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Applications open for 2022 500 Festival Princess Program

By Isabella Simons news@geistcurrent.com Memorial Day weekend and the Indianapolis 500 race are several months away, but the deadline GIVING BACK for submitting applications for the 500 Festival Princess Program is Jan. 19, 2022.

One of the original features of the 500 Festival, a nonprofit founded in 1957 that organizes civic events, the Princess Program annually selects 33 college-age Hoosier women to serve as ambassadors for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing throughout the state and learn about leadership development at the same time.

Lindsay Labas, vice president of marketing and communications for the 500 Festival, said the Princesses get to do a little bit of everything. They come from different majors and backgrounds and are involved in different organizations at their colleges.

“We challenge them to take what they are already involved in and ways that they are already connected and just expand upon that,” Labas said.

Participants can customize their expe-

500 Festival Princesses engage with a young girl to share information about the 500 Festival Princess Program. (Photo courtesy of the 500 Festival)

rience. For example, elementary education majors can visit classrooms and speak with children about the Indy 500 Festival, and STEM majors can teach an after-school program.

Gloria Xue, a Carmel High School graduate and student at the IU School of Medicine, said that during her time as a Princess in 2021, she did a lot of community outreach, such as volunteering, visiting children’s hospitals and participating in parades.

“We got to understand the behind the scenes, and we got to know a lot of people from Indiana,” Xue said.

Labas said other opportunities include going to Pacers games and the Indianapolis Zoo for the turtle race to cheer on the participants.

“They get to do all kinds of fun things, all with the mission of spreading the excitement for the race,” Labas said.

Xue said her favorite activity as a Princess was community outreach, specifically talking to students virtually at the Asian American Cultural Center at IU Bloomington.

“I think it was nice to use my platform and raise awareness for certain things and to connect with students,” Xue said.

Each participant in the Princess Program can participate in the 500 Festival Leadership Development Program, where they can learn from a variety of speakers. In addition, there are 33 business executives throughout Indianapolis who are paired with the Princesses as mentors.

Xue said she loved being a part of the Princess program and encourages all girls to apply.

“I think it was great, because you are surrounded by 32 other females from Indiana who are really driven and passionate about helping their communities,” Xue said.

“Learning from each other, we gained a lot of leadership experience.”

Applicants must be full-time college students between 18 and 23 years old. Those selected will receive a $1,000 scholarship to assist with educational expenses. To apply, visit 500festival.com/princessprogram.

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Knowledge Services owners move business to new headquarters in Fishers

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Joe and Julie Bielawski have found a permanent home for their business, Knowledge Services.

GROWTH The software solutions company moved into its new headquarters at 9800 Crosspoint Blvd., Fishers, in January 2021. Months of renovation work preceded the move. The building previously housed the Marsh headquarters.

Fishers residents for decades, the Bielawskis had long planned to move Knowledge Services headquarters from Indianapolis to Fishers, but they didn’t know exactly where in Fishers until the building on Crosspoint Boulevard went on the market.

“We had identified Fishers as a growing market and had an interest in moving to Fishers,” said Joe, the company’s president.

“We originally bought property on I-69 and planned to build a building, but then this became available out of bankruptcy just as we were designing the other building.

“This was a faster path and offered a lot more amenities than we would’ve built on our own.”

Julie, the company’s founder and CEO, said because constructing a new building is expensive, the couple decided to pursue the former Marsh headquarters.

“The new building wouldn’t have been as large or have as many amenities as this one offers,” Julie said. “It was built as a corporate headquarters, so it’s an unusual building. It’s not your typical building for office space.”

The building has two atriums, which allows light to shine in.

“They’re not usable square footage, but it brings a different perspective of behavior in the building,” Julie said. “We love that the light comes through and really wanted to embrace that in the renovation. It gave us an opportunity to be a little different.”

However, the renovation was still expensive. The total investment was $27 million.

The couple was scheduled to close on purchasing the building in March 2020 on the same day most of the COVID-19 lockdowns began.

“We had some sleepless nights,” Joe said. “We didn’t know if the business would survive. We didn’t know if 90 percent of the population would pass away. We didn’t

Joe and Julie Bielawski pause in The Club at Crosspoint Center, a one-of-a-kind coworking space on the second floor of Knowledge Services’ new headquarters. The Club will begin accepting tenants this month. (Photos by Rachel Greenberg)

Joe Bielawski plays the golf simulator in the basement of Knowledge Services.

The Mother’s Suite is one of the many amenites at Knowledge Services.

know anything other than everybody was going to work from home, and we were taking on a debt we never even would agree

we would ever do.”

So, during a time when most construction projects were put on hold, the Bielawskis took a leap of faith.

“As it turned out, it was good timing because a lot of the people we needed, like architects and plumbing and electrical and carpenters, were having other projects cancel and delay, and we were full-steam ahead,” Joe said.

