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Lawrence Township Trustee and Explorer Post formalize partnership news@geistcurrent.com Announced Feb. 3, Lawrence Township Trustee Steve Talley has entered a formalized memorandum of understanding with Lawrence public safety Police Explorer Post 160, pledging mutual support between the two entities for the next three years.

As a part of the partnership, the trustee’s office will provide annual financial support to the LPD Explorer Post to offset the cost of uniforms and necessities for participating Explorer Scouts residing within Lawrence Township.

In exchange, the Explorer Post has agreed to regularly provide service to the residents of Lawrence Township through its programs and activities, including supporting community-service related events within the township, like the annual Fourth of July celebration in Lawrence Park and Community Shred Day. “We are most grateful to Township Trustee Steve Talley for his ongoing support of these terrific Explorer Scouts of Post 160,” Lawrence Chief of Police David Hofmann stated in a press release. “In addition to attending regular meetings and activities, Explorer Scouts learn the importance of experiential participation in community service, while also developing their possible career interest in law enforcement.”

Explorer Post 160 Advisor Officer Paul Lushin joins Lawrence Police Chief David Hofmann and Lawrence Township Trustee Steve Talley as they sign the formal memorandum of understanding.

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“Exploring’s purpose is to provide experiences that help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults,” Trustee Steve Talley stated. “The result is a program of activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow and develop.”

The formal agreement extends the partnership between the Lawrence Township Trustee’s Office and Explorer Post 160 through 2019.

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The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township has announced its first Design Challenge in partnership with the Lawrence Township schools School Foundation.

The Design Challenge seeks to financially reward a teacher or teachers for an innovative idea that, if implemented, meaningfully impacts the organization through efficiency, effectiveness or measurable improvements.

Two awards are available, the first of which is a Research and Development Award of $750, presented to all finalists who successfully complete and submit the research and development portion of the challenge.

This award will be shared if there are multiple applicants for one proposal. From those finalists, the Design Challenge Award Winner will be selected and the idea implemented in the MSD of Lawrence Township. The winner also receives a personal award of $20,000.

• Certified staff members must complete an online planning application, which indicates interest in the design challenge and provides an idea summary.

• The MSDLT Excellence Design Challenge Team will then review the applications and determine finalists who meet the requirements to move to the research and development application phase.

• Finalists must complete a proposal for their research and development work and complete an application package outside of the contract day, providing a progress report to the team midway through.

• Full applications will be reviewed by the team, and the winner or winners will be determined. Finalists, as well as the winner, will be announced at the district’s End of the Year Celebration on May 26.

Dispatches School funding bill – The House Committee on Education recently passed a proposal co-authored by State Rep. Todd Huston (R-Fishers) that would provide school corporations with more budgetary flexibility and help drive more dollars to the classroom. House Bill 1009 would replace the current school funding system with two simple funding categories for schools: an education fund and an operations fund. The bill now moves to the House Committee on Ways and Means. For more, visit iga. in.gov.

Caregiver nominees sought – CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions is accepting nominations for the 2017 Caregiver of the Year award. Nominees must be unpaid caregivers in central Indiana who model courage, sacrifice, strength and creativity. Nominations must be completed by Feb. 17. Visit cicoa.org for more information or to nominate someone.

Snowplow painting – INDOT East Central District invites high schools within district boundaries to paint an INDOT snowplow blade with original artwork to represent their school. In addition to being seen in full service during the winter weather months, the blades may be used at events within the school’s community to enhance public awareness, promote safety and foster greater appreciation of both INDOT and the school’s art program. Applications are due March 15. For more, call 1-855463-6848, or email eastcentralin@indot. in.go.

Free science lectures – Anderson University’s School of Science and Engineering is offering a series of lectures that are free and open to the public. The lectures start at 7 p.m. and are located in Hartung Hall (room 101).

Upcoming topics include: Feb. 16 – What do the Pharmaceutical Industry and the Manhattan Project Have in Common?; March 6 – New Animal Species of the Past Few Decades. For more, contact the AU School of Science and Engineering at 765-641-4374.

Authors award nominations sought – The public is invited to submit nominations for the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award. The award honors Indiana authors – those born in Indiana or who lived in Indiana five consecutive years – whose work has made, or has the potential to make, a lasting public impact. Nominations will be accepted through March 17. For more, visit IndianaAuthorsAward.org.

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Vasquez rises to VP of operations at NFP

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com When Chrissy Vasquez first became involved in the national nonprofit Back on My Feet, she found her passion.

Serving as Executive Director for Back on My Feet’s InAccomplishment dianapolis chapter, the Fishers resident found her drive with helping homeless persons and aiding the organization, which operates in 12 cities nationwide, including Indianapolis, in revolutionizing the way society approaches homelessness through running. In addition to running, the Next Steps portion of the program then aids the homeless in finding jobs, restoring confidence, finding places to live and more once they achieve 90 percent attendance for a month of morning runs Vasquez was recently selected to serve as the organization’s vice president of operations, in which she supervises seven of the 12 markets, including Indianapolis. She also will be involved with creating policy, procedures and programs, and providing instructions on how to localize efforts. She begins Feb. 15.

