September 14, 2021 — Noblesville

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County aims to improve 146th St., Hazel Dell Pkwy.

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Hamilton County has taken an early step to redesign one of its most congested and dangerous intersections.

ROADS The Hamilton County Council recently approved $800,000 and Hamilton County commissioners approved a contract for design work at 146th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway, an intersection bordered by Carmel to the south and Noblesville to the north. Conceptual drawings — which are not final — for the intersection show 146th Street raised above a roundabout on Hazel Dell Parkway with on and off ramps to connect the roads.

“The intent right now is to move forward into the engineering of (the intersection) and at least get to 45 percent (completion of) plans and through the environmental review,” said Bradley Davis, highway director for the Hamilton County Highway Dept. “The environmental review could cause some changes to the concept.”

Improving the intersection has long been a priority for Hamilton County officials, as quick growth in the area led to the intersection hitting 20-year traffic projections within eight years, according to Hamilton County Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt. Safety has been a concern, too, with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization ranking it among the top 50 most dangerous inter-

A conceptual plan — which is not final — for proposed intersection improvements at 146th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway. (Courtesy of Hamilton County)

sections in Central Indiana in a 2016 study.

Davis said he estimates construction of the project to cost $30 million, and a funding source is yet to be identified. Heirbrandt said the county is seeking grants and sources of federal funding to help cover the cost.

“I wish we could (build) it sooner, but everything always comes down to money,” Heirbrandt said. “So, it’s our job to try to get any type of funding that might be available to be less burdensome on any of the taxpayers in the county.”

Because funding has not been secured, it is unclear when construction could begin.

Ultimately, county officials want to replace traffic signals along the 146th Street corridor with grade-separated roundabout intersections that would function much like those along Keystone Parkway in Carmel.

Design work is under way to transform the intersection of 146th Street and Allisonville Road near the border of Fishers, Carmel and Noblesville. Construction on the $29 million project is expected to begin in the spring of 2023 and be complete in the fall of 2024.

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Noblesville man starts coffee meet up for widows, widowers

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great. Her advice has helped shape where we are today. She helped get an account set up for the coupons and has also helped Losing a spouse can be a difficult jourmake group meetups possible.” ney to undertake alone. Often, family and Meet Up for Coffee encourages people to friends aren’t start making connections after the THINGS TO DO sure what to loss of a spouse. say to help “Coffee is just a convenient reaease the pain. But sometimes, a son for people to get together and simple offer to meet for coffee can talk. It could be tea, a beer, lunch, make all the difference. dinner, tennis, shopping, a walk, That’s why Dustin Mehringer etc.,” Mehringer said. “I want to enstarted Meet Up for Coffee. He courage friends and acquaintances Mehringer knows how painful the loss of a of widows and widowers to reach spouse can be. His wife, Alli, died in a car out. Talking with someone who has lost a accident in April 2016. spouse is uncomfortable because people “After the accident, one of my best are unsure what to say or do.” friendships started with a conversation Mehringer’s hope is that the group will over a cup of coffee give people the “courat Noble Coffee & Tea. age to step out of their “Don’t underestimate the We talked about our comfort zone and invite lives, life in general and power of just showing up. It the widow or widowGod,” Mehringer said. is good to acknowledge their er they know out for “The coffee was good coffee.” loss, but it isn’t the only but the friendship that “There aren’t ‘right’ developed out of that thing you have to talk about.” words to say but they conversation had a big – DUSTIN MEHRINGER can show up, be there impact on me. to listen, let them know “I thought about how you care about them, I could help other widows or widowers be and they are not alone,” he said. “Don’t unpositively impacted in a similar way.” derestimate the power of just showing up.

Mehringer had a general idea for a group, It is good to acknowledge their loss, but it but it wasn’t until this summer after friend isn’t the only thing you have to talk about.”

Chris Luckenbill suggested going ahead and Mehringer also is exploring the idea of an launching a website and seeing how it went informal group for widows and widowers. that Mehringer decided it was time.

“This is not intended to replace grief “So, within a week, the website was upcounseling, and I encourage people who dated and 30 coupons for free coffee were need additional support to find a formal mailed out to 10 widows and widowers,” group and sign up,” he said.

Mehringer said. “Robyn Wilson, one of the For more, visit meetupforcoffee.com. owners at Noble Coffee & Tea, has been

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What happens during the city’s budget process?

Commentary by Darren Peterson It is that time of year again, when it is still hot and humid but you start seeing ads for pumpkin spice everywhere. It’s also known in my world as local govGOVERNMENT ernment budget-adoption season.

Local government units that receive property taxes are responsible each year for submitting their planned budgets for the following year. The budget-setting process includes multiple steps and is arguably the most important responsibility of the city council.

Publication The first stage of the budget process requires the city to publish a proposed budget, property tax levy and property tax rate for each of its funds. The city also must publish the time, date and location of public meetings at which the budget will be discussed.

The Noblesville council and mayor’s office just completed two, three-hour public work sessions in August. Each department head reviewed the 2021 adopted budget and 2021 revised budget, then reviewed the 2022 base budget and presented the 2022 requested budget.

Council review Once the city has published its proposed budget, property tax levy and property tax rate, it will submit that information to the council. The council must review the information

and make its recommendation about the action proposed by the city.

The Noblesville administration will continue to review department requests and work to refine a proposed budget to the council. The budget will have the first reading Sept.

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Public hearing and adoption meeting Once the city has received its recommendation from the Hamilton County Council, it then holds a public hearing. Taxpayers may attend the hearing to voice their opinions about the proposed budget, property tax levy and property tax rate. The city council must wait 10 days and hold an adoption meeting. This must be done by Nov. 1 in the year before the budget takes effect.

The adoption meeting is Sept. 28 at our regularly scheduled council meeting.

Certification The Dept. of Local Government Finance is the state agency responsible for ensuring that provisions and laws that limit budgets, property tax levies and property tax rates are followed. Therefore, the budgets, property tax levies and property tax rates must be approved by the DLGF before tax bills are sent. At the end of the DLGF review, the DLGF certifies a budget, property tax rate and property tax levy that become the official authority to manage, invest and spend for the city.

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Year-end financial reporting As with any budget, the actual spending does not line up perfectly with the planned or budgeted spending for each particular item. The city reports its actual spending by March 1 of the year after the budget is effective. The reports are collected and audited by another state agency called the State Board of Accounts.

Noblesville was recently acknowledged as the 10th-largest city in Indiana based on population. Growth creates its own challenges and opportunities. Our approximate $80 million budget can be complicated. The process is a year-long, constant review, adjustment and management of the budget. Each council member is annually assigned a city department and works closely with the department head, staff and the mayor’s office to prepare the best fiscal plan for the city. I am proud of what we have accomplished using a fiscally responsible and transparent approach and look forward to a very bright future for our great city.

Darren Peterson is the Noblesville Common Council president and founder of Peterson Architecture. He serves with Nickel Plate Arts, Noblesville First United Methodist Church, Keep Noblesville Beautiful and several other organizations.

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DISPATCHES School board to meet virtually — The Noblesville Schools Board of Trustees Sept. 21 meeting will be virtual due to the district having a high number of COVID-19 cases.

