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Preservation Hall renovations continue

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Noblesville Preservation Alliance Board President Sandy Stewart has watched as Preservation Hall’s renovation HISTORY progressed.

“The most satisfying thing is watching the building gradually emerge from its practical, modern cocoon and become true to its intended vernacular, while still embracing its new role as NPA headquarters and community event center,” she said. “Preservation Hall was a featured stop on the Sept. 18 Historic Home Tour, and it was particularly gratifying to see the public respond to its beautiful new look, especially the porch and front entry. Even incomplete, Preservation Hall dazzled.”

Stewart said NPA purchased Preservation Hall, formerly known as the Logan Street Sanctuary, 1274 Logan St., in October 2019.

She said the group immediately began work on the interior, painting all walls and removing walls on the lower level to create an open gathering room furnished with vintage tables and chairs donated by members and supporters.

“The walls upstairs, and down, are decorated with framed historic Noblesville photos and posters from the past 34 years of NPA home tours and other events,” Stewart said. “Downstairs also displays photos from the 1938 opening of the Christ Lutheran Church. Work on the exterior began in July with siding removal and ramp relocation.

Construction on the front entry and porch began Aug. 4 and was completed in time for the Home Tour.”

A concert, which had to be rescheduled from 2020, was held Sept. 30.

“This concert was a particularly joyous celebration as it signaled the beginning of many exciting new program possibilities at Preservation Hall,” Stewart said.

The first official event was the grand opening and capital campaign kick-off in November 2019, followed in early 2020 by a concert and a Noble Stories oral history presentation. When in-person events became impractical amid the COVD-19 pandemic,

Noblesville Preservation Alliance purchased Preservation Hall in October 2019 and is renovating the building. (Photo courtesy of Noblesville Preservation Alliance)

Stewart said NPA created a safe outdoor flea market featuring vintage items and architectural salvage at Preservation Hall and other homes in the neighborhood. The flea market returned this year and is planned as an annual event.

Stewart said remaining components of the project will be addressed as funds become available, utilizing community volunteers when possible and construction professionals for work beyond the scope of volunteers.

The next project focus is a ramp for easier access to the building. Site drawings were donated by Peterson Architecture and cement for pilings was donated by Ready Mix Concrete.

Other improvements needed include existing window converted to an access door for the ramp; restoration/repair of windows original to the building; removal of remaining siding and painting of the sides and rear of the building, including repair and scraping and painting of the ramp and shed, and conversion of the backyard to a combination patio and handicap parking.

“This lovely little building emerged from its covering of vinyl siding and other modernizations,” Stewart said. “The earliest photo we have was taken in 1916 in Ohio before the building was moved to Noblesville.

Under the expert guidance of Indiana Land-

marks, we are meticulously restoring, but not precisely replicating, the exterior to early 1900s style. Recognizing that the purpose of the building has evolved from church to community event hall, Landmarks allowed the addition of a small, covered porch.”

The original 2020 estimate for the exterior renovation was nearly $75,600. The postCOVID estimate, reflecting price increases for materials, for the porch alone was $53,074.

There was an additional expense of $1,500 for custom foundation stone.

“The extraordinary Christmas in Action volunteer team from Serve Noblesville removed the vinyl siding, old deck and ramp, and reroofed the basement entrance all for the supply cost of $192 for miscellaneous supplies,” Stewart said.

Stewart said to complete remaining projects, NPA will likely spend an additional $25,000 to $30,000.

Stewart said funds are also needed to retire the $75,000 Indiana Landmarks/Efroymson Family Endangered Places Loan. Along with donations, Preservation Hall is available for rentals. Sponsorships that include permanent naming opportunities inside the building are available for businesses and individuals. For more, visit preservationhall. org or contact NPA at info@noblesvillepreservation.org.

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The Children's TherAplay Foundation, Inc. Children’s TherAplay is a nonprofit medical facility providing physical and occupational therapy using a horse as a treatment tool for children with special needs. The organization works with children aged 18 months to 13 years old with a wide range of diagnoses including Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, developmental delays and more. In May 2019, Children’s TherAplay received a $1,000,000 grant from the Capital Projects Fund administered by United Way of Central Indiana and made possible by the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc. to renovate their existing pole barn and riding arena and add an additional 11,652 square feet to the clinic, waiting room, administrative and event spaces. The project was completed in early 2021, and the new space is now being utilized by 190 clients each month.

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Vaccine encouraged before, during pregnancy IU Health Indianapolis Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rocky Singh recently offered updates on the state of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC pandemic and IU Health’s response.

