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State taps brakes on reopening

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com

lator availability ranging from 81 to 84 percent and ICU bed capacity ranging from 36 to 40 percent. Statewide testing also has improved.

State officials announced Indiana will move Indiana was unable to consistently test more to Stage 4.5 of its reopening plan starting July than 3,000 residents a day until mid April, 4, the same date due in large part to the limited supply of PANDEMIC previously schedtesting kits and supplies. The state now uled for the start regularly tests more than 9,000 residents of Stage 5. per day.

During a July 1 press briefing, Centralized contacting efforts have been state officials cautioned that the able to reach 75 percent of Hoosiers who progress of some of Indiana’s have tested positive for COVID-19, 85 perguiding principles for reopening cent of whom were contacted within 48 Holcomb its economy are concerning. Thus, hours, totaling 2,500 calls a day. they have decided to delay a full move to Stage Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris5, opting instead to move certain aspects fortina Box said the number of Indiana residents ward while delaying others. Indiana will stay in with COVID-19 who were contacted is not Stage 4.5 until at least July 17. higher because many of the state’s calls go “(We are) managing our way through this,” unanswered. She urged Hoosiers to answer Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said. “We try to calls from the Indiana State Health Dept. at control what we can control, our own action, 1-833-670-0067 if prompted. our own behavior, our own conduct. We know “We know that as people get out and about, that there are things that we can do to slow we will continue to see more cases,” Box said. the spread, especially as we await therapeu During Stage 4.5, most restrictions that tics and a vaccine. But the volatility that we have been in place will stay in place. Elkhart see, even in some areas of our own state, but County will remain in Stage 4 until at least July especially around the country and especially 17 due to its relatively high number of COVID-19 around our own borders, is of concern, and cases — more than 400 in the last week, Box that’s what’s given us pause to push pause in said. Local governments may impose more some areas. restrictive guidelines if they want, and some The state’s response comes after several counties have mandated that residents wear states have reported an increase in COVID-19 masks. cases. According to ProPublica, a nonprofit Holcomb said he would not mandate masks newsroom, 39 states have seen an increase in for all Hoosiers. Box said a statewide mandate positive tests per 100,000 residents in the last may cause some to be more opposed to weartwo weeks. Indiana is not among them. ing masks.

“This virus is on the prowl,” Holcomb said. “It During Stage 4.5, social gatherings, following is gaining momentum.” the Centers for Disease Control and PrevenWhen Holcomb unveiled the state’s reopention’s social distancing guidelines, will coning model, the Back on Track plan, he said Inditinue to be limited to 250 people. Dining room ana would reopen while continuing to monitor food service may continue operations at up to and respond to four guiding principles: The 75 percent capacity as long as social distancnumber of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the ing is observed. Bar seating in restaurants may availability of ICU beds and ventilators, testing continue operations at 50 percent capacity, capacity and the ability to contact trace all and bars and nightclubs can remain open at 50 positive COVID-19 cases. percent capacity.

Between June 26 and July 1, the state reCultural, entertainment and tourism sites ported an uptick in the number of hospitalized can continue operations at 50 percent capacipatients and daily admissions. The state’s daily ty. Movie theaters, bowling centers and similar positivity rate increased during the same time facilities may continue operations at 50 perperiod. cent capacity. Amusement parks, water parks On June 26, Indiana reported 595 COVID-19 and similar facilities may continue operations hospitalizations. The number rose to 668 paat 50 percent capacity. And raceways, such as tients July 1. The state had previously peaked the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, may continat more than 1,000 hospitalized patients at ue operations at 50 percent grandstand capacone time, but daily hospitalizations steadily ity. Fairs, festivals and similar outdoor events dropped in June from 56 on June 2 to 33 June can open. Parimutuel horse racing and county 25. and state fair racing may begin with 50 perMoreover, ventilator and ICU bed availability cent spectator capacity and youth overnight has held steady in recent weeks, with venticamps may open.

