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New fire station slated for McCordsville

By Chris Bavender news@geistcurrent.com A new full-service fire station will be built in McCordsville next summer after Vernon Township secured more than $7.1 million PUBLIC SAFETY in bonds. The process to build a new station began two years ago.

“Vernon Township Fire Department was formed in 2019, and the Vernon Township Fire Territory was formed the following year as a cooperative May effort of Vernon Township, the Town of McCordsville and the Town of Fortville,” Vernon Township Trustee Florence May said. “These efforts were to address the need for a 24/7 fire station in McCordsville, the need for full-time, on-station firefighters and paramedics and the need to replace 18-, 30-year-old apparatuses as identified by a joint task force.”

The station will be at 600 West and will be surrounded by senior living communities. The location is north of railroad tracks that divide McCordsville and Fortville.

“We have regularly experienced 2-mile-long trains stopped and blocking multiple cross points. The existing Fortville station is south of the tracks,” May said. “The record growth has been substantial for more than a decade. With the additions of Town Center and 450 homes

on State Road 234 expanding the list, we can’t wait any longer to build the McCordsville station.”

Since 2019, Vernon Township has had only one fire station that operates around the clock. It was in Fortville, consisting of part-time and paid-per-run firefighters. Operations were limited to volunteer fire protection and emergency medical services in Fortville, McCordsville and the unincorporated portion of Vernon Township.

“We are on pace to reach 1,500-plus runs in 2021, so the need for the second station is growing,” May said.

May said McCordsville is receiving full-time firefighters and paramedics from the Fortville station.

“And by Jan. 1, 2022, Vernon Township Fire Dept. will have full-time firefighter/EMTs living in modular housing at the volunteer station until the new station is ready to open,” she said. “All VTFD firefighters are required to be EMTs. We will have a combination of career and parttime firefighters.”

Construction is expected to begin in June 2022 and take eight months to complete but May said planners hope to speed up the design phase by using existing firehouse design.

“The construction time is dependent on permitting, weather, availability of building materials and availability of workforce,” May said. “There are a lot of variables, and our priority is a quality build out. We do expect the station to be operational in 2023. The earlier, the better.”

Cornerstone pastor retires

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Luther Brunette has watched as his flock has steadily grown the past 28 years.

Brunette’s final service as the seFAITH nior pastor at Cornerstone Lutheran Church was Nov. 21. Brunette arrived at what was then called Carmel Lutheran Church in June 1993 from a senior pastor position in St. Louis.

“At the time, the congregation or disciples, followers of Jesus, as we call them, was 700,” Brunette said Brunette, who has been a pastor for more than 41 years. “Now we are up to 3,500 with the three sites.

We’ve been blessed to mirror the growth of our community and just make an impact on people’s lives with the gospel. It’s just been a joy to see. This has been a dream come true, an answer to a prayer. Carmel has been a wonderful community for us to raise our children and to see people’s lives change with the hope and peace of the gospel.”

The church’s name was changed to Cornerstone Lutheran when campuses were added in Fishers and downtown Indianapolis in 2016.

Brunette, 67, was the senior pastor for all three sites.

Brunette and his wife, Kris, have two children, Rebecca and Daniel, and five grandchildren living in Carmel and one child, Bethany, and two grandchildren living in Wisconsin.

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A Sand Creek Elementary School fourth-grade class interacts with Community Risk Education Specialist Ashley Heckly during a safety lesson about how to correctly wear a helmet. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

Teacher uses exploratory year to work for FFD

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Ashley Heckly wanted a change of scenery in her career, and a position for a community risk education EDUCATION specialist at the Fishers Fire Dept. caught her eye.

So, the Hamilton Southeastern High School science teacher — through the district’s exploratory career program — began her exploratory year as the department’s community risk education specialist earlier this year.

HSE offers teachers an opportunity for a leave of absence once every 10 years to try a job outside of teaching, according to Heckly.

“HSE provides an opportunity for a limited number of teachers to potentially be granted an unpaid leave, up to two semesters in length to explore a career outside of education,” Assistant Supt. Kim Lippe stated in an email to Current. “There are requirements for teachers to qualify for this leave. This is an opportunity for us as a district to allow teachers to explore other areas of interest while allowing them to still return to teaching, which is our hope. Ultimately, we want to see people happy in their professional

lives.”

