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HSE Schools referendum approved; Republicans dominate Fishers council election

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com Hamilton Southeastern Schools’ operating referendum was overwhelmingly approved on Nov. 7, with 70 percent of ELECTION voters supporting the new rate of up to .1995 cents per $100 assessed value.

The referendum replaces one that was approved in 2016 that expires at the end of this year. Through the 2016 referendum, property owners have paid .2275 cents per $100 assessed value.

HSE Board of Trustees President Dawn Lang said she was thrilled that the referendum passed, especially by such a wide margin.

“We could not be happier for the turnout,” she said soon after the final results were announced. “We had such strong support, not only from the community but our volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without everyone’s effort.”

Lang said those supporters include individual educators, elected officials and the teachers’ union.

“This is certainly an issue that everyone rallied around,” she said. “And it was a nonpartisan issue. We are so thrilled and so proud of our community for coming together on this effort.”

Earlier in the day, Fishers residents Madeline McCall and her mother, Charlotte McCall, were casting their votes at Delaware Township Community Center. They told Current reporter Edward Redd that they were strong supporters of the school-funding referendum.

“Our teachers aren’t really being supported,” Madeline McCall said. “Growth on that side of the world is important to me.”

FISHERS CITY COUNCIL For the most part, Republicans swept the Fishers City Council races, according to the final unofficial results from Election Day. For the three at-large seats, incumbent Demo-

From left, Fishers City Councilmember Selina Stoller, Susie Jaworowski and L. Jones campaign outside Delaware Township Community Center in Fishers. (Photo by Edward Redd)

crat Jocelyn Vare lost her bid for reelection, edged out by newcomer Tiffanie Ditlevson, a Republican. The other at-large incumbents, Republicans Cecelia Coble and Todd Zimmerman, retained their seats.

Another incumbent Democrat, Crystal Neumann, also lost narrowly to Republican challenger John Delucia for the North Cen-

tral District seat.

The only Rebublican who lost a bid for reelection was David Giffel, who final election results show is a little more than a point behind Democrat challenger Bill Stuart.

Current reporter Edward Redd contributed to this news report.

UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS MAYOR OF FISHER • Scott Fadness* R — 14,455 FISHERS CITY CLERK • Jennifer L. Kehl* R — 11,197 • Janet Pritchett D — 9,549 FISHERS CITY COURT JUDGE • Daniel E. Henke* R — 14,300 FISHERS CITY COUNCIL AT-LARGE (vote for 3) • Cecilia Coble* R — 11,482 • Tiffanie Ditlevson* R— 9,859 • Todd Zimmerman* R— 11,117 • Howard Stevenson D — 9,560 • Jocelyn Vare D — 9,621 FISHERS CITY COUNCIL NC • John P. DeLucia* R — 1,258 • Crystal Neumann D — 1,216

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Fishers HS Marching Band to march in Macy’s Parade — The Fishers High School Marching Band is one of six high school marching bands to perform in the 97th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Nov. 23. To watch, tune in starting at 8:30 a.m. to NBC or Peacock.

Cookies with Characters returns in December — The City of Fishers will host a unique character experience filled with games, crafts, cookie decorating and more at the Historic Ambassador House on Dec. 16 and 17. Registered guests will be able to decorate cookies, visit with the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, and participate in other Whoville fun and games. All parents and children, regardless of age, must be registered to attend. Children 2 and under are free to attend with registration. No walkups will be permitted. To register, visit playfishers.com/583/Cookies-with-Characters.

Local road projects receive state funding — Significant state funding has been approved for local communities to help complete road and bridge projects, according to an announcement from Hamilton County GOP legislators. Area grant recipients include Arcadia, $446,295; Hamilton County, $248,350; Sheridan, $776,618; and Westfield, $1 million. State funding is available for local projects through the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program, including road and bridge preservation, road reconstruction, intersection improvements and other items. In total, more than 180 Indiana towns, cities and counties will receive more than $91 million in state matching grants.

AgriPark closed for the season — The Fishers AgriPark has closed for the winter season, with daily operation suspended until May. Compost drop-offs are still accepted from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

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HSE teachers, admins reach contract agreement

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By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com Hamilton Southeastern Schools negotiating teams have reached a tentative agreement for a new NEGOTIATIONS teacher contract, which was presented to the HSE Board of Trustees during a public hearing Nov. 2.

