rock band, The Push Stars, from 1994 to 2004, and he has been a solo act for the past 15 years.

He has recorded 12 albums and his songs have been featured in several movies and TV shows.

Tickets are $100 and include food and all drinks that evening.

All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Central Indiana Police Foundation and used to equip police cars with lifesaving first-responder medical kits.

The third Concerts for a Cause will be held Sept. 25 at Daniel’s Vineyard and Winery in McCordsville. The concert will feature Katherine Nagy and Gabe Dixon.

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Art teacher paints canoe

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Darlene Patterson is usually a potter, but she took on an entirely different type of art project.

PAINTING The Noblesville resident and Promise Road Elementary art teacher took part in a White River project painting a canoe for display at Conner Prairie in Fishers on the trail that leads to the White River.

“This is awesome for me Patterson to be able to go out of my current comfort zone and do a project that I wouldn’t normally be spending my time doing,” said Patterson, who has a home studio for her pottery. “I loved doing the project that was a cross between a sculpture and a painting. It was super fun.”

Her painted canoe represents the four seasons.

The White River Alliance, an organization for regional water resource protection in Indiana, in partnership with the White River Vision Plan, placed 10 art canoes in key an-

Darlene Patterson’s painted canoe is on display at Conner Prairie in Fishers. (Photo courtesy of White River Alliance)

chor locations along the White River.

Haley Cowart, education and outreach coordination with the White River Alliance, said the painted canoes are designed to bring attention to the river and some events going on.

“The 10 locations were chosen from the White River Vision Plan,” Cowart said.

Each of the canoes was painted by a different local artist from Marion County or Hamilton County.

The canoes were installed in July and are on display through October, with five canoes in Marion County and five in Hamilton County.

Patterson’s project took about six weeks from start to finish.

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Where’s Amy catches ‘Saturday Night Fever’ From left, cast members Emily Chrzanowski (Carmel), Elie Anania (Carmel), Julia Ammons (Carmel), Liam Hansen (Fishers), Mary Kate Tanselle (Fishers), Emily Carlisle (Carmel) and Jacob Schilling (Fishers). (Photos by Amy Pauszek)

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Where’s Amy went backstage for the July 29 opening night of Civic Theatre’s Young Artists Program production of “Saturday Night Fever,” a musical version. It was amazing to be back in The Tarkington with a sold-out crowd and see the young, talented actors shine. The cast and crew dazzled with their singing, dancing, sets and lighting and glittering, groovy costumes. It was fun to see director and choreographer Anne Beck and her husband Scott also in the show, who both starred in the original Broadway company. Don’t miss Civic Theatre’s next show, “The Color Purple,” Oct. 8 to Oct. 23.

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Another incredible dish was the mussels ($16.95), a bowl full of meaty mussels steeped in Mexican lager, Cholula hot sauce, tomatoes, cilantro and lime juice. I loved the mussels, but the real winner was the broth, which I hope to make at home because it was so warm and comforting with a slight kick. I also loved the crispy halloumi naan ($11.95), a vegetarian dish with thick, fried halloumi cheese atop warm naan with tamarind chutney, cilantro chutney, sweet yogurt, curry aioli, mango, pickled red onion and a delightful herb salad. Another good vegetarian option for nonmeat eaters is the Szechuan chilled noodles ($13.95), a cool bowl of noodles, shiitake mushrooms, snap peas, sprouts, cucumbers and black vinegar sauce. The Szechuan chilled noodles were cool and refreshing, great for lunch on a summer day.

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Blueprint for Improvement: Fresh curb appeal in Carmel Commentary by Larry Greene This 1997 home is in Carmel’s Bayhill neighborhood. The owners wanted to update the exterior with fresh, modern finishes to increase curb appeal.

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• Rough-sawn cedar trim was added above the front window and the garage doors.

• The home got a fresh coat of paint to complete this gorgeous transformation.

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We can be heroes — or heros?

Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt Oh, those crazy “o”-ending words! What are we going to do with them? Specifically, how do we know how to spell them when they become GRAMMAR GUY plural? And how do we make sure we don’t get a misspelled tattoo? Let’s march forward into the mess.

In college, I had a friend who wanted to honor his late grandfather by getting a tattoo. He wanted to ink “Last of the Heroes” on his arm in elegant script; however, neither he nor the tattoo artist knew how to spell the plural form of the word “hero,” so my friend got “Last of the Heros” permanently emblazoned on his forearm. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that it wasn’t spelled right.

A “heros,” as it turns out, is a type of multicolored fish found in South American river basins. My friend’s grandfather was not the last of a species of fish.

There are some ways to know how to spell plural words ending in “o,” so let’s tackle them before we all start getting poorly spelled tattoos.

If the “o”-ending word has a consonant before the “o,” the general rule is to add “es” to make the word plural. We find this in the case of words including potatoes, tomatoes, dingoes, echoes and buffaloes.

Of course, that depends on which dictionary you consult. Some say that both “buffalos” and “buffaloes” are correct. You can find some that include “heros” as an acceptable plural form of “hero.” Can the American Spelling Council please convene on this issue?

If the “o”-ending word has a vowel before the “o,” the general rule is to add “s” to make the word plural. We see this in ratios, studios, tattoos, radios and zoos.

Also, if a word is a shortened form of a longer word, like kilo, photo, hippo and memo, simply add “s” to make the word plural.