According to a statement from a district spokesperson, recent school board meetings have been over capacity with many attendees refusing to wear masks. The meeting can be livestreamed at noblesvilleschools. org/Page/8489. Public comment can be submitted at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLScH3hDKyvW5GDtkW9mVJ7Z5N0ShRUYws2mj2y3NEfH1D7a9pg/viewform.

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Jensen appointed to state task force — Gov. Eric Holcomb recently appointed Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen to the Indiana Task Force on Wastewater Infrastructure Investment and Service to Underserved Areas. The task force will study the maintenance and life cycle management of wastewater management systems, the adequacy of funding for the maintenance, existing policies regulating wastewater management systems, the value of improved wastewater infrastructure as it relates to economic development, difficulties in connecting unserved properties to sanitary sewer systems and financing options for extending wastewater service into rural or underserved areas.

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Spartz accepting military academy applications — U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) is accepting applications for military academy nominations for the class of 2026. To be considered for a nomination, applicants must be a U.S. citizen and legal resident of the 5th Congressional District, must be at least 17 years old but not yet 23 years old and unmarried without children and under no legal obligation to support children or other dependents. Fill out an application at https://spartz.house.gov/services/military-academy-nominations and submit to SpartzAcademyNominations@mail.house. gov. Applications must be received no later than Oct. 15.

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Indiana Criminal Justice Institute launches new effort – The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute recently launched a new effort designed to connect victims of a violent crime with support and services. By visiting hopeandhelpin.org, crime victims and survivors in Indiana can find resources on a variety of topics ranging from domestic violence and sexual assault to human trafficking, with more expected to be added over time.

Goodrich appointed to education study committee — State Rep. Chuck Goodrich (R-Noblesville) was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Interim Study Committee on Education, which conducted its first meeting Aug. 23. The Interim Study Committee on Education will review state education mandates and look for ways

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COMMUNITY Project: Transmission and water utility work Project: Small structure Location: Veterans Way bereplacement tween The Cat Theatre and Location: 196th Street CONSTRUCTION 1st Street SW. Partial clobetween Promise Road and sures will occur but access Summer Road is closed. to all addresses will be maintained.

Expected completion: Dec. 1.

Expected completion: The four-phase projProject: Small structure replacement ect, which will later impact other areas, is Location: 191st Street between Cyntheexpected to be complete by May 2022. anne Road and Prairie Baptist Road will be Project: Burial of overhead lines closed to all thru traffic.

Location: Guilford Road between Grand Expected completion: Dec. 1.

Boulevard and Main Street WESTFIELD Expected completion: End of 2021 Project: Sidewalk installation and drainProject: New roundabout construction age upgrades Location: The intersection of 169th Street Location: Shoshone Drive and Oswego and Spring Mill Road will be closed for Road approximately 60 days. The construction Expected completion: October began Sept. 7.

Estimated completion: November FISHERS Project: Closure due to weekly farmers Project: Roundabout construction on 146th market street.

Location: Mill Street just south of the Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and Grand Junction Plaza will be closed every 146th Street. Best detour is bypassing Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. for the West146th street by taking 141st street. field Farmers Market.

Expected completion: May 2022.

Expected completion: Through Sept. 30 Project: Roundabout construction on 131st Project: Jersey Street street.

Location: From Union Street to Mill Street Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and Expected completion: Jersey Street will 131st Street. Best detour is to avoid 131st be closed for the remainder of the Grand street by taking 126th street.

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Expected completion: July 2022.

Project: Grand Junction Plaza GEIST Location: The parking lot west of Union Project: Water Main replacement Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking Location: Maple Lane, Zoeller Ave and lot on the east end of Park Street is perWallingwood Drive, had been scheduled manently closed as the Grand Junction originally to be completed by late sumPlaza is moving into the construction mer, the project has been delayed due phase. Parking is available on the west to supply chain issues and has been end of Park Street. rescheduled to begin at the beginning of September.

CARMEL Expected completion: After January 1 Project: Rehabilitation of 116th Street ZIONSVILLE bridge over the White River Project: North/South Connector Location: Lane closures will begin on or after Sept. 20 and be in effect for 116th Location: The final element to begin on Street between River Road and Eller Road. the project is the new, two-lane roundOne lane of traffic in each direction will about on Oak Street at C.R. 850 E., also be maintained at all times throughout known as Cooper Road. While Oak Street construction. is planned to remain open to traffic Expected completion: Nov. 9 throughout this phase, C.R. 850 E. will Project: Range Line Road reconstruction close south of the intersection for approxLocation: Between City Center Drive and imately 30 days during construction.

Expected completion: This month Elm Street. The project will include construction of a new roundabout at Walnut Project: U.S. 421 and C.R. 550 Street (6th Street) and Range Line Road.

Location: INDOT has started the interAlternate routes during construction insection improvement project at U.S. 421 clude Keystone Parkway, Main Street, City and C.R. 550 to add a traffic light at this Center Drive and 3rd Avenue SW. intersection. The project could take a few Expected completion: Work on the roundmonths to complete. There will not be any about is under way, with a full closure closures but there may be lane restricof the intersection expected for approxitions at times with flaggers present. mately 60 days.

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Cyclist to take 100-mile charity ride

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Dave Schweikert developed a special plan for the 200th time he has ridden a bicycle 100 miles in one day.

FUNDRAISER The 53-year-old Carmel resident will do a 100-mile charity ride Sept. 25 for World Bicycle Relief on a single-speed Buffalo Bike. World Bicycle Relief raises funds to supply Buffalo Bikes for those in need in rural Africa.

“The Buffalo Bikes are used primarily by teachers and health care workers,” said Schweikert, who Dave Schweikert plans moved to Carmel a 100-mile ride Sept. less than a year 25 on a Buffalo Bike to ago after living raise money for World in Noblesville for Bicycle Relief. (Photo by 25 years. “One of Joe Vondersaar) the bicycles costs $147. I’m hoping to get a lot of people out to join me for a little or a lot. I basically ask people to contribute $1 a mile. If you come out and ride 5 miles with me, throw in $5.

They can use any bike.”

Schweikert will start at 7:30 a.m. in Midtown in Carmel, ride up to Noblesville and then travel east around Indianapolis, eventually coming back through Zionsville and returning to his starting point.

Schweikert has never ridden 100 miles on a Buffalo Bike, which is more difficult than a normal 100-mile ride because it is on a heavier, durable steel bike.

“The farthest I’ve done is 25 to 27 miles on the Buffalo Bike,” he said. “I’ll do a few other training rides on it, but I won’t do that far. That’s part of the challenge to do something new that you’ve never done before.”

His ultimate goal is to raise money for 1,000 Buffalo Bikes, which would cost an estimated $147,000.

For more, visit whyiride.org. To donate, visit give.worldbicyclerelief.org/fundraiser/1939756.

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Bostic sets example for CHS volleyball teammates

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School senior volleyball player Ella Bostic quickly gravitated to being a setter.

“From a young age I was definitely drawn to the leadership role of setters and their ability to change the game,” Bostic said. “I’ve had great players older than me in club and high school to observe. My height allows me to be an effective setter from both the front and back row and also be an offensive option by tipping or hitting the ball.”

The 6-foot-1 Bostic is in her third season as a varsity setter for the Greyhounds.

