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State to remain in Stage 5, though cases, hospitalizations increase

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced during an Oct. 14 virtual press briefing that the state will remain in PANDEMIC Stage 5 of its reopening plan until at least Nov. 14.

He also extended the state’s mask mandate until the same date.

Holcomb made the announcements in the wake of a continuing rise of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations in Indiana.

Stage 5 dramatically eases restrictions on Holcomb businesses and public gatherings. When the state entered the fifth and final stage on Sept. 26, hospitalizations were fewer than 1,000 patients, and the state’s seven-day positivity rate had briefly dipped to 3.9 percent.

As of press time, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased to 1,357 patients, adding almost 400 patients in 10 days. The total is the most since spring, when as many as 1,799 patients were hospitalized. State health officials also expressed concern about the shrinking number of available ICU beds in some parts of the state.

In the seven days leading up to the Oct. 14 press conference, Indiana reported its

To our valued readers: It seems as though it was years ago when we communicated our revised distribution plan for Fishers, but it was actually only the end of March. Time flies when you’re battling the fallout from the pandemic, we suppose.

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most positive COVID-19 cases in a one-week time frame, including a single-day record of 1,937 cases on Oct. 9. As of press time, 3,609 Indiana residents had died of COVID-19, and another 227 are estimated to have died of the disease based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive tests are on record.

Holcomb said Hoosiers need to remain vigilant and continue to wear face coverings and practice social distancing, especially as temperatures drop and people spend more time indoors, which, according to health experts, promotes the spread Box of COVID-19.

“Stage 5 is not the stage when the checkered flag comes out,” Holcomb said. “Stage 5 is not an excuse for indifference or irresponsibility. Just the opposite.”

Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box announced Oct. 14 that she has tested positive for COVID-19. She said her daughter and grandchild also tested positive and planned to quarantine. State

officials said Holcomb, members of the governor’s office and staff at the Indiana State Dept. of Health would be tested for the virus. Contact tracers attempted to contact anyone who came into contact with Box prior to her positive test.

Box has warned that close-contact gatherings such as weddings and funerals can increase the likelihood of contracting the disease. Holcomb said statewide contact tracing efforts have shown such events to be problematic but that further capacity limits are not necessary at this time.

“Those events are the very events that turn out to be big contributors to our positive cases and illnesses,” Holcomb said. “It’s these events that have nothing to do with a 500 (person) capacity limit. Tracing is proving that. We are proving that you can go to a Colts game or a soccer game or school or go shopping, and you can do it safely.

“The numbers have everything to do with how many of us are or aren’t letting our guards down, even at smaller events and medium sized and bigger events, where safety protocols are not put into place or practiced or reinforced.”

“Stage 5 is not the stage when the checkered flag comes out. Stage 5 is not an excuse for indifference or irresponsibility. Just the opposite.”

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Donations help Hopebridge simulate natural environment sessions

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Children with autism often struggle with going to the dentist or getting haircuts because of the sensory overTHERAPY load caused by bright lights or noises from buzzing clippers or motorized chairs.

The therapy team at Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center in Fishers had an idea to seek donated items so affected children could simulate visits. The team reached out on Facebook Marketplace to acquire donations for the natural environment sessions.

Fishers residents donated a barber shopstyle chair, hair trimmer, scissors, mirror, cape and water bottle to recreate a salon station. They offered a dental chair, aesthetician light and glasses for a mock dental office.

“It’s been incredibly helpful to be able to take them into the real-life environments,” said Meghan Bramstedt, a board-certified behavior analyst for Hopebridge. “It’s not

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something that every center gets the pleasure of having, but the hard work we did getting all the items donated, we are able to work on these things daily.”

Bramstedt said most of the children are at the center daily for 7 to 7 1/2 hours.

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Bramstedt said the children the center serves are usually between 2 and 9 years old.

The team also was able to stage a bedroom with a bed, dresser and clothes rack so children could practice household tasks.

“They’ve been able to work on daily living skills, like making the bed, folding clothes, hanging up clothes or sort clothes appropriately. All those things we were able to target because of people of the community donating to this room,” Bramstedt said.

Hopebridge has been open in Fishers for just more than a year.

“Everybody that donated something had their own special connection to a person with autism,” Bramstedt said. “We would love to get a doctor’s table so we could simulate doctor’s visits.”

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borne Road heading westbound, they will be directed Project: Ind. 37 Improvenorth onto Shelborne Road ment Project via signage and must turn Location: 126th Street cloCONSTRUCTION left onto the new frontage sure switched to the east road that will connect side and is anticipated to back to the existing 146th Street. reopen in November. During this time, Expected completion: Dec. 1. cross access will be restricted, with only Project: New roundabout right in and right out. Northbound Ind. Location: 111th Street and Lexington Drive 37 traffic will not have access to 126th Expected completion: Mid-November Street. Traffic on northbound Ind. 37 will Project: New roundabout shift to southbound lanes and two lanes Location: 116th Street and Guilford Road. will remain in each direction. Local access East and westbound traffic flow will be to businesses will remain open. maintained,but north and southbound Expected completion: 2022 connectivity will be limited.

Detour: Drivers will be directed to use Expected completion: Mid-November 141st Street to Allisonville Road or 131st Project: New roundabout Street to Cumberland Road.

Location: 116th Street and College Avenue.

Project: 126th Street at Nickel Plate Trail East and westbound traffic flow will be Crossing maintained,but north and southbound Location: 126th Street from the Nickconnectivity will be limited. el Plate Trail crossing to Ford Drive is Expected completion: Mid-November currently closed. During this time, the Project: Reconstruction of Range Line construction of speed tables at the Nickel Road, including a new roundabout at Plate Trail crossing and the first phase of Walnut Street and pedestrian and bicycle the Ford Drive roundabout will be comconnectivity pleted. .

