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Council approves ARPA appropriation

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Lawrence Common Council met April 4. It held several public hearings and allocated American Rescue Plan Act funds, approved a transfer from the general fund and approved a transfer to the rainy day fund. For more, visit cityoflawrence.org.

What happened: The council held a public hearing and unanimously approved an appropriation from the American Rescue Plan Local Fiscal Recovery Fund.

What it means: Council member Shawn Denney, chair of the finance committee, gave a presentation on the agenda item.

“ARPA encourages funds to be used for infrastructure projects, including sewer, roads and stormwater improvement,” Denney said. “This is useit-or-lose-it funding. We must spend it, or we have to give it back.”

The council had previously approved the funding plan for the more than $5.5 million in funds, of which $2.05 million will go to sewer and wastewater improvements; more than $968,000 will go toward a 5 percent raise for city employees; $1.5 million will go to stormwater repairs and maintenance; $1 million will go to street repairs and paving; $10,000 will go to the parks department for programming; and $10,000 will go to the parks department for maintenance and upgrades.

What happened: The council held a public hearing and unanimously approved an appropriation from the general fund.

What it means: The appropriation request was from the Lawrence Fire Dept., which asked for approximately $196,000 for outside improvements to Station 37, such as painting and paving, and for Drug Enforcement Administration-mandated storage lockers for medications on EMS ambulances.

What happened: The council held a public hearing and transferred money to the rainy day fund.

What it means: The amendment moved $1.5 million to the rainy day fund, which has a zero balance. Denney said the purpose was to “shore up retirement benefits for all City of Lawrence fire, police and civil employees.”

What happened: The council appropriated additional funds and amended the 2022 budget with respect to the stormwater fund.

What it means: $7.8 million will be used during the next 1 1/2 years for stormwater infrastructure improvements at Rainbow Lane, Pine Hill Drive and Lawrence Terrace. Funding is sourced from the ARPA fund and stormwater user fees. No funds will be tapped from the general fund.

What happened: The council read a resolution honoring Linda Kay (Wells) Treat for her service to the City of Lawrence.

What it means: Treat died Feb. 27. She served on the common council from 2003 to 2015 and was a former mayoral candidate. She graduated from Lawrence Central High School in 1966. She participated in many charitable and fundraising events, such as Shop with a Cop.

FROM THE MAYOR Commentary by Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier Greetings!

Lawrence is a community where residents, schools and businesses unite in its appreciation for the excellent location and strength of community. As the city experiences economic development and welcomes new amenities, the need for a publication focusing specifically on Lawrence became apparent. Current in Lawrence/Gesit will fill this void by sharing information about the many things happening in our great city.

Lawrence offers a unique retreat within Marion County while maintaining strong connectivity to the urban core of Indianapolis and central Indiana. A strong metropolitan school district, tightly knit business community, rich history and a strong residential market bolster Lawrence’s unique Fall Creek Valley terrain and numerous arts, recreational and athletic amenities.

Population growth, educational enrollment, educational attainment and gross assessed values are all important community progress indicators that have upward trends. Through continued powerful partnerships between governmental entities and units, dynamic organizations, such as the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, area businesses, large and small, and our caring and committed residents, the City of Lawrence continues to be a distinctive place that fosters growth.

Lawrence has many tangible assets, including Historic Fort Benjamin Harrison, an area that has seen a tremendous and ongoing rebirth as the center of the City of Lawrence with the convenience of easy access to multiple interstate systems. The Fort Ben Cultural Campus opened in 2021 and features the first permanent installation of musical swings and is home to the Theater at the Fort.

There are year-round community events such as the Fort Ben Farmers Market; 4TH Fest including a spectacular fireworks display; Community Safety Day and its annual wing eating competition between the Lawrence Police and Fire Depts.; Lagers in Lawrence, the City’s Oktoberfest celebration; and “A Lawrence Christmas” tree lighting and parade, the signature event of the city’s Winterfest celebration. A Black History Month Celebration and the city’s newest event, Fiesta Lawrence, celebrate the city’s diversity. These and so many more events offer something for everyone.

