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An illustrated series tells COVID’s effects on kids

By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com Thousands of years before stories were written down, they were drawn. The walls in the caves of Lascaux tell the story of great STUDENTS’ VIEW hunts without a single word. The images tell the tale.

Unable to read the Scriptures in Latin, or at all, churches installed tapestries or stained glass so the illiterate could read and learn.

Current Publishing cartoonist Tim Campbell seeks to do likewise to help readers understand how COVID-19 has affected middle school students by animating their reflections in a long-form cartoon.

“Months ago, there was a post I saw on Facebook,” Campbell said. “It was a story about a child, a student, crying to his mother about the toll this school year took on him. His mother encouraged him, like the health care workers and first responders, (that) the boy, too, was a hero in a way. It was inspiring.

“These kids who are going through all of this and what they are trying to do with e-learning hasn’t been done before, and they aren’t getting the recognition that they probably deserve.”

Campbell’s idea was to show the students’ perspective on how COVID-19 has impacted their school year. He wasn’t quite sure how to go about it, so he approached Fishers Junior High School music teacher Cindy Baney, who once taught Campbell’s own children in school, for help. She brought the idea to her principal, Crystal Thorpe, and the idea blossomed.

The result was one piece of paper divided into four quadrants, each one asking the student a question: • What do you wish people knew about school during COVID-19?

• What is the hardest thing for you to deal with right now?

• Share a personal story about the good, bad or ugly side of learning during the pandemic.

• Share an observation or funny story about school during the pandemic?

The papers were distributed in March.

“We wanted it to still be a little bit open-ended because those prompts are going to inspire the kids to pull something from their own experience,” Baney said.

“The next thing I know, I’ve got a couple hundred kids sending me responses to four questions,” Campbell said.

The responses covered a range of emotions. Some stories were funny, like the student who told of losing a fight to his cat (the feline sucker-punched him in the face with his claws) during a show-and-tell on Zoom. Some stories were odd, like the student who found a live lobster wandering in front of the school. Some were eye-opening and sad, such as too many children dealing with too much stress.

“I think the beauty of this (project) is that it brings it down to the student level. What are the students thinking?” Thorpe said. “These (students) are my babies. Some of the responses made me happy, some made me laugh out loud, some made me sad (and) some made me reflect on what we needed to do better as a staff to better support our kids.”

The end result, available at youarecurrent.com/?p=203100, is a short series of long-form cartoons incorporating responses from students into Campbell’s artistic renderings.

To our valued readers: Current remains exposed to the financial repercussions of the pandemic, although we’re proud to state we have retained all full-time staff at the levels of compensation to which they are accustomed.

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The first part in the series of four long-form cartoons on COVID-19 reflections from students. (Submitted photo)

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By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com The final piece needed to dedicate the Lawrence Police Dept. was etched in stone from India on a 4-foot-deep MEMORIAL slab of concrete and is now in place. The Craig S. Herbert Memorial Monument was unveiled May 14 before two dozen of Herbert’s family members and dozens more supporters, including Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier and LPD Chief David Hoffman.

“Without Craig’s presence here, the LPD complex simply was not complete,” Hoffman said.

The monument, unveiled by Herbert’s mother, Andy Macy, features emblems of the badges Herbert wore while serving as a po-

lice officer, his picture, an American flag and a sword before a shield forming the symbol of a cross on the back. The design was selected by Herbert’s children. The monument is at the entrance of the police station.

Herbert died in the line of duty on March 6, 2005, when his patrol car was struck by a felony suspect’s vehicle during a pursuit.

The new monument is the second dedicated to Herbert. The first was given to Herbert’s family after the new monument had been installed.

In an address that Collier said was written as a celebration, the mayor said, “The Craig S. Herbert Memorial completes the newly built Lawrence Police Dept. Headquarters and serves as a lasting legacy to Officer Herbert and his family, giving purpose to his selfless dedication, honor and valor.”