No part of the building was left untouched during the 10-month renovation.

“It looked like World War III in this atrium,” Joe said.

Some renovation work is still ongoing.

Knowledge Services moved into its space in January 2021. The 165,000-square-foot building also allows Knowledge Services to welcome other tenants in the spare space.

So far, one tenant has moved into the space and a second tenant is in the process of moving in.

The couple still owns the 20-acre property between 106th Street and 116th Street on Interstate 69. They said although it is listed on the market, they are in no rush to sell it.

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Study generates collaboration Commentary by Scott Salsbery

Water conservation is crucial

The Central Indiana Water Study was conducted to assess the future demand and availability of cenRESOURCES tral Indiana’s water resources and propose solutions for water supply issues.

Regional collaboration of water suppliers In central Indiana, our water utilities have already begun meeting on a regular basis to address common issues. This level of communication should continue to include real-time water use and returns, short-term forecasts, coordinated drought response and more.

Invest in increasing water availability Addressing future demand requires careful management and investment in new and existing supply resources. A combination of strategies is needed to ensure adequate supply, including new groundwater and surface water production facilities, increased surface water storage in near-river quarries, seasonal management of wellfields based on their location and water exchange between regions.

The heavy use of water to keep lawns green during the late summer months poses a challenge to water supplies and affordability. Improving how and when we water lawns is critical to safeguarding our communities’ reliable access to water.

Continued and additional monitoring More and better data is needed to ensure we can accurately monitor availability and react to threats and challenges. Expanding our stream monitoring network, regulating additional reporting for major water users and defining instream flows are all critical.

Looking ahead If the region is to continue to attract new business, it is critical that we understand how to best use water resources.

Water is our most important asset.

Scott Salsbery is the superintendent for Lawrence Utilities and a member for the Central Indiana Drinking Water Collaborative.

HCLA names new director

By Les Morris news@currentinfishers.com

program, which is designed to equip graduates with the tools to take on roles addressing community issues, will culminate The leadership group is getting a new with a leadership summit on June 14. leader.

Alaina Shonkwiler, HCLA board Diana Coyle president, said Coyle bested more LEADERSHIP took over as the than 150 applicants for the job. At new executive her final interview, she presented director of the Hamilton County a 100-day plan outlining her vision Leadership Academy on Jan. 3. for the organization.

Coyle comes from the Association “You are managing the treasure of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors trove of community leaders,” Coyle where she served as the director Shonkwiler said of the executive of education and programs. She replaces director’s position. “It’s a lot of elected offiAndrea Marley, who left the position in cials, corporate leaders and other nonprofit August. executive directors. We wanted to make A New Jersey native, Coyle moved to sure this person captured the mission of central Indiana in 2018 and quickly settled. the organization.”

“The big thing for me is, Hamilton County Another important piece of Coyle’s backis what has made this area feel like home,” ground, according to Shonkwiler, was her she said. background in curriculum management.

Coyle feels her new position will allow Coyle frames her goals in questions. For her to “see the assets that build it from HCLA’s participants, it’s “how can we make the corporate to the community world.” sure that their story doesn’t end with HCLA began 30 years ago and has 792 programming but that it continues with alumni. This year’s group of 33 has been community service and leadership? How meeting monthly to learn about communican we retain exceptional talent in Hamilty-related topics since September 2021. The ton County?”

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DISPATCHES MSDLT plans elementary dedications — The MSD of Lawrence Township will conduct a dedication ceremony to celebrate the renovated spaces at Winding Ridge Elementary School and Brook Park Elementary School.

The Brook Park Elementary School dedication will be at 1 p.m. Jan. 23 at the school, 5259 David St., with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m.

The Winding Ridge Elementary ceremony will be at 3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Winding Ridge, 11825 E. 46th St. An open house will be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Parking will be in front of the schools for each event. Enter through the main entrance.

LTSF scholarship applications open — Lawrence Township School Foundation scholarship applications are now open to all seniors in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township. The deadline to apply is Feb. 7. To apply, visit https://t.co/J1HUUT7Y5Q. Send us your stories — Current Publishing is now accepting photos or story ideas to run in the community section. All photos must include the names of anyone photographed. Please send them to anna@youarecurrent.com.

Hamilton County Democratic Women resume meetings — COVID-19 shut down Hamilton County Democratic Women meetings for a time, but they will meet every third Saturday of the month at the Delaware Township Trustee Building 9090 E. 131st, Fishers. Conversations begin at 9:30 a.m., the meeting is from 10 a.m. to 11. All Hamilton County women are welcome.

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Homework help — A new school year has added video tutoring services to help middle school and high school students better understand their math and science homework through Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s free AskRose Homework Help program.