The new one-year contract includes raises in base pay for all levels with additional compensation to recognize educational achievements. The proposed new salary scale ranges from $48,500 to $91,801, compared to the current range of $44,074 to $87,530.

The draft contract also revamps paid leave to provide more flexibility. Teachers still get 14 days of paid time off, but instead of four personal days and 10 sick days, they have seven days of each.

There was no comment from those in the audience during the public hearing, which was a required step before the board’s scheduled vote to ratify the contract Nov. 8.

Interim Superintendent Matt Kegley presented the new contract to the board and noted that the interest-based bargaining method made for more productive negotiations. Interest-based bargaining is a collaborative approach where those involved work together to find solutions that benefit everyone.

Kegley said negotiators for the district and Hamilton Southeastern Education Association recognized that competitive salaries would help the district retain teachers and attract new staff. The negotiation teams not only increased the starting salary for new teachers, he said, they also adjusted the salary schedule to provide additional compensation to teachers who have achieved higher levels of education — a master’s degree, for example.

“We’re really excited about understanding and knowing that the salaries are super competitive … and hope that continues to lead to folks wanting to come and join HSE,” he said.

Following ratification, the new contract will be retroactive to July 1 and is effective for only this school year.

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over again next fall,” Kegley said. “Hopefully a little sooner in the calendar than we did this year.”

There was a question from the board about how the results of the Nov. 7 referendum vote might affect the new contract.

Kegley said the negotiated raises would remain, even if the referendum fails.

“It’s not referendum-dependent because the fact of the matter is, if we have to make budget cuts related to if the referendum wouldn’t pass, then those likely could mean staffing losses and not necessarily wage reductions,” he said. “We all hope that we’re successful (Nov. 7), and that would go a long, long way to continue in our goals in this district. But if, for example, we have to raise class sizes — well, we also need the folks that are going to be here to also be compensated because they’re likely taking on additional work as well.”

The school district’s operating referendum calls for a reduced tax rate of up to .1995 cents per $100 assessed value, providing annual school funding of an estimated $24 million. The referendum overwhelmingly passed on Nov. 7.

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Fishers High School junior’s focus on distance running pays off

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fishers High School junior Sam Quagliaroli gave up one passion to focus on another.

“I started running competitively in sixth grade,” he said. “I was playing hockey at the time. I started doing both at the same time. The running reQuagliaroli ally picked up during my eighth-grade year.”

Quagliaroli stopped playing travel hockey after his sophomore year.

“Then it really took off,” he said.

With his full focus on running, Quagliaroli finished third Oct. 28 in the IHSAA boys cross country state meet at Terre Haute. He had a time of 15 minutes and 6 seconds in the 5K race. Fishers placed second to Carmel in the team standings.

“I feel like the biggest thing is, I have a lot more time to focus on aspects of running that are going to improve my running,” Quagliaroli said. “Instead of going to

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Prior to the state finals, Quagliaroli won the Noblesville Sectional and Shelbyville Regional individual titles.

“One of the things that helped me is

Sam Quagliaroli competes in the state finals Oct. 23 at Terre Haute. (Photo courtesy of Quagliaroli family)

having a great team to train with,” he said.

“That toughens your mind to know those boys are there to hold you accountable every day. If you want to slack off, they are there to keep you accountable. It keeps

your mind strong. Throughout the season, I think that was the deciding factor. It’s a long season, so it’s all about your mental strength and how hard you can fight.”

His best time is 14:52, achieved in the Nike Twilight meet Sept. 30 in Terre Haute.

Quagliaroli was slated to compete with his Fishers teammates Nov. 12 in the Nike Cross Country Regionals at Terre Haute.

As a sophomore, he placed 18th in the state cross country meet.

“It was hard for me to give up hockey, but coming off last track season made it a little bit easier,” he said.

Quagliaroli placed sixth in the 3,200 and was a member of the fourth-place 3,200 relay team in the IHSAA state track and field meet.

Quagliaroli was a left winger on the Hamilton Southeastern hockey club team as a sophomore with a team made up of both Fishers and HSE players. Previously, he played for the Junior Indy Fuel.

Quagliaroli said it’s always been a goal to compete at the collegiate level.

“I’m just trying to get to know college programs,” said Quagliaroli, who said he likely wants to major in business.

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Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch presented the Visit Indiana Leadership Award Oct. 30 to Brenda Myers, president and RECOGNITION CEO of Hamilton County Tourism in Noblesville.