“We have a really good rapport on how we like to run the offense,” said Carmel coach Kristine Wheeler Deem, whose nickname is “Wheels.” “She’s been a great asset to the program and is a fantastic leader among her peers. She is always willing to give everything she has got. She is a bigtime leader by example.”

Deem said Bostic is having more of a vocal presence this year.

“She is doing everything she can to keep

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Through Sept. 8, the Greyhounds had a

Carmel High School volleyball player Ella Bostic (26) sets the ball to Emily Waddell (11). (Photo by Amber Mosely)

10-4 record.

“Our team has a lot of potential to make a run in the state tournament,” Bostic said.

“We have an experienced team with seven seniors and a great group of underclassmen. Coach Wheels and her staff have

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worked hard to create a supportive culture and I think we are starting to see dividends of their hard work.”

Bostic said the goal is a Class 4A state title.

“Personally, my goal this year is to be the best teammate I can be by setting, passing, serving and blocking well and being a good leader,” she said. “As a setter, I want my hitters and teammates to look good, so that is always a goal.”

She would like to surpass 2,000 career assists, but added she is “more concerned about wins than my stats.”

Bostic has played for Munciana Volleyball Club in Yorktown since age 12.

“It is a one-hour drive, one way, from home, but worth every minute,” said Bostic, who has committed to play for the University of North Carolina next season. “The training, coaching and competition is exceptional. My teammates are all great players with bright futures in NCAA volleyball. In June, my team won the 18 Open AAU National Championship in Orlando, which was super exciting.”

Bostic’s sister, Bonnie, is a sophomore volleyball player at Yale University.

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Local health officials unsure when booster shots will arrive

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Anyone who previously received an mRNA vaccine will at some point be able to receive a booster shot, but local PANDEMIC health officials are unsure when that will be.

On Aug. 18, the Biden administration announced Americans who were vaccinated at least eight months prior would be able to receive a booster shot starting Sept. 20. But Walker local health officials at the Boone County Health Dept. and Hamilton County Health Dept. said they have not received additional information as to when booster shots will be rolled out. Federal and local health officials said booster shots will require authorization by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel.

Christian Walker, emergency preparedness coordinator for the HCHD, and Lisa Younts, director of nursing and vital records for the BCHD, said If booster shots are approved, they will be available where mRNA vaccines are administered, including at local health departments.

“The last thing we had heard is that nothing is set in stone,” Younts said of when boosters might be available. “We’ve heard a range of dates, so nothing is set in stone.”

Walker said boosters will be beneficial.

“We are seeing waning efficacy (in the initial two doses),” Walker said. “The vaccines are not as effective as they originally thought, and this booster helps increase that (antibody) level to help fight the new, more virulent strains.”

A third dose of either Pfizer/BioNTech’s or Moderna’s vaccine was approved by the FDA on Aug. 12 for certain immunocompromised Indiana residents who received a mRNA vaccine. The shots are available and being administered to eligible individuals.

Walker and Younts said some immunocompromised people might not have been able to develop the same protection as other people, thus requiring a third dose to gain the full benefits of the vaccines.

“It is highly effective on boosting their antibodies within their system, and this is true of a number of other vaccines, as well, where based on their immunocompromising disease the vaccine is not quite as effective as it would be in a healthier body,” Walker said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that moderately to severely immunocompromised people receive an additional dose. This includes people who have: • Been receiving active cancer treatment for tumors or cancers of the blood.

• Received an organ transplant and are taking medicine to suppress the immune system.

• Received a stem cell transplant within the last two years or are taking medicine to suppress the immune system.

• Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency, such as DiGeorge syndrome or Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

• Advanced or untreated HIV infection • Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress your immune response A second dose or booster shot of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine has not been approved. The shots also would require approval from the FDA and a CDC advisory panel.

“It is highly effective on boosting their antibodies within their system, and this is true of a number of other vaccines, as well, where based on their immunocompromising disease the vaccine is not quite as effective as it would be in a healthier body.”

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DISPATCHES

Farmers market — The Noblesville Farmers Market is 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at Federal Hill Commons.

Elective procedures suspended — IU Health has temporarily suspended all inpatient elective surgeries and procedures in response to increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. The suspension will relieve pressure on care teams and free up space for critically ill patients. The hospital is notifying elective surgery patients of the suspension, which will be continuously monitored and extended as needed on a rolling basis for two-week periods.

Homework help — A new school year has added video tutoring services to help middle school and high school

students better understand their math and science homework through Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s free AskRose Homework Help program. Rose-Hulman tutors are available Sunday through Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. for tutoring sessions to help students in grades 6 through 12 by video, telephone call, email or chat. Tutors can be accessed via the AskRose website, AskRose.org, or calling by 877-275-7673.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s — The Indianapolis Walk to End Alzheimer’s is set for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 2 at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium, 1001 W. New York St. in Indianapolis. An online participation option will also be available. As part of a partnership with Indy Eleven, each pre-registered participant will receive a ticket to the game that evening.

Register for the 2-mile walk at alz.org/Indiana/walk.

Ivy Tech partners with dualenroll.com — Ivy Tech Community College has partnered with dualenroll.com to provide an easy-to-navigate self-registration platform for dual-credit students. While dual credit can reduce college cost by thousands of dollars, students and families sometimes find the process of enrolling difficult to navigate. Dualenroll.com provides an intuitive enrollment process built specifically for students taking college courses while still in high school.

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“Some people consider us like counselors,” Heckman said of her job. “We help the students with anything they might need help with outside of class.

For example, interviewing skills, resumes, career choices and eliminating barriers for our students on anything that would prevent them from coming to class or not being able to complete their education.”

The Noblesville resident, who has been working with Hinds Adult Education Program for more than five years, serves as life coach during the day for the Elwood, Noblesville and Anderson locations. There also is a night life coach.

Hinds Adult Education Program offers free classes, serving Hamilton, Madison and Tipton counties.

Classes are held at Ivy Tech Hamilton County in Noblesville from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 5:30 to 9 p.m. Monday and Wednesday. There are classes Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Westfield Middle School. There are sites in Alexandria, Anderson and Elwood.

The classes are free with funding through the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development.

“They want us to educate these individuals so they can get better educated to have a better workforce,” Heckman said. “There are a lot of individuals in Indiana that do not have their high school diploma or have a lot of education.”

The classes help prepare students for the High School Equivalency test (HSE/HiSET), which was formally known as the GED. The HiSET test gives adults the opportunity to achieve their high school diploma without having to get 40 hours of high school credits. The High School Equivalency Diploma is earned by taking the HiSET test.

Indiana previously used the GED and TASC tests but changed to the HiSET test in 2021.

The other purposes of the classes are to brush up on academic skills for college and enroll in career training and certification preparation; help the adults’ children with their homework or school work; prepare to be a certified paraprofessional school assistant; and learn English for those who speak English as a new language.

Heckman said the classes are available to any adults regardless of their academic level. All classes are taught by licensed teachers. Anyone at least 16 years of age who has lived in Indiana for the last 30 days is eligible. Also eligible to take the HiSET test are those who are not currently enrolled in or graduated from an accredited high school.