Rose-Hulman tutors are available Sunday through Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. for tutoring sessions to help students in grades 6 through 12 by video, telephone call, email or chat. Tutors can be accessed via the AskRose website, AskRose.org

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Hall of Fame honor humbles Mitchell

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

“That was our state (championship equivalent),” Mitchell said. “We had 90 people in our graduating class. That was the time I Doug Mitchell can vividly recall his humrealized I could compete with anybody.” ble basketball beginnings on a farm in Mitchell then played at Butler University.

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Mitchell first served as Lawrence BASKETBALL “I literally Central varsity coach under Jerry remember the Petty, the brother of Mitchell’s Hamday we put the basketball goal up,” ilton Heights coach Jim Petty. Mitchsaid Mitchell, noting he was around ell married Jerry Petty’s daughter, 7 years old at the time. “I remember Deborah. Mitchell also was an asthe first shot I took, and I shot it all sistant at Hamilton Heights before the way over the backboard. I still becoming an assistant coach at Mitchell have that rim hanging in my garage.

Butler. But he decided high school “From that point on, I don’t know what it better suited his family life. was about the game that I just fell in love “I became a bad assistant because I with. I think it was just hearing the ball slip didn’t want to be gone,” Mitchell said. “The through the nets.” traveling and being away from my kids, I The Fishers resident went on to have couldn’t do that anymore. I quit before I got a standout career as a player and coach. fired. I went and became North Central’s Mitchell will be inducted March 23 into the head coach with these delusions of granIndiana Basketball Hall of Fame as a memdeur that I was going to win every game ber of the class of 2022. we play and winning championships. Some“This is one I can honestly say I was very where in there, I came to the conclusion excited about,” Mitchell said. “With all the that is not why you do it. You do it to help names that are in that Hall of Fame, to be young people. You help them get an educaincluded with those people, I couldn’t be tion and now they have a chance. more humbled.”

“That’s when everything started in the Mitchell, 65, retired after 25 seasons as right direction. If you are not in this to North Central High School coach following help people, you are not in it for the right the 2017-18 season. Under Mitchell, North Cen- reason.” tral was 428-176, won Class 4A state chamMitchell said he frequently hears from pionships in 1999 and 2010 and was a Class former players. Although he loved coaching, 4A state runner-up in 2007. He coached four he said it was time to retire.

Mr. Basketball winners in Jason Gardner, A.J. “I gave it everything I had, and I was Ratliff, Eric Gordon and Kris Wilkes. tired,” Mitchell said. “It was time to enjoy “We had a lot of great players and a lot the grandkids.” of great coaches,” Mitchell said. “I told the Mitchell has three daughters, Taylor, Morteam after the first championship that I am gan and Payton, and four grandchildren. His no more important than any one of our play- son, Bryce, died in car accident in 2002. ers, managers, doctors. I am just respon“I don’t think I would ever get through it sible. I get the blame or maybe the praise. without my staff,” said Mitchell, referring to They believed that and it was true. former assistant coaches such as Walt Mor“Some of the most successful people ris, Basil Smotherman and Randy Males. we’ve had (have) been managers, let alone They shared their personal losses and players. It was a good run.” their triumphs.

Mitchell, a 1975 Hamilton Heights High “We reveled in the good things, kids going School graduate, scored 1,167 career points to college and having babies,” Mitchell said. and helped the Huskies win their first sec“You can’t ever replace those relationships.” tional title in 35 years as a senior.

“Somewhere in there, I came to the conclusion that is not why you do it. You do it to help young people. You help them get an education and now they have a chance.”

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Twins double the production for Fishers girls basketball team

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Hailey and Olivia Smith have always pushed each other to get better on the basketball court.

Sometimes, those pushes came to shoves playing outside at their home.

“There was always a fight,” Hailey said.

“My parents had to come outside because it was coming to a fistfight, or someone is getting yelled at. It’s not as much as it used to be because we know how to control it now.”

The 17-year-old identical twins are junior standouts on the Fishers High School girls basketball team. Prior to the scheduled Dec. 30 game at Frankton, Hailey averaged teamhighs of 11.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game for Fishers (11-3). Olivia was second on the team with averages of 9.7 points and 5.2 rebounds.

“It helps knowing what we’re best at and what we’re not best at,” Olivia said. “We’re competing in practice every day and always pushing each other to do our best in practice and on the court. I focus on attacking.

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“Hailey does a really great job defensively,” Fishers coach Lauren Votaw said. “A lot of time we charge her with defending the other team’s Hailey best player. She is a good leader through her energy and effort. Olivia is very passionate. Olivia is a little more of a physical player. She does a nice job of defending post players when we need that.

“They both bring a competitiveness and passion for the game that I can’t teach.”

Votaw said both players finish well around the rim.

“Their experience this year has helped because they are really the only players that have played a complete varsity season,” Votaw said. “We’ve relied on them a lot in close games and practice to make sure we’re on the same page.”