Myers initiated Hamilton County Tourism’s first tourism product development grant and technical assistance program, and spent time assisting other leaders to develop data and research programs, according to Visit Indiana. She also provided communication and research support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pastor Gi-Chae Lee leads a Korean-language service at Fishers United Methodist Church, 9691 E. 116th St. (Photo by Cassie King)

Church offers Korean services

By Cassie King news@currentinfishers.com In mid-September, Fishers United Methodist Church expanded its outreach abilities with a weekly Korean-lanWORSHIP guage service led by Pastor Gi-Chae Lee for the local Korean community.

Lee is pastor of the First Korean United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. He and Fishers UMC’s Senior Pastor Mark Ellcessor met through Indiana Conference Superintendent Saneta Maiko.

“We began a conversation about him (Lee) planting a Korean-language church using the facilities of Fishers United Methodist Church,” Ellcessor said. “This request fit nicely with the vision for Fishers UMC to make disciples who make disciples; develop leaders who develop leaders; and to plant churches that plant churches.”

Lee was born and raised in South Korea and moved to the United States to earn his doctorate in political science.

“I felt called to fulfill the promise I had made to God when I was young — to devote my life to ministry,” Lee said.

He then earned his Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was pastor of the Korean United Methodist Church in Bloomington for seven years before serving 12 years at the First Korean UMC in Indianapolis.

“I felt drawn to start this new Korean ministry in Fishers because of the large

population of young Korean families residing here,” Lee said.

Carmel and Fishers have the largest Korean population in the greater Indianapolis area, with approximately 1,116 individuals, according to the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church.

“There are 10 Korean churches in and around Indy, and about 30 percent of the Korean population may attend Korean churches, while some of them attend American churches,” Lee said.

He said he hopes the new ministry will engage members of the Korean Christian community who have felt disconnected since the pandemic, as well as young Korean families.

“The majority of young Korean families live in Fishers and Carmel because they want to raise their children in an environment with good schools,” Lee said. “I wanted to reach them with the Gospel of Christ Jesus.”

Lee’s son translates his sermons into English for English-speaking congregants, and Lee conducts the weekly service in Korean.

“I am thankful to Fishers UMC for welcoming us into their space,” Lee said. “I hope we can be a welcoming place for Koreans of all ages to explore their faith journey, and we welcome all interested in exploring faith, regardless of background.”

The Korean ministry meets at 2 p.m. each Sunday at the Fishers United Methodist Church, 9691 E. 116th St.

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Hamilton Southeastern repeated as Class 4A state volleyball champions.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Hamilton Southeastern High School girls volleyball team proved it measured up to every challenge.

SPORTS The Class 4A No. 1 Royals not only defended their state title but did it in dominating fashion. Hamilton Southeastern defeated No. 5 Castle in four sets, 25-18, 24-26, 25-20, 25-15 Nov. 4 in the IHSAA Class 4A state championship final at Ball State University’s Worthen Arena in Muncie.

Hamilton Southeastern finished 33-0, dropping only five sets all season.

“It is incredibly special,” Royals coach Jason Young said. “We had a target on us all year, and to stay focused, stay healthy and stay on task is so impressive. I think the expectations that were set were mainly outside of our circle. The last two seasons we never discussed winning a state championship or even going unbeaten. Our mission was simple — have fun, be a great teammate and to enjoy the journey, not the destination.”

When the Royals dropped the second set against Castle, the team bounced back quickly.

“We set the toughest schedule in the state on purpose,” Young said. “We talked about being aggressive with our serve, taking them out of (their) system and staying patient. At no point were we nervous or panicked. We knew we just needed to continue to do what we had done all season.

Ultimately, we knew teams were capable of taking a set, maybe even two, off of us. We believed if we stayed the course they would not be able to take three off of us.”

Young said the seniors had a great impact, winning the school’s first two state titles in volleyball.

“They created a culture of team-first,”

Young said. “They sacrificed awards and records and personal glory in order to win together. It was never, ‘what about me?’

It was always (about the) team. If you watched the match, when one player struggled, her teammates immediately came to pick them up. When a player did something great, they were celebrated by the entire team. Amazing things can be accomplished in a community where we put the needs of the group ahead of only what we need. This magical group of seniors lived that, and look at all they accomplished.”

Besides the two state titles, the team won 67 straight matches. HSE lost its 2022 season opener to McCutcheon and then won its final 34 matches.