Lawrence is home to one of the highest ratios of green space to total land area in the state of Indiana. Encompassing more than 1,700 acres, Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park and the Fort Golf Course are favorites for residents and visitors alike. Lawrence Parks are home to premier youth sports facilities such as soccer, baseball, a skate park and the newest amenity, pickleball courts.

Strong civic organizations, community engagement, an educated and capable workforce and local business leaders who are committed to improving and investing in the City of Lawrence make Lawrence an ideal community.

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Purple Line under construction

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Construction on IndyGo’s Purple Line through Lawrence has begun. The Purple Line will travel 15.2 TRANSPORTATION miles from downtown Indianapolis to Ivy Tech in Lawrence.

Roadway and pedestrian improvements started March 21 near Otis Avenue. Closures will last 30 days on Otis Avenue between Post Road and Wheeler Avenue. Traffic will be detoured via Post Road, 56th Street and Lawrence Village Parkway.

Beginning on or after April 11, sanitary sewer rehabilitation will close a southbound single lane for two weeks on Post Road between CSX Railroad and Pendleton Pike. According to IndyGo’s website, after work is complete on Otis Avenue between Post Road and Wheeler Avenue, Wheeler Avenue between Otis Avenue and Hawkins Road will be closed for 30 days for roadway and pedestrian improvements.

Overall Purple Line construction is expected to be complete in 2024, but the Lawrence portion will be complete in July. Buses will

not run until all construction is complete.

City of Lawrence Director of Engineering Sri Venugopalan said the Purple Line will connect downtown Indianapolis to the Lawrence community. An IndyGo bus makes trips to Lawrence, but waiting for the bus can take up to an hour. When the Purple Line is complete, passengers will only wait 10 to 15 minutes between bus times.

“It’ll connect the downtown Ivy Tech college on Meridian and 38th (streets) to the Ivy Tech campus in Lawrence,” Venugopalan said. “This would be a good thing for students who take classes in Lawrence to be able to go downtown to another class and come back. That is a good connectivity they will have.”

Venugopalan said many low-income residents live near the 38th Street corridor and don’t have other modes of transportation, meaning they often wait a long time for the IndyGo bus to reach Lawrence.

An informational talk about the Purple Line is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 29 at Laundry & More in Lawrence, 4212 N. Post Rd. For more, visit indygo.net/purple-line/ purple-line-project-details/.

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Hotel Nickel Plate design unveiled

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Browning Investments and Dora Hotel Co. recently unveiled the design for the new Hotel Nickel DEVELOPMENT Plate, a five-story, 75,000-square-foot boutique hotel with 116 room in the southeast quadrant of 116th Street and the Nickel Plate Trail.

The hotel will be part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton and will break ground this fall. The Nickel Plate Review Committee unanimously approved the renderings at its March 23 meeting. The Hotel Nickel Plate will feature a full-service restaurant and bar on the first floor and have Nickel Plate Trail access.

The design pays homage to the decommissioned Nickel Plate Railroad. The trail is being constructed on the path of the former tracks. The hotel will feature black brick and limestone-colored stone accents.

Fishers City Councilor Selina Stoller, who also serves on the Nickel Plate Review Committee, applauded the design.

“With the (increase in) international business and more businesses calling Fishers

A rendering of the Hotel Nickel Plate, which is set to break ground this fall. (Renderings courtesy of City of Fishers)

home, we need a boutique hotel in Fishers,” Stoller said. “With the accommodations, this would provide an experience for business visitors and other visitors visiting Fishers.

They’re going to enjoy that type of experience. Fishers has become more of a destination, and we need to meet needs of all visitors. We really feel this fills a gap.”

Stoller said the design complemented First International Bank and would be

“pleasing” for people walking along the Nickel Plate Trail.

The hotel is part of a master development

by Browning announced in December 2018, which includes the new First Internet Bank headquarters, a 237-unit multifamily development called Nickel Plate Station with first-floor retail and the rehabilitation of buildings in downtown Fishers.

For more, visit fishers.in.us.

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DISPATCHES MSDLT presents State of the Schools — The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township will present the State of the Schools Luncheon featuring Supt.