Votaw said Olivia is the more vocal player in practice.

“Hailey is often the one that will take over (vocally) on the court in games,” Votaw said. “Their personalities are pretty similar

off the court, but they do have their differences.

They are two unique individuals. Obviously, they have the twin bond. They play very well together.

When they are both on the Olivia court, we are better.”

Hailey missed three games with a concussion.

“My first game was the Noblesville game, so I had a lot of excitement going into that game,” Hailey said.

Fishers upset then-Class 4A No. 1 Noblesville 57-43 Dec. 10.

Olivia said each day the team is getting better.

“We’re sticking together on and off the court and creating bonds and connections,” Olivia said. “January is going to set where we can be in February (postseason) as a team.”

Hailey and Olivia each have offers from Western Michigan. They said they hope to play together in college.

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Project: Jersey Street Expected completion: This road is now open. Some incidental work may be ongoing.

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Harsha begins new role news@geistcurrent.com On Jan. 1, Andrew Harsha began his new role as director of secondary education for the Metropolitan School DisSCHOOLS trict of Lawrence Township.

Previously, Harsha was the principal at Belzer Middle School, a role he has held since 2015. He has previous experience as an assistant principal at Lawrence North High School and as an English teacher Harsha at the middle and high school levels.

Harsha earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Ball State University in 2000, a master’s degree in educational administration from Nova Southeastern University in 2004 and completed administrative coursework at IUPUI in 2009. He has spent his entire professional career in MSDLT. “I am excited to jump into this new role as Director of Secondary Academics to continue to support teaching and learning in our secondary schools and ensuring the absolute best educational experience for the students we serve,” Harsha stated.

“I have had the privilege of serving in the MSD of Lawrence Township since 2001 as a coach, teacher, teacher leader, assistant principal and principal at the secondary level. I have learned so much from each one of those roles, and have been proud to serve in each one.”

For more, visit ltschools.org.

“I am excited to jump into this new role as Director of Secondary Academics to continue to support teaching and learning in our secondary schools and ensuring the absolute best educational experience for the students we serve.”

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Applications open for 2022 grant programs — The City of Fishers has opened applications for the 2022 Neighborhood Vibrancy Grant Program and the 2022 Fishers Arts & Culture Commission Grant Program. Applications for both programs will be accepted through Jan. 31. To learn more and apply, visit fishers. in.us/matchinggrants.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Juergen Jungbauer has made it his mission to bridge German and American cultures since he emigrated to America in 1963.

Jungbauer, the owner of Heidelberg Haus Café & Bakery at 7625 Pendleton Pike in Lawrence, recently was recognized for his efforts. He received the Federal Republic of Germany German-American Friendship Award on the Carmel Christkindlmarkt’s opening day, Nov. 20.

“They think I do such a great job of promoting German-American culture in Indiana for the last 50 years,” Jungbauer said. “But it’s not just me. It’s the store. It’s the atmosphere. It’s the employees. I got (the award), but my wife and daughters who work here and the beautiful salespeople every day convey that happiness to the customers.”

Heidelberg Haus is well-known as a German café serving pastry items and lunch, but it also offers gift items and is a German grocery store.

Jungbauer, 78, said he tries to leave Heidelberg Haus customers with a nice image of Germany.

“They come in the store, and they feel like family,” he said. “It’s just such a neat place.

We are actually a destination bakery. We don’t have houses around, but my customers come from hundreds of miles. Some only come once a year.”

Jungbauer often has guests bring exchange students from Germany to the cafe, or German teachers bring their entire classes.

Jungbauer always wanted to be a baker.

He started his career in America in 1963 after working as a pastry chef on a cruise ship. While working on the ship, a restaurant owner from New York saw Jungbauer’s work and invited Jungbauer to work for him in New York.

“In those days, you got off the boat and went to the embassy in Frankfort (Germany) and applied to come to America,” said Jungbauer, who is from Karlsruhe, Germany. “It worked really beautiful.”

Jungbauer became an American citizen and after starting his career as a pastry chef in America, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1966. He attended basic training in Fort Lewis, Wash., and then attended

in getting bigger,” he said. “We like to be small. We bake in the morning, and in the evening we go home. I could’ve opened five stores, but we’re happy and content.

We pay our bills, we pay our taxes, and we make people happy, and that’s what I want.

I lived the American dream. I came with $30 in my pocket.

“They let me into this country, and I provided work and employment for hundreds of people. Our store is so unique.”

Despite not participating in the Christkindlmarkt, Christkindlmarkt CEO and Market Master Maria Murphy said Jungbauer has made an incredible impact on connecting German and American cultures.

“When I first got this job in 2017, he was one of the first calls and visits that I made because I wanted to be sure that our Christkindlmarkt would be authentic and represent the German culture well,” Murphy said.