Five of the seven seniors are headed to play for NCAA Division I schools: outside hitter Lauren Harden, University of Florida; middle hitter Breonna Goss, Duke University; setter Macy Hinhsaw, Santa Clara University; Sophie Ledbetter, Ball State University; and middle hitter Tiffany Snook, University of Memphis. Senior defensive specialist Madison Schicker will play for Hanover College, a Division III school. The seventh senior is outside hitter Madison Evett.

Two juniors have committed to Division I programs. Outside hitter Lindsey Mangelson has committed to Mississippi State University and setter Ava Hunter to Loyola University Chicago. Junior defensive specialist Kaylyn Christy has committed to Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Harden led the Royals with 371 kills, followed by Mangelson with 356 kills. Mangelson had a team-high 17 kills in the championship match.

“That team-first approach and community that has been built is the way to continue to win in the future,” Young said. “They also know how special the Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers community is when kids do amazing things.”

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Volunteers plant trees at Heritage Park

By Cassie King news@currentinfishers.com Four Boy Scouts representing three families were among the volunteers who helped plant more than 100 PUBLIC SERVICE trees Nov. 4 at Heritage Park in Fishers.

Boy Scout Pack 110, led by Desiree Friedman, participated in a program led by the City of Fishers and Duke Energy Foundation to plant trees in the community in honor of the Hamilton County Bicentennial and Allisonville Road Corridor Revitalization project.

Friedman said the tree-planting event was a good project for the Scouts.

“I get emails regularly from the City of Fishers with volunteer opportunities,” Friedman said. “Our den is working on earning their community service badge, and this was a great opportunity to do community service while earning their badge.”

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From left, Desiree Friedman, Zach Friedman, Mason Lyons, James Lyons, Henry Lyons, Chris Rehfuss (back) and Simeon Rehfuss plant trees at Heritage Park in Fishers. (Photo by Cassie King)

$20,000 to the City of Fishers to purchase 200 native trees to help grow the tree canopy at Heritage Park at White River off Eller Road and 106th Street, as well as the Allisonville Road corridor.

Besides the trees at Heritage Park, 85 trees will be planted along the Allisonville Road corridor from 106th Street to 126th Street to provide more green space. That event was set for Nov. 9 at businesses along that stretch of road.

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“Roadside Russet” by Jerry Smith of Crawfordsville is among the watercolors on display for the November exhibit at the Fishers Arts Council’s HUB Gallery, 11810 Technology Drive, Fishers.

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FAC November exhibit features watercolors news@currentinfishers.com The Fishers Arts Council is showcasing work by members of the Watercolor Society of Indiana this month at the FAC ART Hub Gallery, 11810 Technology Dr., Fishers, inside the Collaboration Hub of the Hamilton County Community Foundation.

The exhibit opened Nov. 6 and runs through Dec. 1.

According to a Fishers Arts Council announcement, the Watercolor Society of Indiana is a statewide organization founded in 1982 at the Indianapolis Art League, now the Indianapolis Art Center. The organization became a registered nonprofit in 1983, and

its first annual juried exhibit was in November of that year.

“This is the third year we’ve hosted the WSI members and it’s our largest WSI exhibit to date — 74 paintings by 30 artists — it’s so impressive,” FAC Executive Director Les Reinhardt stated. “It’s such an incredible showing of talent from across Indiana, right here in Fishers, for all to enjoy. There’s a wide variety of styles, skill and subjects.”

Many of the pieces on display are for sale at a variety of price points, according to the announcement. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Friday gallery visits are by appointment only by contacting Fishers Arts Council directly.

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ROUGH AND ‘RUMBLE’ Historic bar brawl made Fishers famous in 1881

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com Even without the aid of social media and a 24-hour news cycle, the City of Fishers managed to make national — and international — headlines 142 years ago following the Battle of Mudsock, a 24-hour bar brawl between patrons of the two main saloons at the time.

Historian Robert Bowling of the Fishers Historical Society and author of “Wicked Fishers,” a book about the community’s rough past, said that at the time of the historic brawl — Nov. 19, 1881 — Fishers Switch, as it was then called, had a population of about 200 and had been a town for only about a decade.

“There were two bars in the center of town, pretty much right around the railroad tracks in downtown Fishers,” Bowling said.

“One of the bars was run by a man named Hampton West. And the other bar was run by the Farrell brothers.”