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

Indiana’s ‘Grand Central Station’ Commentary by Don Knebel One of Indiana’s earliest National Historic Landmarks, a house in Fountain City, is not important for its architecture, TRAVEL but for its 19th-century owners.

Because the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act authorized owners of enslaved people essentially to kidnap ones who escaped bondage, even in states outlawing slavery, abolitionists organized a network to assist individuals seeking freedom to travel as far as Canada to avoid capture. In 1813, 15-year-old Levi Coffin, a Quaker, began supporting this “Underground Railroad” in North Carolina. In 1826, he moved to Newport (now Fountain City), a Quaker community, where he established a successful business and hid freedom seekers in his home until they continued their journeys north. In 1839, Coffin and his wife Catherine built an eight-room Federal-style brick house along a major north/south highway passing through Newport. The house featured a basement kitchen and a basement well, making it harder to detect Mrs. Coffin feeding extra people inside. Because of their own anti-slavery sentiments, Newport residents alerted the Coffins to bounty hunters so they could hide the freedom seekers.

Their house became the “Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad,” and Levi Coffin was dubbed the “President of the Underground Railroad.” During the 20 years the Coffins lived in Newport before moving to Ohio, they assisted about 2,000 freedom seekers, all of whom made it to freedom.

The Levi & Catherine Coffin House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The state of Indiana purchased the property in 1967 and opened the beautifully restored house, displaying a color portrait of Coffin, in 1970. An interpretive center, opened in 2016, provides information about

Levi & Catherine Coffin House in Fountain City, Ind. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Basement well inside the Levi & Catherine Coffin House.

the Coffins, their house and the Underground Railroad. Guided tours, available at indianamuseum.org/historic-sites/levi-catharine-coffin-house/, take visitors to secret passages where freedom seekers hid when necessary and to a replica of wagons they traveled in, concealed under grain bags.

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DISPATCHES Hiding valuables — The most common places thieves look for hidden valuables are dresser drawers, nightstands and medicine cabinets. They rarely look in kids’ rooms, so valuables can be hidden there. Also, a good place to store emergency cash is inside a photo album. No thief is going to take time to peruse your family albums.

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FISHERS PLAT COMMITTEE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE PP-21-12 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Fishers Plat Committee at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana.

THIS IS A CORRECTION TO A PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED NOTICE. REQUEST: At that hearing the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Case # PP-21-12 – Consideration of a Primary Plat for the “Slate (formerly the Villas) at Fishers District”, a 4-block multi-family development located on 36 acres presented by Bill Butz with Kimley-Horn and Associates (bill.butz@kimley-horn.com) on behalf of Watermark Residential.

LOCATION: 9799 E 116th Street, generally located east of Ikea Way and south of 116th St. The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above. If you have specific questions or want to provide written contacts to the case planner directly, please contact: Planning & Zoning Department City of Fishers (317) 595-3155 planning@fishers.in.us www.fishers.in.us/notice

CITY OF FISHERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE VA-21-30 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana.

REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Case# VA-21-30 - Consideration of a Use Variance from Sec 5.1.5 Permitted Use Table of the City of Fishers Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the husbandry of chickens on a lot zoned R3.

SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION: 7778 Kylan Ct, Fishers IN 46038, Hamilton County parcel number 15-10-36-01-18-004.000.

The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above. If you have specific questions or want to provide written comments to the case planner directly, please contact: Breanna King, Planner II Department of Planning and Zoning City of Fishers kingb@fishers.in.us 317-595-3155

FISHERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE VA-21-26 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana.

REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Case # VA-21-26 - Consideration of a Development Standards Variance from Figure 1.3.

Supplemental Regulations. Outdoor Dining. of the City’s Nickel Plate District Code to allow for outdoor dining for a boutique retail and tea room.

LOCATION: 11399 Lantern Road Fishers, Indiana 46038, also known as Twigs & Tea, generally located northwest of the intersection of Lantern Road and Morgan Drive.

The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above. If you have specific questions or want to provide written contacts to the case planner directly, please contact: Planning & Zoning Department City of Fishers (317) 595-3155 planning@fishers.in.us www.fishers.in.us/notice

CITY OF FISHERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE VA-21-27 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana.

REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Case# VA-21-27 - Consideration of a Development Standards Variance from Article 6.2 Accessory Structure Standards of the City of Fishers Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the placement of an accessory structure.

SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION: 11210 Fall Creek Rd, Fishers IN 46256, Hamilton County parcel number 19-15-10-00-18-001.000.

The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above. If you have specific questions or want to provide written comments to the case planner directly, please contact: Andrew Magee, Planner 1 Department of Planning and Zoning City of Fishers mageea@fishers.in.us 317-595-3131

CITY OF FISHERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE VA-21-28 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana.

REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Case# VA-21-28 - Consideration of a Development Standards Variance from Article 6.2 Accessory Structure Standards of the City of Fishers Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the placement of a commercial accessory structure.

SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION: 12491 E 136th St, Fishers IN 46038, Hamilton County parcel number 13-11-27-00-00-006.000.

The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above. If you have specific questions or want to provide written comments to the case planner directly, please contact: Andrew Magee, Planner 1 Department of Planning and Zoning City of Fishers mageea@fishers.in.us 317-595-3131

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