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MPLT to compete for national title at LOS

By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com The marching season for Marching Pride of Lawrence Township is a busy one filled with dedication, MARCHING BAND practice, performances and competitions throughout the state.

The MPLT is a joint effort between Lawrence Central and Lawrence North high schools. The combined, townshipwide high school marching band competes at both the state level through the Indiana State School Music Association and the national level through Bands of America.

The MPLT recently qualified for the Nov. 10-12 Bands of America Grand Nationals competition. After performing well at the ISSMA State Regionals, the MPLT advanced to nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Those who are not involved in marching band tend not to see the dedication behind the sport, according to participants. Practice, rehearsals and performances are notoriously challenging and require commitment from both students and instructors.

According to DiaShamar Marshall, director of bands at Lawrence North, marching band season begins in the spring to best prepare students for the competition season in the fall.

“The marching season begins with preseason training rehearsals beginning in late

Marching Pride of Lawrence Township advanced to the ISSMA State Finals after competing in the Oct. 29 ISSMA State Semifinals at Ben Davis High School. (Photo courtesy of Lawrence North High School)

April into early May,” Marshall said. “We use this time to properly prepare our students for the competitive season, which for us doesn’t start until early September.”

The MPLT competes in several competitions each year. So far for the 2022-23 academic year, the band has competed in four competitions.

“MPLT has competed in the Northwestern Invitational, where we finished in first place and earned awards for best Music and Best General Effect,” Marshall said. “We then competed in the Bands of America Kentucky Regional, held at the University of Louisville.

There were 30 bands competing. We advanced to the finals and finished 11th overall.

We then went on to compete at the ISSMA State Regionals competition at Carroll High School and qualified fors state semifinals, earning a gold with Distinction in Visual.

IU Health Fishers to break ground

By Taylor Dixon taylor@youarecurrent.com IU Health will soon break ground on the new IU Health Saxony expansion. The $287 million project includes HOSPITAL renaming the campus IU Health Fishers.

The groundbreaking was scheduled to be at noon, Nov. 4 at IU Health Saxony Hospital at 1300 E 136th St. in Fishers. The expansion is expected to be finished by 2025 and double the hospital’s workforce.

Hospital leaders and Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness will speak about the project at the ground-breaking ceremony. Riley Children’s Health will also make an announcement about its growing presence in Fishers and plans to expand to the IU Health Fishers campus.

The expanded hospital will include a

stand-alone outpatient physician office and add 50 inpatient beds, creating 88 total beds, according to a release from IU Health.

It will also provide new services such as obstetrics and gynecology; ear, nose and throat; nephrology; neurology; and pulmonology services as well as growth of existing programs such as Cardiovascular; gastroenterology; general medicine; general surgery; orthopedics; primary care; and urology.

“Fishers is the sixth-largest city in Indiana today, and with notable population growth expected each year, (the city) could be as much as 50 percent larger by the year 2040,” stated Doug Puckett, president of IU Health’s Indianapolis Suburban Region. “Community members and leaders have told us what they need and want from IU Health to best serve that growth.

This investment will allow us to do that.”

The weekend of Oct. 21, we competed in the America Indianapolis Super Regional held at Lucas Oil Stadium. There were 84 bands competing. MPLT finished 28th overall.”

The future of the marching band’s season looks bright and busy.

“We look forward to continued growth in our organization,” Marshall said. “The band is consistently getting larger and getting better. We look forward to working with more families within our community and continuing to bring a world-class music education to the students of Lawrence Township.”

The MPLT will compete in the Bands of America Grand Nationals Nov. 10-12 at Lucas Oil Stadium for a national title. Marshall looks forward to the competition.

“We hope to see some of our Lawrence community there to support,” he said.

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Presented by Centier Bank, Fishers Boo Bash at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater saw a record turnout on Oct. 29. An estimated 7,000 people attended. Attendance numbers were large enough that guests who didn’t arrive by 11:30 a.m. were asked to “save your costume for Halloween trick-or-treating (on Oct. 31), instead,” on Fishers Park’s social media pages. Representatives from local businesses were in attendance handing out candy, toys and other goodies to costumed attendees. (Photo courtesy of Fishers Parks)

The Lawrence Police Dept. is hiring new road officers for March 2023.

LPD Chief Gary Woodruff said POLICE he considers LPD a “destination department,” thanks to the city’s new police station and consistent upgrades to newer SUV models in the vehicle fleet.

“If you want urban area-style policing, but a small enough department to feel comfortable, we’re your ticket,” Woodruff said.

Current officers find the City of Lawrence to be a mix of policing that gives them a chance to explore their niches.

“You get to see both sides of policing: community policing and crime. We have all kinds of specialties, starting at the road officers, detectives, SWAT and motorcycles,” Officer Josh Wise said.

To qualify, applicants: • Shall be a U.S. Citizen • Shall possess a valid driver’s license • Shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age by date of application and not have reached forty (40) years of age by date of appointment. The maximum

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age limit is forty (40) years and six (6) months if you are a veteran with 20 years of service.

The hiring process includes submission of an interest form, a physical agility test and written exam, an oral interview, a background investigation and medical and psychological evaluations.

LPD is looking to hire a diverse group of officers to reflect the diversity of the community.

“We want our department to be a reflection of the community we serve, which includes diverse leadership and representation. We encourage all who wish to serve to apply,” Woodruff said.