It was a Saturday, and with no enforced closing times for bars, drinking started early. A little before noon. Bowling said, a disagreement between a couple of patrons at the Farrell brothers’ saloon kicked off a series of violent events.

“We don’t really know the specifics of what they were arguing about,” he said.

“But we know that alcohol was involved, obviously.”

Some of the characters prominent in the Battle of Mudsock include West — a former Confederate soldier with a reputation as a bully — three brothers, Daniel, Wesley and Adam Lynn; and former Marion County deputy sheriff Benjamin Fouch, known for his bad temper.

The initial argument ended when one of the two men involved left the bar, but Bowling said everyone kept drinking over the next few hours, getting themselves riled up.

According to Bowling’s book, the fights that followed didn’t necessarily connect with the original argument. The saloon owners were rivals, and patrons were loyal to their favorite bar.

“Patrons had their favorite saloon and they viewed the other saloon with disdain.

So, insulting the quality of each saloon’s whiskey was a sure-fire way to start a

Fishers first responders hosted a Battle of Mudsock reenactment in 2018 and 2019, commemorating the infamous incident that made international headlines. At left are Robert Bowling, Marj Sparks and Bobby Schlageter, portraying characters from the bar brawl. At right are Bobby Schlageter and Robert Bowling (Photos courtesy of Robert Bowling)

fight,” Bowling wrote. “George McCoy, a friend of Hamp West, entered the Farrell’s saloon. McCoy walked up to Adam Lynn and hurled an insult at him. Adam Lynn threw a punch at McCoy, knocking him to the ground. He was then promptly thrown out of the saloon.”

McCoy returned about an hour later with West and another friend, Bob Dawson.

“A huge fight broke out in that bar,” Bowling said. “We’re talking about billiard balls being thrown, cue sticks being hurled — at one point, Hampton West was pushed up underneath the pool table and he was being hit with cue sticks and everything else.”

“Everything else” included brass knuckles wielded by Fouch. Bowling said Andy Farrell told West that if he came out, he’d make sure he was safe.

“I think Andy Farrell probably meant it, but as soon as (West) came up from underneath the pool table, Benjamin Fouch basically just started pretty much gouging in (his) eyes,” Bowling said. “The fight was back on again.”

West was badly beaten before he was able to escape, Bowling said, and was so concerned about being followed that he took a complicated route through people’s yards before making it back to his own bar to lick his wounds.

“All of these people that were over at Farrell saloon … they were happy that they won,” Bowling said. “They were still drinking and they still wanted to fight some more.

So, they decided, ‘Hey, let’s go over to the Hampton West saloon.’ So, they all gathered up and they just started walking over and Hampton West could see them coming to this bar. So, he immediately ran over and shut and locked the door so they couldn’t come in.”

One thing led to another and someone in West’s saloon opened the door while West wasn’t looking. Fouch called West a coward,

which was a major insult back then, Bowling said, but West was hurting and didn’t take the bait.

Things were starting to calm down until Dawson insulted the Lynn brothers’ mother.

“Before you know, it, once again, it was another all-out melee of fighting inside this bar,” Bowling said. “Cue sticks, billiard balls, beer bottles — everything was being thrown.”

Fouch chased West around and around a table until West used a brass beer faucet to hit Fouch on the head.

“He fell to the ground and that’s pretty much what ended that portion of the fighting,” Bowling said, adding that Fouch died from the head trauma several hours later.

The fighting didn’t really end until the next day, though, when the Hamilton County sheriff arrived with a posse to restore order.

Althrough there were many, many injuries resulting from the brawl, Fouch was the only person to die in the infamous Battle of Mudsock. West was arrested and charged with murder for Fouch’s death but was found not guilty by reason of self-defense.

West’s saloon never reopened after the battle, and the Farrell brothers’ bar burned down days after the incident in what could have been arson, but the cause was never determined.

ON THE COVER: Wade Hampton West ran one of

the two bars involved in the infamous Battle of Mudsock. He was acquitted of murder after killing another man during that daylong fight, but later was convicted of grave-robbing. (Photo courtesy of Robert Bowling)

WHAT HAPPENED TO HAMPTON WEST? After he was acquitted of murder following the Battle of Mudsock, Wade Hampton West went back to farming, but was convicted years later of a rather gruesome side-gig — grave robbing.

Fishers Historian Robert Bowling said West was the kind of guy always looking for an easy buck — even if it’s a fake buck.

