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Westfield council tables agerestricted residential proposal

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Westfield City Council heard a presentation regarding an age-restricted residential development DEVELOPMENT encompassing 68 acres east of Spring Mill Road and north of Ind. 32 at its Jan. 18 meeting.

After some discussion, the council unanimously voted to table the ordinance until it could consult the Federal Aviation Administration after concerns about the development’s proximity to Westfield Airport.

Council member Joe Edwards made the motion to table the development after saying the airport’s owners approached him with concerns.

“This is a situation that could possibly put them out of business,” Edwards said. “If a dog or kid gets underneath there and gets out on the runway and a plane hits them, the suit would be large. I’m not really in favor of putting one of my constituents in a situation where that lawsuit is large without more (exploration) of this matter.”

Edwards said he didn’t want to vote on the ordinance until the council learned more about potential liabilities.

Per changes to the development, land use professional Jon Dobosiewicz said several modifications had been made to the ordinance, including reducing the number of homes to 184, eliminating grid street patterns and enhancing architectural standards and amenities. If approved, home costs would range between $350,000 and $550,000. The development would have walking paths, active and passive amenities, an outdoor fireplace and gathering area and a pool. Dobosiewicz respresented the Courtyards at Spring Mill development at the council meeting.

The concept plan for a proposed age-restricted development near Spring Mill Road and Ind. 32.

(Image courtesy of City of Westfield)

Council member Cindy Spoljaric said the advisory plan commission also had concerns about the proposal, such as the rising number of housing units in the area. She said the plan commission also had issues with the proximity to the air strip, among other concerns.

The council unanimously approved Edwards’ motion to table the proposal until after consulting with the Federal Aviation Administration.

For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

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DISPATCHES Apply for governor’s STEM Team – Gov. Eric. Holcomb, Secretary of Education Katie Jenner and Treasurer of State Kelly Mitchell invite Indiana high school students to apply for the 2022 Governor’s STEM Team. The program honors four high school students for their efforts and accomplishments in one of the STEM disciplines. Winning students each receive a $1,000 deposit into an Indiana CollegeChoice 529 Direct Savings plan and letterman jackets identifying them as members of the Governor’s STEM Team. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Feb. 4. Winners will be announced at a Statehouse ceremony in early May. Apply at form.jotform. com/213203880658962?

500 Festival, Aon partner – The 500 Festival has announced that Aon will be the inaugural presenting partner of the 500 Festival Employee Wellness Challenge. Aon colleagues in more than 120 nations provide clients with advice and solutions around risk, health and wealth that give them the clarity and confidence to make better decisions to protect and grow their business. The challenge is a way for companies of all sizes to promote employee wellness, add excitement to team building and encourage company participation in the month of May. Register for the challenge at IndyMini.com/EWC. Old Town offers scholarship – The Old Town Design Group has established the Orchard Project Scholarship to provide tuition assistance to a Hamilton, Boone or Johnson County student preparing for a career in the construction industry.

Applications are being accepted through March 18. For more or to request the scholarship application, please email casey@oldtowncompanies.com.

WWS to not send contact tracing notifications news@currentincarmel.com In an email sent to Westfield Washington Schools families Jan. 21, the PANDEMIC district announced it would no longer send individual notifications for contact tracing in regard to COVID-19 as long as the district remains

fully masked.

The announcement is in accordance with an update to school guidelines provided by the Indiana Dept. of Health.

“As of this update, the state will no longer report the number of students quarantined, so our district reporting will reflect that also,” the email stated.

The email also strongly encouraged parents to monitor their children daily and keep them at home if they show any signs of COVID-19 or illness.

The districtwide mask mandate will remain in place until all nine schools report a positivity rate of 1 percent or lower.

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Community First Bank of Indiana announces recent promotions — Community First Bank of Indiana recently promoted several Hamilton County team members.

Carlonda Davis has been promoted to vice president, human resources director/DE&I officer. Janelle Campbell has been promoted to vice president, residential mortgage sales manager. Gavin Fisher has been promoted to vice president, commercial lender 3. Pete Needler has been promoted to vice president, commercial lender 2. Zack Gabriel, a commercial loan portfolio manager, has been promoted to assistant vice president. Bart Irwin, an investment advisor, has been promoted to vice president.

Mikki Richter has moved to the role of bank officer, treasury management assistant.

For a full list of all recent CFB promotions, please visit CFBindiana.com/press-release/ JanuaryPromotions.

Winter Blast returns – Clay Terrace will host the seventh annual Winter Blast from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Village Green near Hoosier Sister. The free event includes carriage and train rides, face painters, a hot chocolate trail, ice sculptures, guaranteed snow and more.