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Guerin senior finishes prep cross country career on high note

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Guerin Catholic High School senior Bridget Gallagher’s main improvement has come from feeling stronger.

“I was undiagnosed with celiac disease for most of my life, and have known for about a year,” she said.

Those with celiac Gallagher disease have an immune response to eating gluten, a protein found in wheat and rye.

“After eliminating gluten from my diet, which allowed my body to actually start absorbing nutrients, I have felt a significant change in the way that I run,” she said. “I feel much more confident as a runner as I have been starting to see more and more how much stronger I am.”

The Westfield resident finished sixth in 17 minutes and 59.8 seconds in the 5,000 meters at the IHSAA girls cross country state finals Oct. 29 at Terre Haute. Her previous best state meet finish was 13th as a sophomore.

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“I was very pleased with my sixth-place finish,” she said. “I knew that this was a very competitive field and was looking forward to racing against some of the best runners not only in Indiana but in the whole country. I was aiming to place in the top five or 10.”

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Guerin Catholic senior Bridget Gallagher finished sixth in the state cross country meet.

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After the state finals, Gallagher was named the Mental Attitude Award winner for girls cross country.

“Winning the Mental Attitude Award was one of the greatest honors that I have ever received,” she said. “One of my favorite

parts about the sport is the people in it, and to win this award amidst all of these wonderful people just means so much to me. I am so honored that I was chosen and am so beyond thankful to everyone who made this happen.”

As a junior, Gallagher ran the season-opening conference meet and then learned she had a stress fracture a few days later. She missed the rest of the season.

“She was diagnosed with celiac disease and the stress fracture at the same time,” said her father, Tom Gallagher, director of cross country for Guerin Catholic. “We didn’t realize that stress fractures are often associated with undiagnosed celiacs. Bridget is feeling stronger and healthier than ever. We were very grateful for the celiac diagnosis because it gave us a game plan to get her healthy beyond resting her leg.”

Gallagher has narrowed her college choices to the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, Indiana University, University of Wisconsin and University of Notre Carolina.

Her older brother, Quinn, a 2019 Guerin graduate, runs for Notre Dame. He placed fifth in the state meet in 2018 and won the Mental Attitude Award.

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MSDLT teachers to receive pay increase

By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com

rence Township will receive an additional $500 base salary increase.

• A documented master’s degree in acThe Metropolitan School District of Lawcordance with Indiana Education Emrence Township reached an agreement with ployment Relations Board will result in the Lawrence Education a 50 percent base salary increase for EDUCATION Association on a variety of the master’s increase. teacher-incentive matters, • New hires will have the option of 27 or including pay raises, for the 202228 pays.

2023 school year. The agreement • Payout of sick days from $50 a was approved Oct. 10 by the MSDLT day to $100 a day upon retirement.

Board of Education.

The new teacher salary will The agreement focuses on inincrease from $46,420 to $48,000, creasing teacher salaries, teacher marking the ninth consecutive year retention and providing more incenthe district has been able to provide tives for new teachers. raises to teachers.

Smith Highlights of the agreement “As a public institution, our greatinclude: est assets are the heroes who work daily • Average salaried teachers will earn with our students — our teachers,” MSDLT over 11 percent more than their 2021-22 Supt. Shawn A. Smith said. “We are pleased base salary comprising additional salto be able to provide these well-deserved ary and stipends. raises to district teachers who inspire and • A one-time loyalty stipend of $2,000 motivate our future leaders.

• 4.75 percent base salary increase to “We are grateful to our legislators for priall returning teachers. oritizing education and competitive wages • All teachers who have a total of two for teachers and look forward to continued years of experience in the MSD of Law- collaboration on behalf of students.”

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Police fatally shoot fleeing suspect

By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com A Lawrence Police Dept. officer shot a suspect at the end of a vehicle chase on Oct. 26. The suspect, who was driving with two other occupants, later died CRIME at Eskenazi Hospital.

The suspect was identified as Carlos Trotter, 36, of Indianapolis.

According to LPD Chief Gary Woodruff, officers spotted a vehicle that was reported stolen Oct. 16. The vehicle was seen at 56th Street and Pendleton Pike at about 3 p.m.

Oct. 26.

At the 10700 block of Pendleton Pike, officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle.

The driver initially complied by stopping but did not comply with officers’ directions to display his hands and exit the vehicle.

The driver then drove away, westbound on Pendleton Pike.

As officers pursued the vehicle, the driver slowed down enough for the two other occupants to exit the vehicle. The two people were a 22-year-old male and a 22-year-old female who immediately surrendered to officers. Both were interviewed by detectives

and released.

The driver continued fleeing and turned south onto Shadeland Avenue. The driver lost control of the vehicle and went off the roadway and coming to a stop.

When officers arrived at the scene of the crash, the driver refused to surrender and produced a weapon. Upon observing the weapon, one Lawrence police officer discharged one shot from his handgun, striking the driver. Officers’ immediately summoned EMS to the scene as they conducted lifesaving measures. The driver of the stolen vehicle was transported to Eskenazi Hospital, where he was declared dead just before 4 p.m.

“The chase lasted about 10 minutes and reached speeds of 90 mph,” Woodruff said.

The shooting is under investigation and details of what led to the shooting are not yet clear, Woodruff said.

As is standard practice, the officer who shot the man was placed on temporary modified assignment, meaning he will see administrative duties, pending the outcome of the investigation.