Vaccine during pregnancy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent health advisory Sept. 29 urging those who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

“Evidence about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy has been growing,” a statement from the CDC said. “These data suggest that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy.”

Singh said research shows the vaccines are safe and effective, including during pregnancy.

“There is no evidence currently to support the vaccines will harm pregnant women or their infants,” Singh said. “Because the delta virus is so highly contagious, the low

vaccination rate among pregnant women has increased the risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications related to COVID-19 infection.”

siers to get a flu shot to help ease the burden at local hospitals.

“I’d encourage people to get the flu shot,” Singh said. “The reason is even though the (COVID-19) numbers are less, our health care facilities are stretched and our key members are tired. We are helping save lives and people in need, so they are encouraged by that, but, obviously, it has taken a strain on health care workers all across the country.”

“Flu shots are extremely important this year to make sure we are not having to take care of COVID positive on top of flu positive patients in the hospitals.”

COVID-19 cases declining Singh is “cautiously optimistic” that the surge of cases caused by the delta variant is dissipating. Cases in Indiana have decreased in the last month, falling from a seven-day moving average of 4,125 cases Sept. 14 to 2,334 cases Oct. 6, according to the Indiana State Dept. of Health.

“We are seeing a little bit of a downward trend in both the State of Indiana and IU Health in our hospitalizations,” Singh said Oct. 7. “IU Health, as of this morning, we had 309 patients in the system who were COVID positive. Good news was we discharged about 46 COVID positive patients from our hospitals in the last 24 hours. Unfortunately, we also had six COVID deaths in the last 24 hours.”

A majority of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in IU Health’s hospitals are unvaccinated, IU Health officials said.

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Hamilton County will hold a booster shot clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 6 at the Carmel Winter Farmers Market, 510 3rd Ave. SW. Pfizer/BioNTech booster shots and first and second doses will be offered. For more, contact Caitlin Vendely at 317-439-6774 or cvendely@iuhealth.org.

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Church to hold free trunk-or-treat — The First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville will hold a free trunk-or-treat event in the church’s parking lot at 1207 Conner St. from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30. There will be treats, crafts, music, a movie and a hotdog dinner. Costumes are encouraged. If there is inclement weather, the event will be held in the church’s fellowship hall.

Local DAR chapter sponsors essay contests for students — The Horseshoe Prairie Chapter of the National Association of the Daughters of the American Revolution is sponsoring two American History Essay Contests. The deadline to submit essays is Nov. 5. Students in grades 5 through 12 in Hamilton County are eligible. For essay contest rules and submission details, contact the DAR American History

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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.

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Fundraiser raises $50,000 for Nickel Plate Arts news@currentnoblesville.com Nickel Plate Arts’ annual “Paint the Town Red” fundraiser brought EVENT in a record $50,000 for the Noblesville-based nonprofit.

Nickel Plate Arts serves the eastern communities of Hamilton County and focuses on arts community development, artist development and arts awareness.

“Paint the Town Red” celebrated the nonprofit’s ninth anniversary and included the presentation of arts awards. The event was held at Hub & Spoke in Fishers.

Indy Gorgeous Club and Conversation Pieces performed live music and artisans displayed their work, including pottery and leatherwork. The event included a seated dinner and a silent and live auction.

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The winners of the 2021 Nickel Plate Arts Awards were: Ross Hilleary, Emerging Arts champion; Frederick Durham, Emerging Arts; Jessica Hancock, Artist of the Year; Steve Sanner of Jiffy Lube of Indiana, Arts Patron of the Year; Michelle Feeney and Erin Goodman, Arts Educators of the Year; and Tom Rich, Arts Leader of the Year.

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OBITUARIES Anna Marie Yotter Werler Williams, 47, passed away at her home in Florida on September 7, 2021. She struggled with bipolar depression and now has found peace. She was born on November 5, 1973, in Indianapolis, the daughter of Charles G Yotter and Linda K (Thurston) Haskins.

Anna was the beautiful, loving wife of David Williams and the late Thomas Werler. She is survived by her two sons, Nathaniel “Nate”, and Christopher George “CG”; father Charles (Sue) Yotter; sister Jennifer (Joseph) Ulitsch; half-sister Megan (Tim) Earnest; half-brother Adam Yotter; niece Kaylee Plambeck, and nephew Timothy “TG” Earnest. She was preceded in passing by her mother and husband, Linda and Jim Haskins, and her niece Jessica Plambeck.