Governor’s Fellowship -- Gov. Eric Holcomb is accepting applications through Jan. 28, for the 2022–2023 Governor’s Fellowship, which places fellows in various state agencies on a rotating basis throughout the year. The program is open to college graduates who received their bachelor’s degree beginning in summer or fall of 2021 or will receive it in the spring.

Fellows are paid, full-time employees who participate in the day-to-day activities of state government. Applicants should know if they have been selected for an interview no later than Feb. 14. The fellowship will begin July 1. Learn more and apply at in.gov/gov/governors-office/ governors-fellowship-program.

Military Veterans Hall of Fame -- The Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Class of 2022 through Aug. 1. To be eligible, the nominee must have been born in Indiana, entered military service from Indiana, lived in Indiana for a minimum of five years and have no felony convictions. A nomination form can be found at imvhof.com/nominate. To learn more about the organization or to make a tax-deductible donation, visit imvhof.com.

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Westfield High School football announces mayoral bid

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com On Jan. 22, Westfield High School varsity football coach and Westfield City Council member Jake Gilbert anELECTION nounced his candidacy for mayor. The primary is in May 2023. The general election is in November 2023.

Gilbert, a Republican who also is the WHS dean of wellness, was elected to the city council in 2020.

Incumbent Mayor Andy Cook, also a Republican, said he hasn’t decided whether to seek reelection. To date, no other candidates have filed for the Republican primary.

Gilbert said he’s running for mayor because he wants to play a larger role in shaping the direction of the city.

“I just love the city so much, and the city’s been so good to me,” said Gilbert, 45. “I just want to be able to lead and give back in a bigger way than what I currently am. We’ve done the teaching, coaching and community service for over a decade now, and I just feel like this city needs what I can provide and that I’d love to serve the city.

“So, I think it’s a perfect fit.”

Gilbert said he’s “not a politician,” which he said would be good for the city.

“Politics won’t be driving my decisions,” Gilbert said. “I’d rather just do what’s best for the residents of Westfield and not political favors. I think my time on the city council has really brought about the desire to do this.”

Gilbert said he is in the process of listening to constituents and learning about their needs and concerns.

“The city council is giving me a great opportunity to do that — to meet with people and listen and learn,” Gilbert said. “My biggest focus right now in my current job and in the future is to reunite this city. Right now, our government is very separated, and we don’t have synergy anywhere. I think I can lead us back to where we are all working together.”

Gilbert is the president of the Wellbeing Coalition of Westfield, and he is involved in several other organizations, including Young Life, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Open Doors Food Pantry, Westfield Youth Assistance Program, Special Olympics and Riley Hospital for Children. He founded Westfield’s Freshman Mentor Program and initiated an opioid awareness campaign and the Shamrock Save a Life Walk. On the football field, Gilbert has led WHS to the IHSAA state championship game three times. WHS won the 2016 Class 5A state title and has finished runner-up to Center Grove in the previous two Class 6A finals.

Gilbert received the Power of Influence Award, the highest award given to high school coaches, in 2020 and 2021. Outside of work and volunteering, he and his family enjoy exercising and visiting the beach. Gilbert likes to read, watch movies and said he enjoys competition.

“It’s been the biggest blessing to live here, and I truly just want to give back,” Gilbert said. “This isn’t to grind an ax or advance myself. This is just out of a desire to love and lead Westfield.”

The Gilberts attend Northview Christian Church, where Gilbert also volunteers.

For more, visit jakegilbertformayor.com.

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Senior develops into versatile threat for Fishers basketball team

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Jeffrey Simmons’ college future will be on the football field, but for now, he is flourishing for one of the state’s top high school boys basketball teams.

“I think I’ve grown in becoming an allaround basketball player,” the Fishers High School senior said. “Throughout my younger years, I was mainly a post-up guy. With Coach (Garrett) Winegar coming in, he has helped a lot with handling the ball my junior and senior year (and) making 3s, hitting shots off (the) drive and pick-and-pop.”

Prior to the Jan. 28 game at Franklin Central, the 6-foot-5 Simmons was averaging team-highs of 18 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Class 4A No. 3 Tigers (14-2).

“He’s our leader,” Winegar said. “He does a lot of other things that don’t show up on the stat sheet. Defensively, he is always guarding the other team’s big guy. I really think he’s the best big guy in the state. He’s so good in football, he doesn’t get the recognition in basketball that he deserves.”

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“When we came in, we challenged him to do more than score inside,” Winegar said.

“He started as a freshman and sophomore and did some good things, but most of his scoring came on the inside. We wanted to

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challenge him to handle the ball more, shoot a little more from outside and still get his buckets inside — just become a little more

versatile. I think that’s where he’s shown the most improvement. One of his advantages is, he’s faster and more athletic than some of the big guys that guard him. We worked on his ballhandling and shooting.