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Chatard runner repeats as state champ

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Bishop Chatard High School senior Lily Cridge wears her motto on her leg.

“Since freshman CROSS COUNTRY year, ‘DRIVE’ has always been my one word,” Cridge said. “I can correlate that word to any of my big goals and dreams. I am always driving towards my dreams, and it reminds me that no matter what, God will drive me in the right direction.”

That drive took Cridge to a second consecutive victory in the 5,000 meters Oct. 29 in the IHSAA girls cross country state championship race at Terre Haute. Cridge won in 17 minutes, 14.6 seconds.

Cridge, a Lawrence Township resident, finished 3 seconds ahead of Delta junior Nicki Southerland, who made up seven seconds in the final kilometer.

“I definitely felt like I went out too fast for my liking,” Cridge said. “My first 1K was the fastest split I have ever run for a 1K. I knew I wanted to get out hard but not that hard. I definitely paid the prices later in the race of getting out that hard, but I just

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“Last spring, I really needed to focus on myself and bettering my health,” she said.

“After getting second at the Garmin Running Lane Nationals (in Huntsville, Ala. Dec. 4, 2021), my health declined and I was under-fueling my body once again. I needed to get a good handle on things, and so I took the time to recover and reset my mind and body, which led me to coming back stronger than ever for this state title.”

Cridge, who won the 3,200 meters at the IHSAA state track and field meet as a sophomore, ran the 800 in a limited track schedule. She did compete on Chatard’s 3,200-relay team at the state meet.

Cridge committed to the University of Oregon in September.

“The key factor of choosing the University of Oregon was the team dynamics,” she said. “I saw that the team worked together.

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LFD Chief Dino Batalis said the program started with just three families and has grown to more than 700 families that receive help each holiday season.

“We gave about 800 or 900 kids new toys for Christmas last year,” Batalis said. “It’s so much fun for them. While their parents are busy picking from the food items or receiving their food gift cards, the kids get to explore the fire station.”

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“We have a lot of returning faces,” he said. “It’s so great to see folks pay that forward, even if they aren’t in the best of places themselves.”

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Jay Kern wants to make sure Christmas cheer comes to Hamilton County families in need.

GIVING BACK “I think there is a misconception that there is no need for support in this area because everybody’s rich,” Kern said. “That’s truly not the case. There are 14,000 people that fall below the poverty line.”

Kern and his family have been involved with the Secret Families Christmas Charity of Hamilton County, an organization that delivers gifts for families in need, for four years.

With founder Tom Flanagan of the Hamilton County chapter retiring, Kern and his wife, Leachia, recently stepped in to lead the organization.

“We heard it was not going to happen this year, and we couldn’t let that happen,” Kern said. “We’ve lived in Carmel for almost 25 years, where we are raising our three daughters, but are originally from the Muncie area and are no strangers to the Secret Families story started there years ago. I’m friends with the founders, Chris and Al Holdren, and they do such great work.”

It began in 2004 when the Holdrens agreed to purchase gifts for a struggling family instead of for each other. Now, 18 years later, Kern said the charity delivers Christmas to almost 400 families in Delaware County and has affiliates in six additional counties in central Indiana.

Kern said the mission is primarily funded by family sponsorships. The group fundraised to make commitments to the schools it serves by mid-November.

“It costs approximately $550 to provide a family a complete Christmas, and in this year of transition we are seeking to raise awareness about the organization in order to serve as many families as possible,” Kern said.

Kern said the group is moving the shopping and wrapping to Westfield, with shopping at Meijer and wrapping at Crossroads Community Church. All the shopping, wrapping and delivery is set for Dec. 10. The names of families in need come from principals and counselors at local schools. Kern said they typically provide gifts to 30 to 40 families.

“We used to shop in Noblesville and wrap

Leachia Kern shops with her daughters, Natalie and Sydney. (Photos courtesy of Jay Kern)

Volunteers wrap gifts to deliver to families in need. (Photo courtesy of Jay Kern)

in Fishers,” Kern said. “We’ll continue to serve the entire county, but the biggest need has always been in the Westfield and Sheridan area. It’s a great area for us to call home base.”

In a year of transition, Kern said the goal is to simply make it happen this year.

“There is a need for volunteers as well as family sponsorships,” Kern said. “We’re trying to find sponsorships for this Christmas, and next year we’re planning some signature events to help us serve the community in other ways.”

The sponsorships include Christmas presents, care package items, Bibles, a fully decorated Christmas tree and gift card for a Christmas dinner.

Kern’s daughters, Natalie, 17, Sydney, 13 and Kennedy, 6, are involved each year.

“Our kids love it, and they look forward to participating with us every year,” Leachia said. “It’s been a way to teach kids it’s better to give than receive.”

Kern said his daughters know better than he does what an 8-year-old girl would want.

For more, visit secretfamilieshc.org.

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First Internet Bank partners with Habitat for Humanity

By Edward Redd news@youarecurrent.com On Oct. 26, the First internet Bank and Habitat for Humanity announced their partnership on a $16 million CHARITY loan agreement that will go toward helping Indianapolis residents who struggle to purchase homes.

Jim Morris, president and CEO of Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity, said 100 houses will be available in approximately 12 different neighborhoods throughout Marion County. The plan calls for the completion of homes in Marion, Hancock, Hendricks and Hamilton counties. The partnership begins in 2023 and will run through 2025.