Location: Between Elm Street and City Expected completion: October Center Drive Project: Sargent Road roundabout, Mud Expected completion: January 2021 Creek bridge replacement and additional Project: Sister Cities Cultural Gardens travel lanes expansion Location: 96th Street between Sargent Location: South of City Hall, including Road and Cumberland Road. work along the Monon Greenway Expected completion: The Sargent Road NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH roundabout reopened in mid-June. 96th FISHERS

Street east of Sargent Road to Cumberland Road will remain closed and is anticipated to reopen in early November. The official detour route will direct drivers to use Lantern Road or Cumberland Road to 106th Street.

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Project: New roundabout Location: 111th Street and Westfield Boulevard Expected completion: On or after Oct. 22 Project: New roundabout Location: Illinois Street and Zotec Drive Expected completion: Nov. 1 Project: Shelborne Road and 146th Street road shift Location: 146th Street will be under a traffic shift for each direction of travel. This shift is expected to last approximately 60 calendar days. The shift will allow crews to work on the roundabout. Once motorists reach Shelborne Road heading eastbound, they will stop at Shelborne Road and be directed south onto Shelborne Road via signage onto the roundabout that will connect back to the existing 146th Street. Once motorists reach Shel-

Project: Road rehabilitation Location: A 3-mile stretch of 236th Street will be closed for two separate phases for road rehabilitation. The first phase is from west of Devaney Road to east of Tollgate Road. This phase is scheduled to be closed through Dec. 1. The second phase is from west of Deming Road to west of Devaney Road.

Expected completion: The first phase is expected to be closed through Dec. 1, and the second phase is expected to begin in spring 2021.

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

Project: Westfield Boulevard connector Location: The extension will connect the roundabout at Ind. 32 and Shamrock Boulevard with David Brown Drive. Construction has moved to the south side of Park Street.

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Million Meal Marathon changes course

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The 10th annual Million Meal Marathon will be more akin to a collection of 1-mile fun runs this year.

GIVING BACK The event is normally held in one day during approximately 11 hours at Lucas Oil Stadium. Because of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year it will stretch from Oct. 13 to Nov. 7 at the Million Meal Movement Warehouse at 9250 Corporation Dr. in Indianapolis.

Carmel resident Nancy Hintz and her husband, Dan, co-founded Million Meal Movement, a nonprofit, in 2007. The Million Meal Marathon is the nonprofit’s signature event, but there are other events held throughout the year.

“Usually, we would have two to three thousand people that would come through the course of a day and help package dry ingredients into a plastic bag, a rice soy casserole meal people would be able to cook up,” Hintz said. “With COVID, we wanted to keep everyone safe, so we have about 40 different shifts of small groups of 25 or less throughout the course of a month where families or companies can package food.”

Hintz said everyone wears masks and gloves and keeps 6 to 8 feet apart instead of standing shoulder-to-shoulder as in the past.

“We are trying to meet the tremendous need that has (resulted from) COVID,” Hintz said. “There is just an unprecedented demand out there.”

Hintz said the event has added a new meal of macaroni and cheese.

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cheese that was also nutritious,” Hintz said.

“It has lower sodium. It has enriched calcium and Vitamin D. Our understanding from our partners is the demand for food has increased two to three times.”

All the food goes to the food banks and pantries throughout Indiana.

Two thousand volunteers are needed as well as monetary donations to cover the cost of ingredients. Every dollar provides four meals. To donate, visit bit.ly/ millionmealmovement.

Weekly packs will be held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with three available shifts daily. Two weekend packs also will be held to accommodate families and small groups. Cost to participate is $30 for individuals and $100 for families of up to five.

“That covers the cost of ingredients of the food they are packing,” Hintz said. “The marathon is mostly driven through corporate sponsorship.”

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Living in New Orleans, Qaddoura and his Fady Qaddoura’s journey to America and wife and then newborn daughter became experiences here put him on a mission to homeless after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. serve the public.

“Through that experience, a perELECTION Qaddoura is runson or a nonprofit approached us ning as a Democrat and offered us a meal that day,” for the Indiana Senate District 30 Qaddoura said. “At that point, I was seat, which includes the southern just finishing my master’s in compart of Hamilton County. He is puter science at the University of facing incumbent Republican John New Orleans. My heart was touched Ruckelshaus in the Nov. 3 election. by the generosity and the kindness Qaddoura The three main things that drove of strangers who had a deep comQaddoura to run is his life journey, his expassion and love for humanity. All these perience working for the public sector in experiences reshaped me and rewired me governments and the consequences of the at age 25 in 2005 that I was going to spend 2016 elections on the local level. the rest of my life as a public servant. I’m Qaddoura came to the United States as going to put every single moment into servan immigrant from Jerusalem at age 19 and ing others.” describes himself as a proud citizen.

Qaddoura came to Indianapolis with his “I was raised by a poor family that strugwife and two daughters, now ages 12 and gled to make ends meet, but they loved 15, to finish his second master’s degree in me and they invested in my education and public administration at IUPUI. He then comI came to the United States to pursue the pleted his Ph.D in public policy and philanAmerican dream,” Qaddoura said. thropy through IUPUI. Qaddoura said he suffered discrimination For more, visit fady4indiana.com.

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waived for late property tax payments but that even if it occurred it did not violate any laws. Good dismissed her lawsuit against Susan Byer is convinced she can imByer in July after they reached a settlement. plement positive changes in the Hamilton A judge ruled in July there was not enough County Treasurer’s evidence for Byer’s suit to proceed ELECTION Office. against the treasurer’s office.

“I loved my job Byer won the nomination by in the treasurer’s office and have defeating Good with 52.1 percent of always been focused on customer the vote in the Republican primary. service,” she said.” I believe I can Byer now faces Democrat Jake Maput integrity back in the office.” dore in the Nov. 3 election.