“He’s one of the best resources you can find. I tried to recruit him to sell cookies, and he said, ‘No, I’m not wanting to expand.’

But he was very supportive and energetic about the idea (of a Christkindlmarkt). He has always been a good partner of ours.”

For more, visit heidelberghaus.com.

Juergen Jungbauer pauses with his award in the café. (Photos by Anna Skinner)

finance school at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence when it was still a commissioned military base.

“Finance school didn’t work out because I didn’t speak enough English, so I told them I’d like to work in the kitchen,” Jungbauer said.

That request led Jungbauer down an incredible journey. He baked cakes and pastries for government dignitaries such as presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, various governors, mayors and politicians. On a wall in Heidelberg Haus, Jungbauer displays letters he received from former Presidents Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson and other well-known people, as well as countless awards, newspaper articles, old photos of himself and other memorabilia.

Despite the café’s success, Jungbauer said he never has and never will expand the bakery. He even refuses to have a booth at the Christkindlmarkt in Carmel, although he said the organization is fantastic.

ON THE COVER: Juergen Jungbauer opened Heidelberg Haus in Lawrence in 1968. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

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“I won’t go anywhere. I have no interest

Heidelberg Haus has kept its same menu since 1969. The store opened in 1968. The lunch menu features authentic German cuisine, such as bratwurst, smoked frankfurters, Weisswurst and many other options.

All menu items are below $10. Bakery items include Springerle cookies, Pfeffernuss cookies, wedding cakes, Bavarian pretzels and other products.

Heidelberg Haus is open 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The kitchen closes 30 minutes prior to the store closing.

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Legacies of the living

For crying out loud

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Commentary by Danielle Wilson

The holidays bring with them a raft of nostalgia. We watch old movies and eat meals concocted from long-lost recipes.

There is something in all of us — well most of us, anyway — that holds on dearly to our remembered past. Some cultures have built significant religious theology upon this remembrance, some might argue, like worship of ancestors.

Closer to home, our landscape abounds with prominent bits of real estate filled with stone monuments, many of which bear the names of long-forgotten members of our community. In all cases, the granite carvings will extend many decades longer than the lifespan of even the oldest human whose passing was memorialized by the tombstone. Why do we long for permanence still knowing that none exists?

We commemorate government buildings, streets and rock formations with names of our dead. Ostensibly, the deceased did something special, extra-contributory, or even great. Good. There are exemplars among us. Still, as we tear down statues and rename creeks traversing campuses, one is led to wonder if our pride in these many actions also will someday be judged as misplaced. Do we control the narrative of what others may think? Should we attempt it? Could we imagine a future generation looking at the effects of our contribution and determining it to have been harmful? Does it matter, or is it the challenge of each generation to reshape the works of those past into their own storyline?

Must we act to save the world, or are we just seeking change for its own sake? Is it better to have the creek named after us? Perhaps knowing the difference, if there is one, is the trick. If there is a legacy that matters, isn’t it in the people and ideas that we care about while living? Cheers to 2022!

Friends, the end of an era is nigh.

This month marks the beginning of my last season as a dance mom, as my daughter will be graduating in May and heading off to college without her jazz shoes. “I’m not crying, you are!”

And you should be. For almost 10 years now, I have drawn on my substantial powers of observation to report on the often hilarious and always tawdry world of competitive youth dance. From the dressing-room drama to tales of tarted-up toddlers, I’ve entertained hundreds, perhaps millions, of readers through my all-access pass as a Dance Mom. What will I write about now? There’s simply no other arena that will give me reason to publically shame the costume choices of clearly terrible parents and make catty remarks on stupid judges who award stupid scores and who can’t possibly know more than me, earner of a B in freshman ballet. Where else will I utilize my admittedly small cache of survival skills to emerge sane after 48 hours of 96 identical contemporary routines at a local high school performing arts center with nothing but stale popcorn, online sudoku and an ibuprofen-Aleve cocktail to keep me going?

The answer is “nowhere.” Being a dance mom has allowed me entrance into an unbelievable world of humanity, where relationships and questionable choices and an ungodly amount of hairspray intermingle to create a literary treasure trove of topics. Unless my husband Doo suddenly decides to train for the maniac sport of Olympic curling, I can’t imagine I’ll ever have the kind of column fodder I’ve enjoyed as a dance mom.

Maybe I’m crying, too.

Peace out.

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

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Gemi Ozdemir plans to launch a new business in Carmel that combines workout and recovery services under one roof, and sometimes without one.

DEVELOPMENT The Fishers resident has filed plans with the city to add a 2,600-square-foot retractable dome enclosure to the former Williams Comfort Air building at 1077 3rd Ave. SW. The Carmel Plan Commission approved the proposal at its Dec. 7 committee meeting, paving the way for Ozdemir to submit additional renovation plans that include the rest of the existing building.