To our valued readers: We hope you are well and are enjoying the start of summer!

It seems as though it was years ago when we communicated our revised distribution plan for Noblesville, but it was actually only the end of March.

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Scout collects relief items

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Scouts of America.

Robbins, a member of Troop 757, is holding collection dates from 9:30 a.m. to 3 Adalynne Robbins wants to provide p.m. July 18 and 25 at her church, Bethel comfort and supplies for those who need it Lutheran Church, 20650 Cumberland Rd., most.

Noblesville.

ACHIEVEMENT “I saw there “I’ve set up a GoFundMe to go and were a coubuy extra supplies so they don’t ple of floods going on in Michigan have to go buy the supplies,” she (in May) and I was talking about said. the Gold Award with people at my A list of items Robbins is colchurch, and they brought up that lecting is on her church web there is a disaster relief program page, bethellutheranchurch.com/ Robbins that goes through North American gold_award_disaster_relief_project.

Lutheran Church,” Robbins said. “Around She is collecting supplies for health, school 10,000 people were evacuated from their and cleaning kits. She also will use the dohomes and came back to lots of damage nated funds for Bibles to include in the kits. that needed to be cleaned up.”

“The U.S. Dept. of Housing states that it During the pandemic, the supplies might can take up to two to three years to rebuild be even harder to get if an area is hit with a after a hurricane,” she said. “The problem natural disaster, Robbins said. with water damage is that it takes time Robbins, who will be a sophomore at to dry out the wood. The longer it takes to Noblesville High School, is working on her clean out debris and furniture, the longer it Girl Scout Gold Award project to collect ditakes to dry out the wood.” saster relief supplies by partnering with the The Gold Award requires 80 hours of work NALC disaster relief fund. The award is the on a project. highest award for community service and is To contribute to the GoFundMe page, visequivalent to an Eagle Scout Project for Boy it bit.ly/2Ze2IX8.

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NOBLESVILLE Project: Road resurfacing Location: Various locations along and Project: Safety improvements within the following areas: Mensa Drive, Location: Strawtown Avenue and Prairie Country Lake Estates, Oakbay, Southwest Baptist Road CONSTRUCTION Quad, North Harbour, South Harbour, Expected completion: The intersection North 9th Street and adjacent streets, of Strawtown Avenue and Prairie Baptist Monument Street and various alleys Road closed June 9 to through traffic while safety imExpected completion: Oct. 15 provements are made. Construction is expected to last for 75 days, tentatively opening up to all traffic by Aug. FISHERS 24. Strawtown Avenue will be closed between Craig AveProject: Ind. 37 Improvement Project nue and Cyntheanne Road, and Prairie Baptist Road will Location: 126th Street west of Ind. 37 is closed and is anbe closed between Strawtown Avenue and 226th Street. ticipated to reopen in July. Cross access and all left turns Residents will continue to have access to their properties will be restricted, with only right-in and right-out turns. throughout construction.

Traffic on southbound Ind. 37 will shift to the northbound

lanes and two lanes will remain in each direction. Local access to businesses will remain open via Lantern Road.

Expected completion: 2022 Detour: Drivers will be directed to use 116th Street or 131st Street to Allisonville Road.

WESTFIELD Project: 2020 road resurfacing Location: The 2020 road resurfacing projects include 169th Street from Oak Ridge Road to Union Street, Casey Road from Ditch Road to 186th Street, the Crestview subdivision, Redhill Road and Burgess Hill Pass in the Maple Knoll subdivision and the Woodshire subdivision.

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Batting center gets upgrades

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Janus Golf and Batting Center opened in mid-June with a refreshed appearance.

Jerry Jamison, develTHINGS TO DO opment & communications director for Janus Development Services, said the nonprofit has purchased new golf balls and mats for the driving range.

“We have also added one new sand trap on the driving range and have started building two more,” Jamison said.

The Janus Golf and Batting Center, 1740 Willow View Rd., Noblesville, is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m.