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She will be laid to rest next to her late husband Tom at Hamilton Memorial Park, Westfield, on October 22 at 3:00 p.m. during a gravesite service.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the following organizations. Mental illness is a cancer-like disease that affects millions of people each year. Donations will allow further research and programs to help those suffering people as well as those who have lost loved ones.

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CONSTRUCTION NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH Project: Small structure replacement Location: 196th Street between Promise Road and Summer Road is closed.

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Project: Small structure replacement Location: 191st Street between Cyntheanne Road and Prairie Baptist Road will be closed to all thru traffic.

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WESTFIELD Project: Monon Trail closure Location: The Monon Trail just north of Tournament Trail Expected completion: The trail is closed for two weeks. The closure began Oct. 11.

Project: Wheeler Road traffic signals Location: Construction started on Wheeler Road at the intersections of both Ind. 32 and Tournament Trail. The project will add a traffic signal at Wheeler Road and Tournament Trail, complete the connection on Tournament Trail from Wheeler Road to Oak Ridge Road and add a second left turn lane on Wheeler Road at Ind. 32. There will not be any closures.

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Project: New roundabout construction Location: The intersection of 151st Street and Ditch Road will be closed for approximately 60 days. The construction began Sept. 20.

Estimated completion: End of November Project: New roundabout construction Location: The intersection of 169th Street and Spring Mill Road will be closed for approximately 60 days. The construction began Sept. 7.

Estimated completion: November Project: Jersey Street Location: From Union Street to Mill Street Expected completion: Jersey Street will be closed for the remainder of the Grand Junction Plaza construction.

Project: Grand Junction Plaza Location: The parking lot west of Union Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking lot on the east end of Park Street is permanently closed as the Grand Junction Plaza is moving into the construction phase. Parking is available on the west end of Park Street.

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NOBLESVILLE FARMERS MARKET FINISHES SUMMER RUN

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The last summer Noblesville Farmers Market was held Oct. 9. Above, Jessica Walls, left, and Rocky Walls sell baked goods at the Oct. 2 market. (Photos by Anna Skinner)

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NYAP to hold Haybale Ball

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Noblesville Youth Assistance Program wanted to make a bigger impact with its fundraising event.

FUNDRAISER So, Noblesville City Attorney Lindsey Bennett, a NYAP board member, said the Haybale Ball was developed to take the place of Yee-Haw for Youth. The Haybale Ball will be from 7 to 11 p.m. Nov. 12 at Lindley Farmstead at Chatham Bennett Hills in Westfield. Jai Baker 3 will serve as musical entertainment, starting at 8 p.m.

“Yee-Haw was first at Stony Creek Farms in 2018 and then Conner Prairie in 2019,” Bennett said.

Jensen “We wanted to make it a bigger event to raise more money for NYAP, so we moved it to Mustard Seed (Gardens) last year. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we canceled that event, though we had Jai Baker scheduled for it last year as well. We decided to rebrand the event and make it more in line with the main fundraisers of other local nonprofits.”

So, Bennett said NYAP chose a new name and a new venue with increased capacity and included a silent auction and wine and bourbon pull. Bennett said the organization asked Mayor Chris Jensen for his support as the honorary chair for the event sponsored

by Gaylor Electric.

“The Noblesville Youth Assistance Program helps make a positive impact on the lives of youth and families in our city,” Jensen said.

“We know that supporting our families now will pay dividends in the future. Despite all our current actions, we can do more to reach our children who are at risk of falling through the cracks of society, which is where the Noblesville Youth Assistance Program enters and excels through family assistance, tutoring and mentoring programs.”

NYAP was formed in 2012 to help strengthen youth and families through community involvement. It provides professional coordination of services and referral services to students and families of Noblesville Schools.

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DISPATCHES Trick-or-treat hours -- Noblesville trick-ortreat hours will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. The Noblesville Police Dept. will have extra patrols out that evening to provide additional security.

Fall Flannel Fest -- Noblesville Main Street will conduct Fall Flannel Fest from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29 in downtown Noblesville. There will be hayrides, vendors, crafts and a costume contest. For more, visit the Noblesville Main Street Facebook page.

Wright’s Gymnastics to conduct trunk-ortreat — Wright’s Noblesville, 1708 Pleasant St., will conduct a trunk-or-treat from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30. The event is $2 per child.

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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.

F.C. Tucker statistics — Sale prices for homes in Noblesville increased, and homes left the market quickly in September, creating a robust residential real estate market.