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Hot real estate market leads to higher property tax bills

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com If you own property in Hamilton County, chances are you recently COUNTY received a notice that your assessed value has gone up, possibly by quite a bit.

More than 85 percent of residential and commercial properties in Hamilton County had a change in assessed value between 2020 and 2021, with the vast majority of them rising. Overall, assessed values in the county increased more than 6.5 percent.

While this may be welcome news for those looking to sell their home soon, for residents staying put it likely brings to mind something else: a higher tax bill.

Most local taxing units, such as cities, townships and school districts, receive a large chunk of their funds through property taxes. But determining assessed values lies solely in the hands of the county assessor’s office.

“Nobody says, ‘Hey, Robin, I need this much money for the budget,’” said Robin Ward, who has served as the Hamilton County assessor since 2011.

Higher property tax bills do not mean the tax rate has risen. For example, the City of Carmel tax rate for 2021 is 78.77 cents per $100 of assessed value, the same as 2020.

‘I’VE NEVER SEEN VALUES LIKE THIS BEFORE’ The Hamilton County Assessor’s Office is responsible for assessing property values -- and thus tax bills -- each year. Ward said her office annually looks at home sales in each neighborhood during the previous year to assess values for the neighborhood as a whole.

The county takes a closer look at a rotating quarter of the properties in the county each year through cyclical reassessments to ensure existing records about each parcel are correct, but those properties are subject to the annual adjustment as well.

The annual review is a market-driven process, Ward said, and in the last couple of years her office has had trouble keeping up with the hot real estate market.

“I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I’ve never seen the values like this before,” she said. “We keep thinking it’s going to level out, and I thought maybe COVID would slow it down, but it didn’t. The housing in-

dustry was still gangbusters last year.”

Keith Albrecht, a Realtor with Re/MAX Elite Properties, said those in his industry have also been surprised by the longevity of the hot housing market.

“I don’t think any of us really expected it to last this long, this strong. I’ve been in business 25 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “I’m not sure any of us really know how long (it will last). My guess would be we will start to see a correction in the fall, but who knows, because no one really expected this.”

According to F.C. Tucker Co,, the average sale price for a Carmel home in April was $507,671, an increase of 22.3 percent compared to April 2020. Homes sold nearly 60 percent faster last month than a year ago.

The assessed value of residential properties in Carmel grew 6.45 percent in the last year, with commercial assessments rising 1.95 percent. Some of the largest jumps in the county were in Westfield Washington Township, where residential assessed values increased 12.34 percent, and Noblesville Township, where those values grew 8.34 percent.

THE APPEALS PROCESS Because the county appraises homes on a mass scale, by default some of the assessments won’t be accurate, Ward said.

Property owners have until June 15 to appeal their assessment if they feel it’s not correct.

Often, property owners contemplating an appeal decide not to file one after they discuss the matter with the assessor’s office and learn more about the process, Ward said. If they proceed, the assessor’s office will take a closer look at the property tied to the appeal, and many times it leads to a reduced assessment. If the property owner doesn’t agree with the assessment after going through the appeals process, the matter can be taken to a state review board.

Ward said despite the large number of increased assessments this year, her office has received very few appeals. Typically, less than 2 percent of properties go through the appeals process, she said.

Her advice to homeowners is to ask themselves if they think they could sell their home for its assessed value. If not, an appeal may be in order.

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Hamilton County clerk receives Sagamore of the Wabash

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com

“But then (building and grounds director) Steve Wood called me and said I needed to be (at the county courthouse) at 11 for When Hamilton County Clerk Kathy Kreag a meeting, and I was kind of upset about Williams learned she was the recipient it because I wanted to take the day off. I of the Sagamore of came in at 11 to have a meeting with AWARD the Wabash award, him and (director of administration) she said she was Dan Stevens and (county councilor) “shocked.”

Steve Nation, and then right after “I had no idea. I thought we were we started the meeting, one of the going to lunch,” Williams said. “I am girls from the clerk’s office came in very humbled and appreciative and said, ‘Kathy, you’re needed downhonored to have received it.” stairs right away.’