After being fired by former super“I tried to run on my merit in the Byer visor Kim Good in 2018, Byer filed suit spring and not focus on the controagainst the treasurer’s office for wrongful versy around my lawsuit,” Byer said. “I betermination. Byer alleged she was fired lieve the people were ready for a change and because her supervisors were concerned voted for me to achieve that.” she would expose improprieties regarding An Arcadia resident, Byer has served the late payments being accepted for Good’s county for more than 14 years, with just family members without a penalty, which her more than 13 of those in the treasurer’s ofsupervisors denied. Good countered with a fice as the bankruptcy/lender deputy. defamation lawsuit, and that same day Byer Byer said to increase government transfiled to run against Good for Hamilton County parency, she plans on implementing new treasurer in the May primary. internal controls that will protect the counAn investigation by a special prosecutor ty as well as taxpayers. concluded in late 2019 that recordkeeping For more, visit facebook.com/ practices in the treasurer’s office were SusanByer4Treasurer. insufficient to determine if penalties were

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of fees for late payments by Good’s family members, which her supervisors denied.

Good countered with a defamation lawsuit, If Democrat Jake Madore is elected Hamand that same day Byer filed to run against ilton County treasurer, his first act will be Good for Hamilton County treasurer in the to reach across May primary.

TREASURER the aisle — to the “When I saw the outcome of the past two county Republican primary this year, I was treasurers, both Republicans. immediately concerned as a tax“My primary reason for running payer,” Madore said. “My goal is to is to provide the taxpayers of Hamrestore the public’s faith in the Hamilton County with the best treasurilton County Treasurer’s Office.” er’s office they could have,” Madore Madore doesn’t plan a career in Madore said. “I will accomplish this goal by government. forming an experienced, bipartisan team “I will not make a long career of this, and which will include Kim Good and Jennifer I plan to go back to the private workforce Templeton, both of whom have been elected once we have restored the public’s trust in as treasurer before.” the treasurer’s office,” Madore said.

Madore, a Carmel resident, was motivated Madore, who has lived in Carmel for five to run when Susan Byer won the Republiyears, is a graduate of the Indiana Univercan primary, topping Good with 52 percent sity McKinney School of Law. He has an unof the vote. dergraduate degree in accounting from the After being fired by former supervisor University of Michigan and focused his legal Good in 2018, Byer filed suit against the studies on taxation. He worked for the Inditreasurer’s office for wrongful termination. ana Dept. of Revenue and Indiana Economic Byer alleged she was fired because her Development Corp. and is a tax manager for supervisors were concerned that she would a national retailer. expose improprieties regarding waiving For more, visit facebook.com/jakefor2020.

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Fadness presents 2021 budget to the Fishers City Council

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PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness acknowledges that budget planning is always a tricky proposition. But this year’s process was the most dizzying of his 15-year involvement with the city.

For example, he received late information about local tax revenue that changed the budget only a few days before he presented it to the city council.

“I think you will find it has left us in good hands with a lot of opportunity moving forward, and we had just gotten some recent information as late as (the past) week that perhaps paints a rosier picture than even a week before,” Fadness said. “This has been a wild rollercoaster ride when it comes to the budget, but I think we are in a sound financial place.”

The new information came from the Dept. of Local Government Finance. The DLGF originally advised local government units to plan for a 10 percent reduction in income tax revenue. Fadness argued that because Hamilton County is still growing, he and his team estimated it would not be as impacted as other places in the state, so the team estimated a 1.8 percent decrease. However, the tax revenue didn’t decrease by 1.8 percent. Instead, it rose by nearly 11 percent.

“A year ago, we worked with (Indiana House) Speaker Todd Huston to pass legislation to change the inequities between Carmel and Fishers,” Fadness said. “Carmel has the same population with a little higher income per household, not much, but they receive $20 million more in income tax revenue per year than the City of Fishers due to a formula. So (after the legislation), any increase over 2.5 percent came to the City of Fishers to distribute.”

That led to the nearly 11 percent increase in revenue, which Fadness calls a “significant opportunity” for the city for distribution within the budget.

Prior to that information, Fadness and his staff had outlined a fiscally conservative budget with no additional staff, no raises and no significant infrastructure improvements.

• Increase the amount allocated to nonprofits from $100,000 to $150,000 • 3% raise for all City employees and elected officials • $500 one-time bonus to be paid in January 2021 • Addition of one shift firefighter • Addition of one patrol officer • Addition of one civilian intelligence analyst • Addition of two full time inspectors • Full funding for the design and construction of station 97 through local income tax (“LIT”) Bond Finacing

Mayor Scott Fadness presents the 2021 budget to the Fishers City Council. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES Mayor Scott Fadness said when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and lockdowns were implemented, the city took some extraordinary measures.

“We didn’t know the impact it would have on the business real estate property taxes, income taxes, so we started taking proactive measures,” he said.

The city froze all travel and training budgets and set those funds aside, which totaled $380,000. Because of the inability to hold large in-person events, the parks department identified $317,000 it could do without. The city reviewed open job positions and the need for seasonal hires and summer interns and, due to those reductions, saved more than $400,000. It also removed seven positions from the budget, resulting in $535,000 in savings. In total,

the savings were $1,179,225 million.

“That money was set aside because we wanted to build up cash reserves going into what was an unknown 2022 and 2023,” Fadness said.

City officials approached the council requesting an additional appropriation of $2 million from the cash reserves to establish the Fishers Health Dept. to provide testing and services to residents. However, the city qualifies for $3 million through CARES Act funding, and Fadness expects the vast majority of the $2 million request will be reimbursed.

“Those expenses we feel very confident can get reimbursed by the federal government, and once that cash comes back to the cash reserves, it puts us in a stronger position,” he said.

“Given this new information, we feel we can make some strategic investments within our organization and still build cash for the future,” Fadness said.

Fadness also presented amendments to the 2021 budget, including increasing the allocated amount to nonprofits from $100,000 to $150,000; providing a 3 percent raise for all city employees and elected officials; providing a $500 one-time bonus to staff to be paid in January 2021; the addition of one firefighter; the addition of one police officer; the addition of one civilian intelligence analyst; the addition of two full-time inspectors; and funding for the design and construction of Fishers Fire Dept. Station 97 through local income tax bond financing.