New this year is the HSE Boot Camp, which will be held three Saturdays at Ivy Tech Hamilton County in Noblesville. Class candidates must pre-qualify through new student intake testing. The first one started Sept. 11, but another boot camp will be held in April 2022.

The classes usually begin right after July 4 and continue year round. Those interested can call 765-552-4122 to register for free classes or visit hindscareercenter.org/ programs-careers/adult-education-training/ adult-basic-education-abe.

“They want us to educate these individuals so they can get better educated to have a better workforce. There are a lot of individuals in Indiana that do not have their high school diploma or have a lot of education.”

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Chris Center was formed after Nancy Elbert had a personal experience with her children struggling MENTAL HEALTH with anxiety and depression.

“My kids all dealt with anxiety and depression, and six years ago, when my son was going through it, we found there wasn’t a lot of resources,” said Elbert, a Carmel resident. “The resources available had clinical environments and psychologists and therapists and medication, and there weren’t a lot of other resources to help support us.”

After Elbert’s brother, Chris Elbert, unexpectedly died two years ago at age 55, Elbert came up with the idea for The Chris Center. The organization is a nonprofit that wants to adopt a care farm model based in Westfield and is seeking land to build on. A care farm utilizes farming practices to improve health and wellness. Care farms are popular in Europe.

“I kept talking to people about it and knocking on doors, and I knew there was a connection between animals and the well-beingness of it,” Elbert said. “When my kids got upset or anxious, we would go to PetSmart or the zoo and we had all kinds of animals in our house.”

After hearing a presentation on a care farm, Elbert said she had an epiphany and realized she needed to do something.

Elbert, a University High School board member, shared her idea with fellow UHS board member Dr. Sandra Moreira, and Moreira came on board in October 2020.

“Nancy and I both felt really strongly there’s a connection between mental wellness and nature and animals,” Moreira said.

Moreira is a pediatrician with experience working in pediatric emergency departments, and she said she had a strong professional sense that the mental health of children and teenagers wasn’t being met with current resources.

“We wanted to do something with animals and nature and helping kids with mental health and decided on a care farm model,” Moreira said. “There is a lot of research to show that being in a farm setting, using your hands, working with animals and working with the earth improves symptoms of anxiety and depression, gives people a

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The women found that care farms, at least per overseas models, didn’t exist in the Midwest.

“None specifically exist to improve wellness for adolescents,” Moreira said.

Now, The Chris Center’s mission is to be that place for teens. The nonprofit will conduct its first fundraiser, an Alpaca Party, on Sept. 18. It’s searching for donors and, specifically, 10 acres of land to build a barn in Westfield.

“We are focusing in Westfield, but we would like to serve all Hamilton County and central Indiana,” Elbert said. “We need the land. We need financial support.”

The Chris Center organizers want to raise at least $225,000 to build the barn, and they need even more funds to purchase land.

When a location is secured, they want to appeal to volunteers to serve as mentors and obtain small farm animals, like donkeys, sheep, goats, rabbits and guinea pigs.

When established, The Chris Center likely will offer services for a membership fee.

“Everybody I talk to jumps on board,” Elbert said. “This is a conversation we need to keep having about mental wellness, and teens getting away from the stigma is huge. In the meantime, we want to create an environment that’s happy, and it’s a community that kids can come to to feel safe and feel happy.”

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Indy SurviveOars forge bond, strength through paddling boats

By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com “Paddling a dragon boat is hard and everyone sucks the first time they go out.”

That’s the mesSUPPORT GROUP sage that Indy SurviveOars coach Sarah Demmon tells rookies when they first sign up for the team. They’ll giggle or smile at the bluntness from Demmon, a Fishers resident, but the women seeking to be a part of the SurviveOars club know that piloting dragon boats may be a struggle, but it’s nothing like battling breast cancer.

For 14 years the SurviveOars have been paddling Geist Reservoir, building a community of Indianapolis-area breast cancer survivors along the way. The women, who range from their 30s to age 75, have participated in races throughout North America, although COVID-19 has left them without competition for more than a year.

For the SurviveOars, whether or not they compete against another team is secondary to a larger objective.

“The most important thing to me is their physical fitness, because it speaks to their

One of the two dragon boats used by the Indy SurviveOars for training and racing on Geist Reservoir (Photo by Jonathan Matthes)

survivorship and lessens the chance for (cancer) reoccurrence,” Demmon said.

The team trains three days a week. Even in the offseason, after October when they are not allowed to be on the water, club members get together to work out.

Demmon has been a member of the SurviveOars since its first season in 2007, right after she had recovered from breast cancer. She was a paddler at the time before

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“I tell them, ‘You are now athletes.’ I look at them as athletes, I don’t look at them as cancer survivors,” Demmon said. “It’s the catharsis of, ‘Screw what just happened to me, I’m going to go out and do this for me and my survivorship.’ It’s about taking a bad hand and turning it into a positive and helping your body recover. What better way

to do that than through an athletic activity and sports to help the scar tissue and keep your lymph system flowing?”

SurviveOars have competed against and beat cancer before competing as a paddler, which is different from a rower. Paddling targets the shoulders and pectoral muscles, while rowing focuses on the core. The SurviveOars exclusively paddle, which some medical professionals believe would be beneficial for breast cancer survivors.

In some cases, the fight against cancer for a team member is ongoing.

“Some of our girls are still in treatment,” Indy SurviveOars Board President Elizabeth Anderson said. “No one wants to hear the word ‘cancer.’ It’s scary. But having this group, they inspire you no matter if you are in treatment or you are 10 years out, you’re still inspired to keep moving forward.

You can have an active life even with the cancer.”

Anderson, a Noblesville resident, has been part of Indy SurviveOars for nine seasons, beginning after she recovered from breast cancer.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com In a climate where employees are needed in the service industries, Noblesville Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob DuBois views the new Youth Employment System as a positive.

“The new Youth Employment System was developed to streamline and modernize the process of employing minors,” DuBois said.

“Retiring out the old system of work permits made sense. It reduced a hurdle both for job-seeking minors and for employers.

Once employers adjust to the new system, we believe they will find it much more efficient and easier to remain in compliance.”

Senate Act 409 dispenses with minor-employee work permits and requires employers who employ five or more minors under age 18 to register those employees in the Indiana Dept. of Labor’s new Youth Employment System, or YES. A total of 168 Noblesville employers have signed up.

The law went into effect July 1. The system went live June 1, which was earlier than originally anticipated, to give employers who meet the new law’s criteria time to set up accounts and begin using the system prior to July 1.

The state law change was made during the 2020 General Assembly’s legislative session, and most changes went into effect in 2020, with the exception of the work permit elimination and new registration system.

According to the Indiana Dept. of Labor, those were delayed to give schools, the Bureau of Youth Employment and employers time to adequately prepare for the change.

Becky Terry, executive director of Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville, said the law has been successful in streamlining the process.

“This has allowed us to skip the third party (schools) and expedite the process,” Terry said. “It has also freed up more time for training and onboarding. We have found the new system easy to navigate and use.”

Michael Myers, director of the Indiana Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Youth Employment, said a broad outreach effort was made to inform employers about the change.

“After an employer has set up the business profile, they only need to input the mi-

Maya Hill, 17, works as a counselor in the art room at the Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

nor’s name, age and hire date,” Myers stated. “Registering minors only takes about two minutes, and employers can access the

registration app via a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone.”