Williams The Sagamore of the Wabash is “I went downstairs, and when I one of the state’s highest honors and is a walked into the commissioners’ courtroom, personal tribute usually given to those who there were the commissioners and my staff have rendered a distinguished service to and my friends from the Statehouse and my the state or to the governor. husband was there, so I was like, ‘What the Williams said she doesn’t know who nom- heck?’ So, anyway, that’s how they got me inated her, but she expects she received there and surprised me, because I thought the award for her 26 years of service in we were just going to lunch.” the Indiana Statehouse and her 45 years in Former State. Rep. Tom Saunders presentcounty government. Williams began worked the award to Williams. ing in the Hamilton County clerk’s office Williams wants to continue serving Hamat age 19 and served as deputy clerk. She ilton County by running for clerk again next was the clerk from 1982 to 1991 and was year when her term expires. If reelected, elected state representative for District 29 she said she plans to retire at age 70 after in 1992. He held the seat until 2018. During four more years as clerk. that time, she also was the Republican Williams has been a Noblesville resident majority caucus chair in the Indiana House her entire life. Outside of work, she is inof Representatives. In 2018, Williams again volved with the Hamilton County Extension ran for Hamilton County Clerk, an office she Board, the Hamilton County 4-H Council, still holds. the Noblesville Lions Club, the Noblesville Williams’ friends worked together to surKiwanis Club and serves on the board of prise her with the award. the Noblesville High School Alumni Associa“I was supposed to meet two of my tion and is co-chair of the Hamilton County friends from the Statehouse for lunch, and Bicentennial with Surveyor Kent Ward. She I ended up taking off in the morning for an enjoys watching her grandchildren play appointment, so I decided with that and the sports as well as gardening and collecting lunch to take the whole day off,” she said. antiques.

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Prince-Williams named principal at ELC Brook Park

By Mallory Rohe news@geistcurrent.com The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence has named Kathy Prince-Williams the principal of the Early EDUCATION Learning Center at Brook Park for the 2021-22 school year. She is currently the assistant principal at Oaklandon Elementary School.

“I am honored to have been selected for this position and am excited to return to the Brook Park Prince-Williams community,” Prince-Williams stated in a media release.

Prince-Williams has 15 years of experience teaching in Lawrence Township schools.

Prince-Williams earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in educational leadership at IUPUI. She also earned a licensed principal certificate from Indiana Wesleyan University.

“I believe my skill set aligns beautifully with the role of ELC Brook Park principal and I look forward to serving our youngest learners and their families,” Prince-Williams stated.

Two of Prince-Williams’ children graduated from Lawrence Central High School, and her grandchildren are students in the MSD Lawrence school system. Prince-Williams and her family reside in Lawrence.

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Lawrence mayor delivers 2021 State of the City address Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com

The city will now be able to collect more than $1.8 million each year that will be dedicated to stormwater improvements.

POLICE AND FIRE

On May 12, Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier delivered an optimistic State of the City address, especially considering how much has changed since his previous address 14 months ago. He delivered the address at the Lawrence Education and Community Center, 6501 Sunnyside Rd. “The very next evening (City Controller/ Deputy Mayor of Lawrence) Jason Fenwick and myself would be attending the first (COVID-19) super-spreader event at (the) Lawrence North (basketball) sectional, and the next week everything would begin to shut down,” Collier said.

Collier is bullish on the future of Lawrence and the growth that he has seen in the city since he became mayor in 2016.

“In these last six years, we have evolved into a city with a vision, a city with big ideas, with citizens and leaders that are asked to make them become a reality,” he said.

The city completed a four-year plan of upgrading the police department’s fleet of vehicles. Every full-time officer is assigned a vehicle that is three years old or newer. The vehicles are mostly sports utility vehicles, which are more cost efficient and versatile than other options, Collier said.