As a community risk education specialist, Heckly — a 41-year-old Fishers resident — teaches students and other community members safety lessons, such as how to call 911, how to correctly wear a helmet, water safety and how to make an escape plan in the event of a fire. Each lesson is roughly 30 minutes. “(Fishers Fire Dept.) has a strong K-4 curriculum,” Heckly said. “I’ve been going into HSE schools and also private schools in the area. I go class to class and teach different safety lessons.”

Heckly began her education career 14 years ago as a high school science teacher in San Francisco. A Trine University graduate in northern Indiana, her family lives in Michigan, so Heckly moved from San Francisco to Fishers in 2013 to be closer to her family. While at HSE High School, she taught freshman biology and 12th-grade biomedical innovations.

When she saw the job posting for a community risk education specialist through FFD, she was immediately interested.

“This position is attractive because I still get to teach, it’s just in a different form,” Heckly said. “Instead of 160 students all year, I see hundreds in a week. I have

contact with a lot more students, and the material is a lot more important. We are teaching them how to be safe community members.”

Heckly said she enjoys working with different age groups. One day she works with kindergarten students, and at the end of the same day, she might work with adults.

Heckly said FFD’s goal is to increase its curriculum for fifth through 12th grade.

“So really, we are looking at what’s being taught and finding ways to slip safety messages into what’s already being taught instead of being a standalone curriculum,” Heckly said.

For example, Heckly recently coordinated with an HSE High School German class. The students were working on a unit involving words for food and kitchen items, so Heckly incorporated information about kitchen safety, such as how to prevent kitchen fires.

Heckly said the exploratory program through HSE allows teachers to build on skills and become better teachers.

“You get to go out into the real world and bring those skills back,” she said.

Heckly encourages teachers to take advantage of the exploratory year because it contributes to being a lifelong learner.

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CITY OF FISHERS CELEBRATES WINTER WONDERLAND

Gene Featheringill, left, and Elaine Snapp sell nutrelated items at the Dec. 4 Winter Wonderland holiday celebration in downtown Fishers. (Photos by Rachel Greenberg)

Ernesto Montoya, left, operates a trolley as children wait in line.

Stephan Koch carves ice during the event.

Elizabeth Cole, left, and Kylee Cole roast s’mores.

From left, Roc Sarmiento, Brooklyn Wagner, Vince Sarmiento and Amilea Cole roast s’mores.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com A little more than a month after winning the IHSAA state cross country championhip, Bishop Chatard High CROSS COUNTRY School junior Lily Cridge managed to have an even bigger thrill.

Cridge finished second in 16 minutes and 22.81 seconds Dec. 4 in the Garmin RunningLane national meet in Huntsville, Ala. The time set a 5,000-meter record for Indiana high school girls, breaking Mishawaka’s Anna Rohrer’s mark of 16:52.25 in 2015.

“Honestly, I do think this was a bigger deal than winning a state title,” said Cridge, a Geist-area resident. “Winning a state title is one of the best moments I have ever experienced, but this one trumps state.

This was a national race that many college coaches and media (members) attended, unlike at state.

“There were girls from all over the country that made it an even bigger race than the IHSAA (cross country) championships.”

Cridge won the state title in 17:32.7 Oct. 30 in muddy conditions in Terre Haute.

“When I crossed the finish line, I really was not thinking too much about if it was the fastest Indiana girl time,” Cridge said.

“The only thing I was thinking about was how blessed and grateful I was to be able to have achieved my biggest goal.”

Cridge’s previous best time was 17:04.

“The key for myself during this race was to not get super nervous,” she said. “I tend to really get anxious and feel a lot of pressure before big races. This not only takes away from the fun experience but exerts more energy than needed.”

However, Cridge took a different approach because she knew she was going up against elite runners.

“So instead of overthinking the race, I went for a different outlook,” she said. “I stayed very calm and collected and really tried to enjoy the experience more than anything.”

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Firestone views bond as key to ZCHS football success

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Zionsville Community High School receiver Trey Firestone will never forget the journey with his teammates.