Shawn Smith at 11:30 a.m. April 19 at the MSDLT Administration Building, 6501 Sunnyside Rd., Lawrence. Smith will reflect on 2021 and share his vision for 2022.

For more or to register, visit greaterlawrencechamber.org/events/details/2022state-of-the-schools-address-3347 Lawrence conducts Easter egg hunt — The Benjamin Harrison YMCA, Arts for Lawrence and the City of Lawrence are conducting an Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. to noon April 16 at Community Park, 5301 N. Franklin Rd. Attendees should pre-register and bring their basket, proper attire and a camera.

For more, visit indy.recliquecore.com/ programs/41762/#division_60433 Nichelle M. Hayes named interim Indianapolis Public Library CEO — Nichelle M. Hayes, the manager of the Center for Black Literature and Culture at Central Library, was appointed interim CEO of the Indianapolis Public Library March 28.

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Benner earns Indy PR Legend award

for the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Benner said public relations and media relations were parts of his various jobs.

“There was storytelling and there was the pursuit of high-profile events like Final Fours, championships and conventions when I was working with Visit Indy,” Benner said. “With the Horizon League, it was trying to elbow your way in and help the schools raise their profiles in very difficult situations. With the Pacers, it was gratifying to message the positive things the organization does in the city.”

Benner was involved in indianapolis’ bid to host the 2024 NBA All-Star Game.

“Working the public relations side of the agreement with the city to bring substantial $300 million-plus changes to the Fieldhouse, we are now seeing the fruit of that,” Benner said.

Benner is still a regular contributor to the statewide “Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick” television show.

Benner was inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 2017 and into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2020. He also was awarded a Sagamore of the Wabash by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2017.

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com With ink in his veins, Bill Benner never expected to be in public relations.

“I thought I’d be a ACHIEVEMENT newspaper guy all my life,” Benner said.

“Back then, (public relations) was the other side and I never saw myself on the other side. Time changes and life happens, and you find yourself on the other side and you want Benner to do as good as you can.

I was lucky to have not one, two, three but four jobs on the other side and each one was very fulfilling.

“In each one of them, the communications skills I developed on the print side absolutely translated and were valuable on the other side.”

The longtime Geist-area resident will be honored as the 2022 Indy PR Legend at the April 20 Indianapolis Public Relations Society’s monthly luncheon meeting, which will take place in the Pennsylvania Street Conference Room at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

“When they told me they were going to honor me with a Legend award, I was totally taken aback,” Benner said. “It’s quite an honor and distinction.”

Benner said he has divided his career in two halves with the newspaper half and the public relations half.

“To have this recognition for the PR half is a wonderful thing,” said Benner, a 1967 Center Grove High School graduate and Indiana University graduate Benner spent 33 years as a sports writer at The Indianapolis Star, becoming a fulltime columnist in 1990. He left The Star in 2001 to become vice president of communications for the Indiana Sports Corp. He then became director of communications in 2005 for Visit Indy, and then became senior associate commissioner for external affairs for the Horizon League in 2010. He joined Pacers Sports & Entertainment in 2013 for a seven-year stint. He retired from the organization in 2020 as senior vice president for corporate, community and public relations.

From 2001 to 2013, he wrote a sports column

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hook to bring people out.”

The chamber’s ambassador program is an avenue for members to network and interGreater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce act with other chamber members.

President Brad Klopfenstein is always up for Polish sausages, pierogis and beer will be a celebration. sold during the event.

EVENT That’s why the Greater “It’s a nice excuse for a celebraLawrence Chamber of tion,” Klopfenstein said.

Commerce Ambassadors will presAdmission is free and RSVPs ent a Dyngus Day celebration at aren’t required. Klopfenstein de4:30 p.m. April 18 at Fort Ben Pub, scribes the event as a Polish St. 5645 N. Post Rd., Lawrence. Dyngus Patrick’s Day. Day is a traditional Polish holiday on “In a perfect world, Lawrence will Klopfenstein the Monday after Easter. become the Dyngus Day headquar“It is huge up in South Bend and LaPorte, ters for central Indiana,” Klopfenstein said. and it’s like the whole town shuts down to “We hope to get more establishments on celebrate Dyngus Day,” Klopfenstein said. board next year. I think it’s fun. It’s a good “Who doesn’t love a good celebration? Our reason for people to come out and support ambassadors were looking for some sort of their local establishments.”