In November 2020, Lawrence completed a replacement of all the fire departments front-line equipment while adding three hands-free Lucas 3 CPR devices and purchased a power cot that will do most of the work lifting gurneys into ambulances. The fire department is planning to demolish Fire Station 38 this year and rebuild it as a fulltime firehouse.

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Civic plaza will undergo a significant facelift this summer to become an expansive event and gathering space. Winterfest will temporarily move to Lee Road Park at 6200 Lee Rd., Indianapolis.

OPERATING RESERVE

The City of Lawrence ended fiscal year 2020 with a general operating reserve of $8.7 million. The city has seen the number steadily increase during the last six years.

Between fiscal year 2014 and 2015, the operating reserve decreased by $450,000.

Since 2015, the general operating reserve has increased by an average of $1.4 million each year.

“We just keep setting records through responsible stewardship while continuing to invest in the city,” Collier said.

DRONEDEK

DroneDek is repurposing the old sheriff’s garage at 4423 Shadeland Ave. It is anticipated that the company will bring 85 high-paying jobs to Lawrence with it moves into the repurposed building. Currently located at 7601 E 88th Place, DroneDek is creating a mailbox system to accept deliveries via drone.

“This is going to be a pretty cool, futuristic addition to the city,” Collier said.

UTILITIES

Collier painted a bleak picture of the city’s utilities prior to 2016.

“In 2016, we were just months away from losing our water utility, had virtually no pav-

YOUTH HONORED DURING STATE OF THE CITY An aerial photo showing the development happening in the Fort Ben area. (Photos courtesy of the City of Lawrence)

ing projects for five years, water plants that were consistently failing and water mains were failing at an alarming rate in the older part of Lawrence,” Collier said.

Now, residents can make utility payments at the drive-up payment kiosks at the city government center.

Lawrence also has been working on two water plants. The 59th Street water plant is undergoing a $12 million improvement. The Indian Lake water plant also is receiving improvements. Both are expected to open in early 2022.

When the water plants open, Collier said Lawrence will be able to produce 1 million gallons of fresh water each day.

With regard to other infrastructure improvements, between 2019 and 2020, the city only filled a little more than 9,000 potholes, which is the fewest during the last three years.

In addition, Lawrence has created a

new simplified permit/plan review form that is anticipated to increase the number of entities interested in collaborating with the city. Collier said “an abundance of ill-conceived ordinances adopted years ago” dissuaded potential collaborators from wanting to work with Lawrence.

“It has been roundly appreciated by contractors wanting to do business in Lawrence,” Collier said.

STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS

In November 2020, Lawrence reclaimed the operation and use of the city’s stormwater system.

“The Indianapolis stormwater district, created in 2003, resulted in an abject failure for the City of Lawrence,” Collier said. “For many years, nearly all of the fees collected from Lawrence citizens were spent nearly everywhere except in the City of Lawrence.”

Two of Lawrence’s younger residents received congratulations from Mayor Steve Collier during the State of the City address.

Ethan Marasco, a Cathedral High School student and City of Lawrence intern, received accolades for his design work the last three years on Lawrence Parks signs, the city’s seal and the city’s flag. Marasco will attend the University of Denver in the fall.

Lawrence North High School student Jayla Smith, the 2021 Indiana Miss Basketball, also was recognized.

Smith led the Wildcats to a state championship in 2020, the first title for the school in girls basketball before becoming Lawrence North’s first Miss Basketball. She will attend Purdue in the fall. The Welcome to Lawrence signs also commemorate her Miss Basketball recognition.

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Not caring?

For crying out loud

Commentary by Terry Anker If others don’t care what we think, why do they care so much about what we think? It is a bit of a paradox. We live in a world of abundant open mindedness.

In fact, we have come to be one of the most tolerant societies ever to inhabit this planet. We find toleration in, or at least choose to overlook, all manner of behaviors that would have put our progenitors on edge. Language, dating, family structures, personal freedoms and restrictions on personal freedoms — each are redefined at a previously unmatched pace.