According to F.C. Tucker Company, Noblesville homes sold 10 days, or 47.6 percent, faster than September 2020. The average sale price for homes in Noblesville increased compared to this time last year, up 13.1 percent to an average price of $355,456. The average price per square foot for Noblesville homes also increased – up 16.6 percent to $157.12.

Republican interns — The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is offering paid spring semester internships in its communications, information technology, legal, legislative and policy offices during the 2022 session of the Indiana General Assembly.

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Maloy’s play key factor in Noblesville girls soccer success

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com In Makenna Maloy’s view, there are several key factors in the Noblesville High School girls soccer team’s success the past three seasons.

“One being friendship, everyone on the team is so close and genuinely enjoys each other’s company, so we do everything for each other. We want to win for each other,” said Maloy, an NHS senior. “Another being grit, and in my opinion this is the biggest one. We’ve lost players to concussions, (anterior cruciate ligament injuries) and many more injuries, but this team’s grit didn’t let that affect us. Players stepped up when we needed them to, and even if we aren’t playing our best game or are down, I’ve never seen anyone on this team give up.

So, ultimately, I think it’s our grit that makes us so successful as a team.”

Noblesville won the past two Class 3A state championships. The 3A No. 1 Millers saw their 55-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 Homestead Oct. 13 in the regional semifinals at Homestead. Noblesville finished 16-1-1. The

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Millers coach Mike Brady said Maloy has been an integral part of that success.

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Maloy, who will play soccer and major in veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago, finished second on the Millers with 13 goals this season.

“She’s gifted with technical skill and can hit a dead ball (free kick) as well as any player in the state, but it’s her determination and drive that makes her the player that she is. Through this she elevates her teammates,” Brady said. “She’s always been a gifted player, but she’s really grown into a leadership role over the years. She puts the team before her own individual accomplishments. She loves to go to battle with her team and they with her.”

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Kate Baker was born and raised in Noblesville. She calls the Noblesville community her rock. So, it seems fitting the 41-yearold resident is the new executive director for Noblesville Main Street.

According to its website, Noblesville Main Street is a nonprofit working to enrich the culture and community of the city’s downtown historic district by creating partnerships and programs to connect people to unique places and experiences.

Baker began her position Oct. 4. She follows Lorna Steele, who resigned from the position to pursue a career as a Realtor.

Baker has had quite the journey to return to her hometown. After graduating from Noblesville High School in 1999, traveling internationally, attending Berklee College of Music in Boston and spending time on the west coast, Baker returned to Noblesville in 2014. She lives in a historic house on Logan Street built in 1845.

“I love the work that Main Street does,” Baker said. “I’ve always loved the farmers market, and I love how exciting they make Small Business Saturday and the connection they have in lifting up the merchants and making sure the people know the charm and everything that downtown Noblesville offers.”

Noblesville Main Street board member Aaron Smith said the organization plays into the city’s success.

“Noblesville is one of the strongest county seats in the state. Our downtown core is active, nearly all of our storefronts are occupied and we have a growing number of people actively taking steps to call downtown home. Much of that success, I believe, is due in part to organizations like Noblesville Main Street,” said Smith, who also is a council member on the Noblesville Common Council. “Kate’s new leadership role certainly bodes well for downtown, too. She has high expectations for Main Street and a plan to get us there, which is an exciting combination for downtown Noblesville.“ Baker said her favorite Noblesville Main Street event is the farmers market, a staple that returns to the community each year and runs May through mid-October.

“The farmers market is hands’ down one of the greatest farmers markets I’ve ever

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of person who lives in Noblesville. I’d like to see some more cultural events.”

Most of all, Baker is excited about the potential that comes with the position. However, challenges accompany that potential.

“Right now, Noblesville is expanding,” she said. “We’ve got hundreds of more people that are going to be living downtown within the next couple years. It’s an exciting challenge, but I think it’s going to be a challenge to make sure we are keeping up with a community that is growing at a high rate.”

For more, visit noblesvillemainstreet.org.

ON THE COVER: Kate Baker works at the last farmers market conducted by Noblesville Main Street Oct. 9. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

MEET KATE BAKER Age: 41 Family: Baker said she is a proud aunt with five nieces and nephews.

Three of her nieces live in Noblesville and a niece and a nephew live in Zionsville.

In addition to her new role with Noblesville Main Street, Kate Baker also gives piano lessons.