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“DIFFICULT TO HIRE MINORS” Sam Tancredi, one of the partners in Ford’s Garage, said while the change is positive, it is still difficult to employ minors in the Noblesville restaurant.

“The laws you have to adhere to as far as minors make it really difficult to hire minors,” Tancredi said. “It’s just so easy to break the law if you are not super diligent about it. Some of these (child labor) laws were made years ago because of abuse of young kids. If you don’t give someone a break in four hours and you are on a two-hour wait, it can slip by pretty easily. We don’t hire a lot of minors so we don’t have to worry about

breaking those kinds of labor laws. But we have a few minors working for us. It might be a friend of a friend’s (teen) we hire. Our deal is, if your kid said we are not doing something right, you need to let us know. I’ve been in the business a long time, and when you think things are fine, they weren’t necessarily fine.

“You don’t really want them working around alcohol, either. There are just a lot of negatives in a busy restaurant that deter you from hiring minors.”

Tancredi said the jobs minors normally fill are greeters, line cooks and server assistants.

employer must remove the minor’s information from the YES active-employee registry.

The employer will have three business days to complete each action.

Schools will continue to have the opportunity to monitor which employers are hiring minor employees in their communities through YES and can request public information in the system specific to their students. That will enable schools to continue to collaborate with employers to balance a student’s employment and academic performance throughout the school year.

The YES requirement does not impact the state’s work-hour requirement for minors. All employers must still comply with the Teen Work Hour Restrictions and Prohibited and Hazardous Occupation restrictions for minors.

ON THE COVER: Amiya Buzan, 15, works as a counselor in the playground area at the Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

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We’re the most intelligent persons in the room. We work smart, not hard. We multitask. We benefit from a very, very expensive education. We have a good work/life balance. Simply put, we are better than others and don’t have to do as much as they do to keep up. We work too much. We have too much. It is time to stop and smell the roses.

True, we don’t spend as much time planting, harvesting and preparing food.

True, we have recovered hours per day that were formerly dedicated to chopping firewood and tending to large families. True, we have vacations and holidays and work-from-home choices. True, we have more entertainment options on our phones than a generation ago would have enjoyed in an entire city. Still, shouldn’t we demand a bit more leisure?

Shouldn’t we enjoy a three- or four-day weekend every week? Why not?

Advocates for government restrictions on how much we can work, or be expected to show up, have found new life in the murky world of COVID-19 lockdowns. Surely, the issue is productivity and output, not time spent? But in an increasingly competitive and global world, how long does it take before those who have a different take on the role of labor to catch up? Is work a burden to be eschewed or an opportunity to be made into advantage? How much smarter do we have to be than everyone else on the planet to stay on top without showing up?

If talent matters, can LeBron James practice half as much as a lesser competitor and still dominate? Generational advantage not maintained rarely lasts.

Are we good enough to be a part-time winner? Did our parents work hard so we could have a better life or an easier one? Are they the same thing?

Writer’s block is real, people, as I can attest to this week. I literally have nothing. Or perhaps it would be more apt to say that I have too much going on, but nothing column appropriate. Let’s explore.

Does anyone really want to hear my opinions on Afghanistan, Texas abortion laws or the anti-mask/anti-vax crowd?

Those of you who know me as the liberal pot stirrer probably would, simply for the entertainment value, but honestly, I can’t handle the inevitable hostile feedback. So, no, politics and current events aren’t on the menu.

And I’m certain no one wants to read about my family’s struggle to find closure with Dad’s death, having had to postpone the funeral for an entire year thanks to COVID-19. It’s depressing and expected and hard for me to spin into any form of humorous commentary other than recounting my various emotional breakdowns in a particular McDonald’s drive-thru off I-65.

I could always go down the parenting path of being elated about our current situation of having three-fourths of our chickadees off living their best lives while we focus all our attention on the baby of the brood. She’s not spoiled, I swear! But again, unless you are in a similar boat, our delicious lifestyle will just make you angry.

So, yeah. I’m stuck. Nothing hilarious or horrific happened this week. No one sent me hate mail. My husband Doo, for the most part, behaved himself. The dog is still alive. School is going well.

I’m not pregnant, sick, constipated or passionately obsessed with anything at the moment. Writer’s block is real, gosh darn it! Whatever will I do?

Peace out.

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

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40 segments that are virtually identical to each other. When he hears my whistle, My neighbors are wondering who the his head bobs up and down and he moves weird guy is standing on the shore of the closer to shore. Rinse, repeat. He gobbles neighborhood pond every day, whistling. up the food, then he’s gone. If any of these Some have seen and heard this from their videos ever won an award, it would be for backyard decks. “I think he’s harmless, but Best Nature Film with No Sound, No Plot, No he is technically trespassing,” Eric said. “If Predator/Prey Chase. this continues, maybe we should call the I look forward to this encounter every day. police,” Paul said.

Honestly, Buster doesn’t need my help with I was opposed to getting law enforcehis daily sustenance. His species has surment involved for vived 250 million years three reasons: without pre-packaged Every day at 5:30 p.m., I wander • Whistling is not turtle food and some down the hill to the pond in hurting anyone. crazy human whistling • Whistling is not at them (while at the our community and whistle to against the law. same time freaking summon my turtle friend • And I am the out the neighbors).

– DICK WOLFSIE Buster may move on whistler.

Yes, it’s true. Every some day. Turtles tend day at 5:30 p.m., I wander down the hill to to relocate, always looking for partners to the pond in our community and whistle to propagate the species. He won’t have much summon my turtle friend to come to the luck in the romance department if he stays shore for a sprinkling of turtle food — a smor- here. On the other hand, Buster may have gasbord of insects, fish eggs and protein more than a few years on him, with his amnuggets. He is always ready and wading. orous escapades 40 years in his past. But if His name is Buster. He’s a red-eared slider he does someday search for new digs, I will about the size of a personal pizza. I named miss him. him after my favorite silent movie star since I know he’s a turtle, but I wish him he is just as quiet. When I found the turtle Godspeed! crossing the road on a main thoroughfare Note: The videos of Buster are on my near my house, I relocated him to our pond. Facebook page. If you want to see a video Turtles are awesome pets. I don’t have to in slow motion, you’re in luck: It looks like it walk him (so, better than a dog); he comes already is. when I call (so, better than a cat); and he is not venomous (so, better than some snakes). And he doesn’t make off-color reDick Wolfsie is an author, marks (so, better than a parrot). columnist and speaker. Contact Every time I go to the pond, I record cellhim at wolfsie@aol.com. phone video of my meeting with Buster. I now have about two hours of footage with

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DISPTACHES CHN welcomes new board members — Community Health Network welcomes Rodney Cotton and Rafael Sanchez to its board of directors. Cotton is currently SVP, head of Strategy & Transformation and chief of staff to the CEO for Indianapolis-based Roche Diagnostics. He has more than 35 years of health care experience. Sanchez is an attorney and former president and CEO of Indianapolis Power& Light Co. A native of Puerto Rico, he moved to Indiana in 1996 to pursue a law degree. He is a highly respected business and community leader making significant strides in civic engagement since moving to Indianapolis in 2002.