“I think my passion is definitely a key driver,” Vasquez said. “I believe whole-heartedly in what we do, and I’m passionate about the

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Chrissy Vasquez has participated in the Back on my Feet Indianapolis Chapter since 2013. (File photo

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work we do and the members and the lives we change. Always in my career, I have been the one that will do anything and not ask how this will benefit me. If it needs to get done, I will do it. Because of that mentality, I’ve picked up a lot of random skills. I didn’t understand how they would all come together, but now it’s almost like this job was written for me.”

Vasquez said she’s found her home in the

BOMF-Indianapolis Chapter and will help serve in any way she can.

“I plan on volunteering for the (Indianapolis) chapter and being at the runs and serving in any way I can help,” she said. “I’m excited to help grow the organization and to continue to bring more structure to it because it’s an organization I believe in very much. I’m excited to see the future.”

For more, visit backonmyfeet.org.

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Jaynes earns another art honor

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Hamilton Southeastern High School’s Lauren Jaynes isn’t taking art as a freshman, but she is still earning Achievement awards from her eighthgrade art work.

Jaynes, who lives in Geist, will be honored with a Silver Key at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards held at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 at Clowes Hall.

“I created a clay box that we fired in a kiln and then glazed to have more of a shiny outside finish,” said Jaynes, who plans to take a drawing and painting class as a sophomore.

“The box looks like a crate and has ‘fragile’ written on the top. Coming out of the side of the box are squid tentacles, sort of like a squid breaking outside of the box.”

Jaynes, 14, said she is using it as a symbol for her thinking outside the box.

“Through art I’m able to express how I feel,” Jaynes said. “I’m able to think outside the box and do things I wouldn’t normally do in my school work.”

This was a piece she did last spring while in Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School Kathy Gammons’ eighth-grade art class.

Jaynes previously was presented a Gold

Lauren Jaynes’ artwork represents thinking outside the box. (Submitted photo)

Key last year for her painting, “Walking Jars,” which she did in the fall of 2015 in Gammons’ class. The first time, Jaynes didn’t know she was even entered.

“It was a painting I made after I sketched it multiple times and painted this one big collage,” Jaynes said. “I like the painting a little better because I got a Gold award on that one. I like the color scheme a little more. Each piece is vastly different and unique in its own way.”

Jaynes learned Gammons had nominated her earlier this year.

“I was hoping for another Gold Key, but I’m still really happy with Silver,” she said.

Parks awarded for innovative program, park design

By Heather Collins • news@currentinfishers.com

growing farm-to-fork trend. Fishers Public Works Dept. partnered with Shane’s Landscaping to develop the design for the comFishers Parks and Recreation received two munity garden. awards during The Nature First program is the only proaccomplishment the Indiana Park gram of its type in Indiana and the and Recnation, Elliot said. For the Nature First reation Association’s Conference and program, the parks department partExpo Jan. 18-20 at Crowne Plaza at nered with Hamilton Southeastern Union Station in Indianapolis. schools to reach out to every firstDuring the event’s Awards of Excelgrade classroom in the district and lence Banquet Jan. 18, Fishers Parks offer a hands-on nature program. and Recreation was awarded InElliot said the department is honnovative Program for its Nature First ored to receive the award but added program and Exceptional Park Design Elliot the thanks really belongs to the for the Cyntheanne Park Community community and Danesa Stolz, creator of the Garden.

Nature First program, and HSE schools.

Cyntheanne Park Community Garden “The mayor’s vision for Fishers is to create opened last year with approximately 50 gara smart, vibrant and entrepreneurial commuden plots available for a small fee. According nity, and the programs that we offer and the to Tony Elliot, director of Fishers Park and parks that we develop are all aimed at being Recreation, the plots sold out within the first consistent with that vision for our commuweek. nity,” Elliot said.

Elliot said the popularity of the Cyntheanne For more, visit inpra.org.

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Fitness and fashion: Local stylist competes in Ms. Health & Fitness

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Radical gratitude Commentary by Michael VandenBurg More than a decade ago, Chuck Colson wrote that gratitude should be radical. He demonstrated that it was easy faith to be thankful when things were going good, when life was a pleasure, when friends were all supportive. What happens to our thankfulness, however, when things started getting tough?

A university research project, Colson stated, studied gratitude and thanksgiving. One group of subjects was given instructions to keep a journal of all the things in the course of a day that they were thankful for. The second group was given instructions to keep a journal of all the things that had gone wrong. Not surprisingly, those in the gratitude half were more alert, more determined, had greater optimism and energy and less stress and depression.