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Mt. Vernon to offer Camp Invention

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Noteworthy activities include Blast Off for Spacecation, in which campers create Spacepacks and Astro-Arm devices to help with With the pending arrival of summer comes cooking in space. Before returning to Earth, the challenge for parents to keep their chilcampers will mine an asteroid and collect dren stimulated data on how animals are born and EDUCATION during time away grow in space. In Make a Splash with from school. Once Robotic Aquatics, children will dive again, the Mt. Vernon Community into ocean research and adopt their School Corp. is offering an option own aquatic animal. called Camp Invention, which will Jessica Buell begins her first year be held June 6-10 at Mt. Comfort Eleas the camp director and is excited mentary School. to get going.

Buell The national camp, which began “I love planning and organizing locally at Mt. Vernon in 2018, is for students events,” she said. “This experience allows who will be in kindergarten to sixth grade me to do that. However, the biggest reward during the 2022-23 school year. It has a focus is seeing kids have fun, learning and seeing on STEM activities. Campers are led by certheir excitement. It brings me such great joy tified local educators in fun, creative, probwhen I get to see kids being kids. Kids were lem-solving exercises. A high school student meant to play, explore and use their hands to works with each teacher in a leadership inlearn. They will be doing plenty of that this tern role to assist with the instruction. Staff- week.” to-student ratios are approximately 20-to-1.

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Carmel guard Clarke earns All-Star spot despite short season

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School senior basketball player Kate Clarke made the best of a shortened senior season.

Clarke suffered a back injury at the end of last summer and began the rehabbing process. She returned to play in 13 games, averaging 11.7 points on 50 percent shooting from the field. The 6-foot-1 guard scored 18 points or more in six of her last seven games for Carmel (15-8).

“Kate came back and found herself fitting into our offense and the flow of the game very effectively,” Greyhounds coach Erin Trimpe said. “She has a natural skill set that puts her in a good position to make a difference in the game. She gave herself some time and with limited minutes (and found) her comfort and groove to finish out the season.”

Clarke said it was a struggle to get back in playing form.

“With all the girls surrounding me, it was easy to get back on the court,” Clarke said. “By the end, I was able to get back in the groove and we just came up short in

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Clarke, who will play for the University of Michigan in the 2022-23 season, was named to the Indiana Girls All-Star team, which will play against Kentucky June 10-11.

“It was disappointing to only play half my senior season, but I’m lucky to have (had) a

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really good career at Carmel,” Clarke said. “I was lucky to finish it out. It’s hard sitting out, but it was fun to see all the girls I’ve been playing with come together without the missing puzzle piece. It was nice to see

them mature over the season.”

Clarke averaged 18.1 points as a junior and 16.9 points as a sophomore.

“Kate is a phenomenal shooter on the offensive end,” Trimpe said. “She shot 37 percent from 3-point (range) throughout her career and became the seventh Greyhound to score 1,000 points. Kate spends a lot of time in the gym working on her individual skills and working to improve her game.”

Clarke said she is training and staying in shape to get ready for the All-Star games and then Michigan.

“During the season, I was thinking about getting my back healthy and to be careful,” Clarke said. “Ultimately, my goal is to get to Michigan healthy.”

Clarke will be joined by Westfield senior and fellow Michigan recruit Alyssa Crockett on the Indiana Girls All-Stars.

“Michigan has kind of a home feel,” Clarke said. “I kind of sensed that when I got there for my official and unofficial visit. It’s important for me to stay closer to home so my mom can go to games. The girls are great, that’s the main thing that attracted me to Michigan. It’s obviously a great school, so I couldn’t pass that opportunity up.”

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Local lawyers recognized — Fishers-based Camden & Meridew, P.C. recently announced that firm partners Julie Camden and Corey Meridew have been selected as Indiana Super Lawyers 2022 honorees. Camden is recognized in the area of tax law in Indiana, while Meridew is included in the company’s annual Super Lawyers Rising Stars listing.