The Eagles reached the Class 5A state championship game in 2020 and 2021, losing to Cathedral each time at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

“It’s hard to put into words the love I have for the seniors and my brothers that I played with,” Firestone said. “We created such a strong bond and such great relationships with one another that made us the team that we were. We competed against one another each day no matter how tired or sore we were. We always competed.

“The underclassmen tagged along early and worked their tails off each day with us, and I’m excited to see what the future holds for this program.”

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Firestone was the leading receiver with 61 catches for 937 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Eagles (9-6).

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well,” Turnquist said. “He had an injury bug early (in the 2020 season), which slowed him down as well. He finished extremely strong.”

As a sophomore, Firestone grabbed 42 passes for 529 yards. He made strides with the experience of his first two seasons.

“I felt like I made the most improvement as a leader overall and understanding coverages,” Firestone said. “I started playing receiver as a freshman when they switched me from quarterback. “ Firestone moved to Zionsville in seventh grade.

“I enjoyed playing quarterback when I grew up in Fort Wayne, but being a quarterback wasn’t the best option for me when I moved to Zionsville, and that is why I switched to receiver,” he said.

Firestone said he played almost all sports growing up, including football, baseball, basketball and golf.

Firestone was an outfielder for the high school baseball team last season but hasn’t decided if he plans to play as a senior.

His plan is to play football in college.

“I am considering a few schools but keeping my options open for now,” he said.

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close,” Weger said. “It’s a concerning trend nationwide.”

Weger said he hopes FPD can educate the Fishers Police Dept. is actively investigatpublic on the trend before it damages more ing the source of counterfeit pills found to young lives. be laced with fentanyl.

“We are trying to get in front of CRIME FPD Public Information this before we see it hit the high Officer Sgt. Tom Weger schools,” Weger said. “That was our said FPD wants to get ahead of the main intent.” national trend of overdose fatalities.

Weger said it’s difficult to deThree adults in Fishers have died termine how many overdoses are from accidental overdoses in which caused by the counterfeit pills counterfeit pills were marketed when overdoses don’t result in a Weger as legitimate prescription pain, fatality. anti-anxiety or stimulant medication like “Because of the nature of overdoses, they Oxycontin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax and may or may not know exactly what they Adderall. Pills are later found to contain fenwere trying to take,” Weger said. “Obviously tanyl, a synthetic opioid similar to morphine with a death, there’s an extensive invesbut much more potent. tigation that goes on that can determine The first death occurred in July. Although exactly what was taken.” all the victims were adults, Weger said they FPD is not sure of the ages of the dealers. were “young adults,” such as 18 or 19 years “Information that our intelligence unit old. The most recent death was in October. has gathered leads us to believe that this “They’re technically adults. They were could be a very big problem if we don’t get not high school students, but they’re very in front of it,” Weger said.

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Mt. Vernon High School threat deemed not credible

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. officials deemed a threat made last week by a Mt. Vernon High School student not credible following an investigation.

EDUCATION The threat was made by a student earlier, according to school officials. It was written on the wall of a stall in one of the school’s girls bathroom. School officials did not reveal the nature of the threat.

Although the threat wasn’t credible, MVCSC officials said

the student was removed from the school but didn’t confirm if the student was expelled.

A statement was issued to MVHS parents Dec. 3.

“Police were immediately contacted and an investigation ensued. In the course of the investigation, we were able to clearly identify several students who may have seen the drawing, and then to determine the identity of the student responsible,” the statement read. “While we assume all threats of this nature are real, our investigation yielded that the true intentions of the student were not to cause harm of this nature; however, MVCSC has zero tolerance for behaviors of this nature and the student has been removed

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The statement said because of security concerns and student privacy regulations, additional details wouldn’t be released.

“But know that we hold nothing back and unturn every stone to identify and resolve any and all threats,” the statement read. “Student and staff safety will always remain our top priority.”

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Lawrence Common Council member moonlights as stage performer

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Lawrence Common Council member Lauren Russel isn’t a typical politician. When she’s not casting votes as a member of the Lawrence Common Council, she can be found on stage at Footlite Musicals.