Ozdemir said the dome will be manufactured by DynaDome, a company his father launched in the 1980s that makes retractable enclosures. The elder Ozdemir invented the technology after failing to find a similar product available to cover his pool in northwest Indiana, which was only usable a few months of the year without it.

“We all thought he was crazy,” Ozdemir said. “He wasn’t crazy.”

The dome is planned to be added on the

west side of the building, which is adjacent to the Monon Greenway. The highest point of the dome, which will cover treadmills and other workout equipment, will be 20 feet and will slant to 14 feet, Ozdemir said. He hopes it will make workouts more enjoyable by providing environmental variety.

“If you work out enough, working out in the same space with the same workout, no matter how much the intensity goes up and down, it’s the same, so our bodies get used to it,” Ozdemir said. “It’ll be cool to work out under the dome. Your whole body will be like, ‘What’s going on right now?’”

Ozdemir, the marketing member at Carmel-based accounting firm Dauby O’Connor & Zaleski, said he was inspired to start the business when he grew tired of making separate trips to work out and receive recovery services.

“It’s a whole other errand, so I wanted to combine that to save time,” he said.

Ozdemir expects to name the business Ozwell and offer yoga, cycling, boxing, personal training, recovery and more. He is aiming for construction to begin in February or March 2022 with an opening date approximately six months later.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Shawn Klush admired the singing style of Elvis Presley at an early age.

“Every kid when they are MUSIC young grabs a broomstick or a bat and stands in front of the mirror,” Klush said. “It’s either to (mimc) Elvis Presley, Tom Jones or The Beatles and Kiss. I didn’t realize there was a life around that. I love it and I still love it.”

Klush will be one of the featured performers in the “Elvis Tribute: Artist Spectacular” at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The concert celebrates what would have been Presley’s 86th birthday Jan. 8. Presley died in 1977 at age 42.

“It’s a high-energy show that takes you through Elvis’ life musically,” Klush said.

“We go up from Sun Records to ‘Suspicious Minds,’ ‘Burning Love’ and ‘My Way.’ Come out and leave the inhibitions behind.”

Cody Ray Slaughter will perform as Presley in black leather from the 1968 TV comeback special. Ryan Pelton will perform Presley’s songs from the movie years and when he was in the military. A surprise guest will perform songs when Presley first started.

Special guests include the Blackwood Quartet, members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. All performers are backed up by The Fabulous Ambassadors and The Nashville Dreams, the female backup singers.

Klush, 52, has been performing as Elvis for 28 years.

“I’m more prone to the jumpsuit stuff because that’s what I remember as a child,” he said. “The quality of Elvis tones, to this day, it’s fresh.”

Klush’s favorite song is “If I Can Dream,” adding that he doesn’t even sing in this show.

Klush is Elvis Presley Enterprises’ first Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist and was the winner of BBC television’s “World’s Greatest Elvis.”

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“JANUARY POPS” Carmel Symphony Orchestra presents the “January Pops” concert featuring trumpeter Byron Stripling at 7:30 p.m. Jan 8 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts Center. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

PALLADIUM PLAYERS A casual, educational discussion of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. To register for the free event, visit thecenterpresents.org.

LORNA LUFT Lorna Luft, daughter of Judy Garland, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7-8 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

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and across the U.S.,” Klush said. “We just got home from the U.K. We did 11 sold-out shows over there. It’s nice to go over there because it’s Beatles land, and to see the uprising of Elvis fans — even The Beatles were Elvis fans — that’s what is cool.”

Klush performed as Presley in “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” in a CBS miniseries and in the HBO series “Vinyl.” He is now doing an FX show, “What We Do in the Shadows,” a mockumentary comedy horror series where he plays Presley as a vampire.

Klush, who lives outside Scranton, Pa.,

has worked for “Legends in Concert” for Myrtle Beach, S.C., Branson, Mo., Las Vegas and Atlantic City showrooms. He mostly performed in Myrtle Beach.

“When you do the same seven songs for 10 years, you kind of get (to where) when you do your own shows, (it’s) I’m not doing any of those songs,” Kush said of the “Legends in Concerts.”

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With rich voices, engaging personalities and a wide variety of folk instruments, Michael Lewis and Denise Wilson, also known as Traveler’s Dream, entertain listeners with lively Celtic, French-Canadian and American folk songs.

Traveler’s Dream will appear at 10:30 a.m.

Jan. 15 in the Peanut Butter & Jam session at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The group will take the audience on a musical journey through American history with folk songs that kids have loved for ages.

Faegre Drinker Peanut Butter & Jam sessions are designed for children ages 1 to 7.

The informal concerts are held from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Saturdays.

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Marking the midpoint in a season of surprises For our people at the Center for the Performing Arts, the holidays are a brief respite at the midpoint of the arts VIEWPOINT season, a time to reflect on the first half and look forward to coming events. We needed it (I hope you enjoyed yours).