David Becker, founder and CEO of the First Internet Bank in Fishers, and Morris spoke in front of a home being built by volunteers.

“Homeownership is a vital factor for the stability of not only families but entire communities,” Becker said. “The agreement over the next three years will provide $16 million to build and improve over 100 homes here in

Jim Morris, top second from the left and David Beck, standing with volunteers in front of the home build. (Photo by Edward Redd)

the central metro area of Indiana.”

Morris said that a large portion of the workforce would not have access to homeownership because of the increasing cost of housing production and sales prices.

Loan providers will look to help those who are not able to go to the market and buy traditionally due to low-income levels.

“Each family that comes through our program will go through home buying classes and will purchase through a mortgage through the partnership with First Internet Bank,” Morris said.

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MSDLT Dual Language Program students master Spanish and English

By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township boasts one of the largest dual-language programs in the state. Established in 1994 at Forest Glen Elementary School, the Dual Language Program offers students and teachers the opportunity to learn and grow in the Hispanic culture.

“When Forest Glen opened, there was a lot of federal guidance in growing bilingual education programs,” Assistant Director of Language Programs Georgina Mayorga-Schneider said. “It was seen as a great program to put in place, with great funding at the time. Schools and communities started embracing bilingual education. We specifically had a community that was very interested.”

The district offers one-way and two-way immersion programs.

The Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Program takes place in a classroom of approximately 50 percent native English speakers and 50 percent native Spanish speakers. For kindergarten through second grade, 80 percent of classroom instruction is conducted in Spanish, and 20 percent is in English. For third grade, 70 percent of instruction is in Spanish and 30 percent in English. In fourth through sixth grades, instruction is split evenly between the two languages.

Classroom time focuses on building the target language. Spanish content focuses on science, social studies and mathematics.

The Two-Way Dual Language Program is offered at Forest Glen, Skiles Test and Sunnyside elementary schools. Forest Glen students continue their Spanish language acquisition program at Fall Creek Valley Middle School and Lawrence North High School.

Eventually, the Dual Immersion Program will be offered at Belzer Middle School and Lawrence Central High School.

The One-Way Dual Language Immersion Program consists of a classroom composed only of native Spanish speakers. It follows the same flow of instruction and percentage of language instruction time as the two-way program. One-Way Dual Language Immersion is offered at Sunnyside, Mary Castle, Indian Creek and Harrison Hill elementary schools. A similar model is also offered in kindergarten classrooms at the

Senora Rodriguez’s kindergarten class partcipate in the annual Camino de Forest Glen in May. (Photos courtesy of MSDLT)

A young dancer from Ballet Folklorico Mosaicos performs at last month’s Dia Latino de Lawrence.

Early Learning Center and Brook Park and Winding Ridge elementary schools.

The program’s curriculum focuses on students’ mastery of both languages as they learn content.

“We learn at a standard space,” said Beatriz Smith, a fourth-grade teacher at Sunnyside Elementary. “We focus on the subject at hand, like science and social studies, then within those subjects, we teach the content and language at the same time. It’s all embedded into a unit. So, language skills are not taught separately from content.

We also focus on bringing culture to the

curriculum.

“For example, we study natural disasters in our science unit. So, we learn about natural disasters in the countries our students are from, like Nicaragua or Mexico.”

The dual language programs aid the future successes of students in many ways, like placing them at the top of their graduating classes, according to MSDLT officials.

“I’ve been in the district for nine years, and although I don’t always exist in the classroom space, year after year, when we celebrate the top academic leaders in senior classes, our Dual Language Program is heavily represented,” Altemeyer said. “The program aids in their academic achievements. The students rise to the top.”

When students complete the program, they receive a Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency, which will designate on the student’s transcript that they have attained a high level of proficiency, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a career, in one or more languages, in addition to English. “(It is) hugely marketable for universities and in the job place,” Mayorga-Scheinder said.

According to Smith, the program “fosters a positive identity” between students and their heritage.

“Just imagine, we have students who are born in the U.S., and they learn their

heritage language and how to use it at a high-academic level,” Smith said. “It unites them with their families, being able to communicate with Spanish-only speaking family members.”

To learn more and how to enroll in the MSDLT’s Dual Language Program, visit ltschools.org/academics/dual-language.

ON THE COVER: Students perform at the 2021 Hispanic Heritage Festival at Forest Glen Elementary.

BACKED BY RESEARCH According to a study by Michigan State University, the benefits of learning a second language at an early age (until age 8) are: • Bilinguality improves the brain’s command center, thus giving it the ability to plan, solve problems and perform other mentally demanding tasks.

• Learning a second language can protect against Alzheimer’s disease.

• Bilingual children may have a superior ability to focus on one thing and change their response, easily indicating cognitive flexibility.

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It takes the crowd-sourced and self-proclaimed encyclopedia, Wikipedia, 21 pages and more than 7,800 words to define, including pages of academic citations and references to other related subjects. It turns out that the concept of a “thought experiment” has been in use for millennia. The ancient Greeks first recorded the notion, followed by a 16th-century astronomer, then a 19th-century Danish physicist and then a 20th-century German philosopher.

Suffice it to say, there is a long line of famous thinkers who have used the device.

For most of us, not quite so scholarly, the exercise is more of a parlor game than method of scientific proof. We frame a question as if it were a physical experiment and carry it out only in our imagination. It allows us to explore any number of alternative paths before we commit to one. We might consider the effect if we moved, married, added children, or became better educated.