Many of us take considerable pride in our ethos. We signal our superiority because we live and let live. Good. We signal our superiority because we are the vanguard of the oppressed. Again, good. Still, we struggle mightily with disagreement. Our considerable understanding of differences ends when someone challenges our own impassioned and deeply held views. The battle cry is, “You are fat and stupid. Nobody cares what you think,” along with, “And, if you say it again, I’ll burn down your house!” Somehow, the inconsistency is overlooked. Is there great concern or no interest? It is all very confusing.

We are lucky to live in an age when there are more people and longer stretches of less war than enjoyed by any previous generation. Is this time devoid of opportunity for improvement?

Clearly, no. But even if one is inclined to believe that a utopia can be achieved, failing to reach perfection doesn’t necessarily equate with terrible outcomes. Can we learn to be tolerant of people who don’t tolerate like us? Can we tolerate the tolerators?

Civil society, like most institutions today, is being reexamined. Is it a silly veneer of politeness that conceals ill intent? Or is it a philosophy that allows for fervent disagreement without the too-often violence and abuse that follows?

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

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life — and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

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Most longtime readers know that I am neither an animal lover nor a public crier. I had terrible pet experiences growing up and hate showing vulnerability in front of strangers. Imagine my shock when I burst into tears at the vet’s office! Here’s the skinny.

Our 11-year-old cat, Ginger, has been acting funny for a couple of months. It started with a four-day hunger strike followed by occasional urination on the living room carpet. Then we noticed she was eating the fake rocks in the bottom of our gas fireplace. We decided to switch her food from cheap dry stuff to Fancy Feast wet salmon, and immediately saw improvement. But last week, the litterbox boycott began again, so we made her an appointment to see what was what.

The first part went smoothly, though I looked ridiculous wearing gardening gloves hauling her in to Banfield with my makeshift carrier of two inverted laundry baskets (personally, I thought I’d been extremely clever). A physical evaluation revealed little, but the doctor wanted to run labs to rule out a UTI or anemia. For 10 minutes, Ginger meow/ screamed as if she were being fileted alive while they pinned her down to do the bloodwork. Luckily, I had brought my youngest with me for moral support.

Between the two of us, we were able to stay mostly calm.

Then we received the results: “She’s in the last stages of renal failure, nothing can be done, I can recommend a wonderful company for in-home euthanizing …”

Cue full-on sobs. Apparently, I do love my cat, and I don’t give two hoots about who knows it.

Peace out.

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Qualified practitioner should treat childhood apraxia Editor, I am writing to express concern regarding your recent article on a local neurofeedback clinic in the April 20 edition of Current. The article reports that the neurofeedback utilized in the clinic’s sessions have successfully remediated childhood apraxia of speech.

As a certified speech/language pathologist who researches principles of neuroplasticity/“retraining the brain,” I am concerned the statements in this article will be viewed by parents as evidence that it will work for their child. While there is some limited research supporting neurofeedback with cognitive retraining in adults following brain injury or stroke, there are

currently no published studies in scientific, peer-reviewed journals supporting evidence of neurofeedback programs for remediation of childhood apraxia of speech.

While there is no cure for apraxia, the best practice is to seek evidenced-based efficacious treatment, provided by a qualified speech/language pathologist. Please let your readers know that while there appears to be some reported success stories with neurofeedback clinics, the best treatment for apraxia is to treat the whole child, taking into account all oral motor, cognitive and neurodevelopmental factors, and only by a qualified practitioner.

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Editor, While reading your recent article, “Q&A: Spartz reflects on first months in Congress” (May 11), I was struck by Rep. Victoria Spartz’s low expectations of the institution to which she strove so hard to join.

“I didn’t have very high expectations … such a serious institution with an important function and it’s become dysfunctional,” she said.

Spartz talks a great deal about H.R. 1, a bill to organize the disparate election and often repressive election laws throughout the states. She disparages that the federal government would have a say in the matter of the elections in these United States.