Sunday.

The batting cages have all been stocked with new baseballs and softballs.

“Not all machines will be open each day as we are trying to keep social distancing at the machines,” Jamison said. “A big plus is we have gotten rid of the quarter machines to pay for batting. Now, you pay by the hour to use the machines. That makes it so much easier on the customers and gives

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“We are also looking forward to start having clients assist in the daily operation in the next couple of weeks,” he said.

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Golf fundraiser – The Evan R. Hansen Legacy Foundation will hold its second golf outing on July 25 at Pebble Brook Golf Course in Noblesville. The foundation was established to carry out philanthropic activities in memory of 2015 Guerin Catholic graduate Evan Hansen. Visit erh32.org to purchase tickets or sponsorship for the golf outing.

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NFD promotes firefighter – The Noblesville Fire Dept. recently promoted firefighter/ paramedic Luke Turner to the rank of lieutenant. Turner is a 15-year veteran of NFD with more than 17 years of firefighting experience. Turner is a graduate of Elwood Community High School. After graduation, he served in the United States Army and is currently a member of the United States Army National Guard with a combined 22 years of military service. Turner has assumed the role of lieutenant at Station 76 on B-Crew.

F.C. Tucker stats – The Noblesville real estate market rebounded strongly in May 2020. According to F.C. Tucker Company, the average sale price of a Noblesville home was $315,469, an increase of 18.8 percent compared to May 2019. The average price per square foot of a home in Noblesville also increased 6.9 percent, to $132.93. Noblesville homes also left the market more quickly than this time last year, spending three fewer days on the market.

2020 Congressional Art Competition winner announced – Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks recently announced the Fifth District winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition, Jackson Manwell. Manwell is a junior at Madison-Grant High School. The third runner up was “My Hoosier Home” by Jordan Cooley, a Noblesville High School junior.

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COMMUNITY Programs open for registration — Noblesville Parks and Recreation is collaborating with Let’s Go Sports to bring beginner t-ball, intermediate t-ball and coach pitch instruction and play for ages 3 to 8 years old. The programs, broken down by ages, will begin July 9 and run for six weeks at Southside Park at 396 Washington St. in Noblesville. For registration details, visit noblesvilleparks.org.

Riverview Health Foundation awards scholarships — The Riverview Health Foundation recently awarded the Dr. and Mrs. Malcom Bray Medical Scholarship to seven Hamilton County students. The students include Sophie Brisco, Noblesville High School; Caitlin Hartwick, Hamilton Heights High School; Lydia Hermann, Westfield High School; Nick Roberts, Sheridan High School; Emma

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Each recipient is wishing to pursue a career in the medical field and receives $1,000.

NHS grads accepted into military academy — Noblesville High School seniors Jack Judy and Regan Coy recently were accepted the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy, respectively.

New employee — Mayor Chris Jensen recently announced that Noblesville has hired Chuck Haberman as the city’s workforce development manager. Haberman will serve as the city’s authority on workforce development innovation.

Gaylor Electric employee recognized — Indiana contractor Gaylor Electric recently announced General Superintendent Ron Cayton as the Associated Builders and Contractors 2020 National Craft Professional of the Year.

Cayton will be honored during the Careers in Construction Awards at ABC Convention 2020 in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 19.

Arbor Homes donates to food banks — Arbor Homes recently announced it donated $100,000 to local food banks in response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The donation will be divided between Gleaners, Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program, Interchurch Food Pantry of Johnson County and Second Helpings.

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Your health and safety is our #1 priority!

We have been treating urgent care patients the entire time, but we are now open for routine visits with expanded hours to accommodate all appointment requests.

For your health and safety, we have implemented the following: • Extra sanitation procedures.

• Staff are wearing face masks and we are advising patients to wear a face mask to reduce exposure to COVID19.

• Patients are staying in their cars until we are ready for their appointment.