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been to, and I’ve lived in a lot of cities,” Baker said. “Ours is one of the best. Being a downtown resident, I knew all the great things Main Street does to create this culture and sense of community, and it’s just a beautiful organization.”

Some of her other favorite events are the Noblesville Street Dance and Music and All That Jazz, a monthly free outdoor music performance that occurs on the courthouse square.

“I think especially being a downtown resident, my favorite thing is to watch people parking their cars and bringing their own chairs and heading to the square for a night of music,” Baker said.

Baker has a strong history with music.

She sang at Berklee College of Music in Boston and majored in music business management.

“When I graduated in 2004 that was a really interesting time in the music industry,” Baker said. “Napster and LimeWire and all those were popping at that time, so record labels hadn’t figured out streaming rights.

The music industry was in a little bit of a

quandary at that time.”

Baker then shifted to the television industry and worked in marketing and onair promotions with Fuel TV for two years.

Then, she worked at HBO for eight years while living in Los Angeles.

Baker returned to Noblesville in 2014.

Most of her family still lives in Noblesville.

She joined Conner Prairie in 2016 as a development assistant and worked her way up to senior management of advancement and board relationships.

Now, Baker also works part time as the assistant music director for Noblesville First United Methodist Church, a position she’s held since 2016. She also teaches piano lessons.

Baker said although she currently doesn’t have plans to create new events for Noblesville Main Street, she does hope to expand some of the existing ones.

“Salsa on the Square was a new event this year, and I loved it,” she said. “I’d like to do it again next year. I think it’s really important to have events like that that highlight cultures that represent every type

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I don’t have many friends Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Commentary by Terry Anker “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”

So penned English playwright William Shakespeare in the 1599 comedy “As You Like It.” But the notion that social order is structured like a theatrical performance is much older. Likewise, the concept that we humans follow a tight pattern of progress from infancy to aged decline is seen in art and literature long before being reinforced by this play.

Of course, on the most specific level, we are all individual thinkers, liberated by our own free will to live as we see fit. Still, a child of 5 is unlikely to paint a masterwork, teach a graduate class or lead a platoon into battle. She is held to the constraints of the parts available to her as dictated by her then position.

Once past, she may not return to reprise the roles again. A childhood squandered cannot be regained without regard to the number of toys that we might, as later adults, gather around us. And in our advancing years, we move from expressions of the passion of middle life to the wisdom earned in twilight times.

Some resist this natural progression, while others embrace it.

Even if we aspire to take a lead, can we hope to escape our assigned parts, be it understudy or bit player? Disguising our features behind a Kabuki mask, would the audience accept us against type? Even more, if all the world is a stage, are we better as its actors or as its patrons, simply paying to observe as others perform? Could we be destined to contribute in each role and position on the stage and in the audience?

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

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I don’t have many friends. I know that sounds sad, but honestly, outside of family and my co-workers, I don’t have the time or energy to hang with people long enough to develop a close relationship. And that’s why when I get together with one of my few best gal pals, it generally doesn’t matter that we haven’t seen each other for months or even years. We have such a wealth of shared experiences that we can fall right back in to wherever we were when we last met.

Take for instance two women I’ve known since high school. Though we live in different cities now and usually meet only for Christmas coffee, I consider them “best friends.” We grew up together, navigating first boyfriends, rebellious stints and the inevitable drama that runs rampant among teenage girls. It’s easy to be with them now because we understand how and why we became the people we are today.

For me, that’s how I build a friendship, through long-term shared experiences. Like my old neighbor. We lived across from one another for 10 years and basically raised our children in a commune. We dealt with first-time home ownership issues, organized kindergarten carpools and watched our husbands fire golf balls at rooftops after every cul-de-sac chili party. We talk every so often, but I still consider her a close friend.

The point is, I don’t need many friends in my life because I have three really good ones plus great coworkers and family. And frankly, I don’t have time to make new ones. So I’m okay with sounding sad, because I’m actually quite happy.

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

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When China Forbes’ former Harvard University classmate Thomas Lauderdale contacted her about being CONCERT a vocalist in a band in 1994, she had no idea what would eventually transpire.

“I didn’t even think we would make an album,” Forbes said. “It was just this fun band he put together to play at political fundraisers and events in Portland. They were playing all covers, not originals. It was just a fun party band with a cocktail flair.”

Twenty-seven years later, that band, Pink Martini, is still going strong. Pink Martini will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Forbes said Lauderdale, a pianist, had an idea to sing songs in their original languages. The music is a multilingual mix of jazz, classical and old-school pop music.