The second group found that they suffered more depression, greater anxiety, less energy and were less optimistic than even before the study began.

Gratitude is one of those functions of life that God has built into each of us to preserve life and to maintain hope. Other researchers have found in medical settings that gratitude

in patients built stronger immune systems, greater hope and shorter hospital stays.

Radical gratitude goes beyond the superficial thankfulness we all experience when things go our way. It is a gratitude that reaches into the depth of spirit and shines through as we let gratitude be our response to not what God is doing for us but in who God is, what his character contains, his kindness toward us, his love, power and his grace. It is, as Jonathan Edwards, the great preacher and president of Princeton once said, a gratitude that buoys us in difficult times and attests to the evidence of the Holy Spirit at work in our lives.

When believers start practicing this type of gratitude, the world will see a city of light set on a hill and will stream to its constant joy.

To read the full version of this column, visit geistcurrent.com.

Rev. Michael VandenBerg is the pastor of Hope Community Church, a congregation of the Christian Reformed Church, and a community consultant for City in the Church Consulting. He and his wife Nancy have been Indiana residents for over 17 years and Indianapolis residents since 2008. He can be contacted at office@indyhopecrc.org.

Quote scripture Commentary by Mike Colaw Quote scripture ...

What does that mean? For some, it is simply the act of speaking Bible verses at someone from a distance. Sadly, many religion don't even quote the Bible well. Some even take Bible verses out of context to support a non-Biblical personal agenda. To “speak” scripture should literally be the act of bringing the ways and nature of Christ to life.

Being a fan of Jesus does not necessarily make you a Christian. Saying things that Christ said does not necessarily make you a Christian.

When Christians speak scripture, they shouldn't just repeat what scripture says, they should actually give time, talent and treasure to bring the ways and nature of Christ to life in the world around them.

For example, if you feel strongly about standing up for those with little or no voice, like unborn children, immigrants, refugees or those with disabilities, to speak scripture you can’t just feel bad for them, or quote scriptures about their plight. You are called to bring

the ways and nature of Christ to them. To be Christian means to be an agent of bringing Christ’s ways into this world. Until you speak by doing you’re not really speaking at all. The list goes on. If we are going to mirror the intention of Christ's teachings, we can't stay distant. Speaking scripture means living scripture.

So, let's talk about actions.

I get it. We are products of our education system. Sit still, listen and repeat the information well for an "A." Christ didn't teach his disciples that way. Learning Christianity meant practicing being Christian. The disciples spent time with and ministered to the poor, the dying, outcasts and the outsiders as the means in which they learned how to be Christian.

Speaking scripture is being scripture.

Christian, are you living worthy of the name you carry? Are you speaking scripture with the time, talent and treasure Christ has given you?

Mike Colaw is the director of ministries at Trinity Church. You may email him at justthink@ luke117.com. Visit his websites, www.encountertrinity.com and www.luke117.com.

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Local pizza café aims to make a difference with contest

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Brother Doug’s Pizza Café began as a fundraising tool. Owner Doug Jeschke has expanded it into more since the restaurant opened in September 2015, and he hasn’t grown tired of giving back. giving back His most recent brainchild is reaching out to the community to see where his efforts should go.

Jeschke is hosting a contest at Brother Doug’s Pizza Café for community members to decide which part of the community needs a bit more Jeschke help.

“Basically, what I’m hoping to do is partner with somebody who wants to help the community. We are a restaurant, and we provide food,” Jeschke said. “Beyond that, it is up to the entrants to decide what that could look like. It could be a fundraiser, recognition dinner or some kind of event. If they want to do some kind of education or outreach by provid-

ing food, that’s our role.”

The contest entrants will answer the question, “What would I do to help the community if I could feed 50-75 people?”

“It’s what the entrants are going to say,” Jeschke said. “My passion is to feed the underprivileged or to recognize teachers or whatever they want to get done with this.

What can we do to help the community? It’s not our idea, but whoever is going to enter the contest and win the contest.”

Although this is the business’s first contest to try to give back to Fishers, the café isn’t unfamiliar with outreach.

Each month, Brother Doug’s Pizza Café supports a local nonprofit by creating cookies for the group and having an information table.

“Mostly, we just try to raise awareness of what’s going on in the community, what this group or that group are doing,” Jeschke said.

“We have an information table if people ask about it, and we are raising awareness for that nonprofit group.”

The raising awareness aspect has been a part of the pizza café for nearly a year. The

cookies are traditionally themed for whichever nonprofit the business is supporting.

“This is in part why we want to have a restaurant, so we can be involved in the community this way,” Jeschke said. “The passion I have is I love to see people serving. Brother Doug’s Pizza started as a fundraiser business.

We would go and do pizza fundraisers with a group to help groups with however they were going to serve.”

Based on the results of the contest to find more ways to give back, Jeschke said he might make it an annual event.