• Rescheduling patients displaying symptoms such as a cough, fever or shortness of breath. Our medical staff is doing this as well.

• Providing telemedicine appointments for patients unable to leave home.

COVID-19 causes lost wages Commentary by Mark Heirbrandt In Hamilton County alone, COVID-19 has caused an estimated $554 million, and counting, in lost wages. I PANDEMIC was heartbroken over the stories of family restaurants struggling to pay rent, new businesses forced to shut their doors or delay opening and citizens at a loss for work. But through it all, we remained hopeful.

In an effort to combat rising unemployment and address the significant financial burden caused by COVID-19, our county created the Hamilton County Workforce Recovery Task Force and the Hamilton County Stabilization Fund.

These key projects are ways for our county to combat the negative effects of COVID-19. Helping to support working community members, attracting quality jobs and maintaining a fiscally responsible budget are our top priorities, and we have some of the best and brightest from Hamilton County dedicated to seeing a full recovery of our local economy.

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keep Hamilton County as the best place in the country include: • Task force initiatives in progress.

• Creating a virtual job fair for county residents scheduled for early July.

• Providing mentoring to residents in need of computer skills and resumé help to apply for jobs.

• Identifying additional grant and funding opportunities for community members.

• Stabilization fund.

• 210 applications from local businesses.

• Distributed $750,000 in support to community members.

I look forward to the innovation and opportunities that arise from this hardship.

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4-H Fair still on but closed to public

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Like many events, the Hamilton County 4-H Fair will look dramatically different this year. The July 16-20 fair will go on, but in a limited capacity. Only 4-H members and their families can attend.

In addition, there will be no food vendors, commercial vendors or evening entertainment.

The Hamilton County 4-H Council is moving forward with the limited fair to allow 4-H members an opportunity to learn.

“They were also looking at the Purdue guidelines and the guidelines for the governor’s Back On Track plans, but we are calling it an exhibit fair because it is limited,” county extension director Susan Peterson said. “We are trying to make sure safety measures are in Peterson place, so we met with the Hamilton County Health Dept., the Hamilton County Emergency Management and Hamilton County Buildings and Grounds.”

4-H Youth Development Educator Kathleen Bohde said in planning a limited-capacity fair, the group had to remember its original mission.

Bohde “The Hamilton County 4-H mission is to provide real-life educational opportunities for young people that will have a positive impact on the community and our world,” Bohde said. “So, they have been working on these projects and diving deeper into different subject matters, and usually our fair is an opportunity to showcase that to the public. This year, we have had to tweak what our vision is of the fair due to COVID-19.

“In the end, we needed to really focus on the core, and that would be having the youth exhibits judged and critiqued by a judge.”

Fair organizers look forward to presenting a full fair next year.

“We want all that back, but for this year, we have had to go back to the core of the event, and that’s focusing on 4-H and the 4-H projects and educational programs, and we had to take a pause this year,” Bohde said.

During the fair, 4-H members and their families will be required to practice social distancing. Face coverings and hand sanitizer will be available, along with cleaning stations and hand-washing stations.

In addition, there is a change in the 4-H showing

The Hamilton County 4-H Fair will allow 4-Hers to show their projects, but popular events such as last year’s Color Me Green Fun Run and other community involvements, will return next year. (FIle photos)

schedule.

“This year is a show-and-go,” Bohde said. “Animals will come in the morning, and after the judging event, they are released to go back home. No animals will be here overnight.”

The queen pageant will be live streamed through Hamilton County Television, as will the show arena events.

For the indoor exhibits, a virtual tour of the fair will be filmed.

“We will be posting our schedules and sharing the links to the different live-streamed events as well as a highlight reel,” Bohde said. “We have been working on how to celebrate our 10- and nine-year 4-H members, and we do want it to be a celebration. It just has to look a bit different this year. We are grateful people are pas-

sionate about 4-H and the Hamilton County 4-H Fair and want to help support it, but we will see you in 2021.”

For more, visit extension.purdue.edu/hamilton/ article/4559.