Spartz complains about the COVID-19 bill being too expensive (where does she get

her figures on it and what precisely are they — just money for the vaccines?). The American public overwhelmingly supports it. Infrastructure has been ignored for many years by both parties because agreement was not achieved. The longer one waits to fix a problem, the higher the price tag.

When Spartz ran, she presented herself as a capable business woman — creative and hard working. She is now part of an organization, which, if dysfunctional as she says, she must bear part of the responsibility. What precisely is she doing to make it more functional?

Instead of complaining about her job, Spartz should work to introduce, co-sponsor and lead legislation that will help Indiana’s citizens.

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already are?”

Each of the next three nights, I was If you dream you have foot cramps and awakened again. Throbbing, piercing foot the pain wakes you up, but then it’s gone pain. I bolted straight up in bed when you open your eyes, do “What’s the matter, Dick? Foot cramps HUMOR you really have foot cramps? again?”

I’m going to tackle this great “Yes, but I swear I wasn’t dreaming … philosophical question here because that although I am surprised to find you sleeping pesky one about the tree falling in the fornext to me. Where’s Jennifer Lopez?” est is just silly.

I finally saw my I hate brain teasers doctor and explained I hate brain teasers like, “If I tell you like, “If I tell you I lie the problem. He I lie about everything, am I telling the asked, “Dick, are about everything, truth now?’ When I read this kind of am I telling the truth you still taking that enigma, I just want to find the person mild sleeping pill I now?’ When I read who came up with the inane question prescribed?” this kind of enigma, I just want to find the “Yes, why?” and put him out of my misery. person who came up “The cramps may – DICK WOLFSIE with the inane quesbe a side effect of tion and put him out that medication.” of my misery.

“So, I’m not just dreaming I have cramps?”

I used to have nightly leg cramps, which “I’m not sure. Stop taking the pill for a constantly woke me. I couldn’t go back to few weeks and let’s see what happens.” sleep, so I spent the wee hours of the morn“But my wife says if I don’t get a good ing massaging my legs, wrapping them in night’s rest, I’m sleepy and grumpy, and I hot towels and popping magnesium pills. become a little dopey.”

Now things have gotten complicated and “I think there are four more dwarfs,” he out of my reach. This time it’s my feet. snapped back.

One morning last week, my wife asked I’m not quite sure what to do now. The docme, “So, how did you sleep?” tor thinks I’m crazy, my wife says I’m a hypo“Not very well. Foot cramps woke me up chondriac and Jennifer won’t take my calls. several times.”

This morning, I told Mary Ellen about “What did you do to stop them?” the dream I had last night. I had no foot “I didn’t have to do anything. Once I cramps. I also had a full head of hair, peropened my eyes, the cramps were gone, so fect hearing and rock-hard abs.

I went back to sleep.”

“Do you remember those days?” I asked “Well, maybe you just dreamt you had her. them?”

“Only in my dreams,” she said.

“Mary Ellen, you know, thinking about stuff like that keeps me awake.”

“Bingo, you’re cured! You’ll never have Dick Wolfsie is an author, foot cramps again. What would you do columnist and speaker. Contact without me? By the way, will never sleeping him at wolfsie@aol.com. again make you even grumpier than you

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Katie Strange said she and her business partner Jocelyn Jones are part of the Barbie generation.

NEW BIZ “I remember curling and styling my Barbies,” Strange said. “As I continued to get older, my passion and interest in hair also grew.

Styling friends’ and family members’ hair and always coloring my own, I was always thinking about what I could try or do next.

I found each new look exciting. I began to realize that I could actually design people’s style dreams as a career.”

Strange and Jones recently opened Vision Beauty, an upscale hair salon, at 16000 Prosperity Dr., Unit 200, Suite 4, in Noblesville.

Strange and Jones had worked together since 2018 at another salon In Noblesville.