The subjects are endless. Or we might go from the specific and tangible to the moral and metaphysical. Topics could include surviving the zombie apocalypse, reacting to a foreign occupation of America, or knowing the exact time and date of our death.

What if we received a text message that told us our lives would end in 10 days? Not how or where, only when?

Would we retreat to loved ones? Would we get our affairs in order? Would we spend everything we’d saved? Would we indulge in our vices? Would we avenge those who’ve transgressed or seek forgiveness for our own failings? Would we blame God, decide him a fiction, or seek him? How we answer might give us insight to the direction of our lives. Are we the people we want to be? Would we consider the text a gift or a curse?

I am not a pet person, but as the mother of four children and one manchild, all of whom are animal lovers, I’ve had to tolerate the presence of many “creatures” through the years. Rats, fish, geckos, a cat (may God rest your aloof soul, Ginger!), they’ve all graced our house at some point. We currently only have a Labrador retriever named Libby, who turned 10 in September but acts like a hyperactive puppy. And even though I never wanted a dog, I have become her primary caregiver now that the kids are gone. My husband, Doo, does pitch-in, but it’s really me doing the lion’s share.

The other night, though, we both dropped the canine-parenting rubber ball. We had just returned from a fourhour St. Elmo jaunt downtown when we heard Libby barking at the door. Huh? We looked at each other and quickly realized that she’d been outside the entire time, left not only to navigate the terrifying horror show that is my front yard (yes, my Halloween stuff is still up), but also without access to her dinner.

Needless to say, she was manic.

Fast forward to 3 a.m. After I let Libby back inside from doing her business, she raced upstairs into our bedroom, clearly determined to sleep with us.

For two solid minutes I tried to quietly remove her, but she resisted my every move. Eventually, Libby rolled on her back, paws skyward, as if I wouldn’t dare drag her to the hallway like a dead body. Joke’s on you, Libby.

So now my sole remaining pet responsibility is an aging Lab with abandonment issues.

Peace out.

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

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.”

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A click in time saves … expiring scams?

Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Mary Ellen and I promised each other that during our recent vacation we would not check our emails. At dinner HUMOR each night, we conversed and learned a great deal about each other — things that have happened to each of us since we got our first cellphones in 1990.

When we returned home, we eagerly retrieved our messages.

“Mary Ellen, while we were away, I won a DEWALT Power Station!”

“Hey, that’s great. So did I. What’s a DEWALT Power Station?”

“No clue, but now we have two.”

Actually, we didn’t. We hadn’t won anything. But we did have a “chance” to own a DEWALT Power Station, and a DEWALT Drill.

Also, the “opportunity” to win a Yukon Stove Fire Pit, a gift certificate to Walmart, Ultimate nonstick cookware, and a Yeti Cooler.

And we were “in the running” for a Samsung Neo 8K QLED Smart TV. I didn’t know where not to click first. Walgreens was thanking me for being a loyal customer, but I have never been in a Walgreens in my life. I am a loyal CVS patron, but all they ever gave me for free was a 2-foot-long receipt.

Wait: Incoming! I just received a “shipment pending” notice for a Keurig Coffee Maker and I have “won” a Ryobi Lawn Mower.

I’m no expert in this area, but there are several clues to determine scams. Here are some real examples I received. Read each one carefully: • WIN AN GOLF CART • THEIRS A PRIZE WAITING OR YOU! • YOUR A WINNER!

• YOU HAVE WON A FREE GIFT The phrase “Free Gift” is not only suspicious, it’s redundant. Clearly, it introduces a fake scam — which I know is also redundant.

True, some of these language goofs are because the scammers are not English-speaking, but other mistakes are intentional, to either get your attention or to avoid detection by anti-spam programs.

I tried using those last two excuses on my proofreader, Heidi, to justify some of my spelling and grammar blunders. She didn’t fall for them.

The rip-offs often include an additional method to motivate you, like a countdown clock that tells you how much time you have left to click on the link or the offer goes away.

“Honey, I know you’re breastfeeding the twins, but please drop what you are doing, or we are going to lose out on that free sump pump from Ace.” My favorite come-on is: • YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO TRY CANNABLISS CBD

CONGRALUATIONS Yes, and congraluations to all who have wisely avoided these bogus offers. I never click on questionable links, but I’m tempted by this CBD product, which is shaped like a gummy bear and has a similar texture. Before I decide, I am going to have to chew on it for a while.

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

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Taco Express celebrates 17 years

By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com Although Taco Express has called Lawrence “home” for 17 years, the restaurant at 8626 Pendleton Pike ANNIVERSARY didn’t immediately settle in. Owner Alejandro Perez and his family moved to Lawrence from New York with a dream to start their own small business but experienced a rough start.

“The first nine months were quite difficult. The truth is that hardly anyone came in. It was very hard to see that my business was failing, but I couldn’t give up,” Perez said.

Fortunately for the family, business sped up after the first year, Perez said.

“Over time, people began to arrive, and little by little, my small business of 10 tables filled up every day.”

The name Taco Express was not Perez’s idea. It was the name of the existing restaurant that the Perez family bought. Perez and his family saw no need to change the name.

As the business grew, Perez shifted his focus toward the growing food truck cul-

Taco Express owner Alejandro Perez outside his restaurant. (Photo courtesy of the City of Lawrence)

ture. Taco Express has nine taco trucks that rotate locations throughout Marion County.