4-H MEMBERS ATTENDING THE STATE FAIR The Indiana State Fair also will be closed to the public. 4-H projects advancing to the Aug. 7-23 fair will be for indoor projects only.

A virtual auction will be conducted for livestock.

“It will be very limited, the same model Hamilton County is doing for their 4-H families, and there is no public at Indiana state fair,” 4-H Youth Development Educator Kathleen Bohde said.

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Statuesque dilemma

Publishing Mead sows stupidity

Commentary by Terry Anker The sitcom “Dad” demanded the kids’ telephones and tablets. “On Thanksgiving, we are going to talk as a family,” he proclaimed, “real conversation, no electronics.” Per the TV stereotype, the teenagers refused — so, Dad convinced the children to acquiesce with the warning that he’d join Facebook. One can assume from the fear the threat advanced that, one, Facebook was still relevant to young people and, two, that they judged anything that included parents as a bad, even uncool, idea. Sure, we need to separate ourselves from our folks. We feel compelled to have our own secrets, even our own culture.

From rock ‘n’ roll to the cat’s meow, we have pushed to separate ourselves from the unenlightened generation that predated us. We rebel against those institutions and hierarchies that restrict our access to power. Along the way, we often improve our lives and the lives of those around us. But for each enlightenment, there is a Dark Age. For each great leader, there is a despot. But in the short course of a human lifespan, we lack the scope of understanding, or the patience to know that our generation may not be the pivotal one, to adequately evaluate the downside effect of our actions.

Still, shouldn’t we do something?

Shouldn’t we tear down those statues of Stalin? Didn’t he kill 60 million humans? Some think so. Then, do we fill the empty pedestals with Putin? Even before, where are the bronze sculptures of the Czars? Were they melted to make the ones of Stalin? Isn’t it all a bit circular? What is Russian history?

Cossacks, then Czars, then Marxists, then oligarchs? Should we melt them all down and make something new? When is history set in stone? Can a foundry determine its form?

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

Sobering search for tequila Commentary by Danielle Wilson Friends, I’m disappointed to report that very little Appalachian drama emerged at my daughter’s dance nationals HUMOR in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Due to COVID-19, there weren’t many teams competing, and each studio had its own dressing room, which significantly cut down on the backstage theatrics and costume mishaps. Furthermore, audience members had to sit individually, 6 feet apart, making it difficult to eavesdrop on mothers living vicariously through their besparkled children. In fact, only one story emerged as column-worthy, but it does involve booze.

Here goes.

Our hotel room came with a margarita machine, and after 12 hours in a freezing conference center, its promise of warmth and dulled senses definitely held appeal. I had a small window to find tequila in preparation for the aforementioned deliciousness, but as I headed out onto the Vegas-like strip, I realized that my phone had no sig-

nal. Never mind. I had a rough layout of the land and figured I’d drive a loop until I saw a 21st Amendment, or its equivalent. Imagine my disbelief when, after 25 minutes of harrowing traffic and endless stoplights, I still had no hard alcohol in hand. I could literally have luxuriated in leather, fudge and moonshine factories; ridden go-karts, Ferris wheels and SlingShots; bought a goat; or attended a Hatfield/McCoy, pirate or Civil War dinner show (do you think the Union still wins?) but could not locate a stupid liquor store. Not one! Now, what’s a strungout dance mom supposed to do?

She drives to Publix for cheap champagne and creatively turns her marg maker into a bellini mixer. And life is good in Appalachia, albeit boring.

Peace out.

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

After 25 minutes of harrowing traffic and endless stoplights, I still had no hard alcohol in hand.

Editor, You claim to thoroughly vet your published letters but continue to print ignorant and stupid letters from the Westfield-based, climate-change denier Mic Mead. This guy claims to be some kind of climate expert but has zero peer-reviewed publications and spouts the same totally discredited and disproved nonsense that the Heartland Institute espouses. Stop it.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide is at the highest level in 3 million years. A fact.