“He called the police because he tried to engage in counterfeit money, and then he got swindled,” Bowling said. “So,

he tried to report that he bought fake counterfeit money. So, yeah, this guy just wasn’t bright.”

Bowling, a former police officer, said he would have loved to have been the cop to take that call.

West wasn’t charged in that incident, but in 1902 he was arrested — and convicted — of robbing graves and selling human remains to area medical schools.

He died in prison before completing his 10-year sentence.

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Complicated history lessons Commentary by Terry Anker Our past is a reliable tool in predicting the acts and outcomes of the forthcoming. To be clear, it can only ESSAY forecast and not guarantee, but is still more dependable than most other indicators. If we fail to factor it into our understanding about the present or calculus for the future, we do so at our own peril. Don’t hide from history.

Most of us have come to realize and incorporate what predates us into our thoughts about what is happening now.

Preceding our own imperfect parenting, our parents parented us as theirs had done before them and so-on. Where a pigeon now soars above, a pterodactyl may have been a few years earlier. Before this society, there was another. Before that one, another anteceded it. We all, each of us in kind, relate to others in the context of the past, present and future.

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or the resurgence of the old. Is there anything new under the sun or have we done it all before? Perhaps this answer, like so many, is lost to the insatiable hunger of history. We search for absolute answers but are often disappointed to only find opinion where fact should dwell.

We have loved some thinkers so much as to name buildings for them to later denounce and rebrand under new paragons.

Egyptians of antiquity built monuments of carved stone for beloved leaders only to soon refashion them in the likeness of new gods. Societies are built, and destroyed, upon the very ashes of those that predated them. If so much of our future is built upon the past, who owns “history?” And when is it fact, when is it advocacy and when is it wishful thinking?

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I get cheery when its dreary Commentary by Danielle Wilson I don’t know if it’s my British ancestry or my highly flammable ginger complexion, or perhaps, according to my HUMOR husband Doo, my cold and dead soul, but I am digging the fact that rainy weather has returned.

There’s just something about a dreary day. I love when Mother Nature gives me permission to sit on my comfy couch and ignore dumb yardwork and even dumber exercising. I love when I am basically forced to turn on the fireplace. I love when I feel no compulsion whatsoever to literally do anything productive except microwave leftover Stouffer’s mac-n-cheese and sip hot tea. I especially love when I can legitimately go to bed at 6 p.m. because glorious nightfall has arrived early (thank you, DST!) and that I can sleep under the heavy comforter because temperatures might dip below freezing! Fingers crossed!

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“I especially love when I can legitimately go to bed at 6 p.m. because glorious nightfall has arrived early (thank you, DST!)” - DANIELLE WILSON

simply make peace with the filthy floors and train my eyes upward. Nope, there’ll be no worries here. I’ll be enjoying the beautiful gift of a miserable afternoon and Googling properties for sale in Seattle (from my couch!).

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Aw, rats, look who’s No. 15 Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

pre-shrunk and pre-gnawed. The back of the garment should have a picture of JimMy wife Mary Ellen called to me from the my Cagney saying, “You dirty rat.” Although kitchen the other day, sharing a headline his exact line was: “You dirty yellow-bellied she had just read online. rat.” Shirts are selling well, even in the nicHUMOR “I’m not surprised,” I reest rodential part of Chicago. sponded. “I was walking in Years ago, there was a famous YouTube the park just yesterday and the kids were video of a rat in New York City (No. 3 on driving me crazy with their screaming and the list) scampering down the steps of a complaining and fighting …” subway with a slice of pizza in its mouth.

“Dick, what are you talking about? The The camera followed it on its long journey headline said Indianapolis has the back to its nest. You would never see that 15th-highest number of rats.” sight in Indy because even rats here know “Oh, sorry, I thought if you want really good you said brats.” thin pizza, you have to Yes, we are No. 15 make a road trip to the “The No. 1 city for rats is Big Apple. on a list of major cities that are rat-infested. I’m Remember now, ChiChicago. This is the ninth sorry I have to tell you cago is No. 1. Rats living year it has won. It’s some of the other cities there apparently prefer because you may be the famous deep-dish sad that the rats have planning a little winter’s pizza, which is more of a better record than vacation there and that a casserole. You’d need might make you really a whole pack of rats the Cubs. The nation’s nervous eating at a just to move one slice capital was fourth with crosstown. restaurant or dangling your feet from a movie After I finished reada half-million rats, theater seat. ing the article, Mary El500,535 if you count Also reported: Los len and I headed out for Angeles moved up to the dinner so we could stop Congress.”