The menu features Mexican favorites such as tostadas, chiles rellenos, enchiladas, burritos, tortas and more. Each dish is made authentically to share Mexican culture through traditional food, Perez said.

For Perez, the most important thing with his business is sharing and taking pride in his heritage.

“The main goal for us has always been to share our culture with food. Our food is authentic and from home.”

Learn more at tacoexpressindy.com.

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By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com When Leah Underwood, owner of Just Breathe Pilates at 11446 Olio Rd. in Fishers, started her own studio in her PILATES house, her Pilates business quickly outgrew her home.

“I was a competitive gymnast in my childhood. I fell in love with Pilates as an early 20-year-old figuring out how to work out again,” Underwood said. “I started teaching Pilates and people asked if I could teach lessons out of my home. I built a studio in my basement, which I quickly outgrew. Then I moved into my brick-and-mortar studio and have been here for nine years now.”

The mission of Just Breathe Pilates, which is celebrating being in its Olio Road location for 10 years, focuses on the importance of physical and mental health.

“It’s not just about physical health, it’s about mental health,” Underwood said. “For our clients, it’s about what you really need.

Do you need stretching? Do you need to get your butt kicked with an intense workout?

Do you need someone to talk to? We have lots of women come in here just wanting

Participants in a Just Breathe Pilates class.

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to talk about their lives. Everyone says it’s therapy here.”

Classes available at Just Breathe Pilates are classical Pilates, YoPi, barre and Pilates combination classes, TRX and many more.

“All you need to bring is a mat and water,” she said. “But we even have those here, so really, just bring yourself.”

Underwood encourages clients to sign up for early morning classes and the popular Wine and Pilates sessions.

“Wine and Pilates is every three months on a Thursday night,” she said. “You come, have a glass of wine and do a 45-minute workout.

It’s a great way to meet new people.”

For more, visit justbreathepilates.com.

Fishers firm receives grant

By Chris Bavender news@geistcurrent.com

Joe Trebley, president and CEO of the company, which was created to help world-class investigators navigate early stage challenges Fisher’s Monon Bioventures has received of translating their research into the clina one-year Phase I Small Business Innoic, stated that the federal funds have the vation Research “potential to bring hope to patients RESEARCH grant from the suffering from glioblastoma.”

National Cancer Monon Bioventures, which is Institute. The $398,314 grant will be housed in the Indiana Center for used to demonstrate the feasibility Biomedical Innovation, will work of manufacturing a glioblastoma on the treatment with Matosevic’s therapeutic created at the Purdue laboratory at Purdue and Genezen, University College of Pharmacy. a viral vector and gene therapy conTrebley The potential treatment was detract development and manufacturveloped by Sandro Matosevic, assistant proing organization. fessor in the Dept. of Industrial and Physical “Arming the NK cells requires genetic Pharmacy. modification of the cells through the use of “Therapeutics for certain cancers have an appropriate viral vector as a tool,” Trebused related approaches with other immune ley stated. “Genezen is a scientific leader in cells, called T cells, which are obtained from the production of lentiviral vectors and their the patient,” Matosevic stated in a release. use in cell transduction, which is delivering “Natural killer cells can be accepted from genes to cells.” multiple donors, however, not just the paAfter the grant-sponsored work is comtient, which makes them much safer and plete, Monon Bioventures will meet with which dramatically expands our ability to the FDA to discuss the company’s plans to manufacture them in large doses to treat move the treatment to clinical studies. After many patients. They are also very efficient receiving FDA feedback, Monon will look to at killing glioblastoma cells.” finance the project further.

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Singer to appear in holiday shows at The Cat Ashley Nicole Soprano will perform her “Holiday & More” show at The Cat in Carmel.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Ashley Nicole Soprano has been waiting to give her fans a performance on a larger stage.

“I am most looking forward to MUSIC giving all of my sponsors and fans the stage performance they have been begging for,” Soprano said. “For the last two years, I have been entertaining at charity events, retirement centers, Fishers Parks and private clubs. Traditionally, at the meet-and-greet after the show, people always ask me where I am performing on stage, so they can invite family and friends to a concert.

‘Holiday & More’ at The Cat in Carmel is this concert for all of these people who have been supporting my music career financially and as fans.

“I am also looking forward to meeting and thanking the fans who have been listening and following on social media.”

The Fishers resident will perform her “Holiday & More” show at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. The two afternoon shows are sold out.

“I decided on a holiday show with holiday music because the holidays have a magical way of bringing people together in a spirit of love,” Soprano said.

“Some of our best memories revolve around the holiday season and holiday music. All of the songs I’m singing at the ‘Holiday & More’ concert are my favorites. Perhaps my most favorites are the ones I have selected for

my new ‘Holiday’ CD, which will be first available at the shows.”

Soprano said her music runs the gamut from opera to classical-crossover, contemporary pop and country.

“In 2016, I performed with Projekt:Opera directed by Hidetaka Niiyama and produced by Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy, (and played) the lead role in ‘The Elixir of Love’ as Adina. So, this show also featured musicians from the ISO, namely associate concertmaster and first violin Philip Palermo.

The following year, I was under the same direction, with the lead of Rosina in ‘The Barber of Seville.’”

While attending Butler University, Soprano received a grant to write and produce three original contemporary pop songs and videos, which are available online, on YouTube as well as streaming platforms.