The sun cycles referred to by Mead are known as Milankovitch cycles from the Serbian geophysicist and have been disproven by numerous researchers to not be the cause for global warming.

(Mead) once claimed something like 5,000 scientists signed on to a letter disavowing that CO2 and other greenhouse gases caused climate change.

An outright false representation that also has been completely discredited.

Publishing Mead’s attacks on legitimate climate science is a mistake, sows stupidity and is outright dangerous. Another idiot for our grandkids to “thank” when climate inaction leads to more devastation.

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Walking the walk and walking back the talk Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Last year, for my birthday, my son gave me one of those watches that keeps track of daily steps. It isn’t a fancy HUMOR Fitbit, with all the bells and whistles, although it does monitor my blood pressure. It isn’t very accurate. Yesterday, I got several different readings: 190/100, 60/40 and 120/70. I’ve decided to go with the last one because it keeps me alive the longest.

I read somewhere that the average American gained 5 pounds during this spring’s home quarantine. I think of myself as an above-average person, so I figured I was good for at least 10 added pounds. And now, I have become obsessed with walking.

I look at my watch every 20 seconds.

How many steps can I get in while inside the house? I know exactly how many steps it takes to walk around the kitchen island (27), and if I do that 75 times, I have walked a mile, and not only that, I become too dizzy and nauseous to eat. The pounds are dropping away.

The recommended 10,000 steps a day is just an arbitrary goal, so I started shooting for other benchmarks: 15,000, then 20,000 and 25,000, all of which I have achieved. I

Googled people who walk up to 60,000 steps a day, but it’s mostly fugitives escaping the law on foot. One guy claimed he did 70,000 a day. His wife finally left him, but he got in a few more steps searching for her.

The recommended 10,000 steps a day is just an arbitrary goal, so I started shooting for other benchmarks: 15,000, then 20,000 and 25,000, all of which I have achieved.

I Googled people who walk up to 60,000 steps a day, but it’s mostly fugitives escaping the law on foot.

I want to have some steps already on my watch when I awaken each morning. The device doesn’t reset to zero until midnight, so I go downstairs at 12:01 a.m., turn on the TV and get on the treadmill. Not only do I

begin the day with 2,000 steps, but I’ve now seen every episode of “Hot in Cleveland.”

On Tuesday, I was gone for three hours.

“Where have you been?” my worried wife asked as I sauntered up to the front door.

“I just kept walking and walking, Mary Ellen. Why not? I have nothing else to come home for … ” Wow, that came out waaaay wrong. What I meant to say was, “I have no hobbies, I don’t play an instrument, I can’t cook, I don’t have a workshop, I hate gardening and I don’t follow the stock market.” I didn’t have time to say all that before the door was slammed in my face.

Later, I apologized.

“Mary Ellen, that was a terrible thing I said. I’m sorry.”

“So, you are walking back that remark?”

“Yes, I am. And I think that counts as 1,000 steps.”

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

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By Rick Morwick Rick@youarecurrent.com In a celebration of local artists, makers and their specialty wares, Nickel Plate Arts will take center stage at EVENT the July 11 Noblesville Farmers Market.

In conjunction with Noblesville Main Street, Nickel Plate Arts will present Art Day at the Market, where patrons can shop for handmade products including soap, woodwork, candles, paintings and children’s books and illustrations. The event is from 8 a.m. to noon at Federal Hill Commons in Noblesville.

“Noblesville Main Street invited us to be sort of the theme for the day,” said Aili McGill, executive director of Nickel Plate Arts. “They want to open the market up to artists and vendors of all kinds just to add some extra pomp and circumstance to the market as well as put a spotlight on how much impact our local creatives have on our economy.

“We’re opening up opportunities for vendor artists, especially makers.”