He’s doing a better job attacking off the bounce.

“Now, he can shoot at all levels, shooting 3s, driving, mid-range and inside.”

Although he’ll play football in college, Simmons said he was committed to finishing his high school basketball career. He said he’s played with most of his teammates for six years.

“I knew we had a great group coming back and I didn’t want to miss out on an opportunity like this,” he said.

Simmons is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder for FHS, which opened in 2006.

“I can’t thank my teammates and coaches (enough) because they have done just as much as I have with putting the work in,” he said.

Simmons chose Miami, which plays in the Mid-American Conference, even though he had offers from Indiana University and the University of Cincinnati.

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Chambers unite to present Hoosier Chocolate Fest

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Westfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Steve Latour came up with the idea for a chocolate festival EVENT after visiting French Lick.

“They have a chocolate festival that the (French Lick Resort) hosts at that location, and it’s 100 percent hosted by the resort, but I just fell in love with it,” Latour said. “I mean, who doesn’t love chocolate? The more I thought about it, I thought, ‘That would be neat to have up here.’”

So, the Westfield Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce and the Tipton County Chamber of Commerce to present Hoosier Chocolate Fest in February.

“I looked around this region and didn’t see anything like it,” Latour said. “I had been building a good relationship with Zionsville and Tipton and thought, ‘Hey, would you be

interested in doing this together?’”

Vendors will provide samples of chocolate or chocolate-related products at a center table during the Feb. 12 event at the Bridgewater Club, 3535 E. 161st St., Westfield.

Vendors also will set up booths and offer samples around the room. Chocolate-related products will be available for purchase.

Because it will be presented Valentine’s weekend, Latour said the event would make for a fun date night. Admission ranges from $45 to $85. Time options are noon, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Latour said vendors must have some sort of chocolate connection, noting that some might combine whiskey and chocolate or wine and chocolate.

“Anybody who can make something chocolate related is welcome to be there,” Latour said. “We’ve been excited by the response of people who want to attend. We hope this becomes a tradition for Indiana.”

For more, visit hoosierchocolatefest.com.

White River Regional Opportunity Initiative awarded news@currentnoblesville.com Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, along with the state’s Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers and the Indiana GRANTS Economic Development Corp., has awarded $500 million to Indiana READI regions to support regional development plans across 17 regions representing all 92 counties.

READI stands for the Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative.

“The seventeen regions submitted innovative, creative and visionary projects that will result in a positive economic impact on Indiana’s future. It took immense collaboration between communities as they put aside their own visions and worked together to present the best plan for the region,” Holcomb stated in a press release. “These plans will shape Indiana for generations to come and bring value to our state like nothing we’ve witnessed before.”

The White River Regional Opportunity Initiative, comprised of the Town of Zionsville and the Town of McCordsville, as well as Hamilton, Marion and Madison counties,

was awarded $20 million of its $49.9 million request. The proposal detailed a cohesive regional vision, goals and projects or programs related to economic development within the White River Region.

Mayors, municipal leaders and major stakeholders will meet this year to discuss projects and allocate READI Grant funding for the region.

“The READI program helps invest in quality of life initiatives and train our workforce to move toward a stronger central Indiana region,” Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen stated in a press release. “We are grateful to the IEDC and Governor Holcomb on making these regional investments a priority. These efforts help us tell Indiana’s success story to the nation and beyond.”

The White River Regional Opportunity Initiative serves as a job center and economic hub for the state, according to state officials. They also said the Regional Development Plan for the White River Regional Opportunity Initiative represents a transformational opportunity to further accelerate population growth, talent attraction and retention and smart economic development.

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After being in its previous building for 66 years, the Westfield Lions Club is seeking a new home.

RELOCATION “It became apparent to us that the city wanted a developer to develop that area (Union Square) and they were looking to get the properties sold to a particular developer,” Westfield Lions Club President Brian Abraham said.

Abraham “We knew at that time that the Lions Club was not going to be able to stay in that section for very long. We began to look for a property we could trade for or whatever. We ended up selling it to the developer.”

The completion of the sale of property at Jersey Street happened in December 2021.

The agreement was signed in 2019.

“We needed to move out of there and let them do their development,” Abraham said.

Scout Troop 107 members helped the Lions Club move everything out of its former home Dec. 4 in two hours.

The Westfield Lions Club, which is in its 92nd year, meets twice a month at Christ United Methodist Church. It held a fish fry at CUMC in 2021 because of construction around the former Lions Club building.

“It is serving as a temporary home until we can build a new clubhouse or acquire a property to renovate a new clubhouse,” Abraham said.