The original 2021 budget allowed for just the land acquisition and design of the fire station but didn’t have funds for construction.

“Given the new information, we feel very confident we can afford to build Station 97 in the northeastern part of our community,” Fadness said. “There are a lot of rooftops growing in that part of the community, and we anticipate calls for services to grow in that area.”

With the new information, the 2021 budget was adjusted to a total of $117,593,636.

Within the total budget, there was an operating capital of $94.9 million and a debt service of $22.68 million. The city’s cash reserves are $35,799,252.

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Commentary by Terry Anker What does it mean to be human? Is it the notion of a physical or corporeal being? Is it the form and shape of our chromosomal spiral? Is it that we are distinctly less hairy than our ape cousins in Rwanda? There are countless, readily identifiable characteristics that distinguish us from myriad other lifeforms similarly bound to this spinning blue ball that we all call home. Still, we are, perhaps because of the necessities of the planet, remarkably similar. We breath oxygen-rich air. We thrive in a narrow band of temperature variation.

We eat, process calories and produce waste. Many of us have hinged limbs and brains protected in a skull. To a distant observer, we might not be that different from goat to person.

Still, these top-of-the-food-chain creatures, we humans, have long imagined and queried what is it, if anything, that makes us distinct. Do we have a soul, imbued by a creator? In the fourth century, theologian Augustine of Hippo claimed the individual human right to eternal salvation. Or, is our advanced sentient thought, as exhibited by complex interpersonal communication, sufficient for us to hold ourselves out as unique, special?

Cogito, ergo sum. Seventeenth-century French philosopher Rene Descartes held that because we humans could think, and then prove it, that we are special and distinctive from other beings.

Any first-year law student should be able to amply describe the principal of negative implication. That is, that some things are best defined by what they are not. What is it to be human?

It is not to be inanimate. It is not to be inorganic. Good. But can we be human if we lack thought? Can we be human if we lack civility? Can we be human if we lack faith, compassion or free will?

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

Sweet dreams are made of this Commentary by Danielle Wilson Friends, I am sitting on the screened-in porch of a second-floor condo overlooking a large bay of water, name HUMOR unknown, somewhere near Fort Myers, Fla. And no, I’m not dreaming.

My husband Doo and I had planned this fall break trip way back in January, wanting to take advantage of his company’s rental place in Florida and my school district’s week off in October. Of course, we’d organized several vacations for 2020, all of which were canceled due to the apocalypse.

But we were determined to salvage at least one slice of heaven and decided to drive the 16-plus hours to finally gain a little rest and relaxation in this dumpster of a year.

We arrived last night. I awoke at 4:30 a.m., having already slept nine hours, then went back to sleep for another two. The sun is just now rising, and the only sounds are birdsong and the gentle lapping of waves.

I am alone, as Doo is still in bed, but have a hot cup of coffee and phone Sudoku to keep me company. Alhough the temperature is already in the mid-80s, with equally high humidity, I feel content in a way that I haven’t since spring. I’m finding it easy to block thoughts of the election and COVID-19 and almost as easy to recall memories of my dad, who passed away in September. There is less pain there.

Is it the ocean healing my heart? The quiet morning? Maybe the hope inspired by these next few days of downtime in a semi-tropical rental? Does it matter?

If I am dreaming, please don’t pinch me.

This one’s too good.

Peace out.

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I’m finding it easy to block thoughts of the election and COVID-19 and almost as easy to recall memories of my dad, who passed away in September. There is less pain there.

Editor, When Victoria Spartz won her seat in the Indiana Senate via caucus vote, I was against her. First, a friend of mine was also running, and second, I knew nothing about her except that she wasn’t born in the U.S. I was a prejudiced, ignorant fool.

Abraham Lincoln said, “I do not like that man; I must get to know him better.” When I actually met Victoria, I discovered what an articulate, intelligent and impressive champion of freedom she is. Her history in socialist Ukraine had inspired her to fight for life, liberty and private property like few people I’ve met. Her achievements in business and agriculture equipped her well for leadership. Her understanding of how government works and what was best for her constituents made me proud that she was my senator.

It’s rare to find someone of Victoria Spartz’s caliber running for office. She has my full support.

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When I actually met Victoria, I discovered what an articulate, intelligent and impressive champion of freedom she is.

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Thanks, Mayor Fadness Editor, I would like to commend Mayor (Scott) Fadness and the City of Fishers for offering residents the opportunity to attend the training program, Interrupting Racism Now. It seems as though many of us talk about the need to change how we do things in these divisive and highly charged times, but it is refreshing to see Fishers actually make an effort to make that change.

This free workshop is an informative and constructive venue to help us as citizens to do our part in making our community a more open and welcoming place to live. I attended the first session and highly encourage my fellow citizens take advantage of this program between now and the end of the year. Visit the City of Fishers website for more information.

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Vote for Spartz Editor, Since 2016, Democrats have complained that President Trump violates our country’s democratic norms. Yet, in the name of defeating him, Democrats are scheming to pack the Supreme Court, add Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as states (reliable Democratic party constituents) and vowing to abolish the Electoral College (meaning California, where they haven’t quite mastered electricity, will decide every presidential election). Not only do these proposed actions violate America’s norms, they are naked power grabs.

I hope on Nov. 3, voters in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District remember that a vote for Christina Hale is a vote for transforming the country in a way that exclusively benefits the Democratic Party, not U.S. citizens. I am voting for Victoria Spartz because I know that she, having seen socialism up close, will focus on what is best for America and her Indiana constituents, not on what is best for Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

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BACKGROUND: Elaina Ededuwa, a former multi-sport athlete at Hamilton Southeastern High School from 2012-2016 and women’s basketball player at Indiana Wesleyan University from 2016-2020, had some unfortunate breaks along the way. Methodist Sports Medicine was there to get her back in the game each time. The daughter of E and Linda Ededuwa of Fishers, Elaina Elaina Ededuwa, former was a volleyball, basketball, and track & field athlete at HSE. In January 2015, she suffered a basketball player at tear of her left anterior cruciate ligament while playing basketball and underwent surgery for an Indiana Wesleyan University.