No. 2 ranking while New - DICK WOLFSIE obsessing about the fact York rounds out the top we were No. 15 on the three spots. Jumping list. But I couldn’t erase up 10 spots this year is this image from my Houston to No. 20, and mind. That’s why I ordered the ratatouille.

Greensboro, N.C., moves up 17 spots to take By the way, the Indianapolis area is the No. 50. Wow, that’s more complicated than 13th-best city to raise a pet bunny. That a March Madness bracket. is absolutely true, so help me internet. I The No. 1 city for rats is Chicago. This thought I’d end with some good news. is the ninth year it has won. It’s sad that You’re welcome! the rats have a better record than the Cubs. The nation’s capital was fourth with a half-million rats, 500,535 if you count Dick Wolfsie is an author, Congress. columnist and speaker. Contact The people at Orkin, who publish this rehim at wolfsie@aol.com. search annually, market clothing that heralds Chicago as “No. 1 in rats.” Shirts come

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination is Nov. 22. However, what interestDOCUMENTARY ed Ashton Gleckman the most was not how Kennedy died but how he lived.

“Reading the testimony of those who knew him in high school and college and even his teachers when he was younger, I began to be interested in who this person would have been,” Gleckman said. “JFK’s favorite question whenever he met an historian who wrote a book about Abraham Lincoln or whoever else was what was this person like. He was always curious about what people were like and I’ve always been that way, too.”

The 23-year-old Carmel resident began researching in the summer of 2020 and conducted more than 70 interviews. The result is an eight-part, three-night docuseries called “Kennedy,” to be shown starting Nov. 18 on the History Network. Heartland International Film Festival will hold a sneak peak of Episode 7 at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at The Toby at Newfields in Indianapolis, followed by a question-and-answer session with Gleckman and featured subject Lawrence J. Haas, former White House official, author and historian.

Gleckman is the director and score composer of the docuseries from Gleckman’s production company Blackbird Pictures and Academy Award-winning production company RadicalMedia. It is narrated by actor Peter Coyote.

Gleckman said while delving into the story of JFK, it became an examination of America at a pivotal moment in its history from the 1920s to the 1960s.

“I wanted it to be a deeply intimate character journey more so than another Kennedy documentary,” Gleckman said.

“I wanted half of the entire show to be before he even becomes president. I was interested in his origin story and how this person became iconic. I knew he was

Anthony Shriver, left, a nephew of John F. Kennedy, and Ashton Gleckman. (Photo courtesy of History network)

this charismatic, stylish, good-looking, well-spoken president, but how did he get from here to there? Sometimes, it takes a little more unpacking to find the essence of the person.”

The final four episodes are about Kennedy’s term as president.

“The second half of the show is crisis after crisis,” Gleckman said. “You probably become aware that more things happened in his 1,000-day presidency than typically happen in a four-year term or even an eight-year term. The amount of things happening, whether it was the Berlin Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, the Cold War brewing and the Cuban Missile Crisis, which nearly brought the world to nuclear war, it’s also a time of hope with 15 years after World War II, the baby-boomer period where all things seemed possible. When Kennedy was killed, we faced an awakening that things were about to take a darker turn.

That’s what happened with the Vietnam War and everything else.”

Gleckman said historians can only speculate on what might have been. However, from his research, Gleckman said he doesn’t believe Kennedy would have escalated the Vietnam War to the point of having 500,000 combat troops in Vietnam.

“He was someone who was far more suspicious of the military complex sur-

rounding him,” Gleckman said. “He had experience through the Bay of Pigs and had been in a war himself.”

Gleckman said viewers might be surprised at Kennedy’s health problems.

“He had scarlet fever and then had a full series of problems as a young boy. As a teenager, he had digestive problems and then he was fainting all the time,” he said.

“He was ending up in the infirmary. Then he got diagnosed with Addison’s disease.

He was given his last rites three times before he was tragically assassinated in 1963.”

In 1954, Kennedy had back surgery and went into a coma.

“This was someone who knew what death was because he had been so close to it so many times, which also gave his life a sense of speed and energy that I don’t think he would have if he had not had these encounters,” Gleckman said.