Russel, 31, recently starred as Linda Mason in Footlite Musicals’ presentation of “Holiday Inn” in Indianapolis. The musical ended Dec. 12.

Russel’s husband, Grant Russel, a Carmel Fire Dept. firefighter, played Ted Hanover, the male lead. The couple met during a 2008 performance of “High School Musical” at Artist’s Studio in Fishers, which has since folded. Lauren Russel was a high school senior at the time. She went on to study theater and communications at Millikin University in Illinois.

Lauren and Grant married in 2013. After having their third child, Lauren retired from performing on stage. She performed in “Cinderella” in 2019 at Footlite Musicals in what she thought was her last performance. But the COVID-19 pandemic reignited her passion to perform.

“With being home with three boys, the youngest who is 8 months, I didn’t need to do theater,” Russel said. “I played Cinderella in 2019 at Footlite. I did that and then thought, ‘This is perfect.’ It’s a great time to retire from theater.”

When the pandemic began, Russel heard the disturbing stories of what her husband saw on fire department runs.

“We were seeing a lot of ugly,” Russel said. “It was so ugly, and theater was taken away. There wasn’t anything from what we defined as normal even available.”

As theaters began to reopen, the Russels’ oldest son, Owen, 5, performed in Footlite Musicals’ production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

“We thought, ‘We’ll be stage parents now,’” Lauren said.

Then, the Russels were invited to audition for “Holiday Inn.” “The director told us about it, and our family encouraged us to audition. We needed something positive, although it’s killed us,” Russel said with a laugh. “It’s been a crazy couple months.”

Russel said one of the joys of theater is

Lawrence Common Council member Lauren Russel was encouraged to run for a council seat after she advocated for the city not to cut money from the EMS reserve fund in 2016.

After her presentation, Mayor Steve Collier reached out to her and asked her to run for council.

“The mayor was my former history teacher,” said Russel, who attended Lawrence North High School. “He reached out to me and said, ‘Have you ever considered running for office?’”

Russel hadn’t, but after considering Collier’s request, she decided it might be a “good calling.”

“I like to talk to people. I like to work with people,” she said.

She was elected in 2019 and began her term in 2020. She credits Collier’s history classes as a way of encouraging her to think on all sides of an issue.

“Everything is subjective, so let’s talk about it. I learned that from Collier in AP U.S. History,” Russel said.

“I’m an easy person to work with.”

Collier said Russel was an excellent student.

“I had the pleasure of Lauren as a student in my Advanced Placement U.S. History class and she literally lit up the room with her contagiously upbeat personality. I remember very clearly that if I happened to be having a difficult day or I was feeling sorry for myself for whatever the reason might have been, Lauren was able to cheer me up,” Collier said. “I am so proud of the woman that she has become, but I have to admit that I’m not the least bit surprised. As a mother of three boys, she is a fantastic mom, even as she is successfully juggling her acting/singing career along with keeping her firefighter husband on track.”

Lauren Russel, center, is sworn in as a Lawrence Common Council member in 2020. She’s joined by fellow councilors Sean Denney, left, and Maria Rusomaroff. (Photo courtesy of Lauren Russel)

Lauren Russel and her husband Grant Russel perform in “Holiday Inn.” (Photo courtesy of indyghostlight.com)

getting to become somebody else for a little bit.

“That and being able to help give everybody in the audience a chance to be removed from their current situation and be put into the story for a certain amount of time,” she said. “The message of (‘Holiday Inn’) is sometimes you need to pause in the pursuit of happiness to just be happy. When I read the script, that right there, of course I want to do it.”

Now, she wants to focus on her kids. She doesn’t have plans to audition for any upcoming performances.

“But you know what, I said that at the end of 2019, and now look where I am,” she said.

Russel, a Republican, didn’t aspire to get involved in politics, either. She became politically active after advocating for the city to not cut from the EMS reserve fund in 2016. Coming from a family of public safety workers, Russel had a passion for public service and decided to pursue the council seat. She was elected in 2020.

Russel said local politics is more about listening to constituents and solving problems than picking sides.