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On Jul. 5, Elaina returned to the court to play in her first game since her injury in an AAU tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the second half, she went up for a rebound, and when she came down, she was hit in the knee, suffering a contact injury that re-tore her ACL. Elaina worked hard in rehab once again, fully recovered, and amazingly went on to play at the collegiate level with the Indiana Wesleyan University Women’s Basketball team. She was just about to complete a successful collegiate career when injury struck again.

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WHY MSM: “My family and I chose Methodist Sports Medicine after my first injury because we trusted the sports medicine team at Hamilton Southeastern, and MSM is where HSE sent me. After that, it wasn’t even a question for the second and third injuries to go back to MSM because they felt like family. I knew they cared about me, and I cared about them. We both had the same goal; getting me healthy in the best way possible. Honestly, if I ever need orthopedic care again, I would probably fly home from Florida and see Dr. Maiers and the MSM team because that’s how much I value and appreciate all of the care and treatment I have received.” - Elaina Ededuwa

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Suburban Hospice The not-for-profit hospice organization works in partnership with Hancock, Riverview, and Witham health organizations to serve patients and families in Greenfield, McCordsville, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Lebanon and surrounding areas. Suburban just completed a deficiency-free survey and is rated in the top 5 percent of all hospices in the nation. For more information, visit suburbanhospice.org Homemaker’s Kitchen Did you miss having a piece of pie at the Homemaker’s Kitchen during the Hamilton County 4-H Fair this year? Here is your opportunity to have pies for the holidays and support HK’s scholarship fund at the same time. Choices are sugar cream, pecan, peanut butter, German chocolate, pumpkin and apple. Supplied by Wick’s, these can be pulled from the freezer when needed. All pies are $8.00 each. Orders are

due by Oct. 16. Call the Purdue Extension Hamilton County Office at 317.776.0854 or by visit extension.purdue.edu/hamilton.

Golf4Heroes The organization provides an opportunity for members of The Heroes Club and the Carmel business community to demonstrate their support for local public safety officers. On Oct. 12 at Prairie View Golf Club, Carmel, participants are to join police officers and firefighters in a round of golf, and each community player sponsors a public safety officer through their paid golfing fees and hole sponsorships. The community players and public safety officers are paired for a unique opportunity to interact. The mission of The Heroes Club is to provide financial assistance and resources for the women and men of the Carmel Police Dept., the Carmel Fire Dept., as well as members of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Dept. and Indiana State Police. For more information, visit carmelheroesclub.com.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society The 14th-annual Josiah’s Ride: Cruzin’ 4 a Cure is scheduled for Oct. 24 at the Zionsville American Legion. This year’s event will benefit Haley Henry, 13, who has leukemia. For more information, please write cruzin4acure@hotmail.com.

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Hamilton County 4-H The organization is offering three days of events during fall break. The Lego Spark Club meets Oct. 13, the Virtual Spooky Science Club convenes Oct. 14 and the Taco Cook-off is Oct. 15. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/ FallBreak4HSparkClubs.

Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter “This year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be everywhere,” said Natalie Sutton, executive director. “The pandemic is changing how we walk, but it doesn’t change the reason we walk. … With the dollars raised during Walk, we can continue to provide care and support to families during these difficult times while also advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and prevention.”

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Knights of Columbus at St. Alphonsus Liguori The parish in Zionsville will collect coats and blankets for its “Share the Warmth” effort for adults and children to share with our neighbors in need this coming winter. Items must be new or gently used and clean. Between Oct. 3 and 11, please drop off donation in marked containers inside the church or in Weitzel Hall at 1870 W. Oak St.

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Editor, I’m writing to urge Hamilton County voters to cast your ballots on or before Nov. 3.

As you choose your candidates, I respectfully ask you to consider Susan Byer for treasurer.

I have been a bookkeeper for the county for 22 years, and 15 of those are in the treasurer’s office. I have worked with Susan personally and can attest to her work ethic, character, integrity and intelligence. She is detail-oriented and accurate. Her customer service has always been outstanding.

Susan has a hardworking and knowledgeable team behind her and is perfectly capable of running the office on Day 1, not only efficiently but with caring compassion.

She will treat her employees and other departments fairly and politely.

I look forward to her leadership in office.

Please join me in voting Susan Byer for treasurer.

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Concerned by Trump’s lack of leadership Editor, I am a U.S. Navy veteran and a Carmel resident. I am very concerned with the direction of the 2020 presidential campaign by Trump and the RNC. Trump’s tweets are clearly irrational, even disconnected from reality.

Consider his comments on wearing masks, his approval of extra-judicial punishment by killing, his push to arrest his political opposition and not accept election results if he loses. Consider his ugly and persistent attacks on women, veterans and journalists.

When asked about his agenda for the next term, he cannot even articulate one, Under Trump’s lack of leadership, over 215,000 Americans have died. Trump and the RNC take no responsibility.

I served in the military to protect our democracy. Vote for an America where citizens need not fear losing their rights because Trump and his party do not like their color, gender or occupation.

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Vote for Spartz Editor, I’m inspired by Victoria Spartz, a Hoosier for 20 years since her immigration from Ukraine, someone who knows firsthand that “socialist utopia” is a cruel illusion that means “pain and suffering” devoid of individual freedom. Victoria, an industrious businesswoman and a Certified Public Accountant rather than a career politician, has also served with distinction as our state senator, while managing to juggle life as a wife and mother. I recognize her remarkable courage in running for Congress in this tumultuous election year. Having met and spoken to Victoria and her husband, Jason, I heartily endorse her to serve our 5th District in Congress.

I left California, a state mired in political chaos, where I watched, over a quarter century, its optimism, dynamism and innovation evaporate as I witnessed one party gradually dominate the state as it lost its position as a positive model. California’s Democrat-dominated government has brought disastrous consequences. Tax increases, intrusions into the business and personal lives of Californians grew. Businesses and individuals are fleeing California in a trend that is accelerating. Fortunately, I’ve found my refuge in Indiana where common sense and common decency still rule.