Super Lawyers extends such honors annually to only 5 percent of the attorneys who are nominated and evaluated, with only 2.5 percent receiving the accolade of Rising Stars.

Fishers graduate makes dean’s list — Shani Howard, a 2021 Fishers High School graduate, made the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Science Dean’s List with a 3.9 GPA. Howard is a direct admit to the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design.

Fishers resident received Chick Evans Scholarship — Michael Lupke, a Cathedral High School student and Fishers resident, was among 17 student caddies from Indiana awarded WGA’s Chick Evans Scholarship, a full, four-year housing and tuition scholarship.

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Judy Byron has been the Arts for Lawrence executive director since 2012. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)

END OF AN ERA Executive director of Arts for Lawrence set to retire

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com If things had gone according to plan, Arts for Lawrence Executive Director Judy Byron would have retired two years ago when she turned 60.

But when an opportunity to receive a Strengthening Indianapolis Through Arts and Culture Innovation Initiative grant was presented, Byron decided to stick around a bit longer.

“I thought we had a good story to tell, and (the board of directors) said, ‘But Judy, you said you were retiring,’” Byron said. “I told the board if we received a grant from the Lilly Endowment, that I would stick it (out) through the project.”

Arts for Lawrence received a $5.85 million grant from the Lilly Endowment in December 2018 to establish the Fort Ben Cultural Campus in downtown Lawrence near the Theater at the Fort. The project will be complete this summer, and Byron plans to retire in September. The amphitheater and hand-carved limestone benches are under construction. Both projects are expected to be complete by the end of May. “Once everything is on the campus, we can launch our augmented virtual reality app, but it needs everything to be finished so they can take final photographs for the virtual reality portion,” Byron said. “We expect that to launch this summer.”

Byron joined Arts for Lawrence in November 2007, when the organization was called Partnerships for Lawrence.

Partnerships for Lawrence was developed

by then-Mayor Deb Cantwell. When she wasn’t reelected in November 2007, the City of Lawrence planned to disband Partnerships for Lawrence. But then-city attorney Stan Hirsch had completed all the work to certify the organization as a nonprofit, and he began reaching out to community members to gauge interest in becoming involved.

“I had always been involved in nonprofit arts organizations as a volunteer or board member and somehow my name got to (Hirsch),” Byron said. “He called me and invited me to a meeting. It wasn’t until 2008 when I became president of the board that we focused the organization’s mission on arts and culture.”

Byron was elected board secretary in 2007 and president of the board in 2008.

She was hired as the executive director in 2012. Partnerships for Lawrence was rebranded as Arts for Lawrence in 2016.

Byron lives in Lawrence. She plans to step away from the organization when she retires to give the next leader autonomy.

“I don’t want to get in their way,” Byron said. “This is my community, so I expect to be in the audience at shows. I am a visual artist, so I hope to stay involved with the visual arts center.”

Byron’s husband retired four years ago.

When she retires, the couple plans to regularly visit their four grandchildren on the

JUDY BYRON’S TIMELINE WITH ARTS FOR LAWRENCE 2006: Partnerships for Lawrence was es-

tablished by the City of Lawrence under Mayor Deb Cantwell with a broad mission to better the community through education, health and wellness, and the arts.

November 2007: With new city leadership in 2008, board member Stan Hirsch looks for community members to take over Partnerships for Lawrence.

November 2007: Judy Byron is elected onto the board of directors as secretary 2008: Byron is elected president of the Board of Directors and the organization focuses on arts and culture initiatives.

2012: Byron becomes executive director.

2015: The organization moves to the Theater at the Fort and opens it with live

theater productions after being closed for public programming for 30 years.

2016: The organization is rebranded with the name Arts for Lawrence.

2018: Arts for Lawrence builds a community team to present the Fort Ben Cultural Campus concept to the Lilly Endowment 2019: The City of Lawrence in partnership with Arts for Lawrence receives $5.85 million to create the first five phases of the Fort Ben Cultural Campus.

June 2021: Arts for Lawrence reopens after the pandemic with a grand opening of the Fort Ben Cultural Campus.