“We’ve given food for this event or this group or that, but this is the first time we’ve said, ‘Hey, let’s see what our customers and our community want to do and how to get involved in that.”

Contest forms are available at the café, 11005 Allisonville Rd. Ideas also can be emailed to Jeschke at doug@brotherdougspizza.com.

Entries are due by Feb. 27 and will be judged by the Jeschke family and the pizza café employees.

For more, visit brotherdougspizza.com.

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Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. to make upgrades in its bus fleet

By Sadie Hunter • sadie@youarecurrent.com Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. is taking strides to enhance its bus fleet.

With 38 buses district-wide, Supt. Shane Robbins said he's looking forward to enhancing safety and cover story learning opportunities for students with the implementation of Wi-Fi, external bus cameras and a new app.

WI-FI Students district-wide will soon have Wi-Fi access to and from school. Robbins said adding Wi-Fi to each bus will enhance the MVCSC’s one-to-one technology initiative.

“If they’re on the bus for an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon, we just felt like it was two hours of their day that if they want to, they can access their schoolwork,” Robbins said. “They take their devices home, and everything is stored digitally. That’s time they can spend working on their studies versus later when they get home.”

Additionally, Robbins said the change benefits students involved in extra curricular activities because they typically spend more time traveling on buses.

“We just felt like it was something very applicable to the environment we’re trying to create for (students),” he said. “The other thing is, it’s very proven that it does cut down on some of the disruptive behavior on the bus.”

Because the MVCSC is providing both the Wi-Fi and the device to students, each device will remain filtered by the district’s filers, regardless of its location.

STOP ARM CAMERAS A large part of the bus upgrades include the installation of exterior cameras near the stop arm.

Two cameras will work together to catch drivers who fail to stop when a bus’s stop arm is extended. One camera facing in the direction in which the bus is driving will capture an image of the driver. The other camera, facing the rear of the bus, will capture an image of the violator’s license plate.

If a car passes the bus when the arm is extended, bus drivers will report the incident, and the video will be saved onto MVCSC servers and turned over to local law enforcement. In Hancock County, the fine for passing the stop arm is $135. Robbins said the cameras also have night vision, to be used for dark mornings and evenings during extra curricular trips, etc.

“Our bus drivers kept coming in and saying, ‘Well, I had somebody else run the stop arm. What can we do about this?’

It’s not in just one location, not in just a most trafficked area,” Robbins said. “We started out with the philosophy of putting (the cameras) in the most trafficked area, but with the vendors, the cost started coming down. For us, sometimes we have to double-route, and I didn’t want to take a chance that we’d have a bus without cameras but a route that needed them. It’s best that we put cameras on all the buses.”

Robbins said the cost for each bus to be equipped with cameras is approximately $1,500.

“The initial expense is the most difficult because you’re retrofitting,” he said. “But when we go to purchase buses in the future, it will just be a part of the cost. Buses cost us over $90,000, so it will be a minimal expense to add that.”

HERE COMES THE BUS Lastly, MVCSC is launching a new app and website program.

“Here Comes the Bus” is an app that allows parents and guardians to see where the school bus is in real time.

Robbins said one advantage to having the app, aside from knowing when the bus enters a student’s neighborhood, is that as students wait for the bus, they won’t have to wait in adverse weather conditions and can more appropriately time when they need to arrive at the bus stop.

Each parent’s Here Comes the Bus account can list more than one child. Parents can also personalize the distance of the radius that alerts them when the bus enters their area, as well as their notification settings. The GPS technology also works via website.

Parents will use their student’s test ID number to create an account and enter information specific to the student. Additional information can be found at mvcsc.k12.in.us/HereComesTheBus. The MVCSC Transportation Dept. will be installing the Here Comes the Bus technology a few buses at a time, but the app is available for download now.

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Food – we eat it every day and yet most of us know precious little about it. In my younger years, we grew and maintained a garden. Actually, it was a reasonably sizeable one.

My city girl-bride was charmed by the notion of harvesting our own fruits and vegetables. We ate all we could and would often preserve by canning the rest. Through the years, we became most pleased with our salsa. It was tangy and unique. In a day when Chi-Chi’s dominated our collective notion of it, ours was a something, as Monty Python’s troop might say, entirely different.

But as with many good things, life got in the way. Spraying and fertilizing a pair of juvenile apple trees to make a tasty applesauce gave way to the lure of a quick pop of the lid of the Gerber baby food jar to feed our hungry young ones. Convenience overwhelmed good intentions. Family held onto the old ways as mom continued to make

homemade applesauce long after we’d given up the pressure cooker. But eventually, we all came to accept store-bought as a fixture of our modern and more urban lives.