Abraham said the club has looked in many areas of Westfield to relocate.

“We’ve looked in properties within the main part of the city,” he said. “There are new properties going in below 169th Street.

There are other builders and developers we’ve talked to. None of those has panned out, but I know there are places for sale in Westfield not everyone knows about.”

Abraham said the Lions Club wants to get the word out to see if there are people who want to help it set up a new home.

“Whether that is selling to us or donating land or whatever, it doesn’t really matter to us,” Abraham said. “We prefer to buy and renovate.”

For more, visit westfieldlions.org.

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CONSTRUCTION WESTFIELD Project: Chad Hittle Drive roundabout Location: A section of 191st Street from Tomlinson Road to U.S. 31 will be converted into a boulevard with a roundabout at Chad Hittle Drive.

Estimated completion: Drivers will continue to see construction signs and activity off the road, but no associated closures at this time.

ZIONSVILLE Project: Templin Road Bridge reconstruction Location: The shoulder of this bridge is closed. The Templin Road bridge over Eagle Creek was inspected and an engineering firm has been hired by the Boone County Highway Dept. to work on design of a complete bridge replacement.

Estimated completion: Construction will start this year.

Project: C.R. 300 S. corridor project Location: The town has partnered with the Boone County Highway Dept. to conduct a corridor study along C.R. 300 S. from C.R. 800 E. to the Boone/ Hamilton County line. The purpose of this study is to identify a preliminary scope and a potential design of future road widening and intersection improvements considering feasibility, costs, impacts to properties, environmental concerns and bridge needs.

Estimated completion: There are no identified intersection or road projects at this time.

CARMEL Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: 116th Street to Carmel Drive. The initial phase affects the right southbound lane of Range Line Road as crews replace a water main. Work will stop for the winter and resume in mid-March with construction of a roundabout at Medical Drive followed by construction of a roundabout at 116th Street.

Expected completion: Summer Project: Transmission and water utility work Location: Veterans Way between The Cat Theatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures will occur but access to all addresses will be maintained.

Expected completion: The four-phase project, which will later impact other areas, is expected to be complete by May.

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Westgate puts you right where you want to be • Enjoy future amenities including a clubhouse, pool, poolhouse, basketball courts, tennis court, pickleball courts, walking trail, playground, pocket parks and more • Live close to charming downtown Westfield with a mouthwatering selection of restaurants (Italian House, Chiba Sushi, Cone+Crumb and Field Brewery), grocery stores (Meier, Whole Foods and Kroger) and retail therapy (Carmel Clay Terrace Shopping & Restaurants and more)

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Longtime firefighter is named new Westfield Fire Dept. chief

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com When the position came open, Rob Gaylor thought he was the perfect candidate to become chief of the Westfield Fire Dept.

The department obviously agreed, having recently hired him to replace former chief Marcus Reed, who retired at the end of 2021.

Gaylor, 45, started as a volunteer firefighter in the Burlington Volunteer Fire Dept. in 1995. Burlington is a small town between Kokomo and Lafayette. In 2004, Gaylor decided to become a full-time firefighter and was hired by the WFD. He’s been with the department ever since.

In 2008, Gaylor was promoted to division chief of training. In 2012, he became deputy chief of operations. In 2017, he became deputy chief of business operations, a position he held until his promotion to fire chief.

Gaylor also is still a volunteer firefighter with the Burlington Volunteer Fire Dept. and serves on Indiana Task Force 1, one of 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the United States.

Gaylor started as fire chief the first week of January. He was sworn in by Mayor Andy Cook at the Jan. 10 Westfield City Council meeting. Gaylor’s wife, Amanda, and his children, Aubree and Blake, attended the ceremony. Blake, a firefighter with the Logansport Fire Dept., pinned the chief’s badge on his dad.

As he gets acclimated to the chief’s position, Gaylor is meeting the department’s firefighters to gather input on problems, issues or opportunities they see within the organization and what their expectations are for him as chief.

Gaylor said most of the firefighters say they are concerned with how busy the department is.

“They were up almost 1,000 calls over last year,” Gaylor said. “We like to compare ourselves to our neighbors, and when Carmel and Fishers and Noblesville, were doing the number of runs we are doing, they were almost double our size.”

Gaylor said WFD this year will hire eight employees — six more firefighters, a fire inspector and a behavioral specialist. The department also ordered a new fire engine last year that will be delivered this month and plans to order another fire engine,

Blake Gaylor, left, pins on Rob Gaylor’s chief badge.

given me the education and the background to do the position,” Gaylor said. “I felt now was a good time for me to transition into that role. I felt like I was well-suited and the best candidate.”