Summer 2022: Fort Ben Cultural Campus expected to be complete.

September 2022: Byron will retire.

West Coast. Byron also plans to spend time gardening and creating art with paint and charcoal.

“It will be fun to do that again,” she said.

“I like going to theater, exploring cities’ public art and interactive art. It just makes me giddy. I love to see how cities use art to make their place special, which is why I wanted to create the Fort Ben Cultural Campus.”

Arts for Lawrence board member Kimberly DalSanto said Byron’s impact on the organization is immeasurable.

“Judy is the sole reason that the great things that happened at Arts for Lawrence so far have come to be,” DalSanto said.

“She’s sort of grabbed the organization by the horns and drug it along. She really should be credited for all the successes Arts for Lawrence has had over the course of several years. Judy was exactly the executive director Arts for Lawrence needed at the time she came in. She’s very much a visionary. She had an idea for what she wanted the organization and the area to be like and she was getting us to that point no matter what.

“Now, because of the work Judy has done, our organization is in a much different place than we were when she took over.”

Arts for Lawrence is seeking a new executive director. For more, visit artsforlawrence.org.

ON THE COVER: Judy Byron will retire in September. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)

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Giving kids ‘the talk’

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Commentary by Danielle Wilson

The cliché goes, “Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part.” Like most aphorisms, it is true on its face with little consideration. We get cut off on the highway as someone realizes too late that their exit is upon them. We get displaced from our chosen airplane or event seat because a late arriver wants to sit next to a relative or friend. We miss the start of the movie because the customer ahead of us in line seems to have overlooked that their wallet would be needed to complete the transaction. And we come to a dead stop in the roundabout as the driver in front has to stop and consider which way they intend to go — in fact, some good fellow citizens stop and back up to get to their chosen venue, apparently not aware of the no-beginning and noend nature of these traffic circles.

Still, we live in a civil society. And many of us take great steps to show deference and respect for our fellow humans. We are unlikely to wear profane graphic T-shirts in public and we still can be found holding the door for those, regardless of gender, entering behind us. Does our attempt to do unto others inadvertently lead to a dependence by them upon our good nature?

Do they become intentionally atrophied at showing up on time, expecting dispensation because they truly have come to believe in their own superiority? One might imagine so, given the abject look of horror to possess the countenance of the poor planner when we don’t freely offer to share our wine with them at the concert. It seems they forgot to bring any, again. When, if ever, is it right to push back, to teach a lesson, or to hold our ground?

For the past couple years, my teacher neighbor (also a Mrs. Wilson) and I have given a spring break lecture to our students about making good choices. When faced with a tough decision, they’re to consider the question, “What would Wilson say?” We have PowerPoints, a spot on the weekly news roundup, even “WWWS?” bracelets. We’re basically legends.

Our advice is practical: wear sunscreen, use the buddy system, avoid incarceration, etc. But I personally like to add a bit about vacation romance.

“Beware the SB fling,” I caution. “It will most likely end in heartbreak.” On the other hand, I tell them they might just find their soulmate and eventually wind up with four children, a mortgage and a bald spouse.

The kids find this hilarious, especially when I explain that I’m speaking from personal experience. Yes! This is a true story of love at first sight. I met my husband, Doo, when I was a senior in high school during spring break. We were in a tiny Bahamian town, Doo with his family, and I with my wealthy bestie.

Miraculously, he called the week after we returned, and the rest is history.

So, yeah, we stress the importance of agency in our annual talk. Students have to make their own decisions, hopefully after weighing all the pros and cons. If they opt to forgo Coppertone SPF 50, they need to be prepared for a nasty sunburn. Decide to swim alone? Shark bait. And if they choose to flirt with the cute guy at the pool, they should be ready for a short-lived relationship. Or, perhaps, a marriage proposal.

“WWWS?” Make good choices!

Peace out.

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

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such an incredible asset to our organization, and I truly believe that our work will make a strong impact in Hamilton County.”