After our year-plus pivot to online programming while touring entertainment was on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we announced our 2021-22 season last spring with great enthusiasm and a full calendar of Center Presents performances. The audience demand was clear — subscription sales took off at record pace.

As summer turned to fall, we all learned about the “delta variant.” Artists were eager to get back on the road but concerned for their touring teams, and they understandably began adding pandemic protocols to their contracts. In the fall, like most live entertainment presenters across the country, the Center announced masking and vaccine/testing requirements for employees and patrons. It was not only the right thing to do for the community, but also the only

John Legend performed in front of a full Palladium Oct. 20. (Photo courtesy of Center for the Performing Arts)

way to continue presenting top national and international artists for full-capacity audiences.

The vast majority of our patrons have taken the protocols in stride, happy to get back to live gatherings with an all-in-thistogether attitude. Many told us they were relieved and felt safer returning to the venues with those protections in place. We’ve

Beef & Boards chef retires news@geistcurrent.com When Odell Ward prepared for his interview at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in 1983, he wanted to make a CUISINE good impression.

Thirty-eight years later, having been the executive chef for more than 30, Odell recently retired from the dinner theater that he says he “grew up and grew old” in.

But he didn’t anticipate staying for nearly four decades. He had opportunities elsewhere through the years but was happy to stay at Beef & Boards.

“It was something about Bob and Doug,” he said about former owner Bob Zehr and his business partner and current owner Doug Stark. “They’re personable. They care about your life. If you’re in trouble, if they can help you in any way, they will. You don’t find that at most places.”

Prior to joining Beef & Boards, Odell had worked some temporary jobs after serving as an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Air Force, where he also “cooked off and on.” As the executive chef at Beef & Boards, he has been responsible for cooking for hundreds

of guests for each performance year-round.

At his side has been Sam Arbabi, his assistant chef, who also recently retired after 30 years.

A priority for Odell has been keeping the Beef & Boards buffet “interesting and fresh.”

“The joyful part was knowing most customers enjoyed it,” he said.

Having to adjust to the changes that came with the pandemic was a particular challenge as he and his staff had to figure out the logistics of a plated service in a theater that isn’t set up for it. But he’s proud of his staff and how they were all able to make the adjustment.

Stark, who now owns the theater with his children, said Odell has been an important part of Beef & Boards’ success.

“I never had to worry about the kitchen,” Stark said. “We could concentrate on the shows because Odell was always there. He did everything.”

Sometimes, that even meant fixing some plumbing or completing other repairs, Stark noted.

“He will be greatly missed,” Stark said.

also heard some colorful feedback that our staff has handled with professionalism and grace.

Nonetheless, the season’s first half has been a great success in terms of the Center’s mission: To engage and inspire the central Indiana community through enriching arts experiences. People of all ages have been enjoying our educational and experiential programs, not to mention soldout shows for the likes of John Legend, Ben Folds, Postmodern Jukebox, Dave Koz and David Sedaris.

Now, we look ahead to the second half — and the 2022-23 season we’ll be announcing in the spring. Yes, uncertainties remain, and now there’s something called “omicron.”

Let’s hope we don’t have to work through the entire Greek alphabet, but please know that the Center will stay on mission. We hope you will join us.

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What’s your definition of art? The world’s expert on everything, Google, claims that art is “the expression VIEWPOINT or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture.”

NFT? Google’s art definition makes sense, and I value the cave-dwellers narrative. But how does an NFT suddenly occupy this space called art? NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, are pieces of digital content linked to the blockchain, the digital database supporting cryptocurrencies. Fungible means the item can be replaced by another identical item.

So, NFT is a piece of digital art that can’t be reproduced.

MAGDALENA Please meet Carmel artist Magdalena Segovia, someone’s art I confidently understand and adore, and owner of the Magdalena Gallery of Arts on Main Street in Carmel. Her gallery represents many other gifted artists. Unlike many artists, including me, she received formal training from the

“The Bicycle” can be viewed at Magdalena Art Gallery on Main Street in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of Magdalena Art Gallery)

Panamericana School of Art and Design in Brazil after she received after her master’s in finance and fashion design. Stunning!

Regardless of definition, art is certainly diverse. It speaks to us and can bring immense joy and hope into our lives.

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honors Satheesan has received through the years, the Abhinandan Saroja National Award is presented to “eminent dancers for For Aparna Satheesan, Indian classical their notable excellence in choreography, dance is something significantly more than performance and contribution in promota skill or a ing and preserving the traditional ACHIEVEMENT hobby. classical dance forms of Indiana,” It’s a pasaccording to the National Institute sionate expression of life. of Indian Classical Dance.