Outside of work, Gaylor enjoys spending time outdoors and fishing. He lives in Burlington with his family and raises livestock.

Mayor Andy Cook, right, reads the oath of office to Rob Gaylor.

ON THE COVER: Rob Gaylor was recently named fire chief of the Westfield Fire Dept.

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Chief Rob Gaylor, left, talks to firefighter Cody Shipley.

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His new title notwithstanding, Gaylor said he still a firefighter at heart.

“People have this concept as you move up and sit behind a desk that you’re doing less work,” Gaylor said. “I’m still a merit rank firefighter. This is an appointed position. I

can go back to the truck tomorrow. I have to be ready to fight fire.”

Gaylor said he applied for the chief’s position because he thought the department was heading in the right direction and he wanted to help it continue to move forward.

“I feel that my years in the fire service and my experience here in Westfield has

Rob Gaylor said his family has a long tradition of military service but not for working at fire departments.

He became interested in firefighting while attending Carroll Junior Senior High School, where he played on the football team. One of his teammates helped at the local fire department, and Gaylor accompanied him to the fire station one day.

“It was a place to hang out and a place to provide a service,” Gaylor said.

Gaylor became EMT certified in high school and graduated in 1995. He attended Franklin College for a year before temporarily leaving school. He later earned an associate’s degree in fire science from Ivy Tech, a bachelor’s degree in business management from Indiana Wesleyan and a master’s degree in management from Indiana Wesleyan.

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Information about what we might like, or not, is being collected and sold all around us. In fact, if we are reading this article online right now, chances are that someone, somewhere, is taking note. Certainly, it is not all nefarious.

Some are legitimate retailers attempting to bring to us messages that may be more likely to be of interest. But for just as many others, our presumed preferences are being bought and sold in back-alley marketplaces deeply hidden from our view. Who knows what about us? Why don’t they tell us how they got our information and from whom?

Ask a marketer how they came to know your telephone number or email address and they are as likely to hang up as they are to answer. In most cases, the front-line workers are not informed of how our contact information was collected. Plausible deniability is important in this game. In a day, not that long ago, if someone reached out by name, it was a safe assumption that they either knew us directly or knew someone who did. The social contract required that their interactions with us be predicated upon a connection to another person.

If the newly introduced individual or organization acted badly, it would reflect poorly on the person making the introduction. The axiom played, “It is not what you know but who you know.”

Today, our inboxes are filled with emails from supposed long-lost friends.

“Hey, insert name here, you must have missed responding to my last email, but I hope you and your terrific spouse, insert name here, will get back to me.”

The problem is that it is all fake. There is no previous contact. There is no relationship. It seems that today it is, “What you know, not who you know.”

It’s finally happened, friends. I hit the big 5-0 this week and am now officially eligible for full AARP benefits. Naturally, I celebrated with a hands-y mammogram and a successful bone density test.

Happy birthday to me! I am one Fifty is the new step closer to 40, after all, and that senior livI’m planning to ing community lifestyle I have embrace every dreamed about second of it. for so long.

– DANIELLE WILSON But seriously, I don’t feel 50, at least not what I thought it would feel like 20 years ago. I can still jog a few miles with only minor incontinence issues, I can walk up and down stairs with very few knee creaks, and apart from hating everyone and everything after 8 p.m., I am generally content most of the time.

Nor do I think I look 50. When I flip through photos of my grandmother at the same age, I see a gray-haired matron straight from central casting. But if I put my red mop in a ponytail and bravely forgo eyeliner, I have a good shot at being carded. Maybe not in a Bloomington bar but definitely at Meijer.

And though I wear comfy sweats around the house, I keep my “public” wardrobe fairly on trend, thanks to two brutally honest daughters. Harsh criticism equals fashion kindness apparently.

Fifty is the new 40, after all, and I’m planning to embrace every second of it.

There’s a certain gravitas that comes with meeting the half-century mark. I have experienced love and loss, witnessed compassion and cruelty and raised four moderately well-adjusted young adults. I even survived ‘80s bangs and a Skid Row concert. Think of the wisdom I can impart!

AARP, my application is on its way!

Peace out.

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

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Bagfuls of food for thought I’m in a lot of trouble. I tried to sneak in the back door without my wife seeing me, but I got caught with you-know-what on my breath: salami.

Yes, I had been out carousing. At Kroger.

Since COVID-19 started, my wife prefers that we not go into stores, but instead pick up our food orders curbside. I’m sorry, but you can’t indulge yourself in guilty delights on a computer screen, so … I put on my N95 mask and silently slipped out the door.

Sounds mysterious, doesn’t it?

I returned home with a bagful of goodies. I’ve devised many clever places to hide questionable food choices. I once got caught hiding a Johnsonville sausage link in an empty lamp socket.