“We became great friends very quickly and knew we could work well together,” Strange said. “We have the same work ethics and the same goals. One day, we agreed we both wanted to open our own salon, and, after a period of time, we agreed that we both wanted to open our own salon together. We listen to our guests. We get to know them, and that’s how we come up with the anticipated end result. The location was very important to us. We both live in different counties, outside of Hamilton, though we felt that it was important to stay in or near Noblesville since that is where we came from.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com After several months of encouraging residents to receive COVID-19 immunizations, the Hamilton County Health Dept.

PANDEMIC plans to close its mass vaccination clinic at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville and offer smaller clinics in its place.

The mass site’s operations will end July 2.

The last day to schedule appointments for first

doses of the Pfizer vaccine is June 7.

“Recent numbers of fully vaccinated people in our community and a noticeable decline in future appointments have allowed us to begin scaling down our mass clinic operations,” HCHD Administrator Jason LeMaster stated.

Pop-up community clinics will be scheduled when the mass site closes. The HCHD has not announced dates, times and locations for popup clinics.

“There’s been a big push to demobilize mass clinics across the state and start pushing

smaller clinics, taking the vaccine to the where the people are,” LeMaster stated. “Working from our office again will also allow us to get back to our primary role of providing childhood vaccinations alongside the COVID-19 vaccine.”

By the time operations cease at the mass clinic, nearly 55,000 vaccinations will have been administered. If patients receive their first dose of Pfizer as a walk-in after the June 7 date, they will need to schedule their second dose at another Pfizer location. Appointments can be made through ourshot.in.gov or by calling 2-1-1.

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By Rick Morwick rick@youarecurrent.com Bobbi K. Samples has always been drawn to the arts. An accomplished dancer, she has owned a dance studio ART and was, for many years, a freelance choreographer.

But these days, she is an accomplished oil painter — a skill she learned nearly 20 years ago at a somewhat unlikely age.

“I have always enjoyed Samples art. However, I didn’t start painting until around 2004 and was in my mid-50s,” Samples said. “A good friend and professional artist, Maggie Shively, asked me about taking a lesson. I took two lessons and painted 85 paintings my first year. I was hooked.

“My background in art until then had been in dance, so this was a new artistic expression.”

And a new passion.

A Noblesville resident, Samples has immersed herself in her work ever since those initial lessons. She is a showcase artist with Nickel Plate Arts in Noblesville, is a member of its board of directors and has an exhibit on display at the Meyer Najem Gallery in Fishers, 11787 Lantern Rd. Samples’ exhibit, “Come on, Spring!

Indiana Wildflowers!” opened April 5 and continues through the end of June. The display features colorful paintings of wildflowers, ranging from buttercups to sunflowers to purple phlox, on canvases of various sizes. It can be viewed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or can be viewed on Nickel Plate Arts’ virtual exhibits page at nickelplatearts.org.

“Obviously, this exhibit is showcasing Indiana wildflowers, and I thought everyone needed spring as much as me, considering the year we all had,” Samples said. “I like taking small flowers and making them very large.”

Samples works exclusively with oil paint and is renowned for her layers of bright, bold colors.

“I paint large gallery wrap canvases,”

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Paintings of Indiana wildflowers are showcased in Noblesville artist Bobbi K. Samples’ exhibit “Come on, Spring! Indiana Wildflowers!” at the Meyer Najem Gallery in Fishers. (Submitted photo)

she said. “The sides of the canvas are always a part of the painting. I use both brush and knife. I usually start with a brush and finish with a knife for lots of texture and depth.

“All of my paintings are finished with a glazing medium as well.”

Samples, who has lived in Noblesville for 20 years with her husband, John Wayne Samples, also owns her own business, The Safety Firm — an OSHA-certified safety and health training consulting company that works with manufacturing and construction firms.

“I also do a significant amount of safety training for the Indiana and Kentucky chambers of commerce,” she said. “I have

done this for over 25 years.”

Although running the business is her occupation, creating works of art is her passion. She is conducting a public reception for her exhibit from 6 to 7:30 p.m. June 5 at the Meyer Najem Gallery. Admission is free, and all of the displayed art will be available for purchase.