We all recognize that government has a legitimate place in our lives. But at what cost in freedom (and money)? Yes, successful government provides essential non market services to its citizens. If you agree that government has an essential place in your life, but you do not want it to just keep expanding, vote for Victoria Spartz, a wife and mom, businesswoman, CPA, masters-level economist, college teacher, and loyal immigrant who loves our Constitution, our nation, and our state.

Let’s not become California. Or Venezuela.

Vote sensibly in the 5th Congressional District. Vote for Victoria Spartz.

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Let’s not become California. Or Venezuela.

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Vote Susan Byer for treasurer Editor, I am asking the voters in Hamilton County to vote for the Republican candidate for Hamilton County treasurer, Susan Byer. As a 17-year employee (16 of those years as the chief bookkeeper), my support is 100 percent behind Susan.

I worked with Susan in the Treasurer’s Office for 13 years, and during that time, she worked at the front counter posting tax payments, receipting money in from other county offices, processed liquor licenses, mobile home transfers, bankruptcies and lender files. She handled all of those job duties with great attention to detail and always had a sincere rapport with the public. I and many others

I worked with Susan in the Treasurer’s Office for 13 years, and during that time, she worked at the front counter posting tax payments, receipting money in from other county offices, processed liquor licenses, mobile home transfers, bankruptcies and lender files. She handled all of those job duties with great attention to detail and always had a sincere rapport with the public.

in the county trust Susan to take on the job as treasurer because she is honest, smart, detail-oriented and has character.

Susan is the only candidate that can, if elected, go into the office on Day 1 and do all of the daily functions of the office necessary to assist taxpayers and other county offices.

As a current and longtime employee of the Treasurer’s Office, I am asking the voters of Hamilton County to please vote for Susan Byer for Hamilton County treasurer on or before Nov. 3.

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Don’t take this topic for gratin Commentary by Dick Wolfsie If you had to choose one food to live on for the rest of your life, what would it be? I provide this question as a pubHUMOR lic service for those in longterm relationships who are pretty much stuck at home and desperately need something to debate.

I asked my wife for her response, and she said I had to give my choice first. That sounded like a trap, but I replied, “OK, Mary Ellen, if I had to pick one thing, I’d say your delicious chicken piccata.”

“So, what you are saying is you don’t like my chicken marsala?”

See what I mean?

A decade ago, this question was easy for Chris Voight, an unrepentant spud lover who at the time was the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission. Chris decided to put his money where his mouth is … as opposed to his hero, Mr. Potato Head, whose mouth Chris could put where his nose is.

Chris was unhappy with the local school district’s decision to cut fattening foods from the lunch menu, so he pledged to eat nothing but taters for 60 days. No sour cream, no bacon bits — not even on the

side. Just potatoes. He ate approximately 1,200 of them in two months. Chris needed some kind of libation, so he opted for a beer made from potatoes. Yes, Chris, this spud’s for you.

Doctors supervised his two-month regimen. Their biggest concern was the lack of essential fatty acids in the diet. Chris agreed to downing several servings of French fries every day, and he got a kick out of being asked at the drive-thru, “Do you want a burger with that?”

Chris was unhappy with the local school district’s decision to cut fattening foods from the lunch menu, so he pledged to eat nothing but taters for 60 days. No sour cream, no bacon bits — not even on the side.

Just potatoes.

“There are lots of myths about potatoes,” Chris said. For example, the conventional thinking is that potatoes are very fattening and full of empty calories. On this last point,

there is some spirited disagreement, one of many wedge issues Chris had to deal with. Chris claims he lost 20 pounds on the potato diet, but I suspect that’s because he finally put down the sack of potatoes the last time he weighed himself.

Chris still dines on the simple baked potato, the twice-baked potato, and the yummy thrice-baked potato. Also, cottage fries, mashed potatoes, potato pancakes, gnocchi and tater tots. Has Chris gone a bit over the edge in enthusiasm for potatoes? “I just don’t want people to take the potato for gratin.” Yeah, that’s the way he talks now.

Chris is considering eating raw potatoes, which apparently have some additional health benefits but lack the classic taste we all enjoy. His wife suggested splitting the difference and cooking them just a little. Said Chris: “It’s just another one of her half-baked ideas.”

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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Kincaid’s Meat Market in Fishers has reopened after closing for several months due to flood damage, which NOW OPEN required approximately $400,000 in repairs and the purchase of new meat processing equipment, which was only 8 months old when it was damaged.

The Dugdale family, which owns the shop, celebrated Oct. 10 with a grand reopening ceremony.

The family purchased Kincaid’s in 2015.

Joe Dugdale previously owned Dugdale Beef Co., which sold meat to Kincaid’s. Kincaid’s originally opened in 1921 in Indianapolis. It opened its second location at 11547 Yard St. in Fishers District in November 2019.

“The Fishers District developers came to us and asked us if we would consider opening a second store here in Fishers,” Joe Dugdale said. “We were in the process of talking to Archer’s Meats and had a verbal agreement to take over their space on 116th

Street knowing they were going to bulldoze and rebuild. We were told we would be in by 2018, and that didn’t happen.”

Instead, the Dugdales opened the second store in Fishers District. The Fishers and Indianapolis stores are similar.

“This (Fishers) location offers wine that the other location does not, and it has more fresh fish options than the other store has,” Dugdale said. “The clientele is different up here than it is at the other store, so the product line has changed a little bit off that.”

Dugdale said Kincaid’s Meat Market offers customers a level of service that large grocers cannot.

“The service we offer and the quality of product that we offer is unmatched by anybody,” Dugdale said. “We are a specialty meat market. We are not a grocery store meat market. It is truly you get what you pay for.”

The Fishers shop is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Together We Rise Fitness recently opened its second location in Westfield. The CrossFit gym has operated in FITNESS Fishers for approximately six years.