“What is that?” she asked.

“It’s a 40-brat bulb,” I told her.

Back to my attempted covert entry into the house. Mary Ellen eyed each item as I unloaded my bag onto the counter: Muffins: “Are they gluten free? How much added sugar?”

Eggs: “Did you look at the expiration date? Did you check to see if any of them

were cracked? These are not from cage-free farms. And they’re cheaper at Costco. Brown eggs don’t go with the new fridge.”

French bread: “It’s just going to go bad.

You never finish it. It gets hard as a rock overnight because you don’t seal the package. After three days, the birds won’t even eat it.”

I returned home with a bagful of good- ies. I’ve devised many clever places to hide questionable food choices. I once got caught hiding a Johnsonville sausage link in an empty lamp socket.

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Last week, I was yearning for a jumbo shrimp cocktail. By the time I got to the store, I had lost that desire and opted instead for a bag of Spicy Nacho Doritos. That poor nutritional choice required finding the perfect hiding place at home to avoid my wife’s disapproving eye. I can never use the space under the back deck. The raccoons know exactly what I’m up to.

Truth is, I get a kick out of the game of Hide and Eat. I recently stashed a chocolate chip cookie under my pillow. That night, just after we turned off our bedroom TV, Mary Ellen made me promise to think about laying off of bad food. I told her I’d sleep on it.

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The companies were two of 44 businesses to receive manufacturing readiness grants.

Custom Cast Stone Inc., a manufacturer of architectural cast stone for masonry veneer in commercial and residential structures, received a $63,500 grant. Custom Cast Stone is replacing its batching system for blending raw materials with a new information technology system, which includes advanced sensors, data collection features and remote connectivity to better manage its batching process.

Westfield Steel Inc., a steel supplier, manufacturer and fabricator of machined parts serving numerous sectors, is embarking on an agile manufacturing initiative that entails changing its production layout, increasing capacity and adding advanced equipment for robotic welding.

Fritz Prine, president of Westfield Steel, said the grant of $23,700 will help with a $162,000 project.

“We do fabrication for a couple of specific customers using rebar and welding,” Prine said. “We are adding a whole other machine to cut rebar in an automatic fashion. We’re retooling our layout to make it efficient for storage and labor and then adding some automated welding fixtures so we can support our largest customers and a couple of others that are similar.”

Prine said the project, which was restarted in March 2021, was delayed because of COVID-19 issues.

Prine said $90,000 of the project’s cost is for equipment for a rebar straight-cut machine.

“Another $20,000 will go to electrical capacity for the new machines,” Prine said.

“Everything else after that is concrete work, layout and storage racks. When we did everything as far looking at the benefits, it saves us approximately $12,000 per year in labor and approximately $17,000 in supplies and repairs.

“The payback even before the grant was less than two years, and with the grant, it makes the project pay for itself in one year.”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Hannah Brown is delighted to get another opportunity to be “The Black Dahlia.”

“It’s exciting to do PERFORMANCE a leading role and to get to do it more than once,” the Carmel resident said. “It’s nice to be able to look back on what you did five years ago and see what worked and what could have been improved and then work harder to try to make it better this time — grow the character a little more and dig a little deeper to the path of the character and her motivations.”

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will present “The Black Dahlia” for six performances Feb. 12 to 27 at The Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, 329 Gradle Dr., Carmel. Performances are at 7 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. The rehearsal space will be transformed into a black-box theater to create a cabaret.

The production is inspired by the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles. She was nicknamed the Black Dahlia by the press for her rumored penchant for wearing sheer black clothes. The film “The Blue Dahlia” also had come out in 1946.

The show was previously presented by the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre in February 2017.

“I’m working on the acting elements of the part,” Brown said. “I’ll try to make the dancing elements stronger and cleaner.

Not that I think it went bad the last time, but five years later I’ve grown as a dancer.

I’m trying to elevate myself. My confidence and comfortability on who I am as a dancer has grown.

“I’m more aware of my strength and where I need more work.”

Carmel resident Abigail Lessaris, who plays Short’s sister, said although the show is based on the gruesome murder, it is an entertaining “whodunit.”

“We’ve taken it and twisted it and given it fun characters on what could have

“SHEAR MADNESS” “Shear Madness” runs through Feb. 5 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

“THE BIG BANG” Actors Theatre of Indiana will present “The Big Bang,” a musical, through Feb. 20 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“THE 39 STEPS” Civic Theatre’s production of “The 39 Steps” is set from Feb. 4 to 19 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, civictheatre.org.