“This goes to the amount of things he was able to do and be and also goes to the more questionable behavior in his personal life.”

Among those interviewed was Kennedy’s niece, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and his nephew, Anthony Shriver. He also interviewed comedian Conan O’Brien, who had served on the Kennedy Presidential Library board of directors. However, Gleckman was born 10 to 15 years too late to interview some of the JFK administration members.

“It causes you to be a little creative to find new perspectives into the story,” he said. “I want people to walk away with the sense this was a complicated, three-dimensional person that happened to do remarkable things. There are many aspects that are inspiring and many we can be critical of and it’s fair.”

Gleckman released “We Shall Not Die Now,” a documentary about the Holocaust, in 2019 when he was 19. He then made a documentary set in the Appalachian Mountains, released in 2021.

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BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through Nov. 19 at the Indianapolis venue. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

‘A MOTOWN CHRISTMAS’ The Motortown All-Stars presents “A Motown Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

FEINSTEIN’S CABARET Johnny Folsom 4 will perform his Johnny Cash tribute show at Feinstein’s cabaret at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16. Matthew Scott’s “Letters from My Father” one-man show will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17. For more, visit feinsteinhc.com.

ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Swedish mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter & string quartet Brooklyn Rider’s concert is set for 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is set to perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents. org.Meshell Ndegeocello THE BLACK MARKET TRUST The Black Market Trust will perform 7 p.m.

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Jan. 18 at The Tarkington. Richard Marx will return to the Palladium with a solo show at 8 p.m. Feb. 17. For tickets, visit thecenterpresents.org, call at 317-843-3800, or go to the Palladium’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office, 1 Carter Green, Carmel.

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For Carmel High School sophomore Haylie Fletcher, progressing into the role of Sugar Plum Fairy is truly rewarding.

DANCE “I am so thankful as I have been able to grow so much as a dancer and person through Indiana Ballet Conservatory over the years,” Fletcher said.

“I love dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy. The character is very delicate and generous, which I enjoy portraying and am so excited to share with the audience.”

Fletcher shares the Sugar Plum Fairy role with Bishop Chatard junior Ashlie Rohan in performances of IBC’s production of “The Nutcracker,” set for Nov. 25-26 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The performances are at 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 25 and 1 and 6 p.m. Nov. 26.

“I’m looking forward to it because it’s the biggest role in the ballet and it’s a very challenging role,” said Rohan, who has been at IBC for 11 years. “It’s so beautiful and there are so many challenges to it, which also makes it very fun but also hard at the same time. Ever since I was a little baby angel in the show, after I was done performing, I would go up in the audience and watch all of Act 3. I loved looking at all the dances and it’s made me the dancer that I am today.”

Thomas Wilcutts, a Fishers resident and eighth-grader who takes online classes, plays the little nutcracker.

“I love the battle scenes and the music in it, and I love being on stage and performing,” Wilcutts said.

Starla Karlsson, a native of Sweden who lives in Carmel, performs in the character

From left, IBC performers include Luke Derksen, Starla Karlsson, Haylie Fletcher, Celine McGrew, Ashlie Rohan, Thomas Wilcutts and Reilly VerSchure. (Photo courtesy of IBC)

dance called Spanish.

“I like that I can play around with my character and I just love performing,” said Karlsson, a freshman who takes online classes.

Karlsson said the Spanish role takes a great deal of stamina.

“There is a lot of footwork,” she said.

Celine McGrew, a Carmel resident and freshman taking online classes, portrays the Mouse Queen.

“I get to work on my intensity and my confidence in my dancing,” McGrew said.

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Luke Derksen, a Carmel resident and senior who takes online classes, is performing in the Spanish character dance for the second time.

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Its Extended Tirage brut is righteous. It is a sparkling wine fermented mostly dry.

Domaine Weinbach Vin d’Alscace Riesling – Domaine Weinbach is crisp, tart and powerful. Lemon and lime zest, apple, pear, and a hint of gun flint minerality.

It is bone dry but is so fruit-forward the palate can be deceived into thinking there is some residual sugar. A truly remarkable wine.

Jean Foillard, Morgon, Cote du Py – Jean Foillard is a legendary wine producer in the Beaujolais region of France. The primary grape used in Beaujolais is not pinot noir but rather it is Gamay, a very fruity, thin-skinned grape that can almost taste like bubble gum in fresh young wine. Truly a turkey wine if there ever was one.

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