“There was a spirit of inclusion always,” she said. “Thomas saw beyond Portland.”

Forbes, who has made Portland her home, has sung songs in more than 25 languages.

“I grew up with a French grandfather, and my father always wanted to speak French with me,” Forbes said. “I studied French from seventh grade on, but I never became fluent because I never got to live there. I studied Italian in high school because I wanted to sing opera. I lived in Rome as a mother’s helper.”

Forbes was an actress and a singer-songwriter in New York when Lauderdale first called her. She went back and forth between Portland and New York the first few years. Forbes had been in a drag queen film.

“It was an over-the-top film, but we went to Cannes Film Festival for the movie,” Forbes said. “I got asked to sing a song at a party, and Thomas asked if he could come as my accompanist. We thought we should bring Pink Martini here to play, because so much of our music came from films in the early days.”

The band’s first big hit “Sympathique”

FEINSTEIN’S Feinstein’s in Carmel’s Hotel Carmichael will feature Edmund Bagnell of Well Strung at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22. The Phelps Connection will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Phantom” through Nov. 21. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

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Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes, will perform Oct. 23 at the Palladium in Carmel. (Photos courtesy of Pink Martini)

China Forbes is the lead vocalist for Pink Martini, which performs Oct. 23 at the Palladium.

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by Lauderdale and Forbes.

“My little drag queen music proved to be the springboard,” Forbes said. “The film ‘Franchesca’ is hard to find. I think the only place it exists it is dubbed into Italian, which makes it seem better.”

Forbes and Lauderdale began writing more songs together and collaborating with others. Forbes said Lauderdale has become a very good songwriter.

“I write all the time, but when I have

a backlog of songs that are waiting to be recorded and released, I kind of slow down because I don’t want even more of a backlog,” Forbes said. “I’m working on a solo album now and I have a lot of songs that I love.”

When Forbes had vocal cord surgery in 2011, Storm Large joined the band as a temporary replacement. She eventually began splitting time with Forbes because Forbes didn’t want to be on the road as much when her son was younger. Forbes does the majority of the concerts now.

“My son is 12 ½, and it was really amazing to have this time together when the world was in lockdown (amid the COVID-19 pandemic) and people suffering,” Forbes said. “It was such a confusing thing to be happy to be home at that moment. I had never been with my son for so long.

Since he was born, I’ve been touring periodically.”

Unlike bands who perform in support of an album, Forbes said the band keeps touring.

“We promote all of our albums. It’s nonstop touring,” Forbes said. “We’re lucky to be at this for so long and still have an amazing fan base and play such amazing (concert) halls.”

An Evening with Clint Black is set for 7 p.m.

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BELFRY THEATRE The Belfry Theatre presents its season opener, “Cheaper by the Dozen,” at Noblesville First United Methodist Church, Oct. 21 to 31. For more, visit the belfrytheatre.com.

ATI to present Blessing’s new play editorial@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana will present a reading of Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Lee Blessing’s play “The Family Line” in ATI’s Theatre Lab Series at 2 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

In Blessing’s new drama, the main character, Finn has just lost his mother suddenly to COVID-19. He is a mixed-race 15-year-old who must now be transported to his estranged father. No one dares fly, so Finn’s white grandfather, Jonah, whom he’s never met, is tasked with making the nonstop, cross-country drive. They spend 24 hours together, each getting to know a perfect stranger at the most imperfect time.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Gregory Hancock pays homage to “The Wizard of Oz” and his own past in his latest production.

DANCE “There’s No Place Like Home” is an autobiographical piece.

The story follows a boy from Kansas who sets out on a journey down the Golden Path to India. Like the fictional Dorothy, Hancock is from Kansas originally.

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will perform the premiere of “There’s No Place Like Home” Oct. 28 to 30 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“It’s a very personal piece, and those are sometimes scary to do to make yourself vulnerable, but the dancers are trusting me with my vision,” said Hancock, who is the GHDT executive artistic director. “It’s my journey through life and what we’re looking for and why things happen the way they do. I’ve gone to India several times and I’ve always found a lot of enlightenment, peace and chaos, too. It’s a very spiritual place, and, hopefully, that’s infused into the piece.

Everybody can relate to it because we are all on a spiritual journey and a journey through life. I think at some point we all wonder what we’re doing here and why we’re here.”

Company dancer Thomas Mason portrays Hancock.