ZACH BROCK QUARTET Violinist Zack Brock, a Grammy Award-winning musician and composer, will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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The body of Elizabeth Short, portrayed by Hannah Brown, is discovered. (Photo by Lydia Moody)

happened,” Lessaris said. “It’s really not so dark. It’s kind of like if you went to a murder mystery dinner and everyone was acting out these dramatic parts that could have happened. There is a nostalgic feeling.”

Gregory Hancock, the theater’s executive artistic director, said the production, which has a film noir atmosphere, has a lot of fun music.

“I like to take some beautiful, light music and put something a little dark with it,” Hancock said. “It’s not that we’re being disrespectful of the story. It’s very sad and emotional at the end. For the audience, it’s nice to have this nostalgic feeling about the music, about the old Hollywood style of hair and makeup.

“At the end, this was a real person and murder. We’re taking artistic liberties to make it more theatrical.”

Lessaris said several people falsely confessed to the murder.

“What was their motivation for saying they did it, even though they didn’t?” Les-

saris said. “What could have driven someone to murder her? Before she dies, there is a lot of interaction with the character.

There is a lot of buildup to the murder.”

Hancock said the audience can decide what happened at the end between four scenarios.

There are five monologues as part of the show.

“It’s very much a dance show, but we’re speaking and delivering our monologues to the audience,” Lessaris said.

Hancock said it’s a little easier for performers to do monologues in the more intimate space of the Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre than their usual home at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“Some of the monologues have been tweaked to help the storyline,” Hancock said. “I’ve added three new sections of choreography to elaborate on the stories a little bit.”

For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

Singer/songwriter Eleri Ward will appear at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, and John Lloyd Young will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4-5 at Feinstein’s Cabaret at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

Elton John Tribute set for Palladium editorial@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana will present “Remember When Rock Was Young: The Elton John Tribute” at 8 p.m. March 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

The tribute features singer/actor/pianist Craig A. Meyer, a 1981 Carmel High School graduate, and The Rocket Band.

The musical journey follows John through his decades of major hits.

Meyer has had roles in film, television and on Broadway. He has toured internationally and recorded with music legends such as Frankie Valli and Barry Manilow.

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Civic presents zany ‘whodunit’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Matt Kraft’s role is unique in “The 39 Steps.”

“I personally PLAY am the only member of the cast who plays one character and one character only,” Kraft said. “So, I am lucky in that I just get to Glickman watch everyone else jump in and out of playing different characters. They are so good at switching between characters that I think the audience will really get a kick out of it.”

The Carmel resident Relberg plays Richard Hannay in Civic Theatre’s production of “The 39 Steps,” which is set from Feb. 4 to 19 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“The fast-paced whirlwind chase of this story is a huge part of what makes it such a great time,” Kraft said. “There are a lot of great plays that are also really emotionally heavy and serious, so I’m excited to be in one that is just zany fun.”

The other three actors in the show play a combined 150 different characters.

Carmel resident John Walls and Eric Reiberg are listed as clowns.

“It is such a great challenge to take on this role and its many characters appearing throughout the show,” Walls said. “It is an extreme test of mental, technical and physical acting skills. Because there are so many changes which come about so quickly, it requires complete concentration. We are all exhausted at the end of rehearsal.”

Walls said he has been in a few fast-

paced shows and acted in several farce comedies in the past. Most recently, he performed in “Lend Me a Tenor” with the Carmel Community Players.

Walls said he has only seen the original Alfred Hitchcock movie version of “The 39 Steps,” which wasn’t a comedy and actors didn’t play multiple roles.

“But I think that can sometimes be a good thing Kraft (because) you know that whatever you bring to the play will be your own and not derivative of someone else’s interpretation,” he said of not having seen another production of the play. “The biggest challenge Walls is probably the fact that I play male and female characters, and there are at least four different accents which need to be employed all on command.”

Carmel resident Haley Glickman plays Pamela, Annabella and Margaret.

“As an actor, it’s very rewarding to be able to create three separate, distinct characters,” Glickman said. “Each woman has her own physicality and voice, which has been a delight to discover in rehearsals. I actually performed ‘The 39 Steps’ before when I was at Carmel High School, so it has been a joy to have the opportunity to revisit the production.”

Reiberg said he plays 10 different specific roles. “’It’s a lot of fun really trying to make each one a very specific individual characterization,” he said. “I haven’t done any (show) that (transition) quite as quickly as this. Since there are only four actors, there are very few moments when we aren’t on stage or getting ready to go on.”