HCHD offers on-site vaccination clinics to businesses — The Hamilton County Health Dept. is offering on-site COVID-19 vaccination clinics to Hamilton County businesses.

“Hosting a clinic at your workplace typically leads to more people getting vaccinated, which leads to fewer COVID-19 illnesses,” said Chris Walker, emergency preparedness coordinator. “Businesses with a high percentage of vaccinated employees usually see improved productivity, improved morale, and a reduction in absence due to illness.”

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enough space to stand up a clinic while maintaining social distancing through the entire process, from screening to post-vaccination observation. Businesses interested in setting up an on-site clinic can contact Chris Walker at Christian.walker@hamiltoncounty.in.gov or by calling 317-776-8500.

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Source: BottomLineHealth.com Improve your focus — Studies show that our attention spans are declining, largely due to the use of technology. We feel we have to respond to every text, alert and call immediately. Try putting the phone on “do not disturb” mode for a few minutes when you need to focus on something else.

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Feinstein, Schott headline Center for the Performing Arts free livestream gala

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Center for the Performing Arts annual gala will have quite a different format this year.

FUNDRAISING “All Together Now! 2021 Gala” will be presented as a free livestream at 8 p.m. Sept.

18 at the Palladium in Carmel. The presentation starts at 7:30 p.m. with information about the auction items and videos with the live performance following.

The fundraising gala will feature Center Artistic Director Michael Feinstein and his piano trio, led by Musical Director Tedd Firth. Other appearances will be by New York City-based performer Melissa Schott, a chorus choreographed by Kenny Shepard and other special guests.

Arts philanthropists Schott Frank Basile and Cheri Dick will serve as emcees.

“Because of the uncertainties of the pandemic at that point in time, we decided to go with virtual,” Center for the Performing Arts President/CEO Jeffrey McDermott said.

McDermott said the decision had to be made far in advance because Straight No Chaser was planned to be a headliner for a live event.

“We had a lot of other catering and deposits that had to be made that were nonrefundable, so we made the determination to go virtual,” McDermott said.

“As we watched things improve, we had people ask if it was possible to go to a live event and it really wasn’t at that point.

We decided to book Straight No Chaser for next year. It was too late to go back and put things in motion that needed to be put in motion months earlier.”

With the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, McDermott said the decision looks like the right one.

“We did put together a hybrid event,”

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CARMEL COMMUNITY PLAYERS Carmel Community Players’ production of “Boeing Boeing” will be presented Sept. 16 to 19 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel.

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Michael Feinstein performs with dancers at a previous event. (Photo courtesy of the Center for the Performing Arts)

McDermott said. “There will still be no live audience. We are going to have ‘Our All Together Wow!’ VIP experience in the newly renovated Founders Club, where people can pay to attend a three-hour celebration.”

The VIP experience will have approximately 100 people, McDermott said. While the show is going on live in the Palladium, McDermott said guests can watch on monitors set up throughout the Founders Club and hallways.

After the performance, Feinstein and guests will join the audience for an after-party.

“We are taking advantage of the best of all worlds,” McDermott said. “Those that want to (can) be there as a paid VIP experience. Everyone else can watch the livestream free of charge.”

Livestreams with Feinstein in the past year have drawn large numbers from several nations.

“We really think it will show what we

are doing at the Center and expose us to even more people to donate and bid on auction items,” McDermott said. “COVID has made us do a lot of things differently, and hopefully this will provide a good experience for everyone.”

Prior to 2020, when the gala was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Songbook Hall of Fame induction was part of the gala.

“We are looking at the format of that and whether it makes sense to continue to have it as part of our gala or break it off into something separate,” said McDermott, who also is president/CEO of the Great American Songbook Foundation. “There are pros and cons to both having it as part of this and having it as its own event.”

All funds raised through the event benefit the Looking Forward Fund, which supports the Center.

To register for the livestream or purchase VIP tickets, visit thecenterpresents. org/gala.

The Nexus Impact Center, in partnership with High Frequency Arts and Indiana Originals, is hosting Art 4 Impact, a community event to celebrate the work of nine local artists and their interpretation of Equality for All from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct., Indianapolis. It is located just below the Carmel border.

The family friendly event will include: food trucks and a variety of sweet and savory snack booths from local vendors; pop-up shops from Indiana-owned businesses and social enterprises ranging from jewelry to home décor/art, books, clothing and more; family friendly art activities led by local nonprofit Re-Generation Indy; and a silent auction for Equality for All artwork.

Viewer’s Choice and Equality for All grand prize winners of the Equality for All Art Banner contest will be announced at 5:30 p.m.

Nexus invites the public to vote through 5 p.m. Sept. 16 for their favorite Equality for All Artwork and help pick the Viewer’s Choice winner.

To register to attend and vote for viewer’s choice, visit nexusimpactcenter.org/art.

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Indiana is ‘More Than Corn’

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The first episode in the four-to-five-episode series “More Than Corn” premiered in late July at the Indy DOCUMENTARY Shorts Film Festival and is now available on Hoodox, a video streaming platform featuring exclusively nonfiction Indiana-focused content.

The film’s director, Rocky Walls, director of 12 Stars Media in Noblesville, said the inspiration for the series stems from his desire to tell stories about people who are essential to the local food economy.

“I think farming and growing, gardening and feeding people with locally raised food is really important to me,” said Walls, a Fishers resident. “I feel like you go out to a farm and it’s hard to point a camera in any direction and not film something really interesting and inspiring.”

The series features Full Hand Farm in northern Noblesville. Each episode will be approximately 15 minutes long.

“Ultimately, it’s about what’s going on on the farm,” Walls said. “The first episode

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A still shot from the docuseries, “More Than Corn.” (Photo courtesy of Rocky Walls)

is the farm waking up. They farm yearround, but over the winter things look a lot different. So, the first episode you see snow melting away, and by the end of the episode, most of the snow has melted and they’re planting things.”

The first episode of the “More Than Corn” series is called “Spring is Here.”

“The whole premise is you watch what’s happening over a period of several months, but our mission ultimately is to reach Hoosiers and help them have more pride in Indiana and more pride in being a Hoosier and to abandon the idea or mindset that Indiana is just cornfields,” Walls said.

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I weave the show with songs and stories, which is the cabaret form.”

Some of Mulder’s favorites include Marissa Mulder figures she can’t go “Across the Universe,” “Penny Lane,” “Dear wrong paying tribute to The Beatles.

Prudence” and “Strawberry Fields Forever.”

“People love the show Mulder said Weber has made MUSIC because people love the some cool arrangements of the material,” Mulder said. songs.

“I love John Lennon and Paul McCa“I love the cabaret setting bertney and The Beatles. I think their cause it’s so intimate and such a music is so powerful and uplifting, fun art form because you can rewhich I think is a great thing for ally choose whatever material you right now. Having a woman sing the would like,” she said. “I love doing Mulder songs gives it a whole different fit.” the Great American Songbook. Over Mulder will perform the “Songs of Lennon the years, I’ve done more contemporary and McCartney” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at shows like Lennon and McCartney, Tom Feinstein’s cabaret at the Hotel Carmichael Waits and John Prine. I love performing in in Carmel. nightclubs just because I feel very close to “It’s a lot of The Beatles’ biggest hits,” the audience.”