“I want people to feel happy and encouraged,” Samples said of her exhibit. “I want them to see the beauty of our state through these wildflowers. Flowers make me happy, and the colors are beautiful.

Many people see my work and say, ‘Wow, look at those colors.’ I think this show will have the same result.

“I hope the show brings them some joy.”

Actors Theatre of Indiana will partner with Feinstein’s at the Hotel Carmichael in Carmel in presenting local and national entertainers once a month from June through October.

ATI kicked off live performances at Feinstein’s in March as part of the first dinner cabaret at the venue. ATI will present Katy Gentry as its guest in June. Gentry brings her powerhouse voice to perform “Strings of My Heart — The Judy Songbook” in a tribute to Judy Garland for a one-night only event at Feinstein’s at 7:30 p.m. June 24.

Feinstein’s celebrated its official grand opening May 13.

Gentry, joins a trio of award-winning musicians, including Greg Wolff (fellow ATI alumni and master percussionist), Bethany Robinson (Indiana Jazz Educator of the Year and leader in the guest artist partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center), and Orchard School’s faculty member and music director Dustin Klein to weave Garland’s signature sound and songs with stories and some musical surprises of her own.

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Zionsville resident and retired reconstructive plastic surgeon Geoff Randolph recently released “Music for the Ride,” MUSIC his third children’s album. Music has been a lifelong passion for Randolph, but his genre of choice wasn’t always children’s music.

When Randolph, 70, began playing guitar at 14, it was the 1960s, and so he played rock music.

“When I was in junior high and high school, I was in rock bands and did all the usual stuff,” Randolph said. “I went to college and switched to singer/songwriter mode and did solo and duet performances at bars and restaurants to make extra money while going to school.

“For an interval of time in medical school, I stopped playing music. I didn’t have time for it.”

When Randolph had children, he rediscovered his passion for music. But this time, it wasn’t rock music.

“I just found it was a way for me to notch out time in my insanely busy schedule and find time to get the instrument out and play and be inventive with things (my children) are doing, and at the same time have family time,” Randolph said. “I could pull my guitar out and sort of record humorous or uplifting stories about my kids and family life.

“In my family life, I saw these things that are fun or worth celebrating or recounting, and that really allowed me to turn my brain off from the high-stress, work-pressure side and really engage in the family side where I could be playful.”

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Geoff Randolph recently released his third children’s album. (Submitted photo)

for 30 years. Most of his patients required reconstructive surgery from trauma or cancer.

“I ended up working a lot at night and doing emergency work at night,” Randolph said. “It created a lot of strain in terms of the mental stress of taking care of people who are sick. (With music), I wasn’t solving the world’s problems and I wasn’t out there talking about issues, I was talking about the things making me smile or I thought were really interesting happening in my own children’s lives.

“It was a great counter for the sorts of grim things or challenging things I was seeing every day in my reconstructive surgeries.”

“Music for the Ride” is Randolph’s third album and highlights his grandchildren. He released “Isn’t It Incredible” in 2000 and “Do You Wonder Too?” in 2007.

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Main Street Barber Shop, Carmel’s busiest shop, is hiring full-time barbers NOW. Stop by 4q. W. Main St. to talk to Jason or Matt or give one of them a call at 317.846.8455. We promote a fun, laidback atmosphere. Check us out at @mainstreetcarmel on Facebook and/or @msbscarmel on Instagram.

We look forward to working and growing with you. EOE. COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED Local Computer repair shop in need of PC and Mac techs with experience pref both PC and Macs, certification strongly desired, pleasant personality & some sales experience. Pay starting at $16/ hour and up for F/T. Send resume with cover letter to jobs@ctcarmel.com

HELP WANTED:

Looking for an entry level employee to round out my help desk. It is a perfect job for college aged students or someone looking to return to the workforce.

Primary duties would be inbound tech support calls, emails, and light office work. Mid-morning, approximately 15 hours per week. Please send resumes, work history, or questions to: mkress@theankerconsultinggroup.com

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