It is rightly said, “All things old are new again.” Earlier this year, I was encouraged to join a young, and way-more-hip, friend to take a class on canning. Deciding simple best, I stuck with pickled green beans – perfect for a game-day Bloody Mary. The result was sublime – not that the outcome was remarkable, but I was reminded of the connection between our food and us. Our Hoosier State is rife with innovation in agriculture. Today, tall buildings house indoor vertical farms, and plants grow with innate insect resistance. Maybe it is time to learn a bit more. Maybe, it is time to plant again.

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

As I approach my 10-year anniversary with Current, I’ll be sharing some of my most “famous” columns. Here’s the humor one that forever changed my spouse’s identity: Pardon me, but my Kentucky is showing.

Over the weekend, as I lay in bed, I heard what sounded like a small critter shuffling behind me. My first thought was “squirrel in the chimney,” but as the scratching shifted, I knew it had to be the attic. I went to fetch my man, who will heretofore be called “Doo” in reference to Loretta Lynn’s husband.

Doo confirmed that something was definitely up there, but said not to fret. I managed to fall asleep until more creepy pawing awoken me. Dang nabbit! I went outside to take a gander, but couldn’t see nothing.’ Then a demon with two pointy ears came into focus on the roofline, and I, naturally, hightailed it to safety.

At first light, Doo and his trusty broom discovered our perp, a big mother of a raccoon. He tried to scare the varmint onto the roof, but no good. The coon hunkered down between the joists. “I’ll be back,” Doo shouted, as he sped off in his truck.

Now armed with a pellet gun, Doo returned to the attic, ready to go all “Deliverance” on the critter. From the front yard, I heard pop! pop! and then Doo hollerin’, “I got him!” Though we couldn’t find a body, we claimed victory.

That night, however, our worst nightmare was confirmed. The dern raccoon was alive!

So Doo again grabbed his gun and headed into the fray, while I sprinted outside. As I stood barefoot in a bathrobe, Doo bounded from the door in nothin’ but a pair of cut-offs, yellin’ he’d finally nailed the sucker.

How Butcher Holler is that? Me and Doo, half naked at midnight, trying to kill a coon with a shotgun?

Peace out, y’all.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at danielle@currentincarmel.com.

Q U O T E O F T HE W EE K “In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”

– Thurgood Marshall

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Spread the word on condiments Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Condiments are a male thing. You never hear a man say to his wife, “Golly, with all that ketchup on your burger, sweethumor heart, you can’t possibly appreciate the fine texture and flavor of the grain-fed beef.” Women are more apt to say, “If you put ketchup on my pot roast, I will rip your ruby red tongue right out of your mouth.”

I don’t want to brag, but I have improved just about every dinner my wife has ever prepared by carefully adding the appropriate condiment. What would her chicken marsala be like without mayonnaise? Uneventful, that’s what. How would her beef bourguignon taste without mustard? I shudder to think. Veal Oscar without horseradish sauce? Lifeless. What do I say to my wife if dinner is a bit lacking?

“My condiments to the chef.”

Here’s some final advice on condiments: 1. You can leave mustard and ketchup on your dining room table overnight. Don’t do this with mayonnaise. There is an entire cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, filled with men who hid a pastrami sandwich under the bed, forgetting that Russian dressing is half mayonnaise.

2. Always put mustard in between the

meats on the bread. Mayonnaise, however, needs to go on top of the meat. Ketchup can go either way. Never apply condiments directly to the bread. This information is the result of a grant by the United States government to a national taste-testing institute. Finally, tax money well spent.

3. Turn upside down and shake all plastic bottles vigorously before squeezing. Otherwise, the bottle will make an embarrassing sound. Or, if you want a laugh from your kids or grandkids, just say “excuse me” after it squirts. It’s foolproof.

4. Mayonnaise belongs in a jar. Buying mayonnaise in a plastic squeeze bottle would be like buying whipped cream in a box. The manufacturers should be arrested. Where is the FBI when you really need them?

Finally, it’s important that parents teach their kids about ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard at home. I don’t want the public school system passing out condiments in the cafeteria.

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

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Not there for the fun of it Editor, The editorial published Jan. 31 about the nation-wide Women's Marches left me unhappy. And, to borrow a phrase from the author, "you NEED to know about it." Mr. Terry Anker seems convinced that the millions of women, including me, who protested across the nation on January were there for the fun of it.

Though Mr. Anker does not demonstrate the ability to assimilate new knowledge, I'm happy to share the super-duper fun reasons I chose to march.

First, the president has promised to repeal the ACA. I am an adult student who has returned for an advanced degree in my 30’s and a part-time worker. Neither my university nor my job offers health insurance, so without the ACA I would likely be unable to afford a doctor visit.

Oh, and about that doctor? It's my local Planned Parenthood clinic. No, Mr. Anker, I'm not spending your hard-earned tax dollars on birth control and abortions. I'm using PP for, amongst other things, cancer screenings.