“I’m young, but I’m willing to learn. Being able to be young and not set in my ways so early and being able to work with people, I think that is something that catches people off guard,” Russel said. “I think people miss that mark. I don’t think people know how to take me sometimes. I’m going to ask you 9 million questions. I’ll talk to as many people as I can. If I’m representing someone’s tax base, if I’m representing money, I would want somebody to ask questions.

“How many things are, ‘That’s just the way it is,’ in politics? No, no, no. That’s why I say I feel like I’m a wildcard sometimes.”

Outside of work and performing, the Russels are active in their church, Lawrence Church of God.

ON THE COVER: Lauren Russel stars as Linda Mason in Footlite Musicals’ “Holiday Inn.” (Photo courtesy of indyghostlight.com)

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Oh, Tannenbaum, how phony are your branches

Commentary by Terry Anker “The snow is snowing and the wind is blowing, but I can weather the storm.”

Struggling through years of the Great Depression and on the verge of World War II, Irving Berlin penned the 1937 lyrics to “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” Despite the coming tempest, he advised we’d do all right as long as we remembered what really mattered — namely to love and be loved.

It reminds us that we can only control what we can control and should let go of the rest. Still, we seem invariably to occupy our days with thoughts of the feral. We obsess over the uncontrollable and too often overlook places where we could have great influence. While no amount of rage will stop the snow from falling and may not be able to “remember a worse December,” we could send a positive note to a friend, check on an elderly neighbor, or make cookies to share.

Anxiety, suicide, crime and other negative indicators are off the charts.

And supply chain disruptions continue to suggest an insecurity of where our next roll of toilet paper might be found.

What does it all mean? Once we’ve built the bunker and stacked wood for the winter, is it time to settle in to snuggle a bit by the fire? Can we do more to prepare? Should we? Or is it time to relax for now and wait for the squall to subside?

Berlin’s coming storm would last through 1946 and kill millions. At the end of it all, stability returned and humans reconnected. Does love sustain us even as hate endeavors to drive us? Can we safely take off our masks long enough to share a smile? Let’s make some hot chocolate and share a blanket. Surely, together we can weather the storm.

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

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My children are disgusted with me, specifically with my decision to erect a fake Christmas tree this year, and I’m not being dramatic. “We are not those people!” was their weekend refrain, exclaimed with abject disdain and barely concealed rage. Definitely not the holiday spirit I was going for.

Over Thanksgiving, see, I forced them to help assemble the monstrosity that I’d purchased last January at an online auction (I hadn’t planned on buying a faux fir, but at that price, I simply could not pass on the opportunity to own a reusable, non-needle-dropping, passable rendition of a 13-foot Douglas!). With the vertical addition of each of the seven plastic and metal sections and subsequent “lifting and separating” of branches, the skepticism I’d harbored about any worthy substitute for fresh-cut pine slowly diminished. By god, it actually looked like the real thing, although it is extremely tall and narrow and does indeed smell more of department store than Sherwood Forest. The kids were far less impressed.

In their defense, they’ve never known anything but a live Tannenbaum. It’s our tradition as a family. We go choose one from Ace Hardware, ridicule Doo as he struggles to secure it to the van, collectively wrestle with ceramic lights and half-broken ornaments, and then debate the pros and cons of tinsel for hours.

But in the end, our collaborative effort results in a beautiful focal point we all cherish.

I’m hoping once we decorate The Imposter, as they’re now calling it, that everyone will calm the elf down. Change is scary, granted, but it’s just a Christmas tree. Albeit fake.

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

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Mouse 1: “It’s awesome. You walk into this container and there’s a morsel of peanut butter. The little door closes behind you.

These people then pick up the container and give you a free ride back to the woods.

Next day, back for more treats. I mean, are humans really that dumb?”

• To the makers of our new toaster who, in the directions, warn against using toasters for any other purpose, like six of them to heat an extra bedroom: Their liability is limited to the price of the appliance. So, if the toaster ignites and burns down your half-million-dollar home, a check for $29.95 is in the mail.

No questions asked.

• To all the critters in our backyard — the deer, rabbits, birds and squirrels that are so enjoyable to watch: We used to have raccoons, but when they lifted the mask mandate in Indiana, the little bandits felt self-conscious, and we haven’t seen them since.