“Meanwhile, my current monthly shows feature tributes from ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ABBA, Patsy Cline, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s throwbacks, Songbook favorites as well as Broadway and classical crossover,” Soprano said. “Whatever I decide to sing comes from my heart and is in my personal style, which has been described as stunning, lovely and sweet as well as giving goosebumps and bringing tears.”

Soprano is her professional name.

“My first voice teacher, Inga Agrest, the current president of the Charleston Music Teacher Association as well as district chair of the South Carolina Music Teacher Association, quickly identified me as a coloratura soprano,” she said, “Although I have a three-plus octave range, the low notes are my labor, the high notes are my love.”

Soprano was born and raised in Fishers and lived there until high school, when the family moved to South Carolina so her brother could attend college there.

“It was in Charleston while homeschooling that I was afforded the opportunity to pursue my vocal and piano training, performing in several recitals as well as with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus,” she said.

She returned to Fishers to attend Butler University.

Soprano performed her October “Pumpkin Spice” show in the Indianapolis area. This month, she is performing her Thanksgiving “Classical-Crossover” show, in addition to preparing for her ‘Holiday & More’ concert and “Holiday” album release.

For more, visit ashleynicolesoprano.com.

‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’ “The Addams Family” runs through Nov. 20 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

CARMEL APPRENTICE THEATRE Carmel Apprentice Theatre will present “The Addams Family,” a musical, through Nov. 13 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. For more, visit thecat.biz.

‘VIOLET’ Actors Theatre of Indiana will present “Violet” through Nov. 13 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit atistage.org. ’TOSCA’ Angela Brown stars in the title role of “Tosca” in the Indianapolis Opera production set for Nov. 11-13 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit indyopera.org.

GILBERTO SANTA ROSA Gilberto Santa Rosa will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

‘EXPOSED Actors Theatre of Indiana’s LAB series will present the musical “Exposed” at 2 p.m, Nov. 12 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit atistage.org.

CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Carmel Symphony Orchestra will present its Masterworks 2 concert, featuring violinist Alexis Kenney, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

SCHUBERT TRIOS Pianist Wu Han, cellist David Finckel and violinist Benjamin Bielman will perform works of Austrian composer Franz Schubert at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecentpresents.org.

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ATI LAB Series presents ‘Exposed’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

something ready to be produced. We’ve had couple of table readings and shows in the past year and the show has continued to Laura Goodenow is ready to see her muevolve after receiving feedback from actors sical take the next step in the development as well as any audience who might have process. seen it.”

MUSICAL The 1995 Carmel There was a Zoom reading in High School graduate January and another reading in is the librettist and lyricist for “ExSeptember. posed,” which is part of the Actors The story follows an undocuTheatre of Indiana LAB Series, which mented immigrant, Rosa Maria, who helps musicals and plays develop. It — after being flashed by a peeping will be performed at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 Tom — grapples with the desire to Goodenow at the Studio Theater at the Center be seen in a world in which she for the Performing Arts in Carmel. must hide. When her American-born son is “It’s the first time we’ve had actors readbullied, she fights back. ing and singing the parts,” Goodenow said.

Justin Rayna is the composer and Se“I’m exposing myself, which is somewhat bastián Eddowes-Vargas is the dramaturg. of an uncomfortable feeling. You have to do Goodenow said the story tries to examine what you write about. I’m interested to see immigration from all sides. what this community feels about the piece.”

“I’m constantly honing in on the story and Goodenow said some LAB Series projects working with my dramaturg and other peohave been further along with more workple who can bring perspective to the story,” shops and readings. she said. “It’s an exploration and I’m trying “We are the very first step for what it to honor all the different perspectives. I is for a musical to become a musical,” she want it to be a conversation starter.” said. “We have music, and we have a story.

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derstand what the story is. Every person will feel like I’m the only one I am speaking to. It’s very personal. It’s a wonderful show.

Eliane Elias is ready to share her varied I’m enjoying bringing the bossa nova and musical skills. the music of Brazil.”

“I will be doing Her recently released album “quiCONCERT a show which will etude” is a traditional bossa nova bring different asrecording with acoustic guitar and pects of my music,” Elias said. “It Elias’ vocals in Portuguese. will show my pianist presentation “It came out as No. 1 on several as well as my vocals and some imcharts, as No. 1 (on) iTunes Latin provisations of the jazz. It’s a show and Jazz charts and on several of that has a beautiful curve. It has the Amazon charts as best sellers,” Elias a large spectrum of music that is Elias said. presented.”

Her previous album “Mirror Mirror” with Elias, a Grammy-winning pianist-singerChick Corea, who died in 2021, and Chucho composer, will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at Valdes won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz the Palladium at the Center for the PerformAlbum earlier in 2022. She also won a Graming Arts in Carmel. my for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2016 with “It’s music that touches people,” Elias “Made in Brazil.” said. “There are some ingredients to the Elias is based in New York, but spends music that communicate with people. All some time at the end of each year in Brazil. the players are classically trained.”

Opening the Palladium show will be clasElias, who moved to the U.S. from Brazil sical and flamenco guitarist John Alvarado, when she was 21, said she tells stories also a senior lecturer of music and arts during the concert. technology at IUPUI. “I tell people about the songs,” Elias said.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com James LaMonte was attracted to directing the play “Mothers and Sons” because he views it as a THEATER history lesson of the lives of gay men over the past two decades.