Owner Monica Hilton plans to expand the new location as memberships are added.

“The idea behind it is as membership is going to grow and the gym will grow at the rate of membership growing,” she said. “So, we will add classes as needed.

We are starting with a small group and adding classes, coaches and equipment as it grows.”

The new location is at 17303 U.S. 31, Westfield, but the building will be torn down in a year or two to make room for another development. When the building is removed, Hilton said she plans to keep the gym in Westfield, whether in the new development or elsewhere in Westfield.

“The gym started as a group fitness gym six years ago, and primarily our focus is on CrossFit now because we found people really enjoy the CrossFit classes,” Hilton said.

“We are primarily just CrossFit classes, but one caveat I always add is, a lot of people think they know what CrossFit is. The myth is it’s intimidating, or you have to be super fit, but one of the things we do best is we can scale anything for anybody, so we have all fitness levels, all ages. There are options in class for everybody.”

Hilton lives in Lawrence but plans to move nearer to Westfield and Fishers.

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“Westfield is just one of those really cool places that we feel it has this small-town vibe and the genuine kind of people we are looking for, but it’s growing so much.

We want to be able to serve that market,” Hilton said. “It came about because there was a core group of people that asked us to open a second location there.”

New members can join the Westfield location for $115 a month, but the rate will increase to between $139 and $159 a month for new members as the gym grows. Hilton said she plans to add a third and fourth location in the future.

A grand opening is planned for 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 31 at the new location. For more, visit twrfit.com.

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ATI Drive-In Theatre features music of Indiana composing legends

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founder Don Farrell figures Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael are a winning combination MUSIC on any stage.

“We’re thrilled with highlighting and honoring two of Indiana’s great composers and lyricists,” Farrell said. “You can’t go wrong with their music.”

The ATI Drive-In Theatre show, “Cole with a side of Hoagy,” is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Monon Square Shopping Center in Carmel.

Farrell will be joined by fellow ATI co-founders Cynthia Collins and Judy Fitzgerald.

The show will feature timeless classics, including Porter’s “You’re the Top” to Carmichael’s “Stardust.”

“For me, ‘Night and Day’ is one of my favorite Cole Porter tunes,” Farrell said. “There are so many to choose from. He’s very witty. There were so many of Hoagy Carmichael’s songs that were great, too, like ‘Stardust,’ which is one of his most famous.

That will be in the show. The show works well with the Great American Songbook and Indiana Pride.”

Collins said one of her favorite songs is Carmichael’s “I Walk With Music.”

This will be the second ATI Drive-In Theatre. The first was Sept. 18, with the ATI trio paying tribute to songs from movies.

“The first concert we felt was a huge success,” Farrell said. “We had responses from patrons that have been overwhelmingly positive. The only criticism was someone in their vehicle wasn’t able to hear. I don’t think we did a good enough job of informing them we had a frequency people could listen on the radio in the safety of their own vehicles. We are going to have some additional signage and make it clear what radio station they can turn their frequency to hear a mix.

“We had a mix from our PA system that was going on and for those that wanted to stay in the car, we had a special audio mix

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre “Dances for a New World: Part One,” Oct. 22-24, The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

Actors Theatre of Indiana Drive-In Theatre, Actors Theatre of Indiana, 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 23, Monon Square Shopping Center. For more, visit atistage.org.

Live at the Center Charlie Ballantine, 8 p.m., Oct. 23, free livestream from the Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel. To register, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Spotlight Indy “Women of a Certain Age,” 8 p.m. Oct. 23 and 5 p.m. Oct. 25, Spotlight Indy, 5060 E. 62nd St., Indianapolis. Tickets are $20 and may be reserved by emailing idealtalent1@gmail. com or calling 317-695-4419.

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on the radio. We are going to do a better job getting that message across.”

Farrell said they also are working with the projection screens to help those parked farther away see better.

“There are always challenges when we take on something new,” Collins said.

“But we are fortunate to have some very talented designers who make our job as performers easier. The drive-in concept worked well for us. Our patrons had a ball. Everyone was happy to be out safely enjoying a live performance. There is nothing like performing live.”

Farrell said the production was smooth for a first time.

“It went without a hitch,” he said. “It was a true joy to see people following the safety protocol and wearing the masks and staying within vicinity of

their vehicles. Everybody was doing a great job of looking out for each other and themselves by doing that. It was the same thing with our production staff and artists.

“We didn’t take off our masks until we actually hit the stage and (were) in our own socially distanced space.”

Farrell said sales are strong for the second show.

“Last time, we were at 85 percent paid capacity for what we had to offer,” Farrell said.

Randy Sorrell will serve as emcee. Terry Woods and his band will perform with the ATI trio. A third Drive-In Theatre performance is set for Nov. 27 at Monon Square Shopping Center.

For more, visit atistage.org.

Clay Terrace has announced this year’s eighth annual BOO ‘n BREW Fall Festival will be Oct. 24, offering a day of fun at the Carmel shopping center.

Adults can enjoy beer in the beer garden and kids can enjoy safe trick-or-treating throughout the mall. Children ages 10 and under can dress in a costume and trick-or-treat in the designated area from 2 to 6 p.m. while supplies last. Other activities include live music by Stella Luna and the Satellites and Toy Factory, Silly Safari animal shows, face painting, balloon artists, hayrides and more.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, guests and vendors are encouraged to wear masks and follow the CDC guidelines and cover their mouth and nose with a cloth face cover in accordance with state and local guidelines. Guests should stay 6 feet apart. Additional sanitation station will be in place.