• To my doctor, whose new Medicare questionnaire really stumped me: It

asked how all my aunts and uncles died. I had no clue. We were not a close-knit family. I called my brother.

“Peter, it’s Dick.”

“Dick who?”

“Very funny. I have a question about Uncle Sid’s death.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. When did he die?”

“1978.”

• To the Prevagen people who make a pill that supposedly improves your memory: Mary Ellen and I both took the pills for a few weeks. One night Mary Ellen was arguing with me.

“I am angry because you once told me I was starting to look a little chubby in a bathing suit,” she said.

“Wow, that was 35 years ago.”

“I know, I just remembered.”

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‘A BEEF & BOARDS CHRISTMAS’ “A Beef & Boards Christmas” runs through Dec. 23 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards. com.

‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’ Civic Theatre presents “A Charlie Brown Christmas” through Dec. 18 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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Joshua Pedde will conduct the Indianapolis Children’s Choir’s “Comfort and Joy” holiday. (Photo courtesy of Indianapolis Children’s Choir)

Indianapolis Children’s Choir presents ‘Comfort and Joy’ in new venue

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com After a year’s hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir will spread CONCERTS its holiday cheer in person this year.

The Indianapolis Children’s Choir will present its holiday concert “Comfort and Joy” Dec. 17-19 at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.

In recent years, the concerts had been held at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis.

“So, we’re really excited to be in a new space,” ICC Artistic Director Joshua Pedde said.

The shows are at 7 p.m. Dec. 17, 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 18 and 4 p.m. Dec. 19.

“The 7 o’clock performances will be our advanced singers,” said Pedde, a Carmel resident. “The afternoon performance will feature beginning levels and intermediate choirs. The younger kids sing for just over an hour and the advanced ones sing for an hour and 15 minutes to an hour-and-a-half worth of music. The whole program will be showcased over that weekend.”

Pedde said there will be different arrangements of holiday classic songs, such as “Jingle Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.”

“We’re doing some new music,” Pedde said. “We’re doing a version of the ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ that was recorded by Pentatonix. There is going to be something for everybody at these performances.”

The Dec. 19 concert will feature the ICC alumni choir.

“Alumni from the past 36 years will be together to sing along with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir,” Pedde said. “We have about 50 that will be our alumni choir.

They will be featured on a couple songs on their own. They come together (Dec. 18), do rehearsal, have some time for fellowship and put on the concert (Dec. 19). The range is from some of our founders 36 years ago to recent college graduates.”

Pedde, who is his sixth year as artistic director, is familiar with many of the alumni. He has been with the choir for 20 years.

Pedde said the holiday concert has been held at several places, including first being held at Second Presbyterian Church sever-

al years ago.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 holiday concert was videoed and available to watch streaming during the month of December.

“Our COVID protocols include social distancing and masking,” Pedde said.

“Our audience also will be asked to wear a mask while they are in the building. We are taking extra precautions as we see cases rise here.”

Pedde said ICC performed an in-person concert in the fall.

Pedde said the ICC has been busy this holiday season, participating in three different presentations of “The Nutcracker” in central Indiana and singing at the Indianapolis Zoo. “We’re getting back to as normal a schedule as we possibly can still during this time,” Pedde said.

The “Comfort and Joy” concert will be recorded and presented early in the morning on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on WTHR-13.

“It’s never the full concert but people can see portions of the concert,” Pedde said.

For tickets, visit icchoir.org/tickets. Tickets will be available at the door.

Civic Theatre’s production of “Elf the Musical” runs through Dec. 24 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts Center in Carmel. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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‘YULETIDE CELEBRATION’ The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents AES “Indiana Yuletide Celebration” through Dec. 23 at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit indianapolissymphony.org.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Even if it wasn’t a holiday tradition, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra resident conductor Jacob Joyce views CONCERT performing Handel’s “Messiah” as a treat.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will present “Handel’s Messiah” at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The 2020 performance was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s really special to have it back this year,” said Joyce, who conducted “Messiah” for ISO in 2019. “It’s one of our favorite events of the symphony orchestra. To get to perform at a venue like the Palladium is really fun and exciting. It’s been my experience there is a great crowd that comes out to this concert as well. It’s a holiday favorite. We like to see that the Indiana community really supports the ISO and understands what a world class of an operation they are. I love being a part of it and it’s a really great event for the ISO and, hopefully, for the community as well.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra resident conductor Jacob Joyce conducts a previous “Handel’s Messiah” at the Palladium. (Photo courtesy of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra)

“In a time when we all could use more joy in our lives. ‘Messiah’ is a musical tradition that has been a source of joy and comfort for centuries.”