OneZone Chamber of Commerce will deThe OneZone Chamber Supplier Diversity but its Supplier Diversity Mentor-Protege Program is accepting applications from Program this spring Hamilton County-based XBE-certiCHAMBER with Carmel-based fied businesses with annual grossNextGear Capital as ing revenue less than $2 million. the initiative’s funding partner.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director Janna Hymes has long wanted to perform with double bassist MUSIC Edgar Meyer.

“Edgar Meyer has won multiple Grammys and he is someone I have admired for years,” Hymes said. “We were students at the Aspen Music Festival many years ago and his experience as a versatile and virtuosic musician is legendary.”

Meyer, who has won five Grammy Awards, was set to perform with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra March 14, 2020, but the performance was canceled because of the pandemic lockdowns.

Meyer will finally appear with the CSO at 7:30 p.m. April 23 in the Masterworks 5 concert at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“We have been performing regularly and have our fingers crossed that the pandemic is behind us, yet we are optimistically cautious,” Hymes said. “This concert means a lot because of the music on the program and the quality of the playing the orchestra has been delivering lately.

We have been performing in various ways throughout the past two years and now that our schedules have aligned, we can finally present this concert with Edgar Meyer.”

Meyer will perform during “Bottesini Concerto No 2 in B minor” and “Edgar Meyer Concerto in Double Bass in D.” “Several years ago, Edgar released a self-titled solo recording on which he wrote and recorded all of the music, incorporating piano, guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, gamba and double bass — simply a remarkable demonstration of musical mastery,” Hymes said.

Meyer said he doesn’t have a favorite piece in the Masterworks concert.

“I’m just glad to be playing,” he said.

Meyer said he has never been busier than he has been the past six to eight months as more concert venues return to normal scheduling.

“I am ready for a breather,” he said.

‘HELLO, DOLLY!’ “Hello, Dolly!” runs through May 15 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

WORLD VOICE DAY World Voice Day, an open singing night, is set for 6:30 p.m. April 14 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The event is free and open to the public.

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‘YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN’ The Carmel Apprentice Theatre presents “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” through April 17 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Camel.

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KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will perform at 8 p.m. April 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

‘IMAGINATION STATION’

Edgar Meyer will perform in the Carmel Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks 5 concert at 7:30 p.m. April 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of Carmel Symphony Orchestra)

Meyer has had several memorable collaborations with singer-songwriter Chris Thile, a duo with Béla Fleck; a quartet with Joshua Bell, Sam Bush and Mike Marshall; a trio with Fleck and Marshall; and a trio with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’Connor.

“Collaboration is fundamental to my musical life,” Meyer said. “I could give a hundred examples, but I will stick to a couple. If a person is trying to improve their rhythm, it can help to do basic things like recording practice and working with a metronome. However, there will come a point where it seems like everything is ‘in time,’ yet it doesn’t feel right. All people have blind spots of this nature, and the most effective remedy for this is to play with people who have a better feel than you do. The blind spots will come to the surface in this situation, and one is

obliged to correct the things that are not comfortable “Also, music has been a 61-year educational process for me, and the most important teachers have been the amazing musicians that I have worked with.”

Meyer, a Tulsa, Okla., native, graduated from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

“I loved going to school in Bloomington,” Meyer said. “I had a great time and simultaneously learned a tremendous amount.”

Selections scheduled for Masterworks 5 include familiar pieces “The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin; “Lullaby for Strings” and “An American in Paris” by George Gershwin; and “Pirates of the Caribbean” by Hans Zimmer.

For more, visit carmelsymphony.org and edgarmeyer.com.

Peanut Butter & Jam series will feature “Imagination Station” with Phoenix Rising Dance Company at 10:30 a.m. April 16 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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Play addresses opioid addiction

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com React children’s theater director Justin Wade understands how devastating opioid addiction can be bePERFORMANCE cause he lived it.

“I ended up being a homeless heroin addict on the streets when I was younger,” Wade said. “I’ve been over a decade clean from heroin. I’ve always wanted to use my business to give back to all the people who helped me get clean and helped me.”

React, which was formerly known as Young Actors Theatre, will present “Love Over Dose” April 14-15 at Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, 705 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis. The hour-long shows are at 6 and 8 p.m. each evening. There are 18 rotating cast members in the four performances.