Those are MY reasons for marching, but

I'm sure if you asked a dozen women, you'd get a dozen different ISTS, as you so magnanimously call them. Just because you don't understand the concerns these women were articulating doesn't mean they aren't real.

Finally, to your claim that all of us just "went home”? Of course we did. Are you honestly judging us for having to return to our responsibilities? I went home after the march on the 21st. I did my schoolwork. I went to my job. And, on Sunday, I showed up at the airport with 1,000 of my fellow Hoosiers to protest the ineffective and unfair travel ban that affected so many legal U.S. residents, causing chaos and sowing dissent around the world.

I'll keep showing up, too, every single time this administration tries to threaten the rights or the safety of ANYONE in this country. And I suppose you'll keep writing articles complaining about our hats and noise level.

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IU Health will host the first “Create a Happy Heart” event in Fishers and Carmel this month as part of IU Health’s annual celebration of National Heart Month. family fun Artist Tanya Roberts will guide attendees through creating their own “Happy Heart” paintings on canvas. All supplies will be provided by IU Health. At the end of the evening, participants will be able to take their “Happy Heart” home.

Harlamert “We wanted to create a fun, relaxed event where people could come and learn about making their heart healthy,” said Sheri Acquisto, senior marketing associate for the Indy Suburban Hospitals with IU Health.

During the event, cardiologists Dr. Edward Harlamert and Dr. Mark Fisch will offer simple steps that anyone can take to maintain good

heart health.

According to Acquisto, IU Health wanted to create an interactive community event for people to learn easy tips for a healthy heart in a fun atmosphere.

“Creating a healthy heart shouldn’t be intimidating,” Acquisto said.

The Fishers “Create a Happy Heart’ event will be held from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 16 at IU Health Saxony Hospital, at 13000 E. 136th St. The Carmel event will be held from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 23 at IU Health North, at 11700 North Meridian.

Heart-healthy appetizers and beverages will be provided.

Fisch The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited and attendees must RSVP to reserve a spot. To RSVP to the Feb. 16 event at IU Health Saxony Hospital in Fishers, dial 317-678-DOCS (3627). To RSVP, to the Feb. 23 event at IU Health North Hospital, dial 317-688-DOCS (3627).

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Dispatches Top loan originator – Residential mortgage lender Ruoff Home Mortgage announced that Michael Strawn was the top loan originator for its Carmel office for the month of January 2017. The top spot in each branch office is based on the number of closed loans during the month, as compared to their peers.

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David Weekley Homes now building in Harmony — David Weekley Homes is now building in the Harmony neighborhood. Two homes, the Allenwood and the Castledale, will become available this month. The Castledale model home is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at 15026 American Lotus Dr. New leadership boards — Central Indiana Community Foundation and its affiliates, The Indianapolis Foundation and Legacy Fund, have leadership for their boards of directors. Leadership will include: Cindy Simon Skjodt - CICF board chair; Alan Levin - board chair of The Indianapolis Foundation; Jerry Semler - board’s vice chair; and Kathy Davis – secretary; Ann O’Hara – Legacy Fund board chair; Jay Merrell – vice-chair; Brian Myers – secretary/treasurer. For a full list of CICF, The Indianapolis Foundation and Legacy Fund board members, visit cicf.org.

F.C. Tucker Company’s monthly real estate market stats indicated a strong finish to 2016, with home sales real estate up 5.2 percent for the year and December 2016 sales up 5.3 percent compared to December 2015. Likewise, the average year-to-date home price for the 15-county central Indiana region rose 3.4 percent to $188,616.

Hamilton County’s pended sales increased 5.0 percent in December 2016 compared to December 2015. Prices also have increased by 3.7 percent over last year to an average of $288,336.

• In Fishers/Geist, the average home sales price increased 1.7 percent year to date.

• Overall, homes sold in 61 days – two fewer days than this time last year.

• Buyers in Fishers/Geist had slightly fewer options available to them. Last month, 396 homes were available for sale – five fewer homes compared to December 2015.

• Pended home sales have increased in

Fishers/Geist. In December 2016, 111 homes sold – an increase of 19 homes compared to December 2015.

• Of the pended home sales in Fishers/Geist last month, one was priced more than $2,000,000; three were priced $1,000,000 to $1,999,999; nine were priced $500,000 to $999,999; 24 were priced $300,000 to $499,999; 37 were priced $200,000 to $299,999; 35 were priced $100,000 to $199,999 and two were priced below $99,999.

Positive consumer confidence has buoyed home sales through the end of 2016. Looking ahead to 2017, we expect to see 50 percent of the market made up of first-time homebuyers and anticipate many of the boomerang buyers, who lost their house in the Great Recession, will step back into home ownership.

Jim Litten is the president of F.C. Tucker Company. Comment on this article by e-mailing to editorial@youarecurrent.com.