“It’s challenging because I want to honor his story and do the best I can do,” Mason said. “It’s also challenging physically. I’m on stage the majority of the show and dancing to the most of my ability, so it’s very tiring, and I’m still trying to build stamina for show after show.”

Hancock said technically it’s a challenging role.

“Thomas’ character is the one who remains the same through the whole piece,” dancer Abigail Lessaris said. “He doesn’t change costumes or morph into a different character. He rarely leaves the stage.”

Hancock said it is unusual to see himself portrayed on stage.

“It’s weird to watch and weird to think about sometimes,” Hancock said. “It’s weird for both of us. It’s easier to portray someone you don’t know or someone who is gone, a fictional character. We don’t often play someone we work with.”

Lessaris, who is Mason’s fiancee, por-

From left, Hannah Brown, Camden Lancaster and Olivia Payton (seated) appear in costumes created by the Kalbeliya gypsies in “There’s No Place Like Home.” (Photo by Lydia Moody)

trays several characters including Mother India, Mother Ganges, Saraswati, Buddha, and Hanuman. They all represent Hancock’s mother, Florence Marie Hancock, who died in 2014.

“Anyone who knows Gregory knows his mother was so important in his life,” Lessaris said. “These three characters he meets throughout are like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the (Cowardly) Lion equivalent. I portray all of those parts. It’s really about that person in Gregory’s life who gave him compassion, courage and all those things his mom provided for him. I dance all of those parts. I get to wear a lot of fabulous costumes.”

The characters he meets dispense knowledge, compassion and courage rather than seeking it like the characters in “The Wizard of Oz.” Lessaris, Mason and Hancock all live in Carmel.

The performance was originally scheduled for June 2020 before COVID-19 pandemic forced postponement.

“This has been waiting to be born,” Hancock said.

For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

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Tucker.”

“I do a yodeling song, ‘I want to Be a Cowboy Sweetheart,’ which was written by Sharon McNight is eager to get back on Patsy Montana,” McNight said. “She was the the road. first woman to copyright a country “The last time I song in the Library of Congress.”

COMEDY worked really was McNight learned how to yodel by January 2020, except watching Roy Rogers on “The Tofor teaching a class or performing a night Show” with Johnny Carson. benefit on Zoom,” McNight said. “It’s “He tried to teach Johnny how been quiet. That’s tough on a cometo yodel, and Johnny couldn’t do dian, because you have to be funny it,” she said. “I thought ‘Gee, I McNight all the time. Your passion is to be a think I can do that,’ and the rest is screwball, so it’s been tough entertaining history.” myself. It’s odd to work all your life performMcNight has performed at some of Miing, and then have a long dry spell.” chael Feinstein’s other clubs.

McNight will perform her unique blend of “Wherever the check doesn’t bounce is comedy and music at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at where I work,” McNight said.

Feinstein’s in Hotel Carmichael in Carmel.

McNight earned a Tony Award nomination “Make you laugh and make you cry is aland a Theater World Award for her perforways my motto,” McNight said. mance as Diva in “Starmites” in 1989.

McNight, who is based in Los Angeles, McNight does many charitable perfordoes impressions of famous actresses such mances to support AIDS organizations. She as Bette Davis and Mae West. She sings was honored by having her name engraved “Everybody’s Girl” as Mae West. in the Circle of Friends on San Francisco’s McNight researched, wrote and perNational AIDS Memorial in Golden Gate Park. formed her one-woman show, “Last of the For tickets, visit feinsteinshc.com.

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Order a bacon bialy sandwich at Coat Check Coffee in Indianapolis and pair it with either a pistachio, top, or orange cardamom latte, bottom. (Photo by Anna Skinner) bacon, an egg soufflé, American cheese and jalapeño jelly that was sweeter than it was spicy. I suggest pairing your bialy sandwich with either a pistachio latte (a staple at Coat Check Coffee) or one of their seasonal lattes, like the orange cardamom latte. Coat Check Coffee operates out of the Athenaeum at the corner of Michigan Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

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Don’t read too much into it Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

William Henry Harrison home at Grouseland. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Grouseland: Indiana home of William Henry Harrison Commentary by Don Knebel Grouseland, a National Historic Landmark since 1960, was William Henry Harrison’s history-making Indiana home TRAVEL for 12 years.

In 1800, President John Adams named 27-year-old Harrison, the youngest son of a prominent Virginia planter/ politician, the first governor of the Indiana Territory, with its capital in Vincennes. Soon after arriving in Vincennes, founded by French traders along the Wabash River in 1732, Harrison established Jefferson Academy (now Vincennes University). In 1802, Harrison and his wife, Anna, began building a 5,000-square-foot federal-style mansion on a 300-acre riverfront site Harrison named “Grouseland” for its birds.