A nonprofit that serves much of eastern Hamilton County, Nickel Plate Arts cultivates cultural growth by developing and integrating visual and performing arts in downtowns and parks. It supports more than 200 professional local artists and raises awareness for the arts by supporting venues where people can enjoy the arts. Noblesville Main Street also is a nonprofit that enriches the culture and community of the city’s historic downtown district.

On July 11, the missions of both organizations will mesh during Art Day at the Market, which is moving forward despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’re hoping for as many as 10 artist vendors,” McGill said. “I will say it’s harder right now to find vendors who are ready and excited about doing fairs just because there’s still so much uncertainty with COVID-19. But we think we will certainly have at least five vendors, and we may have as many as 10, plus the Nickel Plate Arts activity booths.”

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The Noblesville Cultural Arts District booth during a previous downtown event. (Submitted photo)

include Roseanne Crowell, Pat Garcia, Cheri Halstead & Jeff Rich, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Ron Alexander, Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy and TaysDreamers.

In addition, Nickel Plate Arts representatives will distribute free activity kits to patrons during the market. The kits contain art projects and supplies for people of all ages.

“Normally, we would use some sort of interactive art project with everybody, but it’s a little tricky when you’re dealing with COVID-19,” McGill said. “So instead, we’ll give away art kits so that you can create something on your own at home.”

Besides Art Day at the Market, Nickel Plate Arts is reaching the community by offering three art classes — via Zoom — led by painter/art instructor Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi of Fishers.

A former maker-in-residence at Ignite Studio in Fishers, Parssi will teach the following classes: • Monday night drawing class, July

6-Sept. 14, Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m.

Cost is $110 for the 10-week course or $11 per session.

• Tween/teen drawing class, July 15Aug. 26, Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Cost is $70 for the seven-week course or $10 per session.

• Introduction to oil painting, July 15Aug. 26, Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Recommended for ages 16 and older. Cost is $150 for the 10-week course or $15 per session.

“We’ve got this great relationship with Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi, who is a really talented artist and teaching artist who has sort of adopted the Nickel Plate Arts network and has been providing her wonderful teaching skills for about a year now,” McGill said. “She’s designed these three courses to be great opportunities for people at various skill levels.”

For more about Art Day at the Market and the Nickel Plate Arts classes, visit nickelplatearts.org.

Heartland Film Festival Artistic Director Greg Sorvig wasn’t optimistic about conducting a film festival when FILM events began to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“If you asked me back in March if you are going to be doing any festivals this year, let alone on the dates we have advertised, I would have been very doubtful,” Sorvig said.

“We’ve persevered and I think the industry has really bounced back.”

The Carmel resident said the third Indy Shorts International Festival, run by Heartland Festival, will be held in a hybrid format July 21-26. A virtual format will allow film fans to watch all 18 programs featuring 128 selected short films at home.

There will be screenings at the Tibbs Drive-in Theatre, 480 S Tibbs Ave., in Indianapolis, July 23-26.

The four Tibbs screening nights, which start at 9:25 p.m., will feature two nights of Indiana Spotlight award winners.

“We want the hometown filmmakers to still get their moment so those films will play on the big screen at Tibbs,” he said.

The July 23 program at Tibbs is Indiana Spotlight 1. On July 24, there will be an Indiana Spotlight 2 program. A second program that night will feature Heartland Horror, a new category. Most of the award winners will be shown July 25. A comedy program will be held July 26.

“So, we’ll be going out with a laugh,” Sorvig said.

There are new $1,000 prizes for comedy and horror.

“Usually, prizes go to hard-hitting dramas.

I love comedy, so we wanted to throw them a bone, too,” Sorvig said.

Films are competing for more than $30,000 in cash prizes.

One of the four high school firms competing for the grand prize is “Whipped Cream Cake” by directors Raymond Mo and Minju Hong from Carmel High School.

For more, visit IndyShorts.org. The Heartland Film Festival is set for Oct. 8-18.

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Terica Anthony fully embraces the 1960s era of music of powerful female voices.

“This era of music speaks MUSICAL to generations of people from then to now,” she said.