RAR receives investment — Reindeer Auto Relocation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to receive an investment from Waveland Investments, LLC. RAR plans to leverage this investment to further expand its capabilities and accelerate the company’s global footprint. Post investment, RAR and its affiliates, Reindeer International and Reindeer Logistics, will continue to operate as fully independent entities.

IRS email scams — The IRS reports an increase in the number of email scams that trick taxpayers into providing confidential financial and personal data. According to the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, taxpayers are receiving emails that appear to be from the IRS or TAP about a tax refund. Be advised that the IRS will never initiate communications via email. Any email claiming to be from the IRS should be forwarded to phishing@irs.gov.

Energy Assistance Program — The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority has released plans for the 2016-17 Winter Assistance Program, which runs through March 12. The program provides financial assistance to lowincome households to maintain utility services during the winter heating and summer cooling seasons. For more, visit in.gov and type Energy Assistance Program into the search box, or call 866-674-6327.

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Noblesville’s Boice sisters take the stage at Beef & Boards Submitted content courtesy of Beef & Boards For two sisters from Noblesville, stepping on the stage is something that’s both familiar and fun. Ali and Kate Boice already have established resumes at the Theater young ages of 11 and 9, respectively, and they are adding a new performing credit this month with the production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre.

The Boice sisters will perform in the second of three children’s choirs for the show. Theirs, the “Red Choir,” is featured in the performances from Feb. 21 through March 8.

But it’s not the first time the daughters of Mark and Kristen Boice have shared a stage.

“They truly enjoy sharing in the same love of theater and being in the same shows at the same time,” Kristen said.

The girls kicked up their heels together last summer in Stonesoup’s production of “Oklahoma!” with Ali in the role of Ado Annie and Kate in the chorus playing Vivian. In the summer of 2015, Ali and Kate were the Sour Kangaroo and Young Kangaroo, respectively, in “Seussical Jr.” with Stonesoup. They also performed in The Belfry’s production of “A Christmas Carol The Musical” in December of that year. Ali’s portrayal of Tiny Tim earned her an ENCORE nomination for “Best Performer Under the Age of 18 in a Musical.”

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This happened last spring at Christian Youth Theater, when Ali was in the chorus of “Mary Poppins” and Kate played May Belle in “Bridge to Terabithia.”

“I love to be on stage because I feel alive when I’m on stage,” Ali, a fifth-grader at Legacy Christian School, said.

The girls agree that memorizing their lines is the most challenging part of being in a show.

“I love being different characters, memorizing lines and meeting new actors and actresses,” said Kate, a thirdgrader at Hinkle Creek Elementary School.

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Christ in the Arts — First Presbyterian Church in Noblesville has added an additional music program to its ministry. In 2015, Michael Davis, FPC music director, wanted to share the church’s sanctuary (and beautiful music venue) with others in the community outside the immediate congregation and provide high-quality musical performances free to the public. Davis also is the assistant artistic director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and is surrounded by talented musicians inside and outside the congregation. Thus,Christ in the Arts was born. Vivaldi’s «Gloria» in May 2015 was the first Christ in the Arts performance and in November, Gabriel Faure’s «Op 48 Requiem» was performed. The FPC Chancel choir, Christ in the Arts Festival orchestra and featured soloists have been a part of both performances. In January, FPC partnered with Nickel Plate Arts and became part of the Hamilton County Cultural Arts district. At 4 p.m., Feb. 26, Christ is the Arts will present a Pipe Organ Concert featuring organists Cheryl Mayhew, Clarice Stegall and Aaron Kemp showcasing their various musical styles. Along with the organ concert, the church will host an art exhibition featuring local Hamilton County artists. This is a free event and child care will be provided. For more, visit fpc-noblesville.org.

Ball State students real-world ready for Masterworks concert at Palladium — Ball State University’s School of Music will make its debut at the Palladium at The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, at 3 p.m. Feb. 26. Ryan Hourigan, the school’s director, said Masterworks concert at the Palladium is the largest ever performed

by Ball State students. It will feature the school’s symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, and a 200-plus-member choir in collaboration with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. Concert tickets range from $10-$40.

Student tickets are $5 and can be purchased through the thecenterpresents.org or by calling the box office at 317-843-3800.

ISO brings Teddy Bear Concert Series to Carmel — At 11 a.m., March 4, the Indiana Symphony Orchestra will bring its popular Teddy Bear Concert Series to Carmel. “Giant’s Violin” will be performed at the Carmel Clay Public Library. The ISO launched the free series in 2014

Roasted white peaches with honeycomb Submitted content courtesy of Family Features Looking for a simple dessert for your sweetie tonight? Try this warm and inviting peach dish, best served with food vanilla ice cream, to finish off the romantic night!