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hear from other festivals, but our focus at the moment is Sedona and this exciting opportunity to have the film seen by those A documentary focusing on the opioid epaffected by addiction to give them stories of idemic in Brown County has taken its next hope,” said Pauszek, a Geist-area resident. major step on “We want to spark conversation DOCUMENTARY the film festiabout the depth and breadth of the val circuit. problem to start to remove stigma “The Addict’s Wake” will be and move collaboratively towards screened at the Sedona (Ariz.) Intersolutions to this dangerous public national Film Festival, which runs health crisis.” from Feb. 19-27. The feature docu“The Addict’s Wake” won the mentary will have showings at 7 Heartland International Film FestiPauszek p.m. Feb. 24 and at 10 a.m. Feb. 26. val’s 2021 Indiana Spotlight Grand “This is my second time attending the Prize and the Indiana Spotlight Audience festival where my short film ‘Grateful’ won Choice Award.

Audience Choice for Best Documentary in Director Michael Husain of Zionsville, pro2019,” said producer Amy Pauszek, whose ducer/executive producer Lisa Hall, a former Where’s Amy photo column runs in Current Fishers resident who lives in Brown County, newspapers. “It’s one of my favorite festiand Pauszek were presented the Distinvals, and I can’t wait to go back.” guished Hoosier Award by Indiana Gov. Eric The documentary also will be screened at Holcomb after a Heartland screening at the March 4-5 Heartland Film Festival Best Newfields in October 2021. of the Fest at the 100-year-old Historic Art“Brown County residents have supported craft Theatre in Franklin. The film also will this project from the very start,” Hall said. be shown at the March 24-27 Hoosier Films “The community wants to heal and become Annual Festival in March in Bloomington. healthier, no doubt.”

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A street in downtown Cairo. (Photos by Don Knebel)

A visit to historic Cairo Commentary by Don Knebel Today, in the first of a series about Egyptian cities with pleasant winter weather, we will visit Cairo, with TRAVEL February high temperatures averaging 69 degrees, with a75 percent of sunshine.

Cairo, the capital of Egypt, lies along the Nile River about 100 miles upriver (south) of the Mediterranean, near the beginning of the Nile Delta that has been important to Egyptians for thousands of years.Beginning in about 2,600 B.C., Old Kingdom pharaohs built the famous pyramids of Giza on a plateau now on the outskirts of Cairo. Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt, was in the same area. The modern history of Cairo began in A.D. 969, when the Muslim rulers of Egypt established a city on the east bank of the Nile, which became Egypt’s capital 200 years later. By the 14th century, Cairo had replaced Baghdad as the center of the Islamic world.

Today, Greater Cairo, with more than 21 million people, is the world’s sixth-most populous urban area. Despite having its share of slums, overcrowding and traffic, the downtown area rivals most European cities for its attractiveness and accommodations, with luxurious hotels offering a great view of the Nile. The five-star Mena House Hotel, once a royal hunting lodge, is within walking distance of the Giza pyramids and Great Sphinx. Visitors to Cairo who want to learn about the city and its history should visit, in addition to the pyramids, Coptic Cairo (home to early churches), Islamic Cairo (with many historic mosques), the Citadel, the Egyptian

Have you been seeing strange updates on your friends’ social media accounts?

I’m not talking about armchair political hot takes or quack GRAMMAR GUY medical advice — that’s standard social media fare. I’m referring to rows of gray, yellow and green squares. Your friends and work acquaintances aren’t posting secret codes; they’re posting about a viral game called Wordle.

How can Grammar Guy resist talking about the Wordle phenomenon? After all, I’m a proud word nerd (and I hope you are as well). The game is simple: Figure out the five-letter word of the day in six attempts or fewer. If you guess a correct letter in the correct spot, that letter will turn green. If you try a letter from the word in an incorrect spot, that letter will turn yellow. Finally, if you guess a letter that isn’t in the word at all, it will become grayed out on your keyboard (think “Hangman” without the unnecessary stick figure death).

Your goal, of course, is to arrive at

the word of the day in as few chances as possible. Believe it or not, there’s not an app for this (although there is an app called Wordle, but it’s not the one everyone is playing). You have to go to powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle to play the game that’s sweeping the English-speaking world.

I suppose Wordle could be just another pandemic fad. Of course, as a wonky word warrior, I wanted to figure out how to dominate Wordle. Naturally, I turned to my next-door neighbor, Beth. According to Beth (who hasn’t missed a word yet), the first word to pick is always “least.” You’ll likely get multiple “yellow” or “green” letters from this word. Her second-round word is “round,” which covers five more common letters. Once you tackle those two words, you’ll probably have a decent idea of the word for your third round.

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

A view of downtown Cairo from the water.

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Museum, the Khan el-Khalili bazaar and Saqqara (an ancient burial ground including the Stepped Pyramid). Visitors next winter should be able to visit the much-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum next to the pyramids, said to be the largest archeological museum in the world, displaying all 5,000 items from the tomb of King Tut.

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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