The 13-room house, completed in 1804 at a cost of $25,000 (about $540,000 today), incorporated 400,000 bricks fashioned from local clay. The first floor featured a council room and dining room, and the second floor, reached by a self-supporting curved staircase, contained six bedrooms. The Harrisons imported many of the house’s furnishings from Europe. During 12 years as governor, Harrison negotiated 11 treaties with Native American tribes, five signed at Grouseland, obtaining a total of 60 million acres for the United States. The 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne drew the anger of Tecumseh, the great Shawnee leader, who met twice with Harrison outdoors at Grouseland, demanding that he abrogate it. Harrison’s insistence on maintaining the treaty precipitated the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The Daughters of the American Revolution acquired Grouseland in 1916 and restored the house, furnishing it with period items and original items obtained from Harrison’s

Portraits of Willian Henry Harrison at Grouseland.

I wouldn’t say I have a book problem.

It’s more like I have a time problem. You see, the pile of books on my bedside table keeps growing. The GRAMMAR GUY stack features stories and accounts I’m looking forward to reading, but I just can’t find the time. But this isn’t the entire story.

You see, I own this handheld digital rectangle called an Amazon Kindle. This rectangle holds hundreds of books on a simple black-and-white screen.

Again, I see this less as a “book” problem and more of a “time” problem. There’s a term for people like me: bibliobibuli.

Coined by author H.L. Mencken in 1956, bibliobibuli means “the type of people who read too much.”

In “Minority Report,” a compilation of Mencken’s notebooks published after he had a stroke, the author writes, “There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion.”

While I’m also fond of whiskey and religion, books have a special place for me. As a bibliophile (a person who either collects or has a great love for books), I go back and forth in a struggle between physical and digital books. I love how physical books have a place on the shelf.

The pulpy paper of their pages reveals intentionally laid out letters forming shapely paragraphs.

On the other hand, digital books have a backlit screen, which allows me to read without the aid of my bedside lamp. As I’m fond of reading late into the night, I find it more conscientious to have my lamp off so my wife can fall asleep more easily. Then there’s always a question of ownership: do I actually own a digital book? I’m not sure.

So now you understand my dilemma.

I hope I never find a cure for my need to read.

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Curved stairway in William Henry Harrison home.

descendants and others. Among the many interesting items on display in the house are memorabilia from Harrison’s two presidential campaigns, a gilded plaster bust made in 1837 and two portraits of Harrison looking little alike. The grounds include the walnut grove where Harrison met with Tecumseh. A tall wooden statue memorializing Tecumseh, dedicated in 2009, is nearby. Grouseland is undergoing extensive renovations and is open by appointment at grouseland.org.

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.

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

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FIREWOOD SALE Topping – Removal Deadwooding – Landscaping Stump Grinding – Gutter Cleaning INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES Call Steve 317-341-4905 or 317-932-2115

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Looking for job security? Simpson Construction Services has so much work that it must hire five people for residential remodeling NOW. The skilled carpenters we select will have strong abilities in bathroom remodeling, but also with respect to kitchens, decks, basements, wood and tile flooring, doors and windows, interior and exterior painting, drywall, plumbing and electrical, siding and room additions. Again: Only skilled carpenters need apply. For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED

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

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

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

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Who are Clarity Care Givers?

We are the premier Personal Services Agency serving elders across Central Indiana.

And, we are an amazing place to work!

Are you compassionate? Are you service-and detail-oriented? Do you have a heart of service?

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If you have these qualities, and caring for elders is your passion or could be your passion-please send your resume’ to: apply@claritycaregivers.com or call Amber and Suzanne at 317.774.0074, Option 3.

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Clarity Care Givers offers our Caregivers a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive culture focused on strong connections, exceptional pay, flexible scheduling, an IRA, and caregiver recognition, to name a few.

Come to Clarity Care Givers, LLC Trusted, Requested - Preferred OPERATIONS MANAGER Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell.

We are looking for an Operations Manager, who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis.

This position is responsible for the activities related to operations after the sale; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients.

Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of a project post sale until completion; day to day warehouse, inventory, and field supervision; and likes to get his hands dirty! Construction or Carpentry skills required.

To Apply: CLEVERNEST INC 240 W. Carmel Drive 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100 www.clevernest.com S P E C

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