Mulder said. “It’s just me and my piano Mulder debuted the show at Feinstein’s player, Jon Weber. Jon is so wonderful. He is 54 Below. She had begun taking the show like a one-man band. It’s a mix of many well- on the road before the COVID-19 pandemic known songs and some that aren’t as well halted travel in March 2020. known. Interwoven with the songs are sto“This will be my first out-of-town gig ries about John Lennon and Paul McCartney since COVID,” Mulder said.

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Guests enjoy live performances at a previous Carmel PorchFest. (Photo courtesy of Sondra Schwieterman)

Carmel PorchFest back in tune

By Rick Morwick rick@youarecurrent.com What began as a grassroots effort in Upstate New York to present music in a community setting has blossomed MUSIC into a wildly popular event in downtown Carmel.

Featuring nearly 60 local bands and musicians on nearly two dozen porches, the eighth annual Carmel PorchFest will be presented from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 19 throughout the Carmel Arts & Design District. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people are expected to attend the free, family friendly event, which has grown exponentially since its 2014 debut.

Last year’s PorchFest was presented virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The Carmel community has supported PorchFest every year,” said PorchFest Event Manager Sondra Schwieterman, who has been in her position since 2018. “Each year, the event has grown in attendance and participation. Since 2018, we’ve increased the number of bands participating and the number of vendors at the event.

“People in the community look forward to offering up their porches each year, and we rarely have any issues getting the public to volunteer.”

PorchFests, which originated in Ithaca, New York, in 2007, are music festivals designed to bring neighbors and local communities together. They are presented annually across the U.S. and Canada on front porches and traditionally feature local musicians.

Carmel’s 2021 PorchFest will feature a record 58 bands on a record 21 porches.

Guests are permitted to bring coolers, food, beverages, chairs and blankets. Dogs are permitted on leashes.

“Of course, we will have plenty of food and beverage vendors,” Schwieterman said.

“But we want the event to remain a casual, community event.”

Vendors include Bier Brewery, Sugar Creek Winery, Peace Water Winery, Java House, Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria and Market District Supermarket.

Apart from vendors, music is the star attraction. Styles range from acoustic to electric and solo to ensemble, touching an assortment of musical genres. Bands/ artists include Amy Thorn & the Nightcaps; Bedhead; Breanna Faith; Circuit Thursday; Convoy; Dear Lincoln; Derek Lee Bishop; Five After Midnight; Hannah and Jarred; Indy Gorgeous Club; island Party; and Keith Rea, among dozens of others. “(PorchFest) began as a grassroots opportunity to bring the community together and showcase local musical talent in a casual setting,” Schwieterman said. “Since its beginnings in Ithaca, PorchFest has expanded to cities all across the United States, with Carmel joining the ranks in 2014.”

Volunteer-driven in the early years, Carmel PorchFest is now an incorporated organization that also presents Carmel’s Late Night on Main events. PorchFest weekend kicks off Sept. 17 with Late Night on Main performances by the Brothers Footman at 9 p.m., followed at 10:30 p.m. by Rain Dogs.

For the full lineup of bands/artists, porch schedules, street maps and parking information, visit carmelporchfest.org.

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CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR AND CSO PERFORM

A crowd of nearly 1,500 attended a performance by Classical Mystery Tour, The Beatles tribute group, and Carmel Symphony Orchestra Sept. 5 at Coxhall Gardens in Carmel. Above, from left, Rod Pittenger, Reinhold Strnat, Chuck Duke and Larry Lawhead dress up as The Beatles. Strnat, Duke and Lawhead are Carmel Symphony Orchestra board members. Pittenger’s wife is CSO executive director. (Photo courtesy of Carmel Symphony Orchestra)

Carmel Symphony Orchestra joins Classical Mystery Tour for a concert. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

DISPATCHES Art on Main hosts reception for Couet — Abstract painter Marcie Couet, Franklin, will have a reception from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 17 at Carmel Art on Main Gallery, 111 W. Main. She has 20-plus pieces on display that include abstracts and floral abstracts. Freddie Kelvin is the gallery’s other featured artist. Couet will be a featured guest on the “Podcast on the Plaza,” a Carmel-based business and community podcast, which will be filmed and recorded at the gallery that morning. The gallery owners also will be featured.

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CCP forced to cancel three performances — The first three performances of Carmel Community Players’ “Boeing Boeing,” which were set for Sept. 10-12, were canceled because cast and crew members tested positive for COVID-19.

The final four performances are set for Sept. 16-19. Those who purchased tickets for the first weekend will have the option for another performance or another CCP show or can receive refund. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

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Back to regular programming Commentary by Jeffrey C. McDermott As we head into the 2021-22 arts season this fall, one can’t deny an element of uncertainty posed by the VIEWPOINT lingering COVID-19 pandemic. I find comfort and inspiration, however, when I consider how we all have adapted, persevered and even excelled amid the unprecedented challenges of the past 18 months.

I’m sure you have seen many examples of courage, compassion, creativity and ingenuity in how your families, neighborhoods, businesses, schools and churches have responded to new realities. I see many examples among my extended family of colleagues at the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Songbook Foundation.

Faced with the inability to gather people together physically for shared experiences — which is always at the heart of our mission — we found new ways to reach our patrons and develop new audiences. We beefed up our online educational resources and employed social media to maintain and expand our enrichment programs for people of all ages.

We also invested some of our untapped production budget in new video and streaming technology that allowed us to host national business conferences virtually, and to create new offerings like our Live at the Center livestream series, introducing local musicians to thousands of viewers across the state and nation. In all, our online events since early 2020 have reached more than 45,000 unique viewers.

Now, our patrons, supporters and staff are looking forward to a season more typical of the Center’s first decade of operation.

We have nearly 50 Center Presents concerts on the calendar, along with educational opportunities of every stripe and performances by our six fine resident arts companies.

I hope you can take time to experience the inspiring, rejuvenating and community-building power of the performing arts this season.

Jeffrey C. McDermott is the president/CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Songbook Foundation.

‘Hamlet’ takes successful step

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duets and group numbers, to the author of the character driving the action of the scene.

Discovering Broadway founder Joel Kirk “Cody and Gary Fry, who are writing Hamrecently wrapped up the nonprofit’s first let’s music, penned the song ‘I Don’t Know season with You’ which captures the confrontaDISCOVERING another project tion between Hamlet and Gertrude,” he was pasKirk said. “In the scene, Hamlet BROADWAY sionate about. bursts into his mother’s chambers Discovering Broadway held a and accuses her of misdeeds. The writers’ retreat and concert for his energy of the song needed to flow musical “Hamlet” in August. from Hamlet’s emotion. As a book“I didn’t want it to sound like writer, I am having the time of my Kirk musical theater,” said Kirk, who life.” is director and bookwriter for “Hamlet.” “I The week in August was just another wanted it to sound like the radio.” step in the process. Kirk said they are There are 13 writers on the musical he is weeks away from a full draft. creating.

“We will make adjustments to improve “I wanted to create a musical where each the meaningfulness and clarity of the story. character had a unique voice,” Kirk said.