Wade, 47, is React’s executive director, and his wife, Georgeanna Smith Wade, is the artistic director. They live in Lawrence.

Smith Wade was the play’s lead writer.

Shortly before the pandemic shut down performances in March 2020, “Love Over Dose” was presented at Fishers High School.

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students to see it as possible,” Wade said The project started in 2019 after receiving a $150,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.

Wade said Young Actors Theater helped him get through his rehab stints and getting clean.

“If there was any grounding in my life, it was coming from this and (Kaufman) believing in my talent,” Wade said. “I always say I probably wouldn’t have hired myself now, but for some reason she stuck with me through it all.”

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theater, later played one of the fathers in “The Fantasticks” at a Fort Wayne theater.

The show’s classic song is “Try to ReCharles Callery had a close-up view of member,” which Callery said Jones com“The Fantasticks” taking shape. posed the music for in one day.

Callery, a Carmel ‘When I met Schmidt and Jones, MUSICAL resident, was at the they were working on a revue and University of Texas the revue turned out to be ‘The and met Harvey Schmidt and Tom Fantasticks,’” Callery said. “They had Jones in 1951. Schmidt wrote the already been working on it for three music and Jones wrote the lyrics years when I met them.” and book.

Word Baker, a University of Texas The musical is loosely based on graduate student, worked on the Callery the 1894 play “The Romancers.” “The revue with Schmidt and Jones. LatFantasticks” ran off-Broadway for 17,162 er, Baker would direct “The Fantasticks.” performances from 1960 to 2002, making it “Jones was a graphic artist, but he loved the world’s longest-running musical. composing music,” Callery said. “Jones Carmel Community Players will present wrote the script and the lyrics. Word was “The Fantasticks” from April 22 to May 8 at in charge of making sure the music got The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. played. You had three friends who all came The plot revolves around two neighbors from small Texas towns, and they made who pretend to have a feud to get their contact there.” children to fall in love. Callery said it took a Callery heard their work on revue benumber of years to get the finances for the cause he was in a show for the school’s show. drama department.

Callery, 88, saw “The Fantasticks” twice Callery said Jones studied under B. Iden in New York after it opened. Callery, who Payne, who ended his career teaching at spent several years acting in community the University of Texas.

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Soma Coffeehouse and Juice Bar Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: Three locations in Bloomington What to get: Swamp Thing Price: $4.20 for 12 oz.

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Experiencing Hoosier Hysteria in Henry County Commentary by Don Knebel Today, we visit Henry County, where two facilities celebrate “Hoosier Hysteria.”

Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, TRAVEL built in 1921 and expanded in 1936, was originally used by Knightstown High School basketball teams.

When a new school opened in 1966, the facility sat idle until 1985, when it became the home gym of the fictional “Hickory Huskers” in “Hoosiers,” inspired by tiny Milan’s 1954 victory in the IHSAA state championship game against much larger Muncie Central.

One-third of the scenes were filmed in the gym and its basement locker room. The gym was saved from demolition in 1988 and is operated as a nonprofit museum, looking almost as it did in the movie, with an autographed photograph of the fictional team hanging beside the “GO HICKORY” banner. Hoosier Gym, open to the public at no charge, hosts about 80 basketball games each year, with team jerseys hung in the locker room.

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame is in New Castle, about 15 miles north of Knightstown. The 14,000-square-foot facility, opened in 1990, honors Hoosier men, women and teams that have distinguished themselves on or around the basketball court. Visitors can search by name, school or year for Hall of Fame inductees, all of whom are pictured in the “Enshrinement Hall.” Special exhibits honor John Wooden, Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird and the 1954 Milan Indians. Memorabilia of championship

The ramp inside the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle.

teams are displayed along a ramp based on the one in Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Scoreboards from various eras hang on the walls. Exhibits allow visitors to try to sink the winning shot or block shots by Oscar Robertson and Stephanie White. One exhibit shows the many schools (including mine) that once played Indiana basketball but are now closed.

For anyone with interest in Indiana basketball, a visit to Hoosier Gym and the Hall of Fame is a must.

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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