The ISO will be joined by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and four guest soloists.

The soloists are Sari Gruber, soprano; Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano; Miles Mykkanen, tenor; and Nicholas Newton, bass.

Joyce said “Messiah” requires a smaller orchestra because it was composed during the Baroque era.

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on what is really important. “ The music was written by Glenn Rudolph and the lyrics are by Thomas Troeger.

Indianapolis Symphonic Choir member “He began it in July (2001) and completed Mary Jo Wright missed singing with her it Sept 30 after knowing what happened on friends during the Sept. 11,” Wright said. “It’s a beautiMUSIC height of the COVID-19 ful piece and dedicated to the mempandemic. ory of those who perished on 9/11.”

“We are thrilled to be back live Wright said the show always this year,” Wright said. “It was really ends with “Hallelujah Chorus” from hard not to be together last year Handel’s “Messiah.” because we’re like family.”

“We have changed other pieces The Carmel resident has been a every year,” she said. “We have Wright member of Indianapolis Symphonic some really great pieces this year. I Choir for seven years. The Indianapolis Symknow when people hear ‘Festival of Carols,’ phonic Choir will perform “Festival of Carols” they think we’re just going to get up and Dec. 17-19 at the Palladium at the Center for sing Christmas carols. (While) they are that, the Performing Arts in Carmel. The shows they are some of the most beautiful choral are 8 p.m. Dec. 17 and 3 p.m. Dec. 18-19. (songs) that have been written at this time.”

“Festival of Carols is one of the biggest Wright is a retired elementary school performances we put on solely by the Symteacher. She taught at Sycamore School in phonic Choir,” Wright said. “It’s such a treat Indianapolis, Park Tudor and in Washington to sing at the Palladium.”

Township in Indianapolis. She retired seven Wright said there are always two songs years ago. the choir does each year. One is “The Dream Wright’s husband, Phillip Wright, is a pasIsaiah Saw.” tor at Traders Point Christian Church.

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that I am the granddaughter in as well. I was struggling with the first note in my solo song, but Brenna the music director Zionsville Middle School sixth-grader Liv helped me, and I’ve got it all figured out Keslin has no problem pinpointing the best now.” part of performing in “White Keslin said she watched YouTube perforMUSICAL Christmas.” mances from the movie.

“I really like mak“My mom helped me figure out ing friendships,” Keslin said. “I’ve more about my character before become really close with several auditions,” she said. of my cast members, even though Keslin played Tootie in “Meet Me they are all adults and I’m the only in St. Louis” at the Westfield Playkid in the show. They help me with house last summer. my costumes and makeup. One of Keslin started acting at age 7.

Keslin them is trying to teach me how to “Then after my fourth-grade do my makeup. I definitely learned a school musical I started doing more lot from them.” classes at the Booth Tarkington Civic TheKeslin plays Gen. Waverly’s granddaughatre in Carmel,” she said. ter, Susan, in Main Street Productions’ Keslin auditioned and was accepted into “White Christmas” at Westfield Playhouse. the Jr. Civic Theatre program. In June 2022, The musical was set to begin Dec. 9 and the Jr. Civic group is scheduled to travel to runs through Dec. 19.

New York City where they are scheduled to Keslin, 11, said she has quite a few lines in attend two Broadway shows and likely be the musical. part of a workshop.

“I am in four songs total. One is a solo One of Keslin’s favorite roles was playing song as the granddaughter,” she said. “One Anna in “Frozen Jr.” while in elementary is a song where I am a random little girl on school. She performed in “Singin’ in the a train, and the two others are group songs Rain” at ZMS in May.