“I love the story element that this era establishes in their music. This era allowed music to be a tool of change, and I find that inspirational.”

The 2020 Ball State UniAnthony versity graduate will play Gina in “Beehive: The 60s Musical” from July 8 to Aug. 9 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. Beef & Boards is reopening with a reduced capacity after being closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Anthony, a North Central High School graduate, loves that her character is easygoing.

“She loves to have a good time and has no problem with being honest,” she said. “I really enjoy the song track that this character has as well. Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin have always been an inspiration to me. I am so excited to sing songs that inspired me throughout my life and share that love with others. This is going to be such a fun show and I can’t wait to take everyone back to the ’60s.”

While at Ball State, she won original composition in a talent competition two consecutive years.

“I take songwriting very seriously, and to have been recognized for something that I am passionate (about) was amazing,” she said. “I continue to write songs today. I currently have a song on all music platforms titled ‘Mary Jane’ by Terica Marie. Songwriting has been a major part of my life and will continue to be.”

This is Anthony’s second appearance with Beef & Boards, previously playing one of The Dynamites and the role of Lorraine in “Hairspray” in 2019.

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 9757 Fall Creek Rd., Indianapolis What to get: Chicken piccata Price: $19.99 Anna’s take: I love a good chicken piccata, and Amore hit it out of the park. It comes with thinly pounded chicken or veal ($24.99) and is sautéed in a lemon butter white wine sauce and adorned with capers, then layered atop a bed of delicate pasta. Crisp and lemony, the dish is a great choice for piccata lovers.

I also tried the Insalata di Casa ($5.99), with harvest greens, carrot, cucumber, red onion, grape tomatoes, pepperoncini, mozzarella and a house-made, creamy Italian dressing. Another appetizer is Jesseppers ($8.99), fresh banana peppers stuffed with house-made Italian sausage, then roasted

Amore Italian Kitchen’s chicken piccata has a delicious lemon flavor. (Submitted photo)

and served on a bed of marinara and fresh basil. The spaghetti and meatballs ($18.99), has meatballs made of beef, veal and pork.

I also tried the braised beef cannelloni ($21.99), a decadent dish with slow-roasted short ribs, herbs and tomatoes in a white wine reduction, rolled in pasta sheets with herbed ricotta, then baked and topped with mushroom sauce.

Suggested pairings: Try the espresso martini. It’s the perfect dessert drink.

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Commentary by Don Knebel Muslims regard Saladin as one of the greatest military leaders of all time. His mausoleum in Damascus, Syria, TRAVEL contains two sarcophagi but only one body.

Saladin, whose full Arabic name was An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, was born to Kurdish parents in 1137. After helping resist a Crusader attack on Egypt, he became the vizier of Egypt. He then gained control of Syria, becoming the first sultan of Egypt and Syria. In 1187, Muslim forces under Saladin annihilated a Crusader army near the Sea of Galilee during the Battle of Hattin, gaining control of most of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, including the City of Jerusalem. The defeat precipitated the Third Crusade, financed by the so-called “Saladin tithe” and led by Richard the Lionheart of England. King Richard was successful in recapturing lands along the Mediterranean coast but was unable to retake Jerusalem.

In 1192, Richard and Saladin, who was considered honorable even by his enemies, entered into a truce agreement that allowed Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem.

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constructed a modest mausoleum for Saladin at the northwest corner of the Great Mosque of Damascus. Saladin’s body was buried beneath a wooden sarcophagus covered in green cloth. In 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was seeking a better relationship with the Ottoman Empire that controlled Syria, visited Damascus and sent a carved marble sarcophagus that he thought better suited so important a leader as Saladin.

Authorities placed Wilhelm’s sarcophagus inside the mausoleum but left the remains of Saladin in peace. Visitors enter Saladin’s mausoleum under the English words “Tomb of Conqueror.” Only ruins remain of the Islamic school (madrassa) that once stood beside it.

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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