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taken a lot of careful research and ingenuity to create,” IRT Margot Lacy Eccles Artistic The Indiana Repertory Theatre staff and Director Janet Allen stated. “Ultimately, we board have been reimagining its 2020-21 are beyond elated, while cautiously optimisseason and curating IRT tic, to be able to share our craft and PLAYS classic productions that mission this season through virtual will bring hope for the productions. What our patrons can future. The IRT announced Oct. 12 it expect is the artistic excellence will produce a six-play virtual seathat they have come to enjoy at the son opening in early December with IRT, joyfully reinvented by artisans the holiday offering “This Wonderful and artists, and delivered to you Life,” and run through June 2021. through our wonderful partnership Allen In partnership with WFYI, producwith WFYI.” tions will be filmed and available to stream Confirmed shows include “This Wonderful for renewed season ticket holders and Life,” “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ those who purchase virtual packages and First 100 years” and “ Tuesdays with Morrie.” tickets. The 2020-21 season is supported “We are embarking on this virtual advenby OneAmerica Financial Partners. IRT will ture and are swiftly creating plans for a continue to develop protocols in the event truly unique season featuring IRT classics in-person performances can resume in the with themes of joy and hope,” IRT Managing spring at the IRT in the OneAmerica MainDirector Suzanne Sweeney stated. stage Theatre, giving patrons the option of IRT’s season ticket holders will receive live or virtual productions. access to the virtual season filled with new “The season will celebrate the resiliency benefits and virtual offerings. Virtual packof our art and safely accommodate our staff ages and single tickets go on sale Nov. 2. and actors in the rehearsal room, and paFor more, visit irtlive.com. trons at home. This reimagined season has

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(Re)Start with Art will present music, theater and dance performances and speIn a typical year, more than 1,000 artists, cial guest/celebrity appearances. Carmel performers and arts and culture patrons resident Emmanuel Carter will serve as gather at Start host and emcee. Carter competed FUNDRAISER with Art, a popon “America’s Got Talent” with his ular Arts Council former dance group, co-starred in of Indianapolis fundraiser to kick the 2019 Netflix show “Soundtrack,” off the fall arts season. This month, appeared in the film “Creed 2,” the Arts Council will host (Re)Start has performed on TV shows “Fawith Art, a virtual benefit presented tal Attraction” and “For My Man”

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This will be a little different than Charlie Ballantine’s previous appearance at the Palladium at the Center for the CONCERT Performing Arts in Carmel.

Ballantine opened for a smooth jazz musician, Brian Culbertson.

“This will be completely different because I think it was completely sold out that night,” Ballantine said.

This time, it will be live with no in-person audience.

The Charlie Ballantine Quartet will be the first performers in the “Live at the Center” series at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Palladium.

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“These days we’re just happy for any opportunity to play some music for people, whether it’s in person or via livestream, let alone like a place like the Performing Arts Center,” Ballantine said. “We’re excited to play in that beautiful space.”

Ballantine, an Indianapolis resident, said the quartet hasn’t cemented a setlist.

“It definitely will be a mix of some jazz standards, some original music and some of our favorite covers,” Ballantine said. “We’re just going to have fun playing music for an hour or so.”

The music will be all instrumental, with Ballantine on guitar, “We started a successful house concert series at our house where we had about 50 to 80 people spread out in our yard,” Ballantine said. “We had livestreams at the Jazz Kitchen and Chatterbox Jazz Club. We had some private events because as much as we miss it as musicians, music lovers and audiences feel just as deprived.”

The other members of the quartet performing at the Palladium will be Cassius Goens (drums), Amanda Gardier (saxophone) and Jesse Wittman (bass).

“I hope this is an opportunity to get some of the northside listeners into it,” Ballantine said of their jazz style.

Ballantine’s latest album is “Vonnegut,” inspired by Indianapolis author Kurt Vonnegut. Ballantine teaches guitar at the University of Indianapolis and Marian University.

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2. The alder wood cabinetry is finished in a rich caramel color and is paired with a crisp white quartz countertop.

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THE CHALLENGE This 1957 home is in Indianapolis’ historic Crow’s Nest neighborhood. The new owners wanted to modernize several of the rooms while honoring the mid-century style of the home’s interior. This is Part 2 of a three-part series.

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Commentary by Don Knebel After defeating the Aztec Empire in 1521, Spain controlled what is now Mexico. On Sept. 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo, a TRAVEL Roman Catholic priest having Spanish ancestry, preached a sermon in his parish church in Delores, calling on people to join him in a rebellion against Spanish rule. Tens of thousands of people, many armed only with machetes, responded to this Grito de Delores (the Cry of Delores). Hidalgo was executed for treason in July 1811, but the rebellion he initiated continued and Mexico gained its independence in 1821. Father Hidalgo is considered the “Father of the Nation” and Sept. 16, the date of his Grito de Delores, is Mexican Independence Day. In 1900, Mexican President Porfirio Díaz ordered the erection of a victory column at the center of Mexico City to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Grito de Delores.

Although an initial version collapsed, the Monument to Independence was dedicated by President Díaz on Sept. 16, 1910. The 118-foot-high column is topped by a gilded bronze statue of winged Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, holding in her right hand a laurel wreath above a statue of Hidalgo at the base. Because Mexicans call the statue El Ángel, the column itself is commonly called El Ángel. In 1925, the remains of Father Hidalgo and 13 other insurgents were entombed in a mausoleum beneath the monument. In 1929, an eternal flame was added at the base to honor the heroes of the rebellion. The circle around El Ángel is a popular place for national celebrations and political rallies. Until the monument was closed for restoration in 2019, energetic people could climb about 200 narrow steps to the top.

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In 2021, Mexico will celebrate the 200th anniversary of its independence from Spain, the same year that Indianapolis will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a city.

Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel. com. You may contact him at editorial@youarecurrent.com.

CITY OF FISHERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals at 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 2020 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”): Consideration of a Development Standards Variance from section 3.2.3.B.5a of the City of Fishers UDO to exceed the maximum allowed impervious surface coverage for a new home and related improvements.

LOCATION: The Proposal is located at 13344 CAMBRIDGE COVE WAY, FISHERS, IN 46055, also known as 13-15-11-00-18-026.000.

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.

Written objections filed with the secretary of the Board of Zoning Appeals before the hearing will be considered. If you would like your written comments to be provided to the Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals, you must submit them one (1) week prior to the hearing date noted above. Oral comments will be heard during the public hearing.

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