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DISPATCH CSO to collect donated items at Holiday Pops concerts — Carmel Symphony Orchestra has partnered with Carmel’s Merciful H.E.L.P. Center and will collect items at the “Holiday Pops!” performances at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 to benefit people in need throughout the area.

Concertgoers are encouraged to add one or more requested items to holiday shopping lists and bring them to Westfield High School Dec. 18 to donate. Requested items include: blankets (new or “loved”); new hats and gloves; new socks and underwear and hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, deodorant, face or body lotion, soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc). Collection bins will be near the auditorium entrance doors. The “Holiday Pops!” concerts feature Jon McLaughlin. For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

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Front of the Athenaeum in Indianapolis. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Visiting the historic Athenaeum in downtown Indianapolis Commentary by Don Knebel The Athenaeum, at 401 East Michigan St. in Indianapolis, became a National Historic Landmark in 2016. It was once TRAVEL the center of German social life in the city.

After an 1848 revolution failed to unify Europe’s German-speaking states, prosperous Germans (the “Forty-Eighters”) began coming to the United States. Upon arrival, they established institutions known from their homeland, including “turnvereins” (gymnastics clubs), where immigrants could exercise and socialize to develop their ideal “sound mind in a strong body.” In 1851, 26-year-old immigrant Clemons Vonnegut (who founded Vonnegut Hardware Co.) and others founded a turnverein in Indianapolis, which merged in 1852 with another turnverein to form what became known as the “Socialer Turnverein.”

In 1892, after meeting in various downtown locations, Socialer Turnverein officials decided to build a permanent home and purchased two lots at the corner of Michigan and New Jersey streets for $32,000 (about $1 million today). It engaged renowned local architects Vonnegut and Bohm (founded

by Clemons’ son Bernard) to design a suitable building and raised the needed funds through a stock sale. When completed in 1898, Das Deutsche Haus (The German House), built in the German Renaissance Revival style, featured an ornate brick and stone exterior and a richly carved hardwood interior. It included a gymnasium, auditori-

Do you throw up your dukes when you hear someone wish you “Happy Holidays?”

If so, you probably are coming from a place of assuming most GRAMMAR GUY Americans celebrate and observe Christmas. You’re right; a 2019 Gallup poll showed that 93 percent of Americans observe Christmas. However, did you know that “Happy Holidays” has Christian origins?

“Happy Holidays” originally referred to the Advent season, which was comprised of four Sundays that range from late November to late December.

Many churches also celebrate the Christian feast day of Epiphany, which is in early January each year.

Originally, when someone wished you “Happy Holidays,” they most likely meant “Happy Advent season, which will culminate in the celebration of Christmas and subsequently the Epiphany of Christ.” It just so happens that Hanukkah and Kwanzaa align with this time period as well.

Of course, the term “holiday” comes from an Old English word that literally

meant “holy day.” The term only applied to special days on the Christian calendar.

On top of “Happy Holidays” rubbing some the wrong way, writing or saying “Xmas” bothers many people. However, this term is rooted in church traditions as well.

“Xmas” shows up in writing as early as the 1500s. The “X” stands for the Greek letter “chi,” which is the first letter in “Christ” in Greek. “X” was used as an abbreviation for “Christ” because the word was so widely used at the time.

You won’t be surprised to learn that the “-mas” in “Xmas” means “mass.” The “mass of Christ.” Therefore, “Xmas” does not belittle or remove the “Christ” from “Christmas.”

Both “Happy Holidays” and “Xmas” have deep theological roots. Instead of berating people who use them, allow the terms to enrich your devotion to your faith tradition.

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um, ballroom, bowling alleys, beer garden and restaurant (the Rathskeller), now the oldest restaurant in Indianapolis. The building hosted a number of weekly events to acclimate new immigrants to their city.

At a celebration of George Washington’s birthday in February 1918, amid increasing anti-German sentiment in the United States during World War I, Das Deutsche Haus changed its name to the “Athenaeum,” after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war whose terra cotta image inexplicably adorns the building’s highest arch. Today, the Athenaeum annually holds a German Fest, celebrating German culture and the contribution of German immigrants to Indianapolis.

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

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