“Indian classical dance is more A former Greenwood resident than just movements of the body,” who moved to Carmel in 2017, Sathsaid Satheesan, a native of India eesan was presented the award by who moved to the U.S. in 2011. “It legendary Bharatanatyam dance Satheesan ties back to our rich culture, to artist Padma Bhushan Guru Saroour history. We use expressions and hand ja Vaidyanathan during a Nov. 15 virtual gestures to narrate stories to the audience. ceremony.

Dance has no boundaries, and you keep A lifelong dancer, Satheesan took her first learning something new every day. Dance is Indian classical dance lesson as a toddler like meditation to me. It touches my soul. and is proficient in several forms, including “That is why I love dancing, and it became Mohiniyattom, Kuchipudi, Ottam, Thulla, Kerpart of my life itself.” ala Nadanam and Bharatanatyam.

Few express the art form better than “I started learning Bharatanatyam at (the Satheesan, a 31-year-old Carmel resident age) of 3,” Satheesan said. “Ever since then, who recently received the prestigious AbhiI was in love with the art form.” nandan Saroja National Award, presented A senior software engineer at Proofpoint, by the National Institute of Indian Classical Satheesan and her husband, Hari Prasad, Dance in India. have a 1-year-old son, Aarav Prasad. Hari One of a host of Indian classical dance Prasad is a software engineer at Salesforce.

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Arch of San Lucas in Cabo San Lucas. (Photo by Don Knebel)

A visit to Cabo San Lucas Commentary by Don Knebel Today, we will visit Cabo San Lucas, which, together with nearby San José del Cabo, defines the municipal TRAVEL region known as Los Cabos, Mexico.

In 1974, the Mexican government began promoting international tourism throughout the Los Cabos area, including building a coastal highway between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. Today, the coast between those cities is lined with hotels, condominiums and timeshare units. Los Cabos attracts about 2 million visitors a year, most from the United States and Canada.

Cabo San Lucas (often “Cabo”) lies at the southern end of the Baja California Peninsula, about 20 miles south of San José del Cabo. Founded as a fishing village in the late 18th century, Cabo is known for its sandy beaches and diving opportunities.

The Arch of San Lucas (also Lands End), Cabo’s distinctive landmark, is a natural rock formation that juts into the water from the city’s southern end. Lovers Beach is along the Sea of Cortés on the east side of the arch, and Divorce Beach is along the rougher Pacific Ocean on the other side. Boat tours from the marina take visitors close to the arch, where they can often see resting sea lions and sunbathers.

Unlike the tranquil and even quaint San José del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas is famous for its shopping, dining opportunities and nightlife. The three-story Puerto Paraiso Mall, adjacent to the marina, encompasses more than 12 acres of floor space, featuring world-class shops, trendy restaurants, 10 movie theaters and a bowling alley. Cabo Wabo, a private nightclub famous for its own brand of handmade tequila, was found-

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It’s time to celebrate a new year. Good riddance to 2021, which seemed like a regurgitated, tired sequel of 2020. Here’s hoping 2022 won’t GRAMMAR GUY be 2020, too.

We’re all ready for a new year. What better way to bid adieu to the old and usher in the new but with new words! I’m talking about neologisms.

No, a neologism isn’t a word uttered

by Neo in “The Matrix” movies. In fact, a neologism is a newly coined word, expression or phrase. A neologism can also be a new use of a word. For instance, “troll” falls into the category of a new usage of a word, as its new meaning has to do with intentionally being obnoxious to someone else on the internet.

It seems as though most neologisms have to do with technology. And, because most people are practically hard-wired into our digital culture, these new expressions spread instantaneously.

You don’t have to be a Greek scholar to break down the word neologism. The Greek prefix “neo-” means “new,” and the

Greek word “logo” means “word.” New word. The word “neologism” came from the French word “néologisme,” which was adapted into English in the early 1800s.

In the past two years alone, we were all introduced to “contactless” food delivery as well as “contactless” payment at stores. A “quarantine baby” is a baby born during 2020 or 2021.

The Oxford English Dictionary recently named “vax” as its word of the year for 2021. Obviously, this word is a new take on “vaccine” or “vaccination.”

The year 2021 brought a new definition of “jab.” It coined the expression “Fauci ouchie.” It brought new meaning to the phrase, “Let’s all go out for shots!” Yes, the rapid growth of covidedcabulary seems to bring a new word every day. I’ve had enough of pandemic puns, or, should I say “pundemic” words?

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

Eastern coast of Los Cabos.

Sunset along Pacific Coast in Cabo San Lucas.

ed in 1990 by Sammy Hagar, a member of the rock group Van Halen, who named the club after the band’s 1988 hit. Cruise ships routinely stop for the day in Cabo, which is now among Mexico’s five most popular destinations.

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.

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If you’re interested in volunteering at Riverview Health in Noblesville or Westfield, please contact the manager of Volunteer Services, Melinda Nash, at 317.776.7236 or mnash@riverview.org.

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