“The play charts the gains and losses, victories and defeats for gay men in Ruddell the years since AIDS was first identified,” the Indianapolis resident said. “The play is a continuation of ‘Andre’s Mother,’ Terrence McNally’s 1990 television play starring Sada Thompson and Richard Thomas who meet at Andre’s memorial service. Twenty years later, Andre’s mother, Katharine, and Andre’s former lover, Cal, meet again and they have not spoken since.”

Main Street Productions is presenting “Mothers and Sons” from Nov. 10 to 20 at Basile Westfield Playhouse.

“I love the fact that there is a wide generational spread between the characters,” LaMonte said. “There is a 9-year-old boy, a 20-something young millennial gay man, his late 40s husband who attended to his partner Andre until he died of AIDS and then mourned him for eight years, and Katharine, whose rage has not lessened in the two decades since her son’s burial. They become a lovely quartet, each playing notes of love, loss and regret, which never grows old in theater, and neither does the complicated relationships between mothers and sons.”

Zionsville resident Elizabeth Ruddell plays Katharine, which she describes as a very

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“The role of Katharine is a challenge to play, not only because of the subject matter but because I have very little in common with her,” Ruddell said. “While we are both parents, my children are alive while her only child has passed.”

Ruddell had heard of the play but had never seen it performed.

“The moment I saw it was written by Terrence Uebelhor McNally, I knew it would be a wonderful play,” Ruddell said. “He is the author of other famous plays such as ‘Love! Valour! Compassion!’ and ‘Master Class,’ among others. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays.”

Although she has been acting for more than 40 years, Ruddell is appearing in her first play with Main Street Productions.

Indianapolis resident Austin Uebelhor plays Cal, a middle-aged gay man who lost his partner during the AIDS epidemic. Since then, Cal has married and had a child.

“Cal spends a good bit of the show remembering his lost love and everything they went through together,” Uebelhor said.

“Both tears and anger are brought out of him over the course of the show. It’s been quite the experience digging in and bringing out this complex wave of emotions.”

The show first premiered on Broadway in 2014.

Georgeanna Teipen is the producer.

The other actors are Nicholas Heskett as Will Ogden and Tyler Acquviva as Bud Ogden-Porter.

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I learned how to pronounce GIF Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I understand if you’re not on Reddit; after all, it’s quite the opposite of a local newspaper. However, the online community of Reddit GRAMMAR GUY contains groups for virtually any interest, as well as an unhealthy amount of goofball meme culture. One of my favorite subreddits (i.e., a dedicated page to discuss a specific topic) is “TIL,” which is an initialism for “today I learned.”

Today, I learned the acronym “GIF” is pronounced with a soft “G” sound, like in “giraffe.” If I were commenting on Reddit, I would reply with a “head exploding” emoji character.

What is a GIF? It’s an animated image often used online. You’ve probably seen one posted as a comment on someone’s Facebook post. You can send them in text messages. GIFs are everywhere.

I always thought “Jif” was the peanut butter and “GIF” (with a hard “g”) was the animated photo file. As it turns out, I have been wrong for years.

Again, this isn’t new information; the

inventor of the graphics interchange format (aka GIF) cleared this up all the way back in 2013, which, in internet terms, is an eternity.

Steve Wilhite invented the animated GIF back in 1987. As an employee of Compuserve, he was tasked to come up with a universal file format for animated images.

As many consumers were getting online for the first time, web content creators embraced the file format.

Today, GIFs serve as shorthand language, similar to how emoji characters dominate text messages. The images are our version of low-resolution moving hieroglyphics. Digital architects will scratch their heads someday as they examine the bizarre aspects of our early 21st-century culture.

I still have a hard time with the soft “G” pronunciation of “GIF.”

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

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A visit to Cooperstown Commentary by Don Knebel Today, on our return from Cape Cod, we visit Cooperstown, N.Y, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and TRAVEL Museum.

Cooperstown lies at the southern end of Otsego Lake, about 60 miles southwest of Albany. It was founded in 1786 by William Cooper, whose son, author James Fenimore Cooper, grew up there.

Abner Doubleday, who attended high school in Cooperstown, became a Civil War general and later obtained a patent for the design of San Francisco’s cable cars. In 1906, a Denver mining engineer claimed that Doubleday invented baseball in a Cooperstown pasture in 1839, a claim unquestionably accepted by the Mills Commission, established to determine baseball’s origins. Cooperstown resident Stephen Carlton Clark, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, used that claim in promoting the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which he opened in Cooperstown in 1939. Clark, who owned a Cooperstown hotel, hoped to bring visitors to his little town.

He also founded the still-open Farmers’ Museum, which opened in 1942 on land once owned by James Fenimore Cooper, recreating rural life in 19th-century New York.

Each year, about 300,000 people visit Cooperstown, most going to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, housed in a three-story brick building on Cooperstown’s historic Main Street. During Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, up to 80,000 people crowd into tiny Cooperstown, which has a population of about 1,600. The Plaque Gallery on the Hall of Fame’s first floor currently honors 268 former Major League players, as well as 40 executives/pioneers, 22 managers and 10 umpires. The upper floors feature exhibits chronicling baseball’s his-

Plaque Gallery inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

Papier-mache fans inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

tory, including one acknowledging that “historians agree that (Abner) Doubleday had nothing to do with baseball’s beginnings.”

Cooperstown is a bit out of the way from anywhere, but is worth the trip for anyone interested in our “national pastime.”

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