Prep time: 10 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling time Cook time: 25 minutes Serves: 8 Ingredients: 1 cup sugar, divided, 1 lemon, zested, 4 ripe but firm white peaches, halved and pitted, 2/3 cup water, plus 2 tablespoons, divided, nonstick cooking spray, 1/3 cup honey, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda, 4 cups Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream, divided Directions: Heat oven to 425 F. In small bowl, whisk 3 tablespoons sugar

and lemon zest for about 1 minute, or until sugar is fragrant and moist. Arrange peaches, cut side up, in 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Pour water into dish. Sprinkle lemon sugar mixture over peaches and roast 25-30 minutes, or until peaches are slightly softened and have released their juices.

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In medium-heavy saucepan over high heat, bring remaining sugar, honey and 2 tablespoons water to boil, stirring constantly.

Reduce heat to medium-high and cook, without stirring, about 5 minutes, or until candy thermometer reaches 305 F. Remove from heat and whisk in baking soda until blended and mixture begins to bubble.

Gently pour hot mixture onto prepared baking sheet and cool. Break honeycomb into small pieces and reserve in airtight container.

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Blueprint for Improvement: Maximizing bathroom space Commentary by Larry Greene

Before Background Info: This Geist home in the Beam Reach neighborhood of Indianapolis had unique features that were no longer functional. Also, the original 1980s aesthetics did not align with the owners’ personal style and overall vision for their home.

Before problems: Before the renovation, the bathroom was dark, outdated and confining. For the amount of square footage in the master ensuite, there was too much wasted space because of a large recessed hot tub and chopped up functions in separate areas. In addition, the shower was too small, and the ensuite lacked sufficient vanity and closet storage.

After

After solutions: The goal for this master ensuite was to maximize the usable space for each separate function, while coordinating with the aesthetics of the adjacent master bedroom.

1. Multiple walls were relocated to reconfigure the bathroom and closet spaces. This allowed for the closet, vanity and shower spaces to all double in size.

2. The new double-sink vanity has a significant amount of additional storage, including two tower cabinets that contain outlets inside for hiding small bathroom appliances. The beautiful cherry-stained cabinets and unique marble countertops are the focal point of the room and coordinate seamlessly with the finishes of the adjacent master bedroom.

3. A clear, frameless glass shower surround gives an open, bright feel to the new, larger shower. It also accommodates a corner seat, and two recessed storage niches, convenient for holding personal care items.

4. A new heated floor system with a programmable thermostat is a hidden feature that adds an additional level of comfort.

Larry Greene is the owner of Case Design/Remodeling. You may email him at lgreene@caseindy.com. To see more before-and-after pictures of this project, visit caseindy.com/blog.

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Inside the Small Fortress at Terezin, Czech Republic. (Photo by Don Knebel)

Terezin: Remembering a hoax Commentary by Don Knebel A former military town 40 miles northwest of Prague played a bit part in the events of World War I. It played a much travel more sinister role in the horrors of World War II. In 1780, Habsburg Emperor Joseph II built a citadel (Small Fortress) on the east side of the Ohře River and a walled town (Main Fortress) across the river for his troops. Joseph named the area Terezin in honor of his mother, Maria Theresa. The Small Fortress eventually imprisoned Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo helped ignite World War I. In 1940, after occupying Czechoslovakia, Hitler began using the Small Fortress as a concentration camp for Jews rounded up in nearby areas. As it did in other camps, the Gestapo posted “Arbeit Macht Frei” at the prison entrance. The slogan, meaning “Work Sets You Free,” was a cruel hoax. Most of the Jews brought to Terezin were destined for the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka. In late 1941, the Germans evicted

the non-Jewish residents from the Main Fortress, which they called Theresienstadt, and converted the town into a ghetto. Terezin, built for a population of 5,000, eventually held 55,000 Jews. In 1942, a crematorium was built near the severely overcrowded town to accommodate the dozens of people who died every day from starvation and disease. Others were shot for trivial offenses.

By the time Terezin was liberated by the Allies on May 9, 1945, about 150,000 Jews had been sent there. About 33,000 of them died at Terezin and about 90,000 more were sent on to be killed. Today, the Small Fortress, returned to its wartime condition, is maintained as a memorial to the victims. A small museum in the Main Fortress displays drawings of the children who lived there before being shipped off to their deaths.

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

Dispatches Raw or cooked? — Most people think eating raw veggies is always best. But certain vegetables are actually made healthier by cooking. Here are some: 1. Tomatoes – cooking releases more lycopene, a known cancer fighter 2. Mushrooms – heat destroys some toxins that can be found in mushrooms 3. Carrots, bell peppers – heat releases some of their nutrients However, light cooking is best. Too much heat can destroy most of the nutrients in the veggies.

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Coconut oil — Coconut oil may be one of the latest fads in health and beauty, but it’s really not new. Hollywood star Mae West used it daily as a facial moisturizer to give her skin a youthful glow.

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Blend one cup hot coffee with one tablespoon unsalted grass-fed butter and one tablespoon coconut oil for ten seconds.

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