In two months, we will hear the show again “The characters in Hamlet are so distinct after more work sessions,” he said. “Later that you can identify characters they inthis fall, we will hear actors sing through spired in modern stories. It was exciting to the entire score and start preparing for a imagine each character’s style and partner concept album. The musical needs to earn that with a songwriter perfect for that each next development step through faithvibe.” fulness to the story and our collective hard Kirk, a 2012 Carmel High School graduate, work.” said he chose to assign songs, especially

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Help us PAINT THE TOWN RED by joining us for this year’s premier arts event and the Nickel Plate Arts Awards. The evening’s entertainment will include live music, demonstrations, and interactive activities with local artists, a live auction, silent auction, and art for sale. Don’t miss this exclusive event!

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 at HUB & SPOKE Reception: 5:30 – 6:30 pm Dinner and Awards Ceremony: 6:30 – 9 pm To register, visit nickelplatearts.org/gala

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SEPT 2021 Nickel Plate Arts EVENTS, EXHIBITS, & CLASSES FIRST FRIDAY (Chocolate Trail) Sept 3, 6–9 p.m.

First Friday is always exciting with new exhibits, live music, and a cash bar. But this First Friday is exceptionally sweet, as September’s First Friday includes The Chocolate Trail, a decadent tradition in downtown Noblesville.

We’re thrilled to have DeBrand Fine Chocolates of Indianapolis with us to offer chocolate tasting samples. We’ll also be featuring Sweet Tunes as our live music and regional beers and wines for sale.

Two exhibits debut in September, including Dreamscape and Belief in the Judge Stone House. This two month exhibit allows us to explore ideas that extend beyond our current reality. Next door, at the Stephenson’s Showcase, John Dierdorf will display his abstract impressionist paintings in his show titled “Flowers.”

JUDGE STONE HOUSE EXHIBIT Dreamscape and Belief Sept 3-Oct 30; Wed.–Fri., Noon–5pm; Sat. 10am–5pm

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Monday Night Drawing Class Session 4: Sept 13- Nov 15 7–9pm | $120 or $12 drop in

John Dierdorf Sept 3-30, Wed.–Fri., Noon–5pm; Sat. 10am–5pm Reception: Sept 3, 6-9pm

Tuesday Oil Painting Studio: 201 Session 4: Sept 14- Nov 16 9-11am | $200 for full course, Nickel Plate Members can receive 20% off Wednesday Beginning Oil Painting: 101 Session 4: Sept 15- Nov 17 9-11am | $200 for full course, Nickel Plate Members can receive 20% off

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I also was incredibly impressed with the blueberry muffins, which practically melt in your mouth, and the tahini fudge ($6 for a 4 oz. serving). The fudge was very chocolatey and full of delicious surprises, like cashews and goji berries. For the nonsweet crowd, try the falafels ($6). They’re baked and are made from garbanzo beans and packed with herbs and spices. Trailhead Naturals’ products also are 100 percent plant based, so it’s a safe place to order if you’re vegan.

For more or to order online, visit trailheadnaturals.com.

Get it at Monterey Coastal Cuisine, Carmel Ingredients: 2 oz. Leatherbee Gin, .5 oz. simple syrup, Club soda, 1 oz. fresh lemon juice, butterfly pea flowers Directions: Pour gin and simple syrup into a shaker tin and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Pour in a martini glass and top with club soda. Once table side, garnish with 1 oz. of freshly squeezed lemon juice and butterfly pea flowers.

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Address: Available online or at the Broad Ripple Farmers Market What to get: Chocolate muffins Price: $9 Anna’s take: Prior to exploring local options for gluten-free items, I was bummed to find lots of big-box store bakery items were dry and dense. However, that hasn’t been the case with the local spots, specifically Trailhead Naturals. I tried the chocolate muffins ($9 for a box of four) and could hardly believe that the decadent treats were glu-

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Getting out of the woods Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Restoring hotels’ past glories Commentary by Don Knebel In the 1920s, West Baden Springs and French Lick, with world-famous mineral springs, were hosting hunTRAVEL dreds of people a day in their mile-apart resort hotels. All that changed with the Great Depression.

The West Baden Springs Hotel closed in 1932 and became first a Jesuit seminary and then a campus of Northwood Institute.

The French Lick Springs Hotel continued operations but suffered another blow when Gov. Henry Schricker closed the area’s illegal casinos in 1949. Between 1930 and 1960, French Lick and West Baden Springs lost about 22 percent of their populations. In 1991, an exterior wall of the vacant and deteriorating West Baden Springs Hotel, once the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” collapsed.

In 1992, Indiana Landmarks funded structural stabilization of the West Baden Springs Hotel, a National Historic Landmark since 1987. Beginning in 1996, Bill Cook, founder of Bloomington-based Cook Group Inc., and his wife Gayle began funding extensive restorations of the West Baden Springs Hotel and its grounds, replacing the four Moorish towers demolished by the Jesuits and reconstructing the natatorium.

In 2005, after Indiana authorized a French Lick casino, a Cook company acquired the French Lick Springs Hotel and built a casino adjacent to the hotel. After improvements costing more than $500 million restored both hotels to their original opulence, they opened to the public in 2006 under common ownership, with a trolley running between them. Their meticulously maintained grounds include 30 miles of hiking trails, a stable and three challenging golf courses.

The reopening of the hotels has revitalized their communities, exemplified by the French Lick West Baden Museum

I’ve been getting into native perennial gardening this year. Of all the plants I’m growing, I love milkweed the most. Seventy-three species GRAMMAR GUY of native milkweeds grow in the United States, and these plants are the exclusive host plants for monarch butterflies.

When people hear “milkweed,” they think of something ugly and undesirable. In an effort to rebrand milkweed, I think we should start calling it “butterfly happy plant.” It could work!

I apologize for getting in the weeds about milkweed. This brings me to discussing and distinguishing a pair of flora phrases, “in the weeds” and “in the woods.” Let’s take a quick hike down a linguistic path to better understand these expressions.

Let’s get into the weeds. This term has multiple applications and definitions.

First, a golf shot can land in the rough, which is tall grass or weeds, as opposed to on the shorter grass of the fairway or green. Being in the weeds is a precarious

position for your golf ball and can lead to killer divots.

If you’ve ever worked in the restaurant industry, you know that “in the weeds” means that the kitchen and wait staff are busy to the point of total disorder.

Political policy wonks love to get into their version of “the weeds.” In this case, getting “into the weeds” means going into unnecessary detail about a policy or initiative.

Being “in the woods” means something altogether different. When someone “isn’t out of the woods yet,” it can mean that she is quite ill and hasn’t gotten better yet. By this logic, being “in the woods” means someone is on death’s door or incredibly sick. Getting “out of the woods” can also mean a person is trying to come out of a difficult situation.

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Sunday, October 31st, 2021 Race begins at 12:00pm Guerin Catholic High School 15300 Gray Road Noblesville, Indiana Enjoy a fun afternoon while helping improve the lives of homeless, pregnant women and their toddlers and babies!

West Baden Springs Hotel atrium.

that opened in 2011, celebrating the history of the area and of Larry Bird, its favorite son. Once again, French Lick and West Baden Springs are definitely worth your visit. Guided tours of both hotels can be arranged at indianalandmarks. org/tours-events/ongoing-tours-events/ french-lick-west-baden/.

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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